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[ { "id": "12820371", "text": "on death row in the United States on January 1, 2013. Since 1977, the states of Texas (464), Virginia (108) and Oklahoma (94) have executed the most death row inmates. , California (683), Florida (390), Texas (330) and Pennsylvania (218) housed more than half of all inmates pending on death row. , the longest-serving prisoner on death row in the US who has been executed was Jack Alderman who served over 33 years. He was executed in Georgia in 2008. However, Alderman only holds the distinction of being the longest-serving \"executed\" inmate so far. A Florida inmate, Gary Alvord, arrived", "title": "Death row" }, { "id": "14192122", "text": "punishable by death penalty. But perhaps the best indicator that this law is not a deterrent to criminality is the ever-increasing number of death convicts. From 1994 to 1995 the number of persons on death row increased from 12 to 104. From 1995 to 1996 it increased to 182. In 1997 the total death convicts was at 520 and in 1998 the inmates in death row was at 781. As of November 1999 there are a total of 956 death convicts at the National Bilibid Prisons and at the Correctional Institute for Women. As of December 31, 1999, based on", "title": "Presidency of Joseph Estrada" }, { "id": "12820372", "text": "on Florida's death row in 1974. On April 9, 2013, Alvord had been on death row for exactly 39 years when he died on May 19, 2013 from a brain tumor, having been longer on death row than any other United States inmate. The oldest prisoner on death row in the United States was Leroy Nash, age 94, in Arizona. He died of natural causes on February 12, 2010. Notes: Naval Consolidated Brig, Miramar is the only facility in the United States Department of Defense designated to house female Level III inmates. When the United Kingdom had capital punishment, sentenced", "title": "Death row" }, { "id": "2456648", "text": "1976. However, this is an under-representation relative to the proportion of convicted murderers; 52.5% of all homicide offenders between 1980 and 2008 were African Americans. According to a 2003 Amnesty International report, blacks and whites were the victims of murder in almost equal numbers. Approximately 13.5% of death row inmates are of Hispanic or Latino descent, while they make up 17.4% of the general population. As of October 1, 2016, the Death Penalty Information Center reports that there are only 54 women on death row. This constitutes 1.86% of the total death row population. 16 women have been executed since", "title": "Capital punishment in the United States" }, { "id": "6762996", "text": "to be 113 per 100,000 for the period 1976–1999. This is about ten times the rate of suicide in the United States as a whole and about six times the rate of suicide in the general U.S. prison population. Since the re-institution of the death penalty in 1976 to January 1, 2017, 145 prisoners have waived their appeals and asked that the execution be carried out. In the post-\"Furman\" era, four states (Connecticut, New Mexico, Oregon, and Pennsylvania) have executed only volunteers. The theory of the death row phenomenon may be traced to 1989, when the European Court of Human", "title": "Death row phenomenon" }, { "id": "12820370", "text": "commit suicide. In the United States, prisoners may wait many years before execution can be carried out due to the complex and time-consuming appeals procedures mandated in the jurisdiction. The time between sentencing and execution has increased relatively steadily between 1977 and 2010, including a 22% jump between 1989 and 1990 and a similar jump between 2008 and 2009. In 2010, a death row inmate waited an average of 178 months (roughly 15 years) between sentencing and execution. Nearly a quarter of inmates on death row in the U.S. die of natural causes while awaiting execution. There were 3,125 people", "title": "Death row" }, { "id": "2457140", "text": "people, and Gary Lee Sampson who was sentenced to death a second time in 2017 for two carjacking murders (after an original 2003 death sentence for the same crimes was vacated in 2011). As of September 28, 2018, there are 63 offenders on federal death row, most of them at Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Indiana. The only woman on federal death row as of 2018, Lisa M. Montgomery, is held at Federal Medical Center, Carswell, in Fort Worth, Texas. , aside from those at Terre Haute, three male death row inmates are held at ADX Florence, two are", "title": "Capital punishment by the United States federal government" }, { "id": "12820368", "text": "Death row Death row is a special section of a prison that houses inmates who are awaiting execution after being sentenced to death for the conviction of capital crimes. The term is also used figuratively to describe the state of awaiting execution (\"been on death row\"), even in places where no special facility or separate unit for condemned inmates exists. In the United States, after a person is found guilty of a capital offense, the judge will give the jury the option of imposing a death sentence or life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. It is then up to", "title": "Death row" }, { "id": "12820374", "text": "prisoners who have spent several years under sentence of death, stating that it does not desire to see the death row phenomenon emerge in countries under its jurisdiction. Death row Death row is a special section of a prison that houses inmates who are awaiting execution after being sentenced to death for the conviction of capital crimes. The term is also used figuratively to describe the state of awaiting execution (\"been on death row\"), even in places where no special facility or separate unit for condemned inmates exists. In the United States, after a person is found guilty of a", "title": "Death row" }, { "id": "2456647", "text": "Wyoming, which is the least populous state, has only one condemned man. But executions are more frequent (and happen more quickly after sentencing) in conservative states. Texas, which is the second most populous state of the Union, carried out over 500 executions during the post-\"Furman\" era, more than a third of the national total. California has carried out only 13 executions during the same period, and has carried out none since 2006. African Americans made up 41% of death row inmates while making up only 12.6% of the general population. They have made up 34% of those actually executed since", "title": "Capital punishment in the United States" }, { "id": "11517635", "text": "considered to be a practical life sentence. Over 159,000 people were serving life sentences as of 2012, with just under a third, nearly 50,000, serving life without a chance of parole. In 1993, the \"Times\" survey found, about 20 percent of all lifers had no chance of parole. By 2004, that had risen to 28 percent. As a result, the US is now housing by far the world's largest and most permanent population of prisoners who are guaranteed to die of old age behind bars. At the Louisiana State Penitentiary, for instance, more than 3,000 of the 5,100 prisoners are", "title": "Life imprisonment in the United States" }, { "id": "2456646", "text": "said to be widely or routinely used in the United States; in recent years the average has been about one death sentence for every 200 murder convictions. Alabama has the highest \"per capita\" rate of death sentences. This is because Alabama was one of the few states that allowed judges to override a jury recommendation in favor of life imprisonment, a possibility it removed in March 2017. The distribution of death sentences among states is loosely proportional to their populations and murder rates. California, which is the most populous state, has also the largest death row with over 700 inmates.", "title": "Capital punishment in the United States" }, { "id": "8474933", "text": "a significant and reliable objective index of contemporary values because it is so directly involved\" in the criminal justice system. In \"Enmund\" the Court recited that of 362 appellate decisions since 1954, only 6 involved a death sentence for a nontriggerman convicted of felony murder, and all 6 executions took place in 1955. This was comparatively rarer than death sentences for rape, of which there had been 72 between 1955 and 1977. Also, as of October 1, 1981, there were 796 people on death row in the United States, of whom only 3 had been sentenced to death absent a", "title": "Felony murder and the death penalty in the United States" }, { "id": "2456613", "text": "Illinois and Maryland, governors commuted all death sentences after enacting the new law. In Connecticut, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled in 2015 that the repeal must be retroactive. New Mexico is the only state with remaining death row inmates and no present death penalty statute. Nebraska's legislature also passed a repeal in 2015, but a referendum campaign gathered enough signatures to suspend it. Capital punishment was reinstated by popular vote on November 8, 2016. The same day, California's electorate defeated a proposal to repeal the death penalty, and adopted another initiative to speed up its appeal process. On October 11,", "title": "Capital punishment in the United States" }, { "id": "2513289", "text": "annual budget of $210 million. It is one of the largest prisons in the United States with a population of 4,223 inmates as of October 30, 2013. By December 2016 the population had declined to 3,774 inmates. Men condemned to death in California (with some exceptions) must be held at San Quentin, while condemned women are held at Central California Women's Facility in Chowchilla. As of December 2015, San Quentin held almost 700 male inmates in its Condemned Unit, or \"death row.\" As of 2001, San Quentin's death row was described as \"the largest in the Western Hemisphere\"; as of", "title": "San Quentin State Prison" }, { "id": "2456598", "text": "161 who were sentenced to death in the modern era were exonerated before their execution. As of April 1, 2018, 2,743 are still on death row. The first recorded death sentence in the British North American colonies was carried out in 1608 on Captain George Kendall, who was executed by firing squad at the Jamestown colony for spying for the Spanish government. The Bill of Rights adopted in 1789 included the Eighth Amendment which prohibited cruel and unusual punishment. The Fifth Amendment was drafted with language implying a possible use of the death penalty, requiring a grand jury indictment for", "title": "Capital punishment in the United States" }, { "id": "2460058", "text": "four times as many as Virginia (the state with the second-highest total of executions in the post-\"Gregg\" era) and over 37 times as many as California (the state with the largest number of death row inmates; California has not executed anyone since January 2006). Lists of people executed in Texas The list of people executed by the U.S. state of Texas, with the exception of 1819-1849, is divided into periods of ten years. Since 1819, 1,313 individuals (all but nine of whom have been men) have been executed in Texas as of December 11, 2018. Between 1819 and 1923, 390", "title": "Lists of people executed in Texas" }, { "id": "14024103", "text": "always to be held accountable for your actions.\" Others point to academic studies that suggest African American defendants are more likely to receive a death sentence than defendants of other races, even when controlling for the circumstances of the murder, suggesting that individual factors do not explain the racial disparities. As of 2017, women account for 1.88% (53 people) of inmates on death row, with men accounting for the other 98.12% (2764). Since 1976, 1.1% (16) of those executed were women. Sexual orientation may also bias sentencing. In 1993, a jury deliberating over the sentencing of convicted murderer Charles Rhines", "title": "Capital punishment debate in the United States" }, { "id": "19444260", "text": "Race and capital punishment in the United States The relationship between race and capital punishment in the United States has been studied extensively. As of 2014, 42% of those on death row in the United States were black. However, this is an under-representation relative to the proportion of convicted murderers; 52.5% of all homicide offenders between 1980 and 2008 were black. According to the FBI’s Supplementary Homicide Reports, between the early 1960s and the late 1970s, the rate of homicides doubled. For every 100,000 U.S residents, the homicide victim rate elevated from 4.6 to 9.7. The homicide victim rate per", "title": "Race and capital punishment in the United States" }, { "id": "2456671", "text": "largest number of clemencies was granted in January 2003 in Illinois when outgoing Governor George Ryan, who had already imposed a moratorium on executions, pardoned four death-row inmates and commuted the sentences of the remaining 167 to life in prison without the possibility of parole. When Governor Pat Quinn signed legislation abolishing the death penalty in Illinois in March 2011, he commuted the sentences of the fifteen inmates on death row to life imprisonment. Previous post-\"Furman\" mass clemencies took place in 1986 in New Mexico, when Governor Toney Anaya commuted all death sentences because of his personal opposition to the", "title": "Capital punishment in the United States" }, { "id": "6363105", "text": "A month later, Secretary of the Army Pete Geren set an execution date of 10 December 2008 and ordered that Gray be put to death by lethal injection at the Federal Correctional Complex, Terre Haute. The military publicly released Gray's execution date on 20 November 2008. On 26 November, however, Gray was granted a stay of execution by federal judge Rogers. In December 2016, a Kansas federal judge lifted Gray's stay, moving Gray one step closer to becoming the U.S. military's first death sentence carried out since 1961. The U.S. Military currently has four inmates on death row, the most", "title": "Capital punishment by the United States military" }, { "id": "14328651", "text": "charge. \"Life imprisonment\" is a common penalty for first and second degree murder, but its meaning varies widely. Capital punishment is a legal sentence in 32 states, and also the federal civilian and military legal systems. The United States is unusual in actually performing executions, with 34 states having performed executions since capital punishment was reinstated in 1976. The methods of execution have varied but the most common method since 1976 has been lethal injection. In 2014 a total of 35 people were executed, and 3,002 were on death row. The Unborn Victims of Violence Act, enacted in 2004, codified", "title": "Murder (United States law)" }, { "id": "2459849", "text": "row inmates previously at the Tucker Unit, were moved to the Cummins Unit. In 1986, male death row inmates were moved to the Maximum Security Unit. On Friday August 22, 2003, all 39 Arkansas death row inmates, all of them male, were moved to the Supermax at the Varner Unit. Capital punishment in Arkansas Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Arkansas. Since 1820, a total of 505 individuals have been executed. According to the Arkansas Department of Correction, as of March 13, 2018, a total of 29 men were under a sentence of death in", "title": "Capital punishment in Arkansas" }, { "id": "17563956", "text": "a greater potential to be screened thoroughly beforehand. Additionally many death row inmates are in isolation from the general population, reducing their chances of having contracted a communicable disease. Other factors, however, variably decrease the suitability of death row inmates as organ donors. The average age of people on death row is over fifty, and chronic medical conditions such as diabetes and hypertension are common. Potentially half of the death row inmates would be unsuitable for organ donation. The primary method of execution in the United States is via lethal injection which generally involves the administration of three drugs: sodium", "title": "Organ donation in the United States prison population" }, { "id": "6683605", "text": "Oklahoma. Meanwhile, several states have either abolished or struck down death penalty laws. In 2015, the country had the fifth-highest number of executions in the world, following China, Iran, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. The United States has the highest documented incarceration rate and largest prison population in the world. At the start of 2008, more than 2.3 million people were incarcerated, more than one in every 100 adults. In December 2012, the combined U.S. adult correctional systems supervised about 6,937,600 offenders. About 1 in every 35 adult residents in the United States was under some form of correctional supervision in", "title": "United States" }, { "id": "3898544", "text": "the deceased. In 1972, in the US Supreme Court decision in \"Furman v. Georgia\", the court found application of the death penalty so arbitrary under existing state laws that it was unconstitutional. It suspended executions for all persons on death row in the United States (slightly more than 600, overwhelmingly male) under current state laws in the United States, and ordered state courts to judicially amend their sentences to the next lower level of severity, generally life in prison. Louisiana passed a new death penalty statute, which was overturned by the state supreme court in 1977 for its application to", "title": "Louisiana State Penitentiary" }, { "id": "2457132", "text": "Capital punishment by the United States federal government Capital punishment is a legal penalty under the United States federal government criminal justice system. It can be handed down for treason, espionage, murder, large-scale drug trafficking, or attempted murder of a witness, juror, or court officer in certain cases. As of 2018, all inmates currently under federal death sentences were condemned for aggravated murder. Executions performed by the federal government are infrequent compared to those performed by state governments. The Federal Bureau of Prisons manages the housing and execution of federal death row prisoners. As of September 28, 2018, 63 offenders", "title": "Capital punishment by the United States federal government" }, { "id": "6529476", "text": "West Livingston; female death row inmates are housed at the Mountain View Unit in Gatesville. All death row inmates at both units are physically segregated from the general population, are housed in individual cells approximately in size, and engage in recreational activities in a cage individually, separate from the general population and other death row inmates. Photographs taken inside death row were provided by the State of Texas in response to a Freedom of Information Act (United States) request filed by attorney Yolanda Torres in 2009. Death row inmates receive special death row ID numbers starting with 999 instead of", "title": "Capital punishment in Texas" }, { "id": "2456616", "text": "the total; the states of Texas, Virginia, and Oklahoma combined make up over half the total, with 777 executions between them. 3 executions have been conducted by the federal government, the last in 2003. Executions increased in frequency until 1999; 98 prisoners were executed that year. Since 1999, the number of executions has greatly decreased, and the 20 executions in 2016 were the fewest since 1991. The death penalty became an issue during the 1988 presidential election. It came up in the October 13, 1988, debate between the two presidential nominees George H. W. Bush and Michael Dukakis, when Bernard", "title": "Capital punishment in the United States" }, { "id": "14024101", "text": "racial, socio-economic, geographic, and gender bias in its implementation as evidence of how the practice is illegitimate and in need of suspension or abolition. Anti-death penalty groups specifically argue that the death penalty is unfairly applied to African Americans. African Americans have constituted 34.5 percent of those persons executed since the death penalty's reinstatement in 1976 and 41 percent of death row inmates as of April 2018, despite representing only 13 percent of the general population in 2010. Furthermore, the race of the victim has also been demonstrated to affect sentencing in capital cases, with those murders with white victims", "title": "Capital punishment debate in the United States" }, { "id": "13639266", "text": "(for all crimes) in the United States far exceed those in most other countries. The United States is currently the country with the most life sentences, most of which are life without parole (LWOP). Mandatory minimum sentences and three-strikes laws are probably the largest contributors to the country's frequency of life imprisonment. It is estimated that 35% of federal US prisoners are older than age 60, many of whom were younger than 30 at the time of sentencing. The United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture, Juan E. Méndez, has requested that the United States stop holding prisoners in solitary confinement", "title": "Human rights in the United States" }, { "id": "8713410", "text": "to by the hour. On July 19, 1993, the federal government designated USP Terre Haute as the site where federal death sentences would be carried out, including the establishment of the \"Special Confinement Unit,\" the federal death row for men. The Bureau of Prisons modified USP Terre Haute in 1995 and 1996 so it could house death row functions. On July 13, 1999, the Special Confinement Unit at USP Terre Haute opened, and the BOP transferred male federal death row inmates from other federal prisons and from state prisons to USP Terre Haute. There are currently 61 inmates on death", "title": "United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute" }, { "id": "12363775", "text": "facility is not \"dangerously dilapidated\", the prison's \"existential problem\" is the fact that it is the state death row. In May 2013 \"Mother Jones\" magazine ranked Polunsky as one of the ten worst prisons in the US, based on Congressional testimony from former inmate Anthony Charles Graves (TDCJ Death Row#999127, released due to overturning of conviction on September 7, 2006) and research conducted by the magazine during a three-year period. As of 2014 the prison had 691 employees and 2,936 prisoners. As of that year there were 279 men on Polunsky's death row. The facility has twenty-three buildings, on of", "title": "Allan B. Polunsky Unit" }, { "id": "66862", "text": "California's prison population grew from 25,000 in 1980 to over 170,000 in 2007. Capital punishment is a legal form of punishment and the state has the largest \"Death Row\" population in the country (though Oklahoma and Texas are far more active in carrying out executions). California's judiciary system is the largest in the United States (with a total of 1,600 judges, while the federal system has only about 840). At the apex is the seven Justices of the Supreme Court of California, while the California Courts of Appeal serve as the primary appellate courts and the California Superior Courts serve", "title": "California" }, { "id": "4261809", "text": "1984 reinstituted the federal death penalty. On July 19, 1993, the federal government designated the United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute in Indiana as the site where male federal inmates sentenced to death would be held and where federal inmates of both genders would be executed. The Federal Medical Center, Carswell in Texas holds the female inmates who have been sentenced to death. Some male death row inmates are instead held at ADX Florence. As of 2018, 57 inmates are slated for death row. Parole was abolished for federal inmates in 1987 and inmates must serve at least 85% of their", "title": "Federal Bureau of Prisons" }, { "id": "6467750", "text": "Juan Roberto Melendez-Colon Juan Roberto Melendez-Colon (born May 24, 1951) is a public speaker and human rights activist who was wrongly convicted of murder and spent over 17 years on death row. He was released from prison on January 3, 2002, making him the 99th death row inmate in the United States to be exonerated and released from prison since 1973. Melendez was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1951, then fled to Puerto Rico when he was 8 years old to escape an abusive stepfather. At the age of 17 he returned to the United States mainland and eventually", "title": "Juan Roberto Melendez-Colon" }, { "id": "11910433", "text": "capacity of 126,863 occupied at 136.0% (December 31, 2010). Of this number, 21.5% are pretrial detainees (December 31, 2010), 8.7% are female prisoners (December 31, 2010), 0.4% are juveniles (June 6, 2009), and 5.9% are foreign prisoners (June 30, 2007). The imprisonment rate varies widely by state; Louisiana surpasses this by about 100%, but Maine incarcerates at about a fifth this rate. A report released 28 February 2008, indicates that more than 1 in 100 adults in the United States are in prison. According to a U.S. Department of Justice report published in 2006, over 7.2 million people were at", "title": "United States incarceration rate" }, { "id": "11343821", "text": "single cells in the segregation unit. The William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility has a male death row with a capacity of 24. Donaldson's death row houses prisoners who need to stay in the Birmingham judicial district. Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women houses the female death row. All executions occur at Holman. From 1983 to April 2018, Alabama has executed 63 people. As of 2018, Alabama had 191 inmates on death row, the 4th highest number in the US. A governor has commuted only one death sentence since 1976: outgoing Governor Fob James commuted Judith Ann Neelley's death sentence to life", "title": "Capital punishment in Alabama" }, { "id": "12970124", "text": "a criminal sentence. Of those thirty-six states, Texas executed the most inmates during 2009 with 24 executions. The total number of executions in the United States in 2009 was 52. In 2009, the total number of inmates serving a death sentence in the United States was 3,173. Many executions are delayed as inmates seek appeals to overturn sentences or convictions. Advances in science and in particular, DNA testing, have yielded more accurate forensic evidence. In some cases, post-conviction testing has helped innocent people establish that they were wrongfully convicted and to gain exonerations. In the process, comparisons to state and", "title": "Innocence Protection Act" }, { "id": "2456597", "text": "one of 4 countries to use this method, along with China, Thailand, and Vietnam. There were no executions in the United States between 1967 and 1977. In 1972, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down capital punishment statutes in \"Furman v. Georgia\", reducing all death sentences pending at the time to life imprisonment. Subsequently, a majority of states passed new death penalty statutes, and the court affirmed the legality of capital punishment in the 1976 case \"Gregg v. Georgia\". Since then, more than 7,800 defendants have been sentenced to death; of these, more than 1,400 have been executed. A total of", "title": "Capital punishment in the United States" }, { "id": "17689323", "text": "murder, with the exception of Ethel Rosenberg who was sentenced to death for espionage. Women on death row have a relatively low chance of actually being executed: there have only been 571 documented executions from 1632 to 2012. Currently, about half of the women on death row are in the top five states for death row sentencing (California, Florida, Texas, North Carolina and Ohio). Although California is the top state for death sentences, no woman has been executed since 1962. Although both men and women suffer from mental issues at approximately the same rate, they don't experience the same disorders.", "title": "Incarceration of women in the United States" }, { "id": "2561939", "text": "that American and British prisoners who had killed collaborators in their prison camps would also be executed, but that ended when Germany surrendered in May 1945. The USDB houses the U.S. military's male death row inmates. Since 1945, there have been 21 executions at the USDB, including 14 German prisoners of war executed in 1945 for murder. The last execution by the U.S. Military was the hanging of Army PFC John A. Bennett, on 13 April 1961, for the rape and attempted murder of an 11-year-old Austrian girl. Bennett's execution took place four years after it was approved by President", "title": "United States Disciplinary Barracks" }, { "id": "2513291", "text": "was the prison's first death row facility, but additional death row space opened after executions resumed in the U.S. in 1978. The adjustment center received solid doors, preventing \"gunning-down\" or attacking persons with bodily waste. it housed 81 death row inmates and four non-death row inmates. A dedicated psychiatric facility serves the prisoners. A converted shower bay in the East Block hosts religious services. Many prison programs available for most inmates are unavailable for death row inmates. Although $395 million was allocated in the 2008–2009 state budget for new death row facilities at San Quentin, in December 2008 two legislators", "title": "San Quentin State Prison" }, { "id": "6762995", "text": "conditions, can fuel delusions and suicidal tendencies in an individual and can cause insanity in a form that is dangerous. Prisoners wait years for execution on death row and while waiting the prisoners go through painful isolation. They live in cells the size of parking spaces. Living in this kind of condition can amplify the effects of isolation. Most of the inmates stay in their cells for more than twenty hours a day. This kind of isolation and waiting for execution causes many inmates to die naturally. The suicide rate of death row inmates was found by Lester and Tartaro", "title": "Death row phenomenon" }, { "id": "11835999", "text": "scholars have addressed what they perceived as the systemic racial bias present in the administration of capital punishment in the United States. There is also a large disparity between races when it comes to sentencing convicts to Death Row. The federal death penalty data released by the United States Department of Justice between 1995–2000 shows that 682 defendants were sentenced to death. Out of those 682 defendants, the defendant was black in 48% of the cases, Hispanic in 29% of the cases, and white in 20% of the cases. 52.5% of people who committed homicides in the 1980-2005 time period", "title": "Race in the United States criminal justice system" }, { "id": "17563955", "text": "an immediate and persistent need for additional, suitable organ donors. Death row inmates are a possible source of additional organs. However, the quality and amount of organs that death row inmates can potentially contribute is debated, but would definitely not remove more than a small percentage of people on transplant waiting lists. The same reasons that make the general prison population less suitable to be organ donors—poor health and increased chance of infectious disease—also apply to death row inmates. However, due to the preplanned nature of executions and lengthy time periods before they are carried out death row inmates have", "title": "Organ donation in the United States prison population" }, { "id": "6529490", "text": "be disposed of as follows: The TDCJ keeps an online record of all of its executions, including race, age, county of origin, and last words. The TDCJ is the only corrections agency in the US to extensively catalog the last words of executed inmates, and the only one to post the last words other than the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). The main TDCJ prison cemetery for prisoners not picked up by their families after death is the Captain Joe Byrd Cemetery in Huntsville. Headstones of death row prisoners have prison numbers with the beginning “999”, a state", "title": "Capital punishment in Texas" }, { "id": "13104478", "text": "murder; Moody was sentenced to death by electric chair in 1997. He entered death row on February 13, 1997, and was executed by lethal injection on April 19, 2018, at the age of 83 years, becoming the oldest inmate executed in the United States in the post-Furman era, surpassing the previous record set by John B. Nixon Sr., who was executed at the age of 77 years. In 1990, Congress passed H.R. 3691, a bill sponsored by Ben Erdreich renaming the federal building and courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama, as the Robert S. Vance Federal Building and United States Courthouse in", "title": "Robert Smith Vance" }, { "id": "20608063", "text": "Walter Moody Walter Leroy Moody Jr. (March 24, 1935 – April 19, 2018) was an American convicted murderer who was sentenced to death and executed in Alabama for the 1989 letter bomb murder of Robert S. Vance, a U.S. federal judge serving on the Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit. When Moody was executed by lethal injection in April 2018, he became the oldest death row inmate to be executed in modern United States history. Moody was born on March 24, 1935, in Rex, Georgia, and grew up in Fort Valley. He grew up as the oldest of three", "title": "Walter Moody" }, { "id": "16224861", "text": "On Death Row On Death Row is a television mini-series written and directed by Werner Herzog about capital punishment in the United States. The series grew out of the same project which produced Herzog's documentary film \"Into the Abyss\". The series first aired in the United Kingdom on March 22, 2012 on Channel 4. Each episode of the series focuses on a specific murder case and those convicted of the crimes, each of whom was on death row during filming. The cases profiled are: One of the originally planned episodes of the series was expanded to feature length and released", "title": "On Death Row" }, { "id": "2513290", "text": "2005, it was called \"the most populous execution antechamber in the United States.\" The states of Florida and Texas had fewer death row inmates in 2008 (397 and 451 respectively) than San Quentin. The death row at San Quentin is divided into three sections: the quiet \"North-Segregation\" or \"North-Seg,\" built in 1934, for prisoners who \"don't cause trouble\"; the \"East Block,\" a \"crumbling, leaky maze of a place built in 1927\"; and the \"Adjustment Center\" for the \"worst of the worst.\" Most of the prison's death row inmates reside in the East Block. The fourth floor of the North Block", "title": "San Quentin State Prison" }, { "id": "6285650", "text": "commission in the United States. From 2007 through March 2017, it has exonerated ten inmates. Hunt also testified before a US Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the death penalty appeals process. Hunt's and similar cases contributed to the legislature's passage of the North Carolina Racial Justice Act of 2009, which \"allowed death-row inmates to have their sentences reduced to life in prison if they could prove racial bias influenced the outcome of their cases.\" After the act was passed, most of the 153 persons on death row filed appeals. From 2009 to June 2013, four persons received amended sentences to", "title": "Darryl Hunt" }, { "id": "11910432", "text": "around 24.7% of the world's 9.8 million prisoners. The United States has the highest documented incarceration rate in the world, at 754 per 100,000 (). As of December 31, 2010, the International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS) at King's College London estimated 2,266,832 prisoners from a total population of 310.64 million as of this date (730 per 100,000 in 2010). This number comprises local jails with a nominal capacity of 866,782 inmates occupied at 86.4% (June 6, 2010), state prisons with a nominal capacity of approximately 1,140,500 occupied at approximately 115% (December 31, 2010), and federal prisons with a nominal", "title": "United States incarceration rate" }, { "id": "2456640", "text": "puts the success rate in habeas corpus cases involving death row inmates even higher, finding that between \"1976 and 1991, approximately 47 percent of the habeas petitions filed by death row inmates were granted\". The different numbers are largely definitional, rather than substantive: Freedam's statistics looks at the percentage of all death penalty cases reversed, while the others look only at cases not reversed prior to habeas corpus review. A similar process is available for prisoners sentenced to death by the judgment of a federal court. The AEDPA also provides an expeditious habeas procedure in capital cases for states meeting", "title": "Capital punishment in the United States" }, { "id": "16224863", "text": "Paula Zahn were inserted after each commercial break. These \"bumpers\" were poorly received in reviews. Each episode of the series profiles a particular death row inmate, beginning with Herzog's statement: Since the series was produced in 2012 some regulations have changed. , the death penalty is legal in 31 states. Lethal injection is the primary method of execution, but some states allow other methods. Several states allow death row inmates to choose their method of execution from a list of approved methods. Most of the episode's runtime consists of the interview subject speaking to Herzog, who never appears on screen.", "title": "On Death Row" }, { "id": "11517636", "text": "serving life with a chance of parole, and most of the remaining 2,100 are serving sentences so long that they cannot be completed in a typical lifetime. About 150 inmates have died there in the last five years. An article for \"QZ\" reported that 35% of all the world's prison lifers are in the US. Under the federal criminal code, however, with respect to offenses committed after December 1, 1987, parole has been abolished for all sentences handed down by the federal system, including life sentences. A life sentence from a federal court will therefore result in imprisonment for the", "title": "Life imprisonment in the United States" }, { "id": "2456661", "text": "dramatic surge in arguments questioning the fairness of the sentence (due, in part, to DNA exonerations of death row inmates in the national media in the late 1990s (Baumgartner, De Boef, and Boydstun 2004 The Decline of the Death Penalty and the Discovery of Innocence), support then began to wane, falling from 80% in 1994 to 66% in 2000. Moreover, approval varies substantially depending on the characteristics of the target and the alternatives posed, with much lower support for putting juveniles and the mentally ill to death (26% and 19%, respectively, in 2002) and for the alternative of life imprisonment", "title": "Capital punishment in the United States" }, { "id": "6762993", "text": "Death row phenomenon The death row phenomenon is the emotional distress felt by prisoners on death row. Concerns about the ethics of inflicting this distress upon prisoners have led to some legal concerns about the constitutionality of the death penalty in the United States and other countries. In relation to the use of solitary confinement with death row inmates, death row phenomenon and death row syndrome are two concepts that are gaining ground. The death row syndrome is a distinct concept, which is the enduring psychological effects of the death row phenomenon, which merely refers to the triggers of the", "title": "Death row phenomenon" }, { "id": "2459986", "text": "on death row. Capital punishment in Oklahoma Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The state has executed the third largest number of convicts in the United States (after Texas and Virginia) since re-legalization following \"Gregg v. Georgia \" in 1976. Oklahoma also has the highest number of executions per capita in the country. Oklahoma was the first jurisdiction in the world to adopt lethal injection as method of execution. No executions have been performed in Oklahoma since January 2015. After a three-year moratorium on lethal injection in March 2018, Oklahoma lifted aforementioned moratorium. Oklahoma", "title": "Capital punishment in Oklahoma" }, { "id": "20626472", "text": "Wolff v. McDonnell that stated that prisoners shall remain entitled to some of their constitutional rights even after being incarcerated. Incarceration rates in the United States have and continue to increase significantly. In comparison to the rest of the world, the United States holds a record for the highest number of incarcerated individuals. In 2015, the prison population estimated approximately 2.2 million people. There has been a rapid increase in the prison population since the 1980s. However, violent crime has significantly decreased from the years 1973 to 2003. In the United States, the majority of inmates are people of color", "title": "Prisoner Law" }, { "id": "1967881", "text": "this endangered one man with epilepsy. He reports the interactions between \"urban\" prisoners and \"rural\" guards, and says that prisoners are subject to brutal beatings, cavity searches, racial harassment, and human rights violations after insurgencies. In addition to prison conditions, he discusses social issues and their relevance to prison. He expresses dismay toward laws requiring mandatory sentencing, for instance those related to \"three strikes\"; and criticizes politicians using \"tough on crime\" slogans to gain support for election. He notes that the United States has the highest number of incarcerated individuals in the world. He hints at racial discrimination, as proposed", "title": "Live from Death Row" }, { "id": "2459847", "text": "in Arkansas: Ronald Gene Simmons, Christina Marie Riggs, and Clay King Smith. In April 2017, the state planned to execute eight death row inmates before the stocks of the sedative Midazolam expired at the end of April, but ultimately just four of them were put to death that month. A federal judge initially issued an injunction preventing the executions, but the Arkansas Supreme court overturned the ruling and the United States Supreme Court rejected a claim that the accelerated execution schedule was \"cruel and unusual punishment.\" On April 20 at about 11:30 PM CST they were allowed to proceed. At", "title": "Capital punishment in Arkansas" }, { "id": "2456649", "text": "1976, while 1442 men have been executed. 15,391 total confirmed lawful executions have been carried out in the US since 1608, and of these, 575, or 3.6%, were women. Women account for 1/50 death sentences, 1/67 people on death row, and 1/100 people whose executions are actually carried out. The states that have executed the most women are California, Texas and Florida. For women, the racial breakdown of those sentenced to death is 21% black, 13% Latina, 2% American Indian, 61% white and 3% Asian. All 30 states with the death penalty provide lethal injection as the primary method of", "title": "Capital punishment in the United States" }, { "id": "14882481", "text": "The current Tutwiler replaced the previous Wetumpka State Penitentiary, which was the first state prison. Tutwiler has room for about 700 prisoners. The death row has room for four prisoners. The prison has a clothing factory. Privacy curtains were installed in showers and toilets of one dormitory in 2014. One dormitory has walls painted pink in order to soothe prisoners. Tutwiler housed 992 inmates in 2003, when U.S. District Judge Myron Herbert Thompson found that its overcrowded, underfunded conditions were so poor that they violated the U.S. Constitution. In 2012 the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI), a nonprofit that provides legal", "title": "Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women" }, { "id": "2456611", "text": "is unconstitutional when applied to non-homicidal crimes against the person, including child rape. Only two death row inmates (both in Louisiana) were affected by the decision. Nevertheless, the ruling came less than five months before the 2008 presidential election and was criticized by both major party candidates Barack Obama and John McCain. In 2004, New York and Kansas capital sentencing schemes were struck down by their respective state highest courts. Kansas successfully appealed the Kansas Supreme Court decision to the United States Supreme Court, who reinstated the statute in \"Kansas v. Marsh\" (2006), holding it did not violate the U.S.", "title": "Capital punishment in the United States" }, { "id": "7684061", "text": "police. Jurors deliberated 2½ hours before returning a verdict of not guilty and acquitting Gell of the 1995 murder of Allen Ray Jenkins. Gell is the 113th person (as of November 29, 2010) to be freed from death row in the United States. As jurors left the courtroom, Gell, then 28 years old, hugged his lawyers. Gell was represented by James P. Cooney, III, Joseph Cheshire V, Mary Pollard, and Brad Bannon. Gell struggled in his life after having been in prison for several years. He went to community college but dropped out. He became an anti-death penalty activist, speaking", "title": "Alan Gell" }, { "id": "2459868", "text": "Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) records show 744 inmates on California's death row. Reports published in August 2017, when there were 746 on death row, showed that 22 of those were waiting on women’s death row in the Central California Women's Facility (CCWF) in Chowchilla. California rejected two initiatives to repeal the death penalty by popular vote in 2012 and 2016, and it adopted in 2016 another proposal to expedite its appeal process. The first known death sentence in California was recorded in 1778. On April 6, 1778 four Kumeyaay chiefs from a Mission San Diego area ranchería were convicted of", "title": "Capital punishment in California" }, { "id": "13639256", "text": "Security and Cooperation in Europe to have carried out executions in 2011. As of April 2015, only 18 states and the District of Columbia do not have the death penalty. Capital punishment is controversial. Death penalty opponents regard the death penalty as inhumane and criticize it for its irreversibility and assert that it lacks a deterrent effect, as have several studies and debunking studies that claim to show a deterrent effect. According to Amnesty International, \"the death penalty is the ultimate, irreversible denial of human rights.\" The 1972 US Supreme Court case \"Furman v. Georgia\" held that arbitrary imposition of", "title": "Human rights in the United States" }, { "id": "20608070", "text": "Holman Correctional Facility return address from Moody—although Moody was not known to have faced any disciplinary action as a result. On February 23, 2018, an execution date for Moody was set for April 19, 2018. He was subsequently executed on this date, at 8:42pm. Aged 83 years and 26 days at execution, he was both the oldest death row inmate in Alabama since James Hubbard was executed in 2004, and the oldest inmate executed in the United States in the post-Furman era, surpassing the previous record set by the execution of John B. Nixon, Sr., who was executed in Mississippi", "title": "Walter Moody" }, { "id": "17563953", "text": "current organ donation guidelines, outlined in the National Organ Transplant Act of 1984 and the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, implicitly prohibit death row inmates from being organ donors. Questions regarding the benefits, practicality, morality and ethics of allowing death row inmates to donate their organs postmortem have garnered notable attention following two highly publicized events: an editorial by condemned prisoner Christian Longo published in \"The New York Times\" advocating for the right of fellow death row inmates to donate their organs, and the request by death row inmate Gregory Scott Johnson to have his execution stayed until he could donate", "title": "Organ donation in the United States prison population" }, { "id": "13639259", "text": "recommendation. Since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976 there have been 1077 executions in the United States (as of May 23, 2007). There were 53 executions in 2006. Texas overwhelmingly leads the United States in executions, with 379 executions from 1976 to 2006; the second-highest ranking state is Virginia, with 98 executions. A ruling on March 1, 2005, by the Supreme Court in \"Roper v. Simmons\" prohibits the execution of people who committed their crimes when they were under the age of 18. Between 1990 and 2005, Amnesty International recorded 19 executions in the United States for crime", "title": "Human rights in the United States" }, { "id": "8303059", "text": "law. Federal law was changed in 1994 to allow the U.S. Department of Justice to seek the death penalty when a murder is committed during a carjacking or kidnapping. Although the United States has a federal \"death row\" at the United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute, in Indiana (where federal death row inmates are executed), U.S. District Judge Mark L. Wolf of the U.S. District Court in Boston ordered that Sampson be executed in New Hampshire. However, before the execution could take place, Judge Wolf ordered a new sentencing trial for Sampson. After Sampson was sentenced to death, his lawyer David", "title": "Gary Lee Sampson" }, { "id": "13639264", "text": "population, where there have been reported abuses. As of December 2017 the United States had the highest percentage of people in prison of any nation. There were more than 2.2 million in prisons or jails, or 737 per 100,000 population, or roughly 1 out of every 136 Americans. According to The National Council on Crime and Delinquency, since 1990 the incarceration of youth in adult jails has increased 208%. In some states youth - juvenile is defined as young as 13 years old. The researchers for this report found that juveniles often were incarcerated to await trial for up to", "title": "Human rights in the United States" }, { "id": "72923", "text": "countries to have recently carried out executions. The U.S. federal government, the U.S. military, and 31 states have a valid death penalty statute, and over 1,400 executions have been carried in the United States since it reinstated the death penalty in 1976, including 28 in 2015 alone. Japan has 111 inmates with finalized death sentences ; after executing Shoko Asahara and six other senior members of Aum Shinrikyo, a cult group which carried out multiple atrocities involving thousands of victims such as the Tokyo subway sarin attack, which took place on 20 March 1995, on 6 July the executions of", "title": "Capital punishment" }, { "id": "205592", "text": "and gross racial and class-based disparities that make impossible the fair implementation of this ultimate punishment.\" In 2012, Carter wrote an op-ed in the \"LA Times\" supporting passage of a state referendum which would have ended the death penalty. He opened the article: \"The process for administering the death penalty in the United States is broken beyond repair, and it is time to choose a more effective and moral alternative. California voters will have the opportunity to do this on election day.\" Carter has also called for commutations of death sentences for many death-row inmates, including Brian K. Baldwin (executed", "title": "Jimmy Carter" }, { "id": "2456674", "text": "inmates having exhausted the appeal process. Since 1976, four states have executed only condemned prisoners who voluntarily waived further appeals: Pennsylvania has executed three inmates, Oregon two, Connecticut one, and New Mexico one. In North Carolina, executions are suspended following a decision by the state's medical board that physicians cannot participate in executions, which is a requirement under state law. In California, United States District Judge Jeremy Fogel suspended all executions in the state on December 15, 2006, ruling that the implementation used in California was unconstitutional but that it could be fixed. On November 25, 2009, the Kentucky Supreme", "title": "Capital punishment in the United States" }, { "id": "19084047", "text": "nor a participant in, the robbery and murder of Isadore Rozeman.\" State District Judge Ramona Emanuel overturned his conviction that same month. Ford is one of at least 150 people on death row in the United States who were later exonerated and released. Soon after release from prison, Ford was diagnosed with terminal metastatic carcinoma of the lung. He entered home hospice care under the supervision of Johnathan Thompson (of \"Connick v. Thompson\" fame) and his organization Resurrection After Exoneration in New Orleans, LA. Ford went missing on the night of April 22, 2015, after a precipitous change in mental", "title": "Conviction and exoneration of Glenn Ford" }, { "id": "2459947", "text": "Capital punishment in Nebraska Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Nebraska. In 2015, the state legislature voted to repeal the death penalty, overriding governor Pete Ricketts' veto. However, a petition drive secured enough signatures to suspend the repeal until a public vote. In the November 2016 general election, voters rejected the repeal measure, preserving capital punishment in the state. Nebraska has currently 12 inmates on death row. All are convicted of either multiple murders or child murder. On August 14, 2018, Nebraska executed Carey Dean Moore, who was convicted of murder, in what was the", "title": "Capital punishment in Nebraska" }, { "id": "19678466", "text": "death sentences, one for witness intimidation and one each for a total of 12 murders, including those from the retaliatory firebombing. The sentences were formally pronounced by Judge Richard Barclay Surrick. While most male federal death row prisoners are housed at United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute., Savage, Federal Bureau of Prisons# 58232-066, is currently incarcerated in ADX Florence near Florence, Colorado. In May 2013, Kidada Savage was convicted of various crimes, including retaliating against witnesses and aiding racketeering. In February 2014, Surrick imposed a sentence of life imprisonment plus a consecutive ten-year sentence; the life sentence was mandatory. Kidada Savage", "title": "Kaboni Savage" }, { "id": "19264602", "text": "procedure violates the Sixth Amendment, and I would not extend \"Ring\" to cover the Florida system.\" Florida has about 400 inmates on death row, the most of any state except California. It is unclear how many may receive new re-sentencing hearings as a result of this decision. As of late January 2016, about 40 inmates have appeals pending. The Florida legislature needs to revise its death penalty law to address the Court's concerns about ensuring that the jury determines what aggravating facts are to be considered in a capital case for which the death penalty might be chosen. The Florida", "title": "Hurst v. Florida" }, { "id": "15017257", "text": "turned and fatally shot Bodden while trying to escape. In 1972 the Supreme Court of the United States temporarily abolished executions in the country due to constitutional concerns about states' unequal and arbitrary application of laws related to the death penalty. The respective state courts judicially amended death sentences to the next most severe sentence, generally, life in prison; some 587 men on death row and 26 women had their death sentences lifted. They and Sinclair received a life sentence to replace the death sentence. Sinclair was incarcerated from December 11, 1965 to April 21, 2006, a 40-year span. In", "title": "Billy Sinclair" }, { "id": "3831406", "text": "1972, following the US Supreme Court ruling in \"Furman v. Georgia\", finding the current state laws unconstitutional in how they applied the death penalty, the court ordered states to void the death sentences of persons on death row. They ordered their sentences to be amended to the next most severe level, generally life imprisonment. Some 587 men and 26 women were moved off death rows across the country. Rideau's sentence was amended by Louisiana to life in prison. He was moved from death row in Louisiana State Penitentiary to the general prison population. After another appeal, based on the exclusion", "title": "Wilbert Rideau" }, { "id": "6683607", "text": "Prisons, the majority of inmates held in federal prisons are convicted of drug offenses. The privatization of prisons and prison services which began in the 1980s has been a subject of debate. In 2018, Oklahoma had the highest incarceration rate (1,079 per 100,000 people), and Massachusetts the lowest (324 per 100,000 people). Among the U.S. territories, the highest incarceration rate was in the U.S. Virgin Islands (542 per 100,000 people) and the lowest was in Puerto Rico (313 per 100,000 people). The United States has a capitalist mixed economy which is fueled by abundant natural resources and high productivity. According", "title": "United States" }, { "id": "2561940", "text": "Dwight D. Eisenhower and then his successor President John F. Kennedy. Bennett applied to Kennedy for a Stay of Execution after an appeal to him from the Austrian victim and her parents for the African American soldier. This was promptly denied by the White House. All executions at the USDB thus far have been by hanging, but lethal injection has been specified as the military's current mode of execution. , there are four inmates on death row at the USDB, the most recent addition being Nidal Hasan, sentenced to death on 28 August 2013. The execution of Army PVT Ronald", "title": "United States Disciplinary Barracks" }, { "id": "11196066", "text": "both cases, being the lone justice to concur in the two. Sixteen years later, \"Roper v. Simmons\" overruled \"Stanford\". Justice Kennedy, who concurred to Scalia’s opinion in \"Stanford\", instead wrote the opinion of the court in \"Roper\" and became the key vote. Justice O’Connor dissented. Before 2005, of the 38 U.S. states that allow capital punishment: At the time of the \"Roper v. Simmons\" decision, there were 71 juvenile offenders awaiting execution on death row: 13 in Alabama; four in Arizona; three in Florida; two in Georgia; four in Louisiana; five in Mississippi; one in Nevada; four in North Carolina;", "title": "Capital punishment for juveniles in the United States" }, { "id": "6683604", "text": "3,246 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents in 2012, for a total of over 9 million total crimes. Capital punishment is sanctioned in the United States for certain federal and military crimes, and used in 31 states. No executions took place from 1967 to 1977, owing in part to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down arbitrary imposition of the death penalty. In 1976, that Court ruled that, under appropriate circumstances, capital punishment may constitutionally be imposed. Since the decision there have been more than 1,300 executions, a majority of these taking place in three states: Texas, Virginia, and", "title": "United States" }, { "id": "12363771", "text": "the Death Penalty criticized the move of the death row, saying that the conditions of the prisoners were worse than those in their previous location. The Texas Board of Criminal Justice approved the relocation of the men's death row on Friday May 21, 1999. Polunsky took the death row inmates on Friday June 18, 1999, with the first 55 inmates all classified as being troublesome. The death row transfer, which took ten months, was the largest transfer of condemned prisoners in history and was performed under heavy security. In February 2000 two death row inmates took a 57-year-old female corrections", "title": "Allan B. Polunsky Unit" }, { "id": "11517620", "text": "Life imprisonment in the United States In the United States, 1 in every 2,000 residents are imprisoned for life. This is similar to the total imprisonment rate in Japan, which is roughly 51 per 100,000 residents (approx. 1 in 1,960 residents). There are many U.S. states in which a convict can be released on parole after a decade or more has passed, but in California, people sentenced to life imprisonment can normally apply for parole after seven years. The laws in the United States divide life sentences between \"determinate life sentences\" and \"indeterminate life sentences.\" For example, sentences of \"15", "title": "Life imprisonment in the United States" }, { "id": "19086283", "text": "2011, Graves was awarded $1.4 million for the time he spent on death row under the Tim Cole Compensation Act. Following this, the prosecutor who had sent Graves to prison, Charles Sebesta, was disbarred on June 11, 2015, for withholding exculpatory evidence in Grave's case, and for using false testimony to secure the conviction. Following his release, Graves founded a scholarship, the Nicole B. Cásarez Endowed Scholarship In Law, in honor of his attorney. Anthony Charles Graves Anthony Charles Graves (born August 29, 1965) is the 138th exonerated death row inmate in America. With no record of violence, he was", "title": "Anthony Charles Graves" }, { "id": "6762997", "text": "Rights agreed that poor conditions on death row in Virginia should mean that a fugitive should not be extradited to the US unless the US agreed it would not execute the fugitive should he or she be convicted. Additionally, the number of years that the fugitive would be on death row was considered problematic. The case is known as \"Soering v. United Kingdom\". Earlier, however, in 1950, a justice of the United States Supreme Court in \"Solesbee v. Balkcom\" remarked that the \"onset of insanity while awaiting execution of a death sentence is not a rare phenomenon\". Often the death", "title": "Death row phenomenon" }, { "id": "7684051", "text": "Alan Gell James Alan Gell (born 1976 in North Carolina) is an American who was wrongfully convicted of first-degree murder in 1998 and sentenced to death in Bertie County, North Carolina, at the age of 22. He served nine years as an inmate on death row before being acquitted in a second trial in 2004; he was freed from prison and exonerated that year. He is the 113th person to be freed from death row in the United States. The State Superior Court determined that the prosecution had withheld significant exculpatory evidence and impeachment evidence in the first trial. It", "title": "Alan Gell" }, { "id": "12594132", "text": "of life and impose death sentences.\" According to the Equal Justice Initiative, \"[n]o capital sentencing procedure in the United States has come under more criticism as unreliable, unpredictable, and arbitrary than the \"judge override.\" \"Nearly seventy Alabama judges have single-handedly ordered an inmate's execution, and collectively they have done so more than a hundred times. Thirty-six of the nearly two hundred convicts on death row are there because of override.\" Because McMillian was on death row, in November 1988, 28-year-old attorney Bryan Stevenson, a Harvard Law School and Harvard School of Government graduate, who was the director of the newly", "title": "Walter McMillian" }, { "id": "3925840", "text": "each year. A 2014 study estimated that 4.1% of inmates awaiting execution on death row in the United States are innocent, and that at least 340 innocent people may have been executed since 1973. According to Professor Boaz Sangero of the College of Law and Business in Ramat Gan in Israel, most wrongful convictions are for crimes less serious than major felonies such as rape and murder, as judicial systems are less careful in dealing with those cases. Wrongful convictions appear at first to be \"rightful\" arrests and subsequent convictions, and also include a public statement about a particular crime", "title": "Miscarriage of justice" }, { "id": "9114645", "text": "Samuel R. Gross Samuel R. Gross is an American lawyer and the Thomas and Mabel Long Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School. Gross is best known for his work in false convictions and exonerations, notably the Larry Griffin death penalty case. Gross is the editor of the National Registry of Exonerations project. Samuel Gross has been leading a team of lawyers in statistics and in law which determined the likely number of unjust convictions of prisoners on death row. The study determined that at least 4% of people on death row were and are innocent. The", "title": "Samuel R. Gross" }, { "id": "9184317", "text": "nor President Barack Obama authorized his execution. According to the \"New York Times\", \"Military executions require presidential approval\". On January 17, 2017, three days before leaving office, President Obama commuted Loving's death sentence to life imprisonment without parole. Dwight J. Loving Dwight Jeffrey Loving (born c. 1968) was one of six military personnel on death row until President Barack Obama commuted his sentence to life without parole on January 17, 2017. Loving, a private in the United States Army, was sentenced to death following his conviction for murdering two taxicab drivers on December 12, 1988. He was stationed at Fort", "title": "Dwight J. Loving" }, { "id": "7603846", "text": "States, but DNA evidence is available in only a fraction of capital cases. Others have been released on the basis of weak cases against them, sometimes involving prosecutorial misconduct; resulting in acquittal at retrial, charges dropped, or innocence-based pardons. The Death Penalty Information Center (U.S.) has published a list of 10 inmates \"executed but possibly innocent\". At least 39 executions are claimed to have been carried out in the U.S. in the face of evidence of innocence or serious doubt about guilt. Since 1976 the United States has executed over 1,400 offenders: none of them have since been granted a", "title": "Wrongful execution" }, { "id": "7308209", "text": "James T. Vaughn Correctional Center The James T. Vaughn Correctional Center (JTVCC), formerly the Delaware Correctional Center (DCC), is a state prison for men in unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware, USA, near Smyrna. It is the Delaware Department of Correction's largest correctional facility. JTVCC houses some 2,500 minimum, medium, and maximum security inmates. It is also the primary facility for housing the Kent County pre-trial (detainee) population. The state's death row for men is in located here, while the death row for women is in the Delores J. Baylor Women's Correctional Institution. Executions occur at JTVCC. The facility is named", "title": "James T. Vaughn Correctional Center" }, { "id": "12781655", "text": "hear, can't see, can't walk, and is very, very loony\". The sentence was never carried out; Nash died of natural causes on February 12, 2010, at the age of 94. At the time of his death, he was the oldest person on death row in the US. Sadamichi Hirasawa died on death row in Japan in 1987, nearly one year older with a full 95 years and three months. Leroy Nash Viva Leroy Nash (September 10, 1915 – February 12, 2010) was an American career criminal and one of the oldest prisoners in history as well as one of those", "title": "Leroy Nash" }, { "id": "12363784", "text": "Confession, is set around Polunsky. The Confession [John Grisham] Paperback: 464 pages; Publisher: Arrow (May 1, 2011); Language: English; ; All death row prisoners on this list are and were under death sentences given by the State of Texas. Awaiting execution but moved out of Polunsky: Allan B. Polunsky Unit Allan B. Polunsky Unit (TL, formerly the Terrell Unit) is a prison in West Livingston, unincorporated Polk County, Texas, United States, located approximately southwest of Livingston along Farm to Market Road 350. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) operates the facility. The unit houses the State of Texas death", "title": "Allan B. Polunsky Unit" }, { "id": "4070551", "text": "increasingly more crowded. By 2010, the United States had more prisoners than any other country and a greater percentage of its population was in prison than in any other country in the world. \"Mass incarceration\" became a serious social and economic problem, as each of the 2.3 million American prisoners costs an average of about $25,000 per year. Recidivism remained high, and useful programs were often cut during the recession of 2009–2010. In 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court in \"Brown v. Plata\" upheld the release of thousands of California prisoners due to California's inability to provide constitutionally mandated levels of", "title": "Prison reform" } ]

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[ { "id": "18768923", "text": "series garnered several accolades. It received 16 Emmy Award nominations and won eight, including Outstanding Limited Series and acting awards for Kidman, Skarsgård, and Dern. The trio also won Golden Globe Awards in addition to a Golden Globe Award for Best Miniseries or Television Film win for the series. Kidman and Skarsgård also received Screen Actors Guild Awards for their performances. Despite originally being billed as a miniseries, HBO renewed the series for a second season. Production on the second season began in March 2018 and is set to premiere in 2019. All seven episodes are being written by Kelley", "title": "Big Little Lies (TV series)" }, { "id": "18768928", "text": "the second season. On March 27, 2018, it was announced that Douglas Smith had joined the cast in a recurring role. On April 3, 2018, it was confirmed that Kathryn Newton, Robin Weigert, Merrin Dungey, and Sarah Sokolovic were returning for the second season. Newton and Sokolovic have been upped from recurring roles to series regulars. Additionally, it was announced that Crystal Fox had joined the cast in a main role and that Mo McRae would appear in a recurring capacity. On April 10, 2018, it was announced that Martin Donovan had been cast in a recurring role. In May", "title": "Big Little Lies (TV series)" }, { "id": "18768932", "text": "show garnered an array of critical accolades, he changed his mind: \"It'd be great to reunite the team and to do it. Are we going to be able to do it, altogether? I wish.\" In July 2017, two weeks after the series was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series, HBO revealed that a second season was possible, and that Moriarty had been asked to write a story for it. In December 2017, after the Critics' Choice Television Award and Golden Globe Award nomination voting periods were over, HBO officially renewed the series for a seven-episode second", "title": "Big Little Lies (TV series)" }, { "id": "18768933", "text": "season to be written by David E. Kelley and directed by Andrea Arnold. Vallée will remain an executive producer of the series. Meryl Streep will join the cast as the mother of Alexander Skarsgård's character. The announcement of the second season, and—specifically—its timing, enraged the producers of rival shows that are competing for award nomination in the limited series category. Immediately following HBO's decision to produce a second installment of \"Big Little Lies\", the Producers Guild of America moved to reclassify the original installment of the show from a limited series to a drama series for the upcoming 2018 PGA", "title": "Big Little Lies (TV series)" }, { "id": "14603961", "text": "comedy series \"Married\". Burns was cast as Assistant District Attorney Emily Sinclair in Season Two of the show \"How to Get Away With Murder\". In 2009, \"Entertainment Weekly\" named her one of the \"25 Funniest Actresses in Hollywood\". In June 2013 \"Entertainment Weekly\" named Burns one of \"15 Actresses We're Rooting For\" as part of its \"Emmy Watch\". In 2016, Burns appeared as Margie Turley in the Lorne Michaels-produced \"Brother Nature\". In 2017, Burns appeared as Gabrielle in the HBO original miniseries \"Big Little Lies\" and in the Netflix series \". Sarah Burns Sarah Burns (born July 26, 1981) is", "title": "Sarah Burns" }, { "id": "18768930", "text": "were shot in Pacific Grove and Carmel Highlands as well. On October 16, 2016, HBO released the first teaser trailer for the series. On December 5, 2016, HBO released a full length trailer for the series. On February 7, 2017, the series held its official premiere at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Internationally, the series premiered on February 20, 2017, in Australia on Showcase, and on March 13, 2017, in the United Kingdom and Ireland on Sky Atlantic. The show was initially conceived of and billed as a miniseries of seven episodes. In the wake of the", "title": "Big Little Lies (TV series)" }, { "id": "18865172", "text": "Lies\", filmed on location in Monterey, California. It was originally released February 19, 2017 on HBO. The mini-series stars Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley, Alexander Skarsgård, Adam Scott, Laura Dern, and Zoë Kravitz, and won 8 Emmy Awards at the 2017 Primetime Emmy Awards including Outstanding Miniseries. Despite being called a miniseries, HBO announced in December 2017 that the series would return for a second season. Big Little Lies (novel) Big Little Lies is a 2014 novel written by Liane Moriarty. It was published in July 2014 by Penguin Publishing. The novel made the \"New York Times\" Best Seller", "title": "Big Little Lies (novel)" }, { "id": "20569372", "text": "Showtime series \"I'm Dying Up Here,\" starring Melissa Leo, Michael Angarano, and Al Madrigal. In addition to cinematography, Frohna served as director for multiple episodes of \"Transparent\", including \"The Book of Life\" and \"I Never Promised You a Promised Land\", and of \"I Love Dick\" for the episode \"This Is Not A Love Letter\". In February 2018, Frohna began pre-production with director Andrea Arnold for season 2 of the HBO series \"Big Little Lies\", starring Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Zoë Kravitz, and Laura Dern. In 2017, Frohna was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series", "title": "Jim Frohna" }, { "id": "15790703", "text": "marketing, and two children, George and Anna. Her novel \"Big Little Lies\" has been adapted into a television series by HBO, and stars Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Shailene Woodley, Laura Dern, Zoë Kravitz, and Alexander Skarsgård. The series premiered on February 19, 2017, and concluded on April 2, 2017. A second series was announced in December, 2017. A previous novel, \"The Husband's Secret\", is being adapted into a film. In September 2013, CBS Films acquired the rights to the novel. In May 2017, it was announced that the film will star Blake Lively. \"The Space Brigade\" series (also known as", "title": "Liane Moriarty" }, { "id": "7854255", "text": "Andrea Arnold Andrea Arnold, OBE (born 5 April 1961) is an English filmmaker and former actress. She won an Academy Award for her short film \"Wasp\" in 2005. She has since made the leap to feature films and television, including \"Red Road\" (2006), \"Fish Tank\" (2009), and \"American Honey\" (2016), all of which have won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Arnold has also directed four episodes of the Emmy Award-winning series \"Transparent\", as well as all seven episodes of the second season of the Emmy Award-winning series \"Big Little Lies\". Arnold was born in Dartford, Kent, the", "title": "Andrea Arnold" }, { "id": "18768922", "text": "Big Little Lies (TV series) Big Little Lies is an American drama television series, based on the novel of the same name by Liane Moriarty, that premiered on February 19, 2017, on HBO. Created and written by David E. Kelley, the series' seven-episode first season was directed by Jean-Marc Vallée. \"Big Little Lies\" stars Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon and Shailene Woodley and tells the story of three emotionally troubled women in Monterey, California, who become embroiled in a murder investigation. Alexander Skarsgård, Laura Dern, Jeffrey Nordling, Adam Scott, Zoë Kravitz, and James Tupper feature in supporting roles. Critically acclaimed, the", "title": "Big Little Lies (TV series)" }, { "id": "18768931", "text": "Emmy nominations, Reese Witherspoon said: \"As of right now, I think it's pretty whole. I feel really good about where it is, and if this is all it ever was, it's a beautiful thing we all accomplished together\", while Vallée came out strongly against the idea of producing a second season: \"There's no reason to make a season two. That was meant to be a one-time deal, and it's finishing in a way where it's for the audience to imagine what can happen. If we do a season two, we'll break that beautiful thing and spoil it\". Later, when the", "title": "Big Little Lies (TV series)" }, { "id": "18768935", "text": "shows of 2017. A soundtrack for the series was released on Google Play and iTunes on March 31, 2017. The first season was released on Blu-ray and DVD on August 1, 2017. Big Little Lies (TV series) Big Little Lies is an American drama television series, based on the novel of the same name by Liane Moriarty, that premiered on February 19, 2017, on HBO. Created and written by David E. Kelley, the series' seven-episode first season was directed by Jean-Marc Vallée. \"Big Little Lies\" stars Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon and Shailene Woodley and tells the story of three emotionally", "title": "Big Little Lies (TV series)" }, { "id": "18768926", "text": "announcement of the production's development, it was reported that Kidman and Witherspoon would also star in the adaptation as well. In December 2015, it announced that Shailene Woodley, Adam Scott, Laura Dern, and Zoë Kravitz had joined the cast in lead roles. On January 5, 2016, it was announced that Alexander Skarsgard and James Tupper had joined the main cast and that Jeffrey Nordling, Santiago Cabrera, P. J. Byrne, Kelen Coleman, Sarah Burns, Darby Camp, Cameron and Nicholas Crovetti, Ivy George, Chloe Coleman, Virginia Kull, Sarah Baker, Kathreen Khavari, Larry Bates, Hong Chau, and Gia Carides had joined the show's", "title": "Big Little Lies (TV series)" }, { "id": "731777", "text": "make her television debut in a main role by starring in the second season of the HBO series \"Big Little Lies\", in which she plays Mary-Louise Wright, the mother-in-law of Nicole Kidman's character, and will star with Gary Oldman in Steven Soderbergh's political thriller \"The Laundromat\", based on the Panama Papers scandal. In addition, Streep has signed on to play Aunt March in \"Little Women\", an adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's novel \"Little Women\", written and directed by Greta Gerwig with an ensemble cast including Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Timothée Chalamet, Laura Dern, and Chris Cooper. \"Vanity Fair\" commented that", "title": "Meryl Streep" }, { "id": "18768927", "text": "supporting cast. A few days later, it was reported that Iain Armitage had joined the cast in the role of Woodley's character's son. Soon after that, it was reported that Merrin Dungey, Larry Sullivan, and David Monahan had also joined the cast. On January 24, 2018, it was announced that Meryl Streep had joined the main cast in the role of Mary Louise Wright, the mother of Perry (played by Alexander Skarsgard in Season 1). In February 2018, it was confirmed that Shailene Woodley, Laura Dern, Zoë Kravitz, Adam Scott, James Tupper, Jeffrey Nordling and Iain Armitage were returning for", "title": "Big Little Lies (TV series)" }, { "id": "15704337", "text": "Gadson, who drummed for Bill Withers. His song \"Cold Little Heart\" serves as the opening theme for the HBO miniseries \"Big Little Lies\". Season 1 of the Netflix series \"Seven Seconds\" features his song \"Love & Hate\". Season 1 of the Netflix series The Get Down features his songs \"Rule the World\", and \"Black Man in a White World\". Season 3 episode 11 of the TNT series Animal Kingdom features his song \"Love and Hate\" Season 7 Episode 8 of Suits entitled \"100\" features his song \"Love and Hate\" Season 1 Episode 4 of Atlanta features his song \"Home Again\"", "title": "Michael Kiwanuka" }, { "id": "18768925", "text": "that television series would be written by David E. Kelley. On May 8, 2015, it was announced that HBO had given the production a series order and that in addition to writing, Kelley would also executive produce. On October 23, 2015, it was reported that Jean-Marc Vallée was in talks to direct the first episode of the series with the potential to direct more. On December 17, 2015, it was announced that Vallée would direct all seven episodes of the series. On November 28, 2016, it was announced that the series would premiere on February 19, 2017. Alongside the initial", "title": "Big Little Lies (TV series)" }, { "id": "18768929", "text": "2018, it was reported that Poorna Jagannathan had joined the cast in a recurring capacity. Additionally, it was confirmed that P.J. Byrne would reprise his role of Principal Nippal. On June 15, 2018, it was announced that Denis O'Hare had been cast in a recurring role. The series was shot with an Arri Alexa digital camera. Jean-Marc Vallée, who directed the entirety of the first season, preferred using natural lighting and handheld shooting style to allow actors to move freely around the set. Much of the series was filmed on location on the Monterey Peninsula and Big Sur. Several scenes", "title": "Big Little Lies (TV series)" }, { "id": "928110", "text": "a voice role in the animated film \"Sing\", as well as serving as a major performer on the film's soundtrack. The movie became Witherspoon's biggest hit, being the first to make over $200 million domestically and $600 million worldwide. In January 2016, Witherspoon began filming her first television project since \"Return To Lonesome Dove\", the seven-part miniseries adaptation of the Liane Moriarty bestseller, \"Big Little Lies\". She produced the miniseries, along with her co-star, Nicole Kidman, and the show's director, Jean-Marc Vallée, her second project under his direction. The series premiered on February 19, 2017 on HBO and finished on", "title": "Reese Witherspoon" }, { "id": "303336", "text": "Saroo's adoptive mother, who loves her son with every molecule of her being, but comes to understand his quest. It's as good as anything she's done in the last decade.\" \"Lion\" earned over $140 million against its $12 million budget. She also gave a voice-over performance for the English version of the animated film \"The Guardian Brothers.\" In 2017, Kidman returned to television for \"Big Little Lies\", a drama series based on Liane Moriarty's novel, which premiered on HBO. She also served as producer alongside her co-star, Reese Witherspoon, and the show's director, Jean-Marc Vallée. She played Celeste Wright, a", "title": "Nicole Kidman" }, { "id": "19920781", "text": "UnmAsked (Pretty Little Liars) \"UnmAsked\" is the season finale and the twenty-fifth episode of the second season of \"Pretty Little Liars\", which premiered on ABC Family on March 19, 2012. The forty-seventh episode overall, it was directed by Lesli Linka Glatter and written by series creator and showrunner I. Marlene King. The episode yielded 3.69 million viewers and a 1.6 demo rating, an increase from the previous episode. It also received favorable reviews. This episode is rated TV-14. Set chronologically in April 2011, the episode revolves around the Liars approaching to the truth of who's behind \"A\"'s mask, while the", "title": "UnmAsked (Pretty Little Liars)" }, { "id": "16961466", "text": "support group member dealing with the loss of her cat. In 2017, she played the recurring role of Thea Cunningham on HBO's limited series \"Big Little Lies\", based on the popular book of the same name. She also appeared as Vanessa on the FX show \"Louie\"; this performance was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series. Entertainment Weekly included the performance in its \"50 Best TV Scenes\" of 2014, and later nominated the performance for one of their annual \"EWwy Awards.\" The performance was included on numerous year-end \"best of\" lists for", "title": "Sarah Baker" }, { "id": "18551637", "text": "released April 8, 2016 and won the \"Headliners Audience Award\" at the 2016 SXSW Film Festival. Ross’ next film will be the story of John Lennon and Yoko Ono for Universal Pictures. Ross is an Executive Producer on the HBO series, \"Big Little Lies,\" an adaptation of Liane Moriarty's 2014 darkly comic novel about three mothers of kindergartners, starring Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon. The show premiered in February 2017. It won 8 Emmys at the 69th Annual Emmy Awards, including \"Outstanding Limited Series\", with 16 overall nominations\".\" At the 75th Annual Golden Globes, Big Little Lies won 4, including", "title": "Nathan Ross" }, { "id": "15461434", "text": "to 25 episodes. On December 13, 2011, it was announced that the identity of A would be revealed in the Spring Finale. Plus, the season finale will see someone arrested for the murder of Alison, as well as the death of a beloved character — excluding the four female leads. Filming of season two wrapped on December 16, 2011. Janel Parrish, Tammin Sursok, Bianca Lawson, and Tyler Blackburn return in the second season as Mona Vanderwaal, Jenna Marshall, Maya St. Germain, and Caleb Rivers. Also returning are Yani Gellman, Torrey DeVitto, Lindsey Shaw, Claire Holt, Keegan Allen, Brant Daugherty, Brendan", "title": "Pretty Little Liars (season 2)" }, { "id": "928070", "text": "other films include \"\" (2003), \"Monsters vs. Aliens\" (2009), \"Water for Elephants\" (2011), and \"Sing\" (2016). In 2014, Witherspoon produced the thriller \"Gone Girl\" and received praise for her portrayal of Cheryl Strayed in the drama \"Wild\", which earned her a second nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. In 2017, she co-produced and starred in the HBO drama series \"Big Little Lies\", for which she received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie and Outstanding Limited Series, winning the latter as a producer. Witherspoon owns a production company Hello Sunshine,", "title": "Reese Witherspoon" }, { "id": "18768934", "text": "Awards. \"Big Little Lies\" was met with a positive response from critics. On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds a 93% approval rating with an average rating of 8.04 out of 10 based on 102 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, \"Bitingly funny and highly addictive, \"Big Little Lies\" is a twisty, thrilling, enlightening ride led by a first-rate cast.\" Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the series a score of 75 out of 100, based on 42 critics, indicating \"generally favorable reviews\". \"Time\" magazine listed \"Big Little Lies\" as one of its top ten television", "title": "Big Little Lies (TV series)" }, { "id": "14572598", "text": "for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2009, TV Guide ranked the episode the #60 on its list of the 100 Greatest Episodes. Christine Baranski submitted the episode \"The Maternal Capacitance\" for consideration due to her nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards. Season two begins to deal with character development, including Sheldon becoming more and more obsessive. Leonard and Penny's relationship takes a turn for the worse when they break up, but this is quickly resolved. Soon their", "title": "The Big Bang Theory (season 2)" }, { "id": "7364819", "text": "It was released in North America on December 5, 2014. In May 2015, Vallée received the National Arts Centre Award, a companion award of the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards, given to an artist in recognition of work of an extraordinary nature over the previous performance year. The film was nominated for two Academy Awards, Best Actress for Reese Witherspoon, and Best Supporting Actress for Laura Dern. In 2017, he directed and executive-produced the acclaimed HBO miniseries \"Big Little Lies\", winning a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special. Vallée has two children,", "title": "Jean-Marc Vallée" }, { "id": "6943036", "text": "received another Golden Globe for her role as Renata Klein in the HBO series \"Big Little Lies\" (2017–present). Dern is an activist for raising awareness about toxic substances that can affect children's health. She is also a supporter of various charities and an activist for Down syndrome awareness. Dern was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of actors Diane Ladd and Bruce Dern, and great-granddaughter of former Utah governor and Secretary of War, George Dern; Dern was conceived while her parents were filming \"The Wild Angels\". The poet, writer, and Librarian of Congress Archibald MacLeish was her great-great-uncle. After", "title": "Laura Dern" }, { "id": "15461425", "text": "Pretty Little Liars (season 2) The second season of Pretty Little Liars, based on the books of the same name by Sara Shepard, premiered on June 14, 2011 and concluded on March 19, 2012 on ABC Family. On January 10, 2011, ABC Family renewed the series for a second season. The season premiere brought in 3.68 million viewers, which was higher than the season 1 premiere. The Halloween special aired on October 19, 2011, drawing 2.5 million total viewers. The second half of season 2 premiered on January 2, 2012. Picking up the night Ian Thomas's body disappears, Spencer, Aria,", "title": "Pretty Little Liars (season 2)" }, { "id": "18106657", "text": "returned in January 2015 for a ten-part second series. A third series containing ten episodes began in November 2015. The fourth series of ten episodes aired in June 2016. The fifth series, lasting eight episodes, started in February 2017. A ten-part second series was filmed and broadcast in 2015 on Dave. A ten-part third series (plus Christmas special) was broadcast on Dave. A ten-part fourth series was filmed during February–March 2016. and was broadcast on consecutive nights from 11 June 2016. An eight-part fifth series was broadcast from February to April 2017. Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled Alan Davies: As", "title": "Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled" }, { "id": "13989066", "text": "Diaz. She had the lead role, Alex, in the 2012 film \"Paranormal Activity 4\", the fourth in the franchise, and won an award at the 34th Young Artist Awards for her performance in the film. Beginning in season 10, she had a recurring role as Claire Novak on \"Supernatural\". In 2017, Newton appeared in the HBO series \"Big Little Lies\" based on the Liane Moriarty novel of the same name. Newton was cast in the female lead of an adaptation of \"\". Kathryn Newton Kathryn Newton (born February 8, 1997) is an American actress best known for her role as", "title": "Kathryn Newton" }, { "id": "11641760", "text": "Land comedy series, \"Younger\". It was released January 13, 2016 through RCA Records and Sony Music Entertainment. \"TV Land called me,\" Duff told \"People\", \"They were like, 'We want you to cover a song for the promos for the second season.' And I’m like, 'Oh my God. Yes, of course, I would love to.'\" A preview of her rendition of the song was made available through the magazine in December 2015. The recording was produced by Peer Astrom and Adam Anders, with vocal engineering and production from Alex Anders, the same team responsible for the music behind the popular Fox", "title": "Little Lies" }, { "id": "19424330", "text": "July 8, 2018. On July 25, 2018, HBO president of programming Casey Bloys confirmed that, unlike other HBO series \"Big Little Lies\" which was originally ordered as a limited series before being renewed for a second season, \"Sharp Objects\" will not return for more episodes following its limited run. On February 19, 2016, \"Variety\" reported that Amy Adams had joined the project as its lead. In March 2017, it was announced that Patricia Clarkson, Eliza Scanlen, Elizabeth Perkins, Madison Davenport, Chris Messina, Matt Craven, and Taylor John Smith had been cast in series regular roles. It was also announced that", "title": "Sharp Objects (miniseries)" }, { "id": "6943046", "text": "with both Witherspoon and Vallée for the 2017 HBO miniseries \"Big Little Lies\", winning her first Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for her portrayal of Renata Klein. That year, Dern also appeared in David Lynch's revival of \"Twin Peaks\" for Showtime as Diane Evans and in Rian Johnson's blockbuster \"\" as Vice Admiral Amilyn Holdo. In 2018, Dern had the lead role in \"The Tale\", an autobiographical feature film written and directed by Jennifer Fox. The film premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2018 and later on HBO", "title": "Laura Dern" }, { "id": "17890574", "text": "to his family's private equity firm, when his wife Kate is murdered. The series was renewed for a second season on May 7, 2015, which premiered on September 25, 2016 and concluded on December 4, 2016. On May 11, 2017, ABC cancelled the series after two seasons. Ben Crawford is a self-employed contractor, married to Christy with whom he has two daughters, Natalie, 16, and Abby, 12. His best friend, Dave, lives in their summer house. They have a neighbor, Jess, who is estranged from her husband Scott, who is in the military. Jess and Scott have a five year", "title": "Secrets and Lies (U.S. TV series)" }, { "id": "928112", "text": "film was released in March 2018, co-stars Oprah Winfrey and Mindy Kaling, and is directed by Ava DuVernay. In July 2018, Witherspoon began hosting the talk show \"Shine On with Reese\" on DirecTV. The show is a one-on-one interview between Witherspoon and a female guest focussing on how the guest achieved her dreams. Like \"Big Little Lies,\" the show is produced by her production company \"Hello Sunshine\". The show marks Witherspoon's first unscripted role in television. In December 2017, HBO renewed \"Big Little Lies\" for a second season making the series a regular drama series series instead of a miniseries.", "title": "Reese Witherspoon" }, { "id": "2006322", "text": "album. The album's lead single, \"Goose Snow Cone,\" was released on the same day. On March 27 Mann performed the song with Jon Batiste and Stay Human on Late Show with Stephen Colbert. The album was released on March 31, 2017; with Mann releasing the album independently with distribution, marketing, and promotion through Membran Entertainment Group. The album won the Grammy Award for Best Folk Album at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards, Mann's second win. In September 2017, Mann contributed a song \"Everybody Bleeds\" to Season 1, episode 2 of the Netflix original series \"Big Mouth\". In January 2018, she", "title": "Aimee Mann" }, { "id": "5263494", "text": "and produced. Scott has also appeared in the Comedy Central television show \"Nick Swardson's Pretend Time\", as a newscaster in the episode \"Relapse into Refreshment\". He has appeared in a series of commercials for ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball. Starting in November 2016, Scott took on a recurring guest star role in \"The Good Place\" as Trevor. In 2017, Scott appeared in HBO's \"Big Little Lies\". Scott co-starred with Craig Robinson in the sitcom \"Ghosted\", which premiered on October 1, 2017 on Fox. With Scott Aukerman, Scott is the co-host and co-creator of the Earwolf podcast \"U Talkin' U2 To Me\",", "title": "Adam Scott (actor)" }, { "id": "15461433", "text": "girls learn of Mona's plan and rush to her aid. Spencer and Mona struggle, and Mona is knocked into a ravine, but survives. Emily learns that Maya was murdered, after she had seemingly disappeared. Mona is hospitalized in Radley Sanitarium, where she is visited by a blonde woman in a red trench coat, revealing Mona was working for someone else the whole time. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> After an initial order of 24 episodes, it was announced in June that a special Halloween-themed flashback episode would air as part of ABC Family's 13 Nights of Halloween lineup, bringing the season 2 episode order", "title": "Pretty Little Liars (season 2)" }, { "id": "18926561", "text": "starring Alice Eve and Bryan Cranston. It was released domestically on January 10, 2014. In 2014, Sokolovic played Maveen Lyttle in the crime film \"Every Secret Thing\" along with Diane Lane, Elizabeth Banks, and Dakota Fanning, directed by Amy J. Berg, and released on May 15, 2015. In June 2015, Sokolovic was cast in \"Homeland's\" season 5 as Laura Sutton, an American journalist in Berlin who works for the Düring Foundation. Since 2017, she has played the role of Tori Bachman on the award winning TV show Big Little Lies. Sokolovic has also acted on the TV series \"The Good", "title": "Sarah Sokolovic" }, { "id": "14572597", "text": "The Big Bang Theory (season 2) The second season of the American sitcom \"The Big Bang Theory\" was originally aired on CBS from September 22, 2008, to May 11, 2009, over 23 episodes. The Complete Season DVD was released September 15, 2009, and a Blu-ray version was reissued on July 10, 2012, with remastered surround sound audio, whereas the DVD version only had stereo. Season two starts immediately after the end of season one with Leonard and Penny's date. Jim Parsons submitted the episode \"The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis\" for consideration due to his nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award", "title": "The Big Bang Theory (season 2)" }, { "id": "6195033", "text": "#113 overall in the Nielsen ratings, up from #115 the year before. The season's fourth episode, \"Red\", the season's seventeenth episode \"Rosetta\", and the season finale, \"Exodus\", were selected in The Futon Critic's 50 best episodes of 2002 and 2003, respectively. \"Red\" placed 9th, while \"Rosetta\" placed 22nd, and \"Exodus\" placed 35th. The season received mostly favorable reviews. IGN's Jeremy Conrad, gave the second season a score of 8.7/10, stating it was \"a clear improvement over season [one]... This season has better pacing, more interesting story arcs, better special effects, and more importantly, better episodes.\" When referring to Christopher Reeve's", "title": "Smallville (season 2)" }, { "id": "19386647", "text": "\"Rise of the Villains\" while the second half is subtitled \"Wrath of the Villains\". The season premiered on September 21, 2015 and concluded on May 23, 2016 on Fox. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The show was officially renewed by Fox for a 22-episode second season on January 17, 2015. For this season, the producers decided not to follow the \"case-of-the-week\" format of most episodes in the first season. The season saw all series regulars from season 1 returning with the exception of Victoria Cartagena, and Andrew Stewart-Jones. John Doman and Jada Pinkett Smith, who were regulars on season 1, returned to the show", "title": "Gotham (season 2)" }, { "id": "20250641", "text": "story. Episodes saw a slight increase in production value, with animations slightly improving in quality and episodes lengthening to around 3–10 minutes. Season 2's finale was a 2-part special lasting about 13 minutes in length, entitled \"Attack of The Choomahs\". The special depicts the Choomahs invading Brown Town. Season 2 had 10 episodes in total. Season 3 saw a significant step up in terms of production, with the show's creators investing in better equipment to animate episodes with. Drawings greatly improved in quality and episodes became more consistent in length, all lasting about 5 minutes. Season 3 premiered on July", "title": "The Big Lez Show" }, { "id": "20528807", "text": "her romantic involvement with fellow astronaut William Oefelein. In February 2017, Noah Hawley was brought onto \"Pale Blue Dot\" to produce alongside Bruna Papandrea and Reese Witherspoon, with Witherspoon intended to star in the lead role. However, in November 2017, Witherspoon dropped out of the film in order to shoot a second season of \"Big Little Lies\". By January 2018, Hawley was also set to direct the film, while Natalie Portman entered into negotiations for the lead role. In March 2018, Jon Hamm joined the cast. In April 2018, Zazie Beetz joined the cast, with Dan Stevens joining in May.", "title": "Pale Blue Dot (film)" }, { "id": "15703551", "text": "the top 10 in Femina magazine's \"India's 50 most beautiful women\" in 2012 and in 2014, she was named among the top 50 most powerful women in India. She was most recently a series regular on \"Gypsy\", a Netflix original series, and part of the ensemble cast for HBO's new anthology series, \"Room 104\", by the Duplass brothers. Her new film, \"Share\", directed by Pippa Bianco and produced by A24, is slated for a 2019 release. In May 2018, Deadline announced that Jagannathan was joining the cast of the HBO series \"Big Little Lies\", as a new recurring character. The", "title": "Poorna Jagannathan" }, { "id": "12115684", "text": "in November, Season 2: Part 1 and Season 2: Part 2 were released soon after. In part one, episodes 1-15 were included, while remaining episodes 16-29 were released in part 2. On the case, there are images from the episode \"No Sugar, Sugar\", but the episode was not released on the disc. A full season collection was released on November 25, 2009. Season 2 started with a week of 5 new episodes. The average ratings for the 5 new episodes were 3.7 million viewers. Season 2 had several special episodes and marathons. The first special was \"Achy Jakey Heart\", in", "title": "Hannah Montana (season 2)" }, { "id": "17650125", "text": "on Sunday, October 30, 2016, at 8pm on \"National Geographic Channel\" (followed that evening by \"Before the Flood\", Leonardo DiCaprio's climate documentary). The subsequent episodes of season 2 of \"Years of Living Dangerously\" aired on Wednesdays at 10 p.m. (9 p.m. Central Time), beginning on November 2. Season 2 consisted of 8 episodes, distributed in 171 countries and 45 languages. The \"National Geographic Channel\" is \"available in almost 90 million U.S. homes (four times the reach of \"Showtime\") and in over 440 million homes ... worldwide.\" The series producers maintain a website, http://yearsoflivingdangerously.com, that contains bonus footage and further information", "title": "Years of Living Dangerously" }, { "id": "12305956", "text": "Secrets and Lies (30 Rock) \"Secrets and Lies\" is the eighth episode of the second season of \"30 Rock\", and the twenty-ninth overall. It was written by Ron Weiner and directed by Michael Engler. The episode first aired on December 6, 2007 on the NBC network in the United States. Guest stars in this episode include Reathel Bean, James Carville, Paul Eichel, Edie Falco, Melissa Gallagher, Jabari Gray, Blaine Horton, John Lutz, Erich McCall, Andrew Polk, Reshma Shetty, Tom Treadwell and Darlene Violette. In this episode, Celeste \"C.C.\" Cunningham (played by Edie Falco) wishes to go public with her relationship", "title": "Secrets and Lies (30 Rock)" }, { "id": "11053033", "text": "Friday Night Lights (season 2) The second season of the American serial drama television series \"Friday Night Lights\" commenced airing in the United States and Canada on October 5, 2007 and concluded its 15-episode season on February 7, 2008, on NBC. While initially renewed for a 22-episode full season, the show ended production for the season after filming the 15th episode, due to the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike. The series' future was once again placed in doubt as it did not return to production once the strike ended, and it continued to suffer from low ratings in its", "title": "Friday Night Lights (season 2)" }, { "id": "4555977", "text": "were originally awarded in the Best Actress – Television Series Drama category before the creation of this category. Since its inception, the award has been given to 34 actresses. Nicole Kidman is the current recipient of the award for her portrayal of Celeste Wright on \"Big Little Lies\". Ann-Margret, Judy Davis and Helen Mirren have won the most awards in this category, winning two times. Jessica Lange has been nominated for the award on eight occasions, the most within the category. Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees. Golden Globe", "title": "Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film" }, { "id": "10248542", "text": "James Burrows, who did not continue with the show. The reworked second pilot led to a 13-episode order by CBS on May 14, 2007. Prior to its airing on CBS, the pilot episode was distributed on iTunes free of charge. The show premiered on September 24, 2007, and was picked up for a full 22-episode season on October 19, 2007. The show is filmed in front of a live audience, and is produced by Warner Bros. Television and Chuck Lorre Productions. Production was halted on November 6, 2007, due to the Writers Guild of America strike. Nearly three months later,", "title": "The Big Bang Theory" }, { "id": "18411446", "text": "Shameless (season 2) The second season of \"Shameless\", an American comedy-drama television series based on the British series of the same name by Paul Abbott, premiered on January 8, 2012, at Sunday 9:00 p.m. EST on the Showtime television network. Executive producers are John Wells, Paul Abbott and Andrew Stearn, with producer Michael Hissrich. The season concluded after 12 episodes on April 1, 2012. The show's season premiere brought in 1.58 million viewers, which was higher than the season 1 premiere. The episode airing March 4, \"Parenthood\", received 1.6 million total viewers, its highest rated show of the season. The", "title": "Shameless (season 2)" }, { "id": "20219853", "text": "or exciting of a concept.\" \"Till Death Do Us Part\" was viewed by 1.41 million viewers upon its first broadcast, acquiring a 0.7 Nielsen rating/share among the 18–49 demographic. It was second most watched episode of the season, and was slightly up from the sixth-season finale a year ago. This episode is rated TV-14. The \"A-List Wrap Party\" special was watched by 0.62 millions viewers. Till Death Do Us Part (Pretty Little Liars) \"Till Death Do Us Part\" is the series finale of \"Pretty Little Liars\", which premiered on the Freeform network in the United States on June 27, 2017.", "title": "Till Death Do Us Part (Pretty Little Liars)" }, { "id": "14195704", "text": "1.86 million, an audience share of 8.5%. Episode Two received 1.53 million viewers (7.4%) – and by Episode Four, viewing numbers were down to 1.09 million (5.3%). Episode Five saw a slight rise in viewers to 1.33 million (6.6%), but numbers once again fell for Episode Six to 1.12 million (5.5%) and the season ended with the lowest number of viewers, 1.06 million (5.1%), tuning in for the final episode. The second series in the UK began with 1.34 million, audience share of 6.8%, but by episode seven had steadily declined to 0.68 million viewers and an audience share of", "title": "Episodes (TV series)" }, { "id": "5406774", "text": "Day Is Short\" omitted) on the Drowned in Sound label. \"Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole\" was used at the end of the second episode in season three of the Netflix original series Orange is the New Black, and at the end of the fourth episode in season one of the HBO original series Big Little Lies. The review in \"PopMatters\" calls the EP \"a rebellious introductory stance for an artist looking to provoke or silence potential critics\" and states that Wainwright is \"as different from her brother as her brother is different from their father, but like both men, she's fiercely", "title": "Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole" }, { "id": "20141718", "text": "the series and distributed the first part through their streaming service worldwide, starting on 25 December 2017. However, instead of retaining the original number of nine episodes and the 70 minute runtime of each episode in the season, it was cut into thirteen different untitled episodes, each being 41–55 minutes in length. Netflix released the second part worldwide on 6 April 2018, with the same edits made to the episodes as in the first part. On 18 April 2018, Netflix renewed the series for a third part, which is expected to be released in 2019. The third part will be", "title": "Money Heist" }, { "id": "18411451", "text": "the USA. Shameless (season 2) The second season of \"Shameless\", an American comedy-drama television series based on the British series of the same name by Paul Abbott, premiered on January 8, 2012, at Sunday 9:00 p.m. EST on the Showtime television network. Executive producers are John Wells, Paul Abbott and Andrew Stearn, with producer Michael Hissrich. The season concluded after 12 episodes on April 1, 2012. The show's season premiere brought in 1.58 million viewers, which was higher than the season 1 premiere. The episode airing March 4, \"Parenthood\", received 1.6 million total viewers, its highest rated show of the", "title": "Shameless (season 2)" }, { "id": "15734318", "text": "America; and were also released on DVD and iTunes. All fifteen episodes from season two were released completely uncensored on a three-disc DVD set in the United States on June 10, 2008. The second season is also available on iTunes and has been made available for on demand streaming on Netflix. Seung Eun Kim and Dan Fausett served as directors, and series creator Aaron McGruder, Rodney Barnes, Jason Van Veen, and Yamara Taylor served as writers for season two. All episodes in season two, with the exception of \"The Hunger Strike\" and \"The Uncle Ruckus Reality Show\", originally aired in", "title": "The Boondocks (season 2)" }, { "id": "15703555", "text": "with an average rating of 8.5/10 based on 56 reviews; its consensus reads, \"\"The Night Of\" is a richly crafted, exquisitely performed mystery that will keep viewers enthralled and leave them devastated.\" On September 2016, it was announced that Jagannathan was joining the cast of \"Gypsy\" as a series regular. The Netflix produced series was led by Naomi Watts and released on June 30, 2017. In August 2017, Netflix announced it would not renew \"Gypsy\" for another season. In May 2018, Deadline announced that Jagannathan was joining the cast of the HBO series \"Big Little Lies\". She is playing Katie", "title": "Poorna Jagannathan" }, { "id": "11524016", "text": "was after she had seen an early screening of the film that she decided she wanted to contribute to the soundtrack. The soundtrack was released on 16October 2009. The song \"Get Some\" was featured in the 15th episode of the first season of \"Hawaii Five-0\" titled \"Kai e'e\" which aired 23January 2011. The song was also used in ABC Family's drama \"Pretty Little Liars\" in the 18th episode of the second season which was titled \"A Kiss Before Lying\" which aired 30January 2012. The song was also used in the 19th episode of the second season of The CW's \"The", "title": "Lykke Li" }, { "id": "19539167", "text": "1) has been shown on March 3. An English dub of the show premiered December 15, 2017 on Disney Channel Asia. It also premiered on Nickelodeon Sonic in India on July 16, 2018; however it was abruptly taken off the schedule nearly two weeks later for unknown reasons, with the last few episodes remaining to be aired. But in mid-November 2018, the new episodes were aired on Nick HD+ and the entire season was finished on November 18, 2018. The first episode of Season 2 was broadcast September 22, 2017, with episode two, three and four shown on September 29.", "title": "Ejen Ali" }, { "id": "18270799", "text": "Rick and Morty (season 2) The second season of the animated television series \"Rick and Morty\" originally aired on Cartoon Network's late night programming block Adult Swim in the United States on July 26, 2015 with \"A Rickle in Time\", and concluded on October 4 with \"The Wedding Squanchers\". This season aired a total of ten episodes. The actors and actresses listed below lend their voices to the corresponding animated characters. Other cast members of the season, who each have voiced one or more characters, include: Jay Johnson, Tom Kenny, Jill Talley, Paul F. Tompkins, Scott Chernoff, Ryan Elder, Will", "title": "Rick and Morty (season 2)" }, { "id": "16876726", "text": "of ABC1's award-winning \"Laid\" in which she also starred as 'EJ'. Pacquola starred in and co-wrote the first episode of the second season of \"It's a Date\". She played the role of Nat in the ABC TV series \"Utopia\" and Dolly in \"The Beautiful Lie\". Pacquola won the \"best guest or supporting actress in a television drama\" AACTA Award for her role in \"The Beautiful Lie\". In 2016 she collaborated with Luke McGregor to write and star in the series \"Rosehaven\". \"Rosehaven\" won the 2017 AWGIE Award for Best Comedy script. She has performed and guested on Australian TV on", "title": "Celia Pacquola" }, { "id": "2241478", "text": "In the 21st century the format made a comeback on cable television and became popular on streaming services. History, for example, has had some of its greatest successes with miniseries such as \"\", \"Hatfields & McCoys\" and \"The Bible\", \"Political Animals\" by USA Network was honored with a Critics' Choice Television Award for Most Exciting New Series award, while HBO's \"Big Little Lies\" won eight Emmy awards. To designate one-season shows that are not intended for being renewed for additional seasons, the broadcast and television industry came up with terms like \"limited series\" or \"event series\". These terms also apply", "title": "Miniseries" }, { "id": "16654236", "text": "overall received generally positive reviews from critics; with particular praise going to the atmosphere, protagonist, and its sense of tension; however, some have criticized its lack of hub areas and certain aspects of its storytelling and it is often deemed inferior to its predecessor. \"Episode 1 – All That Remains\" received positive reviews. Aggregating review websites GameRankings and Metacritic gave the PlayStation 3 version 81.29% and 82/100, the PC version 78.76% and 78/100 and the Xbox 360 version 77.50% and 80/100. Matt Liebl from GameZone gave the episode an 8.5/10, stating that it \"...is just a taste of what's to", "title": "The Walking Dead: Season Two" }, { "id": "18752379", "text": "Jennifer Lafleur Jennifer Lafleur (born September 8, 1979) is an American actress. She is known for appearing in the independent films \"The Do-Deca-Pentathlon\" (2012), \"The Pretty One\" (2013), \"The Midnight Swim\" (2014), \"MAD\" (2016) and \"6 Years\" (2015). On television, Lafleur has appeared on the HBO series \"Big Little Lies\", \"Room 104\" and \"Animals.\", the Showtime series \"Billions\", \"American Crime\" on ABC, \"Married\" on FX, \"Chicago Fire\" on NBC, \"Workaholics\" and \"Review\" on Comedy Central, \"Childrens Hospital\" and \"Newsreaders\" on Adult Swim, and \"Major Crimes\" on TNT. Lafleur was born in Ware, Massachusetts and grew up in Brookfield. Her father", "title": "Jennifer Lafleur" }, { "id": "19120161", "text": "in December 2015, advising the series would begin airing in February 2016. The premiere date was later confirmed as 9 February. The first season averaged 1.24 million viewers and was the highest rated Australian drama series of 2016. Wanted (2016 Australian TV series) Wanted is an Australian drama television series which premiered on the Seven Network in Australia on 9 February 2016. The first season consisted of six episodes. It was renewed for a six-episode second season, which premiered with a double-episode on 5 June 2017. The series was renewed for a third season which premiered on October 15, 2018.", "title": "Wanted (2016 Australian TV series)" }, { "id": "6843412", "text": "in the second half hour. The series was later the third most searched topic on the internet according to Lycos days following the premiere. The July 10 episode had a total of 8.3 million viewers, slightly higher than the premiere episode's ratings. The first eviction of the season, which featured both Sheryl's eviction and the expulsion of Justin, garnered 9.2 million viewers; the episode was the most watched in its time slot. Speaking on the topic of the ratings for the series, Les Moonves stated that he felt the series was \"worthwhile\" but \"required diligence.\" The August 7th episode of", "title": "Big Brother 2 (U.S.)" }, { "id": "4555994", "text": "title Best Supporting Actress – Television Series before changing to its current title in 1980. Since its inception, the award has been given to 45 actresses. Laura Dern is the current recipient of the award for her portrayal of Renata Klein on \"Big Little Lies\". Valerie Bertinelli, Laura Dern, Faye Dunaway, and Polly Holliday have won the most awards in this category with two each. Rhea Perlman has been nominated for the award on six occasions, the most within the category. Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees: Golden Globe", "title": "Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film" }, { "id": "11832203", "text": "from September 20, 2005 to December 6, 2005. The timeslot changed to Thursdays at 9:30 p.m. from January 5, 2006 to May 11, 2006. The season was a ratings success, bolstered by Carell's success in the 2005 film \"The 40 Year Old Virgin\". The season also received glowing reviews from critics, with many calling it one of the greatest sitcom seasons ever produced. The second season was released in a four-disc DVD boxset in Region 1 on September 12, 2006, and in Region 2 on January 28, 2008. The DVD set contained all 22 episodes, as well as commentaries from", "title": "The Office (U.S. season 2)" }, { "id": "16548818", "text": "\"Long Tall Sally\" The 90-minute second episode was broadcast on 6 April 2013 and aired from 7.00pm until 8.30pm. The 90-minute third episode was broadcast on 13 April 2013 and aired from 6.45pm until 8.15pm. The 65-minute fourth episode was broadcast on 20 April 2013 and aired from 8.20pm until 9.25pm. The 85-minute fifth episode was broadcast on 27 April 2013 and aired from 8.00pm until 9.25pm. The 80-minute sixth episode was broadcast on 4 May 2013 from 8.05pm until 9.25pm. The recording of the battle rounds took place on 9 and 10 February 2013 at The Fountain Studios and", "title": "The Voice UK (series 2)" }, { "id": "11053041", "text": "are at home with his family and former team, leaves TMU and returns to coach the Panthers. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Friday Night Lights (season 2) The second season of the American serial drama television series \"Friday Night Lights\" commenced airing in the United States and Canada on October 5, 2007 and concluded its 15-episode season on February 7, 2008, on NBC. While initially renewed for a 22-episode full season, the show ended production for the season after filming the 15th episode, due to the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike. The series' future was once again placed in doubt as it did", "title": "Friday Night Lights (season 2)" }, { "id": "10903140", "text": "as starring roles in independent films, like \"Dope\" and \"Adam Green's Aladdin\". Since 2017, Kravitz has also starred in the HBO drama series \"Big Little Lies\". Aside from acting, Kravitz was the face of Vera Wang's \"Princess\" fragrance in 2009, and has modeled for \"Venus Zine\" and \"Elle\", among others. She also fronts the band Lolawolf, who released their debut album \"Calm Down\" in 2014. The band have also toured with Lily Allen and Miley Cyrus, among others. Kravitz was born in Venice, Los Angeles, California at the home of her parents, actress Lisa Bonet and musician Lenny Kravitz. Both", "title": "Zoë Kravitz" }, { "id": "14824858", "text": "a DVD box set in the United Kingdom (Region 2) on 20 September 2004. It was later released in the United States (Region 1) on 11 January 2005, and in Australia (Region 4) on 21 March 2005. The box set consists of all 10 episodes of the second series over five discs in widescreen format. The box set includes an array of special features. Five of the episodes contain audio commentary tracks, and all (with the exception of the second) include their own behind-the-scenes featurettes. In addition there are numerous other featurettes including many cast and crew members of the", "title": "Spooks (series 2)" }, { "id": "20234940", "text": "Melissa Benoist, who stars in the titular role, principal cast members Mehcad Brooks, Chyler Leigh, Jeremy Jordan, and David Harewood return from the first season, and are joined by Chris Wood and Floriana Lima. The season premiered on The CW on October 10, 2016, and ran until May 22, 2017, over 22 episodes. It received overall critical acclaim, being viewed as an improvement over the first season. The series was renewed for a third season on January 8, 2017. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> On May 12, 2016, Warner Bros. Television announced that \"Supergirl\" had been renewed for a second season of 22 episodes", "title": "Supergirl (season 2)" }, { "id": "18733714", "text": "2016. On December 24, 2016, the series was renewed for a third season, to be released in 2017. and On December 31, 2016, it was confirmed that the season was given an 18-episode order. Production for the third season began on March 18, 2017, and ended on September 2, 2017. It was announced on June 26, 2017 that the third season would be split into two parts, with the release of the first part on September 22, 2017 to consist of nine episodes. It was announced on November 13, 2017 that the second half, also consisting of nine episodes, would", "title": "Fuller House (TV series)" }, { "id": "9303636", "text": "is featured at both ends of the episode. Andie sings along with the original in the opening scene; at the end, Elvis Costello's cover version plays as House test-drives the motorcycle. The song \"In The Deep\" by Bird York is played during the operating scene. Writer Lawrence Kaplow won a Writers Guild of America Award in 2006 for this episode. Autopsy (House) \"Autopsy\" is the second episode of the second season of \"House\", which premiered on the Fox network on September 20, 2005. House and team struggle to diagnose a young girl whose cancer is not causing her more immediate", "title": "Autopsy (House)" }, { "id": "20378565", "text": "a Comedy Series and Maya Rudolph for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series. For the 34th TCA Awards, \"The Good Place\" won for Outstanding Achievement in Comedy, and received two other nominations–Program of the Year and Individual Achievement in Comedy for Ted Danson. The Good Place (season 2) The second season of the fantasy comedy television series \"The Good Place\", created by Michael Schur, began airing September 20, 2017, on NBC in the United States. The season is produced by Fremulon, 3 Arts Entertainment, and Universal Television. The season concluded on February 1, 2018 and contained 13 episodes. The", "title": "The Good Place (season 2)" }, { "id": "17598723", "text": "True Lies (The Vampire Diaries) \"True Lies\" is the second episode of the fifth season of the American series \"The Vampire Diaries\", and the series 91st episode overall. \"True Lies\" was originally aired on October 10, 2013, on The CW. The episode was written by Brian Young and directed by Joshua Butler. The whole town is under the influence of Silas (Paul Wesley) to find Katherine (Nina Dobrev). A woman sees her on the street but Katherine hits her so she will not call Silas. Matt (Zach Roerig) and Jeremy (Steven R. McQueen) find her before she runs away again", "title": "True Lies (The Vampire Diaries)" }, { "id": "18865168", "text": "where he used his cousin's name to avoid trouble for himself. Perry admits to raping Jane but shows no remorse. In the ensuing argument between them, Perry hits Celeste. Enraged by what she has witnessed, Bonnie pushes him to his death from the balcony. In the aftermath of the fall, Madeline finds out that Bonnie had an abusive father and seeing Perry's violence brought back bad memories. Everybody on the balcony decides to lie to protect Bonnie, but she turns herself in. She is only sentenced to 200 hours of community service. A year after Perry's death, Celeste works in", "title": "Big Little Lies (novel)" }, { "id": "16433867", "text": "Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic\", writing, \"This scene is a direct shoutout to the fans and completely cements the creator Lauren Faust's geek cred. The only thing missing is a Wookiee yell at the end!\" The two-part episode is part of the Season 2 DVD set released by Shout Factory on May 14, 2013. It was also part of the \"Cutie Mark Quests\" DVD, which was released on June 30, 2015, alongside \"The Show Stoppers\" and, labelled as \"Cutie Markless,\" the two-part season five premiere episode \"The Cutie Map.\" The Return of Harmony \"The Return of Harmony\" is the collective", "title": "The Return of Harmony" }, { "id": "17598731", "text": "feels repetitive... and we are only two episodes in to the season, but it feels like we never left.\" The reviewer thedude35 of \"Bitch Stole My Remote\" stated that \"Even though [the episode] is \"seriously\" lacking in suspense, the second episode of \"The Vampire Diaries\" seems to be finding its groove and get this fifth season off to a pretty steady start.\" True Lies (The Vampire Diaries) \"True Lies\" is the second episode of the fifth season of the American series \"The Vampire Diaries\", and the series 91st episode overall. \"True Lies\" was originally aired on October 10, 2013, on", "title": "True Lies (The Vampire Diaries)" }, { "id": "15361665", "text": "on 22 critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the season holds an 83% with an average rating of 8.09 out of 10, based on 22 reviews, and an average episode score of 79%. The site's critical consensus reads: \"The second season of \"The Walking Dead\" fleshes out the characters while maintaining the grueling tension and gore that made the show a hit.\" Linda Stasi of the \"New York Post\" wrote, \"You'll be happy to know that at least as far as the first two episodes go ... the show is better than ever – which would have seemed impossible.\" Robert Bianco of", "title": "The Walking Dead (season 2)" }, { "id": "15994275", "text": "Dance Moms (season 2) The second season of \"Dance Moms\", an American dance reality television created by Collins Avenue Productions, began airing on January 10, 2012 on Lifetime television network. The season concluded on September 25, 2012. The second season featured 30 episodes including 4 special episodes (Abby's Most OMG Moments, Abby's Dance-A-Thon, Reunion: Off the Dance Floor, Part 1 and Reunion: Off the Dance Floor, Part 2) bringing the episode count thus far to 43 episodes. However, Lifetime's episode guide does not list \"Abby's Most OMG Moments\" as an official season episode. The second season continues after the release", "title": "Dance Moms (season 2)" }, { "id": "19377323", "text": "20, 2017 and in the UK and Ireland on November 30, 2017. The series formally premieres with two new episodes on Disney Channel on June 9, 2018, followed by two more new episodes on June 10, 2018, with weekly premieres every Saturday through September starting on June 16, 2018 with episodes airing at 7 a.m. starting on September 8. Big Hero 6: The Series Big Hero 6: The Series is an American superhero comedy animated television series, produced by Disney Television Animation and developed by \"Kim Possible\" creators Mark McCorkle and Bob Schooley. The series is based on Disney's 2014", "title": "Big Hero 6: The Series" }, { "id": "12116187", "text": "after a Boston show, she pulled out of the tour, citing exhaustion. Her song \"Bad Karma\" from Katla was used in the 2011 film \"Scream 4\" and episodes of \"Gossip Girl\", \"Teen Wolf\", \"Royal Pains\" and \"Being Human\" together with the song \"Quite Nice People\", both from the album \"Katla\". Ida Maria's song \"Oh My God\" was used in a Finnish film, \"Sisko tahtoisin jäädä\" (Sister, I wanted to stay), released in 2010. Ida Maria's song \"Oh My God\" was also used in American Netflix Show, Big Mouth Season 2 Episode 2, released in 2018. The song \"Cold Blooded\" has", "title": "Ida Maria" }, { "id": "19450140", "text": "had a key role in the 2015 Off Broadway play \"John\" by Annie Baker, and Chau credited the experience for strengthening her acting. She also had a supporting role in the HBO TV miniseries \"Big Little Lies\" alongside Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon. She subsequently appeared in \"Downsizing\" (2017), with her performance having been highlighted as a standout by several reviews. Some criticized her character Ngoc Lan Tran as stereotypical since Chau spoke in broken English for the role, but Chau said that she found her character \"so multifaceted and complex and well-written.\" Following \"Downsizing\", Chau appeared in guest roles", "title": "Hong Chau" }, { "id": "14416415", "text": "How I Met Your Mother (season 2) The second season of the American television comedy series How I Met Your Mother premiered on September 18, 2006 and concluded on May 14, 2007. It consisted of 22 episodes, each approximately 22 minutes in length. CBS broadcast the first three episodes of the second season on Monday nights at 8:30 pm in the United States, the remaining episodes were broadcast at 8:00pm. The complete second season was released on Region 1 DVD on October 2, 2007. In the United Kingdom it aired on E4 from October 2, 2009 weekdays at 7:30pm. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude>", "title": "How I Met Your Mother (season 2)" }, { "id": "14416416", "text": "How I Met Your Mother (season 2) The second season of the American television comedy series How I Met Your Mother premiered on September 18, 2006 and concluded on May 14, 2007. It consisted of 22 episodes, each approximately 22 minutes in length. CBS broadcast the first three episodes of the second season on Monday nights at 8:30 pm in the United States, the remaining episodes were broadcast at 8:00pm. The complete second season was released on Region 1 DVD on October 2, 2007. In the United Kingdom it aired on E4 from October 2, 2009 weekdays at 7:30pm. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude>", "title": "How I Met Your Mother (season 2)" }, { "id": "990280", "text": "of ten episodes lasting from 7 to 25 minutes each. Season 2 (2013) had six episodes, with guests including Don Rickles and David Letterman. In June 2013, he appeared on rapper Wale's album \"The Gifted\", on the song \"Outro About Nothing.\" Seinfeld received coverage for his speech at the 2014 Clio Awards ceremony, where he received an honorary award, as media reporters said that he \"mocked\" and \"ripped apart\" the advertising industry; his statement of \"I love advertising because I love lying\" received particular attention. On February 15, 2015, Seinfeld made a special appearance as a presenter on \"SNL 40\",", "title": "Jerry Seinfeld" }, { "id": "18768924", "text": "and directed by Andrea Arnold. On August 6, 2014, it was announced Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon had optioned the screen rights to Liane Moriarty's novel \"Big Little Lies\". The actresses were expected to develop the project as a film in which they would both star. Bruna Papandrea and Per Saari were set to executive produce alongside Kidman and Witherspoon. Moriarty was also expected to produce as well. On November 25, 2014, it was announced that Kidman and Witherspoon had decided to develop the project into a limited television series instead of the originally planned film. Additionally, it was announced", "title": "Big Little Lies (TV series)" }, { "id": "17105605", "text": "for season two as did Deborah S. Craig who played Shelley Ng. The season premiered to 1.53 million people with a 0.7 rating share for adults 18-49. Hart of Dixie: The Complete Second Season was released on DVD in the US on October 15, 2013. The 5 disc set includes all 22 episodes from the second season and various language and subtitle options. Hart of Dixie (season 2) On May 11, 2012, The CW renewed \"Hart of Dixie\" for a second season, which consisted of 22 episodes. Season two began on October 2 and saw the show move to a", "title": "Hart of Dixie (season 2)" }, { "id": "17993278", "text": "dad and Gina's mom get married. Rosa begins a relationship with Holt's nephew Marcus. A relationship blossoms between Jake and Amy during an undercover mission. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Rotten Tomatoes gave season 2 a score of 100% based on 11 reviews. The consensus is: \"\"Brooklyn Nine-Nine\"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s winning cast, appealing characters and wacky gags make it good comfort food.\" Brooklyn Nine-Nine (season 2) The second season of the television sitcom \"Brooklyn Nine-Nine\" premiered September 28, 2014 on Fox and ended May 17, 2015 with 23 episodes. Jake returns to the precinct after going undercover to help take down the mafia, but is discouraged", "title": "Brooklyn Nine-Nine (season 2)" }, { "id": "16654237", "text": "come -- a mere setup for the horror that awaits us in the final four episodes.\" \"Episode 2 - A House Divided\" received positive reviews. Aggregating review websites GameRankings and Metacritic gave the PlayStation 3 version 87.29% and 82/100, the PC version 81.39% and 81/100 and the Xbox 360 version 79.44% and 80/100. Mitch Dyer from IGN gave the episode a 9.5/10, saying it is one of the best episodes Telltale Games has ever made. \"Episode 3 - In Harm's Way\" received positive reviews. Aggregating review websites GameRankings and Metacritic gave the PlayStation 3 version 82.43% and 80/100, the Xbox", "title": "The Walking Dead: Season Two" }, { "id": "19134985", "text": "award at the Indie Series Awards. The first season was also nominated for Best Series at Geneva International Film Festival Tous Ecrans and Best Production Design at the Miami Webfest. Season 2 trailer starring Kenneth \"Kenny\" Brain of Big Brother, Waxie Moon and Baby Bear premiered in August 2015 on \"Out\" and WorldofWonder.com. Season 2 premiered in October 2015 with Jinkx Monsoon, Colby Keller, Jason Carter, Jackie Hell, Sarah Rudinoff and Guinevere Turner joining the cast. Capitol Hill (TV series) Capitol Hill is a comedy-horror soap opera web series, which premiered on \"The Huffington Post\" website in 2014. The series", "title": "Capitol Hill (TV series)" }, { "id": "5662390", "text": "hit a wall with acting.\" In 2017, Woodley starred next to Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon in the HBO limited series \"Big Little Lies\". Woodley was nominated for an Emmy and Golden Globe Award in 2017 for 'Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie' and 'Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television' respectively for her role of Jane in the HBO series \"Big Little Lies. Woodley also starred in and produced the film \"Adrift\" (2018), with Baltasar Kormákur as director. Her performance as Tami Oldham", "title": "Shailene Woodley" }, { "id": "5296168", "text": "movie \"The Princess and the Marine\". She also starred in the Showtime drama series \"Resurrection Blvd.\". In 2003, she made guest appearances on episodes of \"Friends\", \"\", \"\", \"Nip/Tuck\" and \"Charmed\". Marisol's \"Charmed\" episode, \"Chris-Crossed,\" was the show's 'highest-rated non-season-premiere episode'. In 2006, she appeared in six episodes of \"Cold Case\" and starred in the film \"Big Momma's House 2\". She starred in the short-lived TV series \"Blind Justice\" in 2005 and \"In Justice\", in 2006. In 2007, she starred in \"24\" as Special Agent Nadia Yassir. In 2008, she starred in the film \"Felon\" with Stephen Dorff. In 2010,", "title": "Marisol Nichols" } ]

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[ { "id": "8685225", "text": "Waiting for a Girl Like You \"Waiting for a Girl Like You\" is a 1981 power ballad by the British-American rock band Foreigner. The distinctive synthesizer theme was performed by the then-little-known Thomas Dolby, and this song also marked a major departure from their earlier singles because their previous singles were mid to upper tempo rock songs while this song was a softer love song with the energy of a power ballad. It was the second single released from the album \"4\" (1981) and was co-written by Lou Gramm and Mick Jones. It has become one of the band's most", "title": "Waiting for a Girl Like You" }, { "id": "8685227", "text": "held off the number 1 spot by Olivia Newton-John's single \"Physical\" for nine consecutive weeks, and then by Hall & Oates' \"I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)\" for a tenth week on January 30, 1982. Because of its chart longevity, it ended up being the number 19 song on the Top 100 singles of 1982. The song was the band's biggest hit until \"I Want to Know What Love Is\" hit number 1 in 1985. The song lists at number 100 on \"\"Billboard\"'s Greatest Songs of All Time\". Waiting for a Girl Like You \"Waiting for a Girl", "title": "Waiting for a Girl Like You" }, { "id": "8685226", "text": "successful songs worldwide, peaking at number 2 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and number 1 on \"Billboard\"'s Rock Tracks chart. On the \"Billboard\" Adult Contemporary chart, the song reached number 5. The song peaked at number 8 on the UK Singles Chart. \"Waiting for a Girl Like You\" achieved a chart distinction by spending its record-setting 10 weeks in the number 2 position of the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart, without ever reaching the top. It debuted on the Hot 100 chart dated October 10, 1981. It reached the number 2 position in the week of November 28, where it was", "title": "Waiting for a Girl Like You" }, { "id": "8710727", "text": "\"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart, holding that spot for the entire month of September. \"Urgent\" hit #1 on the \"Billboard\" Rock Tracks chart, a position it held for four weeks. \"Urgent\" was the most successful single from the \"4\" album on album-oriented rock radio, though it was outsold by the album's later single, \"Waiting for a Girl Like You\", which reached #2 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 in November 1981 and remained at that spot through the end of the following January, for a total of ten weeks, being certified Gold. \"4\" went Gold and Platinum during the chart run of", "title": "Urgent (song)" }, { "id": "2521086", "text": "4 (Foreigner album) 4, also known as Foreigner 4, is the fourth studio album by the British-American rock band Foreigner, released on July 2, 1981 on Atlantic Records. Several singles from the album were hits, including \"Urgent\", \"Waiting for a Girl Like You\" and \"Juke Box Hero\". The album was a success worldwide, holding the #1 position on the \"Billboard\" album chart for a total of 10 weeks. It eventually sold over seven million copies in the US alone. The album was originally titled \"Silent Partners\" and later was changed to \"4\", reflecting both the fact that it was Foreigner's", "title": "4 (Foreigner album)" }, { "id": "2521089", "text": "stereo-multichannel Super Audio CD by Warner Japan in their Warner Premium Sound series. June 2015 saw its re-release on Atlantic Records premium 180-gram vinyl with its original 1981 classic track listing. Album – Billboard (United States) Singles – Billboard (United States) 4 (Foreigner album) 4, also known as Foreigner 4, is the fourth studio album by the British-American rock band Foreigner, released on July 2, 1981 on Atlantic Records. Several singles from the album were hits, including \"Urgent\", \"Waiting for a Girl Like You\" and \"Juke Box Hero\". The album was a success worldwide, holding the #1 position on the", "title": "4 (Foreigner album)" }, { "id": "4343681", "text": "including \"Hot Blooded\", \"Feels Like the First Time\", \"Cold as Ice\", \"Long, Long Way from Home\", \"Double Vision\", \"Blue Morning, Blue Day\", \"Head Games\", \"Dirty White Boy\", \"Urgent\", \"Juke Box Hero\", \"Break It Up\" and \"Say You Will\". He co-wrote most of the songs for the band, which achieved two of its biggest hits with the ballads \"Waiting for a Girl Like You\", which spent ten weeks at #2 on the 1981/82 American Hot 100, and \"I Want to Know What Love Is\", which was a #1 hit internationally (US & UK) in 1985. Gramm and Foreigner founder Mick Jones", "title": "Lou Gramm" }, { "id": "20372647", "text": "among female rappers. It spent sixteen weeks atop the Radio Songs chart, tying Mariah Carey's \"We Belong Together\" as the longest-leading number one this century. Additionally, it reached number one in eleven other countries, including Canada and New Zealand. The song received a nomination for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards. \"Girls Like You\" was revealed as the ninth track on \"Red Pill Blues\" via Apple Music. It was announced as the third official single from the album, following the song \"Wait\". The remix versions of \"Girls Like You\" was released on August 2, 2018, featuring", "title": "Girls Like You" }, { "id": "11944858", "text": "more than 50 million copies worldwide, almost 40 million of them in the United States alone. Among the 47 singles released by the band, 14 of them became top 20 hits in the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart, including the number-one song \"I Want to Know What Love Is\" and the number-two \"Waiting for a Girl Like You\", which spent a record-setting 10 weeks at the number 2 position of the chart without ever reaching the top. Four of these singles were certified Gold by the RIAA for shipments of over a million copies, all of them which peaked within the", "title": "Foreigner discography" }, { "id": "2529166", "text": "meantime, Foreigner began work on the next album at Electric Lady Studios in New York City with producer Robert John \"Mutt\" Lange, engineered by Dave Wittman (currently with Trans-Siberian Orchestra). \"4\" (released in July 1981) contained the hits \"Urgent\" (which includes the famous Junior Walker sax solo), \"Waiting for a Girl Like You\", \"Juke Box Hero\" and \"Break it Up\". Before releasing albums of his own, Thomas Dolby played synthesizers on \"4\" (he contributed the signature synth sound on \"Urgent\" and played the intro to \"Waiting for a Girl Like You\"). For their 1981–82 tour in support of \"4\", the", "title": "Foreigner (band)" }, { "id": "1615929", "text": "The Troggs The Troggs (originally called the Troglodytes) are an English garage rock band formed in Andover, Hampshire in May 1964. They had a number of hits in the United Kingdom and the United States. Their most famous songs include the US chart-toppers \"Wild Thing\", \"With a Girl Like You\" and \"Love Is All Around\", all of which sold over 1 million copies and were awarded gold discs. \"Wild Thing\" is ranked #257 on the \"Rolling Stone\" magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and was an influence on garage rock and punk rock. Reg Presley (lead", "title": "The Troggs" }, { "id": "8160429", "text": "whoever needs a knock on the head. In September 2014, Cobra Verde announced on cobraverde.com that it will be touring again and returning to the studio to record its next album. The OC Cobra Verde recorded a version of \"Waiting for a Girl Like You\" for the Fox television teen drama \"The OC.\" The band also performed the song on the show, called \"The Journey,\" which aired March 16, 2006. Cobra Verde plays a Foreigner tribute band that has been hired by Seth Cohen (Adam Brody) to perform at a birthday party for his friend Ryan Atwood (Ben McKenzie). Ryan", "title": "Cobra Verde (band)" }, { "id": "5532124", "text": "Langston of Throwing Muses guests on most tracks. The singles from the album were \"Time\" (the album version being titled \"Question Of Time\"), which included a sample from Pink Floyd's \"Time\" (from \"The Dark Side of the Moon\"), followed by a cover of Randy Newman's \"Mama Told Me Not to Come.\" The single \"A Girl Like You\" was released in May 1992 and became an international hit, scoring No. 2 on the \"Billboard\" US Modern Rock (Alternative Songs) chart on 15 August 1992. The song was later covered by Tom Jones, who then asked the band to write \"Show Me", "title": "The Wolfgang Press" }, { "id": "11944859", "text": "top 3 (\"Hot Blooded\", \"Double Vision\", \"Waiting for a Girl Like You\" and \"I Want to Know What Love Is\"). Despite its British roots, the band achieved only moderate success in the UK Singles Chart, with only two of their songs, \"Waiting for a Girl Like You\" and \"I Want to Know What Love Is\", peaking within the top 20. In 2014, Rhino released a boxed set of the band's seven albums recorded for Atlantic entitled \"Foreigner: The Complete Atlantic Studios Albums 1977-1991\". The first four albums that were expanded to include bonus tracks in 2002 were included in the", "title": "Foreigner discography" }, { "id": "10812731", "text": "With a Girl Like You \"With a Girl like You\" is a song released by the English rock band the Troggs, written by Reg Presley and produced by Larry Page. The song reached number one in the UK Singles Chart on 4 August 1966, where it remained for two weeks. In the U.S., it peaked at #29 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. The song is featured, uncut, in a school dance scene from the 1991 Nicole Kidman/Noah Taylor film, \"Flirting\". It is also featured in the films and/or soundtracks to \"Shine\", \"The Good Night\" and \"The Boat That Rocked\". The", "title": "With a Girl Like You" }, { "id": "20372646", "text": "Girls Like You \"Girls Like You\" is a song recorded by American band Maroon 5, from their sixth studio album \"Red Pill Blues\" (2017). A second version featuring American rapper Cardi B was released by 222 and Interscope Records as the album's third single on May 30, 2018. This version was written by Adam Levine, Cirkut, Cardi B, Starrah, Jason Evigan, and Gian Stone and was produced by Cirkut and Evigan. The single reached number one on the US \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart, making it Maroon 5's fourth and Cardi B's third chart-topper, who extended her record for most number-ones", "title": "Girls Like You" }, { "id": "9811935", "text": "Wait for You (Elliott Yamin song) \"Wait for You\" is a song by former \"American Idol\" contestant Elliott Yamin. It is the first official single from his self-titled album \"Elliott Yamin\" (following the retail-only promotional hit \"Movin' On\"). \"Wait for You\" is a slow-tempo ballad composed in C major. He mentions in the song waiting indefinitely for the one he loves to come back to him. Despite the fact she has left him, he insists he knows she still loves him. \"Wait For You\" is often compared to songs by 98 Degrees (\"My Everything\"), Natalie (\"Goin' Crazy\"), S Club 7", "title": "Wait for You (Elliott Yamin song)" }, { "id": "18993769", "text": "Lovato's \"most powerful\" video yet. Lovato and Sirah performed the song live for the very first time on August 13, 2016 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas during the Future Now Tour. Credits adapted from \"Confident\" album liner notes. Waitin for You \"Waitin for You\" is a song recorded by American singer Demi Lovato featuring rapper Sirah. The duo along with Julia Michaels, Jason Evigan and Steve Mac composed the song for Lovato's fifth studio album \"Confident\" (2015). Evigan and Mac also handled the song's production, with Mitch Allan serving as a vocal producer. In December 2013,", "title": "Waitin for You" }, { "id": "1615942", "text": "of a cover version of the Troggs song \"Strange Movies\". In 2012, Norwegian band Ulver covered the song \"66-5-4-3-2-1\" for their covers album \"Childhood's End\". The Troggs The Troggs (originally called the Troglodytes) are an English garage rock band formed in Andover, Hampshire in May 1964. They had a number of hits in the United Kingdom and the United States. Their most famous songs include the US chart-toppers \"Wild Thing\", \"With a Girl Like You\" and \"Love Is All Around\", all of which sold over 1 million copies and were awarded gold discs. \"Wild Thing\" is ranked #257 on the", "title": "The Troggs" }, { "id": "13806630", "text": "was later released as a single re-recorded by John Du Cann. He was born in Andover, Hampshire, England. Bond was the original drummer with the 1960s band The Troggs, whose hits included \"Wild Thing\", (UK no. 2; US no. 1); \"With a Girl Like You\", (UK no. 1; US no. 29) and \"I Can't Control Myself\", (UK no. 2; US top 50), all in 1966, and \"Love is All Around\" (UK no. 5; US no. 7) in 1967 (1968 in the US). The Troggs also had several smaller hits, including \"Any Way That You Want Me\", a UK no. 8", "title": "Ronnie Bond" }, { "id": "4233877", "text": "Norway, where it reached #4. A rare CD single featured an extended remix version of the track. The second single, \"I Don't Want to Live Without You\", reached #5 on the Hot 100. Markedly softer than any of their work to date, the record was their first and only #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart, after the more rousing ballads \"Waiting for a Girl Like You\" and \"I Want to Know What Love Is\" had reached #5 and #3 on that chart respectively. Allmusic would later observe that while \"the end result lacked the distinctive rock touches of past Foreigner", "title": "Inside Information (album)" }, { "id": "13361849", "text": "A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do) \"A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)\" is a 1981 song recorded by American R&B vocalist and songwriter Ray Parker Jr., along with his group, Raydio. It led their 1981 album, \"A Woman Needs Love\", the last Parker recorded with Raydio. The song was a hit on both the \"Billboard\" pop and soul charts in early 1981. It was Parker's first song to hit number-one on the R&B chart, and also reached number four on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. It is ranked as the 16th biggest U.S. hit of 1981. The", "title": "A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)" }, { "id": "6315815", "text": "and artistry of the marching band. The film's soundtrack was also executive produced by Dallas Austin. Released on December 10, 2002 by Jive Records, it reached the number 61 spot on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, number 10 on the Top Soundtracks list, and peaked at 133 on The Billboard 200 in 2003. The tracks \"I Want a Girl Like You,\" \"Blowin' Me Up (With Her Love),\" and \"Club Banger\" were all released as singles, with JC Chasez' \"Blowin' Me Up...\" obtaining the highest level of success, reaching the number 24 spot on the Canadian Singles Chart, number 17 on", "title": "Drumline (film)" }, { "id": "4336130", "text": "to record his third solo album, \"Gorgeous George\", which he also produced. The studio, located in West Hampstead, London, UK, would become the West Heath Yard Studios that Collins would use for his future record label, AED Records. In 1995, Collins released the single \"A Girl Like You\", which became a hit in both the United Kingdom and United States after it was featured in the film \"Empire Records\". It was subsequently used in the movie \"\" in 2003. Collins released his followup to \"Gorgeous George\", \"I'm Not Following You\", in 1997. One of its singles, \"The Magic Piper (of", "title": "Edwyn Collins" }, { "id": "20932861", "text": "Waiting for Your Love (Toto song) \"Waiting for Your Love\" is a song by American rock band Toto from their 1982 album \"Toto IV\". In 1983, it was released as a single, peaking at number 73 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart. The song was written by keyboardist Bobby Kimball and David Paich and is performed in the key of A-flat major. Kimball said in an interview that he \"wrote it in the '70s and originally called it \"'You Got Me'\". Somethingelsereviews.com wrote that Bobby Kimball gave a fantastic lead vocal performance in the song, and that \"Waiting for Your", "title": "Waiting for Your Love (Toto song)" }, { "id": "17219003", "text": "Ella Eyre Ella McMahon (born 1 April 1994), known by her stage name Ella Eyre, is an English singer and songwriter. She is best known for her collaborations with Rudimental on their UK number one single \"Waiting All Night\" (2013), which won the 2014 Brit Award for British Single of the Year, with DJ Fresh on his single \"Gravity\" (2015), and with Sigala on their singles \"Came Here for Love\" (2017), and \"Just Got Paid\" (2018). Her debut EP, \"Deeper\", was released in 2013 and her debut album, \"Feline\", was released in 2015. Eyre's musical influences include Lauryn Hill, Etta", "title": "Ella Eyre" }, { "id": "20407658", "text": "on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. James Valentine announced on Twitter that \"Wait\" would be the second single from the album. The song was officially released to US contemporary hit radio on January 16, 2018, as the album's second single. A remix version of \"Girls Like You\", featuring Cardi B served as the third single from the album on May 30, 2018. The song topped at number one on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart for seven consecutive weeks, becoming Maroon 5's fourth and Cardi B's third number-one. The song became the first pop song to reach number one since \"Havana\" by", "title": "Red Pill Blues" }, { "id": "8789987", "text": "Child on the Burt Bacharach/Desmond Child penned power ballad, \"Obsession.\" At the time, Vidal was making her third solo album with British-owned Charisma Records, but the album was never released. As a singer, songwriter and producer, Vidal has contributed to many other artists' music. Vidal contributed backup vocals to Kiss' Paul Stanley's solo album, Stevie Nicks' single \"I Can't Wait\" as well as a few other tracks from Nicks' solo album \"Rock A Little\", and was a featured vocalist for The Smithereens' single \"A Girl Like You\". She appears on many of Belinda Carlisle's solo albums, including the 1989 album", "title": "Maria Vidal" }, { "id": "9811936", "text": "(\"Never Had a Dream Come True\") and Stevie Hoang (\"Addicted\"), due to the tone of the song. The song debuted on the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot 100 at number 67. After two weeks the song dropped off the chart, but was resurrected by airplay which improved the song's digital sales. The song experienced an increase in popularity after Yamin's performance on \"American Idol\", and went on to become a hit single on multiple charts in the U.S. It rose to #14 in the iTunes Store and #13 on the Hot 100, giving Yamin his first top 20 hit on the chart.", "title": "Wait for You (Elliott Yamin song)" }, { "id": "12168639", "text": "Waitin' on a Woman \"Waitin' on a Woman\" is a song written by Don Sampson and Wynn Varble, and performed three times by American country music artist Brad Paisley. His first recording of the song was included on his 2005 album \"Time Well Wasted\". Three years later, Paisley re-recorded the song for inclusion on a re-issue of his 2007 album \"5th Gear\". This re-recorded version was issued on June 9, 2008 and became the twenty-first chart single of Paisley's career and became the twelfth number 1 single of his career and his eighth consecutive number 1 single. The song also", "title": "Waitin' on a Woman" }, { "id": "20058313", "text": "of many a recent Nashville hit\", and states that she is unlike any other girl. The song has sold 96,000 copies in the United States as of February 2018. A Girl Like You (Easton Corbin song) \"A Girl Like You\" is a song written by Ashley Gorley, Jesse Frasure, and Rhett Akins and recorded by American country music singer Easton Corbin. The song is Corbin's tenth single, and was originally intended to be the lead single from his upcoming fourth studio album before his termination from Mercury Nashville. The song is Corbin's first non-album single to date. The song features", "title": "A Girl Like You (Easton Corbin song)" }, { "id": "2411888", "text": "Burnette in 1960 and then at #1 with Ringo Starr more than thirteen years later. Other top-ten hits include \"Pineapple Princess,\" \"Let's Get Together,\" and more. In 2000, the Sherman Brothers wrote the song score for the Disney film \"The Tigger Movie\". This film marked the brothers' first major motion picture for the Disney company in over 28 years. The Sherman Brothers wrote \"Only a Woman Like You\" with adult contemporary/pop singer/songwriter Michael Bolton as a trio and a single from the album of the same name and it features during the end credits of the 2007 Disney film \"Super", "title": "Sherman Brothers" }, { "id": "623064", "text": "Life\", \"How Did She Get Here\", \"Hey Mr. Dream Maker\", \"For Life\", \"A Matter of Moments\", \"When The Girl in Your Arms\" and the Christmas single \"21st Century Christmas\", which debuted at No. 2 on the UK singles chart. Another compilation album, \"Love... The Album\" was released on 12 November 2007. Like \"Two's Company\" before it, this album includes both previously released material and newly recorded songs, namely \"Waiting for a Girl Like You\", \"When You Say Nothing at All\", \"All Out of Love\", \"If You're Not the One\" and \"When I Need You\" (the last was released as a", "title": "Cliff Richard" }, { "id": "9537234", "text": "Reg Presley Reginald Maurice Ball (12 June 1941 – 4 February 2013), known professionally as Reg Presley, was an English singer-songwriter. He was the lead singer with the 1960s rock and roll band the Troggs, the hits of which included \"Wild Thing\" (#1 on the Hot 100 on 30 July - 6 August 1966) and \"With a Girl Like You\" (#1 on the UK Official Singles Chart on 4-11 August 1966). He wrote the song \"Love Is All Around\", which was featured in the films \"Four Weddings and a Funeral\" and \"Love Actually\". Presley, whose stage name was given to", "title": "Reg Presley" }, { "id": "8160430", "text": "is a Journey fan, however, which becomes the running joke of the episode. Seth tells Ryan that \"he couldn't get the real Journey, so he got a Journey tribute band.\" As Cobra Verde begins performing \"Waiting for a Girl Like You,\" Seth admits that he knows the band on stage is a Foreigner tribute – but that he got them, because \"Journey sucks.\" In a diary chronicling the event for Cleveland daily newspaper \"The Plain Dealer\", Petkovic recalled going to wardrobe the day before the taping: True Blood Cobra Verde's version of \"Play With Fire\" (\"Copycat Killers\", 2005) was featured", "title": "Cobra Verde (band)" }, { "id": "20932862", "text": "Love\" had an infectious, danceable, back beat. Waiting for Your Love (Toto song) \"Waiting for Your Love\" is a song by American rock band Toto from their 1982 album \"Toto IV\". In 1983, it was released as a single, peaking at number 73 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart. The song was written by keyboardist Bobby Kimball and David Paich and is performed in the key of A-flat major. Kimball said in an interview that he \"wrote it in the '70s and originally called it \"'You Got Me'\". Somethingelsereviews.com wrote that Bobby Kimball gave a fantastic lead vocal performance in", "title": "Waiting for Your Love (Toto song)" }, { "id": "9537235", "text": "him in 1965 by the \"New Musical Express\" journalist and publicist Keith Altham, was born in Andover, Hampshire. He joined the building trade on leaving school and became a bricklayer. He kept at this occupation until \"Wild Thing\" reached the top 10 on the UK Singles Chart in 1966. It reached No. 2 in the UK, and No. 1 in the US, selling five million copies. Presley wrote the hits \"With a Girl Like You\", \"I Can't Control Myself\" and \"Love Is All Around\". Wet Wet Wet's 1994 cover of the latter song stayed at No. 1 in the UK", "title": "Reg Presley" }, { "id": "12168646", "text": "debuted at number 51 on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Songs chart dated for the week of June 28, 2008. For the chart week of September 20, 2008, it has become Paisley's twelfth Number One single overall. Waitin' on a Woman \"Waitin' on a Woman\" is a song written by Don Sampson and Wynn Varble, and performed three times by American country music artist Brad Paisley. His first recording of the song was included on his 2005 album \"Time Well Wasted\". Three years later, Paisley re-recorded the song for inclusion on a re-issue of his 2007 album \"5th Gear\". This re-recorded", "title": "Waitin' on a Woman" }, { "id": "20372657", "text": "the downloadable content for the \"Rock Band Rivals\" series) and the compilation album \"Now That's What I Call Music! 67\" (2018). Credits adapted from AllMusic. Recording Credits Girls Like You \"Girls Like You\" is a song recorded by American band Maroon 5, from their sixth studio album \"Red Pill Blues\" (2017). A second version featuring American rapper Cardi B was released by 222 and Interscope Records as the album's third single on May 30, 2018. This version was written by Adam Levine, Cirkut, Cardi B, Starrah, Jason Evigan, and Gian Stone and was produced by Cirkut and Evigan. The single", "title": "Girls Like You" }, { "id": "18993763", "text": "Waitin for You \"Waitin for You\" is a song recorded by American singer Demi Lovato featuring rapper Sirah. The duo along with Julia Michaels, Jason Evigan and Steve Mac composed the song for Lovato's fifth studio album \"Confident\" (2015). Evigan and Mac also handled the song's production, with Mitch Allan serving as a vocal producer. In December 2013, Lovato confirmed that she had started working on her then-untitled fifth studio album \"Confident\". The majority of the album's songs was recorded upon the conclusion of the Demi World Tour in 2015. \"Waitin for You\" was written by Lovato, Julia Michaels, Jason", "title": "Waitin for You" }, { "id": "20058312", "text": "A Girl Like You (Easton Corbin song) \"A Girl Like You\" is a song written by Ashley Gorley, Jesse Frasure, and Rhett Akins and recorded by American country music singer Easton Corbin. The song is Corbin's tenth single, and was originally intended to be the lead single from his upcoming fourth studio album before his termination from Mercury Nashville. The song is Corbin's first non-album single to date. The song features \"a playful, chicken-picked guitar hook and a digitized, shuffling beat\". Its lyrics deal with a woman with whom the narrator is affectionate. He compares her to \"the nameless girl", "title": "A Girl Like You (Easton Corbin song)" }, { "id": "1470996", "text": "Fallout Club. By far the most significant session relationship for Thomas in the early days was when he contributed the signature synthesizer sound on the track \"Urgent\" on Foreigner's 1981 album \"4\". On the same album he played the atmospheric synthesizer intro to the mega-hit \"Waiting for a Girl Like You\". The fees from this work, including tour dates, bankrolled the studio time for the recording of the 1980s benchmark album \"The Golden Age of Wireless\" from which his solo career began. In October 1981 Dolby made an appearance in the video for the Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin British", "title": "Thomas Dolby" }, { "id": "20372648", "text": "St. Vincent, Tokimonsta, Cray and WondaGurl. In an interview with \"Variety\", Levine stated he told Cardi before she wrote her verse, \"I want you to put something down that shows your fierceness as a woman and say it however you want.\" \"Girls Like You\" is a pop and pop rock song. It has a length of three minutes and 35 seconds in the original version, while the extended single version is 20 seconds longer. It was written by Adam Levine, Cirkut, Cardi B, Starrah, Jason Evigan and Gian Stone and was produced by Cirkut and Evigan. The song is written", "title": "Girls Like You" }, { "id": "18490119", "text": "live acoustic rendition of the song. It is Smith's first music video not to be directed by Stephano Barberis. \"A Girl Like You\" debuted at number 82 on the \"Billboard\" Canadian Hot 100 for the week ending August 2, 2014. A Girl Like You (Dallas Smith song) \"A Girl Like You'\" is a song written by Jaren Johnston and Jimmy Robbins, and recorded by Canadian country rock singer Dallas Smith for his first extended play, \"Tippin' Point\" (2014). It was serviced to Canadian country radio via 604 Records on June 23, 2014 as the third single from the EP. Markus", "title": "A Girl Like You (Dallas Smith song)" }, { "id": "4442695", "text": "song on the Hot 100 during the 1980s in terms of the number of weeks spent at number one. The guitar solo was performed by Steve Lukather. \"Physical\" was both preceded and followed in the #1 chart position by recordings of the duo Hall & Oates. \"Private Eyes\" was dethroned by \"Physical\" in November 1981, and \"Physical\" was dethroned by \"I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)\" the following January. \"Physical\" held \"Waiting for a Girl Like You\" by Foreigner at #2 off the top of the Hot 100 for nine weeks, and \"I Can't Go For That\" held", "title": "Physical (Olivia Newton-John song)" }, { "id": "18490117", "text": "A Girl Like You (Dallas Smith song) \"A Girl Like You'\" is a song written by Jaren Johnston and Jimmy Robbins, and recorded by Canadian country rock singer Dallas Smith for his first extended play, \"Tippin' Point\" (2014). It was serviced to Canadian country radio via 604 Records on June 23, 2014 as the third single from the EP. Markus Meyer of country music blog \"The Shotgun Seat\" praised \"A Girl Like You\" for subverting expectations and being a love song rather than a degrading lyric. He writes: \"\"A Girl Like You\" isn't deep, but it is well-written and features", "title": "A Girl Like You (Dallas Smith song)" }, { "id": "15872778", "text": "Wynn Varble George Edwin Varble is an American country music musician and songwriter. Varble co-wrote the hit songs \"Have You Forgotten?\", \"Waitin' on a Woman\", \"Things That Never Cross a Man's Mind\" and \"A Little More Country Than That\". In 2003, Varble co-wrote \"Have You Forgotten?\" with Darryl Worley, who released it as the first single from his album of the same name. It was No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs for seven weeks, and peaked at number 22 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. Varble's song \"Waitin' on a Woman\", co-written with Don Sampson, was recorded three times by", "title": "Wynn Varble" }, { "id": "10812732", "text": "Osiris Shoes video \"Feed the Need\" featured the \"With a Girl Like You\" (James Brockman's section). Part of the song was featured in a trailer for the 2013 film \"Warm Bodies\". The song was featured at the end of the \"\" season 9 episode \"The Real McCoy\", when Adam and his girlfriend are dancing. The song was featured on the \"Girls\" season 1 episode, \"Vagina Panic\". With a Girl Like You \"With a Girl like You\" is a song released by the English rock band the Troggs, written by Reg Presley and produced by Larry Page. The song reached number", "title": "With a Girl Like You" }, { "id": "9601137", "text": "the 1995 movie \"Empire Records\". It was also featured in season 1, episode 5 of \"Lucifer\" (\"Sweet Kicks\"). A Girl Like You (Edwyn Collins song) \"A Girl Like You\" is a song by Scottish singer-songwriter Edwyn Collins from his third solo studio album, \"Gorgeous George\" (1994). The song samples the drums track of Len Barry's single \"1-2-3\" (1965). There are two different music videos for this song. The video in the United States was an avant-garde tribute to its lyrics (e.g. when Collins sings the lyrics \"you made me acknowledge the devil in me\", a child's painting of the devil", "title": "A Girl Like You (Edwyn Collins song)" }, { "id": "9811942", "text": "played in one part when Tatsuya and Eriko go to the gas station. Wait for You (Elliott Yamin song) \"Wait for You\" is a song by former \"American Idol\" contestant Elliott Yamin. It is the first official single from his self-titled album \"Elliott Yamin\" (following the retail-only promotional hit \"Movin' On\"). \"Wait for You\" is a slow-tempo ballad composed in C major. He mentions in the song waiting indefinitely for the one he loves to come back to him. Despite the fact she has left him, he insists he knows she still loves him. \"Wait For You\" is often compared", "title": "Wait for You (Elliott Yamin song)" }, { "id": "7198504", "text": "in Canada and the \"Tippin' Point\" video was ranked number 1 on CMT Canada. In the US, the song \"Tippin' Point\" was ranked number 1 on Sirius XM's The Highway Hot 45 Countdown and has sold over 120,000 singles. Smith followed up the success of the first single by releasing \"Slow Rollin'\" in March 2014. The track was a top 5 single at Canadian country radio. A third single, \"A Girl Like You\", was released in June 2014. Smith's single \"Slow Rollin'\" is performed by Lady Antebellum on the deluxe edition of their album \"747\". In 2014, Dallas Smith entered", "title": "Dallas Smith (singer)" }, { "id": "3541598", "text": "he had four stunt doubles: \"I had a stunt double, a dance double [Peter Tramm] and two gymnastics doubles.\" The soundtrack was released in cassette, 8-track tape, vinyl, and CD format. The soundtrack was also re-released on CD for the 15th anniversary of the film in 1999. The re-release included four new songs: \"Bang Your Head (Metal Health)\" by Quiet Riot, \"Hurts So Good\" by John Mellencamp, \"Waiting for a Girl Like You\" by Foreigner, and the extended 12\" remix of \"Dancing in the Sheets\". The album includes \"Footloose\" and \"I'm Free\", both by Kenny Loggins, \"Holding Out for a", "title": "Footloose (1984 film)" }, { "id": "20372656", "text": "at the 2018 NRJ Music Awards, where it was also nominated for Video of the Year. The song also received a nomination for Song of Summer at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards. It received a nomination for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 61st Grammy Awards. \"Girls Like You\" was covered by artists Amy Shark, Luke Bryan, Boyce Avenue, Davina Michelle, Sam Tsui, Jason Chen & Tiffany Alvord and Walk Off the Earth. It was choreograph and performed by dancers Matt Steffanina and Kaycee Rice. The song was featured on the video game \"Rock Band 4\" (as part of", "title": "Girls Like You" }, { "id": "15471080", "text": "changed from a duet between Sherrie and Jaxx to Jaxx and new character Constance), with the song now representing Drew's anger toward what he wrongly perceives to be Sherrie's infidelity. \"Waiting for a Girl Like You\" and \"More Than Words/Heaven\" switched order in the film version, in order to accommodate the changes in the relationship storyline between Drew and Sherrie. \"Can't Fight This Feeling\" was also placed before \"Any Way You Want It\" due to the restructure of storylines. New songs added to the film include a mash-up of \"Juke Box Hero/I Love Rock 'n' Roll\", which replaced the original", "title": "Rock of Ages (2012 film)" }, { "id": "4599433", "text": "their agent and Mike Dolan took over the group's affairs. The group's final hits were \"Born to Live, Born to Die\" which was written by Eric Allandale and Tony Gomez. and \"My Little Chickadee\", a US only hit which barely made the hot 100. Another member joined the band in 1970. Paul Lockey who had been with Robert Plant in Band of Joy joined as their bass guitarist. \"My Little Chickadee\" proved to be the band's last hit. In spite of releasing \"Take a Girl Like You\", the title song to the Oliver Reed and Hayley Mills film, and a", "title": "The Foundations" }, { "id": "9811937", "text": "It also became a top five hit for Yamin on the Pop 100, Pop 100 Airplay, and on the Hot Adult Contemporary chart. The song enjoyed great radio longevity, staying in the top ten of Mediabase's Mainstream Top 40 chart for four months before finally falling out of the top ten in early October 2007. The song was the 6th most played song of 2007 on Top 40 radio and it was certified Platinum in digital sales on October 16, 2008. U.S. sales as of April 30, 2010 are 1,113,000. In February 2014, the song was retroactively certified Platinum by", "title": "Wait for You (Elliott Yamin song)" }, { "id": "6703707", "text": "Well Travelled Love Well Travelled Love is the debut album of American singer Kelly Willis. It was released in 1990 via MCA Records and produced by Tony Brown. \"I Don't Want to Love You\", \"River of Love\" and \"Looking for Someone Like You\" were all released as singles from it. Although none of these charted in the United States, \"Looking for Someone Like You\" reached #85 on the \"RPM\" country singles charts in Canada. Also included on this album is the song \"Drive South\". Originally recorded by John Hiatt, it was a #63 single for The Forester Sisters and The", "title": "Well Travelled Love" }, { "id": "16242375", "text": "of October 22, 2011. It became Lee Brice's first career number one hit for the week of April 21, 2012. A Woman Like You (Lee Brice song) \"A Woman Like You\" is a song recorded by American country music artist Lee Brice. It was released in October 2011 as the first single from Brice's album \"Hard 2 Love\". The song was written by Jon Stone, Phil Barton and Johnny Bulford. The song is about the singer being questioned by his wife about what he would've done with his life had he not fell in love with her. The song received", "title": "A Woman Like You (Lee Brice song)" }, { "id": "15471092", "text": "includes 13 additional minutes of footage, including \"Rock You Like a Hurricane\" edited back into the film, more risque humor from Russell Brand, and a few additional verses on \"Waiting for a Girl/Boy Like You\". The cover and track listing of the soundtrack was confirmed by \"Entertainment Weekly\" on April 30, 2012. The soundtrack was released on June 5, 2012. It debuted at No. 15 on \"Billboard\" 200, and peaked at No. 5 on that chart in its third week. It also debuted at No. 1 on the Top Soundtracks chart. It sold 267,000 copies in the US in 2012,", "title": "Rock of Ages (2012 film)" }, { "id": "1615932", "text": "The band's success in the US was also limited by not touring there until 1968. They also had a number of other hits, including \"With a Girl Like You\" (a UK number 1 in July 1966, US number 29), \"I Can't Control Myself\" (a UK number 2 in September 1966; their first UK single release on the Page One label, POF 001; this was also their second and final dual-label release in the US, with Fontana retaining the rights to all subsequent releases), \"Anyway That You Want Me\" (UK number 10 in December 1966), all at Olympic Studios, \"Give It", "title": "The Troggs" }, { "id": "20798088", "text": "Chantel Jeffries Chantel Taleen Jeffries Shiring (born September 30, 1992) is an American DJ and model. She released her debut single, \"Wait\", on May 2, 2018, under Universal Music Group's label 10:22 pm. The song peaked at No. 10 on the \"Billboard\" Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart. Jeffries was born on September 30, 1992, in Coronado, California. Her parents are Colonel Edward Jeffries and Kathleen Jeffries. She grew up with her younger brother in Jacksonville, North Carolina. Her father worked for a military training company and is a Marine Corps veteran. Her family was always on the road traveling from one", "title": "Chantel Jeffries" }, { "id": "18395389", "text": "The album's second and third singles — \"Slow Rollin'\" and \"A Girl Like You\" — were later released in mid-2014 to moderate success on the Canadian Hot 100. The fourth single — \"Wastin' Gas\" — was released on October 28, 2014. It debuted at number 41 on the Canadian Hot 100, and sold 6,300 copies in its first week of release in the US. The single has received positive reviews, with Markos Papadatos of \"Digital Journal\" giving the song a 4.5 out of 5. It became Smith's first Canada Country leader in January 2015. \"Lifted\" and \"Cheap Seats\" were also", "title": "Lifted (Dallas Smith album)" }, { "id": "6550448", "text": "ten weeks, a record that it shares with \"Waiting for a Girl Like You\" by Foreigner from 1981. Despite the song never topping the Hot 100 chart, the song topped the \"Billboard\" Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for five weeks. On the \"Billboard\" magazine issue dated February 21, 2015, \"Work It\" re-entered at #35, more than a decade after its original chart run. This re-entry occurred as a result of Elliott's performance at the Super Bowl XLIX halftime show earlier in the month; Elliott's other single, \"Get Ur Freak On\" also re-entered the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 the same week. CD single", "title": "Work It (Missy Elliott song)" }, { "id": "17219011", "text": "Number 12 on the UK Chart. On 1 February 2017, Ella Eyre and Lewi Morgan, from the boyband Rixton, ended their 2-year relationship. Headlining: Supporting: Ella Eyre Ella McMahon (born 1 April 1994), known by her stage name Ella Eyre, is an English singer and songwriter. She is best known for her collaborations with Rudimental on their UK number one single \"Waiting All Night\" (2013), which won the 2014 Brit Award for British Single of the Year, with DJ Fresh on his single \"Gravity\" (2015), and with Sigala on their singles \"Came Here for Love\" (2017), and \"Just Got Paid\"", "title": "Ella Eyre" }, { "id": "7189177", "text": "his touring band. Because of this, he appeared on Frampton's album \"Frampton Comes Alive!\". It was on this recording that Frampton introduced Mayo with the words \"Bob Mayo on the keyboards... Bob Mayo.\" Mayo also appeared on the Frampton albums \"I'm in You\" and \"Where I Should Be\". In 1980, Mayo left Frampton's band to focus on recording. During this time, he recorded with Joe Walsh and Joe Vitale. Later he joined the touring band for Foreigner and played keyboards on \"Waiting for a Girl Like You\" and \"Break It Up\". He spent the next two years touring with Foreigner,", "title": "Bob Mayo" }, { "id": "4336124", "text": "Edwyn Collins Edwyn Stephen Collins (born 23 August 1959) is a Scottish musician, producer and record label owner from Edinburgh, Scotland. Collins was the lead singer for the 1980s post-punk band Orange Juice, which he co-founded. Following the group's split in 1985, Collins started a solo career. His 1995 single \"A Girl Like You\" was a worldwide hit. In February 2005, Collins was hospitalized following two cerebral haemorrhages which resulted in aphasia, and he subsequently underwent a months-long rehabilitation period. Collins resumed his musical career in 2007. A documentary film on his recovery, titled \"The Possibilities Are Endless\", was released", "title": "Edwyn Collins" }, { "id": "12462242", "text": "Wait (Seven Mary Three song) \"Wait\" is a song by Seven Mary Three and the lead single from their fifth studio album, \"The Economy of Sound\", released on June 5, 2001. It also served as the English lead single to the \"Crazy/Beautiful\" film soundtrack released three weeks later (La Ley's \"Every Time/Siempre\" was its Spanish lead single). \"Wait\" has since become one of the band's most popular songs, having reached #7 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks. It also entered radio as the #1 Most Added record of the format in its first two weeks. Stylistically, \"Wait\" is a slight detour", "title": "Wait (Seven Mary Three song)" }, { "id": "15922453", "text": "Reiter was \"blown away\", and Chaney gave it an \"A\" with the comment that Rory \"handled it with adorable aplomb\". Slezak and VanDerWerff, however, thought the number was somewhat sleep-inducing. Puck's rendition of \"Waiting for a Girl Like You\" was almost universally described as \"sweet\". Flandez went further, and wrote \"he oozes sweet and sexy, and you can’t help but feel good\", and Goldberg still further when she stated that it \"ends up being one of the episode’s—and season’s—sweetest moments thus far\". West praised the \"lovely little guitar solo\" and gave the song a \"B\"; Chaney bestowed the same grade", "title": "Pot o' Gold (Glee)" }, { "id": "5014708", "text": "Waiting For?\" was released as the album's lead single; according to Stefani, as an \"explanation for doing the record\". The song was well received by critics, and was frequently cited as a highlight of the album. The single was commercially successful, topping the chart in Australia and reaching the top 10 in several countries. It was certified gold in the United States, and was nominated for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 47th Grammy Awards. The song has been remixed a number of times, and was covered by the indie rock band Franz Ferdinand and singer Marina and the", "title": "What You Waiting For?" }, { "id": "7344258", "text": "1968, just a few days before the release of the album version. It was later included on the live album \"Sugar Mountain – Live at Canterbury House 1968\", released in 2008. David Bowie, the Pixies (B-side of single \"Velouria\"), and Dinosaur Jr. (unreleased) have recorded renditions of the song. David Bowie recorded a version of the song, which features Dave Grohl on guitar, for \"Heathen\" (2002). It was released as a single in Canada and reached number 11 in the single charts. The song was performed during the Tin Machine tour, sung by Reeves Gabrels. One version appeared on the", "title": "I've Been Waiting for You (Neil Young song)" }, { "id": "8256100", "text": "Love\", she sings mainly in a concert setting. Wait for Me/Song of Love \"\"Wait for Me\" and \"Song of Love\" were two singles from Christian pop rock musician Rebecca St. James. \"Wait For Me\" is perhaps one of St. James' most famous songs, encouraging sexual abstinence until marriage, from the 2000 album \"Transform\" (No. 166 in the \"Billboard\" 200 albums). \"Song of Love\" is a track from her 2002 modern worship album \"Worship God\" (in the \"Billboard\" 200 albums for 11 weeks, peaking at No. 94). In keeping with her advocacy of premarital abstinence, \"Wait for Me\" became the title", "title": "Wait for Me/Song of Love" }, { "id": "18799608", "text": "Waiting for Love (Avicii song) \"Waiting for Love\" is a song by Swedish DJ and music producer Avicii, produced by Avicii and Dutch producer Martin Garrix and featuring uncredited vocals from Simon Aldred, the lead singer of former English band Cherry Ghost. The track was released on 22 May 2015 as the lead single from Avicii's second studio album, \"Stories\" (2015). The lyrics were also written by Aldred. The track was first premiered at Ultra Music Festival 2015 both by Avicii and Dutch electronic producer Martin Garrix. Prior to its release on May 22, 2015, it was thought that the", "title": "Waiting for Love (Avicii song)" }, { "id": "6518312", "text": "Wait (The Whisper Song) \"Wait (The Whisper Song)\" is a 2005 snap song released by Atlanta crunk rap duo Ying Yang Twins off their album \"U.S.A. (United State of Atlanta)\". The song consists of a minimal bass pulse, a few finger-snaps, and whispered, sexually explicit lyrics. The song's unique sound was mixed by Atlanta sound engineer Joel Mullis, who is currently affiliated with the production company 340 Music. \"Wait\" became a hit single, reaching No. 15 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. The song interprets a man whispering sexually explicit messages into a woman's ear, with her becoming sexually turned on.", "title": "Wait (The Whisper Song)" }, { "id": "7164061", "text": "and November 2012, Yamin was an integral part of the Big Blue Test campaign organized by Diabetes Hands Foundation, to raise awareness of the importance of exercise and help people with diabetes in need. Elliott Yamin Efraym Elliott Yamin (born July 20, 1978) is an American singer known for his hit single \"Wait for You\" and for placing third on the fifth season of \"American Idol\". His self-titled album, released March 20, 2007, debuted at number one on the \"Billboard\" Independent Albums chart and at number three on the \"Billboard\" 200. The album was certified gold in the United States", "title": "Elliott Yamin" }, { "id": "17615392", "text": "Waiting to See You \"Waiting to See You\" is a song by American musician-singer-songwriter Dan Hartman, released as a single in 1986 from the original motion picture soundtrack for the film \"Ruthless People\". It was written by Hartman and Charlie Midnight, and was produced solely by Hartman. The single failed to make an impact in the UK, however in the Netherlands the single peaked at #34 and lasted on the chart for a total of three weeks. It debuted at #34, before dropping to #35 and #48 respectively. Originally the song was also due to appear as the opening track", "title": "Waiting to See You" }, { "id": "20407652", "text": "SZA, ASAP Rocky and LunchMoney Lewis. \"Red Pill Blues\" received mixed reviews from critics, and peaked at number two on the US \"Billboard\" 200. The album includes the singles \"What Lovers Do\", \"Wait\", and \"Girls Like You\". \"What Lovers Do\" peaked within the top ten in twenty-five countries including Australia, Canada and the United States. The album's second single, \"Wait\", received moderate success as it peaked at number twenty-four in the United States, thirty-five on the Canadian Hot 100, and seventy-nine in the UK Singles. The third single from the album, \"Girls Like You\", was released in a new version", "title": "Red Pill Blues" }, { "id": "4336137", "text": "drawings that Collins started working on in 2005. On 30 September 2010 Collins and his band broadcast three live songs from the Royal Beacon Hotel in Exmouth for BBC Radio 2's \"Radcliffe and Maconie Show\". (Stuart Maconie is a former music journalist and his first \"NME\" article was a review of Collins's 1987 gig at the Manchester International.) On 30 July 2011 Collins performed at the Indietracks festival that was held at the Midland Railway, Butterley, UK. During the 2012 Kendal Calling event Collins sang \"A Girl Like You\", with Roddy Frame on guitar and Tim Burgess on backing vocals.", "title": "Edwyn Collins" }, { "id": "16242371", "text": "A Woman Like You (Lee Brice song) \"A Woman Like You\" is a song recorded by American country music artist Lee Brice. It was released in October 2011 as the first single from Brice's album \"Hard 2 Love\". The song was written by Jon Stone, Phil Barton and Johnny Bulford. The song is about the singer being questioned by his wife about what he would've done with his life had he not fell in love with her. The song received generally positive reviews from critics for its heart-warming lyrics and Lee's affable delivery. \"A Woman Like You\" would give Brice", "title": "A Woman Like You (Lee Brice song)" }, { "id": "5532116", "text": "The Wolfgang Press The Wolfgang Press was an English post-punk band, active from 1983 to 1995, recording for the 4AD label. The core of the band was Michael Allen (vocals, bass), Mark Cox (keyboards), and Andrew Gray (guitar). The group is best known for its 1992 international hit single \"A Girl Like You (Born To Be Kissed)\". The official 4AD band profile describes them as \"post-punk\", transforming to \"avant-dance groovers\" with \"Queer\". The band was frequently labeled \"goth,\" though they denied the charge. Allen's list of \"important records\" as of 1995 included De La Soul's \"3 Feet High and Rising\",", "title": "The Wolfgang Press" }, { "id": "20890382", "text": "Girl Like You (Jason Aldean song) \"Girl Like You\" is a song written by Jaron Boyer, Josh Mirenda, and Michael Tyler, and recorded by American country music singer Jason Aldean. It is the third single from Aldean's 2018 album \"Rearview Town\". Billy Dukes of \"Taste of Country\" described the song as a \"mid-tempo love song\" and a \"beat-driven slice of sultry country and hip-hop love.\" He also compared its hip-hop and R&B influences to \"Burnin' It Down\". \"One Country\" writer Annie Reuter also found R&B influences in Aldean's performance, saying that it was a \"blend of rock and R&B influences\"", "title": "Girl Like You (Jason Aldean song)" }, { "id": "2768384", "text": "the single \"Girls Like You\" peaking at number one on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100, becoming the band's fourth number one single. Maroon 5 has sold more than 70 million singles and 20 million albums, making them one of the world's best-selling music artists. Adam Levine was introduced to Ryan Dusick by a mutual friend and guitarist, Adam Salzman. Levine was 15 years old and Dusick was 16. Three of the five members of the band started playing together at age 12. The four original members of the band met while attending Brentwood School in Los Angeles. While attending Brentwood School,", "title": "Maroon 5" }, { "id": "8256098", "text": "Wait for Me/Song of Love \"\"Wait for Me\" and \"Song of Love\" were two singles from Christian pop rock musician Rebecca St. James. \"Wait For Me\" is perhaps one of St. James' most famous songs, encouraging sexual abstinence until marriage, from the 2000 album \"Transform\" (No. 166 in the \"Billboard\" 200 albums). \"Song of Love\" is a track from her 2002 modern worship album \"Worship God\" (in the \"Billboard\" 200 albums for 11 weeks, peaking at No. 94). In keeping with her advocacy of premarital abstinence, \"Wait for Me\" became the title of St. James' 2000 concert tour of 46", "title": "Wait for Me/Song of Love" }, { "id": "18530494", "text": "Seasons (Waiting on You) \"Seasons (Waiting on You)\" is a song by American synthpop band Future Islands. It is the opening track on their fourth studio album \"Singles\", and was released as the album's lead single on February 4, 2014. The song received much critical acclaim, topping \"The Village Voice\"s annual year-end Pazz & Jop critics' poll and also being named the best track of 2014 by publications such as \"NME\", Pitchfork Media, and Spin. The band's performance of the song on \"Late Show with David Letterman\" became an internet hit due to frontman Samuel T. Herring's visual and vocal", "title": "Seasons (Waiting on You)" }, { "id": "3734569", "text": "on the \"Billboard\" pop charts was in 1990, when \"11\" peaked at No. 41 on the strength of the single \"A Girl Like You\" (which hit No. 38). \"A Girl Like You\" was originally written to be the title track for the 1989 Cameron Crowe film \"Say Anything...\". The basic tracks for their most recent studio album of original material, titled \"2011\", were recorded in early October 2010 and the album was released on April 5, 2011. The Smithereens were the final band to perform at the fabled Bleecker Street nightclub Kenny's Castaways in Greenwich Village, New York City, in", "title": "The Smithereens" }, { "id": "9601135", "text": "A Girl Like You (Edwyn Collins song) \"A Girl Like You\" is a song by Scottish singer-songwriter Edwyn Collins from his third solo studio album, \"Gorgeous George\" (1994). The song samples the drums track of Len Barry's single \"1-2-3\" (1965). There are two different music videos for this song. The video in the United States was an avant-garde tribute to its lyrics (e.g. when Collins sings the lyrics \"you made me acknowledge the devil in me\", a child's painting of the devil overlays his face). The international video shows Collins singing over videos and silhouettes of dancers. The Sex Pistols", "title": "A Girl Like You (Edwyn Collins song)" }, { "id": "13481376", "text": "needs more bands like this.\" Songs from \"Waiting for Her\" have been very favorably received by AM/FM and Internet radio stations throughout the world including airplay on Pandora, DMX Radio, and other Smooth/Groove Jazz formatted stations. The band's debut single \"You Treated Me Good\" was the #1 Most-Added track in the country on the Groove Jazz Radio Chart for August 2, 2010 with 6 Adds beating out Chart regulars Incognito and Brian Culbertson. It has also been included in the Most-Added Chart on SmoothJazz.com. The title track from \"Waiting for Her\" is included on US Smooth Jazz's first compilation CD", "title": "The Uptown Band" }, { "id": "1625706", "text": "It was one of the first double albums in rock music. The album peaked at number nine on the \"Billboard\" 200 chart in the US, where it eventually was certified double platinum, and it reached number three in the UK. \"Blonde on Blonde\" spawned two singles that were top-twenty hits in the US: \"Rainy Day Women #12 & 35\" and \"I Want You\". Two additional songs—\"Just Like a Woman\" and \"Visions of Johanna\"—have been named as among Dylan's greatest compositions and were featured in \"Rolling Stone\"s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list. After the release of \"Highway 61 Revisited\"", "title": "Blonde on Blonde" }, { "id": "12528685", "text": "had achieved. It enjoyed similar success to the previous singles from the album, reaching #45 on the U.K. Charts, but failing to chart in the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot 100. It was to be Collins' last single before the lead single of his next album \"Dance into the Light\" in 1996. The B-side varied. It was either \"Take Me with You\", \"For a Friend\", \"Hero\" Or Stevies Blues (\"There's a Place for Us\" Instrumental). \"Hero\" itself originally appeared on David Crosby's album \"Thousand Roads\", with Phil singing backing vocals. The version from the \"We Wait and We Wonder\" single is a", "title": "We Wait and We Wonder" }, { "id": "8483362", "text": "Wait for Me (Rebecca St. James song) \"Wait for Me\" is a song by contemporary Christian musician Rebecca St. James. It is one of St. James' most well-known songs, encouraging sexual abstinence until marriage. \"Wait for You\" peaked in the top two on Radio & Records CHR Top 30 chart in September 2001. \"Wait For Me\" was nominated for Song of the Year at the 2002 Dove Awards. This song also appears on the \"WOW Hits 2002\" compilation album. A music video for the song was made and shows Rebecca writing a letter to her future husband. It also shows", "title": "Wait for Me (Rebecca St. James song)" }, { "id": "18952526", "text": "Janice Gaines Janice Patrice Gaines (\"née\": Reddick; born May 22, 1981), is a Stellar Award and GMA Dove Award-nominated American urban contemporary gospel singer and songwriter. Her debut singles, \"Wait On You\" and \"The Break-Up Song,\" were released as an extended play album on April 14, 2015. Her debut album, \"Greatest Life Ever,\" released on Motown Gospel, was produced by GRAMMY Award-winning producer LaShawn Daniels. and debuted in the Top 10 on the \"Billboard\" Top Gospel Albums chart. Gaines was born, Janice Patrice Reddick, in St. Louis, Missouri, on May 22, 1981, but raised in Memphis, Tennessee. She grew up", "title": "Janice Gaines" }, { "id": "14558184", "text": "Greyson Chance Greyson Michael Chance (born August 16, 1997) is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. His April 2010 performance of Lady Gaga's \"Paparazzi\" at a sixth-grade music festival went viral on YouTube, gaining widespread attention and over 60 million views as of December 2017, as well as an appearance on \"The Ellen DeGeneres Show\" shortly afterward. Two of his original compositions, \"Stars\" and \"Broken Hearts\", gained over six and eight million views respectively on his YouTube channel. His debut single, \"Waiting Outside the Lines\", was released in October 2010. Chance's debut album, \"Hold On 'Til the Night,\" was released", "title": "Greyson Chance" }, { "id": "16242373", "text": "would do if he had never fallen in love with her. He lists several hobbies and pastimes but says that, if he had not fallen in love, he would be \"lookin' for a woman like you.\" The song is in cut time and the key of G major, with a major chord pattern of G-Em-C-Am-D. Billy Dukes of \"Taste of Country\" gave the song four and a half stars out of five, saying that \"the simple and reserved attitude Brice approaches the song with is a good reflection of the love story he describes.\" Allen Jacobs of \"Roughstock\" gave the", "title": "A Woman Like You (Lee Brice song)" }, { "id": "7332884", "text": "number 2 by a song which did not go to number 1, behind Foreigner's \"Waiting for a Girl Like You\", Missy Elliott's \"Work It\", Donna Lewis's \"I Love You Always Forever\" and Shania Twain's \"You're Still the One\". The song is based on a sample of the Fugees' 1996 hit single \"Ready or Not\", which itself was based on a slowed-down sample of the instrumental track \"Boadicea\" by Enya from her 1987 album \"Enya.\" Winans said: \"I first heard 'Boadicea' at the end of the movie Sleepwalkers about five or six years ago. It's something I always wanted to produce.", "title": "I Don't Wanna Know" }, { "id": "7164020", "text": "Elliott Yamin Efraym Elliott Yamin (born July 20, 1978) is an American singer known for his hit single \"Wait for You\" and for placing third on the fifth season of \"American Idol\". His self-titled album, released March 20, 2007, debuted at number one on the \"Billboard\" Independent Albums chart and at number three on the \"Billboard\" 200. The album was certified gold in the United States in October 2007. Retitled \"Wait for You\", the album was released in Japan in May 2008 and certified gold in that country in September 2008. Yamin also released two Christmas collections: \"Sounds of the", "title": "Elliott Yamin" }, { "id": "11492759", "text": "Lead Me Not Lead Me Not is the debut album of American country music artist Lari White. It was issued in 1993 on the Nashville division of RCA Records. White produced the album along with Rodney Crowell and Eagles guitarist Steuart Smith. In addition, she wrote or co-wrote eight of the album's ten tracks. The album's three singles — \"What a Woman Wants\", the title track, and \"Lay Around and Love on You\" — all charted on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts, although all three failed to make Top 40. The album itself", "title": "Lead Me Not" }, { "id": "8710728", "text": "the \"Urgent\" single. The album has since been certified multi-platinum by the RIAA, for selling over six million copies in the U.S. alone. The song was Foreigner's second-best-selling single (after \"I Want to Know What Love Is\") in both Canada and Sweden, reaching #1 in Canada in September 1981 and #20 in Sweden in March 1982. In Australia, \"Urgent\" peaked at #24 in August 1981. In the UK, the song reached only #54 upon its first release in 1981. In 1982, after \"Waiting for a Girl Like You\" went Top Ten there, \"Urgent\" was re-released, this time reaching only slightly", "title": "Urgent (song)" }, { "id": "20372649", "text": "in the key of C major with a tempo of 125 beats per minute. It moves in common time, with Levine's vocals spanning from G to A. \"Girls Like You\" debuted at number 94 on the US \"Billboard\" Hot 100, and ascended to number four following its first full week of tracking after the music video's arrival. The single made the fourth-biggest jump (90 positions) in the Hot 100's history, and became Maroon 5's 14th and Cardi B's sixth top-ten single overall. After spending six weeks at number two behind Drake's \"In My Feelings\", \"Girls Like You\" reached number one", "title": "Girls Like You" }, { "id": "14072481", "text": "their highest peaking single on the Hot 100 and pop charts. As of January 5, 2013, it has been certified 6× Platinum by the RIAA. The song was used in the first episode of the TV show \"Hellcats\". \"American Honey\", the second single, debuted at number 47 on the Hot Country Songs chart for the week of January 2, 2010, before its initial release date of January 11, 2010. In April 2010, the song became their third consecutive number one single, as well as third top 30 single on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. In the United Kingdom and Europe (except", "title": "Need You Now (Lady Antebellum album)" }, { "id": "18283513", "text": "A Girl Like You (The Smithereens song) \"A Girl Like You\" is a song by the American alternative rock group The Smithereens. It is the first single released in support of their third album \"11\". The song was to be used in the film Say Anything..., but it was ultimately cut from the film because the producers believed the song revealed too much of the story. Pat DiNizio stated that he wrote the lyrics with having a separate meaning from the movie in mind. On May 18, 2010, the song was made available as a downloadable song in the Rock", "title": "A Girl Like You (The Smithereens song)" }, { "id": "8807964", "text": "Gyan (album) Gyan is the debut album by Australian singer-songwriter Gyan that was released by Warner music in 1989. The album is currently out of print; but is available to purchase via Gyan's website or iTunes. The album was produced by Charles Fisher. Three singles were released from the album; the smash hit \"Wait\" about a lonely girl waiting for her first true love; \"It's Alright\" about emancipation from one's parents and the final single \"Black Wedding Ring\" which closes the album. The first two singles contained rare non-album tracks as b-sides (\"Love in Question\" and \"Don't Touch\"). \"Wait\" was", "title": "Gyan (album)" } ]

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[ { "id": "7138810", "text": "Arctic Norway Arctic Norway () comprises the northernmost parts of Norway that lie above the Arctic circle. Norway, being one of the most stretched-out countries in the world, reaches from approximately 58°N to 81°N, so large parts lie north of the Arctic circle at 66°33′. Arctic Norway consists of four geographically separated parts: The Arctic circle crosses mainland Norway at Saltfjellet, which separates Helgeland from the northern part of Nordland county. Thus about half of the county lies north of the Arctic circle, along with the whole of Troms and Finnmark counties. The total area of mainland Norway above the", "title": "Arctic Norway" }, { "id": "7138812", "text": "the coast of Greenland. It has an area of 373 km. The population is 18, which is the staff of the weather station. Arctic Norway Arctic Norway () comprises the northernmost parts of Norway that lie above the Arctic circle. Norway, being one of the most stretched-out countries in the world, reaches from approximately 58°N to 81°N, so large parts lie north of the Arctic circle at 66°33′. Arctic Norway consists of four geographically separated parts: The Arctic circle crosses mainland Norway at Saltfjellet, which separates Helgeland from the northern part of Nordland county. Thus about half of the county", "title": "Arctic Norway" }, { "id": "2720466", "text": "Hurtigruten Hurtigruten (\"Express Route\", also known as the Norwegian Coastal Express) is a Norwegian cruise, ferry and cargo operator. The company was founded in 1893 to operate voyages on Norway's western and northern coast between Bergen and Kirkenes. Hurtigruten ships sail almost the entire length of the country, crossing the arctic circle and completing the round-trip journey in 11 days. The trip has been described as the \"World's Most Beautiful Sea Voyage,\" with stops in such places as Bergen, the Geiranger fjord, and the Lofoten Islands. The company has nearly 2% of the worldwide cruise market. More recently, Hurtigruten has", "title": "Hurtigruten" }, { "id": "3756897", "text": "European route E6 European route E6 (, , or simply E6) is the main north-south road through Norway, and the west coast of Sweden. It is 3 088 km (1.919 mi) long and runs from the southern tip of Sweden at Trelleborg, into Norway and through almost all of the country north to the Arctic Circle and Nordkapp. The route ends in Kirkenes close to the Russian border. From south to north, E6 runs through Trelleborg, Malmö, Helsingborg, Halmstad, Gothenburg, Svinesund in Sweden, before crossing the border at the Svinesund Bridge into Norway. It then passes Halden, Sarpsborg, Moss to", "title": "European route E6" }, { "id": "15272698", "text": "Hålogaland Bridge The Hålogaland Bridge () is a suspension bridge which crosses the Rombaksfjorden in the municipality of Narvik in Nordland county, Norway. As the second-longest bridge span in Norway, it is part of the European Route E6 highway. It will shorten the driving distance from Narvik to Bjerkvik by and from Narvik to Bjørnfjell, via European Route E10 by . The bridge was estimated to cost . Financing came from a mix of state grants and tolls. The bridge lies above the Arctic Circle and is the longest suspension bridge within the Arctic Circle at the time of its", "title": "Hålogaland Bridge" }, { "id": "17442552", "text": "Circle is divided among 8 countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, the United States (Alaska), Canada (Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut), Denmark (Greenland) and Iceland (where it passes through the small offshore island of Grímsey). The climate inside the Arctic Circle is generally cold, but the coastal areas of Norway have a generally mild climate as a result of the Gulf Stream, which makes the ports of northern Norway and northwest Russia ice-free all year long. In the interior, summers can be quite warm, while winters are extremely cold. For example, summer temperatures in Norilsk, Russia will sometimes reach as high", "title": "Arctic Circle" }, { "id": "9391163", "text": "Saltfjellet Saltfjellet is a mountain area in Nordland county, Norway that separates the two regions of Helgeland and Salten. It is also a cultural border between the Southern and Central parts of Sápmi. The Saltfjell is one of the largest mountain ranges in Norway, and is also where the Arctic Circle cuts through the country. This range is part of seven municipalities: The northern part is part of Saltdal, Bodø, Beiarn and Gildeskål, the western part is in Meløy and Rødøy while the southern part is in Rana. The highest mountain is Ølfjellet at above sea level. The mountains stretch", "title": "Saltfjellet" }, { "id": "7484812", "text": "Nordkalottruta Nordkalottruta or Arctic Trail (Finnish: \"Kalottireitti\", Swedish: \"Nordkalottleden\") is a marked hiking trail in the Arctic region of the Nordic countries. It has a total length of 800 km and lies along the border of Norway, Sweden and Finland. It begins at Kautokeino (located in Finnmark, Northern Norway) and of the 800 km, 380 km of the trail lies in Norway, 350 km in Sweden and 70 km in Finland. The trail crosses international borders 15 times and ends in the south in Sulitjelma (Norway) or alternately Kvikkjokk (Sweden). The trail was originally planned in 1977. It passes through", "title": "Nordkalottruta" }, { "id": "7138811", "text": "Arctic circle is ca. . The population is about 393,000, which makes this the most populated arctic region in the world. Svalbard archipelago is situated some north of mainland Norway and has an area of . The population is about 2,400, and includes Longyearbyen, the northernmost town in the world. Bear Island () is situated some north of mainland Norway, about two-thirds the distance to Svalbard. It has an area of . The population is 9, which is the staff of the weather station. Jan Mayen is situated some 880 km northwest of mainland Norway and about 450 km off", "title": "Arctic Norway" }, { "id": "121290", "text": "and on 30% of the road. North of Gävle there are varying speed limits, with , and as the most common. The speed limits on the main roads in Sweden were changed on many stretches in October 2008, which saw the introduction of the 120 km/h limit. The E 4 is the fastest road to go from Germany/Denmark to areas north of the Arctic Circle, including places in Norway such as Tromsø or the North Cape. The route passes through or nearby the cities Tornio, Haparanda, Luleå, Piteå, Skellefteå, Umeå, Örnsköldsvik, Härnösand, Sundsvall, Hudiksvall, Söderhamn, Gävle, Uppsala, Stockholm, Södertälje, Nyköping,", "title": "European route E4" }, { "id": "1390817", "text": "Tourism in Norway As of 2008, Norway ranks 17th in the World Economic Forum's Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report. Tourism in Norway contributed to 4.2% of the gross domestic product as reported in 2016.Every one in fifteen people throughout the country work in the tourism industry. Tourism is seasonal in Norway, with more than half of total tourists visiting between the months of May and August. The main attractions of Norway are the varied landscapes that extend across the Arctic Circle. It is famous for its fjord-indented coastline and its mountains, ski resorts, lakes and woods. Popular tourist destinations in", "title": "Tourism in Norway" }, { "id": "1468232", "text": "Mo i Rana, Mosjøen and Rognan are situated in such valleys. Norway's second-largest glacier, Svartisen, the second-largest lake, Røssvatnet, and the second-deepest fjord, Tysfjord (897 m) are all located in Nordland. The largest river (waterflow) is Vefsna which forms the Laksforsen waterfall. The Saltfjellet mountain range forms a natural border between Helgeland and Salten, and is where the Arctic Circle cuts through the county. The western part of this mountain range is dominated by steep mountains and fjord inlets, with glaciers stretching towards the sea, while the eastern part of the mountains is more gentle and rounded, with some forested", "title": "Nordland" }, { "id": "1390823", "text": "view until May 2009. Tourism in Norway As of 2008, Norway ranks 17th in the World Economic Forum's Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report. Tourism in Norway contributed to 4.2% of the gross domestic product as reported in 2016.Every one in fifteen people throughout the country work in the tourism industry. Tourism is seasonal in Norway, with more than half of total tourists visiting between the months of May and August. The main attractions of Norway are the varied landscapes that extend across the Arctic Circle. It is famous for its fjord-indented coastline and its mountains, ski resorts, lakes and woods.", "title": "Tourism in Norway" }, { "id": "4934745", "text": "often hugging the sides of fjords until Mo i Rana Station (). From Mo the line runs up the Dunderland Valley at a 1.2% gradient. From Dunderland Station () the line climbs at a 1.8% gradient for onto the Saltfjellet mountain plateau. It reaches its highest elevation just south of Stødi Station (), at above mean sea level, about after passing the Arctic Circle. The line then descends for the next at a 1.8% gradient until reaching almost sea level at Rognan Station (), by which time it has reached the district of Salten. The section onward to Finneid Station", "title": "Nordland Line" }, { "id": "4486116", "text": "south of the Arctic Circle, is called Helgeland. Here there is a multitude of islands and skerries on the outside of the coastal range, some flat, some with impressive shapes, like Mount Torghatten, which has a hole through it, and the Seven Sisters near Sandnessjøen. The inland is covered with dense spruce forests and mountains near the Swedish border; some of the biggest rivers in the region are the Vefsna and the Ranelva. The highest mountain in Northern Norway is found here in the Okstindan range south of Mo i Rana with Oksskolten reaching above sea level, and with the", "title": "Northern Norway" }, { "id": "4486117", "text": "glacier Okstindbreen. The Saltfjellet range, with its Svartisen glacier and intersecting Arctic Circle, divides Helgeland from the next region, called Salten. Notable peaks in Salten are the Børvasstindan south of Bodø, Suliskongen near Fauske (, highest mountain north of the Arctic Circle), the Steigartindan and the phallic Hamarøytinden. Between Saltfjellet and eastern Finnmark, Norway spruce trees have originally been planted and are mostly privately owned. The older plantations are now producing lumber, 80 years after planted. Lofoten is a chain of peaks that jut out of the ocean. From the mainland side it looks very barren, but behind the violet-black", "title": "Northern Norway" }, { "id": "6403366", "text": "Ofotfjord Ofotfjord () or Narvik Fjord is a fjord in Nordland county, Norway. It is an inlet of the Norwegian Sea, located about north of the Arctic Circle. The long Ofotfjorden is Norway's 12th longest fjord and it is also the 18th deepest, with a maximum depth of . In the English language and in many historical documents, this fjord is often called the \"Narvik Fjord\", since the town of Narvik is located on the inner shores of the fjord. The fjord is surrounded by mountains, some reaching , and even in Skjomen, where the \"Frostisen\" glacier can be seen.", "title": "Ofotfjord" }, { "id": "16064538", "text": "Scandinavian Mountains The Scandinavian Mountains or the Scandes is a mountain range that runs through the Scandinavian Peninsula. The Scandinavian Mountains are often erroneously thought to be equivalent to the Scandinavian Caledonides, an ancient mountain range and orogen covering roughly the same area. The western sides of the mountains drop precipitously into the North Sea and Norwegian Sea, forming the fjords of Norway, whereas to the northeast they gradually curve towards Finland. To the north they form the border between Norway and Sweden, still reaching high at the Arctic Circle. The mountain range just touches northwesternmost Finland, but are scarcely", "title": "Scandinavian Mountains" }, { "id": "669030", "text": "(\"night\"), since above the Tropic of Cancer, the Sun never shines from the north, except inside the Arctic Circle during the summer midnight sun. The direction north is often associated with colder climates because most of the world's land at high latitudes is located in the Northern Hemisphere. The Arctic Circle passes through the Arctic Ocean, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, the United States (Alaska), Canada (Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut), Denmark (Greenland) and Iceland (where it passes through the small offshore island of Grímsey). By convention, the top side of a map is often north. To go north using a", "title": "North" }, { "id": "9391166", "text": "was closed in the winter. The railway line was built over the mountain during World War II and opened in 1947. The mountain range is named after the Salten district, named after Saltfjorden (the Salt fjord). The last element is the finite form of \"fjell\" which means \"mountain\". Saltfjellet Saltfjellet is a mountain area in Nordland county, Norway that separates the two regions of Helgeland and Salten. It is also a cultural border between the Southern and Central parts of Sápmi. The Saltfjell is one of the largest mountain ranges in Norway, and is also where the Arctic Circle cuts", "title": "Saltfjellet" }, { "id": "5303031", "text": "routes within the country. They operate in barely inhabited areas, including mountains, and affect the construction of a comprehensive railway network. Except in the Oslo area, Norway has only a rather sparse rail network, which extends north of the Arctic Circle to Fauske and Bodø, and to the north of Narvik with a connection to the Swedish rail network. Many of the routes are based on random railways. In addition to this network, they provide public passenger transport by many more companies within Norway than airlines, shipping lines (including the Hurtigruten) and bus lines, including many long-distance bus lines. The", "title": "Intercity bus service" }, { "id": "16268237", "text": "Melfjorden Melfjorden is a fjord and village in the municipality of Rødøy in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the Arctic Circle. The long fjord from the village of Melfjorden in the east to its mouth in the Rødøyfjorden near the island of Rangsundøya. There are two fjord arms that branch off the main fjord: Nordfjorden flows to the north into the Saltfjellet–Svartisen National Park and Sørfjorden to the south past the villages of Sørfjorden and Kilboghavn. The village of Melfjorden lies at the eastern end of the fjord in Rødøy municipality, but it is only accessible by road", "title": "Melfjorden" }, { "id": "14510791", "text": "Norwegian border police issued an announcement in 2016 that it is forbidden to cross the border on land, water and in air, including at border markers (except with permission or at the border station), or to have contact with people across the border or throw things over the border. This is already written in the law. There is only one legal border crossing point, with stations on both sides, at Storskog in Norway and Borisoglebsky in Russia, located on the E105 highway some 15 km east of Kirkenes. Crossing time at both stations is unpredictable and depends of the amount", "title": "Norway–Russia border" }, { "id": "5110055", "text": "and is operated by Color Line. In Norway, the E18 has a length of , of which are motorway. It runs Kristiansand – Arendal – Porsgrunn – Larvik – Sandefjord – Tønsberg – Horten – Drammen – Oslo – Ås – Askim – Ørje. A flyover carrying the E18 Holmestrand bypass, opened in 2001, partially collapsed in February 2015 following a landslip, necessitating its demolition. From Ørje, the E18 crosses the border into Sweden at Töcksfors. It has a length of , of which are motorway. It runs Töcksfors – Karlstad – Örebro – Västerås – Stockholm / Kapellskär. The", "title": "European route E18" }, { "id": "679802", "text": "is colder than in Brønnøysund. Some areas of Vestlandet and southern Nordland are Europe's wettest due to orographic lift, particularly where the moist westerlies first are intercepted by high mountains; this occurs slightly inland from the outer skerry guard. Brekke in Sogn og Fjordane has the highest annual precipitation with ; annual precipitation can exceed in mountain areas near the coast. Lurøy, near the Arctic Circle, gets 2,935 mm on average, a remarkable amount of precipitation for a polar location. Precipitation is heaviest in autumn and early winter along the coast, while April to June is the driest. The innermost", "title": "Geography of Norway" }, { "id": "1515312", "text": "Oslo Airport, Gardermoen Oslo Airport (; ) is the main international airport serving Oslo, Norway, the capital and most populous city in the country. A hub for Scandinavian Airlines and Widerøe, and an operating base for Norwegian Air Shuttle, it connects to 26 domestic and 151 international destinations. More than 27 million passengers traveled through the airport in 2017, making it the second-busiest commercial airport in the Nordic countries, and the nineteenth-busiest in Europe. The airport is located northeast of Oslo, at Gardermoen in the municipality of Ullensaker, in Akershus county. It has two parallel roughly north–south runways measuring and", "title": "Oslo Airport, Gardermoen" }, { "id": "4498831", "text": "Andøya Andøya is the northernmost island in the Vesterålen archipelago, situated about inside the Arctic circle. Andøya is located in the municipality of Andøy in Nordland county, Norway. The main population centres on the island include Andenes, Bleik, and Risøyhamn. The island has an area of , making it the tenth largest island in Norway. The island is connected to the neighboring island of Hinnøya using the Andøy Bridge. The Andfjorden lies to the east of the island, the Risøysundet strait lies to the south and east side of the island, and the Gavlfjorden lies to the southwest side. The", "title": "Andøya" }, { "id": "8777362", "text": "and official time. The difference between those points is 26°41′ or 1 hour 46 minutes. The 15° E meridian passes Norway in the northern part of the country, from north over Vesterålen and Lofoten islands, then Vestfjorden and finally Salten and Saltfjellet, a total distance of about 320 km. The vast majority of the population in Norway lives to the west of the 15°E longitude. The IANA time zone database contains one zone for the area with ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code NO (Norway) in the file zone.tab, where it is named \"Europe/Oslo\". Svalbard is covered by the zone Arctic/Longyearbyen, while", "title": "Time in Norway" }, { "id": "285494", "text": "to 20 hours of daylight per day. Conversely, from late November to late January, the sun never rises above the horizon in the north, and daylight hours are very short in the rest of the country. The coastal climate of Norway is exceptionally mild compared with areas on similar latitudes elsewhere in the world, with the Gulf Stream passing directly offshore the northern areas of the Atlantic coast, continuously warming the region in the winter. Temperature anomalies found in coastal locations are exceptional, with Røst and Værøy lacking a meteorological winter in spite of being north of the Arctic Circle.", "title": "Norway" }, { "id": "11338467", "text": "Bolna, Rana Bolna () is a mountain in the Saltfjellet mountain range in the municipality of Rana in Nordland county, Norway. The mountain peak reaches above sea level, and is located just north of the Arctic Circle inside Saltfjellet–Svartisen National Park. The mountain peak is located less than west of the municipal border with Saltdal and about west of the border with Sweden. At the southeastern foot of the mountain sits Bolna Station, a railway station on the Nordland Line. The Norwegian Mountain Touring Association has a mountain lodge named \"Bolnastua\" located only from the railway station. The cabin was", "title": "Bolna, Rana" }, { "id": "6403372", "text": "Thiele\" was scuttled and is still visible from around the railway between Straumsnes and Rombak railway station. Ofotfjord Ofotfjord () or Narvik Fjord is a fjord in Nordland county, Norway. It is an inlet of the Norwegian Sea, located about north of the Arctic Circle. The long Ofotfjorden is Norway's 12th longest fjord and it is also the 18th deepest, with a maximum depth of . In the English language and in many historical documents, this fjord is often called the \"Narvik Fjord\", since the town of Narvik is located on the inner shores of the fjord. The fjord is", "title": "Ofotfjord" }, { "id": "313985", "text": "has to rotate Scotland by 90°. The 5000 stadia must be discounted: it crosses the Borysthenes upriver near Kiev rather than at the mouth. It does place Pytheas on the Arctic Circle, which in Norway is south of the Lofoten islands. It seems that Eratosthenes altered the base line to pass through the northern extreme of Celtica. Pytheas, as related by Hipparchus, probably cited the place in Celtica where he first made land. If he used the same practice in Norway, Thule is at least somewhere on the entire northwest coast of Norway from Møre og Romsdal to the Lofoten", "title": "Pytheas" }, { "id": "16268238", "text": "through neighboring Rana. Melfjorden Melfjorden is a fjord and village in the municipality of Rødøy in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the Arctic Circle. The long fjord from the village of Melfjorden in the east to its mouth in the Rødøyfjorden near the island of Rangsundøya. There are two fjord arms that branch off the main fjord: Nordfjorden flows to the north into the Saltfjellet–Svartisen National Park and Sørfjorden to the south past the villages of Sørfjorden and Kilboghavn. The village of Melfjorden lies at the eastern end of the fjord in Rødøy municipality, but it is only", "title": "Melfjorden" }, { "id": "7650101", "text": "Finnmarksvidda Finnmarksvidda (; ) is Norway's largest plateau, with an area greater than . The plateau lies about above sea level. Approximately 36% of Finnmark county lies on the Finnmarksvidda. From Alta Municipality in the west to the Varanger Peninsula in the east it stretches for approximately , being at least that wide from north to south, extending into Finland. The southeastern part of the plateau is protected by the Øvre Anárjohka National Park. The park opened in 1976. The plateau includes extensive birch woods, pine barrens, bogs, and glacially formed lakes. Finnmarksvidda is situated north of the Arctic Circle", "title": "Finnmarksvidda" }, { "id": "285493", "text": "winters than the eastern and far northern parts. Areas to the east of the coastal mountains are in a rain shadow, and have lower rain and snow totals than the west. The lowlands around Oslo have the warmest and sunniest summers, but also cold weather and snow in wintertime. Because of Norway's high latitude, there are large seasonal variations in daylight. From late May to late July, the sun never completely descends beneath the horizon in areas north of the Arctic Circle (hence Norway's description as the \"Land of the Midnight sun\"), and the rest of the country experiences up", "title": "Norway" }, { "id": "5902947", "text": "Arctic circle (Saltfjell) and along the southwestern coast is mainly due to barriers such as fjords and mountain ranges, and planted spruce grows well north of the arctic circle as in Tromsø. The southern limit of the Norway Spruce habitat in Norway is limited by mountains and fjords blocking the way, and also because of winters being too mild for Norway spruce near the outer seaboard along the southwestern coast. Along the southwestern coast and fjords (Vestlandet or Western Norway) is a temperate mixed forest with pine, some yew and deciduous trees (betula pendula, wych elm, linden, oak, aspen, hazel,", "title": "Scandinavian coastal conifer forests" }, { "id": "1235648", "text": "Norrbotten County Norrbotten County (; ) is the northernmost county or \"län\" of Sweden. It borders Västerbotten County to the southwest, the Gulf of Bothnia to the southeast. It also borders the counties of Nordland and Troms in Norway to the northwest, and Lapland Province in Finland to the northeast. The name \"Norrbotten\" is also used for a province of the same name. Norrbotten province covers only the eastern part of Norrbotten County – the inland mostly belongs to the Swedish Lapland province (\"Lappland\"). The northern part of Norrbotten lies within the Arctic Circle. Norrbotten County consists of the entire", "title": "Norrbotten County" }, { "id": "285489", "text": "latitudes 57° and 81° N, and longitudes 4° and 32° E. Norway is the northernmost of the Nordic countries and if Svalbard is included also the easternmost. Vardø at 31° 10' 07\" east of Greenwich lies further east than St. Petersburg and Istanbul. Norway includes the northernmost point on the European mainland. The rugged coastline is broken by huge fjords and thousands of islands. The coastal baseline is . The coastline of the mainland including fjords stretches , when islands are included the coastline has been estimated to . Norway shares a land border with Sweden, with Finland, and with", "title": "Norway" }, { "id": "5911264", "text": "Abisko Abisko () is a village in Sápmi (Lapland), in northern Sweden, roughly 250 km within the Arctic Circle, and near Abisko National Park, located 4 km west of the village. It had 85 inhabitants as of 2005. Permafrost is common around the village albeit this low altitude permafrost is disappearing because of global warming and increased snowfall. Daily passenger electric trains run by SJ AB connect Stockholm with the Norwegian city of Narvik, stopping at both the Abisko village (the name of that railway station is \"Abisko Östra\" [east]) and the Abisko Turiststation. Additional regional trains provide links along", "title": "Abisko" }, { "id": "679807", "text": "the innermost areas of the western fjords, but also in Telemark. Inland areas reach their warmth peak around mid-July, and coastal areas by the first half of August. Humidity is usually low in summer. The North Atlantic Current splits in two in the northern part of the Norwegian Sea; one branch goes east into the Barents Sea, while the other goes north along the west coast of Spitsbergen; this modifies the Arctic polar climate somewhat and results in open water throughout the year at higher latitudes than any other place in the Arctic. On the eastern coast of the Svalbard", "title": "Geography of Norway" }, { "id": "17442553", "text": "as , while the winter temperatures frequently fall below . Starting at the prime meridian and heading eastwards, the Arctic Circle passes through: Arctic Circle The Arctic Circle is the most northerly of the five major circles of latitude as shown on maps of Earth. It marks the northernmost point at which the centre of the noon sun is just visible on the December solstice and the southernmost point at which the centre of the midnight sun is just visible on the June solstice. The region north of this circle is known as the Arctic, and the zone just to", "title": "Arctic Circle" }, { "id": "14563817", "text": "Borisoglebsky, Murmansk Oblast Borisoglebsky or Boris Gleb () is a rural locality (a \"Posyolok\") in Pechengsky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia. The village is located beyond the Arctic circle, at a height of 95 m above sea level on the Paatsjoki River. There is a border crossing to Storskog in Norway, the only border crossing between the two countries. June 1968, Boris Gleb was the venue for the largest Soviet demonstration of power against Norway since the Second World War. Early in the morning on 7 June 1968, 60-70 T-54 tanks rolled towards the Norwegian border. The garrison stationed at", "title": "Borisoglebsky, Murmansk Oblast" }, { "id": "14563819", "text": "company. Borisoglebsky, Murmansk Oblast Borisoglebsky or Boris Gleb () is a rural locality (a \"Posyolok\") in Pechengsky District of Murmansk Oblast, Russia. The village is located beyond the Arctic circle, at a height of 95 m above sea level on the Paatsjoki River. There is a border crossing to Storskog in Norway, the only border crossing between the two countries. June 1968, Boris Gleb was the venue for the largest Soviet demonstration of power against Norway since the Second World War. Early in the morning on 7 June 1968, 60-70 T-54 tanks rolled towards the Norwegian border. The garrison stationed", "title": "Borisoglebsky, Murmansk Oblast" }, { "id": "285426", "text": "2018). The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden (1,619 km or 1,006 mi long). Norway is bordered by Finland and Russia to the north-east, and the Skagerrak strait to the south, with Denmark on the other side. Norway has an extensive coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea. King Harald V of the Dano-German House of Glücksburg is the current King of Norway. Erna Solberg became prime minister in 2013 and was reelected in September 2017. Erna Solberg replaced Jens Stoltenberg who was the prime minister between 2000 and 2001 and 2005–2013. A unitary sovereign", "title": "Norway" }, { "id": "291704", "text": "toward Iceland and then east, along the Arctic Circle; this current occurs in the middle water layer. Deep water flows into the Norwegian Sea from the Greenland Sea. The tides in the sea are semi-diurnal; that is, they rise twice a day, to a height of about 3.3 metres. The hydrology of the upper water layers is largely determined by the flow from the North Atlantic. It reaches a speed of 10 Sv (1 Sv = million m/s) and its maximum depth is 700 metres at the Lofoten Islands, but normally it is within 500 meters. Part of it comes", "title": "Norwegian Sea" }, { "id": "1509913", "text": "on a gold background. The Church of Norway has three parishes \"(sokn)\" within the municipality of Steigen. It is part of the Salten prosti (\"deanery\") in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The municipality is located along the coast of the Vestfjorden, about north of Bodø, well inside the Arctic Circle. The road to Steigen departs from European route E06 and makes use of the long Steigentunnelen (see World's longest tunnels). Steigen borders Hamarøy municipality in the north and Sørfold municipality to the south. The Vestfjorden and Lofoten are located west of Steigen. The Sagfjorden lies on the north and the Folda", "title": "Steigen" }, { "id": "285541", "text": "52 are public, and 46 are operated by the state-owned Avinor. Seven airports have more than one million passengers annually. A total of 41,089,675 passengers passed through Norwegian airports in 2007, of whom 13,397,458 were international. The central gateway to Norway by air is Oslo Airport, Gardermoen. Located about northeast of Oslo, it is hub for the two major Norwegian airlines: Scandinavian Airlines and Norwegian Air Shuttle, and for regional aircraft from Western Norway. There are departures to most European countries and some intercontinental destinations. A direct high-speed train connects to Oslo Central Station every 10 minutes for a 20", "title": "Norway" }, { "id": "313981", "text": "through the sign of the Crab (at the summer solstice), a reaffirmation that it is on the Arctic Circle. He adds that the crossing to Thule starts at the island of \"Berrice\", \"the largest of all\", which may be Lewis in the outer Hebrides. If \"Berrice\" was in the outer Hebrides, the crossing would have brought Pytheas to the coast of Møre og Romsdal or Trøndelag, Norway, explaining how he managed to miss the Skagerrak. If this is his route, in all likelihood he did not actually circumnavigate Britain, but returned along the coast of Germany, accounting for his somewhat", "title": "Pytheas" }, { "id": "14510792", "text": "of traffic. The crossing is open between 07:00 and 21:00 Norwegian time. Immigration control at Storskog is carried out by Eastern Finnmark Police District, while customs are carried out by the Norwegian Customs and Excise Authorities. The Norwegian Border Commissioner also has representatives at the checkpoint. It is the only of Norway's land border crossings which does not border the Schengen Area and thus the only one manned by the police. The Border Guard Service of Russia operates the border crossing at Borisoglebsky. It consists of a customs area and a border control area, both with independent checks. Once past", "title": "Norway–Russia border" }, { "id": "285539", "text": "are provided for passenger train operations. NSB operates long-haul trains, including night trains, regional services and four commuter train systems, around Oslo, Trondheim, Bergen and Stavanger. Norway has approximately of road network, of which are paved and are motorway. The four tiers of road routes are national, county, municipal and private, with national and primary county roads numbered en route. The most important national routes are part of the European route scheme. The two most prominent are the E6 going north-south through the entire country, and the E39, which follows the West Coast. National and county roads are managed by", "title": "Norway" }, { "id": "679797", "text": "Maud Land is Norway's claim in Antarctica. This large, sectorial area stretches to the South Pole and are completely dominated by the world's largest ice sheet, but with some impressive nunataks penetrating above the ice. The Troll Research Station manned by Norway is located on a snow free mountain slope, the only station in Antarctica not to be located on the ice. Areas in Norway located north of the Arctic Circle will have midnight sun and corresponding winter darkness, the length of both depends on the latitude. In Longyearbyen, the upper part of the sun disc is above the horizon", "title": "Geography of Norway" }, { "id": "6246968", "text": "European route E39 E 39 is the designation of a 1330 km long north-south road in Norway and Denmark, running from Klett just south of Trondheim to Aalborg, via Orkanger, Vinjeøra, Halsa ... Straumsnes, Krifast, Batnfjordsøra, Molde ... Vestnes, Skodje, Ålesund ... Volda ... Nordfjordeid ... Sandane, Førde, Lavik ... Instefjord, Knarvik, Bergen, Os ... Stord, Sveio, Aksdal, Bokn ... Rennesøy, Randaberg, Stavanger, Sandnes, Ålgård, Helleland, Flekkefjord, Lyngdal, Mandal, Kristiansand ... Hirtshals, Hjørring, and Nørresundby. Several sections are via ferry, denoted by ... in the above list. In total there are nine ferries, the highest number of ferries for a", "title": "European route E39" }, { "id": "11020580", "text": "of road after Gothenburg is motorway.Most parts of Inlandsvägen have just two lanes with two-way-traffic; a wide asphalted road that follows the terrain. About south of Jokkmokk Inlandsvägen crosses the Arctic Circle at . Inlandsvägen Syd (\"The Inland Road South\") is a term used about Riksväg 26 (\"National Road 26\") that begins in Halmstad in the south and ends in Mora in the midst of Sweden, The most parts of Inlandsvägen Syd also just have two lanes with two-way-traffic. The name is related to the famous Inland Line (\"Inlandsbanan\"), a railroad line that used to run almost parallel between Kristinehamn", "title": "Inlandsvägen" }, { "id": "5777504", "text": "The Arctic Challenge The Arctic Challenge is a snowboarding contest arranged for and by the riders themselves. It was started by Norwegian professional snowboarders Daniel Franck and Terje Håkonsen. The contest was established as an alternative to the former competitions that had become streamlined and run by schedules and directions from TV-coverage, major sponsors and other external forces. It formerly held the status as the final for the \"World Snowboard Tour\", and is held in Norway annually - usually at a location north of the Arctic Circle. Since 2005 the \"TAC\", as it is often referred to, moved to Oslo", "title": "The Arctic Challenge" }, { "id": "681631", "text": "track and high-speed rail (210 km/h) while 62% is electrified at . The railways transported 56,827,000 passengers 2,956 million passenger kilometers and 24,783,000 tonnes of cargo 3,414 million tonne kilometers. The main long-haul network consists of lines from Oslo and westwards along the South Coast to Stavanger and over the mountains to Bergen; and north to Åndalsnes and via Trondheim to Bodø. Four lines connect to Sweden, allowing access to the European network. The only high-speed line is Gardermobanen, connecting Oslo to The Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, but plans exist to build more high-speed lines in Eastern Norway, and possibly to", "title": "Transport in Norway" }, { "id": "679822", "text": "of the Arctic circle (as in Steigen). Plants classified as eastern need comparatively more summer sunshine, with less humidity, but can tolerate cold winters; these will often occur in the southeast and inland areas, examples are \"Daphne mezereum\", \"Fragaria viridis\" and spiked speedwell. Some eastern species common in Siberia grows in the river valleys of eastern Finnmark. There are also species which seems to be in-between these extremes, like the southern plants, where both winter and summer climate is important (such as pedunculate oak, European ash and dog's mercury); other plants are dependent on the type of bedrock. There are", "title": "Geography of Norway" }, { "id": "6226095", "text": "Norwegian trench The Norwegian trench or Norwegian channel (; ; ) is an elongated depression in the sea floor off the southern coast of Norway. It reaches from the Stad peninsula in Sogn og Fjordane in the northwest to the Oslofjord in the southeast. The trench is between 50 and 95 kilometres wide and up to 700 metres deep. Off the Rogaland coast it is 250 – 300 metres deep, and its deepest point is off Arendal where it reaches 700 metres deep – an abyss compared to the average depth of the North Sea, which is about 100 metres.", "title": "Norwegian trench" }, { "id": "2048060", "text": "of the Arctic Circle, and at the country's northernmost point the sun does not set at all for 60 days during summer. In Svalbard, Norway, the northernmost inhabited region of Europe, there is no sunset from approximately 19 April to 23 August. The extreme sites are the poles, where the sun can be continuously visible for half the year. The North Pole has midnight sun for 6 months from late March to late September. The opposite phenomenon, polar night, occurs in winter, when the sun stays below the horizon throughout the day. Since the axial tilt of the Earth is", "title": "Midnight sun" }, { "id": "679783", "text": "Geography of Norway Norway is a country located in Northern Europe on the western and northern part of the Scandinavian Peninsula, bordering the North Sea to the southwest and the Skagerrak inlet to the south, the North Atlantic Ocean (Norwegian Sea) in the west and the Barents Sea to the northeast. Norway has a long land border with Sweden to the east, a shorter one with Finland in the northeast and a still shorter border with Russia in the far northeast. Norway has a very elongated shape, one of the longest and most rugged coastlines in the world, and some", "title": "Geography of Norway" }, { "id": "2057679", "text": "is dominated by a pattern resembling the labyrinth formed by adjacent ice floes. The coin is one of the Europa Coins 2007 series, which celebrates European achievements in history. Northeast Passage The Northeast Passage (abbreviated as NEP) is, from the European and northern Atlantic point of view, the shipping route to the Pacific Ocean, along the Arctic Ocean coasts of Norway and Russia. The western route through the islands of Canada is accordingly called Northwest Passage (NWP). The NEP traverses (from East to West) the Barents Sea, Kara Sea, Laptev Sea, East Siberian Sea, and Chukchi Sea, and it includes", "title": "Northeast Passage" }, { "id": "9496598", "text": "High-speed rail in Norway Opening in 8 October 1998, the only high-speed rail in Norway, on the railways of Norway is on Gardermobanen, a 64 kilometer line between Oslo Central Station and Eidsvoll via Oslo Airport. The main service on this route is Flytoget, commuting between Oslo Airport and the metropolitan areas of Oslo at speeds of up to 210 km/h (130 mph). It was extended westwards to include the city of Drammen in 2008, though not at high speed. The high-speed section is also used by express and regional trains between Oslo and Eidsvoll. In September 2010, Jernbaneverket awarded", "title": "High-speed rail in Norway" }, { "id": "14510748", "text": "Norway–Russia border The border between Norway and Russia (, , \"Rossiysko-Norvezhskaya Granytsa\") consists of a land border between Sør-Varanger, Norway, and Pechengsky District, Russia, and a marine border in the Varangerfjord. It further consists of a border between the two countries' exclusive economic zones (EEZ) in the Barents Sea and the Arctic Ocean. Between 1944 and 1991 the border was between Norway and the Soviet Union. There is a single border crossing, on E105, located at Storskog in Norway and Borisoglebsky (Boris Gleb) in Russia. The Norwegian side is patrolled by the Garrison of Sør-Varanger and is under the jurisdiction", "title": "Norway–Russia border" }, { "id": "8046211", "text": "Rovaniemi Airport Rovaniemi Airport () is the third busiest airport in Finland, located in Rovaniemi, Finland, about north of Rovaniemi city centre. The Arctic Circle crosses the runway closer to its northern end. The airport was built in 1940 with two grass-surfaced runways. During the Continuation War it served as an airbase and supply center for German Luftwaffe. In 2017, the airport served about 580,000 passengers. The main season of charter traffic from Great Britain and many other European countries lasts from the end of November until the middle of January annually. Russians arrive in January because they celebrate Christmas", "title": "Rovaniemi Airport" }, { "id": "1517038", "text": "vast bay connected to the Barents Sea near the Russian–Norwegian border. The town is situated about north of the Arctic Circle. Kirkenes is located just east of the 30th meridian east. As a result, it is further east than Istanbul, which marks one of the European borders with Asia. The easternmost point of Norway and the municipality is also at a point further east than Saint Petersburg. Unlike the vast majority of Norway, Kirkenes is located east of the neighbouring country of Finland. Because of this, travelling directly west from Kirkenes actually changes the time zone forward instead of backward,", "title": "Kirkenes" }, { "id": "11338468", "text": "completed in 1993 and has 13 beds. The European route E6 highway and the river Ranelva both pass along the south and eastern side of the mountain. The station and Bolnastua cabin are both situated in a mountain birch forest near the treeline. Bolna, Rana Bolna () is a mountain in the Saltfjellet mountain range in the municipality of Rana in Nordland county, Norway. The mountain peak reaches above sea level, and is located just north of the Arctic Circle inside Saltfjellet–Svartisen National Park. The mountain peak is located less than west of the municipal border with Saltdal and about", "title": "Bolna, Rana" }, { "id": "16728023", "text": "done. In 1852, the border Norway–Finland/Russia was closed, causing trouble for the Sami, who needed the Finnish forests for reindeer winter grazing. The Finland–Norway border is open as both countries are part of the Schengen Area. It is legal to cross the border anywhere if no customs declaration or passport check is needed. There is an wide clear-cut zone along the land border. Almost half of the border follows the rivers Anarjohka and Tana. There are 57 original cairns north of Treriksröset from until 1766, numbered 293-342 west of Anarjohka river and 343-349 east of Tana river. Later further cairns", "title": "Finland–Norway border" }, { "id": "679789", "text": "Sognefjell and Trollheimen in the north, with large glaciers, such as Jostedalsbreen, Folgefonna and Hardangerjøkulen. The mountain chain swings eastwards south of Trondheim, with ranges such as Dovrefjell and Rondane, and reaches to the border with Sweden, where they are mostly gently sloping plateaus. The mountains then follows the border in a northeasterly direction (known as Kjølen). The mountains are intersected by many fjords in Nordland and Troms, where they become more alpine and creates many islands as they meet the sea. The Scandinavian mountains forms the Lyngen Alps and reaches into northwestern Finnmark, gradually becoming lower from Altafjord towards", "title": "Geography of Norway" }, { "id": "6890081", "text": "Oslo Tunnel The Oslo Tunnel () is a , double-track, railway tunnel which runs between Olav Kyrres plass and Oslo Central Station (Oslo S) in Oslo, Norway. The tunnel constitutes the eastern-most section of the Drammen Line and runs below the central business district of Oslo. It features the four-track Nationaltheatret Station, Norway's second-busiest railway station, where the Oslo Tunnels lies directly beneath the Common Tunnel of the Oslo Metro. At Frogner, the Elisenberg Station was built, but has never been used. The tunnel is the busiest section of railway line in Norway and serves all west-bound trains from Oslo,", "title": "Oslo Tunnel" }, { "id": "679854", "text": "Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road Geography of Norway Norway is a country located in Northern Europe on the western and northern part of the Scandinavian Peninsula, bordering the North Sea to the southwest and the Skagerrak inlet to the south, the North Atlantic Ocean (Norwegian Sea) in the west and the Barents Sea to the northeast. Norway has a long land border with Sweden to the east, a shorter one with Finland in the northeast and a still shorter border with Russia in the far northeast. Norway has a very elongated", "title": "Geography of Norway" }, { "id": "4486162", "text": "Seven road sections in the region are National Tourist Routes in Norway due to their scenic surroundings, from Helgeland in the south to the Varanger Peninsula in the northeast, including two sections of the Norwegian County Road 17. Airports with long runways and direct flights to Oslo airport are located in Tromsø, Bodø, Evenes (near Harstad), Alta, Kirkenes and Bardufoss, and there are also directs flights connecting Brønnøysund and Sandnessjøen with Oslo. There are smaller airports with regional flights near most towns. For Bodø, Fauske, Mo i Rana and Mosjøen the Nordland Line provides railway connection south to Trondheim (and", "title": "Northern Norway" }, { "id": "4514513", "text": "Helgeland Helgeland is the most southerly district in Northern Norway. Generally speaking, Helgeland refers to the part of Nordland county that is located south of the Arctic Circle. It is bordered in the north by the Saltfjellet mountains and Svartisen glacier, which form a natural border with the Salten district. In the south, Helgeland borders Trøndelag county. The district covers an area of about , with nearly 79,000 inhabitants. There are four towns in the district: from south to north these are Brønnøysund, Mosjøen, Sandnessjøen, and Mo i Rana. The Old Norse form of the name was \"Hálogaland\" (see Hålogaland).", "title": "Helgeland" }, { "id": "681628", "text": "fjords and lack of rail transport, regional airline travel provides quick travel within the region or to the capital. Major airlines based in Norway are Scandinavian Airlines, Norwegian Air Shuttle and Widerøe. Of the 98 airports in Norway, 51 are public, and 46 are operated by the state-owned Avinor. Seven airports have more than one million passengers annually. 41,089,675 passengers passed through Norwegian airports in 2007, of which 13,397,458 were international. The main gateway by air to Norway is Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, located about north of Oslo with departures to most European countries and some intercontinental destinations. It is hub", "title": "Transport in Norway" }, { "id": "17442550", "text": "level, although in mountainous regions there is often no direct view of the true horizon. Only four million people live north of the Arctic Circle due to the severe climate; nonetheless, some areas have been settled for thousands of years by indigenous peoples, who today make up 10% of the region's population. Tens of thousands of years ago, waves of people migrated from eastern Siberia across the Bering Strait into North America to settle. The largest communities north of the Arctic Circle are situated in Russia, Norway and Sweden: Murmansk (population 307,257), Norilsk (175,365), Tromsø (71,295), Vorkuta (59,231) and Kiruna", "title": "Arctic Circle" }, { "id": "14510793", "text": "Borisoglebsky travelers enter the Border Security Zone, a twenty-minute transit-only area. The road is located outside the barbed-wire fence which stretches along Russia's entire Norway and Finland border. Upon reaching the end of the transit zone there is another checkpoint at which there is performed a check of passports. Previously there was also another checkpoint located at Titovka, between Nikel and Murmansk. There are more border checkpoints today than during the Cold War. Since 29 September 2017, a new bridge has been opened passing the Pasvik river, with the Storskog-Borisoglebsk customs stations still handling the travels between the two countries.", "title": "Norway–Russia border" }, { "id": "15039527", "text": "same of the border as the drainage divide. South of Dalarna, the border in part follows local drainage divides, but also across lakes and along rivers. Some border marks were placed on small lake islands so that they got divided by the border. In Norway, the border lies along the counties, from south to north, of Østfold, Akershus, Hedmark, Sør-Trøndelag, Nord-Trøndelag, Nordland and Troms. In Sweden, the border lies along the counties, from south to north, of Västra Götaland, Värmland, Dalarna, Jämtland, Västerbotten and Norrbotten. The northernmost border point is Treriksröset (Swedish) or Treriksrøysa (Norwegian), which is also a border", "title": "Norway–Sweden border" }, { "id": "2057644", "text": "Northeast Passage The Northeast Passage (abbreviated as NEP) is, from the European and northern Atlantic point of view, the shipping route to the Pacific Ocean, along the Arctic Ocean coasts of Norway and Russia. The western route through the islands of Canada is accordingly called Northwest Passage (NWP). The NEP traverses (from East to West) the Barents Sea, Kara Sea, Laptev Sea, East Siberian Sea, and Chukchi Sea, and it includes the Northern Sea Route (NSR). The Northern Sea Route is a portion of the NEP; it is defined in Russian law and does not include the Barents sea and", "title": "Northeast Passage" }, { "id": "4115711", "text": "Bergen Airport, Flesland Bergen Airport, Flesland (; ) is an international airport located at Flesland in Bergen, a city and municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. Opened in 1955, it is the second-busiest airport in Norway, with 6,078,589 passengers in 2014. Flesland is operated by the state-owned Avinor. Until 1999 Flesland Air Station of the Norwegian Air Force was co-located at the airport. Scandinavian Airlines (SAS), Norwegian Air Shuttle and Widerøe are the largest airlines operating at the airport. The route to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen is among the busiest in Europe. A substantial traffic is generated by CHC Helikopter Service and", "title": "Bergen Airport, Flesland" }, { "id": "1468265", "text": "Troms Troms ( or or (unofficially) is a county in northern Norway. It borders Finnmark county to the northeast and Nordland county in the southwest. Norrbotten Län in Sweden is located to the south and further southeast is a shorter border with Lapland Province in Finland. To the west is the Norwegian Sea (Atlantic Ocean). The entire county, which was established in 1866, is located north of the Arctic Circle. The Troms County Municipality is the governing body for the county, elected by the people of Troms, while the Troms county governor is a representative of the King and Government", "title": "Troms" }, { "id": "383928", "text": "of the old Ostrobothnian province. In older Norwegian, Sápmi was known as \"Finnmork\" or \"Finnmark\"; which is now the name of Norway's northernmost province. Both Northern Norway and Murmansk Oblast are sometimes marketed as \"Norwegian Lapland\" and \"Russian Lapland\", respectively. In the 17th century, Johannes Schefferus assumed the etymology of the lesser used term \"Lapland\" to be related to the Swedish word for \"running\", \"\"löpa\"\" (cognate with English, \"to leap\"). The largest part of Sápmi lies north of the Arctic Circle. The western portion is an area of fjords, deep valleys, glaciers, and mountains, the highest point being Mount Kebnekaise", "title": "Sápmi" }, { "id": "17442546", "text": "Arctic Circle The Arctic Circle is the most northerly of the five major circles of latitude as shown on maps of Earth. It marks the northernmost point at which the centre of the noon sun is just visible on the December solstice and the southernmost point at which the centre of the midnight sun is just visible on the June solstice. The region north of this circle is known as the Arctic, and the zone just to the south is called the Northern Temperate Zone. As seen from the Arctic, the Sun is above the horizon for 24 continuous hours", "title": "Arctic Circle" }, { "id": "15966502", "text": "in 1994 and was initially limited to Sognefjellsvegen, Gamle Strynefjellsveg, Hardanger and the Helgeland Coast Route. These were officially designated National Tourist Routes in 1997, and, the following year, the Storting decided to expand the project. Municipalities were asked to nominate roads, resulting in 52 nominees covering . Eighteen routes were selected in 2004, with the goal of completing the necessary upgrades and officially opening them as National Tourist Routes by 2015. The upgrades are estimated to cost 800 million Norwegian kroner (ca. €100 million). This includes building resting places, parking lots, viewpoints, and clearing vegetation. The Public Roads Administration's", "title": "National Tourist Routes in Norway" }, { "id": "679799", "text": "at summer solstice, but is only above the horizon from 09:18 - 15:12 at winter solstice. The northern part of the country is located in the aurora borealis zone; the aurora is occasionally seen in the southern part of the country. Norway uses Central European Time, corresponding to the 15°E longitude. As the country is very elongated, this is at odds with the local daylight hours at the eastern and western parts. In Vardø the local daylight hours is 64 minutes earlier, and in Bergen it is 39 minutes later. Thus, Finnmark gains early morning daylight but loses evening daylight,", "title": "Geography of Norway" }, { "id": "1799609", "text": "the Svartisen glacier, Norway's second largest glacier. Some of the large mountains in Rana include Bolna and Nasa. Mo is so close to the Arctic Circle that parts of the sun is continuously over the horizon (Midnight sun) from early June to early July, and there is no darkness from mid-May to the beginning of August. But there is no true polar night in December. The Saltfjellet–Svartisen National Park is partly located in Rana. There are many valleys such as the Dunderland Valley and Grønnfjelldal. The majority of the population in the municipality lives in Mo i Rana, where the", "title": "Rana, Norway" }, { "id": "1509906", "text": "electricity. This has provided a major source of income for the community. The Church of Norway has one parish \"(sokn)\" within the municipality of Sørfold. It is part of the Salten prosti (\"deanery\") in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. Sørfold municipality is located about north of the Arctic circle. The total land area of Sørfold is , of which is covered with permanent ice and snow, and only lies below the contour line. The total length of coastline is . In 1987, only of land was being actively farmed. To the north of Sørfold is the municipality of Hamarøy and to", "title": "Sørfold" }, { "id": "2048069", "text": "July. This period extends as one travels north: At Cape Nordkinn, Norway, the northernmost point of Continental Europe, the midnight sun lasts approximately from 14 May to 29 July. On the Svalbard archipelago farther north, it lasts from 20 April to 22 August. Midnight sun The midnight sun is a natural phenomenon that occurs in the summer months in places north of the Arctic Circle or south of the Antarctic Circle, when the sun remains visible at the local midnight. Around the summer solstice (approximately 21 June in the Northern Hemisphere and 22 December in the Southern Hemisphere), the sun", "title": "Midnight sun" }, { "id": "6220479", "text": "European route E45 The European route E 45 goes between Norway and Italy, through Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany and Austria. With a length of about , it is the longest north-south European route. The route passes through Alta (Norway) – Kautokeino – Hetta (Finland) – Palojoensuu – Kaaresuvanto – Gällivare (Sweden) – Porjus – Jokkmokk – Arvidsjaur – Östersund – Mora – Säffle – Åmål – Brålanda – Gothenburg … Frederikshavn (Denmark) – Aalborg – Randers – Århus – Vejle – Kolding – Frøslev – Flensburg (Germany) – Hamburg – Hanover – Göttingen – Kassel – Fulda – Würzburg –", "title": "European route E45" }, { "id": "3069723", "text": "some long, and high. In March, 1941 the islands were raided by British Commandos during Operation Claymore, and in a subsequent diversionary attack to support the Vaagso raid in December. As of 2017, the islands attract one million tourists a year. Lofoten is located at the 68th and 69th parallels north of the Arctic Circle in North Norway. It is known for its natural environment within Norway. Lofoten encompasses the municipalities of Vågan, Vestvågøy, Flakstad, Moskenes, Værøy, and Røst. The principal islands, running from north to south are: Further to the south are the small and isolated islands of Værøy", "title": "Lofoten" }, { "id": "16728024", "text": "numbered 343-353 against Finland were erected east of Nesseby, and cairns in between the originals with a letter after the number. From east to west: All road crossings on this border have customs stations. Finland–Norway border The border between Norway and Finland is long. It is a land and river border between two tripoints. The western tripoint is marked by Treriksröset, a stone cairn where both countries border Sweden. The eastern tripoint is marked by Treriksrøysa, a stone cairn where both countries border Russia. The border was defined in a treaty from 1751, but was then a part of the", "title": "Finland–Norway border" }, { "id": "679811", "text": "along the northwestern coastal areas as in Svolvær; continental subarctic climate (Dfc) in inland valleys and highlands below the treeline in much of the country and reaching to the coast in the northernmost part as seen in Geilo, Bardufoss and Kirkenes; alpine tundra climate above the treeline in mountain areas all over the country as seen in Dovrefjell and Sognefjell. Polar tundra (ET) is found at Jan Mayen and in the Svalbard archipelago including Longyearbyen, and also includes a narrow area along the northeastern coast from Nordkapp to Vardø on the mainland. True ice cap climate (EF) can only be", "title": "Geography of Norway" }, { "id": "3335827", "text": "Norway's North Cape with Athens. EV12 was the first European route, opened in June 2001, route through England, Scotland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. It features in the \"Guinness Book of Records\" as the longest unbroken signposted cycling route. It was funded in part by the European Union's Interreg initiative. EuV13 follows the old Iron Curtain, the divided borders of Europe during the Cold War. The ICT runs from Kirkenes, Norway on the Barents Sea, along the Finno-Russian border through to the Baltic Sea, then hugs the length of the Baltic coast to Lübeck in Germany. It", "title": "EuroVelo" }, { "id": "4557591", "text": "and E18 in Belfast, the E5 in Glasgow, the E15 in Edinburgh. European routes are not signposted in the UK. There is no ferry anymore between the United Kingdom and Norway. The E16 is the main road between Norway's two largest cities Oslo and Bergen, and the only mountain pass between Oslo and Bergen that is rarely open due to snowstorms and blizzards (it goes below the tree line). Outside winter, route 7 is at least as popular between Oslo and Bergen, since it is shorter. There are some other options such as the road through Hemsedal. The E16 is", "title": "European route E16" }, { "id": "4486114", "text": "Northern Norway Northern Norway (, ; ) is a geographical region of Norway, consisting of the three northernmost counties Nordland, Troms and Finnmark, in total about 35% of the Norwegian mainland. Some of the largest towns in Northern Norway (from south to north) are Mo i Rana, Bodø, Narvik, Harstad, Tromsø and Alta. Northern Norway is often described as the land of the midnight sun and the land of the northern lights. Further north, halfway to the North Pole, is the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, traditionally not regarded as part of Northern Norway. The region is multi-cultural, housing not just", "title": "Northern Norway" }, { "id": "20294145", "text": "was made up of 123 riders. 10 August 2017 – Engenes to Narvik, 11 August 2017 – Sjøvegan to Bardufoss Airport, 12 August 2017 – Lyngseidet to Finnvikdalen, 13 August 2017 – Tromsø to Tromsø, The race included four main classifications: the general classification, the points classification, the mountains classification and the youth classification. There was also an award for the most aggressive rider on each stage and a team classification. 2017 Arctic Race of Norway The 2017 Arctic Race of Norway is a four-stage cycling stage race taking place in Norway between 10 and 13 August. It is the", "title": "2017 Arctic Race of Norway" }, { "id": "7125405", "text": "Dunderland Valley The Dunderland Valley (, ) is a valley in the municipality of Rana in Nordland county, Norway. It reaches from just below the eastern Saltfjellet plateau about south of the Arctic circle at the mountain Bolna is situated in the uppermost boundary of the valley which then proceeds to the southwest all the way down to the Ranfjorden. Some of the minor side valleys include Plurdalen, Røvassdalen, Bjøllådalen, Grønfjelldalen and Virvassdalen. The valley also includes several villages such as Krokstrand, Bjøllånes, Storvoll, Dunderland, Eiterå, Nevernes, Storforshei, Nevermoen and Røssvoll. The European route E06 highway passes through the Dunderland", "title": "Dunderland Valley" }, { "id": "17442547", "text": "at least once per year (and therefore visible at midnight) and below the horizon for 24 continuous hours at least once per year (and therefore not visible at noon). This is also true in the Antarctic region, south of the equivalent Antarctic Circle. The position of the Arctic Circle is not fixed; as of , it runs north of the Equator. Its latitude depends on the Earth's axial tilt, which fluctuates within a margin of more than 2° over a 41,000-year period, due to tidal forces resulting from the orbit of the Moon. Consequently, the Arctic Circle is currently drifting", "title": "Arctic Circle" }, { "id": "1468239", "text": "Ocean. Autumn and early winter is the wettest season along the coast of Nordland, while April–June on average is the driest. The strongest winds occur in late autumn and winter, as the Atlantic low-pressure systems are strongest then. High-pressure weather can occur in all seasons, and in summer this brings 24-hour sunshine north of the Arctic Circle. Lurøy (115 m), west of Saltfjell, averages 2,935 mm precipitation annually; the wettest location in North Norway and in the world at such high latitude. Some of the wettest areas along the coast (a narrow band) north to Glomfjord fulfills the climatic criteria", "title": "Nordland" }, { "id": "3629709", "text": "Bergen Line The Bergen Line or the Bergen Railway ( or ), is a long scenic standard gauge railway line between Bergen and Hønefoss, Norway. The name is often applied for the entire route from Bergen via Drammen to Oslo, where the passenger trains go, a distance of . It is the highest mainline railway line in Northern Europe, crossing the Hardangervidda plateau at above sea level. The railway opened from Bergen to Voss in 1883 as the narrow gauge Voss Line. In 1909 the route was continued over the mountain to Oslo and the whole route converted to standard", "title": "Bergen Line" }, { "id": "3756902", "text": "Scandinavia was given the number E 6 in the new system, introduced in Scandinavia in 1992. The E6 became 4-lane motorway all the way from Trelleborg to Kolomoen (near Hamar) in 2015, although the road is sometimes wider. The new Svinesund Bridge opened in 2005, replacing an earlier and narrower bridge from 1946. European route E6 European route E6 (, , or simply E6) is the main north-south road through Norway, and the west coast of Sweden. It is 3 088 km (1.919 mi) long and runs from the southern tip of Sweden at Trelleborg, into Norway and through almost", "title": "European route E6" }, { "id": "3524307", "text": "Extreme points of Norway The extreme points of Norway include the coordinates that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location in Norway; and the highest and the lowest altitudes in the country. The northernmost point is Rossøya on Svalbard, the southernmost is Pysen in Mandal, the easternmost is Kræmerpynten on Svalbard, and the westernmost is Høybergodden on Jan Mayen. The highest peak is Galdhøpiggen, standing at above mean sea level, while the lowest elevation is sea level at the coast. The Norwegian Antarctic Territory—consisting of Queen Maud Land, Peter I Island and Bouvet Island—are not part", "title": "Extreme points of Norway" }, { "id": "6890085", "text": "of the entrances. The line follows Bygdøy allé and surfaces just west of Olav Kyrres plass. Immediately afterwards, the Skøyen–Filipstad Line merges into the Drammen Line. The next station along the line is Skøyen Station. The Oslo Tunnel is the most heavily trafficked section of mainline railway in Norway. It has a theoretical capacity of 40 trains per hour in each direction, and an applied capacity of 24 trains per hour in each direction. In rush hour, there are up to 20 trains operating through the tunnel, with a capacity of 8,000 passengers per hour. All eight lines of the", "title": "Oslo Tunnel" } ]

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[ { "id": "3096724", "text": "Green Eggs and Ham Green Eggs and Ham is a children's book by Dr. Seuss, first published on August 12, 1960. As of 2016, the book has sold 8 million copies worldwide. The story has appeared in several adaptations starting with 1973's \"Dr. Seuss on the Loose\" starring Paul Winchell as the voice of both Sam-I-am and the first-person narrator. The story follows a strange creature who does not like green eggs and ham and his friend Sam-I-Am who wants him to eat it. The story becomes a refrain as Sam persistently follows his friend through an assortment of locations", "title": "Green Eggs and Ham" }, { "id": "18936864", "text": "Green Eggs and Ham (TV series) Green Eggs and Ham is an upcoming American animated television series from Warner Bros. Animation, A Very Good Production, A Stern Talking To, Random House Children's Entertainment and Gulfstream Television and distributed by Warner Bros. Television. It is slated to air for 13 half-hour episodes on Netflix and to be based on the 1960 Dr. Seuss book of the same title. Jared Stern, Ellen DeGeneres, Jeff Kleeman, Mike Karz and David Dobkin are the executive producers of the show. Stern will also serve as a writer and showrunner. The series will have thirteen episodes.", "title": "Green Eggs and Ham (TV series)" }, { "id": "3096725", "text": "(in a house, in a box, in a car, in a tree, on a train, in the dark, in the rain, on a boat) and dining partners (a mouse, a fox, and a goat). The friend finally gives in and tries the dish, just to make Sam “let him be”, and finds it quite tasty, happily responding, \"I do so like green eggs and ham. Thank you. Thank you, Sam-I-am.\" \"Green Eggs and Ham\" is one of Seuss's \"Beginner Books\", written in a very simple vocabulary for beginning readers. The vocabulary of the text consists of just 50 words and", "title": "Green Eggs and Ham" }, { "id": "18936865", "text": "Sam-I-Am and his friend go on a cross-country trip that would test the limits of their friendship. As they learn to try new things, they find out what adventure brings. Green Eggs and Ham (TV series) Green Eggs and Ham is an upcoming American animated television series from Warner Bros. Animation, A Very Good Production, A Stern Talking To, Random House Children's Entertainment and Gulfstream Television and distributed by Warner Bros. Television. It is slated to air for 13 half-hour episodes on Netflix and to be based on the 1960 Dr. Seuss book of the same title. Jared Stern, Ellen", "title": "Green Eggs and Ham (TV series)" }, { "id": "1903636", "text": "in 1999 (though some of Winchell's vocals from previous Pooh animations were included). Other Disney roles included parts in \"The Aristocats\" as a Siamese cat named Shun Gon, and \"The Fox and the Hound\" as Boomer the woodpecker. He was also the original voice of Zummi Gummi on the TV series \"Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears\" for seasons 1–5; Jim Cummings took over for the final season in 1990. Winchell provided the voices of Sam-I-Am and the unnamed character Sam pesters in \"Green Eggs and Ham\" from the animated television special \"Dr. Seuss on the Loose\" in 1973. He", "title": "Paul Winchell" }, { "id": "1470849", "text": "in key roles. For his role as Sam, Penn was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor at the 74th Academy Awards in 2002. The film launched the career of child actress Dakota Fanning, who was then seven years old and had only acted in two small roles. She became the youngest actress to be nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award. The movie's title is derived from the opening lines \"I am Sam / Sam I am\" of the book \"Green Eggs and Ham\", which is read in the movie. Sam Dawson (Sean Penn), a man with an", "title": "I Am Sam" }, { "id": "3782228", "text": "books on the list. The first two stories in the book (\"The Sneetches\" and \"The Zax\") were later adapted, along with \"Green Eggs and Ham\", into 1973's animated TV musical special \"Dr. Seuss on the Loose: The Sneetches, The Zax, Green Eggs and Ham\" with Hans Conried voicing the narrator and both Zaxes respectively, and Paul Winchell and Bob Holt voicing the Sneetches and Sylvester McMonkey McBean respectively. The first story in the collection tells of a group of yellow bird-like creatures called the Sneetches, some of whom have a green star on their bellies. At the beginning of the", "title": "The Sneetches and Other Stories" }, { "id": "2960879", "text": "Fox in Socks Fox in Socks is a children's book by Dr. Seuss, first published in 1965. It features two main characters, Fox (an anthropomorphic fox) who speaks almost entirely in densely rhyming tongue-twisters and Knox (a yellow anthropomorphic character) who has a hard time following up Fox's tongue-twisters until the end. The book in some ways bears a resemblance to \"Green Eggs and Ham\", another book by Dr. Seuss. Both stories contain two main characters: one who is stubborn and wants to be left alone; the other, a persistent and sometimes annoying opposite. The book begins by introducing Fox", "title": "Fox in Socks" }, { "id": "17543223", "text": "Award for Best Comedy. As of August 2015, Wells and partner Flint Wainess are developing a sitcom pilot for Comedy Central titled \"Bad Couple\", which Wells would star in if ordered to series. Wells and Wainess are also consulting writers on the upcoming Netflix animated children's series \"Green Eggs and Ham\", based on the popular Dr. Seuss book. In March 2017, Wells wrote, directed, and starred in the feature film \"Mr. Roosevelt\", which premiered at the SXSW film festival in Narrative Spotlight. It has won multiple awards including the Audience Award and Louis Black Lone Star Jury Award at SXSW", "title": "Noël Wells" }, { "id": "2960885", "text": "poem about an elephant who tripped and fell on his nose. This version of the book was published in 1980 by Keter Publications in Jerusalem. Fox in Socks Fox in Socks is a children's book by Dr. Seuss, first published in 1965. It features two main characters, Fox (an anthropomorphic fox) who speaks almost entirely in densely rhyming tongue-twisters and Knox (a yellow anthropomorphic character) who has a hard time following up Fox's tongue-twisters until the end. The book in some ways bears a resemblance to \"Green Eggs and Ham\", another book by Dr. Seuss. Both stories contain two main", "title": "Fox in Socks" }, { "id": "3096726", "text": "was the result of a bet between Seuss and Bennett Cerf, Dr. Seuss's publisher, that Seuss (after completing \"The Cat in the Hat\" using 236 words) could not complete an entire book without exceeding that limit. The 50 words are: a, am, and, anywhere, are, be, boat, box, car, could, dark, do, eat, eggs, fox, goat, good, green, ham, here, house, I, if, in, let, like, may, me, mouse, not, on, or, rain, Sam, say, see, so, thank, that, the, them, there, they, train, tree, try, will, with, would, you. \"Green Eggs and Ham\" was published on August 12, 1960.", "title": "Green Eggs and Ham" }, { "id": "7655069", "text": "Dr. Seuss on the Loose Dr. Seuss on the Loose (titled Green Eggs and Ham and Other Stories for the sing-a-long videocasette release and the deluxe edition releases) is an animated musical television special, first airing on CBS on October 15, 1973, and hosted by The Cat in the Hat who appears in bridging sequences where he introduced animated adaptations of Dr. Seuss children's stories \"The Sneetches\", \"The Zax\" and \"Green Eggs and Ham\". Allan Sherman reprised his role as the voice of The Cat in the Hat from the 1971 television special. This was the final project Sherman worked", "title": "Dr. Seuss on the Loose" }, { "id": "3096729", "text": "the floor of the United States Senate during his filibuster over the funding over Obamacare. Musician will.i.am has stated that his moniker is inspired by the story. On September 29, 1991, following Dr. Seuss' death earlier that week, the Reverend Jesse Jackson recited an excerpt of \"Green Eggs and Ham\" on \"Saturday Night Live\" during a special tribute segment. In 1965, a withdrawn source claimed that the book was banned in China for its \"portrayal of early Marxism\". The ban was lifted in 1991, following Seuss' death. Green Eggs and Ham Green Eggs and Ham is a children's book by", "title": "Green Eggs and Ham" }, { "id": "3907961", "text": "animation as a storyboard artist for \"Green Eggs and Ham\", a Netflix show produced by Warner Brother premiering in 2018. His previous credits include \"Adventure Time,\" \"Axe Cop,\" \"Golan The Insatiable,\" \"Major Lazer,\" \"Lucas Bros Moving Company\" and \"High School USA.\" The animated short, \"Sympathy for Slenderman\" for which Kim contributed character and background designs was nominated for a Webby Award in 2014. Derek Kirk Kim Derek Kirk Kim is a Korean-American writer, artist and filmmaker. He is currently directing on \"Amphibia\", an animated series airing in 2019 on the Disney Channel. He was also the lead character designer of", "title": "Derek Kirk Kim" }, { "id": "3162300", "text": "The Duck Avenger in \"\". Rob also voiced Alfredo Fettuccini, Bob the Ghost Pirate, Lookout and Ghost Priest in \"The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition\". He voiced the Fox and the Mouse in the \"Green Eggs and Ham\" PC game. He also voiced Tlaloc in \"Tak and the Power of Juju\". Most recently he has voiced The Riddler in \"\", a role he reprised in \"\". Rob is the voice of talking alien dog Beak-Beak in \"Armikrog\". Paulsen also voices Smash Hit in\" \" and \"\". Paulsen is also the off-camera voice of the syndicated television series \"Funniest Pets", "title": "Rob Paulsen" }, { "id": "3096728", "text": "year, it was ranked number 12 among the \"Top 100 Picture Books\" in a survey published by \"School Library Journal\" – the first of five Dr. Seuss books on the list. The book has become sufficiently ingrained in the cultural consciousness that U.S. District Court Judge James Muirhead referenced \"Green Eggs and Ham\" in his September 21, 2007 court ruling after receiving an egg in the mail from prisoner Charles Jay Wolff who was protesting against the prison diet. Muirhead ordered the egg destroyed and rendered his judgment in the style of Seuss. Senator Ted Cruz read the book on", "title": "Green Eggs and Ham" }, { "id": "2387159", "text": "tiny flying \"Elephant-Bird\", amazing everyone but dismaying Horton, who panics at the thought of flying progeny. Gertrude reassures him that they can raise the child together, and they agree to do so. With the story finished, the Cat returns to close the show (\"Finale\"/\"Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!\"), then vanishes along with the scenery, leaving his hat and Jojo, who is now the Boy again. The Boy picks the hat up, dons it, and says, \"Seuss!\" During a curtain call, the company performs a number based on \"Green Eggs and Ham\" (\"Green Eggs and Ham\"). Major characters Minor characters", "title": "Seussical" }, { "id": "3907955", "text": "Derek Kirk Kim Derek Kirk Kim is a Korean-American writer, artist and filmmaker. He is currently directing on \"Amphibia\", an animated series airing in 2019 on the Disney Channel. He was also the lead character designer of \"Adventure Time\" and a storyboard artist for \"Green Eggs and Ham\". He is also the writer of TUNE and the writer and director of the spin-off webseries, Mythomania. He won all three major comics industry awards, the Eisner (2004), the Harvey (2004), and the Ignatz Award (2003) for his debut graphic novel \"Same Difference and Other Stories.\" (The contents of which were originally", "title": "Derek Kirk Kim" }, { "id": "3096727", "text": "By 2001, it had become the fourth-best selling English-language children's hardcover book of all time. As of 2014, the book has sold 8 million copies. In 1999 the National Education Association (NEA) conducted an online survey of children and teachers, seeking the 100 most popular children's books. The children ranked \"Green Eggs and Ham\" third, just above another Dr. Seuss book, \"The Cat in the Hat\". The teachers ranked it fourth. Teachers ranked it fourth again in a 2007 NEA poll. \"Scholastic Parent & Child\" magazine placed it #7 among the \"100 Greatest Books for Kids\" in 2012. That same", "title": "Green Eggs and Ham" }, { "id": "115632", "text": "his well-known pseudonym Dr. Seuss, though he also authored more than a dozen books as Theo LeSieg and one as Rosetta Stone. His books have topped many bestseller lists, sold over 600 million copies, and been translated into more than 20 languages. In 2000, \"Publishers Weekly\" compiled a list of the best-selling children's books of all time; of the top 100 hardcover books, 16 were written by Geisel, including \"Green Eggs and Ham\", at number 4, \"The Cat in the Hat\", at number 9, and \"One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish\", at number 13. In the years after", "title": "Dr. Seuss" }, { "id": "7559881", "text": "reading the story to his two little girls. After the story, Kathy ends up in the story of \"Green Eggs and Ham\" where she is chased by Sam I Am who tries to get her to taste the aforementioned dish. After that, Kathy ends up in the mountains where The Grinch had lived. A lady reads her the story of \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\". Next, Kathy shows up at the street of the lifted Lorax where she put in a payment (15 cents, a nail, and the shell of a great, great, great grandfather snail) written on paper in", "title": "In Search of Dr. Seuss" }, { "id": "2960883", "text": "number R 110329. The following is a transcript of the labels on the record itself: Side A Dr. Seuss Presents \"Fox in Socks\" A1 Fox in Socks (Written and dramatized by Dr Seuss) A2 Fox in Socks (Fast Version) Marvin Miller Music composed and directed by Marty Gold Side B 1B Green Eggs and Ham 2B The Rabbit, the Bear, and the Zinniga-Zanniga Marvin Miller 1. Music under the direction of Shelly Manne 2. Music composed and directed by Marty Gold Original Producer: Brad McCuen On the \"Dr. Seuss Presents...\" Audio CD Series, the story was narrated by Marvin Miller", "title": "Fox in Socks" }, { "id": "14886345", "text": "Amy Reiter of the \"Los Angeles Times\" commented: \"The is-he-gay-or-is-he-straight storyline is resolved as these two sing a button-cute, guitariffic, blonde-meets-blond rendition of Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat's 'Lucky'. Is Quinn's return to abstinence in danger? Sam-I-Am might not like green eggs and ham, but he sure likes a certain flirty-eyed Cheerio. How do you say 'awww' in Na'vi?\" Anthony Benigno of \"Daily News\" commented on the relationship: \"Meanwhile, Sam and Quinn are partnered, and Sam, having come from an all-boys school and devoid of social skills, takes Quinn's throwaway \"Avatar\" reference and runs with it. Yes, folks: our boy", "title": "Sam Evans" }, { "id": "115609", "text": "Circus\" (1956), \"The Cat in the Hat\" (1957), \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" (1957), and \"Green Eggs and Ham\" (1960). He received numerous awards throughout his career, but he won neither the Caldecott Medal nor the Newbery Medal. Three of his titles from this period were, however, chosen as Caldecott runners-up (now referred to as Caldecott Honor books): \"McElligot's Pool\" (1947), \"Bartholomew and the Oobleck\" (1949), and \"If I Ran the Zoo\" (1950). Dr Seuss also wrote the musical and fantasy film \"The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.\", which was released in 1953. The movie was a critical and financial", "title": "Dr. Seuss" }, { "id": "2928832", "text": "arrives on cue every time Oliver needs an item or service, typically accompanied by a custom-made sign for each occasion. Pat Buttram later revealed that Haney's character was inspired by Elvis Presley manager Col. Tom Parker. Eb Dawson (Tom Lester) is the naive, wide-eyed, yet smart-mouthed young farmhand to the Douglases. He habitually addresses the Douglases as \"Dad\" and \"Mom\", much to Oliver's consternation. Fred Ziffel (Hank Patterson) and his wife Doris (Barbara Pepper 1965–1968, Fran Ryan 1969–1971) are the Douglases' childless elderly neighbors. They have a pig named Arnold, whom they treat as their \"son\". Fred is a cantankerous", "title": "Green Acres" }, { "id": "15780290", "text": "Ham and Eggs Ham and Eggs is an animated cartoon produced by Walter Lantz, and as part of the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit series. It is the 72nd Oswald short by Lantz and the 124th in the entire series. At a bistro, Oswald works as the chef while the girl beagle serves as the waitress. Their first patron is a tall terrier who comes in for spaghetti. After finishing his meal, he slowly walks toward the cash register, pretending he would pay his bill. The tall terrier discloses that he has nothing to pay as he quickly exits the door", "title": "Ham and Eggs" }, { "id": "7655070", "text": "on before his death. In 1989, the special was originally released as a VHS videocassette on the CBS/Fox Video label's Playhouse Video imprint. In the mid 1990s, it was later released as part of the \"Dr. Seuss Sing-Along Classics\" release from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment with CBS Video and Fox Kids Video. On October 7, 2003, it was later released on DVD by Universal Studios Home Entertainment. On June 26, 2012, Warner Home Video released the special on a special edition Blu-ray and DVD. Dr. Seuss on the Loose Dr. Seuss on the Loose (titled Green Eggs and Ham", "title": "Dr. Seuss on the Loose" }, { "id": "12303047", "text": "throughout North America. Kapilow's program has become a recurring event at New York's Lincoln Center (where Kapilow has the distinction of being the only artist to have his own series), in Boston, Los Angeles and Kansas City among other venues. As a G. Schirmer exclusive composer, Kapilow wrote the first musical setting of Dr. Seuss's \"Green Eggs and Ham\", which was premiered and recorded by the New Jersey Chamber Music Society in 1995. It has since achieved great popularity in the children's theater world, prompting Boston Globe music critic Richard Dyer to name it \"the most popular children's piece since", "title": "Robert Kapilow" }, { "id": "6787818", "text": "the time, such as \"Michael Jackson's Thriller\", and tongue-in-cheek references to the then-current state of American politics (such as a fight scene between Presidents George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton). As a curiosity, Mel Brooks, who made a number of well regarded parodies (\"Blazing Saddles\", \"Young Frankenstein\", \"Spaceballs\"), appeared in a cameo. The film follows rookie detective Jo Dee Fostar (Billy Zane) on his first case. It involves a serial killer, wanted for over 120 murders. To find the killer, he must enlist the help of convicted murderer, Dr. Animal Cannibal Pizza (Deluise). However, during the investigation, his girlfriend,", "title": "The Silence of the Hams" }, { "id": "2574495", "text": "and His Men, and issued on a Contemporary LP. In later years, Manne divided his time playing the drums on, adding special percussive effects to, and sometimes writing complete scores for both film and television. He even provided a musical setting for a recording of the Dr. Seuss children's classic \"Green Eggs and Ham\" (1960) and later performed in and sometimes wrote music for the backgrounds of numerous animated cartoons. For example, he joined other notable jazz musicians (including Ray Brown and Jimmy Rowles) in playing Doug Goodwin's music for the cartoon series \"The Ant and the Aardvark\" (1969–1971). Notable", "title": "Shelly Manne" }, { "id": "2831225", "text": "\"The Year of the Flood\" (2009) and \"MaddAddam\" (2013) was being helmed by Darren Aronofsky under the working title \"MaddAddam\", but was dropped by HBO as of October 2016. Currently, an adaptation of the \"MadAddam\" trilogy is in development at Paramount Television and Anonymous Content. The novel focuses on a post-apocalyptic character with the name of Snowman, living near a group of primitive human-like creatures whom he calls Crakers. Flashbacks reveal that Snowman was once a boy named Jimmy who grew up in a world dominated by multinational corporations and privileged compounds for the families of their employees. Near starvation,", "title": "Oryx and Crake" }, { "id": "4046543", "text": "man from the Southern United States. Arriving in South Vietnam, they meet Beckworth, whom Kirby allows to accompany them to the fire-base camp. There, he witnesses the humanitarian aspect (irrigation ditches, bandages, candy for children) of the Special Forces mission. Still, he remains unconvinced of America's need to be in Vietnam. During this period, Petersen befriends a young native boy named Ham Chuck (Craig Jue), a war orphan who has no family other than his pet dog and the soldiers at the base camp. Also introduced is the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) base camp strike force leader,", "title": "The Green Berets (film)" }, { "id": "2495546", "text": "did not settle well in the town, despite the efforts of his RAF host Flight Sergeant Sam Beckinsale to draw the local amenities to his attention. When it was pointed out how green the area was, due in part to its proximity to Windsor Great Park he retorted \"I do not like green Egham\". Geisel later cited this as the inspiration for his 1960 best-selling book \"Green Eggs and Ham\" and the often-repeated line in the book \"I do not like them Sam I Am. I do not like green eggs and ham\". Parts of Egham have featured in national", "title": "Egham" }, { "id": "5516211", "text": "length is less than the \"break even\" point. Furthermore, LZSS uses one-bit flags to indicate whether the next chunk of data is a literal (byte) or a reference to an offset/length pair. Here is the beginning of Dr. Seuss's \"Green Eggs and Ham\", with character numbers at the beginning of lines for convenience. Green Eggs and Ham is an optimal example to illustrate LZSS compression because the book itself only contains 50 unique words, despite having a word count of 170. Thus, words are repeated, however not in succession. This text takes 177 bytes in uncompressed form. Assuming a break", "title": "Lempel–Ziv–Storer–Szymanski" }, { "id": "15780291", "text": "and gives the bistro operators a raspberry. Nevertheless, Oswald and the girl beagle just laugh, knowing they can prevent other customers from running off. Coming in next is the boy beagle with an appetite for pancakes. As he receives his order and tries to take a nibble, the boy beagle finds the pancakes rock solid and therefore too hard to chew on, much to his disgust. He then starts tossing them around, prompting Oswald to tell him that such actions come at a price. Refusing to give a cent, the boy beagle heads toward the door. Before he could do", "title": "Ham and Eggs" }, { "id": "12957852", "text": "daughter from a future where Cyclops's baby son (Nathan Christopher Charles Summers) does not exist. Rachel repels an attack from Ahab, who was her master during her many years as a Hound. Afterward, she flees the area, stung by her parents' rejection. The heroes are joined by the New Mutants (Sunspot, Warlock, Boom Boom, and Cannonball) and their new leader, Cable. They force Ahab to retreat. The adult Franklin returns after the battle. Noticing baby Nathan, who does not exist in his future timeline, Franklin causes the child to vanish. Cyclops collapses in shock and grief. Although labelled \"Part 3\",", "title": "Days of Future Present" }, { "id": "12794192", "text": "the Hendrew Sisters (Jill Choder and Karen Dahle). Sunny sets off to deliver his eggs. Along the way, he meets a friendly hobo named Hallelujah Jones (Ron Marshall), who suggests to him that he could sell his eggs in a town called Town. However, upon climbing Big Rock Mountain, Sunny runs into Gadzooks who steals his eggs. After escaping, Sunny makes it to Town which is a dreary, dismal place where if any children are born, the whole family has to move away, and beans are eaten for every meal. The ruthless Dowager Duchess Lily Longtooth (Meg Sargent) is the", "title": "The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town" }, { "id": "8856267", "text": "Fried Green Tomatoes Fried Green Tomatoes is a 1991 comedy-drama film based on the novel \"Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe\" by Fannie Flagg. Directed by Jon Avnet and written by Flagg and Carol Sobieski, it stars Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary Stuart Masterson, and Mary-Louise Parker. It tells the story of a Depression-era friendship between two women, Ruth and Idgie, and a 1980s friendship between Evelyn, a middle-aged housewife, and Ninny, an elderly woman. The centerpiece and parallel story concerns the murder of Ruth's abusive husband, Frank, and the accusations that follow. It received a generally positive", "title": "Fried Green Tomatoes" }, { "id": "12477408", "text": "Supporting characters include Chicken and Cow's delirious human parents (Dee Bradley Baker, Candi Milo) who are only ever seen from the waist down, Chicken's two best friends Flem (Howard Morris) and Earl (Dan Castellaneta), and his appropriately-named cousin, Boneless Chicken (Adler). The series draws on eccentric, surreal, grotesque, and repulsive humor. For example, Cow and Chicken always order \"pork butts and taters\" when in the cafeteria, the Red Guy always shows his butt, and characters often pepper their speech with malapropisms and sarcasm. The humor and storylines depicted in the series are sometimes based around traditional childhood worries, anxieties, or", "title": "Cow and Chicken" }, { "id": "3678090", "text": "and will also outlive Elaine. Paul later attends her funeral and muses that if John's power could make a normally short-lived mouse live for six decades as Mr. Jingles has, how much longer does he himself have left. The Detterick family, which John Coffey was wrongly convicted of victimizing, is played by William Sadler and Paula Malcomson as the parents, with young sisters Evanne and Bailey Drucker playing their murdered daughters. Darabont adapted the novel into a screenplay in under eight weeks. The film was shot at Warner Hollywood Studios, West Hollywood, California, and on location in Shelbyville, Tennessee and", "title": "The Green Mile (film)" }, { "id": "15402604", "text": "finds a wider-than-usual opening in the vines that entrap the Erdlings and accidentally tumbles through it, unable to get back inside. She calls out for help and soon is confronted by two strangers, Raamo and Neric. From the green-gold seals they wear, Teera recognizes them as Ol-zhaan. Taking her for a Kindar child who had been abducted by the Pash-shan, they convince her to return to the trees with promises of plentiful food and kind treatment. Teera is hidden with Raamo's family and plays Spirit-games with his younger sister, Pomma. Raamo's fellow Chosen, D'ol Genaa, discovers Teera. In the confrontation", "title": "And All Between" }, { "id": "15780293", "text": "goes into a frenzy. Oswald, however, is able to evade and fend off the bear's aggression. Upon bringing their unruly client down, Oswald the girl beagle put corn kernels plus a lighted oil lamp in the bear's trousers. The corn starts popping inside and the bear runs away hysterically. The cartoon concludes with Oswald singing in baritone next to his colleague which he also did in the beginning. Ham and Eggs Ham and Eggs is an animated cartoon produced by Walter Lantz, and as part of the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit series. It is the 72nd Oswald short by Lantz", "title": "Ham and Eggs" }, { "id": "5362073", "text": "five minute vignettes about famous people.\" The program was syndicated via electrical transcription by The Cardinal Company. He also won Grammy Awards in 1965 and 1966 for his recordings of Dr. Seuss stories: in 1967 for Dr Seuss Presents – \"If I Ran the Zoo\" and \"Sleep Book\" and 1966 for Dr Seuss Presents \"Fox in Socks\" and \"Green Eggs and Ham\". He also read \"Horton Hatches the Egg\", \"The Sneetches and Other Stories\" and \"Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories\". In the mid-1970s, Miller even lent his voice to sports films, narrating the official Indianapolis 500 films in 1975", "title": "Marvin Miller (actor)" }, { "id": "15780292", "text": "so, however, he is nabbed by the robotic cash register that shakes off every single coin he has. The third customer is a big bear who orders a ham sandwich. Oswald cracks an egg which turns into a chick and cools itself and while he is in the kitchen, the bear starts flirting the girl beagle, and Oswald is aware of it. Irritated by that, Oswald saws out of two square wooden boards and glues them in between. The bear then receives and takes a bite of the false sandwich, thus resulting in cracked and chipped teeth. Provoked, the bear", "title": "Ham and Eggs" }, { "id": "3189551", "text": "uncomfortable with the parody idea. Yankovic had also intended to record a parody of the U2 song \"Numb\" and a parody of The Rembrandts's hit song \"I'll Be There for You\". The \"Numb\" spoof would have been called \"Green Eggs and Ham\", a song in which Yankovic recited various lines from the Dr. Seuss book of the same name. U2 approved the parody, but Yankovic was unable to get permission from the Seuss estate. Likewise, Yankovic had wanted to turn \"I'll Be There for You\" into \"I'll Repair For You\", and write it about the popular 1990s sitcom \"Home Improvement\".", "title": "Bad Hair Day" }, { "id": "115612", "text": "Cat in the Hat\" and subsequent books written for young children achieved significant international success and they remain very popular today. In 2009, \"Green Eggs and Ham\" sold 540,366 copies, \"The Cat in the Hat\" sold 452,258 copies, and \"One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish\" (1960) sold 409,068 copies—outselling the majority of newly published children's books. Geisel went on to write many other children's books, both in his new simplified-vocabulary manner (sold as Beginner Books) and in his older, more elaborate style. In 1956, Dartmouth awarded Geisel with an honorary doctorate, finally justifying the \"Dr.\" in his pen", "title": "Dr. Seuss" }, { "id": "7450010", "text": "a roof overhead / and food on our plates\") is usually improvised by Foster and Ghomeshi (examples: \"There's a roof overhead / And poutine on my face!\"; \"There's a cone on your head / Bonita!\"). The \"Leafs call me up to drive the Zamboni\" line is usually changed to represent a local sports team in the city they are performing in. The \"some of you are probably wondering...\" spoken section is usually extended. The end of the song is usually segued into the unreleased song \"Green Eggs and Ham.\" The band is also known to play a grunge version of", "title": "King of Spain (song)" }, { "id": "7921655", "text": "when Ruff called Isaac, who was dressed as an old lady, he accidentally called him Mrs. Doubtfire and then corrects himself and says Mrs. Issacson. In Season 5, Episode 18, when Joe explained to the FETCHers, he told Michelle about the book she read. Michelle said: \"I believe that was Green Eggs and Ham.\" The show also had some guest stars. In season 1, Aaron Carter and the contestants all appeared in his new music video. In season 2, episode 2, Ruff sends Madi and Willie to meet the Blue Man Group, and although he intended for them to meet", "title": "Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman" }, { "id": "3678082", "text": "The Green Mile (film) The Green Mile is a 1999 American fantasy crime drama film written and directed by Frank Darabont and adapted from Stephen King’s 1996 novel of the same name. The film stars Tom Hanks as Paul Edgecomb and Michael Clarke Duncan as John Coffey, with supporting roles by David Morse, Bonnie Hunt, and James Cromwell. The film also features Dabbs Greer in his final film, as the older Paul Edgecomb. The film, told in a flashback format, tells the story of Paul's life as a death row corrections officer during the U.S. Great Depression, and the supernatural", "title": "The Green Mile (film)" }, { "id": "8777370", "text": "is saved by the native, Indian-like people. He decides to prove his bravery by not moving once he sees the chief, Runi (Sessue Hayakawa) and telling his story. The Indians are impressed, and do not kill him. After a while, Runi's son Kua-ko (Henry Silva), who has lived with the missionaries of Caracas and speaks English, tells Abel that Runi has agreed so long as he does not harm them, they will not harm him. Abel agrees, and befriends Kua-ko, who tells him of the \"Bird Woman\", who killed his older brother, and that their tribe is not allowed in", "title": "Green Mansions (film)" }, { "id": "1470106", "text": "in \"War for the Planet of the Apes\" (2017), Bill Willoughby in \"Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri\" (2017), and Tobias Beckett in \"\" (2018) Harrelson has been nominated for an Academy Award three times; he was nominated for Best Actor for \"The People vs. Larry Flynt\" and Best Supporting Actor for \"The Messenger\" and \"Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri\". For his role in \"Cheers\", he earned five Emmy Award nominations and won one in 1989. Woodrow Tracy Harrelson was born in Midland, Texas, on July 23, 1961, the son of Diane (\"née\" Oswald) and Charles Voyde Harrelson. He and his", "title": "Woody Harrelson" }, { "id": "8856285", "text": "soundtrack with the song \"What Becomes of the Brokenhearted,\" which peaked at #22 on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 1992. For the original score, composed by Thomas Newman, see \"Fried Green Tomatoes\" (score). Fried Green Tomatoes Fried Green Tomatoes is a 1991 comedy-drama film based on the novel \"Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe\" by Fannie Flagg. Directed by Jon Avnet and written by Flagg and Carol Sobieski, it stars Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary Stuart Masterson, and Mary-Louise Parker. It tells the story of a Depression-era friendship between two women, Ruth and Idgie, and a 1980s", "title": "Fried Green Tomatoes" }, { "id": "7058985", "text": "Akeelah and the Bee Akeelah and the Bee is a 2006 American drama film written and directed by Doug Atchison. It tells the story of Akeelah Anderson (Keke Palmer), an 11-year-old girl who participates in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, her mother (Angela Bassett), her schoolmates, and her coach, Dr. Joshua Larabee (Laurence Fishburne). The cast also features Curtis Armstrong, J.R. Villarreal, Sean Michael Afable, Erica Hubbard, Lee Thompson Young, Julito McCullum, Sahara Garey, Eddie Steeples, and Tzi Ma. The film was developed over a period of 10 years by Atchison, who came up with the initial concept after seeing", "title": "Akeelah and the Bee" }, { "id": "8856281", "text": "African Americans, women, and the disabled, but the novel's examination of sexuality-based prejudice through a robust lesbian plot, is made more ambiguous. Though in the book, Idgie and Ninny are two separate characters, at the end of the film it's largely hinted that they are one and the same, although this runs counter to Ninny's earlier comment that \"I was practically adopted by the Threadgoodes; I married her brother, Cleo\". The film was given a limited release in the US on December 27, 1991, opening in five theaters. It got a wide release four weeks later on January 24, 1992,", "title": "Fried Green Tomatoes" }, { "id": "5129355", "text": "Western Front\" released by \"Maximum Rocknroll\" in 1982. After high school Portman left Millbrae for UC Berkeley but kept in touch with Stamatatos. While a student there he hosted a program on campus radio station KALX which prominently featured local punk rock music, and met fellow DJ Jon Von Zelowitz. While working at the station Portman recorded a rap version of the Dr. Seuss children's poem \"Green Eggs and Ham\". He also met Alex Laipeneiks, who had been a high school friend of Portman's younger brother. In the Summer of 1985 Portman, Zelowitz, Stamatatos, and Laipeneiks formed The Mr. T", "title": "Frank Portman" }, { "id": "5641632", "text": "the Spectacular Spider-Ham\" #1, \"The Mysterious Island of Ducktor Doom\"). Spider-Ham would meet again with Doom when Porker would foil the would-be world conqueror's plot to create an army of living super vegetables (\"Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham\" #6, \"Salad Daze\"). Other notable menaces Porker would face along the way include the Bull-Frog (a parody of the Marvel villain Man-Bull), the Buzzard (an opossum take on the Spider-Man adversary the Vulture), Hogzilla (a swine counterpart to the more popular Godzilla), and the King-Pig (seemingly the swine equivalent of Marvel's mob-boss the Kingpin). Three characters, not parallels to anybody in the", "title": "Spider-Ham" }, { "id": "18661125", "text": "returns, and Oliver becomes embroiled into a conflict with Ra's al Ghul (Matthew Nable). After a rocky start, Laurel sets out to follow in Sara's footsteps as the Black Canary. John Diggle struggles with his new role as a family man, as Oliver no longer wants him in the field after the birth of John's daughter, while Felicity Smoak begins a new career as Vice President of Palmer Technologies (formerly Queen Consolidated). In season four, Oliver takes on a refined persona as \"Green Arrow\". He and his allies fight against the terrorist organization H.I.V.E., headed by Damien Darhk (Neal McDonough),", "title": "Arrowverse" }, { "id": "2783965", "text": "as a stenographer. She appeared in films like \"The Morning After\" and \"Summer Heat\", while guest-starring on television's \"L.A. Law\". She then landed the role of obsessed fan Annie Wilkes, who holds her favorite author (played by James Caan) captive, in the 1990 thriller film \"Misery\", based on the Stephen King novel. Bates received her first Academy Award nomination for that role, winning Best Actress. Soon after, she starred with Jessica Tandy in the acclaimed 1991 movie \"Fried Green Tomatoes\", based on the novel by comedic actress Fannie Flagg. In 1995 Bates played the title character in \"Dolores Claiborne\", a", "title": "Kathy Bates" }, { "id": "6630507", "text": "Up, Up and Away (film) Up, Up and Away is a 2000 Disney Channel Original Movie. The film is a comedy/adventure about a boy from a family of superheroes who, despite not having any super powers of his own, is called on to save the world. Scott Marshall (Michael J. Pagan) comes from a family of superheroes. His father, Bronze Eagle (Robert Townsend), has the gift of flight. His mother, Warrior Woman (Alex Datcher), has the power of super strength and superior hand-to-hand combat skills. His brother, Silver Charge (Kasan Butcher), is gifted with super speed, electrical and magnetism manipulation.", "title": "Up, Up and Away (film)" }, { "id": "5455254", "text": "Dick's devotion to Marge, Spengo's interrogator, Sibor (Wallace Shawn), has a change of heart and helps Dick escape. Despite the stupidity of his captors, Dick is soon discovered and forced down a garbage chute to the sewers, where he encounters a pack of carnivorous mushroom-like creatures called Lub-Lubs and is forced to run for his life. Dick manages to escape the sewers and steal an escape pod, and winds up crashing in the desert, where he meets the rebels led by King Raff's son, Sirk (Dwier Brown), and daughter, Semage (Kathy Ireland), all of them dressed as 6-foot-tall birds, although", "title": "Mom and Dad Save the World" }, { "id": "19496453", "text": "US president Donald Trump in part through watching the film. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is a 2017 dark comedy crime-drama film written, directed, and produced by Martin McDonagh and starring Frances McDormand as a woman who rents three billboards to call attention to her daughter's unsolved rape and murder. Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, John Hawkes, and Peter Dinklage appear in supporting roles. It was released in the United States in November 2017 and in the United Kingdom in January 2018 by Fox Searchlight Pictures and grossed $159 million worldwide. At the 90th Academy Awards,", "title": "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" }, { "id": "14503008", "text": "Apple Pie (TV series) Apple Pie is an American sitcom that aired for only two episodes on ABC on September 23 and September 30, 1978. Rue McClanahan starred as Ginger-Nell Hollyhock, a single and lonely hairdresser who lives in Kansas City, Missouri during the Great Depression year of 1933. When Ginger-Nell places classified ads in the local newspapers, she recruits a group of wacky relatives – a con-man husband, Fast Eddie Murtaugh; a tap-dancing daughter, Anna Marie Hollyhock; a son who wanted to fly like a bird, Junior Hollyhock; and a tottering old blind grandfather, Grandpa Hollyhock – all of", "title": "Apple Pie (TV series)" }, { "id": "5641628", "text": "Spider-Ham Spider-Ham (Peter Porker) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is an anthropomorphic funny animal parody of Spider-Man, and was created by Tom DeFalco and Mark Armstrong. He first appeared in the one-shot humor comic book \"Marvel Tails Starring Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham\" (November 1983), which was then followed by an ongoing bi-monthly series, \"Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham\", under Marvel's Star Comics imprint. The character existed on Larval Earth, which was an anthropomorphic universe. Spider-Ham made his feature film debut in \"\" (2018), voiced by John Mulaney. Peter Porker", "title": "Spider-Ham" }, { "id": "16488044", "text": "therapists to help child development. It is also hoped that the spells will help get exercise into the lives of young children. Tom (Thomas), the main character. He uses a magical belt to transport into Treetopolis and cast spells with help from the 'big world'. Though he is usually the best at spells, he is a modest character and often has to turn to his friends for advice when things go wrong. Voiced by Sophie Aldred, Lucien Dodge (US), live actor Adam Henderson. Twigs, a silly and energetic Scottish Acorn Sprite who is Tom's sidekick and best friend, and frenemy", "title": "Tree Fu Tom" }, { "id": "5120009", "text": "Hank Kimball Henry Wadsworth \"Hank\" Kimball is the county agent in the 1965–71 American television comedy \"Green Acres\". The show is about a rich Manhattan couple, Oliver and Lisa Douglas, who decide to buy and run a farm in the wacky and surreal town of Hooterville. Hank Kimball (played by Alvy Moore) is an unusual, perhaps unique, comic creation. He is friendly and eager-to-please, but he is highly scatterbrained and appears to have been educated beyond his intelligence. He has an unusual self-correcting manner where he makes a statement, then qualifies it, then corrects it, then corrects it further, and", "title": "Hank Kimball" }, { "id": "8593131", "text": "Best Animated Short Film. The clips from \"Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt\" (1941) allude to this subtext. It was a former nominee for the award and had lost to \"Lend a Paw\" (1941). The live-action film footage derive from the film \"A Star Is Born\" (1937). Footage depict the footprints of the stars at the Chinese Theatre, and nightlife at the Trocadero and the Cocoanut Grove. The premise of the film is that Bugs Bunny is competing for the Academy Award for Best Actor. He demonstrates his acting ability by transforming into Jerry Colonna, Bing Crosby, Cecil B. DeMille, Katharine Hepburn, and", "title": "What's Cookin' Doc?" }, { "id": "2417375", "text": "Andy Serkis Andrew Clement Serkis (born 20 April 1964) is an English actor and film director. He is best known for his performance capture roles comprising motion capture acting, animation and voice work for such computer-generated characters as Gollum in \"The Lord of the Rings\" film trilogy (2001–2003) and \"\" (2012), King Kong in the eponymous 2005 film, Caesar in the \"Planet of the Apes\" reboot series (2011–17), Captain Haddock / Sir Francis Haddock in Steven Spielberg's \"The Adventures of Tintin\" (2011), and Supreme Leader Snoke in the first two \"Star Wars\" sequel trilogy films, \"\" (2015) and \"\" (2017).", "title": "Andy Serkis" }, { "id": "3678095", "text": "Awards 2000 Motion Picture Sound Editors (Golden Reel Awards) 2000 People's Choice Awards 2001 Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (Nebula Award) 2000 Screen Actors Guild Awards 4th Golden Satellite Awards The Green Mile (film) The Green Mile is a 1999 American fantasy crime drama film written and directed by Frank Darabont and adapted from Stephen King’s 1996 novel of the same name. The film stars Tom Hanks as Paul Edgecomb and Michael Clarke Duncan as John Coffey, with supporting roles by David Morse, Bonnie Hunt, and James Cromwell. The film also features Dabbs Greer in his final film,", "title": "The Green Mile (film)" }, { "id": "3081244", "text": "Tom Lester Thomas William Lester (born September 23, 1938) is an American actor and evangelist, best known for his role as Eb Dawson, farmhand to Oliver Wendell Douglas (played by Eddie Albert) on the television series \"Green Acres\". He appeared in two feature animal films, \"Gordy\" and \"Benji\". Lester was born in Laurel, Mississippi, one of two children (both sons) of Pat Lester (1913-2009), a bookkeeper with Gulf Oil, and Mary Sue (Thornton) Lester (1914-2009). In 1948, he became a born-again Christian and got involved in the Baptist church. At that time he said he thought the Lord's plan for", "title": "Tom Lester" }, { "id": "4205548", "text": "boy. Matthew and his sister Marilla had requested a boy to help them with the farm chores. He decides that he couldn't very well just leave the girl at the train station. Matthew takes Anne to meet Marilla, and on the buggy ride home, becomes completely smitten with the red-haired orphan girl. When Anne Shirley arrives at the Cuthberts' farm, called \"Green Gables\", she is a precocious, romantic child desperate to be loved and highly sensitive about her red hair and homely looks. In her own unique headstrong manner, Anne manages to insult the town gossip, Rachel Lynde, in a", "title": "Anne of Green Gables (1985 film)" }, { "id": "5387373", "text": "as a series regular in the Netflix series \"The Ranch\", opposite Ashton Kutcher and Elisha Cuthbert. He also had a recurring role as Phil Millstein in the second season of \"Grace and Frankie\". In film, Elliott supplied the voice of Butch in the animated film \"The Good Dinosaur\" (2015). In 2017, Elliott appeared in \"The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot\". The following year, he was cast in Bradley Cooper's directorial debut \"A Star Is Born\" (2018), in which he plays the elder brother of Cooper's character, an aspiring singer-songwriter. Elliott received critical acclaim for his performance and", "title": "Sam Elliott" }, { "id": "2694167", "text": "Jason Biggs Jason Matthew Biggs (born May 12, 1978) is an American actor and comedian best known for his roles as Jim Levenstein in the \"American Pie\" comedy film series, and Larry Bloom in the Netflix original series \"Orange Is the New Black\". He also starred in \"Boys and Girls\", \"Loser\", \"Saving Silverman\", \"Anything Else\", \"Jersey Girl\", \"Eight Below\", \"Over Her Dead Body\", and \"My Best Friend's Girl\". Biggs initially gained recognition from his role in the soap opera \"As the World Turns\", for which he was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama", "title": "Jason Biggs" }, { "id": "6787817", "text": "The Silence of the Hams The Silence of the Hams (Italian: \"Il Silenzio dei Prosciutti\") is a 1994 Italian-American satirical comedy film written by, directed by, and starring Italian comedian Ezio Greggio. It is a parody of many popular thriller and horror films, notably \"The Silence of the Lambs\" and \"Psycho\". Along with Greggio, the film features an ensemble cast of Dom DeLuise, Billy Zane, Joanna Pacuła, Charlene Tilton, and Martin Balsam. The comedy, like many of its contemporaries (including \"The Naked Gun\"), is largely driven by word play, sight gags, running jokes, and multiple references to popular culture of", "title": "The Silence of the Hams" }, { "id": "19496427", "text": "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is a 2017 dark comedy crime-drama film written, directed, and produced by Martin McDonagh and starring Frances McDormand as a woman who rents three billboards to call attention to her daughter's unsolved rape and murder. Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, John Hawkes, and Peter Dinklage appear in supporting roles. It was released in the United States in November 2017 and in the United Kingdom in January 2018 by Fox Searchlight Pictures and grossed $159 million worldwide. At the 90th Academy Awards, \"Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri\" was nominated for seven awards", "title": "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" }, { "id": "13173600", "text": "set of three \"The Office\" webisodes about efforts by Erin and Kelly Kapoor (Mindy Kaling) to start a girl group. She stars in the Netflix original comedy series \"Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt\" as the fish-out-of-water title character. She plays a former abductee and forced cult-member who wants to shed the victim pity of her small hometown and moves to New York. Her performance on the show has been widely acclaimed, and she received multiple nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Award and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. In the summer of 2015, Kemper served as", "title": "Ellie Kemper" }, { "id": "4640971", "text": "Talk About\" (1995). Sedgwick's other film roles include Oliver Stone's \"Born on the Fourth of July\" (1989), Cameron Crowe's \"Singles\" (1992), \"Heart and Souls\" (1993), \"Phenomenon\" (1996), \"What's Cooking\" (2000), \"Secondhand Lions\" (2003), \"The Game Plan\" (2007), and \"The Possession\" (2012). She also has one of the starring roles in the critically acclaimed 2016 comedy-drama movie \"The Edge of Seventeen\". Sedgwick was born in New York City, the daughter of Patricia (née Rosenwald), a speech teacher and educational/family therapist, and Henry Dwight Sedgwick V, a venture capitalist. Her father was Episcopalian and of English heritage, and her mother was Jewish.", "title": "Kyra Sedgwick" }, { "id": "2794805", "text": "he was in the third grade. West started rapping in the third grade and began making musical compositions in the seventh grade, eventually selling them to other artists. At age thirteen, West wrote a rap song called \"Green Eggs and Ham\" and persuaded his mother to pay for time in a recording studio. Accompanying him to the studio and despite discovering it being \"a little basement studio\" where a microphone hung from the ceiling by a wire clothes hanger, West's mother nonetheless supported and encouraged him. West crossed paths with producer/DJ No I.D., with whom he quickly formed a close", "title": "Kanye West" }, { "id": "17883937", "text": "girl who struggles to find meaning in her existence and learns to confront her biggest fears, while also falling in love for the first time. Yi-rang (voiced by Park Shin-hye) has all but given up on her athletic aspirations, when she meets Cheol-soo (Song Chang-eui), who dreams of becoming an astronaut, and Soo-min (Oh Yeon-seo), a transfer student from Seoul. The film follows the adolescents' budding romance, growing pains, hopes and dreams. Yi-rang is in a race and falls behind. To save herself from shame, she fakes a fall. After that competition she resolves to never compete again. A new", "title": "Green Days: Dinosaur and I" }, { "id": "8856268", "text": "reception from film critics and was nominated for two Academy Awards. Evelyn Couch, a timid, unhappy housewife in her 40s, meets elderly Ninny Threadgoode in an Anderson, Alabama, nursing home where Evelyn's husband Ed's Aunt Vesta who has dementia is also staying. Over several encounters with Evelyn, Ninny tells her the story of the now abandoned town of Whistle Stop, and the people who lived there. The film's subplot concerns Evelyn's dissatisfaction with her marriage, her life, her growing confidence, and her developing friendship with Ninny. The narrative switches several times between Ninny's story, which is set between World War", "title": "Fried Green Tomatoes" }, { "id": "6630513", "text": "the other person, resulting in them being co-captains. Randy asks about heroes, learning that the Green Hornet was one of Scott's birthday guests. Up, Up and Away (film) Up, Up and Away is a 2000 Disney Channel Original Movie. The film is a comedy/adventure about a boy from a family of superheroes who, despite not having any super powers of his own, is called on to save the world. Scott Marshall (Michael J. Pagan) comes from a family of superheroes. His father, Bronze Eagle (Robert Townsend), has the gift of flight. His mother, Warrior Woman (Alex Datcher), has the power", "title": "Up, Up and Away (film)" }, { "id": "3535318", "text": "earning for himself the moniker \"Chicken George\". Squire James (Macdonald Carey), Moore's main adversary in the pit, arranges for a British owner, Sir Eric Russell (Ian McShane), and twenty of his cocks to visit and to participate in the local fights. Moore eventually bets a huge sum on his best bird, which George has trained, but he loses, and he cannot pay. Under the terms of a settlement between Moore and Russell, George goes to England to train cocks for Russell and to train more trainers and is forced to leave behind Kizzy (his mother), Tildy (Matilda, his wife) (Olivia", "title": "Roots (1977 miniseries)" }, { "id": "115595", "text": "where he wrote, produced or animated many productions – both live-action and animated – including \"Design for Death\", which later won the 1947 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. After the war, Geisel returned to writing children's books, writing classics like \"If I Ran the Zoo\" (1950), \"Horton Hears a Who!\" (1955), \"If I Ran the Circus\" (1956), \"The Cat in the Hat\" (1957), \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas!\" (1957), and \"Green Eggs and Ham\" (1960). He published over 60 books during his career, which have spawned numerous adaptations, including 11 television specials, five feature films, a Broadway musical, and", "title": "Dr. Seuss" }, { "id": "3081253", "text": "Junction\" are also living. Tom Lester Thomas William Lester (born September 23, 1938) is an American actor and evangelist, best known for his role as Eb Dawson, farmhand to Oliver Wendell Douglas (played by Eddie Albert) on the television series \"Green Acres\". He appeared in two feature animal films, \"Gordy\" and \"Benji\". Lester was born in Laurel, Mississippi, one of two children (both sons) of Pat Lester (1913-2009), a bookkeeper with Gulf Oil, and Mary Sue (Thornton) Lester (1914-2009). In 1948, he became a born-again Christian and got involved in the Baptist church. At that time he said he thought", "title": "Tom Lester" }, { "id": "14095708", "text": "Jordan Peele – \"Get Out\" (writer, director) Martin McDonagh – \"Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri\" The Lego Batman Movie Baby Driver Eighth Grade Adam McKay – \"Vice\" Ethan Hawke – \"First Reformed\" as Reverend Ernst Toller Toni Collette – \"Hereditary\" as Annie Graham Josh Hamilton – \"Eighth Grade\" as Mark Day Regina King – \"If Beale Street Could Talk\" as Sharon Rivers Vice Bo Burnham – \"Eighth Grade\" (writer/director) Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Farrelly, and Nick Vallelonga – \"Green Book\" (TIE) Adam McKay – \"Vice\" (TIE) Three Identical Strangers A Star Is Born Detroit Film Critics Society The Detroit Film", "title": "Detroit Film Critics Society" }, { "id": "7527552", "text": "more responsible and they land in the middle of St. Patrick's Day where he finally gets to give his green eggs away and wins the contest, becoming the official Chief Easter Bunny, Antoine returns as a butterfly, and Irontail becomes the April Valley janitor while Peter leads an Easter parade with all the characters from the story. On May 28, 1971, Danny Kaye was the guest on the ABC-TV late night talk program \"The Dick Cavett Show\". It was a ninety-minute salute not only to Kaye's career as a performer but also his work as an ambassador of \"UNICEF\". During", "title": "Here Comes Peter Cottontail" }, { "id": "12383055", "text": "Michael Clarke Duncan Michael Clarke Duncan (December 10, 1957September 3, 2012) was an American actor, best known for his breakout role as John Coffey in \"The Green Mile\" (1999), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and various similar honors. He also appeared in motion pictures such as \"Armageddon\" (1998), \"The Whole Nine Yards\" (2000), \"The Scorpion King\" (2002), \"Daredevil\" (2003) and \"\" (2006). His voice can be heard in films such as \"Brother Bear\" (2003), \"Kung Fu Panda\" (2008) and \"Green Lantern\" (2011). Duncan was born in Chicago, Illinois, and raised in a", "title": "Michael Clarke Duncan" }, { "id": "19496428", "text": "and won Best Actress (McDormand) and Best Supporting Actor (Rockwell). At the 75th Golden Globe Awards, it won Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Actress – Drama (McDormand), Best Supporting Actor (Rockwell), and Best Screenplay. It won three SAG Awards, including Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, and five BAFTA Film Awards, including Best Film and Outstanding British Film. In the town of Ebbing, Missouri, Mildred Hayes is grieving the rape and murder of her teenage daughter, Angela, seven months earlier. Angry over the lack of progress in the investigation, Mildred rents three abandoned billboards near her", "title": "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" }, { "id": "15695638", "text": "Gimme Shelter (2013 film) Gimme Shelter is a 2013 American independent Christian drama film written and directed by Ronald Krauss and starring Vanessa Hudgens, James Earl Jones, Rosario Dawson, Stéphanie Szostak, Emily Meade, Ann Dowd, and Brendan Fraser. It is based on a true story about a runaway teenage girl who gets pregnant and is placed in a home for pregnant girls. Agnes \"Apple\" Bailey has never had an easy life. She has been in and out of foster care for years, and her mother, June, is an abusive drug addict who only wants her for the welfare money she", "title": "Gimme Shelter (2013 film)" }, { "id": "2928828", "text": "the fife playing). The contrast of Oliver versus the townsfolk is further emphasized by the brand-new Lincoln Continental convertible that he drives, in contrast to the ancient, derelict truck driven by Mr. Haney. Lisa's skewed world view and domestic ignorance provides fertile ground for recurring gags. Much of her early life was lived in Hungary, where she grew up pampered in a wealthy family, which explains her lack of education and her ignorance of normal household chores and everyday living. Oliver and she are both veterans of World War II; he, a United States Army Air Forces flier, and she,", "title": "Green Acres" }, { "id": "13789794", "text": "supporting characters for Hal, most notably a man from Hal's past, Air Force's General Jonathan \"Herc\" Stone, who learned Hal's secret as Green Lantern during a battle with the Manhunters and acts as his ally. He also begins to develop a romantic attraction with his fellow pilot, the beautiful Captain Jillian \"Cowgirl\" Pearlman. The returning characters also include Carol Ferris, Tom Kalmaku, and Hal's younger brother James Jordan with his sister-in-law Susan and their children, Howard and Jane. In his new title, he faces revamped versions of his Silver Age foes such as Hector Hammond, the Shark, and Black Hand.", "title": "Green Lantern (comic book)" }, { "id": "5641642", "text": "feature most of Spider-Ham's original cast and origin, but incorporates the Mary Crane Watsow character from \"Amazing Spider-Man Family\" rather than her original counterpart. Earth-8311 featured anthropomorphic parodies of a variety of other Marvel characters. In August 2009, \"TIME\" listed Spider-Ham as one of the \"Top 10 Oddest Marvel Characters\". Spider-Ham Spider-Ham (Peter Porker) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is an anthropomorphic funny animal parody of Spider-Man, and was created by Tom DeFalco and Mark Armstrong. He first appeared in the one-shot humor comic book \"Marvel Tails Starring Peter Porker,", "title": "Spider-Ham" }, { "id": "12794193", "text": "\"de facto\" ruler of the town through her regency over her seven-year-old nephew, King Bruce the Frail (James Spies). Bruce complains about wanting to be a normal child, despite his aunt's objections. Saddened by this, Sunny heads back to Kidville and explains the problem. Hallelujah and the children dip the eggs in various bowls of paint as a way of tricking Gadzooks. He lies to the bear, saying he is on his way to sell colored stones as paperweights. Gadzooks, befuddled by Sunny's lie, lets him go, demanding he bring him eggs. Sunny makes it into Town again, passing out", "title": "The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town" }, { "id": "11007666", "text": "Preeti and a courteous and brave man called Avinash (Anil Kapoor), who holds strong morals and values. Preeti's testimony angers the Choudhry family and, as a result, Choudhry's younger brother, Babloo Choudhry (Puru Raajkumar), rapes her. Subsequently, she becomes disgrace to her own family so she is disowned and ostracised by society, so she leaves her house with nowhere to go. She finds shelter with Avinash, who welcomes her to his home. The two live well together as friends but this union invites a social opprobrium and strong uproar, and there is no other solution but marriage. They soon fall", "title": "Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai" }, { "id": "3998726", "text": "have feelings for Jake Leaf (Darren Boyd), a complementary therapist. Guy takes actions into his own hands and throws a Swiss army knife at Jake, which embeds itself in his scalp. Sue then discovers that Holly is lying, that Mac is not her son's father after all. Holly leaves the hospital. Caroline, excited by the news, leaves Jake in an attempt to win Mac back (and not just because it rhymes). When Alan becomes unusually happy after winning an internet caption competition, Joanna plans to take him down a peg. Using her dwarf cousin(Big Mick), dressed up in green body", "title": "Green Wing" }, { "id": "4683075", "text": "Bumper Robinson Larry C. \"Bumper\" Robinson II (born June 19, 1974) is an American actor, voice actor, musician and singer. He is known for his roles as Bumblebee and Blitzwing in \"\", Falcon in \"Avengers Assemble\" and Cyborg in \"\". Robinson's first theatrical break came as the son of O. J. Simpson's character in \"Cocaine and Blue Eyes\" (1983), a CBS television movie. Years later, he would be cast in the role of the young O. J. Simpson in \"The O. J. Simpson Story\" (1995). In the 1980s, Robinson played Zammis in \"Enemy Mine\", Clarence on NBC's \"Amen\", Jonah Carver", "title": "Bumper Robinson" }, { "id": "15353097", "text": "Tales of Dunk and Egg Tales of Dunk and Egg is a series of fantasy novellas by George R. R. Martin, set in the world of his \"A Song of Ice and Fire\" novels. They follow the adventures of \"Dunk\" (the future Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, Ser Duncan the Tall) and \"Egg\" (the future king Aegon V Targaryen), some 90 years before the events of the novels. Three novellas have been published–\"The Hedge Knight\" (1998), \"The Sworn Sword\" (2003), and \"The Mystery Knight\" (2010)–and Martin has stated his intention to continue the series. A collection of the existing three", "title": "Tales of Dunk and Egg" }, { "id": "17068641", "text": "with Benefits\". In 2013, he portrayed Wendell Smith in the film \"42\". In 2014, he portrayed Andrew Young in Ava DuVernay's historical drama film \"Selma\". For his performance, he was nominated for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture. From 2014 to 2015, he starred in a supporting role opposite Clive Owen in the Cinemax original drama series \"The Knick\". In 2016, he achieved widespread notice for his performance as Kevin in Barry Jenkins' drama film \"Moonlight\", for which he received critical acclaim and numerous accolades. The film won several Academy Awards, including Best Picture,", "title": "André Holland" }, { "id": "6120680", "text": "and Ham\", Lowrey herself (who also wrote stories about children in her home state of Texas) remained in relative obscurity until her death. Instead of following his siblings when they all sneak out to play, the title character lags behind to observe other things. In the beginning, his independence is rewarded. The puppies had all dug a hole underneath the fence to escape from their yard, but only the Poky Little Puppy's siblings are caught. The Poky Little Puppy avoids punishment because he is away exploring as his mother scolds his siblings, and he comes home alone after everyone is", "title": "The Poky Little Puppy" }, { "id": "11487388", "text": "be based on \"Underdog\" (Total Television, 1964), though the character he was based on wasn't created by Tex Avery. Maurice the Chicken (voiced by Terry Klassen) outwits Mooch the Fox (voiced by Maurice LaMarche) who constantly tries to eat him. Maurice is based on the canary character from \"King-Size Canary\", and acts rather like the pig boy in \"One Ham's Family\". Genghis the lion (voiced by Lee Tockar) is a warlord who leads his barbarian army across the world to conquer in the name of his Emperor (voiced by Maurice LaMarche) and meets a female panda cub named Khannie (voiced", "title": "The Wacky World of Tex Avery" }, { "id": "5565214", "text": "Christopher McDonald Christopher McDonald (born February 15, 1955) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Darryl Dickinson in \"Thelma & Louise\" (1991), Shooter McGavin in \"Happy Gilmore\" (1996), Ward Cleaver in the film adaptation of \"Leave It to Beaver\" (1997), Kent Mansley in \"The Iron Giant\" (1999), Tappy Tibbons in \"Requiem for a Dream\" (2000), and Mel Allen in the HBO film \"61*\" (2001). McDonald was born in New York City, the son of Patricia, a nursing professor and real estate agent, and James R. McDonald, an educator and high school principal. Of Irish descent and", "title": "Christopher McDonald" } ]

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[ { "id": "639661", "text": "Vein Veins are blood vessels that carry blood toward the heart. Most veins carry deoxygenated blood from the tissues back to the heart; exceptions are the pulmonary and umbilical veins, both of which carry oxygenated blood to the heart. In contrast to veins, arteries carry blood away from the heart. Veins are less muscular than arteries and are often closer to the skin. There are valves in most veins to prevent backflow. Veins are present throughout the body as tubes that carry blood back to the heart. Veins are classified in a number of ways, including superficial vs. deep, pulmonary", "title": "Vein" }, { "id": "639667", "text": "venules, which continue to converge and form the larger veins. The de-oxygenated blood is taken by veins to the right atrium of the heart, which transfers the blood to the right ventricle, where it is then pumped through the pulmonary arteries to the lungs. In pulmonary circulation the pulmonary veins return oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium, which empties into the left ventricle, completing the cycle of blood circulation. The return of blood to the heart is assisted by the action of the muscle pump, and by the thoracic pump action of breathing during respiration. Standing or", "title": "Vein" }, { "id": "639669", "text": "pressure. The arteries are perceived as carrying oxygenated blood to the tissues, while veins carry deoxygenated blood back to the heart. This is true of the systemic circulation, by far the larger of the two circuits of blood in the body, which transports oxygen from the heart to the tissues of the body. However, in pulmonary circulation, the arteries carry deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs, and veins return blood from the lungs to the heart. The difference between veins and arteries is their direction of flow (out of the heart by arteries, returning to the heart for", "title": "Vein" }, { "id": "639666", "text": "cells called tunica intima. The precise location of veins varies much more from person to person than that of arteries. Veins serve to return blood from organs to the heart. Veins are also called \"capacitance vessels\" because most of the blood volume (60%) is contained within veins. In systemic circulation oxygenated blood is pumped by the left ventricle through the arteries to the muscles and organs of the body, where its nutrients and gases are exchanged at capillaries. After taking up cellular waste and carbon dioxide in capillaries, blood is channeled through vessels that converge with one another to form", "title": "Vein" }, { "id": "639663", "text": "person's skin, how much oxygen is being carried in the blood, and how big and deep the vessels are. When a vein is drained of blood and removed from an organism, it appears grey-white. The largest veins in the human body are the venae cavae. These are two large veins which enter the right atrium of the heart from above and below. The superior vena cava carries blood from the arms and head to the right atrium of the heart, while the inferior vena cava carries blood from the legs and abdomen to the heart. The inferior vena cava is", "title": "Vein" }, { "id": "639664", "text": "retroperitoneal and runs to the right and roughly parallel to the abdominal aorta along the spine. Large veins feed into these two veins, and smaller veins into these. Together this forms the venous system. Whilst the main veins hold a relatively constant position, the position of veins person to person can display quite a lot of variation. The pulmonary veins carry relatively oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart. The superior and inferior venae cavae carry relatively deoxygenated blood from the upper and lower systemic circulations, respectively. The portal venous system is a series of veins or venules that", "title": "Vein" }, { "id": "639683", "text": "blood, each with distinct and separate functions. Growth and energy were derived from venous blood created in the liver from chyle, while arterial blood gave vitality by containing pneuma (air) and originated in the heart. Blood flowed from both creating organs to all parts of the body where it was consumed and there was no return of blood to the heart or liver. The heart did not pump blood around, the heart's motion sucked blood in during diastole and the blood moved by the pulsation of the arteries themselves. Galen believed that the arterial blood was created by venous blood", "title": "Vein" }, { "id": "639670", "text": "veins), not their oxygen content. In addition, deoxygenated blood that is carried from the tissues back to the heart for reoxygenation in the systemic circulation still carries some oxygen, though it is considerably less than that carried by the systemic arteries or pulmonary veins. Although most veins take blood back to the heart, there is an exception. Portal veins carry blood between capillary beds. For example, the hepatic portal vein takes blood from the capillary beds in the digestive tract and transports it to the capillary beds in the liver. The blood is then drained in the gastrointestinal tract and", "title": "Vein" }, { "id": "472789", "text": "away from the heart to the tissues, except for pulmonary arteries, which carry blood to the lungs for oxygenation (usually veins carry deoxygenated blood to the heart but the pulmonary veins carry oxygenated blood as well). There are two types of unique arteries. The pulmonary artery carries blood from the heart to the lungs, where it receives oxygen. It is unique because the blood in it is not \"oxygenated\", as it has not yet passed through the lungs. The other unique artery is the umbilical artery, which carries deoxygenated blood from a fetus to its mother. Arteries have a blood", "title": "Artery" }, { "id": "2824654", "text": "Venous blood Venous blood is deoxygenated blood which travels from the peripheral vessels, through the venous system into the right atrium of the heart. Deoxygenated blood is then pumped by the right ventricle to the lungs via the pulmonary artery which is divided in two branches, left and right to the left and right lungs respectively. Blood is oxygenated in the lungs and returns to the left atrium through the pulmonary veins. Venous blood is typically colder than arterial blood, and has a lower oxygen content and pH. It also has lower concentrations of glucose and other nutrients, and has", "title": "Venous blood" }, { "id": "7389336", "text": "Hepatic portal system In human anatomy, the hepatic portal system is the system of veins comprising the hepatic portal vein and its tributaries. It is also called the portal venous system, although it is not the only example of a portal venous system, and splanchnic veins, which is \"not\" synonymous with \"hepatic portal system\" and is imprecise (as it means \"visceral veins\" and not necessarily the \"veins of the abdominal viscera\"). The portal venous system is responsible for directing blood from parts of the gastrointestinal tract to the liver. Substances absorbed in the small intestine travel first to the liver", "title": "Hepatic portal system" }, { "id": "588400", "text": "body. This is a result of the left and right side of the heart working together to allow blood to flow continuously to the lungs and other parts of the body. Oxygen poor blood enters the right side of the heart through two large veins. Oxygen rich blood from the lungs enters through the pulmonary veins on the left side of the heart into the aorta and then reaches the rest of the body. The capillaries are responsible for allowing the blood to receive oxygen through tiny air sacs in the lungs. This is also the site where carbon dioxide", "title": "Blood vessel" }, { "id": "2981477", "text": "where carbon dioxide is released and oxygen is picked up during respiration. Arteries are further divided into very fine capillaries which are extremely thin-walled. The pulmonary vein returns oxygenated blood to the left atrium of the heart. The oxygenated blood then leaves the lungs through pulmonary veins, which return it to the left heart, completing the pulmonary cycle. This blood then enters the left atrium, which pumps it through the mitral valve into the left ventricle. From the left ventricle, the blood passes through the aortic valve to the aorta. The blood is then distributed to the body through the", "title": "Pulmonary circulation" }, { "id": "47129", "text": "vary somewhat between species. In non-mammalian vertebrates, however, there are some key differences: Blood is circulated around the body through blood vessels by the pumping action of the heart. In humans, blood is pumped from the strong left ventricle of the heart through arteries to peripheral tissues and returns to the right atrium of the heart through veins. It then enters the right ventricle and is pumped through the pulmonary artery to the lungs and returns to the left atrium through the pulmonary veins. Blood then enters the left ventricle to be circulated again. Arterial blood carries oxygen from inhaled", "title": "Blood" }, { "id": "2992577", "text": "drain into the pulmonary circulation in whole or in part, this is known as a total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (or drainage), or partial anomalous pulmonary connection, respectively. Pulmonary vein The pulmonary veins are the veins that transfer oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart. The largest pulmonary veins are the four \"main pulmonary veins\", two from each lung that drain into the left atrium of the heart. The pulmonary veins are part of the pulmonary circulation. Two main pulmonary veins emerge from each lung hilum, receiving blood from three or four bronchial veins apiece and draining into the", "title": "Pulmonary vein" }, { "id": "473072", "text": "to and from the body and the pulmonary circulation to and from the lungs. Blood in the pulmonary circulation exchanges carbon dioxide for oxygen in the lungs through the process of respiration. The systemic circulation then transports oxygen to the body and returns carbon dioxide and relatively deoxygenated blood to the heart for transfer to the lungs. The right heart collects deoxygenated blood from two large veins, the superior and inferior venae cavae. Blood collects in the right and left atrium continuously. The superior vena cava drains blood from above the diaphragm and empties into the upper back part of", "title": "Heart" }, { "id": "639671", "text": "spleen, where it is taken up by the hepatic veins, and blood is taken back into the heart. Since this is an important function in mammals, damage to the hepatic portal vein can be dangerous. Blood clotting in the hepatic portal vein can cause portal hypertension, which results in a decrease of blood fluid to the liver. The vessels that remove the deoxygenated blood from the heart muscle are known as cardiac veins. These include the great cardiac vein, the middle cardiac vein, the small cardiac vein, the smallest cardiac veins, and the anterior cardiac veins. Coronary veins carry blood", "title": "Vein" }, { "id": "2992574", "text": "Pulmonary vein The pulmonary veins are the veins that transfer oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart. The largest pulmonary veins are the four \"main pulmonary veins\", two from each lung that drain into the left atrium of the heart. The pulmonary veins are part of the pulmonary circulation. Two main pulmonary veins emerge from each lung hilum, receiving blood from three or four bronchial veins apiece and draining into the left atrium. An inferior and superior main vein drains each lung, so there are four main veins in total. At the root of the lung, the right superior", "title": "Pulmonary vein" }, { "id": "3038825", "text": "Venule A venule is a very small blood vessel in the microcirculation that allows blood to return from the capillary beds to drain into the larger blood vessels, the veins. Venules range from 7μm to 1mm in diameter. Veins contain approximately 70% of total blood volume, 25% of which is contained in the venules. Many venules unite to form a vein. Venule walls have three layers: An inner endothelium composed of squamous endothelial cells that act as a membrane, a middle layer of muscle and elastic tissue and an outer layer of fibrous connective tissue. The middle layer is poorly", "title": "Venule" }, { "id": "588392", "text": "between the blood and the tissues; and the veins, which carry blood from the capillaries back toward the heart. The word \"vascular\", meaning relating to the blood vessels, is derived from the Latin \"vas\", meaning vessel. A few structures (such as cartilage and the lens of the eye) do not contain blood vessels and are labeled. The arteries and veins have three layers. The middle layer is thicker in the arteries than it is in the veins: Capillaries consist of little more than a layer of endothelium and occasional connective tissue. When blood vessels connect to form a region of", "title": "Blood vessel" }, { "id": "588395", "text": "vessels function to transport blood. In general, arteries and arterioles transport oxygenated blood from the lungs to the body and its organs, and veins and venules transport deoxygenated blood from the body to the lungs. Blood vessels also circulate blood throughout the circulatory system Oxygen (bound to hemoglobin in red blood cells) is the most critical nutrient carried by the blood. In all arteries apart from the pulmonary artery, hemoglobin is highly saturated (95–100%) with oxygen. In all veins apart from the pulmonary vein, the saturation of hemoglobin is about 75%. (The values are reversed in the pulmonary circulation.) In", "title": "Blood vessel" }, { "id": "47130", "text": "air to all of the cells of the body, and venous blood carries carbon dioxide, a waste product of metabolism by cells, to the lungs to be exhaled. However, one exception includes pulmonary arteries, which contain the most deoxygenated blood in the body, while the pulmonary veins contain oxygenated blood. Additional return flow may be generated by the movement of skeletal muscles, which can compress veins and push blood through the valves in veins toward the right atrium. The blood circulation was famously described by William Harvey in 1628. In vertebrates, the various cells of blood are made in the", "title": "Blood" }, { "id": "588394", "text": "prevent backflow as a result of a decrease in blood pressure as the blood passes through the circulatory system. There are various kinds of blood vessels: They are roughly grouped as \"arterial\" and \"venous\", determined by whether the blood in it is flowing \"away from\" (arterial) or \"toward\" (venous) the heart. The term \"arterial blood\" is nevertheless used to indicate blood high in oxygen, although the pulmonary artery carries \"venous blood\" and blood flowing in the pulmonary vein is rich in oxygen. This is because they are carrying the blood to and from the lungs, respectively, to be oxygenated. Blood", "title": "Blood vessel" }, { "id": "588391", "text": "Blood vessel The blood vessels are the part of the circulatory system, and microcirculation, that transports blood throughout the human body. These vessels are designed to transport nutrients and oxygen to the tissues of the body. They also take waste and carbon dioxide and carry them away from the tissues and back to the heart. Blood vessels are needed to sustain life as all of the body’s tissues rely on their functionality.There are three major types of blood vessels: the arteries, which carry the blood away from the heart; the capillaries, which enable the actual exchange of water and chemicals", "title": "Blood vessel" }, { "id": "639672", "text": "with a poor level of oxygen, from the myocardium to the right atrium. Most of the blood of the coronary veins returns through the coronary sinus. The anatomy of the veins of the heart is very variable, but generally it is formed by the following veins: heart veins that go into the coronary sinus: the great cardiac vein, the middle cardiac vein, the small cardiac vein, the posterior vein of the left ventricle, and the vein of Marshall. Heart veins that go directly to the right atrium: the anterior cardiac veins, the smallest cardiac veins (Thebesian veins). Venous insufficiency is", "title": "Vein" }, { "id": "1786523", "text": "Portal vein The portal vein or hepatic portal vein is a blood vessel that carries blood from the gastrointestinal tract, gallbladder, pancreas and spleen to the liver. This blood contains nutrients and toxins extracted from digested contents. Approximately 75% of total liver blood flow is through the portal vein, with the remainder coming from the hepatic artery proper. The blood leaves the liver to the heart in the hepatic veins. The portal vein is not a true vein, because it conducts blood to capillary beds in the liver and not directly to the heart. It is a major component of", "title": "Portal vein" }, { "id": "639690", "text": "and veins; these were later discovered by Marcello Malpighi in 1661. In 1956, André Frédéric Cournand, Werner Forssmann and Dickinson W. Richards were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine \"for their discoveries concerning heart catheterization and pathological changes in the circulatory system.\" In his Nobel lecture, Forssmann credits Harvey as birthing cardiology with the publication of his book in 1628. In the 1970s, Diana McSherry developed computer-based systems to create images of the circulatory system and heart without the need for surgery. Vein Veins are blood vessels that carry blood toward the heart. Most veins carry deoxygenated blood from the", "title": "Vein" }, { "id": "473075", "text": "arteries, arterioles, and ultimately capillaries. In the capillaries, oxygen and nutrients from blood are supplied to body cells for metabolism, and exchanged for carbon dioxide and waste products. Capillary blood, now deoxygenated, travels into venules and veins that ultimately collect in the superior and inferior vena cavae, and into the right heart. The cardiac cycle refers to the sequence of events in which the heart contracts and relaxes with every heartbeat. The period of time during which the ventricles contract, forcing blood out into the aorta and main pulmonary artery, is known as systole, while the period during which the", "title": "Heart" }, { "id": "639684", "text": "passing from the left ventricle to the right by passing through 'pores' in the interventricular septum, air passed from the lungs via the pulmonary artery to the left side of the heart. As the arterial blood was created 'sooty' vapors were created and passed to the lungs also via the pulmonary artery to be exhaled. In 1025, \"The Canon of Medicine\" by the Persian physician, Avicenna, \"erroneously accepted the Greek notion regarding the existence of a hole in the ventricular septum by which the blood traveled between the ventricles.\" While also refining Galen's erroneous theory of the pulse, Avicenna provided", "title": "Vein" }, { "id": "2981475", "text": "Pulmonary circulation The pulmonary circulation is the portion of the circulatory system which carries deoxygenated blood away from the right ventricle of the heart, to the lungs, and returns oxygenated blood to the left atrium and ventricle of the heart. The term pulmonary circulation is readily paired and contrasted with the systemic circulation. The vessels of the pulmonary circulation are the pulmonary arteries and the pulmonary veins. A separate system known as the bronchial circulation supplies oxygenated blood to the tissue of the larger airways of the lung. The earliest human discussions of pulmonary circulation date back to Egyptian times.", "title": "Pulmonary circulation" }, { "id": "2992576", "text": "three and five in the healthy population. The two left lobar veins may be united as a single pulmonary vein in about 25% of people; the two right veins may be united in about 3%. The pulmonary veins play an essential role in respiration, by receiving blood that has been oxygenated in the alveoli and returning it to the left atrium. As part of the pulmonary circulation they carry oxygenated blood back to the heart, as opposed to the veins of the systemic circulation which carry deoxygenated blood. A rare genetic defect of the pulmonary veins can cause them to", "title": "Pulmonary vein" }, { "id": "473124", "text": "the heart, ancient Greeks are considered to have been the primary seat of scientific understanding of the heart in the ancient world. Aristotle considered the heart to be organ responsible for creating blood; Plato considered the heart as the source of circulating blood and Hippocrates noted blood circulating cyclically from the body through the heart to the lungs. Erasistratos (304–250 BCE) noted the heart as a pump, causing dilation of blood vessels, and noted that arteries and veins both radiate from the heart, becoming progressively smaller with distance, although he believed they were filled with air and not blood. He", "title": "Heart" }, { "id": "3038827", "text": "is made up of simple cuboidal cells. Lymphocytes exit the blood stream and enter the lymph nodes via these specialized venules when an infection is detected.Compared with arterioles, the venules are larger with much weaker muscular coat. They are the smallest united common branch in the human body. Venule A venule is a very small blood vessel in the microcirculation that allows blood to return from the capillary beds to drain into the larger blood vessels, the veins. Venules range from 7μm to 1mm in diameter. Veins contain approximately 70% of total blood volume, 25% of which is contained in", "title": "Venule" }, { "id": "16063616", "text": "Venae cavae The venae cavae (; from the Latin for \"hollow veins\", singular \"vena cava\" ) are two large veins (venous trunks) that return deoxygenated blood from the body into the heart. In humans there are the superior vena cava and the inferior vena cava, and both empty into the right atrium. They are located slightly off-center, toward the right side of the body. The inferior vena cava (or caudal vena cava in some animals) travels up alongside the abdominal aorta with blood from the lower part of the body. It is the largest vein in the human body. The", "title": "Venae cavae" }, { "id": "8448903", "text": "veins. Bronchial veins The bronchial veins are small vessels that return blood from the larger bronchi and structures at the roots of the lungs. The right side drains into the azygos vein, while the left side drains into the left superior intercostal vein or the accessory hemiazygos vein. Bronchial veins are thereby part of the bronchial circulation, carrying waste products away from the cells that constitute the lungs. The bronchial veins are counterparts to the bronchial arteries. However, they only carry ~13% of the blood flow of the bronchial arteries. The remaining blood is returned to the heart via the", "title": "Bronchial veins" }, { "id": "1776205", "text": "carries oxygenated, nutrient-rich blood to the fetus, and two arteries that carry deoxygenated, nutrient-depleted blood away. Occasionally, only two vessels (one vein and one artery) are present in the umbilical cord. This is sometimes related to fetal abnormalities, but it may also occur without accompanying problems. It is unusual for a vein to carry oxygenated blood and for arteries to carry deoxygenated blood (the only other examples being the pulmonary veins and arteries, connecting the lungs to the heart). However, this naming convention reflects the fact that the umbilical vein carries blood towards the fetus's heart, while the umbilical arteries", "title": "Umbilical cord" }, { "id": "5730873", "text": "Hepatic veins In human anatomy, the hepatic veins are the veins that drain de-oxygenated blood from the liver into the inferior vena cava. There are usually three upper hepatic veins draining from the left, middle, and right parts of the liver. These are larger than the group of lower hepatic veins that can number from six to twenty. All of the hepatic veins drain into the inferior vena cava. They are one of two sets of veins connected to the liver, the others are the portal veins. The large hepatic veins arise from smaller veins found within the liver, and", "title": "Hepatic veins" }, { "id": "639686", "text": "the left chamber but there is no direct pathway between them. The thick septum of the heart is not perforated and does not have visible pores as some people thought or invisible pores as Galen thought. The blood from the right chamber must flow through the vena arteriosa (pulmonary artery) to the lungs, spread through its substances, be mingled there with air, pass through the arteria venosa (pulmonary vein) to reach the left chamber of the heart and there form the vital spirit...\" In addition, Ibn al-Nafis had an insight into what would become a larger theory of the capillary", "title": "Vein" }, { "id": "1302853", "text": "named branches of the coronary circulation in a right-dominant heart: The vessels that remove the deoxygenated blood from the heart muscle are known as cardiac veins. These include the great cardiac vein, the middle cardiac vein, the small cardiac vein, the smallest cardiac veins, and the anterior cardiac veins. Cardiac veins carry blood with a poor level of oxygen, from the myocardium to the right atrium. Most of the blood of the coronary veins returns through the coronary sinus. The anatomy of the veins of the heart is very variable, but generally it is formed by the following veins: heart", "title": "Coronary circulation" }, { "id": "677612", "text": "pulmonary vein. Oxygen deprived blood from the superior and inferior vena cava enters the right atrium of the heart and flows through the tricuspid valve (right atrioventricular valve) into the right ventricle, from which it is then pumped through the pulmonary semilunar valve into the pulmonary artery to the lungs. Gas exchange occurs in the lungs, whereby is released from the blood, and oxygen is absorbed. The pulmonary vein returns the now oxygen-rich blood to the left atrium. A separate system known as the bronchial circulation supplies blood to the tissue of the larger airways of the lung. Systemic circulation", "title": "Circulatory system" }, { "id": "639681", "text": "represents one of the earliest accounts of scientific thought. In the 6th century BCE, the knowledge of circulation of vital fluids through the body was known to the Ayurvedic physician Sushruta in ancient India. He also seems to have possessed knowledge of the arteries, described as 'channels' by Dwivedi & Dwivedi (2007). The valves of the heart were discovered by a physician of the Hippocratean school around the 4th century BCE. However their function was not properly understood then. Because blood pools in the veins after death, arteries look empty. Ancient anatomists assumed they were filled with air and that", "title": "Vein" }, { "id": "639665", "text": "directly connect two capillary beds. Examples of such systems include the hepatic portal vein and hypophyseal portal system. The peripheral veins carry blood from the limbs and hands and feet. Microscopically, veins have a thick outer layer made of connective tissue, called the tunica externa or \"tunica adventitia\". There is a middle layer of bands of smooth muscle called tunica media, which are, in general, much thinner than those of arteries, as veins do not function primarily in a contractile manner and are not subject to the high pressures of systole, as arteries are. The interior is lined with endothelial", "title": "Vein" }, { "id": "2824656", "text": "difference in color between deoxyhaemoglobin and oxyhaemoglobin. The blue appearance of surface veins is caused mostly by the scattering of blue light away from the outside of venous tissue if the vein is at 0.5 mm deep or more. Veins and arteries appear similar when skin is removed and are seen directly. Venous blood Venous blood is deoxygenated blood which travels from the peripheral vessels, through the venous system into the right atrium of the heart. Deoxygenated blood is then pumped by the right ventricle to the lungs via the pulmonary artery which is divided in two branches, left and", "title": "Venous blood" }, { "id": "1786527", "text": "lesser omentum, falciform ligament, and those draining the gallbladder wall. The portal vein and hepatic arteries form the liver's dual blood supply. Approximately 75% of hepatic blood flow is derived from the portal vein, while the remainder is from the hepatic arteries. Unlike most veins, the portal vein does not drain into the heart. Rather, it is part of a portal venous system that delivers venous blood into another capillary system, the hepatic sinusoids of the liver. In carrying venous blood from the gastrointestinal tract to the liver, the portal vein accomplishes two tasks: it supplies the liver with metabolic", "title": "Portal vein" }, { "id": "7389342", "text": "It is often the result of cirrhosis of the liver. Hepatic portal system In human anatomy, the hepatic portal system is the system of veins comprising the hepatic portal vein and its tributaries. It is also called the portal venous system, although it is not the only example of a portal venous system, and splanchnic veins, which is \"not\" synonymous with \"hepatic portal system\" and is imprecise (as it means \"visceral veins\" and not necessarily the \"veins of the abdominal viscera\"). The portal venous system is responsible for directing blood from parts of the gastrointestinal tract to the liver. Substances", "title": "Hepatic portal system" }, { "id": "4281372", "text": "Jugular vein The jugular veins are veins that take deoxygenated blood from the head back to the heart via the superior vena cava. There are two sets of jugular veins: external and internal. The left and right external jugular veins drain into the subclavian veins. The internal jugular veins join with the subclavian veins more medially to form the brachiocephalic veins. Finally, the left and right brachiocephalic veins join to form the superior vena cava, which delivers deoxygenated blood to the right atrium of the heart. The internal jugular vein is formed by the anastomosis of blood from the sigmoid", "title": "Jugular vein" }, { "id": "16063617", "text": "superior vena cava (or cranial vena cava in animals) is above the heart, and forms from a convergence of the left and right brachiocephalic veins, which contain blood from the head and the arms. Venae cavae The venae cavae (; from the Latin for \"hollow veins\", singular \"vena cava\" ) are two large veins (venous trunks) that return deoxygenated blood from the body into the heart. In humans there are the superior vena cava and the inferior vena cava, and both empty into the right atrium. They are located slightly off-center, toward the right side of the body. The inferior", "title": "Venae cavae" }, { "id": "588393", "text": "diffuse vascular supply it is called an anastomosis. Anastomoses provide critical alternative routes for blood to flow in case of blockages. There is a layer of muscle surrounding the arteries and the veins which help contract and expand the vessels. This creates enough pressure for blood to be pumped around the body. Blood vessels are part of the circulatory system, together with the heart and the blood. The biggest difference in the structure of arteries and veins is the presence of valves. Backflow of blood is prevented in arteries by the heart. However in veins, one-direction valves are used to", "title": "Blood vessel" }, { "id": "473074", "text": "and the blood is pumped into the pulmonary trunk through the pulmonary valve. The pulmonary trunk divides into pulmonary arteries and progressively smaller arteries throughout the lungs, until it reaches capillaries. As these pass by alveoli carbon dioxide is exchanged for oxygen. This happens through the passive process of diffusion. In the left heart, oxygenated blood is returned to the left atrium via the pulmonary veins. It is then pumped into the left ventricle through the mitral valve and into the aorta through the aortic valve for systemic circulation. The aorta is a large artery that branches into many smaller", "title": "Heart" }, { "id": "648889", "text": "collection of nerve fibres connecting the brain to the rest of the body. Nerves connect the spinal cord and brain to the rest of the body. All major bones, muscles, and nerves in the body are named, with the exception of anatomical variations such as sesamoid bones and accessory muscles. Blood vessels carry blood throughout the body, which moves because of the beating of the heart. Venules and veins collect blood low in oxygen from tissues throughout the body. These collect in progressively larger veins until they reach the body's two largest veins, the superior and inferior vena cava, which", "title": "Human body" }, { "id": "8448902", "text": "Bronchial veins The bronchial veins are small vessels that return blood from the larger bronchi and structures at the roots of the lungs. The right side drains into the azygos vein, while the left side drains into the left superior intercostal vein or the accessory hemiazygos vein. Bronchial veins are thereby part of the bronchial circulation, carrying waste products away from the cells that constitute the lungs. The bronchial veins are counterparts to the bronchial arteries. However, they only carry ~13% of the blood flow of the bronchial arteries. The remaining blood is returned to the heart via the pulmonary", "title": "Bronchial veins" }, { "id": "472785", "text": "Artery An artery (plural arteries) () is a blood vessel that takes blood away from the heart to all parts of the body (tissues, lungs, etc). Most arteries carry oxygenated blood; the two exceptions are the pulmonary and the umbilical arteries, which carry deoxygenated blood to the organs that oxygenate it. The effective arterial blood volume is that extracellular fluid which fills the arterial system. The arteries are part of the circulatory system, which is responsible for the delivery of oxygen and nutrients to all cells, as well as the removal of carbon dioxide and waste products, the maintenance of", "title": "Artery" }, { "id": "639682", "text": "they were for transport of air. The Greek physician, Herophilus, distinguished veins from arteries but thought that the pulse was a property of arteries themselves. Greek anatomist Erasistratus observed that arteries that were cut during life bleed. He ascribed the fact to the phenomenon that air escaping from an artery is replaced with blood that entered by very small vessels between veins and arteries. Thus he apparently postulated capillaries but with reversed flow of blood. In 2nd century AD Rome, the Greek physician Galen knew that blood vessels carried blood and identified venous (dark red) and arterial (brighter and thinner)", "title": "Vein" }, { "id": "473041", "text": "and along the conduction system of the heart. The heart receives blood low in oxygen from the systemic circulation, which enters the right atrium from the superior and inferior venae cavae and passes to the right ventricle. From here it is pumped into the pulmonary circulation, through the lungs where it receives oxygen and gives off carbon dioxide. Oxygenated blood then returns to the left atrium, passes through the left ventricle and is pumped out through the aorta to the systemic circulation−where the oxygen is used and metabolized to carbon dioxide. The heart beats at a resting rate close to", "title": "Heart" }, { "id": "639675", "text": "of the clot. The portal veins are found within the abdomen and carry blood through to the liver. Portal hypertension is associated with cirrhosis or disease of the liver, or other conditions such as an obstructing clot (Budd Chiari syndrome) or compression from tumours or tuberculosis lesions. When the pressure increases in the portal veins, a collateral circulation develops, causing visible veins such as oesophageal varices. Thrombophlebitis is an inflammatory condition of the veins related to blood clots. Ultrasound, particularly duplex ultrasound, is a common way that veins can be seen. The Batson Venous plexus, or simply Batson's Plexus, runs", "title": "Vein" }, { "id": "2981483", "text": "pulmonary respiration. The physician Hippocrates (460 - 370 BCE) developed the view that the liver and spleen produced blood, which traveled to the heart to be cooled by the lungs that surrounded it. Hippocrates described the heart as having two ventricles connected by an interventricular septum. He depicted the heart as the connecting point for all the vessels of the body and proposed that some vessels carried only blood, while others also carried air. These air-carrying vessels were the pulmonary veins, which brought air to the left ventricle, and the pulmonary artery, which carried air to the right ventricle and", "title": "Pulmonary circulation" }, { "id": "639680", "text": "Founded in 1987, the AVF encourages research, clinical innovation, hands-on education, data collection and patient outreach. The earliest known writings on the circulatory system are found in the Ebers Papyrus (16th century BCE), an ancient Egyptian medical papyrus containing over 700 prescriptions and remedies, both physical and spiritual. In the papyrus, it acknowledges the connection of the heart to the arteries. The Egyptians thought air came in through the mouth and into the lungs and heart. From the heart, the air travelled to every member through the arteries. Although this concept of the circulatory system is only partially correct, it", "title": "Vein" }, { "id": "16823774", "text": "Perforator vein Perforator veins are so called because they perforate the deep fascia of muscles, to connect the superficial veins to the deep veins where they drain. Their role is primordial in maintaining correct blood draining. They have valves which prevent blood flowing back (regurgitation) from deep to superficial veins in muscular systole or contraction. They exist along the length of the lower limb, in greater number in the leg (anatomical ref to below knee) than in the thigh. Some veins are named after the physician who first described them: Others have the name of the deep vein where they", "title": "Perforator vein" }, { "id": "47134", "text": "and deliver it to the body via arterioles and capillaries, where the oxygen is consumed; afterwards, venules and veins carry deoxygenated blood back to the heart. Under normal conditions in adult humans at rest, hemoglobin in blood leaving the lungs is about 98–99% saturated with oxygen, achieving an oxygen delivery between 950 and 1150 ml/min to the body. In a healthy adult at rest, oxygen consumption is approximately 200–250 ml/min, and deoxygenated blood returning to the lungs is still roughly 75% (70 to 78%) saturated. Increased oxygen consumption during sustained exercise reduces the oxygen saturation of venous blood, which can", "title": "Blood" }, { "id": "648890", "text": "drain blood into the right side of the heart. From here, the blood is pumped into the lungs where it receives oxygen and drains back into the left side of the heart. From here, it is pumped into the body's largest artery, the aorta, and then progressively smaller arteries and arterioles until it reaches tissue. Here blood passes from small arteries into capillaries, then small veins and the process begins again. Blood carries oxygen, waste products, and hormones from one place in the body to another. Blood is filtered at the kidneys and liver. The body consists of a number", "title": "Human body" }, { "id": "677611", "text": "by two coronary arteries: the right coronary artery and the left coronary artery. After nourishing the heart muscle, blood returns through the coronary veins into the coronary sinus and from this one into the right atrium. Back flow of blood through its opening during atrial systole is prevented by the Thebesian valve. The smallest cardiac veins drain directly into the heart chambers. The circulatory system of the lungs is the portion of the cardiovascular system in which oxygen-depleted blood is pumped away from the heart, via the pulmonary artery, to the lungs and returned, oxygenated, to the heart via the", "title": "Circulatory system" }, { "id": "3936360", "text": "Dialysis catheter A dialysis catheter is a catheter used for exchanging blood to and from a hemodialysis machine and a patient. The dialysis catheter contains two lumens: venous and arterial. Although both lumens are in the vein, the \"arterial\" lumen, like natural arteries, carries blood away from the heart, while the \"venous\" lumen returns blood towards the heart. The arterial lumen (typically red) withdraws blood from the patient and carries it to the dialysis machine, while the venous lumen (typically blue) returns blood to the patient (from the dialysis machine). Flow rates of dialysis catheters range between 200 and 500", "title": "Dialysis catheter" }, { "id": "35722", "text": "include: Cerebral AVMs may present themselves in a number of different ways: In the lungs, pulmonary arteriovenous malformations have no symptoms in up to 29% of all cases. Can occur due to autosomal dominant diseases, such as hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia. Arteries and veins are part of the human cardiovascular system. Arteries carry blood away from the heart to the lungs or the rest of the body, where the blood passes through capillaries, and veins return the blood to the heart. An AVM interferes with this process by forming a direct connection of the arteries and veins. AVMs can cause intense", "title": "Arteriovenous malformation" }, { "id": "1952447", "text": "the \"capacitance vessels\" of the body because over 70% of the blood volume resides in the venous system. Veins are more compliant than arteries and expand to accommodate changing volume. The blood pressure in the circulation is principally due to the pumping action of the heart. The pumping action of the heart generates pulsatile blood flow, which is conducted into the arteries, across the micro-circulation and eventually, back via the venous system to the heart. During each heartbeat, systemic arterial blood pressure varies between a maximum (systolic) and a minimum (diastolic) pressure. In physiology, these are often simplified into one", "title": "Hemodynamics" }, { "id": "9578598", "text": "heart, entering the upper left atrium. Blood is then pumped to the lower left ventricle and from there out of the heart to the body via the aorta. This is called the systemic circulation. A cardiac shunt is when blood follows a pattern that deviates from the systemic circulation, i.e., from the body to the right atrium, down to the right ventricle, to the lungs, from the lungs to the left atrium, down to the left ventricle and then out of the heart back to the systemic circulation. A left-to-right shunt is when blood from the left side of the", "title": "Cardiac shunt" }, { "id": "677634", "text": "originated in the heart. Blood flowed from both creating organs to all parts of the body where it was consumed and there was no return of blood to the heart or liver. The heart did not pump blood around, the heart's motion sucked blood in during diastole and the blood moved by the pulsation of the arteries themselves. Galen believed that the arterial blood was created by venous blood passing from the left ventricle to the right by passing through 'pores' in the interventricular septum, air passed from the lungs via the pulmonary artery to the left side of the", "title": "Circulatory system" }, { "id": "2748894", "text": "purpose. This process is especially common for plasma and platelets. For direct transfusions a vein can be used but the blood may be taken from an artery instead. In this case, the blood is not stored, but is pumped directly from the donor into the recipient. This was an early method for blood transfusion and is rarely used in modern practice. It was phased out during World War II because of problems with logistics, and doctors returning from treating wounded soldiers set up banks for stored blood when they returned to civilian life. The blood is drawn from a large", "title": "Blood donation" }, { "id": "677608", "text": "the areas above the heart) and the inferior vena cava (roughly speaking from areas below the heart). These two great vessels empty into the right atrium of the heart. The heart itself is supplied with oxygen and nutrients through a small \"loop\" of the systemic circulation and derives very little from the blood contained within the four chambers. The general rule is that arteries from the heart branch out into capillaries, which collect into veins leading back to the heart. Portal veins are a slight exception to this. In humans the only significant example is the hepatic portal vein which", "title": "Circulatory system" }, { "id": "7389339", "text": "vena cava (thus bypassing the liver). Blood flow to the liver is unique in that it receives both oxygenated and (partially) deoxygenated blood. As a result, the partial gas pressure of oxygen (pO) and perfusion pressure of portal blood are lower than in other organs of the body. Blood passes from branches of the portal vein through cavities between \"plates\" of hepatocytes called sinusoids. Blood also flows from branches of the hepatic artery and mixes in the sinusoids to supply the hepatocytes with oxygen. This mixture percolates through the sinusoids and collects in a central vein which drains into the", "title": "Hepatic portal system" }, { "id": "677607", "text": "blood pressure throughout the body. When the aorta receives almost five litres of blood from the heart, it recoils and is responsible for pulsating blood pressure. Moreover, as aorta branches into smaller arteries, their elasticity goes on decreasing and their compliance goes on increasing. Arteries branch into small passages called arterioles and then into the capillaries. The capillaries merge to bring blood into the venous system. After their passage through body tissues, capillaries merge once again into venules, which continue to merge into veins. The venous system finally coalesces into two major veins: the superior vena cava (roughly speaking draining", "title": "Circulatory system" }, { "id": "9982849", "text": "Portal venous system In the circulatory system of animals, a portal venous system occurs when a capillary bed pools into another capillary bed through veins, without first going through the heart. Both capillary beds and the blood vessels that connect them are considered part of the portal venous system. They are relatively uncommon as the majority of capillary beds drain into veins which then drain into the heart, not into another capillary bed. Portal venous systems are considered venous because the blood vessels that join the two capillary beds are either veins or venules. Examples of such systems include the", "title": "Portal venous system" }, { "id": "1302854", "text": "veins that go into the coronary sinus: the great cardiac vein, the middle cardiac vein, the small cardiac vein, the posterior vein of the left ventricle, and the vein of Marshall. Heart veins that go directly to the right atrium: the anterior cardiac veins, the smallest cardiac veins (Thebesian veins). The vessels that deliver oxygen-rich blood to the myocardium are the coronary arteries. When the arteries are healthy, they are capable of autoregulating themselves to maintain the coronary blood flow at levels appropriate to the needs of the heart muscle. These relatively narrow vessels are commonly affected by atherosclerosis and", "title": "Coronary circulation" }, { "id": "9982851", "text": "The final common pathway for transport of venous blood from spleen, pancreas, gallbladder and the abdominal portion of the gastrointestinal tract (with the exception of the inferior part of the anal canal and sigmoid colon) is through the \"hepatic portal vein\". This portal vein is formed by the union of the \"superior mesenteric vein\" and the \"splenic vein\" posterior to the neck of the pancreas at the level of vertebral body L1. Ascending towards the liver, the portal vein passes posterior to the superior part of the duodenum and enters the right margin of the lesser omentum. It is anterior", "title": "Portal venous system" }, { "id": "473064", "text": "sinus is a large vein that drains into the right atrium, and receives most of the venous drainage of the heart. It receives blood from the great cardiac vein (receiving the left atrium and both ventricles), the posterior cardiac vein (draining the back of the left ventricle), the middle cardiac vein (draining the bottom of the left and right ventricles), and small cardiac veins. The anterior cardiac veins drain the front of the right ventricle and drain directly into the right atrium. Small lymphatic networks called plexuses exist beneath each of the three layers of the heart. These networks collect", "title": "Heart" }, { "id": "1816847", "text": "Inferior vena cava The inferior vena cava (or IVC) is a large vein that carries deoxygenated blood from the lower and middle body into the right atrium of the heart. Its walls are rigid and has valves so the blood does not flow down via gravity. It is formed by the joining of the right and the left common iliac veins, usually at the level of the fifth lumbar vertebra. The inferior vena cava is the lower (\"inferior\") of the two venae cavae, the two large veins that carry deoxygenated blood from the body to the right atrium of the", "title": "Inferior vena cava" }, { "id": "454021", "text": "Varicose veins Varicose veins are veins that have become enlarged and twisted. The term commonly refers to the veins on the leg, although varicose veins can occur elsewhere. Veins have pairs of leaflet valves to prevent blood from flowing backwards (retrograde flow or venous reflux). Leg muscles pump the veins to return blood to the heart, against the effect of gravity. When veins become varicose, the leaflets of the valves no longer meet properly, and the valves do not work. This allows blood to flow backwards and the veins to enlarge even more. Varicose veins are most common in the", "title": "Varicose veins" }, { "id": "2981485", "text": "240 BCE) agreed with Hippocrates and Aristotle that the heart was the origin of all of the vessels in the body but proposed a system in which air was breathed into the lungs and traveled to the left ventricle via pulmonary veins. It was transformed there into the pneuma and distributed throughout the body by arteries, which contained only air. In this system, veins distributed blood throughout the body, and this blood did not circulate, but rather was consumed by the organs. The Greek physician Galen (129 - c. 210 CE) provided the next insights into pulmonary circulation. Though many", "title": "Pulmonary circulation" }, { "id": "2981476", "text": "Human knowledge of pulmonary circulation grew gradually over centuries, and scientists Ibn al-Nafis, Michael Servetus, and William Harvey provided some of the first accurate descriptions of this process. Deoxygenated blood leaves the heart, goes to the lungs, and then re-enters the heart; Deoxygenated blood leaves through the right ventricle through the pulmonary artery. From the right atrium, the blood is pumped through the tricuspid valve (or right atrioventricular valve), into the right ventricle. Blood is then pumped from the right ventricle through the pulmonary valve and into the main pulmonary artery. The pulmonary arteries carry deoxygenated blood to the lungs,", "title": "Pulmonary circulation" }, { "id": "4281375", "text": "resolution, or coup-de-grace. An alternate explanation for the phrase suggests \"to go for the jugular\" merely means to attack without restraint. The jugular vein system is essential but not particularly weak or vulnerable, because this venous system is generally found fairly deep in the body. Jugular vein The jugular veins are veins that take deoxygenated blood from the head back to the heart via the superior vena cava. There are two sets of jugular veins: external and internal. The left and right external jugular veins drain into the subclavian veins. The internal jugular veins join with the subclavian veins more", "title": "Jugular vein" }, { "id": "588406", "text": "prevent blood clots and can also help limit inflammation. Vasculitis is inflammation of the vessel wall, due to autoimmune disease or infection. Blood vessel The blood vessels are the part of the circulatory system, and microcirculation, that transports blood throughout the human body. These vessels are designed to transport nutrients and oxygen to the tissues of the body. They also take waste and carbon dioxide and carry them away from the tissues and back to the heart. Blood vessels are needed to sustain life as all of the body’s tissues rely on their functionality.There are three major types of blood", "title": "Blood vessel" }, { "id": "669604", "text": "ways by which the blood is returned to the heart itself; and that the blood in the members and extremities does pass from the arteries into the veins (either mediately by an anastomosis, or immediately through the porosities of the flesh, or both ways) as before it did in the heart and thorax out of the veins, into the arteries…\" Marcello Malpighi was the first to observe directly and correctly describe capillaries, discovering them in a frog's lung in 1661. Capillary A capillary is a small blood vessel from 5 to 10 micrometres (µm) in diameter, and having a wall", "title": "Capillary" }, { "id": "3455943", "text": "Cerebral circulation Cerebral circulation is the movement of blood through the network of cerebral arteries and veins supplying the brain. The rate of the cerebral blood flow in the adult is typically 750 milliliters per minute, representing 15% of the cardiac output. The arteries deliver oxygenated blood, glucose and other nutrients to the brain, and the veins carry deoxygenated blood back to the heart, removing carbon dioxide, lactic acid, and other metabolic products. Since the brain is very vulnerable to compromises in its blood supply, the cerebral circulatory system has many safeguards including autoregulation of the blood vessels and the", "title": "Cerebral circulation" }, { "id": "11950973", "text": "blood supply, and carries venous blood drained from the spleen, gastrointestinal tract, and its associated organs. The hepatic arteries supply arterial blood to the liver, accounting for the remaining quarter of its blood flow. Oxygen is provided from both sources; about half of the liver's oxygen demand is met by the hepatic portal vein, and half is met by the hepatic arteries. The hepatic artery also has both alpha- and beta-adrenergic receptors; therefore, flow through the artery is controlled, in part, by the splanchnic nerves of the autonomic nervous system. Blood flows through the liver sinusoids and empties into the", "title": "Liver" }, { "id": "9578597", "text": "of the person whose heart it is. There are four chambers in a heart: an atrium (upper) and a ventricle (lower) on both the left and right sides. In mammals and birds, blood from the body goes to the right side of the heart first. Blood enters the upper right atrium, is pumped down to the right ventricle and from there to the lungs via the pulmonary artery. Blood going to the lungs is called the pulmonary circulation. When the blood returns to the heart from the lungs via the pulmonary vein, it goes to the left side of the", "title": "Cardiac shunt" }, { "id": "677613", "text": "is the portion of the cardiovascular system which transports oxygenated blood away from the heart through the aorta from the left ventricle where the blood has been previously deposited from pulmonary circulation, to the rest of the body, and returns oxygen-depleted blood back to the heart. The brain has a dual blood supply that comes from arteries at its front and back. These are called the \"anterior\" and \"posterior\" circulation respectively. The anterior circulation arises from the internal carotid arteries and supplies the front of the brain. The posterior circulation arises from the vertebral arteries, and supplies the back of", "title": "Circulatory system" }, { "id": "639677", "text": "limbs. The Thebesian veins within the myocardium of the heart are valveless veins that drain directly into the chambers of the heart. The coronary veins all empty into the coronary sinus which empties into the right atrium. The dural venous sinuses within the dura mater surrounding the brain receive blood from the brain and also are a point of entry of cerebrospinal fluid from arachnoid villi absorption. Blood eventually enters the internal jugular vein. \"Phlebology\" is the medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis and treatment of venous disorders. A medical specialist in phlebology is termed a phlebologist. A related image", "title": "Vein" }, { "id": "677610", "text": "of the heart. The blood that is returned to the right atrium is deoxygenated (poor in oxygen) and passed into the right ventricle to be pumped through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for re-oxygenation and removal of carbon dioxide. The left atrium receives newly oxygenated blood from the lungs as well as the pulmonary vein which is passed into the strong left ventricle to be pumped through the aorta to the different organs of the body. The coronary circulation system provides a blood supply to the heart muscle itself. The coronary circulation begins near the origin of the aorta", "title": "Circulatory system" }, { "id": "454041", "text": "the Queen's guard, lectern orators, security guards, etc. Varicose veins Varicose veins are veins that have become enlarged and twisted. The term commonly refers to the veins on the leg, although varicose veins can occur elsewhere. Veins have pairs of leaflet valves to prevent blood from flowing backwards (retrograde flow or venous reflux). Leg muscles pump the veins to return blood to the heart, against the effect of gravity. When veins become varicose, the leaflets of the valves no longer meet properly, and the valves do not work. This allows blood to flow backwards and the veins to enlarge even", "title": "Varicose veins" }, { "id": "1816848", "text": "heart: the inferior vena cava carries blood from the lower half of the body whilst the superior vena cava carries blood from the upper half of the body. Together, the venae cavae (in addition to the coronary sinus, which carries blood from the muscle of the heart itself) form the venous counterparts of the aorta. It is a large retroperitoneal vein that lies posterior to the abdominal cavity and runs along the right side of the vertebral column. It enters the right atrium at the lower right, back side of the heart. The name derives from . The inferior vena", "title": "Inferior vena cava" }, { "id": "9982850", "text": "hepatic portal system, the hypophyseal portal system, and (in non-mammals) the renal portal system. Unqualified, \"portal venous system\" often refers to the hepatic portal system. For this reason, \"portal vein\" most commonly refers to the hepatic portal vein. The functional significance of such a system is that it transports products of one region directly to another region in relatively high concentrations. If the heart were involved in the blood circulation between those two regions, those products would be spread around the rest of the body. The human hepatic portal system delivers about three-fourths of the blood going to the liver.", "title": "Portal venous system" }, { "id": "10962230", "text": "Venous return curve Venous return is the rate of blood flow back to the heart. It normally limits cardiac output. Superposition of the cardiac function curve and venous return curve is used in one hemodynamic model. Venous return (VR) is the flow of blood back to the heart. Under steady-state conditions, venous return must equal cardiac output (Q), when averaged over time because the cardiovascular system is essentially a closed loop. Otherwise, blood would accumulate in either the systemic or pulmonary circulations. Although cardiac output and venous return are interdependent, each can be independently regulated. The circulatory system is made", "title": "Venous return curve" }, { "id": "639668", "text": "sitting for a prolonged period of time can cause low venous return from venous pooling (vascular) shock. Fainting can occur but usually baroreceptors within the aortic sinuses initiate a baroreflex such that angiotensin II and norepinephrine stimulate vasoconstriction and heart rate increases to return blood flow. Neurogenic and hypovolaemic shock can also cause fainting. In these cases, the smooth muscles surrounding the veins become slack and the veins fill with the majority of the blood in the body, keeping blood away from the brain and causing unconsciousness. Jet pilots wear pressurized suits to help maintain their venous return and blood", "title": "Vein" }, { "id": "639689", "text": "in Animalibus\" in 1628, which \"demonstrated that there had to be a direct connection between the venous and arterial systems throughout the body, and not just the lungs. Most importantly, he argued that the beat of the heart produced a continuous circulation of blood through minute connections at the extremities of the body. This is a conceptual leap that was quite different from Ibn al-Nafis' refinement of the anatomy and bloodflow in the heart and lungs.\" This work, with its essentially correct exposition, slowly convinced the medical world. However, Harvey was not able to identify the capillary system connecting arteries", "title": "Vein" }, { "id": "14451053", "text": "is to collect de-oxygenated blood, in the right atrium, from the body via the superior vena cava, inferior vena cava and from the coronary sinus and pump it, through the tricuspid valve, via the right ventricle, through the semilunar pulmonary valve and into the pulmonary artery in the pulmonary circulation where carbon dioxide can be exchanged for oxygen in the lungs. This happens through the passive process of diffusion. In the \"left heart\" oxygenated blood is returned to the left atrium via the pulmonary vein. It is then pumped into the left ventricle through the bicuspid valve and into the", "title": "Cardiac physiology" }, { "id": "47124", "text": "is circulated around the body through blood vessels by the pumping action of the heart. In animals with lungs, arterial blood carries oxygen from inhaled air to the tissues of the body, and venous blood carries carbon dioxide, a waste product of metabolism produced by cells, from the tissues to the lungs to be exhaled. Medical terms related to blood often begin with hemo- or hemato- (also spelled haemo- and haemato-) from the Greek word (\"haima\") for \"blood\". In terms of anatomy and histology, blood is considered a specialized form of connective tissue, given its origin in the bones and", "title": "Blood" }, { "id": "639662", "text": "vs. systemic, and large vs. small. Most veins are equipped with valves to prevent blood flowing in the reverse direction. Veins are translucent, so the color a vein appears from an organism's exterior is determined in large part by the color of venous blood, which is usually dark red as a result of its low oxygen content. Veins appear blue because the subcutaneous fat absorbs low-frequency light, permitting only the highly energetic blue wavelengths to penetrate through to the dark vein and reflect back to the viewer. The colour of a vein can be affected by the characteristics of a", "title": "Vein" }, { "id": "1786524", "text": "the hepatic portal system, one of only two portal venous systems in the body – with the hypophyseal portal system being the other. The portal vein is usually formed by the confluence of the superior mesenteric and splenic veins and also receives blood from the inferior mesenteric, left and right gastric veins, and cystic veins. Conditions involving the portal vein cause considerable illness and death. An important example of such a condition is elevated blood pressure in the portal vein. This condition, called portal hypertension, is a major complication of cirrhosis. Measuring approximately 8 cm (3 inches) in adults, the", "title": "Portal vein" }, { "id": "604427", "text": "they did not allow blood to flow up, but only down. This led Harvey to believe that the veins allowed blood to flow to the heart, and the valves maintained the one way flow. Contrary to a popular misconception, Harvey did not predict the existence of capillaries. His observations convinced him that direct connection between veins and arteries are unnecessary; he wrote \"blood permeates the pores\" in the flesh and it is \"absorbed and imbibed from every part\" by the veins. Harvey's discovery of the circulation of the blood was based on inference, not direct observation, and was incompatible with", "title": "William Harvey" }, { "id": "67236", "text": "in the blood vessels of the heart muscle (myocardium). The vessels that deliver oxygen-rich blood to the myocardium are known as coronary arteries. The vessels that remove the deoxygenated blood from the heart muscle are known as cardiac veins. These include the great cardiac vein, the middle cardiac vein, the small cardiac vein and the anterior cardiac veins. As the left and right coronary arteries run on the surface of the heart, they can be called epicardial coronary arteries. These arteries, when healthy, are capable of autoregulation to maintain coronary blood flow at levels appropriate to the needs of the", "title": "Cardiology" }, { "id": "639687", "text": "circulation. He stated that \"there must be small communications or pores (\"manafidh\" in Arabic) between the pulmonary artery and vein,\" a prediction that preceded the discovery of the capillary system by more than 400 years. Ibn al-Nafis' theory, however, was confined to blood transit in the lungs and did not extend to the entire body. Michael Servetus was the first European to describe the function of pulmonary circulation, although his achievement was not widely recognized at the time, for a few reasons. He firstly described it in the \"Manuscript of Paris\" (near 1546), but this work was never published. And", "title": "Vein" } ]

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[ { "id": "3195419", "text": "Peter Ostrum Peter Gardner Ostrum (; born November 1, 1957) is an American veterinarian and former child actor whose only film role was as Charlie Bucket in the 1971 motion picture \"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\". Ostrum was 12 years old when selected by talent agents for \"Willy Wonka\". Though he enjoyed the experience of shooting the film, he opted not to sign a three-film contract when it was over. After eschewing a career in film and theatre, Ostrum became reluctant to speak about his one starring role. In 1990, he began an annual tradition of speaking to schoolchildren", "title": "Peter Ostrum" }, { "id": "3195432", "text": "on Call\", funded by Pfizer, highlighting the work of large animal veterinarians. Peter Ostrum Peter Gardner Ostrum (; born November 1, 1957) is an American veterinarian and former child actor whose only film role was as Charlie Bucket in the 1971 motion picture \"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\". Ostrum was 12 years old when selected by talent agents for \"Willy Wonka\". Though he enjoyed the experience of shooting the film, he opted not to sign a three-film contract when it was over. After eschewing a career in film and theatre, Ostrum became reluctant to speak about his one starring", "title": "Peter Ostrum" }, { "id": "11448480", "text": "Diana Sowle Diana Mae Sowle (née Laumer; June 19, 1930 – October 19, 2018) was an American actress of film and theater and voice artist, best known for playing Mrs. Bucket (Charlie Bucket's mother) in the 1971 film \"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\" and her performance of \"Cheer up Charlie\" in that film, although her voice in the song was dubbed by Diana Lee. Sowle joined the cast while in Germany, where it was filmed. At the time of her death in 2018, she was the last surviving parent from the film. Sowle's death left three remaining adult cast", "title": "Diana Sowle" }, { "id": "1488132", "text": "film tells the story of Charlie Bucket (Peter Ostrum) as he receives a Golden Ticket and visits Willy Wonka's chocolate factory with four other children from around the world. Filming took place in Munich in 1970, and the film was released by Paramount Pictures on June 30, 1971. With a budget of just $3 million, the film received generally positive reviews and earned $4 million by the end of its original run. The film became highly popular in part through repeated television airings and home entertainment sales. In 1972, the film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score,", "title": "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" }, { "id": "680741", "text": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 1964 children's novel by British author Roald Dahl. The story features the adventures of young Charlie Bucket inside the chocolate factory of eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka. \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" was first published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. in 1964 and in the United Kingdom by George Allen & Unwin, 11 months later. The book has been adapted into two major motion pictures: \"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\" in 1971, and \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" in 2005. The book's sequel, \"Charlie", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" }, { "id": "427555", "text": "adaptation of the book of the same name by Roald Dahl. Starring Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka, Freddie Highmore as Charlie Bucket and Deep Roy as the Oompa-Loompas, the film generally took a more faithful approach to the source material than the 1971 adaptation, \"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\", although some liberties were taken, such as adding Wonka's issue with his father (played by Christopher Lee). \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" was later nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design. The film made over $207 million domestically. Filming proved difficult as Burton, Depp, and Danny Elfman had", "title": "Tim Burton" }, { "id": "4330722", "text": "Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role. In 2005, he portrayed the main role of Charlie Bucket in Tim Burton's musical fantasy film \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\", adapted from the book of the same name by Roald Dahl. He was reportedly recommended by co-star Johnny Depp, with whom Highmore had worked in \"Finding Neverland\"; Depp had been impressed by the young actor's performance and thus put his name forward for the role. Highmore had not seen the original 1971 version of the film, and decided not to see it until he was done filming so his", "title": "Freddie Highmore" }, { "id": "4273950", "text": "Elfman contributed to a film score using written songs and his vocals. Filming took place from June to December 2004 at Pinewood Studios in the United Kingdom. \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" was released to positive critical reception and was a box office success, grossing $475 million worldwide. Charlie Bucket (Freddie Highmore) is a poor boy who lives near the Wonka Candy Company. The company's owner, Willy Wonka (Johnny Depp), has for long closed access to his factory due to problems concerning industrial espionage that led him to fire all his employees, among them Charlie's Grandpa Joe (David Kelly). One", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "773955", "text": "to win. Albertson appeared as Charlie Bucket's Grandpa Joe in \"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\" (1971), and in \"The Poseidon Adventure\" (1972), where he played Manny Rosen, husband to Belle, played by Shelley Winters. Albertson said that his one regret was that he did not reprise his role in the movie version of \"The Sunshine Boys\". When producer Ray Stark acquired the film rights from Neil Simon in 1973, Albertson was expected to play the part, but by the time MGM had bought the rights in 1974 and was preparing to begin filming in February 1975, Albertson was not", "title": "Jack Albertson" }, { "id": "4273968", "text": "1971 film for the purpose of money. Depp said he was disappointed by Wilder's comment, and responded that the film was not a remake, but a new adaptation of Dahl's 1964 book. The casting calls for Charlie Bucket, Violet Beauregarde, Veruca Salt, and Mike Teavee took place in the United States and United Kingdom, while Augustus Gloop's casting took place in Germany. Burton said he sought actors \"who had something of the character in them\", and found Mike Teavee the hardest character to cast. Burton was finding trouble casting Charlie, until Depp, who had worked with Freddie Highmore on \"Finding", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "1488133", "text": "and Wilder was nominated for a Golden Globe as Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy, but lost both to \"Fiddler on the Roof\". The film also introduced the song \"The Candy Man\", which went on to become a popular hit when recorded by Sammy Davis Jr. In 2014, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being \"culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant\". In a small town in 1970, Charlie Bucket, a poor paperboy, watches a group of children visit a candy shop. Walking home, he passes Willy Wonka's", "title": "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" }, { "id": "4273948", "text": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 2005 musical fantasy comedy film directed by Tim Burton and written by John August, based on the 1964 British novel of the same name by Roald Dahl. The film stars Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka and Freddie Highmore as Charlie Bucket. The storyline follows Charlie, who wins a contest and, along with four other contest winners, is led by Wonka on a tour of his chocolate factory, the most magnificent in the world. Development for a second adaptation of \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" (filmed previously as", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "16869145", "text": "the same name by Roald Dahl. The film was directed by Tim Burton. The film stars Freddie Highmore as Charlie Bucket and Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka. The storyline concerns Charlie, who takes a tour he has won, led by Wonka, through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world. Development for another adaptation of \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\", filmed previously as \"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\", began in 1991, 20 years after the first film version, which resulted in Warner Bros. providing the Dahl Estate with total artistic control. Prior to Burton's involvement, directors such as Gary", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (franchise)" }, { "id": "5539991", "text": "the father of Golden Ticket winner Violet Beauregarde, in \"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\". He was the last surviving adult character who toured the factory in the movie; however, Diana Sowle, who played Mrs. Bucket, lived until October 2018. In 1973’s \"Soylent Green\" he played Charles, the manager of the building where the murdered character portrayed by Joseph Cotten lived. He was the bartender in \"The Shakiest Gun in the West\" (1968), and a congressman in \"\" (1972), which starred James Earl Jones as the first black president of the United States. He appeared in the Jerry Lewis vehicle", "title": "Leonard Stone" }, { "id": "3195422", "text": "who were searching nationwide for the actor to portray Charlie Bucket in \"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\". The agents took Polaroid photos of Ostrum and recorded him reading from the original novel, then returned to New York. Two months later Ostrum was called to New York for a screen test where he sang \"My Country, 'Tis of Thee\", and a month after that he was contacted and given ten days to prepare to leave for filming. Ostrum left for Munich on August 10, 1970. In 2000, Ostrum recalled that shooting \"Willy Wonka\" in Munich was \"sort of like being", "title": "Peter Ostrum" }, { "id": "11448596", "text": "Ernst Ziegler Ernst Ziegler (born Ernst Aldoff, 16 April 1894 – 11 April 1974), was a German actor. Ziegler began his film career in 1932, appearing in the German film \"Die verkaufte Braut\" (The Bartered Bride). He went on to act in other German films and on German television. In 1970, he appeared in the American film \"Something for Everyone\", starring Angela Lansbury. His final film role was as Grandpa George (Charlie Bucket's grandfather) in the 1971 film \"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\". By this time, Ziegler's health was deteriorating, and he was legally blind. He died of emphysema", "title": "Ernst Ziegler" }, { "id": "11448597", "text": "in April 1974, in West Berlin five days before his 80th birthday. Ernst Ziegler Ernst Ziegler (born Ernst Aldoff, 16 April 1894 – 11 April 1974), was a German actor. Ziegler began his film career in 1932, appearing in the German film \"Die verkaufte Braut\" (The Bartered Bride). He went on to act in other German films and on German television. In 1970, he appeared in the American film \"Something for Everyone\", starring Angela Lansbury. His final film role was as Grandpa George (Charlie Bucket's grandfather) in the 1971 film \"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\". By this time, Ziegler's", "title": "Ernst Ziegler" }, { "id": "11448579", "text": "Dora Altmann Dora Altmann (born Dora Alrich, 20 February 1881 – 24 December 1971) was a German actress, who acted in on television and film during the 1960s and early 1970s. Altmann was 80 years old when she made her screen debut in 1961 as Veronika in \"Die drei Eisbären\". She played the small uncredited part of Grandma Georgina, (Charlie Bucket's grandmother), in the 1971 film version of \"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\", her only US film credit. Her final screen role, as Frau Windegger on the episode \"Wenn Steine sprechen\" of the television series \"Tatort\", was aired in", "title": "Dora Altmann" }, { "id": "4273969", "text": "Neverland\", suggested Highmore for the part. Highmore had already read the book before, but decided to read it once more prior to auditioning. The actor did not see the original film adaptation, and chose not to see it until after Burton's production, so his portrayal would not be influenced. Before Adam Godley was officially cast as Mr. Teavee, Dan Castellaneta, Tim Allen, Ed O'Neill, Bob Saget, and Ray Romano were all considered for the role. It has been rumored that Gregory Peck was considered for the role of Grandpa Joe. Other actors that were considered for Grandpa Joe included Richard", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "11448634", "text": "Franziska Liebing Franziska Liebing (6 February 1899 – 3 January 1993) also known as Franziska Liebig, was a German film and later US film actress. Liebling was born in Ersnas, Sweden, although many sources stated she was born in Munich, where she spend her working life She was active on screen between 1953 and 1979, papering in TV series and made for TV films, although she was most notable roles as Grandma Josephine (Charlie Bucket's grandmother) in the 1971 film \"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\". Her final on-screen role came in \"Der Ruepp\" in 1979 She was married to", "title": "Franziska Liebing" }, { "id": "4273949", "text": "\"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\" in 1971) began in 1991, which resulted in Warner Bros. providing the Dahl Estate with total artistic control. Prior to Burton's involvement, directors such as Gary Ross, Rob Minkoff, Martin Scorsese and Tom Shadyac had been involved, while actors Bill Murray, Nicolas Cage, Jim Carrey, Michael Keaton, Brad Pitt, Will Smith, Adam Sandler, and many others, were either in discussion with or considered by the studio to play Wonka. Burton immediately brought regular collaborators Depp and Danny Elfman aboard. \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" represents the first time since \"The Nightmare Before Christmas\" that", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "11448580", "text": "1972. Altmann died on Christmas Eve 1971, at the age of 90, while on holiday in New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S. Dora Altmann Dora Altmann (born Dora Alrich, 20 February 1881 – 24 December 1971) was a German actress, who acted in on television and film during the 1960s and early 1970s. Altmann was 80 years old when she made her screen debut in 1961 as Veronika in \"Die drei Eisbären\". She played the small uncredited part of Grandma Georgina, (Charlie Bucket's grandmother), in the 1971 film version of \"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\", her only US film credit.", "title": "Dora Altmann" }, { "id": "16869142", "text": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (franchise) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a media franchise. It includes two books, two live-action theatrical films, two video games, and a ride. \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" is a 1964 children's book by British author Roald Dahl. The story features the adventures of young Charlie Bucket inside the chocolate factory of eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka. \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" was first published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. in 1964 and in the United Kingdom by George Allen & Unwin in 1967. \"Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator\" is", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (franchise)" }, { "id": "16869143", "text": "the sequel to \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\", continuing the story of Charlie Bucket and Willy Wonka as they travel in the Great Glass Elevator. \"Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator\" was first published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf in 1972, and in the United Kingdom by George Allen & Unwin in 1973. \"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\" is a 1971 musical film adaptation of the 1964 novel \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" by Roald Dahl. It was directed by Mel Stuart, and starred Gene Wilder as Wonka. The film tells the story of Charlie Bucket", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (franchise)" }, { "id": "4273960", "text": "with. He had previously produced another of the author's adaptations with \"James and the Giant Peach\" (1996), and, like Roald and Liccy, disliked the 1971 film because it strayed from the book's storyline. During pre-production Burton visited Dahl's former home in the Buckinghamshire village of Great Missenden. Liccy Dahl remembers Burton entering Dahl's famed writing shed and saying, \"This is the Buckets' house!\" and thinking to herself, \"Thank God, somebody gets it.\" Liccy also showed Burton the original handwritten manuscripts, which Burton discovered were more politically incorrect than the published book. The manuscripts included a child named Herpes, after the", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "16869153", "text": "the impression of movement. List indicator(s) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (franchise) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a media franchise. It includes two books, two live-action theatrical films, two video games, and a ride. \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" is a 1964 children's book by British author Roald Dahl. The story features the adventures of young Charlie Bucket inside the chocolate factory of eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka. \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" was first published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. in 1964 and in the United Kingdom by George Allen & Unwin in 1967. \"Charlie", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (franchise)" }, { "id": "4273963", "text": "estranged father-son relationship had previously appeared in \"Big Fish\", similarly directed by Burton and written by August. Warner Bros. and the director held differences over the characterizations of Charlie Bucket and Willy Wonka. The studio wanted to entirely delete Mr. Bucket and make Willy Wonka the idyllic father figure Charlie had longed for his entire life. Burton believed that Wonka would not be a good father, finding the character similar to a recluse. Burton said, \"In some ways, he's more screwed up than the kids.\" Warner Bros. also wanted Charlie to be a whiz kid, but Burton resisted the characterization.", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "4273958", "text": "was hired to start from scratch on a new script in February 2002. Lurie said she would adapt the original book and ignore the 1971 film adaptation. Dahl's estate championed Lurie after being impressed with her work on another Dahl adaptation, a live-action adaptation of \"The BFG\", for Paramount Pictures, which was never made (Paramount distributed the earlier 1971 film version of \"Charlie\", and later sold the rights to WB). In April 2002, Martin Scorsese was involved with the film, albeit briefly, but opted to direct \"The Aviator\" instead. Warner Bros. president Alan F. Horn wanted Tom Shadyac to direct", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "3489732", "text": "Noah Taylor Noah George Taylor (born 4 September 1969) is an English-Australian actor. He is best known for his roles as teenage David Helfgott in \"Shine\", Locke in HBO series \"Game of Thrones\", Mr. Bucket in \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" and Danny in the Australian cult film \"He Died with a Felafel in His Hand\". Taylor also starred as Adolf Hitler in \"Max\" and \"Preacher\". Taylor, elder of two sons, was born in London, England, the son of Australian parents, Maggie (née Miller), a journalist and book editor, and Paul Taylor, a copywriter and journalist. His parents returned to", "title": "Noah Taylor" }, { "id": "4273956", "text": "The purchase was finalized in 1998, with Dahl's widow, Felicity (\"Liccy\"), and daughter, Lucy, receiving total artistic control and final privilege on the choices of actors, directors and writers. The Dahl Estate's subsequent protection of the source material was the main reason that \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" had languished in development hell since the 1990s. Scott Frank was hired to write the screenplay in February 1999, after approaching Warner Bros. for the job. Frank, a recent Oscar-nominee for the R-rated crime film \"Out of Sight\", wanted to work on a film that his children could enjoy. As an enthusiastic", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "4273965", "text": "Palin (as well as the other three Monty Python members) had all previously expressed interest in playing Wonka in the 1971 film adaptation. Johnny Depp was the only actor Burton considered for the role, although Dwayne Johnson was Burton's second choice in case Depp was unavailable. Depp signed on without reading the script under the intention of going with a completely different approach than what Gene Wilder did in the 1971 film adaptation. Depp said regardless of the original film, Gene Wilder's characterization of Willy Wonka stood out as a unique portrayal. Depp and Burton derived their Willy Wonka from", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "16869144", "text": "as he receives a golden ticket and visits Willy Wonka's chocolate factory with four other children from around the world. Filming took place in Munich in 1970, and the film was released on June 30, 1971. It received positive reviews, but it was a box office disappointment despite the fact that it recouped its budget. However, it developed into a cult film due to its repeated television airings and home video sales. In 1972, the film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score. \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" is a 2005 film adaptation of the 1964 book of", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (franchise)" }, { "id": "4273961", "text": "sexually transmitted disease. Burton immediately thought of Johnny Depp for the role of Willy Wonka, who in August 2003 joined the film, his fourth collaboration with the director. Lurie's script received a rewrite by Pamela Pettler, who worked with Burton on \"Corpse Bride\", but the director hired \"Big Fish\" screenwriter John August in December 2003 to start from scratch. Both August and Burton were fans of the book since their childhoods. August first read \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" when he was eight years old, and subsequently sent Dahl a fan letter. He did not see the 1971 film prior", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "4273964", "text": "He wanted Charlie to be an average child who would be in the background and not get in trouble. Prior to Burton's involvement, Warner Bros. considered or discussed Willy Wonka with Bill Murray, Christopher Walken, Steve Martin, Robin Williams, Nicolas Cage, Jim Carrey, Michael Keaton, Robert De Niro, Brad Pitt, Will Smith, Mike Myers, Ben Stiller, Leslie Nielsen, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Patrick Stewart, and Adam Sandler. Dustin Hoffman and Marilyn Manson reportedly wanted the role as well. Pitt's production company, Plan B Entertainment, however, stayed on to co-finance the film with Warner Bros. Coincidentally, Cleese, Idle and", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "2522524", "text": "director for the film. Jean Renoir was the first candidate, but he would not be able to do the film for at least a year, so British-Indian director Waris Hussein was hired. With Margot Kidder co-starring with Wilder, it was filmed on location in Dublin, and at the nearby Ardmore Studios, in August and September 1969. In 1971, Wilder auditioned to play Willy Wonka in Mel Stuart's film adaptation of Roald Dahl's \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\". After reciting some lines, director Mel Stuart immediately offered him the role. Before Wilder was officially cast for the role, Fred Astaire, Joel", "title": "Gene Wilder" }, { "id": "16660265", "text": "recently closed Broadway version (instead of the West End one) and will feature only 4 child actors who will alternate the role of Charlie. The remainder of the \"child\" characters will be played adult actors. On 13 October the primary cast was announced and includes U.S. actor Paul Slade Smith (who played Grandpa George in the original cast of Charlie on Broadway) as Willy Wonka alongside Australian actors Tony Sheldon as Grandpa Joe and Lucy Maunder as Mrs Bucket. The role of Charlie will be shared between Tommy Blair, Ryan Yates, Xion Jarvis and Oliver Alkhair.. The play opens with", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (musical)" }, { "id": "4273970", "text": "Attenborough, Kirk Douglas, Albert Finney, Anthony Hopkins, Paul Newman, Max von Sydow, David Warner, Christopher Lloyd and Peter Ustinov. Principal photography for \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" started on June 21, 2004 at Pinewood Studios in England. Director Tim Burton and composer Danny Elfman found filming somewhat difficult because they were simultaneously working on \"Corpse Bride\". The Wonka Factory exterior was coincidentally constructed on the same backlot Burton had used for Gotham City in \"Batman\" (1989). The ceremonial scene required 500 local extras. The Chocolate Room/River setpiece filled Pinewood's 007 Stage. As a consequence of British Equity rules, which state", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "19934470", "text": "Emily Padgett Emily Padgett (born September 20, 1984) is an American actress, singer, and dancer. She is known for her work on Broadway as Daisy Hilton in \"Side Show\" and Sherrie Christian in \"Rock of Ages\", as well as for originating the roles of Lucy Grant in Steve Martin and Edie Brickell's \"Bright Star\", and Mrs. Bucket in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Padgett was born in Danbury, Connecticut, but moved to Lewisville, North Carolina in 1986 when she was two. Her love for musical theatre started at an early age when her parents would go to New York City", "title": "Emily Padgett" }, { "id": "5801182", "text": "Film Studios, on the day she performed her song \"I Want It Now\"). The film debuted in New York on 30 June 1971 and in London the following week, with Julie chosen to present a bouquet of flowers to Princess Margaret at the Royal Premiere. She and \"Willy Wonka\"s other pre-adolescent \"leading lady,\" American Denise Nickerson (Violet Beauregarde), both had crushes on Peter Ostrum (Charlie Bucket), also an American, and alternated days spending time with him while there were breaks in filming. Cole played trainee nurse Jo Longhurst in the first season of the British drama \"Angels\", in the mid-1970s.", "title": "Julie Dawn Cole" }, { "id": "4273977", "text": "shades of chocolate were tested before Burton settled on the proper hue. The original music score was written by Danny Elfman, a frequent collaborator with director Tim Burton. Elfman's score is based around three primary themes: a gentle family theme for the Buckets, generally set in upper woodwinds; a mystical, string-driven waltz for Willy Wonka; and a hyper-upbeat factory theme for full orchestra, Elfman's homemade synthesizer samples and the diminutive chanting voices of the Oompa-Loompas. Elfman also wrote and performed the vocals for four songs, with pitch changes and modulations to represent different singers. The lyrics to the Oompa-Loompa songs", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "89501", "text": "film adaptations of the novel were produced. The first was \"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\", a 1971 film which later became a cult classic, and spawned the real world Willy Wonka Candy Company, which produces chocolate products to this day. Thirty-four years later, a second film adaptation was produced, titled \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\". The 2005 film was very well received by critics and was one of the highest-grossing films that year, earning over US$470,000,000 worldwide. \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" was also recognized at the 78th Academy Awards, where it was nominated for Best Costume Design for", "title": "Chocolate" }, { "id": "680743", "text": "of this, both companies became highly protective of their chocolate-making processes. It was a combination of this secrecy and the elaborate, often gigantic, machines in the factory that inspired Dahl to write the story. 11-year-old Charlie Bucket lives in poverty in a small house with his parents and four grandparents. His grandparents share the only bed in the house, located in the only bedroom. Charlie and his parents sleep on mattresses on the floor. One day, Grandpa Joe tells him about the legendary and eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka and all the wonderful candies he made until the other candymakers sent", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" }, { "id": "3237093", "text": "a fawning fan. He also played a contestant billed as a \"former child star\" in two 2008 episodes of the American game show \"Duel\". On May 4, 2011, Themmen appeared on the British television morning show \"Daybreak\", alongside the other child actors from \"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\": Peter Ostrum (Charlie Bucket), Julie Dawn Cole (Veruca Salt), Denise Nickerson (Violet Beauregarde) and Michael Bollner (Augustus Gloop). They made an additional 40th Anniversary reunion appearance on NBC's \"Today Show\" eleven days later. Paris also appeared on the TV version of Trivial Pursuit in Summer 1993 and won, and was on", "title": "Paris Themmen" }, { "id": "4273979", "text": "had its premiere at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre, on July 10, 2005, where money for the Make-a-Wish Foundation was raised. The film was released in the United States on July 15, 2005 in 3,770 theaters (including IMAX theaters). Early in the development of \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" in February 2000, Warner Bros. announced their intention of marketing the film with a Broadway theatre musical after release. The studio reiterated their interest in May 2003, however, the idea was postponed by the time filming began in June 2004. The main tie-in for \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" focused on The", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "4273957", "text": "fan of the book, he intended to remain more faithful to Dahl's vision than the 1971 film had been. Nicolas Cage was under discussions for Willy Wonka, but lost interest. Gary Ross signed to direct in February 2000, which resulted in Frank completing two drafts of the screenplay, before leaving with Ross in September 2001. Both Warner Bros. and the Dahl Estate wanted Frank to stay on the project, but he faced scheduling conflicts and contractual obligations with \"Minority Report\" (2002) and \"The Lookout\" (2007). Rob Minkoff entered negotiations to take the director's position in October 2001, and Gwyn Lurie", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "4273987", "text": "the Line\". More nominations followed from the British Academy Film Awards for Visual Effects, Costume Design (Pescucci), Makeup & Hair (Peter Owen and Ivana Primorac) and Production Design (Alex McDowell). \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" was also nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film, as well as Performance by a Younger Actor (Freddie Highmore), Music (Danny Elfman) and Costume (Pescucci). Elfman and screenwriter John August were nominated for a Grammy Award with \"Wonka's Welcome Song\". Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 2005 musical fantasy comedy film directed by Tim Burton and", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "1488131", "text": "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is a 1971 American musical fantasy family film directed by Mel Stuart, and starring Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka. It is an adaptation of the 1964 novel \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" by Roald Dahl. Dahl was credited with writing the film's screenplay; however, David Seltzer, who went uncredited in the film, was brought in to re-work the screenplay against Dahl's wishes, making major changes to the ending and adding musical numbers. These changes and other decisions made by the director led Dahl to disown the film. The", "title": "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" }, { "id": "773960", "text": "elder sister, Mabel Albertson, (who died ten months later from Alzheimer's disease) were cremated and their ashes were scattered in the Pacific Ocean. Jack Albertson Harold Albertson (June 16, 1907 – November 25, 1981) professionally known as Jack Albertson, was an American actor, comedian, dancer and singer who also performed in vaudeville. Albertson is known for his role as John Cleary in \"The Subject Was Roses\" (1968), for which he received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor; Grandpa Joe in \"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\" (1971); Manny Rosen in \"The Poseidon Adventure\" (1972); and Ed Brown in the", "title": "Jack Albertson" }, { "id": "3868314", "text": "to Tim Burton for \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\", in which Highmore played Charlie Bucket and Depp played Willy Wonka. Ian Hart appears as Barrie's friend Arthur Conan Doyle. Oliver Fox plays Mary's lover Gilbert Cannan. Within the film are scenes of a production of the play, featuring Kelly Macdonald as \"Peter Pan\", Angus Barnett as \"Nana\", Toby Jones as \"Smee\", Kate Maberly as \"Wendy Darling\", Matt Green as \"John Darling\", Catrin Rhys as \"Michael Darling\", Tim Potter as \"Captain Hook\"/\"George Darling\" and Jane Booker as \"Mary Darling\". Mackenzie Crook plays Mr. Jaspers, the theatre usher. Paul Whitehouse plays the", "title": "Finding Neverland (film)" }, { "id": "4273981", "text": "$474,968,763. It was the fifty-eighth highest-grossing film of all time when released, as well as seventh-highest for the US and eighth-highest worldwide for the year of 2005. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the film an approval rating of 83% based on 222 reviews, with an average rating of 7.2/10. The site's critical consensus reads, \"Closer to the source material than 1971's \"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\", \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" is for people who like their \"Chocolate\" visually appealing and dark.\" On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 72 out of 100, based on 40", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "16869146", "text": "Ross, Rob Minkoff, Martin Scorsese and Tom Shadyac had been involved, while Warner Bros. either considered or discussed the role of Willy Wonka with Nicolas Cage, Jim Carrey, Michael Keaton, Brad Pitt, Will Smith and Adam Sandler. Burton immediately brought regular collaborators Johnny Depp and Danny Elfman aboard. \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" represents the first time since \"The Nightmare Before Christmas\" that Elfman contributed to the film score using written songs and his vocals. Filming took place from June to December 2004 at Pinewood Studios in the United Kingdom, where Burton avoided using digital effects as much as possible.", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (franchise)" }, { "id": "4273959", "text": "Jim Carrey as Willy Wonka, believing the duo could make \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" relevant to mainstream audiences, but Liccy Dahl opposed this. After receiving enthusiastic approval from the Dahl Estate, Warner Bros. hired Tim Burton to direct in May 2003. Burton compared the project's languishing development to \"Batman\" (1989), which he directed, in how there had been varied creative efforts with both films. He said, \"Scott Frank's version was the best, probably the clearest, and the most interesting, but they had abandoned that.\" Liccy Dahl commented that Burton was the first and only director the estate was happy", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "19934475", "text": "2016 before officially opening on March 24. The musical closed on June 26, 2016 after 30 previews and 109 regular performances. On August 9, 2016, it was announced that Padgett would join Sutton Foster in a limited run, off-Broadway revival of \"Sweet Charity\". The show closed on January 8, 2017. On December 19, 2016, it was announced that Padgett would star as Mrs. Bucket in \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\". Sources: Sources: Sources: On January 12, 2017, Padgett got engaged to actor Josh Young. They were married on June 3, 2018. Emily Padgett Emily Padgett (born September 20, 1984) is", "title": "Emily Padgett" }, { "id": "11448487", "text": "(1971), in which he played the minor role of a \"tinker\" who spoke to Charlie Bucket (Peter Ostrum) at the gates of Willy Wonka's chocolate factory during the first few minutes of the film. Capell died in Munich, West Germany on March 3, 1986, aged 73. No cause of death was announced. Peter Capell Peter Capell (3 September 1912 – 3 March 1986) was a German actor who was active on screen from 1945 until 1985. Apart from a lengthy film career, he appeared in many television series and mini-series. He appeared in many old time radio programs including the", "title": "Peter Capell" }, { "id": "3489738", "text": "Access Axis, and The Thirteens, a country-western rock band described by Taylor as, \"three manic depressives playing sad angst and western music for sad people\". He names Johnny Cash and Lou Reed as two of the artists he admires. On 14 November 2012, he married Dionne Harris, an Australian fashion designer. Taylor lives in Brighton, East Sussex. Noah Taylor Noah George Taylor (born 4 September 1969) is an English-Australian actor. He is best known for his roles as teenage David Helfgott in \"Shine\", Locke in HBO series \"Game of Thrones\", Mr. Bucket in \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" and Danny", "title": "Noah Taylor" }, { "id": "4273971", "text": "that children can only work four and a half hours a day, filming for \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" took six months, ending in December 2004. The architecture of the Bucket family home was influenced by Burton's visit to Roald Dahl's writing hut. Like the book, the film has a \"timeless\" setting and is not set in a specific country. \"We've tried not to pinpoint it to any place,\" production designer Alex McDowell explained. \"The cars, in fact, drive down the middle of the road.\" The town, whose design was shaped by the black and white urban photography of Bill", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "773949", "text": "Jack Albertson Harold Albertson (June 16, 1907 – November 25, 1981) professionally known as Jack Albertson, was an American actor, comedian, dancer and singer who also performed in vaudeville. Albertson is known for his role as John Cleary in \"The Subject Was Roses\" (1968), for which he received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor; Grandpa Joe in \"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\" (1971); Manny Rosen in \"The Poseidon Adventure\" (1972); and Ed Brown in the television sitcom \"Chico and the Man\" (1974–78). For his contributions to the television industry, Albertson was honored with a star on the Hollywood", "title": "Jack Albertson" }, { "id": "89500", "text": "with the holiday. Chocolate is an acceptable gift on other holidays and on occasions such as birthdays. Many confectioners make holiday-specific chocolate candies. Chocolate Easter eggs or rabbits and Santa Claus figures are two examples. Such confections can be solid, hollow, or filled with sweets or fondant. Chocolate has been the center of several successful book and film adaptations. In 1964, Roald Dahl published a children's novel titled \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\". The novel centers on a poor boy named Charlie Bucket who takes a tour through the greatest chocolate factory in the world, owned by Willy Wonka. Two", "title": "Chocolate" }, { "id": "658594", "text": "Dahl wrote screenplays. Two, the James Bond film \"You Only Live Twice\" and \"Chitty Chitty Bang Bang\", were adaptations of novels by Ian Fleming. Dahl also began adapting his own novel \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\", which was completed and rewritten by David Seltzer after Dahl failed to meet deadlines, and produced as the film \"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\" (1971). Dahl later disowned the film, saying he was \"disappointed\" because \"he thought it placed too much emphasis on Willy Wonka and not enough on Charlie\". He was also \"infuriated\" by the deviations in the plot devised by David", "title": "Roald Dahl" }, { "id": "13060669", "text": "Parks, and writers Kirker Butler, Steve Callaghan, Mark Hentemann, Danny Smith, Alec Sulkin, and John Viener made cameo appearances in the episode as well. Actress Meredith Baxter-Birney voices herself in a cutaway. Actors Adam West and Patrick Warburton appeared in the episode as well. When Lois is given her contract after getting a job at Fox News, she happily runs home in a way reminiscent of \"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\" when that film's protagonist, Charlie Bucket, runs home after receiving his golden ticket. She then falls and starts moaning, much like Peter did after he won a tour", "title": "Fox-y Lady" }, { "id": "4754413", "text": "to Daniel Wallace's novel \"\" after reading it as a not-yet published manuscript. His adaptation became the 2003 Tim Burton film of the same name and earned August a 2003 BAFTA Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. He would return to the world of \"Charlie's Angels\" to write its sequel, 2003's \"\". August has spoken about the difficult production process for the film. He reunited with Big Fish director Burton in 2005 for \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\", an adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic children's book. August had written to Dahl as part of a third grade class project, and", "title": "John August" }, { "id": "4273980", "text": "Willy Wonka Candy Company, a division of Nestlé. A small range of Wonka Bars were launched, utilizing their prominence in the film. The release of \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" also rekindled public interest in Roald Dahl's 1964 book, and appeared on the \"New York Times\" Best Seller list from July 3 to October 23, 2005. \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" earned $56,178,450 in its opening weekend, the fifth-highest opening weekend gross for 2005, and stayed at #1 for two weeks. The film eventually grossed $206,459,076 in US totals and $268,509,687 in foreign countries, coming to a worldwide total of", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "427554", "text": "and color. Starring Ewan McGregor as young Edward Bloom and Albert Finney as an older Edward Bloom, the film also stars Jessica Lange, Billy Crudup, Danny DeVito, Alison Lohman and Marion Cotillard. \"Big Fish\" is also notable as Miley Cyrus' first film—she plays \"Young Ruthie\" credited under her birth name, Destiny Hope Cyrus. \"Big Fish\" received four Golden Globe nominations as well as an Academy Award nomination for Elfman's score. \"Big Fish\" was also the second collaboration between Burton and Helena Bonham Carter, who played the characters of Jenny and the Witch. \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" (2005) is an", "title": "Tim Burton" }, { "id": "4273972", "text": "Brandt, as well as Pittsburgh and Northern England, is arranged like a medieval village, with Wonka's estate on top and the Bucket shack below. The filmmakers also used fascist architecture for Wonka's factory exterior, and designed most of the sets on 360° sound stages, similar to cycloramas. Burton biographer Mark Salisbury wrote that \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" \"melds 1950s and '70s visuals with a futuristic sensibility that seems straight out of a 1960s sense of the future.\" The \"TV Room\" was patterned after photographs from the films \"\", \"\", and \"THX 1138\". \"Danger Diabolik\" also served as inspiration for", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "16660264", "text": "producers announced that production would close on 14 January 2018 after 27 previews and 305 performances. The US tour premiered on 21 September 2018 in Buffalo, New York at Shea's Performing Arts Center. It is a replica of the Broadway production and stars Noah Weisberg as Willy Wonka, James Young as Grandpa Joe and Amanda Rose as Mrs Bucket, with the role of Charlie being alternated between Henry Boshart, Collin Jeffery and Rueby Wood. The Australian premier of the musical will be held at Sydney's Capitol Theatre on 5 January 2019. The musical will be a replica production of the", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (musical)" }, { "id": "2351217", "text": "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator is a children's book by British author Roald Dahl. It is the sequel to \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\", continuing the story of young Charlie Bucket and chocolatier Willy Wonka as they travel in the Great Glass Elevator. The book was first published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. in 1972, and in the United Kingdom by George Allen & Unwin in 1973. Although the original book has been filmed three times, in 1971, 2005, and an animated adaptation in 2017, \"The Great Glass Elevator\"", "title": "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator" }, { "id": "1488146", "text": "because it was significantly cheaper than filming in the United States and the setting was conducive to Wonka's factory; Stuart also liked the ambiguity and unfamiliarity of the location. External shots of the factory were filmed at the gasworks of Stadtwerke München (Emmy-Noether-Straße 10); the entrance and side buildings still exist. The exterior of Charlie Bucket's house, a set constructed solely for the film, was filmed at Quellenstraße in Munich. Charlie's school was filmed at Katholisches Pfarramt St. Sylvester, Biedersteiner Straße 1 in Munich. Bill's Candy Shop was filmed at Lilienstraße, Munich. The closing sequence when the Wonkavator is flying", "title": "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" }, { "id": "4273966", "text": "children's television show hosts such as Bob Keeshan (\"Captain Kangaroo\"), Fred Rogers, and Al Lewis from \"The Uncle Al Show\", and Depp also took inspiration from various game show hosts. Burton recalled from his childhood that the characters were bizarre but left lasting impressions. He said, \"It was kind of a strange amalgamation of these weird children's TV show hosts.\" Depp based Wonka's look (exaggerated bob cut and sunglasses) on \"Vogue\" magazine editor Anna Wintour. Comparisons were drawn between Willy Wonka and Michael Jackson. Burton disagreed with the comparisons and said Jackson, unlike Wonka, liked children. Depp said the similarities", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "7588873", "text": "include: \"Minder\" in the Series 1 episode \"Come in T-64, Your Time Is Ticking Away\" (1979), \"Casualty\" (1996), \"Lovejoy\" (1994), \"London's Burning\" (2002), \"Doctors\" (2002; 2005), \"The Bill\" (2006), \"Crocodile Shoes II\" (2006), \"The Line of Beauty\" (2006), \"Holby City\" (2006), \"Dream Team\" (2002), \"Afterlife\" (2005) and the television drama \"Angel Cake\" (2006). He has also appeared in several films, including the 1977 film \"Black Joy\", where he played loan shark Jomo, and the 2005 Tim Burton adaptation of \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\", where he played the shopkeeper in whose shop Charlie Bucket finds the final Golden Ticket. In", "title": "Oscar James" }, { "id": "4273982", "text": "critics, indicating \"generally favorable reviews\". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of \"A–\" on an A+ to F scale. Owen Gleiberman of \"Entertainment Weekly\" praised \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\", writing \"Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka may be a stone freak, but he is also one of Burton's classic crackpot conjurers, like \"Beetlejuice\" or \"Ed Wood\".\" Roger Ebert gave an overall positive review and enjoyed the film. He was primarily impressed by Tim Burton's direction of the younger cast members, but was disappointed with Depp's performance: \"What was Depp thinking of? In \"\" he was famously", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "1488159", "text": "8, 1996, Hip-O Records (in conjunction with MCA Records, which by then owned the Paramount catalog), released the soundtrack on CD as a \"25th Anniversary Edition\". In 2016, UMe and Geffen Records released a 45th Anniversary Edition LP. The music and songs, in order of appearance, are as follows: The track listing for the soundtrack, originally released on MCA Records, is as follows: Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is a 1971 American musical fantasy family film directed by Mel Stuart, and starring Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka. It is an adaptation of the", "title": "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" }, { "id": "4273967", "text": "with Jackson never occurred to him. Instead, he compared Wonka to Howard Hughes due to his \"reclusive, germaphobe, controlling\" nature. Burton agreed with the similarity to Hughes. He also cited Charles Foster Kane from \"Citizen Kane\" as an inspiration for Wonka, as Kane is \"somebody who was brilliant but then was traumatized and then retreats into their own world\". Depp wanted to sport prosthetic makeup for the part and have a long, elongated nose, but Burton believed it would be too outrageous. During production, Gene Wilder, in an interview with \"The Daily Telegraph\", accused the filmmakers of only remaking the", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "208077", "text": "version of \"Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory\". At this point, with the help of the play's casting director Laura Kennedy, he joined the William Morris Agency. Soon after, he landed the role of Charlie (#96) in \"The Mighty Ducks\" series, playing a young and aspiring hockey player. Joshua Jackson went on to appear as Pacey Witter on \"Dawson's Creek\", which ran on the WB network from 1998–2003, and also starred James Van Der Beek, Michelle Williams and Katie Holmes. While the show was on hiatus, he appeared in several movies including \"Cruel Intentions\" (a New York yuppie adaptation of", "title": "Joshua Jackson" }, { "id": "16869147", "text": "\"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" was released to critical praise and was a box office success, grossing approximately $475 million worldwide, but received mixed to negative reviews when compared with the original 1971 film. A direct-to-video animated crossover film adaptation starring Tom and Jerry, entitled \"Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory\", was released in 2017. It stars JP Karliak as Willy Wonka and is dedicated to Gene Wilder, who died less than a year before the release. In October 2016 it was confirmed that Warner Bros are planning a prequel film depicting Willy Wonka's \"early adventures\" prior", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (franchise)" }, { "id": "3232431", "text": "Willy Wonka Willy Wonka is a fictional character who appears in Roald Dahl's 1964 children's novel \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" and its sequel \"Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator\". In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Wonka has hidden five Golden Tickets inside chocolate bars, with the finders being rewarded with a tour of his factory and a promise of a lifetimes supply of chocolate, throughout the tour four of the children, with Charlie Bucket being left as the winner. At this point Wonka reveals that the real prize is the factory, as Wonka needs someone to take over the", "title": "Willy Wonka" }, { "id": "2483980", "text": "\"A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum\", \"How I Won the War\", \"The Bed Sitting Room\", \"Juggernaut\" and the \"Musketeer\" series of the 1970s and 1980s. He appeared with Christopher Lee in the Hammer horror film \"Taste the Blood of Dracula\" (1970). Also in 1970 he played Mr. Perkins, Melody's father in Waris Hussein's \"Melody\", a puppy love story. He played the father of spoiled rich girl Veruca Salt in the film \"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\" (1971), an adaptation of Roald Dahl's children's novel \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\". He guest-starred in \"The Goodies'\" episode", "title": "Roy Kinnear" }, { "id": "680753", "text": "Vanilla Fudge Room\") from an early draft of the book. \"The Guardian\" reported the now-eliminated passage was \"deemed too wild, subversive and insufficiently moral for the tender minds of British children almost 50 years ago.\" In what was originally chapter five in that version of the book, Charlie goes to the factory with his mother (instead of his grandfather, as originally published). At this point, the chocolate factory tour is down to eight kids, including Tommy Troutbeck and Wilbur Rice. After the entire group climbs to the top of the titular fudge mountain, eating vanilla fudge along the way, Troutbeck", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" }, { "id": "5548454", "text": "Deep Roy Gurdeep Roy (born Mohinder Purba; 1 December 1957), sometimes credited as Roy Deep, is an Anglo-Indian actor, stuntman, puppeteer and comedian. Due to his diminutive size, he has appeared in a number of similar-sized roles, such as the Oompa-Loompas in \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\", Keenser in \"Star Trek\" and subsequent films (\"Kelvin Timeline\"), and in television series such as \"The X-Files\", \"Doctor Who\" and \"Eastbound & Down\". Roy was born in Nairobi, Kenya, to Indian parents. He made his professional screen acting debut in a 1976 episode of \"The New Avengers\", titled \"Target!\" as a character named", "title": "Deep Roy" }, { "id": "4273953", "text": "factory, who then leads them into the facility. Individual character flaws cause four children to give into temptation and the Oompa-Loompas (Deep Roy) sing a song of morality after each elimination. During the tour, flashbacks reveal Wonka's troubled past; his father, a prominent dentist named Wilbur (Christopher Lee), strictly forbade Wonka from consuming candy due to the potential risk to his teeth. After sneaking over a piece of candy, Wonka was instantly hooked, and ran away to follow his dreams. When he returned, both his father and their house were gone. After the tour, the four children leave the factory", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "680747", "text": "reason behind his Golden Tickets, names Charlie his successor. They ride the Great Glass Elevator to Charlie's house while the other four children go home (Augustus squeezed thin, Violet all blue in the face, Veruca covered in trash, and Mike stretched ten feet tall). Afterwards, Wonka invites Charlie's family to come live with him in the factory, and they do. Dahl’s widow said that Charlie was originally written as 'a little black boy.' Dahl’s biographer said the change to a white character was driven by Dahl’s agent, who thought a black Charlie would not appeal to readers. In the first", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" }, { "id": "1840591", "text": "Patricia Routledge Dame Katherine Patricia Routledge, (; born 17 February 1929) is an English actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Hyacinth Bucket in the BBC sitcom \"Keeping Up Appearances\" (1990–95), for which she was nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Light Entertainment Performance in 1992 and 1993. Her film appearances include \"To Sir, with Love\" (1967) and \"Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River\" (1968). Routledge made her professional stage debut at the Liverpool Playhouse in 1952 and her Broadway debut in \"How's the World Treating You\" in 1966. She won the 1968", "title": "Patricia Routledge" }, { "id": "1488145", "text": "play Bill, the candy store owner, but Stuart did not like the idea because he felt that the presence of a big star in the candy store scene would break the reality. Nevertheless, Davis' recording of the film's opening musical number, \"The Candy Man,\" would top the \"Billboard\" record charts in 1972, despite the fact that Davis initially hated the song. Anthony Newley also wanted to play Bill, but Stuart also objected to this for the same reason. Principal photography commenced on August 31, 1970, and ended on November 19, 1970. The primary shooting location was Munich, Bavaria, West Germany,", "title": "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" }, { "id": "4273955", "text": "to help Wonka confront and reconcile with his estranged father; Wonka finally realizes the value of family, while his father learns to accept his son for who he is, and not what he does. In the end, Wonka finally allows Charlie's family to move into the factory. Author Roald Dahl disapproved of the 1971 film adaptation and declined the film rights to produce the sequel, \"Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator\". Warner Bros. and Brillstein-Grey Entertainment entered discussions with the Dahl estate in 1991, hoping to purchase the rights to produce another film version of \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\".", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "1820015", "text": "of Wilbur in Manchester and Leeds. He also featured in \"Doctor Who: Live\" touring the UK, as Vorgenson The Inter-Galactic Showman, before appearing in Pantomime as Captain Hook at the Lyceum Theatre in Sheffield. Planer went on to star as Grandpa Joe in the original production of \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\", which opened in London's West End in 2013. Planer has appeared in films, including \"Flood, Virgin Territory, Bright Young Things, Hogfather, The Colour of Magic, The Wind in the Willows, Land Girls, Clockwork Mice, Carry on Columbus, Brazil, The Supergrass\", \"I Give It a Year\", \"The Apple Picker\"", "title": "Nigel Planer" }, { "id": "1890115", "text": "jointly owned by Iberdrola Renewables and EDP Renewables North America (formerly Horizon Wind Energy). Peter Ostrum, who played the role of Charlie Bucket in \"Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory\" lives in and practices Veterinary Medicine in Lowville. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 38.1 square miles (98.7 km²), of which 37.8 square miles (97.9 km²) is land and 0.3 square mile (0.8 km²) (0.84%) is water. New York State Route 177 ends at New York State Route 12 in Lowville. West-south highways New York State Route 26 and New York State", "title": "Lowville, New York" }, { "id": "14725530", "text": "David Morris (actor) David Cedric Morris (11 September 1924 – 29 October 2007) was an English painter and actor, perhaps best known for his role as Grandpa George in \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" (2005). He made his debut as a professional actor at the age of 79. Morris was born in Folkestone, Kent. He won a choral scholarship to Magdalen College School, Oxford, at the age of nine. He went on to read English at Magdalen College at the University of Oxford. His tutor was C. S. Lewis. During World War II, his brother was killed in North Africa.", "title": "David Morris (actor)" }, { "id": "5801181", "text": "Julie Dawn Cole Julie Dawn Cole (born 26 October 1957) is an English actress and politician who has been active for more than 40 years. She began as a child performer in what remains her best-remembered film, 1971's \"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\", playing the spoiled Veruca Salt. She has two children. A native of Guildford, Surrey, Cole was twelve when she was cast in the supporting role during the project's pre-production phase in the first half of 1970 (she celebrated her 13th birthday eight weeks into the film's 11½-week filming schedule in Southern Germany's sprawling production complex, Bavaria", "title": "Julie Dawn Cole" }, { "id": "2483975", "text": "Roy Kinnear Roy Mitchell Kinnear (8 January 1934 – 20 September 1988) was an English character actor. He is known for his roles in films directed by Richard Lester; including Algernon in \"Help!\" (1965); Clapper in \"How I Won the War\" (1967); and Planchet in \"The Three Musketeers\" (1973), reprising the latter role in the 1974 and 1989 sequels. He is also known for playing Private Monty Bartlett in \"The Hill\" (1965), Henry Salt in the 1971 film \"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\", and cruise director Curtain in \"Juggernaut\" (1974). Kinnear made his stage debut in 1955, and came", "title": "Roy Kinnear" }, { "id": "6341900", "text": "three separate seasons of a one-man stage adaptation at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Hardy also appeared in the Festival with his own take on \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\", along with special guest Julie Dawn Cole, who portrayed Veruca Salt in the 1971 film version. “A tragic and triumphant, touching, and genuinely funny true story” (The Age) Hardy's TV credits include hosting two series of \"The Big Schmooze\", Foxtel's only \"Tonight Show\" on The Comedy Channel and appearing as a panelist and roving reporter on ABC-TV's \"The Fat\". He was part of the BAFTA-winning \"The Sketch Show\" writing team", "title": "Matthew Hardy" }, { "id": "1782514", "text": "York. The cast included Bernadette Peters as Rose, Tammy Blanchard as Louise and John Dossett as Herbie. Mendes also directed the 2014 Olivier Award-nominated stage adaptation of Roald Dahl's \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\". Mendes directed Jez Butterworth's \"The Ferryman\" for the Royal Court Theatre in London in 2017, of which he won an Olivier Award for best director. In 1999 Mendes made his film directorial debut with \"American Beauty\", starring Kevin Spacey. The film grossed $356.3 million worldwide. The film won the Golden Globe Award, the BAFTA Award and the Academy Award for Best Picture. Mendes won the Golden", "title": "Sam Mendes" }, { "id": "4273976", "text": "deposit its meat onto a conveyor belt. \"Ultimately, the scene was supplemented by CGI and animatronics,\" Burton said, \"but for the close-ups and the main action, they're the real thing.\" Wonka's Viking boat for the Chocolate River sequence floats down a realistic river filled with 192,000 gallons of faux melted chocolate. \"Having seen the first film, we wanted to make the chocolate river look edible,\" McDowell said. \"In the first film, it's so distasteful.\" The production first considered a CGI river, but Burton was impressed with the artificial substance when he saw how it clung to the boat's oars. Nine", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "4273978", "text": "are adapted from the original book, and are thus credited to Roald Dahl. Following Burton's suggestion, each song in the score is designed to reflect a different archetype. \"Wonka's Welcome Song\" is a maddeningly cheerful theme park ditty, \"Augustus Gloop\" a Bollywood spectacle (per Deep Roy's suggestion), \"Violet Beauregarde\" is 1970s funk, \"Veruca Salt\" is 1960s bubblegum pop / psychedelic pop, and \"Mike Teavee\" is a tribute to late 1970s hard rock (such as Queen) and early 1980s hair bands. The original motion picture soundtrack was released on July 12, 2005 by Warner Bros. Records. \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\"", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "4273954", "text": "with an exaggerated characteristic or deformity related to their demise, while Charlie learns Wonka intended to find a worthy heir to his factory. Since Charlie was the \"least rotten\" of the five, Wonka invites Charlie to come live and work in the factory with him, but declines as his family is the most important thing in his life. Charlie and his family are living contently a while later, however Wonka is too depressed to make candy the way he used to, causing his candy to sell poorly and his company to decline. He turns to Charlie for advice. Charlie decides", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "1342317", "text": "Veruca Salt Veruca Salt is an American alternative rock band founded in Chicago, Illinois, United States, in 1992 by vocalist-guitarists Nina Gordon and Louise Post, drummer Jim Shapiro and bassist Steve Lack. Named after Veruca Salt, the British spoiled rich girl from the 1964 children's book \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" by Roald Dahl and its 1971 film adaptation \"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\" directed by Mel Stuart, Veruca Salt was formed in Chicago by Louise Post (guitar/vocals) and Nina Gordon (guitar/vocals). Post and Gordon were introduced through mutual friend Lili Taylor, and began playing music together. They wrote", "title": "Veruca Salt" }, { "id": "680749", "text": "Charlie as a black child was evidence that he was not racist. Various unused and draft material from Dahl's early versions of the novel have been found. In the initial, unpublished drafts of \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" nine golden tickets were distributed to tour Willy Wonka's secret chocolate factory and the children faced more rooms and more temptations to test their self-control. Some of the names of the children cut from the final work include: \"Spotty Powder\" was first published as a short story in 1973. In 1998 it was included in the children's horror anthology Scary! Stories That", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" }, { "id": "680763", "text": "Wonka, Jr.\" and almost always featuring musical numbers by all the main characters (Wonka, Charlie, Grandpa Joe, Violet, Veruca, etc.); many of the songs are revised versions from the 1971 film. \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" has undergone numerous editions and been illustrated by numerous artists. The cover photo of the 50th anniversary edition, published by Penguin Modern Classics for sale in the UK and aimed at the adult market received widespread commentary and criticism. The cover is a photo of a heavily made up young girl seated on her mother's knee and wearing a doll-like expression, taken by the", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" }, { "id": "5624294", "text": "David Kelly (actor) David Kelly (11 July 1929 – 12 February 2012) was an Irish actor who had regular roles in several film and television works from the 1950s onwards. One of the most recognisable voices and faces of Irish stage and screen, Kelly was known for his roles as Rashers Tierney in \"Strumpet City\", Cousin Enda in \"Me Mammy\", the builder Mr O'Reilly in \"Fawlty Towers\", and Grandpa Joe in the film \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" (2005). Another notable role was as Michael O'Sullivan in \"Waking Ned Devine\". Kelly was born 11 July 1929 in Dublin, Ireland, and", "title": "David Kelly (actor)" }, { "id": "7558878", "text": "in \"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\", where he played the character of Bill, the Candy Store Owner, singing \"The Candy Man\" near the beginning of the film, the single was later a hit for entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. During the early 1970s he collaborated on the musical \"Trelawny\" with friend Julian Slade. His television credits include \"Z-Cars\", \"Up Pompeii!\", \"Doctor Who\", \"Blake's 7\", \"Auf Wiedersehen, Pet\" and \"Ever Decreasing Circles\". He also appeared as Jacob and Potiphar in the 1991 production of \"Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat\" at the London Palladium, the soundtrack of which topped the British", "title": "Aubrey Woods" }, { "id": "16869149", "text": "original version which premiered in 2004, the Junior version, the Kids version, and the Theatre for Young Audience version. All are owned by Music Theatre International, the company that owns the Willy Wonka license. The Estate of Roald Dahl sanctioned an operatic adaptation called \"The Golden Ticket\". It was written by composer Peter Ash and British librettist Donald Sturrock. \"The Golden Ticket\" has completely original music and was commissioned by the American Lyric Theater, Lawrence Edelson (producing artistic director), and Felicity Dahl. The opera received its world premiere at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis on 13 June 2010, in a", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (franchise)" }, { "id": "2439876", "text": "as a one-woman show. She co-starred with Whoopi Goldberg in \"Bagdad Cafe\", the television series based on the movie of the same name and made a guest appearance September 30, 1978, on the sixth episode of the third season of \"The Muppet Show\". Stapleton's awards for \"All in the Family\" include three Emmys and two Golden Globes. In 1971, she bested both Mary Tyler Moore and Marlo Thomas for the Best Actress in a Comedy award on May 9, which happened to be Mother's Day. She was offered a role in the feature film \"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\"", "title": "Jean Stapleton" } ]

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[ { "id": "318218", "text": "and the integral computes the area between that half of a circle and the axis. The trigonometric functions rely on angles, and mathematicians generally use radians as units of measurement. plays an important role in angles measured in radians, which are defined so that a complete circle spans an angle of 2 radians. The angle measure of 180° is equal to radians, and 1° = /180 radians. Common trigonometric functions have periods that are multiples of ; for example, sine and cosine have period 2, so for any angle and any integer , Many of the appearances of in the", "title": "Pi" }, { "id": "18947201", "text": "the angle is measured as long as each angle is measured in the same unit. One \"radian\" is the angle subtended by an arc of a circle that has the same length as the circle's radius. The radian is the derived quantity of angular measurement in the SI system. By definition, it is dimensionless, though it may be specified as \"rad\" to avoid ambiguity. Angles measured in degrees, are shown with the symbol °. Subdivisions of the degree are minute (symbol ', 1' = 1/60°) and second {symbol \", 1\" = 1/3600°}. An angle of 360° corresponds to the angle", "title": "Angular unit" }, { "id": "318229", "text": "if a compact surface has Gauss curvature \"K\", then where is the Euler characteristic, which is an integer. An example is the surface area of a sphere \"S\" of curvature 1 (so that its radius of curvature, which coincides with its radius, is also 1.) The Euler characteristic of a sphere can be computed from its homology groups and is found to be equal to two. Thus we have reproducing the formula for the surface area of a sphere of radius 1. The constant appears in many other integral formulae in topology, in particular, those involving characteristic classes via the", "title": "Pi" }, { "id": "4908151", "text": "0.1 mil equals exactly 1 cm at 100 meters), while conversions of minutes of arc to both metric and imperial values are approximate. Because of the definition of pi, in a circle with a diameter of one there are 2000π milliradians (≈ 6283.185 mil) per full turn. In other words, one real milliradian covers just under of the circumference of a circle, which is the definition used by telescopic rifle sight manufacturers in reticles for stadiametric rangefinding. For maps and artillery, three rounded definitions are used which are close to the real definition, but more easily can be divided into", "title": "Milliradian" }, { "id": "318256", "text": "technologically minded groups. Several college cheers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology include \"3.14159\". Pi Day in 2015 was particularly significant because the date and time 3/14/15 9:26:53 reflected many more digits of pi. During the 2011 auction for Nortel's portfolio of valuable technology patents, Google made a series of unusually specific bids based on mathematical and scientific constants, including . In 1958 Albert Eagle proposed replacing by (tau), where , to simplify formulas. However, no other authors are known to use in this way. Some people use a different value, , arguing that , as the number of radians", "title": "Pi" }, { "id": "318202", "text": "being used as late as 1767. Euler started using the single-letter form beginning with his 1727 \"Essay Explaining The Properties Of Air\", though he used , the ratio of radius to periphery, in this and some later writing. Euler first used in his 1736 work \"Mechanica\", and continued in his widely-read 1748 work \"Introductio in analysin infinitorum\" (he wrote: \"for the sake of brevity we will write this number as ; thus is equal to half the circumference of a circle of radius 1\"). Because Euler corresponded heavily with other mathematicians in Europe, the use of the Greek letter spread", "title": "Pi" }, { "id": "318257", "text": "in one turn, or as the ratio of a circle's circumference to its radius rather than its diameter, is more natural than and simplifies many formulas. Celebrations of this number, because it approximately equals 6.28, by making 28 June \"Tau Day\" and eating \"twice the pie\", have been reported in the media. However, this use of has not made its way into mainstream mathematics. In 1897, an amateur American mathematician attempted to persuade the Indiana legislature to pass the Indiana Pi Bill, which described a method to square the circle and contained text that implied various incorrect values for ,", "title": "Pi" }, { "id": "7475726", "text": "second\" is in calculation of the power transmitted by a shaft. In the International System of Units, widely used in physics and engineering, the power \"p\" is equal to the rotational speed \"ω\" (in radians per second) multiplied by the torque \"τ\" applied to the shaft, in newton-meters. Thus, , and the unit is the watt, with no numerical coefficient needed. In other systems, an additional factor may be necessary. For example, if one multiplies angular velocity in revolutions per minute (rpm) by the torque in pound-feet, then a factor is needed to convert the result in horsepower. An angular", "title": "Radian per second" }, { "id": "15380595", "text": "Life of Pi (film) Life of Pi is a 2012 American survival drama film based on Yann Martel's 2001 novel of the same name. Directed by Ang Lee, the film's adapted screenplay was written by David Magee, and it stars Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Rafe Spall, Tabu Hashmi, Adil Hussain, and Gérard Depardieu. The storyline revolves around an Indian man named \"Pi\" Patel, telling a novelist about his life story, and how at 16 he survives a shipwreck and is adrift in the Pacific Ocean on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger. The film had its worldwide premiere as the", "title": "Life of Pi (film)" }, { "id": "318166", "text": "Pi The number () is a mathematical constant. Originally defined as the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, it now has various equivalent definitions and appears in many formulas in all areas of mathematics and physics. It is approximately equal to 3.14159. It has been represented by the Greek letter \"\" since the mid-18th century, though it is also sometimes spelled out as \"pi\". It is also called Archimedes' constant. Being an irrational number, cannot be expressed as a common fraction (equivalently, its decimal representation never ends and never settles into a permanently repeating pattern). Still, fractions such", "title": "Pi" }, { "id": "337381", "text": "Pi Day Pi Day is an annual celebration of the mathematical constant (pi). Pi Day is observed on March 14 (3/14 in the \"month/day\" format) since 3, 1, and 4 are the first three significant digits of . In 2009, the United States House of Representatives supported the designation of Pi Day. Pi Approximation Day is observed on July 22 (22/7 in the \"day/month\" format), since the fraction is a common approximation of, which is accurate to two decimal places and dates from Archimedes. Two Pi Day, also known as Tau Day, is lightly observed on June 28 (6/28 in", "title": "Pi Day" }, { "id": "318217", "text": "ellipses, spheres, cones, and tori. Below are some of the more common formulae that involve . The formulae above are special cases of the volume of the \"n\"-dimensional ball and the surface area of its boundary, the (\"n\"−1)-dimensional sphere, given below. Definite integrals that describe circumference, area, or volume of shapes generated by circles typically have values that involve . For example, an integral that specifies half the area of a circle of radius one is given by: In that integral the function represents the top half of a circle (the square root is a consequence of the Pythagorean theorem),", "title": "Pi" }, { "id": "352110", "text": "Radian The radian (SI symbol rad) is the SI unit for measuring angles, and is the standard unit of angular measure used in many areas of mathematics. The length of an arc of a unit circle is numerically equal to the measurement in radians of the angle that it subtends; one radian is just under 57.3 degrees (expansion at ). The unit was formerly an SI supplementary unit, but this category was abolished in 1995 and the radian is now considered an SI derived unit. Separately, the SI unit of solid angle measurement is the steradian. The radian is most", "title": "Radian" }, { "id": "352124", "text": "(μrad) and nanoradians (nrad) are used in astronomy, and can also be used to measure the beam quality of lasers with ultra-low divergence. More common is arc second, which is rad (around 4.8481 microradians). Similarly, the prefixes smaller than milli- are potentially useful in measuring extremely small angles. Radian The radian (SI symbol rad) is the SI unit for measuring angles, and is the standard unit of angular measure used in many areas of mathematics. The length of an arc of a unit circle is numerically equal to the measurement in radians of the angle that it subtends; one radian", "title": "Radian" }, { "id": "318183", "text": "include: Digits in other number systems Any complex number, say , can be expressed using a pair of real numbers. In the polar coordinate system, one number (radius or \"r\") is used to represent 's distance from the origin of the complex plane and the other (angle or ) to represent a counter-clockwise rotation from the positive real line as follows: where is the imaginary unit satisfying = −1. The frequent appearance of in complex analysis can be related to the behavior of the exponential function of a complex variable, described by Euler's formula: where the constant is the base", "title": "Pi" }, { "id": "2491193", "text": "Life of Pi Life of Pi is a Canadian fantasy adventure novel by Yann Martel published in 2001. The protagonist is Piscine Molitor \"Pi\" Patel, an Indian boy from Pondicherry who explores issues of spirituality and practicality from an early age. He survives 227 days after a shipwreck while stranded on a lifeboat in the Pacific Ocean with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. The novel has sold more than ten million copies worldwide. It was rejected by at least five London publishing houses before being accepted by Knopf Canada, which published it in September 2001. The UK edition won", "title": "Life of Pi" }, { "id": "318232", "text": "the integral, so it can be replaced by any convenient surface in the same homology class, in particular, a sphere, where spherical coordinates can be used to calculate the integral. A consequence of the Gauss law is that the negative Laplacian of the potential is equal to times the Dirac delta function: More general distributions of matter (or charge) are obtained from this by convolution, giving the Poisson equation where is the distribution function. The constant also plays an analogous role in four-dimensional potentials associated with Einstein's equations, a fundamental formula which forms the basis of the general theory of", "title": "Pi" }, { "id": "7475725", "text": "Radian per second The radian per second (symbol: rad·s or rad/s) is the SI unit of rotational speed (angular velocity), commonly denoted by the Greek letter \"ω\" (omega). The radian per second is also the unit of angular frequency. The radian per second is defined as the change in the orientation of an object, in radians, every second. Since the radian is a dimensionless unit, the radian per second is dimensionally equivalent to the hertz—both are defined as s. This may lead to confusion between the quantities angular frequency \"ω\" and frequency \"ν\". A use of the \"unit radian per", "title": "Radian per second" }, { "id": "73252", "text": "pi, is represented by the Greek letter . The first few decimal digits of the numerical value of are 3.141592653589793 ... Pi is defined as the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter : Or, equivalently, as the ratio of the circumference to twice the radius. The above formula can be rearranged to solve for the circumference: The use of the mathematical constant is ubiquitous in mathematics, engineering, and science. In \"Measurement of a Circle\" written circa 250 BCE, Archimedes showed that this ratio (, since he did not use the name ) was greater than 3 but less", "title": "Circumference" }, { "id": "318258", "text": "including 3.2. The bill is notorious as an attempt to establish a value of scientific constant by legislative fiat. The bill was passed by the Indiana House of Representatives, but rejected by the Senate, meaning it did not become a law. In contemporary internet culture, individuals and organizations frequently pay homage to the number . For instance, the computer scientist Donald Knuth let the version numbers of his program TeX approach . The versions are 3, 3.1, 3.14, and so forth. Footnotes References Pi The number () is a mathematical constant. Originally defined as the ratio of a circle's circumference", "title": "Pi" }, { "id": "3493370", "text": "IEEE 260.1:2004 also uses the unit name rotation and symbol \"r\". One turn is equal to 2 (≈ ) radians. In 2001, Robert Palais proposed using the number of radians in a turn as the fundamental circle constant instead of , which amounts to the number of radians in half a turn, in order to make mathematics simpler and more intuitive. His proposal used a \"pi with three legs\" symbol to denote the constant (formula_1 = 2). In 2010, Michael Hartl proposed to use tau to represent Palais' circle constant: . He offered two reasons. First, is the number of", "title": "Turn (geometry)" }, { "id": "2491217", "text": "States on 2012. At the 85th Academy Awards it won four awards from eleven nominations, including Best This novel has also been adapted as a play by Keith Robinson, artistic director of the youth-oriented Twisting Yarn Theatre Company. Andy Rashleigh wrote the adaptation, which was directed by Keith Robinson. The premier/original cast contained only six actors – Tony Hasnath (Pi), Taresh Solanki (Richard Parker), Melody Brown (Mother), Conor Alexander (Father), Sanjay Shalat (Brother) and Mark Pearce (Uncle). The play was produced at the Alhambra Theatre in Bradford, England, in 2003. The company toured England and Ireland with the play in", "title": "Life of Pi" }, { "id": "3493371", "text": "radians in \"one turn\", which allows fractions of a turn to be expressed more directly: for instance, a turn would be represented as rad instead of rad. Second, visually resembles , whose association with the circle constant is unavoidable. Hartl's \"Tau Manifesto\" gives many examples of formulas that are asserted to be clearer where tau is used instead of pi. The -functionality is made available in the Google calculator and in several programming languages like Python, Perl, Processing, and Nim. It has also been used in at least one mathematical research article, authored by the -promoter However, none of these", "title": "Turn (geometry)" }, { "id": "7475727", "text": "frequency, , corresponds to an ordinary frequency, , which corresponds to a frequency of rotation of . Radian per second The radian per second (symbol: rad·s or rad/s) is the SI unit of rotational speed (angular velocity), commonly denoted by the Greek letter \"ω\" (omega). The radian per second is also the unit of angular frequency. The radian per second is defined as the change in the orientation of an object, in radians, every second. Since the radian is a dimensionless unit, the radian per second is dimensionally equivalent to the hertz—both are defined as s. This may lead to", "title": "Radian per second" }, { "id": "2491212", "text": "tourist and pilgrimage site in Tamil Nadu. Piscine Molitor Patel, known to all as just \"Pi\", is the narrator and protagonist of the novel. He was named after a swimming pool in Paris, despite the fact that neither his mother nor his father particularly liked swimming. The story is told as a narrative from the perspective of a middle-aged Pi, now married with his own family, and living in Canada. At the time of main events of the story, he is sixteen years old. He recounts the story of his life and his 227-day journey on a lifeboat when his", "title": "Life of Pi" }, { "id": "15380638", "text": "to the Academy Award, Ang Lee won best director awards from the Kansas City, Las Vegas, and London Film Critics. The film was awarded the Best Picture award by the Las Vegas Film Critics Society and was named one of the top ten films of the year by the New York Film Critics and the Southeastern Film Critics. Life of Pi (film) Life of Pi is a 2012 American survival drama film based on Yann Martel's 2001 novel of the same name. Directed by Ang Lee, the film's adapted screenplay was written by David Magee, and it stars Suraj Sharma,", "title": "Life of Pi (film)" }, { "id": "318210", "text": "produces about 14 digits of per term, and has been used for several record-setting calculations, including the first to surpass 1 billion (10) digits in 1989 by the Chudnovsky brothers, 2.7 trillion (2.7×10) digits by Fabrice Bellard in 2009, 10 trillion (10) digits in 2011 by Alexander Yee and Shigeru Kondo, and the current record of over 22 trillion digits in 2016 by Peter Trueb. For similar formulas, see also the Ramanujan–Sato series. In 2006, Canadian mathematician Simon Plouffe used the PSLQ integer relation algorithm to generate several new formulas for , conforming to the following template: where is (Gelfond's", "title": "Pi" }, { "id": "352111", "text": "commonly represented by the symbol rad. An alternative symbol is , the superscript letter c (for \"circular measure\"), the letter r, or a superscript , but these symbols are infrequently used as it can be easily mistaken for a degree symbol (°) or a radius (r). So, for example, a value of 1.2 radians could be written as 1.2 rad, 1.2 r, 1.2, 1.2, or 1.2. Radian describes the plane angle subtended by a circular arc as the length of the arc divided by the radius of the arc. One radian is the angle subtended at the center of a", "title": "Radian" }, { "id": "318174", "text": "modern treatments of calculus, differential calculus typically precedes integral calculus in the university curriculum, so it is desirable to have a definition of that does not rely on the latter. One such definition, due to Richard Baltzer, and popularized by Edmund Landau, is the following: is twice the smallest positive number at which the cosine function equals 0. The cosine can be defined independently of geometry as a power series, or as the solution of a differential equation. In a similar spirit, can be defined instead using properties of the complex exponential, , of a complex variable . Like the", "title": "Pi" }, { "id": "318172", "text": "symbol \". is commonly defined as the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter : The ratio is constant, regardless of the circle's size. For example, if a circle has twice the diameter of another circle it will also have twice the circumference, preserving the ratio . This definition of implicitly makes use of flat (Euclidean) geometry; although the notion of a circle can be extended to any curved (non-Euclidean) geometry, these new circles will no longer satisfy the formula . Here, the circumference of a circle is the arc length around the perimeter of the circle, a quantity", "title": "Pi" }, { "id": "318201", "text": "letter alone to represent the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter was by Welsh mathematician William Jones in his 1706 work \"Synopsis Palmariorum Matheseos; or, a New Introduction to the Mathematics\". The Greek letter first appears there in the phrase \"1/2 Periphery ()\" in the discussion of a circle with radius one. However, he writes that his equations for are from the \"ready pen of the truly ingenious Mr. John Machin\", leading to speculation that Machin may have employed the Greek letter before Jones. Jones' notation was not immediately adopted by other mathematicians, with the fraction notation still", "title": "Pi" }, { "id": "318173", "text": "which can be formally defined independently of geometry using limits, a concept in calculus. For example, one may directly compute the arc length of the top half of the unit circle, given in Cartesian coordinates by the equation , as the integral: An integral such as this was adopted as the definition of by Karl Weierstrass, who defined it directly as an integral in 1841. Definitions of such as these that rely on a notion of circumference, and hence implicitly on concepts of the integral calculus, are no longer common in the literature. explains that this is because in many", "title": "Pi" }, { "id": "15380596", "text": "opening film of the 51st New York Film Festival at both the Walter Reade Theater and Alice Tully Hall in New York City on September 28, 2012. \"Life of Pi\" emerged as a critical and commercial success, earning over US$609 million worldwide. It was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards which included the Best Picture – Drama and the Best Director and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score. At the 85th Academy Awards it had eleven nominations, including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay, and won four (the most for the event) including Best Director for Ang", "title": "Life of Pi (film)" }, { "id": "318169", "text": "decimal point. Practically all scientific applications require no more than a few hundred digits of , and many substantially fewer, so the primary motivation for these computations is the quest to find more efficient algorithms for calculating lengthy numeric series, as well as the desire to break records. The extensive calculations involved have also been used to test supercomputers and high-precision multiplication algorithms. Because its most elementary definition relates to the circle, is found in many formulae in trigonometry and geometry, especially those concerning circles, ellipses, and spheres. In more modern mathematical analysis, the number is instead defined using the", "title": "Pi" }, { "id": "15380611", "text": "Lee described Maguire's presence also as \"too jarringly recognizable.\" He reshot the scenes with Rafe Spall in the role of the book's actual author. Principal photography for the film began on January 18, 2011, in Puducherry at the Holy Rosary Church in Muthialpet. Filming continued in Puducherry until January 31 and moved to other parts of India, including the popular hill station of Munnar in Kerala, as well as Taiwan. The crew filmed in Taiwan for five and a half months in Taipei Zoo, an airport in Taichung, and Kenting National Park, located in Pingtung County where Lee was born.", "title": "Life of Pi (film)" }, { "id": "318245", "text": "The total probability is equal to one, owing to the integral: The Shannon entropy of the Cauchy distribution is equal to , which also involves . The Cauchy distribution plays an important role in potential theory because it is the simplest Furstenberg measure, the classical Poisson kernel associated with a Brownian motion in a half-plane. Conjugate harmonic functions and so also the Hilbert transform are associated with the asymptotics of the Poisson kernel. The Hilbert transform \"H\" is the integral transform given by the Cauchy principal value of the singular integral The constant is the unique (positive) normalizing factor such", "title": "Pi" }, { "id": "2491197", "text": "at the zoo bears the name Richard Parker as the result of a clerical error, in which human and animal names were reversed. Pi is raised as a Hindu who practices vegetarianism. At the age of fourteen, he investigates Christianity and Islam, and decides to become an adherent of all three religions, much to his parents' dismay, saying he \"just wants to love God.\" He tries to understand God through the lens of each religion, and comes to recognize benefits in each one. A few years later in February 1976, during the period when Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declares", "title": "Life of Pi" }, { "id": "13897237", "text": "in English as \"pi\". Pi is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter and is roughly equal to 3.14159. The circumference of a circle is formula_1 and its area is formula_2. The volume and surface area of a cylinder, cone sphere and torus are calculated using pi. Pi is also used in calculating planetary orbit times, gaussian curves and alternating current. In calculus, there are infinite series that involve pi and pi is used in trigonometry. Ancient cultures used different approximations for pi. The Babylonian's used formula_3 and the Egyptians used formula_4. Pi is a fundamental constant of", "title": "Project Mathematics!" }, { "id": "318216", "text": "be 0. In September 2010, a Yahoo! employee used the company's Hadoop application on one thousand computers over a 23-day period to compute 256 bits of at the two-quadrillionth (2×10th) bit, which also happens to be zero. Because is closely related to the circle, it is found in many formulae from the fields of geometry and trigonometry, particularly those concerning circles, spheres, or ellipses. Other branches of science, such as statistics, physics, Fourier analysis, and number theory, also include in some of their important formulae. appears in formulae for areas and volumes of geometrical shapes based on circles, such as", "title": "Pi" }, { "id": "15380623", "text": "The film became the biggest Hollywood hit of the year in India and is now the tenth highest grossing Hollywood release of all time in the country.</ref> \"Life of Pi\" has earned HK$45,058,653 (US$5.8 million) at the Hong Kong box office, making it the highest grossing Ang Lee film in Hong Kong. \"Life of Pi\" received positive reviews, with praise directed towards the visual effects, Lee's direction, Magee's screenplay, Danna's musical score, and Squyres' editing. It has an 87% approval rating on the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes based on 238 reviews with an average rating of 7.9/10. The website's", "title": "Life of Pi (film)" }, { "id": "16769488", "text": "Suraj Sharma Suraj Sharma (born 21 March 1993) is an Indian actor, who made his debut with 2012 film \"Life of Pi\". Directed by Ang Lee, \"Life of Pi\" was adapted from the novel of the same name, and earned him critical acclaim as well as a BAFTA Rising Star Award nomination. In 2014, he portrayed Aayan Ibrahim in season 4 of the Showtime series \"Homeland\". He currently stars as Rakesh Sehgal in the CBS comedy-drama series \"God Friended Me\". Suraj Sharma Churai was born and brought up in a Malayali family in New Delhi, India. His father, Gokul Churai,", "title": "Suraj Sharma" }, { "id": "18055511", "text": "sits on the bench and watches the trees blowing in the breeze, seemingly at peace. Produced on a $68,000 budget, the film was financially successful at the box office, grossing $3,221,152 in the United States despite only a limited theatrical release. It has sold steadily on DVD. \"Pi\" was the first ever film to be made available for download on the Internet. The film was well received. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an 88% approval rating based on 56 reviews with an average rating of 7.3/10. The website's critical consensus reads: \"Dramatically gripping and frighteningly smart, this Lynchian thriller", "title": "Pi (film)" }, { "id": "15380622", "text": "released on 4K Blu-ray and digital copy on March 8, 2016. , \"Life of Pi\" has grossed US$124,772,844 in North America, and US$484,029,542 in other countries, for a worldwide total of US$609,006,177. During its opening on the extended Thanksgiving weekend, the film debuted in 2,902 theaters throughout the United States and Canada and grossed US$30,573,101. On the Chinese mainland, from November 22 to December 24, the film topped the box office for three weeks, and grossed over US$91 million. , it had also topped the box office for three weeks in Australia, Chile, and four weeks in Mexico and Peru.", "title": "Life of Pi (film)" }, { "id": "2491205", "text": "story as one of \"personal growth through adversity.\" The main character learns that \"tigers are dangerous\" at a young age when his father forces him to watch the zoo's Royal Bengal tiger patriarch, Mahisha, devour a live goat. Later, after he has been reduced to eking out a desperate existence on the lifeboat with the company of a fully grown tiger, Pi develops \"alpha\" qualities as he musters the strength, will and skills he needs to survive. In a 2002 interview with PBS, Martel said \"I was sort of looking for a story, not only with a small 's' but", "title": "Life of Pi" }, { "id": "2491196", "text": "his full name, Piscine Molitor Patel, as a tribute to the swimming pool in France. After hearing schoolmates tease him by transforming the first name into \"Pissing\", he establishes the short form of his name as \"Pi\" when he starts secondary school. The name, he says, pays tribute to the transcendental number which is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. In recounting his experiences, Pi describes several other unusual situations involving proper names: two visitors to the zoo, one a devout Muslim, and the other a committed atheist, bear identical names; and a 450-pound tiger", "title": "Life of Pi" }, { "id": "2491213", "text": "ship sinks in the middle of the Pacific Ocean during a voyage to North America. Richard Parker is a royal Bengal tiger who is stranded on the lifeboat with Pi when the ship sinks. Richard Parker lives on the lifeboat with Pi and is kept alive with the food and water Pi delivers. Richard Parker develops a relationship with Pi that allows them to coexist in their struggle. In the novel, a hunter named Richard Parker is hired to kill a panther thought to have killed seven people within two months. Instead, he accidentally immobilizes a female Bengal tiger with", "title": "Life of Pi" }, { "id": "2491194", "text": "the Man Booker Prize for Fiction the following year. It was also chosen for CBC Radio's \"Canada Reads\" 2003, where it was championed by author Nancy Lee. The French translation \"L'Histoire de Pi\" was chosen in the French CBC version of the contest \"Le combat des livres\", where it was championed by Louise Forestier. The novel won the 2003 Boeke Prize, a South African novel award. In 2004, it won the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature in Best Adult Fiction for years 2001–2003. In 2012 it was adapted into a feature film directed by Ang Lee with a screenplay by", "title": "Life of Pi" }, { "id": "6864666", "text": "rotation is inversely related to the angular velocity and the surface velocity (T = 1 day for 2 pi radians, or at the equator, 1 circumferential unit per 1 EVU = 40,075 km ÷ 1670 km/h ÷ 24 h/day = 1 day). At a given latitude the surface velocity is equal to pi times the chord length parallel to the equator per 24 hours. This is equivalent to the cosine of the latitude × 1 EVU. At the poles the surface velocity is zero since zero distance is traveled. For a given longitude the surface velocity varies from 1 EVU", "title": "Foucault pendulum vector diagrams" }, { "id": "15380598", "text": "supports his desire to grow, but his rationalist father tries to secularize him. Pi's family owns a zoo, and Pi takes interest in the animals, especially a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. After Pi gets dangerously close to Richard Parker, his father forces him to witness the tiger killing a goat. When Pi is 16, his father announces that they must move to Canada, where he intends to settle and sell the animals. The family books passage with the animals on a Japanese freighter. During a storm, the ship founders while Pi is on deck. He tries to find his", "title": "Life of Pi (film)" }, { "id": "4569719", "text": "Pi is open to students at four-year collegiate institutions who have earned a 3.0 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.00 scale, where 4.00 is equivalent to a grade of \"A\") for at least one semester or quarter of collegiate work. Individual Chapters can raise this requirement, for example to a 3.25, but they cannot lower it. Phi Sigma Pi was founded at State Teachers College at Warrensburg - now known as University of Central Missouri - on February 14, 1916, by Dr. Eldo L. Hendricks, Dr. Claude A. Phillips, and Dr. Clarence H. McClure. The fraternity became national in", "title": "Phi Sigma Pi" }, { "id": "2491195", "text": "David Magee. The novel begins with a note from the author, which is an integral part of it. Unusually, the note describes entirely fictional events. It serves to establish and enforce one of the book's main themes: the relativity of truth. \"Life of Pi\" is subdivided into three sections: In the first section, the main character, by the name of Piscine Patel, an adult Canadian, reminisces about his childhood in India. His father owns a zoo in Pondicherry. The livelihood provides the family with a relatively affluent lifestyle and some understanding of animal psychology. The narrator describes how he acquired", "title": "Life of Pi" }, { "id": "381002", "text": "rarely used. Solid angles over 4 steradians—the solid angle of a full Euclidean sphere—are rarely encountered. Steradian The steradian (symbol: sr) or square radian is the SI unit of solid angle. It is used in three-dimensional geometry, and is analogous to the radian, which quantifies planar angles. Whereas an angle in radians, projected onto a circle, gives a \"length\" on the circumference, a solid angle in steradians, projected onto a sphere, gives an \"area\" on the surface. The name is derived from the Greek στερεός \"stereos\" 'solid' + radian. The steradian, like the radian, is a dimensionless unit, the area", "title": "Steradian" }, { "id": "15380606", "text": "Jean-Pierre Jeunet to direct the film. Jeunet began writing the adapted screenplay with Guillaume Laurant, and filming was scheduled to begin in mid-2006, partially in India. Jeunet eventually left the project. In February 2009, Fox 2000 Pictures hired Ang Lee to direct the film. In May 2010, Lee and the producer Gil Netter proposed a reported budget of US$120 million, at which the studio balked, placing the project's development on hold for a short time. David Magee was hired to write the screenplay, as Lee began to spend several months looking for someone to cast as Pi. Lee stated that", "title": "Life of Pi (film)" }, { "id": "318176", "text": "number is then defined as half the magnitude of the derivative of this homomorphism. A circle encloses the largest area that can be attained within a given perimeter. Thus the number is also characterized as the best constant in the isoperimetric inequality (times one-fourth). There are many other, closely related, ways in which appears as an eigenvalue of some geometrical or physical process; see below. is an irrational number, meaning that it cannot be written as the ratio of two integers (fractions such as are commonly used to approximate , but no common fraction (ratio of whole numbers) can be", "title": "Pi" }, { "id": "18055503", "text": "Pi (film) Pi (stylized as ) is a 1998 American psychological thriller film written and directed by Darren Aronofsky in his directorial debut. \"Pi\" was filmed on high-contrast black-and-white reversal film and earned Aronofsky the Directing Award at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival, the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay and the Gotham Open Palm Award. The title refers to the mathematical constant pi. The film is notable for its covering of an array of themes including religion, mysticism and the relationship of the universe to mathematics. The story is about a mathematician and the obsession with mathematical regularity", "title": "Pi (film)" }, { "id": "4063449", "text": "In 2010, he worked on the third season of the HBO series \"In Treatment\", enacting the part of Sunil, who is finding it difficult to come to terms with his wife's death and loneliness after moving to New York. Khan played Dr. Rajit Ratha in \"The Amazing Spider-Man\" in 2012. Khan played the adult version of Piscine \"Pi\" Molitor Patel in Ang Lee's film adaptation of \"Life of Pi\", which became a critical and commercial success worldwide. In 2013, he starred in \"The Lunchbox\", which won the Grand Rail d'Or at Cannes Film Festival and received a BAFTA nomination, and", "title": "Irrfan Khan" }, { "id": "20318504", "text": "chronology and reasons; From 1947 to 1957, Indian rupee was not decimalised and was divided into 16 annas. Each anna was further divided to four Indian pices (from 1835 to 1947, each pice was divided into three Indian pies; till the pie was demonetized in 1947). Table below shows sub-units of one rupee (1835-present). As of 2017, one rupee coins are minted by India Government Mints in Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad and in Noida. All coins are circulated only through Reserve Bank of India. Following mint marks have been used on one rupee coins since 1947. One rupee (Indian coin) One", "title": "One rupee (Indian coin)" }, { "id": "15380608", "text": "of the film, Lee stated that his desire to take risks and chances helped with his direction, saying \"In a strange way it did feel like we're the vessels, we have to surrender to movie god. We have to let things happen. I just had this feeling, I'll follow this kid to wherever this movie takes me. I saw the movie start to unravel in front of me.\" After 3,000 young men auditioned for the film's lead, in October 2010 Lee cast Suraj Sharma, a 17-year-old student and an acting newcomer. Upon receiving the role, Sharma underwent extensive training in", "title": "Life of Pi (film)" }, { "id": "15380630", "text": "themes of the tale. Nick Schager of \"The Village Voice\" also panned the film stating \"A stacked-deck theological inquiry filtered through a \"Titanic\"-by-way-of–\"Slumdog Millionaire\" narrative, Life of Pi manages occasional spiritual wonder through its 3-D visuals but otherwise sinks like a stone.\" Peter Bradshaw of \"The Guardian\" gave the film 2 out of 5 stars, and states \"despite some lovely images and those eyepopping effects, it is a shallow and self-important shaggy-dog story – or shaggy-tiger story ... It deserves every technical prize going.\" Richard Corliss of \"Time\" selected the film as the third-best movie of 2012, as well as", "title": "Life of Pi (film)" }, { "id": "4569722", "text": "\"Alpha 1\". Dean Phillips' and Professor McClure's signatures follow Hendricks'. Together, Hendricks, Phillips and McClure are known as the founding fathers of the fraternity. The first chapter also consisted of ten undergraduate and honorary members: Fred Thayer, J. A. Leach, R. W. Grinstead, Ray F. Pankins, Wade C. Fowler, Roy G. Bigelow, Arthur Kresse, John A. Doak, Harold Patterson, and Harry Hill. In the next year the chapter inducted twelve new members. Due to World War II, all fifteen chapters went inactive in late 1942. Many schools had such low enrollments, that the state legislatures considered closing them permanently. The", "title": "Phi Sigma Pi" }, { "id": "318170", "text": "spectral properties of the real number system, as an eigenvalue or a period, without any reference to geometry. It appears therefore in areas of mathematics and the sciences having little to do with the geometry of circles, such as number theory and statistics, as well as in almost all areas of physics. The ubiquity of makes it one of the most widely known mathematical constants both inside and outside the scientific community. Several books devoted to have been published, and record-setting calculations of the digits of often result in news headlines. Attempts to memorize the value of with increasing precision", "title": "Pi" }, { "id": "12358229", "text": "\"Taking Woodstock\" was \"Life of Pi\", which was adapted from the novel of the same name written by Yann Martel. The story was a retrospective first-person narrative from Pi, a then 16-year-old boy from India, who is the only human to survive the sinking of a freighter on the way from India to Canada. He finds himself on a lifeboat with an orangutan, a hyena, a wounded zebra and a Bengal tiger. During this unlikely journey, young Pi questions his belief in God and the meaning of life. The novel was once considered impossible to make into a movie, but", "title": "Ang Lee" }, { "id": "380998", "text": "Steradian The steradian (symbol: sr) or square radian is the SI unit of solid angle. It is used in three-dimensional geometry, and is analogous to the radian, which quantifies planar angles. Whereas an angle in radians, projected onto a circle, gives a \"length\" on the circumference, a solid angle in steradians, projected onto a sphere, gives an \"area\" on the surface. The name is derived from the Greek στερεός \"stereos\" 'solid' + radian. The steradian, like the radian, is a dimensionless unit, the area subtended and the square of its distance from the center: both the numerator and denominator of", "title": "Steradian" }, { "id": "318171", "text": "have led to records of over 70,000 digits. The symbol used by mathematicians to represent the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter is the lowercase Greek letter, sometimes spelled out as \"pi,\" and derived from the first letter of the Greek word \"perimetros,\" meaning circumference. In English, is pronounced as \"pie\" (, ). In mathematical use, the lowercase letter (or π in sans-serif font) is distinguished from its capitalized and enlarged counterpart , which denotes a product of a sequence, analogous to how denotes summation. The choice of the symbol is discussed in the section \"Adoption of the", "title": "Pi" }, { "id": "318231", "text": "Newton's law of universal gravitation. Gauss' law states that the outward flux of the field through any smooth, simple, closed, orientable surface containing the origin is equal to : It is standard to absorb this factor of into the constant , but this argument shows why it must appear \"somewhere\". Furthermore, is the surface area of the unit sphere, but we have not assumed that is the sphere. However, as a consequence of the divergence theorem, because the region away from the origin is vacuum (source-free) it is only the homology class of the surface in that matters in computing", "title": "Pi" }, { "id": "15380602", "text": "the island is carnivorous after finding a human tooth embedded in a flower. Pi and Richard Parker leave the island, eventually reaching the coast of Mexico. Pi is saddened that Richard Parker does not acknowledge him before disappearing into the jungle. He is rescued and brought to a hospital. Insurance agents for the Japanese freighter company interview him, but do not believe his story and ask what really happened. He tells a different story, in which the animals are replaced by human survivors: his mother for the orangutan, an amiable sailor for the zebra, and the ship's brutish cook for", "title": "Life of Pi (film)" }, { "id": "15380609", "text": "ocean survival, as well as in yoga and meditation practices to prepare for the part. Two months after Sharma was cast, it was announced that Gérard Depardieu would play the role of the Cook, Irrfan Khan would play the adult Pi, Adil Hussain would play Pi's father, while Tabu was in talks to play the role of Pi's mother. Canadian child actor Rajiv Surendra, best known at the time for a small part in \"Mean Girls\", was one of the auditioners for the role of Pi. In 2016, he published \"The Elephants in My Backyard\", a memoir of his failed", "title": "Life of Pi (film)" }, { "id": "2491201", "text": "killing and eating Pi, but is immediately killed by Richard Parker. Some time later, Pi's boat comes ashore on a floating island network of algae and inhabited by hundreds of thousands of meerkats. Soon, Pi and Richard Parker regain strength, but the boy's discovery of the carnivorous nature of the island's plant life forces him to return to the ocean. Two hundred and twenty-seven days after the ship's sinking, the lifeboat washes onto a beach in Mexico, after which Richard Parker disappears into the nearby jungle without looking back, leaving Pi heartbroken at the abrupt farewell. The third part of", "title": "Life of Pi" }, { "id": "318167", "text": "as 22/7 and other rational numbers are commonly used to approximate . The digits appear to be randomly distributed. In particular, the digit sequence of is conjectured to satisfy a specific kind of statistical randomness, but to date, no proof of this has been discovered. Also, is a transcendental number; that is, it is not the root of any polynomial having rational coefficients. This transcendence of implies that it is impossible to solve the ancient challenge of squaring the circle with a compass and straightedge. Ancient civilizations required fairly accurate computed values to approximate for practical reasons, including the Egyptians", "title": "Pi" }, { "id": "18055509", "text": "the messianic age, as the number represents the unspeakable name of God. Max refuses, insisting that whatever the source of the number is, it has been revealed to him alone. Max flees and visits Sol, only to find out he recently died from another stroke, and finds a piece of paper with the number in his study. Back in his own apartment, Max experiences another headache, but does not take his painkillers. Driven to the brink of madness, he destroys part of Euclid. Believing that the number and the headaches are linked, Max tries to concentrate on the number through", "title": "Pi (film)" }, { "id": "19201880", "text": "are also computable numbers (Chaitin's constant being a significant exception). These are constants which one is likely to encounter during pre-college education in many countries. The constant (pi) has a natural definition in Euclidean geometry (the ratio between the circumference and diameter of a circle), but may be found in many places in mathematics: for example, the Gaussian integral in complex analysis, the roots of unity in number theory, and Cauchy distributions in probability. However, its ubiquity is not limited to pure mathematics. It appears in many formulas in physics, and several physical constants are most naturally defined with or", "title": "Mathematical constant" }, { "id": "2462167", "text": "Pebibyte The pebibyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information. It is a member of the set of units with binary prefixes defined by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). Its unit symbol is PiB. The prefix pebi (symbol Pi) represents multiplication by 1024, therefore: The pebibyte is closely related to the petabyte (PB), its corresponding unit in the decimal set of multiples defined in the International System of Units (SI), and which represents 10 bytes = . It follows that one pebibyte (1 PiB) is approximately equal to 1.13 PB. One pebibyte (1 PiB) is equal to", "title": "Pebibyte" }, { "id": "318223", "text": "with the same best constants. Wirtinger's inequality also generalizes to higher-dimensional Poincaré inequalities that provide best constants for the Dirichlet energy of an \"n\"-dimensional membrane. Specifically, is the greatest constant such that for all convex subsets of of diameter 1, and square-integrable functions \"u\" on of mean zero. Just as Wirtinger's inequality is the variational form of the Dirichlet eigenvalue problem in one dimension, the Poincaré inequality is the variational form of the Neumann eigenvalue problem, in any dimension. The constant also appears as a critical spectral parameter in the Fourier transform. This is the integral transform, that takes a", "title": "Pi" }, { "id": "318221", "text": "is a multiple of . So appears as an optimal constant in Wirtinger's inequality, and from this it follows that it is the smallest such wavenumber, using the variational characterization of the eigenvalue. As a consequence, is the smallest singular value of the derivative on the space of functions on vanishing at both endpoints (the Sobolev space formula_32). The number serves appears in similar eigenvalue problems in higher-dimensional analysis. As mentioned above, it can be characterized via its role as the best constant in the isoperimetric inequality: the area enclosed by a plane Jordan curve of perimeter satisfies the inequality", "title": "Pi" }, { "id": "352113", "text": "symbol, and in mathematical writing the symbol \"rad\" is almost always omitted. When quantifying an angle in the absence of any symbol, radians are assumed, and when degrees are meant the symbol ° is used. It follows that the magnitude in radians of one complete revolution (360 degrees) is the length of the entire circumference divided by the radius, or , or 2. Thus 2 radians is equal to 360 degrees, meaning that one radian is equal to 180/ degrees. The relation formula_1 can be derived using the formula for arc length. Taking the formula for arc length, or formula_2.", "title": "Radian" }, { "id": "2491218", "text": "2004 and 2007. Keith Robinson also directed a second version of the play. He brought some of his company to work with students of the BA (Hons) Drama, Applied Theatre and Education Course at the Central School of Speech and Drama. The joint production was performed at the Minack Theatre, in Cornwall, England, in late June 2008. It was well received by the press and community. Life of Pi Life of Pi is a Canadian fantasy adventure novel by Yann Martel published in 2001. The protagonist is Piscine Molitor \"Pi\" Patel, an Indian boy from Pondicherry who explores issues of", "title": "Life of Pi" }, { "id": "15380628", "text": "film is \"a philosophical tale where Noah's Ark metamorphoses into \"The Raft of the Medusa\"\". She adds that it is \"a visual masterpiece\" in which \"Ang Lee proves, once again, his talent as a universal storyteller\". She also writes about the visual poetry of the movie reminding viewers of the works of classical painters and the symbolic of kolams. The film got 8 out of 10 stars, the readers gave 7 stars. The novel's author, Yann Martel, found the film to be a \"delightful\" adaptation, saying, I'm happy it works so well as a film. Even if the ending is", "title": "Life of Pi (film)" }, { "id": "6015745", "text": "and American astrophysicist Christian T. Elvey. The primary, or A, component of this system itself forms an eclipsing binary of the Beta Lyrae type. Both its members are hot, B-type main sequence stars with a blue-white hue. They display an ellipsoidal variation of 0.03 in magnitude. The two stars are rotating rapidly, with projected rotational velocities of 108 and 87 km/s respectively. Their orbital period is 1.57 days and they are separated by an estimated distance of only 15 solar radii along a circular orbit. The primary is orbited by a smaller, more distant companion (B), which has an apparent", "title": "Pi Scorpii" }, { "id": "520359", "text": "Primary Rate Interface The Primary Rate Interface (PRI) is a telecommunications interface standard used on an Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) for carrying multiple DS0 voice and data transmissions between the network and a user. PRI is the standard for providing telecommunication services to enterprises and offices. It is based on T-carrier (T1) transmission in the US, Canada, and Japan, while the E-carrier (E1) is common in Europe and Australia. The T1 line consists of 23 bearer (B) channels and one data (D) channel for control purposes, for a total bandwidth of 24x64-kbit/s or 1.544 Mbit/s. The E1 carrier provides", "title": "Primary Rate Interface" }, { "id": "14145982", "text": "tūpāntyahal saṃkhyā na ca cintyo halasvaraḥ\" Translation: \"na\" (न), \"nya\" (ञ) and \"a\" (अ)-s, i.e., vowels represent zero. The nine integers are represented by consonant group beginning with \"ka\", \"ṭa\", \"pa\", \"ya\". In a conjunct consonant, the last of the consonants alone will count. A consonant without vowel is to be ignored. Explanation: The assignment of letters to the numerals are as per the following arrangement. \"vyāsastadarddhaṃ tribhamaurvika syāt\" This verse directly yields the decimal equivalent of pi divided by 10: pi/10 = 0.31415926535897932384626433832792 The katapayadi scheme associates dhaformula_19 and raformula_12, hence the raga's melakarta number is 29 (92 reversed).", "title": "Katapayadi system" }, { "id": "2491206", "text": "sort of with a capital 'S' – something that would direct my life.\" He spoke of being lonely and needing direction in his life, and found that writing the novel met this need. The name of Martel's tiger, Richard Parker, was inspired by a character in Edgar Allan Poe's nautical adventure novel \"The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket\" (1838). In this book, Richard Parker is a mutineer who is stranded and eventually cannibalized on the hull of an overturned ship (and there is a dog aboard who is named Tiger). The author also had in mind another occurrence", "title": "Life of Pi" }, { "id": "16769492", "text": "Diljit Dosanjh. Suraj Sharma Suraj Sharma (born 21 March 1993) is an Indian actor, who made his debut with 2012 film \"Life of Pi\". Directed by Ang Lee, \"Life of Pi\" was adapted from the novel of the same name, and earned him critical acclaim as well as a BAFTA Rising Star Award nomination. In 2014, he portrayed Aayan Ibrahim in season 4 of the Showtime series \"Homeland\". He currently stars as Rakesh Sehgal in the CBS comedy-drama series \"God Friended Me\". Suraj Sharma Churai was born and brought up in a Malayali family in New Delhi, India. His father,", "title": "Suraj Sharma" }, { "id": "751870", "text": "Angular acceleration Angular acceleration is the rate of change of angular velocity. In three dimensions, it is a pseudovector. In SI units, it is measured in radians per second squared (rad/s), and is usually denoted by the Greek letter alpha (α). The angular acceleration vector is defined as: where formula_2 (omega) is the angular velocity vector. The angular acceleration of a point particle α can be connected to the applied torque τ by the following equation: where \"m\" is the mass of the particle and \"I\" is its moment of inertia. Above relationship indicates that, unlike the relationship between force", "title": "Angular acceleration" }, { "id": "318186", "text": "a formula for the area of a circle that treats as () ≈ 3.1605. Astronomical calculations in the \"Shatapatha Brahmana\" (ca. 4th century BC) use a fractional approximation of ≈ 3.139 (an accuracy of 9×10). Other Indian sources by about 150 BC treat as ≈ 3.1622. The first recorded algorithm for rigorously calculating the value of was a geometrical approach using polygons, devised around 250 BC by the Greek mathematician Archimedes. This polygonal algorithm dominated for over 1,000 years, and as a result is sometimes referred to as \"Archimedes' constant\". Archimedes computed upper and lower bounds of by drawing a", "title": "Pi" }, { "id": "2491198", "text": "\"The Emergency\", Pi's father decides to sell the zoo and immigrate with his wife and sons to Canada. The second part of the novel begins with Pi's family aboard the \"Tsimtsum\", a Japanese freighter that is transporting animals from their zoo to North America. A few days out of port from Manila, the ship encounters a storm and sinks. Pi manages to escape in a small lifeboat, only to learn that the boat also holds a spotted hyena, an injured Grant's zebra, and an orangutan named Orange Juice. Much to the boy's distress, the hyena kills the zebra and then", "title": "Life of Pi" }, { "id": "15380624", "text": "critical consensus reads, \"A 3D adaptation of a supposedly \"unfilmable\" book, Ang Lee's \"Life of Pi\" achieves the near impossible – it's an astonishing technical achievement that's also emotionally rewarding.\" On Metacritic, the film has an average score of 79 out of 100, based on 44 reviews, indicating \"generally favorable reviews.\" Roger Ebert of the \"Chicago Sun-Times\" gave \"Life of Pi\" 4 out of 4 stars, referring to it as \"a miraculous achievement of storytelling and a landmark of visual mastery\" as well as \"one of the best films of the year.\" He particularly praised the film's use of 3D", "title": "Life of Pi (film)" }, { "id": "318237", "text": "Riemann zeta function and identities for the functional determinant, in which the constant plays an important role. The gamma function is used to calculate the volume of the \"n\"-dimensional ball of radius \"r\" in Euclidean \"n\"-dimensional space, and the surface area of its boundary, the (\"n\"−1)-dimensional sphere: Further, it follows from the functional equation that The gamma function can be used to create a simple approximation to the factorial function for large : formula_69 which is known as Stirling's approximation. Equivalently, As a geometrical application of Stirling's approximation, let denote the standard simplex in \"n\"-dimensional Euclidean space, and denote the", "title": "Pi" }, { "id": "2462168", "text": "eight pebibits (8 Pibit). One thousand twenty-four pebibytes (1024 PiB) is equal to one exbibyte (1 EiB). Pebibyte The pebibyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information. It is a member of the set of units with binary prefixes defined by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). Its unit symbol is PiB. The prefix pebi (symbol Pi) represents multiplication by 1024, therefore: The pebibyte is closely related to the petabyte (PB), its corresponding unit in the decimal set of multiples defined in the International System of Units (SI), and which represents 10 bytes = . It follows that", "title": "Pebibyte" }, { "id": "318199", "text": "he established a connection between and the prime numbers that later contributed to the development and study of the Riemann zeta function: Swiss scientist Johann Heinrich Lambert in 1761 proved that is irrational, meaning it is not equal to the quotient of any two whole numbers. Lambert's proof exploited a continued-fraction representation of the tangent function. French mathematician Adrien-Marie Legendre proved in 1794 that is also irrational. In 1882, German mathematician Ferdinand von Lindemann proved that is transcendental, confirming a conjecture made by both Legendre and Euler. Hardy and Wright states that \"the proofs were afterwards modified and simplified by", "title": "Pi" }, { "id": "18868290", "text": "is based on a score \"Yes\" or \"No\" for Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced (DCE) parameter, and from 1 to 5 for T2-weighted (T2W) and Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI). The score is given for each lesion, with 1 being most probably benign and 5 being highly suspicious of malignancy: Various studies have compared the predictive performance of PI-RADS v1 for detecting significant prostate cancer against either image-guided biopsy results (definitive pathology) and/or prostatectomy specimens (histopathology). In a 2015 articles in the Journal of Urology, Thompson reported multiparametric MRI detection of significant prostate cancer had sensitivity of 96%, specificity of 36%, negative predictive value and", "title": "PI-RADS" }, { "id": "18541527", "text": "palmi. 1 miglio = 7000 palmo = 1.147 miles. 1 canna = 10 palmi = 2.065 m. 1 cavezzo = 6 piede 1 piè = 20.593 in 1 braccio = 22.741 in. 1 punto = 12 atomi 1 oncia = 12 punti 1 braccio di legno = 12 oncie 1 pertica = 6 braccia 1 braccio = 21.344 in 1 pie = 22.428 in. Units used in the Roman State included: 1 commercial palmo = 8.796 in 1 mercer's palmo = 8.347 in 1 architect's palmo = 8.79 in 1 pié = 11.592 in 1 pié (at Ancona) 15.384 in", "title": "Italian units of measurement" }, { "id": "15380597", "text": "Lee. In Canada, novelist Yann Martel meets Pi Patel; Martel has been told that Pi's life story would be a good subject for a book. Pi tells his story to Yann: Pi's father names him Piscine Molitor Patel after the swimming pool in France. In secondary school in Pondicherry, he adopts the name \"Pi\" (the Greek letter, ) to avoid the sound-alike nickname \"Pissing Patel\". He is raised in a Hindu family, but at 12 years old, is introduced to Christianity and then Islam, and decides to follow all three religions as he \"just wants to love God\". His mother", "title": "Life of Pi (film)" }, { "id": "15380637", "text": "for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals filed animal cruelty charges against Hackenberger based on the video evidence. \"Life of Pi\" was nominated for eleven Academy Awards and won four (more than any other film from 2012): Best Director (Ang Lee), Best Cinematography (Claudio Miranda), Best Visual Effects (Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan de Boer and Donald R. Elliott) and Best Original Score (Mychael Danna). It was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards and won for Best Original Score. The film also won awards for cinematography, film editing, sound effects and original score at several other awards ceremonies. In addition", "title": "Life of Pi (film)" }, { "id": "751814", "text": "around the circumference - which is 2π\"r\" - divided by the radius: formula_3 which easily simplifies to: formula_4. Therefore, 1 revolution is formula_5 radians. When a particle travels from point P to point Q over formula_6, as it does in the illustration to the left, the radius of the circle goes through a change in angle formula_7 which equals the \"angular displacement\". In three dimensions, angular displacement is an entity with a direction and a magnitude. The direction specifies the axis of rotation, which always exists by virtue of the Euler's rotation theorem; the magnitude specifies the rotation in radians", "title": "Angular displacement" }, { "id": "318255", "text": "included an error beginning at the 528th digit. The error was detected in 1946 and corrected in 1949. In Carl Sagan's novel \"Contact\" it is suggested that the creator of the universe buried a message deep within the digits of . The digits of have also been incorporated into the lyrics of the song \"Pi\" from the album \"Aerial\" by Kate Bush. In the United States, Pi Day falls on 14 March (written 3/14 in the US style), and is popular among students. and its digital representation are often used by self-described \"math geeks\" for inside jokes among mathematically and", "title": "Pi" }, { "id": "13515153", "text": "to and from SI are, by definition: 1 psi = (4.4482216152605 / 0.00064516) Pa 1 Pa = (0.00064516 / 4.4482216152605) psi Approximate conversions (rounded to some arbitrary number of digits, except when denoted by \"≡\") are shown in the following table. Pounds per square inch The pound per square inch or, more accurately, pound-force per square inch (symbol: lbf/in; abbreviation: psi) is a unit of pressure or of stress based on avoirdupois units. It is the pressure resulting from a force of one pound-force applied to an area of one square inch. In SI units, 1 psi is approximately equal", "title": "Pounds per square inch" }, { "id": "352120", "text": "from the definition given earlier: the angle subtended at the centre of a circle, measured in radians, is equal to the ratio of the length of the enclosed arc to the length of the circle's radius. Since the units of measurement cancel, this ratio is dimensionless. Although polar and spherical coordinates use radians to describe coordinates in two and three dimensions, the unit is derived from the radius coordinate, so the angle measure is still dimensionless. The radian is widely used in physics when angular measurements are required. For example, angular velocity is typically measured in radians per second (rad/s).", "title": "Radian" }, { "id": "318184", "text": "of the natural logarithm. This formula establishes a correspondence between imaginary powers of and points on the unit circle centered at the origin of the complex plane. Setting = in Euler's formula results in Euler's identity, celebrated by mathematicians because it contains the five most important mathematical constants: There are different complex numbers satisfying , and these are called the \"-th roots of unity\". They are given by this formula: The best-known approximations to dating before the Common Era were accurate to two decimal places; this was improved upon in Chinese mathematics in particular by the mid-first millennium, to an", "title": "Pi" }, { "id": "318189", "text": "that (a fraction that goes by the name \"Milü\" in Chinese), using Liu Hui's algorithm applied to a 12,288-sided polygon. With a correct value for its seven first decimal digits, this value of 3.141592920 remained the most accurate approximation of available for the next 800 years. The Indian astronomer Aryabhata used a value of 3.1416 in his \"Āryabhaṭīya\" (499 AD). Fibonacci in c. 1220 computed 3.1418 using a polygonal method, independent of Archimedes. Italian author Dante apparently employed the value . The Persian astronomer Jamshīd al-Kāshī produced 9 sexagesimal digits, roughly the equivalent of 16 decimal digits, in 1424 using", "title": "Pi" }, { "id": "352114", "text": "Assuming a unit circle; the radius is therefore one. Knowing that the definition of radian is the measure of an angle that subtends an arc of a length equal to the radius of the circle, we know that formula_3. This can be further simplified to formula_4. Multiplying both sides by formula_5 gives formula_6. The concept of radian measure, as opposed to the degree of an angle, is normally credited to Roger Cotes in 1714. He described the radian in everything but name, and he recognized its naturalness as a unit of angular measure. The idea of measuring angles by the", "title": "Radian" } ]

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[ { "id": "18845785", "text": "Bates Motel (season 5) The fifth and final season of \"Bates Motel\" premiered on February 20, 2017, and concluded on April 24, 2017. The season consisted of 10 episodes and aired on Mondays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on A&E. The series itself is described as a \"contemporary prequel\" to the 1960 film \"Psycho\", following the life of Norman Bates and his mother Norma prior to the events portrayed in the Hitchcock film. However, the final season of the series loosely adapts the plot of \"Psycho\". The series takes place in the fictional town of White Pine Bay, Oregon. The season", "title": "Bates Motel (season 5)" }, { "id": "18845786", "text": "was released on Blu-ray and DVD on September 19, 2017. In June 2016, showrunner Kerry Ehrin confirmed the return of Kenny Johnson as Caleb Calhoun for the final season, in an interview with \"Deadline Hollywood\". The following month, it was announced that Rihanna had been cast in the iconic role of Marion Crane. In September 2016, Isabelle McNally joined the cast of the series, portraying the role of Madeleine Loomis, a young woman who resembles Norma. That same month, Brooke Smith joined the cast as Sheriff Jane Greene. In January 2017, Austin Nichols was cast in the role of Sam", "title": "Bates Motel (season 5)" }, { "id": "18845789", "text": "subsequently demolished. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The season has received positive reviews from television critics. It received 81 out of 100 from Metacritic, based on 8 reviews, indicating \"universal acclaim\". Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported that 8 out of 8 critical responses were positive, averaging a 100% rating. Overall, the fifth season of \"Bates Motel\" averaged 1.29 million viewers, with a 0.5 rating in the 18–49 demographic. In its fifth and final season, \"Bates Motel\" was nominated for one award. Bates Motel (season 5) The fifth and final season of \"Bates Motel\" premiered on February 20, 2017, and concluded on April 24,", "title": "Bates Motel (season 5)" }, { "id": "18845787", "text": "Loomis, a prominent role in both the source material and the film adaptation. That same month, Ryan Hurst's return as Chick Hogan was reported. In March 2017, it was revealed that series executive producer Carlton Cuse would appear as a police officer trailing Marion Crane. That same month, Natalia Cordova-Buckley joined the cast as Julia Ramos, an attorney. The series was filmed on location in Aldergrove, British Columbia. At the beginning of the first season, a replica of the original Bates Motel set from the film \"Psycho\" was built on 272nd Street. Freddie Highmore was tapped to write an episode", "title": "Bates Motel (season 5)" }, { "id": "18845788", "text": "for the season, as well as direct an episode, marking his directorial debut. Max Thieriot and Nestor Carbonell were also tapped to direct an episode each for season 5. Production on the season began on September 16, 2016. The series filmed its final scenes at the specially-built Bates Motel set in Aldergrove on January 25, 2017, and production began tearing the house down the following day. Carbonell filmed his final scenes as Sheriff Alex Romero on January 27, 2017. Filming officially wrapped for the series on January 31, 2017. In February 2017, the Bates Motel exterior set in Aldergrove was", "title": "Bates Motel (season 5)" }, { "id": "16780293", "text": "illness becomes dangerous, and Norma as she struggles to protect her son, and those around him, from himself. The series was filmed outside Vancouver in Aldergrove, British Columbia, along with other locations within the Fraser Valley of British Columbia. A&E chose to skip a pilot of the series, opting to go straight-to-series by ordering a 10-episode first season. On June 15, 2015, the series was renewed for a fourth and fifth season, making \"Bates Motel\" A&E's longest-running original scripted drama series in the channel's history. The series' lead actors, Vera Farmiga and Freddie Highmore, received particular praise for their performances", "title": "Bates Motel (TV series)" }, { "id": "16780305", "text": "is available through most Canadian cable and satellite companies. In Australia, the series premiered on Fox8 on May 26, 2013. In the UK and Ireland, it premiered on Universal Channel on April 2, 2014. In Jamaica, it premiered on CVM TV on August 11, 2014. In the Middle East, it premiered on OSN First HD in mid-2014. The second season premiered on January 5, 2015. In the Philippines, \"Bates Motel\" began airing on Jack TV on August 12, 2013. In South Africa, the series premiered on MNet on June 21, 2013. The series premiered in India on Colors Infinity on", "title": "Bates Motel (TV series)" }, { "id": "16780301", "text": "second season, was promoted to a series regular for the third season. It was announced on July 22, 2016 at San Diego Comic-Con International that Rihanna would appear in the iconic role of Marion Crane for the fifth and final season. A replica of the original Bates Motel set from the film \"Psycho\" was built on location at approximately 1054 272nd Street in Aldergrove, British Columbia, where portions of the series were filmed. The original house and motel is located in Universal Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles. Additional filming for the series took place in multiple areas in Metro Vancouver, including", "title": "Bates Motel (TV series)" }, { "id": "16780304", "text": "Tomatoes reported a 100% positive rating from 17 reviews. The site's consensus reads, \"\"Bates Motel\" fulfills its menacing potential in a fourth season that confidently careens toward the mother-son duo's ghastly destiny.\" The fifth and final season of \"Bates Motel\" received a score of 81 out of 100 on Metacritic, indicating \"universal acclaim\". Rotten Tomatoes reported a 100% rating from 21 reviews. The site's consensus reads, \"\"Bates Motel\"'s final season brings the franchise full circle, with a satisfyingly creepy conclusion to the trials and tribulations of Norman Bates.\" In Canada, the series airs only on the U.S. network A&E, which", "title": "Bates Motel (TV series)" }, { "id": "5393621", "text": "100, and Kendrick Lamars single, \"Loyalty\", which earned Rihanna her ninth Grammy Award at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards. In November 2017, Rihanna was part of N.E.R.Ds comeback single \"Lemon\" from the band's album \"No One Ever Really Dies\". Rihanna officially revealed that she had begun work on her ninth studio album, just months after releasing \"Anti\". On 19 October 2017, Shakka revealed that he was working with Rihanna on her \"absolutely insane\" album. Rihanna played the recurring role of Marion Crane in the fifth and final season of \"Bates Motel\". The show received universal acclaim from critics. Rihanna also", "title": "Rihanna" }, { "id": "16780297", "text": "professional help he needs. This complicates their once unbreakable trust as Norman struggles to maintain his grip on reality. Meanwhile, Sheriff Romero once again finds himself drawn into Norma and Norman's lives. He agrees to marry Norma because his insurance will enable her to place Norman in an expensive psychiatric hospital. His generosity backfires, however, when Norman learns of the marriage. Norman bitterly resents Romero for coming between him and his mother and at one point threatens the sheriff with an axe. The fifth season begins two years after the death of Norma. Publicly happy and well-adjusted, Norman struggles at", "title": "Bates Motel (TV series)" }, { "id": "16780292", "text": "(White Pine Bay, Oregon, as opposed to Fairvale, California) and in a modern-day setting. However, the final season loosely adapts the plot of \"Psycho\". Max Thieriot and Olivia Cooke both starred as part of the main cast throughout the series' run. After recurring in the first season, Nestor Carbonell was added to the main cast from season two onward. The series begins in Arizona with the death of Norma's husband, after which Norma purchases the Seafairer motel located in a coastal Oregon town so that she and Norman can start a new life. Subsequent seasons follow Norman as his mental", "title": "Bates Motel (TV series)" }, { "id": "16780291", "text": "Bates Motel (TV series) Bates Motel is an American psychological horror drama television series that aired from March 18, 2013 to April 24, 2017. It was developed by Carlton Cuse, Kerry Ehrin, and Anthony Cipriano, and is produced by Universal Television and American Genre for the cable network A&E. The series, a contemporary prequel to Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film \"Psycho\"; based on Robert Bloch's 1959 novel of the same name, depicts the lives of Norman Bates (Freddie Highmore) and his mother Norma (Vera Farmiga) prior to the events portrayed in the novel and film, albeit in a different fictional town", "title": "Bates Motel (TV series)" }, { "id": "6743213", "text": "Drama Series in 2013. The series followed Cuse and Ehrin's original plan to run for five seasons of ten episodes each for a total of fifty episodes. An episode of \"Bates Motel\"'s in season 4, entitled \"Forever,\" written by Carlton Cuse with Kerry Ehrin, made the New York Times Memorable TV Episodes of 2016 list and the Hollywood Reporter's 2016 Best Episode list. For its final season, \"Bates Motel\" also won 2017 People's Choice awards for Favorite Cable Drama, and Favorite Actor and Actress for Freddie Highmore and Vera Farmiga. The fifth and final season also included the television series", "title": "Carlton Cuse" }, { "id": "7014545", "text": "\"Bosch\". In August 2015, she joined the main cast of ABC's crime drama series \"Wicked City\". In December 2015, Newman joined the fourth-season cast of \"Bates Motel\" as the major recurring character Rebecca Hamilton, a past love interest of Sheriff Romero (Nestor Carbonell). She will star in Lech Majewski's fantasy film \"Valley of the Gods\", opposite Josh Hartnett and Charlotte Rampling. In August 2016, she was cast in the recurring role of Wildred Darnell on the fifth season of TNT's procedural drama series \"Major Crimes\". The following year, Newman began starring in the series regular role of Sarah Lieberman on", "title": "Jaime Ray Newman" }, { "id": "16780306", "text": "November 6, 2015. NBCUniversal partnered with Hot Topic, the American retailer of pop culture merchandise, to introduce a collection of clothing and accessories inspired by \"Bates Motel\". The merchandise, including items such as bathrobes and bloody shower curtains, became available at Hot Topic's website and select stores on March 18, 2014. As of 2018, the merchandise is no longer available through Hot Topic. Bates Motel (TV series) Bates Motel is an American psychological horror drama television series that aired from March 18, 2013 to April 24, 2017. It was developed by Carlton Cuse, Kerry Ehrin, and Anthony Cipriano, and is", "title": "Bates Motel (TV series)" }, { "id": "16780302", "text": "Steveston, Coquitlam, Horseshoe Bay, West Vancouver and Fort Langley. In February 2017, after filming was completed for the series, the Bates Motel exterior set in Aldergrove was demolished. The first season of \"Bates Motel\" received a score of 66 on Metacritic, indicating \"generally favorable reviews\". Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 83% of 42 critics gave the first season a positive review. The site's consensus reads, \"\"Bates Motel\" utilizes mind manipulation and suspenseful fear tactics, on top of consistently sharp character work and wonderfully uncomfortable familial relationships.\" The second season of \"Bates Motel\" received a score of 67 out of", "title": "Bates Motel (TV series)" }, { "id": "13515683", "text": "was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress. Rihanna portrayed Marion in the fifth and final season of the TV series \"Bates Motel\", a contemporary prequel to the 1960 film \"Psycho\", set in the present day. This version of the character is a contemporary take on the role. In this continuity, she is a notary public living in Seattle, Washington. When Marion was a child, her mother got sick and died, Marion's father refused to raise her and sent Marion to live with her aunt in Miami, Florida. When she was a teenager, Marion ran away from home", "title": "Marion Crane" }, { "id": "16780300", "text": "same day, Max Thieriot was cast as Norman's half-brother, Dylan Massett. Shortly after, on September 19, 2012, Nicola Peltz was cast as Bradley Martin, a possible love interest for Norman. Finally, on September 20, 2012, Olivia Cooke was the final main cast member to join the series, in the role of Emma Decody, Norman's best friend. Nestor Carbonell was cast in a recurring role as Sheriff Alex Romero in the first season, but was upgraded to the main cast at the beginning of the second season. In July 2014, Kenny Johnson, who recurred as Norma's brother Caleb Calhoun in the", "title": "Bates Motel (TV series)" }, { "id": "18845780", "text": "Bates Motel (season 4) The fourth season of \"Bates Motel\" premiered on March 7, 2016, and concluded on May 16, 2016. The season consisted of 10 episodes and aired on Mondays at 9 p.m. ET/PT on A&E. The series itself is described as a \"contemporary prequel\" to the 1960 film \"Psycho\", following the life of Norman Bates and his mother Norma prior to the events portrayed in the Hitchcock film. The series takes place in the fictional town of White Pine Bay, Oregon. The season received critical acclaim from television critics, and was nominated for two Primetime Creative Arts Emmy", "title": "Bates Motel (season 4)" }, { "id": "18845783", "text": "season 4 began on November 30, 2015 in Vancouver and surrounding areas, and concluded on April 6, 2016. On February 11, 2016, the first image was released featuring Farmiga and Highmore. In March 2016, it was revealed Highmore had written the eighth episode of the season. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The fourth season of \"Bates Motel\" has been met with critical acclaim. The season holds a 100% positive rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 17 responses from television critics. Overall, the fourth season of \"Bates Motel\" averaged 1.45 million viewers, with a 0.6 rating in the 18–49 demographic. In its", "title": "Bates Motel (season 4)" }, { "id": "17521330", "text": "million viewers. \"Bates Motel\" was renewed for a third season after five episodes of the second season had aired. For her performance as Norma Louise Bates, Vera Farmiga received nominations for the 2014 Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series and the 2014 Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television. The season was released on Blu-ray and DVD on October 7, 2014. For the second season, Nestor Carbonell, who recurred as Sheriff Alex Romero throughout the first season, was upgraded to a series regular. On July 23, 2013, Michael Vartan was cast in the recurring role", "title": "Bates Motel (season 2)" }, { "id": "18845784", "text": "fourth season, \"Bates Motel\" was nominated for 17 awards, winning three. Bates Motel (season 4) The fourth season of \"Bates Motel\" premiered on March 7, 2016, and concluded on May 16, 2016. The season consisted of 10 episodes and aired on Mondays at 9 p.m. ET/PT on A&E. The series itself is described as a \"contemporary prequel\" to the 1960 film \"Psycho\", following the life of Norman Bates and his mother Norma prior to the events portrayed in the Hitchcock film. The series takes place in the fictional town of White Pine Bay, Oregon. The season received critical acclaim from", "title": "Bates Motel (season 4)" }, { "id": "17969452", "text": "2.14 million viewers. For their performances in this season, Vera Farmiga and Freddie Highmore were nominated for Critics' Choice Television Awards for Best Actress and Best Actor in a Drama Series, respectively. Season 3 ranked fourth on Nielsen's year-end list of top Live + 7 day programs, gaining an average of 201.8% viewers on DVR. The season was released on Blu-ray and DVD on October 13, 2015. In July 2014, it was announced that Nicola Peltz would be returning to the series as Bradley Martin following an 8-episode absence in season 2. Kenny Johnson was upgraded to the main cast", "title": "Bates Motel (season 3)" }, { "id": "18845781", "text": "Awards. It also won three People's Choice Awards for Cable TV Drama, Cable TV Actress (Farmiga), and Cable TV Actor (Highmore). \"Bates Motel\" fourth season maintained consistent ratings throughout its airing, with the season premiere drawing in 1.55 million viewers and the finale totalling 1.50 million. The season was released on Blu-ray and DVD on October 18, 2016. In August 2015, TVLine reported that Ryan Hurst would be returning to the series as Chick Hogan, a recurring character throughout the third season. On November 5, 2015, reports surfaced that the series was casting the recurring role of Gregg Edwards, a", "title": "Bates Motel (season 4)" }, { "id": "18845782", "text": "doctor at Pineview Mental Institution. On December 3, 2015, Damon Gupton was cast in the role. In mid-December 2015, it was announced that Jaime Ray Newman would play a major recurring role throughout the season as Rebecca Hamilton, a former girlfriend of Romero. The series is filmed on location in Aldergrove, British Columbia. At the beginning of the first season, a replica of the original Bates Motel set from the film \"Psycho\" was built on 272nd Street. In early November 2015, Nestor Carbonell confirmed he, like the third season, would be directing one episode of this season. Principal photography for", "title": "Bates Motel (season 4)" }, { "id": "7309351", "text": "AMC's horror series \"The Walking Dead\", before being promoted to a series regular. He will recur as Sam Loomis in the fifth and final season of A&E's drama-thriller series \"Bates Motel\". Alongside his acting career, Nichols maintains a strong interest in cinema. He keeps a log of every film he sees, \"I take it to the movies and write down who does the music, edits, directs, and how long the film is.\" Claire Oswalt, an ex-girlfriend, said in a 2003 interview that Nichols watches an average of 20 movies a week. He especially admires Hal Ashby, Sam Fuller, and John", "title": "Austin Nichols" }, { "id": "16780299", "text": "for \"Bates Motel\", stating, \"We pretty much ripped off \"Twin Peaks\"... If you wanted to get that confession, the answer is yes. I loved that show. They only did 30 episodes. Kerry [Ehrin] and I thought we'd do the 70 that are missing.\" On July 2, 2012, A&E gave \"Bates Motel\" a straight-to-series order. Chris Bacon was hired to score the music for the series in January 2013. On August 27, 2012, Vera Farmiga was the first to be cast in the leading role of Norma Louise Bates. On September 14, 2012, Freddie Highmore was cast as Norman Bates. That", "title": "Bates Motel (TV series)" }, { "id": "16746195", "text": "promoted to a series regular for the series' fifth season. Tracy Spiridakos Tracy Spiridakos () is a Canadian actress. She starred as Becky Richards on the Teletoon children's comedy series \"Majority Rules!\" from 2009–2010. She then starred as Charlotte \"Charlie\" Matheson on the NBC post-apocalyptic science fiction series \"Revolution\" from 2012–2014, for which she was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television. She played Annika Johnson on the A&E television drama \"Bates Motel\". Spiridakos was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, to Greek-born parents, restaurant owners George and Anastasia Spiridakos. She has two brothers. The family moved to her", "title": "Tracy Spiridakos" }, { "id": "17773131", "text": "Bates Motel (season 1) The first season of \"Bates Motel\" premiered on March 18, 2013, and concluded on May 20, 2013. The season consisted of 10 episodes and aired on Mondays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on A&E. The series is described as a \"contemporary prequel\" to the 1960 film \"Psycho\" and follows the life of Norman Bates and his mother Norma prior to the events portrayed in the Hitchcock film. The series takes place in the fictional town of White Pine Bay, Oregon. The season received positive reviews from television critics. In its premiere episode, the series broke rating records", "title": "Bates Motel (season 1)" }, { "id": "18468195", "text": "Correspondents\". In 2018, she appeared in the action thriller \"The Commuter\" and the biographical drama \"The Front Runner\". From 2013 to 2017, she starred in the A&E drama-thriller series \"Bates Motel\" as Norma Louise Bates. Her performance in the role earned her the 2013 Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television, and nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (2013), the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series (2013–2015), and the TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Drama (2013). Farmiga also served as a producer/executive producer from the series'", "title": "Vera Farmiga on screen and stage" }, { "id": "12801736", "text": "the for three consecutive years: at the 2008 ceremony, the 2009 ceremony, and at the 2010 ceremony. She was also nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series in 2011. From 2011 to 2012, Ehrin served as a co-executive producer and writer on the NBC drama series \"Parenthood\". Ehrin, alongside Carlton Cuse and Anthony Cipriano, developed the \"Psycho\" contemporary prequel series \"Bates Motel\" for the American cable network A&E. The series began airing in March 2013 and concluded its run in April 2017. Ehrin served as showrunner, lead writer, and an executive producer for the series. In 2014,", "title": "Kerry Ehrin" }, { "id": "17773136", "text": "of 2.70 million viewers, with a 1.2 ratings share in the 18–49 demo. Overall, the first season averaged 2.70 million viewers, with 1.5 million tuning in from both the 18–49 and 25–54 demographics. In its first season, \"Bates Motel\" was nominated for 24 awards, winning one. Bates Motel (season 1) The first season of \"Bates Motel\" premiered on March 18, 2013, and concluded on May 20, 2013. The season consisted of 10 episodes and aired on Mondays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on A&E. The series is described as a \"contemporary prequel\" to the 1960 film \"Psycho\" and follows the life", "title": "Bates Motel (season 1)" }, { "id": "16780294", "text": "in the series, with the former receiving a Primetime Emmy Award nomination and winning a Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television. \"Bates Motel\" also won three People's Choice Awards for Favorite Cable TV Drama, and for Favorite Cable TV Actress (Farmiga) and Actor (Highmore). The first season follows Norma and Norman Bates as they buy a motel after Norman's father dies. On one of the first nights of the two owning the motel, the former owner breaks in and sexually assaults Norma. Norman knocks the attacker out, and Norma stabs him to death. She decides it's best not to", "title": "Bates Motel (TV series)" }, { "id": "4330727", "text": "and the Knights of Valour\". From 2013 to 2017, he portrayed the iconic role of Norman Bates, alongside Vera Farmiga as his mother Norma, in the A&E drama-thriller series \"Bates Motel\", a prequel to the Alfred Hitchcock film \"Psycho\" that restarts the storyline in the present day. He won a People's Choice Award in 2016 for his performance, and has received nominations for the Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television (2013), the Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama (2013), and the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series (2014–2015, and 2017). Highmore", "title": "Freddie Highmore" }, { "id": "17521334", "text": "the second season averaged 2.30 million viewers, with a 0.9 ratings share in the 18–49 demographic. In its second season, \"Bates Motel\" was nominated for 16 awards, winning none. Bates Motel (season 2) The second season of \"Bates Motel\" consisted of 10 episodes and premiered on A&E on March 3, 2014. The season aired on Mondays at 9 p.m. ET/PT on A&E, and concluded on May 5, 2014. The series itself is described as a \"contemporary prequel\" to the 1960 film \"Psycho\" and follows the life of Norman Bates and his mother Norma in the fictional town of White Pine", "title": "Bates Motel (season 2)" }, { "id": "17969451", "text": "Bates Motel (season 3) The third season of \"Bates Motel\" consisted of 10 episodes and premiered on A&E on March 9, 2015. The season aired on Mondays at 9 p.m. ET/PT, and concluded on May 11, 2015. The series itself is described as a \"contemporary prequel\" to the 1960 film \"Psycho\", following the life of Norman Bates and his mother Norma prior to the events portrayed in the Hitchcock film. The series takes place in the fictional town of White Pine Bay, Oregon. The season received positive reviews from television critics, and the premiere episode drew in a total of", "title": "Bates Motel (season 3)" }, { "id": "17521329", "text": "Bates Motel (season 2) The second season of \"Bates Motel\" consisted of 10 episodes and premiered on A&E on March 3, 2014. The season aired on Mondays at 9 p.m. ET/PT on A&E, and concluded on May 5, 2014. The series itself is described as a \"contemporary prequel\" to the 1960 film \"Psycho\" and follows the life of Norman Bates and his mother Norma in the fictional town of White Pine Bay, Oregon prior to the events portrayed in the Hitchcock film. The season received positive reviews from television critics, and the premiere episode drew in a total of 3.07", "title": "Bates Motel (season 2)" }, { "id": "12801733", "text": "Kerry Ehrin Kerry Anne Ehrin (born October 8, 1960) is an American screenwriter, showrunner, and producer. In 1990, she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series for her work as a producer on the ABC comedy-drama series \"The Wonder Years\". In 2011, she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series for her work as a producer on the NBC drama series \"Friday Night Lights\". From 2013 to 2017, Ehrin was also showrunner and co-creator of the critically acclaimed A&E drama series \"Bates Motel\". Ehrin was born in Los Angeles, California, and grew", "title": "Kerry Ehrin" }, { "id": "17773134", "text": "Bates Motel set from the film \"Psycho\" was built on location in Aldergrove, British Columbia on 272nd Street, where the series is filmed. Production also took place in Greater Vancouver, and Richmond, British Columbia. Principal photography for the first season began on October 1, 2012. Though filming for the first season was expected to wrap on January 24, 2013, production continued into early February 2013. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The first season of \"Bates Motel\" received mostly positive reviews. It received 66 out of 100 from Metacritic, based on 34 critical responses, indicating \"generally favorable reviews\". Rotten Tomatoes aggregated that 81% of 37", "title": "Bates Motel (season 1)" }, { "id": "17773132", "text": "for an original drama series on A&E, drawing in a total of 3.04 million viewers. \"Bates Motel\" was renewed for a second season after three episodes of the first season had aired. Vera Farmiga received particular praise for her performance as Norma Louise Bates, she won the 2013 Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television, and was nominated for the 2013 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, the 2013 Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series, and the 2013 TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Drama. The first season was released", "title": "Bates Motel (season 1)" }, { "id": "17521332", "text": "villain. At the beginning of the first season, a replica of the original Bates Motel set from the film \"Psycho\" was built on location in Aldergrove, British Columbia on 272nd Street, where the series is filmed. Principal photography for the second season began on July 24, 2013. Production at the series' Aldergrove set concluded on November 6, 2013, with only location filming left to be completed for the season. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The second season of \"Bates Motel\" received mostly positive reviews. It received 67 out of 100 from Metacritic, based on 11 television critic reviews, indicating \"generally favorable reviews\". Review aggregator", "title": "Bates Motel (season 2)" }, { "id": "17969454", "text": "psychology professor who forms a connection with Norma. The series is filmed on location in Aldergrove, British Columbia. At the beginning of the first season, a replica of the original Bates Motel set from the film \"Psycho\" was built on 272nd Street. Principal photography for season 3 began on October 20, 2014 in Vancouver and the surrounding areas, and was completed on March 1, 2015. During an interview in June 2015, Farmiga revealed that she was injured while filming the final scene of the season with Nicola Peltz and Freddie Highmore, resulting in her having to go to the emergency", "title": "Bates Motel (season 3)" }, { "id": "4330717", "text": "Freddie Highmore Alfred Thomas \"Freddie\" Highmore (born 14 February 1992) is an English actor. He made his debut in the comedy film \"Women Talking Dirty\" (1999). He is known for his starring roles in the films \"Finding Neverland\" (2004), \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" (2005), \"August Rush\" (2008) and \"The Spiderwick Chronicles\" (2008). He won two consecutive Critics' Choice Movie Awards for Best Young Performer. Highmore starred as Norman Bates in the drama-thriller series \"Bates Motel\" (2013–2017), for which he was nominated three times for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series and won a", "title": "Freddie Highmore" }, { "id": "6743229", "text": "Cuse was voted one of \"Time\" magazine's \"100 Most Influential People in the World\". He has also won the \"TV Guide\" Award for \"Martial Law\", which was voted the Favorite New Series in 1999. In 2015, Cuse received Variety's Creative Leadership Award, following past recipients including Judd Apatow and Jerry Weintraub. \"Bates Motel\" won the 2017 People's Choice Award for Favorite Cable TV Drama. Carlton Cuse Arthur Carlton Cuse (born March 22, 1959) is an American screenwriter and producer, best known for the American television series \"Lost\", for which he made the \"Time\" magazine list of the 100 most influential", "title": "Carlton Cuse" }, { "id": "17521333", "text": "Rotten Tomatoes reported that 19 out of 21 critics gave the second season a positive review, averaging an 90% rating. The site's consensus reads, \"\"Bates Motel\" reinvents a classic thriller with believable performances and distinguished writing.\" On April 7, 2014, A&E renewed the series for a third season following the positive reviews and good ratings after the first five episodes. The season premiere episode drew in a total of 3.07 million viewers, with 1.3 million tuning in from the coveted 18–49 demographic. The season finale episode drew in 2.30 million viewers, with 0.9 million watching in the 18–49 demographic. Overall,", "title": "Bates Motel (season 2)" }, { "id": "6743212", "text": "I can't imagine something else won't be done with the franchise.\" Cuse was the creator, writer, showrunner and executive producer with Kerry Ehrin of the A&E series \"Bates Motel\" which premiered on March 18, 2013 on the A&E Network. The series was described as a \"contemporary prequel\" to the 1960 film \"Psycho\" and follows the formative years of Norman Bates and his relationship with his mother, Norma, prior to the events portrayed in the Hitchcock film. The first season received critical praise, with Vera Farmiga (Norma Bates) being nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a", "title": "Carlton Cuse" }, { "id": "7465961", "text": "the eighth and final season of \"Dexter\". Johnson appeared as Caleb Calhoun, the estranged brother of Norma Bates (Vera Farmiga), in the A&E drama-thriller series \"Bates Motel\". He recurred in the second season, became a main cast member for the third season, and guest starred in the fourth and fifth seasons. He was then a recurring cast member in the fifth season of \"Covert Affairs\", playing former CIA paramilitary operative James Decker. Johnson co-starred in the 2015 thriller film \"Solace\". In August 2015, it was reported that Johnson would be part of the main cast for the second season of", "title": "Kenny Johnson" }, { "id": "20792731", "text": "Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood (season 5) The fifth season of the reality television series \"\" aired on VH1 from July 23, 2018 until November 19, 2018. It was primarily filmed in Los Angeles, California. It is executively produced by Mona Scott-Young, Stephanie Gayle and Treiva Williams for Monami Entertainment, Toby Barraud, Stefan Springman, Dave Patry, David DiGangi, Rich Allen and Michael Lang for Eastern TV, and Nina L. Diaz, Liz Fine, Vivian Gomez and Jihoon Zun for VH1. The series chronicles the lives of several women and men in the Los Angeles area, involved in hip hop music. It", "title": "Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood (season 5)" }, { "id": "6466406", "text": "and is now trapped in \"the other side\", along with Tony, and other teens who also committed suicide. Sally tells Barbara that she has a life worth living for, then Sally leaves with the rest of the group. Barbara leaves the motel the next day, planning to live her life to the fullest. Alex looks at the screen telling viewers, \"If you ever need a room, come by. I can't say for sure what you'll find, but it is what makes the world go around.\" The film was released to DVD on October 3, 2013 as part of Universal's \"Vault", "title": "Bates Motel (film)" }, { "id": "19422096", "text": "Anthony Cipriano Anthony S. Cipriano (born August 1, 1975) is an American-born writer and producer, currently based in Los Angeles. He is best known for creating the A&E drama-thriller series \"Bates Motel\". Cipriano is also an Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award nominee for his film \"12 and Holding\", directed by Michael Cuesta and starring Jeremy Renner. Although he was born in Providence, Rhode Island, Cipriano spent most of his childhood in North Attleborough, Massachusetts. In 1997, he received a bachelor's degree from Westfield State University where he studied mass communications. Cipriano began his career in Los Angeles in the late", "title": "Anthony Cipriano" }, { "id": "20892910", "text": "Empire (season 5) The fifth season of the American television drama series \"Empire\" premiered on September 26, 2018, in the United States on Fox. The season was ordered on May 2, 2018, consisting of eighteen episodes with Brett Mahoney taking over as showrunner from Ilene Chaiken. The show is produced by 20th Century Fox Television, in association with Imagine Entertainment, Lee Daniels Entertainment, Danny Strong Productions and Little Chicken Inc. The showrunners for this season are Mahoney, Danny Strong and Lee Daniels. <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> As part of the renewal process, Brett Mahoney took over as showrunner from Ilene Chaiken. On", "title": "Empire (season 5)" }, { "id": "11033821", "text": "the Honolulu Film Festival and the Jack Nance Breakthrough Performance Award at the New York Film Festival Downtown. In 2011, he starred in \"Limitless\", a film by Neil Burger originally titled \"The Dark Fields\". In 2014, he played a supporting role as the lead Russian henchman, Maxim, in \"Taken 3\". Since 2015, he has appeared in the television series \"Bates Motel\" as Will Decody, who was originally portrayed by actor Ian Hart in the first season. Andrew Howard Andrew Howard (born 12 June 1969) is a Welsh theatre, television and film actor. Howard trained at Cygnet Training Theatre in Exeter", "title": "Andrew Howard" }, { "id": "20892911", "text": "July 18, 2018, \"Deadline Hollywood\" reported that Rhyon Nicole Brown has been upped to regular cast. On June 25, 2018, Nicole Ari Parker was also upgraded to series regular status after recurring in the fourth season. Empire (season 5) The fifth season of the American television drama series \"Empire\" premiered on September 26, 2018, in the United States on Fox. The season was ordered on May 2, 2018, consisting of eighteen episodes with Brett Mahoney taking over as showrunner from Ilene Chaiken. The show is produced by 20th Century Fox Television, in association with Imagine Entertainment, Lee Daniels Entertainment, Danny", "title": "Empire (season 5)" }, { "id": "20176709", "text": "The Blacklist (season 5) The fifth season of the American crime thriller television series \"The Blacklist\" premiered on NBC on September 27, 2017, with a timeslot change from Thursday at 10:00 PM to Wednesday at 8:00 PM. The season was produced by Davis Entertainment, Universal Television and Sony Pictures Television, and the executive producers are Jon Bokenkamp, John Davis, John Eisendrath, John Fox, and Joe Carnahan. The season contained 22 episodes and concluded on May 16, 2018. The season aired the series' 100th episode. <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> The fifth season of \"The Blacklist\" received positive reviews from critics. The review aggregator", "title": "The Blacklist (season 5)" }, { "id": "9171740", "text": "was announced to guest star in FX comedy series \"Wilfred\", a role which later turned into a recurring one. The following year, Carbonell briefly appeared in \"The Dark Knight Rises\", reprising his role as Mayor Anthony Garcia in the final installment of Christopher Nolan's \"Dark Knight\" trilogy. From 2013 to the series' ending in 2017, he portrayed Sheriff Alex Romero in the A&E \"Psycho\" prequel series \"Bates Motel\", opposite Vera Farmiga and Freddie Highmore. In the first season, he starred in a recurring capacity, but was upgraded to a main cast member starting with the second season. Carbonell also directed", "title": "Nestor Carbonell" }, { "id": "16746194", "text": "recurring role on the A&E television drama, \"Bates Motel\" in 2015, playing Annika Johnson, a prostitute who arrives at the hotel at the start of the third season. She will also star opposite Jonathan Rhys Meyers in the romantic comedy \"Byrd & the Bees\", directed by Finola Hughes. Spiridakos filmed an untitled television pilot for CBS in 2015, directed by Pamela Fryman. She stars as Holly opposite Adam Brody, playing childhood friends who reconnect later in life. In 2017 Spiridakos appeared in the three final episodes of the fourth season of the NBC police drama series \"Chicago P.D.\", before being", "title": "Tracy Spiridakos" }, { "id": "17773135", "text": "television critics gave the series a positive review. The site's consensus reads, \"\"Bates Motel\" utilizes mind manipulation and suspenseful fear tactics, on top of consistently sharp character work and wonderfully uncomfortable familial relationships.\" On April 8, 2013, A&E renewed the series for a second season following the positive reviews and good ratings after the first three episodes. On its premiere night, the series broke rating records for an original drama series on A&E. It drew in a strong 3.04 million viewers total, including 1.6 million viewers watching it in the 18-49 demographic. The season finale episode drew in a total", "title": "Bates Motel (season 1)" }, { "id": "16780298", "text": "home, where his blackouts are increasing and \"Mother\" threatens to take him over completely. Meanwhile, Dylan and Emma find themselves drawn back into Norman's world, and Romero hungers for revenge against his stepson, Norman. On January 12, 2012, it was reported that A&E were developing a television series titled \"Bates Motel\" that would serve as a prequel to the Alfred Hitchcock film \"Psycho\". The first script was written by Anthony Cipriano. In March 2012, Carlton Cuse and Kerry Ehrin joined the project as executive producers and head writers. Cuse has cited the drama series \"Twin Peaks\" as a key inspiration", "title": "Bates Motel (TV series)" }, { "id": "16780303", "text": "100 on Metacritic, indicating \"generally favorable reviews\". Rotten Tomatoes reported that 90% of 21 reviews gave the second season a positive review. The site's consensus reads, \"\"Bates Motel\" reinvents a classic thriller with believable performances and distinguished writing.\" The third season of \"Bates Motel\" received a score of 72 out of 100 on Metacritic, indicating \"generally favorable reviews\". Rotten Tomatoes reported a 95% rating from 21 reviews. The site's consensus reads, \"\"Bates Motel\" further blurs lines around TV's creepiest taboo mother/son relationship, uncomfortably darkening its already fascinating tone.\" The fourth season of \"Bates Motel\" was met with critical acclaim. Rotten", "title": "Bates Motel (TV series)" }, { "id": "20176710", "text": "website Rotten Tomatoes reports a 100% approval rating based on five reviews, with an average score of 8.5/10. The Blacklist (season 5) The fifth season of the American crime thriller television series \"The Blacklist\" premiered on NBC on September 27, 2017, with a timeslot change from Thursday at 10:00 PM to Wednesday at 8:00 PM. The season was produced by Davis Entertainment, Universal Television and Sony Pictures Television, and the executive producers are Jon Bokenkamp, John Davis, John Eisendrath, John Fox, and Joe Carnahan. The season contained 22 episodes and concluded on May 16, 2018. The season aired the series'", "title": "The Blacklist (season 5)" }, { "id": "17580754", "text": "Olivia Cooke Olivia Kate Cooke (born 27 December 1993) is an English actress. She played Emma Decody in A&E's drama-thriller series \"Bates Motel from 2013 to 2017\", and in 2018 she starred as Becky Sharp in the miniseries, \"Vanity Fair\". Cooke has also starred in the horror films \"The Quiet Ones\" (2014) and \"Ouija\" (2014), the science fiction film \"The Signal\" (2014), the comedy-drama \"Me and Earl and the Dying Girl\" (2015), the horror-mystery \"The Limehouse Golem\" (2016), the thriller \"Thoroughbreds\" (2017), and the Steven Spielberg-directed science-fiction film \"Ready Player One\" (2018). Cooke was born and raised in Oldham, Greater", "title": "Olivia Cooke" }, { "id": "6398911", "text": "recently played Dean on the short-lived ABC drama \"Pan Am\" (based on the defunct airline of the same name). In 2013, he participated in Howard Goldberg's comedy Jake Squared where he plays against among others, Elias Koteas, Virginia Madsen and Jane Seymour. He also appeared in \"McCanick\", and the first six episodes of \"Bates Motel\", A&E's contemporary prequel series to the 1959 novel \"Psycho\". BuddyTV ranked him #96 on its list of \"TV's Sexiest Men of 2011\". Vogel also starred as Dale \"Barbie\" Barbara on the CBS science fiction drama series \"Under the Dome\", based on the novel of the", "title": "Mike Vogel" }, { "id": "20792737", "text": "serve as co-executive producers. Ray J and Princess' friends and family Guests Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood (season 5) The fifth season of the reality television series \"\" aired on VH1 from July 23, 2018 until November 19, 2018. It was primarily filmed in Los Angeles, California. It is executively produced by Mona Scott-Young, Stephanie Gayle and Treiva Williams for Monami Entertainment, Toby Barraud, Stefan Springman, Dave Patry, David DiGangi, Rich Allen and Michael Lang for Eastern TV, and Nina L. Diaz, Liz Fine, Vivian Gomez and Jihoon Zun for VH1. The series chronicles the lives of several women and", "title": "Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood (season 5)" }, { "id": "17477227", "text": "decided to defer her enrollment. In April 2012, it was announced that Kwiatkowski had been cast as the demi-god Thalia Grace in (2013). Her portrayal was met with mixed reviews mostly due to the fact she had a small role. Kwiatkowski plays a main role in \"Sitting on the Edge of Marlene\", a 2014 film adaptation of a young adult book by Canadian author Billie Livingston. In August 2013, she was cast in the recurring role of Cody Brennan in the second season of \"Bates Motel\". In May 2014, she joined the cast of an indie film, \"Who's Driving Doug\".", "title": "Paloma Kwiatkowski" }, { "id": "7192230", "text": "Keegan Connor Tracy Keegan Connor Tracy (born December 3, 1971) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her roles as Audrey Malone in the Showtime comedy-drama series \"Beggars and Choosers\" (1999–2000), the Blue Fairy in the ABC fantasy series \"Once Upon a Time\" (2011–18), Miss Blaire Watson in the A&E drama series \"Bates Motel\" (2013–16), and Professor Lipson in the Syfy fantasy series \"The Magicians\" (2016–18). Tracy's other notable work includes roles on the television series \"Stargate SG-1\", \"Jake 2.0\", \"The 4400\", \"Psych\", \"Battlestar Galactica\", and \"Supernatural\". In film, she is best known for her roles as Kat", "title": "Keegan Connor Tracy" }, { "id": "4330728", "text": "ventured into writing and directing during his time working on the series, writing the fourth season episode \"Unfaithful\" and the fifth season episode \"Inseparable\", and directing the fifth season episode \"The Body\". In August 2014, it was reported that NBC had purchased a comedy pilot script written and executive produced by Highmore and \"Bates Motel\" showrunner Kerry Ehrin. However, the pilot was not picked up to series. In 2015, he appeared in the Libertines' music video for \"You're My Waterloo\", alongside Marama Corlett. In 2016, Highmore starred in Stephen Poliakoff's BBC Two seven-part miniseries \"Close to the Enemy\", the coming-of-age", "title": "Freddie Highmore" }, { "id": "5226045", "text": "in the movie \"Otis\" (2008). Other screen credits include \"Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles\" (2001). In 2010, he appeared in AMC's series \"Breaking Bad\" as the group leader for a Narcotics Anonymous meeting as a part of a Twelve-Step Program, which main character Jesse Pinkman attended. He also had a recurring role on FX's \"Justified\" as Wynn Duffy, a sadistic lieutenant in the Dixie Mafia, and appeared as villain Anson Fullerton in Seasons 5 and 6 (2011-2012) of \"Burn Notice\" on USA Network. Burns had a recurring role as Jake Abernathy on the A&E series \"Bates Motel\" in 2013. Burns", "title": "Jere Burns" }, { "id": "15451024", "text": "on December 21, 2011. The second season premiered on October 17, 2012, and concluded on January 23, 2013. The third season premiered on October 9, 2013, and concluded on January 29, 2014. The fourth season premiered on October 8, 2014, and concluded on January 21, 2015. The fifth season premiered on October 7, 2015, and concluded on January 13, 2016. The sixth season premiered on September 14, 2016, and concluded on November 16, 2016. The seventh season premiered on September 5, 2017, and concluded on November 14, 2017. The eighth season premiered on September 12, 2018 and concluded on November", "title": "American Horror Story" }, { "id": "9171732", "text": "Nestor Carbonell Néstor Gastón Carbonell (; born December 1, 1967) is an American actor, director, and screenwriter. He came to prominence for his role as Luis Rivera in the NBC sitcom \"Suddenly Susan\". He is known for his roles as Richard Alpert in the ABC drama series \"Lost\" and Sheriff Alex Romero in the A&E drama series \"Bates Motel\". Carbonell also starred as Mayor Anthony Garcia in Christopher Nolan's superhero films \"The Dark Knight\" (2008) and \"The Dark Knight Rises\" (2012). Carbonell was born in New York City to Cuban parents Néstor Tulio Carbonell Cortina and Rosa Ramírez de Arellano", "title": "Nestor Carbonell" }, { "id": "17773133", "text": "on Blu-ray and DVD on September 17, 2014. On July 2, 2012, A&E gave \"Bates Motel\" a straight-to-series order. Vera Farmiga was the first to be cast, as protagonist Norma Louise Bates, on August 27, 2012. Shortly after, Freddie Highmore was cast as Norman Bates on September 14, 2012. Also on that day, Max Thieriot was cast as Norman's half brother, Dylan Massett. Later, on September 19, 2012, Nicola Peltz was cast as Bradley Martin. Finally, on September 20, 2012, Olivia Cooke was the final main cast member to join the series, portraying Emma Decody. A replica of the original", "title": "Bates Motel (season 1)" }, { "id": "16780295", "text": "call the police and to cover up the murder. She and Norman dispose of the body. He complicates the cover-up by keeping a belt that belonged to the victim. When the town sheriff and his deputy notice that a man has gone missing, Norma and Norman must keep them from digging too far. The second season follows the aftermath of Norman's teacher's murder, as her mysterious past comes to light. Meanwhile, Norma finds herself making dangerous decisions in order to keep the motel running and preventing the impending bypass. Bradley's search for her father's killer leads to the extremes, and", "title": "Bates Motel (TV series)" }, { "id": "2797489", "text": "in the First\" co-created by Steven Bochco which debuted on June 9, 2014. She plays the role of Hildy Mulligan, a homicide detective and single mother. In same year she starred in the thriller film \"The Vatican Tapes\" (scheduled to be released on February 27, 2015), and was cast in recurring role as Jodi Morgan for the second season of A&E drama series \"Bates Motel\". Also in 2014, Robertson had the leading role alongside Eric Dane in the four-hour miniseries \"The Fixer\". Robertson dated director and independent filmmaker Gregg Araki from 1997 to 1999. Robertson has been married to Chris", "title": "Kathleen Robertson" }, { "id": "16375130", "text": "series of \"Merlin\" in 2012. In 2011, he appeared in two episodes of \"The Hour\" as the character Sey, and reprised the role for three episodes in 2012. In 2015, Edun had a recurring role on the third season of \"Bates Motel\" as Marcus Young, a candidate for sheriff of White Pine Bay, which he followed with roles in \"Lucifer\", \"Legends\", and \"Death in Paradise\". He also appeared as Mr Brocks in the 2016 \"Doctor Who\" Christmas Special in 2016. The following year, Edun portrayed a war criminal in an episode of \"Elementary\". Edun performed motion capture and voiced the", "title": "Adetomiwa Edun" }, { "id": "18131443", "text": "Aliyah O'Brien Aliyah O'Brien (born May 7, 1981) is a Canadian actress, best known for her television roles in the TV series \"Rookie Blue\" and \"Bates Motel\" and in the film \"Maximum Conviction\". Aliyah O'Brien was born in Victoria, British Columbia, and is of Irish, Spanish, and Welsh descent. She was actively involved in musical theatre while a student at Spectrum Secondary School. Her interest in kinesiology, however, led her to study it while attending Camosun College and landed her work as a personal trainer at Club Phoenix and the University of Victoria. Since graduation, she has traveled to 32", "title": "Aliyah O'Brien" }, { "id": "6466407", "text": "Series\", exclusively on Amazon.com. On September 2, 2014, Universal re-released the film on DVD (along with \"Psycho II\", \"Psycho III\" and \"\") as part of its \"4-Movie Midnight Marathon Pack\". Bates Motel (film) Bates Motel is a 1987 American made-for-television comedy-drama horror film and a spin-off of the \"Psycho\" film series produced by Ken Topolsky, written and directed by Richard Rothstein, and starring Bud Cort, Lori Petty, Moses Gunn, Gregg Henry, Jason Bateman, and Kerrie Keane. The film premiered as part of \"NBC Monday Night at the Movies\" on July 5, 1987. The film is about Alex West, a mentally", "title": "Bates Motel (film)" }, { "id": "6045280", "text": "action thriller \"Safe House\" (2012), and the biographical drama \"The Front Runner\" (2018). Farmiga portrayed paranormal investigator Lorraine Warren in the blockbuster horror film \"The Conjuring\" (2013), its sequel \"The Conjuring 2\" (2016), and \"Annabelle 3\" (2019). From 2013 to 2017, she starred as Norma Louise Bates in the A&E drama-thriller series \"Bates Motel\", which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. These roles, along with parts in \"Joshua\" (2007) and \"Orphan\" (2009), saw her dubbed as a contemporary scream queen. Farmiga was born on August 6, 1973, in Clifton, New Jersey. Her parents are Ukrainians: Lubomyra \"Luba\" (née Spas),", "title": "Vera Farmiga" }, { "id": "17969455", "text": "room. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The season has received positive reviews from television critics. It received 72 out of 100 from Metacritic, based on 5 television critic reviews, indicating \"generally favorable reviews\". Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported that 11 out of 12 critical responses were positive, averaging a 92% rating. The site's consensus reads, \"\"Bates Motel\" further blurs lines around TV's creepiest taboo mother/son relationship, uncomfortably darkening its already fascinating tone.\" Overall, the third season averaged 1.80 million viewers, with a 0.7 ratings share in the 18–49 demographic. In its third season, \"Bates Motel\" was nominated for 10 awards, winning one. Bates", "title": "Bates Motel (season 3)" }, { "id": "20601571", "text": "\"The Bachelor Winter Games\" and the Australian version. On June 26, 2018, the cast of season 5 of Bachelor in Paradise has been announced. After Wills Reid was eliminated during week 7, it was announced that he would be joining the season 5 cast in Paradise. It was announced that Colton Underwood will be joining the cast of season 5 in Paradise after he was eliminated during week 8 after the hometown dates. Wells Adams returned as the bartender alongside Yuki Kimura from \"The Bachelor Japan\" and \"The Bachelor Winter Games\". \"Bachelor\" contestant Bekah Martinez called out Leo Dottavio, a", "title": "Bachelor in Paradise (season 5)" }, { "id": "16746190", "text": "Tracy Spiridakos Tracy Spiridakos () is a Canadian actress. She starred as Becky Richards on the Teletoon children's comedy series \"Majority Rules!\" from 2009–2010. She then starred as Charlotte \"Charlie\" Matheson on the NBC post-apocalyptic science fiction series \"Revolution\" from 2012–2014, for which she was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television. She played Annika Johnson on the A&E television drama \"Bates Motel\". Spiridakos was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, to Greek-born parents, restaurant owners George and Anastasia Spiridakos. She has two brothers. The family moved to her father's hometown, Skala, Greece south of Sparta, a few years", "title": "Tracy Spiridakos" }, { "id": "19237374", "text": "an AUDELCO nomination for Best Supporting Actor. In September 2012, Gupton landed the lead role on the short-lived AMC drama series \"The Divide\", playing District Attorney Adam Page. Gupton joined the cast of the NBC procedural drama series \"The Player\" in February 2015, co-starring as Detective Cal Brown alongside Wesley Snipes. On December 3, 2015, he was cast in the recurring role of psychiatrist Gregg Edwards on the fourth season of A&E's drama-thriller series \"Bates Motel\". On September 30, 2016, CBS announced that Gupton had joined \"Criminal Minds\" as a regular cast member, portraying Stephen Walker, a special agent in", "title": "Damon Gupton" }, { "id": "17993581", "text": "a fifth and final season, with production starting in spring and the season set to air Fall 2014. On August 25, 2014, Showcase announced that season 5 would be the last, with the original 13-episode order increased to 16 final episodes and the season divided into Part 1 and Part 2. In the United States, on March 3, 2015, Syfy announced the premiere of season 5 on April 17, 2015, at 10 p.m., with the show's broadcast day changed to Friday. The time slot was afterwards changed to Thursday at 10 p.m. effective May 21, with episode \"Clear Eyes, Fae", "title": "Lost Girl (season 5)" }, { "id": "15264955", "text": "2018, he starred in the independent feature film \"Room for Rent\", opposite Mark Little, Carla Gallo, Stephnie Weir, Patrick J. Adams, and Mark McKinney. Gunpowder & Sky released the film in the US on all major VOD platforms November 2, 2018. Gelman and frequent writing partner and collaborator Jon Daly performed for many years as the comedy rap duo \"Cracked Out\". Gelman has gained recognition for appearing as the \"Little Bit Of Luck\" character in the \"Take 5\" New York Lottery ad campaign that ran from 2008 through 2011. Gelman makes frequent appearances on the \"Comedy Bang! Bang!\" podcast, as", "title": "Brett Gelman" }, { "id": "20651607", "text": "Martin's back injury, the majority of his scenes were shot depicting Joe seated. In May 2018, \"Arrow\" star Stephen Amell announced at The CW upfronts that the next Arrowverse crossover would feature Batwoman and Gotham City. The crossover \"Elseworlds\" is slated to launch a 2019 solo series for the character. The season premiered on The CW in the United States on October 9, 2018. The annual crossover episode will swap time-slots with \"Supergirl\" for that week and will air on Sunday, December 9. The main cast of the season as well as executive producer Todd Helbing attended San Diego Comic-Con", "title": "The Flash (season 5)" }, { "id": "7761583", "text": "residents of Aldergrove proper, in Langley; and 3,491 residents of Aldergrove East, in Abbotsford. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016. 49.3% of the residents were male and 50.7% of the residents were female. The A&E television series \"Bates Motel\" is filmed in Aldergrove, though it is set in the fictional town of White Pine Bay, Oregon. The series stars Freddie Highmore and Vera Farmiga and is a prequel to the famous 1960 Alfred Hitchcock horror film \"Psycho\", which is based on the novel of the same name. The series is set in", "title": "Aldergrove, British Columbia" }, { "id": "20200839", "text": "Brooklyn Nine-Nine (season 5) The fifth season of the television sitcom \"Brooklyn Nine-Nine\" premiered September 26, 2017 on Fox. It is the final season to air on Fox, as the series was cancelled on May 10, 2018, before NBC picked it up for a sixth season on May 11, 2018. Jake and Rosa adjust to life in jail before the Nine-Nine are able to bust Melanie Hawkins when Holt is forced to make a deal with local mobster Seamus Murphy. After their release, Jake realizes he's not ready to be back out in the field right away and Rosa breaks", "title": "Brooklyn Nine-Nine (season 5)" }, { "id": "18870127", "text": "Suits (season 5) The fifth season of the American legal comedy-drama Suits was ordered on August 11, 2014. The fifth season originally aired on USA Network in the United States between June 24, 2015 and March 2, 2016. The season was produced by Hypnotic Films & Television and Universal Cable Productions, and the executive producers were Doug Liman, David Bartis and series creator Aaron Korsh. The season had six series regulars playing employees at the fictional Pearson Specter Litt law firm in Manhattan: Gabriel Macht, Patrick J. Adams, Rick Hoffman, Meghan Markle, Sarah Rafferty, and Gina Torres. The series revolves", "title": "Suits (season 5)" }, { "id": "20611427", "text": "Yrigoyen over runner-up Blake Horstmann. During the finale, she and Yrigoyen were given a minivan from ABC as a gift. Kufrin made a brief appearance during season five of Bachelor in Paradise to give advice to the girls and give closure to Colton Underwood. Becca Kufrin Rebecca Jill Kufrin (born April 3, 1990) is an American publicist and television personality, best known for her role as the winner on the 22nd season of ABC's \"The Bachelor\" and the lead of the 14th season of \"The Bachelorette\". Kufrin was born in Benson, Minnesota, and raised in Prior Lake, Minnesota, the daughter", "title": "Becca Kufrin" }, { "id": "17323260", "text": "Arrested Development (season 5) The fifth season of the television comedy series \"Arrested Development\" premiered on Netflix on May 29, 2018. The season will consist of 16 episodes, split into two eight-episode parts; with the second half premiering later in 2018. This is the second revival season after the series was canceled by Fox in 2006; the fourth season premiered in 2013. The show's storyline centers on the Bluth family, a formerly wealthy, habitually dysfunctional family, and the show incorporates hand-held camera work, narration, archival photos, and historical footage. One central storyline of season five is a \"whodunit\" regarding the", "title": "Arrested Development (season 5)" }, { "id": "17969453", "text": "after recurring as Caleb Calhoun, Norma's brother, in the second season. On October 17, 2014, Ryan Hurst was cast in the recurring role of Chick Hogan, described as a character that will butt heads with Caleb throughout the season. Tracy Spiridakos was then confirmed to star in the recurring role of Annika Johnson, a guest at the motel. On October 22, 2014, Kevin Rahm joined the cast as Bob Paris, one of Romero's childhood friends whom he now has a strained relationship with. In November 2014, Joshua Leonard was cast in the recurring role of James Finnigan, a community college", "title": "Bates Motel (season 3)" }, { "id": "20651598", "text": "is produced by Berlanti Productions, Warner Bros. Television, and DC Entertainment, with Todd Helbing serving as showrunner. The season was ordered in April 2018, and production began that July. Grant Gustin stars as Barry, with principal cast members Candice Patton, Danielle Panabaker, Carlos Valdes, Tom Cavanagh, and Jesse L. Martin also returning from previous seasons, while Hartley Sawyer, Danielle Nicolet, and Jessica Parker Kennedy were promoted to series regulars from their recurring statuses in season four. They are joined by new cast member Chris Klein. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Danielle Panabaker will direct the eighteenth episode of the season. Rebecca Johnson and Kevin", "title": "The Flash (season 5)" }, { "id": "18131444", "text": "countries and describes herself as an \"adrenaline junkie\". Aliyah O'Brien Aliyah O'Brien (born May 7, 1981) is a Canadian actress, best known for her television roles in the TV series \"Rookie Blue\" and \"Bates Motel\" and in the film \"Maximum Conviction\". Aliyah O'Brien was born in Victoria, British Columbia, and is of Irish, Spanish, and Welsh descent. She was actively involved in musical theatre while a student at Spectrum Secondary School. Her interest in kinesiology, however, led her to study it while attending Camosun College and landed her work as a personal trainer at Club Phoenix and the University of", "title": "Aliyah O'Brien" }, { "id": "19372963", "text": "Orange Is the New Black (season 5) The fifth season of the American comedy-drama television series \"Orange Is the New Black\" premiered on Netflix on June 9, 2017, at 12:00 am PST in multiple countries. It consists of thirteen episodes, each between 51–60 minutes. The series is based on Piper Kerman's memoir, \"\" (2010), about her experiences at FCI Danbury, a minimum-security federal prison. The series is created and adapted for television by Jenji Kohan. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> In February 2016, the series was renewed for a fifth, sixth, and seventh season. The fifth season was released on June 9, 2017. In", "title": "Orange Is the New Black (season 5)" }, { "id": "18830987", "text": "Macario as Bashful, Raphael Alejandro as Roland, Timothy Weber as the Apprentice and Ingrid Torrance as the Severe Nurse who is revealed during the episode to be the show's version of Nurse Ratched from Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and introduced Lee Majdoub as Sir Kay and Mckenna Grace as Young Emma. Towards the end of the month, David Anders was confirmed to be returning as Dr. Victor Frankenstein / Dr. Whale. The second episode of the season, \"The Price\", introduced Olivia Steele Falconer as Violet, a love interest for Henry. On October 14, it was announced", "title": "Once Upon a Time (season 5)" }, { "id": "12586928", "text": "show parody \"Britain's Got the Pop Factor...\", in which he played R Wayne, a role that involved singing and dancing. Additionally, Pickering plays Montparnasse in Tom Hooper's 2012 reimagining of the celebrated musical \"Les Misérables\". In 2014, Pickering portrayed Enoch \"Nucky\" Thompson in his younger years, in the fifth and final season of the HBO television series \"Boardwalk Empire\". From December 2015 through January 2016, Pickering played Abanazar in \"Aladdin\" at the Milton Keynes Theatre. In April and May 2016, he was in the European debut of the rock musical \"The Toxic Avenger\" at the Southwark Playhouse, London. He also", "title": "Marc Pickering" }, { "id": "3670457", "text": "fifth season of the series focused heavily on FBI federal agents Fox Mulder's (David Duchovny) loss of faith in the existence of extraterrestrials and his partner, Dana Scully's (Gillian Anderson), resurgence of health following her bout with cancer. New characters were also introduced, including agents Jeffrey Spender (Chris Owens) and Diana Fowley (Mimi Rogers) and the psychic Gibson Praise (Jeff Gulka). The finale, \"The End\", led up to both the 1998 film and the sixth season premiere \"The Beginning\". Debuting with high viewing figures and ranking as the eleventh most watched television series during the 1997–98 television year in the", "title": "The X-Files (season 5)" }, { "id": "16780296", "text": "Dylan learns the disturbing truth about his parentage. The third season focuses on Norman's waning deniability about what's happening to him, and the lengths he will go to gain control of his fragile psyche. The dramatic events of last season leave Norma more aware of her son's mental fragility and fearful of what he is capable of. Meanwhile, Sheriff Romero begins to distance himself from the Bates family after he suspects Norma is lying to him about her husband's death. The fourth season follows Norma as she becomes increasingly fearful of Norman, going to great lengths to find him the", "title": "Bates Motel (TV series)" }, { "id": "15626947", "text": "2011–12 television schedule, \"Gossip Girl\" stayed on Monday night and moved to the 8:00 pm Eastern/7:00 pm Central timeslot as a lead-in to \"Hart of Dixie\", which is produced by \"Gossip Girl\"'s executive producers Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage. The fifth season premiered on Monday, September 26, 2011. Filming for the season began on July 7, 2011. On August 3, 2011, The CW ordered two additional episodes for the fifth season, which will now total at 24. Executive producer Joshua Safran announced that he would be \"pulling out all the stops\" to make the 100th episode of the show special,", "title": "Gossip Girl (season 5)" }, { "id": "6045296", "text": "is one of the most gifted and daring actresses of our time\". Her next role was the flaky New Age mother Wendy Whitman in the independent comedy-drama \"Goats\", which opened at the 2012 Sundance. That same year, she portrayed CIA operative Catherine Linklater in Daniel Espinosa's action thriller \"Safe House\" (2012). Farmiga starred opposite Ryan Reynolds and, for the second time, Denzel Washington. Farmiga's return to television came in 2013, when she began portraying Norma Louise Bates, the mother of Norman Bates, in A&E's drama-thriller series \"Bates Motel\". The series is a contemporary reboot of Alfred Hitchcock's classic horror film", "title": "Vera Farmiga" }, { "id": "19489381", "text": "30, 2017, consisting of 9 episodes. Wentworth Miller and Dominic Purcell reprise their respective roles as Michael Scofield and Lincoln Burrows, while Sarah Wayne Callies, Amaury Nolasco, Paul Adelstein, Robert Knepper and Rockmond Dunbar also return from the original series. New cast additions include Mark Feuerstein, Inbar Lavi, Augustus Prew, Marina Benedict, Rick Yune and Steve Mouzakis. A pilot was ordered in August 2015 and the series was greenlit in January 2016. Production on the series began in April 2016 and filming took place in Vancouver and the Moroccan cities of Rabat, Casablanca, and Ouarzazate. Seven years after his apparent", "title": "Prison Break (season 5)" } ]

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[ { "id": "18938987", "text": "Game of Thrones (season 7) The seventh and penultimate season of the fantasy drama television series \"Game of Thrones\" premiered on HBO on July 16, 2017, and concluded on August 27, 2017. Unlike previous seasons that consisted of ten episodes each, the seventh season consisted of only seven. Like the previous season, it largely consisted of original content not found in George R. R. Martin's \"A Song of Ice and Fire\" series, while also incorporating material Martin revealed to showrunners about the upcoming novels in the series. The series was adapted for television by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss.", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)" }, { "id": "18938998", "text": "Bender, who worked on the show's sixth season, said that the seventh season would consist of seven episodes. Benioff and Weiss stated that they were unable to produce 10 episodes in the show's usual 12 to 14 month time frame, as Weiss said \"It's crossing out of a television schedule into more of a mid-range movie schedule.\" HBO confirmed on July 18, 2016, that the seventh season would consist of seven episodes, and would premiere later than usual in mid-2017 because of the later filming schedule. Later it was confirmed that the season would debut on July 16. The seventh", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)" }, { "id": "18938999", "text": "season of the series includes its longest episode, with the finale running for 81 minutes. The penultimate episode also runs for 71 minutes – around 16 minutes longer than an average \"Game of Thrones\" episode. The first five episodes mostly run longer than average (55 minutes), at 59, 59, 63, 50, and 59 minutes respectively. The previous longest episode in the series was the sixth-season finale, \"The Winds of Winter\", which ran for 69 minutes. Ramin Djawadi returned as the composer of the show for the seventh season. On Metacritic, the season (based on the first episode) has a score", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)" }, { "id": "18938989", "text": "the Seven Kingdoms. HBO ordered the seventh season on April 21, 2016, three days before the premiere of the show's sixth season, and began filming on August 31, 2016. The season was filmed primarily in Northern Ireland, Spain, Croatia and Iceland. \"Game of Thrones\" features a large ensemble cast, including Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, and Kit Harington. The season introduces several new cast members, including Jim Broadbent and Tom Hopper. The series received 22 nominations for the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards, and won for Outstanding Drama Series and Dinklage won for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)" }, { "id": "18938990", "text": "Drama Series. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The recurring actors listed here are those who appeared in season 7. They are listed by the region in which they first appear. Series creators and executive producers David Benioff and D. B. Weiss serve as showrunners for the seventh season. The directors for the seventh season are Jeremy Podeswa (episodes 1 and 7), Mark Mylod (episodes 2 and 3), Matt Shakman (episodes 4 and 5) and Alan Taylor (episode 6). This marks Taylor's return to the series after an absence since the second season. Shakman is a first-time \"Game of Thrones\" director, with the rest each", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)" }, { "id": "18938997", "text": "fifth season. New York Mets baseball pitcher Noah Syndergaard made a background cameo as a javelin-throwing Lannister soldier in \"The Spoils of War.\" On April 21, 2016, HBO officially ordered the seventh season of \"Game of Thrones\", just three days prior to the premiere of the show's sixth season. In a June 2016 interview with \"Variety\", co-creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss revealed the seventh season would likely consist of fewer episodes, stating at the time of the interview that they were \"down to our final 13 episodes after this season. We're heading into the final lap.\" Director Jack", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)" }, { "id": "157544", "text": "a dozen Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Drama Series. By the end of 2016, all seasons up to season 6 (which premiered on April 24, 2016) had been aired on HBO and all seasons had been released on DVD and/or Blu-ray for home viewing (see List of Game of Thrones episodes). The company confirmed on July 18, 2016 that season 7 would consist of seven episodes instead of the usual ten, and would premiere later than usual, in mid-2017, because of the later filming schedule. This was necessary in order to be shooting during the winter season in Europe. Season 7", "title": "George R. R. Martin" }, { "id": "12800963", "text": "content. In April 2016, the showrunners' plan was to shoot 13 more episodes after the sixth season: seven episodes in the seventh season and six episodes in the eighth. Later that month, the series was renewed for a seventh season with a seven-episode order. Eight seasons were ordered and filmed, adapting the novels at a rate of about 48 seconds per page for the first three seasons. The first two seasons adapted one novel each. For the later seasons, its creators see \"Game of Thrones\" as an adaptation of \"A Song of Ice and Fire\" as a whole rather than", "title": "Game of Thrones" }, { "id": "18939002", "text": "Now and HBO Go apps are included. Over the season, the viewer numbers averaged at over 30 million per episode across all platforms. The season was simulcast around the world by HBO and its broadcast partners in 186 countries. In some countries, it aired the day after its first release. On July 23, 2016, a teaser production trailer was released by HBO at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con. The trailer mostly consisted of voice overs, and shots of crew members creating sets and props. The first footage from the season was revealed in a new promotional video released by HBO", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)" }, { "id": "12800935", "text": "Game of Thrones Game of Thrones is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. It is an adaptation of \"A Song of Ice and Fire\", George R. R. Martin's series of fantasy novels, the first of which is \"A Game of Thrones\". It is filmed in Belfast and elsewhere in Northern Ireland, Canada, Croatia, Iceland, Malta, Morocco, Scotland, Spain, and the United States. The series premiered on HBO in the United States on April 17, 2011, and its seventh season ended on August 27, 2017. The series will conclude with its eighth season", "title": "Game of Thrones" }, { "id": "18939000", "text": "of 77 out of 100 based on 12 reviews, indicating \"generally favorable reviews\". On Rotten Tomatoes, the seventh season has a 94% approval rating from 46 critics with an average rating of 8.31 out of 10, and a 92% average episode score, with the site's consensus reading, \"After a year-long wait, \"Game of Thrones\" roars back with powerful storytelling and a focused interest in its central characters—particularly the female ones.\" The series premiere surpassed 30 million viewers across all of the network's domestic platforms weeks after its release. The show's numbers continued to climb in other countries as well. In", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)" }, { "id": "20300002", "text": "Beyond the Wall (Game of Thrones) \"Beyond the Wall\" is the sixth and penultimate episode of the seventh season of HBO's fantasy television series \"Game of Thrones\", and the 66th overall. It was written by series co-creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, and directed by Alan Taylor. At 70 minutes, it was the series' longest episode until the airing of the season's finale. The episode's main plot focuses on Jon Snow's raiding party as they journey north of the Wall; they successfully capture a wight to prove the threat, though Thoros is killed. Daenerys rescues the group from the", "title": "Beyond the Wall (Game of Thrones)" }, { "id": "20049003", "text": "episodes, stating that after season six, they were \"down to our final 13 episodes after this season. We're heading into the final lap.\" Benioff and Weiss stated that they were unable to produce 10 episodes in the show's usual 12 to 14-month time frame, as Weiss said, \"It's crossing out of a television schedule into more of a mid-range movie schedule.\" HBO confirmed in July 2016, that the seventh season would consist of seven episodes, and would premiere later than usual in mid-2017 because of the later filming schedule. Benioff and Weiss later confirmed that the eighth season will consist", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 8)" }, { "id": "12800970", "text": "of the European locations. Each ten-episode season of \"Game of Thrones\" has four to six directors, who usually direct back-to-back episodes. Alan Taylor has directed seven episodes, the most episodes of the series. Alex Graves, David Nutter, Mark Mylod and Jeremy Podeswa have directed six each. Daniel Minahan directed five episodes, and Michelle MacLaren, Alik Sakharov, and Miguel Sapochnik directed four each. Brian Kirk directed three episodes during the first season, and Tim Van Patten directed the series' first two episodes. Neil Marshall directed two episodes, both with large battle scenes: \"Blackwater\" and \"The Watchers on the Wall\". Other directors", "title": "Game of Thrones" }, { "id": "20300029", "text": "before it was set to air, on August 20, 2017. Four days before its official broadcast, HBO Spain and HBO Nordic accidentally allowed \"Beyond the Wall\" to be available for on-demand viewing for one hour before being removed. Beyond the Wall (Game of Thrones) \"Beyond the Wall\" is the sixth and penultimate episode of the seventh season of HBO's fantasy television series \"Game of Thrones\", and the 66th overall. It was written by series co-creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, and directed by Alan Taylor. At 70 minutes, it was the series' longest episode until the airing of the", "title": "Beyond the Wall (Game of Thrones)" }, { "id": "18938994", "text": "The Dark Hedges in Stranocum, which was previously used as the Kingsroad in the second season. Some scenes were filmed in Iceland. Filming also occurred in Dubrovnik, Croatia, which is used for location of King's Landing. The scene where Arya was reunited with Nymeria was filmed in Alberta, Canada. \"Deadline\" reported on June 21, 2016, that the five main cast members, Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, and Kit Harington had been in contract negotiations for the final two seasons. It was reported that the cast members have increased their salary to $500,000 per episode for the seventh", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)" }, { "id": "18938991", "text": "having directed multiple episodes in previous seasons. Michele Clapton returned to the show as costume designer, after spending some time away from the show in the sixth season. She previously worked on the show for the first five seasons, as well as the end of the sixth season. The seventh season contains original material not found in the \"A Song of Ice and Fire\" series. Some of the show's sixth season also consists of material revealed to the writers of the television series during discussions with Martin. Filming began on August 31, 2016, at Titanic Studios in Belfast, and ended", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)" }, { "id": "20048998", "text": "Game of Thrones (season 8) The eighth and final season of the fantasy drama television series \"Game of Thrones\" was announced by HBO in July 2016. Unlike the first six seasons that each had ten episodes and the seventh that had seven episodes, the eighth season will have only six episodes. Like the previous season, it will largely consist of original content not found currently in George R. R. Martin's \"A Song of Ice and Fire\" series and will also adapt material Martin has revealed to showrunners about the upcoming novels in the series, \"The Winds of Winter\" and \"A", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 8)" }, { "id": "12801004", "text": "out of 100 (based on 29 reviews) on Metacritic. The sixth season has been praised by critics, though not as highly as its predecessors. It has a score of 73 on Metacritic (based on nine reviews), indicating \"generally favorable reviews\". The seventh season scored 77 out of 100 (based on twelve reviews) and was praised for its action sequences and focused central characters, but received criticism for its breakneck pace and plot developments that \"defied logic.\" Despite its otherwise enthusiastic reception by critics, \"Game of Thrones\" has been criticized for the amount of female nudity, violence, and sexual violence (especially", "title": "Game of Thrones" }, { "id": "14195696", "text": "to begin filming in London in 2016. On April 11, 2016, Season 5 was confirmed to be the show's last; it consists of seven episodes and premiered on August 20, 2017. The series finale, Season 5's \"Episode Seven\", aired on October 8, 2017. \"Episodes\" has received positive reviews by critics, with specific praise being given to the performances of stars Stephen Mangan, Tamsin Greig, and Matt LeBlanc. For his performance in the series Matt LeBlanc won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy and has been nominated for four Primetime Emmy Awards. After married", "title": "Episodes (TV series)" }, { "id": "20308995", "text": "The Dragon and the Wolf \"The Dragon and the Wolf\" is the seventh and final episode of the seventh season of HBO's fantasy television series \"Game of Thrones\", and the 67th episode overall. It was written by series co-creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, and directed by Jeremy Podeswa. The episode's plot includes a negotiation between Cersei and Daenerys, and a rift between Cersei and Jaime; Theon rededicates himself to Yara; Sansa and Arya unite against Littlefinger; Jon Snow is revealed to be the child of Lyanna Stark and Rhaegar Targaryen; Jon and Daenerys's romantic relationship comes to fruition;", "title": "The Dragon and the Wolf" }, { "id": "20049005", "text": "to premiere in April 2019. Ramin Djawadi is set to return as the composer of the show for the eighth season. On December 6, 2018, HBO released the first official teaser trailer for the eighth season. Game of Thrones (season 8) The eighth and final season of the fantasy drama television series \"Game of Thrones\" was announced by HBO in July 2016. Unlike the first six seasons that each had ten episodes and the seventh that had seven episodes, the eighth season will have only six episodes. Like the previous season, it will largely consist of original content not found", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 8)" }, { "id": "20263894", "text": "was leaked online from Star India, one of HBO's international network partners. Four suspects were arrested over the leak in Mumbai. Three of them were current employees of Prime Focus Technologies, an independent company that handles Star India's data, while one was a former employee. The Spoils of War (Game of Thrones) \"The Spoils of War\" is the fourth episode of the seventh season of HBO's fantasy television series \"Game of Thrones\", and the 64th overall. It was written by series co-creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, and directed by Matt Shakman. At Dragonstone, Daenerys Targaryen and Jon Snow", "title": "The Spoils of War (Game of Thrones)" }, { "id": "18939007", "text": "on-demand viewing for one hour before being removed. Data from piracy monitoring firm MUSO indicates that season seven was pirated more than one billion times mostly by unauthorized streaming, with torrent and direct downloads accounting for about 15 percent of this piracy. On average, each episode is estimated to have been pirated 140 million times, making \"Game of Thrones\" the most-pirated television series in 2017. Game of Thrones (season 7) The seventh and penultimate season of the fantasy drama television series \"Game of Thrones\" premiered on HBO on July 16, 2017, and concluded on August 27, 2017. Unlike previous seasons", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)" }, { "id": "15636620", "text": "You Win or You Die \"You Win or You Die\" is the seventh episode of the HBO medieval fantasy television series \"Game of Thrones\". It was written by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, and directed by Daniel Minahan. Set to air May 29, 2011, the episode was released in advance immediately following the conclusion of \"A Golden Crown\" to HBO customers with access to HBO Go. The episode furthers the story line of deterioration of the political balance of the Seven Kingdoms, with Eddard Stark revealing what he has discovered to Cersei Lannister while King Robert is still away", "title": "You Win or You Die" }, { "id": "18939006", "text": "August 4, 2017, it was reported that, two days before its original broadcast, the fourth episode of the season was leaked online from Star India, one of HBO's international network partners. The leaked copy has the \"for internal viewing only\" watermark. On July 31, 2017, due to a security breach, HBO was the victim of 1.5 terabytes of stolen data. However, \"this was not related to this episode leak\", according to \"The Verge\". On August 16, 2017, four days before its intended release, it was reported that HBO Spain and HBO Nordic accidentally allowed the sixth episode of the series", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)" }, { "id": "18938988", "text": "The penultimate season focuses primarily on the convergence of the show's main plotlines in preparation for the final season. Daenerys Targaryen arrives in Westeros with her army and three dragons and wages war against the Lannisters. Jon Snow forges an alliance with Daenerys in an attempt to unite their forces against the White Walker army, the two falling in love in the process. Arya and Bran return to Winterfell and reunite with their sister Sansa. At the end of the season, the Army of the Dead breaches the Wall (with the help of a reanimated wight dragon) and finally enters", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)" }, { "id": "18938995", "text": "and eighth season. It was later reported that the actors had gone through a renegotiation, for which they had increased their salary to $1.1 million per episode for the last two seasons. On August 31, 2016, \"Entertainment Weekly\" reported that Jim Broadbent had been cast for the seventh season in a \"significant\" role. It was announced that the role of Dickon Tarly has been recast, with Tom Hopper replacing Freddie Stroma, who had previously played the role in \"Blood of My Blood\". The seventh season sees the return of Mark Gatiss as Tycho Nestoris, who did not appear in the", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)" }, { "id": "20240373", "text": "The Queen's Justice \"The Queen's Justice\" is the third episode of the seventh season of HBO's fantasy television series \"Game of Thrones\", and the 63rd overall. The episode was written by series co-creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, and directed by Mark Mylod. At Dragonstone, Jon Snow and Davos Seaworth meet with Daenerys Targaryen, whom Jon asks for aid in defeating the White Walkers, but Daenerys iterates her desire to take the Iron Throne instead. In King's Landing, Euron Greyjoy returns bearing gifts to Cersei Lannister, in the form of Ellaria Sand and Tyene Sand. At the Citadel, Samwell", "title": "The Queen's Justice" }, { "id": "15636640", "text": "series' most gratuitous sex scene to date.\" Among other criticisms were the scene's excessive length, the repetition of the dramatic approach, and the assumption that viewers were not going to pay attention when presented with a long exposition that did not include sex. You Win or You Die \"You Win or You Die\" is the seventh episode of the HBO medieval fantasy television series \"Game of Thrones\". It was written by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, and directed by Daniel Minahan. Set to air May 29, 2011, the episode was released in advance immediately following the conclusion of \"A", "title": "You Win or You Die" }, { "id": "18135451", "text": "an increase in overall viewer numbers this season taking into account streaming services, which are not included in Nielsen ratings. The dip in ratings did not extend to the eighth and ninth episodes, \"Hardhome,\" and \"The Dance of Dragons\", which were both seen by over 7 million viewers. The season finale, \"Mother's Mercy\" was seen by 8.11 million people, setting a new record and making it the most watched episode of the series. For the 5th Critics' Choice Television Awards, the series was nominated for Best Drama Series. For the 31st TCA Awards, the series was nominated for Program of", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 5)" }, { "id": "12800969", "text": "as Córdoba. The sixth season, which began filming in July 2015, returned to Spain and filmed in Navarra, Guadalajara, Seville, Almeria, Girona and Peniscola. Filming also returned to Dubrovnik, Croatia. Filming of the seven episodes of season 7 began on August 31, 2016, at Titanic Studios in Belfast, with other filming in Iceland, Northern Ireland and many locations in Spain, including Seville, Cáceres, Almodovar del Rio, Santiponce, Zumaia and Bermeo. The series also filmed in Dubrovnik, which is used for location of King's Landing. Filming continued until the end of February 2017 as necessary to ensure winter weather in some", "title": "Game of Thrones" }, { "id": "5621357", "text": "he appeared in the film \"Another Year\", which earned him a nomination for Best Supporting Actor from the London Film Critics Circle Awards. In 2011, 2013 and 2016, Bradley appeared as Lord Walder Frey in the HBO series \"Game of Thrones\". In January 2017, it was confirmed that Bradley would appear in the seventh season of the show later that year. Bradley played Solomon, a ruthless buccaneer, in the 2012 \"Doctor Who\" episode \"Dinosaurs on a Spaceship\". He previously provided voice work for \"The Sarah Jane Adventures\" serial \"Death of the Doctor\". It was announced in January 2013 that Bradley", "title": "David Bradley (English actor)" }, { "id": "17234893", "text": "The Bear and the Maiden Fair \"The Bear and the Maiden Fair\" is the seventh episode of the third season of HBO's fantasy television series \"Game of Thrones\", and the 27th episode of the series overall. The episode was written by George R. R. Martin, the author of the \"A Song of Ice and Fire\" novels on which the series is based, and was directed by Michelle MacLaren, her directorial debut for the series. The plot of the episode advances the storylines of Daenerys's arrival to the city of Yunkai, the repercussions of the upcoming marriage of Tyrion Lannister and", "title": "The Bear and the Maiden Fair" }, { "id": "18939003", "text": "highlighting its new and returning original shows for the coming year on November 28, 2016, showcasing Jon Snow, Sansa Stark and Arya Stark. On March 1, 2017, HBO and \"Game of Thrones\" teamed up with Major League Baseball (MLB) for a cross-promotional partnership. At least 19 individual teams participated in this promotion. On March 8, 2017, HBO released the first promotional poster for the season ahead of the SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas, which teases the battle of \"ice vs. fire\". Showrunners Benioff and Weiss also spoke at the event, along with fellow cast members Sophie Turner and Maisie Williams.", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)" }, { "id": "18939004", "text": "On March 9, 2017, HBO hosted a live stream on the \"Game of Thrones\" Facebook page that revealed the premiere date for the seventh season as being July 16, 2017. It was accompanied by a teaser trailer. On March 30, 2017, the first official promo for the show was released, highlighting the thrones of Daenerys Targaryen, Jon Snow, and Cersei Lannister. On April 20, 2017, HBO released 15 official photos shot during the season. On May 22, 2017, HBO released several new photos from the new season. On May 23, 2017, HBO released the official posters featuring the Night King.", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)" }, { "id": "20240394", "text": "empowerment and true social change, \"Game of Thrones\" has been it\". The Queen's Justice \"The Queen's Justice\" is the third episode of the seventh season of HBO's fantasy television series \"Game of Thrones\", and the 63rd overall. The episode was written by series co-creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, and directed by Mark Mylod. At Dragonstone, Jon Snow and Davos Seaworth meet with Daenerys Targaryen, whom Jon asks for aid in defeating the White Walkers, but Daenerys iterates her desire to take the Iron Throne instead. In King's Landing, Euron Greyjoy returns bearing gifts to Cersei Lannister, in the", "title": "The Queen's Justice" }, { "id": "20240312", "text": "Dragonstone (Game of Thrones) \"Dragonstone\" is the first episode of the seventh season of HBO's fantasy television series \"Game of Thrones\", and the 61st overall. It was written by series co-creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, and directed by Jeremy Podeswa. The episode's main plot focuses on Daenerys Targaryen's long-awaited homecoming to Dragonstone with her vast forces, and Cersei and Jaime Lannister treating with Euron Greyjoy for an alliance after the demise of House Frey. \"Dragonstone\" received positive reviews from critics, who considered Arya's revenge on House Frey, Sandor Clegane's atonement for his old life, and Daenerys's dramatic homecoming", "title": "Dragonstone (Game of Thrones)" }, { "id": "2745984", "text": "season four of \"Game of Thrones\" in 2014 playing Tycho Nestoris and reprised this role in season five and season seven. In the BBC's 2015 series \"Wolf Hall\", Gatiss played King Henry VIII's secretary Stephen Gardiner. He also appeared in Channel 4’s \"Coalition\" in 2015. Gatiss appears as the Prince Regent (later George IV) in the eight-part historical fiction television drama series \"Taboo\" (2017) first broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom on 7 January 2017 and in the United States on FX on 10 January 2017. Gatiss appears frequently in BBC Radio productions, including the science fiction comedy", "title": "Mark Gatiss" }, { "id": "20263862", "text": "The Spoils of War (Game of Thrones) \"The Spoils of War\" is the fourth episode of the seventh season of HBO's fantasy television series \"Game of Thrones\", and the 64th overall. It was written by series co-creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, and directed by Matt Shakman. At Dragonstone, Daenerys Targaryen and Jon Snow observe cave drawings left by the Children of the Forest, indicating that the First Men and the Children fought together against the White Walkers. In King's Landing, Cersei Lannister seeks further investment from the Iron Bank, after reassuring them that their debt will soon be", "title": "The Spoils of War (Game of Thrones)" }, { "id": "20240354", "text": "Stormborn \"Stormborn\" is the second episode of the seventh season of HBO's fantasy television series \"Game of Thrones\", and the 62nd overall. The episode was written by Bryan Cogman, and directed by Mark Mylod. The title of the episode refers to both Daenerys Targaryen, who was born during a terrible storm, and Euron Greyjoy, who declares himself to be \"the storm\". The episode's main plot focuses on Daenerys planning her conquest of Westeros; at the behest of Melisandre, she orders Tyrion to summon Jon Snow, who agrees to meet with her despite the objections of Sansa and several other supporters.", "title": "Stormborn" }, { "id": "17234912", "text": "for terribly exciting fiction, and that’s more or less bearing out here.\" On the other end of the spectrum, the reviewer for \"Time\", James Poniewozik, considered it \"chilling\". The Bear and the Maiden Fair \"The Bear and the Maiden Fair\" is the seventh episode of the third season of HBO's fantasy television series \"Game of Thrones\", and the 27th episode of the series overall. The episode was written by George R. R. Martin, the author of the \"A Song of Ice and Fire\" novels on which the series is based, and was directed by Michelle MacLaren, her directorial debut for", "title": "The Bear and the Maiden Fair" }, { "id": "1571218", "text": "third season premiered on Netflix on August 4, 2017, and consisted of 7 episodes while the fourth season premiered on October 13, 2017, and consisted of 6 episodes. The fifth season premiered on March 2, 2018, and consists of six episodes.[5] The sixth season premiered on June 15, 2018 and consists of seven episodes. The 7th season premiered August 10th 2018 and consists of 13 episodes. The 8th and final season is set to release on December 14th, 2018 and will consist of 13 episodes. The series' success has spawned several comics, action figures, and other toys. In Australia, DVDs", "title": "Voltron" }, { "id": "18939001", "text": "the UK, the premiere got up to 4.7 million viewers after seven days, setting a new record for Sky Atlantic. Compared to the previous season, HBO Asia saw an increases of between 24 percent to 50 percent. HBO Latin America saw a record viewership in the region, with a 29 percent climb. In Germany, the show went up 210 percent, in Russia it climbed 40 percent and in Italy it saw a 61 percent increase. In the United States, the finale was watched by 12.1 million viewers on its first airing on television, and 16.5 million when viewings on HBO", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)" }, { "id": "12801001", "text": "had positive reviews of 91 percent or higher on Rotten Tomatoes, and a 97-percent rating (based on 50 reviews) for the season as a whole. On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a rating of 95 percent and an average score of 8.6 out of 10 (based on 52 reviews). The season has a rating of 96 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, with an average score of 8.4 out of 10 based on 29 reviews. After the first episode aired, the seventh season held a rating of 97 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, with an average score of 8.2 out of 10 based on", "title": "Game of Thrones" }, { "id": "14205644", "text": "filmed in Iceland and Northern Ireland. The series was renewed for a seventh season, which premiered on 16 July 2017, and will conclude with its eighth season in April 2019. \"Game of Thrones\" takes place on the fictional continents of Westeros and Essos and chronicles the power struggles among noble families as they fight for control of the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms. Jon Snow is introduced as the illegitimate son of Ned Stark, the honorable lord of Winterfell, an ancient fortress in the North of the fictional continent of Westeros. Harington has received praise for his performance. In", "title": "Kit Harington" }, { "id": "11944618", "text": "story editor and contributed to two episodes but left the crew with the close of the season. New writer Elizabeth Hunter contributed a single episode. Producers Kaplan, Thorpe, and Misiano served as the seasons regular directors. Kaplan helmed 6 episodes while Thorpe and Misiano directed 3 each. Chulack directed a further episode. Returning directors were executive producer John Wells, cast members Anthony Edwards and Laura Innes, series veterans Lesli Linka Glatter, Félix Enríquez Alcalá, David Nutter, Marita Grabiak, and Tom Moore. Guy Norman Bee was the season's only new director. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> ER (season 7) The seventh season of the American", "title": "ER (season 7)" }, { "id": "19431647", "text": "also part of the show. The series began on Monday, April 25, 2016, on HBO Now, HBO Go, HBO On Demand and HBO. The stated purpose of the show is to \"recap the latest episode, explaining the who, what, when and where, exploring the complicated politics and history of \"Thrones\", and offering absurd and not-so-absurd theories about future episodes.\" For the seventh season of \"Game of Thrones\", the after show changed its name to Talk the Thrones and moved from HBO to the social media site Twitter, where it will stream live every week after an episode airs. Simmons said", "title": "After the Thrones" }, { "id": "16493787", "text": "Without Honor\" didn't have as many big, striking scenes as some of the past few episodes, it made up for its lack of face-melting moments with some absolutely fantastic one-on-one scenes.\" The A.V. Club's Todd VanDerWerff gave it an A-. A Man Without Honor \"A Man Without Honor\" is the seventh episode of the second season of HBO's medieval fantasy television series \"Game of Thrones\". The episode is written by series co-creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss and directed, for the second time in this season, by David Nutter. It premiered on May 13, 2012. The name of the", "title": "A Man Without Honor" }, { "id": "20240372", "text": "navigates even more treacherous waters.\" Erik Kain of \"Forbes\" gave a mixed review, writing that he enjoyed Arya's scenes but criticizing the Dragonstone scenes. Kain also criticized the plot hole of Ellaria Sand being in control of Dorne. Stormborn \"Stormborn\" is the second episode of the seventh season of HBO's fantasy television series \"Game of Thrones\", and the 62nd overall. The episode was written by Bryan Cogman, and directed by Mark Mylod. The title of the episode refers to both Daenerys Targaryen, who was born during a terrible storm, and Euron Greyjoy, who declares himself to be \"the storm\". The", "title": "Stormborn" }, { "id": "12801019", "text": "Awards (23). It won for Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Directing (\"Battle of the Bastards\"), Outstanding Writing (\"Battle of the Bastards\"), and nine Creative Arts Emmys. Nominations included Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (Dinklage and Kit Harington), Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (Clarke, Headey and Maisie Williams), Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series (Max von Sydow) and Outstanding Directing (\"The Door\"). In 2018, the seventh season received the most nominations at the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards (22). It won for Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (Peter Dinklage), and seven Creative Arts", "title": "Game of Thrones" }, { "id": "12801016", "text": "it at number four on their \"best TV shows ever\" list, while in 2016 the series was placed seventh on \"Empire\" \"The 50 best TV shows ever\". The same year \"Rolling Stone\" named it the twelfth \"greatest TV Show of all time\". The 2011 first season received 13 Emmy nominations (including Outstanding Drama Series), and won for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (given to Peter Dinklage for his portrayal of Tyrion Lannister) and Outstanding Main Title Design. Other nominations included Outstanding Directing (\"Winter Is Coming\") and Outstanding Writing (\"Baelor\"). Dinklage was also named Best Supporting Actor at the", "title": "Game of Thrones" }, { "id": "20286936", "text": "major characters together and narrowed its focus.\" Eastwatch \"Eastwatch\" is the fifth episode of the seventh season of HBO's fantasy television series \"Game of Thrones\", and the 65th overall. The episode was written for television by Dave Hill, and directed by Matt Shakman. Daenerys forces the surviving Lannister and Tarly soldiers to swear fealty to her, but Randyll and Dickon Tarly refuse, and are executed. Meanwhile, Tyrion Lannister secretly meets with Jaime Lannister to request an audience with their sister Queen Cersei to present evidence of the army of the dead. Meanwhile, Davos Seaworth retrieves Gendry, and he, along with", "title": "Eastwatch" }, { "id": "18680088", "text": "The Gift (Game of Thrones) \"The Gift\" is the seventh episode of the fifth season of HBO's fantasy television series \"Game of Thrones\", and the 47th overall. The episode was written by the series' creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, and directed by Miguel Sapochnik, his directorial debut for the series. This episode marks the final appearance for Peter Vaughan. Jon leaves for Hardhome with Tormund and some rangers, in spite of Ser Alliser's complaints. Before they leave, Sam gives Jon a bag of dragonglass weapons, reminding him of their use against the White Walkers. Afterward, Sam and Gilly", "title": "The Gift (Game of Thrones)" }, { "id": "19559382", "text": "\"King in the North\" scene with Jon Snow at Winterfell. Critical praise was directed towards the musical score for the episode, with Lili Loofbourow of \"The Week\" calling it the \"real winner\" of the season finale. \"The Winds of Winter\" was viewed by 8.89 million American households on its initial viewing on HBO, significantly higher than the previous week's rating of 7.66 million viewers for the season's penultimate episode \"Battle of the Bastards\", making it the most watched episode in the series' history, until surpassed by the seventh-season premiere, \"Dragonstone\". The episode also acquired a 4.35 rating in the 18–49", "title": "The Winds of Winter (Game of Thrones)" }, { "id": "17959133", "text": "Mockingbird (Game of Thrones) \"Mockingbird\" is the seventh episode of the fourth season of HBO's fantasy television series \"Game of Thrones\", and the 37th overall. The episode was written by series co-creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, and directed by Alik Sakharov. It aired on May 18, 2014. The title refers to the symbol of House Baelish, Littlefinger's house. This episode marks the final appearance of Kate Dickie (Lysa Arryn). In the dungeons, Jaime Lannister berates Tyrion Lannister for his outburst against the people of King's Landing and ruining the deal Jaime had made with Tywin Lannister. Tyrion angrily", "title": "Mockingbird (Game of Thrones)" }, { "id": "16493773", "text": "A Man Without Honor \"A Man Without Honor\" is the seventh episode of the second season of HBO's medieval fantasy television series \"Game of Thrones\". The episode is written by series co-creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss and directed, for the second time in this season, by David Nutter. It premiered on May 13, 2012. The name of the episode comes from Catelyn Stark's assessment of Ser Jaime Lannister: \"You are a man without honor,\" after he kills a member of his own family to attempt escape. Sansa Stark thanks Sandor \"The Hound\" Clegane for saving her during the", "title": "A Man Without Honor" }, { "id": "19501802", "text": "The Broken Man \"The Broken Man\" is the seventh episode of the sixth season of HBO's fantasy television series \"Game of Thrones\", and the 57th overall. The episode was written by Bryan Cogman, and directed by Mark Mylod. Sandor \"the Hound\" Clegane lives a peaceful life with the pacifist community of Brother Ray; Jon Snow, Sansa Stark and Davos Seaworth attempt to build an army; Margaery Tyrell convinces her grandmother to leave the capital despite Cersei's appeal to stay; Jaime Lannister attempts to negotiate with the Blackfish; and Arya Stark is ambushed in Braavos. \"The Broken Man\" garnered high praise", "title": "The Broken Man" }, { "id": "15836599", "text": "David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. Called \"Game of Thrones\", it stars an ensemble cast including Sean Bean and Peter Dinklage. The series premiered on 17 April 2011. A critical and commercial success, it was most recently renewed for a seventh and eighth season to be aired in 2017–19. The series has itself given rise to several derived works, including soundtrack albums and a wide range of merchandise. After years of speculation about possible spin-off series, HBO in May 2017 commissioned five screenwriters – Max Borenstein, Jane Goldman, Brian Helgeland, Carly Wray and a fifth yet to be announced writer", "title": "Works based on A Song of Ice and Fire" }, { "id": "12800956", "text": "and 2015, the average budget per episode increased from $6 million to \"at least\" $8 million. The sixth-season budget was over $10 million per episode, for a season total of over $100 million and a series record. Nina Gold and Robert Sterne are the series' primary casting directors. Through a process of auditions and readings, the main cast was assembled. The only exceptions were Peter Dinklage and Sean Bean, whom the writers wanted from the start; they were announced as joining the pilot in 2009. Other actors signed for the pilot were Kit Harington as Jon Snow, Jack Gleeson as", "title": "Game of Thrones" }, { "id": "18938993", "text": "filming locations. Girona stood in for Braavos and parts of King's Landing. It was later announced that the seventh season would film in Northern Ireland, Spain and Iceland, with filming in Northern Ireland beginning in August 2016. The series filmed in the Spanish cities Seville, Cáceres, Almodóvar del Río, Santiponce, Zumaia and Bermeo. Spanish sources announced that the series would be filming the seventh season on Muriola Beach in Barrika, Las Atarazanas, the Royal Dockyards of Seville and at the shores of San Juan de Gaztelugatxe, an islet belonging to the city of Bermeo. The series returned to film at", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)" }, { "id": "20286909", "text": "Eastwatch \"Eastwatch\" is the fifth episode of the seventh season of HBO's fantasy television series \"Game of Thrones\", and the 65th overall. The episode was written for television by Dave Hill, and directed by Matt Shakman. Daenerys forces the surviving Lannister and Tarly soldiers to swear fealty to her, but Randyll and Dickon Tarly refuse, and are executed. Meanwhile, Tyrion Lannister secretly meets with Jaime Lannister to request an audience with their sister Queen Cersei to present evidence of the army of the dead. Meanwhile, Davos Seaworth retrieves Gendry, and he, along with Jon Snow and Jorah Mormont travel to", "title": "Eastwatch" }, { "id": "17142231", "text": "received a 97% average episode score. The site's critical consensus reads, \"\"Game of Thrones\" continues to be one of the best shows on TV, combining meticulously-plotted character arcs with the spectacular design of the Seven Kingdoms.\" Season 4 obtained the strongest viewer numbers of all seasons aired up until that point, with a series high of 7.20 million viewers of the first airing of the seventh episode. With its fourth season, \"Game of Thrones\" has become the most-watched HBO series in history (surpassing the fourth season of \"The Sopranos\" which had a gross audience of 18.2 million viewers), averaging 18.4", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 4)" }, { "id": "18939005", "text": "The first official trailer for season 7 was released on May 24, 2017. The trailer set a world record for being the most viewed show trailer ever, being viewed 61 million times across digital platforms, in the first 24 hours. The second official trailer was released on June 21, 2017. The season premiere was screened at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles on July 12, 2017. The season was released on Blu-ray and DVD in region 1 on December 12, 2017. The season premiere was pirated 90 million times in the first three days after it aired. On", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)" }, { "id": "20263888", "text": "million for the episode \"The Queen's Justice\". This set a ratings record for \"Game of Thrones\", as the highest rated episode of the series to that point, surpassing the seventh season premiere, which previously held the record. The episode also acquired a 4.6 rating in the 18–49 demographic, making it the highest rated show on cable television of the night. In the United Kingdom, the episode was viewed by 3.015 million viewers on Sky Atlantic, making it the highest-rated broadcast that week on its channel. It also received 1.022 million timeshift viewers. \"The Spoils of War\" received widespread acclaim from", "title": "The Spoils of War (Game of Thrones)" }, { "id": "18938992", "text": "in February 2017. In an interview with the showrunners, it was announced that the filming of the seventh season would be delayed until later in the year due to necessary weather conditions for filming. The showrunners stated \"We're starting a bit later because, you know, at the end of this season, winter is here, and that means that sunny weather doesn't really serve our purposes any more. We kind of pushed everything down the line so we could get some grim, gray weather even in the sunnier places that we shoot.\" Girona, Spain did not return as one of the", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)" }, { "id": "20049002", "text": "be the last time that we would be doing this\". In an interview with \"Entertainment Weekly\", HBO programming president Casey Bloys stated that instead of the series finale being a feature film, the final season would be \"six one-hour movies\" on television. He continued, \"The show has proven that TV is every bit as impressive and in many cases more so, than film. What they're doing is monumental.\" Filming officially began on October 23, 2017, and concluded in July 2018. Co-creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss have said that the seventh and eighth season would likely consist of fewer", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 8)" }, { "id": "3735752", "text": "with Dragons\" (2011), working to negotiate an alliance between the Night's Watch and the wildlings. The growing animosity he has attracted from among the Watch finally catches up with him, and he is forced to face the dire consequences. On the HBO series \"Game of Thrones\", Jon's storyline follows the character's plot arc from the novel series, though season 6 and season 7 of the TV adaptation continue on from the events of Martin's latest published installment. Harington was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for the role in 2016. He was", "title": "Jon Snow (character)" }, { "id": "10430613", "text": "and executive-produced the pilot episode of the U.S. version of the dramedy, \"Shameless\", for Showtime. He remains a co-executive producer and frequent director on the series. In 2011, Mylod directed and executive-produced the pilot of the ABC fantasy series \"Once Upon a Time\". In 2014, he directed the pilot episode for American TV Series \"The Affair\". In 2014 he directed episodes 3 and 4 of Season 5 of the HBO series \"Game of Thrones\". He came back for Season 6, where he directed episode 7 and 8 and episode 2 of season 7. Mylod is married to costume designer Amy", "title": "Mark Mylod" }, { "id": "19667222", "text": "The Great British Bake Off (series 7) The seventh series of \"The Great British Bake Off\" aired from 24 August 2016, with twelve contestants competing to be crowned the series 7 winner. This series was the last to be broadcast on BBC One, as the production company Love Productions opted to move the show to Channel 4. It was also the last series on the show for Sue Perkins and Mel Giedroyc, as they decided to leave as presenters of the show. It is also the last series of the show to feature Mary Berry as a judge. This series", "title": "The Great British Bake Off (series 7)" }, { "id": "5364622", "text": "the show would return in 2016 with a six-part seventh series, nine years after the previous series concluded. Filming of the new seventh series started in the summer and the series began on 7 October 2016. The show's return attracted it's highest ever overnight audience for a single episode on 7 October, taking a 58% share of the Scottish TV audience with 1,300,000 viewers. The show also aired for the first time on BBC One across the UK nationwide and drew a total audience of 3,200,000. In September 2016, a second live show was announced for the SSE Hydro. The", "title": "Still Game" }, { "id": "19269393", "text": "was ordered with the sixth season on June 10, 2014, right before the fifth-season premiere aired, which made Pretty Little Liars ABC Family's longest running original series, surpassing \"The Secret Life of the American Teenager\", which was ABC Family's previous longest running original series. The season will consist of 20 episodes, in which ten episodes will air in the summer of 2016, with the remaining ten episodes beginning to air in April 2017. Charlie Craig, who served as writer/consulting producer on the second season, will return for the seventh season as executive producer/co-showrunner. I. Marlene King revealed the title of", "title": "Pretty Little Liars (season 7)" }, { "id": "18045465", "text": "Castle (season 7) The seventh season of American crime-comedy-drama television series \"Castle\", was ordered on May 8, 2014, by ABC. The season premiered on September 29, 2014, in the United States on ABC, and the finale aired on May 11, 2015. The seventh season initially had 22 episodes. But on October 23, 2014, ABC ordered one more episode, resulting in an episode count of 23 episodes. Richard Castle (Fillion) is a famous mystery novelist who has killed off the main character in his popular book series and has writer's block. He is brought in by the NYPD for questioning regarding", "title": "Castle (season 7)" }, { "id": "1941186", "text": "\"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince\" (2009) and \"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2\" (2011). He joined the cast of the television series \"Game of Thrones\", playing a role of Archmaester Ebrose, in the seventh season (2017). His other notable roles were in \"Topsy-Turvy\" (1999), \"The Gathering Storm\" (2002), \"And When Did You Last See Your Father?\" (2007), \"Hot Fuzz, Another Year\" (2010), and \"The Iron Lady\" (2011). Broadbent was born on 24 May 1949 in Holton cum Beckering, in Lincolnshire, the second son of Doreen \"Dee\" Broadbent (née Findlay), a sculptor, and Roy Laverick Broadbent, an", "title": "Jim Broadbent" }, { "id": "19501834", "text": "it's an hour focused on putting the narrative chess pieces into place. \"The Broken Man\" doesn't finish off any of its major moves. Those bold turns are yet to come.\" The Broken Man \"The Broken Man\" is the seventh episode of the sixth season of HBO's fantasy television series \"Game of Thrones\", and the 57th overall. The episode was written by Bryan Cogman, and directed by Mark Mylod. Sandor \"the Hound\" Clegane lives a peaceful life with the pacifist community of Brother Ray; Jon Snow, Sansa Stark and Davos Seaworth attempt to build an army; Margaery Tyrell convinces her grandmother", "title": "The Broken Man" }, { "id": "7896772", "text": "Oxford Blues as Lowe's Oriel College room-mate and confidant, providing inside information. In 2011 he appeared in the television film \"The Suspicions of Mr Whicher\" for ITV. He also appeared in the drama \"The Queen\" in 2006, as Blair's aide. In 2017, Firth joined the cast of the HBO series \"Game of Thrones\" in Eastwatch, an episode of Season 7 as Archmaester Sandhu. Julian Firth Julian Firth is an English actor, best known for his roles as troubled inmate Davis in the cinematic version of the film \"Scum\" and as Brother Jerome in the long-running television series \"Cadfael\". Firth has", "title": "Julian Firth" }, { "id": "7759255", "text": "Game\" has been renewed for a seventh season. The seventh season premiered on March 4, 2014. In April 2014, BET renewed the series for an eighth season, which premiered on January 14, 2015. In October 2014, BET said that the series would end in 2015. The series leads Tia Mowry-Hardrict and Pooch Hall would return to make special appearances in the finale. The final season premiered on June 3, 2015 and the series finale premiered on August 5, 2015. Seasons 2–6 are also available in the United States and Canada. The Game (U.S. TV series) The Game is an American", "title": "The Game (U.S. TV series)" }, { "id": "18135474", "text": "nominations, the most of any series. It won 12 awards, including Outstanding Drama Series, David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for \"Battle of the Bastards\", and Miguel Sapochnik for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for \"Battle of the Bastards\". For the 7th Critics' Choice Television Awards, the series won for Best Drama Series. The season was simulcast around the world by HBO and its broadcast partners. While in some countries, it aired the day after its first release. On November 23, 2015, a teaser poster displaying Jon Snow was released on the", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 6)" }, { "id": "8880574", "text": "series finale, \"The End.\" In 2008, LG used Nutter's pilot expertise to create a campaign for its new \"Scarlet\" line of HDTVs, by creating a promotional clip in the style of a trailer for a TV pilot. In 2011, Nutter directed the pilot of Rina Mimoun's \"The Doctor\", for CBS. In 2012, Nutter directed episodes six and seven of \"Game of Thrones\" season 2. In 2013, he directed the last two episodes of season 3, including \"The Rains of Castamere\", with the infamous \"Red Wedding\" sequence. Nutter also directed the pilot of The CW series \"Arrow\", based on the comic-book", "title": "David Nutter" }, { "id": "19269383", "text": "Pretty Little Liars (season 7) The seventh and final season of the American mystery drama television series \"Pretty Little Liars\", based on the books of the same name by Sara Shepard, was renewed on June 10, 2014 for two additional seasons, making the show Freeform's longest running original series. The season consisted of 20 episodes, in which ten episodes aired in the summer of 2016, with the remaining ten episodes aired from April 2017. The season's premiere aired on June 21, 2016 on Freeform. Production and filming began in the end of March 2016, which was confirmed by showrunner I.", "title": "Pretty Little Liars (season 7)" }, { "id": "14957235", "text": "HBO programming and a first-look deal on all co-productions. In January 2016, Sky expanded the portfolio shown on Atlantic, after purchasing exclusive rights to Showtime programming. The following is a list of the ten most watched programmes on Sky Atlantic (all of them being episodes of \"Game of Thrones\"), based on Live +7 data supplied by BARB up to 28 August 2017. The number of viewers does not include repeats or Irish ratings. Additionally, all of these episodes were the most viewed programme of the week on non-terrestrial television in the UK, with the exception of \"Book of the Stranger\"", "title": "Sky Atlantic" }, { "id": "18135460", "text": "for the sixth season includes executive producers and showrunners David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, producer Bryan Cogman and Dave Hill. Author George R. R. Martin, who had written one episode for each of the first four seasons, did not write an episode for the sixth season, as he was working to finish writing the sixth \"A Song of Ice and Fire\" novel, \"The Winds of Winter\". The directing staff for the sixth season was Jeremy Podeswa (episodes 1 and 2), Daniel Sackheim (episodes 3 and 4), Jack Bender (episodes 5 and 6), Mark Mylod (episodes 7 and 8), and", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 6)" }, { "id": "18938996", "text": "sixth season, Ben Hawkey as Hot Pie, who last appeared in the fourth season, and Joe Dempsie as Gendry, who last appeared in the third season and maintains his status as starring cast member. Members of the British indie pop band Bastille were reported to have filmed cameo appearances. British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran also makes a cameo appearance in the season. Frontman of American heavy metal band Mastodon, Brent Hinds, has also revealed he would have a cameo appearance. This is Hinds' second cameo in the series, following his appearance (along with bandmates Brann Dailor and Bill Kelliher) in the", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)" }, { "id": "8880575", "text": "character Green Arrow, starring Stephen Amell. In 2014, he returned to the HBO series \"Game of Thrones\" to direct episodes 9 and 10 of Season 5. For episode 10, he received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series. In September 2017, it was announced that Nutter would return to direct at least two episodes of the eighth season of \"Game of Thrones\", alongside Miguel Sapochnik, David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for the remainder of the episodes. The first sixteen pilots that Nutter directed have all gone to series. This streak was broken in 2011 when", "title": "David Nutter" }, { "id": "7620805", "text": "first season, eleven episodes of the second, twelve episodes of the third, ten of the fourth, nine of the fifth, ten of the sixth, and twelve of the seventh. He has also directed all seven season finales, along with the season seven midseason finale and the penultimate episode of the series. \"Mad Men\" has received considerable critical acclaim and has won four Golden Globe Awards and fifteen Primetime Emmy Awards. It is the first basic cable series to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, winning the award in 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011. Weiner won the Primetime", "title": "Matthew Weiner" }, { "id": "19667235", "text": "of 2016 so far, with the official figure also making it the most watched TV show since the 2015 Bake Off Final. Its run on the BBC ended with an average overnight viewing figure of 14 million for the final, peaking at 14.8 million, which is a record for the show. The series dominated the list of most-watched programmes in 2016, with nine of the top ten being episodes of the show. Its finale was watched by 15.9 million viewers (7 days cumulative figure), the most popular of the year. Official episode viewing figures are from BARB. The Great British", "title": "The Great British Bake Off (series 7)" }, { "id": "18135459", "text": "Max von Sydow, Pilou Asbæk and Essie Davis. Critics praised its production values, writing, plot development, and cast. \"Game of Thrones\" received most nominations for the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards, with 23 nominations, and won twelve, including that for Outstanding Drama Series for the second year in a row. U.S. viewership rose compared to the previous season, and by approximately 13% over its course, from 7.9 million to 8.9 million by the finale. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The recurring actors listed here are those who appeared in season 6. They are listed by the region in which they first appear: The writing staff", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 6)" }, { "id": "12801026", "text": "Kansas City, Missouri. Each season's Blu-ray and DVD set contains several short animated sequences narrated by the cast as their characters as they detail events in the history of Westeros. For the seventh season, this is to include the animated prequel series \"Game of Thrones: Conquest & Rebellion\", illustrated in a different animation style than previous videos. The series focuses on Aegon Targaryen's conquest of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros. In May 2017, after years of speculation about possible successor shows, HBO commissioned Max Borenstein, Jane Goldman, Brian Helgeland, Carly Wray and a fifth unnamed writer to develop individual \"Game", "title": "Game of Thrones" }, { "id": "18135456", "text": "Game of Thrones (season 6) The sixth season of the fantasy drama television series \"Game of Thrones\" premiered on HBO on April 24, 2016, and concluded on June 26, 2016. It consists of ten episodes, each of approximately 50–60 minutes long, largely of original content not found in George R. R. Martin's \"A Song of Ice and Fire\" series. Some story elements were derived from the novels and from information Martin revealed to the show-runners. The series was adapted for television by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. HBO ordered the season on April 8, 2014, together with the fifth", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 6)" }, { "id": "18135480", "text": "\"Game of Thrones\" was the most-pirated TV series in 2016. Game of Thrones (season 6) The sixth season of the fantasy drama television series \"Game of Thrones\" premiered on HBO on April 24, 2016, and concluded on June 26, 2016. It consists of ten episodes, each of approximately 50–60 minutes long, largely of original content not found in George R. R. Martin's \"A Song of Ice and Fire\" series. Some story elements were derived from the novels and from information Martin revealed to the show-runners. The series was adapted for television by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. HBO ordered", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 6)" }, { "id": "20154403", "text": "Once Upon a Time (season 7) The seventh and final season of the American ABC fantasy-drama \"Once Upon a Time\" was ordered on May 11, 2017. It consisted of 22 episodes, airing on Fridays, having premiered on October 6, 2017. This season marked a significant change for the series, as it was announced at the end of the sixth season that the majority of the main cast members would not be returning for season 7. Lana Parrilla, Colin O'Donoghue, and Robert Carlyle were the only ones remaining. Andrew J. West and Alison Fernandez were announced as new regulars in May", "title": "Once Upon a Time (season 7)" }, { "id": "18135450", "text": "million at the seventh episode, \"The Gift\". \"Business Insider\" cites two likely reasons for the lower ratings: backlash over the rape scene in \"Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken\", one of many deviations from the novels throughout the season that \"have upset fans,\" and increased online streaming through HBO Now. It also acknowledged a possible effect of the first four episodes leaking online before the season premiere and the decision to air on Memorial Day weekend in the United States (a weekend that had been skipped in previous seasons). \"Business Insider\" reached out to HBO for comment, HBO responded that it is seeing", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 5)" }, { "id": "17959144", "text": "during its premiere hour, setting a new series high. In the United Kingdom, the episode was viewed by 1.639 million viewers, making it the highest-rated broadcast that week. It also received 0.095 million timeshift viewers. \"Mockingbird\" received critical acclaim. Rotten Tomatoes reported a score of 100% based on reviews from 36 critics with an average score of 9 out of 10. The site's consensus is that \"Though [the episode] mostly sets the table for future events, it remains chock-full of action, suspense, surprise, and raw human emotion.\" Mockingbird (Game of Thrones) \"Mockingbird\" is the seventh episode of the fourth season", "title": "Mockingbird (Game of Thrones)" }, { "id": "18177088", "text": "characters\". While he contrasted the show's seventh season with its sixthwhich he described as \"heady\"Muto asserted that the seventh season would not be a \"throwback\" to the show's earlier seasons, which had been defined by their focus on comedy. Originally, the show's seventh season comprised episodes \"Bonnie & Neddy\" through \"Reboot\", for a total of 39. However, when it came time to upload the seventh season onto streaming sites, Cartoon Network chose to end the season with its 26th episode, \"The Thin Yellow Line.\" The network then began counting the remaining 13 episodes (which included \"Broke His Crown\" through \"Reboot\")", "title": "Adventure Time (season 7)" }, { "id": "14358318", "text": "in which Patricia Rodriguez voices Catherine Frensky, and this is the final season in which Mitchell Rothpan voices George Lundgren. The series won a Daytime Emmy in 2003 for \"Outstanding Sound Mixing - Live Action and Animation\". <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Arthur (season 7) The 7th season of the television series \"Arthur\" was originally broadcast on PBS in the United States from October 8 to November 29, 2002 and contains 10 episodes. The special \"Arthur, It's Only Rock 'N' Roll\" served as the premiere of this season. Jason Szwimmer replaced Oliver Grainger as the voice of D.W. Alex Hood is cast as the", "title": "Arthur (season 7)" }, { "id": "12800946", "text": "cast members to £2 million per episode for the last two seasons, which would make them the highest paid actors on television. The main cast is listed below. Lord Eddard \"Ned\" Stark (Sean Bean) is the head of House Stark, whose members are involved in plot lines throughout most of the series. He and his wife, Catelyn Tully (Michelle Fairley), have five children: Robb (Richard Madden), the eldest, followed by Sansa (Sophie Turner), Arya (Maisie Williams), Bran (Isaac Hempstead-Wright) and Rickon (Art Parkinson), the youngest. Ned's illegitimate son Jon Snow (Kit Harington) and his friend, Samwell Tarly (John Bradley), serve", "title": "Game of Thrones" }, { "id": "19665507", "text": "Light of the Seven \"Light of the Seven\" is a piece in the HBO's series \"Game of Thrones\", the television series adaptation of \"A Song of Ice and Fire\" by George R. R. Martin. It first played during the season six finale of the show and was composed by Ramin Djawadi in 2016. The \"Light of the Seven\" is the first time piano is used in the music for \"Game of Thrones\". It was nominated by the International Film Music Critics Association for \"Film Music Composition Of The Year\". In an interview, Djawadi spoke about \"Light of the Seven\", which", "title": "Light of the Seven" }, { "id": "6337780", "text": "to direct for the seventh season of \"Game of Thrones\". Taylor currently lives in Brooklyn, New York, and has three children named Ginger, Willa and Jamieson. Film Television Below is the critical, public and commercial reception to films Taylor has directed, as of July 13, 2015. Alan Taylor (director) Alan Taylor (born c. 1959) is an American television and film director. He is known for his work on TV shows such as \"Lost\", \"The West Wing\", \"Six Feet Under\", \"Sex and the City\", \"The Sopranos\", \"Game of Thrones\", \"Boardwalk Empire\", \"Deadwood\", and \"Mad Men\". He also directed films such as", "title": "Alan Taylor (director)" }, { "id": "16475193", "text": "Bryan Cogman Bryan Cogman is an American television writer and producer. He is known for writing ten episodes of the HBO series \"Game of Thrones\": in season 1, \"Cripples, Bastards, and Broken Things\"; in season 2, \"What Is Dead May Never Die\"; in season 3, \"Kissed by Fire\"; in season 4, \"Oathkeeper\" and \"The Laws of Gods and Men\"; in season 5, \"Kill the Boy\" and \"Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken\"; in season 6, \"Blood of My Blood\" and \"The Broken Man\"; and in season 7, \"Stormborn\". He is the author of the book \"Inside HBO's Game of Thrones\" which features a", "title": "Bryan Cogman" }, { "id": "18177093", "text": "seven. Cartoon Network was encouraged to greenlight the miniseries after the success of the 2014 event series \"Over the Garden Wall\", which was created by Pat McHale, the former creative director of \"Adventure Time\". The eight-episode miniseries, entitled \"Stakes\", follows Finn and Jake as they face a new threat brought about when one of Princess Bubblegum's science projects unleashes the ghosts of Marceline's past. Former storyboard artist Rebecca Sugar returned to write a new song for the miniseries (entitled \"Everything Stays\") and to voice Marceline's mother. The voice actors for the season included: Jeremy Shada (Finn the Human), John DiMaggio", "title": "Adventure Time (season 7)" } ]

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[ { "id": "3544754", "text": "Catholics are eligible. Queen Elizabeth II is the sovereign, and her heir apparent is her eldest son, Charles, Prince of Wales. Next in line after him is Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, the Prince of Wales's elder son. Third in line is Prince George, the eldest child of the Duke of Cambridge, followed by his sister, Princess Charlotte and younger brother, Prince Louis. Sixth in line is Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, the younger son of the Prince of Wales. Under the Perth Agreement, which came into effect in 2015, only the first six in line of succession require the", "title": "Succession to the British throne" }, { "id": "4058590", "text": "The Act required that the regent should be the next person in the line of succession who was: The Counsellors of State were to consist of: Thus, at the time of the passing of the Act, Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester would have become Regent in the event that King George VI died while The Princess Elizabeth was still a minor. The current prospective regent under the Act would be Charles, Prince of Wales. Section 4 of the Act prohibits the regent from giving royal assent to a bill to change the line of succession to the British throne or", "title": "Regency Acts" }, { "id": "575685", "text": "the throne remains. The necessary UK legislation making the changes received the royal assent on 25 April 2013 and was brought into force in March 2015 after the equivalent legislation was approved in all the other Commonwealth realms. Though Catholics are prohibited from succeeding and are deemed \"naturally dead\" for succession purposes, the disqualification does not extend to the individual's legitimate Protestant descendants. The Regency Acts allow for regencies in the event of a monarch who is a minor or who is physically or mentally incapacitated. When a regency is necessary, the next qualified individual in the line of succession", "title": "Monarchy of the United Kingdom" }, { "id": "4058613", "text": "is third in line to the throne after his grandfather and father. If the prince were to succeed to the throne before his 18th birthday on 22 July 2031, his uncle, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (the Prince of Wales' younger son), would serve as regent, as George's younger siblings Charlotte and Louis (currently fourth and fifth in line, respectively) would also be minors. In the event that Prince Harry would be unable to serve as regent, the next in line would be his uncle (Prince George's grand-uncle) Prince Andrew, Duke of York, followed by the Duke of York's elder", "title": "Regency Acts" }, { "id": "3544753", "text": "Succession to the British throne Succession to the British throne is determined by descent, sex (for people born before October 2011), legitimacy, and religion. Under common law, the Crown is inherited by a sovereign's children or by a childless sovereign's nearest collateral line. The Bill of Rights 1689 and the Act of Settlement 1701 restrict succession to the throne to the legitimate Protestant descendants of Sophia of Hanover that are in \"communion with the Church of England\". Spouses of Roman Catholics were disqualified from 1689 until the law was amended in 2015. Protestant descendants of those excluded for being Roman", "title": "Succession to the British throne" }, { "id": "3544794", "text": "the undoubted king. Succession to the British throne Succession to the British throne is determined by descent, sex (for people born before October 2011), legitimacy, and religion. Under common law, the Crown is inherited by a sovereign's children or by a childless sovereign's nearest collateral line. The Bill of Rights 1689 and the Act of Settlement 1701 restrict succession to the throne to the legitimate Protestant descendants of Sophia of Hanover that are in \"communion with the Church of England\". Spouses of Roman Catholics were disqualified from 1689 until the law was amended in 2015. Protestant descendants of those excluded", "title": "Succession to the British throne" }, { "id": "1542327", "text": "Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester, (Richard Alexander Walter George; born 26 August 1944) is the youngest grandchild of King George V and Queen Mary. He practised as an architect until the death of his elder brother placed him in direct line to inherit his father's dukedom of Gloucester, which he inherited, as the second duke, in 1974. He is a paternal cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, and currently 26th in the line of succession to the British throne as well as the first in line not descended from King George VI. He is also the", "title": "Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester" }, { "id": "16966255", "text": "came into effect was George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews, who had married a Roman Catholic in 1988, and was restored to the line of succession in 34th place, after his father the Duke of Kent. The provision of the Act of Settlement requiring the monarch to be a Protestant continues, as the monarch remains the Supreme Governor of the Church of England. The Royal Marriages Act 1772 is repealed. Instead, only the first six persons in line to the throne require the Sovereign's approval to marry. Marriage without the Sovereign's consent would disqualify the person and the person's descendants", "title": "Succession to the Crown Act 2013" }, { "id": "575686", "text": "automatically becomes regent, unless they themselves are a minor or incapacitated. Special provisions were made for Queen Elizabeth II by the Regency Act 1953, which stated that the Duke of Edinburgh (the Queen's husband) could act as regent in these circumstances. During a temporary physical infirmity or an absence from the kingdom, the sovereign may temporarily delegate some of his or her functions to Counsellors of State, the monarch's spouse and the first four adults in the line of succession. The present Counsellors of State are: the Duke of Edinburgh, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke", "title": "Monarchy of the United Kingdom" }, { "id": "4058612", "text": "the regent. , under the provisions of the Regency Acts in force, Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, would act as regent in the event of the incapacity of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II. The next person in the line of succession, the Prince of Wales' elder son Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, would also be able to succeed without necessitating a regency and would be eligible to be regent for his grandmother or his father. , the first person under the age of 18 in the line of succession to the throne is William's son Prince George of Cambridge, who", "title": "Regency Acts" }, { "id": "575681", "text": "unanimous consent of all the realms. Succession is governed by statutes such as the Bill of Rights 1689, the Act of Settlement 1701 and the Acts of Union 1707. The rules of succession may only be changed by an Act of Parliament; it is not possible for an individual to renounce his or her right of succession. The Act of Settlement restricts the succession to the legitimate Protestant descendants of Sophia of Hanover (1630–1714), a granddaughter of James I. Upon the death of a sovereign, his or her heir immediately and automatically succeeds (hence the phrase \"The king is dead,", "title": "Monarchy of the United Kingdom" }, { "id": "3544778", "text": "stipulate whoever is monarch of the United Kingdom will also be monarch of that realm. In February 1952, on her accession, Elizabeth II was proclaimed as sovereign separately throughout her realms. In October 2011, the heads of government of all 16 realms agreed unanimously at a meeting held in Perth, Australia, to proposed changes to the royal succession laws that would see the order of succession for people born after 28 October 2011 governed by absolute primogeniture—wherein succession passes to an individual's children according to birth order, regardless of sex—instead of male-preference primogeniture. They also agreed to lift a ban", "title": "Succession to the British throne" }, { "id": "568862", "text": "George II of Great Britain George II (George Augustus; ; 30 October / 9 November 1683 – 25 October 1760) was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) and a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 (O.S.) until his death in 1760. George was the last British monarch born outside Great Britain: he was born and brought up in northern Germany. His grandmother, Sophia of Hanover, became second in line to the British throne after about 50 Catholics higher in line were excluded by the Act of Settlement 1701 and the Acts of", "title": "George II of Great Britain" }, { "id": "9892967", "text": "queen and the throne would have been inherited by her eldest child, and so on. Friederike is not considered a pretender to the British throne, as this alternative line of succession is completely hypothetical. Next in line would be her eldest child, Felicitas Catharini Malina Johanna von Reiche. Alternative successions of the English and British crown British history provides several opportunities for alternative claimants to the Crown to arise, and historical scholars have on occasion traced to present times the heirs of those alternative claims. Throughout this article, the names of \"would-have-been\" monarchs are in \"italics\". Richard II abdicated in", "title": "Alternative successions of the English and British crown" }, { "id": "3544779", "text": "on those who marry Roman Catholics. The ban on Catholics themselves was retained to ensure that the monarch would be in communion with the Church of England. The changes came into effect across the Commonwealth realms on 26 March 2015, after legislation was made according to each realm's constitution. Following the changes coming into effect, the positions of the first 27 in line remained unchanged, including Princess Anne and her children and grandchildren, until the birth of Princess Charlotte of Cambridge on 2 May 2015. The first to be affected by the changes, on the day they came into effect", "title": "Succession to the British throne" }, { "id": "9892966", "text": "Prince of Wales; end the ban on marriage of dynasts to Catholics; and limit the requirement for those in line to the throne to acquire permission of the sovereign to marry. However, the requirement for the sovereign to be in communion with the Church of England remains. This change has now been enacted as the Succession to the Crown Act 2013; but it does not apply retroactively. If this system of primogeniture had been applied on the death of Victoria (whose actual successor was her second child and first son Edward VII), then Princess Victoria, Princess Royal would have become", "title": "Alternative successions of the English and British crown" }, { "id": "1966895", "text": "Sir Angus Ogilvy, to whom she was married from 1963 until his death in 2004. As of 14 December 2018, she is 52nd in the line of succession to the British throne; at the time of her birth in 1936, she was sixth. Princess Alexandra was born on 25 December 1936 at 3 Belgrave Square, London. Her parents were Prince George, Duke of Kent, the fourth son of King George V and Queen Mary, and Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, a daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark and Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia. She was named", "title": "Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy" }, { "id": "798030", "text": "Prince William, Duke of Cambridge Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, (William Arthur Philip Louis; born 21 June 1982) is a member of the British royal family. He is a grandson of Queen Elizabeth II, and the elder son of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Diana, Princess of Wales. Since birth, he has been second in the line of succession to the British throne after his father. William was educated at four schools in the United Kingdom and studied for a degree at the University of St. Andrews. During a gap year, he spent time in Chile, Belize, and Africa. In", "title": "Prince William, Duke of Cambridge" }, { "id": "579483", "text": "constraints, but he chose not to engage in a conflict with Parliament and agreed to abide by the statute. The Bill of Rights also settled the question of succession to the Crown. After the death of either William or Mary, the other would continue to reign. Next in the line of succession was Mary II's sister, Anne, and her issue, followed by any children William might have had by a subsequent marriage. Roman Catholics, as well as those who married Catholics, were excluded. Although most in Britain accepted William and Mary as sovereigns, a significant minority refused to acknowledge their", "title": "William III of England" }, { "id": "189651", "text": "Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, (Henry Charles Albert David; born 15 September 1984) is a member of the British royal family. He is the younger son of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Diana, Princess of Wales, and is sixth in the line of succession to the British throne. He was officially styled Prince Henry of Wales from birth until his marriage, but is known as Prince Harry. Harry was educated at schools in the United Kingdom and spent parts of his gap year in Australia and Lesotho. He then underwent officer training at the Royal", "title": "Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex" }, { "id": "3544780", "text": "in March, were the children of Lady Davina Lewis—her son Tāne (born 2012) and her daughter Senna (born 2010)—who were reversed in the order of succession, becoming 29th and 28th in line respectively. The Bill of Rights and the Act of Settlement (restated by the Acts of Union) still govern succession to the throne. They were amended in the United Kingdom by the Succession to the Crown Act 2013, which was passed mainly \"to make succession to the Crown not depend on gender\" and \"to make provision about Royal Marriages\" (according to its long title), thereby implementing the Perth Agreement", "title": "Succession to the British throne" }, { "id": "16966269", "text": "Council Orders. The first person in line of succession to receive consent under the new law is Prince Harry. Succession to the Crown Act 2013 The Succession to the Crown Act 2013 (c. 20) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which altered the laws of succession to the British throne in accordance with the 2011 Perth Agreement. The act repealed the Royal Marriages Act 1772, replacing male-preference primogeniture with absolute primogeniture for those born in the line of succession after 28 October 2011, which meant the eldest child, regardless of sex, would precede his or her", "title": "Succession to the Crown Act 2013" }, { "id": "566875", "text": "and so on, or if the monarch's eldest son had died without issue, the monarch's second eldest son, etc. As such, a daughter of the sovereign who was next in line to the throne was never the heir apparent because she would be displaced in the succession by any future legitimate son of the sovereign. Along with the other Commonwealth realms, the United Kingdom in 2011 committed to the Perth Agreement, which proposed changes to the laws governing succession, including altering the primogeniture to absolute cognatic. The Succession to the Crown Act 2013 was introduced to the British parliament on", "title": "Prince of Wales" }, { "id": "575663", "text": "and his Catholic relations from the succession and made William's nearest Protestant relations, the family of Sophia, Electress of Hanover, next in line to the throne after his sister-in-law Anne. Soon after the passage of the Act, William III died, leaving the Crown to Anne. After Anne's accession, the problem of the succession re-emerged. The Scottish Parliament, infuriated that the English Parliament did not consult them on the choice of Sophia's family as the next heirs, passed the Act of Security 1704, threatening to end the personal union between England and Scotland. The Parliament of England retaliated with the Alien", "title": "Monarchy of the United Kingdom" }, { "id": "575662", "text": "freedom from taxes imposed without parliamentary consent. The Bill of Rights required future monarchs to be Protestants, and provided that, after any children of William and Mary, Mary's sister Anne would inherit the Crown. Mary died childless in 1694, leaving William as the sole monarch. By 1700, a political crisis arose, as all of Anne's children had died, leaving her as the only individual left in the line of succession. Parliament was afraid that the former James II or his supporters, known as Jacobites, might attempt to reclaim the throne. Parliament passed the Act of Settlement 1701, which excluded James", "title": "Monarchy of the United Kingdom" }, { "id": "571781", "text": "a result, in his lifetime he was often nicknamed \"Old Rowley\", the name of his favourite racehorse, notable as a stallion. His subjects resented paying taxes that were spent on his mistresses and their children, many of whom received dukedoms or earldoms. The present Dukes of Buccleuch, Richmond, Grafton and St Albans descend from Charles in unbroken male line. Diana, Princess of Wales, was descended from two of Charles's illegitimate sons: the Dukes of Grafton and Richmond. Diana's son, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, second in line to the British throne, is likely to be the first British monarch descended", "title": "Charles II of England" }, { "id": "16966246", "text": "Succession to the Crown Act 2013 The Succession to the Crown Act 2013 (c. 20) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which altered the laws of succession to the British throne in accordance with the 2011 Perth Agreement. The act repealed the Royal Marriages Act 1772, replacing male-preference primogeniture with absolute primogeniture for those born in the line of succession after 28 October 2011, which meant the eldest child, regardless of sex, would precede his or her brothers and sisters. The act also ended the historical disqualification of a person who married a Roman Catholic from", "title": "Succession to the Crown Act 2013" }, { "id": "669377", "text": "support royal residences outside of Canada. As in the other Commonwealth realms, the current heir apparent to the throne is Prince Charles, with the next four in the line of succession being the Prince's eldest son, Prince William, followed by William's three children Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis. Upon a demise of the Crown (the death or abdication of a sovereign), the late sovereign's heir immediately and automatically succeeds, without any need for confirmation or further ceremony; hence arises the phrase \"The King is dead. Long live the King\". It is customary for the accession of the new", "title": "Monarchy of Canada" }, { "id": "611686", "text": "Great Britain. However, Sophia died before Anne at age 83 in June 1714, which elevated the Elector to heir-presumptive; Queen Anne died on 1 August the same year, and Sophia's son became King George I. This made Frederick's father the new Prince of Wales and first-in-line to the British throne and Frederick himself second-in-line. Frederick's other godfather was his grand-uncle Frederick I, King in Prussia and Elector of Brandenburg-Prussia. Frederick was nicknamed \"Griff\" within the family. In the year of Anne's death and the coronation of George I, Frederick's parents, George, Prince of Wales (later George II), and Caroline of", "title": "Frederick, Prince of Wales" }, { "id": "4248103", "text": "still remained in force. The most immediate effect of the Bill passing and becoming law would have been the moving of Princess Anne from her then position of ninth on the line of succession to the British throne to fourth, displacing Prince Andrew, Duke of York. It was unclear as to how the Bill would have affected the line of succession in the other 15 Commonwealth realms as it explicitly applied to the United Kingdom only. The Bill drew on the recommendations of the Fabian Society's Commission on the Future of the Monarchy, which reported in 2003. Lord Dubs is", "title": "Succession to the Crown Bill 2004" }, { "id": "18266775", "text": "all children of the Prince of Wales's elder son. She is thus styled \"Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte of Cambridge\". Charlotte is fourth in the line of succession to the British throne, after her grandfather, father, and elder brother. Due to the implementation of the Perth Agreement, which replaced male-preference primogeniture with absolute primogeniture, she did not move down the line of succession when her younger brother, Prince Louis of Cambridge, was born on 23 April 2018. Princess Charlotte of Cambridge Princess Charlotte of Cambridge (Charlotte Elizabeth Diana; born 2 May 2015) is a member of the British royal family.", "title": "Princess Charlotte of Cambridge" }, { "id": "20433674", "text": "trying to order the coat. Markle is the second American and the first person of mixed race heritage to marry into the British royal family. The engagement announcement prompted much comment about the possible social significance of Markle becoming a proudly mixed-race royal. Under the terms of the Succession to the Crown Act 2013, the first six persons in the line of succession require the Sovereign's consent in order to marry. Harry was fifth in line at the time of his engagement. The Queen's consent was declared to the Privy Council of the United Kingdom on 14 March 2018. Although", "title": "Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle" }, { "id": "3544771", "text": "the Bill of Rights was almost at an end; William and Mary never had any children, and Princess Anne's children had all died. Therefore, Parliament passed the Act of Settlement. The Act maintained the provision of the Bill of Rights whereby William would be succeeded by Princess Anne and her descendants, and thereafter by his own descendants from future marriages. The Act, however, declared that they would be followed by James I & VI's granddaughter Sophia, Electress Dowager of Hanover (the daughter of James's daughter Elizabeth Stuart), and her heirs. As under the Bill of Rights, non-Protestants and those who", "title": "Succession to the British throne" }, { "id": "7405630", "text": "Treason Act 1702 The Treason Act 1702 (1 Anne Stat. 2 c. 21) is an Act of the Parliament of England, passed to enforce the line of succession to the English throne (today the British throne), previously established by the Bill of Rights 1689 and the Act of Settlement 1701. The Act makes it treason to \"\"endeavour to deprive or hinder any person who shall be the next in succession to the crown for the time being ... from succeeding after the decease of her Majesty (whom God long preserve) to the imperial crown of this realm and the dominions", "title": "Treason Act 1702" }, { "id": "3544755", "text": "sovereign's consent before they marry; without such consent, they and their children would be disqualified from succession. The first four individuals in the line of succession who are over 21, and the sovereign's consort, may be appointed Counsellors of State. Counsellors of State perform some of the sovereign's duties in the United Kingdom while he or she is out of the country or temporarily incapacitated. Otherwise, individuals in the line of succession need not have specific legal or official roles. The United Kingdom is one of the 16 Commonwealth realms. Each of those countries has the same person as monarch", "title": "Succession to the British throne" }, { "id": "1473203", "text": "Princess Eugenie of York Princess Eugenie of York ( ; Eugenie Victoria Helena; born 23 March 1990) is a member of the British royal family, and the younger daughter of Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and Sarah, Duchess of York. She is ninth in line of succession to the British throne, after her elder sister, Princess Beatrice of York. Princess Eugenie was born in London at The Portland Hospital for Women and Children on 23 March 1990, the second child of Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and Sarah, Duchess of York, and sixth grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince", "title": "Princess Eugenie of York" }, { "id": "252223", "text": "the Church of England, is required to be in communion with the Church, although all other former rules forbidding marriage to non-Protestants were abolished when equal primogeniture was adopted in 2013. In the case of the absence of children, the next most senior member of the collateral line (for example, a younger sibling of the previous monarch) becomes monarch. In complex cases, this can mean that there are closer blood relatives to the deceased monarch than the next in line according to primogeniture. This has often led, especially in Europe in the Middle Ages, to conflict between the principle of", "title": "Monarchy" }, { "id": "6596783", "text": "and sister. As descendants of the British King Edward VII's daughter Maud, members of the Norwegian royal family are also in the line of succession to the British throne; Sverre Magnus precedes his sister in the British line due to male-preference cognatic primogeniture for those born before 2011. Prince Sverre Magnus is styled as \"His Highness\" Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway, as opposed to his sister, who is styled as \"Her Royal Highness\". Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway (born 3 December 2005) is the younger child of Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit and", "title": "Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway" }, { "id": "9892953", "text": "Alternative successions of the English and British crown British history provides several opportunities for alternative claimants to the Crown to arise, and historical scholars have on occasion traced to present times the heirs of those alternative claims. Throughout this article, the names of \"would-have-been\" monarchs are in \"italics\". Richard II abdicated in favour of Henry Bolingbroke on 29 September 1399. However, Henry was not next in the line to the throne; the heir presumptive was Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March, who descended from Edward III's second surviving son, Lionel of Antwerp, whereas Henry's father, John of Gaunt, was Edward's third", "title": "Alternative successions of the English and British crown" }, { "id": "1145696", "text": "Prince Andrew, Duke of York Prince Andrew, Duke of York, (Andrew Albert Christian Edward, born 19 February 1960) is a member of the British royal family. He is the third child and second son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. At the time of his birth, he was second in the line of succession to the British throne; he is seventh in line. He holds the rank of commander and the honorary rank of Vice Admiral (as of February 2015) in the Royal Navy, in which he served as an active-duty helicopter pilot and instructor and", "title": "Prince Andrew, Duke of York" }, { "id": "1682228", "text": "a formula for identifying the precise order of succession among family members in line to the throne or specifies a process by which a family member is chosen to inherit the crown. Usually in the former case the exact line of hereditary succession among royal individuals may be identified at any given moment during prior reigns (e.g. United Kingdom, Sark, Nizari Ismailis, Japan, Balobedus, Sweden, Kingdom of Benin) whereas in the latter case the next sovereign may be selected (or changed) only during the reign or shortly after the demise of the immediately preceding monarch (e.g. Cambodia, KwaZulu Natal, Buganda,", "title": "Royal family" }, { "id": "5642741", "text": "Lady Alexandra Etherington Lady Alexandra Clare Etherington (née Carnegie; born 20 June 1959) is the only daughter of James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife, and a great-great-granddaughter of King Edward VII. As such she is in the line of succession to the British throne. She married Mark Fleming Etherington (born 10 December 1962 in Newmarket) on 11 May 2001, son of Donald William Etherington and Mary Mercer. They have one daughter, Amelia Mary Carnegie Etherington (born 24 December 2001). Occasionally, Lady Alexandra has been confused with a member of Britain's royal family, Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy, when the", "title": "Lady Alexandra Etherington" }, { "id": "9892962", "text": "of the Stanley claim to the throne of England is the only child of the 9th Earl's first marriage, \"Lady Caroline Ogilvy\" (née Child Villiers). By a twist of fate her husband's family are themselves highly ranked in the (accepted) line of succession to the British throne, with Lady Caroline's nephew James Ogilvy being fortieth in line. There is doubt of the legitimacy of Edward Seymour, Viscount Beauchamp. Certainly James I regarded the Seymour line as legitimate, and based his own succession on his right by primogeniture, ignoring the Will of Henry VIII. However, the Seymours were placed ahead of", "title": "Alternative successions of the English and British crown" }, { "id": "3544770", "text": "of his military leadership against James. The English Bill of Rights passed in 1689 determined succession to the English, Scottish and Irish Thrones. First in the line were the descendants of Mary II. Next came Mary's sister Princess Anne and her descendants. Finally, the descendants of William by any future marriage were added to the line of succession. Only Protestants were allowed to succeed to the Thrones, and those who married Roman Catholics were excluded. After Mary II died in 1694, her husband continued to reign alone until his own death in 1702. The line of succession provided for by", "title": "Succession to the British throne" }, { "id": "16966247", "text": "the line of succession, and removed the requirement of those outside the first six persons in line to the throne to seek the Sovereign's approval to marry. It came into force on 26 March 2015, at the same time as the other Commonwealth realms implemented the Perth Agreement in their own laws. Under the Act of Settlement 1701 the throne of the Kingdom of England was settled on the Electress Sophia of Hanover and the \"heirs of her body\", this phrase being understood under English common law to imply male-preference primogeniture, meaning that brothers would precede sisters in the line", "title": "Succession to the Crown Act 2013" }, { "id": "19379016", "text": "Lady Amelia Windsor Lady Amelia Windsor (\"Amelia Sophia Theodora Mary Margaret Windsor\"; born 24 August 1995) is an English fashion model and member of the British royal family. She is currently 38th in the line of succession to the British throne. Lady Amelia Windsor was born on 24 August 1995 at Rosie Hospital in Cambridge and was christened in December 1995 at Chapel Royal, St James's Palace. She is the youngest child of George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews, and Sylvana Tomaselli. Her paternal grandfather, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, is a first cousin of Elizabeth II. Her paternal great", "title": "Lady Amelia Windsor" }, { "id": "18722366", "text": "1707, which restates the provisions of the Act of Settlement 1701, and the Bill of Rights 1689. These laws originally restricted the succession to legitimate descendants of Sophia, Electress of Hanover (the mother of George I), and bar those who are Roman Catholics or who have married Roman Catholics. The descendants of those who are debarred for being or marrying Roman Catholics, however, may still be eligible to succeed. By convention iterated in the preamble to the Statute of Westminster 1931, the line of succession cannot be altered in any realm without the assent of the parliaments of the other", "title": "Succession to the Crown Act 2015" }, { "id": "18722373", "text": "realistic chance of succeeding to the Crown. For example, the male-line descendants of Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, the fifth son of King George III, lost their crown in 1866 and their British titles in 1919, but are male-line descendants of George II. As such, they continued to be required to seek permission for their marriages from the British monarch, so that their marriages would be legal in the United Kingdom, where the family had a large amount of property. Since the Succession to the Crown Act came into force, only the first six persons in line to the throne", "title": "Succession to the Crown Act 2015" }, { "id": "5642742", "text": "daily court circular is read. However, Lady Alexandra makes no appearances on behalf of her second cousin once removed, Queen Elizabeth II, though she has represented other members of the royal family on occasion. Lady Alexandra is one of the godmothers of Lady Louise Windsor. Lady Alexandra Etherington Lady Alexandra Clare Etherington (née Carnegie; born 20 June 1959) is the only daughter of James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife, and a great-great-granddaughter of King Edward VII. As such she is in the line of succession to the British throne. She married Mark Fleming Etherington (born 10 December 1962 in Newmarket)", "title": "Lady Alexandra Etherington" }, { "id": "7627202", "text": "Lady Gabriella Windsor Lady Gabriella Windsor (born 23 April 1981) is the daughter of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent. She is 51st in line to the succession of the British throne. Gabriella Windsor was born at St Mary's Hospital, London. She has an older brother, Frederick, born on 6 April 1979. She was educated at Queen's Gate School in London and Downe House School in Cold Ash, Berkshire. In May 2004, Gabriella graduated from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, with a BA degree in Comparative Literature. In 2012, she earned an MPhil degree in Social Anthropology from Linacre", "title": "Lady Gabriella Windsor" }, { "id": "189695", "text": "on one knee and proposed. The engagement announcement prompted much comment about the possible social significance of Meghan Markle becoming a mixed-race royal. The couple married at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, on 19 May 2018. The Duke and Duchess live at Nottingham Cottage in London, in the grounds of Kensington Palace. They are expecting their first child, who will be seventh in line to the throne, in spring 2019. The couple will move to Frogmore Cottage in the Home Park of Windsor Castle following the birth of their child. Their office will continue to operate at Kensington Palace. In", "title": "Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex" }, { "id": "20683459", "text": "Prince Louis of Cambridge Prince Louis of Cambridge (Louis Arthur Charles; ; born 23 April 2018) is a member of the British royal family. He is the third and youngest child and second son of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge. He is fifth in the line of succession to the British throne. Kensington Palace announced on 4 September 2017 that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were expecting their third child. A son was born at 11:01 BST (10:01 UTC) on 23 April 2018. He was first seen in public seven hours after his birth,", "title": "Prince Louis of Cambridge" }, { "id": "2408145", "text": "20, 2001) and Celeste Alma (born October 3, 2003). Oxenberg and Van Dien are celebrity ambassadors for the non-profit organization Childhelp. Oxenberg is 1,375th in the line of succession to the throne of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth Realms. Oxenberg was interviewed by Elizabeth Vargas in an April 2018 episode of the ABC News series \"20/20\" which dealt with suspected cult leader Keith Raniere and his NXIVM organization.<ref name=\"20/20\">\"20/20\". Hst. David Muir and Elizabeth Vargas. Dir. Dave Hoffman. Prod. Tom Berman, Glenn Ruppel, Andrew Paparella, and Ashley Louszko. ABC. KGO, San Francisco, 27 Apr. 2018. Television.</ref> During the interview,", "title": "Catherine Oxenberg" }, { "id": "17047583", "text": "Royal Succession Bills and Acts Royal Succession Bills and Acts are pieces of (proposed) legislation to determine the legal line of succession to the Monarchy of the United Kingdom. A Succession to the Crown Bill is a proposed piece of legislation in the United Kingdom, presented as a Private Members Bill or Government Bill, in either the House of Commons or House of Lords, which aims to alter the laws of succession to the UK Monarchy. The Crown is a corporation sole that represents the legal embodiment of executive, legislative, or judicial governance. It evolved as a separation of the", "title": "Royal Succession Bills and Acts" }, { "id": "3544761", "text": "summoned to meet at Westminster in November, enacted that \"the inheritance of the crown should be, rest, remain and abide in the most royal person of the then sovereign lord, King Henry VII, and the heirs of his body lawfully coming.\" Henry VII was followed by his son, Henry VIII. Though his father descended from the Lancastrians, Henry VIII could also claim the throne through the Yorkist line, as his mother Elizabeth was the sister and heiress of Edward V. In 1542 Henry also assumed the title King of Ireland; this would pass down with the monarchs of England, and", "title": "Succession to the British throne" }, { "id": "2342936", "text": "Lady Louise Windsor Lady Louise Windsor (Louise Alice Elizabeth Mary Mountbatten-Windsor; born 8 November 2003) is the elder child and only daughter of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, and Sophie, Countess of Wessex. She is the youngest granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. When Lady Louise was born, she was eighth in the line of succession to the British throne. Following the birth of her brother and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's children, she is twelfth in the line of succession. Lady Louise was born prematurely on 8 November 2003 at 23:32 GMT at", "title": "Lady Louise Windsor" }, { "id": "20683462", "text": "succession to the British throne, behind his grandfather, father and older siblings, Prince George and Princess Charlotte. Following the implementation of the Perth Agreement, which replaced male-preference primogeniture with absolute primogeniture, he is the first British prince to be ranked behind an elder sister in the line of succession. Prince Louis of Cambridge Prince Louis of Cambridge (Louis Arthur Charles; ; born 23 April 2018) is a member of the British royal family. He is the third and youngest child and second son of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge. He is fifth in the line", "title": "Prince Louis of Cambridge" }, { "id": "17826059", "text": "Otto von Habsburg and many are related to him via collateral bloodlines, such as Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and Margrethe II of Denmark. He is also the ancestor of Diana, Princess of Wales, mother of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry who are second and fifth in line to the Succession to the British throne after their father Charles, Prince of Wales. This article deals with the numerous individuals who are and were descendants of Charles and his wife Henrietta (Since he is not known to have had any illegitimate children). Descendants", "title": "Descendants of Charles I of England" }, { "id": "2526927", "text": "Lady Sarah Chatto Lady Sarah Frances Elizabeth Chatto (née Armstrong-Jones; born 1 May 1964) is a member of the extended British royal family. She is the only daughter of Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, niece of Queen Elizabeth II, and the youngest grandchild of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. At the time of her birth she was seventh in line of succession to the British throne and is currently 23rd. Sarah Armstrong-Jones was born on 1 May 1964 at Kensington Palace in London. She was christened in the private chapel at Buckingham", "title": "Lady Sarah Chatto" }, { "id": "3544785", "text": "succession to the Crown\" under the 2013 act. The constitutional crisis arising from Edward VIII's decision to marry a divorcee in 1936 led to His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act 1936, which provided that Edward VIII and his descendants would have no claim to the throne. The Act is no longer applicable, because Edward died in 1972 without issue. Under the 2013 Succession to the Crown Act, the first six persons in line to the throne must obtain the sovereign's approval before marrying. Marriage without the Sovereign's consent disqualifies the person and the person's descendants from the marriage from succeeding", "title": "Succession to the British throne" }, { "id": "972707", "text": "Settlement, King Willem-Alexander temporarily forfeited his (distant) succession rights to the throne of the United Kingdom by marrying a Roman Catholic. This right has since been restored in 2015 under the Succession to the Crown Act 2013. Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands Willem-Alexander (; born Willem-Alexander Claus George Ferdinand, 27 April 1967) is the King of the Netherlands, having ascended the throne following his mother's abdication in 2013. Willem-Alexander was born in Utrecht as the oldest child of Princess Beatrix and diplomat Claus van Amsberg. He became Prince of Orange as heir apparent upon his mother's accession as queen on 30", "title": "Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands" }, { "id": "5329382", "text": "rather than the (\"singular\") heir and successor, or even, heir and/or successor. This (\"plural\") anomaly indicates that any oath given to the Queen is equally given to all of her heirs, i.e., her/their children, and her/their grandchildren, and equally to all successors to the British throne, currently listed in the line of succession to the British throne, in the event that any one of them should accede to the throne. This oath to the Queen, her heirs, and successors is now administered in citizen ceremonies to immigrants becoming naturalized British subjects. Members of the judiciary (Justices of the Peace, District", "title": "Oath of Allegiance (United Kingdom)" }, { "id": "4833354", "text": "Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (born Catherine Elizabeth Middleton; 9 January 1982), is a member of the British royal family. Her husband, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, is expected to become king of the United Kingdom and 15 other Commonwealth realms, making Catherine a likely future queen consort. Catherine grew up in Chapel Row, a village near Newbury, Berkshire, England. She studied art history in Scotland at the University of St Andrews, where she met William in 2001. Their engagement was announced in November 2010. They married on 29 April 2011 at Westminster Abbey. The Duke and", "title": "Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge" }, { "id": "9784368", "text": "son George; any other Protestant heirs of Sophia were to take precedence before the Archbishop of Canterbury, the great officers of state and the nobility, effectively ranking them with the royal family. This Act was wholly in force in Great Britain at the end of 2010. Princess Sophia's Precedence Act 1711 The Princess Sophia's Precedence Act 1711 (10 Ann c 8) is an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. It reiterated the Act of Settlement 1701, that the line of succession to the British throne, in the absence of any children of Queen Anne, passed directly to Electress Sophia", "title": "Princess Sophia's Precedence Act 1711" }, { "id": "2350121", "text": "line of succession to the British throne. Since then her younger son, Lord Nicholas Windsor, her grandson, Edward Windsor, Lord Downpatrick, and her granddaughter Lady Marina Charlotte Windsor have also become Catholics. Her older son, the Earl of St Andrews, father of Lord Downpatrick, married a Catholic and thus had been excluded from the succession until the Succession to the Crown Act revoked that exclusion in 2015. The Dukedom of Kent is not subject to the Act of Settlement, so St Andrews' son and heir, Lord Downpatrick, is in line to become the first Roman Catholic Duke or Earl of", "title": "Katharine, Duchess of Kent" }, { "id": "17391714", "text": "affected business and popular culture. On 3 December 2012, Clarence House announced that Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, were expecting their first child. The Duke is the elder son of Charles, Prince of Wales, who is the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II, meaning that the child would be third in the line of succession to the British throne. Speculation ensued that the birth would boost the British national economy and provide a focus for national pride. Commemorative coins were issued by the Royal Mint, Royal Canadian Mint, and Royal Australian Mint; the first time", "title": "Prince George of Cambridge" }, { "id": "5393967", "text": "Elizabeth II, as well as a paternal first cousin twice removed of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. As a great-great-granddaughter of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught (son of Queen Victoria), Princess Theodora is also in the line of succession to the British throne pursuant to the Act of Settlement 1701. Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (, born 9 June 1983 in St Mary's Hospital, London), also known under her stage name Theodora Greece, is a British actress and member of the Greek royal family and Danish Royal Family. She is currently ninth in", "title": "Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark" }, { "id": "376566", "text": "Dowager of Hannover Daughter of the most Excellent Princess Elizabeth late Queen of Bohemia Daughter of our late Sovereign Lord King James the First of happy Memory be and is hereby declared to be the next in Succession in the Protestant Line to the Imperiall Crown and Dignity of the forsaid Realms of England France and Ireland with the Dominions and Territories thereunto belonging after His Majesty and the Princess Anne of Denmark and in Default of Issue of the said Princess Anne and of His Majesty respectively. Sophia was made heir presumptive to cut off not just a claim", "title": "Sophia of Hanover" }, { "id": "3024332", "text": "James Ogilvy James Robert Bruce Ogilvy (born 29 February 1964) is the elder child and only son of Sir Angus Ogilvy and Princess Alexandra of Kent. Ogilvy was born in Thatched House Lodge, Richmond Park, Surrey and was the first of four children born to royalty in 1964. Ogilvy was baptised by Arthur Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury with Queen Elizabeth II among his seven godparents. When he was born, he was 13th in the line of succession to the British throne. As of December 2018, he is 53rd. His education began in the \"palace school\" with his royal cousins", "title": "James Ogilvy" }, { "id": "2891396", "text": "Lord Frederick Windsor Lord Frederick Windsor (born 6 April 1979), also nicknamed Freddie Windsor, is a British financial analyst, and the only son of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent. He is currently 48th in line to the succession of the British throne. He is President of the charity Soldier On!, which invites socially isolated people to participate in archaeology and heritage projects as well as career development workshops. Windsor was born on 6 April 1979 at St Mary's Hospital, London. He is a first cousin once removed of Queen Elizabeth II and a first cousin twice removed of Prince", "title": "Lord Frederick Windsor" }, { "id": "2890837", "text": "Lady Helen Taylor Lady Helen Marina Lucy Taylor (\"née\" Windsor; born 28 April 1964) is a daughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and his wife, Katharine, Duchess of Kent, and a great-granddaughter of King George V. She is currently 39th in line of succession to the British Throne. Born at Coppins, a country house in Iver, Buckinghamshire, Lady Helen is the only daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Kent. She was educated at Eton End School in Datchet then at St Mary's School, Wantage, and Gordonstoun. At Gordonstoun, she was one of 20 sixth form girls \"in the", "title": "Lady Helen Taylor" }, { "id": "16966260", "text": "the eldest son is also the eldest child. The Regency Act 1937 was amended to require the regent to be a person who had not been disqualified from the succession by marrying without the monarch's permission under the 2013 Act. None of the provisions of the act altering the law, including those which will or may affect any direct or collateral line of succession to the British throne, were to come into force until a day appointed for it by a commencement order made by the Lord President of the Council. When publishing the bill the government had announced that", "title": "Succession to the Crown Act 2013" }, { "id": "8751258", "text": "Line of succession to the former Hanoverian throne The following is the Line of succession to the former Hanoverian throne: The Kingdom of Hanover was abolished in 1866 and the Duchy of Brunswick in 1918. The Hanoverian royal family was also deprived of the Dukedom of Cumberland and Teviotdale in 1919. The current senior male-line descendant of George III of the United Kingdom and head of the House of Hanover is Ernst August, Prince of Hanover, titular King of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick, and Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale. The Succession Law in Hanover and Brunswick is semi-salic, allowing for", "title": "Line of succession to the former Hanoverian throne" }, { "id": "4227237", "text": "this time the famous scene took place, in which Lehzen slipped a copy of the genealogy of the House of Hanover into one of the princess's lesson books. After perusing it for some time, Victoria came to see that her father had been next in line after the king, and that Queen Adelaide had no surviving children. This was the first time Victoria came to realise the destiny that had been assumed by many since her birth; that she would be the next British monarch. After a pause, Victoria is reported to have said \"I will be good.\" This story", "title": "Louise Lehzen" }, { "id": "12144292", "text": "(1689–1716) and Charles Radclyffe (1693–1746) were both notable Jacobites and both were executed for treason following the Risings of 1715 and 1745 respectively. Lady Diana Spencer (later the Princess of Wales) is a descendant of Charles II, through two of his illegitimate sons. Diana married The Prince of Wales in 1981 and had two sons, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex. Currently, the Duke is 2nd in the line of Succession, his sons and daughter, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis are 3rd, 4th, and 5th, while Prince Harry is 6th in line. If", "title": "Descendants of Charles II of England" }, { "id": "1865541", "text": "of George Frederick, Prince of Wales and Mary, Princess of Wales (\"née\" Mary of Teck). He was named \"John\" despite that name's unlucky associations for the royal family, but was informally known as \"Johnnie\". At the time of his birth, he was sixth in the line of succession to the throne, behind his father and four older brothers. As a grandchild of the reigning British monarch in the male line, and a son of the Prince of Wales, he was formally styled \"His Royal Highness Prince John of Wales\" from birth. John was christened on 3 August in the Church", "title": "Prince John of the United Kingdom" }, { "id": "3544756", "text": "and the same order of succession. In 2011, the prime ministers of the realms agreed unanimously to adopt a common approach to amending the rules on the succession to their respective Crowns so that absolute primogeniture would apply for persons born after the date of the agreement, instead of male-preference primogeniture, and the ban on marriages to Roman Catholics would be lifted, but the monarch would still need to be in communion with the Church of England. After the necessary legislation had been enacted in accordance with each realm's constitution, the changes took effect on 26 March 2015. No official,", "title": "Succession to the British throne" }, { "id": "1542340", "text": "Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem. See also: \"List of honours of the British Royal Family by country\" Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester, (Richard Alexander Walter George; born 26 August 1944) is the youngest grandchild of King George V and Queen Mary. He practised as an architect until the death of his elder brother placed him in direct line to inherit his father's dukedom of Gloucester, which he inherited, as the second duke, in 1974. He is a paternal cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, and currently 26th in the line", "title": "Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester" }, { "id": "576972", "text": "many cultural icons such as the mathematician and philosopher Gottfried Leibniz and the composers George Frideric Händel and Agostino Steffani. Shortly after George's accession to his paternal duchy, Prince William, Duke of Gloucester, who was second-in-line to the English and Scottish thrones, died. By the terms of the English Act of Settlement 1701, George's mother, Sophia, was designated as the heir to the English throne if the then reigning monarch, William III, and his sister-in-law, Anne, died without surviving issue. The succession was so designed because Sophia was the closest Protestant relative of the British royal family. Fifty-six Catholics with", "title": "George I of Great Britain" }, { "id": "3032489", "text": "Frances Shand Kydd Frances Ruth Shand Kydd (previously Spencer, \"née\" Roche; 20 January 1936 – 3 June 2004) was the mother of Diana, Princess of Wales. As such, she was the maternal grandmother of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, respectively second and sixth in the line of succession to the British throne. Following her divorce from Viscount Althorp in 1969, and later Diana's death in 1997, Shand Kydd devoted the final years of her life to Roman Catholic charity work. She was born Frances Ruth Roche in Park House, on the royal estate at", "title": "Frances Shand Kydd" }, { "id": "14938121", "text": "the only remaining members of the House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, after her cousins (twice-removed), Donata and Edwina. He is in the line of succession to the British throne being descendant of George II of Great Britain. He is second cousin to Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, both being descendants of Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Heinrich VIII married on 14 June 1973 at Basthorst to Baroness Dorit von Ruffin (born 1948), daughter of Baron Franz von Ruffin, and his wife, Carla Busson. They had two sons: Prince Heinrich VIII Reuss of Köstritz Prince Heinrich VIII Reuss of Köstritz (;", "title": "Prince Heinrich VIII Reuss of Köstritz" }, { "id": "1145739", "text": "on two stamps with HMS \"Herald\", issued by Saint Helena. Prince Andrew, Duke of York Prince Andrew, Duke of York, (Andrew Albert Christian Edward, born 19 February 1960) is a member of the British royal family. He is the third child and second son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. At the time of his birth, he was second in the line of succession to the British throne; he is seventh in line. He holds the rank of commander and the honorary rank of Vice Admiral (as of February 2015) in the Royal Navy, in which", "title": "Prince Andrew, Duke of York" }, { "id": "13693104", "text": "elect members of the House of Commons. The power extended to Parliament includes the power to determine the line of succession to the British throne. This power was used to pass His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act 1936, which gave constitutional effect to the abdication of Edward VIII and removed any of his putative descendants from the succession; and most recently to pass the Succession to the Crown Act 2013, which changed the succession to the throne to absolute primogeniture (not dependent on gender) and also removed the disqualification of marrying a Roman Catholic. Parliament also has the power to", "title": "Constitution of the United Kingdom" }, { "id": "4833364", "text": "a bank holiday in the United Kingdom. Estimates of the global audience for the wedding ranged around 300 million or more, whilst 26 million watched the event live in Britain alone. On marriage, Catherine assumed the style \"Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge\". In October, several months after the wedding, Commonwealth leaders pledged that they would implement changes in British royal succession law to adopt absolute primogeniture, meaning the first child of the Duke and Duchess, whether male or female, would be next in line to the throne after their father. On 3 December 2012, St James's Palace announced", "title": "Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge" }, { "id": "2890841", "text": "Opera after being a trustee. Lady Helen Taylor Lady Helen Marina Lucy Taylor (\"née\" Windsor; born 28 April 1964) is a daughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and his wife, Katharine, Duchess of Kent, and a great-granddaughter of King George V. She is currently 39th in line of succession to the British Throne. Born at Coppins, a country house in Iver, Buckinghamshire, Lady Helen is the only daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Kent. She was educated at Eton End School in Datchet then at St Mary's School, Wantage, and Gordonstoun. At Gordonstoun, she was one of 20", "title": "Lady Helen Taylor" }, { "id": "1473215", "text": "Eugenie was from birth a British princess entitled to the style of Royal Highness. Princess Eugenie of York Princess Eugenie of York ( ; Eugenie Victoria Helena; born 23 March 1990) is a member of the British royal family, and the younger daughter of Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and Sarah, Duchess of York. She is ninth in line of succession to the British throne, after her elder sister, Princess Beatrice of York. Princess Eugenie was born in London at The Portland Hospital for Women and Children on 23 March 1990, the second child of Prince Andrew, Duke of York,", "title": "Princess Eugenie of York" }, { "id": "1287379", "text": "succession, ending the male-preference primogeniture that was mandated by the Act of Settlement 1701. The amendment, once enacted, also ended the ban on the monarch marrying a Catholic. Following the Perth Agreement in 2011, legislation amending the Bill of Rights 1689 and the Act of Settlement 1701 came into effect across the Commonwealth realms on 26 March 2015 which changed the laws of succession to the British throne. In the United Kingdom, it was passed as the Succession to the Crown Act 2013. Further powers were devolved under the Government of Wales Act 2006, Northern Ireland Act 2006, Northern Ireland", "title": "History of the Constitution of the United Kingdom" }, { "id": "21835", "text": "monarch must be in communion with the Church of England because he or she is the head of that Church.\" The disqualification arising from marriage to a Roman Catholic was removed by the Succession to the Crown Act 2013. Act of Settlement 1701 The Act of Settlement is an Act of the Parliament of England that was passed in 1701 to settle the succession to the English and Irish crowns on Protestants only. The next Protestant in line to the throne was the Electress Sophia of Hanover, a granddaughter of James VI of Scotland and I of England. After her", "title": "Act of Settlement 1701" }, { "id": "11631289", "text": "Succession to the Crown Act 1707 The Succession to the Crown Act 1707 (6 Ann c 41) is an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of Great Britain. It is still partly in force in Great Britain. The Act was passed at a time when Parliament was anxious to ensure the succession of a Protestant on the death of Queen Anne. It replaced the Regency Act 1705. The Act required privy counsellors and other officers, in the event of Anne's death, to proclaim as her successor the next Protestant in the line of succession to the throne, and made it", "title": "Succession to the Crown Act 1707" }, { "id": "3544757", "text": "complete version of the line of succession is currently maintained. The exact number, in remoter collateral lines, of the people who would be eligible is uncertain. In 2001, American genealogist William Addams Reitwiesner compiled a list of 4,973 living descendants of the Electress Sophia in order of succession, but did so disregarding Roman Catholic status. When updated in January 2011, the number was 5,753. The annotated list below covers the first part of this line of succession, being limited to descendants of the sons of George V (the present Queen's grandfather). The order of the first seventeen numbered in the", "title": "Succession to the British throne" }, { "id": "1971633", "text": "Prince Michael of Kent Prince Michael of Kent, (Michael George Charles Franklin; born 4 July 1942) is a member of the British royal family. He is a paternal first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, being a grandson of King George V and Queen Mary. He is currently 47th in the line of succession to the British throne, but at the time of his birth was seventh in the line of succession. Prince Michael occasionally represents the Queen at some functions in Commonwealth realms outside the United Kingdom. Otherwise, he manages his own consultancy business and undertakes various commercial work around", "title": "Prince Michael of Kent" }, { "id": "2439510", "text": "his princely titles and adopted the surname of Mountbatten upon becoming a British subject prior to his wedding) was created Duke of Edinburgh by his father-in-law, George VI. Descendants in the male line of his marriage to Queen Elizabeth II belong, by decree, to the House of Windsor and use \"Mountbatten-Windsor\" as a surname, when one is needed. The first nineteen places in the line of succession to the British throne are held by the Duke's descendants. The heir-apparent is Charles, Prince of Wales (born 1948). House of Glücksburg The House of Glücksburg (also spelled \"Glücksborg\"), shortened from House of", "title": "House of Glücksburg" }, { "id": "17391713", "text": "Prince George of Cambridge Prince George of Cambridge (George Alexander Louis; born 22 July 2013) is a member of the British royal family. He is the eldest child and elder son of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, and third in the line of succession to the British throne behind his grandfather Prince Charles and his father. As he is expected to be king someday, his birth was widely celebrated across the Commonwealth realms. He has two younger siblings: Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis of Cambridge. George occasionally accompanies his parents on royal tours, and has", "title": "Prince George of Cambridge" }, { "id": "276451", "text": "during peacetime without parliamentary consent, deny the right to bear arms to Protestant subjects, unduly interfere with parliamentary elections, punish members of either House of Parliament for anything said during debates, require excessive bail, or inflict cruel or unusual punishments. The Bill of Rights also confirmed the succession to the throne. Following the death of either William III or Mary II, the other was to continue to reign. Next in the line of succession would be any children of the couple, to be followed by Mary's sister Anne and her children. Last in the line of succession stood any children", "title": "Mary II of England" }, { "id": "2526933", "text": "Both Samuel and Arthur Chatto attended Eton College and are currently enrolled at the University of Edinburgh. Lady Sarah Chatto Lady Sarah Frances Elizabeth Chatto (née Armstrong-Jones; born 1 May 1964) is a member of the extended British royal family. She is the only daughter of Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, niece of Queen Elizabeth II, and the youngest grandchild of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. At the time of her birth she was seventh in line of succession to the British throne and is currently 23rd. Sarah Armstrong-Jones was born on", "title": "Lady Sarah Chatto" }, { "id": "2526921", "text": "Lady Margarita Armstrong-Jones Lady Margarita Armstrong-Jones (born 14 May 2002) is the only daughter and youngest child of the Earl and Countess of Snowdon. She is the only granddaughter of Princess Margaret and the first of three granddaughters of the 1st Earl of Snowdon. She is currently 22nd in the line of succession to the British throne, after her father and brother. Lady Margarita was born on 14 May 2002 at The Portland Hospital for Women and Children in London, and is 22nd in the line of succession to the British throne . She was christened Margarita Elizabeth Rose Alleyne,", "title": "Lady Margarita Armstrong-Jones" }, { "id": "1772248", "text": "since 1421), the Lord Chancellor, the Archbishop of York and the Archbishop of Wales. Next come the Prime Minister as the First Lord of the Treasury, the Lord President of the Privy Council, the Speaker of the House of Commons, the Lord Speaker of the House of Lords (since July 2006), the President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (since October 2009), the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (since November 2007) and the Lord Privy Seal. The precedence of the Lord Great Chamberlain, the Earl Marshal, the Lord Steward and the Lord Chamberlain are determined by", "title": "Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom" }, { "id": "18266771", "text": "Princess Charlotte of Cambridge Princess Charlotte of Cambridge (Charlotte Elizabeth Diana; born 2 May 2015) is a member of the British royal family. She is the second child and only daughter of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge. She is fourth in the line of succession to the British throne. Charlotte, the second child of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, was born at 08:34 AM on 2 May 2015 in Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital, London. Several landmarks were illuminated pink to mark the birth, including: Tower Bridge, the London", "title": "Princess Charlotte of Cambridge" }, { "id": "19379022", "text": "IX of Denmark, Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, and Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel. Lady Amelia Windsor Lady Amelia Windsor (\"Amelia Sophia Theodora Mary Margaret Windsor\"; born 24 August 1995) is an English fashion model and member of the British royal family. She is currently 38th in the line of succession to the British throne. Lady Amelia Windsor was born on 24 August 1995 at Rosie Hospital in Cambridge and was christened in December 1995 at Chapel Royal, St James's Palace. She is the youngest child of George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews, and Sylvana Tomaselli. Her paternal grandfather,", "title": "Lady Amelia Windsor" }, { "id": "8742866", "text": "1990), Belgium (since 1991), Denmark (since 2009), Luxembourg (since 2011), and in the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth realms (since 2015). Agnatic (or semi-Salic) succession, prevalent in much of Europe since ancient times, is the restriction of succession to those descended from or related to a past or current monarch exclusively through the male line of descent: descendants through females were ineligible to inherit unless no males of the patrilineage remained alive. In this form of succession, the succession is reserved first to all the male dynastic descendants of all the eligible branches by order of primogeniture, then upon total", "title": "Order of succession" } ]

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[ { "id": "660304", "text": "Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act (ch. 27, ) is a United States federal law enacted in 1883 that mandated that positions within the federal government should be awarded on the basis of merit instead of political affiliation. The act provided selection of government employees by competitive exams, rather than ties to politicians or political affiliation. It also made it illegal to fire or demote government officials for political reasons and prohibited soliciting campaign donations on Federal government property. To enforce the merit system and the judicial system, the law also created the United States", "title": "Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act" }, { "id": "3941402", "text": "in 1883. The Pendleton law was passed in part due to public outcry over the assassination of President Garfield. The Pendleton Act renewed funding for the Civil Service Commission and established a three-man commission to run Civil Service whose commissioners were chosen by President Arthur. The Civil Service Commission administered the civil service of the United States federal government. The Pendleton law required certain applicants to take the civil service exam in order to be given certain jobs; it also prevented elected officials and political appointees from firing civil servants, removing civil servants from the influences of political patronage and", "title": "United States Civil Service Commission" }, { "id": "660307", "text": "to the presidency. Once in office, President Arthur pushed through legislation for civil reform. On January 16, 1883 Congress passed the Civil Service Act, which is sometimes referred to as the Pendleton Act after Senator George H. Pendleton of Ohio, one of the primary sponsors. The Act was written by Dorman Bridgman Eaton, a staunch opponent of the patronage system who was later first chairman of the United States Civil Service Commission. However, the law would also prove to be a major political liability for Arthur. The law offended machine politicians, or politicians who belong to a small clique that", "title": "Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act" }, { "id": "13532575", "text": "and Marshall Jewell as Attorney General and Postmaster General, respectively, who supported Bristow's investigations. In 1875, Pierrepont cleaned up corruption among the United States Attorneys and Marshals in the South. The Civil Service Reform Act (called \"the Pendleton Act\") is an 1883 federal law that created the United States Civil Service Commission. It eventually placed most federal employees on the merit system and marked the end of the so-called \"spoils system\". Drafted during the Chester A. Arthur administration, the Pendleton Act served as a response to President James Garfield's assassination by a disappointed office seeker. The Act was passed into", "title": "U.S. Civil Service Reform" }, { "id": "11229834", "text": "of Congress; the Senate approved the bill 38–5 and the House soon concurred by a vote of 155–47. Arthur signed the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act into law on January 16, 1883. The bill created a civil service commission to oversee civil service examinations and outlawed the use of \"assessments,\" fees that political appointees were expected to pay to their respective political parties as the price for their appointments. These reforms had previously been proposed by the Jay Commission, which had investigated Arthur during his time as Collector of the Port of New York. In just two years' time, an", "title": "Presidency of Chester A. Arthur" }, { "id": "19290368", "text": "her childhood nickname \"Minnie\". She was raised and grew up in Norwalk. After high school, she attended Vassar College in New York City, graduating in 1880. Her first job was a favorable position for a young lady, a clerk with the Census Bureau in Washington, D.C. Hoyt was the first woman selected to a US civil service position. The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, also known as the Civil Service Act, is a federal law established in 1883 which decided that government jobs should be awarded on the basis of merit and examination scores instead of political affiliation. US president", "title": "Mary F. Hoyt" }, { "id": "13532576", "text": "law in January 1883; it was sponsored by Democratic Senator George H. Pendleton of Ohio. It was drafted by Dorman Bridgman Eaton, a leading reformer who became the first chairman of the U.S. Civil Service Commission. Its most famous commissioner was Theodore Roosevelt (1889–95). The new law prohibited mandatory campaign contributions, or \"assessments\", which amounted to 50–75% of party financing in the Gilded Age. Second, the Pendleton Act required entrance exams for aspiring bureaucrats. At first it covered very few jobs but there was a ratchet provision whereby outgoing presidents could lock in their own appointees by converting their jobs", "title": "U.S. Civil Service Reform" }, { "id": "8556450", "text": "$179,700 in 2012. , the Federal Government, excluding the Postal Service and soldiers, employed about 2 million civilian workers. The Federal Government is the nation's single largest employer. Although most federal agencies are based in the Washington, D.C. region, only about 16% (or about 288,000) of the federal government workforce is employed in this region. Public support in the United States for civil service reform strengthened following the assassination of President James Garfield. The United States Civil Service Commission was created by the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, which was passed into law on January 16, 1883. The commission was", "title": "United States federal civil service" }, { "id": "8556441", "text": "that are authorized to create their own hiring policies and are not subject to most appointment, pay, and classification laws. In the early 19th century, positions in the federal government were held at the pleasure of the president—a person could be fired at any time. The spoils system meant that jobs were used to support the American political parties, though this was gradually changed by the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act of 1883 and subsequent laws. By 1909, almost two-thirds of the U.S. federal workforce was appointed based on merit, that is, qualifications measured by tests. Certain senior civil service", "title": "United States federal civil service" }, { "id": "660305", "text": "Civil Service Commission. This board would be in charge of determining the rules and regulations of the act. The act also allowed for the president, by executive order, to decide which positions would be subject to the act and which would not. A result was the shift of the parties to reliance on funding from business, since they could no longer depend on patronage. In 1877, there was growing interest in the United States concerning the effects of the spoils system on the American political system. New York City established the Civil Service Reform Association to help address the issues,", "title": "Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act" }, { "id": "2752196", "text": "well as proprietor of the Metropolitan Hotel. At times he was a member of the United States House of Representatives, the New York City Board of Advisors, and the New York State Senate. In 1873, Tweed was convicted for diverting between $40 million and $200 million of public monies. Six months after James Garfield became president in 1881, Charles J. Guiteau, a disappointed office-seeker, assassinated him. To prevent further political violence and to assuage public outrage, Congress passed the Pendleton Act in 1883, which set up the Civil Service Commission. Henceforth, applicants for most federal government jobs would have to", "title": "Patronage" }, { "id": "6567861", "text": "be incompetent and provided protection for \"whistleblowers\" The CSRA was one of the largest reforms in Federal personnel regulations since the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act of 1883 and is one of the Carter Administration's major domestic achievements. However, the long lasting effects and the legacy of the CSRA are widely disputed. Some claim that the CSRA has accomplished virtually nothing. Others claim that the CSRA has accomplished quite a bit. On one side of the argument, it is claimed that the CSRA has not affected unequal hiring methods, has not formed a division of experienced administrators that it was", "title": "Civil Service Reform Act of 1978" }, { "id": "10418018", "text": "President\", the new Stalwart president Chester A. Arthur surprised those in his own faction by promoting civil service reform and issuing government jobs based on a merit system. The Half-Breeds put through Congress the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act (authored by Democrat George H. Pendleton), and Arthur signed the bill into law on January 16, 1883. The act put an end to the spoils system, at least symbolically, placing a significant number of federal employees under the merit system and putting the government on the road to true reform. The act also set up the United States Civil Service Commission,", "title": "Half-Breeds (politics)" }, { "id": "281641", "text": "of United States President James A. Garfield by a disappointed office seeker in 1881 proved its dangers. Two years later in 1883, the system of appointments to the United States Federal Bureaucracy was revamped by the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, partially based on the British meritocratic civil service that had been established years earlier. The act stipulated that government jobs should be awarded on the basis of merit, through competitive exams, rather than ties to politicians or political affiliation. It also made it illegal to fire or demote government employees for political reasons. To enforce the merit system and", "title": "Meritocracy" }, { "id": "11839843", "text": "National Civil Service Reform League The National Civil Service Reform League was a non-profit organization in the United States founded in 1881 for the purpose of investigating the efficiency of the civil service. Among its founders were George William Curtis, chairman of the first United States Civil Service Commission, and Dorman B. Eaton, principal author of the Pendleton Civil Service Act (1883) and first chairman of the reconstituted commission. Largely through its influence many important civil service measures were passed. During World War I, its work was especially valuable in securing civil service efficiency as a factor in military success.", "title": "National Civil Service Reform League" }, { "id": "1489694", "text": "to the United States Senate. During his only term, from 1881 to 1885, he served concurrently as the Chairman of the Democratic Conference. Following the 1881 assassination of James A. Garfield, he passed his most notable legislation, known as the Pendleton Act of 1883, requiring civil service exams for government positions. The Act helped put an end to the system of patronage in widespread use at the time, but it cost Pendelton politically, as many members of his own party preferred the spoils system. He was thus not renominated to the Senate. Instead, President Grover Cleveland appointed him Envoy Extraordinary", "title": "George H. Pendleton" }, { "id": "1489689", "text": "the 1869 Ohio gubernatorial election, he temporarily left politics. He served as the president of the Kentucky Central Railroad before returning to Congress. Pendleton won election to the U.S. Senate in 1879 and served a single term, becoming Chairman of the Senate Democratic Conference. After the assassination of President James A. Garfield, he wrote and helped pass the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act of 1883. The act required many civil service hires to be based on merit rather than political connections. Passage of the act lost him support in Ohio and he was not nominated for a second term in", "title": "George H. Pendleton" }, { "id": "17672891", "text": "patronage problem had gotten out of control, and shifted public opinion, convincing the United States that the President of the United States had more important things to do than to engage in patronage. Congress was eventually spurred to pass the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act of 1883, which created a Civil Service Commission and advocated a merit system for selecting government employees. In addition, passage of the Hatch Act of 1939 forbade the intimidation or bribery of voters and restricted political campaign activities by federal employees. It prohibited using any public funds designated for relief or public works for electoral", "title": "Political appointments in the United States" }, { "id": "1399651", "text": "person could be fired at any time. The spoils system meant that jobs were used to support the political parties. This was changed in slow stages by the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act of 1883 and subsequent laws. By 1909, almost two thirds of the U.S. federal work force was appointed based on merit, that is, qualifications measured by tests. Certain senior civil service positions, including some heads of diplomatic missions and executive agencies are filled by political appointees. Under the Hatch Act of 1939, civil servants are not allowed to engage in political activities while performing their duties. The", "title": "Civil service" }, { "id": "11229835", "text": "unrepentant Stalwart had become the president who ushered in long-awaited civil service reform. Even after Arthur signed the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act into law, proponents of the act doubted Arthur's commitment to reform. The act initially applied only to ten percent of federal jobs and, without proper implementation by the president, would not have affected the remaining civil service positions. To the surprise of his critics, Arthur acted quickly to appoint the members of the newly-created Civil Service Commission, naming reformers Dorman Bridgman Eaton, John Milton Gregory, and Leroy D. Thoman as commissioners. The chief examiner, Silas W. Burt,", "title": "Presidency of Chester A. Arthur" }, { "id": "660337", "text": "good service. By the late 1860s, citizens began demanding civil service reform. Running under the Liberal Republican Party in 1872, they were soundly defeated by Ulysses S. Grant. After the assassination of James A. Garfield by a rejected office-seeker in 1881, the calls for civil service reform intensified. Moderation of the spoils system at the federal level came with the passage of the Pendleton Act in 1883, which created a bipartisan Civil Service Commission to evaluate job candidates on a nonpartisan merit basis. While few jobs were covered under the law initially, the law allowed the President to transfer jobs", "title": "Spoils system" }, { "id": "6567858", "text": "consensus public opinion of the Vietnam War being a complete failure led the push for reform. The CSRA sought to fix common problems across the public sector such as eliminating manipulation of the merit system without inhibiting the entire structure, how to both invest authority in managers while simultaneously protecting employee from said authority, limit unnecessary or excessive spending, and make the federal work force mirror the American people more closely. The CSRA was the first federally passed comprehensive civil service reform since the Pendleton Act of 1883. Leading up to the passing of the CSRA, the federal government grew", "title": "Civil Service Reform Act of 1978" }, { "id": "3382298", "text": "Great Britain\". He drafted the Pendleton Civil Service Act of 1883, and later became chairman of the new United States Civil Service Commission established by it. He resigned in 1885, but was almost immediately reappointed by President Grover Cleveland, and served until 1886, editing the 3rd and 4th Reports of the commission. He was an organizer (1878) of the first society for the furtherance of civil service reform in New York City, of the National Civil Service Reform League, and of the National Conference of the Unitarian Church (1865). He died in New York City on December 23, 1899, leaving", "title": "Dorman Bridgman Eaton" }, { "id": "1394500", "text": "duties were handled by the offices of Information Resources Management, Finance, Human Resources and Administration, and Equal Employment Opportunity. Shortly after the U.S. Civil War, some states started to pass their own immigration laws, which prompted the U.S. Supreme Court to rule in 1875 that immigration was a federal responsibility. The Immigration Act of 1891 established an Office of the Superintendent of Immigration within the Treasury Department. This office was responsible for admitting, rejecting, and processing all immigrants seeking admission to the United States and for implementing national immigration policy. 'Immigrant Inspectors', as they were called then, were stationed at", "title": "Immigration and Naturalization Service" }, { "id": "660308", "text": "controls a political party. These politicians realized that with the Pendleton Act in place they would have to find a new means of income, since they could no longer count on donations from the wealthy hoping to receive jobs. The Act initially covered only about 10% of the U.S. government's civilian employees. However, there was a provision that allowed outgoing presidents to lock in their own appointees by converting jobs to civil service. After a series of party reversals at the presidential level (1884, 1888, 1892, 1896), the result was that most federal jobs were under civil service. Pendleton Civil", "title": "Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act" }, { "id": "2260351", "text": "reforms of the spoils system in place since the 1830s, and abuses of the post-war Grant-Jacksonian era; when Congress authorized the president to appoint a Civil Service Commission and prescribe regulations for admission to public service. A dis-satisfied office-seeker assassinated President Garfield in 1881 and Congress was motivated to pass the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act in 1883 which firmly established civil service. During reconstruction, this enabled the federal government to provide jobs for newly freed blacks in the south (primarily the Postal Service) where no other employment opportunities existed for them. Since the inception of the merit system in", "title": "Institutional racism" }, { "id": "12567620", "text": "31–19, giving Hayes his most significant civil service reform victory. For the remainder of his term, Hayes pressed Congress to enact permanent reform legislation and fund the United States Civil Service Commission, even using his last annual message to Congress in 1880 to appeal for reform. While reform legislation did not pass during Hayes's presidency, his advocacy provided \"a significant precedent as well as the political impetus for the Pendleton Act of 1883,\" which was signed into law by President Chester Arthur. Hayes allowed some exceptions to the ban on assessments, permitting George Congdon Gorham, secretary of the Republican Congressional", "title": "Rutherford B. Hayes" }, { "id": "13532572", "text": "U.S. Civil Service Reform U.S. civil service reform was a major issue in the late 19th century at the national level, and in the early 20th century at the state level. Proponents denounced the distribution of government offices—the \"spoils\"—by the winners of elections to their supporters as corrupt and inefficient. They demanded nonpartisan scientific methods and credential be used to select civil servants. The five important civil service reforms were the two Tenure of Office Acts of 1820 and 1867, Pendleton Act of 1883, the Hatch Acts (1939 and 1940) and the CSRA of 1978. In 1801 President Thomas Jefferson,", "title": "U.S. Civil Service Reform" }, { "id": "13021039", "text": "civil service reform legislation and Pendleton again introduced his bill, but Congress did not pass it. Republicans lost seats in the 1882 congressional elections, in which Democrats campaigned on the reform issue. As a result, the lame-duck session of Congress was more amenable to civil service reform; the Senate approved Pendleton's bill 38–5 and the House soon concurred by a vote of 155–47. Arthur signed the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act into law on January 16, 1883. In just two years' time, an unrepentant Stalwart had become the president who ushered in long-awaited civil service reform. At first, the act", "title": "Chester A. Arthur" }, { "id": "3941247", "text": "to be OPM's next director. Pon was confirmed by voice vote on March 7, 2018. Margaret Weichert, Office of Management and Budget Deputy Director for Management, was named acting Director. The United States Civil Service Commission was created by the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act of 1883. The commission was abolished and replaced by OPM on January 1, 1979, following the passage of the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 and Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1978 (, ). In 1996 the investigation branch of the OPM was privatized, and USIS was formed. According to their website, the mission of", "title": "United States Office of Personnel Management" }, { "id": "3335180", "text": "v. Freeman\" in 1875 that immigration was a federal responsibility. The Immigration Act of 1891 established an Office of the Superintendent of Immigration within the United States Department of the Treasury. This office was responsible for admitting, rejecting, and processing all immigrants seeking admission to the United States and for implementing national immigration policy. \"Immigrant inspectors\", as they were then called, were stationed at major U.S. ports of entry collecting manifests of arriving passengers. A \"head tax\" of fifty cents was collected on each immigrant. In the early 20th century Congress's primary interest in immigration was protecting American workers and", "title": "U.S. Customs and Border Protection" }, { "id": "16107376", "text": "lives on Bat Creek, is convinced that Blackman is the forger. Blackman was an engraver who lived near the Tipton farm. He was also a neighbor of Jim Lawson. Blackman held a Federal Patronage job from 1870 to about 1890. It was during this time that President Grover Cleveland created the 1883 Pendleton Act to fix the Pensions Claims Office and the Postal Service. Cleveland let many Republicans be replaced by Democrats, and this increased the tension between the Democratic and Republican parties. It has been suggested that the L. C. Houk political machine that ran the Republicans in East", "title": "Luther Meade Blackman" }, { "id": "663688", "text": "two attorneys in the Commerce Department's Foreign Service Division, with input from Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis. For the first year of the law's enactment, the enforcement of the statute rested with the Federal Trade Commission, but this power was transferred to the SEC following its creation in 1934. In 1934, Roosevelt named his friend Joseph P. Kennedy, a self-made multimillionaire financier and a leader among the Irish-American community, as the insider-as-chairman who knew Wall Street well enough to clean it up. Two of the other five commissioners were James M. Landis (one of the architects of the 1934 Act", "title": "U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission" }, { "id": "17504033", "text": "concurred by a vote of 155–47. Arthur signed the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act into law on January 16, 1883. There was relatively little financial legislation in the 1880s. By that time, fewer bonds were necessary, as the government now ran a consistent surplus which by 1882 reached $145 million. Opinions varied on how to balance the budget; Democrats wished to lower tariffs to reduce revenues and the cost of imported goods, while Republicans believed that high tariffs ensured high wages in manufacturing and mining. They preferred the government spend more on internal improvements and reduce excise taxes. Congress passed", "title": "John Sherman" }, { "id": "11229788", "text": "February 1879, but Merritt was approved by a vote of 31–25, as was Burt by a 31–19 vote, giving Hayes his most significant civil service reform victory. For the remainder of his term, Hayes pressed Congress to enact permanent reform legislation and fund the United States Civil Service Commission, even using his last annual message to Congress in 1880 to appeal for reform. While reform legislation did not pass during Hayes's presidency, his advocacy provided the \"political impetus\" for the 1883 passage of the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act. Hayes allowed some exceptions to the ban on assessments, permitting George", "title": "Presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes" }, { "id": "14268332", "text": "most important question.\"\" Having established that the Worsted act was legally passed, the Court addressed the second question. The act unambiguously stated that duties on worsted cloths became identical to those placed on woolen cloths by the Tariff Act of 1883. Although no direct action was necessary by the Secretary of the Treasury to put this act into force, the Treasury Department issued a letter on May 13, 1890, instructing all customs officers to publish the act \"for the information and guidance of the public.\" The judgment of the Circuit Court was reversed and the case remanded for further proceedings.", "title": "United States v. Ballin" }, { "id": "9831213", "text": "political opinion or refusal to render party service. The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act in 1883 made it law that government positions should be awarded on merit, however the Association continued to push for compliance, improvements, efficiencies and reforms in the U.S Civil Service. Stokes became chairman of the National Association of Anti-Imperialist Clubs, a movement formed in 1898 to oppose the annexation of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines at the end of the Spanish‐American War. He was also an active member and supporter of the free trade league and first president of the New York Reform Club.", "title": "Anson Phelps Stokes" }, { "id": "1535362", "text": "Act three weeks later. The new Federal Trade Commission would absorb the staff and duties of Bureau of Corporations, previously established under the Department of Commerce and Labor in 1903. The FTC could additionally challenge \"unfair methods of competition\" and enforce the Clayton Act's more specific prohibitions against certain price discrimination, vertical arrangements, interlocking directorates, and stock acquisitions. The following table lists commissioners as of May 2018. Recent former commissioners were: The Bureau of Consumer Protection's mandate is to protect consumers against unfair or deceptive acts or practices in commerce. With the written consent of the Commission, Bureau attorneys enforce", "title": "Federal Trade Commission" }, { "id": "502778", "text": "This act reversed the \"spoils system\" where office seekers paid up or gave political service to obtain or keep federally appointed positions. Under the act, appointments were awarded on merit and competitive examination. To ensure the reform was implemented, Congress and Arthur established and funded the Civil Service Commission. The Pendleton Act, however, covered only 10% of federal government workers. For Arthur, previously known for having been a \"veteran spoilsman,\" civil service reform became his most noteworthy achievement. A marble statue of Garfield by Charles Niehaus was added to the National Statuary Hall Collection in the Capitol in Washington D.C.,", "title": "James A. Garfield" }, { "id": "1919523", "text": "as he began his second term, but it would be cut short. In September 1901, while attending an exposition in Buffalo, New York, McKinley was shot by an anarchist. He was the third President to be assassinated, all since the Civil War. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt assumed the presidency. Political corruption was a central issue, which reformers hoped to solve through civil service reforms at the national, state, and local level, replacing political hacks with professional . The 1883 Civil Service Reform Act (or Pendleton Act), which placed most federal employees on the merit system and marked the end of", "title": "History of the United States (1865–1918)" }, { "id": "502676", "text": "appointing William H. Robertson to the lucrative post of Collector of the Port of New York, starting a fracas that ended with Robertson's confirmation and Conkling's resignation from the Senate. Garfield advocated agricultural technology, an educated electorate, and civil rights for African Americans. He also proposed substantial civil service reform, eventually passed by Congress in 1883 and signed into law by his successor, Chester A. Arthur, as the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act. On July 2, 1881, he was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington D.C. by Charles J. Guiteau, a disappointed office seeker. The wound", "title": "James A. Garfield" }, { "id": "13969521", "text": "employer and union violence, general strikes, and recognition strikes. At the outset, NRA Administrator Hugh Johnson naïvely believed that Section 7(a) would be self-enforcing, but he quickly learned otherwise. In addition, the National Labor Board was established under the auspices of the NRA to implement the collective bargaining provisions of the Act. The National Labor Board, too, proved to be ineffective, and on July 5, 1935, a new law—the National Labor Relations Act—superseded the NIRA and established a new, long-lasting federal labor policy. The leadership of the Public Works Authority was torn over the new agency's mission. PWA could initiate", "title": "National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933" }, { "id": "281627", "text": "is based upon aristocratic or oligarchical structures, rather than in the context of the modern state. In the United States, the assassination of President James A. Garfield in 1881 prompted the replacement of the American Spoils System with a meritocracy. In 1883, The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act was passed, stipulating government jobs should be awarded on the basis of merit through competitive exams, rather than ties to politicians or political affiliation. The most common form of meritocratic screening found today is the college degree. Higher education is an imperfect meritocratic screening system for various reasons, such as lack of", "title": "Meritocracy" }, { "id": "13966682", "text": "Act (FLSA) of 1938. The Division is responsible for the administration and enforcement of a wide range of laws which collectively cover virtually all private and State and local government employment. The Division has a nationwide staff of investigators, supervisors, and technical and clerical employees responsible for enforcing FLSA, Government Contracts labor standards statutes, the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act, the Employee Polygraph Protection Act, and the Family and Medical Leave Act. The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 also provided certain additional enforcement responsibilities to be undertaken by the Wage and Hour Division staff. FLSA: The", "title": "Wage and Hour Division" }, { "id": "141814", "text": "agency, the Civil Aeronautics Authority. The legislation also expanded the government's role by giving them the authority and the power to regulate airline fares and to determine the routes that air carriers would serve. President Franklin D. Roosevelt split the authority into two agencies in 1940: the Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) and the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB). CAA was responsible for ATC, airman and aircraft certification, safety enforcement, and airway development. CAB was entrusted with safety regulation, accident investigation, and economic regulation of the airlines. The CAA was part of the Department of Commerce. The CAB was an independent federal", "title": "Federal Aviation Administration" }, { "id": "428690", "text": "Thirteenth Amendment established the Bureau's legal basis to operate in Kentucky. The Civil Rights Act circumvented racism in local jurisdictions by allowing blacks access to the federal courts. The Enforcement Acts of 1870–1871 and the Civil Rights Act of 1875, in combating the violence and intimidation of white supremacy, were also part of the effort to end slave conditions for Southern blacks. However, the effect of these laws waned as political will diminished and the federal government lost authority in the South, particularly after the Compromise of 1877 ended Reconstruction in exchange for a Republican presidency. Southern business owners sought", "title": "Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution" }, { "id": "11194821", "text": "written called \"I am Going to the Lordy\". He requested an orchestra to play as he sang the poem; it was denied. Part of Charles Guiteau's preserved brain is on display at the Mütter Museum at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Guiteau's bones and more of his brain, along with Garfield's backbone and a few ribs, are kept at the National Museum of Health and Medicine, at the Army's Forest Glen Annex in Silver Spring, Maryland. Garfield's assassination was instrumental to the passage of the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act on January 16, 1883. Garfield himself had called for", "title": "Assassination of James A. Garfield" }, { "id": "1394496", "text": "Customs investigators to create U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The border functions of the INS, which included the Border Patrol and INS Inspectors, were combined with U.S. Customs Inspectors to create U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The INS (Immigration and Naturalization Service) administered federal immigration laws and regulations including the Immigration and Nationality Act (Title 8, United States Code). Its officers inspected foreigners arriving at an official Port of Entry (POE), detecting and deterring illegal entry between the ports (with assistance of the Border Patrol, a component of the INS) and by sea, and conducting investigations of criminal", "title": "Immigration and Naturalization Service" }, { "id": "5819842", "text": "Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is part of the U.S. Department of Labor. OFCCP is responsible for ensuring that employers doing business with the Federal government comply with the laws and regulations requiring nondiscrimination. This mission is based on the underlying principle that employment opportunities generated by Federal dollars should be available to all Americans on an equitable and fair basis. OFCCP administers and enforces three equal employment opportunity laws: Executive Order 11246, as amended; Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended; and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment", "title": "Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs" }, { "id": "5247011", "text": "Corrupt and Illegal Practices Prevention Act 1883 The Corrupt and Illegal Practices Prevention Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict c. 51) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It was a continuation of policy to make voters free from the intimidation of landowners and politicians. It criminalised attempts to bribe voters and standardised the amount that could be spent on election expenses. Despite the Ballot Act 1872, William Ewart Gladstone's Second Ministry (1880-85) knew that to make voting less corrupt, certain measures were required to eradicate intimidation and bribery. The act meant", "title": "Corrupt and Illegal Practices Prevention Act 1883" }, { "id": "660306", "text": "which would lead to several other organizations like it appearing in other cities. The presence of these organizations was one of the first steps in trying to up end the spoils system in America. The assassination of President James A. Garfield moved the Civil Service Reform from city organizations to a leading topic in the political realm. President Garfield was shot in July 1881 by Charles Guiteau, because Guiteau believed the president owed him a patronage position for his \"vital assistance\" in securing Garfield's election the previous year. Garfield died two months later, and Vice President Chester A. Arthur acceded", "title": "Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act" }, { "id": "15335939", "text": "violence at the polls, which repressed black voting. In 1883, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the Civil Rights Act of 1875, forbidding racial discrimination in hotels, trains, and other public places, was unconstitutional. Turner was incensed: The world has never witnessed such barbarous laws entailed upon a free people as have grown out of the decision of the United States Supreme Court, issued October 15, 1883. For that decision alone authorized and now sustains all the unjust discriminations, proscriptions and robberies perpetrated by public carriers upon millions of the nation's most loyal defenders. It fathers all the 'Jim-Crow", "title": "Henry McNeal Turner" }, { "id": "14726335", "text": "to the United States and ship captains from transporting said immigrants. Forty-eighth Congress, Sess. II, Chap. 164; 23 Stat. 332, February 26, 1885. This law was amended in February 23, 1887, at which time the Secretary of the Treasury was given the power to exclude or deport contract laborers. It was amended once again on October 9, 1888 to give the Secretary of the Treasury the authority to deport within a year any immigrant who had arrived contrary to the 1885 law. 1903 Alien Act—“An Act to regulate the immigration of aliens into the United States.” A head-tax is instituted", "title": "Padrone system" }, { "id": "4693768", "text": "Adamson Act The Adamson Act was a United States federal law passed in 1916 that established an eight-hour workday, with additional pay for overtime work, for interstate railroad workers. The terms that were embodied in the act were negotiated by a committee of the four railroad labor brotherhoods of engineers, firemen, brakemen and conductors, chaired by Austin B. Garretson. Garretson was the respected leader of the conductors' union. He had formerly been a member of the President's Commission on Industrial Relations, investigating the causes of industrial violence. Congress passed the Act in order to avoid a nationwide strike. Named for", "title": "Adamson Act" }, { "id": "788666", "text": "the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.\" These provisions made their first appearance in the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, which were adopted during the Reconstruction period primarily to abolish slavery and protect the rights of the newly emancipated African-Americans. The enforcement provisions contained in these amendments extend the powers of Congress originally enumerated in Article One, Section 8 of the Constitution, and have the effect of increasing the power of Congress and diminishing that of the individual states. They led to the \"Enforcement Acts\" of 1870 and 1871. Congress had only that", "title": "Congressional power of enforcement" }, { "id": "728361", "text": "Posse Comitatus Act The Posse Comitatus Act is a United States federal law (, original at ) signed on June 18, 1878, by President Rutherford B. Hayes. The purpose of the act – in concert with the Insurrection Act of 1807 – is to limit the powers of the federal government in using federal military personnel to enforce domestic policies within the United States. It was passed as an amendment to an army appropriation bill following the end of Reconstruction and was updated in 1956 and 1981. The act only specifically applies to the United States Army and, as amended", "title": "Posse Comitatus Act" }, { "id": "2624094", "text": "April 28, 1971 (now celebrated as Workers' Memorial Day by American labor unions). In passing the Act, Congress declared its intent \"to assure so far as possible every working man and woman in the Nation safe and healthful working conditions and to preserve our human resources.\" The Act created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), an agency of the Department of Labor. OSHA was given the authority both to set and enforce workplace health and safety standards. The Act also created the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission to review enforcement priorities, actions and cases. The Act also", "title": "Occupational Safety and Health Act (United States)" }, { "id": "6567855", "text": "Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 The Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, (October 13, 1978, Pub.L. 95–454, 92 Stat. 1111) (CSRA), reformed the civil service of the United States federal government, partly in response to the Watergate scandal. The Act abolished the U.S. Civil Service Commission and distributed its functions primarily among three new agencies: the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), and the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA). The original legislation allowing federal employees to organize together and protect rights was the Lloyd–La Follette Act in 1912. However this act only allowed for", "title": "Civil Service Reform Act of 1978" }, { "id": "11229760", "text": "Reconstruction while protecting the civil rights of African-Americans, but largely failed in the latter pursuit. A strong proponent of civil service reform, he challenged his own party in making appointments. Though he was largely unsuccessful in enacting long-term reform, he helped provide a significant impetus for the eventual passage of the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act in 1883. Insisting that maintenance of the gold standard was essential to economic recovery, he vetoed the Bland–Allison Act. Congress overrode his veto, but Hayes's monetary policy forged a compromise between inflationists and advocates of hard money. He helped put down the Great Railroad", "title": "Presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes" }, { "id": "1734425", "text": "National Labor Relations Board The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is an independent US government agency with responsibilities for enforcing US labor law in relation to collective bargaining and unfair labor practices. Under the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 it supervises elections for labor union representation and can investigate and remedy unfair labor practices. Unfair labor practices may involve union-related situations or instances of protected concerted activity. The NLRB is governed by a five-person board and a General Counsel, all of whom are appointed by the President with the consent of the Senate. Board members are appointed to five-year", "title": "National Labor Relations Board" }, { "id": "551442", "text": "... for the public service and not for the private use of incumbents.\" The Senate approved the bill 38–5 and the House soon concurred by a vote of 155–47. Arthur signed the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act into law on January 16, 1883. Despite his rebukes at the Democratic national conventions in 1876 and 1880, Bayard was again considered among the leading candidates for the nomination in 1884. Tilden again was ambiguous about his willingness to run, but by 1883 New York's new governor, Grover Cleveland, began to surpass Tilden as a likely candidate. After Tilden definitively bowed out in", "title": "Thomas F. Bayard" }, { "id": "660338", "text": "and their current holders into the system, thus giving the holder a permanent job. The Pendleton Act's reach was expanded as the two main political parties alternated control of the White House every election between 1884 and 1896. After each election the outgoing President applied the Pendleton Act to jobs held by his political supporters. By 1900, most federal jobs were handled through civil service and the spoils system was limited only to very senior positions. The separation between the political activity and the civil service was made stronger with the Hatch Act of 1939 which prohibited federal employees from", "title": "Spoils system" }, { "id": "13593110", "text": "Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Workers Protection Act of 1983 The Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (AWPA or MSPA) (public law 97-470) (January 14, 1983), codified at 29 U.S.C. §§ 1801-1872, is the main federal law that protects farmworkers in the United States and repealed and replaced the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act (P.L. 88-582). The AWPA provides federal labor protections in the areas of labor contracting and recruitment, payment of wages, record keeping, housing, transportation, working conditions, and compliance with \"working arrangements.\" The Act also requires farm labor contractors to register with the United States Department of Labor.", "title": "Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Workers Protection Act of 1983" }, { "id": "9539285", "text": "United States Supreme Court in May 1935. To continue the work for the construction industry code authority in regard to apprenticeship programs, United States Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins established the Federal Committee on Apprenticeship. Composed of representatives from federal government agencies, Perkins tasked the committee to recommend federal policies regarding apprenticeships. In 1937, the Congress passed the National Apprenticeship Act (29 U.S.C. 50), also known as \"the Fitzgerald Act.\" The Act established a national advisory committee whose task was to research and draft regulations to establish minimum standards for apprenticeship programs. The Act was later amended to permit the", "title": "National Apprenticeship Act" }, { "id": "657894", "text": "South until the 1960s. Full federal enforcement of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments did not reoccur until after passage of legislation in the mid-1960s as a result of the Civil Rights Movement. For details, see: The Reconstruction Acts as originally passed, were initially called \"An act to provide for the more efficient Government of the Rebel States\" the legislation was enacted by the 39th Congress, on March 2, 1867. It was vetoed by President Johnson, and the veto overridden by two-thirds majority, in both the House and the Senate, the same day. Congress also clarified the scope of the federal", "title": "Reconstruction era" }, { "id": "3323120", "text": "that protection of American businesses was required in order to buoy them during the dire economic times. The effort backfired and the economic situation worsened. The Smoot-Hawley Tariff would eventually be replaced by the Reciprocal Tariff Act of 1934 which authorized the President to negotiate trade agreements. This act not only set up the trade policy system as it exists today but also effectively transferred trade making policy from the Congress to the President. The committee also played an important role in two major acts created under the New Deal. The committee received jurisdiction over the National Industrial Recovery Act", "title": "United States Senate Committee on Finance" }, { "id": "13966681", "text": "Wage and Hour Division The Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the United States Department of Labor is the federal office responsible for enforcing federal labor laws. The Division was formed with the enactment of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. The Wage and Hour mission is to promote and achieve compliance with labor standards to protect and enhance the welfare of the Nation's workforce. WHD protects over 135 million workers in more than 7.3 million establishments throughout the United States and its territories. The Wage and Hour Division was created with the enactment of the Fair Labor Standards", "title": "Wage and Hour Division" }, { "id": "8531096", "text": "Act of 1871 created the Steamboat Inspection Service. Furthermore, it established a Supervisory Inspector General directly responsible to the United States Secretary of the Treasury, extended licensing requirements to all masters and chief mates, provided for the revocation of licenses, authorized periodic inspection, and gave the Board of Supervisory Inspectors the authority to prescribe nautical rules of the road. On February 14, 1903, congressional action transferred the Steamboat Inspection Service to the newly created United States Department of Commerce and Labor. When that department was split in 1913, the service came under the control of the new United States Department", "title": "Steamboat Inspection Service" }, { "id": "547254", "text": "mission, the Department of Labor administers and enforces more than 180 federal laws and thousands of federal regulations. These mandates and the regulations that implement them cover many workplace activities for about 10 million employers and 125 million workers. The department's headquarters is housed in the Frances Perkins Building, named in honor of Frances Perkins, the Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945. In 1884 the U.S. Congress first established a Bureau of Labor Statistics with the Bureau of Labor Act, to collect information about labor and employment. This bureau was under the Department of the Interior. The Bureau started", "title": "United States Department of Labor" }, { "id": "19767987", "text": "more of Cleveland's appointments were decided by merit alone than was the case in his predecessors' administrations. During his first term, Cleveland also expanded the number of federal positions subject to the merit system (under the terms of the recently passed Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act) from 16,000 to 27,000. Partly due to Cleveland's efforts, between 1885 and 1897, the percentage of federal employees protected by the Pendleton Act would rise from twelve percent to approximately forty percent. Nonetheless, many Mugwumps were disappointed by Cleveland's unwillingness to promote a truly nonpartisan civil service. Cleveland was the first Democratic president subject", "title": "Presidencies of Grover Cleveland" }, { "id": "140935", "text": "authorizes the Attorney General to \"appoint officials to detect and prosecute crimes against the United States.\" Other federal statutes give the FBI the authority and responsibility to investigate specific crimes. The FBI's chief tool against organized crime is the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act. The FBI is also charged with the responsibility of enforcing compliance of the United States Civil Rights Act of 1964 and investigating violations of the act in addition to prosecuting such violations with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). The FBI also shares concurrent jurisdiction with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in the", "title": "Federal Bureau of Investigation" }, { "id": "9409222", "text": "policies are inadequate, ineffective and already obsolete. The board of directors of the proposed LTA are composed of the following: Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board The Land Transportation and Regulatory Board (Abbreviation: LTFRB; Filipino: \"Lupon sa Pagpaprangkisa at Regulasyon ng Transportasyong-Lupa\") is an agency of the Republic of the Philippines under the Department of Transportation (DOTr). The LTFRB was established on June 19, 1987 during the former president Corazon Aquino’s administration. The LTFRB is responsible for promulgating, administering, enforcing, and monitoring compliance of policies, laws, and regulations of public land transportation services. The agency is in charge of granting", "title": "Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board" }, { "id": "5608939", "text": "1917. The U.S. Civil Service Commission, established by the Pendleton Act in 1883, was debarring persons relating to \"loyalty\" as late as 1921. The Commission Report quotes Max Weber, Every bureaucracy seeks to increase the superiority of the professionally informed by keeping their knowledge and intentions secret...Bureaucracy naturally welcomes a poorly informed and hence a powerless parliament—at least insofar as ignorance somehow agrees with the bureaucracy's interests. In March 1947 President Truman issued Executive Order 9835, establishing the Federal Employee Loyalty Program, providing uniform investigation standards and procedures, and authorizing the creation of Loyalty Review Boards across the Government. The", "title": "Moynihan Commission on Government Secrecy" }, { "id": "502777", "text": "was always a \"student and instructor\" and that his life works and death would \"...continue to be instructive and inspiring incidents in American history.\" Three panels on the monument display Garfield as a teacher, Union major general, and orator; another shows him taking the presidential oath, and a fifth shows his body lying in state at the Capitol rotunda in Washington, D.C. Garfield's murder by a deranged office-seeker awakened public awareness of the need for civil service reform legislation. Senator George H. Pendleton, a Democrat from Ohio, launched a reform effort that resulted in the Pendleton Act in January 1883.", "title": "James A. Garfield" }, { "id": "5567595", "text": "the constitutional clause giving Congress the task of regulating interstate commerce. The Act specified that the U.S. Attorney General, the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Agriculture would convene a caucus to publish from time to time uniform rules and regulations to comply with the Act. To enforce the Act, the Secretary of Labor would assign inspectors to perform inspections of workplaces that produce goods for commerce. The inspectors would have the authority to make unannounced visits and would be given full access to the facility in question. Anyone found in acceptance of this Act or who gave false", "title": "Keating–Owen Act" }, { "id": "728376", "text": "military members received \"administrative actions\". Posse Comitatus Act The Posse Comitatus Act is a United States federal law (, original at ) signed on June 18, 1878, by President Rutherford B. Hayes. The purpose of the act – in concert with the Insurrection Act of 1807 – is to limit the powers of the federal government in using federal military personnel to enforce domestic policies within the United States. It was passed as an amendment to an army appropriation bill following the end of Reconstruction and was updated in 1956 and 1981. The act only specifically applies to the United", "title": "Posse Comitatus Act" }, { "id": "14545501", "text": "Standard Oil company, many of the Pendleton supporters immediately alleged that $100,000 from the oil trust had been used to bribe Democratic legislators, and claimed that an open ballot would not have favored Payne. When the full legislature met, Henry B. Payne was elected with 78 votes out of 120. The Democratic legislature initially refused to investigate their members' alleged corruption, but when Republicans regained the majority in the next session, the legislature looked into the allegations and forwarded the results to the federal Senate. The evidence gathered was voluminous, but the Senate declined to expel Payne, who proclaimed his", "title": "1884 and 1885 United States Senate elections" }, { "id": "11780003", "text": "the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHAct), the Uniformed Service Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA), and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), among others. The law also established the OOC to ensure compliance with the CAA and provide an outreach and education program for Legislative Branch employers. On January 23, 1996, the OOC officially opened. The OOC enforces several federal workplace and public access laws to the Legislative Branch through programs of dispute resolution, investigation, and education. The OOC administers a mandatory, multi-step dispute resolution process that all employees must follow in order", "title": "United States Congress Office of Compliance" }, { "id": "19290369", "text": "Chester A. Arthur signed the act in the spring of 1883, with the first official examination taking place on July 12. Hoyt produced the highest score. On September 5, she became the second person employed based on this examination and the first woman appointed to a federal position through the new Civil Service Act. She was appointed a clerk in the Bank Redemption Agency of the Treasury Department, holding the position for five years at an annual pay of US$900. A letter from President Dwight D. Eisenhower was delivered to Hoyt by the chairman of the United States Civil Service", "title": "Mary F. Hoyt" }, { "id": "18743710", "text": "William Morris Leiserson William Morris Leiserson (1883–1957) was a notable labor relations scholar and mediator. Leiserson, perhaps the twentieth century's most influential labor mediator during the rise of labor unions and collective bargaining in the United States, was a professor, state and federal government administrator, mediator, arbitrator, and a member of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s \"brain trust\" which developed and wrote legislation such as the Railway Labor Act of 1934. Born in 1883, in Reval, Tsarist Russia (in an area later to become the nation of Estonia), William Morris Leiserson came to the United States at the age of seven", "title": "William Morris Leiserson" }, { "id": "14098053", "text": "1883: designed to end to the spoils system and provide federal government jobs based on merit and be selected through competitive exams. The act also made firing and demoting employees for political reasons unlawful. It also made requiring employees to give political service or contributions unlawful. The act also established the Civil Service Commission to enforce these rules. It was used to reinforce the efficiency of government. Civil Service Reform Act of 1978: encompassed a wide variety of reforms including the creation of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), The Federal Labor Relations Authority,", "title": "Human resource management in public administration" }, { "id": "20162679", "text": "such as speaker phones, provided that these do not block their line of sight. The implementing agency is the Land Transportation Office (LTO) under the Department of Transportation that was tasked to promulgate the necessary implementing rules and regulations within 60 days from the effectivity of the Act. It also ordered the LTO, the Philippine Information Agency, the Department of Education, the Department of the Interior and Local Government and the Philippine National Police (PNP) to undertake a nationwide information, education and communication campaign for a period of 6 months from the effectivity of the Act. The Metropolitan Manila Development", "title": "Anti-Distracted Driving Act (Philippines)" }, { "id": "19675956", "text": "no imported tea could enter the United States unless federal tea-tasters decided that it measured up to preselected standard samples. The law restricted the International trade of camellia sinensis. The 1897 statute superseded the Spurious Tea Importation Act of 1883. The act was on the books for 99 years before its repeal in 1996. After repeal, the Food and Drug Administration still regulates the quality of tea imported to the United States under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938. The United States statute had twelve sections and authorized the United States Secretary of the Treasury to implement", "title": "Tea Importation Act of 1897" }, { "id": "2383576", "text": "National Labor Relations Act, generally known as the Wagner Act, was passed in 1935 as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's \"Second New Deal.\" Among other things, the Act provided that a company could lawfully agree to be any of the following: The Act tasked the National Labor Relations Board, which had existed since 1933, with overseeing the rules. In 1947 Congress passed the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947, generally known as the Taft–Hartley Act, over President Harry S. Truman's veto. The Act repealed some parts of the Wagner Act, including outlawing the closed shop. Section 14(b) of the", "title": "Right-to-work law" }, { "id": "1734479", "text": "Donald J. Trump appointed Philip Miscimarra the acting chairman of the NLRB. Miscimarra's term expired on December 16, 2017. Marvin Kaplan succeeded him as NLRB chair on December 21, 2017. National Labor Relations Board The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is an independent US government agency with responsibilities for enforcing US labor law in relation to collective bargaining and unfair labor practices. Under the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 it supervises elections for labor union representation and can investigate and remedy unfair labor practices. Unfair labor practices may involve union-related situations or instances of protected concerted activity. The NLRB", "title": "National Labor Relations Board" }, { "id": "2430719", "text": "Party since the Civil War era, but the Mugwumps considered Blaine to be an untrustworthy and fraudulent candidate. Their idealism and reform sensibilities led them to oppose the political corruption in the politics of the Gilded Age. Political patronage, also known as the \"spoils system,\" was the issue that angered many reform-minded Republicans, leading them to reject Blaine's candidacy. In the spoils system, the winning candidate would dole out government positions to those who had supported his political party prior to the election. Although the Pendleton Act of 1883 established the United States Civil Service Commission, and made competency and", "title": "Mugwumps" }, { "id": "8600796", "text": "if taxpayer funds were accepted through a government contract, then all taxpayers should have an equal opportunity to work through the contractor. To enforce this idea, Roosevelt created the Fair Employment Practices Committee (FEPC) with the power to investigate hiring practices by government contractors. \"Further information\": Harry S. Truman Following the Sergeant Isaac Woodard incident, President Harry S. Truman, himself a combat veteran of World War I, issued Executive Order 9808 establishing the President's Committee on Civil Rights to examine the violence and recommend appropriate federal legislation. Hearing of the incident, Truman turned to NAACP leader Walter Francis White and", "title": "Affirmative action in the United States" }, { "id": "3918160", "text": "1883 led to the foundation of the American Federation of Labor in 1886, with the simple aim of improving workers wages, housing and job security \"here and now\". It also aimed to be the sole federation, to create a strong, unified labor movement. Business reacted with litigation. The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, which was intended to sanction business cartels acting in restraint of trade, was applied to labor unions. In 1895, the US Supreme Court in \"In re Debs\" affirmed an injunction, based on the Sherman Act, against the striking workers of the Pullman Company. The strike leader Eugene", "title": "United States labor law" }, { "id": "9695626", "text": "was replaced in 1937 with the Guffey-Vinson Coal Act, which the Supreme Court found constitutional. The act resurrected the Bituminous Coal Commission and reinstated the provisions regulation price fixing and unfair practices but removed the labor provisions of the previous act. In 1939, the Bituminous Coal Commission was abolished, and its duties were transferred to the US Department of the Interior. Guffey Coal Act The Guffey-Snyder Act was a law, officially known as the Bituminous Coal Conservation Act of 1935, passed in the United States in 1935 under Franklin D. Roosevelt as part of his New Deal. It created the", "title": "Guffey Coal Act" }, { "id": "5130289", "text": "an analysis of the current work force, identification of under-represented areas, the establishment of reasonable, flexible goals and timetables for increasing employment opportunities, specific action-oriented programs to address problem areas, support for community action programs, and the establishment of an internal audit and reporting system. The Order assigned the responsibility for enforcing parts of the non-discrimination in contracts with private industry to the Department of Labor. Detailed regulations for compliance with the Order were not issued until 1969, when the Nixon administration made affirmative action part of its civil rights strategy. In 1971, a three-judge panel of the United States", "title": "Executive Order 11246" }, { "id": "3116628", "text": "the Thirteenth Amendment that outlawed slavery. In 1865, Bristow was appointed assistant to the United States Attorney. In 1866, Bristow was appointed district attorney for the Louisville, Kentucky district. As district attorney, he was renowned for his vigor in enforcing the 1866 U.S. Civil Rights Act. Bristow served as district attorney until 1870 and spent a few months practicing law in partnership with future United States Supreme Court Justice John Harlan. In 1870, Congress created the U.S. Department of Justice, in part, to aid in the enforcement of U.S. Congressional Reconstruction laws and U.S. Constitutional amendments. On October 4, 1870,", "title": "Benjamin Bristow" }, { "id": "1528281", "text": "would be under the immediate control of a superintendent, like the other mints. The act also formally made the bureau part of the Department of the Treasury. The Mint of the United States had originally reported directly to the president but over time legislation had made it subject to control by the Treasury Secretary. Little change was made to the officers of the mints, other than adding a superintendent for Philadelphia (Pollock would be the first incumbent), and abolishing the office of Treasurer at each facility. In addition to the superintendent, each mint had as officers the Assayer, the Melter", "title": "Coinage Act of 1873" }, { "id": "661058", "text": "Railway Labor Act The Railway Labor Act is a United States federal law on US labor law that governs labor relations in the railroad and airline industries. The Act, passed in 1926 and amended in 1934 and 1936, seeks to substitute bargaining, arbitration and mediation for strikes to resolve labor disputes. Its provisions were originally enforced under the Board of Mediation, but they were later enforced under a National Mediation Board. The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 lasted for six weeks and was eventually put down with the intervention of federal troops. Congress later passed the Arbitration Act of 1888,", "title": "Railway Labor Act" }, { "id": "13532580", "text": "1892, presidential elections were closely contested at the national level, but the states themselves were mostly dominated by a single party, with Democrats prevailing in the South and the Republicans in the Northeast. Although the defection of the Mugwumps may have helped Cleveland win in New York, one of the few closely contested states, historians attribute Cleveland's victory nationwide to the rising power of urban immigrant voters. The 1883 law only applied to federal jobs: not to the state and local jobs that were the main basis for political machines. Ethical degeneration was halted by reform in civil service and", "title": "U.S. Civil Service Reform" }, { "id": "10168645", "text": "the individuals hired. Although Pendleton appears to not have been a strong advocate of civil service reform, a Senate subcommittee met in his Cincinnati home in early 1882 to complete a draft civil service reform bill. This bill, enacted later in 1882 following widespread popular calls for civil service reform, was known as the Pendleton Act, and represents the birth of the modern merit-based civil service that has operated since. Pendleton's involvement in the bill cost him reelection in 1884, due to a lack of support from party operatives who had opposed the reforms. After Pendleton's death, the house went", "title": "George Hunt Pendleton House" }, { "id": "434158", "text": "weights and measures, establish Courts inferior to the Supreme Court, and \"make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.\" Article Four gives Congress the power to admit new states into the Union. One of Congress's foremost non-legislative functions is the power to investigate and oversee the executive branch. Congressional oversight is usually delegated to committees and is facilitated by Congress's subpoena power. Some critics have charged that Congress has in", "title": "United States Congress" }, { "id": "428691", "text": "to reproduce the profitable arrangement of slavery with a system called peonage, in which disproportionately black workers were entrapped by loans and compelled to work indefinitely due to the resulting debt. With the Peonage Act of 1867, Congress abolished \"the holding of any person to service or labor under the system known as peonage\", specifically banning \"the voluntary or involuntary service or labor of any persons as peons, in liquidation of any debt or obligation, or otherwise.\" In 1939, the Department of Justice created the Civil Rights Section, which focused primarily on First Amendment and labor rights. The increasing scrutiny", "title": "Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution" }, { "id": "6579448", "text": "National Labor Board The National Labor Board (NLB) was an independent agency of the United States Government established on August 5, 1933 to handle labor disputes arising under the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA). The American labor movement, encouraged by the protections guaranteed under Section 7(a) of the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA), undertook a wave of organizing not seen in almost two decades. A series of strikes overtook the country in the summer of 1933. The NIRA established the National Recovery Administration (NRA), and General Hugh S. Johnson was named the agency's administrator. Gen. Johnson had initially expressed the", "title": "National Labor Board" }, { "id": "13969502", "text": "authorizing the promulgation of industrial codes of fair competition, guaranteed trade union rights, permitted the regulation of working standards, and regulated the price of certain refined petroleum products and their transportation. Title II established the Public Works Administration, outlined the projects and funding opportunities it could engage in. Title II also provided funding for the Act. The Act was implemented by the NRA and the Public Works Administration (PWA). Very large numbers of regulations were generated under the authority granted to the NRA by the Act, which led to a significant loss of political support for Roosevelt and the New", "title": "National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933" }, { "id": "6579465", "text": "unions were threatening a nationwide strike. At a White House conference on June 12, 1934, Roosevelt called together Wagner, Walsh, U.S. Department of Labor secretary Frances Perkins, Senate majority leader Joseph T. Robinson, Representative Joseph W. Byrns and several aides. After discussion, Roosevelt himself dictated Public Resolution No. 44. The resolution authorized the president to create one or more new labor boards to enforce Section 7(a) by conducting investigations, subpoenaeing evidence and witnesses, holding elections and issuing orders. Public Resolution No. 44 was introduced in the Senate the next day. Amended to expressly protect the right to strike, it passed", "title": "National Labor Board" } ]

[ "Oreo" ]

[ { "id": "20611860", "text": "Android Pie Android 9 \"Pie\" (codenamed Android P during development) is the ninth major update and the 16th version of the Android operating system. It was first released as an alpha quality developer preview in March 2018 and released to the public on August 6, 2018. Android Pie, then referred to as \"Android P,\" was first announced by Google on March 7, 2018, and the first developer preview was released on the same day. The second preview, considered beta quality, was released on May 8, 2018. The third preview, called Beta 2, was released on June 6, 2018. The fourth", "title": "Android Pie" }, { "id": "20068605", "text": "Android Oreo Android \"Oreo\" (codenamed Android O during development) is the eighth major update and the 15th version of the Android operating system. It was first released as an alpha quality developer preview in March 2017 and released to the public on August 21, 2017. It contains a number of major features, including notification grouping, picture-in-picture support for video, performance improvements and battery usage optimization, and support for autofillers, Bluetooth 5, system-level integration with VoIP apps, wide color gamuts, and Wi-Fi Aware. Android Oreo also introduces two major platform features: Android Go – a software distribution of the operating system", "title": "Android Oreo" }, { "id": "19379655", "text": "Beta Preview 4 was released on June 15, 2016. On June 30, 2016, Google announced that N's release name would be \"Nougat\"; it was also confirmed that Nougat would be version 7.0 of Android. The final Beta Preview, 5, was released on July 18, 2016. Android 7.0 was officially released on August 22, 2016, with the Nexus 6, 5X, 6P, 9, Nexus Player, Pixel C, and as the first devices to receive the update. Dave Burke, Android's Vice President of Engineering, stated in August 2016 that updates to Nougat would be released quarterly as maintenance releases focusing on \"continued refinements", "title": "Android Nougat" }, { "id": "19379651", "text": "Android Nougat Android 7.0 \"Nougat\" (codenamed Android N during development) is the seventh major version and 14th original version of the Android operating system. First released as an alpha test version on March 9, 2016, it was officially released on August 22, 2016, with Nexus devices being the first to receive the update. The LG V20 was the first smartphone released with Nougat. Nougat introduces notable changes to the operating system and its development platform, including the ability to display multiple apps on-screen at once in a split-screen view, support for inline replies to notifications, and an expanded \"Doze\" power-saving", "title": "Android Nougat" }, { "id": "20611861", "text": "preview, called Beta 3, was released on July 2, 2018. The final beta of Android P was released on July 25, 2018. Android \"P\" was officially released on August 6, 2018 as \"Android 9 Pie\" and was initially available for Google Pixel devices and the Essential Phone. The Sony Xperia XZ3 was the first device with Android Pie pre-installed. Google announced it will release Android 9 Pie (Go Edition), the lite version of Android Pie, in autumn. Some users are reporting reduced battery life after upgrading to Android Pie. Android Pie Android 9 \"Pie\" (codenamed Android P during development) is", "title": "Android Pie" }, { "id": "20068606", "text": "for low-end devices – and support for implementing a hardware abstraction layer. , 21.5% of Android devices run Oreo, with 14.0% on 8.0 and 7.5% on 8.1. Android Oreo was internally codenamed \"Oatmeal Cookie.\" On March 21, 2017, Google released the first developer preview of Android \"O\", available for the Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, Nexus Player, Pixel C, and both Pixel smartphones. The second, considered beta quality, was released May 17, 2017. The third developer preview was released on June 8, 2017 and offered a finalized version of the API. DP3 finalized the release's API to API level 26, changed", "title": "Android Oreo" }, { "id": "19661590", "text": "adding tab navigation with swipe gesture, quick menu, enhanced navigation page (China only), content blocker status UI (in menu). The stable version was subsequently released worldwide in May 2017, following the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S8. Version 6.2 was released on October 30, 2017, adding high contrast mode and night mode. Version 6.4 was released on February 19, 2018, adding download manager and enabled web bluetooth by default. Version 7.2 was released on June 7, 2018, adding WebGL2, Intersection Observer, Web Assembly and Protected Browsing. Version 7.4 was released on August 19, 2018, adding authentication with Intelligent Scan, customised", "title": "Samsung Internet for Android" }, { "id": "18770860", "text": "Android Marshmallow Android 6.0 \"Marshmallow\" (codenamed Android M during development) is the sixth major version of the Android operating system and the 13th version of Android. First released as a beta build on May 28, 2015, it was officially released on October 5, 2015, with Nexus devices being the first to receive the update. Marshmallow primarily focuses on improving the overall user experience of its predecessor, Lollipop. It introduced a new permissions architecture, new APIs for contextual assistants (first used by a new feature \"Now on Tap\" to provide context-sensitive search results), a new power management system that reduces background", "title": "Android Marshmallow" }, { "id": "18770871", "text": "to license Google Mobile Services software. The requirement for mandatory device encryption was originally intended to take effect on Lollipop, but was delayed due to performance issues. Android Marshmallow Android 6.0 \"Marshmallow\" (codenamed Android M during development) is the sixth major version of the Android operating system and the 13th version of Android. First released as a beta build on May 28, 2015, it was officially released on October 5, 2015, with Nexus devices being the first to receive the update. Marshmallow primarily focuses on improving the overall user experience of its predecessor, Lollipop. It introduced a new permissions architecture,", "title": "Android Marshmallow" }, { "id": "20391877", "text": "port. It has a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner and is IP54 dust and water resistant. The Nokia 7 initially came with near-stock Android 7.1.1 \"Nougat\", and HMD released the upgrade to Android 8.1 \"Oreo” in May 2018. Nokia 7 The Nokia 7 is a mid-range Nokia-branded smartphone running Android, by HMD Global. It was launched on 19 October 2017 and was released on 24 October exclusively in China. Nokia 7.1, which is an upgrade to the prior Nokia 7, was released on October 28, 2018 with an upgraded Snapdragon 660 processor. The Nokia 7 comes with the mid-range Snapdragon 630, backed", "title": "Nokia 7" }, { "id": "18126825", "text": "Android Lollipop Android \"Lollipop\" is a codename for the Android mobile operating system developed by Google, spanning versions between 5.0 and 5.1.1. Unveiled on June 25, 2014 at the Google I/O 2014 conference, it became available through official over-the-air (OTA) updates on November 12, 2014, for select devices that run distributions of Android serviced by Google (such as Nexus and Google Play edition devices). Its source code was made available on November 3, 2014. It is the fifth major update and the twelfth version of Android. One of the most prominent changes in the Lollipop release is a redesigned user", "title": "Android Lollipop" }, { "id": "15300366", "text": "Cupcake. The most recent version of Android is Android 9 Pie, which was released in August 2018. The development of Android started in 2003 by Android, Inc., which was purchased by Google in 2005. There were at least two internal releases of the software inside Google and the OHA before the beta version was released. To avoid confusion, the code names \"Astro Boy\" and \"Bender\" were only known to be tagged internally on some early pre-1.0 milestone builds, and thus were never used as the actual code names of the 1.0 and 1.1 release of the OS, as many people", "title": "Android version history" }, { "id": "19379653", "text": "Nougat, with 18.1% on Android 7.0 (API 24) and 10.1% on Android 7.1 (API 25), making Nougat the most widely used codename Android, while Android 6.0 Marshmallow (API 23) is more popular than either of those Nougat versions. The release was internally codenamed \"New York Cheesecake\". On March 9, 2016, ahead of the Google I/O developer conference, Google released the first alpha version of Android \"N\" as part of a new \"Android Beta Program\" intended for testing by developers and enthusiasts before official release \"this summer\". The developer preview builds were compatible with only current Google Nexus devices; the 5X,", "title": "Android Nougat" }, { "id": "15300365", "text": "Android version history The version history of the Android mobile operating system began with the public release of the Android beta on November 5, 2007. The first commercial version, Android 1.0, was released on September 23, 2008. Android is continually developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance, and it has seen a number of updates to its base operating system since the initial release. Versions 1.0 and 1.1 were not released under specific code names, although Android 1.1 was unofficially known as Petit Four. Android code names are confectionery-themed and have been in alphabetical order since 2009's Android 1.5", "title": "Android version history" }, { "id": "19379658", "text": "Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones released in October 2016; the new version adds support for the Google Daydream VR platform, image keyboards, expanded emoji support (including male and female versions), support for actions to be displayed in menus on home screen app shortcuts, and other new features. A preview of 7.1 for existing Nexus devices was released via Android Beta Program later in the month, and officially released as Android 7.1.1 on December 5, 2016. As of 7.1.1, the Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 were considered end-of-life, and did not receive any further updates. Android 7.1.2 was released in April", "title": "Android Nougat" }, { "id": "19379654", "text": "6P, 6, 9, Pixel C, and Nexus Player. The \"Android Beta Program\" that was introduced allows testers to opt-in for over-the-air updates to new beta versions as they are released. On April 13, 2016, Android N Beta Preview 2 was released. Google further discussed Android \"N\" during the I/O keynote on May 18, 2016, and unveiled its new virtual reality platform, Daydream. Beta Preview 3, the first preview release deemed suitable for wider public beta testing, was released at this time. Google also announced that it would hold a contest to determine the official release name of the operating system.", "title": "Android Nougat" }, { "id": "20068607", "text": "the camera UI, reverted the Wi-Fi and cellular connectivity levels in the status bar back to Wi-Fi left, added themed notifications, added a battery animation in Settings: Battery, a new icon and darker background for the Clock app, and a teardrop icon shape for apps. On July 24, 2017, a fourth developer preview was released which included the final system behaviors and the latest bug fixes and optimizations. Android \"O\" was officially released on August 21, 2017 under the name \"Oreo\". Its lawn statue was unveiled at a promotional event across from Chelsea Market in New York City—a building which", "title": "Android Oreo" }, { "id": "15300371", "text": "camera, which was relaxed to a fixed-focus camera. Android version history The version history of the Android mobile operating system began with the public release of the Android beta on November 5, 2007. The first commercial version, Android 1.0, was released on September 23, 2008. Android is continually developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance, and it has seen a number of updates to its base operating system since the initial release. Versions 1.0 and 1.1 were not released under specific code names, although Android 1.1 was unofficially known as Petit Four. Android code names are confectionery-themed and have", "title": "Android version history" }, { "id": "10693432", "text": "commercial Android device launched in September 2008. The operating system has since gone through multiple major releases, with the current version being 9 \"Pie\", released in August 2018. The core Android source code is known as Android Open Source Project (AOSP), and is primarily licensed under the Apache License. Android is also associated with a suite of proprietary software developed by Google, called Google Mobile Services (GMS) that very frequently comes pre-installed in devices, which usually includes the Google Chrome web browser and Google Search and always includes core apps for services such as Gmail, as well as the application", "title": "Android (operating system)" }, { "id": "20024357", "text": "Android beta testing program. The official Android 8.0 Oreo update began rolling out to the Nokia 5 on January 30, 2018. Nokia announced on Twitter that the Nokia 5 , along with the Nokia 6 and Nokia 3 will receive the Android Pie update at the usual phase. The Nokia 5 was released in India on 13 June 2017. It was released in the United Kingdom on 16 August 2017. 9. Nokia announced on twitter that the Nokia 5 will get the Android Pie update along with the Nokia 3 and Nokia 6. Nokia 5 The Nokia 5 is a", "title": "Nokia 5" }, { "id": "19050734", "text": "Pixel and Pixel XL phones. On August 21, 2017, Google released Android 8.0 Oreo for the Nexus 5X. Android 8.1 Oreo was released for the Nexus 5X, as well as some other devices, on December 5, 2017. Google has stated on its support page that further Android version updates are no longer guaranteed beyond September 2017, though the device will continue to receive security updates until at least November 2018. Color choices include Carbon, Quartz, and Ice. The body is a hard polymer plastic with the proximity sensor, light sensor, voice speaker on top of display and audio speaker below", "title": "Nexus 5X" }, { "id": "20024360", "text": "more year of support for all its android devices. Oreo beta was available for Nokia 3 from February 26, 2018. Final Oreo release for Nokia 3 came on April 12, 2018. It was announced on 26 February 2017, a day before Mobile World Congress started, along with the higher-end Nokia 6 (global variant), lower-end Nokia 5, and a new version of the Nokia 3310. The Nokia 3 was released in India on 13 June 2017. It was released in United Kingdom on 12 July 2017. Nokia 3 Nokia 3 is a Nokia-branded budget Android smartphone from the Finnish company, HMD", "title": "Nokia 3" }, { "id": "20415329", "text": "Android 8 \"Oreo\" (OxygenOS 5.0) in early 2018. The first beta for this version was released on 29 December 2017, but was pulled a couple days later due to issues with regards to instability that were present. OnePlus fixed the issues and reuploaded the beta version on 3 January 2018. The first stable Android Oreo-based version of OxygenOS (OxygenOS 5.0.2) for the OnePlus 5T was released on 31 January 2018, introducing features such as Picture-in-Picture, Autofill, and Notification Dots, as well as a faster boot time. The update also introduced a redesigned Quick Settings menu, introduces a security patch for", "title": "OnePlus 5T" }, { "id": "15300368", "text": "release dates and key features of all Android operating system updates to date, listed chronologically by their official application programming interface (API) levels. The main hardware platform for Android is the ARM architecture (ARMv7 and ARMv8-A architectures; formerly also ARMv5), with x86 and MIPS architectures also officially supported in later versions of Android, but MIPS support has since been deprecated and support was removed in NDK r17. Unofficial Android-x86 project used to provide support for the x86 and MIPS architectures ahead of the official support. In 2012, Android devices with Intel processors began to appear, including phones and tablets. While", "title": "Android version history" }, { "id": "19059949", "text": "by the tablet. The Pixel C shipped with Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow. Android 7.0 \"Nougat\" was released for the Pixel C, among other devices, on August 22. Google released Android 7.1.1 Nougat for the Pixel C (among other devices) in December 2016. Android 7.1.2 was released in March 2017; it added the Pixel Launcher and System UI, as well as a redesigned recent apps menu with a new grid-based layout. However, the Pixel Launcher that the Pixel C runs is reportedly separate from the launcher the Pixel phones run, even though they are visually extremely similar, if not identical. Google released", "title": "Pixel C" }, { "id": "19348755", "text": "Nougat update for the Xperia X has officially rolled out. In June 2017, Sony released Android 7.1.1 Nougat for the Xperia X. Sailfish OS has been announced to proceed to community beta phase during July 2017, has been released, and is available in select countries since October 11, 2017.On 6th February 2018 Xperia X has received an official Android 8.0 Oreo update. Here is a partial description of the Xperia X variants (X, X dual sim, X Compact) sold in the world: Sony Xperia X The Sony Xperia X is an Android smartphone produced by Sony. Part of the Sony", "title": "Sony Xperia X" }, { "id": "19379656", "text": "and polish\". On September 6, 2016, LG announced the V20, the first smartphone to ship with Nougat pre-installed. Google unveiled the first-party Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones during a hardware-focused event on October 4, 2016, with the Pixel phones replacing the Nexus series. Updates to existing devices vary by manufacturer and carrier, and driver support for the version by the manufacturer of a device's respective system-on-chip. Major manufacturers, including HTC, Sony, and Motorola announced intents to update a range of their recent devices to Nougat. Qualcomm stated that it would not support Nougat on devices using its Snapdragon 800 and", "title": "Android Nougat" }, { "id": "19933174", "text": "released for the Nokia 6., By March 28 2018, the Android 8.1.0 Oreo Update came out with the March Security Patch. The Nokia 6 was first released in China on 20 January 2017, shortly after announcement. Demand was high, and it was sold out within minutes after receiving over a million registrations. On 26 February 2017, at Mobile World Congress 2017, it was announced that Nokia 6 will be available globally. It was released in other Asian markets including Malaysia in 30 May 2017, and has been rolled out in Europe starting June 2017. Its launch in the United States", "title": "Nokia 6" }, { "id": "20024356", "text": "available in Tempered Blue, Silver, Matte Black, Copper colors. The Nokia 5 originally launched with Android 7.1.1 Nougat. HMD Global have stated that they are providing a clutter-free version of Android by not installing any unnecessary extras. They have also committed to provide regular feature and security updates. In October 2017, the Android 7.1.2 Nougat update began rolling out for the Nokia 5. On 12 December 2017, Juho Sarvikas, the Chief Product Officer at HMD Global, announced on Twitter that users of the Nokia 5 can now test Android 8.0 Oreo on their devices by registering on Beta Labs, Nokia's", "title": "Nokia 5" }, { "id": "20391875", "text": "Nokia 7 The Nokia 7 is a mid-range Nokia-branded smartphone running Android, by HMD Global. It was launched on 19 October 2017 and was released on 24 October exclusively in China. Nokia 7.1, which is an upgrade to the prior Nokia 7, was released on October 28, 2018 with an upgraded Snapdragon 660 processor. The Nokia 7 comes with the mid-range Snapdragon 630, backed by either 4 or 6 GB LPDDR4 RAM. It comes in just one storage option, 64 GB, although expandable by microSD. The phone has a 16 MP rear camera with a f/1.8 aperture and ZEISS optics.", "title": "Nokia 7" }, { "id": "16203106", "text": "Froyo include the following: Android Froyo Android \"Froyo\" is the sixth update of Android and is a codename of the Android mobile operating system developed by Google, spanning versions between 2.2 and 2.2.3. Those versions are no longer supported. It was unveiled on May 20, 2010, during the Google I/O 2010 conference. One of the most prominent changes in the Froyo release was USB tethering and Wi-Fi hotspot functionality. Other changes include support for the Android Cloud to Device Messaging (C2DM) service, enabling push notifications, Additional application speed improvements, implemented through JIT compilation and displayed within applications as top-of-the-screen banners.", "title": "Android Froyo" }, { "id": "18126836", "text": "Nexus 7 on December 19, 2014. Android5.1, an updated version of Lollipop, was unveiled in February 2015 as part of the Indonesian launch of Android One, and is preloaded on Android One devices sold in Indonesia and the Philippines. Google officially announced 5.1 by releasing updates for existing devices on March 9, 2015. In 2015, Amazon.com forked Lollipop to produce Fire OS 5 \"Bellini\" for Amazon's Fire HD-series devices. Android Lollipop Android \"Lollipop\" is a codename for the Android mobile operating system developed by Google, spanning versions between 5.0 and 5.1.1. Unveiled on June 25, 2014 at the Google I/O", "title": "Android Lollipop" }, { "id": "16203105", "text": "Android Froyo Android \"Froyo\" is the sixth update of Android and is a codename of the Android mobile operating system developed by Google, spanning versions between 2.2 and 2.2.3. Those versions are no longer supported. It was unveiled on May 20, 2010, during the Google I/O 2010 conference. One of the most prominent changes in the Froyo release was USB tethering and Wi-Fi hotspot functionality. Other changes include support for the Android Cloud to Device Messaging (C2DM) service, enabling push notifications, Additional application speed improvements, implemented through JIT compilation and displayed within applications as top-of-the-screen banners. New features introduced by", "title": "Android Froyo" }, { "id": "18770861", "text": "activity when a device is not being physically handled, native support for fingerprint recognition and USB-C connectors, the ability to migrate data and applications to a microSD card, and other internal changes. , 21.3% of devices accessing Google Play run Android 6.0. It is the single most popular version of Android, while the currently supported Android Nougat versions, 7.0 plus 7.1 combined, are more popular. The release was internally codenamed \"Macadamia Nut Cookie\". The first developer preview build, codenamed Android \"M\", was unveiled and released at Google I/O on May 28, 2015, for the Nexus 5 and Nexus 6 smartphones,", "title": "Android Marshmallow" }, { "id": "19657597", "text": "with scratch resistant glass, which according to Samsung is equivalent to Corning's Gorilla Glass 3. Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) comes with Android Marshmallow 6.0.1 version with Samsung's TouchWiz UI skin. The Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) has officially begin the release of Android Nougat with Samsung's new Samsung Experience UX skin. It was first released in Russia on late August. In November 2018 it got Android Oreo 8.1 with Samsung Experience 9.5. Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) The Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016) is an Android mid-range smartphone produced by Samsung Electronics in 2016 and based on Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 or Exynos", "title": "Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016)" }, { "id": "19933173", "text": "and on February 25, 2018 for other parts of the world. The Nokia 6 features a 16:9 5.5-inch Full HD (1080x1920 pixel resolution) display. It is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 processor and has a micro-USB port. It has a 16-megapixel rear camera and an 8-megapixel front-facing camera with autofocus. Most variants support either a single Nano-SIM and a microSD card or two Nano-SIM cards. The Nokia 6 2017 version originally shipped with Android 7.1.1 Nougat; an update to Android 7.1.2 Nougat came out in October 2017. In late January 2018, the stable version of Android 8.0 Oreo was", "title": "Nokia 6" }, { "id": "19532406", "text": "announced that it would be the last major update. On 8 September 2017, the phone started receiving Android O in closed beta with public beta updates following soon after as part of their community beta program. As of 19 September 2017, Android 8.0 Oreo has been delivered via software update. On 30 June 2018, OnePlus updated their update policy for the OnePlus 3 and 3T, opting to update to Android P (9.0) instead of Android 8.1. The OnePlus 3 features a new metal back design, similar to that of an HTC M9 or later, with anodised aluminium and curved edges.", "title": "OnePlus 3" }, { "id": "17296813", "text": "June 2014. The first stable build was released in December 2014, starting from version 1.0. The current stable version is 3.2.1, which was released in October 2018. The following features are provided in the current stable version: Android Studio supports all the same programming languages of IntelliJ, and CLion e.g. Java (programming language), and C++; and Android Studio 3.0 or later supports Kotlin and \"Java 7 language features and a subset of Java 8 language features that vary by platform version.\" External projects backport some Java 9 features. The following is a list of Android Studio's release versions. Android Studio", "title": "Android Studio" }, { "id": "19942461", "text": "Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) The Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) is an Android smartphone produced by Samsung Electronics. It was announced on January 2, 2017, along with Samsung Galaxy A3 (2017) and Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017). This move marks Samsung's first product launch since the discontinuation of the Galaxy Note 7 back on October 2016. The Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) runs Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow right out-of-the-box and runs on Grace UX interface, but was updated during August 2017 to Android 7.0 Nougat and once again in April 2018 to run Android 8.0.0 Oreo. The smartphone features an Exynos 7880 SoC consisting", "title": "Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017)" }, { "id": "10693461", "text": "run on their hardware. Also, Android's source code does not contain the often proprietary device drivers that are needed for certain hardware components. As a result, most Android devices, including Google's own, ultimately ship with a combination of free and open source and proprietary software, with the software required for accessing Google services falling into the latter category. Google announces major incremental upgrades to Android on a yearly basis. The updates can be installed on devices over-the-air. The latest major release is 9 \"Pie\". Compared to its primary rival mobile operating system, Apple's iOS, Android updates typically reach various devices", "title": "Android (operating system)" }, { "id": "20068608", "text": "formerly housed a Nabisco factory where Oreo cookies were first produced. Factory images were made available for compatible Pixel and Nexus devices later that day. The Sony Xperia XZ1 and Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact were the first devices available with Oreo pre-installed. Android 8.1 was released in December 2017 for Pixel and Nexus devices, which features minor bug fixes and user interface changes. Notifications can be snoozed, and batched into topic-based groups known as \"channels\". The 'Major Ongoing' feature orders the alerts by priority, pinning the most important application to the top slot. Android Oreo contains integrated support for picture-in-picture", "title": "Android Oreo" }, { "id": "18126835", "text": "for application developers would be released on October 17, 2014. Update schedules for third-party Android devices may vary by manufacturer. The full source code of Android5.0 was pushed to AOSP on November 3, 2014, allowing developers and OEMs to begin producing their own builds of the operating system. On December 2, 2014, factory images for Nexus smartphones and tablets were updated to the 5.0.1 version, which introduces a few bug fixes, and a serious bug that affects Nexus 4 devices and prevents the audio from working during phone calls. A device-specific Lollipop 5.0.2 (LRX22G) version was released for the first-generation", "title": "Android Lollipop" }, { "id": "18917507", "text": "September 2017. The Fairphone 2 launched with Android 5.1. Two variants of Android are available – the default Android installation, which includes Google mobile services (GMS), and the Fairphone Open Source OS, which does not include GMS, but can be easily rooted. Unlike most Android manufacturers, Fairphone is committed to regularly releasing security patches and other updates. An upgrade to Android 6 was released in April 2017, and is free for all customers. A port of the alternative Sailfish OS is also underway, with input from Fairphone developers. In 2017 the Fairphone community has released a version of LineageOS 14.1", "title": "Fairphone 2" }, { "id": "15320484", "text": "stability for daily use is dependent on the kernel used. Development of kernels based on Linux 3.0 and 3.4 are proceeding. ROM's based on the 3.4 kernel can be unstable and may have features missing. ROM's based on the 3.0 kernel are generally stable. Android 5.0 works for the TouchPad, although it is sluggish. Android 7.0 (Nougat) was made available in September 2016, via Evervolv, an Android Open Source Project (AOSP) ROM authored by Flintman, and is nearly feature complete. It is usable and runs better than 5.1. Android 7.1.1 (Nougat) was made available around December 2016, via Evervolv (authored", "title": "HP TouchPad" }, { "id": "19743178", "text": "LG V20 LG V20 is an Android phablet manufactured by LG Electronics as part of the LG V series. Unveiled on September 6, 2016, and it marks the first phone to feature the Android N operating system, it is a successor to the LG V10 released in 2015. Similarly to the V10, the V20 is distinguished by a secondary display panel near the top of the device, which can be used to display additional messages and controls. The device also features a quad DAC for audio. The LG V30 was unveiled on 31 August 2017, as the successor to the", "title": "LG V20" }, { "id": "19933172", "text": "Nokia 6 The Nokia 6 is a Nokia-branded budget smartphone running the Android operating system. It is the first smartphone from Finnish company HMD Global, created through the partial divestment of Nokia's devices division, and the first Nokia-branded smartphone since the Lumia 638, and the first Nokia-branded Android smartphone since the short-lived Nokia X2 in 2014. The phone was first announced for China on 8 January 2017, with a global version announced the following month. The successor to the 2017 Nokia 6, the Nokia 6 (2018) (also known as the Nokia 6.1), was announced on January 5, 2018 in China", "title": "Nokia 6" }, { "id": "20750157", "text": "IOS 12 iOS 12 is the twelfth major release of the iOS mobile operating system developed by Apple Inc., being the successor to iOS 11. It was announced at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference on June 4, 2018. It is similar in aesthetics to iOS 11 but contains numerous performance and battery life improvements and security updates, in addition to added functionalities within some apps. It was released to the public on September 17, 2018. iOS 12 was introduced by Craig Federighi at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference keynote address on June 4, 2018. The first developer beta version was", "title": "IOS 12" }, { "id": "11175808", "text": "installed them. Due to its open source nature, CyanogenMod allowed Android users who could no longer obtain update support from their manufacturer to continue updating their OS version to the latest one based on official releases from Google AOSP and heavy theme customization. The last version of the OS was CyanogenMod 13 which was based on Android Asus On December 24, 2016, CyanogenMod announced on their blog that they would no longer be releasing any CyanogenMod updates. All development moved to LineageOS. Cyanogen OS was based on CyanogenMod and maintained by Cyanogen Inc; however, it included proprietary apps and it", "title": "Mobile operating system" }, { "id": "20605264", "text": "Android 7.0. It supports 4G VoLTE with dual SIM enabled 4G. It also supports Samsung Knox. It is expected along with other phones including the Samsung Galaxy S8, Note 8, A7 (2017), J7 (2017), J3 (2017), S7, S6 and Note 5 to get Android 8.0 Oreo in 2018. As of 2018 aug 28, Android 8.1 is available in Poland (for the SM-J530F). Samsung Galaxy J5 (2017) Samsung Galaxy J5 2017 is an Android smartphone produced by Samsung Electronics. It was unveiled and released in July 2017 along with the Samsung Galaxy J3 (2017).It has an advanced 64-bit class system on", "title": "Samsung Galaxy J5 (2017)" }, { "id": "20518421", "text": "Nokia 6.1 The Nokia 6.1, also known as the Nokia 6 (2018), Nokia 6 second generation, The New Nokia 6, is a Nokia-branded upper-mid-range smartphone running the Android operating system. It serves as the successor to the first-generation Nokia 6. The phone famously features an aluminum unibody milled out of a single chunk of 6000-series aluminum. On January 4, a Chinese retailer leaked the 2018 version of Nokia 6, including specs, press shots, and more. Just a day later, Nokia officially listed the handset on its website to confirm the release of the phone in China. On February 25, it", "title": "Nokia 6.1" }, { "id": "20420649", "text": "in pewter and black, pewter and white, and copper and black colorways.. Nokia 2 is shipped with Android 7.1.1 Nougat and has been planned to upgrade to Android 8.1 Oreo. The Nokia 2 launched in India and in the United States in November 2017. It was released in the United Kingdom in February 2018. Nokia 2 The Nokia 2 is a Nokia-branded budget Android smartphone by HMD Global. Announced 31 October 2017, Nokia 2 features a 4100 mAh battery claiming a two-day battery life. It retails at a recommended price of €99. The Nokia 2 has a 5.0-inch LTPS IPS", "title": "Nokia 2" }, { "id": "10693431", "text": "Android (operating system) Android is a mobile operating system developed by Google. It is based on a modified version of the Linux kernel and other open source software, and is designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. In addition, Google has further developed Android TV for televisions, Android Auto for cars, and Wear OS for wrist watches, each with a specialized user interface. Variants of Android are also used on game consoles, digital cameras, PCs and other electronics. Initially developed by Android Inc., which Google bought in 2005, Android was unveiled in 2007, with the first", "title": "Android (operating system)" }, { "id": "19379671", "text": "review. Velazco did note a battery improvement from the Doze power-saving feature, stating his \"Nexus 6P seemed to gain about an hour or two of standby battery life\". He also wrote that installing and launching apps might be \"a little faster than usual\" thanks to Nougat's new app compiler, and he hoped game developers will utilize the new Vulkan API for some \"seriously good-looking mobile gaming\". Android Nougat Android 7.0 \"Nougat\" (codenamed Android N during development) is the seventh major version and 14th original version of the Android operating system. First released as an alpha test version on March 9,", "title": "Android Nougat" }, { "id": "20991405", "text": "subsequently changed to /e/ due to copyright issues. The first beta version, based on LineageOS 14.1, was released on September 12, 2018 with the source code on GitLab. The second beta version, based on LineageOS 15.1, was released on November 22, 2018. The operating system includes a set of pre-installed mobile apps: /e/ does not include any Google apps that are normally pre-installed in Android phones. /e/ offers several unique features that LineageOS does not include. Some of these features are: As of 12 December 2018, /e/ officially builds for 53 devices, including Essential Phone, Fairphone, Samsung and Xiaomi devices.", "title": "/e/ (operating system)" }, { "id": "20750158", "text": "released after the keynote presentation, with the first public beta releasing three weeks after on June 25, 2018. iOS 12.0.1 was released on October 8, 2018, as the first update to iOS 12. iOS 12.1 was released on October 30, 2018. The update included new emoji, a group FaceTime feature, updates to the Measure app, and the ability to use an eSIM on supported iPhones. iOS 12.1.1 was released on December 5, 2018. iOS 12.1.2 was released on December 17, 2018, and is an iPhone-only update; iPads and the 6th generation iPod touch continue to use iOS 12.1.1. Performance optimizations", "title": "IOS 12" }, { "id": "20068616", "text": "is now implemented as a permission that can be granted to individual apps (i.e. clients for third-party app repositories such as Amazon Appstore and F-Droid). Verified boot now includes a \"Rollback Protection\" feature, which enforces a restriction on rolling back the device to a previous version of Android, aimed at preventing a potential thief from bypassing security measures by installing a previous version of the operating system that doesn't have them in place. Android Oreo Android \"Oreo\" (codenamed Android O during development) is the eighth major update and the 15th version of the Android operating system. It was first released", "title": "Android Oreo" }, { "id": "12346922", "text": "first with a preview release made available in New Zealand in September of that year. Firefox for Android, starting with Version 56 from September 2017, only runs on Android version 4.1 and later; earlier versions of Firefox also supported earlier versions of Android. Support for Android devices that run Intel x86 processors was added in December 2013. Previously, Firefox for Android was available under a different name, Firefox for mobile, and supported other platforms. Official support for the Nokia N900 Maemo device ceased with version 7. Firefox mobile was available for MeeGo through the third party OpenRepos repository. An alpha", "title": "Firefox for Android" }, { "id": "20661677", "text": "the Android Pie beta. On September 28, 2018, the Android Pie update started to roll out to the Nokia 7 plus in phases, starting in India. November 30, 2018 China version Android Pie update started. The Nokia 7 Plus has a 6.0-inch LTPS IPS LCD display, Octa-core (4x2.2 GHz Kryo 260 & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 260) Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 processor, 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of internal storage that can be expanded using microSD cards up to 256 GB. The phone has a 3800 mAh Li-Ion battery, 13 MP rear camera with LED flash and 16 MP front-facing", "title": "Nokia 7 Plus" }, { "id": "20258340", "text": "series. On 24 November 2017, HMD started rolling out a partial (it will not include the Treble feature for device independent system updates) software upgrade to Android 8.0 Oreo. The main rollout was phased over two days, however some network operators will release the software upgrade in the following weeks. On 13 February 2018, Nokia released Android 8.1 Oreo for the Nokia 8. On 27 September 2018, it was announced that the Nokia 8's bootloader could now be unlocked. Nokia 8 The Nokia 8 is a high-end Nokia-branded smartphone running the Android operating system. Announced on 16 August 2017 in", "title": "Nokia 8" }, { "id": "20117720", "text": "2018, at the Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple announced its successor, iOS 12. iOS 11 was introduced at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference keynote address on June 5, 2017. The first developer beta version was released after the keynote presentation, with the first public beta released on June 26, 2017. iOS 11 was officially released on September 19, 2017. iOS 11.0.1 was released on September 26, 2017, as the first update to iOS 11. The update contained bug fixes and improvements, including a fix for a bug that prevented emails from being sent from Exchange servers. iOS 11.0.2 was released on", "title": "IOS 11" }, { "id": "19942457", "text": "Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017) The Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017) is an Android high to midrange smartphone produced by Samsung Electronics. It was announced on January 2, 2017, along with Samsung Galaxy A3 (2017) and Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017). This move marks Samsung's first product launch since the discontinuation of the Galaxy Note 7 back on October 2016. The Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017) runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow out-of-the-box and runs on Grace UX interface (and upgradable to Android 7.0 \"Nougat\" and Android 8.0 \"Oreo\" with Samsung Experience 8.1 and 9.0 respectively). The smartphone features an Exynos 7880 SoC consisting of 8", "title": "Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017)" }, { "id": "19379657", "text": "801 system-on-chips for undisclosed reasons. Although developer preview builds of Nougat were released for the device, Sony stated that it would not upgrade the Xperia Z3 (which uses the Snapdragon 801) to the final version due to \"unforeseen platform limitations\". It was reported that the Google Compatibility Test Suite (whose tests must be passed in order to receive official certification) specified that all devices running Nougat must support either Vulkan or OpenGL ES 3.1 graphics APIs — neither of which are supported by the device's Adreno 330 graphics core. A post-release update known as Android 7.1 was pre-loaded onto Google's", "title": "Android Nougat" }, { "id": "20357357", "text": "2 weeks. The launch of the phone in India was also postponed, having originally been planned for 3 October. Moto X4 Moto X4 is an Android smartphone developed by Motorola Mobility, a subsidiary of Lenovo. Unveiled on August 31, 2017 at IFA, it is a revival of the previously discontinued Moto X line. It was released in Europe at the end of September 2017. In the United States, an Android One version of the device will also be released marking the first device to be released in the US as part of the Android One program, and the only non-Google", "title": "Moto X4" }, { "id": "18258810", "text": "is the Google Now Launcher, improvement in battery life, new language and input options, a new camera picture-taking sound and a brand new design for the \"Powered By Android\" logo on the boot screen. The Android 5.0 \"Lollipop\" update began rolling out in November 2014. This update was for version 22.11.6. The Pure Edition of this phone in the US (carrier unlocked version) became the world's first mobile phone, after Google's current Nexus models, to be updated to Android 5.0. The Android Lollipop 5.0.2 update became available in several non-US countries including Australia, Germany, India, and the United Kingdom in", "title": "Moto G (2nd generation)" }, { "id": "20459838", "text": "7.0. It supports 4G VoLTE with dual SIM enabled 4G. It also supports Samsung Knox and Samsung Pay. It is expected along with other phones including the Samsung Galaxy S8, Note 8, A7 (2017), J5 (2017), J3 (2017), S7, S6 and Note 5 to get Android 8.0 Oreo in 2018. Samsung Galaxy J7 (2017) Samsung Galaxy J7 2017 (or Galaxy J7 Pro in some countries) is an Android smartphone produced by Samsung Electronics. It was unveiled and released in July 2017 along with the Samsung Galaxy J3 (2017). It has an advanced 64-bit class system on a chip (SoC) backed", "title": "Samsung Galaxy J7 (2017)" }, { "id": "15996711", "text": "are encouraged to take photos. The sculptures are mostly made by a company named Themendous. Google's Android is the fastest selling mobile operating system as of late 2010 and was developed as a partnership with the Open Handset Alliance, with version 1.0 being released on September 23, 2008. The first publicly codenamed version of Android was \"Cupcake\" which was released on April 27, 2009. Versions 1.0 and 1.1 did not have codenames following this scheme. There was initially a plan to use famous robot names in alphabetical order, and some early interim revisions have been tagged \"Astro Boy\" and \"Bender\".", "title": "Android lawn statues" }, { "id": "15300367", "text": "are mistakenly calling and repeating on the web. Dan Morrill created some of the first mascot logos, but the current Android logo was designed by Irina Blok. The project manager, Ryan Gibson, conceived the confectionery-themed naming scheme that has been used for the majority of the public releases, starting with Android 1.5 Cupcake. The beta was released on November 5, 2007, while the software development kit (SDK) was released on November 12, 2007. The November 5 date is popularly celebrated as Android's \"birthday\". Public beta versions of the SDK were released in the following order: The following tables show the", "title": "Android version history" }, { "id": "11175784", "text": "Android users who can no longer obtain update support from their manufacturer to continue updating their OS version to the latest one based on official release from Google AOSP and heavy theme customization. Mi User Interface (MIUI), developed by the Chinese electronic company Xiaomi Inc., is a mobile operating system based on the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). MIUI is mostly found in Xiaomi smartphones such as the Mi and Redmi Series; however, it also has official ROM support for few Android devices. Although MIUI is based on AOSP, which is open source, it consists of closed source and proprietary", "title": "Mobile operating system" }, { "id": "18705579", "text": "Android version 10.1, the main features are: Version 10.5 was released on the Apple Store the 9 March 2013, this major update brings many new features and improvements to Reader For iOS: Adobe Reader is now Adobe Acrobat DC. Version 15.0.0 was released on April 7, 2015, supporting iOS 8.0 and above. The new features include: Version 15.0.1 was released on April 18, 2015, supporting iOS 8.0 and above. The new features include: Version 15.0.2 was released on April 24, 2015, supporting iOS 8.0 and above. The new features include: Version 15.2 was released on November 13, 2015, supporting iOS", "title": "Adobe Acrobat version history" }, { "id": "10693553", "text": "to Google adopting it as an official icon as part of the Android logo when it launched to consumers in 2008. Android (operating system) Android is a mobile operating system developed by Google. It is based on a modified version of the Linux kernel and other open source software, and is designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. In addition, Google has further developed Android TV for televisions, Android Auto for cars, and Wear OS for wrist watches, each with a specialized user interface. Variants of Android are also used on game consoles, digital cameras, PCs", "title": "Android (operating system)" }, { "id": "20621484", "text": "game will be compatible with as many Android devices as possible, a task that is not easily accomplished due to the high variety of Android hardware. The Android beta version of \"Fortnite\" was released on August 9, 2018 with a time-exclusivity for selected Samsung mobile devices until August 12, 2018. On August 13, 2018, Epic began sending invites for the Android version to registered users for non-Samsung devices, and by October 11, 2018, the Android client was made available to all without an invite. Epic distributed the Android \"Fortnite Battle Royale\" app directly from its website rather than through the", "title": "Fortnite Battle Royale" }, { "id": "15016680", "text": "fully replace the stock firmware and provide functionality similar to any other Android device. Android versions 2.2 (Froyo) 2.3 (Gingerbread), 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), and 4.1-4.3 (Jelly Bean) have all been fully ported to the Nook Color and are available as free downloads. KitKat (4.4) is actively being ported, with a few known issues. Perhaps the most popular such replacement is CyanogenMod 10, an enhanced version of Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean), which, as of September 2013, has over 55,000 reported installations on the Nook Color (codenamed \"encore\"). CyanogenMod is a community-developed firmware replacement that can be downloaded for free. It", "title": "Nook Color" }, { "id": "16890560", "text": "had been debuted with the Google Pixel release the week before. This announcement confirmed that the Nexus 6, along with other supported devices, would receive Android 7.1 in early December. On December 5, 2016, Google announced the official release of Android 7.1.1 Nougat with most supported Google devices receiving the update, however the Nexus 6 was not included. On December 27, 2016, Google told Android Police that a \"last minute bug\" was discovered and will delay the update until \"early January\". Google officially released Android 7.1.1 for the Nexus 6 on January 5, 2017. Matt Swider from TechRadar wrote: \"Nexus", "title": "Nexus 6" }, { "id": "17928467", "text": "the Moto 360 began shipping in September 2014. The next batch of Android Wear devices, which arrived at the end of 2014, included the Asus ZenWatch, the Sony SmartWatch 3, and the LG G Watch R. , the latest Wear OS devices are the LG Watch Urbane, and the Huawei Watch. On August 31, 2015, Google launched pairing application for iOS version 8.2 or newer, allowing limited support for receiving iOS notifications on smartwatches running Wear OS. , only the LG Watch Urbane and Huawei Watch are supported, but Google announced support for more smartwatch models. Options include a screen", "title": "Wear OS" }, { "id": "20330712", "text": "Besides Google software, the phone comes with Xiaomi's applications such as Camera, FeedBack, Mi Community and Mi Remote. The Mi A1 will receive two years of minimum OS upgrades with confirmed upgrade to Android P under the Android One Program. The Android Oreo update does not bring a project Treble functionality for device independent system updates. The device's kernel sources were released in January 2018, 4 months after its release. The Xiaomi Mi A1 was unveiled on September 5, 2017 and it is available in all of Xiaomi's current markets, with the exception of the People's Republic of China, where", "title": "Xiaomi Mi A1" }, { "id": "20158325", "text": "the same day. It features a 5.2-inch display, IP67 certification for water and dust resistance, a 73 hour long battery life, and is also shipped with Android 8.0 Oreo. Unlike the U11+, the U11 Life has a smaller display and comes shipped with the 4th Generation Android One platform, which it joined on September 13, 2017. HTC U11 The HTC U11 is an Android smartphone manufactured and sold by HTC as part of the HTC U series. It was announced on 16 May 2017 and succeeds the HTC 10 smartphone. In the United States, the HTC U11's major carrier is", "title": "HTC U11" }, { "id": "19988416", "text": "Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n/ac and WiFi Hotspot for connectivity and the featured sensors are accelerometer, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor, compass, gyroscope, always active fingerprint scanner which also offers some gestures etc. The Lenovo P2 was launched with Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow ROM, which was released a year before P2 release. In April 2017, P2 officially received Android 7.0 (Nougat) update which is 2GB in size and can be update via OTA (over the air update). The update brings features such as split-screen, new notification control, data saver and other security updates. The latest android security patch level is November 1, 2017.", "title": "Lenovo P2" }, { "id": "20612432", "text": "with Android 6.0 Nougat with the HTC Sense UI. The device was released on March 1, 2017 in the United Kingdom and on March 8, 2017 in Australia. The device was also released in some other countries around the globe. HTC U Play The HTC U Play is a mid-range Android smartphone manufactured and sold by HTC as part of the HTC U series. It was announced alongside the HTC U Ultra on January 12, 2017. The HTC U Play features a curved glass back with an aluminum frame. It includes a non-removable 2500 mAH battery and a 5.2-inch IPS", "title": "HTC U Play" }, { "id": "18770863", "text": "not receive an official update. On October 14, 2015, LG announced that it planned to release Marshmallow for its flagship LG G4 smartphone in Poland the following week, marking the first third-party device to receive an update to Marshmallow. Android 6.0.1, a software patch featuring security fixes, support for Unicode 8.0 emoji (although without supporting skin tone extensions for human emoji), and the return of the \"until next alarm\" feature in Do Not Disturb mode, was released on December 7, 2015. A new \"Assist\" API allows information from a currently opened app, including text and a screenshot of the current", "title": "Android Marshmallow" }, { "id": "20572176", "text": "April 20, 2014 and on April 26, 2014. On June 15, 2014, the paid version \"Plus\" will be released in the Google Play. On July 11, 2014, the paid version Prime was released in the Google Play. Finally, on October 25, 2014, the \"Premium\" paid version, which was the most complete version of the application, was released in the Google Play. On October 25, 2016, the \"Premium\" version was also released in Amazon Appstore. Recently, a \"Beta\" version was released on Google Play on 11 July 2017. Starting from mid-May 2018 will start testing with Android P, the future Android", "title": "Turbo Launcher" }, { "id": "19563309", "text": "GB internal memory, a 5000 mAh battery with Samsung Adaptive Fast charging feature and a 6-inch Full HD display with Gorilla Glass 4 covering on the back and front sides. It runs on Android 6.0.1 \"Marshmallow\". Release Date: 2 January 2017 OS Versions: CPU/GPU/Bluetooth: Improved features: What's missing: Release Date: 18 December 2017 (A8/A8+), 2 May 2018 (A6/A6+), 7 June 2018 (A9 Star Lite/A8 Star/A9 Star), 20 September 2018 (A7), 11 October 2018 (A9), 24 October 2018 (A6s/A9s) OS Versions: CPU/GPU/Bluetooth: Improved features: The Galaxy A6 was introduced on 2 May 2018. Its main feature is its Infinity Display, which", "title": "Samsung Galaxy A series" }, { "id": "20357349", "text": "Moto X4 Moto X4 is an Android smartphone developed by Motorola Mobility, a subsidiary of Lenovo. Unveiled on August 31, 2017 at IFA, it is a revival of the previously discontinued Moto X line. It was released in Europe at the end of September 2017. In the United States, an Android One version of the device will also be released marking the first device to be released in the US as part of the Android One program, and the only non-Google device available on Google Project Fi. The Moto X4 comes with a 5.2\" full HD IPS display. The design", "title": "Moto X4" }, { "id": "19661589", "text": "Gear VR and biometric sensors. Samsung Internet replaced the stock Android browser as the default on Samsung Galaxy devices in 2012. Around early 2013, it was decided to base the browser on Chromium, and the first Chromium-based version was shipped with an S4 model later that year. Version 4 was released in early 2016, adding secret mode, content cards, floating video, video history feature, web push, service workers, custom tabs, and content blocker extension. Version 5 was released on December 16, 2016, adding web payment and enhanced video assistant. Version 5.4 was released as a public beta in March 2017,", "title": "Samsung Internet for Android" }, { "id": "20518424", "text": "to Android 9.0 Pie. The international version launching later ships with Android 8.1 Oreo and is part of the Android One program, promising regular security updates and two years of Android OS upgrades. The device has received the stable Android 9.0 Pie update in the end of October 2018. The Nokia 6.1 gets 2 years Android OS updates and 3 years of security updates. Reviews for Nokia 6.1 have been mostly positive. Critics have praised its software, screen and build quality and design. Its camera has been criticised. Nokia 6.1 The Nokia 6.1, also known as the Nokia 6 (2018),", "title": "Nokia 6.1" }, { "id": "19353508", "text": "Mobile has included something extra for its U.S. smartphone customers. The Xperia X Performance is preinstalled with Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow with Sony's custom interface and software. On August 23, 2016, Sony announced that the Xperia X Performance would receive an upgrade to Android 7.0 Nougat. On November 29, 2016, the Android 7.0 Nougat update for the Xperia X Performance was officially rolled out. An update to Android 7.1.1 rolled out in April 2017. On 27 November 2017 Android 8.0 Oreo has been upgraded for Sony Xperia X Performance through build number 41.3.A.0.401. Here are the complete description of the Xperia", "title": "Sony Xperia X Performance" }, { "id": "20572007", "text": "and Ring. The OnePlus 6 launched with Android 8.1 installed and uses the OxygenOS interface. The option to take part in the Android Pie beta was available from launch. The final version of OxygenOS 9.0 based on Android Pie was released on September 21, 2018. The OnePlus 6 includes 2 variants for cellular networks worldwide. OnePlus 6 The OnePlus 6 is an Android smartphone made by OnePlus. It was unveiled on 16 May 2018 and went on sale on 22 May 2018. In March 2018, it was announced the phone would have a \"notch\", but there will be an option", "title": "OnePlus 6" }, { "id": "18770862", "text": "Nexus 9 tablet, and Nexus Player set-top box. The second developer preview was released on July 9, 2015, and the third and final preview was released on August 17, 2015, along with announcing that Android M would be titled Android \"Marshmallow\". On September 29, 2015, Google unveiled launch devices for Marshmallow: the LG-produced Nexus 5X, the Huawei-produced Nexus 6P, alongside Google's own Pixel C tablet. Android 6.0 updates and factory images for Nexus 5, 6, 7 (2013), 9, and Player were released on October 5, 2015, Older Nexus devices, including the Nexus 4, Nexus 7 (2012) and Nexus 10, did", "title": "Android Marshmallow" }, { "id": "19014447", "text": "Android Eclair Android \"Eclair\" is a codename of the Android mobile operating system developed by Google and the fifth operating system for Android, and for the no longer supported versions 2.0 to 2.1. Unveiled on October 26, 2009, Android 2.1 builds upon the significant changes made in Android 1.6 \"Donut\". The default home screen of Eclair displays a persistent Google Search bar across the top of the screen. The camera app was also redesigned with numerous new camera features, including flash support, digital zoom, scene mode, white balance, color effect and macro focus. The photo gallery app also contains basic", "title": "Android Eclair" }, { "id": "10693551", "text": "a virtual reality platform that relies on a smartphone and provides VR capabilities through a virtual reality headset and controller designed by Google itself. The platform is built into Android starting with Android Nougat, differentiating from standalone support for VR capabilities. The software is available for developers, and was released in 2016. The mascot of Android is a green android robot, as related to the software's name. Although it has no official name, the Android team at Google reportedly call it \"Bugdroid\". Due to Android's high popularity in the 2010s, it has become one of the most recognizable icons in", "title": "Android (operating system)" }, { "id": "19059950", "text": "Android 8.0 Oreo (without the Treble feature for device independent system updates) for the Pixel C, among other devices, in August 2017. Android 8.1 Oreo was released for the Pixel C, as well as some other devices, on December 5, 2017. Pixel C Pixel C is a 10.2-inch (260 mm) Android tablet developed and marketed by Google. The device was unveiled during a media event on September 29, 2015, and discontinued on December 28, 2017. The Pixel C is powered by the Nvidia Tegra X1 octa-core system-on-a-chip, which is based on ARM's \"big.LITTLE\" architecture: four cores are faster, while the", "title": "Pixel C" }, { "id": "20258335", "text": "Nokia 8 The Nokia 8 is a high-end Nokia-branded smartphone running the Android operating system. Announced on 16 August 2017 in London, England by HMD Global, the phone began sales in Europe in September 2017. Nokia 8 is the first high-end Nokia-branded device since the Nokia Lumia 930 in 2014. An improved version, the Nokia 8 Sirocco, was announced on 25 February 2018 at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The Nokia 8 has a 5.3-inch display and averages 7.3 mm thick and 4.3 mm thick at the edges. It is available in four colors: Polished Blue, Polished Copper, Tempered", "title": "Nokia 8" }, { "id": "20661676", "text": "Nokia 7 Plus The Nokia 7 Plus is a Nokia-branded upper-mid-range smartphone running the Android operating system. It was announced on 25 February 2018, along with four other Nokia-branded phones. Its original price tag was announced as 399 euros. As the Nokia 7 Plus is an Android One device, it runs a \"pure\" version of the Android operating system. It originally shipped with Android 8.0 Oreo; however, an update to Android 8.1 Oreo was soon released for the device. On 8 May 2018, it was announced that the Nokia 7 Plus would be one of seven non-Google smartphones to receive", "title": "Nokia 7 Plus" }, { "id": "17529736", "text": "Android KitKat Android \"KitKat\" is a codename for the Android mobile operating system and the eleventh version of Android. Unveiled on September 3, 2013, KitKat focused primarily on optimizing the operating system for improved performance on entry-level devices with limited resources. , statistics issued by Google indicate that 7.6% of all Android devices accessing Google Play run KitKat. Android 4.4 \"KitKat\" was officially announced on September 3, 2013. The release was internally codenamed \"Key lime pie\"; John Lagerling, director of Android global partnerships, and his team, decided to drop the name, arguing that \"very few people actually know the taste", "title": "Android KitKat" }, { "id": "20363746", "text": "Sony Xperia XZ1 The Sony Xperia XZ1 is an Android smartphone manufactured and marketed by Sony. Part of the Xperia X series, the device was announced to the public along with the Xperia XZ1 Compact at the annual IFA 2017 on August 31, 2017. It is the direct successor to the Sony Xperia XZ according to Sony, and is the latest flagship after the Xperia XZ Premium. The Xperia XZ1, along with the Xperia XZ1 Compact, were recognized as the first Android smartphones to come with the recently launched Android 8.0 Oreo operating system pre-installed. Its highlight features are the", "title": "Sony Xperia XZ1" }, { "id": "18126827", "text": "released in October 2015. The release was internally codenamed \"Lemon Meringue Pie\". Android 5.0 was first unveiled under the codename \"Android L\" on June 25, 2014 during a keynote presentation at the Google I/O developers' conference. Alongside Lollipop, the presentation focused on a number of new Android-oriented platforms and technologies, including Android TV, in-car platform Android Auto, wearable computing platform Android Wear, and health tracking platform Google Fit. Part of the presentation was dedicated to a new cross-platform design language referred to as \"material design\". Expanding upon the \"card\" motifs first seen in Google Now, it is a design with", "title": "Android Lollipop" }, { "id": "16206292", "text": "access to all of the phone's applications without moving back and forth between two user interfaces. The Droid 4 originally came with Android 2.3 Gingerbread out of the box, however, Motorola gradually updated the handset to Android 4.0 ICS and then finally to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. Motorola has also released regular maintenance updates from time to time. LineageOS support exists and is currently being maintained by the community, with LineageOS 14.1 (Android 7.1.2 \"Nougat\") being the latest official port for the device. Droid 4 The Motorola Droid 4 (XT894) is a smartphone made by Motorola Mobility. It was released", "title": "Droid 4" }, { "id": "14801075", "text": "the Google Play store in the United States. On November 20, 2013, it was available from the Google Play stores in Hong Kong and India. On the same day, the Nexus Wireless Charger was made available in the United States and Canada. In December 2015, Google released Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow for the device. The Nexus 7 (2013) will not receive an official Android 7.0 Nougat update, meaning that Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow is the last officially supported Android version for the tablet. The Nexus 10, a 10.1-inch tablet manufactured by Samsung, was revealed in late October 2012 by the Exif data", "title": "Google Nexus" }, { "id": "20415327", "text": "variants over time, such as a Star Wars edition promoting , which came with a special case and a new color scheme; a \"Sandstone White\" variant which was released on 5 January 2018 and featured a white color scheme and a red \"Alert Slider\", which sold out in under 2 hours; and a \"Lava Red\" variant which was released on 11 January 2018 initially in India, and became available in Europe and North America on 6 February. The OnePlus 5T ships with Android 7.1.1 \"Nougat\" and uses the OxygenOS user interface, OnePlus' proprietary custom skin built on top of Android,", "title": "OnePlus 5T" }, { "id": "17957079", "text": "to turn it on, drawing a circle to go to the camera, and drawing a \"V\" to activate flashlight mode. An upgrade to Cyanogen OS 12.0, based on Android 5.0.2 \"Lollipop\" was released for all OnePlus One devices outside China on 14 April 2015. The latest version of Cyanogen OS for this phone is 13.1.2-ZNH2KAS3P0-bacon based on Android Marshmallow 6.0.1(AOSP), released in August 2016. This brings latest September Security Patches for Android and improves the deep integration of \"Cortana\"-Microsoft's Digital Assistant into Cyanogen OS due to strategic partnership between Microsoft and Cyanogen; Microsoft also being an important investor in the", "title": "OnePlus One" }, { "id": "10693440", "text": "operating system, adding new features and fixing bugs in previous releases. Each major release is named in alphabetical order after a dessert or sugary treat, with the first few Android versions being called \"Cupcake\", \"Donut\", \"Eclair\", and \"Froyo\", in that order. During its announcement of Android KitKat in 2013, Google explained that \"Since these devices make our lives so sweet, each Android version is named after a dessert\", although a Google spokesperson told CNN in an interview that \"It's kind of like an internal team thing, and we prefer to be a little bit — how should I say —", "title": "Android (operating system)" } ]

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[ { "id": "14734049", "text": "on Cuba, with which it had extensive economic ties. Historians have long debated America's intentions in becoming involved in the conflict. For a significant period during and after the war, selfless humanitarian interest in the fate of the Cuban people was accepted as the major impetus for the declaration of war. A supporting argument for this line of thinking is that yellow journalism created an inflammatory mood in the country and swayed public opinion to sympathize with Cuba. Recently this school of thinking has grown less popular. Many historians now believe that the United States was acting more out of", "title": "United States declaration of war upon Spain" }, { "id": "1933001", "text": "of the Soviet Union into Europe after the 1917 Russian Revolution, Castro immediately sought to \"export\" his revolution to other countries in the Caribbean and beyond, sending weapons to Algerian rebels as early as 1960. In the following decades, Cuba became heavily involved in supporting Communist insurgencies and independence movements in many developing countries, sending military aid to insurgents in Ghana, Nicaragua, Yemen and Angola, among others. Castro's intervention in the Angolan Civil War in the 1970s and 1980s was particularly significant, involving as many as 60,000 Cuban soldiers. Following the American embargo, the Soviet Union became Cuba's main ally.", "title": "Cuban Revolution" }, { "id": "4295603", "text": "of the 19th century, Spain had lost most of its American possessions and a series of rebellions had shaken Cuba. This, combined with calls for annexation of Cuba in the United States, led to the Spanish–American War, and in 1902 Cuba gained formal independence. During the first decades of the 20th century, USA interests were dominant and in Cuba, leading to large influence over the island. This ended in 1959 when de facto leader Fulgencio Batista was ousted by revolutionaries led by Fidel Castro. Quickly deteriorating relations with the US led to Cuba's alliance with the Soviet Union and Castro's", "title": "Cubans" }, { "id": "17342305", "text": "Cuba during World War II The history of Cuba during World War II begins in 1939. Because of Cuba's geographical position at the entrance of the Gulf of Mexico, Havana's role as the principal trading port in the West Indies, and the country's natural resources, Cuba was an important participant in the American Theater of World War II, and subsequently one of the greatest beneficiaries of the United States' Lend-Lease program. Cuba declared war on the Axis powers in December 1941, making it one of the first Latin American countries to enter the conflict, and by the war's end in", "title": "Cuba during World War II" }, { "id": "7860704", "text": "known as the Ostend Manifesto was devised by U.S. diplomats, interested in adding a slave state to the Union. The Manifesto proposed buying Cuba from Spain for $130 million. If Spain were to reject the offer, the Manifesto implied that, in the name of Manifest Destiny, war would be necessary. When the plans became public, because of one author's vocal enthusiasm for the plan, the manifesto caused a scandal, and was rejected, in part because of objections from anti-slavery campaigners. The Cuban rebellion 1868-1878 against Spanish rule, called by historians the Ten Years' War, gained wide sympathy in the U.S.", "title": "Cuba–United States relations" }, { "id": "380299", "text": "was the Cuban \"Junta\", under the leadership of Tomás Estrada Palma, who in 1902 became Cuba's first president. The Junta dealt with leading newspapers and Washington officials and held fund-raising events across the US. It funded and smuggled weapons. It mounted a large propaganda campaign that generated enormous popular support in the U.S. in favor of the Cubans. Protestant churches and most Democrats were supportive, but business interests called on Washington to negotiate a settlement and avoid war. Cuba attracted enormous American attention, but almost no discussion involved the other Spanish colonies of the Philippines, Guam, or Puerto Rico. Historians", "title": "Spanish–American War" }, { "id": "66094", "text": "United States but were also quite often a source of dispute with Cuba's ostensible allies in the Kremlin. The Sandinista insurgency in Nicaragua, which led to the demise of the Somoza dictatorship in 1979, was openly supported by Cuba. However, it was on the African continent where Cuba was most active, supporting a total of 17 liberation movements or leftist governments, in countries including Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, and Mozambique. Its Angolan involvement was particularly intense and noteworthy with heavy assistance given to the Marxist–Leninist MPLA in the Angolan Civil War. Cuba's involvement in the Angolan Civil War began", "title": "History of Cuba" }, { "id": "380297", "text": "American Civil War and Cuba's Ten Years' War, U.S. businessmen began monopolizing the devalued sugar markets in Cuba. In 1894, 90% of Cuba's total exports went to the United States, which also provided 40% of Cuba's imports. Cuba's total exports to the U.S. were almost twelve times larger than the export to her mother country, Spain. U.S. business interests indicated that while Spain still held political authority over Cuba, economic authority in Cuba, acting-authority, was shifting to the US. The U.S. became interested in a trans-isthmus canal either in Nicaragua, or in Panama, where the Panama Canal would later be", "title": "Spanish–American War" }, { "id": "4860880", "text": "global communist interests with a valuable \"western front\" against the United States. The United States' opposition to Castro was based on the U.S. government's position that coercion inside Cuba was severe and that the government was serving as a model for allied anti-colonial movements elsewhere in the Americas. Following the failure of the Bay of Pigs Invasion in April 1961, Robert Kennedy and Richard Goodwin suggested to President Kennedy that the U.S. government begin a sustained campaign of intelligence and covert action against the government in Cuba. They believed that a centralized effort led by senior officials from the White", "title": "Cuban Project" }, { "id": "65988", "text": "13 British colonies of North America, and the victory of the French Revolution of 1789, influenced early Cuban liberation movements, as did the successful revolt of black slaves in Haiti in 1791. One of the first, headed by a free black, Nicolás Morales, was aimed at gaining equality between \"mulatto and whites\" and the abolition of sales taxes and other fiscal burdens. Morales' plot was discovered in 1795 in Bayamo, and the conspirators were jailed. As a result of the political upheavals caused by the Iberian Peninsular War and the removal of Ferdinand VII from the Spanish throne, a western", "title": "History of Cuba" }, { "id": "65981", "text": "with any foreign ships. The resultant stagnation of economic growth was particularly pronounced in Cuba because of its great strategic importance in the Caribbean, and the stranglehold that Spain kept on it as a result. As soon as Spain opened Cuba's ports up to foreign ships, a great sugar boom began that lasted until the 1880s. The island was perfect for growing sugar, being dominated by rolling plains, with rich soil and adequate rainfall. By 1860, Cuba was devoted to growing sugar, having to import all other necessary goods. Cuba was particularly dependent on the United States, which bought 82", "title": "History of Cuba" }, { "id": "66051", "text": "in Europe, Cuba played a significant role as a base to protect the West Indies from German U-boat attacks. A draft law was instituted, and 25,000 Cuban troops raised, but the war ended before they could be sent into action. Alfredo Zayas, who had taken part in the Liberal rebellion of 1916-17, was elected President in 1920 and took office in 1921. When the Cuban financial system collapsed after a drop in sugar prices, Zayas secured a loan from the United States in 1922. Despite the country’s nominal independence, one historian has concluded that the continued U.S. military intervention and", "title": "History of Cuba" }, { "id": "66102", "text": "referred to as the \"Special Period\". When the Soviet Union, the country's primary source of trade, was dissolved in late 1991, a major supporter of Cuba's economy was lost, leaving it essentially paralyzed because of the economy's narrow basis, focused on just a few products with just a few buyers. National oil supplies, which were mostly imported, were severely reduced. Over 80% of Cuba's trade was lost and living conditions declined. A \"Special Period in Peacetime\" was declared, which included cutbacks on transport and electricity and even food rationing. In response, the United States tightened up its trade embargo, hoping", "title": "History of Cuba" }, { "id": "1872076", "text": "Spain. On April 25, the United States declared war. America claimed to have had no self-serving interest in Cuba, but some political and military leaders and imperialists did believe the war would be an opportunity for the United States to expand territories overseas and to demonstrate its increasing naval power against a weak foe. Moreover, the United States sought to expand economic ties with Cuba for its resources in sugar and tobacco, all of which influenced America's decision to intervene. It was evident that gaining territories across the globe would increase the strength and influence of the United States and", "title": "Battle of Santiago de Cuba" }, { "id": "380306", "text": "Cuba now suffered losses as the conflict continued unresolved. These firms pressed Congress and McKinley to seek an end to the revolt. Other American business concerns, specifically those who had invested in Cuban sugar, looked to the Spanish to restore order. Stability, not war, was the goal of both interests. How stability would be achieved would depend largely on the ability of Spain and the U.S. to work out their issues diplomatically. While tension increased among the Cubans and Spanish Government, popular support of intervention began to spring up in the United States, due to the emergence of the \"Cuba", "title": "Spanish–American War" }, { "id": "7860705", "text": "Juntas based in New York Raised money, and smuggled men and munitions to Cuba, while energetically spreading propaganda in American newspapers. The Grant administration turned a blind eye to this violation of American neutrality. In 1869, President Ulysses Grant was urged by popular opinion to support rebels in Cuba with military assistance and to give them U.S. diplomatic recognition. Secretary of State Hamilton Fish wanted stability and favored the Spanish government, without publicly Challenging the popular anti-Spanish American viewpoint. Grant and Fish gave lip service to Cuban independence, called for an end to slavery in Cuba, and quietly opposed American", "title": "Cuba–United States relations" }, { "id": "66109", "text": "known as the \"Black Spring\". The government imprisoned 75 dissident thinkers, including 29 journalists, librarians, human rights activists, and democracy activists, on the basis that they were acting as agents of the United States by accepting aid from the U.S. government. Though it was largely diplomatically isolated from the West at this time, Cuba nonetheless cultivated regional allies. After the rise to power of Hugo Chávez in Venezuela in 1999, Cuba and Venezuela formed an increasingly close relationship based on their shared leftist ideologies, trade links and mutual opposition to U.S. influence in Latin America. Additionally, Cuba continued its post-revolution", "title": "History of Cuba" }, { "id": "66101", "text": "Nikolai Leonov, the KGB chief in Mexico City, was one of the first Soviet officials to recognize Fidel Castro's potential as a revolutionary, and urged the Soviet Union to strengthen ties with the new Cuban leader. The USSR saw Cuba as having far more appeal with new revolutionary movements, western intellectuals, and members of the New Left, given Cuba's perceived David and Goliath struggle against U.S. \"imperialism\". In 1963, shortly after the Cuban missile crisis, 1,500 DI agents, including Che Guevara, were invited to the USSR for intensive training in intelligence operations. Starting from the mid-1980s, Cuba experienced a crisis", "title": "History of Cuba" }, { "id": "65997", "text": "blacks, slave traders looked for others sources of cheap labour, such as Chinese colonists and Indians from Yucatán. Another feature of the population was the number of Spanish-born colonists, known as \"peninsulares\", who were mostly adult males; they constituted between ten and twenty per cent of the population between the middle of the 19th century and the great depression of the 1930s. Black unrest and British pressure to abolish slavery motivated many Creoles to advocate Cuba's annexation by the United States, where slavery was still legal. Other Cubans supported the idea due to their desire for American-style economic development and", "title": "History of Cuba" }, { "id": "7748896", "text": "such as food and fuel shortages. The government did not accept American donations of food, medicines, and cash until 1993. On 5 August 1994, state security dispersed protesters in a spontaneous protest in Havana. Cuba has since found a new source of aid and support in the People's Republic of China. In addition, Hugo Chávez, former President of Venezuela, and Evo Morales, President of Bolivia, became allies and both countries are major oil and gas exporters. In 2003, the government arrested and imprisoned a large number of civil activists, a period known as the \"Black Spring\". In February 2008, Fidel", "title": "Cuba" }, { "id": "5500619", "text": "to declare war on Germany on 10 September 1939. Because of Cuba's geographical position at the entrance of the Gulf of Mexico, Havana's role as the principal trading port in the West Indies, and the country's natural resources, Cuba was an important participant in the American Theater of World War II, and subsequently one of the greatest beneficiaries of the United States' Lend-Lease program. Cuba declared war on the Axis powers in December 1941, making it one of the first Latin American countries to enter the conflict, and by the war's end in 1945 its military had developed a reputation", "title": "Allies of World War II" }, { "id": "1932967", "text": "transformed Cuba's relationship with the United States, although efforts to improve diplomatic relations have gained momentum in recent years. In the immediate aftermath of the revolution, Castro's government began a program of nationalization and political consolidation that transformed Cuba's economy and civil society. The revolution also heralded an era of Cuban intervention in foreign military conflicts, including the Angolan Civil War and the Nicaraguan Revolution. In the decades following United States' invasion of Cuba in 1898, and formal independence from the U.S. on May 20, 1902, Cuba experienced a period of significant instability, enduring a number of revolts, coups and", "title": "Cuban Revolution" }, { "id": "66021", "text": "and Puerto Rico, and installing a new government in Havana. But with half the country out of its control, and the other half in arms, the new government was powerless and rejected by the rebels. The Cuban struggle for independence had captured the North American imagination for years and newspapers had been agitating for intervention with sensational stories of Spanish atrocities against the native Cuban population. Americans came to believe that Cuba's battle with Spain resembled United States's Revolutionary War. This continued even after Spain replaced Weyler and said it changed its policies, and the North American public opinion was", "title": "History of Cuba" }, { "id": "7748909", "text": "has conducted a foreign policy that is uncharacteristic of such a minor, developing country. Under Castro, Cuba was heavily involved in wars in Africa, Central America and Asia. Cuba supported Algeria in 1961–1965, and sent tens of thousands of troops to Angola during the Angolan Civil War. Other countries that featured Cuban involvement include Ethiopia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, and Yemen. Lesser known actions include the 1959 missions to the Dominican Republic. The expedition failed, but a prominent monument to its members was erected in their memory in Santo Domingo by the Dominican government, and they feature prominently at the country's", "title": "Cuba" }, { "id": "66018", "text": "policy was maintained until March 1898. Since the early 1880s, Spain had also been suppressing an independence movement in the Philippines, which was intensifying; Spain was thus now fighting two wars, which placed a heavy burden on its economy. In secret negotiations in 1896, Spain turned down the United States' offers to buy Cuba. Maceo was killed on 7 December 1896, in Havana province, while returning from the west. As the war continued, the major obstacle to Cuban success was weapons supply. Although weapons and funding came from within the United States, the supply operation violated American laws, which were", "title": "History of Cuba" }, { "id": "17728977", "text": "War could have been a very bad decision for the Mexican government. After the Cuban Revolution, there was an increase in \"leftist revolutionary propaganda\" in Mexico. Some believed that the Cuban Revolution could be seen as a reflection of the Mexican Revolution decades earlier and they became intrigued by the situation in Cuba. Although it would have been difficult for Mexico to outright support the revolution, because of the United States' reaction, many Mexican citizens showed their support through art, music, and other propaganda. After the Cuban Revolution, some Mexicans felt more connected with the socialist country, seeing their struggles", "title": "Cuba–Mexico relations" }, { "id": "380295", "text": "as markedly different in its methods and purposes of colonization from those of rival empires like the British or French. Spaniards regarded the spreading of civilization and Christianity as Spain's major objective and contribution to the New World. The concept of cultural unity bestowed special significance on Cuba, which had been Spanish for almost four hundred years, and was viewed as an integral part of the Spanish nation. The focus on preserving the empire would have negative consequences for Spain's national pride in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War. In 1823, the fifth American President James Monroe (1758–1831, served 1817–1825)", "title": "Spanish–American War" }, { "id": "66084", "text": "20 April, the brigade surrendered and was publicly interrogated before being sent back to the US. Recently inaugurated president John F. Kennedy assumed full responsibility for the operation, even though he had vetoed the reinforcements requested during the battle. The invasion helped further build popular support for the new Cuban government. The Kennedy administration thereafter began Operation Mongoose, a covert CIA campaign of sabotage against Cuba, including the arming of millitant groups, sabotage of Cuban infrastructure, and plots to assassinate Castro. All this reinforced Castro's distrust of the US, and set the stage for the Cuban missile crisis. Tensions between", "title": "History of Cuba" }, { "id": "66000", "text": "upon, in the performance of its duties to the nation, at least to use all the means with the competency to guard against and forfend it\". On 2 December 1823, U.S. President James Monroe specifically addressed Cuba and other European colonies in his proclamation of the Monroe Doctrine. Cuba, located just from Key West, Florida, was of interest to the doctrine's founders, as they warned European forces to leave \"America for the Americans\". The most outstanding attempts in support of annexation were made by the Venezuelan filibuster General Narciso López, who prepared four expeditions to Cuba in the US. The", "title": "History of Cuba" }, { "id": "66041", "text": "and rose to nearly $300 million in 1918. Popular demands for a Constituent Assembly soon emerged. In December 1899, the U.S. War Secretary assured the Cuban populace that the occupation was temporary, that municipal and general elections would be held, that a Constituent Assembly would be set up, and that sovereignty would be handed to Cubans. Brooke was replaced by General Leonard Wood to oversee the transition. Parties were created, including the Cuban National Party, the Federal Republican Party of Las Villas, the Republican Party of Havana and the Democratic Union Party. The first elections for mayors, treasurers and attorneys", "title": "History of Cuba" }, { "id": "65987", "text": "Britain Florida in exchange for Cuba on France's recommendation to Spain, The French advised that declining the offer could result in Spain losing Mexico and much of the South American mainland to the British. This led to disappointment in Britain, as many believed that Florida was a poor return for Cuba and Britain's other gains in the war. In the early 19th century, three major political currents took shape in Cuba: reformism, annexation and independence. In addition, there were spontaneous and isolated actions carried out from time to time, adding a current of abolitionism. The Declaration of Independence by the", "title": "History of Cuba" }, { "id": "11229623", "text": "on April 20, with the addition of the Teller Amendment, which disavowed any intention of annexing Cuba. European powers called on Spain to negotiate and give in; Britain supported the American position. Spain ignored the calls and fought the hopeless war alone in order to defend its honor and keep the monarchy alive. The overwhelming consensus of observers in the 1890s, and historians ever since, is that an upsurge of humanitarian concern with the plight of the Cubans was the main motivating force that caused the war with Spain in 1898. McKinley put it succinctly in late 1897 that if", "title": "Presidency of William McKinley" }, { "id": "6845423", "text": "Using a variety of sources, Tone estimates that civilian losses totaled 155,000 to 170,000 deaths, representing nearly 10 percent of the total population. Starting in the early 1880s, Spain had also suppressed an independence movement in the Philippines, which was intensifying. In effect, Spain was now fighting two wars, a heavy burden on its economy. In 1896 it turned down offers in secret negotiations by the United States to buy Cuba from Spain. Maceo was killed December 7, 1896, in Havana province while returning from the west. As the war went on, the major obstacle to Cuban success was weapons", "title": "Cuban War of Independence" }, { "id": "3886723", "text": "cause gained strength, favoring a gradual emancipation of slaves with financial compensation from Spain for slaveholders. Additionally, some planters preferred hiring Chinese immigrants as indentured workers and in anticipation of ending slavery. Before the 1870s, more than 125,000 were recruited to Cuba. In May 1865, Cuban creole elites placed four demands upon the Spanish Parliament: tariff reform, Cuban representation in Parliament, judicial equality with Spaniards, and full enforcement of the slave trade ban. The Spanish Parliament at the time was changing; gaining much influence were reactionary, traditionalist politicians who intended to eliminate all liberal reforms. The power of military tribunals", "title": "Ten Years' War" }, { "id": "20659784", "text": "Germany and the continued sinking of ships of different neutral nationalities on the American shores, Brazil and Cuba had sent angry protest to the Germans. President Menocal, encouraged by the United States` entry into the war, asked the congress of Cuba to declare war as well, enthusiastically stating that Cuba could not remain neutral. The Cuban senate unanimously passed a resolution that a state of war existed against Germany and the Cuban congress approved the declaration of war on April 7, 1917. Thus Cuba was one of the few Latin American countries, along with Panama, Bolivia and Uruguay, who joined", "title": "Cuba during World War 1" }, { "id": "20659786", "text": "also agreed to the stationing of U.S. Marines on the island. However the Americans, afraid that this would undermine the national and international position of the Menocal government, announced that the goal of the intervention was to support the sugar harvest as major war contribution of Cuba, thus becoming known as Sugar Intervention. The Cuban Red Cross was also reorganized, established operations in Europe and supported the Allied forces on the Western Front. The United States declaration of war on Austria-Hungary on December 7, 1917. Panama followed on December 10, 1917 and Cuba would do the same on December 16.", "title": "Cuba during World War 1" }, { "id": "2960257", "text": "African nations on how to escape the clutches of imperialism. After all, Cuba had thrown off an oppressive dictatorship and with stood a U.S. backed invasion of the island. Cuba's focuses on Africa stemmed from the belief that the decolonization provided an arena for the struggle between socialism and capitalism. Another reason for Cuba's support of African socialist movements was for the shared link between Cuba and Africa. About one- third of Cuban citizens had at least some African heritage. As such, many Cubans were motivated to help liberate Africans from colonialism and imperialism and to help spread the Cuban", "title": "Cold War (1953–1962)" }, { "id": "380361", "text": "future news reporting. The idea of American imperialism changed in the public's mind after the short and successful Spanish–American War. Due to the United States' powerful influence diplomatically and militarily, Cuba's status after the war relied heavily upon American actions. Two major developments emerged from the Spanish–American War: one, it greatly enforced the United States' vision of itself as a \"defender of democracy\" and as a major world power, and two, it had severe implications for Cuban–American relations in the future. As historian Louis Pérez argued in his book \"Cuba in the American Imagination: Metaphor and the Imperial Ethos\", the", "title": "Spanish–American War" }, { "id": "11229069", "text": "government into accepting a cease fire, and the war ended on June 11. In the aftermath of the war, the United States and Britain sponsored UN Resolution 242, which called on Israel to release the territory it conquered in the war. Under the direction of Assistant Secretary of State Thomas C. Mann, the United States placed emphasis on Kennedy's Alliance for Progress, which provided economic aid to Latin America. Like Kennedy, Johnson sought to isolate Cuba, which was under the rule of the Soviet-aligned Fidel Castro. In 1965, the Dominican Civil War broke out between the government of President Donald", "title": "Presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson" }, { "id": "66026", "text": "Pulitzer's New York World and William Randolph Hearst's New York Journal\", Joseph E. Wisan wrote in an essay titled \"The Cuban Crisis As Reflected In The New York Press\", published in \"American Imperialism\" in 1898. He stated that \"In the opinion of the writer, the Spanish–American War would not have occurred had not the appearance of Hearst in New York journalism precipitated a bitter battle for newspaper circulation.\" It has also been argued that the main reason the United States entered the war was the failed secret attempt, in 1896, to purchase Cuba from a weaker, war-depleted Spain. Hostilities started", "title": "History of Cuba" }, { "id": "66024", "text": "Congress for authority to send U.S. troops to Cuba for the purpose of ending the civil war there. On 19 April, Congress passed joint resolutions (by a vote of 311 to 6 in the House and 42 to 35 in the Senate) supporting Cuban independence and disclaiming any intention to annex Cuba, demanding Spanish withdrawal, and authorizing the president to use as much military force as he thought necessary to help Cuban patriots gain independence from Spain. This was adopted by resolution of Congress and included from Senator Henry Teller the Teller Amendment, which passed unanimously, stipulating that \"the island", "title": "History of Cuba" }, { "id": "2765848", "text": "failed and radicalized the revolutionary government's position. Cuba officially proclaimed itself socialist and openly became an ally of the Soviet Union. The military collaboration between Cuba and the Soviet Union, which included the placement of intercontinental ballistic missiles in Cuba precipitated the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962. By the 1970s, leftists had acquired a significant political influence which prompted the right-wing, ecclesiastical authorities and a large portion of each individual country's upper class to support coups d'état to avoid what they perceived as a communist threat. This was further fueled by Cuban and United States intervention which led to", "title": "History of Latin America" }, { "id": "7860727", "text": "ban was later supplemented to include Cuban government officials or their representatives visiting the U.S. In 1985 Radio y Televisión Martí, backed by Ronald Reagan's administration, began to broadcast news and information from the U.S. to Cuba. The Cold War ended with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, leaving Cuba without its major international sponsor. The ensuing years were marked by economic difficulty in Cuba, a time known as the Special Period. U.S. law allowed private humanitarian aid to Cuba for part of this time. However, the long standing U.S. embargo was reinforced in October 1992", "title": "Cuba–United States relations" }, { "id": "65978", "text": "in the British Empire (but slavery itself remained legal until the Slavery Abolition Act 1833). Cubans were torn between desire for the profits generated by sugar and a repugnance for slavery, which they saw as morally, politically, and racially dangerous to their society. By the end of the 19th century, slavery was abolished. However, prior to the abolition of slavery, Cuba gained great prosperity from its sugar trade. Originally, the Spanish had ordered regulations on trade with Cuba, which kept the island from becoming a dominant sugar producer. The Spanish were interested in keeping their trade routes and slave trade", "title": "History of Cuba" }, { "id": "6845431", "text": "The business and religious communities switched sides, leaving McKinley and Reed almost alone in their opposition to the war. “Faced with a revved up, war-ready population, and all the editorial encouragement the two competitors could muster, the United States jumped at the opportunity to get involved and showcase its new steam-powered Navy”. On April 11, McKinley asked Congress for authority to send American troops to Cuba for the purpose of ending the civil war there. On April 19, Congress passed joint resolutions (by a vote of 311 to 6 in the House and 42 to 35 in the Senate) supporting", "title": "Cuban War of Independence" }, { "id": "66054", "text": "'new Cuba' with social justice for all classes, and the abrogation of the Platt Amendment. While the revolutionary leaders certainly wanted diplomatic recognition by Washington, they believed their legitimacy stemmed from the popular rebellion which brought them to power, and not from the approval of the United States' Department of State. To this end, throughout the autumn of 1933, the government decreed a dramatic series of reforms. The Platt Amendment was unilaterally abrogated, and all the political parties of the Machadato were dissolved. The Provisional Government granted autonomy to the University of Havana, women obtained the right to vote, the", "title": "History of Cuba" }, { "id": "6845426", "text": "naming Bartolomé Masó President and Domingo Méndez Capote Vice President. Madrid decided to change its policy towards Cuba, and replaced Weyler. It also drew up a colonial constitution for Cuba and Puerto Rico, and installed a new government in Havana. But with half the country out of its control and the other half in arms, the colonial government was powerless and these changes were rejected by the rebels. The Cuban struggle for independence had captured the American imagination for years. Some newspapers had agitated for US intervention, especially because of its large financial investment, and featured sensational stories of Spanish", "title": "Cuban War of Independence" }, { "id": "17677990", "text": "be allowed to emigrate to Miami. A larger pro-Castro crowd confronted them, and joined by Castro who informed the media that the men were anti-socials misled by U.S. media. The protests dispersed with no recorded injuries. Fearing that dissident groups would invade, the government organised the \"War of All the People\" defence strategy, planning a widespread guerrilla warfare campaign, and the unemployed were given jobs building a network of bunkers and tunnels across the country. Castro recognised the need for reform if Cuban socialism was to survive in a world now dominated by capitalist free markets. In October 1991, the", "title": "Cuba under Fidel Castro" }, { "id": "380336", "text": "to its independence, and even annexation was considered for a time, which historian Louis Pérez explored in his book \"Cuba and the United States: Ties of Singular Intimacy\". The Cubans harbored a great deal of discontent towards the Spanish Government, due to years of manipulation on the part of the Spanish. The prospect of getting the United States involved in the fight was considered by many Cubans as a step in the right direction. While the Cubans were wary of the United States' intentions, the overwhelming support from the American public provided the Cubans with some peace of mind, because", "title": "Spanish–American War" }, { "id": "3512035", "text": "According to Geoffrey Baker, the history and legend of Che allows artists to practice “safe radicalism.” The United States was such a big influence due to the close economic relationship between the United States and Cuba, as well as the successful U.S. intervention in Cuba's War of Independence (1890–1899) against Spain. Due to a corrupt history of U.S. involvement in Cuban affairs, which culminated during the reign of Cuban Dictator, Fulgencio Batista, Fidel Castro's Revolution was created as anti-colonialist and anti-imperialist. With the ongoing issues between Cuban and the USA, including numerous assassination attempts on Fidel Castro by the U.S.", "title": "Cuban hip hop" }, { "id": "14776192", "text": "The Cuban fight for independence began with the Ten Years' War (1868–1878), the first of three wars fought as Cuba attempted to free themselves from Spanish rule. The war was brought on by an economic crisis (1866) as well as the desire to end slavery. While the farmers in Cuba struggled to feed their families, the colonial administration continued to bring in profit from military ventures. In response, enraged farmers rose to fight. The uprising started October 10. Though efforts nearly failed within the first few days, within weeks the numbers of volunteers reached 12,000. Soon, Maximo Gomez (a former", "title": "Manifesto of Montecristi" }, { "id": "17677978", "text": "continued criticizing Cuba's human rights abuses, but adopted a respectful approach which gained Castro's attention. Considering Carter well-meaning and sincere, Castro freed certain political prisoners and allowed some Cuban exiles to visit relatives on the island, hoping that in turn Carter would abolish the economic embargo and stop CIA support for militant dissidents. By the 1980s, Cuba's economy was again in trouble, following a decline in the market price of sugar and 1979's decimated harvest. Desperate for money, Cuba's government secretly sold off paintings from national collections and illicitly traded for U.S. electronic goods through Panama. Increasing numbers of Cubans", "title": "Cuba under Fidel Castro" }, { "id": "66023", "text": "to this day, but the incident focused American attention on Cuba, and President William McKinley and his supporters could not stop Congress from declaring war to \"liberate\" Cuba. In an attempt to appease the United States, the colonial government took two steps that had been demanded by President McKinley: it ended the forced relocation policy and offered negotiations with the independence fighters. However, the truce was rejected by the rebels and the concessions proved too late and too ineffective. Madrid asked other European powers for help; they refused and said Spain should back down. On 11 April 1898, McKinley asked", "title": "History of Cuba" }, { "id": "7748871", "text": "real engine for the growth of Cuba's commerce in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century was the Haitian Revolution. When the enslaved peoples of what had been the Caribbean's richest colony freed themselves through violent revolt, Cuban planters perceived the region's changing circumstances with both a sense of fear and opportunity. They were afraid because of the prospect that slaves might revolt in Cuba, too, and numerous prohibitions during the 1790s on the sale of slaves in Cuba that had previously been slaves in French colonies underscored this anxiety. The planters saw opportunity, however, because they thought that they", "title": "Cuba" }, { "id": "7860706", "text": "military intervention. Fish worked diligently against popular pressure, and was able to keep Grant from officially recognizing Cuban independence because it would have endangered negotiations with Britain over the Alabama Claims. Daniel Sickles, the American Minister to Madrid, made no headway. Grant and Fish successfully resisted popular pressures. Grant's message to Congress urged strict neutrality and no official recognition of the Cuban revolt. By 1877, Americans purchased 83 percent of Cuba's total exports. North Americans were also increasingly taking up residence on the island, and some districts on the northern shore were said to have more the character of America", "title": "Cuba–United States relations" }, { "id": "11485230", "text": "President William McKinley had appointed Stewart L. Woodford to the post of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Spain, in a last attempt to convince the Spanish government to sell its colonies. Spain refused and severed diplomatic relations with the U.S. on April 21, 1898. The War was the first conflict in which military action was precipitated by media involvement. The war grew out of U.S. interest in a fight for revolution between the Spanish military and citizens of their Cuban colony. American yellow press fanned the flames of interest in the war by fabricating atrocities during the Cuban War", "title": "Spain–United States relations" }, { "id": "7748892", "text": "number of political executions range from 4,000 to 33,000. The vast majority of those executed directly following the 1959 revolution were policemen, politicians, and informers of the Batista regime accused of crimes such as torture and murder, and their public trials and executions had widespread popular support among the Cuban population. The United States government initially reacted favorably to the Cuban revolution, seeing it as part of a movement to bring democracy to Latin America. Castro's legalization of the Communist party and the hundreds of executions that followed caused a deterioration in the relationship between the two countries. The promulgation", "title": "Cuba" }, { "id": "20659783", "text": "was equipped and sent to the Western Front (World War I). Mario Garcia Menocal (December 17, 1866 - September 7, 1941) served as President of Cuba from 1913 until 1921. Supported by the USA and an economic boom, he maintained his office when World War I broke out. President Woodrow Wilson and the USA entered the war on April 6, 1917. With strong ties to its neighbours and put under preassure by New York Times reports of German U-boats resupplying in Cuba, the later followed suit an declared war on April 7. Because of the total submarine warfare declared by", "title": "Cuba during World War 1" }, { "id": "7860712", "text": "the following 20 years the United States repeatedly intervened militarily in Cuban affairs: 1906–09, 1912 and 1917–22. In 1912 U.S. forces were sent to quell protests by Afro-Cubans against discrimination. By 1926 U.S. companies owned 60% of the Cuban sugar industry and imported 95% of the total Cuban crop, and Washington was generally supportive of successive Cuban governments. However, internal confrontations between the government of Gerardo Machado and political opposition led to his military overthrow by Cuban rebels in 1933. U.S. Ambassador Sumner Welles requested U.S. military intervention. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, despite his promotion of the Good Neighbor policy", "title": "Cuba–United States relations" }, { "id": "6845427", "text": "atrocities against the native Cuban population, which were exaggerated for propaganda. Such coverage continued after Spain had replaced Weyler and changed its policies. American public opinion was very much in favor of intervening on behalf of the Cubans. In January 1898, a riot by Cuban Spanish loyalists against the new autonomous government broke out in Havana. They destroyed the printing presses of four local newspapers that had published articles critical of Spanish Army atrocities. The U.S. Consul-General cabled Washington with fears for the lives of Americans living in Havana. In response, the battleship USS \"Maine\" was sent to Havana in", "title": "Cuban War of Independence" }, { "id": "11229581", "text": "the national level, this period was generally dominated by the Republican Party. In 1897–98, the most pressing issue was an insurrection in Cuba against repressive Spanish colonial rule which had been worsening for years. Americans sympathized with the rebels and demanded action to resolve the crisis. The administration tried to persuade Spain to liberalize its rule but when negotiations failed, both sides wanted war. American victory in the Spanish–American War was quick and decisive. During the war the United States took temporary possession of Cuba; it was promised independence but it remained under the control of the U.S. Army throughout", "title": "Presidency of William McKinley" }, { "id": "380307", "text": "Libre\" movement and the fact that many Americans had drawn parallels between the American Revolution and the Cuban revolt, seeing the Spanish Government as the tyrannical colonial oppressor. Historian Louis Pérez notes that \"The proposition of war in behalf of Cuban independence took hold immediately and held on thereafter. Such was the sense of the public mood.\" At the time many poems and songs were written in the United States to express support of the \"Cuba Libre\" movement. At the same time, many African Americans, facing growing racial discrimination and increasing retardation of their civil rights, wanted to take part", "title": "Spanish–American War" }, { "id": "17677961", "text": "officially renamed the \"Cuban Communist Party\" and published the membership of its Central Committee. Despite Soviet misgivings, Castro continued calling for global revolution and the funding militant leftists. He supported Che Guevara's \"Andean project\", an unsuccessful plan to set up a guerrilla movement in the highlands of Bolivia, Peru and Argentina, and allowed revolutionary groups from across the world, from the Viet Cong to the Black Panthers, to train in Cuba. He considered western-dominated Africa ripe for revolution, and sent troops and medics to aid Ahmed Ben Bella's socialist regime in Algeria during the Sand war. He also allied with", "title": "Cuba under Fidel Castro" }, { "id": "66182", "text": "needed oil. Relations between the countries deteriorated rapidly. In April 1961, following air attacks preparing for the Bay of Pigs Invasion by CIA-trained Cuban exiles, prime minister Fidel Castro declared Cuba to be a socialist republic, and moved quickly to develop the growing relations between Cuba and the Soviet Union. In 1962, Cuba was expelled from the Organization of American States. Shortly afterwards, many nations throughout Latin America broke ties with Cuba, leaving the island increasingly isolated in the region and dependent on Soviet trade and cooperation. Following the establishment of diplomatic ties, and after the Cuban missile crisis in", "title": "Foreign relations of Cuba" }, { "id": "7748889", "text": "dismissals and mechanization. They were obtained in large measure \"at the cost of the unemployed and the peasants\", leading to disparities. Between 1933 and 1958, Cuba extended economic regulations enormously, causing economic problems. Unemployment became a problem as graduates entering the workforce could not find jobs. The middle class, which was comparable to that of the United States, became increasingly dissatisfied with unemployment and political persecution. The labor unions supported Batista until the very end. Batista stayed in power until he was forced into exile in December 1958. In the 1950s, various organizations, including some advocating armed uprising, competed for", "title": "Cuba" }, { "id": "13150247", "text": "product of the colonial heritage of Cuban politics and the financial aid provided by the United States that favoured international sugar prices in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Following the Second World War, the level of corruption in Cuba, among many other Latin American and Caribbean countries, was said to have risen significantly. Some scholars, such as Eduardo Sáenz Rovner, attribute this to North America's increased involvement in Cuba after the First World War that isolated Cuban workers. Cubans were excluded from a large sector of the economy and unable to participate in managerial roles that were taken", "title": "Corruption in Cuba" }, { "id": "7748861", "text": "out during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. Cuba is one of few Marxist–Leninist socialist states, where the role of the vanguard Communist Party is enshrined in the Constitution. Independent observers have accused the Cuban government of numerous human rights abuses, including arbitrary imprisonment. Culturally, Cuba is considered part of Latin America. It is a multiethnic country whose people, culture and customs derive from diverse origins, including the aboriginal Taíno and Ciboney peoples, the long period of Spanish colonialism, the introduction of African slaves and a close relationship with the Soviet Union in the Cold War. Cuba is a sovereign", "title": "Cuba" }, { "id": "7860707", "text": "than Spanish settlements. Between 1878 and 1898 American investors took advantage of deteriorating economic conditions of the Ten Years' War to take over estates they had tried unsuccessfully to buy before while others acquired properties at very low prices. Above all this presence facilitated the integration of the Cuban economy into the North American system and weakened Cuba's ties with Spain. As Cuban resistance to Spanish rule grew, rebels fighting for independence attempted to get support from U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant. Grant declined and the resistance was curtailed, though American interests in the region continued. U.S. Secretary of State", "title": "Cuba–United States relations" }, { "id": "66183", "text": "1962, Cuba became increasingly dependent on Soviet markets and military and economic aid. Cuba was able to build a large military force with the help of Soviet equipment and military advisers, but as the years passed, Cuba's economy began to decline as a result on mismanagement of the economy and low productivity, which was further aggravated by the U.S. embargo. Despite this, the Soviets also kept in close touch with Havana, sharing varying close relations until the collapse of the bloc in 1990. During the Cold War, Cuba's influence in the Americas was inhibited by the Monroe Doctrine and the", "title": "Foreign relations of Cuba" }, { "id": "17677980", "text": "the U.S. of biological warfare against Cuba. Although despising Argentina's right wing military junta, Castro supported them in the 1982 Falklands War against the United Kingdom and offered military aid to the Argentinians. Castro supported the leftist New Jewel Movement that seized power in Grenada in 1979, sent doctors, teachers, and technicians to aid the country's development, and befriended the Grenadine President Maurice Bishop. When Bishop was murdered in a Soviet-backed coup by hardline Marxist Bernard Coard in October 1983, Castro cautiously continued supporting Grenada's government. However, the U.S. used the coup as a basis for invading the island. Cuban", "title": "Cuba under Fidel Castro" }, { "id": "6845429", "text": "it ended forced relocation of residents from their homes and offered negotiations with the independence fighters. But the truce was rejected by the rebels. The sinking of the \"Maine\" sparked a wave of public indignation in the United States. Newspaper owners such as William R. Hearst leaped to the conclusion that Spanish officials in Cuba were to blame, and they widely publicized the conspiracy. Realistically, Spain could have had no interest in drawing the United States into the conflict. Yellow journalism fueled American anger by publishing “atrocities” committed by Spain in Cuba. Hearst, when informed by Frederic Remington, whom he", "title": "Cuban War of Independence" }, { "id": "66050", "text": "plantations. Gómez’s successor, Mario Menocal of the Conservative Party, was a former manager for the Cuban American Sugar Corporation. During his presidency income from sugar rose steeply. Menocal’s reelection in 1916 was met with armed revolt by Gómez and other Liberals (the so-called \"Chambelona War\"), prompting the United States to send in Marines, again to safeguard American interests. Gómez was defeated and captured and the rebellion was snuffed out. In World War I, Cuba declared war on Imperial Germany on 7 April 1917, one day after the United States entered the war. Despite being unable to send troops to fight", "title": "History of Cuba" }, { "id": "66035", "text": "Cuban goods going to the United States. Government payments had to be made in U.S. dollars. In spite of the Foraker Amendment, which prohibited the U.S. occupation government from granting privileges and concessions to American investors, the Cuban economy was soon dominated by American capital. The growth of American sugar estates was so quick that in 1905 nearly 10% of Cuba's total land area belonged to American citizens. By 1902, American companies controlled 80% of Cuba's ore exports and owned most of the sugar and cigarette factories. Immediately after the war, there were several serious barriers for foreign businesses attempting", "title": "History of Cuba" }, { "id": "8307501", "text": "of the rebellion \"the agents of West Germany and fascist reactionary rabble.\" In return for his public backing of the invasion, at a time when many Soviet allies were deeming the invasion an infringement of Czechoslovakia's sovereignty, the Soviets bailed out the Cuban economy with extra loans and an immediate increase in oil exports. With Cuba’s proximity to the United States, Castro and his regime became an important Cold War ally for the Soviets. The relationship was for the most part an economic one, with the Soviet Union providing military, economic and political assistance to Cuba. In 1972, Cuba gained", "title": "Cuba–Soviet Union relations" }, { "id": "7748877", "text": "as the Ten Years' War. Two thousand Cuban Chinese joined the rebels. Chinese had been imported as indentured laborers. A monument in Havana honours the Cuban Chinese who fell in the war. The United States declined to recognize the new Cuban government, although many European and Latin American nations did so. In 1878, the Pact of Zanjón ended the conflict, with Spain promising greater autonomy to Cuba. In 1879–1880, Cuban patriot Calixto García attempted to start another war known as the Little War but did not receive enough support. Slavery in Cuba was abolished in 1875 but the process was", "title": "Cuba" }, { "id": "7748882", "text": "elections in 1906, the first president, Tomás Estrada Palma, faced an armed revolt by independence war veterans who defeated the meager government forces. The U.S. intervened by occupying Cuba and named Charles Edward Magoon as Governor for three years. Cuban historians have characterized Magoon's governorship as having introduced political and social corruption. In 1908, self-government was restored when José Miguel Gómez was elected President, but the U.S. continued intervening in Cuban affairs. In 1912, the Partido Independiente de Color attempted to establish a separate black republic in Oriente Province, but was suppressed by General Monteagudo with considerable bloodshed. In 1924,", "title": "Cuba" }, { "id": "66048", "text": "economic interests, and to hold free elections. In 1906, the United States representative William Howard Taft, notably with the personal diplomacy of Frederick Funston, negotiated an end of the successful revolt led by the young general Enrique Loynaz del Castillo, who had served under Antonio Maceo in the final war of independence. Estrada Palma resigned, and the United States Governor Charles Magoon assumed temporary control until 1909. In this period, Agustín Martín Veloz and Francisco (Paquito) Rosales founded the embryonic Cuban Communist Party in the area of Manzanillo. Following the election of José Miguel Gómez in November 1908, Cuba was", "title": "History of Cuba" }, { "id": "17342309", "text": "confirmed in February 1941, when he ordered all German and Italian consular officials to leave his country. Cuba entered the war on December 9, 1941, by declaring war on Japan, which a few days before had launched a devastating attack on the United States Navy base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Cuba then declared war on Germany and Italy on December 11, 1941, and - following the Americans' example - broke relations with Vichy France on November 10, 1942. According to Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison, Cuba's military was the \"most cooperative and helpful of all the Caribbean states\" during the", "title": "Cuba during World War II" }, { "id": "380305", "text": "the \"New York World\" and William Randolph Hearst of the \"New York Journal\" recognized the potential for great headlines and stories that would sell copies. Both papers denounced Spain, but had little influence outside New York. American opinion generally saw Spain as a hopelessly backward power that was unable to deal fairly with Cuba. American Catholics were divided before the war began, but supported it enthusiastically once it started. The U.S. had important economic interests that were being harmed by the prolonged conflict and deepening uncertainty about the future of Cuba. Shipping firms that had relied heavily on trade with", "title": "Spanish–American War" }, { "id": "17999616", "text": "is connected with liberal and autonomist ideas that coexisted throughout the nineteenth century with the ideal of independence. The entry of the United States in the Spanish–American War and its support for separatist Spaniards, changed the destiny of the island, which in 1898 came under American influence. Current historical research tints Manichean positions developed by Marxist doctrine in Cuba, aimed to prove the inevitability of the revolutionary movement that started in 1868 with the Grito de Yara, and concluded a hundred years later with the seizure of power by Fidel Castro, offering a more balanced interpretation of the events leading", "title": "Cuba española" }, { "id": "7860752", "text": "like the Guantánamo Bay tract was one of the requirements of the Platt Amendment, conditions for the withdrawal of United States troops remaining in Cuba following the Spanish–American War. Over time, the United States' laws and foreign policy regarding Cuba has changed drastically due to strained relationship. Beginning with opposition to the Castro led Independence Revolution in Cuba, the Spanish–American War, naval use of Guantanamo Bay Trade restrictions imposed by Nixon, and a trade embargo opened in the year 2000. Since the 1990s, American public opinion of Cuba has overall become more favorable, and people became more supportive of ending", "title": "Cuba–United States relations" }, { "id": "66077", "text": "blueprint of the Cuba he wanted to create, Castro dreamed of a sweeping revolution that would uproot his country's oppressive socioeconomic structure and of a Cuba that would be free of the United States\". Only six months after Castro seized power, the Eisenhower administration began to plot his ouster. The United Kingdom was persuaded to cancel a sale of Hawker Hunter fighter aircraft to Cuba. The US National Security Council (NSC) met in March 1959 to consider means to institute a régime-change and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) began arming guerillas inside Cuba in May. In January 1960 Roy R.", "title": "History of Cuba" }, { "id": "65989", "text": "separatist rebellion emerged among the Cuban Creole aristocracy in 1809 and 1810. One of its leaders, Joaquín Infante, drafted Cuba's first constitution, declaring the island a sovereign state, presuming the rule of the country's wealthy, maintaining slavery as long as it was necessary for agriculture, establishing a social classification based on skin color and declaring Catholicism the official religion. This conspiracy also failed and the main leaders were sentenced to prison and deported to Spain. In 1812, a mixed-race abolitionist conspiracy arose, organized by José Antonio Aponte, a free black carpenter in Havana. He and others were executed. The main", "title": "History of Cuba" }, { "id": "17677970", "text": "Kippur War broke out in October 1973 between Israel and an Arab coalition led by Egypt and Syria, Castro's government sent 4000 troops to prevent Israeli forces from entering Syrian territory. In 1974, Cuba broke off relations with Israel over the treatment of Palestinians during the Israel-Palestine conflict and their increasingly close relationship with the United States. This earned him respect from leaders throughout the Arab world, in particular from the Libyan socialist president Muammar Gaddafi, who became his friend and ally. That year, Cuba experienced an economic boost, due primarily to the high international price of sugar, but also", "title": "Cuba under Fidel Castro" }, { "id": "66185", "text": "on the same path as Cuba. Cuba's intervention in Africa, which began in the mid-1970s, was more substantial leading to involvement in 17 African nations and three African insurgencies soon leading Cuban soldiers engaging in frontline military combat. In doing so Castro aligned Cuba with African insurgencies against colonial vestiges and specifically against South Africa. By providing military aid Cuba won trading partners for the Soviet bloc and potential converts to Marxism. On November 4, 1975, Castro ordered the deployment of Cuban troops to Angola to aid the Marxist MPLA against UNITA forces, which were being supported by the People's", "title": "Foreign relations of Cuba" }, { "id": "20885654", "text": "and Cuba's opponents during these efforts were often decried as American pawns. Likewise, the US government and its allies perceived the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) as a Soviet proxy, and the use of internationalist missions as a means to indirectly increase Soviet military influence worldwide. There were also more practical reasons for deploying Cuban troops abroad, such as giving the relatively inexperienced armed forces combat experience across a wide range of theaters. By the mid 1980s, a quarter of Cuba's total military strength was committed to its internationalist missions, fighting with socialist governments or factions in various civil conflicts.", "title": "Cuban military internationalism" }, { "id": "11139174", "text": "justify America's military intervention. The United States had long been interested in acquiring Cuba from the declining Spanish Empire. Prompted by John L. O'Sullivan, President James Polk offered to buy Cuba from Spain for $100 million in 1848, but Spain declined to sell the island. O'Sullivan continued to raise money for filibustering expeditions on his own, eventually landing him in legal trouble. Filibustering continued to be a major concern for presidents after Polk. Whigs presidents Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore tried to suppress the expeditions. When the Democrats recaptured the White House in 1852 with the election of Franklin Pierce,", "title": "Propaganda of the Spanish–American War" }, { "id": "66181", "text": "to strengthen ties with the new Cuban leader. Moscow saw Cuba as having far more appeal with new revolutionary movements, western intellectuals, and members of the New Left with Cuba's perceived David and Goliath struggle against US imperialism. Shortly after the Cuban missile crisis in 1963, Moscow invited 1,500 DI agents, including Che Guevara, to the KGB's Moscow Center for intensive training in intelligence operations. After the revolution of 1959, Cuba soon took actions inimical to American trade interests on the island. In response, the U.S. stopped buying Cuban sugar and refused to supply its former trading partner with much", "title": "Foreign relations of Cuba" }, { "id": "1933002", "text": "The two Communist countries quickly developed close military and intelligence ties, culminating in the stationing of Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba in 1962, an act which triggered the Cuban Missile Crisis. Cuba maintained close links to the Soviets until the Soviet Union's collapse in 1991. The end of Soviet economic aid led to an economic crisis and famine known as the Special Period in Cuba. In the wake of the revolution, thousands of disaffected anti-Batista rebels, former Batista supporters, and \"campesinos\" (peasants) fled to Cuba's Las Villas province, where an anticommunist underground had been forming since early 1960. Operating out", "title": "Cuban Revolution" }, { "id": "11102099", "text": "more and more obsolete, and holding Cuba back from economic and political success. The dissatisfaction with Spain's inept administration, their lack of representation in the government, and high taxes sparked the beginning of the 10 years war in which over 200,000 lives were lost. Being crushed by the Spanish army only fueled their nationalism even more. It caused a uniting of all the Cuban people, with an emphasis on former slaves, who were freed shortly after the war. However, when the Cubans rose up again, Spain implemented their policy of Reconcentration. This forced hundreds of thousands of Cubans into labor", "title": "History of Cuban nationality" }, { "id": "66003", "text": "former slaves joined the ranks of farmers and urban working class. Most wealthy Cubans lost their rural properties, and many of them joined the urban middle class. The number of sugar mills dropped and efficiency increased, with only companies and the most powerful plantation owners owning them. The numbers of campesinos and tenant farmers rose considerably. Furthermore, American capital began flowing into Cuba, mostly into the sugar and tobacco businesses and mining. By 1895, these investments totalled $50 million. Although Cuba remained Spanish politically, economically it became increasingly dependent on the United States. These changes also entailed the rise of", "title": "History of Cuba" }, { "id": "1550862", "text": "Cuba and the Soviet Union. This eventually led to the events of the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. The invasion was a major failure for US foreign policy; Kennedy ordered a number of internal investigations across Latin America. Since the middle of the 18th century Cuba had been the crown jewel of the Spanish colonial empire. In the late 19th century, Cuban nationalist revolutionaries rebelled against Spanish dominance, resulting in three liberation wars: the Ten Years' War (1868–1878), the Little War (1879–1880) and the Cuban War of Independence (1895–1898). The United States government proclaimed war on the Spanish Empire, resulting", "title": "Bay of Pigs Invasion" }, { "id": "66008", "text": "island, such as Ibarra, Jagüey Grande and Aguada, suffered from poor co-ordination and failed; the leaders were captured, some of them deported and some executed. In the province of Havana the insurrection was discovered before it got off and the leaders detained. Thus, the insurgents further west in Pinar del Río were ordered to wait. Martí, on his way to Cuba, gave the Proclamation of Montecristi in Santo Domingo, outlining the policy for Cuba's war of independence: the war was to be waged by blacks and whites alike; participation of all blacks was crucial for victory; Spaniards who did not", "title": "History of Cuba" }, { "id": "66093", "text": "people with psychiatric diagnoses. It was discovered that the Cuban government was using the event to rid Cuba of the unwanted segments of its society. In 2012, Cuba abolished its requirement for exit permits, allowing Cuban citizens to travel to other countries more easily. From its inception, the Cuban Revolution defined itself as internationalist, seeking to spread its revolutionary ideals abroad and gain a variety of foreign allies. Although still a developing country itself, Cuba supported African, Central and South American and Asian countries in the fields of military development, health and education. These \"overseas adventures\" not only irritated the", "title": "History of Cuba" }, { "id": "8307494", "text": "be helped economically and politically, though there was no talk yet of military assistance. Washington's increasing economic embargo led Cuba to hurriedly seek new markets to avert economic disaster. Castro asked for help from the Soviets and in response Khrushchev approved the temporary purchase of Cuban sugar in exchange for Soviet fuel. This deal was to play a part in sustaining the Cuban economy for many years to come. Following the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion of 1961, Fidel Castro announced publicly that Cuba was to become a socialist republic. Khrushchev sent congratulations to Castro for repelling the invasion, but", "title": "Cuba–Soviet Union relations" }, { "id": "13734325", "text": "Italian anarchist assassinated Prime Minister Antonio Cánovas del Castillo, motivated by a growing number of arrests and the use of torture by the government. The loss of Cuba, Spain's last valuable colony, in the Spanish–American War of 1898 hit exports from Catalonia hardest; there were acts of terrorism and actions by \"agents provocateurs\" in Barcelona. In the first two decades of the 20th century, the industrial working class grew in number. There was a growing discontent in the Basque country and Catalonia, where much of Spain's industry was based. They believed that the government favoured agrarianism and therefore failed to", "title": "Background of the Spanish Civil War" }, { "id": "66080", "text": "Union in Cuban refineries under their control, took control of those refineries in July 1960. The Eisenhower administration promoted a boycott of Cuba by oil companies, to which Cuba responded by nationalizing the refineries in August 1960. Both sides continued to escalate the dispute. Cuba expropriated more US-owned properties, notably those belonging to the International Telephone and Telegraph Company (ITT) and to the United Fruit Company. In the Castro government's first agrarian reform law, on 17 May 1959, the state sought to limit the size of land holdings, and to distribute that land to small farmers in \"Vital Minimum\" tracts.", "title": "History of Cuba" }, { "id": "7748883", "text": "Gerardo Machado was elected president. During his administration, tourism increased markedly, and American-owned hotels and restaurants were built to accommodate the influx of tourists. The tourist boom led to increases in gambling and prostitution in Cuba. The Wall Street Crash of 1929 led to a collapse in the price of sugar, political unrest, and repression. Protesting students, known as the Generation of 1930, turned to violence in opposition to the increasingly unpopular Machado. A general strike (in which the Communist Party sided with Machado), uprisings among sugar workers, and an army revolt forced Machado into exile in August 1933. He", "title": "Cuba" }, { "id": "17677950", "text": "the early years of the administration in a measure to cut homelessness, while nurseries and day-care centers were opened for children and other centers opened for the disabled and elderly. In January 1961, Castro ordered Havana's U.S. Embassy to reduce its 300 staff, suspecting many to be spies. The U.S. responded by ending diplomatic relations, and increasing CIA funding for exiled dissidents; these militants began attacking ships trading with Cuba, and bombed factories, shops, and sugar mills. Both Eisenhower and his successor John F. Kennedy supported a CIA plan to aid a dissident militia, the Democratic Revolutionary Front, to invade", "title": "Cuba under Fidel Castro" }, { "id": "3886724", "text": "was increased; the colonial government imposed a six percent tax increase on the Cuban planters and businesses. Additionally, all political opposition and the press were silenced. Dissatisfaction in Cuba spread on a massive scale as the mechanisms to express it were restricted. This discontent was particularly felt by the powerful planters and hacienda owners in Eastern Cuba. The failure of the latest efforts by the reformist movements, the demise of the \"\"Information Board,\"\" and another economic crisis in 1866/67 heightened social tensions on the island. The colonial administration continued to make huge profits which were not re-invested in the island", "title": "Ten Years' War" } ]

[ "June 1, 1954" ]

[ { "id": "1454003", "text": "from Kansas, signed the bill into law on May 26, 1954. It had been eight and a half years since Weeks held his first Armistice Day celebration for all veterans. Congress amended the bill on June 1, 1954, replacing \"Armistice\" with \"Veterans,\" and it has been known as Veterans Day since. The National Veterans Award was also created in 1954. Congressman Rees of Kansas received the first National Veterans Award in Birmingham, Alabama, for his support offering legislation to make Veterans Day a federal holiday. Although originally scheduled for celebration on November 11 of every year, starting in 1971 in", "title": "Veterans Day" }, { "id": "918746", "text": "November fall on a weekday. This became Remembrance Sunday. After the end of World War II, most member states of the Commonwealth of Nations, like the United Kingdom and (as Canada had in 1931), adopted the name Remembrance Day. Other countries also changed the name of the holiday just prior to or after World War II, to honor veterans of that and subsequent conflicts. The United States chose All Veterans Day, later shortened to 'Veterans Day', to explicitly honor military veterans, including those participating in other conflicts. \"For more detail on commemorations of war in different countries, see \"Remembrance Day.", "title": "Armistice Day" }, { "id": "1454001", "text": "to Americans: The United States Congress adopted a resolution on June 4, 1926, requesting that President Calvin Coolidge issue annual proclamations calling for the observance of November 11 with appropriate ceremonies. A Congressional Act (52 Stat. 351; 5 U.S. Code, Sec. 87a) approved May 13, 1938, made November 11 in each year a legal holiday: \"a day to be dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be thereafter celebrated and known as 'Armistice Day'.\" In 1945, World War II veteran Raymond Weeks from Birmingham, Alabama, had the idea to expand Armistice Day to celebrate all veterans, not just", "title": "Veterans Day" }, { "id": "1454007", "text": "which typically falls the following week, is a federal holiday. The National Commission on Federal Election Reform called for the holidays to be merged, so citizens can have a day off to vote. They state this as a way to honor voting by exercising democratic rights. While the holiday is commonly printed as \"Veteran's Day\" or \"Veterans' Day\" in calendars and advertisements (spellings that are grammatically acceptable), the United States Department of Veterans Affairs website states that the attributive (no apostrophe) rather than the possessive case is the official spelling \"because it is not a day that 'belongs' to veterans,", "title": "Veterans Day" }, { "id": "1454002", "text": "those who died in World War I. Weeks led a delegation to Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, who supported the idea of National Veterans Day. Weeks led the first national celebration in 1947 in Alabama and annually until his death in 1985. President Reagan honored Weeks at the White House with the Presidential Citizenship Medal in 1982 as the driving force for the national holiday. Elizabeth Dole, who prepared the briefing for President Reagan, determined Weeks as the \"Father of Veterans Day.\" U.S. Representative Ed Rees from Emporia, Kansas, presented a bill establishing the holiday through Congress. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, also", "title": "Veterans Day" }, { "id": "1453999", "text": "Veterans Day Veterans Day (originally known as Armistice Day) is an official United States public holiday observed annually on November 11, honoring military veterans, that is, persons who have served in the United States Armed Forces. It coincides with other holidays including Armistice Day and Remembrance Day which are celebrated in other countries that mark the anniversary of the end of World War I. Major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, when the Armistice with Germany went into effect. At the urging of major", "title": "Veterans Day" }, { "id": "1721583", "text": "1885 to all federal employees. The original four holidays were: George Washington's Birthday became a Federal holiday in 1880. In 1888 and 1894, respectively, Decoration Day (now Memorial Day) and Labor Day were created. In 1938, Armistice Day (now Veterans Day) was created to mark the end of World War I. The scope and the name of the holiday was expanded in 1954 to honor Americans who fought in World War II and the Korean War. In 1968, the Monday Holiday Act of 1968 shifted several holidays to always fall on a Monday and saw the establishment of Columbus Day.", "title": "Federal holidays in the United States" }, { "id": "1454008", "text": "it is a day for honoring all veterans.\" Veterans Day Veterans Day (originally known as Armistice Day) is an official United States public holiday observed annually on November 11, honoring military veterans, that is, persons who have served in the United States Armed Forces. It coincides with other holidays including Armistice Day and Remembrance Day which are celebrated in other countries that mark the anniversary of the end of World War I. Major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, when the Armistice with Germany", "title": "Veterans Day" }, { "id": "1075018", "text": "Anderson's honor (conditioned upon the new college paying off its mortgage). Emporia is particularly known for its newspaper, the \"Emporia Gazette\", published in the first half of the 20th century by the legendary newspaperman William Allen White. The paper became the widely perceived model of excellence in small-town journalism. In 1953, Emporia was the site of the first Veterans Day observance in the United States. At the urging of local shoe cobbler Alvin J. King, U.S. Representative Edward Rees introduced legislation in The United States Congress to rename Armistice Day as Veterans Day. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the bill", "title": "Emporia, Kansas" }, { "id": "1454004", "text": "accordance with the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, Veterans Day was moved to the fourth Monday of October (October 25, 1971; October 23, 1972; October 22, 1973; October 28, 1974; October 27, 1975; October 25, 1976, and October 24, 1977). In 1978, it was moved back to its original celebration on November 11. While the legal holiday remains on November 11, if that date happens to be on a Saturday or Sunday, then organizations that formally observe the holiday will normally be closed on the adjacent Friday or Monday, respectively. Because it is a federal holiday, some American workers and many", "title": "Veterans Day" }, { "id": "716758", "text": "Republic\" during the evening hours of 10 November 1919. The first official Armistice Day was subsequently held on the grounds of Buckingham Palace the following morning. During World War II, many countries changed the name of the holiday. Member states of the Commonwealth of Nations adopted Remembrance Day, while the US chose Veterans Day. The common British, Canadian, South African, and ANZAC tradition includes a one- or two-minute silence at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month (11:00 am, 11 November), as that marks the time (in the United Kingdom) when the armistice became effective. The", "title": "Remembrance Day" }, { "id": "1454000", "text": "U.S. veteran organizations, Armistice Day was renamed Veterans Day in 1954. Veterans Day is distinct from Memorial Day, a U.S. public holiday in May. Veterans Day celebrates the service of all U.S. military veterans, while Memorial Day honors those who \"died\" while in military service. There is another military holiday, Armed Forces Day, a minor U.S. remembrance that also occurs in May, which honors those \"currently serving\" in the U.S. military. On November 11, 1919, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson issued a message to his countrymen on the first Armistice Day, in which he expressed what he felt the day meant", "title": "Veterans Day" }, { "id": "716796", "text": "observance elsewhere is more closely matched by Memorial Day in May. In the United States, and some other allied nations, 11 November was formerly known as Armistice Day; in the United States it was given its new name in 1954 at the end of the Korean War to honour all veterans. Veterans Day is observed with memorial ceremonies, salutes at military cemeteries, and parades. Remembrance Day Remembrance Day (sometimes known informally as Poppy Day owing to the tradition of the remembrance poppy) is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth member states since the end of the First World War to", "title": "Remembrance Day" }, { "id": "17810199", "text": "of the modern post-war Japan emerging in economic importance. Further name changes were attempted later, but were unsuccessful, at which point, the name \"Victory Day\" remained the official name. The holiday celebrates the conclusion of World War II and is related to Victory over Japan Day in the United Kingdom. Rhode Island retains the holiday in tribute to the disproportionate number of sailors it sent and lost in the Pacific front. In 2015, the Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama honored 500 veterans on the 70th anniversary of the end of the war. Victory Day has commemorated the anniversary", "title": "Victory Day (United States)" }, { "id": "666564", "text": "convenient three-day weekend. The change moved Memorial Day from its traditional May 30 date to the last Monday in May. The law took effect at the federal level in 1971. After some initial confusion and unwillingness to comply, all 50 states adopted Congress' change of date within a few years. Memorial Day endures as a holiday which most businesses observe because it marks the unofficial beginning of summer. The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW) advocated returning to the original date, although the significance of the date is tenuous. The VFW", "title": "Memorial Day" }, { "id": "666551", "text": "B. Murray as the founders of the holiday. Scholars have determined that the Waterloo account is a myth. Snopes and Live Science also discredit the Waterloo account. On May 5, 1868, General John A. Logan issued a proclamation calling for \"Decoration Day\" to be observed annually and nationwide; he was commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, an organization of and for Union Civil War veterans. With his proclamation, Logan adopted the Memorial Day practice that had begun in the Southern states three years earlier. The first northern Memorial Day was observed on May 30, 1868. One author claims", "title": "Memorial Day" }, { "id": "666563", "text": "to the Memorial Day weekend. The Final of the NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship has been held on Memorial Day since 1986. The preferred name for the holiday gradually changed from \"Decoration Day\" to \"Memorial Day,\" which was first used in 1882. Memorial Day did not become the more common name until after World War II, and was not declared the official name by Federal law until 1967. On June 28, 1968, Congress passed the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, which moved four holidays, including Memorial Day, from their traditional dates to a specified Monday in order to create a", "title": "Memorial Day" }, { "id": "710817", "text": "the Allies of World War I and the German Empire at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front of World War I, which took effect at eleven o'clock in the morning—the \"eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month\" of 1918. Most countries changed the name of the holiday after World War II, to honor veterans of that and subsequent conflicts. Most member states of the Commonwealth of Nations adopted the name Remembrance Day, while the United States chose Veterans Day. Armistice An armistice is a formal agreement of warring parties to stop fighting.", "title": "Armistice" }, { "id": "1506278", "text": "of the end of the Second World War in 1995, it has become usual to hold ceremonies on both Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday. In 2006, then Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown proposed that in addition to Remembrance Sunday, a new national day to celebrate the achievements of veterans should be instituted. The \"Veterans Day\", to be held in the summer, would be similar to Veterans Day celebrations in the United States. This has now been renamed \"Armed Forces Day\", to include currently serving troops to Service families, and from veterans to cadets. The first \"Armed Forces Day\" was", "title": "Remembrance Sunday" }, { "id": "918743", "text": "period of 36 days and had to be extended several times. A formal peace agreement was only reached when the Treaty of Versailles was signed the following year. The date is a national holiday in France, and was declared a national holiday in many Allied nations. During World War II, many countries changed the name of the holiday. Member states of the Commonwealth of Nations adopted Remembrance Day, while the US chose Veterans Day. In some countries Armistice Day coincides with other public holidays.<br> On 11 November 2018, the centenary of the World War One Armistice, commemorations were held globally.", "title": "Armistice Day" }, { "id": "666550", "text": "Union and Confederate memorial traditions, celebrated on different days, merged, and Memorial Day eventually extended to honor all Americans who died while in the military service. On May 26, 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson designated an \"official\" birthplace of the holiday by signing the presidential proclamation naming Waterloo, New York, as the holder of the title. This action followed House Concurrent Resolution 587, in which the 89th Congress had officially recognized that the patriotic tradition of observing Memorial Day had begun one hundred years prior in Waterloo, New York. The village credits druggist Henry C. Welles and county clerk John", "title": "Memorial Day" }, { "id": "666558", "text": "prototype for the national day of memory embraced by the nation in 1868. By 1890, there was a shift from the emphasis on honoring specific soldiers to a public commemoration of the Confederate south. Changes in the ceremony's hymns and speeches reflect an evolution of the ritual into a symbol of cultural renewal and conservatism in the South. By 1913, David Blight argues, the theme of American nationalism shared equal time with the Confederate. Starting in 1868, the ceremonies and Memorial Day address at Gettysburg National Park became nationally known. In July 1913, veterans of the United States and Confederate", "title": "Memorial Day" }, { "id": "17555666", "text": "celebrate it or how. Kansas and Texas both celebrate the week containing September 17, the date the U.S. Constitution was signed. Oklahoma celebrates the holiday the week containing November 11, Veterans Day, while Florida and Arkansas celebrate it the last full week of September. Kansas passed the law to make it an official holiday week and became effective on July 1, 2013. Arkansas passed House Bill 2756 and made it official as Act 682 on March 26, 2003. Florida made it law in 2002 (statute 1003.421). Texas made the law effective in 2001 and then modified the law December 7,", "title": "Celebrate Freedom Week" }, { "id": "793293", "text": "the first domiciliary and medical facility for veterans was authorized by the federal government, but not opened until 1834. In the 19th century, the nation's veterans assistance program was expanded to include benefits and pensions not only for veterans, but also their widows and dependents. After the end of the American Civil War in 1865, many state veterans' homes were established. Since domiciliary care was available at all state veterans homes, incidental medical and hospital treatment was provided for all injuries and diseases, whether or not of service origin. Indigent and disabled veterans of the Civil War, Indian Wars, Spanish–American", "title": "United States Department of Veterans Affairs" }, { "id": "918747", "text": "In the United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries, both Remembrance Day and Remembrance Sunday are commemorated formally, but are not public holidays. The National Service of Remembrance is held in London on Remembrance Sunday. In the United States, Veterans Day honours American veterans, both living and dead. The official national remembrance of those killed in action is Memorial Day, which predates World War I. Some, including American novelist Kurt Vonnegut and American Veteran For Peace Rory Fanning, have urged Americans to resume observation of 11 November as Armistice Day, a day to reflect on how we can achieve peace as it", "title": "Armistice Day" }, { "id": "666559", "text": "armies gathered in Gettysburg to commemorate the fifty-year anniversary of the Civil War's bloodiest and most famous battle. Since the cemetery dedication at Gettysburg occurred on November 19, that day (or the closest weekend) has been designated as their own local memorial day that is referred to as Remembrance Day. Indiana from the 1860s to the 1920s saw numerous debates on how to expand the celebration. It was a favorite lobbying activity of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR). An 1884 GAR handbook explained that Memorial Day was \"the day of all days in the G.A.R. Calendar\" in terms", "title": "Memorial Day" }, { "id": "3117649", "text": "Department of Veterans Affairs Act The Department of Veterans Affairs Act of 1988 () changed the former Veterans Administration, an independent government agency established in 1930, primarily at that time to see to needs of World War I, into a Cabinet-level Department of Veterans Affairs. It was signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on October 25, 1988, but actually came into effect under the term of his successor, George H. W. Bush, on March 15, 1989. This bill passed into law over the objection of some of President Reagan's fellow Republicans, who were committed to preventing the U.S. federal", "title": "Department of Veterans Affairs Act" }, { "id": "1480169", "text": "GAR almost disappeared in the early 1870s, and many state-centered divisions, named \"departments\", and local posts ceased to exist. In his General Order No. 11, dated May 5, 1868, first GAR Commander-in-Chief, General John A. Logan declared May 30 to be Memorial Day (also referred to for many years as \"Decoration Day\"), calling upon the GAR membership to make the May 30 observance an annual occurrence. Although not the first time war graves had been decorated, Logan's order effectively established \"Memorial Day\" as the day upon which Americans now pay tribute to all their war casualties, missing-in-action, and deceased veterans.", "title": "Grand Army of the Republic" }, { "id": "793299", "text": "Veterans Affairs. It was signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on 25 October 1988, but actually came into effect under the term of his successor, George H. W. Bush, on 15 March 1989. The Department of Veterans Affairs was created due to nearly one third of the population being eligible for veterans benefits. Its proponents argued that due to the large number of Americans affected by the VA, it needed an administrator who had direct access to the president. In their major reform period of 1995–2000, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) implemented universal primary care, closed 55% of their", "title": "United States Department of Veterans Affairs" }, { "id": "8645034", "text": "increase the number of three-day weekends for federal employees, a favorite goal of the travel industry. Veterans Day was removed from this list of \"always-on-Monday\" holidays when it was moved back to its traditional date of November 11, by act of Congress in 1975, effective 1978. The Act did not officially establish \"Presidents Day\", nor did it combine the observance of Lincoln's Birthday with Washington's Birthday. The perception stems from the fact that the act placed federal observance of Washington's \"birthday\" in the week of February 15 to 21 and, since that week always falls between Lincoln's birthday (February 12)", "title": "Uniform Monday Holiday Act" }, { "id": "6260989", "text": "of intoxication, set against the solitary saint. There is a closely similar painting by Peeter Baltens, which can be seen here: . 'Armistice Day' (also known as 'Remembrance Day' and 'Veterans Day') is on 11 November and commemorates the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front, which took effect at eleven o'clock in the morning — the \"eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month\" of 1918. The edict of 9 October 1807, one of the first and central reforms of Baron", "title": "St. Martin's Day" }, { "id": "1045992", "text": "This was the beginning of the influential work by ladies' organizations to honor the war dead. The date for the holiday was selected by Elizabeth \"Lizzie\" Rutherford Ellis. She chose April 26, the first anniversary of Confederate General Johnston's final surrender to Union General Sherman at Bennett Place, North Carolina. For many in the South, that act marked the official end of the Civil War. In 1868, General John A. Logan, commander in chief of the Union Civil War Veterans Fraternity called the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), launched the Memorial Day holiday that has become observed in the", "title": "Columbus, Georgia" }, { "id": "4497523", "text": "disorder or injury that was incurred in, or aggravated by, their military service, and which causes social and occupational impairment. Many U.S. states also offer disability benefits for veterans. Archival record of the benefits awarded to injured soldiers and veterans of the American Civil War began after 1865. Union soldiers received a more committed pension archival effort on the part of the Federal government, thanks to superior databases in the North and a more stable bureaucratic oversight. Turmoil during Reconstruction in the war-weary South made any effort at maintaining pension records difficult if not impossible. Later university-led research projects would", "title": "Veterans' benefits" }, { "id": "10446891", "text": "Armed Forces Day (United Kingdom) Armed Forces Day (formerly Veterans' Day) in the United Kingdom is an annual event celebrated in late June to commemorate the service of men and women in the British Armed Forces. Veterans' Day was first observed in 2006. Although an official event, it is not a public holiday in the UK. The name was changed to Armed Forces Day in 2009. Armed Forces Day has so far been observed on the last Saturday of June. Plans for a Veterans' Day were announced in February 2006 by then-Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, who said the", "title": "Armed Forces Day (United Kingdom)" }, { "id": "666557", "text": "monuments as a permanent way of remembering the Confederate dead. The most important of these was the United Daughters of the Confederacy, which grew from 17,000 members in 1900 to nearly 100,000 women by World War I. They were \"strikingly successful at raising money to build Confederate monuments, lobbying legislatures and Congress for the reburial of Confederate dead, and working to shape the content of history textbooks.\" In 1868, some southerners appended the label \"Confederate\" to what they originally called \"Memorial Day\" after northerners co-opted the holiday. The tradition of observances were linked to the South, they served as the", "title": "Memorial Day" }, { "id": "666544", "text": "in national cemeteries. Two other days celebrate those who serve or have served in the U.S. military: Veterans Day, which celebrates the service of U.S. military veterans; and Armed Forces Day, a minor U.S. remembrance celebrated earlier in May, specifically honoring those in the U.S. military. The emergence and evolution of the Memorial Day holiday in the United States has been a highly controversial subject. The University of Mississippi's Center for Civil War Research and Columbus State University's Center for Memorial Day Research serve as excellent starting points for investigating the topic. The practice of decorating soldiers' graves with flowers", "title": "Memorial Day" }, { "id": "10749042", "text": "Administrator of Veterans Affairs The Administrator of Veterans Affairs was the head of the Veterans Administration, a United States Government agency responsible for military veterans benefits. The administrator was appointed by the President. In 1989, the Veterans Administration was replaced by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (a member of the cabinet) as its head. Derwinski went on to become the first Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Before the VA was established on July 21, 1930, its functions were carried out by the U.S. Veterans’ Bureau, the Bureau of Pensions of the Interior Department,", "title": "Administrator of Veterans Affairs" }, { "id": "12914291", "text": "the Republican Party of Wisconsin. In July 1953 President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed Higley to be the Administrator of Veterans Affairs, where he helped to establish Veterans Day as a US Holiday. Higley held the position until November 1957 when he retired and returned to Wisconsin. Higley died on October 15, 1986. Harvey V. Higley Harvey Vanzandt Higley (October 26, 1892 – October 15, 1986) He was born in Cheshire, Ohio, and studied chemistry at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, graduating in October 1915. After serving in World War I he went to work for the Ansul Chemical Company of Marinette,", "title": "Harvey V. Higley" }, { "id": "3443566", "text": "resignation, 97 hospitals were in operation and 29 new hospitals had been built. As a result, the VA health system was able to serve a much larger population of veterans than it had served in previous years. In 1988, President Reagan signed the Department of Veterans Affairs Act, which elevated the VA to Cabinet-level, then becoming known as the Department of Veterans Affairs. The Department of Veterans Affairs oversees the Veterans Health Administration. In the mid-1980s the VHA was criticized for their high operative mortality. To that end, Congress passed Public Law 99-166 in December 1985 which mandated the VHA", "title": "Veterans Health Administration" }, { "id": "666549", "text": "Day in Charleston, South Carolina\", in 2012, Blight stated that he \"has no evidence\" that the event in Charleston inspired the establishment of Memorial Day across the country. Accordingly, investigators for Time Magazine, LiveScience, RealClearLife and Snopes have called this conclusion into question. In 1868, copying the southern annual observance of the previous three years, General John A. Logan of the Grand Army of the Republic, an organization of Union veterans founded in Decatur, Illinois, established Decoration Day as a time for the nation to decorate the graves of the Union war dead with flowers. By the 20th century, various", "title": "Memorial Day" }, { "id": "15562042", "text": "if the day reminds a victory day, it is not celebrated as such. Among the events there are services in the Evangelical Lutheran churches, honorary guards on the war hero tombs, deposing wreath and the collecting money for the charity of the last war veterans' needs. On the initiative of the war veteran organisations the state council (cabinet) declared 27 April 1986 the national veterans' day. The first national veterans' day was celebrated the first time in Lahti, 27 April 1987. There is one main event and several smaller main events in the various regions and many local events. National", "title": "National Veterans' Day" }, { "id": "17810198", "text": "Victory Day (United States) Victory Day is a holiday observed in the United States state of Rhode Island with state offices closed on the second Monday of August. Furthermore, in 2017, WPRI-TV claimed that Arkansas and Rhode Island were the only two states to ever celebrate the holiday, though Arkansas's name for the holiday was \"World War II Memorial Day.\" Originally, the official name was \"Victory over Japan Day\" and \"V-J Day\", as proclaimed by then President Harry S. Truman and was officially observed on September 2 nationwide. At some point, the name was changed to \"Victory Day\" in light", "title": "Victory Day (United States)" }, { "id": "1454005", "text": "students have Veterans Day off from work or school. When Veterans Day falls on a Saturday then either Saturday or the preceding Friday may be designated as the holiday, whereas if it falls on a Sunday it is typically observed on the following Monday. When it falls on weekend many private companies offer it as a floating holiday where employee can choose some other day. A Society for Human Resource Management poll in 2010 found that 21 percent of employers planned to observe the holiday in 2011. Non-essential federal government offices are closed. No mail is delivered. All federal workers", "title": "Veterans Day" }, { "id": "9177193", "text": "meanings in the past, while more recently it has obtained the connotation of \"Day\" itself, thereby creating the phrase \"Day-Day\", or \"Day of Days\". The earliest use of these terms by the United States Army that the U.S. Army Center of Military History has been able to find was during World War I. In Field Order Number 9, First Army, American Expeditionary Forces, dated 7 September 1918: \"The First Army will attack at H hour on D day with the object of forcing the evacuation of the St. Mihiel Salient.\" D-Day for the invasion of Normandy by the Allies was", "title": "D-Day (military term)" }, { "id": "10749043", "text": "and the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. The director of the Veterans' Bureau corresponds somewhat with the later position of Administrator. Administrator of Veterans Affairs The Administrator of Veterans Affairs was the head of the Veterans Administration, a United States Government agency responsible for military veterans benefits. The administrator was appointed by the President. In 1989, the Veterans Administration was replaced by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (a member of the cabinet) as its head. Derwinski went on to become the first Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Before the VA was established", "title": "Administrator of Veterans Affairs" }, { "id": "8645033", "text": "Uniform Monday Holiday Act The Uniform Monday Holiday Act () is an Act of Congress that amended the federal holiday provisions of the United States Code to establish the observance of certain holidays on Mondays. The Act was signed into law on June 28, 1968, and took effect on January 1, 1971. The Act moved Washington's Birthday (February 22), Memorial Day (May 30), and Veterans Day (November 11) from fixed dates to designated Mondays, and established as a federal holiday Columbus Day—which had previously been celebrated in some states on October 12—to a designated Monday. The Act was designed to", "title": "Uniform Monday Holiday Act" }, { "id": "1721348", "text": "Union graves were decorated during the first observance. The day was even referred to as Memorial Day by \"The Baltimore Sun\" on May 8, 1866 after the ladies organization that started it. The name Confederate Memorial Day was not used until the Northern observance was initiated in 1868. While initially cool to the idea of a Northern version of the holiday, General John A. Logan was eventually won over as evidenced by his General Order No. 11 of May 5, 1868 wherein he commanded the posts of Grand Army of the Republic to likewise strew flowers on the graves of", "title": "Confederate Memorial Day" }, { "id": "4497524", "text": "give insight into the history of pension provisions by the Federal government leading up to the Civil War. These analysis shed light on the ever-changing role of compensation in American society and delved into the idea that American Revolutionary War soldiers received superior care after war than later Civil War veterans. In 1932 veterans from the First World War marched on Washington as the Bonus Army, also known as the Bonus Expeditionary Force. Veterans' benefits Throughout history war veterans have received compensation. Roman soldiers were given rewards at the end of their service including cash or land (\"praemia\"). Augustus fixed", "title": "Veterans' benefits" }, { "id": "793294", "text": "War, and Mexican Border period as well as discharged regular members of the Armed Forces were cared for at these homes. Congress established a new system of veterans benefits when the United States entered World War I in 1917. Included were programs for disability compensation, insurance for servicepersons and veterans, and vocational rehabilitation for the disabled. By the 1920s, the various benefits were administered by three different federal agencies: the Veterans Bureau, the Bureau of Pensions of the Interior Department, and the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. The establishment of the Veterans Administration came in 1930 when Congress authorized", "title": "United States Department of Veterans Affairs" }, { "id": "2159933", "text": "up the two largest populations, with 3% of all veterans having been born outside of the United States. As of 2017 there are some 21 million American veterans. President Abraham Lincoln, in his second inaugural address in 1865 towards the end of the American Civil War, famously called for good treatment of veterans: \"[T]o care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan\". The American Civil War produced veterans' organizations, such as the Grand Army of the Republic and United Confederate Veterans. The treatment of veterans changed after the First World War. In", "title": "Veteran" }, { "id": "793292", "text": "the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. In May 2014, it was revealed that veterans died while waiting for their appointments during extended delays in getting care at the Veterans Health Administration. An investigation found that VA personnel falsified scheduling data to make it seem as if they had met scheduling targets. The Continental Congress of 1776 encouraged enlistments during the American Revolutionary War by providing pensions for soldiers who were disabled. Direct medical and hospital care given to veterans in the early days of the U.S. was provided by the individual states and communities. In 1811,", "title": "United States Department of Veterans Affairs" }, { "id": "2159935", "text": "of active duty, after the above-mentioned date the veteran must have served at least 24 months. However, if the veteran was medically discharged and receives a VA service-connected disability stipend, the time limits are not applicable. After the Second World War, in part due to the experience of the First World War, most of the participating states set up elaborate veterans' administrations. Within the United States, it was veterans groups, like the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars organization, that pushed for and got the G.I. Bill enacted. These gave veterans access to free or subsidized education and health", "title": "Veteran" }, { "id": "1073083", "text": "started in 1946 as a way to honor local veterans returning home from World War II, and has evolved into a family festival. The original V-J Day was August 15, 1945, the day the Victory Over Japan was celebrated by the Allied Nations. On September 2, 1945, the Japanese signed the official surrender document. That Labor Day weekend marked the end of nearly four years of devastation, loss and sacrifice for the nation. More than 300,000 Americans in the armed services died in Europe and the Pacific arenas. The very next year, Arma celebrated its VJ Day in connection with", "title": "Arma, Kansas" }, { "id": "11823581", "text": "for thousands of Americans to come together and honor the men and women who have served in uniform from the American Revolution to Operation Iraqi Freedom, and has sought to educate the public about the meaning of this hallowed day. For nearly 70 years, Washington, D.C. was without a parade on Memorial day despite the fact that Memorial Day parades have been a tradition in cities throughout the United States for well over a century. Ever since the American Veterans Center started the National Memorial Day Parade, it has quickly become an event for the entire country and a major", "title": "American Veterans Center" }, { "id": "716767", "text": "which was fixed by statute on the Monday of the week in which 11 November fell. In 1931, the federal parliament adopted an act to amend the \"Armistice Day Act\", providing that the day should be observed on 11 November and that the day should be known as \"Remembrance Day\". A bill (C-597) intended to make Remembrance Day a federal statutory holiday was tabled in the House of Commons during the 41st parliament, but died on the order paper when parliament was dissolved for a federal election. The federal department of Veterans Affairs Canada states that the date is of", "title": "Remembrance Day" }, { "id": "5345050", "text": "disability allowance, and hospitalization for injuries incurred while in uniform, as rewards for service to one's country. It wasn't until the heyday of the spoils system, however, that appointments to Federal positions as a reward for military service become a popular practice. These appointments, however, were usually reserved for ex-officers, and not for the rank and file soldier. Towards the end of the Civil War, Congress passed the first significant veterans' preference legislation. This act provided that: Under this legislation, preference in appointments was limited to disabled veterans who were otherwise qualified for the work to be performed. This 1865", "title": "Veterans' Preference Act of 1944" }, { "id": "20082160", "text": "Veterans Day. The proclamation called \"upon all Americans to observe this day with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities that commemorate the 50 year anniversary of the Vietnam War.\" National Vietnam War Veterans Day National Vietnam War Veterans Day is a US holiday observed annually on March 29. It recognizes veterans who served in the US military during the Vietnam War. It should not be confused with Veterans Day. On March 28, 2017, President Donald J. Trump signed the \"Vietnam War Veterans Recognition Act of 2017\". This act officially recognizes March 29 as National Vietnam War Veterans Day. The Act also", "title": "National Vietnam War Veterans Day" }, { "id": "666548", "text": "cultural significance. Under the leadership of women during the war, an increasingly formal practice of decorating graves had taken shape. In 1865, the federal government began creating national military cemeteries for the Union war dead. On May 1, 1865, in Charleston, South Carolina, recently freed African-Americans held a parade of 10,000 people to honor 257 dead Union Soldiers, whose remains they had reburied from a mass grave in a Confederate prison camp. Historian David W. Blight cites contemporary news reports of this incident in the \"Charleston Daily Courier\" and the \"New-York Tribune.\" Although Blight claimed that \"African Americans invented Memorial", "title": "Memorial Day" }, { "id": "20082159", "text": "National Vietnam War Veterans Day National Vietnam War Veterans Day is a US holiday observed annually on March 29. It recognizes veterans who served in the US military during the Vietnam War. It should not be confused with Veterans Day. On March 28, 2017, President Donald J. Trump signed the \"Vietnam War Veterans Recognition Act of 2017\". This act officially recognizes March 29 as National Vietnam War Veterans Day. The Act also includes the day among those days on which the US flag should especially be displayed. On March 29, 2012, President Barack Obama proclaimed March 29, 2012, as Vietnam", "title": "National Vietnam War Veterans Day" }, { "id": "14684337", "text": "on the rise. Memorial Hall was officially closed on October 19, 1965. Many of its contents were distributed to various veteran organizations. Shortly after the hall left the premises of the courthouse, it was renamed Veterans Memorial Hall and was given a small room at the Saint Louis County Heritage and Arts Center (the Depot). In the 1990s, a movement to combine Veterans' Memorial Hall with the Saint Louis County Historical Society began, and VMH took on the identity that it has today. It officially opened to the public as Veterans' Memorial Hall on Veteran's Day 1999. Sustained by the", "title": "Veterans' Memorial Hall (Duluth, Minnesota)" }, { "id": "20036761", "text": "to strengthen funding of Morale, Welfare and Recreation programs in support of service members’ and their families’ Quality of Life. On Jan. 11, 2017, after years of coordination with the Exchange, Departments of Defense, Army and Air Force as well as several other federal agencies, Shull received word that a change to DoD policy would extend limited online exchange privileges to all honorably discharged veterans starting Nov. 11, 2017—Veterans Day. Congressional oversight committees were notified as well and had 30 days to comment. No comments were provided, and the Veterans online shopping benefit—the first new benefit for Veterans since 1953—began", "title": "Tom Shull" }, { "id": "793298", "text": "the Veterans Administration grew enormously during the following six decades. Further educational assistance acts were passed for the benefit of veterans of the Korean War, the Vietnam Era, the introduction of an \"all-volunteer force\" in the 1970s (following the end of conscription in the United States in 1973), the Persian Gulf War, and those who served following the attacks of September 11, 2001. The Department of Veterans Affairs Act of 1988 () changed the former Veterans Administration, an independent government agency established in 1930, primarily to see to the needs of World War I veterans, into a Cabinet-level Department of", "title": "United States Department of Veterans Affairs" }, { "id": "18292844", "text": "the North and the South since the earliest days of the war. John A. Logan, a former Major General in the Union Army, had been elected \"Commander in Chief\" of the Grand Army of the Republic, an organization for Union Civil War veterans. Aware of the growing acceptance of Decoration Day as a holiday, Logan issued a statement on May 5, 1868, calling for \"Decoration Day\" to be observed nationwide on an annual basis. Logan set the date for May 30, because it was not the anniversary of any particular battle. The establishment of Decoration Day as an official government", "title": "Tanner Amphitheater" }, { "id": "10446893", "text": "be called Veterans' Day in the UK, it is not the same as the United States' Veterans Day which is more similar to Remembrance Day in the Commonwealth. On 25 June 2007, Jim Devine the Member of Parliament for Livingston, tabled a House of Commons Early Day Motion calling for the day to be a public holiday, stating \"that this House recognises the outstanding contribution that veterans have made to the country; and believes that Veterans' Day should be a national public holiday across the United Kingdom.\" The first Veterans' Day in 2006 saw a series of events across the", "title": "Armed Forces Day (United Kingdom)" }, { "id": "4241377", "text": "two flyover ramps at Highway 401. The section between Roger Stevens Drive and what had now become Leeds and Grenville County Road 43, including a second crossing of the Rideau River, opened to traffic on June 26, 1998. This was followed two months later by the section between Highway 43 and Oxford Station Road, which opened on August 24. On the fifty-fourth anniversary of D-Day, June 6, 1998, then Transportation Minister Tony Clement unveiled two signs in Ottawa and formally declared the entire length of Highway 416 as the Veterans Memorial Highway, despite earlier reluctance from previous minister Al Palladini.", "title": "Ontario Highway 416" }, { "id": "2159929", "text": "on public transit. Most countries have a holiday such as Veterans Day to honour their veterans, along with the war dead. In Zimbabwe, the term veteran is used for political purpose and may not actually refer to someone that participated in a war, but still feels entitled to some benefit because of association with a cause for which there had been an actual war. Britain, with its historic distrust of standing armies, did little for its veterans before the 19th century. It did set up two small hospitals for them in the 1680s. In London and other cities the streets", "title": "Veteran" }, { "id": "7744496", "text": "World Freedom Day (United States) World Freedom Day is a United States federal observance declared by then-President George W. Bush to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of communist rule in Central and Eastern Europe. It started in 2001 and is celebrated on November 9. For this occasion, conservative youth groups such as Young America's Foundation and the College Republicans urge students to commemorate this day (which they mark as the start of \"Freedom Week,\" thus including Veterans Day) by \"celebrating victory over communism\" through provocative flyer campaigns and activism projects. Many conservative political commentators and", "title": "World Freedom Day (United States)" }, { "id": "9830495", "text": "World War Veterans The World War Veterans was established in 1919 as a progressive organization of American veterans of the First World War. It officially claimed to have been organized just 9 days after the armistice, on November 20, 1918 in Bois, France. The group filed formal certificate of incorporation in New York state on February 13, 1919. The purposes of the corporation stated at that time included (1) To band together veterans of World War I who have served in any branch of the United States service; (2) To preserve the ideals for which these veterans served; and (3)", "title": "World War Veterans" }, { "id": "3443565", "text": "for disabled veterans. However, by the late 1920s, the homes were providing a level of care comparable to hospital care. President Hoover created the Veterans Administration (VA) in 1930 to consolidate all veteran services. General Omar N. Bradley was appointed to VA administrator and Bradley appointed Major General Paul Hawley as director of VA medicine, both in 1945. Hawley successfully established a policy that affiliated new VA hospitals with medical schools. Hawley also promoted resident and teaching fellowships at VA hospitals. Ultimately, Hawley was responsible for starting the hospital-based research program at the VA. Bradley resigned in 1947. However, upon", "title": "Veterans Health Administration" }, { "id": "661926", "text": "veterans, and their families. In 2017, President Donald Trump signed the Forever GI Bill extending the allowable time period for veterans to pursue educational opportunities. On June 22, 1944, the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the G.I. Bill of Rights, was signed into law. During the war, politicians wanted to avoid the postwar confusion about veterans' benefits that became a political football in the 1920s and 1930s. Veterans' organizations that had formed after the First World War had millions of members; they mobilized support in Congress for a bill that provided benefits only to veterans of military", "title": "G.I. Bill" }, { "id": "8645036", "text": "relocated the date of Columbus Day to the same date as Thanksgiving in Canada. Several Canadian provinces would later establish Family Day which coincides with Washington's Birthday. Uniform Monday Holiday Act The Uniform Monday Holiday Act () is an Act of Congress that amended the federal holiday provisions of the United States Code to establish the observance of certain holidays on Mondays. The Act was signed into law on June 28, 1968, and took effect on January 1, 1971. The Act moved Washington's Birthday (February 22), Memorial Day (May 30), and Veterans Day (November 11) from fixed dates to designated", "title": "Uniform Monday Holiday Act" }, { "id": "2111146", "text": "Republicans. The bill requested that the President designate September 11 of each year as Patriot Day. Joint Resolution 71 passed the House by a vote of 407–0, with 25 members not voting. The bill passed the Senate unanimously on November 30. President Bush signed the resolution into law on December 18 as . On September 4, 2002, President Bush used the authority of the resolution to proclaim September 11, 2002, as the first Patriot Day. Original co-sponsors in the House were: From 2009 to 2016, President Barack Obama proclaimed September 11 as Patriot Day and National Day of Service and", "title": "Patriot Day" }, { "id": "1937640", "text": "Eagles (who played at the University of Pennsylvania's Franklin Field) and the Phillies. Because of cost overruns, the voters had to go to the polls again in 1967 to approve another $13 million. At a total cost of $60 million, it was one of the most-expensive ballparks to date. The stadium was named by the Philadelphia City Council, in 1968, for the veterans of all wars. As early as December 1969, the Phillies expected that they would play the first month of the 1970 season at Connie Mack Stadium before moving to the new venue. However, the opening was delayed", "title": "Veterans Stadium" }, { "id": "9177194", "text": "originally set for June 5, 1944, but bad weather and heavy seas caused U.S. Army General Dwight David Eisenhower to delay until June 6 and \"that\" date has been popularly referred to ever since by the short title \"D-Day\". Because of the connotation with the invasion of Normandy, planners of later military operations sometimes avoided the term to prevent confusion. For example, Douglas MacArthur's invasion of Leyte began on \"A-Day\", and the invasion of Okinawa began on \"L-Day\". The Allies' proposed invasions of Japan would have begun on \"X-Day\" (on Kyūshū, scheduled for November 1945) and \"Y-Day\" (on Honshū, scheduled", "title": "D-Day (military term)" }, { "id": "666552", "text": "that the date was chosen because it was not the anniversary of any particular battle. According to a White House address in 2010, the date was chosen as the optimal date for flowers to be in bloom in the North. The northern states quickly adopted the holiday. In 1868, memorial events were held in 183 cemeteries in 27 states, and 336 in 1869. In 1871, Michigan made \"Decoration Day\" an official state holiday and by 1890, every northern state had followed suit. There was no standard program for the ceremonies, but they were typically sponsored by the Women's Relief Corps,", "title": "Memorial Day" }, { "id": "1857801", "text": "almost to the outbreak of World War I. The name of the warship that served the Confederacy in the Battle of Hampton Roads has been a continuing source of confusion and some contention. She was originally a screw frigate in the United States Navy carrying the name USS \"Merrimack\". All parties continued to use the name after her capture by secessionists while she was being rebuilt as an ironclad. When her conversion was almost complete, her name was officially changed to \"Virginia\". Despite the official name change, Union accounts persisted in calling \"Merrimack\" by her original name, while Confederate sources", "title": "Battle of Hampton Roads" }, { "id": "3443564", "text": "the U.S. Department of Defense Military Health System of which it is not a part. The VHA division has more employees than all other elements of the VA combined. The first Federal agency to provide medical care to veterans was the Naval Home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The home was created in 1812 and was followed by the creation of Soldiers Home in 1853 and St. Elizabeth's Hospital in 1855. Congress created the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in 1865 in response to the high number of Civil War casualties. These homes were initially intended to be room and board", "title": "Veterans Health Administration" }, { "id": "3280485", "text": "Armed Forces Day Armed Forces Day is the broad term used to describe holidays observed by nations around the world to honor their military forces. It combines elements of the U.S. holidays Veterans Day (formerly Armistice Day) which recognizes living veterans of the U.S. armed forces and Memorial Day, which recognizes veterans no longer alive. The concept also includes elements of Remembrance Day in many other nations. In Argentina, the commemorative dates of the Armed Forces are as follows: Բանակի օր (English: \"Army Day\") is celebrated on 28 January to commemorate the formation of the armed forces of the newly", "title": "Armed Forces Day" }, { "id": "3443573", "text": "it clear to the administration that it was time for a reform. This directive required all VA facilities to have primary care teams by year 1996. As a result, percentage of patients receiving primary care at the VA increased from 38 percent to 45 percent to 95 percent, during 1993, 1996, and 1999. This mandate served as the foundation for the VA reorganization under Dr. Kenneth W. Kizer. Dr. Kizer, a physician trained in emergency medicine and Public Health, was appointed by President Bill Clinton as Director of U.S. Veterans Health Administration in 1994. He was hired to update and", "title": "Veterans Health Administration" }, { "id": "1937638", "text": "game seventeen times between 1980 and 2001. In addition to professional baseball and football, the stadium hosted other amateur and professional sports, large entertainment events, and other civic affairs. It was demolished by implosion in March 2004 after being replaced by the adjacent Citizens Bank Park and Lincoln Financial Field. A parking lot now sits on its former site. As early as 1959, Phillies owner R. R. M. Carpenter Jr. proposed building a new ballpark for the Phillies on adjacent to the Garden State Park Racetrack in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. The Phillies' then-home, Shibe Park, was starting to show", "title": "Veterans Stadium" }, { "id": "716795", "text": "of partitions. Major events include laying flowers on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by members of the government and highest authorities, other public ceremonies and church services and school celebrations. It has been a statutory holiday in Serbia since 2012. Serbia is an Allied force that suffered the biggest casualty rate in World War I. To commemorate their victims, people in Serbia wear Natalie's ramonda as a symbol of remembrance. Veterans Day is observed in the United States on 11 November, and is both a federal holiday and a state holiday in all states. However, the function of the", "title": "Remembrance Day" }, { "id": "17722542", "text": "to commemorate the Union and Confederate soldiers who died in the Civil War. The Confederates set up a different day at first but then merged it into the national holiday. By the 20th century, Memorial Day had been extended to honor all Americans who have died while in the military service. The \"Lost Cause\" is the literary and intellectual movement that sought to reconcile the traditional white society of the South to the defeat of their new nation. Gallagher and Nolan say: The death of General Ulysses S. Grant in 1885 was the occasion for commemoration. A funeral train carried", "title": "Commemoration of the American Civil War" }, { "id": "1454006", "text": "are paid for the holiday; those who are required to work on the holiday sometimes receive holiday pay for that day in addition to their wages. In his Armistice Day address to Congress, Wilson was sensitive to the psychological toll of the lean War years: \"Hunger does not breed reform; it breeds madness,\" he remarked. As Veterans Day and the birthday of the United States Marine Corps (November 10, 1775) are only one day apart, that branch of the Armed Forces customarily observes both occasions as a 96-hour liberty period. Election Day is a regular working day, while Veterans Day,", "title": "Veterans Day" }, { "id": "12660247", "text": "Dependent and Disability Pension Act The Dependent and Disability Pension Act was passed by the United States Congress (26 Stat. 182) and signed into law by President Benjamin Harrison on June 27, 1890. The act provided pensions for all veterans who had served at least ninety days in the Union military or naval forces, were honorably discharged from service and were unable to perform manual labor, regardless of their financial situation or when the disability was suffered. The bill was a source of contentious debate and only passed after Grover Cleveland had vetoed a previous version in 1887. The issue", "title": "Dependent and Disability Pension Act" }, { "id": "4497522", "text": "Veterans' benefits Throughout history war veterans have received compensation. Roman soldiers were given rewards at the end of their service including cash or land (\"praemia\"). Augustus fixed the amount in AD 5 at 3000 denarii and by the time of Caracalla it had risen to 5000 denarii. The US Department of Veterans Affairs provides a wide variety of benefits, e.g., educational assistance (GI Bill), healthcare, assisted living, home loans, insurance, and burial and memorial services, for retired or separated United States armed forces personnel, their dependents, and survivors. The VA provides compensation to disabled veterans who suffer from a medical", "title": "Veterans' benefits" }, { "id": "666543", "text": "Memorial Day Memorial Day or Decoration Day is a federal holiday in the United States for remembering the people who died while serving in the country's armed forces. The holiday, which is currently observed every year on the last Monday of May, was held on May 28, 2018. The holiday was held on May 30 from 1868 to 1970. It marks the unofficial start of the summer vacation season, while Labor Day marks its end. Many people visit cemeteries and memorials, particularly to honor those who have died in military service. Many volunteers place an American flag on each grave", "title": "Memorial Day" }, { "id": "666567", "text": "Battle of Ypres, Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, a physician with the Canadian Expeditionary Force, wrote the poem, \"In Flanders Fields\". Its opening lines refer to the fields of poppies that grew among the soldiers' graves in Flanders. In 1918, inspired by the poem, YWCA worker Moina Michael attended a YWCA Overseas War Secretaries' conference wearing a silk poppy pinned to her coat and distributed over two dozen more to others present. In 1920, the National American Legion adopted it as their official symbol of remembrance. Scholars, following the lead of sociologist Robert Bellah, often make the argument that the United", "title": "Memorial Day" }, { "id": "9864463", "text": "combat, nor to have served in a combat or war zone. A pension plan for disabled veterans was established by congress in 1792. Pension legislation for all surviving veterans was passed in 1818. This was unique to federal legislation. Money was shifted from the national treasury to individuals who were perceived as having the right to preferential treatment. The recipients were entitled to these payments because the pensions were viewed as delayed payments for the people who served during the American Revolution. Someone is generally eligible for veteran's pension if he or she: The annual pension is calculated by adding", "title": "Veteran's pension (United States)" }, { "id": "793290", "text": "United States Department of Veterans Affairs The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a federal Cabinet-level agency that provides near-comprehensive healthcare services to eligible military veterans at VA medical centers and outpatient clinics located throughout the country; several non-healthcare benefits including disability compensation, vocational rehabilitation, education assistance, home loans, and life insurance; and provides burial and memorial benefits to eligible veterans and family members at 135 national cemeteries. While veterans benefits have been provided since the American Revolutionary War, an exclusively veteran-focused federal agency, the Veterans Administration, was not established until 1930, and became the cabinet-level Department of", "title": "United States Department of Veterans Affairs" }, { "id": "8591505", "text": "also focused heavily on working for prisoners of war and missing in action. Vietnam veterans soon filled the diminished ranks of the National Service Officers. On Veterans Day, 1966, the DAV moved its headquarters to Cold Spring, Kentucky. The following year, the IdentoTag program was discontinued in favor of providing address labels, with a request for donation, when changes in license plate practices made continuing the IdentoTag program impracticable. The DAV underwent substantial change in 1993, when internal arguments concerning the governance of the organization led to a watershed election that turned over the administration to new hands and the", "title": "Disabled American Veterans" }, { "id": "1937642", "text": "of the playing fields made the stadium inadequate to the needs of either sport. The stadium opened with a $3 million scoreboard complex that at the time was the most expensive ever installed. The Phillies played their first game at the stadium on Saturday, April 10, 1971, beating the Montreal Expos, 4–1, before an audience of 55,352. The first ball was dropped by helicopter to Phillies back-up catcher Mike Ryan. Jim Bunning (named to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1996) was the winning pitcher while Bill Stoneman took the loss. Entertainer Mike Douglas, whose daily talk show was taped", "title": "Veterans Stadium" }, { "id": "5602796", "text": "lands. On January 11, 2011, the Civil War Preservation Trust shortened its name to the Civil War Trust, and added a new logo. On November 11, 2014 (Veterans Day), the Trust partnered with the Society of the Cincinnati to launch \"Campaign 1776\", a subsidiary project designed to protect endangered battlefields from the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 by acquiring battlefield lands. Federal matching grants for this program were enacted by Congress in December 2014. The president of the American Battlefield Trust is O. James Lighthizer, a former Maryland county executive and Secretary of Transportation who pioneered the", "title": "American Battlefield Trust" }, { "id": "9173414", "text": "million, the house opened as a museum on Veterans Day in 2005. Much of the money for the purchase and renovation was donated by European nations that had benefited from the Marshall Plan. Further funding was provided by grants from the Commonwealth of Virginia, National Park Service (Save America's Treasures program), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Garden Club of Virginia, and generous private donations. The house was named Dodona Manor before the Marshalls purchased it. The name derives from Dodona, a shrine in ancient Greece where priests and priestesses interpreted the rustling of oak (and beech) leaves as", "title": "The Marshall House" }, { "id": "3280521", "text": "Armed Forces Day in the United Kingdom took place on 27 June 2009. It replaced the previous Veterans' Day, first observed in 2006. The date was chosen as it marked the day after the anniversary of the first investiture ceremony for the Victoria Cross military medal for heroism, held on 26 June 1857. The 2009 celebrations were centred on Chatham Historic Dockyard – a former Royal Navy base. The Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his wife Sarah, and Prince Richard, the Duke and his Duchess of Gloucester, attended as the official party, along with the head of the unified Armed", "title": "Armed Forces Day" }, { "id": "666547", "text": "Pennsylvania, was a ceremony of commemoration at the graves of dead soldiers. Some have therefore claimed that Lincoln was the founder of Memorial Day. On July 4, 1864, ladies decorated soldiers' graves according to local historians in Boalsburg, Pennsylvania, yet the principal grave they claim to have decorated was of a man who was not dead yet. Nonetheless, Boalsburg promotes itself as the birthplace of Memorial Day. In April 1865, following President Abraham Lincoln's assassination, commemorations were widespread. The more than 600,000 soldiers of both sides who died in the Civil War meant that burial and memorialization took on new", "title": "Memorial Day" }, { "id": "1721349", "text": "Union soldiers. The Grand Army of the Republic eventually adopted the name Memorial Day at their national encampment in 1882. Many theories have been offered as to how Logan became aware of the former Confederate tradition he imitated in 1868. In her autobiography, his wife claims she told him about it after a trip to Virginia in the spring of that year. His secretary and his adjutant also claim they told him about it. John Murray of Waterloo, New York, claims it was he who inspired Logan in 1868. Bellware and Gardiner, however, offer proof that Logan was aware of", "title": "Confederate Memorial Day" }, { "id": "1506272", "text": "of remembrance. Armistice Day in 1945 actually fell on a Sunday, avoiding the need to change the wartime practice. Some thought that to continue with the 11 November would focus more on the First World War and downplay the importance of the Second. Other dates suggested were 8 June (VE Day), 6 June (D-Day), 15 August (VJ Day), 3 September (the declaration of war), and even 15 June (the signing of the Magna Carta in 1215). The Archbishop of Westminster proposed that the second Sunday in November should be named Remembrance Sunday in commemoration of both World Wars, a suggestion", "title": "Remembrance Sunday" }, { "id": "20567993", "text": "power. However, on April 26, 1965, nearly twenty years after the first parade, under Leonid Brezhnev, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet reversed the actions made in 1947, thus making May 9 a non-working holiday, this would be the first time Victory Day was made as an actual holiday. On May 9, 1965 the second Victory Day parade took place in Moscow, this Victory Day celebration also saw veterans obtain the first jubilee medal for \"\"Twenty Years of Victory\"\" in honor of the 20th year anniversary since the Allied victory in Europe against Nazi Germany. Further parades would be held", "title": "Victory Day Parades" }, { "id": "666556", "text": "both the Union and Confederate dead in the city's Friendship Cemetery, claiming to be the first \"Decoration Day.\" The early southern Memorial Day celebrations were simple, somber occasions for veterans and their families to honor the dead and tend to local cemeteries. Historians acknowledge the Ladies Memorial Association played a key role in these rituals of preservation of Confederate \"memory.\" Various dates ranging from April 25 to mid-June were adopted in different Southern states. Across the South, associations were founded, many by women, to establish and care for permanent cemeteries for the Confederate dead, organize commemorative ceremonies, and sponsor appropriate", "title": "Memorial Day" }, { "id": "8591501", "text": "Americans in uniform were wounded during the war. The idea to form the Disabled American Veterans arose at a Christmas party in 1919 hosted by Cincinnati Superior Court Judge Robert Marx, a U.S. Army Captain and War World I veteran who had been injured in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive in November 1918. Although it had been functional for some months by that time, the Disabled American Veterans of the World War (DAVWW) was officially created on September 25, 1920, at its first National Caucus, in Hamilton County Memorial Hall in Cincinnati, Ohio. While touring across the U.S. as part of the", "title": "Disabled American Veterans" } ]

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[ { "id": "15427422", "text": "specific trick to win the major prize. Since 2003, big air has been featured in the X Games and the FIS Snowboard World Championships. In 2018, big air became the newest snowboarding event introduced in the Olympic Games. Big air Big air is a sports discipline where the competitor rides a vehicle, such as a skateboard, a ski (called \"ski big air\"), a snowboard, or a motocross motorcycle; down a hill or ramp and performs tricks after launching off very large jumps. In most versions, there is but one large jump, and therefore only one opportunity to perform a trick.", "title": "Big air" }, { "id": "20518694", "text": "Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's big air The men's big air competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 21 and 24 February 2018 at the Alpensia Ski Jumping Stadium in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The event was making its Olympic debut. Due to a broken shoulder caused by a crash in training for the slopestyle, Niek van der Velden was not able to compete. The top 40 athletes in the Olympic quota allocation list qualified (for both big air and slopestyle, the rankings were combined). This meant only a maximum of 40 could qualify across both", "title": "Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's big air" }, { "id": "20518696", "text": "Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's big air The men's big air competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 21 and 24 February 2018 at the Alpensia Ski Jumping Stadium in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The event was making its Olympic debut. Due to a broken shoulder caused by a crash in training for the slopestyle, Niek van der Velden was not able to compete. The top 40 athletes in the Olympic quota allocation list qualified (for both big air and slopestyle, the rankings were combined). This meant only a maximum of 40 could qualify across both", "title": "Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's big air" }, { "id": "19671968", "text": "2018 Winter Olympics medal table The 2018 Winter Olympics medal table is a list of National Olympic Committees ranked by the number of medals won during the 2018 Winter Olympics, held in Pyeongchang County (stylized as PyeongChang for the games), South Korea, from 9–25 February 2018. The games featured 102 events in 15 sports, making it the first Winter Olympics to surpass 100 medal events. Four new disciplines in existing sports were introduced to the Winter Olympic programme in PyeongChang, including big air snowboarding, mixed doubles curling, mass start speed skating, and mixed team alpine skiing. The Netherlands achieved a", "title": "2018 Winter Olympics medal table" }, { "id": "20518699", "text": "Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's big air The women's big air competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 19 and 22 February 2018 at the Alpensia Ski Jumping Stadium in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The event made its Olympic debut. The top 30 athletes in the Olympic quota allocation list qualified (for both big air and slopestyle, the rankings were combined). This meant only a maximum of 30 could qualify across both events. A maximum of four athletes per National Olympic Committee (NOC) was allowed. All athletes qualifying must also have placed in the top 30", "title": "Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's big air" }, { "id": "7145019", "text": "down a course with jumps, beams and other obstacles. On July 11, 2011, the International Olympic Committee's Executive Board approved the addition of Ski and Snowboard Slopestyle to the Winter Olympics roster of events, effective in 2014. The decision was announced via press conference from the IOC's meeting in Durban, South Africa. A fifth event, parallel slalom, was added only for 2014. Big air was added for 2018. Six athletes have won at least two medals. Shaun White of the United States is the only triple gold medalist. Philipp Schoch of Switzerland and Seth Wescott of the United States are", "title": "Snowboarding at the Winter Olympics" }, { "id": "3705045", "text": "the country overall, after the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. It was the third time that an East Asian country had hosted the Winter Games, after Sapporo (1972) and Nagano (1998), both in Japan. It was also the first of three consecutive Olympics to be held in East Asia, the other two being the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. The Games featured 102 events over fifteen disciplines in seven sports, with the addition of \"big air\" snowboarding, mass start speed skating, mixed doubles curling, and mixed team alpine skiing to the Winter Olympic", "title": "2018 Winter Olympics" }, { "id": "19718585", "text": "Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Bokwang Phoenix Park in Pyeongchang, South Korea. A total of ten snowboarding events were scheduled to take place between 10 and 24 February 2018. The parallel slalom event, which made its debut four years earlier at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, was dropped from the games in 2018 in favour of a new big air event. A total of 258 quota spots were available to athletes to compete at the games (142 men and 116 women). Each National Olympic Committee was permitted to", "title": "Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics" }, { "id": "3705056", "text": "sold. The opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium on 9 February 2018; the US$100 million facility was only intended to be used for the opening and closing ceremonies of these Olympics and the subsequent Paralympics, and is scheduled to be demolished following their conclusion. The 2018 Winter Olympics featured 102 events over 15 disciplines in 7 sports, making it the first Winter Olympics to surpass 100 medal events. Six new events in existing sports were introduced to the Winter Olympic program in Pyeongchang: men's and ladies' big air snowboarding, mixed doubles curling,", "title": "2018 Winter Olympics" }, { "id": "20518695", "text": "events. A maximum of four athletes per National Olympic Committee (NOC) was allowed. All athletes qualifying must also have placed in the top 30 of a FIS World Cup event (in either big air or slopestyle) or the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2017 during the qualification period (1 July 2016 to 21 January 2018) and also have a minimum of 50 FIS points to compete. If the host country, South Korea, did not qualify, their chosen athlete would displace the last qualified athlete, granted all qualification criterion was met. The final was held on 24 February 2018.", "title": "Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's big air" }, { "id": "15427421", "text": "Big air Big air is a sports discipline where the competitor rides a vehicle, such as a skateboard, a ski (called \"ski big air\"), a snowboard, or a motocross motorcycle; down a hill or ramp and performs tricks after launching off very large jumps. In most versions, there is but one large jump, and therefore only one opportunity to perform a trick. It is an extreme version of slopestyle. Competitors perform complex tricks in the air, aiming to attain sizable height and distance as well, all while securing a clean landing. Many competitions also require the rider to do a", "title": "Big air" }, { "id": "19269598", "text": "(the coldest part of the day) to be later installed on the structure, jump, and landing. The jump was primarily constructed from steel planking and proprietary scaffolding. It was expected to take 4-5 days to tear the entire structure down. The event caught the attention of many elite winter athletes. As a result, many of the top Winter Olympic and X Games athletes signed on immediately. Some of the big names that competed are Ty Walker, Joss Christensen, and Sage Kostenburg. A more comprehensive list is below: Snowboard: Sage Kotsenburg, Chas Guldemond, Jamie Anderson, Ty Walker, Eric Willett, Eric Beauchemin,", "title": "Polartec Big Air at Fenway" }, { "id": "506205", "text": "courses or multiple people on the course at the same time (SBX). Some of the larger snowboarding contests include: the european Air & Style, the japanese X-Trail Jam, Burton Global Open Series, Shakedown, FIS World Championships, the annual FIS World Cup, the Winter X Games and the Winter Dew Tour. Snowboarding has been a Winter Olympic sport since 1998 Winter Olympics. Events have changed through the years. During the 2018 Winter Olympics, the snowboarding events were big air, halfpipe, parallel giant slalom, slopestyle and snowboard cross. Snowboarder Magazine's Superpark event was created in 1996. Over 150 of the World's top", "title": "Snowboarding" }, { "id": "19718586", "text": "enter a maximum of 26 athletes, with a maximum of 14 men or 14 women. Each event had its own maximum number of quota spots, however slopestyle and big air were calculated jointly per nation. The following was the competition schedule for all ten events. Sessions that included the event finals are shown in bold. A total of 248 athletes from 30 nations (including the IOC's designation of Olympic Athletes from Russia) were scheduled to participate (the numbers of athletes are shown in parentheses). Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the", "title": "Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics" }, { "id": "459598", "text": "North and South Korea and the ongoing Russian doping scandal. Despite tense relations, North Korea agreed to participate in the Games, enter with South Korea during the opening ceremony as a unified Korea, and field a unified team in women's ice hockey. Individual Russian athletes, who qualified and could demonstrate they had complied with the IOC's doping regulations, were given the option to compete neutrally in Pyeongchang as \"Olympic Athletes from Russia\" (OAR) but they were not allowed to compete under the Russian flag. The Games saw the addition of big air snowboarding, mass start speed skating, mixed doubles curling,", "title": "Winter Olympic Games" }, { "id": "20518709", "text": "coma, he won the Olympic bronze medal. In the victory ceremony, the medals were presented by Pierre-Olivier Beckers-Vieujant, member of the International Olympic Committee accompanied by Dexter Paine, FIS vice president. The top 40 athletes in the Olympic quota allocation list qualified (for both big air and slopestyle, the rankings were combined). This meant only a maximum of 40 could qualify across both events. A maximum of four athletes per National Olympic Committee (NOC) was allowed. All athletes qualifying must also have placed in the top 30 of a FIS World Cup event or the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding", "title": "Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's slopestyle" }, { "id": "20535866", "text": "Red Gerard Redmond \"Red\" Gerard (born June 29, 2000) is an American snowboarder and a 2018 Winter Olympics gold medalist of the 2018 United States Olympic team. Gerard was born and raised in Ohio, but currently lives in Silverthorne, Colorado where he has his own miniature snowboarding park in his backyard with a rope lift. Gerard competed in the slopestyle and big air events for the United States at the 2018 Winter Olympics. In slopestyle, Gerard won the gold medal for his performance. He became the first Winter Olympics medalist born in the 2000s. Gerard was also the first American", "title": "Red Gerard" }, { "id": "20518700", "text": "of a FIS World Cup event (in either big air or slopestyle) or the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2017 during the qualification period (1 July 2016 to 21 January 2018) and also have a minimum of 50 FIS points to compete. If the host country, South Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics did not qualify, their chosen athlete would displace the last qualified athlete, granted all qualification criterion was met. The top 12 athletes in the qualifiers moved on to the medal round. The final was held on 22 February 2018. Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics", "title": "Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's big air" }, { "id": "20553432", "text": "Katie Ormerod Katie Ormerod (born 25 August 1997) is a British snowboarder who was selected to participate in the 2018 Winter Olympics. She is from Brighouse, West Yorkshire. Ormerod narrowly missed qualifying for the 2014 Winter Olympics when she was 16. In November 2016, she was placed third at the Big Air World Cup in Pyeongchang, a test event for the venue of the 2018 Winter Olympics, and in January 2017 she won the Big Air World Cup event in Moscow and a bronze medal in the Women's SlopeStyle at the Winter X Games XXI in Aspen. In May 2014,", "title": "Katie Ormerod" }, { "id": "15285096", "text": "able to ride at my best and to put the tricks down. To be able to show up and to show the world what I can do is just awesome.\" The victory made Toutant the first men's big air champion in the Olympics as this was the debut of the event at the games. Sébastien Toutant Sébastien Toutant (born November 9, 1992) is a Canadian snowboarder. He is reigning Olympic champion in the men's big air snowboarding event which made its debut at those games. Toutant was twice the gold medal winner in slopestyle at the X Games in 2011", "title": "Sébastien Toutant" }, { "id": "7145017", "text": "Snowboarding at the Winter Olympics Snowboarding is a sport at the Winter Olympic Games. It was first included in the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. Snowboarding was one of five new sports or disciplines added to the Winter Olympic program between 1992 and 2002, and was the only one not to have been a previous medal or demonstration event. In 1998, four events, two for men and two for women, were held in two specialities: the giant slalom, a downhill event similar to giant slalom skiing; and the half-pipe, in which competitors perform tricks while going from one side", "title": "Snowboarding at the Winter Olympics" }, { "id": "20554990", "text": "Sarah Höfflin Sarah Höfflin (born 8 January 1991) is a Swiss freestyle skier. She won a gold medal in big air at Winter X Games XXII, and won gold in slopestyle at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Höfflin lived in the UK between the ages of 12 and 22, living in Tewkesbury before attending Cardiff University, where she graduated with a degree in neuroscience. She was a late starter as a freestyle skier, only taking up the sport in her early 20s when competing at British Universities' Snowsports Council competitions after leaving university and returning to Switzerland.", "title": "Sarah Höfflin" }, { "id": "20554991", "text": "Sarah Höfflin Sarah Höfflin (born 8 January 1991) is a Swiss freestyle skier. She won a gold medal in big air at Winter X Games XXII, and won gold in slopestyle at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Höfflin lived in the UK between the ages of 12 and 22, living in Tewkesbury before attending Cardiff University, where she graduated with a degree in neuroscience. She was a late starter as a freestyle skier, only taking up the sport in her early 20s when competing at British Universities' Snowsports Council competitions after leaving university and returning to Switzerland.", "title": "Sarah Höfflin" }, { "id": "20518706", "text": "member of the International Olympic Committee accompanied by Dexter Paine, FIS vice president. The top 30 athletes in the Olympic quota allocation list qualified (for both big air and slopestyle, the rankings were combined). This meant only a maximum of 30 could qualify across both events. A maximum of four athletes per National Olympic Committee (NOC) was allowed. All athletes qualifying must also have placed in the top 30 of a FIS World Cup event or the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2017 during the qualification period (July 1, 2016 to January 21, 2018) and also have a", "title": "Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's slopestyle" }, { "id": "142500", "text": "Paul McCartney, Lady Gaga, James Taylor, Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters, and Dead & Company. Polartec Big Air At Fenway is the first big air snowboarding and skiing competition that was held on February 11–12, 2016. This is event was part of the U.S. Grand Prix Tour and the International Ski Federation's World Tour. Notable winter athletes that competed are Ty Walker, Sage Kotsenburg, and Joss Christensen. The big air jump was constructed to be about 140 feet tall, standing above the lights of the stadium. Frank Fallon was the first public address (PA) announcer for the Red Sox, and held", "title": "Fenway Park" }, { "id": "19304259", "text": "made her first Olympic appearance at age 17 representing the United States in big air and slopestyle at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang. Hailey Langland Hailey Langland (born August 2, 2000) is an American snowboarder who won a bronze medal in slopestyle at Winter X Games XX. Hailey spent her 2017 summer training with the US Snowboard Team at High Cascade Snowboard Camp. In 2018 she will have a \"Signature Session\" at High Cascade. She won the gold medal in the Big Air event new to the 2017 Winter X Games, with a clutch performance in the final minutes.", "title": "Hailey Langland" }, { "id": "20035960", "text": "time. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, women's ski jumping made its first appearance. Carina Vogt of Germany won the first gold medal for women in the sport. The 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro saw the first rugby sevens competition. The tournament was won by the Australian team. Golf was also re-added to the programme for the first time for women since 1900. Inbee Park of South Korea won the tournament. The 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang saw the addition of big air snowboarding, mixed doubles curling, mass start speed skating, and mixed team alpine skiing. Women", "title": "Participation of women in the Olympics" }, { "id": "18983612", "text": "and this will most likely serve as an important testing event for the sport. Freestyle Skiing will feature big air (or aerials) as well as halfpipe and slopestyle. The halfpipe and slopestyle will both be a part of the 2016 Freestyle Skiing World Cup. All events will feature both a male and female version for a total of 6 events. Snowboarding will include big air, halfpipe, and slopestyle. Big air was also recently added onto the Winter Olympic Program, so this will likely serve as an important test event. The halfpipe and slopestyle events are part of the 2016 Snowboarding", "title": "2015 New Zealand Winter Games" }, { "id": "17845743", "text": "snowboarding at the age of fourteen on a dry slope after previously competing in acrobatic gymnastics. In April 2015, Morgan landed the world's first \"quad cork\". He took his first X Games medal in February 2016 at X Games Oslo, where he finished third in the big air competition. Competing at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Morgan won the bronze medal in the Big Air event. Morgan was born to Eddie and Joanne, and has an older brother, Ashley. He attended Bellemoor School. Billy Morgan (snowboarder) Billy Morgan (born 2 April 1989) is an English snowboarder. Born in Southampton,", "title": "Billy Morgan (snowboarder)" }, { "id": "16853232", "text": "that the increased saturation of extreme sports events made it harder to attract athletes to participate. Streetstyle and big air events were also introduced in San Francisco and Breckenridge respectively. Although total attendance and television viewership was down for the season, the average attendance rose, and viewership of digital content also increased. In May 2013, the United States Ski and Snowboard Association reached an agreement with Alli to allow the Winter Dew Tour event in Breckenridge to serve as a qualifying event for the 2014 Winter Olympics team. The arrangement gave the USSA control over certain aspects of the event,", "title": "Dew Tour" }, { "id": "9293234", "text": "city of the 2022 Winter Olympics after beating Almaty by four votes on 31 July 2015 at the 128th IOC Session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In urban area of Beijing, five ice events will be held at the Olympic Green, the Capital Indoor Stadium and the Beijing Wukesong Sports Center, which were some of the main venues of the 2008 Summer Olympics. The Big Air snowboarding and freestyle skiing events will be held in a new area of urban development in Shijingshan District, a district in urban area of Beijing. Competitions for luge, bobsleigh and alpine skiing will be held", "title": "2022 Winter Olympics" }, { "id": "7145021", "text": "1998; parallel giant slalom since 2002. \"Updated after 2018 Winter Olympics.\" Snowboarding at the Winter Olympics Snowboarding is a sport at the Winter Olympic Games. It was first included in the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. Snowboarding was one of five new sports or disciplines added to the Winter Olympic program between 1992 and 2002, and was the only one not to have been a previous medal or demonstration event. In 1998, four events, two for men and two for women, were held in two specialities: the giant slalom, a downhill event similar to giant slalom skiing; and the", "title": "Snowboarding at the Winter Olympics" }, { "id": "20539162", "text": "the Winter Olympic programme in Pyeongchang, including big air snowboarding, mixed doubles curling, mass start speed skating, and mixed team alpine skiing. A Unified Korea women's ice hockey team competed under a separate IOC country code designation (COR); in all other sports, there was a separate North Korea team and a separate South Korea team. As a result of the suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee due to the Russian doping controversy, Russian athletes competed as \"Olympic Athletes from Russia\" (OAR) under a neutral flag and with the Olympic anthem playing in any ceremony. Chronological summary of the 2018 Winter", "title": "Chronological summary of the 2018 Winter Olympics" }, { "id": "15285090", "text": "Sébastien Toutant Sébastien Toutant (born November 9, 1992) is a Canadian snowboarder. He is reigning Olympic champion in the men's big air snowboarding event which made its debut at those games. Toutant was twice the gold medal winner in slopestyle at the X Games in 2011 and 2013. He has won an additional two silver medals plus a bronze in slopestyle and big air events at the X Games bringing his total medals in the competition to five. Starting snowboarding at age nine, Toutant got into the sport when he broke his skis and borrowed his brother's old snowboard. Toutant's", "title": "Sébastien Toutant" }, { "id": "9293240", "text": "snowboarding events: the men and women's snowboard cross team event; a mixed team alpine parallel event; the men's and women's parallel special slalom; and a mixed team parallel special slalom event. The individual parallel special slalom events were featured at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, but were dropped from the Olympic program in 2018 to make way for the snowboarding big air competitions. The International Luge Federation (FIL) has proposed the addition of six new events, including natural track luge (men's and women's singles), a women's doubles competition on the artificial track, and sprint events (men, women, and", "title": "2022 Winter Olympics" }, { "id": "9293239", "text": "Beijing. In November 2017, a further three events were put forward by the FIS for possible Olympic inclusion: a ski jumping mixed team competition and men's and women's big air in freestyle skiing. At their May 2018 Congress at the Costa Navarino resort in Messenia, Greece, FIS submitted several additional events for consideration, including a proposal to make telemark skiing an Olympic discipline for the first time in Beijing, with proposed competitions to include the men's and women's parallel sprint and a mixed team parallel sprint. The Congress also approved to submit the aerials mixed team event and several new", "title": "2022 Winter Olympics" }, { "id": "19269595", "text": "Polartec Big Air at Fenway Polartec Big Air At Fenway is a big air snowboarding and skiing competition that took place on February 11-12, 2016. The spectacle was held at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. This is the first such event held at Fenway Park and was part of the U.S. Grand Prix Tour and the International Ski Federation's World Tour. A 25,000 person audience was expected over the course of the two days.The Winter clothing brand, Polartec, chose to sign on as the title sponsor. Polartec's North American Marketing Manager, Darren Jorsey, stated, \"We want to continue to", "title": "Polartec Big Air at Fenway" }, { "id": "20580320", "text": "winds. Coady has attended St Michael's Grammar School since Year 7 and is due to finish Year 12 at the end of 2018. She is in Mitre House. Tess Coady Tess Coady (born 2 November 2000) is an Australian snowboarder who competes internationally. Coady participated at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2017 in Sierra Nevada, Spain, where she competed in big air and in slopestyle. She represented Australia at the 2018 Winter Olympics. At 17 years old, Coady was the youngest athlete on Australia's Olympic team in PyeongChang. She was set to make her Olympic debut in", "title": "Tess Coady" }, { "id": "9293242", "text": "Freestyle skiing big air (men and women), and mixed team events for aerials, ski jumping, snowboarding and short track speed skating. This means a total of 109 events will be held. The official emblem \"Winter Dream\" (冬梦) was unveiled on 15 December 2017 at the Beijing National Aquatics Center. The emblem is a stylized rendition of the character \"冬\" (Winter) inspired by winter snow, with a ribbon motif. The top is meant to resemble a skater and the bottom is meant to resemble a skier. The emblem also features the Olympic colors (except black) and the Chinese flag colors. The", "title": "2022 Winter Olympics" }, { "id": "18566143", "text": "Kyle Mack Kyle Alan Mack (born July 6, 1997) is an American snowboarder from West Bloomfield, Michigan, who specializes both Slopestyle and Big Air. On March 4, 2016, he won the US Open Men's Slopestyle final. At the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, he won the silver medal in the Men's Big Air final. Mack's career began at the age of three, as he would ride down the driveway after every snowfall. At five, he began regularly riding Alpine Valley; he would never leave regardless of the weather conditions. His dedication caused Burton Snowboards to notice him at the age of", "title": "Kyle Mack" }, { "id": "10986294", "text": "to peak in the middle of the New Zealand summer. The nation did not assemble their first Winter Olympic team until 1952. In 1988 the team included bobsleighers; the first entry in a winter sport other than alpine skiing. In 1992, Annelise Coberger of New Zealand became the first person from the Southern Hemisphere to win a medal at the Winter Olympics when she won silver in the slalom at Albertville in France. In 2018, Zoi Sadowski-Synnott won New Zealand's second Winter Olympic medal in the inaugural big-air snowboarding competition in Pyeongchang, South Korea, winning bronze. Later on in the", "title": "New Zealand at the Olympics" }, { "id": "20573144", "text": "of slopestyle He is competing in the 2018 Winter Olympics being celebrated in Pyeongchang, South Korea, in the snowboard categories of big air and slopestyle. This specialty did not have an Argentine representative since the 1998 Winter Olympics, when Mariano López participated. He qualified to the Olympics after a quota place was released by a Swedish athlete and subsequently not taken up by an Italian athlete who was first on the waiting list. He was notified about his selection only two days prior to the opening ceremony. He was already in South Korea in case any possibilities for him to", "title": "Matías Schmitt" }, { "id": "20580319", "text": "Tess Coady Tess Coady (born 2 November 2000) is an Australian snowboarder who competes internationally. Coady participated at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2017 in Sierra Nevada, Spain, where she competed in big air and in slopestyle. She represented Australia at the 2018 Winter Olympics. At 17 years old, Coady was the youngest athlete on Australia's Olympic team in PyeongChang. She was set to make her Olympic debut in the slopestyle event, but tore her ACL while undertaking a practice run in difficult conditions. The qualification heats for the slopestyle event were later cancelled due to strong", "title": "Tess Coady" }, { "id": "20572766", "text": "Spain. He couldn't compete for a few months and returned to competition in September 2017. He became 2017 Sportsman of the Year in Roosendaal. He qualified for the 2018 Winter Olympics, being the youngest Dutch athlete of the Dutch team, for the men's slopestyle and men's big air disciplines. Due to a crash in the last training for the slopestyle, he broke his right arm and was not able to compete. Niek van der Velden Niek van der Velden (born 28 May 2000) is a Dutch snowboarder. Van der Velden started snowboarding when he was 8 years old. Van der", "title": "Niek van der Velden" }, { "id": "14091674", "text": "Parallel Slalom finals took place on January 19. The finals took place on January 22. FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2005 The FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2005 took place between January 16 and January 22 in Whistler-Blackcomb, near Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The venues would be part of the 2010 Winter Olympics at Cypress Mountain. The Snowboard Cross finals took place on January 18. Parallel Giant Slalom finals took place on January 20. The Parallel Slalom finals took place on January 19. The finals took place on January 22. Big Air finals took place on January 21. The Snowboard Cross finals", "title": "FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2005" }, { "id": "18566145", "text": "of the Air & Style tour. On March 4, 2016, he placed first at the US Open in Men's Slopestyle. Kyle Mack Kyle Alan Mack (born July 6, 1997) is an American snowboarder from West Bloomfield, Michigan, who specializes both Slopestyle and Big Air. On March 4, 2016, he won the US Open Men's Slopestyle final. At the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, he won the silver medal in the Men's Big Air final. Mack's career began at the age of three, as he would ride down the driveway after every snowfall. At five, he began regularly riding Alpine Valley; he", "title": "Kyle Mack" }, { "id": "19269596", "text": "invest in the sports that push the boundaries of athletes and their apparel”. According to Eric Webster, the spokesman from the US Ski & Snowboard Association, \"The structure itself, when completed, will stretch from the outfield all the way to home plate, basically.\" The structure stood above the lights as the tallest object within the arena. Competitors had to climb several flights of stairs or ride an industrial elevator to reach the top of the jump. The jump, when completed, was approximately 140 feet high, 430 feet long, and set at a 38 degree incline. Riders were able to reach", "title": "Polartec Big Air at Fenway" }, { "id": "14091673", "text": "FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2005 The FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2005 took place between January 16 and January 22 in Whistler-Blackcomb, near Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The venues would be part of the 2010 Winter Olympics at Cypress Mountain. The Snowboard Cross finals took place on January 18. Parallel Giant Slalom finals took place on January 20. The Parallel Slalom finals took place on January 19. The finals took place on January 22. Big Air finals took place on January 21. The Snowboard Cross finals took place on January 18. Parallel Giant Slalom finals took place on January 20. The", "title": "FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2005" }, { "id": "14285594", "text": "at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, becoming the youngest Norwegian to go to the Olympics since Sonja Henie represented Norway at the 1928 Winter Olympics 82 years earlier. Sandbech won the World Snowboarding Tour in freestyle in 2011–12. Sandbech won a bronze medal in Big Air at the 2013 Winter X Games, where his countryman Torstein Horgmo won gold. Four Norwegians qualified for the Big Air final in the 2014 games, with Sandbech placing the highest and winning the bronze medal. The next day, he won another bronze medal in slopestyle. At the 2014 Winter Olympics, Sandbech participated in", "title": "Ståle Sandbech" }, { "id": "13959164", "text": "Big Time Rush Big Time Rush is an American comedy television series that originally aired on Nickelodeon from November 28, 2009, until July 25, 2013. It was created by Scott Fellows (also the creator of \"Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide\" and \"Johnny Test\" and the head writer of \"The Fairly OddParents\"). It focuses on the Hollywood misadventures of four Hockey players from Duluth, Minnesota: Kendall Knight, James Diamond, Carlos Garcia, and Logan Mitchell, after they are selected to form a boy band by fictional mega music producer, Gustavo Rocque. The series premiered with an hour-long pilot episode, \"Big Time Audition\",", "title": "Big Time Rush" }, { "id": "20553433", "text": "then aged 16, Ormerod became the first female snowboarder to land a \"double cork 1080\", one of the most complex maneuvers in snowboarding which involves three rotations and two inverted flips. In the 2018 Winter Olympics she was due to compete in the slopestyle and big air snowboarding events. She was described as \"arguably Britain's best medal chance for Pyeongchang 2018\", but was forced to withdraw from the Games after breaking her heel in two places in training. She had previously broken her wrist, but was determined to compete. Katie Ormerod Katie Ormerod (born 25 August 1997) is a British", "title": "Katie Ormerod" }, { "id": "19377323", "text": "20, 2017 and in the UK and Ireland on November 30, 2017. The series formally premieres with two new episodes on Disney Channel on June 9, 2018, followed by two more new episodes on June 10, 2018, with weekly premieres every Saturday through September starting on June 16, 2018 with episodes airing at 7 a.m. starting on September 8. Big Hero 6: The Series Big Hero 6: The Series is an American superhero comedy animated television series, produced by Disney Television Animation and developed by \"Kim Possible\" creators Mark McCorkle and Bob Schooley. The series is based on Disney's 2014", "title": "Big Hero 6: The Series" }, { "id": "7215415", "text": "to sharpen their skills at an early age on their way to joining the professional ranks. The ISF set the standard for snowboarding competition, which contributed to the development of it as an Olympic sport in the 1998 Winter Olympics. In a controversial move, the International Olympic Committee recognized the International Ski Federation (FIS) as the sport's official governing body. Three-time world champion Terje Håkonsen boycotted the Olympics as a result of the FIS being appointed to oversee the officiating. Other riders followed in Håkonsen's footsteps and concluded FIS rules to be inappropriate for snowboarding. The FIS has maintained its", "title": "International Snowboard Federation" }, { "id": "459548", "text": "the Summer and Winter Games on separate four-year cycles in alternating even-numbered years, the next Winter Olympics after 1992 was in 1994. The Winter Games have evolved since their inception. Sports and disciplines have been added and some of them, such as Alpine skiing, luge, short track speed skating, freestyle skiing, skeleton, and snowboarding, have earned a permanent spot on the Olympic programme. Some others, including curling and bobsleigh, have been discontinued and later reintroduced; others have been permanently discontinued, such as military patrol, though the modern Winter Olympic sport of biathlon is descended from it. Still others, such as", "title": "Winter Olympic Games" }, { "id": "506184", "text": "Snowboarding Snowboarding is a recreational activity and Olympic and Paralympic sport that involves descending a snow-covered slope while standing on a snowboard attached to a rider's feet. The development of snowboarding was inspired by skateboarding, sledding, surfing and skiing. It was developed in the United States in the 1960s, became a Winter Olympic Sport at Nagano in 1998 and first featured in the Winter Paralympics at Sochi in 2014. Its popularity (as measured by equipment sales) in the United States peaked in 2007 and has been in a decline since. Modern snowboarding began in 1965 when Sherman Poppen, an engineer", "title": "Snowboarding" }, { "id": "19269597", "text": "speeds up to 40 miles per hour and needed to use that momentum to clear the 70 foot gap between the takeoff and landing. The rather warm 2015-2016 winter in Boston was an additional complication, making it difficult to keep quality snow on the ramp. According to New Boston Post, \"Snowmaking is being handled by Killington Resort in Vermont in conjunction with HKD Snowmakers from Natick, which manufactures snowmaking equipment. The snow will be applied to the ramp both manually and with the help of a 275-ton crane.\" The snow was made and stored between 11 pm and 5 am", "title": "Polartec Big Air at Fenway" }, { "id": "19691560", "text": "qualified 21 athletes (ten men and eleven women), however returned its only quota for the women's parallel giant slalom, meaning only 20 athletes were officially named to the team (ten per gender). Canada's slopestyle and big air team of seven athletes was named on January 9, 2018. Canada's halfpipe, snowboard cross and alpine team of thirteen athletes was named on January 25, 2018. On January 30, 2018 Canada received an additional spot in men's snowboard cross, allowing Éliot Grondin to compete as the fourth Canadian in this event. Canada earned the following quotas at the conclusion of the four World", "title": "Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics" }, { "id": "20605925", "text": "country. Snowboarding has a similar quota program to freestyle skiing, with 26 spots available per country. For the 2018 Winter Olympics the only country to fill all of its quota spots was the United States. For the 2018 Winter Olympics, a maximum of 170 athletes could compete, and a maximum of three teams per event, with the host nation allotted at least one space. Olympic quota allocation system The Olympic quota allocation system is a program designed to limit the number of athletes participating, and prevent a small number of countries from dominating the field of an Olympic event. Initially", "title": "Olympic quota allocation system" }, { "id": "19269601", "text": "Gravity Research also premiered their new film, The Sammy C Project. The Sammy C Project presented two years of the creators' snowboarding/skiing experiences in locations such as Mt Hood, Alaska, Michigan's Copper Peak, and more. The showing took place at 6:30 pm on the final night of Big Air at Fenway. Polartec Big Air at Fenway Polartec Big Air At Fenway is a big air snowboarding and skiing competition that took place on February 11-12, 2016. The spectacle was held at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. This is the first such event held at Fenway Park and was part", "title": "Polartec Big Air at Fenway" }, { "id": "11500991", "text": "up to watch the event, for which several tons of snow were applied to the steep blocks of Fillmore Street between Broadway and Green. The event was moved across town in 2006 to AT&T Park, home of the San Francisco Giants, creating the first stadium big-air ski and snowboard contest to be held in the United States. With the financial backing of Esurance, Icer Air was held annually and expanded to include more events through 2008, after which the sponsor backed out and the event was no longer held. A tall, wide, long scaffold jump took five days to build,", "title": "Icer Air" }, { "id": "16899827", "text": "is the competition schedule for all ten events. A total of 252 quota spots were available to athletes to compete at the games. A maximum of 24 athletes could be entered by a National Olympic Committee, with a maximum of 14 men or 14 women. The five different events had different quota amounts allocated to them. Countries are allowed to enter the same athlete into more than one event, further reducing the amount of athletes competing. 243 athletes from 31 nations participated, with number of athletes in parentheses. Croatia, Kazakhstan and Serbia made their Olympic debuts in the sport. Snowboarding", "title": "Snowboarding at the 2014 Winter Olympics" }, { "id": "19304258", "text": "Hailey Langland Hailey Langland (born August 2, 2000) is an American snowboarder who won a bronze medal in slopestyle at Winter X Games XX. Hailey spent her 2017 summer training with the US Snowboard Team at High Cascade Snowboard Camp. In 2018 she will have a \"Signature Session\" at High Cascade. She won the gold medal in the Big Air event new to the 2017 Winter X Games, with a clutch performance in the final minutes. She landed a double cork, becoming the first female to land the trick in X-Games history. As well as competing in the X-Games, Hailey", "title": "Hailey Langland" }, { "id": "3574888", "text": "sports. A total of twelve new events were contested, making it the largest Winter Olympics to date. \"Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each separate discipline.\" On 6 April 2011, the IOC accepted a number of events that were submitted by their respective sports federations to be considered for inclusion into the official program of these Olympic Games. The events included a Figure skating team event, Women's ski jumping, Mixed relay biathlon, Ski half-pipe, and Team relay luge. On 4 July 2011, the IOC announced that three events would be added to the program. These", "title": "2014 Winter Olympics" }, { "id": "5572015", "text": "the league is still competing at a lower level than club teams established across the U.S. In 2015, the International Olympic Committee granted full recognition to the World Flying Disc Federation for flying disc sports including Ultimate. The development of snowboarding was inspired by skateboarding, sledding, surfing and skiing. It was developed in the United States in the 1960s, became a Winter Olympic Sport at Nagano in 1998 and first featured in the Winter Paralympics at Sochi in 2014. Australian rules football in the United States was first played in the country in 1996. The United States Australian Football League", "title": "Sports in the United States" }, { "id": "15285100", "text": "his Lick the Cat crew have been awarded a Signature Session. Sage Kotsenburg Sage Kotsenburg (born July 27, 1993) is an American snowboarder. He won the first-ever Olympic gold medal in men's snowboard slopestyle at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, and became the first gold medalist at these Olympics. Kotsenburg won a silver medal in snowboard slopestyle at the 2012 Winter X Games XVI in Aspen, Colorado, behind Mark McMorris. Kotsenburg won a bronze medal in Snowboard Big Air at the 2011 Winter X Games XV in Aspen, Colorado, behind Torstein Horgmo and Sebastien Toutant. Kotsenburg was", "title": "Sage Kotsenburg" }, { "id": "11489402", "text": "made him only the second Winter X Games competitor to win a gold medal in four different events, after Shaun Palmer. In women's snowboarding, Lindsay Jacobellis regained the gold medal, her fourth, in Women's Snowboard Cross, defeating Swiss boarder Tanja Frieden. Frieden defeated Jacobellis at the 2006 Winter Olympics after Jacobellis fell near the finish line after attempting a trick. Aspen native Gretchen Bleiler won the women's superpipe, defeating the Australian Torah Bright. Big Air events returned to the Winter X Games for the first time in several competitions. There were only four participants in both the skiing and snowboarding", "title": "Winter X Games XII" }, { "id": "18566134", "text": "run I knew there was still room for some improvement.\" Michael Ciccarelli Michael Ciccarelli (born September 4, 1996) is a Canadian snowboarder. He hails from Ancaster, Ontario and is a member of the Canadian National Slopestyle/Big Air Team. Coming from a family of skiers, Mikey has been snowboarding since the age of six, when his parents finally relented to his begging and bought him a board. Mikey's career was catapulted in 2012 when he won the gold medal for slopestyle at the Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. His pro resume highlights consist of a win at the 2015 Stoneham", "title": "Michael Ciccarelli" }, { "id": "19377321", "text": "suggested an early 2018 release date. In March 2016, it was revealed that Jamie Chung would reprise her role as Go Go, and that following November, it was revealed that most of the cast members from the film would reprise their roles, including Ryan Potter, Genesis Rodriguez, Scott Adsit, Alan Tudyk, and Maya Rudolph. Additionally, Khary Payton replaced Damon Wayans Jr. as Wasabi and Brooks Wheelan replaced T. J. Miller as Fred. On January 6, 2017, Disney Channel released an official teaser trailer for the series. On March 14, 2017, it was renewed for a second season, ahead of the", "title": "Big Hero 6: The Series" }, { "id": "15425920", "text": "two bronze medals. His return was a highlight of the X-Games with announcers often mentioning it. McMorris subsequently returned to snowboard competition and competed for Team Canada during the 2018 Winter Olympics, only eleven months after his accident. McMorris placed third in Men's Slopestyle behind fellow Canadian Max Parrot and the American gold medalist Red Gerard, earning his second Olympic bronze medal. In February 2016 McMorris broke his right femur at Shaun White's Air + Style Big Air in Los Angeles. He attempted to do a frontside triple cork 1440, but in his landing his toe edge was caught which", "title": "Mark McMorris" }, { "id": "3117845", "text": "dropped from the Olympics since 1936 are baseball and softball, which were both voted out by the IOC Session in Singapore on July 11, 2005, a decision that was reaffirmed on February 9, 2006. These sports were last included in 2008, although officially they remain recognized as Olympic sports in the Olympic Charter. Therefore, the number of sports in the 2012 Summer Olympics was dropped from 28 to 26. Following the addition of women's boxing in 2012, and women's ski jumping in 2014, there are only Greco-Roman wrestling and nordic combined, respectively, that are only for men in those games.", "title": "Olympic sports" }, { "id": "17842147", "text": "Anna Gasser Anna Gasser (born 16 August 1991) is an Austrian snowboarder, competing in slopestyle and big air. She lives in Millstatt. Gasser qualified for the 2014 Winter Olympics and showed the best result in the qualification round, directly qualifying for the final. In 2017 Gasser won Gold in the Big Air event at the Snowboard World Championships in Spain. Gasser also had a successful 2017 X Games performance winning Gold in Slopestyle and Bronze in Big Air in Hafjell, and Silver for Big Air in Aspen. Anna Gasser started to compete in snowboarding in the 2010/2011 season. Before competing", "title": "Anna Gasser" }, { "id": "20410939", "text": "Pyeongchang, South Korea. She won the bronze medal in the women's big air, becoming only the second New Zealander to win a Winter Olympic medal, behind Annelise Coberger who won silver in the women's slalom at the 1992 Winter Olympics. Her big air qualifying saw her become the first woman to successfully land a switch backside 900 (i.e. riding in unnatural stance and performing 2.5 rotations in the backside direction) in competition. She also competed in the women's slopestyle, finishing in 13th place. At age 16 years 353 days, Sadowski-Synnott briefly became New Zealand's youngest ever Olympic medallist, breaking the", "title": "Zoi Sadowski-Synnott" }, { "id": "11236798", "text": "the first ever French winner of a half pipe world title. In 2006 Crépel represented France at the Olympic Winter Games but failed to win a medal however later in the same year he became the first Ticket to Ride (TTR) World Snowboard Tour champion. In 2007, Mathieu Crépel became world champion at both big air and the half pipe at the World Championships in Arosa, Switzerland. During the big air he became the first ever person to land a switch backside 12 in competition. The Mathieu Crépel Invitational is a new annual event (inaugural meet February 2008) which will", "title": "Mathieu Crépel" }, { "id": "20573142", "text": "Matías Schmitt Matías Schmitt (; born 3 June 1991) is an Argentine snowboarder. He competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics. He participated on the FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2013 hosted in Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury, Canada, where he didn't reach the finals. Then he participated on the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2017 hosted in the Sierra Nevada Ski Station, where he finished in the 34th place in big air and in the 32nd place in slopestyle. He also participated in the world cups of 2013-2014, 2015-2016, 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 in the same events. In 2012 he participated in the South", "title": "Matías Schmitt" }, { "id": "15285097", "text": "Sage Kotsenburg Sage Kotsenburg (born July 27, 1993) is an American snowboarder. He won the first-ever Olympic gold medal in men's snowboard slopestyle at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, and became the first gold medalist at these Olympics. Kotsenburg won a silver medal in snowboard slopestyle at the 2012 Winter X Games XVI in Aspen, Colorado, behind Mark McMorris. Kotsenburg won a bronze medal in Snowboard Big Air at the 2011 Winter X Games XV in Aspen, Colorado, behind Torstein Horgmo and Sebastien Toutant. Kotsenburg was born in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho but grew up in Park City,", "title": "Sage Kotsenburg" }, { "id": "20404372", "text": "Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification The following is about the qualification rules and the quota allocation for the snowboarding events at the 2018 Winter Olympics. An athlete must have placed in the top 30 at a World Cup event after July 2016 or at the 2017 World Championships in that respective event and also have a maximum amount of FIS points (100 for giant slalom and snowboard cross, 50 for the other three). A total of 258 quota spots are available to athletes to compete at the games. A maximum of 26 athletes can be entered by", "title": "Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification" }, { "id": "506192", "text": "help of Mike Chantry, a snowboard instructor at Soda Springs. In 1985, the first World Cup was held in Zürs, Austria, further cementing snowboarding's recognition as an official international competitive sport. In 1990, the International Snowboard Federation (ISF) was founded to provide universal contest regulations. In addition, the United States of America Snowboard Association (USASA) provides instructing guidelines and runs snowboard competitions in the U.S. today, high-profile snowboarding events like the Winter X Games, Air & Style, US Open, Olympic Games and other events are broadcast worldwide. Many alpine resorts have terrain parks. At the 1998 Winter Olympic Games in", "title": "Snowboarding" }, { "id": "1063774", "text": "1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially the , and commonly known as Nagano 1998, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 7 to 22 February 1998 in Nagano, Japan. 72 nations and 2,176 participants contested in 7 sports and 68 events at 15 venues. The Games saw the introduction of women's ice hockey, curling and snowboarding. National Hockey League players were allowed to participate in the men's ice hockey. The host was selected on June 15, 1991, over Salt Lake City, Östersund, Jaca and Aosta. They were the third Olympic Games and second Winter Olympics to be held", "title": "1998 Winter Olympics" }, { "id": "13781006", "text": "be conducted. His footage is highly original and creative compared to other tricks of that time. Line is a multiple time competitor in the Winter X games, winning the Big Air Snowboarding event in 1997 and 1999, the Snowboarding Slopestyle event in 1999, and the Snowboarding Big-Air event in 2000. He is a columnist for \"Snowboarder Magazine\" and is known for standout video parts each year. Peter Line Peter Line is a professional snowboarder from Bellevue, Washington. He is a member of the Forum Snowboarding team and was the founder of the original Forum 8. The Forum 8 were: J.", "title": "Peter Line" }, { "id": "19973895", "text": "in Big Air and a bronze in Slopestyle, for a total of four X Games medals in her rookie year. In all, Marino had eight podiums in international and elite events during the 2017-18 competition season. Julia Marino (snowboarder) Julia (Jules) Marino (born September 11, 1997) is an American snowboarder who competes in the Slopestyle and Big Air disciplines. As a rookie, in the 2017 X Games at Aspen's Buttermilk Mountain, she won gold in Slopestyle and a bronze in Big Air, the first female snowboard athlete to win two medals at the same Games in 17 years. On her", "title": "Julia Marino (snowboarder)" }, { "id": "10765096", "text": "from Torino. Also earning medals were Seth Wescott with gold and Lindsey Jacobellis with silver in snowboard cross as the sport made its Olympic debut. Rosey Fletcher added to the total with bronze in parallel giant slalom before retiring after the season. 2007 - Center of Excellence Groundbreaking Burton sponsored snowboard cross rider Lindsey Carmichael was on hand to help the USSA break ground on July 18, 2007 for a $22.5 million, which when complete in the fall of 2009 will house world-class high-performance athletic facilities for U.S.Snowboarding including strength-training areas, a gymnasium, a climbing wall, ramps, trampolines, a nutrition", "title": "U.S. Snowboarding" }, { "id": "20518691", "text": "Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's parallel giant slalom The men's parallel giant slalom competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 24 February 2018 Bogwang Phoenix Park in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The top 32 athletes in the Olympic quota allocation list qualified, with a maximum of four athletes per National Olympic Committee (NOC) allowed. All athletes qualifying must also have placed in the top 30 of a FIS World Cup event or the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2017 during the qualification period (1 July 2016 to 21 January 2018) and also have a", "title": "Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's parallel giant slalom" }, { "id": "12343983", "text": "Olympics on United States television The Olympic Games (Summer and Winter) have been televised in the United States since 1960. It has become one of the most popular programs on USA television every four and then two years. The Olympics is exclusively broadcast on NBC and NBCUniversal's TV Networks in the United States. American television companies are one of the major sources of revenue for the IOC. The first telecast of the Olympics on American TV was from the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California. It was shown on CBS. During the games, officials asked Tony Verna, one of", "title": "Olympics on United States television" }, { "id": "12408460", "text": "Top Gear Winter Olympics Top Gear: Winter Olympics is a full-length, special edition episode for BBC motoring programme \"Top Gear\", and is the first in a series of full-length specials for the show. The episode was aired on 12 February 2006, with a repeat of the episode being aired a week later on 19 February. The special saw hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May travelling to Lillehammer, Norway and creating their own version of the Winter Olympics with cars. The episode was later released on DVD on 5 June later that year. With the 20th Winter Olympic Games", "title": "Top Gear Winter Olympics" }, { "id": "14024181", "text": "FIS Snowboard World Cup The FIS Snowboard World Cup is an annual snowboarding competition, arranged by the International Ski Federation (FIS) since 1994. Throughout the years they have come and gone different disciplines, and categories that grouped some of the disciplines. Currently disciplines contested in the World Cup are: \"Parallel giant slalom\" and \"Parallel slalom\" (grouped into Parallel category), \"Halfpipe\", \"Big air\" and \"Slope style\" (grouped into AFU category) and the discipline-category of Snowboard cross. Some of these disciplines have played discontinuously in time. The only discipline contested in every season of the World Cup is the Halfpipe (and from", "title": "FIS Snowboard World Cup" }, { "id": "11921306", "text": "guidelines, so NBC's effort is entirely voluntary). On March 28, 2017, NBC announced that it would adopt a new format for its primetime coverage of the 2018 Winter Olympics, with a focus on live coverage in all time zones to take advantage of Pyeongchang's 14-hour difference with U.S. Eastern Time, and to address criticism of its previous tape delay practices. As before, the primetime block began at 8:00 p.m ET/5:00 p.m ET, and unlike previous Olympics, was available for streaming. Event sessions in figure skating were deliberately scheduled with morning sessions so that they could air during primetime in the", "title": "NBC Olympic broadcasts" }, { "id": "15255883", "text": "Jim O'Heir and Retta as regular cast members rather than guest stars. Frequent guest performers Jama Williamson and Natalie Morales also reprised their roles. The episode was originally expected to debut in September 2010 and, due to Amy Poehler's pregnancy, the \"Parks and Recreation\" producers decided to write and film the first six episodes of the season early so it could meet that air date. However, to accommodate their new comedy series \"Outsourced\", NBC opted not to put \"Parks and Recreation\" on the fall schedule, and instead delayed the third season premiere to a mid-season date of January 20, 2011.", "title": "Go Big or Go Home" }, { "id": "3705066", "text": "the Olympics. In the U.S., this footage was delivered in 4K by NBCUniversal parent Comcast to participating television providers, including its own Xfinity, as well as DirecTV and Dish Network. NBC's Raleigh, North Carolina affiliate WRAL-TV also held demonstration viewings as part of its ATSC 3.0 test broadcasts. The 2018 Winter Olympics were also used to showcase 5G wireless technologies, as part of a collaboration between domestic wireless sponsor KT, and worldwide sponsor Intel. Several venues were outfitted with 5G networks to facilitate features such as live camera feeds from bobsleds, and multi-camera views from cross-country and figure skating events.", "title": "2018 Winter Olympics" }, { "id": "15255876", "text": "directed by Dean Holland. It was the first to feature Adam Scott, Rob Lowe, Jim O'Heir and Retta as regular cast members rather than guest performers. Frequent guest stars Jama Williamson and Natalie Morales also reprised their roles. \"Go Big or Go Home\" marked the first original \"Parks and Recreation\" episode in eight months. It was filmed immediately after the second season concluded due to Amy Poehler's pregnancy, but NBC ended up placing the show on hold to accommodate their new series, \"Outsourced\". The season premiere was the first \"Parks and Recreation\" episode to air in its new 9:30 p.m.", "title": "Go Big or Go Home" }, { "id": "20518693", "text": "on to win bronze. Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's parallel giant slalom The men's parallel giant slalom competition of the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 24 February 2018 Bogwang Phoenix Park in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The top 32 athletes in the Olympic quota allocation list qualified, with a maximum of four athletes per National Olympic Committee (NOC) allowed. All athletes qualifying must also have placed in the top 30 of a FIS World Cup event or the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2017 during the qualification period (1 July 2016 to 21 January 2018)", "title": "Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's parallel giant slalom" }, { "id": "17818725", "text": "the reason given by ESPN was for a more favorable broadcast window. X Games Austin gained a 4-day attendance of 160,000 and an all-time total of 5,069,115. It was also announced on the ESPN broadcast that next year's X Games will again be hosted in Austin, Texas and that a new event, Moto X Flat Track will make its debut. BMXer Jamie Bestwick won his ninth consecutive gold medal in BMX Vert event. At 14 years of age, Skateboarder Tom Schaar becomes the youngest to win the Skateboarding Big Air event, pulling off a 900 at the top of the", "title": "X Games Austin 2014" }, { "id": "10907432", "text": "From 1978 to 1980, JD used the slogan \"Big John - Little John.\" In 1980, another new slogan was introduced: \"Ride the new breed of Deere\". In 1980, John Deere was the official supplier of snowmobiles for the Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid, New York. In 1982–1984, the snowmobile market was in a downward slide, and the driving force behind the snowmobile program, executive vice president Robert Carlson, had left the company. This made ending the snowmobile program an easy decision for Deere. The parts supply and all snowmobile-related resources were sold to Polaris. There was an understanding that", "title": "John Deere snowmobiles" }, { "id": "7349511", "text": "became a fan favorite at these Games and were later the inspiration of the 1993 motion picture \"Cool Runnings\". In the 1994 Winter Olympics six years later, the Jamaican four-man sled placed a creditable fourteenth, ahead of the United States and Russia, while a Jamaican bobsledder Lascelles Brown won silver for Canada in 2006. The 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy marked the Winter Games debut of Ethiopia and Madagascar. The 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada saw the debut of the Cayman Islands, Colombia, Peru, and Ghana. The 2014 Winter Olympics saw the debut of Dominica, Paraguay,", "title": "Tropical nations at the Winter Olympics" }, { "id": "19958885", "text": "Jamie Anderson (USA) won the gold medal. Following that event was the Snowmobile SnoCross Adaptive Final, where Mike Schultz (USA) won his sixth gold medal. Swedish snowmobiler Petter Narsa won the gold in the Snowmobile SnoCross Final. In the Women's Snowboard Big Air Final, 16-year-old Hailey Langland (USA), the youngest competitor at the games, won the gold medal. Australian snowboarder Scott James won the gold medal in The Real Cost Men's Snowboard SuperPipe Final. On Friday, January 27, four final events were held. In its first year as an event, the Snow BikeCross final concluded with Canadian Brock Hoyer winning", "title": "Winter X Games XXI" }, { "id": "2861984", "text": "Olympic Stadium (Montreal) Olympic Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium in Canada, located at Olympic Park in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district of Montreal. Built in the mid-1970s as the main venue for the 1976 Summer Olympics, it is nicknamed \"The Big O\", a reference to both its name and to the doughnut-shape of the permanent component of the stadium's roof. It is also called \"The Big Owe\" to reference the astronomical cost of the stadium and the 1976 Olympics as a whole. The stadium is the largest by seating capacity in Canada. After the Olympics, artificial turf was installed and it", "title": "Olympic Stadium (Montreal)" }, { "id": "459582", "text": "records were set in speed skating largely due to the introduction of the clap skate. The 2002 Winter Olympics were held in Salt Lake City, United States, hosting 77 nations and 2,399 athletes in 78 events in 7 sports. These Games were the first to take place since the September 11 attacks of 2001, which meant a higher degree of security to avoid a terrorist attack. The opening ceremony saw signs of the aftermath of the events of that day, including the flag that flew at Ground Zero, NYPD officer Daniel Rodríguez singing \"God Bless America\", and honour guards of", "title": "Winter Olympic Games" }, { "id": "17814990", "text": "Henrik Harlaut Henrik Harlaut (born 14 August 1991) is a Swedish freestyle skier. He was born in Stockholm and moved with his family to Åre at the age of nine. At the Winter X Games XVII in Aspen, Colorado, Harlaut won the gold medal in big air and the silver medal in slopestyle. In the big air final he landed the first-ever \"nose butter triple cork 1620\" (a series of choreographed flips and spins he had not even tried himself before) and scored a perfect 50 points. He represented Sweden in slopestyle at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi and", "title": "Henrik Harlaut" }, { "id": "459597", "text": "been selected to host a Winter Olympics and it was the second time the Olympics were held in the country overall, after the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. The Games took place from 9 to 25 February 2018. More than 2,900 athletes from 92 countries participated in 102 events. The Olympic Stadium and many of the sports venues were situated in the Alpensia Resort in Daegwallyeong-myeon, Pyeongchang, while a number of other sports venues were located in the Gangneung Olympic Park in Pyeongchang's neighboring city of Gangneung. The lead-up to the 2018 Winter Olympics was affected by the tensions between", "title": "Winter Olympic Games" }, { "id": "20518684", "text": "of the International Olympic Committee, accompanied by Dexter Paine, International Ski Federation vice president. The top 30 athletes in the Olympic quota allocation list qualified, with a maximum of four athletes per National Olympic Committee (NOC) allowed. All athletes qualifying must also have placed in the top 30 of a FIS World Cup event or the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2017 during the qualification period (July 1, 2016 to January 21, 2018) and also have a minimum of 50 FIS points to compete. If the host country, South Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics, did not qualify,", "title": "Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's halfpipe" }, { "id": "3705044", "text": "2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXIII Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as PyeongChang 2018, was an international winter multi-sport event that was held between 9 and 25 February 2018 in Pyeongchang County, Gangwon Province, South Korea, with the opening rounds for certain events held on 8 February 2018, the eve of the opening ceremony. Pyeongchang was elected as the host city in July 2011, during the 123rd IOC Session in Durban, South Africa. This was the first time that South Korea had hosted the Winter Olympics and the second Olympics held in", "title": "2018 Winter Olympics" } ]

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[ { "id": "8200846", "text": "World Series television ratings The highest average rating for an entire World Series is tied between the 1978 Series featuring the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers and the 1980 Series featuring the Philadelphia Phillies and Kansas City Royals. Both Series, each of which went six games, averaged a national rating of 32.8 and a share of 56. However, the 1978 Series had a slightly larger total viewership (44,278,950) than 1980 (42,300,000). The highest-rated individual game in Series history was Game 7 in 1986, as the New York Mets defeated the Boston Red Sox at Shea Stadium in New", "title": "World Series television ratings" }, { "id": "13544744", "text": "became the 11th team to lose the World Series in consecutive seasons. In the American League, the New York Yankees have played in 40 World Series and won 27, the Philadelphia/Kansas City/Oakland Athletics have played in 14 and won 9, and the Boston Red Sox have played in 14 and won 9, including the first World Series. In the National League, the St. Louis Cardinals have appeared in 19 and won 11, the New York/San Francisco Giants have played in 20 and won 8, the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers have appeared in 20 and won 6, and the Cincinnati Reds have", "title": "World Series" }, { "id": "13544794", "text": "teams have won 66 of the 114 World Series played (57.9%). The New York Yankees have won 27 titles, accounting for 23.7% of all series played and 40.9% of the wins by American League teams. The St. Louis Cardinals have won 11 World Series, accounting for 9.6% of all series played and 23% of the 48 National League victories. When the first modern World Series was played in 1903, there were eight teams in each league. These 16 franchises, all of which are still in existence, have each won at least two World Series titles. The number of teams was", "title": "World Series" }, { "id": "4342332", "text": "1954 World Series The 1954 World Series matched the National League champion New York Giants against the American League champion Cleveland Indians. The Giants swept the Series in four games to win their first championship since , defeating the heavily favored Indians, who had won an AL-record 111 games in the regular season; it has since been broken by the 1998 New York Yankees (114) and again by the 2001 Seattle Mariners (116, tying the 1906 Chicago Cubs for the most wins ever). The Series is perhaps best-remembered for \"The Catch\", a sensational running catch made by Giants center fielder", "title": "1954 World Series" }, { "id": "4342346", "text": "1954 World Series The 1954 World Series matched the National League champion New York Giants against the American League champion Cleveland Indians. The Giants swept the Series in four games to win their first championship since , defeating the heavily favored Indians, who had won an AL-record 111 games in the regular season; it has since been broken by the 1998 New York Yankees (114) and again by the 2001 Seattle Mariners (116, tying the 1906 Chicago Cubs for the most wins ever). The Series is perhaps best-remembered for \"The Catch\", a sensational running catch made by Giants center fielder", "title": "1954 World Series" }, { "id": "13544746", "text": "1884 to 1890, the National League and the American Association faced each other in a series of games at the end of the season to determine an overall champion. These series were disorganized in comparison to the modern World Series, with the terms arranged through negotiation of the owners of the championship teams beforehand. The number of games played ranged from as few as three in 1884 (Providence defeated New York three games to zero), to a high of fifteen in 1887 (Detroit beat St. Louis ten games to five). Both the 1885 and 1890 Series ended in ties, each", "title": "World Series" }, { "id": "85855", "text": "Cubs have appeared in a total of eleven World Series. The 1906 Cubs won 116 games, finishing 116–36 and posting a modern-era record winning percentage of , before losing the World Series to the Chicago White Sox (\"The Hitless Wonders\") by four games to two. The Cubs won back-to-back World Series championships in 1907 and 1908, becoming the first major league team to play in three consecutive World Series, and the first to win it twice. Most recently, the Cubs won the 2016 National League Championship Series and 2016 World Series, which ended a 71-year National League pennant drought and", "title": "Chicago Cubs" }, { "id": "13544789", "text": "of them had gone the full seven games. Since then, the 2011, 2014, 2016, and 2017 World Series have gone the full seven games. This rule was subject to debate, with various writers feeling that home-field advantage should be decided based on the regular season records of the participants, not on an exhibition game played several months earlier. Some writers especially questioned the integrity of this rule after the 2014 All-Star Game, when St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright suggested that he intentionally gave Derek Jeter some easy pitches to hit in the New York Yankees' shortstop's final All-Star appearance", "title": "World Series" }, { "id": "13544795", "text": "unchanged until 1961, with fourteen expansion teams joining MLB since then. Twelve have played in a World Series (the Mariners and Expos/Nationals being the two exceptions). The expansion teams have won ten of the 22 Series (45%) in which they have played, which is 9% of all 114 series played since 1903. In 2015, the first World Series featuring only expansion teams was played between the Kansas City Royals and New York Mets. This information is up to date through the present time: When two teams share the same state or metropolitan area, fans often develop strong loyalties to one", "title": "World Series" }, { "id": "13544769", "text": "Metrodome in Minnesota. (The last World Series played outdoors during the day was the final game of the 1984 series in Detroit's Tiger Stadium.) During this seven-year period, only three teams won the World Series: the Oakland Athletics from 1972 to 1974, Cincinnati Reds in 1975 and 1976, and New York Yankees in 1977 and 1978. This is the only time in World Series history in which three teams have won consecutive series in succession. This period was book-ended by World Championships for the Pittsburgh Pirates, in 1971 and 1979. However, the Baltimore Orioles made three consecutive World Series appearances:", "title": "World Series" }, { "id": "386230", "text": "New York City, most memorably playing at the legendary Polo Grounds. They have won 23 NL pennants and have played in 20 World Series competitions – both NL records. The Giants' eight World Series championships rank second in the National League and fourth overall (the New York Yankees are first with 27, then the St. Louis Cardinals (the National League record-holders) with 11, and the Oakland Athletics and the Boston Red Sox both with 9). The Giants have played in the World Series 20 times – 14 times in New York, six in San Francisco – but boycotted the event", "title": "San Francisco Giants" }, { "id": "7642032", "text": "11 World Series victories. The Yankees' number of World Series losses, 13, leads Major League Baseball. The Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers are second in total World Series appearances with twentie. Of their 20 World Series appearances, the Dodgers have faced the Yankees eleven times, going 3–8, while the Giants have faced the Yankees seven times, going 2–5. Among North American major sports, the Yankees' success is approached only by the 24 Stanley Cup championships of the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League. The Yankees have played in the World Series against every National League pennant winner except the Houston Astros", "title": "New York Yankees" }, { "id": "8200848", "text": "all-time low rating of 6.1, matched later by Game 3 in 2012 between the San Francisco Giants and the Detroit Tigers. The least-watched World Series was in 2012, a four-game sweep of the Detroit Tigers by the San Francisco Giants that averaged a 7.6 rating and 12 share. Game 7 of the 2016 World Series between the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians saw the highest rating in 25 years, averaging 40 million viewers and more than 75 million viewers saw at least part of the game. A total of 115 million viewers watched the Series at some point. The following", "title": "World Series television ratings" }, { "id": "499038", "text": "(Chicago), Sportsman's Park (St. Louis) and Tiger Stadium (Detroit) have hosted more games. Due to the Yankees' frequent appearances in the World Series, Yankee Stadium played host to 161 postseason games, more than any other stadium in baseball history. The Stadium hosted 37 of the 83 possible World Series during its existence (not counting 1974–75, and the 1994 strike), with the Yankees winning 26 of them. In total, the venue hosted 100 World Series games. 16 of the 17 World Series won in the Bronx were clinched at the 1923 Yankee Stadium, nine by the Yankees and seven by their", "title": "Yankee Stadium (1923)" }, { "id": "4169553", "text": "history (that number now stands at 27), and the first of five that Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, and Andy Pettitte, won with the Yankees from 1996 to 2009. 1996 World Series (4–2): New York Yankees (A.L.) beat Atlanta Braves (N.L.). This World Series is notable for being one of the few six-game series in which the winning team was outscored.<br>It happened previously in 1918, 1959, 1977, and 1992, and later in 2003.<br> Seven-game series winners were outscored in 1957, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1991, 1997, and 2002; (equaled in 2016 and 2017). On \"The Millennium\", a \"Seinfeld\"", "title": "1996 World Series" }, { "id": "2235393", "text": "was the 1959 World Series. The Marlins have not played in a World Series since 2003, but the Yankees have, as the new Yankee Stadium opened in 2009, the year of their 27th World Championship. 2003 World Series (4–2): Florida Marlins (N.L.) over New York Yankees (A.L.) This World Series is notable for being one of the few six-game series in which the winning team was outscored.<br>It happened previously in 1918, 1959, 1977, 1992, and 1996.<br> Seven-game series winners were outscored in 1957, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1991, 1997, and 2002; (equaled in 2016 and 2017). 2003", "title": "2003 World Series" }, { "id": "20830063", "text": "2018 postseason. The Red Sox surpassed the 100-win mark for the first time since 1946, broke the franchise record of 105 wins that had been set in 1912, and won the most games of any MLB team since the 2001 Seattle Mariners won 116. The 2018 Red Sox were highlighted by All-Stars Mookie Betts, Craig Kimbrel, J. D. Martinez, Mitch Moreland, and Chris Sale. Betts led baseball in batting average and slugging percentage, while Martinez led in runs batted in. Sale tossed only 158 innings due to a shoulder injury late in the year, but was otherwise superb, posting a", "title": "2018 World Series" }, { "id": "7642031", "text": "Sox in the ALDS 3 games to 1. The Red Sox handed the Yankees their worst playoff defeat in team history as well in Game 3, which was a score of 16–1. In Game 3, Brock Holt of the Red Sox also became the first player in MLB history to hit for the cycle in a playoff game. The Yankees have won a record 27 World Series in 40 appearances (which, since the first World Series in 1903, currently amounts to an average appearance every 2.7 seasons and a championship every 4.0 seasons); the St. Louis Cardinals are second with", "title": "New York Yankees" }, { "id": "13544770", "text": "1969 (losing to the \"amazing\" eight-year-old franchise New York Mets), 1970 (beating the Reds in their first World Series appearance of the decade), and 1971 (losing to the Pittsburgh Pirates, as well their 1979 appearance, when they again lost to the Pirates), and the Los Angeles Dodgers' back-to-back World Series appearances in 1977 and 1978 (both losses to the New York Yankees), as well in 1974 losing against the cross-state rival Oakland Athletics. Game 6 of the 1975 World Series is regarded by most as one of the greatest World Series games ever played. It found the Boston Red Sox", "title": "World Series" }, { "id": "13544799", "text": "now-Los Angeles Dodgers four times, losing to them in a four-game sweep in 1963, beating them back-to-back in 1977 and 1978 and losing to them in 1981). An all-New York Series did not recur until 2000, when the Yankees defeated the New York Mets in five games. The last World Series played entirely in one ballpark was the 1944 \"Streetcar Series\" between the St. Louis Cardinals and the St. Louis Browns. The Cardinals won in six games, all held in their shared home, Sportsman's Park. The 1989 World Series, sometimes called the \"Bay Bridge Series\" or the \"BART Series\" (after", "title": "World Series" }, { "id": "2423784", "text": "course of the series, the Blue Jays scored the highest number of runs of any one \"series-winning\" team in World Series history. Only the series-losing 1960 New York Yankees have accumulated more runs, 55, in a series. 1993 World Series (4–2): Toronto Blue Jays (A.L.) over Philadelphia Phillies (N.L.) Game 6 (October 23) is to date, the last Major League Baseball game to be televised on CBS. Sean McDonough (play-by-play) and Tim McCarver (color commentary and himself a former Phillies broadcaster) called the action for CBS. The following season, Major League Baseball entered into a revenue sharing joint venture with", "title": "1993 World Series" }, { "id": "10188560", "text": "World Series titles over a five-year span. Their record of 116 victories (in a 154-game season) in 1906 has not been broken, though it was tied by the Seattle Mariners in 2001 in a 162-game season. The 1906 Cubs still hold the record for best winning percentage of the modern era, with a .763 mark. However, they lost the 1906 World Series to their crosstown rival White Sox. The Cubs again relied on dominant pitching during this period, featuring hurlers such as Mordecai \"Three-Finger\" Brown, Jack Taylor, Ed Reulbach, Jack Pfiester and Orval Overall. The Cubs' pitchers posted a record", "title": "History of the Chicago Cubs" }, { "id": "13544745", "text": "appeared in 9 and won 5. As of 2018, no team has won consecutive World Series championships since the New York Yankees in , , and —the longest such drought in Major League Baseball history. Until the formation of the American Association in 1882 as a second major league, the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (1871–1875) and then the National League (founded 1876) represented the top level of organized baseball in the United States. All championships were awarded to the team with the best record at the end of the season, without a postseason series being played. From", "title": "World Series" }, { "id": "533127", "text": "Yogi Berra Lawrence Peter \"Yogi\" Berra (May 12, 1925 – September 22, 2015) was an American professional baseball catcher, who later took on the roles of manager and coach. He played 19 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) (1946–63, 1965), all but the last for the New York Yankees. He was an 18-time All-Star and won 10 World Series championships as a player—more than any other player in MLB history. Berra had a career batting average of .285, while hitting 358 home runs and 1,430 runs batted in. He is one of only five players to win the American League", "title": "Yogi Berra" }, { "id": "326751", "text": "of Mike Schmidt and Pete Rose. Schmidt, who was the National League MVP that 1980 season, also won the World Series MVP award on the strength of his 8-for-21 hitting (.381 average), including game-winning hits in Game 2 and the clinching Game 6. This sixth, final game was also significant because it remains \"the most-watched game in World Series history\" with a television audience of 54.9 million viewers. Thus, the Phillies became the last of the 16 teams that made up the major leagues from 1901 to 1961 to win a World Series. After their Series win Ruly Carpenter, who", "title": "Philadelphia Phillies" }, { "id": "8200849", "text": "shows the World Series with the lowest and highest average viewership. Figures are in millions. The following table shows the viewership records — both highest and lowest — for games one through seven in a World Series. Figures are in millions. Figures are expressed as \"ratings\"/\"share\". Ratings represent the percentage of U.S. households that watched the game on television. Share represents the percentage of television sets \"in use\" that were tuned to the game. World Series television ratings The highest average rating for an entire World Series is tied between the 1978 Series featuring the New York Yankees and Los", "title": "World Series television ratings" }, { "id": "4171904", "text": "by Babe Ruth of the Yankees in 1926. In the seventh inning, Wayne Garrett struck out for the eleventh time tying the Series record set by Eddie Mathews of the Milwaukee Braves in 1958 (later broken in 1980 when Willie Wilson of the Royals struck out 12 times). Darold Knowles got the save and became the only pitcher ever to appear in all seven games of a seven-game World Series until Brandon Morrow in the 2017 World Series. Vern Hoscheit, a coach with the A's in 1973, would win a World Series with the Mets as a coach in .", "title": "1973 World Series" }, { "id": "2227472", "text": "voting, because of the relative rareness of the full-time DH and the fact that the DH does not contribute on defense. During the 1993 season Paul Molitor became the first player to win the World Series Most Valuable Player award while playing 137 of 160 games (85.63%) as a designated hitter; David Ortiz did the same in 2013. Ortiz was also the first designated hitter to win the ALCS MVP in 2004. Ortiz and Molitor played games at first base in their World Series MVP seasons, leaving Hideki Matsui in 2009 as the only World Series MVP to never play", "title": "Designated hitter" }, { "id": "13544785", "text": "12, 1994, the players went on strike. After a month passed with no progress in the labor talks, Selig canceled the rest of the 1994 season and the postseason on September 14. The World Series was not played for the first time in 90 years. The Montreal Expos, now the Washington Nationals, were the best team in baseball at the time of the stoppage, with a record of 74–40 (since their founding in 1969, the Expos/Nationals have never played in a World Series.) The labor dispute lasted into the spring of 1995, with owners beginning spring training with replacement players.", "title": "World Series" }, { "id": "13544767", "text": "and American Leagues were reorganized into two divisions each, East and West. The two division winners within each league played each other in a best-of-five League Championship Series to determine who would advance to the World Series. In 1985, the format changed to best-of-seven. The National League Championship Series (NLCS) and American League Championship Series (ALCS), since the expansion to best-of-seven, are always played in a 2–3–2 format: Games 1, 2, 6 and 7 are played in the stadium of the team that has home-field advantage, and Games 3, 4 and 5 are played in the stadium of the team", "title": "World Series" }, { "id": "3083650", "text": "(2,020), tied-first in games started (438), and third in wins (219). Pettitte and Rivera have combined for a record 81 (11 in the playoffs) win-save combinations, the most in history. They, along with teammates Derek Jeter and Jorge Posada, have been noted as the \"Core Four\", as they were teammates for the five World Series won by the Yankees between 1996–2009. During the period from 1995–2010, no major league pitcher accumulated more regular season victories than Pettitte did. His 148 wins from 2000 to 2009 were the most of the decade. Pettitte was 19–10 with a 3.83 ERA and 173", "title": "Andy Pettitte" }, { "id": "533164", "text": "for defamation, but Hanna-Barbera claimed that the similarity of the names was just a coincidence. Yogi Berra Lawrence Peter \"Yogi\" Berra (May 12, 1925 – September 22, 2015) was an American professional baseball catcher, who later took on the roles of manager and coach. He played 19 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) (1946–63, 1965), all but the last for the New York Yankees. He was an 18-time All-Star and won 10 World Series championships as a player—more than any other player in MLB history. Berra had a career batting average of .285, while hitting 358 home runs and 1,430", "title": "Yogi Berra" }, { "id": "8998717", "text": "record with 61. Commissioner Ford Frick decreed that two separate records be kept, as the Yankees played a 154-game schedule in 1927 (beginning in 1961, AL teams played 162 games to accommodate the league's expansion to 10 teams). MLB did away with the dual records 30 years later, giving Maris sole possession of the single-season home run record before it was broken in 1998 by Mark McGwire. The Yankees won the pennant with 109 regular season wins, at the time the club's second-highest single-season total, and defeated the Cincinnati Reds in five games to win the franchise's 19th World Series.", "title": "History of the New York Yankees" }, { "id": "745935", "text": "the National League champion; two seasons did not end in playing a World Series (1904, when the National League champion New York Giants refused to play their AL counterpart, and 1994, when a players' strike prevented the Series). Through 2018, American League teams have won 66 of the 114 World Series played since 1903, with 27 of those coming from the New York Yankees alone. The New York Yankees have won 40 American League titles, the most in the league's history, followed by the Philadelphia/Kansas City/Oakland Athletics (15) and the Boston Red Sox (14). Originally a minor league known as", "title": "American League" }, { "id": "13544762", "text": "Charles O. Finley). During that span, the Yankees played in all World Series except 1948, 1954, and 1959, winning ten. From 1949 to 1953, the Yankees won the World Series five years in a row; from 1936–1939 the Yankees won four World Series Championships in a row. There are only two other occasions when a team has won at least three consecutive World Series: 1972 to 1974 by the Oakland Athletics, and 1998 to 2000 by the New York Yankees. In an 18-year span from 1947 to 1964, except for 1948 and 1959, the World Series was played in New", "title": "World Series" }, { "id": "4341913", "text": "1921 World Series The much-anticipated 1921 World Series featured John McGraw's New York Giants, dedicated practitioners of the dead-ball era's \"inside game\", and the New York Yankees, who relied on the \"power game\" exemplified by Babe Ruth, who was coming off of what was arguably his best year ever statistically. This was the first World Series appearance by the Yankees, who have gone on to play in the Series a record 40 times. The 1921 Series was a closely contested matchup that ended on a double play featuring a baserunning miscue. The Series was the last of the experimental best-five-of-nine", "title": "1921 World Series" }, { "id": "242080", "text": "two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning of game 1, in his only appearance of the series. The Dodgers won the pennant in 2017 and 2018, but lost the World Series to the Houston Astros and Boston Red Sox respectively. The Dodgers share a fierce rivalry with the San Francisco Giants, the oldest rivalry in baseball, dating back to when the two franchises played in New York City. Both teams moved west for the 1958 season. The Brooklyn Dodgers and Los Angeles Dodgers have collectively appeared in the World Series 20 times, while the New York Giants and", "title": "Los Angeles Dodgers" }, { "id": "13049436", "text": "on World Series rings. The New York Yankees Museum, located in Yankee Stadium, has an exhibit with replicas of all Yankees' World Series rings, including the pocket watch given after the 1923 World Series. Yogi Berra won the most World Series rings with 10, as a player. Frankie Crosetti won 17 as a player and as a coach. Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center. World Series ring A World Series ring is an award given to Major League Baseball players who win the World Series. Since only one Commissioner's Trophy is awarded to the team, a World Series ring is", "title": "World Series ring" }, { "id": "14508217", "text": "League pennants (1969, 1973, 1986, 2000, 2015), and six National League East titles (1969, 1973, 1986, 1988, 2006, 2015). The Mets also qualified for the postseason as the National League Wild Card team in 1999 and 2000. The Mets have appeared in more World Series — five — than any other expansion team in Major League Baseball history. Their two championships equal the tally of the Toronto Blue Jays, Florida Marlins and Kansas City Royals for the most titles among expansion teams. The Mets are the only expansion team to have won two World Series championships at home, as the", "title": "History of the New York Mets" }, { "id": "2758881", "text": "assists (4,666). At the time of his last game, he had also appeared in the most World Series games ever (52), a record soon surpassed by five of his Yankees teammates. Rizzuto still holds numerous World Series records for shortstops, including the most career games played, singles, walks, times on base, stolen bases, at-bats, putouts, assists and double plays. Rizzuto married Cora Anne Ellenborn on June 23, 1943; the two first met the previous year when Rizzuto substituted for Joe DiMaggio as a speaker at a Newark communion breakfast. \"I fell in love so hard I didn't go home\", Rizzuto", "title": "Phil Rizzuto" }, { "id": "13544806", "text": "against either the Dodgers or against the San Diego Padres for bragging rights in Southern California, although all three of those teams have appeared in the World Series at various times. At the time the first modern World Series began in 1903, each league had eight clubs, all of which survive today (although sometimes in a different city or with a new nickname), comprising the \"original sixteen\". When the World Series was first broadcast on television in 1947, it was only televised to a few surrounding areas via coaxial inter-connected stations: New York City (WNBT); Philadelphia (WPTZ); Schenectady/Albany, New York", "title": "World Series" }, { "id": "7641946", "text": "the AL pennant winner. The World Series was not skipped again for another 90 years, when a strike truncated the 1994 season. It was the last time Boston beat New York in a pennant-deciding game for a full century (2004). In 1904, pitcher Jack Chesbro set the single-season wins record at 41, which still stands. Under current playing practices, this is most likely an unbreakable record, especially considering that the last thirty game winner was Denny McLain (31) in 1968. The original Polo Grounds burned down in 1911 and the Highlanders allowed the Giants to play in Hilltop Park during", "title": "New York Yankees" }, { "id": "19533452", "text": "first team from Texas to do so. It was the first time since 2001-2002 when two consecutive World Series went to seven games. Both teams set a World Series record with a combined total of 25 home runs throughout the entire series, including a team record 15 home runs by the Astros, and hit a combined total of eight home runs in Game 2 to set the single game World Series mark. Houston outfielder George Springer was named as the World Series Most Valuable Player (MVP) after hitting five home runs in the series to tie a World Series record", "title": "2017 World Series" }, { "id": "83722", "text": "when the White Sox, known as the \"Hitless Wonders,\" defeated the Cubs, 4-2. The Cubs are the oldest Major League Baseball team to have never changed their city; they have played in Chicago since 1871, and continuously so since 1874 due to the Great Chicago Fire. They have played more games and have more wins than any other team in Major League baseball since 1876. They have won three World Series titles, including the 2016 World Series, but had the dubious honor of having the two longest droughts in American professional sports: They had not won their sport's title since", "title": "Chicago" }, { "id": "41920", "text": "a .183 batting average, the lowest in a seven-game World Series. This and the 2002 World Series were the last two consecutive World Series to have game sevens until the World Series of 2016 and 2017. The 2001 World Series was the subject of an HBO documentary, \"Nine Innings from Ground Zero\", in 2004. The Arizona Diamondbacks began play in 1998, along with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, as the youngest expansion team in Major League Baseball (MLB). After a mediocre debut season, the Diamondbacks finished the following year first in the National League (NL) West with a record, but", "title": "2001 World Series" }, { "id": "7997568", "text": "Arizona Diamondbacks in the World Series in seven games. They made the World Series again in 2003, but lost to the underdog Florida Marlins. The Yankees did not win another World Series until 2009. The Mariners have not made the MLB postseason since 2001. Their 116 wins in the regular season remain tied (with the 1906 Cubs) for the Major League record. No team has approached 116 since, the closest being the Boston Red Sox in 2018, with 108 wins. 2001 American League Championship Series The 2001 American League Championship Series (ALCS) was a rematch of the 2000 ALCS between", "title": "2001 American League Championship Series" }, { "id": "41849", "text": "marred the season in the minds of many fans. That same year, the New York Yankees won a record 125 games, including going 11–2 in the postseason, to win the World Series as what many consider to be one of the greatest teams of all time. McGwire's record of 70 would last a mere three years following the meteoric rise of veteran San Francisco Giants left fielder Barry Bonds in 2001. In 2001 Bonds knocked out 73 home runs, breaking the record set by McGwire by hitting his 71st on October 5, 2001. In addition to the home run record,", "title": "History of baseball in the United States" }, { "id": "4171724", "text": "1977 World Series The 1977 World Series was the 74th edition of Major League Baseball's (MLB) championship series. The best-of-seven playoff was contested between the New York Yankees, champions of the American League (AL) and defending American League champions, and the Los Angeles Dodgers, champions of the National League (NL). The Yankees defeated the Dodgers, four games to two, to win the franchise's 21st World Series championship, their first since 1962, and the first under the ownership of George Steinbrenner. The Series was played between October 11 and 18, broadcast on ABC. During this Series, Reggie Jackson earned his nickname", "title": "1977 World Series" }, { "id": "7642002", "text": "Mets in the first Subway Series World Series since 1956. The Yankees won the series in 5 games, but a loss in Game 3 snapped their streak of World Series wins at 14, surpassing the club's previous record of 12 (in 1927, 1928, and 1932). The Yankees are the last major league team to repeat as World Series champions and after the 2000 season they joined the Yankee teams of 1936–1939 and 1949–1953, as well as the 1972–1974 Oakland Athletics as the only teams to win at least three consecutive World Series. The Yankees dynasty of the 1990s was also", "title": "New York Yankees" }, { "id": "11337025", "text": "During what later became known as \"the year of the pitcher\", Bob Gibson set a modern earned run average record of 1.12 and a World Series record of 17 strikeouts in Game 1, while Series opponent Denny McLain of the Detroit Tigers won 31 regular season games, the only player to reach the 30 win milestone since Dizzy Dean in 1934. Don Drysdale of the L.A. Dodgers pitched 6 consecutive shutout games in May and June, ending with 58 2/3 scoreless innings. Mickey Lolich won three complete games in the World Series, the last player as of today to do", "title": "1968 Major League Baseball season" }, { "id": "13544742", "text": "World Series The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) in North America, contested since 1903 between the American League (AL) champion team and the National League (NL) champion team. The winner of the World Series championship is determined through a best-of-seven playoff, and the winning team is awarded the Commissioner's Trophy. As the series is played during the fall season in North America, it is sometimes referred to as the Fall Classic. Prior to 1969, the team with the best regular season win-loss record in each league automatically advanced to the World Series; since", "title": "World Series" }, { "id": "2041641", "text": "August 25, 1922, the highest-scoring game in major-league history took place: the Chicago Cubs defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 26–23, a total of 49 runs. The record for most runs scored by a team in a single inning is 18, set by the Chicago White Stockings (now the Chicago Cubs) against the Detroit Wolverines on September 6, 1883. The modern-day record is 17, achieved by the Boston Red Sox against the Detroit Tigers on June 18, 1953. The Yankees' Mickey Mantle holds the record for most career World Series runs scored with 42 (1951–53, 1955–58, 1960–64). The record for most runs", "title": "Run (baseball)" }, { "id": "11546451", "text": "league's champion for the season. In the MLB Postseason, game seven can occur in the League Championship Series and the World Series (the divisional series are best of five). In the World Series, there have been 39 decisive game sevens (of the four World Series that were contested on a best-of-nine basis, none went to a game nine, though all four included a non-decisive game seven). World Series that were decided on a game seven: All extra inning game sevens involve three franchises each with two appearances, the New York/San Francisco Giants (losing both), the Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins (winning both)", "title": "Game seven" }, { "id": "7641962", "text": "against the Whiz Kids of the Philadelphia Phillies. In 1954, the Yankees won over 100 games, but the Indians took the pennant with an AL record 111 wins; 1954 was famously referred to as \"The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant\". In , the Dodgers finally beat the Yankees in the World Series, after five previous Series losses to them, but the Yankees came back strong the next year. On October 8, 1956, in Game Five of the 1956 World Series against the Dodgers, pitcher Don Larsen threw the only perfect game in World Series history, which remains the only", "title": "New York Yankees" }, { "id": "8998770", "text": "The Yankees were defeated three games to one by their rivals, falling short of a return to the ALCS. As of 2018, the Yankees' 27 World Series championships are 16 more than the number won by the St. Louis Cardinals, who have the second-most titles among MLB teams. New York's championship total is the highest of any franchise in a major North American league; the National Hockey League's Montreal Canadiens are second behind the Yankees with 24 Stanley Cup wins. The 40 AL titles won by the Yankees places them 17 in front of the Cardinals for the most pennants", "title": "History of the New York Yankees" }, { "id": "4341660", "text": "played prior to Major League Baseball's 1969 expansion, which coincided with the introduction of divisional play and the League Championship Series. All seven games of NBC's TV coverage were preserved on black-and-white kinescopes by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and circulate among collectors. Games 1 and 5 have been commercially released; these broadcasts, and that of Game 7, were frequently shown on CSN (Classic Sports Network) and ESPN Classic in the 1990s and 2000s. The Tigers roared into Game 1 by setting a then-team record with 103 victories on the season and were appearing in their first World Series in 23", "title": "1968 World Series" }, { "id": "4169809", "text": "one World Series title during the 1980s. However, since their 1988 World Series win, the Dodgers would not appear in another World Series until 2017 (which they lost to the Houston Astros), despite reaching the NLCS in 2008, 2009, 2013, and 2016. The Yankees, on the other hand, appeared in seven World Series (1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2009) in that span, winning all but 2001 and 2003. 1981 World Series (4–2): Los Angeles Dodgers (N.L.) over New York Yankees (A.L.) SERIES STATS | REGULAR SEASON SERIES STATS | REGULAR SEASON SERIES STATS | REGULAR SEASON SERIES STATS", "title": "1981 World Series" }, { "id": "13544765", "text": "Orioles. In 1968, the Kansas City Athletics relocated to Oakland and the following year 1969, the National League granted a franchise to San Diego as the San Diego Padres. The A's became a powerful dynasty, winning three consecutive World Series from 1972–1974. In 1974, the A's played the Dodgers in the first all-California World Series. The Padres have two World Series appearances (a 1984 loss to the Detroit Tigers, and a 1998 loss to the New York Yankees). The Dodgers won two more World Series in the 1980s (1981, 1988). The A's again went to three straight world series, from", "title": "World Series" }, { "id": "533130", "text": "World Series. Berra appeared as a player, coach or manager in every one of the 13 World Series that New York baseball teams competed in from 1947 through 1981. In all, he appeared in 22 World Series, 13 on the winning side. The Yankees retired his uniform number 8 in 1972; Bill Dickey also wore number 8, and both catchers had that number retired by the Yankees. The club honored him with a plaque in Monument Park in 1988. Berra was named to the MLB All-Century Team in a vote by fans in 1999. For the remainder of his life,", "title": "Yogi Berra" }, { "id": "5748980", "text": "championship ring, hitting .370 in the six-game World Series victory over the Chicago White Sox. The attendance on Oct. 6, 1959 for Game 5 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum was 92,706, which continues to be the largest crowd in World Series history. After the 1961 season, the Dodgers traded him to the New York Mets for outfielder Lee Walls and cash. Neal ended up playing for the Mets' '62 expansion team that lost 120 games, most by a team in a single season since the 19th Century. He was in the inaugural Met starting lineup on April 11, 1962", "title": "Charlie Neal" }, { "id": "3326187", "text": "records during the 1948 season, when they won the American League pennant and World Series behind pitcher Bob Feller and shortstop/player-manager Lou Boudreau. That season, Cleveland had the highest single season attendance, 2,620,627, which was not eclipsed until 1962 by the Los Angeles Dodgers, largest regular season night game attendance of 72,434 for the first major league start of Satchel Paige, and biggest World Series game attendance of 86,288 for game 5 on October 10, 1948. However, during the Indians' lean years from the 1960s through the 1990s, they rarely attracted more than 30,000 people, and even crowds of 40,000", "title": "Cleveland Stadium" }, { "id": "8361683", "text": "Storm Davis George Earl \"Storm\" Davis (born December 26, 1961), is a retired professional baseball player who pitched in the major leagues from 1982 to 1994. He is a two-time World Series champion. Davis was the winning pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles in Game Four of the 1983 World Series versus the Philadelphia Phillies. He was the losing pitcher for the Oakland Athletics in Games Two and Five of the 1988 World Series versus the Los Angeles Dodgers. In 1989, he won a career-high 19 games for the A's during a season which the A's won 99 games, more than", "title": "Storm Davis" }, { "id": "734386", "text": "League (AL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) three times and a Gold Glove winner once. Mantle appeared in 12 World Series including seven championships, and holds World Series records for the most home runs (18), RBIs (40), extra-base hits (26), runs (42), walks (43), and total bases (123). Mantle was born on October 20, 1931 in Spavinaw, Oklahoma, the son of Lovell (née Richardson) Mantle (1904–1995) and lead miner Elvin Charles \"Mutt\" Mantle (1912–1952). He was of at least partial English ancestry; his great-grandfather, George Mantle, left Brierley Hill, in England's Black Country, in 1848. Mutt named his son in honor", "title": "Mickey Mantle" }, { "id": "4959128", "text": "Frankie Crosetti Frank Peter Joseph Crosetti (October 4, 1910 – February 11, 2002) was an American baseball shortstop. Nicknamed \"The Crow\", he spent his whole seventeen-year Major League Baseball playing career with the New York Yankees before becoming a coach with the franchise for an additional twenty seasons. As a player and third base coach for the Yankees, Crosetti was part of seventeen World Championship teams and 23 World Series participants overall, from 1932 to 1964, the most of any individual. Crosetti was born in San Francisco, California, and grew up in North Beach, which was something of a hotbed", "title": "Frankie Crosetti" }, { "id": "698097", "text": "home runs in Game Six meant that he had hit four home runs on four consecutive swings of the bat against as many Dodgers pitchers. Jackson became the first player to win the World Series MVP award for two teams. In 27 World Series games, he amassed 10 home runs, including a record five during the 1977 Series (the last three on first pitches), 24 RBI and a .357 batting average. Babe Ruth, Albert Pujols, and Pablo Sandoval are the only other players to hit three home runs in a single World Series game. Babe Ruth accomplishing the feat twice", "title": "Reggie Jackson" }, { "id": "13544743", "text": "then each league has conducted a championship series (ALCS and NLCS) preceding the World Series to determine which teams will advance. As of 2018, the World Series has been contested 114 times, with the AL winning 66 and the NL winning 48. The 2018 World Series took place between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Boston Red Sox from October 23-28, with the Red Sox winning in five games to earn their ninth title. This was the first World Series meeting between these two teams since 1916. Having previously lost to the Houston Astros in the 2017 World Series, the Dodgers", "title": "World Series" }, { "id": "41915", "text": "2001 World Series The 2001 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2001 season. The 97th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion Arizona Diamondbacks and the three-time defending World Series champions and American League (AL) champion New York Yankees. The Diamondbacks defeated the Yankees, four games to three to win the series. Considered one of the greatest World Series of all time, memorable aspects included two extra-inning games and three late-inning comebacks. Diamondbacks pitchers Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling were both named World Series Most Valuable", "title": "2001 World Series" }, { "id": "4910126", "text": "The Catch. Mays never won the award himself. Pitchers have been named Series MVP twenty-seven times; four of them were relief pitchers. Twelve of the first fourteen World Series MVPs were won by pitchers; from 1969 until 1986, the proportion of pitcher MVPs declined—Rollie Fingers (1974) and Bret Saberhagen (1985) were the only two pitchers to win the award in this period. From 1987 until 1991, all of the World Series MVPs were pitchers, and, since 1995, pitchers have won the award nine times. Bobby Richardson of the 1960 New York Yankees is the only player in World Series history", "title": "World Series Most Valuable Player Award" }, { "id": "4169612", "text": "the San Francisco Giants in . It is remembered for Billy Hatcher's seven consecutive hits. The sweep extended the Reds' World Series winning streak to nine games, dating back to . This also was the second World Series meeting between the two clubs (Oakland won four games to three in 1972). As of 2018, this remains both teams' most recent appearance in the World Series. Athletics manager Tony La Russa and Reds manager Lou Piniella were old friends and teammates from their Tampa American Legion Post 248 team. The Cincinnati Reds won the National League West division by five games", "title": "1990 World Series" }, { "id": "20830060", "text": "15 years dating back to 2004, and their ninth in franchise history. Steve Pearce won the World Series Most Valuable Player Award, while Alex Cora became the fifth first-season manager, and first manager from Puerto Rico, to win the World Series. The Series was notable for its third game which went for 18 innings, a World Series record. Additionally, the Red Sox became the first team to win two World Series exactly one century apart, as they had defeated the Chicago Cubs in 1918, while the Dodgers were the first team since the 2011 Texas Rangers, and the first NL", "title": "2018 World Series" }, { "id": "2041642", "text": "scored in a single World Series, shared by two players, is 10, achieved both times in a six-game Series: Reggie Jackson of the Yankees was the first to do it, in 1977; the Toronto Blue Jays' Paul Molitor equaled him in 1993. The most runs ever scored by a player in a World Series game is 4, a record shared by ten players. Babe Ruth set the mark on October 6, 1926, while with the Yankees; it was matched most recently by Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 3 of the 2011 World Series. On October 2,", "title": "Run (baseball)" }, { "id": "4169866", "text": "21, 1980. Wilson set a World Series record by striking out twelve times (after getting 230 hits in the regular season) in the six-game set. Game 6 is also significant because it stands as the \"most-watched game in World Series history\" with a television audience of 54.9 million viewers. The Kansas City Royals became the second expansion team, and the first American League expansion team, to appear in the World Series. The AL would have to wait until 1985 before one of their expansion teams—the Royals themselves—would win a World Series. This was the first World Series played entirely on", "title": "1980 World Series" }, { "id": "12343695", "text": "games in 2012, but he was selected to his second-straight All-Star Game. Then, in Game 1 of the 2012 World Series, he joined Babe Ruth, Reggie Jackson, and Albert Pujols as the only players to hit three home runs in a World Series Game. For his contributions, Sandoval was named the World Series Most Valuable Player as the Giants swept the Detroit Tigers. In 2013, he appeared in 141 games, batting .278 with 14 home runs and 79 RBI. A free agent after the 2014 season, Sandoval signed a five-year contract with the Red Sox that offseason. Due to poor", "title": "Pablo Sandoval" }, { "id": "14804440", "text": "Series in 1989 and 2002. In 2010, the Giants won their first World Series since moving to San Francisco. The Dodgers returned to the World Series in 1963 and swept the Yankees. The Dodgers set a new attendance record in 1962, topping the previous mark of 2,641,845 set by the Cleveland Indians in 1948 with a total of 2,755,184 fans. Game 2 was the longest nine-inning game in MLB history with a time of 4 hours and 18 minutes, a record which stood until April 30, 1996, when a game between the Yankees and the Baltimore Orioles lasted 4 hours", "title": "1962 National League tie-breaker series" }, { "id": "8998709", "text": "MLB teams to win five straight World Series; no team since has won more than three in a row. The Yankees won 103 games in 1954, the most yet for a Stengel-managed team, but the Indians took the pennant with a then-AL record 111 wins. One year later, the 1955 Yankees faced the Dodgers in the World Series. After the teams split the first six games of the Series, the Yankees lost the seventh and final game 2–0, giving the Dodgers their first Series win. Elston Howard, the first African American player in Yankees history, made his debut in 1955.", "title": "History of the New York Yankees" }, { "id": "7642033", "text": "and the Colorado Rockies. Through 2018, the Yankees have an all-time regular season winning percentage of .569 (a 10,275 – 7,781 record), the best of any team in baseball. The Yankees have won 27 World Series Championships. Their most recent one came in 2009, under manager Joe Girardi, when they defeated the Philadelphia Phillies in six games. The \"Yankees\" name is often shortened to \"the Yanks.\" Their most prominently used nickname is \"the Bronx Bombers\" or simply \"the Bombers\", a reference to their home and their prolific hitting. A less used nickname is \"the Pinstripes\", in reference to the iconic", "title": "New York Yankees" }, { "id": "4171634", "text": "would be the final post-season game of Munson's career before his death during the 1979 season. 1978 World Series (4–2): New York Yankees (A.L.) over Los Angeles Dodgers (N.L.) This Series is tied with the 1980 World Series for the highest overall television ratings to date, with the six games averaging a Nielsen rating of 32.8 and a share of 56. The Yankees became the last repeat World Champions until fifteen years later (–; Toronto Blue Jays). This would be the last time the Yankees would win a World Series until . The Dodgers would go on to win the", "title": "1978 World Series" }, { "id": "20830059", "text": "2018 World Series The 2018 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's 2018 season. The 114th edition of the World Series was played between the American League (AL) champion Boston Red Sox and the National League (NL) champion Los Angeles Dodgers. The Series was televised in the United States on Fox. This was the second World Series match-up between the two franchises, after the Red Sox defeated the Brooklyn Robins (later known as the Dodgers) in five games in 1916. The Red Sox beat the Dodgers in five games to win their fourth World Series title in", "title": "2018 World Series" }, { "id": "13544787", "text": "Nov. 1, the first time the Series had been played in November. Yankee shortstop Derek Jeter won the game with a 12th inning walk-off home run and was dubbed \"Mr. November\" by elements of the media – echoing the media's designation of Reggie Jackson as \"Mr. October\" for his slugging achievements during the 1977 World Series. With the 2006 World Series victory by the St. Louis Cardinals, Tony La Russa became the second manager to a win a World Series in both the American and National Leagues. Prior to 2003, home-field advantage in the World Series alternated from year to", "title": "World Series" }, { "id": "533137", "text": "manager with his talent despite his short stature. He was mentored by Hall of Famer Bill Dickey, whose uniform number Berra took. He later said, \"I owe everything I did in baseball to Bill Dickey.\" Berra was called up to the Yankees and played his first game on September 22, 1946; he played 7 games that season and 83 games in 1947. He played in more than a hundred games in each of the following fourteen years. Berra appeared in fourteen World Series, including 10 World Series championships, both of which are records. In part because Berra's playing career coincided", "title": "Yogi Berra" }, { "id": "19766150", "text": "Reggie Jackson and Chase Utley for most home runs in a single world series (5) and setting a new record with 29 total bases in any post-season series. Darvish lasted only innings and became the third pitcher with two starts of less than two innings in the World Series, and the first since Art Ditmar in the 1960 World Series. Morrow relieved Darvish and in the process became only the second pitcher to pitch in all seven games of a single World Series, joining Darold Knowles in the 1973 World Series. McCullers lasted only 2 innings himself, he allowed three", "title": "2017 Los Angeles Dodgers season" }, { "id": "4342220", "text": "only \"Classic Eight\" National League (1900–1961) team to hold a Series edge over the Bronx Bombers, with three wins to the Yankees' two. The 1937 victory by the Yankees also broke a three-way tie among themselves, the Philadelphia Athletics and the Boston Red Sox for the most World Series wins all-time (five each). By the time the Athletics and Red Sox won their sixth World Series (in 1972 and 2004, respectively), the Yankees had far outpaced them in world championships with 20 in 1972 and 26 in 2004. The 1937 Series was the first in which a team (in this", "title": "1937 World Series" }, { "id": "41961", "text": "set was released. All seven games are included on this set. All quotes are from Joe Buck unless otherwise noted. 2001 World Series The 2001 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2001 season. The 97th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion Arizona Diamondbacks and the three-time defending World Series champions and American League (AL) champion New York Yankees. The Diamondbacks defeated the Yankees, four games to three to win the series. Considered one of the greatest World Series of all time, memorable aspects included two", "title": "2001 World Series" }, { "id": "3111068", "text": "Bautista won a World Series ring when the Diamondbacks beat the New York Yankees in seven games at the 2001 World Series, hitting .583 in the Series, fifth all-time in a single World Series. In 2004, Bautista hit safely in 21 consecutive games. The streak ended during a game against the Philadelphia Phillies when Bautista went hitless in two at-bats. Bautista announced his retirement from baseball on March 19, 2005 following an ankle injury. Bautista had, at the time of his retirement, 685 hits at the major league level with a batting average of .272. Danny played in the Atlantic", "title": "Danny Bautista" }, { "id": "4341753", "text": "by Mickey Mantle during the 8th inning of Game 6 was significant because it was the first of his record 18 career World Series home runs. The NBC telecasts of Games 6 and 7 are believed to be the oldest surviving television broadcasts of the World Series, as they were preserved via kinescope by sponsor Gillette. In 1952 the Dodgers, led by manager Chuck Dressen, paced the NL in runs scored (775), home runs (153) and stolen bases (90). Duke Snider, Jackie Robinson and George Shuba batted over .300, while Roy Campanella (97) and Gil Hodges (102) paced the team", "title": "1952 World Series" }, { "id": "10564769", "text": "last went to the World Series), and the first such series to not include the Oakland Athletics. It was also the last Series to be played in a full seven games until 2011. The series was played as a best-of-seven playoff with a 2–3–2 site format (standard in Major League Baseball). Barry Bonds of the Giants was almost elected World Series MVP before the Angels began their Game 6 comeback; the award would be presented the following night to Troy Glaus of the Angels for his role in that comeback. (Bobby Richardson of the 1960 New York Yankees remains the", "title": "2002 Anaheim Angels season" }, { "id": "13544774", "text": "to Win Every Home Game The 1987 Minnesota Twins became the 1st team in the history of the World Series to win the championship by winning all 4 games they hosted when they defeated the St. Louis Cardinals. They repeated this 4 years later in 1991 when they defeated the Atlanta Braves. The 1988 World Series is remembered for the iconic home run by the Los Angeles Dodgers' Kirk Gibson with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 1. The Dodgers were huge underdogs against the 104-win Oakland Athletics, who had swept the Boston Red Sox", "title": "World Series" }, { "id": "20830061", "text": "team since the 1992 Atlanta Braves, to lose consecutive Fall Classics. The Boston Red Sox' most recent World Series appearance was their 2013 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. The Los Angeles Dodgers, who last won a World Series in 1988 over the Oakland Athletics, made their second consecutive appearance, after losing to the Houston Astros in 2017. The two franchises faced each other in the 1916 World Series; the Red Sox won the series in five games against the then-Brooklyn Robins. Red Sox manager Alex Cora and Dodgers manager Dave Roberts were teammates on the Dodgers in 2002, 2003,", "title": "2018 World Series" }, { "id": "41962", "text": "1903 World Series The 1903 World Series was the first modern World Series to be played in Major League Baseball. It matched the American League (AL) champion Boston Americans against the National League (NL) champion Pittsburgh Pirates in a best-of-nine series, with Boston prevailing five games to three, winning the last four. Pittsburgh pitcher Sam Leever injured his shoulder while trap-shooting, so his teammate Deacon Phillippe pitched five complete games. Phillippe won three of his games, but it was not enough to overcome the club from the new American League. Boston pitchers Bill Dinneen and Cy Young led Boston to", "title": "1903 World Series" }, { "id": "4200549", "text": "Rooney the first home announcer to call back-to-back World Series wins for two teams. That the teams were in two leagues makes the feat even more unusual. The ratings for the 2005 World Series were considered weak. With an overall average of 11.1, 2005 set a record for the lowest rated World Series of all-time. The prior lowest was 11.9, set by the 2002 World Series between the San Francisco Giants and the Anaheim Angels (importantly, this series went 7 games, and the 2005 Series went 4). Following the 2005 World Series, however, every subsequent Series through 2013 except for", "title": "2005 World Series" }, { "id": "7907462", "text": "Buck Herzog Charles Lincoln \"Buck\" Herzog (July 9, 1885 – September 4, 1953) was an American infielder and manager in Major League Baseball who played for four National League clubs between 1908 and 1920. He played for the New York Giants, the Boston Braves, the Cincinnati Reds, and the Chicago Cubs. In 1912 Herzog set a World Series record, since tied and broken by a number of players, of 12 hits in one Series. In 1916 he set an unusual record that still stands, by playing 98 home games in one season. He achieved this by playing for the Reds", "title": "Buck Herzog" }, { "id": "6093361", "text": "Series in 1903. Dinneen broke the record for most strikeouts in a World Series game with 11; the previous mark of 10 had been set a day earlier by Pittsburgh's Deacon Phillippe. Dinneen was born in Syracuse, New York, on April 5, 1876. He led the AL in losses in 1902 with 21, and led the league in saves in (2) and (4). In his remarkable season for the Red Sox, as they repeated as AL champions, he started 37 games, completing every one of them for a total of 335 innings pitched, posting a record of 23–14. On June", "title": "Bill Dinneen" }, { "id": "13544766", "text": "1988–1990, winning once. 1988 and 1989 were all-California series as the A's lost to the Dodgers and beat the Giants, respectively. The Giants have been in four World Series' in the new millennium, losing in 2002 to the Anaheim Angels (Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim from 2005 to 2015), and winning in 2010 (Rangers), 2012 (Tigers), and 2014 (Royals). Prior to 1969, the National League and the American League each crowned its champion (the \"pennant winner\") based on the best win-loss record at the end of the regular season. A structured playoff series began in 1969, when both the National", "title": "World Series" }, { "id": "7642000", "text": "named Rookie of the Year. In 1997, the Yankees lost the 1997 ALDS to the Cleveland Indians in five games. General manager Bob Watson stepped down and was replaced by assistant general manager Brian Cashman. The 1998 Yankees are widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest teams in baseball history, compiling a then-AL record 114 regular season wins against just 48 losses and then sweeping the San Diego Padres in the 1998 World Series. Their 125 combined regular and postseason wins is an MLB single-season record. On May 17, 1998, David Wells pitched a perfect game against the Minnesota", "title": "New York Yankees" }, { "id": "8246444", "text": "in a best-of-seven series of exhibition games known as the \"World Series.\" The series ended with Chicago and St. Louis each winning three games, and one game ending in a tie. After the tie game, Gore was suspended for drunkenness and indifference, and was replaced for the rest of the series by Billy Sunday. Sunday later converted to Christianity and became a well-known evangelist. In 1886, Gore established career highs in bases on balls with 102, which also led the NL, and runs scored with 150, while the White Stockings again finished in first place. Following the season, the White", "title": "George Gore" }, { "id": "5050956", "text": "Dave McNally David Arthur McNally (October 31, 1942 – December 1, 2002) was a Major League Baseball left-handed starting pitcher from until . He was signed by the Baltimore Orioles and played with them every season except for his final season with the Montreal Expos. McNally is the only pitcher in major league history to hit a grand slam in a World Series (Game 3, 1970, a 9–3 victory). The bat (lent to him by teammate Curt Motton) and ball are in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. He is also part of World Series history for his (and", "title": "Dave McNally" }, { "id": "12976051", "text": "organizations, steeped in tradition with roots dating back to the 1870s. The final series to determine its champion has been called the \"World Series\" (originally \"World's Championship Series\" and then \"World's Series\") as far back as the National League's contests with the American Association starting at the beginning of the 1880s. In 1903, the two modern Major League Baseball leagues began annual postseason play with a one-round system in which the American League team with the best record faced the National League team with the best record in a best-of-seven series (in 1903, 1919, 1920, and 1921 it was best-of-nine)", "title": "Major League Baseball postseason" }, { "id": "4341829", "text": "1961 World Series The 1961 World Series matched the New York Yankees (109–53) against the Cincinnati Reds (93–61), with the Yankees winning in five games to earn their 19th championship in 39 seasons. This World Series was surrounded by Cold War political puns pitting the \"Reds\" against the \"Yanks\". But the louder buzz concerned the \"M&M\" boys, Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle, who spent the summer chasing the ghost of Babe Ruth and his 60–home run season of 1927. Mantle finished with 54 while Maris set the record of 61 on the last day of the season. With all the", "title": "1961 World Series" }, { "id": "13544759", "text": "Sox\" were acquitted in a criminal conspiracy trial. However, baseball in the meantime had established the office of Commissioner in an effort to protect the game's integrity, and the first commissioner, Kenesaw Mountain Landis, banned all of the players involved, including Weaver, for life. The White Sox would not win a World Series again until 2005. The events of the 1919 Series, segueing into the \"live ball\" era, marked a point in time of change of the fortunes of several teams. The two most prolific World Series winners to date, the New York Yankees and the St. Louis Cardinals, did", "title": "World Series" }, { "id": "10316342", "text": "a championship series was in the 1956 World Series between the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees, and the 1928 Yankees were the last team to win four consecutive complete games in a championship series. In fact, the last time any major league pitching staff had hurled four straight complete game victories was near the end of the 1983 regular season, when the Texas Rangers accomplished the feat. The White Sox now advanced to the World Series, where they would take on the National League champion Houston Astros. The White Sox' appearance in the World Series was bittersweet for longtime", "title": "History of the Chicago White Sox" } ]

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[ { "id": "19491767", "text": "audience.\" Credits adapted from the liner notes of the CD single of \"Can't Stop the Feeling\" (RCA Records). Can't Stop the Feeling! \"Can't Stop the Feeling!\" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Justin Timberlake for the soundtrack to the film \"Trolls\" (2016), for which he served as the executive music producer. It was written and produced by Timberlake, Max Martin, and Shellback. Musically, it is an uptempo disco-pop, soul-pop number with funk influences. The song was released as a single on May 6, 2016, six months before the film debuted, and serviced to contemporary hit radio on May 10,", "title": "Can't Stop the Feeling!" }, { "id": "19491733", "text": "Can't Stop the Feeling! \"Can't Stop the Feeling!\" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Justin Timberlake for the soundtrack to the film \"Trolls\" (2016), for which he served as the executive music producer. It was written and produced by Timberlake, Max Martin, and Shellback. Musically, it is an uptempo disco-pop, soul-pop number with funk influences. The song was released as a single on May 6, 2016, six months before the film debuted, and serviced to contemporary hit radio on May 10, 2016. Timberlake gave his first televised performance of \"Can't Stop the Feeling!\" during the interval act of the", "title": "Can't Stop the Feeling!" }, { "id": "19491766", "text": "version featured in the soundtrack album includes additional vocals from Anna Kendrick, James Corden, Zooey Deschanel and Gwen Stefani. In June 2016, American country music group Lady Antebellum covered the song in a live performance in Columbus, Ohio. Jon Freeman of \"Rolling Stone\" commented it \"evoked the loose spirit of a jam band unwinding at a summer festival.\" Country performer Hunter Hayes covered the song when he headlined The Paramount in Huntington, New York in June 2017. An editor from Digital Journal opined it was \"in a clever fashion, which was great deal of fun, both for him and the", "title": "Can't Stop the Feeling!" }, { "id": "19491735", "text": "to spend its first ten weeks atop the Digital Songs chart. The single marked his fifth number one single on the Radio Songs chart and his eighth on the Mainstream Top 40. It is among the top twenty longest-leading number one singles on the Adult Contemporary chart. Internationally, it topped the charts in Argentina, Brazil, Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Mexico, the Netherlands, Russia, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Sweden, and Switzerland, and the top five in most of Europe. \"Can't Stop the Feeling!\" was the best-selling song of 2016 in the US. , it has", "title": "Can't Stop the Feeling!" }, { "id": "6330528", "text": "Can't Fight This Feeling \"Can't Fight This Feeling\" is a power ballad performed by the American rock band REO Speedwagon. The single remained at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart for three consecutive weeks from March 9 to March 23, 1985. The song first appeared on REO Speedwagon's 1984 album \"Wheels Are Turnin'\". It was the group's second number-one hit on the U.S. charts (the first being 1981's \"Keep on Loving You\", also written by Kevin Cronin) and reached number sixteen in the UK. \"Can't Fight This Feeling\" has appeared on dozens of 'various artists' compilation albums, as", "title": "Can't Fight This Feeling" }, { "id": "19491754", "text": "being listed at 2 on the \"Billboard\" seasonal ranking. Spotify named it the fifth most-streamed song of the summer globally. , it has sold 2.495 million downloads in the country, thus being the best-selling song of the year according to Nielsen Music. It was also the number three most-heard song on US radio in 2016, with 3.422 billion audience impressions for the year. It was the number two most-played song in terms of total number of plays, with 587,000. \"Can't Stop the Feeling!\" is among the top 20 longest-leading number-one singles on the Adult Contemporary chart. It is also one", "title": "Can't Stop the Feeling!" }, { "id": "10391424", "text": "Can't Stop This Thing We Started \"Can't Stop This Thing We Started\" is a song by Canadian singer and songwriter Bryan Adams. The song was written by Adams and Robert John \"Mutt\" Lange, and was the second single from Adams' 1991 album \"Waking Up the Neighbours\", a successor of the massive hit single \"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You\". A rock song in contrast to \"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You\", it peaked at #2 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100, only behind \"Cream\" by Prince and The New Power Generation, while also reaching #2 on Billboard's", "title": "Can't Stop This Thing We Started" }, { "id": "19491736", "text": "sold 3.3 million downloads in the country. For Apple Music it was the second-best-performing song of the year. The Official Charts Company from the UK named it Timberlake's biggest song in the country, for over one million units sold. The song received several awards and nominations, such as its nominations for the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 89th annual ceremony (where Timberlake performed the song as the opening number), the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and the Critics' Choice Award for Best Song, and it won the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual", "title": "Can't Stop the Feeling!" }, { "id": "6330532", "text": "episode of The Goldbergs. In 2016, the song was used in the UK and US on adverts for Sheba cat food. REO Speedwagon Can't Fight This Feeling \"Can't Fight This Feeling\" is a power ballad performed by the American rock band REO Speedwagon. The single remained at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart for three consecutive weeks from March 9 to March 23, 1985. The song first appeared on REO Speedwagon's 1984 album \"Wheels Are Turnin'\". It was the group's second number-one hit on the U.S. charts (the first being 1981's \"Keep on Loving You\", also written by", "title": "Can't Fight This Feeling" }, { "id": "19491745", "text": "the 2017 Billboard Music Awards it won the awards for Top Selling Song and Top Radio Song, and was also nominated for Top Hot 100 Song. The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) recognized it as one of the most performed songs of 2016 and 2017. It is also nominated for World Soundtrack Award for Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film. Instead of Timberlake's solo version, the film version of the song was submitted to the general field and visual media category, eventually getting nominated only in the latter and winning. The Recording Academy changed some", "title": "Can't Stop the Feeling!" }, { "id": "13735423", "text": "Can't Stop Feeling \"Can't Stop Feeling\" is a song by Scottish indie rock band Franz Ferdinand. It was released as the third single from their third studio album, \"\" (2009), on 6 July 2009. The song failed to chart in the United Kingdom, this becoming the first Franz Ferdinand single not to chart the UK top 100. In France, however, the song debuted at #79 in the French top 100 Singles Charts. It spent another 1 week on the chart giving the song a total of 2 weeks. \"Can't Stop Feeling\" first surfaced as one of the songs recorded at", "title": "Can't Stop Feeling" }, { "id": "13834639", "text": "No Smoke \"No Smoke\" is a song written by John McLaughlin, Alan Ross, and Dave James. It was recorded by British singer Michelle Lawson for her 2003 debut album \"I Just Wanna Say\". The song has since been recorded by several artists, including Canadian singer Eva Avila, English singer Nicki French, and German girl group Queensberry, and Belgian singer Esther Seals, who recorded a Flemish version under the title \"Game Over\". In 2008, \"No Smoke\" served as the first promotional single by German girl group Queensberry. Their rendition was released along with ballad \"I Can't Stop Feeling\" on the band's", "title": "No Smoke" }, { "id": "19491756", "text": "popular song of the year on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. One year after it's release, \"Can't Stop the Feeling!\" finished as the 49th most popular song of the year on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 in 2017. \"Can't Stop the Feeling!\" reached the top spot in Belgium (Flanders and Wallonia), the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Israel, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, and the top 5 in Australia, Austria, Denmark, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Lebanon, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, and the United Kingdom. It spent four weeks atop the Euro Digital Songs chart. The song debuted at", "title": "Can't Stop the Feeling!" }, { "id": "777451", "text": "for the albums, he began performing with his band The Tennessee Kids, composed by instrumentalists and dancers. Timberlake voiced the lead character in DreamWorks Animation's \"Trolls\" (2016), whose soundtrack includes his fifth \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart-topping single, \"Can't Stop the Feeling!\". His fifth studio album \"Man of the Woods\" (2018) became his fourth number one album in the US. Throughout his solo career, Timberlake has sold over 32 million albums and 56 million singles globally, making him one of the world's best-selling music artists. Often cited as a pop icon, Timberlake is the recipient of numerous awards and accolades, including", "title": "Justin Timberlake" }, { "id": "777487", "text": "his eighth U.S. Mainstream Top 40 number-one song, at the moment being the most among male artists. It became the best-selling song of the year in the U.S. with 2.4 million copies sold. On February 26, 2017, Timberlake opened the 89th Academy Awards with a performance of \"Can't Stop the Feeling!\", since the song earned him a nomination. Also that year, Timberlake starred with Kate Winslet and Juno Temple in Woody Allen's drama film \"Wonder Wheel\", and headlined several festivals and live sets, including Rock in Rio, the United States Grand Prix, and the Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival, which", "title": "Justin Timberlake" }, { "id": "3093136", "text": "Ariana Grande's third album \"Dangerous Woman\", with half of its songs (including both singles) being produced by him. The same year, he produced the 10th track for Nick Jonas' third studio album, while also co-producing standalone songs for American singers Pink (\"Just Like Fire\") and Katy Perry (\"Rise\"). In 2016, he co-wrote the song \"Can't Stop the Feeling!\" by Justin Timberlake which is also the title song for the film \"Trolls\" with Shellback. The song became Timberlake's fifth and Martin's twenty-second number-one hit in the US. It reached the top spot in 16 other countries. The song gave Timberlake and", "title": "Max Martin" }, { "id": "9054333", "text": "Kevin Cronin Kevin Patrick Cronin (born October 6, 1951) is the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and occasional pianist for the American rock band, REO Speedwagon. REO Speedwagon had several hits on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 throughout the 1980s, including two chart-toppers written by Cronin: \"Keep on Loving You\" (1981) and \"Can't Fight This Feeling\" (1985). Cronin is from the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois, area. He was born in north suburban Evanston and grew up (and learned guitar) in southwest suburban Oak Lawn. He graduated from Chicago's Brother Rice High School. His brother is Wisconsin weatherman and politician Sean Cronin. REO", "title": "Kevin Cronin" }, { "id": "354395", "text": "REO Speedwagon REO Speedwagon (originally styled as R.E.O. Speedwagon) is an American rock band from Champaign, Illinois. Formed in 1967, the band cultivated a following during the 1970s and achieved significant commercial success throughout the 1980s. \"Hi Infidelity\" (1980) contained four US Top 40 hits and is the group's best-selling album, with over ten million copies sold. Over the course of its career, the band has sold more than 40 million records and has charted thirteen Top 40 hits, including the number ones \"Keep On Loving You\" and \"Can't Fight This Feeling\". REO Speedwagon's mainstream popularity waned in the late", "title": "REO Speedwagon" }, { "id": "19491752", "text": "run to number one for a (non-holiday) song by a male artist in 17 years, since Phil Collins' \"You'll Be in My Heart\" needed only six weeks in 1999. Among all songs, \"Feeling\" made the fastest trip to number one on AC since Adele's \"Hello\": four weeks, in November 2015. Timberlake also earned his sixth number-one on Dance Club Songs with \"Can't Stop the Feeling!\". He reached the top of the chart without the aid of officially commissioned remixes. However, versions from Barry Harris, Fenix and Erick Decks, among others, have helped bring the song to club crowds. \"Can't Stop", "title": "Can't Stop the Feeling!" }, { "id": "9536671", "text": "I Can't Stop This Feeling I've Got \"I Can't Stop This Feeling I've Got\" is a song by the English indie rock band Razorlight, and is the sixth track on their 2006 second album, \"Razorlight\". The song was released 19 March 2007 as the fourth single from that album in the United Kingdom, peaking at #44 in the UK Singles Chart. The song was the first single from the album to fail to enter the top 40 of the UK Singles Chart. Following its #44 debut, it fell to #59 in its second week and dropped out of the top", "title": "I Can't Stop This Feeling I've Got" }, { "id": "13691041", "text": "copies in the U.S. which led it to go 4× Platinum. A conspicuous absentee from the album is \"Keep the Fire Burnin'\", which reached #7 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 in 1982. The collection is one of several released by the band's label. The album was remastered and reissued in 2002. The Hits (REO Speedwagon album) The Hits is a compilation album from REO Speedwagon. It contains hits such as \"Can't Fight This Feeling\" and \"Keep on Loving You\", as well as new tracks \"Here with Me\" and \"I Don't Want to Lose You\". \"Here with Me\" cracked the top", "title": "The Hits (REO Speedwagon album)" }, { "id": "10391425", "text": "Rock Tracks chart. It also number 1 for three weeks on the Canadian Singles Chart. This track received two nominations at the Grammy Awards of 1992 for Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance, Solo, winning neither. It served as the 2009 British Columbia Liberal Party campaign theme song. These are the major formats and track listings of single releases for \"Can't Stop This Thing We Started\": Can't Stop This Thing We Started \"Can't Stop This Thing We Started\" is a song by Canadian singer and songwriter Bryan Adams. The song was written by Adams and Robert John \"Mutt\" Lange,", "title": "Can't Stop This Thing We Started" }, { "id": "19491747", "text": "at number one on the US \"Billboard\" Hot 100 on the chart issue dated May 28, 2016, marking Justin Timberlake's fifth chart-topping single in the country. The song started at the Hot 100's summit powered most heavily by its number-one debut on the Digital Songs sales chart (where it was Timberlake's sixth leader), having sold 379,000 downloads in its first week (ending May 12), according to Nielsen Music. Timberlake scored his highest weekly sales total for a song, besting the 315,000-unit start for \"Suit & Tie\" in 2013. It entered Streaming Songs at number six with 15.6 million US streams", "title": "Can't Stop the Feeling!" }, { "id": "19491743", "text": "Film. \"Can't Stop the Feeling!\" won the award for Song of the Year at the 2017 iHeartRadio Music Awards and Favorite Song at the 43rd People's Choice Awards. At the former it was also nominated for Best Song from a Movie. For the 2016 Teen Choice Awards, it received nominations for Choice Summer Song, Choice Party Song and Choice Song from a Movie or TV Show. It received nominations for Song of the Summer at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards, for International Song of the Year at the 2016 NRJ Music Awards, and for Favorite Song at the 2017", "title": "Can't Stop the Feeling!" }, { "id": "19491738", "text": "of 113 beats per minute. The song follows a chord progression of CAmFAm, and Timberlake's vocals span two octaves, from E to E. The track features a \"jazzy\", uptempo beat and a falsetto chorus. \"This movie feels like one big, trippy disco experience. But we didn't have a disco song,\" said Timberlake of the \"Trolls\" soundtrack. \"We had 'September' [by Earth, Wind & Fire], but we thought this was a great opportunity to do a modern disco song. I think that disco is a really underappreciated genre.\" \"Can't Stop the Feeling!\" appears in the denouement of the movie, conceived with", "title": "Can't Stop the Feeling!" }, { "id": "13735424", "text": "'The Chateau' (the band's earliest practice area) in 2003. It was tipped to be released as a single in 2004 but, as it didn't appear on the album \"Franz Ferdinand\", was dismissed in favour of \"Michael\". The song was played live on few occasions on the band's early tours. It was also played on their 2005-2006 world tour. It was then resurrected with different instrumentation in 2007 as the band road tested new songs for possible inclusion onto their third album. After December 2007, it was dropped from their live performances. The song was finally released on the album \"\"", "title": "Can't Stop Feeling" }, { "id": "777514", "text": "and the Innovator Award at the 2015 iHeartRadio Music Awards. Among other awards, he won the MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year for \"Mirrors\" in 2013 and the \"Billboard\" Music Awards for Top Artist with the Top Billboard 200 Album for \"The 20/20 Experience\" in 2014. Timberlake received the inaugural Decade Award at the 2016 Teen Choice Awards for his continuous achievements since the release of \"FutureSex/LoveSounds\" (2006). In the United States, five of Timberlake's singles have topped the \"Billboard\" Hot 100, his most recent being \"Can't Stop the Feeling!\". He topped nine \"Billboard\" Year-End charts for", "title": "Justin Timberlake" }, { "id": "19491755", "text": "of only eight singles in the \"Billboard\" Hot 100's 58-year history to spend its first 40 weeks or more in the top 40. It reached the top position of the Canadian Hot 100 in its fifth week, after spending its first four weeks at number 2. By September 2016, it has been certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and sextuple platinum by Music Canada. , the song has accumulated 7.6 million units in the US, combining sales (3.3 million downloads) and equivalent streams. In 2016, \"Can't Stop the Feeling!\" was ranked as the 9th most", "title": "Can't Stop the Feeling!" }, { "id": "9536672", "text": "75 altogether in its third week. I Can't Stop This Feeling I've Got \"I Can't Stop This Feeling I've Got\" is a song by the English indie rock band Razorlight, and is the sixth track on their 2006 second album, \"Razorlight\". The song was released 19 March 2007 as the fourth single from that album in the United Kingdom, peaking at #44 in the UK Singles Chart. The song was the first single from the album to fail to enter the top 40 of the UK Singles Chart. Following its #44 debut, it fell to #59 in its second week", "title": "I Can't Stop This Feeling I've Got" }, { "id": "19491734", "text": "Eurovision Song Contest 2016 grand final. Directed by Mark Romanek, its music video was released on May 16, 2016, and follows Timberlake on a tour to everyday places as he dances through what a typical day may be. A wide number of fan-made videos followed the song's video release. The single debuted atop the US \"Billboard\" Hot 100, opening with 379,000 downloads in its first week, marking Timberlake's fifth number one single in the country, and making it the twenty-sixth song on the Hot 100 history to start at the summit of the chart. Additionally, it became the second song", "title": "Can't Stop the Feeling!" }, { "id": "19491742", "text": "the Feeling!\" won the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards. Timberlake received the Hollywood Song Award for \"Can't Stop the Feeling!\" at the 2016 Hollywood Film Awards and won the award for Best Song Written for an Animated Film at the 2016 Hollywood Music in Media Awards. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song, Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, Critics' Choice Award for Best Song, Satellite Award for Best Original Song, and by the Guild of Music Supervisors Awards for Best Song/Recording Created for a", "title": "Can't Stop the Feeling!" }, { "id": "19491763", "text": "audience on night rehearsal to perform both songs. On February 26, 2017, Timberlake opened the 89th Academy Awards with a performance of \"Can't Stop the Feeling!\", which included an R&B breakdown and a cover of Bill Withers' \"Lovely Day\" at the end. Timberlake began the performance in the front corridor of the Dolby Theater, dancing his way to the stage with his backup dancers. The song was also the closing number of his Super Bowl LII halftime show performance. In June 2016, \"Billboard\" named it the wedding DJs' fourth most popular party song in the US. Numerous fan-made videos followed", "title": "Can't Stop the Feeling!" }, { "id": "777486", "text": "film was released in November 2016, and will return for its sequel \"Trolls 2\" in 2020. He also served as the executive music producer, performing original music for the film, The lead single, \"Can't Stop the Feeling!\", was released on May 6, 2016. Timberlake was invited by Swedish broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT), to perform \"Can't Stop the Feeling\" live during the interval act at the grand finale of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 on May 14, 2016. The single debuted at No. 1 on the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot 100, and reached the top spot in other 16 countries. It became", "title": "Justin Timberlake" }, { "id": "19491737", "text": "Media. It is the 41st Hot 100 number one song to be nominated for an Academy Award. In the early stages of recording his fifth studio album, Timberlake also served as the executive music producer for the soundtrack to the film \"Trolls\". The uptempo disco-pop track was written and produced by Timberlake, Max Martin and Shellback. \"Entertainment Weekly\" described the song as a \"funky mix of disco and pop.\" For \"The A.V. Club\" it is a \"a soul-pop sugar rush tweaked for maximum dance grooves.\" \"Can't Stop the Feeling!\" is written in the key of C major with a tempo", "title": "Can't Stop the Feeling!" }, { "id": "20709674", "text": "Award-winning actor to reach number one on the Hot 100, the first being Justin Timberlake, who topped the chart with \"Can't Stop the Feeling!\" in 2016. It topped the Hot 100 for two weeks, and left the top ten after five weeks. Credits are adapted from Tidal. This Is America (song) \"This Is America\" is a song by American rapper Childish Gambino. Written and produced by Gambino and Ludwig Göransson, it was released on May 5, 2018, at the same time that Gambino was hosting that day's episode of \"Saturday Night Live\". The song features background vocals by American rappers", "title": "This Is America (song)" }, { "id": "13691040", "text": "The Hits (REO Speedwagon album) The Hits is a compilation album from REO Speedwagon. It contains hits such as \"Can't Fight This Feeling\" and \"Keep on Loving You\", as well as new tracks \"Here with Me\" and \"I Don't Want to Lose You\". \"Here with Me\" cracked the top 20 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. and the top ten on the Adult Contemporary chart; however, it would be the last single to feature drummer Alan Gratzer and guitarist Gary Richrath, as they each left the band within the year following this album's release. The album has sold over 4 million", "title": "The Hits (REO Speedwagon album)" }, { "id": "8327534", "text": "Stop! (Sam Brown song) \"Stop!\" is a song by the English singer-songwriter Sam Brown, written by Brown, Gregg Sutton, and Bruce Brody. It appears on her debut album of the same name. \"Stop!\" only reached number 42 in the UK charts when it was first released. The follow-up single from the same album \"This Feeling\", faired even worse peaking at 91. However, \"Stop!\" was re-released in 1989 and reached number 4, becoming Brown's biggest hit to date, and spending 12 weeks on charts. It was also subsequently a hit in eleven other countries and was responsible for bringing Brown to", "title": "Stop! (Sam Brown song)" }, { "id": "19472634", "text": "I Can't Feel You Anymore \"I Can't Feel You Anymore\" is a song written by Theresa Beaty and Meredith Stewart that was originally performed by American country music artist Loretta Lynn. It was released as a single in April 1979 via MCA Records. \"I Can't Feel You Anymore\" was recorded at the Bradley's Barn on February 3, 1978. Located in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, the session was produced by renowned country music producer Owen Bradley. Three additional tracks were recorded during this session. \"I Can't Feel You Anymore\" reached number three on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles survey in 1970. Additionally,", "title": "I Can't Feel You Anymore" }, { "id": "19491761", "text": "the best moment of the video. \"Esquire\" editor Jonathan Evans addressed Timberlake's monochromatic outfit, writing \"the singer nails it by playing with shades of the color [white], plus throwing some pattern and texture in the mix.\" The video received nominations for Best Male Video International at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards Japan, for Best Music Video at the 2017 iHeartRadio Music Awards, and for Favorite Music Video at the 2017 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards. The music video on YouTube has received more than 900 million views . On May 9, 2016, it was announced Timberlake would perform his song", "title": "Can't Stop the Feeling!" }, { "id": "8295464", "text": "his emotion, the 3D wireframe tried to allow for the same effects. The original score for the film's soundtrack album was composed by John Powell. A soundtrack, consisting of the film's score, was released on March 25, 2008, by Varèse Sarabande. Near the end of the picture, the cast comes together and sings the song, \"Can't Fight This Feeling\" by REO Speedwagon. Others songs featured in the film are: Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 79% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 132 reviews. The site's consensus reads, \"\"Horton Hears A Who!\" is both whimsical and heartwarming,", "title": "Horton Hears a Who! (film)" }, { "id": "9993881", "text": "half of the project, \"The 20/20 Experience – 2 of 2\".<ref name=\"20/20part2release\"></ref> It produced three singles including \"Not a Bad Thing\", which reached number eight on the Hot 100 chart. In 2016, Timberlake serves as the executive music producer for the soundtrack to DreamWorks Animation's \"Trolls\", accompanied by the release of \"Can't Stop the Feeling!\", his fifth chart-topping single on the Hot 100. It was certified Diamond in France and Poland. On February 2, 2018, Timberlake released his fifth studio album, \"Man of the Woods\". It topped the \"Billboard\" 200 with the biggest first week sales of the year at", "title": "Justin Timberlake discography" }, { "id": "6192802", "text": "Feel (Robbie Williams song) \"Feel\" is a song by British singer-songwriter Robbie Williams. It was released on 18 November 2002 as the lead single from his fifth studio album, \"Escapology\" (2002). The song became an international hit, reaching the top of the charts in Austria, Poland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, and top five positions in countries such as Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom. \"Feel\" was written by Robbie Williams and Guy Chambers. According to Williams, most of the vocals are from the original demo recording, as he felt unsatisfied with the re-recorded vocals. He commented, \"I just couldn't", "title": "Feel (Robbie Williams song)" }, { "id": "9054335", "text": "lead vocals due to his conversion to Christianity. The band's success hit its peak in the late 1970s and early 1980s, but are still releasing records such as \"Find Your Own Way Home\" in 2007. Their most famous album, \"Hi Infidelity\", sold over 10 million copies. Kevin has stated in various interviews that they \"play for free but get paid for the traveling\". He has written or co-written many of the band's hit songs such as \"Keep on Loving You\", \"Can't Fight This Feeling\", \"The Key\", \"Keep Pushin'\", \"Roll With the Changes\", \"Time for Me to Fly\", \"Movin'\", \"Here With", "title": "Kevin Cronin" }, { "id": "19491741", "text": "jam.\" \"The A.V. Club\" included it among the 40 best songs of 2016 (first half). \"Billboard\" critics ranked \"Can't Stop the Feeling!\" at number 33 on their \"100 Best Pop Songs of 2016\" list, adding \"the rhythm is eventually gonna get you to dance.\" Digital Spy considered it the 19th-best pop song of the year, while Idolator named it the 20th-best song of the year, for \"feel-good\" and \"infectious.\" Aversely, contributors for \"Time\" and \"Spin\" gave it unfavorable reviews, with the latter stating, \"There are certain songs notable not only for their popularity, but for an insufferable repetition.\" \"Can't Stop", "title": "Can't Stop the Feeling!" }, { "id": "20102819", "text": "Feel (Kendrick Lamar song) \"Feel\" (stylized as \"FEEL.\") is a song by American rapper Kendrick Lamar, from his fourth studio album \"Damn\", released on April 14, 2017. The fifth track on the album (tenth on the \"Collector's Edition\" of \"Damn\"), the song was written by Lamar and Mark Spears, Sounwave, and produced by Sounwave. The song features bass from bass guitarist Thundercat and vocals from Chelsea Blythe. The song sees Lamar taking a deeper look into the void and isolation caused by fame and success, specifically how he feels detached from his family and friends. A common recurrence in \"Feel\"", "title": "Feel (Kendrick Lamar song)" }, { "id": "7782601", "text": "Diafrix's single, \"Simple Man\". In 2013, Australian-American rap group Bliss N Eso worked with Merriweather on the track \"Can't Get Rid of This Feeling\". He appeared with DJ Mark Ronson in Glastonbury 2015 singing an earlier hit \"Stop Me\". Merriweather cites Stevie Wonder, Prince, Jeff Buckley and Herbie Hancock as his major influences. In January 2004, Merriweather headlined the City Rules Tour of Australia with Mark Ronson, Scribe and P-Money. In March 2006, Merriweather supported Kanye West on his Australian tour. He opened for Biz Markie in Brooklyn and Justin Timberlake in London; He has performed live on various radio", "title": "Daniel Merriweather" }, { "id": "9189853", "text": "\"Leisure\". On release, the album was received favorably by the majority of music critics. Brown's most commercially successful solo album, it went on to peak at #4 on the UK Albums Chart and reached #13 on the Australian ARIA Charts. The album also reached the top ten in five other countries including Austria, the Netherlands, and New Zealand. The album launched three charting singles in the UK. \"Stop!\" peaked at #4 on the UK Singles Chart; \"This Feeling\" peaked at #91; \"Can I Get a Witness\" at #15. The album has sold over two and a half million copies worldwide.", "title": "Stop! (album)" }, { "id": "4009641", "text": "More Than a Feeling \"More Than a Feeling\" is a song written by Tom Scholz and first released by American rock band Boston as the lead single from their self-titled debut album on Epic Records in September 1976, with \"Smokin'\" on the flipside. The single peaked at number five on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. The track is now a staple of classic rock and in 1999 it was named the 39th best hard rock song of all time by VH1. It was included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's list of the 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and", "title": "More Than a Feeling" }, { "id": "19472635", "text": "the song peaked at number two on the Canadian \"RPM\" Country Songs chart during this same period. It was included on her studio album, \"We've Come a Long Way Baby\" (1978). I Can't Feel You Anymore \"I Can't Feel You Anymore\" is a song written by Theresa Beaty and Meredith Stewart that was originally performed by American country music artist Loretta Lynn. It was released as a single in April 1979 via MCA Records. \"I Can't Feel You Anymore\" was recorded at the Bradley's Barn on February 3, 1978. Located in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, the session was produced by renowned", "title": "I Can't Feel You Anymore" }, { "id": "19607029", "text": "The soundtrack peaked at number one on the ARIA Charts, three on the US \"Billboard\" 200 album chart, four on the New Zealand Albums Chart, and four on the UK Albums Chart. It received Platinum certifications by the Recording Industry Association of America and the Australian Recording Industry Association, and a Gold certification by the British Phonographic Industry. In the United States, it has sold 573,000 copies by April 2017, and was the year's tenth highest selling album in the country with 522,000 sold throughout 2017. The lead single, \"Can't Stop the Feeling!\" performed by Justin Timberlake, was released on", "title": "Trolls (soundtrack)" }, { "id": "6330529", "text": "well as several REO Speedwagon greatest hits albums. REO Speedwagon performed the song at the 1985 Live Aid concert; they were introduced by Chevy Chase, mentioning that the song was a number-one single at the moment in the United States. Two different music videos exist for the song. One is a basic video, appearing almost homemade, featuring the band in the studio. It begins with Kevin Cronin playing the piano, attempting to find the key in which he can best sing the song (starting off in G major, he later decides he can sing it better in A). After Cronin", "title": "Can't Fight This Feeling" }, { "id": "6330531", "text": "5, \"Simon Said\". Jo Harvelle turns this song on for Dean Winchester in Harvelle's Roadhouse. Later, he sings it in the car (claiming the song had stuck in his head to a very confused Sam Winchester). It was also featured in the \"South Park\" episode \"Miss Teacher Bangs a Boy\", and the musical \"Rock of Ages\". It was featured prominently in advertisements for the film, \"Horton Hears a Who!\", and sung by the major characters near the end of the film as the titular character celebrates his vindication and his charges' salvation. In 2013 it was used in the first", "title": "Can't Fight This Feeling" }, { "id": "13735425", "text": "in 2009, again with different instrumentation and announced to be the album's third single on 20 May 2009. The album/single version was given its live debut on 3 July the same year, a mere 3 days before its release. A redub version entitled \"Die on the Floor\" was released on the compilation album \"\". For the band's summer 2012 tour the instrumental parts were changed again with a section of the Donna Summer's song \"I Feel Love\" included in the song. This extended six-minute version of the song, recorded live at Konk Studios in London, was included on the Deluxe", "title": "Can't Stop Feeling" }, { "id": "6240520", "text": "Wheels Are Turnin' Wheels Are Turnin' is the eleventh studio album by REO Speedwagon, released in late 1984 (see 1984 in music). It is their second best-selling album, tied with \"Good Trouble\", reaching No. 7 on the \"Billboard\" 200. The lead single was \"I Do' Wanna Know,\" which stalled at #29 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. But the second single, \"Can't Fight This Feeling,\" was REO's second and longest-running number one single. Other singles released were \"One Lonely Night\" and \"Live Every Moment\". These singles also reached the Top 40 of the \"Billboard\" Hot 100, reaching #19 and #34, respectively.", "title": "Wheels Are Turnin'" }, { "id": "12704542", "text": "two singles No Smoke and \"I Can't Stop Feeling\", both becoming top thirty successes in the charts. In February 2008, Queensberry served as the opening act for the Pussycat Dolls's \"Doll Domination Tour\" in selected European countries. In November 2009, the second studio album \"On My Own\" was released. For the soundtrack of the film \"\", Queensberry recorded \"\" with The Chipettes in December 2009, which reached number 6 in the U.S. Billboard charts, with the film soundtrack reaching number 1 in the U.S. soundtrack charts. The Queensberry members were selected on the ProSieben channel's seventh installment of the \"Popstars\"", "title": "Queensberry (band)" }, { "id": "354409", "text": "Aid, which broke a record for number of viewers. They performed \"Can't Fight This Feeling\" and \"Roll With the Changes,\" which featured members of the Beach Boys, the band members' families, and Paul Shaffer on stage for backing vocals. 1987's \"Life as We Know It\" saw a decline in sales, but still managed to provide the band with the top-20 hits \"That Ain't Love\" (U.S. #16) and \"In My Dreams\" (U.S. #19). \"The Hits\" (1988) is a compilation album from REO Speedwagon. It contains new tracks \"Here With Me\" and \"I Don't Want to Lose You.\" \"Here with Me\" cracked", "title": "REO Speedwagon" }, { "id": "2074317", "text": "contrast to the smoother, more pop records coming out of Detroit's Motown. Isaac Hayes, born in Covington, was an in-house producer and songwriter at Stax. His \"Theme from Shaft\" was a number 1 Hot 100 hit in 1971. David Porter was a staff songwriter and Marvell Thomas was an in-house keyboardist. Justin Timberlake \"the Prince of Pop\" from Memphis has had 4 number 1 Billboard Hot 100 hits in the R&B genre, including \"SexyBack\" in 2006 and \"Can't Stop the Feeling\" in 2016. Despite not being really popular, the hip-hop scene in Tennessee has been very active across the state,", "title": "Music of Tennessee" }, { "id": "19491765", "text": "of choice. They called the event #Pantsuitpower Flashmob for Hillary. The video was covered in news media including \"The Washington Post\", \"The Guardian\", and \"Vogue\", — and garnered over 2 million views on Facebook. From New York City, the Pantsuit Power movement then spread to Raleigh, North Carolina on October 23, 2016 with another flash mob. The song was also used for an opening video for the 2017 Western Conservative Summit, featuring Republican politicians from Colorado. An episode of the television series \"Speechless\" features the song. In Chile, several telenovelas, including \"El camionero\", feature the song as well. The film", "title": "Can't Stop the Feeling!" }, { "id": "6113914", "text": "Smokin' (song) \"Smokin'\" is a rock song by the American rock band Boston, released as the b-side to the band's first single, \"More Than a Feeling.\" Like most of the tracks from the group's debut album, it has become a staple on classic rock radio. It has also been covered by other bands, including Anthrax. The song was a collaborative effort between Tom Scholz, the band's mastermind, and recently hired lead singer Brad Delp, and one of the two songs on the first Boston LP not written by Scholz alone. It was one of the songs Scholz started writing in", "title": "Smokin' (song)" }, { "id": "354408", "text": "#7), \"Sweet Time\" (U.S. #26) and the Album Rock chart hit \"The Key.\" The band came storming back two years later with \"Wheels Are Turnin'\", an album that included the #1 hit single \"Can't Fight This Feeling\" plus three more hits: \"I Do' Wanna Know\" (U.S. #29), \"One Lonely Night\" (U.S. #19), and \"Live Every Moment\" (U.S. #34). REO Speedwagon toured the US in 1985, including a sold-out concert in Madison, Wisconsin in May. On July 13, on the way to a show in Milwaukee, the band made a stop in Philadelphia to play at the US leg of Live", "title": "REO Speedwagon" }, { "id": "17301348", "text": "addition to money, Flourgon is demanding \"a halt to all further sales and performances\" of Cyrus' song. Credits adapted from the liner notes of \"Bangerz\". We Can't Stop \"We Can't Stop\" is a song by American recording artist Miley Cyrus, from her fourth studio album \"Bangerz\" (2013). It was released on June 3, 2013 by RCA Records as the lead single from the album. The song was written and produced by Mike Will Made It, P-Nasty, and Rock City, with additional songwriting provided by Cyrus, Doug E. Fresh, and Slick Rick. \"We Can't Stop\" is a pop and R&B song", "title": "We Can't Stop" }, { "id": "16971889", "text": "Hollywood\" reported that Justin Timberlake will voice a character named Branch. Timberlake previously worked with DreamWorks Animation as the voice of Arthur \"Artie\" Pendragon in \"Shrek the Third\" in 2007. The full cast announced their respective roles via announcements on Twitter on January 6, 2016. Justin Timberlake served as an executive producer for the film's music and released the original song \"Can't Stop the Feeling!\" on May 6, 2016. The song reached No. 1 in the official charts of 17 countries, including the United States and Canada. Timberlake along with the film cast, with guest appearances from Earth, Wind &", "title": "Trolls (film)" }, { "id": "19491759", "text": "the DreamWorks Animation's \"Trolls\", among them Anna Kendrick, James Corden, Icona Pop, Gwen Stefani, Ron Funches and Kunal Nayyar. The song's official music video was released on May 16, 2016. Helmed by director Mark Romanek, the \"Can't Stop the Feeling!\" video follows Timberlake on a tour to everyday places like a laundromat, diner, barbershop and a donut shop, with an individual dancing along to the single at every stop. All the revelers eventually end up congregating with Timberlake below a highway underpass where they dance together to the song. As described by \"Time\" editor Cady Lang, Timberlake \"dances through what", "title": "Can't Stop the Feeling!" }, { "id": "13735426", "text": "Edition of their 2013 album \"Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action\". A music video was created for the song and uploaded on YouTube on 1 July 2009 by the band's record label's official YouTube page. The video features all four members of the band. It shows the band in Glasgow, Scotland (the band's home city). It also features the band pushing the scenes away as they do so themselves. The Daily Music Guide gave the song an overall 4/5. Can't Stop Feeling \"Can't Stop Feeling\" is a song by Scottish indie rock band Franz Ferdinand. It was released as the", "title": "Can't Stop Feeling" }, { "id": "12457936", "text": "To\". It peaked in several other countries, as well, also marking a significant chart performance. On 22 January, \"Tonight: Franz Ferdinand\" was made available for streaming through the band's official MySpace Music profile. \"Can't Stop Feeling\" was released as the next single from the album. The song didn't have a chart performance as positive as \"Ulysses\" and \"No You Girls\", but it did chart at number 19 on the Belgian Flanders Tip singles chart, number 24 on the Polish Singles Chart, number 47 on the Italian Singles Chart, and number 69 on the French Singles Chart. \"What She Came For\"", "title": "Tonight: Franz Ferdinand" }, { "id": "19607031", "text": "2016 Hollywood Music in Media Awards. At the ceremony, \"Can't Stop the Feeling!\" won Best Song Written for an Animated Film. The album was nominated at the 2017 Billboard Music Awards for Top Soundtrack/Cast Album and at the American Music Awards for Top Soundtrack. \"Can't Stop the Feeling!\" won the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Timberlake received the Hollywood Song Award for \"Can't Stop the Feeling!\" at the 2016 Hollywood Film Awards. It was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song,", "title": "Trolls (soundtrack)" }, { "id": "9469246", "text": "Stop the Beat.\"\" The People's Choice Award for \"Favorite Song from a Soundtrack\" was given to the Hairspray cast for \"You Can't Stop the Beat\". The cover from the 2016 live version of the musical was nominated for \"Best Musical Moment\" at the 2017 MTV Movie & TV awards. You Can't Stop the Beat \"You Can't Stop The Beat\" is the finale number in the 2002 musical \"Hairspray\". It is sung by Tracy, Link, Penny, Seaweed, Edna, Motor Mouth, Velma, and Amber with Corny and Wilbur as backing singers. Although the lyrics touch on sizeism and racism, the song also", "title": "You Can't Stop the Beat" }, { "id": "19491753", "text": "the Feeling!\" became the eighth song to top Digital Songs for at least 10 weeks and the first since Mark Ronson's \"Uptown Funk\" led for a record-tying 13 weeks in 2015; Flo Rida's \"Low\" first set the mark with 13 weeks at number one on Digital Songs in 2007–08. \"Feeling\" is the second song to spend its first 10 weeks on Digital Songs at number one, joining The Black Eyed Peas' \"Boom Boom Pow\", which logged its first 10 weeks on the chart at the summit in 2009. In the US it was the best-selling song of the summer, while", "title": "Can't Stop the Feeling!" }, { "id": "19491739", "text": "the idea of covering the disco genre inspired by the situation of the final scene. Writers from \"Billboard\", \"Rolling Stone\", \"Fuse\" and \"USA Today\" highlighted its attractiveness for the summer season. Adelle Platon from \"Billboard\" called it \"delightful\" and a \"feel-good jam\". Nate Chinen from \"The New York Times\" wrote \"Timberlake is on firm footing here, gliding over a disco-pop beat and urging all comers to catch the spirit.\" Jon Niles from \"Music Times\" wrote: \"The song gives off a feeling of pure joy that only a talent as great as Timberlake could bring to the table.\" For Lisa Respers", "title": "Can't Stop the Feeling!" }, { "id": "10088002", "text": "Feelings (Morris Albert song) \"Feelings\" is a song with lyrics written by Brazilian singer Morris Albert, set to the tune of \"Pour Toi\" separately composed by Louis “Loulou” Gasté in 1957. Albert recorded \"Feelings\" as a single and later included it as the title track of his 1975 debut album. The song's lyrics, recognizable by their \"whoa whoa whoa\" chorus, concern the singer's inability to \"forget my feelings of love\". Albert's original recording of the song was very successful, performing well internationally. In mid-1975, \"Feelings\" peaked at number 6 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and number 2 on the Adult", "title": "Feelings (Morris Albert song)" }, { "id": "9469242", "text": "You Can't Stop the Beat \"You Can't Stop The Beat\" is the finale number in the 2002 musical \"Hairspray\". It is sung by Tracy, Link, Penny, Seaweed, Edna, Motor Mouth, Velma, and Amber with Corny and Wilbur as backing singers. Although the lyrics touch on sizeism and racism, the song also references broader themes of change and progression. The song pays tribute to the Phil Spector-produced 1966 Ike & Tina Turner hit \"River Deep – Mountain High\". The song was edited for the 2007 film. Notably the Von Tussle section was removed. It was shot however, and is featured as", "title": "You Can't Stop the Beat" }, { "id": "12704547", "text": "the album \"Volume I\" was certified gold by the IFPI, and in February, the band released their first main single, a double A-single consisting of the ballad \"I Can't Stop Feeling\" and their promotional song \"No Smoke\" - a cover version of the 2008 record by \"Canadian Idol\" winner Eva Avila. The single has also been covered by Nicki French. The song reached a moderate number 23 on the German Singles Chart, the lowest-chart peak for any \"Popstars\" winner's debut single, while \"No Smoke\" made it to the top thirty in Switzerland based on downloads only. In February 2009, the", "title": "Queensberry (band)" }, { "id": "19491757", "text": "number three on the UK Singles Chart, and remained in the number 2 position for four weeks, it later reached the top spot of the UK Singles Sales Chart and spent two weeks as well at the top position. The Official Charts Company from the UK named it Timberlake's biggest song in the country with over 1 million units sold, surpassing 2013's \"Mirrors\". It was ranked 10 on UK year-end chart, while being the 3rd-best-selling song of the year in the territory. According to Phonographic Performance Limited, it was the most played song on UK radio, TV and in public", "title": "Can't Stop the Feeling!" }, { "id": "17301316", "text": "We Can't Stop \"We Can't Stop\" is a song by American recording artist Miley Cyrus, from her fourth studio album \"Bangerz\" (2013). It was released on June 3, 2013 by RCA Records as the lead single from the album. The song was written and produced by Mike Will Made It, P-Nasty, and Rock City, with additional songwriting provided by Cyrus, Doug E. Fresh, and Slick Rick. \"We Can't Stop\" is a pop and R&B song about a house party and recreational drug use. \"We Can't Stop\" received mixed reviews from music critics, who appreciated its overall production but were scathing", "title": "We Can't Stop" }, { "id": "10609720", "text": "Don't Stop the Music (Rihanna song) \"Don't Stop the Music\" is a song recorded by Barbadian singer Rihanna for her third studio album, \"Good Girl Gone Bad\" (2007). It was released worldwide on September 7, 2007, as the fourth single of the album. The song was written by Tawanna Dabney and its producers StarGate; Michael Jackson also received a songwriting credit for the sampling of the line \"Mama-say, mama-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa\" from Jackson's 1983 single \"Wanna Be Startin' Somethin\". Both Rihanna and Jackson were sued by Cameroonian musician Manu Dibango, who asserted that the hook originated in his 1972 song \"Soul", "title": "Don't Stop the Music (Rihanna song)" }, { "id": "12258722", "text": "Back to You (Bryan Adams song) \"Back to You\" is a rock song written by Bryan Adams and Eliot Kennedy. It was first released in 1997 as a live acoustic version for Adams album \"MTV Unplugged\". It was later included on the compilation albums \"The Best of Me\" and \"Anthology\". The track features students from the Juilliard School conducted by Michael Kamen. The B-sides are two tracks performed the same night as the album, however \"Can't Stop This Thing We Started / It Ain't a Party...If You Can't Come 'Round\" is only featured on the \"MTV Unplugged\" DVD, while \"Hey", "title": "Back to You (Bryan Adams song)" }, { "id": "10479904", "text": "Can't Cry Anymore \"Can't Cry Anymore\" is a 1995 single by Sheryl Crow from the album \"Tuesday Night Music Club\" released on A&M Records. The song reached number 36 on Billboard's Hot 100, becoming Crow's third straight top 40 hit. In Canada, the song fared even better, reaching number three and becoming Crow's third consecutive top-three hit, following the number-one singles \"All I Wanna Do\" and \"Strong Enough\". Elsewhere, however, the song had limited success, reaching number 33 in the United Kingdom and number 41 in Australia. Greg Kot of the \"Chicago Tribune\" said the song showed similarities to the", "title": "Can't Cry Anymore" }, { "id": "5923175", "text": "R&B and Adult Contemporary charts. \"Billboard\" ranked it as the No. 2 song for 1962. Charles reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart in July 1962, staying for two weeks. The Ray Charles version is noted for his saying the words before the last five lines of the song on the final chorus: \"Sing the Song, Children\". Choral backing was provided by The Randy Van Horne Singers. It was ranked No. 164 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and No. 49 on CMT's \"100 Greatest Songs in Country Music\". \"Note\": This original recording", "title": "I Can't Stop Loving You" }, { "id": "19491762", "text": "during the interval act of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 finale, which took place in Stockholm, Sweden on May 14, 2016. This was the first time in the contest's history whereby a celebrated artist who had never participated in the contest performed. Timberlake opened the performance singing \"Rock Your Body\", soon switching over to \"Can't Stop the Feeling!\". He was joined by a group of backup singers/dancers and a horn section for the song's televised debut. The performance wasn't aired in the US due to rights issues. The day before the main show, Timberlake made his first appearance before an", "title": "Can't Stop the Feeling!" }, { "id": "20258816", "text": "Can't Keep this Feeling In \"Can't Keep this Feeling In\" was the lead single from Cliff Richard's 1998 album \"Real as I Wanna Be\", released a week prior to the album. It peaked on debut at number 10 on the UK Singles Chart. Richard was complaining about his deliberate exclusion from airplay on UK radio stations (not including BBC Radio 2). So a ruse was concocted in an attempt to circumvent prejudice that had increasingly led to Richard's exclusion. Richard picked the song because as he says \"it was a slow, black rhythm and blues style and had a lot", "title": "Can't Keep this Feeling In" }, { "id": "19491749", "text": "like Jagger\" in 2011. Among males, it saw Timberlake end the longest break between Hot 100 number ones since Dr. Dre went 12 years, two months and three weeks between \"No Diggity\" (by Blackstreet featuring Dr. Dre) and \"Crack a Bottle\", his collaboration with Eminem and 50 Cent. The song has so far spent 52 weeks on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100, becoming one of a few singles to have spent at least a year on the chart. \"Can't Stop the Feeling!\" reached number one on Radio Songs in just its fifth week, marking the quickest sprint to the top since", "title": "Can't Stop the Feeling!" }, { "id": "18578346", "text": "single up with the release of “Eternity” in April 2015. In April, 2016, Fenix released “Satellite” featuring Frankie worldwide. The track, which was Fenix's second single release on Carrillo Music, had rotation on Y100 Miami, FM station. Next he released a remix of Justin Timberlake’s “Can’t Stop the Feeling,” which ended up trending at #1 on New York's music station, 103.5 KTU, for three weeks in a row via Sean Hamilton's Remix Top 30 countdown. In March, 2017 he released his next single, \"All Around the World\" ft. Chris Casino on Spotify, iTunes and Beatport. That same month, Fenix performed", "title": "DJ Fenix" }, { "id": "20689686", "text": "Black Velvet (Charles Bradley album) Black Velvet is the fourth and final studio album by American funk/soul artist Charles Bradley, released on 9 November 2018. The album release was preceded by two singles, \"Can't Fight the Feeling\" and \"I Feel a Change\". The name of the album comes from Bradley's stage name during his time as a James Brown impersonator. The album consists of songs originally recorded for Bradley's three previous studio albums, and was compiled by producer Thomas Brenneck after Bradley's death from cancer in September 2017. Included are covers of \"Stay Away\" by Nirvana and \"Heart of Gold\"", "title": "Black Velvet (Charles Bradley album)" }, { "id": "11077930", "text": "Ray, what you said is true...\" The song was Van Halen's most successful single from \"Balance\" in the United States, being the only single which reached the Top 40 of the \"Billboard\" Hot 100, peaking at number 30. This would be Van Halen's last song to reach the Top 40 in the United States. The song also reached number three on the Canadian \"RPM\" Top Singles chart and number 33 on the UK Singles Chart. The video, directed by Peter Christopherson, is set in an average middle class American home, where it goes back and forth between the band performing", "title": "Can't Stop Lovin' You" }, { "id": "1403197", "text": "Journey (band) Journey is an American rock band that formed in San Francisco in 1973, composed of former members of Santana and Frumious Bandersnatch. The band has gone through several phases; its strongest commercial success occurred between 1978 and 1987. During that period, the band released a series of hit songs, including \"Don't Stop Believin' (1981), which in 2009 became the top-selling track in iTunes history among songs not released in the 21st century. Its parent studio album, \"Escape\", the band's eighth and most successful, reached No. 1 on the \"Billboard\" 200 and yielded another of their most popular singles,", "title": "Journey (band)" }, { "id": "19491746", "text": "rules for the next awards. Grammy SVP Bill Freimuth explained to \"Variety\": Counting its first three days of airplay, \"Can't Stop the Feeling!\" debuted at number 24 on the US Mainstream Top 40 and started at a personal-best number 19 on Adult Top 40, both for the charts dated May 21, 2016. \"Can't Stop the Feeling!\" became the first song in the history of Mediabase Top 40 to close the entire Top 40 radio station panel in the first week, being the \"most added\" song in all 186 of them. \"Can't Stop the Feeling!\" became the 26th song to debut", "title": "Can't Stop the Feeling!" }, { "id": "16670859", "text": "Canada, number 4 in Australia and number 5 in Germany. \"Get It Started\" was released as the album's second single on June 25, 2012. The song features guest vocals from Colombian singer, plus songwriter Shakira. The song peaked at number 89 on the US \"Billboard\" Hot 100. \"Don't Stop the Party\" was released as the album's third single on September 25, 2012. The song contains a sample of the song \"Funky Vodka\" performed by TJR. The song peaked at number 17 on the US \"Billboard\" Hot 100, number 7 in the UK and number 9 in Canada. \"Feel This Moment\"", "title": "Global Warming (Pitbull album)" }, { "id": "9379372", "text": "Can't Stop the Music (song) \"Can't Stop the Music\" is a song recorded by American disco group the Village People. It was the first release after the exit of original lead singer Victor Willis. Lead vocals are sung by replacement cop Ray Simpson, the song was the first Village People single since their commercial breakthrough to not chart inside the US top 40, though it fared much better in the UK (reaching number 11) and Australia (reaching number 1). It is the title track from the soundtrack album of their feature movie, \"Can't Stop the Music\", which failed to attract", "title": "Can't Stop the Music (song)" }, { "id": "10670125", "text": "Bell won a Blues Music Award for his track \"Blues in my Soul\", in the 'Song of the Year' category. He was nominated for a similar award in four other categories. In 2015, Bell won a Blues Music Award in the 'Traditional Blues Male Artist' category. Bell's 2016 album, \"Can't Shake This Feeling\", was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album. Lurrie Bell Lurrie Bell (born Lurrie C. Bell, December 13, 1958, Chicago, Illinois, United States) is an American blues guitarist and singer. His father was renowned blues harmonica player Carey Bell. Bell started playing guitar at", "title": "Lurrie Bell" }, { "id": "8181106", "text": "Infidels Other Nominees: Winner: Tom Cochrane Other Nominees: Winner: Cassandra Vasik Other Nominees: Winner: George Fox Other Nominees: Winner: Prairie Oyster Other Nominees: Winner: Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet Other Nominees: Winner: Garth Brooks Other Nominees: Winner: Bryan Adams (with Robert John \"Mutt\" Lange), \"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You\" and \"Can't Stop This Thing We Started\" Other Nominees: Winner: Mike Fraser, \"Thunderstruck\" and \"Money Talks\" by AC/DC Other Nominees: Winner: Ian and Sylvia Tyson Winner: (posthumous) Harold Moon Winner: \"Mad Mad World\", Tom Cochrane Other Nominees: Winner: \"Vivaldi's Ring Of Mystery\", Classical Kids, producer Susan Hammond", "title": "Juno Awards of 1992" }, { "id": "20518494", "text": "It also marked Timberlake's seventh number one in Digital Songs, and first since \"Can't Stop the Feeling!\" in 2016. The song has sold 431,000 downloads in the country as of June 2018. In 2018, \"Say Something\" was ranked as the 85th most popular song of the year on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. On February 5, 2018, Timberlake and Stapleton performed \"Say Something\" on the post-Super Bowl episode of \"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\". On February 21, 2018, both artists performed the song at the 2018 Brit Awards. Say Something (Justin Timberlake song) \"Say Something\" is a song recorded by", "title": "Say Something (Justin Timberlake song)" }, { "id": "19491750", "text": "Adele's \"Hello\" needed just four weeks in November 2015. Among male artists, the single made the fastest rise to number one on Radio Songs in nearly 25 years, since Michael Jackson's \"Black or White\" set the record with a three-week climb in 1991. Mariah Carey's \"I'll Be There\" tied the mark in 1992. The single also tied Adele's \"Hello\" for the fastest-ever rise to the top of the Adult Top 40. Among males, \"Feeling\" bested Pharrell Williams' eight-week trip to the top with \"Happy\", which reached number one in April 2014, for the quickest climb to the top spot by", "title": "Can't Stop the Feeling!" }, { "id": "2685583", "text": "No. 2 in the UK Album Chart and No. 9 in the US Billboard 200. The second single, \"No You Girls\" saw success both in the charts and on the radio prior to release, eventually reaching No. 7 on the US Modern Rock Chart and was performed by Franz Ferdinand on Comic Relief 2009 Top of The Pops special. \"Can't Stop Feeling\" was released on 6 July as the 3rd single from the album and on 28 August, \"What She Came For\" was released as the 4th single in the form of a remix single. The band performed \"What She", "title": "Franz Ferdinand (band)" }, { "id": "14119081", "text": "There Won't Be Anymore \"There Won't Be Anymore\" is a song written and recorded by Charlie Rich. Recorded in the 1960s, it was released as a single at the end of 1973, and was his fourth No. 1 hit on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles chart in March 1974, and a top 20 pop hit as well. Rich's version was recorded during his stint at RCA's rhythm and blues subsidiary, Groove Records, and his association with producer Chet Atkins, one of the architects of the Nashville Sound. Like many of Atkins-produced songs of the era, \"There Won't Be Anymore\" featured", "title": "There Won't Be Anymore" }, { "id": "13646160", "text": "Forever Is Over \"Forever Is Over\" is a single by British-Irish girl group The Saturdays. The track was released by digital download on 3 October 2009, and CD single the following day. The song was written by, Louis Biancaniello, Kahmarl Gordon, Sam Watters, James Bourne and produced by The Runaways. It was released as the lead single from the group's second studio album \"Wordshaker\". The single charted at number two on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the band's fifth top 10 hit and highest charting single at the time along with their charity single \"Just Can't Get Enough\". It also", "title": "Forever Is Over" }, { "id": "9106874", "text": "Who's Crying Now \"Who's Crying Now\" is a million-selling, RIAA Gold-certified single by the American rock band Journey. It was written by Jonathan Cain and Steve Perry. It was released in 1981 as the first single from \"Escape\" and reached #4 on both the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and the Mainstream Rock Tracks charts. The song charted at #46 in the UK Singles Chart, and was the band's highest charting single in the UK until \"Don't Stop Believin'\" (also released as a single from the \"Escape\" album in 1981) incurred a resurgence in worldwide popularity in 2009. The song is highlighted", "title": "Who's Crying Now" }, { "id": "14223583", "text": "Can't Fight This Feeling (Junior Caldera song) \"Can't Fight this Feeling\" is a song written by Junior Caldera, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Roselyn Della Sabina, and produced by Junior Caldera for his first album, \"Début\", released in 2009. It was released as the album's fourth single in February 2010. It was also the second single from Ellis-Bextor's fourth studio album, \"Make A Scene\". The single was released in France prior to the release of Ellis-Bextor following single, \"Bittersweet\". The video for the song was shot in Paris on 10 March 2010. It was believed that Roselyn Della Sabina stopped writing for", "title": "Can't Fight This Feeling (Junior Caldera song)" }, { "id": "1403224", "text": "Arnel Pineda and his first year with Journey. Journey (band) Journey is an American rock band that formed in San Francisco in 1973, composed of former members of Santana and Frumious Bandersnatch. The band has gone through several phases; its strongest commercial success occurred between 1978 and 1987. During that period, the band released a series of hit songs, including \"Don't Stop Believin' (1981), which in 2009 became the top-selling track in iTunes history among songs not released in the 21st century. Its parent studio album, \"Escape\", the band's eighth and most successful, reached No. 1 on the \"Billboard\" 200", "title": "Journey (band)" }, { "id": "20175043", "text": "Cut to the Feeling \"Cut to the Feeling\" is a song recorded by Canadian singer and songwriter Carly Rae Jepsen, from the soundtrack for the Canadian-French film \"Ballerina\" (2016). It was released as a single on May 26, 2017, to promote the film's release under the title \"Leap!\" in the United States. The song was written by Jepsen, Simon Wilcox, and Nolan Lambroza, and produced by Lambroza. The song was used as the theme song for the MTV reality television show \"Siesta Key\". The track also received a music video. \"Cut to the Feeling\" was critically acclaimed, with \"Billboard\", \"The", "title": "Cut to the Feeling" }, { "id": "14223584", "text": "Madonna to complete this song. The single was released in Australia on 26 March 2011. </div> Can't Fight This Feeling (Junior Caldera song) \"Can't Fight this Feeling\" is a song written by Junior Caldera, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Roselyn Della Sabina, and produced by Junior Caldera for his first album, \"Début\", released in 2009. It was released as the album's fourth single in February 2010. It was also the second single from Ellis-Bextor's fourth studio album, \"Make A Scene\". The single was released in France prior to the release of Ellis-Bextor following single, \"Bittersweet\". The video for the song was shot", "title": "Can't Fight This Feeling (Junior Caldera song)" } ]

[ "the Greek Goddess Maia" ]

[ { "id": "210940", "text": "a poem about the Roman calendar. The first is that the month is named after the Roman goddess Juno, the goddess of marriage and the wife of the supreme deity Jupiter; the second is that the name comes from the Latin word \"iuniores\", meaning \"younger ones\", as opposed to \"maiores\" (\"elders\") for which the preceding month May \"(Maius)\" may be named. Another source claims June is named after Lucius Junius Brutus, founder of the roman Republic and ancestor of the Roman gens Junia . In ancient Rome, the period from mid-May through mid-June was considered inauspicious for marriage. Ovid says", "title": "June" }, { "id": "267615", "text": "Gubernatis, in his work \"Mythology of Plants\", believes that without doubt the festival was previous to that of said victory. It is a celebration that dates back to ancient peoples, and is very integrated with the rhythms of nature, such as the Celts (celebrating Beltane), Etruscans and Ligures, in which the arrival of summer was of great importance. 1 May is a day that celebrates Spring. Maios (Latin Maius), the month of May, took its name from the goddess Maia (Gr ), a Greek and Roman goddess of fertility. The day of Maios (Modern Greek Πρωτομαγιά) celebrates the final victory", "title": "May Day" }, { "id": "255853", "text": "Greek Goddess Maia, who was identified with the Roman era goddess of fertility, Bona Dea, whose festival was held in May. Conversely, the Roman poet Ovid provides a second etymology, in which he says that the month of May is named for the \"maiores,\" Latin for \"elders,\" and that the following month (June) is named for the \"iuniores,\" or \"young people\" (\"Fasti VI.88\"). Mayovka, in the context of the late Russian Empire, was a picnic in the countryside or in a park in the early days of May, hence the name. Eventually, \"mayovka\" (specifically, \"proletarian mayovka\") came to mean an", "title": "May" }, { "id": "255852", "text": "May May is the fifth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and the third of seven months to have a length of 31 days. May is a month of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere. Therefore, May in the Southern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent of November in the Northern Hemisphere and vice versa. Late May typically marks the of the summer vacation season in the United States and Canada and ends on Labor Day, the first Monday of September. The month of May (in Latin, \"Maius\") was named for the", "title": "May" }, { "id": "3441718", "text": "Juno, Carna, and the Magna Mater (\"Great Goddess\", referring to the Roman form of Cybele but also a cult title for Maia), as discussed at some length by the late antiquarian writer Macrobius. This treatment was probably influenced by the 1st-century BC scholar Varro, who tended to resolve a great number of goddesses into one original \"Terra\". The association with Juno, whose Etruscan counterpart was Uni, is suggested again by the inscription \"Uni Mae\" on the Piacenza Liver. The month of May (Latin \"Maius\") was supposedly named for Maia, though ancient etymologists also connected it to the \"maiores\" \"ancestors\", again", "title": "Maia" }, { "id": "10668219", "text": "Maius Maius or mensis Maius (May) was the third month of the ancient Roman calendar, following \"Aprilis\" (April) and preceding \"Iunius\" (June). On the oldest Roman calendar that had begun with March, it was the third of ten months in the year. May had 31 days. The Romans considered May an infelicitous month. Although it began with one of the most notoriously licentious holidays of the Roman calendar, the Games of Flora \"(Ludi Florae)\", the middle of the month was devoted to propitiating the \"lemures\", the restless shades of the dead. The Romans did not number days of a month", "title": "Maius" }, { "id": "11924616", "text": "May devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary May Devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary refers to special Marian devotions held in the Catholic Church during the month of May honoring the Virgin Mary as \"the Queen of May\". These services may take place inside or outside. A \"May Crowning\" is a traditional Roman Catholic ritual that occurs in the month of May. A number of traditions link the month of May to Mary. Alfonso in the 13th century wrote in his \"Cantigas de Santa Maria\" about the special honoring of Mary during specific dates in May. Eventually, the entire month", "title": "May devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary" }, { "id": "17298731", "text": "personified announce \"I am the mother of roses\". Among explanations for the month's name was that it derived from \"Maia\", a goddess of growth or increase whose own name was sometimes said to come from the adjective \"maius\", \"greater\". Maia was honored in May with her son Mercury (Greek Hermes), a god of boundaries and commerce, and a conductor of souls to the afterlife. The theological identity of Maia was capacious; she was variously identified with goddesses such as \"Terra Mater\" (\"Mother Earth\"), the Good Goddess \"(Bona Dea)\", the Great Mother Goddess \"(Magna Mater\", a title also for Cybele), Ops", "title": "Rosalia (festival)" }, { "id": "267592", "text": "began reconstructing traditions and celebrating May Day as a pagan religious festival. Traditional English May Day rites and celebrations include crowning a May Queen and celebrations involving a maypole. Historically, Morris dancing has been linked to May Day celebrations. Much of this tradition derives from the pagan Anglo-Saxon customs held during \"Þrimilci-mōnaþ\" (the Old English name for the month of May meaning \"Month of Three Milkings\") along with many Celtic traditions. May Day has been a traditional day of festivities throughout the centuries, most associated with towns and villages celebrating springtime fertility (of the soil, livestock, and people) and revelry", "title": "May Day" }, { "id": "4281713", "text": "of Star Names. An Egyptian priestly poet in the time of Thutmose III mentions the star as \"Karbana,\" \"the star which pours his light in a glance of fire, When he disperses the morning dew.\" Under the Ptolemies, the star was known as \"Ptolemaion\" (Greek: Πτολεμαῖον) and its acronychal rising marked the date of the Ptolemaia festival, which was held every four years, from 262 to 145 BC. In the traditional Xhosa calendar, May is named \"UCanzibe\" (the month of Canopus). The Navajo observed the star and named it \"Ma’ii Bizò‘\". It is also personified as the Shou star. In", "title": "Canopus" }, { "id": "17737624", "text": "Poetry and Poetics calls Hugo Mayo \"one of the most influential figures of the 20th century.\" He adopted the pen name \"Hugo Mayo\" in 1921 and remained with that name for the rest of his life. The word \"Hugo\" was for \"Victor Hugo,\" of whom he was a great admirer, and the word \"Mayo\" was for May, the month of spring in Europe. Hugo Mayo Miguel Augusto Egas Miranda, better known by his pen name Hugo Mayo, (November 24, 1895 in Manta – April 5, 1988 in Guayaquil) was an Ecuadorian avant-garde poet. He was the older brother of the", "title": "Hugo Mayo" }, { "id": "15359234", "text": "ten days of May, established in 1978 by a joint resolution in United States Congress. The commemorative week was expanded to a month (Asian Pacific American Heritage Month) by Congress in 1992. The month of May was chosen to celebrate the emigration of the first Japanese Americans on May 7, 1843, and to honor the Chinese immigrants who contributed to the transcontinental railroad which was completed on May 10, 1896. The term is also used by several state boards and commissions, including in Washington, Michigan, Maryland, and Connecticut. The term is also used in the names of several non-profit groups,", "title": "Asian Pacific American" }, { "id": "17298730", "text": "accommodate the blooming season. For month allegories in mosaics, May is often represented with floral wreaths, the fillets or ribbons worn for sacrifice, and wine amphorae. May (Latin \"Maius\") began in the middle of the \"Ludi Florae\", a series of games in honor of the goddess Flora that opened April 28 of the Julian calendar and concluded May 3. Flora was a goddess of flowers and blooming, and her festivities were enjoyed with a notable degree of sexual liberty. In the 2nd century AD, Philostratus connects rose garlands with Flora's festival. A Greek epigram from the \"Palatine Anthology\" has May", "title": "Rosalia (festival)" }, { "id": "13391545", "text": "pea flower which bloom in a wide range of soft colors as well as two tone colors. It is said to symbolize pleasure or good-bye. In the Victorian era, these flowers formed a part of the bouquet which was sent to someone to convey gratefulness. May: The month of May is associated with the Lily of the valley flower. It is generally white in colour. The flower conveys sweetness and humility. In the Victorian era, it was given to convey the romantic message ‘you have made my life complete’ June: Rose is the flower of this month. Though roses are", "title": "Birth flower" }, { "id": "255856", "text": "Mercury would receive a sacrifice on the Ides of May (May 15). Tubilustrium took place on May 23 as well as in March. These dates do not correspond to the modern Gregorian calendar. May May is the fifth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and the third of seven months to have a length of 31 days. May is a month of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere. Therefore, May in the Southern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent of November in the Northern Hemisphere and vice versa. Late May typically marks", "title": "May" }, { "id": "10668224", "text": "otherwise noted, the dating and observances on the following table are from H. H. Scullard, \"Festivals and Ceremonies of the Roman Republic\" (Cornell University Press, 1981), pp. 116–125. Maius Maius or mensis Maius (May) was the third month of the ancient Roman calendar, following \"Aprilis\" (April) and preceding \"Iunius\" (June). On the oldest Roman calendar that had begun with March, it was the third of ten months in the year. May had 31 days. The Romans considered May an infelicitous month. Although it began with one of the most notoriously licentious holidays of the Roman calendar, the Games of Flora", "title": "Maius" }, { "id": "267591", "text": "May Day – with various May devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary In works of art, school skits, and so forth, Mary's head will often be adorned with flowers in a May crowning. 1 May is also one of two feast days of the Catholic patron saint of workers St Joseph the Worker, a carpenter, husband to Mother Mary, and surrogate father of Jesus. Replacing another feast to St. Joseph, this date was chosen by Pope Pius XII in 1955 as a counterpoint to the communist International Workers Day celebrations on May Day. In the late 20th century, many neopagans", "title": "May Day" }, { "id": "11924622", "text": "popes including Pope Pius XII in his encyclical \"Ingruentium malorum\": Pope Pius XII, recognizing traditional precedents, proclaimed the \"Queenship of Mary\" through his encyclical, \"Ad Caeli Reginam\". While May devotions may differ in various countries, the Marian title \"Queen of May\" exists in several countries as manifested in Marian songs. In English speaking countries such as England, Ireland and the United States a Marian hymn uses the following text: Another similar song greets Mary, the queen of May, who is greeted by the month of May. Another well-known Marian \"Queen of May\" song ends with the words: In Eastern churches,", "title": "May devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary" }, { "id": "267614", "text": "maggerini adorn themselves. In particular the plant alder, which grows along the rivers, is considered the symbol of life and that's why it is often present in the ritual. Calendimaggio can be historically noted in Tuscany as a mythical character who had a predominant role and met many of the attributes of the god Belenus. In Lucania, the \"Maggi\" have a clear auspicious character of pagan origin. In Syracuse, Sicily, the \"Albero della Cuccagna\" (cf. \"Greasy pole\") is held during the month of May, a feast celebrated to commemorate the victory over the Athenians led by Nicias. However, Angelo de", "title": "May Day" }, { "id": "4374265", "text": "Máj Máj (Czech for the month \"May\"; ) is a romantic poem by Karel Hynek Mácha in four cantos. It was fiercely criticized when first published, but since then has gained the status of one of the most prominent works of Czech literature; in the Czech Republic, the poem now is memorized by schoolchildren and continuously in print. According to the author's epilogue, the poem is a homage to the beauty of spring. It is set in a bucolic landscape, inspired by such features as a lake then called Big Pond (), and now called Lake Mácha (), after the", "title": "Máj" }, { "id": "724832", "text": "In 1992, when Bonds signed a free agent contract with the Giants, Mays personally offered Bonds his retired #24 (the number Bonds wore in Pittsburgh) but Bonds declined, electing to wear #25 instead, honoring his father, Bobby Bonds, who wore that number with the Giants. Willie Mays Day was proclaimed by former mayor Willie Brown and reaffirmed by mayor Gavin Newsom to be every May 24 in San Francisco, paying tribute not only to his birth in the month (May 6), but also to his name (Mays) and jersey number (24). The date is also the anniversary of his call-up", "title": "Willie Mays" }, { "id": "17339676", "text": "calendar, Ovid has three goddesses present three different derivations of the name \"Iunius\". Juno asserts that the month is named for her. Juventas (\"Youth\") pairs \"Iunius\" with \"Maius\": the former, she says, comes from \"junior\", \"a younger person\", in contrast to \"maiores\" or the \"elders\" for whom May was named. Juno's own name may derive from the same root meaning \"young\", and these two possibilities may be reconcilable. Ovid has Concordia claim that \"Iunius\" comes from \"iungo, iunctus\", \"join\", in honor of her uniting the Romans and the Sabines. Elsewhere, an even less likely derivation relates the month name to", "title": "Iunius (month)" }, { "id": "7627902", "text": "Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM), now officially proclaimed Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, takes place in May. It celebrates the culture, traditions, and history of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States. In June 1977 Reps. Frank Horton of New York and Norman Y. Mineta of California introduced a United States House of Representatives resolution to proclaim the first ten days of May as Asian-Pacific Heritage Week. A similar bill was introduced in the Senate a month later by Daniel Inouye and Spark Matsunaga. \"The month of May was chosen", "title": "Asian Pacific American Heritage Month" }, { "id": "21012716", "text": "George's Day, or on the Sunday closest to it. Traditional English food and drink may be consumed. Start of Summer on the first day of May, the traditional English May Day rites and celebrations include crowning a May Queen and celebrations involving a maypole. Historically, Morris dancing has been linked to May Day celebrations. Much of this tradition derives from the pagan Anglo-Saxon customs held during \"Þrimilci-mōnaþ\" (the Old English name for the month of May meaning \"Month of Three Milkings\") along with many Celtic traditions. May Day has been a traditional day of festivities throughout the centuries, most associated", "title": "English festivals" }, { "id": "2092220", "text": "Sun of May The Sun of May () is a national emblem of Argentina and Uruguay, and appears on both countries' flags. According to the historian Diego Abad de Santillán, the Sun of May is a figurative sun that represents Inti, the sun god of the Inca religion. Worshiped as a patron deity of the Inca Empire, Pachacuti is often linked to the origin and expansion of the Inca Sun Cult. The most common story says that he is the son of Viracocha, the god of civilization. The specification \"\"of May\"\" is a reference to the May Revolution which took", "title": "Sun of May" }, { "id": "1066080", "text": "as \"Galvano\", and in English as Gawain. The later forms are generally assumed to derive from the Welsh \"Gwalchmei\". The element \"Gwalch\" means hawk, and is a typical epithet in medieval Welsh poetry. The meaning of \"mei\" is uncertain. It has been suggested that it refers to the month of May (\"Mai\" in Modern Welsh), rendering \"Hawk of May\", Rachel Bromwich considers this unlikely. Kenneth Jackson suggests the name evolved from an early Common Brittonic name *\"Ualcos Magesos\", meaning \"Hawk of the Plain\". The \"Gwyar\" (meaning \"gore\" or \"spilled blood/bloodshed\") in Gwalchmei ap Gwyar is likely the name of Gwalchmei's", "title": "Gawain" }, { "id": "11925932", "text": "Lady of Victory (later renamed Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary) was based on the 1571 victory of the Papal States against the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Lepanto, is hence unique to Roman Catholics. The most prominent Marian feast days in the General Roman Calendar are: Note: Solemnities and feasts are in bold face. Memorials are in the regular face. Optional Marian memorials in the General Roman Calendar are: Note: There are many more Marian commemorations celebrated in various localities, but not included in the General Roman Calendar. During the month of May, May devotions to the", "title": "Marian feast days" }, { "id": "7952627", "text": "Flores de Mayo Flores de Mayo (Spanish for \"flowers of May\") is a festival held in the Philippines in the month of May. It is one of the May devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary and lasts for the entire month. The Santacruzan (from the Spanish \"santa cruz\", \"holy cross\") is the ritual pageant held on the last day of the \"Flores de Mayo\". It honors the finding of the True Cross by Helena of Constantinople (known as \"Reyna Elena\") and Constantine the Great. Its connection with May stems from the May 3 date of Roodmas, which Pope John XXIII", "title": "Flores de Mayo" }, { "id": "567881", "text": "to be celebrated with the whole family. It is also said to be celebrated in May, as May is the month dedicated to the Virgin Mary (mother of Jesus) according to Catholicism.The idea of a month dedicated specifically to Mary can be traced back to baroque times. Although it wasn't always held during May, Mary Month included thirty daily spiritual exercises honoring Mary. In Sri Lanka, Mother's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of May. In Sweden, Mother's Day was first celebrated in 1919, by initiative of the author Cecilia Bååth-Holmberg. It took several decades for the day to", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "4374278", "text": "diary and his critiques. In 2008, Czech director F. A. Brabec made a movie, also called \"Máj\", based on the poem. Máj Máj (Czech for the month \"May\"; ) is a romantic poem by Karel Hynek Mácha in four cantos. It was fiercely criticized when first published, but since then has gained the status of one of the most prominent works of Czech literature; in the Czech Republic, the poem now is memorized by schoolchildren and continuously in print. According to the author's epilogue, the poem is a homage to the beauty of spring. It is set in a bucolic", "title": "Máj" }, { "id": "17298742", "text": "of Mary, mother of Jesus, who became associated with the month of May, replacing goddesses such as Maia and Flora in the popular imagination. Mary is described in early Christian literature as a \"rosa pudoris\", \"rose of modesty\", and a rose among thorns. In the Middle Ages, roses, lilies and violets become the special flowers of Mary. In some Catholic cultures, offerings of flowers are still made to Mary, notably in Mexican devotional practices for Our Lady of Guadalupe. On the island of Pollap, in Micronesia, offerings of flowers before the cult statue of Mary are added to ceremonies of", "title": "Rosalia (festival)" }, { "id": "267612", "text": "other people in other counties still keep on this tradition, including areas in Dublin city such as Ringsend. In Italy it is called \"Calendimaggio\" or \"cantar maggio\" a seasonal feast held to celebrate the arrival of spring. The event takes its name from the period in which it takes place, that is, the beginning of May, from the Latin \"calenda maia\". The Calendimaggio is a tradition still alive today in many regions of Italy as an allegory of the return to life and rebirth: among these Piedmont, Liguria, Lombardy, Emilia-Romagna (for example, is celebrated in the area of the \"Quattro", "title": "May Day" }, { "id": "267616", "text": "of the summer against winter as the victory of life against death. The celebration is similar to an ancient ritual associated with another minor demi-god Adonis which also celebrated the revival of nature. There is today some conflation with yet another tradition, the revival or marriage of Dionysus (the Greek God of theatre and wine-making). This event, however, was celebrated in ancient times not in May but in association with the Anthesteria, a festival held in February and dedicated to the goddess of agriculture Demeter and her daughter Persephone. Persephone emerged every year at the end of Winter from the", "title": "May Day" }, { "id": "12875306", "text": "Jewish American Heritage Month Jewish American Heritage Month (JAHM) is an annual recognition and celebration of Jewish American achievements in and contributions to the United States of America during the month of May. President George W. Bush first proclaimed the month on April 20, 2006, as a result of cooperation with Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA), as well as the Jewish Museum of Florida and the South Florida Jewish Community. Since then, annual proclamations have been made by Presidents Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump. In April 2006, President George W. Bush announced that May 2006 would be considered Jewish American", "title": "Jewish American Heritage Month" }, { "id": "6450759", "text": "way related to the liturgical feasts of the General Calendar of the Roman Rite or of the particular calendars of dioceses and religious congregations. Saturdays are dedicated to the Virgin Mary, designated as memorials of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This practice derives from Carolingian times (ninth century). The month of May has been traditionally dedicated to Mary. The \"Angelus\" is a traditional prayer used to commemorate the Annunciation of the angel Gabriel to Mary. It is used three times daily: at dawn, mid-day and at dusk. During Eastertide, the \"Angelus\" is replaced with the \"Regina Coeli\" an antiphon, dating from", "title": "Marian devotions" }, { "id": "11925934", "text": "the family, around a \"May Altar\" consisting of a table with a Marian picture decorated with many May flowers. The family would then pray together the rosary. May devotions exist in the entire Latin church and since that time have been a regular feature of Catholic life. Traditionally, the month of October is \"rosary month\" in the Catholic Church, when the faithful are encouraged to pray the rosary if possible. Since 1571, Mary, Queen of the Holy Rosary, is venerated on October 7. Pope Benedict XVI, following all his predecessors, also encourages the rosary during the month of October: Among", "title": "Marian feast days" }, { "id": "267589", "text": "the \"Floralia\", festival of Flora, the Roman goddess of flowers, held on 27 April during the Roman Republic era, and with the Walpurgis Night celebrations of the Germanic countries. It is also associated with the Gaelic Beltane, most commonly held on 30 April. The day is a traditional summer holiday in many European pagan cultures. While 1 February is the first day of spring, 1 May is the first day of summer; hence, the summer solstice on 25 June (now 21 June) is Midsummer. As Europe became Christianised, the pagan holidays lost their religious character and May Day changed into", "title": "May Day" }, { "id": "3982450", "text": "1870 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada has the distinction of being the longest running May Day celebration of its kind in the British Commonwealth. May Queen The May Queen or Queen of May is a personification of the May Day holiday, and of springtime and also summer. Today, the May Queen is a girl who must ride or walk at the front of a parade for May Day celebrations. She wears a white gown to symbolise purity and usually a tiara or crown. Her duty is to begin the May Day celebrations. She is generally crowned by flowers and", "title": "May Queen" }, { "id": "11924627", "text": "are replaced throughout the month to keep them fresh. The Coronation of the Virgin became a popular subject in art. In the Philippines and other countries, Mary is fêted in May with the \"Flores de Mayo\" (\"Flowers of May\"), where devotees collect colourful flowers with which to decorate the parish church's altars and aisles. Catholic communities often congregate in the afternoons to pray the rosary, offer flowers to an image of the Virgin Mary, and share homemade delicacies and snacks. In more formal processions, children and adults wear their Sunday best, singing and dancing to welcome the rains that will", "title": "May devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary" }, { "id": "10734006", "text": "Now Is the Month of Maying \"Now is the month of maying\" is one of the most famous of the English balletts (a light dancelike part song similar to a madrigal, frequently with a 'fa-la-la' chorus). It was written by Thomas Morley and published in 1595. It is based on the canzonet \"So ben mi ch'a bon tempo\" used by Orazio Vecchi in his 1590 \"Selva di varia ricreatione\". It was printed in Thomas Morley's \"First Book of Ballets to Five Voyces\" (1595). The song delights in bawdy double-entendre. It is apparently about spring dancing, but this is a metaphor", "title": "Now Is the Month of Maying" }, { "id": "17298734", "text": "imagery of the rose festival often substitutes for or replaces the traditional emblem of Mercury and his rites to represent May. In Ovid's \"Fasti\", a poem about the Roman calendar, Flora as the divine representative of May speaks of her role in generating flowers from the blood of the dead: \"through me glory springs from their wound\". Ovid shows how her mythology weaves together themes of \"violence, sexuality, pleasure, marriage, and agriculture.\" The Romans considered May an unpropitious month for weddings, a postponement that contributed to the popularity of June as a bridal month. Each day of the Lemuria in", "title": "Rosalia (festival)" }, { "id": "255854", "text": "illegal celebration of May 1 by revolutionary public, typically presented as an innocent picnic. Special devotions to the Virgin Mary take place in May. See May devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Eta Aquariids meteor shower appears in May. It is visible from about April 21 to about May 20 each year with peak activity on or around May 6. The Arietids shower from May 22 – July 2, and peaks on June 7. The Virginids also shower at various dates in May. Under the calendar of ancient Rome, the festival of Bona Dea fell on May 1, Argei fell", "title": "May" }, { "id": "267590", "text": "a popular secular celebration. A significant celebration of May Day occurs in Germany where it is one of several days on which St. Walburga, credited with bringing Christianity to Germany, is celebrated. The secular versions of May Day, observed in Europe and North America, may be best known for their traditions of dancing around the maypole and crowning the Queen of May. Fading in popularity since the late 20th century is the giving of \"May baskets,\" small baskets of sweets or flowers, usually left anonymously on neighbours' doorsteps. Since the 18th century, many Roman Catholics have observed May – and", "title": "May Day" }, { "id": "3982445", "text": "May Queen The May Queen or Queen of May is a personification of the May Day holiday, and of springtime and also summer. Today, the May Queen is a girl who must ride or walk at the front of a parade for May Day celebrations. She wears a white gown to symbolise purity and usually a tiara or crown. Her duty is to begin the May Day celebrations. She is generally crowned by flowers and makes a speech before the dancing begins. Certain age-groups dance round a Maypole celebrating youth and the spring time. Sir James George Frazer linked the", "title": "May Queen" }, { "id": "8752214", "text": "castle, named Greif, found a little girl just a few weeks old among the dead bodies. He took her in and raised her as his daughter. It happened to be the month of May so he named her Maija/May. As the years went by the little girl grew to be a beautiful young maiden and because of her beauty she was called the Rose of Turaida. Her fiancé, Victor Hail, was a gardener at Sigulda Castle on the opposite side of the Gauja river and in the evenings they would meet at Gutman's Cave. A Polish deserter, Jakubovsky, lusted after", "title": "Gutmanis Cave" }, { "id": "267626", "text": "children were dressed in these flowers and went from place to place begging for money or bread. On the 1st of May, people also used to sing \"Cantigas de Maio\", traditional songs related to this day and the whole month of May. \"Prvomajski uranak\" (Reveille on May 1st) is a folk tradition and feast that consists of the fact that on May 1, people go in the nature or even leave the day before and spend the night with a camp fire. Most of the time, a dish is cooked in a kettle or in a barbecue. Among Serbs this", "title": "May Day" }, { "id": "12620770", "text": "is remembered from May 15 through 18. The revolutionary general, Toussaint Louverture, was born on May 20, 1743. Teacher's Day is May 17, University Day May 18, and Mother's Day is celebrated on the last Sunday of May. For Haitian Catholics, May is the month of Mary, the mother of Jesus. Haitian Heritage Month Haitian Heritage Month is a celebration in the United States of Haitian heritage and culture. It was first celebrated in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1998. Tele Kreyol, one of the Boston Haitian Access Television programs, celebrated the whole month of May with a series of programs on", "title": "Haitian Heritage Month" }, { "id": "12875315", "text": "of American Jewish Museums (CAJM), Jewish Museum of Florida, and the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington. In 2009, the Coalition named a national coordinator. Jewish American Heritage Month Jewish American Heritage Month (JAHM) is an annual recognition and celebration of Jewish American achievements in and contributions to the United States of America during the month of May. President George W. Bush first proclaimed the month on April 20, 2006, as a result of cooperation with Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA), as well as the Jewish Museum of Florida and the South Florida Jewish Community. Since then, annual proclamations have been", "title": "Jewish American Heritage Month" }, { "id": "267617", "text": "Underworld. The Anthesteria was a festival of souls, plants and flowers, and Persephone's coming to earth from Hades marked the rebirth of nature, a common theme in all these traditions. What remains of the customs today, echoes these traditions of antiquity. A common, until recently, May Day custom involved the annual revival of a youth called Adonis, or alternatively of Dionysus, or of Maios (in Modern Greek Μαγιόπουλο, the Son of Maia). In a simple theatrical ritual, the significance of which has long been forgotten, a chorus of young girls sang a song over a youth lying on the ground,", "title": "May Day" }, { "id": "15765658", "text": "on a drawing by Linnaeus: \"The inspiration for the design has been Linnaeus’ own books, such as Systema Naturae and the Linnaean Herbarium. The latter publication originates from Linnaeus’s studies in Småland, preserved today at Växjö Town Library. The symbol is made up of a stylized tree. The original is a drawing by Linnaeus from his book of herbs and plants. The symbol conveys both the connection to the name and the roots in soil of the Småland region of southern Sweden. At the same time, the tree may be seen as a symbol for the month of May and", "title": "Commemoration of Carl Linnaeus" }, { "id": "267632", "text": "beginning of the 20th century and probably in the urban environment, perhaps in connection with Karel Hynek Mácha and Petřín. A cherry, an apple or a birch is most often considered a suitable tree. May Day is celebrated in some parts of the provinces of British Columbia, New Brunswick and Ontario. Toronto In Toronto, on the morning of 1 May, various Morris Dancing troops from Toronto and Hamilton gather on the road by Grenadier Cafe, in High Park to \"dance in the May\". The dancers and crowd then gather together and sing traditional May Day songs such as Hal-An-Tow and", "title": "May Day" }, { "id": "9006896", "text": "territories in Canada. AN ACT TO PROCLAIM MAY AS SOUTH ASIAN HERITAGE MONTH AND MAY 5 AS SOUTH ASIAN ARRIVAL DAY South Asian immigrants began arriving in Ontario at the start of the 20th century. Working primarily in the sawmill industry, South Asian immigrants settled in various parts of the province. For South Asians, the month of May has been a time of celebration and commemoration of their arrival from the Indian subcontinent to the Americas beginning on May 5, 1838. While most South Asians came to our country from India, many others came to Ontario from such places as", "title": "South Asian Heritage Month" }, { "id": "267625", "text": "are known as \"giestas\". The flowers of the bush are known as Maias, which are placed on doors or gates and every doorway of houses, windows, granaries, currently also cars, which the populace collect on the evening of the 30th of April when the Portuguese brooms are blooming, to defend those places from bad spirits, witches and the evil eye. The placement of the May flower or bush in the doorway must be done before midnight. These festivities are a continuum of the \"Os Maios\" of Galiza. In ancient times, this was done while playing traditional night-music. In some places,", "title": "May Day" }, { "id": "9107669", "text": "and important habitat for these birds: it has the highest known nesting density in the world. Other birds of note are the common cuckoo (\"gegutė\") - its call is said to sweep away the last traces of winter, and the month of May (\"gegužės mėnuo\") is named for this bird. The rock pigeon (\"balandis\") is commemorated in the month of April (\"balandžio mėnuo\"). Lithuania's special animals include the aurochs, the moose, the wolf (\"vilkas\"), and the bear (\"lokys\"). According to a popular legend, an iron wolf in Gediminas' dream encouraged the Grand Duke to establish Vilnius and make the city", "title": "National symbols of Lithuania" }, { "id": "8274385", "text": "sorceress) also got the reputation of being a witch, creating yet another myth thanks to her face lined with wrinkles. Probably, she was just a widow who dressed primarily in black. Since then, though, it has been a hive of “non è vero, ma ci credo” (it’s not true, but I believe). The patron saint of Colobraro is St. Nicholas of Bari and is honored during the month of May. St. Nicholas of Bari, also known as St. Nicholas of Myra, St. Nicholas of Lorraine, and St. Nicholas Magno, is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church, the Orthodox", "title": "Colobraro" }, { "id": "267624", "text": "die or their owners could get ill. It is said that the weather is always good on May Day to allow people to celebrate. \"Maias\" is a superstition throughout Portugal, with special focus on the northern territories and rarely elsewhere. Maias is the dominant naming in Northern Portugal, but it may be referred to by other names, including \"Dia das Bruxas\" (Witches' day), \"O Burro\" (the Donkey, referring to an evil spirit) or the last of April, as the local traditions preserved to this day occur on that evening only. People put the yellow flowers of Portuguese brooms, the bushes", "title": "May Day" }, { "id": "3441719", "text": "from the adjective \"maius, maior\", meaning those who are \"greater\" in terms of generational precedence. On the first day of May, the Lares Praestites were honored as protectors of the city, and the flamen of Vulcan sacrificed a pregnant sow to Maia, a customary offering to an earth goddess that reiterates the link between Vulcan and Maia in the archaic prayer formula. In Roman myth, Mercury (Hermes), the son of Maia, was the father of the twin Lares, a genealogy that sheds light on the collocation of ceremonies on the Kalends of May. On May 15, the Ides, Mercury was", "title": "Maia" }, { "id": "666564", "text": "convenient three-day weekend. The change moved Memorial Day from its traditional May 30 date to the last Monday in May. The law took effect at the federal level in 1971. After some initial confusion and unwillingness to comply, all 50 states adopted Congress' change of date within a few years. Memorial Day endures as a holiday which most businesses observe because it marks the unofficial beginning of summer. The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW) advocated returning to the original date, although the significance of the date is tenuous. The VFW", "title": "Memorial Day" }, { "id": "15865988", "text": "probably inspired by Fra Domenico Cavalca's \"Life of St. John the Baptist\" (1320–42), in which \"the desert was described as a place of great natural beauty, full of flowers, trees, and animals.\" The \"Calendar for May\" by Pseudo-Jacquemart. (fol. 3r) is an example of iconography first used by Jean Pucelle in the \"Belleville Breviary\". Each month of the year shows an apostle, representative of the New Testament, and a prophet of the Old Testament. The prophet submits a veiled prophecy which is explained by the apostle as an article of faith, while simultaneously, the prophet gives the apostle a stone", "title": "Petites Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry" }, { "id": "456737", "text": "celebrations appeared in pre-Christian times with the festival of Flora, the Roman goddess of flowers, and the Walpurgisnacht celebrations of the Germanic countries. Since the Christianisation of Europe, a more secular version of the festival has continued in Europe and America, commonly referred to as May Day. In this form, it is well known for maypole dancing and the crowning of the Queen of the May. Midsummer is one of the four solar holidays, and is considered the turning point at which summer reaches its height and the sun shines longest. Among the Wiccan sabbats, Midsummer is preceded by Beltane,", "title": "Wheel of the Year" }, { "id": "7793692", "text": "Days of May The Days of May was a period of social unrest and political tension in the United Kingdom in May 1832, after Tories in the House of Lords blocked the Third Reform Bill, which aimed to extend parliamentary representation to the middle class and to the newly industrialised cities of the English Midlands and the North of England. The campaign to broaden the electoral franchise had garnered wide and organised national support over the preceding years, led by Thomas Attwood's Birmingham Political Union, which boasted that it \"had united two million men peacefully and legally in one grand", "title": "Days of May" }, { "id": "3762575", "text": "also does not have its origins in Christianity, being instead another religious observance superimposed at the beginning of spring. The Brigid's cross made from rushes represents a pre-Christian solar wheel. Other pre-Christian festivals, whose names survive as Irish month names, are Bealtaine (May), Lúnasa (August) and Samhain (November). The last is still widely observed as Halloween which is celebrated all over the world, including in the United States followed by All Saints' Day, another Christian holiday associated with a traditional one. Important church holidays include Easter, and various Marian observances. Christianity in the form of both Roman Catholicism and Protestantism", "title": "Culture of Ireland" }, { "id": "11924617", "text": "was filled with special observances and devotions to Mary. The origin of the conventional May devotion is still relatively unknown. Herbert Thurston identifies the seventeenth century as the earliest instance of the adoption of the custom of consecrating the month of May to the Blessed Virgin by special observances. It is certain that this form of Marian devotion began in Italy. Around 1739, witnesses speak of a particular form of Marian devotion in May in Grezzano near Verona. In 1747 the Archbishop of Genoa recommended the May devotion as a devotion for the home. Specific prayers for them were promulgated", "title": "May devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary" }, { "id": "212507", "text": "deaths. In AD 37, Caligula renamed September as \"Germanicus\" after his father; in AD 65, Nero renamed April as \"Neroneus\", May as \"Claudius\" and June as \"Germanicus\"; and in AD 84 Domitian renamed September as \"Germanicus\" and October as \"Domitianus\". Commodus was unique in renaming all twelve months after his own adopted names (January to December): \"Amazonius\", \"Invictus\", \"Felix\", \"Pius\", \"Lucius\", \"Aelius\", \"Aurelius\", \"Commodus\", \"Augustus\", \"Herculeus\", \"Romanus\", and \"Exsuperatorius\". The emperor Tacitus is said to have ordered that September, the month of his birth and accession, be renamed after him, but the story is doubtful since he did not become", "title": "Julian calendar" }, { "id": "5524811", "text": "Law Day (United States) On May 1 the United States officially recognizes Law Day. It is meant to reflect on the role of law in the foundation of the country and to recognize its importance for society. Before President Dwight D. Eisenhower declared May 1 to be Law Day, U.S.A., the first day of May was known in some parts of the world as May Day: a day to remember the struggles of workers in their fight for better wages and working conditions. Law Day was originally the idea of Charles S. Rhyne, Eisenhower's legal counsel for a time, who", "title": "Law Day (United States)" }, { "id": "267621", "text": "due to evil powers. On May Day, the Romanians celebrate the \"arminden\" (or \"armindeni\"), the beginning of summer, symbolically tied with the protection of crops and farm animals. The name comes from Slavonic \"Jeremiinŭ dĭnĭ\", meaning prophet Jeremiah's day, but the celebration rites and habits of this day are apotropaic and pagan (possibly originating in the cult of the god Pan). The day is also called \"ziua pelinului\" (\"mugwort day\") or \"ziua bețivilor\" (\"drunkards' day\") and it is celebrated to ensure good wine in autumn and, for people and farm animals alike, good health and protection from the elements of", "title": "May Day" }, { "id": "11924619", "text": "Belgium, the May devotions, at least as a private devotion, were already known by 1803. The tradition of honoring Mary in a month-long May devotion spread eventually around the Roman Catholic world in the 19th century together with a month-long devotion to Jesus in June and the Rosary in October. In his 1965 encyclical, \"Mense Maio\", Pope Paul VI identified the month of May as an opportune time to incorporate special prayers for peace into traditional May devotions. There is no firm structure as to the content of a May devotion. It usually includes the singing of Marian anthems, readings", "title": "May devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary" }, { "id": "7952632", "text": "of the Immaculate Conception in 1854 and after the circa 1867 publication of Mariano Sevilla's translation of the devotional \"\"Flores de María\"\" (\"Flowers of Mary\"), also known by its longer title \"\"Mariquít na Bulaclac nasa Pagninilaynilay sa Buong Buannang Mayo ay Inihahandog nañg mañga Devoto cay María Santísima\"\" (\"Beautiful Flowers that in the Meditations in the Whole Month of May are Offered by Devotees to Mary Most Holy\"). One famous May tradition in Batangas (particularly in Lipa) is the \"Luglugan\", or nightly devotion and party honoring the Virgin Mary. Held in structures called \"tuklóng\", devotees offer flowers and prayers to", "title": "Flores de Mayo" }, { "id": "20458889", "text": "five stars in a review for \"The Observer\". The lyrics of the album's opening track, \"Shipping Song\", derive from BBC Radio 4's Shipping Forecast. Another song from the album, \"Two Ravens\", took the award for Best Original Song at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in 2014. \"Till April is Dead – A Garland Of May\", Knapp's 2017 concept album about the month of May, \"twists tradition... mixing in interviews about May Day rituals and samples of birdsong, buzzing flies and cuckoo clocks\". It received a five-starred review in \"The Guardian\" from Jude Rogers who described it as \"overflowing with", "title": "Lisa Knapp" }, { "id": "10185687", "text": "Pelagia of Tarsus Pelagia (; early 4th century), distinguished as Pelagia of Tarsus and Pelagia the Martyr (, \"Pelagía ē Mártys\"), is a legendary Christian saint and martyr who lived in Tarsus in Cilicia (southeastern Asia Minor) during the reign of Roman emperor Diocletian. Originally, her feast day was celebrated on October 8, in common with SS Pelagia the Virgin & Pelagia the Harlot, both of Antioch and one or both of whom her story is probably modeled after. In the Roman Catholic Church, the feast was eventually moved to May 4. According to tradition, Diocletian's son, the heir to", "title": "Pelagia of Tarsus" }, { "id": "3359780", "text": "nine long days battle in front of the church up to the foot bridge against Captain Slay. They made Captain Slay to retreat to Manila. On this fight, Bulaqueños have shown for the first time an extraordinary martyrdom. The British attempt of conquering the rest of the country was gone astray because of the marvelous fight made by Bulakeños. The Church of Nuestra Señora de la Asuncion is the birthplace of Flores de Mayo, a feast for the Virgin Mary, held throughout the Philippines in the month of May. It is also the birthplace of the traditional song \"Dalit\", a", "title": "Bulakan" }, { "id": "4046990", "text": "leader Martin Luther King, Jr has been observed nationally since 1983. It is one of three federal holidays named for an individual. Black History Month is another example of another African-American observance that has been adopted nationally and its teaching is even required by law in some states. Black History Month is an attempt to focus attention on previously neglected aspects of the American history, chiefly the lives and stories of African Americans. It is observed during the month of February to coincide with the founding of the NAACP and the birthdays of Frederick Douglass, a prominent African-American abolitionist, and", "title": "African-American culture" }, { "id": "10087500", "text": "Asmodel Asmodel is a fictional fallen angel, a comic book character published by DC Comics, his namesake deriving from the Asmodel of Christian theology, the Angel of April and Patience. He first appeared in \"JLA\" #7, and was created by Grant Morrison and Howard Porter. Asmodel was a King-Angel of the Bull Host of Heaven (the other three being Human, Eagle and Lion), and a general in the army of the Presence. His bull-like appearance is inspired by the astrological Asmodel, the guardian angel of people born in the sign of Taurus and the angel of May. Hoping to succeed", "title": "Asmodel" }, { "id": "527548", "text": "to an old husband as a reward for his professional services to a friend of her family and that the capital was on her side. She was not in love with her husband\". Honoré (named after Saint-Honoré of Amiens, who is commemorated on 16 May, four days before Balzac's birthday) was actually the second child born to the Balzacs; exactly one year previous, Louis-Daniel had been born, but he lived for only a month. Honoré's sisters Laure and Laurence were born in 1800 and 1802, and his younger brother Henry-François in 1807. As an infant Balzac was sent to a", "title": "Honoré de Balzac" }, { "id": "3636341", "text": "Apache May Slaughter Apache May Slaughter (c.1895-1900) was the adopted daughter of Tombstone, Arizona sheriff John Slaughter and his wife Viola. Apache May was found by John Slaughter as he was following a group of Apaches in Mexico. She had been abandoned to her luck by her natural parents. John Slaughter returned to Arizona with Apache May. When she was adopted by the couple, she also became Daniel Boone's great great great granddaughter. Apache May's name came from her background, and her month of birth. Calculating her age, the Slaughters were convinced she was born in the month of May", "title": "Apache May Slaughter" }, { "id": "11688791", "text": "cycles year after year. But other descriptions state that the leap year was unknown to the Aztecs and that the correlation of the months to the astronomical year would change over time. In any case, from the descriptions of Spanish conquistadors who witnessed the celebration of Toxcatl in 1521 we know that in that year the feast fell in our month of May. According to Fray Diego Durán the name \"Toxcatl\" derives from the Nahuatl verb \"toxcahuia\" meaning \"wither from thirst\". Toxcatl then means \"drought\". Many other meanings have since been proposed for the name - many having to do", "title": "Tōxcatl" }, { "id": "4238359", "text": "in American history\". Hundreds of streets, buildings, statues, awards, scholarships, grants, and fellowships are named in his honor. Numerous efforts have been brought forward to posthumously award Mays the Presidential Medal of Freedom as well as feature him on a U.S. postage stamp. Benjamin Elijah Mays was born on August 1, 1894 in Epworth, South Carolina, in the small town of Ninety Six, South Carolina, the youngest of eight children. His mother, Louvenia Carter Mays, and father, Hezekiah Mays, were born into slavery on Virginia and South Carolina plantations, respectively. Both were freed in their later lives with the passage", "title": "Benjamin Mays" }, { "id": "214226", "text": "The birthday of Jefferson Davis is commemorated in several states. His actual birthday, June 3, is celebrated in Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana and Tennessee; in Alabama, it is celebrated on the first Monday in June. In Mississippi, the last Monday of May (Memorial Day) is celebrated as \"National Memorial Day and Jefferson Davis's Birthday\". In Texas, \"Confederate Heroes Day\" is celebrated on January 19, the birthday of Robert E. Lee; Jefferson Davis's birthday had been officially celebrated on June 3 but was combined with Lee's birthday in 1973. Robert E. Lee's United States citizenship was posthumously restored in 1975. Davis had", "title": "Jefferson Davis" }, { "id": "381409", "text": "century. Since the later 20th century, Celtic neopagans and Wiccans have observed Samhain, or something based on it, as a religious holiday. Neopagans in the Southern Hemisphere often celebrate Samhain at the other end of the year (about 1 May). In Modern Irish as well as Scottish Gaelic the name is . Older forms of the word include the Scottish Gaelic spellings and . In Manx Gaelic the name is . These are also the names of November in each language, shortened from \"Mí na Samhna\" (Irish), \"Mì na Samhna\" (Scottish Gaelic) and \"Mee Houney\" (Manx), meaning \"month of Samhain\".", "title": "Samhain" }, { "id": "5524815", "text": "on April 30 and May 1. 36 U.S.C. § 113 states, in part: Law Day (United States) On May 1 the United States officially recognizes Law Day. It is meant to reflect on the role of law in the foundation of the country and to recognize its importance for society. Before President Dwight D. Eisenhower declared May 1 to be Law Day, U.S.A., the first day of May was known in some parts of the world as May Day: a day to remember the struggles of workers in their fight for better wages and working conditions. Law Day was originally", "title": "Law Day (United States)" }, { "id": "4123029", "text": "being inserted around midsummer. Charlemagne (r. 768–814) recorded agricultural Old High German names for the Julian months. These remained in use, with regional variants and innovations, until the end of the medieval period in German-speaking Europe and they persisted in popular or dialectal use into the 19th century. They probably also influenced Fabre d'Eglantine when he named the months of the French Republican Calendar. The only agreement between the Old English and the Old High German (Carolingian) month names is the naming of May as \"Easter month\". Both traditions have a \"holy month\", the name of September in the Old", "title": "Germanic calendar" }, { "id": "11532", "text": "\"The Reckoning of Time\" that this month \"ēastre\" is the root of the word Easter. He further states that the month was named after a goddess \"Eostre\" whose feast was in that month. It is also attested by Einhard in his work, Vita Karoli Magni. St George's day is the twenty-third of the month; and St Mark's Eve, with its superstition that the ghosts of those who are doomed to die within the year will be seen to pass into the church, falls on the twenty-fourth. In China the symbolic ploughing of the earth by the emperor and princes of", "title": "April" }, { "id": "267611", "text": "not established as a public holiday until 1933. As Labour Day, many political parties and unions host activities related to work and employment. May Day has been celebrated in Ireland since pagan times as the feast of Beltane (Bealtaine) and in latter times as Mary's day. Traditionally, bonfires were lit to mark the coming of summer and to banish the long nights of winter. Officially Irish May Day holiday is the first Monday in May. Old traditions such as bonfires are no longer widely observed, though the practice still persists in some places across the country. Limerick, Clare and many", "title": "May Day" }, { "id": "267635", "text": "around 50,000 people to Powderhorn Park. In Hawaii, May Day is also known as Lei Day, and it is normally set aside as a day to celebrate island culture in general and the culture of the Native Hawaiians in particular. Invented by poet and local newspaper columnist Don Blanding, the first Lei Day was celebrated on 1 May 1927 in Honolulu. Leonard \"Red\" and Ruth Hawk composed \"May Day Is Lei Day in Hawai'i,\" the traditional holiday song. May Day May Day is a public holiday usually celebrated on 1 May. It is an ancient Northern Hemisphere spring festival and", "title": "May Day" }, { "id": "17298732", "text": "(\"Abundance, Resources\"), and Carna, the goddess of the Bean Kalends on June 1. Roses were distributed to the Arval Brothers, an archaic priesthood of Rome, after their banquets for the May festival of Dea Dia. Although the month opened with the revelry of Flora, in mid-May the Romans observed the three-day Lemuria for propitiating the wandering dead. The season of roses thus coincided with traditional Roman festivals pertaining to blooming and dying. The demand for flowers and perfumes for festal and funerary purposes made floriculture an important economic activity, especially for the rich estates of Roman Africa. One Roman tomb", "title": "Rosalia (festival)" }, { "id": "2769000", "text": "memory\" one-time mortal enemies England and France: \"In her spirit, let us remain united for the good of Mankind\". Joan of Arc's feast day is 30 May. Although reforms in 1968 moved many medieval European saints' days off the general calendar in order to make room for more non-Europeans, her feast day is still celebrated on many local and regional Church calendars, especially in France. Many Catholic churches around the globe have been named after her in the decades since her canonization. She has become especially popular among Traditional Catholics, particularly in France—both because of her obvious connection to this", "title": "Canonization of Joan of Arc" }, { "id": "6905663", "text": "Confederate History Month Confederate History Month is a month designated by six state governments in the Southern United States for the purpose of recognizing and honoring the history of the Confederate States of America. April has traditionally been chosen, as Confederate Memorial Day falls during that month in many of these states. Although Confederate Memorial Day is a holiday in most Southern states, the tradition of having a Confederate History Month is not uniform. State governments that have regularly declared Confederate History Month are as follows: Confederate History Month and related celebrations have been controversial due to the contentious place", "title": "Confederate History Month" }, { "id": "3926929", "text": "and Southeast Asia, Tibet and Mongolia. Purnima refers to the Full Moon. Known in Sinhalese as Vesak, it is observed in the full moon of May. Vaishakha purnima is known as \"vaikasi vishakam\" in Tamil Nadu which is celebrated as the birthday of lord murugan. Vaisakha sukla chaturdasi is celebrated as Narasimha Jayanthi Festival in Sri Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha Swamivari Temple at Simhachalam. Vaisakha Vaisakha (, \"Vaiśākha\"; \"Vaiśākh\"; \"Boiśākh\"; \"Vaikāci\"; \"Baisākh\"; , \"Baiśākh\") is a month of the Hindu calendar that corresponds to April/May in the Gregorian Calendar. In the Indian national calendar Vaisakha is the second month of the", "title": "Vaisakha" }, { "id": "3377139", "text": "Flora (mythology) In Roman mythology, Flora () is a Sabine-derived goddess of flowers and of the season of spring – a symbol for nature and flowers (especially the may-flower). While she was otherwise a relatively minor figure in Roman mythology, being one among several fertility goddesses, her association with the spring gave her particular importance at the coming of springtime, as did her role as goddess of youth. Her Greek counterpart is Chloris. Her name is derived from the Latin word \"flos\" which means \"flower\". In modern English, \"Flora\" also means the plants of a particular region or period. Her", "title": "Flora (mythology)" }, { "id": "267613", "text": "Province\" or Piacenza, Pavia, Alessandria and Genoa), Tuscany and Umbria. This magical-propitiatory ritual is often performed during an almsgiving in which, in exchange for gifts (traditionally eggs, wine, food or sweets), the Maggi (or maggerini) sing auspicious verses to the inhabitants of the houses they visit. Throughout the Italian peninsula these \"Il Maggio\" couplets are very diverse—most are love songs with a strong romantic theme, that young people sang to celebrate the arrival of spring. Symbols of spring revival are the trees (alder, golden rain) and flowers (violets, roses), mentioned in the verses of the songs, and with which the", "title": "May Day" }, { "id": "649367", "text": "also known as Buddha Jayanti day and has been traditionally accepted as Buddha's birth day. In 1999, the United Nations resolved to internationally observe the day of Vesak at its headquarters and offices. The name of the observance is derived from the Pali term ' or Sanskrit ', which is the name of the lunar month used in ancient India falling in April–May. In Mahayana Buddhist traditions, the holiday is known by its Sanskrit name (Vaiśākha) and derived variants of it. Local renditions of the name vary by language, including: May 2007 had two full moon days: the 1st and", "title": "Vesak" }, { "id": "13855107", "text": "May Madham May Madham (English: \"The Month of May\") is a 1994 Tamil-language romance film directed by Venus Balu. The film features Vineeth and Sonali Kulkarni in the lead roles and has art direction by Thotta Tharani. The film was later remade in Hindi as \"Love You Hamesha\" with soundtrack by A. R. Rahman Sandhya (Sonali Kulkarni) is the only daughter of big shot who always controls her life and schedules her activities. When she finds out he has planned to get her married with a US immigrant, she decides to run away from her family to Madras. Due to", "title": "May Madham" }, { "id": "12875308", "text": "History Month with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.\" The concurrent resolution (i.e., a non-binding legislative measure that lacks the force of law, appropriate when a law is not necessary—such as awards or recognitions) was passed unanimously, first in the United States House of Representatives in December 2005 and later in the United States Senate in February 2006. The Jewish American Heritage Month Coalition states that, \"JAHM also enables the exploration of the meaning of religious pluralism, cultural diversity, and participation in American civic culture.\" According to Library of Congress hosted website, JewishHeritageMonth.gov, May was chosen as the month of Jewish", "title": "Jewish American Heritage Month" }, { "id": "12620769", "text": "he was minister of education under President Sténio Vincent. Estime wanted to commemorate annually the creation of the Haitian flag on May 18 to encourage the development of patriotic sentiments among Haitian youth. Beside the Flag Day celebration, the month of May carries a number of significant historical and cultural traditions that Haitians are proud to make aware of and to pass on to future generations. In Haiti, May 1 is celebrated as Labor and Agriculture Day. May 2 used to be Flower Day. The Congress of Arcahaie that united black and mulatto officers to fight together for Haiti's independence", "title": "Haitian Heritage Month" }, { "id": "267609", "text": "either with bunches of lily of the valley or dog rose flowers. In rural regions of Germany, especially the Harz Mountains, Walpurgisnacht celebrations of pagan origin are traditionally held on the night before May Day, including bonfires and the wrapping of a \"Maibaum\" (maypole). Young people use this opportunity to party, while the day itself is used by many families to get some fresh air. Motto: \"Tanz in den Mai\" (\"\"Dance into May\"\"). In the Rhineland, 1 May is also celebrated by the delivery of a maypole, a tree covered in streamers to the house of a girl the night", "title": "May Day" }, { "id": "17339675", "text": "Iunius (month) On the ancient Roman calendar, mensis Iunius or Iunius, also Junius (June), was the fourth month, following \"Maius\" (May). In the oldest calendar attributed by the Romans to Romulus, \"Iunius\" was the fourth month in a ten-month year that began with March \"(Martius,\" \"Mars' month\"). The month following June was thus called \"Quinctilis\" or \"Quintilis\", the \"fifth\" month. \"Iunius\" had 29 days until a day was added during the Julian reform of the calendar in the mid-40s BC. The month that followed \"Iunius\" was renamed \"Iulius\" (July) in honour of Julius Caesar. In his poem on the Roman", "title": "Iunius (month)" }, { "id": "9006898", "text": "as follows: 1. May 5 in each year is proclaimed as South Asian Arrival Day. 2. The month of May in each year is proclaimed as South Asian Heritage Month. 3. This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent. 4. The short title of this Act is the South Asian Heritage Act, 2001. South Asian Heritage Month South Asian Heritage Month is the name given to the month long celebration in Ontario, each May, of the presence and heritage of people with roots in the South Asian countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan,", "title": "South Asian Heritage Month" }, { "id": "16480654", "text": "\"O, the month of May, the merry month of May,\" \"So frolic, so gay, and so green, so green, so green;\" \"And then did I unto my true love say,\" \"Sweet Peg, thhu shalt be my Summer's Queen.\" </poem> The Merry Month of May (poem) The Merry Month of May is a poem by Thomas Dekker (c. 1572–1632), an English Elizabethan dramatist and pamphleteer. 'The Merry Month of May' was a part of Dekker's play, \"The Shoemaker's Holiday\", first performed in 1599. The poem is included within Act 3 Scene V of the play. In a scene set in a", "title": "The Merry Month of May (poem)" }, { "id": "2092222", "text": "the golden yellow sun bearing the human face and sixteen triangular rays that alternate between eight straight and eight wavy. The sun, called the Sun of May, is a replica of an engraving on the first Argentine coin, approved in 1813 by the Constituent Assembly, whose value was eight \" (one Spanish dollar). In form, it is similar to — and may be partially derived from — the sun in splendour, which is common in European heraldry. This, too, is usually depicted with a face, and with alternating straight and wavy rays (representing light and heat respectively), though it normally", "title": "Sun of May" }, { "id": "587611", "text": "of Cambridge, and Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel. She was baptised in the Chapel Royal of Kensington Palace on 27 July 1867 by Charles Thomas Longley, Archbishop of Canterbury. From an early age, she was known to her family, friends and the public by the diminutive name of \"May\", after her birth month. May's upbringing was \"merry but fairly strict\". She was the eldest of four children, the only daughter, and \"learned to exercise her native discretion, firmness, and tact\" by resolving her three younger brothers' petty boyhood squabbles. They played with their cousins, the children of the Prince of Wales,", "title": "Mary of Teck" } ]

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[ { "id": "9857240", "text": "in the United States, but is responsible for only 2% of electricity generation. Petroleum's worth as a portable, dense energy source powering the vast majority of vehicles and as the base of many industrial chemicals makes it one of the world's most important commodities. The top three oil producing countries are Saudi Arabia, Russia, and the United States. About 80% of the world's readily accessible reserves are located in the Middle East, with 62.5% coming from the Arab 5: Saudi Arabia (12.5%), UAE, Iraq, Qatar and Kuwait. However, with high oil prices (above $100/barrel), Venezuela has larger reserves than Saudi", "title": "History of the petroleum industry" }, { "id": "312533", "text": "parameters, number of vehicles in the world competing for fuel, quantity of oil exported to the world market (Export Land Model), net energy gain (economically useful energy provided minus energy consumed), political stability of oil exporting nations and ability to defend oil supply lines.ci The top three oil producing countries are Russia, Saudi Arabia and the United States. In 2018, due in part to developments in hydraulic fracturing and horizonal drilling, the United States became the world's largest producer. About 80 percent of the world's readily accessible reserves are located in the Middle East, with 62.5 percent coming from the", "title": "Petroleum" }, { "id": "3771860", "text": "is vital to many industries, and is necessary for the maintenance of industrial civilization in its current configuration, making it a critical concern for many nations. Oil accounts for a large percentage of the world’s energy consumption, ranging from a low of 32% for Europe and Asia, to a high of 53% for the Middle East. Other geographic regions' consumption patterns are as follows: South and Central America (44%), Africa (41%), and North America (40%). The world consumes 30 billion barrels (4.8 km³) of oil per year, with developed nations being the largest consumers. The United States consumed 25% of", "title": "Petroleum industry" }, { "id": "10004245", "text": "Petroleum industry in Russia The petroleum industry in Russia is one of the largest in the world. Russia has the largest reserves and is the largest exporter of natural gas. It has the second largest coal reserves, the eighth largest oil reserves, and is one of the largest producers of oil. It is the third largest energy user. Russia produced an average of of oil per day in December 2015. It produces 12% of the world's oil and has a similar share of global oil exports. In June 2006, Russian crude oil and condensate production reached the post-Soviet maximum of", "title": "Petroleum industry in Russia" }, { "id": "312569", "text": "to a high of 53 percent for the Middle East, South and Central America (44%), Africa (41%), and North America (40%). The world at large consumes 30 billion barrels (4.8 km³) of oil per year, and the top oil consumers largely consist of developed nations. In fact, 24 percent of the oil consumed in 2004 went to the United States alone, though by 2007 this had dropped to 21 percent of world oil consumed. In the US, in the states of Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon and Washington, the Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA) represents companies responsible for producing, distributing,", "title": "Petroleum" }, { "id": "10352466", "text": "and aviation kerosene prices. This decision appeared to reflect a need to reduce the unsustainably high level of subsidies these fuels attract, given the global trend in the price of oil. Top oil producers were in 2010: Russia 502 Mt (13%), Saudi Arabia 471 Mt (12%), US 336 Mt (8%), Iran 227 Mt (6%), China 200 Mt (5%), Canada 159 Mt (4%), Mexico 144 Mt (4%), UAE 129 Mt (3%). The world oil production increased from 2005 to 2010 1.3% and from 2009 to 2010 3.4%. China's natural gas supply was 1,015 TWh in 2009 that was 3% of the", "title": "Energy policy of China" }, { "id": "6683630", "text": "In 2005, 40% of this energy came from petroleum, 23% from coal, and 22% from natural gas. The remainder was supplied by nuclear power and renewable energy sources. The United States is the world's largest consumer of petroleum. The United States has 27% of global coal reserves. It is the world's largest producer of natural gas and crude oil. For decades, nuclear power has played a limited role relative to many other developed countries, in part because of public perception in the wake of a 1979 accident. In 2007, several applications for new nuclear plants were filed. Issues that affect", "title": "United States" }, { "id": "12403713", "text": "Petroleum in the United States Petroleum in the United States has been a major industry since shortly after the oil discovery in the Oil Creek area of Titusville, Pennsylvania in 1859. The petroleum industry includes exploration for, production, processing (refining), transportation, and marketing of natural gas and petroleum products. As of 2008, the U.S. was the world's third-largest oil producer (after Saudi Arabia and Russia), producing 8.5 million barrels of oil and natural gas liquids per day. The leading oil-producing area in the United States in 2014 was Texas ( per day), followed by the federal zone of the Gulf", "title": "Petroleum in the United States" }, { "id": "6683611", "text": "and Subway are the two most recognized brands in the world. Coca-Cola is the most recognized soft drink company in the world. Chemical products are the leading manufacturing field. The United States is the largest producer of oil in the world, as well as its second-largest importer. It is the world's number one producer of electrical and nuclear energy, as well as liquid natural gas, sulfur, phosphates, and salt. The National Mining Association provides data pertaining to coal and minerals that include beryllium, copper, lead, magnesium, zinc, titanium and others. Agriculture accounts for just under 1% of GDP, yet the", "title": "United States" }, { "id": "10557706", "text": "to China. Venezuela has been producing oil for nearly a century and was an OPEC founder-member. In 2005, Venezuela produced 162 million tons of oil, which is 4.1% of world's total production. By the oil production Venezuela ranks seventh in the world. Venezuela is the world's eight oil exporter and fifth largest net exporter. In 2012, 11 percent of US oil imports came from Venezuela. Since 2010, when the heavy oil from the Orinoco Belt was considered to be economically recoverable, Venezuela has had the largest proved reserves of petroleum in the world, about 298 billion barrels. Oil accounts for", "title": "Energy policy of Venezuela" }, { "id": "11818383", "text": "History of the Venezuelan oil industry Venezuela is one of the world's largest exporters of oil and has the world's largest proven oil reserves at an estimated 296.5 billion barrels (20% of global reserves) as of 2012. In 2008, crude oil production in Venezuela was the tenth-highest in the world at and the country was also the eighth-largest net oil exporter in the world. Venezuela is a founding member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). The Indigenous peoples in Venezuela, like many ancient societies already utilized crude oils and asphalts from petroleum seeps, which ooze through the", "title": "History of the Venezuelan oil industry" }, { "id": "11895323", "text": "Petroleum industry in China The impact of the petroleum industry in China has been increasing globally as China is the fourth-greatest oil producer in the world. China imported a record 6.7m barrels a day (b/d) of oil in 2015 and forecasted \"to overtake the U.S. as the world’s biggest crude importer in 2016\" According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA) China first became the \"world's largest net importer of petroleum and other liquids\" by the end of 2013. Before the development of the industry, Chinese oil production was measured in quarts and output used solely as a lubricant. The first", "title": "Petroleum industry in China" }, { "id": "10004247", "text": "tcm), and OPEC (48.7 tcm). However, BP credits Russia with only 31.3 tcm as of 1 January 2014, which would place it in second place, slightly behind Iran (33.1 to 33.8 tcm, depending on the source). In addition to having the world's largest proven reserves of natural gas, according to US Geological Survey estimations, Russia is also likely to have the world's largest volume of still-undiscovered natural gas: a mean probable volume of 6.7 trillion cubic meters. The USGS estimate of Russia's undiscovered oil is 22 billion barrels, second in the world only to those of Iraq. The Russian oil", "title": "Petroleum industry in Russia" }, { "id": "11815679", "text": "Petroleum industry in Mexico The petroleum industry in Mexico makes Mexico the eleventh largest producer of oil in the world and the thirteenth largest in terms of net exports. Mexico has the seventeenth largest oil reserves in the world, and it is the fourth largest oil producer in the Western Hemisphere behind the United States, Canada and Venezuela. Mexico is not a member of the OPEC (the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) or any petroleum production related organizations, but since 1994 it is a member of the North American Free Trade Agreement. The petroleum sector is crucial to the Mexican", "title": "Petroleum industry in Mexico" }, { "id": "3686069", "text": "Saudi Arabia's total oil production capacity. Saudi Arabia ranks as the largest exporter of petroleum, and plays a leading role in OPEC, its decisions to raise or cut production almost immediately impact world oil prices. It is perhaps the best example of a contemporary energy superpower, in terms of having power and influence on the global stage (due to its energy reserves and production of not just oil, but natural gas as well). Saudi Arabia is often referred to as the world's only \"oil superpower\". In 1998, about 40% of the energy consumed by the United States came from oil.", "title": "Petroleum politics" }, { "id": "11818419", "text": "in Venezuela, malnourished oil workers were too weak to perform their daily tasks, with many beginning to collapse on the job. History of the Venezuelan oil industry Venezuela is one of the world's largest exporters of oil and has the world's largest proven oil reserves at an estimated 296.5 billion barrels (20% of global reserves) as of 2012. In 2008, crude oil production in Venezuela was the tenth-highest in the world at and the country was also the eighth-largest net oil exporter in the world. Venezuela is a founding member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). The", "title": "History of the Venezuelan oil industry" }, { "id": "11116690", "text": "Energy in Venezuela Venezuela is one of the world's largest producers of oil, and the country with the largest proven oil reserves in the world. Venezuela is a member of OPEC. Electricity in Venezuela is predominantly produced from hydroelectricity. Venezuela ranked 11th in the world for oil production in 2016. The largest oil company is Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA). Oil fields in the country include Bolivar Coastal Field, Boscán Field, Maracaibo Basin and Orinoco Belt. Hydro power provided 74% of domestic electricity in 2008. Venezuela produced 87 TWh hydro power in 2008, 2.6% of the world total. Venezuela was top", "title": "Energy in Venezuela" }, { "id": "12552722", "text": "around 4 million bbl/day. Additionally, Iran has an estimated 988.4 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, around 16 percent of total world reserves, which makes it to play a key role in the global energy security equation. Russia's economy ranks as the twelfth largest by nominal GDP and sixth largest by purchasing power parity in 2015. Russia's extensive mineral and energy resources are the largest such reserves in the world, making it second leading producers of oil and natural gas globally. The Caspian Sea region presently is a significant, but not major, supplier of crude oil to world markets, based", "title": "Caspian Sea" }, { "id": "12422001", "text": "Oil reserves in Venezuela The proven oil reserves in Venezuela are recognized as the largest in the world, totaling as of 1 January 2014. In early 2011, then-president Hugo Chávez and the Venezuelan government announced that the nation's oil reserves had surpassed that of the previous long-term world leader, Saudi Arabia. OPEC said that Saudi Arabia's reserves stood at in 2009. Venezuela's development of its oil reserves has been affected by political unrest in recent years. In late 2002, nearly half of the workers at the state oil company PDVSA went on strike, after which the company fired 18,000 of", "title": "Oil reserves in Venezuela" }, { "id": "6630919", "text": "primarily in the Orinoco Petroleum Belt, are estimated to approximately equal the world's reserves of lighter oil. Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. has estimated that the producible reserves of the Orinoco Belt are up to which would make it the largest petroleum reserve in the world, slightly ahead of the similar unconventional oil source in the Athabasca oil sands, and before Saudi Arabia In 2009, the US Geological Survey increased the estimated reserves to of oil which is \"technically recoverable (producible using currently available technology and industry practices).\" No estimate of how much of the oil is economically recoverable was made.", "title": "Orinoco Belt" }, { "id": "12421921", "text": "stated reserves. In 2000, the US Geological Survey estimated that remaining undiscovered oil reserves in Saudi Arabia had a probability-weighted average of 90 Gbbl. Saudi Arabia has traditionally been regarded as the world’s most important swing producer of oil. When acting as such, the Saudi government would increase or decrease oil production to maintain a more stable price. Saudi Arabia produced (Mbbl/d) in 1980, 10.6 Mbbl/d in 2006, and in the region of 9.2 Mbbl/d in 2008. Saudi Arabia maintains the world’s largest crude oil production capacity, estimated to be approx. 11 Mbbl/d at mid-year 2008 and announced plans to", "title": "Oil reserves in Saudi Arabia" }, { "id": "442852", "text": "in the world, and consistently ranks among the top ten world crude oil producers. Compared to the preceding year another 40.4% in crude oil reserves were proven in 2010, allowing Venezuela to surpass Saudi Arabia as the country with the largest reserves of this type. The country's main petroleum deposits are located around and beneath Lake Maracaibo, the Gulf of Venezuela (both in Zulia), and in the Orinoco River basin (eastern Venezuela), where the country's largest reserve is located. Besides the largest conventional oil reserves and the second-largest natural gas reserves in the Western Hemisphere, Venezuela has non-conventional oil deposits", "title": "Venezuela" }, { "id": "12422006", "text": "be much more complex and expensive than that of Saudi Arabia's light oil industry. The USGS did not make any attempt to determine how much oil in the Orinoco Belt is economically recoverable. Unless the price of crude rises, it is likely that the proven reserves will have to be adjusted downward. Oil reserves in Venezuela The proven oil reserves in Venezuela are recognized as the largest in the world, totaling as of 1 January 2014. In early 2011, then-president Hugo Chávez and the Venezuelan government announced that the nation's oil reserves had surpassed that of the previous long-term world", "title": "Oil reserves in Venezuela" }, { "id": "312532", "text": "As petroleum production in the US peaked during the 1960s, however, the United States was surpassed by Saudi Arabia and the Soviet Union. Today, about 90 percent of vehicular fuel needs are met by oil. Petroleum also makes up 40 percent of total energy consumption in the United States, but is responsible for only 1 percent of electricity generation. Petroleum's worth as a portable, dense energy source powering the vast majority of vehicles and as the base of many industrial chemicals makes it one of the world's most important commodities. Viability of the oil commodity is controlled by several key", "title": "Petroleum" }, { "id": "3477774", "text": "demand in recent decades. This growth has largely come from new demand for personal-use vehicles powered by internal combustion engines. This sector also has the highest consumption rates, accounting for approximately 71% of the oil used in the United States in 2013. and 55% of oil use worldwide as documented in the Hirsch report. Transportation is therefore of particular interest to those seeking to mitigate the effects of peak oil. Although demand growth is highest in the developing world, the United States is the world's largest consumer of petroleum. Between 1995 and 2005, US consumption grew from to , a", "title": "Peak oil" }, { "id": "372818", "text": "Saudi Arabia has the strongest economy in the Arab world. Saudi oil reserves are the second largest in the world, and Saudi Arabia is the world's leading oil exporter and second largest producer. Proven reserves, according to figures provided by the Saudi government, are estimated to be , which is about one-quarter of world oil reserves. Petroleum in Saudi Arabia is not only plentiful but under pressure and close to the earth's surface. This makes it far cheaper and thus far more profitable to extract petroleum in Saudi Arabia than in many other places. The petroleum sector accounts for roughly", "title": "Economy of Saudi Arabia" }, { "id": "6236551", "text": "the large-scale construction of the infrastructure and providing specialized services required to operate a field profitably. More than 40,000 oil fields are scattered around the globe, on land and offshore. The largest are the Ghawar Field in Saudi Arabia and the Burgan Field in Kuwait, with more than 60 billion barrels estimated in each. Most oil fields are much smaller. According to the US Department of Energy (Energy Information Administration), as of 2003 the US alone had over 30,000 oil fields. In the modern age, the location of oil fields with proven oil reserves is a key underlying factor in", "title": "Petroleum reservoir" }, { "id": "2034377", "text": "largest deposits of petroleum. The Orinoco Belt follows the line of the river. It is approximately from east to west, and from north to south, with an area about . The oil sands consist of large deposits of extra heavy crude. Venezuela's heavy oil deposits of about of oil in place are estimated to approximately equal the world's reserves of lighter oil. Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA), Venezuela's national oil company, has estimated that the producible reserves of the Orinoco Belt are up to which would make it the largest petroleum reserve in the world. In 2009, the US Geological", "title": "Oil sands" }, { "id": "12421926", "text": "in 2011 revealed that Sadad Ibrahim Al Husseini, former vice president of Saudi Arabia's oil monopoly Saudi Aramco, warned the US that the oil reserves in Saudi Arabia might in fact be 40% (300 billion barrels) lower than claimed. Oil reserves in Saudi Arabia The proven oil reserves in Saudi Arabia are the 2nd largest in the world, estimated to be (Gbbl hereafter), including 2.5 Gbbl in the Saudi–Kuwaiti neutral zone. They are predominantly found in the Eastern Province. These reserves were the largest in the world until Venezuela announced they had increased their proven reserves to 297 Gbbl in", "title": "Oil reserves in Saudi Arabia" }, { "id": "12836400", "text": "largest petroleum producer and exporter. In 2011 it pumped about of petroleum. While most of this is exported, domestic use is rapidly increasing, primarily for electricity production. Saudi Arabia also has the largest, or one of the largest, proven crude oil reserves (i.e. oil that is economically recoverable) in the world (18% of global reserves, over ). Saudi Arabia, has one of the largest reserves of natural gas in the Persian Gulf. Proven natural gas reserves are over . Global production in 2009 reached of oil and of natural gas. but due to its sizeable domestic gas markets, is \"unlikely", "title": "Energy in Saudi Arabia" }, { "id": "11116691", "text": "8th in hydro electricity in 2008. Energy in Venezuela Venezuela is one of the world's largest producers of oil, and the country with the largest proven oil reserves in the world. Venezuela is a member of OPEC. Electricity in Venezuela is predominantly produced from hydroelectricity. Venezuela ranked 11th in the world for oil production in 2016. The largest oil company is Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA). Oil fields in the country include Bolivar Coastal Field, Boscán Field, Maracaibo Basin and Orinoco Belt. Hydro power provided 74% of domestic electricity in 2008. Venezuela produced 87 TWh hydro power in 2008, 2.6% of", "title": "Energy in Venezuela" }, { "id": "9857234", "text": "opened at Ploiești, in Romania, shortly after. Romania is the first country in the world to have its crude oil output officially recorded in international statistics, namely 275 tonnes. In 1875, crude oil was discovered by David Beaty at his home in Warren, Pennsylvania. This led to the opening of the Bradford oil field, which, by the 1880s, produced 77 percent of the global oil supply. However, by the end of the 19th century, the Russian Empire, particularly the Branobel company in Azerbaijan, had taken the lead in production. Samuel Kier established America's first oil refinery in Pittsburgh on Seventh", "title": "History of the petroleum industry" }, { "id": "12483857", "text": "increases have coincided with a period of record profits for the oil industry. Between 2004 and 2007, the profits of the six supermajors – ExxonMobil, Total, Shell, BP, Chevron, and ConocoPhillips – totaled $494.8 billion. Likewise, major oil-dependent countries such as Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Canada, Russia, Venezuela and Nigeria have benefited economically from surging oil prices during the 2000s. United States crude oil prices averaged $30 a barrel in 2003 due to political instability within various oil producing nations. It rose 19% from the average in 2002. The 2003 invasion of Iraq marked a significant event for", "title": "World oil market chronology from 2003" }, { "id": "312542", "text": "for many chemical products, including pharmaceuticals, solvents, fertilizers, pesticides, and plastics; the 16 percent not used for energy production is converted into these other materials. Petroleum is found in porous rock formations in the upper strata of some areas of the Earth's crust. There is also petroleum in oil sands (tar sands). Known oil reserves are typically estimated at around 190 km (1.2 trillion (short scale) barrels) without oil sands, or 595 km (3.74 trillion barrels) with oil sands. Consumption is currently around per day, or 4.9 km per year, yielding a remaining oil supply of only about 120 years,", "title": "Petroleum" }, { "id": "12421920", "text": "Oil reserves in Saudi Arabia The proven oil reserves in Saudi Arabia are the 2nd largest in the world, estimated to be (Gbbl hereafter), including 2.5 Gbbl in the Saudi–Kuwaiti neutral zone. They are predominantly found in the Eastern Province. These reserves were the largest in the world until Venezuela announced they had increased their proven reserves to 297 Gbbl in January 2011. The Saudi reserves are about one-fifth of the world's total conventional oil reserves, a large fraction of these reserves comes from a small number of very large oil fields, and past production amounts to 40% of the", "title": "Oil reserves in Saudi Arabia" }, { "id": "312534", "text": "Arab 5: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Qatar and Kuwait. A large portion of the world's total oil exists as unconventional sources, such as bitumen in Athabasca oil sands and extra heavy oil in the Orinoco Belt. While significant volumes of oil are extracted from oil sands, particularly in Canada, logistical and technical hurdles remain, as oil extraction requires large amounts of heat and water, making its net energy content quite low relative to conventional crude oil. Thus, Canada's oil sands are not expected to provide more than a few million barrels per day in the foreseeable future. In", "title": "Petroleum" }, { "id": "312573", "text": "the 1940s, agricultural productivity has increased dramatically, due largely to the increased use of energy-intensive mechanization, fertilizers and pesticides. According to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimate for 2011, the world consumes 87.421 million barrels of oil each day. This table orders the amount of petroleum consumed in 2011 in thousand barrels (1000 bbl) per day and in thousand cubic metres (1000 m) per day: Source: US Energy Information Administration Population Data: In petroleum industry parlance, \"production\" refers to the quantity of crude extracted from reserves, not the literal creation of the product. In order of net exports in", "title": "Petroleum" }, { "id": "9638808", "text": "the United States was the world's third-largest producer of crude oil, after Saudi Arabia and Russia. and second largest exporter of refined products, after Russia. As of March 2015, 85% of crude oil imports came from (in decreasing volume): Canada, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Venezuela, and Colombia. Greater energy self-sufficiency, it was claimed, would prevent major supply disruptions like the 1973 oil crisis and the 1979 energy crisis from recurring. Proponents argue that the potential for political unrest in major oil suppliers, such as Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, and Nigeria, is abundant, and often causes great fluctuations in crude oil prices (especially", "title": "United States energy independence" }, { "id": "11815713", "text": "native population's land was often taken without respect for the centuries of native presence there, turning pastures and forests into oil camps. The natives viewed this change as an unhygienic and cruel transformation from forest to industry. Petroleum industry in Mexico The petroleum industry in Mexico makes Mexico the eleventh largest producer of oil in the world and the thirteenth largest in terms of net exports. Mexico has the seventeenth largest oil reserves in the world, and it is the fourth largest oil producer in the Western Hemisphere behind the United States, Canada and Venezuela. Mexico is not a member", "title": "Petroleum industry in Mexico" }, { "id": "11116730", "text": "Main fields are Chicontepec Field, Cantarell Field and Ku-Maloob-Zaap. In 2008, oil production has declined 9,2% to 3,96 millions barils a day while natural gas production increased 14,2% to 6,92 cubic feet. According to IEA Mexico was one of the top oil producers in 2009. Top oil producers in 2009 were (Mt): Russia 494 Mt (13%), Saudi Arabia 452 Mt (12%), US 320 Mt (8%), Iran 206 Mt (5%), China 194 Mt (5%), Canada 152 Mt (4%), Mexico 146 Mt (4%), Venezuela 126 Mt (3%), Kuwait 124 Mt (3%) and United Arab Emirates 120 Mt (3%). Mexico has the third", "title": "Energy in Mexico" }, { "id": "3686068", "text": "policies, will be allowed to monitor Nigeria without having to disburse loans to the country. High-priced oil allowed the USSR to subsidize the struggling economies of the Soviet bloc for a time, and the loss of petrodollar income during the 1980s oil glut contributed to the bloc's collapse in 1989. Saudi Arabia is an oil-based economy with strong government controls over major economic activities. It possesses both the world's largest known oil reserves, which are 25% of the world's proven reserves, and produces the largest amount of the world's oil. As of 2005, Ghawar field accounts for about half of", "title": "Petroleum politics" }, { "id": "12026621", "text": "is the best current producer. Oil reserves in Iran Proved oil reserves in Iran, according to its government, rank fourth largest in the world at approximately as of 2013, although it ranks third if Canadian reserves of unconventional oil are excluded. This is roughly 10% of the world's total proven petroleum reserves. At 2006 rates of production, Iran's oil reserves would last 98 years if no new oil was found. According to NIOC, Iran recoverable liquid hydrocarbon reserves at the end of 2006 was 138,4 billion barrels. Apart from these considerable reserves, from the outset of oil industry in Iran", "title": "Oil reserves in Iran" }, { "id": "312568", "text": "The largest volume products of the industry are fuel oil and gasoline. Petroleum is also the raw material for many chemical products, including pharmaceuticals, solvents, fertilizers, pesticides, and plastics. The industry is usually divided into three major components: upstream, midstream and downstream. Midstream operations are usually included in the downstream category. Petroleum is vital to many industries, and is of importance to the maintenance of industrialized civilization itself, and thus is a critical concern to many nations. Oil accounts for a large percentage of the world's energy consumption, ranging from a low of 32 percent for Europe and Asia, up", "title": "Petroleum" }, { "id": "8353955", "text": "gas reserves. Conversely, 88% of global oil and gas reserves are controlled by the OPEC cartel and state-owned oil companies, primarily located in the Middle East. A trend of increasing influence of the OPEC cartel, state-owned oil companies in emerging-market economies is shown and the \"Financial Times\" has used the label \"The New Seven Sisters\" to refer to a group of what it argues are the most influential national oil and gas companies based in countries outside of the OECD, namely CNPC \"(China)\", Gazprom \"(Russia)\", National Iranian Oil Company \"(Iran)\", Petrobras \"(Brazil)\", PDVSA \"(Venezuela)\", Petronas \"(Malaysia)\", Saudi Aramco \"(Saudi Arabia)\".", "title": "Big Oil" }, { "id": "3477775", "text": "increase. China, by comparison, increased consumption from to , an increase of , in the same time frame. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) stated that gasoline usage in the United States may have peaked in 2007, in part because of increasing interest in and mandates for use of biofuels and energy efficiency. As countries develop, industry and higher living standards drive up energy use, oil usage being a major component. Thriving economies, such as China and India, are quickly becoming large oil consumers. For example, China surpassed the United States as the world's largest crude oil importer in 2015. Oil", "title": "Peak oil" }, { "id": "6775169", "text": "respectively, according to the International Energy Agency. According to the CIA World Factbook, Nigeria’s main export partners are the United States, India, Brazil, Spain, France and the Netherlands. Shell has been working in Nigeria since 1936, and currently dominates gas production in the country, as the Niger Delta, which contains most of Nigeria's gas resources, also houses most of Shell's hydrocarbon assets. Prior to its official amalgamation into the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria by the military forces of the British Empire in 1914, the territory of Nigeria was a loose collection of autonomous states, villages, and ethnic communities. Many", "title": "Petroleum industry in Nigeria" }, { "id": "9558198", "text": "their share of the energy supply has increased. From 2003 to 2008, coal was the fastest growing fossil fuel. It is estimated that between 100 and 135 billion tonnes of oil has been consumed between 1850 and the present. In 2009, the world use of natural gas grew 31% compared to 2000. 66% of this growth was outside EU, North America, Latin America, and Russia. Others include the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. The gas supply increased also in the previous regions: 8.6% in the EU and 16% in the North America 2000–2009. As of 1 July 2016, the world", "title": "World energy consumption" }, { "id": "347065", "text": "specifically, continue to be the main source of hard currency. The petroleum industry in Russia is one of the largest in the world. Russia has the largest reserves, and is the largest exporter, of natural gas. It has the second largest coal reserves, the eighth largest oil reserves, and is the largest exporter of oil in the world in absolute numbers. Per capita oil production in Russia, though, is not that high. As of 2007, Russia was producing 69.603 bbl/day per 1,000 people, much less than Canada (102.575 bbl/day), Saudi Arabia (371.363 bbl/day), or Norway (554.244 bbl/day), but more than", "title": "Economy of Russia" }, { "id": "7083214", "text": "Mexico is managed by the state-owned companies Federal Commission of Electricity and Pemex. Pemex, the public company in charge of exploration, extraction, transportation and marketing of crude oil and natural gas, as well as the refining and distribution of petroleum products and petrochemicals, is one of the largest companies in the world by revenue, making US$86 billion in sales a year. Mexico is the sixth-largest oil producer in the world, with 3.7 million barrels per day. In 1980 oil exports accounted for 61.6% of total exports; by 2000 it was only 7.3%. The largest hydro plant in Mexico is the", "title": "Mexico" }, { "id": "19724690", "text": "Carabobo Field Carabobo is an oil field located in Venezuela's Orinoco Belt. As one of the world's largest accumulations of recoverable oil, the recent discoveries in the Orinoco Belt have led to Venezuela holding the world's largest recoverable reserves in the world, surpassing Saudi Arabia in July 2010. The Carabobo oil field is majority owned by Venezuela's national oil company, Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA). Owning the majority of the Orinoco Belt, and its estimated 1.18 trillion barrels of oil in place, PDVSA is now the fourth largest oil company in the world. The field is well known for its", "title": "Carabobo Field" }, { "id": "11815703", "text": "ranking of conventional oil reserves with only Venezuela higher in the Western Hemisphere (although Canada ranks higher if proven reserves of unconventional oil in oil sands are included). Pemex is Mexico's state-owned petroleum company and, for decades, was the sole supplier of all commercial gasoline (petrol/diesel) stations in the country. Cantarell Field is the largest oil field in Mexico and one of the largest in the world producing. As of Jan 2001, Mexico has approximately in proven oil reserves. In November 2006, Pemex reported that Cantarell has produced of oil. Several oil fields have also been discovered in the Chicontepec", "title": "Petroleum industry in Mexico" }, { "id": "12026615", "text": "Oil reserves in Iran Proved oil reserves in Iran, according to its government, rank fourth largest in the world at approximately as of 2013, although it ranks third if Canadian reserves of unconventional oil are excluded. This is roughly 10% of the world's total proven petroleum reserves. At 2006 rates of production, Iran's oil reserves would last 98 years if no new oil was found. According to NIOC, Iran recoverable liquid hydrocarbon reserves at the end of 2006 was 138,4 billion barrels. Apart from these considerable reserves, from the outset of oil industry in Iran in 1908 to the end", "title": "Oil reserves in Iran" }, { "id": "9513693", "text": "and a finite, depleting amount of oil and pumping more oil at a low oil price, creates issues for Russia's economy today and in the future. As percentages of the world's total reserves, Russia holds 54% of the gas, 46% of the coal, 14% of the uranium, and 13% of the oil. Russian oil production and export had increased significantly since 2000, and in 2006 temporarily exceeded Saudi Arabia’s production. Since 2016, Russia is the top crude oil producer. Russia is also the world’s largest energy producer. Russia is not a member of OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) and", "title": "Energy policy of Russia" }, { "id": "11895327", "text": "and annual crude petroleum consumption was 1,670,000,000 barrels. In 2006, it imported 145 million tons of crude oil, accounting for 47% of its total oil consumption. By 2008, much of China's oil imports derived largely from Southeast Asia, but its growing demand forced it to import oil from all over the globe. In 2013 the pace of China's economic growth exceeded the domestic oil capacity and floods damaged the nation's oil fields in the middle of the year. Consequently, China imported oil to compensate for the supply reduction and surpassed the US in September 2013 to become the world's largest", "title": "Petroleum industry in China" }, { "id": "9738324", "text": "block on the development of natural gas imports in Sweden. Greater investment in native renewable energy technologies and energy conservation is envisaged instead. India is carrying out a major hunt for domestic oil to decrease its dependency on OPEC, while Iceland is well advanced in its plans to become energy independent by 2050 through deploying 100% renewable energy. Petroleum, otherwise known as \"crude oil\", has become the resource most used by countries all around the world including Russia, China (actually, China is mostly dependent on coal (70.5% in 2010)) and the United States of America. With all the oil wells", "title": "Energy security" }, { "id": "9558187", "text": "the slowdown in economic activity. China became the world's largest energy consumer (18% of the total) since its consumption surged by 8% during 2009 (up from 4% in 2008). Oil remained the largest energy source (33%) despite the fact that its share has been decreasing over time. Coal posted a growing role in the world's energy consumption: in 2009, it accounted for 27% of the total. Most energy is used in the country of origin, since it is cheaper to transport final products than raw materials. In 2008, the share export of the total energy production by fuel was: oil", "title": "World energy consumption" }, { "id": "8353951", "text": "Big Oil Big Oil is a name used to describe the world's six or seven largest publicly traded oil and gas companies, also known as supermajors. The supermajors are considered to be BP plc, Chevron Corporation, ExxonMobil Corporation, Royal Dutch Shell plc, Total SA and Eni SpA, with Phillips 66 Company also sometimes described in the past as forming part of the group. The term, analogous to others, such as Big Steel, that describe industries dominated by a few giant corporations, was popularized in print from the late 1960s. Today it is often used to refer specifically to the seven", "title": "Big Oil" }, { "id": "3686070", "text": "The United States is responsible for 25% of the world's oil consumption, while having only 3% of the world's proven oil reserves and less than 5% of the world's population. In January 1980, President Jimmy Carter explicitly declared: \"An attempt by any outside force to gain control of the Persian Gulf region will be regarded as an assault on the vital interests of the United States.\" According to the Oil and Gas Journal (OGJ), Venezuela has of proven conventional oil reserves, the largest of any country in the Western Hemisphere. In addition it has non-conventional oil deposits similar in size", "title": "Petroleum politics" }, { "id": "11520724", "text": "Petroleum industry in Kuwait The petroleum industry in Kuwait is the largest industry in the country, accounting nearly half of the country's GDP. Kuwait has a proven crude oil reserves of 104 billion barrels (15 km³), estimated to be 9% of the world's reserves. Kuwait's oil reserves are the fourth largest in the world and the Burgan Field is the second largest oil field. Kuwait is the world's eleventh largest oil producer and seventh largest exporter. Kuwait's oil production accounts for 7% of world-wide oil production. Since the government of Kuwait owns the oil industry, it controls a lot of", "title": "Petroleum industry in Kuwait" }, { "id": "1978668", "text": "War, in 2005 by releasing for a month after Hurricane Katrina affected US production, and most recently in 2011 to offset continued disruption to oil supplies as a result of the 2011 Libyan civil war. In April 2001, the IEA, in collaboration with five other international organisations (APEC, Eurostat, OLADE, OPEC, UNSD) launched the Joint Oil Data Exercise, which in 2005 became the Joint Organisations Data Initiative (JODI). According to the \"World Energy Outlook 2010\", conventional crude oil production peaked in 2006, with al all-time maximum of 70 millions of barrels per day. In June 2014 in its \"World Energy", "title": "International Energy Agency" }, { "id": "12422003", "text": "oil reserves were . By 2009, Venezuela reported of conventional oil reserves, the largest of any country in South America. When 2015 ended, Venezuela’s confirmed oil reserves were estimated to be around 300.9 billion barrels in total. However, Venezuela only owned about $10.5 billion in foreign reserves, meaning that its debt remained at $7.2 billion when 2015 rang out. In 2008, it had net oil exports of to the United States. As a result of the lack of transparency in the country's accounting, Venezuela's true level of oil production is difficult to determine, but OPEC analysts estimate that it produced", "title": "Oil reserves in Venezuela" }, { "id": "1997435", "text": "Saudi Aramco Saudi Aramco ( '), officially the Saudi Arabian Oil Company, (formerly Arabian-American Oil Company), is a Saudi Arabian national petroleum and natural gas company based in Dhahran. It is one of the largest companies in the world by revenue, and according to accounts seen by Bloomberg News, the most profitable company in the world. Saudi Aramco has both the world's second-largest proven crude oil reserves, at more than , and second-largest daily oil production. Saudi Aramco's financial data were leaked in April 2018 and according to Bloomberg's analysts the company could be valued at $1.2 trillion, significantly lower", "title": "Saudi Aramco" }, { "id": "11815702", "text": "López Portillo's six-year term as president. By 2007, Mexico had a net oil export of . Mexico produces three grades of crude oil: heavy Maya-22 (accounting for more than half of the total production); light, low-sulfur Isthmus-34 (28% of production); and extra-light Olmeca-39 (20% of production). At the beginning of 2002 Mexico had the second largest proven oil reserves in the Western Hemisphere with . However, according to Pemex, Mexico’s reserves/production ratio fell from 20 years in 2002 to 10 years in 2006, and Mexico had only of proven oil reserves left by 2007. Mexico stands ninth in the worldwide", "title": "Petroleum industry in Mexico" }, { "id": "438019", "text": "average household and employee income among OECD nations, and in 2010, they had the fourth-highest median household income, down from second-highest in 2007. The United States has held the world's largest national economy (not including colonial empires) since at least the 1890s. It is the world's largest producer of oil and natural gas. In 2016, it was the world's largest trading nation as well as its second-largest manufacturer, representing a fifth of the global manufacturing output. The U.S. also has both the largest economy and the largest industrial sector, at 2005 prices according to the UNCTAD. The U.S. not only", "title": "Economy of the United States" }, { "id": "7148594", "text": "Petroleum industry in Canada Petroleum production in Canada is a major industry which is important to the economy of North America. Canada has the third largest oil reserves in the world and is the world's fifth largest oil producer and fourth largest oil exporter. In 2015 it produced an average of of crude oil and equivalent. Of that amount, 61% was upgraded and non-upgraded bitumen from oil sands, and the remainder light crude oil, heavy crude oil and natural-gas condensate. Most of Canadian petroleum production is exported, approximately in 2015, with almost all of the exports going to the United", "title": "Petroleum industry in Canada" }, { "id": "2233644", "text": "of October 2018, Saudi Arabia is the largest economy in the Middle East and the 18th largest in the world. Saudi Arabia has the world's second-largest proven petroleum reserves and the country is the largest exporter of petroleum. It also has the fifth-largest proven natural gas reserves. Saudi Arabia is considered an \"energy superpower\". It has the third highest total estimated value of natural resources, valued at US$34.4 trillion in 2016. Saudi Arabia's command economy is petroleum-based; roughly 63% of budget revenues and 67% of export earnings come from the oil industry. It is strongly dependent on foreign workers with", "title": "Saudi Arabia" }, { "id": "12483970", "text": "2.4 percent to $67.59 in the week ending October 26, the third down week, and Brent crude fell 2.7 percent to $77.62, due to higher production and worries about the world economy. The U.S. became the leading world oil producer, exceeding 11 million barrels a day for the first time ever. This along with the highest OPEC production since 2016 led to WTI dropping 2.5 percent on November 1 to $63.69, its lowest finish since April, after falling 10.8 percent in October. Brent crude fell 2.9 percent to $72.79, the lowest since August 21 and lower than the 200-day average", "title": "World oil market chronology from 2003" }, { "id": "171414", "text": "1859. For much of the 19th and 20th centuries, the US was the largest oil producing country in the world. As of October 2015, the US was the world's third-largest producer of crude oil. Native Americans had known of the oil in western Pennsylvania, and had made some use of it for many years before the mid-19th century. Early European explorers noted seeps of oil and natural gas in western Pennsylvania and New York. Interest grew substantially in the mid-1850s as scientists reported on the potential to manufacture kerosene from crude oil, if a sufficiently large oil supply could be", "title": "History of the petroleum industry in the United States" }, { "id": "19105397", "text": "Wyoming 11%, Pennsylvania 8%, W Virginia 5% and Oklahoma 4%. In the Mid-East the Persian Gulfstates Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the Arab Emirates produce most. A small part comes from Bahrain, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen. The top producers in Africa are Nigeria (254), S-Africa (167), Algeria (138) and Angola (100). In the EU France (138, mainly nuclear), Germany (120), UK (119), Poland (68, mainly coal) and Netherlands (48, mainly natural gas) produce most. Of the world renewable supply 1319 is biofuel and waste, mostly in developing countries, 334 is generated with hydro power and 200", "title": "Worldwide energy supply" }, { "id": "312540", "text": "well methods. Between them, Canada and Venezuela contain an estimated of bitumen and extra-heavy oil, about twice the volume of the world's reserves of conventional oil. Petroleum is used mostly, by volume, for refining into fuel oil and gasoline, both important \"\"primary energy\"\" sources. 84 percent by volume of the hydrocarbons present in petroleum is converted into energy-rich fuels (petroleum-based fuels), including gasoline, diesel, jet, heating, and other fuel oils, and liquefied petroleum gas. The lighter grades of crude oil produce the best yields of these products, but as the world's reserves of light and medium oil are depleted, oil", "title": "Petroleum" }, { "id": "8353954", "text": "consolidation created some of the largest global corporations as defined by the Forbes Global 2000 ranking, and as of 2007 all were within the top 25. Between 2004 and 2007 the profits of the six supermajors totaled US$494.8 billion. Trading under various names around the world, the supermajors are considered to be: ConocoPhillips Company (United States) was also sometimes described as forming part of the group, before the Downstream activities spin-off. As of 2011 ExxonMobil ranked first among the supermajors measured by market capitalization, cash flow and profits. As a group, the supermajors control around 6% of global oil and", "title": "Big Oil" }, { "id": "557856", "text": "world occur in the United States in the Green River Formation, which covers portions of Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming; about 70% of this resource lies on land owned or managed by the United States federal government. Deposits in the United States constitute more than 80% of world resources; other significant resource holders being China, Russia, and Brazil. Humans have used oil shale as a fuel since prehistoric times, since it generally burns without any processing. Britons of the Iron Age also used to polish it and form it into ornaments. The first patent for extracting oil from oil shale was", "title": "Oil shale" }, { "id": "18925234", "text": "Petroleum refining in the United States Petroleum refining in the United States in 2013 produced 18.9 million barrels per day of refined petroleum products, more than any other country. Although the US was the world's largest net importer of refined petroleum products as recently as 2008, the US became a net exporter in 2010, and in 2014 was the largest exporter and the largest net exporter of refined petroleum. As of January 2015, there were 137 operating refineries in the US, distributed among 30 states. Largest petroleum refining companies in the United States Largest petroleum refineries in the United States", "title": "Petroleum refining in the United States" }, { "id": "12422010", "text": "30 percent was refined locally. In early 2008 Russian officials were reported to be concerned because, after rising just 2% during 2007, oil production started to decline again in 2008. The Russian government proposed tax cuts on oil in an attempt to stimulate production. By 2011, Russian oil production had increased to . It is the second largest exporter of oil in the world. In October 2018, Russia′s crude oil output grew to , a new post-Soviet record. The Russia reserve estimates in the table below were posted in 2006, except that from the US EIA The ABC1 classification is", "title": "Oil reserves in Russia" }, { "id": "15597867", "text": "IEA 10 countries produced over 60% of the world oil production in 2009. The countries were: Russia 494 Mt (13%), Saudi Arabia 452 Mt (12%), US 320 Mt (8%), Iran 206 Mt (5%), China 194 Mt (5%), Canada 152 Mt (4%), Mexico 146 Mt (4%), Venezuela 126 Mt (3%), Kuwait 124 Mt (3%) ja United Arab Emirates 120 Mt (3%). Energy in Kuwait Energy in Kuwait describes energy and electricity production, consumption, import and export in Kuwait. Energy policy of Kuwait will describe the politics of Kuwait related to energy more in detail. Electricity sector in Kuwait is the main", "title": "Energy in Kuwait" }, { "id": "5329613", "text": "formula_1for Venezuela. It is estimated that between 100 and 135 billion tonnes (which equals between 133 and 180 billions m of oil) of the world's oil reserves have been used between 1850 and the present. Since OPEC started to set production quotas on the basis of reserves levels in the 1980s, many of its members have reported significant increases in their official reserves. There are doubts about the reliability of these estimates, which are not provided with any form of verification that meet external reporting standards. The sudden revisions in OPEC reserves, totaling nearly 300 bn barrels, have been much", "title": "Oil reserves" }, { "id": "312563", "text": "of partially biodegraded oil still in the process of escaping and being biodegraded, but they contain so much migrating oil that, although most of it has escaped, vast amounts are still present—more than can be found in conventional oil reservoirs. The lighter fractions of the crude oil are destroyed first, resulting in reservoirs containing an extremely heavy form of crude oil, called crude bitumen in Canada, or extra-heavy crude oil in Venezuela. These two countries have the world's largest deposits of oil sands. On the other hand, oil shales are source rocks that have not been exposed to heat or", "title": "Petroleum" }, { "id": "10557707", "text": "about half of total government revenues. The leading oil company is Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA), which according to Venezuelan authorities produces . However, oil industry analysts and the U.S. Energy Information Administration believe it to be only 2.8-. Venezuela's main oil fields are located at four major sedimentary basins: Maracaibo, Falcon, Apure, and Oriental. PdVSA has of crude oil refining capacity. The major facilities are the Paraguaná Refining Center, Puerto de la Cruz, and El Palito. As of 2013, Venezuela has the eighth-largest proved gas reserves in the world and the largest in South America. Proved reserves were estimated", "title": "Energy policy of Venezuela" }, { "id": "372817", "text": "Economy of Saudi Arabia The Economy of Saudi Arabia is one of the top twenty economies in the world (G20). It is dependent on oil as the country has the second-largest proven petroleum reserves, and it’s the largest exporter of petroleum in the world. It also has the fifth-largest proven natural gas reserves and is considered an \"Energy Superpower\". With a total worth of US$34.4 trillion, Saudi Arabia has the second most valuable natural resources in the world. In 2016 the Saudi Government launched its Saudi Vision 2030 to reduce the country’s dependency on oil and diversify its economic resources.", "title": "Economy of Saudi Arabia" }, { "id": "8353957", "text": "Royal Dutch Shell, BP, Exxon Mobil, Chevron Texaco, Total Fina Elf and ConocoPhillips. Charter parties such as \"Shelltime 4\" frequently mention the phrase \"oil major\". Big Oil Big Oil is a name used to describe the world's six or seven largest publicly traded oil and gas companies, also known as supermajors. The supermajors are considered to be BP plc, Chevron Corporation, ExxonMobil Corporation, Royal Dutch Shell plc, Total SA and Eni SpA, with Phillips 66 Company also sometimes described in the past as forming part of the group. The term, analogous to others, such as Big Steel, that describe industries", "title": "Big Oil" }, { "id": "18925241", "text": "US imports held a 37% market share of gasoil in the EU. There has been discussion that EU refineries would have to shut down without government intervention. Petroleum refining in the United States Petroleum refining in the United States in 2013 produced 18.9 million barrels per day of refined petroleum products, more than any other country. Although the US was the world's largest net importer of refined petroleum products as recently as 2008, the US became a net exporter in 2010, and in 2014 was the largest exporter and the largest net exporter of refined petroleum. As of January 2015,", "title": "Petroleum refining in the United States" }, { "id": "11608273", "text": "the United States Central Intelligence Agency statistics count 4,295 oil tankers of or greater worldwide. Panama was the world's largest flag state for oil tankers, with 528 of the vessels in its registry. Six other flag states had more than 200 registered oil tankers: Liberia (464), Singapore (355), China (252), Russia (250), the Marshall Islands (234) and the Bahamas (209). The Panamanian, Liberian, Marshallese and Bahamian flags are open registries and considered by the International Transport Workers' Federation to be flags of convenience. By comparison, the United States and the United Kingdom only had 59 and 27 registered oil tankers,", "title": "Oil tanker" }, { "id": "4229591", "text": "of recoverable oil. There are around 600 known oil shale deposits around the world, including major deposits in the United States of America. Although oil shale deposits occur in many countries, only 33 countries possess known deposits of possible economic value. The largest deposits in the world occur in the United States in the Green River Formation, which covers portions of Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming. Approximately 70% of this resource lies on land owned or managed by the United States federal government. Deposits in the United States constitute 62% of world resources; together, the United States, Russia and Brazil account", "title": "Unconventional oil" }, { "id": "11303615", "text": "and for the year 2012 was 26.67 billion barrels, more that twice the peak rate Hubbert had projected back in 1956. In 1974, Hubbert again predicted that world peak oil would occur near 2000, this time in 1995 \"if current trends continue.\" However, in the late 1970s and early 1980s, global oil consumption actually dropped (due to the shift to energy-efficient cars, the shift to electricity and natural gas for heating, and other factors), then rebounded with a lower rate of growth in the mid 1980s. Thus oil production did not peak in 1995, and has climbed to more than", "title": "Predicting the timing of peak oil" }, { "id": "1432812", "text": "of \"the top 100 most influential people in the shipping industry\". However, the influence of OPEC on international trade is periodically challenged by the expansion of non-OPEC energy sources, and by the recurring temptation for individual OPEC countries to exceed production targets and pursue conflicting self-interests. As of June 2018, OPEC has 15 member countries: six in the Middle East (Western Asia), seven in Africa, and two in South America. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), OPEC's combined rate of oil production (including gas condensate) represented 44 percent of the world's total in 2016, and OPEC accounted for", "title": "OPEC" }, { "id": "12483903", "text": "below that figure for the first time since December 2010. Demand for oil was down and there were many new sources. United States oil production was up 70 percent since 2008, and Iraq and Canada were producing more. According to the Lundberg survey released December 7, gas was down 12 cents from two weeks earlier to $2.72. Demand was low while production was high, and the strong dollar contributed. With demand low in China and Europe and OPEC deciding not to cut back, West Texas Intermediate reached $63.50 on December 8, the lowest since July 2009, while Brent crude reached", "title": "World oil market chronology from 2003" }, { "id": "17382772", "text": "Petroleum industry in Iraq Iraq was the world's 12th largest oil producer in 2009, and has the world's fifth largest proven petroleum reserves after Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, Canada, and Iran. Just a fraction of Iraq's known fields are in development, and Iraq may be one of the few places left where vast reserves, proven and unknown, have barely been exploited. Iraq's energy sector is heavily based upon oil, with approximately 94 percent of its energy needs met with petroleum. In addition, crude oil export revenues accounted for over two-thirds of GDP in 2009. Iraq's oil sector has suffered over the", "title": "Petroleum industry in Iraq" }, { "id": "3477809", "text": "oil that it did in 1981. OPEC is an alliance among 14 diverse oil-producing countries (as of May 2017: Algeria, Angola, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela) to manage the supply of oil. OPEC's power was consolidated in the 1960s and 1970s as various countries nationalized their oil holdings, and wrested decision-making away from the \"Seven Sisters\" (Anglo-Iranian, Socony, Royal Dutch Shell, Gulf, Esso, Texaco, Socal), and created their own oil companies to control the oil. OPEC often tries to influence prices by restricting production. It does this by allocating", "title": "Peak oil" }, { "id": "5329598", "text": "global reserves), Saudi Arabia (18% of global reserves), Canada (13% of global reserves), and Iran (9%). Because the geology of the subsurface cannot be examined directly, indirect techniques must be used to estimate the size and recoverability of the resource. While new technologies have increased the accuracy of these techniques, significant uncertainties still remain. In general, most early estimates of the reserves of an oil field are conservative and tend to grow with time. This phenomenon is called \"reserves growth\". Many oil-producing nations do not reveal their reservoir engineering field data and instead provide unaudited claims for their oil reserves.", "title": "Oil reserves" }, { "id": "17552552", "text": "Mineral Resources until May 2016 when it was renamed as the Ministry of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources. The ministry is based in Riyadh. Since 1960 the ministry was headed by the following five ministers: The ministry is primarily responsible for the policies concerning oil, gas and natural minerals in the country which is the world's largest holder of crude oil reserves. It closely monitors the activities of the Saudi Aramco together with the Supreme Council for Petroleum and Minerals. However, the ministry has much more responsibility in this regard than the council. The other agency with which the ministry", "title": "Ministry of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources" }, { "id": "5294749", "text": "in the framework of the quotas determined by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and at the prices prevalent in the international markets. in early 2015 NIOC's Recoverable liquid hydrocarbon reserves (10% of world's total) and Recoverable gas reserves 33.79 m (15% of world's total). Current NIOC production capacities include over of crude oil and in excess of 750 million cubic meters of natural gas per day. Iran's overall export crude oil was valued at US$85 billion in 2010. In May 1901, William Knox D'Arcy was granted a concession by the Shah of Iran to search for oil, which", "title": "National Iranian Oil Company" }, { "id": "14781699", "text": "its oil to China, 14% to Japan, 13% to India, 10% to South Korea, 7% to Italy, 7% to Turkey, 6% to Spain and the remainder to France, Greece (& other European countries), Taiwan, Sri Lanka, South Africa. In addition to the natural gas associated with oil exploration and extraction, an estimated 62 percent of Iran's 32.3 trillion cubic meters of proven natural gas reserves in 2006 were located in independent natural gas fields, an amount second only to those of Russia. In 2006 annual production reached 105 billion cubic meters, with fastest growth occurring over the previous 15 years.", "title": "Petroleum industry in Iran" }, { "id": "15382483", "text": "is largely driven by the demand for the export of natural resources. China became a petroleum importer for the first time in 1993, had become the world's second-largest oil consuming country as of 2011, and the world's largest overall energy consumer as of 2010. In a report released January 2012, the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation estimated that the country's crude oil consumption would increase to 480 million tonnes in 2012, or 9.6 million barrels per day. The group also forecast that natural gas consumption would rise 15.3 percent to 148.2 billion cubic meters (bcd). Given its geographical proximity", "title": "Sino-Russian relations since 1991" }, { "id": "4136375", "text": "cause almost 75% of the increase in oil consumption by India and China between 2001 and 2025. In 2008, auto sales in China were expected to grow by as much as 15–20 percent, resulting in part from economic growth rates of over 10 percent for five years in a row. Demand growth is highest in the developing world, but the United States is the world's largest consumer of petroleum. Between 1995 and 2005, US consumption grew from a day to a day, an increase of a day. China, by comparison, increased consumption from a day to a day, an increase", "title": "2000s energy crisis" }, { "id": "11385578", "text": "on the world market. The result was a six-year decline in the price of oil, which culminated by plunging more than half in 1986 alone. During the 1980s, reliance on Middle East production dwindled as commercial exploration developed major non-OPEC oilfields in Siberia, Alaska, the North Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico, and the Soviet Union became the world's largest producer of oil. Smaller non-OPEC producers including Brazil, Egypt, India, Malaysia, and Oman doubled their output between 1979 and 1985, to a total of 3 million barrels per day. In April 1979, Jimmy Carter signed an executive order which was", "title": "1980s oil glut" }, { "id": "9631587", "text": "ASPO predicts peak year to be in 2010. Some other theories present the view that it has already taken place in 2005. World crude oil production (including lease condensates) according to US EIA data decreased from a peak of 73.720 mbd in 2005 to 73.437 in 2006, 72.981 in 2007, and 73.697 in 2008. According to peak oil theory, increasing production will lead to a more rapid collapse of production in the future, while decreasing production will lead to a slower decrease, as the bell-shaped curve will be spread out over more years. In a stated goal of increasing oil", "title": "World energy resources" }, { "id": "19957242", "text": "First Energy Plan soon after his inauguration. His administration claims that \"America has been held back by burdensome regulations on [its] energy industry\". America currently has 264 billion barrels of oil reserves, the largest oil reserve of any nation. The United States also has a vast amount of coal reserves, amounting to 26% of the world's total, more than any other nation. Its untapped oil and coal resources are estimated to be worth about $50 trillion according to the Trump administration. However, reports from the Natural Resources Defense Council show that coal consumption in the US has steadily declined by", "title": "Environmental policy of the Donald Trump administration" }, { "id": "3477773", "text": "or about 0.8% average annual growth, largely due to increases in demand from the transportation sector. According to projections by the International Energy Agency (IEA) in 2013, growth in global oil demand will be significantly outpaced by growth in production capacity over the next 5 years. Developments in late 2014–2015 have seen an oversupply of global markets leading to a significant drop in the price of oil. Energy demand is distributed amongst four broad sectors: transportation, residential, commercial, and industrial. In terms of oil use, transportation is the largest sector and the one that has seen the largest growth in", "title": "Peak oil" }, { "id": "11608269", "text": "two million barrels of oil, had peaked at $309,601 per day in 2007, and has dropped, as of 2012, to $7,085 per day, far below the operating costs of these ships. As a result, several tanker operators laid up their ships. Prices rose significantly in 2015 and early 2016, but delivery of new tankers was projected to keep prices in check. Owners of large oil tanker fleets include Teekay Corporation, A P Moller Maersk, DS Torm, Frontline, MOL Tankship Management, Overseas Shipholding Group, and Euronav. In 2005, oil tankers made up 36.9% of the world's fleet in terms of deadweight", "title": "Oil tanker" }, { "id": "9470958", "text": "and over 40,000 drilled wells throughout the area. As of 2009, cumulative production reached 42.6 trillion cubic feet of gas and 381 million barrels of oil. The area is especially known for gas reservoirs from its coal-bed methane formations. The San Juan Basin contains the largest coal-bed methane field in the world and ranks second in total gas reserves. During the mid-Paleozoic, the San Juan Basin was part of the ancient landmass called \"Laurentia;\" this was a supercontinent that contained much of current-day North America. The ancient landmass called \"Gondwana\" contained most of the southern continents, e.g. South America and", "title": "San Juan Basin" } ]

[ "Rebecca St. James" ]

[ { "id": "16273338", "text": "in 1991, after their father's job relocation. Their father was a music promoter, and Joel recalls, \"going to these rock concerts, sitting on my father's shoulders, plugging my ears...Honestly, in a lot of ways I feel like music chose me and as I grew older, I made a clear decision to fully lean into it.\" The Smallbones are the younger brothers of Christian recording artist and speaker Rebecca St. James, and the brothers-in-law of Jacob Fink, former bassist for the band Foster the People. They were raised with another sister, Libby, and three other brothers, Ben, Dan, and Josh. On", "title": "For King & Country (band)" }, { "id": "16273324", "text": "For King & Country (band) For King & Country, stylized as for KING & COUNTRY and formerly known as Joel & Luke as well as Austoville, is a Christian pop duo composed of Australian brothers Joel (born 5 June 1984) and Luke Smallbone (born 22 October 1986). The Nashville-based brothers' 2012 debut record \"Crave\" has received praise, and the brothers were declared by \"Billboard\" as one of the \"New Artists To Watch\" for 2012. \"American Songwriter\" described them as \"Australia's answer to Coldplay.\" During high school, the brothers supplied background vocals and other supporting roles for their sister, Rebecca St.", "title": "For King & Country (band)" }, { "id": "18007782", "text": "is thrown out when Bill shows that all he said had been printed in \"The Times\". Outside the camp, both friends explore what the town offers by way of women. Bill falls for a beautiful but depressive upper-class girl he calls Ophelia (Tamsin Egerton), while Percy is smitten by a bubbly student nurse called Sophie (Aimee-Ffion Edwards) (who throws out some lures to Bill as well). On leave for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, Percy steals a car to join Bill, who is with his family on the Island. Both are delighted to find Bill's renegade sister Dawn (Vanessa", "title": "Queen and Country (film)" }, { "id": "2744842", "text": "she has released nine published books and starred in five films, a musical stage show, and a \"VeggieTales\" episode (\"An Easter Carol\"). Her ninth book, \"What Is He Thinking?\", was released on 26 September 2011. She has starred in the films \"Unidentified\", \"Sarah's Choice\", \"Rising Stars\", \"The Frontier Boys\", \"Suing the Devil\", \"A Strange Brand of Happy\" and \"Faith of Our Fathers\". She is also an outspoken sexual abstinence and pro-life advocate, a spokesperson for Compassion International, the sister of Joel and Luke Smallbone, who comprise the band for King & Country, and the wife of Foster the People's former", "title": "Rebecca St. James" }, { "id": "2744862", "text": "age 14. She currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee. Two of her brothers, Joel and Luke Smallbone, formed the band For King & Country. On 3 January 2011, she announced her engagement to Foster the People's former bassist Jacob \"Cubbie\" Fink, a Colorado native and a missionary to South Africa. Fink proposed on Christmas Day 2010 at St. James' family's farm in Franklin. They married on 23 April 2011, at the Junípero Serra Museum in San Diego, California. On 4 October 2013, St. James announced that they were expecting their first child and on 18 February 2014, she gave birth to", "title": "Rebecca St. James" }, { "id": "20884607", "text": "No. 3 on the Official Christian & Gospel Albums Chart dated 12-18 October 2018, as published by the Official Charts Company in the United Kingdom. Sample credits Adapted from AllMusic. Burn the Ships Burn the Ships (stylised in all lower-case) is the third studio album by For King & Country, an Australian Christian pop duo comprising brothers Luke Smallbone and Joel Smallbone, released via Word Entertainment on 5 October 2018. It features appearances from Moriah Peters and Courtney, the respective wives of Joel and Luke Smallbone. For King & Country collaborated with Matt Hales, Blake Kanicka, Seth Mosley and Tedd", "title": "Burn the Ships" }, { "id": "20884586", "text": "Burn the Ships Burn the Ships (stylised in all lower-case) is the third studio album by For King & Country, an Australian Christian pop duo comprising brothers Luke Smallbone and Joel Smallbone, released via Word Entertainment on 5 October 2018. It features appearances from Moriah Peters and Courtney, the respective wives of Joel and Luke Smallbone. For King & Country collaborated with Matt Hales, Blake Kanicka, Seth Mosley and Tedd Tjornhom in the production of the album. \"Burn the Ships\" was supported by the release of record-breaking lead single, \"Joy,\" and album pre-order leading up to its release. Garnering critical", "title": "Burn the Ships" }, { "id": "16273341", "text": "Artist of the Year\". In 2015, they won two Grammy Awards at the 57th Grammy Awards, one for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album and one for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song. Grammy Awards GMA Dove Awards For King & Country (band) For King & Country, stylized as for KING & COUNTRY and formerly known as Joel & Luke as well as Austoville, is a Christian pop duo composed of Australian brothers Joel (born 5 June 1984) and Luke Smallbone (born 22 October 1986). The Nashville-based brothers' 2012 debut record \"Crave\" has received praise, and the brothers were declared by \"Billboard\"", "title": "For King & Country (band)" }, { "id": "16273339", "text": "26 June 2010, Luke married Courtney Helm. Their first child, Jude James Smallbone, was born on 19 December 2012. They also have a son, Phoenix Alexander. In late 2016, Luke announced via social media that he and his wife are expecting their third child. On 7 July 2013, Joel married Moriah Peters, who is also a recording artist, in California. The couple saved their first kiss for their wedding day. They now reside in Nashville, Tennessee. The brothers are both dual citizens of Australia and the United States. Joel Smallbone was featured on \"Take this City\" by Everfound. Joel Smallbone", "title": "For King & Country (band)" }, { "id": "16273337", "text": "change someone's day, but to impact them for eternity. This is why we write music and sing songs - we hope that people will be moved, encouraged and stirred to live a life for Someone greater than themselves.\" They cite U2, Mutemath, OneRepublic, the Beatles, Goo Goo Dolls, and Switchfoot, as well as film scores such as those from \"Braveheart\" and \"Gladiator\", as their musical influences. Joel David Smallbone was born on 5 June 1984 and Luke James Smallbone was born on 22 October 1986. Both were born in Sydney, to David and Helen Smallbone, and moved to Nashville, Tennessee", "title": "For King & Country (band)" }, { "id": "7220287", "text": "Stephen Lawrence, the teenager whose murder led to a massive reform of the Metropolitan Police Service, starred as an extra in this film. The film opened in 33 theaters in North America, grossing $62,771 during the opening weekend. It went on to gross a total $191,051. It was released on DVD on June 1, 2004. Film aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a 31% rating and an average rating of 5.5/10 based on thirteen reviews. Leonard Maltin described the film as a \"striking, laced-in-acid contemporary thriller of life in Thatcherite Britain\". For Queen and Country For Queen and Country", "title": "For Queen and Country" }, { "id": "19907347", "text": "Joel Smallbone Joel David Smallbone (born 5 June 1984) is an Australian singer and actor. He is a member of the Christian pop duo for King & Country along with his brother Luke Smallbone. He played the role of James Stevens in the 2016 film Priceless. Smallbone was born in Sydney, and moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 1991. He is the brother of Luke Smallbone and younger brother of Christian recording artist and speaker Rebecca St. James. Smallbone is also the brother-in-law of Jacob Fink, former bassist for the band Foster the People. Smallbone's father was a music promoter, and", "title": "Joel Smallbone" }, { "id": "2744861", "text": "by Nancy Rue. \"Faith of Our Fathers\", released in July 2015, features St. James portraying a car-stealing Australian hitchhiker. St. James, in October 2017, recorded and released \"Amazing Grace\", with her brothers, of the band for King & Country. She also toured with them and Casting Crowns on a Christmas tour. Announced in August, 2018, St. James has joined the \"Greatest Hits Live\" tour, which comprises Point of Grace, Avalon, Nicole C. Mullen, Bob Carlisle and NewSong. The tour takes place in November 2018. St. James is originally from Australia and moved with her family to the United States at", "title": "Rebecca St. James" }, { "id": "15194668", "text": "Mia Rose Frampton Mia Rose Frampton (born March 10, 1996) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Becca Keeler, the younger sister of Payson Keeler, in the ABC Family teen drama \"Make It or Break It\", and for her role as Bridgette in the Lifetime television movie \"A Teacher's Obsession\". Frampton was born in Nashville, Tennessee to English rock and roll musician, Peter Frampton, and Tina Elfers. She has one half sibling, through her mother, named Tiffany Wiest, and two half siblings, Jade and Jullian Frampton, from her father's previous marriage. She is the namesake", "title": "Mia Rose Frampton" }, { "id": "11776163", "text": "the legacy and riches after the death of his father Raja Ravi Chandra Varma (Sobhan Babu). King has a younger brother Ajay (Arjan Bajwa), mother (Geetha), maternal uncle (Dharmavarapu Subramanyam), and his late father's three sisters, who are married. Their husbands are Appaji (Jaya Prakash Reddy), Kona Venkat (Krishna Bhagavaan), and Gopi Mohan (Sayaji Shinde). The uncles steal money, which is for the workers. They make it look as though the employee Chandu is responsible. King believes and fires Chandu. Suddenly, King knew that the uncles hid the money in their room. He kept quiet because of his other family.", "title": "King (2008 film)" }, { "id": "7220281", "text": "For Queen and Country For Queen and Country is a 1988 British-American crime drama film co-written and directed by Martin Stellman and starring Denzel Washington. Washington stars as Reuben James, a Black British former paratrooper, who joined the British Army to escape the poverty of inner city London; Reuben fights in the Falklands War, and upon returning home he finds that society ignores and challenges him while trying to adjust to normal life. The film received mixed reviews and was a box office flop. It has recently been reevaluated as a serious critique of Thatcherism and its effect in the", "title": "For Queen and Country" }, { "id": "17218462", "text": "Julie King Julie O'Toole King (born October 21, 1989 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American soccer defender currently playing for North Carolina Courage in the National Women's Soccer League. King's parents are Kevin and Julie; her siblings are model RJ King, model and former \"Amazing Race\" contestant Caitlin King, and reality TV personality Meghan King Edmonds. King's older sister Caitlin played soccer with her at Auburn for two seasons. King attended and played for Nerinx Hall High School in Webster Groves, Missouri, where she was an Honor Roll Student. She was a wing-midfielder for St. Louis Scott Gallagher Club", "title": "Julie King" }, { "id": "7220285", "text": "was always nice to him. He becomes a vigilante bent on change instead of becoming a criminal himself. Reuben acquires a St. Lucia passport and gets two tickets to return to St. Lucia since he won't be able to go to Paris as he had planned to with Stacey, who sees him only as a bloody product of an old era and left him because she couldn't stand men with guns and his best friend's wife left him to move to Ireland. Reuben's old army friend, Tony, also known as Fish (Dorian Healy) - who saved Reuben's life in the", "title": "For Queen and Country" }, { "id": "18007780", "text": "Queen and Country (film) Queen and Country is a 2014 British drama film directed by John Boorman. It was screened at the Directors' Fortnight section of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. The film is a sequel to Boorman's 1987 film \"Hope and Glory\", which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, and features several of the same characters, though with the passage of time most are played by different actors. On Pharaoh's Island, Bill (Callum Turner) is now 18 and receives his call-up papers for national service. Reporting to the army training camp, he quickly makes friends with", "title": "Queen and Country (film)" }, { "id": "18007786", "text": "the world. The Army was radically different in having to cope with peacetime mass conscription of mostly unwilling and rebellious 18 year olds. An era passed with the death of King George VI, who had been the focus of loyalty during World War II, and the coronation of his daughter. Some saw a new age of greatness for Britain, while others were pessimistic, and television was beginning its process of turning the nation into passive spectators. The film has received positive reviews from critics and currently holds a 78% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 86 reviews, with an average", "title": "Queen and Country (film)" }, { "id": "17218466", "text": "two ankle operations. Julie King Julie O'Toole King (born October 21, 1989 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American soccer defender currently playing for North Carolina Courage in the National Women's Soccer League. King's parents are Kevin and Julie; her siblings are model RJ King, model and former \"Amazing Race\" contestant Caitlin King, and reality TV personality Meghan King Edmonds. King's older sister Caitlin played soccer with her at Auburn for two seasons. King attended and played for Nerinx Hall High School in Webster Groves, Missouri, where she was an Honor Roll Student. She was a wing-midfielder for St. Louis", "title": "Julie King" }, { "id": "11700670", "text": "King and Country King and Country (stylised as King & Country) is a 1964 British war film directed by Joseph Losey, shot in black and white, and starring Dirk Bogarde and Tom Courtenay. The film was adapted for the screen by British screenwriter Evan Jones based on a play by John Wilson and a novel by James Lansdale Hodson. During the First World War, in the British trenches at Passchendaele, an army private, Arthur Hamp (Tom Courtenay) is accused of desertion. He is to be defended at his trial by Captain Hargreaves (Dirk Bogarde). Hamp had been a volunteer at", "title": "King and Country" }, { "id": "14368228", "text": "Lolowah bint Faisal Al Saud Lolowah bint Faisal (; also spelled Loulwa) (born 1948) is a daughter of King Faisal from his second wife, Iffat Al Thunayan. She is considered one of the most publicly visible female members of the Saudi Royal Family. She is the full sister of Foreign Minister Prince Saud and former Saudi Ambassador to the United States Prince Turki. She is a prominent activist for women's education and other social issues in Saudi Arabia. Lolowah bint Faisal was one of nine children from the marriage of King Faisal and Queen Iffat. She was brought up in", "title": "Lolowah bint Faisal Al Saud" }, { "id": "5293135", "text": "played Egeria in \"\" and co-starred with Tom Hanks in the 2016 film \"A Hologram for the King\". Choudhury was born in Blackheath, London, England, and is of half Bengali Indian and half English descent. Her parents, Julia Patricia (née Spring) of English descent, and Prabhas Chandra Choudhury, a scientist of Indian Bengali descent, married in 1964 in Lucea, Jamaica. She studied economics and film at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. She has one younger brother, Kumar Michael Choudhury, and one older brother, Chandra Paul Choudhury. Choudhury starred opposite Denzel Washington in the 1990 film \"Mississippi Masala\", for which", "title": "Sarita Choudhury" }, { "id": "9822656", "text": "KC Concepcion Maria Kristina Cassandra Cuneta Concepcion (born April 7, 1985) is a Filipino actress and singer. She is also a National Ambassador Against Hunger of the United Nations' World Food Programme. Concepcion is the daughter of singer-actress Sharon Cuneta and actor Gabby Concepcion, and the adopted daughter of Senator Francis Pangilinan following her mother's marriage to him. She reconnected with her father after thirteen years since her parents' annulment and his immigration to the United States in 1995. She graduated grade school at Saint Pedro Poveda College in Mandaluyong. In 2003, she graduated from the International School Manila, and", "title": "KC Concepcion" }, { "id": "3534193", "text": "Nia Long Nia Talita Long, (born October 30, 1970) is an American actress. She is known for her roles in the television series \"The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air\", \"Third Watch\" and \"Empire\", and the films \"Boyz n the Hood\", \"Friday\", \"Love Jones\", \"Soul Food\", \"In Too Deep\", \"The Best Man\", \"Big Momma's House\" and \"Are We There Yet?\". Long was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Talita Long (née Gillman), a teacher and printmaker, and Doughtry Long, a high school teacher and poet. Her family is of Trinidadian, Grenadian, Vincentian, and Barbadian descent. She has an older half-sister, the actress", "title": "Nia Long" }, { "id": "11700673", "text": "records had the film recording a loss. Tom Courtenay received the award for the Best Actor for his role as Hamp at the 1964 Venice Film Festival, where the film was also nominated for the Golden Lion. The film was nominated for four 1965 BAFTA awards, including Best Film. King and Country King and Country (stylised as King & Country) is a 1964 British war film directed by Joseph Losey, shot in black and white, and starring Dirk Bogarde and Tom Courtenay. The film was adapted for the screen by British screenwriter Evan Jones based on a play by John", "title": "King and Country" }, { "id": "16273331", "text": "reached No. 20 on the Hot Christian Songs chart. During the summer of 2013, the band was forced to take time off when the Luke dropped to due to an attack of ulcerative colitis. In June 2013, Joel Smallbone appeared in a non-singing role as King Xerxes in the film, \"The Book of Esther\" from Pure Flix Entertainment. In August 2013, the band released \"Hope Is What We Crave: Live\", a live album and DVD, both recorded at The Factory in Nashville on the last night of the band's first headlining tour. They also released \"Hope Is What We Crave\"", "title": "For King & Country (band)" }, { "id": "20477442", "text": "Caitlin Leahy Caitlin Leahy (born May 20, 1988) is an American actress and model. is an American actress and model. She is best known for her roles in the 2018 film \"Samson\", and the television series Black-ish\" and \"Queen of the South\". Leahy was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, to Matt and Ellen Leahy. The middle of five children, she has three sisters, Shannon, Cara, Brenna, and a brother, Ryan. She began training and performing at a young age, eventually studying theatre at the University of Illinois at Chicago before receiving her Bachelor of Arts from Columbia College Chicago.", "title": "Caitlin Leahy" }, { "id": "3546932", "text": "Haifa bint Faisal Haifa bint Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, also called Haifa Al Faisal, () (born 1950) is a member of the House of Saud. She is best known for her role in financing the 9/11 hijackers. Haifa bint Faisal was born in 1950. She is the daughter of King Faisal and Queen Iffat. She is the full sister of Mohammed bin Faisal, Saud bin Faisal, Luluwah bint Faisal Sara bint Faisal and Turki bin Faisal. After the September 11 attacks, she was investigated for a sequence of payments allegedly made to a Saudi national by the name of", "title": "Haifa bint Faisal" }, { "id": "15128115", "text": "Yoo In-na Yoo In-na (born June 5, 1982) is a South Korean actress and DJ. After supporting roles in \"High Kick! Through the Roof\" (2009-2010) and \"Secret Garden\" (2010), she rose to fame as the lead actress in \"Queen and I\" (2012), which led to a supporting role in \"My Love from the Star\" (2013-2014). She is also known for her role in \"You Are The Best!\" (2013), \"Wedding Bible\" (2014) as well as \"My Secret Hotel\" (2016). She is also the DJ of \"Let's Crank Up the Volume\". Most recently, she starred in \"\" (2016–2017), one of the highest", "title": "Yoo In-na" }, { "id": "2260064", "text": "His father is Neville Lawrence, then a carpenter, and his mother is Doreen, then a special needs teacher. Brought up in Plumstead, South-East London, he was the eldest of three children, the others being Stuart (born 1976) and Georgina (born 1982). During his teenage years, Lawrence excelled in running, competing for the local Cambridge Harriers athletics club, and appeared as an extra in Denzel Washington's film \"For Queen and Country\". At the time of his death he was studying technology and physics at the Blackheath Bluecoat School and English language and literature at Woolwich College, and was hoping to become", "title": "Murder of Stephen Lawrence" }, { "id": "7220284", "text": "his girlfriend (Amanda Redman). With changes in the British nationality law that occurred in 1981, Reuben also can't claim British citizenship and any residency of the United Kingdom at all. Reuben finds himself unemployed in the middle of the emerging recession in the country and is frustrated by being unable to find work despite his outstanding military service as a dutiful soldier. He begins to feel betrayed by the country he fought for. He drives a taxi for a short time, but is soon brought into business with Colin, a drug kingpin and former friend of Reuben (Bruce Payne), who", "title": "For Queen and Country" }, { "id": "19443592", "text": "at the 59th Grammy Awards, making King the first independent band to be nominated in that category. \"We Are King\" was also included on numerous year-end lists by \"Rolling Stone\", \"Time\", \"Billboard\", NPR, \"Spin\", \"Newsday\" and \"Pitchfork\" among others. King (R&B group) King (stylized as KING) is an American R&B vocal girl group based in Los Angeles, California, featuring identical twin sisters Amber and Paris Strother and their close friend Anita Bias. The Strother sisters are the nieces of the Minneapolis, Minnesota-based electric bluesman, Percy Strother, who died in 2005 and are originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota; Bias was born and", "title": "King (R&B group)" }, { "id": "3147236", "text": "Lauren Tom Lauren Tom (born August 4, 1961) is an American actress and voice actress. Her roles include Lena St. Clair in \"The Joy Luck Club\", Julie in the NBC sitcom \"Friends\", Dot in the final season of \"Grace Under Fire\", and the voices for both mother and daughter characters on three animated TV comedy series: on \"Futurama\" she voiced Amy Wong and her mother Inez, on \"King of the Hill\" as Minh and Connie Souphanousinphone. She portrays Celia Mack in the Disney Channel series \"Andi Mack\". Tom was born in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, Illinois, the daughter", "title": "Lauren Tom" }, { "id": "19629087", "text": "Madison Iseman Madison Iseman (born February 14, 1997) is an American actress. She is known for her role on the CMT comedy television series \"Still the King\", where she played Charlotte, the daughter of Billy Ray Cyrus' character, Vernon Brownmule. She is also known for playing the role of Bethany Walker in \"\", and Sarah Quinn in \"\". Iseman is from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. She is of Ashkenazi Jewish, French, and Dutch descent. Iseman went through four auditions over a period of several months for her role on \"Still The King\". She has appeared on the series \"Modern Family\"", "title": "Madison Iseman" }, { "id": "16388344", "text": "his weapons business. He also has an even darker agenda waiting to be revealed. The Princess of South Korea. Prince Jae-ha and King Jae-kang's younger sister. A royal by day and an underground rock band singer by night. She has a somewhat naughty sense of humor, which once got her arrested by Eun Shi-kyung (not knowing her true identity) when she dressed down and made fun of her royal self. However, she is paralyzed after her brother Jae-kang's death and her kidnapping. Jae-ha's and Jae-shin's oldest brother is the King of South Korea, a caring and responsible man to both", "title": "The King 2 Hearts" }, { "id": "18007785", "text": "allegedly dissuaded from fighting in Korea, who has lost a foot there. The film ends back on the Island, where Sophie is in the river acting while Bill with a new film camera is filming her. Leaving the camera running, he jumps in to embrace her. According to the director, though primarily a coming of age film, it also aimed to be a state of Britain film, capturing some of the great changes the country was undergoing. The British Empire was disappearing and, like the British Army which had sustained it, the nation had to find a new place in", "title": "Queen and Country (film)" }, { "id": "7228808", "text": "Urmila Urmila (Sanskrit:: ऊर्मिला) is a character in the Hindu epic \"Ramayana\". She was daughter of King Janaka of Janakpur and his wife Queen Sunaina and also a younger sister of Sita. She was wife of Lakshmana, younger brother of Rama. They had two sons - Angada and Chandraketu. When Lakshman went to exile along with Ram and Sita, Urmila was ready to accompany him but he hesitated and asked her to stay back in Ayodhya to take care of his aging parents. Urmila is notable for her unparalleled sacrifice called Urmila Nidra. In Bharatpur district of Rajasthan, there is", "title": "Urmila" }, { "id": "13191377", "text": "in the 2015 Christmas special. In \"\" she plays Rhiannon Davies, the sister of Ianto Jones. In 2010, she presented the BBC Three series \"The King Is Dead\". She has made guest appearances on the BBC shows \"Horrible Histories\", \"Outnumbered\" (2010) and \"Absolutely Fabulous\" (2011). She appeared in the Harvey's Furniture Store sponsorship bumpers for \"Coronation Street\". She played Phoebe in Tom Basden's stage comedy \"Party\" and its subsequent three spin-off BBC Radio 4 series, and wrote and co-starred in the same station's comedy series \"Bird Island\", which also featured Reece Shearsmith, Julian Rhind-Tutt and Alison Steadman. In 2017, for", "title": "Katy Wix" }, { "id": "7180494", "text": "his sons are the primary suspects. The brothers are stunned to learn that they have a half-sister, Scarlett (Kelsey-Beth Crossley), daughter of their mother's nurse, Carrie Nicholls (Linda Lusardi). Carl struggles to bond with her and he and Matthew try to buy her share of the business. Carl eventually softens but is uncomfortable around Carrie, as they had a brief relationship when he was a teenager but is grateful when Carrie helps evict Rosemary from Home Farm. Hari Prasad (John Nayagam) tells the police that he heard the King brothers discussing how they murdered Tom and Louise, his girlfriend, backs", "title": "Carl King" }, { "id": "8923104", "text": "at Notre Dame d'Arc-en-Ciel, a royal convent where they meet Lady Zoë Morgan, the daughter of one of Donal's military aides, Sir Kenneth Morgan. Over the next several years, Alyce, Marie, and Zoë remain at the convent and pursue the common studies of ladies of noble birth. In October 1086, rebellious Mearans attempt to assassinate Prince Richard Haldane, the king's younger half-brother. Although the plot is unsuccessful, Earl Keryell is slain and his eldest son and heir, Lord Ahern, is seriously wounded. Alyce and Marie return to Rhemuth to tend to their injured brother, and the three siblings escort their", "title": "In the King's Service" }, { "id": "16273335", "text": "2018. It reached No. 35 on \"Billboard\"'s Adult Top 40 chart and No. 2 on the Hot Christian Songs chart. \"Burn the Ships\" was released on 5 October 2018. The brothers described it as \"most mature record that we've made just in understanding who we are as a duo, who we are as men and maybe understanding life because we are a bit older than we were last time around.\" Two of the songs were written about the weighty topics of addiction and suicide, and two were written to and about their wives (who sing in the final track, \"Pioneers\",", "title": "For King & Country (band)" }, { "id": "18007783", "text": "Kirby), who has returned from Canada, and Dawn is soon charming Percy. Ophelia makes a brief visit but has to dash back into London. On the television, the family spot her in Westminster Abbey as one of the nobility, something which Bill did not know. Back in camp, Bill gets word that Ophelia is again in hospital with mental problems and, when he visits her, she rejects him brutally. Shocked and in tears, he is found by Sophie, who leads him to an empty room and takes his virginity. Percy then confides that he lost his to Dawn. Percy however", "title": "Queen and Country (film)" }, { "id": "19907348", "text": "Joel recalls, \"going to these rock concerts, sitting on my father's shoulders, plugging my ears...Honestly, in a lot of ways I feel like music chose me and as I grew older, I made a clear decision to fully lean into it.\" Smallbone did background vocals for his sister Rebecca as well as operating lights and managing the stage. He collaborated with his brother Luke and in 2008 they released their first EP, \"A Tale of Two Towns\", performing under the name Austoville. The group was signed to Warner Bros. Records and later changed its name to For King & Country.", "title": "Joel Smallbone" }, { "id": "15194669", "text": "of a ballad that her father wrote for her titled \"Mia Rose\". Mia Rose Frampton Mia Rose Frampton (born March 10, 1996) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Becca Keeler, the younger sister of Payson Keeler, in the ABC Family teen drama \"Make It or Break It\", and for her role as Bridgette in the Lifetime television movie \"A Teacher's Obsession\". Frampton was born in Nashville, Tennessee to English rock and roll musician, Peter Frampton, and Tina Elfers. She has one half sibling, through her mother, named Tiffany Wiest, and two half siblings, Jade", "title": "Mia Rose Frampton" }, { "id": "17721782", "text": "Kim Yo-jong Kim Yo-jong (, born 26 September 1987) is the younger sister of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un. She is also the youngest daughter of late leader Kim Jong-il and granddaughter of late founder Kim Il-sung. She is an alternate member of the Politburo (Political Bureau) and the Vice Director of the Propaganda and Agitation Department of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK). Kim Yo-jong was born the daughter of Kim Jong-il and his wife Ko Yong-hui on 26 September 1987. She and her brother, Kim Jong-un, are said to have a close relationship, due to shared isolated years", "title": "Kim Yo-jong" }, { "id": "4853670", "text": "with his wife Alexis and their children. Her brother Daniel, now known as Sahaj, is a musician and lead singer for the rock group Ra. Ticotin grew up, and received her primary and secondary education, in the Bronx, which has a large Puerto Rican community. Her parents enrolled her in the Ballet Hispanico of New York, where she took ballet lessons. In 1978, Ticotin made her film debut as a dancer in the film \"King of the Gypsies.\" She also acted in the off-Broadway production of Miguel Piñero's \"The Sun Always Shines for the Cool\". During this period, she received", "title": "Rachel Ticotin" }, { "id": "12202109", "text": "Ava Marie Wayans. Vanessa Simmons Vanessa Jean Simmons (born August 5, 1983) is an American TV personality. Her family is featured in the MTV reality show \"Run's House\". She was recently the host and judge of \"\". Simmons is the oldest daughter of Joseph Simmons and Valerie Vaughn. She is the older sister to Angela Simmons, Joseph \"Jojo\" Simmons Jr, Daniel \"Diggy\" Simmons III, Russell \"Russy\" Simmons II, Victoria Anne Simmons and Miley Justine Simmons. She is the niece of artist Danny Simmons and Russell Simmons, the co-founder of Def Jam Records. Simmons found popularity between 2005-2009 with her family's", "title": "Vanessa Simmons" }, { "id": "19993989", "text": "made their debuts. Burkina Faso were represented by their African Nations Championship team, composed of domestic league players. Belarus were represented by their B-team, composed of domestic league players. North Korea were represented by several their B-team and a few A-team players. The following teams have participated for the tournament. All matches held at the Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand The draw will be held on 3 July 2017, at the Thairath Headquarter in Bangkok, Thailand. Suppasin Leelarit, vice president of Football Association of Thailand and Watchara Watcharapol, chief executive officer of Thairath TV will participate in the draw. The", "title": "2017 King's Cup" }, { "id": "14169799", "text": "She is of Puerto Rican, African American, and German descent. Her parents are Yolanda, a former model, and George Rivera. Her younger brother is NFL tight end Mychal Rivera, and her younger sister is runway model Nickayla Rivera. At 8 or 9 months old, Rivera began to be represented by the same talent agent as her mother, who had moved to Los Angeles to pursue modeling. Rivera appeared in commercials for Kmart as a baby, but her first significant acting job was at age 4 when she appeared as Hillary Winston in \"The Royal Family\" sitcom in 1991. The show", "title": "Naya Rivera" }, { "id": "16915222", "text": "Kim So-hyun Kim So-hyun (; born June 4, 1999) is a South Korean actress who began her career as a child actress in 2006 and initially gained public attention for playing a villainous young queen-to-be in \"Moon Embracing the Sun\" (2012) and a girl who falls into tragedy in \"Missing You\" (2013). She was then affectionately labeled as \"Nation's Little Sister\". She took on her first leading role in teen drama \"\" (2015) and since then, has starred in horror comedy \"Hey Ghost, Let's Fight\" (2016), historical melodrama \"\" (2017) and romantic comedy \"Radio Romance\" (2018). Kim was born in", "title": "Kim So-hyun" }, { "id": "9431203", "text": "company, Exotica International, in 1976. When Haley was five years old, her parents attempted to enter her in the \"Miss Bamberg\" contest. The contest traditionally crowned a black queen and a white queen. Since the judges decided Haley did not fit either category, they disqualified her. Haley has one sister and two brothers. Her sister Simran, is a radio host and Fashion Institute of Technology alumna, and was born in Canada. Her brother Mitti is a retired member of the United States Army Chemical Corps and served in Desert Storm while her other brother, Charan, is a web designer. At", "title": "Nikki Haley" }, { "id": "15472291", "text": "ambassador for GEORGE, a co-brand of the British charity group St. George’s Society of New York. Carpenter was born in England, the daughter and step-daughter of two medical doctors and former professors at Harvard Medical School. She is of Indian, British and Dutch descent. In 2000, she moved to New York City to attend Pace University. She graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) in business management. Carpenter has two siblings; including best-selling author, Kathryn Croft. Carpenter began her career in broadcast news as an associate producer for WWOR-TV (my9 News) in New York City before", "title": "Sharon Carpenter" }, { "id": "16711181", "text": "St. James is featured on the band's third album entitled \"Christmas: Live from Phoenix\". The song peaked at number 8 on \"Billboard\" for 25 weeks. The Proof of Your Love \"The Proof of Your Love\" is the second single by Christian alternative rock duo For King & Country from their debut album \"Crave\". It was released as a single on February 28, 2012, and a monologue remix was released on June 12. The song is a lyrical paraphrase of 1 Corinthians 13, which is a passage that speaks of love. The duo shared their personal stories with New Release Tuesday", "title": "The Proof of Your Love" }, { "id": "10464721", "text": "Jane Brucker Jane Rachel Brucker (born May 14, 1958) is an American actress and screenwriter best known for playing the part of Lisa Houseman, Baby's elder sister in the hit 1987 film \"Dirty Dancing\". Brucker was born in Falls Church, Virginia. She studied theater at the North School of the Arts, and worked with the improv group, First Amendment, in New York. One of her classmates was Bruce Willis. She was married to actor Brian O'Connor from 1986–1993. Their daughter, Sally O'Connor, was born in 1989. In November 2001 she wed photographer Raul Vega; they have a daughter, Rachel, born", "title": "Jane Brucker" }, { "id": "7291704", "text": "get her taken back by the orphanage. When the orphanage warden calls to take her back, he lets her go. Realizing that he misses her, he decides to adopt her and mend fences with his own family. He frees his sister from her abusive husband and brings her home. King Uncle King Uncle is a 1993 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film directed by Rakesh Roshan. The film stars Jackie Shroff and Anu Agarwal in the lead roles. Shah Rukh Khan, Nagma, Paresh Rawal, Sushmita Mukherjee, Pooja Ruparel, Deven Verma and Saleem Yousuf Hakroo from Kashmir star in supporting roles. The film", "title": "King Uncle" }, { "id": "1860129", "text": "Susan Tyrrell), \"Cecil B. Demented\" (with Melanie Griffith and Stephen Dorff), and \"Serial Mom\" (with Kathleen Turner and Sam Waterston). She starred in \"Mrs. Winterbourne\" with Shirley MacLaine and Brendan Fraser, \"Cabin Boy\", \"Last Exit to Brooklyn\", \"Cookie\", and \"Inside Monkey Zetterland\". She joined the cast of the Vietnam War drama series \"China Beach\" as a Red Cross volunteer, Holly \"the Donut Dolly\" Pelegrino, for the show's third season. She also had a recurring role on the CBS sitcom \"The King of Queens\" as Doug's sister Stephanie. She guest-starred on television series including \"Drop Dead Diva\" and a voice role", "title": "Ricki Lake" }, { "id": "7107139", "text": "Shurpanakha Shurpanakha (Sanskrit: शूर्पणखा, IAST: śūrpaṇakhā, lit. \"she whose fingernails are like winnowing fans\") is a character in Valmiki's epic, the \"Ramayana\", and is the sister of the main antagonist, Ravana, King of Lanka. She is known as \"Soorpanagai\" in Tamil, \"Sarpakanaka\" in Indonesian, \"Surpanakhar\" in Khmer, \"Surapandaki\" in Malay, and \"Sammanakkha\" in Thai. Valmiki describes Shurpanakha by the time of the Ramayana's events as generally ugly (\"ghora mukhi\"): The youngest child of Rishi Vishrava and his second wife, Kaikesi, Shurpanakha (the one with lethal and long nails) was given the name of Mīnakshi \"Dīksha\" at birth, and some also", "title": "Shurpanakha" }, { "id": "3955117", "text": "Jodhi May Jodhi Tania May (\"née\" Edwards; 8 May 1975) is an English stage, film, and television actress. She remains the youngest recipient of the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival, for \"A World Apart\" (1988). Her other film appearances include \"The Last of the Mohicans\" (1992), \"Sister My Sister\" (1994), and \"A Quiet Passion\" (2016). May was born in 1975 in Camden Town, London. Her name was later legally changed to Jodhi Tania May. Her mother, Jocelyn Hakim, is an art teacher of French-Turkish descent who as a student arranged to marry artist-designer Malcolm McLaren to obtain", "title": "Jodhi May" }, { "id": "6345400", "text": "cope with the suffocating customs of his land, the heir, Prince Harshwardhan (Saif Ali Khan), has stayed away in London. But the sudden demise of the queen, Rani Suhasinidevi (Sharmila Tagore), forces the Prince back to the kingdom he had left behind. The queen leaves a letter for her son in which she tells him that his biological father is actually Eklavya. The Prince's return brings a rush of joy into the moribund fort. His mentally challenged twin sister, Princess Nandini (Raima Sen), and his childhood love, Rajjo (Vidya Balan), are delighted to see him. But the joy of reunion", "title": "Eklavya: The Royal Guard" }, { "id": "7107145", "text": "of Rama, so Shurpanakha decided to pit her brother against Rama, knowing only that he was powerful enough to slay her brother. Shurpanakha Shurpanakha (Sanskrit: शूर्पणखा, IAST: śūrpaṇakhā, lit. \"she whose fingernails are like winnowing fans\") is a character in Valmiki's epic, the \"Ramayana\", and is the sister of the main antagonist, Ravana, King of Lanka. She is known as \"Soorpanagai\" in Tamil, \"Sarpakanaka\" in Indonesian, \"Surpanakhar\" in Khmer, \"Surapandaki\" in Malay, and \"Sammanakkha\" in Thai. Valmiki describes Shurpanakha by the time of the Ramayana's events as generally ugly (\"ghora mukhi\"): The youngest child of Rishi Vishrava and his second", "title": "Shurpanakha" }, { "id": "1791165", "text": "(1989–90), and portrayed the recurring part of the Rani in \"Doctor Who\" (1985–87). O'Mara played Caress Morell, the scheming sister of Alexis Colby in the American primetime soap opera \"Dynasty\" in 1986. She also appeared as Jackie Stone in two episodes of the BBC sitcom \"Absolutely Fabulous\". O'Mara was born Frances Meredith Carroll to John F. Carroll, an RAF flying instructor, and actress Hazel Bainbridge (born Edith Marion Bainbridge; 25 January 1910 – 7 January 1998). Her younger sister is actress Belinda Carroll. After boarding school she attended art school before becoming a full-time actress. O'Mara made her stage debut", "title": "Kate O'Mara" }, { "id": "7125719", "text": "Abir Muhaisen Abir Muhaisen (Arabic: عبير محيسن; born 1973) was adopted by King Hussein of Jordan and his third wife, Queen Alia, after Muhaisen's biological mother was killed by a plane crash at a Palestinian refugee camp in Amman, Jordan in 1976. She was educated in the United States. She briefly attended Garrison Forest School, a boarding school in Maryland, before graduating from Oldfields School in Glencoe, Maryland in 1991. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Elementary Education from American University, and a Master of Arts in Sports Management and Physical Education from Virginia Commonwealth University. Queen Noor", "title": "Abir Muhaisen" }, { "id": "11936940", "text": "The Telegraph. Kardashian was born March 17, 1987 in Los Angeles, California, United States to attorney Robert Kardashian and wife Kris. He has three older sisters, Kourtney, Kim, and Khloé. His parents divorced in 1991, and his mother married Olympic decathlete Bruce Jenner the same year. Through their marriage, Kardashian gained step-brothers Burton \"Burt\", Brandon, and Brody; step-sister Casey; and half-sisters Kendall and Kylie Jenner. His father, Robert Kardashian, died in September 2003 from esophageal cancer. Kardashian graduated from the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business in 2009. Kardashian was a contestant on season 13 of \"Dancing with", "title": "Rob Kardashian" }, { "id": "18817859", "text": "television role on \"The Americans\". In 2018, after recovering from injuries from a car accident that killed her daughter and caused her to lose her unborn child, Miles returned to the stage, reprising her role in the West End production of \"The King and I\". Miles was born in Arizona and raised by her Korean mother, Esther Wong, a music teacher, first in Korea and, from 2nd grade, in Honolulu, Hawaii. \"I had to work very quickly and very hard to break my accent,\" Miles has said. She attended Kaimuki High School, graduating in 2001, and then Southern Oregon University", "title": "Ruthie Ann Miles" }, { "id": "14169820", "text": "Super Bowl XLVII on February 3, 2013, as the girl that \"Red\" is referring to (and who is essentially trying to eat him) with a cover of Meat Loaf's \"I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)\". Rivera was ranked number 37 in the \"Men's Health\" Hottest Women of 2014. Naya Rivera Naya Marie Rivera (born January 12, 1987) is an American actress and singer. She began her career as a child actress and model, appearing in national television commercials before landing the role of Hillary Winston on the short-lived CBS sitcom \"The Royal Family\" at the age", "title": "Naya Rivera" }, { "id": "1670094", "text": "and it's where my loyalties lie. I feel like I'm waving the flag of country music wherever I go, and I couldn't be prouder to do it.\" Two of her siblings have also had careers in the music industry. Her brother Pake dabbled in the country music industry in the late 80s but returned to Oklahoma after a brief stint. He owns and operates a 1,000 acre ranch near Coalgate, Oklahoma, and continues to rodeo. Her sister Susie is a successful Christian music singer who travels the country with her husband, speaking and performing. She also has an older sister,", "title": "Reba McEntire" }, { "id": "20794374", "text": "Ashley Park (actress) Ashley Jini Park (born June 6, 1991) is an American actress, dancer, and singer. She is known for her work on Broadway as Tuptim in the 2015 revival of \"The King and I\" and for originating the role of Gretchen Wieners in the 2018 Tony-nominated musical, \"Mean Girls\", for the latter of which she received Drama Desk Award and Tony Award nominations. Park was born in Glendale, California and grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She is the oldest daughter born to Andrew and Sara Park and has a younger sister, Audrey. She was placed in dance", "title": "Ashley Park (actress)" }, { "id": "7939801", "text": "Ranaut, is a businessman. She has an elder sister, Rangoli, who as of 2014 works as her manager and a younger brother, Akshat. Her great-grandfather, Sarju Singh Ranaut, was a Member of the Legislative Assembly and her grandfather was an officer for the Indian Administrative Service. She grew up in a joint family at their ancestral haveli (mansion) in Bhambla, and described her childhood as \"simple and happy\". According to Ranaut, she was \"stubborn and rebellious\" while growing up: \"If my father would gift my brother a plastic gun and get a doll for me, I would not accept that.", "title": "Kangana Ranaut" }, { "id": "3436856", "text": "Joely Richardson Joely Kim Richardson (born 9 January 1965) is an English actress, known for her role as Julia McNamara in the FX drama series \"Nip/Tuck\" (2003–10), and Queen Catherine Parr in the Showtime series \"The Tudors\" (2010). She has also appeared in films such as \"101 Dalmatians\" (1996), \"Event Horizon\" (1997), \"The Patriot\" (2000), \"Return to Me\" (2000), \"Anonymous\" (2011), the Hollywood film adaptation \"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo\" (2011), and the remake of \"Endless Love\" (2014). Richardson was born in Marylebone, London, to the theatrical Redgrave family, the daughter of actress Vanessa Redgrave and director Tony Richardson,", "title": "Joely Richardson" }, { "id": "17277424", "text": "Floberg appear as Crown Princess Tilde of Sweden, and Swedish Prime Minister Morten Lindström, respectively. Jack Cutmore-Scott portrays Rufus Saville, and Lily Travers portrays Lady Sophie. Jonno Davies played Lee Unwin, Eggsy's father and a former Kingsman candidate who sacrificed himself to save Hart. Nicholas Banks, Nicholas Agnew, Rowan Polonski and Tom Prior portrayed, respectively, Digby Barker, Nathaniel, Piers and Hugo Higins, the other four Kingsman candidates. Fiona Hampton played Amelia, a Kingsman employee who masquerades as a candidate in order to \"die\" during the first test. Richard Brake played the interrogator during the penultimate test, Ralph Ineson the police", "title": "Kingsman: The Secret Service" }, { "id": "14694760", "text": "reconcile. For her portrayal of Matilda, Evans was nominated for \"Best Young Actor\" at the 2007 Inside Soap Awards. The following year, Evans received two nominations for \"Sexiest Female\" and \"Best Couple\", along with co-star Mark Furze. At the 2008 Dolly Teen Choice Awards, Evans won the \"Queen of Teen\" award. Matilda Hunter Matilda Hunter is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera \"Home and Away\", played by Indiana Evans. She made her first on-screen appearance on 21 January 2004. Matilda is the daughter of Beth and Jack Hunter and sister to Scott, Kit, Robbie and Henry. Matilda departed", "title": "Matilda Hunter" }, { "id": "16942490", "text": "on to acquire an education and a higher social status in general trade (\"in a respectable line of trade\") in London. Mrs. Bennet (\"née Gardiner\") is the middle-aged wife of her social superior, Mr. Bennet, and the mother of their five daughters; Jane, Elizabeth (\"\"Lizzy\"\"/\"\"Eliza\"\"), Mary, Catherine (\"\"Kitty\"\"), and Lydia Bennet. She is the daughter of Mr. Gardiner Sr. (now deceased), a Meryton lawyer, and sister to Mrs. Phillips and Mr. Edward Gardiner, who is some years younger them both his sisters, and is both better natured and better educated than them (\"\"Mr. Gardiner was a sensible, gentlemanlike man, greatly", "title": "Bennet family" }, { "id": "20733279", "text": "Joy (For King & Country song) \"Joy\" (stylized as \"joy.\") is the lead single by Christian alternative rock duo For King & Country for their upcoming third studio album, \"Burn the Ships\" (2018). It was released as a single on 18 May 2018. The song became the group's highest charting single, peaking at No. 2 on the Hot Christian Songs chart. It also peaked at No. 14 on the \"Billboard\" Bubbling Under Hot 100, becoming their highest charting entry in their career. It was nominated for the 2019 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song. \"Joy\" was released on", "title": "Joy (For King & Country song)" }, { "id": "16273333", "text": "and part of Winter Jam 2016. The duo released a deluxe anniversary edition of the album on 23 October 2015, including three new songs: \"Priceless\", \"Ceasefire\" and \"Wholehearted\", as well as a reworked version of \"It's Not Over Yet\", called \"The Encore\". In 2016, Curb Records acquired Warner Music Group's stake in the band's record label, Word Entertainment, thus becoming King & Country's record label. After releasing their second album, the brothers focused much of their time on the feature film \"Priceless\", which stars Joel in a story about human trafficking. They wrote several songs for the film, part of", "title": "For King & Country (band)" }, { "id": "10464722", "text": "in 2004. Jane Brucker Jane Rachel Brucker (born May 14, 1958) is an American actress and screenwriter best known for playing the part of Lisa Houseman, Baby's elder sister in the hit 1987 film \"Dirty Dancing\". Brucker was born in Falls Church, Virginia. She studied theater at the North School of the Arts, and worked with the improv group, First Amendment, in New York. One of her classmates was Bruce Willis. She was married to actor Brian O'Connor from 1986–1993. Their daughter, Sally O'Connor, was born in 1989. In November 2001 she wed photographer Raul Vega; they have a daughter,", "title": "Jane Brucker" }, { "id": "16445613", "text": "came from a myriad of places \"including her family, her own relationship with Christ and experiences she's walked through with other young girls while leading her high school Bible study.\" Her second album, \"Brave\", was released July 15, 2014. \"You Carry Me\" was the lead single from the album. She appeared in her first film, \"Because of Gracia\", that was released in 2017. Peters is of Mexican-French heritage. Peters married Joel Smallbone, from the band, for King & Country, on July 7, 2013. They now reside in Nashville, Tennessee together. Peters was on \"The Hurt & The Healer\" tour with", "title": "Moriah Peters" }, { "id": "16723585", "text": "Train, James Bay, The Dixie Chicks, and Michael Kiwanuka. She is the daughter of actor and comedian Rob Schneider and former model London King. She currently resides in Los Angeles. King was born on July 3, 1989 in Los Angeles, California, to then-\"Saturday Night Live\" cast member Rob Schneider and London King, a former model. Her parents divorced and her mother remarried. She grew up living in southern Ohio, between Wellston and Columbus. When she was nine, her stepfather, Justin Tesa, gave her a record by all-female hard-rock band The Donnas; she views this as the pivotal moment when she", "title": "Elle King" }, { "id": "16775780", "text": "the miniseries \"Waco\" (2018). She made her Broadway debut in 2018 as Carole King in \"\". Benoist was born in Houston, Texas, the daughter of Julie and Jim Benoist, a physician. They divorced when she was young. Her paternal great-grandfather was of French descent. She has two biological sisters: Jessica, a novelist, and Kristina, an ecological scientist, and five half-siblings from her father's remarriage. She was raised mostly by her mother in the suburbs of Denver, Colorado, after her parents' separation. She started dance classes at the age of three, focusing on jazz, ballet and tap. When she was four", "title": "Melissa Benoist" }, { "id": "6720625", "text": "in the film; Gowariker cast her as Akbar's nurse, Maham Anga. Nikitin Dheer was selected to play Sharifuddin Hussain, the rebellious brother-in-law of Akbar, after impressing Gowariker during the auditions. Kulbhushan Kharbanda portrayed Raja Bharmal while Suhasini Mulay was cast as Jodhabai's mother, Rani Padmavati. Actress Abir Abrar, niece of yesteryear actress Kumkum, was selected to play Bakshi Banu Begum, Akbar's sister and Hussain's wife. Indrajeet Sarkar was cast in the role of Birbal, but his scenes were cut from the film's final version to reduce its duration. A. R. Rahman, Javed Akhtar, Nitin Chandrakant Desai and Ballu Saluja were", "title": "Jodhaa Akbar" }, { "id": "7220283", "text": "receives far from a hero's welcome, mostly no-one caring about his time in the army. Many of Reuben's childhood friends have turned to crime and drug-dealing to support themselves. He is shocked to find that his old community, the East End, is still beset by the crime, poverty and racism that made him leave rather than being a better neighbourhood. In particular, he suffers abuse and brutality at the hands of racist police officers, and he is soon pressured by some old friends to go against the law. He struggles to adjust to everyday life, but with increasing difficulty, losing", "title": "For Queen and Country" }, { "id": "2748091", "text": "His mother is Sultana bint Turki Al Sudairi who died in July 2011. She was a daughter of King Salman's uncle, Turki bin Ahmed Al Sudairi, who was one of the former governors of al-Jouf, Jizan and Asir Province and was a participant in the unification campaign under His cousin, the founder of the Kingdom Abdulaziz ibn Saud. and Prince Sultan is a full brother of Fahd, Ahmed, Abdulaziz, Faisal and Hassa (born 1974). Sultan completed his elementary and secondary education in Riyadh. He received a B.A in Mass communications from the University of Denver and a master's degree in", "title": "Sultan bin Salman Al Saud" }, { "id": "16273340", "text": "was the lead actor in a 2016 drama about human trafficking entitled \"Priceless\", which was released in theaters in October 2016. Luke was one of the producers (together with their father) and their brother Ben directed the movie. Some of the music for the film was written by For King & Country. A novel, \"Priceless: She's Worth Fighting For\", based off the film, \"Priceless\", was released on 6 September 2016. In December 2012, iTunes selected \"Crave\" as their Breakthrough Christian & Gospel Album of 2012 while at the inaugural K-LOVE Fan Awards held 1 June 2013, they collected the \"Breakthrough", "title": "For King & Country (band)" }, { "id": "20656128", "text": "Hennessy Carolina Hennessy Carolina Almanzar (born December 22, 1995) is an American social media and television personality who is the younger sister of rapper Cardi B. Carolina regularly appeared with her sister on the reality television series \"\" and has been noted for her unusual clothing style. Almánzar was born on December 22, 1995. Carolina attended Renaissance High School for Musical Theater & Technology, a small vocational high school on the Herbert H. Lehman High School campus. She is currently studying design at the Fashion Institute of Technology. Carolina's name was given by her father after he showed up to", "title": "Hennessy Carolina" }, { "id": "12202107", "text": "Vanessa Simmons Vanessa Jean Simmons (born August 5, 1983) is an American TV personality. Her family is featured in the MTV reality show \"Run's House\". She was recently the host and judge of \"\". Simmons is the oldest daughter of Joseph Simmons and Valerie Vaughn. She is the older sister to Angela Simmons, Joseph \"Jojo\" Simmons Jr, Daniel \"Diggy\" Simmons III, Russell \"Russy\" Simmons II, Victoria Anne Simmons and Miley Justine Simmons. She is the niece of artist Danny Simmons and Russell Simmons, the co-founder of Def Jam Records. Simmons found popularity between 2005-2009 with her family's MTV reality show", "title": "Vanessa Simmons" }, { "id": "7009838", "text": "Princess Aisha bint Hussein Princess Aisha bint Hussein () (born 23 April 1968) is the sister of King Abdullah II of Jordan and is the twin sister of Princess Zein. Her parents are Princess Muna al-Hussein and King Hussein. Aisha was born in Amman, Jordan. She was educated up to age eight in Jordan, at the American community school (In the same class as her sister Zein, for all or almost all of the time). She moved to the U.S. to pursue her education for ten years. She attended Holton-Arms School in Bethesda, MD, through the 8th grade. She graduated", "title": "Princess Aisha bint Hussein" }, { "id": "7009833", "text": "Princess Aisha bint Hussein Princess Aisha bint Hussein () (born 23 April 1968) is the sister of King Abdullah II of Jordan and is the twin sister of Princess Zein. Her parents are Princess Muna al-Hussein and King Hussein. Aisha was born in Amman, Jordan. She was educated up to age eight in Jordan, at the American community school (In the same class as her sister Zein, for all or almost all of the time). She moved to the U.S. to pursue her education for ten years. She attended Holton-Arms School in Bethesda, MD, through the 8th grade. She graduated", "title": "Princess Aisha bint Hussein" }, { "id": "16677203", "text": "Liberty Ross Liberty Lettice Lark Ross (born 23 September 1978) is an English model and actress. She has appeared in publications such as \"Vogue\", \"Harper's Bazaar\", \"i-D\", and \"Dazed & Confused\". She played the role of Queen Eleanor in the 2012 fantasy film \"Snow White and the Huntsman\", directed by her then-husband, Rupert Sanders. She is the sister of composers Atticus and Leopold Ross. Ross met Mario Testino on Portobello Road in London, where he asked her and a group of friends to do a shoot for British Vogue. She worked sporadically as a model throughout her childhood. She appeared", "title": "Liberty Ross" }, { "id": "4773528", "text": "Shaha Riza Shaha Riza (; born 1953 or 1954), is a Libyan former World Bank employee. Her external assignment at the Foundation for the Future, a \"semi-independent foundation to promote democracy\" is both in the Middle East and in North Africa. She was born a British national in Tripoli, Libya, to a Libyan-Turkish father and Syrian-Saudi mother. She grew up in Libya but attended Catholic boarding school in England. Her father, Khalid Alwalid Algargany, was a consultant of King Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia, King Saud and King Faisal.. She did her undergraduate studies at London School of Economics, and", "title": "Shaha Riza" }, { "id": "4657200", "text": "Lee Radziwill Caroline Lee Radziwiłł (née Bouvier, formerly Bouvier Canfield and Ross; ; born March 3, 1933), formerly Princess Caroline Lee Radziwiłł, is an American socialite, public-relations executive, and interior decorator. She is the younger sister of the late First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, and sister-in-law of President John F. Kennedy. Her niece Caroline Bouvier Kennedy is named after her. She has married and divorced three times, the marriage to third husband Herbert Ross ending in divorce shortly before his death in 2001. Caroline Lee Bouvier was born in Southampton, New York to stockbroker John Vernou Bouvier III and socialite", "title": "Lee Radziwill" }, { "id": "5837176", "text": "Jodi Anasta Jodi Lee Anasta (née Gordon; born 1 February 1985) is an Australian actress and model. From 2005 to 2010 she portrayed Martha MacKenzie in \"Home and Away\". Gordon won the Logie Award for Most Popular New Female Talent in 2006. Gordon competed in the eighth season of \"Dancing with the Stars\" and made her debut feature film appearance in \"The Cup\" (2011). She has also appeared in \"\" and \"Camp\". From July 2016, Gordon began appearing as English teacher Elly Conway in \"Neighbours\". Gordon was born in Mackay to Bronwyn and Ray. She has an older brother, Ben.", "title": "Jodi Anasta" }, { "id": "20984100", "text": "Schwarz\") alongside Senta Berger and Bruno Ganz. In 2017, Benesch performed in \"Babylon Berlin\" as Greta Overbeck, winning the \"German Acting Prize\". In 2017, Benesch also performed in \"The Crown\" as the sister of Prince Philip, Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark. Benesch grew up in Tübingen, and attended the Freie Waldorfschule. She attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Leonie Benesch Leonie Benesch (born 22 April 1991 in Hamburg) is an actor and celebrity who has played roles in major productions including \"Babylon Berlin \"and \"The Crown\". She is a German national, based in London. In 2009, Benesch", "title": "Leonie Benesch" }, { "id": "14769783", "text": "she was involved in technical production, teaching, directing and acting. She graduated at the end of 2009. Gormley appeared in the 2010 film \"Before the Rain\". That same year, Gormley received the role of Bianca Scott, the sister of April Scott (Rhiannon Fish), in \"Home and Away\". She left the series in 2014 after almost four years. 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She guest starred on a 1998 episode of the Fox sitcom \"King of the Hill\", as the voice of Peggy's feminist guitar teacher, Emily. Beginning in 1999, Righteous Babe Records began releasing albums by other artists including Sara Lee, Sekou Sundiata, Michael Meldrum, Arto Lindsay, Bitch and Animal, That One Guy, Utah Phillips, Hamell on Trial, Andrew Bird, Kurt Swinghammer, Buddy Wakefield, Anais Mitchell and Nona Hendryx. On September 11, 2001, DiFranco was in Manhattan and later penned the poem \"Self Evident\" about the experience. The poem was featured in the book \"It's a Free Country: Personal Freedom", "title": "Ani DiFranco" } ]

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[ { "id": "311791", "text": "form (as shown at various other points in this article), is attributable to Horace Groves Deming. In 1923, Deming, an American chemist, published short (Mendeleev style) and medium (18-column) form periodic tables. Merck and Company prepared a handout form of Deming's 18-column medium table, in 1928, which was widely circulated in American schools. By the 1930s Deming's table was appearing in handbooks and encyclopaedias of chemistry. It was also distributed for many years by the Sargent-Welch Scientific Company. With the development of modern quantum mechanical theories of electron configurations within atoms, it became apparent that each period (row) in the", "title": "Periodic table" }, { "id": "3039870", "text": "their decision by saying that such 'theoretical' topics might be controversial. The importance of Newlands' analysis was eventually recognised by the Chemistry Society with a Gold Medal five years after they recognised Mendeleev's work. It was not until the following century, with Gilbert N. Lewis's valence bond theory (1916) and Irving Langmuir's octet theory of chemical bonding (1919), that the importance of the periodicity of eight would be accepted. The Royal Chemistry Society acknowledged Newlands' contribution to science in 2008, when they put a Blue Plaque on the house where he was born, which described him as the \"discoverer of", "title": "History of the periodic table" }, { "id": "3039869", "text": "the work of Dmitri Mendeleev had been published. In 1864, the English chemist John Newlands classified the sixty-two known elements into eight groups, based on their physical properties. Newlands noted that many pairs of similar elements existed, which differed by some multiple of eight in mass number, and was the first to assign them an atomic number. When his 'law of octaves' was printed in \"Chemistry News\", likening this periodicity of eights to the musical scale, it was ridiculed by some of his contemporaries. His lecture to the Chemistry Society on 1 March 1866 was not published, the Society defending", "title": "History of the periodic table" }, { "id": "3039861", "text": "History of the periodic table The periodic table is an arrangement of the chemical elements and are organized on the basis of their atomic numbers, electron configurations and recurring chemical properties. Elements are presented in order of increasing atomic number. The standard form of the table consists of a grid of elements with rows called periods and columns called groups. The history of the periodic table reflects over a century of growth in the understanding of chemical properties. The most important event in its history occurred in 1869, when the table was published by Dmitri Mendeleev, who built upon earlier", "title": "History of the periodic table" }, { "id": "20592924", "text": "the length scale required for gravitational perturbations to grow in a static nearly homogeneous medium. In chemistry, Dmitri Mendeleev, following the atomic theory of John Dalton, created the first periodic table of elements. In 1859, Charles Darwin published the book \"The Origin of Species\", which introduced the idea of evolution by natural selection. The list of important 19th-century scientists includes: 19th century in science The 19th century in science saw the birth of science as a profession; the term scientist was coined in 1833 by William Whewell, which soon replaced the older term of (natural) philosopher. Among the most influential", "title": "19th century in science" }, { "id": "3039862", "text": "discoveries by scientists such as Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier and John Newlands, but who is nevertheless generally given sole credit for its development. A number of physical elements (such as platinum, mercury, tin and zinc) have been known from antiquity, as they are found in their native form and are relatively simple to mine with primitive tools. Around 330 BCE, the Greek philosopher Aristotle proposed that everything is made up of a mixture of one or more \"roots\", an idea that had originally been suggested by the Sicilian philosopher Empedocles. The four roots, which were later renamed as \"elements\" by Plato,", "title": "History of the periodic table" }, { "id": "1749839", "text": "1868 he became chief chemist of James Duncan's London sugar refinery, where he introduced a number of improvements in processing. Later he quit the refinery and again became an analyst with his brother, Benjamin. Newlands was the first person to devise a periodic table of chemical elements arranged in order of their relative atomic masses. Continuing Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner's work with triads and Jean-Baptiste Dumas' families of similar elements, he published in 1865 his 'Law of Octaves', which stated that 'any given element will exhibit analogous behaviour to the eighth element following it in the table.' Newlands arranged all of", "title": "John Newlands (chemist)" }, { "id": "311783", "text": "at regular intervals. His chart included some ions and compounds in addition to elements. His paper also used geological rather than chemical terms and did not include a diagram; as a result, it received little attention until the work of Dmitri Mendeleev. In 1864, Julius Lothar Meyer, a German chemist, published a table with 44 elements arranged by valency. The table showed that elements with similar properties often shared the same valency. Concurrently, English chemist William Odling published an arrangement of 57 elements, ordered on the basis of their atomic weights. With some irregularities and gaps, he noticed what appeared", "title": "Periodic table" }, { "id": "311790", "text": "rather than in rows, and those columns numbered I to VIII corresponding with the element's oxidation state. He also gave detailed predictions for the properties of elements he had earlier noted were missing, but should exist. These gaps were subsequently filled as chemists discovered additional naturally occurring elements. It is often stated that the last naturally occurring element to be discovered was francium (referred to by Mendeleev as \"eka-caesium\") in 1939. Plutonium, produced synthetically in 1940, was identified in trace quantities as a naturally occurring element in 1971. The popular periodic table layout, also known as the common or standard", "title": "Periodic table" }, { "id": "311785", "text": "and the Chemical Society refused to publish his work. Newlands was nonetheless able to draft a table of the elements and used it to predict the existence of missing elements, such as germanium. The Chemical Society only acknowledged the significance of his discoveries five years after they credited Mendeleev. In 1867, Gustavus Hinrichs, a Danish born academic chemist based in America, published a spiral periodic system based on atomic spectra and weights, and chemical similarities. His work was regarded as idiosyncratic, ostentatious and labyrinthine and this may have militated against its recognition and acceptance. Russian chemistry professor Dmitri Mendeleev and", "title": "Periodic table" }, { "id": "311786", "text": "German chemist Julius Lothar Meyer independently published their periodic tables in 1869 and 1870, respectively. Mendeleev's table was his first published version; that of Meyer was an expanded version of his (Meyer's) table of 1864. They both constructed their tables by listing the elements in rows or columns in order of atomic weight and starting a new row or column when the characteristics of the elements began to repeat. The recognition and acceptance afforded to Mendeleev's table came from two decisions he made. The first was to leave gaps in the table when it seemed that the corresponding element had", "title": "Periodic table" }, { "id": "326400", "text": "below, while the f-block only has 14 columns. One lanthanide and actinide each are d-block elements, belonging to group 3 with scandium and yttrium, though whether these are the first of each series (lanthanum and actinium) or the last (lutetium and lawrencium) has been disputed. The tables below show lanthanum and actinium as group 3 elements, as this is the more common form in the literature. Although precursors to this table exist, its invention is generally credited to Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev in 1869. Mendeleev invented the table to illustrate recurring (\"periodic\") trends in the properties of the elements. The", "title": "Periodic table (detailed cells)" }, { "id": "3039871", "text": "the Periodic Law for the chemical elements\". He contributed the word 'periodic' in chemistry. The Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev was the first scientist to make a periodic table similar to the one used today. Mendeleev arranged the elements by atomic mass, corresponding to relative molar mass. It is sometimes said that he played 'chemical solitaire' on long train journeys, using cards with various facts about the known elements. On March 6, 1869, Mendeleev gave a formal presentation, \"The Dependence Between the Properties of the Atomic Weights of the Elements\", to the Russian Chemical Society. In 1869, the table was published", "title": "History of the periodic table" }, { "id": "3039868", "text": "of periodic table, which he named \"Vis tellurique\" (the 'telluric helix'), after the element tellurium, which fell near the center of his diagram. With the elements arranged in a spiral on a cylinder by order of increasing atomic weight, de Chancourtois saw that elements with similar properties lined up vertically. His 1863 publication included a chart (which contained ions and compounds, in addition to elements), but his original paper in the \"Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences\" used geological rather than chemical terms and did not include a diagram. As a result, de Chancourtois' ideas received little attention until after", "title": "History of the periodic table" }, { "id": "3055912", "text": "Julius Lothar Meyer Julius Lothar Meyer (19 August 1830 – 11 April 1895) was a German chemist. He was one of the pioneers in developing the first periodic table of chemical elements. Both Mendeleev and Meyer worked with Robert Bunsen. He never used his first given name, and was known throughout his life simply as Lothar Meyer. Lothar Meyer was born in Varel, Germany (then part of the Duchy of Oldenburg). He was the son of Friedrich August Meyer, a physician, and Anna Biermann. After attending the Altes Gymnasium in Oldenburg, he studied medicine at the University of Zurich in", "title": "Julius Lothar Meyer" }, { "id": "311789", "text": "atomic number gives a definitive, integer-based sequence for the elements. Moseley predicted, in 1913, that the only elements still missing between aluminium (Z=13) and gold (Z=79) were Z = 43, 61, 72, and 75, all of which were later discovered. The atomic number is the absolute definition of an element, and gives a factual basis for the ordering of the periodic table. The periodic table is used to predict the properties of new synthetic elements before they are produced and studied. In 1871, Mendeleev published his periodic table in a new form, with groups of similar elements arranged in columns", "title": "Periodic table" }, { "id": "20592903", "text": "the first vaccine against rabies, and also made many discoveries in the field of chemistry, including the asymmetry of crystals. In chemistry, Dmitri Mendeleev, following the atomic theory of John Dalton, created the first periodic table of elements. In physics, the experiments, theories and discoveries of Michael Faraday, Andre-Marie Ampere, James Clerk Maxwell, and their contemporaries led to the creation of electromagnetism as a new branch of science. Thermodynamics led to an understanding of heat and the notion of energy was defined. Other highlights include the discoveries unveiling the nature of atomic structure and matter, simultaneously with chemistry – and", "title": "19th century in science" }, { "id": "774251", "text": "recent discovery being that of tennessine in 2010. As some superheavy elements were predicted to lie beyond the seven-period periodic table, an additional eighth period containing these elements was first proposed by Glenn T. Seaborg in 1969. This model continued the pattern in established elements and introduced a new g-block and superactinide series beginning at element 121, raising the number of elements in period 8 compared to known periods. These early calculations failed to consider relativistic effects that break down periodic trends and render simple extrapolation impossible, however. In 1971, Fricke calculated the periodic table up to \"Z\" = 172,", "title": "Extended periodic table" }, { "id": "311782", "text": "observed that carbon often has four other atoms bonded to it. Methane, for example, has one carbon atom and four hydrogen atoms. This concept eventually became known as valency; different elements bond with different numbers of atoms. In 1862, Alexandre-Emile Béguyer de Chancourtois, a French geologist, published an early form of periodic table, which he called the telluric helix or screw. He was the first person to notice the periodicity of the elements. With the elements arranged in a spiral on a cylinder by order of increasing atomic weight, de Chancourtois showed that elements with similar properties seemed to occur", "title": "Periodic table" }, { "id": "4465558", "text": "many of his predictions within his lifetime brought fame to Mendeleev as the founder of the periodic law. This organization surpassed earlier attempts at classification by Alexandre-Émile Béguyer de Chancourtois, who published the telluric helix, an early, three-dimensional version of the periodic table of the elements in 1862, John Newlands, who proposed the law of octaves (a precursor to the periodic law) in 1864, and Lothar Meyer, who developed an early version of the periodic table with 28 elements organized by valence in 1864. Mendeleev's table did not include any of the noble gases, however, which had not yet been", "title": "History of chemistry" }, { "id": "3039863", "text": "were \"earth\", \"water\", \"air\" and \"fire\". Similar ideas about these four elements also existed in other ancient traditions, such as Indian philosophy. The history of the periodic table is also a history of the discovery of the chemical elements. The first person in history to discover a new element was Hennig Brand, a bankrupt German merchant. Brand tried to discover the Philosopher's Stone — a mythical object that was supposed to turn inexpensive base metals into gold. In 1669 (or later), his experiments with distilled human urine resulted in the production of a glowing white substance, which he called \"cold", "title": "History of the periodic table" }, { "id": "69039", "text": "native solid elements occur in alloys, such as that of iron and nickel. The history of the discovery and use of the elements began with primitive human societies that found native elements like carbon, sulfur, copper and gold. Later civilizations extracted elemental copper, tin, lead and iron from their ores by smelting, using charcoal. Alchemists and chemists subsequently identified many more; all of the naturally occurring elements were known by 1950. The properties of the chemical elements are summarized in the periodic table, which organizes the elements by increasing atomic number into rows (\"periods\") in which the columns (\"groups\") share", "title": "Chemical element" }, { "id": "19121565", "text": "Henry D. Hubbard Henry D. Hubbard was a member of the U.S. Bureau of Standards in the 1920s. He modernized Mendeleev's periodic table and in 1924 he produced a Periodic Table of Elements (called the Periodic Chart of the Atoms) which was distributed to schools and universities. This version of the periodic table placed the main groups in columns with some later groups taking up two rows per period and the Group VIIIB transition metals displayed out to the right of the noble gases. The noble gases themselves were shown first in Column 1 (Valence 0) and repeated in Column", "title": "Henry D. Hubbard" }, { "id": "311749", "text": "been slowly expanded and refined with the discovery or synthesis of further new elements and the development of new theoretical models to explain chemical behaviour. The modern periodic table now provides a useful framework for analyzing chemical reactions, and continues to be widely used in chemistry, nuclear physics and other sciences. All the elements from atomic numbers 1 (hydrogen) through 118 (oganesson) have been either discovered or synthesized, completing the first seven rows of the periodic table. The first 98 elements exist in nature, although some are found only in trace amounts and others were synthesized in laboratories before being", "title": "Periodic table" }, { "id": "3039872", "text": "in an obscure Russian journal and then republished in a German journal, \"Zeitschrift für Chemie\". In it, Mendeleev stated that: Scientific benefits of Mendeleev's table Unknown to Mendeleev, a German chemist, Lothar Meyer, was also working on a periodic table. Although his work was published in 1864, and was done independently of Mendeleev, few historians regard him as an equal co-creator of the periodic table. Meyer's table only included twenty-eight elements, which were not classified by atomic weight, but by valence, and he never reached the idea of predicting new elements and correcting atomic weights. A few months after Mendeleev", "title": "History of the periodic table" }, { "id": "311784", "text": "to be a periodicity of atomic weights among the elements and that this accorded with \"their usually received groupings\". Odling alluded to the idea of a periodic law but did not pursue it. He subsequently proposed (in 1870) a valence-based classification of the elements. English chemist John Newlands produced a series of papers from 1863 to 1866 noting that when the elements were listed in order of increasing atomic weight, similar physical and chemical properties recurred at intervals of eight; he likened such periodicity to the octaves of music. This so termed Law of Octaves was ridiculed by Newlands' contemporaries,", "title": "Periodic table" }, { "id": "14834216", "text": "the book \"The Origin of Species\", which introduced the idea of evolution by natural selection. Another important landmark in medicine and biology were the successful efforts to prove the germ theory of disease. Following this, Louis Pasteur made the first vaccine against rabies, and also made many discoveries in the field of chemistry, including the asymmetry of crystals. In chemistry, Dmitri Mendeleev, following the atomic theory of John Dalton, created the first periodic table of elements. In physics, the experiments, theories and discoveries of Michael Faraday, André-Marie Ampère, James Clerk Maxwell, and their contemporaries led to the creation of electromagnetism", "title": "19th century" }, { "id": "3039875", "text": "known as isotopes, from the Greek \"\" (\"same place\"). In 1914, a year before he was killed in action at Gallipoli, the English physicist Henry Moseley found a relationship between the X-ray wavelength of an element and its atomic number. He was then able to re-sequence the periodic table by nuclear charge, rather than by atomic weight. Before this discovery, atomic numbers were sequential numbers based on an element's atomic weight. Moseley's discovery showed that atomic numbers were in fact based upon experimental measurements. Using information about their X-ray wavelengths, Moseley placed argon (with an atomic number Z=18) before potassium", "title": "History of the periodic table" }, { "id": "4944208", "text": "William Odling William Odling, FRS (5 September 1829 in Southwark, London – 17 February 1921 in Oxford) was an English chemist who contributed to the development of the periodic table. In the 1860s Odling, like many chemists, was working towards classifying the elements, an effort that would eventually lead to the periodic table of elements. He was intrigued by atomic weights and the periodic occurrence of chemical properties. William Odling and Lothar Meyer drew up tables similar, but with improvements on, Dmitri Mendeleev's original table. Odling drew up a table of elements using repeating units of seven elements, which bears", "title": "William Odling" }, { "id": "3039873", "text": "published his periodic table of the known elements, predicted new elements to help complete his table and corrected the atomic weights of some of the elements, Meyer published a virtually identical periodic table. Meyer and Mendeleev are considered by some historians of science to be the co-creators of the periodic table, but Mendeleev's accurate prediction of the qualities of undiscovered elements enables him to have the larger share of the credit. In 1864, the English chemist William Odling also drew up a table that was remarkably similar to the table produced by Mendeleev. Odling overcame the tellurium-iodine problem and even", "title": "History of the periodic table" }, { "id": "19121566", "text": "9 (Group VIII). The table is also notable for including the solo Neutron as an entry on its own, \"above\" Hydrogen, and given the symbol lower-case 'n'. Henry D. Hubbard Henry D. Hubbard was a member of the U.S. Bureau of Standards in the 1920s. He modernized Mendeleev's periodic table and in 1924 he produced a Periodic Table of Elements (called the Periodic Chart of the Atoms) which was distributed to schools and universities. This version of the periodic table placed the main groups in columns with some later groups taking up two rows per period and the Group VIIIB", "title": "Henry D. Hubbard" }, { "id": "61393", "text": "elements, which was then developed into the modern periodic table of elements in the 1860s by Dmitri Mendeleev and independently by several other scientists including Julius Lothar Meyer. The inert gases, later called the noble gases were discovered by William Ramsay in collaboration with Lord Rayleigh at the end of the century, thereby filling in the basic structure of the table. At the turn of the twentieth century the theoretical underpinnings of chemistry were finally understood due to a series of remarkable discoveries that succeeded in probing and discovering the very nature of the internal structure of atoms. In 1897,", "title": "Chemistry" }, { "id": "16537642", "text": "with a diagonal straight line drawn between the metals and the nonmetals. In 1906, Alexander Smith published a periodic table with a zigzag line separating the nonmetals from the rest of elements, in his highly influential textbook \"Introduction to General Inorganic Chemistry.\" In 1923, Horace G. Deming, an American chemist, published short (Mendeleev style) and medium (18-column) form periodic tables. Each one had a regular stepped line separating metals from nonmetals. Merck and Company prepared a handout form of Deming's 18-column table, in 1928, which was widely circulated in American schools. By the 1930s Deming's table was appearing in handbooks", "title": "Dividing line between metals and nonmetals" }, { "id": "311780", "text": "13. The relatively inert noble gases, in group 18, bridge the most reactive groups of elements in the periodic table—the halogens in group 17 and the alkali metals in group 1. In 1789, Antoine Lavoisier published a list of 33 chemical elements, grouping them into gases, metals, nonmetals, and earths. Chemists spent the following century searching for a more precise classification scheme. In 1829, Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner observed that many of the elements could be grouped into triads based on their chemical properties. Lithium, sodium, and potassium, for example, were grouped together in a triad as soft, reactive metals. Döbereiner", "title": "Periodic table" }, { "id": "69068", "text": "118 confirmed elements as of 10 April 2010. Although earlier precursors to this presentation exist, its invention is generally credited to the Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev in 1869, who intended the table to illustrate recurring trends in the properties of the elements. The layout of the table has been refined and extended over time as new elements have been discovered and new theoretical models have been developed to explain chemical behavior. Use of the periodic table is now ubiquitous within the academic discipline of chemistry, providing an extremely useful framework to classify, systematize and compare all the many different forms", "title": "Chemical element" }, { "id": "311797", "text": "centre and the transition metals, lanthanides, and actinides occupying peninsulas. Most periodic tables are two-dimensional; three-dimensional tables are known to as far back as at least 1862 (pre-dating Mendeleev's two-dimensional table of 1869). More recent examples include Courtines' Periodic Classification (1925), Wringley's Lamina System (1949), Giguère's Periodic helix (1965) and Dufour's Periodic Tree (1996). Going one further, Stowe's Physicist's Periodic Table (1989) has been described as being four-dimensional (having three spatial dimensions and one colour dimension). The various forms of periodic tables can be thought of as lying on a chemistry–physics continuum. Towards the chemistry end of the continuum can", "title": "Periodic table" }, { "id": "3039866", "text": "While many leading chemists refused to believe Lavoisier's new revelations, the \"Elementary Treatise\" was written well enough to convince the younger generation. However, Lavoisier's descriptions of his elements lack completeness, as he only classified them as metals and non-metals. In 1815, the English physician and chemist William Prout noticed that atomic weights seemed to be multiples of that of hydrogen. In 1817, Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner, a chemist, began to formulate one of the earliest attempts to classify the elements. In 1829, he found that he could form some of the elements into groups of three, with the members of each", "title": "History of the periodic table" }, { "id": "712391", "text": "Dmitri Mendeleev Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev ( ; , <nowiki>,</nowiki> ; 8 February 18342 February 1907 ) was a Russian chemist and inventor. He formulated the Periodic Law, created a farsighted version of the periodic table of elements, and used it to correct the properties of some already discovered elements and also to predict the properties of eight elements yet to be discovered. Mendeleev was born in the village of Verkhnie Aremzyani, near Tobolsk in Siberia, to Ivan Pavlovich Mendeleev (1783–1847) and Maria Dmitrievna Mendeleeva (née Kornilieva) (1793–1850). His paternal grandfather Pavel Maximovich Sokolov was a Russian Orthodox priest from the", "title": "Dmitri Mendeleev" }, { "id": "13940444", "text": "Charles Janet Charles Janet (; 15 June 1849 – 7 February 1932) was a French engineer, company director, inventor and biologist. He is also known for his innovative \"left-step\" presentation of the periodic table of chemical elements. Janet graduated from the École des Mines and worked for some years in munitions. He then married the daughter of the owner of a manufacturing company and worked for it for the rest of his life, finding time for research in various branches of science. His collection of 40,000 fossils and other specimens was unfortunately dispersed after his death. His studies of the", "title": "Charles Janet" }, { "id": "4465555", "text": "well as in understanding the internal structure of atoms) was Dmitri Mendeleev's development of the first modern periodic table, or the periodic classification of the elements. Mendeleev, a Russian chemist, felt that there was some type of order to the elements and he spent more than thirteen years of his life collecting data and assembling the concept, initially with the idea of resolving some of the disorder in the field for his students. Mendeleev found that, when all the known chemical elements were arranged in order of increasing atomic weight, the resulting table displayed a recurring pattern, or periodicity, of", "title": "History of chemistry" }, { "id": "5278773", "text": "developed the non-Euclidean geometry. Dmitry Mendeleev invented the Periodic table, the main framework of the modern chemistry. Nikolay Benardos introduced the arc welding, further developed by Nikolay Slavyanov, Konstantin Khrenov and other Russian engineers. Gleb Kotelnikov invented the knapsack parachute, while Evgeniy Chertovsky introduced the pressure suit. Pavel Yablochkov and Alexander Lodygin were great pioneers of electrical engineering and inventors of early electric lamps. Alexander Popov was among the inventors of radio, while Nikolai Basov and Alexander Prokhorov were co-inventors of lasers and masers. Igor Tamm, Andrei Sakharov and Lev Artsimovich developed the idea of tokamak for controlled nuclear fusion", "title": "Russian culture" }, { "id": "1694839", "text": "calendar in Rome by Dionysius Exiguus, though only for 95 years. Dionysius introduced the Christian Era (counting years from the Incarnation of Christ) when he published new Easter tables in 525. Dionysius's tables replaced earlier methods used by the Church of Rome. The earliest known Roman tables were devised in 222 by Hippolytus of Rome based on eight-year cycles. Then 84-year tables were introduced in Rome by Augustalis near the end of the 3rd century. A completely distinct 84-year cycle, the \"Insular latercus\", was used in the British Isles. These old tables were used in Northumbria until 664, and by", "title": "Computus" }, { "id": "3039864", "text": "fire\" (\"kaltes Feuer\"). He kept his discovery secret until 1680, when Robert Boyle rediscovered phosphorus and published his findings. The discovery of phosphorus helped to raise the question of what it meant for a substance to be an element. In 1661, Boyle defined an element as \"those primitive and simple Bodies of which the mixt ones are said to be composed, and into which they are ultimately resolved.\" Lavoisier's \"Traité Élémentaire de Chimie\" (\"Elementary Treatise of Chemistry\"), which was written in 1789 and first translated into English by the writer Robert Kerr, is considered to be the first modern textbook", "title": "History of the periodic table" }, { "id": "14358978", "text": "expansions of the sine and cosine functions by Madhava of Sangamagrama (c.1350 – c.1425), the founder of the Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics, and the tabulation of a sine table by Madhava with values accurate to seven or eight decimal places. Some historians of mathematics have argued that the sine table given in Āryabhaṭiya was an adaptation of earlier such tables constructed by mathematicians and astronomers of ancient Greece. David Pingree, one of America's foremost historians of the exact sciences in antiquity, was an exponent of such a view. Assuming this hypothesis, G. J. Toomer writes, \"Hardly any documentation", "title": "Āryabhaṭa's sine table" }, { "id": "311748", "text": "displayed are four simple rectangular areas or blocks associated with the filling of different atomic orbitals. The organization of the periodic table can be used to derive relationships between the various element properties, but also the predicted chemical properties and behaviours of undiscovered or newly synthesized elements. Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev was the first to publish a recognizable periodic table in 1869, developed mainly to illustrate periodic trends of the then-known elements. He also predicted some properties of unidentified elements that were expected to fill gaps within the table. Most of his forecasts proved to be correct. Mendeleev's idea has", "title": "Periodic table" }, { "id": "4465587", "text": "he spent several years investigating and finally proving Albert Einstein's proposed linear relationship between energy and frequency, and providing the first direct photoelectric support for Planck's constant. In 1923 Millikan was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics. In 1909, S. P. L. Sørensen invented the pH concept and develops methods for measuring acidity. In 1911, Antonius Van den Broek proposed the idea that the elements on the periodic table are more properly organized by positive nuclear charge rather than atomic weight. In 1911, the first Solvay Conference was held in Brussels, bringing together most of the most prominent scientists of", "title": "History of chemistry" }, { "id": "188890", "text": "all matter is made of atoms, which are the smallest constituents of matter that cannot be broken down without losing the basic chemical and physical properties of that matter, was provided by John Dalton in 1803, although the question took a hundred years to settle as proven. Dalton also formulated the law of mass relationships. In 1869, Dmitri Mendeleev composed his periodic table of elements on the basis of Dalton's discoveries. The synthesis of urea by Friedrich Wöhler opened a new research field, organic chemistry, and by the end of the 19th century, scientists were able to synthesize hundreds of", "title": "History of science" }, { "id": "6593733", "text": "expanded, but not changed as a principle. The oldest periodic table is the short form table (columns I–VIII) by Dmitri Mendeleev, which shows secondary chemical kinships. For example, the alkali metals and the coinage metals (copper, silver, gold) are in the same column because both groups tend to have a valence of one. This format is still used by many, as shown by this contemporary Russian short form table, which includes all elements and element names until roentgenium. H. G. Deming used the so-called long periodic table (18 columns) in his textbook \"General Chemistry\", which appeared in the USA for", "title": "Alternative periodic tables" }, { "id": "4465556", "text": "properties within groups of elements. Mendeleev's law allowed him to build up a systematic periodic table of all the 66 elements then known based on atomic mass, which he published in \"Principles of Chemistry\" in 1869. His first Periodic Table was compiled on the basis of arranging the elements in ascending order of atomic weight and grouping them by similarity of properties. Mendeleev had such faith in the validity of the periodic law that he proposed changes to the generally accepted values for the atomic weight of a few elements and, in his version of the periodic table of 1871,", "title": "History of chemistry" }, { "id": "712420", "text": "has occasionally awarded a Mendeleev Golden Medal since 1965. Dmitri Mendeleev Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev ( ; , <nowiki>,</nowiki> ; 8 February 18342 February 1907 ) was a Russian chemist and inventor. He formulated the Periodic Law, created a farsighted version of the periodic table of elements, and used it to correct the properties of some already discovered elements and also to predict the properties of eight elements yet to be discovered. Mendeleev was born in the village of Verkhnie Aremzyani, near Tobolsk in Siberia, to Ivan Pavlovich Mendeleev (1783–1847) and Maria Dmitrievna Mendeleeva (née Kornilieva) (1793–1850). His paternal grandfather Pavel", "title": "Dmitri Mendeleev" }, { "id": "8714854", "text": "of Sciences) was chosen as the awarding institution. In 1832 the president of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences, Sergei Uvarov, awarded the first prizes. From 1832 to 1866 the Academy awarded 55 full prizes (5,000 rubles) and 220 part prizes. Among the winners were many prominent Russian scientists: the founder of field surgery and inventor of the plaster immobilisation method in treatment of fractures, Nikolai Pirogov; the seafarer and geographer Adam Johann von Krusenstern; the creator of the periodic table of elements, Dmitri Mendeleev; the inventor of the first usable electric motor, Boris Jacobi; and many others. From 1866, 25", "title": "Demidov Prize" }, { "id": "5600614", "text": "Antonius van den Broek Antonius Johannes van den Broek (4 May 1870, Zoetermeer – 25 October 1926, Bilthoven) was a Dutch amateur physicist notable for being the first who realized that the number of an element in the periodic table (now called atomic number) corresponds to the charge of its atomic nucleus. This hypothesis was published in 1911 and inspired the experimental work of Henry Moseley, who found good experimental evidence for it by 1913. Van den Broek was the son of a civil law notary and trained to be a lawyer himself. He studied at Leiden University and at", "title": "Antonius van den Broek" }, { "id": "268645", "text": "study of rock sections with the invention of the microscope in the 17th century. Nicholas Steno first observed the law of constancy of interfacial angles (also known as the first law of crystallography) in quartz crystals in 1669. This was later generalized and established experimentally by Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Islee in 1783. René Just Haüy, the \"father of modern crystallography\", showed that crystals are periodic and established that the orientations of crystal faces can be expressed in terms of rational numbers, as later encoded in the Miller indices. In 1814, Jöns Jacob Berzelius introduced a classification of minerals based", "title": "Mineralogy" }, { "id": "20010086", "text": "disappeared after von Antropoff's Nazi affiliations came to light. Linus Pauling copied Antropoff's periodic table design in his 1949 book \"General Chemistry\" and used it also in other editions of \"The Chemical Bond\" without crediting Antropoff, most likely due to the author's disgrace. Andreas von Antropoff Roman Andreas von Antropoff, born on August 16, 1878 in Reval (now Tallinn) and died on June 2, 1956 in Bonn, was an Estonian-born German chemist, who was professor at the Bonn University and is known to have coined the term \"neutronium\" and developed a temporarily and widely used alternative periodic table of elements", "title": "Andreas von Antropoff" }, { "id": "311792", "text": "table corresponded to the filling of a quantum shell of electrons. Larger atoms have more electron sub-shells, so later tables have required progressively longer periods. In 1945, Glenn Seaborg, an American scientist, made the suggestion that the actinide elements, like the lanthanides, were filling an f sub-level. Before this time the actinides were thought to be forming a fourth d-block row. Seaborg's colleagues advised him not to publish such a radical suggestion as it would most likely ruin his career. As Seaborg considered he did not then have a career to bring into disrepute, he published anyway. Seaborg's suggestion was", "title": "Periodic table" }, { "id": "341439", "text": "Aleksandr Lyapunov, who founded the modern stability theory, and Andrey Markov who invented the Markov chains. In the 20th century Soviet mathematicians, such as Andrey Kolmogorov, Israel Gelfand, and Sergey Sobolev, made major contributions to various areas of mathematics. Nine Soviet/Russian mathematicians were awarded with the Fields Medal, a most prestigious award in mathematics. Recently Grigori Perelman was offered the first ever Clay Millennium Prize Problems Award for his final proof of the Poincaré conjecture in 2002. Russian chemist Dmitry Mendeleev invented the Periodic table, the main framework of modern chemistry. Aleksandr Butlerov was one of the creators of the", "title": "Russia" }, { "id": "311794", "text": "priority, and hence naming rights. In 2010, a joint Russia–US collaboration at Dubna, Moscow Oblast, Russia, claimed to have synthesized six atoms of tennessine (element 117), making it the most recently claimed discovery. It, along with nihonium (element 113), moscovium (element 115), and oganesson (element 118), are the four most recently named elements, whose names all became official on 28 November 2016. The modern periodic table is sometimes expanded into its long or 32-column form by reinstating the footnoted f-block elements into their natural position between the s- and d-blocks. Unlike the 18-column form this arrangement results in \"no interruptions", "title": "Periodic table" }, { "id": "1921081", "text": "Rush, a central figure in the founding of the United States of America; John Morgan, who founded the first medical school in the American colonies (the Medical School at the College of Philadelphia); William Withering, the discoverer of digitalis; Sir Gilbert Blane, medical reformer of the Royal Navy; and John Coakley Lettsom, the philanthropist and founder of the Medical Society of London. Special mention must be made of Cullen's student-turned-opponent, John Brown, who developed the medical system known as Brunonianism, which rivalled Cullen's. This was to have immense influence, especially in Italy and Germany, during the end of the eighteenth", "title": "William Cullen" }, { "id": "360690", "text": "at the center and all the planets orbiting it. Aristarchus's model was widely rejected because it was believed to violate the laws of physics. The inventor and mathematician Archimedes of Syracuse made major contributions to the beginnings of calculus and has sometimes been credited as its inventor, although his proto-calculus lacked several defining features. Pliny the Elder was a Roman writer and polymath, who wrote the seminal encyclopedia \"Natural History\", dealing with history, geography, medicine, astronomy, earth science, botany, and zoology. Other scientists or proto-scientists in Antiquity were Theophrastus, Euclid, Herophilos, Hipparchus, Ptolemy, and Galen. During late antiquity, in the", "title": "Science" }, { "id": "4944212", "text": "the Institute of Chemistry. In 1859 he was made a fellow of the Royal Society of London and in 1875 he was granted an honorary PhD by Leiden University, the Netherlands. William Odling William Odling, FRS (5 September 1829 in Southwark, London – 17 February 1921 in Oxford) was an English chemist who contributed to the development of the periodic table. In the 1860s Odling, like many chemists, was working towards classifying the elements, an effort that would eventually lead to the periodic table of elements. He was intrigued by atomic weights and the periodic occurrence of chemical properties. William", "title": "William Odling" }, { "id": "2206487", "text": "like is sometimes called a Cardan suspension after Italian mathematician and physicist Gerolamo Cardano (1501–1576) described it in detail. However, Cardano did not invent the gimbal, nor did he claim to. The device has been known since antiquity, first described in the 3rd c. BC by Philo of Byzantium, although some modern authors support it may not have a single identifiable inventor. The gimbal was first described by the Greek inventor Philo of Byzantium (280–220 BC). Philo described an eight-sided ink pot with an opening on each side, which can be turned so that while any face is on top,", "title": "Gimbal" }, { "id": "311795", "text": "in the sequence of increasing atomic numbers\". The relationship of the f-block to the other blocks of the periodic table also becomes easier to see. Jensen advocates a form of table with 32 columns on the grounds that the lanthanides and actinides are otherwise relegated in the minds of students as dull, unimportant elements that can be quarantined and ignored. Despite these advantages the 32-column form is generally avoided by editors on account of its undue rectangular ratio (compared to a book page ratio), and the familiarity of chemists with the modern form (as introduced by Seaborg). Within 100 years", "title": "Periodic table" }, { "id": "1749841", "text": "Society of Chemists did not accept his work for publication. After Dmitri Mendeleev and Lothar Meyer received the Davy Medal from the Royal Society for their later 'discovery' of the periodic table, Newlands fought for recognition of his earlier work and eventually received the Davy Medal in 1887. John Newlands died due to complications of surgery at his home in Lower Clapton, Middlesex, and was buried at West Norwood Cemetery. His business was continued after his death by his younger brother, Benjamin. John Newlands (chemist) John Alexander Reina Newlands (26 November 1837 – 29 July 1898) was a British chemist", "title": "John Newlands (chemist)" }, { "id": "359728", "text": "hearing and music. Newton extended Descartes' mathematics by inventing calculus (contemporaneously with Leibniz). He provided a comprehensive formulation of classical mechanics and investigated light and optics. Fourier founded a new branch of mathematics — infinite, periodic series — studied heat flow and infrared radiation, and discovered the greenhouse effect. Girolamo Cardano, Blaise Pascal Pierre de Fermat, Von Neumann, Turing, Khinchin, Markov and Wiener, all mathematicians, made major contributions to science and probability theory, including the ideas behind computers, and some of the foundations of statistical mechanics and quantum mechanics. Many mathematically inclined scientists, including Galileo, were also musicians. There are", "title": "Scientist" }, { "id": "62688", "text": "BC as the \"Twelve Tables\". They operated under a series of laws that were added from time to time, but Roman law was never reorganised into a single code until the \"Codex Theodosianus\" (AD 438); later, in the Eastern Empire the \"Codex repetitæ prælectionis\" (534) was highly influential throughout Europe. This was followed in the east by the \"Ecloga\" of Leo III the Isaurian (740) and the \"Basilica\" of Basil I (878). The \"Edicts of Ashoka\" established constitutional principles for the 3rd century BC Maurya king's rule in Ancient India. For constitutional principles almost lost to antiquity, see the code", "title": "Constitution" }, { "id": "20259456", "text": "Gil Chaverri Rodríguez Gil Chaverri Rodríguez (March 15, 1921, Heredia, Costa Rica - May 27, 2005 San José, Costa Rica) was a Costa Rican chemist and physicist. Chaverri created an original arrangement of the periodic table of chemical elements, published in 1952 in the \"Journal of Chemical Education\". His arrangement of the periodic table was based on the electronic structure of each element, and was used in Costa Rican schools. José Gil Chaverri Rodriguez was born in Heredia, Costa Rica on March 15, 1921, to José Joaquín Chaverri Zúñiga and María Josefa Rodríguez Solera. His family later moved to San", "title": "Gil Chaverri Rodríguez" }, { "id": "311781", "text": "also observed that, when arranged by atomic weight, the second member of each triad was roughly the average of the first and the third; this became known as the Law of Triads. German chemist Leopold Gmelin worked with this system, and by 1843 he had identified ten triads, three groups of four, and one group of five. Jean-Baptiste Dumas published work in 1857 describing relationships between various groups of metals. Although various chemists were able to identify relationships between small groups of elements, they had yet to build one scheme that encompassed them all. In 1857, German chemist August Kekulé", "title": "Periodic table" }, { "id": "20240494", "text": "became a member of an academic singing association, the Akademische Gesangverein (AGV) München in the Sondershäuser Verband. Arnold went on to study chemistry and physics at the University of Tübingen, where he worked with Julius Lothar Meyer. Meyer proposed models for the periodic table of elements in 1860 and 1868, and Arnold himself proposed a model for the periodic table in 1885. In 1877 Arnold passed the state teaching examinations for natural science. He completed his doctoral thesis with Robert Wilhelm Bunsen at the University of Heidelberg, studying inorganic and physical chemistry. Arnold received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy", "title": "Karl Arnold (chemist)" }, { "id": "18562846", "text": "was enthusiastically adopted by the authors of the United States Constitution. Much of the activity was based at the Louvre, where the French Academy of Sciences, founded in 1666, was located; it had separate sections for geometry, astronomy, mechanics, anatomy, chemistry and botany. Under Louis XVI, the 18th century, new sections were added on physics, natural history and mineralogy. The biologist and natural historian Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon directed the Jardin des Plantes, and made it a leading center for botanic research. The mathematicians Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Jean-Charles de Borda, and Pierre-Simon Laplace; the botanist René Louiche Desfontaines, the chemists", "title": "Paris in the 18th century" }, { "id": "2713122", "text": "was unable to report as he waited in vain for an audience with the ailing Cromwell. A mathematical pupil and disciple in Switzerland, from 1657, was Johann Heinrich Rahn, known as Rhonius. Rahn is credited with the invention of the division sign ÷ (\"obelus\"); it has also been attributed to Pell, who taught Rahn a three-column spreadsheet-style technique of tabulation of calculations, and acted as editor for Rahn's 1659 book \"Teutsche Algebra\" in which it appeared. This book by Rahn also contained what would become known as the \"Pell equation\". Diophantine equations was a favourite subject with Pell; he lectured", "title": "John Pell" }, { "id": "16644603", "text": "Munson's notes made in his court practice, he having been court stenographer in New York City for more than twenty years. He also reported the Henry Ward Beecher trial for the New York \"Sun\", without assistance, during the six months of its continuance. The report on the trial ran seven and a half columns of agate type per day. Munson later went to work perfecting a typesetting machine that he had invented, which, being operated by means of a prepared ribbon of paper, automatically set a column of corrected, justified, and leaded type. He also invented the machines by which", "title": "James Eugene Munson" }, { "id": "2534415", "text": "Cubical atom The cubical atom was an early atomic model in which electrons were positioned at the eight corners of a cube in a non-polar atom or molecule. This theory was developed in 1902 by Gilbert N. Lewis and published in 1916 in the article \"The Atom and the Molecule\" and used to account for the phenomenon of valency. Lewis's theory was based on Abegg's rule. It was further developed in 1919 by Irving Langmuir as the cubical octet atom. The figure below shows structural representations for elements of the second row of the periodic table. Although the cubical model", "title": "Cubical atom" }, { "id": "505483", "text": "releasing \"phlogiston\" into the air. Joseph Priestley had discovered oxygen in the 18th century, but Lavoisier discovered that combustion was the result of oxidation. He also constructed a table of 33 elements and invented modern chemical nomenclature. Formal biological science remained in its infancy in the 18th century, when the focus lay upon the classification and categorization of natural life. This growth in natural history was led by Carl Linnaeus, whose 1735 taxonomy of the natural world is still in use. Linnaeus in the 1750s introduced scientific names for all his species. By the 19th century, the study of science", "title": "Natural science" }, { "id": "311747", "text": "Periodic table The periodic table, or periodic table of elements, is a tabular arrangement of the chemical elements, ordered by their atomic number, electron configuration, and recurring chemical properties, whose structure shows \"periodic trends\". Generally, within one row (period) the elements are metals to the left, and non-metals to the right, with the elements having similar chemical behaviours placed in the same column. Table rows are commonly called periods and columns are called groups. Six groups have accepted names as well as assigned numbers: for example, group 17 elements are the halogens; and group 18 are the noble gases. Also", "title": "Periodic table" }, { "id": "4859504", "text": "until the 10th century, when a simpler eight-geared luni-solar calculator incorporated into an astrolabe was described by Persian scholar Al-Biruni. Similarly complex devices were also developed by other Muslim engineers and astronomers during the Middle Ages. In medicine, Herophilos (335–280 BCE) was the first to base his conclusions on dissection of the human body and to describe the nervous system. Geometers such as Archimedes (c. 287 – 212 BCE), Apollonius of Perga (c. 262 – c. 190 BCE), and Euclid (c. 325 – 265 BCE), whose \"Elements\" became the most important textbook in mathematics until the 19th century, built upon", "title": "History of science in classical antiquity" }, { "id": "20245193", "text": "Eduard von Stackelberg Eduard Otto Emil Karl Adam Freiherr von Stackelberg (6 November 1867, Sillamäe, Estonia – 7 April 1943, Munich, Germany) was an Estonian chemist, landowner and politician who belonged to the Stackelberg family. As a chemist, he proposed a model for the periodic table in 1911. He was among the Baltic German landowners deported to Siberia, first by the Tsarist authorities and later by the Bolsheviks. Following World War I he lived in Germany. In 1927 he published a memoir. Eduard von Stackelberg was the son of Otto Ferdinand Wolter von Stackelberg (1837-1909) and Sophie Marie Elizabeth von", "title": "Eduard von Stackelberg" }, { "id": "3039865", "text": "about chemistry. Lavoisier defined an element as a substance that cannot be broken down into a simpler substance by a chemical reaction. This simple definition served for a century and lasted until the discovery of subatomic particles. Lavoisier's book contained a list of \"simple substances\" that Lavoisier believed could not be broken down further, which included oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, phosphorus, mercury, zinc and sulfur, which formed the basis for the modern list of elements. Lavoisier's list also included 'light' and 'caloric', which at the time were believed to be material substances. He classified these substances into metals and non metals.", "title": "History of the periodic table" }, { "id": "188880", "text": "were made by Francis Bacon, Sir Thomas Browne, René Descartes, and Thomas Hobbes. The scientific method was also better developed as the modern way of thinking emphasized experimentation and reason over traditional considerations. The Age of Enlightenment was a European affair. The 17th century brought decisive steps towards modern science, which accelerated during the 18th century. Directly based on the works of Newton, Descartes, Pascal and Leibniz, the way was now clear to the development of modern mathematics, physics and technology by the generation of Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), Leonhard Euler (1707–1783), Mikhail Lomonosov (1711–1765) and Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717–1783).", "title": "History of science" }, { "id": "13025507", "text": "BC) which is a list from the Pali Canon that Buddhist monks were forbidden to play. This list mentions games on boards with 8 or 10 rows (Ashtapada and Daśapada), games which use floor diagrams (one game called Parihâra-patham is similar to hop-scotch), dice games and ball games. Ashtapada and Daśapada were race games. Chaturanga (which means 'quadripartite' and also 'army'), the predecessor of Chess, possibly developed in the Indian subcontinent or Central Asia during the Kushan (30–375 CE) or Gupta (320–550 CE) periods from an amalgamation of other game features and was transmitted to Sassanid Persia (where it was", "title": "History of games" }, { "id": "4465593", "text": "electrons in the outermost \"valence\" shell of the atom. In 1902, while Lewis was trying to explain valence to his students, he depicted atoms as constructed of a concentric series of cubes with electrons at each corner. This \"cubic atom\" explained the eight groups in the periodic table and represented his idea that chemical bonds are formed by electron transference to give each atom a complete set of eight outer electrons (an \"octet\"). Lewis's theory of chemical bonding continued to evolve and, in 1916, he published his seminal article \"The Atom of the Molecule\", which suggested that a chemical bond", "title": "History of chemistry" }, { "id": "340205", "text": "in the 1950s, experimental particle physics discovered a large and ever-growing number of particles called hadrons. It seemed that such a large number of particles could not all be fundamental. First, the particles were classified by charge and isospin by Eugene Wigner and Werner Heisenberg; then, in 1953–56, according to strangeness by Murray Gell-Mann and Kazuhiko Nishijima (see Gell-Mann–Nishijima formula). To gain greater insight, the hadrons were sorted into groups having similar properties and masses using the \"eightfold way\", invented in 1961 by Gell-Mann and Yuval Ne'eman. Gell-Mann and George Zweig, correcting an earlier approach of Shoichi Sakata, went on", "title": "Quantum chromodynamics" }, { "id": "20567829", "text": "several years investigating and finally proving Albert Einstein's proposed linear relationship between energy and frequency, and providing the first direct photoelectric support for Planck's constant. In 1923 Millikan was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics. In 1909, S. P. L. Sørensen invented the pH concept and develops methods for measuring acidity. In 1911, Antonius Van den Broek proposed the idea that the elements on the periodic table are more properly organized by positive nuclear charge rather than atomic weight. In 1911, the first Solvay Conference was held in Brussels, bringing together most of the most prominent scientists of the day.", "title": "20th century in science" }, { "id": "5611571", "text": "iron were used for armor as well as for different weapons such as swords, daggers, spears, and maces. According to the assyriologist Stephanie Dalley, the earliest pump was the Archimedes' screw, first used by Sennacherib, King of Assyria, for the water systems at the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and Nineveh in the 7th century BCE. This attribution, however, is refuted by the historian of ancient water-lifting devices Olseon in the same paper, who still credits, as well as most other scholars, Archimedes with the invention. Perhaps the most important advance made by the Mesopotamians was the invention of writing by", "title": "Ancient technology" }, { "id": "3087634", "text": "Harald Bohr Harald August Bohr (22 April 1887 – 22 January 1951) was a Danish mathematician and soccer player. After receiving his doctorate in 1910, Bohr became an eminent mathematician, founding the field of almost periodic functions on which he published a comprehensive survey in the period from 1954 to 1974 with the help of his son-in-law, mathematician Erling Følner. His brother was the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Niels Bohr. He was a member of the Danish national football team for the 1908 Summer Olympics, where he won a silver medal. Bohr was Jewish and was born in 1887 to Christian", "title": "Harald Bohr" }, { "id": "774257", "text": "120 and opening period 9, 167-168 below 139 and 140, and 169-172 completing period 8. He also suggests that period 8 be split into three parts: 8a, containing 8s, 8b, containing the first two elements of 8p, and 8c, containing 7d and the rest of 8p. Fricke's predictions – up to element 184 – also found some elements to be displaced from the Aufbau principle as a consequence of relativistic effects. He predicted that after element 120, a long transition series (the \"superactinides\") characterized by the filling of 5g and 6f orbitals would begin, and continue until element 154. A", "title": "Extended periodic table" }, { "id": "2745615", "text": "loss was equally one-sided. During his time in London however, Kieseritzky also played an offhand game against Anderssen which has so thrilled generations of chess players that it has been dubbed \"The Immortal Game\". Despite losing, it was in fact Kieseritzky who recorded and published the game during his period as editor of \"La Regence\". Kieseritzky is credited with invention of the first three-dimensional chess, Kubicschach (\"Cubic Chess\") in 1851, but failed to attract adherents. The 8×8×8 cube format was later picked up by Dr. Ferdinand Maack in 1907 when developing Raumschach (\"Space Chess\"). Kieseritzky was never a popular man", "title": "Lionel Kieseritzky" }, { "id": "634145", "text": "spectra of chemical elements that enabled him to be the first to assign the correct atomic number to elements in periodic table; he did not receive any Nobel Prize as it is not awarded posthumously, and he was killed in 1915 at Gallipoli with the Royal Engineers. Carbon fibre was invented in 1963 at the RAE in Farnborough by a team led by William Watt. The Apollo LCG space-suit cooling system originated mostly from work done at RAE Farnborough in the early 1960s. Donald Watts Davies, who went to grammar school in Portsmouth, took over from Alan Turing in developing", "title": "South East England" }, { "id": "774245", "text": "least 18 elements with partially filled g-orbitals in each period.An \"eight-period table\" containing this block was suggested by Glenn T. Seaborg in 1969. The first element of the g-block may have atomic number 121, and thus would have the systematic name unbiunium. Despite many searches, no elements in this region have been synthesized or discovered in nature. According to the orbital approximation in quantum mechanical descriptions of atomic structure, the g-block would correspond to elements with partially filled g-orbitals, but spin-orbit coupling effects reduce the validity of the orbital approximation substantially for elements of high atomic number. While Seaborg's version", "title": "Extended periodic table" }, { "id": "1283933", "text": "mass heat capacity of metallic elements are inversely proportional to their atomic masses, this being now known as the Dulong–Petit law. This law, though largely discredited in modern times, helped develop the periodic table and, more broadly, the examination of atomic masses. In 1818, Dulong was honored by the French Academy for work that would contribute to his co-discovery of the Dulong–Petit law. In 1820, Dulong succeeded Petit (1791-1820), who retired due to poor health, as professor of physics at École Polytechnique. Dulong studied the elasticity of steam, the measurement of temperatures, and the behavior of elastic fluids. He studied", "title": "Pierre Louis Dulong" }, { "id": "9591712", "text": "become a writer and publisher full-time. After amassing thousands of samples of elements, he assembled them into a four-legged physical table representing the periodic table. The finished table was awarded the 2011 ACS Grady Stack Award for Interpreting Chemistry for the Public, as well as the 2002 Ig Nobel Award for Chemistry. Gray's love of the periodic table would lead him to team up with photographer Nick Mann in creating \"The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe\" and \"Elements Vault.\" For many years, Gray wrote a regular column for \"Popular Science\" entitled \"Gray Matter.\" The", "title": "Theodore Gray" }, { "id": "311796", "text": "of the appearance of Mendeleev's table in 1869, Edward G. Mazurs had collected an estimated 700 different published versions of the periodic table. As well as numerous rectangular variations, other periodic table formats have been shaped, for example, like a circle, cube, cylinder, building, spiral, lemniscate, octagonal prism, pyramid, sphere, or triangle. Such alternatives are often developed to highlight or emphasize chemical or physical properties of the elements that are not as apparent in traditional periodic tables. A popular alternative structure is that of Otto Theodor Benfey (1960). The elements are arranged in a continuous spiral, with hydrogen at the", "title": "Periodic table" }, { "id": "13772694", "text": "Gnomium Gnomium was the proposed name for a new element similar to nickel and cobalt. Gerhard Krüss and F. W. Schmidt thought that existence of this element would solve an apparent problem in the periodic table. Dmitri Mendeleev and Lothar Meyer were the first to arrange elements in a periodic table ordered by atomic weight, thereby revealing periodic patterns of chemical and physical properties. The use of atomic weight in the ordering — the concept of atomic number not yet having been established — resulted in several problems, one being a discrepancy in the iron group elements. Ordered by atomic", "title": "Gnomium" }, { "id": "14002424", "text": "France Rode France Rode (November 20, 1934 – June 7, 2017) was a Slovenian engineer and inventor best known for his work on the HP-35 pocket calculator. He was one of the four lead engineers at Hewlett-Packard assigned to this project. Rode also invented and created the first workable RFID products: workplace entry cards, for which he held several patents. France was born in Nožice, Slovenia on November 20, 1934 to farmers father Jože and mother Pepca, born Prešeren, as the oldest of four children. His younger sister Agata and brothers Marko and Aleš completed the family. France started elementary", "title": "France Rode" }, { "id": "185655", "text": "metal-based compounds were popular treatments. Independently from Ibn al-Nafis, Michael Servetus rediscovered the pulmonary circulation, but this discovery did not reach the public because it was written down for the first time in the \"Manuscript of Paris\" in 1546, and later published in the theological work which he paid with his life in 1553. Later this was perfected by Renaldus Columbus and Andrea Cesalpino. Later William Harvey correctly described the circulatory system. The most useful tomes in medicine used both by students and expert physicians were \"De Materia Medica\" and Pharmacopoeia. Bacteria and protists were first observed with a microscope", "title": "History of medicine" }, { "id": "185122", "text": "reduce the time required to process the census from eight years for the 1880 census to six years for the 1890 census. In 1896 Hollerith founded the \"Tabulating Machine Company\" (in 1905 renamed \"The Tabulating Machine Company\"). Many major census bureaus around the world leased his equipment and purchased his cards, as did major insurance companies. Hollerith's machines were used for censuses in England, Italy, Germany, Russia, Austria, Canada, France, Norway, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Philippines, and again in the 1900 census. He invented the first automatic card-feed mechanism and the first keypunch. The 1890 Tabulator was hardwired to", "title": "Herman Hollerith" }, { "id": "9420", "text": "charge and a physical characteristic of atoms, did the word (and its English equivalent \"atomic number\") come into common use in this context. Loosely speaking, the existence or construction of a periodic table of elements creates an ordering of the elements, and so they can be numbered in order. Dmitri Mendeleev claimed that he arranged his first periodic tables (first published on March 6th, 1869) in order of atomic weight (\"Atomgewicht\"). However, in consideration of the elements' observed chemical properties, he changed the order slightly and placed tellurium (atomic weight 127.6) ahead of iodine (atomic weight 126.9). This placement is", "title": "Atomic number" }, { "id": "1749840", "text": "the known elements, starting with hydrogen and ending with thorium (atomic weight 90), into seven groups of eight, which he likened to octaves of music. In Newlands' table, the elements were ordered by the atomic weights that were known at the time and were numbered sequentially to show their order. Groups were shown going across the table, with Periods going down – the opposite from the modern form of the periodic table. The incompleteness of the table alluded to the possible existence of additional, undiscovered elements. However, the Law of Octaves was ridiculed by some of Newlands' contemporaries, and the", "title": "John Newlands (chemist)" }, { "id": "311787", "text": "not yet been discovered. Mendeleev was not the first chemist to do so, but he was the first to be recognized as using the trends in his periodic table to predict the properties of those missing elements, such as gallium and germanium. The second decision was to occasionally ignore the order suggested by the atomic weights and switch adjacent elements, such as tellurium and iodine, to better classify them into chemical families. Mendeleev published in 1869, using atomic weight to organize the elements, information determinable to fair precision in his time. Atomic weight worked well enough to allow Mendeleev to", "title": "Periodic table" }, { "id": "10163557", "text": "a 1439 lawsuit against Gutenberg that official record exists; witnesses testimony discussed type, an inventory of metals (including lead) and his type mold. Others in Europe were developing movable type at this time, including goldsmith Procopius Waldfoghel of France and Laurens Janszoon Coster of the Netherlands. They are not known to have contributed specific advances to the printing press. While the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition had attributed the invention of the printing press to Coster, the company now states that is incorrect. Early printing houses (near the time of Gutenberg) were run by \"master printers.\" These printers owned shops, selected", "title": "History of printing" }, { "id": "6743451", "text": "Commission, set up during the Crimean War (1853-1856), and from the British parliamentary report published after the Indian Rebellion of 1857 (\"Sepoy Rebellion\"). Henry Whitney Bellows, (1814-1882), a Massachusetts clergyman, planned the USSC and served as its only president. According to \"The Wall Street Journal\", \"its first executive secretary was Frederick Law Olmsted, (1822-1903), the famed landscape architect who designed New York's Central Park\". George Templeton Strong, (1820-1875), New York lawyer and diarist, helped found the commission and served as treasurer and member of the executive committee. In June 1861, the Sanitary Commission set up its central office inside the", "title": "United States Sanitary Commission" } ]

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[ { "id": "19006564", "text": "of \"Lab Rats: Elite Force\", \"The Attack\", which aired on October 22, 2016. Emily Ashby of Common Sense Media gave the series four out of five stars. Lab Rats: Elite Force Lab Rats: Elite Force is an American comedy television series created by Chris Peterson and Bryan Moore that aired on Disney XD from March 2 to October 22, 2016. The series is a combined spinoff of \"Lab Rats\" and \"Mighty Med\" and stars William Brent, Bradley Steven Perry, Jake Short, Paris Berelc, and Kelli Berglund. Davenport has come up with a plan to form an elite team of bionic", "title": "Lab Rats: Elite Force" }, { "id": "19006561", "text": "Lab Rats: Elite Force Lab Rats: Elite Force is an American comedy television series created by Chris Peterson and Bryan Moore that aired on Disney XD from March 2 to October 22, 2016. The series is a combined spinoff of \"Lab Rats\" and \"Mighty Med\" and stars William Brent, Bradley Steven Perry, Jake Short, Paris Berelc, and Kelli Berglund. Davenport has come up with a plan to form an elite team of bionic heroes and superheroes to fight a common threat from their headquarters in Centium City. He puts his plan into action after villains have destroyed Mighty Med Hospital.", "title": "Lab Rats: Elite Force" }, { "id": "19006562", "text": "\"Lab Rats: Elite Force\" is created by Chris Peterson and Bryan Moore, the duo who created \"Lab Rats\". It is produced by Britelite Productions and It's a Laugh Productions for Disney XD. On September 3, 2015, it was announced that \"Lab Rats\" and \"Mighty Med\" would have a joint spinoff series called \"Lab Rats: Elite Force\". Only William Brent, formerly credited as Billy Unger, and Kelli Berglund from \"Lab Rats\" and Bradley Steven Perry, Jake Short, and Paris Berelc from \"Mighty Med\" were announced as returning for the new spinoff series. Production on the series began in October 2015. It", "title": "Lab Rats: Elite Force" }, { "id": "16256570", "text": "Rats\" were reported to be returning for the new series, alongside Bradley Steven Perry, Jake Short, and Paris Berelc from \"Mighty Med\". It was subsequently announced that \"Lab Rats: Elite Force\" would premiere on Disney XD on March 2, 2016. Lab Rats (U.S. TV series) Lab Rats, also known as Lab Rats: Bionic Island for the fourth season, is an American comedy television series created by Chris Peterson and Bryan Moore that aired on Disney XD from February 27, 2012 to February 3, 2016. The series stars Billy Unger, Spencer Boldman, Kelli Berglund, Tyrel Jackson Williams, and Hal Sparks. A", "title": "Lab Rats (U.S. TV series)" }, { "id": "19006563", "text": "was subsequently announced that \"Lab Rats: Elite Force\" would premiere on Disney XD broadcast services on March 2, 2016, and will be available for earlier viewing on the channel's video-on-demand services on February 29, 2016. In October 2016, actress Kelli Berglund reported on Twitter that there would not be a second season of \"Lab Rats: Elite Force\". The series premiered in Canada on Disney XD on March 2, 2016, and on Disney Channel on March 6, 2016. On October 13, 2016, series co-creator Bryan Moore posted on Twitter that there would be a \"Lab Rats\" marathon followed by the finale", "title": "Lab Rats: Elite Force" }, { "id": "17614738", "text": "after its second season and would be followed by a spinoff series called \"\" that will also include two characters from \"Lab Rats\". Jake Short, Bradley Steven Perry, and Paris Berelc were the only cast members that were announced as returning for the spinoff series. It was subsequently announced that \"Lab Rats: Elite Force\" would premiere on Disney XD on March 2, 2016. Mighty Med Mighty Med is an American Disney XD original series created by Jim Bernstein and Andy Schwartz and produced by It's a Laugh Productions for Disney XD. It stars Jake Short, Bradley Steven Perry, Paris Berelc,", "title": "Mighty Med" }, { "id": "13858976", "text": "Billy Unger William Brent Unger (born October 15, 1995) is an American actor. He is known for playing Chase on the Disney XD series \"Lab Rats\" and \"\". Credited as Billy Unger before 2016, starting with \"Lab Rats: Elite Force\" he is credited as William Brent. Unger was born in Palm Beach County, Florida. He moved to Hollywood with his family in 2006. Since moving to LA, Unger has guest starred on Disney XD's \"Kickin' It\", Disney Channel's \"Sonny with a Chance\" and \"A.N.T. Farm\", and on \"No Ordinary Family\", \"Ghost Whisperer\", \"Hawthorne\", \"\", \"Mental\", \"Medium\", \"Desperate Housewives\", \"Cold Case\",", "title": "Billy Unger" }, { "id": "13090760", "text": "Augustus Prew Augustus Prew (born 17 September 1987) is an English film and television actor. He is known for his roles in the films \"About a Boy\" (2002), \"The Secret of Moonacre\" (2008), \"Charlie St. Cloud\" (2010), \"The Borgias\" (2011), \"Kick-Ass 2\" (2013), and in the miniseries \"Klondike\" (2014). He also played Drew Jessup on the TV series \"24Seven\" (2001–2002), James Bell on the CBS medical drama \"Pure Genius\" (2016-2017), and David \"Whip\" Martin on the Fox crime drama \"Prison Break\" (2017). Prew was born in Westminster, London, England and is the son of Wendy Dagworthy, a fashion designer, and", "title": "Augustus Prew" }, { "id": "3825945", "text": "G-Force (film) G-Force is a 2009 American family adventure comedy film produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Films. Directed by Hoyt Yeatman and written by Cormac and Marianne Wibberley with a story by Yeatman, the film is his directorial debut, having earlier worked in the area of visual effects alongside co-founding Dream Quest Images. The film stars Zach Galifianakis, Bill Nighy, and Will Arnett and it features the voices of Sam Rockwell, Tracy Morgan, Penélope Cruz, Jon Favreau, Nicolas Cage, and Steve Buscemi. Sony Pictures Imageworks handled the film's visual effects. \"G-Force\" was released in the United States", "title": "G-Force (film)" }, { "id": "5620099", "text": "from 5PM to 10PM ET and features Christian rock and hip hop music. The show is streamed live on the station's webpage. Copon is executive producer of Michael Copon Studios. Michael Copon Michael Sowell Copon is an American actor, model, producer, and singer. He is known for playing Felix Taggaro in the television series \"One Tree Hill\", Vin Keahi in the television series \"Beyond the Break\", and Lucas Kendall in \"Power Rangers Time Force\". Copon was born in Chesapeake, Virginia. In 2001, Copon was cast by the Fox Kids Network as the Blue Power Ranger, Lucas Kendall, on the \"Power", "title": "Michael Copon" }, { "id": "8702616", "text": "Robert Curtis Brown Robert Curtis Brown (born April 27, 1957) is an American television, film and stage actor. Brown graduated from Yale University in 1979 With a bachelor's degree in English and Theatre Studies from Yale College, and later a master's degree in 1982 from the Yale School of Drama. He has appeared in such TV shows as \"Criminal Minds\", \"\", \"\", \"NYPD Blue\", \"The X-Files\", \"\", \"The West Wing\" as Congressional Committee Chair, \"Family Law\", \"Murder, She Wrote\", \"Supernatural\", \"\", \"Newhart\", \"Wings\", \"Matlock\", \"Herman's Head\" and \"Search for Tomorrow\" and films such as Rob Zombie's \"Halloween II\", \"Guess Who\",", "title": "Robert Curtis Brown" }, { "id": "16589025", "text": "in the 2017 IFC comedy series \"Brockmire\". Williams was born in Westchester County, New York on March 16, 1997. Tyrel Jackson Williams Tyrel Jackson Williams (born March 16, 1997) is an American actor. He starred as Leo Dooley in the Disney XD series \"Lab Rats\". Williams also co-starred in the 2014 Disney XD television film \"Pants on Fire\". Williams had roles in the feature films \"\" in 2005, and \"Failure to Launch\" in 2006. He has also appeared in national commercials for companies such as Target, Verizon, McDonald's, Chex Mix and General Mills. Williams appeared in two episodes of the", "title": "Tyrel Jackson Williams" }, { "id": "4379235", "text": "Shia LaBeouf Shia Saide LaBeouf (; born June 11, 1986) is an American actor, performance artist, and filmmaker. He became known among younger audiences as Louis Stevens in the Disney Channel series \"Even Stevens\", a role for which LaBeouf received a Young Artist Award nomination in 2001 and won a Daytime Emmy Award in 2003. He made his film debut in \"The Christmas Path\" (1998). In 2004, he made his directorial debut with the short film \"Let's Love Hate\" and later directed a short film titled \"Maniac\" (2011), starring American rappers Cage and Kid Cudi. In 2007, LaBeouf starred in", "title": "Shia LaBeouf" }, { "id": "11998933", "text": "Simon Bird Simon Antony Bird (born 19 August 1984) is an English actor and comedian. He played Will McKenzie in \"The Inbetweeners\" and Adam Goodman in the Channel 4 comedy \"Friday Night Dinner\". Bird was born in Guildford, Surrey as the third of four children of Claremont McKenna College Professor Graham Bird and Heather (née Gage). Bird was educated at Cranmore School, West Horsley, the Royal Grammar School, Guildford, and Queens' College, Cambridge, where he read English. At Cambridge, Bird was the President of the Footlights, the university's sketch and theatrical group. While completing an MA in cultural and critical", "title": "Simon Bird" }, { "id": "19487220", "text": "Rob Sorcher Robert Sorcher (born December 22, 1961) is Executive Vice President and Chief Content Officer at Cartoon Network, starting his job in 2008 (but promoted in 2013). He is a producer for \"We Bare Bears\", Emmy and Peabody-winning \"Adventure Time\", \"Clarence\", \"Regular Show\", \"Steven Universe\", \"Over the Garden Wall\", \"The Powerpuff Girls\" and \"Ben 10\". As Chief Content Officer, he oversees digital strategy, gaming, and original content development for the Cartoon Network. Rob Sorcher currently oversees Cartoon Network Studios in Los Angeles, where he executive produces artist-driven content for worldwide distribution to 192 countries and 370 million homes, and", "title": "Rob Sorcher" }, { "id": "2107281", "text": "Jon Favreau Jonathan Kolia Favreau (; born October 19, 1966) is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter. As an actor, he is known for roles in films such as \"Rudy\" (1993), \"Swingers\" (1996) (which he also wrote), \"Very Bad Things\" (1998), \"The Break-Up\" (2006), \"Friends\" (1994-2004), \"Couples Retreat\" (2009), and \"Chef\" (2014) (which he also directed). He has additionally directed the films \"Elf\" (2003), \"\" (2005), \"Iron Man\" (2008), \"Iron Man 2\" (2010), \"Cowboys & Aliens\" (2011), and \"The Jungle Book\" (2016), and served as an executive producer on \"The Avengers\" (2012), \"Iron Man 3\" (2013), \"\" (2015), \"\"", "title": "Jon Favreau" }, { "id": "14478777", "text": "this marked the first of several post-death appearances for the character). Other notable guest stars for the season included Kevin Alejandro, Dana Ashbrook, Doron Bell Jr., April Bowlby, Catherine E. Coulson, Tony Cox, John DeSantis, William Devane, Nora Dunn, Sherilyn Fenn, Lee Garlington, Jon Gries, Michael Gross, Danielle Harris, John Michael Higgins, C. Thomas Howell, Brian Klugman, Rob LaBelle, Don Lake, Sheryl Lee, Robyn Lively, Bruce Locke, Ralph Macchio, Angus Macfadyen, April Matson, Chi McBride, Ryan McDonald, Vanessa Minnillo, Meredith Monroe, Becky O'Donohue, Franka Potente, Freddie Prinze, Jr., Keshia Knight Pulliam, Brad Raider, Adam Reid, Adam Rodriguez, Jean Smart, Charles", "title": "Psych (season 5)" }, { "id": "9444238", "text": "Willard E. Pugh Willard Earl Pugh (born June 16, 1959) is an American actor with numerous film and television credits. He has appeared in notable mainstream Hollywood films such as \"The Color Purple\" and \"Air Force One\" as well as genre films such as \"RoboCop 2\" and \"Mil Mascaras vs. the Aztec Mummy\". In the latter film his excellence as an ensemble actor was specifically cited by PopMatters film critic Bill Gibron. Teaching: Taught broadcasting and film classes at Chaffey College for 11years in Rancho Cucamonga, California in the early 1990s. Pugh was born in Memphis, Tennessee, the son of", "title": "Willard E. Pugh" }, { "id": "10416126", "text": "Attendance: Scoring Summary: 1st Quarter: 2nd Quarter: 3rd Quarter: 4th Quarter: Attendance: Scoring Summary: 1st Quarter: 2nd Quarter: 3rd Quarter: 4th Quarter: Attendance: Scoring Summary: 1st Quarter: 2nd Quarter: 3rd Quarter: 4th Quarter: Attendance: Scoring Summary: 1st Quarter: 2nd Quarter: 3rd Quarter: 4th Quarter: Attendance: Scoring Summary: 1st Quarter: 2nd Quarter: 3rd Quarter: 4th Quarter: Attendance: Scoring Summary: 1st Quarter: 2nd Quarter: 3rd Quarter: 4th Quarter: Attendance: Scoring Summary: 1st Quarter: 2nd Quarter: 3rd Quarter: 4th Quarter: Attendance: Scoring Summary: 1st Quarter: 2nd Quarter: 3rd Quarter: 4th Quarter: Attendance: Scoring Summary: 1st Quarter: 2nd Quarter: 3rd Quarter: 4th Quarter: Attendance:", "title": "2007 Utah Blaze season" }, { "id": "13090761", "text": "Jonathan W. Prew, a photographer. Prew is openly gay. He married fellow actor Jeffery Self on 13 January 2018 in Culver City, California. Augustus Prew Augustus Prew (born 17 September 1987) is an English film and television actor. He is known for his roles in the films \"About a Boy\" (2002), \"The Secret of Moonacre\" (2008), \"Charlie St. Cloud\" (2010), \"The Borgias\" (2011), \"Kick-Ass 2\" (2013), and in the miniseries \"Klondike\" (2014). He also played Drew Jessup on the TV series \"24Seven\" (2001–2002), James Bell on the CBS medical drama \"Pure Genius\" (2016-2017), and David \"Whip\" Martin on the Fox", "title": "Augustus Prew" }, { "id": "3825959", "text": "Galifianakis, Bill Nighy, Kelli Garner, Will Arnett, Gabriel Casseus and Jack Conley joined the film. Dee Bradley Baker joined the cast on 12 November to play Mooch, a housefly. On 18 November, it was announced that Trevor Rabin would compose the music for the film. On 23 November, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures acquired distribution rights to the film. Development of the film was completed in Los Angeles, California. Production then moved to Santa Clarita, California for the final phases of animation and production in order to maximize tax credits offered to foreign film projects in America. Trevor Rabin scored", "title": "G-Force (film)" }, { "id": "9888572", "text": "Charlyne Yi Charlyne Amanda Yi (born January 4, 1986) is an American actress, comedian, musician and writer. Her performances include music, magic, games, and often audience participation. Her screenwriting debut, the feature film \"Paper Heart\", won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. She is also known for her role as Dr. Chi Park on the Fox medical drama \"House\", the voice of every Ruby on the Cartoon Network animated series \"Steven Universe\", the voice of Chloe Park on \"We Bare Bears\" and the voice of Alice on \"Summer Camp Island\". Charlyne Yi was born in", "title": "Charlyne Yi" }, { "id": "11305773", "text": "Star Wars: The Force Awakens Star Wars: The Force Awakens (also known as Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens) is a 2015 American epic space opera film produced, co-written and directed by J. J. Abrams. It is the first installment of the \"Star Wars\" sequel trilogy and the seventh installment of the main \"Star Wars\" film franchise, following \"Return of the Jedi\" (1983). The film stars Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong'o, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, and Max von Sydow, and was produced by", "title": "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" }, { "id": "18335994", "text": "Supporting Actor in a Play, for his work in The Orlando Theatre Project's \"The Lion in Winter.\" Douglas met his wife Rachel in Jackson, Mississippi while performing in the musical \"Eden\". They married in 1994 and have two sons, Gabriel and Cameron. Gabriel was born with Down syndrome and was diagnosed at age fifteen with Leukemia. They live in Los Angeles, California. Cullen Douglas Cullen Douglas (born November 6, 1967) is an American actor, playwright, and screenwriter. His most notable television appearances have come from recurring roles on \"Pure Genius\", \"Private Practice\", \"Prison Break\", \"Grey's Anatomy\", \"Scandal\", and \"Agents of", "title": "Cullen Douglas" }, { "id": "9906990", "text": "Ilia Volok Ilia Volok (; born November 1, 1965) is a Soviet-born character actor. He has appeared in over 90 films, television shows, and video games. Volok was born in Kiev and graduated from Moscow Art Theatre, where he took the acting class of Russian actor Aleksandr Kalyagin. Volok has appeared in more than 90 films and television programs. He starred as Vladimir Krasin in \"Air Force One\" and portrayed Master Org in \"Power Rangers Wild Force\". Additionally, he has had recurring roles in \"General Hospital\" and \"The Young and the Restless\". He guest starred in an episode of \"Friends\"", "title": "Ilia Volok" }, { "id": "18335990", "text": "Cullen Douglas Cullen Douglas (born November 6, 1967) is an American actor, playwright, and screenwriter. His most notable television appearances have come from recurring roles on \"Pure Genius\", \"Private Practice\", \"Prison Break\", \"Grey's Anatomy\", \"Scandal\", and \"Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.\". His film credits include \"The Dog Lover\" (2015), \"\" (2009), \"Shuttle\" (2008), \"Sunshine State\" (2002) and \"Love Liza\" (2002). He had a long, successful stage career before becoming a screen actor. Pure Genius (2016) Douglas was born in California as Douglas Cullen Baumbach to Dick Baumbach, a newspaper journalist, and Diane (née Taft) Baumbach, a registered nurse. He lived in six", "title": "Cullen Douglas" }, { "id": "5970774", "text": "Frank Whaley Frank Joseph Whaley (born July 20, 1963) is an American actor, film director, screenwriter and comedian. He is best known for his roles as Brett in \"Pulp Fiction\", Robbie Krieger in \"The Doors\", and young Archie \"Moonlight\" Graham in \"Field of Dreams\". Whaley was born and raised in Syracuse, New York, the son of Josephine (née Timilione) and Robert W. Whaley, Sr. He is half Irish and half Sicilian. Whaley graduated from Anthony A. Henninger High School in 1981 and left home at 18, and later graduated from the University at Albany. His abusive father died in the", "title": "Frank Whaley" }, { "id": "16598253", "text": "continues to live with her parents, Mark and Michelle Berglund, and younger sister, Kirra. She is a graduate of Moorpark High School's independent study program. In her spare time, she enjoys swimming and photography. Kelli Berglund Kelli Berglund (born February 9, 1996) is an American actress, model, dancer and singer. She is known for portraying Bree Davenport, a bionic teenager with lightning speed, in the Disney XD series \"Lab Rats\", and its spinoff \"\". In 2014 she starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie, \"How to Build a Better Boy\", where she portrays Mae Hartley, a tech-savvy young woman who", "title": "Kelli Berglund" }, { "id": "18366415", "text": "Avengers: Infinity War Avengers: Infinity War is a 2018 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the sequel to 2012's \"The Avengers\" and 2015's \"\", and the nineteenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film is directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, and features an ensemble cast including Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Don Cheadle, Tom Holland, Chadwick Boseman, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Anthony", "title": "Avengers: Infinity War" }, { "id": "18956441", "text": "Judah Lewis Judah Lewis (born May 22, 2001) is an American actor, known for roles in the films \"The Babysitter\", \"Summer of 84\", \"Deliverance Creek\" and \"Demolition\", and a recurring role in the 2016 television series \"Game of Silence\". Lewis was born in May 22, 2001, to a family of Jewish descent. In May 2015, Lewis was among the six actors who screen tested for the lead role (which went to Tom Holland) in the 2017 reboot film \"\". In 2015, Lewis appeared in the drama film \"Demolition\", opposite Jake Gyllenhaal and Naomi Watts and the action thriller remake \"Point", "title": "Judah Lewis" }, { "id": "9269027", "text": "of \"The 4400\". She was the 2007 Disney Channel Games commentator, and had a voice role in the Disney Channel animated series \"Special Agent Oso\". In 2009, Pettis appeared as herself on the syndicated version of the game show \"Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?\" In 2011, Pettis landed two main roles: the voice role of Izzy on the animated series \"Jake and the Never Land Pirates\"; and Allie Brookes on the Canadian television series \"Life with Boys\". In 2012, she began a recurring role on the Disney XD series \"Lab Rats\". On October 19, 2014, Pettis confirmed via", "title": "Madison Pettis" }, { "id": "20962026", "text": "A day later, it was announced that Joel Fields had joined the production as an additional writer and executive producer. Alongside the series order announcement, it was confirmed that Sam Rockwell and Michelle Williams had been cast in the lead roles of Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon, respectively. On November 19, 2018, it was announced Margaret Qualley and Norbert Leo Butz had been cast in series regular roles and that Aya Cash, Nate Corddry, Susan Misner, Bianca Marroquín, Kelli Barrett, Evan Handler, Rick Holmes, Paul Reiser, Ethan Slater, Byron Jennings, and Laura Osnes had joined the cast cast in a", "title": "Fosse/Verdon" }, { "id": "5487423", "text": "Ken Olandt Kenneth Andrew \"Ken\" Olandt (born April 22, 1958) is an American actor, producer, executive producer and businessman. He is the co-founder of Unified Film Organization, LLC. He was born in Richmond, California to Robert and Beverly Olandt. He is best known for his lead starring role as Detective Zachary Stone in the syndicated series Super Force (1990-1992, 48 episodes). He is also well known as Larry Kazamias in the comedy film \"Summer School\". He starred in the 1993 horror film \"Leprechaun\" and had a recurring role as \"Dooley\" in the second season of \"Riptide\" (1984). He guest-starred as", "title": "Ken Olandt" }, { "id": "16503722", "text": "Max Charles Max Charles (born August 18, 2003) is an American teen actor. He appeared in the 2012 film \"The Three Stooges\", and a young Peter Parker in \"The Amazing Spider-Man\" and had a role in the ABC comedy science fiction series \"The Neighbors\". In 2014, Charles voiced Sherman in DreamWorks Animation's \"Mr. Peabody & Sherman\", and later reprised his role as the character on \"The Mr. Peabody and Sherman Show\" Netflix series. He played a recurring role in Disney XD's \"Lab Rats: Bionic Island\" as Spin. He currently voices Kion on the Disney Junior series \"The Lion Guard,\" and", "title": "Max Charles" }, { "id": "11023353", "text": "Nicholas Braun Nicholas Joseph Braun (born May 1, 1988) is an American actor and musician. He is best known for his role in the HBO series \"Succession\" (2018). He has appeared in several films, including \"Sky High\" (2005), \"Princess Protection Program\" (2009), \"Red State\" (2011), \"Prom\" (2011), \"The Perks of Being a Wallflower\" (2012), \"Date and Switch\" (2014), and \"How to Be Single\" (2016). Braun was born in Bethpage, New York, the son of Elizabeth Lyle and actor Craig Braun (born 1939). He has a brother, musician Christopher Deyo Braun, and half-brothers, actor Guillaume Rumiel and producer Timothy Braun. In", "title": "Nicholas Braun" }, { "id": "11023356", "text": "in the HBO series \"Succession\". Nicholas Braun Nicholas Joseph Braun (born May 1, 1988) is an American actor and musician. He is best known for his role in the HBO series \"Succession\" (2018). He has appeared in several films, including \"Sky High\" (2005), \"Princess Protection Program\" (2009), \"Red State\" (2011), \"Prom\" (2011), \"The Perks of Being a Wallflower\" (2012), \"Date and Switch\" (2014), and \"How to Be Single\" (2016). Braun was born in Bethpage, New York, the son of Elizabeth Lyle and actor Craig Braun (born 1939). He has a brother, musician Christopher Deyo Braun, and half-brothers, actor Guillaume Rumiel", "title": "Nicholas Braun" }, { "id": "16659559", "text": "Avengers: Age of Ultron Avengers: Age of Ultron is a 2015 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the sequel to 2012's \"The Avengers\" and the eleventh film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film was written and directed by Joss Whedon and features an ensemble cast that includes Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, Cobie Smulders, Anthony Mackie, Hayley Atwell, Idris Elba, Stellan Skarsgård,", "title": "Avengers: Age of Ultron" }, { "id": "15218931", "text": "James and Anne Sears, Howie Peterson, Jon Simeon and Brent Johnson, Scott Quist, Odean Hall, Lonny Piscoya, Luis Nieves, Dan Dahl, Rick Roberts, Abraham Garcia, Dan Cox, Gabe Rich, Michael Munson, Jonathan Stroebele, Joshua Varys, JJ Hennessey, Melvin Colley, Ken Van Spronsen, Daron Cooper, Lance Ewers, Jared Noll, Terrence Shanigan, Blake Calhoun, Brandon Viator, Tony Wegrzyn, William Connors, Jimmy Buttrey, and Kamau Leigh. Although the show is aired in many countries, the National Geographic Channel has so far not released DVDs of the series outside of the United States. The fifth season premiered on September 15, 2013. The sixth season", "title": "Alaska State Troopers (TV series)" }, { "id": "20561010", "text": "E. Roger Mitchell E. Roger Mitchell (born February 18, 1971) is actor in the United States. He is African-American, and has had several major roles, including as Chaff in \"\", on \"One Tree Hill\", and in the television police drama series \"Shield\". He plays Carlton Pettiway on \"The Quad\". Mitchell is from Miami, Florida. He graduated in 1993 from Claflin University in South Carolina with B.A.s in English and Drama. He was named in the Who's Who Among Americas Colleges and Universities in 1992. Mitchell later studied at Alliance Theatre Professional Actor Internship and later earned a Master of Fine", "title": "E. Roger Mitchell" }, { "id": "8610438", "text": "Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters is a 2007 American After Effects animated surreal comedy film based on the Adult Swim animated series \"Aqua Teen Hunger Force\". The film was written and directed by the show's creators, Matt Maiellaro and Dave Willis. The film features the voices of Dana Snyder, Carey Means, Willis, Maiellaro, Mike Schatz, Andy Merrill, C. Martin Croker, Bruce Campbell, Neil Peart and Chris Kattan. The film was theatrically released on April 13, 2007. The film marks the first time an Adult Swim series was", "title": "Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters" }, { "id": "19112391", "text": "their roles, the cast will also include Marg Helgenberger, Betty Gilpin, Kathryn Prescott and Henry Lau. A Dog's Purpose (film) A Dog's Purpose is a 2017 American comedy-drama film directed by Lasse Hallström and written by W. Bruce Cameron, Cathryn Michon, Audrey Wells, Maya Forbes and Wally Wolodarsky, based on the 2010 novel of the same name by W. Bruce Cameron. The film stars Britt Robertson, KJ Apa, Juliet Rylance, John Ortiz, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Peggy Lipton, Dennis Quaid and Josh Gad. The film is a co-production between Amblin Entertainment, Reliance Entertainment, Walden Media and Pariah Entertainment Group. It was released", "title": "A Dog's Purpose (film)" }, { "id": "8610469", "text": "years. Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters is a 2007 American After Effects animated surreal comedy film based on the Adult Swim animated series \"Aqua Teen Hunger Force\". The film was written and directed by the show's creators, Matt Maiellaro and Dave Willis. The film features the voices of Dana Snyder, Carey Means, Willis, Maiellaro, Mike Schatz, Andy Merrill, C. Martin Croker, Bruce Campbell, Neil Peart and Chris Kattan. The film was theatrically released on April 13, 2007. The film marks the first time an Adult Swim series", "title": "Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters" }, { "id": "18293477", "text": "Star Wars: The Last Jedi Star Wars: The Last Jedi (also known as Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi) is a 2017 American space opera film written and directed by Rian Johnson. It is the second installment of the \"Star Wars\" sequel trilogy and the eighth installment of the main \"Star Wars\" film franchise, following \"\" (2015). It was produced by Lucasfilm and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The film's ensemble cast includes Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Andy Serkis, Lupita Nyong'o, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Gwendoline Christie, and", "title": "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" }, { "id": "11998939", "text": "had their first child, a son, six months previously. Simon Bird Simon Antony Bird (born 19 August 1984) is an English actor and comedian. He played Will McKenzie in \"The Inbetweeners\" and Adam Goodman in the Channel 4 comedy \"Friday Night Dinner\". Bird was born in Guildford, Surrey as the third of four children of Claremont McKenna College Professor Graham Bird and Heather (née Gage). Bird was educated at Cranmore School, West Horsley, the Royal Grammar School, Guildford, and Queens' College, Cambridge, where he read English. At Cambridge, Bird was the President of the Footlights, the university's sketch and theatrical", "title": "Simon Bird" }, { "id": "21003385", "text": "Kate Rockwell (actress) Kate Rockwell (born Katherine Rockwell Wilfong; August 4, 1984) is an American actress, dancer, and singer. She is known for her work on Broadway and for originating the roles of Skylar in \"\" in 2011 and of Karen Smith in the 2018 musical, \"Mean Girls\", for the latter of which she received Drama Desk Award and Helen Hayes Award nominations. Rockwell was raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. She is the eldest child born to Charles Wilfong and Linda Warner (née Rockwell). She has two younger siblings, Elizabeth (who goes by \"Libet\") and William (who goes by \"Bear\"). She", "title": "Kate Rockwell (actress)" }, { "id": "17595956", "text": "Tiya Sircar Tiya Sircar (born May 16, 1982) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles in \"The Internship\", \"17 Again\", \"Star Wars Rebels\", and \"The Good Place\". Sircar is of Indian descent. She attended the University of Texas at Austin, receiving two bachelor's degrees: one in Business/Marketing, the other in Theater & Dance. After college, she moved to Los Angeles to realize her dream of being a professional actress. Sircar's television appearances include \"Master of None\", \"House MD\", \"Hannah Montana\", \"Greek\", \"Moonlight\", \"Numbers\", \"Privileged\", \"\", and she has played recurring characters on \"The Suite Life on", "title": "Tiya Sircar" }, { "id": "18783230", "text": "film was released on November 4, 2016, through video on demand and select theaters before being released through DVD and Blu-ray on November 15, 2016. The film received negative reviews. It currently holds a 27% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 11 reviews, with an average rating of 4.2/10. Army of One (2016 film) Army of One is a 2016 American comedy film directed by Larry Charles and written by Rajiv Joseph and Scott Rothman. The film stars Nicolas Cage, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Rainn Wilson, Russell Brand, Denis O'Hare, Paul Scheer, and Will Sasso. The film was released through video on", "title": "Army of One (2016 film)" }, { "id": "16598249", "text": "Kelli Berglund Kelli Berglund (born February 9, 1996) is an American actress, model, dancer and singer. She is known for portraying Bree Davenport, a bionic teenager with lightning speed, in the Disney XD series \"Lab Rats\", and its spinoff \"\". In 2014 she starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie, \"How to Build a Better Boy\", where she portrays Mae Hartley, a tech-savvy young woman who along with her best friend, devises a plan to create the perfect boyfriend. Berglund began her career at a young age as a series regular on TLC's \"Hip Hop Harry\". TV appearances also include", "title": "Kelli Berglund" }, { "id": "20214140", "text": "Education: Marcie Wolfe, Mt. Ogden Middle School Government: Industry: Academia: Education: Industry: Academia: Education: Government: Industry: Academia: Education: Government: Industry: Academia: Education: Government: Industry: Academia: Education: Government: Industry: Academia Education: Industry: Academia: Education: Government: Industry: Academia: Government: Industry: Academia: Education: Government: Industry: Academia: Education: Government: Industry: Academia: Industry: Education: Special: Academia: Education: Government: Industry: Academia: Education: Government: Industry: Special: Academia: Education Government: Industry: Special: Academia: Education: Government: Industry: Academia: Education: Government: Industry: Special: Academia: Education: Industry: Government: Special: Academia: Education: Industry: Government: Academia: Education: Industry: Government: Academia: Education: Industry: Government: Special: Academia: Education: Industry: Government: Special: Academia: Education: Industry: Government:", "title": "Utah Governor's Medal for Science and Technology" }, { "id": "2107298", "text": "tone and a sense of balance.\" Jon Favreau Jonathan Kolia Favreau (; born October 19, 1966) is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter. As an actor, he is known for roles in films such as \"Rudy\" (1993), \"Swingers\" (1996) (which he also wrote), \"Very Bad Things\" (1998), \"The Break-Up\" (2006), \"Friends\" (1994-2004), \"Couples Retreat\" (2009), and \"Chef\" (2014) (which he also directed). He has additionally directed the films \"Elf\" (2003), \"\" (2005), \"Iron Man\" (2008), \"Iron Man 2\" (2010), \"Cowboys & Aliens\" (2011), and \"The Jungle Book\" (2016), and served as an executive producer on \"The Avengers\" (2012), \"Iron", "title": "Jon Favreau" }, { "id": "16555003", "text": "Epic (2013 film) Epic (stylized as epic) is a 2013 American 3D computer-animated action-adventure film loosely based on William Joyce's children's book \"The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs\". It was produced by Blue Sky Studios, written by William Joyce, James V. Hart, Daniel Shere, Tom J. Astle and Matt Ember and directed by Chris Wedge, the director of \"Ice Age\" (2002) and \"Robots\" (2005). The film stars the voices of Colin Farrell, Josh Hutcherson, Amanda Seyfried, Christoph Waltz, Aziz Ansari, Chris O'Dowd, Pitbull, Jason Sudeikis, Steven Tyler, and Beyoncé Knowles. The film was released on May 24, 2013,", "title": "Epic (2013 film)" }, { "id": "15490961", "text": "appeared in a different role than in his season one appearance. William Shatner appeared as Juliet's father Frank in two episodes. Other guest stars for the season include Mädchen Amick, Anthony Anderson, Diedrich Bader, Diora Baird, Wade Boggs, Wayne Brady, Lolita Davidovich, Brad Dourif, Rob Estes, Corey Feldman, Jennifer Finnigan, Miles Fisher, Danny Glover, Louis Gossett, Jr., Greg Grunberg, Julianna Guill, Tony Hale, Van Hansis, Glenne Headly, Whit Hertford, Jeff Hiller, Stoney Jackson, Matt Kaminsky, Suzanne Krull, Liza Lapira, Tom Lenk, Jocelyne Loewen, Ed Lover, Jessica Lucas, Cheech Marin, Malcolm McDowell, Joey McIntyre, Kate Micucci, Ivana Miličević, The Miz, Arden", "title": "Psych (season 6)" }, { "id": "8438272", "text": "Matt DeCaro Matt DeCaro is an American film and stage actor. He is arguably best known for his role as Correctional Officer Roy Geary on the television series \"Prison Break\". DeCaro has appeared in numerous American television series, including \"Crime Story\", \"ER\", \"\", \"\", \"Cold Case\", \"NYPD Blue\", \"24\", \"The Office\", \"NCIS\", \"Curb Your Enthusiasm\", \"Boston Legal\", \"House\", \"Eli Stone\", \"The Chicago Code\", \"Boss\", \"Chicago P.D.\", and \"Chicago Fire\". He has also appeared in the films \"Richie Rich\" (1994), \"U.S. Marshals\" (1998), \"Mr. 3000\" (2004), \"Eagle Eye\" (2008), \"Baby on Board\" (2009), and \"The Wise Kids\" (2011). His stage work", "title": "Matt DeCaro" }, { "id": "5692853", "text": "Missy Peregrym Melissa Peregrym (born June 16, 1982) is a Canadian actress and former fashion model. She is most known for her roles as Haley Graham in the 2006 film \"Stick It\" and Officer Andy McNally on the ABC and Global Television Network series \"Rookie Blue\" (2010–2015), for which she was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award in 2016. Peregrym was born in Montreal to Rev. Darrell Peregrym, a minister, and Vanessa Peregrym, a housewife. She describes herself as having been a tomboy while growing up. At age 18, Peregrym began her professional career with the Lizbell Agency. It was", "title": "Missy Peregrym" }, { "id": "8255378", "text": "Riki Lindhome Erika Lindhome (born March 5, 1979) is an American actress, comedian, and musician. She is best known for roles in television shows including \"Garfunkel and Oates\", \"Gilmore Girls\", \"House\", \"The Big Bang Theory\", and \"United States of Tara\", and for the comedy music duo Garfunkel and Oates, which she formed with Kate Micucci. She also hosts the Nerdist podcast \"Making It\". She starred alongside Natasha Leggero in the Comedy Central series \"Another Period\". Lindhome was born on March 5, 1979 in Coudersport, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Portville, New York. She is primarily of Swedish ancestry. She studied", "title": "Riki Lindhome" }, { "id": "3473976", "text": "he played a supporting role in the 2016 film \"Hit List\". In 2017, he appeared in the films \"Fake News\", \"The Last Full Measure\" and James Franco's \"In Dubious Battle,\" and on the popular television show \"Twin Peaks.\" In 2018, he appeared on the television show \"Goliath\". In 2017, Savage spoke at a tribute honoring director Richard Donner, held by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. John Savage (actor) John Savage (born John Smeallie Youngs; August 25, 1949) is an American actor, best known for his roles in the films \"The Deer Hunter\", \"The Onion Field\", \"Hair\" and", "title": "John Savage (actor)" }, { "id": "4526660", "text": "Siobhan Fallon Hogan Siobhan Fallon Hogan (born May 13, 1961) is an American actress and comedian. She appeared in films such as \"Men in Black\", \"Forrest Gump\", \"The Negotiator\", \"Holes\", \"Daddy Day Care\" and \"Going in Style\". Fallon was born in Syracuse, New York, United States, the daughter of Jane (née Eagan) and William J. Fallon, an attorney. She was raised Catholic. She graduated from Le Moyne College in 1983. She made her television debut in an episode of \"The Golden Girls\" in 1990. She appeared in 20 episodes on \"Saturday Night Live\" from 1991 to 1992. She also appeared", "title": "Siobhan Fallon Hogan" }, { "id": "5181525", "text": "Lori Alan Lori Alan is an American actress and voice actress. She has played a long-running role as Pearl Krabs on the animated television series \"SpongeBob SquarePants\". She also voiced Diane Simmons on \"Family Guy\", the Invisible Woman on \"The Fantastic Four\", and The Boss in the \"Metal Gear\" video game series. Alan was born in Potomac, Maryland. She had a mixed-faith family: her mother is a Southern Baptist and her father is Jewish. Both of her parents were performers and supported her choice to be an actress. Alan currently lives in Los Angeles. She started acting at age five,", "title": "Lori Alan" }, { "id": "17295076", "text": "Noah Lomax Noah Lomax (born November 7, 2001) is an American actor. Among his prominent roles are: Lewis in the film \"Playing for Keeps\", Josh in the film \"Safe Haven\", and Louis Morales in the TV series \"The Walking Dead\". Lomax was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He has resided in Atlanta since age five. His older sister, Maddie, is also an actress, and the two have performed at least three times onscreen together. Lomax has worked on numerous television commercials. His first success in acting was in a 2009 episode of the TV series \"Army Wives\". Since then he", "title": "Noah Lomax" }, { "id": "19954580", "text": "Rukiya Bernard Rukiya Bernard (born January 20, 1983) is a Canadian actress, producer and interior designer. She is known for her role as Doc in SyFy's \"Van Helsing\"\", The Cabin in the Woods\" (2012), \"The Day the Earth Stood Still\" (2008) and \"Stuck\" (2007). Rukiya Bernard was born in Toronto, Ontario, to Nyakiringa Magugu, an African art store owner, and Gilbert Bernard, a car wash owner. From a very young age, Rukiya’s parents immersed her in sport and art programming. She took part in basketball and track while studying classical ballet, karate and piano. She was accepted into Ryerson University’s", "title": "Rukiya Bernard" }, { "id": "5095099", "text": "Noel Clarke Noel Anthony Clarke (born 6 December 1975) is an English actor, screenwriter, director, and comic book writer from London. He is known for playing Wyman Norris in \"Auf Wiedersehen, Pet\" and Mickey Smith in \"Doctor Who\". Clarke appeared in and wrote the screenplay for \"Kidulthood\" and wrote, directed, and starred in the sequels, \"Adulthood\" and \"Brotherhood\", which earned £1,209,319 during the opening weekend of its release. Clarke studied Media at the University of North London before going on to take acting classes at London's Actors Centre. Clarke won the Laurence Olivier Award for Most Promising Performer in 2003", "title": "Noel Clarke" }, { "id": "7300744", "text": "Kevin Rubio Kevin Rubio (born December 20, 1967) is an American filmmaker who is best known for his \"Star Wars\" parody film \"Troops\". Rubio studied theater and photography throughout his high school years in California, and made his directorial debut at the age of 17 with a stage adaptation of Robert Redford’s \"Ordinary People\". He spent the next two years directing musical theater in such productions as \"You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown\" and \"Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat\", earning several awards for these productions. From 1984 - 1988, he apprenticed in the field of lighting, set design,", "title": "Kevin Rubio" }, { "id": "20228396", "text": "hired to direct the film, while producers were set as Mythology's Brad Fischer, James Vanderbilt, and William Sherak, Madhouse's Robyn Meisinger, and No Dream's Sarah Snow. In May 2017, Joey King, Julia Goldani Telles, Jaz Sinclair, Annalise Basso, Talitha Bateman (who would later be replaced by Taylor Richardson) and Alex Fitzalan joined the cast. In July 2017, Kevin Chapman was also added, to play an emotionally defeated, alcoholic father. Principal photography on the film began on June 19, 2017, in Boston and concluded on July 28, 2017. On January 2, 2018, the first teaser poster was revealed, with a teaser", "title": "Slender Man (film)" }, { "id": "10409701", "text": "3rd Quarter: 4th Quarter: Scoring Summary: 1st Quarter: 2nd Quarter: 3rd Quarter: 4th Quarter: Scoring Summary: 1st Quarter: 2nd Quarter: 3rd Quarter: 4th Quarter: Scoring Summary: 1st Quarter: 2nd Quarter: 3rd Quarter: 4th Quarter: Scoring Summary: 1st Quarter: 2nd Quarter: 3rd Quarter: 4th Quarter: Scoring Summary: 1st Quarter: 2nd Quarter: 3rd Quarter: 4th Quarter: Scoring Summary: 1st Quarter: 2nd Quarter: 3rd Quarter: 4th Quarter: Scoring Summary: 1st Quarter: 2nd Quarter: 3rd Quarter: 4th Quarter: Scoring Summary: 1st Quarter: 2nd Quarter: 3rd Quarter: 4th Quarter: Scoring Summary: 1st Quarter: 2nd Quarter: 3rd Quarter: 4th Quarter: Scoring Summary: 1st Quarter: 2nd Quarter:", "title": "2007 Orlando Predators season" }, { "id": "8731813", "text": "Roach in poetry. Winner: Nominees: Winner: 2 Finalists: Nominees: Winner: Finalists: Nominees: Winner: Finalists: Nominees: Winner: Nominees: Winner: 2 Finalists: Nominees\":\" Winner: 2 Finalists: Nominees: Winner: 2 Finalists: Nominees: Winner: Nominees Winner: 2 Finalists: Nominees\":\" Winner: 2 Finalists: Nominees: Winner: 2 Finalists: Nominees: Winner Finalists Nominees Winner Finalists Nominees Winner Finalists Nominees Winner Finalists Nominees Winner Finalists Nominees Winner Finalists Nominees Winner Nominees Winner Nominees Winner Nominees Winner Finalists Nominees Winner Finalists Nominees Winner Nominees Winner Finalists Nominees Winner Finalists Nominees Winner Nominees Winner Finalists Nominees Winner Finalists Nominees Winners Nominees Winner Finalists Nominees Winner Finalists Nominees Winner Nominees Winner", "title": "Hurston-Wright Legacy Award" }, { "id": "5620096", "text": "Michael Copon Michael Sowell Copon is an American actor, model, producer, and singer. He is known for playing Felix Taggaro in the television series \"One Tree Hill\", Vin Keahi in the television series \"Beyond the Break\", and Lucas Kendall in \"Power Rangers Time Force\". Copon was born in Chesapeake, Virginia. In 2001, Copon was cast by the Fox Kids Network as the Blue Power Ranger, Lucas Kendall, on the \"Power Rangers Time Force\" television series. He reprised this role in two episodes of \"Power Rangers Wild Force\". In 2004, he appeared in a music video for the song \"Backflip\" by", "title": "Michael Copon" }, { "id": "4250540", "text": "Griffith Show\"; Don Hewitt creator of \"60 Minutes\"; Garry Shandling, co-creator of \"The Larry Sanders Show\"; Ed. Weinberger, co-creator of \"The Cosby Show\"; David Milch, creator of \"Deadwood\"; Steven Levitan, co-creator of \"Modern Family\"; Dick Wolf, creator of \"Law & Order\"; David Shore, creator \"House\"; Max Mutchnick and David Kohan creators of \"Will & Grace\". There is also a significant role of Jews in acting by actors such as Sarah Jessica Parker, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Mila Kunis, Zac Efron, Hank Azaria, David Duchovny, Fred Savage, Zach Braff, Noah Wyle, Adam Brody, Katey Sagal, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Alyson Hannigan, Michelle", "title": "Jewish culture" }, { "id": "4467918", "text": "Polyphonic Spree. In the book, Hornby describes the people who run \"The Believer\" as being \"all dressed in white robes and smiling maniacally, sort of like a literary equivalent of the Polyphonic Spree.\" (pg. 30) There are three follow-up books, \"Housekeeping vs. The Dirt\" (2006), \"Shakespeare Wrote for Money\" (2008) and \"More Baths Less Talking\" (2012). Books bought: Books read: Books bought: Books read: Books bought: Books read: Books bought: Books read: Books bought: Books read: Books bought: Books read: Books bought: Books read: Books bought: Books read: Books bought: Books read: Books bought: Books read: Books bought: Books read:", "title": "The Polysyllabic Spree" }, { "id": "19833143", "text": "vocal cameo as Beavis and Butt-Head during the end credits. Professional wrestlers Rikishi and David Otunga have brief roles in the film. On July 20, 2016, Jennifer Hudson joined the cast of the film, and on July 26, 2016, Kevin James, Terry Crews, Rob Schneider, Colin Quinn, Nick Swardson, Lamorne Morris and Arsenio Hall joined as well. Principal photography began on August 2, 2016. The film was released worldwide on Netflix on April 14, 2017. On Rotten Tomatoes, \"Sandy Wexler\" has an approval rating of 27%, based on 22 reviews, with an average rating of 4.1/10. On Metacritic, which assigns", "title": "Sandy Wexler" }, { "id": "19280999", "text": "Daniel Webber as Lewis Wilson, Jason R. Moore as Curtis Hoyle, Paul Schulze as William Rawlins, Jaime Ray Newman as Sarah Lieberman, and Michael Nathanson as Sam Stein. For the second season, Bernthal, Barnes, Revah, and Moore all reprise their roles. They are joined by Josh Stewart as John Pilgrim, Floriana Lima as Krista Dumont, and Giorgia Whigham as Amy Bendix, who were cast in February 2018. In May 2018, Corbin Bernsen and Annette O'Toole were announced as joining the cast as Anderson and Eliza Schultz, respectively. Filming for the series takes place in New York City, including Brooklyn, and", "title": "The Punisher (TV series)" }, { "id": "5338667", "text": "Amanda Schull Amanda Schull (born August 26, 1978) is an American actress and former professional ballet dancer. She is best known for her lead role in the 2000 film \"Center Stage\" and for her recurring roles on \"One Tree Hill\", \"Pretty Little Liars\", and \"Suits\". She also starred in the Syfy television series \"12 Monkeys\", the fourth and final season of which premiered in June 2018. Schull was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. She attended Punahou School and trained at Hawaii State Ballet under the instruction of John Landovsky. Schull was offered a scholarship to Indiana University for ballet. While at", "title": "Amanda Schull" }, { "id": "5626777", "text": "Joel Murray Joel Murray (born April 17, 1963) is an American actor. He has had prominent roles in television series such as \"Mad Men\", \"Grand\", \"Love & War\", \"Dharma and Greg\", and \"Shameless\". He has also appeared in films such as \"God Bless America\" and \"Monsters University\". Murray was born and raised in Wilmette, Illinois, the son of Lucille (née Collins), a mail room clerk, and Edward Joseph Murray II, a lumber salesman. He grew up in an Irish Catholic family. One of nine siblings, he is the younger brother of actors Bill Murray, Brian Doyle-Murray, and John Murray. A", "title": "Joel Murray" }, { "id": "5849112", "text": "Brian Benben Brian Edward Benben (born June 18, 1956) is an American actor, best known for his role as Martin Tupper in the HBO comedy television series \"Dream On\" (1990–1996), and also known as Dr. Sheldon Wallace on ABC medical drama \"Private Practice\" (2008–2013). Benben is married to Madeleine Stowe. Benben was born in Winchester, Virginia, the son of Gloria Patricia (née Coffman) and Peter Michael Benben Sr., a produce buyer. He later lived and attended high school in Marlboro, New York, followed by two years at Ulster County Community College in Stone Ridge, New York, after which he moved", "title": "Brian Benben" }, { "id": "7781860", "text": "Kirsten Vangsness Kirsten Simone Vangsness (born July 7, 1972) is an American actress and writer. She currently stars as FBI Technical Analyst Penelope Garcia on the CBS drama series \"Criminal Minds\". She portrayed the same character on the spin-off series \"\". Vangsness was born in Pasadena, California, the daughter of Errol Leroy Vangsness and Barbara Mary (née Marconi). She was raised in Porterville, California, and later moved to Cerritos, California. She graduated from Cerritos High School in June 1990 and attended Cypress College. She later graduated from California State University, Fullerton in June 1995. Vangsness got into acting as a", "title": "Kirsten Vangsness" }, { "id": "3449576", "text": "Garrett Hedlund Garrett Hedlund (born September 3, 1984) is an American actor and model. His films include \"Friday Night Lights\" (2004), \"Troy\" (2004), \"Four Brothers\" (2005), \"Eragon\" (2006), \"Country Strong\" (2010), \"\" (2010), \"On the Road\" (2012), \"Inside Llewyn Davis\" (2013), \"Unbroken\" (2014), \"Pan\" (2015) and \"Mudbound\" (2017). Hedlund was born in Roseau, Minnesota, to Kristine Anne (née Yanish) and Robert Martin Hedlund. He is the youngest of three children, with a brother, Nathaniel, and a sister, Amanda. His father is of Swedish descent and his mother is of German and Norwegian descent. Hedlund was raised on a remote beef", "title": "Garrett Hedlund" }, { "id": "19112374", "text": "A Dog's Purpose (film) A Dog's Purpose is a 2017 American comedy-drama film directed by Lasse Hallström and written by W. Bruce Cameron, Cathryn Michon, Audrey Wells, Maya Forbes and Wally Wolodarsky, based on the 2010 novel of the same name by W. Bruce Cameron. The film stars Britt Robertson, KJ Apa, Juliet Rylance, John Ortiz, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Peggy Lipton, Dennis Quaid and Josh Gad. The film is a co-production between Amblin Entertainment, Reliance Entertainment, Walden Media and Pariah Entertainment Group. It was released by Universal Pictures on January 27, 2017, and grossed over $204 million worldwide. A week prior", "title": "A Dog's Purpose (film)" }, { "id": "17453407", "text": "Maria Howell Wanda Maria Howell is an American actress and singer. Howell was born in Gastonia, North Carolina and graduated Winston-Salem State University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She worked as jazz singer and made her film debut in \"The Color Purple\" (1985). She lived in Okinawa, Japan, from 1995-2001. She made guest appearances on \"Drop Dead Diva\", \"Army Wives\", \"The Game\", \"Necessary Roughness\", and \"The Vampire Diaries\", and well co-starred in films include \"Daddy's Little Girls\" (2007), \"Mississippi Damned\" (2009), \"The Blind Side\" (2009), and \"What to Expect When You're Expecting\" (2012). In 2013, Howell played Seeder in \"\". Also", "title": "Maria Howell" }, { "id": "10112988", "text": "series \"The Secret World of Alex Mack\". She has guest-starred on many television programs, including \"The West Wing\", \"Without a Trace\", \"Easy Streets\", \"18 Wheels of Justice\", \"Promised Land\", \"NCIS\", \"Dharma and Greg\" and many others. On the big screen, she has had featured roles in films such as \"American Pie\", \"Bring It On\" and \"Charlie Wilson's War\". On October 22, 2005, Salvatore married Jack Angelo, a Los Angeles-based screenwriter and director. Hilary Salvatore Hilary Jean Salvatore (also known as Hilary Salvatore Angelo; born February 14, 1980) is an American film and television actress. Salvatore comes from an acting family;", "title": "Hilary Salvatore" }, { "id": "9444239", "text": "Pearlie (née Harris) and Henry Minor Pugh and he graduated from Hamilton High School. Willard E. Pugh Willard Earl Pugh (born June 16, 1959) is an American actor with numerous film and television credits. He has appeared in notable mainstream Hollywood films such as \"The Color Purple\" and \"Air Force One\" as well as genre films such as \"RoboCop 2\" and \"Mil Mascaras vs. the Aztec Mummy\". In the latter film his excellence as an ensemble actor was specifically cited by PopMatters film critic Bill Gibron. Teaching: Taught broadcasting and film classes at Chaffey College for 11years in Rancho Cucamonga,", "title": "Willard E. Pugh" }, { "id": "20561011", "text": "Arts from City University of New York's Brooklyn campus in 1999. E. Roger Mitchell E. Roger Mitchell (born February 18, 1971) is actor in the United States. He is African-American, and has had several major roles, including as Chaff in \"\", on \"One Tree Hill\", and in the television police drama series \"Shield\". He plays Carlton Pettiway on \"The Quad\". Mitchell is from Miami, Florida. He graduated in 1993 from Claflin University in South Carolina with B.A.s in English and Drama. He was named in the Who's Who Among Americas Colleges and Universities in 1992. Mitchell later studied at Alliance", "title": "E. Roger Mitchell" }, { "id": "13637873", "text": "Janeane Garofalo Janeane Garofalo (; born September 28, 1964) is an American actress, stand-up comedian, and writer. Garofalo began her career as a stand-up comedian and became a cast member on \"The Ben Stiller Show\", \"The Larry Sanders Show\", and \"Saturday Night Live\", then appeared in more than 50 movies, with leading or major roles in \"The Truth About Cats and Dogs\", \"Wet Hot American Summer\", \"The Matchmaker\", \"Reality Bites\", \"Steal This Movie!\", \"Clay Pigeons\", \"Sweethearts\", \"Mystery Men\", and \"The Independent\", among numerous others. She has been a series regular on television programs such as \"\", \"24\", and \"Girlfriends' Guide", "title": "Janeane Garofalo" }, { "id": "5849115", "text": "have one child, daughter May Theodora Benben (born 1996). Benben and Stowe have a home in South Texas. Brian Benben Brian Edward Benben (born June 18, 1956) is an American actor, best known for his role as Martin Tupper in the HBO comedy television series \"Dream On\" (1990–1996), and also known as Dr. Sheldon Wallace on ABC medical drama \"Private Practice\" (2008–2013). Benben is married to Madeleine Stowe. Benben was born in Winchester, Virginia, the son of Gloria Patricia (née Coffman) and Peter Michael Benben Sr., a produce buyer. He later lived and attended high school in Marlboro, New York,", "title": "Brian Benben" }, { "id": "18459972", "text": "Benjamin Kanes Benjamin Kanes (born March 25, 1977) is an American actor, screenwriter, film director and producer. Kanes was born in Haverford, Pennsylvania. Kanes entered the movie industry with roles in short subjects and documentaries, beginning in 2003. During the early years he also worked as a body double and stuntman; most notably as a stand-in for the lead in \"Invincible\", for Mark Wahlberg in \"Shooter\" and \"The Other Guys\", for Jude Law in \"My Blueberry Nights\", for Shia LaBeouf in \"\", and for Colin Farrell in \"Dead Man Down\". He has also served as screenwriter, film editor, associate producer", "title": "Benjamin Kanes" }, { "id": "9269024", "text": "Madison Pettis Madison Michelle Pettis (born July 22, 1998) is an American actress, voice actress and model. She is known for her roles as Sophie Martinez on the Disney Channel comedy series \"Cory in the House\", as Peyton Kelly in the 2007 film \"The Game Plan\", and as Allie Brookes in the 2011 Canadian comedy series \"Life with Boys\". Madison Pettis was born on July 22, 1998 in Arlington, Texas to Steven and Michelle Pettis. Her father is African American and her mother is of Italian, French, and Irish descent. Pettis was first noticed when her mother entered into an", "title": "Madison Pettis" }, { "id": "15420234", "text": "Tactical Force Tactical Force is 2011 Canadian action film written and directed by Adamo Paolo Cultraro, and starring Steve Austin, Michael Jai White, Candace Elaine, Keith Jardine, Michael Shanks, Michael Eklund, Darren Shahlavi, and Lexa Doig. It was released on August 9, 2011 in North America by Vivendi Entertainment, and went on to become #10 in the top ten best selling DVDs in the United States for the month of August 2011. It was released by Entertainment One in the United Kingdom and other foreign territories beginning October 31, 2011. Captain Frank Tate leads a four-member SWAT team consisting of", "title": "Tactical Force" }, { "id": "18533516", "text": "Smurfs: The Lost Village Smurfs: The Lost Village is a 2017 American 3D computer-animated adventure fantasy film based on \"The Smurfs\" comic book series by Peyo, produced by Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation and The Kerner Entertainment Company, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. A reboot of Sony's previous live-action/animated hybrid films, the film was directed by Kelly Asbury from a screenplay by Stacey Harman and Pamela Ribon, and stars the voices of Demi Lovato, Rainn Wilson, Joe Manganiello, Mandy Patinkin, Jack McBrayer, Danny Pudi, Michelle Rodriguez, Ellie Kemper, Ariel Winter, Meghan Trainor, and Julia Roberts. In the film, a", "title": "Smurfs: The Lost Village" }, { "id": "11506236", "text": "Mary Louise Weller Mary Louise Weller (born in New York City) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Mandy Pepperidge in the popular 1978 film \"Animal House\". She has also guest-starred in such television series as \"Starsky & Hutch\", \"Fantasy Island\", \"B.J. and the Bear\", \"Supertrain\", and \"CHiPs\" as well as appearing in Larry Cohen's film, \"Q\". Mary Louise Weller was born in New York City and was raised in Los Angeles' Westwood area. The onetime top New York model made her film debut with an uncredited role in the 1973 Al Pacino cop", "title": "Mary Louise Weller" }, { "id": "16256566", "text": "the third season, Davenport opens up a bionic academy on a bionic island to train Krane's bionic soldiers to be the world's new bionic heroes. On July 13, 2011, Disney XD ordered \"Lab Rats\", with production to begin in September 2011 in Hollywood for a 2012 premiere. The series was created by Chris Peterson and Bryan Moore, who serve as executive producers alongside Mark Brazill. Starring in the series are Tyrel Jackson Williams as Leo, Billy Unger as Chase, Spencer Boldman as Adam, Kelli Berglund as Bree, and Hal Sparks as Davenport. The series was originally shot in the summer", "title": "Lab Rats (U.S. TV series)" }, { "id": "19086162", "text": "Six Million Dollar Man\"; Taylor from \"Planet of the Apes\"; and Brubaker from \"Capricorn One\". In October 2015, Marvel revealed that main cast members Clark Gregg, Ming-Na Wen, Brett Dalton, Chloe Bennet, Iain De Caestecker, Henstridge, Nick Blood, Adrianne Palicki, Henry Simmons, and Luke Mitchell would star as Phil Coulson, Melinda May, Grant Ward, Daisy Johnson, Leo Fitz, Jemma Simmons, Lance Hunter, Bobbi Morse, Alphonso \"Mack\" MacKenzie, and Lincoln Campbell, respectively. However, the majority of the cast does not ultimately appear, with only Henstridge and De Caestecker playing notable roles; Whedon said that the others basically had \"a week off\".", "title": "4,722 Hours" }, { "id": "14872172", "text": "in Manhattan. After graduating from Northwestern University with a BA in Theatre, she went on to pursue her acting career in both New York and Los Angeles. She has appeared on numerous television shows, guest starring on such hits as Law and Order, CSI: Miami, Castle and Criminal Minds. She has also played recurring roles as a love interest to Anthony Edwards on ER and as Holly Hunter’s sister on Saving Grace. Her film work includes the Todd Phillip’s produced Project X, Spike Lee’s \"Oldboy\" and Akiva Goldsman’s directorial debut, \"Winter's Tale\". Caitlin Dulany Caitlin Dulany is an American actress.", "title": "Caitlin Dulany" }, { "id": "11296327", "text": "Zawe Ashton Zawedde \"Zawe\" Ashton (; born 25 July 1984) is an English actress, playwright and director best known for her roles in Channel 4 comedy dramas \"Not Safe for Work\" and \"Fresh Meat\". Other credits include the feature films \"Blitz\" and \"\". Ashton was born in Hackney, London, the eldest of three children born to a Ugandan mother, Victoria, and an English father, Paul Ashton, both teachers; her father later worked for the BBC and for Channel 4 as a Commissioning Editor. Her maternal grandfather, Paulo Muwanga, was President and Prime Minister of Uganda. She attended the Anna Scher", "title": "Zawe Ashton" }, { "id": "19237371", "text": "Damon Gupton Damon Jamal Gupton (born January 4, 1973) is an American actor and orchestral conductor, best known for his series regular roles as Charles Foster on \"Deadline\", Evrard Velerio on \"Prime Suspect\", Adam Page on \"The Divide\", Detective Cal Brown on \"The Player\", and SSA Stephen Walker on \"Criminal Minds\". He has also co-starred in the films \"The Last Airbender\" (2010), \"Whiplash\" (2014), and \"La La Land\" (2016). Gupton was born in Detroit, Michigan. He attended the University of Michigan, where he directed a musical ensemble, and graduated with a bachelor's degree in Music Education. He received the Emerging", "title": "Damon Gupton" }, { "id": "3699397", "text": "Tuc Watkins Charles Curtis \"Tuc\" Watkins III (born September 2, 1966) is an American actor, known for his roles as David Vickers on \"One Life to Live\" and Bob Hunter on \"Desperate Housewives\". Watkins was born in Kansas City, Kansas, to Charles Curtis Watkins II, a salesman, and a photographer mother. He attended Indiana University. He has a younger sister, Courtney, born in 1968. Watkins came out as gay on April 26, 2013 in an interview on \"Marie\" with Marie Osmond. In December 2012, Watkins had twins, Catchen (Catch) and Curtis, via a surrogate named Melissa. Watkins started his career", "title": "Tuc Watkins" }, { "id": "12469370", "text": "XXX: Return of Xander Cage XXX: Return of Xander Cage (released as XXX: Reactivated in some countries and styled as xXx: Return of Xander Cage in promotional materials) is a 2017 American action film directed by D. J. Caruso and written by F. Scott Frazier. The film stars Vin Diesel, Donnie Yen, Deepika Padukone, Kris Wu, Ruby Rose, Tony Jaa, Nina Dobrev, Toni Collette, Ariadna Gutiérrez, Hermione Corfield, and Samuel L. Jackson. It is the third installment in the \"XXX\" franchise and a sequel to both \"XXX\" (2002) and \"\" (2005). Unlike the previous films, which were distributed by Columbia", "title": "XXX: Return of Xander Cage" }, { "id": "5290062", "text": "Boris Kodjoe Boris Frederic Cecil Tay-Natey Ofuatey-Kodjoe (; born March 8, 1973), better known as Boris Kodjoe, is an Austrian-born actor of German and Ghanaian descent known for his roles as Kelby in the 2002 film \"Brown Sugar\", the sports-courier agent Damon Carter on the Showtime drama series \"Soul Food\" and was a recurring character on FOX's \"The Last Man on Earth\". He currently co-stars on BET's \"Real Husbands of Hollywood\" and the \"Grey's Anatomy\" spin-off, \"Station 19\". Kodjoe was born in Vienna, Austria, the son of Ursula, a German psychologist of partially Jewish descent, and Eric Kodjoe, a Ghanaian", "title": "Boris Kodjoe" }, { "id": "9799063", "text": "Kermit Jones on \"The Royale\" (AMC). He has also guest starred on Elementary (CBS), Odd Mom Out (BRAVO), 'Black Box' (ABC), 'The Good Wife' (CBS), \"The Mentalist\" (CBS), \"CSI\" (CBS), \"Franklin and Bash\" (TNT), \"NCIS\" (CBS), \"Canterbury's Law\" (FOX), \"Hope and Faith\" (ABC), \"Ed\" (NBC), \"Law and Order\" (NBC) and \"\" (NBC). On film he can be seen in 'I Am Michael', Disney's \"Mars Needs Moms\", Woody Allen's \"The Curse of the Jade Scorpion\", Paul Reiser's \"The Thing About My Folks\", Adrienne Shelly's \"Sudden Manhattan\", Michael Knowle's \"One Night\", and \"W.E.\" directed by Madonna. He also was featured in the", "title": "Kevin Cahoon" }, { "id": "14603959", "text": "Sarah Burns Sarah Burns (born July 26, 1981) is an American film and television actress and comedian, best known for playing Krista on HBO's \"Enlightened\". Born on Long Island, New York. Burns has performed improvisational comedy regularly at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York City, New York. Burns is known for her appearances in comedic films and television series. Her film roles include Anne in \"Slow Learners\" (2015) opposite Adam Pally, Hailey in \"I Love You, Man\" (2009), Harper in \"Going the Distance\" (2010) and Janine Groff in \"Life as We Know It\" (2010). She has also appeared", "title": "Sarah Burns" }, { "id": "16256567", "text": "of 2010 under the title of \"Billion Dollar Freshman\". On May 18, 2012, Disney XD renewed the series for a second season. On July 26, 2013, Disney XD renewed the series for a third season. On May 9, 2014, Disney XD renewed the series for a fourth season. On June 25, 2015, Kelli Berglund stated in an interview that the fourth season would be the final season. The series originally premiered on Disney XD on February 27, 2012, and on Disney Channel on March 2, 2012. In Canada, it first aired on Disney XD on February 24, 2012. It later", "title": "Lab Rats (U.S. TV series)" }, { "id": "13830575", "text": "Michael Cory Davis Michael Cory Davis is an American actor, filmmaker, and activist. He was born in Brooklyn, of Jamaican parents. He studied acting at Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, and upon graduation landed a recurring role on \"All My Children\". He has starred in shows such as \"Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders\", \"Animal Kingdom\", \"NCIS:LA\", \"The Mentalist\", \"For Better or Worse\", and \"Anger Management\" with Charlie Sheen. He has also starred in six highly rated made for TV films for the SyFy Channel (\"Manticore\", \"Raptor Island\", \"Path of Destruction\", \"Alien Siege\", \"Alien Apocalypse\",", "title": "Michael Cory Davis" }, { "id": "3833520", "text": "Gregory Smith (actor) Gregory Edward Smith (born July 6, 1983) is a Canadian-American actor, writer, and director. Smith has appeared in several Hollywood films, and is known for his roles as Alan Abernathy in \"Small Soldiers\", Ephram Brown on the television series \"Everwood\", and more recently as Dov Epstein on the police drama series \"Rookie Blue\". Smith was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Terrea (\"née\" Oster), a teacher from the USA, and Maurice Smith, a producer of low-budget films originally from the United Kingdom. Smith's mother appeared in several of the films that his father produced during the", "title": "Gregory Smith (actor)" } ]

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[ { "id": "18938989", "text": "the Seven Kingdoms. HBO ordered the seventh season on April 21, 2016, three days before the premiere of the show's sixth season, and began filming on August 31, 2016. The season was filmed primarily in Northern Ireland, Spain, Croatia and Iceland. \"Game of Thrones\" features a large ensemble cast, including Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, and Kit Harington. The season introduces several new cast members, including Jim Broadbent and Tom Hopper. The series received 22 nominations for the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards, and won for Outstanding Drama Series and Dinklage won for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)" }, { "id": "18938987", "text": "Game of Thrones (season 7) The seventh and penultimate season of the fantasy drama television series \"Game of Thrones\" premiered on HBO on July 16, 2017, and concluded on August 27, 2017. Unlike previous seasons that consisted of ten episodes each, the seventh season consisted of only seven. Like the previous season, it largely consisted of original content not found in George R. R. Martin's \"A Song of Ice and Fire\" series, while also incorporating material Martin revealed to showrunners about the upcoming novels in the series. The series was adapted for television by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss.", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)" }, { "id": "18939004", "text": "On March 9, 2017, HBO hosted a live stream on the \"Game of Thrones\" Facebook page that revealed the premiere date for the seventh season as being July 16, 2017. It was accompanied by a teaser trailer. On March 30, 2017, the first official promo for the show was released, highlighting the thrones of Daenerys Targaryen, Jon Snow, and Cersei Lannister. On April 20, 2017, HBO released 15 official photos shot during the season. On May 22, 2017, HBO released several new photos from the new season. On May 23, 2017, HBO released the official posters featuring the Night King.", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)" }, { "id": "18939005", "text": "The first official trailer for season 7 was released on May 24, 2017. The trailer set a world record for being the most viewed show trailer ever, being viewed 61 million times across digital platforms, in the first 24 hours. The second official trailer was released on June 21, 2017. The season premiere was screened at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles on July 12, 2017. The season was released on Blu-ray and DVD in region 1 on December 12, 2017. The season premiere was pirated 90 million times in the first three days after it aired. On", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)" }, { "id": "18938998", "text": "Bender, who worked on the show's sixth season, said that the seventh season would consist of seven episodes. Benioff and Weiss stated that they were unable to produce 10 episodes in the show's usual 12 to 14 month time frame, as Weiss said \"It's crossing out of a television schedule into more of a mid-range movie schedule.\" HBO confirmed on July 18, 2016, that the seventh season would consist of seven episodes, and would premiere later than usual in mid-2017 because of the later filming schedule. Later it was confirmed that the season would debut on July 16. The seventh", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)" }, { "id": "18938997", "text": "fifth season. New York Mets baseball pitcher Noah Syndergaard made a background cameo as a javelin-throwing Lannister soldier in \"The Spoils of War.\" On April 21, 2016, HBO officially ordered the seventh season of \"Game of Thrones\", just three days prior to the premiere of the show's sixth season. In a June 2016 interview with \"Variety\", co-creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss revealed the seventh season would likely consist of fewer episodes, stating at the time of the interview that they were \"down to our final 13 episodes after this season. We're heading into the final lap.\" Director Jack", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)" }, { "id": "12800935", "text": "Game of Thrones Game of Thrones is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. It is an adaptation of \"A Song of Ice and Fire\", George R. R. Martin's series of fantasy novels, the first of which is \"A Game of Thrones\". It is filmed in Belfast and elsewhere in Northern Ireland, Canada, Croatia, Iceland, Malta, Morocco, Scotland, Spain, and the United States. The series premiered on HBO in the United States on April 17, 2011, and its seventh season ended on August 27, 2017. The series will conclude with its eighth season", "title": "Game of Thrones" }, { "id": "18939002", "text": "Now and HBO Go apps are included. Over the season, the viewer numbers averaged at over 30 million per episode across all platforms. The season was simulcast around the world by HBO and its broadcast partners in 186 countries. In some countries, it aired the day after its first release. On July 23, 2016, a teaser production trailer was released by HBO at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con. The trailer mostly consisted of voice overs, and shots of crew members creating sets and props. The first footage from the season was revealed in a new promotional video released by HBO", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)" }, { "id": "18938990", "text": "Drama Series. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The recurring actors listed here are those who appeared in season 7. They are listed by the region in which they first appear. Series creators and executive producers David Benioff and D. B. Weiss serve as showrunners for the seventh season. The directors for the seventh season are Jeremy Podeswa (episodes 1 and 7), Mark Mylod (episodes 2 and 3), Matt Shakman (episodes 4 and 5) and Alan Taylor (episode 6). This marks Taylor's return to the series after an absence since the second season. Shakman is a first-time \"Game of Thrones\" director, with the rest each", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)" }, { "id": "18938993", "text": "filming locations. Girona stood in for Braavos and parts of King's Landing. It was later announced that the seventh season would film in Northern Ireland, Spain and Iceland, with filming in Northern Ireland beginning in August 2016. The series filmed in the Spanish cities Seville, Cáceres, Almodóvar del Río, Santiponce, Zumaia and Bermeo. Spanish sources announced that the series would be filming the seventh season on Muriola Beach in Barrika, Las Atarazanas, the Royal Dockyards of Seville and at the shores of San Juan de Gaztelugatxe, an islet belonging to the city of Bermeo. The series returned to film at", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)" }, { "id": "157544", "text": "a dozen Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Drama Series. By the end of 2016, all seasons up to season 6 (which premiered on April 24, 2016) had been aired on HBO and all seasons had been released on DVD and/or Blu-ray for home viewing (see List of Game of Thrones episodes). The company confirmed on July 18, 2016 that season 7 would consist of seven episodes instead of the usual ten, and would premiere later than usual, in mid-2017, because of the later filming schedule. This was necessary in order to be shooting during the winter season in Europe. Season 7", "title": "George R. R. Martin" }, { "id": "18938991", "text": "having directed multiple episodes in previous seasons. Michele Clapton returned to the show as costume designer, after spending some time away from the show in the sixth season. She previously worked on the show for the first five seasons, as well as the end of the sixth season. The seventh season contains original material not found in the \"A Song of Ice and Fire\" series. Some of the show's sixth season also consists of material revealed to the writers of the television series during discussions with Martin. Filming began on August 31, 2016, at Titanic Studios in Belfast, and ended", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)" }, { "id": "18938994", "text": "The Dark Hedges in Stranocum, which was previously used as the Kingsroad in the second season. Some scenes were filmed in Iceland. Filming also occurred in Dubrovnik, Croatia, which is used for location of King's Landing. The scene where Arya was reunited with Nymeria was filmed in Alberta, Canada. \"Deadline\" reported on June 21, 2016, that the five main cast members, Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, and Kit Harington had been in contract negotiations for the final two seasons. It was reported that the cast members have increased their salary to $500,000 per episode for the seventh", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)" }, { "id": "18939000", "text": "of 77 out of 100 based on 12 reviews, indicating \"generally favorable reviews\". On Rotten Tomatoes, the seventh season has a 94% approval rating from 46 critics with an average rating of 8.31 out of 10, and a 92% average episode score, with the site's consensus reading, \"After a year-long wait, \"Game of Thrones\" roars back with powerful storytelling and a focused interest in its central characters—particularly the female ones.\" The series premiere surpassed 30 million viewers across all of the network's domestic platforms weeks after its release. The show's numbers continued to climb in other countries as well. In", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)" }, { "id": "18938992", "text": "in February 2017. In an interview with the showrunners, it was announced that the filming of the seventh season would be delayed until later in the year due to necessary weather conditions for filming. The showrunners stated \"We're starting a bit later because, you know, at the end of this season, winter is here, and that means that sunny weather doesn't really serve our purposes any more. We kind of pushed everything down the line so we could get some grim, gray weather even in the sunnier places that we shoot.\" Girona, Spain did not return as one of the", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)" }, { "id": "18938999", "text": "season of the series includes its longest episode, with the finale running for 81 minutes. The penultimate episode also runs for 71 minutes – around 16 minutes longer than an average \"Game of Thrones\" episode. The first five episodes mostly run longer than average (55 minutes), at 59, 59, 63, 50, and 59 minutes respectively. The previous longest episode in the series was the sixth-season finale, \"The Winds of Winter\", which ran for 69 minutes. Ramin Djawadi returned as the composer of the show for the seventh season. On Metacritic, the season (based on the first episode) has a score", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)" }, { "id": "18938995", "text": "and eighth season. It was later reported that the actors had gone through a renegotiation, for which they had increased their salary to $1.1 million per episode for the last two seasons. On August 31, 2016, \"Entertainment Weekly\" reported that Jim Broadbent had been cast for the seventh season in a \"significant\" role. It was announced that the role of Dickon Tarly has been recast, with Tom Hopper replacing Freddie Stroma, who had previously played the role in \"Blood of My Blood\". The seventh season sees the return of Mark Gatiss as Tycho Nestoris, who did not appear in the", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)" }, { "id": "5621357", "text": "he appeared in the film \"Another Year\", which earned him a nomination for Best Supporting Actor from the London Film Critics Circle Awards. In 2011, 2013 and 2016, Bradley appeared as Lord Walder Frey in the HBO series \"Game of Thrones\". In January 2017, it was confirmed that Bradley would appear in the seventh season of the show later that year. Bradley played Solomon, a ruthless buccaneer, in the 2012 \"Doctor Who\" episode \"Dinosaurs on a Spaceship\". He previously provided voice work for \"The Sarah Jane Adventures\" serial \"Death of the Doctor\". It was announced in January 2013 that Bradley", "title": "David Bradley (English actor)" }, { "id": "18938988", "text": "The penultimate season focuses primarily on the convergence of the show's main plotlines in preparation for the final season. Daenerys Targaryen arrives in Westeros with her army and three dragons and wages war against the Lannisters. Jon Snow forges an alliance with Daenerys in an attempt to unite their forces against the White Walker army, the two falling in love in the process. Arya and Bran return to Winterfell and reunite with their sister Sansa. At the end of the season, the Army of the Dead breaches the Wall (with the help of a reanimated wight dragon) and finally enters", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)" }, { "id": "18939003", "text": "highlighting its new and returning original shows for the coming year on November 28, 2016, showcasing Jon Snow, Sansa Stark and Arya Stark. On March 1, 2017, HBO and \"Game of Thrones\" teamed up with Major League Baseball (MLB) for a cross-promotional partnership. At least 19 individual teams participated in this promotion. On March 8, 2017, HBO released the first promotional poster for the season ahead of the SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas, which teases the battle of \"ice vs. fire\". Showrunners Benioff and Weiss also spoke at the event, along with fellow cast members Sophie Turner and Maisie Williams.", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)" }, { "id": "12801004", "text": "out of 100 (based on 29 reviews) on Metacritic. The sixth season has been praised by critics, though not as highly as its predecessors. It has a score of 73 on Metacritic (based on nine reviews), indicating \"generally favorable reviews\". The seventh season scored 77 out of 100 (based on twelve reviews) and was praised for its action sequences and focused central characters, but received criticism for its breakneck pace and plot developments that \"defied logic.\" Despite its otherwise enthusiastic reception by critics, \"Game of Thrones\" has been criticized for the amount of female nudity, violence, and sexual violence (especially", "title": "Game of Thrones" }, { "id": "12800969", "text": "as Córdoba. The sixth season, which began filming in July 2015, returned to Spain and filmed in Navarra, Guadalajara, Seville, Almeria, Girona and Peniscola. Filming also returned to Dubrovnik, Croatia. Filming of the seven episodes of season 7 began on August 31, 2016, at Titanic Studios in Belfast, with other filming in Iceland, Northern Ireland and many locations in Spain, including Seville, Cáceres, Almodovar del Rio, Santiponce, Zumaia and Bermeo. The series also filmed in Dubrovnik, which is used for location of King's Landing. Filming continued until the end of February 2017 as necessary to ensure winter weather in some", "title": "Game of Thrones" }, { "id": "18939007", "text": "on-demand viewing for one hour before being removed. Data from piracy monitoring firm MUSO indicates that season seven was pirated more than one billion times mostly by unauthorized streaming, with torrent and direct downloads accounting for about 15 percent of this piracy. On average, each episode is estimated to have been pirated 140 million times, making \"Game of Thrones\" the most-pirated television series in 2017. Game of Thrones (season 7) The seventh and penultimate season of the fantasy drama television series \"Game of Thrones\" premiered on HBO on July 16, 2017, and concluded on August 27, 2017. Unlike previous seasons", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)" }, { "id": "12800963", "text": "content. In April 2016, the showrunners' plan was to shoot 13 more episodes after the sixth season: seven episodes in the seventh season and six episodes in the eighth. Later that month, the series was renewed for a seventh season with a seven-episode order. Eight seasons were ordered and filmed, adapting the novels at a rate of about 48 seconds per page for the first three seasons. The first two seasons adapted one novel each. For the later seasons, its creators see \"Game of Thrones\" as an adaptation of \"A Song of Ice and Fire\" as a whole rather than", "title": "Game of Thrones" }, { "id": "14205644", "text": "filmed in Iceland and Northern Ireland. The series was renewed for a seventh season, which premiered on 16 July 2017, and will conclude with its eighth season in April 2019. \"Game of Thrones\" takes place on the fictional continents of Westeros and Essos and chronicles the power struggles among noble families as they fight for control of the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms. Jon Snow is introduced as the illegitimate son of Ned Stark, the honorable lord of Winterfell, an ancient fortress in the North of the fictional continent of Westeros. Harington has received praise for his performance. In", "title": "Kit Harington" }, { "id": "18939001", "text": "the UK, the premiere got up to 4.7 million viewers after seven days, setting a new record for Sky Atlantic. Compared to the previous season, HBO Asia saw an increases of between 24 percent to 50 percent. HBO Latin America saw a record viewership in the region, with a 29 percent climb. In Germany, the show went up 210 percent, in Russia it climbed 40 percent and in Italy it saw a 61 percent increase. In the United States, the finale was watched by 12.1 million viewers on its first airing on television, and 16.5 million when viewings on HBO", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)" }, { "id": "18939006", "text": "August 4, 2017, it was reported that, two days before its original broadcast, the fourth episode of the season was leaked online from Star India, one of HBO's international network partners. The leaked copy has the \"for internal viewing only\" watermark. On July 31, 2017, due to a security breach, HBO was the victim of 1.5 terabytes of stolen data. However, \"this was not related to this episode leak\", according to \"The Verge\". On August 16, 2017, four days before its intended release, it was reported that HBO Spain and HBO Nordic accidentally allowed the sixth episode of the series", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)" }, { "id": "18938996", "text": "sixth season, Ben Hawkey as Hot Pie, who last appeared in the fourth season, and Joe Dempsie as Gendry, who last appeared in the third season and maintains his status as starring cast member. Members of the British indie pop band Bastille were reported to have filmed cameo appearances. British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran also makes a cameo appearance in the season. Frontman of American heavy metal band Mastodon, Brent Hinds, has also revealed he would have a cameo appearance. This is Hinds' second cameo in the series, following his appearance (along with bandmates Brann Dailor and Bill Kelliher) in the", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 7)" }, { "id": "2745984", "text": "season four of \"Game of Thrones\" in 2014 playing Tycho Nestoris and reprised this role in season five and season seven. In the BBC's 2015 series \"Wolf Hall\", Gatiss played King Henry VIII's secretary Stephen Gardiner. He also appeared in Channel 4’s \"Coalition\" in 2015. Gatiss appears as the Prince Regent (later George IV) in the eight-part historical fiction television drama series \"Taboo\" (2017) first broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom on 7 January 2017 and in the United States on FX on 10 January 2017. Gatiss appears frequently in BBC Radio productions, including the science fiction comedy", "title": "Mark Gatiss" }, { "id": "20300029", "text": "before it was set to air, on August 20, 2017. Four days before its official broadcast, HBO Spain and HBO Nordic accidentally allowed \"Beyond the Wall\" to be available for on-demand viewing for one hour before being removed. Beyond the Wall (Game of Thrones) \"Beyond the Wall\" is the sixth and penultimate episode of the seventh season of HBO's fantasy television series \"Game of Thrones\", and the 66th overall. It was written by series co-creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, and directed by Alan Taylor. At 70 minutes, it was the series' longest episode until the airing of the", "title": "Beyond the Wall (Game of Thrones)" }, { "id": "20049003", "text": "episodes, stating that after season six, they were \"down to our final 13 episodes after this season. We're heading into the final lap.\" Benioff and Weiss stated that they were unable to produce 10 episodes in the show's usual 12 to 14-month time frame, as Weiss said, \"It's crossing out of a television schedule into more of a mid-range movie schedule.\" HBO confirmed in July 2016, that the seventh season would consist of seven episodes, and would premiere later than usual in mid-2017 because of the later filming schedule. Benioff and Weiss later confirmed that the eighth season will consist", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 8)" }, { "id": "1941186", "text": "\"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince\" (2009) and \"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2\" (2011). He joined the cast of the television series \"Game of Thrones\", playing a role of Archmaester Ebrose, in the seventh season (2017). His other notable roles were in \"Topsy-Turvy\" (1999), \"The Gathering Storm\" (2002), \"And When Did You Last See Your Father?\" (2007), \"Hot Fuzz, Another Year\" (2010), and \"The Iron Lady\" (2011). Broadbent was born on 24 May 1949 in Holton cum Beckering, in Lincolnshire, the second son of Doreen \"Dee\" Broadbent (née Findlay), a sculptor, and Roy Laverick Broadbent, an", "title": "Jim Broadbent" }, { "id": "3735752", "text": "with Dragons\" (2011), working to negotiate an alliance between the Night's Watch and the wildlings. The growing animosity he has attracted from among the Watch finally catches up with him, and he is forced to face the dire consequences. On the HBO series \"Game of Thrones\", Jon's storyline follows the character's plot arc from the novel series, though season 6 and season 7 of the TV adaptation continue on from the events of Martin's latest published installment. Harington was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for the role in 2016. He was", "title": "Jon Snow (character)" }, { "id": "20263894", "text": "was leaked online from Star India, one of HBO's international network partners. Four suspects were arrested over the leak in Mumbai. Three of them were current employees of Prime Focus Technologies, an independent company that handles Star India's data, while one was a former employee. The Spoils of War (Game of Thrones) \"The Spoils of War\" is the fourth episode of the seventh season of HBO's fantasy television series \"Game of Thrones\", and the 64th overall. It was written by series co-creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, and directed by Matt Shakman. At Dragonstone, Daenerys Targaryen and Jon Snow", "title": "The Spoils of War (Game of Thrones)" }, { "id": "15836599", "text": "David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. Called \"Game of Thrones\", it stars an ensemble cast including Sean Bean and Peter Dinklage. The series premiered on 17 April 2011. A critical and commercial success, it was most recently renewed for a seventh and eighth season to be aired in 2017–19. The series has itself given rise to several derived works, including soundtrack albums and a wide range of merchandise. After years of speculation about possible spin-off series, HBO in May 2017 commissioned five screenwriters – Max Borenstein, Jane Goldman, Brian Helgeland, Carly Wray and a fifth yet to be announced writer", "title": "Works based on A Song of Ice and Fire" }, { "id": "20300002", "text": "Beyond the Wall (Game of Thrones) \"Beyond the Wall\" is the sixth and penultimate episode of the seventh season of HBO's fantasy television series \"Game of Thrones\", and the 66th overall. It was written by series co-creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, and directed by Alan Taylor. At 70 minutes, it was the series' longest episode until the airing of the season's finale. The episode's main plot focuses on Jon Snow's raiding party as they journey north of the Wall; they successfully capture a wight to prove the threat, though Thoros is killed. Daenerys rescues the group from the", "title": "Beyond the Wall (Game of Thrones)" }, { "id": "12801001", "text": "had positive reviews of 91 percent or higher on Rotten Tomatoes, and a 97-percent rating (based on 50 reviews) for the season as a whole. On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a rating of 95 percent and an average score of 8.6 out of 10 (based on 52 reviews). The season has a rating of 96 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, with an average score of 8.4 out of 10 based on 29 reviews. After the first episode aired, the seventh season held a rating of 97 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, with an average score of 8.2 out of 10 based on", "title": "Game of Thrones" }, { "id": "12801019", "text": "Awards (23). It won for Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Directing (\"Battle of the Bastards\"), Outstanding Writing (\"Battle of the Bastards\"), and nine Creative Arts Emmys. Nominations included Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (Dinklage and Kit Harington), Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (Clarke, Headey and Maisie Williams), Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series (Max von Sydow) and Outstanding Directing (\"The Door\"). In 2018, the seventh season received the most nominations at the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards (22). It won for Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (Peter Dinklage), and seven Creative Arts", "title": "Game of Thrones" }, { "id": "10453997", "text": "day, he appeared on \"Pointless Celebrities\", where he was paired with fellow actor Vas Blackwood. On 7 November 2015, he made his second appearance on \"Pointless Celebrities\", where he was paired with Tyger Drew-Honey. In 2017, Turgoose appeared in the Season 7 premiere of the HBO series \"Game of Thrones\" as a Lannister soldier. Thomas Turgoose Thomas Aiden Turgoose (born 11 February 1992) is an English actor, best known for his role as Shaun Fields in the film \"This Is England\" (2006), a role he reprises in the \"This Is England\" TV series \"This Is England '86\" (2010), \"This Is", "title": "Thomas Turgoose" }, { "id": "20048998", "text": "Game of Thrones (season 8) The eighth and final season of the fantasy drama television series \"Game of Thrones\" was announced by HBO in July 2016. Unlike the first six seasons that each had ten episodes and the seventh that had seven episodes, the eighth season will have only six episodes. Like the previous season, it will largely consist of original content not found currently in George R. R. Martin's \"A Song of Ice and Fire\" series and will also adapt material Martin has revealed to showrunners about the upcoming novels in the series, \"The Winds of Winter\" and \"A", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 8)" }, { "id": "20240373", "text": "The Queen's Justice \"The Queen's Justice\" is the third episode of the seventh season of HBO's fantasy television series \"Game of Thrones\", and the 63rd overall. The episode was written by series co-creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, and directed by Mark Mylod. At Dragonstone, Jon Snow and Davos Seaworth meet with Daenerys Targaryen, whom Jon asks for aid in defeating the White Walkers, but Daenerys iterates her desire to take the Iron Throne instead. In King's Landing, Euron Greyjoy returns bearing gifts to Cersei Lannister, in the form of Ellaria Sand and Tyene Sand. At the Citadel, Samwell", "title": "The Queen's Justice" }, { "id": "12801016", "text": "it at number four on their \"best TV shows ever\" list, while in 2016 the series was placed seventh on \"Empire\" \"The 50 best TV shows ever\". The same year \"Rolling Stone\" named it the twelfth \"greatest TV Show of all time\". The 2011 first season received 13 Emmy nominations (including Outstanding Drama Series), and won for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (given to Peter Dinklage for his portrayal of Tyrion Lannister) and Outstanding Main Title Design. Other nominations included Outstanding Directing (\"Winter Is Coming\") and Outstanding Writing (\"Baelor\"). Dinklage was also named Best Supporting Actor at the", "title": "Game of Thrones" }, { "id": "20154412", "text": "Lucy. After that episode's airing, they were confirmed as series regulars for season 7. West will be taking over the role from Jared S. Gilmore, who has been confirmed to appear in at least the first two episodes of the season. On July 6, 2017, it was announced that Dania Ramirez and Gabrielle Anwar would be two additional series regulars for season 7. Additionally, Adelaide Kane, Mekia Cox, and Rose Reynolds were cast in recurring roles for the upcoming season. On July 15, it was announced that Ramirez would be portraying Cinderella, albeit a different version from the one previously", "title": "Once Upon a Time (season 7)" }, { "id": "12801026", "text": "Kansas City, Missouri. Each season's Blu-ray and DVD set contains several short animated sequences narrated by the cast as their characters as they detail events in the history of Westeros. For the seventh season, this is to include the animated prequel series \"Game of Thrones: Conquest & Rebellion\", illustrated in a different animation style than previous videos. The series focuses on Aegon Targaryen's conquest of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros. In May 2017, after years of speculation about possible successor shows, HBO commissioned Max Borenstein, Jane Goldman, Brian Helgeland, Carly Wray and a fifth unnamed writer to develop individual \"Game", "title": "Game of Thrones" }, { "id": "20154403", "text": "Once Upon a Time (season 7) The seventh and final season of the American ABC fantasy-drama \"Once Upon a Time\" was ordered on May 11, 2017. It consisted of 22 episodes, airing on Fridays, having premiered on October 6, 2017. This season marked a significant change for the series, as it was announced at the end of the sixth season that the majority of the main cast members would not be returning for season 7. Lana Parrilla, Colin O'Donoghue, and Robert Carlyle were the only ones remaining. Andrew J. West and Alison Fernandez were announced as new regulars in May", "title": "Once Upon a Time (season 7)" }, { "id": "8231962", "text": "for his portrayal of the title role in Bell Shakespeare's 2008 Production of \"Hamlet\" and acted in Sydney Theatre Company's production of \"True West\", directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman, in 2010. Brendan lives in Newtown, New South Wales Sydney and is a committed supporter of the Cronulla Sharks rugby league team. In 2010 he published his first novel \"How it Feels\". In 2017 he starred as Galileo Galilei in the Young Vic's production of Bertholt Brecht's \"Life of Galileo\". Also in 2017, Cowell joined the cast of the HBO series \"Game of Thrones\" in Season 7 as Harrag, an Ironborn", "title": "Brendan Cowell" }, { "id": "1571218", "text": "third season premiered on Netflix on August 4, 2017, and consisted of 7 episodes while the fourth season premiered on October 13, 2017, and consisted of 6 episodes. The fifth season premiered on March 2, 2018, and consists of six episodes.[5] The sixth season premiered on June 15, 2018 and consists of seven episodes. The 7th season premiered August 10th 2018 and consists of 13 episodes. The 8th and final season is set to release on December 14th, 2018 and will consist of 13 episodes. The series' success has spawned several comics, action figures, and other toys. In Australia, DVDs", "title": "Voltron" }, { "id": "7896772", "text": "Oxford Blues as Lowe's Oriel College room-mate and confidant, providing inside information. In 2011 he appeared in the television film \"The Suspicions of Mr Whicher\" for ITV. He also appeared in the drama \"The Queen\" in 2006, as Blair's aide. In 2017, Firth joined the cast of the HBO series \"Game of Thrones\" in Eastwatch, an episode of Season 7 as Archmaester Sandhu. Julian Firth Julian Firth is an English actor, best known for his roles as troubled inmate Davis in the cinematic version of the film \"Scum\" and as Brother Jerome in the long-running television series \"Cadfael\". Firth has", "title": "Julian Firth" }, { "id": "9591883", "text": "in which they grew up together. In 2010, he voiced Steven, a gay teenager from Nottinghamshire in the Radio 4 play \"Once Upon a Time\". He plays the character of Gendry in HBO's series \"Game of Thrones\" based on George R. R. Martin's \"A Song of Ice and Fire\" novels. As of 2017, he has appeared in the first three and seventh of its seven seasons. He also appeared in the Channel 4 mini-series \"This Is England '86\", as well as the follow-ups \"This Is England '88\" and \"This Is England '90\". He has also appeared in \"Harry & Paul\"", "title": "Joe Dempsie" }, { "id": "20263862", "text": "The Spoils of War (Game of Thrones) \"The Spoils of War\" is the fourth episode of the seventh season of HBO's fantasy television series \"Game of Thrones\", and the 64th overall. It was written by series co-creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, and directed by Matt Shakman. At Dragonstone, Daenerys Targaryen and Jon Snow observe cave drawings left by the Children of the Forest, indicating that the First Men and the Children fought together against the White Walkers. In King's Landing, Cersei Lannister seeks further investment from the Iron Bank, after reassuring them that their debt will soon be", "title": "The Spoils of War (Game of Thrones)" }, { "id": "19665507", "text": "Light of the Seven \"Light of the Seven\" is a piece in the HBO's series \"Game of Thrones\", the television series adaptation of \"A Song of Ice and Fire\" by George R. R. Martin. It first played during the season six finale of the show and was composed by Ramin Djawadi in 2016. The \"Light of the Seven\" is the first time piano is used in the music for \"Game of Thrones\". It was nominated by the International Film Music Critics Association for \"Film Music Composition Of The Year\". In an interview, Djawadi spoke about \"Light of the Seven\", which", "title": "Light of the Seven" }, { "id": "20049002", "text": "be the last time that we would be doing this\". In an interview with \"Entertainment Weekly\", HBO programming president Casey Bloys stated that instead of the series finale being a feature film, the final season would be \"six one-hour movies\" on television. He continued, \"The show has proven that TV is every bit as impressive and in many cases more so, than film. What they're doing is monumental.\" Filming officially began on October 23, 2017, and concluded in July 2018. Co-creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss have said that the seventh and eighth season would likely consist of fewer", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 8)" }, { "id": "1941197", "text": "seventh season of the HBO series \"Game of Thrones\". On 28 May 2018, he played Gloucester in the BBC Two's of King Lear. In 2018, he played Hans Christian Andersen in the premiere of Martin McDonagh's play \"A Very Very Very Dark Matter\" at the Bridge Theatre in London. Broadbent has been married to painter and former theatre designer Anastasia Lewis since 1987. He is an atheist. Broadbent was offered an OBE in 2002, but he declined it, stating that there were more deserving recipients than actors and that the British Empire was not something he wanted to “celebrate”. Jim", "title": "Jim Broadbent" }, { "id": "17142231", "text": "received a 97% average episode score. The site's critical consensus reads, \"\"Game of Thrones\" continues to be one of the best shows on TV, combining meticulously-plotted character arcs with the spectacular design of the Seven Kingdoms.\" Season 4 obtained the strongest viewer numbers of all seasons aired up until that point, with a series high of 7.20 million viewers of the first airing of the seventh episode. With its fourth season, \"Game of Thrones\" has become the most-watched HBO series in history (surpassing the fourth season of \"The Sopranos\" which had a gross audience of 18.2 million viewers), averaging 18.4", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 4)" }, { "id": "19665514", "text": "Walks Away From Me\", acting as an alternate theme to \"The Rains of Castamere\" for her character. The track reached No. 1 on \"Billboard\"s Spotify Viral 50 chart. Light of the Seven \"Light of the Seven\" is a piece in the HBO's series \"Game of Thrones\", the television series adaptation of \"A Song of Ice and Fire\" by George R. R. Martin. It first played during the season six finale of the show and was composed by Ramin Djawadi in 2016. The \"Light of the Seven\" is the first time piano is used in the music for \"Game of Thrones\".", "title": "Light of the Seven" }, { "id": "20049005", "text": "to premiere in April 2019. Ramin Djawadi is set to return as the composer of the show for the eighth season. On December 6, 2018, HBO released the first official teaser trailer for the eighth season. Game of Thrones (season 8) The eighth and final season of the fantasy drama television series \"Game of Thrones\" was announced by HBO in July 2016. Unlike the first six seasons that each had ten episodes and the seventh that had seven episodes, the eighth season will have only six episodes. Like the previous season, it will largely consist of original content not found", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 8)" }, { "id": "19431647", "text": "also part of the show. The series began on Monday, April 25, 2016, on HBO Now, HBO Go, HBO On Demand and HBO. The stated purpose of the show is to \"recap the latest episode, explaining the who, what, when and where, exploring the complicated politics and history of \"Thrones\", and offering absurd and not-so-absurd theories about future episodes.\" For the seventh season of \"Game of Thrones\", the after show changed its name to Talk the Thrones and moved from HBO to the social media site Twitter, where it will stream live every week after an episode airs. Simmons said", "title": "After the Thrones" }, { "id": "3463366", "text": "an AACTA International Award for Best Actress and a Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Leading Actress. In 2016, she joined the HBO series \"Game of Thrones\" in Season 6 as Lady Crane; this role did not continue into Season 7. In June 2016 she started filming \"The White Princess\", playing Dowager Queen Elizabeth (Elizabeth Woodville). In early January 2017, the producers released a video clip from the series as a brief trailer (teaser). In late 2016, there were some plans for a movie, possibly a full trilogy, featuring the character Phryne Fisher. In May 2016, the actress said she would", "title": "Essie Davis" }, { "id": "18135474", "text": "nominations, the most of any series. It won 12 awards, including Outstanding Drama Series, David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for \"Battle of the Bastards\", and Miguel Sapochnik for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for \"Battle of the Bastards\". For the 7th Critics' Choice Television Awards, the series won for Best Drama Series. The season was simulcast around the world by HBO and its broadcast partners. While in some countries, it aired the day after its first release. On November 23, 2015, a teaser poster displaying Jon Snow was released on the", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 6)" }, { "id": "20304843", "text": "scored the channel with the premiere of the seventh season of the series Game of Thrones on 17 July 2017. The timeshift channel \"Sky Atlantic+1\" was switched off on 11 September 2017. The service was replaced by the timeshift service \"Sky1+1\" on 22 September 2017. Sky Atlantic (Germany) Sky Atlantic is a German-language pay-TV station specializing in the broadcasting of HBO productions and therefore has the slogan \"The Home of HBO\". The pay-TV station started its broadcast in HD on 23 May 2012 at 9 pm and was free of charge for three weeks for all Sky subscribers. For the", "title": "Sky Atlantic (Germany)" }, { "id": "20794103", "text": "on The CW in the United States on October 15, 2018. The main cast of the season as well as executive producer Beth Schwartz attended San Diego Comic-Con on July 21, 2018 to promote the season. The review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes reports a 96% approval rating for the seventh season, with an average rating of 7.7/10 based on 85 reviews. Reviewing for \"Den of Geek\", Delia Harrington gave the premiere a rating of 3/5. She opined that Roy's inclusion in the season made his \"moving sendoff\" with Thea from last season feel \"cheap\" and that she remained \"cautious\" about", "title": "Arrow (season 7)" }, { "id": "6337780", "text": "to direct for the seventh season of \"Game of Thrones\". Taylor currently lives in Brooklyn, New York, and has three children named Ginger, Willa and Jamieson. Film Television Below is the critical, public and commercial reception to films Taylor has directed, as of July 13, 2015. Alan Taylor (director) Alan Taylor (born c. 1959) is an American television and film director. He is known for his work on TV shows such as \"Lost\", \"The West Wing\", \"Six Feet Under\", \"Sex and the City\", \"The Sopranos\", \"Game of Thrones\", \"Boardwalk Empire\", \"Deadwood\", and \"Mad Men\". He also directed films such as", "title": "Alan Taylor (director)" }, { "id": "20240394", "text": "empowerment and true social change, \"Game of Thrones\" has been it\". The Queen's Justice \"The Queen's Justice\" is the third episode of the seventh season of HBO's fantasy television series \"Game of Thrones\", and the 63rd overall. The episode was written by series co-creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, and directed by Mark Mylod. At Dragonstone, Jon Snow and Davos Seaworth meet with Daenerys Targaryen, whom Jon asks for aid in defeating the White Walkers, but Daenerys iterates her desire to take the Iron Throne instead. In King's Landing, Euron Greyjoy returns bearing gifts to Cersei Lannister, in the", "title": "The Queen's Justice" }, { "id": "18135466", "text": "(played by animal actor Quigly). However, some of the special effects were created at Montreal's Rodeo FX studios which has won Emmy Awards previously for its work on the series. The sixth season saw the return of Isaac Hempstead Wright as Bran Stark, Kristian Nairn as Hodor, Ellie Kendrick as Meera Reed, Gemma Whelan as Yara Greyjoy, and Rory McCann as Sandor \"The Hound\" Clegane, who did not appear in the fifth season. Clive Russell, Tobias Menzies, Patrick Malahide, Richard Dormer and Paul Kaye also returned to the show as Brynden Tully, Edmure Tully, Balon Greyjoy, Beric Dondarrion and Thoros", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 6)" }, { "id": "18135459", "text": "Max von Sydow, Pilou Asbæk and Essie Davis. Critics praised its production values, writing, plot development, and cast. \"Game of Thrones\" received most nominations for the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards, with 23 nominations, and won twelve, including that for Outstanding Drama Series for the second year in a row. U.S. viewership rose compared to the previous season, and by approximately 13% over its course, from 7.9 million to 8.9 million by the finale. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The recurring actors listed here are those who appeared in season 6. They are listed by the region in which they first appear: The writing staff", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 6)" }, { "id": "20053753", "text": "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 7) The seventh season of the animated television series \"\", developed by Lauren Faust, originally aired on the Discovery Family channel in the United States. The series is based on Hasbro's My Little Pony line of toys and animated works and is often referred by collectors to be the fourth generation, or \"G4\", of the My Little Pony franchise. Season 7 of the series premiered on April 15, 2017 on Discovery Family, an American pay television channel partly owned by Hasbro, and concluded on October 28, twenty-two days after \"\" was released in", "title": "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (season 7)" }, { "id": "18135450", "text": "million at the seventh episode, \"The Gift\". \"Business Insider\" cites two likely reasons for the lower ratings: backlash over the rape scene in \"Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken\", one of many deviations from the novels throughout the season that \"have upset fans,\" and increased online streaming through HBO Now. It also acknowledged a possible effect of the first four episodes leaking online before the season premiere and the decision to air on Memorial Day weekend in the United States (a weekend that had been skipped in previous seasons). \"Business Insider\" reached out to HBO for comment, HBO responded that it is seeing", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 5)" }, { "id": "15562750", "text": "Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series (David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for \"Baelor\"). It won two, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (Peter Dinklage) and Outstanding Main Title Design. Dinklage, who plays Tyrion, was also named best supporting actor by the Golden Globes, the Scream Awards and the Satellite Awards. \"Game of Thrones\" premiered on HBO in the United States and Canada on April 17, 2011, and on Sky Atlantic in the United Kingdom and Ireland on April 18, 2011, with a same-day release on HBO Central Europe. The series premiered in Australia on Showcase on July 17,", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 1)" }, { "id": "20308995", "text": "The Dragon and the Wolf \"The Dragon and the Wolf\" is the seventh and final episode of the seventh season of HBO's fantasy television series \"Game of Thrones\", and the 67th episode overall. It was written by series co-creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, and directed by Jeremy Podeswa. The episode's plot includes a negotiation between Cersei and Daenerys, and a rift between Cersei and Jaime; Theon rededicates himself to Yara; Sansa and Arya unite against Littlefinger; Jon Snow is revealed to be the child of Lyanna Stark and Rhaegar Targaryen; Jon and Daenerys's romantic relationship comes to fruition;", "title": "The Dragon and the Wolf" }, { "id": "19218743", "text": "Aisling Franciosi Aisling Franciosi (6 June 1993) is an Irish-Italian actress. She is known for playing the part of Katie Benedetto in the BBC Two crime drama television series \"The Fall\" and her role as Kate Crawford in the TNT series\" Legends\". In 2016, Franciosi joined the cast of the HBO series \"Game of Thrones\" in the sixth and seventh seasons as Lyanna Stark. In 2017, she took the lead role in \"The Nightingale\", a period film set in Tasmania and directed by Jennifer Kent. Franciosi was born in Italy and grew up in Dublin. She is the third child", "title": "Aisling Franciosi" }, { "id": "13352673", "text": "pirate drama – exec produced by Michael Bay – serves as a prequel to Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island. He joined the cast of the HBO series \"Game of Thrones\" in season 7 as Dickon Tarly (replacing Freddie Stroma who had previously appeared in the role in season 6). Hopper has provided his image to causes supporting awareness of colon cancer screenings and treatment, as well as other cancers that are male specific such as testicular and penile cancer. Hopper was voted Expert Choice by The Stage at the Rose Bruford Acting Showcase June 2006. Hopper married British actress Laura", "title": "Tom Hopper" }, { "id": "4651057", "text": "appeared in the one-off BBC2 drama \"Freefall\". He co-starred as Phil Hendrick in the British drama \"Thorne\". In 2011, Gillen began playing Petyr \"Littlefinger\" Baelish on the HBO series \"Game of Thrones\", for which he received his second Irish Film & Television Award nomination. He appeared in all seven broadcast seasons, until his character's death in the season 7 finale \"The Dragon and the Wolf\". He starred as cop killer Barry Weiss in the British crime-thriller \"Blitz\" and in the British horror film \"Wake Wood\". He played crime boss John Boy in the acclaimed Irish crime-drama \"Love/Hate\", for which he", "title": "Aidan Gillen" }, { "id": "20904723", "text": "Last Man Standing (season 7) The seventh season of the American television comedy series \"Last Man Standing\" premiered on Fox on September 28, 2018. The season is produced by 21 Laps-Adelstein Productions. \"Last Man Standing\" previously aired on ABC before being cancelled after six seasons in May 2017. However, Fox picked up the series for a seventh season a year later in May 2018. This season saw changes to the series' main cast. Molly Ephraim and Flynn Morrison, who play Mandy Baxter and Boyd Baxter respectively, exited the series. The roles were later recast with Molly McCook and Jet Jurgensmeyer", "title": "Last Man Standing (season 7)" }, { "id": "18135434", "text": "sixth novel \"The Winds of Winter\". It also contains original content not found in Martin's novels. The series is adapted for television by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. HBO ordered the fifth season on April 8, 2014, together with the sixth season, which began filming in July 2014. The season was filmed primarily in Ireland, Northern Ireland, Croatia and Spain. \"Game of Thrones\" features a large ensemble cast, including Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke and Kit Harington. The season introduced a number of new cast members, including Jonathan Pryce and Alexander Siddig. Critics praised the show's", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 5)" }, { "id": "4324669", "text": "prisoner of a reanimated Catelyn Stark and the anti-Lannister Brotherhood Without Banners. Jaime is portrayed by Danish actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in the HBO adaptation \"Game of Thrones\". His casting was announced on August 20, 2009. In October 2014, Coster-Waldau and several other key cast members, all contracted for six seasons of the series, renegotiated their deals to include a potential seventh season and salary increases for seasons five, six, and seven. \"The Hollywood Reporter\" called the raises \"huge\", noting that the deal would make the performers \"among the highest-paid actors on cable TV\". \"Deadline Hollywood\" put the number for season", "title": "Jaime Lannister" }, { "id": "20240312", "text": "Dragonstone (Game of Thrones) \"Dragonstone\" is the first episode of the seventh season of HBO's fantasy television series \"Game of Thrones\", and the 61st overall. It was written by series co-creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, and directed by Jeremy Podeswa. The episode's main plot focuses on Daenerys Targaryen's long-awaited homecoming to Dragonstone with her vast forces, and Cersei and Jaime Lannister treating with Euron Greyjoy for an alliance after the demise of House Frey. \"Dragonstone\" received positive reviews from critics, who considered Arya's revenge on House Frey, Sandor Clegane's atonement for his old life, and Daenerys's dramatic homecoming", "title": "Dragonstone (Game of Thrones)" }, { "id": "20488783", "text": "intelligence community who were arrested under President Keane's orders the previous season. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The series was renewed for a seventh and eighth season in August 2016. For this season, Maury Sterling, Jake Weber and Linus Roache were promoted to series regulars; Sterling has been recurring since the first season, while Weber and Roache both first appeared in the sixth season. The seventh season began production on September 11, 2017, filming in Richmond, Virginia. Filming wrapped in Budapest, Hungary on March 29, 2018. The writers initially planned for the series' seventh and eighth seasons to comprise a two-season arc, but current", "title": "Homeland (season 7)" }, { "id": "20048999", "text": "Dream of Spring\". The season will be adapted for television by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. Filming officially began on October 23, 2017, and concluded in July 2018. The season is scheduled to premiere in April 2019. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The eighth and final season of the fantasy drama television series \"Game of Thrones\" was announced by HBO in July 2016. Like the previous season, it will largely consist of original content not found currently in George R. R. Martin's \"A Song of Ice and Fire\" series; it will instead adapt material Martin has revealed to showrunners about the upcoming novels", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 8)" }, { "id": "19506708", "text": "Shameless (season 7) The seventh season of \"Shameless\", based on the British series of the same name by Paul Abbott, is an American comedy-drama television series with executive producers John Wells, Christopher Chulack, Krista Vernoff, Etan Frankel, Nancy M. Pimental and Sheila Callaghan. The season premiered on October 2, 2016, the first time the series has debuted in autumn. Showtime premiered a free preview of the season premiere online on September 23, 2016, ahead of the October 2 broadcast. In this season, Frank starts a successful homeless shelter, but later gets kicked out despite owning the property. He later finds", "title": "Shameless (season 7)" }, { "id": "4324653", "text": "far more complex, honorable and sympathetic. Jaime is portrayed by Danish actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau on the HBO series \"Game of Thrones\". He was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor on Television, a Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series and a People Choice Awards Favorite TV Anti-Hero for his performance in the show's third season, and for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his performance in the show's seventh season. He and the rest of the cast were nominated for Screen Actors Guild Awards for", "title": "Jaime Lannister" }, { "id": "17142221", "text": "adds previously recurring actors Gwendoline Christie (Brienne of Tarth), Iwan Rheon (Ramsay Snow), Kristofer Hivju (Tormund Giantsbane) and Hannah Murray (Gilly) to the series' main cast. Iain Glen's credit is moved last in the rotation and given the \"With\" moniker. Prince Oberyn Martell, nicknamed \"The Red Viper\", is played by Chilean-American actor Pedro Pascal. \"This was a tough one\", said showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss about the casting. \"The Red Viper is sexy and charming, yet believably dangerous; intensely likable, yet driven by hate. The boys love him, the girls love him, and he loves them all back. Unless", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 4)" }, { "id": "14195696", "text": "to begin filming in London in 2016. On April 11, 2016, Season 5 was confirmed to be the show's last; it consists of seven episodes and premiered on August 20, 2017. The series finale, Season 5's \"Episode Seven\", aired on October 8, 2017. \"Episodes\" has received positive reviews by critics, with specific praise being given to the performances of stars Stephen Mangan, Tamsin Greig, and Matt LeBlanc. For his performance in the series Matt LeBlanc won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy and has been nominated for four Primetime Emmy Awards. After married", "title": "Episodes (TV series)" }, { "id": "12800970", "text": "of the European locations. Each ten-episode season of \"Game of Thrones\" has four to six directors, who usually direct back-to-back episodes. Alan Taylor has directed seven episodes, the most episodes of the series. Alex Graves, David Nutter, Mark Mylod and Jeremy Podeswa have directed six each. Daniel Minahan directed five episodes, and Michelle MacLaren, Alik Sakharov, and Miguel Sapochnik directed four each. Brian Kirk directed three episodes during the first season, and Tim Van Patten directed the series' first two episodes. Neil Marshall directed two episodes, both with large battle scenes: \"Blackwater\" and \"The Watchers on the Wall\". Other directors", "title": "Game of Thrones" }, { "id": "12800938", "text": "primetime scripted television series. Its other awards and nominations include three Hugo Awards for Best Dramatic Presentation (2012–2014), a 2011 Peabody Award, and five nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama (2012 and 2015–2018). Of the ensemble cast, Peter Dinklage has won three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (2011, 2015 and 2018) and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film (2012) for his performance as Tyrion Lannister. Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke, Kit Harington, Maisie Williams, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Diana Rigg, and Max von", "title": "Game of Thrones" }, { "id": "12800956", "text": "and 2015, the average budget per episode increased from $6 million to \"at least\" $8 million. The sixth-season budget was over $10 million per episode, for a season total of over $100 million and a series record. Nina Gold and Robert Sterne are the series' primary casting directors. Through a process of auditions and readings, the main cast was assembled. The only exceptions were Peter Dinklage and Sean Bean, whom the writers wanted from the start; they were announced as joining the pilot in 2009. Other actors signed for the pilot were Kit Harington as Jon Snow, Jack Gleeson as", "title": "Game of Thrones" }, { "id": "20240332", "text": "of Game of Thrones was thoroughly satisfying, a transporting hour that brilliantly reestablished the chessboard for the new, penultimate season.\" Ed Sheeran received mixed reviews over his cameo appearance. He deleted his Twitter account shortly after it. Much of the criticism was around the fact that there seemed to have been little attempt to disguise his cameo – while other artists such as Coldplay drummer Will Champion and Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol were more difficult to spot in their scenes. Dragonstone (Game of Thrones) \"Dragonstone\" is the first episode of the seventh season of HBO's fantasy television series \"Game", "title": "Dragonstone (Game of Thrones)" }, { "id": "18135470", "text": "the cast in this theater troupe, portraying actors playing Cersei Lannister and Ned Stark, respectively, while Richard E. Grant was cast as the troupe's manager. Members of Icelandic indie band Of Monsters and Men appear as the musicians of the Braavos theatre group. The soundtrack for the season was digitally released on June 24, 2016, and was released on CD on July 29, 2016. The album reached on the \"Billboard\" 200, on Soundtrack chart, and on the Canadian Albums chart on its digital release, with the track from the season finale \"Light of the Seven\" reaching on \"Billboard\"s Spotify Viral", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 6)" }, { "id": "20154413", "text": "played by Jessy Schram for the first six seasons. On July 22 at San Diego Comic-Con, it was revealed that Anwar and Kane will be portraying Lady Tremaine and Drizella, respectively. Cox would be portraying Tiana from \"The Princess and the Frog\", while Reynolds would be playing an alternate version of Alice, a character previously heavily featured in the spin-off \"Once Upon a Time in Wonderland.\" In August 2017, Cox was promoted to series regular. On August 1, it was announced that Giles Matthey would return as an adult Gideon for the season's fourth episode. The episode, also featuring Emilie", "title": "Once Upon a Time (season 7)" }, { "id": "20357010", "text": "series regulars for the upcoming season. Filming began in June 2017. On June 9, 2017, it was reported that Alexa Bliss and Nia Jax would be joining the upcoming season of \"Total Divas\". However, the rest of the seventh season cast is still to be announced. On June 10, 2017, Renee Young confirmed via Twitter that she will not be returning for the seventh season. In a recent interview, it was confirmed Lana would be returning to the show for the upcoming season, along with her storyline of becoming an independent superstar on the \"SmackDown Live\" brand. On June 29,", "title": "Total Divas (season 7)" }, { "id": "15636620", "text": "You Win or You Die \"You Win or You Die\" is the seventh episode of the HBO medieval fantasy television series \"Game of Thrones\". It was written by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, and directed by Daniel Minahan. Set to air May 29, 2011, the episode was released in advance immediately following the conclusion of \"A Golden Crown\" to HBO customers with access to HBO Go. The episode furthers the story line of deterioration of the political balance of the Seven Kingdoms, with Eddard Stark revealing what he has discovered to Cersei Lannister while King Robert is still away", "title": "You Win or You Die" }, { "id": "20263888", "text": "million for the episode \"The Queen's Justice\". This set a ratings record for \"Game of Thrones\", as the highest rated episode of the series to that point, surpassing the seventh season premiere, which previously held the record. The episode also acquired a 4.6 rating in the 18–49 demographic, making it the highest rated show on cable television of the night. In the United Kingdom, the episode was viewed by 3.015 million viewers on Sky Atlantic, making it the highest-rated broadcast that week on its channel. It also received 1.022 million timeshift viewers. \"The Spoils of War\" received widespread acclaim from", "title": "The Spoils of War (Game of Thrones)" }, { "id": "19218744", "text": "of an Italian father and an Irish mother. She is bilingual, fluent in both English and Italian. She studied French and Spanish at Trinity College, Dublin. Aisling Franciosi Aisling Franciosi (6 June 1993) is an Irish-Italian actress. She is known for playing the part of Katie Benedetto in the BBC Two crime drama television series \"The Fall\" and her role as Kate Crawford in the TNT series\" Legends\". In 2016, Franciosi joined the cast of the HBO series \"Game of Thrones\" in the sixth and seventh seasons as Lyanna Stark. In 2017, she took the lead role in \"The Nightingale\",", "title": "Aisling Franciosi" }, { "id": "20154404", "text": "2017. Dania Ramirez and Gabrielle Anwar were announced as additional regulars in July 2017. In August 2017, it was announced that Mekia Cox had been promoted to series regular after initially joining the cast in July as recurring. The storyline was softly rebooted with a main narrative led by an adult Henry Mills, set several years after last season's events. In February 2018, it was announced the seventh season would serve as the final season of the series; the season and series concluded on May 18, 2018. Several years after the Final Battle, Henry Mills leaves Storybrooke in search of", "title": "Once Upon a Time (season 7)" }, { "id": "17234893", "text": "The Bear and the Maiden Fair \"The Bear and the Maiden Fair\" is the seventh episode of the third season of HBO's fantasy television series \"Game of Thrones\", and the 27th episode of the series overall. The episode was written by George R. R. Martin, the author of the \"A Song of Ice and Fire\" novels on which the series is based, and was directed by Michelle MacLaren, her directorial debut for the series. The plot of the episode advances the storylines of Daenerys's arrival to the city of Yunkai, the repercussions of the upcoming marriage of Tyrion Lannister and", "title": "The Bear and the Maiden Fair" }, { "id": "12800945", "text": "part, to Martin's skill at fusing these elements into a seamless, credible version of alternate history. Martin acknowledges, \"I take [history] and I file off the serial numbers and I turn it up to 11.\" \"Game of Thrones\" has an ensemble cast estimated to be the largest on television; during its third season, 257 cast names were recorded. In 2014, several actor contracts were renegotiated to include a seventh-season option, with raises which reportedly made them among the highest-paid performers on cable TV. In 2016, several actor contracts were again renegotiated, reportedly increasing the salary of five of the main", "title": "Game of Thrones" }, { "id": "12800937", "text": "the longstanding brotherhood charged with defending the realm against the ancient threats of the fierce peoples and legendary creatures that lie far north, and an impending winter that threatens the realm. \"Game of Thrones\" has attracted record viewership on HBO and has a broad, active, international fan base. It has been acclaimed by critics, particularly for its acting, complex characters, story, scope, and production values, although its frequent use of nudity and violence (including sexual violence) has been criticized. The series has received 47 Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Drama Series in 2015, 2016, and 2018, more than any other", "title": "Game of Thrones" }, { "id": "7759255", "text": "Game\" has been renewed for a seventh season. The seventh season premiered on March 4, 2014. In April 2014, BET renewed the series for an eighth season, which premiered on January 14, 2015. In October 2014, BET said that the series would end in 2015. The series leads Tia Mowry-Hardrict and Pooch Hall would return to make special appearances in the finale. The final season premiered on June 3, 2015 and the series finale premiered on August 5, 2015. Seasons 2–6 are also available in the United States and Canada. The Game (U.S. TV series) The Game is an American", "title": "The Game (U.S. TV series)" }, { "id": "15636640", "text": "series' most gratuitous sex scene to date.\" Among other criticisms were the scene's excessive length, the repetition of the dramatic approach, and the assumption that viewers were not going to pay attention when presented with a long exposition that did not include sex. You Win or You Die \"You Win or You Die\" is the seventh episode of the HBO medieval fantasy television series \"Game of Thrones\". It was written by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, and directed by Daniel Minahan. Set to air May 29, 2011, the episode was released in advance immediately following the conclusion of \"A", "title": "You Win or You Die" }, { "id": "16430633", "text": "Renly Baratheon, all four kings in Westeros believe they have a claim to the Iron Throne, besides Robb Stark, who seeks vengeance for the death of his father, Lord Eddard \"Ned\" Stark. \"Game of Thrones\" features a large ensemble cast, including Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke and Kit Harington. The season introduced a number of new cast members, including Diana Rigg, Ciarán Hinds, Nathalie Emmanuel and Iwan Rheon. Critics praised the show's production values and cast. Viewership yet again rose compared to the previous season. It won 2 of the 16 Emmy Awards for which it was", "title": "Game of Thrones (season 3)" }, { "id": "20240330", "text": "a blistering opening salvo, \"Game of Thrones\" charts an assured path for its anxiously-anticipated final stretch.\" Matt Fowler of IGN wrote in his review for the episode \"'Dragonstone' sublimely set the stage for \"Game of Thrones\" Season 7 with some righteous revenge, a new alliance, a dramatic (and quiet) homecoming, and a surprisingly great sequence from The Hound as he began to atone for his old life.\" He gave the episode an 8.8 out of 10. Erik Kain of \"Forbes\" similarly gave praise to the episode, writing \"This was easily one of my favorite season premieres of any season of", "title": "Dragonstone (Game of Thrones)" } ]

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[ { "id": "16516136", "text": "2014\". It is also one of the select songs available on the demo version. The song is also included on Season 10 Episode 4 of RuPaul's Drag Race. It is featured at the end of the episode when the bottom two contestants, Dusty Ray Bottoms and Monét X Change, had to lip sync for their lives, and Dusty Ray Bottoms was eliminated from the competition. On May 24, 2012, a poll was posted on Minaj's official website asking the fans to choose the next single(s). The poll is divided into three categories. The third and final category asks to choose", "title": "Pound the Alarm" }, { "id": "14550317", "text": "fourth season of \"Drag Race\" and later won the first \"All-Stars\" season. McMichaels joined the cast of the second season of \"RuPaul's Drag Race\" in 2010. She was eliminated after losing a lip sync performance battle to contestant Sahara Davenport, placing eighth out of twelve. McMichaels later went on to participate in the of \",\" where she was eliminated first by BenDeLaCreme for saying she would send home the best competitors if she stayed. This placed her 10th in the season. She returned in the sixth episode among five eliminated queens (Thorgy Thor, Milk, Chi Chi Devayne and Aja) and", "title": "Morgan McMichaels" }, { "id": "20584864", "text": "and names stated are at time of contest)\" Listed in chronological order: Guests who appeared in episodes, but did not judge on the main stage. Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 4 Episode 5 Episode 7 Episode 8 Episode 9 Episode 10 Episode 11 <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> RuPaul's Drag Race (season 10) The tenth season of \"RuPaul's Drag Race\" began airing on March 22, 2018, on VH1. The premiere was broadcast one week after the finale of the third season of \"\", and episodes are to be followed by \"RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked\". Contestants were officially announced on February 22, 2018, in a", "title": "RuPaul's Drag Race (season 10)" }, { "id": "20584862", "text": "RuPaul's Drag Race (season 10) The tenth season of \"RuPaul's Drag Race\" began airing on March 22, 2018, on VH1. The premiere was broadcast one week after the finale of the third season of \"\", and episodes are to be followed by \"RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked\". Contestants were officially announced on February 22, 2018, in a teaser trailer “Ruveal” during an episode of All Stars 3 later followed by a special \"\"Meet the Queens\"\" live-stream on Facebook, hosted by season nine winner, Sasha Velour. This season saw the return of season 9 contestant Eureka O'Hara who was removed from her", "title": "RuPaul's Drag Race (season 10)" }, { "id": "12801780", "text": "also follows contestants following their elimination from the show, documenting them packing their belongings and leaving the set. The webseries format continued for the eighth and ninth season. For the show's tenth season, \"Untucked\" returned to television, where it airs on VH1 during the 30 minute time slot after the 90 minute episode airs. Contestants of any sexual orientation or gender identity are accepted, although most contestants to date have been gay men. Transgender women are also eligible to compete and have become more common as seasons have progressed. Sonique, a season two contestant, became the first openly transgender contestant;", "title": "RuPaul's Drag Race" }, { "id": "12801804", "text": "from the show have delved into music careers, with some garnering significant success. Albums released by the shows alumni include \"PG-13\", by season 4 winner Sharon Needles; \"Two Birds\" and \"One Stone\", both by All Stars 3 winner Trixie Mattel; \"Till Death Do Us Party\", by season 6 runner-up Adore Delano; and Call My Life by season 10 contestant Blair St. Clair. \"RuPaul's Drag Race\" has been nominated for 23 Emmy Awards, and won nine. It has also been nominated for nine Reality Television Awards, winning three, and nominated for six NewNowNext Awards, winning three. \"Thrillist\" called \"Drag Race\" \"the", "title": "RuPaul's Drag Race" }, { "id": "13913542", "text": "Sharon Needles was also voted the \"Best Drag Performer\" of Pittsburgh 2015 by the staff of the Pittsburgh City Paper. Needles lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Needles was in a four-year relationship with fellow \"RuPaul's Drag Race\" contestant Justin Honard, better known by his stage name Alaska Thunderfuck; they ended their relationship in 2013, but remain friends. Needles is the drag mother of \"Drag Race\" season 10 winner Aquaria. Sharon Needles Sharon Needles (born November 28, 1981), is the stage name of Aaron Coady, an American drag performer and recording artist. A self-described \"stupid genius, reviled sweetheart, and PBR princess\", Needles", "title": "Sharon Needles" }, { "id": "19309069", "text": "Dig\" in 2017, and contributed to the compilation album \"Christmas Queens 3\" (2017). He collaborated with Shangela for a Christmas theme song, \"Deck A Ho\" in December 2017. On March 15, 2018, Bob debuted the podcast \"Sibling Rivalry\" on SoundCloud, with \"Rupaul's Drag Race\" Season 10 sixth place contestant Monét X Change as co-host. On April 2, 2018, a video version of the podcast was uploaded to YouTube. Bob appeared as a guest co-host alongside Trixie Mattel on \"The Trixie & Katya Show,\" filling in for regular co-host Katya during her hiatus. His TV comedy special, \"Bob the Drag Queen:", "title": "Bob the Drag Queen" }, { "id": "19309078", "text": "Race\" Miss Congeniality winners. During her time on \"RPDR\", writer Manuel Betancourt at \"Remezcla\" asked if the inclusion of Fontaine was reinforcing Latin stereotypes due to her behavior on the show. Fontaine was invited back for \"RuPaul's Drag Race\" season 9 as the surprise 14th queen. The show premiered on March 24, 2017. Fontaine ended up securing once again the 10th-place finish, being sent home in a lipsync challenge against Peppermint. In an interview with \"Vulture\", Fontaine stated, \"It was probably my time, you know? I’m a fighter. I may have been a little bit concerned about the challenges and", "title": "Cynthia Lee Fontaine" }, { "id": "12801802", "text": "Are the World\", and featured Alaska, Alyssa Edwards, Coco Montrese, Detox, Ivy Winters, Jade Jolie, Jinkx Monsoon, and Roxxxy Andrews. The second single to surface from the show was a rap song titled \",\" and was released in 2014. The single featured the remaining nine contestants of the season 6 cast: Adore Delano, BenDeLaCreme, Bianca Del Rio, Courtney Act, Darienne Lake, Joslyn Fox, Laganja Estranja, Milk, and Trinity K. Bonet. The third single, \"Read U Wrote U\", was released in 2016. It featured the top 4 contestants from All Stars 2; Alaska, Katya, Detox & Roxxxy Andrews. \"Read U Wrote", "title": "RuPaul's Drag Race" }, { "id": "20584863", "text": "original season following an injury. The prizes for the winner of this season include a one-year supply of Anastasia Beverly Hills cosmetics and a cash prize of $100,000. This is the first season in which each episode was 90 minutes long. The winner of the tenth season of \"RuPaul's Drag Race\" was Aquaria, with Eureka and Kameron Michaels being the runners-up. Mayhem Miller and Eureka competed on the \"RuPaul's Drag Race Holi-slay Spectacular\" on December 7, 2018. Monique Heart and Monét X Change are competing on the fourth season season of \"All Stars\" which started on December 14, 2018. \"(Ages", "title": "RuPaul's Drag Race (season 10)" }, { "id": "20360935", "text": "Asia O'Hara Asia O'Hara is an American drag queen and costume designer. She is most well known for competing on the 10th season of \"RuPaul's Drag Race\", in which she placed fourth. As a professional entertainer, she has won several national titles in drag pageantry systems, including Miss Gay America in 2016. O'Hara grew up in Grand Prairie, Texas and has five sisters, who Asia helped to raise, and all of whom also became performers. Her parents are deceased. She moved to Dallas when she was 14, and in high school performed in band, color guard, and theater. She toured", "title": "Asia O'Hara" }, { "id": "20593229", "text": "Monique Heart Monique Heart is the stage name of Kevin Richardson, an American drag queen most known for competing on the tenth season of \"RuPaul's Drag Race\". She will appear in the upcoming fourth season of \"\". Heart was born on May 22, 1986 in Long Island, New York. Heart also spent time in areas in Brooklyn, New York with his father when he was growing up. Heart was often teased at school for being different. Heart moved to Kansas City, Missouri after graduating from high school, and studied the Bible at the International House of Prayer University in Grandview.", "title": "Monique Heart" }, { "id": "12801775", "text": "the same seat at the judges table throughout the two seasons. Prior to the grande finale, the three main judges are joined by two celebrity guest judges each week. Guest judges have included Pam Tillis, Paula Abdul, Pamela Anderson, Eve, Ariana Grande, Neil Patrick Harris, Kathy Griffin, Debbie Harry, Khloé Kardashian, La Toya Jackson, Adam Lambert, Demi Lovato, Bob Mackie, Rose McGowan, Olivia Newton-John, Rebecca Romijn, Gigi Hadid, Sharon Osbourne, Dan Savage, John Waters, Michelle Williams, Candis Cayne, Martha Wash, Natalie Cole, Dita Von Teese, Niecy Nash, Debbie Reynolds, Vanessa Williams, Wilmer Valderrama, The Pointer Sisters, Trina, Leah Remini, The", "title": "RuPaul's Drag Race" }, { "id": "20593211", "text": "to prominence when he won the title of Miss Gay Indiana in 2016. He was revealed as one of fourteen contestants on the tenth season of \"RuPaul's Drag Race\" before the official cast was announced due to getting arrested for a DUI violation. He is the first contestant from Indiana to compete on the show. He was the sixth contestant eliminated on a lipsync to Diana Ross' \"I'm Coming Out\", losing to The Vixen, and placing ninth. St. Clair's grand finale dress was designed by Project Runway alumnus Mondo Guerra. After the show, she walked for Guerra's collection at FashioNXT", "title": "Blair St. Clair" }, { "id": "20593232", "text": "Christian. Monique Heart Monique Heart is the stage name of Kevin Richardson, an American drag queen most known for competing on the tenth season of \"RuPaul's Drag Race\". She will appear in the upcoming fourth season of \"\". Heart was born on May 22, 1986 in Long Island, New York. Heart also spent time in areas in Brooklyn, New York with his father when he was growing up. Heart was often teased at school for being different. Heart moved to Kansas City, Missouri after graduating from high school, and studied the Bible at the International House of Prayer University in", "title": "Monique Heart" }, { "id": "20593231", "text": "to \"Cut to the Feeling\" by Carly Rae Jepsen against The Vixen. Heart appeared in the music video for \"Soak It Up\" by fellow Season 10 contestant Monét X Change and Season 8 winner Bob the Drag Queen. On November 9, 2018 it was announced that Heart will be one of the contestants competing in the upcoming fourth season of \"\". Monique Heart performed her debut single \"Brown Cow Stunning\" on the premiere episode of \"RuPaul's Drag Race: All-Stars\". Heart first realized he was gay at the age of 17 while working a shift at Burger King. Heart is a", "title": "Monique Heart" }, { "id": "20717109", "text": "a black belt in karate. Before \"Drag Race\", he worked as a school teacher in Senegal and speaks Wolof. He held a fundraiser for LGBT rights in Uganda in 2016. Cracker was robbed of her money and ID card while on tour in Dublin, Ireland on August 10, 2018. Miz Cracker Miz Cracker (born April 19, 1984) is the stage name of Maxwell Heller, an American drag queen and television personality. He is best known for competing on the tenth season of the reality competition television series \"RuPaul's Drag Race\". Maxwell Heller was born in Seattle, Washington. He began doing", "title": "Miz Cracker" }, { "id": "900361", "text": "It! RuPaul's Guide to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Style\" (2010). Additionally, \"RuPaul's Drag Race\" has produced ten seasons to date (as of 2018) and has inspired several spin-off series, including \"RuPaul's Drag U\" and \"\". He is also featured as a host on series such as \"Skin Wars\", \"Good Work\", and \"Gay for Play Game Show Starring RuPaul\". RuPaul is noted for his indifference toward the gender-specific pronouns used to address him, as stated in his autobiography: \"You can call me he. You can call me she. You can call me Regis and Kathie Lee; I don't care!", "title": "RuPaul" }, { "id": "14589761", "text": "Drag Race: All-Stars 2 season as guests for the Snatch Game. She was a guest on the first episode of season 10 for the first mini-challenge. She appeared in the music video for RuPaul's song \"Jealous of My Boogie\". She later appeared in the music video \"Queen\" by Mimi Imfurst's band Xelle, along with other \"RuPaul's Drag Race\" contestants. Inthyrath is of Lao descent. She grew up in Boston performing in local gay nightclubs. Jujubee's drag mother is Boston performer Karisma Geneva-Jackson Tae. Jujubee (drag queen) Jujubee, born Airline Inthyrath, (born June 21, 1984) is an American drag queen and", "title": "Jujubee (drag queen)" }, { "id": "12801798", "text": "season. The season began airing on March 22, 2018. Eureka O'Hara, who was removed from the ninth season due to injury, returned to the show after she accepted an open invitation. The tenth season of \"Drag Race\" premiered; alongside the televised return of \"Untucked\". On this season, 14 contestants are again competing for the title of \"America's Next Drag Superstar\", a one-year supply of Anastasia Beverly Hills cosmetics and a cash prize of $100,000. The winner of the tenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race was Aquaria. Monét X Change won Miss Congeniality. On June 13, 2018, VH1 renewed the series,", "title": "RuPaul's Drag Race" }, { "id": "20593210", "text": "Blair St. Clair Blair St. Clair is the stage name of Andrew Bryson (born May 16, 1995), an American drag queen and singer, most known for competing on the tenth season of the reality competition series \"RuPaul's Drag Race\". Bryson was born in Indiana on May 16, 1995. He was sexually assaulted at a college party, which he shared on \"RuPaul's Drag Race\". The first part of drag name came from the character Blair in \"Gossip Girl\" while the second part was suggested by his mother after she had passed St. Clair Street in downtown Indianapolis. St. Clair first rose", "title": "Blair St. Clair" }, { "id": "15085428", "text": "in my life that still fight this disease. It's about love and continuation.\" In the season 10 finale episode of the hit reality competition show RuPaul’s Drag Race, contestant Blair St Clair appeared wearing a gown designed by Guerrra himself. The gown was highly appraised, with many calling it the best look from the episode. It was also rewarded the “Top Toot of the week” by the show’s official fashion review online series, “Fashion Photo Ruview” Mondo Guerra Armando Thomas \"Mondo\" Guerra (born June 6, 1978) is a Mexican-American fashion designer who finished as runner-up on Season 8 of \"Project", "title": "Mondo Guerra" }, { "id": "12801790", "text": "airing on January 28, 2013, with a 90-minute premiere episode. It had the most contestants since the creation of the show with fourteen. Season five's winner walked away with the title of \"America's Next Drag Superstar\" along with a lifetime supply of Colorevolution Cosmetics, a one-of-a-kind trip courtesy of AlandChuck.travel, a headlining spot on Logo's Drag Race Tour featuring Absolut Vodka and a cash prize of $100,000. Santino Rice and Michelle Visage were back as judges at the panel. The theme song playing during the runway every episode is \"I Bring the Beat\", while the song playing during the credits", "title": "RuPaul's Drag Race" }, { "id": "20593216", "text": "torn ACL from the episode two challenge, making her the first contestant to leave \"RuPaul's Drag Race\" due to an injury. She received physical therapy before returning to compete on the show's tenth season. Eureka has since beaten her original performance of eleventh place on season nine. She finished in the top 3 of season 10. Eureka stars in the music video for country singer Brandon Stansell's song \"For You\", released in July 2018. She gave a drag makeover to Zachary Quinto for Them's makeover series \"Drag Me\" in September 2018. Eureka competed in the television special \"RuPaul's Drag Race", "title": "Eureka O'Hara" }, { "id": "20761260", "text": "Aquaria (drag queen) Aquaria is the stage name of Giovanni Palandrani (born February 12, 1996), an American drag queen, television personality and recording artist most known for winning the tenth season of the reality competition television series \"RuPaul's Drag Race\" in 2018. Palandrani was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania and is of Italian descent. He trained as a dancer for four years and experimented with drag in high school. He attended the Fashion Institute of Technology for two semesters, studying womenswear design. Aquaria is the drag daughter of \"Drag Race\" season four winner Sharon Needles. She began performing in drag", "title": "Aquaria (drag queen)" }, { "id": "20593235", "text": "was announced as one of fourteen contestants for season ten of \"RuPaul's Drag Race\" on February 22, 2018. She won the episode two main challenge. In the third episode, she engaged in a verbal back-and-forth with fellow contestant Aquaria, which left Aquaria crying and The Vixen angry that the exchange “created the narrative [of] an angry black woman who has scared off the little white girl\". Although Aquaria eventually conceded the point and later came to her defense, the Vixen received online death threats from \"Drag Race\" fans afterwards. She faced more backlash after quarreling with competitor Eureka O'Hara in", "title": "The Vixen (drag queen)" }, { "id": "5147649", "text": "including \"I Love the 90s\" and \"I Love Toys\". She has also been a guest judge on RuPaul's Drag Race 3. On July 6, 2015, Matenopoulos was named the co-host of \"The Insider,\" a position she held until the show's cancellation on September 9, 2017. Debbie was subsequently named as a Special Correspondent for \"Entertainment Tonight.\" In 2016, while still co-host of \"The Insider\", Matenopoulos became co-host of \"The Home and Family Show\", replacing Cristina Ferrare. On July 5, 2003, Matenopoulos married Jay Faires, the president of Music at Lions Gate Entertainment and founder of Mammoth Records. The pair separated", "title": "Debbie Matenopoulos" }, { "id": "20612417", "text": "during all of the \"Drag Race\" live reunions, starting with season 4. Parker has been brought back on the show by Rupaul several times, in homage to being the first contestant ever eliminated. She appeared during the recap episode of \"Rupaul's Drag Race: All Stars 2\" and was featured in winning queen Alaska's rap. Parker was also brought back for the first episode of season 10 of Rupaul's Drag Race to help judge the mini-challenge. In the first episode of \"RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars 3,\" Vanessa Hudgens lip synced against \"Porkchop,\" an actual porkchop, which Rupaul said was Parker.", "title": "Victoria \"Porkchop\" Parker" }, { "id": "114281", "text": "the authorization of the NAACP, used by Canadian singer Myriam Gendron to create a folk album of the same name. Also in 2014, Chicago jazz bassist/singer/composer Katie Ernst issued her album \"Little Words\", consisting of her authorized settings of seven of Parker's poems. In 2018, American drag queen Miz Cracker played Parker in the celebrity-impersonation game show episode of the Season 10 of \"Rupaul's Drag Race\". 1970 \"Constant Reader\" 1930 Laments for the Living 1933 After Such Pleasures 1939 Here Lies 1942 Collected Stories 1926 Enough Rope 1928 Sunset Guns 1931 Death and Taxes 1936 Collected Poems: Not So Deep", "title": "Dorothy Parker" }, { "id": "20593217", "text": "Holi-slay Spectacular\" in December 2018. In April 2017, O'Hara and Adam Barta premiered a single and music video for \"Body Positivity\", which features Kandy Muse (who is known for being in the Haus of Aja). The video features cameo appearances by \"RuPaul's Drag Race\" contestants Charlie Hides and Cynthia Lee Fontaine, as well as Farrah Abraham. \"Body Positivity (part ii: Electropoint Redux)\" was released in March 2018. O'Hara released her first solo single, \"Stomp,\" on April 28, 2017. She released her second solo single, \"The Big Girl\", on June 28, 2018. As part of the final challenge of season 10", "title": "Eureka O'Hara" }, { "id": "17042575", "text": "Impulse bike and an HP laptop. For the tenth season, the show changed its format. The contestants were divided into two teams - Rannvijay's team composed of participants selected in the audition, and Raghu's team composed of contestants who appeared on previous versions of the series. 16 ex-roadies were shortlisted with the list released on the show's official Facebook page and Twitter account consisting of Nihal Nikam, Roopali Anand, Anmol Singh, Avtar Nischal, Renee Dhyani, Kanak Raju, Anirudh Sharma, Palak Johal, Diyali Chauhan, Mohit Saggar, Devarshi Patel, Tamanna Sharma, Suchit Singh, Pooja Bannerjee, Roop Bhinder and Shambhavi Sharma. After surviving", "title": "MTV Roadies (season 10)" }, { "id": "3842389", "text": "\"10 Items or Less\" on TBS. On September 30, 2009, she hosted the game show \"Pay It Off\", lasted for one season on BET, which is similar to \"Debt\". In 2010, she appeared on \"RuPaul's Drag Race\". She appeared in an episode of TV One's series \"Life After\" in late 2011. Coles has also performed as a stand-up comedian, with some of her material dealing with her struggle with being overweight at times. Coles has been married twice. From 1985 to 1995, she was married to Aton Edwards. She then married Reggie Mckiver, a former SWAT police officer in the", "title": "Kim Coles" }, { "id": "9577251", "text": "Ross Mathews Ross Mathews (born September 24, 1979) is an American television personality known as an intern and a correspondent for \"The Tonight Show with Jay Leno\", where he was known as \"Ross the Intern\". Mathews has subsequently appeared on \"Celebrity Fit Club\", \"The Insider\", \"Celebrity Big Brother\", and as a weekly panelist on \"Chelsea Lately\". He is currently working on the shows \"Hollywood Today Live\", \"RuPaul's Drag Race\" and \"Live from E!\". Mathews graduated in 2002 from the University of La Verne, in La Verne, California, where he majored in communications and was a speech and debate competitor. Mathews", "title": "Ross Mathews" }, { "id": "17197671", "text": "Chow Down \"Chow Down\" is a song by American singer and drag queen Willam Belli, featuring Detox and Vicky Vox. The song was released on March 18, 2012, following Willam's elimination from the fourth season of \"RuPaul's Drag Race\". The original music video went viral. \"Chow Down\" was written by Willam Belli, Detox, and Vicky Vox as a parody of \"Hold On\" by Wilson Phillips. The song was produced by Markaholic. It also features a rap by Detox as an homage to \"Waterfalls\" by TLC. The song was released as the second single from Willam's first studio album \"The Wreckoning\".", "title": "Chow Down" }, { "id": "17598283", "text": "winner Chad Michaels as the team Shad. They won the third, fourth and fifth episode challenges, until Shannel was eliminated in joint third/fourth place with Jujubee. Shannel also was a drag professor for three seasons of the spin-off show \"RuPaul's Drag U\" in 2010 to 2012. She appeared as a guest star on the first episode of \"Drag Race\" eighth season. She appeared with her fellow season one cast on the \"Drag Race\" season ten finale, lip syncing next to Mayhem Miller. Outside of \"Drag Race\", Shannel appeared in an episode of \"The Arrangement\" in 2010. She appeared in the", "title": "Shannel" }, { "id": "18452070", "text": "Race titled The Switch Drag Race and finished in 8th Place. Jasmine Masters and Trixie Mattel competed on the \"RuPaul’s Drag Race Holi-slay Spectacular\". Jasmine also competed on the fourth season of \"All Stars\" on December 14, 2018. She placed 10th overall. \"(Ages and names stated are at time of contest)\" Listed in chronological order: Guests who appeared in episodes, but did not judge on the main stage: Episode 1: Episode 2: Episode 7: Episode 8: Episode 10: Episode 12: <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The trailers for this season featured clips the songs \"Geronimo\" and \"Modern Love\", both off the album \"Born Naked\".", "title": "RuPaul's Drag Race (season 7)" }, { "id": "18811347", "text": "Twelve years later, the Fontanilla family faces the consequences of Vince's disappearance. Grace's parents are separated. Marian works on her own clothing line, while Gabriel finds love on Roni (Precious Lara Quigaman), a police officer who handles Vince's kidnapping case. Rahm (Sam Concepcion), at an early age, already has a son and a wife. Grace continues to move on with her life, still blaming herself for what happened to her family. Fate comes into play when Grace crosses paths with Ken (Paul Salas), and Marian learns that Ken is her missing son Vince. Things become worse as Grace falls in", "title": "You're My Home (TV series)" }, { "id": "18046544", "text": "want to go back because she found her peace knowing that she helped Bonnie to find hers and that she is not the only one to know how to sacrifice herself for others. The two of them say goodbye and Grams leaves. At 7pm, Liv starts chanting the spell while her brother watches from the other side, encouraging her. Liz is still at the Grill with Markos, who does not let her go. Knowing that she has to leave so the plan can be completed, she pretends to smell gas and she leads Markos to the storage room to investigate.", "title": "Home (The Vampire Diaries)" }, { "id": "18345437", "text": "Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, Fiji, France, Gabon, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Namibia, Netherlands, Nepal, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Norway, Oman, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Rwanda, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda,", "title": "Google Play Movies & TV" }, { "id": "14609974", "text": "King in Steel Trap (2009). Most recently, Georgia completed a well- received turn as LEA chief Jennifer Headley in BBC1's hit show Waterloo Road. Her father Colin Mackenzie, a journalist, is the man who famously tracked down Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs in Rio. Her grandmother is writer and producer Hazel Adair, who created amongst others TV hits \"Compact\" and \"Crossroads\". She met her husband, actor Richard Coyle, when they were filming \"Up Rising\" together in 1999. They married in 2004. Divorced in 2010. They have one child, Purdy, who was born in mid-2008. Georgia Mackenzie Georgia Mackenzie (born 19", "title": "Georgia Mackenzie" }, { "id": "20593214", "text": "Eureka O'Hara Eureka O'Hara is the stage name of David Huggard (born August 26, 1990), an American drag queen most known for competing on the ninth and tenth seasons of the reality competition television series \"RuPaul's Drag Race\", where she placed 11th and runner-up, respectively. Huggard was born in Johnson City, Tennessee, and started performing in drag at the club New Beginnings. They chose the drag name Eureka for its phonetic similarity to their mother's given name, Ulrike, and the last name O'Hara from the character Scarlett O'Hara. Eureka's drag mother is Jacqueline St. James, a former winner of the", "title": "Eureka O'Hara" }, { "id": "20593225", "text": "Mayhem Miller (drag queen) Mayhem Miller is the stage name of Dequan Johnson, an American drag performer and actor, best known for competing on the tenth season of \"RuPaul's Drag Race\". Johnson was born in February 9, 1982 in Riverside, California. She got the drag name \"Mayhem Miller\" from Tommy Lee and Pamela Anderson's sex tape. She started doing drag in 2002, the same year as fellow \"Drag Race\" alumni Raven and Morgan McMichaels, whom Johnson worked with before \"Drag Race\". Johnson's other drag colleagues are alum Detox and Delta Work. He auditioned for \"Drag Race\" since season two. Mayhem", "title": "Mayhem Miller (drag queen)" }, { "id": "19040844", "text": "Home Again (The X-Files) \"Home Again\" is the fourth episode of the tenth season of \"The X-Files\". Written and directed by Glen Morgan, it first aired February 8, 2016, and guest stars Tim Armstrong as Trashman, Sheila Larken as Margaret Scully, and Veena Sood as Dr. Louise Colquitt. Mulder and Scully are sent to investigate the murder of a city official, which it seems no human could have committed. At the crime scene, Scully receives a phone call from her older brother Bill, in Germany, telling her that their mother had a heart attack, causing her to leave and visit", "title": "Home Again (The X-Files)" }, { "id": "8344997", "text": "they learn that the real bomb is buried right next to the treasure. April and the triplets destroy the fake bomb, so the residents of Graceland believe that there is no threat. Mister, Katana and Franca arrive at Graceland, with Bishop and Swamp following. March captures Angelica, Chelsea and May. Episode 10: \"Angelica Burns\" Bishop contacts Mister and tells him where the real bomb is. May gets a new body and Angelica and Chelsea are captured. Mister, Katana and Franca arrive where the treasure is buried, and now they just have to find it. Angelica breaks herself and Chelsea out", "title": "Coyote Ragtime Show" }, { "id": "17197673", "text": "\"RuPaul's Drag Race\" pit crew member Jason Carter appears in the music video. In the music video, Willam dresses as Wilson Phillips member Chynna Phillips, Detox dresses as Wendy Wilson, while Vicky Vox appears as Carnie Wilson. The music video's rap scene was filmed at the Electric Fountain in Beverly Hills. Chow Down \"Chow Down\" is a song by American singer and drag queen Willam Belli, featuring Detox and Vicky Vox. The song was released on March 18, 2012, following Willam's elimination from the fourth season of \"RuPaul's Drag Race\". The original music video went viral. \"Chow Down\" was written", "title": "Chow Down" }, { "id": "12801797", "text": "Drag Superstar\", a one-year supply of Anastasia Beverly Hills cosmetics and a cash prize of $100,000. The ninth season aired on VH1, with encore presentations continuing to air on Logo. This season featured the return of Cynthia Lee Fontaine, who previously participated in the series' eighth season. The ninth season featured a top four in the finale episode, as opposed to the top three, which was previously established in the fourth season. The winner of the ninth season of RuPaul's Drag Race was Sasha Velour. Valentina won Miss Congeniality. On April 13, 2017, VH1 renewed the series for a tenth", "title": "RuPaul's Drag Race" }, { "id": "20593228", "text": "2011 video performances with over-exaggerated eyes was started in November 2018. She will compete in the upcoming television special \"RuPaul's Drag Race Holi-slay Spectacular\". Miller's drag daughter is Rhea Litré. In July 2018, Johnson was refused services from an Uber driver in Minneapolis for being in drag. He expressed it on Twitter with support from his fans. Mayhem Miller (drag queen) Mayhem Miller is the stage name of Dequan Johnson, an American drag performer and actor, best known for competing on the tenth season of \"RuPaul's Drag Race\". Johnson was born in February 9, 1982 in Riverside, California. She got", "title": "Mayhem Miller (drag queen)" }, { "id": "17277589", "text": "\"You have changed my life forever. You have changed the world of drag forever. I love you and respect you so much, and thank you for seeing something special in me. Thank you.\" Guest judges in attendance were Wynonna Judd and Rose McGowan; Royale's words brought tears to McGowan's eyes. Sharon Needles won the crown for season 4. In the season finale, it was announced that Royale would appear on \"RuPaul's Drag U\", which aired later that year. After \"RuPaul's Drag Race\", Royale went on tour across the United States, performing at a number of different venues. When he had", "title": "Latrice Royale" }, { "id": "18948681", "text": "Phi Phi O'Hara Phi Phi O'Hara is the stage name of Jaremi Carey, a drag performer, television personality and singer. He is best known for competing on the fourth season of \"RuPaul's Drag Race\" in 2012 and its second \"All Star\" season in 2016. Carey was born in San Antonio, Texas on October 10, 1985. He is of Portuguese-Filipino descent. His drag mother is RuPaul's Drag Race Season 10 contestant Asia O'Hara. Carey as Phi Phi O'Hara was announced as one of the thirteen contestants for \"RuPaul's Drag Race\" season 4 on November 13, 2011. He achieved a runner-up position", "title": "Phi Phi O'Hara" }, { "id": "20593241", "text": "of the WOWPresents internet series \"Fashion Photo RuView\" on November 3 and 17, 2018, filling in for Raja and Raven. Mateo released her first single, \"I'm Vanjie\" on June 21, 2018. Vanessa Vanjie Mateo Vanessa Vanjie Mateo is the stage name of Jose Cancel, an American drag performer most known for competing on the tenth season of \"RuPaul's Drag Race\". Cancel is of Puerto Rican descent. He started doing drag when \"Drag Race\" season three and All Stars alumna Alexis Mateo hired him as a backup dancer. Vanessa Vanjie Mateo was announced as one of the fourteen contestants competing for", "title": "Vanessa Vanjie Mateo" }, { "id": "9577258", "text": "the couple appeared in an episode of \"House Hunters\" while shopping for a home in Palm Springs. Ross Mathews Ross Mathews (born September 24, 1979) is an American television personality known as an intern and a correspondent for \"The Tonight Show with Jay Leno\", where he was known as \"Ross the Intern\". Mathews has subsequently appeared on \"Celebrity Fit Club\", \"The Insider\", \"Celebrity Big Brother\", and as a weekly panelist on \"Chelsea Lately\". He is currently working on the shows \"Hollywood Today Live\", \"RuPaul's Drag Race\" and \"Live from E!\". Mathews graduated in 2002 from the University of La Verne,", "title": "Ross Mathews" }, { "id": "8300644", "text": "eliminated from the race in episode 4. However, they refused to admit defeat, and after finding the cellphone that Ellie Laird had thrown out of her car window, they continued to participate. After Susan's death, Leigh was left without a car or a partner. She hitchhikes part of the way to the next checkpoint, Appomattox Court House, then steals a black Pontiac Solstice to go the rest of the way. She also picks up John Trimble, who had been left behind by his daughter Violet, when she steals the car, then drops him off when John and Violet reunite. Susan", "title": "Drive (2007 TV series)" }, { "id": "6530867", "text": "was used as a lip sync for your life on the third episode of the tenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race in which Courtney Love was also a special guest on. In 2018 Love performed the song with Rockin'1000 in Florence being backed by 1500 musicians. The music video for \"Celebrity Skin\" was directed by Nancy Bardawil. The video features the band performing the song on a stage, women wearing pink-purple ball gowns hanging from the ceiling and the women later lifting up their skirts as they amble around the stage. The video design bears resemblance to the Marilyn Monroe", "title": "Celebrity Skin (song)" }, { "id": "180373", "text": "as a guest judge on Season 2 episode 6 of \"RuPaul's Drag Race\". In 2011, he was interviewed in the \"National Geographic Explorer\" episode \"Born to Rage\", regarding his possible link to the MAOA gene (warrior gene) and violent behavior. In 2012, he hosted the \"National Geographic Wild\" series \"Animal Underworld\", investigating where the real boundaries lay in human-animal relationships. Rollins also appeared in the Hawaii Five-0 episode \"Hoʻopio\" that aired on May 6, 2013. In November 2013, Rollins started hosting the show \"10 Things You Don't Know About\" on the History Channel's H2. In 2014, he voiced the antagonist", "title": "Henry Rollins" }, { "id": "18411279", "text": "producers handled the mistake poorly. At a Colombian radio station, she remarked that it was a \"great injustice and very humiliating for me.\" After pageantry, Gutiérrez starred the 2017 film \"\" with American actor Vin Diesel. Gutiérrez later took part in the first American season of the reality show competition \"Celebrity Big Brother.\" She was evicted on finale night. Gutiérrez resides in Miami, Florida. Ariadna Gutiérrez was impersonated by James Leyva, stage name \"Valentina,\" on season 9, episode 6 of \"RuPaul's Drag Race\". Ariadna Gutiérrez Ariadna María Gutiérrez Arévalo (born December 25, 1993) is a Colombian actress, model, and beauty", "title": "Ariadna Gutiérrez" }, { "id": "16673668", "text": "Pillai and Jishnu Raghavan died before they could see the fruit of their efforts onscreen. The supporting cast includes Ann Zibi, Amit Roy, Manuj Bhaskar, Raj Arjun, Syed Zafar Ali, Leena Panchal, Talib Mehdi,Satyajeet Bhattacharya, Ritika Murthy, Sheron Kurian A., Raj Gopal Iyer, Ritesh Raghuvanshi, Sanjay Gurubaxani, Mohd Rashid Ghaswala, Vijay Sanap, Manish Sharma, Harish Shashi Nair, Santosh Krishnan, Shahrukh B Sadri, Sandeep Singh Chopra, Premchand Singh, Gunjan Khare, Sagar Kale, Avesh Khan, Amit Shukla, Hagupreet Singh, Raj Singh, Ajay Arya, Nidha Bhat and Sameer Gogate Endemol India that has produced several local television shows ventured into feature films, after", "title": "Traffic (2016 film)" }, { "id": "18924166", "text": "have graced the doors of MSR and their events including Lea DeLaria, Ruby Rose, Whitney Mixter, Sada Bettencourt, The L Word Leisha Hailey, Khia, Ying Yang Twins, God-Des and She, Nina Dobrev, Matthew Davis and Daniel Gillies from The Vampire Diaries The Originals (TV series) , Porn star, American trans man, adult film producer and performer, and LGBT icon Buck Angel, Love and Hip Hop's Rasheeda DJ Annalyze http://djannalyze.net, DJ Pat Pat http://www.djpatpat.com, Violet Chachki winner of RuPaul's Drag Race, Hunter Valentine, Kiyomi McCloskey, Laura Petracca, Sick of Sarah, Some of America's Next Top Model contestants and many more. The", "title": "My Sister's Room" }, { "id": "1004296", "text": "neighbor and friend of the Heck family, on the ABC comedy \"The Middle\". From 2010 to 2015 she was a writer for \"Melissa & Joey\", and played a gym teacher in one episode of the show. Also, in 2012 she appeared with Downtown Julie Brown as a guest judge on \"RuPaul's Drag Race\". Brown was born in Van Nuys, California, the daughter of Irish-Catholic parents Celia Jane (née McCann) and Leonard Francis Brown. Her father worked at NBC TV studios in the advertising accounting \"Traffic\" department, and her mother was a secretary at the same studio complex. Both of Brown's", "title": "Julie Brown" }, { "id": "900358", "text": "RuPaul RuPaul Andre Charles (born November 17, 1960) is an American drag queen, actor, model, singer, songwriter, and television personality. Since 2009, he has produced and hosted the reality competition series \"RuPaul's Drag Race\", for which he has received three Primetime Emmy Awards, in 2016, 2017, and 2018. RuPaul is considered to be the most commercially successful drag queen in the United States. In 2017, he was included in the annual \"Time\" 100 list of the most influential people in the world. RuPaul was born and raised in San Diego and later moved to Atlanta to study performing arts. He", "title": "RuPaul" }, { "id": "10744395", "text": "creative, and they were different.\" Despite his departure, his image is still shown in the opening credits (spray-painting an elevated train as it goes down the track). Billy Crystal, Larry David, Christopher Guest, Rich Hall, Rob Riley, and Martin Short joined the writing staff. Jim Downey and Harry Shearer rejoined the staff after a four-year hiatus. Robin Duke, Adam Green, Tim Kazurinsky, Michael McCartney, Eddie Murphy, Pamela Norris, and Joe Piscopo left the staff. This season's writers were Jim Belushi, Andy Breckman, Billy Crystal, Larry David, Jim Downey, Christopher Guest, Rich Hall, Nate Herman, Kevin Kelton, Andy Kurtzman, Margaret Oberman,", "title": "Saturday Night Live (season 10)" }, { "id": "20053444", "text": "Alexis Michelle Alexis Michelle is the stage name of Alex Michaels, an American drag performer and singer, best known for competing on the ninth season of RuPaul's Drag Race and placing fifth. Michaels was raised in New York City. He started doing drag when he was ten years old and had paid professional gigs starting in 2003. His cousin is singer Lisa Loeb. He comes from a Jewish faith. He comes from the same drag mother as season ten contestant Dusty Ray Bottoms. He was seen wearing a Dusty t-shirt in the workroom in one of the episodes of season", "title": "Alexis Michelle" }, { "id": "15949696", "text": "tell the police they hit Liam to protect Brax and Charlie. When Charlie quits the police, she and Brax decide to move to the city with Ruby and Casey. However, Jake returns to the Bay and shoots Charlie. Brax finds her and she is rushed to the hospital, where he and Ruby are told that Charlie is brain dead. Brax initially refuses to give up on Charlie, but he eventually decides to let her ventilator be turned off. Ruby accuses Brax of being responsible for Charlie's death and he starts drinking. Brax becomes angry with Heath for accepting stolen alcohol", "title": "Darryl Braxton" }, { "id": "11327579", "text": "has a change of heart later and comes back for them. They stay for the night in a motel while their van is being repaired. They converse and bond in a diner where it is revealed that Rock is divorced from his wife and estranged from his son, and Toni had first gone AWOL to visit her delinquent, drug-addicted brother in a hospital. When the authorities attempted to arrest her, she resisted and made more attempts to escape, leading to her current sentence. Her brother died while she was in prison. This makes them see her in a new light", "title": "Chasers" }, { "id": "997538", "text": "Shauvon Torres and 's Joi Niemeyer. Housemates who moved out due to homesickness include 's Frankie Abernathy and 's Erika Wasilewski. Housemates who were evicted after being fired from group work assignments include 's Greg Halstead and 's Joey Rozmus, though Rozmus returned by that season's finale. Housemates have also departed for other reasons. Irene Barrera moved out of the Los Angeles house when she got married. Irene McGee claimed a relapse of Lyme Disease was the reason for her moving out of the house, though in a previously unaired interview from her time on the show that aired during", "title": "Real World (TV series)" }, { "id": "19210303", "text": "tell inmate Michael Tiat that Brax is alive. Michael informs Gunno, who is then stabbed in his cell. His girlfriend and prison nurse, Virginia Eisak, helps him escape. Meanwhile, Brax's brother Heath and his wife Bianca come to support Ricky. When her fiancé Nate Cooper calls her, Ricky feigns illness and tells him not to come over. The following morning, Ricky sees Casey's empty cot and assumes Bianca took him, so she could sleep. However, she soon learns that no one has seen Casey. Gunno then calls Ricky and tells her that he wants $50,000 by 5:00 pm or she", "title": "Home and Away: An Eye for an Eye" }, { "id": "10058477", "text": "a stepfather to Grace's two sons, Daniel and Nelson. Grace died in the eleventh season after being raped and murdered by town-terror Troy Baxter (who later died in accidental circumstances). Her death occurred in the episode in which the original station was bombed, killing Joanna and Clancy Freeman, although we don't find out that she is dead until the next episode. His stepsons moved from Mount Thomas to live with their grandparents after Daniel was accused of gang raping a local girl. Tom later reconnects with his eldest daughter, Anna, (with whom he had had minimal to no contact since", "title": "Tom Croydon" }, { "id": "5269382", "text": "their lifelong friend Veronica Donovan, who begins to investigate the conspiracy that put Lincoln in jail. However, they are hindered by covert agents, members of an organization known as The Company. The Company was responsible for framing Lincoln, and they did so because of Lincoln's father Aldo Burrows, and his former connections with The Company. The brothers, along with six other inmates, Fernando Sucre, Theodore \"T-Bag\" Bagwell, Benjamin Miles \"C-Note\" Franklin, David \"Tweener\" Apolskis, John Abruzzi, and Charles \"Haywire\" Patoshik, who come to be known as the Fox River Eight, escape in the episode immediately prior to the season finale,", "title": "Prison Break" }, { "id": "953879", "text": "the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, with Susie Castillo. In 2012, she appeared as a guest judge in season 4 of \"RuPaul's Drag Race\", and hosted the New Now Next Awards. In September 2012, US rapper Lil' Kim confirmed she and Osbourne were to join forces for a rock-rap cover of Elton John's 1974 hit \"The Bitch Is Back\". In 2013, Osbourne walked the runway for The Heart Truth Red Dress Fashion Show. On 7 March 2013, while filming an episode of \"Fashion Police\" with guest Melissa Rivers, Osbourne collapsed and began experiencing a seizure that reportedly lasted", "title": "Kelly Osbourne" }, { "id": "10409878", "text": "Quarter: Scoring Summary: 1st Quarter: 2nd Quarter: 3rd Quarter: 4th Quarter: Scoring Summary: 1st Quarter: 2nd Quarter: 3rd Quarter: 4th Quarter: Scoring Summary: 1st Quarter: 2nd Quarter: 3rd Quarter: 4th Quarter: Scoring Summary: 1st Quarter: 2nd Quarter: 3rd Quarter: 4th Quarter: Scoring Summary: 1st Quarter: 2nd Quarter: 3rd Quarter: 4th Quarter: Scoring Summary: 1st Quarter: 2nd Quarter: 3rd Quarter: 4th Quarter: Scoring Summary: 1st Quarter: 2nd Quarter: 3rd Quarter: 4th Quarter: Scoring Summary: 1st Quarter: 2nd Quarter: 3rd Quarter: 4th Quarter: Scoring Summary: 1st Quarter: 2nd Quarter: 3rd Quarter: 4th Quarter: Scoring Summary: 1st Quarter: 2nd Quarter: 3rd Quarter: 4th", "title": "2007 New York Dragons season" }, { "id": "12801781", "text": "she came out as transgender during the Season 2 reunion special. Monica Beverly Hillz, from season five, became the first transgender woman to reveal her status during the competition. Other transgender contestants have begun transitioning after their elimination. Carmen Carrera, a season three contestant, announced her transition during an episode of ABC's \"Primetime: What Would You Do?\" Season 4 contestant Kenya Michaels announced her own transition via Facebook and Twitter. Other transgender contestants include Stacy Layne Matthews, Jiggly Caliente, Gia Gunn, and Peppermint. Peppermint is the first drag race contestant to have been out as a transgender woman prior to", "title": "RuPaul's Drag Race" }, { "id": "12801799", "text": "alongside \"Untucked\", for an eleventh season. On December 13, 2015, Logo aired a seasonal themed episode of \"RuPaul's Drag Race\". The non-competitive special episode was released in conjunction with RuPaul's holiday album \"Slay Belles\" and featured music videos for songs from the album. The cast included RuPaul, Michelle Visage, Siedah Garrett, and Todrick Hall, and former contestants, including Alyssa Edwards, Laganja Estranja, Latrice Royale, Raja, and Shangela. On November 1, 2018, VH1 announced a seasonal themed special episode of \"RuPaul's Drag Race\" scheduled to air on December 7, 2018. The special saw eight former contestants compete for the title of", "title": "RuPaul's Drag Race" }, { "id": "18321420", "text": "to bring additional attention to it with the casting of not only RuPaul Charles himself, but also other well known \"Drag Race\" alumni: Willam Belli, Shangela Laquifa Wadley (Darius J. Pierce), Joslyn Fox (Patrick Joslyn), and Alyssa Edwards (Justin Johnson). Following a limited theatrical release, the film was released on video on demand on September 23, 2016, with a release to DVD in October 2016. A sequel film, \"\", was released on May 18, 2018. A school teacher named Richard moves from New York City to a small town in Texas, and begins work at a new school. Shortly after", "title": "Hurricane Bianca" }, { "id": "20593243", "text": "of fourteen contestants competing on the tenth season of \"RuPaul's Drag Race\" on February 22, 2018. She was eliminated in episode ten, placing sixth overall. She was named Miss Congeniality during the season's finale, and is the first holder of the title to have been voted by her fellow contestants. During episode one of \"Drag Race\", Monét X Change made a dress decorated with kitchen sponges for the first runway challenge, which became a running joke throughout the rest of the series and inspired a number of Internet memes amongst fans online. Fellow competitor Yuhua Hamasaki created her own sponge", "title": "Monét X Change" }, { "id": "9184364", "text": "ALMA Award in 2008 and in 2009. His additional film credits include the comedy \"\" (his second film with Sandra Bullock), the drama \"How to Go Out on a Date in Queens\", the drama \"The Lost City\" and the Peruvian-Spanish drama \"Máncora\". He also appeared in the music video \"Yes We Can\" by will.i.am and in the video directed by Demi Moore \"Presidential Pledge\". In October 2009, Murciano appeared in the CBS police procedural drama \"\" in season 10: episode 4 titled \"Coup de Gráce\" (French for \"stroke of mercy\"), as from the LVPD Vice Division. In April 2011, Murciano", "title": "Enrique Murciano" }, { "id": "8451637", "text": "Willam Belli Willam Belli (, born June 30, 1982), mononymously known as Willam, is an American actor, drag queen, model, reality television personality, recording artist, and author, who is known for his recurring role as transgender woman Cherry Peck in Ryan Murphy's medical drama \"Nip/Tuck\" and for being a contestant on the fourth season of \"RuPaul's Drag Race\", during which he became the only contestant ever disqualified from the series. In addition to acting, Belli found viral success with his music video parodies \"Chow Down\" and \"Boy Is a Bottom\" with his Los Angeles drag queen pop trio DWV. However,", "title": "Willam Belli" }, { "id": "900386", "text": "RuPaul was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program. He would go on to win the award at the September 11 Creative Arts Emmy Awards Ceremony. 2016 also saw the release of the single \"Read U Wrote U\" that features rap parts by the \"RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars 2\" finalists Roxxxy Andrews, Katya Zamolodchikova, Alaska Thunderfuck and Detox Icunt with production by Ellis Miah. On January 27, 2017, RuPaul announced that a new album would be released the week after. The album, named \"\" was put up for pre-order on February", "title": "RuPaul" }, { "id": "2546544", "text": "the show, such as Alex Lifeson from Rush in \"Closer to the Heart,\" singer Rita MacNeil in the season four finale \"Working Man,\" Brian Vollmer from Helix, Sebastian Bach from Skid Row, and the late singer-songwriter Denny Doherty of The Mamas and the Papas in the season seven finale \"\". The show is a great success for the cable network Showcase, where it is the network's highest-rated Canadian series. It airs in Australia on The Comedy Channel, in the United Kingdom and Spain on Paramount Comedy, in the Republic of Ireland on 3e, in Iceland on SkjárEinn, in New Zealand", "title": "Trailer Park Boys" }, { "id": "20593238", "text": "Vanessa Vanjie Mateo Vanessa Vanjie Mateo is the stage name of Jose Cancel, an American drag performer most known for competing on the tenth season of \"RuPaul's Drag Race\". Cancel is of Puerto Rican descent. He started doing drag when \"Drag Race\" season three and All Stars alumna Alexis Mateo hired him as a backup dancer. Vanessa Vanjie Mateo was announced as one of the fourteen contestants competing for the crown on the tenth season of \"RuPaul's Drag Race\", which premiered on March 22, 2018. She was eliminated in the first episode, after lip syncing to Christina Aguilera's \"Ain't No", "title": "Vanessa Vanjie Mateo" }, { "id": "17792435", "text": "1907: 1908: 1909: 1910: 1911: 1912: 1913: 1914: 1915: 1917: 1918: 1920: 1921: 1922: 1923: 1925: 1926: 1927: 1928: 1929: 1930: 1931: 1932: 1933: 1934: 1935: 1936: 1937: 1938: 1940: 1941: 1942: 1943: 1945: 1946: 1947: 1949: 1950: 1951: 1955: 1957: 1959: 1962: 1963: 1964: 1965: 1966: 1969: 1970: 1971: 1972: 1975: 1976: 1977: 1978: 1979: 1980: 1982: 1983: 1984: 1987: 1988: 1994: 1996: 2001: 2005–2006: 2006: 2011: 2013: 2016: Timeline of women's education This is a timeline of women's education. 1237 1239 1608 1636 1639 1644 1674 1678 1685 1727 1732 1742 1751 1783 1786 1787 1788 1803 1818", "title": "Timeline of women's education" }, { "id": "17662880", "text": "Jiggly Caliente Jiggly Caliente is the stage name of Bianca Castro. She is a Filipino-American drag performer, singer, model, actress, and transgender activist, best known for being on the fourth season of \"RuPaul's Drag Race\". Caliente was born Paulo Arabejo in November 29, 1981 in Laguna, Philippines. She moved to America in 1991 at age 10 with her mom and brother. She came out in junior high school to her late mother, and her drag mother is Chevelle Brooks. Her drag first name is based on the Pokémon Jigglypuff. Caliente was announced to be one of thirteen contestants in the", "title": "Jiggly Caliente" }, { "id": "19569671", "text": "included parts of scenes that form Arthur's exit from the show. It was broadcast on 7 June 2016 on BBC One in the United Kingdom. A re-run was shown on BBC Two on 13 June 2016. The episode was watched by 4.4 million people during the BBC One airing. Arthur's death was nominated for \"Best Drama Storyline\" at the 2016 \"Inside Soap\" Awards. Laura Jayne-Tyler from \"Inside Soap\" said \"Wow. That was one hell of an episode of Holby City.\" She added it was a struggle to recover from the \"tear-jerking instalment\" episode. Sara Wallis from the \"Daily Mirror\" noted", "title": "I'll Walk You Home" }, { "id": "17662881", "text": "fourth season of \"RuPaul's Drag Race\" in November 13, 2011. She placed eighth overall, being eliminated in a lip sync by seventh placer Willam. She also made an appearance at the season six live finale, where she asked a viewer question to Bianca Del Rio. She was also in archive compilation footage in the season 5 finale. Outside of \"Drag Race\", she can be seen in the beginning of the 2012 NewNowNext awards. Her acting career began in 2015 when she played a role in the season 2 finale of \"Broad City\" as a shop owner. In 2016, she was", "title": "Jiggly Caliente" }, { "id": "8003397", "text": "In late 2008, O'Day made a guest appearance on the reality show \"\". She later agreed to be the covergirl for \"Playboy\" for the March 2009 issue. Additionally, she has been featured on the covers of \"Jadore\", \"Image\", \"Palm Springs Life\", \"King\", \"Right On!\", \"Dub\" and \"Envy\". She has done features for \"GQ\", \"In Touch Weekly\" and \"Us Weekly\". In 2013, she was a guest judge for episode eight of RuPaul's Drag Race season five. In 2016, she was a contestant on Celebrity Big Brother UK Season 18. After graduating from high school and while attending University of California Irvine,", "title": "Aubrey O'Day" }, { "id": "17437672", "text": "the swimming pool. Charlie watches in horrified silence and is then led to another room by Louie. Horrified, Cook goes to Emma's and tells her to pack. As they are driving out of Manchester, Cook gets a call from a traumatised Charlie, who begs him to pick her up from the nearby bus station. He turns his car around against Emma's wishes. Cook, Emma and Charlie flee Manchester, to a country manor owned by Emma's parents in the Midlands. They get in with the spare key, but are confronted by Emma's parents who have not seen her in two years.", "title": "Skins Rise" }, { "id": "7732744", "text": "Joel Armstrong, Cam Robertson, Aural Trash, Logan Baker, Vital Soundsystem, Brazilbeat Soundsystem, Dan Farley, Bondi House DJ's, Dean Campbell, Jason Howson, Mikey Havok, P Vans, Nick D, R.I.A, Cool Kids Club, ThirtyEight, Shirtpants, Maya & Vanya, Alex Bull, Aroha, Beat Mafia, Ange, DJ Hat, DJ Lotion, DJ Robba & MC Dreadeye, ELM, Flex, Snowy, and Jonas. Episode 8 took place on the last three days of 2010. It featured N.E.R.D., Justice, Shihad, Carl Cox, The Gaslamp Killer, Chase & Status (DJ set), Chromeo, Boys Noize, Erol Alkan, Netsky, Flying Lotus, Mystery Jets, High Contrast, Tinie Tempah, Miami Horror, Hollie Smith,", "title": "Rhythm & Vines" }, { "id": "20593242", "text": "Monét X Change Monét X Change (born March 23, 1990) is the stage name of Kevin Bertin, an American drag queen and television personality. He is best known for competing on the tenth season of \"RuPaul's Drag Race\", on which he ultimately placed sixth and won Miss Congeniality. Bertin was born in Brooklyn, New York City, on March 23, 1990. He later moved to The Bronx. The first drag pageant he won was the sixth annual Gay Caribbean USA Pageant on September 27, 2014, representing Saint Lucia. His drag mother is Honey Davenport. Monét X Change was announced as one", "title": "Monét X Change" }, { "id": "15974301", "text": "Vatos \"Vatos\" is the fourth episode of the first season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"The Walking Dead\". It originally aired on AMC in the United States on November 21, 2010. The episode was written by Robert Kirkman and Elvis Jasso Marín, and directed by Johan Renck. In the episode, Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln), Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus), Theodore \"T-Dog\" Douglas (IronE Singleton), and Glenn Rhee (Steven Yeun) return to downtown Atlanta in search of Daryl's brother, Merle. The group are later targeted by a Latino gang, whose leader threatens to kill them if they do not relinquish their", "title": "Vatos" }, { "id": "17828066", "text": "Inmates (The Walking Dead) \"Inmates\" is the tenth episode of the fourth season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series \"The Walking Dead\", which aired on AMC on February 16, 2014. The episode was written by Matthew Negrete and Channing Powell, and directed by Tricia Brock. The other survivors of the prison assault deal with recent losses and decide whether or not to try reuniting with each other. This episode marks the return of Carol Peletier (Melissa McBride), who has been absent since the fourth episode of season four. Scott Wilson and David Morrissey are no longer featured in the opening", "title": "Inmates (The Walking Dead)" }, { "id": "2709975", "text": "Dream\". Her paternal ancestry is Irish, English and Ashkenazi Jewish. On April 2, 1974, at age 10, Tatum O'Neal won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Golden Globe Award for New Star Of The Year - Actress for her performance in \"Paper Moon,\" released in May 1973. The youngest ever to win a competitive Academy Award, she turned nine years old during filming in autumn 1972. O'Neal played the role of Addie Loggins, a child con artist being tutored by a Depression-era grifter played by her father, Ryan. In her 2010 appearance on \"RuPaul's Drag Race\", O'Neal", "title": "Tatum O'Neal" }, { "id": "20593226", "text": "Miller was announced as one of fourteen contestants for the tenth season of \"RuPaul's Drag Race\" on February 22, 2018. She was declared the winner of the episode one sewing challenge. In episode three, she was in the bottom two and lip synced \"Celebrity Skin\" against Yuhua Hamasaki, and won. She was eliminated in episode five after losing a lip sync of \"Man! I Feel Like a Woman!\" against Monét X Change, and placed tenth overall. Outside of \"Drag Race\", Miller appeared in an episode of Buzzfeed's \"Try Guys\" in 2014, giving a drag makeover to Eugene Yang as Cheyenne", "title": "Mayhem Miller (drag queen)" }, { "id": "3443554", "text": "that David, her husband, has fallen asleep on his surfboard. George learns that beyond a certain point are powerful currents that can sweep a swimmer or surfer dangerously far from land. He rents a catamaran, clumsily but successfully rescues David, and becomes a hero. Sam sees him on a TV newscast and tries to contact him, but George (unaware that it is Sam) refuses the call. David, badly sunburned, is hospitalized, allowing Jenny and George to spend time alone together. After dinner, in her room, Jenny smokes marijuana and then seduces George to the sounds of Maurice Ravel's \"Boléro\". Although", "title": "10 (film)" }, { "id": "5817342", "text": "Mitch from duty and demotes Trey back to patrol. With the show ended, Mitch's car is returned and his apartment restored (but he refuses to return the dog, of which he has grown fond). While watching the final episode, Mitch sees one of his police colleagues at Vargas's nightclub. He and Trey investigate, finding that Vargas is selling the weapons at a gun show at the Bonaventure Hotel. Vargas flees with one of the weapons, taking Chase hostage in the process. The duo is able to rescue her, via a pocket pistol concealed in a Maxxis camera, but the ceiling", "title": "Showtime (film)" }, { "id": "6683233", "text": "Sara try to call Lincoln, but they lose the signal and the back lifter is stuck so they smash a vending machine to open the side door and they escape with the guy chasing after them. Michael kills him and takes a note from him asking who sent him. The guy's last words were, \"Not Krantz.\" He then dies. Michael and Sara stay at one of Sara's old friend, Deb's vacation apartment, with whom she went to med school. Michael and Sara check the note they took from their abductor. It reads: I10R4AZMS=I-10 near route 4 in Arizona Michael Scofield.", "title": "Michael Scofield" }, { "id": "17603932", "text": "realizes she's not afraid of dying he instead asks one of the Saviors (Arat) to \"kill somebody\". She shoots Olivia in the face as Rosita and the others watch in horror. As Negan demands to know who made the bullet, Eugene finally confesses and Negan has his people take him away. Rosita sorrowfully protests as Negan leaves Alexandria. Once everyone is gone she is shown to be physically upset by everything that has just happened. The episode ends with Rosita joining Rick, Michonne, Carl, and Tara to reunite with Maggie, Sasha, Enid, Jesus and the newly escaped Daryl at the", "title": "Rosita Espinosa" }, { "id": "15949702", "text": "going to get some food, Brax returns to the camp to find Casey gone. He and Natalie drive out to the desert to find Casey and learn that he has been kidnapped by Kyle Bennett (Nic Westaway), Casey and Brax's half-brother. For his portrayal of Brax, Peacocke was nominated for Best Male Performance at the 2011 AACTA Television Awards. He went on to win the Logie Award for Most Popular New Male Talent in 2012. Peacocke was also nominated for Best Daytime Star at the 2012 Inside Soap Awards. In 2013, Peacocke won the Most Popular Actor Logie Award. He", "title": "Darryl Braxton" }, { "id": "20998032", "text": "show RuPaul's Drag Race. Short films like \"\" and \"Comes the Blood\" were also occasionally played on the show, in addition to recurring comedic segments such as \"Who's Home Drunk?\" and episodes dedicated to music like the \"Space Seed Video Freak Out Party.\" The program did not avoid political engagement, either; for instance, in a clip from a 1987 episode, RuPaul and fellow drag queen Wanda Peek confront the Ku Klux Klan face-to-face at a rally in Cumming, Georgia. The original VHS recordings of \"The American Music Show\" are currently housed in the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare", "title": "The American Music Show" }, { "id": "19309096", "text": "an interview with Cardi B for \"Cosmopolitan\" in February 2018. She started her own YouTube series, \"Small's World\", where she documents her life touring across the country. The first episode premiered on February 16, 2018. On November 8th, 2018, it was announced that Smalls would be returning to compete in the fourth season of \"RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars\". Smalls released a music video for her first single, \"Pose\", on December 16, 2018. Heppenstall has eleven brothers and sisters. In May 2017, Smalls received backlash from fans after making a joke about the Manchester Arena bombing on Twitter. He later", "title": "Naomi Smalls" }, { "id": "2654011", "text": "Wendy Williams Show\" among others. On March 28, 2010, Barrino also performed \"America the Beautiful\" at WWE WrestleMania XXVI. To promote the album, Barrino embarked on her first solo concert tour, \"Back to Me Tour\" in the fall of 2010. Barrino appeared on Charlie Wilson's album \"Just Charlie\", on \"I Want to Be Your Man.\" In the summer of 2010, she appeared as a guest judge alongside Wayne Brady, on episode 11, of \"RuPaul's Drag Race\". On February 13, 2011, Barrino won her first Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for \"Bittersweet\". In 2011, Barrino was cast in", "title": "Fantasia Barrino" }, { "id": "13346907", "text": "Simon down to Kent to live and he makes his way home alone, scaring everyone in the process. While Peter and Leanne are proud that Simon travelled all that way alone, they made sure he knew that was very wrong. Simon is devastated when Blanche died in May 2010. In August 2010, Simon had a fight with Aadi Alahan (Zennon Ditchett) whilst playing a game and Aadi hits his head on a table, leading him to be rushed to hospital when he fell unconscious. Simon does not tell anyone and feels guilty over the incident, while Aadi's parents Dev (Jimmi", "title": "Simon Barlow" } ]

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[ { "id": "4895052", "text": "Nigeria had twelve states. Following the civil war, Benue-Plateau State was one of several large states which were further split up following pressure on the Federal Government. Under the military administration of General Yakubu Gowon, the country was further divided into nineteen states in 1976 and Plateau State was created from Benue-Plateau covering the area of the original Plateau Province. In 1996, Plateau State was further subdivided to create Nasarawa State which was carved out of the western half of Plateau State by Sani Abacha's military regime. Tin mining activities began in 1902 under the British and continue to the", "title": "Plateau State" }, { "id": "283580", "text": "Nigeria The Federal Republic of Nigeria, commonly referred to as Nigeria (), is a federal republic in West Africa, bordering Niger in the north, Chad in the northeast, Cameroon in the southeast, and Benin in the west. Its coast in the south is located on the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean. The federation comprises 36 states and 1 Federal Capital Territory, where the capital, Abuja is located. Nigeria is officially a democratic secular country. Nigeria has been home to a number of ancient and indigenous kingdoms and states over the millennia. The modern state originated from British colonial", "title": "Nigeria" }, { "id": "283857", "text": "The Supreme Court is presided over by the Chief Justice of Nigeria and thirteen associate justices, who are appointed by the President of Nigeria on the recommendation of the National Judicial Council. These justices are subject to confirmation by the Senate. Nigeria is made up of 36 states and 1 territory. They are: the Federal Capital Territory, Abia, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Enugu, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, and Zamfara Each state is further", "title": "Federal government of Nigeria" }, { "id": "147718", "text": "the Union level. The Federal Republic of Nigeria has various states which have evolved over time due to complex socioeconomic issues as well as the effect of their colonial era. However, in modern Nigeria there are thirty six states and one federal capital territory: Abia, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Enugu, Edo, Ekiti, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, and Zamfara, and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). There has been significant tension between the southern states and the", "title": "Federalism" }, { "id": "15466538", "text": "government). The Federal Republic of Nigeria came into existence on 1 October 1963. The monarchy was abolished and Nigeria became a republic within the Commonwealth. Following the abolition of the monarchy, former Governor-General Nnamdi Azikiwe became President of Nigeria. Elizabeth II did not visit the Federation of Nigeria between 1960 and 1963. She did visit: Federation of Nigeria The Federation of Nigeria was a predecessor to modern-day Nigeria. It existed between 1 October 1960 and 1 October 1963. When British rule ended in 1960, the Nigeria Independence Act 1960 transformed the Federation of Nigeria into an independent sovereign state. The", "title": "Federation of Nigeria" }, { "id": "12633131", "text": "The Mid-Western Region was formed from the Western Region in 1966, and Lagos, the capital, was effectively governed as an unofficial fourth region outside the bounds of the Western Region. After the first coup and under the short-lived military government of Aguiyi-Ironsi, the country was reorganized under a central government. Following the counter-coup which resulted in Aguiyi-Ironsi's deposition and assassination, Nigeria was reorganized as a federal country, with three of the regions being divided into newer entities and all first-level subdivisions being renamed as states: Mid-Western and the states of former Eastern Region made a bid to secede from Nigeria", "title": "Federalism in Nigeria" }, { "id": "12633129", "text": "between the central government, i.e. the federal government and its components (state and local government). Bernard Bourdillon the Governor-general at that time initiated and laid the foundation of federalism in Nigeria in 1939 by creating three provinces. He later handed over the constitution to his successor Arthur Richards and it became the Richards Constitution of 1946. At the beginning of formal British indirect rule in 1901, Nigeria was divided into two regions: Northern and Southern, both of which were divided into provinces. From 1901 to 1958, the number of regions was increased to three through both acquisition of territories and", "title": "Federalism in Nigeria" }, { "id": "15466537", "text": "Federation of Nigeria The Federation of Nigeria was a predecessor to modern-day Nigeria. It existed between 1 October 1960 and 1 October 1963. When British rule ended in 1960, the Nigeria Independence Act 1960 transformed the Federation of Nigeria into an independent sovereign state. The British monarch, Elizabeth II, remained head of state as the Queen of Nigeria as well as Queen of the United Kingdom and other independent states. Her constitutional roles in Nigeria were delegated to the Governor-General of Nigeria. Two people held the office of governor-general: Abubakar Tafawa Balewa held office as prime minister (and head of", "title": "Federation of Nigeria" }, { "id": "12633132", "text": "as the states of Biafra and Republic of Benin, resulting in the Nigerian Civil War. In 1976, six years after the end of the civil war, the states were further reorganized: State boundaries and names were also reorganized. The demand for the creation of newer states in Nigeria tends to emanate from sub-state groups, often ethnic- or tribal-interest groups, which accuse the current larger state governments of subverting or ignoring the interests and necessities of the more local regions. A much-criticized effect of the current type of federalism, of 36 states from previous pre civil war 3 regions is the", "title": "Federalism in Nigeria" }, { "id": "14123499", "text": "Ghana (formerly the Gold Coast) existed from 1957 until 1960, when it became the Republic of Ghana. The Federation of Nigeria was established as a dominion in 1960, but became the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 1963. The Dominion of Uganda existed from 1962 to 1963. Kenya was a dominion upon independence in 1963, but a republic was declared in 1964. Tanganyika and Zanzibar, predecessor states of Tanzania, were dominions from 1961 to 1962 and 1963 to 1964, respectively. The Dominion of Gambia existed from 1965 until 1970, when it was renamed the Republic of Gambia. Sierra Leone was a", "title": "Dominion" }, { "id": "283581", "text": "rule beginning in the 19th century, and took its present territorial shape with the merging of the Southern Nigeria Protectorate and Northern Nigeria Protectorate in 1914. The British set up administrative and legal structures whilst practicing indirect rule through traditional chiefdoms. Nigeria became a formally independent federation in 1960. It experienced a civil war from 1967 to 1970. It thereafter alternated between democratically elected civilian governments and military dictatorships until it achieved a stable democracy in 1999, with the 2011 presidential election considered the first to be reasonably free and fair. Nigeria is often referred to as the \"Giant of", "title": "Nigeria" }, { "id": "16201830", "text": "was there in 1966, the Nigerian Civil War broke out. Horsfall, from the southern part of the country, returned to Nigeria on the side of the Federal Government. At the time, General Yakubu Gowon's government had dissolved the country's four regions—Northern Region, Western region, Mid-Western Region, and the Eastern Region—into 12 new states. This was calculated to fragment support for the seceding Biafran state, which was mostly made up of the Eastern Region and the Mid-Western State. Horsfall's new Rivers State was formerly part of the Eastern Region, which now sided with the Federal Government in the war. When Horsfall", "title": "Albert Horsfall" }, { "id": "1368569", "text": "in practice highly centralized under the government of the Soviet Union. The Russian Federation has inherited a similar system. Nigeria, Pakistan, India and Malaysia became federations on or shortly before becoming independent from the British Empire. In some recent cases, federations have been instituted as a measure to handle ethnic conflict within a state, such as Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Iraq since 2005. With the United States Constitution having become effective on 4 March 1789, the United States is the oldest surviving federation. On the other end of the timeline is Nepal, which became the newest federation after its constitution", "title": "Federation" }, { "id": "16076429", "text": "These states are Kano, Katsina, Niger, Bauchi, Borno, Kaduna, Gombe, Sokoto, Jigawa, Yobe, and Kebbi. The following is a list of legislation and acts created by the National Assembly: 4th Parliament: 1999 - 2003 5th Parliament: 2003 - 2007 6th Parliament: 2007 - 2011 7th Parliament: 2011 - 2015 8th Parliament: 2015 - 2019 See the following: Law of Nigeria The law of Nigeria consists of courts, offences, and various types of laws. Nigeria has its own constitution which was established on 29 May 1999. The Constitution of Nigeria is the supreme law of the country. There are four distinct", "title": "Law of Nigeria" }, { "id": "2866131", "text": "(OIC) as its 46th member. The OIC was established in 1969. The chief of staff supreme headquarters, Commodore Ebitu Okoh Ukiwe, was removed and replaced from his post as chief of staff supreme headquarters by Babangida, because Ukiwe was opposed to the registration of Nigeria, a secular country, in the OIC. On 23 September 1987, Babangida created two states: Akwa Ibom and Katsina. On 27 August 1991, Babangida created nine more states: Abia, Enugu, Delta, Jigawa, Kebbi, Osun, Kogi, Taraba and Yobe. Bringing the total number of states in Nigeria to thirty in 1991. Babangida issued a referendum to garner", "title": "Ibrahim Babangida" }, { "id": "2076948", "text": "state, Muhammed put in place plans to build a new Federal Capital Territory due to Lagos being overcrowded. He set up a panel headed by Justice Akinola Aguda, which chose the Abuja area as the new capital ahead of other proposed locations. On February 3, 1976, Muhammed announced that the Federal Capital would in the future move to a federal territory location of about 8,000 square kilometres in the central part of the country. On 3rd February 1976 the following seven Nigerian states were created by Murtala Muhammed: Bauchi, Benue, Borno, Imo, Niger, Ogun, and Ondo. This brought the total", "title": "Murtala Mohammed" }, { "id": "3603343", "text": "Adamawa State Adamawa is a state in northeastern Nigeria, with its capital at Yola. In 1991, when Taraba State was carved out from Gongola State, the geographical entity Gongola State was renamed Adamawa State, with four administrative divisions: Adamawa, Ganye, Mubi and Numan. It is the home of the American University of Nigeria in Yola and Modibbo Adama University of Technology Yola. It is one of the thirty-six states that constitute the Federal Republic of Nigeria. On May 14, 2013, President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in Adamawa State, along with neighboring Borno State and Yobe State, due", "title": "Adamawa State" }, { "id": "3066790", "text": "to the city by soldiers who apologised for the stench and explained politely that they were doing me and the world a great favor by eliminating Ibos. The Federal Military Government also laid the groundwork for the blockade of the Eastern Region which went into full effect in 1967. On 27 May 1967, Gowon proclaimed the division of Nigeria into twelve states. This decree carved the Eastern Region in three parts: South Eastern State, Rivers State, and East Central State. Now the Igbos, concentrated in the East Central State, would lose control over most of the petroleum, located in the", "title": "Nigerian Civil War" }, { "id": "3057163", "text": "of Bini sent warriors to Eko who were received in a welcoming manner by the residing Awori fishermen. The Bini Prince, Ado, who led the war party, was asked to become their leader. From that point on, Eko belonged to Yoruba. Lagos State was created on 27 May 1967 according to the \"State Creation and Transitional Provisions Decree No. 14 of 1967\", which restructured Nigeria into a Federation of 12 states. Before the issuance of this Decree, Lagos city, which was the country's capital had been administered directly by the Federal Government through the \"Federal Ministry of Lagos Affairs\". However,", "title": "Lagos State" }, { "id": "10392003", "text": "draft constitution to be approved by the military administration of Obasanjo. He led the convention to present an agenda for broad coalition building across ethnic and regional lines. The body pushed for presidential winners to have at least 25% of the total votes cast in two thirds of the nineteen states in Nigeria and that each of the 19 states of the federation should have a minister representing them. The political parties should also have support in at least two thirds of the states. Frederick Rotimi Williams Chief Frederick Rotimi Alade Williams, QC, SAN (16 December 1920 – 26 March", "title": "Frederick Rotimi Williams" }, { "id": "2978824", "text": "\"Capital of Igboland.\" Enugu resumed in 1970 as the capital of the East Central State after the republic was dissolved. On 3 February 1976 the East Central State was made into two new states, Imo and Anambra; there were then 19 states in Nigeria; Enugu was the capital of Anambra. On 27 August 1991 the military dictatorship of Ibrahim Babangida divided the old Anambra State into two new states, Enugu State and Anambra State. Enugu remained as the capital of the newly created Enugu State, while Awka became the capital of the new Anambra State. Despite its name meaning \"hill", "title": "Enugu" }, { "id": "4656447", "text": "these three centres. As an administrative unit, Benue State was first created on 3 February 1976. It was one of the seven states created by the military administration headed by General Murtala Mohammed, which increased the number of states in the country from 13 to 19. In 1991, its boundaries were re-adjusted with the creation of Kogi State. The new Benue State of today has twenty (23) local government areas, which are administered by local government councils. Benue State lies within the lower river Benue trough in the middle belt region of Nigeria. Its geographic coordinates are longitude 7° 47'", "title": "Benue State" }, { "id": "17418354", "text": "for the full exploitation of its vast natural resources. Thus, the Bauchi State University shall launch the State into a new path of rapid socio-cultural, economic and industrial growth in the context of the much desired rapid and even development of Nigeria as an important Imperative for social and political harmony in the nation. Bauchi State was created in 1976 to become one of the 19 States then in the Federal Republic of Nigeria. With the creation of additional States in later years, Bauchi is today one of the 36 federating states in the country. Salient information about Bauchi State", "title": "Bauchi State University" }, { "id": "9973996", "text": "British order in council so as to come into force immediately upon independence, on 1 October 1960. Under this constitution Nigeria retained Queen Elizabeth II as titular head of state. Independent Nigeria's second constitution established the country as a federal republic. It came into force on 1 October 1963 (Nigeria's third anniversary as an independent nation). The 1963 constitution, which was based on the Westminster system, continued in operation until a military coup in 1966 overthrew Nigeria's democratic institutions. The 1979 constitution, which brought in the Second Republic, abandoned the Westminster system in favour of an American-style presidential system, with", "title": "Constitution of Nigeria" }, { "id": "12633128", "text": "Federalism in Nigeria Federalism in Nigeria refers to the devolution of self-governance by the West African nation of Nigeria to its federated states, who share sovereignty with the Federal Government. Federalism has been present in Nigeria since the former British colony was reorganized into a federation of three regions in 1946. Regionalism was introduced to the Nigeria system by the Richards Constitution. Federalism is a system of government in which governmental powers that exists in a country are shared between central government and component region. It is also defined as the system of government in which governmental powers are shared", "title": "Federalism in Nigeria" }, { "id": "1752078", "text": "States of Nigeria In Nigeria, a state (, , ) is a federated political entity that shares sovereignty with the federal government. There are 36 states bound together by a federal agreement. The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) is not a state and under the direct control of the federal government. The states are further divided into a total of 774 Local Government Areas. Under the Nigerian Constitution, states have the power to ratify constitutional amendments. The Nigerian traditional states predate all the modern states but have no legal or administrative powers. As sovereign entities, States of Nigeria have the right", "title": "States of Nigeria" }, { "id": "283860", "text": "the purchase of equipment after dumping the non-operational vehicles. Nigeria currently has better foreign relations with its neighbors, due to its current state of democracy. It is a member of the African Union and sits on that organization's Peace and Security Council. In 1960, Nigeria joined both the United Nations and the Commonwealth of Nations; however, they were briefly suspended between 1995 and 1999. Federal government of Nigeria The federal government of Nigeria is composed of three distinct branches: legislative, executive, and judicial, whose powers are vested by the Constitution of Nigeria in the National Assembly, the President, and the", "title": "Federal government of Nigeria" }, { "id": "10595636", "text": "The British originally divided the area into eleven provinces which were: In 1903 six more provinces were added; five following the Sokoto-Kano campaign, and also Gwandu province, making a total of 17. The number of provinces was reduced to 13 in 1911, and 12 after World War I. In 1926 Adamawa and Plateau became new provinces. The provinces and divisions in 1945, with the names or number of Native Authorities in each division: There were thirteen provinces in Northern Nigeria in 1966 which were abolished in May 1967: Provinces of Nigeria The Provinces of Nigeria are a former administrative division", "title": "Provinces of Nigeria" }, { "id": "2782348", "text": "a London hospital in June of 2018, sparking controversy whether Muhammadu Buhari was cloned, or could even an imposter from Sudan. Little evidence supports such claims other than diminishing health and old age before being hospitalized. On October 1, 1960, Nigeria gained independence from Britain. An all-Nigerian Executive Council was headed by a Prime Minister, Alhaji Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa. On November 16, 1960, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, became the first Governor-General of a Federation of three Regions of the North, East and West, with Lagos as the Federal Capital. Each of the Regions was headed by a Premier with a", "title": "President of Nigeria" }, { "id": "2978821", "text": "the British imperial administration, out of Nigeria. Enugu became a municipality in 1956 with Umaru Altine its first mayor. After four years passed, Nigeria gained its independence in 1960. On 27 May 1967 the Nigerian government divided the Western, Northern and Eastern Region into 12 states and Enugu was made the capital of the new East Central State. On 30 May 1967 Enugu was declared the capital of the short-lived Republic of Biafra, the latter created out of the eastern Nigerian states of East Central, Cross River and Rivers. Biafra was declared by Ojukwu because of Eastern Nigeria after their", "title": "Enugu" }, { "id": "2790391", "text": "ISO 3166-2:NG ISO 3166-2:NG is the entry for Nigeria in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1. Currently for Nigeria, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 1 capital territory and 36 states. The Federal Capital Territory contains the capital of the country Abuja and has special status equal to the states. Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is , the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2", "title": "ISO 3166-2:NG" }, { "id": "15055458", "text": "1979 Nigerian presidential election Presidential elections were held in Nigeria for the first time on 11 August 1979. The result was a victory for Shehu Shagari, whose National Party of Nigeria had won the parliamentary elections in July. Lvrd_izzy visited. Source: The Nigerian 1979 Elections Under the 1979 Nigerian Constitution, in order to be elected President on the first ballot a candidate needed to receive both the most votes nationwide and at least 25% of the vote in two-thirds of the states. However, at the time of the election, Nigeria had nineteen states, two-thirds of which in exact figures is", "title": "1979 Nigerian presidential election" }, { "id": "14502058", "text": "Aid Association. In 1972, Lar joined the Board of Amalgamated Tin Mines of Nigeria. He became Chairman of the Board of Directors of African Continental Bank, Member of the Nigeria Council of Legal Education and a member of the Constituent Assembly (1977–1978). He was vice-chairman of the panel chaired by Justice Ayo Irikefe that recommended expanding from 12 to 19 states during the regime of generals Murtala Muhammed and Olusegun Obasanjo. Lar was also a Board member of the USA-based World Environmental Movement for Africa. At the start of the Second Republic, Lar was a co-founder of the Nigerian People's", "title": "Solomon Lar" }, { "id": "5424784", "text": "State came into being on 27 August 1991. It was carved out of the old Borno State by the Babangida administration. Yobe State was created because the old Borno State was one of Nigeria's largest states in terms of land area and was therefore considered to be too large for easy administration and meaningful development. Ethnic rivalries within the old Borno State also contributed to the decision. On 14 May 2013, President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in Yobe State along with neighboring Borno State and Adamawa State, due to the activities of the terrorist network Boko Haram.", "title": "Yobe State" }, { "id": "9973998", "text": "restored democratic rule to Nigeria, and remains in force today. In January 2011, two amendments of the 1999 constitution were signed by President Goodluck Jonathan, the first modifications since the document came into use in 1999. http://nigerianfinder.com/historical-development-of-the-nigerian-constitution/ Constitution of Nigeria The Constitution of Nigeria is the supreme law of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Nigeria has had a series of constitutions. The current constitution was enacted on 29 May 1999, inaugurating the Nigerian Fourth Republic. Nigeria's first constitutions were enacted by order in council during the colonial era, when the country was administered as a Crown Colony. The constitutions enacted", "title": "Constitution of Nigeria" }, { "id": "283748", "text": "with consequences felt in Nigeria's political life ever since. Following World War II, in response to the growth of Nigerian nationalism and demands for independence, successive constitutions legislated by the British Government moved Nigeria toward self-government on a representative and increasingly federal basis. On 1 October 1954, the colony became the autonomous Federation of Nigeria. By the middle of the 20th century, the great wave for independence was sweeping across Africa. On 27 October 1958 Britain agreed that Nigeria would become an independent state on 1 October 1960. The Federation of Nigeria was granted full independence on 1 October 1960", "title": "History of Nigeria" }, { "id": "12633130", "text": "partition from existing provinces. However, while native-born chiefs and clerks were appointed to govern the provinces, the regions were governed by the British-appointed colonial authorities, and such regions were made dependent upon the colonial authorities for martial law, manpower and management of resources. With the approach of independence, power over the regions was given to Nigerian-born citizens, and regional legislatures were established. By the time that Nigeria had declared itself a republic and replaced the post of Governor-General with the post of President, a national bicameral parliament was established and the country was considered a federation of the three regions.", "title": "Federalism in Nigeria" }, { "id": "549137", "text": "the actualization of the sovereign state of Biafra by legal means. The Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed February 25, 2019 for hearing the suit. Early modern maps of Africa from the 15th–19th centuries, drawn by European cartographers from accounts written by explorers and travellers, reveal some information about Biafra: Biafra Biafra, officially the Republic of Biafra, was a secessionist state in West Africa which existed from 30 May 1967 to January 1970; it was made up of the states in the Eastern Region of Nigeria. Biafra's attempt to leave Nigeria resulted in the Nigerian Civil War. The state was", "title": "Biafra" }, { "id": "283760", "text": "minority ethnic groups, the military divided the four regions into 12 states. However, the Igbo rejected attempts at constitutional revisions and insisted on full autonomy for the east. The Central Intelligence Agency commented in October 1966 in a CIA Intelligence Memorandum that: The situation is uncertain, with Nigeria, ..is sliding downhill faster and faster, with less and less chance unity and stability. Unless present army leaders and contending tribal elements soon reach agreement on a new basis for the association and take some effective measures to halt a seriously deteriorating security situation, there will be increasing internal turmoil, possibly including", "title": "History of Nigeria" }, { "id": "18308306", "text": "Independence Day (Nigeria) Independence Day is an official national holiday in Nigeria, celebrated on the first of October. It marks Nigeria's proclamation of independence from British rule on 1 October 1960. In 1914, the Southern Nigeria Protectorate was combined with the Northern Nigeria Protectorate to create the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria, which has the borders of modern day Nigeria. By the late 1950s, the call for independence of territories in Africa and the decline of the British Empire led to the country being granted independence on 1 October 1960 as the Federation of Nigeria. Three years later, the constitution", "title": "Independence Day (Nigeria)" }, { "id": "9973992", "text": "Constitution of Nigeria The Constitution of Nigeria is the supreme law of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Nigeria has had a series of constitutions. The current constitution was enacted on 29 May 1999, inaugurating the Nigerian Fourth Republic. Nigeria's first constitutions were enacted by order in council during the colonial era, when the country was administered as a Crown Colony. The constitutions enacted during this period were those of 1913 (which came into effect on 1 January 1914), 1922, 1946, 1951 and 1954. In 1946 a new constitution was approved by Westminster and promulgated in Nigeria. Although it reserved effective", "title": "Constitution of Nigeria" }, { "id": "5535895", "text": "Kwara State Kwara () is a state in Western Nigeria. Its capital is Ilorin. Kwara is located within the North Central geopolitical zone, commonly referred to as the Middle Belt. The primary ethnic group is Yoruba, with significant Nupe, Bariba, and Fulani minorities. Kwara State was created on 27 May 1967, when the Federal Military Government of General Yakubu Gowon broke the four regions that then constituted the Federation of Nigeria into 12 states. At its creation, the state was made up of the former Ilorin and Kabba provinces of the then Northern Region and was initially named the West", "title": "Kwara State" }, { "id": "2694316", "text": "one of the original twelve states of Nigeria) after Nigerian independence. The Efik, Anaang, Oron, Eket and their brothers and sisters of the Ogoja District, were also in the Southeastern State. The state (Southeastern State) was later renamed Cross Rivers State. On 23 September 1987, by Military Decree No.24, Akwa Ibom State was carved out of the then Cross Rivers State as a separate state. Cross Rivers State remains as one of neighbouring states. Southwestern Cameroon was a part of present Cross River State and Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria. During the then Eastern Region of Nigeria it got partitioned", "title": "Ibibio people" }, { "id": "5535827", "text": "the state. The Mid-Western Region was a division of Nigeria from 1963 to 1991, formally known as Bendel state from 1976. It was formed in June 1963 from Benin and Delta provinces of the Western Region, and its capital was Benin City. It was renamed a province in 1966, and in 1967 when the other provinces were split up into several states, it remained territorially intact, becoming a state. During the Nigerian Civil War, the Biafran forces invaded the new Mid-Western state, en route to Lagos, in an attempt to force a quick end to the war. While under Biafran", "title": "Edo State" }, { "id": "12633133", "text": "creation of a political subclass of state bureaucracies, often headed by governors who are accused of and sometimes successfully prosecuted for, monetary corruption. Furthermore, one of the outstanding peculiarities of Nigerian politics emanates from the promulgation of sharia law in the northern states, which is only applicable to Muslim residents, while Nigerian states outside the \"sharia zone\" operate their legal systems by common and customary law. Federalism in Nigeria Federalism in Nigeria refers to the devolution of self-governance by the West African nation of Nigeria to its federated states, who share sovereignty with the Federal Government. Federalism has been present", "title": "Federalism in Nigeria" }, { "id": "283781", "text": "before the 29 May 1999 inauguration of the new civilian president. The constitution includes provisions for a bicameral legislature, the National Assembly consisting of a 360-member House of Representatives and a 109-member Senate. The emergence of democracy in Nigeria on May 1999 ended 16 years of consecutive military rule. Olusegun Obasanjo inherited a country suffering economic stagnation and the deterioration of most democratic institutions. Obasanjo, a former general, was admired for his stand against the Abacha dictatorship, his record of returning the federal government to civilian rule in 1979, and his claim to represent all Nigerians regardless of religion. The", "title": "History of Nigeria" }, { "id": "14115144", "text": "Nigerian Civil Service has its origins in organizations established by the British in colonial times. Nigeria gained full independence in October 1960 under a constitution that provided for a parliamentary government and a substantial measure of self-government for the country's three regions. Since then, various panels have studied and made recommendations for reforming of the Civil Service, including the Margan Commission of 1963, the Adebo Commission of 1971 and the Udoji Commission of 1972-74. A major change occurred with the adoption in 1979 of a constitution modeled on that of the United States. The Dotun Philips Panel of 1985 attempted", "title": "Nigerian Civil Service" }, { "id": "1368593", "text": "tension. In some cases, internal conflict may lead a federation to collapse entirely, as occurred in Nigeria, the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, the Gran Colombia, the United Provinces of Central America, and the West Indies Federation. The federal government is the common or national government of a federation. A federal government may have distinct powers at various levels authorized or delegated to it by its member states. The structure of federal governments vary. Based on a broad definition of a basic federalism, there are two or more levels of government that exist within an established territory and govern through", "title": "Federation" }, { "id": "10434052", "text": "Conference on Nigerian Constitution. Some of his mentors were W. E. B. Du Bois and Edward Wilmot Blyden who were notable Pan-Africanists of their eras. In 1946 the Richards Constitution which advanced a regional political framework for the country to enhance regional political and economic autonomy became law. The constitution was made law without the proper consultation of Nigerians, leading to Nnamdi Azikiwe and Eyo Ita opposing the regional political arrangement, while they presented a minority report of a federation of eight states. However, in 1951, the constitution was reviewed with minor changes to the original but opposed by Azikiwe.", "title": "Eyo Ita" }, { "id": "4918624", "text": "Ekiti State Ekiti is a state in western Nigeria, declared a state on 1 October 1996 alongside five other states in the country by the military under the dictatorship of General Sani Abacha. As one of the newest states of the Nigerian federation, it was carved out of the territory of old Ondo State, and covers the former 12 local government areas that made up the Ekiti Zone of old Ondo State. On creation, it had 16 Local Government Areas (LGAs), having had an additional four carved out of the old ones. Ekiti State is one of the 36 states", "title": "Ekiti State" }, { "id": "283741", "text": "conquered Kanem and extended control west to Hausa cities not under Songhai authority. Largely because of Songhai's influence, there was a blossoming of Islamic learning and culture. Songhai collapsed in 1591 when a Moroccan army conquered Gao and Timbuktu. Morocco was unable to control the empire and the various provinces, including the Hausa states, became independent. The collapse undermined Songhai's hegemony over the Hausa states and abruptly altered the course of regional history. Borno reached its pinnacle under \"mai\" Idris Aloma (ca. 1569–1600) during whose reign Kanem was reconquered. The destruction of Songhai left Borno uncontested and until the 18th-century", "title": "History of Nigeria" }, { "id": "9526257", "text": "province in a bid to punish the Oba and curb his imperial power. The Benin monarchy was restored in 1914, but true power now lay with the colonial administration of Nigeria. The defeat, capture and subjugation of the empire's war-like people marked the sovereign end of one of Africa's greatest medieval states. The seven original states of Hausaland: Katsina, Daura, Kano, Zazzau, Gobir, Rano, and Garun Gabas cover an area of approximately and comprise the heart of the Hausa realm. In the 16th century, Queen Bakwa Turunku built the capital of Zazzau at Zaria, named after her younger daughter. Eventually,", "title": "Legends of Africa" }, { "id": "2782349", "text": "Governor as Ceremonial Head. On October 1, 1963, Nigeria became a Federal Republic and severed whatever ties were left with the British monarchy, but remained a member in the Commonwealth of Nations. The Governor-General's position was, therefore, replaced with that of President. In January 1966, a group of army officers, led by Major Chukwuma Nzeogwu, overthrew the central and regional governments, killed the prime minister, and tried to take control of the government in a failed coup d'état. Nzeogwu was countered, captured and imprisoned by General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi. General Aguiyi-Ironsi was named Military Head of State. In July 1966, a", "title": "President of Nigeria" }, { "id": "5587969", "text": "Mid-Western Region, Nigeria The Mid-Western Region was a division of Nigeria from 1963 to 1991, from 1976 being known as the Bendel state. It was formed in June 1963 from Benin and Delta provinces of the Western Region, and its capital was Benin City. It was renamed a province in 1966, and in 1967 when the other provinces were split up into several states, it remained territorially intact, becoming a state. During the Nigerian Civil War, the Biafran forces invaded the new Mid-Western state, en route to Lagos, in an attempt to force a quick end to the war. While", "title": "Mid-Western Region, Nigeria" }, { "id": "13942067", "text": "This was created alongside Gwoza in the present day Borno State, Ganye in the present day Adamawa State, Gashaka and Mambilla in the present Taraba State in fulfillment of the promises he had made during his visit. His politics was to expand the Northern parts of Nigeria and win the heart of the populace of these Trust Territories to join Nigeria and not Cameroon. In the end, it paid off during the 1961 plebiscite. Readers should also understand that, the first plebiscite in 1959 was a failure, because the people voted for deciding their future in a later date. This", "title": "Kurmi, Nigeria" }, { "id": "5147701", "text": "United States of Africa The United States of Africa is a proposed concept for a federation of some or all of the 55 sovereign states on the African continent. The concept takes its origin from Marcus Garvey's 1924 poem \"Hail, United States of Africa\".. The idea of a multinational unifying African state has been compared to various medieval African empires, including the Ethiopian Empire, the Ghana Empire, the Mali Empire, the Songhai Empire, the Benin Empire, the Kanem Empire, and other historic nation states. During the late 19th and early 20th century the majority of African land was controlled by", "title": "United States of Africa" }, { "id": "9973995", "text": "a central government with a Council of Ministers, the Macpherson Constitution gave renewed impetus to party activity and to political participation at the national level. But by providing for comparable regional governments exercising broad legislative powers, which could not be overridden by the newly established 185-seat federal House of Representatives, the Macpherson Constitution also gave a significant boost to regionalism. Subsequent revisions contained in the Lyttleton Constitution, named for Oliver Lyttelton, 1st Viscount Chandos and enacted in 1954, firmly established the federal principle and paved the way for independence. Nigeria's first constitution as a sovereign state was enacted by a", "title": "Constitution of Nigeria" }, { "id": "5535811", "text": "Bayelsa State Bayelsa is a state in southern Nigeria in the core Niger Delta region, between Delta State and Rivers State. Its capital is Yenagoa. The main language spoken is Ijaw with dialects such as Kolukuma, Mein, Bomu, Nembe, Epie-Atisa, and Ogbia. Like the rest of Nigeria, English is the official language. The state was formed in 1996 from part of Rivers State and is thus one of the newest states of the Nigerian federation. Bayelsa state was created out of Rivers state on October 1, 1996 by the General Sani Abacha's military government. Its name was derived from the", "title": "Bayelsa State" }, { "id": "9810737", "text": "north by the Niger and Chad Republic, east by the Republic of Cameroon, and south by the Gulf of Guinea. The country gained independence from the British government on October 1, 1960, and became a republic in 1963. The journey to independence started with some constitutional developments in Nigeria, these constitutional developments saw the country attaining self-rule in some quarters in 1957 and total independence on October 1, 1960. Note: Nnamdi Azikiwe resigned from NCNC to become the First Governor-General of Nigeria from November 16, 1960 - September 30, 1963. The country was split into three geopolitical regions—Western Region, Eastern", "title": "First Nigerian Republic" }, { "id": "15563784", "text": "the states had been declared, of which the People's Democratic Party (PDP) had taken 15. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared the election in Imo state \"inconclusive\" due to irregularities in collation of results. On 29 April the INEC decided to hold supplementary polls in four local government areas and one ward in Imo State on 6 May 2011 to decide the election. Elections for the 10 remaining states were to be held only when the four-year tenures of the current governors run out. The governors of Adamawa, Anambra, Bayelsa, Cross River, Edo, Ekiti, Kogi, Ondo, Osun and Sokoto", "title": "Nigerian state governors 2011–15 term" }, { "id": "283948", "text": "bilateral relations Delimitation of international boundaries in the vicinity of Lake Chad, the lack of which led to border incidents in the past, has been completed and awaits ratification by Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria; dispute with Cameroon over land and maritime boundaries around the Bakasi Peninsula is currently before the International Court of Justice; maritime boundary dispute with Equatorial Guinea because of disputed jurisdiction over oil-rich areas in the Gulf of Guinea. The Federation of Nigeria became independent from the United Kingdom in 1960 with Queen Elizabeth II as Queen of Nigeria. Nigeria became a Commonwealth republic in 1963,", "title": "Foreign relations of Nigeria" }, { "id": "9810343", "text": "Second Nigerian Republic Following the assassination of Nigerian military Head of State, General Murtala Mohammed in 1976, his successor General Olusegun Obasanjo initiated the transition process to terminate military rule in 1979. A new constitution was drafted, which saw the Westminster system of government (previously used in the First Republic) jettisoned for an American-style Presidential system. The 1979 constitution mandated that political parties and cabinet positions reflect the \"federal character\" of the nation — Political parties were required to be registered in at least two-thirds of the states, and each state was required to produce at least one cabinet member.", "title": "Second Nigerian Republic" }, { "id": "283595", "text": "hold over the area of modern Nigeria. On 1 January 1901, Nigeria became a British protectorate, and part of the British Empire, the foremost world power at the time. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries the independent kingdoms of what would become Nigeria fought a number of conflicts against the British Empire's efforts to expand its territory. By war, the British conquered Benin in 1897, and, in the Anglo-Aro War (1901–1902), defeated other opponents. The restraint or conquest of these states opened up the Niger area to British rule. In 1914, the British formally united the Niger area", "title": "Nigeria" }, { "id": "3603346", "text": "in the 19th century. These were, however, handed over as United Nations Trust Territories to the British at the end of the World War I with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. After a series of referendums, the Northern Kameruns joined Nigeria to form the then Sardauna Province, and the Southern Kameruns formed a Confederation with French speaking Cameroon. Adamawa State is home to the headquarters of two indigenous churches, the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria (EYN Church) with its headquarters in Mubi in the northern zone of the state, and the Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria", "title": "Adamawa State" }, { "id": "14618717", "text": "Babangida took power. The newly created states in August 1991 were run by administrators rather than governors, a term used to reinforce the message that their tenure was interim until elected governors could take over. In most cases, each new state was carved out of an existing state which retained its name but was now smaller in area. Exceptions were the old Gongola State which was split into Adamawa State and Taraba State, and Kogi State which was formed from parts of Benue State and Kwara State. Military Governors in Nigeria during the Ibrahim Babangida regime General Ibrahim Babangida became", "title": "Military Governors in Nigeria during the Ibrahim Babangida regime" }, { "id": "2076949", "text": "number of states in Nigeria to nineteen in 1976. After the war and after he took power as head of state, Muhammed started the reorganization and demobilization of 100,000 troops from the armed forces. The number of troops in the armed forces decreased from 250,000 to 150,000. Muhammed took federal control of the country’s two largest newspapers – Daily Times and New Nigerian; all media in Nigeria was now under federal control. He also took federal control of the remaining state-run universities. Murtala Muhammed reappraised Nigeria's foreign policy, stressing a \"Nigeria first\" orientation in line with OPEC price guidelines that", "title": "Murtala Mohammed" }, { "id": "283774", "text": "assumed power and forced Shonekan's resignation on 17 November 1993. Abacha dissolved all democratic institutions and replaced elected governors with military officers. Although promising restoration of civilian rule he refused to announce a transitional timetable until 1995. Following the annulment of the June 12 election, the United States and others imposed sanctions on Nigeria including travel restrictions on government officials and suspension of arms sales and military assistance. Additional sanctions were imposed as a result of Nigeria's failure to gain full certification for its counter-narcotics efforts. Although Abacha was initially welcomed by many Nigerians, disenchantment grew rapidly. Opposition leaders formed", "title": "History of Nigeria" }, { "id": "15055440", "text": "each of which elected a Senator. Each State was also allocated a number of seats in the House of Representatives based on its proportion of the population. Source: The Nigerian 1979 Elections Source: The Nigerian 1979 Elections 1979 Nigerian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Nigeria on 7 July 1979 for the first time since 1964 to elect a Senate and House of Representatives on 14 July. The result was a victory for the National Party of Nigeria, which won 36 of the 95 Senate seats and 168 of the 449 House seats. It formed a coalition with the", "title": "1979 Nigerian parliamentary election" }, { "id": "2054128", "text": "of Appeal. Successive Chief Justices were Sir Stafford Foster-Sutton (1952–1953) (afterwards Chief Justice of Nigeria, 1955), Sir Charles Mathew (1953–1956) and Sir James Beveridge Thomson (1957–1963). Federation of Malaya The Federation of Malaya (; Jawi: ڤرسكوتوان تانه ملايو) was a federation of what previously had been British Malaya comprising eleven states (nine Malay states and two of the British Straits Settlements, Penang and Malacca) that existed from 1 February 1948 until 16 September 1963. The Federation became independent on 31 August 1957, and in 1963 Malaysia was formed from the federation by incorporating the Singapore, North Borneo, and Sarawak Crown", "title": "Federation of Malaya" }, { "id": "13278215", "text": "of doctors practice in urban areas where only 55% of the population lives. This creates an unbalanced doctor-to-population distribution which is one of the challenges of the Nigerian health system that the association and the Federal Government are trying to address. NMA has branches in all States of Nigeria, there are a total of 36 states in Nigeria and then Abuja, the federal capital territory. States (Plus FCT): 1.FCT, Abuja 2.Anambra 3.Enugu 4.Akwa Ibom 5.Adamawa 6.Abia 7.Bauchi 8.Bayelsa 9.Benue 10.Borno 11.Cross River 12.Delta 13.Ebonyi 14.Edo 15.Ekiti 16.Gombe 17.Imo 18.Jigawa 19.Kaduna 20.Kano 21.Katsina 22.Kebbi 23.Kogi 24.Kwara 25.Lagos 26.Nasarawa 27.Niger 28.Ogun 29.Ondo", "title": "Nigerian Medical Association" }, { "id": "5066398", "text": "just before the Nigerian civil war, Southeastern State of Nigeria was created (also known as Southeastern Nigeria or Coastal Southeastern Nigeria), which had the colonial Calabar division, and colonial Ogoja division. Rivers State was also created. Southeastern state and River state became two states for the minorities of the old eastern region, and the majority Igbo of the old eastern region had a state called East Central state. Southeastern state was renamed Cross River state and was later split into Cross River state and Akwa Ibom state. Rivers state was later divided into Rivers state and Bayelsa State. The people", "title": "Niger Delta" }, { "id": "20162399", "text": "social community organizations into the state administrative framework. In 1976, Local Government Reform which coincided with the creation of new states in which Nigeria was divided into nineteen states, Umulokpa remained the Headquarters of Uzo-Uwani LGA as Nigeria's primary objective of the reform programme was to update the existing local government structure and to bring it in line with what was obtainable elsewhere, as well as to bring about uniformity in the country’s local government administration under the then first Military Governor of old Anambra state Brigadier-General John Atom Kpera and military head of state for Nigeria General Olusegun Obasanjo", "title": "Umulokpa" }, { "id": "283620", "text": "to promote what some attendees termed \"South-South\" linkages on a variety of fronts. Nigeria is also a member of the International Criminal Court, and the Commonwealth of Nations. It was temporarily expelled from the latter in 1995 when ruled by the Abacha regime. Nigeria has remained a key player in the international oil industry since the 1970s, and maintains membership in Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), which it joined in July 1971. Its status as a major petroleum producer figures prominently in its sometimes volatile international relations with both developed countries, notably the United States, and the developing", "title": "Nigeria" }, { "id": "18308307", "text": "was amended and the country was declared the Federal Republic of Nigeria with Nnamdi Azikiwe, previously Governor-General, as the first President. Independence Day is an official national holiday in Nigeria, celebrated on the first of October. It marks Nigeria's proclamation of independence from British rule on 1 October 1960. The holiday is celebrated annually by the government of Nigeria. The festivities begin with the President's address to the people, which is broadcast on radio and television. Another integral part of the festivities is the military parade in Abuja, the parade of students and unions to the folk music and concerts", "title": "Independence Day (Nigeria)" }, { "id": "2782353", "text": "became the newly elected civilian president. Obasanjo served two terms in office. In May 2007, Alhaji Umaru Yar'Adua was sworn in as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the 13th head of state of Nigeria. Yar'Adua died on 5 May 2010 in the Presidential villa, in Abuja, Nigeria. On 6 May 2010, the Vice President Goodluck Jonathan was sworn in as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the 14th head of state. On 29 May 2015, Muhammadu Buhari was sworn in as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the 15th head of state after winning", "title": "President of Nigeria" }, { "id": "2885726", "text": "division of the 3 Nigerian regions into 12 states: North-Western State, North-Eastern state, Kano State, North-Central State, Benue-Plateau State, Kwara State, Western State, Lagos State, Mid-Western State, and, from Ojukwu's Eastern Region, a Rivers State, a South-Eastern State, and an East-Central State. The non-Igbo South-Eastern and Rivers states which had the oil reserves and access to the sea, were carved out to isolate the Igbo areas as East-Central state. One controversial aspect of this move was Gowon's annexing of Port Harcourt, a large city in the Niger Delta, in the South of Nigeria (the Ikwerres and Ijaws), sitting on some", "title": "Yakubu Gowon" }, { "id": "283613", "text": "government; the leader is elected by popular vote to a maximum of two 4-year terms. In the 28 March 2015 presidential election, General Muhammadu Buhari emerged victorious to become the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, defeating then-incumbent Dr Goodluck Jonathan. The president's power is checked by a Senate and a House of Representatives, which are combined in a bicameral body called the National Assembly. The Senate is a 109-seat body with three members from each state and one from the capital region of Abuja; members are elected by popular vote to four-year terms. The House contains 360 seats,", "title": "Nigeria" }, { "id": "283599", "text": "Yoruba and led by Obafemi Awolowo. The cultural and political differences between Nigeria's dominant ethnic groups – the Hausa ('Northerners'), Igbo ('Easterners') and Yoruba ('Westerners') – were sharp. An imbalance was created in the polity by the result of the 1961 plebiscite. Southern Cameroons opted to join the Republic of Cameroon while Northern Cameroons chose to remain in Nigeria. The northern part of the country was now far larger than the southern part. In 1963, the nation established a Federal Republic, with Azikiwe as its first president. When elections were held in 1965, the Nigerian National Democratic Party came to", "title": "Nigeria" }, { "id": "6265579", "text": "Universities (ACU) and other public records of these facts). In 1996, the Federal Military Government of Nigeria created 6 additional new States to the existing 30 States of the Nigerian Federation. Ekiti State of Nigeria was one of the 6 new States and it was carved out of the Ondo State which was created earlier in 1976 out of defunct Western State of Nigeria. Due to the State creation, economic assets, institutions and establishments previously owned by the Ondo State were shared with the newly created Ekiti State. Hence, the ownership and proprietorship of the Ondo State University, Ado-Ekiti came", "title": "Ekiti State University" }, { "id": "283777", "text": "and others for their alleged roles in the killings of four Ogoni politicians. The tribunal sentenced Saro-Wiwa and eight others to death and they were executed on 10 November 1995. On 1 October 1995 Abacha announced the timetable for a three-year transition to civilian rule. Only five political parties were approved by the regime and voter turnout for local elections in December 1997 was under 10%. On 20 December 1997, the government arrested General Oladipo Diya, ten officers, and eight civilians on charges of coup plotting. The accused were tried before a Gen Victor Malu military tribunal in which Diya", "title": "History of Nigeria" }, { "id": "283755", "text": "them with treason. Akintola was appointed to head a coalition government in the Western Region. Thus, the AG was reduced to an opposition role in their own stronghold. In October 1963 Nigeria proclaimed itself the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and former Governor General Nnamdi Azikiwe became the country's first President. From the outset, Nigeria's ethnic and religious tensions were magnified by the disparities in economic and educational development between the south and the north. The AG was manoeuvred out of control of the Western Region by the Federal Government and a new pro-government Yoruba party, the Nigerian National Democratic Party", "title": "History of Nigeria" }, { "id": "9659979", "text": "History of Nigeria before 1500 Long before 1500 much of modern-Nigeria was divided into states identified with contemporary ethnic groups. These early states included the Igbo Kingdom of Nri, the Benin Kingdom, Yoruba kingdoms, the Hausa cities, and Nupe. Additionally numerous small states to the west and south of Lake Chad were absorbed or displaced in the course of the expansion of Kanem, which was centered to the northeast of Lake Chad. Bornu, initially the western province of Kanem, became independent in the late 14th century. Other states probably existed but the absence of archaeological data prevents accurate dating. In", "title": "History of Nigeria before 1500" }, { "id": "283711", "text": "1851 and formally annexed in 1861. Nigeria became a British protectorate in 1901. Colonization lasted until 1960, when an independence movement succeeded in gaining Nigeria its independence. Nigeria first became a republic in 1963, but succumbed to military rule three years later after a bloody coup d'état. A separatist movement later formed the Republic of Biafra in 1967, leading to the three-year Nigerian Civil War. Nigeria became a republic once again after a new constitution was written in 1979. However, the republic was short-lived, when the military seized power again four years later. A new republic was planned to be", "title": "History of Nigeria" }, { "id": "15563783", "text": "24 of the 36 states in Nigeria were held on 26 April 2011. In the northern states, elections were held in an atmosphere of violence that followed the election on 16 April 2011 of the southerner Goodluck Jonathan as President. Elections were delayed until 28 April in Bauchi and Kaduna states due to violence between Christians and Muslims. Turnout in these states was low when the elections were held. Initial results for 12 states were announced on 28 April 2011, with seven governors being reelected and five governors elected for the first time. Later that day, results for 22 of", "title": "Nigerian state governors 2011–15 term" }, { "id": "19812308", "text": "political authorities under the Ewi of Ado-Ekiti with Ado-Ekiti as the capital of Ekitiland, despite the ingenuity of its experimentation, was also resisted. The creation of colonial territories which transformed into modern statehood after the various colonial interests, left Africa and resulted to the division of existing traditional communities. Ondo Province later became part of Western State. In 1976, the old Ondo State was formed and in 1996, Ekiti State was split off from the modern Ondo State, which has Akure as its capital. Ekiti State, Nigeria was created on 1st October, 1996 along side five other states by the", "title": "Ekiti people" }, { "id": "549104", "text": "Biafra Biafra, officially the Republic of Biafra, was a secessionist state in West Africa which existed from 30 May 1967 to January 1970; it was made up of the states in the Eastern Region of Nigeria. Biafra's attempt to leave Nigeria resulted in the Nigerian Civil War. The state was formally recognised by Gabon, Haiti, Ivory Coast, Tanzania and Zambia. Other nations, which did not give official recognition but provided support and assistance to Biafra, included Israel, France, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Rhodesia, South Africa and the Vatican City. Biafra also received aid from non-state actors, including Joint Church Aid, Holy", "title": "Biafra" }, { "id": "4895051", "text": "an attempt initially to create a province of largely non Muslims under one Resident. Later alterations came from strong local desires for self-government. The British began to exert colonial control of Nigeria in the early 20th century. At that time, much of Plateau State was part of Bauchi Province. In 1926, Plateau Province, made up of Jos and Pankshin Divisions, was carved out of Bauchi. The border changed several times in subsequent years as the government sought not to split ethnic groups. In May 1967, Benue and Plateau Provinces were merged to form the large Benue-Plateau State. At this time", "title": "Plateau State" }, { "id": "283612", "text": "relatively little violence or voter fraud, in contrast to previous elections. In the March 2015 election, Muhammadu Buhari defeated Goodluck Jonathan by roughly 2 million votes. Observers generally praised the election as being fair. Jonathan was generally praised for conceding defeat and limiting the risk of unrest. Nigeria is a federal republic modelled after the United States, with executive power exercised by the President. It is influenced by the Westminster System model in the composition and management of the upper and lower houses of the bicameral legislature. The president presides as both head of state and head of the federal", "title": "Nigeria" }, { "id": "14553184", "text": "was also a member of the Presidential Technical committee on Land Reform inaugurated on April 2, 2009 with a mandate to explore the feasibility of \"the establishment of a National Depository for Land Title Holdings and Records in all states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory\". Peter Adeniyi Peter O. Adeniyi, Officer of the Order of Niger (OON) is a distinguished Nigerian academician and administrator. In 1984 he was the winner of the John I. Davidson Award (Third Prize) donated by the International Geographic Information Foundation. He is a winner of the 2005 Nigeria National Honours Award. Adeniyi", "title": "Peter Adeniyi" }, { "id": "5424786", "text": "Ngamo, Shuwa, Fulani Bura, Margi and Maga. The population is mainly Muslim. Sharia law is valid. However, there are Christians in the State, with the bulk of them from the Karai-Karai ethnic group. No Roman Catholic diocese has its seat in the state. Yobe State Yobe is a state located in Northeast Nigeria. A mainly agricultural state, it was created on August 27, 1991. Yobe state was carved out of Borno State. The capital of Yobe state is Damaturu. The state borders four states, which are Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, and Jigawa State. It borders the Diffa Region and the Zinder", "title": "Yobe State" }, { "id": "9660162", "text": "modernizing their administrations, the colonial power was willing to confirm them in office. The emirs retained their caliphate titles but were responsible to British district officers, who had final authority. The British High Commissioners could depose emirs and other officials if necessary. Amalgamation of Nigeria was envisioned from early on in its governance, as is made clear by the report of the Niger Committee in 1898. Combining the three jurisdictions would reduce administrative expenses and facilitate deployment of resources and money between the areas. (Specifically it would enable direct subsidy of the less profitable Northern jurisdiction.) Antrobus, Fiddes and Strachey", "title": "Colonial Nigeria" }, { "id": "17149413", "text": "be considered civil law based (at least the formal legal system) and legislation is the primary source of law.\" It has not adopted any elements of Islamic law. Sharia states: Until 1999, Islamic law applied primarily to civil matters, but twelve of Nigeria’s thirty-six states have since extended Sharia to criminal matters. Sharia courts can order amputations, and a few have been carried out. The twelve sharia states are Zamfara, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Niger, Sokoto and Yobe. Borno, Gombe and Yobe have not yet begun to apply their Sharia Penal Codes. The rest of Nigeria", "title": "Application of Islamic law by country" }, { "id": "283588", "text": "zenith in the late 17th to early 18th centuries, extended its influence from western Nigeria to modern-day Togo. The Edo's Benin Empire is located in southwestern Nigeria. Benin's power lasted between the 15th and 19th centuries. Their dominance reached as far as the city of Eko (an Edo name later changed to Lagos by the Portuguese) and further. At the beginning of the 19th century, Usman dan Fodio directed a successful \"jihad\" and created and led the centralised Fulani Empire (also known as the Sokoto Caliphate). The territory controlled by the resultant state included much of modern-day northern and central", "title": "Nigeria" }, { "id": "283761", "text": "civil war. On 29 May 1967, Lt. Col. Emeka Ojukwu, the military governor of the eastern region who emerged as the leader of increasing Igbo secessionist sentiment, declared the independence of the eastern region as the Republic of Biafra on 30 May 1967. The ensuing Nigerian Civil War resulted in an estimated 3.5 million deaths (mostly from starving children) before the war ended with Gowon's famous \"No victor, no vanquished\" speech in 1970. Following the civil war, the country turned to the task of economic development. The U.S. intelligence community concluded in November 1970 that \"...The Nigerian Civil War ended", "title": "History of Nigeria" }, { "id": "15055459", "text": "12.66. A dispute thus ensued over whether Shehu Shagari had received the necessary threshold by winning 25% in twelve states and 19.9% in Kano State, which Shagari claimed was two-thirds of the required 25% threshold and represented the remaining 0.66 in the constitutional threshold. Obafemi Awolowo claimed that the threshold should be rounded up to thirteen states, which Shagari had not met. The Supreme Court of Nigeria ruled in favour of Shagari. 1979 Nigerian presidential election Presidential elections were held in Nigeria for the first time on 11 August 1979. The result was a victory for Shehu Shagari, whose National", "title": "1979 Nigerian presidential election" }, { "id": "10595635", "text": "Provinces of Nigeria The Provinces of Nigeria are a former administrative division in Nigeria, which were in use in Colonial Nigeria and shortly after independence; from 1900 to 1967. They were altered many times through their history. They were divided into divisions, some of these were further subdivided into native authorities. Northern Nigeria and Southern Nigeria were also sometimes known as the Northern Provinces or Southern Provinces respectively. Currently Nigeria uses states as its administrative division. The first use of provinces was in Northern Nigeria after Britain took over administration of the area from the Royal Niger Company in 1900.", "title": "Provinces of Nigeria" }, { "id": "5424783", "text": "Yobe State Yobe is a state located in Northeast Nigeria. A mainly agricultural state, it was created on August 27, 1991. Yobe state was carved out of Borno State. The capital of Yobe state is Damaturu. The state borders four states, which are Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, and Jigawa State. It borders the Diffa Region and the Zinder Region to the north of the Republic of Niger. Because the state lies mainly in the dry savanna belt, conditions are hot and dry for most of the year, except in the southern part of the state which has a milder climate. Yobe", "title": "Yobe State" }, { "id": "1958303", "text": "Nnamdi Azikiwe Nnamdi Azikiwe, PC, (16 November 1904 – 11 May 1996), usually referred to as \"Zik\", was a Nigerian statesman who was Governor General of Nigeria from 1960 to 1963 and the first President of Nigeria from 1963 to 1966 (when Nigeria became a republic). Considered a driving force behind the nation's independence, he came to be known as the \"father of Nigerian Nationalism\". Born to Igbo parents in Zungeru in present-day Niger State, as a young boy he learned to speak Hausa (the main indigenous language of the Northern Region). Azikiwe was later sent to live with his", "title": "Nnamdi Azikiwe" }, { "id": "283747", "text": "under the leadership of Sir George Taubman Goldie. In 1900, the company's territory came under the control of the British Government, which moved to consolidate its hold over the area of modern Nigeria. On 1 January 1901, Nigeria became a British protectorate, part of the British Empire, the foremost world power at the time. In 1914, the area was formally united as the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria. Administratively, Nigeria remained divided into the Northern and Southern Provinces and Lagos Colony. Western education and the development of a modern economy proceeded more rapidly in the south than in the north,", "title": "History of Nigeria" }, { "id": "12113673", "text": "nations were colonised by the British Empire; India supported independence of African countries from colonial rule and established its diplomatic mission in 1958 – two years before Nigeria officially gained independence from British rule. Since the restoration of democracy in 1998, Nigeria has joined India in becoming the largest democracies in their respective regions with diverse religious and ethnic populations. They possess diverse natural and economic resources and are the largest economies in their respective regions. Both are members of the Commonwealth of Nations, G-77 and the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). After Nigeria's independence, both nations sought to develop strong relations.", "title": "India–Nigeria relations" } ]

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[ { "id": "11105240", "text": "three decades. Among these races was an 8.5-mile roller marathon organized in 1908 by a group of Chicago rink owners, a 24-hour endurance championship held in Milwaukee in 1913, and a 24-hour banked track race held at Madison Square Garden in 1914. \"The New York Times\" noted that the crowd at Madison Square Garden enjoyed the sudden sprints and spills during the event's preliminary races. The term \"derby\", meaning a race or multi-race event, appeared in the press as early as 1922, when the \"Chicago Tribune\" announced and reported on the results of two \"roller derby\" events held that year.", "title": "History of roller derby" }, { "id": "9004044", "text": "the country to the other which incorporated both male and female participants on a banked track. Seltzer's decision to use women was a double-edged sword for the sport, since it guaranteed a large female audience at a sporting event, but the presence of women athletes made the mainstream press view Roller Derby as a sideshow, not a legitimate sport. The premier race in Chicago was a tremendous success, but subsequent engagements throughout the country were not as successful, and Seltzer's entire enterprise almost ended with a tragic bus crash in 1937 when nineteen members of a touring group of Roller", "title": "Leo Seltzer" }, { "id": "2053857", "text": "was \"The Weekly Newes,\" published in London in 1621. Several papers followed in the 40's and 50's. In 1690, the first American newspaper was published in Boston by Richard Pierce and Benjamin Harris in Boston. However, it did not have permission from the government to be published and was immediately suppressed. In 1729, Benjamin Franklin began writing a new form of newspaper that was more satirical and more involved in civic affairs than previously seen. In 1735, John Peter Zenger was accused of seditious libel by the governor of New York, William Cosby. Zenger was found not guilty, largely in", "title": "News media" }, { "id": "15026142", "text": "coverage of literature, city news, and sports. Sylvester Southworth and Horace P. Whitney (1834 – August 24, 1884) soon joined as additional editors, and the paper began to prosper. Cauldwell and the \"Mercury\" are credited as being the first newspaper to regularly cover the sport of baseball as news, starting in 1853 with a report on a game between the Knickerbockers and the Gothams. (For some time, this 1853 report was thought to be first game ever reported on by the press, but later 20th-century scholarship has located an 1845 report in the \"Herald\".) The paper was the first to", "title": "Sunday Mercury (New York)" }, { "id": "6731378", "text": "the columns with dissertations upon colonial rights and government were now otherwise occupied. News from a distance was less full and regular than before; yet when great events happened reports spread over the country with great rapidity, through messengers in the service of patriotic organizations. The quality of reporting was still imperfect. \"The Salem Gazette\" printed a full but colored account of the battle of Lexington, giving details of the burning, pillage, and barbarities charged to the British, and praising the militia who were filled with \"higher sentiments of humanity.\" The Declaration of Independence was published by Congress, 6 July", "title": "History of American newspapers" }, { "id": "11105256", "text": "Red Devils, the Jersey Jolters, the Philadelphia Panthers, the Washington-Baltimore Jets, and the Chicago Westerners. The Jolters played at Armories in Newark, Jersey City, Teaneck, and Paterson. The Westerners played in Chicago, but also in Columbus, Ohio and Miami, Florida. The Red Devils had no venue in Brooklyn, and were essentially a road team, often cast as villains. NRDL season playoffs sold out Madison Square Garden for a week. Also in 1949, when the CBS contract expired, broadcasting was taken over by ABC, and games were televised live throughout the United States. The contract with ABC lasted until Seltzer negotiated", "title": "History of roller derby" }, { "id": "2286879", "text": "Sunday Sport Sunday Sport is a British tabloid newspaper, published by Sport Newspapers, which was originally established in 1986. Defenders of the publication have said the \"Sport\" was never intended to be taken seriously: it has featured such stories as a London Bus being discovered at the Antarctic, a World War II Bomber on the Moon, or a statue of Elvis Presley on Mars. Its content also includes a high quotient of softcore female nudity and advertising for sexual services. The \"Sunday Sport\" was founded in 1986, the first issue for sale was dated 14 September 1986. Its original publisher", "title": "Sunday Sport" }, { "id": "3699446", "text": "After the Stonewall Riots in New York in 1969, the Gay Liberation Front spread from the United States to London in 1970. \"Gay News\" was the response to a nationwide demand by lesbians and gay men for news of the burgeoning liberation movement. The paper played a pivotal role in the struggle for gay rights in the 1970s in the UK. It was described by Alison Hennegan (who joined the newspaper as Assistant Features Editor and Literary Editor in June 1977) as the movement's \"debating chamber\". Although essentially a newspaper, reporting alike on discrimination and political and social advances, it", "title": "Gay News" }, { "id": "194138", "text": "Hunter S. Thompson Hunter Stockton Thompson (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) was an American journalist and author, and the founder of the gonzo journalism movement. He first rose to prominence with the publication of \"\" (1967), a book for which he spent a year living and riding with the Hells Angels motorcycle gang in order to write a first-hand account of the lives and experiences of its members. In 1970 he wrote an unconventional magazine feature entitled \"The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved\" for Scanlan's Monthly which both raised his profile and established him as a writer", "title": "Hunter S. Thompson" }, { "id": "209310", "text": "daily and weekly newspapers, especially in large cities. While the first Black newspapers in America were established in the early 19th century, in the 20th century these newspapers truly flourished in major cities, with publishers playing a major role in politics and business affairs. Representative leaders included Robert Sengstacke Abbott ( 1870-1940), publisher of the Chicago Defender; John Mitchell, Jr. (1863–1929), editor of the \"Richmond Planet\" and president of the National Afro-American Press Association; Anthony Overton (1865–1946), publisher of the Chicago Bee, and Robert Lee Vann (1879–1940), the publisher and editor of the Pittsburgh Courier. In the 1920s in the", "title": "Journalism" }, { "id": "163429", "text": "I knew for the past ten years, about 600 people—including me—would be rotting in prison cells from Rio to Seattle today. Absolute truth is a very rare and dangerous commodity in the context of professional journalism.\" The term \"gonzo\" was first used in connection with Hunter S. Thompson by \"The Boston Globe\" magazine editor Bill Cardoso in 1970. He described Thompson's article \"The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved,\" which was written for the June 1970 edition of \"Scanlan's Monthly\", as \"pure Gonzo journalism.\" Cardoso claimed that \"gonzo\" was South Boston Irish slang describing the last man standing after an", "title": "Gonzo journalism" }, { "id": "7081970", "text": "the paper and was subsequently dropped, though an element of the idea survived for the TV advert. The slogan used was \"The paper that bites back\". The newspaper's attitude to news values, and the inexperience of its staff, was illustrated on the front page of its first edition on 26 April. The lead story was about a boy in Brazil who had to sell one of his kidneys to pay for medical care. Although most agreed that this was a worthwhile issue, the story was considered inappropriate as the lead story for a British Sunday paper. The paper was not", "title": "News on Sunday" }, { "id": "713891", "text": "news and social trends. It used the motto \"The American Paper for Americans\". Through the 1930s to the 1950s, it excoriated the Democrats and the New Deal of Franklin D. Roosevelt, was resolutely disdainful of the British and French, and greatly enthusiastic for Chiang Kai-shek and Sen. Joseph McCarthy. When McCormick assumed the position of co-editor (with his cousin Joseph Medill Patterson) in 1910, the \"Tribune\" was the third-best-selling paper among Chicago's eight dailies, with a circulation of only 188,000. The young cousins added features such as advice columns and homegrown comic strips such as \"Little Orphan Annie\" and \"Moon", "title": "Chicago Tribune" }, { "id": "713897", "text": "by censors, and had US President Franklin D. Roosevelt so enraged that he considered shutting down the \"Tribune\". The paper is well known for a mistake it made during the 1948 presidential election. At that time, much of its composing room staff was on strike. The early returns led editors to believe (along with many in the country) that the Republican candidate Thomas Dewey would win. An early edition of the next day's paper carried the headline \"Dewey Defeats Truman\", turning the paper into a collector's item. Democrat Harry S. Truman won and proudly brandished the newspaper in a famous", "title": "Chicago Tribune" }, { "id": "11105277", "text": "as the New York Dynamite and, eventually, the Eastern Express. A final team, the Northern Knights, representing Canada, was announced in 1986 but never competed. As before, most of the attention was centered on the Bay Bombers. After skating primarily in Northern California, a Midwest tour was launched in 1984, but flopped due to competition from baseball and football as well as weather-related problems. In 1986, a tournament was carried on ESPN and the IRSL set up sporadic appearances in New York. ESPN dropped the contract in its pursuit of the more lucrative professional football market, and although talks were", "title": "History of roller derby" }, { "id": "2262214", "text": "\"Times\" chose not to publish it. Extensive excerpts from the letter were published, without King's consent, on May 19, 1963, in the \"New York Post Sunday Magazine\". The letter was first published as \"Letter from Birmingham Jail\" in the June 1963 issue of \"Liberation\", the June 12, 1963, edition of \"The Christian Century\", and in the June 24, 1963, issue of \"The New Leader\". The letter gained more popularity as summer went on, and was reprinted in the July \"Atlantic Monthly\" as \"The Negro Is Your Brother\". King included a version of the full text in his 1964 book \"Why", "title": "Letter from Birmingham Jail" }, { "id": "554525", "text": "of publication. The Leveson Inquiry was a judicial public inquiry into the British press; a series of public hearings were held throughout 2011 and 2012. The Inquiry published the \"Leveson Report\" in November 2012, which reviewed the general culture and ethics of the British media, and made recommendations for a new, independent, body to replace the existing Press Complaints Commission, which would be recognised by the state through new laws. During the early 21st century, many newspapers saw a rapid decline in circulation. The sector's advertising revenues fell 15% during 2015 alone, with estimates of a further 20% drop over", "title": "History of British newspapers" }, { "id": "7105863", "text": "The first issue of \"Bicycles and Dirt\" or \"BAD\", premiered with the September 1982 issue. Contrary to Mennenga's expectations, advertisers did not flock to the new magazine, despite its built in audience. Like the newspaper \"ABA Action\" it was a subscription only magazine at the time. With this in mind the ABA put \"BAD\" on newsstands a year after its premier with Stu Thomsen on the cover of its September issue. It did not change the situation. The financial woes of \"BAD\" only grew worse and worse. However, instead of cutting one's losses after a few issues as most publishers", "title": "American Bicycle Association" }, { "id": "14467347", "text": "paper also regularly reprinted cartoons by Jules Feiffer by special permission, material first published in the \"Village Voice.\" Typical issues of the early publication consisted of 8 tabloid-sized pages. The paper was copiously illustrated. In its early years, \"New America\" gave significant coverage to the struggle of African Americans for civil rights and urged an end to nuclear weapons testing. It publish and extensive extract of the November 8, 1962 political trial of Nelson Mandela, the 44-year-old high ranking official of the African National Congress who was sentenced in a political trial to 5 years in prison — 3 years", "title": "New America (newspaper)" }, { "id": "19564082", "text": "heat at Cheltenham in 1927, and Argosy Boy that ran a dead heat with Anotto in 1919, and paid ₤301/17/ on the playoff. John Clarence \"Clarrie\" Neate (1904–1972) served as his trainer and also as cartoonist for the newspaper. In June 1915 it republished a number of articles from the recently revived Adelaide \"Truth\". A sister publication, the \"Northern Sportsman\" (6 March 1924 – 8 October 1931) was published as a special regional edition of the newspaper. It advertised itself as a \"\"Sporting paper covering northern country and urban areas of the state including such places as Port Augusta, Clare,", "title": "The Sport (Adelaide newspaper)" }, { "id": "4698945", "text": "in the June 1970 edition of \"Scanlan's Monthly\". It was later reprinted in Tom Wolfe's anthology \"The New Journalism\" (1973) and also in one of Thompson's own books, \"The Great Shark Hunt\" of 1979, a book collecting several of his earlier works. The article was not widely read at the time, but Thompson did garner attention from other journalists for its unusual style. In 1970, Bill Cardoso, editor of \"The Boston Globe\" Sunday Magazine, wrote to Thompson, whom he had met on a bus full of journalists covering the 1968 New Hampshire primary. Cardoso praised the piece as a breakthrough:", "title": "The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved" }, { "id": "5125088", "text": "The Downing Street Minutes was a major story in the British press during the last few days of the 2005 general election campaign and was also covered in other countries. The story initially had limited coverage in the US but later recently received greater attention in the American press. The organisation Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting has been among those that have criticised the US print media, saying they \"continue to downplay [the] story.\" According to Media Matters for America, there were some early mentions in \"The New York Times\", the \"San Francisco Chronicle\", the \"New York Sun\", and the", "title": "Downing Street memo" }, { "id": "3301204", "text": "term was codified with its current meaning by Tom Wolfe in a 1973 collection of journalism articles he published as \"The New Journalism\", which included works by himself, Truman Capote, Hunter S. Thompson, Norman Mailer, Joan Didion, Terry Southern, Robert Christgau, Gay Talese and others. Articles in the New Journalism style tended not to be found in newspapers, but rather in magazines such as \"The Atlantic Monthly\", \"Harper's\", \"CoEvolution Quarterly\", \"Esquire\", \"New York\", \"The New Yorker\", \"Rolling Stone\", and for a short while in the early 1970s, \"Scanlan's Monthly\". Contemporary journalists and writers questioned the \"newness\" of New Journalism, as", "title": "New Journalism" }, { "id": "5300149", "text": "Jet (magazine) Jet is a magazine marketed to African-American readers now distributed in digital format. It was founded in 1951 by John H. Johnson of the Johnson Publishing Company in Chicago, Illinois, as an American weekly. Initially billed as \"The Weekly Negro News Magazine\", \"Jet\" chronicled the Civil Rights Movement from its earliest years, including the murder of Emmett Till, the Montgomery bus boycott, and the activities of Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Published in small digest-sized format from its inception in 1951, \"Jet\" printed in all or mostly black-and-white until its December 27, 1999 issue. In 2009, \"Jet\"s", "title": "Jet (magazine)" }, { "id": "8826253", "text": "an internationally flavoured literary magazine of distinction, with editorial contributors in the United States, Paris, France and Melbourne, Australia. Regular columnists include David Caddy, Sarah Hopkins, Tom Chivers, Jennifer K. Dick, Kat Peddie, Morag Kiziewicz and Ian Brinton. Beginning from an ecological and feminist perspective, the magazine deepened and developed its thinking on this path. It rapidly built upon its early internationalist outlook and international following. It was the first U.K. magazine to publish American poets and writers, such as Sheila E. Murphy, Gerald Locklin, Ed Ochester, Donna Hilbert, Fred Voss, as well as regularly publishing Edward Field and Paul", "title": "Tears in the Fence" }, { "id": "13371547", "text": "before and continued long afterward. Throughout this period, advertisements in the same publications promoted the sale of corsets with enthusiasm.In the United Kingdom, publications in which the controversy raged included \"The Times, Lancet, Queen, The Scotsman, Ladies Treasury, The Englishwomen's Domestic Magazine\", and \"All the Year Round\". In the United States, the \"Chicago Tribune\" commented that English journalists discussed both sides of the controversy \"with very great fervor and very little common sense,\" though it published its own contributions. Other American newspapers and periodicals also participated, including \"The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe,\" the \"Hartford Daily", "title": "Corset controversy" }, { "id": "713900", "text": "reporting no longer had the conservative slant it had in the McCormick years. In early 1974, in a major feat of journalism, the \"Tribune\" published the complete 246,000-word text of the Watergate tapes, in a 44-page supplement that hit the streets 24 hours after the transcripts' release by the Nixon White House. Not only was the \"Tribune\" the first newspaper to publish the transcripts, but it beat the US Government Printing Office's published version, and made headlines doing so. A week later, after studying the transcripts, the paper's editorial board observed that \"the high dedication to grand principles that Americans", "title": "Chicago Tribune" }, { "id": "7690511", "text": "their own daily and weekly newspapers, especially in large cities, and these flourished because of the loyalty of their readers. The first black newspaper was the \"Freedom's Journal\", first published on March 16, 1827 by John B. Russwurm and Samuel Cornish. Abolitionist Philip Alexander Bell (1808-1886) started the \"Colored American\" in New York City in 1837, then became co-editor of \"The Pacific Appeal\" and founder of \"The Elevator\", both significant Reconstruction Era newspapers based in San Francisco. By the 20th century, African-American newspapers flourished in the major cities, with their publishers playing a major role in politics and business affairs,", "title": "History of American journalism" }, { "id": "9004043", "text": "sport utilizing roller skating participants. Bicycle races and dance marathons were very popular at the time, and in previous decades there had been successful 24-hour and multi-day roller skating races, at least one of which was called a \"roller derby\" in the press. Seltzer began jotting ideas onto the tablecloth, incorporating these popular entertainment forms with a roller skating theme. The name Roller Derby was trademarked on July 14, 1935 (No. 336652), and on August 13, 1935, twenty thousand spectators filled the Chicago Coliseum to see 'Colonel' Leo Seltzer's Transcontinental Roller Derby, a mythical marathon race from one end of", "title": "Leo Seltzer" }, { "id": "7249608", "text": "Asian, African and South American countries. In the Thirteen Colonies before the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the media was subject to a series of regulations. British authorities attempted to prohibit the publication and circulation of information of which they did not approve. One of the earliest cases concerning freedom of the press occurred in 1734. In a libel case against \"The New York Weekly Journal\" publisher John Peter Zenger by British governor William Cosby, Zenger was acquitted and the publication continued until 1751. At that time, there were only two newspapers in New York City and the second", "title": "Freedom of the press in the United States" }, { "id": "554516", "text": "glamour models on its third page. \"Page 3\" photographs over the following year were often provocative, but did not feature nudity. On 17 November 1970, editor Larry Lamb celebrated the tabloid's first anniversary by publishing a photograph of a model in the nude sitting in a field with one of her breasts visible from the side. The \"Sun\" gradually began to feature Page Three girls in more overtly topless poses. Although these photographs caused controversy at the time, and led to the \"Sun\" being banned from some public libraries, they are partly credited with the increased circulation that established the", "title": "History of British newspapers" }, { "id": "18740449", "text": "later court testimony. Subsequent stories about the gunfight published in the \"Nugget\" after that day supported Behan and the Cowboys' view of events. The October 28, 1881, issue of \"The Tombstone Epitaph\", which was loyal to the Republican business establishment, was more restrained in its language: Other stories in the \"Epitaph\" countered the \"Nugget\"s later view entirely and supported the lawmen. Since \"The Tombstone Epitaph\" was the local Associated Press client, its story was the version of events that most readers across the United States read first. The initial public reaction was largely favorable to the Earps, but began to", "title": "O.K. Corral hearing and aftermath" }, { "id": "7690505", "text": "specialized farm magazines. By 1910 most farmers subscribed to one. Their editors typically promoted efficiency in farming, With reports of new machinery, new seats, new techniques, and county and state fairs. Muckrakers were investigative journalists, sponsored by large national magazines, who investigated political corruption, as well as misdeeds by corporations and labor unions. Exposés attracted a middle-class upscale audience during the Progressive Era, especially in 1902 – 1912. By the 1900s, such major magazines as \"Collier's Weekly\", \"Munsey's Magazine\" and \"McClure's Magazine\" were sponsoring exposés for a national audience. The January 1903 issue of \"McClure's\" marked the beginning of muckraking", "title": "History of American journalism" }, { "id": "9946690", "text": "was reporting on the first atomic explosion covered by a television newscast. When KTLA agreed to broadcast wrestling matches from the Olympic Auditorium in 1946, Lane was hired to comment on the action. He started announcing for Roller Derby in 1951, and for Roller Games in the 1960s. His broadcasts featured such personalities as Gorgeous George, Mr. Moto and Doc Grable. Contrary to popular opinion, it was Lane and not former ABC sports announcer Keith Jackson who coined the exclamatory expression \"Whoa, Nellie!\" when something \"bad\" happened in the ring or on the track. Lane was also the character \"Leather", "title": "Dick Lane (announcer)" }, { "id": "7690485", "text": "the tax fell on printers, who led a successful fight to repeal the tax. By the early 1770s, most newspapers supported the Patriot cause; Loyalist newspapers were often forced to shut down or move to Loyalist strongholds, especially New York City. Publishers up and down the colonies widely reprinted the pamphlets by Thomas Paine, especially \"Common Sense\" (1776). His \"Crisis\" essays first appeared in the newspaper press starting in December, 1776, when he warned: When the war for independence began in 1775, 37 weekly newspapers were in operation; 20 survived the war, and 33 new ones started up. The British", "title": "History of American journalism" }, { "id": "19224177", "text": "Speed Sport Speed Sport, formerly the National Speed Sport News (NSSN) is a national American magazine and Web site. It covers local, regional, and national auto racing topics. Yahoo! News called it \"one of the most famous motorsports publications in the country\" when it stopped publishing the traditional weekly print version in 2011. The \"New York Times\" said it has \"carried news and, when available, photos, from virtually any dirt track open on a Saturday night.\" National Speed Sport News began during the Great Depression as a weekly print newspaper. Chris Economaki published the newspaper for forty years. It was", "title": "Speed Sport" }, { "id": "14021855", "text": "(Cleveland), New Orleans Times-Picayune, Galveston News, Houston Chronicle, Seattle Times, Milwaukee Journal, Minneapolis Journal, Oklahoma City Oklahoman, Toledo Blade, Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, Syracuse Herald, Columbus Enquirer-Sun and the Albany Knickerbocker Press. The New York Times ran ads for the article series to increase exposure, while other large papers like the Baltimore Sun quickly picked up the article series instead of advertising for The World. The Ku Klux Klan announced shortly afterward that it would take legal action against all the publications that ran the article series for libel, seeking total damages of over ten million dollars. The first article was", "title": "New York World Exposé of the Ku Klux Klan" }, { "id": "11344085", "text": "that it was a staged event intended to influence the public. Pamphlets such as \"Common Sense\" (1775–76) and \"The American Crisis\" (1776 to 1783) were used to spread anti-British propaganda in the United States, as well as the slogan \"taxation without representation is tyranny.\" After the revolution was won, disagreements broke out regarding the United States Constitution. Supporters of the constitution sent letters now called the Federalist Papers to major news outlets, which helped persuade the public to support the constitution. Exaggerated stories of Davy Crocket and the California Gold Rush were used to persuade the public to fight the", "title": "History of public relations" }, { "id": "2885474", "text": "length of the event worldwide to this day. The London race, called the Polytechnic Marathon and originally staged over the 1908 Olympic route from outside the royal residence at Windsor Castle to White City, was first sponsored by the \"Sporting Life\", which in those Edwardian times was a daily newspaper which sought to cover all sporting events, rather than just a betting paper for horse racing and greyhounds that it became in the years after the Second World War. The rise of the radio made sports journalism more focused on the live coverage of the sporting events. The first sports", "title": "Sports journalism" }, { "id": "2885475", "text": "reporter in Great Britain, and one of the first sports reporters in the World, was an English writer Edgar Wallace, who made a report on The Derby on June 6, 1923 for the British Broadcasting Company. In France, \"L'Auto\", the predecessor of \"L'Equipe\", had already played an equally influential part in the sporting fabric of society when it announced in 1903 that it would stage an annual bicycle race around the country. The Tour de France was born, and sports journalism's role in its foundation is still reflected today in the leading rider wearing a yellow jersey - the color", "title": "Sports journalism" }, { "id": "6837644", "text": "The Heckler (newspaper) The Heckler is a satirical sports newspaper created in 2003 by Brad Zibung (born 1976) and George Ellis (born 1977). It is based in Chicago and chronicles the pratfalls of the fabled Chicago Cubs baseball club as well as other major Chicago sports teams and athletes. \"The Heckler\" has received acclaim from the \"Chicago Reader\", \"The Chicago Sun-Times\", \"Chicago Tribune\", \"Chicago Tonight\" on WTTW, WFLD's Fox News in the AM, WGN-TV, ESPN Radio Chicago, WSCR, \"Time Out\" Chicago and the \"Sporting News\". It has subscribers in 40 states. In 2006 \"The Heckler\" branched beyond the Chicago Cubs", "title": "The Heckler (newspaper)" }, { "id": "6731385", "text": "times a week, and the \"New York Journal\" twice a week, as were several of the papers begun in that year. There was a notable extension to new fields. In Vermont, where the first paper, established in 1781, had soon died, another arose in 1783; in Maine, two were started in 1785. In 1786, the first one west of the Alleghenies appeared at Pittsburgh, and following the westward tide of immigration the \"Kentucky Gazette\" was begun at Lexington in 1787. Conditions were hardly more favorable to newspapers than during the recent conflict. The sources of news were much the same;", "title": "History of American newspapers" }, { "id": "14772333", "text": "in cinemas for four weeks, with 90- and 10-second cuts appearing on television into early 2009. Reaction to the release of the campaign within the media industry was immediate. Features on the campaign and on Brian Mackie appeared in several national newspapers, including \"The Independent\", the \"Daily Mirror\", the \"Daily Star\", and the \"Daily Mail\". Coverage was also given to the story in local newspapers in Northern England and Scotland such as the \"Yorkshire Post\", the \"Liverpool Echo\", the \"Eastern Daily Press\", and the Scottish editions of the \"Daily Mail\" and \"Daily Record\". Stories on the launch also appeared in", "title": "Go On Lad" }, { "id": "4333903", "text": "\"Columbia City Paper\" in Columbia, South Carolina, \"Metro Silicon Valley\" in San Jose, \"Pittsburgh City Paper\" in Pittsburgh, \"Salt Lake City Weekly\", the \"Pacific Sun\", the \"San Diego Reader\", \"Isthmus\" in Madison, Wisconsin, \"Flagpole Magazine\" in Athens, Georgia, the \"Boulder Weekly\", \"The Second Supper\" in La Crosse, Wisconsin, \"Willamette Week\" in Portland, Oregon, \"Independent Weekly\" in North Carolina's Triangle region, sister-papers \"YES! Weekly\" in North Carolina's Piedmont Triad and Creative Loafing in Charlotte, The \"Austin Chronicle\" in Texas, \"The Stranger\" in Seattle, \"Artvoice\" in Buffalo, New York, the \"Aquarian Weekly\" in North Jersey, the \"Colorado Springs Independent\", \"Good Times\" Santa", "title": "Alternative newspaper" }, { "id": "3395746", "text": "was a communist stronghold. In particular, he opposed the screenplay writers' trade union, the Screen Writers Guild, which he called the \"Red Beachhead.\" In 1946 the Guild considered creating an American Authors' Authority to hold copyright for writers, instead of ownership passing to the studios. Wilkerson devoted his \"Tradeviews\" column to the issue on July 29, 1946, headlined \"A Vote for Joe Stalin.\" He went to confession before publishing it, knowing the damage it would cause, but was apparently encouraged by the priest to go ahead with it. The column contained the first industry names, including Dalton Trumbo and Howard", "title": "The Hollywood Reporter" }, { "id": "3336140", "text": "they were not given 30-day leaves because he thought it best for men to get quickly back to duty to prevent them from building up mental and emotional barriers. Marshallworking as special counsel for the NAACP Legal Defense Funddetermined that the first course of action should be a publicity campaign mounted with the aim of gathering public support for the release of the men. In November 1944, Marshall wrote an incendiary piece for \"The Crisis\" magazine, published by the NAACP. Pamphlets were printed and distributed, and editorials denouncing the trial appeared from African-American publishers in January 1945. Petitions began to", "title": "Port Chicago disaster" }, { "id": "6731373", "text": "enemy. The expression of the sentiment, even thus early, seems national. Livingston's well-known \"Watch-Tower\", a continuation of his pamphlet-magazine \"The Independent Reflecto\"r, has already the keen edge of the Revolutionary writings of fifteen and twenty years later. The fifty-second number even has one of the popular phrases of the Revolution: \"Had I not sounded the Alarm, Bigotry would e'er now have triumphed over the natural Rights of British Subjects.\" (Gaine's \"Mercury\" in 1754–1755) Weekly newspapers in major cities and towns were strongholds of patriotism (although there were a few Loyalist papers). They printed many pamphlets, announcements, patriotic letters and pronouncements.", "title": "History of American newspapers" }, { "id": "8619438", "text": "the states of Kansas and California. In the summer of 1871 the 20-year-old Macune moved to what would become his home state of Texas, where he worked as a cattle drover in the northern part of the state. In September 1874 Macune entered the field of journalism for the first time, launching a weekly broadsheet in the town of Burnet called the \"Burnet Bulletin.\" Macune stayed safely to the conservative \"Jeffersonian\" party line of the dominant Democratic Party, but his fledgling publication nonetheless succumbed to the inevitable financial pressures and was terminated in the spring of 1875. Not long after", "title": "Charles Macune" }, { "id": "11105238", "text": "six-day \"go-as-you-please\" competition was staged at Madison Square Garden in New York City, with 36 skaters competing for $500 in prize money. Two deaths resulted from the six-day race: both the winner, William Donovan, and skater Joseph Cohen died shortly after the race was completed. Though the inquest that resulted from Cohen's death led to a recommendation for a law prohibiting roller skating activities exceeding four hours in length, a second six-day race was announced in May 1885. The popularity of roller skate racing, including endurance events, continued in the early 20th century. Races routinely featured amateur skaters as well", "title": "History of roller derby" }, { "id": "6887054", "text": "Europe the 1860s and 1870s was steady at about 6,000; then it doubled to 12,000 in 1900. In the 1860s and 1870s, most newspapers were four pages of editorials, reprinted speeches, excerpts from novels and poetry and a few small local ads. They were expensive, and most readers went to a café to look over the latest issue. There were major national papers in each capital city, such as the London \"Times,\" the London \"Post,\" the Paris \"Temps\" and so on. They were expensive and directed to the National political elite. Every decade the presses became faster, and the invention", "title": "History of journalism" }, { "id": "2885472", "text": "elegant of writers. The \"Manchester Guardian\", in the first half of the 20th century, employed Neville Cardus as its cricket correspondent as well as its music critic. Cardus was later knighted for his services to journalism. One of his successors, John Arlott, who became a worldwide favorite because of his radio commentaries on the BBC, was also known for his poetry. The first London Olympic Games in 1908 attracted such widespread public interest that many newspapers assigned their very best-known writers to the event. The \"Daily Mail\" even had Sir Arthur Conan Doyle at the White City Stadium to cover", "title": "Sports journalism" }, { "id": "6324658", "text": "Green Eyeshade Award for the South's best journalism, the \"Baltimore Sun\"s H.L. Mencken Writing Award, and the Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism. Indy Week Indy Week, formerly known as the Independent Weekly and originally the North Carolina Independent, is a tabloid-format alternative weekly newspaper published in Durham, North Carolina, United States, and distributed throughout the Research Triangle area (Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, and Cary) and counties (Wake County, Durham County, Orange County, and Chatham County). Its first issue was published in April 1983. \"Indy Week\" is a member of the Association of Alternative Newsmedia and has a progressive, liberal political", "title": "Indy Week" }, { "id": "12726197", "text": "hardships of playing baseball on the professional level. After writing \"Fenway\", a sprawling, in-depth colorful history of the Boston Red Sox in 1991, he wrote \"American Zoom\", an inside look at the multimillion-dollar NASCAR stock car racing industry. It is to this date the best-selling book ever written about the sport. In May 1994 St. Martin's Press published \"Wild, High, and Tight: The Life and Death of Billy Martin\". Said Larry King in his column in \"USA Today\", \"It is one of the best biographies I have ever read.\" Robert Lipsyte in the \"New York Times\" said \"It is the", "title": "Peter Golenbock" }, { "id": "7909571", "text": "issued to clarify the position. This statement became known as \"the Drumnagreagh Declaration\". This statement was issued on 29 April 1988. Ed Curran and Roy Lilley, the \"Belfast Telegraph\"s editor, were asked to draft a press release. During a coffee break as the new paper was being planned at the Drumnagreagh Hotel in Co Antrim, they sat at an old typewriter in the hotel's office to hammer out what became known as \"the Drumnagreagh Declaration\": At the CIPR NI Media Awards in June 2016 the paper was awarded the Newspaper of the Year title, an award it has held in", "title": "Sunday Life (newspaper)" }, { "id": "10947043", "text": "the other two ships, but then the weather closed in and they lost sight of each other, racing on unseen in the rain. News reports of the start appeared in British newspapers from 11 June, when \"The Pall Mall Gazette\" carried a list of the first four starters, and names of the rest of the ships waiting to sail. The only additional information was that \"the betting at Hong Kong runs very high\". This was copied widely in other newspapers. From the timing of publication, one must presume that this news was delivered using the overland telegraph route from Galle", "title": "Great Tea Race of 1866" }, { "id": "11105281", "text": "and Maniacs. The show only lasted thirteen weeks despite garnering over a 5 national rating during its prime-time debut, and was in the top 25 of all syndicated shows for the season—even beating the popular \"American Gladiators\". Announcers were Chuck Underwood, David Sams, and Shelly Jamison. Halftime commentary was provided by Wally George. Between January 1999 and January 2001, Knoxville, Tennessee television impresarios Ross K. Bagwell Sr. and Stephen Land, under the name Pageboy Entertainment, collaborated with CBS to stage another televised revival known as \"RollerJam\" or \"Roller Jam\". Bagwell and Land recruited numerous stars from the Roller Derby of", "title": "History of roller derby" }, { "id": "465293", "text": "paper until its demise in 1931. Its name lived on in the Scripps-Howard \"New York World-Telegram\", and then later the \"New York World-Telegram and Sun\" in 1950, and finally was last used by the \"New York World-Journal-Tribune\" from September 1966 to May 1967. At that point, only one broadsheet newspaper was left in New York City. Yellow journalism Yellow journalism and the yellow press are American terms for journalism and associated newspapers that present little or no legitimate well-researched news while instead using eye-catching headlines for increased sales. Techniques may include exaggerations of news events, scandal-mongering, or sensationalism. By extension,", "title": "Yellow journalism" }, { "id": "6414442", "text": "Andrews reading the \"Yale Daily News\". While clipping a column by a priest, he was distracted by Garry Trudeau's \"Bull Tales\" comic strip on the facing page. When Trudeau's \"Doonesbury\" debuted as a daily strip in two dozen newspapers on October 26, 1970, it was the first strip from Universal Press Syndicate, and a Sunday strip was launched March 21, 1971. Circulation of \"Doonesbury\" eventually expanded to more than 1,400 newspapers internationally. Strips like \"Ziggy\" (launched 1971), \"Kelly & Duke\", (launched 1972), \"Tank McNamara\" (launched 1974), \"Cathy\" (launched 1976), and \"For Better or For Worse\" (launched 1979) soon followed, and", "title": "Universal Press Syndicate" }, { "id": "846685", "text": "\"Evening Mirror\" on January 29, 1845, as an \"advance copy\". Nathaniel Parker Willis, editor of the \"Mirror\", introduced it as \"unsurpassed in English poetry for subtle conception, masterly ingenuity of versification, and consistent, sustaining of imaginative lift ... It will stick to the memory of everybody who reads it.\" Following this publication the poem appeared in periodicals across the United States, including the \"New York Tribune\" (February 4, 1845), \"Broadway Journal\" (vol. 1, February 8, 1845), \"Southern Literary Messenger\" (vol. 11, March 1845), \"Literary Emporium\" (vol. 2, December 1845), \"Saturday Courier\", 16 (July 25, 1846), and the \"Richmond Examiner\" (September", "title": "The Raven" }, { "id": "8050663", "text": "academic year. More information on the local edition may be found at the local edition's website www.TheEpitaph.com, or at the journalism department's webpage. The Tombstone Epitaph The Tombstone Epitaph is a Tombstone, Arizona-based monthly publication that serves as a window in the history and culture of the Old West. Founded in January 1880 (with its first issue published on Saturday May 1, 1880), \"The Epitaph\" is the oldest continually published newspaper in Arizona. It long has been noted for its coverage of the infamous Gunfight at the O.K. Corral on Oct. 26, 1881, and its continuing research interest in Wyatt", "title": "The Tombstone Epitaph" }, { "id": "9472538", "text": "British SSI (Society of Strip Illustrators), \"the usual gang of idiots\" from \"Mad\" were unequivocal in their response: \"We know nuthin', and what's more we ain't sayin'\". Delacorte's publishing history up to this point had been in digest-sized magazines of the kind not normally of interest to advertisers, so spoofing advertisements in \"Ballyhoo\" held no fears for him. Launched during the worst of the Great Depression, the first issue sold out within a week. Real advertisers flocked to place ads. However, Anthony was concerned real ads would not be in the true spirit of \"Ballyhoo\" and demanded they should fit", "title": "Ballyhoo (magazine)" }, { "id": "8154016", "text": "New York Press (historical) The New York Press was a New York City newspaper that began publication in December 1887 and continued publication until July 2, 1916, when its owner Frank Munsey merged it with his newly-purchased \"Sun\". The \"New York Press\" published notable writers such as Stephen Crane. Its editor Erwin Wardman coined the term \"yellow journalism\" in early 1897, to refer to the work of Joseph Pulitzer's \"New York World\" and William Randolph Hearst's \"New York Journal\". Wardman was to first to publish the term but there is evidence that expressions such as \"yellow journalism\" and \"school of", "title": "New York Press (historical)" }, { "id": "6731447", "text": "the first among the mildly radical reformers. But his views underwent gradual intensification. Acknowledged the most influential Whig party editor in 1844, he had by 1850 become the most influential anti-slavery editor—the spokesman not of Whigs merely but of a great class of Northerners who were thoroughly antagonistic to slavery but who had not been satisfied with either the non-political war of Garrison or the one-plank political efforts of the Free Soil party. This influence was greatly increased between 1850 and 1854 by some of the most vigorous and trenchant editorial writing America has ever known. The circulation of the", "title": "History of American newspapers" }, { "id": "15056569", "text": "\"Register\" initially supported the policies of Andrew Jackson, but became a primarily Whig sheet in 1836, when it snubbed Jackson's handpicked presidential successor, Martin Van Buren, in favor of local favorite Hugh Lawson White. In 1849, polemical editor William G. Brownlow moved his paper, the \"Whig\", to Knoxville, and a rivalry developed between the two papers that lasted until the Civil War. The \"Register\" was a broadsheet published weekly for its first four decades. In April 1861, largely in response to the growing interest in the secession crisis, a daily edition of the \"Register\" was established. Typical of 19th century", "title": "Knoxville Register" }, { "id": "4617358", "text": "with the first full-color picture (of the American flag) appearing on the front page in June, 1963. At its peak in 1969, \"Grit\" had a weekly circulation of 1.5 million copies. The Lamade family owned \"Grit\" for nearly 100 years, but in 1981, ADVO-System, Inc. of Hartford, Connecticut purchased the paper. In 1983, \"Grit\" was purchased by Stauffer Communications, Inc. of Topeka, Kansas, which already owned \"Capper's Weekly\", a national tabloid also marketed to rural areas and small towns, albeit mostly in the Great Plains and Midwestern states. In 1992, \"Grit\" left Williamsport after 111 years and moved its offices", "title": "Grit (newspaper)" }, { "id": "7943968", "text": "when he was considered in the first rank of American poets, but has been dismissed as overly-sentimental by later critics. Among the periodicals and newspapers in which his verse appeared were \"Boston Advertiser\", \"The Century Illustrated Magazine\", \"Christian Union\", \"Dollar Monthly Magazine\", \"Flag of Our Union\", \"Harper's Weekly\", \"The Independent\", \"The Knickerbocker Monthly\", \"The Magazine of Poetry and Literary Review\", \"New England Magazine\", \"New York Observer\", \"New York Post\", \"New York Tribune\", \"Scribner's Magazine\", \"The Home Journal\", and \"The Youth's Companion\". Blood's dramatic works appear never to have made much of an impression, either in his own lifetime or since.", "title": "Henry Ames Blood" }, { "id": "14784178", "text": "Wimbush, Charles J. Staniland, Joseph Finnemore, John Charlton, Warwick Goble, Tom Browne, Ernest Prater, Gordon Browne, Edward S Hodgson, Norman H. Hardy, Inglis Sheldon Williams, and Harry Rountree. The May 1913 issue contained the first reports of the death of notorious outlaw Butch Cassidy in Bolivia. \"The Times\", in retrospect, humorously described the magazine as about \"brave chaps with large moustaches on stiff upper lips, who did stupid and dangerous things\". The Wide World Magazine The Wide World Magazine was a British monthly illustrated publication which ran from April 1898 to December 1965. The magazine was founded by well-known publisher", "title": "The Wide World Magazine" }, { "id": "449267", "text": "love, women's suffrage, short skirts, spiritualism, vegetarianism, and licensed prostitution. History often states the paper advocated birth control, but some historians disagree. The paper is now known for printing the first English version of Karl Marx's \"Communist Manifesto\" in its edition of December 30, 1871, and the paper argued the cause of labor with eloquence and skill. James Blood and Stephen Pearl Andrews wrote the majority of the articles, as well as other able contributors. In 1872, the \"Weekly\" published a story that set off a national scandal and preoccupied the public for months. Henry Ward Beecher, a renowned preacher", "title": "Victoria Woodhull" }, { "id": "14443678", "text": "the country at the time. In 1862, northern troops took over the city and Paul Trevigne began The Tribune, the first black-owned daily newspaper in the United States. This newspaper became a triumphant and bold voice in the civil rights movement, long before any of these issues hit mainstream America. All throughout the mid-1850s, black New Orleanians held sit-ins, boycotts and marches, calling for desegregation, the right to enlist in the military and the right to vote. When white supremacists regained control of the city in 1877, and the Ku Klux Klan ran rampant, a new, alternate, subversive kind form", "title": "Faubourg Treme: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans" }, { "id": "15250003", "text": "crying baby was printed in Hearst Corporation newspapers and affiliates, some 25 million copies. A further 1.75 million non-Hearst newspaper copies showed the image in the U.S., and 4 million more people saw it as a matte reproduction in other newspapers. Some 25 million people saw it internationally. It first appeared in \"Life\" magazine on October 4, 1937, at which point it was estimated that 136 million people had seen it. On the facing page in \"Life\" magazine, another photograph showed the baby on a stretcher receiving medical care. The \"unforgettable\" image became one of the most influential photos to", "title": "Bloody Saturday (photograph)" }, { "id": "17215797", "text": "1914-1918 war featuring letters from overseas soldiers with many eager residents rushing the office for copies as soon as they came off the presses. The newspaper office was twice bombed during World War I, it is believed because of some comments made about unpatriotic behaviour in the town, which was not taken well by the strong unionised workforce. Daily circulation reached 8303 in 1905, with three editions published up to about 1922 (at 1 p.m., 3:00-3:30 p.m. and 6:00-6:30 p.m.) the first and third editions being sold in Argent Street and the second edition being home delivered. James Davison (1848-1929)", "title": "The Barrier Miner" }, { "id": "1743398", "text": "\"vermin publications\". Coughlin had been criticized for virulently anti-Semitic writings. The same year, a June front page story by Stanley Johnston in the \"Chicago Tribune\", headlined \"Navy Had Word of Jap Plan to Strike at Sea\", implied that the Americans had broken the Japanese codes before the Battle of Midway. The story resulted in the Japanese changing their codebooks and callsign systems. The newspaper publishers were brought before a grand jury for possible indictment, but proceedings were halted because of government reluctance to present a jury with the highly secret information necessary to prosecute the publishers, as well as concern", "title": "Espionage Act of 1917" }, { "id": "6731408", "text": "the press followed the sparse population as it trickled westward and down the Ohio or penetrated the more northerly forests. By 1835 papers had spread to the Mississippi River and beyond, from Texas to St. Louis, throughout Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and into Wisconsin. These pioneer papers, poorly written, poorly printed, and partisan often beyond all reason, served a greater than a merely local purpose in sending weekly to the seat of government their hundreds of messages of good and evil report, of politics and trade, of weather and crops, that helped immeasurably to bind the far-flung population into a", "title": "History of American newspapers" }, { "id": "713933", "text": "local-news reporting group over unpaid overtime wages. The suit had been filed in federal court on behalf of Carolyn Rusin, who had been a TribLocal staff reporter from July 2010 until October 2011. The paper's TribLocal unit had been formed in 2007 and uses staff reporters, freelance writers and user-generated content to produce hyperlocal Chicago-area community news. On June 12, 2013, the Boston Marathon bombings moving tribute was posted again, which showed the words \"We are Chicago\" above the names of Boston sports teams. On the graphic on June 12, the word \"Bruins\" was ripped off and the comment was", "title": "Chicago Tribune" }, { "id": "20018328", "text": "The Black Panther (newspaper) The Black Panther was the official newspaper of the Black Panther Party. It began as a four-page newsletter in Oakland, California, in 1967, and was founded by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale. It was the main publication of the party and was soon sold in several large cities across the United States, as well as having an international readership. The newspaper distributed information about the party's activities, and expressed through articles the ideology of the Black Panther Party, focusing on both international revolutions as inspiration and contemporary racial struggles of African Americans across the United", "title": "The Black Panther (newspaper)" }, { "id": "15219990", "text": "the tagline \"Weekly guide to arts and leisure.\" The first issue featured a preview of the UT production of Stephen Sondheim's \"Assassins\", interviews with student leaders, and restaurant and music reviews. In October of that year, the paper was first to publish a report that the UT student government was investigating \"The Collegian\" for inflating its circulation numbers by discarding large numbers of newly-printed \"Collegian\"s immediately after printing them. \"The Collegian\" responded the next day with an editorial denouncing the investigation as a \"smear campaign\" and criticizing \"Spectrum\" for publishing the report. In November 1993, the Toledo \"Blade\" published an", "title": "Spectrum (newspaper)" }, { "id": "51582", "text": "Thomson had first entered the field of boys' story papers with \"Adventure\". The success of this paper led to five further publications, \"The Rover\" and \"The Wizard\" in 1922, \"The Vanguard\" in 1924, \"The Skipper\" in 1930 and \"The Hotspur\" in 1933. Although \"The Vanguard\" folded in 1926, the others were a great triumph and became known as \"The Big Five\"; they ended Amalgamated Press's near-monopoly of the British comic industry. Another success was the \"Fun Section\" of D. C. Thomson's Scottish weekly newspaper \"The Sunday Post\", which included the two strips \"Oor Wullie\" and \"The Broons\" by lead artist", "title": "The Beano" }, { "id": "8441219", "text": "is the copy that is used for a display in the rotunda of the State Capitol Building. The first to discover the original document was missing was historian Lyman Draper, who tried unsuccessfully to locate it in 1882. The topic was first reported by the \"Milwaukee Sentinel\" in 1917, and subsequently reported by many other news outlets over the years, including Madison's \"Capital Times\" in 1935. There have been different theories about the document's existence and whereabouts. Two common theories include the notion that the original was never returned by the printer, and also a theory that it was taken", "title": "Constitution of Wisconsin" }, { "id": "2665872", "text": "quality and financial support have varied over the years, at times rising among elite college newspapers and at others struggling to publish. During the 1990s, the paper was twice selected as one of the top 12 daily student papers in the country. In late 2007, the Collegian published a staff article that incited national debate about free speech. The article read, in its entirety, \"Taser This...Fuck Bush.\" This event, as well as President Penley's considerations of \"partnering\" out the Collegian by Gannett in January 2008, lead to proposals in making CSU's student media, including the Rocky Mountain Collegian, a not-for-profit", "title": "Colorado State University" }, { "id": "10980666", "text": "Steward from a list of suggestions from Wadley. The first issue had no advertising, the second had six pages and the fourth more than 12. The first issue was sold for two shillings and sixpence at the British Best All-Rounder 1955 prizegiving at Royal Alber Hall [London]]. Among those who bought a copy was the editor of \"Cycling\", H. H. \"Harry\" England. Three further issues were published in 1956: spring, summer and autumn. In late 1956, Wadley secured the backing of the publisher Charles Buchan, former football captain of Arsenal and England, who wanted a companion to his magazine, \"Football", "title": "Sporting Cyclist" }, { "id": "14515143", "text": "a response to the scientific reports linking smoking and cancer and retained John Hill, a noted advertising guru of the time. This eventually led to a two-full-page advertisement placed in 448 newspapers, reaching a circulation of 43,245,000 in 258 cities, outlining the opinion of the newly formed Tobacco Industry Research Committee. This advertisement is known as A Frank Statement to Cigarette Smokers. Another round of FTC regulation in 1955 banned all references to \"throat, larynx, lungs, nose or other parts of the body,\" or to \"digestion, energy, nerves or doctors\" for all brands, new and old. However, another loophole is", "title": "Tar derby" }, { "id": "406657", "text": "not knee-jerk. We're for charter schools; we're for any number of business-backed tax breaks. We are a lot more nuanced and subtle than that liberal stereotype does justice to. In August 2018, the editorial board launched a coordinated campaign for newspapers nationwide to respond to President Donald Trump's \"enemy of the people\" attacks and \"fake news\" rants against the media by publishing locally-produced editorial responses on Thursday, August 16th. Within a couple of days, an estimated 100+ newspapers had pledged to join the campaign, jumping to roughly 200 a few days later. On Aug. 13, the Radio Television Digital News", "title": "The Boston Globe" }, { "id": "9564673", "text": "Newspapers in the United States Newspapers in the United States have been published since the 18th century and are an integral part of the culture of the United States. Although a few newspapers including the \"New York Times\", \"USA Today\", and the \"Wall Street Journal\" are sold throughout the United States, most U.S. newspapers are published for city or regional markets. The \"New York Times\" is often referred to as the United States' \"newspaper of record\". All major metropolitan regions have newspapers, with some of them having multiple papers, though this has declined in modern times. Many smaller cities have", "title": "Newspapers in the United States" }, { "id": "7690516", "text": "the Luce magazines and their imitators (such as \"Newsweek\" and \"Look\") had drastically scaled back. \"Newsweek\" ended its print edition in 2013. Following the emergence of browsers, \"USA Today\" became the first newspaper to offer an online version of its publication in 1995, though CNN launched its own site later that year. However, especially after 2000, the Internet brought \"free\" news and classified advertising to audiences that no longer saw a reason for subscriptions, undercutting the business model of many daily newspapers. Bankruptcy loomed across the U.S. and did hit such major papers as the \"Rocky Mountain News\" (Denver), the", "title": "History of American journalism" }, { "id": "7776451", "text": "not only Orange County, but adjacent counties as well. The newspaper was a source of news for and about the politicians of North Carolina, provided practical suggestions for everyone from farmers to housewives, included writings by local authors and contributions copied from various other journals, contained news of local, national, and international interest, the proceedings of courts, and advertisements. The advertisements included such things as the sale of property (to include slaves), the wares stocked at local stores, and rewards for stolen or lost property. Heartt published the newspaper for nearly fifty years, selling it in 1869 shortly before his", "title": "Hillsborough Recorder" }, { "id": "6731412", "text": "\"The Globe\", the \"Washington Union\", to speak for the Polk administration and to reconcile the factions of democracy. Neither the Union nor its successors, which maintained the semblance of official support until 1860, ever occupied the commanding position held by the \"Telegraph\" and \"The Globe\", but for forty years the administration organs had been the leaders when political journalism was dominant. Their influence was shared and increased by such political editors as M. M. Noah and James Watson Webb of the \"New York Courier and Enquirer\", Solomon Southwick of the \"Albany Register\", Edwin Croswell, who edited \"The Argus\" and who,", "title": "History of American newspapers" }, { "id": "6731478", "text": "(a sharp contrast to publishers like the \"New York Tribune\"'s Whitelaw Reid, who blamed their poverty on moral defects), and both invested enormous resources in their Sunday publications, which functioned like weekly magazines, going beyond the normal scope of daily journalism. Their Sunday entertainment features included the first color comic strip pages, and some theorize that the term yellow journalism originated there, while as noted above the New York Press left the term it invented undefined. The Yellow Kid, a comic strip revolving around a bald child in a yellow nightshirt, became exceptionally popular when cartoonist Richard Outcault began drawing", "title": "History of American newspapers" }, { "id": "12491820", "text": "a front-page editorial in 1993, the newspaper advised David Dinkins, New York's first African American mayor, that he was \"beginning to look like a wimp\". In 1989 \"The City Sun\", together with the \"Amsterdam News\", another black-owned newspaper in New York, published the name of the \"Central Park jogger\", Trisha Meili, who had been raped and beaten almost to death. Leid explained her decision to name the jogger by referring to an incident involving Tawana Brawley, a minor who said she had been raped, and the double standard practiced by the mainstream media: The same media [that] had no difficulty", "title": "The City Sun" }, { "id": "194166", "text": "then the editor of \"The Boston Globe Sunday Magazine\") wrote to Thompson praising the \"Kentucky Derby\" piece as a breakthrough: \"This is it, this is pure Gonzo. If this is a start, keep rolling.\" According to Steadman, Thompson took to the word right away and said, \"Okay, that's what I do. Gonzo.\" Thompson's first published use of the word appears in \"Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas\": \"Free Enterprise. The American Dream. Horatio Alger gone mad on drugs in Las Vegas. Do it \"now\": pure Gonzo journalism.\" The book for which Thompson gained most of his fame had its genesis", "title": "Hunter S. Thompson" }, { "id": "17137559", "text": "Sargent (1852); Sargent & Budd, E.R. Budd (1854); N.P. Brown & Co. (1855); Waite, Brown, Skelton & Fuller Co. (1855–56); Brown, Waite & Co. (1856); Brown & Waite (1856–1858); Lockwood, Thompson & Waite (1858); Brown, Waite & Co. (1859–1861). It suspended publication in 1861, but was revived soon after and published another year and a half. The Nevada Journal The Nevada Journal was a Nevada City, California newspaper. It was the first paper published in Nevada County, and was also one of the first ever published in the mountains of the U.S. state of California. Controlled by the Whigs, the", "title": "The Nevada Journal" }, { "id": "11108000", "text": "Fremont Older became editor of the San Francisco \"Bulletin\" in 1895 and took up the struggle against the powerful Southern Pacific Railroad and along with a fellow Californian Lincoln Steffens, became a well known muckraker and the first objective observer to accuse District Attorney Charles Fickert for the framing of labor radical Thomas Mooney. Other cities have had their own long surviving papers, including the Fresno \"Republican\", the \"Bee\", and the \"Oakland Tribune\". On October 1, 1910, a bomb exploded at the L.A. Times building, killing 21 workers. Labor activists were blamed for the bombing, but the San Francisco \"Daily", "title": "History of newspapers in California" }, { "id": "5271690", "text": "FBI informant Gary Thomas Rowe in the violent mob. Langston himself was badly beaten after making the picture. In 1962, \"Post-Herald\" editor Jimmy Mills was arrested for publishing an election-day editorial suggesting how citizens should vote. Mills fought his conviction all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, which held in \"Mills v. Alabama\" that the state could not prohibit campaigning on election day. In 1996, the News Company instigated a switch between the morning and evening publications, again creating a joint weekend edition (distributed on Saturdays). This move reinforced \"The News\"' pre-eminent role in a time when morning papers", "title": "Birmingham Post-Herald" }, { "id": "5300154", "text": "deplored racism in mainstream media, especially in the negative depictions of black men and women. However Hazell and Clarke report that \"Jet\" and \"Essence\" in 2003–4 themselves ran advertising that was pervaded with racism and white supremacy. Jet (magazine) Jet is a magazine marketed to African-American readers now distributed in digital format. It was founded in 1951 by John H. Johnson of the Johnson Publishing Company in Chicago, Illinois, as an American weekly. Initially billed as \"The Weekly Negro News Magazine\", \"Jet\" chronicled the Civil Rights Movement from its earliest years, including the murder of Emmett Till, the Montgomery bus", "title": "Jet (magazine)" }, { "id": "14018422", "text": "Diamond Fields Advertiser The Diamond Fields Advertiser (DFA) is a daily newspaper published in Kimberley, South Africa, founded on 23 March 1878. The earliest paper on the Diamond Fields was a weekly called the \"Diamond Field\", published from 15 October 1870 at Pniel. It moved the following year first to Du Toit's Pan and then New Rush (later renamed Kimberley), and had a strongly anti-imperial view point. Another of the early papers was the pro-British \"Diamond News\" of R. W. Murray. The \"Independent\", owned by William Ling in 1876, was acquired by J. B. Robinson. By the late 1870s the", "title": "Diamond Fields Advertiser" }, { "id": "6885698", "text": "energy on the political issues affecting women, youth, African Americans and rank and file workers. It also had an emphasis on analysing popular culture such as movies and books that was unusual for the era. After spending time as a faction inside both the Workers Party (U.S.) and the Socialist Workers Party (US), the Johnson-Forest Tendency broke with the Trotskyist left. By early 1951, it had renamed itself Correspondence Publishing Committee. It first published a newspaper, also known as Correspondence, in November 1951 and analysed a wildcat miners' strike in West Virginia in the first issue. The newspapers' cartoons have", "title": "Correspondence Publishing Committee" }, { "id": "2278083", "text": "submitted articles under Marx's by-line. Founded in a time of civil unrest, the paper joined the newly formed Republican Party in 1854, named it after the party of Thomas Jefferson, and emphasized its opposition to slavery. The paper generated a large readership, with a circulation of approximately 200,000 during the decade of the 1850s. This made the paper the largest circulation daily in New York City — gaining commensurate influence among voters and political decision-makers in the process. During the Civil War Greeley crusaded against slavery, lambasted Democrats and called for a draft of soldiers for the first time. In", "title": "New-York Tribune" }, { "id": "11047217", "text": "Street, New York. In 1773 he began to publish a newspaper \"at his ever open and uninfluenced press, Hanover Square\". The first of a number of newspapers, \"The New York Gazetteer or the Connecticut, New Jersey, Hudson's River, and Quebec Weekly Advertiser\" was issued in April 1773. His initially impartial stance shifted as a revolution loomed and public opinion polarized, until by late 1774 he was advocating the restrictive measures of the British government with such great zeal and attacking the patriots so severely, that in 1775 the Whigs of Newport, Rhode Island, resolved to hold no further communication with", "title": "James Rivington" }, { "id": "8029925", "text": "on to make their names famous including Erastus Wiman, William Edwards, and Charles Harcourt. \"The Globe\" was very popular for providing information on the anti-slavery movements in the United States, Great Britain, and the British North American colonies during the 1840s and 1850s and was one of the leading advocates of the Canadian anti-slavery movement. Brown filled his editorials with vehement ridicule of the Catholic Church, Jesuits, priests, nunneries, and every medieval superstition he could blame on the city's Irish and French Catholics. The Globe was also known for having some of the most current news of the time. During", "title": "The Globe (Toronto newspaper)" }, { "id": "14355355", "text": "with the tabloid press and the \"ancillary industries of intrusive paparazzi and lucrative tip-offs.\" \"Churnalism\" is a term for journalism that relies on content from press releases and news agency/wire service copy, with little or no original or independent fact-checking and reporting. This term was coined by Waseem Zakir of BBC News and was popularized by Nick Davies. Gonzo journalism is a type of journalism popularized by the American writer Hunter S. Thompson, author of \"Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas\", \"Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72\" and \"The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved\", among other stories", "title": "Journalism genres" }, { "id": "7776450", "text": "Hillsborough Recorder The Hillsborough Recorder was established by Dennis Heartt in Hillsborough, North Carolina, in February 1820, with the first known edition of the newspaper being issued on March 1, 1820. At the time, there was no newspaper being published west of Raleigh, North Carolina’s capital. The newspaper was published weekly, and from 1820 until at least 1827, the paper cost three dollars for a year's subscription. Politically, it was a Whig-leaning paper, alongside the \"Raleigh Register\", the \"Fayetteville Observer\", the \"Carolina Watchman\" (printed in Salisbury), and the \"Greensborough Patriot\". The \"Hillsborough Recorder\" was widely read by the citizens of", "title": "Hillsborough Recorder" } ]

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[ { "id": "804099", "text": "at 0.816 (1971–72). They also hold records for having (into the 2009–10 season) the most wins (3,027), the highest winning percentage (61.9%), and the most NBA Finals appearances (31). The 2000–01 team set the NBA record for best playoff record at 15–1, which was later broken by the Golden State Warriors in 2017. The 1971–72 team holds franchise records in wins (69), most points scored, and largest margin of victory; both of the latter came in the team's 63 point win versus Golden State (162–99). They also used to hold the record for most wins at home in the regular", "title": "Los Angeles Lakers" }, { "id": "296030", "text": "top three seeds went to the division winners. The Boston Celtics have won the most championships with 17 NBA Finals wins. The second most successful franchise is the Los Angeles Lakers, who have 16 overall championships (11 in Los Angeles, 5 in Minneapolis). Following the Lakers, are the Chicago Bulls and Golden State Warriors (2 in Philadelphia, 4 in Oakland) with six championships each. The San Antonio Spurs have five championships, all since 1999. Current teams that have no NBA Finals appearances: As one of the major sports leagues in North America, the NBA has a long history of partnerships", "title": "National Basketball Association" }, { "id": "803660", "text": "Celtics (17), Los Angeles Lakers (16), Chicago Bulls (6), and Golden State Warriors (6). The Spurs currently rank first among active franchises for the highest winning percentage in NBA history, and have a winning head-to-head regular season record against every active NBA franchise. In their 40 NBA seasons since 1976–77, the Spurs have won 22 division titles. They have made the playoffs in 27 of the last 28 seasons (since 1989–90) and have only missed the playoffs four times since entering the NBA; they have not missed the playoffs in the 20 seasons since Tim Duncan was drafted by the", "title": "San Antonio Spurs" }, { "id": "16706767", "text": "merger and the only former ABA team to have won an NBA championship. The Spurs' five NBA championships are the fourth most in history behind only the Boston Celtics (17), Los Angeles Lakers (16), and Chicago Bulls (6). The Spurs currently rank first among active franchises for the highest winning percentage in NBA history. In their 38 NBA seasons since 1976–1977, the Spurs have won 20 division titles. They have made the playoffs in 24 of the last 25 seasons (since 1989–1990) and have missed the playoffs four times since entering the NBA; they have not missed the playoffs in", "title": "Spurs Sports & Entertainment" }, { "id": "11333143", "text": "exceeded this total. Their .8105 winning percentage, combined regular season and post season (77-18) in 1983, has been topped since by just five(5) teams, the 1986 Celtics (.820, with 18 losses), the 1996 Bulls (.870), the 1997 Bulls (.832), the 2016 Warriors (.830, also with 18 losses, lost NBA finals), and the 2017 Warriors (.838). In fact, after 66 regular season games, their record stood at 57-9 (the 2016 Golden State Warriors were only 3 games ahead of this pace at 60-6, in the record breaking 73 win regular season). Possessing an exceptionally talented roster, and having a brilliant coaching", "title": "1982–83 Philadelphia 76ers season" }, { "id": "804111", "text": "Phoenix Suns The Phoenix Suns are an American professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. The Suns compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member team of the league's Western Conference Pacific Division, and are the only team in their division not to be based in California. Since 1992, the Suns have played their home games at Talking Stick Resort Arena in downtown Phoenix. The Suns began play as an expansion team in 1968. The franchise owns the NBA's fourth-best all-time winning percentage, winning 55 percent of its games, as of the end of the 2014–15 season. In", "title": "Phoenix Suns" }, { "id": "3569428", "text": "the following two at the home of the lower-seeded team. The following three are played at each team's home arena alternately. A total of 19 franchises have won the NBA Finals, with the Golden State Warriors the current champion. The Boston Celtics hold the record for the most victories, having won the competition 17 times, as well as winning the competition the most times in a row, winning it eight times from 1959 to 1966. The Los Angeles Lakers have contested the NBA Finals the most times, with 31 appearances. The Eastern Conference has provided the most champions, with 38", "title": "NBA Finals" }, { "id": "5174857", "text": "two times in 2008 and 2010. The two teams have won the two highest numbers of championships in the NBA: the Celtics have won 17, and the Lakers have won 16 (11 as the L.A. Lakers and 5 as the Minneapolis Lakers). Together, they account for 33 of the 72 championships in NBA history. As of 2018, the Celtics and Lakers have a .590 and .596 all-time winning records respectively. As of the end of the 2017–18 season, Boston is the only team with a winning overall record against the Lakers. The rivalry had been less intense since the retirements", "title": "Celtics–Lakers rivalry" }, { "id": "539391", "text": "Boston Celtics The Boston Celtics are an American professional basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Celtics compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Atlantic Division. Founded in 1946 as one of the original eight NBA teams to survive the league's first decade, the team is owned by Boston Basketball Partners LLC. The Celtics play their home games at the TD Garden, which they share with the National Hockey League (NHL)'s Boston Bruins. The franchise has won the most championships in NBA history with 17, accounting for 23.9 percent of all NBA", "title": "Boston Celtics" }, { "id": "5836002", "text": "History of the Los Angeles Lakers The Los Angeles Lakers franchise has a long and storied history, predating the formation of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Founded in 1947, the Lakers are one of the NBA's most famous and successful franchises. As of summer 2012, the Lakers hold the all-time records for wins (3,125), winning percentage (.620), and NBA Finals appearances (31). They are second in NBA championships only to the Boston Celtics, winning 16 championships to the Celtics 17 NBA titles. Their rosters have included some of the game's greatest players, including George Mikan, Jim Pollard, Clyde Lovellette, Elgin", "title": "History of the Los Angeles Lakers" }, { "id": "9256989", "text": "play in the NBA, including three of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History: Billy Cunningham, Michael Jordan and James Worthy. Many Tar Heel assistant coaches have gone on to become head coaches elsewhere. From the Tar Heels' first season in 1910–11 through the 2016–17 season, the program has amassed a .739 all-time winning percentage (second highest all-time), winning 2,206 games and losing 781 games in 107 seasons. The Tar Heels also have the most consecutive 20-win seasons with 31 seasons from the 1970–71 season through the 2000–2001 season. On March 2, 2010, North Carolina became the second college basketball", "title": "North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball" }, { "id": "804112", "text": "47 years of play, they have made the playoffs 29 times, posted 19 seasons of 50 or more wins, made nine trips to the Western Conference Finals, and advanced to the NBA Finals twice, in 1976 and 1993. As a result, the Suns are the team with the highest all-time win-loss percentage to have never won an NBA championship. With the National Hockey League's Phoenix Coyotes changing their geographic location name to Arizona on June 27, 2014, which was required as part of their new Gila River Arena lease agreement, the Suns are the only men's major professional sports franchise", "title": "Phoenix Suns" }, { "id": "11332929", "text": "winning percentage was the all-time worst mark in the NBA until the 2011–12 Charlotte Bobcats finished with a .106 winning percentage, whilst their −12.1 points per game point differential has been underdone only by the 2011–12 Bobcats (−13.9 points per game) and the 1992–93 Dallas Mavericks (−15.2 points per game). Only six seasons earlier, the 76ers had set the NBA record for most wins in a season and the highest winning percentage. The Sixers ownership offered the head coaching job to Marquette University head coach Al McGuire, and former University of Kentucky head coach Adolph Rupp, who was seventy years", "title": "1972–73 Philadelphia 76ers season" }, { "id": "11640734", "text": "History of the Boston Celtics The Boston Celtics are an American professional basketball team based in Boston. Founded in 1946 as a charter member of the Basketball Association of America, the Celtics then moved into the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1949, as said league was formed by the merger of the BAA merged with the National Basketball League. Currently playing in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference, the Celtics have the most NBA titles with 17 championships. Eleven of those occurred between 1957 and 1969, with a dynasty led by center Bill Russell and coach/general manager Red Auerbach.", "title": "History of the Boston Celtics" }, { "id": "11875765", "text": "the rest of the season, the Bullets managed to make the playoffs with a 44–38 record. This would be considered the worst team in NBA history to win a championship with its record of 44–38. The 1968-69 Boston Celtics, 1974-75 Golden State Warriors, 1976-77 Portland Trail Blazers, and 1994-95 Houston Rockets are the only other NBA championship teams to have won below 50 games in non-lockout seasons since 1958; all of them won more than 44 games. Key: Win Loss Notes: \"Note: GP= Games played; REB= Rebounds; AST= Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points; AVG =", "title": "1977–78 Washington Bullets season" }, { "id": "3383302", "text": "capacity 7,500. The teams wore green and white. The NBA returned to the Washington, D.C. area in 1973, when the Baltimore Bullets became the Capital Bullets, now known as the Washington Wizards. The Capitols' 81.7 win percentage in the BAA's inaugural season was the highest in the NBA until surpassed by the Philadelphia 76ers in 1966–67. The Washington Capitols are also noteworthy for two long win streaks during their short history. In 1946, the Capitols won 17 straight games — a single season streak that remained the NBA's longest until 1969. The 15–0 start of the 1948–49 team was the", "title": "Washington Capitols" }, { "id": "13822604", "text": "The arena seats 18,624 for basketball games and 17,565 for ice hockey games. The Bruins were the first American member of the National Hockey League and an Original Six franchise. The Boston Celtics were founding members of the Basketball Association of America, one of the two leagues that merged to form the NBA. The Celtics have the distinction of having won more championships than any other NBA team, with seventeen. While they have played in suburban Foxborough since 1971, the New England Patriots of the National Football League were founded in 1960 as the Boston Patriots, changing their name after", "title": "Boston" }, { "id": "804098", "text": "highest average for a career (27.4) while Bryant has the highest points scored in a single game (81). Baylor, Bryant and West hold the top five single season scoring averages, with Bryant occupying the numbers one (35.4) and four (31.6) spots, while Baylor has the second (34.8), and third (34.0), and West the fifth (31.3). The Lakers hold several NBA records as a team including most consecutive games won overall (33) and most consecutive road games won (16) both of which came during the 1971–72 season. Highest field-goal percentage for a season at 54.5% (1984–85), and highest road winning percentage", "title": "Los Angeles Lakers" }, { "id": "14622998", "text": "years. The Warriors won the championship after going 4–1 in the Finals, and their 16–1 playoff record garnered the best winning percentage (.941) in NBA playoffs history. Kevin Durant was named the Finals MVP award after he scored at least 30 points in all five NBA Finals games and averaging 35.2 points per game. The victory at Oracle Arena to secure the title was the first title victory by a Bay Area team at home since the Oakland Athletics won the World Series in the Oakland–Alameda Coliseum in 1974, capping off a three-peat World Series run. On June 8, 2018,", "title": "History of the Golden State Warriors" }, { "id": "3065995", "text": "the award a record six times. He is also the only player to win the award despite his team not making the playoffs back in the season. Both Bill Russell and Michael Jordan won the award five times, while Wilt Chamberlain and LeBron James won the award four times. Russell and James are the only players to have won the award four times in five seasons. Moses Malone, Larry Bird and Magic Johnson each won the award three times, while Bob Pettit, Karl Malone, Tim Duncan, Steve Nash and Stephen Curry have each won it twice. Only two rookies have", "title": "NBA Most Valuable Player Award" }, { "id": "8035326", "text": "spot, and the 8th-seeded team was a mere 6.5 games behind the 1st seed. Additionally, the quality of the teams ensured that the Golden State Warriors finished with the highest winning percentage of any non-playoff team in NBA history since the switch to the eight-team playoff format, beating out the 2000–01 Houston Rockets. The all-time record is held by the 1971–72 Phoenix Suns (49–33), which was during the four-team playoff era. Notes Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding in its conference, and the numbers to the", "title": "2007–08 NBA season" }, { "id": "802557", "text": "the team changed its name to the Capital Bullets to reflect their move to the Washington metropolitan area, and then to Washington Bullets in the following season. In 1997, they rebranded themselves as the Wizards. The Wizards have appeared in four NBA Finals, and won in 1978. They have had a total of 28 playoff appearances, won four conference titles (1971, 1975, 1978, 1979), and seven division titles (1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1979, 2017). Their best season came in 1975 with a record of 60–22. Wes Unseld is the only player in franchise history to become the MVP (1969),", "title": "Washington Wizards" }, { "id": "5127691", "text": "top-three pick. Since the lottery was introduced in 1985, only 18 of 30 NBA teams have won the lottery. The Los Angeles Clippers have won five lotteries, although two of them were conveyed to other teams in trades prior to the lottery. The Orlando Magic and Cleveland Cavaliers are second with three lottery wins each. Since the weighted lottery system was introduced in 1990, only four teams with the worst record went on to win the lottery while only four teams with the second-worst record have won the lottery. NBA draft lottery The NBA Draft lottery is an annual event", "title": "NBA draft lottery" }, { "id": "5343181", "text": "award. Since its inception, the award has been given to 31 different players. No player has ever won the award twice. The most recent recipient is Victor Oladipo. Boris Diaw and Kevin Love are the only award winners to win an NBA Championship. Rony Seikaly, Gheorghe Mureșan, Boris Diaw, Hedo Türkoğlu, Goran Dragić, and Giannis Antetokounmpo are the only award winners not born in the United States; all but Seikaly were also trained completely outside the U.S. (Seikaly played college basketball at Syracuse). Only Alvin Robertson, Dana Barros, Tracy McGrady, Jermaine O'Neal, Danny Granger, Kevin Love, Paul George, Jimmy Butler,", "title": "NBA Most Improved Player Award" }, { "id": "16195251", "text": "were based in St. Louis, and the Washington Wizards won in 1978 when they were known as the Bullets, while the Orlando Magic and Charlotte Hornets have not won any NBA titles as of 2018) and they remain the only expansion team in the past 25 years to ever win a title. | align=\"left\" | || 1 || 0 || 2.1 || .000 || .000 || .000 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 | align=\"left\" | || 1 || 0 || 4.7 || 1.000 || .000 || .000 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0", "title": "2012 NBA Finals" }, { "id": "4893918", "text": "Chancellor, the Comets were the only team in the WNBA to make the playoffs in each of the first seven seasons of the league. His 1998 Houston Comets team holds the record for highest winning percentage in the history of both the NBA and WNBA basketball (27-3, .900). In 10 years with the Houston Comets, Chancellors’ teams posted a 211-111 record (.655), making him the winningest coach in the history of the WNBA. He coached the Western Conference All-Star Team three times during his career and was named the coach of the WNBA’s All-Decade Team in June 2006. During his", "title": "Van Chancellor" }, { "id": "742557", "text": "without any space in between. However, the International System of Units and the ISO 31-0 standard require a space. The word \"percentage\" is often a misnomer in the context of sports statistics, when the referenced number is expressed as a decimal proportion, not a percentage: \"The Phoenix Suns' Shaquille O'Neal led the NBA with a .609 field goal percentage (FG%) during the 2008–09 season.\" (O'Neal made 60.9% of his shots, not 0.609%.) Likewise, the winning percentage of a team, the fraction of matches that the club has won, is also usually expressed as a decimal proportion; a team that has", "title": "Percentage" }, { "id": "9378106", "text": "members of the Baseball Hall of Fame include Cy Young, Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, Carl Yastrzemski, Carlton Fisk, Wade Boggs, Jim Rice, Pedro Martínez, manager Joe Cronin and owner Tom Yawkey. The Boston Celtics basketball team, who play at the TD Garden, were a founding member of the Basketball Association of America, one of the two leagues that merged to form the National Basketball Association. The Celtics have the distinction of having more Championships than any other NBA team with 17 championships from 1957 to 2008. They had a remarkable run of titles from the 1956–57 until the 1968–69 seasons,", "title": "Sports in Boston" }, { "id": "3421808", "text": "titles, the second most of any team. The Celtics also hold the record for consecutive titles; they won 10 consecutive Eastern Division titles from 1957–66. The Golden State Warriors and the Detroit Pistons hold the distinction of being the only teams to have won both East and West titles. Twenty-three of the 30 active franchises have won at least one conference title. The Denver Nuggets, Minnesota Timberwolves, Memphis Grizzlies, and Toronto Raptors have each played in at least one Conference Finals (Denver has played in three), but they have each failed to win their respective conference title. Three other franchises,", "title": "NBA Conference Finals" }, { "id": "1811616", "text": "14 All-NBA teams, which is tied for the fourth-most in league history, and 12 All-NBA first teams, which is an NBA record. With four MVP awards, he is part of a select group of players who have won the award four times, including Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Wilt Chamberlain, Michael Jordan, and Bill Russell; James and Russell are the only players to win four MVP awards in a five-year span. James has also won three Finals MVP Awards, which is tied for the second-most all-time, and earned All-Defensive honors every season from 2009 to 2014. While he has never won the Defensive", "title": "LeBron James" }, { "id": "804011", "text": "Los Angeles Lakers The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Lakers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as a member of the league's Western Conference in the Pacific Division. The Lakers play their home games at Staples Center, an arena shared with the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers, the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association, and the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League. The Lakers are one of the most successful teams in the history of the NBA, and have won 16 NBA championships, the second-most behind", "title": "Los Angeles Lakers" }, { "id": "3065996", "text": "won the award: Wilt Chamberlain in the and Wes Unseld in the 1968–69 season. Hakeem Olajuwon of Nigeria, Tim Duncan of the U.S. Virgin Islands, Steve Nash of Canada and Dirk Nowitzki of Germany are the only MVP winners considered \"international players\" by the NBA. Stephen Curry in 2015–16 is the only player to have won the award unanimously. Shaquille O'Neal in 1999–2000 and LeBron James in 2012–13 are the only two players to have fallen one vote shy of a unanimous selection, both receiving 120 of 121 votes. Russell Westbrook, is the first to have played for a team", "title": "NBA Most Valuable Player Award" }, { "id": "4273190", "text": "of the print and broadcast media who regularly cover the NBA. Teams were chosen from among all single-season individual teams. Each team won the NBA championship, and they combined to average 66 wins per season. The 1995–96 Chicago Bulls had, at the moment, the best single-season record in NBA history with 72 wins. Six out of the thirty NBA franchises (twenty-nine franchises at the time of announcement) had a team named to the list; the Boston Celtics, the Chicago Bulls, the Los Angeles Lakers and the Philadelphia 76ers had two teams selected. Six players were on the roster of two", "title": "50 Greatest Players in NBA History" }, { "id": "803900", "text": "third head coach in franchise history to lead a team to at least 50 wins in a season, joining Don Nelson and Alvin Attles, who both hit the mark twice with the Warriors. With 121 wins overall, Jackson ranks fourth on the franchise's all-time wins list, trailing Attles (557), Nelson (422) and Eddie Gottlieb (263). On May 14, 2014, the Golden State Warriors signed Steve Kerr to a reported five-year, $25 million deal to become the team's new head coach. It was a first-time head-coaching position for Kerr, 48, a five-time NBA champion guard who set an all-time career record", "title": "Golden State Warriors" }, { "id": "15153165", "text": "1971–72 Phoenix Suns season The 1971–72 Phoenix Suns season was the fourth season for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association. With a 49–33 record, the Suns hold the NBA record as the team with the best winning percentage to not make the playoffs. The team broke the record they set the previous year with a 48–34 finish. Head coach Cotton Fitzsimmons led the Suns in their debut season as members of the Pacific division. All home games were played at Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Paul Silas again led the team in rebounds, averaging 11.9 per game, while also", "title": "1971–72 Phoenix Suns season" }, { "id": "7802011", "text": "1995 NBA Playoffs The 1995 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1994–95 season. The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion Houston Rockets defeating the Eastern Conference champion Orlando Magic 4 games to 0 in the NBA Finals. Hakeem Olajuwon was named NBA Finals MVP for the second straight time. As of 2018, the 1995 Rockets are the lowest-seeded team to ever win the NBA Championship. Houston became the eighth team to win back-to-back titles (after the Minneapolis Lakers of 1949 and 1950, and again 1952–54, and the Celtics dynasty of 1959–66 and again in", "title": "1995 NBA Playoffs" }, { "id": "803690", "text": "until resolution on a new labor agreement was reached in January 1999. Playing a shortened 50-game season, the Spurs earned an NBA-best 37–13 record (.740 win percentage, and only season since Duncan was drafted the Spurs did not win at least 50 games in a season as of 2016). The team was just as dominant in the playoffs, rolling through the Western Conference with a record of 11–1. In the NBA Finals, they faced the New York Knicks, who had made history by becoming the first eighth seed to ever make the NBA Finals. The Spurs won the series and", "title": "San Antonio Spurs" }, { "id": "16706766", "text": "franchise in all major sports in 2014. It was the third time the Spurs received the ESPN honor, and the franchise has ranked in the Top 10 every year since the survey was introduced in 2003. The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas. They are part of the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). They were NBA champions in 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, and 2014. The Spurs are one of four former American Basketball Association teams to remain intact in the NBA after the 1976 ABA–NBA", "title": "Spurs Sports & Entertainment" }, { "id": "803720", "text": "Duncan, and when Ginóbili missed a subsequent 3-pointer, Dwyane Wade hit one out of two from the free throw line to put the game on ice, as the Heat would win their second straight championship. The Spurs returned with their core roster largely intact, adding free agents Marco Belinelli and Jeff Ayres (formerly Jeff Pendergraph) while losing Gary Neal to the Milwaukee Bucks. The Spurs clinched the best record in the NBA with 62 wins, which included a franchise record 19 straight wins in February and March. In the first round of the playoffs, the eighth-seeded Dallas Mavericks surprised the", "title": "San Antonio Spurs" }, { "id": "16327176", "text": "mark for any NBA franchise. The 76ers' 0.110 winning percentage was a record worst at the time, and is still the second lowest in NBA history. This record was broken by the 2011–2012 Charlotte Bobcats which was shortened due to a lockout. (That Bobcats team finished 7-59, for a .106 winning percentage.) Only six seasons earlier, the 76ers had set the NBA record for most wins in a season. The 76ers of 1972–73 is considered to be the worst team that ever played in NBA history. The next year, the 76ers would hire Gene Shue as their head coach and", "title": "History of the Philadelphia 76ers" }, { "id": "803726", "text": "They would become the first team since the 2006–07 Dallas Mavericks to finish with 67 wins and be eliminated before the conference finals. On July 11, 2016, Duncan announced his retirement from the NBA after 19 seasons with the Spurs. In the 2016–17 season, despite the retirement of longtime captain Tim Duncan, the Spurs—led by Kawhi Leonard—remained a title contender and finished with a record of 61–21. After defeating the Grizzlies and the Rockets in the first two rounds of the playoffs, the Spurs—who suffered injuries to Leonard, Parker, and David Lee—were swept by the Golden State Warriors in the", "title": "San Antonio Spurs" }, { "id": "12159635", "text": "NBA's elite teams, including a 28-point blowout over the Eastern Conference champion Orlando Magic and a 16-point blowout of the reigning NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers. Road victories over the San Antonio Spurs, Utah Jazz, Miami Heat, Boston Celtics and Dallas Mavericks further enhanced their reputation. Though they hovered around .500 for the first half of the season, they went on a 9-game winning streak that sent them into serious playoff contention. Kevin Durant became the youngest player in league history to win the scoring title, averaging 30.1 points per game while playing in all 82 games. The Thunder finished", "title": "Oklahoma City Thunder" }, { "id": "804212", "text": "major professional sports at the time, and only since surpassed by the Boston Red Sox. The Trail Blazers have been the only NBA team based in the bi-national Pacific Northwest, after the Vancouver Grizzlies relocated to Memphis and became the Memphis Grizzlies in 2001, and the Seattle SuperSonics relocated to Oklahoma City and became the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2008. The team has advanced to the NBA Finals three times, winning the NBA championship once in 1977. Their other NBA Finals appearances were in 1990 and 1992. The team has qualified for the playoffs in 34 seasons of their 48-season", "title": "Portland Trail Blazers" }, { "id": "3569453", "text": "the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals. After trading for Clyde Drexler midseason, the Rockets later swept an Orlando Magic team consisting of Shaquille O'Neal and Penny Hardaway in the 1995 Finals; Olajuwon was again named Finals MVP, and the Rockets became the fifth franchise to win back-to-back titles and became the first 6th-seeded team to win the title without enjoying home court advantage on any of their playoff series. The Houston Rockets also beat teams with at least 50 regular season wins in every round of the playoffs, with \"Road Court\" advantage. No other team in NBA History has done that.", "title": "NBA Finals" }, { "id": "539392", "text": "championships since the league's founding. The Celtics have a notable rivalry with the Los Angeles Lakers, and have played the Lakers a record 12 times in the NBA Finals (including their most recent appearances in 2008 and 2010), of which the Celtics have won nine. Four Celtics players (Bob Cousy, Bill Russell, Dave Cowens and Larry Bird) have won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award for an NBA record total of 10 MVP awards. Both the nickname \"Celtics\" and their mascot \"Lucky the Leprechaun\" are a nod to Boston's historically large Irish population. After winning 16 championships throughout the 20th", "title": "Boston Celtics" }, { "id": "803906", "text": "win streak. Their record-setting start ended when they were defeated by the Milwaukee Bucks on December 12, 2015. The Warriors broke a 131-year-old record of 20–0 set by the 1884 St. Louis Maroons baseball team, to claim the best start to a season in all of the major professional sports in America. Golden State also won 28 consecutive regular-season games dating back to the 2014–15 season, eclipsing the 2012–13 Miami Heat for the second longest winning streak in NBA history. The team set an NBA record with 54 consecutive regular-season home wins, which spanned from January 31, 2015 to March", "title": "Golden State Warriors" }, { "id": "3569438", "text": "Trail Blazers in 1977, and the Washington Bullets defeating the SuperSonics in 1978. The SuperSonics managed to exact revenge in the following season, however, as they won their first franchise title in 1979. Between 1980 and 1990, the Celtics, 76ers, Lakers, or the Detroit Pistons won every NBA Finals. From 1980 to 1990, the Lakers won five titles (1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, and 1988); the Celtics won three (1981, 1984, and 1986); the Pistons won twice (1989 and 1990); and the 76ers won once (1983). The 1979 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Game featured Magic Johnson's Michigan State University", "title": "NBA Finals" }, { "id": "3174061", "text": "of first-place votes, wins the award. Since its inception, the award has been given to 21 different players. Dikembe Mutombo and Ben Wallace have each won the award a record four times. Dwight Howard is the only player to have won the award in three consecutive seasons. Sidney Moncrief, Mark Eaton, Dennis Rodman, Hakeem Olajuwon, Alonzo Mourning, and Kawhi Leonard have each won it twice. The most recent award recipient is Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz. Although five of the first six winners were perimeter players, the award has traditionally been given to big men who rebound and block", "title": "NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award" }, { "id": "803684", "text": "in the first round of the playoffs, which led to the immediate firing of Lucas as head coach. Prior to the season the Spurs traded fan-favorite Elliott to the Detroit Pistons in return for rebounding star Dennis Rodman. Lucas was replaced by former Pacers coach Bob Hill for the 1994–95 season. Elliott returned to the team after an uneventful season with the Pistons, and the team finished with the NBA's best record at 62–20, cracking the 60-win mark for the first time in franchise history. Robinson was named the league's Most Valuable Player. The Spurs reached the Western Conference Finals,", "title": "San Antonio Spurs" }, { "id": "19747747", "text": "(29 teams in the U.S. and 1 in Canada) that play an 82-game season from October to June. After the regular season, eight teams from each conference compete in the playoffs for the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy. The NBA get high ratings on television. The composition of race and ethnicity in the National Basketball Association (NBA) has changed throughout the league's history. The NBA in 2015 was composed of 74.4 percent black players, 23.3 percent white players, 1.8 percent Latino players, and 0.2 percent Asian players. The league has the highest percentage of black players of any major professional sports", "title": "Basketball in the United States" }, { "id": "803659", "text": "San Antonio Spurs The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas. The Spurs compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Southwest Division. The team plays its home games at the AT&T Center in San Antonio. The Spurs are one of four former American Basketball Association (ABA) teams to remain intact in the NBA after the 1976 ABA–NBA merger and the only former ABA team to have won an NBA championship. The Spurs' five NBA championships are the fifth most in history behind only the Boston", "title": "San Antonio Spurs" }, { "id": "6790879", "text": "and rebounding of Bill Russell. Boston led the league in both of those team stats. Four other teams won half their games or better. The Los Angeles Lakers won the West Division with 49 wins in 80 games behind superstars Elgin Baylor and Jerry West. The Cincinnati Royals won 48 of 80 games with their own two superstars, Oscar Robertson and Jerry Lucas. The St. Louis Hawks had seven ten-point scorers also and won 45 of 80 games, but lost star Bob Pettit to knee injury. The Philadelphia 76ers won half of their 80 games while working Wilt Chamberlain into", "title": "1964–65 NBA season" }, { "id": "16541520", "text": "the 1992–93 Dallas Mavericks, and just like the Mavericks were for a long time viewed as likely to beat the 1972–73 76ers record of winning only nine games in a full season, and the 2015–16 76ers, who only won just ten games. After forty games, the Nuggets had a \"2–38\" record (winning percentage .050), a mark equalled only by the 1993–94 Mavericks and they later lost sixteen consecutive games, before finally avoiding a possibility of the worst-ever NBA record against the Golden State Warriors on 27 March. The unfortunate season meant head coach Bill Hanzlik was fired after a single", "title": "1997–98 Denver Nuggets season" }, { "id": "6802986", "text": "franchise in Los Angeles. The Minneapolis Lakers moved to Los Angeles in 1960. The Eastern division Celtics won a league high 58 of 80 NBA games, leading the league in both rebounds and assists as a team, followed by the Lakers in the West with 50. Three other NBA teams won 40 games or better. The Syracuse Nationals and St. Louis Hawks both won 48 games each. The Cincinnati Royals also had 42 wins. On the courts, the powerful Boston Celtics were building a dynasty. Bill Russell led Red Auerbach's club from the middle with his shot blocking and rebounding,", "title": "1962–63 NBA season" }, { "id": "11031663", "text": "the 1969–70 Knicks (23–1) for the best record with one defeat in NBA history. However, the Rockets would cool off as the season progressed, at one point losing four games in a row. Still, they finished first place in the Midwest Division with a 58–24 record, a franchise record for most wins that was never broken until the 2017-18 season made their 59th win. Hakeem Olajuwon won the league's Most Valuable Player award, ahead of David Robinson of the San Antonio Spurs and Scottie Pippen of the Chicago Bulls. Anchoring one of the league's best defenses, Olajuwon also won the", "title": "1993–94 Houston Rockets season" }, { "id": "3383199", "text": "in a season with six, in the 1947–48 season. However, the 2011-2012 Charlotte Bobcats hold the record for the lowest winning percentage in NBA history, with .106. Also during the 1947–48 season, the Steamrollers' coach Nat Hickey activated himself as a player for one game two days before his 46th birthday, setting a still-standing record as the oldest player in NBA history. Providence Steamrollers The Providence Steamrollers were a Basketball Association of America team based in Providence, Rhode Island. As of 2018, the Steamrollers remain the last professional sports franchise from one of the Big Four leagues to be based", "title": "Providence Steamrollers" }, { "id": "2292823", "text": "as of 2017 (35.5% of all World Series for a 23.9% success rate). In the past 30 years, 18 different teams have won the World Series. In comparison, only 14 different teams won the NFL Super Bowl, 13 won the NHL Stanley Cup and 10 won the NBA championship in that same time frame. Other pundits, such as Michael Lewis, the author of the bestseller \"Moneyball\", have argued that using World Series championships as an example of parity may be misleading, and playoff appearances may be a better indicator of relative team strength. The playoff system used in baseball comprises", "title": "Salary cap" }, { "id": "2488633", "text": "Kentucky Colonels The Kentucky Colonels were a member of the American Basketball Association for all of the league's nine years. The name is derived from the historic Kentucky colonels. The Colonels won the most games and had the highest winning percentage of any franchise in the league's history, but the team did not join the NBA in the 1976 ABA–NBA merger. The downtown Louisville Convention Center (now known as The Gardens) was the Colonels' original venue for the first three seasons before moving to Freedom Hall for the remaining seasons, beginning with the 1970–71 schedule. The Kentucky Colonels were only", "title": "Kentucky Colonels" }, { "id": "802729", "text": "Chicago Bulls The Chicago Bulls are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago, Illinois. The Bulls compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division. The team was founded on January 16, 1966. The team plays its home games at the United Center, an arena shared with the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Bulls saw their greatest success during the 1990s when they were responsible for popularizing the NBA worldwide. They are known for having one of the NBA's greatest dynasties, winning six NBA championships between 1991", "title": "Chicago Bulls" }, { "id": "7975035", "text": "American Football championships (eight NFL Championships and Super Bowl XX) trailing only the Green Bay Packers, who have thirteen. The Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association are one of the world's most recognized basketball teams, thanks to their enormous success during the Michael Jordan era, when they won six NBA titles in the 1990s. The Bulls play at the United Center on Chicago's Near West side. The Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League also play at the United Center. The Hawks are an Original Six franchise, founded in 1926, and have won six Stanley Cups, including 2010, 2013,", "title": "Culture of Chicago" }, { "id": "3978881", "text": "the first ever awardee, is the only person to win the award while being on the losing team in the NBA Finals. Willis Reed, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Larry Bird, Hakeem Olajuwon, Kobe Bryant, and Kevin Durant won the award twice. Olajuwon, Durant, Bryant, and James have won the award in two consecutive seasons. Abdul-Jabbar and James are the only players to win the award for two teams. Olajuwon of Nigeria, who became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1993, Tony Parker of France, and Dirk Nowitzki of Germany are the only international players to win the award. Duncan is an American citizen,", "title": "Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award" }, { "id": "5343182", "text": "Giannis Antetokounmpo and Victor Oladipo have won the award and been selected as an NBA All-Star in the same season; Dale Ellis, Kevin Duckworth, Kevin Johnson, Gilbert Arenas, Zach Randolph and Goran Dragic were the other winners who were later selected to play in the All-Star Game. Only McGrady, O'Neal, George, Dragić, Antetokounmpo and Oladipo won the award and were named to the All-NBA Team in the same season. The Indiana Pacers and Orlando Magic have both seen five players win the award, the most in the NBA. Tracy McGrady is the first recipient of the award to be named", "title": "NBA Most Improved Player Award" }, { "id": "20108726", "text": "any round does not necessarily belong to the higher-seeded team, but instead to the team with the better regular season record. If two teams with the same record meet in a round, standard tiebreaker rules are used. The rule for determining home court advantage in the NBA Finals is winning percentage, then head to head record, followed by record vs. opposite conference. On March 7, 2018, the Toronto Raptors became the first team to clinch a playoff spot. On March 30, 2018, the Houston Rockets clinched the Western Conference ending a three-year run by the Golden State Warriors as the", "title": "2018 NBA Playoffs" }, { "id": "2340231", "text": "Seattle SuperSonics' Ray Allen immediately returned the Celtics to the ranks of the NBA's elite franchises for the first time since the early 1990s. Together with Pierce, they formed a new \"Big Three\" and led the Celtics to the NBA's best record (66–16) during the 2007–08 season. It was the most dramatic single-season improvement in league history (42 wins more than the previous year), and it earned Ainge the NBA Executive of the Year Award. Boston faced the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2008 NBA Finals, renewing the long rivalry between the two teams. The Celtics won the series in", "title": "Danny Ainge" }, { "id": "7591260", "text": "championships and the Bullets and Cavs won one championship each. All of them, except the 1977–78 Bullets and the 2003–04 Pistons, were division champions. In the 2005–06 season, all five teams from the division qualified for the playoffs. The most recent division champion is the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Central Division has the most teams that have won an championship, with four out of five teams winning the championship, and the Pacers the only franchise never to have won. The Central Division existed for one season in the 1949–50 season as one of the three divisions in the NBA, along with", "title": "Central Division (NBA)" }, { "id": "9872784", "text": "D. J. Augustin (2008–09), Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (2012–13), and Cody Zeller (2013–14). George Zidek, drafted in 1995, was the first foreign-born player to be selected by the Hornets. Dell Curry is the franchise's all-time leading scorer with 9,839 points. Okafor leads all players in rebounds with 3,516 and Muggsy Bogues leads all players in assists with 5,557. Charlotte Hornets all-time roster The Charlotte Hornets are an American professional basketball team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. They play in the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Hornets were first established in 1988 as an expansion", "title": "Charlotte Hornets all-time roster" }, { "id": "16396689", "text": "the longest such streak in American major professional sports. The Trail Blazers are one of two teams in the major professional North American sports leagues located in the state of Oregon, with the other being the Portland Timbers. The Trail Blazers are also currently the only NBA team based in the binational Pacific Northwest, after the Vancouver Grizzlies relocated to Memphis and became the Memphis Grizzlies in 2001, and the Seattle SuperSonics relocated to Oklahoma City and became the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2008. The team has advanced to the NBA Finals three times, winning the NBA Championship once, in", "title": "Portland Trail Blazers all-time roster" }, { "id": "6925387", "text": "2011, Hollins won his 100th career victory, as coach of the Memphis Grizzlies, in an 89–86 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks. That season, he led his team to a 46–36 record, earning the eighth seed in the playoffs. The Grizzlies defeated the number-one seed San Antonio Spurs before losing to the Oklahoma City Thunder in seven games in the Western Conference semifinals. In the lockout-shortened NBA season, Hollins' Grizzlies finished the season with a 41–25 record and the best winning percentage in franchise history (.621). After guiding the Grizzlies to a 13–3 record during the month of April, Hollins was", "title": "Lionel Hollins" }, { "id": "803849", "text": "ever regular season, most wins in a season (regular season and postseason combined), as well as the best ever postseason run. The team's six NBA championships are tied for third-most in NBA history with the Chicago Bulls. According to \"Forbes\", the Warriors are the seventh highest valued sports franchise in the United States, and joint-tenth in the world, with an estimated value of approximately $3.1 billion. The Warriors were founded in 1946 as the Philadelphia Warriors, a charter member of the Basketball Association of America. They were owned by Peter A. Tyrrell, who also owned the Philadelphia Rockets of the", "title": "Golden State Warriors" }, { "id": "803661", "text": "Spurs in 1997. With their 50th win in the 2016–17 season, the Spurs extended their record for most consecutive 50-win seasons to 18 (the Spurs did not win 50 games in the strike-shortened 1998–99 season, which lasted only 50 games). Since the 1997–98 season, the Spurs have had 21 consecutive seasons with a winning percentage of .622 or greater during the regular season, which is also an NBA record. The team's success during this period coincides with the tenure of current head coach Gregg Popovich, who had been the team's general manager before replacing Bob Hill as coach in 1996.", "title": "San Antonio Spurs" }, { "id": "803936", "text": "squad of talented veterans, the organization suffered systematic injuries to many of its star players. The phenomenon was dubbed the \"Clipper Triangle\" by some sports writers. Derek Smith suffered a knee injury during the 1985–86 season, followed by Norm Nixon (knee) and Marques Johnson (spinal cord) the following season. The team's 12–70 finish in the 1987 season was the second-worst single-season record in NBA history at the time (and is now the third-worst winning percentage in NBA history, behind the 1973 Philadelphia 76ers and the 2012 Charlotte Bobcats). That same season also saw Hall of Famer Elgin Baylor join the", "title": "Los Angeles Clippers" }, { "id": "7975226", "text": "that maintained a high winning percentage of at least 80%: Nancy Evans (120-8 = 93%); Susie Parra (101-9 = 92%); Carrie Dolan (103-13 = 89%); Jennie Finch (119-16 = 88%); Paige Parker (123-18 = 87%); Alicia Hollowell (144-23 = 86%); Keira Goerl (130-21 = 86%); Jordan Taylor (107-18 = 85%); Amanda Scott (106-18 = 85%); Sara Griffin (106-19 = 85%); Monica Abbott (189-34 = 84%); Haylie Wagner (100-18 = 84%); Cat Osterman (136-25 = 84%); Becky Lemke (103-19 = 84%); Cheridan Hawkins (108-20 = 84%); Kyla Hall (104-20 = 84%); Sara Groenewegen (107-21 = 85%); Jaclyn Traina (106-21 = 83%);", "title": "NCAA Division I softball career wins list" }, { "id": "803388", "text": "for fewest wins in an 82-game season (11). They tied the then-NBA's all-time worst \"single-season\" losing streak at 23—only one game shy of the overall worst mark of 24 by the Cleveland Cavaliers of the early 1980s. The losing streak was later broken by the Cavaliers in 2011 and the Philadelphia 76ers in 2014 with 26 consecutive losses. Several years later, the Nuggets tied for the worst record in the NBA in 2002–03, also with the Cavaliers. The team's struggles in the late 1990s were due in part to ownership instability. COMSAT bought the NHL's Quebec Nordiques in 1995 and", "title": "Denver Nuggets" }, { "id": "5571985", "text": "those Americans citing their favorite sport, basketball is ranked second (counting amateur levels) behind American football. However, in regards to money the NBA is ranked third in popularity. More Americans play basketball than any other team sport, according to the National Sporting Goods Association, with over 26 million Americans playing basketball. Basketball was invented in 1891 by Canadian physical education teacher James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts. The National Basketball Association (NBA) is the world's premier men's professional basketball league and one of the major professional sports leagues of North America. It contains 30 teams (29 teams in the U.S. and", "title": "Sports in the United States" }, { "id": "5691672", "text": "of twenty consecutive regular season wins despite losing the 2012 championship. However, the Outlaws lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Charlotte Hounds, who had only gone 7–7 in the regular season. In North America's three other major professional sports leagues (Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association, and the National Hockey League) it is almost impossible for a team to play a “perfect” season, primarily because there are substantially more games in the regular season (82 in the NBA and NHL, and 162 in Major League Baseball). The Women's National Basketball Association‘s season has been between", "title": "Perfect season" }, { "id": "802363", "text": "head coach, and Brian Hill was promoted to become the Magic's second head coach. In the draft, the Magic selected Chris Webber, but traded him to the Golden State Warriors for the number three pick, guard Anfernee \"Penny\" Hardaway and three future first-round draft picks. With the combination of O'Neal and Hardaway, the Magic became a dominant team in the NBA, compiling the first 50 win season in franchise history with a 50–32 record. The Magic were in the playoffs for the first time, ranked the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference; however, the Pacers swept the Magic 3–0 in", "title": "Orlando Magic" }, { "id": "14622987", "text": "the Phoenix Suns basketball team (2007 to 2010), and had most recently been working as an NBA broadcast analyst for Turner Network Television (TNT). The Warriors completed the 2014–15 season with a record of 67–15, the best in the league and the most wins in franchise history. The Warriors also finished with a home record of 39–2, the second best in NBA history. They were first in defensive efficiency for the season and second in offensive efficiency, barely missing the mark that the Julius Erving led Sixers achieved by being first in both offensive and defensive efficiency. On May 4,", "title": "History of the Golden State Warriors" }, { "id": "3909920", "text": "two tiebreaker games, which are officially counted as part of the regular season, but do not include the six games played at neutral sites (though all of the neutral-site games had a designated home team). In the 2017–18 NBA regular season, the home team won 712 games (58%), and the away team won 518 games (42%). In the 2016–17 Premier League, the home team won 187 matches (49%), the away team won 109 matches (29%), and teams drew in 84 matches (22%). Notes Sources Further reading Home advantage In team sports, the term home advantage – also called home ground,", "title": "Home advantage" }, { "id": "5571988", "text": "Erving (won MVP awards in both the ABA and NBA), Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (6 time MVP), Magic Johnson (3 time MVP), Larry Bird (3 time MVP), Michael Jordan (6 time finals MVP), John Stockton (#1 in career assists and steals), Karl Malone (14 time all NBA team), Kobe Bryant (NBA's third all-time leading scorer), Tim Duncan (15-time NBA all-star), Shaquille O'Neal (3 time finals MVP) and Jason Kidd (#2 in career assists and steals). Notable players in the NBA today include LeBron James (4 MVP awards), Stephen Curry (2 time MVP), Dwyane Wade (10 time all-star), and Kevin Durant (MVP, 4", "title": "Sports in the United States" }, { "id": "2586821", "text": "Hustle (by the Memphis Grizzlies), Northern Arizona Suns (by the Phoenix Suns), Oklahoma City Blue (by the Oklahoma City Thunder), Raptors 905 (by the Toronto Raptors), Salt Lake City Stars (by the Utah Jazz), Santa Cruz Warriors (by the Golden State Warriors), Sioux Falls Skyforce (with the Miami Heat), South Bay Lakers (by the Los Angeles Lakers), Stockton Kings (by the Sacramento Kings), Westchester Knicks (by the New York Knicks), the Windy City Bulls (by the Chicago Bulls), and the Wisconsin Herd (by the Milwaukee Bucks). Single affiliation/hybrid model: Grand Rapids Drive (with the Detroit Pistons), Maine Red Claws (with", "title": "NBA G League" }, { "id": "12223154", "text": "becoming the NBA's all-time winningest coach, surpassing Red Auerbach on January 6 with 939 wins in a 112–90 win over the Washington Bullets. The Hawks won seven of their final ten games finishing fifth in the Central Division with a mediocre 42–40 record. Mookie Blaylock led the team in scoring, assists, steals and three-point field goals. However, in the first round of the playoffs, the Hawks would be eliminated by the Indiana Pacers for the second consecutive season, as they were swept in three straight games. Following the season, Corbin was traded to the Sacramento Kings, and Jon Koncak signed", "title": "1994–95 Atlanta Hawks season" }, { "id": "11332928", "text": "The 76ers finished an NBA-record 59 games behind the Atlantic Division champion Boston Celtics. The nine wins by the 1972–73 squad is the fourth fewest in NBA history—to the six games won by the Providence Steamrollers in the 48-game 1947–48 season, the seven games won by the Charlotte Bobcats in the lockout-shortened 66-game 2011–12 season, and the eight games won by the Vancouver Grizzlies in the lockout-shortened 50-game 1998–99 season. The 73 losses, although threatened many times (including by the 2015–16 Sixers, who themselves lost 72 that season), remains the all-time low-water mark for any NBA franchise. The 76ers .110", "title": "1972–73 Philadelphia 76ers season" }, { "id": "295991", "text": "As a result of this lockout the 1998–99 NBA season was reduced from 82 to 50 games (61% of a normal season), and the All-Star Game was cancelled. The San Antonio Spurs won their first championship, and first by a former ABA team, by beating the New York Knicks, who were the first, and are the only, eighth seed to ever make it to the NBA Finals. Since the breakup of the Chicago Bulls championship roster in the summer of 1998, the Western Conference has dominated. The Los Angeles Lakers of coach Phil Jackson and the San Antonio Spurs of", "title": "National Basketball Association" }, { "id": "2488642", "text": "before being fired. The Colonels won 448 games in the ABA, more than any other team or franchise. The Colonels' overall regular season record was 448–296; their .602 winning percentage is better than that of any ABA franchise except for the Minnesota Muskies who only played one season. (If the Utah Stars' statistics are counted on their own, excluding their seasons as the Anaheim Amigos and the Los Angeles Stars, that team's winning percentage, .608, is slightly better than the Colonels'.) The Colonels' playoff record was 55–46 (.545). Only the Indiana Pacers won more ABA playoff games (69). On March", "title": "Kentucky Colonels" }, { "id": "19874823", "text": "arenas have hosted well-attended NBA exhibition games. In the early 2000s, the city tried unsuccessfully to draw the Houston Rockets (remained in Houston), the Vancouver Grizzlies (moved to Memphis), and the Charlotte Hornets (moved to New Orleans). Louisville has one prior major league basketball team in the Kentucky Colonels, which were a successful franchise during their nine seasons in the American Basketball Association, winning the ABA Finals in 1975 along with winning the most games and highest winning percentage of any franchise in the league's history. Pittsburgh has a new arena, the PPG Paints Arena (which opened in 2010) that", "title": "Expansion of the National Basketball Association" }, { "id": "4226537", "text": "Robert Horry Robert Keith Horry (; born August 25, 1970) is an American retired basketball player and current sports commentator. He played 16 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), winning seven championships, the most of any player not to have played on the 1960s Boston Celtics. He is one of only two players (the other is John Salley) to have won NBA championships with three teams: two with the Houston Rockets, three with the Los Angeles Lakers and two with the San Antonio Spurs. He earned the nickname Big Shot Bob or Rob because of his clutch shooting in", "title": "Robert Horry" }, { "id": "16463882", "text": "2013 NBA Finals The 2013 NBA Finals was the championship series of the 2012–13 NBA season and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The Eastern Conference champion Miami Heat defeated the Western Conference champion San Antonio Spurs to win their second straight title. The Finals began with Game 1 on June 6, and ended with Game 7 on June 20. Miami became the sixth team to win consecutive NBA championships, joining the Boston Celtics (1959–1966, 1968–1969), the Los Angeles Lakers (1949–1950, 1952–1954, 1987–1988, 2000–2002, 2009–2010), the Detroit Pistons (1989–1990), the Chicago Bulls (1991–1993, 1996–1998), and the Houston Rockets (1994–1995). This", "title": "2013 NBA Finals" }, { "id": "3569429", "text": "wins from ten franchises; the Western Conference has 32, from nine franchises. The Boston Celtics went 11–1 in the NBA Finals during 13 seasons (1956–57 to 1968–69). They won eight straight NBA championships from 1959 through 1966. This period marks the largest stretch of seasons that a single team made up over 65% of Finals appearances, and also includes the only ever time the NBA Finals was decided in double overtime. With the establishment of the Celtics dynasty in 1957 spearheaded by center Bill Russell, the team saw great success, only ever encountering difficulty when up against teams led by", "title": "NBA Finals" }, { "id": "803508", "text": "head coach midway through the 1991–92 season, ushering in the most successful period in franchise history. The Olajuwon-led Rockets went to the 1994 NBA Finals and won the franchise's first championship against Patrick Ewing and the New York Knicks. The following season, reinforced by another All-Star, Clyde Drexler, the Rockets repeated as champions with a four-game sweep of the Orlando Magic, who were led by a young Shaquille O'Neal and Penny Hardaway. Houston, which was seeded sixth in the Western Conference during the 1995 playoffs, became the lowest-seeded team in NBA history to win the title. The Rockets acquired all-star", "title": "Houston Rockets" }, { "id": "3569435", "text": "famous ever. However, the Knicks won in overtime and continued their momentum for a 4–3 win, becoming the first team after the Celtics dynasty to win an NBA championship. The Milwaukee Bucks also won their first franchise title, defeating the Baltimore Bullets in 1971. Two seasons after losing in the Finals, the Lakers got a measure of revenge by winning 33 straight games, the longest such streak in NBA history. By season's end, they broke the record for most wins in a season with 69, one more than the 1966–67 Philadelphia 76ers, before taking home the championship for the first", "title": "NBA Finals" }, { "id": "14622991", "text": "season in all of the major professional sports in America. Golden State also won 28 consecutive regular-season games dating back to the 2014–15 season, eclipsing the 2012–13 Miami Heat for the second longest winning streak in NBA history. The team set an NBA record 54-straight regular season home game winning streak, which spanned from January 31, 2015 to March 29, 2016. The previous record of 44 was held by the 1995–96 Chicago Bulls team led by Michael Jordan. Stephen Curry, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson were all named to the All-Star Game, the first time the Warriors have had three", "title": "History of the Golden State Warriors" }, { "id": "11640807", "text": "in ). This record was set in Game 6 of the Finals. It was also the most a team needed to win a championship, surpassing the 1988 Los Angeles Lakers, who needed 24 in order to win the championship that year. The Celtics followed up the championship season with more dominance, winning the Atlantic Division with a record of 62–20. Unfortunately, it was announced just before the playoffs that Garnett would miss the entire post-season. In the first round of the 2009 NBA Playoffs, the team faced the seventh seed Chicago Bulls. Although the Celtics were favored, the Bulls surprised", "title": "History of the Boston Celtics" }, { "id": "13115311", "text": "mark of 60 set in 1976, and achieving a free-throw percentage of .958, breaking Barry's record set with the Rockets in 1979. In the playoffs, Houston began a run that began when they upset Los Angeles two games to one, and then defeated George Gervin's Spurs four games to three in the Western Conference semifinals. This resulted in a conference finals matchup with the Kansas City Kings, who were led by Otis Birdsong, Scott Wedman, and Phil Ford. When the Kings fell to the Rockets in five games, the Rockets became the only team in NBA history to advanced to", "title": "History of the Houston Rockets" }, { "id": "18864034", "text": "began the 2015–16 season by winning their first 24 games, eclipsing the previous best start in NBA history, set by the 1993–94 Houston Rockets and the 1948–49 Washington Capitols at . Their record-setting start ended when they were defeated by the Milwaukee Bucks on December 12, 2015. The Warriors broke a 131-year-old record of set by the 1884 St. Louis Maroons baseball team, to claim the best start to a season in all of the major professional sports in America. They also won 28 consecutive regular-season games dating back to the 2014–15 season, eclipsing the 2012–13 Miami Heat for the", "title": "2015–16 Golden State Warriors season" }, { "id": "803907", "text": "29, 2016; the previous record of 44 was held by the 1995–96 Chicago Bulls team led by Michael Jordan. On April 13, 2016, Golden State set the NBA record for most wins in a single season. The team finished the season with a record of 73–9. On May 10, 2016, Stephen Curry was named the NBA's Most Valuable Player (MVP) for the second straight season. Curry is the 11th player to win back-to-back MVP honors and became the first player in NBA history to win the MVP award by unanimous vote, winning all 131 first-place votes. Stephen Curry, Draymond Green", "title": "Golden State Warriors" }, { "id": "539477", "text": "as significant as they played on Christmas in 2017. \"List of the last five seasons completed by the Celtics. For the full season-by-season history, see List of Boston Celtics seasons.\" \"Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, % = Winning Percentage\"; The Celtics have an NBA record 17 Championships including 8 in a row, and 11 championships in 13 years. They also have 52 playoff appearances. The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame have 40 enshrined players who played for the Celtics, and the franchise has retired 22 jersey numbers, more than any other American sports", "title": "Boston Celtics" }, { "id": "8288425", "text": "eight players; Indiana Pacers, seven players; San Antonio Spurs (having also competed as the Texas and Dallas Chaparrals), six players; Denver Nuggets (having also competed as the Denver Rockets), five players; and Spirits of St. Louis (having also competed as the Carolina Cougars and Houston Mavericks), five players. Five players elected to the first team—Rick Barry, Billy Cunningham, Julius Erving, George Gervin, and Moses Malone—were named one year earlier to the NBA's 50 Greatest Players list. Ninety-eight players received at least one vote. In addition to those who were selected, twelve players earned votes from at least twenty-five percent (12.5)", "title": "ABA All-Time Team" }, { "id": "539438", "text": "team had ever played in a postseason, with 26, surpassing the 1994 New York Knicks, whom Coach Doc Rivers played for, and the 2005 Detroit Pistons, each of whom played 25, but lost their respective finals in seven games (Knicks in , Pistons in ). The 2008–09 Celtics started off the season at 27–2, the then-best starting record in NBA history. They also had a pair of 10+ game winning streaks including a franchise record 19-game streak. After the All Star Break, Kevin Garnett was injured in a loss against the Utah Jazz, missing the last 25 games of the", "title": "Boston Celtics" }, { "id": "7655407", "text": "has won an NBA title, and the last of only two occasions alongside the 1976–77 Portland Trail Blazers when a team from the present-day Northwest Division has won the league title, which is by 26 years the longest league championship drought for any division of the four major North American sports leagues. Since then, the following Western teams have gone on to win an NBA title: the Los Angeles Lakers (ten times), the San Antonio Spurs (five times), the Golden State Warriors (three times), the Houston Rockets (twice), and the Dallas Mavericks (once). The remaining eighteen titles since 1980 have", "title": "1979 NBA Finals" }, { "id": "19345036", "text": "the NBA with the ABA–NBA merger in 1976. It has 30 teams, 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada. The NBA is watched by audiences both domestically and internationally. The National Football League was founded in 1920 as a combination of various teams from regional leagues such as the Ohio League, the New York Pro Football League, and the Chicago circuit. The NFL partially absorbed the All-America Football Conference in 1949 and merged with the American Football League in 1970. It has 32 teams, all located in the United States. NFL games are the most attended of domestic", "title": "Professional sports leagues in the United States" } ]

[ "genetic drift" ]

[ { "id": "1564044", "text": "Population bottleneck A population bottleneck or genetic bottleneck is a sharp reduction in the size of a population due to environmental events (such as famines, earthquakes, floods, fires, disease, or droughts) or human activities (such as genocide). Such events can reduce the variation in the gene pool of a population; thereafter, a smaller population, with a smaller genetic diversity, remains to pass on genes to future generations of offspring through sexual reproduction. Genetic diversity remains lower, increasing only when gene flow with another population occurs or very slowly increasing with time as random mutations occur. As a consequence of such", "title": "Population bottleneck" }, { "id": "951641", "text": "Small population size Small populations can behave differently from larger populations. They are often the result of a population bottlenecks from larger populations, leading to loss of heterozygosity and reduced genetic diversity and loss or fixation of alleles and shifts in allele frequencies. A small population is then more susceptible to demographic and genetic stochastic events, which can impact the long-term survival of the population. Therefore, small populations are often considered at risk of endangerment or extinction, and are often of conservation concern. The influence of stochastic variation in demographic (reproductive and mortality) rates is much higher for small populations", "title": "Small population size" }, { "id": "792092", "text": "A population bottleneck is when a population contracts to a significantly smaller size over a short period of time due to some random environmental event. In a true population bottleneck, the odds for survival of any member of the population are purely random, and are not improved by any particular inherent genetic advantage. The bottleneck can result in radical changes in allele frequencies, completely independent of selection. The impact of a population bottleneck can be sustained, even when the bottleneck is caused by a one-time event such as a natural catastrophe. An interesting example of a bottleneck causing unusual genetic", "title": "Genetic drift" }, { "id": "951642", "text": "than large ones. Stochastic variation in demographic rates causes small populations to fluctuate randomly in size. This variation could be a result of unequal sex ratios, high variance in family size, inbreeding or fluctuating population size. The smaller the population the greater the probability that fluctuations will lead to extinction. One demographic consequence of a small population size is the probability that all offspring in a generation are of the same sex, and where males and females are equally likely to be produced (see sex ratio), is easy to calculate: it is given by formula_1 (The chance of all animals", "title": "Small population size" }, { "id": "1716153", "text": "to move or spread (vagility), and tendency to remain or come back to natal place (philopatry), natural populations rarely all interbreed as may be assumed in theoretical random models (panmixy). There is usually a geographic range within which individuals are more closely related to one another than those randomly selected from the general population. This is described as the extent to which a population is genetically structured. Genetic structuring can be caused by migration due to historical climate change, species range expansion or current availability of habitat. Gene flow is hindered by mountain ranges, oceans and deserts or even man-made", "title": "Population genetics" }, { "id": "4640265", "text": "Population size In population genetics and population ecology, population size (usually denoted \"N\") is the number of individual organisms in a population. Population size is directly associated with amount of genetic drift, and is the underlying cause of effects like population bottlenecks and the founder effect. Genetic drift is the major source of decrease of genetic diversity within populations which drives fixation and can potentially lead to speciation events. Of the five conditions required to maintain Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium, infinite population size will always be violated; this means that some degree of genetic drift is always occurring. Smaller population size leads", "title": "Population size" }, { "id": "951651", "text": "risk of extinction focus on increasing population size as well as genetic diversity, which determines the fitness of a population and its long-term persistence. Some methods include captive breeding and genetic rescue. Stabilizing the variance in family size is an effective way can double the effective population size and is often used in conservation strategies. Small population size Small populations can behave differently from larger populations. They are often the result of a population bottlenecks from larger populations, leading to loss of heterozygosity and reduced genetic diversity and loss or fixation of alleles and shifts in allele frequencies. A small", "title": "Small population size" }, { "id": "792100", "text": "at best. The concept of genetic drift was introduced by a founder of population genetics, Sewall Wright. His first use of the term \"drift\" was in 1929, though at the time he was using it in the sense of a directed process of change, or natural selection. Random drift by means of sampling error came to be known as the \"Sewall–Wright effect,\" though he was never entirely comfortable to see his name given to it. Wright referred to all changes in allele frequency as either \"steady drift\" (e.g., selection) or \"random drift\" (e.g., sampling error). \"Drift\" came to be adopted", "title": "Genetic drift" }, { "id": "2421906", "text": "human-caused population effects. A genetic bottleneck can occur when a population goes through a period of low number of individuals, resulting in a rapid decrease in genetic diversity. Even with an increase in population size, the genetic diversity often continues to be low if the entire species began with a small population, since beneficial mutations (see below) are rare, and the gene pool is limited by the small starting population. This is an important consideration in the area of conservation genetics, when working toward a rescued population or species that is genetically-healthy. Random mutations consistently generate genetic variation. A mutation", "title": "Genetic diversity" }, { "id": "12094281", "text": "Population stratification Population stratification (or population structure) is the presence of a systematic difference in allele frequencies between subpopulations in a population, possibly due to different ancestry, especially in the context of association studies. The basic cause of population stratification is non-random mating between groups, often due to their physical separation (e.g., for populations of African and European descent) followed by genetic drift of allele frequencies in each group. In some contemporary populations there has been recent admixture between individuals from different populations, leading to populations in which ancestry is variable (as in African Americans). In some parts of the", "title": "Population stratification" }, { "id": "951646", "text": "genetic diversity, which will be discussed in the next section as a harmful factor in small populations. Conservationists are often worried about a loss of genetic variation in small populations. There are two types of genetic variation that are important when dealing with small populations: Genetic drift and the likelihood of inbreeding tend to have greater impacts on small populations, which can lead to speciation. Both drift and inbreeding cause a reduction in genetic diversity, which is associated with a reduced population growth rate, reduced adaptive potential to environmental changes, and increased risk of extinction. The effective population size (Ne),", "title": "Small population size" }, { "id": "1716149", "text": "recombination. This leads to copy-number variation within a population. Duplications are a major source of raw material for evolving new genes. Other types of mutation occasionally create new genes from previously noncoding DNA. \"Genetic drift\" is a change in allele frequencies caused by random sampling. That is, the alleles in the offspring are a random sample of those in the parents. Genetic drift may cause gene variants to disappear completely, and thereby reduce genetic variability. In contrast to natural selection, which makes gene variants more common or less common depending on their reproductive success, the changes due to genetic drift", "title": "Population genetics" }, { "id": "792066", "text": "Genetic drift Genetic drift (also known as allelic drift or the Sewall Wright effect) is the change in the frequency of an existing gene variant (allele) in a population due to random sampling of organisms. The alleles in the offspring are a sample of those in the parents, and chance has a role in determining whether a given individual survives and reproduces. A population's allele frequency is the fraction of the copies of one gene that share a particular form. Genetic drift may cause gene variants to disappear completely and thereby reduce genetic variation. It can also cause initially rare", "title": "Genetic drift" }, { "id": "397473", "text": "and color differences. During allopatric (from the ancient Greek \"allos\", \"other\" + \"patrā\", \"fatherland\") speciation, a population splits into two geographically isolated populations (for example, by habitat fragmentation due to geographical change such as mountain formation). The isolated populations then undergo genotypic or phenotypic divergence as: (a) they become subjected to dissimilar selective pressures; (b) they independently undergo genetic drift; (c) different mutations arise in the two populations. When the populations come back into contact, they have evolved such that they are reproductively isolated and are no longer capable of exchanging genes. Island genetics is the term associated with the", "title": "Speciation" }, { "id": "2421905", "text": "Small populations are more likely to experience the loss of diversity over time by random chance, which is called genetic drift. When an allele (variant of a gene) drifts to fixation, the other allele at the same locus is lost, resulting in a loss in genetic diversity. In small population sizes, inbreeding, or mating between individuals with similar genetic makeup, is more likely to occur, thus perpetuating more common alleles to the point of fixation, thus decreasing genetic diversity. Concerns about genetic diversity are therefore especially important with large mammals due to their small population size and high levels of", "title": "Genetic diversity" }, { "id": "2291249", "text": "and thus the function of the enzyme. Geographic variation means genetic differences in populations from different locations. This is caused by natural selection or genetic drift. Genetic variation within a population is commonly measured as the percentage of gene loci that are polymorphic or the percentage of gene loci in individuals that are heterozygous. Random mutations are the ultimate source of genetic variation. Mutations are likely to be rare and most mutations are neutral or deleterious, but in some instances, the new alleles can be favored by natural selection. Polyploidy is an example of chromosomal mutation. Polyploidy is a condition", "title": "Genetic variation" }, { "id": "15291908", "text": "size reproduced, indirectly decreasing the population. When a population is small, the influence of genetic drift increases, which leads to less and/or random fixation of alleles. In turn, this leads to increased homozygosity, negatively affecting individual fitness. The performance of plants may be compromised by less effective selection which causes an accumulation of deleterious mutations in small populations. Since individuals in small populations are more likely to be related, they are more likely to inbreed. A reduction in fitness may occur in small plant populations because of mutation accumulation, reduced genetic diversity, and increased inbreeding. Over time, the evolutionary potential", "title": "Population fragmentation" }, { "id": "4640266", "text": "to increased genetic drift, which is has been hypothesized to give these groups an evolutionary advantage for acquisition of genome complexity. An alternate hypothesis posits that while genetic drift plays a larger role in small populations developing complexity, selection is the mechanism by which large populations develop complexity. Population bottlenecks occur when population size reduces for a short period of time, decreasing the genetic diversity in the population. The founder effect occurs when few individuals from a larger population establish a new population and also decreases the genetic diversity, and was originally outlined by Ernst Mayr. The founder effect is", "title": "Population size" }, { "id": "7690801", "text": "divergence, and subsequently reproductive isolation, are the outcomes of multiple small mutations over evolutionary time. Genetic divergence Genetic divergence is the process in which two or more populations of an ancestral species accumulate independent genetic changes (mutations) through time, often after the populations have become reproductively isolated for some period of time. In some cases, subpopulations living in ecologically distinct peripheral environments can exhibit genetic divergence from the remainder of a population, especially where the range of a population is very large (see parapatric speciation). The genetic differences among divergent populations can involve silent mutations (that have no effect on", "title": "Genetic divergence" }, { "id": "9523869", "text": "Hill–Robertson effect In population genetics, the Hill–Robertson effect, or Hill–Robertson interference, is a phenomenon first identified by Bill Hill and Alan Robertson in 1966. It provides an explanation as to why there may be an evolutionary advantage to genetic recombination. In a population of finite size which is subject to natural selection, random linkage disequilibria will occur. These can be caused by genetic drift or by mutation, and they will tend to slow down the process of evolution by natural selection. This is most easily seen by considering the case of disequilibria caused by mutation: Consider a population of individuals", "title": "Hill–Robertson effect" }, { "id": "280143", "text": "Natural selection Natural selection is the differential survival and reproduction of individuals due to differences in phenotype. It is a key mechanism of evolution, the change in the heritable traits characteristic of a population over generations. Charles Darwin popularised the term \"natural selection\", contrasting it with artificial selection, which is intentional, whereas natural selection is not. Variation exists within all populations of organisms. This occurs partly because random mutations arise in the genome of an individual organism, and offspring can inherit such mutations. Throughout the lives of the individuals, their genomes interact with their environments to cause variations in traits.", "title": "Natural selection" }, { "id": "7690799", "text": "Genetic divergence Genetic divergence is the process in which two or more populations of an ancestral species accumulate independent genetic changes (mutations) through time, often after the populations have become reproductively isolated for some period of time. In some cases, subpopulations living in ecologically distinct peripheral environments can exhibit genetic divergence from the remainder of a population, especially where the range of a population is very large (see parapatric speciation). The genetic differences among divergent populations can involve silent mutations (that have no effect on the phenotype) or give rise to significant morphological and/or physiological changes. Genetic divergence will always", "title": "Genetic divergence" }, { "id": "951644", "text": "precisely three individuals in the effective population), one will become extinct within one generation just because they are all the same sex. If the population remains at this size for several generations, such an event becomes almost inevitable. The environment can directly affect the survival of a small population. Some detrimental effects include stochastic variation in the environment, (year to year variation in rainfall, temperature) which can produce temporally correlated birth and death rates (i.e. 'good' years when birth rates are high and death rates are low and 'bad' years when birth rates are low and death rates are high)", "title": "Small population size" }, { "id": "4640273", "text": "genetic material which results in further population decline and likelihood of extinction. This ‘speed limit’ is common within small, adapted asexual populations and is independent of mutation rate. The effective population size (\"N\") is defined as \"the number of breeding individuals in an idealized population that would show the same amount of dispersion of allele frequencies under random genetic drift or the same amount of inbreeding as the population under consideration.\" \"N\" is usually less than \"N\" (the absolute population size) and this has important applications in conservation genetics. Overpopulation may indicate any case in which the population of any", "title": "Population size" }, { "id": "1716154", "text": "structures such as the Great Wall of China, which has hindered the flow of plant genes. Gene flow is the exchange of genes between populations or species, breaking down the structure. Examples of gene flow within a species include the migration and then breeding of organisms, or the exchange of pollen. Gene transfer between species includes the formation of hybrid organisms and horizontal gene transfer. Population genetic models can be used to identify which populations show significant genetic isolation from one another, and to reconstruct their history. Subjecting a population to isolation leads to inbreeding depression. Migration into a population", "title": "Population genetics" }, { "id": "1564046", "text": "smaller population size after a bottleneck event, the chances of inbreeding and genetic homogeneity increase, leading to the potential for inbreeding depression to occur. Smaller population size can also cause deleterious mutations to accumulate A slightly different form of a bottleneck can occur if a small group becomes reproductively (e.g. geographically) separated from the main population, such as through a founder event where for example a few members of a species successfully colonize a new isolated island, or from small captive breeding programs such as animals at a zoo. Alternatively, invasive species can undergo population bottlenecks through founder events when", "title": "Population bottleneck" }, { "id": "951647", "text": "or the reproducing part of a population is often lower than the actual population size in small populations. The Ne of a population is closest in size to the generation that had the smallest Ne. This is because alleles lost in generations of low populations are not regained when the population size increases. For example, the Northern Elephant Seal was reduced to 20-30 individuals, but now there are 100,000 due to conservation efforts. However the effective population size is only 60. Examples of genetic consequences that have happened in inbred populations are bone abnormalities, low infant survivability, and decrease in", "title": "Small population size" }, { "id": "5833222", "text": "is known as genetic drift. A \"finite\" population of randomly reproducing organisms would experience changes from generation to generation in the frequencies of the different genotypes. This may lead to the fixation of one of the genotypes, and even the emergence of a new species. In sufficiently small populations, drift can also neutralize the effect of deterministic natural selection on the population. Time series variables in economics and finance — for example, stock prices, gross domestic product, etc. — generally evolve stochastically and frequently are non-stationary. They are typically modelled as either trend stationary or difference stationary. A trend stationary", "title": "Stochastic drift" }, { "id": "4640274", "text": "species of animal may exceed the carrying capacity of its ecological niche. Population size In population genetics and population ecology, population size (usually denoted \"N\") is the number of individual organisms in a population. Population size is directly associated with amount of genetic drift, and is the underlying cause of effects like population bottlenecks and the founder effect. Genetic drift is the major source of decrease of genetic diversity within populations which drives fixation and can potentially lead to speciation events. Of the five conditions required to maintain Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium, infinite population size will always be violated; this means that", "title": "Population size" }, { "id": "951649", "text": "are caused by inbreeding depression or genetic load. Island populations often also have small populations due to geographic isolation, limited habitat and high levels of endemism. Because their environments are so isolated gene flow is poor within island populations. Without the introduction of genetic diversity from gene flow, alleles are quickly fixed or lost. This reduces island populations' ability to adapt to any new circumstances and can result in higher levels of extinction. The majority of mammal, bird, and reptile extinctions since the 1600s have been from island populations. Moreover, 20% of bird species live on islands, but 90% of", "title": "Small population size" }, { "id": "4243014", "text": "when inbreeding is associated with fitness reduction it is called inbreeding depression. Inbreeding becomes of increasing concern as the level of homozygosity increases, facilitating the expression of deleterious alleles that reduce the fitness. Habitat fragmentation can lead to inbreeding depression for many species due to reduced gene flow. Inbreeding depression is associated with conservation risks, like local extinction. Small populations are more susceptible to genetic drift. Genetic drift is random changes to the genetic make up of populations and always leads to reductions in genetic diversity. The smaller the population is, the more likely genetic drift will be a driving", "title": "Habitat fragmentation" }, { "id": "5205864", "text": "reflecting the larger totality, and the error refers only to the discrepancy that may result from judging the whole on the basis of a much smaller number. This is only an \"error\" in the sense that it would automatically be corrected if the totality were itself assessed. The term has no real meaning outside of statistics. According to a differing view, a potential example of a sampling error in evolution is genetic drift; a change is a population’s allele frequencies due to chance. For example, the bottleneck effect; when natural disasters dramatically reduce the size of a population resulting in", "title": "Sampling error" }, { "id": "10174307", "text": "Population change Human population change is the difference between the size of the population from the beginning to the end of a certain time period. In other words, population change refers to change in the number of people during a specific time period. As a whole,the world population has not been stable; it has increased manifold. Due to this constant changing population, the subject of demographics, the statistics of how many people there are in a given population, was created. Demography can also be defined as the study of populations, and the factors that cause the most amount of population", "title": "Population change" }, { "id": "261420", "text": "of modern genetics. The union of traditional Darwinian evolution with subsequent discoveries in classical and molecular genetics is termed the \"modern evolutionary synthesis\". Natural selection remains the primary explanation for adaptive evolution. \"Genetic drift\" is the change in the relative frequency in which a gene variant (allele) occurs in a population due to random sampling. That is, the alleles in the offspring in the population are a random sample of those in the parents. And chance has a role in determining whether a given individual survives and reproduces. A population's allele frequency is the fraction or percentage of its gene", "title": "Microevolution" }, { "id": "792099", "text": "founder effect (and by extension, genetic drift) a significant driving force in the evolution of new species. Sewall Wright was the first to attach this significance to random drift and small, newly isolated populations with his shifting balance theory of speciation. Following after Wright, Ernst Mayr created many persuasive models to show that the decline in genetic variation and small population size following the founder effect were critically important for new species to develop. However, there is much less support for this view today since the hypothesis has been tested repeatedly through experimental research and the results have been equivocal", "title": "Genetic drift" }, { "id": "4267581", "text": "Disruptive selection Disruptive selection, also called diversifying selection, describes changes in population genetics in which extreme values for a trait are favored over intermediate values. In this case, the variance of the trait increases and the population is divided into two distinct groups. In this more individuals acquire peripheral character value at both ends of the distribution curve. Natural selection is known to be one of the most important biological processes behind evolution. There are many variations of traits, and some cause greater or lesser reproductive success of the individual. Selection's effect is to promote certain alleles, traits, and individuals", "title": "Disruptive selection" }, { "id": "12094291", "text": "are extremely distinct. This was especially a problem if the number of unlinked markers were in the order 50 − 100. This can result in false positives (at that significance level). Population stratification Population stratification (or population structure) is the presence of a systematic difference in allele frequencies between subpopulations in a population, possibly due to different ancestry, especially in the context of association studies. The basic cause of population stratification is non-random mating between groups, often due to their physical separation (e.g., for populations of African and European descent) followed by genetic drift of allele frequencies in each group.", "title": "Population stratification" }, { "id": "1716167", "text": "genetic systems, while those with small population sizes will have bloated and complex genomes containing for example introns and transposable elements. However, somewhat paradoxically, species with large population sizes might be so tolerant to the consequences of certain types of errors that they evolve higher error rates, e.g. in transcription and translation, than small populations. Population genetics Population genetics is a subfield of genetics that deals with genetic differences within and between populations, and is a part of evolutionary biology. Studies in this branch of biology examine such phenomena as adaptation, speciation, and population structure. Population genetics was a vital", "title": "Population genetics" }, { "id": "12596378", "text": "change within populations of a species. Alleles are different variations of specific genes. They determine things like hair color, skin tone, eye color and blood type; in other words, all the genetic traits that vary between individuals. Genetic drift does not introduce new alleles to a population, but it can reduce variation within a population by removing an allele from the gene pool. Genetic drift is caused by random sampling of alleles. A truly random sample is a sample in which no outside forces affect what is selected. It is like pulling marbles of the same size and weight but", "title": "Introduction to evolution" }, { "id": "13207331", "text": "Genetic admixture Genetic admixture is the presence of DNA in an individual from a distantly-related population or species, as a result of interbreeding between populations or species who have been reproductively isolated and genetically differentiated. Admixture results in the introduction of new genetic lineages into a population. It has been known to slow local adaptation by introducing foreign, unadapted genotypes (known as genetic pollution). It also prevents speciation by homogenizing populations and increasing heterozygosity. Climatic cycles facilitate genetic admixture in cold periods and genetic diversification in warm periods. Natural flooding can cause genetic admixture within populations of migrating fish species.", "title": "Genetic admixture" }, { "id": "2384055", "text": "on a single chromosome; indeed, the original haplotype is the whole chromosome. As the generations progress, the proportion of the haplotype that is common to all carriers of the mutation is shortened (due to genetic recombination). This shortening allows scientists to roughly estimate the age of the mutation. The founder effect is a special case of genetic drift, occurring when a small group in a population splinters off from the original population and forms a new one. The new colony may have less genetic variation than the original population, and through the random sampling of alleles during reproduction of subsequent", "title": "Founder effect" }, { "id": "3266893", "text": "Population decline A population decline (or depopulation) in humans is any great reduction in a human population caused by events such as long-term demographic trends, as in sub-replacement fertility, urban decay, white flight or rural flight, or due to violence, disease, or other catastrophes. A reduction over time in a region's population can be caused by several factors including sub-replacement fertility (along with limited immigration), heavy emigration, disease, famine, and war. History is replete with examples of large-scale depopulations. Many wars, for example, have been accompanied by significant depopulations. Before the 20th century, population decline was mostly observed due to", "title": "Population decline" }, { "id": "15291907", "text": "Population fragmentation Population fragmentation is a form of population segregation. It is often caused by habitat fragmentation. Fragmentation can be natural or caused by human actions. In modern times, human activity is the most common cause. Population fragmentation causes inbreeding depression, which leads to a decrease in genetic variability in the species involved. This decreases the fitness of the population for several reasons. First, inbreeding forces competition with relatives, which decreases the evolutionary fitness of the species. Secondly, the decrease in genetic variability causes an increased possibility a lethal homozygous recessive trait may be expressed; this decreases the average litter", "title": "Population fragmentation" }, { "id": "2384052", "text": "Founder effect In population genetics, the founder effect is the loss of genetic variation that occurs when a new population is established by a very small number of individuals from a larger population. It was first fully outlined by Ernst Mayr in 1942, using existing theoretical work by those such as Sewall Wright. As a result of the loss of genetic variation, the new population may be distinctively different, both genotypically and phenotypically, from the parent population from which it is derived. In extreme cases, the founder effect is thought to lead to the speciation and subsequent evolution of new", "title": "Founder effect" }, { "id": "7626298", "text": "Khoisan populations in Southern Africa. The human genetic variations found to be very rare between individuals but it is a lot more common within population (more than 5%). The number of variants change depend on how closely related the populations are. The more closely related the population the higher the percentage of variations. It is commonly assumed that early humans left Africa, and thus must have passed through a population bottleneck before their African-Eurasian divergence around 100,000 years ago (ca. 3,000 generations). The rapid expansion of a previously small population has two important effects on the distribution of genetic variation.", "title": "Human genetic variation" }, { "id": "7626292", "text": "individuals. Genetic variability is a measure of the tendency of individual genotypes in a population to vary (become different) from one another. Variability is different from genetic diversity, which is the amount of variation seen in a particular population. The variability of a trait is how much that trait tends to vary in response to environmental and genetic influences. In biology, a cline is a continuum of species, populations, races, varieties, or forms of organisms that exhibit gradual phenotypic and/or genetic differences over a geographical area, typically as a result of environmental heterogeneity. In the scientific study of human genetic", "title": "Human genetic variation" }, { "id": "6063239", "text": "after the split will be present only in the isolated population. Random fluctuation of allele frequencies also produces genetic differentiation between populations. This process is known as genetic drift. By examining the differences between allele frequencies between the populations and computing genetic distance, we can estimate how long ago the two populations were separated. Although it is simple to define genetic distance as a measure of genetic divergence, there are several different statistical measures that have been proposed. This has happened because different authors considered different evolutionary models. The most commonly used are Nei's genetic distance, Cavalli-Sforza and Edwards measure,", "title": "Genetic distance" }, { "id": "792094", "text": "reduction in population size increases the likelihood of further allele fluctuations from drift in generations to come. A population's genetic variation can be greatly reduced by a bottleneck, and even beneficial adaptations may be permanently eliminated. The loss of variation leaves the surviving population vulnerable to any new selection pressures such as disease, climate change or shift in the available food source, because adapting in response to environmental changes requires sufficient genetic variation in the population for natural selection to take place. There have been many known cases of population bottleneck in the recent past. Prior to the arrival of", "title": "Genetic drift" }, { "id": "15291909", "text": "and a species’s ability to adapt to a changing environment, such as climate change, is decreased. Population fragmentation Population fragmentation is a form of population segregation. It is often caused by habitat fragmentation. Fragmentation can be natural or caused by human actions. In modern times, human activity is the most common cause. Population fragmentation causes inbreeding depression, which leads to a decrease in genetic variability in the species involved. This decreases the fitness of the population for several reasons. First, inbreeding forces competition with relatives, which decreases the evolutionary fitness of the species. Secondly, the decrease in genetic variability causes", "title": "Population fragmentation" }, { "id": "13097695", "text": "whether by evolving into new species, exchanging genes with other species, merging with other species or by becoming extinct. The evolutionary process by which biological populations evolve to become distinct or reproductively isolated as species is called speciation. Charles Darwin was the first to describe the role of natural selection in speciation in his 1859 book \"The Origin of Species\". Speciation depends on a measure of reproductive isolation, a reduced gene flow. This occurs most easily in allopatric speciation, where populations are separated geographically and can diverge gradually as mutations accumulate. Reproductive isolation is threatened by hybridisation, but this can", "title": "Species" }, { "id": "5205865", "text": "a small population that may or may not fairly represent the original population. What may make the bottleneck effect a sampling error is that certain alleles, due to natural disaster, are more common while others may disappear completely, making it a potential sampling error. Another example of genetic drift that is a potential sampling error is the founder effect. The founder effect is when a few individuals from a larger population settle a new isolated area. In this instance, there are only a few individuals with little gene variety, making it a potential sampling error. The likely size of the", "title": "Sampling error" }, { "id": "7626281", "text": "genomes of two individuals was estimated at 20 million base pairs (or 0.6% of the total of 3.2 billion base pairs). Alleles occur at different frequencies in different human populations. Populations that are more geographically and ancestrally remote tend to differ more. The differences between populations represent a small proportion of overall human genetic variation. Populations also differ in the quantity of variation among their members. The greatest divergence between populations is found in sub-Saharan Africa, consistent with the recent African origin of non-African populations. Populations also vary in the proportion and locus of introgressed genes they received by archaic", "title": "Human genetic variation" }, { "id": "20352487", "text": "Secondary contact Secondary contact is the process in which two allopatricaly distributed populations of a species are geographically reunited. This contact allows for the potential for the exchange of genes, dependent on how reproductively isolated the two populations have become. There are four primary outcomes of secondary contact: fusion of the two populations back into one, reinforcement, the formation of a hybrid zone, and the formation of a new species through hybrid speciation. One of the two populations may go extinct due to competitive exclusion after secondary contact. This tends to happen when the two populations have strong reproductive isolation", "title": "Secondary contact" }, { "id": "7626284", "text": "differences—call the founder effect—from the overall populations where they originated; when these migrants settle new areas, their descendant population typically differs from their population of origin: different genes predominate and it is less genetically diverse. In humans, the main cause is genetic drift. Serial founder effects and past small population size (increasing the likelihood of genetic drift) may have had an important influence in neutral differences between populations. The second main cause of genetic variation is due to the high degree of neutrality of most mutations. A small, but significant number of genes appear to have undergone recent natural selection,", "title": "Human genetic variation" }, { "id": "2184157", "text": "3) the potential effects of genetic drift on small populations. However, it can often be difficult for researchers to determine if peripatric speciation occurred as vicariant explanations can be invoked due to the fact that both models posit the absence of gene flow between the populations. The size of the isolated population is important because individuals colonizing a new habitat likely contain only a small sample of the genetic variation of the original population. This promotes divergence due to strong selective pressures, leading to the rapid fixation of an allele within the descendant population. This gives rise to the potential", "title": "Allopatric speciation" }, { "id": "20371937", "text": "of immigrants.” Genetic mixing leading to fitness recovery could be described as “genetic rescue”, but perpetuates the unclear differences between genetic rescue and pollution. When a species' population becomes too small, they are subject to genetic processes such as inbreeding depression from a lack of gene flow, allelic fixation from genetic drift, and loss of diversity. In combination these can lead to a decrease in population fitness, and increase the risk of extinction. Genetic rescue is a conservation tool which tries to address these genetic factors by moving genes from one population to another to increase the overall genetic diversity", "title": "Genetic rescue" }, { "id": "3672455", "text": "record (the punctuated equilibrium theory). Genetic change occurs in a population when natural selection and mutations act on its genetic variability. The first pathways of enzyme-based metabolism may have been parts of purine nucleotide metabolism, with previous metabolic pathways being part of the ancient RNA world. By this means, the population adapts genetically to its circumstances. Genetic changes may result in visible structures, or may adjust physiological activity in a way that suits the habitat. Habitats and biota do frequently change. Therefore, it follows that the process of adaptation is never finally complete. Over time, it may happen that the", "title": "Adaptation" }, { "id": "2384053", "text": "species. In the figure shown, the original population has nearly equal numbers of blue and red individuals. The three smaller founder populations show that one or the other color may predominate (founder effect), due to random sampling of the original population. A population bottleneck may also cause a founder effect, though it is not strictly a new population. The founder effect occurs when a small group of migrants that is not genetically representative of the population from which they came establish in a new area. In addition to founder effects, the new population is often a very small population, so", "title": "Founder effect" }, { "id": "4640269", "text": "populations to confer greater advantage. Analysis demonstrates that smaller populations have more significant levels of fitness from heterogeneity within the group regardless of the complexity of the environment; adaptive responses are increased in more complex environments. Adaptations in asexual populations are also not limited by mutations, as genetic variation within these populations can drive adaptation. Although small populations tend to face more challenges because of limited access to widespread beneficial mutation adaptation within these populations is less predictable and allows populations to be more plastic in their environmental responses. Fitness increase over time in small asexual populations is known to", "title": "Population size" }, { "id": "17681103", "text": "Recurrent evolution Recurrent evolution is the repeated evolution of a particular character. Most evolution, or changes in allele frequencies from one generation to the next, is the result of drift, or random chance of some alleles getting passed down and others not. Recurrent evolution is when patterns emerge from this stochastic process when looking across populations. These patterns are of particular interest to evolutionary biologists as they can teach people about the underlying forces of evolution. Recurrent evolution is a broad term, but is usually used to describe recurring regimes of selection within or across lineages. While most commonly used", "title": "Recurrent evolution" }, { "id": "11631954", "text": "random sampling of gametes during sexual reproduction leads to genetic drift — a random fluctuation in the population frequency of a trait — in subsequent generations and would result in the loss of all variation in the absence of external influence. It is postulated that the rate of genetic drift is inversely proportional to population size, and that it may be accelerated in specific situations such as bottlenecks, where the population size is reduced for a certain period of time, and by the founder effect (individuals in a population tracing back to a small number of founding individuals). Anzai et", "title": "1000 Genomes Project" }, { "id": "2155315", "text": "populations have low rates of gene flow due to geographic isolation and small population sizes. The Black Footed Rock Wallaby has several inbred populations that live on various islands off the coast of Australia. The population is so strongly isolated that lack of gene flow has led to high rates of inbreeding. Decrease in population size leads to increased divergence due to drift, while migration reduces divergence and inbreeding. Gene flow can be measured by using the effective population size (formula_1) and the net migration rate per generation (m). Using the approximation based on the Island model, the effect of", "title": "Gene flow" }, { "id": "4564931", "text": "and chimpanzees. Within a species, genetic distance measures divergence between subgroups. Genetic distance significantly correlates to geographic distance between populations, a phenomenon sometimes known as \"isolation by distance\". Genetic distance may be the result of physical boundaries restricting gene flow such as islands, deserts, mountains or forests. Genetic distance is measured by the fixation index (F). F is the correlation of randomly chosen alleles in a subgroup to a larger population. It is often expressed as a proportion of genetic diversity. This comparison of genetic variability within (and between) populations is used in population genetics. The values range from 0", "title": "Race and genetics" }, { "id": "2384058", "text": "natural selection, gene flow and mutation all contribute to this divergence. This potential for relatively rapid changes in the colony's gene frequency led most scientists to consider the founder effect (and by extension, genetic drift) a significant driving force in the evolution of new species. Sewall Wright was the first to attach this significance to random drift and small, newly isolated populations with his shifting balance theory of speciation. Following behind Wright, Ernst Mayr created many persuasive models to show that the decline in genetic variation and small population size accompanying the founder effect were critically important for new species", "title": "Founder effect" }, { "id": "6026724", "text": "Parapatric speciation In parapatric speciation, two subpopulations of a species evolve reproductive isolation from one another while continuing to exchange genes. This mode of speciation has three distinguishing characteristics: 1) mating occurs non-randomly, 2) gene flow occurs unequally, and 3) populations exist in either continuous or discontinuous geographic ranges. This distribution pattern may be the result of unequal dispersal, incomplete geographical barriers, or divergent expressions of behavior, among other things. Parapatric speciation predicts that hybrid zones will often exist at the junction between the two populations. In biogeography, the terms parapatric and parapatry are often used to describe the relationship", "title": "Parapatric speciation" }, { "id": "111311", "text": "the population; this effect is called genetic hitchhiking or genetic draft. Genetic draft caused by the fact that some neutral genes are genetically linked to others that are under selection can be partially captured by an appropriate effective population size. Gene flow involves the exchange of genes between populations and between species. The presence or absence of gene flow fundamentally changes the course of evolution. Due to the complexity of organisms, any two completely isolated populations will eventually evolve genetic incompatibilities through neutral processes, as in the Bateson-Dobzhansky-Muller model, even if both populations remain essentially identical in terms of their", "title": "Evolution" }, { "id": "12596356", "text": "Introduction to evolution Evolution is the process of change in all forms of life over generations, and evolutionary biology is the study of how evolution occurs. Biological populations evolve through genetic changes that correspond to changes in the organisms' observable traits. Genetic changes include mutations, which are caused by damage or replication errors in organisms' DNA. As the genetic variation of a population drifts randomly over generations, natural selection gradually leads traits to become more or less common based on the relative reproductive success of organisms with those traits. The age of the Earth is about 4.54 billion years. The", "title": "Introduction to evolution" }, { "id": "18729765", "text": "mutant mates cannot be avoided, as a result of a severe scarcity of potential mates. This is most likely to occur in small, isolated communities. These occur most commonly on small islands, in remote valleys, lakes, river systems, or caves, or during the aftermath of a mass extinction. Under these circumstances, not only is the choice of mates severely restricted but population bottlenecks, founder effects, genetic drift and inbreeding cause rapid, random changes in the isolated population's genetic composition. Furthermore, hybridization with a related species trapped in the same isolate might introduce additional genetic changes. If an isolated population such", "title": "Rate of evolution" }, { "id": "10174316", "text": "by year can be found here. Population change Human population change is the difference between the size of the population from the beginning to the end of a certain time period. In other words, population change refers to change in the number of people during a specific time period. As a whole,the world population has not been stable; it has increased manifold. Due to this constant changing population, the subject of demographics, the statistics of how many people there are in a given population, was created. Demography can also be defined as the study of populations, and the factors that", "title": "Population change" }, { "id": "111333", "text": "rest of their species, separation may eventually produce organisms that cannot interbreed. The second mode of speciation is peripatric speciation, which occurs when small populations of organisms become isolated in a new environment. This differs from allopatric speciation in that the isolated populations are numerically much smaller than the parental population. Here, the founder effect causes rapid speciation after an increase in inbreeding increases selection on homozygotes, leading to rapid genetic change. The third mode is parapatric speciation. This is similar to peripatric speciation in that a small population enters a new habitat, but differs in that there is no", "title": "Evolution" }, { "id": "655215", "text": "Inbreeding Inbreeding is the production of offspring from the mating or breeding of individuals or organisms that are closely related genetically. By analogy, the term is used in human reproduction, but more commonly refers to the genetic disorders and other consequences that may arise from expression of deleterious or recessive traits resulting from incestuous sexual relationships and consanguinity. Inbreeding results in homozygosity, which can increase the chances of offspring being affected by deleterious or recessive traits. This usually leads to at least temporarily decreased biological fitness of a population (called inbreeding depression), which is its ability to survive and reproduce.", "title": "Inbreeding" }, { "id": "2384070", "text": "This represents a prevalence of 1 in 58, compared with a worldwide prevalence of around 1 in 4,000. The abnormally high rate of twin births in Cândido Godói could be explained by the founder effect. Founder effect In population genetics, the founder effect is the loss of genetic variation that occurs when a new population is established by a very small number of individuals from a larger population. It was first fully outlined by Ernst Mayr in 1942, using existing theoretical work by those such as Sewall Wright. As a result of the loss of genetic variation, the new population", "title": "Founder effect" }, { "id": "2421899", "text": "Genetic diversity Genetic diversity is the total number of genetic characteristics in the genetic makeup of a species. It is distinguished from genetic variability, which describes the tendency of genetic characteristics to vary. Genetic diversity serves as a way for populations to adapt to changing environments. With more variation, it is more likely that some individuals in a population will possess variations of alleles that are suited for the environment. Those individuals are more likely to survive to produce offspring bearing that allele. The population will continue for more generations because of the success of these individuals. The academic field", "title": "Genetic diversity" }, { "id": "518597", "text": "that ecotype. This is sometimes called genetic mixing. Hybridization and introgression, which can happen in natural and hybrid populations, of new genetic material can lead to the replacement of local genotypes if the hybrids are more fit and have breeding advantages over the indigenous ecotype or species. These hybridization events can result from the introduction of non-native genotypes by humans or through habitat modification, bringing previously isolated species into contact. Genetic mixing can be especially detrimental for rare species in isolated habitats, ultimately affecting the population to such a degree that none of the originally genetically distinct population remains. In", "title": "Hybrid (biology)" }, { "id": "4640271", "text": "beneficial mutations. Small populations were noted to have an advantage in attaining full genomic complexity due to drift-driven phenotypic complexity. When deletion mutations were simulated, only the largest populations had any significant fitness advantage. These simulations demonstrate that smaller populations fix deleterious mutations by increased genetic drift. This advantage is likely limited by high rates of extinction. Larger populations evolve complexity through mutations that increase expression of particular genes; removal of deleterious alleles does not limit developing more complex genomes in the larger groups and a large number of insertion mutations that resulted in beneficial or non-functional elements within the", "title": "Population size" }, { "id": "792096", "text": "and genetic drift can increase fitness, as in \"Ehrlichia\". Over-hunting also caused a severe population bottleneck in the northern elephant seal in the 19th century. Their resulting decline in genetic variation can be deduced by comparing it to that of the southern elephant seal, which were not so aggressively hunted. The founder effect is a special case of a population bottleneck, occurring when a small group in a population splinters off from the original population and forms a new one. The random sample of alleles in the just formed new colony is expected to grossly misrepresent the original population in", "title": "Genetic drift" }, { "id": "261409", "text": "Microevolution Microevolution is the change in allele frequencies that occurs over time within a population. This change is due to four different processes: mutation, selection (natural and artificial), gene flow and genetic drift. This change happens over a relatively short (in evolutionary terms) amount of time compared to the changes termed macroevolution which is where greater differences in the population occur. Population genetics is the branch of biology that provides the mathematical structure for the study of the process of microevolution. Ecological genetics concerns itself with observing microevolution in the wild. Typically, observable instances of evolution are examples of microevolution;", "title": "Microevolution" }, { "id": "2155320", "text": "cryptic species is a species that humans cannot tell is different without the use of genetics. Moreover, gene flow between hybrid and wild populations can result in loss of genetic diversity via genetic pollution, assortative mating and outbreeding. In human populations, genetic differentiation can also result from endogamy, due to differences in caste, ethnicity, customs and religion. Gene flow can also be used to assist species which are threatened with extinction. When a species exist in small populations there is an increased risk of inbreeding and greater susceptibility to loss of diversity due to drift. These populations can benefit greatly", "title": "Gene flow" }, { "id": "8008729", "text": "and its potential to suppress weeds is being researched. Farming and agricultural practices often create uniform distribution in areas where it would not previously exist, for example, orange trees growing in rows on a plantation. Random distribution, also known as unpredictable spacing, is the least common form of distribution in nature and occurs when the members of a given species are found in environments in which the position of each individual is independent of the other individuals: they neither attract nor repel one another. Random distribution is rare in nature as biotic factors, such as the interactions with neighboring individuals,", "title": "Species distribution" }, { "id": "3672456", "text": "environment changes little, and the species comes to fit its surroundings better and better. On the other hand, it may happen that changes in the environment occur relatively rapidly, and then the species becomes less and less well adapted. Seen like this, adaptation is a genetic \"tracking process\", which goes on all the time to some extent, but especially when the population cannot or does not move to another, less hostile area. Given enough genetic change, as well as specific demographic conditions, an adaptation may be enough to bring a population back from the brink of extinction in a process", "title": "Adaptation" }, { "id": "2155312", "text": "Gene flow In population genetics, gene flow (also known as gene migration or allele flow) is the transfer of genetic variation from one population to another. If the rate of gene flow is high enough, then two populations are considered to have equivalent genetic diversity and therefore effectively be a single population. It has been shown that it takes only \"One migrant per generation\" to prevent populations from diverging due to drift. Gene flow is an important mechanism for transferring genetic diversity among populations. Migrants change the distribution of genetic diversity within the populations, by modifying the allele frequencies (the", "title": "Gene flow" }, { "id": "14363791", "text": "Population control Population control is the practice of artificially maintaining the size of any population. It typically refers to the act of limiting the size of an animal population so that it remains manageable, as opposed to the act of protecting a species from excessive rates of extinction, which is referred to as conservation biology. Population control can be influenced by a variety of factors. Humans can greatly influence the size of animal populations they directly interact with. It is for example relatively common (and sometimes even a legal requirement) to spay or neuter dogs. Spaying – removing the ovaries", "title": "Population control" }, { "id": "13207334", "text": "and trait differences have been mapped. These include hypertension, multiple sclerosis, BMI, and prostate cancer in African Americans. By 2010, high-density mapping panels had been constructed for African Americans, Latino/Hispanics, and Uyghurs. Genetic admixture Genetic admixture is the presence of DNA in an individual from a distantly-related population or species, as a result of interbreeding between populations or species who have been reproductively isolated and genetically differentiated. Admixture results in the introduction of new genetic lineages into a population. It has been known to slow local adaptation by introducing foreign, unadapted genotypes (known as genetic pollution). It also prevents speciation", "title": "Genetic admixture" }, { "id": "518595", "text": "introgression, hybridization with widespread introgression (backcrossing with one of the parent species), and hybrid swarms (highly variable populations with much interbreeding as well as backcrossing with the parent species). Depending on where a population falls along this continuum, the management plans for that population will change. Hybridization is currently an area of great discussion within wildlife management and habitat management. Global climate change is creating other changes such as difference in population distributions which are indirect causes for an increase in anthropogenic hybridization. Conservationists disagree on when is the proper time to give up on a population that is becoming", "title": "Hybrid (biology)" }, { "id": "8953994", "text": "better fitted to the local environment than the parental lineage and as such natural selection may favor these individuals. If reproductive isolation is subsequently achieved, a separate species may arise. Reproductive isolation may be genetic, ecological, behavioural, spatial, or a combination of these. If reproductive isolation fails to establish, the hybrid population may merge with either or both parent species. This will lead to an influx of foreign genes in the parent population, a situation called an introgression. Introgression is a source of genetic variation, and can in itself facilitate speciation. There is evidence that introgression is a ubiquitous phenomenon", "title": "Hybrid speciation" }, { "id": "1564059", "text": "the loci. In conservation biology, minimum viable population (MVP) size helps to determine the effective population size when a population is at risk for extinction. The magnitude of a population bottleneck often depends on the number of individuals remaining after the bottleneck and how that compares to the minimum viable population size. There is considerable debate about the usefulness of the MVP. Population bottleneck A population bottleneck or genetic bottleneck is a sharp reduction in the size of a population due to environmental events (such as famines, earthquakes, floods, fires, disease, or droughts) or human activities (such as genocide). Such", "title": "Population bottleneck" }, { "id": "2184175", "text": "positive assortive mating (i. e. expressing reproductive isolation), and a null value (of zero) means the populations are experiencing random mating. The experimental evidence has solidly established the fact that reproductive isolation evolves as a by-product of selection. Reproductive isolation has been shown to arise from pleiotropy (\"i.e.\" indirect selection acting on genes that code for more than one trait)—what has been referred to as genetic hitchhiking. Limitations and controversies exist relating to whether laboratory experiments can accurately reflect the long-scale process of allopatric speciation that occurs in nature. Experiments often fall beneath 100 generations, far less than expected, as", "title": "Allopatric speciation" }, { "id": "7626280", "text": "Human genetic variation Human genetic variation is the genetic differences in and among populations. There may be multiple variants of any given gene in the human population (alleles), a situation called polymorphism. No two humans are genetically identical. Even monozygotic twins (who develop from one zygote) have infrequent genetic differences due to mutations occurring during development and gene copy-number variation. Differences between individuals, even closely related individuals, are the key to techniques such as genetic fingerprinting. As of 2017, there are a total of 324 million known variants from sequenced human genomes. As of 2015, the typical difference between the", "title": "Human genetic variation" }, { "id": "18408857", "text": "Partial dominance hypothesis The partial dominance hypothesis in genetics states that inbreeding depression is the result of the frequency increase of homozygous deleterious recessive or partially recessive alleles. The partial dominance hypothesis can be explained by looking at a population that is divided into a large number of separately inbred lines. Deleterious alleles will eventually be eliminated from some lines and become fixed in other lines, while some lines disappear because of fixation of deleterious alleles. This will cause an overall decline in population and trait value, but then increase to a trait value that is equal to or greater", "title": "Partial dominance hypothesis" }, { "id": "3107967", "text": "than a century. These two alternative hypotheses were first stated in 1908. When a population is small or inbred, it tends to lose genetic diversity. Inbreeding depression is the loss of fitness due to loss of genetic diversity. Inbred strains tend to be homozygous for recessive alleles that are mildly harmful (or produce a trait that is undesirable from the standpoint of the breeder). Heterosis or hybrid vigor, on the other hand, is the tendency of outbred strains to exceed both inbred parents in fitness. Selective breeding of plants and animals, including hybridization, began long before there was an understanding", "title": "Heterosis" }, { "id": "3266929", "text": "have been made of Italy, Bulgaria and Russia in the period starting about 1990. Case studies: Population decline A population decline (or depopulation) in humans is any great reduction in a human population caused by events such as long-term demographic trends, as in sub-replacement fertility, urban decay, white flight or rural flight, or due to violence, disease, or other catastrophes. A reduction over time in a region's population can be caused by several factors including sub-replacement fertility (along with limited immigration), heavy emigration, disease, famine, and war. History is replete with examples of large-scale depopulations. Many wars, for example, have", "title": "Population decline" }, { "id": "7085807", "text": "of a limited population size, can also cause a change in allele frequencies over time that can look like Darwinian evolution while actually being an entirely random or as Kimura puts it \"neutral\" process. In this scenario a relatively small population can lose neutral alleles through the random deaths or migrations of individuals that have them. It may appear to an onlooker that one trait is being selected for over another but in actuality it is a neutral process that is not necessarily undergoing selection as it would in Darwinian evolution. Within the neutral theory, selective constraint is a type", "title": "The Neutral Theory of Molecular Evolution" }, { "id": "4256223", "text": "Sympatry In biology, two related species or populations are considered sympatric when they exist in the same geographic area and thus frequently encounter one another. An initially interbreeding population that splits into two or more distinct species sharing a common range exemplifies sympatric speciation. Such speciation may be a product of reproductive isolation – which prevents hybrid offspring from being viable or able to reproduce, thereby reducing gene flow – that results in genetic divergence. Sympatric speciation does not imply secondary contact, which is speciation or divergence in allopatry followed by range expansions leading to an area of sympatry. Sympatric", "title": "Sympatry" }, { "id": "17449801", "text": "as a diploid, ending in meiosis that is usually immediately followed selfing, with only rare outcrossing. Recessive deleterious mutations accumulate during the diploid expansion phase, and are purged during selfing: this purging has been termed \"genome renewal\". When a previously stable population undergoes inbreeding, if nothing else changes, natural selection should consist mainly of purging. The joint consequences of inbreeding and purging on fitness vary depending on many factors: the previous history of the population, the rate of increase of inbreeding, the harshness of the environment or of the competitive conditions, etc. The effects of purging were first noted by", "title": "Genetic purging" }, { "id": "2384059", "text": "to develop. However, much less support for this view is shown today, since the hypothesis has been tested repeatedly through experimental research, and the results have been equivocal at best. Speciation by genetic drift is a specific case of peripatric speciation which in itself occurs in rare instances. It takes place when a random change in genetic frequency of population favours the survival of a few organisms of the species with rare genes which cause reproductive mutation. These surviving organisms then breed among themselves over a long period of time to create a whole new species whose reproductive systems or", "title": "Founder effect" }, { "id": "14363794", "text": "to humans. Population control Population control is the practice of artificially maintaining the size of any population. It typically refers to the act of limiting the size of an animal population so that it remains manageable, as opposed to the act of protecting a species from excessive rates of extinction, which is referred to as conservation biology. Population control can be influenced by a variety of factors. Humans can greatly influence the size of animal populations they directly interact with. It is for example relatively common (and sometimes even a legal requirement) to spay or neuter dogs. Spaying – removing", "title": "Population control" }, { "id": "655227", "text": "population. This type of isolation may result in the formation of race or even speciation, as the inbreeding first removes many deleterious genes, and permits the expression of genes that allow a population to adapt to an ecosystem. As the adaptation becomes more pronounced, the new species or race radiates from its entrance into the new space, or dies out if it cannot adapt and, most importantly, reproduce. The reduced genetic diversity, for example due to a bottleneck will unavoidably increase inbreeding for the entire population. This may mean that a species may not be able to adapt to changes", "title": "Inbreeding" }, { "id": "13876688", "text": "Isolation by distance Isolation by distance (IBD) (note: the acronym IBD is also used for another important concept in population genetics, Identity by descent) is a term used to refer to the accrual of local genetic variation under geographically limited dispersal The IBD model is useful for determining the distribution of gene frequencies over a geographic region. Both dispersal variance and migration probabilities are variables in this model and both contribute to local genetic differentiation. Isolation by distance is usually the simplest model for the cause of genetic isolation between populations. Evolutionary biologists and population geneticists have been exploring varying", "title": "Isolation by distance" }, { "id": "397464", "text": "Speciation may also be induced artificially, through animal husbandry, agriculture, or laboratory experiments. Whether genetic drift is a minor or major contributor to speciation is the subject matter of much ongoing discussion. Rapid sympatric speciation can take place through polyploidy, such as by doubling of chromosome number; the result is progeny which are immediately reproductively isolated from the parent population. New species can also be created through hybridisation followed, if the hybrid is favoured by natural selection, by reproductive isolation. In addressing the question of the origin of species, there are two key issues: (1) what are the evolutionary mechanisms", "title": "Speciation" }, { "id": "2224625", "text": "in individuals, respectively. Genetic drift is one method by which variability occurs in populations. Unlike natural selection, genetic drift occurs when alleles decrease randomly over time and not as a result of selection bias. Over a long history, this can cause significant shifts in the underlying genetic distribution of a population. We can model genetic drift with the Wright-Fisher model. In a population of N with 2N genes, there are two alleles with frequencies p and q. If the previous generation had an allele with frequency p, then the probability that the next generation has k of that allele is:", "title": "Human variability" } ]

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[ { "id": "13508073", "text": "Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (released in the United States and Canada as Nanny McPhee Returns) is a 2010 fantasy comedy family film directed by Susanna White, produced by Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Lindsay Doran with music by James Newton Howard and co-produced by StudioCanal, Relativity Media, Working Title Films and Three Strange Angels. It is a sequel to the 2005 film \"Nanny McPhee\". It was adapted by Emma Thompson from Christianna Brand's \"Nurse Matilda\" books. Thompson reprises her role as Nanny McPhee, and the film also stars Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ralph Fiennes,", "title": "Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang" }, { "id": "13508074", "text": "Rhys Ifans, Ewan McGregor, Asa Butterfield and Maggie Smith. The film was theatrically released on August 20, 2010 by Universal Pictures. The film received positive reviews from critics and it earned $93.2 million on a $35 million budget. It also received a Young Artist Award nomination for Best Performance in a Feature Film. The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray in the UK on 19 June 2010. On a farm during World War II, while her husband is away at war, Isabel Green is driven to her wits end by her hectic life. Between trying to keep the family", "title": "Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang" }, { "id": "13508086", "text": "were cancelled for future films. Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (released in the United States and Canada as Nanny McPhee Returns) is a 2010 fantasy comedy family film directed by Susanna White, produced by Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Lindsay Doran with music by James Newton Howard and co-produced by StudioCanal, Relativity Media, Working Title Films and Three Strange Angels. It is a sequel to the 2005 film \"Nanny McPhee\". It was adapted by Emma Thompson from Christianna Brand's \"Nurse Matilda\" books. Thompson reprises her role as Nanny McPhee, and the film also", "title": "Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang" }, { "id": "13508084", "text": "stating \"the film is an ingenious entertainment machine fuelled by a profound understanding of what children enjoy, whether it's cowpats, talking welly boots or piglets doing synchronised swimming. Thompson has written a properly funny script, which is performed superbly by Ifans, Maggie Smith, Bill Bailey, Ralph Fiennes and some estimable child actors.\" Eros Vlahos was nominated for Best Leading Young Actor at the Young Artist Awards 2011 against Noah Ringer for \"The Last Airbender\", Zachary Gordon for \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\" and Jaden Smith (winner) for \"The Karate Kid\". In the UK, the film opened at number one, with", "title": "Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang" }, { "id": "6386408", "text": "Emma Thompson revealed on \"Friday Night with Jonathan Ross\" that two more films were planned. The second film, \"Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang\" (also called \"Nanny McPhee Returns\"), was released in March 2010. It co-stars Rhys Ifans, Maggie Smith, Ralph Fiennes and Maggie Gyllenhaal. The character of Aggie Brown returns as the now elderly Mrs. Docherty. In it, Nanny McPhee takes charge of the children of a woman whose husband has gone to war. A third film was planned to be set in modern-day England but, despite taking $93 million at the box-office, the sequel under-performed to studio expectations", "title": "Nanny McPhee" }, { "id": "13508081", "text": "Mr. Green, in army uniform with an injured arm, making his way to them. He runs to his family and they embrace. The village in the film is Hambleden in Buckinghamshire, the farm set and scenes were filmed in Hascombe, near Godalming in Surrey and the War Office scenes, both interior and exterior, were filmed at the University of London, and the motorbike scenes on various London roads. Senate House. Dunsfold Aerodrome, the location of Top Gear, name Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang as being filmed there The film is one of a wave of adaptations of the book", "title": "Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang" }, { "id": "3571809", "text": "on the life of the drug smuggler Howard Marks. He played Nemo Nobody's father in \"Mr. Nobody\", starring Jared Leto and Diane Kruger. He played a villain in \"Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang,\" which also starred Emma Thompson and Maggie Gyllenhaal. On 11 October 2010, the Associated Press confirmed that Ifans would portray the villain in the Spider-Man reboot movie, \"The Amazing Spider-Man\". The villain was revealed as the Lizard a few days later, and the film was released in July 2012. In 2015, Ifans starred with Jennifer Aniston in \"She's Funny That Way,\" directed by Peter Bogdanovich. He", "title": "Rhys Ifans" }, { "id": "13508083", "text": "on 14 December 2010. Critical response for the film was positive. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a rating of 76% based on 115 reviews, with the site's consensus stating: \"Emma Thompson's second labor of love with the Nanny McPhee character actually improves on the first, delivering charming family fare with an excellent cast.\" \"News of the World\" gave it 4/5 stars, stating the film was \"smart, witty and beautifully crafted – exactly what you want from a family film\" and excited about the next film said \"Roll on Nanny McThree\". \"The Independent\" gave a very favourable review,", "title": "Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang" }, { "id": "15130208", "text": "Eros Vlahos Eros Vlahos (born 13 January 1995) is an English-Greek actor and comedian, probably best known for his roles as Cyril Gray in \"Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang\", Jake Farley in \"Summer in Transylvania\", and Lommy Greenhands in \"Game of Thrones\". He also appeared in a recurring role on the television series \"Da Vinci's Demons\", as Nico Machiavelli. Eros Vlahos was born in London on 13 January 1995. His parents are Terry Davy (mother) and Spiros Vlahos (father), and he has a younger brother (approx. 7 years age difference), Tron Vlahos. He is of British (maternal) and Greek", "title": "Eros Vlahos" }, { "id": "13508082", "text": "trilogy by children's author Christianna Brand, \"Nurse Matilda\". The books are not directly connected to the film, but most scenes in the film are adapted from the books. Emma Thompson started to write the script based on Brand's books in the spring of 2007. \"Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang\" was theatrically released on August 20, 2010 by Universal Pictures (April 2, 2010 in the UK). The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray in the UK on 19 June 2010. \"Nanny McPhee Returns\", as the film was renamed for the North American market, was released on DVD and Blu-ray", "title": "Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang" }, { "id": "15130211", "text": "on Radio London and has appeared on CBBC Extra. He has been involved with the \"Comedy Club 4 Kids UK\" children's Comedy Academy. Vlahos is active on Twitter, maintains an official website, and has a blog on Tumblr; on which he intermittently posts examples of his comedy writing. He also engages in various other creative activities online, including uploading pictures and occasional videos or video clips. Eros Vlahos Eros Vlahos (born 13 January 1995) is an English-Greek actor and comedian, probably best known for his roles as Cyril Gray in \"Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang\", Jake Farley in \"Summer", "title": "Eros Vlahos" }, { "id": "12557322", "text": "BBC TV Series \"Merlin\" (2008–2009) and Norman in the fantasy film \"Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang\" (2010). For his leading performance as Hugo Cabret in Martin Scorsese's drama \"Hugo\" (2011), Butterfield received considerable praise and was awarded the Young Hollywood Award for Breakthrough Performance - Male and was nominated for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer and the Empire Award for Best Male Newcomer, among other accolades. He is also known for portraying Ender Wiggin in the 2013 film adaptation of the science fiction novel \"Ender's Game\" by Orson Scott Card. He was nominated for a", "title": "Asa Butterfield" }, { "id": "8911271", "text": "Ed Stoppard Edmund Stoppard (born 16 September 1974) is an English actor. Stoppard was born in London, England, the son of playwright Tom Stoppard and physician/author Miriam Stoppard (née Stern). His parents are both from Jewish families. His film credits include starring as one of the main characters in \"The Pianist\", Henryk Szpilman. He also starred as the main character, Thomas, in \"Joy Division\" and as Lieutenant Addis in \"Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang\". His stage credits include the title role in English Touring Theatre's 2005 \"Hamlet\" alongside Anita Dobson (which also ran at the New Ambassadors Theatre) in", "title": "Ed Stoppard" }, { "id": "2420071", "text": "received widespread recognition for playing Rachel Dawes in Christopher Nolan's superhero film \"The Dark Knight\". Her other film credits include \"Adaptation.\", \"Confessions of a Dangerous Mind\" (both 2002), \"Mona Lisa Smile\" (2003), \"Happy Endings\" (2005), \"Paris, je t'aime\", \"World Trade Center\", \"Stranger Than Fiction\" (all 2006), and \"Away We Go\" (2009). For her performance in \"Crazy Heart\" (2009), she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She subsequently starred in the films \"Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang\" (2010), \"Won't Back Down\" (2012), \"Hysteria\" (2011), \"White House Down\" (2013), and \"Frank\" (2014). In 2014, Gyllenhaal made her", "title": "Maggie Gyllenhaal" }, { "id": "8911275", "text": "5 April 2013. Stoppard voices the pirate Benjamin Hornigold in the 2013 video game \"\". Ed Stoppard Edmund Stoppard (born 16 September 1974) is an English actor. Stoppard was born in London, England, the son of playwright Tom Stoppard and physician/author Miriam Stoppard (née Stern). His parents are both from Jewish families. His film credits include starring as one of the main characters in \"The Pianist\", Henryk Szpilman. He also starred as the main character, Thomas, in \"Joy Division\" and as Lieutenant Addis in \"Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang\". His stage credits include the title role in English Touring", "title": "Ed Stoppard" }, { "id": "6386398", "text": "film, which is adapted from Christianna Brand's \"Nurse Matilda\" books. A sequel, \"Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang\" was released in 2010. The filming location is Penn House Estate, Penn Street, Buckinghamshire, England. In Victorian England in the 1860s, widowed undertaker Cedric Brown has seven unruly children. He is clumsy and loves his children, but since the death of his wife, has spent little time with them and cannot handle them. The children have had a series of nannies, whom they have systematically driven out by their bad behaviour. They also take great pleasure in terrorizing their cook, Mrs. Blatherwick.", "title": "Nanny McPhee" }, { "id": "13508075", "text": "farm up and running and her job in the village shop, run by the slightly mad Mrs. Docherty, she also has three boisterous children to look after, Norman, Megsie, and Vincent. When her children's two wealthy cousins, Cyril and Celia, also then come to live with them, Isabel requires childcare help. When the magical Nanny McPhee arrives, the children at first do not listen and carry on fighting, which she soon puts a stop to. Meanwhile, Isabel's brother-in-law, Phil, has gambled away his half of the farm, and is being chased by two hired female assassins working for casino owner", "title": "Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang" }, { "id": "19456597", "text": "Wilson and Morgan Hoffman. During his tenure at InnerSpace, Fry has interviewed a wide array of celebrities and artists, including actors Jeff Bridges, Hugh Jackman, Jennifer Lawrence, Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Walberg, Sigourney Weaver, Jessica Alba, Kate Beckinsale, Jessica Chastain, Bryan Cranston, Mark Ruffalo, Martin Sheen, Will Ferrell, Dave Bautista, Nathan Fillion, William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy; Directors Joss Whedon, Zack Snyder, Guillermo del Toro; authors, Neil Gaiman, Robert Munsh, Robert J. Sawyer, Stan Lee; the casts of The Twilight Saga, The Big Bang Theory, Game of Thrones, Doctor Who, The Walking Dead, Orphan Black, , and many others. Fry has", "title": "Ajay Fry" }, { "id": "18366415", "text": "Avengers: Infinity War Avengers: Infinity War is a 2018 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the sequel to 2012's \"The Avengers\" and 2015's \"\", and the nineteenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film is directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, and features an ensemble cast including Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Don Cheadle, Tom Holland, Chadwick Boseman, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Anthony", "title": "Avengers: Infinity War" }, { "id": "13508085", "text": "£2,586,760 outperforming fellow new release \"The Blind Side\", grossing a total of £16,211,057. In the United States and Canada, it debuted in seventh position with a $8.4 million. Gross exceeded $27 million. In the course of the story, Nanny McPhee teaches the children five lessons: (1) to stop fighting; (2) to share nicely; (3) to help each other; (4) to be brave; and (5) to have faith. A third film was planned, and it was to be set in modern-day England. However, despite (this) the second film taking-in $93 million at the box-office, it under-performed to studio expectations and plans", "title": "Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang" }, { "id": "8658604", "text": "A Big Hand for the Little Lady A Big Hand for the Little Lady (released in the UK as Big Deal at Dodge City) is a 1966 Technicolor western film made by Eden Productions Inc. and released by Warner Bros. The film was produced and directed by Fielder Cook from a screenplay by Sidney Carroll, adapted from their TV play \"Big Deal in Laredo\" which aired on \"The DuPont Show of the Week\" in 1962. The film stars Henry Fonda, Joanne Woodward, Paul Ford, and Jason Robards, with Charles Bickford, Burgess Meredith, Kevin McCarthy, Robert Middleton, and John Qualen. The", "title": "A Big Hand for the Little Lady" }, { "id": "15401926", "text": "Later\", \"Laissez-passe\", and \"Shrooms\". In addition to serving as movement director in films, he has also appeared in small acting roles, such as \"Thompson\" in \"Safe Conduct\" (2002), \"Infected Priest\" in \"28 Days Later\" (2002), \"Black Brother\" in \"Shrooms\" (2007), and \"Enemy Pilot\" in \"Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang\" (2010). Sedgwick's first television role was as \"Mummy\" on \"Monster Café\", which aired from 1994 to 1995 on Children's BBC. Toby Sedgwick Toby Sedgwick (born 16 August 1958) is a British movement director, actor, and theatre choreographer. He achieved critical acclaim for his expressive \"horse choreography\" for life-size puppets used", "title": "Toby Sedgwick" }, { "id": "2420092", "text": "was \"conventionally conceived, but Gyllenhaal plays it with a tough core of intelligence and feeling.\" Her performance earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. In 2010, Gyllenhaal appeared in \"Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang\", the sequel to the 2005 film \"Nanny McPhee\". The role required her to speak with an English accent. The feature received mixed reviews, and earned US$93 million worldwide. Away from acting, she served as host of the PBS television documentary series \"Independent Lens\". Gyllenhaal also appeared in \"Hysteria\", an independent movie focusing on the creation of the vibrator. In February 2011, Gyllenhaal", "title": "Maggie Gyllenhaal" }, { "id": "10116230", "text": "Robert Cicchini Robert Cicchini is an American film and television actor and director. Among Cicchini's film appearances are his roles as Lou Pennino, Vincent Corleone's bodyguard, in \"The Godfather Part III\" (1990), Bill Guidone in \"Light Sleeper\" (1992), Jimmy Ozio in \"Primary Colors\" (1998), and Mitch Casper in \"The Watcher\" (2000). On television he has played recurring roles on \"Maybe This Time\" (as Nick Sr.), \"Providence\" (as Alex Mendoza), \"24\" (as Howard Bern) and \"Six Feet Under\" (as Todd). Other television appearances include episodes of \"Law & Order\", \"ER\", \"Chicago Hope\", \"The Sopranos\", \"NYPD Blue\", \"Gilmore Girls\", \"\", \"Everybody Hates", "title": "Robert Cicchini" }, { "id": "11186459", "text": "series, \"Easy\" along with Orlando Bloom and Malin Akerman. Micucci married musician and recording producer Jake Sinclair in February 2018. They live in Los Angeles and New York. On December 30, 2009, G4TV named Micucci the #1 Woman of Comedy. Kate Micucci Kate Micucci ( ; born March 31, 1980) is an American actress, voice actress, comedian, singer, songwriter and artist that is one half of the musical comedy duo \"Garfunkel and Oates\". Some of her well known roles include Stephanie Gooch in \"Scrubs\", Shelley in \"Raising Hope\", Lucy in \"The Big Bang Theory\", Sadie in \"Steven Universe\", Sara Murphy", "title": "Kate Micucci" }, { "id": "14577618", "text": "also received an Appreciation Index of 89, the highest of the series and the four main channels the day it was broadcast. A Region 2 DVD and Blu-ray containing this episode together with \"Vincent and the Doctor\", \"The Lodger\" and \"The Pandorica Opens\" was released on 6 September 2010. It was then re-released as part of the complete series five DVD on 8 November 2010. \"The Big Bang\" met with mostly positive reviews from critics. Richard Edwards of \"SFX\" gave the episode five out of five stars and wrote \"Steven Moffat pulls off the remarkable feat of making it feel", "title": "The Big Bang (Doctor Who)" }, { "id": "11186452", "text": "Kate Micucci Kate Micucci ( ; born March 31, 1980) is an American actress, voice actress, comedian, singer, songwriter and artist that is one half of the musical comedy duo \"Garfunkel and Oates\". Some of her well known roles include Stephanie Gooch in \"Scrubs\", Shelley in \"Raising Hope\", Lucy in \"The Big Bang Theory\", Sadie in \"Steven Universe\", Sara Murphy in \"Milo Murphy's Law\", Daisy in \"Nature Cat\", Clayface in \"The Lego Batman Movie\", Velma Dinkley in \"Scooby-Doo\", Webby Vanderquack in \"DuckTales\", and Dr. Fox in \"Unikitty!\". Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, of Italian ancestry, Micucci was raised in", "title": "Kate Micucci" }, { "id": "18768926", "text": "announcement of the production's development, it was reported that Kidman and Witherspoon would also star in the adaptation as well. In December 2015, it announced that Shailene Woodley, Adam Scott, Laura Dern, and Zoë Kravitz had joined the cast in lead roles. On January 5, 2016, it was announced that Alexander Skarsgard and James Tupper had joined the main cast and that Jeffrey Nordling, Santiago Cabrera, P. J. Byrne, Kelen Coleman, Sarah Burns, Darby Camp, Cameron and Nicholas Crovetti, Ivy George, Chloe Coleman, Virginia Kull, Sarah Baker, Kathreen Khavari, Larry Bates, Hong Chau, and Gia Carides had joined the show's", "title": "Big Little Lies (TV series)" }, { "id": "1958990", "text": "Joe Pesci Joseph Frank Pesci ( , ; born February 9, 1943) is an American actor, comedian and singer. Known for portraying tough, volatile characters, in a variety of genres, he is best known for his role as Vincent Gambini in \"My Cousin Vinny\" (1992), Harry Lime in \"Home Alone\" and \"\", as Leo Getz in the \"Lethal Weapon\" franchise, and for co-starring with Robert De Niro in the Martin Scorsese films \"Raging Bull\" (1980), \"Goodfellas\" (1990), and \"Casino\" (1995). Pesci won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as the psychopathic gangster Tommy DeVito (based on", "title": "Joe Pesci" }, { "id": "1959007", "text": "films (\"Raging Bull\" and \"Casino\"), Pesci broke the same rib, 15 years apart. Joe Pesci Joseph Frank Pesci ( , ; born February 9, 1943) is an American actor, comedian and singer. Known for portraying tough, volatile characters, in a variety of genres, he is best known for his role as Vincent Gambini in \"My Cousin Vinny\" (1992), Harry Lime in \"Home Alone\" and \"\", as Leo Getz in the \"Lethal Weapon\" franchise, and for co-starring with Robert De Niro in the Martin Scorsese films \"Raging Bull\" (1980), \"Goodfellas\" (1990), and \"Casino\" (1995). Pesci won the Academy Award for Best", "title": "Joe Pesci" }, { "id": "13334413", "text": "to comedian Jamie Denbo. They have a daughter and a son. He graduated from the Bayard Rustin High School for the Humanities in 1989, and holds a B.A. in English from Ithaca College. John Ross Bowie John Ross Bowie (born May 30, 1971) is an American actor and comedian best known for playing Barry Kripke on \"The Big Bang Theory\" and, beginning in 2016, Jimmy DiMeo on \"Speechless. He appeared in \"\"What The Bleep Do We Know?\" opposite Marlee Matlin and made guest appearances on shows such as \"Reno 911!\", \"Curb Your Enthusiasm\", \"Glee\", and \"Good Luck Charlie\". In March", "title": "John Ross Bowie" }, { "id": "18533516", "text": "Smurfs: The Lost Village Smurfs: The Lost Village is a 2017 American 3D computer-animated adventure fantasy film based on \"The Smurfs\" comic book series by Peyo, produced by Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation and The Kerner Entertainment Company, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. A reboot of Sony's previous live-action/animated hybrid films, the film was directed by Kelly Asbury from a screenplay by Stacey Harman and Pamela Ribon, and stars the voices of Demi Lovato, Rainn Wilson, Joe Manganiello, Mandy Patinkin, Jack McBrayer, Danny Pudi, Michelle Rodriguez, Ellie Kemper, Ariel Winter, Meghan Trainor, and Julia Roberts. In the film, a", "title": "Smurfs: The Lost Village" }, { "id": "7051329", "text": "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a 1968 British musical adventure fantasy film, directed by Ken Hughes and written by Roald Dahl and Hughes, loosely based on Ian Fleming's 1964 novel \"Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang: The Magical Car\". The film stars Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Adrian Hall, Heather Ripley, Lionel Jeffries, James Robertson Justice, Robert Helpmann and Gert Fröbe. The film was produced by Albert R. Broccoli, the regular co-producer of the James Bond series of films (also based on Ian Fleming novels). John Stears supervised the special effects. Irwin Kostal supervised and conducted the music, while the", "title": "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" }, { "id": "13508080", "text": "children go out to watch Mr. Docherty dismantle the bomb, but he falls from the ladder. Megsie takes over, and succeeds with the help of the other children and Nanny McPhee's jackdaw, Mr. Edelweiss. After Nanny McPhee helps to harvest the barley with a little magic, saving Phil from Mrs. Biggles hitwomen in the process, it is revealed that old Mrs. Docherty is in fact baby Agatha from the first film and that Nanny McPhee has been staying with her. As Nanny McPhee walks away from the now happy family, the children and Isabel chase after her, only to see", "title": "Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang" }, { "id": "5645495", "text": "live with constantly, which may seem crazy to some but we do so because living in our beautiful, rural area makes it worthwhile.\" As of September 2018, Galecki is dating a woman named Alaina Meyer. Johnny Galecki John Mark Galecki (born April 30, 1975) is an American actor. He is known for playing Leonard Hofstadter in the CBS sitcom \"The Big Bang Theory\" (2007–present) and David Healy in the ABC sitcom \"Roseanne\" (1992–1997; 2018). Galecki also appeared in the films \"National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation\" (1989), \"Prancer\" (1989), \"Suicide Kings\" (1997), \"I Know What You Did Last Summer\" (1997), \"Bookies\" (2003),", "title": "Johnny Galecki" }, { "id": "6386405", "text": "I have to go\". On 11 March 2002 Kirk Jones was hired and set to direct \"Nanny McPhee\" based on \"Nurse Matilda\" by Christianna Brand. Emma Thompson wrote the script for the film. Lindsay Doran, Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner produced the film with the budget of $25 million for release in 2005. On 22 April it was announced that Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Thomas Sangster, Kelly Macdonald, Angela Lansbury, Eliza Bennett, Jennifer Rae Daykin, Raphaël Coleman, Samuel Honywood, Holly Gibbs, Celia Imrie, Imelda Staunton, Sir Derek Jacobi, Patrick Barlow and Adam Godley joined the film. On 16 May it", "title": "Nanny McPhee" }, { "id": "8155731", "text": "Casey Sander Clinton O. \"Casey\" Sander (born July 6, 1956) is an American actor known as the character \"Captain\" Jimmy Wennick on the short-lived TV series \"Tucker\". His television credits also include \"Criminal Minds\", \"The Golden Girls\",\"Grace Under Fire\", \"Home Improvement\", \"Malcolm in the Middle\", \"Rules of Engagement\", \"Sons of Anarchy\", \"Mad Men\", \"Silicon Valley\", \"The Newsroom\", \"Buffy the Vampire Slayer\" (on which he portrayed the father of Xander Harris), \"Hunter\", and \"Marvin Marvin\", among other shows. He has a recurring role on the TV sitcom \"The Big Bang Theory\" as Bernadette's father, Mike. Sander was born in Washington, D.C.", "title": "Casey Sander" }, { "id": "18950702", "text": "games. In May 2016, CBS announced at its annual upfront presentation that the series would begin its tenth season on Mondays, before returning to the Thursday slot once the football games ended. Filming for the tenth season began on August 16, 2016, according to posts on Instagram and Twitter by several of the cast members including Kaley Cuoco and Mayim Bialik. Several castings for the tenth season were announced before the season began airing. \"Variety\" announced on July 22, 2016, that Katey Sagal and Jack McBrayer had been cast as Penny's mother and brother, respectively. Information about the characters was", "title": "The Big Bang Theory (season 10)" }, { "id": "5645483", "text": "Johnny Galecki John Mark Galecki (born April 30, 1975) is an American actor. He is known for playing Leonard Hofstadter in the CBS sitcom \"The Big Bang Theory\" (2007–present) and David Healy in the ABC sitcom \"Roseanne\" (1992–1997; 2018). Galecki also appeared in the films \"National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation\" (1989), \"Prancer\" (1989), \"Suicide Kings\" (1997), \"I Know What You Did Last Summer\" (1997), \"Bookies\" (2003), \"In Time\" (2011), and \"Rings\" (2017). Galecki is one of the highest paid television actors in the world, with his role in \"The Big Bang Theory\" currently earning him approximately US$900,000 per episode between 2017", "title": "Johnny Galecki" }, { "id": "5761182", "text": "2004 – \"Nem Mais Nem Menos\" – feating Jim Dungo 2000 – \"Hold Me in a Decent Way\" – album \"20 Anos Depois de Ar de Rock\" 1998 – \"Cantaria Toda A Noite\" – album \"Terra Mãe\" – feating Cláudio Lins 1998 – \"Mar Português\" / \"Canção de Amor do Marinheiro\" – album \"Pelo Sonho É Que Fomos\" 1996 – Arca de Noé (songs) 1990 – Pirilampo Mágico (participation) 2010 NANNY MCPHEE E O TOQUE DE MAGIA(Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang) – Universal Pictures, On Air (Voice) 2009 SININHO E O TESOURO PERDIDO(Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure) –", "title": "Lúcia Moniz" }, { "id": "10248595", "text": "show's pilot episode premiered on September 25, 2017. Subsequent weekly episodes began airing on November 2, 2017 following the broadcast of the 237th episode of \"The Big Bang Theory\". The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory is an American television sitcom created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, both of whom serve as executive producers on the series, along with Steven Molaro. All three also serve as head writers. The show premiered on CBS on September 24, 2007. The twelfth and final season which will run through 2018–19 premiered on September 24, 2018, consisting of 24 episodes. The show", "title": "The Big Bang Theory" }, { "id": "10116231", "text": "Chris\" and others. Robert Cicchini Robert Cicchini is an American film and television actor and director. Among Cicchini's film appearances are his roles as Lou Pennino, Vincent Corleone's bodyguard, in \"The Godfather Part III\" (1990), Bill Guidone in \"Light Sleeper\" (1992), Jimmy Ozio in \"Primary Colors\" (1998), and Mitch Casper in \"The Watcher\" (2000). On television he has played recurring roles on \"Maybe This Time\" (as Nick Sr.), \"Providence\" (as Alex Mendoza), \"24\" (as Howard Bern) and \"Six Feet Under\" (as Todd). Other television appearances include episodes of \"Law & Order\", \"ER\", \"Chicago Hope\", \"The Sopranos\", \"NYPD Blue\", \"Gilmore Girls\",", "title": "Robert Cicchini" }, { "id": "13334411", "text": "John Ross Bowie John Ross Bowie (born May 30, 1971) is an American actor and comedian best known for playing Barry Kripke on \"The Big Bang Theory\" and, beginning in 2016, Jimmy DiMeo on \"Speechless. He appeared in \"\"What The Bleep Do We Know?\" opposite Marlee Matlin and made guest appearances on shows such as \"Reno 911!\", \"Curb Your Enthusiasm\", \"Glee\", and \"Good Luck Charlie\". In March 2011 he began a run in a series of commercials for the Ford Motor Company. Bowie is a regular sketch comedy performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (UCBT) in New York and", "title": "John Ross Bowie" }, { "id": "18293477", "text": "Star Wars: The Last Jedi Star Wars: The Last Jedi (also known as Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi) is a 2017 American space opera film written and directed by Rian Johnson. It is the second installment of the \"Star Wars\" sequel trilogy and the eighth installment of the main \"Star Wars\" film franchise, following \"\" (2015). It was produced by Lucasfilm and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The film's ensemble cast includes Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Andy Serkis, Lupita Nyong'o, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Gwendoline Christie, and", "title": "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" }, { "id": "8676630", "text": "Creagen Dow Creagen Dow (born May 1, 1991) is an American/Canadian actor, writer, producer who had a recurring role as Jeremiah Trottman on the Nickelodeon series \"Zoey 101\". He has also guest starred on \"The Big Bang Theory\", \"Rizzoli & Isles\", \"Hannah Montana\", \"Castle\", \"Entourage\", \"Hot in Cleveland\" and \"\", to name a few. Creagen received a Best Supporting Actor award for his role in the feature film \"Hamlet's Ghost\" and also appeared alongside Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn in \"Four Christmases\", with Sean Astin in \"Amazing Love\" and provided the voice of \"Mullet Boy\" in the film \"The Ant", "title": "Creagen Dow" }, { "id": "19112111", "text": "by Emile Hirsch and Zoë Kravitz, while Keith Kjarval was attached to produce the film through Unified Pictures, which also developed the film. Principal photography on the film began in December 2014 in Louisiana, and wrapped in January 2015. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 18, 2016. The film was released on June 2, 2017, by Vertical Entertainment. Vincent N Roxxy Vincent N Roxxy is a 2016 American action crime-thriller film directed and written by Gary Michael Schultz. The film stars Emile Hirsch, Zoë Kravitz, Zoey Deutch, Emory Cohen, and Beau Knapp. Principal photography began in", "title": "Vincent N Roxxy" }, { "id": "9164573", "text": "Wayne Wilderson Wayne Wilderson (born January 30, 1966) is an American comedian and actor who has had guest spots on many successful television programs, including \"How to Get Away with Murder\", \"Mom\", \"Bones\", \"\", \"The Office\", \"Seinfeld\", \"Mr. Show\", \"The Steve Harvey Show\", \"Two and a Half Men,\" and \"The Big Bang Theory\". He appeared in the pilot episode of \"The Thick of It\" as a political blogger. He makes a cameo in \"Evan Almighty\". He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He graduated from Breck School in 1984 and received a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts (acting) from Boston", "title": "Wayne Wilderson" }, { "id": "6386406", "text": "was announced that Patrick Doyle would compose the music for the film. Development of the film was completed in Dorset, England. Filming began in April 2004. The film reunites Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Thomas Sangster and Adam Godley who all previously starred in the 2003 film \"Love Actually\". The film was theatrically released on 28 October 2005 in the UK and on 27 January 2006 in the US by Universal Pictures and was released on DVD on 9 May 2006 by Universal Studios Home Entertainment. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives \"Nanny McPhee\" a score of 73% based on 134", "title": "Nanny McPhee" }, { "id": "10248535", "text": "The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory is an American television sitcom created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, both of whom serve as executive producers on the series, along with Steven Molaro. All three also serve as head writers. The show premiered on CBS on September 24, 2007. The twelfth and final season which will run through 2018–19 premiered on September 24, 2018, consisting of 24 episodes. The show originally centered on five characters living in Pasadena, California: Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper, both physicists at Caltech, who share an apartment; Penny, a waitress and aspiring actress who", "title": "The Big Bang Theory" }, { "id": "8731813", "text": "Roach in poetry. Winner: Nominees: Winner: 2 Finalists: Nominees: Winner: Finalists: Nominees: Winner: Finalists: Nominees: Winner: Nominees: Winner: 2 Finalists: Nominees\":\" Winner: 2 Finalists: Nominees: Winner: 2 Finalists: Nominees: Winner: Nominees Winner: 2 Finalists: Nominees\":\" Winner: 2 Finalists: Nominees: Winner: 2 Finalists: Nominees: Winner Finalists Nominees Winner Finalists Nominees Winner Finalists Nominees Winner Finalists Nominees Winner Finalists Nominees Winner Finalists Nominees Winner Nominees Winner Nominees Winner Nominees Winner Finalists Nominees Winner Finalists Nominees Winner Nominees Winner Finalists Nominees Winner Finalists Nominees Winner Nominees Winner Finalists Nominees Winner Finalists Nominees Winners Nominees Winner Finalists Nominees Winner Finalists Nominees Winner Nominees Winner", "title": "Hurston-Wright Legacy Award" }, { "id": "14402750", "text": "turning the Doctor into a bumbling Hugh Grant character from his romcoms\", concluding however \"he did little else right and a crushing disappointment was the result\". \"Vincent and the Doctor\" was nominated for the Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation in the 2010 Nebula Awards and the 2011 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form). It lost both of these; the Bradbury to the film \"Inception\" and the Hugo to the series finale \"The Pandorica Opens\"/\"The Big Bang\". In Canada's Constellation Awards, Curran was nominated (alongside Smith) for Best Actor and Curtis for Best Script; Curran came in sixth", "title": "Vincent and the Doctor" }, { "id": "15282475", "text": "TV shows: \"The Big Bang Theory, The New Girl, Gossip Girl\" and \"The Office\". He studied at The Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, NYU, Columbia University and the Maggie Flanigan Studio. He currently teaches Method Acting at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute and at New York University (NYU). Marcel was a part of the band Hot Seconds. He also records under the pen name Potterfield. Oldest of nine children. Marcel Simoneau Marcel Simoneau is a New York City based actor who has appeared in the films: \"The Rebound,\" , \"Zenith, Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist, Stranger, Kinsey\". On TV: \"Gotham, Unbreakable", "title": "Marcel Simoneau" }, { "id": "5535090", "text": "The Big Bang (1987 film) The Big Bang AKA Le Big-Bang is an X-rated animated science fiction fantasy film, originally released in 1987 by 20th Century Fox in France and Entertainment Film Distributors, Ltd in the United Kingdom. The UK version was written by English satirist Tony Hendra, who was also the voice director. In 1995, World War III begins; Italy annihilates Libya, which destroys Israel. Africa bombs Germany, which in turn attacks France. Luxembourg conquers England. Sweden destroys itself. The Russians decide to liquidate the Americans, who unleash their nuclear fleet, leaving only two continents on the verge of", "title": "The Big Bang (1987 film)" }, { "id": "4638023", "text": "Frank Vincent Frank Vincent Gattuso Jr. (April 15, 1937 – September 13, 2017), known professionally as Frank Vincent, was an American actor. He played prominent roles in the HBO series \"The Sopranos\" and in several films for director Martin Scorsese: \"Raging Bull\" (1980), \"Goodfellas\" (1990), and \"Casino\" (1995). Vincent, who was of Italian descent with roots in Sicily and Naples, was born in North Adams, Massachusetts, and raised in Jersey City, New Jersey. His father, Frank Vincent Gattuso Sr., was an iron worker and businessman. He had two brothers, Nick and Jimmy, and a half-sister, Fran. Skilled at the drums,", "title": "Frank Vincent" }, { "id": "19147419", "text": "a February 16, 2018, release. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 100%, based on 7 reviews, and an average rating of 7.5/10. The Scent of Rain and Lightning (film) The Scent of Rain and Lightning is a 2017 American drama film directed by Blake Robbins and written by Jeff Robison and Casey Twenter, based on the novel of same name by Nancy Pickard. The film stars Maika Monroe, Maggie Grace, Justin Chatwin, Mark Webber, Logan Miller, Will Patton, and Brad Carter. The film had its world premiere at the Atlanta Film Festival on", "title": "The Scent of Rain and Lightning (film)" }, { "id": "8255378", "text": "Riki Lindhome Erika Lindhome (born March 5, 1979) is an American actress, comedian, and musician. She is best known for roles in television shows including \"Garfunkel and Oates\", \"Gilmore Girls\", \"House\", \"The Big Bang Theory\", and \"United States of Tara\", and for the comedy music duo Garfunkel and Oates, which she formed with Kate Micucci. She also hosts the Nerdist podcast \"Making It\". She starred alongside Natasha Leggero in the Comedy Central series \"Another Period\". Lindhome was born on March 5, 1979 in Coudersport, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Portville, New York. She is primarily of Swedish ancestry. She studied", "title": "Riki Lindhome" }, { "id": "3846117", "text": "Rory Culkin Rory Hugh Culkin (born July 21, 1989) is an American actor who is known for his roles in \"Scream 4\", \"You Can Count on Me\" and M. Night Shyamalan's \"Signs\" and is the younger brother of actors Macaulay Culkin and Kieran Culkin. Culkin was born in New York City, the son of Patricia Brentrup and Christopher 'Kit' Culkin, a former stage actor with a long career on Broadway. Culkin is the youngest of eight children; he has four brothers: Shane (b. 1976), Macaulay (b. 1980), Kieran (b. 1982), and Christian (b. 1987), and three sisters: Jennifer (1970–2000) Dakota", "title": "Rory Culkin" }, { "id": "4726642", "text": "the CBS sitcom \"The Big Bang Theory\", and has starred in various films, including \"Ray\", \"Poetic Justice\", \"Friday\", and \"\". In 2018, her performance as Sharon Rivers in the acclaimed drama film \"If Beale Street Could Talk\" garnered critical acclaim and earned her a nomination for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. Regina Rene King was born on January 15, 1971, in Los Angeles, California and grew up in View Park-Windsor Hills. She is the eldest daughter of Gloria (Cain), a special education teacher, and Thomas King, an electrician. King's parents divorced in 1979. King's younger sister is", "title": "Regina King" }, { "id": "19147417", "text": "The Scent of Rain and Lightning (film) The Scent of Rain and Lightning is a 2017 American drama film directed by Blake Robbins and written by Jeff Robison and Casey Twenter, based on the novel of same name by Nancy Pickard. The film stars Maika Monroe, Maggie Grace, Justin Chatwin, Mark Webber, Logan Miller, Will Patton, and Brad Carter. The film had its world premiere at the Atlanta Film Festival on March 25, 2017. It is scheduled to be released in a limited release and through video on demand on February 16, 2018, by SP Releasing. On July 23, 2015,", "title": "The Scent of Rain and Lightning (film)" }, { "id": "11720429", "text": "Megan Ewing twice a year when she was a Guess Girl. His career started with work for Calvin Klein and as a music photographer. He then lived in Milan, Italy, for three years while continuing photography but emphasizing more fashion than music. He is a native of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, who is currently based in New York City, and has a home is in Montauk, New York. In 2011, he played himself in the August 28 season 8 episode entitled \"The Big Bang\" (episode 94 of the series) of \"Entourage\" where the series main character Vincent Chase was being", "title": "Raphael Mazzucco" }, { "id": "648675", "text": "list of the 500 Greatest Movies of All Time, \"Raiders\" ranked second, beaten only by \"The Godfather\". The film was ranked at number 11 in a list of the 25 best action and war films of all time by \"The Guardian\". In conjunction with the Blu-ray release, a limited one-week release in IMAX theaters was announced for September 7, 2012. Steven Spielberg and sound designer Ben Burtt supervised the format conversion. No special effects or other visual elements were altered, but the audio was enhanced for surround sound. In the \"The Big Bang Theory\" episode \"The 21-Second Exitation\", the protagonists", "title": "Raiders of the Lost Ark" }, { "id": "18768928", "text": "the second season. On March 27, 2018, it was announced that Douglas Smith had joined the cast in a recurring role. On April 3, 2018, it was confirmed that Kathryn Newton, Robin Weigert, Merrin Dungey, and Sarah Sokolovic were returning for the second season. Newton and Sokolovic have been upped from recurring roles to series regulars. Additionally, it was announced that Crystal Fox had joined the cast in a main role and that Mo McRae would appear in a recurring capacity. On April 10, 2018, it was announced that Martin Donovan had been cast in a recurring role. In May", "title": "Big Little Lies (TV series)" }, { "id": "17271424", "text": "Bang Bang! Bang Bang! is a 2014 Indian action comedy film, directed by Siddharth Anand, written by Abbas Tyrewala and Sujoy Ghosh, and produced by Fox Star Studios. The film is an official remake of the 2010 Hollywood film \"Knight and Day\", and features Hrithik Roshan and Katrina Kaif, in the lead roles performed by Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz, respectively, in the original. The main antagonist of the film is Danny Denzongpa. The film was distributed and marketed by Fox Star Studios in collaboration with Fox International Productions worldwide. Somewhere in London, Colonel Viren Nanda (Jimmy Sheirgill) goes to", "title": "Bang Bang!" }, { "id": "16659559", "text": "Avengers: Age of Ultron Avengers: Age of Ultron is a 2015 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the sequel to 2012's \"The Avengers\" and the eleventh film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film was written and directed by Joss Whedon and features an ensemble cast that includes Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, Cobie Smulders, Anthony Mackie, Hayley Atwell, Idris Elba, Stellan Skarsgård,", "title": "Avengers: Age of Ultron" }, { "id": "20962026", "text": "A day later, it was announced that Joel Fields had joined the production as an additional writer and executive producer. Alongside the series order announcement, it was confirmed that Sam Rockwell and Michelle Williams had been cast in the lead roles of Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon, respectively. On November 19, 2018, it was announced Margaret Qualley and Norbert Leo Butz had been cast in series regular roles and that Aya Cash, Nate Corddry, Susan Misner, Bianca Marroquín, Kelli Barrett, Evan Handler, Rick Holmes, Paul Reiser, Ethan Slater, Byron Jennings, and Laura Osnes had joined the cast cast in a", "title": "Fosse/Verdon" }, { "id": "4914688", "text": "2,154 venues and earned $12,224,016 in its opening weekend, ranking third in the North American box office behind \"Toy Story 2\" fourth weekend and fellow newcomer \"The Green Mile\". The film ended its run, having grossed $65,538,755 in the United States and Canada, and $27,400,000 overseas for a worldwide total of $92,938,755. Based on a $17 million budget, the film was a box office success. The film received negative reviews from critics. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, it holds a 23% score based on 75 reviews, with an average rating of 4/10. The site's consensus states: \"According to critics,", "title": "Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo" }, { "id": "19755600", "text": "The Lion King (2019 film) The Lion King is an upcoming American drama film directed by Jon Favreau and produced by Walt Disney Pictures. It is a photorealistic computer animated remake of Disney's traditionally animated 1994 film of the same name. The film features the voices of Donald Glover, Seth Rogen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Billy Eichner, John Oliver, Keegan-Michael Key, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, and James Earl Jones. Plans for a remake of \"The Lion King\" were confirmed in September 2016 following the success of Favreau's \"The Jungle Book\". Much of the main cast signed in early 2017 and principal photography began in", "title": "The Lion King (2019 film)" }, { "id": "11869450", "text": "Jay Simpson (actor) Jay Simpson (born 1967) is a prolific English film, television and stage actor. Simpson is perhaps best known in television for portraying cockney desk sergeant Ian 'Brookie' Brooke in \"Foyle's War\", he has also appeared on television in \"Recovery\" with David Tennant and Sarah Parish, \"Hot Money\", \"Bad Crowd\", \"A Touch of Frost\", \"Casualty\", \"Primeval\", \"The Bill\", \"Peep Show\", \"Rome\", \"Ashes to Ashes\", \"Murder in Suburbia\" and \"Soundproof\". Jay also uses his charm and voice skills as he is the voice of 'The Tree of Temptation' in Big Brother. His films include \"Hush Your Mouth\", \"The Holiday\",", "title": "Jay Simpson (actor)" }, { "id": "19157746", "text": "Barbershop: The Next Cut Barbershop: The Next Cut (also known as Barbershop 3 or Barbershop 3: The Next Cut) is a 2016 American comedy film directed by Malcolm D. Lee and written by Kenya Barris and Tracy Oliver. It is the sequel to 2004's \"\" and the third film in the \"Barbershop\" film series and stars an ensemble cast, including returning actors Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer, Anthony Anderson, Eve, Sean Patrick Thomas, Deon Cole and Troy Garity, and new cast members Regina Hall, Nicki Minaj, Common, Maryum Ali, J. B. Smoove, Tyga and Lamorne Morris. This is the first", "title": "Barbershop: The Next Cut" }, { "id": "6308810", "text": "Ronald Lacey Ronald William Lacey (28 September 1935 – 15 May 1991) was an English actor. He made numerous television and film appearances over a 30-year period and is perhaps best remembered for his roles as Harris in \"Porridge\", Gestapo agent Major Arnold Ernst Toht in \"Raiders of the Lost Ark\" and the Bishop of Bath and Wells in \"Blackadder II\". Lacey attended Harrow Weald Grammar School. After a brief stint of national service and at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, he began his acting career in 1961 in a TV play, \"The Secret Agent\". His first", "title": "Ronald Lacey" }, { "id": "3457426", "text": "many awful moments as good ones—at least until the extremely unsatisfying and drawn-out conclusion, which blows things completely.\" It currently holds a 41% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of \"C-\" on an A+ to F scale. The film debuted at #1 at the box office. It went on to gross $27 million domestically. The Big Hit The Big Hit is a 1998 American action comedy film directed by Hong Kong filmmaker Che-Kirk Wong, and stars Mark Wahlberg, China Chow, Lou Diamond Phillips, Christina Applegate, Bokeem Woodbine, Antonio Sabato, Jr., Avery Brooks", "title": "The Big Hit" }, { "id": "18602731", "text": "Show alumnus), and featured Andy Kaufman Award-winners Reggie Watts and Brent Weinbach. It added long-form improv and podcasts to the schedule. The 2010 Festival featured 175 performers at nine venues and featured long-form improv, podcasts by Marc Maron and Jimmy Pardo, and comics including Maria Bamford, Tim Meadows, Scott Adsit, Tig Notaro, Greg Behrendt, Marc Maron, Christian Finnegan, Matt Besser, Matt Walsh, Matt Braunger, Danny Pudi, Steve Agee, T.J. Miller, and Hannibal Buress. 192 performers included Margaret Cho, Fred Armisen, Kristen Schaal, Andy Dick, Simon Helberg (\"The Big Bang Theory\"), Oscar Nunez (\"The Office\"), Aparna Nancherla and Doug Benson. Comics", "title": "Bridgetown Comedy Festival" }, { "id": "20058907", "text": "Usman Ally Usman Ally is a Pakistani-American film, stage and television actor. Marking his acting debut in 2008, Ally won an Obie Award in 2015 for his role in \"The Invisible Hand\". He has appeared in several stage productions including \"The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity\", \"The Jungle Book\" and a production of \"Around the World in 80 Days\". He is known for his on screen roles such as Vincent on \"Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.\" and the Hook-Handed Man in \"A Series of Unfortunate Events\". Usman Ally was born in Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) to Pakistani parents. He grew up in Kenya,", "title": "Usman Ally" }, { "id": "20160759", "text": "Red Nose Day Actually Red Nose Day Actually is a 2017 British romantic comedy television short film, acting as both a sequel to the 2003 feature film \"Love Actually\", and a part of the fund-raising event Red Nose Day 2017. \"Love Actually\" writer and director Richard Curtis returns alongside cast members Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth, Andrew Lincoln, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Keira Knightley, Martine McCutcheon, Bill Nighy, Thomas Sangster, Lúcia Moniz, Olivia Olson, Marcus Brigstocke, and Rowan Atkinson. The film was first broadcast on BBC One on March 24, 2017 as a part of Red Nose Day. A slightly different", "title": "Red Nose Day Actually" }, { "id": "5283250", "text": "Adrian Grenier Adrian Grenier (born July 10, 1976) is an American actor, producer, director, musician and environmentalist. He is best known for playing Vincent Chase in the TV series \"Entourage\" (2004–2011). He starred in the films \"Drive Me Crazy\", \"The Devil Wears Prada\", and \"Entourage\". Grenier was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the son of Karesse Grenier and John Dunbar. His parents were never married. He was raised by his mother in New York City. His father was from Ohio, and has English, German, Scottish and Irish ancestry. His mother was born in New Mexico, to a family of", "title": "Adrian Grenier" }, { "id": "6927697", "text": "Kenny Hughes Kenneth Hughes is an actor, dancer, director and writer working in film, TV and stage internationally. He should not be confused with Ken Hughes (the now-deceased director of such movies as \"Chitty Chitty Bang Bang\"). Kenneth Hughes has worked with a wide range of recognized names such as Madonna, Meryl Streep, Michael Bay, Christopher Columbus, Tracey Ullman, Julie Taymor, Jim Carrey, the Bee Gees, Robert Zemeckis, Matthew Rolston, Coen Brothers, the ISO dance company, the Diavalo Dance Theater, the Rogue Go-Go Dance Company, Zubin Mehta, Mika Kaurismäki, Amy Brenneman, Val Kilmer, Eric Stoltz and others. He had films", "title": "Kenny Hughes" }, { "id": "3128425", "text": "Christine Baranski Christine Jane Baranski (born May 2, 1952) is an American actress, singer, and producer. She is a 15-time Emmy Award nominee, winning once in 1995 for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Maryanne Thorpe in the sitcom \"Cybill\" (1995–98). Baranski has received further critical acclaim for her performance as Diane Lockhart in the legal drama series \"The Good Wife\" (2009–2016) and its spinoff series \"The Good Fight\" (2017–present), as well as her recurring role as Dr. Beverly Hofstadter in the sitcom \"The Big Bang Theory\" (2009–present) for which she has received two Emmy", "title": "Christine Baranski" }, { "id": "5659069", "text": "May 2009, Kelly starred as the Wizard in London's West End Theatre production of the \"Wizard of Oz\" inspired musical \"Wicked\", replacing Desmond Barrit. From 27 March 2010 he was succeeded by Clive Carter. He worked with director Mike Leigh on several occasions, including \"Grown-Ups\" (1980), \"Topsy-Turvy\" (1999), \"All or Nothing\" (2002) and on stage at the National Theatre in \"Grief\" (September 2011). Kelly's later roles were as the ARP warden in \"Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang\", and as the old boatman, John Merdell, in the ITV production of \"Dead Man's Folly\" in the final (2013) series of \"Poirot\",", "title": "Sam Kelly" }, { "id": "10248588", "text": "show won the People's Choice Award for Favorite Comedy, while Parsons won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. On January 16, 2011, Parsons was awarded a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Comedy or Musical, an award that was presented by co-star Kaley Cuoco. On September 18, 2011, Parsons was again awarded an Emmy for Best Actor in a Comedy Series. On January 9, 2013, the show won People's Choice Award for Favorite Comedy for the second time. August 25, 2014, Jim Parsons was awarded an Emmy", "title": "The Big Bang Theory" }, { "id": "16955466", "text": "and didn't believe in it. A lot of people wanted to do it and Working Title came to us and were interested in working with Emma and with Kirk Jones who was attached as the director so they were willing to put up the money through Universal so we made the movie that way.\" They released its sequel, \"Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang\", in 2010. Other films Doran oversaw included \"Tomorrow Never Dies\", \"The World Is Not Enough\", \"Ronin\", and \"The Thomas Crown Affair\". Lindsay Doran Lindsay Doran (c. 1949) is an American film producer and studio executive who", "title": "Lindsay Doran" }, { "id": "18581887", "text": "2014, Michael Douglas and Orlando Bloom joined the cast. On November 6, 2014, John Malkovich and Toni Collette joined the cast. Principal photography began on November 3, 2014, and ended on January 17, 2015. The film was released in the United Kingdom on May 5, 2017, by Lionsgate. The film was released in the United States on September 1, 2017. The film received negative reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 25% based on 52 reviews, with an average rating of 4.2/10. On Metacritic, the film has a score of 46 out of 100, based on", "title": "Unlocked (2017 film)" }, { "id": "19014490", "text": "Rebel in the Rye Rebel in the Rye is a 2017 American biographical drama film directed and written by Danny Strong. It is based on the book \"J. D. Salinger: A Life\" by Kenneth Slawenski, about the life of writer J. D. Salinger during and after World War II. The film stars Nicholas Hoult, Zoey Deutch, Kevin Spacey, Sarah Paulson, Brian d'Arcy James, Victor Garber, Hope Davis, and Lucy Boynton. The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2017, and was released by IFC Films on September 8, 2017. The life of author J.", "title": "Rebel in the Rye" }, { "id": "1932572", "text": "attracted much attention when he appeared at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2015 and the BFI London Film Festival in October 2015. John Goodman John Stephen Goodman (born June 20, 1952) is an American actor. Early in his career, he was known for playing Dan Conner on the ABC TV series \"Roseanne\" (1988–1997; 2018), for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in 1993. He is also a regular collaborator with the Coen brothers on such films as \"Raising Arizona\" (1987), \"Barton Fink\" (1991), \"The Big Lebowski\" (1998), \"O Brother, Where Art Thou?\" (2000), and", "title": "John Goodman" }, { "id": "1932553", "text": "John Goodman John Stephen Goodman (born June 20, 1952) is an American actor. Early in his career, he was known for playing Dan Conner on the ABC TV series \"Roseanne\" (1988–1997; 2018), for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in 1993. He is also a regular collaborator with the Coen brothers on such films as \"Raising Arizona\" (1987), \"Barton Fink\" (1991), \"The Big Lebowski\" (1998), \"O Brother, Where Art Thou?\" (2000), and \"Inside Llewyn Davis\" (2013). Goodman's voice roles in animated films include Rex in Steven Spielberg's \"We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story\", Pacha in Disney's \"The", "title": "John Goodman" }, { "id": "20134704", "text": "Little J & Big Cuz Little J & Big Cuz is an Australian animated television series first screened on the NITV network in 2017. The 13-part series is directed by Tony Thorne and produced by Ned Lander and developed with The Australian Council for Educational Research. It was written by Beck Cole, Jon Bell, Erica Glynn, Danielle Maclean, Bruce Pascoe and Dot West with creative input from Margaret Harvey, Leah Purcell and Adrian Wills. In May 2018, the show was renewed for a second series to air on NITV and ABC Kids in 2019. The series won the 2018 Logie", "title": "Little J & Big Cuz" }, { "id": "5175113", "text": "is a Scientologist. Since 2006, he has been married to Brandy Lewis, the younger sister of actress and singer Juliette Lewis. Ethan Suplee Ethan Suplee (born May 25, 1976) is an American film and television actor best known for his roles as Seth Ryan in \"American History X\", Louie Lastik in \"Remember the Titans\", Frankie in \"Boy Meets World\", Randy Hickey in \"My Name Is Earl\", Toby in \"The Wolf of Wall Street\", Elwood in \"Without a Paddle\", and his roles in Kevin Smith films. Suplee was born in Manhattan, the son of Debbie and Bill Suplee (who later played", "title": "Ethan Suplee" }, { "id": "9337129", "text": "The Big Bang (TV series) The Big Bang was a CITV science show broadcast from 15 April 1996 – 8 September 2004 and produced by Yorkshire Television. It is notable for being one of CITV's longest-running science programmes. The aim of the programme was to make science fun and interesting for children. Starting in 1996, \"The Big Bang\" was originally presented by Gareth Jones and Kate Bellingham. Kate Bellingham left after the second series to care for her new child. Gareth Jones's long-time friend and now partner Violet Berlin was her replacement for the third series in 1998. The show", "title": "The Big Bang (TV series)" }, { "id": "12338929", "text": "BBC drama director trainee course. In 2001, she was supported by BBC2 controller Jane Root, who eased her into drama with a £200,000 budget drama for BBC2, \"Love Again\", about Philip Larkin. She won a BAFTA award for best drama serial for her work on the 2005 version of \"Bleak House\". She directed the BBC mini-series \"Jane Eyre\" of which she was nominated for an Emmy award. She also directed four episodes of the HBO miniseries \"Generation Kill\", and all five episodes of the 2012 series \"Parade's End\". In film, White directed \"Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang\" and most", "title": "Susanna White" }, { "id": "15056286", "text": "Brian Patrick Wade Brian Patrick Wade (born June 9, 1978) is an American actor and physical trainer, best known for his television roles as Capt. Craig Schwetje in the mini-series \"Generation Kill\", as Kurt (Penny's former love interest) in \"The Big Bang Theory\", and as the Alpha Werewolf Ennis on \"Teen Wolf\". Wade made his debut in 2002 as an exotic dancer on \"\". He later appeared in the films \"Latter Days\" and \"The Guardian\". He later appeared on television in episodes of \"Two and a Half Men\", \"Sabrina, the Teenage Witch\", \"NCIS\", \"Las Vegas\", \"Surface\", \"'Til Death\", \"The Closer\",", "title": "Brian Patrick Wade" }, { "id": "8249614", "text": "for \"The Big Bang Theory\". In 2018, he released his first feature length documentary, \"\", about his efforts to reunite his favorite band from his college years, Magic Music. The movie enjoys a limited theatrical release starting August 3 and will be available digitally September 4, 2018. Lee Aronsohn Lee Aronsohn (born December 15, 1952) is an American television writer, composer and producer. He has written for many sitcoms, such as \"The Love Boat\", \"Who's the Boss?\", \"Murphy Brown\", \"Grace Under Fire\", \"The Big Bang Theory\", and \"Cybill\". In 1997, he co-created the sitcom starring Rick Reynolds and Pam Dawber,", "title": "Lee Aronsohn" }, { "id": "18832364", "text": "as Penny's father Wyatt in episode 3. Sheldon's maternal grandmother Constance who he calls \"Meemaw\" made her first long-awaited appearance in episode 14 and was portrayed by June Squibb and Leonard's father Alfred also made his first long-awaited appearance in episode 24 and was played by Judd Hirsch. This was the first season to feature every main cast member of the show, including former main cast member Sara Gilbert, who made a guest appearance in the 200th episode. <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> The ninth season received mixed reviews. John Doyle of \"The Globe and Mail\" criticized the humor, writing that \"The show", "title": "The Big Bang Theory (season 9)" }, { "id": "13508076", "text": "Mrs. Biggles. He desperately attempts to make Isabel sell her half of the farm, using mean and spiteful schemes to leave her no choice. Isabel takes the children on a picnic during which an ARP Warden, Mr. Docherty, warns them about bombs and how he imagines a pilot might accidentally release his bomb. At the end of the picnic, Uncle Phil delivers a telegram saying Isabel's husband was killed in action. Isabel and everyone else believes the telegram, but Norman says that he can \"feel it in his bones\" that his father is not dead. He tells this to Cyril,", "title": "Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang" }, { "id": "14375328", "text": "2010 has been broadcast as part of the Earwolf comedy podcasting network, being recorded in studios owned by the company. Many notable people in the world of comedy, music, television and film have appeared on the podcast, including Paul F. Tompkins, Lauren Lapkus, \"Weird Al\" Yankovic, Aimee Mann, Jon Hamm, Aziz Ansari, Adam Scott, Patton Oswalt, Seth Rogen, Thomas Lennon, Zach Galifianakis, Ben Stiller, David Cross, Bob Odenkirk, St. Vincent, Sarah Silverman, Amy Poehler, James Adomian, Harris Wittels, Michael Cera, Tim Heidecker, Nick Kroll, Loudon Wainwright III, Matt Besser, Kevin Nealon, and Andy Daly. \"Comedy Bang! Bang!\" was also a", "title": "Comedy Bang! Bang!" }, { "id": "14487708", "text": "included the 1960s \"Batman\" TV series actors Adam West, Burt Ward, and Julie Newmar, \"Game of Thrones\" actress Natalie Dormer, \"Hellboy\" actor Ron Perlman, \"The Walking Dead\" actors Laurie Holden and Chandler Riggs, \"Doctor Who\" actor Peter Davison, \"The Guild\" actress Felicia Day, and comedian Kevin Smith. C2E2 2014 was held April 25–27, 2014. It included comic legend Stan Lee, \"Torchwood\" actress Eve Myles, \"Game of Thrones\" actors Alfie Allen, Natalia Tena, and Kristian Nairn, \"Teen Wolf\" actors Tyler Posey and Crystal Reed, and \"The Southern Vampire Mysteries\" series author Charlaine Harris. C2E2 2015 was held April 24–26, 2015. Comic", "title": "Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo" }, { "id": "5661849", "text": "United States in March 2016, and received critical acclaim. His 2017 film \"The Big Sick\" starred Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter and Ray Romano. It saw a wide theatrical release and had an overwhelmingly positive 98% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Showalter married Anne Kalin Ellis on January 16, 2011, in New York. In June 2014, his wife gave birth to twins. Michael Showalter Michael Showalter (born June 17, 1970) is an American comedian, actor, director, writer and producer. He is a member of the sketch comedy trio", "title": "Michael Showalter" }, { "id": "4797359", "text": "2003 comedy \"Old School\" (alongside Luke Wilson, Vince Vaughn and Will Ferrell) as \"Spanish\", \"Laurel Canyon\" (2003) as Wyett, \"Subway Cafe\" (2004) as Vincent Young, \"War of the Worlds\" (2005) as Vincent, \"Roll Bounce\" (2005) as Naps, \"Pulse\" (2006) as Stone, \"First Snow\" (2006) as Andy Lopez, \"Illegal Tender\" (2007) as Wilson DeLeon Jr., \"What We Do Is Secret\" (2007) as Pat Smear. He also appears in Apartment 143 as Paul Ortega. His TV guest appearances have been in \"\" (2000), \"Touched by an Angel\" (2001) as Ramone, \"ER\" (2001) as Jorge Escalona, \"Buffy the Vampire Slayer\" (2002) as Tomas,", "title": "Rick Gonzalez" }, { "id": "1400555", "text": "two 2009 films were both set in 1960s England, and in both she made cameo appearances: as a headmistress in the critically praised drama \"An Education\" and as a \"tippling mother\" in Richard Curtis's \"The Boat that Rocked\". Five years after the original, Thompson returned to Nanny McPhee with 2010's \"Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang\". Her screenplay transported the story to Britain during the Second World War, and incorporated a new cast including Maggie Gyllenhaal. Building on the first film's success, it was another UK box office number one and the sequel was widely seen as an improvement. The", "title": "Emma Thompson" }, { "id": "10048540", "text": "\"Dance Flick\". The single was performed at the 2007 BET Awards and at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards. The single won the award for Hot Ringtone at the 2007 BET Hip Hop Awards. The official remix was produced by Grand Hustle in-house production duo Nard & B, and was billed as the \"Grand Hustle Remix\". The remix features guest appearances from Grand Hustle artists Big Kuntry King, Alfamega (former artist), Mac Boney and JR Get Money (former artist). The song was later remixed by American rappers Cassidy, Fabolous and Swizz Beatz. The single debuted at number 30 on the", "title": "Big Shit Poppin' (Do It)" }, { "id": "11536431", "text": "David Sheiner David S. Sheiner (born January 13, 1928) is an American actor. He is known for his supporting roles in several films and television series. Sheiner appeared in several films including \"The Greatest Story Ever Told\" (1965) as James the Elder, and Roy in \"The Odd Couple\" (1968). He also guest-starred in many television programs, including \"Columbo\", \"The Big Valley\", \"The Twilight Zone\", \"The Invaders\", \"The Man from U.N.C.L.E.\", \"Hawaii Five-O\", \"Blue Light\", \"S.W.A.T.\", \"Combat!\" \"Quincy, M.E.\", \"\", \"The Fall Guy\", \"Blind Ambition\", \"Bonanza\", and \"The Fugitive\". He retired from acting in 1988. Sheiner is the last surviving member", "title": "David Sheiner" }, { "id": "3432081", "text": "adaptation on 3 December 2007, adapted and illustrated by Alain Paillou (). This was translated from the edition first published in France by in 2006 under the title of \"Les Quatre\". The novel was adapted for television with David Suchet as Poirot, as part of the final series of \"Agatha Christie's Poirot\". The film premiered on ITV on 23 October 2013 and on PBS on 27 July 2014 in the United States; it also guest-starred Sarah Parish, Patricia Hodge, Tom Brooke, Nicholas Burns, and Simon Lowe. Suchet's former co-stars Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, and Pauline Moran reprised their roles as", "title": "The Big Four (novel)" } ]

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[ { "id": "6406080", "text": "Charmian Carr Charmian Carr (born Charmian Anne Farnon; December 27, 1942 – September 17, 2016) was an American actress and singer best known for her role as Liesl, the eldest Von Trapp daughter in the 1965 film version of \"The Sound of Music\". Carr was born Charmian Anne Farnon in Chicago, Illinois, the second child of vaudeville actress Rita Oehmen and musician Brian Farnon. The couple divorced in 1957. She had two sisters, both actresses (Shannon Farnon and Darleen Carr). Her family moved to Los Angeles when she was 10. While a student at San Fernando High School, Carr was", "title": "Charmian Carr" }, { "id": "17740426", "text": "started taking voice and acting lessons. Rinehart's first role was in Rodger and Hammerstein's \"Carousel\". She then progressed onto other major roles. Ariane Rinehart Ariane Rinehart (born April 13, 1994) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her performance in \"The Sound of Music Live!\" as the eldest von Trapp daughter, Liesl, which was described by critics as the standout performance in the production. When she was 10 years old, Rinehart starred as Marta, the second youngest Von Trapp, in a professional production in the Sound of Music in St. Louis, where she was born. This", "title": "Ariane Rinehart" }, { "id": "17740423", "text": "Ariane Rinehart Ariane Rinehart (born April 13, 1994) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her performance in \"The Sound of Music Live!\" as the eldest von Trapp daughter, Liesl, which was described by critics as the standout performance in the production. When she was 10 years old, Rinehart starred as Marta, the second youngest Von Trapp, in a professional production in the Sound of Music in St. Louis, where she was born. This was a precursor to her second role in The Sound of Music in 2013, which was watched by 18 million people on", "title": "Ariane Rinehart" }, { "id": "10140525", "text": "Agathe von Trapp Agathe Johanna Erwina Gobertina von Trapp (12 March 1913 – 28 December 2010) was the eldest daughter of Georg von Trapp and his first wife, Agatha Whitehead von Trapp. She was also a member of the Trapp Family Singers, whose lives were the inspiration for the musical play and film \"The Sound of Music\". She was portrayed as the character \"Liesl\". Being the second eldest child, she also was technically portrayed as \"Friedrich.\" Agathe was born on 12 March 1913 in Pola, Istria, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (present-day Pula, Croatia). She was the eldest daughter", "title": "Agathe von Trapp" }, { "id": "5202549", "text": "uncredited Herbert Ross. Fifteen-year-old Lauri Peters, who played Kitty Bennet, left a good enough first impression on Richard Rodgers that he invited her to audition for his next show, \"The Sound of Music\". Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II cast her in the role of Liesl, the eldest daughter, in the 1959 original Broadway production of \"The Sound of Music\". Peters shared a Tony Award nomination for the role, and stayed with the show for two years. Like the novel, the musical is concerned primarily with the rocky courtship between Elizabeth Bennet, a poor gentleman's daughter with four sisters, and Mr.", "title": "First Impressions (musical)" }, { "id": "6413230", "text": "wealthy Pritzker family, the daughter of Irene (née Dryburgh) and Robert Pritzker. Her father founded The Marmon Group with his brother Jay Pritzker. She is of Jewish origin on her father's side and her mother is Australian. Her mother met her father while working at a Pritzker-owned Hyatt hotel in Australia; they married in 1980 and divorced in 1989. She has one brother, Matthew Pritzker, and three half-siblings from her father's first marriage to Audrey Gilbert Pritzker: Jennifer N. Pritzker; Linda Pritzker; and Karen Pritzker Vlock. She was named after the \"Sound of Music\" character Liesl von Trapp, the eldest", "title": "Liesel Pritzker Simmons" }, { "id": "7635606", "text": "The Sound of Music (film) The Sound of Music is a 1965 American musical drama film produced and directed by Robert Wise, and starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, with Richard Haydn and Eleanor Parker. The film is an adaptation of the 1959 stage musical of the same name, composed by Richard Rodgers with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. The film's screenplay was written by Ernest Lehman, adapted from the stage musical's book by Lindsay and Crouse. Based on the memoir \"The Story of the Trapp Family Singers\" by Maria von Trapp, the film is about a young Austrian woman", "title": "The Sound of Music (film)" }, { "id": "4389632", "text": "Angela Cartwright Angela Margaret Cartwright (born September 9, 1952) is an English-born American actress primarily known for her roles in movies and television. Cartwright is best known in movies as a child actress for her role as Brigitta von Trapp in the Academy Award winning film \"The Sound of Music\" (1965). On television, she played Linda Williams, the stepdaughter of Danny Williams (played by Danny Thomas) in the 1950s TV series \"The Danny Thomas Show\", and Penny Robinson, in the 1960s television series \"Lost in Space\". Her older sister is actress Veronica Cartwright. Angela Cartwright was born in Altrincham, Cheshire,", "title": "Angela Cartwright" }, { "id": "9682724", "text": "a first class degree from Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, having earlier attended the National Youth Theatre. Her television appearances include \"Doctors\", \"The Inspector Lynley Mysteries\" and \"Holby City\". Bould appeared in the West End at the London Palladium in the original Andrew Lloyd Webber production of \"The Sound of Music\", alongside Connie Fisher. Bould played the eldest child of the Von Trapp family, \"Liesl\". She was also the understudy for \"Maria\" and received rave reviews in that role, having stepped in to cover an extended absence by Fisher through illness. Bould left \"The Sound of Music\" on 24 September", "title": "Sophie Bould" }, { "id": "7635633", "text": "The casting of the children characters began in November 1963 and involved over two hundred interviews and auditions throughout the United States and England. Some of the child-actors interviewed or tested, who were not selected, included Mia Farrow, Patty Duke, Lesley Ann Warren, Geraldine Chaplin, Shelley Fabares, Teri Garr, Kurt Russell, and The Osmonds. Most of the actors selected had some acting, singing, or dancing experience. Charmian Carr, however, was a model who worked part-time in a doctor's office and had no ambition to pursue a career as an actress. After a friend sent her photo to Wise's office, she", "title": "The Sound of Music (film)" }, { "id": "405271", "text": "musical then opened on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on November 16, 1959, moved to the Mark Hellinger Theatre on November 6, 1962, and closed on June 15, 1963, after 1,443 performances. The director was Vincent J. Donehue, and the choreographer was Joe Layton. The original cast included Mary Martin (at age 46) as Maria, Theodore Bikel as Captain Georg von Trapp, Patricia Neway as Mother Abbess, Kurt Kasznar as Max Detweiler, Marion Marlowe as Elsa Schräder, Brian Davies as Rolf and Lauri Peters as Liesl. Sopranos Patricia Brooks and June Card were ensemble members in the original production. The", "title": "The Sound of Music" }, { "id": "19280910", "text": "Kerstin Anderson Kerstin Anderson (born September 10, 1994) is an American stage actress and singer. She starred as Maria Von Trapp in the 2015 U.S. national tour of \"The Sound of Music\", for which she received warm praise. Anderson made her Broadway debut as the alternate for Eliza Doolittle in the 2018 revival of My Fair Lady. Anderson was raised in South Burlington, Vermont, the daughter of Frederick G. \"Ted\" Anderson, a scientist with IBM, and Kathleen \"Kathy\" Kilcoyne, a college athletic director. She lived in Galway, Ireland, during her father's sabbatical year, and her interest in acting began when", "title": "Kerstin Anderson" }, { "id": "405275", "text": "Eunice Gayson as Elsa Schrader, Harold Kasket as Max Detweiler, Barbara Brown as Liesl, Nicholas Bennett as Rolf and Olive Gilbert as Sister Margaretta. In 1981, at producer Ross Taylor's urging, Petula Clark agreed to star in a revival of the show at the Apollo Victoria Theatre in London's West End. Michael Jayston played Captain von Trapp, Honor Blackman was the Baroness and June Bronhill the Mother Abbess. Other notable cast members included Helen Anker, John Bennett and Martina Grant. Despite her misgivings that, at age 49, she was too old to play the role convincingly, Clark opened to unanimous", "title": "The Sound of Music" }, { "id": "4598640", "text": "friends, who could always be counted upon to save him and all of the inhabitants of the \"Jupiter II\" — The Robot (animated by Bob May, voiced by Dick Tufeld) and Will Robinson (Bill Mumy), the youngest of the three Robinson children. Castmates included Guy Williams, the former star of \"Zorro\" (1957–59), as Professor John Robinson and the credited star of the series; June Lockhart, the former star of \"Lassie\" (1959–64), as Dr. Maureen Robinson; Marta Kristen as elder daughter Judy Robinson; and Angela Cartwright (one of the von Trapp children in \"The Sound of Music\"). On June 14, 1995,", "title": "Mark Goddard" }, { "id": "10140692", "text": "Maria Franziska von Trapp Maria Agatha Franziska Gobertina von Trapp (28 September 1914 – 18 February 2014) was the second-oldest daughter of Georg von Trapp and his first wife, Agatha Whitehead von Trapp. She was a member of the Trapp Family Singers, whose lives inspired the musical and film \"The Sound of Music\". She was portrayed by Heather Menzies as the character \"Louisa\". She died at age 99, and was the last surviving sibling portrayed in the film. She was born on 28 September 1914 in Zell am See, Salzburg, then part of Austria-Hungary. Her siblings were Rupert von Trapp", "title": "Maria Franziska von Trapp" }, { "id": "405281", "text": "the role in time for the official opening date along with Lesley Garrett as the Mother Abbess. After Garrett left, Margaret Preece took the role. The cast also featured Lauren Ward as the Baroness, Ian Gelder as Max, Sophie Bould as Liesl, and Neil McDermott as Rolf. Other notable replacements have included Simon Burke and Simon MacCorkindale as the Captain and newcomer Amy Lennox as Liesl. Summer Strallen replaced Fisher in February 2008, with Mulholland portraying Maria on Monday evenings and Wednesday matinees. The revival received enthusiastic reviews, especially for Fisher, Preece, Bould and Garrett. A cast recording of the", "title": "The Sound of Music" }, { "id": "7196060", "text": "Heather Menzies Heather Menzies-Urich (born Heather Margaret Brotherston Menzies; December 3, 1949 – December 24, 2017) was a Canadian-American model and actress, known for her roles as Louisa von Trapp in the 1965 film \"The Sound of Music\" and Jessica 6 in the TV series \"Logan's Run\". Heather Margaret Brotherston Menzies was born in Toronto on December 3, 1949, to Scottish parents who had emigrated to Canada after the war. Her father was a struggling artist. By Menzies' 14th birthday, she had lived in Vancouver, Miami, London, and Southern California. She had one sister named Sheila. Menzies was a graduate", "title": "Heather Menzies" }, { "id": "7635665", "text": "the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and later fell into Italian territory after World War I. From Italy, they traveled to London and ultimately the United States. The character Max Detweiler, the scheming family music director, is fictional. The von Trapps' family priest, the Reverend Franz Wasner, was their musical director for over twenty years and accompanied them when they left Austria. The character of Friedrich (the second oldest child in the film version) was based on Rupert, the oldest of the real von Trapp children. Liesl (the oldest child in the film) was based on Agathe von Trapp, the second oldest in", "title": "The Sound of Music (film)" }, { "id": "8418160", "text": "Kym Karath Anthea Kimberly \"Kym\" Karath (born August 4, 1958 in Los Angeles, California, U.S.) is an American actress, best known for her role as Gretl, the youngest of the Von Trapp children, in \"The Sound of Music\". Kym Karath started her career at the age of 3, when she appeared in \"Spencer's Mountain\" (1963) with Henry Fonda and Veronica Cartwright (she subsequently worked with Veronica's younger sister, Angela Cartwright, in \"The Sound of Music\"). Also in 1963, Karath was seen in \"The Thrill of It All\" with Doris Day and James Garner. In 1964, she was seen in \"Good", "title": "Kym Karath" }, { "id": "10140696", "text": "the age of 99. Maria Franziska von Trapp Maria Agatha Franziska Gobertina von Trapp (28 September 1914 – 18 February 2014) was the second-oldest daughter of Georg von Trapp and his first wife, Agatha Whitehead von Trapp. She was a member of the Trapp Family Singers, whose lives inspired the musical and film \"The Sound of Music\". She was portrayed by Heather Menzies as the character \"Louisa\". She died at age 99, and was the last surviving sibling portrayed in the film. She was born on 28 September 1914 in Zell am See, Salzburg, then part of Austria-Hungary. Her siblings", "title": "Maria Franziska von Trapp" }, { "id": "7196061", "text": "of Hollywood High School, and she studied at Falcon Studio's University of the Arts. Menzies' first appearance on-screen was in 1964, when she appeared in the TV series \"The Farmer's Daughter\". She was cast in \"The Sound of Music\" as Louisa, the third-oldest of the von Trapp children, at the age of 14, with no prior acting experience. Menzies sang \"So Long, Farewell\" and the \"Lonely Goatherd\" in the film. Menzies went on to appear in a number of television series such as \"Alias Smith and Jones\", \"T. J. Hooker\", \"Dragnet\", \"Bonanza\", \"Marcus Welby, M.D.\" and \"The Bob Newhart Show\".", "title": "Heather Menzies" }, { "id": "405301", "text": "NBC television production starring Carrie Underwood and Stephen Moyer was released on CD and digital download in December 2013 on the Sony Masterworks label. Also featured on the album are Audra McDonald, Laura Benanti and Christian Borle. The Sound of Music The Sound of Music is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the memoir of Maria von Trapp, \"The Story of the Trapp Family Singers\". Set in Austria on the eve of the \"Anschluss\" in 1938, the musical tells the story", "title": "The Sound of Music" }, { "id": "7635677", "text": "bonus features, including a new documentary, \"The Sound of a City: Julie Andrews Returns to Salzburg\". A March 2015 episode of ABC's 20/20 entitled \"The Untold Story of the Sound of Music\" featured a preview of the documentary and interviews by Diane Sawyer. The Sound of Music (film) The Sound of Music is a 1965 American musical drama film produced and directed by Robert Wise, and starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, with Richard Haydn and Eleanor Parker. The film is an adaptation of the 1959 stage musical of the same name, composed by Richard Rodgers with lyrics by Oscar", "title": "The Sound of Music (film)" }, { "id": "8628265", "text": "Debbie Turner Debbie Turner (born September 5, 1956) is an American actress and former child star who played the role of Marta von Trapp in the film \"The Sound of Music\". Turner was reared in Arcadia, California, where she grew up as the third daughter of Canadian parents. Along with her older sisters Michele and Patricia, and younger brother Kel, she was active in television and commercials. In 1964 she won the role of Marta Von Trapp in \"The Sound of Music\". Shortly after the film's debut, she left the film industry and returned to school to complete her education.", "title": "Debbie Turner" }, { "id": "12337835", "text": "Rupert von Trapp Rupert Georg von Trapp, M.D. (1 November 1911 – 22 February 1992) was the firstborn child and eldest son of Georg von Trapp and his first wife, Agatha Whitehead von Trapp. He was a member of the Trapp Family Singers, whose lives were the inspiration for the play and film \"The Sound of Music\". He was portrayed as the character \"Friedrich\". Being the eldest child, he was also technically portrayed as \"Liesl.\" He was born on 1 November 1911. His parents married in January 1911. His father was Georg von Trapp and his mother was Agatha (née", "title": "Rupert von Trapp" }, { "id": "507887", "text": "Mary Martin Mary Virginia Martin (December 1, 1913 – November 3, 1990) was an American actress, singer, and Broadway star. A muse of Rodgers and Hammerstein, she originated many leading roles over her career including Nellie Forbush in \"South Pacific\" and Maria von Trapp in \"The Sound of Music\". She was named a Kennedy Center Honoree in 1989. She was the mother of actor Larry Hagman. Martin was born in Weatherford, Texas. Her life as a child as she describes it in her autobiography \"My Heart Belongs\" was secure and happy. She had close relationships with both her mother and", "title": "Mary Martin" }, { "id": "7980409", "text": "the musical. She featured the song on her national TV variety show sponsored by Oldsmobile, \"The Patti Page Olds Show\". The song was sung by Mary Martin in the 1959 original Broadway production. The version of the song which is perhaps the best known was sung by Julie Andrews in the 1965 film version, with a reprise by the Von Trapp family later in the film. The song introduces the character of Maria, a young novice in an Austrian abbey. Neely Plumb was the music producer of the film's soundtrack album, which incorporated this version. The stage version of the", "title": "The Sound of Music (song)" }, { "id": "405294", "text": "Rainer, with Stephen Moyer as Captain von Trapp, Christian Borle as Max, Laura Benanti as Elsa, and Audra McDonald as the Mother Abbess. The production was released on DVD the same month. British network ITV presented a live version of its own on December 20, 2015. It starred Kara Tointon as Maria, Julian Ovenden as Captain von Trapp, Katherine Kelly as Baroness Schraeder and Alexander Armstrong as Max. Most reviews of the original Broadway production were favorable. Richard Watts, Jr. of the \"New York Post\" stated that the show had \"strangely gentle charm that is wonderfully endearing. \"The Sound of", "title": "The Sound of Music" }, { "id": "10991781", "text": "Doris Lloyd Hessy Doris Lloyd (3 July 1896 – 21 May 1968) was an English-American actress of screen and stage. She is perhaps best known for her roles in \"The Time Machine\" (1960) and \"The Sound of Music\" (1965). During her career, Lloyd appeared in two Oscar Best Picture winners and four other nominees. Born in Liverpool, she went to the United States of America to visit a sister already living there. What was supposed to be a visit she made permanent. She spent several years (1916–25) appearing in Broadway theatre plays, notably a number of Ziegfeld Follies editions, and", "title": "Doris Lloyd" }, { "id": "405273", "text": "in August 1962 and Nancy Dussault in September 1962. Jon Voight, who eventually married co-star Lauri Peters, was a replacement for Rolf. The national tour starred Florence Henderson as Maria and Beatrice Krebs as Mother Abbess. It opened at the Grand Riviera Theater, Detroit, on February 27, 1961, and closed November 23, 1963, at the O'Keefe Centre, Toronto. Henderson was succeeded by Barbara Meister in June 1962. Theodore Bikel was not satisfied playing the role of the Captain, because of the role's limited singing, and Bikel did not like to play the same role over and over again. In his", "title": "The Sound of Music" }, { "id": "6494449", "text": "and teenagers. In November 2018, Tointon gave birth to her first child, a boy with her fiancée, Marius Jensen. Kara Tointon Kara Louise Tointon (born 5 August 1983) is an English actress, best known for playing Dawn Swann in BBC soap opera \"EastEnders\", as the 2010 winner of BBC television series \"Strictly Come Dancing\" and as Maria in the ITV live production of \"The Sound of Music Live\" in December 2015 alongside Julian Ovenden as Captain von Trapp. Tointon was born to parents Ken and Carol Tointon. Together with her actress sister, Hannah (born 1987), Tointon was brought up in", "title": "Kara Tointon" }, { "id": "405272", "text": "show tied for the Tony Award for Best Musical with \"Fiorello!\". Other awards included Martin for Best Actress in a Musical, Neway for Best Featured Actress, Best Scenic Design (Oliver Smith) and Best Conductor And Musical Director (Frederick Dvonch). Bikel and Kasznar were nominated for acting awards, and Donehue was nominated for his direction. The entire children's cast was nominated for Best Featured Actress category as a single nominee, even though two of the children were boys. Martha Wright replaced Martin in the role of Maria on Broadway in October 1961, followed by Karen Gantz in July 1962, Jeannie Carson", "title": "The Sound of Music" }, { "id": "12144399", "text": "Hede von Trapp Hede von Trapp (November 18, 1877 – December 29, 1947) was an Austrian poet, painter and graphic designer of the Art Nouveau movement. von Trapp was born in Pula, Austria-Hungary on November 18, 1877. She was the daughter of the August von Trapp, who only a year earlier (1876) had been raised to Austrian knighthood. Her younger brother was the U-boat commander Georg Ritter von Trapp (1880–1947), father of the Trapp singing family portrayed in \"The Sound of Music\". Hede Trapp worked as a writer and poet. She studied in the master class of the Berlin painter", "title": "Hede von Trapp" }, { "id": "6538017", "text": "the stage in the UK. After marrying Australian actor and singer David Gilchrist, they settled in Australia in 1973. Their daughter Amelia was born in 1989. In January 1974, aged 19, Hargreaves scored the role of Marilyn at the last-minute when the original actress, Judy McBurney, had to withdraw due to illness, after only six episodes and Hargreaves had to re-shoot all of McBurney's scenes. Hargreaves left the series in June 1975 when she fell pregnant. During a subsequent visit to her native South Africa with newborn son Samuel David she acted on the stage in \"The Sound of Music\"", "title": "Frances Hargreaves" }, { "id": "8668145", "text": "Laura Benanti Laura Ilene Benanti (born Laura Ilene Vidnovic; July 15, 1979) is an American actress and singer. She played Louise in the 2008 Broadway revival of \"Gypsy\", winning the year's Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. Benanti then appeared in the stage musical \"Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown\" in 2010, winning the Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. She played Baroness Elsa Schräder in the 2013 NBC television production of \"The Sound of Music Live!\" and in 2015 began playing twin sisters Alura and", "title": "Laura Benanti" }, { "id": "6494439", "text": "Kara Tointon Kara Louise Tointon (born 5 August 1983) is an English actress, best known for playing Dawn Swann in BBC soap opera \"EastEnders\", as the 2010 winner of BBC television series \"Strictly Come Dancing\" and as Maria in the ITV live production of \"The Sound of Music Live\" in December 2015 alongside Julian Ovenden as Captain von Trapp. Tointon was born to parents Ken and Carol Tointon. Together with her actress sister, Hannah (born 1987), Tointon was brought up in Leigh-on-Sea. Both sisters attended St Michael's School, Leigh, and St Hilda's School, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex. Tointon was diagnosed with dyslexia", "title": "Kara Tointon" }, { "id": "12429647", "text": "Swastika Mukherjee Swastika Mukherjee (born 13 December 1980) is an Indian actress. She is the daughter of actor Santu Mukherjee. Mukherjee first appeared on screens in the TV serial \"Devdasi\" and made her film debut in 2001 in \"Hemanter Pakhi\". Her first lead role came with \"Mastan\" (2004). Mukherjee spent her childhood in a self-described \"simple life\" with her father Santu Mukhopadhyay, younger sister Ajopa and mother Gopa. Her favorite films were \"Chitty Chitty Bang Bang\", \"Mary Poppins\" and \"The Sound of Music\". She was educated at Carmel School, Kolkata, St. Teresa's Secondary School and Gokhale Memorial School. In 1998", "title": "Swastika Mukherjee" }, { "id": "8247055", "text": "on the Line\"). Bernie Taupin, the composer and musical partner of Elton John, appeared in the two-part episode \"The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Meet Dracula\", as a young British musician. Darleen Carr, who guest starred in the episode \"Search for Atlantis\", is the sister of Charmian Carr, who played Liesl von Trapp in the Robert Wise film adaptation of \"The Sound of Music\". Producer Glen A. Larson also produced the science fiction series \"Battlestar Galactica\", which aired in 1978-'79 and 1980. A number of actors who appeared in \"The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries\" were also either cast members or", "title": "The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries" }, { "id": "7635671", "text": "Theatre in New York City in September 2000, with the opening attended by cast members Charmian Carr (Liesl), Daniel Truhitte (Rolfe), and Kym Karath (Gretl). \"Sing-along Sound of Music\" screenings have since become an international phenomenon. In 2001, the United States Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the National Film Registry, finding it \"culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant\". The Academy Film Archive preserved \"The Sound of Music\" in 2003. The first American television transmission of \"The Sound of Music\" was on February 29, 1976 on ABC, which paid $15 million for a one-time only broadcast that became", "title": "The Sound of Music (film)" }, { "id": "4389633", "text": "England, in 1952. She made her first film appearance at the age of three years as Paul Newman's daughter in \"Somebody Up There Likes Me\" (1956), and appeared with Rock Hudson and Sidney Poitier in \"Something of Value\" (1957). After moving to the United States, Cartwright appeared for seven seasons in the CBS TV series \"The Danny Thomas Show\", opposite comedian Danny Thomas. She remained close to Thomas after the series cancellation, until his death on February 6, 1991. Cartwright returned to Europe to play the role of Brigitta von Trapp in \"The Sound of Music\" (1965). Filmed on location,", "title": "Angela Cartwright" }, { "id": "2569653", "text": "Her parents, natives of Iowa, were practicing Episcopalians and conservative Republicans. She is of mostly German and English descent. The youngest of four children, she has an older sister Jane (b. 1953), two older brothers Bradley (b. 1955) and Byron (b. 1957). The family moved to Wichita, Kansas in 1959, where she spent her early childhood. In 1965, her father took a job with a company in San Diego, California, and they moved there. She began acting in junior high school, playing the lead in \"The Sound of Music\". She graduated in 1975 from Patrick Henry High School, where she", "title": "Annette Bening" }, { "id": "8418161", "text": "Neighbor Sam\" with Jack Lemmon. Kym is best remembered for her role in \"The Sound of Music\", where she played the youngest child, Gretl Von Trapp. During her appearance on \"The Ellen DeGeneres Show\", Julie Andrews was asked about working with the Von Trapp children. She replied, \"They were all lovely. However, the youngest one (Karath) was probably the most difficult for me, because she was just a tad heavy in those days. Today, she is this amazing gorgeous looking Monroe-esque young lady.\" After \"The Sound of Music\", Kym primarily appeared in American television, including appearances in \"Family Affair\", \"The", "title": "Kym Karath" }, { "id": "7635610", "text": "a free-spirited young Austrian woman studying to become a nun at Nonnberg Abbey in Salzburg. Her love of music and the mountains, her youthful enthusiasm and imagination, and her lack of discipline cause some concern among the nuns. The Mother Abbess, believing Maria would be happier outside the abbey, sends her to the villa of retired naval officer Captain Georg von Trapp to be governess to his seven children—Liesl, Friedrich, Louisa, Kurt, Brigitta, Marta, and Gretl. The Captain has been raising his children using strict military discipline following the death of his wife. Although the children misbehave at first, Maria", "title": "The Sound of Music (film)" }, { "id": "6863851", "text": "Lauri Peters Lauri Peters (born Patricia Peterson; July 2, 1943) is an American actress, dancer, singer, drama teacher and author. Peters created the role of Liesl Von Trapp in the original 1959 Broadway production of \"The Sound of Music\". She received a Tony Award nomination for Best Supporting or Featured Actress in a Musical, which she shared with her sibling castmates. She was married to actor Jon Voight (1962–67), whom she met when he joined the cast as Nazi messenger boy Rolfe, with whom Liesl has a song (\"Sixteen Going on Seventeen\") and a mutual attraction. She can be heard", "title": "Lauri Peters" }, { "id": "3706706", "text": "David Mamet. In 1996, she received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for \"Between Mother and Daughter\", an episode of \"CBS Schoolbreak Special\". She is also a Grammy Award nominee. Crouse was born in New York City, the daughter of Anna (née Erskine; 1916–2014) and Russel Crouse, a playwright. Her maternal grandparents were Pauline (Ives) and author and educator John Erskine. Her full name—Lindsay Ann Crouse—is an intentional tribute to the Broadway writing partnership of Lindsay and Crouse, which consisted of her father and his writing partner, Howard Lindsay. The two wrote much of \"The Sound of Music\". Their 1946 play", "title": "Lindsay Crouse" }, { "id": "7635609", "text": "Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. The film also received two Golden Globe Awards, for Best Motion Picture and Best Actress, the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement, and the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written American Musical. In 1998, the American Film Institute (AFI) listed \"The Sound of Music\" as the fifty-fifth greatest American movie of all time, and the fourth greatest movie musical. In 2001, the United States Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the National Film Registry, finding it \"culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant\". In 1938, Maria is", "title": "The Sound of Music (film)" }, { "id": "1559067", "text": "at the Venice Film Festival. One of her most memorable roles was that of \"the Baroness\" in \"The Sound of Music\" (1965). Parker was born on June 26, 1922, in Cedarville, Ohio, the daughter of Lola (Isett) and Lester Day Parker. She moved with her family to East Cleveland, Ohio, where she attended public schools and graduated from Shaw High School. \"Ever since I can remember all I wanted to do is act,\" she said. \"But I didn't just dream about it, I worked at it.\" She appeared in a number of school plays. After graduation she went to Martha's", "title": "Eleanor Parker" }, { "id": "405253", "text": "The Sound of Music The Sound of Music is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the memoir of Maria von Trapp, \"The Story of the Trapp Family Singers\". Set in Austria on the eve of the \"Anschluss\" in 1938, the musical tells the story of Maria, who takes a job as governess to a large family while she decides whether to become a nun. She falls in love with the children, and eventually their widowed father, Captain von Trapp. He is", "title": "The Sound of Music" }, { "id": "18545844", "text": "her to a movie contract. Baker appeared in several films, mostly in minor roles, including \"Seven Women from Hell\" (1961), \"Shock Treatment\" (1964), and \"The Sound of Music\" (1965), in which she played the role of Sister Bernice. Evadne Baker Evadne Baker (August 19, 1937 – January 17, 1995) was a South African actress. She was born in Cape Town, to parents of French, Dutch, and German heritage. She trained as a ballerina from the age of six, and moved to England when she was nine to continue her training in London. She later studied in Paris and Geneva under", "title": "Evadne Baker" }, { "id": "12338042", "text": "Johanna von Trapp Johanna Karolina (Franziska) von Trapp (7 September 1919 – 25 November 1994) was the sixth child of Georg Ritter von Trapp and his first wife, Agathe (née Whitehead). She was a member of the Trapp Family Singers, whose lives were the inspiration for the play and film \"The Sound of Music\". She was portrayed as the character \"Marta\". Johanna was born on September 7, 1919 at the \"Erlhof\" by Zell am See in Austria, as the fourth daughter of Georg and Agathe von Trapp and first child after World War I. She had brown hair and brown", "title": "Johanna von Trapp" }, { "id": "7635660", "text": "to woo him. In the film, Georg is depicted initially as a humorless, emotionally distant father. In reality, third child Maria von Trapp (called \"Louisa\" in the film) described her father as a doting parent who made handmade gifts for the children in his woodshop and who would often lead family musicales on his violin. She has a different recollection of her stepmother, whom she described as moody and prone to outbursts of rage. In a 2003 interview, Maria remembered, \"[She] had a terrible temper ... and from one moment to the next, you didn't know what hit her. We", "title": "The Sound of Music (film)" }, { "id": "405260", "text": "in, clad in uniforms. He teaches her their individual signals on the call, but she openly disapproves of this militaristic approach. Alone with them, she breaks through their wariness and teaches them the basics of music (\"Do-Re-Mi\"). Rolf, a young messenger, delivers a telegram and then meets with the oldest child, Liesl, outside the villa. He claims he knows what is right for her because he is a year older than she (\"Sixteen Going on Seventeen\"). They kiss, and he runs off, leaving her squealing with joy. Meanwhile, the housekeeper, Frau Schmidt, gives Maria material to make new clothes, as", "title": "The Sound of Music" }, { "id": "7635666", "text": "the real family. The names and ages of the children were changed, in part because the third child (who would be portrayed as \"Louisa\") was also named Maria, and producers thought that it would be confusing to have two characters called Maria in the film. The von Trapp family had no control over how they were depicted in the film and stage musical, having given up the rights to their story to a German producer in the 1950s who then sold the rights to American producers. Robert Wise met with Maria von Trapp and made it clear, according to a", "title": "The Sound of Music (film)" }, { "id": "405279", "text": "closed on June 20, 1999, after 533 performances. This production was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical. It then toured in North America. An Andrew Lloyd Webber production opened on November 15, 2006, at the London Palladium and ran until February 2009, produced by Live Nation's David Ian and Jeremy Sams. Following failed negotiations with Hollywood star Scarlett Johansson, the role of Maria was cast through a UK talent search reality TV show called \"How Do You Solve a Problem like Maria?\" The talent show was produced by (and starred) Andrew Lloyd Webber and featured", "title": "The Sound of Music" }, { "id": "5659525", "text": "\"Evita\", \"Annie Get Your Gun\", \"The Sound Of Music\", \"My Fair Lady\", \"A Little Night Music\", and \"Copacabana\", starring alongside the likes of Lauren Bacall, Maria Freidman, and Suzi Quatro. He originated the role of Bobby in Stephen Sondheim's \"Company\". Eric Flynn died of cancer at his home in Pembrokeshire, Wales, on 4 March 2002, aged 62. Flynn's sons by his first marriage, Jerome and Daniel Flynn are both actors. He also had a daughter, Kerry, by his first marriage. Flynn married his second wife Caroline, a South African, in 1981. His daughter from his second marriage, Lillie Flynn, finished", "title": "Eric Flynn" }, { "id": "19614322", "text": "Ángela Torres Ángela Azul Concepción Caccia (born 13 August 1998 in Avellaneda, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina), known as Ángela Torres, is an Argentinian actress and singer. She is the daughter of the actress Gloria Carrá and of the musician Marcelo Torres, niece of the popular singer Diego Torres and granddaughter of the deceased Lolita Torres. She has also taken part in several musical comedies such as \"The Sound of Music\" and \"Peter Pan\". In 2008 she made her television debut in the series \"Patito Feo, \"produced by the Argentinian company Ideas del Sur and starring Juan Darthés and Griselda", "title": "Ángela Torres" }, { "id": "6863853", "text": "the Meisner Extension at NYU in 1993, where she was Artistic Director and Master Teacher. Teaching the technique away from Manhattan, she has written a book on Meisner. Lauri Peters Lauri Peters (born Patricia Peterson; July 2, 1943) is an American actress, dancer, singer, drama teacher and author. Peters created the role of Liesl Von Trapp in the original 1959 Broadway production of \"The Sound of Music\". She received a Tony Award nomination for Best Supporting or Featured Actress in a Musical, which she shared with her sibling castmates. She was married to actor Jon Voight (1962–67), whom she met", "title": "Lauri Peters" }, { "id": "7635607", "text": "studying to become a nun in Salzburg, Austria in 1938 who is sent to the villa of a retired naval officer and widower to be governess to his seven children. After bringing and teaching love and music into the lives of the family through kindness and patience, she marries the officer and together with the children they find a way to survive the loss of their homeland through courage and faith. The film was released on March 2, 1965 in the United States, initially as a limited roadshow theatrical release. Although critical response to the film was widely mixed, the", "title": "The Sound of Music (film)" }, { "id": "7635672", "text": "one of the top-rated films ever shown on television to that point. The movie was not shown again until NBC acquired the broadcast rights and telecast the film on February 11, 1979. NBC continued to air the film annually for twenty years. During most of its run on NBC, the film was heavily edited to fit a three-hour time slot—approximately 140 minutes without commercials. The thirty minutes edited out of the original film included portions of the \"Morning Hymn and Alleluia\" sung by the nuns, part of the dialogue between Mother Abbess and Maria in the abbey, part of Liesl", "title": "The Sound of Music (film)" }, { "id": "7917127", "text": "by Richard M. Sherman, the exit song from \"Disneyland Forever\", a production that commemorated Disneyland's 60th anniversary. Brown played the Mother Abbess in the national tour of \"The Sound of Music\", which launched September 2015. She played Mrs. Juniper and Madame Calypso in the 2017 Encores! production of \"The Golden Apple\". Brown became engaged to actor Daniel Wisler on April 18, 2010; they married November 5, 2011. Brown gave birth to a baby girl on May 9, 2016. Ashley Brown Ashley Brown (born February 3, 1982) is an American actress who is best known for playing the titular character in", "title": "Ashley Brown" }, { "id": "7635611", "text": "responds with kindness and patience, and soon the children come to trust and respect her. Liesl, the oldest, is won over after Maria protects her from discovery when she is nearly caught sneaking back into the house after meeting with Rolfe, a messenger boy she is in love with. While the Captain is away in Vienna, Maria makes play clothes for the children and takes them around Salzburg and the surrounding mountains, and teaches them how to sing. When the Captain returns to the villa with Baroness Elsa Schraeder, a wealthy socialite, and their mutual friend, Max Detweiler, they are", "title": "The Sound of Music (film)" }, { "id": "8628267", "text": "not currently active in the film industry, she regularly visits with her Sound of Music family and has made a number of television appearances, including \"The Oprah Winfrey Show\" where she discussed the 45th anniversary of \"The Sound of Music.\" In addition, Turner was selected as one of three float judges for the 2011 Tournament of Roses Parade. Debbie Turner Debbie Turner (born September 5, 1956) is an American actress and former child star who played the role of Marta von Trapp in the film \"The Sound of Music\". Turner was reared in Arcadia, California, where she grew up as", "title": "Debbie Turner" }, { "id": "8532688", "text": "Summer Strallen Summer Peta Vaigncourt-Strallen (born 21 December 1985) is an English actress who has performed various roles on stage and screen. Her most notable theatre credits include Meg Giry in the West End production of \"Love Never Dies\" and Maria von Trapp in Andrew Lloyd Webber's revival of \"The Sound of Music\" at the London Palladium. Strallen was born in London in 1985 and has been dancing since she was 18 months old. She has three sisters who are also actresses: Saskia (Sasi), Zizi Strallen, and Scarlett. Her parents, performers Sandy Strallen and Cherida Langford, both performed in the", "title": "Summer Strallen" }, { "id": "4565422", "text": "Roma Maffia Roma Maffia (born May 31, 1958) is an American actress. Roma Maffia was born in Manhattan, New York, of Afro-Caribbean descent; she got her Italian surname from her stepfather. Ever since Maffia was small, she was interested in television, and celebrities. She did her first play in high school, playing one of the Von Trapp family members in \"The Sound of Music\". Maffia began her official acting career in off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions. In 1994, she played Carmen in director Ron Howard's film \"The Paper\". Soon after, she landed a role on the television series \"Chicago Hope\". Maffia's", "title": "Roma Maffia" }, { "id": "6262562", "text": "Ashley Rose Orr Ashley Rose (born November 11, 1990, in Denville, New Jersey) is an American actress. She is the middle child of four siblings: older sister Jennifer, older brother Michael, and two younger brothers Jordan & Tyler. Orr starred as Gretl on Broadway in \"The Sound of Music\" at the age of 7. She continued on Broadway in \"Les Misérables\" and in \"Annie Get Your Gun\" as Nellie Oakley. She has recorded numerous CDs. She can be heard on \"The Girl Scout\" CD, \"American Girls\" CD and \"Broadway Kids\" CD along with others. Orr was chosen in a national", "title": "Ashley Rose Orr" }, { "id": "405254", "text": "ordered to accept a commission in the German navy, but he opposes the Nazis. He and Maria decide on a plan to flee Austria with the children. Many songs from the musical have become standards, such as \"Edelweiss\", \"My Favorite Things\", \"Climb Ev'ry Mountain\", \"Do-Re-Mi\", and the title song \"The Sound of Music\". The original Broadway production, starring Mary Martin and Theodore Bikel, opened in 1959 and won five Tony Awards, including Best Musical, out of nine nominations. The first London production opened at the Palace Theatre in 1961. The show has enjoyed numerous productions and revivals since then. It", "title": "The Sound of Music" }, { "id": "4711294", "text": "Alex Bowen, Cameron Bowen, Jessica Bowen, and Jillian Bowen, who are also actors. She briefly attended the Professional Performing Arts School in New York alongside best friend Sarah Hyland. She made her Broadway debut in 1996 as Young Cosette/Young Eponine in \"Les Misérables\". At six, she was the youngest actress ever to play the role. From 1996 to 2001 Bowen was a consistent presence on Broadway. She appeared in the original company of the 1998 revival of \"The Sound of Music\" as Marta, and in 2000, created the role of Adele in the musical version of \"Jane Eyre\". Bowen was", "title": "Andrea Bowen" }, { "id": "10380169", "text": "child performers. Sophie is a child actress, who appeared in \"The Sound of Music\" at the London Palladium, playing the role of Marta von Trapp. She also appeared for a year in \"Oliver!\" at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and was Young Fiona in \"Shrek The Musical\" in the West End in 2011. His younger daughter Charlotte Pourret Wythe made her West End debut in \"Billy Elliot the Musical\" in late 2015 until the completion of the show's eleven year run at the Victoria Palace Theatre on 9 April 2016. Both girls appeared together in the world premiere of the", "title": "Laurence Mark Wythe" }, { "id": "3197718", "text": "In 1995, Burke's life was depicted in the Broadway musical revue, \"\"Swinging on a Star\"\". Burke was married four times. He was married to Mary Mason in the 1960s, who played Liesl in \"The Sound of Music\" on Broadway; the couple had a daughter. He was married to Bess Patterson from 1939–1955; the marriage produced three children. Among the landmarks of Burke's songwriting career were: Johnny Burke (lyricist) John Francis Burke (October 3, 1908 – February 25, 1964) was a lyricist, successful and prolific between the 1920s and 1950s. His work is considered part of the Great American Songbook. His", "title": "Johnny Burke (lyricist)" }, { "id": "12362754", "text": "reached no. 14 on \"Billboard\"s chart of \"Most Played by Jockeys\" in 1955. On May 6, 1955, Marlowe married television producer Larry Puck, who also had been fired by Godfrey. Marlowe later pursued a career as a stage actress, most notably as the Baroness, Elsa Schraeder, in \"The Sound of Music,\" from 1959 to 1963. Marlowe died of natural causes in Tucson, Arizona on March 24, 2012, aged 83. Marion Marlowe Marion Marlowe (born Marion Townsend; March 7, 1929 – March 24, 2012) was an American singer and actress. She is best known for her recordings of \"The Man in", "title": "Marion Marlowe" }, { "id": "8418162", "text": "Brady Bunch\", and \"Lost in Space\". She remains friends with the other \"Von Trapp\" children today, and in 2000 she went back to Salzburg with them, to shoot a documentary about the making of \"The Sound of Music\". Karath is still currently working with them in new upcoming films. In 2015, she guest judged a \"Cake Wars\" episode. Karath also guest judged \"The Sound of Music\" 50th anniversary. Karath's family was Greek; her father changed her original surname, Karathanasis, to Karath. She has an older sister, Francie, who auditioned for the eldest Von Trapp child in \"The Sound of Music\",", "title": "Kym Karath" }, { "id": "14374527", "text": "Portia Nelson Portia Nelson (born Betty Mae Nelson, May 27, 1920 – March 6, 2001) was an American popular singer, songwriter, actress, and author. She was best known for her appearances in the most prestigious 1950s cabarets, where she sang an elegant repertoire in a soprano noted for its silvery tone, perfect diction, intimacy, and meticulous attention to words. In 1965 she portrayed the cantankerous Sister Berthe in the film version of \"The Sound of Music\"; she also had a minor role as Sarah in the musical \"Doctor Dolittle\"; on TV's \"All My Children\" Nelson played the long-running role of", "title": "Portia Nelson" }, { "id": "4541654", "text": "of Diane (née Dunham), a patisserie owner, and Gary Lohman, a Minnesota-born architect. She has one younger brother, Robert (born 1982). She has two cats, Monk and Clint. In high school, she had an A in all her school subjects except drama, because she was too shy. At age nine, she played Gretl in \"The Sound of Music\" at the Palm Desert's McCallum Theater. Two years later, she won the Desert Theater League's award for \"Most Outstanding Actress in a Musical\" for the title role in \"Annie\". By the age of 17, Lohman had appeared in 12 different major productions", "title": "Alison Lohman" }, { "id": "11782808", "text": "Jessica Jacobs Jessica Madison \"Jessie\" Jacobs (14 November 1990 – 10 May 2008) was an Australian actress and singer. She was best known for her role as Melanie Atwood in the second series of \"The Saddle Club\". Born in Canberra, Australia, Jessica Jacobs was the middle child of Joanna and Brendan Jacobs and the sister of Adam, Seth and Charlie Jacobs. Jacobs began acting at the age of nine. Jacobs appeared as Marta von Trapp in the Melbourne production of the 1999-2000 Australian stage revival tour of \"The Sound of Music\", taking over from Rachel Marley who had played the", "title": "Jessica Jacobs" }, { "id": "405274", "text": "autobiography, he writes: \"I promised myself then that if I could afford it, I would never do a run as long as that again.\" The original Broadway cast album sold three million copies. The musical premiered in London's West End at the Palace Theatre on May 18, 1961, and ran for 2,385 performances. It was directed by Jerome Whyte and used the original New York choreography, supervised by Joe Layton, and the original sets designed by Oliver Smith. The cast included Jean Bayless as Maria, followed by Sonia Rees, Roger Dann as Captain von Trapp, Constance Shacklock as Mother Abbess,", "title": "The Sound of Music" }, { "id": "1635556", "text": "experience \"marked the end of [her] childhood\". After the 1959 death of Farrow's brother, Michael, she and her family relocated to Surrey, England; her father began drinking heavily during this period, which caused strain on his marriage to her mother. He died of a heart attack in Los Angeles four years later, when Farrow was 17 years old. Before her acting career, Farrow worked as a fashion model for many years. She screen-tested for the role of Liesl von Trapp in \"The Sound of Music\", but did not get the part. The footage has been preserved, and appears on the", "title": "Mia Farrow" }, { "id": "3354277", "text": "in Umhausen. Maria von Trapp died of heart failure on 28 March 1987 at 82 in Morrisville, Vermont, three days following surgery. She is interred in the family cemetery at the lodge, along with her husband and five of her step-children. The family has won the following awards: Maria von Trapp's book, \"The Story of the Trapp Family Singers\", published in 1949, was a best-seller. It was made into two successful German / Austrian films: The book was then adapted into \"The Sound of Music\", a 1959 Broadway musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein, starring Mary Martin and Theodore Bikel. It", "title": "Maria von Trapp" }, { "id": "12338050", "text": "the effects of a stroke, at the age of 75. Her final resting place is with her husband Ernst Florian Winter (1923–2014) and oldest son, Ernst Leopold, at Gersthof, Vienna, Austria. Johanna von Trapp Johanna Karolina (Franziska) von Trapp (7 September 1919 – 25 November 1994) was the sixth child of Georg Ritter von Trapp and his first wife, Agathe (née Whitehead). She was a member of the Trapp Family Singers, whose lives were the inspiration for the play and film \"The Sound of Music\". She was portrayed as the character \"Marta\". Johanna was born on September 7, 1919 at", "title": "Johanna von Trapp" }, { "id": "14374549", "text": "in New York City. Portia Nelson Portia Nelson (born Betty Mae Nelson, May 27, 1920 – March 6, 2001) was an American popular singer, songwriter, actress, and author. She was best known for her appearances in the most prestigious 1950s cabarets, where she sang an elegant repertoire in a soprano noted for its silvery tone, perfect diction, intimacy, and meticulous attention to words. In 1965 she portrayed the cantankerous Sister Berthe in the film version of \"The Sound of Music\"; she also had a minor role as Sarah in the musical \"Doctor Dolittle\"; on TV's \"All My Children\" Nelson played", "title": "Portia Nelson" }, { "id": "10140768", "text": "and Martina von Trapp (1921–1951), father, and stepmother, Maria Augusta von Trapp, Werner comprised the Trapp Family Singers, who inspired the 1959 Broadway musical and the 1965 Academy Award winning Best Picture \"The Sound of Music\". In the family chorus he sang tenor. Georg and Maria Augusta had three children together: Rosmarie von Trapp (born 1928 or 1929), Eleonore von Trapp (born 1931), and Johannes von Trapp (born 1939). The Trapps fled Austria after the German annexation of Austria, fearing reprisals resulting from declining to sing at Hitler's birthday party and Georg von Trapp's refusal to accept a commission in", "title": "Werner von Trapp" }, { "id": "12875614", "text": "she first played Sister Margaretta in \"The Sound of Music\", remaining in that show for its entire five-year London run. She played the housekeeper in \"Man of La Mancha\" in 1968 at the Piccadilly Theatre. In the early 1970s, she toured in \"Bless the Bride\", as Ernestine in \"Perchance to Dream\", and as Countess Vera in \"King's Rhapsody\". Gilbert died in 1981, in Hove, Sussex, at the age of 82. Olive Gilbert Olive Sarah Gilbert (22 November 1898 – 19 February 1981) was a British singer and actress, who, in a career spanning seven decades, performed first in opera and", "title": "Olive Gilbert" }, { "id": "10991783", "text": "Machine\" (1960). Her most famous film roles were in the Tarzan films starring Johnny Weissmuller. She voiced one of the roses in Disney's \"Alice in Wonderland\" (1951), later making small appearances in \"Mary Poppins\" and \"The Sound of Music\" which both starred Julie Andrews. Lloyd died on 21 May 1968, aged 71, in Santa Barbara, California. Her interment was in Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Doris Lloyd Hessy Doris Lloyd (3 July 1896 – 21 May 1968) was an English-American actress of screen and stage. She is perhaps best known for her roles in \"The Time Machine\" (1960) and", "title": "Doris Lloyd" }, { "id": "16980330", "text": "film was the 1966 small movie, \"Step Out of Your Mind\". Luckey was married to actor Larry Douglas from 1964 until he died in 1996. She died in her home in Los Angeles, California, on November 29, 2012, at the age of 74, due to liver failure. She was survived by her daughter, Shayna. Susan Luckey Suzanne Dolores Luckey (April 4, 1938 – November 29, 2012) was an American actress, best known for her roles in the musical films \"Carousel\", released in 1956, and \"The Music Man\", which opened in 1962. She was born in Hollywood, California, where her father", "title": "Susan Luckey" }, { "id": "6406084", "text": "Designs, in Encino, California, and wrote two books, \"Forever Liesl\" and \"Letters to Liesl\". She reunited with many of her co-stars from \"The Sound of Music\" on \"The Oprah Winfrey Show\" in October 2010 to celebrate the film's 45th anniversary. In 2014, Carr recorded \"Edelweiss\" with the great-grandchildren of the von Trapps on the album \"Dream a Little Dream\" by the von Trapps and Pink Martini. Carr died in Los Angeles on September 17, 2016, from complications related to frontotemporal dementia at the age of 73. Charmian Carr Charmian Carr (born Charmian Anne Farnon; December 27, 1942 – September 17,", "title": "Charmian Carr" }, { "id": "12337953", "text": "Hedwig von Trapp Hedwig Maria Adolphine Gobertina von Trapp (28 July 1917 – 14 September 1972) was the fifth child of Georg von Trapp and his first wife, Agatha Whitehead von Trapp. She was a member of the Trapp Family Singers, whose lives were the inspiration for the play and movie \"The Sound of Music\". She was portrayed as the character \"Brigitta\". Named after her paternal grandmother, Hedwig von Trapp had brown hair and grey eyes. She grew up in Zell am See during World War I with her siblings: Rupert (1911–1992) Agathe (1913–2010), Maria Franziska (1914–2014), Werner and Johanna", "title": "Hedwig von Trapp" }, { "id": "7635636", "text": "child-actors actually sing is when they sing \"The Sound of Music\" on their own after Maria leaves. Charmian Carr refuted the claim that the voices of the child actors were dubbed in the film and on the soundtrack. Carr contended that all of the children who are in the film sing on the track, but four other children were added to most of the songs to give them a fuller sound, they did not replace them as singers. The voices of some of the adult actors had voice doubles, including Peggy Wood and Christopher Plummer. Principal photography began on March", "title": "The Sound of Music (film)" }, { "id": "8668161", "text": "and \"The Good Wife\". On December 5, 2013, Benanti played Elsa Schraeder in the NBC production of \"The Sound of Music Live!\" In 2014 she was cast as country singer Sadie Stone in the ABC musical drama series \"Nashville\" for its third season, recording and performing several songs during her arc. In 2015, she joined the cast of \"Supergirl\", where she has a recurring role as Alura In-Ze, Zor-El's wife and mother of Kara and Alura's twin sister General Astra, who wants to take over earth as its new ruler and destroy her niece Kara. In July 2017, it was", "title": "Laura Benanti" }, { "id": "405293", "text": "March 2, 1965, 20th Century Fox released a film adaption of the musical starring Julie Andrews as Maria Rainer and Christopher Plummer as Captain Georg von Trapp. It was produced and directed by Robert Wise with the screenplay adaption written by Ernest Lehman. Two songs were written by Rodgers specifically for the film, \"I Have Confidence\" and \"Something Good\". The film won five Oscars at the 38th Academy Awards, including Best Picture. A live televised production of the musical aired twice in December 2013 on NBC. It was directed by Beth McCarthy-Miller and Rob Ashford. Carrie Underwood starred as Maria", "title": "The Sound of Music" }, { "id": "12920345", "text": "Shelanu\" (Our Song). He was also in two children's shows, a musical production of \"The Sound of Music\" in Tel Aviv and later Haifa and the Festigal (an annual Hanukkah song festival) in 2004 and 2005. He also models for Diadora. In \"The Sound of Music\" he played Rolf the Nazi postman who fell in love with Liesl, the oldest daughter of the von Trapp family. Ran performed in 40 shows until he left for Festigal 2005. He was part of a much publicized relationship and breakup with fellow \"HaShir Shelanu\" star Ninet Tayeb. Danker also contributed his voice to", "title": "Ran Danker" }, { "id": "7635648", "text": "such as Philip K. Scheuer of the \"Los Angeles Times\" described the film as \"three hours of visual and vocal brilliance\", and \"Variety\" called it \"a warmly-pulsating, captivating drama set to the most imaginative use of the lilting R-H tunes, magnificently mounted and with a brilliant cast\". The \"wildly mixed film reviews\" reflected the critical response to the stage musical, according to \"The Oxford Companion to the American Musical\". After its Los Angeles premiere on March 10, \"The Sound of Music\" opened in 131 theaters in the United States, including a limited number of roadshow events. After four weeks, the", "title": "The Sound of Music (film)" }, { "id": "1363025", "text": "Christy Carlson Romano Christy Carlson Romano (born March 20, 1984) is an American actress and singer. She is known for her role as Ren Stevens in the Disney Channel sitcom \"Even Stevens\", and as the voice of the titular character in the Disney Channel animated series \"Kim Possible.\" Romano was born in Milford, Connecticut, the youngest of four children of Anthony and Sharon Romano. She began her career at six years old when she was cast in several national tours of Broadway shows, including \"Annie,\" \"The Will Rogers Follies\" with Keith Carradine and \"The Sound of Music\" with Marie Osmond.", "title": "Christy Carlson Romano" }, { "id": "15725938", "text": "the film that would not fit on the original LP. Three songs from the original Broadway production, \"An Ordinary Couple\", \"How Can Love Survive?\", and \"No Way to Stop It\" were replaced, in the film, with two new songs, \"I Have Confidence\" and \"Something Good\". For the original Broadway show, the music was written by Richard Rodgers with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II; both the lyrics and music for the new songs were written by Rodgers, as Hammerstein died in 1960. All songs were arranged and conducted for the soundtrack by Irwin Kostal. In 2018, it was selected for preservation", "title": "The Sound of Music (soundtrack)" }, { "id": "3561504", "text": "age of twelve she played one of the von Trapp children in a stage production of \"The Sound of Music\", at the Palace Theatre in London, a role that kept her in London for nine months. Following this she returned to Morecambe to finish her education and later attended the Corona Theatre School in London. After graduating from drama school, Worth worked in repertory theatre, which included a year with the BBC Radio repertory company. She has had roles in films such as \"Oliver!\" (1968) and \"The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie\" (1969 – she is clearly visible in the", "title": "Helen Worth" }, { "id": "4711293", "text": "Andrea Bowen Andrea Lauren Bowen (born March 4, 1990) is an American actress and singer. She began her career appearing on Broadway musicals, include \"Les Misérables\" and \"The Sound of Music\". In 2004, she began playing the role of Julie Mayer on the ABC comedy-drama series \"Desperate Housewives\", a role she played on regular basis to 2008. She later appear on recurring basis to series finale in 2012. Bowen later went on to star in a number of Lifetime television movies. Bowen was born in Columbus, Ohio. She is of Welsh descent. Bowen is the younger sister of Graham Bowen,", "title": "Andrea Bowen" }, { "id": "405255", "text": "was adapted as a 1965 film musical starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, which won five Academy Awards. \"The Sound of Music\" was the last musical written by Rodgers and Hammerstein; Oscar Hammerstein died of stomach cancer nine months after the Broadway premiere. After viewing \"The Trapp Family\", a 1956 West German film about the von Trapp family, and its 1958 sequel (\"\"), stage director Vincent J. Donehue thought that the project would be perfect for his friend Mary Martin; Broadway producers Leland Hayward and Richard Halliday (Martin's husband) agreed. The producers originally envisioned a non-musical play that would be", "title": "The Sound of Music" }, { "id": "405292", "text": "until at least July 2017. Kerstin Anderson plays Maria, with Ben Davis as Capt. von Trapp and Ashley Brown as Mother Abess. The production has received warm reviews. A UK tour produced by Bill Kenwright began in 2015 and toured into 2016. It was directed by Martin Connor and starred Lucy O'Byrne as Maria. A 2016 Australian tour of the Lloyd Webber production, directed by Sams, included stops in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide. The cast included Cameron Daddo as Captain Von Trapp, Marina Prior as Baroness Schraeder and Lorraine Bayly as Frau Schmidt. The choreographer was Arlene Phillips. On", "title": "The Sound of Music" }, { "id": "16623587", "text": "a Mockingbird\" (1962) and \"Oliver!\" (1968), directed by Carol Reed, portrayed children as naturally innocent. Other films of the 1960s that involved children include \"The Sound of Music\" (1965) by Robert Wise and \"The Miracle Worker\" (1962). These were very successful musical motion picture that were in the genre of family films. Four of the top ten highest-grossing films of the decade were family films: \"The Sound of Music\", \"One Hundred and One Dalmatians\" (1961), \"The Jungle Book\" (1967), and \"Mary Poppins\". Hollywood also released motion pictures starring children though these were not commercially successful and they were literary adaptations", "title": "Children's film" }, { "id": "10140695", "text": "Salzburg/Aigen and her birthplace in Zell am See. Accompanying her were her half-brother Johannes and her sister-in-law Erika (Werner's widow). During their visit, the group met with Ernst Florian Winter, the husband of her sister Johanna (1919–1994). She was the last survivor of the seven original von Trapp children. Three half-siblings, from her father's second marriage, Rosmarie von Trapp (born 1928 or 1929), Eleonore von Trapp (born 1931), and Johannes von Trapp (born 1939), are still alive, but were not featured in \"The Sound of Music\". Maria Franziska von Trapp died on Tuesday, 18 February 2014 in Stowe, Vermont at", "title": "Maria Franziska von Trapp" }, { "id": "15379277", "text": "Rachel Claire Marley was born on 26 April 1990 and grew up in Sydney. Her parents are Grant and Kathy Marley. She graduated from St Vincent's College and in 2008 she moved to Singapore where she completed her tertiary studies at Lasalle College of the Arts in 2011. Marley grew up in Sydney and was inspired to become a singer from a young age. Her first major role came in the 1999 Australian revival of \"The Sound of Music\" as Marta von Trapp. She was one of 500 applicants who auditioned to play one of the von Trapp children. From", "title": "Rachel Marley" }, { "id": "4711299", "text": "a works playing a leading roles in a number of television movies for Lifetime and Hallmark. Her films include \"After the Fall\" (2010), \"The Preacher's Daughter\" (2013), \"Zoe Gone\" (2014), \"Under Fire\" (2016), \"Pretty Little Addict\" (2016) and \"A Family for the Holidays\" (2017). In 2013, she went to star in a teen comedy film \"G.B.F.\". Bowen has 3 wins and 4 nominations Andrea Bowen Andrea Lauren Bowen (born March 4, 1990) is an American actress and singer. She began her career appearing on Broadway musicals, include \"Les Misérables\" and \"The Sound of Music\". In 2004, she began playing the", "title": "Andrea Bowen" } ]

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[ { "id": "13095866", "text": "served as a producer of the show. In 2000 he played the inspirational AV teacher in the last episode of \"Freaks and Geeks\". He has been nominated for several Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series and Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program in 2008, for his work on \"Saturday Night Live\" and as a writer. In a 2012 interview with \"The A.V. Club\", former \"Saturday Night Live\" writer Michael Schur revealed that Higgins was the inspiration for the \"Parks and Recreation\" character Andy Dwyer after Higgins would playfully fight with him when they worked", "title": "Steve Higgins" }, { "id": "12826322", "text": "Fred Armisen, Will Arnett, Kristen Bell, H. Jon Benjamin, Matt Besser, Chris Bosh, Louis C.K., The Decemberists, Sam Elliott, Will Forte, Ginuwine, Michael Gross, Jon Hamm, Nick Kroll, John Larroquette, Andrew Luck, Letters to Cleo, Natalie Morales, Parker Posey, Andy Samberg, Roy Hibbert, Detlef Schrempf, Justin Theroux, Wilco, Henry Winkler, and Yo La Tengo. Paul Rudd appeared in several season four episodes as Bobby Newport, Leslie's opponent in the City Council race, and returned for two episodes in the final season. The series has had cameos by several real-life political figures, including Vice President Joe Biden, Senator Barbara Boxer,<ref name=\"Boxer/McCain/Snowe\"></ref>", "title": "Parks and Recreation" }, { "id": "5153856", "text": "Chris Pratt Christopher Michael Pratt (born June 21, 1979) is an American actor. He came to prominence with his television roles, particularly as Andy Dwyer in the NBC sitcom \"Parks and Recreation\" (2009–2015), for which he received critical acclaim and was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2013. He also starred earlier in his career as Bright Abbott in The WB drama series \"Everwood\" (2002–2006) and has notable roles in \"Wanted\" (2008), \"Jennifer's Body\" (2009), \"Moneyball\" (2011), \"The Five-Year Engagement\" (2012), \"Zero Dark Thirty\" (2013), \"Delivery Man\" (2013), and \"Her\"", "title": "Chris Pratt" }, { "id": "12826289", "text": "Parks and Recreation Parks and Recreation is an American political satire television sitcom created by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur. The series aired on NBC from April 9, 2009 to February 24, 2015, for 125 episodes, over seven seasons. The series stars Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope, a perky, mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks Department of Pawnee, a fictional town in Indiana. The ensemble and supporting cast features Rashida Jones as Ann Perkins, Paul Schneider as Mark Brendanawicz, Aziz Ansari as Tom Haverford, Nick Offerman as Ron Swanson, Aubrey Plaza as April Ludgate, Chris Pratt as Andy Dwyer, Adam Scott", "title": "Parks and Recreation" }, { "id": "5726321", "text": "Rashida Jones Rashida Leah Jones (born February 25, 1976) is an American actress, filmmaker and producer. She is known for starring as Ann Perkins on the NBC comedy series \"Parks and Recreation\", for which she received critical acclaim. Jones has also appeared as Karen Filippelli on the NBC comedy series \"The Office\", and as Louisa Fenn on the Fox drama series \"Boston Public\". She is also known for her work in film, including roles in \"I Love You, Man\" (2009), \"The Social Network\" (2010), \"Our Idiot Brother\" (2011), \"The Muppets\" (2011), and \"Celeste and Jesse Forever\" (2012), the latter of", "title": "Rashida Jones" }, { "id": "12826319", "text": "\"Flu Season 2\"; while Adam Scott directed season 6's \"Farmers Market\". Holland also directed several episodes throughout the series, including \"The Master Plan\". Norm Hiscock, a consulting producer, wrote a number of episodes, including the first-season finale \"Rock Show\" and second-season premiere \"Pawnee Zoo\". Other regular screenwriters included Katie Dippold, Dan Goor, Aisha Muharrar, Harris Wittels, and Alan Yang. Frequent \"Parks and Recreation\" directors include Dean Holland, Randall Einhorn, Troy Miller, and Jason Woliner, with several others guest-directing one or two episodes such as Jeffrey Blitz, Paul Feig, Tucker Gates, Seth Gordon, Nicole Holofcener, Beth McCarthy-Miller, Michael McCullers, and Charles", "title": "Parks and Recreation" }, { "id": "12826355", "text": "and for the Leslie Knope character in particular. Season two was better received and holds a Metacritic score of 71 out 100, indicating \"generally favorable reviews\". Several publications declared it among the best shows of 2009 including the \"Los Angeles Times\", the \"Chicago Tribune\", \"Time\", \"Entertainment Weekly\", \"GQ\", \"New York\" magazine, \"The Star-Ledger\", the \"San Francisco Chronicle\", the \"Pittsburgh Post-Gazette\", \"Paste\" magazine, IGN, and TV Squad. Several reviewers called the second season one of the most impressive comebacks in television history. Some reviewers said the supporting cast was now working with better material and that Amy Poehler's character had improved", "title": "Parks and Recreation" }, { "id": "16958183", "text": "Marc Evan Jackson Marc Evan Jackson (born August 21, 1970) is an American comedian and actor best known for his work as Sparks Nevada in the \"Thrilling Adventure Hour\", Kevin Cozner in \"Brooklyn Nine-Nine\", Trevor Nelsson in \"Parks and Recreation\", Dr. Murphy in \"22 Jump Street\", and Shawn in \"The Good Place\". Jackson was born in 1970 in Buffalo, New York. He grew up in nearby Amherst, New York, along with his two siblings, a brother and a sister. He graduated from Amherst Central High School in 1988, and obtained a bachelor's degree from Calvin College in 1992 with a", "title": "Marc Evan Jackson" }, { "id": "8353976", "text": "Robert Westenberg Robert Westenberg (born October 26, 1953) is an American musical theatre actor, acting teacher and professor. He appeared on Broadway in \"Sunday in the Park with George\", \"The Secret Garden\" and \"Into the Woods\", as well as several other musicals. He is the musical theatre coordinator and associate professor in the theatre and dance department at Missouri State University. Born in Miami Beach, Florida, but raised in Fresno, California with his six siblings. Westenberg graduated Bullard High School in 1971, where he was active in sports, specifically football. He then attended California State University, Fresno. Westenberg received a", "title": "Robert Westenberg" }, { "id": "12826351", "text": "Recreation\" aired on Channel Seven's digital channel, 7mate. In Canada, the series was simsubbed in most areas on City. In India, it airs on Zee Café. In the Philippines, it airs on Jack TV. In South Africa, the show airs on Pay-TV operator M-Net. In the UK, the show began airing on BBC Four in 2013. The first three seasons aired on this channel before moving to Dave in the summer of 2015, starting with season 4. In March 2011, Universal Media Studios announced their intentions to sell the syndication rights to \"Parks and Recreation\". Comedy Central, FX, and Spike", "title": "Parks and Recreation" }, { "id": "12826316", "text": "half-hour NBC comedy Daniels adapted from the British comedy of the same name, created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. Schur served as the showrunner of \"Parks and Recreation\", while Amy Poehler and Morgan Sackett worked as producers. Dean Holland, an editor on \"The Office\", also worked as an editor on \"Parks and Recreation\". Mike Scully, a former executive producer and showrunner for \"The Simpsons\", joined \"Parks and Recreation\" as a consulting producer starting in the middle of the first season. Allison Jones, who worked as a casting director for \"The Office\", served in the same capacity at the start", "title": "Parks and Recreation" }, { "id": "14437581", "text": "2004 video game \"\". In 2005, Williamson was cast as the wife of James Van Der Beek in the CBS sitcom pilot \"Three\", which was ultimately not picked up. Since 2009, she has made regular guest appearances on the NBC comedy series \"Parks and Recreation\" as Wendy Haverford, the ex-wife of regular character Tom Haverford, played by Aziz Ansari. She also starred as Principal Mullins on the Nickelodeon series \"School of Rock\". Jama Williamson was active in New York City theater throughout the early 2000s, during which time she was represented by the Paradigm Talent Agency. In 2000, she appeared", "title": "Jama Williamson" }, { "id": "12826291", "text": "Megan Mullally, Louis C.K., Paul Rudd, Henry Winkler, Christie Brinkley, and Jon Hamm, have been featured in the series, and their characters often appear in multiple episodes. In addition, real-life politicians have cameos in later episodes such as former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, US Senators Barbara Boxer, Cory Booker, Orrin Hatch, and John McCain, then-Vice President Joe Biden, and then-First Lady Michelle Obama. \"Parks and Recreation\" was part of NBC's \"Comedy Night Done Right\" programming during its Thursday night prime-time block. The series received mixed reviews during its first season, but, after a re-approach to its tone and", "title": "Parks and Recreation" }, { "id": "14152505", "text": "All of the members of the original principal cast were retained and Chris Pratt, who made guest appearances throughout the previous season, joined the permanent cast in the second season. It also featured guest appearances by Louis C.K., Megan Mullally, Fred Armisen, Will Arnett, Justin Theroux and John Larroquette. The writing staff made changes based on feedback from the first season and attempted to be more topical, with episodes touching on such topics as same-sex marriage, the arrest of Henry Louis Gates and the sex scandal of South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford. Although the first season received generally mixed reviews,", "title": "Parks and Recreation (season 2)" }, { "id": "14152507", "text": "Deedle-Dee Productions, Universal Media Studios, Fremulon and 3 Arts Entertainment. Series creators Greg Daniels and Michael Schur were executive producers along with David Miner, who previously worked on the NBC comedy series \"30 Rock\", and Howard Klein, who worked on \"The Office\", another NBC comedy created by Daniels. Schur served as the showrunner of \"Parks and Recreation\". Amy Poehler and Morgan Sackett were producers, while Daniel J. Goor was supervising producer, and Norm Hiscock and Emily Kapnek worked as consulting producers, David Hyman and Dean Holland were co-producers, and Holland also worked as an editor along with Michael Trim, who", "title": "Parks and Recreation (season 2)" }, { "id": "12826369", "text": "viewed on an NBC mobile browser on the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. Parks and Recreation Parks and Recreation is an American political satire television sitcom created by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur. The series aired on NBC from April 9, 2009 to February 24, 2015, for 125 episodes, over seven seasons. The series stars Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope, a perky, mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks Department of Pawnee, a fictional town in Indiana. The ensemble and supporting cast features Rashida Jones as Ann Perkins, Paul Schneider as Mark Brendanawicz, Aziz Ansari as Tom Haverford, Nick Offerman as Ron", "title": "Parks and Recreation" }, { "id": "13363960", "text": "Ramona and Beezus Ramona and Beezus is a 2010 American family adventure comedy film adaptation based on the Ramona series of novels written by Beverly Cleary. It was directed by Elizabeth Allen, co-produced by Dune Entertainment, Di Novi Pictures, and Walden Media, written by Laurie Craig and Nick Pustay, and produced by Denise Di Novi and Alison Greenspan with music by Mark Mothersbaugh. The film stars Joey King, Selena Gomez, Hutch Dano, Ginnifer Goodwin, John Corbett, Bridget Moynahan, Josh Duhamel, Jason Spevack, Sandra Oh, Sierra McCormick, Patti Allan, Lynda Boyd, and Aila and Zanti McCubbing. Though the film's title is", "title": "Ramona and Beezus" }, { "id": "13520352", "text": "Jay W. Jensen Jay W. Jensen (August 4, 1931 – February 17, 2007) was a Miami Beach, Florida, drama teacher known as \"The Teacher to the Stars\". Jensen is credited with inspiring the acting talents of such well-known actors as Andy García and Mickey Rourke. Jensen was born in Irvington, New Jersey. He was the only child of John W. and Thelma \"Billie\" Jensen. His father was a musician in a nightclub band, and his mother was a nightclub manager. As a child, he developed a love of film and drama. During his school years, he studied ballroom dancing and", "title": "Jay W. Jensen" }, { "id": "15478267", "text": "Harris Wittels Harris Lee Wittels (April 20, 1984 – February 19, 2015) was an American comedian, actor, writer, producer, and musician. He was a writer for \"The Sarah Silverman Program\", a writer and executive producer for \"Parks and Recreation\", and a recurring guest on \"Comedy Bang! Bang!.\" He is credited with coining the word \"humblebrag\" in 2010. Wittels was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US, the son of Dr. Ellison Wittels and Maureen (née Davidson) Wittels. He was raised in Houston, Texas, in the Jewish faith. He celebrated his bar mitzvah at Temple Emanu-El, across the street from Rice University.", "title": "Harris Wittels" }, { "id": "2428213", "text": "in the series finale of \".\" In August 2012, Winkler announced on Twitter that he would be returning to the fourth season of \"Arrested Development.\" Winkler appeared in the film \"Here Comes the Boom,\" released October 12, 2012, as the music teacher at Wilkinson High School. Between 2013 and 2015, Winkler appeared in 9 episodes of \"Parks and Recreation\" as Dr. Saperstein, father of Jean-Ralphio and Mona-Lisa. He starred in the British television adaption of his \"Hank Zipzer\" book series as the teacher, Mr. Rock. Mr. Rock was based on a music teacher Winkler had in high school at McBurney.", "title": "Henry Winkler" }, { "id": "5153873", "text": "December 1, Pratt filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences. On October 16, 2018, it was announced that their divorce has been finalized. , he is in a relationship with author Katherine Schwarzenegger. Chris Pratt Christopher Michael Pratt (born June 21, 1979) is an American actor. He came to prominence with his television roles, particularly as Andy Dwyer in the NBC sitcom \"Parks and Recreation\" (2009–2015), for which he received critical acclaim and was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2013. He also starred earlier in his career as Bright Abbott", "title": "Chris Pratt" }, { "id": "10710253", "text": "\"Deliver Us from Evil\" (1973), \"Twilight's Last Gleaming\" (1977), \"Zoot Suit\" (1981), \"Uncommon Valor\" (1983), and \"Innerspace\" (1987), the latter being one of his final acting appearances. He also played a teacher in an episode in the sixth season of \"The Andy Griffith Show.\" Aidman died of cancer in Beverly Hills, California. He is interred at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles. Charles Aidman Charles Leonard Aidman (January 21, 1925 – November 7, 1993) was an American actor of stage, film, and television. Aidman was born in Frankfort, Indiana, the son of George E. and Etta (Kwitny) Aidman.", "title": "Charles Aidman" }, { "id": "12826323", "text": "former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, Senator John McCain, First Lady Michelle Obama, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, and Senator Olympia Snowe. Immediately after Ben Silverman was named co-chairman of NBC's entertainment division in 2007, he asked Greg Daniels to create a spin-off of \"The Office\". Daniels co-created \"Parks and Recreation\" with Michael Schur, who had been a writer on \"The Office\". The two spent months considering ideas for the new series and debating whether to make it a stand-alone rather than a spin-off. According to Daniels, they eventually abandoned the original spin-off plan because they \"couldn't find", "title": "Parks and Recreation" }, { "id": "7203051", "text": "Jonathan Joss Jonathan Joss (born December 22, 1965) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying the voice of John Redcorn from season 2 to 13 of the animated series \"King of the Hill\", and for his recurring role as Chief Ken Hotate in \"Parks and Recreation\". Born in San Antonio, Texas, Joss is of Spanish, Comanche and White Mountain Apache descent. He attended McCollum High School and later enrolled at Texas State University–San Marcos (then Southwest Texas State University) but left before graduating. Joss later attended San Antonio College, before graduating from Our Lady of the Lake", "title": "Jonathan Joss" }, { "id": "2428192", "text": "Henry Winkler Henry Franklin Winkler, OBE (born October 30, 1945) is an American actor, comedian, director, producer, and author. He played the role of greaser Arthur \"Fonzie\" Fonzarelli, the breakout character of the 1970s American sitcom \"Happy Days\". He also starred as Sy Mittleman on Adult Swim's \"Childrens Hospital\", and as Eddie R. Lawson on USA Networks's \"Royal Pains\". Winkler also had notable guest-starring roles on \"Arrested Development\" as Barry Zuckerkorn and Dr. Saperstein on \"Parks and Recreation\". In 2018, he began appearing as Gene Cousineau on the HBO comedy \"Barry\". For his role on \"Happy Days\", Winkler won two", "title": "Henry Winkler" }, { "id": "12288207", "text": "and MC for comedy shows. He also attended California University of Pennsylvania. Shoemaker received a Bachelor of Arts degree with majors in Radio, television and film. \"Shoe's\" stage, film and TV acting credits are extensive and wide ranging. Recently, he co-stars as Bandit in the critically acclaimed movie, \"Middle Man\". He recurred as the character Wilson Gromling, the head of Pawnee's Liberty or Die Party, on NBC's \"Parks & Recreation\", and had a five episode run on \"The Bold & The Beautiful.\" He also played the film professor in horror sequel, \"Scream 2\". As a writer, Craig was called in", "title": "Craig Shoemaker" }, { "id": "18615737", "text": "One Last Ride \"One Last Ride\" is the series finale of the television sitcom \"Parks and Recreation\". The episode serves as the twelfth and thirteenth episodes of season 7 and the 124th & 125th overall episode of the series. It was written by lead actress Amy Poehler and series co-creator Michael Schur, the latter who also directed the episode. The series finale first aired on NBC in the United States on February 24, 2015, when it was watched by 4.15 million viewers, making it the most watched episode of the season and the highest rated episode since \"Campaign Ad\" of", "title": "One Last Ride" }, { "id": "7899662", "text": "Chris Tallman Christopher Tallman (born September 22, 1970) is an American actor and comedian best known for his regular appearances on the Comedy Central programs \"\" and \"Reno 911!\". Tallman was also the creator of the popular Channel 101 series \"Time Belt\" which he wrote, directed, co-produced and starred in. He has also guest-starred on many television shows such as \"House\", \"Parks and Recreation\", \"Emily's Reasons Why Not\", \"Angel\", \"How I Met Your Mother\", \"The Sarah Silverman Show\" , \"The King of Queens\" and appeared on \"Frank TV\" as Ed McMahon. On October 14, 2013, Tallman's new show \"The Thundermans\"", "title": "Chris Tallman" }, { "id": "14538656", "text": "forward to that.\" \"Telethon\" also featured guest appearances by several actors who had appeared in previous episodes, including Mo Collins as \"Pawnee Today\" television host Joan Callamezzo and Jay Jackson as Pawnee television news reporter Perd Hapley. John Balma also made a guest appearance as Barney, a local teacher who gave the audience an extremely boring accounting presentation, just as he did in \"Leslie's House\". In addition to the performances, \"Telethon\" included several references to previous episodes. During the telethon, Andy and his band perform a song called \"Sex Hair\". This is a reference to \"Galentine's Day\", in which he", "title": "Telethon (Parks and Recreation)" }, { "id": "3450525", "text": "Howard Hesseman Howard Hesseman (born February 27, 1940) is an American actor best known for playing DJ Dr. Johnny Fever on \"WKRP in Cincinnati\", Captain Pete Lassard in \"\", Sam Royer on \"One Day at a Time\" and schoolteacher Charlie Moore on \"Head of the Class\". Hesseman was born in Lebanon, Oregon, the son of Edna (née Forster) and George Henry Hesseman. His parents divorced when he was five, and he was raised by his mother and stepfather, a police officer. He graduated from Silverton High School in 1958. Hesseman attended the University of Oregon, and was later a founding", "title": "Howard Hesseman" }, { "id": "3634247", "text": "with her first child, meant the new series would have to forgo a promised post-Super Bowl debut and cut its first season short, but Daniels and Schur chose to push back the series for Poehler. On July 21, 2008, NBC announced Poehler's new series, \"Parks and Recreation\", saying the project would not be a direct spin-off of \"The Office\", as previously speculated. Poehler joined an ensemble cast including Aziz Ansari, Rashida Jones, Chris Pratt, Aubrey Plaza, Paul Schneider, Nick Offerman, and at the end of season two, Adam Scott, and Rob Lowe. Poehler plays Deputy Director of the Parks Department,", "title": "Amy Poehler" }, { "id": "14070727", "text": "in the United States on September 8, 2009. The DVD included all six episodes, as well as an \"Extended Producer's Cut\" of the season finale, \"Rock Show\". The disc also included cast and crew commentary tracks for each episode, as well as about 30 minutes of deleted scenes. Parks and Recreation (season 1) The first season of \"Parks and Recreation\" originally aired in the United States on the NBC television network between April 9 and May 14, 2009. Produced by Deedle-Dee Productions and Universal Media Studios, the series was created by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur, who served as executive", "title": "Parks and Recreation (season 1)" }, { "id": "12826313", "text": "his restaurant. Eventually he proposes, and she accepts. He later experiences financial ruin, but finds success again by publishing a best selling book on his failure. Donna marries, moves to Seattle, and becomes a successful real estate agent, which supplements the income from the financially strained school district where her husband Joe works. Andy makes a popular television show starring his Johnny Karate character, though he and April choose to allow the show to end so that April can start a new job as a career placement advisor in Washington, D.C.. Ben and Leslie also move to Washington, D.C. with", "title": "Parks and Recreation" }, { "id": "13247687", "text": "Pilot (Parks and Recreation) \"Pilot\" is the pilot episode of the American comedy television series \"Parks and Recreation\". It originally aired on NBC in the United States on April 9, 2009. The episode was written by series co-creators Michael Schur and Greg Daniels, and directed by Daniels. The episode introduces the protagonist Leslie Knope, played by Amy Poehler, as well as the other regular characters played by cast members Rashida Jones, Paul Schneider, Aziz Ansari, Aubrey Plaza and Nick Offerman. Knope is a mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks and Recreation department in the fictional town of Pawnee, Indiana. In \"Pilot\",", "title": "Pilot (Parks and Recreation)" }, { "id": "12826367", "text": "Knope. Poehler was hosting the ceremony along with Tina Fey. The first season of \"Parks and Recreation\" was released on DVD in region 1 on September 8, 2009. The DVD included all six episodes, as well as an \"Extended Producer's Cut\" of the season finale, \"Rock Show\". The disc also included cast and crew commentary tracks for each episode, as well as about 30 minutes of deleted scenes. The second season was released in a four-disc set in region 1 on November 30, 2010. They included extended episodes for \"The Master Plan\" and \"Freddy Spaghetti\", as well as two-and-a-half hours", "title": "Parks and Recreation" }, { "id": "13228122", "text": "Rachel Axler Rachel Axler is an American television writer and playwright. In television, her credits include \"Childrens Hospital\", \"How I Met Your Mother\", \"The Goodwin Games\", \"New Girl\", \"Bored to Death\", \"Parks and Recreation\", \"Veep\", and \"The Daily Show\". Axler was born in Queens, New York. She graduated from Hunter College High School in 1995 and Williams College in 1999. She received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of California, San Diego, As a playwright her works include the plays \"Smudge\" and \"Archaeology\". Axler has won four Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2006 and 2009, Axler won two", "title": "Rachel Axler" }, { "id": "16515927", "text": "\"Parks and Recreation\" received highly positive reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes, the season has a 95% approval rating with an average score of 8.72 out of 10 based on 21 reviews. The site's critical consensus reads, \"Heartfelt yet hilarious and snarky yet good-natured, \"Parks and Recreation\" remains one of the best sitcoms around and only continues to improve. Amy Poehler received her fourth consecutive nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. Parks and Recreation (season 5) The fifth season of \"Parks and Recreation\" originally aired in the United States on the NBC television network,", "title": "Parks and Recreation (season 5)" }, { "id": "10122079", "text": "Housewives\", \"Medium\", \"The Office\", Girlfriends, Brockmire, and HBO's VEEP. Reeves has been seen in the works of Alexander Payne, and has also appeared in roles in several feature films, including \"Central Intelligence\", \"About Schmidt\", \"Election\", \"13 Going on 30\", \"Sideways\", and \"Fun with Dick and Jane\". Reeves played a regular guest role in the NBC comedy television series \"Parks and Recreation\" as Paul Iaresco, the city manager of the fictional Indiana town of Pawnee. Reeves plays \"Coach T\" in a series of Toyota commercials that have aired 2012–15. His play \"From The Journal Of Hazard McCauley\" was published by Broadway", "title": "Phil Reeves" }, { "id": "7118922", "text": "star Regis Philbin. Their first child, son William Xavier Schur, was born on February 18, 2008. His middle name, Xavier, is in honor of Regis's confirmation name. On July 14, 2010, Philbin gave birth to their daughter, Ivy Elizabeth Schur, in California. Michael Schur Michael Herbert Schur (born October 29, 1975) is an American television producer, writer, and actor, best known for his work on the NBC comedy series \"The Office\" (2005–2013); \"Parks and Recreation\" (2009–2015), which he co-created along with Greg Daniels; and \"The Good Place\" (2016–present), which he created. He also co-created the NBC comedy series \"Brooklyn Nine-Nine\"", "title": "Michael Schur" }, { "id": "14070692", "text": "he was still trying to figure out the character's motivations. Chris Pratt played Andy Dwyer, Ann's well-intentioned but lazy and simple-minded boyfriend. Although Pratt appeared in every episode of season 1, he was credited as guest star until the second season, when he was promoted to the main cast. Andy was originally supposed to appear only in the first season, but the producers liked Pratt so much that, almost immediately after casting him, they decided to make Andy a regular character if the show was renewed. Jim O'Heir and Retta made regular appearances as Jerry Gergich and Donna Meagle, two", "title": "Parks and Recreation (season 1)" }, { "id": "16808835", "text": "J. P. Manoux Jean-Paul Christophe \"J. P.\" Manoux (born June 8, 1969) is an American actor, voice actor, comedian and television personality best known for his work in multiple Disney productions, including S.T.A.N. in \"Aaron Stone\", Curtis the Caveman and Vice Principal Hackett in \"Phil of the Future\", and the voice of Kuzco in \"The Emperor's New School\" (replacing David Spade). He voiced Scrappy Rex in \"Scooby-Doo\". Manoux was also a contestant on \"Jeopardy!\", \"Family Feud\", and \"Wheel of Fortune\". Jean-Paul Christophe Manoux was born on June 8, 1969, in Fresno, California. He grew up in Santa Barbara, California, the", "title": "J. P. Manoux" }, { "id": "14566622", "text": "played local reporter Shauna Malwae-Tweep in several past episodes, filmed several scenes where she and Andy flirt, but he ultimately rejects her due to his feelings for April. All of these scenes were cut from the final episode due to length restrictions, which Schur said he regretted because he found Becker very funny. \"The Master Plan\" was directed by Dean Holland, his third directorial credit after \"Greg Pikitis\" and \"Sweetums\". The script read-through and filming took place in March 2010. Rob Lowe's first day of filming took place on his birthday, March 17, which was the same day the scene", "title": "The Master Plan (Parks and Recreation)" }, { "id": "19448332", "text": "world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2008. At the festival it was acquired by Sony Pictures Classics, and was released on July 13, 2008. That same year, Zissis appeared in the short film \"Loveolution\", and made his television debut in \"The Office.\" In 2009, Zissis appeared in \"The Overbook Brothers\" which had its world premiere at South by Southwest. That same year, Zissis appeared in \"Sunday Morning\", \"The League\", and \"Prototype\". In 2010, Zissis appeared in \"Cyrus\". Zissis appeared in two episodes of \"Parks and Recreation\". That same year Zissis wrote, directed, produced and edited the", "title": "Steve Zissis" }, { "id": "5726331", "text": "characters in an episode of the Adult Swim show \"Robot Chicken\". She played Hannah in \"Brief Interviews with Hideous Men\", an independent film by John Krasinski that screened during the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. She co-starred as Zooey Rice in \"I Love You, Man\", a DreamWorks comedy with Paul Rudd and Jason Segel. Jones accepted a role in \"Parks and Recreation\", a mockumentary-style sitcom on NBC. The show was created by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur, with whom she previously worked on \"The Office\". She played nurse Ann Perkins from the show's debut until midway through the sixth season, and", "title": "Rashida Jones" }, { "id": "14566635", "text": "on a four-disc DVD set in the United States on November 30, 2010. The DVD included deleted scenes for each episode. It also included a commentary track for \"The Master Plan\" featuring Nick Offerman, Adam Scott, Dean Holland, Michael Schur, Harris Wittels and \"Parks and Recreation\" producer Morgan Sackett. The Master Plan (Parks and Recreation) \"The Master Plan\" is the 23rd and penultimate episode of the second season of the American comedy television series \"Parks and Recreation\", and the 29th overall episode of the series. It originally aired on NBC in the United States on May 13, 2010. In the", "title": "The Master Plan (Parks and Recreation)" }, { "id": "8353980", "text": "department at Missouri State University. He was previously chair of the theatre program at Drury University. Robert Westenberg Robert Westenberg (born October 26, 1953) is an American musical theatre actor, acting teacher and professor. He appeared on Broadway in \"Sunday in the Park with George\", \"The Secret Garden\" and \"Into the Woods\", as well as several other musicals. He is the musical theatre coordinator and associate professor in the theatre and dance department at Missouri State University. Born in Miami Beach, Florida, but raised in Fresno, California with his six siblings. Westenberg graduated Bullard High School in 1971, where he", "title": "Robert Westenberg" }, { "id": "13485482", "text": "Carol Arthur Carol Arthur (born August 4, 1935) is an American actress, mainly recognizable as playing supporting roles in films produced by Mel Brooks. She is probably best remembered as the outspoken town school teacher Harriett Johnson \"(\"You are the leading asshole in the state!\")\", in Brooks' \"Blazing Saddles\". She has also guest-starred in many television shows from the mid 1970s to the mid 2000s, including \"The Dom DeLuise Show\", \"Emergency!\", \"Sanford and Son\", \"Rhoda\", \"Alice\", \"Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories\", \"St. Elsewhere\" and \"7th Heaven\". During the late 1970s and early 1980s, Arthur appeared as \"Safety Sadie\", the spokeswoman for", "title": "Carol Arthur" }, { "id": "13485484", "text": "Carol Arthur Carol Arthur (born August 4, 1935) is an American actress, mainly recognizable as playing supporting roles in films produced by Mel Brooks. She is probably best remembered as the outspoken town school teacher Harriett Johnson \"(\"You are the leading asshole in the state!\")\", in Brooks' \"Blazing Saddles\". She has also guest-starred in many television shows from the mid 1970s to the mid 2000s, including \"The Dom DeLuise Show\", \"Emergency!\", \"Sanford and Son\", \"Rhoda\", \"Alice\", \"Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories\", \"St. Elsewhere\" and \"7th Heaven\". During the late 1970s and early 1980s, Arthur appeared as \"Safety Sadie\", the spokeswoman for", "title": "Carol Arthur" }, { "id": "12826318", "text": "episodes: \"Telethon\" in season 2, \"The Fight\" in season 3, and \"The Debate\" in season 4 (for which she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series). She also co-wrote \"Second Chunce\" in season 6, the series' 100th episode, and \"One Last Ride\", the series finale, with Schur. Poehler also directed three episodes, \"The Debate\" in season 4, \"Article Two\" in season 5, and \"Gryzzlbox\" in season 7. Other cast members that wrote or directed episodes include Nick Offerman, who wrote \"Lucky\" in season 4, and directed season 5's \"Correspondents' Lunch\" and season 6's", "title": "Parks and Recreation" }, { "id": "12826350", "text": "a tribute song called \"5,000 Candles in the Wind\", so-called because Leslie asks him to write a song like Elton John's \"Candle in the Wind,\" only 5,000 times better. \"Parks and Recreation\" was broadcast in the 8:30 pm timeslot Thursdays on NBC, in the United States, during its first two seasons, as part of the network's Comedy Night Done Right line-up. It was moved to a 9:30 pm timeslot during its third season, where it premiered as a mid-season replacement. In September 2011, the show returned to its original 8:30 pm timeslot for the fourth season. In Australia, \"Parks and", "title": "Parks and Recreation" }, { "id": "6981955", "text": "Keegan-Michael Key Keegan-Michael Key (born March 22, 1971) is an American actor, comedian, writer and producer. He starred in the Comedy Central sketch series \"Key & Peele\" (2012–2015) and co-starred in the USA Network comedy series \"Playing House\" (2014–2017). He spent six seasons as a cast member on \"Mad TV\" (2004–2009) and has made several guest appearances on the U.S. version of \"Whose Line is it Anyway?\" on The CW. He also appeared in the first season of the FX series \"Fargo\" in 2014, and had a recurring role on the sixth and seventh seasons of \"Parks and Recreation\" from", "title": "Keegan-Michael Key" }, { "id": "12826341", "text": "two months before the show premiered. The show faced early production delays because Poehler was pregnant when she signed on, and filming had to be postponed until she gave birth. The show was filmed in Southern California. The exterior of the Pawnee government building, and several of the hallway scenes, were shot at Pasadena City Hall. The parks and recreation department interiors, as well as the Town Hall courtyard, were filmed on a large studio set sound stage. The set's windows were outfitted with water systems to simulate falling rain, and the windowsills included fake pigeons. The set also includes", "title": "Parks and Recreation" }, { "id": "14152506", "text": "the second season was highly praised, with some reviewers declaring it one of the best comedies of the television season. Nevertheless, \"Parks and Recreation\" continued to struggle in the Nielsen ratings and averaged about 4.68 million household viewers per week, lower than Thursday night NBC shows \"Community\", \"30 Rock\", and \"The Office\". Amy Poehler was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, and both the series and actor Nick Offerman received nominations from the Television Critics Association Awards. denotes an extended episode. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The second season of \"Parks and Recreation\" was produced by", "title": "Parks and Recreation (season 2)" }, { "id": "16275194", "text": "Joe Mande Joseph Mande (born March 16, 1983) is an American stand-up comedian, writer and actor. Mande was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico to Louis Mande, a lawyer, and Deborah Mande, a judge. Mande has appeared on such TV shows as Comedy Central's \"The Half Hour\", VH1's \"Best Week Ever\" and \"Conan\". Mande was a writer for the final three seasons of the NBC sitcom \"Parks and Recreation,\" also appearing in seven episodes as Pawnee resident Morris Lerpiss. He has also written for the Comedy Central sketch series \"Kroll Show\", and the Adult Swim series \"Delocated.\" He was a producer", "title": "Joe Mande" }, { "id": "3534193", "text": "Nia Long Nia Talita Long, (born October 30, 1970) is an American actress. She is known for her roles in the television series \"The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air\", \"Third Watch\" and \"Empire\", and the films \"Boyz n the Hood\", \"Friday\", \"Love Jones\", \"Soul Food\", \"In Too Deep\", \"The Best Man\", \"Big Momma's House\" and \"Are We There Yet?\". Long was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Talita Long (née Gillman), a teacher and printmaker, and Doughtry Long, a high school teacher and poet. Her family is of Trinidadian, Grenadian, Vincentian, and Barbadian descent. She has an older half-sister, the actress", "title": "Nia Long" }, { "id": "5263488", "text": "Adam Scott (actor) Adam Paul Scott (born April 3, 1973) is an American actor, comedian, producer, and podcaster. He is known for his role as Ben Wyatt in the NBC sitcom \"Parks and Recreation\". He has also appeared as Derek in the film \"Step Brothers\", Johnny Meyer in \"The Aviator\", Henry Pollard in the Starz sitcom \"Party Down\", Ed Mackenzie in the HBO series \"Big Little Lies\" and Trevor in the NBC series \"The Good Place\". Scott was born in Santa Cruz, California, to Anne (born Quartararo) and Simon Dougald Scott, both of whom are retired teachers. He is of", "title": "Adam Scott (actor)" }, { "id": "16808839", "text": "not informing his house guests of the device. J. P. Manoux Jean-Paul Christophe \"J. P.\" Manoux (born June 8, 1969) is an American actor, voice actor, comedian and television personality best known for his work in multiple Disney productions, including S.T.A.N. in \"Aaron Stone\", Curtis the Caveman and Vice Principal Hackett in \"Phil of the Future\", and the voice of Kuzco in \"The Emperor's New School\" (replacing David Spade). He voiced Scrappy Rex in \"Scooby-Doo\". Manoux was also a contestant on \"Jeopardy!\", \"Family Feud\", and \"Wheel of Fortune\". Jean-Paul Christophe Manoux was born on June 8, 1969, in Fresno, California.", "title": "J. P. Manoux" }, { "id": "12826343", "text": "forum scenes in the pilot episode were filmed in one of the city's middle schools, and a town meeting scene in the episode \"Eagleton\" was shot at the Toluca Lake Sports Center in the Toluca Lake district of Los Angeles. Other Eagleton scenes were also shot at the Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens, located in San Marino. Elaborate festival setting and corn maze sets featured in \"Harvest Festival\" was filmed at a real-life festival setting at Los Angeles Pierce College, a community college in Woodland Hills, California. Schur said an aerial shot of the harvest festival at the end of", "title": "Parks and Recreation" }, { "id": "19076523", "text": "Jay Karas Jay Karas is an American film and television director and producer. Karas's resume primarily consists of directing live telecasts and stand-up comedy specials. In recent years he moved on to directing episodic television, directing episodes of \"Parks and Recreation\", \"Raising Hope\", \"Awkward\", \"The Fosters\", \"Brooklyn Nine-Nine\" and \"Workaholics\". In 2014, Karas made his feature film directing debut with the film \"Break Point\", starring Jeremy Sisto and David Walton. Karas's episode of \"Dice\" was one of The Hollywood Reporter's \"Critics' Picks: The 15 Best TV Episodes of 2016\" and Teachers made Vanity Fair's \"5 Underrated TV Shows You Should", "title": "Jay Karas" }, { "id": "19829134", "text": "Jeff Ingold Jeff Ingold is an American screenwriter and producer. He has worked on TV shows such as Scrubs, Undateable, Ground Floor, Rush Hour, The Office, Parks and Recreation, 30 Rock, Community and Will & Grace. He currently works with Bill Lawrence as the Head Producer and President of Lawrence's production company, Doozer. He is the former head of comedy at NBC. Jeff Ingold grew up in Detroit, Michigan. Ingold graduated from Princeton University in 1990 with a degree in history. He received a MBA from the USC Marshall School of Business. Ingold resides in Los Angeles, California, with his", "title": "Jeff Ingold" }, { "id": "7894691", "text": "Allison Jones (casting director) Allison Jones (born 1955) is an American casting director who is credited for helping to bring together realistic ensemble casts for such television shows as \"Freaks and Geeks\" (for which she won an Emmy), \"Undeclared\", \"The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air\", \"Brooklyn Nine-Nine\", \"The Good Place\", \"Curb Your Enthusiasm\", \"United States of Tara\", \"Parks and Recreation\", \"Arrested Development\" (both of which she was also nominated for), and the US version of \"The Office\". She has also cast several successful films, including \"The 40-Year-Old Virgin\", \"\", and \"Knocked Up\". Allison Jones also gained casting credit for Brüno. She", "title": "Allison Jones (casting director)" }, { "id": "13961006", "text": "just a few T.V. shows, he has appeared on \"Monk\", \"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia\", \"Sabrina the Teenage Witch\", \"The Gilmore Girls\", \"The West Wing\", \"Baywatch\", \"Boston Common\" and \"Home Improvement\". His most notable quote from \"Saved By The Bell\" was, \"Neil! Don't mess with the 'Dew-Man'!\" Patrick Thomas O'Brien Patrick Thomas O'Brien (born January 26, 1951) is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for playing the role of Mr. Dewey, the math teacher from \"Saved by the Bell\". O'Brien was born in Wisconsin and graduated from Regis High School in Eau Claire. He then attended the University", "title": "Patrick Thomas O'Brien" }, { "id": "14423284", "text": "\"Edgar Allan Poe's Murder Mystery Dinner Party\". In 2017, O'Heir won a daytime Emmy for Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series for \"The Bold and the Beautiful\". Jim O'Heir James O'Heir (born February 4, 1962) is an American actor and comedian best known for co-starring as Jerry Gergich on the NBC sitcom \"Parks and Recreation\". O'Heir first became active in Chicago theater and improv during the late 1980s and early 1990s as part of the comedic theater troupe \"White Noise\", and appeared in such plays as \"The Book of Blanche\", \"Stumpy's Gang\" and \"Ad-Nauseam\" with the group. O'Heir has", "title": "Jim O'Heir" }, { "id": "18553276", "text": "Beauty and the Beast (2017 film) Beauty and the Beast is a 2017 American musical romantic fantasy film directed by Bill Condon from a screenplay written by Stephen Chbosky and Evan Spiliotopoulos, and co-produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Mandeville Films. The film is a live-action reimagining of Disney's 1991 animated film of the same name, itself an adaptation of Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont's 18th-century fairy tale. The film features an ensemble cast that includes Emma Watson and Dan Stevens as the eponymous characters with Luke Evans, Kevin Kline, Josh Gad, Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci, Audra McDonald, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Ian", "title": "Beauty and the Beast (2017 film)" }, { "id": "12826315", "text": "who is re-elected until his death on the night of his 100th birthday. After Ron eventually tires of his construction company, Leslie arranges for him to become the superintendent of Pawnee National Park, which he accepts. Deedle-Dee Productions and Universal Media Studios produced \"Parks and Recreation\" starting with the first season; the production companies Fremulon and 3 Arts Entertainment also became involved with the show starting with the second season. The series was created by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur, who served as executive producers along with Howard Klein. Klein previously worked with Daniels and Schur on \"The Office\", a", "title": "Parks and Recreation" }, { "id": "14070682", "text": "Parks and Recreation (season 1) The first season of \"Parks and Recreation\" originally aired in the United States on the NBC television network between April 9 and May 14, 2009. Produced by Deedle-Dee Productions and Universal Media Studios, the series was created by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur, who served as executive producers with Howard Klein. The comedy series focuses on Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler), the deputy director of the parks and recreation department of the fictional town of Pawnee, Indiana. The season consisted of six 22-minute episodes, all of which aired at 8:30 p.m. on Thursdays. Daniels and Schur", "title": "Parks and Recreation (season 1)" }, { "id": "3534202", "text": "a supporter of PETA. http://tvline.com/2016/08/16/nia-long-beaches-remake-lifetime-hillary/ Nia Long Nia Talita Long, (born October 30, 1970) is an American actress. She is known for her roles in the television series \"The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air\", \"Third Watch\" and \"Empire\", and the films \"Boyz n the Hood\", \"Friday\", \"Love Jones\", \"Soul Food\", \"In Too Deep\", \"The Best Man\", \"Big Momma's House\" and \"Are We There Yet?\". Long was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Talita Long (née Gillman), a teacher and printmaker, and Doughtry Long, a high school teacher and poet. Her family is of Trinidadian, Grenadian, Vincentian, and Barbadian descent. She has", "title": "Nia Long" }, { "id": "14567918", "text": "Freddy Spaghetti \"Freddy Spaghetti\" is the second season finale of the American comedy television series \"Parks and Recreation\", and the 30th overall episode of the series. It originally aired on NBC in the United States on May 20, 2010. In the episode, as Ron helps state auditors make governmental cuts amid a government shutdown, Leslie tries to save a children's concert starring musician Freddy Spaghetti. Meanwhile, Andy asks April to be his girlfriend, while Ann tries to cope with her renewed feelings for Andy following her breakup with Mark. The episode was written by Daniel J. Goor and directed by", "title": "Freddy Spaghetti" }, { "id": "16293223", "text": "Bert Selen Bert Selen (Born Bert Jacobus Martinus Selen 30 August 1985) is a Multi Award-winning Music producer, TV/Film composer, Multi-Instrumentalist and songwriter based in Los Angeles. He is best known for his work on the primetime sitcom \"Rules of Engagement\" (Sony/CBS). His music has been featured in a variety of films and TV shows, notably \"Parks and Recreation\" (NBC), \"The Mentalist\" (CBS), \"Lab Rats\" (Disney) and \"Mystery Girls\" (ABC Family). Selen was born in Kessel-Eik, The Netherlands. At age 16, he joined the Dutch international touring act Van Gunn, and at 17, he moved to the United States with", "title": "Bert Selen" }, { "id": "16293219", "text": "Bert Selen Bert Selen (Born Bert Jacobus Martinus Selen 30 August 1985) is a Multi Award-winning Music producer, TV/Film composer, Multi-Instrumentalist and songwriter based in Los Angeles. He is best known for his work on the primetime sitcom \"Rules of Engagement\" (Sony/CBS). His music has been featured in a variety of films and TV shows, notably \"Parks and Recreation\" (NBC), \"The Mentalist\" (CBS), \"Lab Rats\" (Disney) and \"Mystery Girls\" (ABC Family). Selen was born in Kessel-Eik, The Netherlands. At age 16, he joined the Dutch international touring act Van Gunn, and at 17, he moved to the United States with", "title": "Bert Selen" }, { "id": "5516493", "text": "Navin Chowdhry Navin Chowdhry (born 1 January 1971) is a British actor. Chowdhry was born and brought up in Bristol, England. In 1994 he graduated from Imperial College, London, earning a 3-year degree in biochemistry with 2:1 honours. At age 16, Chowdhry made his acting debut in the 1988 film, \"Madame Sousatzka\" with Shabana Azmi and Shirley MacLaine. His next major role was as I.T. teacher Kurt McKenna in the successful comedy show \"Teachers\" in 2001–2003, and is also well known for playing PC Sanjay Singh in \"Dalziel and Pascoe\". He also appeared as a possible rapist in \"Judge John", "title": "Navin Chowdhry" }, { "id": "15175217", "text": "a producer on the series. As an actress, she is known for her recurring roles in television shows such as \"Parks and Recreation\", \"Help Me Help You\", and \"Suburgatory\". In addition to television, she has appeared in films, including as \"I Heart Huckabees\" and \"Idiocracy\". Darlene Hunt Melinda Darlene Hunt is an American actress, producer and television writer, best known for creating and producing the Showtime series \"The Big C\". As a writer, the Lebanon Junction, Kentucky, native's credits include episodes of \"90210\", \"Will & Grace\", \"The Goldbergs\", and \"Save Me\". She also created the Showtime series \"The Big C\",", "title": "Darlene Hunt" }, { "id": "13520363", "text": "had prostate cancer. Though seriously ill, he continued to work. He appeared numerous times in fundraising appeals for PBS television. However, his illness quickly progressed, and he died on Saturday, February 17, 2007, in Coral Gables, Florida. Jay W. Jensen Jay W. Jensen (August 4, 1931 – February 17, 2007) was a Miami Beach, Florida, drama teacher known as \"The Teacher to the Stars\". Jensen is credited with inspiring the acting talents of such well-known actors as Andy García and Mickey Rourke. Jensen was born in Irvington, New Jersey. He was the only child of John W. and Thelma \"Billie\"", "title": "Jay W. Jensen" }, { "id": "20634720", "text": "Dean Hubbard Dean W. Hubbard (July 21, 1953 – March 11, 2018) was an American musician and professional trombonist. Key credits include developing the \"voice\" of the teacher, Ms. Othmar on the Charlie Brown Peanuts cartoon and TV specials.. He also played with Dizzy Gillespie, Perry Como, Art Pepper, Nelson Riddle, Ella Fitzgerald, Natalie Cole, Peggy Lee, Aaron Neville, Buddy Morrow, Tony Bennett and the SF Orchestra, among others. . He is featured on the Gold and Platinum records for Linda Ronstadt's Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind. He was a lifetime member of the SF Musicians Union", "title": "Dean Hubbard" }, { "id": "8074236", "text": "as Charles Armitage Brown in the film \"Bright Star\", for which he won the Best Supporting Actor Award from the National Society of Film Critics. The award was shared with Christoph Waltz for \"Inglourious Basterds\". He portrayed Courtney Farlander in \"Away We Go\". Schneider co-starred in the NBC series \"Parks and Recreation\" as Mark Brendanawicz from 2009 to 2010. Schneider is married to Theresa Avila Schneider, an Occupational Therapist and co-founder of The World Lens Foundation. The two married in Brooklyn, New York on April 16, 2016. Paul is a proud board member of The World Lens Foundation and an", "title": "Paul Schneider (actor)" }, { "id": "14152524", "text": "best comedy of NBC's Thursday line-up. It was declared the best comedy of the television season by \"Entertainment Weekly\" writer Henning Fog and \"The Star-Ledger\" television columnist Alan Sepinwall. \"Entertainment Weekly\" writer Michael Ausiello, who was critical of the first season, called it the \"most improved\" show of the season. \"Time\" magazine writer James Poniewozik included \"Parks and Recreation\" in his list of the 10 best television shows of 2009, and \"IGN\" declared it the best comedy series of 2009. Several reviewers called the second season one of the most impressive comebacks in television history. Amy Poehler said the first", "title": "Parks and Recreation (season 2)" }, { "id": "12826320", "text": "McDougall. The principal cast starting in season one included: Several cast members were introduced or developed, and added to the opening credits over the course of the series: Numerous actors have made recurring guest appearances throughout the series, including Pamela Reed as Leslie's mother and fellow politician Marlene Griggs-Knope, Ben Schwartz as Tom's fast-talking friend Jean-Ralphio and Jenny Slate as his twin sister Mona-Lisa, Jama Williamson as Tom's ex-wife Wendy, Mo Collins as morning talk show host Joan Callamezzo, Jay Jackson as television broadcaster Perd Hapley, Alison Becker as newspaper reporter Shauna Malwae-Tweep, Darlene Hunt as conservative activist Marcia Langman,", "title": "Parks and Recreation" }, { "id": "15531572", "text": "episodes. Minni Jo Mazzola reprised her recurring role as April's sister Natalie Ludgate. Andy's band Mouse Rat, which has appeared in previous episodes starting with the first season finale \"Rock Show\", also appeared in \"Andy and April's Fancy Party\". Mark Rivers played the drums, Andrew Burlinson played guitar and \"Parks and Recreation\" screenwriter Alan Yang played bass guitar. Eric Isenhower made his first appearance on the show as Orin, a creepy Goth friend of April. The character was mentioned offhandedly in the episode \"Time Capsule\" and Dippold loved the idea of him, so she worked Orin into the script. The", "title": "Andy and April's Fancy Party" }, { "id": "8671540", "text": "Claire Titelman Claire Titelman is an American actress and stand-up comedian best known for her regular appearances as a roundtable panelist on \"Chelsea Lately\", as well as her roles on \"Parks and Recreation\", \"New Girl\" and \"Veronica Mars\". Titelman wrote and acted in \"Lemons Are for Emergencies Only,\" which was performed in her own kitchen in Los Angeles in 2006 before appearing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2007. Her play \"In Tubes\" was produced at HERE Arts in NYC, and her solo show \"Filthy\" was performed at experimental Los Angeles theater Machine Project in 2015. She is a member", "title": "Claire Titelman" }, { "id": "17022232", "text": "Lis Lewis Lis Lewis is an American voice teacher, author and performance coach. Lewis's clients include Gwen Stefani, Rihanna, Courtney Love, Britney Spears, Colbie Caillat, Linkin Park, Demi Lovato, Tyson Ritter of The All-American Rejects, The Pussycat Dolls, and Jack Black. Lewis grew up in New York City and began training as a child at the Dalcroze School of Music as well as with private music teachers. She attended both the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and has a master's degree in Theater and Music. Lewis has taught voice classes and lectured at the Liverpool Institute for", "title": "Lis Lewis" }, { "id": "12826348", "text": "Chris Pratt's character, Andy Dwyer, and his band within the show, \"Mouse Rat\". Pratt sings and plays guitar in the band himself, while the drums are played by Mark Rivers, the guitar by Andrew Burlinson, and the bass guitar by Alan Yang, a screenwriter with the show. Pratt and the other band members played live during filming of the episode, rather than being pre-recorded and dubbed later. One song featured in \"Rock Show\", called \"The Pit\", chronicles Andy's experience falling into a construction pit and breaking his legs. Pratt wrote \"Ann\", a ballad about Ann Perkins, featured in the episode", "title": "Parks and Recreation" }, { "id": "16109970", "text": "Katie Dippold Katie Dippold is a screenwriter, actress, and comedian. She was a writer on the NBC series \"Parks and Recreation\" and wrote \"The Heat\" starring Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy. \"The Heat\" won the 2014 American Comedy Award for best screenplay and favorite comedy of the year at the People's Choice Awards. Dippold was born and raised in Freehold Township, New Jersey, and graduated from Rutgers University with a degree in journalism. After graduating college, Dippold started a career in improvisational comedy at Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (UCBT) in New York City. She wrote and performed in various stage", "title": "Katie Dippold" }, { "id": "5014841", "text": "Rob Schrab Robby Christopher Schrab (born November 12, 1969) is an American comic book creator, actor, comedian, writer, and film and television producer. He is the creator of the comic book \"\", co-writer of the feature film \"Monster House\", competitive film festival Channel 101, and the co-creator of Comedy Central's \"The Sarah Silverman Program\". He has directed three seasons of \"The Sarah Silverman Program\" and episodes of \"Childrens Hospital\", \"Blue Mountain State\", \"Community\", \"Parks and Recreation\", \"The Mindy Project\" and \"Workaholics\". Schrab and long-time writing partner Dan Harmon wrote the 2006 feature film \"Monster House\", along with Pamela Pettler. They", "title": "Rob Schrab" }, { "id": "2835499", "text": "Danny Tamberelli Daniel Paul Tamberelli (born February 8, 1982) is an American actor, comedian and musician. He is best known for his roles as Little Pete in \"The Adventures of Pete and Pete\", Arnold Perlstein in \"The Magic School Bus\", one of the cast members for Nickelodeon's \"All That\" from seasons four through six and Jimmy De Santa in \"Grand Theft Auto V\". Tamberelli was born in Wyckoff, New Jersey. He is of Italian and Irish descent. Tamberelli is a graduate of Hampshire College, where he earned a bachelor's degree in Interdisciplinary Arts focusing on music performance and booking management.", "title": "Danny Tamberelli" }, { "id": "14423274", "text": "Jim O'Heir James O'Heir (born February 4, 1962) is an American actor and comedian best known for co-starring as Jerry Gergich on the NBC sitcom \"Parks and Recreation\". O'Heir first became active in Chicago theater and improv during the late 1980s and early 1990s as part of the comedic theater troupe \"White Noise\", and appeared in such plays as \"The Book of Blanche\", \"Stumpy's Gang\" and \"Ad-Nauseam\" with the group. O'Heir has appeared in several films and made guest appearances on such shows as \"Friends\", \"Boston Legal\", \"Malcolm in the Middle\", \"\", \"3rd Rock from the Sun\", \"ER\", and \"Parenthood\".", "title": "Jim O'Heir" }, { "id": "14070721", "text": "abilities and said her talent, timing and likability helped elevate the series above some of its flaws. Reviewers also said they particularly liked Aziz Ansari as Tom Haverford, and Chris Pratt as Andy Dwyer. Some commentators approved of the Pawnee setting as offering a good opportunity to satirize small-town government and politics. \"Parks and Recreation\" went on to run for seven seasons over the span of six years. Looking back after the show's run concluded, most critics agreed that the first season was the worst of the series. In a 2015 recap of the show's best episodes, Oliver Lyttelton and", "title": "Parks and Recreation (season 1)" }, { "id": "14264408", "text": "the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre and both of his comedy groups performed there regularly. With Derrick Comedy gaining notoriety through their comedic videos on YouTube, the group subsequently wrote and starred in the 2009 comedy \"Mystery Team\". Dierkes is a former writer for ONN, the \"television\" branch of satirical newspaper \"The Onion\". Dierkes has appeared in such television shows as \"Parks and Recreation\", \"Community\", \"The Nighttime Clap\", and \"Mad Men\". He had a recurring role on the Showtime show \"Weeds\". He and his writing partner, Sean Clements, were writers on the short-lived Fox animated series \"Allen Gregory\" in 2011. In", "title": "Dominic Dierkes" }, { "id": "13228123", "text": "Emmys for her work on \"The Daily Show\" as a part of the writing team. In 2016 and 2017, she won two Emmys for Outstanding Comedy Series for her work as Supervising Producer on \"Veep\". She was also nominated for, but did not win, an Emmy in 2007 for \"The Daily Show.\" Rachel Axler Rachel Axler is an American television writer and playwright. In television, her credits include \"Childrens Hospital\", \"How I Met Your Mother\", \"The Goodwin Games\", \"New Girl\", \"Bored to Death\", \"Parks and Recreation\", \"Veep\", and \"The Daily Show\". Axler was born in Queens, New York. She graduated", "title": "Rachel Axler" }, { "id": "12826357", "text": "of any sitcom ever\", and that the characters and setting of Pawnee were so fully developed that he felt a close, personal connection to them. Henry Hanks of CNN called it \"a near-flawless season\". Scott Meslow of \"The Atlantic\" said during the third season, \"Parks and Recreation\" was \"the funniest, sweetest, most consistent sitcom on television\". \"TIME\" magazine writer James Poniewozik called it \"a fabulous season – the best thing on TV in 2011 so far\", and which TV Squad writer Maureen Ryan, who previously criticized the series, called one of the 10 best shows of 2011. In \"TIME\" magazine's", "title": "Parks and Recreation" }, { "id": "10195910", "text": "Steve Tom Stephen Wilson Tom (born September 20, 1953) is an American actor best known for hosting the HBO comedy series \"Funny or Die Presents\". He has guest-starred in a number of television series including \"Parks and Recreation, Major Crimes\", \"Modern Family\", \"How I Met Your Mother\", \"Drake & Josh\", \"ER\", \"NYPD Blue\", \"Sleeper Cell\", \"Two and a Half Men\", \"The King of Queens\", \"Prison Break\", \"The West Wing\", \"The Spoils of Babylon\", \"The Spoils Before Dying\" and among other television series. For two seasons, he was the critically acclaimed host of the HBO comedy series, \"Funny or Die Presents\".", "title": "Steve Tom" }, { "id": "7899664", "text": "walk into a live sketch without having seen a script for it. He was awarded the Channel 101 Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2007 Channel 101 Channy Awards. Chris Tallman Christopher Tallman (born September 22, 1970) is an American actor and comedian best known for his regular appearances on the Comedy Central programs \"\" and \"Reno 911!\". Tallman was also the creator of the popular Channel 101 series \"Time Belt\" which he wrote, directed, co-produced and starred in. He has also guest-starred on many television shows such as \"House\", \"Parks and Recreation\", \"Emily's Reasons Why Not\", \"Angel\", \"How I Met", "title": "Chris Tallman" }, { "id": "16091600", "text": "Jason Mantzoukas Jason Mantzoukas (; born December 18, 1972) is an American comedic actor best known for his recurring roles as Rafi in the FX comedy series \"The League\" and Nuclear Nadal in \"The Dictator\". Mantzoukas has appeared in such films as \"Sleeping with Other People\", \"They Came Together\", and \"Conception\". He has had recurring roles on the three TV shows created by Michael Schur: \"Parks and Recreation\" as Dennis Feinstein; \"Brooklyn Nine-Nine\" as Adrian Pimento; and \"The Good Place\" as Derek Hoffstetler. He also co-hosts the popular film discussion podcast \"How Did This Get Made?\" alongside Paul Scheer and", "title": "Jason Mantzoukas" }, { "id": "8074233", "text": "Paul Schneider (actor) Paul Andrew Schneider (born March 16, 1976) is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Dick Liddil in \"The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford\" (2007) alongside Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Sam Rockwell and Jeremy Renner, and his role as Mark Brendanawicz on the first two seasons of the NBC sitcom \"Parks and Recreation\". He won a Best Actor in a Narrative Feature award at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival for his performance in Angus Maclachlan's \"Goodbye to All That\" and the Best Supporting Actor Award from the National Society", "title": "Paul Schneider (actor)" }, { "id": "14000877", "text": "Retta Marietta Sangai Sirleaf (born April 12, 1970), better known as Retta, is an American stand-up comedian and actress. She is best known for her role as Donna Meagle on NBC's \"Parks and Recreation\". She has appeared in several films and television shows, and has performed stand-up on Comedy Central's \"Premium Blend\". She stars as Ruby Hill in NBC's \"Good Girls\". Retta was born in Newark, New Jersey. She is of Liberian descent. She grew up around New Jersey, specifically in Edison and Cliffwood Beach. In 1988, Retta graduated from Matawan Regional High School in Aberdeen Township, New Jersey. In", "title": "Retta" }, { "id": "14213649", "text": "Andy Dwyer Sir Andrew Maxwell Dwyer, KBE is a fictional character in the NBC comedy \"Parks and Recreation\" portrayed by Chris Pratt. Originally meant to be a temporary character, Andy was so likable that producers asked Pratt back as a series regular. He appears in the first season as Ann Perkins' unemployed slacker boyfriend, then takes a job as a shoe-shiner at Pawnee City Hall in the second season. Andy eventually marries April Ludgate and is later promoted to Leslie Knope's assistant. Pratt was credited as a guest star for the first season, despite appearing in every episode; he is", "title": "Andy Dwyer" }, { "id": "12687599", "text": "Aubrey Plaza Aubrey Christina Plaza (born June 26, 1984) is an American actress and comedian. She is best known for her role as April Ludgate on the NBC sitcom \"Parks and Recreation\". After appearing in supporting roles in several feature films, Plaza had her first leading role as Darius Britt in the 2012 film \"Safety Not Guaranteed\". Since 2017, she has starred as Lenny Busker in the FX drama series \"Legion\". Plaza began her career performing improv and sketch comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. She later appeared in films such as \"Mystery Team\" (2008), \"Funny People\" (2009), \"Scott", "title": "Aubrey Plaza" }, { "id": "1909721", "text": "Ben Stein Benjamin Jeremy Stein (born November 25, 1944) is an American writer, lawyer, actor, and commentator on political and economic issues. A graduate of Columbia University, Stein began his career in law, graduating as valedictorian from Yale Law School. He attained early success as a speechwriter for U.S. presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. Later, he entered the entertainment field and became an actor, comedian, and Emmy Award-winning game show host. He is most well-known on screen as the economics teacher in \"Ferris Bueller's Day Off\" (1986) and as Dr. Arthur Neuman in \"The Mask\" (1994) and \"Son of", "title": "Ben Stein" }, { "id": "12097006", "text": "Natalie Morales (actress) Natalie Morales (born February 15, 1985) is an American actress. She starred in the ABC Family series \"The Middleman\" and had a main role on the first season of the USA Network series \"White Collar\". In 2010, she appeared in the feature films \"\" and \"Going the Distance\". Morales also had a starring role in the Fox comedy series \"The Grinder\" and a recurring role on the NBC sitcom \"Parks and Recreation\". A native of Kendall, Florida, Morales is of Cuban descent. She attended St. Agatha Catholic School and Southwest Miami Senior High School. She participated in", "title": "Natalie Morales (actress)" }, { "id": "12826352", "text": "were all described as possible contenders to buy the syndication rights. Syndicated episodes have aired on multiple cable networks including NBCUniversal owned Esquire Network (after relaunching from Style) and WGN America. The pilot episode also served as the first official broadcast of FX sister network, FXX, when it launched on September 2, 2013, followed by an all-day marathon, marking the first time the NBC comedy appeared off-network. The first season of \"Parks and Recreation\" started to receive criticism before the premiere episode aired. According to a March 18, 2009 report that was leaked to writer Nikki Finke, focus groups responded", "title": "Parks and Recreation" }, { "id": "13032291", "text": "who also stars in the NBC television series \"Parks and Recreation\". Former \"Daily Show\" correspondents John Hodgman, Rob Corddry and Steve Carell are from Massachusetts. Carell was also involved in film and the American adaptation of \"The Office\", which features Dunder-Mifflin branches set in Stamford, Connecticut and Nashua, New Hampshire. Late-night television hosts Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien have roots in the Boston area. Notable stand-up comedians are also from the region, including Bill Burr, Steve Sweeney, Steven Wright, Sarah Silverman, Lisa Lampanelli, Denis Leary, Lenny Clarke, Patrice O'Neal, and Louis CK. \"SNL\" cast member Seth Meyers once attributed the", "title": "New England" } ]

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[ { "id": "19627292", "text": "the first overflow channel, and also shows selected international fixtures. During the 2018 FIFA World Cup, it was a secondary dedicated channel for the event, showing simultaneous live matches, replays, and highlights. Channels 3-11 are the remaining overflow channels and broadcast simultaneous live events of the Premier League or other competitions shown on Optus Sport. Optus Sport Optus Sport is an Australian group of sports channels, owned by Optus launched on 13 July 2016. The channels are available through Optus' Yes TV by Fetch IPTV platform, or through an Optus Decoder on the VAST Satellite Network, as well as through", "title": "Optus Sport" }, { "id": "18065158", "text": "of SonyLIV with the inclusion of Animax as a live channel. Sony Pictures Networks bagged the Indian subcontinent telecast rights for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The network will also be dedicating channels to broadcast in Russia, which includes Sony SIX, Sony TEN 1, Sony TEN 2, Sony TEN 3, Sony ESPN. SonyLIV is the official mobile and Internet broadcaster for streaming all 2018 FIFA World Cup live matches starting June 14. SonyLIV's Library consists of 18 years of content from the Sony Entertainment Network Channels in India Sony TV, SAB TV,Sony MIX, Sony Max, Sony MAX 2, SET PIX,", "title": "Sony Liv" }, { "id": "19627290", "text": "the 2018 FIFA World Cup in a deal with the public broadcaster SBS, who were awarded the original broadcast rights by FIFA. The remaining 25 matches would be simultaneously broadcast live on Optus Sport and SBS. The first game of the tournament was broadcast exclusively on Optus Sport, Egypt vs. Uruguay on 15 June 2018, was marred with technical difficulties including buffering issues and failed connections. The negative reception and continued broadcasting problems resulted in a temporary arrangement made between Optus and SBS to broadcast all games on 18 and 19 June throughout a 48-hour period on SBS. This arrangement", "title": "Optus Sport" }, { "id": "10915580", "text": "three billion viewers on TV all around the world and 7 million fans visited the fan fests. FIFA, through several companies, sold the broadcasting rights for the 2018 FIFA World Cup to various local broadcasters. After having trailed the technology in limited matches at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, and the 2014 FIFA World Cup (via private tests and public viewings in the host city of Rio de Janeiro), the 2018 World Cup was the first World Cup in which all matches were produced in 4K ultra high definition. Host Broadcasting Services stated that at least 75% of the broadcast", "title": "2018 FIFA World Cup" }, { "id": "15416140", "text": "a three season deal with TEN Sports in 2014. From 2017, 5 FFA Cup matches (from quarter finals) broadcast live by beIN Sports in Asia-Pacific nations, such as: Brunei, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. 7 FFA Cup matches (from round of 16) broadcast live by BT Sport in UK and Republic of Ireland. From 2018, 6 FFA Cup matches (from quarter finals) will be broadcast live by ESPN+ in USA and in other countries where the rights are not sold, most of the matches are streamed live by YouTube via My Football channel. Currently the ABC holds", "title": "FFA Cup" }, { "id": "20558294", "text": "Liga (TV channel) Liga (also known as Liga Channel) is a Filipino commercial sports cable channel and free to air digital TV channel based in the Philippines and operated by Creative Programs, Inc. and ABS-CBN Sports (content provider). It is the sister channel of ABS-CBN Sports and Action (S+A) and was launched on January 1, 2018 as the permanent replacement of three CPI-owned channels, ABS-CBN Regional Channel, Tag TV and Hero TV (through its channel's space). Liga is the official broadcast partner of the 2018 FIFA World Cup and the 2018 FIFA World Cup European Qualifiers in Russia, along with", "title": "Liga (TV channel)" }, { "id": "16760493", "text": "Television.<br> - Alongside STVS.<br> - Alongside One Caribbean Media.<br> - Alongside ABC and ESPN.<br> - FT only covered the tournament in the French overseas territories<br> - Each country also received coverage of the event by a domestic broadcaster.<br> - Nigeria did not receive coverage from Canal+.<br> - Alongside SportsMax. Also, not covered by Univision. 2014 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights The broadcasting rights for the 2014 FIFA World Cup were sold directly by FIFA, or through licensed companies or organizations such as the European Broadcasting Union, Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana, African Union of Broadcasting, International Media Content, Inter-Sports Marketing, M-League,", "title": "2014 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights" }, { "id": "20441602", "text": "In total, the final drew more than 160 million viewers in 20 European territories, including Russia, the United Kingdom and Germany. In the United States of America, the match was broadcast on NBCUniversal-owned Telemundo and 21st Century Fox-owned Fox and Fox Sports, the match averaged 16.6 million viewers combined, with Telemundo reaching a total of 57% of the country's Latino population. In India, 70 million viewers streamed the match online, through Sony Picture Networks India's (SPN) Sony Liv application, which was a record for a football match; an additional 22.4 million viewers watched the match on Sony Ten 2, Sony", "title": "2018 FIFA World Cup Final" }, { "id": "5655088", "text": "revamping its programming. The new line-up would increase its focus on sports coverage (which included the re-organization of Telemundo's sports division as Telemundo Deportes, a branch of the English-language NBC Sports division), primarily in preparation for its broadcast of the 2016 Summer Olympics and its assumption of Spanish-language cable rights to FIFA tournaments (such as the 2018 FIFA World Cup), which began with the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup. In January 2017, the \"NBC\" brand was dropped from the network's on-air branding; the network is now simply titled \"Universo.\" Universo's programming consists of sports, original scripted drama series, reality series", "title": "Universo (TV network)" }, { "id": "19627291", "text": "with SBS was extended on 20 June 2018 to include all group stage games, with Optus additionally leaving their app and streaming services free for the duration of the World Cup and until 31 August 2018 while refunding all current paid subscriptions. On 28 June 2018, Optus subsequently extended this arrangement to include all remaining matches at the World Cup. Optus Sport operates eleven multiplex channels: Optus Sport 1 is a 24/7 Premier League Channel. It broadcasts the international feed produced by IMG. It was moved to Optus Sport 3 for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Optus Sport 2 is", "title": "Optus Sport" }, { "id": "15810857", "text": "\"Saturday Night Live\") until September 7, 2014, when that program also moved to Stamford. NBCSN simulcast two matches of the 2018 FIFA World Cup from Spanish-language rights holder and corporate sibling Telemundo: Brazil vs. Switzerland on June 17, and England vs. Belgium on June 28. On December 2018, NBCSN became the No.2 national sport network in the U.S after ESPN while dethroning ESPN 2 (which fell to No.4) and FS1 now in No.3 WSOF was formed in 2012, having signed a broadcast deal with the NBC Sports Network. This was the third MMA promotion that NBC Sports has hosted, having", "title": "NBCSN" }, { "id": "19627286", "text": "SBS had traded away their rights to the 2018 FIFA World Cup, albeit maintaining all Australian matches, select group stage games and the majority of the knockout stages. Incumbent rights holder Fox Sports (Australia) reacted quickly to the news they had lost the rights, removing the $15/month add-on BeIN Sports pack, and adding the channels to the existing Sports package. Club TV channels for Chelsea FC, Liverpool FC and Manchester United were also added, as were agreements to show Arsenal, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur games on delay. Foxtel claimed Optus had threatened legal action over the new 'free' channels,", "title": "Optus Sport" }, { "id": "14772203", "text": "including the FIFA Confederations Cup and FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, and multilingual coverage of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Since August 2012, North American broadcast rights to Ligue 1 and Serie A have been owned by beIN Sports, which did not launch a Canadian channel until 2014, while Europa League rights were acquired by Sportsnet. Bell Media acquired Canadian rights to FIFA events beginning in 2015. EuroWorld Sport EuroWorld Sport is a Canadian Category B digital cable specialty channel. It is owned by Telelatino Network Inc, a consortium primarily owned by Corus Entertainment. EuroWorld Sport primarily features programming related", "title": "EuroWorld Sport" }, { "id": "16420454", "text": "Sony Six Sony SIX is an Indian sports channel owned and operated by Sony Pictures Networks, which also owns Sony Entertainment Television and SET Max. The channel is aimed at the youth segment. It was launched on 7 April 2012 and is the 14th sports channel in India. It also broadcasts original programmes like NBA Slam. It broadcasts football, cricket, professional wrestling, mixed martial arts, rugby union, basketball and badminton. Sony Six has the broadcasting rights for FIFA World Cup, Caribbean Premier League, Copa América, The FA Cup, Italian Serie A, La Liga, The Rugby Championship, Aviva Premiership, Top 14,", "title": "Sony Six" }, { "id": "9332777", "text": "Trans7 Trans7 (formerly known as TV7, stylized as \"TRΛNS|7\") is a national private television station in Indonesia that is owned by Trans Media. For the first time, Trans7 was the official broadcaster of 2018 FIFA World Cup together with Trans TV. Trans7 had broadcast 8 group-stage matches as well as shared broadcasting of quarterfinal, semifinal, 3rd place playoff, and final matches from Trans TV. Trans7 was established as TV7 based on permission of the Department of Trade and Industry in Central Jakarta No. 809/BH.09.05/III/2000. 88% of its share is largely owned by Kompas Gramedia;. On November 23, 2001, the existence", "title": "Trans7" }, { "id": "11966170", "text": "and volleyball (as suggested by its name). Also Balls aired 2 of 4 Tennis Grand Slam Tournament which is French Open (2008–2013; transferred to Fox Sports Asia) and US Open (2007–2015). Balls later expanded its lineup to include boxing, UFC MMA events, WWE programs, and the 2011 Southeast Asian Games. It also carries all the matches of FIFA World Cup which is exclusively licensed to ABS-CBN Sports. While originally airing only foreign events since its inception, Balls began to air domestic events produced by ABS-CBN Sports in 2009, beginning with NCAA Season 85 and UAAP Season 72. Balls (TV channel)", "title": "Balls (TV channel)" }, { "id": "9008278", "text": "and merchandise\". In the financial year 2018-19 the broadcaster is slated to receive $272.4 million. SBS is available on all of SBS Television's television transmitters in SD Digital. The channel only differs from each state during major sporting events, where scheduling times are altered. During the digital changeover between 2010 and 2013, SBS was also simulcast on Analogue. In 2010 SBS commenced Trial Broadcasts of the FIFA World Cup in 3D on Channel 40. The SBS HD multichannel was launched on 14 December 2006. It broadcasts identical programming to SBS, but in 1080i HD via Freeview and Optus D1. On", "title": "SBS (Australian TV channel)" }, { "id": "16483496", "text": "TF1 and M6 have the free-to-air rights to select matches. The channel also holds rights for the 2014 and 2018 FIFA World Cup, and 2015 Copa América. In the United States, the network holds the rights package for Ligue 1, La Liga, Serie A, Russian Football Premier League, Football League Championship, EFL Cup, Coppa Italia, Ecuadorian Serie A, Copa del Rey (except the final), K-League Classic, Copa América, and FIFA World Cup qualification rounds in America (CONMEBOL and CONCACAF), except for home matches by Mexico and the United States (which are both held by Univision and ESPN). In 2017, beIN", "title": "BeIN Sports" }, { "id": "18092915", "text": "Fútbol de Primera (radio network) Fútbol de Primera is an American radio network covering soccer. It is the home of the most exclusive soccer radio rights in the country. It has broadcast the World Cup since 2002, including the ongoing 2018 and upcoming 2022 FIFA World Cup., along with other FIFA tournaments. FDP also broadcasts Mexico's national team games, the CONCACAF Gold Cup, and had broadcast the Copa América in 2015 and 2016. Fútbol de Primera produces a daily show hosted by Andrés Cantor, which has been running since 1989. Alongside Cantor, the show's personalities are Sammy Sadovnik, Jaime Gallardo,", "title": "Fútbol de Primera (radio network)" }, { "id": "6769790", "text": "first launched as Fox Sports Americas in 1996, before transitioning to Fox Sports World en Español in 1997. In 2002, the network was relaunched as Fox Sports en Español before becoming Fox Deportes in 2010. As of February 2015, approximately 21,831,000 American households (18.8% of households with television) received Fox Deportes. The network holds rights to international football including, the Bundesliga and MLS. During the 2018 FIFA World Cup, it carries replays of Fox's English-language coverage of the tourney. The network began to carry simulcasts of some Fox College Football games in 2013 with Spanish play-by-play and graphics, and starting", "title": "Fox Deportes" }, { "id": "8059036", "text": "Rey (exclude final match), England National Football, and also FA Cup. Since 15 December 2017, Trans TV (along with Trans7 and TransVision) officially obtained the broadcasting rights for 2018 FIFA World Cup. Trans TV Trans TV (Televisi Transformasi Indonesia) is an Indonesian national television station based in South Jakarta. Owned by Chairul Tanjung, it launched on 15 December 2001. It is similar to other commercial stations, showing news, movies, drama series, variety shows, quiz shows, and former children's programs. For the first time, Trans TV was the main broadcaster of 2018 FIFA World Cup. Most group matches and all of", "title": "Trans TV" }, { "id": "20850327", "text": "Soccer on ESPN Soccer on ESPN is a number of programs that currently airs Association football matches in the United States. These matches are from International, European, and American competitions. ESPN airs all matches from the EFL Championship, EFL League One, EFL League Two, and Carabao Cup on paid streaming serrvice ESPN+ with select matches on ESPN or ESPN2. This broadcast started in 2017. ESPN airs all matches from the FA Cup on paid streaming service ESPN+ with select matches on ESPN and ESPN2. This broadcast started in 2018 when FOX Sports coverage of the tournament expired. ESPN also airs", "title": "Soccer on ESPN" }, { "id": "10915581", "text": "cut on each match would come from 4K cameras (covering the majority of main angles), with instant replays and some camera angles being upconverted from 1080p high definition sources with limited degradation in quality. These broadcasts were made available from selected rightsholders and television providers. In February 2018, Ukrainian rightsholder stated that it would not broadcast the World Cup. This came in the wake of growing boycotts of the tournament among the Football Federation of Ukraine and sports minister Ihor Zhdanov. Additionally, the Football Federation of Ukraine refused to accredit journalists for the World Cup and waived their quota of", "title": "2018 FIFA World Cup" }, { "id": "16760492", "text": "2014 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights The broadcasting rights for the 2014 FIFA World Cup were sold directly by FIFA, or through licensed companies or organizations such as the European Broadcasting Union, Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana, African Union of Broadcasting, International Media Content, Inter-Sports Marketing, M-League, Dentsu, RS International Broadcasting & Sports Management and MP & Silva. Airlines companies such as Etihad Airways had in-flight live telecasts of all 64 matches. Several territories and countries (for example, India, Italy, Algeria, Korea Republic) are grouped as they share common broadcasters, and sometimes, common geographic space. - Alongside TeleAruba<br> - Alongside CVM", "title": "2014 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights" }, { "id": "16483486", "text": "A-League (starts 2017-18 season), FFA Cup (starts 2017 season), Superliga Argentina (from 2016-17 season), Copa Argentina (from 2016-17 season), KNVB Cup (starts 2017-18 season) and more. In Australia, the channel was launched in late November 2014, following the acquisition of Setanta Sports Australia which was rebranded as beIN Sports. beIN Sports Australia holds the rights to broadcast UEFA Champions League (2015-2018), UEFA Europa League (2015-2018), EFL Cup, La Liga, Serie A, Ligue 1, Bundesliga, MLS and RBS Six Nations. On 14 March 2016, beIN Sports Australia expanded from one to three channels, all in HD, and as of 15 May", "title": "BeIN Sports" }, { "id": "10570757", "text": "of fibre optic cable networks to some provincial areas. On July 16, 2012, TrueVisions expanded their HD offerings to seventeen channels, making all HD channels available to both DSTV and CATV subscribers. In September 2016, TrueVisions offered fifty-six HD channels. In 2008, TrueVisions tested 3D broadcasts, showing short European-made vignettes filmed using the Pulfrich effect. In 2009, segments of Academy Fantasia were broadcast live using the Pulfrich effect. Since 2013, the True Film HD channel has aired selected movies in a Side-By-Side 3D format. On May 18, 2018, TrueVisions announced it will broadcast most of the 2018 FIFA World Cup", "title": "TrueVisions" }, { "id": "6111247", "text": "Gayelle's closure of its News department. That arrangement concluded in 2010 and later resumed in 2011. CNC3 broadcast the 2018 FIFA World Cup in HD on Digital Cable platforms and on their website. They were unable to broadcast in HD over the air as they still utilise NTSC to broadcast, which only supports up to 480i. CNC3 is part of Guardian Media Holdings, a Member of the ANSA McAl Group of Companies. CNC3 boasts a team of experienced anchors and presenters including: Shelly Dass, who was the station's primary anchor since its inception left the station on May 28, 2010", "title": "CNC3" }, { "id": "14080060", "text": "Astro SuperSport Astro SuperSport is an in-house satellite television network in Malaysia dedicated to broadcasting sports-related content 24 hours a day. It is available on the Astro (satellite TV) via Channels 810 & 831 (HD) to subscribers of the Sports package only. Launched in 1996 as one of Astro's original channels, Astro SuperSport offers a variety of international sporting events such as football, badminton, motorsport, rugby, volleyball, golf and WWE shows. Astro SuperSport broadcasts in HD on Channel 831. The network has been broadcasting studio shows around major football in HD like the Premier League and FIFA World Cup since", "title": "Astro SuperSport" }, { "id": "3140654", "text": "The official tournament film, as well as three matches, will be filmed with ultra high definition technology (4K resolution), following a successful trial at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup. The broadcasting rights – covering television, radio, internet and mobile coverage – for the tournament were sold to media companies in each individual territory either directly by FIFA, or through licensed companies or organisations such as the European Broadcasting Union, Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana, International Media Content, Dentsu and RS International Broadcasting & Sports Management. The sale of these rights accounted for an estimated 60% of FIFA's income from staging a", "title": "2014 FIFA World Cup" }, { "id": "15105242", "text": "Televisa Deportes Network Its signal is in television systems Sky, Izzi, Digicable, Megacable Cablemás and Ultravision. Planned to launch the channel Televisa Deportes Televisa Network as a platform specializing in sports, consisting of radio, television and internet, which offers an average of four games a week, one of them exclusively, from the Mexican Football League, two League matches Spanish Football and Live UFC competitions. In addition to news coverage of events such as wrestling (WWE), Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide, bulls matches, NFL games, ONEFA Olympic Games, etc.. TDN signal is considered as the official channel of FIFA World Cup South", "title": "Televisa Deportes Network" }, { "id": "20658083", "text": "Soccer on Fox Sports Fox currently airs Association football matches in the United States. These matches are from the German DFL-Supercup, the German Bundesliga, and the American MLS. Fox formerly aired the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League until 2018, when Turner Sports took over this programming. On October 22, 2011, FIFA awarded English-language rights to its tournaments to Fox from 2015 through 2022, including the including the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup, and the 2015 (which would mark Fox's first professional FIFA tournament broadcast) and 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, replacing ESPN. In February 2015, the contract", "title": "Soccer on Fox Sports" }, { "id": "20983983", "text": "through the same contract as the Champions League programming. With the exception of the final, all matches of the Europa League will be exclusive to paid streaming service B/R Live. The final will be live on TNT. Through their UEFA contract, the UEFA Super Cup has been broadcast by Turner live on TNT. Turner Sports aired the 1990 FIFA World Cup live on TNT in the United States. The tournament was hosted by Ernie Johnson. Soccer on Turner Sports Soccer on Turner Sports is a number of programs that currently airs Association football matches in the United States. These matches", "title": "Soccer on Turner Sports" }, { "id": "4114440", "text": "Channel 13 (Chile) Channel 13 is a Chilean free-to-air television channel. It was launched on 21 August 1959, on the frequency 2 of Santiago, in a transmission led by a group of engineers from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Subsequently, the frequency changed to the channel 13, which gave rise to its current name. In its beginnings, one of its most important milestones and that gave the real kickoff of this new television station, was the broadcast of the 1962 FIFA World Cup, held in Chile. Owned by \"Luksic Group\", Canal 13 is the second-oldest television station in Chile.", "title": "Channel 13 (Chile)" }, { "id": "20558295", "text": "S+A. Aside from FIFA World Cup, the channel also broadcast local sports coverage including from the MPBL, ABL, NCAA, UAAP, PVL and Philippine Azkals matches, and classic basketball and volleyball games from the UAAP. Liga (TV channel) Liga (also known as Liga Channel) is a Filipino commercial sports cable channel and free to air digital TV channel based in the Philippines and operated by Creative Programs, Inc. and ABS-CBN Sports (content provider). It is the sister channel of ABS-CBN Sports and Action (S+A) and was launched on January 1, 2018 as the permanent replacement of three CPI-owned channels, ABS-CBN Regional", "title": "Liga (TV channel)" }, { "id": "15119836", "text": "in two North American markets. In its host country of Canada, Bell Media acquired the broadcast rights; the competition was televised by CTV and TSN in English, and Réseau des sports (RDS) in French. In the United States, English-language television rights were held by Fox Sports with coverage carried on the main Fox broadcast network, along with the Fox Sports 1 and Fox Sports 2 pay TV channels. Spanish-language rights were held by Telemundo and sister cable network NBC Universo. Fox constructed a temporary studio for the Women's World Cup at Jack Poole Plaza in Vancouver, located outside the Vancouver", "title": "2015 FIFA Women's World Cup" }, { "id": "9663045", "text": "SVT HD SVT HD was a [high-definition television|high-definition] [television channel] from Swedish public broadcaster [Sveriges Television] (SVT). The channel broadcasts high-definition simulcasts of programmes from the other SVT channels, where available. The channel had its origins in 'HD-kanalen', a channel set up jointly by SVT and [TV4 AB] to broadcast the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The channel was transmitted by satellite on Canal Digital and from terrestrial transmitters. When the World Cup ended, the terrestrial frequencies were shut down. \"HD-kanalen\" continued on satellite, mostly broadcasting test films and promos from SVT HD and an experimental simulcast of \"The Marriage of", "title": "SVT HD" }, { "id": "19643027", "text": "to protect its hosting of the Eurovision Song Contest. The IPBC has interim membership in the EBU until the EBU's General Assembly votes on its full membership in December 2018. Since May 15, 2017, the IPBC broadcasts two television channels on national DVB-T2 transmitters, satellite feed, the HOT cable company, the YES satellite company, smaller pay-TV providers (such as Cellcom TV and Partner TV) and a free 24/7 live stream on the Internet. In 2018, KAN introduced a 4K resolution broadcast on Channel 511 (currently used for broadcasts of the FIFA World Cup). Kan's TV channels are: Kan operates eight", "title": "Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation" }, { "id": "20441603", "text": "Ten 3 and Sony ESPN. In China, the match drew a combined of 56 million viewers on state-broadcasters CCTV-1 and CCTV-5, the most-watched sporting event in China since 2008 Beijing Olympics; an additional 24 million viewers streamed the match through Youku, a video-service and an Alibaba Group subsidiary. In Australia, the final was watched by an average of 2.2 million viewers – with a peak of 3.4 million viewers – on national public broadcaster SBS. Whereas, in Canada, the final was watched by an average of 3.9 million viewers, with a peak of 5.4 million viewers on CTV, TSN and", "title": "2018 FIFA World Cup Final" }, { "id": "16483482", "text": "BeIN Sports beIN Sports ( ) is a global network of sports channels owned and operated by beIN Media Group, a spinoff of Al Jazeera Media Network. beIN currently operates channels in Middle East & North Africa, France, Spain, United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Turkey, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand. In France, where beIN Sports was launched for the first time, holds the rights to broadcast major football tournaments, including Ligue 1, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga and the European Football Championship. In Spain operated by Mediapro, holds the rights to La Liga, Ligue 1 and", "title": "BeIN Sports" }, { "id": "16223743", "text": "was drafted in to anchor the FIFA World Cup 2014 coverage of host broadcaster SONY SIX from Mumbai accompanied by former players Robbie Fowler, Mikael Silvestre, Peter Crouch, and Peter Shilton. He also hosted the Euro 2016 for SONY SIX. Morrison is anchor of the FIFA World Cup 2018 for Sony Pictures Networks on Sony Ten 2 HD, Sony Ten 3 HD, Sony Six HD, Sony ESPN HD, and Sony LIV. He currently hosts LaLiga Facebook for Indian sub-continents with various guests. Joe Morrison (TV presenter) Joseph \"Joe\" Morrison is a football presenter known for his work on TEN Sports,", "title": "Joe Morrison (TV presenter)" }, { "id": "18908674", "text": "broadcast an 8K television signal via its satellite system for the first time in May 2018. The 8K demonstration content, with a resolution of 7680x4320 pixels, a frame rate of 60 frames per second and 10-bit colour depth, was encoded in HEVC and transmitted at a rate of 80 Mbit/s via the Astra 3B satellite during SES's Industry Days conference in Luxembourg. In June 2018, fuboTV broadcast the 2018 FIFA World Cup live in 4K and HDR10 becoming the first OTT streaming service to do so. Quarter, Semi and Final matches were available on many popular streaming devices including Apple", "title": "Ultra-high-definition television" }, { "id": "6590583", "text": "draft \"must-have\" regulations, requiring designated events to be carried by free-to-air channels: The Ofcom Code on Sports and Other Listed and Designated Events regulates that coverage of certain major sporting events (known as \"Category A\" events, covering certain major domestic events and major international competitions such as the Olympics and FIFA World Cup) must be broadcast primarily on a free-to-air channel (but can share coverage with pay channels), while certain events known as \"Category B\" events can be shown on pay channels, but supplemental coverage (such as highlights or a delayed broadcast) must be provided by a free-to-air channel. In", "title": "Anti-siphoning law" }, { "id": "7540369", "text": "ONsport, it was renamed as the ITV Sport Channel. Lasting for just one football season, the ITV Sport Channel launched on Saturday 11 August 2001 and closed on Saturday 12 May 2002. During the 2001–02 football season ITV showed the on-demand Premier League football matches from Sky Sports on a channel called ITV Sport Select. ITV launched its pay-per-view channel, ITV Box Office, on 4 February 2017 when it showed coverage of Chris Eubank Jr.'s world title boxing fight against Renold Quinlan. ITV holds joint rights for the FIFA World Cup with the BBC and has shown every World Cup", "title": "ITV Sport" }, { "id": "18908659", "text": "Union (EBU) broadcast matches of the FIFA World Cup to audiences in North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia in Ultra HD via SES' NSS-7 and SES-6 satellites. Indian satellite TV provider unveils its plan to launch 4k UHD service early in 2015 and showcased live FIFA World Cup quarter final match in 4k UHD through Sony Entertainment Television Sony SIX. On June 24, 2014, the CEA updated the guidelines for Ultra High-Definition and released guidelines for Connected Ultra High-Definition, adding support for internet video delivered with HEVC. The CEA is developing a UHD logo for voluntary use by companies", "title": "Ultra-high-definition television" }, { "id": "18300757", "text": "in the United States, passed on the tournament due to scheduling conflicts with various events being broadcast by its networks in that period of time. ESPN also broadcast the tournament for the Spanish-speaking Latin American countries, the Commonwealth Caribbean, the Pacific Rim and Brazil. In Russia, the tournament was broadcast by Channel One and Match TV. In Finland, the tournament was broadcast by Viasat Sport and Nelonen. In Sweden, Denmark and Norway, the tournament was broadcast by Viasat Sport. In the Czech Republic, the tournament and exhibition games were broadcast by public channel ČT Sport and in Slovakia by Markíza.", "title": "2016 World Cup of Hockey" }, { "id": "7614768", "text": "World Cup, Ange Postecoglou resigned from his position as coach; and Bert van Marwijk was subsequently appointed as his replacement. On 8 March 2018, after van Marwijk's first squad announcement, the FFA announced that Graham Arnold will take the coaching role from after the 2018 FIFA World Cup until the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Australian matches are broadcast by subscription sports network Fox Sports until 2022 and in 2018 by free-to-air network Ten on its One channel until 2019. Previous coverage has been provided by ABC (Asian Cup matches only), SBS until 2016 and Nine on its 9Go! channel from", "title": "Australia national soccer team" }, { "id": "14161140", "text": "ESPN 3D ESPN 3D was an American digital cable and satellite television channel that was owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which operated the network, through its 80% controlling ownership interest) and the Hearst Corporation (which holds the remaining 20% interest). The channel featured 3D telecasts of sports events that ESPN held broadcast rights, and simulcasted live games from other ESPN networks on a semi-regular basis. ESPN 3D launched on June 11, 2010 with a 3D broadcast of the opening match of the 2010 FIFA World Cup between South Africa and Mexico. Other programs", "title": "ESPN 3D" }, { "id": "686265", "text": "channel previously holding the UK terrestrial rights to the UEFA Champions League and with the channel sharing coverage of international football events such as the World Cup with the BBC. On 30 March 2007, The Football Association announced that it had agreed a new four-year £425m television deal for ITV and Setanta Sports to show FA Cup and England international matches (the Scottish regional broadcaster STV blacks out those games and replaces them with regular programming). The deal with the FA represented a 42% increase on the existing deal with BBC Sport and BSkyB. In May 2009, ITV acquired the", "title": "ITV (TV network)" }, { "id": "10245371", "text": "which broadcasts the World Cup 24 hours after Repretel airs them, was accused of messing with the signal. Channel 6 also broadcasts the Mexican animated series El Chavo which is based on a live action show of the same name. Channel 4 mainly broadcasts programs aimed towards children along with films aired during the weekdays. Repretel's Channel 11 is on the air from midnight to noon with live footage of events occurring at night. When NBC lost the right to broadcast in Costa Rica, the 2008 Summer Olympics was broadcast by Repretel's Channel 11. Xpertv Channel 33 broadcast it as", "title": "Repretel" }, { "id": "19627284", "text": "they had traded their FIFA World Cup licence for this sub-licence. Optus announced pricing for the EPL coverage in May, which was revised after being poorly received by customers, with new pricing, including a period of 'free' coverage, announced in June. Optus also announced they had done a deal with the Nine Network to share the International Champions Cup rights, with Optus showing all games played outside of Australia. Nine would share the China leg and retain exclusive rights to the Australian matches. This was the first live sport broadcast on the channels, with Manchester United playing Borussia Dortmund in", "title": "Optus Sport" }, { "id": "10915582", "text": "tickets. However, the Ukrainian state TV still broadcast the World Cup, and more than 4 million Ukrainians watched the opening match. Broadcast rights to the tournament in the Middle East were hampered by an ongoing diplomatic crisis in Qatar, which saw Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates cut diplomatic ties with Qatar—the home country of FIFA's Middle East and Africa rightsholder beIN Sports—in June 2017, over its alleged state support of terrorist groups. On 2 June 2018, beIN pulled its channels from Du and Etisalat, but with service to the latter restored later that day. Etisalat subsequently", "title": "2018 FIFA World Cup" }, { "id": "15112035", "text": "Fox named him part of their team covering that year's CONCACAF Gold Cup. He has also called UEFA Europa League, Bundesliga, MLS, FIFA U-17 World Cup, and FIFA U-20 World Cup action for Fox. Followill was also an announcer for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Followill also announces play-by-play action for college football telecasts for Fox Sports. Earlier in his career, he was the play-by-play announcer for the SMU football team. Followill is a native of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. He graduated from Northwest High School in Justin, Texas, and attended the University of North Texas. Mark Followill Mark Followill", "title": "Mark Followill" }, { "id": "10232544", "text": "he became the studio host of Fox Sports' coverage of the Bundesliga, FA Cup, and Europa League. In April 2018, Joy was named as a studio host for FOX's coverage of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Ian Joy Ian Paul Joy (born July 14, 1981) is an American born Scottish football sportscaster and former professional player. Born in San Diego, California, Joy is the son of English former professional player Brian Joy. His mother is Scottish and he grew up in Scotland. Joy lived in Bo'ness and attended Deanburn Primary School and Bo'ness Academy. Joy played as a left back", "title": "Ian Joy" }, { "id": "8059027", "text": "Trans TV Trans TV (Televisi Transformasi Indonesia) is an Indonesian national television station based in South Jakarta. Owned by Chairul Tanjung, it launched on 15 December 2001. It is similar to other commercial stations, showing news, movies, drama series, variety shows, quiz shows, and former children's programs. For the first time, Trans TV was the main broadcaster of 2018 FIFA World Cup. Most group matches and all of the finals were broadcast here. As the result, it topped the rating as in 19 June 2018. It was incorporated under a license from the Department of Trade and Industry, South Jakarta", "title": "Trans TV" }, { "id": "8009017", "text": "World Cup Live World Cup Live was a soccer related news and analysis program that aired on ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC every four years during the FIFA World Cup. Lead commentators and specialists dissect worldwide matches both through a live feed, and after they have already been played. \"World Cup Live\" was created for the 2006 World Cup and continued through the 2010 World Cup. It is planned to broadcast the upcoming 2014 FIFA World Cup as ESPN has English-language rights. As for anchors, \"SportsCenter\" hosts Dave Revsine and Rece Davis worked with ESPN while Brent Musburger hosted the ABC", "title": "World Cup Live" }, { "id": "10915583", "text": "announced that it would air the World Cup in the UAE, and continue to offer beIN normally and without interruptions. In Saudi Arabia, beIN was banned from doing business; as a result, its channels and other content have been widely and illegally repackaged by a broadcaster identifying itself as \"beoutQ\". While FIFA attempted to indirectly negotiate the sale of a package consisting of Saudi matches, as well as the opening and final games, they were unable to do so. On 12 July 2018, FIFA stated that it had \"engaged counsel to take legal action in Saudi Arabia and is working", "title": "2018 FIFA World Cup" }, { "id": "16078967", "text": "Ligue 1, IPL, CCL, American Major League Soccer, Australian A-League, NBA and other sports and entertainment. It later expanded to 80 channels and acquired media rights of competitions held by UEFA (Euro 2012, UEFA Champions League, Europa League). SKYNET DTH started broadcasting all matches of the Air KBZ Myanmar Lethwei World Championship, Premier League, IPL from the 2013/2014 season after it acquired rights from FA. SKYNET DTH also have media rights of all competitions held by FIFA, enabling SKYNET to broadcast live the FIFA World Cup 2018. SKYNET DTH also have media rights to all of WWE, which broadcasts RAW,", "title": "Sky Net" }, { "id": "19462941", "text": "commenced on 5 March 2016 with Kwesé Sports offering free live streaming of the EFC 47 event which was held at Carnival City in Johannesburg, South Africa. EFC President Cairo Howarth stated \"We believe that Kwesé Sports represents the future of sports broadcasting on the continent and will open many new opportunities to new and existing EFC fans to enjoy quality EFC programming.\" Kwesé Sports secured exclusive free-to-air (FTA) rights to the 2018 FIFA World Cup and the FIFA Confederations Cup 2017. The rights are for sub-Saharan Africa, excluding South Africa. Kwesé will broadcast the tournaments live through its pan-African", "title": "Kwesé Sports" }, { "id": "20441601", "text": "of the market share, on state-owned ZDF. In Spain, the match had a 57.3% share, with 8.2 million viewers on Mediaset España Comunicación's Telecinco. In Croatia, the match drew around 1.538 million viewers – more than 38% of the population – on national broadcaster HTV2 for an 89.3% market share. In Italy, it drew 11.7 million viewers on Canale 5. In the Netherlands, the match had a viewership of 3.1 million on NPO1. In the host nation of Russia, the final was the third-most watched match of the 2018 World Cup and accounted for around 50% of the nation's population.", "title": "2018 FIFA World Cup Final" }, { "id": "8009019", "text": "the 2014 FIFA World Cup when Fox Sports acquired the World Cup rights beginning with the 2018 tournament. The shows debut came on June 9, 2006 for the World Cup held in Germany. It usually ran between 12:00 and 00:00 seeing as that was when most games were played and when most viewers would be tuned in. This time slot is known as the Trifecta. During the Trifecta, World Cup Live was shown on ESPN and ABC, however; it was also aired at different times throughout the afternoon on ESPN2. They had a total of forty-seven telecasts, throughout the 2006", "title": "World Cup Live" }, { "id": "3200138", "text": "also televised in Australia (SBS), Austria (ORF and TW1), Brazil (ESPN International), Denmark (TV 2), Finland (MTV3), France (France 2), Germany (ARD), Hungary (Sport 1), Iceland (SÝN), Ireland (Sky Sports), Italy (Sky Sports 3 and Italia 1), Japan (NHK BS-1, NTV), Mexico (TV Azteca), Netherlands (SBS6), New Zealand (ESPN International/SKY TV), Portugal (SportTV), Slovenia (Prva TV), Spain (Canal +), Sweden (ZTV), and UK and Ireland (ITV/Sky Sports). According to the NFL, the game was available worldwide in 32 languages. The main NFL international feed of the game featured FOX broadcasters Dick Stockton and Daryl Johnston providing commentary tailored to those", "title": "Super Bowl XL" }, { "id": "5382233", "text": "Col. Playas de Tijuana. As the local Televisa station in Tijuana, XEWT produces local programs during the day and overnight. During the afternoons and evenings (from 5:30 to 10:30 p.m.), the station simulcasts Televisa's national network Las Estrellas, which is dedicated to telenovelas, game shows, comedies, and sports. Las Estrellas can also be seen on XEWT's sister station XHUAA-TDT, which is the network's repeater station in Tijuana. This summer, XEWT is also simulcasting Televisa's coverage of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. There are several interesting schedule overlaps between XEWT and San Diego's Univision affiliate, KBNT-CD (channel 17). Although", "title": "XEWT-TDT" }, { "id": "10900031", "text": "are required are available from hypermarkets. The public channels France 2, France 3, France 5, France Ô, LCP and the Franco-German channel arte are free-to-air on Atlantic Bird 3. During the 2010 FIFA World Cup games, the channels France 2 and France 3 were encrypted to prevent watching the matches elsewhere than in France. Most internet service providers in France now offer digital television (IPTV) packages through triple-play set-top box. However, some subscribers have too much attenuation distortion on their lines to benefit from the service, and France does not yet have 100% DSL coverage. French cable providers Noos SA", "title": "Television in France" }, { "id": "8264947", "text": "\"This Is Football\" series earlier. In 2013, he joined BT Sport for their coverage of the Premier League, FA Cup, UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. During the 2018 FIFA World Cup, he commentated on matches for FIFA's international feed and its YouTube channel, including the final between France against Croatia. Peter Drury Peter Drury (born 1968) is a football commentator, formerly with ITV Sport as their number two football commentator, a role he had held since joining the network in 1998, with GMTV, where he spent nine years from 2000 reading the sport bulletins during its \"GMTV Today\"", "title": "Peter Drury" }, { "id": "11548349", "text": "only encompass occasional, TSN-produced telecasts, such as Skate Canada events, and simulcasts of events from U.S. networks. As of 2014, the only sports broadcasts regularly aired by CTV and CTV Two are simulcasts of National Football League games. CTV has been incorporated into coverage of major international sporting events—such as FIFA World Cup tournaments, and the Olympic Games, which were most recently aired from 2010 to 2012 as part of a joint venture between Bell Media and Rogers Media. The following events are currently specifically designated to air on CTV: Figure Skating Football Golf Soccer In addition, other coverage of", "title": "CTV Sports" }, { "id": "6144528", "text": "companies can only have a 20% stake in local media companies. Antv has 24 relay stations covering 155 cities across Indonesia and reaches 130 million people.Programming Antv does not broadcast any foreign sport programming. Instead it shows 2014 FIFA World Cup, Indonesian Super League and Liga Indonesia Premier Division, along with its sister channel tvOne (Now Broadcast on RCTI, MNCTV, and Global TV). Antv antv is an Indonesian free-to-air television network based in South Jakarta. It is owned by Visi Media Asia. \"antv\" was launched on January 1, 1993 as a local television station in Lampung province. In the same", "title": "Antv" }, { "id": "18065161", "text": "Sports was the official mobile and Internet broadcaster for the 2014 FIFA World Cup starting June 12. LIV Sports showed both live and video-on-demand match content with statistics and analysis. It also broadcasts La Liga, Serie A, Ligue 1 , UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE, in football. It broadcasts international cricket matches played by Pakistan , Australia, Sri Lanka , South Africa , West Indies and Zimbabwe , MOTO GP, WWE RAW , Smackdown and other WWE Pay-Per-Views, UFC and NBA After Sony's acquisition of Ten Sports Network all TEN Sports live programs also began broadcasting on Sony LIV.", "title": "Sony Liv" }, { "id": "15416139", "text": "select between three alternate ball designs. In the tournament's first season, 10 matches were broadcast live on Fox Sports. One of which a Round of 32 match, two Round of 16 matches, and all matches from the quarter-finals onwards. In addition, FFA Cup draws from the Round of 32 onwards were also televised live on Fox Sports. In 2015 and 2016 Fox Sports streamed live all non-broadcast games via their online services. Internationally, at least 10 FFA Cup matches will be broadcast live in South Asian nations, such as: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, after", "title": "FFA Cup" }, { "id": "6643465", "text": "between Sportsnet and TSN: some of TSN's broadcasts utilize the NBC Sports feed rather than the primary world feed. Sportsnet holds rights to the FA Cup, although all but the finals are televised on its subscription service Sportsnet World. In Australia, Fox Sports broadcasts all of the season's 380 matches live, except for the final day, when only selected matches are shown. Foxtel uses its 'Viewers Choice' service to give subscribers the option of selecting which Saturday 3pm match to watch. Figures from UK tourism body VisitBritain suggest that 750,000 visitors to Britain attended a Premier League match in 2010,", "title": "English football on television" }, { "id": "9662364", "text": "and \"Lost\" in the first month. TV4 broadcast the 2008 UEFA European Football Championship in high definition. TV4 HD (Sweden) TV4 HD is a Swedish high-definition television channel from TV4 AB. TV4 made their first broadcasts in high-definition during the 2006 FIFA World Cup on a channel called \"HD-kanalen\" (\"the HD channel\") in co-operation with Sveriges Television. This channel was broadcasting on satellite from Canal Digital and terrestrially from a few selected TV transmitters for the duration of the tournament. The TV4 HD channel launched on the Canal Digital satellite and Com Hem cable television platform on 28 May 2007.", "title": "TV4 HD (Sweden)" }, { "id": "6853165", "text": "for airing the 2006 FIFA World Cup (to which ITV held the rights) and classic films. ITV HD was launched as a permanent channel in June 2008, showing its own schedule of programmes in HD acquired by ITV plc. The channel re-branded as ITV1 HD in December 2009, before becoming a full simulcast of ITV1 on 2 April 2010. The launch of the simulcast service saw the end of the last Granada channel, Men & Motors, which was closed down on 1 April 2010 to make room for ITV1 HD on other platforms. On 7 October 2010, ITV plc launched", "title": "History of ITV" }, { "id": "10106792", "text": "agreements with NBC Sports, Telemundo also holds the Spanish-language broadcast rights to the Summer and Winter Olympic Games and Spanish play-by-rights to association football matches from the Premier League. The network also produces \"Boxeo Telemundo\", a weekly late-night boxing series that airs on most Friday nights (except during the summer) showcasing fights from up-and-coming boxing talents. In 2014, Deportes Telemundo acquired the Spanish language rights to broadcast the FIFA Men's and Women's World Cup for a reported $600 million. The deal, which began with the 2015 Women's World Cup and runs through 2026, includes rights to associated FIFA-sanctioned tournaments (including", "title": "Telemundo" }, { "id": "10368089", "text": "is broadcast fully in HD. In October 2013, ESPN launched a second screen app, ESPN Sync, to connect to broadcasts of football matches. Four separate channels of ESPN exist in Brazil: ESPN Brasil ESPN Brasil is a group of cable television network, launched in March 1989. ESPN Brasil was the first country-specific version of ESPN outside the United States, launched in June 1995. The channel has covered major sporting events, like the 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics; the 1998 and 2006 FIFA World Cup and the 1999, 2003 and 2007 Pan-American Games. High ratings and prestige in the", "title": "ESPN Brasil" }, { "id": "7555151", "text": "of FFA. A A$120 million, seven-year broadcasting deal between FFA and Fox Sports gave the Australian sports channel group exclusive rights from 2007 to all Australia internationals, all A-League and AFC Asian Cup fixtures, FIFA World Cup qualifiers through the AFC, and all AFC Champions League matches. In 2013, FFA signed a joint A$160 million, four-year deal with Fox Sports and SBS for the A-League.<ref name=\"Fox/SBS A-League\"></ref> Since 1986, SBS has been the official Australian broadcast rights holder for the FIFA World Cup, and the television network will continue to hold the rights to the competition until 2022. The media", "title": "Soccer in Australia" }, { "id": "1752698", "text": "George Hamilton, Peter Collins and Darragh Maloney, however these are now owned by Setanta Sports. In June 2013, RTÉ decided not to renew their highlights package for the Premier League as part of cost-cutting measures and to concentrate on national sporting interests and live sporting rights. This package has been since taken up by eir Sport. The currently have the rights to the 2016 UEFA European championships and 2018 FIFA World Cup. They currently hold the rights to Wednesday nights soccer from the UEFA Champions League with both Setanta and TV3 all other hold rights and signed a new deal", "title": "RTÉ2" }, { "id": "5629310", "text": "BeIN Sports (Middle East TV network) beIN Sports () is a group of sports channels based in Doha, Qatar, serving the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. It is owned by beIN Media Group, a subsidiary of Al Jazeera Media Network. The channels primarily broadcast in Arabic, but it also offers feeds in English, French, and Spanish, Formerly known as Al Jazeera Sport, it was re-named beIN Sports in December 2013 to unify it with Al Jazeera's international group of sports networks in the lead-up to the 2014 FIFA World Cup. In July 2013, the network acquired MENA rights", "title": "BeIN Sports (Middle East TV network)" }, { "id": "11662072", "text": "tournament matches from the CONCACAF Gold Cup (the rights to which it assumed in 2000) and Copa América (which began airing in 1993). The network formerly held the Spanish language broadcast rights to the FIFA World Cup from 1978 until 2014 and the FIFA Women's World Cup from 1999 until 2011, with the rights migrating to Telemundo and NBC Universo beginning with the 2015 Women's World Cup. In addition, the division also produces the weekly sports talk program \"República Deportiva\", a Sunday daytime program that debuted in April 1999 with a companion late-night edition premiering in January 2015; and the", "title": "Univision" }, { "id": "9332780", "text": "as the birth date of Trans7. The managing director of Trans7 is now Atiek Nur Wahyuni. When the station was named TV7, it was headquartered at Wisma Dharmala Sakti Floor 21 Jend. Sudirman Street Lot 32 Jakarta 10220. Since TV7's official purchase by Trans Corp, TV7 began to share an office with Trans TV. Trans7 Trans7 (formerly known as TV7, stylized as \"TRΛNS|7\") is a national private television station in Indonesia that is owned by Trans Media. For the first time, Trans7 was the official broadcaster of 2018 FIFA World Cup together with Trans TV. Trans7 had broadcast 8 group-stage", "title": "Trans7" }, { "id": "8009025", "text": "Britain. World Cup Live World Cup Live was a soccer related news and analysis program that aired on ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC every four years during the FIFA World Cup. Lead commentators and specialists dissect worldwide matches both through a live feed, and after they have already been played. \"World Cup Live\" was created for the 2006 World Cup and continued through the 2010 World Cup. It is planned to broadcast the upcoming 2014 FIFA World Cup as ESPN has English-language rights. As for anchors, \"SportsCenter\" hosts Dave Revsine and Rece Davis worked with ESPN while Brent Musburger hosted the", "title": "World Cup Live" }, { "id": "15409260", "text": "pilot episode of \"Parks and Recreation\", the start of an all-day marathon airing of the series. As a result of the rebranding, Fox Soccer's remaining event rights, including CONCACAF and UEFA matches, have moved to Fox Sports 1, Fox Sports 2, or in some cases Fox Soccer Plus. Although the channel is intended by Fox to be part of the basic cable lineup, on many providers (including Suddenlink Communications, Comcast, DirecTV, Verizon FiOS, and Charter Communications) the channel was previously placed in a specialty sports package, a holdover from the channel's previous iteration as Fox Soccer, although most providers have", "title": "FXX" }, { "id": "20983982", "text": "Soccer on Turner Sports Soccer on Turner Sports is a number of programs that currently airs Association football matches in the United States. These matches are from International, European, and American competitions. In 2017, Turner Sports announced that they had retained the rights to air all of the matches from the UEFA Champions League live. The contract runs from 2018-2022. Tuner later announced that they would air 4 matches per week on TNT and the remainder of the matches on new streaming service B/R Live. All matches will be commentated through world feed. Turner Sports also carries UEFA Europa League", "title": "Soccer on Turner Sports" }, { "id": "5629313", "text": "licensed exclusively to beIN Sports in the MENA region. Preliminary findings by beIN traced beoutQ's feeds to Arabsat satellites (whose frequencies are frequently promoted in beoutQ's advertising), although the provider has consistently denied that it is involved in the operation. FIFA attempted to indirectly negotiate a deal with beIN (as MENA rightsholder) to sub-license rights to the opening match, final, and all Saudi team matches at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, to a Saudi Arabian broadcaster. However, no deal was reached, and beoutQ ultimately broadcast the entire tournament from various sources, including beIN and the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (who", "title": "BeIN Sports (Middle East TV network)" }, { "id": "9008275", "text": "\"Toyota World Sport\" was shown on weeknights until it was axed to accommodate the relaunched, one-hour \"World News Australia\" and World Watch. It also broadcasts foreign language news on its second digital channel SBS Viceland, sometimes it provides additional information, highlights, and statistics for programmes shown on SBS, such as the FIFA World Cup, The Ashes, Olympic Games, and the Australian Football League Grand Final. SBS Sport currently holds the broadcast rights to a range of sports, which are broadcast on SBS. These primarily include the Tour de France, the World Superbikes, the World Rally Championship, The Ashes, UEFA Champions", "title": "SBS (Australian TV channel)" }, { "id": "9420774", "text": "In 2015, the new offering provides channels of movies, TV series, sport, documentaries, cartoons and interactive services \"Premium Play\" and \"Premium Online\". From 2016, Premium will also broadcast on satellite TV. Broadcast until 2018 the UEFA Champions League exclusive in Italy on channels Premium Sports and Premium Calcio also in HD. It also owns the sports rights, in addition to the Serie A, of foreign tournaments as the Ligue 1 and the Coupe de France, the Scottish Premiership, also of the NFL of American football. There are also channels Eurosport and Eurosport 2. In 2016 Vivendi agreed to buy 100%", "title": "Mediaset Premium" }, { "id": "8097967", "text": "station with a digital companion channel to select which station it would continue to use after the end of the transition period. KINC-DT elected channel 16 as its final digital channel and at analog shutdown on June 12, 2009, returned the channel 15 license to the FCC. Televisions still tune to KINC on channel 15 per the ATSC virtual channel standards. KINC began broadcasting in high definition in June 2010, in time for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Programming offered in HD by the Univision network is broadcast. Local newscasts are also produced in HD. The majority of the programming", "title": "KINC" }, { "id": "2721356", "text": "502, Fox Sports 503, Fox Footy 504, Fox Sports 505, Fox Sports 506, Disney's ESPN and ESPN 2, Eurosport, beIN Sports 1, beIN Sports 2, beIN Sports 3, Eurosport News, Main Event (pay-per-view), Sky Racing 1, Sky Racing 2, Sky Racing World, Racing.com, Chelsea FC TV, Liverpool FC TV and Manchester United FC TV (All three coming July 1, 2016). Metropolitan/state-based localised advertising News, Coverage and informational channels are from 600 to 699 which includes Sky News Local, Sky News Australia, Your Money, Sky News Weather Channel, Fox News Channel, Time Warner's CNN International, National Geographic (with two-hour timeshifted version),", "title": "Foxtel" }, { "id": "1734772", "text": "conflicts on NBCSN; the Formula One rights moved to ESPN beginning in 2018. In 2018, CNBC rebroadcast one match a day during the FIFA World Cup in Russia at 7pm ET. Much of CNBC's on-air talent has been with the network for some time: Sue Herera and Scott Cohn joined CNBC at its inception, and remain on the air co-hosting \"Power Lunch\" and as senior correspondent respectively. Some personalities who joined CNBC from FNN in 1991, such as Bill Griffeth and Joe Kernen, are also still with the channel. The network has of late sought to increase the profile of", "title": "CNBC" }, { "id": "8796052", "text": "Viasat Sport 2 Viasat Sport 2 was a Scandinavian soccer channel. The channel started February 1, 2004 together with Viasat Sport 3. Viasat Sport 2 has the rights to Manchester United TV and Chelsea TV. Viasat Sport 2 also shows the UEFA Champions League, the Dutch Eredivise, the Danish SAS Ligaen, the French Ligue 1, the UEFA Euro Qualifications, the FA Cup,The Italian Serie A, Football League Championship, Coppa Italia and the World Cup qualifications. The channel was available in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia along with its sister channel Viasat Sport 3. On October 16, 2008,", "title": "Viasat Sport 2" }, { "id": "20780382", "text": "the new channel will create 20 to 30 new jobs. The channel will be home to UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League matches from 2018–2021. Virgin Media Sport has also done a deal with CAA11, the representatives of UEFA in international football, which gives the broadcaster the rights to all competitive European international football outside of Republic of Ireland matches, such as UEFA Nations League plus qualifiers for the UEFA European Championship and FIFA World Cup. The channel will also broadcast the Six Nations tournament. Virgin Media Sport (TV channel) Virgin Media Sport is an Irish free-to-air television channel", "title": "Virgin Media Sport (TV channel)" }, { "id": "5346124", "text": "UK to continue commentating on a wider basis for ESPN's London-based channel. In July 2013, Rae was confirmed as one of the lead voices on the new BT Sport channels. He commentated every week on the SPFL as well as the Europa League, Bundesliga and Ligue 1. Rae served as a match commentator for ESPN USA's coverage of the 2014 FIFA World Cup finals in Brazil, and UEFA Euro 2016 in France. In 2017 he announced that he was to leave BT Sport and would return to the states to work for ESPN. Rae also calls selected Premier League matches", "title": "Derek Rae" }, { "id": "11496220", "text": "In January 20, 2007 the Esporte Interativo channel started to broadcast free-to-air on satellite Star One C2, on the frequency 980 MHz vertical, replacing Amazon Sat. In June 10, 2010 the Esporte Interativo channel started to broadcast in São Paulo, channel 36 UHF, and was created the Rede Esporte Interativo, to debut the network an interview with Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, was aired. In 2011 the network renewed the broadcast rights for the UEFA Champions League, and gained the broadcast rights for UEFA Super Cup and UEFA Europa League. To celebrate the 5th birthday of the channel,", "title": "Esporte Interativo" }, { "id": "9478810", "text": "ESPN Australia ESPN Australia is a 24-hour sports channel offered in Australia and New Zealand. Initially, ESPN was known as Sports ESPN on the Optus Vision cable television system, and focused on sports aired by its home network in the United States, including American football, baseball, and basketball. In order to expand its local reach, it has shown an increasing amount of football games including FA Cup, World Cup qualifying games and Major League Soccer. Also on the network schedule are rugby matches, among other sports. ESPN Australia has also commenced showing locally produced content including Australian versions of \"PTI\"", "title": "ESPN Australia" }, { "id": "12558476", "text": "as well as recorded and delayed coverage. Events such as 2014 FIFA World Cup (opening match, 2 semi-finals & final), 2014 Commonwealth Games, 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, 2014 Asian Games and 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup have been broadcast on the channel. As Singapore hosted this year's SEA Games, Okto took the full coverage of the games live, and in HD for the first time, including the Opening & Closing ceremonies and the daily highlights. Okto Okto is a Singaporean free-to-air television channel owned by Mediacorp and focused to young people, similar to Channel U. It was formerly known as MediaCorp", "title": "Okto" }, { "id": "18466416", "text": "from 2010 through 2015. Globo did acquire rights to the 2016 Summer Olympics, but chose to sub-license portions of the coverage to Record and Band. Nevertheless, Rede Globo maintains the broadcast rights for the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup, through a bidding process criticized by Rede Record for its lack of transparency. In the 1990s, then journalist Paulo Francis denounced firsthand that Petrobras was involved in corruption cases. The then chief of the company Joel Rennó sued the journalist who infatted soon after. The Globo Organizations has had tax problems with the Brazilian revenue service. Between 2010 and 2012,", "title": "Criticism of Rede Globo" }, { "id": "14629542", "text": "Viasat Fotball Viasat Fotball was a Norwegian Pay-TV channel owned by Viasat. It is a sports channel which broadcasts games from around the world. Events shown on this channel include the FA CUP, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, Coca-Cola Championships and some League 1 matches from England. This channel broadcast 16 World Cup matches in 2010. UEFA Champions League games are usually shown on this channel on Tuesday, while Wednesday's game will be shown on Viasat 4. If there are many matches played at a same time on Tuesday as well as Wednesday, then those matches will either be", "title": "Viasat Fotball" }, { "id": "13502127", "text": "to show 150 classic FIFA World Cup matches from 1930 to 2006. The matches are shown on ESPN and ESPN Classic. As part of a four-year deal for FA Cup coverage, formally announced on 8 December 2009, ESPN will show all of the England Under-21s home fixtures. These matches have since moved to BT Sport who now own ESPN. On 24 May 2010, ESPN announced that it had acquired UK exclusive broadcast rights to live coverage from 41 international football fixtures, including \"at least\" 16 qualifiers for the UEFA Euro 2012 tournament, from the Kentaro rights agency. It is understood", "title": "BT Sport ESPN" }, { "id": "17799445", "text": "became the company's sole channel for sports until the shutdown of cable counterpart Balls by the end of 2015. Its simulcast high-definition channel is exclusively available in SKYcable, Destiny Cable and Sky Direct subscribers since 2016 while its international feed (carried with the same channel name) is being carried worldwide through The Filipino Channel (cable, satellite, IPTV, online video streaming, and video on demand). Sports + Action's programming is composed primarily of sports coverage such as MPBL, ABL, UAAP, NCAA, Pinoy Pride fights, BVR, PVL, ONE Championship, URCC, UEFA Champions League, English Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, 2018 FIFA", "title": "ABS-CBN Sports and Action" }, { "id": "15357494", "text": "main play by play announcer of Futbol de Primera, a radio network which owns the Spanish-language radio rights of the FIFA World Cups 2002/2006/2010/2014 as well as the Mexico national team, CONCACAF Gold Cup, Copa América (CONMEBOL) among other sports properties. Andrés Cantor hosts a daily show, \"Futbol de Primera\", which airs nationally on more than 100 affiliates. Cantor's first English-language assignment was the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he called both men's and women's football for NBC, complete with his sig. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Cantor provided only Spanish-language commentary for sister network Telemundo. In", "title": "Andrés Cantor" }, { "id": "14204710", "text": "Setanta Sports North America Limited were licensed by the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland. On January 27, 2010, Setanta Sports announced that they had reached an agreement with Fox Soccer Channel to transfer rights to select programming (soccer and rugby) that would be effective as of March 1. In addition, Setanta Sports announced that they would \"cease\" broadcasting the channel in the US and Caribbean on February 28, 2010. The channel was rebranded from Setanta Sports to Fox Soccer Plus on March 1, 2010 at 12:00 AM EST. The channel airs soccer matches from the UEFA Champions League, England's FA Cup,", "title": "Fox Soccer Plus" }, { "id": "14629543", "text": "shown on Viasat Sport or Viasat Motor, but the Wednesday's game will be shown on Viasat Fotball and free-air channel Viasat4. Today the channel is a part of Viasport. Viasat Fotball Viasat Fotball was a Norwegian Pay-TV channel owned by Viasat. It is a sports channel which broadcasts games from around the world. Events shown on this channel include the FA CUP, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, Coca-Cola Championships and some League 1 matches from England. This channel broadcast 16 World Cup matches in 2010. UEFA Champions League games are usually shown on this channel on Tuesday, while Wednesday's", "title": "Viasat Fotball" } ]

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[ { "id": "13574469", "text": "Big Satilla River The Big Satilla River is a river in South Georgia. It rises in Ben Hill and Coffee counties and flows southeast for . It is one of Georgia's 14 major watersheds. It empties into the Atlantic Ocean through St. Andrew Sound, north of Cumberland Island. Cumberland Island is one of the Sea Islands of the southeastern United States and is the largest in terms of continuously exposed land. The Satilla is a blackwater river that rises to an elevation of about . In its upper reaches, the river is bordered by swamps and bluffs, while the lower", "title": "Big Satilla River" }, { "id": "13574464", "text": "Big Satilla River The Big Satilla River is a river in South Georgia. It rises in Ben Hill and Coffee counties and flows southeast for . It is one of Georgia's 14 major watersheds. It empties into the Atlantic Ocean through St. Andrew Sound, north of Cumberland Island. Cumberland Island is one of the Sea Islands of the southeastern United States and is the largest in terms of continuously exposed land. The Satilla is a blackwater river that rises to an elevation of about . In its upper reaches, the river is bordered by swamps and bluffs, while the lower", "title": "Big Satilla River" }, { "id": "12323838", "text": "Stream A stream is a body of water with surface water flowing within the bed and banks of a channel. The stream encompasses surface and groundwater fluxes that respond to geological, geomorphological, hydrological and biotic controls. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to by a variety of local or regional names. Long large streams are usually called rivers. Streams are important as conduits in the water cycle, instruments in groundwater recharge, and corridors for fish and wildlife migration. The biological habitat in the immediate vicinity of a stream is called a riparian zone. Given", "title": "Stream" }, { "id": "10322870", "text": "down a mountain pass into a basin, an alluvial fan will form from the mass deposit of the sediment. The four largest rivers (the Amazon, the Ganges-Brahmaputra, the Yangtze and the Yellow) are responsible for 20% of the global discharge of sediment in to the oceans by debouches. In fluvial geography, a debouch is a place where a body of water pours forth from a narrow opening. Some examples are: where a river or stream emerges from a narrow constraining landform, such as a defile, into open country or a wider space; a creek joins a river; or a stream", "title": "Debouch" }, { "id": "10580182", "text": "(like a rock), causing it to pile up there. The water at the bottom of the pileup flows away from it, causing a subsidence current. Various subsurface currents conflict at times, causing bizarre wave patterns. One of the most noticeable of these is the Maelstrom. The word is derived from Nordic words meaning to grind and stream. Essentially, the maelstrom is a large, very powerful whirlpool, a large swirling body of water being drawn down and inward toward its center. This is usually the result of tidal currents. Subsurface currents have a large effect on life on earth. They flow", "title": "Subsurface currents" }, { "id": "3539567", "text": "Body of water A body of water or waterbody (often spelled water body) is any significant accumulation of water, generally on a planet's surface. The term most often refers to oceans, seas, and lakes, but it includes smaller pools of water such as ponds, wetlands, or more rarely, puddles. A body of water does not have to be still or contained; rivers, streams, canals, and other geographical features where water moves from one place to another are also considered bodies of water. Most are naturally occurring geographical features, but some are artificial. There are types that can be either. For", "title": "Body of water" }, { "id": "882321", "text": "Everglades The Everglades is a natural region of tropical wetlands in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Florida, comprising the southern half of a large drainage basin and part of the neotropic ecozone. The system begins near Orlando with the Kissimmee River, which discharges into the vast but shallow Lake Okeechobee. Water leaving the lake in the wet season forms a slow-moving river wide and over long, flowing southward across a limestone shelf to Florida Bay at the southern end of the state. The Everglades experience a wide range of weather patterns, from frequent flooding in the wet", "title": "Everglades" }, { "id": "7068341", "text": "Bay A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a gulf, sea, sound, or bight. A cove is a type of smaller bay with a circular inlet and narrow entrance. A fjord is a particularly steep bay shaped by glacial activity. A bay can be the estuary of a river, such as the Chesapeake Bay, an estuary of the Susquehanna River. Bays may also be nested within each other; for example, James Bay is", "title": "Bay" }, { "id": "3539569", "text": "on Earth. Note that there are some geographical features involving water that are not bodies of water, for example waterfalls, geysers and rapids. Body of water A body of water or waterbody (often spelled water body) is any significant accumulation of water, generally on a planet's surface. The term most often refers to oceans, seas, and lakes, but it includes smaller pools of water such as ponds, wetlands, or more rarely, puddles. A body of water does not have to be still or contained; rivers, streams, canals, and other geographical features where water moves from one place to another are", "title": "Body of water" }, { "id": "10442734", "text": "Main stem In hydrology, a main stem (or trunk) is \"the primary downstream segment of a river, as contrasted to its tributaries\". Water enters the main stem from the river's drainage basin, the land area through which the main stem and its tributaries flow. A drainage basin may also be referred to as a \"watershed\" or \"catchment\". In the United States, the Mississippi River main stem achieves a Strahler number of 10, the highest in the nation. Eight rivers, including the Columbia River, reach 9. Streams with no tributaries, assigned the Strahler number 1, are most common. More than 1.5", "title": "Main stem" }, { "id": "19201998", "text": "San Juan Bay San Juan Bay () is the inlet adjacent to Old San Juan in northeastern Puerto Rico. It is about in length, the largest body of water in an estuary of about of channels, inlets and eight interconnected lagoons. The San Juan bay is home to the island's busiest harbor and its history dates back to at least 1508. The bay is a semi-enclosed body of water with an elaborate system of loops, basins and channels at the center of Puerto Rico's most significant historical monuments and largest communities. San Juan Bay provides recreation, sightseeing and tourist attractions,", "title": "San Juan Bay" }, { "id": "16778", "text": "and Crenarchaeota. The Amazon has over 1,100 tributaries, 12 of which are over long. Some of the more notable ones are: Amazon River The Amazon River (, ; Spanish and ) in South America is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world, and by some definitions it is the longest. The headwaters of the Apurímac River on Nevado Mismi had been considered for nearly a century as the Amazon's most distant source, until a 2014 study found it to be the Cordillera Rumi Cruz at the headwaters of the Mantaro River in Peru. The Mantaro and", "title": "Amazon River" }, { "id": "289901", "text": "is not always the case, due to vagueness in the language. A river is part of the hydrological cycle. Water within a river is generally collected from precipitation through surface runoff, groundwater recharge, springs, and the release of stored water in natural ice and snowpacks (i.e., from glaciers). A stream is a flowing body of water with a current, confined within a bed and stream banks. In the United States, a stream is classified as a watercourse less than wide. Streams are important as conduits in the water cycle, instruments in groundwater recharge, and they serve as corridors for fish", "title": "Nature" }, { "id": "66877", "text": "Columbia River The Columbia River is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The river rises in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia, Canada. It flows northwest and then south into the US state of Washington, then turns west to form most of the border between Washington and the state of Oregon before emptying into the Pacific Ocean. The river is long, and its largest tributary is the Snake River. Its drainage basin is roughly the size of France and extends into seven US states and a Canadian province. The fourth-largest river in the United States", "title": "Columbia River" }, { "id": "16096641", "text": "Slough (hydrology) A slough ( or ) is a wetland, usually a swamp or shallow lake, often a backwater to a larger body of water. Water tends to be stagnant or may flow slowly on a seasonal basis. In North America, \"slough\" may refer to a side-channel from or feeding a river, or an inlet or natural channel only sporadically filled with water. An example of this is Finn Slough on the Fraser River, whose lower reaches have dozens of notable sloughs. Some sloughs, like Elkhorn Slough, used to be mouths of rivers, but have become stagnant because tectonic activity", "title": "Slough (hydrology)" }, { "id": "12030672", "text": "Inflow (hydrology) In hydrology, the inflow of a body of water is the source of the water in the body of water. It can also refer to the average volume of incoming water in unit time. It is contrasted with outflow. All bodies of water have multiple inflows, but often, one inflow may predominate and be the largest source of water. However, in many cases, no single inflow will predominate and there will be multiple primary inflows. For a lake, the inflow may be a river or stream that literally flows into the lake. Inflow may also be, strictly speaking,", "title": "Inflow (hydrology)" }, { "id": "570664", "text": "Saint Lawrence River The Saint Lawrence River (; Tuscarora: \"Kahnawáʼkye\"; Mohawk: \"Kaniatarowanenneh\", meaning \"big waterway\") is a large river in the middle latitudes of North America. The Saint Lawrence River flows in a roughly north-easterly direction, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean and forming the primary drainage outflow of the Great Lakes Basin. It traverses the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario, and is part of the international boundary between Ontario, Canada, and the U.S. state of New York. This river also provides the basis of the commercial Saint Lawrence Seaway. The Saint Lawrence River begins at the", "title": "Saint Lawrence River" }, { "id": "9163579", "text": "where infiltration occurred, under the force of gravity or gravity induced pressures. Groundwater tends to move slowly, and is replenished slowly, so it can remain in aquifers for thousands of years. Mainly, water flows through the ground which leads to the ocean where the cycle begins again. Flow within the soil body may take place under unsaturated conditions, but faster subsurface flow is associated with localized soil saturation.* Subsurface flow Subsurface flow, in hydrology, is the flow of water beneath earth's surface as part of the water cycle. In the water cycle, when precipitation falls on the earth's land, some", "title": "Subsurface flow" }, { "id": "2886332", "text": "few rivers simply flow into the ground and dry up completely before reaching another body of water. The water in a river is usually in a channel, made up of a stream bed between banks. In larger rivers there is also a wider floodplain shaped by waters over-topping the channel. Flood plains may be very wide in relation to the size of the river channel. Rivers are a part of the hydrological cycle. Water within a river is generally collected from precipitation through surface runoff, groundwater recharge, springs, and the release of water stored in glaciers and snowpacks. Small rivers", "title": "Natural environment" }, { "id": "7520267", "text": "Interflow In hydrology, interflow is the lateral movement of water in the unsaturated zone, or vadose zone, that first returns to the surface or enters a stream prior to becoming groundwater. Interflow is sometimes used interchangeably with throughflow; however, throughflow is specifically the subcomponent of interflow that returns to the surface, as overland flow, prior to entering a stream or becoming groundwater. Interflow occurs when water infiltrates (see infiltration (hydrology)) into the subsurface, hydraulic conductivity decreases with depth, and lateral flow proceeds downslope. As water accumulates in the subsurface, saturation may occur, and interflow may exfiltrate as return flows, becoming", "title": "Interflow" }, { "id": "10442735", "text": "million of these small streams, with average drainage basins of only , have been identified in the United States alone. Main stem In hydrology, a main stem (or trunk) is \"the primary downstream segment of a river, as contrasted to its tributaries\". Water enters the main stem from the river's drainage basin, the land area through which the main stem and its tributaries flow. A drainage basin may also be referred to as a \"watershed\" or \"catchment\". In the United States, the Mississippi River main stem achieves a Strahler number of 10, the highest in the nation. Eight rivers, including", "title": "Main stem" }, { "id": "9163577", "text": "Subsurface flow Subsurface flow, in hydrology, is the flow of water beneath earth's surface as part of the water cycle. In the water cycle, when precipitation falls on the earth's land, some of the water flows on the surface forming streams and rivers. The remaining water, through infiltration, penetrates the soil traveling underground, hydrating the vadose zone soil, recharging aquifers, with the excess flowing in subsurface runoff. In hydrogeology it is measured by the Groundwater flow equation. Water flows from areas where the water table is higher to areas where it is lower. This flow can be either surface runoff", "title": "Subsurface flow" }, { "id": "2117875", "text": "closed hydrologic systems. Their surface waters drain to inland terminal locations where the water evaporates or seeps into the ground, having no access to discharge into the sea. Endorheic water bodies include some of the largest lakes in the world, such as the Caspian Sea, the world's largest saline inland sea. Endorheic basins constitute local base levels, defining a limit of erosion and deposition processes of nearby areas. Endorheic lakes are bodies of water that do not flow into the sea. Most of the water falling on Earth finds its way to the oceans through a network of rivers, lakes", "title": "Endorheic basin" }, { "id": "16719", "text": "Amazon River The Amazon River (, ; Spanish and ) in South America is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world, and by some definitions it is the longest. The headwaters of the Apurímac River on Nevado Mismi had been considered for nearly a century as the Amazon's most distant source, until a 2014 study found it to be the Cordillera Rumi Cruz at the headwaters of the Mantaro River in Peru. The Mantaro and Apurímac join, and with other tributaries form the Ucayali River, which in turn meets the Marañón River upstream of Iquitos, Peru,", "title": "Amazon River" }, { "id": "694464", "text": "Hudson Bay Hudson Bay (Inuktitut: \"Kangiqsualuk ilua\", ) (sometimes called Hudson's Bay, usually historically) is a large body of saltwater in northeastern Canada with a surface area of . It drains a very large area, about , that includes parts of southeastern Nunavut, Saskatchewan, most of Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and indirectly through smaller passages of water to parts of North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Montana. Hudson Bay's southern arm is called James Bay. The Eastern Cree name for Hudson and James Bay is \"Wînipekw\" (Southern dialect) or \"Wînipâkw\" (Northern dialect), meaning muddy or brackish water. Lake Winnipeg is similarly", "title": "Hudson Bay" }, { "id": "532327", "text": "Spanish name for the lower river, below its confluence with the Rio Conchos. The largest tributary of the Rio Grande by discharge is the Rio Conchos, which contributes almost twice as much water as any other. In terms of drainage basin size, the Pecos River is the largest. Rio Grande The Rio Grande ( or ; , or simply Río Bravo) is one of the principal rivers (along with the Colorado River) in the southwest United States and northern Mexico. The Rio Grande begins in south-central Colorado in the United States and flows to the Gulf of Mexico. Along the", "title": "Rio Grande" }, { "id": "262199", "text": "water flows separately into the Gulf of Mexico through the Atchafalaya River. The Mississippi River has the world's fourth-largest drainage basin (\"watershed\" or \"catchment\"). The basin covers more than , including all or parts of 32 U.S. states and two Canadian provinces. The drainage basin empties into the Gulf of Mexico, part of the Atlantic Ocean. The total catchment of the Mississippi River covers nearly 40% of the landmass of the continental United States. The highest point within the watershed is also the highest point of the Rocky Mountains, Mount Elbert at . In the United States, the Mississippi River", "title": "Mississippi River" }, { "id": "3285051", "text": "Nooksack River The Nooksack River is a river in the northwest part of the U.S. state of Washington. It drains an area of the Cascade Range around Mount Baker, near the Canada–US border. The lower river flows through a fertile agricultural area before emptying into Bellingham Bay and, via the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Strait of Georgia, the Pacific Ocean. The river begins in three main forks, the North Fork, Middle Fork, and South Fork. The North Fork is sometimes considered the main river. Including the North Fork, the Nooksack is approximately long. All three forks originate", "title": "Nooksack River" }, { "id": "4831523", "text": "Riparian forest A riparian forest or riparian woodland is a forested or wooded area of land adjacent to a body of water such as a river, stream, pond, lake, marshland, estuary, canal, sink or reservoir. The term riparian comes from the Latin word \"ripa\", 'river bank'; though, technically it only refers to areas adjacent to flowing bodies of water such as rivers, streams, sloughs, and estuaries. However, the terms \"riparian forest\" and \"riparian zone\" have come to include areas adjacent to non-flowing bodies of water such as ponds, lakes, playas and reservoirs. Riparian forests are subject to frequent inundation. Riparian", "title": "Riparian forest" }, { "id": "16720", "text": "to form what countries other than Brazil consider to be the main stem of the Amazon. Brazilians call this section the Solimões River above its confluence with the Rio Negro to form what Brazilians call the Amazon at the Meeting of Waters () at Manaus, the river's largest city. At an average discharge of about —approximately , greater than the next seven largest independent rivers combined—the Amazon represents 20% of the global riverine discharge to the ocean. The Amazon basin is the largest drainage basin in the world, with an area of approximately . The portion of the river's drainage", "title": "Amazon River" }, { "id": "289900", "text": "is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing toward an ocean, a lake, a sea or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including stream, creek, brook, rivulet, and rill; there is no general rule that defines what can be called a river. Many names for small rivers are specific to geographic location; one example is \"Burn\" in Scotland and North-east England. Sometimes a river is said to be larger than a creek, but this", "title": "Nature" }, { "id": "1765314", "text": "Susquehanna River The Susquehanna River (; Lenape: Siskëwahane) is a major river located in the northeastern and mid-Atlantic United States. At long, it is the longest river on the East Coast of the United States that drains into the Atlantic Ocean. With its watershed, it is the 16th-largest river in the United States, and the longest river in the early 21st-century continental United States without commercial boat traffic. It is the longest unnavigable river in the world. The Susquehanna River forms from two main branches: the \"North Branch\", which rises in Cooperstown, New York, and is regarded by federal mapmakers", "title": "Susquehanna River" }, { "id": "15031352", "text": "Ruo Shui Ruo Shui (, also Etsin Gol or Ruo He or Ejin River) is a major river system of northern China. It flows approximately from its headwaters on the northern Gansu side of the Qilian Mountains north-northeast into the endorheic Ejin Basin in the Gobi Desert. The river forms one of the largest inland deltas or alluvial fans in the world. Its drainage basin covers about in parts of the Chinese provinces of Gansu and Inner Mongolia. The river rises as the Heishui (黑水, \"black water\") on the north slopes of the Qilian Mountains roughly southeast of Minle. It", "title": "Ruo Shui" }, { "id": "882339", "text": "into Florida Bay. Prior to urban and agricultural development in Florida, the Everglades began at the southern edge of Lake Okeechobee and flowed for approximately , emptying into the Gulf of Mexico. The limestone shelf is wide and slightly angled instead of having a narrow, deep channel characteristic of most rivers. The vertical gradient from Lake Okeechobee to Florida Bay is about per mile, creating an almost wide expanse of river that travels about half a mile (0.8 km) a day. This slow movement of a broad, shallow river is known as \"sheetflow\", and gives the Everglades its nickname, River", "title": "Everglades" }, { "id": "5020464", "text": "Matanzas River The Matanzas River is a body of water in St. Johns and Flagler counties in the U.S. state of Florida. It is a narrow saltwater bar-bounded estuary sheltered from the Atlantic Ocean by Anastasia Island. The Matanzas River is in length and extends from St. Augustine Inlet southward to approximately south of the Matanzas Inlet on the southern tip of Anastasia Island. The river is part of the Intracoastal Waterway. The Matanzas River at St. Augustine was the main entrance to the historic city, America's oldest port. The body of water is often referred to as the Matanzas", "title": "Matanzas River" }, { "id": "8204738", "text": "Open and closed lakes Open and closed lakes refer to the major subdivisions of lakes - bodies of water surrounded by land. Exorheic, or open lakes drain into a river, or other body of water that ultimately drains into the ocean. Endorheic basins fall into the category of endorheic or closed lakes, wherein waters do not drain into the ocean, but are reduced by evaporation, and/or drain into the ground. An open lake is a lake where water constantly flows out under almost all climatic circumstances. Because water does not remain in an open lake for any length of time,", "title": "Open and closed lakes" }, { "id": "3539568", "text": "example, most reservoirs are created by engineering dams, but some natural lakes are used as reservoirs. Similarly, most harbors are naturally occurring bays, but some harbors have been created through construction. Bodies of water that are navigable are known as waterways. Some bodies of water collect and move water, such as rivers and streams, and others primarily hold water, such as lakes and oceans. The term \"body of water\" can also refer to a reservoir of water held by a plant, technically known as a phytotelma. Bodies of water are affected by gravity which is what creates the tidal effects", "title": "Body of water" }, { "id": "12324035", "text": "River A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of water. Small rivers can be referred to using names such as stream, creek, brook, rivulet, and rill. There are no official definitions for the generic term river as applied to geographic features, although in some countries or communities a stream is defined by its size. Many names for small rivers are specific to geographic location; examples are \"run\"", "title": "River" }, { "id": "265711", "text": "Lake Alexandrina and The Coorong before emptying through the Murray Mouth into the southeastern portion of the Indian Ocean, often referenced on Australian maps as the Southern Ocean, near Goolwa. Despite discharging considerable volumes of water at times, particularly before the advent of largescale river regulation, the mouth has always been comparatively small and shallow. As of 2010, the Murray River system receives 58 percent of its natural flow. It is perhaps Australia's most important irrigated region, and it is widely known as the food bowl of the nation. The Murray River forms part of the long combined Murray–Darling river", "title": "Murray River" }, { "id": "882336", "text": "Caloosahatchee River and The Big Cypress. This slight rise in elevation on both sides of the Everglades creates a basin, and forces water that overflows Lake Okeechobee to creep toward the southwest. Under both the Miami Limestone formation and the Fort Thompson limestone lies the Biscayne Aquifer, a surface aquifer that serves as the Miami metropolitan area's fresh water source. Rainfall and stored water in the Everglades replenish the Biscayne Aquifer directly. With the rise of sea levels that occurred during the Pleistocene approximately 17,000 years ago, the runoff of water from Lake Okeechobee slowed and created the vast marshland", "title": "Everglades" }, { "id": "15145255", "text": "Allen created the front cover visualization with the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) data on the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) satellite. Atmospheric river An atmospheric river (AR) is a narrow corridor or filament of concentrated moisture in the atmosphere. Atmospheric rivers consist of narrow bands of enhanced water vapor transport, typically along the boundaries between large areas of divergent surface air flow, including some frontal zones in association with extratropical cyclones that form over the oceans. Pineapple Express storms are the most commonly represented and recognized type of atmospheric rivers; they are given the name due to the", "title": "Atmospheric river" }, { "id": "38084", "text": "Atlantic Ocean. Brazil has a dense and complex system of rivers, one of the world's most extensive, with eight major drainage basins, all of which drain into the Atlantic. Major rivers include the Amazon (the world's second-longest river and the largest in terms of volume of water), the Paraná and its major tributary the Iguaçu (which includes the Iguazu Falls), the Negro, São Francisco, Xingu, Madeira and Tapajós rivers. The climate of Brazil comprises a wide range of weather conditions across a large area and varied topography, but most of the country is tropical. According to the Köppen system, Brazil", "title": "Brazil" }, { "id": "609485", "text": "Flood A flood is an overflow of water that submerges land that is usually dry. The European Union (EU) Floods Directive defines a flood as a covering by water of land not normally covered by water. In the sense of \"flowing water\", the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide. Floods are an area of study of the discipline hydrology and are of significant concern in agriculture, civil engineering and public health. Flooding may occur as an overflow of water from water bodies, such as a river, lake, or ocean, in which the water overtops or", "title": "Flood" }, { "id": "7520268", "text": "overland flow. Interflow In hydrology, interflow is the lateral movement of water in the unsaturated zone, or vadose zone, that first returns to the surface or enters a stream prior to becoming groundwater. Interflow is sometimes used interchangeably with throughflow; however, throughflow is specifically the subcomponent of interflow that returns to the surface, as overland flow, prior to entering a stream or becoming groundwater. Interflow occurs when water infiltrates (see infiltration (hydrology)) into the subsurface, hydraulic conductivity decreases with depth, and lateral flow proceeds downslope. As water accumulates in the subsurface, saturation may occur, and interflow may exfiltrate as return", "title": "Interflow" }, { "id": "2967226", "text": "Broken Bay Broken Bay, a semi–mature tide-dominated drowned valley estuary, is a large inlet of the Tasman Sea located about north of Sydney central business district on the coast of New South Wales, Australia; being one of the bodies of water that separate greater Metropolitan Sydney from the Central Coast. Broken Bay is the first major bay north of Sydney Harbour. Broken Bay has its origin at the confluence of the Hawkesbury River, Pittwater, and Brisbane Water and flows openly into the Tasman Sea. The total catchment area of the bay is approximately . The entrance to Broken Bay lies", "title": "Broken Bay" }, { "id": "10322869", "text": "Debouch In the geography of rivers, streams, and glaciers, a debouch, or debouche, is a place where runoff from a small, confined space emerges into a larger, broader space. The term is of French origin and means to cause to emerge. The term also has a military usage. In fluvial geomorphology, a debouch is a place where runoff from a small, confined space emerges into a larger, broader space. Common examples are when a stream runs into a river or when a river runs into an ocean. Debouching can generate massive amounts of sediment transport. When a narrow stream travels", "title": "Debouch" }, { "id": "20401649", "text": "Waimea River (Oahu, Hawaii) The Waimea River is a river in Honolulu County on the island of Oahu in the U.S. state of Hawaii. The river's main channel is long (complete length is 64.4 miles including all tributaries), and has a watershed spanning 13.6 square miles. It is formed by the confluence of the Kamananui stream and the Kaiwikoele stream northeast of Haleiwa and flows northwest through the Waimea Valley to the Pacific Ocean at Waimea Bay. The name Waimea translates to \"red water.\" The mouth of the river has become famous for its waves that are created when residents", "title": "Waimea River (Oahu, Hawaii)" }, { "id": "16766", "text": "water union between the Amazon and the Orinoco basins, the so-called Casiquiare canal. The Casiquiare is a river distributary of the upper Orinoco, which flows southward into the Rio Negro, which in turn flows into the Amazon. The Casiquiare is the largest river on earth that links two major river systems, a so-called bifurcation. Not all of the Amazon's tributaries flood at the same time of the year. Many branches begin flooding in November and might continue to rise until June. The rise of the Rio Negro starts in February or March and begins to recede in June. The Madeira", "title": "Amazon River" }, { "id": "1990925", "text": "source, but instead connects two larger bodies of water, the Hudson River, via the Spuyten Duyvil Creek, to the East River – which is itself not a river, but a salt water tidal strait – at Randall’s Island, near 125th Street. The Harlem River is therefore affected by the actions of the ocean and neighboring waterways. The ebb and flow of the tides causes the Harlem River’s currents to fluctuate dramatically throughout the day. The effects of the tides have influenced the spread of silts, pollutants, and other particles in the water. The tides were also important in defining the", "title": "Harlem River" }, { "id": "262181", "text": "Mississippi River The Mississippi River is the second longest river of the United States and the chief river of the second-largest drainage system on the North American continent, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system. Its source is Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota and it flows generally south for to the Mississippi River Delta in the Gulf of Mexico. With its many tributaries, the Mississippi's watershed drains all or parts of 32 U.S. states and two Canadian provinces between the Rocky and Appalachian Mountains. The main stem is entirely within the United States; the total drainage basin is ,", "title": "Mississippi River" }, { "id": "8204747", "text": "lake. Open and closed lakes Open and closed lakes refer to the major subdivisions of lakes - bodies of water surrounded by land. Exorheic, or open lakes drain into a river, or other body of water that ultimately drains into the ocean. Endorheic basins fall into the category of endorheic or closed lakes, wherein waters do not drain into the ocean, but are reduced by evaporation, and/or drain into the ground. An open lake is a lake where water constantly flows out under almost all climatic circumstances. Because water does not remain in an open lake for any length of", "title": "Open and closed lakes" }, { "id": "289894", "text": "in oceans and other large bodies of water, with 1.6% of water below ground in aquifers and 0.001% in the air as vapor, clouds, and precipitation. Oceans hold 97% of surface water, glaciers, and polar ice caps 2.4%, and other land surface water such as rivers, lakes, and ponds 0.6%. Additionally, a minute amount of the Earth's water is contained within biological bodies and manufactured products. An ocean is a major body of saline water, and a principal component of the hydrosphere. Approximately 71% of the Earth's surface (an area of some 361 million square kilometers) is covered by ocean,", "title": "Nature" }, { "id": "7553904", "text": "Streamflow Streamflow, or channel runoff, is the flow of water in streams, rivers, and other channels, and is a major element of the water cycle. It is one component of the runoff of water from the land to waterbodies, the other component being surface runoff. Water flowing in channels comes from surface runoff from adjacent hillslopes, from groundwater flow out of the ground, and from water discharged from pipes. The discharge of water flowing in a channel is measured using stream gauges or can be estimated by the Manning equation. The record of flow over time is called a hydrograph.", "title": "Streamflow" }, { "id": "289897", "text": "(or physical feature), a body of liquid on the surface of a world that is localized to the bottom of basin (another type of landform or terrain feature; that is, it is not global) and moves slowly if it moves at all. On Earth, a body of water is considered a lake when it is inland, not part of the ocean, is larger and deeper than a pond, and is fed by a river. The only world other than Earth known to harbor lakes is Titan, Saturn's largest moon, which has lakes of ethane, most likely mixed with methane. It", "title": "Nature" }, { "id": "7003667", "text": "Reedy River The Reedy River is a tributary of the Saluda River, about long, in northwestern South Carolina in the United States. Via the Saluda and Congaree Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Santee River, which flows to the Atlantic Ocean. Big Brother, or \"The Falls\", is a large waterfall that flows through the Reedy River Falls Park in Greenville, SC. It is overseen by the Liberty Bridge. Sliding down the falls is illegal according to Greenville law, but it is still practiced by many kayakers and other adventure seekers. The Reedy River rises in Greenville County", "title": "Reedy River" }, { "id": "3391755", "text": "Anahulu River The Anahulu River (also called Anahulu Stream) is a watercourse on the island of Oahu in the U.S. state of Hawaii. It is long. The Hawaiian meaning of the name is \"ten days\". It is formed on the western side of the northern Koolau Range approximately northeast of Wahiawā by the confluence of Kawainui and Kawaiiki streams, both perennial. It flows west-northwest descending through Kawailoa Gulch, then empties into the eastern end of Waialua Bay at Haleiwa. It has a watershed of approximately and a 100-year peak discharge of 16,200 ft/s (459 m³/s). Archaeological evidence indicates that the", "title": "Anahulu River" }, { "id": "599064", "text": "Strait of Juan de Fuca The Strait of Juan de Fuca (officially named Juan de Fuca Strait in Canada) is a large body of water about long that is the Salish Sea's outlet to the Pacific Ocean. The international boundary between Canada and the United States runs down the center of the Strait. It was named in 1787 by the maritime fur trader Charles William Barkley, captain of the \"Imperial Eagle\", for Juan de Fuca, the Greek navigator who sailed in a Spanish expedition in 1592 to seek the fabled Strait of Anián. Barkley was the first non-indigenous person to", "title": "Strait of Juan de Fuca" }, { "id": "10377131", "text": "Groundwater flow In hydrogeology, groundwater flow is defined as the \"...part of streamflow that has infiltrated the ground, has entered the phreatic zone, and has been discharged into a stream channel, or springs and seepage water.\" It is governed by the groundwater flow equation. Groundwater is water that is found underground in cracks and spaces in the soil, sand and rocks. An area where water fills these spaces is called a phreatic zone or saturated zone. Groundwater is stored in and moves slowly through the layers of soil, sand and rocks called aquifers. The rate of groundwater flow depends on", "title": "Groundwater flow" }, { "id": "3213114", "text": "Humboldt River The Humboldt River runs through northern Nevada in the western United States. At approximately long it is the third longest river in the Great Basin, after the Bear and Sevier Rivers. It has no outlet to the ocean, but instead empties into the Humboldt Sink. It is the fifth largest river in the United States, in terms of discharge, that does not ultimately reach the ocean, while it is the largest in terms of area drained. Through its tributaries the river drains most of sparsely populated northern Nevada, traversing the state roughly east to west, and passing through", "title": "Humboldt River" }, { "id": "9743965", "text": "Great Loop The Great Loop is a system of waterways that encompasses the eastern portion of the United States and part of Canada. It is made up of both natural and man-made waterways, including the Atlantic and Gulf Intracoastal Waterways, the Great Lakes, the Rideau Canal, and the Mississippi and Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. The entire loop is approximately 6,000 miles or 9,600 kilometres long. There is no single route or itinerary to complete the Loop. In order to avoid winter ice and summer hurricanes, boaters generally traverse the Great Lakes and Canadian waterways in summer, travel down the Mississippi or the", "title": "Great Loop" }, { "id": "1793639", "text": "Clayoquot Sound Clayoquot Sound is located on the west coast of Vancouver Island in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is bordered by the Esowista Peninsula to the south, and the Hesquiaht Peninsula to the North. It is a body of water with many inlets and islands. Major inlets include Sydney Inlet, Shelter Inlet, Herbert Inlet, Bedwell Inlet, Lemmens Inlet, and Tofino Inlet. Major islands include Flores Island, Vargas Island, and Meares Island. The name is also used for the larger region of land around the waterbody (essentially its watershed). The name Clayoquot is derived from the name of", "title": "Clayoquot Sound" }, { "id": "8446703", "text": "dies soon after. Norman is now an old man, back in the Montana river where he used to fish with his family many years before. He says that nearly everyone from his youth is dead, including Jessie, and that he is haunted by waters. Although both the book and movie are set in Missoula and on the Blackfoot River, it was filmed in late June, early July 1991 in south central Montana in Livingston and Bozeman, and on the nearby upper Yellowstone, Gallatin, and Boulder Rivers. The waterfall shown is Granite Falls in Wyoming. Filming was completed in early September", "title": "A River Runs Through It (film)" }, { "id": "10778030", "text": "Hydrography of the San Francisco Bay Area The Hydrography of the San Francisco Bay Area is a complex network of watersheds, marshes, rivers, creeks, reservoirs, and bays predominantly draining into the San Francisco Bay and Pacific Ocean. The largest bodies of water in the Bay Area are the San Francisco Bay, San Pablo Bay, and Suisun Bay. The San Francisco Bay is one of the largest bays in the world. Many inlets on the edges of the three major bays are designated as bays in their own right, such as Richardson Bay, San Rafael Bay, Grizzly Bay, and San Leandro", "title": "Hydrography of the San Francisco Bay Area" }, { "id": "11948231", "text": "and ecology of the Everglades have plagued the history of drainage projects. The Everglades are a part of a massive watershed that originates near Orlando and drains into Lake Okeechobee, a vast and shallow lake. As the lake exceeds its capacity in the wet season, the water forms a flat and very wide river, about long and wide. As the land from Lake Okeechobee slopes gradually to Florida Bay, water flows at a rate of half a mile (0.8 km) a day. Before human activity in the Everglades, the system comprised the lower third of the Florida peninsula. The first", "title": "Draining and development of the Everglades" }, { "id": "206921", "text": "Indus River The Indus River (locally called Darya-e-Sindh) is one of the longest rivers in Asia. Originating in the Tibetan Plateau in the vicinity of Lake Manasarovar, the river runs a course through the Ladakh region of Kashmir, towards Gilgit-Baltistan and the Hindukush ranges, and then flows in a southerly direction along the entire length of Pakistan to merge into the Arabian Sea near the port city of Karachi in Sindh. It is the longest river and national river of Pakistan. The river has a total drainage area exceeding . Its estimated annual flow stands at around , twice that", "title": "Indus River" }, { "id": "16721", "text": "basin in Brazil alone is larger than any other river's basin. The Amazon enters Brazil with only one-fifth of the flow it finally discharges into the Atlantic Ocean, yet already has a greater flow at this point than the discharge of any other river. The river was initially known by Europeans as the Marañón and the Peruvian part of the river is still known by that name today. It later became known as the Rio Amazonas in Spanish and Portuguese, or The Amazon in English. The name Rio Amazonas was given after native warriors attacked a 16th-century expedition by Francisco", "title": "Amazon River" }, { "id": "2601332", "text": "Amazon basin The Amazon basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries. The Amazon drainage basin covers an area of about , or roughly 40 percent of the South American continent. It is located in the countries of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela. Most of the basin is covered by the Amazon Rainforest, also known as Amazonia. With a area of dense tropical forest, this is the largest rainforest in the world. The Amazon River rises in the Andes Mountains at the west of the basin with its main", "title": "Amazon basin" }, { "id": "2601351", "text": "Amazon basin The Amazon basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries. The Amazon drainage basin covers an area of about , or roughly 40 percent of the South American continent. It is located in the countries of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela. Most of the basin is covered by the Amazon Rainforest, also known as Amazonia. With a area of dense tropical forest, this is the largest rainforest in the world. The Amazon River rises in the Andes Mountains at the west of the basin with its main", "title": "Amazon basin" }, { "id": "1671005", "text": "through the central plain and combine at Al-Qurnah to form the Shatt al-Arab and discharge into the Persian Gulf. The region has historical importance as part of the Fertile Crescent region, in which civilization is believed to have first emerged. The ecoregion is characterized by two large rivers, the Tigris and Euphrates. The rivers have several small tributaries which feed into the system from shallow freshwater lakes, swamps, and marshes, all surrounded by desert. The hydrology of these vast marshes is extremely important to the ecology of the entire upper Persian Gulf. Historically, the area is known as Mesopotamia. As", "title": "Tigris–Euphrates river system" }, { "id": "151967", "text": "Lake Michigan–Huron, because they are one hydrological body of water connected by the Straits of Mackinac. The straits are wide and deep; the water levels – currently at – rise and fall together, and the flow between Michigan and Huron frequently reverses direction. Dispersed throughout the Great Lakes are approximately 35,000 islands. The largest among them is Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron, the largest island in any inland body of water in the world. The second-largest island is Isle Royale in Lake Superior. Both of these islands are large enough to contain multiple lakes themselves—for instance, Manitoulin Island's Lake Manitou", "title": "Great Lakes" }, { "id": "20363931", "text": "decades, it has been known that 20 to 30 times more deep water flows into Puget Sound than from all Earth's rivers combined, far bigger than the Amazon River. This flow is towards land, not away. New (\"as of 2017\") measurements show this canyon may supply most the water coming into Puget Sound, the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and Canada’s Georgia Strait. The pattern of water circulation sends a dense lower layer of ocean water \"into\" towards land, while the upper layer flows \"out\" to sea. In the range of 20 to 30 times more deep water flows into", "title": "Juan de Fuca Channel" }, { "id": "2772752", "text": "the Okavango does not have an outlet to the sea. Instead, it empties into a swamp in the Kalahari Desert, known as the Okavango Delta or Okavango Alluvial Fan. In the rainy season, an outflow to the Boteti River in turn seasonally discharges to the Makgadikgadi Pans, which features an expansive area of rainy-season wetland where tens of thousands of flamingos congregate each summer. Part of the river's flow fills Lake Ngami. Noted for its wildlife, the Okavango area contains Botswana's Moremi Game Reserve. During colder periods in Earth's history, a part of the Kalahari was a massive lake, known", "title": "Okavango River" }, { "id": "19760927", "text": "Peninsula A peninsula ( from ' \"almost” and ' \"island\") is a piece of land surrounded by water on the majority of its border while being connected to a mainland from which it extends. The surrounding water is usually understood to be continuous, though not necessarily named as a single body of water. Peninsulas are not always named as such; one can also be a headland, cape, island promontory, bill, point, or spit. A point is generally considered a tapering piece of land projecting into a body of water that is less prominent than a cape. A river which courses", "title": "Peninsula" }, { "id": "12323989", "text": "Ocean An ocean () is a body of saline water that composes much of a planet's hydrosphere. On Earth, an ocean is one of the major conventional divisions of the World Ocean. These are, in descending order by area, the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern (Antarctic), and Arctic Oceans. The word \"ocean\" is often used interchangeably with \"sea\" in American English. Strictly speaking, a \"sea\" is a body of saline water (generally a division of the world ocean) partly or fully enclosed by land, though \"the sea\" refers also to the oceans. Saline water covers approximately and is customarily divided into", "title": "Ocean" }, { "id": "6340366", "text": "living in the region around the Caspian Sea. Studies have shown that water pollution, mostly coming from the Volga River, poses a serious threat to the biodiversity of the Caspian Depression. Water pollution is contributed mainly by industrial, agricultural, and household discharges. Caspian Depression The Caspian Depression (, Caspian Lowland) or Pricaspian/Peri-Caspian Depression/Lowland is a low-lying flatland region encompassing the northern part of the Caspian Sea, the largest enclosed body of water on Earth. It is the larger northern part of the wider Aral-Caspian Depression around the Aral and Caspian seas. The level of the Caspian sea is below sea", "title": "Caspian Depression" }, { "id": "1585474", "text": "land drains to endorheic lakes or seas or sinks. The largest of these consists of much of the interior of Asia, which drains into the Caspian Sea, the Aral Sea, and numerous smaller lakes. Other endorheic regions include the Great Basin in the United States, much of the Sahara Desert, the drainage basin of the Okavango River (Kalahari Basin), highlands near the African Great Lakes, the interiors of Australia and the Arabian Peninsula, and parts in Mexico and the Andes. Some of these, such as the Great Basin, are not single drainage basins but collections of separate, adjacent closed basins.", "title": "Drainage basin" }, { "id": "631463", "text": "River's basin are used to sustain \"fishing, transportation, power, cooling, recreation, and other industrial and residential purposes.\" It is the 33rd largest river in the United States in terms of flow, but the nation's most heavily used rivers in daily volume of tonnage. The average annual flow rate of the Delaware is 11,700 cubic feet per second at Trenton, New Jersey. With no dams or impediments on the river's main stem, the Delaware is one of the few remaining large free-flowing rivers in the United States. The West Branch of the Delaware River (also called the \"Mohawk Branch\") spans approximately", "title": "Delaware River" }, { "id": "191111", "text": "The plains encompass an area of . The major rivers in this region are the Ganges, Indus, and Brahmaputra along with their main tributaries–Yamuna, Chambal, Gomti, Ghaghara, Kosi, Sutlej, Ravi, Beas, Chenab, and Tista—as well as the rivers of the Ganges Delta, such as the Meghna. The great plains are sometimes classified into four divisions: The Indo-Gangetic belt is the world's most extensive expanse of uninterrupted alluvium formed by the deposition of silt by the numerous rivers. The plains are flat making it conducive for irrigation through canals. The area is also rich in ground water sources.The plains are one", "title": "Geography of India" }, { "id": "887547", "text": "Orinoco The Orinoco River () is one of the longest rivers in South America at . Its drainage basin, sometimes known as the Orinoquia, covers , with 76.3 percent of it in Venezuela and the remainder in Colombia. It is the fourth largest river in the world by discharge volume of water. The Orinoco River and its tributaries are the major transportation system for eastern and interior Venezuela and the llanos of Colombia. The environment in the Orinoco's basin is extremely diverse; it hosts a wide variety of flora and fauna. The mouth of the Orinoco River at the Atlantic", "title": "Orinoco" }, { "id": "4835679", "text": "splits into two forks (with the western one retaining the name Araguaia and the eastern one being called the Javaés River). These later reunite, forming the Ilha do Bananal, the world's largest river island. The vein of the Javaés forms a broad inland where it pours back into the main Araguaia, a 100,000 hectare expanse of igapós flooded forest, blackwater river channels, and oxbow lakes called Cantão, protected by the Cantão State Park. This is one of the biologically richest areas of the eastern Amazon, with over 700 species of birds, nearly 300 species of fish, large populations species such", "title": "Araguaia River" }, { "id": "6702543", "text": "Ogeechee River The Ogeechee River is a blackwater river in the U.S. state of Georgia. It heads at the confluence of its North and South Forks, about south-southwest of Crawfordville and flowing generally southeast to Ossabaw Sound about south of Savannah. Its largest tributary is the Canoochee River, which drains approximately and is the only other major river in the basin. The Ogeechee has a watershed of . It is one of the state's few free-flowing streams. The Ogeechee runs from the Piedmont across the Fall Line and Sandhills regions. There it flows across the coastal plain of Georgia to", "title": "Ogeechee River" }, { "id": "191121", "text": "which are classified as major rivers, with the total catchment area exceeding . All major rivers of India originate from one of the three main watersheds: The Himalayan river networks are snow-fed and have a perennial supply throughout the year. The other two river systems are dependent on the monsoons and shrink into rivulets during the dry season. The Himalayan rivers that flow westward into Punjab are the Indus, Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas, and Sutlej. (The Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghana system has the largest catchment area of about . The Ganges Basin alone has a catchment of about . The Ganges originates from", "title": "Geography of India" }, { "id": "407883", "text": "Americas The Americas (also collectively called America; , Spanish/Portuguese: \"América\") comprise the totality of the continents of North and South America. Together, they make up most of the land in Earth's western hemisphere and comprise the New World. Along with their associated islands, they cover 8% of Earth's total surface area and 28.4% of its land area. The topography is dominated by the American Cordillera, a long chain of mountains that runs the length of the west coast. The flatter eastern side of the Americas is dominated by large river basins, such as the Amazon, St. Lawrence River / Great", "title": "Americas" }, { "id": "12002487", "text": "begins in the vicinity of Orlando. The Okeechobee River drains into Lake Okeechobee, a lake with an average depth of . During the wet season when the lake exceeds its capacity, the water leaves the lake in a very wide and shallow river, approximately long and wide. This wide and shallow flow is known as \"sheetflow\". The land gradually slopes toward Florida Bay, the historical destination of most of the water leaving the Everglades. Before drainage attempts, the Everglades comprised , taking up a third of the Florida peninsula. Since the early 19th century the Everglades have been a subject", "title": "Restoration of the Everglades" }, { "id": "694572", "text": "have been fought for control of them. Numerous artificial channels, called \"canals\", have been constructed to connect two bodies of water over land, such as the Suez Canal. Although rivers and canals often provide passage between two large lakes or a lake and a sea, and these seem to suit the formal definition of strait, they are not usually referred to as such. The term \"strait\" is typically reserved for much larger, wider features of the marine environment. There are exceptions, with straits being called canals, Pearse Canal, for example. Straits are the converse of isthmuses. That is, while a", "title": "Strait" }, { "id": "694571", "text": "Strait A strait is a naturally formed, narrow, typically navigable waterway that connects two larger bodies of water. Most commonly it is a channel of water that lies between two land masses. Some straits are not navigable, for example because they are too shallow, or because of an unnavigable reef or archipelago. The terms \"channel\", \"pass\" or \"passage\", can be synonymous and used interchangeably with \"strait\", although each is sometimes differentiated with varying senses. In Scotland \"firth\" or \"kyle\" are also sometimes used as synonyms for strait. Many straits are economically important. Straits can be important shipping routes and wars", "title": "Strait" }, { "id": "8103571", "text": "Grays Harbor Grays Harbor is an estuarine bay located north of the mouth of the Columbia River, on the southwest Pacific coast of Washington state, in the United States of America. It is a ria, which formed at the end of the last ice age, when sea levels flooded the Chehalis River. The bay is long and wide. The Chehalis River flows into its eastern end, where the city of Aberdeen stands at that river's mouth, on its north bank, with the somewhat smaller city of Hoquiam immediately to its northwest, along the bayshore. Besides the Chehalis, many lesser rivers", "title": "Grays Harbor" }, { "id": "15333941", "text": "Yazoo stream A Yazoo stream is a geologic and hydrologic term for any tributary stream that runs parallel to, and within the floodplain of a larger river for considerable distance, before eventually joining it. This is especially the characteristic when such a stream is forced to flow along the base of the main river's natural levee. Where the two meet is known as a \"belated confluence\" or a \"deferred junction\". The name is derived from a now vanished Native American tribe, the Yazoo Indians. The Choctaw word is translated to \"River of Death\" because of the strong flows under its", "title": "Yazoo stream" }, { "id": "12030673", "text": "not flows, but rather precipitation, like rain. Inflow can also be used to refer to groundwater recharge. Inflow (hydrology) In hydrology, the inflow of a body of water is the source of the water in the body of water. It can also refer to the average volume of incoming water in unit time. It is contrasted with outflow. All bodies of water have multiple inflows, but often, one inflow may predominate and be the largest source of water. However, in many cases, no single inflow will predominate and there will be multiple primary inflows. For a lake, the inflow may", "title": "Inflow (hydrology)" }, { "id": "5020277", "text": "Mamoré River The Mamoré is a large river in Bolivia and Brazil which unites with the Beni to form the Madeira, one of the largest tributaries of the Amazon. It rises on the northern slope of the Sierra de Cochabamba, east of the city of Cochabamba, and is known as the Chimoré down to its junction with the Chapare. Its larger tributaries are the Chapare, Secure, Apere, and Yacuma from the west, and the Ichilo, Guapay, Ivari, Manique and Guapore from the east. Taking into account its length only, the Guapay should be considered the upper part of the Mamore;", "title": "Mamoré River" }, { "id": "694575", "text": "seaward of the island a route through the high seas or through an exclusive economic zone of similar convenience with respect to navigational and hydrographical characteristics (Strait of Messina, Pentland Firth). There may be no suspension of innocent passage through such straits. Strait A strait is a naturally formed, narrow, typically navigable waterway that connects two larger bodies of water. Most commonly it is a channel of water that lies between two land masses. Some straits are not navigable, for example because they are too shallow, or because of an unnavigable reef or archipelago. The terms \"channel\", \"pass\" or \"passage\",", "title": "Strait" }, { "id": "1990923", "text": "Harlem River The Harlem River is an tidal strait flowing between the Hudson River and the East River and separating the island of Manhattan from the Bronx on the New York mainland. The northern stretch, also called the Spuyten Duyvil (\"spewing devil\") Creek, has been significantly altered for navigation purposes. Originally it curved round the north of Marble Hill, but in 1895 the Harlem River Ship Canal was dug between Manhattan and Marble Hill, and in 1914 the original course was filled in. The Harlem River forms a part of the Hudson estuary system, serving as a narrow strait that", "title": "Harlem River" }, { "id": "116530", "text": "for from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie. By definition, this classifies it as both a river and a strait — a strait being a narrow passageway connecting two large bodies of water, which is how the river earned its name from early French settlers. However, today, the Detroit River is rarely referred to as a strait, because bodies of water referred to as straits are typically much wider. The Detroit River is only wide. The Detroit River starts on an east to west flow but then bends and runs north to south. The deepest portion of the Detroit River", "title": "Detroit River" }, { "id": "694490", "text": "Port of Churchill, located at Churchill, Manitoba. Hudson Bay Hudson Bay (Inuktitut: \"Kangiqsualuk ilua\", ) (sometimes called Hudson's Bay, usually historically) is a large body of saltwater in northeastern Canada with a surface area of . It drains a very large area, about , that includes parts of southeastern Nunavut, Saskatchewan, most of Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and indirectly through smaller passages of water to parts of North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Montana. Hudson Bay's southern arm is called James Bay. The Eastern Cree name for Hudson and James Bay is \"Wînipekw\" (Southern dialect) or \"Wînipâkw\" (Northern dialect), meaning muddy", "title": "Hudson Bay" }, { "id": "882428", "text": "Charlie Crist announced the same month that $50 million of state funds would be earmarked for Everglades restoration. In May 2010, of bridges were proposed to be added to the Tamiami Trail. Everglades The Everglades is a natural region of tropical wetlands in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Florida, comprising the southern half of a large drainage basin and part of the neotropic ecozone. The system begins near Orlando with the Kissimmee River, which discharges into the vast but shallow Lake Okeechobee. Water leaving the lake in the wet season forms a slow-moving river wide and over", "title": "Everglades" }, { "id": "6938238", "text": "Confluence In geography, a confluence (also: \"conflux\") occurs where two or more flowing bodies of water join together to form a single channel. A confluence can occur in several configurations: at the point where a tributary joins a larger river (main stem); or where two streams meet to become the source of a river of a new name (such as the confluence of the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers at Pittsburgh, forming the Ohio); or where two separated channels of a river (forming a river island) rejoin at the downstream end. Confluences are studied in a variety of sciences. Hydrology studies", "title": "Confluence" }, { "id": "10102275", "text": "\"Luni\", the \"Banganga\" and the \"Chaki\". The northern and eastern tributaries of the river are snow fed and perennial, while the southern ones are seasonal. During the month of August, increase in the inflow sometimes results in floods. The Chandrabhaga or Chenab (Vedic name Askni), the largest river (in terms of volume of water) is formed after the meeting of two streams namely, Chandra and Bhaga at Tandi, in Lahaul. It flows and covers an area of . in Himachal, before entering Kashmir. The Chandra passes through the barren tribal land. The Ravi is born in Bara Banghal, Kangra district", "title": "Rivers in Himachal Pradesh" }, { "id": "14146766", "text": "Hale Creek Hale Creek is a short stream originating in the foothills of Los Altos Hills, California in Santa Clara County, California, United States. Its source is in the Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve upstream and east of Neary Quarry. The creek flows northeasterly through the cities of Los Altos Hills, Los Altos, and Mountain View before joining Permanente Creek. Hale Creek is named for Joseph P. Hale, who at one time owned most of the Rancho San Antonio land grant. Hale was one of the largest land owners in the west, thanks to marrying the daughter of a", "title": "Hale Creek" }, { "id": "206922", "text": "of the Nile River and three times that of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers combined, making it the twenty-first largest river in the world in terms of annual flow. The Zanskar is its left bank tributary in Ladakh. In the plains, its left bank tributary is the Panjnad which itself has five major tributaries, namely, the Chenab, Jhelum, the Ravi, the Beas, and the Sutlej. Its principal right bank tributaries are the Shyok, the Gilgit, the Kabul, the Gomal, and the Kurram. Beginning in a mountain spring and fed with glaciers and rivers in the Himalayas, the river supports ecosystems", "title": "Indus River" }, { "id": "2397498", "text": "St. Clair River The St. Clair River () is a river in central North America which drains Lake Huron into Lake St. Clair, forming part of the international boundary between the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. state of Michigan. The river is a significant component in the Great Lakes Waterway, with shipping channels permitting cargo vessels to travel between the upper and lower Great Lakes. The river, which some consider a strait, flows in a southerly direction, connecting the southern end of Lake Huron to the northern end of Lake St. Clair. It branches into several channels near", "title": "St. Clair River" } ]

[ "Jennifer Bransford", "Tamara Braun", "Sarah Joy Brown", "Laura Wright" ]

[ { "id": "3292160", "text": "Laura Wright Laura Wright (née Sisk; September 11, 1970) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her roles as Ally Rescott on \"Loving\" and \"The City\" (1991–1997), Cassie Layne Winslow on \"Guiding Light\" (1997–2005) and Carly Corinthos on \"General Hospital\" (2005–present); the latter garnered her the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 2011. Wright was born Laura Sisk in Washington D.C., and was raised in Clinton, Maryland. She appeared in several high school plays such as \"\", \"Our Town\", and \"You Can't Take It with You\". Wright (then credited by her", "title": "Laura Wright" }, { "id": "3499486", "text": "Tamara Braun Tamara Braun (born April 18, 1971) is an American actress known for her work on daytime television. She portrayed the role of Carly Corinthos on \"General Hospital\" from 2001–2005 and Reese Williams on \"All My Children\" from 2008-2009. In 2009, Braun won the Daytime Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Ava Vitali on \"Days of Our Lives\". She departed the series in 2008, briefly returning in the role of Taylor Walker during 2011. In 2015, Braun resumed the role of Vitali as part of the series' 50th anniversary commemoration. In 2017, twelve years after", "title": "Tamara Braun" }, { "id": "3292164", "text": "Donna Mills. She will also star in the Lifetime film, \"Stalked by My Patient\", premiering December 14, 2018. Wright married architect John Wright on October 7, 1995. They have two children, Lauren Beth Wright and John Michael Wright. In April 2016, Wright announced that she and John decided to end their marriage. Laura Wright Laura Wright (née Sisk; September 11, 1970) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her roles as Ally Rescott on \"Loving\" and \"The City\" (1991–1997), Cassie Layne Winslow on \"Guiding Light\" (1997–2005) and Carly Corinthos on \"General Hospital\" (2005–present); the latter garnered her", "title": "Laura Wright" }, { "id": "3499492", "text": "again, this time in a new role. She made her first appearance as Kim Nero on November 22, 2017. Tamara Braun Tamara Braun (born April 18, 1971) is an American actress known for her work on daytime television. She portrayed the role of Carly Corinthos on \"General Hospital\" from 2001–2005 and Reese Williams on \"All My Children\" from 2008-2009. In 2009, Braun won the Daytime Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Ava Vitali on \"Days of Our Lives\". She departed the series in 2008, briefly returning in the role of Taylor Walker during 2011. In 2015,", "title": "Tamara Braun" }, { "id": "3292161", "text": "maiden name of Sisk) made her television acting debut on ABC's daytime soap opera \"Loving\" in 1991, playing the character of Allison \"Ally\" Rescott Bowman. She also starred in \"The City\" from 1995 to 1997 as the same character, and then she played the role of Cassie Layne Winslow on CBS soap opera \"Guiding Light\" from 1997 to 2005. On September 12, 2005, Wright was cast as the fourth actress to play the character of Carly Corinthos on ABC's \"General Hospital\". ABC Daytime executive Brian Frons stated in a statement, \"Carly is a complex character, and we are excited to", "title": "Laura Wright" }, { "id": "3499488", "text": "on \"Days of our Lives\". She is also well known for her Emmy-nominated portrayal of Carly Corinthos on the ABC soap opera \"General Hospital\", a role she played from 2001 to 2005. As Carly, Braun was featured very prominently as a romantic partner of characters Sonny Corinthos, portrayed by Daytime Emmy winner Maurice Benard, and Lorenzo Alcazar, portrayed by Ted King. After leaving \"General Hospital\", Braun played the female lead in the independent movie \"Little Chenier\", which was filmed in Louisiana in August 2005. Braun worked with a dialect coach to perfect a Cajun accent, and she altered her appearance", "title": "Tamara Braun" }, { "id": "9173637", "text": "of Emily and Nikolas. The first half of 2005 saw many cast changes for \"General Hospital\". In April, Tamara Braun left the series, and the role of Carly was recast with former \"One Life to Live\" star, Jennifer Bransford. By the fall, Bransford was let go and replaced by former \"Guiding Light\" actress Laura Wright. Earlier that May, Kristina Wagner opted to leave the role of Felicia Jones and was replaced with former \"Another World\" star Sandra Ferguson. Also that month, the character of Maxie Jones was recast with former \"Days of Our Lives\" star Kirsten Storms, who took over", "title": "History of General Hospital" }, { "id": "7957639", "text": "Carly Corinthos Carly Corinthos is a fictional character from \"General Hospital\", a soap opera on the ABC network, currently portrayed by Laura Wright since 2005. A collaborative effort between the writers, Carly — originally played by Sarah Joy Brown (1996–2001) — was introduced under executive producer Wendy Riche. A \"love to hate\" character who brings excitement to storylines because of her devious ways, Carly is the illegitimate daughter of former bad girl turned heroine, Bobbie Spencer (Jacklyn Zeman). Carly seduces her mother's husband for revenge. Throughout the 2000s, Carly, then Tamara Braun (2001–05) goes on to become one of the", "title": "Carly Corinthos" }, { "id": "3499563", "text": "Indie Series Award for Best Lead Actress (Drama) for the role. Brown is a practicing convert to Judaism. She has one daughter, Jordan Alexandra Judith Levy (b. July 20, 1998), whose father is Brown's ex-fiancé, Israeli composer Shuki Levy (a former executive producer on \"VR Troopers\" and the \"Power Rangers\" franchise). Brown has been diagnosed with Celiac Disease. Sarah Joy Brown Sarah Joy Brown, sometimes credited simply as Sarah Brown (born February 18, 1975), is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for originating the role of Carly Corinthos on the American daytime drama \"General Hospital\" from 1996 to", "title": "Sarah Joy Brown" }, { "id": "7957671", "text": "and intelligence to this role.\" While Wright was sad to leave \"Guiding Light\", she was excited to relocate to Los Angeles to play the role of Carly. \"Wow! What a challenge\" she said. Wright was due to begin filming in October after her contract with CBS expired. Wright made her debut on November 4, 2005. In November 2009, Wright announced on \"Twitter\" that she had re-signed with the series for another 4 years officially becoming the longest running actress in the role. In July 2013 during the General Hospital Fan Club Weekend, it was reported that Wright had renewed her", "title": "Carly Corinthos" }, { "id": "9032065", "text": "contract after six years with the soap. Following Tognoni's announcement, it was rumored that the actress would take over the role of Carly Corinthos on the ABC Daytime soap \"General Hospital\", a role that later went to actress Tamara Braun. Tognoni vacated the role on-screen on August 14, 2001. She briefly reprised her role in December 2001 and January 2002. Tognoni later went on to join the CBS Daytime soap \"Guiding Light\" in 2004, portraying the role of Dinah Marler. In June 2003, it was announced that the role of Kelly Cramer was to be brought back to the series,", "title": "Kelly Cramer" }, { "id": "4961056", "text": "Jennifer Bransford Jennifer Bransford (born December 2, 1968) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Georgie Phillips on \"One Life to Live\" (1997–1998) and for her role as the third Carly Corinthos on \"General Hospital\" (2005). She is a graduate of Mamaroneck High School and Dartmouth College. She is married to Bradley White and has three children: Alexandra Harper White born , Hudson Samuel White born , and Zoe Caroline White born . Bransford has appeared in many movies and television series, including a FOX network series Jonny Zero and the Jon Favreau/Vince Vaughn comedy, Made", "title": "Jennifer Bransford" }, { "id": "3499487", "text": "exiting her role as Carly on \"General Hospital\", Braun returned as Kim Nero, the single mother of Oscar, Carly’s daughter Josslyn’s boyfriend. Braun was born in the Chicago suburb of Evanston, Illinois, to a family of Jewish descent.. She attended Evanston Township High School. She was a psychology major at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and took a summer course in Shakespeare at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in England before backpacking throughout Europe. Braun is well known for her win at the 2009 Daytime Emmy Awards, receiving the accolade of Outstanding Supporting Actress for the role of Ava Vitali", "title": "Tamara Braun" }, { "id": "3499556", "text": "Sarah Joy Brown Sarah Joy Brown, sometimes credited simply as Sarah Brown (born February 18, 1975), is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for originating the role of Carly Corinthos on the American daytime drama \"General Hospital\" from 1996 to 2001. For the role, she won three Daytime Emmy Awards. In 2008, she returned to \"General Hospital\" in a different role, Claudia Zacchara. She exited \"General Hospital\" once again in 2009 and began appearing on \"The Bold and the Beautiful\" in the newly created role of Aggie Jones. Brown appeared as Madison James on \"Days of Our Lives\"", "title": "Sarah Joy Brown" }, { "id": "11756521", "text": "Ava Vitali Ava Vitali is a fictional character from \"Days of Our Lives\", an American soap opera on the NBC network. Created by and introduced by then-executive producers Ken Corday and Edward J. Scott, she is portrayed by Tamara Braun, who won a Daytime Emmy Award for the role in 2009. Introduced as a \"mysterious woman from Steve's past,\" Ava was later revealed as a woman from a Mafia family. In January 2008, it was announced that Tamara Braun, best known as the second actress to portray the character of Carly Corinthos on the ABC Daytime drama, \"General Hospital\", had", "title": "Ava Vitali" }, { "id": "3292163", "text": "the series until 2017, a total of 12 years time. In 2011, after 20 years on soaps, Wright was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for her portrayal of Carly in the Outstanding Lead Actress category. Wright won the award at the 38th Daytime Emmy Awards. Wright was later nominated again in the Lead Actress category for the 39th Daytime Emmy Awards. She lost the award to Heather Tom for her portrayal of Katie Logan Spencer on \"The Bold and the Beautiful\". In 2015, Wright made a cameo appearance in the film, \"Joy\", alongside \"General Hospital\" co-stars Maurice Benard and", "title": "Laura Wright" }, { "id": "3499558", "text": "An article in FOX Kids Magazine claimed a member of the VR Troopers cast would be quitting the series to become a part of the Power Rangers cast, however the aforementioned Zeo three-parter and Hawkins voicing the Gold Ranger prior to the return of Austin St. John as Jason Lee Scott is the closest anything like this ever came to happening. In April 1996 Brown originated the role Carly Corinthos on the American ABC soap opera \"General Hospital\". Brown \"quickly became an overnight sensation\" and received three Daytime Emmy Awards for her portrayal of Carly. She won for Outstanding Younger", "title": "Sarah Joy Brown" }, { "id": "4961057", "text": "in 2001.Bransford is also known for her work on soap operas. She portrayed the roles of Georgie Phillips on One Life to Live from June 1997 to July 1998, the character's entire run, and Carly Corinthos Alcazar on General Hospital from April 2005 to October 2005.[2][3] Over her lifetime, she has been dedicated to social justice and children. From 1992 to 2005, while performing in television and film, she co-developed an animated series and curriculum for The National Urban Technology Center to teach kids social and emotional skills with role-playing, critical reflection, and interactive digital tools. In 2012, she teamed", "title": "Jennifer Bransford" }, { "id": "3168308", "text": "announced that Schroeder would return as Serena Baldwin to \"General Hospital\" to honor the late Peter Hansen, who had died in April 2017, who had portrayed her grandfather, Lee Baldwin. Carly Schroeder Carly Brook Schroeder (born October 18, 1990) is an American film and television actress. She is best known for playing Serena Baldwin, the daughter of Scotty Baldwin and Lucy Coe in the \"General Hospital\" spin-off \"Port Charles\". She also had a recurring role on the Disney Channel's \"Lizzie McGuire\". In 2007, she played the lead in \"Gracie\", a film inspired by a real-life tragedy during the childhood of", "title": "Carly Schroeder" }, { "id": "3336711", "text": "Maura West Maura West DeFreitas (born Maura Jo Snyder; April 27, 1972) is an American actress, best known for her 15-year portrayal as Carly Snyder on the CBS daytime soap opera \"As the World Turns\", a role she held from 1995 until the series finale in 2010. West later portrayed the role Diane Jenkins on \"The Young and the Restless\" from September 2010 to August 2011, and as of 2013, currently portrays mob heiress Ava Jerome on \"General Hospital\". West was born on April 27, 1972 in Springfield, Massachusetts as the youngest of four children. Growing up in Ludlow, Massachusetts,", "title": "Maura West" }, { "id": "15423793", "text": "introduced the character in 1998, and the character was written out of the series a year later in 1999. In 2010, the character was brought back to the show, this time portrayed by former \"General Hospital\" actress Natalia Livingston, best known for her role as Emily Quartermaine. However, after only three weeks of airing, the show announced the role of Taylor would be recast with Tamara Braun, who worked with Livingston on \"General Hospital\" when she appeared as Carly Corinthos. Braun also previously appeared on \"Days of our Lives\" as Ava Vitali. \"Days of our Lives\" co-executive producer Greg Meng", "title": "Taylor Walker (Days of Our Lives)" }, { "id": "3336716", "text": "co-star Scott DeFreitas since January 22, 2000. West has six children. One of her children, Joe West, is a Broadway actor. Maura West Maura West DeFreitas (born Maura Jo Snyder; April 27, 1972) is an American actress, best known for her 15-year portrayal as Carly Snyder on the CBS daytime soap opera \"As the World Turns\", a role she held from 1995 until the series finale in 2010. West later portrayed the role Diane Jenkins on \"The Young and the Restless\" from September 2010 to August 2011, and as of 2013, currently portrays mob heiress Ava Jerome on \"General Hospital\".", "title": "Maura West" }, { "id": "3168302", "text": "Carly Schroeder Carly Brook Schroeder (born October 18, 1990) is an American film and television actress. She is best known for playing Serena Baldwin, the daughter of Scotty Baldwin and Lucy Coe in the \"General Hospital\" spin-off \"Port Charles\". She also had a recurring role on the Disney Channel's \"Lizzie McGuire\". In 2007, she played the lead in \"Gracie\", a film inspired by a real-life tragedy during the childhood of actors Elisabeth Shue and Andrew Shue. Schroeder was born in Valparaiso, Indiana. Carly's younger brother, Hunter Schroeder, is also an actor; he has appeared with her in \"Gracie\" and \"Eye", "title": "Carly Schroeder" }, { "id": "15626089", "text": "Bobbie Spencer Barbara Jean \"Bobbie\" Spencer, RN is a fictional character from the ABC soap opera \"General Hospital\", portrayed by Jacklyn Zeman. She debuted in December 1977, after playing Lana McClain on sister-soap \"One Life to Live\". Zeman went on to appear continually on \"GH\" until July 2010. The character is the sister of Luke Spencer and mother of Carly Corinthos. In February 2013, it was announced that Zeman would be returning to the role; she first appeared on March 22, and once again vacated the role on April 15. However, on October 22, it was confirmed that Zeman would", "title": "Bobbie Spencer" }, { "id": "16701087", "text": "unknown past, the pre-Salem secrets of Madison's life begin to become exposed as she continues to live her life in Salem. In April 2012, it was announced that Brown was let go from \"Days of our Lives\", and Madison last appeared on August 15, 2012. In July 2011, it was announced that soap veteran Sarah Joy Brown would join the cast of \"Days of our Lives\" as newly created character Madison James. Brown, best known for her role as Carly Corinthos from 1996 to 2001 on the ABC Daytime series \"General Hospital\", had just finished her run as Aggie Jones", "title": "Madison James" }, { "id": "9125094", "text": "coveted role of Carly Corinthos on \"General Hospital\". Buxton has appeared in the critically acclaimed films \"The Climb\" (1999) starring alongside John Hurt, and \"Little Children\" (2006). She also starred alongside Steven Seagal in the 2005 action film \"Today You Die\", and has appeared in films \"Devil's Highway\", \"Bedtime Stories\", and \"Spread\". On television, she has guest starred on \"\", \"NYPD Blue\", \"Criminal Minds\" and \"Glee\". Buxton's company TUTUblue markets UV-protective swimwear, which she pitched during the 7th season, episode 18 of \"Shark Tank\". Buxton was born in Sacramento County, California. She lives in Beverly Hills with her husband, actor", "title": "Sarah G. Buxton" }, { "id": "16597865", "text": "their company. He is later revealed to be the long lost son of super-villain Cesar Faison (Anders Hove). Ramsey's casting was first reported by TVLine on October 26, 2017. Apart from his name, very little information was given about the character. Ramsey had recently become known to \"General Hospital\" fans as the boyfriend of actress Laura Wright who played Carly Corinthos. The actor had a friendly encounter with executive producer Frank Valentini when he accompanied Wright to work one day. Months later, Ramsey came in to audition for Peter and booked the role. The actor admitted that he missed working", "title": "General Hospital characters (2010s)" }, { "id": "7957678", "text": "becomes impulsive and self-destructive and has a one-night stand with the troubled alcoholic A. J. Quartermaine (Sean Kanan). According to Brown, the writing for Carly isn't to garner sympathy from viewers, but being aware her motives creates a certain intrigue. Carly Corinthos Carly Corinthos is a fictional character from \"General Hospital\", a soap opera on the ABC network, currently portrayed by Laura Wright since 2005. A collaborative effort between the writers, Carly — originally played by Sarah Joy Brown (1996–2001) — was introduced under executive producer Wendy Riche. A \"love to hate\" character who brings excitement to storylines because of", "title": "Carly Corinthos" }, { "id": "15629157", "text": "Claudia Zacchara Claudia Zacchara is a fictional character from the ABC soap opera \"General Hospital\". Claudia is the daughter of New York City mob boss Anthony Zacchara. Claudia was portrayed by Sarah Brown beginning January 31, 2008. She left the role of Claudia on November 4, 2009, to join the cast of \"The Bold and the Beautiful\", starting on November 5. Brown also originated the role of Carly Corinthos on \"General Hospital\" in 1996, leaving the series in 2001. With actress Laura Wright in the role of Carly, Brown returned to \"General Hospital\" in January 2008 as new character Claudia.", "title": "Claudia Zacchara" }, { "id": "15762311", "text": "Sonny Corinthos and Carly Benson Michael \"Sonny\" Corinthos, Jr. and Caroline Leigh \"Carly\" Benson are fictional characters of the long running ABC daytime soap opera, General Hospital and also a supercouple.<ref name=\"SoaP OpeRa DiGest 02/24/09\"></ref> Sonny is the most powerful mobster in Port Charles, New York and Carly is the daughter of one of the show's popular characters, Bobbie Spencer, and the niece of soap opera supercouple, Luke and Laura. Sonny is played by Maurice Benard and Carly is currently played by Laura Wright. Sonny and Carly were together, on and off, from December 1999 to April 2007. They have", "title": "Sonny Corinthos and Carly Benson" }, { "id": "7957665", "text": "on and the producers were contemplating a recast. Robin Christopher who played Skye Chandler on \"All My Children\" and Gina Tognoni — Kelly Cramer from \"One Life to Live\" — were both considered as Brown's replacement. The series was also suffering from the departures of several popular actors including Burton and Jonathan Jackson—who played Carly's cousin Lucky Spencer. Brown immediately denied rumors that a dispute with executive producer Jill Farren Phelps led to her departure. Brown filmed her final scenes in early April 2001, and made her final appearance on April 24. In April 2001, Braun was announced as a", "title": "Carly Corinthos" }, { "id": "7957670", "text": "the role Carly did not work out.\" The spokesperson praised Bransford as a \"consummate actress\" and wished her luck. Bransford filmed her final scenes on September 9, and made final appearance on October 5, 2005. Wright, who had recently vacated the role of Cassie Layne Winslow on \"Guiding Light\", was rumored to be on a short list of potential recast though Wright refused to comment. After an \"exhaustive\" search, ABC officially confirmed Wright's casting as the fourth actress to play the role of Carly. Frons commented: \"Carly is a complex character and we are excited to bring Laura's talent, beauty", "title": "Carly Corinthos" }, { "id": "3237096", "text": "player on \"All My Children\" in 1989. In a July 2006 interview in industry magazine \"Soap Opera Digest\", Chappell recalled actor Maurice Benard helping her through her first scenes. After a brief run on \"Santa Barbara\" in 1990, (she played a classmate of Eden's who died of an ice overdose), Chappell was cast as Dr. Carly Manning Alamain (Katerina von Leuschner) on \"Days of Our Lives\". She portrayed the role from June 1990 to October 1993. Chappell and future husband Michael Sabatino met on \"Days of Our Lives\", where he played villain Lawrence Alamain. Chappell was front-burner for most of", "title": "Crystal Chappell" }, { "id": "7957672", "text": "contract with the series until 2017. In March 2014, it was announced that both Sarah Brown and Tamara Braun would reprise the role of Carly for the show's 51st anniversary on April 1, 2014 making cameo appearances alongside Wright. Officially, former head writers Claire Labine (1993–96) and Robert Guza, Jr. (1996–2000, 2002–11), along with script writers Karen Harris and Patrick Mulcahey, are said to have created the character of Carly. In 1999, writer Patrick Mulcahey noted that the character had been somewhat of a work in progress at first. Mulchey explained that she was different from most characters because \"We", "title": "Carly Corinthos" }, { "id": "20064599", "text": "June 28, 2018, Daytime Confidential reported that Lanier decided not renew her contract with \"General Hospital\". Lanier reprised her \"General Hospital\" role briefly in October 2018. Lanier and Wright are friends outside of filming \"General Hospital.\" “There’s a trust factor there,” Lanier explained of her relationship with Wright, “which means we can go further. The conflict would be fine if we weren’t friends, but it’s made it ten times stronger that we are. It’s also much more fun!” Wright agreed with her co-star, adding: “Chloe knows I’ll look out for her. For instance, during that huge scene where Carly learned", "title": "Chloe Lanier" }, { "id": "10604163", "text": "Carly Manning Carly Manning is a fictional character on the NBC soap opera \"Days of Our Lives\". Crystal Chappell portrayed the character from June 12, 1990 to October 18, 1993. After a sixteen-year absence, she reprised the role on October 2, 2009 to September 22, 2011. In between her first and second stints, Chappell played the role of businesswoman Olivia Spencer on the CBS soap opera \"Guiding Light\" from 1999 until its final episode in 2009. Chappell's most memorable storyline on the show was in 1993 when her longtime rival Vivian Alamain (Louise Sorel) buried her alive, which has become", "title": "Carly Manning" }, { "id": "16597887", "text": "Erin) to become a medical student. In 2018, he makes sexual harassment advances to Kiki. Nelle Benson, portrayed by Chloe Lanier, first appeared on August 8, 2016. She is the adoptive half sister of Carly Corinthos. Drew Cain, portrayed by Billy Miller, was introduced in 2014 as a hit-and-run victim with amnesia. The character was created by head writer Carlivati as a recast of the presumed Jason Morgan. Andrew, originally known as \"Jake Doe\", is believed to be Jason with plastic surgery and the revelation breaks up his engagement to Elizabeth Webber (Rebecca Herbst). Living as Jason, he reunites with", "title": "General Hospital characters (2010s)" }, { "id": "3258591", "text": "2000, to December 31, 2013, following Disney-ABC's decision to discontinue the network. \"General Hospital\" is the longest-running serial produced in Hollywood, and the longest-running entertainment program in ABC television history. It holds the record for most Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Drama Series, with 13 wins. The show was created by husband-and-wife soap writers Frank and Doris Hursley, who originally set it in a general hospital (hence the title), in an unnamed fictional city. In the 1970s, the city was named Port Charles, New York. From its beginning, \"General Hospital\" starred John Beradino and Emily McLaughlin, and both actors stayed", "title": "General Hospital" }, { "id": "6894318", "text": "character, a suave tycoon, has been involved with a succession of \"General Hospital\" characters, most notably Brenda Barrett (played by Vanessa Marcil), who was also a love interest of Sonny Corinthos (played by Maurice Benard). However, Jax may have met his match – or his soulmate – when he romanced and then married Carly Corinthos (played by Laura Wright), Sonny's ex and the mother of two of Sonny's children. Jax and Carly's relationship has been a passionate and tempestuous one, marked by separations and reunions. Carly's relationship with her ex-husband and his henchman, Jason Morgan, has been the cause of", "title": "Ingo Rademacher" }, { "id": "8234312", "text": "Morgan Corinthos Morgan Corinthos was a fictional character from the original ABC Daytime soap opera, \"General Hospital\", last portrayed by Bryan Craig. Morgan is the only biological child of Sonny and Carly Corinthos. The character was created under head writers, Robert Guza, Jr. and Charles Pratt, Jr. and introduced by executive producer Jill Farren Phelps, as a newborn on October 24, 2003. In 2009, the character is SORASed (rapidly aged) and the role was recast with actor Aaron Refvem in 2009, and later Aaron Sanders in 2010. The character is written out of the series in the summer of 2011", "title": "Morgan Corinthos" }, { "id": "9173640", "text": "Wright as Carly. At the same time Kimberly McCullough reprised her role as Robin Scorpio, bringing along 1980s character Dr. Noah Drake, played by Rick Springfield, on a recurring status. Robin is soon romantically paired with Noah's son Patrick Drake, played by newcomer Jason Thompson. The following February sweeps saw General Hospital quarantined due to an encephalitis virus outbreak. While the virus killed off long-time character Tony Jones (Brad Maule) and Courtney Matthews (Alicia Leigh Willis). other veteran characters made guest appearances that year. The story briefly brought back Robert Scorpio, played by Tristan Rogers, who reunites with his daughter", "title": "History of General Hospital" }, { "id": "3237095", "text": "Crystal Chappell Crystal Elizabeth Chappell (born August 4, 1965) is an American actress who played Carly Manning on \"Days of Our Lives\" from 1990 to 1993, Maggie Carpenter on \"One Life to Live\" from 1995–97 and Olivia Spencer on \"Guiding Light\" from 1999 to 2009. On October 2, 2009, she began reprising the role of Carly Manning. In May 2011, Chappell revealed that her contract was not renewed and her character ended its run in late summer. She has since appeared as Danielle Spencer on \"The Bold and the Beautiful\" in 2012. Chappell's first daytime appearance was as a day", "title": "Crystal Chappell" }, { "id": "7957666", "text": "Carly recast and made her first appearance on May 2, 2001. Initial speculation that Braun was only temporary and the character was slated to be written out was put to rest as Braun was put on contract with the series. According to Phelps, recast was always an option, but it was easier said than done. Phelps told the \"New York Post\" that she wasn't interested in a recast, but did so out of necessity. Braun had previously appeared on \"Party of Five\" and \"Buffy the Vampire Slayer\". The naturally brunette Braun even colored her hair blonde. Braun auditioned opposite Benard", "title": "Carly Corinthos" }, { "id": "17254264", "text": "West's performance has been met with critical acclaim, winning her the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 2015. In early April, Jamey Giddens and Jillian Bowe of Daytime Confidential reported a rumor that the Daytime Emmy Award winner Maura West, best known for her role as Carly Snyder on \"As the World Turns\" was set to join the cast in a top secret role. On April 24, nearly two weeks after Confidential's original report, \"Soap Opera Digest\" and other soap opera media confirmed the news and revealed that West had joined the cast in", "title": "Ava Jerome" }, { "id": "20486750", "text": "making more appearances on the show. Lanier appeared on November 8, 2018. A casting call was released for a \"General Hospital\" female character in her early 20s who is described as being \"charismatic, dynamic and fiery.\" Any ethnicity actress was asked to audition for the role. According to Lanier, \"As much as her character mostly has it out for Carly, Nelle has a good heart, and isn't entirely vicious and evil.\" She was introduced as a school teacher whose kidney was sold on the black market in order to save her niece, Josslyn's life. There were speculations that she would", "title": "Nelle Benson" }, { "id": "9173650", "text": "and publicly verbally abuses her, leading to her kidnapping Carly Corinthos, causing Carly to go into labor. Michael ends up finding them, and accidentally killing Claudia to save Carly and his baby sister Josslyn. At the end of 2009, crazed artist Robert 'Franco' Frank (played by actor James Franco), comes to town and is shown to be obsessed with Jason Morgan. He kidnaps Sam, Lulu and Carly, who are saved shortly before he leaves town. The end of 2009 also brought back fan favorite and original portrayer Jonathan Jackson as Lucky Spencer, and new character Lisa Niles, briefly portrayed by", "title": "History of General Hospital" }, { "id": "7957668", "text": "Turns\". In February 2005, it was announced that Braun had decided not to renew her contract and would vacate the role. Then president of ABC Daytime, Brian Frons admitted that he would love to have Brown back, but did not want to lose Braun. Braun made her final appearance April 15, 2005. In late March 2005, it was announced that actress Bransford had been cast in the role of Carly. Phelps commented that it would be difficult but viewers would accept the recast as long as the actors made it work. Bransford beat out \"Melrose Place\" actress Jamie Luner for", "title": "Carly Corinthos" }, { "id": "17503450", "text": "and \"American Reunion.\" In 2013, she plays Jill in \"Fat\", which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. She recently guest starred on the show \"\" as Carly Dawson in the episode \"Breaking Brig\" and Kelly Press on \"Major Crimes\". She played: Janet Conrad, a pushy NATO Photographer who was seeking a career changing \"Front Line Photo\" in the 2016 movie; \"\". In 2017 she appeared on \"American Horror Story\" in the episode \"Great Again\". In season 14 of \"Grey's Anatomy\" she appeared as Dr. Kate Lachman. Charlene Amoia Charlene Amoia is an American actress best known for her role", "title": "Charlene Amoia" }, { "id": "20486760", "text": "to the situation that happened to Carly did years ago, when she lost her child on the same stairs. Nelle Benson Nelle Benson is a fictional character from \"General Hospital\", an American soap opera on the ABC network. Created by Shelly Altman and Jean Passanante, and introduced by executive producer Frank Valentini, Nelle is portrayed by actress Chloe Lanier, who made her first appearance on August 8, 2016. \"General Hospital\" was planning to cast another actress to portray the role of Nelle Hayes, as Lanier was involved with another series, \"Kingdom\" at that time, but Laura Wright and Frank Valentini", "title": "Nelle Benson" }, { "id": "3336712", "text": "West attended Boston University, graduating with a bachelor's degree in fine arts. In 1995, West joined the cast of the CBS soap opera \"As the World Turns\" in the role of Carly Tenney. She held the role from April 11, 1995 to May 8, 1996. West later returned to the role on September 10, 1997, remaining on the series, until its television finale on September 17, 2010. West has received a number of honors for her portrayal of Carly, including nominations for the Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Villainess in 1996, for Outstanding Younger Lead Actress 1999 and 2000,", "title": "Maura West" }, { "id": "10604177", "text": "and rivals that of the supercouple. When she made her long-awaited return in 2009, Chappell was thrust into a story surrounding Carly's biological daughter Melanie Jonas, played by Molly Burnett. Off-screen, Chappell became a friend and mentor to Burnett and at the time of her co-star's exit, Burnett said, \"Crystal brings her A game every time she films a scene. So you want to bring yours to stay with her. She always inspired me to work really hard.\" Chappell's professionalism is often noted by her colleagues on the shows she has appeared on, including \"Days of Our Lives\" actor Wally", "title": "Carly Manning" }, { "id": "10604164", "text": "one of the show's most notorious plots. Along with Vivian, most of Carly's stories revolve around her ex-husband Bo Brady (Peter Reckell) and late husband Lawrence Alamain (Michael Sabatino). Following the departure of Kristian Alfonso as heroine Hope Williams Brady in 1990, \"DAYS\" sought an actress for the newly created role of Carly Manning. Crystal Chappell joined the cast after her short-term role as drug dealer Jane Kingsley on another NBC soap opera, \"Santa Barbara\" when she was approached by the show's casting director Doris Sabbagh. Chappell studied acting at the University of Maryland, Baltimore and with legendary acting coach", "title": "Carly Manning" }, { "id": "13228870", "text": "a half at Sam Houston, he moved to Los Angeles. Chad is married to his wife Carly. They have three sons: Hudson (born December 18, 2007), Ford (born January 6, 2010), and Tucker (born June 6, 2011). In 2000 started playing Zander Smith on the daytime soap opera \"General Hospital\". He played the character from 2000–2004, until he was killed off, and won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series in 2004. He has also guest starred on \"Friday Night Lights\", \"Cold Case\", and \"Deadwood\". Another of his roles includes Tolten from the Xbox 360", "title": "Chad Brannon" }, { "id": "8234347", "text": "The couple ranked at #4 on \"Daytime Confidential's\" list of the \"10 Best Soap Opera Couples\" for the year. \"If General Hospital bottled the chemistry shared by mob legacies Ava Jerome (Maura West) and Morgan Corinthos (Bryan Craig), the soap would be able to sustain a $100 million annual operating budget.\" Morgan Corinthos Morgan Corinthos was a fictional character from the original ABC Daytime soap opera, \"General Hospital\", last portrayed by Bryan Craig. Morgan is the only biological child of Sonny and Carly Corinthos. The character was created under head writers, Robert Guza, Jr. and Charles Pratt, Jr. and introduced", "title": "Morgan Corinthos" }, { "id": "8055159", "text": "talented and instantly recognisable, Carly left the soap along with all of her on-screen family in August 2000. She then went on to appear in \"Harry and Cosh\" in 2002. Hillman also had a spell with British R&B Girl Group Urban Lady during the early 2000s and released the song \"Mutual\" into the U.K. Charts in 2003. Further TV appearances and Theatre credits transpired including; All Star Talent Show, Soapstar Superchef and Celebrity Britains Best Dish, plus leading roles with RJ Williamson Shakespeare Company, New Vic Workshops and Ian Dickens Productions. Carly took a break from acting around 2009 to", "title": "Carly Hillman" }, { "id": "4669326", "text": "& Vance Fish Corp. Additionally, she appeared as Judith Haven in an episode of \"What I Like About You\" and she voiced Blair Lansfield in the video game \"\". Currently, she stars as Rosalyn Harris in the fifth season of HBO hit series \"True Blood\". In 2016, she joined the cast of the Netflix production \"\". Since 2006, Hennessy has played Diane Miller on the daytime soap opera \"General Hospital\". She was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for the role in 2010. In October 2011, Hennesy appeared on \"Jessie\" as Mrs. Chesterfield, a role she would reprise through the", "title": "Carolyn Hennesy" }, { "id": "7957664", "text": "played Jason. Brown won the role out of seven other actresses including Burton's real-life girlfriend. Despite her own reservations, Brown officially booked the role on February 18, 1996, her 21st birthday. Brown made her first appearance as Carly on April 5, 1996. In September 1999, Brown revealed to \"Soaps In Depth\" that she was contemplating renewing her contract so she could audition for pilot. Brown's plans to officially vacate the role were announced in January 2000. However, Brown extended her contract when the producers agreed to work around her schedule. In December 2000, Brown announced that she wanted to move", "title": "Carly Corinthos" }, { "id": "9352747", "text": "auditioned for the Seven Network's fledgling soap opera, \"Home and Away\" in 1987. She was successfully cast and became one of the original characters to appear in the programme, from the pilot episode which initially aired in January 1988. She played Carly Morris, the foster daughter of Pippa and Tom Fletcher, Carly had suffered severe child abuse from her biological father. During her time on the show, Hodgson's troubled character weathered rape, alcoholism, an array of relationship and family problems, which were all chronicled with a tie-in novel, Sharyn also portrayed Carly's twin sister Samantha Morris. She eventually finds love", "title": "Sharyn Hodgson" }, { "id": "10401721", "text": "on to appear on other shows such as \"General Hospital\", and appeared in movies such as . Meanwhile, the show briefly re-cast Carrie with actress Tracy Middendorf from January 10, 1992 to December 14, 1992. Producers asked Clark to return on December 18, 1992. In June 1999, it was reported by \"Soap Opera Digest\" that Clark would exit that fall, and she left on November 19, 1999. In 2005, it was announced that Carrie and Austin would return to the series. Austin, played by Austin Peck returned in July 2005 while Clark reprised the role as Carrie on December 2,", "title": "Carrie Brady" }, { "id": "3237104", "text": "moved to the Annapolis, Maryland area and attended Arundel High School. She subsequently attended the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She was married to Scott Fanjoy from 1988 to 1991. She has been married to actor Michael Sabatino since January 6, 1997. They have two children. Crystal Chappell Crystal Elizabeth Chappell (born August 4, 1965) is an American actress who played Carly Manning on \"Days of Our Lives\" from 1990 to 1993, Maggie Carpenter on \"One Life to Live\" from 1995–97 and Olivia Spencer on \"Guiding Light\" from 1999 to 2009. On October 2, 2009, she began reprising the role", "title": "Crystal Chappell" }, { "id": "3258606", "text": "original ABC, Inc. merged with Capital Cities Communications in 1985 and it became Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. The show would change hands again when The Walt Disney Company bought Capital Cities/ABC in 1996 and Disney began to program the network and the soap in September 1997 where it remains to this day. Though the series originally focused on solely the medical staff at Port Charles' General Hospital, and starred John Beradino as Dr. Steve Hardy and Emily McLaughlin as Nurse Jessie Brewer, the series branched out and began to focus more on the people and families of the town of Port", "title": "General Hospital" }, { "id": "7957642", "text": "arrives in town and ingratiates herself into the life of Nurse Bobbie Jones (Jacklyn Zeman) -- her biological mother—when she enrolls in the nursing program at General Hospital. Meanwhile, Carly begins an affair and friendship with mobster Jason Morgan (Steve Burton). After being rejected by Bobbie, Carly seduces Bobbie's husband Doctor Tony Jones (Brad Maule) and she falls in love with him. Bobbie's brother Luke Spencer (Anthony Geary) uncovers Carly's true identity and warns to stop hurting her mother. Bobbie however discovers the affair on her wedding anniversary to Tony, making the two bitter enemies. After a fight with Tony,", "title": "Carly Corinthos" }, { "id": "3541557", "text": "FBI Agent Reese Marshall, the former love interest of mobster Sonny Corinthos and former best friend/rival of Carly Corinthos. Wuhrer's character died after suffering injuries in a train wreck. In January 2006, Wuhrer announced that she was suing \"General Hospital\", claiming that she was fired because of her pregnancy. The case was resolved in December 2006. Kari Wuhrer Kari Samantha Wuhrer (born April 28, 1967) is an American actress and singer. Wuhrer began her career as a teenager, and is best known for her time as a cast member on MTV's \"Remote Control\", as well as her roles as Maggie", "title": "Kari Wuhrer" }, { "id": "3260983", "text": "Alicia Leigh Willis Alicia Leigh Willis (born March 1, 1978) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles in soap operas. Alicia was born in Atlanta, Georgia. She is one of four children. Sisters Kimberly and Tiffany, and brother Ryan. Her father is actor David E. Willis and her mother is Leigh Willis. Alicia currently resides in Aliso Viejo, California. She portrayed Alli Fowler on the NBC soap opera \"Another World\" from 1998 to 1999. From December 2001 to February 2006, Willis played Courtney Matthews on the ABC soap opera, \"General Hospital\". She was nominated for two", "title": "Alicia Leigh Willis" }, { "id": "7957392", "text": "winning in 2003. Benard was also nominated in the Supporting Actor category in 1997. Benard also won two Soap Opera Digest Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in 1996 and 2003. Sonny Corinthos Sonny Corinthos is a fictional character and the main protagonist on the ABC soap opera \"General Hospital\". Maurice Benard has played the role of the manic depressive mob kingpin, living in Port Charles, since the character's storyline originated on August 13, 1993. Sonny is also known for supercouple pairings with Brenda Barrett and Carly Benson. Sonny and Brenda were the most popular supercouple of the 1990s. Since joining", "title": "Sonny Corinthos" }, { "id": "12642727", "text": "with Braun in creating the wardrobe for the Reese Williams character. The two had worked together before when Braun portrayed Carly Corinthos on \"General Hospital\". While bringing their ideas together, they tried to make sure they did not make Reese into too much of a cliché. \"I like that she goes from really strong pants with a buttoned shirt and tie, which is so on trend but is also just great style, to wearing dresses,\" Braun said. Reese's wardrobe goes back and forth between the two different types of style which allows Braun and Zyla to play with her fashion.", "title": "Reese Williams and Bianca Montgomery" }, { "id": "8706878", "text": "Jasper Jacks Jasper \"Jax\" Jacks is a fictional character from the ABC Daytime soap opera \"General Hospital\". He has been portrayed off-and-on by actor Ingo Rademacher since 1996. The role was temporarily portrayed by Gideon Emery during Rademacher's absence in January 2008. Jax gained popularity due to the love triangle involving him and supercouple Sonny Corinthos and Brenda Barrett. When Brenda left the show it continued on with Sonny and Carly Benson. Sonny and Jax became mortal enemies due to their frequent affections for the same woman. Jax has left the show numerous times, but for the most part has", "title": "Jasper Jacks" }, { "id": "7957667", "text": "four times before booking the gig. Braun answered the casting call for the role of Sarah, which many assumed was a recast of Sarah Webber. In an interview with \"Soap Opera Digest\" from September 2001, Braun explained that \"Right before booking this job, I had vowed to quit acting and just re-evaluate.\" After booking the role, Braun immediately did her research. They daytime newcomer admitted that she was nervous about replacing such a popular actress but welcomed the challenge. In early 2005, speculation grew over Braun's future with the soap due to Brown's recent exit from CBS' \"As the World", "title": "Carly Corinthos" }, { "id": "7957663", "text": "good for Jason and Sonny and Carly thanked her for saving Jason's life. Sonny's new doctor Mayes was quite rude to Carly and Sonny voiced himself on that but Carly wanted this to work out and told him it was fine and she had to head to the Metro Court. Carly often voices with Michael how angry she is that Sabrina lied about having his baby and to Morgan to make sure he took his bipolar medications. Brown, known for her appearance in the children's series \"VR Troopers\", auditioned for the role of Carly in early 1996 opposite Burton, who", "title": "Carly Corinthos" }, { "id": "9173633", "text": "2004, many long tenured cast members were taken off contract. In 2003, Rachel Ames, the longest-running character after more than 35 years, was taken off contract and put on recurring status. Around the same time, Brad Maule, who played Tony Jones, and Shell Kepler, who played Amy Vining, were also moved to recurring status. Also in 2003, Anna Lee was moved to recurring status after 25 years as Lila Quartermaine. During the same time, John Ingle, who played Lila's husband Edward Quartermaine, was fired from the show. The producers soon rescinded their decision and asked him to stay on a", "title": "History of General Hospital" }, { "id": "8834196", "text": "Tawny Cypress Tawny Cypress (born August 8, 1976) is an American actress. She has appeared in various television and stage plays. She starred as Cherie Rollins-Murray on the television series \"Unforgettable\", on the second and third seasons. She previously had recurring roles on several TV series, including Fox's drama \"K-Ville\" as Ginger \"Love Tap\" LeBeau, Simone Deveaux on the TV series \"Heroes\", and Carly Heath on \"House of Cards\". Her mother is of Hungarian and German extraction and her father is of African-American and Native American ancestry. Cypress was born and raised in Point Pleasant, New Jersey and now lives", "title": "Tawny Cypress" }, { "id": "3258605", "text": "has aired on ABC Television and has been filmed in Hollywood since its inception. The show was filmed in the Sunset Gower Studios from 1963 to the mid-1980s. It relocated in the 1980s to The Prospect Studios, where it remains. \"General Hospital\" has had a number of different distributors throughout the show's history, From its beginning until 1968, it was a co-production of ABC-Paramount and Selmur Productions. ABC would later buy the series outright in 1968 and its owner passed from Selmur to American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., ABC's old separate conglomerate. Ownership of the soap was then passed when the", "title": "General Hospital" }, { "id": "7957669", "text": "the role and \"The Bold and the Beautiful\" actress Sarah Buxton. Bransford made her first appearance on April 18, 2005. During Bransford's tenure, Shayne Lamas also made several guest appearances as a teenage Carly in several flashbacks. In September 2005, rumors circulated that Bransford had been let out of her contract with the series when a website claiming Bransford's official web site reported the news. It was also rumored that ABC had rehired Tamara Braun while some reported that the character would be written out completely. The news of Bransford's ousting was confirmed and a spokesperson said \"Jennifer's casting in", "title": "Carly Corinthos" }, { "id": "6051198", "text": "her part in the BBC medical drama \"Casualty\". She played the part of Tamzin, a paramedic; appearing onscreen from 13 August 2011, but had confirmed on Twitter that she would only appear for ten weeks (10 episodes) She left the show on 1 October 2011, after her sixth appearance but later returned to the show as Tamzin in 2014. In 2015, Atkinson began playing the role of Carly Hope in the ITV soap opera \"Emmerdale\". She appeared in the 2010 horror film called \"13Hrs\" in February 2009 and a UK gangster film called \"Baseline\" in March 2009. Atkinson played the", "title": "Gemma Atkinson" }, { "id": "20547937", "text": "the film had completely wrapped on November 21, 2016. On October 15, 2017, Nesta adopted a husky one week after fostering and named him Juneau. In early 2015, Cooper started working as a production assistant on a short film showcasing \"Truvelle's\" eight-piece 2015 bridal collection. On May 12, 2015, the film was released on Vimeo. Nesta Cooper Nesta Cooper (born December 11, 1993) is a Canadian actress best known for her roles of Dani Barnes in \"Reality High\" and Shannon in \"The Edge of Seventeen\". Since 2016, Cooper has had a main role as Carly Shannon in the Netflix series", "title": "Nesta Cooper" }, { "id": "17807396", "text": "Bryan Craig Bryan Allen Craig (born October 27, 1991) is an American actor, best known for his portrayal of Morgan Corinthos on ABC's \"General Hospital\". Craig was born in Boca Raton, Florida in 1991. His first acting role was at age fourteen in the 2005 movie \"Off the Chain\". He later left Florida to pursue an acting career in Los Angeles. After moving to Los Angeles, Craig was cast in the 2011 film, \"Christmas Spirit\", as Justin. Next, Craig would guest star on \"The Nine Lives of Chloe King in 2011. Craig then had a recurring role on \"Bucket &", "title": "Bryan Craig" }, { "id": "8468818", "text": "by actor Kate Ritchie, an original character who departed the serial after 20 years. When she returns in the early 2000's, Carly is still married to Ben, who remains off-screen. The pair also have children together. Carly came from an abusive home. Her father George (Helmut Bakaitis) used to beat her, and she had a tempestuous relationship with her twin sister Samantha (also played by Hodgson). Following the death of her mother from a problem with her appendix, she was placed in foster care with the Fletcher family and moves with them to Summer Bay in 1988, aged 16. A", "title": "Carly Morris" }, { "id": "4961228", "text": "Scott Clifton Scott Clifton Snyder (born October 31, 1984), better known as Scott Clifton, is an American actor, musician, and video blogger. He is best known for playing Dillon Quartermaine in \"General Hospital\" (2003–2007), Schuyler Joplin in \"One Life to Live\" (2009–2010), and Liam Spencer in \"The Bold and the Beautiful\" (2010–present). He has three Daytime Emmy Award wins. Clifton was born on October 31, 1984, the only child of Ron and Faye Snyder, in Los Angeles, United States. He is of Russian and Scottish descent. He was raised in the Greater Los Angeles Area of southern California, including the", "title": "Scott Clifton" }, { "id": "9802523", "text": "as well as starring as the naughty Howie Dawson on ABC's \"General Hospital\" from 1968 to 1974. Other television appearances include \"Law & Order\", \"Cosby\", \"L.A. Law\", \"Murder, She Wrote\" (as Lt. Casey), \"St. Elsewhere\", \"Hill Street Blues\", \"Dallas\", \"Newhart\", \"Benson\", \"Happy Days\", \"Barney Miller\" (as Vince Licori) and \"The Man from U.N.C.L.E.\". Since last appearing in a Hollywood acting vehicle in the late 1990's, Girardin has moved back to the East Coast, to Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in the area of his hometown. Now back on the east coast, Ray is happy to be directing at the Academy of Performing", "title": "Ray Girardin" }, { "id": "15665880", "text": "(Steve Johnson), Austin Peck (Austin Reed), Mary Beth Evans (Kayla Brady), Joseph Mascolo (Stefano DiMera), and Thaao Penghlis (Tony DiMera) have been brought back to \"Days of Our Lives\". More additions to the show include the returns of Crystal Chappell (Dr. Carly Manning), and Louise Sorel (Vivian Alamain). In June 2010, characters such as Jennifer Horton, Bill Horton, Shane Donovan, and Kimberly Brady returned for a short time and were featured heavily in a tribute to Alice Horton. Guest cast members have included Elizabeth Alley. In late 2012, the show reintroduced actress Eileen Davidson in the role of Kristen Blake", "title": "Days of Our Lives" }, { "id": "7987133", "text": "guest star in a variety of popular television shows including \"The Good Wife\", \"\", and \"Homeland\". He also has enjoyed a prolific stage career both on and off-Broadway, where he has played a wide range of characters. In 2016 Dawson joined the cast of \"General Hospital\" in the recurring role of Huxley Lynch. Dawson traveled to his native Louisiana to help Habitat for Humanity rebuild houses after Hurricane Katrina. Dawson married Sharron Kearney on October 13, 2012. Trent Dawson Trent Ashley Dawson (born February 4, 1971) is an American actor, best known for his role as Henry Coleman on the", "title": "Trent Dawson" }, { "id": "3258619", "text": "a competitive medical school program, and was known for having more action actually in the hospital than \"General Hospital\" itself. It also included the characters of Scotty Baldwin. Serena Baldwin, Lucy Coe, Kevin Collins, and Karen Wexler, all of whom originally appeared as characters on \"General Hospital\". As the show evolved, it tended more towards gothic intrigue, including supernatural elements such as vampires and life after death. It also switched formats from an open-ended daytime serial to 13-week story arcs known as \"books\", similar to Spanish language telenovelas. \"\" is the second American prime time spinoff of a daytime drama", "title": "General Hospital" }, { "id": "9173628", "text": "gradually eroding. Everybody is panicked, and the result is a constantly revolving door of writers and executives.\" With the departure of Sonny's love interest Brenda as Vanessa Marcil left in 1998, Sonny's romantic pairings did not take off until the coupling of Sonny and Carly towards the turn of the century. Carly Benson (originated by Sarah Brown), had been in town since 1996, making grand gestures to make her birth mother, Bobbie Spencer's, life miserable. In 1999, writer Patrick Mulcahey had admitted the writers were not sure which direction Carly was going in. Brown and Benard proved to have chemistry", "title": "History of General Hospital" }, { "id": "6384136", "text": "2008, when she goes travelling, an exit storyline that Shirley felt was a fitting end to the character. Shirley reprised her role as Carly on 6 September 2012 for a \"short, dramatic storyline\" lasting two episodes, thus she departed on 7 September 2012. Carly moves to Walford to live with the man she believes is her father, Kevin Wicks (Phil Daniels) and her brother Deano Wicks (Matt Di Angelo), after splitting from her husband Nico Pappas (Gerard Monaco). Nico's father, Yanis Pappas (Peter Polycarpou), gives him a restaurant in Cyprus and Carly refuses to work there. She finds employment as", "title": "Carly Wicks" }, { "id": "3256211", "text": "Denise Alexander Denise Alexander (born November 11, 1939) is an American actress, best known for her role as Lesley Webber on \"General Hospital\", a role she originally played from 1973 to 1984 (contract), 1996-2009, and a guest stint in 2013, in honor of the show's 50th anniversary. Alexander was born in New York City and raised on Long Island. She moved to Los Angeles when her father, Alec Alexander, an agent who handled such notables as Frank Gorshin and Sal Mineo, decided to make the switch from the East to the West Coast. Alexander had appeared on TV and radio", "title": "Denise Alexander" }, { "id": "9173605", "text": "did appear. Veteran actors like Peter Hansen and Susan Brown departed, although they would return on a recurring basis and later helped launch the 1997-2002 spin-off, \"Port Charles\". But fans continue to bemoan the fact that others like Frank Maxwell, Todd Davis and Bianca Ferguson would not return after their late 80's exits, having contributed greatly to the show's supporting cast during its heyday. Lynn Herring was cast as a sexy new vamp, Lucy Coe, bringing both humor and scandal to her role of the husband-stealing character who briefly had a family written in around her thanks to her Aunt", "title": "History of General Hospital" }, { "id": "3256808", "text": "Kelly Monaco Kelly Marie Monaco (born May 23, 1976) is an American model, actress, and reality television personality, best known for her portrayal of Sam McCall on the ABC soap opera \"General Hospital\" and as the first season winner of the reality TV competition series \"Dancing with the Stars\". Monaco was also Playboy \"Playmate of the Month\" for April 1997, and portrayed Livvie Locke on the soap opera \"Port Charles\" from 1997 through 2003. Kelly Monaco was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Albert \"Al\" and Carmina Monaco. She is the middle child and has four sisters: Christine, Marissa, Carmina and", "title": "Kelly Monaco" }, { "id": "18355025", "text": "Susan Brown (American actress) Susan Brown (May 4, 1932 – August 31, 2018) was an American television and film actress and interior designer. She was best known for her roles on daytime soap operas, particularly \"General Hospital\"; in 1979, she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for her role on the show. Brown was born in San Francisco, California. She graduated from the University of Southern California and later attended the American Theatre Wing in New York City. Brown's first soap role was on \"From These Roots\" in 1959, taking over temporarily from leading actress Ann Flood. Afterwards, she", "title": "Susan Brown (American actress)" }, { "id": "9173634", "text": "recurring status, but Ingle had accepted the role of Mickey Horton on \"Days of Our Lives\", and Edward was recast with Jed Allan. Kin Shriner was also let go, who had been with the show on and off since 1977. Other popular characters, such as Bobbie Spencer (Jacklyn Zeman) and Felicia Jones (Kristina Wagner) also began to see less screentime. As the series dropped to number four, it continued to be known for violent storylines, often focused on organized crime. 2004 marked the beginning of the series' month-long sweeps storylines. That February, the Port Charles Hotel Fire story saw the", "title": "History of General Hospital" }, { "id": "8706908", "text": "that his mother died. Jasper Jacks Jasper \"Jax\" Jacks is a fictional character from the ABC Daytime soap opera \"General Hospital\". He has been portrayed off-and-on by actor Ingo Rademacher since 1996. The role was temporarily portrayed by Gideon Emery during Rademacher's absence in January 2008. Jax gained popularity due to the love triangle involving him and supercouple Sonny Corinthos and Brenda Barrett. When Brenda left the show it continued on with Sonny and Carly Benson. Sonny and Jax became mortal enemies due to their frequent affections for the same woman. Jax has left the show numerous times, but for", "title": "Jasper Jacks" }, { "id": "4371416", "text": "characters were in the final scene of the show, reciting the final lines of dialogue to each other. During his collective run on the show, Newman was also paired with other actresses, including Michelle Forbes (Sonni), Beth Ehlers (Harley), Marcy Walker (Tangie), Cynthia Watros (Annie), Crystal Chappell (Olivia), and Nicole Forester (Cassie). In addition to his role on \"Guiding Light\", Newman also played the characters of Prescott Harrell on \"General Hospital\", and Kirk Cranston replacing Joseph Bottoms, on \"Santa Barbara\" in 1986. Newman has been nominated for four \"Soap Opera Digest\" awards for his role as Josh Lewis. He has", "title": "Robert Newman (actor)" }, { "id": "11011221", "text": "roles from film and television include Tyler Perry's \"Daddy's Little Girls\" and on \"Girlfriends\" as Carol Hart. She also guest appeared in an episode of season one of \"Friends\" as Dr. Oberman in \"The One with the Sonogram at the End\". She also was a star in the movie \"J.D.'s Revenge\". Joan Pringle Joan Pringle, (born June 2, 1945, in Harlem, New York City, New York, USA), is an American actress. She is known for \"General Hospital\" (1963), \"The White Shadow\" (1978), and \"Original Sin\" (2001). Pringle is best known for playing vice principal \"Sybil Buchanan\" in the TV series", "title": "Joan Pringle" }, { "id": "10604175", "text": "love with Daniel, and being distraught about his relationship with her best friend, Jennifer, and eventually entered rehab under the care of Dr. Norman. Following a reunion with Nicholas and renewing her relationships with those she hurt, Carly left town to travel Europe with her son. In late 2012, her daughter, Melanie, went to live with her in Europe. Throughout the character's run, Carly has remained one of the show's most popular characters, which is largely due to the storyline that saw her buried alive, which is attributed to the rise in ratings at the time the storyline aired. The", "title": "Carly Manning" }, { "id": "8454184", "text": "Brad Rowe (actor) Bradley Thomas Rowe (born May 15, 1970) is an American film and television actor, writer, producer, and public policy advocate. He appeared in \"Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss\" (1998) and TNT's \"Purgatory\". Other roles include a short stint as recurring character, Walt, on \"NewsRadio\", Murphy Sinclair on \"General Hospital\", Ty Swindle, on \"Wasteland\", and Dan Murphy on \"Leap of Faith\". Rowe was born and raised in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. A 1993 University of Wisconsin–Madison economics graduate, Rowe worked as a finance manager for political campaigns in Washington, D.C. before moving to Los Angeles, California, to pursue acting and screenwriting.", "title": "Brad Rowe (actor)" }, { "id": "4961194", "text": "Amy Grabow Amy Grabow (born December 18, 1979) is an American actress. Amy Grabow grew up in Huntington Beach, California. She decided, while still in high school, to pursue an acting career. She studied at the Academy for the Performing Arts in Huntington Beach and currently attends acting classes. Her television credits include: \"Charmed\", \"Mad TV\", \"Monk\" and \"\". She was also a series regular in \"Cloud Nine\" and \"Space Orphans\", and has appeared in several television commercials. She played Dr. Rachel Adair on the soap opera \"General Hospital\" from February 2005 until her final appearance on August 5, 2005", "title": "Amy Grabow" }, { "id": "3280153", "text": "and \"Tyler Perry's House of Payne\", among others. In November 2018, it was announced that Hubert had been cast on the daytime soap opera, \"General Hospital\"; she will make her debut as Yvonne on December 7, 2018. Janet Hubert Janet Louise Hubert (born January 13, 1956) is an American film and television actress. She is best known for playing the role of the original Vivian Banks on the sitcom \"The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air\" from its first season 1990 until the end of its third season in 1993. Hubert was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in", "title": "Janet Hubert" }, { "id": "11768345", "text": "Lisa Cerasoli Lisa Cerasoli (born January 27, 1969 in Iron Mountain, Michigan) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Venus (V) Ardonowski on \"General Hospital\". Cerasoli moved back to Michigan from Los Angeles in 2003 to care for her father, Richard, until his death in July. Two months later, in September 2003, she wed Peter Weaver. They had a daughter, Jazzlyn \"Jazz\" Jo, in 2005. In 2008, Lisa's grandmother, Nora Jo, came to live with them until her death in 2010 from Alzheimer's disease. In 2013, Lisa revealed that her marriage had ended. Cerasoli portrayed the", "title": "Lisa Cerasoli" }, { "id": "7957641", "text": "to being powerful business woman while embodying the qualities of her predecessors. Sarah Brown earned three Daytime Emmy Awards for her portrayal of Carly—two in the Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series category and one in Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series category. Braun earned an Emmy nomination Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 2004. However, the role of Carly would bring Laura Wright her very first Emmy nomination overall — in the Outstanding Lead Actress and her very first win, 20 years after breaking into daytime television on ABC's \"Loving\". Carly Roberts (Sarah Joy Brown)", "title": "Carly Corinthos" }, { "id": "9352746", "text": "Sharyn Hodgson Sharyn Hodgson (born 25 August 1968) is a former Australian actress, best known for playing the role of original character of troubled teenager Carly Morris (later Luccini) in the popular soap opera, \"Home and Away\" (1988–91); with subsequent guest appearances reprising the part until 2008. Hodgson was born in Sydney, New South Wales and began a drama course with Phillip Street Drama School when she was 15. She spent four years studying there on Saturday mornings, which led to work with the Film and Television School appearing in films for students. After completing her Higher School Certificate, she", "title": "Sharyn Hodgson" }, { "id": "9827464", "text": "who also appeared in the \"General Hospital\" spinoff \"Port Charles\". She left the role in 2002. She later went to appear in an guest starring roles on the number of prime time television series, include \"Strong Medicine\", \"The Drew Carey Show\" and \"\". From 2004 to 2005, she had a recurring role as Candace Jewell in the Showtime drama series \"The L Word\". From 2005 to 2006, Overman starred in the UPN sitcom \"Love Inc.\" The series was canceled after single season. She has appeared in the 2006 comedy film \"Phat Girlz\" and played Linda, Josh's (Derek Luke) stuck-up and", "title": "Ion Overman" } ]

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[ { "id": "12566299", "text": "Matter In the classical physics and in the chemistry of things of everyday life, matter is any substance that has mass and takes up space by having volume. All everyday objects that we can touch are ultimately composed of atoms, which are made up of interacting subatomic particles, and in everyday as well as scientific usage, \"matter\" generally includes atoms and anything made up of them, and any particles (or combination of particles) that act as if they have both rest mass and volume. However it does not include massless particles such as photons, or other energy phenomena or waves", "title": "Matter" }, { "id": "12566356", "text": "of physics, but despite decades of efforts, gravity cannot yet be accounted for at the quantum level; it is only described by classical physics (see quantum gravity and graviton). Antimatter Cosmology Dark matter Philosophy Other My Pals Are Here! Science P3&4 Cycless-Chapter 3(Matter) Matter In the classical physics and in the chemistry of things of everyday life, matter is any substance that has mass and takes up space by having volume. All everyday objects that we can touch are ultimately composed of atoms, which are made up of interacting subatomic particles, and in everyday as well as scientific usage, \"matter\"", "title": "Matter" }, { "id": "12566314", "text": "\"anything that has mass and volume (occupies space)\". For example, a car would be said to be made of matter, as it has mass and volume (occupies space). The observation that matter occupies space goes back to antiquity. However, an explanation for why matter occupies space is recent, and is argued to be a result of the phenomenon described in the Pauli exclusion principle, which applies to fermions. Two particular examples where the exclusion principle clearly relates matter to the occupation of space are white dwarf stars and neutron stars, discussed further below. Thus, matter can be defined as everything", "title": "Matter" }, { "id": "61346", "text": "Several concepts are essential for the study of chemistry; some of them are: In chemistry, matter is defined as anything that has rest mass and volume (it takes up space) and is made up of particles. The particles that make up matter have rest mass as well – not all particles have rest mass, such as the photon. Matter can be a pure chemical substance or a mixture of substances. The atom is the basic unit of chemistry. It consists of a dense core called the atomic nucleus surrounded by a space occupied by an electron cloud. The nucleus is", "title": "Chemistry" }, { "id": "19450851", "text": "Resident Space Object A Resident Space Object (RSO) is a natural or artificial object that orbits another body e.g. Sun Orbiting, Earth Orbiting, Mars Orbiting etc. It is most often used to reference objects that are Earth orbiting. In the case of Earth orbiting the possible orbit classifications for an object are: Low Earth orbit (LEO), Medium Earth orbit (MEO), High Earth orbit (HEO) or Geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO). RSO acquisition, tracking, and data collection can be extremely challenging . The primary method for gathering this information is to make a direct observation of an RSO via Space surveillance sensors.", "title": "Resident Space Object" }, { "id": "4255225", "text": "Point particle A point particle (ideal particle or point-like particle, often spelled pointlike particle) is an idealization of particles heavily used in physics. Its defining feature is that it lacks spatial extension: being zero-dimensional, it does not take up space. A point particle is an appropriate representation of any object whose size, shape, and structure is irrelevant in a given context. For example, from far enough away, any finite-size object will look like and behave as a point-like object. In the theory of gravity, physicists often discuss a ', meaning a point particle with a nonzero mass and no other", "title": "Point particle" }, { "id": "12566347", "text": "atomic theory, atoms were seen as being the fundamental constituents of matter; atoms formed molecules and compounds. The common definition in terms of occupying space and having mass is in contrast with most physical and chemical definitions of matter, which rely instead upon its structure and upon attributes not necessarily related to volume and mass. At the turn of the nineteenth century, the knowledge of matter began a rapid evolution. Aspects of the Newtonian view still held sway. James Clerk Maxwell discussed matter in his work \"Matter and Motion\". He carefully separates \"matter\" from space and time, and defines it", "title": "Matter" }, { "id": "307228", "text": "object that is neither a true planet nor a natural satellite; it is in direct orbit of a star, and is massive enough for its gravity to compress it into a hydrostatically equilibrious shape (usually a spheroid), but has not cleared the neighborhood of other material around its orbit. As of July 2008 the IAU has recognized five dwarf planets: Ceres in the asteroid belt, and Pluto, Haumea, Makemake, and Eris in the outer Solar System. Several computer simulations of stellar and planetary system formation have suggested that some objects of planetary mass would be ejected into interstellar space. Some", "title": "Planet" }, { "id": "12566302", "text": "property of matter which appears to us as matter taking up space. For much of the history of the natural sciences people have contemplated the exact nature of matter. The idea that matter was built of discrete building blocks, the so-called \"particulate theory of matter\", was first put forward by the Greek philosophers Leucippus (~490 BC) and Democritus (~470–380 BC). Matter should not be confused with mass, as the two are not the same in modern physics. Matter is a general term describing any 'physical substance'. By contrast, mass is not a substance but rather a quantitative \"property\" of matter", "title": "Matter" }, { "id": "4893562", "text": "Physical body In physics, a physical body or physical object (or simply a body or object) is an identifiable collection of matter, which may be constrained by an identifiable boundary, and may move as a unit by translation or rotation, in 3-dimensional space. In common usage, an object is a collection of matter within a defined contiguous boundary in 3-dimensional space. The boundary must be defined and identified by the properties of the material. The boundary may change over time. The boundary is usually the visible or tangible surface of the object. The matter in the object is constrained (to", "title": "Physical body" }, { "id": "4893565", "text": "and cosmology which may challenge this. In modern physics, \"extension\" is understood in terms of the spacetime: roughly speaking, it means that for a given moment of time the body has some location in the space, although not necessarily a point. A physical body as a whole is assumed to have such quantitative properties as mass, momentum, electric charge, other conserving quantities, and possibly other quantities. A body with known composition and described in an adequate physical theory is an example of physical system. An object is known by the application of senses. The properties of an object are inferred", "title": "Physical body" }, { "id": "10716792", "text": "Internal heating Internal heat is the heat source from the interior of celestial objects, such as stars, brown dwarfs, planets, moons, dwarf planets, and (in the early history of the Solar System) even asteroids such as Vesta, resulting from contraction caused by gravity (the Kelvin–Helmholtz mechanism), nuclear fusion, tidal heating, core solidification (heat of fusion released as molten core material solidifies), and radioactive decay. The amount of internal heating depends on mass; the more massive the object, the more internal heat it has; also, for a given density, the more massive the object, the greater the ratio of mass to", "title": "Internal heating" }, { "id": "11234932", "text": "unit of mass. The object's weight will be less on Mars (where gravity is weaker), more on Saturn, and negligible in space when far from any significant source of gravity, but it will always have the same mass. Objects on the surface of the Earth have weight, although sometimes this weight is difficult to measure. An example is a small object floating in water, which does not appear to have weight since it is buoyed by the water; but it is found to have its usual weight when it is added to water in a container which is entirely supported", "title": "Mass versus weight" }, { "id": "265909", "text": "Meteorite A meteorite is a solid piece of debris from an object, such as a comet, asteroid, or meteoroid, that originates in outer space and survives its passage through the atmosphere to reach the surface of a planet or moon. When the object enters the atmosphere, various factors such as friction, pressure, and chemical interactions with the atmospheric gases cause it to heat up and radiate that energy. It then becomes a meteor and forms a fireball, also known as a shooting star or falling star; astronomers call the brightest examples \"bolides\". Meteorites vary greatly in size. For geologists, a", "title": "Meteorite" }, { "id": "4255228", "text": "discussed above. When a point particle has an additive property, such as mass or charge, concentrated at a single point in space, this can be represented by a Dirac delta function. Point mass (pointlike mass) is the concept, for example in classical physics, of a physical object (typically matter) that has nonzero mass, and yet explicitly and specifically is (or is being thought of or modeled as) infinitesimal (infinitely small) in its volume or linear dimensions. A common use for point mass lies in the analysis of the gravitational fields. When analyzing the gravitational forces in a system, it becomes", "title": "Point particle" }, { "id": "4893570", "text": "the system at a point in time changes from identifying the object to not identifying it. Also an object's identity is created at the first point in time that the simplest model of the system consistent with perception identifies it. An object may be composed of components. A component is an object completely within the boundary of a containing object. In classical mechanics a physical body is collection of matter having properties including mass, velocity, momentum and energy. The matter exists in a volume of three-dimensional space. This space is its extension. Under Newtonian gravity the gravitational field further away", "title": "Physical body" }, { "id": "18209258", "text": "these is a different concept. In scientific contexts, mass refers loosely to the amount of \"matter\" in an object (though \"matter\" may be difficult to define), whereas weight refers to the force experienced by an object due to gravity. An object with a mass of 1.0 kilogram will weigh approximately 9.81 newtons (newton is the unit of force, while kilogram is the unit of mass) on the surface of the Earth (its mass multiplied by the gravitational field strength). Its weight will be less on Mars (where gravity is weaker), more on Saturn, and negligible in space when far from", "title": "Size" }, { "id": "1626123", "text": "Trajectory A trajectory or flight path is the path that a massive object in motion follows through space as a function of time. In classical mechanics, a trajectory is defined by Hamiltonian mechanics via canonical coordinates; hence, a complete trajectory is defined by position and momentum, simultaneously. Trajectory in quantum mechanics is not defined due to Heisenberg uncertainty principle that position and momentum can not be measured simultaneously. In classical mechanics, the mass might be a projectile or a satellite. For example, it can be an orbit—the path of a planet, an asteroid, or a comet as it travels around", "title": "Trajectory" }, { "id": "11746939", "text": "concepts of space, time, matter, energy, and information are essential to his theory because the living systems exist in space and are made of matter and energy organized by information. Miller's theory of living systems employs two sorts of spaces: physical or geographical space, and conceptual or abstracted spaces. Time is the fundamental \"fourth dimension\" of the physical space–time continuum/spiral. Matter is anything that has mass and occupies physical space. Mass and energy are equivalent as one can be converted into the other. Information refers to the degrees of freedom that exist in a given situation to choose among signals,", "title": "Living systems" }, { "id": "14245924", "text": "Brane In string theory and related theories such as supergravity theories, a brane is a physical object that generalizes the notion of a point particle to higher dimensions. Branes are dynamical objects which can propagate through spacetime according to the rules of quantum mechanics. They have mass and can have other attributes such as charge. Mathematically, branes can be represented within categories, and are studied in pure mathematics for insight into homological mirror symmetry and noncommutative geometry. A point particle can be viewed as a brane of dimension zero, while a string can be viewed as a brane of dimension", "title": "Brane" }, { "id": "5888386", "text": "Orientation (geometry) In geometry the orientation, angular position, or attitude of an object such as a line, plane or rigid body is part of the description of how it is placed in the space it occupies. Namely, it is the imaginary rotation that is needed to move the object from a reference placement to its current placement. A rotation may not be enough to reach the current placement. It may be necessary to add an imaginary translation, called the object's location (or position, or linear position). The location and orientation together fully describe how the object is placed in space.", "title": "Orientation (geometry)" }, { "id": "2937898", "text": "Rest (physics) Rest is a state in physics that refers to an object being stationary relative to a particular frame of reference or another object; when the position of a body with respect to its surroundings does not change with time it is said to be \"at rest\". According to the theory of relativity, it is said that an object is \"at rest relative to\" another. Two or more than two objects are said to be at rest, if its position with respect to each other is not changing or moving with uniform velocity with respect to each other; rest", "title": "Rest (physics)" }, { "id": "16280637", "text": "The term \"landing\" is used to describe the collision of an object with a planetary surface and is usually at a velocity in which the object can remain intact and remain attached. In differentiated bodies, the surface is where the crust meets the planetary boundary layer. Anything below this is regarded as being sub-surface or sub-marine. Most bodies more massive than super-Earths, including stars and gas giants, as well as smaller gas dwarfs, transition contiguously between phases, including gas, liquid, and solid. As such, they are generally regarded as lacking surfaces. Planetary surfaces and surface life are of particular interest", "title": "Planetary surface" }, { "id": "1656621", "text": "Orbital speed In gravitationally bound systems, the orbital speed of an astronomical body or object (e.g. planet, moon, artificial satellite, spacecraft, or star) is the speed at which it orbits around either the barycenter or, if the object is much less massive than the largest body in the system, its speed relative to that largest body. The speed in this latter case may be relative to the surface of the larger body or relative to its center of mass. The term can be used to refer to either the mean orbital speed, i.e. the average speed over an entire orbit,", "title": "Orbital speed" }, { "id": "381003", "text": "String theory In physics, string theory is a theoretical framework in which the point-like particles of particle physics are replaced by one-dimensional objects called strings. It describes how these strings propagate through space and interact with each other. On distance scales larger than the string scale, a string looks just like an ordinary particle, with its mass, charge, and other properties determined by the vibrational state of the string. In string theory, one of the many vibrational states of the string corresponds to the graviton, a quantum mechanical particle that carries gravitational force. Thus string theory is a theory of", "title": "String theory" }, { "id": "19471621", "text": "Surface A surface, as the term is most generally used, is the outermost or uppermost layer of a physical object or space. It is the portion or region of the object that can first be perceived by an observer using the senses of sight and touch, and is the portion with which other materials first interact. The surface of an object is more than \"a mere geometric solid\", but is \"filled with, spread over by, or suffused with perceivable qualities such as color and warmth\". The concept of surface has been abstracted and formalized in mathematics, specifically in geometry. Depending", "title": "Surface" }, { "id": "12566300", "text": "such as light or sound. Matter exists in various \"states\" (also known as \"phases\"). These include classical everyday phases such as solid, liquid, and gas – for example water exists as ice, liquid water, and gaseous steam – but other states are possible, including plasma, Bose–Einstein condensates, fermionic condensates, and quark–gluon plasma. Usually atoms can be imagined as a nucleus of protons and neutrons, and a surrounding \"cloud\" of orbiting electrons which \"take up space\". However this is only somewhat correct, because subatomic particles and their properties are governed by their quantum nature, which means they do not act as", "title": "Matter" }, { "id": "498414", "text": "object maintains its orbit because of the force of gravity acting upon it. Planets orbit stars, stars orbit galactic centers, galaxies orbit a center of mass in clusters, and clusters orbit in superclusters. The force of gravity exerted on one object by another is directly proportional to the product of those objects' masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. The earliest gravity (possibly in the form of quantum gravity, supergravity or a gravitational singularity), along with ordinary space and time, developed during the Planck epoch (up to 10 seconds after the birth of the Universe),", "title": "Gravity" }, { "id": "369875", "text": "Space Space is the boundless three-dimensional extent in which objects and events have relative position and direction. Physical space is often conceived in three linear dimensions, although modern physicists usually consider it, with time, to be part of a boundless four-dimensional continuum known as spacetime. The concept of space is considered to be of fundamental importance to an understanding of the physical universe. However, disagreement continues between philosophers over whether it is itself an entity, a relationship between entities, or part of a conceptual framework. Debates concerning the nature, essence and the mode of existence of space date back to", "title": "Space" }, { "id": "3021797", "text": "Naïve realism In philosophy of mind, naïve realism, also known as direct realism, common sense realism or perceptual realism, is the idea that the senses provide us with direct awareness of objects as they \"really\" are. Objects obey the laws of physics and retain all their properties whether or not there is anyone to observe them. They are composed of matter, occupy space and have properties, such as size, shape, texture, smell, taste and colour, that are usually perceived correctly. In contrast, some forms of idealism claim that no world exists apart from mind-dependent ideas, and some forms of skepticism", "title": "Naïve realism" }, { "id": "12527239", "text": "study such objects by treating them as composite objects, made of a large number of collectively acting point particles. The center of mass of a composite object behaves like a point particle. Classical mechanics uses common-sense notions of how matter and forces exist and interact. It assumes that matter and energy have definite, knowable attributes such as location in space and speed. Non-relativistic mechanics also assumes that forces act instantaneously (see also Action at a distance). The \"position\" of a point particle is defined in relation to a coordinate system centered on an arbitrary fixed reference point in space called", "title": "Classical mechanics" }, { "id": "12566349", "text": "divided without losing its identity. An Atom is a still smaller particle produced by division of a molecule. Rather than simply having the attributes of mass and occupying space, matter was held to have chemical and electrical properties. In 1909 the famous physicist J. J. Thomson (1856–1940) wrote about the \"constitution of matter\" and was concerned with the possible connection between matter and electrical charge. There is an entire literature concerning the \"structure of matter\", ranging from the \"electrical structure\" in the early 20th century, to the more recent \"quark structure of matter\", introduced today with the remark: \"Understanding the", "title": "Matter" }, { "id": "274373", "text": "star, fills its Roche lobe and becomes gravitationally bound to a second body, usually a compact object (white dwarf, neutron star or black hole), and is eventually accreted onto it. It is a common phenomenon in binary systems, and may play an important role in some types of supernovae and pulsars. Mass transfer finds extensive application in chemical engineering problems. It is used in reaction engineering, separations engineering, heat transfer engineering, and many other sub-disciplines of chemical engineering like electrochemical engineering. The driving force for mass transfer is usually a difference in chemical potential, when it can be defined, though", "title": "Mass transfer" }, { "id": "6296164", "text": "Added mass In fluid mechanics, added mass or virtual mass is the inertia added to a system because an accelerating or decelerating body must move (or deflect) some volume of surrounding fluid as it moves through it. Added mass is a common issue because the object and surrounding fluid cannot occupy the same physical space simultaneously. For simplicity this can be modeled as some volume of fluid moving with the object, though in reality \"all\" the fluid will be accelerated, to various degrees. The dimensionless added mass coefficient is the added mass divided by the displaced fluid mass – i.e.", "title": "Added mass" }, { "id": "73256", "text": "Continuum mechanics Continuum mechanics is a branch of mechanics that deals with the mechanical behavior of materials modeled as a continuous mass rather than as discrete particles. The French mathematician Augustin-Louis Cauchy was the first to formulate such models in the 19th century. Modeling an object as a continuum assumes that the substance of the object completely fills the space it occupies. Modeling objects in this way ignores the fact that matter is made of atoms, and so is not continuous; however, on length scales much greater than that of inter-atomic distances, such models are highly accurate. Fundamental physical laws", "title": "Continuum mechanics" }, { "id": "16280636", "text": "Planetary surface A planetary surface is where the solid (or liquid) material of the outer crust on certain types of astronomical objects contacts the atmosphere or outer space. Planetary surfaces are found on solid objects of planetary mass, including terrestrial planets (including Earth), dwarf planets, natural satellites, planetesimals and many other small Solar System bodies (SSSBs). The study of planetary surfaces is a field of planetary geology known as surface geology, but also a focus of a number of fields including planetary cartography, topography, geomorphology, atmospheric sciences, and astronomy. Land (or ground) is the term given to non-liquid planetary surfaces.", "title": "Planetary surface" }, { "id": "11693990", "text": "Registration Convention The Convention on Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space (commonly known as the Registration Convention) was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1974 and went into force in 1976. As of December 2018, it has been ratified by 68 states. The convention requires states to furnish to the United Nations with details about the orbit of each space object. A registry of launchings was already being maintained by the United Nations as a result of a General Assembly Resolution in 1962. The Registration Convention and four other space law treaties are administered by the United", "title": "Registration Convention" }, { "id": "1506850", "text": "Outer space Outer space, or just space, is the expanse that exists beyond the Earth and between celestial bodies. Outer space is not completely empty—it is a hard vacuum containing a low density of particles, predominantly a plasma of hydrogen and helium as well as electromagnetic radiation, magnetic fields, neutrinos, dust, and cosmic rays. The baseline temperature, as set by the background radiation from the Big Bang, is . The plasma between galaxies accounts for about half of the baryonic (ordinary) matter in the universe; it has a number density of less than one hydrogen atom per cubic metre and", "title": "Outer space" }, { "id": "11234935", "text": "This force can be added to by any other kind of force. While the \"weight\" of an object varies in proportion to the strength of the gravitational field, its \"mass\" is constant (ignoring relativistic effects) as long as no energy or matter is added to the object. For example, although a satellite in orbit (essentially a free-fall) is \"weightless,\" it still retains its mass and inertia. Accordingly, even in orbit, an astronaut trying to accelerate the satellite in any direction will still be required to exert force, and will need to exert ten times as much force to accelerate a", "title": "Mass versus weight" }, { "id": "252832", "text": "on a massive object caused by a gravitational field is a result of the object's tendency to move in a straight line (in other words its inertia) and should therefore be a function of its inertial mass and the strength of the gravitational field. In theoretical physics, a mass generation mechanism is a theory which attempts to explain the origin of mass from the most fundamental laws of physics. To date, a number of different models have been proposed which advocate different views of the origin of mass. The problem is complicated by the fact that the notion of mass", "title": "Mass" }, { "id": "1506855", "text": "philosopher René Descartes argued that the entirety of space must be filled. In ancient China, the 2nd-century astronomer Zhang Heng became convinced that space must be infinite, extending well beyond the mechanism that supported the Sun and the stars. The surviving books of the Hsüan Yeh school said that the heavens were boundless, \"empty and void of substance\". Likewise, the \"sun, moon, and the company of stars float in the empty space, moving or standing still\". The Italian scientist Galileo Galilei knew that air had mass and so was subject to gravity. In 1640, he demonstrated that an established force", "title": "Outer space" }, { "id": "301167", "text": "specific horizontal firing speed called escape velocity, dependent on the mass of the planet, an open orbit (E) is achieved that has a parabolic path. At even greater speeds the object will follow a range of hyperbolic trajectories. In a practical sense, both of these trajectory types mean the object is \"breaking free\" of the planet's gravity, and \"going off into space\" never to return. The velocity relationship of two moving objects with mass can thus be considered in four practical classes, with subtypes: It is worth noting that orbital rockets are launched vertically at first to lift the rocket", "title": "Orbit" }, { "id": "369909", "text": "is the space in which hybrid cultural forms and identities exist. In his theories, the term hybrid describes new cultural forms that emerge through the interaction between colonizer and colonized. Space Space is the boundless three-dimensional extent in which objects and events have relative position and direction. Physical space is often conceived in three linear dimensions, although modern physicists usually consider it, with time, to be part of a boundless four-dimensional continuum known as spacetime. The concept of space is considered to be of fundamental importance to an understanding of the physical universe. However, disagreement continues between philosophers over whether", "title": "Space" }, { "id": "15306881", "text": "Particle In the physical sciences, a particle (or corpuscule in older texts) is a small localized object to which can be ascribed several physical or chemical properties such as volume, density or mass. They vary greatly in size or quantity, from subatomic particles like the electron, to microscopic particles like atoms and molecules, to macroscopic particles like powders and other granular materials. Particles can also be used to create scientific models of even larger objects depending on their density, such as humans moving in a crowd or celestial bodies in motion. The term 'particle' is rather general in meaning, and", "title": "Particle" }, { "id": "12506704", "text": "Praxis effect The Praxis effect (also known as the Praxis explosion or Praxis ring) is a special effect sometimes used in science fiction movies and other visual media. The effect is most commonly seen following the explosion of a large object in space—a ring or disc of matter or energy expanding out from the destroyed object. It is named after the explosion of the fictional Klingon moon Praxis at the start of the 1991 science fiction film \"\". The first known use of the effect was in the 1979 science fiction film \"Alien\" during the self-destruction of the spaceship \"Nostromo\".", "title": "Praxis effect" }, { "id": "445059", "text": "Volume Volume is the quantity of three-dimensional space enclosed by a closed surface, for example, the space that a substance (solid, liquid, gas, or plasma) or shape occupies or contains. Volume is often quantified numerically using the SI derived unit, the cubic metre. The volume of a container is generally understood to be the capacity of the container; i. e., the amount of fluid (gas or liquid) that the container could hold, rather than the amount of space the container itself displaces. Three dimensional mathematical shapes are also assigned volumes. Volumes of some simple shapes, such as regular, straight-edged, and", "title": "Volume" }, { "id": "8607968", "text": "Clearing the neighbourhood \"Clearing the neighbourhood around its orbit\" is a criterion for a celestial body to be considered a planet in the Solar System. This was one of the three criteria adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in its 2006 definition of planet. In 2015, a proposal was made to use the criterion in extending the definition to exoplanets. In the end stages of planet formation, a planet (as so defined) will have \"cleared the neighbourhood\" of its own orbital zone, meaning it has become gravitationally dominant, and there are no other bodies of comparable size other than", "title": "Clearing the neighbourhood" }, { "id": "15306890", "text": "may be described as a granular material. Particle In the physical sciences, a particle (or corpuscule in older texts) is a small localized object to which can be ascribed several physical or chemical properties such as volume, density or mass. They vary greatly in size or quantity, from subatomic particles like the electron, to microscopic particles like atoms and molecules, to macroscopic particles like powders and other granular materials. Particles can also be used to create scientific models of even larger objects depending on their density, such as humans moving in a crowd or celestial bodies in motion. The term", "title": "Particle" }, { "id": "12378228", "text": "Solid Solid is one of the four fundamental states of matter (the others being liquid, gas, and plasma). In solids molecules are closely packed. It is characterized by structural rigidity and resistance to changes of shape or volume. Unlike liquid, a solid object does not flow to take on the shape of its container, nor does it expand to fill the entire volume available to it like a gas does. The atoms in a solid are tightly bound to each other, either in a regular geometric lattice (crystalline solids, which include metals and ordinary ice) or irregularly (an amorphous solid", "title": "Solid" }, { "id": "7176186", "text": "a macroscopic system, like a human being, cannot exist in more than one place for a measurable time, as the corresponding energy difference is very large. A microscopic system, like an electron, can exist in more than one location significantly longer (thousands of years), until its space-time curvature separation reaches collapse threshold. In Einstein's theory, any object that has mass causes a warp in the structure of space and time around it. This warping produces the effect we experience as gravity. Penrose points out that tiny objects, such as dust specks, atoms and electrons, produce space-time warps as well. Ignoring", "title": "Penrose interpretation" }, { "id": "1506911", "text": "relativistic velocities. Outer space Outer space, or just space, is the expanse that exists beyond the Earth and between celestial bodies. Outer space is not completely empty—it is a hard vacuum containing a low density of particles, predominantly a plasma of hydrogen and helium as well as electromagnetic radiation, magnetic fields, neutrinos, dust, and cosmic rays. The baseline temperature, as set by the background radiation from the Big Bang, is . The plasma between galaxies accounts for about half of the baryonic (ordinary) matter in the universe; it has a number density of less than one hydrogen atom per cubic", "title": "Outer space" }, { "id": "5315362", "text": "Apparent place The apparent place of an object is its position in space as seen by an observer. Because of physical and geometrical effects it may differ from the \"true\" or \"geometric\" position. In astronomy, a distinction is made between the \"mean position\", \"apparent position\" and \"topocentric position\" of an object. The mean position of a star (relative to the observer's adopted coordinate system) can be calculated from its value at an arbitrary epoch, together with its actual motion over time (known as Proper motion). The \"apparent position\" is its position as seen by a theoretical observer at the centre", "title": "Apparent place" }, { "id": "7249948", "text": "Spatial relation A spatial relation, specifies how some object is located in space in relation to some reference object. When the reference object is much bigger than the object to locate, the latter is often represented by a point. The reference object is often represented by a bounding box. In Anatomy it might be the case that a spatial relation is not fully applicable. Thus, the degree of applicability is defined which specifies from 0 till 100% how strongly a spatial relation holds. Often researchers concentrate on defining the applicability function for various spatial relations. In spatial databases and Geospatial", "title": "Spatial relation" }, { "id": "1506865", "text": "photons to travel freely through the continually expanding space. Matter that remained following the initial expansion has since undergone gravitational collapse to create stars, galaxies and other astronomical objects, leaving behind a deep vacuum that forms what is now called outer space. As light has a finite velocity, this theory also constrains the size of the directly observable universe. This leaves open the question as to whether the Universe is finite or infinite. The present day shape of the universe has been determined from measurements of the cosmic microwave background using satellites like the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe. These observations", "title": "Outer space" }, { "id": "252821", "text": "person's weight may be stated as 75 kg. In a constant gravitational field, the weight of an object is proportional to its mass, and it is unproblematic to use the same unit for both concepts. But because of slight differences in the strength of the Earth's gravitational field at different places, the distinction becomes important for measurements with a precision better than a few percent, and for places far from the surface of the Earth, such as in space or on other planets. Conceptually, \"mass\" (measured in kilograms) refers to an intrinsic property of an object, whereas \"weight\" (measured in", "title": "Mass" }, { "id": "4893568", "text": "as two objects and may not occupy the same space at the same time (excluding component objects). An object's identity may be tracked using the continuity of the change in its boundary over time. The identity of objects allows objects to be arranged in sets and counted. The material in an object may change over time. For example, a rock may wear away or have pieces broken off it. The object will be regarded as the same object after the addition or removal of material, if the system may be more simply described with the continued existence of the object,", "title": "Physical body" }, { "id": "152125", "text": "team announced that they had detected gravitational waves from a black hole merger. Whenever the ratio of an object's mass to its radius becomes sufficiently large, general relativity predicts the formation of a black hole, a region of space from which nothing, not even light, can escape. In the currently accepted models of stellar evolution, neutron stars of around 1.4 solar masses, and stellar black holes with a few to a few dozen solar masses, are thought to be the final state for the evolution of massive stars. Usually a galaxy has one supermassive black hole with a few million", "title": "General relativity" }, { "id": "1625172", "text": "Massive compact halo object A massive astrophysical compact halo object (MACHO) is any kind of astronomical body that might explain the apparent presence of dark matter in galaxy halos. A MACHO is a body composed of normal baryonic matter that emits little or no radiation and drifts through interstellar space unassociated with any planetary system. Since MACHOs are not luminous, they are hard to detect. MACHOs include black holes or neutron stars as well as brown dwarfs and unassociated planets. White dwarfs and very faint red dwarfs have also been proposed as candidate MACHOs. The term was coined by astrophysicist", "title": "Massive compact halo object" }, { "id": "14222034", "text": "definite form or volume, it differs in a number of ways, including the following: Plasmas are by far the most common phase of ordinary matter in the universe, both by mass and by volume. Above the Earth's surface, the ionosphere is a plasma, and the magnetosphere contains plasma. Within our Solar System, interplanetary space is filled with the plasma expelled via the solar wind, extending from the Sun's surface out to the heliopause. Furthermore, all the distant stars, and much of interstellar space or intergalactic space is also likely filled with plasma, albeit at very low densities. Astrophysical plasmas are", "title": "Plasma (physics)" }, { "id": "15429355", "text": "excited state of a holeum then has a mass that is given by The holeum's atomic transitions cause it to emit gravitational radiation. The radius of the \"n\"th excited state of a holeum is given by where: The holeum is a stable particle. It is the gravitational analogue of the hydrogen atom. It occupies space. Although it is made up of black holes, it itself is not a black hole. As the holeum is a purely gravitational system, it emits only gravitational radiation and no electromagnetic radiation. The holeum can therefore be considered to be a dark matter particle. A", "title": "Holeum" }, { "id": "4903520", "text": "Stasis (fiction) A stasis or stasis field, in science fiction, is a confined area of space in which time has been stopped or the contents have been rendered motionless. A stasis field is imagined to be a region in which a stasis process is in effect. Stasis fields in fictional settings often have several common characteristics. These include infinite or nearly infinite rigidity, making them \"unbreakable objects\" and a perfect or nearly-perfect reflective surface. Most science fiction plots rely on a physical device to establish this region. When the device is deactivated, the stasis field collapses, and the stasis effect", "title": "Stasis (fiction)" }, { "id": "3728563", "text": "Mass wasting Mass wasting, also known as slope movement or mass movement, is the geomorphic process by which soil, sand, regolith, and rock move downslope typically as a solid, continuous or discontinuous mass, largely under the force of gravity, but frequently with characteristics of a flow as in debris flows and mudflows. Types of mass wasting include creep, slides, flows, topples, and falls, each with its own characteristic features, and taking place over timescales from seconds to hundreds of years. Mass wasting occurs on both terrestrial and submarine slopes, and has been observed on Earth, Mars, Venus, and Jupiter's moon", "title": "Mass wasting" }, { "id": "1656628", "text": "slightly faster than Earth's average orbital speed of 29,800 m/s, as expected from Kepler's 2nd Law. Orbital speed In gravitationally bound systems, the orbital speed of an astronomical body or object (e.g. planet, moon, artificial satellite, spacecraft, or star) is the speed at which it orbits around either the barycenter or, if the object is much less massive than the largest body in the system, its speed relative to that largest body. The speed in this latter case may be relative to the surface of the larger body or relative to its center of mass. The term can be used", "title": "Orbital speed" }, { "id": "390836", "text": "dimensions of space, because the observed rate at which time passes for an object depends on the object's velocity relative to the observer. General relativity, in addition, provides an explanation of how gravitational fields can slow the passage of time for an object as seen by an observer outside the field. In ordinary space, a position is specified by three numbers, known as dimensions. In the Cartesian coordinate system, these are called x, y, and z. A position in spacetime is called an \"event\", and requires four numbers to be specified: the three-dimensional location in space, plus the position in", "title": "Spacetime" }, { "id": "8882948", "text": "(impenetrability or materiality, space, etc.)—no one in the least can adduce the reason of its being inadmissible.\" Primary/secondary quality distinction The primary/secondary quality distinction is a conceptual distinction in epistemology and metaphysics, concerning the nature of reality. It is most explicitly articulated by John Locke in his \"Essay concerning Human Understanding\", but earlier thinkers such as Galileo and Descartes made similar distinctions. Primary qualities are thought to be properties of objects that are independent of any observer, such as solidity, extension, motion, number and figure. These characteristics convey facts. They exist in the thing itself, can be determined with certainty,", "title": "Primary/secondary quality distinction" }, { "id": "2763197", "text": "Abstract and concrete Abstract and concrete are classifications that denote whether the object that a term describes has physical referents. Abstract objects have no physical referents, whereas concrete objects do. They are most commonly used in philosophy and semantics. Abstract objects are sometimes called abstracta (sing. abstractum) and concrete objects are sometimes called \"concreta\" (sing. \"concretum\"). An abstract object is an object that does not exist at any particular time or place, but rather exists as a type of thing—i.e., an idea, or abstraction. The term \"abstract object\" is said to have been coined by Willard Van Orman Quine. The", "title": "Abstract and concrete" }, { "id": "1657696", "text": "Astronomical object An astronomical object or celestial object is a naturally occurring physical entity, association, or structure that exists in the observable universe. In astronomy, the terms \"object\" and \"body\" are often used interchangeably. However, an astronomical body or celestial body is a single, tightly bound, contiguous entity, while an astronomical or celestial \"object\" is a complex, less cohesively bound structure, which may consist of multiple bodies or even other objects with substructures. Examples of astronomical objects include planetary systems, star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies, while asteroids, moons, planets, and stars are astronomical bodies. A comet may be identified as", "title": "Astronomical object" }, { "id": "161428", "text": "Galaxy A galaxy is a gravitationally bound system of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas, dust, and dark matter. The word galaxy is derived from the Greek \"\" (), literally \"milky\", a reference to the Milky Way. Galaxies range in size from dwarfs with just a few hundred million () stars to giants with one hundred trillion () stars, each orbiting its galaxy's center of mass. Galaxies are categorized according to their visual morphology as elliptical, spiral, or irregular. Many galaxies are thought to have supermassive black holes at their centers. The Milky Way's central black hole, known as Sagittarius A*,", "title": "Galaxy" }, { "id": "498392", "text": "Gravity Gravity (), or gravitation, is a natural phenomenon by which all things with mass or energy—including planets, stars, galaxies, and even light—are brought toward (or \"gravitate\" toward) one another. On Earth, gravity gives weight to physical objects, and the Moon's gravity causes the ocean tides. The gravitational attraction of the original gaseous matter present in the Universe caused it to begin coalescing, forming starsand for the stars to group together into galaxiesso gravity is responsible for many of the large-scale structures in the Universe. Gravity has an infinite range, although its effects become increasingly weaker on farther objects. Gravity", "title": "Gravity" }, { "id": "7647551", "text": "Rest frame In special relativity the rest frame of a particle is the coordinate system (frame of reference) in which the particle is at rest. The rest frame of compound objects (such as a fluid, or a solid made of many vibrating atoms) is taken to be the frame of reference in which the average momentum of the particles which make up the substance is zero (the particles may individually have momentum, but collectively have no net momentum). The rest frame of a container of gas, for example, would be the rest frame of the container itself, in which the", "title": "Rest frame" }, { "id": "2979738", "text": "Levitation Levitation (from Latin \"levitas\" \"lightness\") is the process by which an object is held aloft, without mechanical support, in a stable position. Levitation is accomplished by providing an upward force that counteracts the pull of gravity (in relation to gravity on earth), plus a smaller stabilizing force that pushes the object toward a home position whenever it is a small distance away from that home position. The force can be a fundamental force such as magnetic or electrostatic, or it can be a reactive force such as optical, buoyant, aerodynamic, or hydrodynamic. Levitation excludes floating at the surface of", "title": "Levitation" }, { "id": "3981753", "text": "(ignoring all other celestial bodies for the moment) is to say that they both orbit around the center of mass, referred to in astronomy as the barycenter, of the combined system. Any mass on earth is pulled down by the gravitational force of the earth; this force is also called its weight. The corresponding 'reaction' is the gravitational force that mass exerts on the planet. If the object is supported so that it remains at rest, for instance by a cable from which it is hanging, or by a surface underneath, or by a liquid on which it is floating,", "title": "Reaction (physics)" }, { "id": "307175", "text": "Planet A planet is an astronomical body orbiting a star or stellar remnant that is massive enough to be rounded by its own gravity, is not massive enough to cause thermonuclear fusion, and has cleared its neighbouring region of planetesimals. The term \"planet\" is ancient, with ties to history, astrology, science, mythology, and religion. Five planets in the Solar System are visible to the naked eye. These were regarded by many early cultures as divine, or as emissaries of deities. As scientific knowledge advanced, human perception of the planets changed, incorporating a number of disparate objects. In 2006, the International", "title": "Planet" }, { "id": "274250", "text": "Momentum In Newtonian mechanics, linear momentum, translational momentum, or simply momentum (pl. momenta) is the product of the mass and velocity of an object. It is a vector quantity, possessing a magnitude and a direction in three-dimensional space. If is an object's mass and is the velocity (also a vector), then the momentum is In SI units, it is measured in kilogram meters per second (kg⋅m/s). Newton's second law of motion states that a body's rate of change in momentum is equal to the net force acting on it. Momentum depends on the frame of reference, but in any inertial", "title": "Momentum" }, { "id": "73298", "text": "the Cauchy stress and the internal energy, the Clausius–Duhem inequality may be written as Continuum mechanics Continuum mechanics is a branch of mechanics that deals with the mechanical behavior of materials modeled as a continuous mass rather than as discrete particles. The French mathematician Augustin-Louis Cauchy was the first to formulate such models in the 19th century. Modeling an object as a continuum assumes that the substance of the object completely fills the space it occupies. Modeling objects in this way ignores the fact that matter is made of atoms, and so is not continuous; however, on length scales much", "title": "Continuum mechanics" }, { "id": "1352025", "text": "Working mass Working mass, also referred to as reaction mass, is a mass against which a system operates in order to produce acceleration. In the case of a rocket, for example, the reaction mass is the fuel shot backwards to provide propulsion. All acceleration requires an exchange of momentum, which can be thought of as the \"unit of movement\". Momentum is related to mass and velocity, as given by the formula \"P = mv,\" where \"P\" is the momentum, \"m\" the mass, and \"v\" the velocity. The velocity of a body is easily changeable, but in most cases the mass", "title": "Working mass" }, { "id": "307217", "text": "sticky collision) dust particles in the disk steadily accumulate mass to form ever-larger bodies. Local concentrations of mass known as planetesimals form, and these accelerate the accretion process by drawing in additional material by their gravitational attraction. These concentrations become ever denser until they collapse inward under gravity to form protoplanets. After a planet reaches a mass somewhat larger than Mars' mass, it begins to accumulate an extended atmosphere, greatly increasing the capture rate of the planetesimals by means of atmospheric drag. Depending on the accretion history of solids and gas, a giant planet, an ice giant, or a terrestrial", "title": "Planet" }, { "id": "4560038", "text": "of mass shadows. Existing in hyperspace, mass shadows are the hyperspace signatures created by gravity wells of large objects existing in normal space. Mass shadows occur naturally, caused by the gravity wells of large celestial bodies such as, planets, stars, or gas giants. Smaller objects (e.g., comets) may also cause mass shadows to occur. Due to their nature, mass shadows can potentially cause the threat of collision if a ship were to drop out of hyperspace and impact with the associated object. This is why hyperdrive engines include a failsafe mechanism to return the ship to realspace when encountering such", "title": "Hyperspace" }, { "id": "7647554", "text": "occurred in the 11th Century AD only a short while before the light reached Earth, but in Earth's rest frame the event occurred about 6300 years earlier. Rest frame In special relativity the rest frame of a particle is the coordinate system (frame of reference) in which the particle is at rest. The rest frame of compound objects (such as a fluid, or a solid made of many vibrating atoms) is taken to be the frame of reference in which the average momentum of the particles which make up the substance is zero (the particles may individually have momentum, but", "title": "Rest frame" }, { "id": "2928852", "text": "Mass concentration (astronomy) In astronomy and astrophysics, a mass concentration (or mascon) is a region of a planet or moon's crust that contains a large positive gravitational anomaly. In general, the word \"mascon\" can be used as a noun to refer to an excess distribution of mass on or beneath the surface of an astronomical body (with respect to some suitable average), such as is found around Hawaii on Earth. However, this term is most often used to describe a geologic structure that has a positive gravitational anomaly associated with a feature (e.g. depressed basin) that might otherwise have been", "title": "Mass concentration (astronomy)" }, { "id": "1587697", "text": "planetesimal as a general term to refer to many small Solar System bodies – such as asteroids and comets – which are left over from the formation process. A group of the world's leading planet formation experts decided at a conference in 2006 on the following definition of a planetesimal: A planetesimal is a solid object arising during the accumulation of planets whose internal strength is dominated by self-gravity and whose orbital dynamics is not significantly affected by gas drag. This corresponds to objects larger than approximately 1 km in the solar nebula. Bodies large enough not only to keep", "title": "Planetesimal" }, { "id": "1653390", "text": "about . The observable universe's mass has a Schwarzschild radius of approximately 13.7 billion light-years. Any object whose radius is smaller than its Schwarzschild radius is called a black hole. The surface at the Schwarzschild radius acts as an event horizon in a non-rotating body (a rotating black hole operates slightly differently). Neither light nor particles can escape through this surface from the region inside, hence the name \"black hole\". Black holes can be classified based on their Schwarzschild radius, or equivalently, by their density. As the radius is linearly related to mass, while the enclosed volume corresponds to the", "title": "Schwarzschild radius" }, { "id": "11234936", "text": "10ton satellite at the same rate as one with a mass of only 1 ton. Mass is (among other properties) an \"inertial\" property; that is, the tendency of an object to remain at constant velocity unless acted upon by an outside force. Under Sir Isaac Newton's -year-old laws of motion and an important formula that sprang from his work, an object with a mass, \"m\", of one kilogram will accelerate, \"a\", at one meter per second per second (about one-tenth the acceleration due to earth’s gravity) when acted upon by a force, \"F\", of one newton. Inertia is seen when", "title": "Mass versus weight" }, { "id": "8943225", "text": "Temporal parts In contemporary metaphysics, temporal parts are the parts of an object that exist in time. A temporal part would be something like \"the first year of a person's life\", or \"all of a table from between 10:00 a.m. on June 21, 1994 to 11:00 p.m. on July 23, 1996\". The term is used in the debate over the persistence of material objects. Objects typically have parts that exist in space—a human body, for example, has \"spatial parts\" like hands, feet, and legs. Some metaphysicists believe objects have \"temporal parts\" as well. Originally it was argued that those who", "title": "Temporal parts" }, { "id": "6797284", "text": "Osculating orbit In astronomy, and in particular in astrodynamics, the osculating orbit of an object in space at a given moment in time is the gravitational Kepler orbit (i.e. an elliptic or other conic one) that it would have around its central body if perturbations were absent. That is, it is the orbit that coincides with the current orbital state vectors (position and velocity). The word \"osculate\" is Latin for “kiss”. In mathematics, two curves osculate when they just touch, without (necessarily) crossing, at a point, where both have the same position and slope, i.e. the two curves “kiss”. An", "title": "Osculating orbit" }, { "id": "13074190", "text": "should be hundreds of 'Oumuamua-size interstellar objects in the Solar System, based on calculated orbital characteristics, and presented several known examples, namely, 2011 SP25, 2017 RR2, 2017 SV13, and 2018 TL6. These are all orbiting the sun, but with unusual orbits, and are assumed to have been trapped at some occasion. Interstellar object An interstellar object is a body, other than a star or substar, that is located in interstellar space and is not gravitationally bound to a star. The term can also be applied to objects that are on an interstellar trajectory but are temporarily passing close to a", "title": "Interstellar object" }, { "id": "12606625", "text": "Primary (astronomy) A primary (also called a gravitational primary, primary body, or central body) is the main physical body of a gravitationally bound, multi-object system. This object constitutes most of that system's mass and will generally be located near the system's barycenter. In the Solar System, the Sun is the primary for all objects that orbit the star. In the same way, the primary of all satellites (be they natural satellites (moons) or artificial ones) is the planet they orbit. The term \"primary\" is often used to avoid specifying whether the object near the barycenter is a planet, a star,", "title": "Primary (astronomy)" }, { "id": "1846871", "text": "Space charge Space charge is a concept in which excess electric charge is treated as a continuum of charge distributed over a region of space (either a volume or an area) rather than distinct point-like charges. This model typically applies when charge carriers have been emitted from some region of a solid—the cloud of emitted carriers can form a space charge region if they are sufficiently spread out, or the charged atoms or molecules left behind in the solid can form a space charge region. Space charge usually only occurs in dielectric media (including vacuum) because in a conductive medium", "title": "Space charge" }, { "id": "3443353", "text": "Space hopper A space hopper (also known as a moon hopper, skippyball, kangaroo ball, bouncer, hippity hop, hoppity hop, sit and bounce, or hop ball) is a rubber ball (similar to an exercise ball) with handles which allow one to sit on it without falling off. The user can hop around on the toy, using the elastic properties of the ball to move forward. The term \"space hopper\" is more common in the United Kingdom; the toy is less familiar in the United States, and may be known as a \"hoppity hop\", \"hippity hop\" or a \"sit n bounce\". A", "title": "Space hopper" }, { "id": "6810427", "text": "An example of a scalar quantity is temperature: the temperature at a given point is a single number. Velocity, on the other hand, is a vector quantity: velocity in three-dimensional space is specified by three values; in a Cartesian coordinate system the values are the speeds along each coordinate axis. The associated fields describe the temperature and velocity in each point of some space. Considering the norms of the velocity vectors results in a scalar field of the speeds in each point of the space. Some examples of scalars include the mass, charge, volume, time, speed, or electric potential at", "title": "Scalar (physics)" }, { "id": "381030", "text": "word \"membrane\" which refers to a two-dimensional brane. Branes are dynamical objects which can propagate through spacetime according to the rules of quantum mechanics. They have mass and can have other attributes such as charge. A \"p\"-brane sweeps out a (\"p\"+1)-dimensional volume in spacetime called its \"worldvolume\". Physicists often study fields analogous to the electromagnetic field which live on the worldvolume of a brane. In string theory, D-branes are an important class of branes that arise when one considers open strings. As an open string propagates through spacetime, its endpoints are required to lie on a D-brane. The letter \"D\"", "title": "String theory" }, { "id": "2981749", "text": "Einstein ring In observational astronomy an Einstein ring, also known as an Einstein–Chwolson ring or Chwolson ring, is the deformation of the light from a source (such as a galaxy or star) into a ring through gravitational lensing of the source's light by an object with an extremely large mass (such as another galaxy or a black hole). This occurs when the source, lens, and observer are all aligned—a syzygy. The first complete Einstein ring, designated B1938+666, was discovered by collaboration between astronomers at the University of Manchester and NASA's Hubble Space Telescope in 1998. Gravitational lensing is predicted by", "title": "Einstein ring" }, { "id": "16446064", "text": "Initial singularity The initial singularity was a singularity of seemingly infinite density thought to have contained all of the mass and space-time of the Universe before quantum fluctuations caused it to rapidly expand in the Big Bang and subsequent inflation, creating the present-day Universe. The initial singularity is part of the Planck epoch, the earliest period of time in the history of the universe. General relativity is used to predict that at the beginning of the Universe, a body containing all mass, energy, and spacetime in the Universe would be compressed to an infinitely dense point. The use of only", "title": "Initial singularity" }, { "id": "872762", "text": "less than approximately 0.08 , to maintain hydrogen-burning nuclear fusion. These objects are now generally called brown dwarfs, a term coined in the 1970s. Black dwarfs should not be confused with black holes, black stars, or neutron stars. A white dwarf is what remains of a main-sequence star of low or medium mass (below approximately 9 to 10 solar masses ()) after it has either expelled or fused all the elements for which it has sufficient temperature to fuse. What is left is then a dense sphere of electron-degenerate matter that cools slowly by thermal radiation, eventually becoming a black", "title": "Black dwarf" }, { "id": "1632806", "text": "Barycenter The barycenter (or barycentre; from the Ancient Greek \"heavy\" + \"centre\") is the center of mass of two or more bodies that orbit each other and is the point about which the bodies orbit. It is an important concept in fields such as astronomy and astrophysics. The distance from a body's center of mass to the barycenter can be calculated as a two-body problem. If one of two orbiting bodies is much more massive than the other and the bodies are relatively close to one another, the barycenter will typically be located within the more massive object. In this", "title": "Barycenter" }, { "id": "12533421", "text": "Time in physics Time in physics is defined by its measurement: time is what a clock reads. In classical, non-relativistic physics it is a scalar quantity and, like length, mass, and charge, is usually described as a fundamental quantity. Time can be combined mathematically with other physical quantities to derive other concepts such as motion, kinetic energy and time-dependent fields. \"\" is a complex of technological and scientific issues, and part of the foundation of \"recordkeeping\". Before there were clocks, time was measured by those physical processes which were understandable to each epoch of civilization: Eventually, it became possible to", "title": "Time in physics" }, { "id": "2924344", "text": "Orbit (anatomy) In anatomy, the orbit is the cavity or socket of the skull in which the eye and its appendages are situated. “Orbit” can refer to the bony socket, or it can also be used to imply the contents. In the adult human, the volume of the orbit is , of which the eye occupies . The orbital contents comprise the eye, the orbital and retrobulbar fascia, extraocular muscles, cranial nerves II, III, IV, V, and VI, blood vessels, fat, the lacrimal gland with its sac and nasolacrimal duct, the eyelids, medial and lateral palpebral ligaments, check ligaments, the", "title": "Orbit (anatomy)" }, { "id": "126387", "text": "an object's position in a force field (gravitational, electric or magnetic), the elastic energy stored by stretching solid objects, the chemical energy released when a fuel burns, the radiant energy carried by light, and the thermal energy due to an object's temperature. Mass and energy are closely related. Due to mass–energy equivalence, any object that has mass when stationary (called rest mass) also has an equivalent amount of energy whose form is called rest energy, and any additional energy (of any form) acquired by the object above that rest energy will increase the object's total mass just as it increases", "title": "Energy" }, { "id": "390976", "text": "is the mass which acts as the source of a gravitational field; (2) passive mass is the mass which reacts to a gravitational field; (3) inertial mass is the mass which reacts to acceleration. In Newtonian theory, In general relativity, The classic experiment to measure the strength of a gravitational source (i.e. its active mass) was first conducted in 1797 by Henry Cavendish (Fig. 5‑9a). Two small but dense balls are suspended on a fine wire, making a torsion balance. Bringing two large test masses close to the balls introduces a detectable torque. Given the dimensions of the apparatus and", "title": "Spacetime" }, { "id": "307176", "text": "Astronomical Union (IAU) officially adopted a resolution defining planets within the Solar System. This definition is controversial because it excludes many objects of planetary mass based on where or what they orbit. Although eight of the planetary bodies discovered before 1950 remain \"planets\" under the modern definition, some celestial bodies, such as Ceres, Pallas, Juno and Vesta (each an object in the solar asteroid belt), and Pluto (the first trans-Neptunian object discovered), that were once considered planets by the scientific community, are no longer viewed as such. The planets were thought by Ptolemy to orbit Earth in deferent and epicycle", "title": "Planet" } ]

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[ { "id": "4812168", "text": "Blinded by the Light \"Blinded by the Light\" is a song written and recorded by Bruce Springsteen, which first appeared on his 1973 debut album \"Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.\" A cover by British rock band Manfred Mann's Earth Band reached number one on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 in the United States in February 1977 and was also a top ten hit in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Canada. It has also been covered by The Eagles of Death Metal which was in the movie \"Super Troopers 2\". The song came about when Columbia president Clive Davis, upon listening", "title": "Blinded by the Light" }, { "id": "4812170", "text": "himself. The remainder of the song tells of many unrelated events, with the refrain of \"Blinded by the light, cut loose like a deuce, another runner in the night.\" \"Blinded by the Light\" was the first song on, and first single from, \"Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.\" Springsteen's version was commercially unsuccessful and did not appear on the music charts. Manfred Mann's Earth Band released a version of the song on their 1976 album \"The Roaring Silence.\" Their version includes the \"Chopsticks\" melody played on piano near the end of the bridge of the song. The track reached #1 on", "title": "Blinded by the Light" }, { "id": "13411063", "text": "The Angel (song) \"The Angel\" is a song by Bruce Springsteen from the album \"Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.\" in 1973. It was also released as the B-side to Springsteen's \"Blinded by the Light\" single. The song was part of the demo that Springsteen recorded for John Hammond of CBS Records in advance of getting his first recording contract. At the time \"Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.\" was released, Springsteen considered it his most sophisticated song. It has had very few live performances. The song is one of the slower tracks on \"Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.\", played on piano.", "title": "The Angel (song)" }, { "id": "8356594", "text": "chart, but reached number 1 in markets in Providence and New Orleans. The song was re-recorded by The Who singer Roger Daltrey for his album \"One of the Boys\" in 1977. Pratt's original version of the single became the B side of Bruce Springsteen's \"Blinded by the Light\" on a CBS promotional disc, and was used on the soundtrack to the film \"Velvet Goldmine\" in 1998. In 1982 Pratt released the mini album \"Fun in the First World\" produced by Leroy Radcliffe and released on Boston's Enzone Records. The mini album was later included on \"The Age of Goodbye\". Andy", "title": "Andy Pratt (singer-songwriter)" }, { "id": "4812171", "text": "both the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and the Canadian \"RPM\" charts. Manfred Mann's Earth Band's recording of \"Blinded by the Light\" is Springsteen's only #1 single as a songwriter on the Hot 100 (he never had a #1 as a performer except as part of USA for Africa). In 2002, Danish act Funkstar De Luxe released its disco version of this song. A \"jazzified\" version can be found on Springsteen's 2007 video and audio release recorded with The Sessions Band. Manfred Mann's Earth Band's recording of the song changes the lyrics. The most prominent change is in the chorus, where Springsteen's", "title": "Blinded by the Light" }, { "id": "3458587", "text": "an extra track, a cover of Bob Dylan's; 'Quit Your Low Down Ways' sung by Mick Rogers). The US breakthrough for the band came in the third week of February 1977, when they charted at No. 1 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 with a cover of Bruce Springsteen's \"Blinded by the Light\" from \"The Roaring Silence\". Before this hit, Mick Rogers had left the band (after \"Nightingales & Bombers\") and Chris Thompson (lead vocals, guitar) and Dave Flett (Lead guitar, backing vocals) had been quickly recruited to replace him (although Rogers still contributed backing vocals to the album). While the", "title": "Manfred Mann's Earth Band" }, { "id": "5613253", "text": "as well as providing backing vocals for Brian May of Queen, during his first few solo concerts in South America in 1992. Thompson has also been involved with the SAS Band (Spike's All Star Band) where he has performed numerous songs, especially from his repertoire with Manfred Mann's Earth Band. Chris Thompson (English musician) Christopher Hamlet \"Chris\" Thompson (born 9 March 1948) is an English singer and guitarist known both for his work with Manfred Mann's Earth Band, specifically for his lead vocal on the classic hit \"Blinded By the Light\" and for his solo accomplishments. Thompson was born in", "title": "Chris Thompson (English musician)" }, { "id": "967430", "text": "potential hit single. As such, Springsteen wrote and recorded \"Blinded by the Light\" and \"Spirit in the Night\". Because pianist David Sancious and bassist Garry Tallent were unavailable to record these songs, a three-man band was used—Vini Lopez on drums, Springsteen on guitar, bass and piano, and the previously missing Clarence Clemons on saxophone. These two songs bumped \"Jazz Musician,\" \"Arabian Nights\" and \"Visitation at Fort Horn,\" leaving a total of seven band songs and two solo songs. The album was originally slated to be released in the fall of 1972, but was moved back to early 1973 to avoid", "title": "Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J." }, { "id": "7932485", "text": "had reached #23 in 1975, and the Pointer Sisters were the second act to score a smash hit with a Springsteen cover, Manfred Mann's Earth Band having taken \"Blinded by the Light\" to #1 in 1977. Springsteen finally scored his own inaugural top 10 hit in 1980 with \"Hungry Heart\" which was his first single release subsequent to the Pointer Sisters' success with \"Fire\" (Springsteen had in fact written \"Hungry Heart\" for the Ramones but was persuaded by his manager/producer Jon Landau that the song was the ideal vehicle to break Springsteen as a major singles artist). Its omission from", "title": "Fire (Bruce Springsteen song)" }, { "id": "5613244", "text": "Chris Thompson (English musician) Christopher Hamlet \"Chris\" Thompson (born 9 March 1948) is an English singer and guitarist known both for his work with Manfred Mann's Earth Band, specifically for his lead vocal on the classic hit \"Blinded By the Light\" and for his solo accomplishments. Thompson was born in Ashford, Kent, England, but raised in New Zealand. His early musical experiences were whilst still at school with the band The Paragons that played at weekly church youth club dances. Later, as his talent became clear, the band was reformed as Dynasty with other musicians and achieved much local success", "title": "Chris Thompson (English musician)" }, { "id": "4812169", "text": "to an early version of \"Greetings from Asbury Park N.J.,\" felt the album lacked a potential single. Springsteen wrote this and \"Spirit in the Night\" in response. According to Springsteen, the song came about from going through a rhyming dictionary in search of appropriate words. The first line of the song, \"Madman drummers, bummers, and Indians in the summers with a teenage diplomat\" is autobiographical—\"Madman drummers\" is a reference to drummer Vini Lopez, known as \"Mad Man\" (later changed to \"Mad Dog\"); \"Indians in the summer\" refers to the name of Springsteen's old Little League team; \"teenage diplomat\" refers to", "title": "Blinded by the Light" }, { "id": "9588292", "text": "The Roaring Silence The Roaring Silence is the seventh studio album by English rock band Manfred Mann's Earth Band. It was released on 27 August 1976, by Bronze Records in the UK and by Warner Bros. Records in the US. Like other Earth Band albums, this includes material by other composers. \"Blinded by the Light\", which reached number one the \"Billboard\" Hot 100, is a cover version of a song by Bruce Springsteen; \"Questions\" is based on the main theme of Franz Schubert's Impromptu in G flat Major; \"Starbird\" takes its theme from Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird; and \"The", "title": "The Roaring Silence" }, { "id": "9588294", "text": "did not contain bonus tracks, and tracks No. 3 and No. 7 had changed places The Roaring Silence The Roaring Silence is the seventh studio album by English rock band Manfred Mann's Earth Band. It was released on 27 August 1976, by Bronze Records in the UK and by Warner Bros. Records in the US. Like other Earth Band albums, this includes material by other composers. \"Blinded by the Light\", which reached number one the \"Billboard\" Hot 100, is a cover version of a song by Bruce Springsteen; \"Questions\" is based on the main theme of Franz Schubert's Impromptu in", "title": "The Roaring Silence" }, { "id": "708583", "text": "signed Bob Dylan to the same label a decade earlier. Despite the expectations of Columbia Records' executives that Springsteen would record an acoustic album, he brought many of his New Jersey-based colleagues into the studio with him, thus forming the E Street Band (although it would not be formally named for several months). His debut album \"Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.\", released in January 1973, established him as a critical favorite though sales were slow. Because of Springsteen's lyrical poeticism and folk rock-rooted music exemplified on tracks like \"Blinded by the Light\" and \"For You\", as well as the Columbia", "title": "Bruce Springsteen" }, { "id": "967431", "text": "the pre-Christmas crush. Both \"Blinded by the Light\" and \"Spirit in the Night\" were released as singles by Columbia, but neither reached the U.S. charts. Manfred Mann's Earth Band released a version of \"Blinded by the Light\" on their album \"The Roaring Silence\", which reached number one on Billboard's Hot 100 on 19 February 1977 and #1 on the Canadian RPM chart the same day. This recording of \"Blinded by the Light\" is Springsteen's only number one single as a songwriter on the Hot 100. His best showing on the Hot 100 as a performer was in 1984, with \"Dancing", "title": "Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J." }, { "id": "708593", "text": "compositions of the first three albums; the songs were leaner and more carefully drawn and began to reflect Springsteen's growing intellectual and political awareness. The cross-country 1978 tour to promote the album would become legendary for the intensity and length of its shows. By the late 1970s, Springsteen had earned a reputation in the pop world as a songwriter whose material could provide hits for other bands. Manfred Mann's Earth Band had achieved a US No. 1 pop hit with a heavily rearranged version of \"Greetings\" \"Blinded by the Light\" in early 1977. Patti Smith reached No. 13 with her", "title": "Bruce Springsteen" }, { "id": "13411091", "text": "of sound in the bridge, and incorporates five guitars and a keyboard solo by Manfred Mann 3/4 of the way into the song. The song was also included on the compilation albums \"The Best of Manfred Mann's Earth Band\" and \"Blinded by the Light & Other Hits\". However, the single release did not achieve the success of their other Springsteen covers. The song was also covered by Greg Kihn on his 1977 album \"Greg Kihn Again\". Kihn's cover received favorable comments from Springsteen. It was also included on the compilation album \"Best of Kihn\". This song was also covered by", "title": "For You (Bruce Springsteen song)" }, { "id": "967427", "text": "Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. is the debut studio album by Bruce Springsteen. It was produced by Mike Appel and Jim Cretecos from July through September 1972 at the budget-priced 914 Sound Studios. The album was released January 5, 1973, by Columbia Records to average sales but positive critical reviews. \"Blinded by the Light\" and \"Spirit in the Night\" were released as singles by Columbia, both failing to reach the U.S. charts; however, \"Blinded by the Light\" was later covered by Manfred Mann's Earth Band in 1977, reaching number one in the United States and", "title": "Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J." }, { "id": "13411088", "text": "For You (Bruce Springsteen song) \"For You\" is a song written and recorded by Bruce Springsteen in 1972 for his debut album \"Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.\", released in 1973. It was later included on the compilation album \"The Essential Bruce Springsteen\". The song has been covered by Manfred Mann's Earth Band, The Format, and Greg Kihn. \"For You\" was recorded at 914 Sound Studios in Blauvelt, New York on June 27, 1972, the same day as the rest of the album except \"Blinded by the Light\" and \"Spirit in the Night\". Musicians participating in these sessions included future E", "title": "For You (Bruce Springsteen song)" }, { "id": "1846971", "text": "Tallent in Little Melvin & The Invaders. In July 1972, Springsteen began recording his debut album \"Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.\" and during breaks from recording, he jammed with Clemons and The Joyful Noyze on at least two occasions at The Shipbottom Lounge in Point Pleasant, New Jersey. When Springsteen then decided to use a tenor saxophone on the songs \"Blinded by the Light\" and \"Spirit in the Night,\" he called Clemons. By October Springsteen was ready to tour and promote \"Greetings…\" and he put together a band featuring Clemons, Tallent, Danny Federici and Vini Lopez. Clemons played his last", "title": "Clarence Clemons" }, { "id": "7265963", "text": "a \"Best of...\" compilation (Aura, 1981). His final solo album was \"Reasons to Believe\" (1990) issued in Germany on Polydor Records, which remains unreleased in the US and UK. Between 1974 and 1978, Clarke composed most of the original songs The Hollies recorded on a series of studio albums with Tony Hicks and Terry Sylvester. In 1982, Clarke issued a rare non-album single, \"Someone Else Will\" c/w \"Castles in the Wind\" on Forever Records; however the song failed to chart. Clarke recorded cover versions of Bruce Springsteen's \"Born to Run\", \"Blinded by the Light\" and \"If I Were the Priest\".", "title": "Allan Clarke (singer)" }, { "id": "8306989", "text": "Hungry Heart \"Hungry Heart\" is a song written and performed by Bruce Springsteen on his fifth album, \"The River\". It was released as the album's lead single in 1980 and became Springsteen's first big hit on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart peaking at number five. When Springsteen met Joey Ramone in Asbury Park, New Jersey, Ramone asked him to write a song for The Ramones. Springsteen composed \"Hungry Heart\" that night, but decided to keep it for himself on the advice of his producer and manager, Jon Landau. Previously, upbeat and catchy Springsteen songs such as \"Blinded by the Light\",", "title": "Hungry Heart" }, { "id": "12437733", "text": "Night\" (other parts of the world), this time with vocals by Chris Thompson. That version reached \"Billboard\"'s Top 40, peaking at #40. This version was released as a bonus track on the 2004 CD release of \"The Roaring Silence.\" Also available on 'blue' Roaring Silence LP in the 1970's. \"Spirit in the Night\" was to be the first of three songs from the \"Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.\" album that Manfred Mann would cover — the others being their #1 hit \"Blinded by the Light\" and \"For You.\" Although Greasy Lake, where the action takes place, is a mythical place,", "title": "Spirit in the Night" }, { "id": "3458579", "text": "Manfred Mann's Earth Band Manfred Mann's Earth Band is an English rock band formed by South African musician Manfred Mann. Their hits include covers of Bruce Springsteen's \"For You\", \"Blinded by the Light\" and \"Spirit in the Night\". After forming in 1971 and despite a short hiatus in the late 1980s/early 1990s, the Earth Band continues to perform and tour. Keyboardist Manfred Mann started in the 1960s with the self-titled band that had such hits as \"Do Wah Diddy Diddy\" and Bob Dylan's \"The Mighty Quinn\" and then moved on to jazz fusion-inspired Manfred Mann Chapter Three before forming the", "title": "Manfred Mann's Earth Band" }, { "id": "3458592", "text": "used during ABC's broadcasting of the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the film \"The Philadelphia Experiment\". It was their first hit since \"Blinded by the Light\" and was the band's final US/UK chart single. In 1986, Thompson exited the group and Mick Rogers returned with both appearing on the album \"Criminal Tango\". For 1987's \"Masque\" album, the band consisted solely of Mann, Rogers, and drummer John Lingwood. Shortly thereafter, the Earth Band name was retired for a number of years. Manfred Mann's Earth Band was revived in the early 1990s and resumed recording, covering tracks by artists as varied as", "title": "Manfred Mann's Earth Band" }, { "id": "13411090", "text": "images and not details, and little can be said in description. In many live concerts, including the critically acclaimed \"Hammersmith Odeon London '75\", Bruce transformed the song into a tender piano ballad without accompaniment. Like \"Blinded By The Light\" (on \"The Roaring Silence\") and \"Spirits in the Night\" (on \"Nightingales & Bombers\"), this song was covered by Manfred Mann's Earth Band for their album \"Chance\". As with Manfred Mann Earth Band's previous Springsteen covers, they used a more forceful, rockier sound in \"For You\" than Springsteen did. The Earth Band version built from a more temperate beginning to an explosion", "title": "For You (Bruce Springsteen song)" }, { "id": "4425806", "text": "Go-Kart Mozart Go-Kart Mozart are an English independent pop band founded by Lawrence, formerly of the bands Felt and Denim. Lawrence formed the group as a reaction to his previous bands' lack of commercial success. He has called it \"the world's first B-side band,\" which he explains \"simply meant that you would take away the pressure of I've got to write a hit single, I've got to write an album that's going to get in the top ten.\" Their name comes from a line in the song \"Blinded by the Light\" by Bruce Springsteen. In 1999, Go-Kart Mozart released their", "title": "Go-Kart Mozart" }, { "id": "3458596", "text": "2008, the band released the \"Watch\" DVD which includes footage from a 1979 Austrian concert. Current members Former members Timeline Manfred Mann's Earth Band Manfred Mann's Earth Band is an English rock band formed by South African musician Manfred Mann. Their hits include covers of Bruce Springsteen's \"For You\", \"Blinded by the Light\" and \"Spirit in the Night\". After forming in 1971 and despite a short hiatus in the late 1980s/early 1990s, the Earth Band continues to perform and tour. Keyboardist Manfred Mann started in the 1960s with the self-titled band that had such hits as \"Do Wah Diddy Diddy\"", "title": "Manfred Mann's Earth Band" }, { "id": "4812172", "text": "\"cut loose like a deuce\" is replaced with \"revved up like a deuce.\" This is commonly misheard as \"wrapped up like a douche\". The lyric is actually a reference to a hot rod \"deuce coupe.\" Springsteen was fond of classic hot rods in his youth, hence the line \"cut loose like a deuce, another runner in the night.\" Springsteen himself has joked about the controversy, claiming that it was not until Manfred Mann rewrote the song to be about a feminine hygiene product that it became popular. Original version with Manfred Mann's Earth Band cover with Blinded by the Light", "title": "Blinded by the Light" }, { "id": "9549084", "text": "group is most notable remembered for their cover versions of Bruce Springsteen songs, including \"Blinded by the Light\", which topped the singles charts in the United States and Canada. The group's albums have been the most successful in Norway, where a total of 7 released peaking in the top 10 of the VG-lista albums chart. Manfred Mann's Earth Band discography The discography of British rock band Manfred Mann's Earth Band consists of 17 studio albums, 3 live albums, 7 compilation albums, 5 video albums, and 37 singles. Manfred Mann's Earth Band have been releasing albums and singles since 1971. The", "title": "Manfred Mann's Earth Band discography" }, { "id": "2373592", "text": "a re-kindling of interest in the first album, \"Original Pirate Material\", which re-entered the UK album charts and beat its original chart peak of two years earlier. \"Blinded By the Lights\", the third single from \"A Grand Don't Come for Free\", entered the Top 10 in September 2004, and a fourth and final single, \"Could Well Be In\", was released in late 2004. Skinner's third studio album under The Streets name, \"The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living\", was released on 10 April 2006 in the United Kingdom and on 25 April 2006 in North America. In the UK", "title": "The Streets" }, { "id": "967437", "text": "1. \"Blinded by the Light\" 2. \"Growin' Up\" 3. \"Mary Queen of Arkansas\" 4. \"Does This Bus Stop At 82nd Street?\" 5. \"Lost in the Flood\" 6. \"The Angel\" 7. \"For You\" 8. \"Spirit in the Night\" 9. \"It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City\" \"The album first charted in the UK on 15 June 1985, in the wake of the\" Born in the USA \"tour arriving in Britain, and remained in the Top 100 for ten weeks.\" Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. is the debut studio album by Bruce Springsteen. It was", "title": "Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J." }, { "id": "526149", "text": "rhyme: This, in turn, came from a poem by Vachel Lindsay, called \"The Kallyope Yell\", in which Lindsay uses both pronunciations. In the song \"Blinded by the Light\", written in 1972, Bruce Springsteen used the four-syllable () pronunciation when referring to a fairground organ, and this was repeated by Manfred Mann's Earth Band in their 1976 cover. The calliope is similar to the pyrophone. The difference between the two is that the calliope is an external combustion instrument and the pyrophone is an internal combustion instrument. At 1998's Burning Man, a pyrophone referred to as \"Satan's Calliope\" was powered by", "title": "Calliope (music)" }, { "id": "9591135", "text": "disbanded after two albums, but Mann formed a new outfit in 1971, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, which still records and performs to this day. Their well-known hits included 3 Springsteen covers, \"Spirits in the Night\", \"For You\" and \"Blinded by the Light\", \"Runner\", \"Davy's on the Road Again\", \"You Angel You\", \"All Through the 80's\" and \"Joybringer\". Mann has also released solo projects under \"Manfred Mann's Plain Music\" and \"Manfred Mann '06.\" Mann has used various keyboard instruments through his career, but he is especially know for his solo performance on the Minimoog synthesizer. His keyboard parts are often improvised", "title": "Manfred Mann (musician)" }, { "id": "20080841", "text": "is a collaboration with Van Doorn and Dutch DJ duo Firebeatz. In May 2015, the single \"Blinded By the Light\" was released. Dobbenberg later released the song \"Lost Words\" on Spinnin' Records. In 2016, Dobbenberg announced his termination of contract with Spinnin'. He later signed with Hardwell's Revealed Recordings with his debut single with the label being titled \"Pilot\", which was released on 4 April 2016. \"A Thousand Miles\", a single released by Dobbenberg featuring singer Ruby Prophet, was his debut on his own record label Goldkid, which is an imprint of Armin van Buuren's Armada Music. Following the song,", "title": "Julian Jordan" }, { "id": "9112524", "text": "of the Vein\". It spent 15 weeks on the \"Billboard\" Adult Pop Songs chart and peaked at #17 on July 5, 2003. It also peaked at #35 on the \"Billboard\" Alternative Songs chart and at #34 on the \"Billboard\" Pop Songs chart. It was the only single from \"Out of the Vein\" to appear on the charts. The song's music video was directed by Stephan Jenkins and features the band members fooling around and performing onstage. Blinded (song) \"Blinded\" is a song by American alternative rock band Third Eye Blind. It was released in April 2003 as the lead single", "title": "Blinded (song)" }, { "id": "267241", "text": "line. Francis Scott Key's \"Star-Spangled Banner\" begins with the line: \"O say can you see, by the dawn's early light.\" This has been accidentally and deliberately misinterpreted as \"Jose, can you see\", another example of the Hobson-Jobson effect, countless times. The second half of the line has been misheard as well, as \"by the donzerly light\" or other variants. This has led to many people believing that \"donzerly\" is an actual word. \"Blinded by the Light\", a cover of a Bruce Springsteen song by Manfred Mann's Earth Band, contains what has been called \"probably the most misheard lyric of all", "title": "Mondegreen" }, { "id": "11130573", "text": "Light of Day (song) \"Light of Day\", sometimes written as \"(Just Around the Corner to the) Light of Day\", is a song written by Bruce Springsteen and performed initially by Joan Jett and Michael J. Fox with their fictitious band The Barbusters in the 1987 film \"Light of Day\". The song has since become a staple in Jett's concerts. The song appeared on the \"Light of Day\" soundtrack album. As a single, it reached number 33 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 in April 1987, and it was credited to The Barbusters (Joan Jett and The Blackhearts) on the record label.", "title": "Light of Day (song)" }, { "id": "8120986", "text": "albums, \"The Roaring Silence\" and \"Watch\", which featured two hit singles in \"Blinded by the Light\" and \"Davy's on the Road Again\" respectively. After leaving Manfred Mann's Earth Band in 1978, he briefly toured as a temporary member of Thin Lizzy after Gary Moore left the group following a concert on 4 July 1979. After Midge Ure initially replaced Moore, Flett was recruited in early September 1979 as lead guitarist alongside Scott Gorham for a tour of Japan, while Ure switched to keyboards. Playing his first show with Thin Lizzy in Osaka on 24 September, Flett performed at five shows", "title": "Dave Flett" }, { "id": "6464606", "text": "major venue for off-off-Broadway and children's theater), and her brother Jack was in London, playing guitar and bass and singing with the band Eggs Over Easy, pioneering the pub rock scene in England. She graduated to television, both in series and made-for-TV features, including starring roles in: \"\", \"The Return of the World's Greatest Detective\", \"Blind Ambition\" and \"Blinded by the Light\" with Kristy McNichol. She later worked in movies such as \"Career Opportunities\", \"A Mother's Prayer\", \"Mystic River\", \"Matchstick Men\", \"Extract\" and \"Devil\", was part of the ensemble cast for the first season of \"The Facts of Life\" and", "title": "Jenny O'Hara" }, { "id": "12437727", "text": "be written and recorded for the release. Springsteen had recorded 10 other tracks for the album, but Clive Davis, president of the record label that was releasing the album, was concerned that the recorded tracks did not have enough commercial appeal. As a result, Springsteen quickly wrote and recorded two additional songs: \"Spirit in the Night\" and \"Blinded by the Light\". Because these songs were added so late in the recording process, several of Springsteen's band members were unavailable to record these two songs. As a result, the recording lineup for \"Spirit in the Night\" was limited to Vini Lopez", "title": "Spirit in the Night" }, { "id": "6290827", "text": "lyrics were written by the band's lead vocalist Bono, taking partial inspiration from his recollection of his first trip to London, and from the band's experience playing in New York City in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks during their Elevation Tour in 2001. Other lyrics refer to Bono's relationship with his wife Ali The song's underlying theme reflects lost innocence and was inspired by an image Bono saw of himself from the early 1980s. The sound has been compared to the tone of U2's 1984 album, \"The Unforgettable Fire\" and their 1987 single \"Where the Streets Have No", "title": "City of Blinding Lights" }, { "id": "4717852", "text": "the single \"John Deere Tractor\", originally found on \"Wynonna & Naomi\". Following their disbanding, Wynonna Judd signed to MCA Records and Curb Records between 1992 and 1997, followed by just Curb from then onward. She charted over 25 singles on her own, including four that went to No. 1 on the Hot Country Songs charts. These included her first three releases, \"She Is His Only Need\", \"I Saw the Light\", and \"No One Else on Earth\" all in 1992, along with \"To Be Loved by You\" in 1996. Wynonna and Naomi briefly reunited for a performance at the Super Bowl", "title": "The Judds" }, { "id": "9112521", "text": "Blinded (song) \"Blinded\" is a song by American alternative rock band Third Eye Blind. It was released in April 2003 as the lead single from their 2003 album, \"Out of the Vein\". It was written by Stephan Jenkins, Arion Salazar, and Tony Fredianelli. The song received positive reviews from music critics and peaked at number 34 on the \"Billboard\" Pop Songs chart. \"Blinded\" was written by Stephan Jenkins, Arion Salazar, and Tony Fredianelli and was produced by Jenkins. The protagonist of the song is a man who goes to his ex-lover's apartment and spies on her through the bathroom door,", "title": "Blinded (song)" }, { "id": "4017062", "text": "Squire was still under contract following his departure from The Stone Roses, signed the band. The Seahorses released their debut album \"Do It Yourself\" in 1997. The album was produced by Tony Visconti and spawned three hit singles. \"Love is the Law\" reached no. 2 in the UK Singles Chart; \"Blinded by the Sun\" got to no. 7 and \"Love Me and Leave Me\" at no. 15. The stand-alone single \"You Can Talk to Me\", co-written by Squire and Helme peaked at no. 15. In January 1999, after two years of intensive touring, including support slots to The Rolling Stones,", "title": "Chris Helme" }, { "id": "11130578", "text": "of Michael J. Fox in the Governor General's performing arts awards 2017. Light of Day (song) \"Light of Day\", sometimes written as \"(Just Around the Corner to the) Light of Day\", is a song written by Bruce Springsteen and performed initially by Joan Jett and Michael J. Fox with their fictitious band The Barbusters in the 1987 film \"Light of Day\". The song has since become a staple in Jett's concerts. The song appeared on the \"Light of Day\" soundtrack album. As a single, it reached number 33 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 in April 1987, and it was credited", "title": "Light of Day (song)" }, { "id": "14679549", "text": "and Sticky Fingaz met a young talented singer Optimus (also known as Jordy Towers), who featured on 3 songs for the album \"Black Rock\": \"The Greatest Day of My Life\", \"Chasing The Devil\" and \"Blinded By The Light\" and even starred in a video for the last song. The whole album was produced by Desmond \"DSP\" Powell. The album was done in June, 2008 according to the interview with Sticky Fingaz. In an 2008 interview for AllHipHop Fredro said that the album should have been released in 1994. It should have been Onyx second album. The album was due out", "title": "Black Rock (Onyx album)" }, { "id": "6643800", "text": "direction, they scored eleven Top 100 hits, most notably Crewe's powerful and muscular arrangements of \"Devil with a Blue Dress On\", the group's highest-charting single at #4, as well as \"Sock It to Me, Baby!\", a #6 hit in 1967, and \"Jenny Take a Ride\", which reached #10 in 1965. Another often-recorded song from the 1965 Linzer-Randell album by the Toys is \"Can't Get Enough of You Baby\". The number, co-written by Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell, was also recorded by the Bay City, Michigan, rock group ? and the Mysterians, best known for their 1966 hit \"96 Tears\". \"Can't", "title": "Bob Crewe" }, { "id": "6053502", "text": "DJ Jori Hulkkonen on the track \"Blinded By The Numbers\" from Hulkkonen's album \"Dualizm\", released in 2005, and his song 'Crosses' was sampled by British hiphop artist Plan B for the song \"Cast a Light\" which appears on the \"Paint It Blacker\" EP. He has also collaborated with the Swedish hip hop DJ and producer Embee on the track \"Send Someone Away\", the album mixed by Soundism received a Grammis. González's song \"Crosses\" was remixed in 2006 by popular Dutch DJ Tiësto. González can also be heard in the song \"I want you Back\" by the Swedish indie-rock group Niccokick.", "title": "José González (singer)" }, { "id": "13591052", "text": "Kenny Starr Kenneth Trebbe (born September 21, 1952 in Topeka, Kansas) is an American country singer, known professionally as Kenny Starr. He recorded for MCA Records between 1973 and 1978, charting thirteen singles and releasing one studio album. For much of the 1970s, he was a member of Loretta Lynn's touring band, the Coal Miners. Lynn is frequently credited with discovering him. Starr's biggest hit was a cover of David Geddes's single \"The Blind Man in the Bleachers\". Starr's version was a hit single in the U.S. in 1976, reaching No. 2 on the Country Singles chart and No. 58", "title": "Kenny Starr" }, { "id": "16217987", "text": "in 1989, with Townshend originally on electric guitar on the two Toronto dates in June and acoustic guitar for the rest of the tour. It was disliked by Roger Daltrey, who thought that although it had clever lyrics, it was too long. On the original recording and in its 1979/1980 performances, Daltrey sang the lead vocal; in 1989 Entwistle sang it. \"Trick of the Light\" was included in the two-disc edition of \"The Who Hits 50!\". Trick of the Light (The Who song) \"Trick of the Light\" is a song written by bassist John Entwistle for The Who's eighth studio", "title": "Trick of the Light (The Who song)" }, { "id": "967434", "text": "... the album rocks, then glides, then rocks again. There is the combined sensibility of the chaser and the chaste, the street punk and the bookworm.\" \"Creem\" magazine's Robert Christgau said Springsteen's songs are dominated by the kind of mannered emotional transparency and \"absurdist energy\" that made Bob Dylan \"a genius instead of a talent\". In \"\" (1981), he wrote that despite the grandiloquent, unaccompanied \"Mary Queen of Arkansas\" and \"The Angel\", songs such as \"Blinded by the Light\" and \"Growin' Up\" foreshadow Springsteen's \"unguarded teen-underclass poetry\", while even the maundering \"Lost in the Flood\" is interesting. In \"All Music", "title": "Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J." }, { "id": "5844333", "text": "song to actress/singer Liza Minnelli, but eventually it was offered to singer Cher, but her then-husband and manager Sonny Bono reportedly refused it, as he was said to be concerned that the song might offend Cher's southern fans. Without a singer to record the song, Lawrence went into a studio and recorded it professionally herself, with the instrumental backing of L.A. session musicians from the Wrecking Crew, then pressed the label to release it as a single. Released as a single in June 1972, the song would ultimately become a number-one success for Lawrence, topping the Hot 100 chart in", "title": "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" }, { "id": "708602", "text": "bombast and make the song's original meaning more explicitly clear, Springsteen performed the song accompanied only by acoustic guitar, thus returning to how the song was originally conceived. The original acoustic version of the song, recorded in 1982 during the \"Nebraska\" sessions, appeared on the 1998 archival release \"Tracks\". \"Dancing in the Dark\" was the biggest of seven hit singles from \"Born in the U.S.A.\", peaking at No. 2 on the \"Billboard\" music charts. The video for the song showed a young Courteney Cox dancing on stage with Springsteen, which helped start the actress's career. The song \"Cover Me\" was", "title": "Bruce Springsteen" }, { "id": "4294400", "text": "Ellen Foley Ellen Foley (born June 5, 1951) is an American singer and actress who has appeared on Broadway and television, where she co-starred in the sitcom \"Night Court\". In music, she has released four solo albums but is best known for her collaborations with rock singer Meat Loaf. Foley was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of John and Virginia B. Foley. Foley attended Webster University. Foley gained high public recognition singing the duet with Meat Loaf on the hit single \"Paradise by the Dashboard Light\" from the 1977 album \"Bat Out of Hell\". Although Karla DeVito (who", "title": "Ellen Foley" }, { "id": "8733617", "text": "ended, he won the role as host of a weekly talk show, \"Hollywood Teen\". He appeared in several successful made-for-TV movies, including \"Blinded by the Light\" which co-starred his sister Kristy. He made several low budget feature films before accepting the role of Josh Clayton on \"General Hospital\"). He performed in a band throughout the 1980s under the name \"Jimmy James\". His last notable acting role was that of Jill Ireland's son Valentine McCallum in the 1991 movie, \"Reason for Living.\" The lead role of Ireland was played by Jill Clayburgh. McNichol is an avid environmentalist, and in 1998 was", "title": "Jimmy McNichol" }, { "id": "14679556", "text": "from the first version of \"Black Rock\" album: \"Neva Goin' Bac\" (2008), \"Black Rock (U Know Wht It Iz)\" (2009), \"The Real Black Rock\" (2009). Another video for the song \"Blinded By The Light\" is still unreleased. The video was shot by Preston Whitmore in the Mojave Desert, California on April 26, 2009. At that time, the song had another producer, Desmond \"DSP\" Powell, which is credited as co-producer on this album. Onyx released visuals for the title track \"Black Rock\" in March, 2018. Video was premiered on XXL (magazine). A new video from Onyx for the song \"Black Rock\"", "title": "Black Rock (Onyx album)" }, { "id": "5527561", "text": "Triffids were nomadic, travelling back and forth from Australia to England to record the 'difficult' album—initial recordings with US producer Craig Leon were abandoned—and obviously related to the disoriented sailors. It provided the singles \"Bury Me Deep in Love\" in October 1987 and \"Trick of the Light\" in January 1988. After \"Born Sandy Devotional\", they graduated to the festival circuit and played alongside Iggy Pop, the Ramones, The Fall, Anthrax and Echo & the Bunnymen. By 1988, their fame was such that \"NME\" invited them to contribute a cover version of The Beatles' song \"Good Morning Good Morning\" to the", "title": "The Triffids" }, { "id": "531069", "text": "Nelly Furtado Nelly Kim Furtado (; born December 2, 1978) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. Furtado first gained fame with her debut album, \"Whoa, Nelly!\" (2000), which was a critical and commercial success that spawned two top 10 singles on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100, \"I'm Like a Bird\" and \"Turn Off the Light\". The first of the two singles won her a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. In 2003, she released her second album, \"Folklore\", which was preceded by the lead single, \"Powerless (Say What You Want)\". Furtado's third album, \"Loose\" (2006), became her best selling", "title": "Nelly Furtado" }, { "id": "3017789", "text": "greatest metal solos and guitarist Anders Björler admitted in 2007 that he still couldn't play it properly. \"Blinded by Fear\" was covered by The Haunted (composed largely of ex-At The Gates members) on their Japanese version of their live/double disc album, \"Live Rounds in Tokyo\" and was also covered by Fleshgod Apocalypse on their \"Mafia\" EP. The song also appeared in the game Rock Band 2 as downloadable content. Tracks from the album have made appearances in several video games. A 2002 Reissue contained 11 tracks from the original 1995 release of \"Slaughter of the Soul\", plus 6 bonus audio", "title": "Slaughter of the Soul" }, { "id": "7877601", "text": "the song was performed otherwise the audience would be disappointed. \"Know Who You Are\" is an original song which originally appeared on the band's 1970 album \"Play It Loud\". \"Get Down With It\" is a cover of the 1965 Bobby Marchan song. Aside from being Slade's breakthrough hit, it was regularly featured as part of the band's live set for the band's entire live career. \"Born to be Wild\", a cover of the 1968 song by Steppenwolf, was originally recorded in the studio by Slade for their 1969 debut \"Beginnings\". Upon release, \"Record Mirror\" felt the \"rocking album\" was a", "title": "Slade Alive!" }, { "id": "8054712", "text": "Ralph McTell's hit single, \"Streets of London\". The group signed with EMI, and in 1980 scored their second UK hit with \"Platinum Blonde\". The group appeared on \"Top of the Pops\" to promote the single. The follow-up \"Trick of the Light\" failed to chart. Further success was achieved in 1982 when a re-recorded version of \"After the Gold Rush\" made the UK Top 30. The group released three further singles in the same year, namely, \"Only The Lonely\" (a cover of the Roy Orbison song), \"City Tonight\" and \"Silent Night\". However, no album was released around this time. Vardy left", "title": "Prelude (band)" }, { "id": "5934460", "text": "1992 version of the song by Co.Ro was a hit in several countries in Europe and South America, and reached number 1 in Spain. The following year, a live acoustic version was recorded by 10,000 Maniacs for \"MTV Unplugged\". This recording reached number 11 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100, making it the highest charting version of the song in the US. In 1987, the song was ranked number 116 on \"NME\" magazine's list of \"The Top 150 Singles of All Time\". It remains the best-known song of Smith's catalog. The song was originally recorded by Bruce Springsteen during sessions for", "title": "Because the Night" }, { "id": "526154", "text": "credits include the statement, \"contains excerpts from \"Holiday for Calliope\",\" which was, in general, the hook for \"Holiday\" played with a calliope. Additionally, a generalized circus theme was played with a calliope sound through part of the song. In the web series \"Bravest Warriors\", there is a theoretical system (similar to string theory) humorously dubbed the \"Space Time Calliope\" in which an infinite number of universes and timelines exist. The name is possibly referencing the mechanical complexity of calliopes. The Bruce Springsteen song more popularly covered by Manfred Mann's Earth Band \"Blinded by the Light\" contains the line \"the calliope", "title": "Calliope (music)" }, { "id": "10695506", "text": "the album consists of two hits from \"Leave the Light On\", three from \"Something in Red\", two from \"Watch Me\", and the #13 duet with Morgan's then husband Keith Whitley, \"'Til a Tear Becomes a Rose\", which originally appeared on Whitley's own \"Greatest Hits\" album in 1990. \"Reflections\" peaked at #5 on the \"Top Country Albums\" chart and #46 on the U.S. \"\"Billboard\" 200\" album chart. Reflections: Greatest Hits Reflections: Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits compilation released by country music artist Lorrie Morgan. It was released on Morgan's birthday in 1995 as a special, limited production; deluxe edition.", "title": "Reflections: Greatest Hits" }, { "id": "8558312", "text": "track from Cozy Powell. It was released as b-side to \"Too Much Love Will Kill You\" single and as a bonus track on the US release of \"Back to the Light\". Additionally, there is a Ford advertisement version. Shortly before releasing it as single, May played it on the Guitar Legends concert in October 1991, having a super-group backing him: Cozy Powell on drums, Neil Murray on bass, Steve Vai on rhythm guitar, Rick Wakeman and Mike Moran on keyboards, Maggie Ryder, Miriam Stockley and Chris Thompson on backing vocals. It was used by the Ford Motor Company in advertisements", "title": "Driven by You" }, { "id": "5308630", "text": "song \"Light of Day\" specifically for the film; Joan Jett performed the song for the film's soundtrack. Schrader's original working title for the film was \"Born in the USA.\" He showed the script to Springsteen to make sure he got the details right about a blue-collar bar band. Springsteen ended up using the title for a song he had been writing about a Vietnam veteran, and as a result, the Barbusters's signature song, which he provided, gave the film its eventual title. Starting from the late 1980s and during the 1990s, Springsteen himself used the song to close his concerts.", "title": "Light of Day" }, { "id": "10598611", "text": "Paul Weller, Trixie Whitley, Ruby Turner, Marcia Ball, Sydney Youngblood, Barbara Lynn and Beyoncé Knowles for the \"Cadillac Records\" film soundtrack. The song reached number 14 on the UK Singles Chart in 1969 in a version by the British blues band Chicken Shack, featuring Christine Perfect, later to become Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac. The song was also recorded in 1972 for \"Never a Dull Moment\", the fourth album by Rod Stewart. Etta James refers to Stewart's version favorably in her autobiography, \"Rage to Survive\". A version of the song was America/German singer Sydney Youngblood's third single release, peaking at", "title": "I'd Rather Go Blind" }, { "id": "7475453", "text": "accompanying letter, he discouraged the producer to issue the recording. Audrey, like many people who sing badly, seemed to have no sense of how bad she was as a vocalist, and her duets with Hank were like an extension of their married life as she fought him for dominance on every note. While the release of Williams' recording was held, the first issued version was by Clyde Grubb, who recorded it on August 13, 1947. Grubb's version was released by RCA Records (RCA 20-2485) in October 1947 with \"When God\" on the flipside, backed by his Tennessee Valley Boys. Williams'", "title": "I Saw the Light (Hank Williams song)" }, { "id": "7542895", "text": "Eyesight to the Blind \"Eyesight to the Blind\" is a 12-bar blues song written and recorded in 1951 by Sonny Boy Williamson II (Aleck \"Rice\" Miller). He also recorded the related songs \"Born Blind\", \"Unseeing Eye\", \"Don't Lose Your Eye\", and \"Unseen Eye\" during his career. The Larks, an American rhythm and blues group, recorded the song, which reached number five on the R&B charts in 1951. Several musicians subsequently recorded it in a variety of styles. The Who used Williamson's lyrics for their adaptation for the rock opera \"Tommy\". The song was recorded by Sonny Boy Williamson in 1951", "title": "Eyesight to the Blind" }, { "id": "10047223", "text": "three additional songs that had previously been held over for \"Calenture\": \"Trick Of The Light\", \"Blinder By The Hour\" and \"Jerdacuttup Man\". It also included two other songs that were not on the original edition: \"She's Sure The Girl I Love\" and \"Wish to See No More\". The previous version of \"Born Sandy Devotional\" is expanded. The reissue was remixed by Bruce Callaway, the sound engineer of the original recordings. AllMusic said, \"The stripped-down, communal feel of this record beautifully captures the essence of the Triffids' folk- and country-influenced rock and underscores frontman David McComb's musical and lyrical talent for", "title": "In the Pines (album)" }, { "id": "7603881", "text": "Jump in the Fire \"Jump in the Fire\" is a song by American heavy metal band Metallica. It was released as the second and final single from their debut album, \"Kill 'Em All\". The single was accompanied by fake live performances of \"Phantom Lord\" and \"Seek & Destroy\" which were alternate studio recordings with sounds of a crowd overdubbed in. Alongside \"Hit the Lights\" and \"No Remorse\", \"Jump in the Fire\" is one of Metallica's first original songs, having been included on \"Ron McGovney's '82 Garage demo\", an unreleased recording. The original lyrics and content, which dealt with sex, were", "title": "Jump in the Fire" }, { "id": "10844912", "text": "songs written by Lisa Angelle and Andrew Gold except where noted. Lisa Angelle Lisa Angelle (New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American country music singer-songwriter. During the 1980s and 1990s, Angelle wrote songs for several country artists including Wynonna Judd, who reached number one on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in 1991 with \"I Saw the Light\", co-written by pop singer Andrew Gold. As a recording artist, Angelle released two singles with EMI America Records in 1985, but did not release an album until 2000 via DreamWorks Nashville. She also recorded the theme song for the CBS TV", "title": "Lisa Angelle" }, { "id": "5885780", "text": "song's chorus, Fricke sang the line, \"Shut out the light and lead me...\". Listeners wondered who the mystery lady was singing those words in Duncan's song. Because of this, Fricke was able to gain a recording contract of her own from Columbia Records, where she remained over 10 years, beginning in 1977. Fricke teamed up with the Heart City Band, and her 1977 debut single, \"What're You Doing Tonight,\" just missed the top 20. Collaborations with Charlie Rich (the number-one hit \"On My Knees\") and Duncan (the top-five \"Come a Little Bit Closer\") kept Fricke going strong through 1978, but", "title": "Janie Fricke" }, { "id": "12146989", "text": "Joe Pass, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Lou Donaldson Charlie Rouse and Dexter Gordon with vocal versions sung by Billy Eckstine, Dick Haymes, Ray Charles, Anita O'Day, Helen Reddy, Tony Bennett, Ella Fitzgerald, and many others. Al Hirt released a version on his 1961 album, \"The Greatest Horn in the World\". In 1993, guitarist Larry Coryell included the song on his album \"Fallen Angel\". The Italian-born American tenor/actor Sergio Franchi had strong connections with this romantic ballad. His first venue was the song's performance on Meredith Willson's CBS variety show (\"Texaco Star Parade\") broadcast on June 5, 1964. Franchi", "title": "Stella by Starlight" }, { "id": "1673287", "text": "Blind Melon Blind Melon (stylized as BLind MeLoN) is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California by two musicians from Mississippi and one from Indiana. They are best known for their 1993 hit \"No Rain,\" and enjoyed critical and commercial success in the early 1990s with their neo-psychedelic take on alternative rock. After releasing two albums on Capitol Records and touring extensively, the band came to an abrupt halt in 1995 by the fatal overdose of lead vocalist Shannon Hoon on the band's tour bus in New Orleans, going on hiatus until officially disbanding four years later. In", "title": "Blind Melon" }, { "id": "6264681", "text": "for the 1955 prison film \"Unchained\" (hence the title), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. No fewer than three versions of the song—by Les Baxter, Al Hibbler, and Roy Hamilton—hit the U.S. Top Ten that year, with Hibbler's version ranking as the best-known for the next ten years. The song was also recorded successfully by Jimmy Young and Liberace, and covered by countless others, but The Righteous Brothers' 1965 version—given a supremely romantic production by Phil Spector—became the definitive take, reaching the U.S. pop Top Five. That recording was revived in 1990 thanks to its", "title": "Hy Zaret" }, { "id": "7475449", "text": "became one of his most popular songs and the closing number for his live shows. It was soon covered by other acts, and has become a country gospel standard. In September 1946, Hank Williams auditioned for Nashville's Grand Ole Opry but was rejected. After the failure of his audition, Williams and his wife Audrey tried to interest the recently formed music publishing firm Acuff-Rose Music. Williams and his wife approached Fred Rose, who signed him to a six-song contract, and leveraged a deal with Sterling Records. In December 1946, Williams had his first recording session. The songs \"Never Again\" and", "title": "I Saw the Light (Hank Williams song)" }, { "id": "2277519", "text": "video of \"A Drug Against War\" received airplay on MTV and was shown on the MTV cartoon \"Beavis and Butt-head\". The track \"Light\" reached No. 31 on the Billboard Dance/Club Play Songs Chart in May 1994. The song \"Liebeslied\" from \"Naïve\" originally contained an unlicensed sample of \"O Fortuna\" from Carl Orff's \"Carmina Burana\". Orff's publisher threatened the band with legal action, and the album was withdrawn from production in 1993. A new version of the album, entitled \"Naïve/Hell to Go\", was released the following year. It contained new mixes of several songs, including a version of \"Liebeslied\" with the", "title": "KMFDM" }, { "id": "4509461", "text": "Roll Hall of Fame five times. Wolf's first solo record, \"Lights Out\" (1984), was produced with Michael Jonzun, of the Jonzun Crew, and featured Adrian Belew, G. E. Smith, Elliot Randall, Yogi Horton, Mick Jagger, Elliot Easton, and Maurice Starr. The single \"Lights Out\" written with Don Covey became a hit the same year, peaking at No. 12 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. Wolf appeared on the Artists United Against Apartheid project's song, \"Sun City\" in 1987. In 1987, Wolf released his second solo album, \"Come As You Are\", with the title track notching Wolf not only another top-15 hit", "title": "Peter Wolf" }, { "id": "15194369", "text": "box set, \"With the Lights Out\". The same version was re-released on the compilation album, \"\", in November 2005. The March 1991 boombox demo was released on the 20th anniversary edition of \"Nevermind\" in September 2011. Old Age (song) \"Old Age\" is a song first released by the American rock band Hole, written by Kurt Cobain, the late husband of Hole's lead singer and guitarist, Courtney Love, and singer and guitarist of the American rock band, Nirvana. The song was unknown as a Nirvana song during the band's existence, and its authorship was originally attributed to Love. In a 1997", "title": "Old Age (song)" }, { "id": "10582156", "text": "backing vocals by the group Labelle. Two decades later, 1990s R&B band Color Me Badd covered the song on their 1993 album, \"Time and Chance\". Much like After 7's cover of \"Baby I'm for Real\" two years prior, the song entered the R&B charts again, but didn't prove to be as successful as After 7's venture. The Bells (The Originals song) \"The Bells\" is a 1970 single recorded by The Originals for Motown's Soul label, produced by Marvin Gaye and co-written by Gaye, his wife Anna Gordy Gaye, Iris Gordy, and Elgie Stover. Shortly after the release of the Originals'", "title": "The Bells (The Originals song)" }, { "id": "1470974", "text": "the songs \"Europa and the Pirate Twins\", \"Airwaves\", and \"Radio Silence\", the first releases of Dolby's first solo album, \"The Golden Age of Wireless\" (Harvest, 1982) did not include the album's signature hit, \"She Blinded Me with Science\". After the five-song EP \"Blinded by Science\" introduced the catchy single, \"The Golden Age of Wireless\" was re-released with the single that, combined with its accompanying video, became Dolby's most commercially successful single, reaching No. 5 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. The album was released a total of five times, each with changes in song order and included songs, or even including", "title": "Thomas Dolby" }, { "id": "15093767", "text": "\"New Yorker Magazine\", listed Nero's remix of The Streets, \"Blinded by the Lights\" in his top songs of 2009. The track had radio airplay in the UK as well as being played by DJs including Chase & Status, Skream, Tiësto and Diplo. The trio released their first single on MTA, \"Innocence\", in the United Kingdom on 26 April 2010. The single was released as a double A-side with the track \"Electron\" as a digital download, as well as on vinyl. The track peaked at number one hundred and sixty seven on the UK Singles Chart besides peaking at numbers sixteen", "title": "Nero (band)" }, { "id": "13275113", "text": "Five Minutes (Lorrie Morgan song) \"Five Minutes\" is the title of a country music song written by Beth Nielsen Chapman. In 1989, it was recorded by Lorrie Morgan on her debut album \"Leave the Light On\", from which it was released in as the album's single. The song became her first number one hit on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in April 1990. It was also recorded by Pam Tillis in the late 1980s during her tenure on Warner Bros. Records, but was not issued on an album until the 1994 \"Pam Tillis Collection\". \"Five Minutes\" is", "title": "Five Minutes (Lorrie Morgan song)" }, { "id": "5791711", "text": "by Ray Charles, who took it to #2 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart in 1962, after releasing the song on his #1 album \"Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music\". It was kept from the #1 spot by Sheila by Tommy Roe. This version also topped the \"Easy listening\" chart for three weeks in 1962, and was used in the 1993 comedy film \"Groundhog Day\". The song was the 12th number one country hit for Mickey Gilley in 1981. The song has been performed or recorded by hundreds of artists, including Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, and Willie Nelson. Charles", "title": "You Don't Know Me (Eddy Arnold song)" }, { "id": "17978825", "text": "Kome Club and started his career as an arranger as well. Hijiri worked on recordings, concerts with various artists, movies and video games as a soloist and with \"Hijiri Kuwano strings group\". He is credited in \"Whisper of the Heart\", \"Shall We Dance\", \"Nobody Knows\", \"Kind of Love\", \"Melody of Oblivion\", \"Good Luck Girl!\", \"Final Fantasy XIII\" and numerous other productions as a performer, composer and arranger. He is also known as an original violin player for the battle theme \"Blinded by Light\" in Square Enix's \"Final Fantasy XIII\" (composed by Masashi Hamauzu). He works closely with Hamauzu and Imeruat", "title": "Hijiri Kuwano" }, { "id": "1672448", "text": "of two originals (\"Hit the Lights\" and an unfinished version of \"Jump in the Fire\" from Mustaine's earlier band Panic) and covers of new wave of British heavy metal (NWOBHM) bands such as Diamond Head, Blitzkrieg, Savage, and Sweet Savage. The gig turned out to be notorious, because Mustaine had problems with the guitar distortion pedal, and broke a string during a song. Metallica's second gig was on March 27, 1982 at Hollywood's Whisky a Go Go, opening for Saxon. Although Mötley Crüe was originally scheduled to open the show, the group canceled because of its growing popularity. Metallica recorded", "title": "Kill 'Em All" }, { "id": "6290842", "text": "album \"Artificial Horizon\". The Killahurtz Fly mix of \"All Because of You\" was remixed by the team of Mick Park and Lea Kenny. The song features additional bass and guitars played by Darren Murray. The live versions of \"The Fly\" and \"Even Better Than the Real Thing\" were recorded at the Stop Sellafield concert staged by Greenpeace at the G-Mex Centre in Manchester on 19 June 1992. Videos of these performances would later be included as bonus tracks on the DVD release of \"\". The rendition of \"Out of Control\" was taken from a promotional concert, the band played at", "title": "City of Blinding Lights" }, { "id": "8470970", "text": "well as the 1996 \"Wild Horses\" (live) single and the \"Rarities 1971–2003\" compilation album. The song was performed live with Christina Aguilera for the movie concert/documentary \"Shine a Light\", and appears on the accompanying soundtrack album. Cover versions were recorded by Girlschool, Ghost and Rhett Forrester (1984 album \"Gone With the Wind\"). Live with Me \"Live with Me\" is a song by the Rolling Stones from their album \"Let It Bleed\", released in November 1969. It was the first song recorded with the band's new guitarist Mick Taylor, who joined the band in June 1969, although the first record the", "title": "Live with Me" }, { "id": "15911714", "text": "Turn Off the Lights \"Turn Off The Lights\" was a hit for R&B crooner Teddy Pendergrass, released as a single on June 23, 1979. Released from his hit album, \"Teddy,\" the song hit #48 on the Pop charts and #2 on the R&B charts. The song was also a b-side single with \"If You Know Like I Know.\" The song was sampled in \"I'm Not Havin' It\" by MC Lyte and Positive and \"Shots\" by 9th Wonder featuring Big Dho, Sean Price and Rapsody. Nuyorican singer La India released the salsa version in 2010. Regarded as one of Pendergrass' famous", "title": "Turn Off the Lights" }, { "id": "110228", "text": "Always Love You\"), Alison Krauss (\"9 to 5\"), Shania Twain (\"Coat of Many Colors\"), Meshell Ndegeocello (\"Two Doors Down\"), Norah Jones (\"The Grass is Blue\"), and Sinéad O'Connor (\"Dagger Through the Heart\"). Parton herself contributed a re-recording of the title song, originally the title song for her first RCA album in 1968. Parton was awarded the Living Legend Medal by the U.S. Library of Congress on April 14, 2004, for her contributions to the cultural heritage of the United States. In 2005, she was honored with the National Medal of Arts, the highest honor given by the U.S. government for", "title": "Dolly Parton" }, { "id": "4033565", "text": "original song of the same name. In May 2012, Detroit released her first single in two years; \"Madison's Light\" as a tribute to her niece, who died at the age of five months. Five months after the release of the single, Detroit official set up the not-for-profit charity organization \"The Madison Morr Foundation\" for children in need. Detroit was featured on the song \"Yell Cut\" among numerous artists including Anthony Costa, originally written by aspiring singer Natasha Anastasi, who was killed in a car accident in 2005. The song was recorded for and included on Anastasi's tribute album \"Natasha\", released", "title": "Marcella Detroit" }, { "id": "1672447", "text": "Brian Slagel asked Metallica to record a song for the first edition of his \"Metal Massacre\" compilation. Hetfield and Ulrich chose \"Hit the Lights\" from Hetfield's previous band Leather Charm, and recorded it with Hetfield on vocals, his childhood friend Ron McGovney on bass, and temporary guitarist Lloyd Grant. The band's first lineup featured Hetfield, Ulrich, McGovney, and guitarist Dave Mustaine, who was acquired through a newspaper advertisement. The band practiced in McGovney's garage and inquired to play gigs at local clubs. Metallica's first show was on March 14, 1982, at the Radio City in Anaheim. The nine-song setlist consisted", "title": "Kill 'Em All" }, { "id": "5031116", "text": "Palmer and Swain, on Polydor as a tribute to the famous racehorse. Swain left to pursue a career as a songwriter/record producer while Jolley released a single and an album with The English Boys in 1980. Their first known collaborative work was released by the late Irish singer Joe Dolan on his 1980 album \"Turn Out the Light\", which featured four Jolley/Swain compositions. In 1981, they reunited to produce the debut single \"Body Talk\" for Imagination. They produced four albums for the group and eight hit singles including \"Just an Illusion\" which peaked at number two in the UK Singles", "title": "Jolley & Swain" }, { "id": "16635502", "text": "from the \"Workbook\" period, \"All Those People Know\", a live version of another non-album track, \"If You're True\", and a live cover version of \"Shoot Out The Lights\" from the eponymous 1982 album by Richard and Linda Thompson. All tracks written by Bob Mould, except track 14, written by Richard Thompson. Tracks 1-9 produced by Bob Mould, tracks 10-14 produced by Timothy Powell, mixed by Bob Mould. Poison Years Poison Years is a compilation album by Bob Mould, who had been the guitarist and co-vocalist of the influential American rock band Hüsker Dü. It is essentially a condensed version of", "title": "Poison Years" }, { "id": "19572122", "text": "\"More\" first appeared on The Sisters of Mercy's 1990 album \"Vision Thing\". The album includes a reunion with vocalists Ellen Foley and Karla DeVito (vocalists from the studio and live versions \"Paradise by the Dashboard Light\", respectively) on the song \"Going All The Way Is Just the Start\". All songs can be traced back to earlier Jim Steinman projects such as his musicals \"The Dream Engine\" and \"Neverland\" of which also songs were used for early Meat Loaf albums. A ‘Bonus Edition’ of the album, sold at various chains like Target, Tesco and Media Markt contained three exclusive bonus tracks.", "title": "Braver Than We Are" }, { "id": "18309020", "text": "recording process. Nakama was told by Hamauzu that he was allowed to do as he wished unless he did something \"really wacky\", with Hamauzu relying on Nakama and mostly interacting and working on their tracks if he disliked some aspect of them. The orchestra worked on nearly all of Hamauzu's music, including the opening and ending themes. The score was created with far more percussion than previous entries in the series, and featured \"Blinded by Light\", a recurring theme in the \"XIII\" games related to the series' central character Lightning, as a leitmotif. The theme was meant to emphasize the", "title": "Music of Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII" }, { "id": "14641793", "text": "The Amplifetes The Amplifetes is a 4-piece band from Sweden. Influences range along a broad spectrum, including 60s psychedelia, the Electric Light Orchestra, The Ramones, Elvis Costello, David Bowie, and Chicago Trax Records. The individual members have had success as songwriters and producers, working with artists such as Kelis, Britney Spears, Madonna, Kylie Minogue, and Grandmaster Flash. The band has been active since 2008. In 2010, they released their eponymous debut album. Four singles were taken from this album: \"It's My Life,\" \"Whizz Kid,\" \"Somebody New\", and \"Blinded By The Moonlight\". Following this, the band toured extensively over Europe for", "title": "The Amplifetes" }, { "id": "17796916", "text": "The Pusher (band) The Pusher is a Swedish music group. The Pusher was founded in summer 2007 and consists of the members Pontus Karlsson (drums), Jakke Erixson (vocals, bass), Karl-Ola Solem (guitar) und John Hårleman (keyboard). The four musicians come from different places in Sweden and have come together to make music. The band signed with EMI. Their debut album, \"The Art Of Hit Music,\" was released on 19 August 2011. The first single, \"Blinded By The Dark,\" went straight to number one on the Swedish iTunes charts. The second single release, \"Blow Me And Run,\" followed on 4 November", "title": "The Pusher (band)" } ]

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[ { "id": "20332905", "text": "highest award bestowed on women by the Texas Governor. The award name, \"Yellow Rose of Texas,\" was chosen by Governor Shivers to honor the woman known by that name, Emily Morgan, who as a 20-year-old slave, according to legend, was instrumental in the victory of the Battle of San Jacinto, which, reportedly lasted 18 minutes, which, in turn, sealed the fate for Texas independence. The Texas Rose Festival in Tyler has named a Rose Queen since its inception in 1933, and historically, the title was \"Miss Yellow Rose of Texas.\" In 1955, band leader Mitch Miller and His Orchestra recorded", "title": "Yellow Rose of Texas Award" }, { "id": "20332904", "text": "Yellow Rose of Texas Award The Commission of the Yellow Rose of Texas is a -year-old honorary commission conferred by the Governors of Texas in recognition of exceptional Texas women who have served their communities in various ways, including volunteerism or charitable contributions or achievements related to the preservation of the history Texas and its communities or achievements towards improving the present and building the future. The award was conceived and inaugurated by Governor Allan Shivers before the end of his second term in 1957. The Yellow Rose of Texas Commission (sometimes called \"Yellow Rose of Texas Award\") is the", "title": "Yellow Rose of Texas Award" }, { "id": "5605266", "text": "The Yellow Rose of Texas (song) \"The Yellow Rose of Texas\" is a traditional American folk song dating back to at least the 1850s. Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time. Several versions of the song have been recorded, including by Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson and Mitch Miller. The earliest known version is found in \"Christy's Plantation Melodies. No. 2\", a songbook published under the authority of Edwin Pearce Christy in Philadelphia in 1853. Christy was the founder of the blackface minstrel show known as the Christy's", "title": "The Yellow Rose of Texas (song)" }, { "id": "5605271", "text": "Civil War; upon taking command of the Army of Tennessee in July 1864, General John Bell Hood introduced it as a marching song. The final verse and chorus were slightly altered by the remains of Hood's force after their crushing defeat at the Battle of Nashville that December: The modified lyrics reference famous Confederate military commanders Joseph Johnston, P. G. T. Beauregard, and Robert E. Lee. Texan veterans sang it openly to mock Hood's mishandling of their Nashville campaign. In this version of the chorus, \"soldier\" replaced \"darkey.\" The same substitution is made throughout the song. In 1984, country music", "title": "The Yellow Rose of Texas (song)" }, { "id": "14146017", "text": "Rose of Texas legend was Emily West de Zavala. There is no contemporary or primary evidence that Emily D. West and Emily de Zavala were the same person. Emily D. West Emily D. West (c.1815–1891), also known as Emily Morgan, is a folk heroine whose legendary activities during the Texas Revolution have come to be identified with the song \"The Yellow Rose of Texas\". West was a free woman of color, of mixed race, or a \"high yellow\". She was born in New Haven, Connecticut. In 1835 she was contracted to James Morgan in New York to work as an", "title": "Emily D. West" }, { "id": "5605272", "text": "artists Johnny Lee and Lane Brody recorded a song called \"The Yellow Rose,\" which retained the original melody of \"The Yellow Rose of Texas\" but with new lyrics, for the title theme to a TV series also entitled \"The Yellow Rose.\" It was a Number One country hit that year. The Yellow Rose of Texas (song) \"The Yellow Rose of Texas\" is a traditional American folk song dating back to at least the 1850s. Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time. Several versions of the song have", "title": "The Yellow Rose of Texas (song)" }, { "id": "1337716", "text": "and Denver City Railroad contributed to the city's growth as a cattle-marketing center in the late 19th century. The city was once the self-proclaimed \"Helium Capital of the World\" for having one of the country's most productive helium fields. The city is also known as \"The Yellow Rose of Texas\" (as the city takes its name from the Spanish word for yellow), and most recently \"Rotor City, USA\" for its V-22 Osprey hybrid aircraft assembly plant, as well as \"Bomb City\". Amarillo operates one of the largest meat-packing areas in the United States. Pantex, the only nuclear weapons assembly and", "title": "Amarillo, Texas" }, { "id": "5605267", "text": "Minstrels. Like most minstrel songs, the lyrics are written in a cross between the dialect historically spoken by African-Americans and standard American English. The song is written in the first person from the perspective of an African-American singer who refers to himself as a \"darkey,\" longing to return to \"a yellow girl\", a term used to describe a light-skinned, or bi-racial (\"mulatto\") woman born of African/African-American and European-American progenitors. The soundtrack to the TV miniseries \"James A. Michener's Texas\" dates a version of the song to June 2, 1933 and co-credits both the authorship and performance to Gene Autry and", "title": "The Yellow Rose of Texas (song)" }, { "id": "20332907", "text": "Longhorn Council BSA Executive Board, Council Training Chairperson, recognized for a lifetime of outstanding leadership and advancement of youth programs, and adult leadership training. Yellow Rose of Texas Award The Commission of the Yellow Rose of Texas is a -year-old honorary commission conferred by the Governors of Texas in recognition of exceptional Texas women who have served their communities in various ways, including volunteerism or charitable contributions or achievements related to the preservation of the history Texas and its communities or achievements towards improving the present and building the future. The award was conceived and inaugurated by Governor Allan Shivers", "title": "Yellow Rose of Texas Award" }, { "id": "2661092", "text": "Texas, Our Texas \"Texas, Our Texas\" is the official state song of Texas. It was written in 1924 by William J. Marsh, who was born in Liverpool, England, and emigrated to Texas as a young man, and Gladys Yoakum Wright, a native of Fort Worth, Texas, and selected as the state song by a concurrent resolution of the Texas Legislature in 1929 following a statewide competition. Older songs, such as \"The Yellow Rose of Texas\" and \"Dixie\", were also considered but ultimately it was decided a new song should be composed. At times, there have been movements to replace \"Texas,", "title": "Texas, Our Texas" }, { "id": "20332906", "text": "\"The Yellow Rose of Texas\" (the song) on Columbia Records, which became a hit. That same year, during a ceremony in Dallas honoring Miller as an honorary Texan, Miller announced Maymerle Shirley \"(later known as\" Maymerle Brown; 1936–2017) as \"Miss Yellow Rose of Texas\" for 1955. 2018 :LaTonna Jones Wagner, (born 1962) (Bonham,TX), Registered Nurse, Director of Nurses for Additional Kare, Recognized for service to children with Rare, Chronic and 2018: Diane Morrison, (born 1952) Registered Nurse, Volunteer Advisory Board member for Catholic Charities, transitional care and foster parent for 141 babies, Boy Scouts of America Volunteer, serves on the", "title": "Yellow Rose of Texas Award" }, { "id": "14146012", "text": "Emily D. West Emily D. West (c.1815–1891), also known as Emily Morgan, is a folk heroine whose legendary activities during the Texas Revolution have come to be identified with the song \"The Yellow Rose of Texas\". West was a free woman of color, of mixed race, or a \"high yellow\". She was born in New Haven, Connecticut. In 1835 she was contracted to James Morgan in New York to work as an indentured servant for one year in Morgan's Point, Texas, at the New Washington Association's hotel as a housekeeper. Several months into her year of indentureship, on April 16,", "title": "Emily D. West" }, { "id": "2661094", "text": "but with \"boldest\" instead of \"largest\". Chorus: Texas, Our Texas \"Texas, Our Texas\" is the official state song of Texas. It was written in 1924 by William J. Marsh, who was born in Liverpool, England, and emigrated to Texas as a young man, and Gladys Yoakum Wright, a native of Fort Worth, Texas, and selected as the state song by a concurrent resolution of the Texas Legislature in 1929 following a statewide competition. Older songs, such as \"The Yellow Rose of Texas\" and \"Dixie\", were also considered but ultimately it was decided a new song should be composed. At times,", "title": "Texas, Our Texas" }, { "id": "13936165", "text": "The Yellow Rose (song) \"The Yellow Rose\" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singers Johnny Lee and Lane Brody, set to the tune of the folk song \"The Yellow Rose of Texas.\" It was recorded as the theme song to the NBC television series \"The Yellow Rose\" starring Cybill Shepherd, and was included on Lee's 1984 studio album \"‘Til the Bars Burn Down\". Released as a single in early 1984, \"The Yellow Rose\" was a Number One country hit in both the United States and Canada, and gave Brody her only Number One country hit and", "title": "The Yellow Rose (song)" }, { "id": "5122066", "text": "the oldest Alamo fighter at the time). In 1982, Steven G. Kellman, professor of comparative literature at the University of Texas at San Antonio, brought fresh grist to the mill by publishing a short study, \"The Yellow Rose of Texas\". Kellman believed that the copies of military documents he had obtained from the Service Historiques de la Défense in Vincennes, France, showed that Lieutenant \"Moses, né Louis\" Roze was born in La Férée, Ardennes, on May 11, 1785. Two different first names – Stephen and Lewis or Louis – plus a nickname, Moses – for the same man now explicitly", "title": "Moses Rose" }, { "id": "12145357", "text": "and well connected with other early Texas families. One local historian even suggests that the song, \"The Yellow Rose of Texas\", was written for her. There is no extant proof to support this claim. Elizabeth Powell (colonist) Elizabeth Powell was a Texas colonist who received a land grant for a league of land (4428 acres) from the Mexican government in present day Powell Point, Fort Bend County, Texas, on the waters of the San Bernard River and Turkey Creek. Powell operated a boarding house and bar that was a popular stop considering there were not many establishments in early Texas.", "title": "Elizabeth Powell (colonist)" }, { "id": "4155391", "text": "High yellow High yellow, occasionally simply yellow (dialect: yaller, yeller), is a term used to describe persons classified as black who also have a high proportion of white ancestry. The term was in common use in the United States at the end of the 19th century and the early decades of the 20th century, and is reflected in such popular songs of the era as \"The Yellow Rose of Texas\". It is now considered offensive. \"High\" is usually considered a reference to a social class system in which skin color (and associated ancestries) is a major factor, placing those of", "title": "High yellow" }, { "id": "14146014", "text": "William Bollaert in 1842, who was told the story by Sam Houston during a steamer trip. After Bollaert's diary was published in 1956, amateur historians began to expand the tale, with Henderson Shuffler suggesting that West fit the description of the girl in the then-popular folk song \"The Yellow Rose of Texas.\" The story continued to grow, with many references to West's beauty, as the legend took hold by the 1986 Texas Sesquicentennial. Historian Philip Thomas Tucker questions the reliability of the tale pointing out that \"Santa Anna possessed a distinct aversion to the intermingling of races.\" Santa Anna held", "title": "Emily D. West" }, { "id": "5605270", "text": "In September 1955, for six weeks, Mitch Miller had a \"Billboard\" number one hit with \"The Yellow Rose of Texas\", and 13 months later, Miller's hit version was used for a key scene in the 1956 Texas-based film \"Giant\". Miller's lyrics used \"rosebud\" and no words - except the term \"yellow\" - to indicate either Rose or the singer was a person of color. The 1955 song became a gold record. The song achieved the #2 position in the UK and the #1 position in Australia. This song became popular among Confederate soldiers in the Texas Brigade during the American", "title": "The Yellow Rose of Texas (song)" }, { "id": "13936168", "text": "May 5, 1984. The Yellow Rose (song) \"The Yellow Rose\" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singers Johnny Lee and Lane Brody, set to the tune of the folk song \"The Yellow Rose of Texas.\" It was recorded as the theme song to the NBC television series \"The Yellow Rose\" starring Cybill Shepherd, and was included on Lee's 1984 studio album \"‘Til the Bars Burn Down\". Released as a single in early 1984, \"The Yellow Rose\" was a Number One country hit in both the United States and Canada, and gave Brody her only Number One", "title": "The Yellow Rose (song)" }, { "id": "7328568", "text": "The Yellow Rose The Yellow Rose is an American soap opera that was broadcast on NBC from October 2, 1983 until May 12, 1984. It was produced by Paul Freeman. The series was at least partly inspired by the more coltish elements of the soap opera \"Dallas\", and dealt with the intrigues of the Texas-based Champion family who owned a 200,000-acre cattle and oil ranch called \"The Yellow Rose.\" The show's cast included Sam Elliott, David Soul, Edward Albert, Cybill Shepherd, Chuck Connors, Noah Beery, Jr., Ken Curtis, Robin Wright and Jane Russell. \"The Yellow Rose\" was canceled after one", "title": "The Yellow Rose" }, { "id": "7328569", "text": "season of twenty-two episodes. In the summer of 1990, the series was rerun again on NBC along with \"Bret Maverick\" starring James Garner. The series' theme song \"The Yellow Rose\" — set to the tune of the traditional \"The Yellow Rose of Texas\" but with new lyrics referencing the setting of the show — was recorded by country singers Johnny Lee and Lane Brody. The song became a No. 1 hit on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles chart on April 21, 1984. Warner Bros. released the complete series to DVD on May 3, 2011, consisting of all 22 episodes on", "title": "The Yellow Rose" }, { "id": "5971351", "text": "was declared void by the surrogate court when it ruled that there were no witnesses, other than the person providing the testimony. In 1881 his widow died and her will was contested. Christy is played by Al Jolson in the Foster bio-pic \"Swanee River\" in 1939. He also wrote the lyrics to \"The Yellow Rose of Texas\". Edwin Pearce Christy Edwin Pearce Christy (November 28, 1815 – May 21, 1862) was an American composer, singer, actor and stage producer. He is more commonly known as E. P. Christy, and was the founder of the blackface minstrel group Christy's Minstrels. He", "title": "Edwin Pearce Christy" }, { "id": "1234267", "text": "Porte Independent School District and is zoned to La Porte High School. Morgan's Point, Texas Morgan's Point is a city in Harris County, Texas, United States, located on the shores of Galveston Bay at the inlet to the Houston Ship Channel, near La Porte and Pasadena. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 339. It earned fame in Texas' early history for being the home of the legendary Emily West (Morgan), known as \"The Yellow Rose of Texas\". It later became a Houston-area resort community for the wealthy in the early 20th century. Today, thanks to the", "title": "Morgan's Point, Texas" }, { "id": "5605269", "text": "as the No. 3 song of 1955. Earliest known version, from Christy's Plantation Melodies. No. 2: The \"Dearest Mae\" and \"Rosa Lee\" referenced in the song are the titles of two other songs also appearing in Christy's Minstrels songbooks. Twenty-five years later, the lyrics were changed to eliminate the more racially specific lyrics, with \"soldier\" replacing \"darkey\"; and the first line of the chorus, \"She's the sweetest rose of color\" (a reference to the African-European free people of color) changed to \"She's the sweetest little flower ...\" \"Dearest Mae\" is replaced with \"Clementine\" in some variant versions of the song.", "title": "The Yellow Rose of Texas (song)" }, { "id": "1234258", "text": "Morgan's Point, Texas Morgan's Point is a city in Harris County, Texas, United States, located on the shores of Galveston Bay at the inlet to the Houston Ship Channel, near La Porte and Pasadena. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 339. It earned fame in Texas' early history for being the home of the legendary Emily West (Morgan), known as \"The Yellow Rose of Texas\". It later became a Houston-area resort community for the wealthy in the early 20th century. Today, thanks to the construction of the Barbours Cut shipping terminal, it is at the center", "title": "Morgan's Point, Texas" }, { "id": "13936166", "text": "Lee his fourth. \"The Yellow Rose\" is set to the same melody as the traditional American folk song \"The Yellow Rose of Texas,\" but with newly-written lyrics by Johnny Lee, Lane Brody and John Wilder. The song was used for the theme song to the NBC television series \"The Yellow Rose\", starring Cybill Shepherd. While the television show used only the song's first verse and chorus, the commercial single version included a second verse not heard on the program, with Lee's \"Say When\" on the B-side. Brody and Lee would later chart a second duet, \"I Could Get Used to", "title": "The Yellow Rose (song)" }, { "id": "5122063", "text": "this is so because Rose left before the climax of the battle. In 1927, relatives of Rose presented his musket to the Alamo Museum. The song \"Moses Rose of Texas,\" which was written by folk singer Steve Suffet and which uses the tune of the song \"The Yellow Rose of Texas\", begins with the popular story of Rose, saying in part Suffet's parody, however, goes on to present a more nuanced interpretation of Rose's actions: The 1952 film \"The Man from the Alamo\", starring Glenn Ford, is loosely based on Rose's story, and Ford's character is accused of having been", "title": "Moses Rose" }, { "id": "4155396", "text": "white\". In a 1929 review, \"Time\" referred to him as a \"High Yellow Fictioneer\". The terminology and its cultural aspects were explored in Dael Orlandersmith's play \"Yellowman\", a 2002 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in drama. The play depicts a dark-skinned girl whose own mother \"inadvertently teaches her the pain of rejection and the importance of being accepted by the 'high yellow' boys\". One reviewer described the term as having \"the inherent, unwieldy power to incite black Americans with such intense divisiveness and fervor\" as few others. The phrase survives in folk songs such as \"The Yellow Rose of Texas\", which originally", "title": "High yellow" }, { "id": "16401860", "text": "Don George Don R. George (August 27, 1909 – 1987) was an American popular music lyricist. His songs include \"The Yellow Rose of Texas\" \"I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues\" (1937), \"I'm Beginning to See the Light\" (1944) and \"Everything but You\" (1945). George has also written lyrics for film songs. He was a personal friend and occasional lyricist of jazz composer Duke Ellington, whom he followed closely from 1943 until Ellington's death in 1974. It was with Ellington that he wrote many of hist best-known songs. George wrote a 1981 biography of Ellington titled \"Sweet Man: The Real", "title": "Don George" }, { "id": "4155399", "text": "The related phrase \"high brown\" was used in Irving Berlin's original lyrics for \"Puttin' on the Ritz\". High yellow High yellow, occasionally simply yellow (dialect: yaller, yeller), is a term used to describe persons classified as black who also have a high proportion of white ancestry. The term was in common use in the United States at the end of the 19th century and the early decades of the 20th century, and is reflected in such popular songs of the era as \"The Yellow Rose of Texas\". It is now considered offensive. \"High\" is usually considered a reference to a", "title": "High yellow" }, { "id": "7328570", "text": "a five-disc set. The set was released as part of the manufacture-on-demand Warner Archive Collection. The Yellow Rose The Yellow Rose is an American soap opera that was broadcast on NBC from October 2, 1983 until May 12, 1984. It was produced by Paul Freeman. The series was at least partly inspired by the more coltish elements of the soap opera \"Dallas\", and dealt with the intrigues of the Texas-based Champion family who owned a 200,000-acre cattle and oil ranch called \"The Yellow Rose.\" The show's cast included Sam Elliott, David Soul, Edward Albert, Cybill Shepherd, Chuck Connors, Noah Beery,", "title": "The Yellow Rose" }, { "id": "7917981", "text": "May 2006, Kevin sold the WCCW footage to Vince McMahon and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). At WrestleMania XXV, Kevin represented the Von Erich family during their induction into the WWE Hall of Fame. In 2015, Kevin appeared in an ESPN \"30 for 30\" short film titled \"Wrestling the Curse\". \"The Yellow Rose of Texas\" David Von Erich was the third son of Fritz Von Erich. He was born David Alan Adkisson on July 22, 1958 in Dallas, Texas. David worked in the World Class Championship Wrestling promotion. It was there that he faced off with Harley Race and later Ric", "title": "Von Erich family" }, { "id": "11241080", "text": "Alvin Stoller Alvin Stoller (October 7, 1925 – October 19, 1992) was an American jazz drummer. Though he seems to have been largely forgotten, he was held in high regard in the 1940s and 1950s. He was best known for playing drums on both Mitch Miller's recording of \"The Yellow Rose of Texas\" and Stan Freberg's parody of Miller's recording. Born in New York City, Stoller studied with drum teacher Henry Adler and launched his career touring and recording with swing era big bands led by Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Harry James, and Charlie Barnet. He backed singers including Billie", "title": "Alvin Stoller" }, { "id": "16401861", "text": "Duke Ellington\". Don George Don R. George (August 27, 1909 – 1987) was an American popular music lyricist. His songs include \"The Yellow Rose of Texas\" \"I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues\" (1937), \"I'm Beginning to See the Light\" (1944) and \"Everything but You\" (1945). George has also written lyrics for film songs. He was a personal friend and occasional lyricist of jazz composer Duke Ellington, whom he followed closely from 1943 until Ellington's death in 1974. It was with Ellington that he wrote many of hist best-known songs. George wrote a 1981 biography of Ellington titled \"Sweet Man:", "title": "Don George" }, { "id": "11241084", "text": "Ellis, Oscar Peterson and Jimmy Giuffre Alvin Stoller Alvin Stoller (October 7, 1925 – October 19, 1992) was an American jazz drummer. Though he seems to have been largely forgotten, he was held in high regard in the 1940s and 1950s. He was best known for playing drums on both Mitch Miller's recording of \"The Yellow Rose of Texas\" and Stan Freberg's parody of Miller's recording. Born in New York City, Stoller studied with drum teacher Henry Adler and launched his career touring and recording with swing era big bands led by Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Harry James, and Charlie", "title": "Alvin Stoller" }, { "id": "18551011", "text": "Yellow Rose of Texas, a #1 hit in the U.S. in 1955. During his songwriting years, Stutz was an announcer at powerhouse radio station WRVA in Richmond, Virginia. He later became a high-school mathematics teacher at Manchester High School in Chesterfield, Virginia. Carl Stutz died, at age 80, in Richmond on October 8, 1996. Carl Stutz Carl Stutz (died October 8, 1996) was an American composer, radio announcer and teacher. Collaborating with lyricist Edith Lindeman, he wrote the music for several popular songs in the 1950s. His most well-known composition was \"Little Things Mean a Lot\", which was the #1", "title": "Carl Stutz" }, { "id": "5605268", "text": "Jimmy Long. Don George reworked the original version of the song, which Mitch Miller made into a popular recording in 1955 that knocked Bill Haley & His Comets' \"Rock Around The Clock\" from the top of the Best Sellers chart in the U.S. Miller's version was featured in the motion picture \"Giant\", and reached #1 on the U.S. pop chart the same week \"Giant\" star James Dean died. Stan Freberg had a simultaneous hit of a parody version in which the bandleader warred with the snare drummer, Alvin Stoller, who also featured prominently in Miller's arrangement. \"Billboard\" ranked Miller's version", "title": "The Yellow Rose of Texas (song)" }, { "id": "10786708", "text": "Gary Miller (singer) Gary Miller, born Neville Williams (1924 – 15 June 1968) was an English popular music singer and actor of the 1950s and 1960s. His career spanned only 13 years before he died of a heart attack in 1968. He released 24 singles and six EPs on the Pye label between 1955 and 1967. Pye released a further compilation EP after his death. Miller had several Top 40 singles early in his career, his debut single, \"The Yellow Rose of Texas\" reaching #13 on the UK Singles Chart. The most successful was \"Robin Hood\" (the theme to \"The", "title": "Gary Miller (singer)" }, { "id": "1773074", "text": "Evan Band and John Evan Smash; Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond, bass guitarist of Jethro Tull, (1970-1975), David Ball (of Soft Cell), singer-songwriter Roy Harper, Chris Lowe (of Pet Shop Boys), Nick McCarthy (of Franz Ferdinand), Larry Cassidy (of Section 25), Gary Miller (who had a hit with The Yellow Rose of Texas), Graham Nash (of The Hollies / Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young), Robert Smith (of The Cure), Jon Gomm (acoustic guitarist), folk singer Maddy Prior and singer-songwriter Rae Morris. Victoria Christina Hesketh, better known as her stage name Little Boots, was also born in Blackpool. The conductor David Atherton, co-founder of", "title": "Blackpool" }, { "id": "9367983", "text": "Throughout the 1960s, Steele vowed to not play music by the Beatles and other rock and roll acts on his show. By the 1980s, however, oldies from the sixties, including songs by the Beatles and others, worked their way into his playlists. Steele was more famous, however, for the obscure novelty songs he often played on his show, especially Rolf Harris' \"Two Buffaloes,\" Mitch Miller's \"The Yellow Rose of Texas,\" and, annually on May 20, a song appropriately entitled, \"(I'm Getting Married on) The 20th of May.\" He also was very fond of \"Tulips in Amsterdam\" and \"Any dream will", "title": "Bob Steele (broadcaster)" }, { "id": "4965541", "text": "bass, harmonica), Miro Valdez (guitar, vocals), Juan Rodriguez (bass, vocals, accordion), and Balde Muñoz (drums, percussion). The band was managed by Oscar Muñoz. In 1981, Canales married drummer Balde Muñoz and formed the group Laura Canales & Encanto. After signing with Freddie Records, the group enjoyed enormous success. The group's single, \"Sí Viví Contigo\", was their first major hit. In 1983, Texas Governor Mark White honored her with the Yellow Rose of Texas Award, the state's highest honor for artists. From 1983 to 1986, Canales won both best female entertainer and female vocalist honors at the Tejano Music Awards, a", "title": "Laura Canales" }, { "id": "18607556", "text": "Chamber of Commerce from 1983 to 1985. In January 1994, Tino Durán was inducted into the Texas Newspaper Foundation Hall of Fame, which is sponsored by the Texas Press Association. Recognition for Amelia Durán's community service includes a 1999 Hometown Hero Award presented by Time Warner Cable, the \"San Antonio Business Journal’s\" Women’s Leadership Award in 2004, the LULAC Recognition Award in 1996, and a 1998 Yellow Rose of Texas award presented by Governor George W. Bush. The Yellow Rose of Texas award, established in the 1950s by Governor Allan Shivers, is conferred through the Office of the Texas Governor", "title": "La Prensa de San Antonio" }, { "id": "2657919", "text": "commonly known as \"This Old Man\"), \"Tzena, Tzena, Tzena\", and \"The Yellow Rose of Texas\", which topped the U.S. \"Billboard\" chart, sold over one million copies in the United States alone, and reached #2 on the UK Singles Chart. Miller's medley of the two marches from \"The Bridge on the River Kwai\", \"The River Kwai March\" and \"Colonel Bogey March\", lasted 29 weeks on the Billboard pop charts in 1958, longer than any other record completely within that year. In 1957, Miller's orchestra and chorus recorded , a United States Air Force recruiting song. He and his orchestra also recorded", "title": "Mitch Miller" }, { "id": "11211785", "text": "notes, Murphey includes a short note concerning each of the song's origins. Music Production Cowboy Classics: Playing Favorites II Cowboy Classics: Playing Favorites II is the twenty-fourth album by American singer-songwriter Michael Martin Murphey. This is Murphey's followup to his successful 2001 compilation \"Playing Favorites\" and contains rerecorded versions of many of his cowboy songs. Murphey's attraction to the cowboy's way of life is an attempt to preserve his own cultural heritage, breathing new life into classics like \"I Ride an Old Paint\", \"Red River Valley\", and \"Yellow Rose of Texas\". Among the highlights of the album is a stately", "title": "Cowboy Classics: Playing Favorites II" }, { "id": "19607459", "text": "her efforts, to provide therapies and activities for adults with developmental disabilities. \"I did it because it needed to be done,\" she explained late in life. Rosenfield was the founding president of the El Campo chapter of ARC, and was on the organization's state board. She was named Citizen of the Year by the El Campo Chamber of Commerce in 2004, the same year she was inducted into the Texas Women's Hall of Fame. Governor Rick Perry named her a recipient of the Yellow Rose Award. Mary Meyers married George Rosenfield, a businessman, in 1937. They had two daughters. Their", "title": "Mary Meyers Rosenfield" }, { "id": "4433551", "text": "It became a back-door million-seller as the B-side of Mitch Miller's recording of The Yellow Rose of Texas, a #1 hit in the U.S. in 1955. It is also the name of a well-reviewed (if not major) classical/symphonic work by composer Conni Ellisor, and a well-reviewed ballet based on this composition. It is also the name of a song by Alec Wilder and Loonis McGlohon. \"Blackberry Winter\" is also the name of a 2006 film directed by Brent Stewart about a cannibal clown in the Antebellum South. Blackberry winter Blackberry winter is a colloquial expression used in south and midwest", "title": "Blackberry winter" }, { "id": "2557983", "text": "of Johnny Reb, the Common Soldier of the Confederacy\", he recounts that after the defeats in the Franklin-Nashville Campaign, Hood's troops sang with wry humor a verse about him as part of the song \"The Yellow Rose of Texas\". In the movies \"Gettysburg\" and its prequel \"Gods and Generals\", Hood was portrayed by actor Patrick Gorman. The basic premise of the 1988 alternate history novel \"Gray Victory\" by Robert Skimin is that Hood's decision to leave the defenses of Atlanta and make a disastrous attack upon the Union forces had cost the South its last chance to win the war.", "title": "John Bell Hood" }, { "id": "1240228", "text": "Tyler-Jacksonville combined statistical area, which had a population of 260,559 in 2010. Tyler is known as the \"Rose Capital of America\" (also the \"Rose City\" and the \"Rose Capital of the World\"), a nickname it earned from a long history of rose production, cultivation, and processing. It is home to the largest rose garden in the United States, a 14-acre public garden complex that boasts over 38,000 rose bushes of at least 500 different varieties. The Tyler Rose Garden is also home to the annual Texas Rose Festival, attracting tourists by the thousands each year in mid-October. Tyler is also", "title": "Tyler, Texas" }, { "id": "17947903", "text": "World Court and to sign the Kellogg-Briand Pact, renouncing war as an instrument of national policy. In a 1926 talk in Carnegie Hall, she told of her recent trip to Geneva and Greece. She was noted as \"one of the most gifted speakers on the platform today.\" Active in the Chautauqua movement, Mrs. Pennybacker persuaded John D. Rockefeller Jr. to donate money that staved off bankruptcy. in 1935. She also influenced President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to speak at a fund-raising event. In Texas, a rose was named in her honor in 1929. It was noted as \"A fine grower, with", "title": "Anna Pennybacker" }, { "id": "11211784", "text": "Cowboy Classics: Playing Favorites II Cowboy Classics: Playing Favorites II is the twenty-fourth album by American singer-songwriter Michael Martin Murphey. This is Murphey's followup to his successful 2001 compilation \"Playing Favorites\" and contains rerecorded versions of many of his cowboy songs. Murphey's attraction to the cowboy's way of life is an attempt to preserve his own cultural heritage, breathing new life into classics like \"I Ride an Old Paint\", \"Red River Valley\", and \"Yellow Rose of Texas\". Among the highlights of the album is a stately six-minute version of \"Streets of Laredo\", arranged for fiddle and piano. In the liner", "title": "Cowboy Classics: Playing Favorites II" }, { "id": "402357", "text": "since 2002, and has the second-highest gross state product. If Texas were a sovereign state, it would be the 10th largest economy in the world. The name Texas, based on the Caddo word \"táyshaʼ\" () \"friend\", was applied, in the spelling ' or ', by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves, specifically the Hasinai Confederacy, the final \"-s\" representing the Spanish plural. The \"Mission San Francisco de los Tejas\" was completed near the Hasinai village of Nabedaches in May 1690, in what is now Houston County, East Texas. During Spanish colonial rule, in the 18th century, the area was known", "title": "Texas" }, { "id": "5322116", "text": "Confederate States of America in 1861–1865, during the American Civil War. The first European base was established in 1680, along the upper Rio Grande river, near modern El Paso, Texas with the exiled Spaniards and Native Americans from the Isleta Pueblo during the Pueblo Revolt, also known as Popé's Rebellion, from today's northern New Mexico. In 1682, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (1643-1687), established a French colony at Fort Saint Louis, after sailing down and exploring the Mississippi River from New France (modern Canada) and the Great Lakes. He planted this early French presence at Fort Saint Louis near", "title": "History of Texas" }, { "id": "922708", "text": "the remote, dry plains found nearby, with interiors filmed at the Warner Brothers studios in Burbank, California. The \"Jett Rink Day\" parade and airport festivities were filmed at the Burbank Airport. During the restaurant fight scene at the film's end, the jukebox plays \"The Yellow Rose of Texas\" by Mitch Miller. That version of the song happened to be the #1 pop single on the \"Billboard Magazine\" Best Sellers chart at the time of James Dean's death. The movie is an epic portrayal of a powerful Texas ranching family challenged by changing times and the coming of big oil. A", "title": "Giant (1956 film)" }, { "id": "10275382", "text": "how can I find a different sort of gunslinger?” Right away, I thought of a woman gunslinger, and the idea for the script came to me all of a sudden. It was the sheriff’s wife. He’s killed and she takes over for her husband. It was logical when it wasn’t, but that was enough for a six-or seven-day western. It was originally known as \"The Yellow Rose of Texas\". \"Gunslinger\" began production in February 1956, as the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and the film studios renegotiated for a five-day work week instead of six. Director Roger Corman decided", "title": "Gunslinger (film)" }, { "id": "3222529", "text": "College in Kilgore, Texas. It houses the authentic re-creation of oil discovery and production in the early 1930s from the largest oil field inside U.S. boundaries. Tyler, Texas has a rich culture and has been nicknamed the \"Rose Capital of America\" because of its large role in the rose-growing industry; about 20% of commercial rose bushes produced in the U.S. are grown in Tyler and Smith County and more than half of the rose bushes are packaged and shipped from the area. It boasts the nation's largest municipal rose garden and hosts the Texas Rose Festival each October, which draws", "title": "Northeast Texas" }, { "id": "10598542", "text": "and she has appeared in the show Taxi. Lane was inducted to the Country Music Hall of Fame's Walkway of Stars in 1996. Her song \"All The Unsung Heroes\" is the theme behind a documentary on the Vietnam War Memorial documentary. Brody is married to Nashville musician Eddie Bayers. Lane Brody Lane Brody (born September 24, 1955 in Oak Park, Illinois) is an American country music singer-songwriter, active since the early 1980s, best known for her 1984 Billboard-topping country hit \"The Yellow Rose\" (a duet with country music singer Johnny Lee), and for the Oscar-nominated song \"Over You\" from the", "title": "Lane Brody" }, { "id": "2169801", "text": "August 26, 1836, they purchased half a league of land, or about 2,214 acres (27 km²) from Elizabeth (Mrs. T. F. L.) Parrot, John Austin's widow for $5,000. The Allen brothers first landed in the area where the confluence of White Oak Bayou and Buffalo Bayou served as a natural turning basin, now known as Allen's Landing. The \"city to be\" was named after Sam Houston, the hero of San Jacinto, whom the Allen brothers admired and anticipated to be the first President of the Republic of Texas. Gail Borden, Jr., a publisher and surveyor, who would later found Borden,", "title": "History of Houston" }, { "id": "13990617", "text": "Yellow Rose of Texas (box set) Yellow Rose of Texas is a box set of Ernest Tubb recordings from 1954 to 1960, released in 1993. It is a 5-CD box set and contains 150 songs. The set includes extensive liner notes, session notes and photographs. Four songs include The Wilburn Brothers. Members of Tubb's backing and recording bands during these years included such musicians as Floyd Cramer, Grady Martin, Buddy Harman, Hank Garland, Billy Byrd, Dale Potter and Leon Rhodes. In his Allmusic review, Bruce Eder describes Disc Two as \"...more consistent in tone and content, mixing blues and midtempo", "title": "Yellow Rose of Texas (box set)" }, { "id": "13990618", "text": "ballads, most of which are compiled here for the very first time, including four priceless cuts pairing Tubb off with the Wilburn Brothers. Production notes: Yellow Rose of Texas (box set) Yellow Rose of Texas is a box set of Ernest Tubb recordings from 1954 to 1960, released in 1993. It is a 5-CD box set and contains 150 songs. The set includes extensive liner notes, session notes and photographs. Four songs include The Wilburn Brothers. Members of Tubb's backing and recording bands during these years included such musicians as Floyd Cramer, Grady Martin, Buddy Harman, Hank Garland, Billy Byrd,", "title": "Yellow Rose of Texas (box set)" }, { "id": "4234886", "text": "Flo is on her way to a new restaurant hostess job in Houston, Texas as described in her final appearance, \"Flo's Farewell\" (season 4, episode 18). She stops to visit her family in her hometown of Cowtown, Texas (Cowtown is the popular nickname of Fort Worth) and in a fit of nostalgia, Flo buys a rundown old roadhouse she had enjoyed in her formative years and renames it \"Flo's Yellow Rose\". Coping with the business (such as chauvinistic bartender Earl (Geoffrey Lewis) and the greedy and obnoxious banker Farley (Jim B. Baker, who holds the mortgage), as well as her", "title": "Flo" }, { "id": "402383", "text": "convince all their native peoples to uproot and move west. This included the Caddoans of Louisiana & Arkansas. Following the Texas Revolution, the Texans chose to make peace with their Native peoples, but did not honor former land claims or agreements. This began the movement of Native populations north into what would become Indian Territory—modern day Oklahoma. The first historical document related to Texas was a map of the Gulf Coast, created in 1519 by Spanish explorer Alonso Álvarez de Pineda. Nine years later, shipwrecked Spanish explorer Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca and his cohort became the first Europeans in", "title": "Texas" }, { "id": "4834302", "text": "Texas Rose Festival The Texas Rose Festival, a three-day event held annually in Tyler, Texas, celebrates the role of the rose-growing industry in the local economy. The festivities, taking place during the third weekend of October, draw thousands of tourists to the city each year. The first Tyler Rose Festival was organized by Tyler Garden Club members, local rose growers and the Chamber of Commerce in October 1933 for the purpose of focusing attention on the importance of the rose industry to Tyler, and to showcase the towns elegance; it was renamed the Texas Rose Festival during the Texas Centennial", "title": "Texas Rose Festival" }, { "id": "2225985", "text": "he yells \"STELLA!\" at a woman, imitating Marlon Brando in \"A Streetcar Named Desire\". The B side of that record was a parody of \"C'est si bon\", broadcast in 1955 on the TV show \"Sam and Friends\". Other songs include \"The Yellow Rose of Texas\" (1955), where a \"Yankee\" snare drummer gets out of hand on the recording; \"Rock Island Line\", based on the 1955 Lonnie Donegan skiffle version, with interruptions by Peter Leeds; and \"The Great Pretender\" (1956). He recorded Elvis Presley's first gold record, \"Heartbreak Hotel\"; in Freberg's version, the echo effect goes out of control, and Elvis", "title": "Stan Freberg" }, { "id": "13740375", "text": "blaring out \"The Yellow Rose of Texas\". The journey of what reporters laughingly called \"The Corn Pone Special\" won much popular southern support for the Democrats and was widely credited, by both Baker and later historians, with winning the election for Kennedy. Lytton was aboard the train with Johnson, handing out press releases at each stop, mentioning his presence at the candidate's side. Baker tolerated this as the \"typical Hollywood mentality\" of a generous \"egomaniac\". But for Lytton it also proved self-destructive. When the train reached Greenville, South Carolina, Baker received a call from Drew Pearson, the best-known investigative journalist", "title": "Bart Lytton" }, { "id": "17074859", "text": "service included organizations focused on aging, child welfare, education, and food security. She was also the recipient of the El Paso Conquistador and Yellow Rose of Texas awards. El Paso County voters elected Acosta as chair of the county’s housing authority in 1993. In 1948, Lucy married Alejandro Acosta, a World War II veteran and a fellow alumnus from Bowie High School. He also served in the Korean War. She bore two sons, Alejandro, Jr. and Daniel. Acosta died on March 8, 2008 in El Paso, Texas and she is interred at Restlawn Park Cemetery. She is a member of", "title": "Lucy G. Acosta" }, { "id": "7255475", "text": "onion in the early 1980s by Dr. Leonard Pike, a horticulture professor at Texas A&M University, Texas. 1015 Onions are actually named for their optimum planting date, October 15. Grown only in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas, this large, prized onion was developed after ten years of extensive research, endless testing and a million dollars in cost. As a result, Texas achieved a mild, exceptionally sweet onion that lives up to its nickname - the \"Million Dollar Baby\". Onions are Texas' leading vegetable crop. The state produces mostly sweet yellow varieties. The sweet onion was adopted as Texas'", "title": "Sweet onion" }, { "id": "10477921", "text": "line art, combines with light, creating an interplay of colors and shadows. Lattanzio's metal sculpture, \"Yellow rose of Texas\", won second place in the inaugural Henderson Art Project in 2010 Chris Lattanzio Chris Lattanzio (born 1963) is an American artist based in Dallas, Texas. His work, \"Spirit of the Downhill Skier,\" was included in the official United States Olympic Committee collection of the 2006 Winter Olympics commemorative art pieces. His 3-D line works, a form of low relief that is the exact opposite of an etching where everything else is taken away and only the lines are carved out and", "title": "Chris Lattanzio" }, { "id": "646762", "text": "the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas. In 1836, Texians, with a majority of Anglo-American settlers, gained independence from Mexico and formed the Republic of Texas. In 1839, John Neely Bryan surveyed the area around present-day Dallas. He established a permanent settlement near the Trinity River named Dallas in 1841. The origin of the name is uncertain. The official historical marker states it was named after Vice President George M. Dallas of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. However, this is disputed. Other potential theories for the origin include his brother, Commodore Alexander James Dallas, as well as brothers Walter R. Dallas or James", "title": "Dallas" }, { "id": "14142727", "text": "was made. Xydias had planned the film as a tie in with the 1936 Texas Centennial but fell behind in his plans. Columbia Pictures acquired the film for 1938 release and changed the billing of the actors in the film. The film featured the song \"The Yellow Rose of Texas\" being sung by the defenders though it had not been written at that time. This was the last film Xydias produced. When World War II broke out he was in the Philippines and was interned by the Japanese. Heroes of the Alamo Heroes of the Alamo (1937) is a low-budget", "title": "Heroes of the Alamo" }, { "id": "7041775", "text": "whose late husband, Donald, was a semi-driver. All Flo succeeded in doing was driving the semi right through the front of the diner, infuriating Mel. Alice and Flo were best friends. She also liked Alice's son, Tommy Hyatt, whom she called \"Tiger\". After several years at the diner, Flo left Phoenix, to take a hostessing job at the Thundering Herd restaurant in Houston, Texas, but stopped back in Cowtown and bought a roadhouse from her girlhood days, renaming it Flo's Yellow Rose. On \"Flo\", her main adversary was the tightwad banker, Farley Waters, who held the mortgage on Flo's Yellow", "title": "Florence Jean Castleberry" }, { "id": "3355649", "text": "a short time he also published, with James R. Gilmore. Walker died in Washington D.C. on November 11, 1869. He is buried at Washington's Oak Hill cemetery. His son-in-law Benjamin H. Brewster became Attorney General under Chester A. Arthur. Many of his papers are held by the University of Pittsburgh, which has digitized them. Initially, Walker County, Texas, was named in his honor. However, due to Walker's support of the Union during the Civil War, the Texas Legislature withdrew the honor and honored Samuel Walker (no relation), a Texas Ranger, instead. The survey ship \"Robert J. Walker\", which served in", "title": "Robert J. Walker" }, { "id": "214222", "text": "13, 2013, by the Houston City Council and is monitored by the Historic Preservation Office of the City of Houston Department of Planning and Development. The hospital was named for Jefferson Davis, former president of the Confederacy, in honor of the Confederate soldiers who had been buried in the cemetery and as a means to console the families of the deceased. Numerous memorials to Jefferson Davis were created. The largest is the concrete obelisk located at the Jefferson Davis State Historic Site in Fairview, marking his birthplace. Construction of the monument began in 1917 and finished in 1924 at a", "title": "Jefferson Davis" }, { "id": "11241083", "text": "received label credit for \"Yankee snare drumming\", on Stan Freberg's version of Mitch Miller's \"Yellow Rose of Texas\", in which his loud playing interrupts the singer, Freberg. Stoller had played the prominent snare on the original Mitch Miller recording. On September 23, 1951, Stoller married Mary Hatcher, an American singer and actress, in Westwood, California. With Georgie Auld With Buddy Bregman With Bing Crosby and Buddy Bregman With Sammy Davis Jr With Harry Edison With Roy Eldridge With Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong and the Russell Garcia Orchestra With Phineas Newborn, Jr. With Pete Rugolo With Mel Torme With Herb", "title": "Alvin Stoller" }, { "id": "7056751", "text": "The Techno Rose of Blighty The Techno Rose of Blighty is the debut album by British electronica group Fluke, first released in 1991. The name is based upon \"Blighty\", being slang for Great Britain; and parodies the title of the song \"The Yellow Rose of Texas\"; it is also ironic as the album is not particularly techno based. The album was re-released as LP edition in 1993 at Circa Records with bonus tracks. Bonus tracks from 1993 LP edition A 2-disc set consisting of this album and \"Six Wheels on My Wagon\" was released, featuring all nine tracks of this", "title": "The Techno Rose of Blighty" }, { "id": "15482749", "text": "Irish Shakespearean scholar. The Harison House is located on Webster Street in Malone, across from the cemetery, and is designated with a New York State historical marker. Richard Harison Richard Harison (January 12, 1747 (O.S.) in New York City – December 7, 1829) was an American lawyer and Federalist politician from New York. He was the son of George Harison (son of Francis Harison) and Jane (Nicholls) Harison. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from King's College in 1764. He married Maria Jones, and their son was George Folliott Harison (1776–1846), the namesake of \"Harison's Yellow Rose\". He practiced", "title": "Richard Harison" }, { "id": "19996917", "text": "Leadership Award scholarship are presented in her name. After she retired from the Air Force in October 2005, she was named executive director for the Texas Woman’s University Leadership Institute; Texas Woman’s University also named her a Distinguished Alumni and a Woman of Distinction. In 2010, the Texas governor gave her the Yellow Rose of Texas Award. Mary Saunders Mary L. Saunders is a retired Major General from the United States Air Force, the highest ranking African-American woman in the Air Force at the time. She was named to the Texas Women's Hall of Fame in 2012. She was born", "title": "Mary Saunders" }, { "id": "15460131", "text": "Martín De León Martín De León (1765–1833) was a rancher and wealthy Mexican empresario in Texas who was descended from Spanish aristocracy. He was the patriarch of one of the prominent founding families of early Texas. De León and his wife Patricia de la Garza established De León's Colony, the only predominantly Mexican colony in Texas. They founded the town of \"Villa de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe Victoria Nombre de Jesús\" (now known as Victoria) on the [[Guadalupe River (Texas)|Guadalupe River. The name referred both to the river and to Mexico's president [[Guadalupe Victoria]]. De León was a merchant who", "title": "Martín De León" }, { "id": "402352", "text": "populous in the state and seventh largest in the U.S. Dallas–Fort Worth and Greater Houston are the fourth and fifth largest metropolitan statistical areas in the country, respectively. Other major cities include Austin, the second-most populous state capital in the U.S., and El Paso. Texas is nicknamed \"The Lone Star State\" to signify its former status as an independent republic, and as a reminder of the state's struggle for independence from Mexico. The \"Lone Star\" can be found on the Texas state flag and on the Texan state seal. The origin of Texas's name is from the word \"taysha\", which", "title": "Texas" }, { "id": "8588439", "text": "fine clothes ordered from a Sears Roebuck catalog. A mountain man called Grizzly Adams gives her and Bean a bear, named \"Zachary Taylor\" after the 12th President of the United States, but later renamed the \"Watch Bear,\" as a pet. When a lawyer named Frank Gass shows up claiming the saloon is rightfully his, Bean puts him in a cage with the bear. Bean goes off to San Antonio, leaving a pregnant Maria Elena behind and promising her a music box that plays \"The Yellow Rose of Texas.\" In his absence, Gass and the prostitutes conspire to seize control of", "title": "The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean" }, { "id": "2727591", "text": "prays together stays together.\" In 1983, Connors joined Sam Elliott, Cybill Shepherd, Ken Curtis and Noah Beery, Jr. in the short-lived NBC series \"The Yellow Rose\", about a modern Texas ranching family. In 1985, he guest-starred as \"King Powers\" in the ABC TV series \"\", starring Robert Urich. In 1987, he co-starred in the Fox series \"Werewolf\", as drifter Janos Skorzeny. In 1988, he guest-starred as \"Gideon\" in the TV series \"Paradise\", starring Lee Horsley. In 1991, Connors was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. Connors was", "title": "Chuck Connors" }, { "id": "5979822", "text": "Perth and then to Jandakot Airport, from where it seemingly disappeared. In a separate matter, in September 1982, the three brothers, their parents and another man Brian Pozzi were charged over a matter relating to a manufactured gold nugget known as the \"Yellow Rose of Texas\". Perth Businessman Alan Bond had purchased the nugget for $350,000 in November 1980. It was later found to be worth less than $150,000 and Raymond Mickelberg and Brian Pozzi pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to fraud at their June 1984 trial. After serving nine months of his jail term and having his conviction", "title": "Perth Mint Swindle" }, { "id": "5322120", "text": "arrived from the U.S. and from Germany as well. In 1845, Texas joined the United States, becoming the 28th state, when the United States annexed it. Only after the conclusion of the Mexican–American War, with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, did Mexico recognize Texan independence. Texas declared its secession from the United States in 1861 to join the Confederate States of America. Only a few battles of the American Civil War were fought in Texas; most Texas regiments served in the east. When the war ended, the enslaved African Americans were freed. Texas was subject to Reconstruction, a", "title": "History of Texas" }, { "id": "13958480", "text": "the community, eventually killing over 3,000 people, mostly residents of Norfolk and Portsmouth. The Howard Association, a benevolent organization, was formed to help coordinate assistance in the form of funds, supplies, and medical professionals and volunteers, who poured in from many other areas, particularly the Atlantic and Gulf Coast areas of the United States. The 1867 yellow fever epidemic claimed many casualties in the southern counties of Texas, as well as in New Orleans. The deaths in Texas included Union Maj. Gen. Charles Griffin, Margaret Lea Houston (Mrs. Sam Houston), and at least two young physicians and their family members.", "title": "History of yellow fever" }, { "id": "702905", "text": "presidential election and the Constitutional Union Party in the 1860 presidential election. In 1859, Houston won election as the Governor of Texas. In that role, he opposed secession and unsuccessfully sought to keep Texas out of the Confederate States of America. He was forced out of office in 1861 and died in 1863. Houston's name has been honored in numerous ways, and he is the namesake of the city of Houston, the fourth most populous city in the United States. Houston was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia on March 2, 1793, to Samuel Houston and Elizabeth Paxton. Both of Houston's", "title": "Sam Houston" }, { "id": "20812560", "text": "Margaret Pease Harper Margaret Pease Harper (July 22, 1911 - November 16, 1991) was an American educator, musician and civic leader. She is best known for originating the idea for the historical outdoor drama, \"Texas\", and facilitating both its creation and the Pioneer Amphitheater where it is performed in Palo Duro Canyon. Harper was born in St. Paul, Minnesota on July 22, 1911. Her father, Rollin Pease, was a singer who was involved in historical pageants. Harper was raised in Evanston, Illinois. From 1931 to 1951, her father worked as a professor of music at the University of Arizona (UA).", "title": "Margaret Pease Harper" }, { "id": "18550914", "text": "WRVA. The song never amounted to much, but Lindeman was convinced that she could write something better. Her better work included \"Little Things Mean a Lot\", which, as recorded by Kitty Kallen, was the top song of 1954, and Red Headed Stranger, which became a top hit when recorded by Willie Nelson. Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time. She also wrote the lyrics for \"Blackberry Winter\", which became a back-door million-seller as the B-side of Mitch Miller's recording of The Yellow Rose of Texas, which became", "title": "Edith Lindeman" }, { "id": "18934840", "text": "of his more notable roles include: as Little Feather in \"Range Warfare\" (1934); as Felipe Farley in the 1935 western \"Cheyenne Tornado\"; as Bald Eagle in 1936's \"West of Nevada\"; as Hernandez in \"Torrid Zone\" (1940); as Nardo in the 1940 crime drama \"Dark Streets of Cairo\"; and as Indian Pete in \"The Yellow Rose of Texas\"; Other notable films in which Botiller appeared include: the classic war drama, \"The Charge of the Light Brigade\", starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland, in which he played a native; as an Indian in Cecil B. DeMille's historical drama, \"Union Pacific\", starring", "title": "Dick Botiller" }, { "id": "88380", "text": "Confederate States of America The Confederate States of America (CSA or C.S.), commonly referred to as the Confederacy and the South, was an unrecognized country in North America that existed from 1861 to 1865. The Confederacy was originally formed by seven secessionist slave-holding states—South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas—in the Lower South region of the United States, whose economy was heavily dependent upon agriculture, particularly cotton, and a plantation system that relied upon the labor of African-American slaves. Each state declared its secession from the United States, which became known as the Union during the ensuing civil", "title": "Confederate States of America" }, { "id": "1158239", "text": "Santa Rosa (Spanish for \"Saint Rose\"), referring to a chapel that Don Celso Baca (the founder of the city) built and named after both his mother Rosa and Saint Rose of Lima. The \"Rosa\" may also refer to the roses in the story of Our Lady of Guadalupe and is indicative of the Catholicism of the Spanish colonizers who settled in the area. At the turn of the twentieth century, Santa Rosa was not the largest settlement within the region. Puerto de Luna, about ten miles south, held the county seat for Guadalupe County. Santa Rosa was smaller than Puerto", "title": "Santa Rosa, New Mexico" }, { "id": "1337080", "text": "early 1800s Katy was known as \"Cane Island\", named for the creek that runs through the area, a branch of Buffalo Bayou. The creek was filled with tall cane, not native to the area. It was presumed to have been planted by either the Karankawa Indians or Spanish explorers to aid in fur trapping until the 1820s. In 1845 James J. Crawford received a land grant that included this area. The hot summers, thick clay soil made it difficult to attract settlers to the area. Crawford, Peter Black, John Sills and the families of former slaves Thomas (Mary) Robinson and", "title": "Katy, Texas" }, { "id": "1337719", "text": "called Oneida; it later changed its name to Amarillo, which probably derives from yellow wildflowers that were plentiful during the spring and summer or the nearby Amarillo Lake and Amarillo Creek, named in turn for the yellow soil along their banks and shores (\"Amarillo\" is the Spanish word for the color yellow). Early residents originally pronounced the city's name more similar to the Spanish pronunciation , which was later displaced by the current pronunciation. On June 19, 1888, Henry B. Sanborn, who is given credit as the \"Father of Amarillo\", and his business partner Joseph F. Glidden began buying land", "title": "Amarillo, Texas" }, { "id": "2756965", "text": "Mexico (in the area of present-day East Texas). Then lightly settled by Mexican colonists, this area was being rapidly transformed by greatly increased immigration of European Americans. In 1836, the Anglo-Americans declared independence from Mexico and established the Republic of Texas, an independent nation. The name \"Texas\" is derived from the \"Hasinai\" word \"táysha\", meaning \"friend\". On December 29, 1845, Texas was admitted to the US as a state. At that time, the federal government forced the relocation of both the Hasinai and the Kadohadacho as well as remnants of allied Delaware (Lenape) and Yowani onto the Brazos Reservation. Pressures", "title": "Caddo" }, { "id": "6949601", "text": "part of a theme album about the Battle of the Alamo, and includes traditional tunes (\"Deguello\", \"The Yellow Rose of Texas\") and more recent whimsical songs (\"The Ballad of Davy Crockett\", \"Don't Go There\"). \"Remember the Alamo\" is sung by longtime frontman Ray Benson, and the band performs the song in the traditional free and flowing Texas Swing style. Remember the Alamo (song) \"Remember the Alamo\" is a song written by Texan folk singer and songwriter Jane Bowers. Bowers details the last days of 180 soldiers during the Battle of the Alamo and names several famous figures who fought at", "title": "Remember the Alamo (song)" }, { "id": "2264549", "text": "vetoing their domestic finance legislation. Tyler, isolated and outside the two-party mainstream, turned to foreign affairs to salvage his presidency, aligning himself with a southern states' rights faction that shared his fervent slavery expansionist views. In his first address to Congress in special session on June 1, 1841, Tyler set the stage for Texas annexation by announcing his intention to pursue an expansionist agenda so as to preserve the balance between state and national authority and to protect American institutions, including slavery, so as to avoid sectional conflict. Tyler's closest advisors counseled him that obtaining Texas would assure him a", "title": "Texas annexation" }, { "id": "5321880", "text": "believed the river to be unnamed and called it San Antonio de Padua, not realizing that Terán and Massanet had camped nearby years before on the feast day of Saint Anthony of Padua and had given the river the same name. In 1711, Franciscan missionary Francisco Hidalgo, who had served in the earlier Texas missions, wanted to reestablish missions with the Caddos. The Spanish government was unwilling to provide the funding and troops for the project, so Hidalgo approached the French governor of Louisiana, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac for help. Cadillac was under orders to turn Louisiana into a", "title": "Spanish Texas" }, { "id": "918527", "text": "25, 1895, she married Garner in Sabinal, Texas. They had one child, Tully Charles Garner. Garner was elected county judge and served until 1896. Garner was elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 1898, and re-elected in 1900. During his service, the legislature selected a state flower for Texas. Garner fervently supported the prickly pear cactus for the honor, and thus earned the nickname \"Cactus Jack\". (The Bluebonnet was chosen.) In 1901 Garner voted for the poll tax, a measure passed by the Democratic-dominated legislature to make voter registration more difficult and reduce the number of black, minority, and", "title": "John Nance Garner" }, { "id": "1774008", "text": "Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry (June 5, 1825 – February 12, 1903) was an American Democratic politician and diplomat who served as an officer of the Confederate States Army in the American Civil War. Curry was born in Lincoln County, Georgia, the son of Jabez and Rebecca Jordan Curry. His father, scion of a prominent Southern family, was cousin of Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar, the second president of the Republic of Texas and husband of Tabitha Burwell Jordan, J.L.M. Curry's aunt. Curry grew up in Alabama and graduated from the University of Georgia in 1843 where he was", "title": "Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry" }, { "id": "18165679", "text": "prior to the Civil War and whether or not Sam Houston would have had a one night stand with the Yellow Rose of Texas.\" But held that the series should be viewed as within the genre of Historical fiction. They maintained that it was unlikely \"made with the intent of being 100 percent true to the times or the characters\". They concluded that \"it would be impossible for a well-produced and entertaining series to leave a unique mark on viewers by interpreting events exactly as history experts would want. Sometimes you have to shut up and suspend disbelief to enjoy", "title": "Texas Rising" }, { "id": "1227705", "text": "been named for the daughter of a railroad executive, George A. Quinlan (1838–1901) of the Houston and Texas Central Railroad. There is some disagreement about this, as others argue that the town was named after Melissa Huntington, daughter of C. P. Huntington, another well-known railroad executive. Anna, Texas, is named after Anna Elizabeth Quinlan (1878–1952), the only daughter of George Austin Quinlan and his wife Mary Kate Saunders (1851–1884). Quinlan, Texas, is named after George Austin Quinlan himself. The first school in Melissa was built on land purchased in 1882 by trustees James Graves, John Gibson, and George Fitzhugh, who", "title": "Melissa, Texas" } ]

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[ { "id": "7997953", "text": "I Can See Clearly Now \"I Can See Clearly Now\" is a song originally recorded by Johnny Nash. It was a single from the album of the same name and achieved success in the United States and the United Kingdom when it was released in 1972, reaching number one on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart. It was covered by many artists throughout the years, including a 1993 hit version by Jimmy Cliff, who re-recorded the song for the motion picture soundtrack of \"Cool Runnings,\" where it reached the top 20 at No. 18 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. After Nash", "title": "I Can See Clearly Now" }, { "id": "7997957", "text": "the premiere episode of British Motoring show, \"The Grand Tour,\" causing the song to reach the number 1 position on the iTunes's Top 40 UK Rock Song chart in late 2016. I Can See Clearly Now \"I Can See Clearly Now\" is a song originally recorded by Johnny Nash. It was a single from the album of the same name and achieved success in the United States and the United Kingdom when it was released in 1972, reaching number one on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart. It was covered by many artists throughout the years, including a 1993 hit version", "title": "I Can See Clearly Now" }, { "id": "7997955", "text": "four weeks atop the adult contemporary chart. Reggae singer Jimmy Cliff recorded a cover of the song for the 1993 movie \"Cool Runnings.\" It was released as a single in 1993, reaching No. 18 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. It was Cliff's first single to make the Hot 100 in 25 years, and is his highest-charting single in the United States. The song reached number one in France, Iceland and New Zealand. The music video for this version was directed by Academy Award nominated film director, Scott Hamilton Kennedy. The song also appears in various other films, such as \"Grosse", "title": "I Can See Clearly Now" }, { "id": "7997954", "text": "wrote and composed the original version, he recorded it in London with members of the Fabulous Five Inc., and produced it himself. Its arrangements and style are both heavily laced with reggae influences. Nash had collaborated with Bob Marley in the past, and his approach drew strongly from Marley's reggae style. After making modest chart advances for a month, the RIAA-certified gold single unexpectedly took only two weeks to vault from No. 20 to No. 5 to No. 1 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 on November 4, 1972, remaining atop this chart for four weeks, and also spent the same", "title": "I Can See Clearly Now" }, { "id": "10708985", "text": "40 hit to date. The single also peaked at #96 on the Australian ARIA singles chart in September 1993. \"All tracks (Baker, McIlwaine) unless otherwise noted.\" US 7 track CD US 2 track CD US CD (promo only) UK CD #1 UK CD #2 UK 12\" UK 12\" (promo only) UK Cassette I Can See Clearly \"I Can See Clearly\" is a 1993 song by the American singer Debbie Harry, released as the first single from her fourth solo album \"Debravation\". After taking a brief hiatus from her solo music career, Harry released the track as the first single from", "title": "I Can See Clearly" }, { "id": "10623626", "text": "Four Tops; \"Here We Go Again,\" popularised in 1967 by Ray Charles and re-popularized as a duet with Norah Jones upon the 2005 posthumous release of Charles' masterwork album, \"Genius Loves Company\", and; \"I Can See Clearly Now\", written and recorded by Johnny Nash, a song which spent November at the No. 1 spot of the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 in 1972. The single was released on three physical formats. CD1 features a brand new track, \"Dear Katie\", which was written by Blunt's long-time keyboardist Paul Beard. Beard also provides backing vocals for the song. CD2 includes a live version of", "title": "1973 (song)" }, { "id": "20413638", "text": "and Rain\" by James Taylor, which came out at about the same time. \"Hallelujah\" (which was written by Leonard Cohen in 1984, but only became famous when John Cale covered it in 1991) has since been recognized as perhaps the quintessential secular hymn. Other songs that are sometimes mentioned as secular hymns include \"Many Rivers To Cross\" by Jimmy Cliff, \"I Can See Clearly Now\" by Johnny Nash, \"Joy to the World\" by Three Dog Night, \"Hey, Jude\" by the Beatles, \"Big Yellow Taxi\" by Joni Mitchell, \"No Woman, No Cry\" by Bob Marley, \"Going My Way\" by Bing Crosby,", "title": "Secular hymn (genre)" }, { "id": "7997956", "text": "Pointe Blank,\" \"The Break-up,\" \"Thelma & Louise,\" \"Antz,\" \"Deep Blue Sea,\" \"Envy,\" \"Hitch,\" \"Igor,\" \"Shrek 2's\" \"Far Far Away Idol,\" \"Viktor Vogel – Commercial Man,\" and \"Jennifer's Body,\" as well in a 2009 advertisement for Lipton in the Middle East and Russia. It is also briefly sung by Cheech in the movie \"Up in Smoke.\" It has also been covered by these artists: In November 2002, the song was featured prominently in \"The Freak,\" an episode of the NBC police drama television series \"Boomtown.\" In November 2016, a cover version of the song by the Hothouse Flowers was featured in", "title": "I Can See Clearly Now" }, { "id": "13368396", "text": "Live in Las Vegas Vol. 2 Live In Las Vegas Vol. 2 is the second live album by American pop duo Sonny & Cher, released in 1974 by Kapp/MCA Records. It was released in 1974 and reached #175 on the \"Billboard\" album charts. This was their first double album. The album is largely a collection of cover songs including \"I Can See Clearly Now\" (originally by Johnny Nash) and \"Where You Lead\" (originally by Carole King). No singles were released from the album. The songs \"Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)\" and \"You Better Sit Down Kids\" were performed", "title": "Live in Las Vegas Vol. 2" }, { "id": "2402743", "text": "Johnny Nash John Lester \"Johnny\" Nash, Jr. (born August 19, 1940) is an American reggae and pop music singer-songwriter, best known in the US for his 1972 hit, \"I Can See Clearly Now\". He was also one of the first non-Jamaican singers to record reggae music in Kingston, Jamaica. Born John Lester Nash, Jr. in Houston, Texas, he began as a pop singer in the 1950s. He released four albums for ABC-Paramount, with his self-named debut in 1958. Around 20 singles were released between 1958 & 1964 on a variety of labels such as Groove, Chess, Argo and Warners. He", "title": "Johnny Nash" }, { "id": "10708984", "text": "I Can See Clearly \"I Can See Clearly\" is a 1993 song by the American singer Debbie Harry, released as the first single from her fourth solo album \"Debravation\". After taking a brief hiatus from her solo music career, Harry released the track as the first single from her fourth solo album \"Debravation\" in June 1993. The single brought her back the attention of US Dance Clubs and peaked at #2 on the Billboard Dance Chart. It was also a moderate success in the UK where it reached #23 in July 1993; though it became Harry's last solo UK Top", "title": "I Can See Clearly" }, { "id": "10541534", "text": "a collection of cover songs which include songs like \"I Can See Clearly Now\" (originally by Johnny Nash), \"Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show\" (Neil Diamond), and \"Listen to the Music\" (The Doobie Brothers). The only song written by Bono is the title track; it clocks in at over nine minutes on the album version, and was edited down to under four minutes for the single. Mama Was a Rock and Roll Singer, Papa Used to Write All Her Songs Mama Was a Rock and Roll Singer, Papa Used to Write All Her Songs is the fifth and final studio album", "title": "Mama Was a Rock and Roll Singer, Papa Used to Write All Her Songs" }, { "id": "3201090", "text": "Book\", into a strikingly sultry and sinister song of seduction and death. Also recorded in this period was a reinterpretation of Elvis Costello's \"Alison.\" In 1993, the trio released \"Don't Smoke In Bed\", an album produced by David Was, which included a hit single cover version of \"I Can See Clearly Now\". According to the \"Canadian Encyclopedia\", \"The video for the song was put into heavy rotation on MuchMusic and earned a Juno Award nomination for Best Video. The album went platinum in Canada, reached No. 7 on the \"Billboard\" Contemporary Jazz chart, and won a Juno Award for Best", "title": "Holly Cole" }, { "id": "2402752", "text": "in the crime drama \"Key Witness\". In 1971, he played Robert in the Swedish romance \"Vill så gärna tro\". Johnny Nash John Lester \"Johnny\" Nash, Jr. (born August 19, 1940) is an American reggae and pop music singer-songwriter, best known in the US for his 1972 hit, \"I Can See Clearly Now\". He was also one of the first non-Jamaican singers to record reggae music in Kingston, Jamaica. Born John Lester Nash, Jr. in Houston, Texas, he began as a pop singer in the 1950s. He released four albums for ABC-Paramount, with his self-named debut in 1958. Around 20 singles", "title": "Johnny Nash" }, { "id": "10629342", "text": "Home (Hothouse Flowers album) Home is the second album by the Irish rock band Hothouse Flowers. Released in 1990 via London Records, it reached number 2 on the UK Albums Chart and spent 1 week at number 1 on the Australian charts. The band did an extended tour in Australia, and had built up a significant following there, which may have contributed to their success in the charts. Two singles from the album charted in the United Kingdom: \"Give It Up\" (#30) and \"I Can See Clearly Now\" (#23). \"Give It Up\" also charted in the United States (#2 Modern", "title": "Home (Hothouse Flowers album)" }, { "id": "5317059", "text": "Paul McCartney bought Jamaican-imported singles, but this was not obvious in The Beatles' repertoire until \"Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da\" on the \"White Album\". There was a gentle reggae beat in some of his later solo singles, such as \"Another Day\" and \"Silly Love Songs\". He also named one of his Christmas song covers \"Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reggae\". Other pop hits include \"Sugar, Sugar\" by the Archies (number 1 in 1969) and \"I Can See Clearly Now\" by Johnny Nash (number 5 in 1972). Also in the mid-1970s, art rockers 10cc released a few reggae-styled singles, including \"Dreadlock Holiday\". Ska/reggae artist Judge Dread", "title": "Caribbean music in the United Kingdom" }, { "id": "344404", "text": "reggae in the UK until bought by Saga records in 1974. Reggae's influence bubbled to the top of the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot 100 charts in late 1972. First Three Dog Night hit #1 in September with a cover of the Maytones' version of \"Black and White\". Then Johnny Nash was at #1 for four weeks in November with \"I Can See Clearly Now\". Paul Simon's single \"Mother And Child Reunion\" - a track which he recorded in Kingston, Jamaica with Jimmy Cliff's backing group - was ranked by Billboard as the No. 57 song of 1972. In 1973, the film", "title": "Reggae" }, { "id": "13368397", "text": "by Bono; both were written by Bono and performed by Cher in the late 60's. Cher also sings \"Gypsies, Tramps And Thieves\" as a solo. Live in Las Vegas Vol. 2 Live In Las Vegas Vol. 2 is the second live album by American pop duo Sonny & Cher, released in 1974 by Kapp/MCA Records. It was released in 1974 and reached #175 on the \"Billboard\" album charts. This was their first double album. The album is largely a collection of cover songs including \"I Can See Clearly Now\" (originally by Johnny Nash) and \"Where You Lead\" (originally by Carole", "title": "Live in Las Vegas Vol. 2" }, { "id": "2027851", "text": "Falke remixes. In April 2008, Young again appeared at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club with the Vanguard Big Band. Young is to perform at various festivals during mid-2008, including Glastonbury, T in the Park in Scotland and Bestival on the Isle of Wight. On 24 August 2008, Young appeared at the Olympic Party which took place in the Mall, London. He performed his latest single Changes and I Can See Clearly Now, which was originally sung by Johnny Nash. On an interview with Digital Spy, Will Young revealed that he was working on a Dance-Pop album, which might be released in", "title": "Will Young" }, { "id": "1505869", "text": "Cat Stevens's \"Wild World\" and Johnny Nash's \"I Can See Clearly Now\" from the film \"Cool Runnings\". He starred in the film \"The Harder They Come\", which helped popularize reggae across the world, and \"Club Paradise\". Cliff was one of five performers inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010. Jimmy Cliff was born in Somerton District, Saint James, Jamaica. He began writing songs while still at primary school in St. James, listening to a neighbour's sound system. In 1962 his father took him to Kingston to go to Kingston Technical school, where he ended up sharing", "title": "Jimmy Cliff" }, { "id": "1505877", "text": "a campaign anthem by the Sandinista National Liberation Front in the 1990 election in Nicaragua. In 1991, he performed at the second Rock in Rio festival in Estádio do Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He continued to sell well in Jamaica and, to a lesser extent, the UK, returning to the mainstream pop charts in the U.S. and elsewhere (#1 in France) with a version of Johnny Nash's \"I Can See Clearly Now\" on the \"Cool Runnings\" film soundtrack in 1993. In 1995, Cliff released the single \"Hakuna Matata\", a collaboration with Lebo M, a song from the soundtrack", "title": "Jimmy Cliff" }, { "id": "9755732", "text": "Music and Lyrics: Music from the Motion Picture Music and Lyrics: Music from the Motion Picture is the 2007 soundtrack from the film \"Music and Lyrics\". It was released by Atlantic Records on February 13, 2007, and features songs performed by the film's stars Hugh Grant, Drew Barrymore, and Haley Bennett. The album reached #5 on the \"Billboard\" Top Soundtracks Chart and #63 on the \"Billboard\" 200. The song \"Invincible\" performed by Haley Bennett that plays at the end of the film credits does not appear on the soundtrack. The same is true for the song \"Work to Do\", written", "title": "Music and Lyrics: Music from the Motion Picture" }, { "id": "6764451", "text": "member of the Texas group, Blackwell, who had a hit single in 1969 entitled \"Wonderful\". In 1971, Bundrick recorded and wrote five tracks for the album \"Kossoff Kirke Tetsu Rabbit\" with guitarist Paul Kossoff, drummer Simon Kirke and bassist Tetsu Yamauchi. Bundrick toured and recorded with Texan vocalist Johnny Nash. Bundrick played on Nash's hit single and album \"I Can See Clearly Now\" (1972). He met Bob Marley while in Sweden, while working on the soundtrack to the Swedish film \"Vill så gärna tro\". Marley, Bundrick, and Johnny Nash became roommates there during the stay. Sometime after their return to", "title": "John Bundrick" }, { "id": "2402750", "text": "On My Pillow\" which reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in July 1975 for one week. After a cover of Sam Cooke's \"Wonderful World\" and \"Let’s Go Dancing\" in 1979, for many years Nash seemed to have dropped out of sight, with the exception of a brief resurgence in the mid-1980s with the album \"Here Again\" (1986), which was preceded by the minor UK hit, \"Rock Me Baby.\" Younger audiences were introduced to Nash's music with the appearance of Jimmy Cliff's cover of \"I Can See Clearly Now\" in Disney's 1993 hit film Cool Runnings. In May 2006,", "title": "Johnny Nash" }, { "id": "5163661", "text": "Wanted (Perry Como song) \"Wanted\" is a popular song written by Jack Fulton and Lois Steele. A recording by Perry Como with Hugo Winterhalter's orchestra and chorus was made at Manhattan Center, New York City, on December 29, 1953. It was released by RCA Victor as catalog number 20-5647 (in USA) and by EMI on the His Master's Voice label as catalog number B 10691. The flip side of both records was \"Look out the Window (and See How I'm Standing in the Rain)\". It reached #1 on Billboard magazine's charts in 1954. The song also reached #1 on the", "title": "Wanted (Perry Como song)" }, { "id": "10468964", "text": "at all. Lawrence did not release another studio album until \"Lessons Learned\" in 2000. As listed in liner notes. Tracks 1 - 4, 7 & 10 Tracks 5, 6, 8 & 9 The Coast Is Clear (Tracy Lawrence album) The Coast Is Clear is the fifth studio album released by country music artist Tracy Lawrence. It produced five singles: \"How a Cowgirl Says Goodbye\", \"Better Man, Better Off\", \"The Coast Is Clear\", \"One Step Ahead of the Storm\" and \"While You Sleep\". Though the first two singles charted at #2 and #4 on the country chart, respectively, the title track", "title": "The Coast Is Clear (Tracy Lawrence album)" }, { "id": "10584518", "text": "Gone (Montgomery Gentry song) \"Gone\" is a song written by Bob DiPiero and Jeffrey Steele, and recorded by the American country music duo Montgomery Gentry. It was released in November 2004 as the third single from the duo's album \"You Do Your Thing\", reaching a peak of #3 on the U.S. country charts, #53 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and #92 on the Pop 100. The single has also been certified as a digital gold single by the Recording Industry Association of America. This song is used in the Rock Band Country Track Pack. \"Gone\" is a moderate up-tempo featuring", "title": "Gone (Montgomery Gentry song)" }, { "id": "3424102", "text": "2016. As a result they saw an upswing in popularity, with \"I Can See Clearly Now\" going to No1 on the iTunes Rock Chart Singles in the UK. On 17 November 2016 the band released a new Studio Album \"Lets Do This Thing\" recorded at Windmill Lane Studios in Dublin. Hothouse Flowers Hothouse Flowers are an Irish rock group that combines traditional Irish music with influences from soul, gospel, and rock. Formed in 1985 in Dublin, they started as street performers. Their first album, \"People\" (1988), was the most successful debut album in Irish history, reaching No. 1 in Ireland", "title": "Hothouse Flowers" }, { "id": "3424101", "text": "band and is currently touring again with them after his long sabbatical. Hothouse Flowers toured the UK in October and November 2015, with the tour named \"Away with the Traveling Circus\". During an interview on \"The Imelda May Show\" in Ireland, the band confirmed they are working on a new album, tentatively scheduled for release in early 2016. Some material from the forthcoming album was played during the tour. The band played a live version of their cover \"I Can See Clearly Now\" on the premiere episode of Amazon Prime's \"The Grand Tour\" first made available to stream in November", "title": "Hothouse Flowers" }, { "id": "5285004", "text": "the United States the single hit number two – for two weeks – on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 (behind \"I Can See Clearly Now\" by Johnny Nash) and hit number one on the \"Cash Box\" Top 100. It earned a gold certification for sales of over a million U.S. copies. It also hit number one in Canada. Band member Justin Hayward wrote and composed the song at age 19 in Swindon, and titled the song after a girlfriend gave him a gift of satin bedsheets. The song itself was a tale of a yearning love from afar, which leads many", "title": "Nights in White Satin" }, { "id": "2402747", "text": "produced were successful. Only two singles were released at the time: \"Bend Down Low\" (JAD 1968) and \"Reggae on Broadway\" (Columbia, 1972), which was recorded in London in 1972 on the same sessions that produced \"I Can See Clearly Now.\" \"I Can See Clearly Now\" sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc by the R.I.A.A. in November 1972. \"I Can See Clearly Now\" reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on November 4, 1972 and remained atop the chart for four weeks, and also spent the same four weeks atop the adult contemporary chart. The", "title": "Johnny Nash" }, { "id": "17076118", "text": "Night\"), My Morning Jacket (\"Long as I Can See the Light\"), Alan Jackson (\"Have You Ever Seen the Rain\"), Jennifer Hudson (\"Proud Mary\"), and more. The album also features two new songs, \"Mystic Highway\" and \"Train of Fools\". Fogerty began recording the album in 2011, with a planned release on Vanguard Records. The newly recorded version of \"Born on the Bayou\" featuring Kid Rock, debuted during the NFL broadcast on Super Bowl Sunday, February 3, 2013. \"Wrote a Song for Everyone\" received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 using", "title": "Wrote a Song for Everyone" }, { "id": "10468963", "text": "The Coast Is Clear (Tracy Lawrence album) The Coast Is Clear is the fifth studio album released by country music artist Tracy Lawrence. It produced five singles: \"How a Cowgirl Says Goodbye\", \"Better Man, Better Off\", \"The Coast Is Clear\", \"One Step Ahead of the Storm\" and \"While You Sleep\". Though the first two singles charted at #2 and #4 on the country chart, respectively, the title track was the first single of Lawrence's career to fall short of the Top Ten. \"While You Sleep\" missed the Top 40 entirely, and \"One Step Ahead of the Storm\" failed to chart", "title": "The Coast Is Clear (Tracy Lawrence album)" }, { "id": "2307551", "text": "song sung by singer Johnny Nash, the American reggae singer-songwriter best known for 1956's \"A Very Special Love\" and 1972's \"I Can See Clearly Now\". The theme's lyrics were written by Winston Sharples's son Winston Sharples, Jr. under the pseudonym \"Win Singleton\" (his first and middle names). The voice actress for all the female voices is Helene Nickerson. The theme song was covered in 2009 by Canadian jazz musician John Stetch on his album \"TV Trio\". In 2005, the series was re-issued to television in a newly remastered version and was reformatted, and in the process, replacing the familiar theme", "title": "The Mighty Hercules" }, { "id": "17088600", "text": "Twilight Is Gone \"Twilight Is Gone\" is a song by the American country rock band The Desert Rose Band, released in 1991 as the second and final single from their fourth studio album \"True Love\". It was written by Chris Hillman and Steve Hill, and produced by Tony Brown. Like the preceding single \"You Can Go Home\", \"Twilight Is Gone\" continued the band's commercial decline on both the American and Canadian Country Singles Charts. \"Twilight Is Gone\" peaked at No. 67 on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Songs Chart, and No. 82 on the RPM Country Singles Chart. \"Twilight Is Gone\"", "title": "Twilight Is Gone" }, { "id": "9755733", "text": "by Adam Schlesinger (who wrote most of the songs for the film) and performed by the folk band America, which plays only at the end of the film credits. Music and Lyrics: Music from the Motion Picture Music and Lyrics: Music from the Motion Picture is the 2007 soundtrack from the film \"Music and Lyrics\". It was released by Atlantic Records on February 13, 2007, and features songs performed by the film's stars Hugh Grant, Drew Barrymore, and Haley Bennett. The album reached #5 on the \"Billboard\" Top Soundtracks Chart and #63 on the \"Billboard\" 200. The song \"Invincible\" performed", "title": "Music and Lyrics: Music from the Motion Picture" }, { "id": "19937174", "text": "to several other singers after its initial release in 1971. Jamaican singer Owen Gray recorded \"Guava Jelly\" but added his own \"modern reggae\" touch to it. He released it as a promotional single in 1974 through Island Records with B-side track \"Please Don't Let Me Go\", which he wrote and produced himself. Flautist Herbie Mann's 1975 album \"Discothèque\" featured an instrumental version of \"Guava Jelly\". American singer-songwriter Johnny Nash created a cover of \"Guava Jelly\" for his eleventh studio album, \"I Can See Clearly Now\" (1972). It was first used as the B-side to his previous single, \"There Are More", "title": "Guava Jelly (song)" }, { "id": "19937178", "text": "of singles, titled \"Stir It Up\"; the record was released exclusively by Hallmark Recordings. Other albums that feature his version of \"Guava Jelly\" include \"The Reggae Collection\" (1993), \"The Best of Johnny Nash\" (1996), \"Superhits\" (2004), and \"Collections\" (2006). The Trojan Records compiled \"This Is Reggae Music: The Golden Era 1960-1975\" and released it on 26 October 2004; three songs by Nash were included: \"Guava Jelly\" on disc three, and \"I Can See Clearly Now\" and \"Stir It Up\" on disc four. American vocalist Barbra Streisand recorded her own version of \"Guava Jelly\" for her sixteenth studio album, \"ButterFly\" (1974).", "title": "Guava Jelly (song)" }, { "id": "8759509", "text": "presented annually from 1982 by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Higgins has won two awards from six nominations. The ARIA Music Awards are presented annually from 1987 by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Higgins has won nine awards from twenty-four nominations. She has won an MTV Australia Video Music Award. Missy Higgins Melissa Morrison Higgins (born 19 August 1983) is an Australian singer-songwriter, musician and actress. Her Australian number-one albums are \"The Sound of White\" (2004), \"On a Clear Night\" (2007) and \"The Ol' Razzle Dazzle\" (2012), and her most popular singles are \"Scar\", \"The Special Two\", \"Steer\"", "title": "Missy Higgins" }, { "id": "19017407", "text": "at 2008's American Idol Gives Back charity concert. In 1998, Wilson performed on Mystikal's \"Ghetto Fabulous\" album. In 2007, Wilson performed in two songs on UGK's \"Underground Kingz\" album: \"Quit Hatin' the South\" and \"How Long Can It Last\". In 2010, chart-topping producer/artist, Kanye West included Wilson on his CD, \"My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy\". Wilson recorded over a dozen songs with Kanye and appeared on the following songs: \"See Me Now\", with Kanye West featuring Beyoncé; \"All of the Lights\", with Kanye West featuring Rihanna; \"Lost in the World\", \"Runaway\", and \"Monster\", with Kanye West featuring Jay-Z, Nicki Minaj,", "title": "Charlie Wilson (singer)" }, { "id": "20102025", "text": "was released by Moon Ska Europe in 2004. The Selecter's second album \"Celebrate the Bullet\" (1981) was a commercial failure, and the band split-up shortly after its release. Lead singer Pauline Black moved into acting and writing work as well as undergoing a short solo career under Chrysalis Records, who released her unsuccessful cover version of \"I Can See Clearly Now\", originally by Jimmy Cliff. Similarly unsuccessful was the pirate radio-themed \"Pirates of the Airwave\", her single under the extended name Pauline Black and The Sunday Best (a backing band consisting of fellow ska musicians Neville Staple and Lynval Golding).", "title": "The Happy Album" }, { "id": "12935129", "text": "Cadillac Records: Music from the Motion Picture Cadillac Records: Music From the Motion Picture is a soundtrack album for the film \"Cadillac Records\". It features covers of classic songs from Chess Records' singers as performed by the film's actors including Beyoncé (as Etta James), Eamonn Walker (as Howlin' Wolf) and Jeffrey Wright (as Muddy Waters). It also features original songs from contemporary artists such as Beyoncé's sister, R&B singer Solange Knowles and rapper Nas. The soundtrack has been released in single and double-disc editions. The soundtrack was nominated for a 2010 Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a", "title": "Cadillac Records: Music from the Motion Picture" }, { "id": "8971480", "text": "Toni Childs Toni Childs (born October 29, 1957) is an American-Australian singer-songwriter. She is best known for her songs \"Don't Walk Away\" (a \"Billboard\" Hot 100 hit in the United States in 1988), \"I've Got to Go Now\", a Top 5 hit in Australia in 1991, and the Emmy-winning \"Because You're Beautiful\" (released as a single in 2004, and featured on her 2008 album \"Keep the Faith\"). In New Zealand she has had six Top 40 hit singles and three platinum albums. Childs was born in Orange, California, but lived in Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma and Nevada during her childhood. Raised", "title": "Toni Childs" }, { "id": "2721220", "text": "Without You (Badfinger song) \"Without You\" is a song written by Pete Ham and Tom Evans of British rock group Badfinger, and first released on their 1970 album \"No Dice\". The power ballad has been recorded by over 180 artists, and versions released as singles by Harry Nilsson (1971) and Mariah Carey (1994) became international best-sellers. Paul McCartney once described the ballad as \"the killer song of all time\". In 1972, writers Ham and Evans received the British Academy's Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. First recorded by the rock group Badfinger, the song was composed by", "title": "Without You (Badfinger song)" }, { "id": "4486882", "text": "Rodney Jerkins Rodney Jerkins (born July 29, 1977), also known by his stage name Darkchild, is an American record producer, rapper, and songwriter. He has collaborated with a broad range of popular artists, including Ashanti, Janet Jackson, Jason Neubauer, Beyoncé, Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Britney Spears, Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Michael Jackson, Patti LaBelle, Brandy, Aaliyah, Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, Luther Vandross, Jennifer Lopez, Toni Braxton, Destiny's Child, Spice Girls, and The Pussycat Dolls. Songs and albums which Jerkins has produced have sold over 160 million records worldwide. Jerkins has also won four Grammy Awards. Among his most", "title": "Rodney Jerkins" }, { "id": "10869755", "text": "Ray Stevens discography The discography of the American country, pop, and novelty artist Ray Stevens consists of 45 studio albums, 125 singles, 3 live albums, 65 compilation albums, 2 box sets, and 1 extended play. Stevens released his first single in 1957 and his first full album in 1962. Dozens of Stevens' singles have charted on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Songs chart and two of them reached #1 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart: \"The Streak\" and \"Everything Is Beautiful\". The former and a cover of the jazz standard \"Misty\" are his biggest hits on the country charts, both reaching", "title": "Ray Stevens discography" }, { "id": "8060372", "text": "was also featured on the \"Rain Man\" soundtrack. Some of the vocals were sampled on their \"I Heard a Rumour\" B-side song \"Clean Cut Boy\". This version also appears on the US Greatest Hits album, with a timing of 3:02. An extended version appears here: 2. Psycho Mix. After Siobhan Fahey was replaced by Jacquie O'Sullivan, Bananarama re-recorded the song (with completely new vocal and instrumental arrangements). This new version was initially included on vinyl and cassette issues of their \"Greatest Hits Collection\". It was then remixed and released as a single, peaking at number fifteen on the UK singles", "title": "Nathan Jones (song)" }, { "id": "6248986", "text": "Chelsea Morning \"Chelsea Morning\" is a song written and composed by Joni Mitchell and recorded for the singer's second album, \"Clouds,\" which she released in 1969. Prior to it coming out on the Mitchell album, the song had been issued as a single by Judy Collins earlier in the year and as a track on the debut album by Fairport Convention in 1968. Jennifer Warnes recorded it for her debut album, \"I Can See Everything,\" also in 1968, and, in 1969, this version was released as a single. The earliest commercial appearance of the song, however, was likely its interpretation", "title": "Chelsea Morning" }, { "id": "9154381", "text": "September in the Rain \"September in the Rain\" is a popular song by Harry Warren and Al Dubin, published in 1937. The song was introduced by James Melton in the film \"Melody for Two\". It has become a standard, having been recorded by many artists since. There were three charted versions in 1937 by Guy Lombardo, James Melton and Rhythm Wreckers (vocal by Pauline Byrns). The song became popular again in 1948 and 1949 when versions by Sam Donahue and the George Shearing Quintet briefly reached the charts. In 1962, the Beatles recorded a rock and roll interpretation during their", "title": "September in the Rain" }, { "id": "17088604", "text": "after the initial fire has died down\". Twilight Is Gone \"Twilight Is Gone\" is a song by the American country rock band The Desert Rose Band, released in 1991 as the second and final single from their fourth studio album \"True Love\". It was written by Chris Hillman and Steve Hill, and produced by Tony Brown. Like the preceding single \"You Can Go Home\", \"Twilight Is Gone\" continued the band's commercial decline on both the American and Canadian Country Singles Charts. \"Twilight Is Gone\" peaked at No. 67 on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Songs Chart, and No. 82 on the", "title": "Twilight Is Gone" }, { "id": "10133209", "text": "Grammy Award for Best Rock Song (songwriter) in 1993. In 1994, Rhodes co-wrote the hit \"Blind Man\" with Tyler and Perry for the compilation \"Big Ones\" (certified 4 million in the U.S.). \"Blind Man\" reached #48 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100, #3 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and #23 on the UK Singles Chart. In 1997, Rhodes collaborated with Tyler in writing the single \"Full Circle\", from the Aerosmith album \"Nine Lives\". Rhodes co-wrote the Celine Dion hit \"Where Does My Heart Beat Now\", which was the most successful single from the \"Unison\" album and became Dion's first English-language", "title": "Taylor Rhodes" }, { "id": "4755020", "text": "Canada The album consists of dramatically re-worked cover songs, including the Creedence Clearwater Revival hit \"Have You Ever Seen the Rain?\" \"Goin' Through the Motions\" is a Blue Öyster Cult cover from their 1977 album \"Spectres\", and the original version of \"Straight from the Heart\" was the breakout Top 10 hit for Canadian rock singer/songwriter Bryan Adams from his Platinum album \"Cuts Like a Knife\". It also included the song \"Take Me Back\" written by Billy Cross, a former Bob Dylan guitarist. Only two of the tracks were written by Jim Steinman himself: the title track and the international number", "title": "Faster Than the Speed of Night" }, { "id": "14043849", "text": "Gone (Ferlin Husky song) \"Gone\" is a 1957 single by Ferlin Husky written by Smokey Rogers. The song was Ferlin Husky's second No. 1 on the country chart, where it stayed at the top for ten weeks with a total of 27 weeks on the charts. The vocal backing on the song was provided by the Jordanaires with soprano Millie Kirkham. \"Gone\" also crossed over to the Hot 100 peaking at No. 4. Selling over one million copies, 'Gone\" was awarded a gold disc. Recorded in Nashville at Bradley's Quonset Hut Studio, the recording is widely regarded as the first", "title": "Gone (Ferlin Husky song)" }, { "id": "13881620", "text": "with a \"totally different flavor\" from those of both King and Streisand. The Sonny and Cher concert album \"Live in Las Vegas Vol 2\" (1973) featured \"Where You Lead\" in a medley with \"I Can See Clearly Now\" and \"You've Got a Friend\". Versions of \"Where You Lead\" have also been recorded by Liz Damon's Orient Express (album \"Try a Little Tenderness\"/ 1971), Iris Williams (album \"The Many Moods of Iris Williams\"/ 1976), Faith Hill (multi-artist album \"Tapestry Revisited: a tribute to Carole King\"/ 1995), Barbara Higbie (album \"Barbara Higbie's Interpretation of Carole King\"/ 1999), and Marcia Hines (album \"Marcia", "title": "Where You Lead" }, { "id": "14358078", "text": "is a list of songs that feature Lauren Evans as lead vocalist. Below is a selective list of songs written or co-written by Lauren Evans. Lauren Evans Lauren Evans (born February 3, 1983) is an American singer and platinum-selling songwriter. She is a ASCAP Award Winner and has written hit singles for Alexandra Burke, Monrose, Jordin Sparks, and Camila. As a songwriter, Evans has achieved five platinum certifications and two gold certifications in six different countries. Evans grew up in San Bernardino, California, the daughter of a pastor, John Evans, of Promise Keepers and Maranatha! Music; a Christian record label", "title": "Lauren Evans" }, { "id": "1684141", "text": "Ray Stevens Harold Ray Ragsdale (born January 24, 1939), known professionally as Ray Stevens, is an American country and pop singer-songwriter and comedian, known for his Grammy-winning recordings \"Everything Is Beautiful\" and \"Misty\", as well as comedic hits such as \"Gitarzan\" and \"The Streak\". He has worked as a producer, music arranger, songwriter, television host, and solo artist; been inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, the Georgia Music Hall of Fame, and the Christian Music Hall of Fame; and received gold albums for his music sales. Stevens was born in Clarkdale, Georgia. While attending high school, Stevens formed", "title": "Ray Stevens" }, { "id": "1753361", "text": "A*Teens, the Spice Girls, and Jamiroquai; Lenny Kravitz's \"It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over\" being inspired by Earth, Wind and Fire and Philly soul; a revival of sideburns, bell bottoms, and afro (worn by Kravitz); the debut of the television series \"That '70s Show\"; and 1970s hits covered by various artists. Examples of such covers are \"I Can See Clearly Now\" by Jimmy Cliff, \"Baby I Love Your Way\" by Big Mountain, \"Turn the Beat Around\" by Gloria Estefan, \"Wild World\" by Mr. Big, \"O-o-h Child\" by Dino, \"Wild Night\" by John Mellencamp and Meshell Ndegeocello, \"Oh Girl\" by Paul", "title": "Retro style" }, { "id": "16675248", "text": "\"Marbles\" but not released on an album until its followup \"Somewhere Else.\" A basic music video was created for the single, directed by The Boom Boom Boys. It largely features Hogarth delivering the song, with occasional shots of the band and minimal effect overlay. You're Gone (Marillion song) You're Gone is the lead single from Marillion's 13th studio album \"Marbles\", released in 2004. The song marked a comeback for the band, reaching number 7 on the UK Singles Chart and becoming their first top ten hit since 1987's \"Incommunicado\". It also made number 8 on the Dutch Top 40. In", "title": "You're Gone (Marillion song)" }, { "id": "7541514", "text": "time, and discouraged by this, he returned to Manchester and threw himself into songwriting, often in partnership with an old friend, Anthony \"Fire\" Rochester. Another encounter with Tony Rebel brought an introduction to Courtney Cole, owner of the Roof International label. Silk would record a plethora of songs at the producer's Ocho Rios studio, amongst them were the hits \"Mama,\" \"Seven Spanish Angels,\" and a cover of the Johnny Nash classic \"I Can See Clearly Now\". Roof International would posthumously bundle up these early singles and other material recorded at this time for the \"Nothing Can Divide Us\" album, which", "title": "Garnett Silk" }, { "id": "7001312", "text": "to their 2006 single \"Leave Before the Lights Come On\". In 1995, Lewis' \"Baby I'm Yours\" was featured on the soundtrack for the film \"The Bridges of Madison County\", and in 2016 \"Hello Stranger\" was featured on the soundtrack for the film \"Moonlight\". She received the Pioneer Award from the Rhythm and Blues Foundation in 1999. In 2016, Barbara Lewis was inducted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame. Health issues forced Lewis to retire from singing in 2017. Barbara Lewis Barbara Ann Lewis (born February 9, 1943) is an American singer and songwriter whose smooth style", "title": "Barbara Lewis" }, { "id": "2402748", "text": "\"I Can See Clearly Now\" album includes four original Marley compositions published by JAD: \"Guava Jelly\", \"Comma Comma\", \"You Poured Sugar On Me\" and the follow-up hit \"Stir It Up\". \"There Are More Questions Than Answers\" was a third hit single taken from the album. Nash was also active as a composer in the Swedish romance \"Vill så gärna tro\" (1971) in which he portrayed \"Robert\". The film soundtrack, partly instrumental reggae with strings, was co-composed by Bob Marley and arranged by Fred Jordan. JAD Records ceased to exist in 1971, but it was revived in 1997 by American Marley", "title": "Johnny Nash" }, { "id": "10584520", "text": "copies in the U.S. as of September 2017. The video was directed by Ivan Dudynsky. It was filmed during the duo's 2004 tour and premiered in early 2005. The Atlanta Braves occasionally use the chorus of this song when one of their players hits a home run at SunTrust Park. Gone (Montgomery Gentry song) \"Gone\" is a song written by Bob DiPiero and Jeffrey Steele, and recorded by the American country music duo Montgomery Gentry. It was released in November 2004 as the third single from the duo's album \"You Do Your Thing\", reaching a peak of #3 on the", "title": "Gone (Montgomery Gentry song)" }, { "id": "5283535", "text": "Disney Records on March 27, 2007. Contributors to the album beyond the Danny Elfman score include the Jonas Brothers, Rufus Wainwright, Rob Thomas, Jamie Cullum, The All-American Rejects, and They Might Be Giants. The track \"Little Wonders\", recorded by Rob Thomas, reached number 5 on the \"Billboard\" AC chart and the top 20 in Australia and Canada. The song \"This Much Fun\" by Cowboy Mouth, which was featured in the trailer, was not featured in the film or on the soundtrack. The song \"There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow\" was originally from the Disneyland attraction General Electric's Carousel of Progress.", "title": "Meet the Robinsons" }, { "id": "19903789", "text": "Hand\". \"I Can See Clearly Now\" provided a worldwide hit for Johnny Nash in 1972. He also does a rendition of Bob Marley's \"Stir It Up\", included here. Also featured is \"Better Must Come\" by Delroy Wilson and \"The Time Has Come\", by Slim Smith. The set ends with \"Marcus Garvey\", a tribute to the black nationalist, by Burning Spear. This Is Reggae Music: The Golden Era 1960-1975 This Is Reggae Music: The Golden Era 1960-1975 is a reggae retrospective anthology issued as a 4-CD box set in 2001 by Trojan Records. The anthology, which was compiled by Colin Escott", "title": "This Is Reggae Music: The Golden Era 1960-1975" }, { "id": "10954431", "text": "venue. Since the 1980s, Lee has held 50 gala performances at Ahoy Rotterdam, a multi-purpose arena, which now hosts a bronze bust of him at the entrance. His best-known hits are \"You'll Never Walk Alone\" (which is also a favourite on the terraces of Feyenoord's De Kuip), Olympic Games (which he recorded for the \"Let The Games Begin\" LP which was to coincide with the 1992 Summer Olympics) and \"I Can See Clearly Now\". In 2006, he was awarded a Society Award along with Bridget Maasland. He was awarded the title \"Ambassador of Rotterdam Port\" as well as becoming \"Ambassador", "title": "Lee Towers" }, { "id": "4336364", "text": "in 1996 as did Fairport Convention, featuring Dan Ar Braz, at the Cropredy Festival in 1997. Todd Rundgren has also covered the song, as has the late Dan Fogelberg, who reprised it as part of his own cover of \"Rhythm of the Rain\". The Grateful Dead played it twenty times throughout the early 1990s. The Beatles tribute act derives its name from the song. In 2016 Aloe Blacc sings it as Boris the Frog in the eponymous Beat Bugs episode 3b. Rain (Beatles song) \"Rain\" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles that was first released in", "title": "Rain (Beatles song)" }, { "id": "1297226", "text": "contained the earlier Top 10 hits \"Travelin' Band\" and \"Up Around the Bend\" plus popular album tracks such as the opener \"Ramble Tamble\". \"Cosmo's Factory\" was released in July 1970, along with the band's fifth and final No. 2 national hit, \"Lookin' Out My Back Door\"/\"Long as I Can See the Light\". Although they topped some international charts and local radio countdowns, CCR has the odd distinction of having five No. 2 singles, without ever having had a No. 1, on the Hot 100, the most of any group. Their five No. 2 singles were exceeded only by Elvis Presley", "title": "Creedence Clearwater Revival" }, { "id": "14642468", "text": "with Jeff Lorber. In 2016, she released \"Open the Curtains\", which consisted of an all-female ensemble that included Mindi Abair, Jennifer Batten, Sheila E., Bibi McGill, Patrice Rushen, and Rhonda Smith. Carol Duboc Carol Duboc is a singer and composer. She has co-written several hit songs, including \"Precious\", sung by Chanté Moore, which was certified gold in 1994 and reached No. 20 on the \"Billboard\" R&B chart in 1993; \"That Boy\" by Jade (platinum, 1994); \"This World Is All\" by Patti LaBelle (gold, 1994); \"Billboard\" R&B chart, No. 7); \"Never Do You Wrong\" by Stephanie Mills (\"Billboard\" R&B chart, No.", "title": "Carol Duboc" }, { "id": "6910764", "text": "Jan's Bandcamp page and a few months later Johnston's music as part of the duo JJ was digitally re-issued by Sony Music. A digital re-issued of \"Naked But For Lilies\" followed in April 2017. In June 2017 Johnston released the song \"Falling Away\", the first song from \"The Travelling Vixen\", a collection of previously unreleased material written and recorded with DJ Manolo following the \"Emerging\" project. Jan Johnston Jan Johnston (born 21 February 1968, Salford, England) is an English professional singer, best known for collaborating with some of the world's top trance music DJs and producers. In the early 1990s", "title": "Jan Johnston" }, { "id": "4342872", "text": "Nowhere Man (song) \"Nowhere Man\" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles. It was released in December 1965 on their album \"Rubber Soul\", except for in the United States and Canada, where it was first issued as a single A-side in February 1966 before appearing on the album \"Yesterday and Today\". The song was written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney. In the US, the single peaked at number 3 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and number 1 on the chart compiled by \"Record World\" magazine, as it did the \"RPM\" 100 chart in Canada. The", "title": "Nowhere Man (song)" }, { "id": "8971497", "text": "designed to break down taboos surrounding the female body. Toni Childs Toni Childs (born October 29, 1957) is an American-Australian singer-songwriter. She is best known for her songs \"Don't Walk Away\" (a \"Billboard\" Hot 100 hit in the United States in 1988), \"I've Got to Go Now\", a Top 5 hit in Australia in 1991, and the Emmy-winning \"Because You're Beautiful\" (released as a single in 2004, and featured on her 2008 album \"Keep the Faith\"). In New Zealand she has had six Top 40 hit singles and three platinum albums. Childs was born in Orange, California, but lived in", "title": "Toni Childs" }, { "id": "11934634", "text": "In the Rain (song) \"In the Rain\" is a 1972 soul single by American vocal group The Dramatics. Released from their debut album \"Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get\" it reached number five on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 singles chart and spent four weeks at number one on the Best Selling Soul Singles chart. It sold over one million copies, and is the group's biggest hit. \"Billboard\" ranked it as the No. 53 song for 1972. The song was written by Tony Hester and was released in February 1972. The song is noted for the use of the sound of rain", "title": "In the Rain (song)" }, { "id": "11573238", "text": "songwriter Diane Warren and was the biggest hit recorded by the Motown family singing group. The single was certified gold. This hit single also made its appearance in the 80's film Berry Gordy’s \"The Last Dragon\". The second single \"Who's Holding Donna Now\" would become the group's second most successful single. The song reached #6 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and #2 on the R&B chart. The single was certified gold. The third single \"You Wear It Well\" was a moderate hit for DeBarge, reaching #46 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and #7 on the R&B chart. This song also", "title": "Rhythm of the Night (album)" }, { "id": "6096396", "text": "Australia in late 1959 but was only released in the US in late 1961, under the title \"Season of Passion\". A long-time supporter of racial equality, Hecht then made \"Take a Giant Step\", a coming-of-age drama film dealing with the realities of racism in American schools. Hecht hired pop singer Johnny Nash (later immortalized by his 1972, No.1 hit single \"I Can See Clearly Now\") to play the lead with Philip Leacock directing. Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions was hoping to make an impact in the film industry, while African American civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. were protesting in the", "title": "Harold Hecht" }, { "id": "13197112", "text": "that being able to capture this narrative was due to his steady improvement as a songwriter. In 1965, the Canadian husband and wife duo Ian & Sylvia were the first artists to release this song. There was over a year's time lag between their recording and Lightfoot's recording and release in 1966. Peter Paul and Mary's version of the song was also recorded in 1965 and remains the most well know recording of the song and reached #91 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 in that year. The Grateful Dead also recorded the song in 1965. We Five released a version", "title": "Early Morning Rain" }, { "id": "14043851", "text": "had previously recorded \"Gone\" for an earlier release on Capitol as Terry Preston. Gone (Ferlin Husky song) \"Gone\" is a 1957 single by Ferlin Husky written by Smokey Rogers. The song was Ferlin Husky's second No. 1 on the country chart, where it stayed at the top for ten weeks with a total of 27 weeks on the charts. The vocal backing on the song was provided by the Jordanaires with soprano Millie Kirkham. \"Gone\" also crossed over to the Hot 100 peaking at No. 4. Selling over one million copies, 'Gone\" was awarded a gold disc. Recorded in Nashville", "title": "Gone (Ferlin Husky song)" }, { "id": "15164330", "text": "tours (under her birth name, Diane Jacobs) and was awarded the Vietnam Logistic and Support Medal. In the 1970s, she continued to release singles including \"Tell Him\" in 1972 on Polydor. In 1974, she joined O'Keefe on his comeback show, The Good Old Days of Rock'n'Roll, at St. George's Leagues Club. Her next single, \"It Doesn't Matter Anymore\" appeared in 1976 on Festival Records. \"I Can See Clearly Now\" was released in 1979 on Laser Records. In 1982, a compilation, \"Best of Dinah Lee\" was issued on Music World. By 1984, she had become involved in body building winning the", "title": "Dinah Lee" }, { "id": "20746951", "text": "as the last track of \"The Storm\", her second studio album, which was released on June 30, 2017. The song is an up-tempo pop-dance song. A music video of the song, featuring footage of \"Cars 3\", was released on June 16, 2017, the same day on which the film, the soundtrack and Newman's score were released. Ride (ZZ Ward song) \"Ride\" is an original song performed by ZZ Ward featuring Gary Clark Jr. for the Disney/Pixar film \"Cars 3\" and its soundtrack. The song, which plays during the film's end credits, was written by Ward, Evan Bogart and Dave Bassett,", "title": "Ride (ZZ Ward song)" }, { "id": "13539248", "text": "Lights has been released on September 27, 2011. The first single called \"Heatwave\", co-written by the band and The Matrix, has been released on June 16, 2011. It features a melody from the song Tarzan Boy, popularized in 1985 by Baltimora. Singles \"The Hype\" and \"Mugshot\" were released along with Franglais versions. Following the release of their new album, the band joined Avril Lavigne in Canada to support her 2011 Black Star Tour in October. Notable performances in 2012 include the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas and the Bamboozle festival in Asbury Park, New Jersey. The music video for \"Dead", "title": "The New Cities" }, { "id": "10700590", "text": "Alright (Jamiroquai song) \"Alright\" is the third single from British funk and acid jazz band Jamiroquai's third studio album, \"Travelling Without Moving\". It was released on 28 April 1997 on Sony Soho Square in the United Kingdom and 23 September 1997 on Sony Music in the United States. The song was written by Jay Kay. The song peaked at number six on the UK Singles Chart and at number two in Iceland and Italy. It is the group's only single to chart on the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot 100. The song contains samples from Eddie Harris' \"It's All Right Now\" and", "title": "Alright (Jamiroquai song)" }, { "id": "19937167", "text": "referring to a specific type of sexual lubricant. It was favorably viewed by several reviewers, with many of them finding the composition to be sexual and about love. The group placed \"Guava Jelly\" on several compilation albums, including \"\" in 2005, and Owen Gray and Herbie Mann created their own versions in 1974 and 1975, respectively. American artists Johnny Nash and Barbra Streisand also recorded covers of \"Guava Jelly\" and released them as commercial singles in 1972 and 1974, respectively. Nash's version was featured on his eleventh studio album, \"I Can See Clearly Now\" (1972), and was distributed in the", "title": "Guava Jelly (song)" }, { "id": "18127200", "text": "Martin's breakthrough came with the writing and release of \"Daylight\" by Maroon 5. In 2014 Martin was the contributing singer and co-writer on the song \"Lovers on the Sun\" and \"Dangerous\" by David Guetta Martin also collaborated with Ziggy Marley on the song \"Lighthouse\" from his album Fly Rasta. In 2015, Fly Rasta won the grammy for best Reggae Album. \"Song For My Unborn Son\" Released: January 2015 \"Bring Me Home\" Released June 2017 \"It's Gonna Get Better\" Released October 2017 \"Long Live The Billionare\" Released March 2018 Sam Martin (singer) Samuel Denison \"Sam\" Martin (born February 7, 1983) is", "title": "Sam Martin (singer)" }, { "id": "17198584", "text": "Cups (song) \"Cups\" is a version of the 1931 Carter Family song \"When I'm Gone\", usually performed a cappella with a cup used to provide percussion, as in the cup game. It was first performed this way in a YouTube video by Luisa Gerstein and Heloise Tunstall-Behrens as Lulu and The Lampshades in 2009 (under the title \"You're Gonna Miss Me\"). Composition of the song is credited to A. P. Carter and Luisa Gerstein of Lulu and the Lampshades. The song became popular after it was performed by Anna Kendrick in the 2012 film \"Pitch Perfect\". That version also became", "title": "Cups (song)" }, { "id": "10819181", "text": "in ape makeup as part of promotion for his film \"Battle for the Planet of the Apes\". After Carson's death in 2005, Doc Severinsen, Tommy Newsom, and Ed Shaughnessy performed the song with Paul Shaffer and the CBS Orchestra on \"Late Show with David Letterman\". The song has been recorded by many singers from different genres, including Tony Bennett, Dee Dee Bridgewater,Glen Campbell (on a Dionne Warwick Television special \"Dionne Warwick Souled Out\", The Stan Kenton Orchestra, June Christy, Rosemary Clooney, Perry Como, Vic Damone, Billy Eckstine, Ella Fitzgerald, Lou Rawls, Astrud Gilberto (with Stan Getz), Lena Horne, Phyllis Hyman,", "title": "Here's That Rainy Day" }, { "id": "9169576", "text": "CHUM Chart for a total of 12 weeks and reached number 1 in March 1963. In 1999 BMI listed the song as the 9th most performed song on radio/TV in the 20th century. The Cascades' recording was used in the soundtrack of the 1979 film \"Quadrophenia\", and included in its soundtrack album. The song arrangement features distinctive use of a celesta. The sound of rain and thunder are heard at the beginning and at the end of the song. The lyrics are sung by a man whose lover has left him; the rain falling reminds him 'what a fool' he", "title": "Rhythm of the Rain" }, { "id": "4737136", "text": "from the University of Pennsylvania School of Law. In December 2014, he was reported to be an associate in the labor and employment group of Philadelphia law firm Ballard Spahr. Studio Albums: EPs/Demos Studio Albums: EPs/Demos: EPs/Demos: Rogers Stevens Thomas Rogers Stevens (born 31 October 1970) is a guitarist from Blind Melon, a rock band which began in the 1990s and is most famous for their hit song \"No Rain\". He has also been a member of the bands Extra Virgin and The Tender Trio, and is an attorney. Rogers Stevens was born in West Point, Mississippi, United States, where", "title": "Rogers Stevens" }, { "id": "18658346", "text": "Michael Ray (singer) Michael Ray Roach (born April 29, 1988) is an American country music singer and songwriter. He is signed to Warner Music Nashville, for which he has released his debut single, \"Kiss You in the Morning\". The song has reached No. 1 on Country Airplay. Before this single's release, Ray was mentored by John Rich of Big & Rich on the singing competition \"\", which he won. He and Rich co-wrote Big & Rich's 2015 single, \"Run Away with You\". On July 19, 2018, Ray announced that he is currently dating fellow country singer Carly Pearce. In the", "title": "Michael Ray (singer)" }, { "id": "9556138", "text": "Montego Bay (song) \"Montego Bay\" is a song co-written and performed by Bobby Bloom about the city in Jamaica of the same name. The song was a Top 10 hit for Bloom in the Fall of 1970 on both sides of the Atlantic. It reached #3 on the UK Singles Chart, #5 on the Canadian \"RPM 100\" Singles Chart, #7 on the Australian Go-Set Singles Chart and #8 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The song was co-written and produced by Jeff Barry. In the master tape of the song, Bloom breaks into a chorus of \"Oh, What a Beautiful", "title": "Montego Bay (song)" }, { "id": "19764110", "text": "a new single from Maria Taylor called \"Real Life\" featuring Schefano, from a compilation released by her label, Flower Moon Records. Schefano's track from the album, \"The Future is Now,\" premiered in May 2018 in LA Weekly, calling it a \"sprawling, drawling, epic pop-rock song that sways in and out of layers like a beautiful Pink Floyd/Beatles hybrid.\" Schefano recorded & co-produced Azure Ray's forthcoming EP, \"Waves\", out October 26, 2018 on Flower Moon Records. Louis Schefano Louis Schefano is an American singer-songwriter, producer/engineer and multi-instrumentalist originally from Birmingham, Alabama, United States. He has recorded under various monikers including Regia,", "title": "Louis Schefano" }, { "id": "5674542", "text": "the song's only Top 40 entry on any \"Billboard\" chart. \"Perfect\" won the award for British Single at the 1989 Brit Awards. It was the last number-one single on the \"NME\" singles chart, on 14 May 1988. American country music group Baillie & the Boys released their version in April 1990 as the first single from the album \"The Lights of Home\". The song reached #23 on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. Perfect (Fairground Attraction song) \"Perfect\" is the debut single by the \"Scotch Rant\" act Fairground Attraction, released on 28 March 1988. It was written and", "title": "Perfect (Fairground Attraction song)" }, { "id": "3424092", "text": "released in June 1990. It was recorded sporadically during extensive touring; with sessions in Dublin, London, a rented house with a mobile recording set-up in Carlow, Ireland, and one day of work with Daniel Lanois in New Orleans, while Bob Dylan was taking a break from his sessions with Lanois. The album did not have the overwhelming success of the first record, but it did reach No. 1 in Australia in 1991. \"Give It Up\" and \"I Can See Clearly Now\" (a cover version of the Johnny Nash song) from the album reached No. 30 and 23 respectively in the", "title": "Hothouse Flowers" }, { "id": "5776771", "text": "Robin Thicke Robin Charles Thicke (born March 10, 1977) is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter and record producer. He has collaborated with numerous artists, such as Christina Aguilera, 3T, T.I., Nicki Minaj, K. Michelle, Pharrell Williams, Usher, Jennifer Hudson, Flo Rida, Brandy, Kid Cudi and Mary J. Blige. Thicke worked on albums such as Usher's \"Confessions\" and Lil Wayne's \"Tha Carter III\", while releasing his own R&B singles in the U.S. including \"Lost Without U\", \"Magic\", and \"Sex Therapy\". He rose to international fame in 2013 with his single \"Blurred Lines\", which reached number one on the US \"Billboard\" Hot 100. He", "title": "Robin Thicke" }, { "id": "11790850", "text": "eventually released on the \"Tracks\" box set in 1998. Fade Away (Bruce Springsteen song) \"Fade Away\" is a 1980 song written and performed by Bruce Springsteen, accompanied by the E Street Band. It is contained on his album \"The River\", and the second single released from it in the United States, reaching the top twenty in both the United States and Canada. The song was recorded at The Power Station in New York in March to June 1980, one of the last songs to be recorded for the album. Musically and lyrically it is a slow, pained lament: Rock author", "title": "Fade Away (Bruce Springsteen song)" }, { "id": "11790844", "text": "Fade Away (Bruce Springsteen song) \"Fade Away\" is a 1980 song written and performed by Bruce Springsteen, accompanied by the E Street Band. It is contained on his album \"The River\", and the second single released from it in the United States, reaching the top twenty in both the United States and Canada. The song was recorded at The Power Station in New York in March to June 1980, one of the last songs to be recorded for the album. Musically and lyrically it is a slow, pained lament: Rock author Jimmy Guterman wrote that \"Fade Away\" is \"certainly among", "title": "Fade Away (Bruce Springsteen song)" }, { "id": "2721237", "text": "the Ivor Novello Awards. Sources Without You (Badfinger song) \"Without You\" is a song written by Pete Ham and Tom Evans of British rock group Badfinger, and first released on their 1970 album \"No Dice\". The power ballad has been recorded by over 180 artists, and versions released as singles by Harry Nilsson (1971) and Mariah Carey (1994) became international best-sellers. Paul McCartney once described the ballad as \"the killer song of all time\". In 1972, writers Ham and Evans received the British Academy's Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. First recorded by the rock group Badfinger,", "title": "Without You (Badfinger song)" }, { "id": "11342072", "text": "Fade (Staind song) \"Fade\" is a song by American rock band Staind. It was the third single off of their album \"Break the Cycle\". The song was a crossover success for the band, peaking at number 3 and 4 on the \"Billboard\" Mainstream Rock and Modern Rock song charts respectively, and at number 62 on the \"Billboard\" all-format Hot 100 chart. The origins of the song trace back the recording sessions in the late 1990s, prior to the band releasing their second studio album, their first major record label album \"Dysfunction\" in 1999. The song's guitar riff was initially written", "title": "Fade (Staind song)" }, { "id": "7310562", "text": "Jackson (song) \"Jackson\" is a song written in 1963 by Billy Edd Wheeler and Jerry Leiber and first recorded by Wheeler. It is best known from two 1967 releases: a pop hit single by Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood, which reached number 14 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and number 39 Easy Listening, and a country hit single by Johnny Cash and June Carter, which reached number two on the \"Billboard\" Country Singles chart and has become more appreciated by non-country audiences in recent years as a result of Cash's continued popularity and its use in the 2011 film \"The", "title": "Jackson (song)" }, { "id": "10928192", "text": "list: Track list: Track list: Vol. 1 Track list: Vol. 2 Track list: Track list: Track list: Track list: Track list: Track list: Vol. 1 Track list: Vol. 2 Track list: Track list: Track list: Track list: Track list: Vol. 1 Track list: Vol. 2 Track list: Track list: Track list: Track list: Track list: Track list: Track list: Track list Vol. 4 Track list: Track list: Track list: Luis Vargas (musician) Luis Rafael Valdez Vargas (born ) is a Dominican singer and songwriter. He became involved in popular music after meeting a local musician who taught him how to", "title": "Luis Vargas (musician)" }, { "id": "1684167", "text": "Stevens. See Stevens' discography for sales certification awards for singles. Ray Stevens Harold Ray Ragsdale (born January 24, 1939), known professionally as Ray Stevens, is an American country and pop singer-songwriter and comedian, known for his Grammy-winning recordings \"Everything Is Beautiful\" and \"Misty\", as well as comedic hits such as \"Gitarzan\" and \"The Streak\". He has worked as a producer, music arranger, songwriter, television host, and solo artist; been inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, the Georgia Music Hall of Fame, and the Christian Music Hall of Fame; and received gold albums for his music sales. Stevens was", "title": "Ray Stevens" }, { "id": "4043535", "text": "Eric Clapton singles discography The singles discography of Eric Clapton consists of 24 early career singles that Clapton recorded with various bands and artists including The Yardbirds, John Mayall & the Blues Breakers, Cream, John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band as well as Derek and the Dominos. As a solo artist, Clapton released 91 singles and various promotional formats from 1970 to date. His commercially most successful singles are \"Lay Down Sally\", \"Wonderful Tonight\", \"Change the World\", \"Tears in Heaven\" and the cover of Bob Marley's \"I Shot the Sheriff\", released in 1974, that actually outplayed the original release,", "title": "Eric Clapton singles discography" } ]

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[ { "id": "345126", "text": "along with other network information. From 1969 until 1998, Jon Postel served as the RFC editor. On his death in 1998, his obituary was published as RFC 2468. Following the expiration of the original ARPANET contract with the U.S. federal government, the Internet Society, acting on behalf of the IETF, contracted with the Networking Division of the University of Southern California (USC) Information Sciences Institute (ISI) to assume the editorship and publishing responsibilities under the direction of the IAB. Sandy Ginoza joined USC/ISI in 1999 to work on RFC editing, and Alice Hagens in 2005. Bob Braden took over the", "title": "Request for Comments" }, { "id": "210558", "text": "Domain Name System (DNS). After Postel’s death in 1998, Reynolds helped supervise the transition of the IANA functions to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. She worked with ICANN in this role until 2001, while remaining an employee of ISI. From 1987 to 2006, she served on the editorial team of the Request for Comments series, co-leading the RFC Editor function at the ISI from 1998 until 2006. As Area Director of the User Services area, she was a member of the Internet Engineering Steering Group of the IETF from 1990 to March 1998. With Bob Braden, she", "title": "Joyce K. Reynolds" }, { "id": "1353019", "text": "(NIC). The NIC was based in Doug Engelbart's lab, the Augmentation Research Center, at the Stanford Research Institute (now SRI International) in Menlo Park, California. In 1972, Elizabeth J. Feinler, better known as Jake, became principal investigator of the project. The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) assigned the numbers, while the NIC published them to the rest of the network. Jon Postel fulfilled the role of manager of IANA, in addition to his role as the RFC Editor, until his death in 1998. The NIC provided reference service to users (initially over the phone and by physical mail), maintained and", "title": "InterNIC" }, { "id": "173037", "text": "California. ISI's Jonathan Postel managed the IANA, served as RFC Editor and performed other key roles until his premature death in 1998. As the early ARPANET grew, hosts were referred to by names, and a HOSTS.TXT file would be distributed from SRI International to each host on the network. As the network grew, this became cumbersome. A technical solution came in the form of the Domain Name System, created by ISI's Paul Mockapetris in 1983. The Defense Data Network—Network Information Center (DDN-NIC) at SRI handled all registration services, including the top-level domains (TLDs) of .mil, .gov, .edu, .org, .net, .com", "title": "History of the Internet" }, { "id": "6454655", "text": "days of the network until his death during 1998, Jon Postel oversaw address allocation and other Internet protocol numbering and assignments in his capacity as Director of the Computer Networks Division at the Information Sciences Institute of the University of Southern California, under a contract from the Department of Defense. This function eventually became known as the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), and as it expanded to include management of the global Domain Name System (DNS) root servers, a small organization grew. Postel also served as RFC Editor. Allocation of IP addresses was delegated to five Regional Internet Registries (RIRs):", "title": "Internet governance" }, { "id": "210549", "text": "Jon Postel Jonathan Bruce Postel (; August 6, 1943 – October 16, 1998) was an American computer scientist who made many significant contributions to the development of the Internet, particularly with respect to standards. He is known principally for being the Editor of the Request for Comment (RFC) document series, for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), and for administering the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) until his death. In his lifetime he was known as the \"god of the Internet\" for his comprehensive influence on the medium. The Internet Society's Postel Award is named in his honor, as is the", "title": "Jon Postel" }, { "id": "2884152", "text": "since 1972. In 1992, NSI was the sole bidder on a grant from the National Science Foundation to further develop the domain name registration service for the Internet. In 1993, NSI was granted an exclusive contract by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to be the sole domain name registrar for .com (commerce), .net (network) and .org (organization) Top Level Domain (TLD) names, a continuation of work NSI had already been doing. NSI also maintained the central database of assigned names called WHOIS. A contract was given to Boeing to operate the .mil registry, and was also performed by NSI under", "title": "Network Solutions" }, { "id": "199291", "text": "of TCP/IP, DNS and the SMTP protocol that supports email. He also edited the RFC for nearly three decades until his sudden death in 1998, when ISI colleagues assumed responsibility. The Institute retained that role until 2009. Postel simultaneously directed the Internet Assigned Number Authority (IANA) and its predecessor, which assign Internet addresses. IANA was administered from ISI until a nonprofit organization, ICANN, was created for that purpose in 1998. Cohen was the first entity to implement, Voice Over Internet Protocol (Voice over IP or VOIP). Some of the first Net security applications, and one of the world's first portable", "title": "Information Sciences Institute" }, { "id": "19148217", "text": "Ryan, and Richard Schodde served as regional chairs. David B. Donsker was taxonomic editor. Twenty-eight committee members worked to formulate the rules and apply them to the task: Per Alström, Mark Beaman, Aldo Berutti, Clive Barlow, David Bishop, Murray Bruce, Paul Coopmans, W. Richard J. Dean, Brian Gill, Simon Harrap, Steven Hilty, Steve N. G. Howell, Tim Inskipp, Michael Irwin, Kenn Kaufman, G. Stuart Keith, Ben King, David Parkin, Christopher Perrins, H. Douglas Pratt, Nigel Redman, Peter G. Ryan, Robert S. Ridgley, Phillip Round, Stephen M. Russell, Richard Schodde, Donald Turner, and Harrison B. Tordoff. The committee members received abundant", "title": "Birds of the World: Recommended English Names" }, { "id": "210556", "text": "should be conservative in its sending behavior, and liberal in its receiving behavior\" (reworded in RFC 1122 as \"Be liberal in what you accept, and conservative in what you send\"). Jon Postel Jonathan Bruce Postel (; August 6, 1943 – October 16, 1998) was an American computer scientist who made many significant contributions to the development of the Internet, particularly with respect to standards. He is known principally for being the Editor of the Request for Comment (RFC) document series, for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), and for administering the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) until his death. In his", "title": "Jon Postel" }, { "id": "7421142", "text": "Press Awards, 1988) and Editor of the Year (Newspaper Industry Awards, 1993). He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He married Aparna Bagchi in 1979; the couple divorced in 1992. He lives in Highbury, London, with his second wife, Lindy Sharpe. They have two grown-up children and spend a part of every year on the Isle of Bute in the Firth of Clyde. Jack's mother was born in Kirkcaldy and brought up in Hill of Beath and his father was born in Dunfermline. His paternal grandfather was from Glasgow, his paternal grandmother born in India and they", "title": "Ian Jack" }, { "id": "173047", "text": "under the general supervision of the IAB, focus on longer term research issues. Request for Comments (RFCs) are the main documentation for the work of the IAB, IESG, IETF, and IRTF. RFC 1, \"Host Software\", was written by Steve Crocker at UCLA in April 1969, well before the IETF was created. Originally they were technical memos documenting aspects of ARPANET development and were edited by Jon Postel, the first RFC Editor. RFCs cover a wide range of information from proposed standards, draft standards, full standards, best practices, experimental protocols, history, and other informational topics. RFCs can be written by individuals", "title": "History of the Internet" }, { "id": "200559", "text": "of the global Internet community; and to develop policies appropriate to its mission through bottom-up, consensus-based processes. ICANN's creation was announced publicly on September 17, 1998 ,and it formally came into being on September 30, 1998, incorporated in the U.S. state of California. Originally headquartered in Marina del Rey in the same building as the University of Southern California's Information Sciences Institute (ISI)], its offices are now in the Playa Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles. Before the establishment of ICANN, the IANA function of administering registries of Internet protocol identifiers (including the distributing top-level domains and IP addresses) was performed", "title": "ICANN" }, { "id": "868784", "text": "Olson et al.\" decision caused the shutdown of the FTP server which had previously been the primary source of the database. IANA was established informally as a reference to various technical functions for the ARPANET, that Jon Postel and Joyce K. Reynolds performed at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and at the University of Southern California's Information Sciences Institute. On March 26, 1972, Vint Cerf and Jon Postel at UCLA called for establishing a socket number catalog in RFC 322. Network administrators were asked to submit a note or place a phone call, \"describing the function and", "title": "Internet Assigned Numbers Authority" }, { "id": "173041", "text": "with the IANA, the IETF, RIPE NCC, APNIC, and the Federal Networking Council (FNC), the decision was made to separate the management of domain names from the management of IP numbers. Following the examples of RIPE NCC and APNIC, it was recommended that management of IP address space then administered by the InterNIC should be under the control of those that use it, specifically the ISPs, end-user organizations, corporate entities, universities, and individuals. As a result, the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) was established as in December 1997, as an independent, not-for-profit corporation by direction of the National Science", "title": "History of the Internet" }, { "id": "2997567", "text": "administrator was Jon Postel of the Information Sciences Institute (ISI) at the University of Southern California (USC). He administered .us under a subcontract that the ISI and USC had from SRI International (which held the .us and the gTLD contract with the United States Department of Defense) and later Network Solutions (which held the .us and the gTLD contract with the National Science Foundation). Postel and his colleague Ann Westine Cooper codified the .us ccTLD's policies in December 1992 as RFC 1386 and revised them the following June in RFC 1480. Registrants could only register third-level domains or higher in", "title": ".us" }, { "id": "8238435", "text": "Colin Matthew Henry Colin Gray Matthew (15 January 1941 – 29 October 1999) was a British historian and academic. He was an editor of the \"Oxford Dictionary of National Biography\" and editor of the diaries of William Ewart Gladstone. Matthew was born in Inverness on 15 January 1941. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy and later at the English public school, Sedbergh. He proceeded to Christ Church in the University of Oxford in 1960 to read modern history. He graduated Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 1963. In 1963, Matthew moved to work as a teacher in what is now Tanzania", "title": "Colin Matthew" }, { "id": "868789", "text": "the Information Sciences Institute. This contract expired in April 1997, but was extended to preserve IANA. On December 24, 1998, USC entered into a transition agreement with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ICANN, transferring the IANA project to ICANN, effective January 1, 1999, thus making IANA an operating unit of ICANN. In June 1999, at its Oslo meeting, IETF signed an agreement with ICANN concerning the tasks that IANA would perform for the IETF; this is published as RFC 2860. On February 8, 2000, the Department of Commerce entered into an agreement with ICANN for ICANN to", "title": "Internet Assigned Numbers Authority" }, { "id": "868795", "text": "multi-lateral management for the Internet, rather than broader multi-stakeholder management. A month later, the Panel On Global Internet Cooperation and Governance Mechanisms (convened by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and the World Economic Forum (WEF) with assistance from The Annenberg Foundation), supported and included the NetMundial statement in its own report. IANA was managed by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) under contract with the United States Department of Commerce (DOC) and pursuant to an agreement with the IETF from 1998 to 2016. The Department of Commerce also provided an ongoing oversight function,", "title": "Internet Assigned Numbers Authority" }, { "id": "6162594", "text": "Len Cook Leonard Warren Cook CBE (born 13 April 1949) is a professional statistician who was Government Statistician of New Zealand from 1992 to 2000 and National Statistician and Director of the Office for National Statistics, United Kingdom, and Registrar General for England and Wales from 2000 to 2005. He also served as Families Commissioner in New Zealand from 2015 to 2018. Cook was born in Dunedin, New Zealand, in 1949 and was educated at Bayfield High School, Dunedin and the University of Otago where he did a BA (Hons) in Maths and Stats. He attended Henley Management Centre in", "title": "Len Cook" }, { "id": "5273220", "text": "Krishan Kant Krishan Kant (28 February 1926 – 27 July 2002) was the tenth Vice President of India from 1997 until his death. Previously, he was Governor of Andhra Pradesh from 1990 to 1997. Kant was born on 28 February 1926 in a village in the Punjab Province of British India. His parents were independence activists Lala Achint Ram and Satyavati Devi. Kant completed his MSc (Technology) from erstwhile Banaras Engineering College, Banaras Hindu University (currently known as Indian Institute of Technology, BHU). Son of noted Congress politician and later parliamentarian, Lala Achint Ram, Kant's first brush with politics came", "title": "Krishan Kant" }, { "id": "868778", "text": "Internet Assigned Numbers Authority The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) is a function of ICANN, a nonprofit private American corporation that oversees global IP address allocation, autonomous system number allocation, root zone management in the Domain Name System (DNS), media types, and other Internet Protocol-related symbols and Internet numbers. Before ICANN was established primarily for this purpose in 1998, IANA was administered principally by Jon Postel at the Information Sciences Institute (ISI) of the University of Southern California (USC) situated at Marina Del Rey (Los Angeles), under a contract USC/ISI had with the United States Department of Defense, until ICANN", "title": "Internet Assigned Numbers Authority" }, { "id": "19626323", "text": "Akshay Kumar Jain Akshay Kumar Jain (1915–1993) was an Indian independence activist, writer, journalist and the editor of Navbharat Times, a Hindi language daily owned by The Times Group. He was one of the founders of the National Union of Journalists (India) and held the chair of its reception committee when the organization was formed in 1972. Born on 30 December 1915 at Bijaigarh in Aligarh district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh to Roop Kishore Jain, who was a Diwan, Jain graduated from Holkar Science College, Indore in 1938 and followed it up with a degree in law", "title": "Akshay Kumar Jain" }, { "id": "2450677", "text": "Michelle Thomas Michelle Doris Thomas (September 23, 1968 – December 22, or 23, 1998) was an American actress and comedian. She was best known for her roles as Justine Phillips on the NBC sitcom \"The Cosby Show\" (1988–90), and Myra Monkhouse, Steve Urkel's girlfriend on the ABC/CBS sitcom \"Family Matters\" (1993–98). Thomas was born in Brookline, Massachusetts on September 23, 1968 to Dennis Thomas, a member of music group Kool & the Gang, and Phynjuar Thomas, a stage actress. Thomas grew up in Montclair, New Jersey and was an alumna of West Essex High School; graduating in 1987. She was", "title": "Michelle Thomas" }, { "id": "3790676", "text": "store, and web). However, these proposals were abandoned after the U.S. government intervened. In September 1998, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) was created to take over the task of managing domain names. After a call for proposals (August 15, 2000) and a brief period of public consultation, ICANN announced on November 16, 2000 its selection of seven new TLDs: aero, biz, coop, info, museum, name, pro. , info, and museum were activated in June 2001, name and coop in January 2002, pro in May 2002, and aero later in 2002. pro became a gTLD in May", "title": "Generic top-level domain" }, { "id": "2510642", "text": "Win Griffiths Winston James Griffiths, OBE (born 11 February 1943), known as Win Griffiths, is a former teacher and politician, who served as a Member of the European Parliament for South Wales from 1979-1989 and as Member of Parliament for Bridgend from 1987-2005 for the Labour Party. He held a number of front bench roles in opposition and was appointed a Parliamentary Under-Secretary in the Welsh Office by Tony Blair in May 1997, but left government after the July 1998 reshuffle. After leaving government he chaired the Welsh Grand Committee and retired from parliament in 2005. He served as chair", "title": "Win Griffiths" }, { "id": "2613541", "text": "litigation created enough pressure to restructure the domain name market. In October 1998, following pressure from the growing domain name registration business and other interested parties, NSI's agreement with the United States Department of Commerce was amended. This amendment required the creation of a shared registration system that supported multiple registrars. This system officially commenced service on November 30, 1999 under the supervision of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), although there had been several testbed registrars using the system since March 11, 1999. Since then, over 900 registrars have entered the market for domain name registration", "title": "Domain name registrar" }, { "id": "13201129", "text": "DWTNDA received the LAN magazine Products of the Year award in 1994. ET&T was acquired. Mr. Auerbach was the editor of RFC 1001/1002, IETF full Internet Standards to provide a NetBIOS service over TCP. In keeping with the practices of the time, Mr. Auerbach listed himself as the editor, not the author, preferring to give recognition to all the contributors. In the March 1995 issue of \"LAN Magazine\" Mr. Auerbach wrote an article about network testing titled \"Trouble-Busters: Does your TCP/IP stand for trouble on your network? Here are some insider tricks for diagnosing and repairing TCP/IP Networks.\" In 1995,", "title": "Karl Auerbach" }, { "id": "1678286", "text": "Maggie Reilly Maggie Reilly (born 15 September 1956 in Glasgow) is a Scottish singer best known for her collaborations with the composer and instrumentalist Mike Oldfield. Most notably, she performed lead vocals on the Oldfield songs \"Family Man\", \"Moonlight Shadow\", \"To France\" and \"Foreign Affair\", all of which were international hits in the early 1980s. Reilly first came to prominence as a member of the 1970s soul outfit Cado Belle (previously named Joe Cool), and released one album with them in 1976. She is best known for her collaborations with the composer Mike Oldfield between 1980 and 1984, especially by", "title": "Maggie Reilly" }, { "id": "6134989", "text": "List of National Association of Biology Teachers presidents\" Current President: Susan Finazzo Past Presidents 2017: Susan Finazzo 2016: Bob Melton 2015: Jane Ellis 2014: Stacey Kiser 2013: Mark Little 2012: Don French 2011: Dan Ward 2010: Marion V. \"Bunny\" Jaskot 2009: John Moore 2008: Todd Carter 2007: Patricia Waller 2006: Toby M Horn 2005: Rebecca E. Ross 2004: Betsy Ott 2003: Catherine Ueckert 2002: Brad Williamson 2001: Ann S. Lumsden 2000: Phil McCrea 1999: ((John Montgomery)) National Association of Biology Teachers The National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) is an American-based scholarly society. NABT was formed in 1938 and incorporated", "title": "National Association of Biology Teachers" }, { "id": "345128", "text": "task into several roles, including the RFC Series Advisory Group (RSAG). The model was updated in 2012. The streams were also refined in December 2009, with standards defined for their style. In January 2010 the RFC editor function was moved to a contractor, Association Management Solutions, with Glenn Kowack serving as interim series editor. In late 2011, Heather Flanagan was hired as the permanent RFC Series Editor. Also at that time, an RFC Series Oversight Committee (RSOC) was created. The RFC Editor assigns each RFC a serial number. Once assigned a number and published, an RFC is never rescinded or", "title": "Request for Comments" }, { "id": "4976953", "text": "he left office and was replaced temporarily by West Bengal governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi. Buta Singh Buta Singh (born 21 March 1934) is an Indian politician and a senior leader of the Indian National Congress. He was the Union Home Minister of India, Governor of Bihar and was chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes from 2007-2010. Buta Singh was born on 21 March 1934 in the village of Mustafapur in Jalandhar district, Punjab, British India. He was educated at Lyallpur Khalsa College in Jalandhar, from where he was awarded a B.A. (Hons), and at Guru Nanak Khalsa College in", "title": "Buta Singh" }, { "id": "1490021", "text": "a Japanese artist. Their son Iain Duncan Smith is a politician who was leader of the Conservative Party from September 2001 to November 2003 and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in the Coalition government of 2010. In his office hangs a portrait of Adam Duncan, the admiral who defeated the Dutch Navy at the Battle of Camperdown in 1797. it is, however, impossible that W. G. G. D. Smith was a legitimate descendant, if the records are consulted. W. G. G. Duncan Smith Group Captain Wilfrid George Gerald Duncan Smith, (28 May 1914 – 11 December 1996) was", "title": "W. G. G. Duncan Smith" }, { "id": "8091729", "text": "In May 1993 Benyon was awarded an honorary degree by the Open University as Doctor of the University. Benyon married Elizabeth Hallifax in 1957. They had two sons and three daughters. He died on 2 May 2014, at age 84, survived by his wife, children, and 18 grandchildren. Bill Benyon Sir William Richard Benyon, DL (born Shelley; 17 January 1930 – 2 May 2014), usually known as Bill Benyon, was a British Conservative Party politician, Berkshire landowner and former High Sheriff. Benyon was the eldest of four sons of Vice-Admiral Richard Shelley (1892–1968) and his wife, Eve Alice Gascoyne-Cecil, the", "title": "Bill Benyon" }, { "id": "200562", "text": "Paper proposed for discussion a variety of issues relating to DNS management including private sector creation of a new not-for-profit corporation (the \"new corporation\") managed by a globally and functionally representative board of directors. ICANN was formed in response to this policy. ICANN managed the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) under contract to the United States Department of Commerce (DOC) and pursuant to an agreement with the IETF. ICANN was incorporated in California on September 30, 1998, with entrepreneur and philanthropist Esther Dyson as founding chairwoman. It is a nonprofit public benefit corporation \"organized under the California Nonprofit Public Benefit", "title": "ICANN" }, { "id": "19626326", "text": "78. Akshay Kumar Jain Akshay Kumar Jain (1915–1993) was an Indian independence activist, writer, journalist and the editor of Navbharat Times, a Hindi language daily owned by The Times Group. He was one of the founders of the National Union of Journalists (India) and held the chair of its reception committee when the organization was formed in 1972. Born on 30 December 1915 at Bijaigarh in Aligarh district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh to Roop Kishore Jain, who was a Diwan, Jain graduated from Holkar Science College, Indore in 1938 and followed it up with a degree in", "title": "Akshay Kumar Jain" }, { "id": "210551", "text": "advisor. Postel started work at UCLA on 23 December 1969 as a Postgraduate Research Engineer (I) where he was involved in early work on the ARPANET. He worked there until 24 August 1973 when he left to join MITRE Corporation. He assisted with Network Information Center which was being set up at SRI by Elizabeth Feinler. In March 1977, he joined the Information Sciences Institute at the University of Southern California as a research scientist. Postel was the RFC Editor from 1969 until his death, and wrote and edited many important RFCs, including RFC 791, RFC 792 and RFC 793,", "title": "Jon Postel" }, { "id": "10345230", "text": "IAHC Prior to globalization of the Internet, its assignment of domain names was administered within the research and academic communities, through the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). As the Internet grew to a global service, in the 1990s, there was increasing pressure to add more \"generic\" top-level domain names, beyond the initial set, such as .com and .org and the two-letter country codes. Extensive debate within the Internet operational community did not resolve this. Finally, a composite group was formed, to create a proposal for the enhancement. The International Ad Hoc Committee (IAHC) was composed of members named by a", "title": "IAHC" }, { "id": "16287682", "text": "Fame. He was promoted to Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1991 Queen's Birthday Honours, for services to sport, especially rugby. Throughout his working life, Blazey was employed by the AMP (insurance) Society. He rose to become New Zealand senior assistant manager, retiring in 1970. He also served on various bodies including the National Heart Foundation and the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation programme advisory committee. Blazey died in Wellington in 1998 and his ashes were buried at Karori Cemetery. Ces Blazey Cecil Albert \"Ces\" Blazey (21 July 1909 – 20 February 1998) was a New Zealand", "title": "Ces Blazey" }, { "id": "8678106", "text": "they were ordered to pay in excess of $30,000 in fines and restitution. In October 2017, the United States Supreme Court declined to hear the case. The Final Exit Network traces its history to the Hemlock Society. It was founded in 1980 primarily by British-born American journalist and author Derek Humphry, his late wife Ann Wickett Humphry, Canadian former Presbyterian minister-turned-skeptic Gerald A. Larue, and psychologist Dr. Faye Girsh. However, in the early 2000's, a faction decided they did not like the Hemlock name. In 2003, the national organization renamed itself End of Life Choices. They later merged with the", "title": "Final Exit Network" }, { "id": "1353474", "text": "versions of the show were directed by Paul Alter and produced by Howard Felsher and Cathy Dawson. For the 1988 versions, Gary Dawson worked with the show as a third producer, and Alter was joined by two other directors, Marc Breslow and Andy Felsher. The 1999 version's main staff include executive producer Gabrielle Johnston, co-executive producers Kristin Bjorklund, Brian Hawley and Sara Dansby, and director Ken Fuchs; Johnston and Bjorklund previously worked as associate producers of the 1980s version. The show's classic theme tune was written by an uncredited Walt Levinsky for Score Productions. The themes used from 1999 to", "title": "Family Feud" }, { "id": "18595254", "text": "throughout the Midlands, Glasgow and on DAB. She had her own record show on Saga DAB Radio from 2000 to 2002. Sandy married John Lynton-Evans, a writer, in September 1965 in Cheshire. The couple divorced in the late 1980s. She was a Freeman of the City of London. She died in 2015 of cancer, aged 74, survived by a son, Richard, a daughter, Becky, and five grandchildren. Sandra Chalmers Sandra Locke \"Sandy\" Chalmers (29 February 1940 – 2 February 2015) was a British radio producer and broadcaster, who was editor of \"Woman's Hour\" on BBC Radio 4 in the 1980s.", "title": "Sandra Chalmers" }, { "id": "1418145", "text": "John Hume John Hume, KCSG (born 18 January 1937) is an Irish former politician from Derry, Northern Ireland. He was a founding member of the Social Democratic and Labour Party, and was co-recipient of the 1998 Nobel Peace Prize, with David Trimble. He was the second leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), a position he held from 1979 until 2001. He has served as a Member of the European Parliament and a Member of the UK Parliament, as well as a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly. He is regarded as one of the most important figures", "title": "John Hume" }, { "id": "18711389", "text": "three days each week. She partially replaced Caroline Raphael (whose remit had also included fiction) who had left the BBC. Wiliam is married to Ian Brown, known for his scripts for the \"My Family\" sitcom; the couple have a son. Her first novel \"Dal i Fynd\" (written in Welsh) was published in 2013. Sioned Wiliam Sioned Wiliam (born 1962) is a Welsh comedy producer and executive. A former controller of comedy for ITV, she became the commissioning editor of comedy for BBC Radio 4 and Radio 4 Extra in March 2015. Raised in Barry, South Wales, Wiliam attended a Welsh-speaking", "title": "Sioned Wiliam" }, { "id": "5361981", "text": "Sarah Sands Sarah Sands (\"née\" Harvey; 3 June 1961) is a British journalist and author. A former editor of the \"London Evening Standard\", she became editor of the \"Today\" programme on BBC Radio 4 in 2017. Sands was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent in 1961, to parents in the Colonial Service. Sands is the younger sister of Kit Hesketh-Harvey (of musical duo Kit and The Widow). She was educated at Kent College, Pembury (then a Methodist, now interdenominational) independent day and boarding school for girls. She later attended Goldsmiths, University of London. Sands trained on \"The Sevenoaks Chronicle\" as a", "title": "Sarah Sands" }, { "id": "1862514", "text": "BBN Technologies is widely credited as having invented email in 1971. BBN Technologies registered the \"bbn.com\" domain on April 24, 1985, making it the second oldest domain name on the internet. BBN became a wholly owned subsidiary of Raytheon in 2009. On February 1, 2013, BBN Technologies was awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation. BBN has its roots in an initial partnership formed on October 15, 1948 between Leo Beranek and Richard Bolt, professors at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Bolt had won a commission to be an acoustic consultant for the new United Nations permanent headquarters to", "title": "BBN Technologies" }, { "id": "17014531", "text": "Simon Haley Simon Alexander Haley (March 8, 1892 – August 19, 1973) was a professor of agriculture, and father of writer Alex Haley. He was born in Savannah, Tennessee, to farmer Alexander \"Alec\" Haley and his wife Queen (Davy) Haley (née Jackson). Both his parents were born as slaves, and both apparently fathered by white slave owners. Simon attended Lane College in Jackson, Tennessee, at age 15. After enlisting in the military during World War I, he married Bertha George Palmer, also a student from Lane. Simon then finished his master's degree in agriculture at Cornell University. Bertha died in", "title": "Simon Haley" }, { "id": "6030416", "text": "transmission of family names, a measure that was repeated by the United Nations in 1979. Similar measures were adopted by Germany (1976), Sweden (1982), Denmark (1983), Spain (1999), and Austria (2013). In France, a person may use a name of a third party (called the common name) in the following circumstances: Since Law No. 2003-516 of 18 June 2003 on the devolution of family names, there is no longer any distinction between the name of the mother and the father. A child may receive the family name of one or the other, or both family names. Decree No. 2004-1159 of", "title": "French name" }, { "id": "1678288", "text": "Fairport Convention, Stefan Zauner of Münchener Freiheit, Runrig, The Sisters of Mercy, and Smokie. \"Moonlight Shadow 2k14\" (Michael Fall remix) was released on 23 May 2014 on the German label ZYX Music. 1983 \"Moonlight Shadow\" 1984 \"To France\" 1992 \"Everytime We Touch\" 1992 \"Wait\" 1992 \"Tears in the Rain\" 1993 \"Follow the Midnight Sun\" Trio line-up Band line-up Maggie Reilly Maggie Reilly (born 15 September 1956 in Glasgow) is a Scottish singer best known for her collaborations with the composer and instrumentalist Mike Oldfield. Most notably, she performed lead vocals on the Oldfield songs \"Family Man\", \"Moonlight Shadow\", \"To France\"", "title": "Maggie Reilly" }, { "id": "868788", "text": "the DNS Wars, but he ended his effort after Magaziner's threat, and died not long after. Jon Postel managed the IANA function from its inception on the ARPANET until his death in October 1998. By his almost 30 years of \"selfless service\", Postel created his de facto authority to manage key parts of the Internet infrastructure. After his death, Joyce K. Reynolds, who had worked with him for many years, managed the transition of the IANA function to ICANN. Starting in 1988, IANA was funded by the U.S. government under a contract between the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and", "title": "Internet Assigned Numbers Authority" }, { "id": "6058580", "text": "St. George in the New Year's Day Honours of 1981. He was also made a Privy Councillor in 1977, allowing him to use the pre-nominal letters The Right Honourable. He resigned his parliamentary seat on the grounds of ill-health in 1982, and died of stomach cancer in 1984. Sir Phillip's wife, Leah O'Toole, had been a boarder at St Ann's Ladies College, Warrnambool, after which she worked as an occupational therapist. Sir Phillip and Lady Leah Lynch had three sons. Lady Lynch, known for her charity work, died in 2007. Phillip Lynch Sir Phillip Reginald Lynch KCMG (27 July 1933", "title": "Phillip Lynch" }, { "id": "13391940", "text": "from 1972–77. He was Assistant Parliamentary Boundary Commissioner for Wales and a Member for Wales of the Crawford Committee on Broadcasting Coverage. In 1977 he was appointed a Circuit Judge. He retired in 1998. He married, in 1958, Buddug Williams. They had one son and two daughters. In 2009 he was made an Honorary Fellow of Bangor University. Eifion Roberts His Honour Hugh Eifion Pritchard Roberts known as Eifion Roberts (born 22 November 1927), was a British Circuit Judge and Liberal Party politician. He is the elder son of the Rev. and Mrs E.P. Roberts of Anglesey. He was educated", "title": "Eifion Roberts" }, { "id": "20404882", "text": "Parley Baer, Michael Ann Barrett, Tony Barrett, Mary Jane Croft, Dix Davis, John Dehner, Sam Edwards, Eddie Firestone, Frank Gerstle, Robert Griffin, Bill Idelson, Byron Kane, Lou Krugman, Earl Lee, Forrest Lewis, James McCallion, Kate McKenna, Howard McNear, Marvin Miller, George Neise, Jeanette Nolan, Jay Novello, Ruth Perrott, Ken Peters, George Pirrone, Alice Reinheart, Janet Scott, Marilyn Steiner, Russell Thorson, Les Tremayne, David Vail, and Ben Wright. Charles Lyon was the announcer. Carlton E. Morse, who created \"Family Skeleton\" specifically for McCambridge, produced the program and wrote its scripts. Ron Lackmann, in his biography of McCambridge, described the show as", "title": "Family Skeleton" }, { "id": "12023199", "text": "Boto had fled Uganda to escape the regime of Idi Amin, who came to power through a coup d'état in 1971. Blackburn and Boto were married in 1981, and had two children: a daughter and a son. They also adopted a nephew of Boto's as their third child. Blackburn joined the BBC in 1977 as a news trainee, and continued to work for the broadcasting corporation until her death. In 1992, she became editor of the BBC Marshall Plan of the Mind Trust, a \"multimedia education project\" for the former Soviet republics. From 1996 to 1999, she headed the BBC", "title": "Kari Blackburn" }, { "id": "14383967", "text": "Court for the District of Maryland. Nason was born and raised in Providence, Rhode Island. His father was a UPS driver. Nason earned a B.S./B.A. in finance from The American University in 1992 and a J.D., \"summa cum laude\", from The American University's Washington College of Law in 1995. Nason is married to Nicole Nason, a former assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of Transportation who served as the administrator at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration from May 2006 to September 2008. They reside in Connecticut. David Nason David G. Nason (born October 6, 1970) is the president and", "title": "David Nason" }, { "id": "19077654", "text": "LLC • Richard Eliasberg, Prima Management Co. • Nancy Folger, Community Leader • Fruzsina Harsanyi, Consultant • Sharron Hunt, Unity Hunt LLC • Zina Kramer, Events Marketing • Ambassador Fay Hartog Levin, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs • Jon Liebman, Brillstein Entertainment • Kenneth G. Lore, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP • Jacqueline B. Mars, Community Leader • Cappy R. McGarr, MCM Interests, LLC • Mary C. Moynihan, Perkins Coie, LLP • Lawrence F. O’Brien, III, The OB•C Group, LLC • Soledad O'Brien, Starfish Media Group • Michael Powell, NCTA - The Internet & Television Association • Bruce Ramer, Gang", "title": "National Archives Foundation" }, { "id": "6454656", "text": "After Jon Postel's death in 1998, IANA became part of ICANN, a California nonprofit established in September 1998 by the U.S. government and awarded a contract by the U.S. Department of Commerce. Initially two board members were elected by the Internet community at large, though this was changed by the rest of the board in 2002 in a poorly attended public meeting in Accra, Ghana. In 1992 the Internet Society (ISOC) was founded, with a mission to \"assure the open development, evolution and use of the Internet for the benefit of all people throughout the world\". Its members include individuals", "title": "Internet governance" }, { "id": "2571121", "text": "QNX, and the various open-source BSD operating systems), OpenVMS and Microsoft Windows. The OpenSSL project was founded in 1998 to provide a free set of encryption tools for the code used on the Internet. It is based on a fork of SSLeay by Eric Andrew Young and Tim Hudson, which unofficially ended development on December 17, 1998, when Young and Hudson both went to work for RSA Security. The initial founding members were Mark Cox, Ralf Engelschall, Stephen Henson, Ben Laurie, and Paul Sutton. The OpenSSL management committee currently consists of 7 people. There are 13 developers with commit access", "title": "OpenSSL" }, { "id": "19786519", "text": "The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, one of the highest Indian science awards, in 1997 and he received the National Bioscience Award for Career Development in 1999. He was elected by the Indian National Science Academy as a fellow in 2000, the same year as he received the Millennium Plaque of Honour of the Indian Science Congress. He is also a recipient of the Ranbaxy Research Award which he received in 2001. In January 2018, he was dismissed from his post as Director of THSTI after an internal complaints committee found that", "title": "Kanury Venkata Subba Rao" }, { "id": "965360", "text": "the FreeDOS project include non-GPL software considered worth preserving, such as 4DOS, which is distributed under a modified MIT License. The FreeDOS project began 29 June 1994, after Microsoft announced it would no longer sell or support MS-DOS. Jim Hall who at the time was a student posted a manifesto proposing the development of an open-source replacement. Within a few weeks, other programmers including Pat Villani and Tim Norman joined the project. Between them, a kernel (by Villani), the COMMAND.COM command line interpreter (by Villani and Norman), and core utilities (by Hall) were created by pooling code they had written", "title": "FreeDOS" }, { "id": "798423", "text": "family names, particularly for administrative reasons, especially during the age of European expansion and particularly since 1600. Notable examples include the Netherlands (1795–1811), Japan (1870s), Thailand (1920), and Turkey (1934). Nonetheless, their use is not universal: Icelanders, Tibetans, Burmese, Javanese, and many people groups in East Africa do not use family names. Family names sometimes change or are replaced by non-family-name surnames under political pressure to avoid persecution. Examples are the cases with Chinese Indonesians and Chinese Thais after migration there during the 20th century, or the Jews who fled to different European countries to avoid persecution from the Nazis", "title": "Surname" }, { "id": "3844209", "text": "IE Domain Registry The IE Domain Registry (IEDR) is the domain name registry for the .ie country code top-level domain. Formally, the \"IE Domain Registry Limited\" is a private company, limited by guarantee, incorporated in Ireland having its registered office and principal place of business in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin. It operates on a not-for-profit basis and is a member of the CENTR representative body. \"IE Domain Registry Limited\" took over the administration of .ie in July 2000. Prior to that, the .ie ccTLD had been administered by University College Dublin. The IE Domain Registry (IEDR) operates a managed registry", "title": "IE Domain Registry" }, { "id": "2906756", "text": "and respective journalists work alongside each other. Location information provided by users is also shared with the website of BBC Weather to provide local content. From 1998 to 2001 the site was named best news website at the BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards when the award category was withdrawn. It has previously won both the Judges' award and the People's Voice award for best news site at the annual Webby Awards. The website was launched on 4 November 1997, headed by founding editor Mike Smartt and Project Director Bob Eggington. The broader editorial team was brought together from within the BBC,", "title": "BBC News Online" }, { "id": "10345232", "text": "any organization, with approximately 226 groups doing so. The organization was dissolved on 1 May 1997. Its effort was subsumed under the authority of ICANN. When the U.S. government's activities concerning Internet Domain Name administration issued its preliminary \"Green Paper\" in 1998, the efforts of the IAHC were not referenced. However the final \"White Paper\" gave credit to the IAHC efforts: \"The IAHC issued a draft plan in December 1996 that introduced unique and thoughtful concepts for the evolution of DNS administration.\" The structure of ICANN, including the UDRP and the registrar/registry construct, was ultimately based on the substance of", "title": "IAHC" }, { "id": "10380897", "text": "Elizabeth Jordan Elizabeth Garver Jordan (May 9, 1865 – February 24, 1947) was an American journalist, author, editor, and suffragist, now remembered primarily for having edited the first two novels of Sinclair Lewis, and for her relationship with Henry James, especially for recruiting him to participate in the round-robin novel \"The Whole Family\". She was editor of \"Harper's Bazaar\" from 1900 to 1913. Jordan was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to William Frank Jordan and Margaretta Garver, and was the first of their two daughters. She graduated from high school in 1884. After learning shorthand at business school, she began her", "title": "Elizabeth Jordan" }, { "id": "1856824", "text": "From 1998 to 2000, she was the founding chairman of ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. As of 2004, she sat on its \"reform\" committee, dedicated to defining a role for individuals in ICANN's decision-making and governance structures. She opposed ICANN's 2012 expansion of generic top-level domains (gTLDs). She has followed closely the post-Soviet transition of Eastern Europe, from 2002 to 2012 was a member of the Bulgarian President's IT Advisory Council, along with Vint Cerf, George Sadowsky, and Veni Markovski, among others. She has served as a trustee of, and helped fund, emerging organizations such as", "title": "Esther Dyson" }, { "id": "3903788", "text": "Geoffrey Dawson George Geoffrey Dawson (25 October 1874 – 7 November 1944) was editor of \"The Times\" from 1912 to 1919 and again from 1923 until 1941. His original last name was Robinson, but he changed it in 1917. He married Hon. Margaret Cecilia Lawley, daughter of Arthur Lawley, 6th Baron Wenlock in 1919. Dawson was born 25 October 1874, in Skipton-in-Craven, Yorkshire, the eldest child of George Robinson, a banker, and his wife Mary (née Perfect). He attended Eton College and Magdalen College, Oxford. His academic career was distinguished; he took a First in Classical Moderations in 1895 and", "title": "Geoffrey Dawson" }, { "id": "798427", "text": "applies. This brought France into line with a 1978 declaration by the Council of Europe requiring member governments to take measures to adopt equality of rights in the transmission of family names, a measure that was echoed by the United Nations in 1979. Similar measures were adopted by West Germany (1976), Sweden (1982), Denmark (1983) and Spain (1999). The European Community has been active in eliminating gender discrimination. Several cases concerning discrimination in family names have reached the courts. \"Burghartz v. Switzerland\" challenged the lack of an option for husbands to add the wife's surname to his surname, which they", "title": "Surname" }, { "id": "6128836", "text": "Greg Garcia (producer) Gregory Thomas \"Greg\" Garcia (born April 4, 1970) is an American television director, producer and writer. He is the creator/executive producer of several long-running sitcoms, including \"Yes, Dear,\" \"My Name Is Earl\" (in which he made seven cameo appearances), \"The Guest Book\", currently on TBS, and \"Raising Hope\". He has also worked for the series \"Family Matters\" and as a consulting producer on \"Family Guy\". He developed two pilots for CBS for the 2013–14 season, one of which, \"The Millers\", was picked up. Garcia was born in Arlington County, Virginia. His parents Tom and Natalie Garcia raised", "title": "Greg Garcia (producer)" }, { "id": "3434069", "text": "Proposed Standard documents (RFCs 3730 - 3734) were published by the RFC Editor in March 2004. Draft Standard documents (RFCs 4930 - 4934) were published in May 2007. In August 2009 IETF granted EPP the status of full standard, STD 69. The protocol has been adopted by a number of domain name registries, such as: .ac, .aero, .ag, .ai, .asia, .ar, .at, .au, .be, .biz, .br, .bz, .ca, .cat, .cc, .ch, .cl, .cn, .co, .cr, .cz, .com, .coop, .cx, .cz, .dk, .ee, .es (over HTTPS), .eu, .fi, .fm, .fr, .gr (over HTTPS), .gs, .hn, .ht, .im, .in, .info, .io, .it", "title": "Extensible Provisioning Protocol" }, { "id": "12908063", "text": "part of the Presbyterian Church of Wales. Brynley F. Roberts Brynley Francis Roberts (born 1931), known as Bryn Roberts, is a Welsh scholar and literary critic. He has written extensively on the Welsh language and Celtic history. He was Professor of Welsh Language and Literature at the University of Wales, Swansea from 1978 to 1975, and Librarian of the National Library of Wales from 1985 to 1994. He was made editor of the \"Dictionary of Welsh Biography\" in 1987, and of \"Y Traethodydd\" in 1999. Roberts is a member of the council of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. He is", "title": "Brynley F. Roberts" }, { "id": "4159492", "text": "Richard Tait Richard Graham Tait CBE (born 22 May 1947) is a British journalist and Professor of Journalism at Cardiff University. He has been a member of the BBC Trust, the governing body of the British Broadcasting Corporation, and was replaced by Richard Ayre. Tait is a former editor of BBC's \"Newsnight\", \"Channel 4 News\" (1987–1995) and was Editor-in-Chief of ITN (1995–2002). He is a fellow of the Royal Television Society and the Society of Editors. Tait was educated at Bradfield College, a boarding independent school for boys in the village of Bradfield in Berkshire, followed by the University of", "title": "Richard Tait" }, { "id": "7222305", "text": "skybox used by Abramoff. The group closed in 2001 while under a Federal Election Commission probe, distributing several hundred thousands of dollars in remaining assets among people associated with USFN. The townhouse was sold at below market value to U.S. Representative Jim Ryun (R-KS). The activities of USFN are under investigation by the Justice Department; a subpoena for USFN documents was issued in February 2006, naming Abramoff, Tony Rudy and his wife Lisa, Tom DeLay and his wife Christine, Buckham and his wife Wendy, Ralph Reed, and Grover Norquist. The U.S. Family Network was largely funded by clients of embattled", "title": "U.S. Family Network" }, { "id": "200916", "text": "Internet Engineering Task Force The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is an open standards organization, which develops and promotes voluntary Internet standards, in particular the standards that comprise the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP). It has no formal membership or membership requirements. All participants and managers are volunteers, though their work is usually funded by their employers or sponsors. The IETF started out as an activity supported by the U.S. federal government, but since 1993 it has operated as a standards development function under the auspices of the Internet Society, an international membership-based non-profit organization. The IETF is organized into a", "title": "Internet Engineering Task Force" }, { "id": "7216972", "text": "for \"The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore\" on SIRIUS channel 102 called \"Alter Family Politics\". The show is part of Andy Cohen's new 24-hour network, Radio Andy. Alter was raised in a Jewish family in Chicago, the son of James Alter (1922–2014), who owned a refrigeration and air-conditioning company, and Joanne (née Hammerman) (1927–2008), who was an elected commissioner of the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago and a member of the Democratic National Committee. His mother was the first woman in the Chicago area to be elected to public office. He graduated from Phillips Academy in 1975 and Harvard", "title": "Jonathan Alter" }, { "id": "144761", "text": "to choose other options too, as the law is flexible (see Art. 282, Art. 449 Art. 450. of the Civil Code of Romania). Until the 19th century, the names were primarily of the form \"[given name] [father's name] [grandfather's name]\". The few exceptions are usually famous people or the nobility (boyars). The name reform introduced around 1850 had the names changed to a western style, most likely imported from France, consisting of a given name followed by a family name. As such, the name is called \"prenume\" (French \"prénom\"), while the family name is called \"nume\" or, when otherwise ambiguous,", "title": "Surnames by country" }, { "id": "868799", "text": "the United States Department of Commerce and ICANN to perform the IANA functions was allowed to expire and the stewardship of IANA functions was officially transitioned to the private-sector. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) is a function of ICANN, a nonprofit private American corporation that oversees global IP address allocation, autonomous system number allocation, root zone management in the Domain Name System (DNS), media types, and other Internet Protocol-related symbols and Internet numbers. Before ICANN was established primarily for this purpose in 1998, IANA was administered principally by Jon Postel at the Information Sciences Institute", "title": "Internet Assigned Numbers Authority" }, { "id": "200560", "text": "by Jon Postel, a Computer Science researcher who had been involved in the creation of ARPANET, first at UCLA and then at USC-ISI. In 1997 Postel testified before Congress that this had come about as a \"side task\" to this research work. The Information Sciences Institute was funded by the U.S. Department of Defense, as was SRI International's Network Information Center, which also performed some assigned name functions. As the Internet grew and expanded globally, the U.S. Department of Commerce initiated a process to establish a new organization to perform the IANA functions. On January 30, 1998, the National Telecommunications", "title": "ICANN" }, { "id": "1738188", "text": "Tenet bears \"ultimate responsibility\" for the United States intelligence community's failure to develop a plan to control al Qaeda in the lead-up to 9/11. In February 2008, he became a managing director at investment bank Allen & Company. George John Tenet was born on January 5, 1953, in Flushing, Queens, New York City, New York, the son of Greek immigrants Evangelia and John Tenet. His father, born in Qeparo, Himara, Albania (Northern Epirus), worked in a coal mine in France before arriving in the United States via Ellis Island just before the Great Depression. His mother was a Greek from", "title": "George Tenet" }, { "id": "5981283", "text": "Richard Nixon in 1972. The ICRC was composed of representatives from the Departments of Defense, Justice and State; the predecessor to the United States Department of Energy, the Atomic Energy Commission, and the CIA. John Eisenhower chaired the ICRC, which met monthly at the White House. After Eisenhower resigned in 1973, the administrative function of the ICRC was moved to the National Archives and Records Service, a component of the General Services Administration, with the Archivist of the United States, James Rhodes, named as acting chairman. William L. Brown, an attorney with the Atomic Energy Commission, was appointed Executive Director", "title": "Information Security Oversight Office" }, { "id": "1567252", "text": "RI:SE RI:SE is a breakfast television show made by Princess Productions in collaboration with BSkyB for Channel 4 in the United Kingdom. It was scheduled to replace \"The Big Breakfast\" after declining ratings. It launched on 29 April 2002. The programme was broadcast between 06:55 and 09:00 in the morning - nationally in the UK. It ended on 19 December 2003. Original presenters included Mark Durden-Smith, Colin Murray, Kirsty Gallacher, Edith Bowman, Tom Binns, Chris Rogers, Liz Bonnin and Henry Bonsu. Its viewing figures did not meet the initial expectations, and a variety of format changes were made to try", "title": "RI:SE" }, { "id": "7558258", "text": "Malaysia, and has consulted with the People's Bank of China. She has been a Faculty Fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, and was a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C.. In 1998, Professor Frankel was instrumental in the establishment and corporate structure of the Internet Corporation for Names and Numbers (ICANN). Professor Frankel continues to be a popular and important member of the BU Law faculty. Tamar Frankel Tamar Frankel (born July 4, 1925 in Tel Aviv) has been a professor of law at Boston University School of Law since 1968. She is the", "title": "Tamar Frankel" }, { "id": "8226991", "text": "Carrie Gracie Carrie Gracie (; born 1962) is a Scottish journalist best-known as having been the China editor for BBC News. She resigned from this post at the beginning of January 2018, citing what she said was pay discrimination over gender for the BBC's international editors. She returned to her former post in the BBC newsroom. Gracie's father was a Scottish oil executive; Gracie was born while he was on assignment in Bahrain. She was educated in Aberdeenshire and Glasgow. She studied at the University of Edinburgh, before leaving to run her own restaurant for a year. She then graduated", "title": "Carrie Gracie" }, { "id": "8322065", "text": "Alison Owen Alison Mary Owen (born 18 February 1961) is an English film producer. Her credits as a producer include \"Moonlight and Valentino\" (1995), \"Elizabeth\" (1998), \"Sylvia\" (2003), \"Shaun of the Dead\" (2004), \"Proof\" (2005), \"The Other Boleyn Girl\" (2007), \"Brick Lane\" (2007), \"Chatroom\" (2010), \"Saving Mr. Banks\" (2013), \"Tulip Fever\" (2017). Owen was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, to Mary Kathleen (née Hitchiner), a Royal Navy dockyard worker, and Peter Ronald Owen, chief petty officer in the Royal Navy, and was the younger of two daughters. Her elder sister is Jill Beatrice Owen (born 1959). Owen's first marriage (other sources", "title": "Alison Owen" }, { "id": "7262338", "text": "Kunio Lemari Kunio David Lemari (29 November 1942 – 28 March 2008) was a Marshallese politician. He served as the acting President of the Marshall Islands from 20 December 1996 to 14 January 1997. He assumed office upon the death of the previous President, Amata Kabua, having previously served as the country's Minister of Transportation and Communications. Lemari is of Japanese descent from his maternal grandfather, and was survived by brothers Rellong Lemari (Senator from Lae Atoll) and Johnny Lemari (Mayor of Kwajalein Atoll); wife, Christina Lemari; Imata Kabua; sons Harald (Joanne), Wesley (Lynn), Ranni and Dixon Lemari; daughters Evangeline", "title": "Kunio Lemari" }, { "id": "13717858", "text": "had four children: Andrew (b. 1935), Jeremy Hugh (b. 1937), Valerie Jean (b. 1939) and Donald Alistair. One of relatives by marriage is his niece Harriet Harman, a noted Labour Party Member of Parliament who has served in a number of offices since 1997. Donald McLachlan Donald Harvey McLachlan (25 September 1908 – 10 January 1971) was a Scottish journalist and author who was the founding editor of \"The Sunday Telegraph\". Born in Islington, McLachlan was educated at the City of London School and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he gained first class honors in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. After a", "title": "Donald McLachlan" }, { "id": "6861590", "text": "0.2.9.8. It is disabled by default as of version 0.2.2.1-alpha due to potential application-level attacks, and with the release of 0.3-series Tor as \"stable\" may now be considered defunct. The domain was formerly a pseudo-top-level domain host suffix, similar in concept to such endings as .bitnet and .uucp used in earlier times. On 9 September 2015 ICANN, IANA and the IETF designated .onion as a 'special use domain', giving the domain an official status following a proposal from Jacob Appelbaum of the Tor Project and Facebook security engineer Alec Muffett. Prior to the adoption of CA/Browser Forum Ballot 144, a", "title": ".onion" }, { "id": "693933", "text": "as last names, in the baptismal record. Earlier, only the given name of the child, birth date, baptismal date, and sex were written down, alongside the parents' names. It was not until the beginning of the 20th century, however, that the authorities required everyone to adopt a family surname. Until about 1980, the government still required that a name change applicant apply to the government regional representative (fylkesmann). The law has been replaced twice since then. Nowadays, the process is as easy as in common-law countries; the subject merely submits the names wanted (providing that the surname chosen is not", "title": "Name change" }, { "id": "12513125", "text": "appointed the BBC's Business Editor, replacing the promoted Kamal Ahmed. Jack is a son-in-law of the late composer John Barry. Simon Jack Simon Jack is a British business journalist and Business Editor for the BBC, known for appearing on \"BBC Breakfast\" until September 2011 and on BBC Radio 4's \"Today\" until February 2016. Simon Jack attended Merchant Taylors' Boys' School, Crosby and graduated from St John's College, Oxford with a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. Before entering journalism, Jack worked for a decade as a corporate and investment banker in London, New York and Bermuda. He has said that", "title": "Simon Jack" }, { "id": "2471065", "text": "David Cameron. He was also named \"Briton of the Year\" by \"The Times\" in 2014. In 2017, Farage began contributing to the American television network Fox News. In 2018, Farage joined Leave Means Leave. On 4 December 2018, Farage announced his resignation from UKIP over the appointment of Tommy Robinson as an adviser to the UKIP leader Gerard Batten and the decision of the National Executive of UKIP to keep Batten as leader of the party. Farage was born in Downe in Kent, England, the son of Barbara (\"née\" Stevens) and Guy Justus Oscar Farage. The Farage name comes from", "title": "Nigel Farage" }, { "id": "8531985", "text": "British consul general to New England from 1995 until 1999. While there, he arranged for the then Unionist leader David Trimble to visit and meet local Irish-Americans. He also served the Foreign Office in Brussels, Israel, Nigeria, and South Africa. Poston died on 13 October 2007 at the age of 62. He was survived by his wife Romey, daughters Izzy and Kate, and son James. Jim Poston James Poston, CBE (19 June 1945 – 13 October 2007) was a British diplomat who was Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands from 2002 to 2005. Poston succeeded acting Governor Cynthia Astwood", "title": "Jim Poston" }, { "id": "5533198", "text": "Harry Hodson Henry Vincent \"Harry\" Hodson (12 May 1906 – 26 March 1999) was a British economist and editor. Hodson was born in Edmonton, London. He was educated at Gresham's School, Holt, and Balliol College, Oxford, becoming a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, in 1928. He was later a member of the Economic Advisory Council and Editor of \"The Round Table\" from 1934-1939. He was Director of the Empire Division of the Ministry of Information from 1939 to 1941, then became Reforms Commissioner of the Government of India. Returning to England in 1942, he was made Principal Assistant Secretary", "title": "Harry Hodson" }, { "id": "10081239", "text": "Adrian Berry, 4th Viscount Camrose Adrian Michael Berry, 4th Viscount Camrose (15 June 1937 – 18 April 2016) was a British hereditary peer, journalist, and writer. Berry was born in 1937, the elder son of Michael Berry, who was later created Lord Hartwell, and disclaimed the family title of Viscount Camrose, by his marriage to Lady Pamela Smith, the daughter of F.E. Smith. Adrian Berry was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. From 1977 until 1996, he was the science correspondent of \"The Daily Telegraph\". On stepping down from that position he became the paper's Consulting Editor (Science). He", "title": "Adrian Berry, 4th Viscount Camrose" }, { "id": "3586058", "text": "1995 and Worrell in 1964, only three years before his early death. He became the ICC Cricket Chairman in 1997, in charge of the ICC Code of Conduct, and oversaw investigations into allegations of match fixing. He retired in 2000. When Arsenal footballer Theo Walcott was first selected for the England football team in 2006, there were rumors that Sir Clyde was his great uncle. In an article in \"The Sunday Telegraph\", Sir Clyde said \"he's definitely not a relative\". He published two autobiographies, \"Island Cricketers\" in 1958 and \"Sixty Years on the Back Foot\" in 1999. After Walcott's death", "title": "Clyde Walcott" }, { "id": "6976605", "text": "Tim Bevan Timothy John Bevan, (born 20 December 1957) is a British film producer, the co-chairman (with Eric Fellner) of the production company Working Title Films. Bevan and Fellner are the most successful British producers of their era, having produced several critically and commercially successful films including \"Four Weddings and a Funeral\" (1994), \"Elizabeth\" (1998), \"Notting Hill\" (1999), \"Billy Elliot\" (2000), \"Bridget Jones's Diary\" (2001), \"Atonement\" (2007), \"Frost/Nixon\" (2008), \"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy\" (2011), \"The Theory of Everything\" (2014), and \"Darkest Hour\" (2017). They are also notable for their long-time collaboration with American filmmakers the Coen brothers, having produced \"Barton", "title": "Tim Bevan" }, { "id": "210553", "text": "member of the Internet Society, and was on its Board of Trustees. He was the original and long-time .us Top-Level Domain administrator. He also managed the Los Nettos Network. All of the above were part-time activities he assumed in conjunction with his primary position as Director of the Computer Networks Division, Division 7, of the Information Sciences Institute at the University of Southern California. On January 28, 1998, Postel, as a test, emailed eight of the twelve operators of Internet's regional root nameservers on his own authority and instructed them to change the root zone server from then SAIC subsidiary", "title": "Jon Postel" }, { "id": "8596762", "text": "Joyce Blair Joyce Blair (born Joyce Ogus; 4 November 1932 – 19 August 2006) was an English actress and dancer. She was the younger sister of Lionel Blair, with whom she often performed. She was the mother of actress Deborah Sheridan-Taylor, who played Saskia Duncan in \"EastEnders\". Blair was born in London, as the daughter of Myer Ogus, a Lithuanian Jewish barber, who changed the family name to Blair. and Debora \"Della\" Greenbaum. Her family was Jewish. Her father changed the family name to Blair in her youth; he died when Joyce was 12 years old. Blair was educated at", "title": "Joyce Blair" }, { "id": "1787187", "text": "educational consultant, and Donald Leibowitz, a professor of physics at The College of New Jersey and Thomas Edison State College. Stewart's family are Jewish immigrants to America from Poland, Ukraine and Belarus. One of his grandfathers was born in Manzhouli (now part of Inner Mongolia). He is the second of four sons, with older brother Lawrence and younger brothers Dan and Matthew. Stewart's parents divorced when he was eleven years old, and Stewart was largely estranged from his father. Because of his strained relationship with his father, which in 2015 he described as \"still 'complicated'\", he dropped his surname and", "title": "Jon Stewart" }, { "id": "18555186", "text": "office automation system. In 1996 he founded the Island Networks group of companies, including CHANNELISLES.NET, the registry operator of the .GG and .JE top level domains for Guernsey and Jersey. In 2005 he became the first person in the UK to obtain damages in court in a lawsuit against a sender of unsolicited email. In 1999, Roberts was one of the original members of the ICANN DNSO Names Council, representing the ccTLD constituency. and has been an active participant at ICANN since its foundation. He took part in the US Government's \"International Forum on the White Paper\" (IFWP) in 1997–1998,", "title": "Nigel Roberts" }, { "id": "2759969", "text": "Bill Bryson (2013), Melvyn Bragg (2010), Robin Saxby (2015), David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville (2008) and Onora O'Neill (2007). Honorary Fellows are entitled to use the post nominal letters FRS. Others including John Maddox (2000), Patrick Moore (2001) and Lisa Jardine (2015) were elected as honorary fellows, see . Statute 12 is a legacy mechanism for electing members before official honorary membership existed in 1997. Fellows elected under statute 12 include David Attenborough (1983) and John Palmer, 4th Earl of Selborne (1991). Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom such as Margaret Thatcher (1983), Neville Chamberlain (1938), H. H. Asquith", "title": "Fellow of the Royal Society" } ]

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[ { "id": "5571947", "text": "Sports in the United States Sports in the United States are an important part of American culture. American football is the most popular sport in the United States followed by basketball, baseball, and soccer. Tennis, golf, hockey, wrestling, auto racing, arena football, field lacrosse, box lacrosse and volleyball are also popular sports in the country. Based on revenue, the four major professional sports leagues in the United States are Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Basketball Association (NBA), the National Football League (NFL), and the National Hockey League (NHL). The market for professional sports in the United States is roughly", "title": "Sports in the United States" }, { "id": "13688571", "text": "is played by over 250 million players in over 200 nations, and has the highest television audience in sport, making it the most popular in the world, American football, with 1.1 million high school football players and nearly 70,000 college football players, is the most popular sport in the United States, with the annual Super Bowl game accounting for nine of the top ten of the most watched broadcasts in U.S. television history. Australian rules football has the highest spectator attendance of all sports in Australia. Similarly, Gaelic football is the most popular sport in Ireland in terms of match", "title": "Football" }, { "id": "6683650", "text": "annually since January 1944. American football is by several measures the most popular spectator sport; the National Football League (NFL) has the highest average attendance of any sports league in the world, and the Super Bowl is watched by millions globally. Baseball has been regarded as the U.S. national sport since the late 19th century, with Major League Baseball (MLB) being the top league. Basketball and ice hockey are the country's next two leading professional team sports, with the top leagues being the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the National Hockey League (NHL). These four major sports, when played professionally,", "title": "United States" }, { "id": "5572042", "text": "have a national TV contract that pays rights fees. Sports in the United States Sports in the United States are an important part of American culture. American football is the most popular sport in the United States followed by basketball, baseball, and soccer. Tennis, golf, hockey, wrestling, auto racing, arena football, field lacrosse, box lacrosse and volleyball are also popular sports in the country. Based on revenue, the four major professional sports leagues in the United States are Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Basketball Association (NBA), the National Football League (NFL), and the National Hockey League (NHL). The market", "title": "Sports in the United States" }, { "id": "12112103", "text": "American football in the United States American football is the most popular sport in the United States. The National Football League has the highest average attendance of any sports league in the world. In the United States the game is most often referred to as simply \"football\". There is no single national governing body for American football in the United States or a continental governing body for North America. There is an international governing body, the International Federation of American Football, or IFAF. Befitting its status as a popular sport, football is played in leagues of different size, age and", "title": "American football in the United States" }, { "id": "5572038", "text": "(52 million) and camping (47 million). The most popular competitive sport (and fifth most popular recreational sport) is bowling (43 million). Other most popular sports are fishing (35 million), bicycling (37 million), weightlifting (33 million), aerobics (30 million), and hiking (28 million). According to a January 2018 Poll by Gallup, 37% of Americans consider American football their favorite spectator sport, while 11% prefer basketball, 9% baseball, and 7% soccer. There is some variation by viewer demographics. Men, show a stronger preference for football than women, conservatives a stronger preference than liberals, and those over 35 a stronger preference than those", "title": "Sports in the United States" }, { "id": "19341688", "text": "League Baseball (MLB) being the top league, while American football is now by several measures the most popular spectator sport, with the National Football League (NFL) having the highest average attendance of any sports league in the world and a Super Bowl watched by millions globally. Basketball and ice hockey are the country's next two leading professional team sports, with the top leagues being the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the National Hockey League (NHL). These four major sports, when played professionally, each occupy a season at different, but overlapping, times of the year. College football and basketball attract large", "title": "History of sports in the United States" }, { "id": "12363136", "text": "\"Baseball is still called the national pastime, but football is by far the more popular sport in American society\", according to ESPN.com's Sean McAdam. In a 2014 poll conducted by Harris Interactive, professional football ranked as the most popular sport, and college football ranked third behind only professional football and baseball; 46% of participants ranked some form of the game as their favorite sport. Professional football has ranked as the most popular sport in the poll since 1985, when it surpassed baseball for the first time. Professional football is most popular among those who live in the eastern United States", "title": "American football" }, { "id": "12363074", "text": "closely related to Canadian football, which evolved parallel and contemporary to the American game, and most of the features that distinguish American football from rugby and soccer are also present in Canadian football. American football as a whole is the most popular sport in the United States. The most popular forms of the game are professional and college football, with the other major levels being high school and youth football. , nearly 1.1 million high school athletes and 70,000 college athletes play the sport in the United States annually, almost all of them men, with a few exceptions. The National", "title": "American football" }, { "id": "5571973", "text": "is eclipsed by more popular martial arts like karate and taekwondo. Swimming is a major competitive sport at high school and college level, but receives little mainstream media attention outside of the Olympics. Surfing in the United States and watersports are popular in the U.S. in coastal areas. California and Hawaii are the most popular locations for surfing. The Association of Surfing Professionals was founded in 1983. The most popular team sports in the United States are American football, baseball/softball, basketball, ice hockey, and soccer (association football). All five of these team sports are popular with fans, are widely watched", "title": "Sports in the United States" }, { "id": "12112120", "text": "world championship. The IFAF also fields an U-19 team composed of high school football players that has participated in the 2009, 2012, 2014 and 2016 junior world championships. The national U-19 team won the 2009 and 2014 contests but lost the 2012 contest to Canada. American football in the United States American football is the most popular sport in the United States. The National Football League has the highest average attendance of any sports league in the world. In the United States the game is most often referred to as simply \"football\". There is no single national governing body for", "title": "American football in the United States" }, { "id": "17692148", "text": "Grumman, thanks to a new sponsorship deal with the major defense contractor. Comparisons between the National Football League and NCAA football The National Football League (NFL) and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) are respectively the most popular professional and amateur football organizations in the United States. The National Football League was founded in 1920 and has since become the largest and most popular sport in the United States. The NFL has the highest average attendance of any sporting league in the world, with an average attendance of 66,960 persons per game during the 2011 NFL season. The NFL championship", "title": "Comparisons between the National Football League and NCAA football" }, { "id": "17692112", "text": "Comparisons between the National Football League and NCAA football The National Football League (NFL) and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) are respectively the most popular professional and amateur football organizations in the United States. The National Football League was founded in 1920 and has since become the largest and most popular sport in the United States. The NFL has the highest average attendance of any sporting league in the world, with an average attendance of 66,960 persons per game during the 2011 NFL season. The NFL championship game, the Super Bowl, is among the biggest events in club sports", "title": "Comparisons between the National Football League and NCAA football" }, { "id": "5571985", "text": "those Americans citing their favorite sport, basketball is ranked second (counting amateur levels) behind American football. However, in regards to money the NBA is ranked third in popularity. More Americans play basketball than any other team sport, according to the National Sporting Goods Association, with over 26 million Americans playing basketball. Basketball was invented in 1891 by Canadian physical education teacher James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts. The National Basketball Association (NBA) is the world's premier men's professional basketball league and one of the major professional sports leagues of North America. It contains 30 teams (29 teams in the U.S. and", "title": "Sports in the United States" }, { "id": "5571948", "text": "$69 billion, roughly 50% larger than that of all of Europe, the Middle East, and Africa combined. All four enjoy wide-ranging domestic media coverage and are considered the preeminent leagues in their respective sports in the world, although American football does not have a substantial following in other nations. Three of those leagues have teams that represent Canadian cities, and all four are the most financially lucrative sports leagues of their sport. Major League Soccer (MLS), which also includes teams based in Canada, is sometimes included in a \"top five\" of leagues. Professional teams in all major sports in the", "title": "Sports in the United States" }, { "id": "5571972", "text": "20th century. It is also stated that, between the two companies, an estimated 16 million viewers tuned in every week. Following the conclusion of the Wars and WCW's subsumption into WWF to become the modern WWE, professional wrestling's audience has diminished; however, it still pulls in some of cable television's highest weekly ratings. WWE remains the dominant professional wrestling company in the U.S.; it does not hold a monopoly, as numerous smaller federations have existed, two current examples including Impact Wrestling (formerly known as TNA) and Ring of Honor (ROH). Judo in the United States is not very popular and", "title": "Sports in the United States" }, { "id": "5572039", "text": "under 35. In all groups, however, football is still the most popular. Basketball and soccer are more popular among liberals than conservatives. Though baseball has historically been called the \"national pastime\", American football has considerably grown in popularity with the advent of television over the last several decades. Most debates about \"America's most popular sport\" tend to center on the degree of Americans' identification with either of these two games; the question is a difficult one to resolve. Advocates of baseball point to the overwhelming number of baseball tickets sold annually in the United States and Canada, compared to NFL", "title": "Sports in the United States" }, { "id": "12373032", "text": "U.S., Major League Baseball teams play almost every day. The Major League Baseball regular season consists of each of the 30 teams playing 162 games from April to September. The season ends with the postseason and World Series in October. American football, known in the United States as simply \"football,\" now attracts more television viewers than any other sport and is considered to be the most popular sport in the United States. The 32-team National Football League (NFL) is the most popular professional American football league. The National Football League differs from the other three major pro sports leagues in", "title": "Culture of the United States" }, { "id": "5571998", "text": "Jersey Devils, respectively). At the international level, the United States women's national ice hockey team is one of the two predominant international women's teams in the world, alongside its longtime rival Team Canada. Soccer has been increasing in popularity in the United States in recent years. Soccer is played by over 13 million people in the U.S., making it the third-most played sport in the U.S., more widely played than ice hockey and American football. Most NCAA Division I colleges field both a men's and women's varsity soccer team, and those that field only one team almost invariably field a", "title": "Sports in the United States" }, { "id": "12373036", "text": "national teams are competitive internationally. A twenty-team professional league, Major League Soccer, plays from March to October, but its television audience and overall popularity lag behind other American professional sports. Boxing and horse racing were once the most watched individual sports, but they have been eclipsed by golf and auto racing, particularly NASCAR. Other popular sports are tennis, softball, rodeo, swimming, water polo, fencing, shooting sports, hunting, volleyball, skiing, snowboarding, skateboarding, Ultimate, Disc golf, cycling, MMA, roller derby, wrestling, weightlifting and rugby. Relative to other parts of the world, the United States is unusually competitive in women's sports, a fact", "title": "Culture of the United States" }, { "id": "12363126", "text": "Football League was founded in 1920 and has since become the largest and most popular sport in the United States. The NFL has the highest average attendance of any sporting league in the world, with an average attendance of 66,960 during the 2011 NFL Season. The NFL championship game is called the Super Bowl, and is among the biggest events in club sports worldwide. It is played between the champions of the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC), and its winner is awarded the Vince Lombardi Trophy. College football is the third-most popular sport in the", "title": "American football" }, { "id": "12466815", "text": "relocations was not directly related to finances, as the league was lucrative and stable by this point; instead, the promise of better stadiums drove those relocations. While baseball is known as \"America's national pastime,\" football is the most popular spectator sport in the United States. According to the Harris Poll, professional football moved ahead of baseball as the fans' favorite in 1965, during the emergence of the NFL's challenger, the American Football League, as a major professional football league. Football has remained America's favorite sport ever since. In a Harris Poll conducted in 2008, the NFL was the favorite sport", "title": "History of the National Football League" }, { "id": "5572037", "text": "own sports networks, such as NFL Network, MLB Network, NBA TV, NHL Network, Big Ten Network, Pac-12 Network and SEC Network. Some sports teams run their own television networks as well. Sports are also widely broadcast at the local level, ranging from college and professional sports down to (on some smaller stations) recreational and youth leagues. Internet radio has allowed these broadcasts to reach a worldwide audience. In the broadest definition of sports—physical recreation of all sorts—the four most popular sports among the general population of the United States are exercise walking (90 million), exercising with equipment (53 million), swimming", "title": "Sports in the United States" }, { "id": "19747746", "text": "Basketball in the United States Of those Americans citing their favorite sport, basketball is ranked second (counting amateur levels) behind American football. However, in regard to money the NBA is ranked third in popularity. More Americans play basketball than any other team sport, according to the National Sporting Goods Association, with over 26 million Americans playing basketball. Basketball was invented in 1891 by Canadian physical education teacher James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts. The National Basketball Association (NBA) is the world's premier men's professional basketball league and one of the major professional sports leagues of North America. It contains 30 teams", "title": "Basketball in the United States" }, { "id": "5571975", "text": "the league's championship game, the Super Bowl. Nationwide, the NFL obtains the highest television ratings among major sports. Watching NFL games on television on Sunday afternoons has become a common routine for many Americans during the football season. Super Bowl Sunday is the biggest annual sporting event held in the United States. The Super Bowl itself is always among the highest-rated programs of all-time in the Nielsen ratings. Millions watch college football throughout the fall months, and some communities, particularly in rural areas, place great emphasis on their local high school football teams. The popularity of college and high school", "title": "Sports in the United States" }, { "id": "20326718", "text": "in other North American countries use promotion and relegation systems, where teams are transferred between two divisions based on their performance at the end of each season. The major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada dominate organized men's professional team sports in those two countries: Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Basketball Association (NBA), the National Football League (NFL), the National Hockey League (NHL), Major League Soccer (MLS) and the Canadian Football League (CFL). Liga MX, the top level Association football in Mexico is also widely popular. Caribbean, where cricket is popular, that region's major domestic competitions", "title": "Sports in North America" }, { "id": "12363137", "text": "and rural areas, while college football is most popular in the southern United States and among people with graduate and post-graduate degrees. Football is also the most-played sport by high school and college athletes in the United States. In a 2012 study, the NCAA estimated there were around 1.1 million high school football players and nearly 70,000 college football players in the United States; in comparison, the second-most played sport, basketball, had around 1 million participants in high school and 34,000 in college. The Super Bowl is the most popular single-day sporting event in the United States, and is among", "title": "American football" }, { "id": "5572006", "text": "World Championship, two FIVB Volleyball World Cup, and one FIVB World League. Meanwhile, the women's national team has won the one FIVB World Championship and six editions of the FIVB World Grand Prix. Beach volleyball has increasingly become popular in the United States, in part due to media exposure during the Olympic Games. Rugby union is played professionally, recreationally and in colleges, though it is not governed by the NCAA (see college rugby). An estimated 1.2 million people in the United States play rugby. The U.S. national team has competed at the Rugby World Cup. In rugby sevens, the men's", "title": "Sports in the United States" }, { "id": "12287332", "text": "then all other states have followed suit. A \"Just Say No to Drugs\" movement replaced the more libertine ethos of the 1960s. Since the late nineteenth century, baseball is regarded as the national sport; football, basketball, and ice hockey are the country's three other leading professional team sports. College football and basketball also attract large audiences. Football is now by several measures the most popular spectator sport in the United States. Soccer, though not a leading professional sport in the country, is played widely at the youth and amateur levels. Boxing and horse racing were once the most watched individual", "title": "Society of the United States" }, { "id": "5572029", "text": "numbers equaling those of professional sports. College football games can draw over 100,000 spectators. For upper-tier institutions, sports are a significant source of revenue; for less prominent teams, maintaining a high-level team is a major expense. To ensure some semblance of competitive balance, the NCAA divides its institutions into three divisions (four in football), sorted by the number of athletic scholarships each school is willing to offer. The most practiced college sports, measured by NCAA reporting on varsity team participation, are: (1) football (64,000), (2) baseball/softball (47,000), (3) track and field (46,000), (4) soccer (43,000), (5) basketball (32,000), (6) cross-country", "title": "Sports in the United States" }, { "id": "2932025", "text": "Soccer in the United States Soccer in the United States is governed by the United States Soccer Federation. The organization governs most levels of soccer in the country, including the national teams, professional leagues, and the amateur game with the exception of colleges and high schools. , over 24.4 million people play soccer in the United States. In 2017, Gallup reported that soccer was the third-most played team sport in the U.S., behind only basketball and American football. The popularity of the sport in the U.S. has been growing since the 1960s and 1970s, and received a significant boost when", "title": "Soccer in the United States" }, { "id": "5572030", "text": "running (25,000), and (7) swimming/diving (20,000). The most popular sport among female athletes is soccer, followed closely by track and field. Community college athletics are governed separately by the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA). Most public high schools are members of their respective state athletic association, and those associations are members of the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS). Some states have separate associations for public and non-public high schools. As of 2018, the NFHS reported 29 consecutive years of increasing high school sports participation, driven largely by growth in girls participation. The high school sports with", "title": "Sports in the United States" }, { "id": "5572016", "text": "is the governing body for the sport in the U.S, with various clubs and leagues around the country. The National Championships are held annually. The United States men's national Australian rules football team and the women's national team both regularly play international matches, and play in the Australian Football International Cup, an international tournament. The sport also benefits from an active fan based organization, the Australian Football Association of North America. Bandy is only played in Minnesota. The national team regularly plays in Division A of the Bandy World Championships. In terms of licensed athletes, it is the second biggest", "title": "Sports in the United States" }, { "id": "2543181", "text": "strapped company's assets in 1993 in an effort to revive its earlier success, but they declared bankruptcy in 1994. It was sold to Pat Robertson's International Family Entertainment, Inc. in 1995. In 1993, the Associated Press released results of a national sports study showing that Hamill was statistically tied for first place with fellow Olympian Mary Lou Retton as the most popular athlete in America, ranking far ahead of other major sports stars such as Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Troy Aikman, Dan Marino, Wayne Gretzky, Joe Montana, Nolan Ryan, and 800 other athletes. Hamill has continued to skate in shows,", "title": "Dorothy Hamill" }, { "id": "5572041", "text": "sports, such as the Chicago Cubs, Green Bay Packers, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals, New England Patriots, Washington Redskins, Oakland Raiders and Pittsburgh Steelers, have cultivated famously loyal fan bases across the country. In many cases, identification with a certain football or baseball team is a matter of local identity and family inheritance going back many generations. Furthermore, the popularity of each, as well as of other major team sports, may vary depending on region, ethnicity and age. The following table shows the major professional sports leagues, which average over 15,000 fans per game and that", "title": "Sports in the United States" }, { "id": "20326731", "text": "El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, and Panama. Most of these use promotion and regulation. Baseball evolved from older bat-and-ball games already being played in England by the mid-18th century. This game was brought by immigrants to North America, where the modern version developed. By the late 19th century, baseball was widely recognized as the national sport of the United States. The sport is currently popular in various other North American countries. In the U.S. and Canada, Major League Baseball (MLB) is the top professional level of baseball, while Minor League Baseball (MiLB) comprises several levels and multiple component leagues", "title": "Sports in North America" }, { "id": "5571950", "text": "Europe. Sports are particularly associated with education in the United States, with most high schools and universities having organized sports, and this is a unique sporting footprint for the U.S. College sports competitions play an important role in the American sporting culture, and college basketball and college football are as popular as professional sports in some parts of the country. The major sanctioning body for college sports is the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Unlike most other nations, the United States government does not provide funding for sports nor for the United States Olympic Committee. The history of sports in", "title": "Sports in the United States" }, { "id": "5571974", "text": "on television, have a fully professional league, are played by millions of Americans, enjoy varsity status at many Division I colleges, and are played in high schools throughout the country. Football, known as American football outside the United States, has the most participants of any sport at both high school and college levels, the vast majority of its participants being male. The NFL is the preeminent professional football league in the United States. The NFL has 32 franchises divided into two conferences. After a 16-game regular season, each conference sends six teams to the NFL Playoffs, which eventually culminate in", "title": "Sports in the United States" }, { "id": "5571961", "text": "other motorsports enjoy varying degrees of popularity in the United States: short track motor racing, motocross, monster truck competitions (including the popular Monster Jam circuit), demolition derby, figure 8 racing, mud bogging and tractor pulling. Golf is played in the United States by about 25 million people. The sport's national governing body, the United States Golf Association (USGA), is jointly responsible with The R&A for setting and administering the rules of golf. The USGA conducts four national championships open to professionals: the U.S. Open, U.S. Women's Open, U.S. Senior Open, and the U.S. Senior Women's Open, with the last of", "title": "Sports in the United States" }, { "id": "9651857", "text": "audiences both domestically and internationally. The National Football League was founded in 1920 as a combination of various teams from regional leagues such as the Ohio League, the New York Pro Football League, and the Chicago circuit. The NFL partially absorbed the All-America Football Conference in 1949 and merged with the American Football League in 1970. It has 32 teams, all located in the United States. NFL games are the most attended of domestic professional leagues in the world in terms of per-game attendance, and the most popular in the U.S. in terms of television ratings and merchandising. Its championship", "title": "Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada" }, { "id": "5572004", "text": "table shows additional sports that are played by over 500,000 people in the United States. Lacrosse is a team sport that is believed to have originated with the Iroquois and the Lenape. Lacrosse is most popular in the East Coast area. The National Lacrosse League and Major League Lacrosse are the national box and outdoor lacrosse leagues, respectively, with both leagues operating on a semi-professional level. Volleyball is also a notable sport in the United States, especially at the college and university levels. Unlike most Olympic sports which are sponsored widely at the collegiate level for both sexes, the support", "title": "Sports in the United States" }, { "id": "19341689", "text": "audiences. In soccer, the country hosted the 1994 FIFA World Cup, the men's national soccer team qualified to seven World Cups and the women's team has won the FIFA Women's World Cup three times; Major League Soccer is the sport's highest league in the United States. Boxing and horse racing were once the most watched individual sports, but they have been eclipsed by golf and auto racing, particularly NASCAR. History of sports in the United States The history of sports in the United States shows that most sports evolved out of European practices. However, basketball, volleyball, skateboarding, and snowboarding are", "title": "History of sports in the United States" }, { "id": "20326725", "text": "is the most popular in the regional context in which the word appears. For example, \"football\" unqualified primarily refers to American football in the U.S., Canadian football in Canada, and association football in Mexico. The word \"soccer\" is instead used to refer to association football in the U.S. and Canada. The National Football League (NFL) is the highest professional level of American football in the world, with teams across the United States. College football in the U.S. is primarily organized by the NCAA. The NCAA further divides its Division I football teams into the Football Bowl Subdivision and the Football", "title": "Sports in North America" }, { "id": "2932064", "text": "and YouTube TV also offer sports channels. In addition, Fox Soccer 2Go and FuboTV are soccer-specific over-the-top streaming services. The largest category of soccer in the United States in terms of participation is boys' and girls' youth soccer. Soccer is one of the most played sports by children in the United States. In 2012, soccer was the #4 most played team sport by high school boys, and soccer overtook softball to become the #3 most played team sport by high school girls. As of 2006, the U.S. was the #1 country in the world for participation in youth soccer, with", "title": "Soccer in the United States" }, { "id": "6683651", "text": "each occupy a season at different but overlapping, times of the year. College football and basketball attract large audiences. In soccer, the country hosted the 1994 FIFA World Cup, the men's national soccer team qualified for ten World Cups and the women's team has won the FIFA Women's World Cup three times; Major League Soccer is the sport's highest league in the United States (featuring 19 American and 3 Canadian teams). The market for professional sports in the United States is roughly $69 billion, roughly 50% larger than that of all of Europe, the Middle East, and Africa combined. Eight", "title": "United States" }, { "id": "5571979", "text": "in that no women's division exists for the sport; women who wish to play football in high school or college must compete directly with men. Baseball and a variant, softball, are popular participatory sports in the U.S. The highest level of baseball in the U.S. is Major League Baseball. The World Series of Major League Baseball is the culmination of the sport's postseason each October. It is played between the winner of each of the two leagues, the American League and the National League, and the winner is determined through a best-of-seven playoff. The New York Yankees are noted for", "title": "Sports in the United States" }, { "id": "5572008", "text": "fastest-growing sport in the U.S. The sports profile in the U.S. has received a tremendous boost from the IOC's announcement in 2009 that rugby union would return to the Olympics in 2016. Since the Olympic announcement, rugby union events such as the Collegiate Rugby Championship, the USA Sevens, and the Rugby World Cup have been broadcast on network TV. The USA Sevens, held every year in February or March as part of the World Rugby Sevens Series and adding a parallel women's event in the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series in 2017, regularly draws more than 60,000 fans to Sam", "title": "Sports in the United States" }, { "id": "6683653", "text": "golf and auto racing, particularly NASCAR. Rugby union is considered the fastest growing sport in the U.S., with registered players, numbered at 115,000+ and a further 1.2 million participants. The four major broadcasters in the U.S. are the National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), and Fox. The four major broadcast television networks are all commercial entities. Cable television offers hundreds of channels catering to a variety of niches. Americans listen to radio programming, also largely commercial, on average just over two-and-a-half hours a day. In 1998, the number of U.S. commercial radio stations", "title": "United States" }, { "id": "5572009", "text": "Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas. Rugby football formed the basis of modern American football; the two sports were nearly identical in the late 19th century but diverged into distinct, incompatible codes by the start of the 20th century. In 2006 it was estimated that 30,000 people in the United States play or watch cricket annually. By 2017, this figure had risen to 200,000 people playing cricket in 6,000 teams. Cricket in the United States is not as popular as baseball and is not as popular among as large a fraction of the population as it is within either the Commonwealth", "title": "Sports in the United States" }, { "id": "5571971", "text": "level; high school wrestling is one of the most popular participatory sports for young men in the United States, and college wrestling has a small following. Professional wrestling, which evolved into a mostly scripted (kayfabe) form of sports entertainment over the course of the 20th century, enjoys widespread popularity as a spectator sport. Interest in pro wrestling peaked during the Monday Night Wars of the 1980s and 1990s. This was due to the competition between the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and WCW, which were the two biggest professional wrestling organizations in the country during the last two decades of the", "title": "Sports in the United States" }, { "id": "19345036", "text": "the NBA with the ABA–NBA merger in 1976. It has 30 teams, 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada. The NBA is watched by audiences both domestically and internationally. The National Football League was founded in 1920 as a combination of various teams from regional leagues such as the Ohio League, the New York Pro Football League, and the Chicago circuit. The NFL partially absorbed the All-America Football Conference in 1949 and merged with the American Football League in 1970. It has 32 teams, all located in the United States. NFL games are the most attended of domestic", "title": "Professional sports leagues in the United States" }, { "id": "5572024", "text": "rubber ball is rolled along the ground for the \"batter\" to kick. Roller derby is a contact sport played on roller skates that has had brief surges of popularity throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. Roller Derby was portrayed in the 2009 film \"Whip It\". Since September 2009, there were 350 women's, men's, and junior leagues in the U.S.A. For the most part, unlike sports in Europe and other parts of the world, there is no system of promotion and relegation in American professional sports. Major sports leagues operate as associations of franchises. The same 30–32 teams play in the", "title": "Sports in the United States" }, { "id": "5178081", "text": "for college teams. Boosted by fierce rivalries and colorful traditions, college football still holds widespread appeal in the United States. The origin of professional football can be traced back to 1892, with William \"Pudge\" Heffelfinger's $500 contract to play in a game for the Allegheny Athletic Association against the Pittsburgh Athletic Club. In 1920 the American Professional Football Association was formed. This league changed its name to the National Football League (NFL) two years later, and eventually became the major league of American football. Primarily a sport of Midwestern industrial towns in the United States, professional football eventually became a", "title": "History of American football" }, { "id": "9651850", "text": "Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada The major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada are the highest professional competitions of team sports in those countries. The four leagues universally included in the definition are Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Basketball Association (NBA), the National Football League (NFL), and the National Hockey League (NHL). Other prominent leagues include Major League Soccer (MLS) and the Canadian Football League (CFL). MLB, the NBA, NFL, and NHL are commonly referred to as the \"Big Four\". Each of these is the wealthiest professional club competition in its", "title": "Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada" }, { "id": "5572028", "text": "but are not ready or good enough for the major leagues. The NBA also has a development league for players who are not ready to play at the top level. The extent to which sports are associated with secondary and tertiary education in the United States is rare among nations. Millions of students participate in athletics programs operated by high schools and colleges. Student-athletes often receive scholarships to colleges in recognition of their athletic potential. Currently, the largest governing body of collegiate sports is the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Especially in football and basketball, college sports are followed in", "title": "Sports in the United States" }, { "id": "5920265", "text": "highest rated team earns the #1 rank. Rating systems provide an alternative to traditional sports standings which are based on win-loss-tie ratios. In the United States, the biggest use of sports ratings systems is to rate NCAA college football teams in Division I FBS, choosing teams to play in the College Football Playoff. Sports ratings systems are also used to help determine the field for the NCAA men's and women's basketball tournaments, men's professional golf tournaments, professional tennis tournaments, and NASCAR. They are often mentioned in discussions about the teams that could or should receive invitations to participate in certain", "title": "Sports rating system" }, { "id": "2932051", "text": "ESPN, Fox Sports, and NBC Sports Network regularly provide coverage of soccer, as do several popular Spanish-language channels such as Telemundo, UniMás, and Galavisión. Additionally, the U.S. has several networks devoted mostly or completely to the sport, including Gol TV and beIN Sport USA. The size of the annual TV market in the U.S. for annual club soccer competitions was $126 million as of 2009. The club soccer competitions that generate the most annual revenue from TV audiences today in the United States are England's Premier League ($167m), Major League Soccer ($90m), the Mexican league ($50m), Spain's La Liga ($16m),", "title": "Soccer in the United States" }, { "id": "5572018", "text": "sporting event in the modern world. The United States national cricket team plays in World Cricket League Division IV, the ICC Americas Championship and qualified for ICC Intercontinental Cup. Curling is popular in northern states, possibly because of climate, proximity to Canada, or Scandinavian heritage. The national popularity of curling is growing after significant media coverage of the sport in the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics. Gaelic football and hurling are governed by North American GAA and New York GAA. They do not have a high profile, but are developing sports, with New York fielding a representative team in the", "title": "Sports in the United States" }, { "id": "19341687", "text": "parks and 8300 recreational buildings. WPA spent an additional $229 million on sports and recreational staff workers. Eight Olympic Games have taken place in the United States. The United States has won 2,522 medals at the Summer Olympic Games, more than any other country, and 281 in the Winter Olympic Games, the second most behind Norway. The market for professional sports in the United States in 2012 is $69 billion (about 50% larger than that of all of Europe, the Middle East, and Africa combined.) Baseball has been regarded as the national sport since the late 19th century, with Major", "title": "History of sports in the United States" }, { "id": "5571980", "text": "having won more titles than any other US major professional sports franchise. The Yankees' chief rivals, the Boston Red Sox, also enjoy a huge following in Boston and throughout New England. Midwest baseball has also grown exponentially with teams like the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, and Cincinnati Reds. Particularly with Chicago sports fans who avidly follow the Chicago Cubs and the Chicago White Sox despite the comparative lack of success for the teams, with Chicago Cub fans being known throughout the country as one of the best baseball fans in the country, most notably for their passionate loyalty to", "title": "Sports in the United States" }, { "id": "12373035", "text": "as the National Hockey League pursued a policy of expansion. Lacrosse is a team sport of American and Canadian Native American origin and is the fastest growing sport in the United States. Lacrosse is most popular in the East Coast area. NLL and MLL are the national box and outdoor lacrosse leagues, respectively, and have increased their following in recent years. Also, many of the top Division I college lacrosse teams draw upwards of 7–10,000 for a game, especially in the Mid-Atlantic and New England areas. Soccer is very popular as a participation sport, particularly among youth, and the US", "title": "Culture of the United States" }, { "id": "17825093", "text": "University of Texas at Arlington Mavericks, and University of North Texas Mean Green, respectively. Nearby Arlington, Texas is the new home to the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League. Since joining the league as an expansion team in 1960, the Cowboys have enjoyed substantial success, advancing to eight Super Bowls and winning five. Known widely as \"America's Team\", the Dallas Cowboys are financially the most valuable sports franchise in the United States, worth approximately 2.3 billion dollars. They are also the fifth most valuable sports organization in the world. The Cowboys are only out-valued by Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester", "title": "Sports in Dallas" }, { "id": "2932026", "text": "the United States hosted the 1994 FIFA World Cup and 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. It is the fourth most popular sport in the United States behind American football, baseball and basketball, and is the second fastest growing sport in America, surpassed only by lacrosse. The highest-level men's professional soccer league in the U.S. is Major League Soccer. MLS began play in 1996 with 10 teams and has grown to 23 teams (20 in the United States and 3 in Canada), with further expansion planned. The MLS season runs from March to December, with the regular-season winner awarded the Supporters'", "title": "Soccer in the United States" }, { "id": "9651949", "text": "As of 2015, MLB also handles the NHL's digital operations. Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada The major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada are the highest professional competitions of team sports in those countries. The four leagues universally included in the definition are Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Basketball Association (NBA), the National Football League (NFL), and the National Hockey League (NHL). Other prominent leagues include Major League Soccer (MLS) and the Canadian Football League (CFL). MLB, the NBA, NFL, and NHL are commonly referred to as the \"Big Four\". Each", "title": "Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada" }, { "id": "4639902", "text": "an ensuing kickoff. The break will only occur after the field goal or conversion. The NFL, along with boxing and professional wrestling (before the latter publicly became known as a staged sport), was a pioneer of sports broadcasting during a time when baseball and college football were more popular than professional football. Due to the NFL understanding television at an earlier time, they were able to surpass Major League Baseball in the 1960s as the most popular sport in the United States. \"NBC Sunday Night Football\" became the only second regular live prime time television program in U.S. history to", "title": "National Football League on television" }, { "id": "19091149", "text": "and colorful traditions, college football still holds widespread appeal in the United States. The origin of professional football can be traced back to 1892, with William \"Pudge\" Heffelfinger's $500 contract to play in a game for the Allegheny Athletic Association against the Pittsburgh Athletic Club. In 1920 the American Professional Football Association was formed. This league changed its name to the National Football League (NFL) two years later, and eventually became the major league of American football. Initially a sport of Midwestern industrial towns, professional football eventually became a national phenomenon. In 1911, influential American football historian Parke H. Davis", "title": "Early history of American football" }, { "id": "2932066", "text": "discourse to describe middle- or upper-middle-class suburban women with school-age children. Americans between the ages of 12 and 24 rank professional soccer as their second favorite sport behind only American football. And in 2011, the FIFA video game ranked as the #2 most popular video game in the country, behind only Madden NFL. Though organized locally by organizations all over the United States, there are three main youth soccer club leagues working nationwide through affiliated local associations. The United States Youth Soccer Association boasts over three million players between the ages of five and 19, while American Youth Soccer Organization", "title": "Soccer in the United States" }, { "id": "2932045", "text": "over 24 million Americans play soccer. There are 4.2 million players (2.5 million male and 1.7 million female) registered with U.S. Soccer. , thirty percent of American households contain someone playing soccer, a figure second only to baseball. Increasing numbers of Americans, having played the game in their youth, are now avid spectators. The annual ESPN sports poll has shown soccer as the fourth most popular team sport in the United States every year since overtaking hockey in 2006; as of 2011, 8.2% of Americans rank soccer as their favorite sport (compared to 3.8% for hockey). A 2012 Harris Interactive", "title": "Soccer in the United States" }, { "id": "5571991", "text": "their instability and low budget operations. The WNBA is the premier women's basketball league in the United States as well as the most stable and sustained women's professional sports league in the nation. Several of the 12 teams are owned by NBA teams. The women's national team has won eight Olympic gold medals and 10 FIBA World Cups. Ice hockey, usually referred to in the U.S. simply as \"hockey\", is another popular sport in the United States. In the U.S. the game is most popular in regions of the country with a cold winter climate, namely the northeast and the", "title": "Sports in the United States" }, { "id": "20326726", "text": "Championship Subdivision. The Football Bowl Subdivision has the largest and most competitive schools, and is noted for its system of postseason bowl games. USA Football is the governing body for amateur American football in the U.S., and is a member of the International Federation of American Football (IFAF), the international governing body of American football associations. Several other North American counties are a part of IFAF Americas, the federation of IFAF members in the Americas. In Mexico, the Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional is the professional league, while ONEFA organizes college football. The Canadian Football League (CFL) is the highest", "title": "Sports in North America" }, { "id": "2932124", "text": "citizens. Natives of American Samoa are U.S. nationals, but not U.S. citizens (unless they have a citizen parent). Soccer in the United States Soccer in the United States is governed by the United States Soccer Federation. The organization governs most levels of soccer in the country, including the national teams, professional leagues, and the amateur game with the exception of colleges and high schools. , over 24.4 million people play soccer in the United States. In 2017, Gallup reported that soccer was the third-most played team sport in the U.S., behind only basketball and American football. The popularity of the", "title": "Soccer in the United States" }, { "id": "5571954", "text": "Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The United States has won gold at every games in which it has competed, more gold and overall medals than any other country in the Summer Games and also has the second-most gold and overall medals in the Winter Games, trailing only Norway. From the mid-20th century to the late 1980s, the United States mainly competed with the Soviet Union at the Summer Games and with the Soviet Union, Norway, and East Germany at the Winter Games. However, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, it now primarily contends with China and Great Britain at the", "title": "Sports in the United States" }, { "id": "5572036", "text": "audience, especially young and middle-aged adult males. The advent of cable and satellite television has greatly expanded sports offerings on American TV. ESPN, the first all-sports cable network in the U.S., went on the air in 1979. It has been followed by several sister networks and competitors. Some sports television networks are national, such as CBS Sports Network, Fox Sports 1 and NBC Sports Network, whereas others are regional, such as Comcast SportsNet, Fox Sports Networks and Time Warner Cable SportsChannel. General entertainment channels like FX, TBS, TNT, and USA Network also air sports events. Some sports leagues have their", "title": "Sports in the United States" }, { "id": "5571994", "text": "has junior leagues, the United States Hockey League and North American Hockey League, but they are more restricted to protect junior players' college eligibility). The Frozen Four is college hockey's national championship. The U.S. now has more youth hockey players than all other countries, excluding Canada, combined. USA Hockey is the official governing body for amateur hockey in the United States. The United States Hockey Hall of Fame is located in Eveleth, Minnesota. Internationally, the United States is counted among the Big Six, the group of nations that have historically dominated international ice hockey competition. (The others include Canada, Finland,", "title": "Sports in the United States" }, { "id": "5572017", "text": "winter sport in the world. Cricket in the United States is not a popular sport, but has a niche market with limited inroads, mainly in immigrant communities. The United States of America Cricket Association governs cricket in the United States. Historically, cricket used to be the most popular sport in America during the 18th and early 19th centuries, but declined as baseball overtook cricket. The first intercollegiate tournament in America was the first annual Canada vs. U.S. cricket match, played since 1844, when it was attended by 10,000 spectators in New York., and the annual match is the oldest international", "title": "Sports in the United States" }, { "id": "5572031", "text": "the highest number of participants for 2017 are: Popular high school sports in various regions of the U.S. include the Texas High School football championships, the Indiana basketball championships, and ice hockey in Minnesota. The Minnesota State High School Hockey Tournament is the largest high school sporting event in the country, with average attendance to the top tier, or \"AA\", games over 18,000. The Amateur Athletic Union claims to have over 670,000 participants and over 100,000 volunteers.. The AAU has existed since 1888, and has been influential in amateur sports for that same time span. In the 1970s, the AAU", "title": "Sports in the United States" }, { "id": "2932063", "text": "viewership (and internet viewership, where indicated) are accounted for in these statistics. All of the most-watched matches have taken place since 2010. The highest-rated U.S. World Cup matches have generally involved the U.S. national team. The following table shows the most-viewed international men's team matches other than World Cup matches. Both English and Spanish channel viewership are accounted for in these statistics. FIFA Women's World Cup matches with highest U.S. viewership: Sports television networks like ESPN, Fox Sports, NBC Sports and beIN Sports offer streaming services to cable/satellite television subscribers. Over-the-top streaming services like Sling TV, PlayStation Vue, DirecTV Now", "title": "Soccer in the United States" }, { "id": "5571951", "text": "the United States shows that most sports evolved out of European practices. However, basketball, volleyball, skateboarding, and snowboarding are American inventions, some of which have become popular in other countries and worldwide. Lacrosse and surfing arose from Native American and Native Hawaiian activities that predate Western contact. In colonial Virginia and Maryland sports occupied a great deal of attention at every social level. In England, hunting was severely restricted to landowners. In America, game was more than plentiful. Everyone—including servants and slaves—could and did hunt, so there was no social distinction to be had. In 1691, Sir Francis Nicholson, the", "title": "Sports in the United States" }, { "id": "12363075", "text": "Football League, the most popular American football league, has the highest average attendance of any professional sports league in the world; its championship game, the Super Bowl, ranks among the most-watched club sporting events in the world, and the league has an annual revenue of around US$10 billion. In the United States, American Football is called \"football\". The terms \"gridiron\" or \"American football\" are favored in English-speaking countries where other codes of football are popular, such as the United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, and Australia. American football evolved from the sports of association football (soccer) and rugby football. Rugby football,", "title": "American football" }, { "id": "12466817", "text": "football since they list from thirty to over 100 sports that each respondent must rate. According to the AP, the SMG polls from 1988 to 2004 show NFL football to be the most popular spectator sport in America. The AP stated that \"In the most detailed survey ever of America's sports tastes\" researching \"114 spectator sports they might attend, follow on television or radio or read about in newspapers or magazines, the NFL topped all sports with 39 percent of Americans saying they loved it or considered it one of their favorites.\" In a 2003 study conducted by SMG and", "title": "History of the National Football League" }, { "id": "12363088", "text": "major impact on the popularity of the sport. This, along with the innovations introduced by the new American Football League (AFL) in the early 1960s, helped football to become the most popular sport in the United States by the mid-1960s. The rival American Football League arose in 1960 and challenged the NFL's dominance. The AFL began in relative obscurity but eventually thrived, with an initial television contract with the ABC network. The AFL's existence forced the conservative NFL to expand to Dallas and Minnesota in an attempt to destroy the new league. Meanwhile, the AFL introduced many new features to", "title": "American football" }, { "id": "284560", "text": "professional sports league in the world and is the most popular sports league in the United States. The Super Bowl is among the biggest club sporting events in the world and individual Super Bowl games account for many of the most watched television programs in American history, all occupying the Nielsen's Top 5 tally of the all-time most watched U.S. television broadcasts by 2015. The NFL's executive officer is the commissioner, who has broad authority in governing the league. The players in the league belong to the National Football League Players Association. The team with the most NFL championships is", "title": "National Football League" }, { "id": "2932046", "text": "poll showed soccer to be the fifth favorite team sport, with 2% of Americans ranking soccer as their favorite (compared to 5% for hockey). A 2011 ESPN sports poll ranked soccer as the second most popular sport in the country for 12- to 24-year-olds. In 2013, Lionel Messi became the first soccer player ever to rank among the Top 10 most popular athletes in the U.S. in an ESPN poll, although he was not listed in the Top 10 in a Harris poll. A 2017 poll by Gallup found that soccer is nearly as popular as baseball with 7% of", "title": "Soccer in the United States" }, { "id": "12373031", "text": "gymnastics, hygiene training, and care and development of the human body. In the 1800s, colleges were encouraged to focus on intramural sports, particularly track, field, and, in the late 1800s, American football. Physical education was incorporated into primary school curriculums in the 20th century. Baseball is the oldest of the major American team sports. Professional baseball dates from 1869 and had no close rivals in popularity until the 1960s. Though baseball is no longer the most popular sport, it is still referred to as \"the national pastime.\" Also unlike the professional levels of the other popular spectator sports in the", "title": "Culture of the United States" }, { "id": "14822540", "text": "the non-playing captains for the two competing squads. Some NFL-related events that made headlines throughout 2013 include: A nationwide poll conducted by Harris Interactive in December 2013 concluded that pro football is the favorite sport of Americans. Of the respondents asked the question, \"If you had to choose, which ONE of these sports would you say is your favorite?\", 35% chose pro football. That is up by one percentage point over the results of the previous year. Football has taken the top spot in the annual poll each year since it was first conducted in 1985. Baseball finished second, with", "title": "2013 NFL season" }, { "id": "12466816", "text": "of as many people (30%) as the combined total of the next three professional sports – baseball (15%), auto racing (10%), and hockey (2%). Additionally, football's American television viewership ratings now surpass those of other sports, although football season comprises far fewer games than the seasons of other sports. However, the Harris Poll only allows one unaided selection of a \"favorite sport.\" Other studies and polls such as the ESPN Sports Poll and the studies released by the Associated Press (AP) and conducted by Sports Marketing Group (SMG) from 1988 to 2004, show far higher levels of popularity for NFL", "title": "History of the National Football League" }, { "id": "17768003", "text": "muddy pit, has popularity in rural areas. The Australia-based Supercars Championship, which uses cars roughly similar in appearance to NASCAR stock cars but runs exclusively on road courses and street circuits, expanded to the U.S. in 2013 with an event at the Circuit of the Americas, but that proved to be its only U.S. race to date. Motorsport in the United States Motor sports are widely popular in the United States, but Americans generally ignore major international series, such as Formula One and MotoGP, in favor of home-grown racing series. Americans, like the rest of the world, initially began using", "title": "Motorsport in the United States" }, { "id": "13100251", "text": "chance it will survive. Absolutely no chance whatsoever.\" Major League Soccer has now operated continuously since 1996 and has expanded to 19 teams in the United States and Canada; in 2011 it had a higher average attendance than either the NBA or the NHL. In 2012, a Luker/ESPN survey showed that soccer was the second most popular sport among Americans aged 12–24, behind only NFL football; seven percent of this age bracket described themselves as \"avid\" MLS fans. In 1994, the Chronicle of Philanthropy, a non-profit industry publication, released the results of the first and largest study of charitable and", "title": "Nye Lavalle" }, { "id": "12363146", "text": "these countries American football has not yet reached the same level of popularity it has, for example, in North America. There are national teams of Austria, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Spain and Sweden. In Brazil, American football audience increased 800% between 2013 and 2016, according to ESPN, which is, along to Esporte Interativo, the responsible to the transmission in the country. Brazil's audience is the 3rd of the world, behind only Mexico and United States. NFL leaders visited Maracanã Stadium, in Rio de Janeiro, to verify the field. Rumors were that", "title": "American football" }, { "id": "12179823", "text": "National sport A national sport is considered to be an intrinsic part of the culture of a nation. Some sports are \"de facto\" (not established by law) national sports, as baseball is in the United States and Gaelic games are in the Ireland, while others are \"de jure\" (established by law) national sports, as lacrosse and ice hockey are in Canada. These sports do not have to be necessarily the most played or most followed, which would be either association football or cricket in all but a few countries are widely considered to be important to the significant for its", "title": "National sport" }, { "id": "19345034", "text": "Professional sports leagues in the United States Professional sports leagues in the United States include several major leagues as well as other professional and semi-professional leagues. The major sports leagues tend to have the greatest fan interest, have national TV contracts, draw high fan attendance, and have teams located throughout the largest metropolitan areas in the United States. Major League Baseball is the highest level of play of baseball in North America. It consists of the National League (founded in 1876) and the American League (founded in 1901). Cooperation between the two leagues began in 1903, and the two merged", "title": "Professional sports leagues in the United States" }, { "id": "15924058", "text": "is for under-17s. Many youth sport programmes have multiple age levels, for example under-8, under-10, under-12, etc. It is not, however, only underage sport that may be considered as \"youth\" sport; for example, the existence of the World Rowing U23 Championships recognises that adults aged 18–22 have not yet reached peak condition. Sport is one of the most popular activities among youth all over the world. The most popular sports are association football and swimming. In 2008, a United Nations-sponsored report on \"Sport for Development and Peace\" stated: According to WinterGreen Research, the size of the U.S. youth sports market", "title": "Youth sports" }, { "id": "19341676", "text": "History of sports in the United States The history of sports in the United States shows that most sports evolved out of European practices. However, basketball, volleyball, skateboarding, and snowboarding are American inventions, some of which have become popular in other countries. Lacrosse and surfing arose from Native American and Native Hawaiian activities that predate Western contact. In Chesapeake society (that is, colonial Virginia and Maryland), sports occupied a great deal of attention at every social level, starting at the top. In England, hunting was severely restricted to landowners. In America, game was more than plentiful. Everyone—including servants and slaves—could", "title": "History of sports in the United States" }, { "id": "5571970", "text": "In the 1960s and 1970s, Muhammad Ali became an iconic figure, transformed the role and image of the African American athlete in America by his embrace of racial pride, and transcended the sport by refusing to serve in the Vietnam War. In the 1980s and 1990s, major boxers such as Mike Tyson and Riddick Bowe were marked by crime and self-destruction. Mixed martial arts in the United States developed in the 1990s, and has achieved popularity in the early 21st century. Many companies promote MMA cards, with the U.S.-based UFC the most dominant. Traditional wrestling is performed at the scholastic", "title": "Sports in the United States" }, { "id": "12363127", "text": "United States, behind professional baseball and professional football. The NCAA, the largest collegiate organization, is divided into three Divisions: Division I, Division II and Division III. Division I football is further divided into two subdivisions: the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) and the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). The champions of each level of play are determined through NCAA-sanctioned playoff systems; while the champion of Division I-FBS was historically determined by various polls and ranking systems, the subdivision adopted a four-team playoff system in 2014. High school football is the most popular sport in the United States played by boys; over 1.1", "title": "American football" }, { "id": "12112109", "text": "State's Beaver Stadium, The University of Tennessee's Neyland Stadium and Ohio State's Ohio Stadium, seat more than 100,000 fans and usually sell out. The weekly autumn ritual of college football includes marching bands, cheerleaders, homecoming, parties, the tailgate party; it forms an important part of the culture in much of small-town America. Football is a major source of revenue to the athletic programs of schools, public and private, in the United States. The top college football players enter the NFL Draft after their college careers are over, in hopes of signing with an NFL team. \"FBS\" and \"FCS\" are abbreviations", "title": "American football in the United States" }, { "id": "12363138", "text": "the biggest club sporting events in the world in terms of TV viewership. The NFL makes approximately $10 billion annually. Super Bowl games account for seven of the top eight most-watched broadcasts in American history; Super Bowl XLIX was watched by a record 114.4 million Americans. American football also plays a significant role in American culture. The day on which the Super Bowl is held is considered a \"de facto\" national holiday, and in parts of the country like Texas, the sport has been compared to a religion. Football is also linked to other holidays; New Year's Day is traditionally", "title": "American football" }, { "id": "8059439", "text": "League Baseball, college sports (most notably Big Ten, Pac-12 and Big 12 football, and Big East basketball), soccer matches (including Major League Soccer, Liga MX, Bundesliga, and Copa Libertadores), United States Golf Association championship events, UFC mixed martial arts, and a variety of motorsports events such as NASCAR, IMSA, Formula E, ARCA, and the NHRA. FS1 also features daily sports news, analysis and discussion programming as well as sports-related reality and documentary programs. The network is based primarily from the Fox Sports division's headquarters in the Westwood section of Los Angeles, California, though the network also has significant broadcast operations", "title": "Fox Sports 1" }, { "id": "15810857", "text": "\"Saturday Night Live\") until September 7, 2014, when that program also moved to Stamford. NBCSN simulcast two matches of the 2018 FIFA World Cup from Spanish-language rights holder and corporate sibling Telemundo: Brazil vs. Switzerland on June 17, and England vs. Belgium on June 28. On December 2018, NBCSN became the No.2 national sport network in the U.S after ESPN while dethroning ESPN 2 (which fell to No.4) and FS1 now in No.3 WSOF was formed in 2012, having signed a broadcast deal with the NBC Sports Network. This was the third MMA promotion that NBC Sports has hosted, having", "title": "NBCSN" }, { "id": "8474510", "text": "United States national American football team The United States National American football team represents the United States in international men's American football competitions. It was controlled by USA Football, and was recognized by the International Federation of American Football (IFAF) until the 2015 split between IFAF Paris and IFAF New York. The United States is the most successful team at the IFAF World Championship, winning on all three of their entries in the tournament, most recently when hosting the event in 2015. The U.S. team suffered its first defeat at the 2017 World Games, being represented by college players. The", "title": "United States national American football team" } ]

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[ { "id": "3194985", "text": "Flight of the Bumblebee \"Flight of the Bumblebee\" is an orchestral interlude written by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov for his opera \"The Tale of Tsar Saltan\", composed in 1899–1900. Its composition is intended to musically evoke the seemingly chaotic and rapidly changing flying pattern of a bumblebee. Despite the piece's being a rather incidental part of the opera, it is today one of the more familiar classical works because of its frequent use in popular culture. The piece closes Act III, Tableau 1, during which the magic Swan-Bird changes Prince Gvidon Saltanovich (the Tsar's son) into an insect so that he can", "title": "Flight of the Bumblebee" }, { "id": "3194991", "text": "David Helfgott. Flight of the Bumblebee \"Flight of the Bumblebee\" is an orchestral interlude written by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov for his opera \"The Tale of Tsar Saltan\", composed in 1899–1900. Its composition is intended to musically evoke the seemingly chaotic and rapidly changing flying pattern of a bumblebee. Despite the piece's being a rather incidental part of the opera, it is today one of the more familiar classical works because of its frequent use in popular culture. The piece closes Act III, Tableau 1, during which the magic Swan-Bird changes Prince Gvidon Saltanovich (the Tsar's son) into an insect so that", "title": "Flight of the Bumblebee" }, { "id": "1614990", "text": "viscosity at the scale of small insects meant even their small wings can move a very large volume of air relative to their size, and this reduces the power required to sustain flight by an order of magnitude. The orchestral interlude \"Flight of the Bumblebee\" was composed (c. 1900) by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. It represents the turning of Prince Guidon into a bumblebee so he can fly away to visit his father, Tsar Saltan, in the opera \"The Tale of Tsar Saltan\", although the music may reflect the flight of a bluebottle rather than a bumblebee. The music inspired Walt Disney", "title": "Bumblebee" }, { "id": "3194990", "text": "perform. Often in popular culture, it is thought of as being notoriously hard to play. In the \"Tsar Saltan\" suite, the short version is commonly played, taking less than two minutes. In the Opera version, the three-minute fifty-five-second version is performed. Although the original orchestral version assigns portions of the sixteenth-note runs to various instruments in tandem, in the century since its composition the piece has become a standard showcase for solo instrumental virtuosity, whether on the original violin or on practically any other melodic instrument. Sergei Rachmaninov's transcription for piano features in the film \"Shine\" and is interpreted by", "title": "Flight of the Bumblebee" }, { "id": "19430301", "text": "for the fastest performance of the \"Flight of the Bumblebee\" at the \"Just For Laughs\" festival in Montreal on 22 July 2011, playing the piece in 53 seconds. The song has a direct connection to martial arts master Bruce Lee, who starred on the radio program Green Hornet. \"Flight\" was the show's theme music, blended with a hornet buzz created on a Theremin. The play upon which the opera was based – written by Alexander Pushkin – originally had two more insect themes: the Flight of the Mosquito and the Flight of the Fly. Neither was made into musical pieces.", "title": "Insects in music" }, { "id": "822806", "text": "variety of orchestral effects than in his instrumental works and fine vocal writing. Excerpts and suites from them have proved as popular in the West as the purely orchestral works. The best-known of these excerpts is probably \"Flight of the Bumblebee\" from \"The Tale of Tsar Saltan (Rimsky-Korsakov),\" which has often been heard by itself in orchestral programs, and in countless arrangements and transcriptions, most famously in a piano version made by Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff. Other selections familiar to listeners in the West are \"Dance of the Tumblers\" from \"The Snow Maiden\", \"Procession of the Nobles\" from \"Mlada\", and", "title": "Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov" }, { "id": "3194986", "text": "fly away to visit his father (who does not know that he is alive). Although in the opera the Swan-Bird sings during the first part of the \"Flight\", her vocal line is melodically uninvolved and easily omitted; this feature, combined with the fact that the number decisively closes the scene, made easy extraction as an orchestral concerto piece possible. Here is the text of the scene where the Swan-Bird sings during this music: Although the \"Flight\" does not have a title in the score of the opera, its common English title translates like the Russian one (\"Полёт шмеля\" = \"Polyot", "title": "Flight of the Bumblebee" }, { "id": "3194989", "text": "original poem, upon which this opera is based, will note that Gvidon is supposed to go on three separate trips to Saltan's kingdom, each of which requires a transformation into a different insect. \"Flight of the Bumblebee\" is recognizable for its frantic pace when played up to tempo, with nearly uninterrupted runs of chromatic sixteenth notes. It is not so much the pitch or range of the notes that are played that challenges the musician, but simply the musician's ability to move to them quickly enough. Because of this and its complexity, it requires a great deal of skill to", "title": "Flight of the Bumblebee" }, { "id": "1614991", "text": "to feature a bumblebee in his 1940 animated musical \"Fantasia\" and have it sound as if it were flying in all parts of the theater. This early attempt at \"surround sound\" was unsuccessful, and the music was excluded from the film's release. In 1599, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, someone, possibly Tailboys Dymoke, published \"Caltha Poetarum: Or The Bumble Bee\", under the pseudonym \"T. Cutwode\". This was one of nine books censored under the Bishop's Ban issued by the Archbishop of Canterbury John Whitgift and the Bishop of London Richard Bancroft. Emily Dickinson made a bumblebee the subject", "title": "Bumblebee" }, { "id": "5796073", "text": "for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 55th Academy Awards. Many sequences from the film were used in the 1997 documentary \"A Frozen Dream\" (\"En frusen dröm\"), also directed by Troell. The early drafts for a script were written in 1977, and the same year a team consisting of Jan Troell, the producer Bengt Forslund, the original writer of the novel Per Olof Sundman and a few other people went to Spitsbergen for location scouting. Troell was at the time in the post-production process of his film \"Bang!\", and when \"Bang!\" was selected for the 1977", "title": "Flight of the Eagle" }, { "id": "1614987", "text": "to achieve flight with the degree of wing loading necessary. The origin of this claim has been difficult to pin down with any certainty. John H. McMasters recounted an anecdote about an unnamed Swiss aerodynamicist at a dinner party who performed some rough calculations and concluded, presumably in jest, that according to the equations, bumblebees cannot fly. In later years, McMasters backed away from this origin, suggesting there could be multiple sources, and the earliest he has found was a reference in the 1934 book \"\" by French entomologist Antoine Magnan (1881–1938); they had applied the equations of air resistance", "title": "Bumblebee" }, { "id": "16847939", "text": "Tsar of Saltan\". The piece is one of the most recognizable pieces in classical composition. The bumblebee in the story is a prince who has been transformed into an insect so that he can fly off to visit his father. The play upon which the opera was based – written by Alexandr Pushkin – originally had two more insect themes: the Flight of the Mosquito and the Flight of the Fly. The Hungarian composer Béla Bartók explained in his diary that he was attempting to depict the desperate attempts to escape of a fly caught in a cobweb in his", "title": "Human interactions with insects" }, { "id": "2567936", "text": "and \"The Front Page\" (1974). His compositions for television include \"Somewhere in the Night\", the theme for \"Naked City\" (1960), and his jazzy arrangement of \"Flight of the Bumblebee\" for \"The Green Hornet\" (1966) with trumpet by Al Hirt. He composed the Batgirl theme for \"Batman\" (1966). He and Nelson Riddle wrote music for episodes of \"Naked City\" (1960), \"Batman\" (1966), \"The Green Hornet\" (1966), \"Emergency!\" (1972), and \"CHiPs\" (1977). May also arranged and produced the song \"River of No Return\" for Tennessee Ernie Ford for the 1954 film of the same name starring Marilyn Monroe and Robert Mitchum. Billy", "title": "Billy May" }, { "id": "19430299", "text": "song by the Dave Matthews Band. The song features the themes of the monotony of everyday life being like ants marching endlessly to and fro. Both the theme and the music of the song are beloved by fans, being played over 1,000 times live in concert. Dave Matthews himself once declared, \"This song is our anthem.\" The Irish folk singer Sinéad Lohan included the song \"Bee In The Bottle\" on her 1995 album \"Who Do You Think I Am\". Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov wrote \"Flight of the Bumblebee\" as an orchestral interlude for his opera \"The Tale of Tsar Saltan\", composed in", "title": "Insects in music" }, { "id": "13901202", "text": "Ritual Fire Dance Danza ritual del fuego () is a movement of the ballet \"El amor brujo\" (The Bewitched Love), written by the Spanish composer Manuel de Falla in 1915. It was made popular by the composer's own piano arrangement. The dance has a duration of about three to four and a half minutes. The work can be associated to 1910 Rimsky-Korsakov's \"Flight of the Bumblebee\" due to its fast, repetitive trills and ornaments. The piece was also influenced by the traditional, religious ceremony of a fire dance. This is a dance which was used to worship the fire-god, and", "title": "Ritual Fire Dance" }, { "id": "19430297", "text": "Insects in music Insect names have appeared in music from Rimsky-Korsakov's \"Flight of the Bumblebee\" to such popular songs as \"Blue-tailed Fly\" and the folk song \"La Cucaracha\" which is about a cockroach. Insect groups mentioned include bees, ants, flies and the various singing insects such as cicadas, crickets, and beetles, while other songs refer to \"bugs\" in general. Insects including bees, cicadas, crickets and grasshoppers produce sounds, whether by flying or by stridulation, attracting human interest. Insect sounds have accordingly been the inspiration for a variety of forms of music. Among Western composers, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov imitates the quick buzzing", "title": "Insects in music" }, { "id": "18947826", "text": "The Flight of the Horse The Flight of the Horse is a collection of science fiction and fantasy stories by Larry Niven, first published in paperback by Ballantine Books in September 1973, and reprinted in January 1974, January 1975, December 1976, December 1977, November 1978, January 1981, December 1982, and October 1985. The first British edition was published by Orbit Books in June 1975 and reprinted in 1979, 1982, August 1986, 1988, and March 1999. The book has also been translated into Italian. Most of the pieces were originally published between 1969 and 1972 in the magazines \"The Magazine of", "title": "The Flight of the Horse" }, { "id": "16847938", "text": "expedition. Horror films involving insects, sometimes called \"big bug movies\", include the pioneering 1954 \"Them!\", featuring giant ants mutated by radiation, and the 1957 \"The Deadly Mantis\". \"The Far Side\", a newspaper cartoon, has been used by professor of Michael Burgett as a teaching tool in his entomology class; \"The Far Side\" and its author Gary Larson have been acknowledged by biologist Dale H. Clayton his colleague for \"the enormous contribution\" Larson has made to their field through his cartoons. The \"Flight of the Bumblebee\" was written by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, in 1899–1900, as part of his opera, \"The Tale of", "title": "Human interactions with insects" }, { "id": "15230226", "text": "this was changed to: The radio show used Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's \"Flight of the Bumblebee\" as its theme music, blended with a hornet buzz created on a theremin. Other famous classical works used as incidental music for the series included Hector Berlioz's \"Symphonie fantastique\". Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's \"Pathetique Symphony\" and \"Francesca di Rimini\", Rimsky-Korsakov's \"Scheherazade\", Ludwig van Beethoven's \"Pastoral Symphony\", Paul Dukas' \"The Sorcerer's Apprentice\", Antonín Dvořák's \"\"From the New World\" Symphony\". Modest Mussorgsky's \"Night on Bald Mountain\", Gustav Holst's \"Mars, the Bringer of War\" from \"The Planets\", the \"Overture\" to Richard Wagner's \"The Flying Dutchman\"; \"The Infernal Dance of King", "title": "The Green Hornet (radio series)" }, { "id": "12546014", "text": "of \"Child in Time\" was worked out at these sessions. \"Flight of the Rat\" evolved during rehearsals from a humorous re-arrangement of \"Flight of the Bumble Bee\" by Glover. Though \"In Rock\" was this lineup's first studio album, two other MkII recordings preceded it: the Greenaway-Cook penned single \"Hallelujah\" and the ambitious \"Concerto for Group and Orchestra\", a Jon Lord composition that was recorded live on 24 September 1969 by the band with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. \"In Rock\" was recorded at IBC Studios in London, with the first sessions in October, 1969. Recording was spaced out between gigs, which", "title": "Deep Purple in Rock" }, { "id": "16756706", "text": "for each level is a rendition of a Russian classical music composition. Among the selections are \"The Great Gate of Kiev\", the final movement from Mussorgsky's suite \"Pictures at an Exhibition\" (1874); \"Swan's Theme\" from Tchaikovsky's ballet \"Swan Lake\" (1876); and \"Flight of the Bumblebee\", an interlude from Rimsky-Korsakov's opera \"The Tale of Tsar Saltan\" (1900). Gorby no Pipeline Daisakusen Gorby no Pipeline Daisakusen is a puzzle video game developed by Compile for the MSX2, Famicom, and FM Towns. It was published by Tokuma Shoten in 1991. In the game, the player assembles water pipe segments for a pipeline from", "title": "Gorby no Pipeline Daisakusen" }, { "id": "3194988", "text": "dis e ees d des c cis d dis } »}</score> <br> <score override_midi=\"Fotbbmotives2.mid\" vorbis>\\relative c'{\\tempo \"2.\" \\clef \"bass\" \\time 2/4 r4 e8 c a f a c e \\bar\"||\"}</score> The music of this number recurs in modified form during the ensuing tableau (Act III, Tableau 2), at the points when the Bumblebee appears during the scene: it stings the two evil sisters on the brow, blinds Babarikha (the instigator of the plot to trick Saltan at the beginning into sending his wife away), and in general causes havoc at the end of the tableau. The readers of Alexander Pushkin's", "title": "Flight of the Bumblebee" }, { "id": "5267301", "text": "Bilibin's illustration otherwise corresponds to the \"Flight of the Bumblebee\" from Act 3. Audio Recordings (\"Mainly studio recordings\") Source: www.operadis-opera-discography.org.uk Notes Sources The Tale of Tsar Saltan (opera) The Tale of Tsar Saltan (, \"Skazka o Tsare Saltane\") is an opera in four acts with a prologue (a total of seven scenes) by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. The libretto was written by Vladimir Belsky, and is based on the poem of the same name by Aleksandr Pushkin. The opera was composed in 1899–1900 to coincide with Pushkin's centenary, and was first performed in 1900 in Moscow, Russia. The lengthy full title of", "title": "The Tale of Tsar Saltan (opera)" }, { "id": "11466575", "text": "1874 which resembles and precedes Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight of the Bumblebee. Pasculli's works require extraordinary virtuosity on the instrument. His pieces make constant use of arpeggiations, trills, and scales, and require the oboist to practice circular breathing. His output was essentially forgotten early in the twentieth century, and he remained in oblivion until oboists Heinz Holliger and Omar Zoboli began reviving his music. As a result, some of his works are now available in recordings. Antonio Pasculli Antonio Pasculli (13 October 1842 – 23 February 1924) was an Italian oboist and composer, known as \"the Paganini of the oboe\". Pasculli was", "title": "Antonio Pasculli" }, { "id": "3194987", "text": "shmelya\"). Incidentally, this piece does not constitute one of the movements of the orchestral suite that Rimsky-Korsakov derived from the opera for concerts. Those familiar with the opera \"Tsar Saltan\" may recognize two leitmotifs used in the \"Flight,\" both of which are associated with Prince Gvidon from earlier in the opera. These are illustrated here in musical notation: Gvidon's Leitmotifs in \"Flight of the Bumblebee\" <score override_midi=\"Fotbbmotives1.mid\" vorbis>\\relative c'{ \\new PianoStaff « \\new Staff { \\tempo \"1.\" \\time 2/4 e4^\"Fundamental form\" c8 f e4 c \\bar \"||\"} \\new Staff { e16^\"Transformation in the \\\"Flight\\\"\" ees d des c f e", "title": "Flight of the Bumblebee" }, { "id": "15289183", "text": "and featured in, the 2004 British drama film written and directed by Charles Dance, \"Ladies in Lavender\". Stage productions in which Lewis has appeared include the West End musical \"Oliver!\" and a European tour with \"War of the Worlds\". The show \"Spirit of the Dance\" brought Lewis' fame for fast violin playing to the fore. Playing the role of a crazy fiddler onstage, Lewis performed Rimsky-Korsakov's \"Flight of the Bumblebee\"; an orchestral interlude written for the opera \"The Tale of Tsar Saltan\". Over the course of the show's world tour, Lewis performed the tune around 1,500 times. Appearing on a", "title": "Oliver Lewis (violinist)" }, { "id": "20653474", "text": "worked on both songs, \"Shizuku ~Sizk~\" was aided by PIUS and 345. \"Rosario ~Rosary~\" also had the help of Swedish songwriter Erik Lidbom and MUSOH. \"Bumblebee\" written by Lead members Shinya Tanuichi and Akira Yamaoka, with Shinya writing the rap portions. The music was written and composed by Drew Ryan Scott, Darren \"Baby Dee Beats\" Smith and Sean Alexander. Drew Ryan Scott was the original singer-songwriter for the Los Angeles, California now-disbanded-based boy band After Romeo. Darren \"Baby Dee Beats\" Smith is most well known for his work with South Korean girl group Oh My Girl and group SHINee. Sean", "title": "Bumblebee (Lead song)" }, { "id": "20632893", "text": "Classic Kids Classic Kids is a compilation album of classical music compiled by Stephen McGhee. It was released in 1992 by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and was subtitled \"A Fun Way for Children to Enjoy the Classics\". Whilst sometimes credited to ABC Symphony Orchestra, it was recorded by various Australian orchestras, conductors and soloists. A 68-page teachers guide was available with the album. The album won the ARIA Award for Best Children's Album in 1993. William Tell overture<br> 1. Finale (Gioachino Rossini) Nutcracker<br> 2. March (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky)<br> 3. Trepak (Tchaikovsky)<br> 4. Flight of the bumble bee (Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov) Snugglepot", "title": "Classic Kids" }, { "id": "14177843", "text": "interlude, \"Flight of the Bumblebee,\" used for the radio series, was so strongly identified with \"The Green Hornet\" that it was retained as the series theme, but it was rearranged by Billy May, who also composed the new background scores, and conducted by Lionel Newman, with a trumpet solo by Al Hirt, performed in a jazz style nicknamed \"Green Bee.\" Each episode begins with the following monologue, narrated by producer William Dozier: Years later, the Billy May music was featured in the 2003 film \"Kill Bill, Vol. 1,\" starring Uma Thurman versus David Carradine, in which Quentin Tarantino paid tribute", "title": "The Green Hornet (TV series)" }, { "id": "1614993", "text": "the poet Sylvia Plath, wrote a group of poems about bees late in 1962, within four months of her suicide, transforming her father's interest into her poetry. The scientist and illustrator Moses Harris (1731–1785) painted accurate watercolour drawings of bumblebees in his \"An Exposition of English Insects Including the Several Classes of Neuroptera, Hymenoptera, & Diptera, or Bees, Flies, & Libellulae (1776–80)\". Bumblebees appear as characters, often eponymously, in children's books. The surname Dumbledore in the Harry Potter series (1997–2007) is an old name for bumblebee. J. K. Rowling said the name \"seemed to suit the headmaster, because one of", "title": "Bumblebee" }, { "id": "13901207", "text": "are then crotchet chords for 15 bars. A descending arpeggio and low final note finish the piece. Ritual Fire Dance Danza ritual del fuego () is a movement of the ballet \"El amor brujo\" (The Bewitched Love), written by the Spanish composer Manuel de Falla in 1915. It was made popular by the composer's own piano arrangement. The dance has a duration of about three to four and a half minutes. The work can be associated to 1910 Rimsky-Korsakov's \"Flight of the Bumblebee\" due to its fast, repetitive trills and ornaments. The piece was also influenced by the traditional, religious", "title": "Ritual Fire Dance" }, { "id": "11167709", "text": "Charles Edward Pogue Charles Edward Pogue Jr. (born January 18, 1950) is an American screenwriter, playwright and stage actor. He is best known for writing the screenplays of \"The Hound of the Baskervilles\" (1983), \"Psycho III\" (1986), \"The Fly\" (1986) and \"Dragonheart\" (1996). Pogue was born on January 18, 1950 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of Charles Edward Pogue Sr. (1921–1994) and Ruth Elizabeth Hick (1921–2010). He grew up in Fort Thomas, Kentucky and graduated from Highlands High School in 1968. He earned a degree in theater arts from the University of Kentucky in 1972 where he was active in", "title": "Charles Edward Pogue" }, { "id": "11167712", "text": "Charles Edward Pogue Charles Edward Pogue Jr. (born January 18, 1950) is an American screenwriter, playwright and stage actor. He is best known for writing the screenplays of \"The Hound of the Baskervilles\" (1983), \"Psycho III\" (1986), \"The Fly\" (1986) and \"Dragonheart\" (1996). Pogue was born on January 18, 1950 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of Charles Edward Pogue Sr. (1921–1994) and Ruth Elizabeth Hick (1921–2010). He grew up in Fort Thomas, Kentucky and graduated from Highlands High School in 1968. He earned a degree in theater arts from the University of Kentucky in 1972 where he was active in", "title": "Charles Edward Pogue" }, { "id": "5356257", "text": "The \"Flight of the Wounded Bumblebee\" – an interpretation of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's \"Flight of the Bumblebee\" – as the intro guitar solo to the track \"He-Man Woman Hater\". \"Pornograffitti\" garnered admiration for Bettencourt from rock guitar enthusiasts. He was voted \"Best New Talent\" in a 1991 readers' poll by \"Guitar World\" magazine, and that magazine later named him \"Most Valuable Player\" of 1991. The band followed up with \"III Sides to Every Story\" in 1992. Bettencourt composed and arranged the brass and string sections for this album and the full orchestra on the album. In 1995, Extreme released the album", "title": "Nuno Bettencourt" }, { "id": "13521550", "text": "poem (which, as with the modern version, was missing its beginning and ending) was destroyed in the fire at Ashburnham House that also damaged and destroyed several other works in the Cotton library. The poem has come down to us thanks to the transcription of it made c. 1724, which was published by Thomas Hearne in 1726. After being lost, the original transcription was found in the Bodleian Library in the 1930s. Who made this original transcription is still unclear, some favouring John Elphinstone, others David Casley. According to some scholars, the poem must have been written close to the", "title": "The Battle of Maldon" }, { "id": "10882808", "text": "Florian ZaBach Florian ZaBach (August 15, 1918 – February 25, 2006) was an American musician and TV personality. His recording of \"The Hot Canary\" sold a million copies and reached the top 15 on the Pop charts in 1951. \"Believe It or Not\" timed his violin performance of \"The Flight of the Bumblebee\" and wrote, \"he plays 12.8 notes per second ... faster than any known violinist in history\". He hosted a television show in 1954 that was aired in cities around the world. In 1960, for his work on television, ZaBach was honored with a star on the Hollywood", "title": "Florian ZaBach" }, { "id": "5267300", "text": "transliteration: http://aquarius-classic.ru/album?aid=188&tid=7&ver=eng Act 1<br> Act 2<br> Act 3<br> Act 4<br> Suite from the Opera \"The Tale of Tsar Saltan\", Op. 57 (1903) The \"Flight of the Bumblebee\" is also performed in various arrangements at concerts and recitals, but is not part of the Suite. Ivan Bilibin made the following illustrations for Pushkin's tale in 1905. Bilibin would later provide designs for the premieres of Rimsky-Korsakov's version of \"Boris Godunov\" (1908), and \"The Golden Cockerel\" (1909). The \"Flight of the mosquito\" episode was not included in the opera by Rimsky-Korsakov (nor that of the fly) for the sake of brevity, but", "title": "The Tale of Tsar Saltan (opera)" }, { "id": "3696874", "text": "his exceptional tap dancing and teaching. He was best known for his work with jazz and bebop and in his latter years his work with classical music, in particular, his rendition of \"Flight of the Bumblebee\". A documentary produced by David Wadsworth, \"Songs Unwritten\", was filmed about Collins and released shortly after his death. He died of lung cancer in Boston 1985. Leon Collins Leon Collins (February 7, 1922 - April 16, 1985) was an American tap dancer. Collins was born in Chicago, Illinois. He began tap dancing at an early age, and later worked professionally with various groups, with", "title": "Leon Collins" }, { "id": "804590", "text": "of the Valkyries\" by Richard Wagner, \"The Swan of Tuonela\" by Jean Sibelius, \"Invitation to the Dance\" by Carl Maria von Weber, the Polka and Fugue from \"Schwanda the Bagpiper\" by Jaromír Weinberger and \"Flight of the Bumblebee\" by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, which was later adapted into the \"Bumble Boogie\" segment in \"Melody Time\" (1948). The film's disappointing initial box office performance and the USA's entry into World War II brought an end to these plans. Deems Taylor prepared introductions for \"The Firebird\" by Stravinsky, \"La Mer\" by Claude Debussy, \"Adventures in a Perambulator\" by John Alden Carpenter, \"Don Quixote\" by", "title": "Fantasia (1940 film)" }, { "id": "19430303", "text": "entitled \"El Grillo\" (The Cricket). It is among the most frequently sung of his works. The jazz musician and philosophy professor David Rothenberg plays duets with singing insects including cicadas, crickets, and beetles. Insects in music Insect names have appeared in music from Rimsky-Korsakov's \"Flight of the Bumblebee\" to such popular songs as \"Blue-tailed Fly\" and the folk song \"La Cucaracha\" which is about a cockroach. Insect groups mentioned include bees, ants, flies and the various singing insects such as cicadas, crickets, and beetles, while other songs refer to \"bugs\" in general. Insects including bees, cicadas, crickets and grasshoppers produce", "title": "Insects in music" }, { "id": "9559521", "text": "Flight of the Old Dog Flight of the Old Dog is a 1987 thriller novel written by Dale Brown. The novel's descriptions of B-52 controls and operations are based on Brown's knowledge of the systems as a USAF navigator. The flight is also recreated as a special mission in the video game Megafortress. Set in November to December 1987 (December 1988 in the sequel \"Night of the Hawk\"), \"Flight of the Old Dog\" is the story of a secret highly modified B-52 bomber flying into the Soviet Union on an impromptu strike mission. The book begins with a B-52 crew", "title": "Flight of the Old Dog" }, { "id": "1614988", "text": "to insects and found their flight was impossible, but \"One shouldn't be surprised that the results of the calculations don't square with reality\". The following passage appears in the introduction to \"Le Vol des Insectes\": This translates to: Magnan refers to his assistant André Sainte-Laguë. Some credit physicist Ludwig Prandtl (1875–1953) of the University of Göttingen in Germany with popularizing the idea. Others say Swiss gas dynamicist Jacob Ackeret (1898–1981) did the calculations. The calculations that purported to show that bumblebees cannot fly are based upon a simplified linear treatment of oscillating aerofoils. The method assumes small amplitude oscillations without", "title": "Bumblebee" }, { "id": "12659400", "text": "The Bumblebee Flies Anyway (novel) The Bumblebee Flies Anyway is a young adult novel by Robert Cormier. It was published in 1983. This story stars teenaged Barney Snow, an American resident also part of \"the Complex,\" an experimental facility where drugs are tested on children and teens with terminal illnesses. He questions why he is there and what is being done to him but also uncovers a terrible secret about himself. Later, he starts to devise a plan that will take him and the people around him on one last glorious ride. In 1999, a film adaptation was made starring", "title": "The Bumblebee Flies Anyway (novel)" }, { "id": "6451455", "text": "within 19 weeks, where it stayed for one week. The single sold two million copies, while the album sold about 750,000 copies. The second single, a rendition of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's \"Flight of the Bumblebee\" titled \"Flight '76\", was less successful, reaching only number 44 on the Hot 100. The song was featured in the video games \"LittleBigPlanet 2\", \"Dance Dance Revolution Universe 3\" and \"DJ Hero 2\" (mixed with \"Welcome to Jamrock\") and the movies \"Mystery Men\", \"Semi-Pro\", \"The Stepford Wives\", and \"American Made\". It was featured in the 2006 \"Family Guy\" episode \"Hell Comes to Quahog\", where at the", "title": "A Fifth of Beethoven" }, { "id": "808801", "text": "New York City, where she worked as a reservation clerk for British Overseas Airways Corporation; there, she began writing a collection of essays and short stories about people in Monroeville. Hoping to be published, Lee presented her writing in 1957 to a literary agent recommended by Capote. An editor at J. B. Lippincott, who bought the manuscript, advised her to quit the airline and concentrate on writing. Donations from friends allowed her to write uninterruptedly for a year. After finishing the first draft and returning it to Lippincott, the manuscript, at that point titled \"Go Set a Watchman\", fell into", "title": "To Kill a Mockingbird" }, { "id": "19025790", "text": "Bane released the album called “The Ultra Extreme”. This material was in the making from 1984 till 1994, and was recorded on a standard tape recorder at home, from the first hand without repetition or overplay. This material is interesting because it shows how he played at different points in time, from the age of sixteen onwards. The album includes cover versions of Niccolo Paganini’s 5th, 11th and 16th caprices, Moto Perpetuo, as well as Rimsky-Korsakov’s \"Flight of the Bumblebee\". Bane also composed his own two caprices – \"La ruota della vita\", which was played in staccato technique and \"La", "title": "Bane Jelic" }, { "id": "1588760", "text": "famed arranger and composer Billy May. Thematically reminiscent of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's \"Flight of the Bumblebee\", it showcased Hirt's technical prowess. The recording again gained public attention in 2003 when it was used in the film \"Kill Bill\". From the mid-1950s to early 1960s, Hirt and his band played nightly at Dan's Pier 600 at the corner of St. Louis and Bourbon Street. The club was owned by his business manager, Dan Levy, Sr. In 1962 Hirt opened his own club on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter, which he ran until 1983. He also became a minority owner in the", "title": "Al Hirt" }, { "id": "707110", "text": "of Worcester late in the 11th century. It is fortuitous that this was attached at an early date to a very notable manuscript, Asser's \"Life of King Alfred\", which undoubtedly assisted in its survival. The manuscript, by now detached, was burned in the Cotton library fire at Ashburnham House in 1731. The keeper of the collection, John Elphinstone (or his assistant, David Casley), had transcribed the 325 lines of the poem in 1724, but the front and back pages were already missing from the manuscript (possibly around 50 lines each): an earlier catalogue described it as \"fragmentum capite et calce", "title": "Battle of Maldon" }, { "id": "5047756", "text": "million copies, while the album sold about 750,000 copies. The second single, a rendition of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's \"Flight of the Bumblebee\" titled \"Flight '76\", was less successful, reaching only number 44 on the Hot 100. The record was credited to \"Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band\" upon encouragement from Private Stock, who believed it would become a hit if credited to a group rather than an individual. However, two days following the record's release, Private Stock discovered the existence of another Big Apple Band (which promptly changed its name to Chic); the record was later re-released and credited to", "title": "Walter Murphy" }, { "id": "3125957", "text": "originally written in Syriac and has been translated into English and Arabic. Solomon of Akhlat was a bishop of the Church of the East during the thirteenth century. He was bishop of Basrah (now in Iraq), and was present at the consecration of Catholicos Sabr Isho in 1222. Book of the Bee The Book of the Bee is an historical theological compilation containing numerous Biblical legends. It was written by Solomon of Akhlat, a Syrian Nestorian Bishop of Bassora (Basrah) around 1222. It is written in Syriac. The \"Book of the Bee\" is a collection of theological and historical texts", "title": "Book of the Bee" }, { "id": "12375143", "text": "The \"Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\" is a collection of annals in Old English, from the 9th century, that chronicle is the history of the Anglo-Saxons. The poem \"Battle of Maldon\" also deals with history. This is a work of uncertain date, celebrating the Battle of Maldon of 991, at which the Anglo-Saxons failed to prevent a Viking invasion. Oral tradition was very strong in early English culture and most literary works were written to be performed. Epic poems were very popular, and some, including \"Beowulf\", have survived to the present day. \"Beowulf\" is the most famous work in Old English, and has", "title": "English literature" }, { "id": "9559525", "text": "aircraft and a final attack by a Soviet fighter, the \"Old Dog\" is able to make it home safely. Novelist W.E.B. Griffin, reviewing the novel for the \"Washington Post\", says Brown had \"remarkable skill for a first novelist,\" praising his ability to explain complex modern weapon systems and portray military aviators. He said the book deserved to be a best seller. The novel was not a best seller in hard cover, but the paperback edition sold 1.1 million copies in the first two weeks and rose to number 4 on the New York Times paperback best-seller list, after publisher Berkley", "title": "Flight of the Old Dog" }, { "id": "9241258", "text": "during the Depression. Trendle specified the music on WXYZ shows should be non-copyrighted classical so that the music was royalty-free. This is the reason that the \"William Tell Overture\" was adopted as the Lone Ranger theme and \"The Flight of the Bumble Bee\" became the theme for the Green Hornet show. In June 1932, Trendle decided to drop the network affiliation to operate WXYZ as an independent station. His station would produce its own radio drama series and broadcast locally produced music programs rather than pay for syndicated programs. Jim Jewell was hired as the station's dramatic director and supplied", "title": "George W. Trendle" }, { "id": "19017192", "text": "Christina Hodson Christina Hodson is a screenwriter whose screenplays include \"Shut In\" (2016) and \"Bumblebee\" (2018). She has had three scripts on the Black List, an annual list of Hollywood's best liked unproduced screenplays. Christina Hodson is originally from London, England. She initially worked as a development executive in London for Focus Features. She is half-Taiwanese. Hodson transitioned from development executive to screenwriter in 2012 after her first screenplay, \"Shut In\", made the 2012 Black List of best un-produced scripts. In December 2013, Hodson's script \"Seed\" appeared on the 2013 Black List. In September 2014, Sony Pictures Entertainment acquired Hodson's", "title": "Christina Hodson" }, { "id": "19329771", "text": "it was revealed that the film would be an untitled spin-off, featuring Bumblebee. On November 11, 2016, \"Deadline\" reported that Paramount Pictures was moving forward with the project by revealing that Christina Hodson had written the script for the spin-off, and she was one of the female writers Paramount and Michael Bay hired in the \"writers room.\" On March 2, 2017, \"Deadline\" reported that Travis Knight was hired to direct the film. In May 2017, it was revealed that the film's story would be set in the 1980s, and that it would have fewer robots. In the same month, it", "title": "Bumblebee (film)" }, { "id": "8783312", "text": "he approached pianist Jack Fina, whose 1946 swing arrangement of Rimsky-Korsakov's \"Flight of the Bumble Bee\" for Freddy Martin and his Orchestra, called \"Bumble Boogie\" (RCA Victor 20-1829), had reached # 7 on the charts and been used in the 1948 Walt Disney animated film \"Melody Time\". Using Fina's arrangement, Fowley recorded pianist Ernie Freeman on two tracks, one using a grand piano for the rhythm part, while the other featured a \"tack piano\", a modified upright piano with tacks attached to the hammers to create a tinny \"honky tonk\" sound. The other musicians on the session, at Gold Star", "title": "B. Bumble and the Stingers" }, { "id": "3327150", "text": "the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, in Milwaukee. Although he eventually became Director of the Rock Guitar department, he left in the early 1990s to finally pursue a career as a recording artist. \"Speed Mechanics for Lead Guitar\" () is a guitar tutorial book by Stetina first published in 1990. It is designed to teach lead guitar techniques, how to practice and encourage evolving creativity. It is split into three sections Mechanics, Rhythm and Creativity. It Includes a rock version of \"Flight of the Bumblebee\" by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, \"Caprice No. 10\" by Niccolò Paganini and \"Prelude in D\" by JS Bach.", "title": "Troy Stetina" }, { "id": "5796075", "text": "writing process started, this time led by Georg Oddner and Klaus Rifbjerg, with Donner himself as producer. The financing was difficult, not least because it coincided with the making of \"Fanny and Alexander\", at the time the most expensive Swedish film ever made. However, Troell said he regarded all the film's expensive visuals as \"background\", and that \"What excited me was the tragic quest and the characters of Andrée and his comrades. The film premiered on 26 August 1982 in Gränna, the hometown of Andrée. It was entered into the 1982 Venice Film Festival, where Max von Sydow won the", "title": "Flight of the Eagle" }, { "id": "3125956", "text": "Book of the Bee The Book of the Bee is an historical theological compilation containing numerous Biblical legends. It was written by Solomon of Akhlat, a Syrian Nestorian Bishop of Bassora (Basrah) around 1222. It is written in Syriac. The \"Book of the Bee\" is a collection of theological and historical texts compiled by Solomon of Akhlat in the thirteenth century. The book consists of 55 chapters discussing various topics including the creation, heaven and earth, the angels, darkness, paradise, Old Testament patriarchs, New Testament events, lists of kings and patriarchs, and the final day of resurrection. The book was", "title": "Book of the Bee" }, { "id": "3598880", "text": "in the Air Force at Mather Air Force Base in Sacramento County, California, he wrote his first book, \"Flight of the Old Dog\". His novels have been published in eleven languages and distributed to over 70 countries. He published 11 bestsellers in 11 years. Brown has been represented by literary agent Robert Gottlieb of Trident Media Group. Brown tends to stay with the same characters over a long period of time. Many of the characters introduced in \"Flight of the Old Dog\" are still around for the latest, although a few have been killed in previous books. Most of his", "title": "Dale Brown" }, { "id": "4744375", "text": "an individual short, in this case on September 17, 1954. Clips from the beginning and end of this short showing a horse-drawn sleigh are featured in \"Very Merry Christmas Songs\", which is part of \"Disney Sing Along Songs\", as a background movie for the song Jingle Bells. This segment presents a surrealistic battle for a solitary bumble bee as he tries to ward off a visual and musical frenzy. The music is courtesy of Freddy Martin And His Orchestra (with Jack Fina playing the piano) and is a swing-jazz variation of Rimsky-Korsakov's \"Flight of the Bumblebee\", which was one of", "title": "Melody Time" }, { "id": "528683", "text": "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (originally The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere) is the longest major poem by the English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, written in 1797–98 and published in 1798 in the first edition of \"Lyrical Ballads\". Some modern editions use a revised version printed in 1817 that featured a gloss. Along with other poems in \"Lyrical Ballads\", it is often considered a signal shift to modern poetry and the beginning of British Romantic literature. \"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner\" relates the experiences of a sailor who has returned from a", "title": "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" }, { "id": "419758", "text": "The Star-Spangled Banner \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" is the national anthem of the United States. The lyrics come from the Defence of Fort M'Henry, a poem written on September 14, 1814, by the then 35-year-old lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry by British ships of the Royal Navy in Baltimore Harbor during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812. Key was inspired by the large U.S. flag, with 15 stars and 15 stripes, known as the Star-Spangled Banner, flying triumphantly above the fort during the U.S. victory. The poem was set", "title": "The Star-Spangled Banner" }, { "id": "9559526", "text": "Books sent Brown on a book tour, concentrating on US military bases. Flight of the Old Dog Flight of the Old Dog is a 1987 thriller novel written by Dale Brown. The novel's descriptions of B-52 controls and operations are based on Brown's knowledge of the systems as a USAF navigator. The flight is also recreated as a special mission in the video game Megafortress. Set in November to December 1987 (December 1988 in the sequel \"Night of the Hawk\"), \"Flight of the Old Dog\" is the story of a secret highly modified B-52 bomber flying into the Soviet Union", "title": "Flight of the Old Dog" }, { "id": "112249", "text": "Merry Andrew soundtrack, released in 1958. A year later another soundtrack came out, \"The Five Pennies\" (Kaye starred there as 1920s cornet player Loring Red Nichols), featuring Louis Armstrong. In the 1960s and 1970s Kaye regularly conducted world-famous orchestras, although he had to learn the scores by ear. Kaye's style, even if accompanied by unpredictable antics (he once traded the baton for a fly swatter to conduct \"The Flight of the Bumblebee\") was praised by the likes of Zubin Mehta who once stated that Kaye \"has a very efficient conducting style.\" His ability with an orchestra was mentioned by Dimitri", "title": "Danny Kaye" }, { "id": "19329776", "text": "under the working title \"Brighton Falls\". Filming concluded 6 days ahead of schedule on November 10, 2017. Later, in November 2017, the film was revealed to have changed its title to \"Bumblebee: The Movie\", as well as having wrapped up filming. Dario Marianelli is set to provide the music score for the film, making this the first time Steve Jablonsky has not scored one of the films in the franchise. Hailee Steinfeld's single \"Back to Life\" was released from the soundtrack on November 2, 2018. Visual effects for the film will be provided by Industrial Light & Magic, Cantina Creative,", "title": "Bumblebee (film)" }, { "id": "18947827", "text": "Fantasy and Science Fiction\" and \"Playboy\". The others are original to the collection. The book contains seven short stories, novelettes and novellas, five of them featuring the author's dimension-traveling protagonist Hanville Svetz, including the title story, one in his \"Teleportation\" series and one in his \"Magic Goes Away\" series, together with an afterword. The Svetz tales were later included in the collection \"Rainbow Mars\" (Tor Books, 1999). The Flight of the Horse The Flight of the Horse is a collection of science fiction and fantasy stories by Larry Niven, first published in paperback by Ballantine Books in September 1973, and", "title": "The Flight of the Horse" }, { "id": "157577", "text": "published his first short story in 1971 and his first novel in 1977. By the mid-1990s, he had won three Hugo Awards, two Nebula Awards, and other awards for his short fiction. Although his early books were well-received within the fantasy fiction community, his readership remained relatively small and Martin took on jobs as a writer in Hollywood in the mid-1980s. He worked principally on the revival of \"The Twilight Zone\" throughout 1986 and on \"Beauty and the Beast\" until 1990, but he also developed his own TV pilots and wrote feature film scripts. He grew frustrated that his pilots", "title": "A Song of Ice and Fire" }, { "id": "8608185", "text": "include the \"Dies irae\" from the Verdi Requiem, Edvard Grieg's \"In the Hall of the Mountain King\" from \"Peer Gynt\", the opening bars of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5, Wagner's \"Ride of the Valkyries\" from \"Die Walküre\", Rimsky-Korsakov's \"Flight of the Bumblebee\", and excerpts of Aaron Copland's \"Rodeo\". Several works from the Golden Age of Animation matched the action to classical music. Notable examples are Walt Disney's \"Fantasia\", Tom and Jerry's \"Johann Mouse\", and Warner Bros.' \"Rabbit of Seville\" and \"What's Opera, Doc?\" Similarly, movies and television often revert to standard, clichéd excerpts of classical music to convey refinement or opulence:", "title": "Classical music" }, { "id": "430323", "text": "from 1923 to 2005. Published in 1954, \"Lord of the Flies\" was Golding's first novel. Although it did not have great success after being released—selling fewer than three thousand copies in the United States during 1955 before going out of print—it soon went on to become a best-seller. It has been adapted to film twice in English, in 1963 by Peter Brook and 1990 by Harry Hook, and once in Filipino by Lupita A. Concio (1975). The book takes place in the midst of an unspecified war. Some of the marooned characters are ordinary students, while others arrive as a", "title": "Lord of the Flies" }, { "id": "12375144", "text": "achieved national epic status in England, despite being set in Scandinavia. The only surviving manuscript is the Nowell Codex, the precise date of which is debated, but most estimates place it close to the year 1000. Beowulf is the conventional title, and its composition is dated between the 8th and the early 11th century. Nearly all Anglo-Saxon authors are anonymous: twelve are known by name from medieval sources, but only four of those are known by their vernacular works with any certainty: Cædmon, Bede, Alfred the Great, and Cynewulf. Cædmon is the earliest English poet whose name is known, and", "title": "English literature" }, { "id": "16999379", "text": "in the world to record the full original version of \"The Flight of the Bumblebee\" with no pick and at the real speed. Mr. Saavedra was also the head teacher of the Bass department at California Music Studio in Los Angeles, USA for four years. After touring in South America with expert keyboardist David Garfield in the year 2011, and due to his special recommendation to Chris Jisi, Mr. Saavedra was formally invited to perform a Master Class and to be part of the All-Star Jam at the prestigious Bass Player Live 2011, along with bass experts such as Marcus", "title": "Igor Saavedra" }, { "id": "15289180", "text": "Oliver Lewis (violinist) Oliver Lewis (born 12 May 1971) is a British violinist and founder member of the electronic music group Deviations Project. He is best known as one of the 'world's fastest violinists', having broken the \"Guinness World Record\" for the fastest performance of the \"Flight of the Bumblebee\". Lewis played the piece during a live broadcast on the BBC children's television programme \"Blue Peter\", in October 2010, in one minute, 3.356 seconds. Lewis seemingly broke the world record again in February 2011, on the US chat show, \"The Ellen DeGeneres Show\". His unofficial time of 47 seconds is", "title": "Oliver Lewis (violinist)" }, { "id": "17905840", "text": "The Argonauts of the Air \"The Argonauts of the Air\" is a short story by H. G. Wells, first published in 1895 in \"Phil May's Annual\". It was included in the collection of Wells short stories \"The Plattner Story and Others\", published by Methuen & Co. in 1897. Written several years before the first flight of the Wright brothers, it describes the painstaking development of a flying machine, in the face of public amusement, and its unsuccessful trial flight over London. Wells lived at one time in Worcester Park, where the machine is launched; he studied at the Royal College", "title": "The Argonauts of the Air" }, { "id": "20653473", "text": "CD+DVD editions with varying content and a version housing the CD and booklet. While the CD and CD+DVD editions house the b-side \"Shizuku ~Sizk~\" , the CD and CD+Booklet editions contain the song \"Rosario ~ROZARIO~\" . The lyrics to the title track were written by Lead members Shinya Tanuichi and Akira Yamaoka, with Shinya writing the rap portions. The music was written and composed by Drew Ryan Scott, Darren \"Baby Dee Beats\" Smith and Sean Alexander. The b-sides \"Shizuku ~Sizk~\" and \"Rosario ~Rosary~\" had their lyrics written by Makihashi Shungo (best known by his stage name shungo.). While songwriter PHANTOM", "title": "Bumblebee (Lead song)" }, { "id": "15523531", "text": "copies in the US as of September 2013. Honey Bee (Blake Shelton song) \"Honey Bee\" is a song written by Rhett Akins and Ben Hayslip and recorded by American country music artist Blake Shelton. It was released in April 2011 as the first single from Shelton's 2011 album \"Red River Blue\". The song reached number one on the US \"Billboard\" Hot Country Songs chart in July 2011. On November 30, the song received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Country Solo Performance, but it lost to Taylor Swift's \"Mean\". Blake Shelton debuted \"Honey Bee\" at the Academy of Country Music", "title": "Honey Bee (Blake Shelton song)" }, { "id": "1602397", "text": "Harper Lee Nelle Harper Lee (April 28, 1926February 19, 2016) was an American novelist widely known for \"To Kill a Mockingbird\", published in 1960. Immediately successful, it won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize and has become a classic of modern American literature. Though Lee had only published this single book, in 2007 she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her contribution to literature. Additionally, Lee received numerous honorary degrees, though she declined to speak on those occasions. She was also known for assisting her close friend Truman Capote in his research for the book \"In Cold Blood\" (1966). Capote", "title": "Harper Lee" }, { "id": "1614934", "text": "pollen transfer. Bumblebees are important agricultural pollinators, so their decline in Europe, North America, and Asia is a cause for concern. The decline has been caused by habitat loss, the mechanisation of agriculture, and pesticides. The word \"bumblebee\" is a compound of \"bumble\" + \"bee\"—\"bumble\" meaning to hum, buzz, drone, or move ineptly or flounderingly. The generic name \"Bombus\", assigned by Pierre André Latreille in 1802, is derived from the Latin word for a buzzing or humming sound, borrowed from Ancient Greek \"βόμβος\" (bómbos). According to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), the term \"bumblebee\" was first recorded as having been", "title": "Bumblebee" }, { "id": "11352718", "text": "nomination (British Academy of Film and Television Award) for \"Best Comedy Series\" in 2000. He also won an award from the Royal Television Society, as well as a Silver Rose from the Monteux Television Festival. He won a Writers Guild of America Award in 2007. Bobin was nominated for Outstanding Writing and Directing Emmys for \"Da Ali G Show\" in 2003, and again in 2005. In 2008, he was nominated for Outstanding Writing, Directing, and Original Music for \"Flight of the Conchords\". In 2011, Bobin's first feature film, \"The Muppets\", won an Oscar for Best Original Song for the song", "title": "James Bobin" }, { "id": "12659401", "text": "Elijah Wood. It was directed by Martin Duffy. The Bumblebee Flies Anyway (novel) The Bumblebee Flies Anyway is a young adult novel by Robert Cormier. It was published in 1983. This story stars teenaged Barney Snow, an American resident also part of \"the Complex,\" an experimental facility where drugs are tested on children and teens with terminal illnesses. He questions why he is there and what is being done to him but also uncovers a terrible secret about himself. Later, he starts to devise a plan that will take him and the people around him on one last glorious ride.", "title": "The Bumblebee Flies Anyway (novel)" }, { "id": "2893518", "text": "a “slow and solemn version” in 2012 at the national memorial service for Apollo 11 mission commander Neil Armstrong. Fly Me to the Moon Fly Me to the Moon, originally titled In Other Words, is a song written in 1954 by Bart Howard. Kaye Ballard made the first recording of the song the year it was written. Since then, it has become a frequently recorded jazz standard, often featured in popular culture. Frank Sinatra's 1964 version was closely associated with the Apollo missions to the Moon. In 1999, the US-based Songwriters Hall of Fame honored \"Fly Me to the Moon\"", "title": "Fly Me to the Moon" }, { "id": "1614995", "text": "Bumble Came to Bee\" by Paul and Ella Quarry (2012); \"The Adventures of Professor Bumble and the Bumble Bees\" by Stephen Brailovsky (2010). Among Beatrix Potter's \"little books\", Babbity Bumble and other members of her nest appear in \"The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse\" (1910). Bumblebee is the name of a prominent character in the Transformers franchise. His name denotes his black-on-yellow vehicle paint job, directly referencing the bee genus because of its black and yellow stripes. \"Bumblebee\" is also the name of an automotive racing stripe that wraps around the grill instead of down the centre of the vehicle; it", "title": "Bumblebee" }, { "id": "13259181", "text": "\"\", \"Your Highness\", \"Yogi Bear\", \"The Mentalist\", \"Family Guy\", \"American Dad!\", \"The Cleveland Show\", \"King of the Hill\", \"Dunkirk\", \"\", commercials for Apple iPhone, Under Armour, and many others. Guo also contributed Electric Cello to the creation of elements that were used by Sound Designer Scott Martin Gershin in the creation of the Kaijus in Pacific Rim. Her arrangement and performance of \"The Flight of the Bumble-Bee\" was featured in the end credits for \"The Heartbreak Kid\" and she was an additional composer on the feature film Persecuted. The Tina Guo Sample Library by Cinesamples is one of the most", "title": "Tina Guo" }, { "id": "5530480", "text": "The Secret Life of Bees (novel) The Secret Life of Bees is a book by author Sue Monk Kidd. Set in 1964, it is a coming-of-age story about loss and betrayal. It received critical acclaim and was a \"New York Times\" bestseller. It won the 2004 Book Sense Book of the Year Awards (Paperback), and was nominated for the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction. The book was later was adapted into a film directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood. Set in the fictitious town of Sylvan, South Carolina, in 1964, \"The Secret Life of Bees\" tells the story of a 14-year-old white", "title": "The Secret Life of Bees (novel)" }, { "id": "17278359", "text": "the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. In the UK, the BBC had a policy of banning records which were seen to parody classical music, and this song fell foul of it. Nonetheless, the song still charted at number 35 on the UK Singles Chart. The song spawned a number of follow-ups: B. Bumble and the Stingers' \"Bumble Boogie\", based on Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's \"Flight of the Bumblebee\", and Paul Revere & the Raiders' \"Like, Long Hair\", based on Sergei Rachmaninoff's \"Prelude in C-sharp minor\", followed the song into the top forty of the Billboard Hot 100. Ali Hassan of B. Bumble and the", "title": "Asia Minor (instrumental)" }, { "id": "18136659", "text": "Bumblebeee \"Bumblebeee\" (stylised as \"bumblebeee\") is a song by English rock band Kasabian - the second single from their fifth studio album, \"\". The single was released on 3 August 2014 as the follow-up to 48:13's lead single, \"eez-eh\". It peaked at #165 on the UK Singles Chart. The b-side, \"gelfling\", is named after the characters from the film \"The Dark Crystal\", and is an electronic track without any main vocals. Sergio Pizzorno described the song as having a \"Beastie Boys dub with a sort of Zeppelin, Rage Against The Machine chorus\". \"bumblebeee\" was the first track to be written", "title": "Bumblebeee" }, { "id": "6683638", "text": "of its cues from Europe. Writers such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, and Henry David Thoreau established a distinctive American literary voice by the middle of the 19th century. Mark Twain and poet Walt Whitman were major figures in the century's second half; Emily Dickinson, virtually unknown during her lifetime, is now recognized as an essential American poet. A work seen as capturing fundamental aspects of the national experience and character—such as Herman Melville's \"Moby-Dick\" (1851), Twain's \"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn\" (1885), F. Scott Fitzgerald's \"The Great Gatsby\" (1925) and Harper Lee's \"To Kill a Mockingbird\" (1960)—may be", "title": "United States" }, { "id": "15124424", "text": "November 11, 2014, \"Carnival of the Animals,\" Russell's third album with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, was released. Mr. Russell's own orchestration of Camille Saint-Saëns' classic \"Carnival of the Animals\" is featured on the album\",\" along with other animal-inspired classics like \"Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks\" and \"Flight of the Bumblebee.\" September 11, 2015 marked the release of \"American Originals,\" Russell's fourth album with the Cincinnati Pops, is the first \"live\" recording of the Pops (during concerts in January 2015) and features icons of the American folk and roots music scene such as Rosanne Cash, Joe Henry, Over the Rhine (band),", "title": "John Morris Russell" }, { "id": "1614994", "text": "his passions is music and I imagined him walking around humming to himself\". J. R. R. Tolkien, in his poem \"Errantry\", also used the name Dumbledor, but for a large bee-like creature. Among the many books for younger children are \"Bumble the Bee\" by Yvon Douran and Tony Neal (2014); \"Bertie Bumble Bee\" by K. I. Al-Ghani (2012); \"Ben the Bumble Bee: How do bees make honey?\" by Romessa Awadalla (2015); \"Bumble Bee Bob Has a Big Butt\" by Papa Campbell (2012); \"Buzz, Buzz, Buzz! Went Bumble-bee\" by Colin West (1997); \"Bumble Bee\" by Margaret Wise Brown (2000); \"How the", "title": "Bumblebee" }, { "id": "13048225", "text": "just as the \"hamsa\" is able to fly above the sky-scraping Himalayas. Published originally in 1969 by Viking Press, the book was rereleased by Harper and Row in 1990. The third edition was published by New World Library in 2002, making \"The Flight of the Wild Gander\" the third title in the Joseph Campbell Foundation's Collected Works of Joseph Campbell series. The Flight of the Wild Gander The Flight of the Wild Gander is a 1969 book by mythologist Joseph Campbell, in which he collects a number of his early essays and forwards. Essays include \"Bios and Mythos\" (on the", "title": "The Flight of the Wild Gander" }, { "id": "19430298", "text": "vibrato of the bumblebee in his famous \"Flight of the Bumblebee\"; Edvard Grieg was inspired by flies in his \"Said the Gadfly to the Fly\". Popular songs with an insect theme include \"Glow-Worm\", \"Poor Butterfly\", \"La Cucaracha\", \"The Boll Weevil\", and \"The Blue-Tailed Fly\". Operas like Puccini's \"Madama Butterfly\" and Rousel's \"Le Festin de L’Araignée\" similarly reference arthropods. Pop groups named after insects include Buddy Holly and The Crickets, The Beatles, Adam and the Ants and many others. And some fictional crickets in Western popular culture, like Jiminy Cricket and Cri-Cri have been known to sing. \"Ants Marching\" is a", "title": "Insects in music" }, { "id": "15577466", "text": "edition was published as an English translation, Song of the Bumblebee, by Bernad Ambrose and Ramashish Acharya on Scribd on July 12, 2010. https://picasaweb.google.com/115236660997226122050/GitamilindamSongOfTheBumblebee Gita milindam Gita-milindam,(गीतमिलिंदम्, Song of the Bumblebee) is a famous epic in Sanskrit written by Indian Poet, Manmohan Acharya. Gita milindam contains 15 gunjans (songs) in different melodious rhythms. The poet swept over untouched horizons and speaks for the common mass. The couple of bumble-bees are the natural singers and enjoyers of life's honey. By taking them as anchors of his presentation of poetic message, the poet has not only shown a creative technique but also", "title": "Gita milindam" }, { "id": "13080477", "text": "1906, in a German translation by Max Meyerfeld. The London premiere was on 10 June 1906. \"La Fuite de la Lune\" (\"The Flight of the Moon\") is the second of the two poems in \"Impressions\", the first being \"Les Silhouettes\". Short story Poem Play Play Poem Poem Poem Play Short story Poem. Included in his collection \"Rosa Mystica\". Poem Story Novel (1890) Poem (1874), included in his collection \"Rosa Mystica\". \"Requiescat\" was written at Avignon seven years after his sister, Isola, died (23 February 1867), less than two months before her 10th birthday. Wilde was 12 at the time of", "title": "Music based on the works of Oscar Wilde" }, { "id": "9026774", "text": "lengthy to include, see: IMDb profile. Ottumwa, Iowa, native, Captain Robert W. Williams, a wartime pilot in the U.S. Army Air Corps' \"332nd Fighter Group\", the all African-American combat unit trained at Moton Field in Tuskegee, Alabama, wrote a manuscript years earlier, and worked with screenwriter T. S. Cook to create a screenplay originally intended for a feature film project. The plot combined fact and fiction to create an essentially historically accurate drama. Linking up with Frank Price, owner of Price Productions in 1985 finally gained some traction for the project and when financing was eventually obtained nearly 10 years", "title": "The Tuskegee Airmen" }, { "id": "6730266", "text": "Sue Monk Kidd Sue Monk Kidd (born August 12, 1948) is a writer from Sylvester, Georgia, best known for her 2001 novel \"The Secret Life of Bees\". Kidd was born in Sylvester, Georgia, and attended local schools. She graduated from Texas Christian University with a B.S. in nursing in 1970. She worked in her twenties as a Registered Nurse and college nursing instructor at the Medical College of Georgia. She was influenced in her 20s by the writings of Thomas Merton to explore her inner life. In her 30s, she took writing courses at Emory University and Anderson College in", "title": "Sue Monk Kidd" }, { "id": "15523525", "text": "Honey Bee (Blake Shelton song) \"Honey Bee\" is a song written by Rhett Akins and Ben Hayslip and recorded by American country music artist Blake Shelton. It was released in April 2011 as the first single from Shelton's 2011 album \"Red River Blue\". The song reached number one on the US \"Billboard\" Hot Country Songs chart in July 2011. On November 30, the song received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Country Solo Performance, but it lost to Taylor Swift's \"Mean\". Blake Shelton debuted \"Honey Bee\" at the Academy of Country Music awards telecast on April 3, 2011, where he", "title": "Honey Bee (Blake Shelton song)" }, { "id": "4009375", "text": "where noted. An early version of \"Take a Chance on Me\". A brief excerpt of the track was released in the box set \"Thank You for the Music\". A song written for the 1977 Tour with lyrics written by all four, jokingly depicting themselves as A, B, B and A. The song was never considered for a studio version, but parts of the chorus were later reused in \"Free as a Bumblebee\", and as that song never progressed beyond the demo, the chorus surfaced during the songwriting sessions for the stage musical \"Chess\", as the UK number 1 hit single", "title": "ABBA: The Album" }, { "id": "3218127", "text": "The Bumblebeez The Bumblebeez (previously known as Bumblebeez 81) is an Australian indie band, formed by Christopher Colonna and his sister Pia Colonna (AKA Queen ViLa). The band's music has been described as a, \"cut'n'paste collision of noisy hip-hop and rock.\" Their full-length debut album was \"Prince Umberto & The Sister of Ill\", released in 2007. The band was formed by Christopher Colonna and his sister, Pia, of Braidwood, New South Wales. The band was unearthed by the Australian radio station Triple J in 2002. Around the same time, they won a competition run by the ABC's short-lived \"Fly TV\",", "title": "The Bumblebeez" }, { "id": "2255607", "text": "Jack Higgins Henry Patterson (born 27 July 1929), known by his pen name Jack Higgins, is a British writer. He is one of the best-selling authors of popular thrillers and espionage novels. His breakthrough novel \"The Eagle Has Landed\" (1975) sold over 50 million copies and was adapted into a successful film by the same title. Some of his other notable books are \"A Prayer for the Dying\" (1987), \"The Eagle Has Flown\" (1991), \"Thunder Point\" (1993), \"Angel of Death\" (1995), \"Flight of Eagles\" (1998), and \"Day of Reckoning\" (2000). His 85 novels in total have sold over 150 million", "title": "Jack Higgins" }, { "id": "10656430", "text": "F. Scott Fitzgerald Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940) was an American fiction writer, whose works helped to illustrate the flamboyance and excess of the Jazz Age. While he achieved popular success, fame, and fortune in his lifetime, he did not receive much critical acclaim until after his death. Perhaps the most notable member of the \"Lost Generation\" of the 1920s, Fitzgerald is now widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. He finished four novels: \"This Side of Paradise\", \"The Beautiful and Damned\", \"The Great Gatsby\", and \"Tender Is", "title": "F. Scott Fitzgerald" } ]

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[ { "id": "6416637", "text": "couple currently resides in Brooklyn, New York with their dogs, Jax and Betty Lou. Anson Mount Anson Adams Mount IV (born February 25, 1973) is an American actor. He portrayed the fictional character Cullen Bohannon in the AMC western drama series \"Hell on Wheels\". He was also cast in the role of Jim Steele on the short-lived NBC series \"Conviction\" and appeared in the film \"Tully\" (2000). In 2017, he portrayed the Marvel Comics superhero Black Bolt in \"Marvel's Inhumans\". On April 9, 2018, it was announced that Mount will have a recurring role as Captain Christopher Pike of the", "title": "Anson Mount" }, { "id": "6416635", "text": "Anson Mount Anson Adams Mount IV (born February 25, 1973) is an American actor. He portrayed the fictional character Cullen Bohannon in the AMC western drama series \"Hell on Wheels\". He was also cast in the role of Jim Steele on the short-lived NBC series \"Conviction\" and appeared in the film \"Tully\" (2000). In 2017, he portrayed the Marvel Comics superhero Black Bolt in \"Marvel's Inhumans\". On April 9, 2018, it was announced that Mount will have a recurring role as Captain Christopher Pike of the USS \"Enterprise\" in season 2 of \"\". Mount was born in Mount Prospect, Illinois", "title": "Anson Mount" }, { "id": "14918886", "text": "show\" and series producer/writer/director John Shiban would take over. Following the departure of Shiban, the renewal was put on hold until a replacement could be found. On December 12, 2012, AMC announced that John Wirth, a writer for \"\", will be the new showrunner, starting with the show's third season. Casting announcements began in July 2010, with Common first to be cast. Common portrays Elam Ferguson, \"an emancipated slave who is working to achieve true freedom in a world entrenched in prejudice\". Next to join the series were Anson Mount and Dominique McElligott, with Mount playing Cullen Bohannon, \"a former", "title": "Hell on Wheels (TV series)" }, { "id": "16071855", "text": "Hell on Wheels (Hell on Wheels episode) \"Hell on Wheels\" or \"Pilot\" is the pilot and first episode of the first season of American television drama series of the same name, which premiered November 6, 2011, on AMC in the United States and on TCM in the UK. The episode was written by developers Tony Gayton and Joe Gayton, and directed by David Von Ancken. The pilot introduces the series' protagonist, Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount), a former Confederate soldier whose quest for vengeance has led him to the Union Pacific Railroad's westward construction of the first transcontinental railroad. The pilot", "title": "Hell on Wheels (Hell on Wheels episode)" }, { "id": "18026940", "text": "Siobhan Williams from the third season, due to Williams' scheduling conflicts with her role on \"Black Box\". Jake Weber joined the cast in April 2014, originally as a character named Harlan Fell, which was changed preseason to John Campbell. In May 2014, Jonathan Scarfe was cast as recurring character Sydney Snow, who introduced himself as Cullen Bohannon's old war friend. In 2015, the series won the Western Heritage Award for Outstanding Fictional Drama. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Hell on Wheels (season 4) The fourth season of the AMC television series \"Hell on Wheels\" premiered on August 2, 2014 and comprised 13 episodes. This", "title": "Hell on Wheels (season 4)" }, { "id": "16877778", "text": "Hell on Wheels (season 3) The third season of the AMC television series \"Hell on Wheels\" aired from August 10 through October 5, 2013, and consists of 10 episodes. The season follows Cullen Bohannon as he abandons seeking revenge for the deaths in his family in order to continue to drive the westward expansion of Union Pacific Railroad, while battling Thomas \"Doc\" Durant for control. The third season features ten series regulars. Kasha Kropinski and Dohn Norwood are promoted from recurring status, and Jennifer Ferrin is added to the main cast. On October 29, 2012, AMC renewed \"Hell On Wheels\"", "title": "Hell on Wheels (season 3)" }, { "id": "14918875", "text": "12, 2012, AMC announced that writer John Wirth would take over as showrunner for the third season. Season one (2011–12) began in 1865, shortly after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, season two (2012) covered 1866, seasons three (2013) and four (2014) opened in 1867, season five (2015–16) carries the series into 1869. On November 7, 2014, \"Hell on Wheels\" was renewed for a fifth and final season comprising 14 episodes, split between 2015 and 2016. In 1865, former Confederate soldier Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount) journeys to the Union Pacific Railroad's westward construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad, seeking both work", "title": "Hell on Wheels (TV series)" }, { "id": "14918873", "text": "Hell on Wheels (TV series) Hell on Wheels is an American Western television series about the construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad across the United States. The series, which featured Anson Mount, Colm Meaney, Common, and Dominique McElligott, chronicled the Union Pacific Railroad and its laborers, mercenaries, prostitutes, surveyors, and others who lived, worked, and died in the mobile encampment, called \"Hell on Wheels\", that followed the railhead west across the Great Plains. In particular, the story focused on Cullen Bohannon (Mount), a former Confederate soldier who, while working as foreman and chief engineer on the railroad, initially attempted to", "title": "Hell on Wheels (TV series)" }, { "id": "16196030", "text": "Hell on Wheels (season 1) The first season of the AMC western-drama television series \"Hell on Wheels\" premiered on November 6, 2011 and concluded on January 15, 2012, comprising 10 episodes. The series was created and produced by Joe and Tony Gayton, who wrote four episodes. They also served as the series' showrunners. The series' executive producers include the Gaytons, Jeremy Gold, John Shiban, and David Von Ancken. The season follows Cullen Bohannon, a former Confederate soldier who works as a foreman on the railroad as he tries to track down the Union soldiers who murdered his wife. His quest", "title": "Hell on Wheels (season 1)" }, { "id": "16710799", "text": "Hell on Wheels (season 2) The second season of the AMC western-drama television series \"Hell on Wheels\" premiered on August 12, 2012 and concluded on October 7, 2012. The series was created and produced by Joe and Tony Gayton who wrote and co-wrote two episodes. They also serve as the show's showrunners. In addition to the Gaytons, Jeremy Gold, John Shiban, and David Von Ancken also serve as series executive producers. The season follows Cullen Bohannon, who joined a group of Rebel bandits robbing trains and planning to start a new Confederate colony in Mexico. While attacking Thomas Durant's payroll", "title": "Hell on Wheels (season 2)" }, { "id": "18400142", "text": "Hell on Wheels (season 5) The fifth and final season of the AMC television series \"Hell on Wheels\" premiered on July 18, 2015 and comprised 14 episodes. The season was evenly split; the first half aired in late 2015, and the second half aired in mid-2016. This season, set in California and Laramie, Wyoming, focused on the race to complete America's First Transcontinental Railroad, as Cullen Bohannon switched from working with the Union Pacific to the Central Pacific Railroad, upon the CP developer's promise to help find Cullen's family. The fifth season features 13 series regulars; with Tim Guinee, Byron", "title": "Hell on Wheels (season 5)" }, { "id": "9620862", "text": "become further enshrined by an eponymous TV series, \"Hell on Wheels\". In the series, the character of Cullen Bohannon is loosely modeled on Casement's life and career. List of Union Pacific railroad civil engineers (1863–1869) Sources: John S. Casement John Stephen \"Jack\" Casement (January 19, 1829 – December 13, 1909) was a general and brigade commander in the Union Army during the American Civil War and a noted railroad contractor. He directed the construction of the Union Pacific's section of the Transcontinental Railroad, which linked the Western United States with the East. John S. Casement was born in Geneva, New", "title": "John S. Casement" }, { "id": "18891175", "text": "Aryan Brotherhood\". Mount signed on for the role while taking a break from starring as Cullen Bohannon in \"Hell on Wheels\", a western television series. The casting of Derek Luke, Lela Rochon, and Evan Ross was announced the same day. Taylor couldn't achieve the \"look [he] wanted\" with an \"HD camera\", so he shot the movie on 16 mm film instead. Reportedly expensive, Taylor had to consult \"all of the producers\" beforehand, and although he didn't \"have enough money\" to use 16 mm film as much as he wanted, he did have enough to shoot \"one or two takes\" of", "title": "Supremacy (film)" }, { "id": "16071857", "text": "Lincoln. A young Union soldier (Tom Carey) enters a church in Washington, D.C. to confess his sins. Shortly after he begins, the priest asks the soldier about Meridian. The soldier, confused, asks the priest how he knows about Meridian and is then shot dead by the priest, who exits the confessional to reveal that he is not a priest, but Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount), a former Confederate soldier. Meanwhile, Thomas \"Doc\" Durant gives an inspiring speech about building the Transcontinental Railroad to a group of prominent Americans, including Senator Jordan Crane (James D. Hopkin). Afterward, Durant reveals to Crane that,", "title": "Hell on Wheels (Hell on Wheels episode)" }, { "id": "17485743", "text": "Eminent Domain (Hell on Wheels) \"Eminent Domain\" is the second episode of the third season of the American television drama series \"Hell on Wheels\", which aired on August 10, 2013 on AMC. The twenty-second episode of the series is written by showrunner John Wirth and directed by Adam Davidson. In the episode, the railroad progress is interrupted by a family of Mormons in its path. When a family member kills Dick Barlow (Matthew Glave), the railroad's chief engineer, Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount) seeks justice. Louise Ellison (Jennifer Ferrin), a \"New-York Tribune\" reporter, arrives in town to witness it all. Cullen", "title": "Eminent Domain (Hell on Wheels)" }, { "id": "16711450", "text": "Durant, Nebraska \"Durant, Nebraska\" is the second episode of the second season of the American television drama series \"Hell on Wheels\", which aired on August 19, 2012 on AMC. The twelfth episode of the series is written by John Shiban, and directed by Adam Davidson. In the episode, Thomas Durant (Colm Meaney) takes some men to a ransacked town of his namesake, where he learns the Sioux Nation has declared war on him. Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount) is freed from the Union Army prison by an unlikely ally. Lily Bell (Dominique McElligott) promises Eva (Robin McLeavy) justice in the prostitute's", "title": "Durant, Nebraska" }, { "id": "17485753", "text": "the show seems to be more directly about railroads than it ever was in the first two seasons.\" Eminent Domain (Hell on Wheels) \"Eminent Domain\" is the second episode of the third season of the American television drama series \"Hell on Wheels\", which aired on August 10, 2013 on AMC. The twenty-second episode of the series is written by showrunner John Wirth and directed by Adam Davidson. In the episode, the railroad progress is interrupted by a family of Mormons in its path. When a family member kills Dick Barlow (Matthew Glave), the railroad's chief engineer, Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount)", "title": "Eminent Domain (Hell on Wheels)" }, { "id": "16877780", "text": "Civil War, and the rehabilitation of the men who lived and fought their way through those exploits.\" He added, \"This season we're placing Cullen Bohannon at the center of the show, and taking him away from the revenge motive which propelled him into the series.\" Filming of the third season was suspended on June 20, part way through the sixth episode, as the location was part of the mandatory evacuation area due to the flooding in southern Alberta. Originally producers had announced a two-day shut down, when only the road to the location was under water. Later on June 21,", "title": "Hell on Wheels (season 3)" }, { "id": "17502525", "text": "Range War (Hell on Wheels) \"Range War\" is the third episode of the third season of the American television drama series \"Hell on Wheels\", which aired on August 17, 2013 on AMC. The twenty-third episode of the series is co-written by Mark Richard and Reed Steiner and directed by Dennie Gordon. In the episode, when his railroad crew is attacked, Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount) first suspects the natives but learns Thomas Durant (Colm Meaney) might be behind it. Declan Toole (Damian O'Hare) arrives in town to claim Eva (Robin McLeavy) and her baby to honor his brother's memory and Irish", "title": "Range War (Hell on Wheels)" }, { "id": "16710920", "text": "Viva la Mexico \"Viva La Mexico\" is the season premiere of the second season of the American television drama series \"Hell on Wheels\", which aired on August 12, 2012 on AMC. The eleventh episode of the series is written by Tony Gayton and Joe Gayton, and directed by David Von Ancken. In the episode, on the run for his crimes, Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount) robs trains with a group of ex-Confederate soldiers, while Lily Bell (Dominique McElligott) and Thomas Durant (Colm Meaney) continue the Union Pacific Railroad's westward progress. A band of masked robbers hijacks Thomas Durant's payroll train, though", "title": "Viva la Mexico" }, { "id": "16131773", "text": "Pride, Pomp and Circumstance \"Pride, Pomp and Circumstance\" is the sixth episode of the first season of the American television drama series \"Hell on Wheels\"; it aired December 11, 2011 on AMC, and was written by Bruce Romans and directed by Michael Slovis. The episode title is a quote from Act III, Scene III of William Shakespeare's play \"Othello\". In the episode, Senator Jordan Crane (James D. Hopkin) arrives in town for an arranged peace talk with the Cheyenne and to discuss the Union Pacific Railroad's future with Thomas Durant (Colm Meaney). Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount) is put in charge", "title": "Pride, Pomp and Circumstance" }, { "id": "16093495", "text": "Immoral Mathematics \"Immoral Mathematics\" is the second episode of the first season of the American television drama series \"Hell on Wheels\"; it aired November 13, 2011 on AMC, and was co-written by series co-creators Tony Gayton and Joe Gayton, and directed by David Von Ancken. Producers of this episode include: Tony Gayton, Joe Gayton, Jeremy Gold, John Shiban, and David Von Ancken. The episode centers on Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount) fighting for his life as he answers for Johnson's death. Meanwhile, Lily Bell (Dominique McElligott) struggles to survive in the wilderness, Thomas Durant (Colm Meaney) attempts to spin tragedy for", "title": "Immoral Mathematics" }, { "id": "16711459", "text": "atmosphere of the show and provided the perfect seeds for what is to come.\" Durant, Nebraska \"Durant, Nebraska\" is the second episode of the second season of the American television drama series \"Hell on Wheels\", which aired on August 19, 2012 on AMC. The twelfth episode of the series is written by John Shiban, and directed by Adam Davidson. In the episode, Thomas Durant (Colm Meaney) takes some men to a ransacked town of his namesake, where he learns the Sioux Nation has declared war on him. Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount) is freed from the Union Army prison by an", "title": "Durant, Nebraska" }, { "id": "16153040", "text": "Revelations (Hell on Wheels) \"Revelations\" is the seventh episode of the first season of the American television drama series \"Hell On Wheels\"; it December 18, 2011 on AMC and was written by the series co-creators Joe Gayton and Tony Gayton, and directed by Michelle MacLaren. In the episode, Thomas C. Durant (Colm Meaney) and Lily Bell (Dominique McElligott) travel by train to Chicago, for different reasons; the Irishmen from Hell On Wheels intend to kill Elam (Common) to entertain themselves, but Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount) interferes and helps Elam escape. The episode opens with a flashback. Young Elam Ferguson (Amadou", "title": "Revelations (Hell on Wheels)" }, { "id": "16710801", "text": "season's exterior were filmed near the Bow River in Calgary, allowing for bigger sets, approximately 3002 feet (915 meters) of railroad track, and an extra locomotive and nearly a dozen loosely made, wooden structures to be built. Interior filming was done in a 56,000-square-foot (over 5202 square meters) makeshift studio near the city's airport. Series producers said filming the season's ten episodes took about 80 days. Anson Mount (Cullen Bohannon) spoke about the differences between the seasons: \"The big question of this season is why is Cullen Bohannon sticking with the railroad. Why is he here? And hopefully that will", "title": "Hell on Wheels (season 2)" }, { "id": "14918874", "text": "track down the Union soldiers who murdered his wife and young son during the American Civil War. The series, which broadcast in the United States and Canada on the cable channel AMC, aired from November 6, 2011 to July 23, 2016. The series was created and produced by Joe and Tony Gayton, and developed by Endemol USA, under the stewardship of senior vice-president of scripted programming Jeremy Gold, and it is produced by Entertainment One and Nomadic Pictures. In 2012, AMC announced creators Joe and Tony Gayton were no longer involved in the day-to-day production of the series. On December", "title": "Hell on Wheels (TV series)" }, { "id": "16107168", "text": "Jamais Je Ne T'oublierai \"Jamais Je Ne T'oublierai\" is the fourth episode of the first season of the American television drama series\" Hell on Wheels\"; it aired November 27, 2011 on AMC, and was written by Jami O'Brien, directed by Alex Zakrzewski, and produced by Tony Gayton, Joe Gayton, Jeremy Gold, and John Shiban. The episode centers on Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount) continuing his vengeful quest of justice for his wife's murder; Lily Bell (Dominique McElligott) arriving at Hell On Wheels and learning more about her deceased husband's employer, Thomas Durant (Colm Meaney), and his railroad; and Elam (Common) finding", "title": "Jamais Je Ne T'oublierai" }, { "id": "17482921", "text": "Big Bad Wolf (Hell on Wheels) \"Big Bad Wolf\" is the first episode of the third season of the American television drama series \"Hell on Wheels\", which aired on August 10, 2013 on AMC. The twenty-first episode of the series is written by Mark Richard and directed by David Von Ancken. In the episode, Cullen Bohannon attempts to obtain engineer control of the Union Pacific Railroad, while an imprisoned Thomas C. Durant (Colm Meaney) wishes to prevent that. Elam (Common) and Eva (Robin McLeavy) welcome their new baby. Alone in his snow-covered burned-out caboose, Cullen hallucinates seeing Doc Whitehead (Grainger", "title": "Big Bad Wolf (Hell on Wheels)" }, { "id": "16220662", "text": "God of Chaos \"God of Chaos\" is the tenth episode and the season finale of the first season of the American television drama series Hell On Wheels, which aired on January 15, 2012 on AMC. It is written by Tony Gayton and Joe Gayton, and directed by David Von Ancken. In the episode, Thomas C. Durant (Colm Meaney) and Lily Bell (Dominique McElligott) conspire to gain arriving investors' interests, after she pleads for Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount) to not let his vengeful path ruin him; Sean and Mickey McGinnes (Ben Esler, Phil Burke) exact their own revenge on The Swede", "title": "God of Chaos" }, { "id": "16877784", "text": "Elam: \"A prickly alliance founded on mutual respect and constantly threatened by both history and present, unpleasant circumstance, it's more subtle and moving than your average TV bromance and brings out the best in Common and Mr. Mount.\" Its two-part season premiere saw an increase in viewers from the second season's premiere and double the network's Saturday prime time average. Hell on Wheels (season 3) The third season of the AMC television series \"Hell on Wheels\" aired from August 10 through October 5, 2013, and consists of 10 episodes. The season follows Cullen Bohannon as he abandons seeking revenge for", "title": "Hell on Wheels (season 3)" }, { "id": "17502534", "text": "building the railroad, the third episode provided the beginnings of some real conflict and story direction for the characters, all with some cool action, slow-mo shots and a little much needed humor.\" Range War (Hell on Wheels) \"Range War\" is the third episode of the third season of the American television drama series \"Hell on Wheels\", which aired on August 17, 2013 on AMC. The twenty-third episode of the series is co-written by Mark Richard and Reed Steiner and directed by Dennie Gordon. In the episode, when his railroad crew is attacked, Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount) first suspects the natives", "title": "Range War (Hell on Wheels)" }, { "id": "14585049", "text": "property and retired. He died in September 1867 and is buried in the Clinton Cemetery. Cullen Bohannon, the Confederate Army veteran and protagonist of AMC's \"Hell on Wheels\", carries a Griswold revolver. That fact is established in the pilot episode and is a plot point in multiple episodes (e.g., season 3, episode 6), in which the distinctive gun is used, shown, or mentioned. Samuel Griswold Samuel Griswold (December 27, 1790 in Burlington, Connecticut – September 14, 1867 in Clinton, Georgia) was an American industrial pioneer in the 1820s based in central Georgia. He was the founder of Griswoldville village, an", "title": "Samuel Griswold" }, { "id": "14918901", "text": "2012, following the season one finale, AMC confirmed \"Hell on Wheels\" as the network's second-highest rated original series, behind \"The Walking Dead\", averaging three million viewers per episode. The series is shown in Australia on FX Australia and in Ireland on RTÉ. All five seasons of \"Hell on Wheels\" have been released in DVD and Blu-ray formats. The complete series was also released in DVD and Blu-ray formats on November 1, 2016, comprising 17 discs. As of August 2018, it was available in the United States on Netflix's online streaming service. Hell on Wheels (TV series) Hell on Wheels is", "title": "Hell on Wheels (TV series)" }, { "id": "16201116", "text": "and conflicted emotions render it an ambiguity-free zone.\" The ninth episode was watched by 2.29 million viewers, and had a 0.7 rating with the 18-49 age range – the series' third lowest viewership of the season. Timshel (Hell on Wheels) \"Timshel\" is the ninth episode of the first season of the American television drama series Hell On Wheels, which aired on January 8, 2012 on AMC. It is written and directed by John Shiban. In the episode, Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount) and the search party find the Cheyenne who attacked the surveyor's camp and later derailed a train; Elam (Common)", "title": "Timshel (Hell on Wheels)" }, { "id": "16710800", "text": "train, Cullen is captured by authorities and sentenced to death, but Durant intervenes with a pardon on the condition that Cullen returns to Hell on Wheels to help oversee railroad construction. The second season was met with favorable reviews from critics with the premiered watched by just over 2.5 million viewers. The numbers were down significantly from the first season's premiere and finale. The second season features ten series regulars. Robin McLeavy and Christopher Heyerdahl are promoted from recurring status. Production began in late-April 2012. While last season's exterior filming took place on the Tsuu T’ina Nation indian reserve, this", "title": "Hell on Wheels (season 2)" }, { "id": "16088146", "text": "A New Birth of Freedom \"A New Birth of Freedom\" is the third episode of the first season of American television drama series\" Hell on Wheels\"; it premiered November 20, 2011 on AMC in the United States, and on TCM in the UK. The episode was written by John Shiban and directed by Phil Abraham. Cullen Bohannon resumes his quest of vengeance by learning the name of one of the men responsible for his wife's death. His plans change when he crosses paths with Lily Bell and Joseph Black Moon. She has been wounded in a Cheyenne attack on her", "title": "A New Birth of Freedom" }, { "id": "14918876", "text": "and vengeance on the Union soldiers who killed his wife and son. Cullen gets hired by the railroad and supervises an all-black \"cut crew\", including Elam (Common), whose job is to prepare the terrain for track laying. Through conversation with the railroad foreman, Daniel Johnson (Ted Levine), Cullen learns more about his wife's death, but tragedy strikes before Johnson reveals her killer's name. Thomas \"Doc\" Durant (Colm Meaney) begins his \"mad, noble quest\" to expand his Union Pacific westward, in order to complete the transcontinental railroad. Lily Bell (Dominique McElligott) accompanies her ailing husband, Robert (Robert Moloney), as he surveys", "title": "Hell on Wheels (TV series)" }, { "id": "16107175", "text": "y a longtemps que je t'aime, Jamais je ne t'oublierai.\"\" (I have loved you for so long, I will never forget you.) Jamais Je Ne T'oublierai \"Jamais Je Ne T'oublierai\" is the fourth episode of the first season of the American television drama series\" Hell on Wheels\"; it aired November 27, 2011 on AMC, and was written by Jami O'Brien, directed by Alex Zakrzewski, and produced by Tony Gayton, Joe Gayton, Jeremy Gold, and John Shiban. The episode centers on Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount) continuing his vengeful quest of justice for his wife's murder; Lily Bell (Dominique McElligott) arriving at", "title": "Jamais Je Ne T'oublierai" }, { "id": "16093496", "text": "political gain, and Joseph Black Moon (Eddie Spears) tracks down the Cheyenne braves responsible for a massacre only to find one of them is his own brother (Gerald Auger). Durant (Colm Meaney) arrives at Robert Bell's camp after the massacre and discovers Bell's body and that of his attacker, in the woods, along with a pocket watch containing a picture of Lily (Dominique McElligott) inside. The survey maps are nowhere to be found. Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount) gets introduced to a man known as \"The Swede\", Durant's head of security at Hell on Wheels. The Swede (Christopher Heyerdahl) questions Bohannon", "title": "Immoral Mathematics" }, { "id": "16201109", "text": "Timshel (Hell on Wheels) \"Timshel\" is the ninth episode of the first season of the American television drama series Hell On Wheels, which aired on January 8, 2012 on AMC. It is written and directed by John Shiban. In the episode, Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount) and the search party find the Cheyenne who attacked the surveyor's camp and later derailed a train; Elam (Common) and Eva (Robin McLeavy) discuss their future, before getting a strange visitor; and the railroad crew reaches the important 40-mile mark. The episode title has several meanings – from the Mumford & Sons song of the", "title": "Timshel (Hell on Wheels)" }, { "id": "14918880", "text": "and father, again. In Season 5, set in California and Laramie, Wyoming, Bohannon is hired by the Central Pacific Railroad to build the transcontinental railroad eastward over the Sierra Nevada Mountains. He befriends its Chinese workers, including Mei, a woman disguised as a man known as Fong. President Ulysses S. Grant increases the competition between the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroad companies. This is further complicated by Thomas Durant's corruption. \"Hell on Wheels\" was created by Joe and Tony Gayton in late 2008, and Endemol USA's scripted television division, headed by senior vice president of original programming Jeremy Gold,", "title": "Hell on Wheels (TV series)" }, { "id": "16071863", "text": "Bohannon's request to name the sergeant. Elam appears and slits Johnson's throat, saving Bohannon but killing his chances learning the sergeant's identity. Filming of the pilot took place between August 2010 and September 2010 on location in Calgary as well as in central and southern Alberta, Canada. The T'suu T'ina Native Indian Reservation, an Indian reserve in southern Alberta, was the location for most of the exteriors. The entire production team was mandated to preserve the environment in its wild state. They were also doing their part to protect the environment. \"We were one of the first Canadian production companies", "title": "Hell on Wheels (Hell on Wheels episode)" }, { "id": "14918877", "text": "the landscape for the Union Pacific; when Robert is killed by the Cheyenne natives, Lily must cope with being a widow on foreign soil. Reverend Nathaniel Cole (Tom Noonan) baptizes Joseph Black Moon (Eddie Spears), a Cheyenne, then takes him under his tutelage in the church. Season one ends with Bohannon killing a man he believes was responsible for the rape and murder of his wife, only to discover that man was not there at the time. Bohannon tries to find himself again while continuing to drive the westward expansion of the Union Pacific Railroad, under Durant's leadership. Bohannon takes", "title": "Hell on Wheels (TV series)" }, { "id": "14918888", "text": "around him\". It was later announced that Jesse Lipscombe, Gerald Auger, Robert Moloney and Ted Levine had joined the series as recurring guest stars. Jennifer Ferrin joined the cast as a series regular for season three, playing a \"New York Sun\" journalist covering the construction of the railroad. AMC announced that Dohn Norwood (Psalms) became a series regular for season three. Jake Weber joined the fourth season's cast. He was initially to portray a carpetbagger seeking to profit from the frontier, but his role changed to John Allen Campbell, first governor of Wyoming. MacKenzie Porter has also been cast. She", "title": "Hell on Wheels (TV series)" }, { "id": "17485750", "text": "unscrupulous and corrupt people, neither of which Cullen Bohannon seems to be. In an August 2013 interview, Anson Mount (Cullen Bohannon) discussed the scene with the seemingly young daughter (Siobhan Williams, who is actually 23) in the barn: \"The network almost made us cut that [sex] scene out, and we fought for it to stay in. I'm not interested in pure, untainted heroes, just like I'm not that interested in strength. I'm interested in weakness, and I'm interested in what makes somebody human. Just because somebody's had their heart broken doesn't mean that they don't get a hard on every", "title": "Eminent Domain (Hell on Wheels)" }, { "id": "1001958", "text": "Hood, University of Georgia basketball coach Joni Taylor and NFL players Cordera Eason, Austin Davis and Alejandro Villanueva. Other notable natives of the city include: In \"\", Joan Didion recounts that she met a man while visiting Meridian in the 1970s who told her, \"The KKK which used to be a major factor in this community isn't a factor anymore, both the membership and the influence have diminished, and I cannot think of any place where the black is denied entrance, with the possible exception of private clubs.\" Cullen Bohannon, the protagonist of the AMC series \"Hell on Wheels\", hails", "title": "Meridian, Mississippi" }, { "id": "14918881", "text": "came on board to develop the series for AMC. On May 18, 2010, AMC placed a pilot order for \"Hell on Wheels\" with Endemol USA. Joe and Tony Gayton wrote the pilot, David Von Ancken was attached to the project as director, and Jeremy Gold, Joe Gayton, and Tony Gayton served as executive producers. On July 6, 2010, Endemol USA announced that they had entered into a partnership with Entertainment One, which would serve as the production studio on the project. Part of the deal between the two companies included provisions of international distribution, with Endemol retaining rights to the", "title": "Hell on Wheels (TV series)" }, { "id": "16121917", "text": "(Eddie Spears) visit Chief Many Horses to ask him to come to Hell on Wheels and discuss peace. The chief will agree only if Joseph requests his presence, which Joseph does. Back in town, Thomas Durant (Colm Meaney) emerges from his Pullman coach. Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount) informs him that the workers are unhappy about not having been paid, lately. Durant orders him to only pay the walking bosses to keep the rest of the workers quiet. Later at the work site, Cullen convenes with the walking bosses to inform them of the pay situation. Elam (Common) joins the group", "title": "Bread and Circuses (Hell on Wheels)" }, { "id": "16071856", "text": "episode was filmed entirely in Alberta, Canada, with assistance from the provincial government of Alberta's film-development program. \"Hell on Wheels\" garnered a 3.1 HH rating, attracting 4.4 million viewers (2.4 million, aged 18–49; 2.3 million, aged 25–54) to become the second highest series premiere in AMC’s history. Critical reception of the pilot was mediocre. The \"Los Angeles Times\" said the show \"gathers steam as it goes on,\" \"The Wall Street Journal\" called it \"a bag of unpolished stones,\" and \"Variety\" pegged it as \"a diluted, herky-jerky ride.\" The series opens in the year 1865, shortly after the assassination of Abraham", "title": "Hell on Wheels (Hell on Wheels episode)" }, { "id": "8227309", "text": "Hell on Wheels (song) \"Hell on Wheels\" is a disco song performed by American singer-actress Cher from her sixteenth studio album, \"Prisoner\". It was written by Bob Esty and Michele Aller and produced by Esty. It was released as the album's first and only international single in late 1979. The song was also added to the \"Roller Boogie\" soundtrack in 1979. Lyrically, the track is about \"follow what you like\". \"Hell on Wheels\" initially received mixed reviews from critics, but in 1999 Randy Cordova from \"The Arizona Republic\" praised the song, calling it a \"roller-disco anthem\". Cher starred in one", "title": "Hell on Wheels (song)" }, { "id": "16710802", "text": "be absolutely answered by the end of the season. I think for me, it's also been about opening up different facets of the character. I want to find the parts of Cullen that are light, that are aware of humor, and that's been a particularly exciting thing for me to do this year.\" Dominique McElligott (Lily Bell) also spoke of the character changes: \"When I arrived in Calgary and I read the script, my jaw dropped. I couldn't believe where Lily was. Her motivations have changed, and her ambition from her husband has become her own ambition... Lily's character has", "title": "Hell on Wheels (season 2)" }, { "id": "16877782", "text": "up their hiatus, worked around the clock, seven days a week, over the long weekend and having their families and kids understanding that this was so critical ... We could not fail. The repercussions of losing not only the season but the whole series was definitely sitting in our laps.\" For the sixth episode of the season, \"One Less Mule\", series producer and star Anson Mount asked musician Charlie Daniels to create a song to which his Cullen Bohannon and Louise Ellison dance. Daniels wrote and recorded \"a little fiddle tune\" with acoustic instruments. He said he \"imagined somebody in", "title": "Hell on Wheels (season 3)" }, { "id": "9010204", "text": "man. Other popular examples of gender disguise include \"Madame Doubtfire\" (published as \"Alias Madame Doubtfire\" in the United States) and its movie adaptation \"Mrs. Doubtfire\", featuring a man disguised as a woman. Similarly, the movie \"Tootsie\" features Dustin Hoffman disguised as a woman, while the movie \"The Associate\" features Whoopi Goldberg disguised as a man. In the television series \"Hell on Wheels\", season 5, Cullen Bohannon discovers the bilingual Chinese railroad worker known as Tao's son, Ah Fong, is actually Tao's daughter, Mei Fong. Mei pretended to be male both to escape being married off against her will and to", "title": "Passing (gender)" }, { "id": "16121916", "text": "construction, and Cullen Bohannon and his crewman Elam Ferguson settle their differences in a public fight. In Cheyenne territory, Chief Many Horses (Wes Studi) prepares Pawnee Killer (Gerald Auger) for the Sun Dance ceremony. With long leather straps attached from his chest to a lone tree, Pawnee Killer must spend a full day staring at the sun and praying. If successful, a vision will be granted him. Pawnee Killer collapses after completing the ceremony, telling Chief Many Horses that he was blessed with a vision of the \"great steel beast\", adding \"I killed it\". Reverend Cole (Tom Noonan) and Joseph", "title": "Bread and Circuses (Hell on Wheels)" }, { "id": "14918895", "text": "shared pictures of the nearby river and exterior sets flooding on June 20 and 21. Filming of the fourth season's 13 episodes took place along the Bow River. Filming occurred from April 24 to September 24, 2014. The fifth season's production filming occurred on the CL Ranch, west of Calgary, for the Truckee, California, and Laramie, Wyoming, locations. The Kananaskis Country park system, 40 miles west of the ranch, served as the Sierra Nevada mountains the Central Pacific must cross. The first season was given 63% on Metacritic based on 28 reviews, indicating a \"generally favorable\" impression. The second season", "title": "Hell on Wheels (TV series)" }, { "id": "18400143", "text": "Mann, Reg Rogers, Angela Zhou, and Chelah Horsdal added to the main cast. On November 7, 2014, AMC renewed \"Hell On Wheels\" for a fifth and final season, consisting of 14 episodes, which premiered July 18, 2015. AMC also announced the season would be split into two parts, with half the episodes to air in 2015 and the other half beginning July 2016. About the season, showrunner John Wirth stated: \"The end of the story is written down in history, so we know how the story would end for the railroad.\" He added: \"What we didn't know is how the", "title": "Hell on Wheels (season 5)" }, { "id": "12072886", "text": "Howard Finster. Gayton's latest movie production is the 2010 action-drama \"Faster\", co-written with his brother Joe, starring Dwayne Johnson and Billy Bob Thornton. In 2011, he and brother Joe teamed up again to create a dramatic television series for the cable channel AMC, titled Hell On Wheels, which premiered on November 6. Set in 1865, the series centers on the settlement and its people that accompanied the construction of the first transcontinental railroad, referred to as \"Hell on Wheels.\" Tony Gayton Tony Gayton is an American movie producer and screenwriter. Graduated from Merritt Island High School in 1977. Merritt Island,", "title": "Tony Gayton" }, { "id": "16877783", "text": "a beer joint in a railroad town back in the 1800s.\" He called the tune \"Hell on Strings.\" <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Early reviews for the season were generally positive, scoring a 74 out of 100, based on four reviews from Metacritic. Linda Stasi of the \"New York Post\" gave the premiere high praise, criticizing only the inclusion of Ellison's reporter character: \"What this well-written series does not need is a character whose only job seems to be moving the story along with expository dialogue in the guise of interviews.\" \"The New York Times\"s Mike Hale focused on the relationship between Cullen and", "title": "Hell on Wheels (season 3)" }, { "id": "16071868", "text": "Dead\". Among key demographics, the pilot episode delivered 2.4 million viewers in adults aged 18–49 and 2.3 million viewers aged 25–54, according to Nielsen. The total viewership bested network slot rivals \"\" and \"Pan Am\". Hell on Wheels (Hell on Wheels episode) \"Hell on Wheels\" or \"Pilot\" is the pilot and first episode of the first season of American television drama series of the same name, which premiered November 6, 2011, on AMC in the United States and on TCM in the UK. The episode was written by developers Tony Gayton and Joe Gayton, and directed by David Von Ancken.", "title": "Hell on Wheels (Hell on Wheels episode)" }, { "id": "14918894", "text": "was near the Bow River in Calgary. Interior filming was in a building near the city's airport. Series producers expected the filming of the season's ten episodes to take about 80 days. Filming of the third season was suspended part way through the sixth episode when the location was included in the mandatory evacuation area due to the flooding in southern Alberta. Originally, producers had announced a two-day shut down, when the only road to the location was underwater. Later, on June 21, producers announced that the production hiatus, scheduled to begin June 27, would take effect immediately. Anson Mount", "title": "Hell on Wheels (TV series)" }, { "id": "14918884", "text": "Joel Stillerman and Susie Fitzgerald would oversee production for AMC. On July 28, 2011, AMC announced that \"Hell on Wheels\" would premiere on November 6, 2011. The series is produced by Entertainment One and Nomadic Pictures. On November 8, 2011, co-creator Joe Gayton spoke of the series' origins: \"We [Tony and I] started talking and remembered this story, \"American Experience\", which was this really great documentary, and I thought, 'God, that’s great. I just learned a bunch of stuff I had never learned before.' You just have this cursory information that the Chinese and the Irish built the railroad, but", "title": "Hell on Wheels (TV series)" }, { "id": "16071859", "text": "introduces Bohannon to the \"cut crew\" - the men who dig the trail for the rails to be laid in - which is predominantly black. In a nearby river, the idealistic Reverend Cole (Tom Noonan) baptizes a young Native American, Joseph Black Moon (Eddie Spears). Afterward, the two ride into the Hell on Wheels camp, to set up their church. Deep in the Nebraska Territory, surveyor Robert Bell (Robert Moloney) plots the railroad's path, with a small surveying team that includes his wife, Lily (Dominique McElligott). Robert urges Lily to return to Chicago, as they are entering hostile Cheyenne territory,", "title": "Hell on Wheels (Hell on Wheels episode)" }, { "id": "18026938", "text": "Hell on Wheels (season 4) The fourth season of the AMC television series \"Hell on Wheels\" premiered on August 2, 2014 and comprised 13 episodes. This season continued to focus on the westward expansion of the Union Pacific Railroad. Conflicts among the government, businesses, ranchers, homesteaders, and the railroad are also depicted, as all of those interests compete with one another for control of Cheyenne, Wyoming, the most important railroad hub in 1867. The fourth season features eleven series regulars. Jake Weber and MacKenzie Porter are added to the main cast. Common, who plays Elam Ferguson, is not credited among", "title": "Hell on Wheels (season 4)" }, { "id": "14918883", "text": "their drama series, \"Rubicon\", were likely to order \"Hell on Wheels\" to series. On December 15, 2010, AMC green-lighted the series with an order of 10 episodes. Along with the series pickup, AMC announced that Nomadic Pictures would again co-produce the series, as they had done for the pilot, with Mike Frislev and Chad Oakes joining the series as producers, while John Shiban and David Von Ancken joined the series as executive producers; Von Ancken had previously served as director on the pilot. The network also announced that John Morayniss and Michael Rosenberg would oversee production for Entertainment One, while", "title": "Hell on Wheels (TV series)" }, { "id": "16201111", "text": "agree that Durant will want proof of victory. They suggest taking the natives' scalps. Cullen declines, but Elam accepts, knowing Durant's $20-per-head bounty. Thomas C. Durant (Colm Meaney) then enlists Elam to do things \"off the books.\" Joseph wants to honor his brother's death by burning his body in a funeral pyre. The ritual is attended by his father, Chief Many Horses (Wes Studi), who says he mourns the loss of both of his sons, admitting that losing Joseph to the \"white man\" hurts him more. The McGinnes Brother's Theater is back in business with newly acquired pornographic slides. Bohannon", "title": "Timshel (Hell on Wheels)" }, { "id": "14918889", "text": "will replace Siobhan Williams in the role of Naomi, Bohannon's Mormon bride. Common spoke about the challenges of playing a former slave: \"Very challenging. And that's why I took it on. It's a lot of responsibility because what black people went through in slavery, within that system of slavery, was really treacherous. And for me, I felt like I owed it to the people that lived during that time to bring something truthful to the character. And even just revisiting some of the experiences of it, [there] was just a lot of emotion and a lot of pain. At the", "title": "Hell on Wheels (TV series)" }, { "id": "18026939", "text": "the main cast until his reappearance in the episode \"Bear Man\". On November 14, 2013, AMC renewed \"Hell On Wheels\" for a fourth season, consisting of 13 episodes, which premiered August 2, 2014. About the season, showrunner John Wirth has stated: \"The consequences of the stories we told last year will continue to reverberate throughout the season, and fans can expect to see some shocking events that will not only change the lives of our characters, but the landscape of the series as the railroad continues its relentless march westward.\" This season, MacKenzie Porter plays Naomi Hatch, taking over for", "title": "Hell on Wheels (season 4)" }, { "id": "8227315", "text": "1979 interview with Phil Donahue on \"The Phil Donahue Show\". Despite that \"Hell on Wheels\" was her first official music video released it was never released on her best video collection. Hell on Wheels (song) \"Hell on Wheels\" is a disco song performed by American singer-actress Cher from her sixteenth studio album, \"Prisoner\". It was written by Bob Esty and Michele Aller and produced by Esty. It was released as the album's first and only international single in late 1979. The song was also added to the \"Roller Boogie\" soundtrack in 1979. Lyrically, the track is about \"follow what you", "title": "Hell on Wheels (song)" }, { "id": "1461254", "text": "and Sylvia Sydney. However, the most popular and long-lived is \"The Needlepoint Book\" by Jo Ippolito Christensen, Simon & Schuster. First published in 1976 by Prentice-Hall, the widely distributed text has been continuously in print and was revised in 2015. Over 425,000 copies have been sold as of 2017. It contains 436 stitches and 1680 illustrations in 560 pages. A needlepoint stitched by Cullen Bohannon's murdered wife, Mary, is referred to repeatedly throughout \"Hell on Wheels\" season 1. For example, in episode 2, \"Immoral Mathematics\" (November 13, 2011), Bohannon flashes back to seeing Mary stitching the needlepoint; in episode 3,", "title": "Needlepoint" }, { "id": "14918882", "text": "series across Europe, while Entertainment One acquired rights to \"Hell on Wheels\" in all remaining territories. As a result of the deal, Entertainment One also holds global rights for DVD and Blu-ray sales, as well as video-on-demand and other digital distribution services. The Canadian production company Nomadic Pictures was brought onto the project to serve as co-producers alongside Entertainment One. The pilot was delivered to AMC executives in November 2010. On November 12, 2010 it was reported by \"Deadline\" that the executives at AMC were impressed with the pilot, and, coupled with the fact that the network had just cancelled", "title": "Hell on Wheels (TV series)" }, { "id": "14764559", "text": "Ben Esler Ben Esler (born 1983) is an Australian actor, best known for playing Sean McGinnes in the AMC television series \"Hell on Wheels\", as well as for his role as war hero Chuck Tatum in HBO's \"The Pacific\". Esler was born and raised in Melbourne, Australia, the son of Rosemary and Murray Esler. He is a graduate of the University of Melbourne, where he obtained a Masters Degree in Applied Ethics as well as a diploma in Professional Ethics. While a student at university, he wrote and performed sketch comedy for the long running University of Melbourne Law Revue.", "title": "Ben Esler" }, { "id": "16877779", "text": "for a third season, consisting of 10 episodes. The third season premiered August 10, 2013. Creators Tony and Joe Gayton had stepped down as showrunners, but remained with the series as consulting producers. John Shiban had also stepped down as executive producer, putting the third season renewal on hold until a replacement was found. AMC officially green-lit the third season on December 12, 2012, and announced that John Wirth would serve as the new executive producer. Wirth stated the third season would \"be a western about work — the building of the railroad, the binding of the nation after the", "title": "Hell on Wheels (season 3)" }, { "id": "14918899", "text": "transcontinental railroad construction scenes. Creator Joe Gayton said \"budget-wise and time-wise . . . we could really only concentrate on one side of [the railroad building], and that’s probably why we, you know, that's why we chose the [emanating from the East Coast] Union Pacific as opposed to the [emanating from the West Coast] Central Pacific.\" By the fifth season, the show expanded its focus to include a significant look at the role of Chinese immigrant workers in the growth of the railroad. The pilot, premiering November 6. 2011, was watched by 4.4 million viewers – AMC's second-highest series premiere", "title": "Hell on Wheels (TV series)" }, { "id": "16196031", "text": "leads him to the settlement that accompanied the construction of First Transcontinental Railroad, referred to as \"Hell on Wheels\" by the Union Pacific company men, laborers, mercenaries, prostitutes, support workers, surveyors, and others who make the mobile encampment their home. The first season was met with favorable reviews from critics, and the premiere was watched by 4.4 million viewers – AMC’s second most watched series premiere in history, following \"The Walking Dead\". In January 2012, following the season one finale, AMC put out a press release confirming \"Hell on Wheels\" as the network's second-highest rated original series behind \"The Walking", "title": "Hell on Wheels (season 1)" }, { "id": "14918887", "text": "soldier hell bent on avenging his wife’s death\", and McElligott playing Lily Bell, \"a newly widowed woman trying to survive in a man’s world\". Colm Meaney was next to be cast as Thomas \"Doc\" Durant, a \"greedy entrepreneur taking full advantage of the changing times\". Ben Esler, Phil Burke and Eddie Spears were the last actors to be cast, with Esler playing Seán McGinnes and Burke playing Mickey McGinnes, \"two young brothers looking to find their fortune in the new West\". Spears was cast as Joseph Black Moon, \"a Native American man torn between his culture and the changing world", "title": "Hell on Wheels (TV series)" }, { "id": "14918885", "text": "it got in underneath all the dirt and stuff that went on, with the financing of it, and the greed and corruption. And then, I heard about this Hell on Wheels place and I went, 'What a great setting for a western.' So, we pitched that to Jeremy Gold [at Endemol] and ended up taking it to AMC, and they loved it,\" he said. On October 29, 2012, AMC renewed \"Hell on Wheels\" for a third season, however it was also announced that the series creators and showrunners, Joe and Tony Gayton, \"will no longer be involved day-to-day on the", "title": "Hell on Wheels (TV series)" }, { "id": "17204143", "text": "Guest Star. She also appeared in a supporting role in Lifetime's \"Forever 16\", which was released in September 2013. Williams guest starred in the Season 3 Premiere and Finale of AMC's \"Hell On Wheels\". She played the daughter of a Mormon patriarch whose family is evicted from their homestead by railway officials and appeared in a highly controversial arc with series lead Anson Mount. She was due to return in season 4 as series regular but was unable to accept the contract due to scheduling conflicts with \"Black Box\". In the summer of 2013 she filmed a western directed by", "title": "Siobhan Williams" }, { "id": "17485793", "text": "John Wirth (television producer) John Wirth is a television showrunner, producer, and writer. From 2012 to mid-2016, he was the showrunner and executive producer for the American Western series \"Hell on Wheels\". His previous producer and writer credits include such series as \"The Cape\" (2011), the \"V\" remake (2009–2011), \"\" (2008–2009), \"Love Monkey\" (2006), \"Ghost Whisperer\" (2005–2010), \"Nash Bridges\" (1996–2001), and \"Remington Steele\" (1982–1987). On October 29, 2012, the AMC cable channel renewed \"Hell on Wheels\" for a third season. It was also announced that series creators Joe and Tony Gayton would step down as series' showrunners, and series producer/writer/director", "title": "John Wirth (television producer)" }, { "id": "18400145", "text": "40 miles west of the ranch, serves as the Sierra Nevada mountains the Central Pacific Railroad must cross. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The finale was followed by two additional bonus specials, on July 24, 2016, on AMC, titled \"Series Wrap-Up\" and \"Inside the Final Episode\". Hell on Wheels (season 5) The fifth and final season of the AMC television series \"Hell on Wheels\" premiered on July 18, 2015 and comprised 14 episodes. The season was evenly split; the first half aired in late 2015, and the second half aired in mid-2016. This season, set in California and Laramie, Wyoming, focused on the race", "title": "Hell on Wheels (season 5)" }, { "id": "14918896", "text": "was given 60% on Metacritic, indicating \"mixed or average\" reviews. The \"Washington Post\" Hank Stuever rated the show highly, commenting, \"Hands down, the most intriguing show on the fall slate. Though imbued with epic sweep, \"Hell on Wheels\" is a western at heart, even if that heart is cold. Plenty of guns, knives, arrows, scalpings – mixed with the incendiary socio-psychological wounds left in the Civil War’s wake.\" Robert Lloyd of the \"Los Angeles Times\" says the show \"...takes its cues more from the movies than from life. Never, in the episodes I watched, did I feel as if I", "title": "Hell on Wheels (TV series)" }, { "id": "16153042", "text": "Hopkin) to settle the railroad's financial difficulty. Meanwhile, Eva (Robin McLeavy) begs Cullen to save Elam. The Swede (Christopher Heyerdahl) is allowing the Irish crew to hang Elam as entertainment. At the saloon, Toole (Duncan Ollerenshaw) strings Elam up, while Cullen charges in on horseback, shoots one man holding the rope, and tells Elam to ride off on one of the horses outside. Cullen cautions the Irish against pursuing them, then he and Elam ride out of town. Later, Bolan (Ian Tracey) and Dix (Diego Diablo Del Mar) lead a posse, which includes Toole, after the wanted men. Cullen and", "title": "Revelations (Hell on Wheels)" }, { "id": "16071858", "text": "through the use of Durant's company, Crédit Mobilier, Durant will essentially pay himself to build the railroad with government subsidies. Durant bribes Crane with shares in Crédit Mobilier to secure his assistance in this endeavor, ensuring Crane's support by threatening to route his railroad to exclude the Nebraska lands Crane owns, which would significantly lower their value. Arriving at the Hell on Wheels encampment, Bohannon seeks work from Foreman Daniel Johnson (Ted Levine), and though Bohannon has no experience in railroad work, Johnson hires him as a \"walking boss\" after learning Bohannon had owned slaves before the Civil War. Johnson", "title": "Hell on Wheels (Hell on Wheels episode)" }, { "id": "14918878", "text": "up with a gang of train robbers but is turned over to the Union Army and imprisoned. Durant manages to get him pardoned. The railroad construction enters the Sioux territory, where The Swede and a misguided Reverend Cole assist the natives in attacking the railroad. Lily Bell seeks to gain control of the railroad from Durant and mails his accounting ledgers to the government. Army officers arrive to find the town has been attacked by the Sioux. Bohannon abandons his quest to avenge his wife and son's deaths, in order to battle Durant for control of the Union Pacific Railroad.", "title": "Hell on Wheels (TV series)" }, { "id": "16710806", "text": "[...] is good, while the Old West still feels especially beautiful and perilous.\" \"New York Magazine\"s Matt Zoller Seitz stated the show \"still looks and sounds great, has a mostly capable cast, and delivers flat-out terrific Elam scenes, large-scale action set pieces, and lantern-lit images that reminded of \"The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford\". But the rest is wasted motion.\" Maureen Ryan of The Huffington Post found the second season \"marginally better paced and the characters moderated a bit from the broad archetypes seen in Season 1,\" but added \"It's a mystery to me how something", "title": "Hell on Wheels (season 2)" }, { "id": "14918879", "text": "Eva gives birth to a baby who was sired during her marriage to Gregory Toole. Elam proposes marriage to her, even though her post-partum depression weighs heavily on her. The Swede takes up with a Mormon family on their way to the fictional Fort Smith and later reveals his true nature. Conflict arises among the government and businesses, ranchers, homesteaders, and the railroad, as all of those interests compete with one another for control of Cheyenne, Wyoming, the most important railroad hub in 1867. Meanwhile, the Union Pacific Railroad continues its expansion westward, and Bohannon adjusts to being a husband", "title": "Hell on Wheels (TV series)" }, { "id": "16196040", "text": "\"\" or \"Pan Am\". The sixth episode was watched by 2.15 million viewers, the lowest viewership of the first season and had a 0.6 rating with the 18-49 age range. The viewership numbers eventually rebounded with the season one finale being watched by 2.84 million viewers and maintained its steady 0.7 rating with the 18-49 age range. In January 2012, following the season one finale, AMC put out a press release confirming \"Hell on Wheels\" as the network's second-highest rated original series behind \"The Walking Dead\", averaging three million viewers per episode. In May 2012, AMC released the first season", "title": "Hell on Wheels (season 1)" }, { "id": "16752471", "text": "TV Fanatic rated \"Scabs\" with 4 out of 5 stars, calling it \"a fine episode\", but added that \"it wasn't nearly as exciting or memorable\" as \"Slaughterhouse\". Scabs (Hell on Wheels) \"Scabs\" is the fourth episode of the second season of the American television drama series \"Hell on Wheels\", which aired on September 2, 2012 on AMC. The fourteenth episode of the series is written by Catherine Hardwicke and directed by Chris Mundy. In the episode, the Sioux torture a railroad worker, causing the crews to strike. Cullen (Anson Mount) telegraphs for replacement workers (\"scabs\"), forcing the crews to band", "title": "Scabs (Hell on Wheels)" }, { "id": "16196033", "text": "And then, I heard about this Hell on Wheels place and I went, 'What a great setting for a western.' So, we pitched that to Jeremy Gold [at Endemol] and ended up taking it to AMC, and they loved it,\" he said. \"Hell on Wheels\" was created by Joe and Tony Gayton in late 2008, and Endemol USA's scripted television division, headed by senior vice president of original programming Jeremy Gold, came on board to develop the series for AMC. On May 18, 2010, AMC placed a pilot order for \"Hell on Wheels\" with Endemol USA. Joe and Tony Gayton", "title": "Hell on Wheels (season 1)" }, { "id": "14918900", "text": "in history, following \"The Walking Dead\". Among key demographics, the pilot episode was viewed by 2.4 million viewers in the adults 18–49 category, and 2.3 million viewers in the adults 25–54 demographics, according to Nielsen. The total viewership bested network slot rivals \"\" and \"Pan Am\". The sixth episode was watched by 2.15 million viewers, the lowest viewership of the first season and had a 0.6 rating in the 18–49 age range. The viewership numbers eventually rebounded with the season one finale being watched by 2.84 million viewers, maintaining its steady 0.7 rating in the 18–49 age range. In January", "title": "Hell on Wheels (TV series)" }, { "id": "16071867", "text": "thing. Despite striking performances even in many of the smaller roles, the actors sometimes are made to symbolize very modern obsessions, e.g., with race and gender. The sight of modern sensibilities lurking behind the curtains can break ye olde spell.\" Brian Lowry of \"Variety\" thinks: \"while the diverse mix of characters could work to the program's advantage over the long haul, jumping to and fro among them creates a diluted, herky-jerky ride in the early going.\" The pilot premiered on November 6, 2011. It was watched by 4.4 million viewers - AMC's second-highest series premiere in history, following \"The Walking", "title": "Hell on Wheels (Hell on Wheels episode)" }, { "id": "16178235", "text": "Derailed (Hell on Wheels) \"Derailed\" is the eighth episode of the first season of the American television drama series Hell On Wheels, which aired on January 1, 2012 on AMC. It is written by Mark Richard, and directed by David Von Ancken. In the episode, a train is derailed by the Cheyenne and Durant (Colm Meaney) orders Cullen (Anson Mount) to lead a team to track them; Lily (Dominique McElligott) moves out of Durant's coach and into her own tent beside the brothel, which allows her to become fast friends with Eva (Robin McLeavy); and tension mounts for Cullen's team", "title": "Derailed (Hell on Wheels)" }, { "id": "16710804", "text": "learn from \"Hell on Wheels\" and that time period is that people were people. Some of the same things that we go through now, they experienced.\" Virginia Madsen was cast in a four-episode story arc as Hannah Durant, wife of Thomas. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The second season received a 60 out of 100 aggregate score, based on nine reviews, indicating \"mixed or average\" reception at Metacritic. Ken Tucker of \"Entertainment Weekly\" gave the season start a B+, calling it \"visually impressive,\" adding \"the show rises or falls each week on the strength of the moments when [Anson] Mount and Common dominate. Each", "title": "Hell on Wheels (season 2)" }, { "id": "17485745", "text": "Shanklin), a Mormon, and his family. Hatch invites him to dinner, during which he insists his family is not moving. Cullen says he'll try to find a route around the farm, but the family will have to move if none can be found. Cullen spends the night and, in the barn, he and the eldest daughter, Naomi (Siobhan Williams), begin to kiss. Her inquisitive younger brother Henry (Christian Laurian-Kerr) interrupts them. The next day, Cullen is told an alternate route can be built but would put them five weeks behind schedule. Back in town, Sean McGinnes (Ben Esler), the railroad's", "title": "Eminent Domain (Hell on Wheels)" }, { "id": "17502529", "text": "Cullen kicks open the door to an Omaha restaurant. He drops the corpse at Durant's table and pulls up a chair. He accuses Durant of hiring men to kill his crew and steal his cattle. The sheriff enters and supports Durant, then tells Cullen to leave. Cullen leaves the body at Durant's table. Outside, he tells Elam they need to telegraph the fort and call off Bendix (Leon Ingulsrud). Maggie Palmer (Chelah Horsdal), a rancher in negotiations with Durant, introduces herself to Cullen. She offers him a good deal for her cattle, foreseeing a future range war that Cullen's railroad", "title": "Range War (Hell on Wheels)" }, { "id": "16196041", "text": "of \"Hell on Wheels\" in DVD and Blu-ray Disc formats. Entitled \"\"Hell on Wheels\" - The Complete 1st Season\", the package includes three discs that contain all 10 episodes; extras such as \"Recreating the Past: The Making of \"Hell on Wheels\"\", \"Crashing a Train: From Concept to Camera\"; and episode, character, and making-of featurettes; as well as behind-the-scenes footage. In August 2012, the network released the soundtrack from the first season, featuring the Emmy-nominated theme song by Gustavo Santaolalla and music by Kevin Kiner. It is only available on iTunes for now. Hell on Wheels (season 1) The first season", "title": "Hell on Wheels (season 1)" }, { "id": "16196034", "text": "wrote the pilot, David Von Ancken was attached to the project as director, with Jeremy Gold, Joe Gayton and Tony Gayton serving as executive producers. On July 6, 2010, Endemol USA announced that they had entered into a partnership with Entertainment One, who would serve as the production studio on the project. Part of the deal between the two companies included provisions of international distribution, with Endemol retaining rights to the series across Europe, while Entertainment One acquired rights to \"Hell on Wheels\" in all remaining territories. As a result of the deal, Entertainment One also holds global rights for", "title": "Hell on Wheels (season 1)" }, { "id": "16710807", "text": "about the building of railroad can so often fail to take advantage of the literal engine at its core.\" The AV Club gave Season 2 a grade of B- overall, but suggested that it might be the last. The second-season premiere was watched by just over 2.5 million viewers and 793,000 adults aged 18–49, a 0.6 Nielsen rating. The numbers were down significantly from the first season's premiere and finale. The first-season premiere had a lead-in program in \"The Walking Dead\". The two-hour finale was watched by 2.18 million viewers and received a 0.6 18-49 rating. Hell on Wheels (season", "title": "Hell on Wheels (season 2)" }, { "id": "14918893", "text": "I loved the character, but I didn’t anticipate ever actually getting the chance to do it. When you go up for these brilliant parts, you just figure, 'Okay, well, they’re going to pick some American actress, and that will be that.' But, the opportunity was there, and I really enjoyed the audition. It was fun.\" Filming of the first season took place in Calgary, as well as areas in central and southern Alberta, Canada. The T'suu T'ina Native Indian Reservation, an Indian reserve in southern Alberta, was the location for most of the exteriors. Exterior filming of the second season", "title": "Hell on Wheels (TV series)" }, { "id": "16196035", "text": "DVD and Blu-ray sales, as well as video-on-demand and other digital distribution services. The Canadian production company Nomadic Pictures was brought onto the project to serve as co-producers alongside Entertainment One. The pilot was delivered to AMC executives in November 2010. On November 12, 2010 it was reported by Deadline that the executives at AMC were impressed with the pilot, and, coupled with the fact that the network had just cancelled their drama series, Rubicon, were likely to order \"Hell on Wheels\" to series. On December 15, 2010, AMC green-lighted the series with an order of 10 episodes. Along with", "title": "Hell on Wheels (season 1)" }, { "id": "17485794", "text": "John Shiban would take over. Following the departure of Shiban, the renewal was put on hold until a replacement could be found. On December 12, 2012, AMC announced that Wirth would be the new showrunner for the show's third season. He remained as such throughout the series' run. John Wirth (television producer) John Wirth is a television showrunner, producer, and writer. From 2012 to mid-2016, he was the showrunner and executive producer for the American Western series \"Hell on Wheels\". His previous producer and writer credits include such series as \"The Cape\" (2011), the \"V\" remake (2009–2011), \"\" (2008–2009), \"Love", "title": "John Wirth (television producer)" } ]

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[ { "id": "19895843", "text": "was released in Japan on July 15, 2017. The Pokémon Company International and Fathom Events released the film on a limited theatrical run in the rest of the world on November 5, 2017, and this was followed by television airings on Disney XD in the United States on November 25, 2017, on CITV in the UK on December 8, 2017, 9Go! in Australia on December 10, 2017 and on Gulli in France on December 25, 2017. Ash Ketchum wakes up late one morning after having broken his alarm clock in his sleep. He eventually makes it to Professor Oak's lab,", "title": "Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!" }, { "id": "19469328", "text": "Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel It was released in Japan on July 16, 2016. It was scheduled for release in some North American and European territories later that year. The movie premiered in the US on Disney XD on December 5, 2016. The movie premiered in the UK on CITV on November 19, 2016. The movie was released on DVD in the United States on March 21, 2017. The movie was released on DVD and Blu-Ray in the UK on May 15, 2017. Aboard an airship, Levi and Cherie, a man and woman from the Azoth Kingdom,", "title": "Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel" }, { "id": "19469319", "text": "Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel It was released in Japan on July 16, 2016. It was scheduled for release in some North American and European territories later that year. The movie premiered in the US on Disney XD on December 5, 2016. The movie premiered in the UK on CITV on November 19, 2016. The movie was released on DVD in the United States on March 21, 2017. The movie was released on DVD and Blu-Ray in the UK on May 15, 2017. Aboard an airship, Levi and Cherie, a man and woman from the Azoth Kingdom,", "title": "Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel" }, { "id": "19895842", "text": "Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! is a 2017 Japanese animated adventure film directed by Kunihiko Yuyama, written by Shōji Yonemura, and produced by OLM. Released as the twentieth \"Pokémon\" movie, the first film in the \"Sun and Moon\" generation and the first reboot film in the anime film series. It sets up an alternate continuity to the main series and acts as a loose retelling of the original \"Kanto League\" saga of the series/show, released to commemorate the anime's twentieth anniversary. It premiered at Japan Expo in France on July 6, 2017 and", "title": "Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!" }, { "id": "20601398", "text": "song titled \"Breath\". Anime News Network founder, Justin Sevakis, said in an Answerman post about music changes in dubs that a source close to the production of the English adaptation confirmed that the score will not be replaced, as it did for the past few years. The movie premiered in Japanese theaters on July 13, 2018, received a limited release in the United Kingdom, Ireland, United States, and Canada starting on November 24, 2018 to December 1, 2018 plus additional screening on December 3, 2018 in United States by Fathom Events and will be released in Australia and New Zealand", "title": "Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us" }, { "id": "20601403", "text": "Stands at 6.8/10. The Film premiered on July 13, 2018 in 364 theaters in Japan and opened at #2 at the Japanese box office weekend, though film earned 3.1% less than the opening weekend of last year's . According to polls conducted by Pia Cinemas, the Pokémon Film has hit the mark in Japan. The new movie led the pack this weekend at the box office with a reported 92.8% rating from audience. Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us, the 21st film in the Pokémon franchise, fell from #3 to #4 in its fourth weekend. The film earned 180,860,400", "title": "Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us" }, { "id": "18466608", "text": "Japan on April 4, 2017, the U.S. on April 24, 2018, the UK on April 30, 2018, and Australia on August 15, 2018. The fifth film, , was released in Japan on September 30, 2017 and North America on May 10, 2018. It was released on region-free DVD and Blu-ray in Japan on November 2, 2017, the U.S. at Anime Expo on July 5, 2018 through July 8, 2018, ahead of a general release on August 7, 2018, the UK on July 30, 2018, and Australia on November 1, 2018. The last film, , was released in Japan on May", "title": "Digimon Adventure tri." }, { "id": "19895855", "text": "the film is not a direct remake, it diverts itself from the original season that it is based on, and features an original story. Two days before the film's release, Yoshitoshi Shinomiya, who draw background art for \"Kara no Kyoukai: Mirai Fukuin\" and \"\" released a new poster for the film. With the film confirmed to be initially released at the French Japan Expo 2017, Western fans requested for the film to be released in theaters in the United States. This was eventually confirmed to be released by Fathom Events as a limited release across November 4 and 5, 2017.", "title": "Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!" }, { "id": "20601383", "text": "Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us is a 2018 Japanese anime adventure film produced by OLM and Wit Studio. It is the 21st \"Pokémon\" movie released, and the second film in the rebooted anime film series. It is the sequel to \"\", existing in a continuity separate from the TV show. It is directed by Tetsuo Yajima and written by both Eiji Umehara (\"Grimoire of Zero\") and Aya Takaha with character designs done by Shizue Kaneko (\"If Her Flag Breaks\"). It was released in Japan on July 13, 2018. The Pokémon Company", "title": "Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us" }, { "id": "19895857", "text": "the ending is titled by Asuca Hayashi. Ed Goldfarb, the composer for the North American adaptations of the anime beginning with \"Pokémon: XY\", along with frequent collaborators Akhil Gopal and Kc Daugirdas, composed a new background score for the film's North American release. The movie premiered at Japan Expo in France on July 6, 2017, and officially released in Japanese theaters on July 15, 2017. Advanced pre-orders the movie tickets across limited time periods (from September 19 to October 30, 2017) allowed moviegoers to receive a serial code to obtain one of the six special Pikachu in \"Pokémon Sun\" and", "title": "Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!" }, { "id": "18466607", "text": "November 6, 2017, and Australia on February 21, 2018. The third film, , was released in Japan on September 24, 2016, North America on July 1, 2017, and Germany and Austria on August 13, 2017. It was released on region-free DVD and Blu-ray in Japan on November 2, 2016, Germany on October 30, 2017, the U.S. on December 5, 2017, the UK on December 18, 2017, and Australia on March 7, 2018. The fourth film, , was released in Japan on February 25, 2017 and North America on February 1, 2018. It was released on region-free DVD and Blu-ray in", "title": "Digimon Adventure tri." }, { "id": "18466606", "text": "7, 2017. The second film, , was released in Japan on March 12, 2016 as well as Germany and Austria on July 2, 2017. It was released on region-free DVD and Blu-ray in Japan on April 2, 2016, the U.S. at Anime Expo from July 1, 2017 through July 4, 2017 as well as San Diego Comic-Con from July 19, 2017 through July 23, 2017, ahead of a general release on August 15, 2017, Germany on October 9, 2017, the UK at MCM London Comic Con from October 27, 2017 through October 29, 2017, ahead of a general release on", "title": "Digimon Adventure tri." }, { "id": "20601407", "text": "this film may be a remake of Mewtwo Strikes Back. By the time this one hits theaters it will have been over 20 years since the debut of Pokémon: The First Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back, a feature that originally opened in Japan on July 18, 1998 and special homage to Mewtwo. Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us is a 2018 Japanese anime adventure film produced by OLM and Wit Studio. It is the 21st \"Pokémon\" movie released, and the second film in the rebooted anime film series. It is the sequel to", "title": "Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us" }, { "id": "19895854", "text": "be important to the film's storyline. A second trailer for the film was revealed at the March 1 broadcast of Oha Suta, revealing remade scenes from the first episode and its official English title. It was then posted on the official YouTube page the next day. Later on, the film's second official trailer, which also featured a new version of the original Japanese opening theme, \"Mesaze Pokémon Master\", was previewed on April 7, 2017. The next day, the producers announced that the current last Pokémon in the Pokédex, Marshadow, would debut in the film alongside several other brand-new characters. As", "title": "Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!" }, { "id": "20061881", "text": "Fireworks (2017 film) The film was released in Japan on August 18, 2017, and received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the film for its music and animation, but criticized the narrative and characterization. The film has grossed $26 million worldwide, becoming the seventh highest-grossing anime film of 2017 and Shaft's highest-grossing film. Internationally, it was released in cinemas on October 5, 2017 in Australia and New Zealand by Madman Films, and on November 15, 2017 in the United Kingdom and Ireland by Anime Limited. It was released theatrically on July 4, 2018 in the United States and Canada by", "title": "Fireworks (2017 film)" }, { "id": "19895862", "text": "for having a stronger narrative than the other movies in the franchise, but often criticized on Sorrel and Verity's personalities, calling them \"more like bystanders of someone else's story, and the attempts at creating backstories for them aren't built up at all\". A second film in the alternate continuity, titled \"\", was animated by OLM and Wit Studio, and was released in theaters in Japan on July 13, 2018. Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! is a 2017 Japanese animated adventure film directed by Kunihiko Yuyama, written by Shōji Yonemura, and produced by OLM.", "title": "Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!" }, { "id": "20601406", "text": "Amazon UK is listing a Collectors Blu-ray and a DVD release of Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us, to be released on February 11, 2019. The distributor is listed as Manga Entertainment. The film is titled \"Mewtwo Strikes Back EVOLUTION\" as it is part of Toho 2019 Lineup Presentation and will launch in Japanese cinemas on July 12th, 2019. Pokemon fan site Serebii reported that the movie going to be directed by Kunihiko Yuyama and Motonori Sakakibara and Takeshi Shundo, who passed away almost a decade ago, is being given credit for writing the screenplay, due to possibility that", "title": "Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us" }, { "id": "19895856", "text": "In Australia, the film was also confirmed to be released by Event Cinemas across November 11 and 12, 2017. Some fans also requested that voice actress Veronica Taylor should reprise her role as the English voice of Ash Ketchum for the film, but it was later confirmed that the current set of voice actors would stay on. The title of the film is also a reference to the first episode of the anime, \"Pokémon, I Choose You!\". Regular series composer Shinji Miyazaki wrote the film's score for its original release. The film's opening song is titled by Rica Matsumoto while", "title": "Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!" }, { "id": "18466615", "text": "2016 through October 6, 2016. On January 17, 2017, Shout! Factory announced that they acquired broadcast and home media distribution rights for the first 3 films and plan for a dual-language release on DVD, Blu-ray, and EST. \"Confession\" premiered at an Anime Expo screening on July 1, 2017. On October 26, 2017, Shout! Factory confirmed the release of the remaining films in 2018: \"Loss\" premiered on February 1, \"Coexistence\" on May 10, and \"Future\" on September 20. \"Reunion\" was televised January 2, 2018 on Starz Kids & Family and is available for streaming via Starz on Demand. The English dubbed", "title": "Digimon Adventure tri." }, { "id": "20549328", "text": "Mark Wahlberg and Hugh Jackman. When the film's Japanese release was announced on November 29, 2018, Ryoma Takeuchi was confirmed to voice Tim Goodman in the Japanese dub. Principal production began on January 15, 2018, in London, England and Denver, Colorado. Nine days later, Legendary announced that principal photography had officially begun with much of the filming taking place in the U.S. state of Colorado and England. The press release revealed that Alex Hirsch was not involved with the final draft of the script and that Nicole Perlman and Rob Letterman were the only ones credited. Much of the on", "title": "Pokémon: Detective Pikachu" }, { "id": "20549332", "text": "of the Japanese release. The film will be distributed outside of Japan and China by Warner Bros. Pictures on May 10, 2019, in Japan by Toho in the same month, and by Legendary East in China. Pokémon: Detective Pikachu Pokémon: Detective Pikachu (also known as Detective Pikachu) is an upcoming sci-fi action comedy mystery film directed by Rob Letterman and written by Nicole Perlman and Letterman, based on the 2016 video game of the same name. The film is an American and Japanese joint venture produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, Legendary Pictures, and The Pokémon Company. It is the first", "title": "Pokémon: Detective Pikachu" }, { "id": "326859", "text": ", 21 animated \"Pokémon\" films have been directed by Kunihiko Yuyama and Tetsuo Yajima, and distributed in Japan by Toho since 1998. The pair of films, are considered together as one film. Collectibles, such as promotional trading cards, have been available with some of the films. A live-action \"Pokémon\" film directed by Rob Letterman, produced by Legendary Entertainment, and distributed in Japan by Toho and internationally by Warner Bros. began filming in January 2018. On August 24, the film's official title was announced as \"\". It is set for release on May 10, 2019. \"Pokémon\" CDs have been released in", "title": "Pokémon" }, { "id": "19895859", "text": "Good Smile Company also announced they would release a Nendoroid of Ash in December 2017. For the film's worldwide release, The Pokémon Company announced special commemorative Pikachu Plush and Pokémon Trading Card Game Cards obtainable in US and Canadian retail sites. The film topped Japanese box office records, earning first place and grossing more than 516 million yen (US$4.61 million) in the first two days, beating \"Gintama\" on its premiere. The movie earned ¥2.14 billion ($19.6 million) in its fourth week and remained at the sixth position. In its fifth week it grossed US$22 million and climbed up to the", "title": "Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!" }, { "id": "20601397", "text": "and animate the film. A new trailer for the film was released on February 27, 2018, which revealed 5 new characters accompanying Ash in the movie alongside the mysterious new character; the film's initial premise was also revealed. The staff also revealed that Kunihiko Yuyama will serve as the film's animation supervisor, the first time he will not direct a Pokémon film in his career. Alongside the new director, Eiji Umehara and Aya Takaha were writing the film's script. Regular series composer Shinji Miyazaki wrote the film's score for its original release. Porno Graffitti composes the ending theme of the", "title": "Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us" }, { "id": "20549323", "text": "scheduled to be released in RealD 3D on May 10, 2019 by Warner Bros. Pictures, making it the first \"Pokémon\" film to receive a wide theatrical release in the United States, and the first to be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures since \"\" in 2001. In the Pokémon universe, Tim Goodman (Justice Smith) is a former Pokémon Trainer and the son of prominent detective Harry Goodman. When his father disappears in a car crash, Tim arrives in Ryme City and ends up meeting Detective Pikachu (Ryan Reynolds), who was Harry's former Pokémon partner. Tim is somehow able to understand the", "title": "Pokémon: Detective Pikachu" }, { "id": "18366453", "text": "having showtimes at either 2 am or 3 am to accommodate demand. In India, the film had the biggest release ever for a Hollywood film, opening on nearly 2,000 screens in four languages. The film also screened in 515 4DX theaters in 59 countries. \"Avengers: Infinity War\" was originally scheduled to be released on May 4, 2018 in the United States. The Chinese release of the film, which opened on May 11, 2018, was originally scheduled to end on June 10, 2018, but was granted a \"rare\" extension of 30 days, to end on July 9, 2018. Select footage from", "title": "Avengers: Infinity War" }, { "id": "17330144", "text": "theatrically released in the United States on June 15, 2018, including an IMAX release as part of Disney's new distribution deal with IMAX, but only in 2D. It is accompanied by Pixar's short film \"Bao\". The film's release was originally scheduled for June 21, 2019, but the date was moved forward after Pixar handed the 2019 release date over to \"Toy Story 4\", after its production fell behind schedule. A 53-second teaser trailer premiered on November 18, 2017 during ESPN's broadcast of \"College GameDay\". It received 113 million views in its first 24 hours, becoming the most viewed trailer for", "title": "Incredibles 2" }, { "id": "20601399", "text": "starting on November 25, 2018. The English dub was first screened in Singapore on November 12, 2018, followed by a release in Singaporean theaters beginning November 15, 2018. Callum May of Anime News Network given Overall Grade \"A\" and noted Positives : Character stories are compelling and easy to engage with, great 2D animation throughout, standout visual style and exciting use of 3D backgrounds & Negatives: Zeraora's story feels too rote, overarching conflict isn't that interesting, some awkward 3D character models in the crowd shots. He praised that Pokémon the Movie: Everyone's Story is one of the most successful attempts", "title": "Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us" }, { "id": "4572924", "text": "containing the first three \"Pokémon\" films will be released on February 9, 2016, along with single releases on DVD (These are: \"Pokémon: The First Movie\", \"Pokémon: The Movie 2000\" and \"\"). In accommodation with the 20th anniversary of the \"Pokémon\" franchise, a digitally remastered version of the film was released on iTunes, Amazon and Google Play on February 27, 2016. On Rotten Tomatoes, the North American adaptation of the film has an approval rating of 17% based on 66 reviews, with the website's critical consensus reading, \"Despite being somewhat more exciting than the previous film, this kiddy flick still lacks", "title": "Pokémon: The Movie 2000" }, { "id": "5804967", "text": "negative reviews from film critics. Despite the reviews, it was a box office success worldwide, topping the box office charts in its opening weekend, and eventually grossing US$163.6 million at the worldwide box office. It also sold 4.2million VHS units in the United States, generating a total of in global box office and US home video earnings. During the end credits of \"\", it was announced that a remake, \"\" was set to release on July 12, 2019. The Pokémon of Ash Ketchum, Misty, and Brock are sent to spend a day at a theme park built for Pokémon. Pikachu,", "title": "Pokémon: The First Movie" }, { "id": "20549325", "text": "Company had signed on a deal together to create the first live-action film in the franchise, which would be based on the video game \"Detective Pikachu\". Initially, Universal Pictures would handle the distribution outside Japan, while Toho would handle the Japanese distribution. On August 16, 2016, Nicole Perlman and Alex Hirsch were in negotiations with Legendary to write the screenplay. On November 30, 2016, Legendary hired Rob Letterman to direct the film, which the studio had fast-tracked for production to start in 2017. In January 2018, it was announced that Mary Parent and Cale Boyter are producing the film, along", "title": "Pokémon: Detective Pikachu" }, { "id": "326848", "text": "2006. In 2016, The Pokémon Company celebrated \"Pokémon\"s 20th anniversary by airing an ad during Super Bowl 50 in January, issuing re-releases of \"Pokémon Red\" and \"Blue\" and the 1998 Game Boy game \"Pokémon Yellow\" as downloads for the Nintendo 3DS in February, and redesigning the way the games are played. The mobile augmented reality game \"Pokémon Go\" was released in July. The latest games in the main series, , were released worldwide on the Nintendo Switch on November 16, 2018. A live-action film adaptation based on \"Detective Pikachu\" began production in January 2018, and is set to release in", "title": "Pokémon" }, { "id": "18466605", "text": "into four or five episodes each. For the Japanese version, the opening theme is \"Butter-Fly～tri.Version～\" by Kōji Wada, while for the English version, the opening theme is \"Digimon Are Back (Again!)\" by John Majkut. The first film, , was released in Japan on November 21, 2015, Indonesia on August 3, 2016, North America on September 15, 2016, and Germany and Austria on May 21, 2017. It was released on region-free DVD and Blu-ray in Japan on December 18, 2015, the U.S. on May 16, 2017, the UK on May 22, 2017, Australia on July 19, 2017, and Germany on August", "title": "Digimon Adventure tri." }, { "id": "7529190", "text": "have another opportunity to catch Pokémon. In the end credits, Charizard and Lisa depart from Ash's company; Molly is seen with her own Teddiursa and reunites with her father—and later, with her long-lost mother. Like its predecessors, for the film's theatrical release, select theaters would give away exclusive Pokémon trading cards, to capitalize on the success of the trading card game. \"Pokémon 3: The Movie\" opened in theaters in Japan on July 8, 2000 with a 74 minute running time. The film grossed in Japan. The film was released in the United States on April 6, 2001, debuting at #4", "title": "Pokémon 3: The Movie" }, { "id": "19469327", "text": "promotions for the film, The Pokémon Company hosted a general election for fans to vote which of the 720 Pokémon is their favorite Pokémon, which ran from April 16, 2016 to May 8, 2016. The movie's ending song is titled by YUKI. This film ranked 4th on the Japanese box office grossing ¥323,901,600 ($3.09 million) in its first weekend on 366 screens with 289,971 admissions. On its third day of release (Marine day), it grossed a total of ¥475,547,600 ($4.6 million) with a total of 430,987 admissions. This film grossed second lowest in the opening weekend in its film franchise.", "title": "Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel" }, { "id": "18466609", "text": "5, 2018 and North America on September 20, 2018. It was released on region-free DVD and Blu-ray in Japan on June 2, 2018, the UK on December 3, 2018, and the U.S. on December 4, 2018. It will be released in Australia on March 6, 2019. The films are being streamed in episodic format outside Japan by Crunchyroll, Hulu, AnimeLab, and Tubi TV, while Eleven Arts and Shout! Factory are distributing the English-language films. The series features the eight and partner Digimon from the original TV series. The English dub uses the localized names in Saban Entertainment's English adaptation of", "title": "Digimon Adventure tri." }, { "id": "12791237", "text": "with Arceus realizing that he is truly a part of the world that he created. In the credits, it is shown that Marcus works for Damos after his defeat, Newton visits Zero in prison while the Shaymin discover a new location, and Alberto is still hitting on Alice as Darkrai looks on. The English dub aired in Australia on November 6, 2009; in the United States on Cartoon Network on November 20, 2009; and in the United Kingdom on Disney XD on May 28, 2010. This marks the first time that a \"Pokémon\" feature film has made its U.S. debut", "title": "Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life" }, { "id": "20549322", "text": "Pokémon: Detective Pikachu Pokémon: Detective Pikachu (also known as Detective Pikachu) is an upcoming sci-fi action comedy mystery film directed by Rob Letterman and written by Nicole Perlman and Letterman, based on the 2016 video game of the same name. The film is an American and Japanese joint venture produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, Legendary Pictures, and The Pokémon Company. It is the first American live-action film set in the \"Pokémon\" universe. The film stars Ryan Reynolds as the voice and facial motion capture of Detective Pikachu, with Justice Smith, Kathryn Newton and Ken Watanabe in live-action roles. It is", "title": "Pokémon: Detective Pikachu" }, { "id": "20061890", "text": "Australia and New Zealand on October 5, 2017. It was released for preview on 15 November 2017 in the United Kingdom. Madness Entertainment theatrically released the film in Mexico on February 16, 2018. GKIDS premiered the film in U.S. theaters on July 3, 2018, with a wider release on July 4, 2018. To promote the U.S. release, GKIDS released a film trailer and still images for the movie on May 23, 2018. On its opening day the film grossed from 133,000 admissions, from 220,000 admissions in two days and then grossed a total of (US$4.2 million) within three days of", "title": "Fireworks (2017 film)" }, { "id": "19895858", "text": "\"Moon\", each wearing one of Ash's signature hats from each anime season. These Pikachu were holding an exclusive Pikashunium Z-Crystal. Also, both Marshadow and Ho-Oh were distributed during the film's release in Japan. Merchandise coinciding with the film were also released. Bandai released official Poké Ball Breath Mint Cases in both regular and Premium-Bandai versions to coincide with the film's release. The first set was released in August 2017, and the second was released in September 2017, with pre-orders starting on April 23, 2017. Bandai also released S.H.Figuarts figures of Ash and the Team Rocket trio in July 2017, while", "title": "Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!" }, { "id": "18466612", "text": "of a television series. The screenwriting team split and arranged important events into six interwoven parts, focusing on the main story while developing the characters' perspectives simultaneously. Motonaga utilized new computer techniques while preserving the atmosphere of the original series. The first film, \"Reunion\", was released on November 21, 2015. The second film, \"Determination\", was released on March 12, 2016. The third film, \"Confession\", was released on September 24, 2016. The fourth film, \"Loss\", was released on February 25, 2017. The fifth film, \"Coexistence\", was released on September 30, 2017. The last film, \"Future\", was released on May 5, 2018.", "title": "Digimon Adventure tri." }, { "id": "20601384", "text": "International and Fathom Events released the film on a limited theatrical run worldwide on November 24, 2018. Fula City was founded on barren land that was suddenly engulfed in flames due to the mysterious Pokémon Zeraora. When the Pokémon and people began helping one another, Lugia, moved by the cooperative nature of them, cleared the fire. Since then, the city has held a wind festival every year to celebrate Lugia's help while Zeraora disappeared supposedly cursing the mountain and surrounding area near the city. High school student and former track runner, Risa, is asked by her younger brother, Rick, to", "title": "Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us" }, { "id": "18366418", "text": "was released in the United States on April 27, 2018, in IMAX and 3D. The film received praise for the performances of the cast (particularly Brolin's) and the emotional weight of the story, as well as the visual effects and action sequences. It was the fourth film and the first superhero film to gross over $2 billion worldwide, breaking numerous and becoming the highest-grossing film of 2018, as well as the fourth-highest-grossing film of all time and in the United States and Canada. The sequel, \"Avengers: Endgame\", is set to be released on April 26, 2019. Having acquired the Power", "title": "Avengers: Infinity War" }, { "id": "5804983", "text": "that used for the theatrical release) was packaged with the video. The Japanese version of the film was initially distributed theatrically by Toho on July 18, 1998. That following year, the English-dub of film was produced by 4Kids Entertainment and released by Warner Bros. under the Kids' WB banner in the United States on November 10, 1999. The film was theatrically re-released exclusively at Cinemark Theatres in the United States on October 29 and November 1, 2016. The re-release included the \"Pikachu's Vacation\" short film from the original release and was intended to commemorate Pokémon's 20th anniversary. For TV syndication,", "title": "Pokémon: The First Movie" }, { "id": "19902220", "text": "million in the United States and Canada, and $20.9 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $38.8 million. In the United States and Canada, \"Show Dogs\" was released on May 18, 2018 alongside \"Deadpool 2\" and \"Book Club\", and was projected to gross $7–9 million from 3,145 theaters in its opening weekend. It ended up debuting to $6 million, finishing sixth at the box office. It dropped 49% in its second weekend to $3.1 million, finishing seventh. On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 17% based on 60 reviews with an average", "title": "Show Dogs" }, { "id": "20601396", "text": "was (it is implied that the sunglasses he had given her at the beginning were tracking her). Ash and Pikachu are seen walking down the road wondering what their next adventure will be. The film was initially announced back in December 10, 2017 broadcast of TV Tokyo's variety program \"Oha Suta\", under the title , showing a new character design for the film's main protagonist Ash Ketchum alongside a new unnamed character. The film also revolves around the Legendary Pokémon Lugia. Alongside the reveal of the film, Wit Studio (\"Attack on Titan\", \"The Ancient Magus' Bride\") was confirmed to co-produce", "title": "Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us" }, { "id": "5804984", "text": "the movie was digitally remastered for high definition and aired in TV Tokyo, as well as in other stations, beginning May 3, 2013. The remastered version also aired in Cartoon Network in the United States on January 4, 2014. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film's English adaptation holds an approval rating of 15% based on 79 reviews, with the website's critical consensus reading, \"Audiences other than children will find very little to entertain them.\" On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 35 out of 100, based on 25 critics, indicating \"generally unfavorable reviews\". Audiences polled by", "title": "Pokémon: The First Movie" }, { "id": "11380835", "text": "The film was directed by Marc Abraham, and was first shown in the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. The film was released on March 25, 2016, by Sony Pictures Classics. In 2017, Hiddleston starred in Legendary Pictures' King Kong film, \"\". It was released on 10 March, and was directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts. He reprised his role as Loki in \"\", released on 3 November 2017, and also appeared in \"\" (2018) and \"\", which is scheduled for 2019. Hiddleston was one of the narrators in the 2015 documentary \"Unity\" directed by Shaun Monson. Hiddleston", "title": "Tom Hiddleston" }, { "id": "4571062", "text": "Pokémon Heroes Pokémon Heroes: Latios and Latias, commonly referred to as Pokémon Heroes, originally released in Japan as , is a 2002 Japanese anime film directed by Kunihiko Yuyama. It is the fifth film in the \"Pokémon\" series, complementing \"Pokémon: Master Quest\" (the last season of \"Pocket Monsters\" story arc in the Japanese version) and the last one to receive a theatrical release in North America until the 2017 film \"\". The film was released in Japan on July 13, 2002, and stars the regular television cast of Rica Matsumoto, Yuji Ueda, Mayumi Iizuka, Megumi Hayashibara, Shin-ichiro Miki and Ikue", "title": "Pokémon Heroes" }, { "id": "4571074", "text": "Pokémon Heroes Pokémon Heroes: Latios and Latias, commonly referred to as Pokémon Heroes, originally released in Japan as , is a 2002 Japanese anime film directed by Kunihiko Yuyama. It is the fifth film in the \"Pokémon\" series, complementing \"Pokémon: Master Quest\" (the last season of \"Pocket Monsters\" story arc in the Japanese version) and the last one to receive a theatrical release in North America until the 2017 film \"\". The film was released in Japan on July 13, 2002, and stars the regular television cast of Rica Matsumoto, Yuji Ueda, Mayumi Iizuka, Megumi Hayashibara, Shin-ichiro Miki and Ikue", "title": "Pokémon Heroes" }, { "id": "20061889", "text": "for the film was released. A 30-second trailer, the third promotional video for the film, was released in June 2017, and a new poster was also revealed. The film was released in Japan on August 18, 2017 by Toho. The film premiered in the UK as part of the annual Scotland Loves Anime film festival on October 15th 2017. In July 2017, it was announced that the film will be distributed in 110 countries and regions. Edko Films Ltd will release the film at theaters in Hong Kong on October 31, 2017. Madman Entertainment will theatrically release the film in", "title": "Fireworks (2017 film)" }, { "id": "19088264", "text": "soundtrack titled \"Swan Song\". The film is scheduled to be released by 20th Century Fox on February 14, 2019, and will be screened in IMAX theaters. The film was originally set to be released on July 20, 2018, but in February 2018, the film was delayed to December 21, before later being pushed back again in late September to its current release date. The first trailer for the film was released on December 8, 2017, with a July 2018 release in mind. The footage received a mixed response, with a majority of the commentary focusing on the appearance of the", "title": "Alita: Battle Angel" }, { "id": "4571073", "text": "place at the Japanese box office behind \"Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones\" and \"Stuart Little 2\". The film grossed in Japan. In its North American run, the movie was a box office bomb. This was due to facing competition from \"X2\", \"The Matrix Reloaded\", (which had opened the day before its American release), \"Bruce Almighty\", and the premiere of \"Finding Nemo\". The film closed down its American run on July 10, 2003, grossing $746,381. In total, the film's worldwide gross was . As of 2018, it is the lowest grossing \"Pokémon\" movie in the entire franchise.", "title": "Pokémon Heroes" }, { "id": "7529181", "text": "marks the debut of the mischievous Pichu Bros., who help Pikachu reunite with his trainer after being separated (without Ash even knowing, due to him preparing a party to celebrate the day Pikachu and he first met). This was also the first \"Pokémon\" film to premiere in an IMAX theater. The realistic crystallization and Unown created a 3D effect in the film. This was also the last Pokémon film to be released by Warner Bros. until the release of \"\" in 2019. The film comes accompanied by a short mini-movie featuring Pikachu. In this mini-movie, Pikachu and his friends are", "title": "Pokémon 3: The Movie" }, { "id": "20490414", "text": "was released in Japan on July 20, 2018. Madman Entertainment acquired the film for Australia and New Zealand, brought the film to the Sydney Film Festival and then released it theatrically on August 23, 2018 in Australia and September 20 in New Zealand. Anime Limited released the film in the United Kingdom and Ireland, premiering the film at BFI London Film Festival on October 13, 2018, followed theatrical releases on November 2 in Japanese and November 4 in English. GKIDS acquired the film for North America, and premiered the film at the Animation Is Film Festival in Los Angeles on", "title": "Mirai (film)" }, { "id": "16185245", "text": "internationally as .) The Japanese show \"Oha Suta\" showed a 15-minute trailer of the movie while revealing its tentative title. The January issue of \"CoroCoro Comic\" also revealed the release date of the film. In the March issue of \"CoroCoro Comic\", the new Pokémon Keldeo, the Colt Pokémon, was introduced and its name was appended to the title of the film. In the film poster released on February 26, 2012, Kyurem is also shown having two alternate forms. In an episode of \"Pokémon Smash!\" shown on the same day, Junichi Masuda revealed these forms alongside the announcement of the \"Pokémon", "title": "Pokémon the Movie: Kyurem vs. the Sword of Justice" }, { "id": "20549327", "text": "using a new character. So when I came onboard, I was pitched this character of Detective Pikachu, and I fell in love with the story behind it.\" In November 2017, Justice Smith was cast in the lead human role, with Kathryn Newton cast to costar after an intense session of reading and testing actresses who would appear opposite Smith. Newton beat out Natalia Dyer, Haley Lu Richardson, and Katherine Langford for the role. In December 2017, Ryan Reynolds was cast in the titular role to be portrayed via motion-capture. Other actors considered for the role were Danny DeVito, Dwayne Johnson,", "title": "Pokémon: Detective Pikachu" }, { "id": "17733203", "text": "and Yveltal as well as the hidden meaning to the title, related to the Destruction Pokémon. It also notes that many Legendary Pokémon and several Mega Evolutions will appear in the film. The Cocoon of Destruction was shown alongside the Pikachu Short on which will feature the new Pokémon Klefki. The magazine also reveals that it will also feature Jirachi, Victini, Manaphy, and Darkrai as special guests. The film made its English language debut on November 8, 2014 on Cartoon Network in the United States, and in theaters in Australia and New Zealand. In addition, a prequel to the movie,", "title": "Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction" }, { "id": "4658517", "text": "on July 16, 2005, followed by the Japanese DVD release on December 22, 2005. The English dub was done by 4Kids Entertainment and was first released on DVD in Australia on August 16, 2006, with the US release following on September 19, 2006. The English dub of the movie premiered in the US for the first time at the 2006 Comic-Con in San Diego, California. The film aired in the United Kingdom in July 2007 on Cartoon Network and it continues to air on CITV. This is also the last \"Pokémon\" film to be dubbed in English by 4Kids Entertainment,", "title": "Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew" }, { "id": "7529180", "text": "Pokémon 3: The Movie Pokémon 3: The Movie: Entei – Spell of the Unown, commonly referred to as Pokémon 3: The Movie, originally released in Japan as , is a 2000 Japanese anime film directed by Kunihiko Yuyama as the third feature-length Pokémon film. The film stars the voices of Rica Matsumoto, Ikue Ōtani, Mayumi Iizuka, Yūji Ueda, Ikue Ōtani, Koichi Yamadera, Megumi Hayashibara, Shin-ichiro Miki, Ai Kato, Masami Toyoshima, Akiko Yajima, and Naoto Takenaka. The film was released on July 8, 2000. Like its predecessors, it is preceded by a short film, this one titled \"Pikachu and Pichu\", which", "title": "Pokémon 3: The Movie" }, { "id": "20601405", "text": "(Japan). On International Market, The Film had 4-day screening in U.S. from November 24 - December 1 by US Release Distributors Fathom Events and Box Office Mojo listed that film earned $789,170 in the United States from November 24 through December 3. On United Kingdom, CinEvents announced UK and Ireland Release and earned $226,635 on its limited run in UK.. The Film had earned $51,435 from Australia and New Zealand Market. The Film grossed $22,079,745 worldwide including $21,000,450 in Japan, $789,170 in United States, $226,635 in United Kingdom, $47,283 in Australia, $4,152 in New Zealand and $12,055 in South Korea.", "title": "Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us" }, { "id": "19985280", "text": "on May 7, 2017. The sequel was green-lit during the opening weekend of \"Godzilla\", with original director Gareth Edwards expected to return. After Edwards left the project in May 2016, Dougherty, who had been hired in October 2016 to re-write the script with Zach Shields, was announced as the director in January 2017. Principal photography began in June 2017 in Atlanta and ended in September 2017. \"Godzilla: King of the Monsters\" is scheduled to be released on May 31, 2019, in 2D, 3D, Dolby Cinema and IMAX. A sequel, \"Godzilla vs. Kong\", is scheduled to follow up on May 22,", "title": "Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019 film)" }, { "id": "4571063", "text": "Ōtani. The English adaptation was produced by 4Kids Entertainment and distributed by Miramax Films (a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company), and saw a limited release in the United States on May 16, 2003, before being released to video and DVD in January 2004. The English version stars the regular television cast of Veronica Taylor, Eric Stuart, Rachael Lillis and Maddie Blaustein. The events of the film take place during the fifth season of . Although Cartoon Network has numerously aired the film, it also aired on Toon Disney (now known as Disney XD) on November 27, 2007 (because Miramax,", "title": "Pokémon Heroes" }, { "id": "326857", "text": "new generation begins. Some Pokémon from the newer games appear in anime episodes or films months, or even years, before the game they were programmed for came out. The first generation began in Japan with \"Pokémon Red\" and \"Green\" on the Game Boy. The franchise began the seventh generation on November 18, 2016 with \"Pokémon Sun\" and \"Moon\" on the Nintendo 3DS. The most recent games in the main series, , were released on the Nintendo Switch on November 16, 2018. A follow-up set of core series games will be released in late 2019. \"Pokémon\", also known as \"Pokémon the", "title": "Pokémon" }, { "id": "18371651", "text": "on April 26, 2019, in IMAX and 3D. Additionally, Frank Grillo and Letitia Wright reprise their roles as Brock Rumlow / Crossbones and Shuri from previous MCU films. Hiroyuki Sanada and Katherine Langford have been cast in undisclosed roles. Avengers co-creator Stan Lee has a posthumous cameo in the film. In October 2014, Marvel announced a two-part sequel to \"Age of Ultron\", titled \"Avengers: Infinity War\". \"Part 1\" was scheduled to be released on May 4, 2018, with \"Part 2\" scheduled for May 3, 2019. In April 2015, Marvel announced that Anthony and Joe Russo would direct both parts of", "title": "Avengers: Endgame" }, { "id": "18366452", "text": "2018, screening also at the adjacent El Capitan Theatre and Grauman's Chinese Theatre. It was released in most countries worldwide, including the United States, on April 27, 2018, with a few debuts beginning as early as April 25, and was shown in IMAX and 3D on select screens. In the United States, the film opened in 4,474 theaters, 408 of which were IMAX; this was the widest release for a Disney title ever and the second-widest ever after \"Despicable Me 3\"s 4,529 theaters. Three of AMC Theatres' locations screened the film for 24 hours straight, with 53 of their locations", "title": "Avengers: Infinity War" }, { "id": "5804990", "text": "United States. Combined, the film's global box office and US home video earnings added up to . The film was included in the Blu-ray compilation titled \"Pikachu Movie Premium 1998-2010\" in Japan on November 28, 2012. On February 9, 2016, Viz Media released a limited edition Blu-ray Steelbook containing the first three \"Pokémon\" films (\"Pokémon: The First Movie\", \"\" and \"\"), along with single releases on DVD. In accommodation with the 20th anniversary of the \"Pokémon\" franchise, a digitally remastered version of the film was released on iTunes, Amazon and Google Play on February 27, 2016. On October 2, 2018,", "title": "Pokémon: The First Movie" }, { "id": "4711834", "text": "\"Toy Story 2\" that started October 2, 2009 before the release of \"Toy Story 3\" in the following year. Both films were in Disney Digital 3D in select movie theaters. The second double feature, and the most recent one, was a re-release of \"Twilight\" and \"\" for one night only, on June 29, 2010, shortly before the midnight screening of \"\" in select theaters. In February 2011, it was announced that the 14th Pokémon movie \"\", due in July, would be released as a double-feature, though both films are actually \"versions\" of each other, with differences related to plot points", "title": "Double feature" }, { "id": "15117999", "text": "by the digital cinema developer and distributor, Cinedigm, on December 3 and 4, 2011. This makes it the first Pokémon film to be screened in American theatres since \"Pokémon Heroes\". \"Pokémon the Movie: Black—Victini and Reshiram\" aired on Disney XD in the UK and Cartoon Network in the USA in 2011. \"Pokémon the Movie: White—Victini and Zekrom\" aired on Cartoon Network on February 11, 2012. A two-disc DVD set was released in the US on April 3, 2012. The movies were released in the UK by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment on April 9, 2012. Pokémon the Movie: Black—Victini and Reshiram", "title": "Pokémon the Movie: Black—Victini and Reshiram and White—Victini and Zekrom" }, { "id": "7529191", "text": "on its opening weekend, earning $8,240,752 from 2,675 theaters, less than half as much as first-place finisher \"Spy Kids\". The film proved less successful in the box office compared to previous films. During its 10-week box office run, \"Pokémon 3: The Movie\" made a significant profit-margin, grossing $17,052,128 in North America. The film grossed US$4,605,214 in five other countries, including US$2,736,100 in Germany, US$714,016 in the United Kingdom, US$549,902 in Australia, US$327,752 in Austria, and US$277,444 in Denmark. Combined, the film grossed overseas outside of Japan. In total, the film's gross was . On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an", "title": "Pokémon 3: The Movie" }, { "id": "19895860", "text": "fourth position before being dethroned by \"\". The film grossed $37,552,144 worldwide, including $30,024,522 in Japan, $3,559,886 in South Korea, and $2,401,722 in the United States. Some older fans of the anime expressed negative criticism over the film on social media due to the exclusion of Misty and Brock in favor of two new companions, with one saying \"It's almost like Brock and Misty never existed\". Also, criticism was made at the point where Pikachu actually speaks the human language. As shown at the film's first screening at the 2017 Japan Expo, most of the main characters from the first", "title": "Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!" }, { "id": "17868215", "text": "Angeles on October 10, 2017, and its Australian premiere took place on October 13, on the Gold Coast. It was released in the United Kingdom on October 24, 2017, with additional international releases on October 25, and in Australia on October 26. The film was released in the United States and Canada on November 3, in 4,080 theaters, of which over 3,400 were 3D, 381 were IMAX and IMAX 3D, and 204 were D-Box. The film opened in 1,187 IMAX theaters globally, which was a November opening weekend record. It was originally scheduled for release on July 28, 2017. \"Thor:", "title": "Thor: Ragnarok" }, { "id": "20784566", "text": "2018. Toho released the film theatrically in Japan on August 17, 2018. Fuji Creative is responsible for international distribution of the film. Anime Limited announced in July 2018 that they had acquired the film for distribution in the United Kingdom and Ireland, where it premiered at Scotland Loves Anime Glasgow on October 13, 2018, with a wider release in 2019. Eleven Arts announced that they would be distributing the film theatrically in North America, where it premiered at Crunchyroll Expo in San Jose on September 2, 2018, and a wider release scheduled for Q1 2019. Madman Entertainment announced that they", "title": "Penguin Highway" }, { "id": "20021693", "text": "The film's campaign promotes the climax of the \"Fairy Tail\" manga series, which concluded its run on July 26, 2017. The film was released in Japan on May 6, 2017, with an international release in select theaters scheduled the same month. Madman Entertainment announced plans to distribute the film theatrically in Australia and New Zealand. Anime Limited distributed and released the film on 17 May 2017 in the United Kingdom, with further screenings scheduled for 19 May 2017. German distributor KAZÉ Anime brought the film on June 27 and July 16 2017 in cinemas in Germany and Austria. On July", "title": "Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry" }, { "id": "18988153", "text": "photography, and Bina Daigeler as the costume designer. Filming ended on November 29, 2015. \"The Zookeeper's Wife\" had its world premiere on March 8, 2017 in Warsaw, Poland, and its US premiere at the Cinequest Film Festival on March 12, 2017. The film was released in the United States on March 31, 2017 and was released in the United Kingdom on April 21, 2017. It premiered in Spain at the Barcelona-Sant Jordi International Film Festival on April 22, 2017. It also premiered in France at the 43rd Deauville Film Festival on September 7, 2017. A special screening was held at", "title": "The Zookeeper's Wife (film)" }, { "id": "18519840", "text": "in the Pokémon series, its production began as soon as production of the ended. Based on the sixth generation of Pokémon video games, it is based around the legendary Pokémon Hoopa. The movie grossed ¥2,610,000,000 in Japan. It is the one of the lowest-grossing movie of all the Pokémon movies, performing slightly better than lowest-grossing film, \"Pokémon Heroes\". It was released on DVD and Blu-ray in Japan on December 16, 2015 by SMD Itaku. It was released on DVD format in the United States on March 8, 2016 by Viz Media. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray in the", "title": "Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages" }, { "id": "17733205", "text": "his crew traveled to a foreign country for inspiration. The film's ending theme is titled by Scandal. The ending single was released on July 16, 2014. Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction It premiered in Australia and in New Zealand in theaters on November 8, 2014. The movie aired on Cartoon Network in the United States on November 8, 2014. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray in Japan on December 17, 2014. It was also released on DVD format in the United States on February 17, 2015. In a country called lies the powerful . The", "title": "Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction" }, { "id": "7529193", "text": "21, 2001. Viz Media has announced that a limited edition Blu-ray Steelbook containing the first three \"Pokémon\" films will be released on February 9, 2016, along with single releases on DVD (These are: \"\", \"\" and \"Pokémon 3: The Movie\"). In accommodation with the 20th anniversary of the \"Pokémon\" franchise, a digitally remastered version of the film was released on iTunes, Amazon and Google Play on February 27, 2016. Pokémon 3: The Ultimate Soundtrack is the soundtrack to the third series and the movie, It was released on April 3, 2001 by Koch Records on Audio CD and Compact Cassette.", "title": "Pokémon 3: The Movie" }, { "id": "8455793", "text": "film was a moderate success in the United States but a box office hit overseas. It received generally positive reviews with significant praise for the film's special effects. In 2014, Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures released \"Godzilla\", a reboot of the \"Godzilla\" franchise directed by Gareth Edwards. Legendary originally intended to produce a trilogy with Edwards attached to direct all films. Shortly afterwards, Legendary announced a shared cinematic universe between Godzilla and King Kong, titled MonsterVerse. \"\" was released in March 2017, a reboot of the \"King Kong\" franchise and second film in Legendary's MonsterVerse. The third film in the", "title": "Monster movie" }, { "id": "18238490", "text": "released worldwide on September 22, 2017. The port includes the last four fighters added in the arcade version, along with an additional exclusive fighter and new game modes. In the Nintendo Direct Mini on January 11, 2018, two DLC packs were announced for the DX version. In Pack One, Aegislash is a fighter along with Mega Rayquaza and Mimikyu as support Pokémon, which was released on January 31, 2018. In Pack Two, Blastoise is a fighter along with Mew and Celebi as support Pokémon, which was released on March 23, 2018. Across all versions of the game, there are currently", "title": "Pokkén Tournament" }, { "id": "18867415", "text": "Fallout\" was released in the United States and Canada on July 27, 2018, by Paramount in RealD 3D, IMAX, and IMAX 3D, and August 31, 2018 in China. The film premiered in Paris on July 12, 2018. The first trailer was released on February 4, 2018, during Super Bowl LII, and a second one on May 16, 2018. Marketing spent a total of $140 million on global promotion and advertisements. The film was released in India with some edits to exclude any mention of Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. \"Mission: Impossible – Fallout\" was released for digital download on", "title": "Mission: Impossible – Fallout" }, { "id": "3883361", "text": "Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys, originally released in Japan as is the seventh film in the \"Pokémon\" series, complementing the seventh season (\"Pokémon: Advanced Challenge\"). It is the second film released under \"Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation\" in Japan. The film stars the voices of Rica Matsumoto, Ikue Otani, Yuji Ueda, KAORI, Fushigi Yamada, Noriko Hidaka, Koichi Yamadera, Susumu Chiba, Kenji Nojima, and Becky. The events of the film take place during the seventh season of . The film was released on July 17, 2004 in Japan. The English adaptation was produced by 4Kids Entertainment and distributed by Miramax Films", "title": "Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys" }, { "id": "16185244", "text": "movie also celebrates the 90th anniversary of the Japanese manga publisher Shogakukan, which published many Pokémon related works. The film was first broadcast in English on Cartoon Network in the United States on December 8, 2012. The movie was released on DVD in the U.S. on April 2, 2013 by Viz Media. Universal released the movie on DVD in the UK on September 30, 2013. \"Kyurem vs. the Sacred Swordsmen: Keldeo\" was first revealed during the teaser trailer after the end of the previous movies \"Victini and the Black Hero: Zekrom\" and \"Victini and the White Hero: Reshiram\" (later released", "title": "Pokémon the Movie: Kyurem vs. the Sword of Justice" }, { "id": "16647607", "text": "that Hirsch was co-writing the new live-action \"Pokémon\" movie, \"\", alongside \"Guardians of the Galaxy\" and \"Captain Marvel\" writer Nicole Perlman. In February 2017, Hirsch was added as a story contributor to Sony's upcoming animated Spider-Man film, \"\". In February 2018, Hirsch used his Twitter account to announce the new \"Gravity Falls\" graphic novel, through a series of puzzle pieces that he would release throughout the day. Put together the puzzle pieces revealed the cover of the graphic novel \"Gravity Falls: Lost Legends; 4 All-New Adventures\" which was written by Hirsch and is expected to be released on July 24,", "title": "Alex Hirsch" }, { "id": "18519826", "text": "Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages, known in Japan as is a 2015 Japanese anime film directed by Kunihiko Yuyama. It is the 18th \"Pokémon\" anime movie and the second movie in the XY Series. The events of the film take place during the 18th season of . The movie premiered in theaters in Japan on July 18, 2015. It also premiered in theaters in Australia on November 5, 2015. It aired in Canada on Teletoon on November 14, 2015 and in the United Kingdom on CITV on", "title": "Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages" }, { "id": "18636334", "text": "scheduled for release on February 9, 2018 but was later moved to September 14, 2018 and then September 28, 2018. On February 7, 2014, the same day \"The Lego Movie\" was released, it was reported that Jared Stern and Michelle Morgan were hired to write \"\". The sequel was announced to be released on May 26, 2017, but later that year it was reported that a spin-off film featuring Batman from \"The Lego Movie\" might take the sequel's release date thus pushing the sequel to May 18, 2018. Phil Lord and Christopher Miller returned to script and co-direct the sequel.", "title": "Warner Animation Group" }, { "id": "18466613", "text": "The films are being streamed outside Japan by Crunchyroll, Hulu, AnimeLab and Tubi TV, as they are released in Japan, with each film split into four or five episodes. Indonesian cinemas CGV Blitz, Cinemaxx, and Platinum Cineplex ran \"Reunion\" in their respective theaters nationwide on August 3, 2016. KSM Anime ran \"Reunion\" in over 150 cinemas throughout Germany and Austria on May 21, 2017. Germany and Austria also saw theatrical releases of \"Determination\" on July 2, 2017 and \"Confession\" on August 13, 2017. An English-language version of \"Digimon Adventure tri.\" is being distributed in North America by Eleven Arts. The", "title": "Digimon Adventure tri." }, { "id": "19985296", "text": "trailer were released. On December 13, 2018, character posters for Rodan, Mothra, and Ghidorah were released. \"Godzilla: King of the Monsters\" is scheduled to be released on May 31, 2019, in 2D, 3D, Dolby Cinema and IMAX by Warner Bros. Pictures, except in Japan where it will be distributed by Toho. The film was originally scheduled to be released on June 8, 2018. However, in May 2016, it was pushed back to March 22, 2019 and then again to its current release date. The film will be released as \"Godzilla II: King of the Monsters\" in some markets. In September", "title": "Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019 film)" }, { "id": "19187259", "text": "Talks of a new \"Predator\" installment began in June 2014, with Black being confirmed as writer and director; much of the cast signed on between October 2016 and January 2017. Filming took place in British Columbia from February to June 2017, with the entire climax being reshot in July 2018 following poor test screenings. \"The Predator\" premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 6, 2018, and was theatrically released in the United States on September 14, 2018 by 20th Century Fox, in IMAX and Dolby Cinema, as well as standard formats. The film received mixed reviews from critics", "title": "The Predator (film)" }, { "id": "326860", "text": "North America, some of them in conjunction with the theatrical releases of the first three and the 20th \"Pokémon\" films. These releases were commonplace until late 2001. On March 27, 2007, a tenth anniversary CD was released containing 18 tracks from the English dub; this was the first English-language release in over five years. Soundtracks of the \"Pokémon\" feature films have been released in Japan each year in conjunction with the theatrical releases. In 2017, a soundtrack album featuring music from the North American versions of the 17th through 20th movies was released. The Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG) is", "title": "Pokémon" }, { "id": "18433097", "text": "announced in the 44th issue of \"Weekly Shōnen Jump\" magazine of 2018. This was later confirmed with the airing of the final episode to season three on September 29, 2018. On December 19, 2018, the \"My Hero Academia\" website confirmed a release date of October 2019, along with a key visual. An anime film was announced in December 2017 and features an original story set after the manga's \"Final Exam\" arc. Titled , the film had its world premiere at Anime Expo on July 5, 2018, and the Japanese theatrical release began screening on August 3, 2018, with the staff", "title": "My Hero Academia" }, { "id": "5153870", "text": "at 6834 Hollywood Boulevard. On March 23, 2018, it was announced that Pratt would reprise his role as Emmet in \"\" along with another character Rex Dangervest. In May, Pratt was confirmed to star in the western drama \"The Kid\". Pratt is set to appear as Duncan in the action film \"Cowboy Ninja Viking\" alongside Priyanka Chopra. Initially the movie was decided to be released in June 2019, however, on August 7, 2018, the film was pulled from the release list, nullifying the previous release date. In December 2018, Pratt signed on to the Pixar animated film \"Onward\", alongside \"Avengers:", "title": "Chris Pratt" }, { "id": "15739895", "text": "Paramount Animation Paramount Animation is the animation division and label of Paramount Pictures. The division was founded on July 6, 2011 in response to the success of \"Rango\" and DreamWorks Animation's departure from Paramount in 2012. Its first animated film \"\" was released on February 6, 2015, and its latest release \"Sherlock Gnomes\" was released on March 23, 2018 with its next release being \"Wonder Park\" on March 15, 2019. In July 2011, in the wake of critical and box office success of their animated feature, \"Rango\" and the departure of DreamWorks Animation upon completion of their distribution contract in", "title": "Paramount Animation" }, { "id": "19627145", "text": "of release. Here is a table which shows the box office of this movie of all the weekends in Japan: The film was released in China on May 30, 2017, and grossed ($21.9million) after completing its theatrical run. It was released in Hong Kong on August 3, 2017, and grossed ($1.1million). In South Korea, it was released on August 11, 2017, and grossed $1million after completing its theatrical run. Doraemon the Movie 2017: Great Adventure in the Antarctic Kachi Kochi Doraemon the Movie 2017: Nobita's Great Adventure in the Antarctic Kachi Kochi is a Japanese animated science-fiction film. It is", "title": "Doraemon the Movie 2017: Great Adventure in the Antarctic Kachi Kochi" }, { "id": "20778330", "text": "Reeves will be voicing a character in the film. Randy Newman, who composed and wrote songs for the previous three films, was confirmed to be returning at D23 Expo 2015. The film was originally scheduled for theatrical release on June 16, 2017, but was pushed back to June 15, 2018, being replaced by \"Cars 3\". It was later delayed again to June 21, 2019 while its 2018 date was given to \"Incredibles 2\", which was further along in production. The film will also be shown in IMAX theaters. \"Toy Story 4\" will be one of the first new films to", "title": "Toy Story 4" }, { "id": "19623505", "text": "conqueror, gaining new friends in the process. In addition to the show's regular voice cast reprising their roles, the film features the voices of Emily Blunt, Kristin Chenoweth, Liev Schreiber, Michael Peña, Sia, Taye Diggs, Uzo Aduba, and Zoe Saldana as new characters. The film was produced by Allspark Pictures and DHX Media, using traditional animation created with Toon Boom Harmony. It premiered in New York City on September 24, 2017, and was released on October 6, 2017 in North America through Lionsgate. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed over $60million worldwide on a $6.5 million budget.", "title": "My Little Pony: The Movie (2017 film)" }, { "id": "17733199", "text": "Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction It premiered in Australia and in New Zealand in theaters on November 8, 2014. The movie aired on Cartoon Network in the United States on November 8, 2014. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray in Japan on December 17, 2014. It was also released on DVD format in the United States on February 17, 2015. In a country called lies the powerful . The Heart Diamond served as the kingdom's source of energy. It also maintained the Ore Country for centuries. Many Carbink live in the Diamond Domain. This includes", "title": "Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction" }, { "id": "19469326", "text": "Raleigh, as per Ash's advice, sets off on a Pokemon journey of his own. Ash and his friends run toward the horizon, continuing their own journeys. Guest characters: A teaser of the film was first revealed after the screening of \"\" in Japan. Its temporary title and featured Pokémon was later revealed in the January issue of the CoroCoro Comic on December 15, 2015. It was temporarily titled Pokémon the Movie XY&Z. In the March 2016 issue of the CoroCoro Comic, the 7th Generation Pokémon Magearna was revealed and announced as another one of its stars. As part of the", "title": "Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel" }, { "id": "16185243", "text": "Pokémon the Movie: Kyurem vs. the Sword of Justice Pokémon the Movie: Kyurem vs. the Sword of Justice, originally released in Japan as is a 2012 Japanese anime film and the 15th \"Pokémon\" anime movie released. The movie was released on July 14, 2012 in Japan. The movies features Kyurem, the Boundary Pokémon, as revealed during a preview shown at the end of the last movie \"\", as well as Cobalion, Terrakion, and Virizion, the titular \"Sacred Swordsmen\", before the introduction of the new Pokémon Keldeo. The events of the film take place during the 15th season of . The", "title": "Pokémon the Movie: Kyurem vs. the Sword of Justice" }, { "id": "4266708", "text": "worldwide financial success earning in excess of $2 billion. Soon after, 20th Century Fox released \"Deadpool 2\" on May 18, 2018 which proved a major success in both regards itself In addition, the long awaited sequel for the Academy Award winning animated film \"The Incredibles\", \"Incredibles 2\", had its wide release on June 15, 2018 met with considerable critical praise and earned $182.68 million on its premiere weekend. The next superhero film In the Marvel Universe \"Ant-Man and the Wasp\" was released on July 6, with competing studios declining to release major films on American Independence Day in the face", "title": "Superhero film" } ]

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[ { "id": "20605924", "text": "only have eighteen athletes, and a maximum of ten men or ten women. With the addition of slopestyle and half-pipe in the Sochi Olympics in 2014 the quotas were increased to 282 total athletes, 26 per country, and 14 per gender. This resulted in countries having to limit their participation, despite having eligible athletes. For example, Canada could have sent 33 participants based on international ranking, however they were limited to 26 quota spots. For the 2018 Winter Olympics, the number of athletes participating remained the same, but the number of quota spots increased to a maximum of thirty per", "title": "Olympic quota allocation system" }, { "id": "3705078", "text": "the OAR (Olympic Athletes from Russia) designation. The official sanctions imposed by the IOC included: the exclusion of Russian government officials from the Games; the use of the Olympic flag and Olympic Anthem in place of the Russian flag and anthem; and the submission of a replacement logo for the OAR uniforms. By early January 2018, the IOC had banned 43 Russian athletes from competing in the 2018 Winter Olympics and all future Olympic Games (as part of the Oswald Commission). Of those athletes, 42 appealed against their bans to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and 28 of", "title": "2018 Winter Olympics" }, { "id": "17505121", "text": "Maria Sotskova Maria Romanovna Sotskova (pron. \"SOT-skoh-vah\"; ; born 12 April 2000) is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2017 Grand Prix Final silver medalist, a winner of three ISU Challenger Series events, and a two-time Russian national medalist (silver in 2018, bronze in 2017). She represented OAR (Olympic Athletes from Russia) at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Earlier in her career, she won gold at the 2013 Junior Grand Prix Final, silver at the 2016 Youth Olympics, and silver at the 2016 World Junior Championships. Maria Romanovna Sotskova was born on 12 April 2000 in Reutov, Moscow Oblast, Russia.", "title": "Maria Sotskova" }, { "id": "3705057", "text": "men's and ladies' mass start speed skating, and mixed team alpine skiing. \"Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each separate discipline.\" A total of 92 teams qualified at least one athlete to compete in the Games. The number of athletes who qualified per country is listed in the table below (number of athletes shown in parentheses). Six nations made their Winter Olympics debut: Ecuador, Eritrea, Kosovo, Malaysia, Nigeria and Singapore. Athletes from three further countries – the Cayman Islands, Dominica and Peru – qualified to compete, but all three National Olympic Committees returned the quota", "title": "2018 Winter Olympics" }, { "id": "19691987", "text": "2017 the IOC proposed an alternative logo for the OAR athletes' uniforms (shown on right). IOC President Thomas Bach said that \"after following due process [the IOC] has issued proportional sanctions for this systematic manipulation while protecting the clean athletes\". As of January 2018, the IOC had sanctioned 43 Russian athletes from the 2014 Winter Olympics and banned them from competing in the 2018 edition and all other future Olympic Games as part of the Oswald Commission. All but one of these athletes appealed against their bans to CAS. The court overturned the sanctions on 28 athletes, meaning that their", "title": "Olympic Athletes from Russia at the 2018 Winter Olympics" }, { "id": "19718586", "text": "enter a maximum of 26 athletes, with a maximum of 14 men or 14 women. Each event had its own maximum number of quota spots, however slopestyle and big air were calculated jointly per nation. The following was the competition schedule for all ten events. Sessions that included the event finals are shown in bold. A total of 248 athletes from 30 nations (including the IOC's designation of Olympic Athletes from Russia) were scheduled to participate (the numbers of athletes are shown in parentheses). Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the", "title": "Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics" }, { "id": "19692003", "text": "the International Olympic Committee (IOC). According to the ISU Special Olympic Qualification Rankings, Russia has qualified 5 men and 5 women. However, only 7 athletes (3 men and 4 women) received an invitation from the IOC. Based on the world rankings, Russia qualified 5 sleds. However, only 2 athletes (2 men) received an invitation from the IOC. Russia earned the following quotas at the conclusion of the four World Cup's used for qualification. Olympic Athletes from Russia at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic Athlete from Russia (OAR) is the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) designation of select Russian athletes permitted to", "title": "Olympic Athletes from Russia at the 2018 Winter Olympics" }, { "id": "19718562", "text": "twenty-two athletes could be entered by a National Olympic Committee, with a maximum of fourteen men or fourteen women. A total of sixteen countries also qualified for the inaugural team event. There were two qualification standards for the games: an A standard and a B standard. A total of 322 athletes from 80 nations (including the IOC's designation of Olympic Athletes from Russia) were scheduled to participate (the numbers of athletes are shown in parentheses). Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held from 12 to 24 February at Yongpyong Alpine Centre", "title": "Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics" }, { "id": "20605925", "text": "country. Snowboarding has a similar quota program to freestyle skiing, with 26 spots available per country. For the 2018 Winter Olympics the only country to fill all of its quota spots was the United States. For the 2018 Winter Olympics, a maximum of 170 athletes could compete, and a maximum of three teams per event, with the host nation allotted at least one space. Olympic quota allocation system The Olympic quota allocation system is a program designed to limit the number of athletes participating, and prevent a small number of countries from dominating the field of an Olympic event. Initially", "title": "Olympic quota allocation system" }, { "id": "6574018", "text": "Olympic Council of Asia The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) is a governing body of sports in Asia, currently with 45 member National Olympic Committees. The current president is Sheikh Fahad Al-Sabah. The oldest NOCs are from Japan and the Philippines, recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1911; whereas East Timor is the newest, joining in 2003. The headquarters of the OCA is located at Kuwait City. In 1948, during the 2nd London Summer Olympics, Asian National Olympic Committees (NOCs) decided to organize the Asian Games. The following year the Asian Games Federation was organized leading to the", "title": "Olympic Council of Asia" }, { "id": "3117851", "text": "bowling), but part of the demonstration sports at Seoul in 1988, has been a regular medal sport of the Pan American Games since 1991. Summer Olympic sports are divided into categories based on popularity, gauged by: television viewing figures (40%), Internet popularity (20%), public surveys (15%), ticket requests (10%), press coverage (10%), and number of national federations (5%). The category determines the share the sport's International Federation receives of Olympic revenue. The current categories, as of 2013, are as follows, with the pre-2013 categorizations also being available. Category A represents the most popular sports; category E lists either the sports", "title": "Olympic sports" }, { "id": "298759", "text": "each holding that honour twice. The most recent Winter Games were held in Pyeongchang in 2018, South Korea's first Winter Olympics and second Olympics overall (including the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul). Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics () are leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games are considered the world's foremost sports competition with more than 200 nations participating. The Olympic Games are held every four years, with the Summer and Winter Games alternating by occurring", "title": "Olympic Games" }, { "id": "9267504", "text": "Nigeria at the Olympics Nigeria first participated in the Olympic Games in 1952, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except for the boycotted 1976 Summer Olympics. The nation participated in the Winter Olympic Games in 2018, having qualified female athletes in bobsleigh and skeleton. Nigerian athletes have won a total of 24 medals, mostly in athletics and boxing. The national football team won the gold medal in 1996. In 2008, following the International Olympic Committee's decision to strip the American 4 × 400 metre relay team of their medals after Antonio Pettigrew confessed", "title": "Nigeria at the Olympics" }, { "id": "20035571", "text": "Ireland at the 2018 Winter Olympics Ireland competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018. Five athletes represented the country in four sports. OCI Chief Executive Stephen Martin was chef de mission. The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the delegation per sport. Ireland qualified two alpine skiers, one male and one female. Thomas Hjalmar Westgård, whose mother is from Dunmore, County Galway and who represented Ireland at the 2017 FIS Nordic World Championships, competed for Ireland in 2018. Seamus O'Connor competed at the 2014 games in the", "title": "Ireland at the 2018 Winter Olympics" }, { "id": "298718", "text": "with the CAHA. In 1976, the IIHF agreed to allow \"open competition\" between all players in the World Championships. However, NHL players were still not allowed to play in the Olympics until 1988, because of the IOC's amateur-only policy. Greece, Australia, France, and United Kingdom are the only countries to be represented at every Olympic Games since their inception in 1896. While countries sometimes miss an Olympics due to a lack of qualified athletes, some choose to boycott a celebration of the Games for various reasons. The Olympic Council of Ireland boycotted the 1936 Berlin Games, because the IOC insisted", "title": "Olympic Games" }, { "id": "18591051", "text": "into the Olympic tournament. Brandon Stone (world no. 92), Jaco van Zyl (world no. 67), Paula Reto (world no. 122) and Ashleigh Simon (world no. 214) qualified directly among the top 60 eligible players for their respective individual events based on the IGF World Rankings as of 11 July 2016. Former major winners Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel, ranked twelfth and twentieth in the men's world rankings respectively, announced in April 2016 that they would not compete in Rio. South Africa has entered one artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition for the first time since 2004. Ryan Patterson had claimed", "title": "South Africa at the 2016 Summer Olympics" }, { "id": "3620028", "text": "songs and finish them and record them and put it out. We’re not going to go through the process of a year of demoing … We want to go in and write a band album.” The band saw a resurgence in recognition during the 2018 Winter Olympics, when Russian athletes—banned from competing under their country's banner and name due to a doping scandal—were referred to as Olympic Athletes from Russia, or OAR.Since the Olympics started broadcasting, the band saw a 46% increase in Spotify streaming and the google searches have also almost doubled. In 2018, O.A.R. returned to the studio", "title": "O.A.R." }, { "id": "19692029", "text": "by Shaun White. The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport or discipline. <nowiki>*</nowiki>The United States qualified for 12 positions in curling, but two athletes are competing in both the 4-person and mixed doubles tournament Jacqueline Wiles was initially named to the team but withdrew after suffering knee and leg injuries in a February 3 World Cup race, the quota spot was filled by Tricia Mangan. Steven Nyman was initially named to the team but withdrew after tearing his right ACL during a training run, the quota spot was filled by Alice Merryweather.", "title": "United States at the 2018 Winter Olympics" }, { "id": "16899827", "text": "is the competition schedule for all ten events. A total of 252 quota spots were available to athletes to compete at the games. A maximum of 24 athletes could be entered by a National Olympic Committee, with a maximum of 14 men or 14 women. The five different events had different quota amounts allocated to them. Countries are allowed to enter the same athlete into more than one event, further reducing the amount of athletes competing. 243 athletes from 31 nations participated, with number of athletes in parentheses. Croatia, Kazakhstan and Serbia made their Olympic debuts in the sport. Snowboarding", "title": "Snowboarding at the 2014 Winter Olympics" }, { "id": "20035565", "text": "Austria at the 2018 Winter Olympics Austria competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with 105 competitors in 12 sports. They won 14 medals in total: five gold, three silver and six bronze; ranking 10th in the medal table. On 22 January 2018, alpine skier Anna Veith was named as the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony. During the announcement it was also announced the Austrian team would be composed of 105 athletes (65 men and 40 women) competing in 12 sports. The following is the list of number of", "title": "Austria at the 2018 Winter Olympics" }, { "id": "19692034", "text": "Finland. The United States has qualified a men's and women's team for a total of 48 athletes (25 men and 23 women). United States men's national ice hockey team qualified by finishing 5th in the 2015 IIHF World Ranking. Following NHL's decision to pull out of the Olympics, the US team relied heavily on professionals from European leagues and the American Hockey League. The team eventually lost in the quarterfinals; the Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) team, consisting primarily of SKA and CSKA players of a Russia-based KHL and featuring ex-NHL all-stars Pavel Datsyuk, Ilya Kovalchuk and Vyacheslav Voynov (all", "title": "United States at the 2018 Winter Olympics" }, { "id": "298648", "text": "games (Pan American, African, Asian, European, and Pacific), and the World Games for sports that are not contested in the Olympic Games. The Deaflympics and Special Olympics are also endorsed by the IOC. The IOC has had to adapt to a variety of economic, political, and technological advancements. As a result, the Olympics has shifted away from pure amateurism, as envisioned by Coubertin, to allowing participation of professional athletes. The growing importance of mass media created the issue of corporate sponsorship and commercialisation of the Games. World wars led to the cancellation of the 1916, 1940, and 1944 Games. Large", "title": "Olympic Games" }, { "id": "298646", "text": "Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics () are leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games are considered the world's foremost sports competition with more than 200 nations participating. The Olympic Games are held every four years, with the Summer and Winter Games alternating by occurring every four years but two years apart. Their creation was inspired by the ancient Olympic Games, which were held in Olympia, Greece, from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD.", "title": "Olympic Games" }, { "id": "16899807", "text": "January 2018, both athletes successfully appealed against the IOC decision at the Court of Arbitration for Sport and both medals were returned to Russia. The following is the competition schedule for all four events. A total quota of 110 athletes were allowed to compete at the Games. Countries were assigned quotas using the world rankings of results from 1 November 2012 to 31 December 2013. 110 athletes from 24 nations are scheduled to participate, with number of athletes in parenthesis. Both Kazakhstan and Tonga (also making its Winter Olympics debut) marked their first Olympic appearances in the sport. India's athlete", "title": "Luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics" }, { "id": "20035572", "text": "men's halfpipe and men's slopestyle events and received funding for the 2018 event. Ireland at the 2018 Winter Olympics Ireland competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018. Five athletes represented the country in four sports. OCI Chief Executive Stephen Martin was chef de mission. The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the delegation per sport. Ireland qualified two alpine skiers, one male and one female. Thomas Hjalmar Westgård, whose mother is from Dunmore, County Galway and who represented Ireland at the 2017 FIS Nordic World Championships, competed", "title": "Ireland at the 2018 Winter Olympics" }, { "id": "11634809", "text": "athletes from Guinea being barred by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) due to fears that the nature of their sports (judo and swimming) could pose a risk to other athletes. An athlete from South Sudan will compete under the Olympic flag as they do not have a National Olympic Committee. The ten nations with the most athletes are China (with 123), Brazil (with 97), United States (with 92), Australia (with 89), Russia (with 88), Germany (with 85), Egypt (with 83), France (with 82), Japan (with 78), and Mexico (with 78). Youth Olympic Games incorporate a Cultural and Education Program, featuring", "title": "2014 Summer Youth Olympics" }, { "id": "298650", "text": "such as the Olympic flag and torch, as well as the opening and closing ceremonies. Over 13,000 athletes compete at the Summer and Winter Olympic Games in 33 different sports and nearly 400 events. The first, second, and third-place finishers in each event receive Olympic medals: gold, silver, and bronze, respectively. The Games have grown so much that nearly every nation is now represented. This growth has created numerous challenges and controversies, including boycotts, doping, bribery, and a terrorist attack in 1972. Every two years the Olympics and its media exposure provide unknown athletes with the chance to attain national", "title": "Olympic Games" }, { "id": "3117853", "text": "the Winter Olympics has since been decreased to seven, comprising a total of fifteen disciplines. A sport or discipline must be widely practiced in at least 25 countries on three continents in order to be included on the Winter Olympics program. The following sports (or disciplines of a sport) make up the current Winter Olympic Games official program and are listed alphabetically, according to the name used by the IOC. The figures in each cell indicate the number of events for each sport that were contested at the respective Games (the red cells indicate that those sports were held at", "title": "Olympic sports" }, { "id": "18262361", "text": "Reese, decathlete and world record holder Ashton Eaton, and triple jumper Christian Taylor. Hammer throwers Kibwe Johnson, Conor McCullough, and Rudy Winkler were added to the team on July 14, after the IAAF extended invitations to fill out the event. The United States has qualified a total of seven badminton players for each of the following events into the Olympic tournament. Howard Shu and Iris Wang were selected among the top 34 individual shuttlers each in the men's and women's singles, while the men's, women's, and mixed doubles players picked up the continental spot each as the highest-ranked pairs coming", "title": "United States at the 2016 Summer Olympics" }, { "id": "19718565", "text": "Bobsleigh at the 2018 Winter Olympics Bobsleigh at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Alpensia Sliding Centre near Pyeongchang, South Korea. The events were scheduled to take place between 18 and 25 February 2018. A total of three bobsleigh events were held. A maximum of 170 quota spots were available to athletes to compete at the games (130 men and 40 women). The qualification was based on the world rankings of 18 January 2018. The following was the competition schedule for all events. A total of 164 athletes from 22 nations (including the IOC's designation of Olympic Athletes", "title": "Bobsleigh at the 2018 Winter Olympics" }, { "id": "20452737", "text": "OLY OLY (Olympian) are post-nominal letters granted to athletes who have participated in the Olympic Games. The post-nominals are an honour designated to represent the special achievement of competing in the Olympic Games. The OLY initiative was introduced by the World Olympians Association (WOA) at the 8th International IOC Athletes Forum held on 11 November 2017 in Lausanne, Switzerland. The first Olympian to formally receive the honor was IOC President Thomas Bach, an Olympic fencer from Germany. Within five days, more than 1,000 Olympians had registered. As part of the initiative, any athlete who participated at a Summer or Winter", "title": "OLY" }, { "id": "298712", "text": "inclusion only two were selected as finalists: karate and squash. Neither sport attained the required two-thirds vote and consequently they were not promoted to the Olympic programme. In October 2009 the IOC voted to instate golf and rugby union as Olympic sports for the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympic Games. The 114th IOC Session, in 2002, limited the Summer Games programme to a maximum of 28 sports, 301 events, and 10,500 athletes. Three years later, at the 117th IOC Session, the first major programme revision was performed, which resulted in the exclusion of baseball and softball from the official programme", "title": "Olympic Games" }, { "id": "18274375", "text": "of advancing beyond the first round. Seventeen-year-old gymnast Courtney McGregor is New Zealand's youngest competitor, while 62-year-old equestrian dressage rider Julie Brougham is the oldest competitor. Forty-one competitors (20.5 percent) are of Māori descent, including 17 of the 24 rugby sevens players. A number of past Olympic medallists returned, including defending champions: Valerie Adams (women's shot put), sailors Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie (women's 470 class), flatwater canoeist Lisa Carrington (women's K-1 200m), and rowers Mahé Drysdale (men's single sculls), and Hamish Bond and Eric Murray (men's pair). Sailors Peter Burling and Blair Tuke, who won silver in 2012, were", "title": "New Zealand at the 2016 Summer Olympics" }, { "id": "298670", "text": "will be shorter than the senior Games; the summer version will last twelve days, while the winter version will last nine days. The IOC allows 3,500 athletes and 875 officials to participate at the Summer Youth Games, and 970 athletes and 580 officials at the Winter Youth Games. The sports to be contested will coincide with those scheduled for the senior Games, however there will be variations on the sports including mixed NOC and mixed gender teams as well as a reduced number of disciplines and events. From 241 participants representing 14 nations in 1896, the Games have grown to", "title": "Olympic Games" }, { "id": "7003519", "text": "the 2020 Summer Olympics. On August 3, 2016, during the 129th IOC Session at the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games, the IOC unanimously voted to include five new sports, among them surfing, to the sports program of the Tokyo 2020 Games. Surfing was included in the Tokyo 2020 Games on a one-off basis, and the ISA now has shifted their focused towards securing surfing's inclusion in the next editions of the Olympics, including Paris 2024 and LA 2028. On March 16th, 2018, the International Surfing Association (ISA) welcomed the release by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) of the approved", "title": "International Surfing Association" }, { "id": "10262044", "text": "Youth Olympic Games The Youth Olympic Games (YOG) is an international multi-sport event organized by the International Olympic Committee. The games are held every four years in staggered summer and winter events consistent with the current Olympic Games format, though in reverse order with Winter Games held in leap years instead of Summer Games. The first summer version was held in Singapore from 14 to 26 August 2010 while the first winter version was held in Innsbruck, Austria from 13 to 22 January 2012. The age limitation of the athletes is 14 to 18. The idea of such an event", "title": "Youth Olympic Games" }, { "id": "18859200", "text": "Jordan Greenway Jordan Greenway (born February 16, 1997) is an American professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the Minnesota Wild in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected by the Minnesota Wild in the second round (50th overall) in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft. Internationally, Greenway has represented the United States at the 2017 IIHF World Championship and 2018 Winter Olympics, becoming the first African-American named to a US Olympic hockey roster. In 2018, Greenway became the first player to play in the Olympic games, an NCAA tournament, and the Stanley Cup playoffs within the same season. Greenway", "title": "Jordan Greenway" }, { "id": "20518950", "text": "World Championships in Trakai, Lithuania. The rower representing Canada was officially announced on September 10, 2018. Canada qualified a girls' team of twelve athletes after winning the North American qualification event in Las Vegas in March 2018. Canada's 12 women roster was named on August 29, 2018. Canada qualified one sport shooter based on its performance at the American Qualification Tournament. Canada received a reallocated quota to send a girl. Canada's swimming team of eight athletes (four per gender) was announced on April 9, 2018. Canada qualified a full quota of eight athletes. However, changes were made which removed gold", "title": "Canada at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics" }, { "id": "19692001", "text": "Championships in Helsinki, Finland. Team event Russia men's national ice hockey team qualified by finishing second in the 2015 IIHF World Ranking. In the first Olympics since 1994 that did not feature any active NHL players, the Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) team, consisting primarily of SKA and CSKA players of a Russia-based KHL and featuring ex-NHL all-stars Pavel Datsyuk, Ilya Kovalchuk and Vyacheslav Voynov (all SKA), won the gold medal, after a 4–3 overtime victory over the German team in the final. In its post-Olympics World Ranking, the IIHF counted this as a result for the Russian team. The", "title": "Olympic Athletes from Russia at the 2018 Winter Olympics" }, { "id": "20478001", "text": "including the above. When a nation reaches its maximum, remaining athletes from that country will be skipped over. The list is a table of athletes in the top 500 in both events (distance and sprint). An athlete can be counted only once for the above three criteria. For example, if a country has only one athlete meeting all three criteria then only one quota will be given (not 3). Current quotas as of 26 January 2018 (after reallocation). Fifteen quota spots were made available for reallocation. After reallocation, team OAR reduced their team by an additional eight athletes. Bold indicates", "title": "Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification" }, { "id": "19558403", "text": "Summer Olympics. On August 3, 2016 the International Olympic Committee voted to include all five sports (counting baseball and softball as a single sport) for inclusion in the 2020 Games. Professional surfer Kelly Slater, widely considered to be the greatest surfer of all time, has stated that \"it'd be a huge honor\" for him to participate in the Olympics, even at the age of 48, which he will have reached in 2020. Additionally, it is likely that the dominant surfers of the World Surf League, such as Gabriel Medina and John John Florence, will be selected by their respective countries", "title": "Surfing at the 2020 Summer Olympics" }, { "id": "19692002", "text": "IIHF considers this victory to be Russia's second gold medal in the Olympics, as they also attributed the 1992 Unified Team gold medal to Russia. However, the IOC does not attribute either of these results to Russia. Russia women's national ice hockey team qualified by finishing 4th in the 2016 IIHF World Ranking. Based on the results from the World Cups during the 2017–18 Luge World Cup season, Russia qualified 8 sleds (10 athletes). However, only 8 athletes (7 men and 1 woman) are set to join the pool of Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) after the accreditation commission of", "title": "Olympic Athletes from Russia at the 2018 Winter Olympics" }, { "id": "18241605", "text": "achieved the next highest placement in the 2014-2015 FIH Hockey World League Semifinals among countries not then qualified for the Games. It was Ireland's first Olympic tournament since 1908. Australia's 3–2 victory over New Zealand in the Oceania Cup meant the Irish team made it to Rio. ---- Ireland entered four golfers (two per gender) into the Olympic tournament. Pádraig Harrington (world no. 148), Séamus Power (world no. 290), and Leona Maguire (world no. 353) qualified directly among the top 60 eligible players for their respective individual events based on the IGF World Rankings as of 11 July 2016. Meanwhile,", "title": "Ireland at the 2016 Summer Olympics" }, { "id": "19718576", "text": "if it did not. There were a maximum of thirty-two qualifiers for the 500m and 1000m events; thirty-six for the 1500m events; and eight for the relays. The following was the competition schedule for all eight events. Sessions that included the event finals are shown in bold. Skaters who did not participate in the final, but received medals.<br> Twelve Olympic records (OR) and three world records (WR) were set during the competition. A total of 115 athletes from 22 nations (including the IOC's designation of Olympic Athletes from Russia) were scheduled to participate (the numbers of athletes are shown in", "title": "Short track speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics" }, { "id": "18766459", "text": "the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event): Following the end of the qualifying period on July 11, 2016, the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) had selected a list of 27 athletes for the Games, featuring long jumper, sprinter, and Beijing 2008 bronze medalist Blessing Okagbare. Nigeria men's basketball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the AfroBasket 2015 in Tunisia. ---- Nigeria has entered one boxer to compete in each of the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. Efe Ajagba had claimed his Olympic spot with a semifinal victory at the", "title": "Nigeria at the 2016 Summer Olympics" }, { "id": "17546191", "text": "Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics The rowing competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo will be held between 24 and 31 July at Central Breakwater in Tokyo Bay. Fourteen medal events will be contested by 526 athletes (263 men and women each). There are seven events each for men and women. Events included categories for open weight and restricted weight (lightweight) athletes, and two styles of rowing: sweep, where competitors each use a single oar, and sculling, where they used two. Sculling events include men's and women's singles, doubles, lightweight doubles, and quads. Sweep events include men's and", "title": "Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics" }, { "id": "7950698", "text": "Ireland at the Olympics A team representing Ireland has competed at the Summer Olympic Games since 1924, and at the Winter Olympic Games since 1992. The Olympic Federation of Ireland (OCI) was formed in 1922 during the provisional administration prior to the formal establishment of the Irish Free State. The OCI affiliated to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in time for the Paris games. There has been controversy over whether the team represents the Republic of Ireland or the entire island of Ireland, which comprises both the Republic and Northern Ireland. The following tables include medals won by athletes on", "title": "Ireland at the Olympics" }, { "id": "18241599", "text": "arrested was working as their agent to distribute tickets which had been paid for legitimately. On 17 August, Pat Hickey, the OCI president, was arrested in Rio in connection with the investigation. Irish athletes achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event): Following the end of the qualifying period on July 11, 2016, a total of 17 athletes (8 men and 9 women) were officially named to the Irish track and field roster, with race walker and London 2012 bronze medalist Robert Heffernan becoming the first Irishman in history to", "title": "Ireland at the 2016 Summer Olympics" }, { "id": "20845827", "text": "United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics The United States, represented by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), is scheduled to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo from 24 July to 9 August 2020. U.S. athletes have appeared in every Summer Olympics edition of the modern era, with the exception of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, which they boycotted. The U.S. women's basketball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal and securing an outright berth at the 2018 FIBA Women's World Cup in Spain. U.S. equestrians qualified a full squad each in the team", "title": "United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics" }, { "id": "20530278", "text": "Nigeria at the 2018 Winter Olympics Nigeria sent a delegation to compete at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea from 9–25 February 2018. This marked the debut for the country at the Winter Olympics. The delegation consisted of three bobsledders, who finished 19th in the two-woman competition, and skeleton racer Simidele Adeagbo who came in 20th in the women's event. Nigeria first participated in the Summer Olympic Games in the 1952 Helsinki Games, but this was the nation's debut appearance at a Winter Olympic Games. The chef de mission for the Nigerian contingent was Gbenga Elegbeleye. The Nigerian", "title": "Nigeria at the 2018 Winter Olympics" }, { "id": "19691993", "text": "(\"Russia!\") in unison, in an act of defiance against the ban. After the games, Russian figure skater Evgenia Medvedeva revealed in an Instagram post that the Russian tricolor was hidden on the OAR medal ceremony uniforms underneath a white fur scarf buttoned on the front of the jacket. The International Ice Hockey Federation voiced support for allowing the full participation of \"all clean Russian athletes\" in the 2018 Winter Games, calling on the IOC to refrain from imposing \"collective punishment\". The IOC's decision was heavily criticized by Jack Robertson, who was primary investigator of the Russian doping program on behalf", "title": "Olympic Athletes from Russia at the 2018 Winter Olympics" }, { "id": "11821386", "text": "in Austria. Austrian Olympic Committee The Austrian Olympic Committee (ÖOC) () is the non-profit organization representing Austrian athletes in the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The ÖOC also represents the selection of Austrian cities in their bid for being the site for an Olympic Games. ÖOC is headquartered in Vienna. The Austrian Olympic Committee was created in 1908 and formally recognized by the IOC in 1912. The Austrian National Federations are the organizations that coordinate all aspects of their individual sports. They are responsible for training, competition and development of their sports. There are currently 32 Olympic Summer and 6 Winter", "title": "Austrian Olympic Committee" }, { "id": "16902307", "text": "not the discipline itself. This means up to a maximum of 158 athletes can partake. There is no individual athlete qualification to the Olympics; the choice of which athlete(s) to send to the Games is at the discretion of each country's National Olympic Committee. Each country is allowed a maximum of three entries per discipline, resulting in a maximum of 18 athletes (nine men and nine women) possible per country. The number of entries for the figure skating events at the Olympic Games is limited by a quota set by the International Olympic Committee. A total of 148 quota spots", "title": "Figure skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Qualification" }, { "id": "19691986", "text": "the Olympics to meddle in the Russian presidential election\". On 5 December 2017, the IOC announced that the Russian Olympic Committee had been suspended from the 2018 Winter Olympics with immediate effect. Athletes who had no previous drug violations and a consistent history of drug testing were to be allowed to compete under the Olympic Flag as an \"Olympic Athlete from Russia\" (OAR). Under the terms of the decree, Russian government officials were barred from the Games, and neither the country's flag nor anthem would be present (the Olympic Flag and Olympic Anthem would be used instead). On 20 December", "title": "Olympic Athletes from Russia at the 2018 Winter Olympics" }, { "id": "20518706", "text": "member of the International Olympic Committee accompanied by Dexter Paine, FIS vice president. The top 30 athletes in the Olympic quota allocation list qualified (for both big air and slopestyle, the rankings were combined). This meant only a maximum of 30 could qualify across both events. A maximum of four athletes per National Olympic Committee (NOC) was allowed. All athletes qualifying must also have placed in the top 30 of a FIS World Cup event or the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2017 during the qualification period (July 1, 2016 to January 21, 2018) and also have a", "title": "Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's slopestyle" }, { "id": "18276949", "text": "the Olympic roster on June 19, 2016. Norway has entered three golfers into the Olympic tournament. Espen Kofstad (world no. 291), Suzann Pettersen (world no. 18), and Marianne Skarpnord (world no. 155) qualified directly among the top 60 eligible players for their respective individual events based on the IGF World Rankings as of 11 July 2016. Norway has entered one artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition for the first time since 2000. Stian Skjerahaug had claimed his Olympic spot in the men's apparatus and all-around events at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro. The Norwegian women's handball team", "title": "Norway at the 2016 Summer Olympics" }, { "id": "19718572", "text": "of athletes for each nation are shown in parentheses. Luge at the 2018 Winter Olympics Luge at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Alpensia Sliding Centre near Pyeongchang, South Korea. A total of four luge events were held, between 10 and 15 February 2018. A maximum of 110 athletes were allowed to compete at the Games. Countries were assigned quotas using the world rankings of results from 1 November 2017 to 31 December 2017. The following was the competition schedule for all four events. A total of 110 athletes from 24 nations (including the IOC's designation of Olympic", "title": "Luge at the 2018 Winter Olympics" }, { "id": "3705079", "text": "the appeals were successful, but eleven of the athletes had their sanctions upheld due to the weight of evidence against them. The IOC found it important to note that CAS Secretary General \"insisted that the CAS decision does not mean that these 28 athletes are innocent\" and that they would consider an appeal against the court's decision. Three of the athletes who appealed are still awaiting their hearings. The eventual number of neutral Russian athletes that participated at the 2018 Games was 168. These were selected from an original pool of 500 athletes that was put forward for consideration and,", "title": "2018 Winter Olympics" }, { "id": "19718584", "text": "from 21 nations (including the IOC's designation of Olympic Athletes from Russia) were scheduled to participate. The number of athletes from each nation are shown in parentheses. Ski jumping at the 2018 Winter Olympics Ski jumping at the 2018 Winter Olympics was scheduled to take place between 8 and 19 February 2018. A total of four ski jumping events were held. A maximum of 100 athletes (65 male and 35 female) were allowed to qualify for the ski jumping events. The quotas were allocated using the Olympic Quota Allocation List, which is calculated using the FIS World Cup standings and", "title": "Ski jumping at the 2018 Winter Olympics" }, { "id": "18942924", "text": "Time (OST)): A total of seven swimmers (one man and six women) were selected to the Hong Kong's Olympic roster, with veterans Sze Hang Yu and Stephanie Au racing in the pool for their third Games and Geoffrey Cheah becoming the first male to compete in 12 years. Hong Kong has fielded a team of six athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. Tang Peng, Wong Chun Ting, 2014 Youth Olympic runner-up Doo Hoi Kem, and Lee Ho Ching were automatically selected among the top 22 eligible players each in their respective singles events based on the ITTF", "title": "Hong Kong at the 2016 Summer Olympics" }, { "id": "20518684", "text": "of the International Olympic Committee, accompanied by Dexter Paine, International Ski Federation vice president. The top 30 athletes in the Olympic quota allocation list qualified, with a maximum of four athletes per National Olympic Committee (NOC) allowed. All athletes qualifying must also have placed in the top 30 of a FIS World Cup event or the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2017 during the qualification period (July 1, 2016 to January 21, 2018) and also have a minimum of 50 FIS points to compete. If the host country, South Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics, did not qualify,", "title": "Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's halfpipe" }, { "id": "18648600", "text": "For the women’s tournament, the most attended games were, respectively, the United States of America, Korea, Finland, and Canada. A total of 496 athletes from 14 nations (including the IOC's designation of Olympic Athletes from Russia) were scheduled to participate (the numbers of athletes are shown in parentheses). The IOC initially admitted 13 men's or women's teams to compete. Later, North Korean athletes were rostered to participate in the women's tournament alongside South Korean athletes in a combined women's Korean team. Men's rosters can be made up of 25 players, while women's rosters can consist of up to 23. The", "title": "Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics" }, { "id": "20043918", "text": "Kazakhstan at the 2018 Winter Olympics Kazakhstan competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018. On January 9, 2018, short track speed skater Abzal Azhgaliyev was named as the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony. The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline. Kazakhstan qualified one male and one female athlete. Based on their Nations Cup rankings in the 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup, Kazakhstan qualified a team of 5 men and 5 women. Kazakhstan qualified a total of 6 male and female athletes for", "title": "Kazakhstan at the 2018 Winter Olympics" }, { "id": "19718585", "text": "Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Bokwang Phoenix Park in Pyeongchang, South Korea. A total of ten snowboarding events were scheduled to take place between 10 and 24 February 2018. The parallel slalom event, which made its debut four years earlier at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, was dropped from the games in 2018 in favour of a new big air event. A total of 258 quota spots were available to athletes to compete at the games (142 men and 116 women). Each National Olympic Committee was permitted to", "title": "Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics" }, { "id": "15294579", "text": "Amy Acuff, archer Khatuna Lorig, shooters Kimberly Rhode and Emil Milev, indoor volleyballer Danielle Scott-Arruda, and eventing riders Phillip Dutton and Karen O'Connor – the oldest of the team at age 54). Twenty-one athletes made their fourth Olympic appearances, including springboard diver Troy Dumais, track hurdler Angelo Taylor, and beach volleyballers and double-defending champions Kerri Walsh Jennings and Misty May-Treanor. Fifty-seven athletes made their third Olympic appearances, including rifle shooter Matt Emmons, and twins Bob and Mike Bryan in the men's tennis doubles match. One hundred and forty-three athletes were two-time Olympians, including former defending champions Justin Gatlin (athletics) and", "title": "United States at the 2012 Summer Olympics" }, { "id": "20581611", "text": "Arabella Ng Arabella Ng Caroline Yili (; ; born 8 October 2001 in Hong Kong) is an alpine skier and the sole athlete who competed for Hong Kong at the 2018 Winter Olympics. She is the niece of Fenella Ng, a Hong Kong swimmer and rower who competed at the 1984 and the 1988 Summer Olympics, as well as a rower at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Her uncle, Michael Tse, is a rower who competed for Hong Kong at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Her aunt and uncle are also active on various sporting committees, including the Hong Kong", "title": "Arabella Ng" }, { "id": "20596222", "text": "their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, 2019 Pan American Games, and Championships of the Americas, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by 30 April 2020. Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics Canada is scheduled to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo from 24 July to 9 August 2020. Since the nation's debut in 1900, Canadian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of the United States-led boycott. Canadian sailors qualified", "title": "Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics" }, { "id": "17831607", "text": "35 – which is roughly contiguous with the period of peak physical fitness in humans. Consequently, the vast majority of participants in the Olympic 100 m fall within this age range. As of 2020, the qualification rules prohibit athletes younger than 16 at the end of the year of the Games. The record for the youngest athlete to participate in the Olympic 100 m is held by Katura Marae, who was 14 when she represented Vanuatu at the 2004 Athens Olympics. Merlene Ottey holds the records for both the oldest participant and the oldest medallist, having won bronze at age", "title": "100 metres at the Olympics" }, { "id": "18262373", "text": "Harris, Emily Sonnett, Heather O'Reilly, Samantha Mewis ---- United States has entered a total of seven golfers (four men and three women) into the first Olympic tournament since 1904. Rickie Fowler, Matt Kuchar, Patrick Reed, and Bubba Watson qualified directly among the top 15 players for the men's event, while Stacy Lewis, Gerina Piller, and Lexi Thompson did so for the women's based on in the IGF World Rankings as of July 11, 2016. These Olympic Games marks the first time the United States qualified directly a whole gymnastics team in all three modalities. The United States fielded a full", "title": "United States at the 2016 Summer Olympics" }, { "id": "19718566", "text": "from Russia) were scheduled to participate (the numbers of athletes are shown in parentheses). This was the first time that Nigeria had qualified for the Winter Games in any sport. The two-woman bobsleigh team was thus Nigeria's first ever representation at the Winter Olympics. Bobsleigh at the 2018 Winter Olympics Bobsleigh at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Alpensia Sliding Centre near Pyeongchang, South Korea. The events were scheduled to take place between 18 and 25 February 2018. A total of three bobsleigh events were held. A maximum of 170 quota spots were available to athletes to compete", "title": "Bobsleigh at the 2018 Winter Olympics" }, { "id": "3117829", "text": "Olympic sports Olympic sports are contested in the Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games. The 2016 Summer Olympics included 28 sports, with five additional sports due to be added to the 2020 Summer Olympics program; the 2014 Winter Olympics included seven sports. The number and types of events may change slightly from one Olympiad to another. Each Olympic sport is represented by an international governing body, namely an International Federation (IF). The International Olympic Committee (IOC) establishes a hierarchy of sports, disciplines, and events. According to this hierarchy, each Olympic sport can be subdivided into multiple disciplines, which are", "title": "Olympic sports" }, { "id": "18252595", "text": "in Canada. ---- France has entered four golfers (two per gender) into the Olympic tournament. Grégory Bourdy (world no. 112), Julien Quesne (world no. 123), Karine Icher (world no. 60), and Gwladys Nocera (world no. 134) qualified directly among the top 60 players for their respective individual events based on the IGF World Rankings as of 11 July 2016. France has fielded a full squad of ten gymnasts (five men and five women) into the Olympic competition. Both men's and women's squads had claimed one of the remaining four spots each in the team all-around at the Olympic Test Event", "title": "France at the 2016 Summer Olympics" }, { "id": "10262053", "text": "and 3,600 athletes participated in the inaugural 2010 Youth Summer Olympics. Participants are placed in the following age groups: 14–15 years, 16–17 years, and 17–18 years. The athlete's age is determined by how old he or she is by 31 December of the year they are participating in the YOG. Qualification to participate in the Youth Olympics is determined by the IOC in conjunction with the International Sport Federations (ISF) for the various sports on the program. To ensure that all nations are represented at the YOG the IOC instituted the concept of Universality Places. A certain number of spots", "title": "Youth Olympic Games" }, { "id": "298752", "text": "medal statistics as a measure of success. As of the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro, all of the current 206 NOCs and 19 obsolete NOCs have participated in at least one edition of the Summer Olympics. Competitors from Australia, France, Great Britain, Greece, and Switzerland have competed in all twenty-eight Summer Olympic Games. Athletes competing under the Olympic flag, Mixed Teams and the Refugee Team have between them competed at six Games. 119 NOCs (110 of the current 206 NOCs and 9 obsolete NOCs) have participated in at least one Winter Games, and athletes from fournteen nations (Austria, Canada,", "title": "Olympic Games" }, { "id": "11821385", "text": "Austrian Olympic Committee The Austrian Olympic Committee (ÖOC) () is the non-profit organization representing Austrian athletes in the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The ÖOC also represents the selection of Austrian cities in their bid for being the site for an Olympic Games. ÖOC is headquartered in Vienna. The Austrian Olympic Committee was created in 1908 and formally recognized by the IOC in 1912. The Austrian National Federations are the organizations that coordinate all aspects of their individual sports. They are responsible for training, competition and development of their sports. There are currently 32 Olympic Summer and 6 Winter Sport Federations", "title": "Austrian Olympic Committee" }, { "id": "4052314", "text": "United States national rugby union team The United States national rugby union team, nicknamed the Eagles, is controlled by USA Rugby. USA Rugby is a member of Rugby Americas North, one of six regional governing bodies under World Rugby. Until sevens made its debut at the 2016 Rio Games, the United States was the reigning Olympic champion in rugby, having won gold at the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics. As of November 26, 2018, the Eagles are ranked 12th in the world by the World Rugby Rankings. Their previous highest ranking, achieved ahead of the 2007 World Cup, was 14th;", "title": "United States national rugby union team" }, { "id": "19691981", "text": "Olympic Athletes from Russia at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic Athlete from Russia (OAR) is the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) designation of select Russian athletes permitted to participate in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The designation was instigated following the suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee after the Olympic doping controversy. This was the first time since the Unified Team of 1992 that Russian athletes had participated under the neutral Olympic flag. During the 2018 Winter Olympics, two athletes from this team tested positive for banned substances and were found guilty of doping by the Court of", "title": "Olympic Athletes from Russia at the 2018 Winter Olympics" }, { "id": "18364754", "text": "of 16 athletes; there was only a single competitor each in sprint canoeing, equestrian eventing, rowing, shooting, and triathlon. The Ecuadorian team featured 20 returning Olympians, with only two of them attending their fourth consecutive Games: distance runner Byron Piedra (men's marathon) and weightlifter Alexandra Escobar (women's 58 kg). Race walkers Andrés Chocho and Rolando Saquipay were among the Ecuadorians headed to their third Olympic Games, while sixteen others previously competed in London, including Argentina-born sprint kayaker César de Cesare, triathlete Elizabeth Bravo, professional boxers Julio Castillo, Marlo Delgado, and Carlos Quipo, and freestyle wrestler Lissette Antes. A top eight", "title": "Ecuador at the 2016 Summer Olympics" }, { "id": "3117842", "text": "the Olympic program, the IOC Session has to approve its inclusion. There are many sports that easily make the required numbers but are not recognized as Olympic sports, mainly because the IOC has decided to put a limit on the number of sports, as well as events and athletes, in the Summer Olympics in order not to increase them from the 28 sports, 300 events, and 10,000 athletes of the 2000 Summer Olympics. No such limits exist in the Winter Olympics and the number of events and athletes continue to increase, but no sport has been added since 1998. The", "title": "Olympic sports" }, { "id": "531039", "text": "Olympics World Games is a major event put on by the Special Olympics. The World Games alternate between summer and winter games, in two-year cycles, recurring every fourth year. The first games were held on July 20, 1968 in Chicago, Illinois, with about 1000 athletes from the U.S. and Canada. International participation expanded in subsequent games. In 2003, the first summer games held outside the United States were in Dublin, Ireland with 7000 athletes from 150 countries. The most recent World Summer Games were held in Los Angeles, California (The largest event in LA since the 1984 Olympic Games), from", "title": "Special Olympics" }, { "id": "18262395", "text": "to individual athletes by June 20, 2016. The United States has qualified a total of 14 wrestlers for the Olympics, the smallest in history since 1952. Five of them finished among the top six to book Olympic spots each in men's freestyle 74 & 97 kg, men's Greco-Roman 75 & 130 kg, and women's freestyle 75 kg at the 2015 World Championships, while four more licenses were awarded to U.S. wrestlers, who progressed to the top two finals at the 2016 Pan American Qualification Tournament. Four further wrestlers had claimed the Olympic slots to round out the U.S. roster in", "title": "United States at the 2016 Summer Olympics" }, { "id": "3647116", "text": "competition at the 2004 Olympics. It seats up to 18,989 for basketball games, which includes 18,500 regular seats for the fans, 300 seats for the media members, and 189 seats for VIPs. A large scale arena renovation was completed in 2004, for the 2004 Summer Olympics. The arena was then renovated again in 2016. The arena was used for artistic gymnastics and trampolining, and also hosted the finals of the basketball matches at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Renovation of the building for the Olympics was completed on 30 June 2004, and it was officially reopened on 10 August 2004, shortly", "title": "O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall" }, { "id": "19718579", "text": "50 athletes from 24 nations (including the IOC's designation of Olympic Athletes from Russia) participated. The number of athletes each National Olympic Committee (NOC) entered are shown in parentheses. Seven nations made their Winter Olympics debut in the sport: Belgium, China, Ghana, Jamaica, Netherlands, Nigeria and Ukraine. Skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics Skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Alpensia Sliding Centre near Pyeongchang, South Korea. The events were scheduled to take place between 15 and 17 February 2018. A total of two skeleton events were held, one each for men and women. A total of", "title": "Skeleton at the 2018 Winter Olympics" }, { "id": "20400622", "text": "2017, and a further two on 12 January 2018. Jossi Wells withdrew from participating on 9 January 2018 due to injury. New Zealand qualified one male skeleton athlete. The NZOC announced the selection of the racer on 19 January 2018. The NZOC announced the first four snowboarders on 24 October 2017. Tiarn Collins also qualified for the men's slopestyle and big air competitions, but was forced to withdraw after dislocated his shoulder in training prior to the start of the games. New Zealand at the 2018 Winter Olympics New Zealand competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea,", "title": "New Zealand at the 2018 Winter Olympics" }, { "id": "19998394", "text": "Japan at the 2018 Winter Olympics Japan competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with 124 competitors in 13 sports. They won 13 medals in total, four gold, five silver and four bronze, ranking 11th in the medal table. Six medals of those were won in the speed skating events. Ski jumper Noriaki Kasai was chosen to be the flag bearer during the opening ceremony. On 9 February 2018, on the opening day of the Games, he became the first athlete in history to participate in 8 different Winter Olympics. The", "title": "Japan at the 2018 Winter Olympics" }, { "id": "20400621", "text": "Torino. The nation participated in the same sports as at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Sixteen-year-old alpine skier Alice Robinson was New Zealand's youngest competitor; along with fellow 16-year-olds Nico Porteous and Zoi Sadowski-Synnott, the three were the first New Zealand Olympians at either Games to be born in the 21st century. 38-year old speed skater Shane Dobbin was the oldest competitor. New Zealand qualified two alpine skiers, one male and one female, through the basic quota. They also received one additional quota. The NZOC announced the first five freestyle skiers on 24 October 2017, adding another two on 8 November", "title": "New Zealand at the 2018 Winter Olympics" }, { "id": "5392251", "text": "basis. As a result, the Olympics has shifted away from pure amateurism, as envisioned by Pierre de Coubertin, to allowing participation of professional athletes. United States at the Olympics The United States of America has sent athletes to every celebration of the modern Olympic Games with the exception of the 1980 Summer Olympics, during which it led a boycott. The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) is the National Olympic Committee for the United States. From 1896 to 2018 inclusive, U.S. athletes have won a total of 2,522 medals (1,022 of them gold) at the Summer Olympic Games, more than any", "title": "United States at the Olympics" }, { "id": "11445903", "text": "Republic of the Congo at the Olympics The Republic of the Congo, competing as Congo, first participated at the Olympic Games in 1964, and has sent athletes to compete in most Summer Olympic Games since then. Congo missed the 1968 Games and boycotted the 1976 Games along with most other African nations. Congo has never participated in the Winter Olympic Games. As of 2016, a total of 74 athletes (45 men and 29 women) have represented Congo at the Olympics. The youngest participant was Alphonse Yanghat, who ran in the 100 m sprint in 1972 at 15 years, 120 days,", "title": "Republic of the Congo at the Olympics" }, { "id": "3578146", "text": "United States Olympic Hall of Fame The United States Olympic Hall of Fame is an honor roll of the top American Olympic athletes. The Hall of Fame was established by the United States Olympic Committee in 1979; the first members were inducted in 1983. Between 1992 and 2003, the Hall of Fame went dormant, with no induction of new members. In 2004, the honor was revived, and continued in 2005 when the 'Class of 2006' was selected. The current process for selecting inductees is two-staged. Fifteen finalists are selected by a nominating committee consisting of athletes, members of the U.S.", "title": "United States Olympic Hall of Fame" }, { "id": "20043879", "text": "France at the 2018 Winter Olympics France competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with 106 competitors in 11 sports. They won 15 medals in total, five gold, four silver and six bronze, ranking 9th in the medal table. Biathlete Martin Fourcade was the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony, and its most successful athlete with three gold medals. Biathletes Anais Bescond and Marie Dorin-Habert, alpine skier Alexis Pinturault and ski racer Maurice Manificat also won multiple medals on the games. The following is the list of number of competitors", "title": "France at the 2018 Winter Olympics" }, { "id": "20404373", "text": "a National Olympic Committee, with a maximum of 14 men or 14 women. At the end of the qualification period of 22 January 2018 quotas will be awarded using the Olympic Quota Allocation List (which includes all results of the World Cups from July 2016 and the results of the 2017 World Championship). The spots will be awarded to each country per athlete appearing on the list starting at number one per event until a maximum for each event is reached. Once an NOC has reached the maximum of 4 quota spots in an event, it will no longer be", "title": "Snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification" }, { "id": "19718571", "text": "Luge at the 2018 Winter Olympics Luge at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Alpensia Sliding Centre near Pyeongchang, South Korea. A total of four luge events were held, between 10 and 15 February 2018. A maximum of 110 athletes were allowed to compete at the Games. Countries were assigned quotas using the world rankings of results from 1 November 2017 to 31 December 2017. The following was the competition schedule for all four events. A total of 110 athletes from 24 nations (including the IOC's designation of Olympic Athletes from Russia) were scheduled to participate. The number", "title": "Luge at the 2018 Winter Olympics" }, { "id": "20891682", "text": "was added, but was already included in the 2019 program an year earlier. 8 medal events are scheduled to be contested. Four per each gender A total of 88 surfers will qualify to compete at the games. The event will be used as a qualifier for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. A total of 88 surfers will qualify across various qualification tournaments. The host nation Peru, will be automatically be allocated ten quota spots across the eight events. A country can enter a maximum ten surfers (five per gender). Surfing at the 2019 Pan American Games Surfing competitions", "title": "Surfing at the 2019 Pan American Games" }, { "id": "20530280", "text": "and field athletes, and all were born in the United States. Adigun participated in all four runs, while Omeoga participated in the first two runs, and Onwumere in the last two runs. On 20 February, the first two heats were held, and the Nigerian sled posted times of 52.21 seconds and 52.55 seconds. After the first two heats, they were roughly 3.5 seconds behind the leader. The next day, in the third and fourth runs, their times were 52.31 seconds and 52.53 seconds respectively. Their final time was 3 minutes and 29.60 seconds, which placed them 19th (after one sled", "title": "Nigeria at the 2018 Winter Olympics" }, { "id": "3117847", "text": "dropping a sport from the 2020 Summer Olympics to make way for a new sport. Modern pentathlon and taekwondo were thought to be vulnerable, but instead the IOC recommended dismissing wrestling. On September 8, 2013, the IOC added wrestling to the 2020 and 2024 Summer Games. On August 3, 2016, the IOC voted to add baseball/softball, karate, sport climbing, surfing, and skateboarding for the 2020 Summer Olympics. At the first Olympic Games, nine sports were contested. Since then, the number of sports contested at the Summer Olympic Games has gradually risen to twenty-eight on the program for 2000–2008. At the", "title": "Olympic sports" }, { "id": "298647", "text": "Baron Pierre de Coubertin founded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894, leading to the first modern Games in Athens in 1896. The IOC is the governing body of the Olympic Movement, with the Olympic Charter defining its structure and authority. The evolution of the Olympic Movement during the 20th and 21st centuries has resulted in several changes to the Olympic Games. Some of these adjustments include the creation of the Winter Olympic Games for snow and ice sports, the Paralympic Games for athletes with a disability, the Youth Olympic Games for athletes aged 14 to 18, the five Continental", "title": "Olympic Games" }, { "id": "6837704", "text": "four silver medals. Kathleen McKane Godfree also won five medals, but were one gold, two silvers, and two bronzes. Lizzy Yarnold is the most successful British athlete at the Winter Olympics, with two gold medals. Chris Hoy, Jason Kenny (both cycling), Ben Ainslie (sailing) Alistair Brownlee (Triathlon) and Lizzy Yarnold (skeleton) are the most successful Olympic competitors in their sports, as of 2018. Steve Redgrave and Reginald Doherty are the most successful male athletes in their respective sports, rowing and tennis. In addition, Shirley Robertson, Sarah Ayton and Sarah Webb with two gold medals in sailing, Nicola Adams in boxing", "title": "Great Britain at the Olympics" }, { "id": "19718574", "text": "on the Olympic quota allocation list respecting the maximum of four per country qualified to compete. The following was the competition schedule for all three events. A total of 55 athletes from 16 nations (including the IOC's designation of Olympic Athletes from Russia) were scheduled to participate. The number of athletes from each nation are shown in parentheses. Nordic combined at the 2018 Winter Olympics Nordic combined at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held at the Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre and Alpensia Cross-Country Centre. The three events were scheduled to take place between 14 and 22 February 2018. A total", "title": "Nordic combined at the 2018 Winter Olympics" }, { "id": "1990378", "text": "their sports, as well as nominating athletes to the U.S. Olympic, Paralympic, Youth Olympic, Pan American and Para-Pan American Teams. There are currently 39 Olympic summer sport NGBs in the United States and eight Olympic winter sport NGBs. The United States Olympic Committee is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation supported by American individuals and corporate sponsors. Unlike most other nations, the USOC does not receive direct government funding for Olympic programs (except for select Paralympic military programs). The USOC's main sources of revenue are television broadcast rights, sponsorships and philanthropy in the form of major gifts and direct mail income. Additional", "title": "United States Olympic Committee" }, { "id": "18285810", "text": "2016 FINA World Cup series. On March 29, 2016, Mexican Olympic Committee had officially announced the entire diving squad for Rio 2016, including Olympic silver medalists Iván García and Germán Sánchez, as well as two-time Olympians Paola Espinosa and Alejandra Orozco, in the men's and women's synchronized platform, respectively. Mexico has entered one dressage rider into the Olympic equestrian competition by virtue of a top national finish from Central & South America at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada. 2008 Olympian Bernadette Pujals was officially selected for individual spot on 17 May 2016. She will compete with Rolex,", "title": "Mexico at the 2016 Summer Olympics" } ]

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[ { "id": "4721874", "text": "at the Weston Hills Golf & Country Club in Weston. It then returned to Coral Springs, first at the TPC at Eagle Trace in 1996 and then at the TPC at Heron Bay from 1997 to 2002. In 2003, the event moved to Palm Beach Gardens, first at the Country Club at Mirasol through 2006, then began its current run at PGA National Golf Club's Champion Course in 2007. Since 2007, the tournament's main beneficiary is the Nicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation, chaired by Barbara Nicklaus, wife of golf legend Jack Nicklaus. IMG bought the tournament's management company in 2013.", "title": "The Honda Classic" }, { "id": "4721872", "text": "The Honda Classic The Honda Classic is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour in south Florida. It was founded in 1972 as Jackie Gleason's Inverrary Classic, and is usually the first of the Florida events in late winter following the \"West Coast Swing.\" National Airlines was the sponsor in 1973 with Gleason and American Motors Corporation (AMC) backed it in 1981. Since 1982, American Honda Motor Company (Honda) has been the title sponsor. Its predecessor, the National Airlines Open Invitational, ran for just three seasons (1969–71); all at the Country Club of Miami in Hialeah in late March.", "title": "The Honda Classic" }, { "id": "4721875", "text": "Some celebrated players have won this tournament, including Nicklaus in 1977 and 1978, the only consecutive winner in its history. However, the tournament had acquired a reputation for struggling to attract the top players as it moved from course to course in South Florida. Since 2007, The Honda Classic has seen a vastly improved player field, largely due to the decision to make PGA National the tournament's permanent home. The prize money is comparable to other PGA Tour events outside of the \"big nine\" (the majors, the World Golf Championships individual events, The Players Championship, and The Tour Championship). The", "title": "The Honda Classic" }, { "id": "4721876", "text": "total purse was in 2017, with a top prize of $1.152 million (this can be contrasted to the total purse in 1981 of $300,000 (the equivalent of only $ in dollars). The original winner's share of $52,000 in 1972 made it one of the richest stops on tour, greater than for any of the four majors; it was more than double that of the Masters, which had a first prize of $25,000 in 1972. <nowiki>*</nowiki>Weather-shortened to 54 holes<br> \"Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.\"<br> Four men have won the tournament more than once. ^ Nicklaus also won the 1976 Tournament", "title": "The Honda Classic" }, { "id": "4721877", "text": "Players Championship at Inverrary, which displaced the event. The Honda Classic The Honda Classic is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour in south Florida. It was founded in 1972 as Jackie Gleason's Inverrary Classic, and is usually the first of the Florida events in late winter following the \"West Coast Swing.\" National Airlines was the sponsor in 1973 with Gleason and American Motors Corporation (AMC) backed it in 1981. Since 1982, American Honda Motor Company (Honda) has been the title sponsor. Its predecessor, the National Airlines Open Invitational, ran for just three seasons (1969–71); all at the Country", "title": "The Honda Classic" }, { "id": "20244569", "text": "4:44 Tour The 4:44 Tour was a concert tour by Jay-Z, in support of his thirteenth studio album \"\" (2017). The tour began in Anaheim at the Honda Center on October 27, 2017, and concluded on December 21, 2017, in Inglewood at The Forum. Vic Mensa was the opening act for the whole tour. Jay Z's North American run of his 4:44 Tour grossed $48,698,354 over the course of 32 dates. 426,441 tickets were sold in that span, with about $1.5 million grossed per show. On July 10, 2017, Jay-Z announced 32 tour dates across North America. This set list", "title": "4:44 Tour" }, { "id": "20244570", "text": "is representative of the show on November 3, 2017. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour. 4:44 Tour The 4:44 Tour was a concert tour by Jay-Z, in support of his thirteenth studio album \"\" (2017). The tour began in Anaheim at the Honda Center on October 27, 2017, and concluded on December 21, 2017, in Inglewood at The Forum. Vic Mensa was the opening act for the whole tour. Jay Z's North American run of his 4:44 Tour grossed $48,698,354 over the course of 32 dates. 426,441 tickets were sold in that span, with", "title": "4:44 Tour" }, { "id": "1040772", "text": "retail market. They are located on the municipality's main stretch on PGA Boulevard. There are 12 golf courses within the city limits, including a course owned by the municipality. The Professional Golfers' Association of America has its headquarters in the city. The Honda Classic has been held at two Palm Beach Gardens locations: from 2003 to 2006 at the Country Club at Mirasol and since 2007 at the PGA National Resort and Spa. Also, the Senior PGA Championship was held at the current BallenIsles from 1964 to 1973, and at the PGA National Golf Club from 1982 to 2000. PGA", "title": "Palm Beach Gardens, Florida" }, { "id": "4721873", "text": "The Gleason tournament replaced it on the schedule a month earlier in 1972 at the Inverrary Country Club (East course) in Lauderhill, it was among the richest events on tour with an inaugural purse of $260,000 and a $52,000 winner's share. The regular event was not played in 1976, as Inverrary hosted the Tournament Players Championship in late February, won by Jack Nicklaus. Gleason's nine-year affiliation ended after 1980, but the event continued at Inverrary through 1983. It moved to the TPC Eagle Trace in Coral Springs in 1984 for eight editions. From 1992 to 1995, the event was held", "title": "The Honda Classic" }, { "id": "20716696", "text": "consecutive years at the course. In the early 1990s on the LPGA Tour, it was the site of The Phar-Mor at Inverrary. Inverrary Country Club Inverrary Country Club is a 36-hole private golf club located in Lauderhill, Florida, northwest of Fort Lauderdale. Founded in 1970, both 18-hole courses were designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr. Inverrary East Course hosted a late winter PGA Tour event for a decade beginning in 1972. The tour event was hosted by entertainer Jackie Gleason in the 1970s, and is now The Honda Classic. The East Course was also the site of the Tournament Players", "title": "Inverrary Country Club" }, { "id": "20716695", "text": "Inverrary Country Club Inverrary Country Club is a 36-hole private golf club located in Lauderhill, Florida, northwest of Fort Lauderdale. Founded in 1970, both 18-hole courses were designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr. Inverrary East Course hosted a late winter PGA Tour event for a decade beginning in 1972. The tour event was hosted by entertainer Jackie Gleason in the 1970s, and is now The Honda Classic. The East Course was also the site of the Tournament Players Championship That TPC event was won by Jack Nicklaus, and Nicklaus also won the next two Gleason events, for wins in three", "title": "Inverrary Country Club" }, { "id": "20496043", "text": "Voicenotes Tour The Voicenotes Tour was the third concert tour by Charlie Puth, in support of his second studio album \"Voicenotes\" (2018). The tour began in Toronto at the Budweiser Stage on July 11, 2018, and concluded in Chiba, Japan at Makuhari Event Hall on November 21, 2018. On December 18, 2017, Puth announced his first major headlining tour after opening for Shawn Mendes on his Illuminate World Tour. Hailee Steinfeld will serve as the opening act. On May 11, 2018, the day the album was released, the tour was officially announced as part of the 2018 Honda Civic Tour.", "title": "Voicenotes Tour" }, { "id": "18285470", "text": "Marc Leishman with a birdie on the second extra hole of a sudden-death playoff. The win was Thomas' seventh on the PGA Tour. In February 2018, Thomas won for the eighth time on tour, claiming victory at the Honda Classic in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. He birdied the final hole of regulation play to make a playoff with Luke List. Then on the first extra hole, Thomas made birdie again on the same hole, after a brilliant 5-wood from the fairway. List could not hole his birdie putt, after the missing the green to the right, resulting in Thomas winning", "title": "Justin Thomas (golfer)" }, { "id": "20039345", "text": "16th Annual Honda Civic Tour The 16th Annual Honda Civic Tour was a concert tour headlined by American rock band OneRepublic. Sponsored by Honda and produced by Marketing Factory, the tour also features Fitz and The Tantrums and James Arthur. The tour began on July 7, 2017 in Kansas City and concluded on September 27, 2017 in Shanghai. The band announced that they would headline the 16th Annual Honda Civic Tour. In an Instagram video, frontman Ryan Tedder stated: Our best memories come from summer tours in the U.S. and the Honda Civic tour has been the benchmark of summer", "title": "16th Annual Honda Civic Tour" }, { "id": "18407903", "text": "Catholic), Joe Forte (DeMatha Catholic) and Casey Jacobsen (Glendora). Historically a high profile doubleheader invitational event in early December, the Classic was a single game in January in the 2011–12 season due to scheduling conflicts a new owner, Honda Center, following Wooden's death in 2010. The classic returned to December in the 2012–13 season, but was again a single game. Since its inception, the games were played in Anaheim, California, at the Honda Center, known earlier as the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim. In June 2013, the Wooden Classic merged with the DirecTV Classic to form the Wooden Legacy, a three-day,", "title": "Wooden Classic" }, { "id": "173607", "text": "immense respect for founder, Soichiro Honda, and had a good relationship with Nobuhiko Kawamoto, the chairman of Honda at that time. Senna once called Honda \"the greatest company in the world\". As part of its marketing campaign, Honda is an official partner and sponsor of the National Hockey League, the Anaheim Ducks of the NHL, and the arena named after it: Honda Center. Honda also sponsors The Honda Classic golf tournament and is a sponsor of Major League Soccer. The \"Honda Player of the Year\" award is presented in United States soccer. The \"Honda Sports Award\" is given to the", "title": "Honda" }, { "id": "11189708", "text": "was replaced on the schedule by the Jackie Gleason Inverrary Classic in Lauderhill, initially a month earlier in late February. Miami-based National Airlines co-sponsored its second edition in 1973, also won by Trevino, but not after. That tournament ended its affiliation with Gleason after 1980 and continues today as The Honda Classic in Palm Beach Gardens. The other PGA Tour event in the Miami area was the Doral Open, which began in 1962 and was usually played in early March. It was sponsored by competing carrier Eastern Air Lines, also Miami-based, from 1970 through 1986. National Airlines Open Invitational The", "title": "National Airlines Open Invitational" }, { "id": "4615481", "text": "in nearby Tempe. In 2009, the tournament overlapped with Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa, Florida, when Kenny Perry and Charley Hoffman went to a playoff. That denied the spectators a chance to watch the beginning of the game on NBC, which featured the local Arizona Cardinals. Because of the Super Bowl weekend status, the PGA Tour's television contracts with CBS and NBC include an alternating tournament. Usually a CBS tournament, the Phoenix Open airs on NBC when CBS has the Super Bowl, and NBC's Honda Classic airs on CBS in Winter Olympic years. The tournament's lowest 72-hole score was set", "title": "Phoenix Open" }, { "id": "20270494", "text": "over Hélio Castroneves. Simon Pagenaud remained in third place, while Newgarden moved past his teammate Will Power thanks to his victory. Points include 1 point for leading at least 1 lap during a race, an additional 2 points for leading the most race laps, and 1 point for Pole Position. Source for time gaps: 2017 Honda Indy Toronto The 2017 Honda Indy Toronto was an IndyCar Series event held on July 16, 2017 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The race served as the 12th round of the 2017 IndyCar Series season. Frenchman Simon Pagenaud qualified on pole position, while American Josef", "title": "2017 Honda Indy Toronto" }, { "id": "1040946", "text": "Palm Beach Gardens hosts the PGA Tour Honda Classic. Polo and Equestrian: Palm Beach Polo and Country Club counts 7 polo fields among its world-class facilities and many high-goal games are played in the area. The equestrian events at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center are the world-renowned Winter Equestrian Festival, the Global Dressage Festival and over 40 weeks a year of equestrian competitions, hosted in Wellington. Tennis: The Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, a hard court stop on the ATP Tour, takes place annually in Delray Beach, slightly to the south of West Palm Beach. Croquet: The National Croquet", "title": "West Palm Beach, Florida" }, { "id": "3926451", "text": "the first person to win all four Texas-based PGA Tour events. Scott held the number one ranking for eleven weeks until August 2014. Scott started the season well with a runner-up finish at the CIMB Classic during the wrap-around 2016 season. He then followed this up during February 2016, with another runner-up placing at the Northern Trust Open, where despite a final hole chip-in birdie, he finished a shot behind winner Bubba Watson. On 28 February 2016, Scott won his 12th PGA Tour title with victory at The Honda Classic played at PGA National Golf Club. He won by a", "title": "Adam Scott (golfer)" }, { "id": "16509722", "text": "Bermuda grass. PGA National Champion Course The PGA National Champion Course is an 18-hole golf course located at the PGA National Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, United States. The PGA National Champion Course was opened on November 17, 1981. It was the site of the 1983 Ryder Cup, the 1987 PGA Championship (won by Larry Nelson), and the Senior PGA Championship for 19 years, from 1982–2000. The course underwent a $4 million renovation in December 2002, and in 2007 became the home of The Honda Classic. The course rating is 75.3 and it has a slope rating of", "title": "PGA National Champion Course" }, { "id": "19415929", "text": "June of 2015 to avoid conflicting with 2015 Pan American Games. The Exhibition Place circuit also featured changes to its layout, which represent the third modification to the layout since its inaugural race in 1986. Pitlane moved to the north side of the track, starting at Turn 9 and extending back onto Princes' Boulevard past Turn 11 before the start-finish line in order to accommodate the newly constructed Hotel X Toronto, opposite the Enercare Centre. The NASCAR Pinty's Series was the Saturday headline race, with the series returning to the Toronto Indy for the first time since its 2010 and", "title": "2016 Honda Indy Toronto" }, { "id": "16509721", "text": "PGA National Champion Course The PGA National Champion Course is an 18-hole golf course located at the PGA National Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, United States. The PGA National Champion Course was opened on November 17, 1981. It was the site of the 1983 Ryder Cup, the 1987 PGA Championship (won by Larry Nelson), and the Senior PGA Championship for 19 years, from 1982–2000. The course underwent a $4 million renovation in December 2002, and in 2007 became the home of The Honda Classic. The course rating is 75.3 and it has a slope rating of 147 on", "title": "PGA National Champion Course" }, { "id": "16601430", "text": "a promotion to the PGA Tour. This season, Hoffmann finished T2 at The Honda Classic, which is his highest finish in his career. In December 2017, Hoffmann announced that he had been diagnosed with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy. In the days afterwards, Hoffmann was inundated and overwhelmed by messages of support from his fellow pros and members of the public. CUT = missed the half-way cut<br> \"T\" = tied Amateur Morgan Hoffmann Morgan Hoffmann (born August 11, 1989) is an American professional golfer. Raised in Wyckoff, New Jersey, Hoffmann attended Ramapo High School. After winning two consecutive New Jersey state championships,", "title": "Morgan Hoffmann" }, { "id": "3158023", "text": "García came very close to another win on the PGA Tour at The Honda Classic. In a final round showdown with Adam Scott, where the pair started the final round level, the Aussie prevailed by one shot. In May, García won his second AT&T Byron Nelson championship in a playoff over Brooks Koepka. The win was his first on the PGA Tour since 2012 and his ninth career victory, tying Seve Ballesteros for most by a Spanish-born player. In February 2017, García completed a wire-to-wire victory at the Omega Dubai Desert Classic for his first European Tour title in over", "title": "Sergio García" }, { "id": "20806170", "text": "tour set list. This set list is from the concert on October 30, 2018 at Madison Square Garden. It is not representative of all concerts for the duration of the tour. The Bandito Tour The Bandito Tour (stylized as THE BANDITØ TØUR) is an ongoing tour by the American musical duo Twenty One Pilots, in support of their fifth studio album \"Trench\" (2018). The tour began at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee on October 16, 2018, and will continue through to June 30, 2019, ending at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. On July 11, 2018, Twenty One Pilots", "title": "The Bandito Tour" }, { "id": "19666006", "text": "as the defending IndyCar champion, and finished second in points behind his teammate Newgarden. The 2017 season was the last season for the Honda/Chevy aerokits introduced in 2015, as 2018 will see the introduction of a new spec-aerokit. All events from 2016 returned to the schedule. In addition, the series returned to Gateway Motorsports Park for the first time since 2003. This chart represents announced teams, cars and their respective driver combinations for the 2017 season. (O) Oval/Speedway<br> (R) Road Course<br> (S) Street Circuit All 16 races from 2016 will return. Gateway Motorsports Park returns to the schedule for the", "title": "2017 IndyCar Series" }, { "id": "19838793", "text": "UFC 208 UFC 208: Holm vs. de Randamie was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on February 11, 2017, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The event was originally scheduled to take place on January 21 at Honda Center in Anaheim, California. However, due to a lack of suitable headliners for the date, the event in Anaheim was postponed to August 5 (and subsequently took place at Staples Center in Los Angeles) and an originally scheduled UFC 209 to be held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on February 11", "title": "UFC 208" }, { "id": "19174510", "text": "two games against two teams. 2017 Las Vegas Classic The Las Vegas Classic is an eight-team college basketball tournament held in December at Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada. Continental Tire is the current sponsor of the tournament. Each team will play four games in the Classic – the first two at on-campus sites and the final two rounds at the Orleans Arena. Four schools: Duquesne, Nevada, San Francisco, and Southern Illinois will play in Las Vegas. The opening round was played December 15, 17 and 19. It was announced that the games that would take place at Orleans Arena would", "title": "Las Vegas Classic" }, { "id": "2591518", "text": "28 November, he performed in the BankAtlantic Center, in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. He later performed in the Air Canada Centre, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in the Izod Center, in East Rutherford, New Jersey, in the William Saroyan Theatre, in Fresno, California (changed from the much larger Save Mart Center due to scheduling conflicts), in the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, and finally in the Honda Center, in Anaheim, California, on 3, 5, 8, 12 and 13 December. His last three arena concerts alone grossed a total of over 5,6 million dollars, placing him third on Billboard Magazine's week's Hot Tours", "title": "Andrea Bocelli" }, { "id": "20053760", "text": "each team, following the Rangers' appearance in the 2012 event and the Sabres' in 2008. It was the Rangers' fourth outdoor game, having also appeared in the 2014 Stadium Series. J. T. Miller of the Rangers scored on a rebound in overtime to give the Rangers a 3–2 win over the Sabres. On March 15, 2017, Arthur Staple of \"Newsday\" reported that the game had been awarded to the New York Rangers. The Rangers originally had planned to play at Blaik Field at Michie Stadium on the campus of the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York but", "title": "2018 NHL Winter Classic" }, { "id": "12539164", "text": "on the third playoff hole to James Hahn. Johnson missed a 12 footer for birdie on the third extra hole to extend the playoff. Those results led Johnson back inside the top-15 in the World Ranking. After another missed cut at The Honda Classic, Johnson beat J. B. Holmes by one stroke to win the WGC-Cadillac Championship at Trump National Doral in Miami, Florida. The win earned Johnson $1,570,000 and marked the first win for Johnson since his self-imposed six-month leave of absence from professional golf to work on \"personal issues\" in his life. The win moved him to 7th", "title": "Dustin Johnson" }, { "id": "20473782", "text": "the band cover several songs, including \"Comfortably Numb\" by Pink Floyd, \"Eruption\" by Van Halen and \"Black Diamond\" by Kiss, with drummer Matt Cameron on vocals for the latter. The European tour continued with several more arena shows, with Pearl Jam covering \"Help!\" by the Beatles at the gig in Prague, and they were joined onstage with J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. to cover Neil Young's \"Rockin' in the Free World\" in Berlin. Following the arena shows, the band played three festival dates: the Werchter Festival in Beglium, the Mad Cool Festival in Spain, and the NOS Alive Festival in", "title": "Pearl Jam 2018 Tour" }, { "id": "20244450", "text": "Ohio State Buckeyes. These teams were chosen by the CFP Selection Committee. Traditionally, the Pac-12 and Big Ten champions meet in the Rose Bowl, however in the 2017 season, that game will be used for one of the two College Football Playoff semifinal games. Of note is that this year's Rose Bowl features SEC champion Georgia and Big 12 champion Oklahoma, a matchup which traditionally occurs in the Sugar Bowl, which is being used as the other CFP semifinal game for this year. Prior to kickoff, the Trojans led the all-time series 13-9-1; the most recent game was on September", "title": "2017 Cotton Bowl Classic (December)" }, { "id": "20655867", "text": "three games were announced on 3 April 2018, with the opposition provided by Club América, San Jose Earthquakes and Liverpool. The club later announced that the tour would see them compete in the 2018 International Champions Cup. In the 2018 competition, United played against Milan at the StubHub Center in Carson, California, Liverpool at the Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Real Madrid at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. Alexis Sánchez's arrival in the United States was delayed as he was not issued with a visa due to the 16-month suspended jail sentence he accepted in", "title": "2018–19 Manchester United F.C. season" }, { "id": "20754843", "text": "Meet You There Tour The Meet You There Tour was a concert tour by Australian band 5 Seconds of Summer in support of their third studio album \"Youngblood\". The tour began in Osaka, Japan on August 2, 2018, and concluded in Madrid, Spain on November 19. The band announced the North America dates on April 13, 2018. They announced the Australian dates on May 21, 2018. The European dates were added on June 8, 2018. Additional UK dates were added for Glasgow, Manchester and London on June 14, 2018. The following setlist is from the first show of the tour", "title": "Meet You There Tour" }, { "id": "14564322", "text": "the PGA Tour for 2015-16. In March 2018, List lost in a sudden-death playoff at the Honda Classic to Justin Thomas. He lost to birdie on the first extra hole, after missing the green in two to the right. This was however List's best result to date on the PGA Tour. List finished T4 in the 2018 Safeway Open to start of the 2018-2019 season strongly. PGA Tour playoff record (0–1) CUT = missed the half-way cut<br> \"T\" = tied \"T\" = Tied<br> Amateur Luke List (golfer) Luke List (born January 14, 1985) is an American professional golfer who has", "title": "Luke List (golfer)" }, { "id": "20039346", "text": "tours. It's going to be a set list that we've never attempted before, it's going to be production we've never attempted before... and it's going to be the most interactive tour we've ever done before. This set list is representative of the show on July 7, 2017, in Kansas City. It is not representative of all concerts for the duration of the tour. 16th Annual Honda Civic Tour The 16th Annual Honda Civic Tour was a concert tour headlined by American rock band OneRepublic. Sponsored by Honda and produced by Marketing Factory, the tour also features Fitz and The Tantrums", "title": "16th Annual Honda Civic Tour" }, { "id": "20060445", "text": "ABC and NBC Sports. A new series sponsor will be introduced and NBC will be the sole broadcaster for the series beginning in the 2019 season. Honda won the engine manufacturer's championship for the first time since 2011. Robert Wickens won Rookie of the Year despite missing the final three races after a crash at the ABC Supply 500 at Pocono. Will Power won the 102nd Indianapolis 500. Scott Dixon won his fifth IndyCar title, and is now second to A.J. Foyt's all-time record for United States open wheel titles. Dixon won three races over the course of the season.", "title": "2018 IndyCar Series" }, { "id": "20599019", "text": "Web.com Tour Qualifying Tournament. He finished T2 at the Colombia Championship in February 2018. Burns finished T7 at the Honda Classic with Tiger Woods as his playing partner in the final round, earning Burns entry into the Valspar Championship, where he finished T12. Burns earned his first professional win at the 2018 Savannah Golf Championship on the Web.com Tour when he birdied each of the final three holes to defeat Roberto Castro by one stroke. CUT = missed the half-way cut \"T\" indicates a tie for a place Amateur Sam Burns Samuel Holland Burns (born July 23, 1996) is an", "title": "Sam Burns" }, { "id": "13846029", "text": "William Saroyan Theatre, in Fresno, California, (changed from the much larger venue, the Save Mart Center, due to scheduling conflicts), in the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, and finally in the Honda Center, in Anaheim, California, on December 3, 5, 8, 12, and 13. His last three arena concerts alone grossed a total of over 5.6 million dollars, placing him third on \"Billboard\"s week's Hot Tours ranking, behind the Trans-Siberian Orchestra and Il Divo, who both held over 5 times more concerts worldwide, compared to Bocelli's three in the United States, explaining their better showings. In the United States, Bocelli", "title": "My Christmas" }, { "id": "14450066", "text": "Keynes Theatre (5 - 30 June), Birmingham Hippodrome (3 July - 8 September), Manchester Palace Theatre (18 September - 24 November) and Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff (4 December - 12 January 2019). Further venues were announced on 13 March 2018. The tour will go to Theatre Royal, Plymouth (15 January - 16 February 2019), the Alhambra Theatre, Bradford (19 February - 23 March), Edinburgh Playhouse (2 - 27 April), the Bristol Hippodrome (7 May - 8 June), Southampton Mayflower (11 June - 6 July) and Norwich Theatre Royal (16 July - 17 August). On 17 October 2017, the adult cast", "title": "Matilda the Musical" }, { "id": "20179457", "text": "at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway prior to the official opening of the track. On March 23, manufacturer testing was conducted on the road course for Honda. Testing on the oval was scheduled for March 27–29, but was postponed due to inclement weather in the forecast. A full-field, league-sponsored open test was held on the oval April 30, followed by the Rookie Orientation Program and Refresher tests on May 1. On May 2, track activity continued with a private manufacturers test involving both Honda and Chevrolet. On July 25, 2017 the first official test for the universal bodywork kit was conducted", "title": "2018 Indianapolis 500" }, { "id": "16228369", "text": "the Honda Classic in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Woods finished tied for second at the Valspar Championship on March 11 which was his best finish on Tour since The Northern Trust in August 2013. He then finished in a tie for 5th the next week at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Woods competed at the 2018 Masters Tournament, thus entering a major championship for the first time since 2015. He eventually finished tied for 32nd, which moved him up to 88th in the World Rankings meaning that he returned to the top 100 of the World Rankings for the first time", "title": "Professional golf career of Tiger Woods" }, { "id": "17764585", "text": "Honda Aero Honda Aero, Inc. (HAI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Honda Motor Co., Ltd., is headquartered in Burlington, North Carolina near the Burlington - Alamance Regional Airport. The Burlington facility will serve as the primary production location for engines developed and marketed by GE Honda Aero Engines, LLC (a joint venture between Honda Aero and GE), beginning with the GE Honda HF120 turbofan engine. Development of the facility represents a $27 million capital expenditure by Honda, bringing the company's total North American capital investment to more than $9 billion. Production began with the GE Honda Aero Engine HF120 on", "title": "Honda Aero" }, { "id": "19863496", "text": "2017 Cotton Bowl Classic (January) The 2017 Cotton Bowl Classic was a college football bowl game played on January 2, 2017, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. It featured the Western Michigan Broncos from the Mid-American Conference and the Wisconsin Badgers from the Big Ten Conference. The 81st Cotton Bowl Classic was one of the New Years Six bowl games in the College Football Playoff for the 2016–17 bowl games concluding the 2016 FBS football season. The game was broadcast on ESPN, ESPN Deportes, ESPN Radio and XM Satellite Radio. It was sponsored by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company", "title": "2017 Cotton Bowl Classic (January)" }, { "id": "19863498", "text": "2017 Cotton Bowl Classic (January) The 2017 Cotton Bowl Classic was a college football bowl game played on January 2, 2017, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. It featured the Western Michigan Broncos from the Mid-American Conference and the Wisconsin Badgers from the Big Ten Conference. The 81st Cotton Bowl Classic was one of the New Years Six bowl games in the College Football Playoff for the 2016–17 bowl games concluding the 2016 FBS football season. The game was broadcast on ESPN, ESPN Deportes, ESPN Radio and XM Satellite Radio. It was sponsored by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company", "title": "2017 Cotton Bowl Classic (January)" }, { "id": "19794290", "text": "with a 4.2-litre, normally-aspirated V8 engine, producing approximately 600hp. Cosworth Electronics is also the exclusive electronics supplier. The aim of the new regulations is to ensure long-term success for the category with a reduction in costs and the guarantee of stable regulations. The provisional 2017 calendar was announced at 23 September 2016. The calendar comprises six events, featuring the same four circuits that hosted events in 2016 and for the first time since 2008 and 2010 it included events at Monza and Algarve respectively, which are stand-alone events. For the fifth consecutive season, Silverstone hosts the opening rounds of both", "title": "2017 European Le Mans Series" }, { "id": "20006781", "text": "2018 Masters Tournament The 2018 Masters Tournament was the 82nd edition of the Masters Tournament and the first of golf's four major championships in 2018. It was held April 5–8 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Patrick Reed won his first major title with a final round 71 (−1) for 273 (−15), one stroke ahead of runner-up Rickie Fowler. The 2018 Masters Tournament was the 63rd Masters Tournament to be televised by CBS with early round coverage airing on ESPN using CBS production crews. The Masters has the smallest field of the four major championships. Officially, the Masters", "title": "2018 Masters Tournament" }, { "id": "14403424", "text": "fundraiser for The Center for Family Safety and Healing, which seeks to break the cycle of family violence and provide support to victims of domestic abuse. The last event took place on Sunday, September 24, 2017. By then, the event had hosted over 15,000 people annually, and raised over $32 million for victim's of domestic violence. A spokesperson said the event retired because the World Equestrian Games were occurring at the same time, in September, which made it difficult to attract competitors. Past winners of The New Albany Classic: Concert at The Classic: New Albany Classic The New Albany Classic", "title": "New Albany Classic" }, { "id": "20235751", "text": "2017 Bank of the West Classic The 2017 Stanford Classic (sponsored by Bank of the West) was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 46th edition of the tournament, and part of the WTA Premier tournaments of the 2017 WTA Tour. It took place in Stanford, United States between 31 July and 6 August 2017. It was the first women's event on the 2017 US Open Series. This event saw the top eight seeds make it to the quarterfinals, the first time since 2004 that this had happened at a WTA tournament. The following players received", "title": "2017 Bank of the West Classic" }, { "id": "7070715", "text": "he won the European Tour's Omega Dubai Desert Classic for a second time. With a score of 22-under-par, matching the record set by Stephen Gallacher and Thomas Bjørn. He missed the cut in his first start of the PGA Tour season at the Honda Classic. It was his first missed cut on the PGA Tour since the 2013 Open Championship, a streak of 22 consecutive events. He finished fourth at the 2015 Masters Tournament, his best career Masters finish. On 3 May, he won the WGC-Cadillac Match Play event held at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco. This is his", "title": "Rory McIlroy" }, { "id": "20658274", "text": "pay-per-view on October 28, 2018, at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. On August 8, it was announced that the show would air every Wednesday on the WWE Network immediately after \"WWE NXT\", beginning September 5. The show is announced by Beth Phoenix, Renee Young, and Michael Cole. In addition, the week prior to the first episode, WWE Network aired a bracketology special. The following time limits were in place: <onlyinclude> Performers on the tournament such as Deonna Purrazzo, Io Shirai, Jessie Elaban, Kacy Catanzaro, Kavita Devi, Lacey Lane, MJ Jenkins, Reina González, Rhea Ripley, Taynara Conti, Tegan Nox, and Xia Li", "title": "Mae Young Classic (2018)" }, { "id": "173548", "text": "the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange, as well as exchanges in Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Kyoto, Fukuoka, London, Paris and Switzerland. The company has assembly plants around the globe. These plants are located in China, the United States, Pakistan, Canada, England, Japan, Belgium, Brazil, México, New Zealand, Malaysia, Indonesia, India, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Turkey, Taiwan, Perú and Argentina. As of July 2010, 89 percent of Honda and Acura vehicles sold in the United States were built in North American plants, up from 82.2 percent a year earlier. This shields profits from the yen's advance to a 15-year", "title": "Honda" }, { "id": "19415930", "text": "2011 seasons. The weekend will included races for the Indy Lights, Pro Mazda Championship, U.S. F2000 National Championship, SPEED Energy Formula Off-Road Super Trucks and the IMSA GT3 Cup Challenge Canada. Qualifying for the event took place on Saturday, July 16. Scott Dixon qualified on pole for the event with a time of 59.9073 at an average speed of 106 mph (170 km/h)- the slowest qualifying average speed of the year, and making only the second time on the 2016 season that a Team Penske driver had not started from first. It also marked Dixon's 24th pole position, tying him", "title": "2016 Honda Indy Toronto" }, { "id": "149362", "text": "the single \"In My World\". A 38-date tour was arranged which began on 21 June and concluded 16 November. Fleetwood Mac also planned to embark on another tour in 2018. The band headlined the second night of the Classic West concert (on 16 July 2017 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles) and the second night of the Classic East concert (at New York's Citi Field on 30 July 2017). Fleetwood Mac were announced at the MusiCares Person of the Year in 2018 and reunited to perform several songs at the Grammy-hosted gala honouring them. Artists including Lorde, Harry Styles, Little", "title": "Fleetwood Mac" }, { "id": "13074176", "text": "Sebring for over six decades. The race attracts drivers and fans from all over the world. The Grand Prix of St. Petersburg and Grand Prix of Miami have held IndyCar races as well. The Gainesville Raceway hosts the annual Gatornationals, one of the major NHRA drag events. The PGA of America is headquartered in Palm Beach Gardens, the PGA Tour is headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach, and the LPGA is headquartered in Daytona Beach. The Players Championship, WGC-Cadillac Championship, Arnold Palmer Invitational, Honda Classic and Valspar Championship are PGA Tour rounds. The Miami Open is an ATP World Tour Masters", "title": "Sports in Florida" }, { "id": "19520184", "text": "Barbra: The Music, The Mem'ries, The Magic Barbra: The Music, The Mem'ries, The Magic was a concert tour by American recording artist Barbra Streisand. The tour initially visited nine locations in North America, then was extended twice for a total of 16 shows in 14 cities. The performance in Miami (December 5, 2016) was filmed for a Netflix release on November 22, 2017. A live concert album from the same show \"The Music...The Mem'ries...The Magic!\" was released on December 8, 2017. The concert tour was Streisand's seventh, preceded by the 2012–13 Barbra Live tour. On May 16, 2016, Streisand's longtime", "title": "Barbra: The Music, The Mem'ries, The Magic" }, { "id": "20473777", "text": "Pearl Jam 2018 Tour The Pearl Jam 2018 Tour was a concert tour by the American rock band Pearl Jam. The tour consisted of twenty-seven shows, with five in South America, fifteen in Europe and seven in North America. It was the band's first tour following their North American tour that finished in August 2016. The South American shows took place in March 2018 and were part of the Lollapalooza festival. The band also played their own headlining shows at the Movistar Arena, Chile and the Maracanã Stadium, Brazil. The European shows started at the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam on", "title": "Pearl Jam 2018 Tour" }, { "id": "20709607", "text": "will conclude with the 2018 NBA Summer League Championship game on July 17. Now in its fourth year, the Utah Jazz Summer League will feature six games and host four teams: the Utah Jazz, Atlanta Hawks, Memphis Grizzlies and San Antonio Spurs. Each team will play on July 2, 3 and 5. All games will be played at Vivint Smart Home Arena. \"Reference:\" In its first year, the California Classic is scheduled to take place before the Las Vegas Summer League begins, with the teams in place for the event involving the Sacramento Kings, Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State Warriors,", "title": "2018 NBA Summer League" }, { "id": "19814585", "text": "15 October to 7 November 2017. Casting is to be announced. The production will transfer to the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto, Canada for a Christmas run from December 9 to January 21, 2018. Following the Toronto run, the show will be produced in partnership with The Old Vic and Children's Theatre Company in Minneapolis where it will be performed from April 17 to June 10, 2018, before transferring to the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego from July 3 to August 12, 2018. The production received rave reviews and was nominated for Best Entertainment and Family at the 2016", "title": "The Lorax (play)" }, { "id": "20473778", "text": "June 12 and concluded at the NOS Alive Festival in Lisbon on July 14, 2018. On March 30, 2018, a second show at the Ziggo Dome was announced. In January 2018, the band announced two shows at Safeco Field in Seattle, billed as the \"Home Shows\", with proceeds to benefit regional homelessness programs. It was the first time in five years since the band last played in their hometown. Later the same month, five more dates were announced in North America, under the name of the \"Away Shows\". The band used the show at Washington–Grizzly Stadium in Missoula, Montana to", "title": "Pearl Jam 2018 Tour" }, { "id": "1762875", "text": "in a heartbreaking defeat to Phil Mickelson. Els has finished runner-up in six majors, finishing runner-up to Tiger Woods more than any other golfer, and has often been described as having the right game to finally be the golfer to beat Woods in a major. On 2 March 2008, Els won the Honda Classic contested at PGA National's Championship Course in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Els shot a final round 67 in tough windy conditions, which was enough to give him the win by one stroke over Luke Donald. The win marked the end of a three and a half-year-long", "title": "Ernie Els" }, { "id": "19267450", "text": "has been shown at Künstlerhaus Bremen; Triangle France, Marseille; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles; Hammer Museum at the University of California, Los Angeles; PØST, Los Angeles; The Drawing Center, New York; and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Her films have screened at RedCat, Los Angeles, California; BFI London Film Festival; Toronto International Film Festival; the Museum of the Moving Image, New York; and the International Film Festival, Berlin. Honda's work is in the collections of the Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Museum of Contemporary Art, North", "title": "Margaret Honda" }, { "id": "20334850", "text": "on November 9, 2017 at AT&T Park in San Francisco. The tour consists of total of 16 concerts in 14 different U.S. cities. Due to guitarist John Mayer requiring an emergency appendectomy, the final three concerts — in New Orleans, Sunrise, Florida, and Orlando, Florida — were rescheduled to February 24, 26, and 27, 2018, respectively. Dead & Company Fall Tour 2017 The Dead & Company Fall Tour 2017 is a concert tour by the rock band Dead & Company during November and December 2017. It is the band’s fourth tour, following their 2017 Summer Tour. The tour comprises a", "title": "Dead & Company Fall Tour 2017" }, { "id": "19415938", "text": "in ninth. Rookie drivers struggled heavily in the race, with Conor Daly's 15th place being the highest of all rookies in the race. Points include 1 point for leading at least 1 lap during a race, an additional 2 points for leading the most race laps, and 1 point for Pole Position. The race was broadcast live by CNBC in the United States and by Sportsnet on Sportsnet 360 in Canada. The race was broadcast on radio by the IMS Radio Network and simulcast on Sirius / XM satellite radio and Indycar.com. 2016 Honda Indy Toronto The 2016 Honda Indy", "title": "2016 Honda Indy Toronto" }, { "id": "20532973", "text": "delay in selling land to a private owner. The Punta del Este ePrix was part of an alternative plan devised by series founder and CEO Alejandro Agag in case any round of the championship was dropped. Punta del Este was the sixth of twelve scheduled single-seater electric car rounds of the 2017–18 season and the third edition of the event. The ePrix was held on 17 March 2018 at the twenty-turn Punta del Este Street Circuit in the Maldonado Department of Uruguay. The circuit is situated on the Playa Brava Beach, meaning sand was laid on the tarmac surface and", "title": "2018 Punta del Este ePrix" }, { "id": "14058619", "text": "held a televised benefit concert, One Love Manchester, on June 4 at the Old Trafford Cricket Ground in Manchester, helping to raise $23 million to aid the bombing victims and affected families. Grande, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry and other artists performed. To recognize her efforts, the City Council named Grande the first honorary citizen of Manchester. The tour resumed in Europe, Latin America, Asia and Oceania. It ended in September 2017, earning more than $71 million and selling over 875,000 tickets. The same year, Grande recorded the title track of the soundtrack for the 2017 live-action remake of Disney's \"Beauty", "title": "Ariana Grande" }, { "id": "7070702", "text": "moved him up to number two in the world while also putting him at the top of the Race to Dubai leaderboard. The following week, McIlroy continued good form and won the Honda Classic in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, and with it claimed the Number 1 spot in the world rankings. He started the fourth round in first place at 11-under-par after rounds of 66-67-66, ahead of a chasing pack including Tiger Woods, Lee Westwood and Keegan Bradley. McIlroy shot a final round of 69 to claim his third PGA Tour title and finished two strokes ahead of Tiger Woods", "title": "Rory McIlroy" }, { "id": "19937821", "text": "Evening Standard\" and \"The Independent\" also gave five star reviews, with the latter calling it \"a triumphant experience\". At the 2017 \"Billboard\" Touring Awards, the tour won for Top Boxscore (at Stade de France on 25–26 July), while receiving nominations for Top Tour and Top Draw. It also won for Top Boxscore at the following year's awards ceremony (for concerts at Estádio do Morumbi on 19, 21–22, and 25 October). At the LOS40 Music Awards 2017, U2 won the Tour of the Year Award. At the 2018 iHeartRadio Music Awards, U2 won the award for Best Tour. The group won", "title": "The Joshua Tree Tour 2017" }, { "id": "5309682", "text": "game of the Cricket All-Stars Series 2015, featuring many retired cricket players from around the world and led by great cricket legends Sachin Tendulkar and Shane Warne. Warne's Warriors defeated Sachin's Blasters by 6 wickets. On January 1, 2018, Citi Field hosted the 2018 NHL Winter Classic between the New York Rangers and the Buffalo Sabres. The Rangers won the game 3-2 in overtime. The Sabres were the designated home team for the game, as the Rangers' home arena of Madison Square Garden would lose its property tax exemption from the City of New York if any Rangers home games", "title": "Citi Field" }, { "id": "4755766", "text": "down for birdies from the greenside rough. Casey continued his good form in America the following week, when he finished in a tie for third at the Honda Classic, one shot outside of a playoff. Two weeks later he equalled his 2004 performance by finishing tied for 6th place in the 2015 Masters. In 2016, Casey finished 2nd at both the Deutsche Bank Championship and the BMW Championship before finishing 4th at the Tour Championship to finish 5th in the 2016 FedEx Cup Playoffs, his best career performance in the Playoffs. After making himself unavailable to qualify for the 2016", "title": "Paul Casey" }, { "id": "19001981", "text": "2017–18 UEFA Champions League The 2017–18 UEFA Champions League was the 63rd season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 26th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League. The final was played between Real Madrid and Liverpool at the NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kiev, Ukraine. Real Madrid, the defending champions, beat Liverpool 3–1 to win a record-extending 13th title and their third title in a row. As winners, Real Madrid qualified as the UEFA representative for the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates,", "title": "2017–18 UEFA Champions League" }, { "id": "17442544", "text": "in 26 events and it would be his final season on the PGA Tour. After spending 2003 primarily on the Tour's minor-league circuit (now the Web.com Tour), Nicklaus stopped playing professional golf to focus on the family business. Nicklaus is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Camden Capital, Co-Chairman of the Children's Healthcare Charity, non-profit organization and primary beneficiary of the Honda Classic, and a government appointed Commissioner of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. In 2007, Nicklaus was reinstated as an amateur by the United States Golf Association. On August 20, 2008, a fire in Jupiter, Florida", "title": "Gary Nicklaus" }, { "id": "20299234", "text": "2018 PGA Tour The 2018 PGA Tour was the 103rd season of the PGA Tour, and the 51st since separating from the PGA of America. The season began on October 5, 2017. The following table lists official events for 2017–18. The schedule contains 48 events, including two new ones: The CJ Cup in South Korea and the Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship, a former event on the Web.com Tour based out of the Dominican Republic. The Barbasol Championship will be played in Kentucky, the first non-major PGA Tour event in the state since 1959. The Puerto Rico Open became", "title": "2018 PGA Tour" }, { "id": "20271158", "text": "2017 Western & Southern Open The 2017 Western & Southern Open was a men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts from August 14–20, 2017. It was a Masters 1000 tournament on the 2017 ATP World Tour and a WTA Premier 5 tournament on the 2017 WTA Tour. The tournament was one of two headline events in the 2017 US Open Series. The 2017 tournament was the 116th men's edition and the 89th women's edition of the Cincinnati Masters. The tournament was held annually at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, a northern suburb of Cincinnati, in", "title": "2017 Western & Southern Open" }, { "id": "19821348", "text": "and Indianapolis 500 only. On April 12, it was announced that two-time Formula 1 World Champion Fernando Alonso planned to drive a Honda with the support of McLaren for Andretti Autosport. Alonso skipped the 2017 Monaco Grand Prix in order to compete at Indianapolis. Rookies that entered included Alonso, Jack Harvey, Ed Jones, and Zach Veach. The official entry list was released on May 14. A private manufacturers test for Honda teams was scheduled for Friday March 24. The test was moved up one day due to inclement weather predicted for Saturday. Three Honda teams, Chip Ganassi Racing, Rahal Letterman", "title": "2017 Indianapolis 500" }, { "id": "20210824", "text": "time since the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League, all the four teams at this stage represent different national associations. <section begin=SF /> The first legs were played on 24 and 25 April, and the second legs were played on 1 and 2 May 2018. \"Real Madrid won 4–3 on aggregate.\" \"Liverpool won 7–6 on aggregate.\" <section begin=Final /> The final was played at the NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kiev on 26 May 2018. The \"home\" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the semi-final draw. <section end=Final /> 2017–18 UEFA Champions League knockout phase The 2017–18", "title": "2017–18 UEFA Champions League knockout phase" }, { "id": "11291436", "text": "On 14 July 2017, Mexican club Pachuca announced the signing of Honda. On 23 August 2017, Honda scored on his debut in a 4-1 win over Veracruz. On 6 August 2018, Honda signed for Australian A-League side Melbourne Victory. He scored on his A-League debut, in Victory's opening game of the 2018–19 A-League, a 2–1 loss to Melbourne City in the Melbourne Derby. He was a member of the Japan team for 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship and played for the U-23 national team, that qualified for 2008 Summer Olympics football tournament finals. He made a full international debut for", "title": "Keisuke Honda" }, { "id": "18807247", "text": "April 30, 2016 and featured performances by: Lee Brice, Keith Urban, Brett Eldredge, Chris Young (musician), Sam Hunt, Miranda Lambert, Florida Georgia Line, Zac Brown Band, Thomas Rhett and Cole Swindell. Tickets went on sale on January 15, 2016. The iHeartCountry Festival aired on the AT&T AUDIENCE Network on May 13, 2016 via DIRECTV Ch 239 or U-verse Ch 1114. Plus, the all-star Country event streamed live on iHeartRadio.com/WatchATT and on iHeartMedia's Country radio stations across the U.S. The 2017 iHeartCountry Festival, A Music Experience by AT&T took place on May 6, 2017 and featured performances by: Jason Aldean, Little", "title": "IHeartRadio Country Festival" }, { "id": "20473783", "text": "Portugal. The European leg concluded on July 17, 2018, with the rescheduled date at London's O2 Arena. The Donald Trump baby balloon was on display outside the venue prior to and during the gig. The American leg started on August 8, 2018, with a concert at Safeco Field in the band's hometown of Seattle, as part of project across the city to tackle homelessness. At the first show in Seattle, the band covered \"We're Going to Be Friends\" by the White Stripes. At the second Seattle show, Pearl Jam covered the Chris Cornell song \"Missing\", which was written for the", "title": "Pearl Jam 2018 Tour" }, { "id": "20473780", "text": "the victims of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. They also played the song \"Come Back\" in memory of Chris Cornell who died the previous year. Pearl Jam's show on March 18, 2018, at the Lollapalooza festival in Argentina, was cancelled due to severe weather. At the final show in South America, in Brazil, Pearl Jam were joined onstage with Perry Farrell, frontman of Jane's Addiction and co-founder of Lollapalooza, to play the Jane's Addiction track \"Mountain Song\". The European tour started with two shows at the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam, with the band paying tribute to Anthony Bourdain and", "title": "Pearl Jam 2018 Tour" }, { "id": "12615710", "text": "has been played at Legion Field since 1946. The classic is the largest HBCU event in the nation attracting nearly 200,000 participants. The Alabama A&M Bulldogs lead the series with a record of 41-38-3 all-time (as of 2017). Many festivities are held in conjunction with the game which includes a pep rally, comedy show, scholarship breakfast, concert/festival, soirees, tailgating, block parties, alumni gatherings, 2-hour parade, and a popular \"Battle of the Bands\" between ASU's Mighty Marching Hornets and AAMU's Maroon and White Marching Band. Festivities begin the week of Saturday's game. In recent years, the classic has attracted numerous African-American", "title": "Magic City Classic" }, { "id": "5652581", "text": "be South Africa, represented by Fireworks for Africa; Sweden, represented by Unique Pyrotechnic; and South Korea, by Daehan Fireworks Co. For the first time, all three competitors are required to incorporate the same theme into their fireworks display and musical accompaniment. The theme, which was voted by the public, will be love. The 2017 Honda Celebration of Light took on place July 29, August 2, and August 5, featuring competitors from Japan, the United Kingdom, and Canada. The competitor for Japan, Akariya, previously won the 2014 Honda Celebration of Light. Widely regarded as the premiere pyrotechnic company in the UK,", "title": "Celebration of Light" }, { "id": "20244481", "text": "2017 Orange Bowl The 2017 Orange Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 30, 2017 at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. The contest was televised on ESPN with a radio broadcast on ESPN Radio, kickoff was at 8:00 PM (EST). It was one of the 2017–18 bowl games that concluded the 2017 FBS football season. The 84th Orange Bowl, the game was sponsored by the Capital One financial services organization, and was officially known as the Capital One Orange Bowl. The 2017 Orange Bowl featured the Wisconsin Badgers (12–1), champions of the Big Ten", "title": "2017 Orange Bowl" }, { "id": "20473779", "text": "promote their Rock2Vote campaign to encourage young people to vote. Pearl Jam's shows at Wrigley Field and Fenway Park ended up earning $7.1 million and $6.7 million respectively, toping the \"Billboard\" Boxscore chart that was dated November 3, 2018. Prior to the first shows in South America, Pearl Jam released a new song, \"Can't Deny Me\", which is taken from their forthcoming album. The tour started on March 13, 2018, with a show at the Movistar Arena in Santiago, Chile. At the opening show of the tour, the band played their new song for the first time, dedicating it to", "title": "Pearl Jam 2018 Tour" }, { "id": "451419", "text": "on June 29. Pitbull took the stage on June 30. Country singer Blake Shelton headlines on July 1, Chris Stapleton on July 2, Tim McGraw on July 3, Blink-182 on July 5, Def Leppard and REO Speedwagon on July 6, Luke Bryan on July 7, Paul McCartney on July 8, Weezer and Panic! at the Disco July 9, and Sting and Peter Gabriel on July 10. The 2016 ground stages included Willie Nelson, Rise Against, Hollywood Vampires, Hunter Hayes, Jason Derulo, Gavin Degraw, Nelly, The Fray, Barenaked Ladies, Billy Idol, Joan Jett, Weird Al, Violent Femmes, Timeflies, Cheap Trick, Bodeans,", "title": "Summerfest" }, { "id": "19520190", "text": "concerts for the duration of the tour. Sources: All dates were sold out. Attendance indicates theatre capacity. Barbra: The Music, The Mem'ries, The Magic Barbra: The Music, The Mem'ries, The Magic was a concert tour by American recording artist Barbra Streisand. The tour initially visited nine locations in North America, then was extended twice for a total of 16 shows in 14 cities. The performance in Miami (December 5, 2016) was filmed for a Netflix release on November 22, 2017. A live concert album from the same show \"The Music...The Mem'ries...The Magic!\" was released on December 8, 2017. The concert", "title": "Barbra: The Music, The Mem'ries, The Magic" }, { "id": "4137332", "text": "in June. The exterior is sleeker in appearance compared to its boxier predecessor. Added to the exterior are optional LED headlamps with automatic high-low beam switching, LED daytime running lights (DRLs), and LED brake tail lights and the new Elite model. New features also include heated rear seats, ventilated front seats, and a panoramic roof to Elite models only. Alloy wheels became standard. Newly available safety features include Honda's LaneWatch passenger side mirror camera or Blind Spot Information (BSI) and rear Cross Traffic Monitor. Additional options include Lane Departure Warning (LDW) with Lane Keeping Assist System (LKAS) and Road Departure", "title": "Honda Pilot" }, { "id": "3329219", "text": "Angeles Kings. Honda Center has the second highest gross ticket sales from special events on the West Coast, following only Staples Center. These events have included the following over the years: The arena will host indoor volleyball during the 2028 Summer Olympics. Honda Center The Honda Center (formerly known as the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim) is an indoor arena located in Anaheim, California. The arena is home to the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League. Originally named the Anaheim Arena during construction, it was completed in 1993 at a cost of US$123 million. Arrowhead Water paid $15 million for", "title": "Honda Center" }, { "id": "20791918", "text": "events were added to the schedule: the Rocket Mortgage Classic will be played at Detroit Golf Club in Detroit, Michigan, and the 3M Open will be played at the TPC Twin Cities in Blaine, Minnesota. Additionally, the WGC Invitational was relocated from Akron, Ohio to Memphis, Tennessee when FedEx took over sponsorship of the event. As a result, the FedEx St. Jude Classic will cease now that the relocated WGC event, WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, will be played at the Classic's former location in Memphis. Quicken Loans National, played in the Washington, D.C. area, will no longer appear on the", "title": "2019 PGA Tour" }, { "id": "20389615", "text": "and 1 point for Pole Position. Source for time gaps: 2017 Honda Indy 200 The 2017 Honda Indy 200 was an IndyCar Series event held on July 30, 2017, at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio. The race served as the 13th round of the 2017 IndyCar Series season. Australian Will Power started on pole position for the race, while his American teammate Josef Newgarden took victory. Qualifying was held on Saturday, July 29. Will Power, for the third time at the track, qualified on pole, recording a time of 1:04.1720. Alongside him on the front row was", "title": "2017 Honda Indy 200" }, { "id": "20183593", "text": "One Love Manchester One Love Manchester was a benefit concert and British television special held on 4 June 2017, which was organised by American singer and actress Ariana Grande in response to the bombing after her concert at Manchester Arena two weeks earlier. The concert took place at Old Trafford Cricket Ground in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, and aired live on BBC One in the UK with hosts Sara Cox and Ore Oduba. The concert was attended by 55,000 people. Guest stars included Justin Bieber, the Black Eyed Peas, Coldplay, Miley Cyrus, Marcus Mumford, Niall Horan, Little Mix, Katy Perry,", "title": "One Love Manchester" }, { "id": "20299235", "text": "an unofficial charity event in the wake of Hurricane Maria. The following events do not carry FedEx Cup points or official money, although some do give out OWGR points. This section shows the final money leaders table. Source: 2018 PGA Tour The 2018 PGA Tour was the 103rd season of the PGA Tour, and the 51st since separating from the PGA of America. The season began on October 5, 2017. The following table lists official events for 2017–18. The schedule contains 48 events, including two new ones: The CJ Cup in South Korea and the Corales Puntacana Resort and Club", "title": "2018 PGA Tour" }, { "id": "20053759", "text": "2018 NHL Winter Classic The 2018 NHL Winter Classic (officially the 2018 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic) was an outdoor regular season National Hockey League (NHL) game, part of the Winter Classic series, played on January 1, 2018. The game featured the Buffalo Sabres matched up against the New York Rangers at Citi Field in the New York City borough of Queens, home of Major League Baseball's New York Mets. The game marked the 10th anniversary of the NHL Winter Classic, following the success of the 2003 Heritage Classic in Edmonton, Alberta. The 2018 game marked the second Winter Classic for", "title": "2018 NHL Winter Classic" }, { "id": "20258341", "text": "2018 Open Championship The 2018 Open Championship was the 147th Open Championship, and was held from 19–22 July 2018 at Carnoustie Golf Links in Angus, Scotland. It was the eighth Open Championship to be played at Carnoustie. Playing conditions were unusual as a result of the heatwave in Scotland which had produced brown, dry and sun-baked fairways and brown rough. The fairways played quickly, enabling several players to hit drives that covered over 400 yards. Francesco Molinari posted a bogey-free final round of 69 to win his first major championship. Molinari finished two shots ahead of Kevin Kisner, Rory McIlroy,", "title": "2018 Open Championship" }, { "id": "7070711", "text": "after his round and, after signing for a 70 instead of a 68 to reflect the penalty, he told reporters: \"There are many stupid rules in golf and this is one of them.\" The two-shot penalty ultimately cost him dearly, as he lost the tournament by a single shot. In March, McIlroy lost in a four-man sudden-death playoff at the Honda Classic on the PGA Tour, despite leading the tournament through all four rounds until the back nine on Sunday. He shot a final round 74 (+4) and had a superb second shot to the par-five 18th in regulation play", "title": "Rory McIlroy" }, { "id": "523673", "text": "the Rock in Rio Festival since 1985. In 2016, the group embarked across Europe and Asia on the Queen + Adam Lambert 2016 Summer Festival Tour. This included closing the Isle of Wight Festival in England on 12 June where they performed \"Who Wants to Live Forever\" as a tribute to the victims of the mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida earlier that day. On 12 September they performed at the Park Hayarkon in Tel-Aviv, Israel for the first time in front of 58,000 people. In September 2018 the group had a residency in the MGM Park", "title": "Brian May" }, { "id": "20179458", "text": "at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval. Two teams, one each representing Chevrolet and Honda, attended. Team Penske with driver Juan Pablo Montoya tested for Chevy, and Schmidt Peterson Motorsports with driver Oriol Servià tested for Honda. The tests were considered successful, and no incidents were reported. Following the conclusion of the 2017 IndyCar Series season, each manufacturer was allocated five days of aero kit testing through December 17. The league stipulated one test for each manufacturer, leaving four dates to the manufacturer's discretion. Honda elected to use one of their four dates at Indianapolis on October 26. James Hinchcliffe (Schmidt", "title": "2018 Indianapolis 500" } ]

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Cowboys co-captain Johnathan Thurston,", "title": "2015 NRL Grand Final" }, { "id": "18889096", "text": "grand finalists, North Queensland and Brisbane, as well as minor premiers the Sydney Roosters, qualified for the second World Club Series, played in the 2016 pre-season against clubs from the European Super League. 2015 NRL Grand Final The 2015 NRL Grand Final was the conclusive and premiership-deciding game of the 2015 NRL season and was played on Sunday 4 October at Sydney's ANZ Stadium between the Brisbane Broncos and North Queensland Cowboys. North Queensland won the match 17–16 in golden point extra time, claiming their first premiership title in their twentieth year of competition. Due to its dramatic ending, the", "title": "2015 NRL Grand Final" }, { "id": "1877810", "text": "Sharks for their role in the ASADA scandal while head coach Shane Flanagan was suspended for the entirety of the 2014 season. The 2014 Grand Final was contested by the South Sydney Rabbitohs and the Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs. This was the Rabbitohs first grand final appearance since 1971. The Rabbitohs would break their 43-year premiership drought with a 30-6 victory. The 2015 season saw the return of the Queensland juggernauts, The North Queensland Cowboys and the Brisbane Broncos who would finish inside the top four and contest the 2015 Grand Final. The 2015 Grand Final is considered by many to", "title": "National Rugby League" }, { "id": "18630967", "text": "2015 NRL State Championship The 2015 NRL State Championship was a rugby league match held between the winners of the 2015 New South Wales Cup and the 2015 Queensland Cup. It was the second edition of the State Championship, following the inaugural 2014 edition, and was played on 4 October 2015, as a curtain raiser to the 2015 NRL Grand Final. The Ipswich Jets won the match, defeating the Newcastle Knights 26-12. For the 2015 NRL State Championship, The Newcastle Knights won the NSW Cup by defeating the Wyong Roos 20-10 in the Grand Final, and the he Ipswich Jets", "title": "2015 NRL State Championship" }, { "id": "9010292", "text": "Parramatta. 2005 - Wests Tigers five-eighth Benji Marshall throws a magic flick pass to winger Pat Richards as the Tigers become the first joint venture to win the premiership, 30-16 over the North Queensland Cowboys. 2008 - Manly Warringah Sea Eagles secure a record 40-0 win over Melbourne Storm. 2014 - South Sydney Rabbitohs win their first premiership in 43 years, beating Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 30-6. 2015 - The North Queensland Cowboys' first premiership after 21 seasons in the NRL and widely regarded as one of the all-time best (along with the Raiders' '89 win). The first all-Queensland NRL grand final", "title": "NRL Grand Final" }, { "id": "691965", "text": "state's most successful team of any sport, having won three premierships in the NRL rugby league era and six in total during their 23-year existence. The Brisbane Broncos participated in the 2015 NRL Grand Final losing to the North Queensland Cowboys 17–16 in extra time, claiming their first premiership in its history. It is considered one of the greatest Grand Finals in NRL history. The other two NRL teams in Queensland are the North Queensland Cowboys and Gold Coast Titans. Queensland's dominance is not restricted to rugby league. The early part of this century saw the AFL's Brisbane Lions claim", "title": "Queensland" }, { "id": "18630968", "text": "won the QLD Cup by defeating the Townsville Blackhawks 32-20 in the Grand Final. 2015 NRL State Championship The 2015 NRL State Championship was a rugby league match held between the winners of the 2015 New South Wales Cup and the 2015 Queensland Cup. It was the second edition of the State Championship, following the inaugural 2014 edition, and was played on 4 October 2015, as a curtain raiser to the 2015 NRL Grand Final. The Ipswich Jets won the match, defeating the Newcastle Knights 26-12. For the 2015 NRL State Championship, The Newcastle Knights won the NSW Cup by", "title": "2015 NRL State Championship" }, { "id": "18889086", "text": "Australians played a NRL grand final. Brisbane, who finished second in the regular season ladder, and North Queensland, who finished third, faced each other during the first week of the finals series in a qualification game, with the Broncos prevailing 16-12 in a tight contest at Suncorp Stadium to earn a week off and the right to host a grand final qualifier. The Broncos defeated minor premiers the Sydney Roosters 31-12 in the preliminary final at Suncorp Stadium to claim the first spot in the grand final. In losing to the Broncos, North Queensland were forced to play an extra", "title": "2015 NRL Grand Final" }, { "id": "18889095", "text": "was the first time an NRL Grand Final had been decided in Golden Point. At the post-match ceremony, Johnathan Thurston received the Clive Churchill medal as best on ground. This was then followed by the championship ring ceremony and the co-captains holding the Provan-Summons trophy. Thurston drew praise for his post-match conduct, notably consoling Ben Hunt. Many consider the image of Thurston hugging his daughter to be the 'best image' of the grand final. Most commentators, analysts and fans rate the 2015 Grand Final as one of, if not the greatest ever played, ranking it alongside the 1989 decider. Both", "title": "2015 NRL Grand Final" }, { "id": "18889085", "text": "title for the St George Illawarra Dragons in 2010. The North Queensland Cowboys reached the premiership deciding game for the second time in their history since their inception into the competition in 1995, after losing to the Wests Tigers in their first appearance in 2005. It was the second time in history that no New South Wales team had featured in the grand final after 2006 which featured the Broncos up against the Melbourne Storm, and is the first time that a grand final featured two Queensland-based clubs. It was also the first time that two clubs captained by Indigenous", "title": "2015 NRL Grand Final" }, { "id": "18889084", "text": "who kicked the winning field goal for his team, was awarded the Clive Churchill Medal as the best player on the ground. Pre-match entertainment was headlined by Australian rock band Cold Chisel. The Brisbane Broncos qualified for their first grand final appearance since 2006, and had never previously been defeated in a grand final, winning all six they have featured in – 1992, 1993, 1998, 2000, 2006, and 1997 for Super League. It was Broncos coach Wayne Bennett's eighth involvement in a grand final after coaching the club in all of their previous grand final appearances, and winning a premiership", "title": "2015 NRL Grand Final" }, { "id": "19003354", "text": "Super League Grand Final. They are the first team to achieve this feat since St Helens in their successful 2006 season. It was the Leeds' trio who were given the fitting farewell with a Grand Final victory. Danny McGuire won the Harry Sunderland Trophy. By winning this match the Rhinos had qualified for the World Club Series Final, to be played on Sunday 21 February 2016 at Headingley Carnegie against the winners of the 2015 NRL Grand Final, the North Queensland Cowboys. Wigan, as the runners up, will play 2015 NRL Grand Final runners up Brisbane Broncos on Saturday 20", "title": "2015 Super League Grand Final" }, { "id": "6666277", "text": "of Origin series win. On 28 September 2015, at the 2015 Dally M Awards, Thurston won the 2015 Dally M Player of the Year by a record margin of 11 points. In addition, he was also awarded 2015 Dally M Halfback of the Year and, along with Cowboys co-captain Matthew Scott, the Dally M Captain of the Year. On 4 October 2015, at the 2015 NRL Grand Final match against Queensland rivals the Brisbane Broncos, after North Queensland Cowboy's winger Kyle Feldt scored an 80th minute try to tie the game. Thurston then missed the conversion to win the premiership,", "title": "Johnathan Thurston" }, { "id": "18889087", "text": "week in the finals and faced the sixth-placed Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks at their home venue of 1300SMILES Stadium, beating them convincingly 39-0. They then qualified for the grand final after defeating the Melbourne Storm 32-12 in their preliminary final at AAMI Park. After an even opening five minutes, the first points of the game were scored by the Broncos in the sixth minute, when a Cowboys handling error in midfield followed shortly by a penalty allowed Corey Parker to kick a 40-metre penalty goal. The Broncos then returned the first tackle after the restart for the opening try of the game,", "title": "2015 NRL Grand Final" }, { "id": "19288968", "text": "called one of the season's best games. Three weeks later the rivals met again in the 2015 NRL Grand Final, the first in history to feature two Queensland-based clubs. The Cowboys won the game 17–16 in golden point extra time, with Johnathan Thurston kicking the winning field goal. The loss was the Broncos first in a Grand Final, having won on their six previous attempts. The match, particularly due to its dramatic ending, was quickly hailed as one of the greatest Grand Finals in rugby league history, drawing comparisons with the 1989 NSWRL Grand Final and the 1997 ARL Grand", "title": "Queensland derby" }, { "id": "60450", "text": "club out of the finals for only the second time since 1991. In what is considered by some commentators to be one of the best Grand Finals in recent history the 2015 NRL Grand Final against the North Queensland Cowboys went in to Golden Point overtime for the first time. After a Cowboys try, Johnathan Thurston had missed a match winning try conversion after the 80 minutes, kick off was given to the Broncos, with a promising chance to the Broncos, only resulting in a knock-on by Bronco's Half-Back, Ben Hunt. After the ball spill, the ball was given back", "title": "Brisbane Broncos" }, { "id": "18404392", "text": "2015 NRL season The 2015 NRL season was the 108th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 18th season of the National Rugby League in Australia and New Zealand. The season started in New Zealand with the annual Auckland Nines, which was followed by the Rugby League All Stars Match, returning after a one-year hiatus, and the World Club Series. North Queensland Cowboys won their first premiership in only the second Grand Final to be decided in extra time. The season launched with a gala event at the Queens Wharf, Auckland on 29 January attended by a selection", "title": "2015 NRL season" }, { "id": "19098399", "text": "2015 Rugby World Cup Final The 2015 Rugby World Cup Final was a rugby union match to determine the winner of the 2015 Rugby World Cup, played between reigning champions New Zealand and their rivals Australia on 31 October 2015 at Twickenham Stadium in London. New Zealand beat Australia 34–17, winning the World Cup for a record third time, and becoming the first team to retain the Webb Ellis Cup. This match saw a new record for tries in a Rugby World Cup Final with the teams combining for five, surpassing the previous record of four scored in the 1987", "title": "2015 Rugby World Cup Final" }, { "id": "7925097", "text": "side for the second year in a row. In Round 11 of the 2015 NRL season, Cooper captained the Cowboys for the first time in the side's 8-0 victory over the Wests Tigers. After the Cowboys' 39-0 win over the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in Week 2 of the 2015 NRL finals series, a Courier Mail article listed Cooper as the most underrated player in the competition. On 25 September, Cooper was named in Fox Sports' People's Choice Team of the Year. On 4 October 2015, Cooper was a member of the Cowboys' Grand Final winning side, starting at second row in", "title": "Gavin Cooper" }, { "id": "18889094", "text": "and heading into golden point extra time to break the deadlock. North Queensland kicked off first in extra time, and the opening kick-off was knocked on by Ben Hunt, immediately giving North Queensland an attacking scrum on Brisbane's ten-metre line. North Queensland set up for the game-winning field goal, and after aborting attempts on the first and third tackles due to strong defensive pressure from the Broncos, Johnathan Thurston was able to make up for his missed conversion by slotting the field goal on the fifth tackle from 19 and a half metres out to win the game 17–16. It", "title": "2015 NRL Grand Final" }, { "id": "18889093", "text": "Morgan who ran diagonally right, cut in to draw three Brisbane defenders then as the full time siren sounded, 5 metres out flicked a short outside pass to winger Feldt who scored just inside the right corner post to level the match up at 16-16. Jonathon Thurston had a conversion attempt from the right touchline after full time to win the match. He took a long time to compose himself for the kick, however the ball failed to break enough to the left, hitting the right upright half way up and bouncing out, leaving the game tied up at 16–16", "title": "2015 NRL Grand Final" }, { "id": "3772059", "text": "North Queensland Cowboys The North Queensland Cowboys (Also known as the North Queensland Toyota Cowboys for sponsorship reasons) are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Townsville, the largest city in North Queensland. They compete in Australia’s premier rugby league competition, the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership. Since their foundation in 1995, the club has appeared in three grand finals (2005, 2015 and 2017) winning in 2015, and has reached the finals ten times. The team's management headquarters and home ground, the Willows Sports Complex, currently known as \"1300SMILES Stadium\" due to sponsorship rights, are located in the", "title": "North Queensland Cowboys" }, { "id": "9728059", "text": "North Queensland lost 16-12 against the Brisbane Broncos in week 1 of the finals series before putting in the most clinical display from a single club all year in the next weeks semi-final against Cronulla in which North Queensland won 39-0, booking their first preliminary final since 2007. The Cowboys beat the Melbourne Storm 32-12 in the Preliminary Final booking their place in the 2015 NRL Grand Final against the Brisbane Broncos, their first since Grand Final in a decade, since 2005 where they finished runners-up. The Cowboys claimed their maiden premiership with a 17-16 win over the Brisbane Broncos.", "title": "Paul Green (rugby league)" }, { "id": "15603180", "text": "the Cowboys are based. They met in the 2015 NRL Grand Final on October 4 at ANZ Stadium. This game is often regarded as the best grand final ever with Jonathan Thurston kicking a field goal in golden point to win the Cowboys first ever premiership. One of the competition's most fiercest rivalries is between the St. George Illawarra Dragons and the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, which share the same geographic region. The Sharks were viewed as St George's \"little brother\" from 1967 to 1998 . The St George Dragons and now the St George Illawarra Dragons have enjoyed more success than", "title": "Rivalries in the National Rugby League" }, { "id": "18546394", "text": "2015 Brisbane Broncos season The 2015 Brisbane Broncos season was the 28th in the club's history. Coached again for the first time since 2008 by returning foundation coach, Wayne Bennett, and captained by Justin Hodges, they competed in the NRL's 2015 Telstra Premiership. The Broncos finished the regular season in 2nd place to make the play-offs, going on to reach the 2015 NRL Grand final in which they were defeated by the North Queensland Cowboys. The NRL Auckland Nines is a pre-season rugby league nines competition featuring all 16 NRL clubs. The 2015 competition was played over two days on", "title": "2015 Brisbane Broncos season" }, { "id": "18442954", "text": "2015 North Queensland Cowboys season The 2015 North Queensland Cowboys season was the 21st in the club's history. Coached by Paul Green and co-captained by Johnathan Thurston and Matthew Scott, they competed in the NRL's 2015 Telstra Premiership. The Cowboys celebrated 20 years as a club in 2015 and played in the first all-Queensland grand final, defeating the Brisbane Broncos 17–16 in golden point to win their first premiership. After going through their pre-season trials undefeated, the Cowboys started their 2015 season with three straight losses. The side hit back with three consecutive wins on Monday Night Football over the", "title": "2015 North Queensland Cowboys season" }, { "id": "8140163", "text": "October 2014, Hannant signed with the North Queensland Cowboys on a one-year deal for the 2015 season. In Round 7 of the 2015 NRL season, Hannant played his 200th NRL game in the Cowboys 28-24 victory over the Warriors. Hannant came off the bench for the Cowboys in the 2015 NRL Grand Final against the Brisbane Broncos, and played 38 minutes in the Cowboys' 17-16 Premiership win. On 21 February 2016, Hannant was a member of the Cowboys' World Club Challenge winning side, coming off the bench in the side's 38-4 victory over the Leeds Rhinos at Headingley Stadium. In", "title": "Ben Hannant" }, { "id": "19098411", "text": "Ellis Cup to winning captain Richie McCaw after the match, once the team's name had been engraved on the base of the trophy. 2015 Rugby World Cup Final The 2015 Rugby World Cup Final was a rugby union match to determine the winner of the 2015 Rugby World Cup, played between reigning champions New Zealand and their rivals Australia on 31 October 2015 at Twickenham Stadium in London. New Zealand beat Australia 34–17, winning the World Cup for a record third time, and becoming the first team to retain the Webb Ellis Cup. This match saw a new record for", "title": "2015 Rugby World Cup Final" }, { "id": "18168659", "text": "Souths' premiership victory qualified them for the 2015 World Club Challenge, their first ever appearance in the end of year event. 2014 NRL Grand Final The 2014 NRL Grand Final was the concluding and premiership-deciding match of the 2014 NRL season. Played on the evening of Sunday 5 October 2014 at ANZ Stadium, the match was contested by the South Sydney Rabbitohs and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. South Sydney won the match with a decisive 30 points to 6 victory, ending a 43-year premiership drought by claiming their 21st title. Rabbitohs forward Sam Burgess, who suffered a broken cheekbone from the", "title": "2014 NRL Grand Final" }, { "id": "20800573", "text": "the first qualifying final, before beating their 2016 grand final opponents the Sharks 22–6 to join the Roosters in the premiership decider. Sydney and Melbourne last played each other in the finals in 2015, where the fourth-placed Storm defeated the minor-premiership winning Roosters 20–18 in the first week of the finals. The grand final would be Billy Slater's final game before his retirement after playing 319 first grade games in the NRL, becoming the 16th player to finish their career playing over 300 games at one club. Melbourne captain Cameron Smith surpassed Darren Lockyer in becoming the most capped finals", "title": "2018 NRL Grand Final" }, { "id": "18442956", "text": "quarter finals. The Cowboys, who were the defending champions, were knocked out in the quarter-finals. The following players have played a representative match in 2015 2015 North Queensland Cowboys season The 2015 North Queensland Cowboys season was the 21st in the club's history. Coached by Paul Green and co-captained by Johnathan Thurston and Matthew Scott, they competed in the NRL's 2015 Telstra Premiership. The Cowboys celebrated 20 years as a club in 2015 and played in the first all-Queensland grand final, defeating the Brisbane Broncos 17–16 in golden point to win their first premiership. After going through their pre-season trials", "title": "2015 North Queensland Cowboys season" }, { "id": "9728064", "text": "Cup Grand Final: Wynnum Manly Seagulls - Winners<br> 2012 Queensland Cup Grand Final: Wynnum Manly Seagulls - Winners<br> 2014 NRL Auckland Nines: North Queensland Cowboys – Winners<br> 2015 NRL Grand Final: North Queensland Cowboys – Winners<br> 2016 World Club Challenge: North Queensland Cowboys – Winners<br> 2017 NRL Grand Final: North Queensland Cowboys – Runners Up Paul Green (rugby league) Paul Gregory Green (born 12 September 1972) is an Australian professional rugby league football coach and former player who is the head coach for the North Queensland Cowboys of the National Rugby League. A Queensland State of Origin and Australian international", "title": "Paul Green (rugby league)" }, { "id": "13164328", "text": "in their 2–1 series loss. On 4 October, Tamou was a member of the Cowboys' 2015 NRL Grand Final winning side, starting at prop and scoring a try in the side's 17–16 victory over the Brisbane Broncos. Tamou finished his successful year with him playing in 24 matches and scoring 2 tries. On 2 February, Tamou played for the Cowboys in the Auckland Nines. On 21 February 2016, Tamou was a member of the Cowboys' World Club Challenge winning side, starting at prop in the side's 38–4 victory over the Leeds Rhinos at Headingley Stadium. On 6 May 2016, Tamou", "title": "James Tamou" }, { "id": "8140127", "text": "2015 State of Origin series as Robbie Farah withdrew due to injury. In 2016 he announced he would retire at the end of the season. He finished the season on a high note, winning the NRL Grand Final in his last game. Michael Ennis Michael Ennis (born 16 March 1984) is an Australian Sports commentator for Fox League and former professional rugby league footballer. A New South Wales State of Origin representative , he played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Brisbane Broncos, St George Illawarra Dragons, Newcastle Knights and the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, with whom he won the 2016 NRL Premiership. He", "title": "Michael Ennis" }, { "id": "18889088", "text": "after a late offload on his own ten-metre line from Adam Blair to Anthony Milford allowed Milford to set up a line-break down the left wing, culminating in a try to Corey Oates; Parker converted the try and Brisbane led 8–0. The Broncos then knocked on shortly after the restart, and North Queensland scored its opening try from the ensuing scrum set piece, with Jake Granville breaking the line to set up Justin O'Neill for the try; Johnathan Thurston converted and Brisbane led 8–6. North Queensland nearly scored again three minutes later, with Oates making a try-saving tackle on Kyle", "title": "2015 NRL Grand Final" }, { "id": "60475", "text": "2015 Grand Final at ANZ Stadium. Considered one of the greatest grand finals of all time, the win established the Cowboys as competitive equals. Between 2015 and 2017 a staggering 3 of 5 of the games played between the two clubs led to a Golden Point finish. It is regarded as one of the greatest sports rivalries and is considered the fiercest rivalry by far in the NRL, earning the nickname of the \"Queensland derby\". Since the 2000 Grand Final between the Roosters and Broncos, both clubs have built on a rivalry which still continues today. From 2002 to 2010,", "title": "Brisbane Broncos" }, { "id": "18889089", "text": "Feldt after a pass from Lachlan Coote. Over the ensuing fifteen minutes, North Queensland had the better of possession and field position. In the 24th minute, attacking from a repeat set which had followed a grubber kick, James Tamou took the first pass out of dummy half and scored under the posts; Thurston converted the try to give North Queensland a 12–8 lead. Brisbane scored an opportunistic try in the 34th minute, when Thurston lost the ball in a tackle in North Queensland territory, and Matt Gillett recovered for Brisbane and broke the line to put Jack Reed over for", "title": "2015 NRL Grand Final" }, { "id": "19346772", "text": "2016 NRL Grand Final The 2016 NRL Grand Final was a rugby league match between the Melbourne Storm and the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks to determine the premiers of the National Rugby League for the 2016 season. The match was held at Sydney's ANZ Stadium on Sunday 2 October. The Sharks won the match 14–12 in a tight contest before 83,625 spectators, earning the club its first premiership title in their 49-year history. They also became the last of nine Sydney-based teams to win a premiership. Cronulla forward Luke Lewis was awarded the Clive Churchill Medal as the best player on ground.", "title": "2016 NRL Grand Final" }, { "id": "15834906", "text": "defended its 2010 title defeating the North Queensland Cowboys in golden point extra time by the scoreline of 31–30. Two other matches were played before the NRL Grand Final. At 12.00pm, the New South Wales Cup Grand Final was held between the Auckland Vulcans and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs with the Bulldogs winning 30–28. The Toyota Cup Grand Final, featuring the youth teams of New Zealand Warriors and the North Queensland Cowboys, was played at 2.00pm, with the Warriors winning in extra time after Cowboys winger Kyle Feldt (who in the top-grade 2015 NRL Grand Final would score a try in", "title": "2011 NRL Grand Final" }, { "id": "19003341", "text": "2015 Super League Grand Final The 2015 Super League Grand Final was the conclusive and championship-deciding match of the Super League XX season. It was held on Saturday 10 October 2015, at Old Trafford, Manchester, with a 6pm kick-off time. The sellout crowd of 73,512 at Old Trafford set a new Super League Grand Final attendance record, eclipsing the previous record of 72,582 established at the 2006 Super League Grand Final. British indie rock band The Charlatans headlined the pre-match and half-time entertainment. The Leeds Rhinos were crowned champions after defeating the Wigan Warriors by 22-20. This meant that Leeds", "title": "2015 Super League Grand Final" }, { "id": "15872597", "text": "Zealand Warriors, Taumalolo extended his contract with the Cowboys to the end of the 2017 season. On 28 September, Taumalolo was named at lock in the Dally M Team of the Year. On 4 October, in the Cowboys Queensland derby 2015 NRL Grand Final match against the Brisbane Broncos, Taumalolo started at lock in the Cowboys golden point 17–16 win. He finished the Cowboys premiership winning season with 2 tries from 26 matches. Taumalolo was selected in the 23-man New Zealand Test squad for the Baskerville Shield series but later withdrew due to injury. In the pre-season, Taumalolo again played", "title": "Jason Taumalolo" }, { "id": "3772077", "text": "32–20. They then travelled to Sydney to face the 2013 premiers the Sydney Roosters in the second week of the finals where they were defeated 31–30. In 2015, the Cowboys experienced their best ever regular season. They had a club record 11 game winning streak and finished with a club record 17 wins. In September, Johnathan Thurston won a record fourth Dally M Medal at the Dally M Awards. On 26 September 2015, the Cowboys qualified for their second grand final defeating the Melbourne Storm, 32–12. In the Grand Final, they defeated the Brisbane Broncos, 17-16. Thurston, who won the", "title": "North Queensland Cowboys" }, { "id": "14254696", "text": "by the Storm. O'Neill made his club debut for the Cowboys in round 1 of the 2015 NRL season against the Sydney Roosters, scoring a try. On 4 October 2015, O'Neill was a member of the Cowboys' Grand Final winning side. He scored a try in his side's 17-16 victory over the Brisbane Broncos. At the end of the year he was named the club's most improved player. On 21 February 2016, he was a member of the Cowboys' 2016 World Club Challenge winning side against the Leeds Rhinos at Headingley Stadium. On 1 July 2016, O'Neill re-signed with the", "title": "Justin O'Neill" }, { "id": "18546395", "text": "31 January and 1 February at Eden Park. The Broncos feature in the Piha pool and played the Bulldogs, Sharks and Roosters. \"Source:\" The following players have played a representative match in 2015. 2015 Brisbane Broncos season The 2015 Brisbane Broncos season was the 28th in the club's history. Coached again for the first time since 2008 by returning foundation coach, Wayne Bennett, and captained by Justin Hodges, they competed in the NRL's 2015 Telstra Premiership. The Broncos finished the regular season in 2nd place to make the play-offs, going on to reach the 2015 NRL Grand final in which", "title": "2015 Brisbane Broncos season" }, { "id": "17268511", "text": "their last Pool Match, Argentina became the second team from Pool C to qualify for the quarter finals. New Zealand eventually went on to win Rugby World Cup 2015, beating Australia 34 - 17 in the final. \"All times are local United Kingdom time (UTC+01)\" Notes: Notes: Notes: Notes: Notes: Notes Notes: Notes: Notes: 2015 Rugby World Cup Pool C Pool C of the 2015 Rugby World Cup began on 19 September and was completed on 11 October 2015. The pool was composed of New Zealand (the title holders), Argentina and Tongawho all qualified automatically for the tournament due to", "title": "2015 Rugby World Cup Pool C" }, { "id": "8689125", "text": "perform in Origin despite not playing the majority of the early 2015 NRL season. Boyd played in all 3 matches and scored a try for Queensland in the 2015 State of Origin series. In round 16, against the Newcastle Knights, Boyd scored his first try after returning to the Broncos. In the Preliminary Finals match, against the Sydney Roosters, Boyd scored an intercept try in the first minute of the match after Roosters winger Shaun Kenny-Dowall attempted a 20-metre pass to fullback Roger Tuivasa-Sheck. The Broncos won 31-12, sending them to the Grand Final. On 4 October, in the 2015", "title": "Darius Boyd" }, { "id": "20800570", "text": "premiership since 2013, with the Roosters finishing first in 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2018, and the Storm doing the same in 2016 and 2017. The Roosters qualified for their first grand final since they won the premiership in 2013. The club had reached the preliminary finals in 2014, 2015, and 2017, yet were denied a grand final berth on each occasion when they were defeated by the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Brisbane Broncos and North Queensland Cowboys, respectively. The Storm qualified for their third-straight grand final, replicating the milestone they achieved in 2006, 2007 and 2008. They are the first NRL", "title": "2018 NRL Grand Final" }, { "id": "18415710", "text": "Broncos 28-12 at Toll Stadium, Whangarei. The Hamilton City Tigers defeated Taniwharau 33-12 to win the Waikato Rugby League title. The Pacific Sharks, from Tokoroa, defeated the Taupo Phoenix 34-30 in the final of the Bay of Plenty-Coastline Rugby League competition. The Marist Dragons won the Taranaki Rugby League season, defeating the Coastal Cobras 28-10 at Pukekura Park in the grand final. The Tahunanui Tigers won the Tasman Rugby League title, defeating the Victory Phoenix 30-22. The South Pacific Raiders defeated the East Coast Eagles 26-24 at Forsyth Barr Stadium to win the Otago Rugby League title. The West Coast", "title": "2015 New Zealand rugby league season" }, { "id": "17157823", "text": "2-year contract with the North Queensland Cowboys, starting in 2015. In Round 2 of the 2015 NRL season, Tanginoa made his debut for the Cowboys, coming off the bench in the side's 14-16 loss to the Newcastle Knights. On 27 September 2015, Tanginoa played in the Townsville Blackhawks' Intrust Super Cup Grand Final loss to the Ipswich Jets. Tanginoa was a member of the Cowboys' 2015 Premiership winning squad, though he did not take part in the Grand Final. On 21 October 2015, Tanginoa signed a 1-year contract to return to the Parramatta Eels, after being released from the final", "title": "Kelepi Tanginoa" }, { "id": "19073637", "text": "October 2015 when the North Queensland Cowboys secured their first National Rugby League premiership. With millions watching on a national broadcast and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull standing on the same stage, Cowboys captain Johnathan Thurston expressed his belief that north Queensland deserved a new stadium. Following Thurston's speech, the campaign received an immense amount of media coverage. Three days after the Cowboys' 2015 NRL Grand Final win, it was revealed that club officials would travel to Canberra later that month to lobby for federal funding. On 3 November 2015 Bill Shorten and the federal Labor party promised $100 million towards", "title": "North Queensland Stadium" }, { "id": "18889090", "text": "a try; Jordan Kahu converted and Brisbane regained a 14–12 lead which it took to half time. Jordan Kahu kicked a penalty goal in the 43rd minute to extend Brisbane's lead to 16–12. From that point, the game played out as a defensive battle in Brisbane territory. North Queensland had the better of possession and field position, and generated several repeat sets in attack, but were unable to score due to a combination of poor execution and Brisbane's stout goal line defence. The Broncos actively sought to defend its lead, kicking for touch on sixth tackle throughout most of the", "title": "2015 NRL Grand Final" }, { "id": "12495865", "text": "Four Nations final loss over New Zealand at Westpac Stadium. On 1 October 2014, Hunt re-signed with the Broncos until the end of the 2017 season. In round 6, against the Sydney Roosters, Hunt scored 2 tries, one of them in golden point extra time, to win the match for the Broncos 22-18. In round 25, against the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Hunt scored his first NRL hat trick of tries in the 47-12 win at the Sydney Football Stadium. On 4 October 2015, in the 2015 NRL Grand Final match against the North Queensland Cowboys, Hunt played at halfback in", "title": "Ben Hunt (rugby league)" }, { "id": "9010294", "text": "point was dropped by the Broncos' Ben Hunt. From the ensuing set of six, Thurston kicked the winning field goal, and was subsequently awarded the Clive Churchill Medal. It also ended Brisbane's undefeated streak in grand finals, having won all six previous deciders. 2016 - Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks win their first premiership in their 50th season by defeating Melbourne Storm 14-12. This was also only their 4th grand final appearance since entering the competition in 1967. Their other grand final appearances came in 1973, 1978 and 1997. The Sharks won only one of their final five regular-season games. But it was", "title": "NRL Grand Final" }, { "id": "19003355", "text": "February 2016 at the DW Stadium. The third team to enter the World Club Series will see 2014 champions St. Helens take on Sydney Roosters at Langtree Park on Friday 19 February 2016. 2015 Super League Grand Final The 2015 Super League Grand Final was the conclusive and championship-deciding match of the Super League XX season. It was held on Saturday 10 October 2015, at Old Trafford, Manchester, with a 6pm kick-off time. The sellout crowd of 73,512 at Old Trafford set a new Super League Grand Final attendance record, eclipsing the previous record of 72,582 established at the 2006", "title": "2015 Super League Grand Final" }, { "id": "18871152", "text": "2015 Super Rugby Final The 2015 Super Rugby Final, was played between the Hurricanes and the Highlanders. It was the 20th final in the Super Rugby competition's history and the fifth under the expanded 15-team format. This was the first Super Rugby final between two New Zealand teams since 2006 when the Hurricanes were beaten by the Crusaders. The match was won by the Highlanders who beat the Hurricanes by seven points. The Highlanders, became the first team to win the competition having failed to win a conference. They also became the first team to win the competition having played", "title": "2015 Super Rugby Final" }, { "id": "9010284", "text": "A prestigious honour in the NRL, The medal's recipient is chosen by the selectors of the Australian national team and announced and awarded to the player judged best and fairest on the ground at every post-grand final ceremony. The Clive Churchill Medal has been awarded ever since the 1986 NSWRL season when its first recipient was Parramatta's Peter Sterling. The only two players to have won the award more than once are Canberra's Bradley Clyde (1989 and 1991) and Melbourne Storm's Billy Slater (2009 and 2017). In 2010, the Melbourne Storm were stripped of the 2007 and 2009 premierships due", "title": "NRL Grand Final" }, { "id": "7169094", "text": "Cowboys 18-14 win over the Manly Sea Eagles. Scott was man of the match in the Cowboys 39-0 victory over the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in Week Two of the 2015 Finals Series. The Cowboys went on to defeat the Melbourne Storm the week after to book their place in the Grand Final. At the Dally M Awards, Scott was named Dally M Captain of the year alongside teammate Johnathan Thurston. On 4 October 2015, Scott co-captained the Cowboys' Grand Final winning side, starting at prop in the side's 17-16 victory over the Brisbane Broncos. On 21 February 2016, Scott co-captained the", "title": "Matthew Scott (rugby league)" }, { "id": "18138652", "text": "2015 A-League Grand Final The 2015 A-League Grand Final was the tenth A-League Grand Final, and was played on 17 May 2015, at AAMI Park to determine the 2014–15 A-League Champion. The match was contested by the two winning semi-finalists and Big Blue rivals, Melbourne Victory and Sydney FC, who finished the 2014–15 A-League season in first and second position respectively. The match was won by Melbourne Victory, who defeated Sydney FC 3–0 in front of a sold-out crowd. The win saw Melbourne Victory become the most successful A-League club of its first decade, with three A-League Premierships and three", "title": "2015 A-League Grand Final" }, { "id": "18404395", "text": "the South Sydney Rabbitohs defeated the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the final. This tournament took place on the last weekend of January, and the All Stars match was played on Friday 13 February at Cbus Super Stadium in Robina. The 2015 World Club Series took place in England with 2014 premiers the South Sydney Rabbitohs taking on Super League champions St. Helens in the showpiece match, which South Sydney won. Bold – Opposition's Home game<br> X – Bye<br> Opponent for round listed above margin A new record was set for overall attendance in Week 1 of the Finals with a combined", "title": "2015 NRL season" }, { "id": "18138664", "text": "from a free kick for a second yellow card. Despite being a man up, Sydney couldn't capitalise and conceded another before full-time, with Leigh Broxham slotting the ball into the top right corner of the net. Archie Thompson and Jason Geria were brought on to see out a 3–0 win for Victory. Captain of the winning side, Mark Milligan was named Man of the Match, and as such was the recipient of the Joe Marston Medal. </div> The Grand Final victory saw Kevin Muscat become the first ever person to win the A-League championship as a player and as a", "title": "2015 A-League Grand Final" }, { "id": "2207895", "text": "two teams. History was repeated on 4 October 2015 when for only the second time in the NRL's history, no NSW team was in the grand final and for the first time ever, it was a Queensland derby in the final between Brisbane and North Queensland. 82,758 people, many of whom had travelled down from various parts of Queensland, witnessed one of the all-time great grand finals when the game went into Golden Point time courtesy of a Kyle Feldt try in the dying moments to level the scores at 16 all. But the game would be remembered for Ben", "title": "Stadium Australia" }, { "id": "7169097", "text": "2010, 2013 2015 NRL Grand Final: North Queensland Cowboys – Winners<br> 2016 World Club Challenge: North Queensland Cowboys – Winners Scott and his wife Lauren have two sons, Hugo and Will. Matthew Scott (rugby league) Matthew Scott (born 30 July 1985) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer and captain of the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League (NRL). A Queensland State of Origin and Australian international representative front-row forward, he has played his whole career to date with the Cowboys, winning the 2015 NRL Premiership and 2016 World Club Challenge with them. Scott was born in Longreach,", "title": "Matthew Scott (rugby league)" }, { "id": "14761272", "text": "of the Tournament. In Round 3 of the 2015 NRL season, Linnett played his 100th NRL game. On 4 October 2015, he was a member of the Cowboys' Grand Final winning side, starting a centre in the side's 17–16 victory over the Brisbane Broncos. On 21 February 2016, Linnett was a member of the Cowboys' World Club Challenge winning side, starting at centre in the side's 38–4 victory over the Leeds Rhinos at Headingley Stadium. In May, Linnett represented Country Origin for the first time. In October, Linnett was named in Scotland's 2016 Four Nations squad. In Round 3 of", "title": "Kane Linnett" }, { "id": "19288960", "text": "Queensland derby The Queensland derby refers to rugby league matches between National Rugby League (NRL) clubs, the Brisbane Broncos and North Queensland Cowboys, first contested in 1995. The rivalry features the two longest-serving Queensland based clubs in the ARL/Super League/NRL competitions. They have met 48 times since 1995, with Brisbane leading the head-to-head series 32–16; with two drawn matches. In 2015, the clubs played in the first all-Queensland grand final, with North Queensland defeating Brisbane 17–16 in golden point extra time to win their first premiership. The Brisbane Broncos entered the New South Wales Rugby League premiership in 1988 alongside", "title": "Queensland derby" }, { "id": "3772095", "text": "only one year into his coaching role at the Cowboys, quickly making a name for himself as one of the best coaches in the league. Between 2015 and 2017 3 of 5 of the games they played against each other went to Golden point being declared by many as one of the greatest rivalries in the game today, earning the nickname the Queensland Derby. They met in the 2015 NRL Grand Final on October 4 at ANZ Stadium, the first to be played by two Queensland based teams. This game is often regarded as the greatest grand final ever played", "title": "North Queensland Cowboys" }, { "id": "18321835", "text": "2015 Currie Cup Premier Division The 2015 Currie Cup Premier Division was the 77th season in the competition since it started in 1889 and was contested from 7 August to 24 October 2015. The tournament (known as the Absa Currie Cup Premier Division for sponsorship reasons) was the top tier of South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition. The competition was won by the for the eleventh time in their history; they beat 32–24 in the final played on 24 October 2015. There were eight participating teams in the 2015 Currie Cup Premier Division. The six franchise 'anchor' teams automatically", "title": "2015 Currie Cup Premier Division" }, { "id": "17208802", "text": "In Round 5 against the Gold Coast Titans, Milford scored his first and second club tries for the Broncos' in the 26-16 win at Robina Stadium. On 4 October 2015, he played in the Broncos' 2015 NRL Grand Final 17-16 golden point extra time loss to the North Queensland Cowboys. He finished off the 2015 season having played in all the Broncos' 27 matches, scoring 13 tries, kicking 3 goals and kicking 3 field goals. On 12 January, Milford was selected in the QAS Emerging Maroons squad. On 4 February 2016, Milford, along with eight other members of the Queensland", "title": "Anthony Milford" }, { "id": "7399811", "text": "end of the 2015 season. On 27 September 2015, Hall played in the Townsville Blackhawks Intrust Super Cup Grand Final loss to the Ipswich Jets. North Queensland Cowboys Club Person of the Year: 2015 2008 NRL Grand Final: Manly Sea Eagles – Winners<br> 2009 World Club Challenge: Manly Sea Eagles – Winners Hall resides in Townsville with his wife Kylie Hall (née Butler) and their two children, Indiana and Hendrix. Glenn Hall (rugby league) Glenn Hall (born 21 March 1981) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. He played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, South Sydney Rabbitohs, Sydney Roosters, Manly", "title": "Glenn Hall (rugby league)" }, { "id": "17467856", "text": "which the Cowboys won 50-16. On 4 October 2015, in the Cowboys' Grand Final match against the Brisbane Broncos, Feldt scored a try shortly after the full-time siren which levelled the scores and gave Johnathan Thurston a chance to win the match. Feldt scored in the corner after Thurston, pressured by Broncos front rowers Adam Blair and Sam Thaiday, was forced to pass to Michael Morgan on the final play who made a break down the right edge and flick passed to Feldt after drawing a defender. Thurston missed the subsequent kick after it hit the upright. Feldt then produced", "title": "Kyle Feldt" }, { "id": "18168651", "text": "2014 NRL Grand Final The 2014 NRL Grand Final was the concluding and premiership-deciding match of the 2014 NRL season. Played on the evening of Sunday 5 October 2014 at ANZ Stadium, the match was contested by the South Sydney Rabbitohs and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. South Sydney won the match with a decisive 30 points to 6 victory, ending a 43-year premiership drought by claiming their 21st title. Rabbitohs forward Sam Burgess, who suffered a broken cheekbone from the game's opening tackle, was awarded the Clive Churchill Medal as the best player on ground. The match was preceded by the", "title": "2014 NRL Grand Final" }, { "id": "18598113", "text": "on the favourite Shutthefrontdoor on what was his last Grand National. He told the media he would retire immediately after the race if he won but his mount ran out of stamina on the home turn and eventually finished fifth. It was left to Many Clouds, ridden by Leighton Aspell, to come through to win the race. Aspell became the first rider to win successive Nationals since Brian Fletcher rode Red Rum to victory in 1973 and 1974. Saint Are finished second, with Monbeg Dude third, and Alvarado fourth for the second time. Pineau de Re, the previous year's winner", "title": "2015 Grand National" }, { "id": "18354597", "text": "2015 AFL finals series The 2015 Australian Football League finals series was the 119th annual edition of the VFL/AFL final series, the Australian rules football tournament staged to determine the winner of the 2015 AFL Premiership season. The series ran over four weekends in September and October 2015, culminating with the 2015 AFL Grand Final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 3 October 2015. won the match by 46 points against , recording their third consecutive premiership. The match was played in October, due to the season starting later than usual. The top eight teams from the 2015 AFL Premiership", "title": "2015 AFL finals series" }, { "id": "18271288", "text": "in the competition’s team on the year. The Junior Warriors finished 7th to make the finals. They defeated the Roosters and the Broncos before being eliminated by the Penrith Panthers in the preliminary final. Ben Matulino was named as the Warriors player of the year, his second time winning the award. The other finalists for the award were Simon Mannering and Shaun Johnson. Johnson was awarded the People's choice award, Albert Vete was named the Club person of the year and Tuimoala Lolohea was named the NRL rookie of the year. John Palavi was named the NSW Cup side's player", "title": "2015 New Zealand Warriors season" }, { "id": "18986986", "text": "2015 SANFL Grand Final The 2015 South Australian National Football League (SANFL) grand final was played at the Adelaide Oval on Sunday, 27 September to determine the 2015 SANFL champion team. The Grand Final was contested by the 2015 minor premiers and . This was the first time the two teams have played each other in the SANFL Grand Final. defeated the premiership favorites by 30 points to claim their ninth premiership overall and first since 1983 (thirty-two years, the second longest premiership drought in SANFL history). Woodville-West Torrens won their way into the clubs 9th Grand Final after defeating", "title": "2015 SANFL Grand Final" }, { "id": "19935703", "text": "Melbourne Storm halfback Cooper Cronk played in his seventh grand final after having previously featured in every premiership decider his club have reached since 2006. It will also be his last game for the Storm after playing 323 first-grade games for the club. Cronk, Will Chambers, Cameron Smith, Jesse Bromwich, and Billy Slater were the last remaining members of their last premiership winning team in 2012. The North Queensland Cowboys have twelve players from their 2015 Premiership winning side. Co-captains Johnathan Thurston and Matt Scott are the most notable absentees from their last Grand Final appearance after both suffered long-term", "title": "2017 NRL Grand Final" }, { "id": "18307689", "text": "2015 AFL Grand Final The 2015 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football match contested between the Hawthorn Football Club and the West Coast Eagles at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 3 October 2015. It was the 119th annual Grand Final of the Australian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football League), staged to determine the premiers for the 2015 AFL season. The match, attended by 98,632 spectators, was won by Hawthorn by a margin of 46 points, marking the club's third consecutive premiership and thirteenth VFL/AFL premiership victory overall. Hawthorn's Cyril Rioli was awarded the Norm Smith Medal as", "title": "2015 AFL Grand Final" }, { "id": "18630001", "text": "2015 National Rugby Championship The 2015 National Rugby Championship (known as the Buildcorp National Rugby Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the second season of Australia's National Rugby Championship, involving nine professional rugby union teams from around Australia. The competition kicked off 20 August 2015. The regular season was dominated by two teams, and , who went on to play in the championship final. The deciding match, played at Ballymore, was won 21–10 by Brisbane to claim their second consecutive NRC title. The nine teams confirmed for the 2015 NRC season include four from New South Wales, two from Queensland, and", "title": "2015 National Rugby Championship" }, { "id": "18889092", "text": "a dangerous lifting tackle on Linnett, giving North Queensland field position. North Queensland failed to score on the ensuing set; but on Brisbane's following set, the Broncos failed to get to a sixth tackle kick away, after Feldt stripped the ball one-on-one from Hunt at midfield on fourth tackle with one minute remaining. North Queensland attacked, and on the sixth tackle, after a couple of powerful runs from forwards Taumalolo, Tamou and Scott, Thurston received the ball on the left edge, beat a couple of tackles, looked left before floating a pass right to link up with his 5/8 Michael", "title": "2015 NRL Grand Final" }, { "id": "17301875", "text": "North Queensland in Round 6 against South Sydney after a 50-metre break, which included running past Greg Inglis, the Cowboys won the match 30-12. In Round 7, Granville scored a hat trick, including the game-winning try, in the Cowboys' 28-24 victory over the Warriors. Many hailed Granville as the NRL's signing of the season with many pundits stating Granville was the form Hooker of the NRL competition in season 2015. In Round 20 against the Parramatta Eels, Granville took home man of the match honours ahead of Johnathan Thurston in the 46-4 point thrashing. Granville ran for 191 metres (from", "title": "Jake Granville" }, { "id": "18074155", "text": "squad to face Tonga in the 2015 Polynesian Cup. He was the side's 18th man and did not participate in the match. In round 9, he made his first start in the NRL, in the Cowboys' 23-16 victory over the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. On 21 May, he re-signed with the Cowboys on a 2-year contract until the end of the 2017 season. On 4 October, in the 2015 NRL Grand Final against the Brisbane Broncos, Asiata played off the interchange bench in the Cowboys' golden-point 17-16 win. He finished off his premiership winning 2015 season having played in 25 matches. On", "title": "John Asiata" }, { "id": "8689105", "text": "Darius Boyd Darius Boyd (born 17 July 1987) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer and captain of the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL. He returned to the club for the 2015 NRL season after having previously played for them between 2006 and 2008, including winning the 2006 NRL Grand Final. In the intervening years he played for the St. George Illawarra Dragons between 2009 and 2011, also winning the 2010 NRL Grand Final, and the Newcastle Knights during 2012 to 2014, all under a single coach: Wayne Bennett. An Australian international and Queensland State of Origin representative, he plays", "title": "Darius Boyd" }, { "id": "19098404", "text": "for the match against Uruguay. On 27 September, they crushed Uruguay 65–3, scoring 11 tries, including two each for Sean McMahon, Ben McCalman and Drew Mitchell. They then went on to defeat hosts England at Twickenham, with Bernard Foley scoring two tries, kicking all three conversions and scoring all four penalties in a record 33–13 win. On 10 October, Australia won 15–6 against Wales in the last game of the pool stage; no tries were scored in the match — the first time this had happened since 1947 — but Foley scored five of the six penalties that he took.", "title": "2015 Rugby World Cup Final" }, { "id": "15564785", "text": "also runners up in the cup 2012 and 2013. The club was also grand final runners up in 2012 and 2014 and after a nine-year wait, won the premier league grand final in 2015, the first to be held at the Sunshine Coast Stadium. Kawana SC Kawana Football Club are an Australian football (soccer) club from the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, that play in the Sunshine Coast Football League. Kawana Soccer Club was established in 1979 with members from the disbanded Henzell Park Rangers club. Les Hankin took on the job of President while his wife Sue became Secretary/Treasurer. They obtained", "title": "Kawana SC" }, { "id": "18598109", "text": "2015 Grand National The 2015 Grand National (officially known as the 2015 Crabbie's Grand National for sponsorship reasons) was the 168th annual running of the Grand National horse race at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England. The showpiece steeplechase took place on 11 April 2015, the final day of a three-day meeting. A field of 39 runners competed for a share of the £1 million prize fund, and all returned safely to the stables following the race. The 2015 National was won by Many Clouds, ridden by Leighton Aspell and trained by Oliver Sherwood. This was Aspell's second consecutive Grand National", "title": "2015 Grand National" }, { "id": "18986988", "text": "2: WA 15.5 (95) d WWT 14.5 (89) 2015 Rnd 12: WWT 14.4 (88) d WA 10.13 (73) 2015 2nd SF: WWT 11.13 (79) d WA 9.11 (65) 2015 SANFL Grand Final The 2015 South Australian National Football League (SANFL) grand final was played at the Adelaide Oval on Sunday, 27 September to determine the 2015 SANFL champion team. The Grand Final was contested by the 2015 minor premiers and . This was the first time the two teams have played each other in the SANFL Grand Final. defeated the premiership favorites by 30 points to claim their ninth premiership", "title": "2015 SANFL Grand Final" }, { "id": "19616302", "text": "signed by the Brisbane Broncos. In 2012 and 2013, Capewell played for the Brisbane Broncos' NYC team. In 2013, he had a stint with the Sydney Roosters' NYC team, before returning to Queensland to play for the Ipswich Jets. On 27 September 2015, he played for the Jets in their 2015 Queensland Cup Grand Final win over the Townsville Blackhawks. He then went on to play for the Jets in their 2015 NRL State Championship win over New South Wales Cup premiers Newcastle Knights on 4 October that same year. On 29 October 2015, he signed a 1-year contract with", "title": "Kurt Capewell" }, { "id": "8140164", "text": "November 2016, it was announced Hannant had re-signed with North Queensland on a one-year-contract extension. Two weeks later, on 17 November, he was forced to retire due to a chronic knee injury. Despite the injury and forced retirement, Hannant was quite durable for the Cowboys in his two seasons with the club. Out of a possible 55 games, Hannant played 52 - including the 17-16 win against the Brisbane Broncos in the 2015 NRL Grand Final. A year after retiring, it was announced he would come out of retirement and play for the Burleigh Bears in the Intrust Super Cup.", "title": "Ben Hannant" }, { "id": "19098400", "text": "final. It was only the second final between two teams from the Southern Hemisphere, the previous one being South Africa's win over New Zealand in 1995. Having been in band 1 in the draw, New Zealand were placed as the top team participating in Pool C. They began their tournament with a steady performance against Argentina, earning a 26–16 victory (though having been 13–12 down at half time) in front of a then-record crowd of 89,019 at Wembley on 20 September. On that day, their starting XV was the most experienced ever. Their performance remained steady four days later with", "title": "2015 Rugby World Cup Final" }, { "id": "19346776", "text": "minor premiership. The Storm would go on to defeat the Sharks 26-6 at their home ground, AAMI Park in Melbourne, Victoria. The Sharks set the record for the longest winning streak during the 2016 season, winning 15 games in a row from Round 4 to Round 20, whilst also breaking their previous best winning streak of 11 in a row. In their qualifying finals, the Sharks defeated the Canberra Raiders 16-14 at a capacity GIO Stadium in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, and the Storm defeated defending premiers the North Queensland Cowboys 16-10 at AAMI Park. As winners of their respective", "title": "2016 NRL Grand Final" }, { "id": "8916160", "text": "sacked Ivan Henjak, The Broncos defense was inpregnable with 6/7 wins in their first 7 matches leaving them at the top of the ladder. According to a 2013 report, the Brisbane Broncos had the highest brand equity of any Australian sporting brand. In what is considered by some commentators to be one of the best Grand Finals in recent history the 2015 Grand Final against the North Queensland Cowboys went in to Golden Point overtime for the first time. Jonathan Thurston, after missing a match winning try conversion after the 80 minutes, kicked a field goal 2 minutes into the", "title": "History of the Brisbane Broncos" }, { "id": "7457434", "text": "2015 Rugby World Cup The 2015 Rugby World Cup was the eighth Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial rugby union world championship. The tournament was hosted by England from 18 September to 31 October. Of the 20 countries competing in the World Cup in 2011, there was only one change: Uruguay replaced Russia. This was the first World Cup with no new teams to the tournament. Reigning champions New Zealand won the cup and defended their title by defeating Australia in the final 34–17; South Africa defeated Argentina to take third place. This was the first Rugby World Cup where no", "title": "2015 Rugby World Cup" }, { "id": "16824361", "text": "Dutch Rugby League Competition The Dutch Rugby league Bond Championship, also known as NRLB Championship, is a Semi-Professional competition and the top-tier of branded Rugby League of the Netherlands. It currently consists of four teams. It was formed in 2015. The league consists of Netherlands Internationals, along with foreign players of various nations, including; England, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, Fiji, Luxembourg and Germany. The 2015 competition was fought out between Amsterdam Cobras, Den Haag Knights, Rotterdam Pitbulls and North Brussels Gorillas (Belgium). The North Brussels Gorillas won the inaugural competition after defeating Den Haag Knights 48-06 in the Grand Final.", "title": "Dutch Rugby League Competition" }, { "id": "19935702", "text": "a grand final without losing a finals match. Melbourne and North Queensland have previously played each other in a finals series on three occasions. Their first meeting was in 2005 at, the then named, Aussie Stadium where the Cowboys defeated the Storm 24-16 in the Semi Final. Their second was in 2015, when the Cowboys defeated the Storm 32–12 at Melbourne's AAMI Park to qualify for the Grand Final. Their third meeting was in the 2016 Qualifying Final, when the Storm defeated the Cowboys 16-10 at AAMI Park; the Storm would earn a week off and finish runners-up that season.", "title": "2017 NRL Grand Final" }, { "id": "11939779", "text": "roosters player Michael Jennings raced past him to score the winning try. Following the grand final defeat, Williams reportedly went missing and did not report to the club for over a week. On 10 July 2014, Williams was banned from playing in the NRL for the rest of the 2014 season following revelations he had bet on matches. Williams returned to the Sea Eagles squad in 2015, scoring the winning try in Manly's ANZAC Day match against Melbourne. He was named captain of Manly's NSW Cup team where he played at . He retired at the end of the season.", "title": "David Williams (rugby league)" }, { "id": "14362550", "text": "interchange bench in the Broncos 36-6 loss at Suncorp Stadium. Gillett was selected in all 3 matches for Queensland in the 2-1 2015 State of Origin series win, scoring 2 tries. On 4 October 2015, in the Broncos Queensland derby 2015 NRL Grand Final match against the North Queensland Cowboys, Gillett played at second-row in the Broncos historic golden point 17-16 loss. Gillett finished the season having played in 25 matches and scoring 3 tries for the Broncos. On 6 May 2016, Gillett played for Australia against New Zealand, starting at second-row in the 16-0 win at Hunter Stadium. For", "title": "Matt Gillett" }, { "id": "18993098", "text": "behind 8th placed Batley Bulldogs and 9th placed Whitehaven.<br> 12: Bradford Bulls are relegated from the European Super League. They have been participating in the Super League since its inauguration in 1996 and have won four titles being 1997, 2001, 2003 and 2005. 5: 2014 NRL Grand Final is played and South Sydney are the new premiers after defeating the Canterbury Bulldogs 30-6 in front of a record 'Rectangular Shaped (ANZ) Stadium' crowd of 83,833 at ANZ Stadium in Sydney. This is also the Rabbitohs' first premiership title in 43 years<br> 7: Hunslet Hawks win promotion to the Championship for", "title": "2014 in rugby league" }, { "id": "18216467", "text": "2015 European Rugby Champions Cup Final The 2015 European Rugby Champions Cup Final was the final match in the first European Rugby Champions Cup, and the twentieth European club rugby final in general, as the competition replaces the Heineken Cup. The final was played between the French clubs Clermont and Toulon at Twickenham Stadium on 2 May 2015. Toulon won the final, beating Clermont by 24 points to 18. This was the third successive win by Toulon of the top European club rugby competition. In the Heineken Cup (1995–2014), Toulon won twice, the two last editions of the tournament (2013", "title": "2015 European Rugby Champions Cup Final" }, { "id": "8088583", "text": "Sydney Roosters, Hodges played his 250th NRL match and also was placed on report for a lifting tackle on Aidan Guerra in the Broncos 31-12 win at Suncorp Stadium. Hodges had a nervous wait in the lead up to the Broncos Grand Final match against Queensland rivals the North Queensland Cowboys while waiting for a decision at the NRL Judiciary to see if he can complete his fairytale swansong with a possible Grand Final win. Dale Copley was named as 18th man as cover for Hodges but on 29 September 2015, Hodges was cleared to play in the Grand Final", "title": "Justin Hodges" }, { "id": "19098401", "text": "a 58–14 win over Namibia in which they scored nine tries. On 2 October, they faced Georgia – their first ever encounter – at the Millennium Stadium, with Julian Savea scoring a hat-trick to help New Zealand to a 43–10 win. New Zealand's last pool match was on 9 October, with their performance improving to reach a successful 47–9 victory over Tonga, which included a try by Ma'a Nonu who earned his 100th test cap during the match. In the quarter-finals, the All Blacks faced France, the last team to beat New Zealand in a Rugby World Cup match (in", "title": "2015 Rugby World Cup Final" }, { "id": "6666239", "text": "streak from 2006, having played 36 consecutive Origin matches from his debut in 2005. Thurston broke the record for most points in State of Origin history during the 2015 State of Origin Series. Also in 2015, Thurston co-captained the North Queensland Cowboys, along with teammate Matt Scott, to their inaugural NRL Premiership. He was also the 2015 Clive Churchill Medallist for grand final man of the match. Thurston was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, to a Gunggari (Indigenous Australian) mother and a New Zealand-born father. His father use to play in the New Zealand all blacks rugby team He began", "title": "Johnathan Thurston" } ]

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[ { "id": "4273970", "text": "Attenborough, Kirk Douglas, Albert Finney, Anthony Hopkins, Paul Newman, Max von Sydow, David Warner, Christopher Lloyd and Peter Ustinov. Principal photography for \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" started on June 21, 2004 at Pinewood Studios in England. Director Tim Burton and composer Danny Elfman found filming somewhat difficult because they were simultaneously working on \"Corpse Bride\". The Wonka Factory exterior was coincidentally constructed on the same backlot Burton had used for Gotham City in \"Batman\" (1989). The ceremonial scene required 500 local extras. The Chocolate Room/River setpiece filled Pinewood's 007 Stage. As a consequence of British Equity rules, which state", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "1488146", "text": "because it was significantly cheaper than filming in the United States and the setting was conducive to Wonka's factory; Stuart also liked the ambiguity and unfamiliarity of the location. External shots of the factory were filmed at the gasworks of Stadtwerke München (Emmy-Noether-Straße 10); the entrance and side buildings still exist. The exterior of Charlie Bucket's house, a set constructed solely for the film, was filmed at Quellenstraße in Munich. Charlie's school was filmed at Katholisches Pfarramt St. Sylvester, Biedersteiner Straße 1 in Munich. Bill's Candy Shop was filmed at Lilienstraße, Munich. The closing sequence when the Wonkavator is flying", "title": "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" }, { "id": "4273950", "text": "Elfman contributed to a film score using written songs and his vocals. Filming took place from June to December 2004 at Pinewood Studios in the United Kingdom. \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" was released to positive critical reception and was a box office success, grossing $475 million worldwide. Charlie Bucket (Freddie Highmore) is a poor boy who lives near the Wonka Candy Company. The company's owner, Willy Wonka (Johnny Depp), has for long closed access to his factory due to problems concerning industrial espionage that led him to fire all his employees, among them Charlie's Grandpa Joe (David Kelly). One", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "4273971", "text": "that children can only work four and a half hours a day, filming for \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" took six months, ending in December 2004. The architecture of the Bucket family home was influenced by Burton's visit to Roald Dahl's writing hut. Like the book, the film has a \"timeless\" setting and is not set in a specific country. \"We've tried not to pinpoint it to any place,\" production designer Alex McDowell explained. \"The cars, in fact, drive down the middle of the road.\" The town, whose design was shaped by the black and white urban photography of Bill", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "4273968", "text": "1971 film for the purpose of money. Depp said he was disappointed by Wilder's comment, and responded that the film was not a remake, but a new adaptation of Dahl's 1964 book. The casting calls for Charlie Bucket, Violet Beauregarde, Veruca Salt, and Mike Teavee took place in the United States and United Kingdom, while Augustus Gloop's casting took place in Germany. Burton said he sought actors \"who had something of the character in them\", and found Mike Teavee the hardest character to cast. Burton was finding trouble casting Charlie, until Depp, who had worked with Freddie Highmore on \"Finding", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "1488132", "text": "film tells the story of Charlie Bucket (Peter Ostrum) as he receives a Golden Ticket and visits Willy Wonka's chocolate factory with four other children from around the world. Filming took place in Munich in 1970, and the film was released by Paramount Pictures on June 30, 1971. With a budget of just $3 million, the film received generally positive reviews and earned $4 million by the end of its original run. The film became highly popular in part through repeated television airings and home entertainment sales. In 1972, the film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score,", "title": "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" }, { "id": "4273949", "text": "\"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\" in 1971) began in 1991, which resulted in Warner Bros. providing the Dahl Estate with total artistic control. Prior to Burton's involvement, directors such as Gary Ross, Rob Minkoff, Martin Scorsese and Tom Shadyac had been involved, while actors Bill Murray, Nicolas Cage, Jim Carrey, Michael Keaton, Brad Pitt, Will Smith, Adam Sandler, and many others, were either in discussion with or considered by the studio to play Wonka. Burton immediately brought regular collaborators Depp and Danny Elfman aboard. \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" represents the first time since \"The Nightmare Before Christmas\" that", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "4273972", "text": "Brandt, as well as Pittsburgh and Northern England, is arranged like a medieval village, with Wonka's estate on top and the Bucket shack below. The filmmakers also used fascist architecture for Wonka's factory exterior, and designed most of the sets on 360° sound stages, similar to cycloramas. Burton biographer Mark Salisbury wrote that \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" \"melds 1950s and '70s visuals with a futuristic sensibility that seems straight out of a 1960s sense of the future.\" The \"TV Room\" was patterned after photographs from the films \"\", \"\", and \"THX 1138\". \"Danger Diabolik\" also served as inspiration for", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "4273957", "text": "fan of the book, he intended to remain more faithful to Dahl's vision than the 1971 film had been. Nicolas Cage was under discussions for Willy Wonka, but lost interest. Gary Ross signed to direct in February 2000, which resulted in Frank completing two drafts of the screenplay, before leaving with Ross in September 2001. Both Warner Bros. and the Dahl Estate wanted Frank to stay on the project, but he faced scheduling conflicts and contractual obligations with \"Minority Report\" (2002) and \"The Lookout\" (2007). Rob Minkoff entered negotiations to take the director's position in October 2001, and Gwyn Lurie", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "16869146", "text": "Ross, Rob Minkoff, Martin Scorsese and Tom Shadyac had been involved, while Warner Bros. either considered or discussed the role of Willy Wonka with Nicolas Cage, Jim Carrey, Michael Keaton, Brad Pitt, Will Smith and Adam Sandler. Burton immediately brought regular collaborators Johnny Depp and Danny Elfman aboard. \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" represents the first time since \"The Nightmare Before Christmas\" that Elfman contributed to the film score using written songs and his vocals. Filming took place from June to December 2004 at Pinewood Studios in the United Kingdom, where Burton avoided using digital effects as much as possible.", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (franchise)" }, { "id": "4273948", "text": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 2005 musical fantasy comedy film directed by Tim Burton and written by John August, based on the 1964 British novel of the same name by Roald Dahl. The film stars Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka and Freddie Highmore as Charlie Bucket. The storyline follows Charlie, who wins a contest and, along with four other contest winners, is led by Wonka on a tour of his chocolate factory, the most magnificent in the world. Development for a second adaptation of \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" (filmed previously as", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "4273964", "text": "He wanted Charlie to be an average child who would be in the background and not get in trouble. Prior to Burton's involvement, Warner Bros. considered or discussed Willy Wonka with Bill Murray, Christopher Walken, Steve Martin, Robin Williams, Nicolas Cage, Jim Carrey, Michael Keaton, Robert De Niro, Brad Pitt, Will Smith, Mike Myers, Ben Stiller, Leslie Nielsen, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Patrick Stewart, and Adam Sandler. Dustin Hoffman and Marilyn Manson reportedly wanted the role as well. Pitt's production company, Plan B Entertainment, however, stayed on to co-finance the film with Warner Bros. Coincidentally, Cleese, Idle and", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "4273979", "text": "had its premiere at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre, on July 10, 2005, where money for the Make-a-Wish Foundation was raised. The film was released in the United States on July 15, 2005 in 3,770 theaters (including IMAX theaters). Early in the development of \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" in February 2000, Warner Bros. announced their intention of marketing the film with a Broadway theatre musical after release. The studio reiterated their interest in May 2003, however, the idea was postponed by the time filming began in June 2004. The main tie-in for \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" focused on The", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "4273956", "text": "The purchase was finalized in 1998, with Dahl's widow, Felicity (\"Liccy\"), and daughter, Lucy, receiving total artistic control and final privilege on the choices of actors, directors and writers. The Dahl Estate's subsequent protection of the source material was the main reason that \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" had languished in development hell since the 1990s. Scott Frank was hired to write the screenplay in February 1999, after approaching Warner Bros. for the job. Frank, a recent Oscar-nominee for the R-rated crime film \"Out of Sight\", wanted to work on a film that his children could enjoy. As an enthusiastic", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "4273960", "text": "with. He had previously produced another of the author's adaptations with \"James and the Giant Peach\" (1996), and, like Roald and Liccy, disliked the 1971 film because it strayed from the book's storyline. During pre-production Burton visited Dahl's former home in the Buckinghamshire village of Great Missenden. Liccy Dahl remembers Burton entering Dahl's famed writing shed and saying, \"This is the Buckets' house!\" and thinking to herself, \"Thank God, somebody gets it.\" Liccy also showed Burton the original handwritten manuscripts, which Burton discovered were more politically incorrect than the published book. The manuscripts included a child named Herpes, after the", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "680741", "text": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 1964 children's novel by British author Roald Dahl. The story features the adventures of young Charlie Bucket inside the chocolate factory of eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka. \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" was first published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. in 1964 and in the United Kingdom by George Allen & Unwin, 11 months later. The book has been adapted into two major motion pictures: \"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\" in 1971, and \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" in 2005. The book's sequel, \"Charlie", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" }, { "id": "1488133", "text": "and Wilder was nominated for a Golden Globe as Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy, but lost both to \"Fiddler on the Roof\". The film also introduced the song \"The Candy Man\", which went on to become a popular hit when recorded by Sammy Davis Jr. In 2014, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being \"culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant\". In a small town in 1970, Charlie Bucket, a poor paperboy, watches a group of children visit a candy shop. Walking home, he passes Willy Wonka's", "title": "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" }, { "id": "4273973", "text": "the Nut Room and Inventing Room. Tim Burton avoided using too many digital effects because he wanted the younger actors to feel as if they were working in a realistic environment. As a result, forced perspective techniques, oversized props and scale models were used to avoid computer-generated imagery (CGI). Deep Roy was cast to play the Oompa-Loompas based on his previous collaborations with Burton on \"Planet of the Apes\" and \"Big Fish\". The actor was able to play various Oompa-Loompas using split screen photography, digital and front projection effects. \"Tim told me that the Oompa-Loompas were strictly programmed, like robots", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "16869144", "text": "as he receives a golden ticket and visits Willy Wonka's chocolate factory with four other children from around the world. Filming took place in Munich in 1970, and the film was released on June 30, 1971. It received positive reviews, but it was a box office disappointment despite the fact that it recouped its budget. However, it developed into a cult film due to its repeated television airings and home video sales. In 1972, the film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score. \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" is a 2005 film adaptation of the 1964 book of", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (franchise)" }, { "id": "4273987", "text": "the Line\". More nominations followed from the British Academy Film Awards for Visual Effects, Costume Design (Pescucci), Makeup & Hair (Peter Owen and Ivana Primorac) and Production Design (Alex McDowell). \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" was also nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film, as well as Performance by a Younger Actor (Freddie Highmore), Music (Danny Elfman) and Costume (Pescucci). Elfman and screenwriter John August were nominated for a Grammy Award with \"Wonka's Welcome Song\". Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 2005 musical fantasy comedy film directed by Tim Burton and", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "16869145", "text": "the same name by Roald Dahl. The film was directed by Tim Burton. The film stars Freddie Highmore as Charlie Bucket and Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka. The storyline concerns Charlie, who takes a tour he has won, led by Wonka, through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world. Development for another adaptation of \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\", filmed previously as \"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\", began in 1991, 20 years after the first film version, which resulted in Warner Bros. providing the Dahl Estate with total artistic control. Prior to Burton's involvement, directors such as Gary", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (franchise)" }, { "id": "4273975", "text": "to give the impression that her cheeks had swelled up as well. Because this decision was made late in the film's production, any traces of Violet's blueberry scene were omitted from trailers or promotional material. Rather than rely on CGI, Burton wanted the 40 squirrels in the Nut Room to be real. The animals were trained every day for 10 weeks before filming commenced. They began their coaching while newborns, fed by bottles to form relationships with human trainers. The squirrels were each taught how to sit upon a little blue bar stool, tap and then open a walnut, and", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "4273967", "text": "with Jackson never occurred to him. Instead, he compared Wonka to Howard Hughes due to his \"reclusive, germaphobe, controlling\" nature. Burton agreed with the similarity to Hughes. He also cited Charles Foster Kane from \"Citizen Kane\" as an inspiration for Wonka, as Kane is \"somebody who was brilliant but then was traumatized and then retreats into their own world\". Depp wanted to sport prosthetic makeup for the part and have a long, elongated nose, but Burton believed it would be too outrageous. During production, Gene Wilder, in an interview with \"The Daily Telegraph\", accused the filmmakers of only remaking the", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "4273959", "text": "Jim Carrey as Willy Wonka, believing the duo could make \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" relevant to mainstream audiences, but Liccy Dahl opposed this. After receiving enthusiastic approval from the Dahl Estate, Warner Bros. hired Tim Burton to direct in May 2003. Burton compared the project's languishing development to \"Batman\" (1989), which he directed, in how there had been varied creative efforts with both films. He said, \"Scott Frank's version was the best, probably the clearest, and the most interesting, but they had abandoned that.\" Liccy Dahl commented that Burton was the first and only director the estate was happy", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "784033", "text": "from Bedfordshire. The enormous Cardington airship sheds are situated to the south of Bedford, near the villages of Cardington and Shortstown. They were originally built for the construction of large airships during WW1. Since falling out of their intended use, one has been used for many purposes including housing film sets for 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' and 'Batman Begins' and as a rehearsal space for Take That, with the other having been extensively refurbished and now accommodating Hybrid Air Vehicles, a British modern airship design and manufacturing company. St Paul's Church, Bedford is a Church of England parish church", "title": "Bedfordshire" }, { "id": "4273958", "text": "was hired to start from scratch on a new script in February 2002. Lurie said she would adapt the original book and ignore the 1971 film adaptation. Dahl's estate championed Lurie after being impressed with her work on another Dahl adaptation, a live-action adaptation of \"The BFG\", for Paramount Pictures, which was never made (Paramount distributed the earlier 1971 film version of \"Charlie\", and later sold the rights to WB). In April 2002, Martin Scorsese was involved with the film, albeit briefly, but opted to direct \"The Aviator\" instead. Warner Bros. president Alan F. Horn wanted Tom Shadyac to direct", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "2522524", "text": "director for the film. Jean Renoir was the first candidate, but he would not be able to do the film for at least a year, so British-Indian director Waris Hussein was hired. With Margot Kidder co-starring with Wilder, it was filmed on location in Dublin, and at the nearby Ardmore Studios, in August and September 1969. In 1971, Wilder auditioned to play Willy Wonka in Mel Stuart's film adaptation of Roald Dahl's \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\". After reciting some lines, director Mel Stuart immediately offered him the role. Before Wilder was officially cast for the role, Fred Astaire, Joel", "title": "Gene Wilder" }, { "id": "4273969", "text": "Neverland\", suggested Highmore for the part. Highmore had already read the book before, but decided to read it once more prior to auditioning. The actor did not see the original film adaptation, and chose not to see it until after Burton's production, so his portrayal would not be influenced. Before Adam Godley was officially cast as Mr. Teavee, Dan Castellaneta, Tim Allen, Ed O'Neill, Bob Saget, and Ray Romano were all considered for the role. It has been rumored that Gregory Peck was considered for the role of Grandpa Joe. Other actors that were considered for Grandpa Joe included Richard", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "1488145", "text": "play Bill, the candy store owner, but Stuart did not like the idea because he felt that the presence of a big star in the candy store scene would break the reality. Nevertheless, Davis' recording of the film's opening musical number, \"The Candy Man,\" would top the \"Billboard\" record charts in 1972, despite the fact that Davis initially hated the song. Anthony Newley also wanted to play Bill, but Stuart also objected to this for the same reason. Principal photography commenced on August 31, 1970, and ended on November 19, 1970. The primary shooting location was Munich, Bavaria, West Germany,", "title": "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" }, { "id": "4754413", "text": "to Daniel Wallace's novel \"\" after reading it as a not-yet published manuscript. His adaptation became the 2003 Tim Burton film of the same name and earned August a 2003 BAFTA Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. He would return to the world of \"Charlie's Angels\" to write its sequel, 2003's \"\". August has spoken about the difficult production process for the film. He reunited with Big Fish director Burton in 2005 for \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\", an adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic children's book. August had written to Dahl as part of a third grade class project, and", "title": "John August" }, { "id": "427555", "text": "adaptation of the book of the same name by Roald Dahl. Starring Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka, Freddie Highmore as Charlie Bucket and Deep Roy as the Oompa-Loompas, the film generally took a more faithful approach to the source material than the 1971 adaptation, \"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\", although some liberties were taken, such as adding Wonka's issue with his father (played by Christopher Lee). \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" was later nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design. The film made over $207 million domestically. Filming proved difficult as Burton, Depp, and Danny Elfman had", "title": "Tim Burton" }, { "id": "4273974", "text": "— all they do is work, work, work,\" Roy commented. \"So when it comes time to dance, they're like a regiment; they do the same steps.\" A practical method was considered for the scene in which Violet Beauregarde turns blue and swells up into a giant 10-foot blueberry. A suit with an air hose was considered at one point for the beginnings of the swelling scene, before the decision was made to do the entire transformation in CGI. The visual effects house Cinesite was recruited for this assignment. In some shots of AnnaSophia Robb's head, a facial prosthetic was worn", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "4273976", "text": "deposit its meat onto a conveyor belt. \"Ultimately, the scene was supplemented by CGI and animatronics,\" Burton said, \"but for the close-ups and the main action, they're the real thing.\" Wonka's Viking boat for the Chocolate River sequence floats down a realistic river filled with 192,000 gallons of faux melted chocolate. \"Having seen the first film, we wanted to make the chocolate river look edible,\" McDowell said. \"In the first film, it's so distasteful.\" The production first considered a CGI river, but Burton was impressed with the artificial substance when he saw how it clung to the boat's oars. Nine", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "4273980", "text": "Willy Wonka Candy Company, a division of Nestlé. A small range of Wonka Bars were launched, utilizing their prominence in the film. The release of \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" also rekindled public interest in Roald Dahl's 1964 book, and appeared on the \"New York Times\" Best Seller list from July 3 to October 23, 2005. \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" earned $56,178,450 in its opening weekend, the fifth-highest opening weekend gross for 2005, and stayed at #1 for two weeks. The film eventually grossed $206,459,076 in US totals and $268,509,687 in foreign countries, coming to a worldwide total of", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "4273953", "text": "factory, who then leads them into the facility. Individual character flaws cause four children to give into temptation and the Oompa-Loompas (Deep Roy) sing a song of morality after each elimination. During the tour, flashbacks reveal Wonka's troubled past; his father, a prominent dentist named Wilbur (Christopher Lee), strictly forbade Wonka from consuming candy due to the potential risk to his teeth. After sneaking over a piece of candy, Wonka was instantly hooked, and ran away to follow his dreams. When he returned, both his father and their house were gone. After the tour, the four children leave the factory", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "4273961", "text": "sexually transmitted disease. Burton immediately thought of Johnny Depp for the role of Willy Wonka, who in August 2003 joined the film, his fourth collaboration with the director. Lurie's script received a rewrite by Pamela Pettler, who worked with Burton on \"Corpse Bride\", but the director hired \"Big Fish\" screenwriter John August in December 2003 to start from scratch. Both August and Burton were fans of the book since their childhoods. August first read \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" when he was eight years old, and subsequently sent Dahl a fan letter. He did not see the 1971 film prior", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "4273981", "text": "$474,968,763. It was the fifty-eighth highest-grossing film of all time when released, as well as seventh-highest for the US and eighth-highest worldwide for the year of 2005. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the film an approval rating of 83% based on 222 reviews, with an average rating of 7.2/10. The site's critical consensus reads, \"Closer to the source material than 1971's \"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\", \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" is for people who like their \"Chocolate\" visually appealing and dark.\" On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 72 out of 100, based on 40", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "4489372", "text": "in each other's embrace. The film is based on a 19th-century Russian folktale, which Joe Ranft introduced to Burton while they were finishing \"The Nightmare Before Christmas\". The film began production in November 2003, while Burton was completing \"Big Fish\". He continued with production on his next live-action feature, \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\", which was produced simultaneously with the film. Co-director Mike Johnson spoke about how they took a more organic approach to directing the film, saying: \"In a co-directing situation, one director usually handles one sequence while the other handles another. Our approach was more organic. Tim knew", "title": "Corpse Bride" }, { "id": "1488147", "text": "above the factory is footage of Nördlingen in Bavaria. Production designer Harper Goff centered the factory on the massive Chocolate Room. According to Paris Themmen, who played Mike Teevee, \"The river was made of water with food coloring. At one point, they poured some cocoa powder into it to try to thicken it but it didn't really work. When asked this question, Michael Böllner, who played Augustus Gloop, answers, 'It vas dirty, stinking vater.'\" In addition to the main scenes set in town and at the factory, several comic interludes were also shot. Uncredited screenwriter Robert Kaufman wrote several short", "title": "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" }, { "id": "89501", "text": "film adaptations of the novel were produced. The first was \"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\", a 1971 film which later became a cult classic, and spawned the real world Willy Wonka Candy Company, which produces chocolate products to this day. Thirty-four years later, a second film adaptation was produced, titled \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\". The 2005 film was very well received by critics and was one of the highest-grossing films that year, earning over US$470,000,000 worldwide. \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" was also recognized at the 78th Academy Awards, where it was nominated for Best Costume Design for", "title": "Chocolate" }, { "id": "3195432", "text": "on Call\", funded by Pfizer, highlighting the work of large animal veterinarians. Peter Ostrum Peter Gardner Ostrum (; born November 1, 1957) is an American veterinarian and former child actor whose only film role was as Charlie Bucket in the 1971 motion picture \"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\". Ostrum was 12 years old when selected by talent agents for \"Willy Wonka\". Though he enjoyed the experience of shooting the film, he opted not to sign a three-film contract when it was over. After eschewing a career in film and theatre, Ostrum became reluctant to speak about his one starring", "title": "Peter Ostrum" }, { "id": "5539991", "text": "the father of Golden Ticket winner Violet Beauregarde, in \"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\". He was the last surviving adult character who toured the factory in the movie; however, Diana Sowle, who played Mrs. Bucket, lived until October 2018. In 1973’s \"Soylent Green\" he played Charles, the manager of the building where the murdered character portrayed by Joseph Cotten lived. He was the bartender in \"The Shakiest Gun in the West\" (1968), and a congressman in \"\" (1972), which starred James Earl Jones as the first black president of the United States. He appeared in the Jerry Lewis vehicle", "title": "Leonard Stone" }, { "id": "3195419", "text": "Peter Ostrum Peter Gardner Ostrum (; born November 1, 1957) is an American veterinarian and former child actor whose only film role was as Charlie Bucket in the 1971 motion picture \"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\". Ostrum was 12 years old when selected by talent agents for \"Willy Wonka\". Though he enjoyed the experience of shooting the film, he opted not to sign a three-film contract when it was over. After eschewing a career in film and theatre, Ostrum became reluctant to speak about his one starring role. In 1990, he began an annual tradition of speaking to schoolchildren", "title": "Peter Ostrum" }, { "id": "11448480", "text": "Diana Sowle Diana Mae Sowle (née Laumer; June 19, 1930 – October 19, 2018) was an American actress of film and theater and voice artist, best known for playing Mrs. Bucket (Charlie Bucket's mother) in the 1971 film \"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\" and her performance of \"Cheer up Charlie\" in that film, although her voice in the song was dubbed by Diana Lee. Sowle joined the cast while in Germany, where it was filmed. At the time of her death in 2018, she was the last surviving parent from the film. Sowle's death left three remaining adult cast", "title": "Diana Sowle" }, { "id": "13769447", "text": "marvel at how big the bridge is. Charlie quips \"Yeah... imagine having to paint (it)\" - a dig at Hogan's pre-fame occupation as a worker on it. Filming took place in Warrnambool, Horsham, Echuca, Hay, Tamworth, Tenterfield, Emerald and the Cape York Peninsula. The film received generally positive reviews with 64% positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes from 11 reviews as of September 2009. It was called a \"likeable family comedy\" by Sandra Hall of \"The Sydney Morning Herald\" and \"a superbly relaxed and good-natured film\" by Evan Williams of \"The Australian\". Charlie & Boots Charlie & Boots is a 2009", "title": "Charlie & Boots" }, { "id": "4273954", "text": "with an exaggerated characteristic or deformity related to their demise, while Charlie learns Wonka intended to find a worthy heir to his factory. Since Charlie was the \"least rotten\" of the five, Wonka invites Charlie to come live and work in the factory with him, but declines as his family is the most important thing in his life. Charlie and his family are living contently a while later, however Wonka is too depressed to make candy the way he used to, causing his candy to sell poorly and his company to decline. He turns to Charlie for advice. Charlie decides", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "18257307", "text": "Fukushima was cast in a role. Filming wrapped in New Zealand on June 3, 2016. Filming also took place in the Yau Ma Tei and Jordan areas of Hong Kong, around Pak Hoi Street and Woosung Street on June 7, 8 and 10 or 14–16. \"Ghost in the Shell\" was originally scheduled for release on April 14, 2017, by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures through their Touchstone Pictures banner. The film was part of DreamWorks' distribution deal with Walt Disney Studios, which began in 2009. In April 2015, Disney moved the film's North American release date to March 31, 2017,", "title": "Ghost in the Shell (2017 film)" }, { "id": "18896508", "text": "who kind of just put it all on the line for that.\" Principal photography on the film officially began in the city on August 10, 2015, and filming took place in more than 60 locations both in and near Los Angeles, including the Angels Flight trolley in downtown, houses in the Hollywood Hills, the Colorado Street Bridge, the Rialto Theatre in South Pasadena, the Warner Bros. studio lot, the Grand Central Market, Hermosa Beach's Lighthouse Cafe, Chateau Marmont Hotel, and the Watts Towers, with many scenes shot in one take. It took 40 days to complete shooting, finishing in mid-September", "title": "La La Land (film)" }, { "id": "4754409", "text": "John August John August (born August 4, 1970) is an American screenwriter, director, producer and novelist. He is known for writing the films \"Go\" (1999), \"Charlie's Angels\" (2000), \"\" (2003), \"Big Fish\" (2003), \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" (2005) and \"Frankenweenie\" (2012), and the novel \"Arlo Finch in the Valley of Fire\" (2018). He hosts the popular screenwriting podcast \"Scriptnotes\" with Craig Mazin, maintains an eponymous screenwriting blog and develops screenwriter-targeted software through his company, Quote-Unquote Apps. He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, voting in the Writers branch. In 2016, he was awarded", "title": "John August" }, { "id": "4273966", "text": "children's television show hosts such as Bob Keeshan (\"Captain Kangaroo\"), Fred Rogers, and Al Lewis from \"The Uncle Al Show\", and Depp also took inspiration from various game show hosts. Burton recalled from his childhood that the characters were bizarre but left lasting impressions. He said, \"It was kind of a strange amalgamation of these weird children's TV show hosts.\" Depp based Wonka's look (exaggerated bob cut and sunglasses) on \"Vogue\" magazine editor Anna Wintour. Comparisons were drawn between Willy Wonka and Michael Jackson. Burton disagreed with the comparisons and said Jackson, unlike Wonka, liked children. Depp said the similarities", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "3195422", "text": "who were searching nationwide for the actor to portray Charlie Bucket in \"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\". The agents took Polaroid photos of Ostrum and recorded him reading from the original novel, then returned to New York. Two months later Ostrum was called to New York for a screen test where he sang \"My Country, 'Tis of Thee\", and a month after that he was contacted and given ten days to prepare to leave for filming. Ostrum left for Munich on August 10, 1970. In 2000, Ostrum recalled that shooting \"Willy Wonka\" in Munich was \"sort of like being", "title": "Peter Ostrum" }, { "id": "1782514", "text": "York. The cast included Bernadette Peters as Rose, Tammy Blanchard as Louise and John Dossett as Herbie. Mendes also directed the 2014 Olivier Award-nominated stage adaptation of Roald Dahl's \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\". Mendes directed Jez Butterworth's \"The Ferryman\" for the Royal Court Theatre in London in 2017, of which he won an Olivier Award for best director. In 1999 Mendes made his film directorial debut with \"American Beauty\", starring Kevin Spacey. The film grossed $356.3 million worldwide. The film won the Golden Globe Award, the BAFTA Award and the Academy Award for Best Picture. Mendes won the Golden", "title": "Sam Mendes" }, { "id": "4273986", "text": "want to be disappointed in him.\" In 2013, when Wilder was asked about the Burton remake, he said \"I think it's an insult. It's probably Warner Bros.' insult.\" He also criticized the choices that Burton made as a director, saying \"I don't care for that director. He's a talented man, but I don't care for him doing stuff like he did.\" Costume designer Gabriella Pescucci received an Academy Award nomination, but lost to Colleen Atwood for \"Memoirs of a Geisha\". Johnny Depp lost the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy to Joaquin Phoenix in \"Walk", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "4754422", "text": "\"Arlo Finch in the Valley of Fire\". On its first day of release, \"Launch\" reached the top 10 on the iTunes podcast chart. August is openly gay, and lives in Los Angeles with his husband, Michael August, and their daughter. Beginning in August 2016, he spent a year living in Paris. John August John August (born August 4, 1970) is an American screenwriter, director, producer and novelist. He is known for writing the films \"Go\" (1999), \"Charlie's Angels\" (2000), \"\" (2003), \"Big Fish\" (2003), \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" (2005) and \"Frankenweenie\" (2012), and the novel \"Arlo Finch in the", "title": "John August" }, { "id": "4273955", "text": "to help Wonka confront and reconcile with his estranged father; Wonka finally realizes the value of family, while his father learns to accept his son for who he is, and not what he does. In the end, Wonka finally allows Charlie's family to move into the factory. Author Roald Dahl disapproved of the 1971 film adaptation and declined the film rights to produce the sequel, \"Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator\". Warner Bros. and Brillstein-Grey Entertainment entered discussions with the Dahl estate in 1991, hoping to purchase the rights to produce another film version of \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\".", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "680743", "text": "of this, both companies became highly protective of their chocolate-making processes. It was a combination of this secrecy and the elaborate, often gigantic, machines in the factory that inspired Dahl to write the story. 11-year-old Charlie Bucket lives in poverty in a small house with his parents and four grandparents. His grandparents share the only bed in the house, located in the only bedroom. Charlie and his parents sleep on mattresses on the floor. One day, Grandpa Joe tells him about the legendary and eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka and all the wonderful candies he made until the other candymakers sent", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" }, { "id": "4273977", "text": "shades of chocolate were tested before Burton settled on the proper hue. The original music score was written by Danny Elfman, a frequent collaborator with director Tim Burton. Elfman's score is based around three primary themes: a gentle family theme for the Buckets, generally set in upper woodwinds; a mystical, string-driven waltz for Willy Wonka; and a hyper-upbeat factory theme for full orchestra, Elfman's homemade synthesizer samples and the diminutive chanting voices of the Oompa-Loompas. Elfman also wrote and performed the vocals for four songs, with pitch changes and modulations to represent different singers. The lyrics to the Oompa-Loompa songs", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "427554", "text": "and color. Starring Ewan McGregor as young Edward Bloom and Albert Finney as an older Edward Bloom, the film also stars Jessica Lange, Billy Crudup, Danny DeVito, Alison Lohman and Marion Cotillard. \"Big Fish\" is also notable as Miley Cyrus' first film—she plays \"Young Ruthie\" credited under her birth name, Destiny Hope Cyrus. \"Big Fish\" received four Golden Globe nominations as well as an Academy Award nomination for Elfman's score. \"Big Fish\" was also the second collaboration between Burton and Helena Bonham Carter, who played the characters of Jenny and the Witch. \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" (2005) is an", "title": "Tim Burton" }, { "id": "5722189", "text": "including \"Snake\" and \"Step in the Name of Love\", and the international hit \"Ignition (Remix)\". \"Chocolate Factory\" was well-received by critics, receiving rave reviews from publications such as \"The New York Times\" and \"USA Today\". The album has sold over 3 million copies worldwide, and received sales certifications in the United States and the United Kingdom. Recording sessions for the album took place primarily at Rockland Studios and Chicago Recording Company in Chicago. Other recording locations included the Record Plant, in Los Angeles, California, Soup Can Music in Harper Woods, Michigan, and Vanguard Studios in Oak Park, Michigan. \"Chocolate Factory\"", "title": "Chocolate Factory" }, { "id": "815588", "text": "(with Sean Connery overlooking the maze), \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" starring Johnny Depp, \"V for Vendetta\" with Stephen Fry and \"Mortdecai\" in 2015 starring Johnny Depp and Gwyneth Paltrow. Hatfield House Hatfield House is a country house set in a large park, the Great Park, on the eastern side of the town of Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England. The present Jacobean house, a leading example of the prodigy house, was built in 1611 by Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury and Chief Minister to King James I and has been the home of the Cecil family ever since. It is a", "title": "Hatfield House" }, { "id": "5801181", "text": "Julie Dawn Cole Julie Dawn Cole (born 26 October 1957) is an English actress and politician who has been active for more than 40 years. She began as a child performer in what remains her best-remembered film, 1971's \"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory\", playing the spoiled Veruca Salt. She has two children. A native of Guildford, Surrey, Cole was twelve when she was cast in the supporting role during the project's pre-production phase in the first half of 1970 (she celebrated her 13th birthday eight weeks into the film's 11½-week filming schedule in Southern Germany's sprawling production complex, Bavaria", "title": "Julie Dawn Cole" }, { "id": "4330722", "text": "Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role. In 2005, he portrayed the main role of Charlie Bucket in Tim Burton's musical fantasy film \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\", adapted from the book of the same name by Roald Dahl. He was reportedly recommended by co-star Johnny Depp, with whom Highmore had worked in \"Finding Neverland\"; Depp had been impressed by the young actor's performance and thus put his name forward for the role. Highmore had not seen the original 1971 version of the film, and decided not to see it until he was done filming so his", "title": "Freddie Highmore" }, { "id": "10517307", "text": "bureau for Kodak's Cineon digital film system. Both locations subsequently evolved to become full service visual effects facilities. In 2003, Kodak merged the Cinesite Hollywood office into LaserPacific. Cinesite completed visual effects for all eight films in the \"Harry Potter\" franchise in addition to \"Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them\". The company's former model-making division created the scale model of Hogwarts, as well as Wonkaville in Tim Burton's \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" (2005) and the grand finale parliament explosion sequence in \"V for Vendetta\" (2006). The company's Emmy nominations for television work include \"Cleopatra\" (1999), \"Band of Brothers\"", "title": "Cinesite" }, { "id": "17197624", "text": "the Circus Krone with audience of 3,000. George Morrison, was the spokesman, leader and teacher of the group. Terry Mitchell (Senior) played sax, Carl Bitte (Junior) played trumpet, David Sanford (Junior) played drums. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory-1971, Rollerball (1975 film)-1975, Twilight's Last Gleaming-1977, and Brass Target-1978, The Great Escape −1963 were filmed in Munich in which students of MAHS were extras. Munich is the home of Bavaria Film. Martin Paul of Munich American High School was selected laureate of DODEUSR's third annual Junior Science and Humanities Symposium at King's College In London. Paul's award-winning research paper was entitled", "title": "Munich American High School" }, { "id": "6118030", "text": "was the use of a six-channel audio recording system by the sound technicians. On 7 September 1962, the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Borodino, principal photography began. The first scene to be filmed depicted the execution of suspected arsonists by the French Army, and shot in the Novodevichy Convent. After few days, the crew moved into the Moscow Kremlin for further work. Later that month, the hunt in the Rostov's estate was filmed in the village of Bogoslavskoye, in the Yasnogorsky District. On 1 December, Bondarchuk and the production team, with 150 wagons of equipment, traveled to Mukachevo in", "title": "War and Peace (film series)" }, { "id": "20079546", "text": "had joined the cast. Filming began in October 2016 in South Kensington and Pinewood Studios in England, and wrapped in late January 2017. In December 2017, it was reported that Joe Johnston would helm 32 days of reshoots, scripted by Tom McCarthy, due to Hallström being unavailable. Hallström would still oversee post-production. It was later revealed that Hallström and Johnston had voluntarily decided to receive a joint directorial credit for the film. The production had a total budget of about $132.9 million, including spending $109.6 million (£85.6 million) in the UK. The music was adapted in part from Tchaikovsky's \"The", "title": "The Nutcracker and the Four Realms" }, { "id": "4273982", "text": "critics, indicating \"generally favorable reviews\". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of \"A–\" on an A+ to F scale. Owen Gleiberman of \"Entertainment Weekly\" praised \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\", writing \"Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka may be a stone freak, but he is also one of Burton's classic crackpot conjurers, like \"Beetlejuice\" or \"Ed Wood\".\" Roger Ebert gave an overall positive review and enjoyed the film. He was primarily impressed by Tim Burton's direction of the younger cast members, but was disappointed with Depp's performance: \"What was Depp thinking of? In \"\" he was famously", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "2351217", "text": "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator is a children's book by British author Roald Dahl. It is the sequel to \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\", continuing the story of young Charlie Bucket and chocolatier Willy Wonka as they travel in the Great Glass Elevator. The book was first published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. in 1972, and in the United Kingdom by George Allen & Unwin in 1973. Although the original book has been filmed three times, in 1971, 2005, and an animated adaptation in 2017, \"The Great Glass Elevator\"", "title": "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator" }, { "id": "3195420", "text": "about the film, and he became a subject of interest again when the 2005 film \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" was released to theaters. Ostrum became interested in horses when he returned from shooting \"Willy Wonka\", and was particularly influenced by the veterinarian that tended to them. Receiving his Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine from Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1984, Ostrum practiced and lived in Lowville, New York with his wife Loretta (), and two children: son, Leif, and daughter, Helenka. Peter Gardner Ostrum was born in Dallas, Texas on November 1, 1957 to Dean Gardner Ostrum (1922–2014)", "title": "Peter Ostrum" }, { "id": "3809563", "text": "point of land was named in 1827 to honour Nicholas Garry, former Deputy Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, who used that part of the land to locate the navigable entrance to the Fraser River. Garry Point Park was the major host location for the Vancouver-area festivities of the 2002 Tall Ships Challenge. Steveston has often been the site of filming for both films and television shows . It was used in the 2010 film adaptation of \"The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud\" as a stand-in for Marblehead, Massachusetts, and the television movie \"A Cooler Climate\" as the", "title": "Steveston, British Columbia" }, { "id": "5747955", "text": "was a masterpiece and would also become a mega hit. \"Santa Claus: The Movie\" was filmed in Buckinghamshire, England at Pinewood Studios, between August and November 1984. The film was photographed by Arthur Ibbetson, whose credits, among others, included the original \"Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory\" (1971). \"Santa Claus: The Movie\" was his final feature film. Serving as film editor was Peter Hollywood. The production was designed by Anthony Pratt, with costume design concepts by Bob Ringwood. The visual effects unit, as well as several of the production staff, were Salkind stalwarts from the \"Superman\" films: Derek Meddings, director", "title": "Santa Claus: The Movie" }, { "id": "5547777", "text": "had been allowed at these locations. The external Hoover Dam scenes were shot before tourists arrived daily at 10:00 a.m., with shooting moving inside for the remainder of the day. Production in California was based at Hughes Aircraft at Playa Vista, where the hangar in which Megatron is imprisoned was built. Six weekends were spent in Los Angeles, California shooting the climactic battle, with some elements being shot on the Universal Studios backlot and at Detroit's Michigan Central Station. The crew was allowed to shoot at Griffith Observatory, which was still closed for renovations begun in 2002. Filming wrapped on", "title": "Transformers (film)" }, { "id": "4569263", "text": "Michael Shannon and Neil Flynn make appearances as a van driver and a Wisconsin State Police Trooper, respectively. Large portions of the film were shot on location in and around Chicago, Illinois, including the University of Chicago, Argonne National Laboratory, the Museum of Science and Industry, the Field Museum of Natural History, Michigan Avenue, and the James R. Thompson Center (Atrium Mall). Additional scenes were shot at Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, on Geneva Lake in southern Wisconsin, interiors of the U.S. Capitol were shot at the Wisconsin State Capitol, in Madison, Wisconsin, at Inland Steel (now known as", "title": "Chain Reaction (1996 film)" }, { "id": "4330730", "text": "which he co-wrote and will executive produce with Kerry Ehrin. Highmore will also executive produce Ehrin's drama pilot \"Long Distance\" for NBC. Highmore lives in London and avoids social media. He is close friends with his \"Bates Motel\" co-star Vera Farmiga, and is godfather to Fynn, her son with her husband Renn Hawkey. Freddie Highmore Alfred Thomas \"Freddie\" Highmore (born 14 February 1992) is an English actor. He made his debut in the comedy film \"Women Talking Dirty\" (1999). He is known for his starring roles in the films \"Finding Neverland\" (2004), \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" (2005), \"August Rush\"", "title": "Freddie Highmore" }, { "id": "4273963", "text": "estranged father-son relationship had previously appeared in \"Big Fish\", similarly directed by Burton and written by August. Warner Bros. and the director held differences over the characterizations of Charlie Bucket and Willy Wonka. The studio wanted to entirely delete Mr. Bucket and make Willy Wonka the idyllic father figure Charlie had longed for his entire life. Burton believed that Wonka would not be a good father, finding the character similar to a recluse. Burton said, \"In some ways, he's more screwed up than the kids.\" Warner Bros. also wanted Charlie to be a whiz kid, but Burton resisted the characterization.", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "8329307", "text": "allowed to rewrite the script. Arkin spent the next seven years developing the film with Weston. Dana had a small role in the film, and Arkin's three children, Adam Arkin, Matthew Arkin and Tony Arkin also had roles in the film. Principal photography for the film began on August 20, 1980, with location filming in San Francisco and Los Angeles, California. According to production notes, San Francisco locations included Alta Plaza Park, the China Basin and Potrero Hill. Interior sets were built at the U.S. Navy hangar on San Francisco's Treasure Island. On October 31, 1980, principal photography was completed.", "title": "Chu Chu and the Philly Flash" }, { "id": "10511173", "text": "production estimated to have a budget of $30 million, principal photography began in mid-June 2007 in New York. One cast member said that the film would look like it cost $150 million, despite producers not casting recognizable and expensive actors. Filmmakers used the Panasonic HVX200 for most of the interior scenes, and the Sony CineAlta F23 high-definition video camera to tape nearly all of the New York exterior scenes. Filming took place on Coney Island, with scenes shot at Deno's Wonder Wheel Amusement Park and the B&B Carousel. The scenes of tanks firing at the creature while the main characters", "title": "Cloverfield" }, { "id": "4273951", "text": "day, Wonka announces a contest, in which Golden Tickets have been placed in five random Wonka Bars worldwide, and the winners will be given a full tour of the factory as well as a lifetime supply of chocolate, while one ticketholder will be given a special prize at the end of the tour. Wonka's sales subsequently skyrocket, and the first four tickets are found fairly quickly. The recipients are Augustus Gloop (Philip Wiegratz), a gluttonous German boy; Veruca Salt (Julia Winter), a very spoiled English girl; Violet Beauregarde (AnnaSophia Robb), a competitive gum chewer, and Mike Teavee (Jordan Fry), an", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "13749262", "text": "was written by Craig Pearce. By March 2009, Johnston had been replaced as director by Burr Steers, and Platt had named himself as producer. Steers helped polish the script. The first lead performer cast in the film was Zac Efron, who turned down the lead role in Paramount Pictures' remake of \"Footloose\" to star in this film. Pre-production had commenced by March 2009, with filming set to begin in July 2009. Training with Efron began in Vancouver, British Columbia, in July 2009, and started production in Upstate New York July 2009 to October 5. Actress Amanda Crew joined the film", "title": "Charlie St. Cloud" }, { "id": "4273978", "text": "are adapted from the original book, and are thus credited to Roald Dahl. Following Burton's suggestion, each song in the score is designed to reflect a different archetype. \"Wonka's Welcome Song\" is a maddeningly cheerful theme park ditty, \"Augustus Gloop\" a Bollywood spectacle (per Deep Roy's suggestion), \"Violet Beauregarde\" is 1970s funk, \"Veruca Salt\" is 1960s bubblegum pop / psychedelic pop, and \"Mike Teavee\" is a tribute to late 1970s hard rock (such as Queen) and early 1980s hair bands. The original motion picture soundtrack was released on July 12, 2005 by Warner Bros. Records. \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\"", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)" }, { "id": "797489", "text": "the swashbuckler film series \"Pirates of the Caribbean\" (2003–present), the fantasy films \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" (2005) and \"Alice in Wonderland\" (2010), the animated comedy western \"Rango\" (2011) (in which he voiced the title character), and most recently \"\" (2018). Depp has collaborated on nine films with director, producer and friend Tim Burton. Depp is regarded as one of the world's biggest film stars. He has gained praise from reviewers for his portrayals of screenwriter-director Ed Wood in \"Ed Wood\", undercover FBI agent Joseph D. Pistone in \"Donnie Brasco\", author J. M. Barrie in \" Finding Neverland\", and Boston", "title": "Johnny Depp" }, { "id": "429971", "text": "mid-May 1966, including the opening scene between Eastwood and Wallach when Blondie captures Tuco for the first time and sends him to jail. The production then moved on to Spain's plateau region near Burgos in the north, which doubled for the southwestern United States, and again shot the western scenes in Almería in the south of Spain. This time, the production required more elaborate sets, including a town under cannon fire, an extensive prison camp and an American Civil War battlefield; and for the climax, several hundred Spanish soldiers were employed to build a cemetery with several thousand gravestones to", "title": "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" }, { "id": "13134141", "text": "begin rehearsals. Prior to commencement of filming, a week of rehearsals started on January 4, 1975, in Oregon, during which the actors watched the patients in their daily routine and at group therapy. Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher also witnessed electroconvulsive therapy being performed on a patient. With the exception of Nicholson, the rest of the cast worked for scale, or a little above that. Fletcher worked for 11 weeks, making $10,000 before taxes. Filming began in January 1975, and concluded approximately three months later, and was shot on location in Salem, Oregon, and the surrounding area, as well as", "title": "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (film)" }, { "id": "680764", "text": "photographers Sofia Sanchez and Mauro Mongiello as part of a photo shoot for a 2008 fashion article in a French magazine, for a fashion article titled \"Mommie Dearest.\" In addition to writing that \"the image seemingly has little to do with the beloved children's classic\", reviewers and commenters in social media (such as posters on the publisher's Facebook page) have said the art evokes \"Lolita\", \"Valley of the Dolls\", and JonBenet Ramsey; looks like a scene from \"Toddlers & Tiaras\"; and is \"misleading,\" \"creepy,\" \"sexualized,\" \"grotesque,\" \"misjudged on every level,\" \"distasteful and disrespectful to a gifted author and his work,\"", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" }, { "id": "850552", "text": "I made our peace years and years ago. She's a wonderful woman.\" Thompson and Bonham Carter later went on to star together in the \"Harry Potter\" series. In 2001, Bonham Carter began a relationship with American director Tim Burton, whom she met while filming \"Planet of the Apes\". Burton subsequently took to casting her in his films, including \"Big Fish\", \"Corpse Bride\", \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\", \"\", \"Alice in Wonderland\" and \"Dark Shadows\". After their separation, Bonham Carter mentioned, \"it might be easier to work together without being together any more. He always only cast me with great embarrassment.\"", "title": "Helena Bonham Carter" }, { "id": "19179548", "text": "her. The title is a NATO alphabet spelling of WTF, which stands for \"What the fuck?\" On February 3, 2015, the \"Albuquerque Journal\" reported that filming was underway in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Fey was spotted filming in the Santa Fe University of Art and Design. On February 11, 2015, Paramount also confirmed that principal photography had commenced on the film in New Mexico. It was filmed in part at the historic Scottish Rite Temple in Santa Fe. Production on the film concluded on April 10, 2015. The film was originally titled \"The Taliban Shuffle\" and \"Fun House\", before settling", "title": "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (film)" }, { "id": "14895214", "text": "produces the house wine for Broadway plays, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and War Paint. In 2016, Cuffe negotiated exclusive rights to import award-winning Brazilian wine producer Casa Valduga, home to the largest sparkling wine cellar in South America and famously listed as one of 1,000 Places to Visit Before You Die. In South Africa, in partnership with Burdell Properties, Selena Cuffe negotiated interest acquisition of Silkbush Mountain Vineyards, a 138-hectare (341 acre) property in , 90km east of Cape Town, South Africa, in the famous Western Cape Winelands. Its cultivars, planted on sloped hillsides, up to 700m above sea", "title": "Selena Cuffe" }, { "id": "3160333", "text": "proposal. Filming began on 29 September 2000 at Leavesden Film Studios and concluded on 23 March 2001, with final work being done in July. Principal photography took place on 2 October 2000 at North Yorkshire's Goathland railway station. Canterbury Cathedral and Scotland's Inverailort Castle were both touted as possible locations for Hogwarts; Canterbury rejected Warner Bros. proposal due to concerns about the film's \"pagan\" theme. Alnwick Castle and Gloucester Cathedral were eventually selected as the principal locations for Hogwarts, with some scenes also being filmed at Harrow School. Other Hogwarts scenes were filmed in Durham Cathedral over a two-week period;", "title": "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)" }, { "id": "1338336", "text": "zoned to Thunder Mountain Middle School in unincorporated King County. All residents of Enumclaw are zoned to Enumclaw High School. Green River Community College operates a campus in Enumclaw. Schooldigger.com ranks Enumclaw 41st of the 205 school districts (top 20%) in the State and shows an improving trend. The 1967 Walt Disney film, \"Charlie, the Lonesome Cougar\", was filmed at the Weyerhauser Mill in Enumclaw and surrounding areas. Enumclaw, Washington Enumclaw ( ) is a city in King County, Washington, United States. The population was 10,669 at the 2010 census. The 2015 estimate is 11,609. The Enumclaw Plateau, on which", "title": "Enumclaw, Washington" }, { "id": "4235787", "text": "Screenwriters Jeb Stuart, Jeffrey Boam, Frank Darabont, and Jeff Nathanson wrote drafts before David Koepp's script satisfied the producers. The filmmakers intended to pay tribute to the science fiction B-movies of the 1950s era. Shooting began on June 18, 2007, at various locations in New Mexico, New Haven, Connecticut, Hawaii, and Fresno, California, as well as on sound stages in Los Angeles. To maintain aesthetic continuity with the previous films, the crew relied on traditional stunt work instead of computer-generated stunt doubles, and cinematographer Janusz Kamiński studied Douglas Slocombe's style from the previous films. The film premiered at the 2008", "title": "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" }, { "id": "18869550", "text": "Norwood, where the crew used the Norwood Theatre office as the set for the film and converted it into the bookstore named \"Harper Booksellers.\" Several shots were taken in and out of the store all day, which featured Dever, Elwes, Rudolph and Shannon, and the store was owned by Elwes's character. On July 10, 2014, filming took place in Wellesley, where they used the Elm Bank Reservation as the set for the film. Filming wrapped-up on July 24, 2014. In April 2015, the film was in post-production, with an originally scheduled premiere of late 2015. Michael Yezerski was set to", "title": "We Don't Belong Here (film)" }, { "id": "1145026", "text": "production company for the 2009 film \"Assassination of a High School President\" was based in Hoboken. The city has been the home of several filming locations. A wedding scene from the 1997 film \"Picture Perfect\", starring Jennifer Aniston, was filmed at the Elks Club at 1005 Washington Street. Elia Kazan's 1954 film \"On the Waterfront\" was shot in Hoboken. Hoboken is home to Carlo's Bake Shop, which is featured in the TLC reality show \"Cake Boss\". The popularity of the show has resulted in increased business for Carlo's Bake Shop, and increased tourism to the Hoboken area, resulting in both", "title": "Hoboken, New Jersey" }, { "id": "994811", "text": "the Appalachian Development Highway System. The town was the primary filming location for Disney's \"Tom and Huck\" (1995). Mooresville is one of the oldest incorporated towns in Alabama, having been incorporated on November 16, 1818, when Alabama was still a Territory. It was named for early settlers, Robert and William Moore who located on land which became the site of Mooresville. Andrew Johnson, later to become to 17th president of the United States, lived in Mooresville as an apprentice tailor when he was a young man. The Union Army occupied Mooresville several times during the Civil War, and a few", "title": "Mooresville, Alabama" }, { "id": "1012729", "text": "inns. The city is also known as the location of the Point Pinos Lighthouse, the oldest continuously operating lighthouse on the West Coast. The Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History and Pacific Grove Art Center are located in the historic downtown. Pacific Grove was also the main filming location for Roger Spottiswoode's 1989 film \"Turner & Hooch\" , \"A Summer Place\", starring Sandra Dee and the series \"Big Little Lies\". In prehistoric times the Rumsen were one of the linguistically distinct Ohlone groups of the Monterey Bay Area who inhabited the area now known as Pacific Grove. This tribe subsisted", "title": "Pacific Grove, California" }, { "id": "7231159", "text": "Amy Adams – \"Junebug\" (TIE) \"' Michelle Williams – \"Brokeback Mountain\" (TIE) \"' Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco – \"Crash\" \"' Freddie Highmore – \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" \"' Dakota Fanning – \"War of the Worlds\" 11th Critics' Choice Awards The 11th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 9, 2006, honoring the finest achievements of 2005 filmmaking. \"' Philip Seymour Hoffman – \"Capote\" \"' Reese Witherspoon – \"Walk the Line\" \"' \"Crash\" \"' \"The 40-Year-Old Virgin\" \"' John Williams – \"Memoirs of a Geisha\" \"' Ang Lee – \"Brokeback Mountain\" \"' \"March of the Penguins (La marche de", "title": "11th Critics' Choice Awards" }, { "id": "16869142", "text": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (franchise) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a media franchise. It includes two books, two live-action theatrical films, two video games, and a ride. \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" is a 1964 children's book by British author Roald Dahl. The story features the adventures of young Charlie Bucket inside the chocolate factory of eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka. \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" was first published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. in 1964 and in the United Kingdom by George Allen & Unwin in 1967. \"Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator\" is", "title": "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (franchise)" }, { "id": "3489732", "text": "Noah Taylor Noah George Taylor (born 4 September 1969) is an English-Australian actor. He is best known for his roles as teenage David Helfgott in \"Shine\", Locke in HBO series \"Game of Thrones\", Mr. Bucket in \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" and Danny in the Australian cult film \"He Died with a Felafel in His Hand\". Taylor also starred as Adolf Hitler in \"Max\" and \"Preacher\". Taylor, elder of two sons, was born in London, England, the son of Australian parents, Maggie (née Miller), a journalist and book editor, and Paul Taylor, a copywriter and journalist. His parents returned to", "title": "Noah Taylor" }, { "id": "14497265", "text": "and Death\" (1975) and \"Everyone Says I Love You\" (1996) were partially filmed there. Filming locations include Giverny, (near Notre Dame), Montmartre, Deyrolle, the Palace of Versailles, the Opéra, Pont Alexandre III, the Sacré-Cœur, the Île de la Cité itself, and streets near the Panthéon. The film is co-produced by Allen's Gravier Productions and the Catalan company Mediapro and was picked up by Sony Pictures Classics for distribution. It is the fourth film the two companies have co-produced, the others being \"Sweet and Lowdown\", \"Whatever Works\" and \"You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger\". In promoting the film, Allen was", "title": "Midnight in Paris" }, { "id": "14967128", "text": "the film, resulting in less manipulation of the filmed image and higher film resolution. Filming was scheduled to start in May and conclude in November 2011. Principal photography commenced on May 6, 2011, in Jodhpur, India at the Mehrangarh Fort before moving to Pittsburgh, where it operated under the working title \"Magnus Rex\" to reduce the visibility of the production. Shooting locations within the city included Heinz Field, the site of an American football game, with members of the Pittsburgh Steelers playing the Gotham Rogues football team. More than 11,000 extras were used to depict the shot sequence. Filming in", "title": "The Dark Knight Rises" }, { "id": "3716646", "text": "Express\" (1974) and \"Jaws\" (1975). They subsequently produced such box office hits as \"Cocoon\" (1985) and \"Driving Miss Daisy\" (1989) before dissolving their partnership in 1988. They were jointly awarded the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1990. He worked with Tim Burton six times, producing Burton's adaptation of \"Planet of the Apes\" (2001), \"Big Fish\" (2003), \"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\" (2005), \"\" (2007), \"Alice in Wonderland\" (2010), and \"Dark Shadows\" (2012). He and Burton connected immediately, and Zanuck was Burton's producer of choice. In a May 2012 interview, Zanuck", "title": "Richard D. Zanuck" } ]

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[ { "id": "887928", "text": "Ware Orem and Mrs. R. R. Forman. In 1988, Warner/Chappell Music purchased the company owning the copyright for 25 million, with the value of \"Happy Birthday\" estimated at 5 million. Based on the 1935 copyright registration, Warner claimed that the United States copyright will not expire until 2030, and that unauthorized public performances of the song are illegal unless royalties are paid to Warner. In one specific instance in February 2010, the royalty for a single use was said to be 700. By one estimate, the song is the highest-earning single song in history, with estimated earnings since its creation", "title": "Happy Birthday to You" }, { "id": "887948", "text": "ruled that the song was not copyrighted by Summy Co., who had written in the song book, \"Special permission through courtesy of the Clayton F. Summy Co.\" Since there was no evidence Summy Co. had copyright on the song, the song is still considered to be in the public domain. Prior to the lawsuit, Warner/Chappell had been earning $2 million a year licensing the song for commercial use, with a notable example the $5,000 paid by the filmmakers of the 1994 documentary, \"Hoop Dreams\", in order to safely distribute the film. On February 8, 2016, Warner/Chappell agreed to pay a", "title": "Happy Birthday to You" }, { "id": "887929", "text": "of 50 million. In the European Union, the copyright for the song expired on January 1, 2017. The American copyright status of \"Happy Birthday to You\" began to draw more attention with the passage of the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act in 1998. When the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Act in \"Eldred v. Ashcroft\" in 2003, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer specifically mentioned \"Happy Birthday to You\" in his dissenting opinion. American law professor Robert Brauneis, who extensively researched the song, concluded in 2010 that \"It is almost certainly no longer under copyright.\" In 2013, based in large part", "title": "Happy Birthday to You" }, { "id": "887935", "text": "the European Union on January 1, 2017. In the United States, a federal court ruled in 2016 that Warner/Chappell's copyright claim was invalid and there was no other claim to copyright. The origins of \"Happy Birthday to You\" date back to at least the late 19th century, when two sisters, Patty and Mildred J. Hill, introduced the song \"Good Morning to All\" to Patty's kindergarten class in Kentucky. Years later, in 1893, they published the tune in their songbook \"Song Stories for the Kindergarten\". Kembrew McLeod stated that the Hill sisters likely copied the tune and lyrical idea from other", "title": "Happy Birthday to You" }, { "id": "8880265", "text": "the public domain. As of November 2013, European sound recordings are now protected for 70 years, which is not retroactive. In 2015, Canada changed the copyright length to 70 years. On February 8, 2016, a court ruled that \"Happy Birthday to You\" was in the public domain, and Warner/Chappell Music was required to pay $14 million to the song's licensees. In October 2018, president Donald Trump signed the Music Modernization Act, which will bring sound recordings into the public domain either 95 years after they were released or 120 years after they were recorded, whichever comes first. Songs recorded before", "title": "Public domain music" }, { "id": "887938", "text": "Andrew Byers, Bessie L. Byrum and Anna E. Koglin, published the song in 1918. In 1924, Robert Coleman included \"Good Morning to All\" in a songbook with the birthday lyrics as a second verse. Coleman also published \"Happy Birthday\" in \"The American Hymnal\" in 1933. In 1935, several specific piano arrangements and an unused second verse of \"Happy Birthday to You\" were copyrighted as a work for hire crediting Preston Ware Orem for the piano arrangements and Mrs. R. R. Forman for the lyrics by the Summy Company, the publisher of \"Good Morning to All\". This served as the legal", "title": "Happy Birthday to You" }, { "id": "887939", "text": "basis for claiming that Summy Company legally registered the copyright for the song, as well as the later renewal of these copyrights. A later 2015 lawsuit would find this claim baseless. That specific new lyrics that also included the full text of \"Happy Birthday to You\", was a copyright on the derivative work. A 1957 acquisition of C.C. Birchard & Company saw Summy Company becoming the Summy-Birchard Company. A later corporate restructuring in the 1970s saw Summy-Birchard becoming a division of a new company: Birch Tree Group Limited. Warner/Chappell Music acquired Birch Tree Group Limited in 1988 for 25 million.", "title": "Happy Birthday to You" }, { "id": "5738246", "text": "is also permitted, provided no alteration is made in the content, and provided no fixed copy of the altered version is created. The song \"Happy Birthday to You\" is one of the best known songs in the world and generated over $2 million in royalties each year for its purported copyright owners even though the copyright has now been ruled invalid. In September 2015, a judge ruled that the copyright was invalid, and on February 8, 2016, Warner/Chappell Music agreed to settle a class action lawsuit brought to challenge these fees. After mediation, Warner will pay more than $14 million", "title": "Music licensing" }, { "id": "887941", "text": "In the European Union, copyright lasts for the life of the author(s) plus 70 years; since Patty Hill (the last surviving author) died in 1946, the copyright in these countries expired on January 1, 2017. On June 13, 2013, documentary filmmaker Jennifer Nelson filed a putative class action suit in federal court for the Southern District of New York against Warner/Chappell in the name of her production company, Good Morning to You Productions. As part of a documentary she was making about the song and its history, she had paid 1,500 to secure the rights. Her complaint relied heavily on", "title": "Happy Birthday to You" }, { "id": "887930", "text": "on Brauneis's research, Good Morning to You Productions, a company producing a documentary about \"Good Morning to All\", sued Warner/Chappell for falsely claiming copyright to the song. In September 2015, a federal judge declared that the Warner/Chappell copyright claim was invalid, ruling that the copyright registration applied only to a specific piano arrangement of the song, and not to its lyrics and melody. In 2016, Warner/Chappell settled for US $14 million, and the court declared that \"Happy Birthday to You\" was in the public domain. The person whose birthday is being celebrated is filled in for \"[NAME]\". The earliest known", "title": "Happy Birthday to You" }, { "id": "10737421", "text": "Bros. Music Chairman Chuck Kaye led the company to purchase Chappell & Co. from PolyGram. It was ranked in 2010 by \"Music & Copyright\" as the world’s third-largest music publisher Among the songs in the company's library are \"Winter Wonderland\" and formerly \"Happy Birthday to You\" until the copyright of the song was invalidated in 2015 and put in the public domain the next year. In 2005, Warner/Chappell sold most of its printed music division, Warner Bros. Publications, to Alfred Publishing, and in 2006 launched the Pan European Digital Licensing (P.E.D.L.) initiative. In 2007, when Radiohead released \"In Rainbows\" through", "title": "Warner/Chappell Music" }, { "id": "887947", "text": "to prove that it actually had ever held a copyright to the lyrics, so the court was able to grant summary judgment to the plaintiffs, thus resolving the case. Some initial news sources characterized the decision as ruling that the song was in the public domain, but the decision did not go so far, holding only that Warner/Chappell did not prove they owned the copyright. However, because there are no other claimants to the copyright, and the copyright to the melody long ago expired, the plaintiffs suggested that the song was \"de facto\" in the public domain. Also, the judge", "title": "Happy Birthday to You" }, { "id": "887927", "text": "the tune is disputed. Patty Hill was a kindergarten principal in Louisville, Kentucky, developing various teaching methods at what is now the Little Loomhouse; her sister Mildred was a pianist and composer. The sisters used \"Good Morning to All\" as a song that young children would find easy to sing. The combination of melody and lyrics in \"Happy Birthday to You\" first appeared in print in 1912, and probably existed even earlier. None of the early appearances of the \"Happy Birthday to You\" lyrics included credits or copyright notices. The Summy Company registered a copyright in 1935, crediting authors Preston", "title": "Happy Birthday to You" }, { "id": "887957", "text": "cause the rover to \"sing\" Happy Birthday on the Martian surface. During the March 6, 2014 episode of the Comedy Central series \"The Colbert Report\", Stephen Colbert planned to sing the song in honor of the 90th anniversary of its 1924 publication. Due to the copyright issues, Colbert instead performed his new \"royalty-free\" birthday song, which is set to \"The Star-Spangled Banner\". Happy Birthday to You \"Happy Birthday to You\", also known as \"Happy Birthday\", is a song traditionally sung to celebrate the anniversary of a person's birth. According to the 1998 \"Guinness World Records\", it is the most recognized", "title": "Happy Birthday to You" }, { "id": "887940", "text": "The company continued to insist that one cannot sing the \"Happy Birthday to You\" lyrics for profit without paying royalties: in 2008, Warner collected about 5,000 per day (2 million per year) in royalties for the song. Warner/Chappell claimed copyright for every use in film, television, radio, anywhere open to the public, and for any group where a substantial number of those in attendance are not family or friends of whoever is performing the song. Brauneis cited problems with the song's authorship and the notice and renewal of the copyright, and concluded: \"It is almost certainly no longer under copyright.\"", "title": "Happy Birthday to You" }, { "id": "887926", "text": "Happy Birthday to You \"Happy Birthday to You\", also known as \"Happy Birthday\", is a song traditionally sung to celebrate the anniversary of a person's birth. According to the 1998 \"Guinness World Records\", it is the most recognized song in the English language, followed by \"For He's a Jolly Good Fellow\". The song's base lyrics have been translated into at least 18 languages. The melody of \"Happy Birthday to You\" comes from the song \"Good Morning to All\", which has traditionally been attributed to American sisters Patty and Mildred J. Hill in 1893, although the claim that the sisters composed", "title": "Happy Birthday to You" }, { "id": "4524943", "text": "Happy Birthday (Stevie Wonder song) \"Happy Birthday\" is a 1981 single written, produced and performed by Stevie Wonder for the Motown label. Wonder, a social activist, was one of the main figures in the campaign to have the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. become a national holiday, and created this single to make the cause known. Besides being released as a single, the song also appears on Wonder's album \"Hotter Than July\". The song, one of many of Wonder's songs to feature the use of a keyboard synthesizer, features Wonder lamenting the fact that anyone would oppose the idea", "title": "Happy Birthday (Stevie Wonder song)" }, { "id": "13108198", "text": "as Chief Judge from September 14, 2012 to June 30, 2016. He retired on January 6, 2017. In perhaps his most famous ruling, King granted summary judgment in the case of \"Rupa Marya v. Warner/Chappell Music Inc.\" in favor of the plaintiffs, holding that defendants had no valid copyright in the song \"Happy Birthday\", in a decision filed September 22, 2015. George H. King George Herbert King (born 1951) is a former United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. King was born in Shanghai, China. He received a Bachelor of Arts", "title": "George H. King" }, { "id": "887946", "text": "The company also argued that it was not acting in bad faith in withholding the evidence of the 1927 publication. On September 22, 2015, federal judge George H. King ruled that the Warner/Chappell copyright claim over the lyrics was invalid. The 1935 copyright held by Warner/Chappell applied only to a specific piano arrangement of the song, not the lyrics or melody. The court held that the question of whether the 1922 and 1927 publications were authorized, thus placing the song in the public domain, presented questions of fact that would need to be resolved at trial. However, Warner/Chappell had failed", "title": "Happy Birthday to You" }, { "id": "11060831", "text": "Happy Birthday (Birthday Party song) \"Happy Birthday\" is a 1980 song by The Boys Next Door. It was released as a single on 16 February 1980 on Missing Link. The song is not related to the popular birthday song \"Happy Birthday to You\". The first album it appeared on was \"The Birthday Party\". It was later included as track two on the 1992 compilation \"Hits\". The release of the single was part of the band's rebranding of themselves as The Birthday Party before their relocation to London. It is notable for several reasons. The mundanity of the song's lyrical subject", "title": "Happy Birthday (Birthday Party song)" }, { "id": "11994735", "text": "was featured on BBC World Service's and Public Radio Internationals \"The World\". In 2013, Rupa Marya began court proceedings to challenge the copyright on \"Happy Birthday To You\", arguing that the song has long since become a public domain work. Two years later in September 2015, a Supreme Court judge ruled in favor of Marya and \"Happy Birthday\" was liberated from the unlawful royalties of Warner Chappel, who was collecting over $2 million a year since 1988. The case is now filing for class action status, in which up to $50 million would be returned to artist and producers who", "title": "Rupa & the April Fishes" }, { "id": "4524945", "text": "Monday in January of each year, was held on January 20, 1986, and was commemorated with a large-scale concert, where Stevie Wonder was the headlining performer. Although the single failed to reach the \"Billboard\" Hot 100, it charted on the R&B chart, and it became one of Wonder's biggest hits in the UK, reaching No.2 in the charts in August 1981. Wonder also performed this song at the Diamond Jubilee Concert in London for the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II. Happy Birthday (Stevie Wonder song) \"Happy Birthday\" is a 1981 single written, produced and performed by Stevie Wonder for the", "title": "Happy Birthday (Stevie Wonder song)" }, { "id": "887949", "text": "settlement of $14 million to those who had licensed the song, and would allow a final judgment declaring the song to be in the public domain, with a final hearing scheduled in March 2016. On June 28, 2016, the final settlement was officially granted and the court declared that the song was in the public domain. The following week, Nelson's short-form documentary, \"Happy Birthday: my campaign to liberate the people's song\", was published online by \"The Guardian\". In the wake of their success, the lawyers involved in the \"Happy Birthday\" lawsuit filed similar lawsuits regarding \"We Shall Overcome\" and \"This", "title": "Happy Birthday to You" }, { "id": "20076895", "text": "August 1994, he joined the faculty of George Washington University Law School. He is most noted for his article, \"Copyright and the World's Most Popular Song\", which provided the evidence used to determine that the longstanding claim to copyright ownership of the song, \"Happy Birthday to You\", was invalid. Brauneis has also published many other articles, and contributed to the authorship of several books. Robert Brauneis Robert F. Brauneis is a professor of intellectual property law at the George Washington University Law School. Brauneis received a B.A. from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1982, and a J.D., \"magna", "title": "Robert Brauneis" }, { "id": "12716991", "text": "such as \"Happy Birthday to You\". In 2015, a lawsuit which challenged the copyright, found this was not the case. Many songs are in public domain. For example, the work of Robert Johnson (1911 – 1938) is public domain in the European Union because Johnson died more than 70 years ago (1938 + 70). Some songs of W.C. Handy (1873 – 1958) are public domain in the USA because they were published before 1922 (e.g. \"Memphis Blues\"), but they are normally not public domain in the European Union until 2028 (1958 + 70). But the \"Rule of the shorter term\"", "title": "Music plagiarism" }, { "id": "887945", "text": "Summy Co.\". Manifold and Rifkin argued that because the music and lyrics were published without a valid copyright notice as was required at the time, \"Happy Birthday\" was in the public domain. Warner/Chappell disputed the evidence, arguing that unless there was \"necessary authorization from the copyright owner\", the \"Happy Birthday\" lyrics and sheet music would still be subject to common law copyright as an unpublished work, and that it was unknown whether the \"special permission\" from the Summy Company covered \"Good Morning to All\", \"Happy Birthday\", or both, thus alleging that the publication in \"The Everyday Song Book\" was unauthorized.", "title": "Happy Birthday to You" }, { "id": "18219561", "text": "its rise up the country charts well into the spring of 1965, reaching #3 on the Billboard Country Charts. \"Happy Birthday\" spent 15 weeks in the top ten and received a BMI award in 1965. The song was included on Lynn's 1964 album \"Songs from My Heart\" and again in 1968 on Lynn's first greatest hits album, as well as appearing on many of Lynn's greatest hits CD collections. According to Kitson, \"I first sang the song to Loretta back stage at the Horse Shoe Nightclub where she was appearing in Toronto, Ontario and she wanted a tape of it", "title": "Happy Birthday (Merry Christmas and Happy New Year)" }, { "id": "9425267", "text": "and Swedish. \"Happy Birthday to You\" first appeared in print in 1912 using the melody of \"Good Morning to All\" with different lyrics. Its popularity continued to grow through the 1930s, with no author identified for the new lyrics, nor credit given for the melody from \"Good Morning to You\". Based on 1935 copyright registrations by the Summy Company, and a series of court cases (which all settled out of court), the sisters became known as the authors of \"Happy Birthday to You\". The Hill Foundation today shares royalties on public performances of the song. However this was brought into", "title": "Mildred J. Hill" }, { "id": "11906512", "text": "You\", \"Once a Day\", and \"Oh, Lonesome Me\". The album peaked at No. 8 on the US \"Billboard\" Hot Country Albums chart. The album's only single, \"Happy Birthday\", peaked at No. 3 on the US \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles chart. Recording of the album took place over three sessions on October 13, 14 and 15, 1964, at Columbia Recording Studio, Nashville, TN. \"You Made Me What I Am\" was recording during the February 26, 1964, session for 1964's \"Before I'm Over You\". Songs from My Heart... Songs from My Heart... is the third studio album by American country music singer-songwriter", "title": "Songs from My Heart..." }, { "id": "18219560", "text": "Happy Birthday (Merry Christmas and Happy New Year) Happy Birthday (Merry Christmas and Happy New Year) is a country song written by Ron Kitson, published by Sure-Fire Music, and recorded by Loretta Lynn in the fall of 1964 and released before Christmas of that year on Decca Records as a 45-rpm single. \"Happy Birthday\" was not only an instant country hit, but up until Christmas of that year was receiving considerable airplay on pop-rock stations on the east and west coasts of the United States and was a \"Pick Hit of the Week\" on WWDC, Washington, DC. The song continued", "title": "Happy Birthday (Merry Christmas and Happy New Year)" }, { "id": "18219562", "text": "which she took back to Nashville where she recorded it a few weeks later. She first performed it on the Grand Ole Opry with Connie Smith providing harmony during the DJ Convention in Nashville in October 1964.\" Happy Birthday (Merry Christmas and Happy New Year) Happy Birthday (Merry Christmas and Happy New Year) is a country song written by Ron Kitson, published by Sure-Fire Music, and recorded by Loretta Lynn in the fall of 1964 and released before Christmas of that year on Decca Records as a 45-rpm single. \"Happy Birthday\" was not only an instant country hit, but up", "title": "Happy Birthday (Merry Christmas and Happy New Year)" }, { "id": "3162643", "text": "and Ludlow Music were sued in 2016 over their claims of copyright in a lawsuit led by Randall Newman. In a similar case, Newman previously successfully argued the song \"Happy Birthday to You\" was public domain. During his 1968 Presidential campaign, Robert Kennedy suggested making the song the national anthem of the United States. This Land Is Your Land \"This Land Is Your Land\" is one of the United States' most famous folk songs. Its lyrics were written by American folk singer Woody Guthrie in 1940, based on an existing melody, a Carter Family tune called \"When the World's on", "title": "This Land Is Your Land" }, { "id": "19118607", "text": "Jennifer Nelson (filmmaker) Jennifer Nelson is an American documentary filmmaker, based in New York, known for successfully suing the company Warner/Chappell Music for false claims of copyright to the song Happy Birthday To You, thereby clarifying its public domain status in the US. On June 13, 2013, Nelson filed a putative class action suit in federal court for the Southern District of New York against Warner/Chappell in the name of her production company, Good Morning to You Productions. As part of a documentary she was making about the song and its history, she had paid 1,500 to secure the rights.", "title": "Jennifer Nelson (filmmaker)" }, { "id": "9136487", "text": "out as an instrumental track with scratching done by Yauch (this version of the song appears on the \"Jimmy James\" EP as the \"original original version\"). Later on, lyrics were written and the other two Beastie Boys, Mike \"Mike D\" Diamond and Adam \"King Adrock\" Horovitz, asked to lend their vocals to the song along with Yauch. However, Hendrix's family, who own the rights to most of his catalogue, denied the group clearance to use the samples (the group, however, were somehow able to keep the \"Happy Birthday\" and \"Foxy Lady\" samples in the song, though). Determined to keep the", "title": "Jimmy James (song)" }, { "id": "887952", "text": "In a 1998 episode of the television show \"Sports Night\", \"Intellectual Property\", character Dan Rydell sings the song to his co-anchor during a telecast, forcing his network to pay royalties, and causing him to ask his colleagues to choose public-domain songs for him to sing for their birthdays. The copyright is also referenced frequently in a Disney \"A.N.T. Farm\" episode where characters repeatedly try to sing the song, only to be stopped by others reminding them of the price. The melody of the song is also featured in \"The Wrong Trousers\" but was replaced with \"For He's a Jolly Good", "title": "Happy Birthday to You" }, { "id": "2253427", "text": "under the pseudonym \"Emmanuel Splice\". Svein Berge also contributed as a board member for the celebration of the \"Grieg year\", as Norway celebrated their famous composer Edvard Grieg. On the tenth anniversary of Röyksopp's formation—15 December 2008—the band released a new track, \"Happy Birthday\", for free to celebrate the event. The song was released for free streaming on the band's website. Röyksopp's third studio album, \"Junior\", was released on 23 March 2009, featuring the single \"Happy Up Here\". The song debuted on BBC Radio 1's Pete Tong show on 9 January 2009. It was officially released digitally on 16 March", "title": "Röyksopp" }, { "id": "16848589", "text": "Happy Birthday (Altered Images song) \"Happy Birthday\" is a song by the Scottish band Altered Images released as a single from their 1981 album of the same name. The song entered the UK charts in September 1981, and peaked at number 2 in October, holding that position for three weeks. It has been certified Silver by the BPI for sales in excess of 250,000 copies. \"Happy Birthday\" is the only song on the album that was produced by Martin Rushent, who had already scored major success that year producing for The Human League and would win the Producer of the", "title": "Happy Birthday (Altered Images song)" }, { "id": "887943", "text": "Cut-Off as to Merits Issues on the Claim One deadline was November 7, 2014. After that, the court was expected to rule on the motion for summary judgment as to the merits issues on Claim One. A jury trial was requested. On July 28, 2015, one day prior to a scheduled ruling, Nelson's attorneys Betsy Manifold and Mark Rifkin presented new evidence that they argued was conclusive proof that the song was in the public domain, \"thus making it unnecessary for the Court to decide the scope or validity of the disputed copyrights, much less whether Patty Hill abandoned any", "title": "Happy Birthday to You" }, { "id": "887951", "text": "Good Fellow\" or avoiding using a song entirely. Before the song was copyrighted it was used freely, as in \"Bosko's Party\", a Warner Bros. cartoon of 1932, where a chorus of animals sings it twice through. The copyright status of \"Happy Birthday to You\" is directly referenced in a 2009 episode of the TV series \"iCarly\", \"iMake Sam Girlier\", in which the main character as well as others begin to sing the song to Sam but are prevented from doing so by Freddie, who says the song isn't public domain; \"For She's a Jolly Good Fellow\" is then sung instead.", "title": "Happy Birthday to You" }, { "id": "887937", "text": "as the final four lines of Edith Goodyear Alger's poem \"Roy's Birthday\", published in her book \"A Primer of Work and Play\", copyrighted by D. C. Heath in 1901, with no reference to the words being sung. The first book including \"Happy Birthday\" lyrics set to the tune of \"Good Morning to All\" that bears a date of publication is from 1911 in \"The Elementary Worker and His Work\", but earlier references exist to a song called \"Happy Birthday to You\" including an article from 1901 in the \"Inland Educator and Indiana School Journal\". \"Children's Praise and Worship\", edited by", "title": "Happy Birthday to You" }, { "id": "16258080", "text": "Happy Birthday (mixtape) Happy Birthday is the fourth mixtape released by British rapper Tinie Tempah. The mixtape was released for free download on December 16, 2011 on Disturbing London Records - featuring production from 3Mindz, S-X, Wizzy Wow and Stargate. The mixtape title is \"Happy Birthday\" because the mixtape came into production around Tempah's 23rd birthday (November 7). Tracks \"Like It or Love It\", \"Lucky Cunt\" and \"Till I'm Gone (Remix)\" were leaked prior to the mixtape release to create buzz, with \"Like It or Love It\" receiving minor radio airplay. \"Happy Birthday\" features British rappers Chipmunk, Giggs, Wretch 32,", "title": "Happy Birthday (mixtape)" }, { "id": "4524944", "text": "of a Dr. King holiday, where \"peace is celebrated throughout the world\" and singing to King in the chorus, \"Happy birthday to you\". The holiday, he proposes, would facilitate the realization of Dr. King's dreams of integration and \"love and unity for all of God's children\". Wonder used the song to popularize the campaign, and continued his fight for the holiday, holding the Rally for Peace Press Conference in 1981. United States President Ronald Reagan approved the creation of the holiday, signing it into existence on November 2, 1983. The first official Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, held the third", "title": "Happy Birthday (Stevie Wonder song)" }, { "id": "887936", "text": "popular and similar nineteenth-century songs that predated theirs, including Horace Waters' \"Happy Greetings to All\", \"Good Night to You All\" also from 1858, \"A Happy New Year to All\" from 1875, and \"A Happy Greeting to All\", published 1885. However, American law professor Robert Brauneis disputes this, noting that these earlier songs had quite different melodies. It is likely that teachers and students spontaneously adapted the published version of \"Good Morning to All\" to celebrate birthdays in the classroom, changing the lyrics to \"Happy Birthday\" in the process. The complete text of \"Happy Birthday to You\" first appeared in print", "title": "Happy Birthday to You" }, { "id": "16848590", "text": "Year award for 1981 at the BPI Awards. Accordingly, the band chose Rushent to produce their next album, \"Pinky Blue\" (1982), in its entirety. The song appeared in the 1984 John Hughes movie \"Sixteen Candles\". \"Happy Birthday\" has been covered by The Ting Tings, for the children's television show \"Yo Gabba Gabba!\" in 2008, and by The Wedding Present, for their 1993 compilation album \"John Peel Sessions 1987-1990\", as well as by Thomas Fagerlund (The Kissaway Trail) with Christian Hjelm (Figurines) in 2010. Happy Birthday (Altered Images song) \"Happy Birthday\" is a song by the Scottish band Altered Images released", "title": "Happy Birthday (Altered Images song)" }, { "id": "10435854", "text": "Happy Birthday (Altered Images album) Happy Birthday is the debut album by the British new wave band Altered Images. Released in 1981, the album's title track, \"Happy Birthday\", became the band's biggest hit, peaking at number 2 in the UK in October of that year. The album reached number 26 in the UK Album Chart and was certified Silver by the BPI for sales in excess of 60,000 copies. Originally released on vinyl album and cassette in 1981, the album was reissued on CD several times in the 1990s as straight album reissues, and then in 2004 by Edsel Records.", "title": "Happy Birthday (Altered Images album)" }, { "id": "19109161", "text": "Music Archive held a competition to create a copyright-free version of the ubiquitous “Happy Birthday to You”. Monk Turner's composition with musician Fascinoma entitled “It’s Your Birthday!” won the contest. Monk Turner Monk Turner is an American musician, songwriter, and producer. Known as the “galactic defender of the concept album”, Turner has created a number of multi-genre concept albums. He is known for winning the Free Music Archive's competition to create a copyright-free replacement for the song \"Happy Birthday to You\" whose rights were once owned by Time Warner. He often collaborates with other musicians: \"Kaleidoscope\" (2012) incorporated more than", "title": "Monk Turner" }, { "id": "14556661", "text": "release. The original U.S. edition of the album differed from the original UK edition by including an exclusive extended mix of the single \"See Those Eyes\". Other countries, such as Australia and Spain, included the band's previous hit single \"Happy Birthday\" as part of a re-shuffled running order on the LP. All tracks composed by Altered Images; except where indicated with: Pinky Blue Pinky Blue is the second album by British pop group Altered Images. It was released in May 1982 and featured the hit singles \"I Could Be Happy\", \"See Those Eyes\" and \"Pinky Blue\". The album reached #12", "title": "Pinky Blue" }, { "id": "13257463", "text": "copyrighted Happy Birthday to You with a Creative Commons-licensed song. The judges for the \"Happy Birthday\" contest were Harvard Law School professor Lawrence Lessig, musician Jonathan Coulton, NPR editor Frannie Kelley, Yo La Tengo co-founder Ira Kaplan, Ken Freedman, artist Maralie Armstrong, and Deerhoof drummer/keyboardist Greg Saunier. On March 5, 2013, the winners for the contest were announced on the FMA homepage. Los Angeles musicians Monk Turner and Fascinoma won first place, Long Island jazz musician Bob Barta won second place, and The Blank Tapes, a project led by Southern California multi-instrumentalist Matt Adams, won third. In April 2013, the", "title": "Free Music Archive" }, { "id": "20571537", "text": "Happy Birthday Baby Happy Birthday Baby was a hit for Tony Christie in 1974. It was also a hit for Lee Towers in 1980. The song was written by Barry Mason and Roger Greenaway. It was released in the UK on MCA MCA 157 in September 1974. The B side was \"Who Am I Fooling\". By December 21, 1974, \"Billboard Magazine\" had recorded the single at no. 10 in the New Zealand Top 10. It peaked at no. 7, and spent a total of seven weeks in the charts. Towers's version peaked at no 38 in the Netherlands in 1980,", "title": "Happy Birthday Baby" }, { "id": "1477780", "text": "in the U.S. honoring them: George Washington and Christopher Columbus. Soon after, the King Center turned to support from the corporate community and the general public. The success of this strategy was cemented when musician Stevie Wonder released the single \"Happy Birthday\" to popularize the campaign in 1980 and hosted the Rally for Peace Press Conference in 1981. Six million signatures were collected for a petition to Congress to pass the law, termed by a 2006 article in \"The Nation\" as \"the largest petition in favor of an issue in U.S. history.\" Senators Jesse Helms and John Porter East (both", "title": "Martin Luther King Jr. Day" }, { "id": "14210468", "text": "appears to have inspired two future Top 20 hits. I'm On The Outside (Looking In) by Little Anthony and the Imperials (#15 1964) appears inspired by the main tune of this song, and Wasted Days and Wasted Nights by Freddy Fender (#8 1975) appears inspired by the chorus of this song. The track was originally released on the Casa Grande label. It was later re-released on the Checker label, but this later version omitted the final four saxophone notes (at the coda) which were part of the song's signature. In 1988, Margo Sylvia recorded a Christmas version of the song", "title": "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby" }, { "id": "12576878", "text": "being KinKi Kids, who currently has twenty-seven consecutive number-one singles). Happy Birthday was written and composed by Japanese Hip-hop artist SEAMO. \"Happy Birthday\" reached the number-one spot on both the daily and weekly Oricon charts, selling 201,304 copies in its first week; just 38 more copies than their previous single Summer Time, which sold 201,266 copies in its first week. \"Happy Birthday\" is the theme song for Kose's Happy Bath Day Precious Rose commercial, which features all six-members. The music video for \"Happy Birthday\" was filmed using a green screen and cardboard cut outs. The music video is very simple.", "title": "Happy Birthday (NEWS song)" }, { "id": "19118612", "text": "Birthday\" lyrics and sheet music would still be subject to common law copyright as an unpublished work, and that it was unknown whether the \"special permission\" from the Summy Company covered \"Good Morning to All\", \"Happy Birthday\", or both, thus alleging that the publication in \"The Everyday Song Book\" was unauthorized. The company also argued that it was not acting in bad faith in withholding the evidence of the 1927 publication. On September 22, 2015, federal judge George H. King ruled that the Warner/Chappell copyright claim over the lyrics was invalid. The 1935 copyright held by Warner/Chappell applied only to", "title": "Jennifer Nelson (filmmaker)" }, { "id": "3563649", "text": "New York City, and is buried in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky. She and Mildred J. Hill were posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame on June 12, 1996. Patty Hill Patty Smith Hill (March 27, 1868 – May 25, 1946) was a composer and teacher who is perhaps best known for co-writing, with her sister Mildred Hill, the tune which later became popular as \"Happy Birthday to You\". She was an American nursery school, kindergarten teacher, and key founder of the National Association for Nursery Education (NANE) which now exists as the National Association For the Education of", "title": "Patty Hill" }, { "id": "7222598", "text": "script was being rewritten so late in production. Bo Harwood and Lance Rubin provided the film's score. Syreeta, one-time wife of Stevie Wonder, provided the eerie closing track, composed by Lance Rubin that plays over the credits. Columbia Pictures bought the $2.5 million production for $3.5 million, following Paramount Pictures' lead with buying \"Friday the 13th\" the year before. Columbia reportedly put as much money into promoting the film as it cost to make. The promotional materials sold the oddball nature of the murders as the prime reason to see it, with the poster advertising \"\"Six of the most bizarre", "title": "Happy Birthday to Me (film)" }, { "id": "19118611", "text": "the copy was blurry, obscuring a line of text below the title. Manifold and Rifkin located a clearer copy of an older edition, published in 1922, that also contained the \"Happy Birthday\" lyrics. The previously obscured line was revealed to be the credit \"Special permission through courtesy of The Clayton F Summy Co.\". Manifold and Rifkin argued that because the music and lyrics were published without a valid copyright notice as was required at the time, \"Happy Birthday\" was in the public domain. Warner/Chappell disputed the evidence, arguing that unless there was \"necessary authorization from the copyright owner\", the \"Happy", "title": "Jennifer Nelson (filmmaker)" }, { "id": "18367696", "text": "under Bachelor Records and later under Dirt Cult Records. The band's second album \"Junkfood Forever, Bedtime Whatever\" received positive reviews from \"Exclaim!`\" . New Swears released two singles, \"Illuminati Knights\" and \"Happy Birthday\" under Dine Alone Records in December 2017. All proceeds from the sale of the tracks went towards For Pivots Sake and Girls + Skate 613 in support of access to skateboarding for the youth of Ottawa. New Swears signed with Dine Alone Records on October 7, 2016 and in that same month release as singles, \"Brand New Spot\" and \"Sugar Heavy Metal\" on 7\" vinyl and digital", "title": "New Swears" }, { "id": "6426929", "text": "Blondes), they recorded their debut album, \"Happy Birthday\" (1981), largely produced by Steven Severin of Siouxsie and the Banshees. The band also worked briefly with producer Martin Rushent for the title track, which became the band's third single and their biggest hit. The song reached number 2 in the UK (for three weeks) in October 1981, catapulting the band to fame. They quickly became established as one of the biggest new wave acts around, and were subsequently voted \"Best New Group\" at the \"NME\" Awards and \"Most Promising New Act\" in the 1981 \"Smash Hits\" readers poll. After a successful", "title": "Altered Images" }, { "id": "14556659", "text": "post punk roots and further into pop music, aided by their decision to include a cover version of Neil Diamond's MOR hit \"Song Sung Blue\", which was released as a fourth single only in Holland. The album was produced by Martin Rushent, who had already produced the band's successful 1981 hit single \"Happy Birthday\", though this would be their last project with him. Reception for the album was mixed, bordering on negative with \"Melody Maker\" criticising the album for being overly commercial and \"Sounds\" claiming that it lacked soul. Allmusic praised the singles \"I Could Be Happy\" and \"See Those", "title": "Pinky Blue" }, { "id": "19109159", "text": "Monk Turner Monk Turner is an American musician, songwriter, and producer. Known as the “galactic defender of the concept album”, Turner has created a number of multi-genre concept albums. He is known for winning the Free Music Archive's competition to create a copyright-free replacement for the song \"Happy Birthday to You\" whose rights were once owned by Time Warner. He often collaborates with other musicians: \"Kaleidoscope\" (2012) incorporated more than 40 artists internationally, and his narrative album \"Emergency Songs\" (2011) is a co-creation with singer and lyricist Alanna Lin (a.k.a. Fascinoma). It imagines post-earthquake scenarios in Los Angeles, self-styled as", "title": "Monk Turner" }, { "id": "20571538", "text": "and spent five weeks in the charts. Happy Birthday Baby Happy Birthday Baby was a hit for Tony Christie in 1974. It was also a hit for Lee Towers in 1980. The song was written by Barry Mason and Roger Greenaway. It was released in the UK on MCA MCA 157 in September 1974. The B side was \"Who Am I Fooling\". By December 21, 1974, \"Billboard Magazine\" had recorded the single at no. 10 in the New Zealand Top 10. It peaked at no. 7, and spent a total of seven weeks in the charts. Towers's version peaked at", "title": "Happy Birthday Baby" }, { "id": "887944", "text": "copyright she may have had to the lyrics\". Several weeks prior, they had been given access to documents held back from them by Warner/Chappell, which included a copy of the 15th edition of \"The Everyday Song Book\", published in 1927. The book contained \"Good Morning and Happy Birthday\", but the copy was blurry, obscuring a line of text below the title. Manifold and Rifkin located a clearer copy of an older edition, published in 1922, that also contained the \"Happy Birthday\" lyrics. The previously obscured line was revealed to be the credit \"Special permission through courtesy of The Clayton F", "title": "Happy Birthday to You" }, { "id": "14893944", "text": "birthday song, but her evil caretaker tries to keep her from hearing it. The film was produced in 1991. Czechoslovakian-born Canadian composer Milan Kymlicka provided the music for the film. He has also composed music for other Canadian TV series such as \"Babar\", \"Rupert\", \"The Busy World of Richard Scarry\", \"The Legend of White Fang\", \"The Adventures of Paddington Bear\", the 1997 version of \"Lassie\", \"Alfred Hitchcock Presents\", \"Night Hood\" and \"The Neverending Story\". The film was first broadcast on CTV Television Network in Canada and later on HBO in the USA. It has also been airing on Cartoon Network", "title": "The Real Story of Happy Birthday to You" }, { "id": "17119417", "text": "shown singing the song with her friends in a dark room. The video is also interspersed with clips of a party in an underground night club, as glitter falls from the ceiling. The video ends with Gomez's friends singing \"Happy Birthday\" to her. Recording and management Personnel Credits adapted from \"Stars Dance\" liner notes. Birthday (Selena Gomez song) \"Birthday\" is a song by American recording artist Selena Gomez for her solo debut album \"Stars Dance\" (2013). It was written and produced by Mike Del Rio, with additional writing by Crista Russo and Jacob Kasher Hindlin. Matt Beckley also provided additional", "title": "Birthday (Selena Gomez song)" }, { "id": "4139520", "text": "GAP Band, handled backing vocals for \"I Ain't Gonna Stand for It\". Wonder's ex-wife Syreeta also shows up on \"As If You Read My Mind\". Despite the wide critical acclaim for Wonder's previous works such as \"Songs in the Key of Life\" and \"Innervisions\", \"Hotter than July\" was his first album eligible for platinum status, as Motown sales records before 1977 were not audited by the RIAA. Wonder wrote \"Happy Birthday\" in order to honor Martin Luther King and used the song to campaign for King's birthday, January 15, to become a national holiday in the US. The sleeve liner", "title": "Hotter than July" }, { "id": "8523049", "text": "and Washington Square labels, a publishing company, and the Kidz Bop franchise. Artists on the Razor & Tie label include The Pretty Reckless, All That Remains, Red Sun Rising and Starset. In December 2015, American rock band R.E.M. signed a multi-year distribution deal with Concord, which covers their Warner Bros. Records albums. On June 2, 2017, Concord acquired music publisher Imagem for $500 million. This deal included the rights to music by Daft Punk, Phil Collins, Pink Floyd, Mark Ronson, Boosey & Hawkes, and Rodgers & Hammerstein. In July 2017, Concord acquired the back catalogues of several former Warner Music", "title": "Concord Music" }, { "id": "3555688", "text": "\"Arrow Through Me\" were among the tracks for which videos were made. \"Goodnight Tonight\" had been issued on Columbia Records in America, marking McCartney's break from EMI-affiliated Capitol Records, although he and Wings remained with EMI's Parlophone label in the UK. McCartney's contract with Columbia made him the highest-paid recording artist in the world. As an incentive for McCartney, Columbia's parent company, CBS, had added to his publishing portfolio by giving him the highly profitable Frank Music catalogue – making McCartney the copyright holder to \"Guys and Dolls\" and other popular musicals by Frank Loesser. \"Back to the Egg\" was", "title": "Back to the Egg" }, { "id": "887950", "text": "Land Is Your Land\". One of the most famous performances of \"Happy Birthday to You\" was Marilyn Monroe's rendition to U.S. President John F. Kennedy in May 1962. Another notable use was by comedy pianist Victor Borge, who played the song in styles of various composers, or would begin playing \"Moonlight Sonata\", smoothly transitioning into the song. The documentary film \"The Corporation\" states that Warner/Chappell charged up to 10,000 for the song to appear in a film. Because of the copyright issue, filmmakers rarely showed complete singalongs of \"Happy Birthday\" in films, either substituting the public-domain \"For He's a Jolly", "title": "Happy Birthday to You" }, { "id": "10435855", "text": "Entitled \"Happy Birthday...Plus\", it contained the original album along with six bonus tracks including the band's first single \"Dead Pop Stars\" which had peaked at number 67 earlier in 1981 but was not included on the original album. The album was re-issued again in December 2016 on 180-gram black vinyl LP with bonus 7\" on red vinyl. It was then re-issued in April 2017 as a double LP set for Record Store Day on 180-gram black vinyl containing additional period material not included on the previous bonus 7\". The U.S. edition of the album differed from the original UK edition", "title": "Happy Birthday (Altered Images album)" }, { "id": "4718027", "text": "chart. \"Billboard\"s 100th anniversary issue listed it as the second most successful country single of the rock and roll era. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc by the RIAA. Other hits for Locklin included \"Happy Journey\" (1961), \"Happy Birthday To Me\" (1962) and \"The Country Hall Of Fame\" (1968). Born in McLellan in the Florida Panhandle, Locklin grew up working in the cotton fields to supplement his family’s low income. He began playing the guitar at the age of nine after being seriously injured by a school bus. His first marriage to Willa Jean", "title": "Hank Locklin" }, { "id": "12576877", "text": "Happy Birthday (NEWS song) \"Happy Birthday\" is the tenth single of the Japanese boy group NEWS. It was released on October 1, 2008, in two editions; a regular edition which contains two b-sides: \"Gan Gan Ganbatte\" and \"Push On!\", and a limited edition which also contains \"Happy Birthday\" and its b-side \"Gan Gan Ganbatte\" from the regular edition, as well as another b-side entitled \"Game of Love\" and an instrumental version of \"Happy Birthday\". \"Happy Birthday\" is NEWS tenth consecutive number-one single since their debut in 2004. This single makes them the second group to have this distinction (the other", "title": "Happy Birthday (NEWS song)" }, { "id": "3563648", "text": "Morning to All\". The tune became even more popular as \"Happy Birthday to You\" during the 20th century. Hill and her sister Mildred wrote the song (Mildred wrote the tune; Patty wrote the original lyrics) while Mildred was a composer of songs and Patty was principal at the Louisville Experimental Kindergarten School. This kindergarten was an early experiment in modern educational methods, and was honored, along with the Hill sisters, at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893. Patty Smith Hill, who never married, was awarded an honorary doctorate degree by Columbia University in 1929. Hill died at her home in", "title": "Patty Hill" }, { "id": "7442100", "text": "on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart and no 3 on the UK Singles Chart. The narrator sings the song to a childhood friend of his upon her sixteenth birthday, reminiscing about the ups and downs of their friendship thus far and declaring that now that she has grown from an awkward tomboy into a beautiful young lady, he wants her for his girlfriend. This was one of several Sedaka recordings that employed the services of drummer Gary Chester. Other musicians on the record include Al Casamenti, Art Reyerson and Charles Macey on guitar, Ernie Hayes on piano, George Duviver on", "title": "Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen" }, { "id": "13257462", "text": "(musician), writer, director and editor Kirby Ferguson, WFMU station manager Ken Freedman, artist Mark Hosler, musician and filmmaker DJ Spooky, filmmaker Nina Paley, and Prelinger Archives founder Rick Prelinger. On November 30, 2012, the contest winners were announced. \"How Do You Say Goodnight\" by Carlo Patrao was the Judge's Choice Winner, while \"Self Obscure\" by James Davis and \"Banana Land\" by Charles Huette were runners up. \"I'd Like Not To Pass Away\" by Anna Sara D'Aversa was the popular vote winner. In January 2013, the FMA challenged users to send in original \"Happy Birthday\" songs, in order to replace the", "title": "Free Music Archive" }, { "id": "17533315", "text": "studios, including Luke's in the Boo in Malibu, California, Conway Recording Studios in Hollywood, California, Playback Recording Studio in Santa Barbara, California, MXM Studios in Stockholm, Sweden and Secret Garden Studios in Montecito, California. The song surfaced online on October 16, 2013—two days prior to the official release of \"Prism\". On April 3, 2014, the singer announced on her Twitter account that \"Birthday\" would be released as the album's fourth single, posting its cover art as well. The art is based on a photograph, taken during a birthday party circa 1990, in which a blonde Perry and her sister Angela", "title": "Birthday (Katy Perry song)" }, { "id": "16258081", "text": "G-Frsh, Tinchy Stryder and Krept and Konan, including a variety of American rappers; Soulja Boy, J. Cole and Big Sean, along with Wiz Khalifa, Pusha T and Jim Jones on the \"Till I'm Gone\" remix (originally released on August 29, 2011). British vocalist J. Warner also makes a guest appearance. On professional mixtape download site Datpiff, \"Happy Birthday\" has been downloaded over 30,000 times. A music video for \"You Know What\" was published to YouTube on March 3, 2012. It was directed by Jabari Johnson and features Tinie Tempah rapping in a dark room. Happy Birthday (mixtape) Happy Birthday is", "title": "Happy Birthday (mixtape)" }, { "id": "402654", "text": "valued at over half a billion dollars, the third largest music publisher in the world. In 2016, Sony acquired Jackson's share of Sony/ATV from the Jackson estate for $750 million. Despite the lack of publishing rights to most of their songs, Lennon's estate and McCartney continue to receive their respective shares of the writers' royalties, which together are 33% of total commercial proceeds in the US and which vary elsewhere around the world between 50 and 55%. Two of Lennon and McCartney's earliest songs – \"Love Me Do\" and \"P.S. I Love You\" – were published by an EMI subsidiary,", "title": "The Beatles" }, { "id": "15648911", "text": "Dolly Parton singles discography The singles discography of American country singer Dolly Parton includes more than 100 singles and 50 music videos. After releasing two unsuccessful singles as a teenager, Parton signed a recording contract with Monument Records in 1964, and moved to Nashville, Tennessee shortly afterward, releasing a series of singles on the label, the highest charting being her 1965 single \"Happy Happy Birthday Baby\". In 1967, Monument released Parton's debut solo album, \"Hello, I'm Dolly\", which spawned the hits, \"Dumb Blonde\" and \"Something Fishy\", which reached No. 24 and No. 17 respectively. Shortly after official debut, Parton was", "title": "Dolly Parton singles discography" }, { "id": "14210466", "text": "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby \"Happy, Happy Birthday Baby\" is a 1957 song written by Margo Sylvia & Gilbert Lopez. \"Happy, Happy Birthday Baby\" was originally performed by The Tune Weavers, who had their only hit with this song. Both Margo Sylvia and Gilbert Lopez were members of The Tune Weavers. The single went to number four on the R&B chart and went to number five on the Hot 100. The B-side of \"Happy, Happy Birthday Baby, was The Tune Weavers version of \"Ol' Man River\" The inspiration for the song came from Margo's then-boyfriend, Donald Clements, who was a member", "title": "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby" }, { "id": "14210467", "text": "of a group called the Sophomores. When he broke up with her, Margo came up with the lyrics to express how she wanted to stay with him. \"The words came so easily. It was real,\" she recounted to Wayne Jancik in The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders. Margo and the rest of the Tune Weavers recorded it and \"Ol' Man River\" in an 18-hour session on March 7, 1957, in Boston, with Margo eight months pregnant. Seven months later, the song reached its peak of popularity in the United States. Based on the similarities in melody, \"Happy, Happy Birthday Baby\"", "title": "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby" }, { "id": "887956", "text": "\"Happy Birthday to You\" was one. Grants in 2005 for copyright clearances allowed PBS to rebroadcast the film as recently as February 2008. In 2010, the Western classical music conductor Zubin Mehta conducted the orchestra to play variations of Happy Birthday in the styles of various Western classical music composers including Wagner, Bach, Mozart and Beethoven, and in the Viennese, New Orleans and Hungarian composition styles. On August 5, 2013, the first anniversary of its landing on Mars, NASA's Curiosity rover celebrated its \"birthday\" when engineers at Goddard Space Flight Center used the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument to", "title": "Happy Birthday to You" }, { "id": "16136076", "text": "2014. Skrillex was getting into the K-pop industry by collaborating with girl group 4Minute. On January 25, Cube Entertainment released the track list and individual teaser images for the members. The first track, \"Hate\", was composed and arranged by Skrillex. On January 15, 2017, Moore tweeted \"Happy Birthday\" with a link to a new From First to Last song which featured Moore on vocals. He later joined the band in Emo Nite LA for the first time in nearly a decade. In 2017, he released the songs \"Chicken Soup\" with Habstrakt, \"Would You Ever\" with Poo Bear, \"Saint Laurent\" with", "title": "Skrillex" }, { "id": "10402667", "text": "narrator and the eponymous \"Mr. Frump\" in his iron lung, until the latter's death. The final song, recorded on January 19, 1981, was \"Happy Birthday\". A morbidly depressing birthday song detailing ails of the world, including poverty, nuclear holocaust, and eventual solar cataclysm, the song is based on the music of artist Tonio K. Only seeing two popular birthday songs at the time—\"Happy Birthday to You\" by Patty and Mildred J. Hill, and \"Birthday\" by The Beatles—Yankovic decided to write his own \"severely twisted version of one\". \"Happy Birthday' was recorded in the garage of Richard Bennett, the brother of", "title": "Another One Rides the Bus (EP)" }, { "id": "247327", "text": "of 1976 made renewal automatic, and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act changed the calculation of the copyright term to 70 years after the death of the creator. Recorded sound falls under mechanical licensing, often covered by a confusing patchwork of state laws; most cover versions are licensed through the Harry Fox Agency. Performance rights may be obtained by either performers or the performance venue; the two major organizations for licensing are BMI and ASCAP. Two online sources for public domain music are IMSLP (International Music Score Library Project) and Choral Public Domain Library (CPDL). The incorporation of some music or", "title": "Music" }, { "id": "15784238", "text": "are \"the blues, the memories and the tears.\" The breakup is so bitter that she observes at the end, \"Same time, same place next year.\" Happy Birthday Dear Heartache \"Happy Birthday Dear Heartache\" is a song written by Archie Jordan and Mack David, and recorded by American country music artist Barbara Mandrell. It was released in January 1984 as the first single from the album \"Clean Cut\". The song reached number 3 on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. The song is a bitter observance of the one-year anniversary of a breakup, set in terms of a birthday", "title": "Happy Birthday Dear Heartache" }, { "id": "887955", "text": "entering the scene. In the \"Community\" episode \"Mixology Certification\", a scene starts with the last two words of the song (\"... to you\"), implying it had been sung in its entirety, before Pierce confusedly asks, \"How come we only sang the last two words?\" In the 1987 documentary \"Eyes on the Prize\" about the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, there was a birthday party scene in which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s discouragement began to lift. After its initial release, the film was unavailable for sale or broadcast for many years because of the cost of clearing many copyrights, of which", "title": "Happy Birthday to You" }, { "id": "6931544", "text": "Flipsyde Flipsyde is an American alternative hip hop group from Oakland, California. Flipsyde currently consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Steve Knight, lead guitarist Dave Lopez, and rapper The Piper (Jinho Ferreira). Their 2005 debut album, \"We the People\", was released by Interscope Records and featured the singles \"Happy Birthday\" and \"Someday\", with the latter chosen as a theme song by NBC for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games, and appeared on the soundtrack for the 2008 film Never Back Down.. Flipsyde's 2008 followup album, \"State of Survival\", featured production by Akon and a minor hit in \"When It Was Good\",", "title": "Flipsyde" }, { "id": "15784237", "text": "Happy Birthday Dear Heartache \"Happy Birthday Dear Heartache\" is a song written by Archie Jordan and Mack David, and recorded by American country music artist Barbara Mandrell. It was released in January 1984 as the first single from the album \"Clean Cut\". The song reached number 3 on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. The song is a bitter observance of the one-year anniversary of a breakup, set in terms of a birthday celebration. Instead of being in a celebratory mood, however, the woman observes \"how big you've (the heartbreak) has grown\" and that the guests of honor", "title": "Happy Birthday Dear Heartache" }, { "id": "7152187", "text": "a character created for the stage show, who was in cahoots with Jon Stevens' Frank (also an original character) to put the famous diner out of business. The music selected for the \"Happy Days\" production was almost entirely from the 1960s. Taylor's songs included \"Stand By Me\", \"You Don't Own Me\" and \"Smell Him\". Taylor returned to \"Australia's Funniest Home Video Show\" as a guest in late 1999 for the shows 10th Anniversary special. She performed the program's theme song, \"The Funny Things You Do\" and Stevie Wonder's version of \"Happy Birthday\". Taylor also returned as a guest and performer", "title": "Jo Beth Taylor" }, { "id": "7238212", "text": "the USA Songwriting Competition). Slankard was nominated for the 7th Annual Independent Music Awards for Folk/Singer Songwriter Song of the year for her song \"The Happy Birthday\". Slankard won the 8th annual Independent Music Awards Vox Pop award in the Best Cover Song category for her rendering of the song \"America\". Slankard appeared on an episode of TLC's \"What Not to Wear\" in July 2004 and in a follow up episode a year later. Slankard's preferred equipment includes: Megan Slankard Megan Slankard (born June 6, 1983, Tracy, California) is an American musician and singer-songwriter. Slankard began learning the guitar when", "title": "Megan Slankard" }, { "id": "690711", "text": "tales in the industry, thanks to her the many excesses and insecurities that led to her early death by overdose\". Garland was posthumously awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997. Several of her recordings have been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. These include \"Over the Rainbow\", which was ranked as the number one movie song of all time in the American Film Institute's \"100 Years...100 Songs\" list. Four more Garland songs are featured on the list: \"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas\" (No. 76), \"Get Happy\" (No. 61), \"The Trolley Song\" (No. 26), and \"The Man That", "title": "Judy Garland" }, { "id": "14210469", "text": "called Merry Merry Christmas Baby for classic Records. It was included on the Ultimate Christmas Album by Collectables Records. Happy, Happy Birthday Baby \"Happy, Happy Birthday Baby\" is a 1957 song written by Margo Sylvia & Gilbert Lopez. \"Happy, Happy Birthday Baby\" was originally performed by The Tune Weavers, who had their only hit with this song. Both Margo Sylvia and Gilbert Lopez were members of The Tune Weavers. The single went to number four on the R&B chart and went to number five on the Hot 100. The B-side of \"Happy, Happy Birthday Baby, was The Tune Weavers version", "title": "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby" }, { "id": "16862848", "text": "Davis (now Charlotte Davis Rose) joined new group members Alice Fernandes and Burt Pina to do shows, and the group was inducted into the Doo Wop Hall of Fame in 2003. The Tune Weavers The Tune Weavers were an American vocal group formed in 1957. They had a US top ten hit in 1957 with \"Happy, Happy Birthday Baby\". After first splitting up in 1962, the group has continued to perform with two original members. The group formed in Woburn, Massachusetts, and originally comprised lead singer Margo Sylvia (born Margo Lopez, 4 April 1936 – 25 October 1991); tenor Gilbert", "title": "The Tune Weavers" }, { "id": "887953", "text": "Fellow\" for DVD releases. The use of the song is a problem even if it is sung in a made-up language, as a Klingon-language version was nixed in pre-production from the 7th-season episode of \"\" called \"\", replaced with \"For He's a Jolly Good Fellow\" in Klingon. In the \"Futurama\" episode \"I Second That Emotion\", they poke fun at the song and its copyright by making their own version with the lyrics \"What day is today? / It's (birthday person)'s birthday / What a day for a birthday / Let's all have some cake.\" In The Goldbergs episode \"Han Ukkah", "title": "Happy Birthday to You" }, { "id": "110158", "text": "with her frequent songwriting partner, her uncle Bill Owens, she wrote several charting singles during this time, including two top-10 hits: Bill Phillips's 1966 record \"Put It Off Until Tomorrow\" and Skeeter Davis's 1967 hit \"Fuel to the Flame\". Her songs were recorded by many other artists during this period, including Kitty Wells and Hank Williams Jr. She signed with Monument Records in 1965, at age 19; she initially was pitched as a bubblegum pop singer. She released a string of singles, but the only one that charted, \"Happy, Happy Birthday Baby\", did not crack the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. Although", "title": "Dolly Parton" }, { "id": "9425268", "text": "question after a judge ruled against the legitimacy of the copyright. Hill and her sister were posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame on June 12, 1996. Mildred J. Hill Mildred Jane Hill (June 27, 1859 – June 5, 1916) was an American songwriter and musicologist, who composed the melody for \"Good Morning to All\", later used as the melody for \"Happy Birthday to You\". Mildred Jane Hill, born in Louisville, Kentucky, was the oldest of three sisters, Mildred, Patty, and Jessica. She learned music from her father, Calvin Cody, and Adolph Weidig. It has been reported that Mildred", "title": "Mildred J. Hill" }, { "id": "402655", "text": "Ardmore & Beechwood, before they signed with James. McCartney acquired their publishing rights from Ardmore in the mid-1980s, and they are the only two Beatles songs owned by McCartney's company MPL Communications. On 18 January 2017, McCartney filed a suit in the United States district court against Sony/ATV Music Publishing seeking to reclaim ownership of his share of the Lennon–McCartney song catalogue beginning in 2018. Under US copyright law, for works published before 1978 the author can reclaim copyrights assigned to a publisher after 56 years. McCartney and Sony agreed to a confidential settlement in June 2017. 1963 1964 1965", "title": "The Beatles" }, { "id": "1987293", "text": "Evans, Sneaker Pimps, Take That (1991-1996), Westlife, D-Pryde, Luke Friend and Mikolas Josef. Through Zomba Music Publishing, BMG controlled the rights to Linkin Park, Britney Spears, Iron Maiden, 30 Seconds to Mars, R. Kelly, Justin Timberlake, Bowling for Soup, Daft Punk, Katatonia, Ne-Yo, Anthrax, Mudvayne, and Poison. These artists' European rights are currently controlled by Imagem, a division of Concord Music. The company's songwriters wrote chart-topping hits for Mariah Carey, The Black Eyed Peas, Kenny Chesney, The Game, Mario, Rascal Flatts, Milli Vanilli, No Doubt, Thomas Anders, Jessica Simpson and 50 Cent as well as legends like Bob Dylan, Elvis", "title": "Bertelsmann Music Group" }, { "id": "1309107", "text": "platinum-selling single album, and its single \"Happy Birthday\" was a successful vehicle for his campaign to establish Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday as a national holiday. The album also included \"Master Blaster (Jammin')\", \"I Ain't Gonna Stand for It\", and the sentimental ballad, \"Lately\". In 1982, Wonder released a retrospective of his 1970s work with \"Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium\", which included four new songs: the ten-minute funk classic \"Do I Do\" (which featured Dizzy Gillespie), \"That Girl\" (one of the year's biggest singles to chart on the R&B side), \"Front Line\", a narrative about a soldier in the Vietnam War", "title": "Stevie Wonder" }, { "id": "12027480", "text": "female members, such as Rod Stewart's \"Do Ya Think I'm Sexy\" sung by Sandra and Nicky and Baccara's \"Yes Sir I Can Boogie\" by Martin and Lee. Of the covers contained, the earliest was Harry Nilsson's version of \"Without You\", which was a No.1 hit in March 1972, while the most recent was Stevie Wonder's \"Happy Birthday\", which had reached No.2 in August 1981. Of the 40 tracks, 13 had been UK No.1s, while all the rest were UK top 20 hits apart from \"Copacabana\" and \"I'll Go Where Your Music Takes Me\", which reached No.42 and No.23 respectively. 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[ { "id": "1672143", "text": "Every Breath You Take \"Every Breath You Take\" is a song by the English rock band the Police from their album \"Synchronicity\" (1983). Written by Sting, the single was the biggest US and UK hit of 1983, topping the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 singles chart for eight weeks (the band's only number-one hit on that chart), and the UK Singles Chart for four weeks. It also topped the \"Billboard\" Top Tracks chart for nine weeks. At the 26th Annual Grammy Awards the song was nominated for three Grammy Awards, including Song of the Year, Best Pop Performance by a Duo or", "title": "Every Breath You Take" }, { "id": "1672154", "text": "return on your investment was phenomenal.\" \"Every Breath You Take\" was released as a single in 1983, with \"Murder by Numbers\", a composition by Andy Summers and Sting, on the B-side. \"Every Breath You Take\" reached the No. 1 spot in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Israel, Ireland, and South Africa. In the 1983 \"Rolling Stone\" critics and readers poll, it was voted \"Song of the Year\". In 1999, \"Every Breath You Take\" was listed as one of the Top 100 Songs of the Century by BMI. In 2003, VH1 ranked the song the No. 2 greatest Break-up", "title": "Every Breath You Take" }, { "id": "1672144", "text": "Group with Vocals, and Record of the Year, winning in the first two categories. For the song, Sting received the 1983 British Academy's Ivor Novello award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. The song is considered to be both the Police's and Sting's signature song, and in 2010 was estimated to generate between a quarter and a third of Sting's music publishing income. In the 1983 \"Rolling Stone\" critics' and readers' poll, it was voted \"Song of the Year\". In the US, it was the best-selling single of 1983 and fifth-best-selling single of the decade. \"Billboard\" ranked it as the", "title": "Every Breath You Take" }, { "id": "1672156", "text": "Group; Sting ultimately participated in a performance of \"I'll Be Missing You\" at the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards. Maroon 5 also sampled in their 2007 single \"Won't Go Home Without You\" from the album \"It Won't Be Soon Before Long\". Every Breath You Take \"Every Breath You Take\" is a song by the English rock band the Police from their album \"Synchronicity\" (1983). Written by Sting, the single was the biggest US and UK hit of 1983, topping the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 singles chart for eight weeks (the band's only number-one hit on that chart), and the UK Singles", "title": "Every Breath You Take" }, { "id": "1672145", "text": "number-one song for 1983. The song ranked number 84 on the \"Rolling Stone\" list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and is included in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. It also ranked number 25 on \"Billboard\"s Hot 100 All-Time Top Songs. In 2015, the song was voted by the British public as the nation's favourite 1980s number one in a poll for ITV. Sting wrote the song in 1982 in the aftermath of his separation from Frances Tomelty and the beginning of his relationship with Trudie Styler. Their split", "title": "Every Breath You Take" }, { "id": "1672148", "text": "little love song, when it's quite the opposite.\" According to the \"Back to Mono\" box-set book, \"Every Breath You Take\" is influenced by a Gene Pitney song titled \"Every Breath I Take\". Led Zeppelin's song, \"D'yer Mak'er\" (1973), also contains the words \"every breath I take; every move I make\". The song has an AABACABA structure. The demo of the song was recorded in an eight-track suite in North London's Utopia studios and featured Sting singing over a Hammond organ. A few months later he presented the song to the other band members when they reconvened at George Martin's AIR", "title": "Every Breath You Take" }, { "id": "14650082", "text": "The Breath You Take \"The Breath You Take\" is a Grammy nominated song recorded by American country music artist George Strait, and the fourth single from his album \"Twang\". It was released on July 12, 2010 as the 91st single of his career. It was written by veteran songwriter Dean Dillon, Jessie Jo Dillon, and Casey Beathard. It became his 83rd Top 10 hit on the Country charts. On November 10, 2010, Strait performed the song live on the CMA Awards. It received a 2011 Grammy Awards nomination in the \"Best Country Song\" category on December 1, 2010. The song", "title": "The Breath You Take" }, { "id": "1672155", "text": "song of all time. And also as of 2003, Sting was still taking in an average of $2000 per day in royalties for the then 20-year-old song. In October 2007, Sting was awarded a Million-Air certificate for 9 million airplays of \"Every Breath You Take\" at the BMI Awards show in London, with only Van Morrison's \"Brown Eyed Girl\" a close second at 8 million air plays. The song is sampled in Puff Daddy's 1997 hit \"I'll Be Missing You\", which would later go platinum multiple times and win a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or", "title": "Every Breath You Take" }, { "id": "8717320", "text": "Fortress Around Your Heart \"Fortress Around Your Heart\" is one of four hit singles released from Sting's 1985 solo debut album \"The Dream of the Blue Turtles\". The song was later included on the U.S. release of the \"\" compilation album. This was inspired by Sting's divorce. The pain he felt when he couldn't make his first marriage work led him to write some of his biggest hits, including \"Every Breath You Take\" and \"King of Pain\". Sting wrote the song in the studio in Barbados in 1985. The song features a Branford Marsalis sax solo.. In a \"Musician\" magazine", "title": "Fortress Around Your Heart" }, { "id": "2304148", "text": "married, and on March 22, 2007, they had their second son Ryder Evan Russaw. After Biggie's murder on March 9, 1997, Combs helped Evans produce her tribute song named \"I'll Be Missing You\", based on the melody of The Police's 1983 single \"Every Breath You Take\". The song, which featured Combs, Evans, and the all-male group 112, became a worldwide number-one success and debuted at number one on the US \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart during 1997, scoring that for eleven weeks. It eventually won Puffy and Evans the 1998 Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group.", "title": "Faith Evans" }, { "id": "16433154", "text": "Heaven\" and was later changed its title to \"Every Breath U Take\". The film was intended to release on April 4, 2012, but was moved to May 16, 2012. The cinema trailer was released online via the official YouTube account of Star Cinema on April 4, 2012. The film's official soundtrack is \"Every Breath You Take\" originally sung by Sting of The Police and is covered for the film by Piolo Pascual. The film was Graded B by the Cinema Evaluation Board and rated PG-13 by the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board. Critics praised the over-all cast performances,", "title": "Every Breath U Take" }, { "id": "865148", "text": "Sting (musician) Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner (born 2 October 1951), known as Sting, is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and actor. He was the principal songwriter, lead singer, and bassist for the new wave rock band the Police from 1977 to 1984, and launched a solo career in 1985. He has included elements of rock, jazz, reggae, classical, new-age and worldbeat in his music. As a solo musician and a member of the Police, he has received 16 Grammy Awards, including Song of the Year for ”Every Breath You Take”, three Brit Awards, including Best British Male in 1994 and", "title": "Sting (musician)" }, { "id": "1672149", "text": "Studios in Montserrat to work on the \"Synchronicity\" album. While recording, the band guitarist Andy Summers came up with a guitar part inspired by Béla Bartók that would later become a trademark lick, and played it straight through in one take. He was asked to put guitar onto a simple backing track of bass, drums, and a single vocal, with Sting offering no directive beyond \"make it your own.\" Summers remembers: The recording process was fraught with difficulties as personal tensions between the band members, particularly Sting and Stewart Copeland, came to the fore. Producer Hugh Padgham claimed that by", "title": "Every Breath You Take" }, { "id": "5892081", "text": "Models to Step Forward Records in 1977. In 1978, Copeland became manager of his brother Stewart's band, The Police. Copeland shepherded the group to become one of the biggest bands of the 1980s, peaking with a concert for 70,000 people at Shea Stadium and the number one single for 1983, \"Every Breath You Take\". He continued to manage Sting through seven solo albums. Copeland was not, however, included in the reunion era of The Police, leading to a 2007 interview in which Copeland lamented that money was the issue. The success of The Police and the novel methods used to", "title": "Miles Copeland III" }, { "id": "14650084", "text": "week of July 3, 2010, two weeks before its official release date of July 12, 2010. It peaked at number 6 on the country chart dated January 15, 2011. The Breath You Take \"The Breath You Take\" is a Grammy nominated song recorded by American country music artist George Strait, and the fourth single from his album \"Twang\". It was released on July 12, 2010 as the 91st single of his career. It was written by veteran songwriter Dean Dillon, Jessie Jo Dillon, and Casey Beathard. It became his 83rd Top 10 hit on the Country charts. On November 10,", "title": "The Breath You Take" }, { "id": "2016830", "text": "Foo Fighters halfway through their performance and presented his replacement, Franz Stahl, who had been a member of the band Scream with Dave Grohl. Puff Daddy released his debut album \"No Way Out\", featuring the successful tribute single \"I'll Be Missing You\", dedicated to the recently murdered Notorious B.I.G. The song featured Puff Daddy, Biggie's widow Faith Evans and R&B group 112. The song sampled the melody of The Police's hit song \"Every Breath You Take.\" All these artists performed the song with former Police vocalist Sting. The odd pairing of presenters Martha Stewart and Busta Rhymes that year drew", "title": "MTV Video Music Award" }, { "id": "1672152", "text": "accompanied by a pianist and string section, performing the song in a darkened ballroom as a man washes the floor-to-ceiling window behind them. Sting performs his part on upright bass rather than bass guitar. The video was praised for its cinematography; MTV (1999), Rolling Stone (1993), and VH1 (2002) named it as one of the best music videos ever, placing it 16th, 61st, & 33rd in their respective top 100 lists. Daniel Pearl won the first MTV cinematography award for his work on the video. Released in the early days of MTV, \"Every Breath You Take\" was one of the", "title": "Every Breath You Take" }, { "id": "1769867", "text": "original version of \"Don't Stand So Close to Me\". In the aftermath of their Synchronicity Tour in 1984, The Police announced that they were taking a pause of reflection before recording a new album. The same year Andy Summers released a second album of instrumental music with Robert Fripp, \"Bewitched\". Stewart Copeland worked on the soundtrack of the Francis Ford Coppola's film \"Rumble Fish\", with the single \"Don't Box Me In\" peaking at No. 91 in the UK Singles Chart. In 1985 Sting released his first solo album, \"The Dream of the Blue Turtles\", with great critical and commercial success.", "title": "Every Breath You Take: The Singles" }, { "id": "8697809", "text": "the album was a collaboration with Bad Boy's main producers The Hitmen, including Chucky Thompson and Combs, but it also resulted in recordings with Poke & Tone and Herb Middleton. \"Faith\" became a success based on the singles \"You Used to Love Me\" and \"Soon as I Get Home\". The album was certified platinum with 1.5 million copies sold, according to RIAA. After The Notorious B.I.G.'s murder during March 1997, Combs helped Evans produce her tribute song named \"I'll Be Missing You\", based on the melody of The Police's 1983 single \"Every Breath You Take\". The song, which featured Combs,", "title": "Faith Evans discography" }, { "id": "15124866", "text": "on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. Despite not being released as a single, \"Other Arms\" became a number-one hit on the Mainstream Rock chart. It reached the number-one spot on August 13, 1983, ending the 9-week chart-topping run of \"Every Breath You Take\" by The Police. The song was written by Plant and guitarist Robbie Blunt. The lyrics do not include the song's title; instead the chorus features the repeated line \"lay down your arms\". Other Arms \"Other Arms\" is a rock song performed by English rock singer Robert Plant, the first track from his 1983 album \"The Principle of Moments\".", "title": "Other Arms" }, { "id": "13298384", "text": "Mason Dixon (band) Mason Dixon was an American country music trio, composed of Frank Gilligan (vocals, bass), Jerry Dengler (guitar, banjo) and Rick Henderson (guitar). The band played frequently within the Texas nightclub scene for several years and went on to tour the U.S. and Canada for several more. The group's first single, released in 1983, was a cover of \"Every Breath You Take\" by The Police. The group was the first act to have a Top 40 Country \"Billboard\" single on an independent record label in the 1980s, with the release of \"3935 West End Avenue\" in 1987. They", "title": "Mason Dixon (band)" }, { "id": "677515", "text": "documented in the VHS tape \"Synchronicity Concert\" in 1984). On 10 March 2003, the Police were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and performed \"Roxanne\", \"Message in a Bottle\", and \"Every Breath You Take\" live, as a group (the last song was performed alongside Steven Tyler, Gwen Stefani, and John Mayer). In the autumn of 2003, Sting released his autobiography, \"Broken Music\". In 2004, Copeland and Summers joined Incubus onstage at KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas concert in Los Angeles performing \"Roxanne\" and \"Message in a Bottle\". In 2004, Henry Padovani released an album with the participation of", "title": "The Police" }, { "id": "2297228", "text": "replacing original guitarist Henry Padovani. Emerging from London's punk scene, the Police gained international renown with many hit songs, including \"Message in a Bottle\", \"Roxanne\", \"Don't Stand So Close to Me\", \"Every Breath You Take\", and \"Every Little Thing She Does is Magic\". During his time with the band, Summers twice won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance, first in 1979 with \"Reggatta de Blanc\" (co-authored with Copeland and Sting), and again in 1980 with his instrumental \"Behind My Camel\". Although Sting was the lead singer of the band, Summers occasionally contributed lead vocals, as in \"Be My", "title": "Andy Summers" }, { "id": "865156", "text": "on solo projects. As the years went by, the band members, particularly Sting, dismissed the possibility of reforming. In 2007, however, the band did reform and undertook a world tour. Four of their five studio albums appeared on \"Rolling Stone's\" list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, and two Sting songs, \"Every Breath You Take\" and \"Roxanne\", appeared on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In addition both songs were among the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. In 2003 the band were inducted into the Rock and Roll", "title": "Sting (musician)" }, { "id": "677508", "text": "or Group with Vocal. \"Every Breath You Take\" also won the American Video Award for Best Group video, and the song won two Ivor Novello Awards in the categories Best Song Musically and Lyrically and Most Performed Work from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors. During the group's 1983 Shea Stadium concert, Sting felt performing at the venue was \"Everest\" and decided to pursue a solo career, according to the documentary \"The Last Play at Shea\". After the Synchronicity tour ended in March 1984, the band went on hiatus while Sting recorded and toured in support of his", "title": "The Police" }, { "id": "19227025", "text": "Want For Christmas Is You\". Within a week of being uploaded, the video received over 3.5 million views and social media shares from various celebrities, including Ashton Kutcher, George Takei, and Lil Wayne. On October 30, 2017, Chase's minor-key arrangement of \"Every Breath You Take\" by The Police was performed by the \"Dancing With The Stars\" band during Frankie Muniz and Witney Carson's contemporary routine. On November 1, 2017, Sara Bareilles shared Chase's cover of her song \"She Used To Be Mine\" from the musical \"Waitress\". On September 8, 2015, Chase compiled all of his major-to-minor renditions up to that", "title": "Chase Holfelder" }, { "id": "1613491", "text": "Synchronicity (The Police album) Synchronicity is the fifth and final studio album by English rock band the Police, released in the United Kingdom on 17 June 1983. The band's most successful release, the album includes the hit singles \"Every Breath You Take\", \"King of Pain\", \"Wrapped Around Your Finger\", and \"Synchronicity II\". The album's title and much of the material for the songs were inspired by Arthur Koestler's \"The Roots of Coincidence\". At the 1984 Grammy Awards the album was nominated for a total of five awards including Album of the Year and won three. At the time of its", "title": "Synchronicity (The Police album)" }, { "id": "9302337", "text": "released it as a single in 1982, and reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart. In 1983, CBS decided to launch the single in the U.S., where it spent five weeks at No. 2 on \"Billboard\" Magazine's Hot 100 charts and hit No. 1 in \"Cash Box\" Magazine. (It was kept out of the top spot on \"Billboard's\" Hot 100 by a combination of two songs, \"Flashdance... What a Feeling\" by Irene Cara and that year's song of the summer, \"Every Breath You Take\" by The Police.) \"Electric Avenue\" was a hit on two other US charts: On the", "title": "Electric Avenue (song)" }, { "id": "14650083", "text": "is about savoring and realizing the important moments in life, whether they be large or small. The story is told through fatherly love, starting by giving examples from the baseball field of a boy's youth and moving to the more emotionally jarring times, birth and death. The song has been widely popular amongst listeners, but has received mixed reviews. The \"Washington Times\" called it overly \"maudlin.\" A review in the \"Houston Chronicle\" said, \"try and keep your eyes dry\" while listening to the song. The song debuted at number 58 on the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot Country Songs chart for the", "title": "The Breath You Take" }, { "id": "12620278", "text": "Live in Sweden 1983 Live in Sweden 1983 is a live album, released almost 20 years after it was recorded, of Phil Lynott's solo band after the breakup of the band Thin Lizzy. It was recorded from the soundboard and was released by Mark Stanway. All songs written by Phil Lynott except where noted. Disc One Disc Two During \"Solo in Soho\", Lynott sings the refrain from \"The Message\" by Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five and \"The Boys Are Back in Town\" is introduced by singing part of \"Every Breath You Take\" by The Police. \"Kings Call\" also includes", "title": "Live in Sweden 1983" }, { "id": "677505", "text": "studio album, \"Synchronicity\", which spawned the hit singles \"Every Breath You Take\", \"Wrapped Around Your Finger\", \"King of Pain\", and \"Synchronicity II\". By that time, several critics deemed them \"the biggest rock band in the world.\" Recording the album, however, was a tense affair with increasing disputes among the band. The three members recorded their contributions individually in separate rooms and over-dubbed at different times. The Synchronicity Tour began in Chicago, Illinois in July 1983 at the original Comiskey Park, and on 18 August the band played in front of 70,000 in Shea Stadium, New York. They played throughout the", "title": "The Police" }, { "id": "19021459", "text": "I'll Be Missing You \"I'll Be Missing You\" is a song recorded by American rapper Puff Daddy and American singer Faith Evans, featuring R&B group 112, in memory of fellow Bad Boy Records artist Christopher \"The Notorious B.I.G.\" Wallace, who was murdered on March 9, 1997. Released as the second single from Puff Daddy and the Family's \"No Way Out\" album, \"I'll Be Missing You\" samples The Police's 1983 hit song \"Every Breath You Take\", with an interpolated chorus sung by Evans. The track also features a spoken intro over a choral version of Samuel Barber's \"Adagio for Strings\". Another", "title": "I'll Be Missing You" }, { "id": "1769873", "text": "The Singles\" reached No. 1 in the UK album charts and No. 10 in the US charts. \"Don't Stand So Close to Me '86\" made it into the UK Top 25. In 1995, A&M released Every Breath You Take: The Classics to replace the original album. It features a slightly different track listing: the original version of \"Don't Stand So Close To Me\" replaces the 1986 recording at track 5; the '86 version appears at track 13. A 'New Classic Rock Mix' of \"Message in a Bottle\" is included as track 14. The Digital Theater System (2000) and hybrid Super", "title": "Every Breath You Take: The Singles" }, { "id": "677528", "text": "greatest songs of all time, \"Every Breath You Take\" ranked number 84 (the highest new wave song on the list), and \"Roxanne\" ranked number 388. \"Message in a Bottle\" ranked number 65 in the magazine's 2008 list of the 100 greatest guitar songs of all time. With a string of UK number one albums the Police were among the most commercially successful British bands of the early 1980s, and with success overseas they are typically regarded as in both the vanguard of the Second British Invasion, and the new wave movement. Despite the band's well-documented disagreements with one another, Summers", "title": "The Police" }, { "id": "1672150", "text": "the time of the recording sessions, Sting and Copeland \"hated each other\", with verbal and physical fights in the studio common. The tensions almost led to the recording sessions being cancelled until a meeting involving the band and the group's manager, Miles Copeland (Stewart's brother), resulted in an agreement to continue. Keyboard parts were added from Roland guitar synthesizers, a Prophet-5 and an Oberheim synthesiser. The single-note piano in the middle eight was recommended by Padgham, inspired by similar work that he had done with the group XTC. The drum track was largely created through separate overdubs of each percussive", "title": "Every Breath You Take" }, { "id": "4041354", "text": "of Apollo Sound. He opened a concert for British rock singer Sting at the Coliseo Roberto Clemente, where he presented his hit salsa version of \"Every Breath You Take\" (with an amused Sting watching from the sidelines). In 1994, he celebrated 25 years with his orchestra in a successful concert at the Centro de Bellas Artes in San Juan. This performance was recorded and released, validating his music for a new generation. Roberto Roena Roberto Roena (born January 16, 1940 in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican salsa music percussionist, orchestra leader, and dancer. Roena was one of the", "title": "Roberto Roena" }, { "id": "280461", "text": "those top ten hits, \"Every Breath You Take\" peaking at number 1 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 in 1983. During that time, the band's songs \"Spirits in the Material World\" and \"Synchronicity II\" peaked at number 11 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and number 16 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100, respectively. The Police's album \"Synchronicity\", released in June 1983, was certified 4x platinum by the RIAA on 14 November 1984 and was later certified 8x platinum by the RIAA in December 2001. The Police's album \"Ghost in the Machine\", released at the beginning of October 1981, was certified platinum by", "title": "New wave music" }, { "id": "3984213", "text": "interpolating (as well as sampling) is highly prevalent is hip hop music, due to the original artist or label declining to license the actual direct sample, since sampling already released music is subject to compulsory licenses. Some examples are Mýa singing the hook on \"Ghetto Supastar\" by Pras that was originally written for the song \"Islands in the Stream\" by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton. \"I'll Be Missing You\" by Puff Daddy, Faith Evans and 112 contains interpolated vocals of \"Every Breath You Take\" by the Police, but also directly samples the song's guitar riff throughout. Frank Ocean<nowiki>'s \"</nowiki>White Ferrari<nowiki>\"</nowiki>", "title": "Interpolation (music)" }, { "id": "9705982", "text": "Wrapped Around Your Finger \"Wrapped Around Your Finger\" is the second UK single (and fourth US single) from the Police's 1983 album \"Synchronicity\". Written by Sting, it was released worldwide by A&M Records and featured the non-album track \"Someone to Talk To\" as a B-side in the UK, while a live version of \"Tea in the Sahara\" was the US B-side. Like other tracks on \"Synchronicity\", such as \"Every Breath You Take\" and \"King of Pain,\" \"Wrapped Around Your Finger\" was a personal song for Sting. He said in an interview, Every Breath You Take,' 'Wrapped Around Your Finger' were", "title": "Wrapped Around Your Finger" }, { "id": "1672146", "text": "was controversial. As \"The Independent\" reported in 2006, \"The problem was, he was already married – to actress Frances Tomelty, who just happened to be Trudie's best friend (Sting and Frances lived next door to Trudie in Bayswater, West London, for several years before the two of them became lovers). The affair was widely condemned.\" In order to escape from the public eye, Sting retreated in the Caribbean. He started writing the song at Ian Fleming's writing desk on the Goldeneye estate in Oracabessa, Jamaica. The lyrics are the words of a possessive lover who is watching \"every breath you", "title": "Every Breath You Take" }, { "id": "1852502", "text": "26th Annual Grammy Awards The 26th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 28, 1984, at Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, and were broadcast live on American television. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1983. Michael Jackson who had been recovering from scalp burns sustained due to an accident which occurred during filming of a Pepsi commercial, won a record eight awards during the show. Album of the Year and Record of the Year went to Quincy Jones and Michael Jackson for \"Thriller\", and Song of the Year went to The Police for \"Every Breath You Take\". The 26th", "title": "26th Annual Grammy Awards" }, { "id": "12654389", "text": "of A&R for Liberty Records. It was while working at Liberty that he heard a song written by Gene Pitney, for whom he had produced a number 41 hit, \"Every Breath I Take\", a year earlier. \"He's a Rebel\" was due to be released on Liberty by Vikki Carr, but Spector rushed into Gold Star Studios and recorded a cover version using Darlene Love and the Blossoms on lead vocals. The record was released on Philles, attributed to the Crystals, and quickly rose to the top of the charts. By the time \"He's a Rebel\" went to number 1, Lester", "title": "Phil Spector" }, { "id": "15226659", "text": "from The Police, a band Sting was previously lead singer of, and in particular their 1983 hit single \"Every Breath You Take\". The other duet is with Enrique Iglesias, on his 2010 single \"Heartbeat\". The version featured on \"Killer Love\" is the \"Rude Well's Open Heart Remix\". Ellwood noted that the remix \"added beats changing the tone of the song completely.\" Some of the album's ballads, \"Casualty\" and \"Desperate\", were likened to the style of Leona Lewis. \"Casualty\" is one of the album's two closing ballads, the other being \"AmenJena\". The former is a \"contemporary ballad-that's-not-a-ballad\", while the latter is", "title": "Killer Love" }, { "id": "865155", "text": "Outstanding Contribution to Music. Their initial sound was punk-inspired, but they switched to reggae rock and minimalist pop. Their final album, \"Synchronicity\", was nominated for five Grammy Awards including Album of the Year in 1983. It included their most successful song, \"Every Breath You Take\", written by Sting. According to Sting, who appeared in the documentary \"Last Play at Shea\", he decided to leave the Police while onstage during a concert of 18 August 1983 at Shea Stadium because he felt that playing that venue was \"[Mount] Everest\". While never formally breaking up, after \"Synchronicity\" the group agreed to concentrate", "title": "Sting (musician)" }, { "id": "8434737", "text": "The song outperformed its predecessor in Britain, where it topped the charts. The song also hit No. 1 in Canada, Ireland and the Netherlands, No. 2 in Australia, and No. 5 in Norway. It reached No. 3 in America, making it and \"King of Pain\" the band's second-best-performing single there, after its No. 1 hit \"Every Breath You Take\". The lyrics of the second verse, \"\"Do I have to tell the story / Of a thousand rainy days since we first met? / It's a big enough umbrella / But it's always me that ends up getting wet,\"\" were reprised", "title": "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" }, { "id": "865182", "text": "Australia, New Zealand, South America and Europe. In the second half of 2011, Sting began his Back to Bass Tour, which would continue (with periodic breaks) through 2013. In October 2010, Sting played two concerts in Arnhem, Netherlands, for \"Symphonica in Rosso\". In 2011, \"Time\" magazine named Sting one of the 100 most influential people in the world. On 26 April he performed \"Every Breath You Take\", \"Roxanne\" and \"Desert Rose\" at the Time 100 Gala in New York City. Sting recorded a song called \"Power's Out\" with Nicole Scherzinger. The song, originally recorded in 2007, was to have been", "title": "Sting (musician)" }, { "id": "2297229", "text": "Girl/Sally\" (1978), \"Friends\" (1980), \"Mother\" (1983), and \"Someone to Talk To\" (1983). Other notable Summers compositions from this period are \"Omegaman\" (which would have been released as the debut single from the 1981 \"Ghost in the Machine\" album had Sting not objected), \"Shambelle\" (1981), and \"Once Upon A Daydream\" and \"Murder by Numbers\" both co-written with Sting (both 1983). In early 1984, after seven years together and record sales around eighty million, the Police disbanded. Though not given songwriting credit, Summers wrote the guitar riff for \"Every Breath You Take\". It was recorded in one take with his 1961 Fender", "title": "Andy Summers" }, { "id": "1672151", "text": "instrument, with the main backbeat created by simultaneously playing a snare and a gong drum. To give the song more liveliness, Padgham asked Copeland to record his drum part in the studio's dining room in order to achieve some \"special sound effects\". The room was so hot, that his drum sticks had to be taped to Copeland's hands to make sure they didn't fly off. According to Stewart Copeland: The song had a music video (directed by duo Godley & Creme) loosely based on Gjon Mili's 1944 short film \"Jammin' the Blues\". Shot in black-and-white, the video depicts the band,", "title": "Every Breath You Take" }, { "id": "19021461", "text": "was granted to use the sample from The Police's \"Every Breath You Take\". Sting (vocalist from The Police) ultimately participated in a performance of \"I'll Be Missing You\" at the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards. Sting owns 100% of the publishing royalties. As well as using the melody and arrangement of \"Every Breath You Take\", the single also borrows the melody from the well-known American spiritual \"I'll Fly Away\". There are several different versions of this song, one being an extended version (choir at the beginning), another without the choir and an instrumental version. In the extended version of the", "title": "I'll Be Missing You" }, { "id": "5898750", "text": "album spawned two \"Billboard\" Hot 100 number-one singles – \"Can't Nobody Hold Me Down\" and \"I'll Be Missing You\" – and the \"number 2\" singles \"Been Around the World\" and \"It's All About the Benjamins\". The longest reign of the label's four hits was this single \"I'll Be Missing You\", which topped the charts for 11 weeks. The melody for \"I'll Be Missing You\" is sampled from The Police's 1983 hit \"Every Breath You Take\". This successful album led to Puff Daddy to be named as one of \"Forbes\" 40th highest-paid entertainers, along with southern hip hop rapper Master P", "title": "No Way Out (Puff Daddy album)" }, { "id": "677507", "text": "a No. 1 album in both the UK (where it debuted at No. 1) and the US. It stayed at No. 1 in the UK for two weeks and in the US for seventeen weeks. It was nominated for Grammy Awards for Album of the Year, but lost to Michael Jackson's \"Thriller\". \"Every Breath You Take\" won the Grammy for Song of the Year, beating Jackson's \"Billie Jean\". \"Every Breath You Take\" also won the Grammy for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, while \"Synchronicity II\" won the Grammy for Best Rock Performance by a Duo", "title": "The Police" }, { "id": "677481", "text": "Breath You Take\" became their fifth UK number one single, and first in the US. The Police have sold over 75 million records, making them one of the world's best-selling artists of all time. They were the world's highest-earning musicians in 2008, due to their reunion tour. The band has won a number of music awards, including six Grammy Awards, two Brit Awards—winning Best British Group once, an MTV Video Music Award, and in 2003 were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Four of their five studio albums appeared on \"Rolling Stone\"s list of the 500 Greatest", "title": "The Police" }, { "id": "12681516", "text": "Rule the World\" and \"Every Breath You Take\", all 3 of which can be found on the rare \"Songs From the Vault\" CD. The Greatest Songs of the Eighties The Greatest Songs of the Eighties is Barry Manilow's 38th album, and follow-up to his 2007 album, \"The Greatest Songs of the Seventies\". This album, which features 12 songs from the decade of the 1980s, was released on November 24, 2008. It was announced that Manilow would preview the album on November 20, 2008, on QVC in an hour long show, \"QVC Live from the Las Vegas Hilton\". Additional recordings that", "title": "The Greatest Songs of the Eighties" }, { "id": "1769868", "text": "The album was followed by an extensive promotional tour, that resulted in a double live album, \"Bring on the Night\". In 1985 Copeland started working on \"The Rhythmatist\", an ambitious project that led him to spend a significant amount of time recording and filming in Congo. About one year later Summers scored the soundtrack for the film \"Down and Out in Beverly Hills\". By the time the trio reconvened to play three concerts for the Amnesty International A Conspiracy of Hope Tour in June 1986, the atmosphere was tense. According to Sting, \"It was a very symbolic moment. We'd broken", "title": "Every Breath You Take: The Singles" }, { "id": "15661349", "text": "Is High\". Priest said his work for \"Jungle 2 Jungle\" was \"more satisfying\" than for \"Speed 2\" because \"It Starts in the Heart\" was an original song. The soundtrack also includes a reggae cover of The Police's \"Every Breath You Take\" by Betty Wright, which was later released on the Police reggae-tribute album \"Reggatta Mondatta\" in July 1997. According to the \"San Jose Mercury News\", Jamaican singer Diana King was scheduled to have a song on the soundtrack but her music was \"judged too plodding\" for the film. In addition to \"Make Tonight Beautiful\", other non-reggae songs include a modern", "title": "Speed 2: Cruise Control (soundtrack)" }, { "id": "1769874", "text": "Audio CD (2003) versions of the album include a previously unreleased version of \"De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da\". In the DTS version, \"Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic\" features a different intro. Also, \"The Singles\" featured a shortened version of \"Can't Stand Losing You\" which featured an early fade out which ends the song before the final chorus concludes; \"The Classics\" replaces this with the full-length version. Every Breath You Take: The Singles Every Breath You Take: The Singles is the debut compilation album by The Police, released in 1986. In 1990, the album was repackaged", "title": "Every Breath You Take: The Singles" }, { "id": "1769869", "text": "up, then sort of reformed to do the Amnesty Tour. U2 were there as well and as we closed our set with \"Invisible Sun\", Bono came out and sang it with us. And then we symbolically handed our instruments over to U2, because they were about to become what we were - the biggest band in the world\". In July the band booked time in the studio to record a new album. In the liner notes to the Police's box set \"Message in a Box\", Summers recalled: \"The attempt to record a new album was doomed from the outset. The", "title": "Every Breath You Take: The Singles" }, { "id": "1769866", "text": "Every Breath You Take: The Singles Every Breath You Take: The Singles is the debut compilation album by The Police, released in 1986. In 1990, the album was repackaged in New Zealand, Australia and Spain as \"Their Greatest Hits\" with a different cover. A video collection entitled \"Every Breath You Take: The Videos\" was released alongside the album. It was released on VHS and Betamax cassette, as well as on Laserdisc in the UK, Europe and in Japan. The collection featured fourteen promotional videos, for twelve of the thirteen tracks on the album as well as \"Synchronicity II\" and the", "title": "Every Breath You Take: The Singles" }, { "id": "8943892", "text": "Kolacny Brothers' cover of Radiohead's \"Creep\" was released around the world. This trailer was seen over 250 million times in cinemas and on TV, as well as over 10 million times in various forms on YouTube. The group's version of The Police's \"Every Breath You Take\" was featured in the trailer for ITV1's period drama \"Downton Abbey\" in the fall of 2010. The song was again used on television in New Zealand, Spain and Belgium, as well as in many other countries upon the release of \"Downton Abbey\" around the world. The group's version of U2's \"With or Without You\"", "title": "Scala & Kolacny Brothers" }, { "id": "15110360", "text": "included, which was presumably recorded for this album in London with the rest of the tracks, but went unused when the album was originally released. The only single released was the remixed version of \"Don't You Dare Call It Love\", one of two tracks written by Gaynor for this release, on a 12-inch single in the UK. The B-side contained Gaynor's cover of \"Every Breath You Take\", originally recorded by The Police in 1983, also remixed. The Power of Gloria Gaynor The Power of Gloria Gaynor, also known as \"The Power\", or \"The Power of Love\", is the twelfth studio", "title": "The Power of Gloria Gaynor" }, { "id": "5506333", "text": "single was called \"Out of Control.\" Her second album \"Here it Comes\" Released in 2000, Had More Of a Commercial Success Than Her Previous attempt. In 1990 she sang the song \"Ivory Tower\" on the Mad About You soundtrack. In 1996, she sang a cover of The Police's song \"Every Breath You Take\" in an episode of the Profiler entitled \"I'll Be Watching You\". In 2001, Tuesday provided her voice for the song \"If It Takes All Night\" in the film \"The Theory of the Leisure Class\". She later watched a performance by the David Bowie Tribute Band Space Oddity", "title": "Tuesday Knight" }, { "id": "9610138", "text": "and final album, \"Synchronicity\" (1983). The song was released after \"Every Breath You Take\"'s eight-week appearance on top of the charts. Sting's fascination with Carl Jung and, to a greater extent, Arthur Koestler inspired him to write the track. As a Hungarian-born novelist who resided in England, Koestler was enthralled with parapsychology and the unexplained workings of the mind (he wrote the book titled \"The Ghost in the Machine\" in the late '60s, after which the Police named their fourth album). A music video was made but only released in Australia. \"King of Pain\" was written by Sting, while production", "title": "King of Pain" }, { "id": "2909348", "text": "\"Losing My Religion\" is about \"someone who pines for someone else. It's unrequited love, what have you.\" Stipe compared the song's theme to \"Every Breath You Take\" by The Police, saying, \"It's just a classic obsession pop song. I've always felt the best kinds of songs are the ones where anybody can listen to it, put themselves in it and say, 'Yeah, that's me.'\" \"Losing My Religion\" was released on February 19, 1991, in the United States as the lead single from R.E.M.'s forthcoming album \"Out of Time\". The band's record label, Warner Bros., was wary about the group's choice", "title": "Losing My Religion" }, { "id": "677513", "text": "album \"...Nothing Like the Sun\" (1987), a favour the singer returned by playing bass on Summers' album \"Charming Snakes\" (1989) and later singing lead vocals on \"'Round Midnight\" for Summers' tribute to Thelonious Monk \"Green Chimneys\" (1999). On 2 October 1991 (Sting's 40th birthday), Summers joined Sting on stage at the Hollywood Bowl during \"The Soul Cages\" Tour to perform \"Walking on the Moon\", \"Every Breath You Take\", and \"Message in a Bottle\". The performance was broadcast as a pay-per-view event. On 22 August 1992, Sting married Trudie Styler in an 11th-century chapel in Wiltshire, southwest England. Summers and Copeland", "title": "The Police" }, { "id": "10230903", "text": "Love Is the Seventh Wave \"Love Is the Seventh Wave\" is the second single and second track from Sting's 1985 solo debut album \"The Dream of the Blue Turtles\". The song describes how love is the seventh wave, or the strongest wave in a series of waves, thus wiping out any sort of problems. It concludes with a brief, self-mocking reference to Sting's biggest hit song with The Police, \"Every Breath You Take\", which is about the dark side of love that leads to sexual jealousy and obsession. The single contains a different mix of the song from the album.", "title": "Love Is the Seventh Wave" }, { "id": "1672147", "text": "take; every move you make\". Sting later said he was disconcerted by how many people think the song is more positive than it is. He insists it is about the obsession with a lost lover, and the jealousy and surveillance that follow. \"One couple told me 'Oh we love that song; it was the main song played at our wedding!' I thought, 'Well, good luck.'\" When asked why he appears angry in the music video, Sting told BBC Radio 2, \"I think the song is very, very sinister and ugly and people have actually misinterpreted it as being a gentle", "title": "Every Breath You Take" }, { "id": "9999249", "text": "song was also performed at The Brits in February 1995 with M People. He duetted on the song with the band's lead singer, Heather Small and this track was given the dance treatment by the band who were also backed by a 100-strong Gospel Choir at the Earls Court Arena during the annual music awards show. Sting said that he wrote the song as an \"antidote\" to the Police's 1983 song, \"Every Breath You Take\", which he also wrote. The song was also lampooned by The Dead Milkmen in the song \"If You Love Somebody, Set Them on Fire,\" from", "title": "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" }, { "id": "12555993", "text": "featured Destiny's Child. In 2010, Professor Green and Lily Allen released a cover reminiscent of Beats International's version titled \"Just Be Good to Green\", and Cher Lloyd performed it on series seven of \"The X Factor\". In 2011, the song was performed by Simone Battle on series one of \"The X Factor (US)\". In 2006, the song was remixed by the band Karmah with a mash-up of a sample of \"Every Breath You Take\" by The Police. In 2008, Australian artist Seany B released a version of this song, but called it \"B Good 2 Me\". In 2014, Usher quoted", "title": "Just Be Good to Me" }, { "id": "9610140", "text": "writing that \"King of Pain\" and \"Wrapped Around Your Finger\", \"are devilishly infectious new wave singles.\" \"Sputnikmusic\" website picked it as an \"essential track\", writing that \"King of Pain\", \"Every Breath You Take\" and \"Wrapped Around Your Finger\", \"rely on gorgeous, understated melodies, embracing the primary sonic overtones encompassing the record.\" Michael Roffman of \"Consequence of Sound\" chose the track as \"one of his personal favorite Sting-led tracks,\" pairing it next to his other works like \"If I Ever Lose My Faith in You\" or \"Fields of Gold\". The song was a success in the United States, peaking at number", "title": "King of Pain" }, { "id": "17495934", "text": "The Many Sides of Gene Pitney The Many Sides of Gene Pitney is the debut album of Gene Pitney, released on the Musicor label in 1962. It was mostly a collection of previously released singles. Among them was \"(I Wanna) Love My Life Away\" which charted at #39 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 on March 4, 1961 and was on the charts for eight weeks. The song \"Every Breath I Take\" charted as high as #42 on September 16, 1961, and was on the charts for eight weeks. \"Town Without Pity\" rose as high as #13 on January 27, 1962", "title": "The Many Sides of Gene Pitney" }, { "id": "18726985", "text": "earlier on a benefit show for Jason Becker. Much to Hunter's surprise, Satriani had invited him up to play on his encore and a friendship was formed. Satriani did not hesitate when asked to play on 'Twilight In Harlem' and offered up an inspired solo that blew Hunter away. Gaining courage for who he might ask next, it was decided to try the 2Cellos. Hunter had played the melody on 'Every Breath You Take', a bonus track of their 2012 album \"In2ition\" which had been produced by Bob Ezrin. With Ezrin's help the 2Cellos were contacted and to Hunters joy", "title": "The Manhattan Blues Project" }, { "id": "17058803", "text": "VerPlank graduated from Bloomfield High School, and considered a career in journalism. She began performing as a teenager at the age of 19, at a nightclub in Newark, the Well. Her debut album, \"I Think of You with Every Breath I Take\", was released in 1955 when she was 21, and featured Hank Jones, Joe Wilder, Wendell Marshall, Kenny Clarke, and Herbie Mann (uncredited). VerPlanck then went to work as a vocalist for Charlie Spivak's band, and later sang with the Tommy Dorsey band and with Tex Beneke′s band. VerPlanck was a prolific studio vocalist for commercial jingles during the", "title": "Marlene VerPlanck" }, { "id": "6387724", "text": "play lists of FM radio stations with a soft rock or \"lite\" format. In 1981, Smith hit the top 40 again with a remake of \"Everlasting Love\", in a duet with singer Rachel Sweet. Peaking at No. 32, the song is Smith's last charting hit to date. The song also became Smith's only hit on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at No. 35. Smith performed live at the 1982 Miss Universe pageant main event night, held in Lima, Peru. His latest album was released in 2000 and entitled \"Simply...Rex\". It was re-released in 2006 and re-titled \"You Take My Breath", "title": "Rex Smith" }, { "id": "14100369", "text": "tracks remain popular. Ainbusk spent the early 1990s honing their stage act – they became known for injecting elements of humour into their performances – and the result was a 1993 live album \"Från när till fjärran\" (\"From Near and Far\"), including a version of \"Every Breath You Take\". The group's first studio album, the self-titled \"Ainbusk\", was released in 1998, followed by \"Stolt\" (\"Proud\") in 2000. A Christmas album, \"I midvintertid: En jul på Gotland\" came out in 2001 and included versions of \"Fairytale of New York\", \"Fields of Gold\" and \"Forever Young\". The group's fourth album, \"Skynda att", "title": "Ainbusk" }, { "id": "2029089", "text": "by \"Every Breath You Take\" by The Police. In 2013, WatchMojo.com ranked \"Billie Jean\" as the best Michael Jackson song. Users of the site cast their votes online. Host Rebecca Brayton commented, \"Its perfect blend of dance, pop and R&B cemented Jackson's place in music history while its video helped popularize MTV and shatter racial boundaries.\" In an interview, Pharrell Williams stated that \"Billie Jean\" was one of his favorite songs. \"It is hard to say if there is a greater song than 'Billie Jean'. I think there will never be a song like this one again, with this bassline,", "title": "Billie Jean" }, { "id": "6681479", "text": "produced seven back-to-back hits, including, Masters' title track and \"I Need You\" and Short's, \"I'm Gonna Rise\", \"Make Me An Instrument\", and \"With Every Breath I Take\". Both Tim and Steve made their first venture into composing, co-penning the soul single, \"Water Into Wine\" and Steve's \"Sanctified Life.\" The year 1978 brought the new lineup to a performance at the White House for President Jimmy Carter. Returning to the studio late that year, the group again teamed with Muhoberac, this time as co-producer (with John Guess), for the critically acclaimed, Stand Up. Tim and Steve again contributed tracks with two", "title": "The Archers (musical group)" }, { "id": "1882764", "text": "\"You Take My Breath Away.\" During the 1990s, Riperton's music was sampled by many rap and hip-hop artists, including Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre, A Tribe Called Quest, Blumentopf, The Orb and Tragedy Khadafi. Rapper J. Cole sampled her in 2016, on the song \"Everybody Dies.\" Riperton had a coloratura soprano vocal range. Aside from her various hits, she is perhaps best remembered today for her ability to sing in the whistle register, in which she had rare facility. She is known as the Queen of the Whistle Register, The Nightingale, and a Songbird. Her rare ability to enunciate in the", "title": "Minnie Riperton" }, { "id": "1672153", "text": "earliest videos to enter heavy rotation, a fact that significantly contributed to the popularity of the song. Pop star Richard Marx remembers that \"the first video I watched over and over was \"Every Breath You Take\". It was like seeing a Bergman film. Directors usually spelled out every word of the lyrics in a video, but this was the first video I knew that didn't do that. It was abstract.\" According to A&M co-founder Jeff Ayeroff, \"[The video for] \"Every Breath You Take\" probably cost $75,000 to $100,000, and we sold over 5 million albums. With a good video, the", "title": "Every Breath You Take" }, { "id": "9938241", "text": "Karmah (band) Karmah was an Italian R&B/hip-hop duo with Elisa Bava on lead vocals and JulyB on rap vocals. They were produced by the Italian DJ Gabry Ponte and Dom Capuano. In 2005, they experienced some success in several European countries with a cover of The SOS Band's song \"Just Be Good to Me\" (feat. Jay Delano), which peaked at #2 on Polish National Top 50 and sampled \"Every Breath You Take\" by The Police. The band released a follow-up, \"Tom's Diner\" (a remake of the classic hit by Suzanne Vega) and their debut album, \"Be Good To Me\". Singles", "title": "Karmah (band)" }, { "id": "9938242", "text": "Karmah (band) Karmah was an Italian R&B/hip-hop duo with Elisa Bava on lead vocals and JulyB on rap vocals. They were produced by the Italian DJ Gabry Ponte and Dom Capuano. In 2005, they experienced some success in several European countries with a cover of The SOS Band's song \"Just Be Good to Me\" (feat. Jay Delano), which peaked at #2 on Polish National Top 50 and sampled \"Every Breath You Take\" by The Police. The band released a follow-up, \"Tom's Diner\" (a remake of the classic hit by Suzanne Vega) and their debut album, \"Be Good To Me\". Singles", "title": "Karmah (band)" }, { "id": "1769872", "text": "The Police final single. \"De Do Do Do De Da Da Da\" was also recorded but the band was unsatisfied with the result, and as such it was shelved, only to be subsequently included on the DTS-CD release of the \"\" album in 1995. As to signify the poor atmosphere pervading the session, the three band members did not appear together in the photograph on the album cover, nor in the video shot by Godley & Creme to promote \"Don't Stand So Close to Me '86\". Following the release of the album, the Police effectively disbanded. \"Every Breath You Take:", "title": "Every Breath You Take: The Singles" }, { "id": "1706296", "text": "singing a self-parody to the tune \"My eyes are fully open\" from Gilbert and Sullivan's \"Ruddigore\", supported by members of his shadow cabinet. In one instance Sting was persuaded to sing a re-worded version of \"Every Breath You Take\", titled \"Every Bomb You Make\" (series 1, episode 12), to accompany a video showing the \"Spitting Image\" puppets of world leaders and political figures of the day, usually with the figure matching the altered lyrics \"\"Every bomb you make. Every job you take. Every heart you break, every Irish wake. I'll be watching you. Every wall you build, Every one you've", "title": "Spitting Image" }, { "id": "9705986", "text": "disappointed that Sting didn't sing it. He was very touchy about lyrics.\" The American B-side, \"Tea in the Sahara\" (live), comes from the Synchronicity Tour. The music video, directed by Godley & Creme (who directed the videos for \"Every Breath You Take\" and \"Synchronicity II\"), furthers the ethereal feeling the song gives off, by having footage of the band performing in a candle-lit, gloomy room, interspersed with scenes of Sting running among tall candlesticks arranged in a sort of maze. Andy Summers is shown playing an acoustic guitar, an instrument not used in any of the Police's recordings. The music", "title": "Wrapped Around Your Finger" }, { "id": "5172967", "text": "The Air That I Breathe \"The Air That I Breathe\" is a ballad written by Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood, initially recorded by Albert Hammond on his 1972 album \"It Never Rains in Southern California\". This song was a major hit for The Hollies in early 1974, reaching number two in the United Kingdom. In the summer of 1974, the song reached number six in the United States on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart and number three on the Adult Contemporary chart. In Canada, the song peaked at number five on the \"RPM\" magazine charts. The audio engineering for \"The", "title": "The Air That I Breathe" }, { "id": "14567427", "text": "Breathe (Taylor Swift song) \"Breathe\" is a country pop song written and performed by American singer-songwriters Taylor Swift and Colbie Caillat. Produced by Nathan Chapman and Swift, it is the seventh track from Swift's second studio album, \"Fearless\" (2008). The song was written about the end of a friendship. Musically, the song is driven by acoustic guitar. The song received favorable responses from contemporary music critics. \"Breathe\" was one of two songs featuring Caillat that was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals in 2010, the other being Jason Mraz's \"Lucky\", the winner of the award.", "title": "Breathe (Taylor Swift song)" }, { "id": "15904195", "text": "Breathe (Moist song) \"Breathe\" is a song by Canadian alternative rock group Moist. It was released in May 1999 as the lead single from their third studio album, \"Mercedes 5 and Dime\". The song peaked at number 28 on the Canadian \"RPM\" Singles Chart. The song is featured on the soundtrack of the 1999 film, \"Stir of Echoes\". In 1999, the song was mixed by Tom Lord-Alge and released as a single. The TLA Mixed version is featured on the MuchMusic compilation album, \"Big Shiny Tunes 4\". The music video for \"Breathe\" was directed by Phil Harder and reached #1", "title": "Breathe (Moist song)" }, { "id": "18389954", "text": "two of the covers from \"Return to Santa Monica\", The Police's \"Every Breath You Take\" and the Steve Miller Band's \"The Joker\". Greatest Hits (Everclear album) Greatest Hits is a 2011 album by the band Everclear. It is the band's second album with label Cleopatra Records. The album was released shortly after the band's initial release with Cleopatra, \"Return to Santa Monica\". The album consists of a mix of re-recorded Eveclear originals and covers of other bands' hits. Released just three months after \"Return to Santa Monica\", \"Greatest Hits\" differs only slightly from the prior album. \"Return to Santa Monica\"", "title": "Greatest Hits (Everclear album)" }, { "id": "9767880", "text": "from its proximity to \"Every Breath You Take: The Singles\". The album failed to chart in the US but spent 36 weeks in the UK Album Charts top 100, where it peaked at number 10. It also charted at number 1 on Official New Zealand Music Chart and on the French Music Charts. The album came out shortly after Sting's solo album \"The Soul Cages\", prompting David Sinclair to point out in his review in \"Q\" Magazine that \"Copeland and Summers were far more than a passive vehicle for Sting's songs. As powerful personalities and assertive musicians in their own", "title": "Greatest Hits (The Police album)" }, { "id": "16115995", "text": "Rock. Seether also recorded their 2014 album \"Isolate and Medicate\" at Henson Recording Studios. Alice in Chains recorded two albums at the studios: 2013's \"The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here\", and 2018's \"Rainier Fog\". The Henson Soundstage (formerly Chaplin Stage) is a sound stage on the lot. During A&M's tenure, it was used to film music videos, including \"Every Breath You Take\" by The Police and \"Ghostbusters\" by Ray Parker Jr. In addition, \"Soul Train\" was taped there from 1981 to 1985. Jim Henson Company Lot The Jim Henson Company Lot (originally Charlie Chaplin Studios and formerly A&M Studios) is a", "title": "Jim Henson Company Lot" }, { "id": "9668961", "text": "Breathe (Télépopmusik song) \"Breathe\" is the title of the debut single by the French dance music group Télépopmusik. It features guest vocals by singer Angela McCluskey and appears on the group's 2001 album \"Genetic World\". Released as a single in 2002, \"Breathe\" reached #42 on the UK Singles Chart in March of that year. The single was released late in the year in the US, and it reached its peak chart positions on the \"Billboard\" Hot Dance Club Play chart (#9) and the Hot 100 chart (#78) in February 2003. The song was reviewed favorably by Chris Long at the", "title": "Breathe (Télépopmusik song)" }, { "id": "10478930", "text": "Systems and Sequential Circuits). The DMX's punchy and realistic drum sound made it attractive towards many artists and producers involved in the fledging hip-hop scene and it is featured on many of the genre's early landmark recordings. It is in continuous use in dancehall reggae music. Artists that have used the DMX include New Order on their 1983 single \"Blue Monday\", the Police on \"Every Breath You Take\" (kick drum only), and Rod Stewart on \"Young Turks\". Introduced in 1983, the Oberheim DX was a slightly stripped down version of the DMX, available at a list price of US$1,395. The", "title": "Oberheim DMX" }, { "id": "15904196", "text": "on MuchMusic Countdown. Breathe (Moist song) \"Breathe\" is a song by Canadian alternative rock group Moist. It was released in May 1999 as the lead single from their third studio album, \"Mercedes 5 and Dime\". The song peaked at number 28 on the Canadian \"RPM\" Singles Chart. The song is featured on the soundtrack of the 1999 film, \"Stir of Echoes\". In 1999, the song was mixed by Tom Lord-Alge and released as a single. The TLA Mixed version is featured on the MuchMusic compilation album, \"Big Shiny Tunes 4\". The music video for \"Breathe\" was directed by Phil Harder", "title": "Breathe (Moist song)" }, { "id": "14905733", "text": "I Still Can't Get Over Loving You \"I Still Can't Get Over Loving You\" is a 1983 song written and performed by Ray Parker, Jr.. It was the lead single from his \"Woman Out of Control\" album of the same year, and it reached #12 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 in early 1984. It was Parker's fifth Top 20 hit, the sixth being 1984's \"Ghostbusters\". The song is an up-tempo ballad with electronic instruments. The lyrics are about lost love, with close similarities to The Police's \"Every Breath You Take\", at one point even borrowing the lines \"Every breath you", "title": "I Still Can't Get Over Loving You" }, { "id": "2993107", "text": "several hits and releasing a string of innovative LPs and singles. Having honed their skills on the equally innovative clips that they made to promote their own singles (e.g. their 1985 single \"Cry\") they returned to their visual arts roots and became better-known as directors of music videos in the 1980s, creating acclaimed videos for chart-topping acts including George Harrison (\"When We Was Fab\"), Asia (\"Heat of the Moment\", \"Only Time Will Tell\") The Police (\"Every Breath You Take\"), Duran Duran (\"Girls on Film\"), Frankie Goes to Hollywood (\"Two Tribes\"), Peter Gabriel's duet with Kate Bush (\"Don't Give Up\"), and", "title": "10cc" }, { "id": "1613495", "text": "done with only one member in the studio at a time. The overdubs were done at Le Studio in Quebec during January–February 1983. During the recording of \"Every Breath You Take\", Sting and Copeland came to blows with each other, and Padgham nearly quit the project. The album was published in the UK and U.S. on both LP and CD in 1983, and on Super Audio CD in 2003. In 1989, it was published by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab as a remastered gold CD. The album's original cover artwork, conceived by Jeff Ayeroff and Norman Moore, was available in 36", "title": "Synchronicity (The Police album)" }, { "id": "5906649", "text": "has been a performer and on-air personality at KTU for over 17 years. In 2001, Torres scored a club hit with the sentimental love song \"Back in Your Arms Again.\" It peaked at #7 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, her highest charting single yet. It was also featured in a remix version on the popular compilation series \"White Party\". In 2004, she released her debut single on the label Robbins Entertainment that was titled \"The Air I Breathe,\" which featured freestyle artist Collage. It is a Hi-NRG song produced by A-List producer Tony Moran. The single performed modestly", "title": "Judy Torres" }, { "id": "2520223", "text": "major to suspended progression is Johnny Thunders' \"You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory\". The last chord of the first bridge of The Police's \"Every Breath You Take\" is an unresolved suspended chord, the introduction and chorus of Shocking Blue's \"Venus\" each contain an unresolved suspended chord, and the introduction of Chicago's \"Make Me Smile\" has two different suspended chords without traditional resolution. Michael Jackson's \"Black or White\" uses both sus4 and sus2 chords (E – E – E – E), so does Tom Petty's \"Free Fallin'\" (F – F – F – F). Much of Pointer Sisters' song", "title": "Suspended chord" }, { "id": "10409005", "text": "Breathe (Nickelback song) \"Breathe\" is a song by Canadian rock band Nickelback. Written by Chad Kroeger, Ryan Peake and Mike Kroeger, it was featured as the opening track on the band's second studio album \"The State\" in 1998. Upon the album's reissue by Roadrunner Records, \"Breathe\" was released as the third single from \"The State\" on November 20, 2000, reaching number 16 on the Canadian Top Rock Songs chart, number 10 on the \"Billboard\" Mainstream Rock chart and number 10 on the Alternative Songs chart. \"Breathe\" was written by Nickelback's lead vocalist and guitarist Chad Kroeger, guitarist and backing vocalist", "title": "Breathe (Nickelback song)" }, { "id": "1450787", "text": "Paul). Written and produced by Ivan Matias, \"Breathe\" was a major success worldwide in 2003, topping the European Hot 100 Singles and the UK Singles Chart for four consecutive weeks and also reaching the top ten of several other charts across the world. Tiffany Cobb was born in Providence, Rhode Island. Her father is of Narragansett, Cape Verdean and African American ancestry. Her mother, Susi Franco, a former \"Mrs. Rhode Island\", was an actress, and jazz vocalist. She also has French, Scottish, English, and German ancestry. Cantrell's parents split when she was a child, and she and her five siblings—Adam,", "title": "Blu Cantrell" }, { "id": "12501704", "text": "Alexander Modzeleski \"HAPPY NEW YORKER\" (Music arrangement / production) by TONTON-Byoshi \"Language of Caring\" (Original music) - Sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield \"Stories for Life\" (Original music) - Produced by Invent Media, Inc. \"Every Child a Champion\" (Original music) - Produced by Invent Media, Inc. \"Donden League\" (Opening and ending music) - Kintetsu Cable Network \"Mannequin and Martian\" (Original Music) - Directed by Melinda Rainsberger \"Ikoma City 30th Anniversary Video\" (Original Music) - Produced by the city of Ikoma, Japan Someone Like You (Adele) Every Breath You Take (Sting) Rhapsody in Blue (Gershwin) Carnegie Hall - Weill Recital Hall", "title": "Yasuhiko Fukuoka" } ]

[ "1 July 1997" ]

[ { "id": "5370269", "text": "Handover of Hong Kong The transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong, commonly known as the handover of Hong Kong (or simply \"the Handover\", also \"the Return\" in mainland China) was the transition of control over the former British colony of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China on 1 July 1997. The returned territory comprised Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula, which were respectively ceded to Britain in 1842 and 1860, as well as the New Territories, which were leased for 99 years from 1898. The transfer was arranged to coincide with the expiration", "title": "Handover of Hong Kong" }, { "id": "7623948", "text": "Hong Kong handover ceremony The handover ceremony of Hong Kong in 1997 officially marked the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the People's Republic of China. It was an internationally televised event with the ceremony commencing on the night of 30 June 1997 and finishing on 1 July 1997. The ceremony was held at the new wing of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) in Wan Chai. For the People's Republic of China For the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland In 2005, the British", "title": "Hong Kong handover ceremony" }, { "id": "7623950", "text": "Hong Kong was closely watched by Chinese warships. Hong Kong handover ceremony The handover ceremony of Hong Kong in 1997 officially marked the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the People's Republic of China. It was an internationally televised event with the ceremony commencing on the night of 30 June 1997 and finishing on 1 July 1997. The ceremony was held at the new wing of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) in Wan Chai. For the People's Republic of China For the United Kingdom of Great", "title": "Hong Kong handover ceremony" }, { "id": "5370290", "text": "on 12 June 1985. In the Joint Declaration, the People's Republic of China Government stated that it had decided to resume the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong (including Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and the New Territories) with effect from 1 July 1997 and the United Kingdom Government declared that it would restore Hong Kong to the PRC with effect from 1 July 1997. In the document, the People's Republic of China Government also declared its basic policies regarding Hong Kong. In accordance with the \"One country, two systems\" principle agreed between the United Kingdom and the People's Republic of", "title": "Handover of Hong Kong" }, { "id": "14578735", "text": "the Chinese, the Second Convention of Peking was signed on 9 June. Since the foreign powers had agreed by the late 19th century that it was no longer permissible to acquire outright sovereignty over any parcel of Chinese territory, and in keeping with the other territorial cessions China made to Russia, Germany and France that same year, the extension of Hong Kong took the form of a 99-year lease. The lease consisted of the rest of Kowloon south of the Shenzhen River and 230 islands, which became known as the New Territories. The British formally took possession on 16 April", "title": "British Hong Kong" }, { "id": "14578741", "text": "franchise to include them. The Sino-British Joint Declaration was signed by both the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and the Premier of the People's Republic of China on 19 December 1984 in Beijing. The Declaration entered into force with the exchange of instruments of ratification on 27 May 1985 and was registered by the People's Republic of China and United Kingdom governments at the United Nations on 12 June 1985. In the Joint Declaration, the People's Republic of China Government stated that it had decided to resume the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong (including Hong Kong Island, Kowloon,", "title": "British Hong Kong" }, { "id": "1728017", "text": "to British consular protection in the HKSAR and other parts of the PRC. After signing of the declaration, the Sino–British Joint Liaison Group was set up according to the Annex II of the declaration. The transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong (referred to as the \"return\" or \"handover\" by the Chinese and British press respectively) occurred as scheduled on 1 July 1997. Since the return just a few things changed, such as the flag of Hong Kong and the Prince of Wales Building being renamed into the People's Liberation Army Building. Post boxes were repainted green, as per the practice", "title": "Sino-British Joint Declaration" }, { "id": "15318229", "text": "July 2016, nearly 40% of Hongkongers aged 15 to 24 supported the territory becoming an independent entity, whereas 17.4% of the overall respondents supported independence, despite only 3.6% stating that they think it is \"possible\". Hong Kong Island was first ceded as a crown colony to the United Kingdom from the Qing Empire in 1841 during the First Opium War. The other parts of Hong Kong, Kowloon and the New Territories were ceded permanently and leased for 99 years to Britain in 1860 Convention of Peking and 1898 Second Convention of Peking respectively. Although the Chinese government, governed by the", "title": "Hong Kong independence" }, { "id": "14578726", "text": "British Hong Kong British Hong Kong denotes the period during which Hong Kong was governed as a colony and British Dependent Territory of the United Kingdom. Excluding the Japanese occupation during the Second World War, Hong Kong was under British rule from 1841 to 1997. The colonial period began with the occupation of Hong Kong Island in 1841 during the First Opium War. The island was ceded by Qing China in the aftermath of the war in 1842 and established as a Crown colony in 1843. The colony expanded to the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 after the Second Opium War", "title": "British Hong Kong" }, { "id": "14578727", "text": "and was further extended when Britain obtained a 99-year lease of the New Territories in 1898. Although Hong Kong Island and Kowloon were ceded in perpetuity, the leased area, which comprised 92 per cent of the territory, had such a vital role in the economy that Britain agreed to transfer the entire colony to China upon the expiration of that lease in 1997. The transfer has been considered by many as marking the end of the British Empire. In 1836, the Manchu Qing government undertook a major policy review of the opium trade. Lin Zexu volunteered to take on the", "title": "British Hong Kong" }, { "id": "17252911", "text": "of British administration and replaced it with the Provisional Legislative Council. The decision of transfer of the sovereignty over Hong Kong in 1997 was finalised by the Chinese and British governments on 18 December 1984 in the Sino-British Joint Declaration. The Declaration stated that the Chinese government would resume the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong (including Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and the New Territories), effective on 1 July 1997, from the British government. Within these declarations, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall be under the direct jurisdiction of the Central People’s Government and shall enjoy a high degree", "title": "1994 Hong Kong electoral reform" }, { "id": "6712936", "text": "control on the New Territories was a 99-year lease. The Sino-British Joint Declaration was signed by the Prime Ministers of the People's Republic of China and the United Kingdom governments on 19 December 1984 in Beijing. The Declaration entered into force with the exchange of instruments of ratification on 27 May 1985. In the Joint Declaration, the PRC Government stated that it had decided to resume the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong (including Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and the New Territories) with effect from 1 July 1997, and the UK Government declared that it would restore Hong Kong to", "title": "Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day" }, { "id": "5370289", "text": "Hong Kong's future in Beijing. Zhou Nan, the then PRC Deputy Foreign Minister and leader of the negotiation team, and Sir Richard Evans, British Ambassador to Beijing and leader of the team, signed respectively on behalf of the two governments. The Sino-British Joint Declaration was signed by the Prime Ministers of the People's Republic of China and the United Kingdom governments on 19 December 1984 in Beijing. The Declaration entered into force with the exchange of instruments of ratification on 27 May 1985 and was registered by the People's Republic of China and United Kingdom governments at the United Nations", "title": "Handover of Hong Kong" }, { "id": "174384", "text": "destroyed opium stockpiles and halted all foreign trade, forcing a British military response and triggering the First Opium War. The Qing surrendered early in the war and ceded Hong Kong Island in the Convention of Chuenpi. However, both countries were dissatisfied and did not ratify the agreement. After over a year of further hostilities, Hong Kong Island was formally ceded to the United Kingdom in the 29 August 1842 Treaty of Nanking. The colony was further expanded in 1898, when Britain obtained a 99-year lease of the New Territories. The University of Hong Kong was established in 1911 as the", "title": "Hong Kong" }, { "id": "19770608", "text": "Westernisation in Hong Kong After the First Opium War in 1842, China ceded Hong Kong Island to Britain under the Nanking Treaty. Subsequently in 1898, China leased the lands surrounding Hong Kong Island which includes the New Territories, the Kowloon peninsula and outlying islands to Britain rent free for 99 years under the Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory following China's defeat in the First Sino Japanese War. These unequal treaties has granted Britain the power to colonise the whole of Hong Kong. Even though Hong Kong was eventually handed back to China at the handover in 1997,", "title": "Westernisation in Hong Kong" }, { "id": "656994", "text": "and the People's Republic of China (PRC) concluded the Sino-British Joint Declaration on the Question of Hong Kong, under which the sovereignty of the leased territories, together with Hong Kong Island and Kowloon (south of Boundary Street) ceded under the Convention of Peking (1860), was transferred to the PRC on 1 July 1997. The treaty was sealed by interpreter John Robert Morrison for the British and Wang Tajin for the Chinese. Harry Parkes, who was a student of Chinese under Morrison, gave his account of the ceremony: There were four copies of the Treaty signed and sealed. They were bound", "title": "Treaty of Nanking" }, { "id": "1727999", "text": "force with the exchange of instruments of ratification on 27 May 1985, and was registered by the PRC and UK governments at the United Nations on 12 June 1985. In the Joint Declaration, the PRC Government stated that it had decided to resume the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong (including Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and the New Territories) with effect from 1 July 1997, and the UK Government declared that it would hand over Hong Kong to the PRC with effect from 1 July 1997. The PRC Government also declared its basic policies regarding Hong Kong in the document.", "title": "Sino-British Joint Declaration" }, { "id": "6712932", "text": "Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day Establishment Day, formally the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day (), is celebrated annually on 1 July in Hong Kong since 1997. The holiday commemorates the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China and the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The similarly-named holiday in Macau occurs on December 20, the day of its handover from Portugal. The day is customarily marked by an officially organised extravagant fireworks display in the evening, and is also the platform for political rallies demanding", "title": "Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day" }, { "id": "14578754", "text": "beginning of the emergence of a Hong Kong identity, changed the attitude of the local Chinese. They overwhelmingly rallied around the colonial British regime. British Hong Kong British Hong Kong denotes the period during which Hong Kong was governed as a colony and British Dependent Territory of the United Kingdom. Excluding the Japanese occupation during the Second World War, Hong Kong was under British rule from 1841 to 1997. The colonial period began with the occupation of Hong Kong Island in 1841 during the First Opium War. The island was ceded by Qing China in the aftermath of the war", "title": "British Hong Kong" }, { "id": "6712935", "text": "usually held on the evening of 1 July in Victoria Harbour. Hong Kong's territory was acquired by United Kingdom from China through three separate treaties: the Treaty of Nanking in 1842, the Treaty of Beijing in 1860, and The Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory in 1898, which gave the UK the control of Hong Kong Island, Kowloon (area south of Boundary Street), and the New Territories (area north of Boundary Street and south of the Shenzhen River, and outlying islands), respectively. Although Hong Kong Island and Kowloon had been ceded to the United Kingdom in perpetuity, the", "title": "Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day" }, { "id": "5370302", "text": "century on the site of an earlier 17th century watch post on the Kowloon Peninsula of Hong Kong. After the ceding of Hong Kong Island to Britain in 1842 (Treaty of Nanjing), Manchu Qing Dynasty authorities of China felt it necessary for them to establish a military and administrative post to rule the area and to check further British influence in the area. The 1898 Convention which handed additional parts of Hong Kong (the New Territories) to Britain for 99 years excluded the Walled City, with a population of roughly 700. It stated that China could continue to keep troops", "title": "Handover of Hong Kong" }, { "id": "4049566", "text": "1898, the British and Chinese governments signed the Second Convention of Peking, which included a 99-year lease agreement for the islands surrounding Hong Kong, called the \"New Territories.\" The lease awarded control of more than 200 surrounding small islands to the British. In return, China got a promise that the islands would be returned to it after 99 years. On December 19, 1984, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang signed the Sino-British Joint Declaration, in which Britain agreed to return not only the New Territories but also Kowloon and Hong Kong itself when the lease term", "title": "History of Hong Kong" }, { "id": "52626", "text": "to hold Hong Kong and proposed British administration with Chinese sovereignty, though this was rejected by China. A deal was reached in 1984—under the terms of the Sino-British Joint Declaration, Hong Kong would become a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China, maintaining its way of life for at least 50 years. The handover ceremony in 1997 marked for many, including Charles, Prince of Wales, who was in attendance, \"the end of Empire\". Britain retains sovereignty over 14 territories outside the British Isles, which were renamed the British Overseas Territories in 2002. Three are uninhabited except for transient", "title": "British Empire" }, { "id": "5370291", "text": "China, the socialist system of the People's Republic of China would not be practised in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), and Hong Kong's previous capitalist system and its way of life would remain unchanged for a period of 50 years. This would have left Hong Kong unchanged until 2047. The Joint Declaration provided that these basic policies should be stipulated in the Hong Kong Basic Law. The ceremony of the signing of the Sino-British Joint Declaration took place at 18:00, 19 December 1984 at the Western Main Chamber of the Great Hall of the People. The Hong Kong", "title": "Handover of Hong Kong" }, { "id": "17816591", "text": "a deeply important role in the formation of the modern Hong Kong. Sovereignty of Hong Kong was ceded to the UK \"in perpetuity\" on 29 August 1842 through the Treaty of Nanking. The UK further expanded the territory of Hong Kong in 1860 by another cessation, plus a 99-year lease of the New Territories in 1898. The stability, security, and predictability of British law and government enabled Hong Kong to flourish as a centre for international trade. Localisation of teritary institutions, the Hong Kong government and the independent Judiciary in the run-up to the 1997 Handover of sovereignty, caused a", "title": "Hong Kong–United Kingdom relations" }, { "id": "5370271", "text": "in India, convert it into opium, trade the opium in China for tea, and sell the tea back in Britain. Opium sales were highly successful and the drugs were being pushed into China at a ridiculous scale. The United Kingdom obtained control over portions of Hong Kong's territory through three treaties with Qing China: Despite the finite nature of the New Territories lease, this portion of the colony was developed just as rapidly as, and became highly integrated with, the rest of Hong Kong. By the time of serious negotiations over the future status of Hong Kong in the 1980s,", "title": "Handover of Hong Kong" }, { "id": "15318230", "text": "Kuomintang led by Chiang Kai-shek initially intended to take back the territory, Britain resumed control of Hong Kong in 1945 after the Second World War, in which Hong Kong was occupied by Japan for three years and eight months. There were few advocates for decolonisation of Hong Kong from the British rule during the post-war period, notably Ma Man-fai and the Democratic Self-Government Party of Hong Kong in the 1960s but the fruitless movement ceased to exist without substantial support. In the last years of the 1970s into the early 1980s, the question of Hong Kong sovereignty emerged on Hong", "title": "Hong Kong independence" }, { "id": "1945382", "text": "were appointed by the Governor. After the Sino-British Joint Declaration was signed on 19 December 1984 (in which the United Kingdom agreed to transfer the sovereignty of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China on 1 July 1997), the Hong Kong government decided to start the process of democratisation based on the consultative document, \"\" on 18 July 1984. The first ever elections to the Council were held in 1985, following by the first direct elections of the Legislative Council were held in 1991. The Legislative Council became a fully elected legislature for the first time in 1995. The", "title": "Legislative Council of Hong Kong" }, { "id": "13953758", "text": "The flag of Hong Kong was adopted on 16 February 1990. On 10 August 1996, it received formal approval from the Preparatory Committee, a group which advised the People's Republic of China (PRC) on Hong Kong's transfer of sovereignty from the United Kingdom to the PRC in 1997. The flag was first officially hoisted on 1 July 1997, in the handover ceremony marking the transfer of sovereignty from the United Kingdom to China. The Regional flag of the Macau Special Administrative Region is \"Macau green\" with a lotus flower above a stylized image of the Governor Nobre de Carvalho Bridge", "title": "Flag of China" }, { "id": "52625", "text": "protectorate, gained its independence. In September 1982 the Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, travelled to Beijing to negotiate with the Chinese government, on the future of Britain's last major and most populous overseas territory, Hong Kong. Under the terms of the 1842 Treaty of Nanking and 1860 Convention of Peking, Hong Kong Island and Kowloon Peninsula had been respectively ceded to Britain \"in perpetuity\", but the vast majority of the colony was constituted by the New Territories, which had been acquired under a 99-year lease in 1898, due to expire in 1997. Thatcher, seeing parallels with the Falkland Islands, initially wished", "title": "British Empire" }, { "id": "5370275", "text": "which Hong Kong would be given special status by the PRC government. MacLehose's visit to the PRC raised the curtain on the issue of Hong Kong's sovereignty: Britain was made aware of the PRC's aspiration to resume sovereignty over Hong Kong and began to make arrangements accordingly to ensure the sustenance of her interests within the territory, as well as initiating the creation of a withdrawal plan in case of emergency. Three years later, Deng received the former British Prime Minister Edward Heath, who had been dispatched as the special envoy of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to establish an understanding", "title": "Handover of Hong Kong" }, { "id": "5333040", "text": "1945, after the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima on 6 August 1945. Another one was dropped on Nagasaki three days later, on the same day that the USSR began its Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation, which crippled the last grand Japanese army in China. Japan finally surrendered on 15 August 1945. Hong Kong was handed over by the Imperial Japanese Army to the Royal Navy on 30 August 1945; British control over Hong Kong was thus restored. 30 August was declared as \"Liberation Day\" (Chinese: 重光紀念日), and was a public holiday in Hong Kong until 1997. General Takashi", "title": "Japanese occupation of Hong Kong" }, { "id": "5628289", "text": "1990s in Hong Kong The 1990s in Hong Kong marked a transitional period and the last decade of colonial Hong Kong. The 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration paved the way for a series of changes that would facilitate the transfer of sovereignty from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China (PRC). In July 1992, Chris Patten was appointed as the last British Governor of Hong Kong. By contrast with his predecessors, Sir Edward Youde and Sir David Wilson, Patten had little experience with Hong Kong or China, and spoke neither Mandarin nor Cantonese. The decade was essentially dominated by", "title": "1990s in Hong Kong" }, { "id": "15318232", "text": "a Hong Kong representative in the Sino-British negotiation was rejected by Beijing. In 1984, the British and Chinese governments signed the Sino-British Joint Declaration which stated that the sovereignty of Hong Kong should be transferred to the PRC on 1 July 1997, and Hong Kong should enjoy a \"high degree of autonomy\" under the \"One Country, Two Systems\" principle. From 1983 to 1997, Hong Kong saw an exodus of emigrants to overseas countries, especially in the wake of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, which more than a million Hongkongers showed up on the streets to support to student protesters in", "title": "Hong Kong independence" }, { "id": "174381", "text": "who migrated from inland and brought knowledge of rice cultivation. The Qin dynasty incorporated the Hong Kong area into China for the first time in 214 BCE, after conquering the indigenous Baiyue. The region was consolidated under the Nanyue kingdom (a predecessor state of Vietnam) after the Qin collapse, and recaptured by China after the Han conquest. During the Mongol conquest, the Southern Song court was briefly located in modern-day Kowloon City (the Sung Wong Toi site) before its final defeat in the 1279 Battle of Yamen. By the end of the Yuan dynasty, seven large families had settled in", "title": "Hong Kong" }, { "id": "747965", "text": "trade relations with foreign countries. Hong Kong was a colony of the United Kingdom, ruled by a governor for 156 years (except for four years of Japanese occupation during WWII) until 1997, when it was returned to Chinese sovereignty. China had to accept some conditions, stipulated in the Sino-British Joint Declaration, such as the drafting and adoption of Hong Kong's mini-constitution before its return. The Basic Law ensured Hong Kong will retain its capitalist economic system and own currency (the Hong Kong Dollar), legal system, legislative system, and people's rights and freedom for fifty years, as a special administrative region", "title": "One country, two systems" }, { "id": "14578732", "text": "where the Union Jack was raised under a \"feu de joie\" from the marines and a royal salute from the warships. Hong Kong was ceded in the Treaty of Nanking on 29 August 1842 and established as a Crown colony after ratification was exchanged on 26 June 1843. The treaty failed to satisfy British expectations of a major expansion of trade and profit, which led to increasing pressure for a revision of the terms. In October 1856, Chinese authorities in Canton detained the \"Arrow\", a Chinese-owned ship registered in Hong Kong to enjoy protection of the British flag. The Consul", "title": "British Hong Kong" }, { "id": "4049567", "text": "expired. China promised to implement a \"One Country, Two Systems\" regime, under which for fifty years Hong Kong citizens could continue to practice capitalism and political freedoms forbidden on the mainland. So, on July 1, 1997, the lease ended and the government of Great Britain transferred control of Hong Kong and surrounding territories to the People's Republic of China. Hong Kong was occupied by Japan from 23 December 1941 to 15 August 1945. The period, called '3 years and 8 months' halted the economy. The British, Canadians, Indians and the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Forces resisted the Japanese invasion commanded", "title": "History of Hong Kong" }, { "id": "3749512", "text": "Court of Final Appeal (Hong Kong) The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal () is the final appellate court of Hong Kong. Before 1 July 1997, Hong Kong was a British Dependent Territory, and the power of final adjudication on the laws of Hong Kong was vested in the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London. The sovereignty of Hong Kong was transferred from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China on 1 July 1997. Based on the one country, two systems principle, Hong Kong retains its highly autonomous power and maintains its own legal system. The", "title": "Court of Final Appeal (Hong Kong)" }, { "id": "5370299", "text": "PRC–British relations to a standstill and affected the negotiations for a smooth handover. Patten introduced a package of electoral reforms in the Legislative Council. These reforms proposed to enlarge the electorate, thus making voting in the Legislative Council more democratic. This move posed significant changes because Hong Kong citizens would have the power to make decisions regarding their future. The handover ceremony was held at the new wing of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai on the night of 30 June 1997. The principal British guest was Prince Charles, who read a farewell speech on behalf", "title": "Handover of Hong Kong" }, { "id": "1728001", "text": "perceived infringements in the HKSAR by mainland China, the British Foreign Office announced that Chinese officials now treat the Joint Declaration as \"void\". The background of the Sino–British Joint Declaration was the pending expiration of the lease of the New Territories on 1 July 1997. The lease was negotiated between the UK and the Guangxu Emperor of China, and was for a period of 99 years starting from 1 July 1898 under the Second Convention of Peking. At the time of the lease signing, Hong Kong Island had already been ceded to the UK in perpetuity under the Treaty of", "title": "Sino-British Joint Declaration" }, { "id": "174376", "text": "Hong Kong Hong Kong (; ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, is a special administrative region on the eastern side of the Pearl River estuary in southern China. With over 7.4 million people of various nationalities in a territory, Hong Kong is the world's fourth-most-densely-populated region. Hong Kong became a colony of the British Empire after Qing China ceded Hong Kong Island at the end of the First Opium War in 1842. The colony expanded to the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 after the Second Opium War, and was further extended when Britain", "title": "Hong Kong" }, { "id": "6591302", "text": "taking the position that they would not accept so-called \"unequal treaties\" that were imposed on them by colonial powers. The governments of the United Kingdom and the People's Republic of China (PRC) concluded the Sino-British Joint Declaration in 1984, under which the sovereignty of the leased territories, together with Hong Kong Island and Kowloon (south of Boundary Street) ceded under the Treaty of Nanking (1842) and Convention of Peking (1860), was scheduled to be transferred to the PRC on 1 July 1997. The territory was then transferred as scheduled. Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory The Convention between", "title": "Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory" }, { "id": "14578744", "text": "and Shanghai Banking Corporation and Standard Chartered Bank, Hong Kong celebrities such as Li Ka-shing, Pao Yue-kong and Fok Ying-tung, and also Martin Lee Chu-ming and Szeto Wah. The handover ceremony was held at the new wing of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai on the night of 30 June 1997. The principal British guest was Charles, Prince of Wales who read a farewell speech on behalf of the Queen. The newly appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Tony Blair, the British Foreign Minister, Robin Cook, the departing Hong Kong governor, Chris Patten, Chief of", "title": "British Hong Kong" }, { "id": "3749516", "text": "Post-graduate Degree: Undergraduate Degree: Court of Final Appeal (Hong Kong) The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal () is the final appellate court of Hong Kong. Before 1 July 1997, Hong Kong was a British Dependent Territory, and the power of final adjudication on the laws of Hong Kong was vested in the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London. The sovereignty of Hong Kong was transferred from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China on 1 July 1997. Based on the one country, two systems principle, Hong Kong retains its highly autonomous power and maintains its", "title": "Court of Final Appeal (Hong Kong)" }, { "id": "5370304", "text": "the Qing government, the establishment of the Republic of China and later, a Communist Chinese government (PRC). Squatters began to occupy the Walled City, resisting several attempts by Britain in 1948 to drive them out. The Walled City became a haven for criminals and drug addicts, as the Hong Kong Police had no right to enter the City and China refused maintainability. The 1949 foundation of the People's Republic of China added thousands of refugees to the population, many from Guangdong; by this time, Britain had had enough, and simply adopted a \"hands-off\" policy. A murder that occurred in Kowloon", "title": "Handover of Hong Kong" }, { "id": "10718178", "text": "13 years until the official handover of Hong Kong in 1997. On September 26, 1984, Zhou Nan and British delegation head Sir Richard Evans initialed the important Sino-British Joint Declaration (中英联合声明) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. It was later formally signed by the British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and the Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang again in the Great Hall of the People on 19 December 1984. The Joint Declaration promised Hong Kong's status as a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China after 1997, and allowed Hong Kong citizens to retain their rights and freedoms enjoyed under", "title": "Zhou Nan" }, { "id": "5370300", "text": "of the Queen. The newly elected Labour Prime Minister, Tony Blair, the Foreign Secretary Robin Cook, the departing Governor Chris Patten and General Sir Charles Guthrie, Chief of the Defence Staff, also attended. Representing the People's Republic of China were the President, Jiang Zemin, the Premier, Li Peng, and the first Chief executive Tung Chee-hwa. The event was broadcast around the world. After the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, the Hong Kong government proposed a grand \"Rose Garden Project\" to restore faith and solidarity among the residents. As the construction of the new Hong Kong International Airport would extend well", "title": "Handover of Hong Kong" }, { "id": "15318227", "text": "Hong Kong independence Hong Kong independence () is a movement that advocates Hong Kong becoming an independent sovereign state. Hong Kong is a special administrative region (SAR) which enjoys a high degree of autonomy under the People's Republic of China (PRC), guaranteed under Article 2 of Hong Kong Basic Law as ratified under the Sino-British Joint Declaration. Since the transfer of the sovereignty of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the PRC in 1997, some Hongkongers have been concerned about Beijing's growing encroachment on the territory's freedoms and the failure of the Hong Kong government to deliver \"genuine democracy\".", "title": "Hong Kong independence" }, { "id": "2293733", "text": "over by the Imperial Japanese Army to the Royal Navy on August 30, 1945, and resumed its pre-war status as a British dependency. Hong Kong celebrated the \"Liberation Day\" () on August 30 (later moved to the Saturday preceding the last Monday in August) annually, which was a public holiday before 1997. After the transfer of sovereignty in 1997, the celebration was moved to the third Monday in August and renamed \"Sino-Japanese War Victory Day\", the Chinese name of which is literally \"Victory of War of Resistance against Japan Day\" as in the rest of China, but this day was", "title": "Victory over Japan Day" }, { "id": "5370274", "text": "the next 18 years would become difficult. In response to concerns over land leases in the New Territories, MacLehose proposed that British administration of the whole of Hong Kong, as opposed to sovereignty, be allowed to continue after 1997. He also proposed that contracts include the phrase \"for so long as the Crown administers the territory\". In fact, as early as the mid-1970s, Hong Kong had faced additional risks raising loans for large-scale infrastructure projects such as its Mass Transit Railway (MTR) system and a new airport. Caught unprepared, Deng asserted the necessity of Hong Kong's return to China, upon", "title": "Handover of Hong Kong" }, { "id": "5370308", "text": "be reached by the winding, hilly and narrow Po Lam Road South. At that time, Rennie's Mill's only means of public transport were the routes 90 and 290 of Kowloon Motor Bus, which were operated by minibuses, and by water transport. The Republic of China on Taiwan promulgated the \"Laws and Regulations Regarding Hong Kong & Macao Affairs\" on 2 April 1997 by Presidential Order, and the Executive Yuan on 19 June 1997 ordered the provisions pertaining to Hong Kong to take effect on 1 July 1997. The United States–Hong Kong Policy Act or more commonly known as the Hong", "title": "Handover of Hong Kong" }, { "id": "5370273", "text": "to the United Nations Decolonization Committee to state the position of the Chinese government: The same year, on 8 November, the United Nations General Assembly passed the resolution on removing Hong Kong and Macau from the official list of colonies. In March 1979 the Governor of Hong Kong, Murray MacLehose, paid his first official visit to the People's Republic of China (PRC), taking the initiative to raise the question of Hong Kong's sovereignty with Deng Xiaoping. Without clarifying and establishing the official position of the PRC government, the arranging of real estate leases and loans agreements in Hong Kong within", "title": "Handover of Hong Kong" }, { "id": "14578731", "text": "the Convention of Chuenpi during the First Opium War. On 20 January, Elliot announced \"the conclusion of preliminary arrangements\", which included the cession of Hong Kong Island and its harbour to the British Crown. Elliot chose Hong Kong instead of Chusan because he believed a settlement further east would cause an \"indefinite protraction of hostilities\", whereas Hong Kong's harbour was a valuable base for the British trading community in Canton. British rule began with the occupation of the island on 26 January. Commodore Gordon Bremer, commander-in-chief of British forces in China, took formal possession of the island at Possession Point,", "title": "British Hong Kong" }, { "id": "5370270", "text": "of this lease on the previous day, 30 June 1997. This event marked the end of British rule in Hong Kong, and is regarded by some as the end of the British Empire. By the 1820s and 1830s, the British had conquered parts of India and had intentions of growing cotton in these lands to offset the amount of cotton they were buying from America. When this endeavor failed, the British realized they could grow poppies at an incredible rate. These poppies could then be turned into opium, which the Chinese highly desired. So the British plan was grow poppies", "title": "Handover of Hong Kong" }, { "id": "1727927", "text": "Hong Kong Basic Law The Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China is the supreme law in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and a national law of the People's Republic of China. Comprising nine chapters, 160 articles and three annexes, the Basic Law was adopted on 4 April 1990 by the Seventh National People's Congress and signed by President Yang Shangkun. The Basic Law came into effect on 1 July 1997 in Hong Kong when the sovereignty over Hong Kong was transferred from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of", "title": "Hong Kong Basic Law" }, { "id": "5370272", "text": "it was thought impractical to separate the ceded territories and return only the New Territories to China. In addition, with the scarcity of land and natural resources in Hong Kong Island and Kowloon, large-scale infrastructure investments had been made in the New Territories, with break-evens lying well past 30 June 1997. When the People's Republic of China obtained its seat in the United Nations as a result of the UN General Assembly Resolution 2758 in 1971, it began to act diplomatically on the sovereignty issues of Hong Kong and Macau. In March 1972, the Chinese UN representative, Huang Hua, wrote", "title": "Handover of Hong Kong" }, { "id": "4362303", "text": "and British governments in the early 1980s on the future prospect of Hong Kong. After rounds of intense negotiations, both countries signed the Sino-British Joint Declaration on 9 December 1984; the Declaration stated that the British would give up sovereignty and administration in Hong Kong on 1 July 1997, when China resumes her sovereignty over the city. The signing of this Declaration was initially well received by the international community, despite widespread fear in Hong Kong that Chinese sovereignty would mean authoritarian, one-party rule with a communist economic system. As a response to this fear, the late Chairman Deng Xiaoping", "title": "British National (Overseas)" }, { "id": "20134662", "text": "Hong Kong–India relations Hong Kong–India relations refers to the bilateral relations between Hong Kong and India. India has a consulate general in Hong Kong. Relations between Hong Kong and India date back to the 1840s when both countries were British colonies. Trade relations between Hong Kong and India were established shortly after the British gained control of Hong Kong in 1841. The Commission for India in Hong Kong was opened in 1951. The mission was renamed as the Consulate General of India on 15 October 1996, in preparation for the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong from the United Kingdom", "title": "Hong Kong–India relations" }, { "id": "5628304", "text": "the New Territories orbital highway. 1990s in Hong Kong The 1990s in Hong Kong marked a transitional period and the last decade of colonial Hong Kong. The 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration paved the way for a series of changes that would facilitate the transfer of sovereignty from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China (PRC). In July 1992, Chris Patten was appointed as the last British Governor of Hong Kong. By contrast with his predecessors, Sir Edward Youde and Sir David Wilson, Patten had little experience with Hong Kong or China, and spoke neither Mandarin nor Cantonese. The", "title": "1990s in Hong Kong" }, { "id": "5370278", "text": "not British sovereignty. In the wake of Governor MacLehose's visit, Britain and the PRC established initial diplomatic contact for further discussions of the Hong Kong question, paving the way for Thatcher's first visit to the PRC in September 1982. Margaret Thatcher, in discussion with Deng Xiaoping, reiterated the validity of an extension of the lease of Hong Kong territory, particularly in light of binding treaties, including the Treaty of Nanking in 1842, the Convention of Peking in 1856, and the Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory signed in 1890. In response, Deng Xiaoping cited clearly the lack of", "title": "Handover of Hong Kong" }, { "id": "5370309", "text": "Kong Policy Act (PL no. 102-383m 106 Stat. 1448) is a 1992 act enacted by the United States Congress. It allows the United States to continue to treat Hong Kong separately from China for matters concerning trade export and economics control after the handover. The United States was represented by then Secretary of State Madeleine Albright at the Hong Kong handover ceremony. However, she partially boycotted it in protest of China's dissolution of the democratically elected Hong Kong legislature. Scholars have begun to study the complexities of the transfer as shown in the popular media, such as films, television and", "title": "Handover of Hong Kong" }, { "id": "15525641", "text": "of Britain's 99-year lease of the New Territories (an area that encompasses all territories north of Boundary Street on the Kowloon Peninsula), with Deng Xiaoping. The talks, although inconclusive at the time, eventually involved top British Government officials and paved the way for the handover of the Hong Kong in its entirety, including those parts ceded to the UK in perpetuity, to the People's Republic of China on 1 July 1997. After his governorship ended in 1982, MacLehose was made a life peer as Baron MacLehose of Beoch, of Maybole in the District of Kyle and Carrick and of Victoria", "title": "Murray MacLehose, Baron MacLehose of Beoch" }, { "id": "656993", "text": "Qing government agreed to make Hong Kong Island a crown colony, ceding it to the British Queen \"in perpetuity\" (, \"Cháng yuǎn\", in the Chinese version of the treaty), to provide British traders with a harbour where they could \"careen and refit their ships and keep stores for that purpose\" (Article III). Pottinger was later appointed the first governor of Hong Kong. In 1860, the colony was extended with the Kowloon peninsula and in 1898, the Second Convention of Peking further expanded the colony with the 99-year lease of the New Territories. In 1984, the governments of the United Kingdom", "title": "Treaty of Nanking" }, { "id": "15318267", "text": "Law. Reasons cited in favour of maintaining Hong Kong as part of China include: Hong Kong independence Hong Kong independence () is a movement that advocates Hong Kong becoming an independent sovereign state. Hong Kong is a special administrative region (SAR) which enjoys a high degree of autonomy under the People's Republic of China (PRC), guaranteed under Article 2 of Hong Kong Basic Law as ratified under the Sino-British Joint Declaration. Since the transfer of the sovereignty of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the PRC in 1997, some Hongkongers have been concerned about Beijing's growing encroachment on the", "title": "Hong Kong independence" }, { "id": "3948143", "text": "was first used by the British as a staging post during the war, and while the East India Company intended to establish a permanent base on the island of Zhoushan, Elliot took it upon himself to claim the island on a permanent basis. The ostensible authority for the occupation was negotiated between Captain Eliot and the Viceroy of Liangguang, the Manchu official Qishan. The Convention of Chuenpi was concluded but had not been recognised by the Qing Dynasty court at Beijing. Subsequently, Hong Kong Island was ceded to Britain in 1842 under the Treaty of Nanking, when the territory became", "title": "History of Hong Kong (1800s–1930s)" }, { "id": "5370283", "text": "of the talks, the British government proposed an exchange of sovereignty for administration and the implementation of a British administration post-handover. The PRC government refused, contending that the notions of sovereignty and administration were inseparable, and although it recognised Macau as a \"Chinese territory under Portuguese administration\", this was only temporary. In fact, during informal exchanges between 1979 and 1981, the PRC had proposed a \"Macau solution\" in Hong Kong, under which it would remain under British administration at China's discretion. However, this had previously been rejected following the 1967 Leftist riots, with the then Governor, David Trench, claiming the", "title": "Handover of Hong Kong" }, { "id": "5370301", "text": "after the handover, Governor Wilson met PRC Premier Li Peng in Beijing to ease the mind of the PRC government. The communist press published stories that the project was an evil plan to bleed Hong Kong dry before the handover, leaving the territory in serious debt. After three years of negotiations, Britain and the PRC finally reached an agreement over the construction of the new airport, and signed a Memorandum of Understanding. Removing hills and reclaiming land, it took only a few years to construct the new airport. The Walled City was originally a single fort built in the mid-19th", "title": "Handover of Hong Kong" }, { "id": "14578742", "text": "and the New Territories) with effect from 1 July 1997 and the United Kingdom Government declared that it would relinquish Hong Kong to the PRC with effect from 1 July 1997. In the document, the People's Republic of China Government also declared its basic policies regarding Hong Kong. In accordance with the One Country, Two Systems principle agreed between the United Kingdom and the People's Republic of China, the socialist system of People's Republic of China would not be practised in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), and Hong Kong's previous capitalist system and its way of life would", "title": "British Hong Kong" }, { "id": "5333042", "text": "control of Hong Kong. As soon as he heard word of the Japanese surrender, Franklin Gimson, Hong Kong's colonial secretary, left his prison camp and declared himself the territory's acting governor. A government office was set up at the Former French Mission Building in Victoria on 1 September 1945. British Rear Admiral Sir Cecil Halliday Jepson Harcourt sailed into Hong Kong on board the cruiser to re-establish the British government's control over the colony. On 16 September 1945, he formally accepted the Japanese surrender from Maj.-Gen. Umekichi Okada and Vice Admiral Ruitaro Fujita at Government House. Hong Kong's post-war recovery", "title": "Japanese occupation of Hong Kong" }, { "id": "6712937", "text": "the PRC with effect from 1 July 1997. In the document the PRC Government also declared its basic policies regarding Hong Kong. In accordance with the \"One country, two systems\" principle agreed between the UK and the PRC, Hong Kong would become a special administrative region where the socialist system of PRC would not be practised, and Hong Kong's capitalist system and its way of life would remain unchanged for a period of 50 years from the date of handover. The Hong Kong handover ceremony officially marked the transfer of sovereignty from the United Kingdom. It was an internationally televised", "title": "Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day" }, { "id": "5370303", "text": "there, so long as they did not interfere with Britain's temporary rule. Britain quickly went back on this unofficial part of the agreement, attacking Kowloon Walled City in 1899, only to find it deserted. They did nothing with it, or the outpost, and thus posed the question of Kowloon Walled City's ownership squarely up in the air. The outpost consisted of a yamen, as well as buildings which grew into low-lying, densely packed neighbourhoods from the 1890s to 1940s. The enclave remained part of Chinese territory despite the turbulent events of the early 20th century that saw the fall of", "title": "Handover of Hong Kong" }, { "id": "14578740", "text": "and power of the British. On 14 August 1945, when Japan announced its unconditional surrender, the British formed a naval task group to sail towards Hong Kong. On 1 September, Rear-Admiral Cecil Harcourt proclaimed a military administration with himself as its head. He formally accepted the Japanese surrender on 16 September in Government House. Young, upon his return as governor in May 1946, pursued political reform known as the \"Young Plan\", believing that, to counter the Chinese government's determination to recover Hong Kong, it was necessary to give local inhabitants a greater stake in the territory by widening the political", "title": "British Hong Kong" }, { "id": "1772881", "text": "China (PRC) concluded the Sino-British Joint Declaration on the Question of Hong Kong in 1984, under which the sovereignty of the leased territories, together with Hong Kong Island, ceded under the Treaty of Nanjing (1842), and Kowloon Peninsula (south of Boundary Street), was transferred to the PRC on 1 July 1997. However, the parts of Outer Manchuria ceded to Russia were never returned and remain as a part of Russia today. Convention of Peking The Convention or First Convention of Peking, sometimes now known as the Convention of Beijing, is an agreement comprising three distinct treaties concluded between the Qing", "title": "Convention of Peking" }, { "id": "5370284", "text": "leftists' aim was to leave the UK without effective control, or \"to Macau us\". The conflict that arose at that point of the negotiations ended the possibility of further negotiation. During the reception of former British Prime Minister Edward Heath during his sixth visit to the PRC, Deng Xiaoping commented quite clearly on the impossibility of exchanging sovereignty for administration, declaring an ultimatum: the British government must modify or give up its position or the PRC will announce its resolution of the issue of Hong Kong sovereignty unilaterally. In 1983, Typhoon Ellen ravaged Hong Kong, causing great amounts of damage", "title": "Handover of Hong Kong" }, { "id": "19682355", "text": "state Thatcher had visited and she was the first British prime minister to visit China. Throughout their meeting, she sought the PRC's agreement to a continued British presence in the territory. Deng stated that the PRC's sovereignty on Hong Kong was non-negotiable, but he was willing to settle the sovereignty issue with Britain through formal negotiations, and both governments promised to maintain Hong Kong's stability and prosperity. After the two-year negotiations, Thatcher conceded to the PRC government and signed the Sino-British Joint Declaration in Beijing in 1984, agreeing to hand over Hong Kong's sovereignty in 1997. Although saying that she", "title": "History of the foreign relations of the United Kingdom" }, { "id": "5370280", "text": "bluntly that China could easily take Hong Kong by force, stating that \"I could walk in and take the whole lot this afternoon\", to which she replied that \"there is nothing I could do to stop you, but the eyes of the world would now know what China is like\". After her visit with Deng in Beijing, Thatcher was received in Hong Kong as the first British Prime Minister to set foot on the territory whilst in office. At a press conference, Thatcher re-emphasised the validity of the three treaties, asserting the need for countries to respect treaties on universal", "title": "Handover of Hong Kong" }, { "id": "174387", "text": "service, and more-reliable transportation. Although the territory's competitiveness in manufacturing gradually declined due to rising labour and property costs, it transitioned to a service-based economy. By the early 1990s, Hong Kong had established itself as a global financial centre and shipping hub. The colony faced an uncertain future as the end of the New Territories lease approached, and Governor Murray MacLehose raised the question of Hong Kong's status with Deng Xiaoping in 1979. Diplomatic negotiations with China resulted in the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration, in which the United Kingdom agreed to transfer the colony in 1997 and China would guarantee", "title": "Hong Kong" }, { "id": "6803404", "text": "Sino-British Joint Liaison Group Sino-British Joint Liaison Group () or simply Joint Liaison Group was a meeting group formed in 1985 between the Governments of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the People's Republic of China after signing of Sino–British Joint Declaration (\"Joint Declaration\" for short), a treaty for the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong from Britain to China. It was set up for liaison, consultation and the exchange of information to implement the Joint Declaration and make the transfer of Hong Kong Government in 1997 smooth. The purpose of the Joint Liaison Group was", "title": "Sino-British Joint Liaison Group" }, { "id": "4049581", "text": "enough. In July 1992, Chris Patten was appointed as the last British Governor of Hong Kong. Patten had been Chairman of the Conservative Party in the UK until he lost his parliamentary seat in the general election earlier that year. Relations with the PRC government in Beijing became increasingly strained, as Patten introduced democratic reforms that increased the number of elected members in the Legislative Council. The PRC government viewed this as a breach of the Basic Law. On 1 July 1997, Hong Kong was handed over to the People's Republic of China by the United Kingdom. The old Legislative", "title": "History of Hong Kong" }, { "id": "1947910", "text": "Chief Executive of Hong Kong The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is the representative of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and head of the Government of Hong Kong. The position was created to replace the Governor of Hong Kong, the representative of the Monarch of the United Kingdom during British rule. The office, stipulated by the Hong Kong Basic Law, formally came into being on 1 July 1997 when the sovereignty of Hong Kong was transferred from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China. The functions of the Chief Executive (CE) include nominating", "title": "Chief Executive of Hong Kong" }, { "id": "4049565", "text": "the British had grown increasingly worried about the security of their free port at Hong Kong. It was an isolated island, surrounded by areas still under Chinese control. The British decided the answer would be to lease a buffer zone around Hong Kong that would make the island less vulnerable to invasion. In 1860, at the end of the Second Opium War, the UK gained a perpetual lease over the Kowloon Peninsula, which is the mainland Chinese area just across the strait from Hong Kong Island. This agreement was part of the Convention of Beijing that ended that conflict. In", "title": "History of Hong Kong" }, { "id": "1727998", "text": "Sino-British Joint Declaration The Sino–British Joint Declaration is an international bilateral treaty signed between the People's Republic of China and the United Kingdom on 19 December 1984 in Beijing. The Declaration stipulates the sovereign and administrative arrangement over Hong Kong after 1 July 1997, when the lease of the New Territories was set to expire according to the Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory. The Declaration was signed by Premier Zhao Ziyang of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of the United Kingdom (UK) on behalf of their respective governments. It entered into", "title": "Sino-British Joint Declaration" }, { "id": "5628292", "text": "The flags of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and China were raised. This marked the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong from British colonial rule to Chinese rule. Participated guests in the ceremony included H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Tony Blair, President of the People's Republic of China Jiang Zemin, Premier of the People's Republic of China Li Peng, the last Hong Kong Governor Chris Patten appointed by the United Kingdom, and Tung Chee Hwa, the first chief executive of Hong Kong elected from a Beijing-controlled election. The population of Hong Kong in", "title": "1990s in Hong Kong" }, { "id": "5370282", "text": "territories were secured and conditions were ripe for its gradual abrogation. A few months after Thatcher's visit to Beijing, the PRC government had yet to open negotiations with the British government regarding the sovereignty of Hong Kong. Shortly before the initiation of sovereignty talks, Governor Youde declared his intention to represent the population of Hong Kong at the negotiations. This statement sparked a strong response from the PRC, prompting Deng Xiaoping to denounce talk of \"the so-called 'three-legged stool'\", which implied that Hong Kong was a party to talks on its future, alongside Beijing and London. At the preliminary stage", "title": "Handover of Hong Kong" }, { "id": "16953038", "text": "of the Joint Declaration by the British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and the Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang in Peking on 19 December 1984, a treaty confirming the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to China in 1997. Evans later participated in arranging a number of high-ranking official visits between the two nations. One of them was the historic visit of Queen Elizabeth II to China in October 1986. In retirement, he wrote a biography of Chinese national leader Deng Xiaoping. It was published in 1993 and was translated into Japanese, Chinese, Thai, Hungarian and other languages.", "title": "Richard Evans (British diplomat)" }, { "id": "2390810", "text": "policies since the 1950s. With the Handover imminent in 1997, the Sino-British Joint Declaration and the Basic Law defined who may reside in Hong Kong once China assumes sovereignty over Hong Kong. Since Hong Kong was created a British colony in 1842, those who were born in the territory or become naturalised had British nationality. This included the right to enter and live in United Kingdom in addition to Hong Kong. By the 1960s, the United Kingdom passed the \"Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1962\" and \"Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1968\". Anticipating immigration waves from former and current colonies in Africa and Asia", "title": "Right of abode in Hong Kong" }, { "id": "11608818", "text": "Kong was handed over to the People's Republic of China by the United Kingdom. The old Legislative Council, elected under Chris Patten's reforms, was replaced by the Provisional Legislative Council elected by a selection committee whose members were appointed by the PRC government. Tung Chee Hwa, elected in December by a selection committee with members appointed by the PRC government, assumed duty as the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong. The new millennium would signal a series of events. A sizeable portion of the population who were previously against the handover found themselves living with the adjustments. Article 23 became", "title": "Military history of Hong Kong" }, { "id": "1767048", "text": "remained statutorily part of the New Territories instead of Kowloon. The New Territories were leased from Qing China to the United Kingdom in 1898 for 99 years in the Second Convention of Peking (The Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory). Upon the expiry of the lease, sovereignty was transferred to the People's Republic of China in 1997, together with the Qing-ceded territories of Hong Kong Island and Kowloon Peninsula. In 2011, the population of the New Territories was recorded at 3,691,093. with a population density of 3,801 per square kilometer (9,845 per square mile). Hong Kong Island was", "title": "New Territories" }, { "id": "12364960", "text": "on 31 December 1995. Clayton commanded the Type 22 frigate during the 1997 Hong Kong handover ceremony. Hong Kong had been a British colony since 1841, but Britain's lease was due to finish and control was to be handed to the People's Republic of China. \"Chatham\"'s role was to act as guardship for the royal yacht HMY \"Britannia\", Clayton said of the experience; \"There is no sense of withdrawal, this is very much one professional armed forces handing over the protection and sovereignty of Hong Kong to another, the People's Liberation Army. So I look on it as a classic", "title": "Christopher Clayton" }, { "id": "5825439", "text": "on or after 1983 to a parent settled in Hong Kong are BDTCs. The law also stated that British Citizens or BDTCs by descent could not automatically pass on British nationality to a child born outside the United Kingdom or the dependent territories concerned unless a parent acquired citizenship otherwise than by descent. Negotiation concerning the future of Hong Kong started in the late 1970s between Britain and China. With the signing of the Sino-British Joint Declaration on 19 December 1984, the future of Hong Kong was set, with China to assume sovereignty of the entire territory of Hong Kong", "title": "British nationality law and Hong Kong" }, { "id": "1660890", "text": "Belize) in Central America in 1981, the last major colony that remained was Hong Kong, with a population of over 5 million. With 1997 approaching, the United Kingdom and China negotiated the Sino-British Joint Declaration, which led to the whole of Hong Kong becoming a \"special administrative region\" of China in 1997, subject to various conditions intended to guarantee the preservation of Hong Kong's capitalist economy and its way of life under British rule for at least 50 years after the handover. George Town in the Cayman Islands has consequently become the largest city in the Overseas Territories. In 2002,", "title": "British Overseas Territories" }, { "id": "5370295", "text": "Executive Councillors and the Legislative Councillors unexpectedly held an urgent meeting, in which they agreed unanimously that the British Government should give the people of Hong Kong the right of abode in the United Kingdom. More than 10,000 Hong Kong residents rushed to Central in order to get an application form for residency in the United Kingdom. On the eve of the deadline, over 100,000 lined up overnight for a BN(O) application form. While mass migration did begin well before 1989, the event did lead to the peak migration year in 1992 with 66,000 leaving. Many citizens were pessimistic towards", "title": "Handover of Hong Kong" }, { "id": "4238998", "text": "certain circumstances. The Act made a variety of other changes to the law: In some cases, transitional arrangements were made that preserved certain aspects of the old legislation. Most of these expired on 31 December 1987, five years after the Act came into force. Critics argued that one of the main political motivations behind the new law was to deny most Hong Kong-born ethnic Chinese the right of residency in the United Kingdom in the time preceding the Sino-British Joint Declaration in 1984 and later the handover of Hong Kong (then the largest British colony), to the People's Republic of", "title": "British Nationality Act 1981" }, { "id": "5370306", "text": "everything was settled, and the Walled City became a park. Rennie's Mill got its name from a Canadian businessman named Alfred Herbert Rennie, who established a flour mill at Junk Bay. The business failed, and Rennie hanged himself there in 1908. The incident gave the Chinese name for the site Tiu Keng Leng (吊頸嶺), meaning \"Hanging (neck) Ridge\". The name was later formally changed to similar-sounding Tiu King Leng (調景嶺) because it was regarded as inauspicious. In the 1950s the (British) Government of Hong Kong settled a considerable number of refugees from China—former Nationalist soldiers and other Kuomintang supporters—at Rennie's", "title": "Handover of Hong Kong" }, { "id": "5370279", "text": "room for compromise on the question of sovereignty over Hong Kong; the PRC, as the successor of Qing dynasty and the Republic of China on the mainland, would recover the entirety of the New Territories, Kowloon and Hong Kong Island. China considered treaties about Hong Kong as unequal and ultimately refused to accept any outcome that would indicate permanent loss of sovereignty over Hong Kong's area, whatever wording the former treaties had. During talks with Thatcher, China planned to invade and seize Hong Kong if the negotiations set off unrest in the colony. Thatcher later said that Deng told her", "title": "Handover of Hong Kong" }, { "id": "6293063", "text": "government in July and October 1983, in which in the second mission Chung was told by Thatcher that a compromise had to be reached. In December, Governor Edward Youde told the UMELCO that Britain had decided to return the sovereignty and administration of Hong Kong to China on 1 July 1997 but was not known to the public until 20 April 1984. In response, the UMELCO met on 24 February 1984 which came up with a strategy to mobilise public opinion on the Sino-British agreement and make known Hong Kong's views to the British and Hong Kong governments. Senior Member", "title": "Chung Sze-yuen" }, { "id": "1728002", "text": "Nanjing in 1842 after the First Opium War, and the southern part of the Kowloon Peninsula as well as the Stonecutters Island had also been ceded to the UK in perpetuity under the Convention of Beijing in 1860 after the Second Opium War. In the early 1980s the territory and its business community grew concerned about the future of Hong Kong. These concerns, regarding the status of property rights and contracts, were spurred by political uncertainty surrounding the scheduled reversion of the New Territories to the PRC. In March 1979, the Governor of Hong Kong, Murray MacLehose, visited Beijing. During", "title": "Sino-British Joint Declaration" }, { "id": "14578734", "text": "In the Treaty of Tientsin, the Chinese accepted British demands to open more ports, navigate the Yangtze River, legalise the opium trade and have diplomatic representation in Beijing. During the conflict, the British occupied the Kowloon Peninsula, where the flat land was valuable training and resting ground. The area in what is now south of Boundary Street and Stonecutters Island was ceded in the Convention of Peking. In 1898, the British sought to extend Hong Kong for defence. After negotiations began in April 1898, with the British Minister in Beijing, Sir Claude MacDonald, representing Britain, and diplomat Li Hongzhang leading", "title": "British Hong Kong" }, { "id": "3948145", "text": "Peninsula rent-free under a perpetual lease. Later, in 1898, the Qing government reluctantly agreed to the Convention between Great Britain and China Respecting an Extension of Hong Kong Territory (also known as the Second Convention of Peking) that compelled China to cede a further area north of Boundary Street to the Sham Chun River along with more than two hundred nearby islands. Seen by the British government as vital to safeguard the defensive capabilities of Hong Kong, these areas became collectively known as the New Territories. The 99-year lease would expire at midnight on 30June, 1997. When the union flag", "title": "History of Hong Kong (1800s–1930s)" } ]

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[ { "id": "20031041", "text": "Earliest known life forms The earliest known life forms on Earth are putative fossilized microorganisms found in hydrothermal vent precipitates. The earliest time that life forms first appeared on Earth is unknown. They may have lived earlier than 3.77 billion years ago, possibly as early as 4.28 billion years ago, or nearly 4.5 billion years ago according to some; in any regards, not long after the oceans formed 4.41 billion years ago, and not long after the formation of the Earth 4.54 billion years ago. The earliest \"direct\" evidence of life on Earth are microfossils of microorganisms permineralized in 3.465-billion-year-old", "title": "Earliest known life forms" }, { "id": "20031046", "text": "Earth dates from at least 3.5 billion years ago. There is evidence that life began much earlier. In 2017, fossilized microorganisms, or microfossils, were announced to have been discovered in hydrothermal vent precipitates in the Nuvvuagittuq Belt of Quebec, Canada that may be as old as 4.28 billion years old, the oldest record of life on Earth, suggesting \"an almost instantaneous emergence of life\" (in a geological time-scale sense), after ocean formation 4.41 billion years ago, and not long after the formation of the Earth 4.54 billion years ago. Nonetheless, life may have started even earlier, at nearly 4.5 billion", "title": "Earliest known life forms" }, { "id": "8134830", "text": "this period, about 3.8 gya, around the same time as peak Late Heavy Bombardment. According to evidence from radiometric dating and other sources, Earth formed about 4.54 billion years ago. Within its first billion years, life appeared in its oceans and began to affect its atmosphere and surface, promoting the proliferation of aerobic as well as anaerobic organisms. Since then, the combination of Earth's distance from the Sun, its physical properties and its geological history have allowed life to emerge, develop photosynthesis, and, later, evolve further and thrive. The earliest life on Earth arose at least 3.5 billion years ago.", "title": "Early Earth" }, { "id": "243901", "text": "organic compounds. Properties common to all organisms include the need for certain core chemical elements to sustain biochemical functions. Life on Earth first appeared as early as 4.28 billion years ago, soon after ocean formation 4.41 billion years ago, and not long after the formation of the Earth 4.54 billion years ago. Earth's current life may have descended from an RNA world, although RNA-based life may not have been the first. The mechanism by which life began on Earth is unknown, though many hypotheses have been formulated and are often based on the Miller–Urey experiment. The earliest known life forms", "title": "Life" }, { "id": "20031048", "text": "by the University of Edinburgh suggested that life on Earth may have originated from biological particles carried by streams of space dust. A December 2017 report stated that 3.465-billion-year-old Australian Apex chert rocks once contained microorganisms, the earliest \"direct\" evidence of life on Earth. In January 2018, a study found that 4.5 billion-year-old meteorites found on Earth contained liquid water along with prebiotic complex organic substances that may be ingredients for life. According to biologist Stephen Blair Hedges, \"If life arose relatively quickly on Earth … then it could be common in the universe.\" Earliest known life forms The earliest", "title": "Earliest known life forms" }, { "id": "5345760", "text": "before a reliable (fossil) record of life; it began with the formation of the planet and ended 4.0 billion years ago. The following Archean and Proterozoic eons produced the beginnings of life on Earth and its earliest evolution. The succeeding eon is the Phanerozoic, divided into three eras: the Palaeozoic, an era of arthropods, fishes, and the first life on land; the Mesozoic, which spanned the rise, reign, and climactic extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs; and the Cenozoic, which saw the rise of mammals. Recognizable humans emerged at most 2 million years ago, a vanishingly small period on the geological", "title": "History of Earth" }, { "id": "5345761", "text": "scale. The earliest undisputed evidence of life on Earth dates at least from 3.5 billion years ago, during the Eoarchean Era, after a geological crust started to solidify following the earlier molten Hadean Eon. There are microbial mat fossils such as stromatolites found in 3.48 billion-year-old sandstone discovered in Western Australia. Other early physical evidence of a biogenic substance is graphite in 3.7 billion-year-old metasedimentary rocks discovered in southwestern Greenland as well as \"remains of biotic life\" found in 4.1 billion-year-old rocks in Western Australia. According to one of the researchers, \"If life arose relatively quickly on Earth … then", "title": "History of Earth" }, { "id": "5345823", "text": "multiply and become better adapted to survival out of the water. Prokaryote lineages had probably colonized the land as early as 2.6 Ga even before the origin of the eukaryotes. For a long time, the land remained barren of multicellular organisms. The supercontinent Pannotia formed around 600 Ma and then broke apart a short 50 million years later. Fish, the earliest vertebrates, evolved in the oceans around 530 Ma. A major extinction event occurred near the end of the Cambrian period, which ended 488 Ma. Several hundred million years ago, plants (probably resembling algae) and fungi started growing at the", "title": "History of Earth" }, { "id": "10586316", "text": "Evolutionary history of life The evolutionary history of life on Earth traces the processes by which both living organisms and fossil organisms evolved since life emerged on the planet, until the present. Earth formed about 4.5 billion years (Ga) ago and evidence suggests life emerged prior to 3.7 Ga. Although there is some evidence to suggest that life appeared as early as 4.1 to 4.28 Ga this evidence remains controversial due to the non-biological mechanisms that may have formed these potential signatures of past life. The similarities among all known species of present-day organisms indicate that they have diverged through", "title": "Evolutionary history of life" }, { "id": "5345762", "text": "it could be common in the universe.\" Photosynthetic organisms appeared between 3.2 and 2.4 billion years ago and began enriching the atmosphere with oxygen. Life remained mostly small and microscopic until about 580 million years ago, when complex multicellular life arose, developed over time, and culminated in the Cambrian Explosion about 541 million years ago. This sudden diversification of life forms produced most of the major phyla known today, and divided the Proterozoic Eon from the Cambrian Period of the Paleozoic Era. It is estimated that 99 percent of all species that ever lived on Earth, over five billion, have", "title": "History of Earth" }, { "id": "111071", "text": "life forms. The resultant molecular oxygen () accumulated in the atmosphere and due to interaction with ultraviolet solar radiation, formed a protective ozone layer () in the upper atmosphere. The incorporation of smaller cells within larger ones resulted in the development of complex cells called eukaryotes. True multicellular organisms formed as cells within colonies became increasingly specialized. Aided by the absorption of harmful ultraviolet radiation by the ozone layer, life colonized Earth's surface. Among the earliest fossil evidence for life is microbial mat fossils found in 3.48 billion-year-old sandstone in Western Australia, biogenic graphite found in 3.7 billion-year-old metasedimentary rocks", "title": "Earth" }, { "id": "10586318", "text": "comes from biogenic carbon signatures and stromatolite fossils discovered in 3.7 billion-year-old metasedimentary rocks discovered in western Greenland. In 2015, \"remains of biotic life\" were found in 4.1 billion-year-old rocks in Western Australia. In March 2017, putative evidence of possibly the oldest forms of life on Earth was reported in the form of fossilized microorganisms discovered in hydrothermal vent precipitates in the Nuvvuagittuq Belt of Quebec, Canada, that may have lived as early as 4.28 billion years ago, not long after the oceans formed 4.4 billion years ago, and not long after the formation of the Earth 4.54 billion years", "title": "Evolutionary history of life" }, { "id": "12596357", "text": "earliest undisputed evidence of life on Earth dates at least from 3.5 billion years ago, during the Eoarchean Era after geological crust started to solidify, following the earlier molten Hadean Eon. Microbial mat fossils in 3.48 billion-year-old sandstone have been found in Western Australia. Other early physical evidence of life includes graphite, a biogenic substance, in 3.7 billion-year-old metasedimentary rocks in western Greenland and, in 2015, \"remains of biotic life\" found in 4.1 billion-year-old rocks in Western Australia. According to one of the researchers, \"If life arose relatively quickly on Earth ... then it could be common in the universe.\"", "title": "Introduction to evolution" }, { "id": "5345794", "text": "from prokaryotes into eukaryotes and multicellular forms. The Proterozoic saw a couple of severe ice ages called snowball Earths. After the last Snowball Earth about 600 Ma, the evolution of life on Earth accelerated. About 580 Ma, the Ediacaran biota formed the prelude for the Cambrian Explosion. The earliest cells absorbed energy and food from the surrounding environment. They used fermentation, the breakdown of more complex compounds into less complex compounds with less energy, and used the energy so liberated to grow and reproduce. Fermentation can only occur in an \"anaerobic\" (oxygen-free) environment. The evolution of photosynthesis made it possible", "title": "History of Earth" }, { "id": "289911", "text": "in the development of yet more complex cells called eukaryotes. Cells within colonies became increasingly specialized, resulting in true multicellular organisms. With the ozone layer absorbing harmful ultraviolet radiation, life colonized the surface of Earth. The first form of life to develop on the Earth were microbes, and they remained the only form of life until about a billion years ago when multi-cellular organisms began to appear. Microorganisms are single-celled organisms that are generally microscopic, and smaller than the human eye can see. They include Bacteria, Fungi, Archaea, and Protista. These life forms are found in almost every location on", "title": "Nature" }, { "id": "243938", "text": "the coast of the northwestern United States, as well as beneath the seabed off Japan. In August 2014, scientists confirmed the existence of life forms living below the ice of Antarctica. According to one researcher, \"You can find microbes everywhere — they're extremely adaptable to conditions, and survive wherever they are.\" The biosphere is postulated to have evolved, beginning with a process of biopoesis (life created naturally from non-living matter, such as simple organic compounds) or biogenesis (life created from living matter), at least some 3.5 billion years ago. The earliest evidence for life on Earth includes biogenic graphite found", "title": "Life" }, { "id": "10586368", "text": "lineages made it onto land much earlier, modern land ecosystems only appeared in the Late Devonian, about . In May 2017, evidence of the earliest known life on land may have been found in 3.48-billion-year-old geyserite and other related mineral deposits (often found around hot springs and geysers) uncovered in the Pilbara Craton of Western Australia. Oxygen is a potent oxidant whose accumulation in terrestrial atmosphere resulted from the development of photosynthesis over 3 Ga, in cyanobacteria (blue-green algae), which were the most primitive oxygenic photosynthetic organisms. Brown algae accumulate inorganic mineral antioxidants such as rubidium, vanadium, zinc, iron, copper,", "title": "Evolutionary history of life" }, { "id": "10586321", "text": "from a common ancestor that was a single celled eukaryotic species. Bilateria, animals with a front and a back, appeared by 555 Ma (million years ago). The earliest complex land plants date back to around 850 Ma, from carbon isotopes in Precambrian rocks, while algae-like multicellular land plants are dated back even to about 1 billion years ago, although evidence suggests that microorganisms formed the earliest terrestrial ecosystems, at least 2.7 Ga. Microorganisms are thought to have paved the way for the inception of land plants in the Ordovician. Land plants were so successful that they are thought to have", "title": "Evolutionary history of life" }, { "id": "313033", "text": "of life in Earth's history, known as the Cambrian explosion, in which most modern phyla first appeared. Arthropods, molluscs, fish, amphibians, synapsids and diapsids all evolved during the Paleozoic. Life began in the ocean but eventually transitioned onto land, and by the late Paleozoic, it was dominated by various forms of organisms. Great forests of primitive plants covered the continents, many of which formed the coal beds of Europe and eastern North America. Towards the end of the era, large, sophisticated diapsids and synapsids were dominant and the first modern plants (conifers) appeared. The Paleozoic Era ended with the largest", "title": "Paleozoic" }, { "id": "10586319", "text": "ago. According to biologist Stephen Blair Hedges, \"If life arose relatively quickly on Earth ... then it could be common in the universe.\" Microbial mats of coexisting bacteria and archaea were the dominant form of life in the early Archean and many of the major steps in early evolution are thought to have taken place within them. The evolution of photosynthesis, around 3.5 Ga, eventually led to a buildup of its waste product, oxygen, in the atmosphere, leading to the great oxygenation event, beginning around 2.4 Ga. The earliest evidence of eukaryotes (complex cells with organelles) dates from 1.85 Ga,", "title": "Evolutionary history of life" }, { "id": "289909", "text": "with new species appearing and others ceasing to exist on a continual basis. The total number of species is in rapid decline. The origin of life on Earth is not well understood, but it is known to have occurred at least 3.5 billion years ago, during the hadean or archean eons on a primordial Earth that had a substantially different environment than is found at present. These life forms possessed the basic traits of self-replication and inheritable traits. Once life had appeared, the process of evolution by natural selection resulted in the development of ever-more diverse life forms. Species that", "title": "Nature" }, { "id": "5345825", "text": "the terrestrial plants. There is also unconfirmed evidence that arthropods may have appeared on land as early as 530 Ma. At the end of the Ordovician period, 443 Ma, additional extinction events occurred, perhaps due to a concurrent ice age. Around 380 to 375 Ma, the first tetrapods evolved from fish. Fins evolved to become limbs that the first tetrapods used to lift their heads out of the water to breathe air. This would let them live in oxygen-poor water, or pursue small prey in shallow water. They may have later ventured on land for brief periods. Eventually, some of", "title": "History of Earth" }, { "id": "20031045", "text": "living below the ice of Antarctica. In December 2018, researchers announced that considerable amounts of life forms, including 70% of bacteria and archea on Earth, comprising up to 23 billion tonnes of carbon, live up to at least deep underground, including below the seabed, according to a ten-year Deep Carbon Observatory project. According to one researcher, \"You can find microbes everywhere — [they are] extremely adaptable to conditions, and survive wherever they are.\" Fossil evidence informs most studies of the origin of life. The age of the Earth is about 4.54 billion years; the earliest undisputed evidence of life on", "title": "Earliest known life forms" }, { "id": "5345814", "text": "approximately 542 million years ago. It consists of three eras: The Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic, and is the time when multi-cellular life greatly diversified into almost all the organisms known today. The Paleozoic (\"old life\") era was the first and longest era of the Phanerozoic eon, lasting from 542 to 251 Ma. During the Paleozoic, many modern groups of life came into existence. Life colonized the land, first plants, then animals. Two major extinctions occurred. The continents formed at the break-up of Pannotia and Rodinia at the end of the Proterozoic slowly moved together again, forming the supercontinent Pangaea in", "title": "History of Earth" }, { "id": "278248", "text": "and therefore not considered as microorganisms, although a subfield of microbiology is virology, the study of viruses. Single-celled microorganisms were the first forms of life to develop on Earth, approximately 3–4 billion years ago. Further evolution was slow, and for about 3 billion years in the Precambrian eon, (much of the history of life on Earth), all organisms were microorganisms. Bacteria, algae and fungi have been identified in amber that is 220 million years old, which shows that the morphology of microorganisms has changed little since the Triassic period. The newly discovered biological role played by nickel, however — especially", "title": "Microorganism" }, { "id": "12425408", "text": "geological crust started to solidify following the molten Hadean Eon. In May 2017 scientists found possible evidence of early life on land in 3.48-billion-year-old geyserite and other related mineral deposits (often found around hot springs and geysers) uncovered in the Pilbara Craton of Western Australia. However, a number of discoveries suggest that life may have appeared on Earth even earlier. , microfossils, or fossilised microorganisms, within hydrothermal-vent precipitates dated from 3.77 to 4.28 billion years old found in Quebec, Canada may be the oldest record of life on Earth, suggesting life started soon after ocean formation 4.4 billion years ago.", "title": "Abiogenesis" }, { "id": "111350", "text": "the fossil record, as well as unique lineages that subsequently became extinct. Various triggers for the Cambrian explosion have been proposed, including the accumulation of oxygen in the atmosphere from photosynthesis. About 500 million years ago, plants and fungi colonised the land and were soon followed by arthropods and other animals. Insects were particularly successful and even today make up the majority of animal species. Amphibians first appeared around 364 million years ago, followed by early amniotes and birds around 155 million years ago (both from \"reptile\"-like lineages), mammals around 129 million years ago, homininae around 10 million years ago", "title": "Evolution" }, { "id": "8134831", "text": "Earlier possible evidence of life includes graphite, which may have a biogenic origin, in 3.7-billion-year-old metasedimentary rocks discovered in southwestern Greenland and 4.1-billion-year-old zircon grains in Western Australia. Early Earth The early Earth (sometimes referred to as Gaia) is loosely defined as Earth in its first one billion years, or gigayear. On the geologic time scale, this comprises all of the Hadean eon (starting with the formation of the Earth about 4.6 billion years ago), as well as the Eoarchean (starting 4 billion years ago) and part of the Paleoarchean (starting 3.6 billion years ago) eras of the Archean eon.", "title": "Early Earth" }, { "id": "5345792", "text": "could encapsulate RNA attached to the clay. Bubbles can then grow by absorbing additional lipids and dividing. The formation of the earliest cells may have been aided by similar processes. A similar hypothesis presents self-replicating iron-rich clays as the progenitors of nucleotides, lipids and amino acids. It is believed that of this multiplicity of protocells, only one line survived. Current phylogenetic evidence suggests that the last universal ancestor (LUA) lived during the early Archean eon, perhaps 3.5 Ga or earlier. This LUA cell is the ancestor of all life on Earth today. It was probably a prokaryote, possessing a cell", "title": "History of Earth" }, { "id": "5345793", "text": "membrane and probably ribosomes, but lacking a nucleus or membrane-bound organelles such as mitochondria or chloroplasts. Like modern cells, it used DNA as its genetic code, RNA for information transfer and protein synthesis, and enzymes to catalyze reactions. Some scientists believe that instead of a single organism being the last universal common ancestor, there were populations of organisms exchanging genes by lateral gene transfer. The Proterozoic eon lasted from 2.5 Ga to 542 Ma (million years) ago. In this time span, cratons grew into continents with modern sizes. The change to an oxygen-rich atmosphere was a crucial development. Life developed", "title": "History of Earth" }, { "id": "5345827", "text": "Another 30 million years (310 Ma) saw the divergence of the synapsids (including mammals) from the sauropsids (including birds and reptiles). Other groups of organisms continued to evolve, and lines diverged—in fish, insects, bacteria, and so on—but less is known of the details. After yet another, the most severe extinction of the period (251~250 Ma), around 230 Ma, dinosaurs split off from their reptilian ancestors. The Triassic–Jurassic extinction event at 200 Ma spared many of the dinosaurs, and they soon became dominant among the vertebrates. Though some mammalian lines began to separate during this period, existing mammals were probably small", "title": "History of Earth" }, { "id": "5328285", "text": "the discovery in the 1990s that prokaryotes consist of two very different groups of organisms that evolved from an ancient common ancestor. These evolutionary domains are called \"Bacteria\" and \"Archaea\". The ancestors of modern bacteria were unicellular microorganisms that were the first forms of life to appear on Earth, about 4 billion years ago. For about 3 billion years, most organisms were microscopic, and bacteria and archaea were the dominant forms of life. Although bacterial fossils exist, such as stromatolites, their lack of distinctive morphology prevents them from being used to examine the history of bacterial evolution, or to date", "title": "Marine life" }, { "id": "243926", "text": "as the Late Heavy Bombardment theory, suggest that life on Earth may have started even earlier, as early as 4.1–4.4 billion years ago, and the chemistry leading to life may have begun shortly after the Big Bang, 13.8 billion years ago, during an epoch when the universe was only 10–17 million years old. More than 99% of all species of life forms, amounting to over five billion species, that ever lived on Earth are estimated to be extinct. Although the number of Earth's catalogued species of lifeforms is between 1.2 million and 2 million, the total number of species in", "title": "Life" }, { "id": "5345784", "text": "from non-living chemicals; chemical systems created in the laboratory fall well short of the minimum complexity for a living organism. The first step in the emergence of life may have been chemical reactions that produced many of the simpler organic compounds, including nucleobases and amino acids, that are the building blocks of life. An experiment in 1953 by Stanley Miller and Harold Urey showed that such molecules could form in an atmosphere of water, methane, ammonia and hydrogen with the aid of sparks to mimic the effect of lightning. Although atmospheric composition was probably different from that used by Miller", "title": "History of Earth" }, { "id": "730053", "text": "due to less land area and cloud cover. The processes that gave rise to life on Earth are not completely understood, but there is substantial evidence that life came into existence either near the end of the Hadean Eon or early in the Archean Eon. The earliest evidence for life on Earth are graphite of biogenic origin found in 3.7-billion-year-old metasedimentary rocks discovered in Western Greenland. The earliest identifiable fossils consist of stromatolites, which are microbial mats formed in shallow water by cyanobacteria. The earliest stromatolites are found in 3.48 billion-year-old sandstone discovered in Western Australia. Stromatolites are found throughout", "title": "Archean" }, { "id": "243939", "text": "in 3.7 billion-year-old metasedimentary rocks from Western Greenland and microbial mat fossils found in 3.48 billion-year-old sandstone from Western Australia. More recently, in 2015, \"remains of biotic life\" were found in 4.1 billion-year-old rocks in Western Australia. In 2017, putative fossilized microorganisms (or microfossils) were announced to have been discovered in hydrothermal vent precipitates in the Nuvvuagittuq Belt of Quebec, Canada that were as old as 4.28 billion years, the oldest record of life on earth, suggesting \"an almost instantaneous emergence of life\" after ocean formation 4.4 billion years ago, and not long after the formation of the Earth 4.54", "title": "Life" }, { "id": "10586373", "text": "or cyanobacteria), are also important colonizers of lifeless environments, and their ability to break down rocks contributes to soil formation in situations where plants cannot survive. The earliest known ascomycete fossils date from in the Silurian. Soil formation would have been very slow until the appearance of burrowing animals, which mix the mineral and organic components of soil and whose feces are a major source of the organic components. Burrows have been found in Ordovician sediments, and are attributed to annelids (\"worms\") or arthropods. In aquatic algae, almost all cells are capable of photosynthesis and are nearly independent. Life on", "title": "Evolutionary history of life" }, { "id": "20031047", "text": "years ago, as claimed by some researchers. \"Remains of life\" have been found in 4.1 billion-year-old rocks in Western Australia. Evidence of biogenic graphite, and possibly stromatolites, were discovered in 3.7 billion-year-old metasedimentary rocks in southwestern Greenland. In May 2017, evidence of life on land may have been found in 3.48 billion-year-old geyserite which is often found around hot springs and geysers, and other related mineral deposits, uncovered in the Pilbara Craton of Western Australia. This complements the November 2013 publication that microbial mat fossils had been found in 3.48 billion-year-old sandstone in Western Australia. In November 2017, a study", "title": "Earliest known life forms" }, { "id": "5345826", "text": "them became so well adapted to terrestrial life that they spent their adult lives on land, although they hatched in the water and returned to lay their eggs. This was the origin of the amphibians. About 365 Ma, another period of extinction occurred, perhaps as a result of global cooling. Plants evolved seeds, which dramatically accelerated their spread on land, around this time (by approximately 360 Ma). About 20 million years later (340 Ma), the amniotic egg evolved, which could be laid on land, giving a survival advantage to tetrapod embryos. This resulted in the divergence of amniotes from amphibians.", "title": "History of Earth" }, { "id": "12425407", "text": "dust, meteoroids, asteroids and other small Solar System bodies and that life may exist throughout the universe. The panspermia hypothesis proposes that life originated outside the Earth, but does not definitively explain its origin. Nonetheless, Earth remains the only place in the universe known to harbour life, and fossil evidence from the Earth informs most studies of abiogenesis. The age of the Earth is about 4.54 billion years; the earliest undisputed evidence of life on Earth dates from at least 3.5 billion years ago, and possibly as early as the Eoarchean Era (between 3.6 and 4.0 billion years ago), after", "title": "Abiogenesis" }, { "id": "5345831", "text": "vast quantities of particulate matter and vapor into the air that occluded sunlight, inhibiting photosynthesis. 75% of all life, including the non-avian dinosaurs, became extinct, marking the end of the Cretaceous period and Mesozoic era. The first true mammals evolved in the shadows of dinosaurs and other large archosaurs that filled the world by the late Triassic. The first mammals were very small, and were probably nocturnal to escape predation. Mammal diversification truly began only after the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event. By the early Paleocene the earth recovered from the extinction, and mammalian diversity increased. Creatures like \"Ambulocetus\" took to the", "title": "History of Earth" }, { "id": "10586327", "text": "would have survived the bombardment. The earliest identified organisms were minute and relatively featureless, and their fossils look like small rods that are very difficult to tell apart from structures that arise through abiotic physical processes. The oldest undisputed evidence of life on Earth, interpreted as fossilized bacteria, dates to 3 Ga. Other finds in rocks dated to about 3.5 Ga have been interpreted as bacteria, with geochemical evidence also seeming to show the presence of life 3.8 Ga. However, these analyses were closely scrutinized, and non-biological processes were found which could produce all of the \"signatures of life\" that", "title": "Evolutionary history of life" }, { "id": "111072", "text": "in Western Greenland, and remains of biotic material found in 4.1 billion-year-old rocks in Western Australia. The earliest direct evidence of life on Earth is contained in 3.45 billion-year-old Australian rocks showing fossils of microorganisms. During the Neoproterozoic, , much of Earth might have been covered in ice. This hypothesis has been termed \"Snowball Earth\", and it is of particular interest because it preceded the Cambrian explosion, when multicellular life forms significantly increased in complexity. Following the Cambrian explosion, , there have been five mass extinctions. The most recent such event was , when an asteroid impact triggered the extinction", "title": "Earth" }, { "id": "17758110", "text": "took place early in Earth's history, at least 2450–2320 million years ago (Ma), and, it is speculated, much earlier. Available evidence from geobiological studies of Archean (>2500 Ma) sedimentary rocks indicates that life existed 3500 Ma, but the question of when oxygenic photosynthesis evolved is still unanswered. A clear paleontological window on cyanobacterial evolution opened about 2000 Ma, revealing an already-diverse biota of blue-greens. Cyanobacteria remained principal primary producers throughout the Proterozoic Eon (2500–543 Ma), in part because the redox structure of the oceans favored photoautotrophs capable of nitrogen fixation. Green algae joined blue-greens as major primary producers on continental", "title": "Evolution of photosynthesis" }, { "id": "14273445", "text": "but evidence for the presence of eukaryotic cells during this period can be found in the fossil record and molecular fossils. After eukaryotic cells evolved, multicellularity appeared. By 1.8 Ga the first living things on planet Earth that were big enough to see with the naked eye had appeared. By the end of the Boring Billion, multicellular algae, fungi, and animals inhabited Earth. Almost all of this life was restricted to Earth's oceans, but near the end of the Boring Billion the first terrestrial life, a proto-lichen, colonized land. There is no agreed upon theory for the evolutionary steps that", "title": "Boring Billion" }, { "id": "5345833", "text": "bigger. Grass started to expand in the Miocene, and the Miocene is where many modern- day mammals first appeared. Giant ungulates like \"Paraceratherium\" and \"Deinotherium\" evolved to rule the grasslands. The evolution of grass also brought primates down from the trees, and started human evolution. The first big cats evolved during this time as well. The Tethys Sea was closed off by the collision of Africa and Europe. The formation of Panama was perhaps the most important geological event to occur in the last 60 million years. Atlantic and Pacific currents were closed off from each other, which caused the", "title": "History of Earth" }, { "id": "111073", "text": "of the non-avian dinosaurs and other large reptiles, but spared some small animals such as mammals, which at the time resembled shrews. Mammalian life has diversified over the past , and several million years ago an African ape-like animal such as \"Orrorin tugenensis\" gained the ability to stand upright. This facilitated tool use and encouraged communication that provided the nutrition and stimulation needed for a larger brain, which led to the evolution of humans. The development of agriculture, and then civilization, led to humans having an influence on Earth and the nature and quantity of other life forms that continues", "title": "Earth" }, { "id": "5345824", "text": "edges of the water, and then out of it. The oldest fossils of land fungi and plants date to 480–460 Ma, though molecular evidence suggests the fungi may have colonized the land as early as 1000 Ma and the plants 700 Ma. Initially remaining close to the water's edge, mutations and variations resulted in further colonization of this new environment. The timing of the first animals to leave the oceans is not precisely known: the oldest clear evidence is of arthropods on land around 450 Ma, perhaps thriving and becoming better adapted due to the vast food source provided by", "title": "History of Earth" }, { "id": "57273", "text": "The earliest evidence for life on Earth includes biogenic graphite found in 3.7 billion-year-old metasedimentary rocks from Western Greenland and microbial mat fossils found in 3.48 billion-year-old sandstone from Western Australia. More recently, in 2015, \"remains of biotic life\" were found in 4.1 billion-year-old rocks in Western Australia. In 2017, putative fossilized microorganisms (or microfossils) were announced to have been discovered in hydrothermal vent precipitates in the Nuvvuagittuq Belt of Quebec, Canada that were as old as 4.28 billion years, the oldest record of life on earth, suggesting \"an almost instantaneous emergence of life\" after ocean formation 4.4 billion years", "title": "Biosphere" }, { "id": "9564114", "text": "the discovery in the 1990s that prokaryotes consist of two very different groups of organisms that evolved from an ancient common ancestor. These evolutionary domains are called \"Bacteria\" and \"Archaea\". The word \"bacteria\" is the plural of the New Latin \"\", which is the latinisation of the Greek (\"bakterion\"), the diminutive of βακτηρία (\"bakteria\"), meaning \"staff, cane\", because the first ones to be discovered were rod-shaped. The ancestors of modern bacteria were unicellular microorganisms that were the first forms of life to appear on Earth, about 4 billion years ago. For about 3 billion years, most organisms were microscopic, and", "title": "Bacteria" }, { "id": "111342", "text": "at least 3.5 billion years ago, during the Eoarchean Era after a geological crust started to solidify following the earlier molten Hadean Eon. Microbial mat fossils have been found in 3.48 billion-year-old sandstone in Western Australia. Other early physical evidence of a biogenic substance is graphite in 3.7 billion-year-old metasedimentary rocks discovered in Western Greenland as well as \"remains of biotic life\" found in 4.1 billion-year-old rocks in Western Australia. Commenting on the Australian findings, Stephen Blair Hedges wrote, \"If life arose relatively quickly on Earth, then it could be common in the universe.\" In July 2016, scientists reported identifying", "title": "Evolution" }, { "id": "12552758", "text": "All cells share several similar characteristics of: The last universal common ancestor (LUCA) is the most recent organism from which all organisms now living on Earth descend. Thus it is the most recent common ancestor of all current life on Earth. The LUCA is estimated to have lived some 3.5 to 3.8 billion years ago (sometime in the Paleoarchean era). The earliest evidence for life on Earth is graphite found to be biogenic in 3.7 billion-year-old metasedimentary rocks discovered in Western Greenland and microbial mat fossils found in 3.48 billion-year-old sandstone discovered in Western Australia. Although more than 99 percent", "title": "Organism" }, { "id": "5345828", "text": "animals resembling shrews. The boundary between avian and non-avian dinosaurs is not clear, but \"Archaeopteryx\", traditionally considered one of the first birds, lived around 150 Ma. The earliest evidence for the angiosperms evolving flowers is during the Cretaceous period, some 20 million years later (132 Ma). The first of five great mass extinctions was the Ordovician-Silurian extinction. Its possible cause was the intense glaciation of Gondwana, which eventually led to a snowball earth. 60% of marine invertebrates became extinct and 25% of all families. The second mass extinction was the Late Devonian extinction, probably caused by the evolution of trees,", "title": "History of Earth" }, { "id": "8033553", "text": "Biotic material Biotic material or biological derived material is any material that originates from living organisms. Most such materials contain carbon and are capable of decay. The earliest life on Earth arose at least 3.5 billion years ago. Earlier physical evidences of life include graphite, a biogenic substance, in 3.7 billion-year-old metasedimentary rocks discovered in southwestern Greenland, as well as, \"remains of biotic life\" found in 4.1 billion-year-old rocks in Western Australia. Earth's biodiversity has expanded continually except when interrupted by mass extinctions. Although scholars estimate that over 99 percent of all species of life (over five billion) that ever", "title": "Biotic material" }, { "id": "10172461", "text": "sea floor do not depend on the energy of sunlight. Rather, archaea and bacteria in these locations produce organic matter through chemosynthesis (by oxidizing inorganic compounds, such as methane) and form the base of the local food web. Animals originally evolved in the sea. Lineages of arthropods colonised land around the same time as land plants, probably between 510–471 million years ago during the Late Cambrian or Early Ordovician. Vertebrates such as the lobe-finned fish \"Tiktaalik\" started to move on to land in the late Devonian, about 375 million years ago. Animals occupy virtually all of earth's habitats and microhabitats,", "title": "Animal" }, { "id": "558386", "text": "of the Earth is about 4.54 billion years. The earliest undisputed evidence of life on Earth dates at least from 3.5 billion years ago, during the Eoarchean Era after a geological crust started to solidify following the earlier molten Hadean Eon. There are microbial mat fossils found in 3.48 billion-year-old sandstone discovered in Western Australia. Other early physical evidence of a biogenic substance is graphite in 3.7 billion-year-old meta-sedimentary rocks discovered in Western Greenland. More recently, in 2015, \"remains of biotic life\" were found in 4.1 billion-year-old rocks in Western Australia. According to one of the researchers, \"If life arose", "title": "Biodiversity" }, { "id": "111348", "text": "organisms over the next few billion years. The eukaryotic cells emerged between 1.6–2.7 billion years ago. The next major change in cell structure came when bacteria were engulfed by eukaryotic cells, in a cooperative association called endosymbiosis. The engulfed bacteria and the host cell then underwent coevolution, with the bacteria evolving into either mitochondria or hydrogenosomes. Another engulfment of cyanobacterial-like organisms led to the formation of chloroplasts in algae and plants. The history of life was that of the unicellular eukaryotes, prokaryotes and archaea until about 610 million years ago when multicellular organisms began to appear in the oceans in", "title": "Evolution" }, { "id": "5345816", "text": "divided into the Miocene, Pliocene, and the Quaternary composed of the Pleistocene, and Holocene. Mammals, birds, amphibians, crocodilians, turtles, and lepidosaurs survived the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event that killed off the non-avian dinosaurs and many other forms of life, and this is the era during which they diversified into their modern forms. At the end of the Proterozoic, the supercontinent Pannotia had broken apart into the smaller continents Laurentia, Baltica, Siberia and Gondwana. During periods when continents move apart, more oceanic crust is formed by volcanic activity. Because young volcanic crust is relatively hotter and less dense than old oceanic crust,", "title": "History of Earth" }, { "id": "5345821", "text": "to have found a place in modern classification. During the Cambrian, the first vertebrate animals, among them the first fishes, had appeared. A creature that could have been the ancestor of the fishes, or was probably closely related to it, was \"Pikaia\". It had a primitive notochord, a structure that could have developed into a vertebral column later. The first fishes with jaws (Gnathostomata) appeared during the next geological period, the Ordovician. The colonisation of new niches resulted in massive body sizes. In this way, fishes with increasing sizes evolved during the early Paleozoic, such as the titanic placoderm \"Dunkleosteus\",", "title": "History of Earth" }, { "id": "5345803", "text": "taxonomy classifies life into three domains. The time of their origin is uncertain. The Bacteria domain probably first split off from the other forms of life (sometimes called Neomura), but this supposition is controversial. Soon after this, by 2 Ga, the Neomura split into the Archaea and the Eukarya. Eukaryotic cells (Eukarya) are larger and more complex than prokaryotic cells (Bacteria and Archaea), and the origin of that complexity is only now becoming known. Around this time, the first proto-mitochondrion was formed. A bacterial cell related to today's \"Rickettsia\", which had evolved to metabolize oxygen, entered a larger prokaryotic cell,", "title": "History of Earth" }, { "id": "5345819", "text": "took place during the Carboniferous period (359–299 Ma) and resulted in the formation of the last supercontinent, Pangaea. By 180 Ma, Pangaea broke up into Laurasia and Gondwana. The rate of the evolution of life as recorded by fossils accelerated in the Cambrian period (542–488 Ma). The sudden emergence of many new species, phyla, and forms in this period is called the Cambrian Explosion. The biological fomenting in the Cambrian Explosion was unpreceded before and since that time. Whereas the Ediacaran life forms appear yet primitive and not easy to put in any modern group, at the end of the", "title": "History of Earth" }, { "id": "10586367", "text": "be true vertebrates, and \"Haikouichthys\" had distinct vertebrae, which may have been slightly mineralized. Vertebrates with jaws, such as the acanthodians, first appeared in the Late Ordovician. Adaptation to life on land is a major challenge: all land organisms need to avoid drying-out and all those above microscopic size must create special structures to withstand gravity; respiration and gas exchange systems have to change; reproductive systems cannot depend on water to carry eggs and sperm towards each other. Although the earliest good evidence of land plants and animals dates back to the Ordovician period (), and a number of microorganism", "title": "Evolutionary history of life" }, { "id": "12008800", "text": "Geologic Calendar The Geologic Calendar is a scale in which the geological lifetime of the earth is mapped onto a calendrical year; that is to say, the \"day one\" of the earth took place on a geologic January 1 at precisely midnight, and today's date and time is December 31 at midnight. On this calendar, the inferred appearance of the first living single-celled organisms, prokaryotes, occurred on a geologic February 25 around 12:30pm to 1:07pm, dinosaurs first appeared on December 13, the first flower plants on December 22 and the first primates on December 28 at about 9:43pm. The first", "title": "Geologic Calendar" }, { "id": "2544209", "text": "parts of the globe by the end of the Ice Age, some 12,000 years ago. Other hominids such as \"Homo erectus\" had been using simple wood and stone tools for millennia, but as time progressed, tools became far more refined and complex. Perhaps as early as 1.8 million years ago, but certainly by 500,000 years ago, humans began using fire for heat and cooking. They also developed language in the Paleolithic period and a conceptual repertoire that included systematic burial of the dead and adornment of the living. Early artistic expression can be found in the form of cave paintings", "title": "History of the world" }, { "id": "686590", "text": "eras (from oldest to youngest): the Paleoproterozoic, Mesoproterozoic, and Neoproterozoic. The well-identified events of this eon were the transition to an oxygenated atmosphere during the Paleoproterozoic; several glaciations, which produced the hypothesized Snowball Earth during the Cryogenian Period in the late Neoproterozoic Era; and the Ediacaran Period (635 to 541 Ma) which is characterized by the evolution of abundant soft-bodied multicellular organisms and provides us with the first obvious fossil evidence of life on earth. The geologic record of the Proterozoic Eon is more complete than that for the preceding Archean Eon. In contrast to the deep-water deposits of the", "title": "Proterozoic" }, { "id": "5345807", "text": "plant, animal, and fungi lines had split, though they still existed as solitary cells. Some of these lived in colonies, and gradually a division of labor began to take place; for instance, cells on the periphery might have started to assume different roles from those in the interior. Although the division between a colony with specialized cells and a multicellular organism is not always clear, around 1 billion years ago, the first multicellular plants emerged, probably green algae. Possibly by around 900 Ma true multicellularity had also evolved in animals. At first, it probably resembled today's sponges, which have totipotent", "title": "History of Earth" }, { "id": "5345783", "text": "in the last 4.5 billion years. Many models indicate that the Earth would have been covered in ice. A likely solution is that there was enough carbon dioxide and methane to produce a greenhouse effect. The carbon dioxide would have been produced by volcanoes and the methane by early microbes. Another greenhouse gas, ammonia, would have been ejected by volcanos but quickly destroyed by ultraviolet radiation. One of the reasons for interest in the early atmosphere and ocean is that they form the conditions under which life first arose. There are many models, but little consensus, on how life emerged", "title": "History of Earth" }, { "id": "5328267", "text": "of modern animals appeared in the fossil record, as well as unique lineages that subsequently became extinct. Various triggers for the Cambrian explosion have been proposed, including the accumulation of oxygen in the atmosphere from photosynthesis. About 500 million years ago, plants and fungi started colonising the land. Evidence for the appearance of the first land plants occurs in the Ordovician, around , in the form of fossil spores. Land plants began to diversify in the Late Silurian, from around . The colonisation of the land by plants was soon followed by arthropods and other animals. Insects were particularly successful", "title": "Marine life" }, { "id": "111344", "text": "ago, and half a billion years later the last common ancestor of all life existed. The current scientific consensus is that the complex biochemistry that makes up life came from simpler chemical reactions. The beginning of life may have included self-replicating molecules such as RNA and the assembly of simple cells. All organisms on Earth are descended from a common ancestor or ancestral gene pool. Current species are a stage in the process of evolution, with their diversity the product of a long series of speciation and extinction events. The common descent of organisms was first deduced from four simple", "title": "Evolution" }, { "id": "62879", "text": "recent common ancestor of all currently living organisms is the last universal ancestor, which lived about 3.9 billion years ago. The two earliest evidences for life on Earth are graphite found to be biogenic in 3.7 billion-year-old metasedimentary rocks discovered in western Greenland and microbial mat fossils found in 3.48 billion-year-old sandstone discovered in Western Australia. All currently living organisms on Earth share a common genetic heritage, though the suggestion of substantial horizontal gene transfer during early evolution has led to questions about the monophyly (single ancestry) of life. 6,331 groups of genes common to all living animals have been", "title": "Common descent" }, { "id": "5345837", "text": "time, the other branch split into the ancestors of the common chimpanzee and the ancestors of the bonobo as evolution continued simultaneously in all life forms. The ability to control fire probably began in \"Homo erectus\" (or \"Homo ergaster\"), probably at least 790,000 years ago but perhaps as early as 1.5 Ma. The use and discovery of controlled fire may even predate \"Homo erectus\". Fire was possibly used by the early Lower Paleolithic (Oldowan) hominid \"Homo habilis\" or strong australopithecines such as \"Paranthropus.\" It is more difficult to establish the origin of language; it is unclear whether \"Homo erectus\" could", "title": "History of Earth" }, { "id": "5345834", "text": "formation of the Gulf Stream, which made Europe warmer. The land bridge allowed the isolated creatures of South America to migrate over to North America, and vice versa. Various species migrated south, leading to the presence in South America of llamas, the spectacled bear, kinkajous and jaguars. Three million years ago saw the start of the Pleistocene epoch, which featured dramatic climactic changes due to the ice ages. The ice ages led to the evolution of modern man in Saharan Africa and expansion. The mega-fauna that dominated fed on grasslands that, by now, had taken over much of the subtropical", "title": "History of Earth" }, { "id": "5345813", "text": "severe ice ages and the increase in diversity of life is not clear, but it does not seem coincidental. The new forms of life, called Ediacara biota, were larger and more diverse than ever. Though the taxonomy of most Ediacaran life forms is unclear, some were ancestors of groups of modern life. Important developments were the origin of muscular and neural cells. None of the Ediacaran fossils had hard body parts like skeletons. These first appear after the boundary between the Proterozoic and Phanerozoic eons or Ediacaran and Cambrian periods. The Phanerozoic is the current eon on Earth, which started", "title": "History of Earth" }, { "id": "289886", "text": "the Neoproterozoic era, freezing temperatures covered much of the Earth in glaciers and ice sheets. This hypothesis has been termed the \"Snowball Earth\", and it is of particular interest as it precedes the Cambrian explosion in which multicellular life forms began to proliferate about 530–540 million years ago. Since the Cambrian explosion there have been five distinctly identifiable mass extinctions. The last mass extinction occurred some 66 million years ago, when a meteorite collision probably triggered the extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs and other large reptiles, but spared small animals such as mammals. Over the past 66 million years, mammalian", "title": "Nature" }, { "id": "128220", "text": "continental drift, changes in atmospheric and marine chemistry, volcanism and other aspects of mountain formation, changes in glaciation, changes in sea level, and impact events. In this timeline, Ma (for \"megaannum\") means \"million years ago,\" ka (for \"kiloannum\") means \"thousand years ago,\" and ya means \"years ago.\" 4000 Ma and earlier. 4000 Ma – 2500 Ma 2500 Ma – 542 Ma. Contains the Palaeoproterozoic, Mesoproterozoic and Neoproterozoic eras. 542 Ma – present The Phanerozoic Eon, literally the \"period of well-displayed life,\" marks the appearance in the fossil record of abundant, shell-forming and/or trace-making organisms. It is subdivided into three eras,", "title": "Timeline of the evolutionary history of life" }, { "id": "5345796", "text": "as electron donors; examples are hydrogen sulfide, sulfur and iron. Such extremophile organisms are restricted to otherwise inhospitable environments such as hot springs and hydrothermal vents. The simpler anoxygenic form arose about 3.8 Ga, not long after the appearance of life. The timing of oxygenic photosynthesis is more controversial; it had certainly appeared by about 2.4 Ga, but some researchers put it back as far as 3.2 Ga. The latter \"probably increased global productivity by at least two or three orders of magnitude\". Among the oldest remnants of oxygen-producing lifeforms are fossil stromatolites. At first, the released oxygen was bound", "title": "History of Earth" }, { "id": "5345822", "text": "which could grow long. The diversity of life forms did not increase greatly because of a series of mass extinctions that define widespread biostratigraphic units called \"biomeres\". After each extinction pulse, the continental shelf regions were repopulated by similar life forms that may have been evolving slowly elsewhere. By the late Cambrian, the trilobites had reached their greatest diversity and dominated nearly all fossil assemblages. Oxygen accumulation from photosynthesis resulted in the formation of an ozone layer that absorbed much of the Sun's ultraviolet radiation, meaning unicellular organisms that reached land were less likely to die, and prokaryotes began to", "title": "History of Earth" }, { "id": "20031044", "text": "ocean, and at least high into the atmosphere. Under certain test conditions, life forms have been observed to thrive in the near-weightlessness of space and to survive in the vacuum of outer space. Life forms appear to thrive in the Mariana Trench, the deepest spot in the Earth's oceans, reaching a depth of . Other researchers reported related studies that life forms thrive inside rocks up to below the sea floor under of ocean, off the coast of the northwestern United States, as well as beneath the seabed off Japan. In August 2014, scientists confirmed the existence of life forms", "title": "Earliest known life forms" }, { "id": "14664601", "text": "by the study of fossils, which are remains of ancient life preserved in the rock. These occur consistently and so a theory is feasible. Most of the boundaries in recent geologic time coincide with extinctions (e.g., the dinosaurs) and with the appearances of new species (e.g., hominids). In the earliest solar system history, the Sun, the planetesimals and the jovian planets were formed. The inner solar system aggregated more slowly than the outer, so the terrestrial planets were not yet formed, including Earth and Moon. The Proterozoic (from c.2500 Ma to c.541 Ma) saw the first traces of biological activity.", "title": "Timeline of natural history" }, { "id": "5345759", "text": "one-third the age of the universe, by accretion from the solar nebula. Volcanic outgassing probably created the primordial atmosphere and then the ocean, but the early atmosphere contained almost no oxygen. Much of the Earth was molten because of frequent collisions with other bodies which led to extreme volcanism. While Earth was in its earliest stage (Early Earth), a giant impact collision with a planet-sized body named Theia is thought to have formed the Moon. Over time, the Earth cooled, causing the formation of a solid crust, and allowing liquid water on the surface. The Hadean eon represents the time", "title": "History of Earth" }, { "id": "10586396", "text": "of distinct genera alive at any given time; that is, those whose first occurrence predates and whose last occurrence postdates that time\" shows a different trend: a fairly swift rise from ; a slight decline from , in which the devastating Permian–Triassic extinction event is an important factor; and a swift rise from to the present. Evolutionary history of life The evolutionary history of life on Earth traces the processes by which both living organisms and fossil organisms evolved since life emerged on the planet, until the present. Earth formed about 4.5 billion years (Ga) ago and evidence suggests life", "title": "Evolutionary history of life" }, { "id": "10162239", "text": "billion years ago, and that communities of complex, multicellular photosynthesizing organisms existed on land in the late Precambrian, around . Evidence of the emergence of embryophyte land plants first occurs in the mid-Ordovician (~), and by the middle of the Devonian (~), many of the features recognised in land plants today were present, including roots and leaves. Late Devonian (~) free-sporing plants such as \"Archaeopteris\" had secondary vascular tissue that produced wood and had formed forests of tall trees. Also by late Devonian, \"Elkinsia\", an early seed fern, had evolved seeds. Evolutionary innovation continued into the Carboniferous and still continues", "title": "Evolutionary history of plants" }, { "id": "20031042", "text": "Australian Apex chert rocks. A life form, or lifeform, is an entity or being that is living. Currently, Earth remains the only place in the universe known to harbor life forms. More than 99% of all species of life forms, amounting to over five billion species, that ever lived on Earth are estimated to be extinct. Some estimates on the number of Earth's current species of life forms range from 10 million to 14 million, of which about 1.2 million have been documented and over 86 percent have not yet been described. However, a May 2016 scientific report estimates that", "title": "Earliest known life forms" }, { "id": "11513763", "text": "autotrophs evolved into multicellular organisms such as the Charophyta, a group of freshwater green algae. Fossil evidence of plants begins around 3000 Ma with indirect evidence of oxygen-producing photosynthesis in the geological record, in the form of chemical and isotopic signatures in rocks and fossil evidence of colonies of cyanobacteria, photosynthesizing prokaryotic organisms. Cyanobacteria use water as a reducing agent, producing atmospheric oxygen as a byproduct, and they thereby profoundly changed the early reducing atmosphere of the earth to one in which modern aerobic organisms eventually evolved. This oxygen liberated by cyanobacteria then oxidized dissolved iron in the oceans, the", "title": "Timeline of plant evolution" }, { "id": "5328260", "text": "3.5 billion years ago, during the Eoarchean Era after a geological crust started to solidify following the earlier molten Hadean Eon. Microbial mat fossils have been found in 3.48 billion-year-old sandstone in Western Australia. Other early physical evidence of a biogenic substance is graphite in 3.7 billion-year-old metasedimentary rocks discovered in Western Greenland as well as \"remains of biotic life\" found in 4.1 billion-year-old rocks in Western Australia. According to one of the researchers, \"If life arose relatively quickly on Earth … then it could be common in the universe.\" All organisms on Earth are descended from a common ancestor", "title": "Marine life" }, { "id": "9598470", "text": "settlement that supported an increase in population. Archaeological data indicates that various forms of plants and animal domestication evolved in separate locations worldwide, starting in the geological epoch of the Holocene around 12,000 C years ago (12,000–7,000 BP). Early anthropocene The Early Anthropocene Hypothesis (sometimes called Early Anthropogenic) was proposed by William Ruddiman. It posits that the Anthropocene era, as some scientists call the most recent period in Earth's history when the activities of the human race first began to have a significant global impact on Earth's climate and ecosystems, did not begin in the eighteenth century with advent of", "title": "Early anthropocene" }, { "id": "5345840", "text": "remained undiscovered until 1820 AD). Tool use and communication continued to improve, and interpersonal relationships became more intricate. Throughout more than 90% of its history, \"Homo sapiens\" lived in small bands as nomadic hunter-gatherers. As language became more complex, the ability to remember and communicate information resulted, according to a theory proposed by Richard Dawkins, in a new replicator: the meme. Ideas could be exchanged quickly and passed down the generations. Cultural evolution quickly outpaced biological evolution, and history proper began. Between 8500 and 7000 BC, humans in the Fertile Crescent in the Middle East began the systematic husbandry of", "title": "History of Earth" }, { "id": "10358312", "text": "crust when water began accumulating in the atmosphere. The Moon formed soon afterwards, possibly as a result of the impact of a planetoid with the Earth. Outgassing and volcanic activity produced the primordial atmosphere. Condensing water vapor, augmented by ice delivered from comets, produced the oceans. As the surface continually reshaped itself over hundreds of millions of years, continents formed and broke apart. They migrated across the surface, occasionally combining to form a supercontinent. Roughly , the earliest-known supercontinent Rodinia, began to break apart. The continents later recombined to form Pannotia, , then finally Pangaea, which broke apart . The", "title": "Geological history of Earth" }, { "id": "2611723", "text": "Pyrrhophyta, Sarcodina, acritarchs and chitinozoans, together with pollen and spores from the vascular plants. In 2017, fossilized microorganisms, or microfossils, were announced to have been discovered in hydrothermal vent precipitates in the Nuvvuagittuq Belt of Quebec, Canada that may be as old as 4.28 billion years old, the oldest record of life on Earth, suggesting \"an almost instantaneous emergence of life\" (in a geological time-scale sense), after ocean formation 4.41 billion years ago, and not long after the formation of the Earth 4.54 billion years ago. Nonetheless, life may have started even earlier, at nearly 4.5 billion years ago, as", "title": "Micropaleontology" }, { "id": "10586325", "text": "the oldest rocks found on Earth were about 3.8 billion years old, leading scientists to estimate that the Earth's surface had been molten until then. Accordingly, they named this part of Earth's history the Hadean. However, analysis of zircons formed 4.4 Ga indicates that Earth's crust solidified about 100 million years after the planet's formation and that the planet quickly acquired oceans and an atmosphere, which may have been capable of supporting life. Evidence from the Moon indicates that from 4 to 3.8 Ga it suffered a Late Heavy Bombardment by debris that was left over from the formation of", "title": "Evolutionary history of life" }, { "id": "326812", "text": "is ruled by the reptiles, and features the evolution of mammals, birds and more famously, dinosaurs. The Cenozoic is the time of the mammals, and more recently, humans. The Paleozoic is a time in Earth's history when complex life forms evolved, took their first breath of oxygen on dry land, and when the forerunners of all life on Earth began to diversify. There are six periods in the Paleozoic era: Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous and Permian. The Cambrian is the first period of the Paleozoic Era and starts from . The Cambrian sparked a rapid expansion in evolution in", "title": "Phanerozoic" }, { "id": "10586384", "text": "early relatives of the amniotes, whose waterproof skin and egg membranes enable them to live and breed far from water. Amniotes, whose eggs can survive in dry environments, probably evolved in the Late Carboniferous period (). The earliest fossils of the two surviving amniote groups, synapsids and sauropsids, date from around . The synapsid pelycosaurs and their descendants the therapsids are the most common land vertebrates in the best-known Permian () fossil beds. However, at the time these were all in temperate zones at middle latitudes, and there is evidence that hotter, drier environments nearer the Equator were dominated by", "title": "Evolutionary history of life" }, { "id": "5345788", "text": "and even quantum systems. In 2003 it was proposed that porous metal sulfide precipitates would assist RNA synthesis at about and at ocean-bottom pressures near hydrothermal vents. In this hypothesis, the proto-cells would be confined in the pores of the metal substrate until the later development of lipid membranes. Another long-standing hypothesis is that the first life was composed of protein molecules. Amino acids, the building blocks of proteins, are easily synthesized in plausible prebiotic conditions, as are small peptides (polymers of amino acids) that make good catalysts. A series of experiments starting in 1997 showed that amino acids and", "title": "History of Earth" }, { "id": "5345815", "text": "the late Paleozoic. The Mesozoic (\"middle life\") era lasted from 251 Ma to Ma. It is subdivided into the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods. The era began with the Permian–Triassic extinction event, the most severe extinction event in the fossil record; 95% of the species on Earth died out. It ended with the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs.. The Cenozoic (\"new life\") era began at Ma, and is subdivided into the Paleogene, Neogene, and Quaternary periods. These three periods are further split into seven sub-divisions, with the Paleogene composed of The Paleocene, Eocene, and Oligocene, the Neogene", "title": "History of Earth" }, { "id": "2544203", "text": "History of the world The history of the world, in common parlance, is the history of humanity (or human history), as determined from archaeology, anthropology, genetics, linguistics, and other disciplines; and, for periods since the invention of writing, from recorded history and from secondary sources and studies. Humanity's written history was preceded by its prehistory, beginning with the Palaeolithic Era (\"Early Stone Age\"), followed by the Neolithic Era (\"New Stone Age\"). The Neolithic saw the Agricultural Revolution begin, between 8000 and 5000 BCE, in the Near East's Fertile Crescent. During this period, humans began the systematic husbandry of plants and", "title": "History of the world" }, { "id": "10586392", "text": "which preserve only a few varieties of flightless insect. The Mazon Creek lagerstätten from the Late Carboniferous, about , include about 200 species, some gigantic by modern standards, and indicate that insects had occupied their main modern ecological niches as herbivores, detritivores and insectivores. Social termites and ants first appear in the Early Cretaceous, and advanced social bees have been found in Late Cretaceous rocks but did not become abundant until the Middle Cenozoic. The idea that, along with other life forms, modern-day humans evolved from an ancient, common ancestor was proposed by Robert Chambers in 1844 and taken up", "title": "Evolutionary history of life" }, { "id": "10586323", "text": "including the ancestors of mammals, dominated the land, but most of this group became extinct in the Permian–Triassic extinction event . During the recovery from this catastrophe, archosaurs became the most abundant land vertebrates; one archosaur group, the dinosaurs, dominated the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. After the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event killed off the non-avian dinosaurs, mammals increased rapidly in size and diversity. Such mass extinctions may have accelerated evolution by providing opportunities for new groups of organisms to diversify. The oldest meteorite fragments found on Earth are about 4.54 billion years old; this, coupled primarily with the dating of ancient", "title": "Evolutionary history of life" }, { "id": "312260", "text": "a factor of two. The evolutionary history of life stretches back to over , possibly as far as . Earth formed about and, after a collision that formed the Moon about 40 million years later, may have cooled quickly enough to have oceans and an atmosphere about . However, there is evidence on the Moon of a Late Heavy Bombardment from . If, as seems likely, such a bombardment struck Earth at the same time, the first atmosphere and oceans may have been stripped away. The oldest clear evidence of life on Earth dates to , although there have been", "title": "Paleontology" }, { "id": "5345806", "text": "years ago. There were probably several such inclusion events. Besides the well-established endosymbiotic theory of the cellular origin of mitochondria and chloroplasts, there are theories that cells led to peroxisomes, spirochetes led to cilia and flagella, and that perhaps a DNA virus led to the cell nucleus, though none of them are widely accepted. Archaeans, bacteria, and eukaryotes continued to diversify and to become more complex and better adapted to their environments. Each domain repeatedly split into multiple lineages, although little is known about the history of the archaea and bacteria. Around 1.1 Ga, the supercontinent Rodinia was assembling. The", "title": "History of Earth" }, { "id": "10586338", "text": "the Earth. The idea that life on Earth was \"seeded\" from elsewhere in the Universe dates back at least to the Greek philosopher Anaximander in the sixth century BCE. In the twentieth century it was proposed by the physical chemist Svante Arrhenius, by the astronomers Fred Hoyle and Chandra Wickramasinghe, and by molecular biologist Francis Crick and chemist Leslie Orgel. There are three main versions of the \"seeded from elsewhere\" hypothesis: from elsewhere in our Solar System via fragments knocked into space by a large meteor impact, in which case the most credible sources are Mars and Venus; by alien", "title": "Evolutionary history of life" } ]

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[ { "id": "13712012", "text": "around the world, who have built at least 15 detailed full-size replicas of the Robot. In the 2018 Netflix series, the Robot is an alien AI which bears only a few resemblances with earlier versions, such as his famous line and loyalty to Will. Robot (Lost in Space) The Class M-3 Model B-9 General Utility Non-Theorizing Environmental Control Robot, known simply as the Robot, is a fictional character in the television series \"Lost in Space\". His full designation was only occasionally mentioned on the show. Although a machine endowed with superhuman strength and futuristic weaponry, he often displayed human characteristics,", "title": "Robot (Lost in Space)" }, { "id": "1317531", "text": "\"Battlestar Galactica\" show bought the show's sets. They were redesigned the next year and used for scenes on the Battlestar \"Pegasus\". Dick Tufeld reprised his role as voice of the robot for the third time. On October 10, 2014, it was announced that Legendary TV was developing a new reboot of \"Lost in Space\" for Netflix with \"Dracula Untold\" screenwriters Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless attached to write. On June 29, 2016, Netflix ordered the series with 10 episodes. The series debuted on Netflix on April 13, 2018. It was renewed for a second season on May 13, 2018. The", "title": "Lost in Space" }, { "id": "11815517", "text": "portrayed Drake Beast in \"\", Sammael in \"Hellboy\", Lycan werewolves in \"Underworld\" and \"\", William Corvinus in \"\", T-600 in \"Terminator Salvation\", Berzerker Predator in \"Predators\", and a Bigfoot in the Eduardo Sánchez horror-thriller film \"Exists\". Brian Steele has participated in multiple ultra-distance, self-supported cycling races, including the Tour Divide mountain bike race and the Trans Am Bike Race. Brian Steele Brian Steele is an American actor who has had many roles as monsters and creatures on television and in films. In 2018, he appears as The Robot in \"Lost in Space\". Steele stands at 6 ft 7 in (2.01m).", "title": "Brian Steele" }, { "id": "11815516", "text": "Brian Steele Brian Steele is an American actor who has had many roles as monsters and creatures on television and in films. In 2018, he appears as The Robot in \"Lost in Space\". Steele stands at 6 ft 7 in (2.01m). In 2006–2014 Steele portrayed the prank redeeming Sasquatch in over 40 \"Messin' with Sasquatch\" commercials for Jack Links Jerky. On television, Steele played the Bigfoot called Harry in the series \"Harry and the Hendersons\" before moving on to play creatures in theatrical motion pictures, with roles like Mr. Wink in \"\" wearing over 130 pounds of makeup. Steele has", "title": "Brian Steele" }, { "id": "8658178", "text": "Bob May (actor) Bob May (September 4, 1939 – January 18, 2009) was an American actor best remembered for playing The Robot on the television series \"Lost in Space\", which debuted in 1965 and ran until 1968. May appeared in all 83 episodes inside a prop costume built by Bob Stewart; the robot's voice was dubbed by Dick Tufeld, who was also the narrator of the series. Born in New York City, May was the grandson of vaudeville comedian Chic Johnson, half of the Olsen and Johnson comedy team famed for their blackout gags and orchestrated mayhem. May's first experience", "title": "Bob May (actor)" }, { "id": "13712008", "text": "arms. The Robot was performed by Bob May in a prop costume built by Bob Stewart. The voice was primarily dubbed by Dick Tufeld, who was also the series' narrator, and Jorge Arvizu for the Spanish dubbing. The Robot was designed by Robert Kinoshita, who also designed \"Forbidden Planet\"'s Robby the Robot. Robby appears in Lost in Space episode #20 \"War of the Robots\" and in episode #60 \"Condemned of Space\". The Robot did not appear in the unaired pilot episode, but was added to the series once it had been greenlit. Initially, the bellows-covered legs were articulated, and were", "title": "Robot (Lost in Space)" }, { "id": "8658186", "text": "grandchildren. He is interred in San Fernando Mission Cemetery. Bob May (actor) Bob May (September 4, 1939 – January 18, 2009) was an American actor best remembered for playing The Robot on the television series \"Lost in Space\", which debuted in 1965 and ran until 1968. May appeared in all 83 episodes inside a prop costume built by Bob Stewart; the robot's voice was dubbed by Dick Tufeld, who was also the narrator of the series. Born in New York City, May was the grandson of vaudeville comedian Chic Johnson, half of the Olsen and Johnson comedy team famed for", "title": "Bob May (actor)" }, { "id": "13712007", "text": "Robot (Lost in Space) The Class M-3 Model B-9 General Utility Non-Theorizing Environmental Control Robot, known simply as the Robot, is a fictional character in the television series \"Lost in Space\". His full designation was only occasionally mentioned on the show. Although a machine endowed with superhuman strength and futuristic weaponry, he often displayed human characteristics, such as laughter, sadness, and mockery, as well as singing and playing the guitar. With his major role often being to protect the youngest member of the crew, the Robot's catchphrases were \"It does not compute\" and \"Danger, Will Robinson!\", accompanied by flailing his", "title": "Robot (Lost in Space)" }, { "id": "6487067", "text": "Dick Tufeld Richard Norton \"Dick\" Tufeld (December 11, 1926 – January 22, 2012) was an American actor, announcer, narrator and voice actor from the late 1940s until the early 21st century. He was a well-known presence on television as an announcer, but his most famous role was as the voice of the Robot in the television series, \"Lost in Space\". Born in Los Angeles, California, to a Russian father and a Canadian mother, he spent his childhood in Pasadena, California. Tufeld attended the Northwestern University School of Communication, then known as the university's School of Speech. In 1945, he obtained", "title": "Dick Tufeld" }, { "id": "6487071", "text": "was married to Adrienne Tufeld (1948–2004, her death), and commissioned a home by architect Gregory Ain in 1952. He died in 2012 of congestive heart failure. Dick Tufeld Richard Norton \"Dick\" Tufeld (December 11, 1926 – January 22, 2012) was an American actor, announcer, narrator and voice actor from the late 1940s until the early 21st century. He was a well-known presence on television as an announcer, but his most famous role was as the voice of the Robot in the television series, \"Lost in Space\". Born in Los Angeles, California, to a Russian father and a Canadian mother, he", "title": "Dick Tufeld" }, { "id": "8658180", "text": "among them \"Cheyenne\", \"Hawaiian Eye\", \"Palm Springs Weekend\", \"Stagecoach\", \"Surfside 6\", \"The Roaring Twenties\" and \"77 Sunset Strip\". June Lockhart, who played Maureen Robinson in the series, said that May had insisted he got the job because he fit in the robot suit. Irwin Allen, the creator of the \"Lost in Space\" television series, selected May to fill the role of the robot, the sidekick of the Robinson family, after May was sent to see him about the part; Allen promised May, \"If you can fit in the suit, you've got the job\". Bob donned the suit for the first", "title": "Bob May (actor)" }, { "id": "19600922", "text": "was announced that Legendary Television and Synthesis Entertainment were developing a new reboot of \"Lost in Space\" and had hired screenwriting duo Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless to pen the pilot episodes. In November 2015, Netflix landed the project. On June 29, 2016, Netflix ordered a full 10 episode season of \"Lost in Space\", with Zack Estrin as executive producer and showrunner. Sazama, Sharpless, Kevin Burns, Jon Jashni, Neil Marshall, and Marc Helwig also serve as executive producers. Production on the first season began in February 2017, in Vancouver, British Columbia, and concluded in July 2017. Season 2 began production", "title": "Lost in Space (2018 TV series)" }, { "id": "13712010", "text": "According to the series In one first season episode, Dr. Smith was seen to remove the robot's programming tapes, which resemble a small reel of magnetic tape, from a hatch below the robot's chest panel. Two versions of the robot were used during \"Lost in Space\" filming – a \"hero robot\" costume worn by Bob May, and a static, \"stunt robot\" prop that was used for distant or hazardous shots. Both versions fell into disrepair after the series, but these have since been discovered and restored. The \"hero\" is privately owned by TV and film producer Kevin Burns, who commissioned", "title": "Robot (Lost in Space)" }, { "id": "8658185", "text": "1998 \"Lost in Space\" film, with Dick Tufeld reprising his role as the robot's voice, May did not fill the role of fitting inside the robot in the movie remake. May's home in an upscale mobile home park in the San Fernando Valley was destroyed in the November 2008 California wildfires that hit the Los Angeles area, though he and his wife were able to escape without injury. May died at age 69 on January 18, 2009 at a hospital in Lancaster, California of congestive heart failure. He was survived by his wife, Judith, son, Martin, daughter, Deborah and four", "title": "Bob May (actor)" }, { "id": "13712009", "text": "moved separately by the actor inside. However, the metal edges inside the suit cut actor Bob May's legs, so changes were made. The legs were bolted together, and the robot was pulled along by a wire instead of walking as it had done before. A new lower section was constructed with the legs cut off at the knee. This was filmed either in close-up or behind something to obscure the actor's feet protruding out the bottom; this version of the suit was informally referred to by the cast and crew as \"the Bermuda shorts.\" Robot consisted, from top down, of", "title": "Robot (Lost in Space)" }, { "id": "1317539", "text": "Harris) was the only character from the original program to appear in the special, along with the Robot (who was named Robon and employed in flight control rather than a support activity). The spacecraft was launched vertically by rocket, and Smith was a passenger rather than a saboteur. The pilot for the animated \"Lost in Space\" series was not picked up as a series, and only this episode was produced. This cartoon was included in the Blu-ray release on September 15, 2015. 20th Century Fox has released the entire series on DVD in Region 1. Several of the releases contain", "title": "Lost in Space" }, { "id": "4961275", "text": "In 2014, he played the recurring role of medic Tommy Cole during the second and final season of the Lifetime drama series \"Witches of East End\". In the summer of 2015, Serrichio was cast in the role of Miguel on the BET sitcom, \"Zoe Ever After\" starring Brandy Norwood. In 2018, he appeared as Don West in \"Lost in Space\", the Netflix remake of the 1965 TV series. He played Dr Rudolpho Fuentes on \"Bones\", seasons 9-12. Ignacio Serricchio Ignacio Ariel Serricchio (born April 19, 1982) is an Argentine American actor. He is known for his role as Diego Alcazar", "title": "Ignacio Serricchio" }, { "id": "1661137", "text": "happily married Samantha and Darrin Stephens (Dick York) are, Edgar reverses his mischief and gives his (albeit quiet) blessing to their still-new marriage. Johnson appeared in one of the final episodes of ABC's \"The Donna Reed Show\" in 1966. He was cast in the 1967 satirical James Coburn film \"The President's Analyst\", in which he gave a comically chilling performance as a federal agent with a blindly obedient \"orders are orders\" mentality. In 1968, he acted in the Season 3 episode of \"Lost in Space\", \"Princess of Space\". Johnson played the traitorous robot space pirate Fedor helping the machines to", "title": "Arte Johnson" }, { "id": "9786277", "text": "actor Dick Tufeld. Two of Kinoshita's famous robots appeared faceplate-to-faceplate in the \"Lost in Space\" episodes \"War of the Robots\" and \"Condemned of Space\", where Robby the Robot appeared as a guest robotoid and robot, respectively. Among his credits are art direction on four other well-known TV shows: \"Highway Patrol\" (1955–1959), \"Bat Materson\" (1960–1961), \"Hawaii Five-O\" (1970–1971), and \"Kojak\" (1973–1974). Kinoshita also contributed production design to several features including \"The Phantom Planet\" (1961). The B9 robot fan club provided photos of Kinoshita on his 94th birthday as well as an interview. Robert Kinoshita turned 100 in February 2014 and died", "title": "Robert Kinoshita" }, { "id": "10040996", "text": "Robotoid A robotoid is an \"artificial lifeform\" that is created through processes that are totally different from cloning or synthetics. In short; the cybernetic equivalent of a \"humanoid.\" Perhaps the first mention of \"robotoid\" was in the \"Lost in Space\" episode \"War of the Robots\" which originally aired on February 9, 1966 and credits Robby the Robot as a \"robotoid\" and William Bramley and Ollie O'Toole as uncredited \"robotoid voice\" actors. In the episode, the \"Lost in Space\" robot says: \"It is more than a machine...it is a robotoid.\" The robot goes on to explain that as a robot, it", "title": "Robotoid" }, { "id": "19744804", "text": "Maxwell Jenkins Maxwell Jenkins (born May 3, 2005) is an American actor who is known for his roles in \"Betrayal\" and \"Sense8\". In 2016, he played the role of Ryan Jensen in \"A Family Man\". In 2018, he appears as Will Robinson in \"Lost in Space\", the Netflix remake of the 1965 TV series. The series is ongoing, and is expected to release more episodes next year. Jenkins is the son of Jeff Jenkins, a former Ringling clown, and Julie Greenberg. They are the co-founders and directors of the Chicago-based Midnight Circus, whose proceeds help fund general improvements for the", "title": "Maxwell Jenkins" }, { "id": "17269371", "text": "took on the role of Theo in the Canadian/UK television production of \"Olympus\", as well as joining the cast in Bravo's sitcom \"Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce\". By the start of 2015 he was cast in a guest role on \"Supernatural\" for the CW Network and in 2016 joined the cast of \"The Arrangement\" for E! Entertainment in a recurring role as Nate Dancourt. In 2017, he shot 4 episodes as \"Connor\" for the Netflix series of \"Lost in Space\" (2018 release), as well as 2 episodes in \"Ghost Wars\" for the Syfy network as Dr Nate Fisher. In October 2017", "title": "Rowan Schlosberg" }, { "id": "19600921", "text": "of an impact event that threatens the survival of humanity, the Robinson family is selected for the 24th mission of the \"Resolute\" (24th Colonist Group), an interstellar spacecraft carrying selected families to colonize the Alpha Centauri star system. Before they reach their destination, an alien robot breaches the \"Resolute\"s hull. Forced to evacuate the mothership in short-range \"Jupiter\" spacecraft, scores of colonists, among them the Robinsons, crash on a nearby habitable planet. There they must contend with a strange environment and battle their own personal demons as they search for a way back to the \"Resolute\". In October 2014, it", "title": "Lost in Space (2018 TV series)" }, { "id": "19600923", "text": "in September 2018, in Iceland, and is set to conclude in January 2019. The series was released on April 13, 2018, on Netflix. On March 31, 2018, the series pilot was screened at Awesome Con in Washington, D.C.. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 68% approval rating with an average rating of 6.21/10, based on 65 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads: \"\"Lost in Space\"s production values are ambitious enough to attract sci-fi adventure fans, while the story's large heart adds an emotional anchor to all the deep space derring-do.\" Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a", "title": "Lost in Space (2018 TV series)" }, { "id": "9786276", "text": "Gillespie at MGM. Around April 1965, Irwin Allen hired Kinoshita as the art director for the \"Lost in Space\" series. Of the many tasks to befall Kinoshita, two of them were to come up with a robot (which he nicknamed \"Blinky\") and to redesign the pilot film's \"Gemini XII\" space ship into what would become the \"Jupiter 2\". This robot never had a real name—only the model number \"B9.\" In the show he was referred to as \"the robot\" or called by the generic name, \"Robot.\" He was brought to life by the combination of actor Bob May and voice", "title": "Robert Kinoshita" }, { "id": "10040999", "text": "since the body and brain of the robotoid are not identical to the original person being copied. Robotoid A robotoid is an \"artificial lifeform\" that is created through processes that are totally different from cloning or synthetics. In short; the cybernetic equivalent of a \"humanoid.\" Perhaps the first mention of \"robotoid\" was in the \"Lost in Space\" episode \"War of the Robots\" which originally aired on February 9, 1966 and credits Robby the Robot as a \"robotoid\" and William Bramley and Ollie O'Toole as uncredited \"robotoid voice\" actors. In the episode, the \"Lost in Space\" robot says: \"It is more", "title": "Robotoid" }, { "id": "20508639", "text": "Robinson in the first season of the Netflix series \"Lost in Space\", which aired in April 2018. Mina Sundwall Mina Sundwall (born October 23, 2001) is an American actress who is known for her roles in \"Maggie's Plan\", \"Freeheld\", and \"#Horror\". She plays Penny Robinson in \"Lost in Space\", a 2018 remake of the 1965 series of the same name. Sundwall was born on October 23, 2001, in New York City. In 2012, she made her first appearance in television on the documentary series \"Celebrity Ghost Stories\". She appeared in \"\" in 2014. In 2015, she acted in the romantic", "title": "Mina Sundwall" }, { "id": "19600920", "text": "Lost in Space (2018 TV series) Lost in Space is an American science fiction television series based on a reimagining of the 1965 series of the same name (itself a reimagining of the 1812 novel \"The Swiss Family Robinson\"), following the adventures of a family of space colonists whose spaceship veers off course. Produced by Legendary Television, Synthesis Entertainment, Clickety-Clack Productions, and Applebox Entertainment, the show is written by Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless, with Zack Estrin serving as showrunner. Netflix released the series on April 13, 2018, renewing it the following month for a second season. In the aftermath", "title": "Lost in Space (2018 TV series)" }, { "id": "1317527", "text": "a number of homages to the original television series. These include cameos and story details from the original TV-series, including: Additional cameo appearances of actors from the original TV-series were considered, but not included in the film: The film used a number of ideas familiar to viewers from the original show: Smith reprogramming the robot and its subsequent rampage (\"Reluctant Stowaway\"), near miss with the sun (\"Wild Adventure\"), the derelict spaceship (\"The Derelict\"), discovery of the Blawp and the crash (\"Island in the Sky\") and an attempt to change history by returning to the beginning (\"The Time Merchant\"). Also a", "title": "Lost in Space" }, { "id": "1317519", "text": "rockoons in an attempt to send an interstellar \"message in a bottle\" distress signal. In season 2 a set of relay stations was built to further extend communications while planet-bound. Their environmental control Robot B-9 ran air and soil tests, and was able to discharge strong electrostatic charges from his claws, detect threats with his scanner and could produce a defensive smoke screen. The Robot could detect faint smells and could both understand speech and speak in its own right. The Robot claimed the ability to read human minds by translating emitted thought waves back into words. The \"Jupiter 2\"", "title": "Lost in Space" }, { "id": "13712011", "text": "a replica in the early 1990s for touring and conventions. The \"stunt robot\" is in storage at the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame in Seattle, Washington. Like Robby the Robot, the B-9 Robot prop costume was re-used on at least one other show. On the Saturday morning children's show \"Mystery Island\", it was modified to make the primary character \"P.O.P.S.\" There it had different domes, different color scheme, and an added rectangular skirt of gold-colored tubes, covering the rubber bellows legs and base. Full-size replicas of the robot are available commercially. Other versions have been built by hobbyists", "title": "Robot (Lost in Space)" }, { "id": "8622344", "text": "Adsit hosted a panel featuring comic book writers Dan Slott, Frank Tieri, and Chris Claremont at HeroCon in Charlotte, North Carolina. In 2012 a character named Agent Scott Adsit appeared as an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. in Marvel's \"Deadpool\", and has since become a recurring character in the title. Adsit also guest starred as the \"Guest Bailiff\" in three episodes of John Hodgman's podcast \"Judge John Hodgman\". Adsit starred as himself in John Hodgman's Netflix comedy special \"\". Adsit voices the huggable robot Baymax in the 2014 Disney animated film \"Big Hero 6\". Producer Roy Conli said \"The fact that his", "title": "Scott Adsit" }, { "id": "3674318", "text": "non-fiction and documentary production unit. That same year, he met Jon Jashni, a Fox film executive who shared Burns' interest in Allen's works. In 1998, the two collaborated on a TV retrospective special, \"Lost in Space Forever\". Hosted by John Laroquette, it chronicled the series' creation and run on TV in the 1960s and beyond, and featured appearances by Bill Mumy, Jonathan Harris, June Lockhart, Angela Cartwright, Mark Goddard and Marta Kristen, as well as film footage of vintage interviews with Guy Williams. Also appearing were Bob May, who donned the Robot suit, and Dick Tufeld, who supplied the character's", "title": "Irwin Allen" }, { "id": "19877196", "text": "Olan Rogers announced in December 2016 that he voices the main characters, Gary and Mooncake. In July 2017, an additional cast list of Fred Armisen, Conan O'Brien, Keith David, Coty Galloway, Tom Kenny, Caleb McLaughlin, John DiMaggio, Ron Perlman, Shannon Purser, Andy Richter, David Tennant, and Steven Yeun was revealed. The animation is produced in Los Angeles at ShadowMachine and outsourced in Canada at Ottawa's Jam Filled studio using the Toon Boom Harmony software. The show uses NASA space imagery for the space backgrounds. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The second season was announced in May 2018 and will consist of 13 episodes. When", "title": "Final Space" }, { "id": "5998012", "text": "Marge's dream sees her in the role of Maureen Robinson from \"Lost in Space\", while Homer plays Dr. Zachary Smith and Lisa plays the Robot. The scene where Marge and Jacqueline Bouvier duck down when a biplane shoots at them in a cornfield is a parody of Alfred Hitchcock's film \"North by Northwest\". Homer's Mount Lushmore caricature resembles Eustace Tilley, the mascot of \"The New Yorker\". Homer's line about getting out of Springfield is lifted from \"It's a Wonderful Life\", while Homer's all-time favorite song is revealed to be \"It's Raining Men\" by The Weather Girls. In its original broadcast,", "title": "Fear of Flying (The Simpsons)" }, { "id": "19600924", "text": "normalized score of 58 out of 100 based on 27 critics, indicating \"mixed or average reviews\". David Griffin of IGN gave the first season a rating of 8.5/10, calling it \"an excellent sci-fi adventure with a slight villain problem,\" giving particular praise to the Robinson family, while criticizing Parker Posey's Dr. Smith as an unsophisticated and one-dimensional character who lacks redeeming qualities. In contrast, Jen Chaney of \"Vulture\" characterized Posey's performance as providing \"understated, sly comedic touches\". Lost in Space (2018 TV series) Lost in Space is an American science fiction television series based on a reimagining of the 1965", "title": "Lost in Space (2018 TV series)" }, { "id": "863114", "text": "\"The Thin Man\", \"Columbo\", \"The Addams Family\", and \"Lost in Space\" where he battles The Robot. While Robby's appearance was generally consistent, there were exceptions. The original Rod Serling incarnation of \"The Twilight Zone\" - which was substantially filmed at MGM Studios - made extensive use of props and costumes originally created for \"Forbidden Planet\", including Robby. The Season 5 episode \"Uncle Simon\" (1963) featured Robby, although his appearance was considerably different, combining the familiar body with an alternative head. According to Robby's current owner, director William Malone, the head used in this episode was a prototype created during Robby's", "title": "Robby the Robot" }, { "id": "1317492", "text": "storm of asteroids. This, plus the robot's rampage, causes the ship to prematurely engage its hyperdrive, and causes the expedition to become hopelessly lost in the infinite depths of outer space. Smith's selfish actions and laziness frequently endanger the expedition; however, Smith's role assumes less sinister overtones in later parts of the series. The astronaut family of Dr. John Robinson, accompanied by a pilot and a robot, set out in the year 1997 from an overpopulated Earth in the spaceship \"Jupiter 2\" to travel to a planet circling the star Alpha Centauri. The \"Jupiter 2\" mission is sabotaged by Dr.", "title": "Lost in Space" }, { "id": "1317507", "text": "humor, including fanciful space hippies, more pirates, off-beat inter-galactic zoos, ice princesses and \"Lost in Space\"'s beauty pageant. During the first two seasons, episodes concluded in a \"live action freeze\" anticipating the following week, with the cliff-hanger caption, \"To be continued next week! Same time — same channel!\" For the third season, the episode would conclude, immediately followed with a vocal \"teaser\" from the Robot (Dick Tufeld), warning viewers to \"Stay tuned for scenes from next week's exciting adventure!\", which would highlight the next episode, followed by the closing credits. After cancellation, the show was successful in reruns and in", "title": "Lost in Space" }, { "id": "2901945", "text": "destroying the family itself. Smith awakens the Robinsons and West, who manage to subdue the robot, but the ship is falling uncontrollably into the sun. Forced to use the experimental hyperdrive with an unplotted course, the ship is transported through hyperspace to a remote and uncharted part of the universe, where their known star charts are useless. Going through a strange distortion in space, the crew finds two abandoned ships in orbit, the \"Proteus\", an Earth ship, and another ship that is clearly not of human origin. They board the \"Proteus\", with Will controlling the now-modified robot by remote control", "title": "Lost in Space (film)" }, { "id": "5603216", "text": "of \"Lost in Space\" (\"The Ghost Planet\", 1966), the Robot (Bob May, voice of Dick Tufeld) sings two verses of \"Santa Lucia,\" accompanied by Will Robinson (Billy Mumy). The Robot's voice suddenly drops off at the end of the second stanza, rousing Dr. Zachary Smith (Jonathan Harris) from his daydreams. \"You bubble-headed booby! I was about to land on the isle of Capri; now I'll never get there!\" Smith exclaims, berating the Robot. The problem, Will explains, is that the Robot's tapes are wearing out. Dick Tufeld did the actual singing on this sequence, as Billy Mumy played his guitar.", "title": "Santa Lucia" }, { "id": "20718813", "text": "Jane. In August 2018, Joivan Wade was cast as Victor Stone / Cyborg, Alan Tudyk was cast as Eric Morden / Mr. Nobody, and Brendan Fraser and Riley Shanahan were cast to replace Michaels as Cliff Steele / Robotman, with Fraser voicing the character and appearing as Steele in flashbacks, while Shanahan physically portrays Robotman. The next month, Timothy Dalton was cast as Niles Caulder / Chief, replacing Bichir, and in October 2018, Matt Bomer and Matthew Zuk were cast to replace Murphy as Larry Trainor / Negative Man. Similarly to Robotman, Trainor is voiced and portrayed by Bomer in", "title": "Doom Patrol (TV series)" }, { "id": "1317512", "text": "2\", following which Jonathan Harris appears in character as Smith and instructs the Robot once again to destroy the ship as per his original instructions \"... and this time get it right, you bubble-headed booby\". In 1998, Burns produced a television special about the series hosted by John Larroquette and Robot B-9 (performed by actor Bob May and voice actor Dick Tufeld). The special was hosted within a recreation of the \"Jupiter 2\" upper deck set. The program ends with Laroquette mockingly pressing a button on the Amulet from \"The Galaxy Gift\" episode, disappearing and being replaced by Mumy and", "title": "Lost in Space" }, { "id": "1896986", "text": "Slater has combined work in the film business with television. He currently has the title-role in the USA Network TV series \"Mr. Robot\" (2015–), for which he earned the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film in 2016, with additional nominations in 2017 and 2018. Slater also appeared in \"The West Wing\" and \"Alias\" and starred in \"Breaking In\" and \"Mind Games\". Slater was born in New York City, the son of Michael Hawkins (born Thomas Knight Slater), an actor also known as Michael Gainsborough, and Mary Jo Slater (née Lawton), an acting agent", "title": "Christian Slater" }, { "id": "1317491", "text": "are to be cryogenically frozen for the voyage, and they are set to be unfrozen when the spacecraft approaches its destination. Meanwhile, Dr. Zachary Smith (Jonathan Harris), Alpha Control's doctor, is revealed to be a saboteur on behalf of an unnamed nation. After disposing of a guard who catches him on board the spacecraft, Smith reprograms the \"Jupiter 2\"s B-9 environmental control robot (voiced by Dick Tufeld) to destroy critical systems on the spaceship eight hours after launch. Smith, however, becomes trapped aboard at launch and his extra weight throws the \"Jupiter 2\" off course, causing it to encounter a", "title": "Lost in Space" }, { "id": "6121002", "text": "Space Academy Space Academy is a live-action sci-fi children's television program produced by Filmation that originally aired Saturday mornings on the CBS television network, from September 10, 1977, to December 17, 1977. (Repeats ran on and off until September 1, 1979.) A total of fifteen half-hour episodes were made. The program starred veteran actor Jonathan Harris, best known as Dr. Zachary Smith of \"Lost in Space;\" co-starring were Pamelyn Ferdin, Ric Carrott, Maggie Cooper, Brian Tochi, Ty Henderson, and Eric Greene. The program featured a pint-sized robot called \"Peepo\", a radio-controlled machine voiced by Erika Scheimer talking through a pitch-shifter", "title": "Space Academy" }, { "id": "1317500", "text": "character. \"Lost in Space\" is remembered for the Robot's oft-repeated lines such as \"Warning! Warning!\" and \"It does not compute\". Smith's frequent put-downs of the Robot were also popular, and Jonathan Harris was proud to talk about how he used to lie in bed at night dreaming them up for use on the show. \"You Bubble-headed Booby!\", \"Cackling Cacophony\", \"Tin Plated Traitor\", \"Blithering Blatherskyte\", and \"Traitorous Transistorized Toad\" are but a few alongside his trademark lines: \"Oh, the pain ... the pain!\" and \"Never fear, Smith is here!\" One of Jonathan Harris's last roles was providing the voice of the", "title": "Lost in Space" }, { "id": "6487070", "text": "as the voice of the B9 Robot in the CBS television series \"Lost in Space\", a role he reprised for the 1998 feature film. He also provided narrations for many other Irwin Allen productions, such as ABC's \"Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea\" and \"The Time Tunnel\", and did voice work for the 1978 animated television series \"Fantastic Four\". He narrated several episodes of \"Thundarr the Barbarian\" (1980). He was the main title narrator on the 1979 DePatie-Freleng series, \"Spider-Woman\", as well as the main title announcer on the 1981 Marvel Productions show \"Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends\". He", "title": "Dick Tufeld" }, { "id": "3313300", "text": "In 2018, he appears as John Robinson in \"Lost in Space\", the Netflix remake of the 1965 TV series. Stephens and New Zealand actress Anna-Louise Plowman were married in 2001. Their first child, son Eli Alistair, was born in May 2007. The renowned British playwright Simon Gray (who penned \"Japes\", a stage play, and \"Missing Dates\", a radio drama, both of which starred Stephens), was reported to be Eli's godfather. Their daughters, Tallulah and Kura, were born in May 2009 and in September 2010, respectively. Plowman and Stephens performed together as Sibyl and Elyot in Jonathan Kent's revival of \"Private", "title": "Toby Stephens" }, { "id": "19744805", "text": "Chicago parks the circus is hosted in. Jenkins began performing with the circus at age three, performing acts like tightwire walking, juggling, and playing mandolin. Jenkins started his acting career in ABC's \"Betrayal\" at age 8 in 2013. Maxwell Jenkins Maxwell Jenkins (born May 3, 2005) is an American actor who is known for his roles in \"Betrayal\" and \"Sense8\". In 2016, he played the role of Ryan Jensen in \"A Family Man\". In 2018, he appears as Will Robinson in \"Lost in Space\", the Netflix remake of the 1965 TV series. The series is ongoing, and is expected to", "title": "Maxwell Jenkins" }, { "id": "17538043", "text": "Ron Cephas Jones Ron Cephas Jones (born January 8, 1957) is an American actor. He is best known for his role in the drama series \"This Is Us\" (2016–2018), which earned him two consecutive Primetime Emmy Award nominations, winning one for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series in 2018. Jones has also appeared in a number of films and television series including \"Half Nelson\" (2006), \"Glass Chin\" (2014), seasons 1–2 of \"Mr. Robot\" (2015–2016), and \"Luke Cage\" (2016–2018). Jones was born on January 8, 1957, in Paterson, New Jersey. He attended John F. Kennedy High School and graduated from", "title": "Ron Cephas Jones" }, { "id": "17201089", "text": "Bryan Dechart Bryan Dechart (born March 17, 1987) is an American actor and Twitch streamer. He is best known for his role as Connor, an android police investigator in the PS4 exclusive game \"\". He also played Eli Chandler on ABC Family's \"Jane by Design\" and starred in the 2014 Sony Pictures feature film \"The Remaining\" with Alexa Vega. Dechart was born in Salt Lake City, Utah and raised in Novi, Michigan. He graduated with honors from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in Acting. He studied at the Sanford Meisner Extension, the Experimental Theater", "title": "Bryan Dechart" }, { "id": "1317496", "text": "Wally Cox, Grant Sullivan, Norman Leavitt, Tommy Farrell, Mercedes McCambridge, Lyle Waggoner, Albert Salmi, Royal Dano, Strother Martin, Michael J. Pollard, Byron Morrow, Arte Johnson, Fritz Feld, John Carradine, Al Lewis, Hans Conried, Dennis Patrick, Michael Rennie, Daniel J. Travanti and Michael Conrad. Jonathan Harris, although a permanent cast member, was listed in the opening credits as \"Special Guest Star\" in every episode of \"Lost in Space\". Props and monsters were regularly recycled from other Irwin Allen shows. A sea monster outfit that had featured on Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series) might get a spray paint", "title": "Lost in Space" }, { "id": "13167032", "text": "Steven Kynman Steven \"Steve\" Kynman (born 12 November 1971) is a British actor, voice actor and puppeteer who has worked on various shows in the UK. Kynman was born in Surrey, England. He is best known for his work in the children TV industry, such as Robert the Robot in \"Justin's House\" and for being the current voice of Sam Jones in \"Fireman Sam\". In 2012, he joined the UK and USA voice cast of \"Thomas & Friends\" as Duck, Ryan, Dart, Paxton, Peter Sam in UK and USA and Porter and Jack in the UK and both Charlie and", "title": "Steven Kynman" }, { "id": "3674306", "text": "footage, particularly from \"Hell and High Water\", \"The Enemy Below\" and Allen's \"The Lost World\". Allen had originally intended \"Lost in Space\" (1965–68, CBS TV) to be a family show, a science fiction version of \"The Swiss Family Robinson\". It quickly developed into a children's show with episodes concentrating on the young Will Robinson, the robot and especially the comic villain Dr. Smith. The show popularized several science fiction elements that have since become widespread, such as the comic robot (e.g. \"Silent Running\", \"Star Wars\") or android (\"Logan's Run\", \"\"), the heroic child (\"Voyagers!\", Wesley Crusher), and the wacky lovable", "title": "Irwin Allen" }, { "id": "8443150", "text": "a rating of 9.3 on IGN. He also voiced Ace (Experiment 262) in the English dub of the anime \"Stitch!\". \"Entertainment Weekly\" has listed him in their Best of 2013 issue for best breakout actor in the video game industry for his performance as Joel in \"The Last of Us\", Booker DeWitt in \"BioShock Infinite\" and the Joker in \"\". He is one of the few actors to have portrayed Batman (\"\", \"\", \"Lego Dimensions\", \"\" and \"\"), the Joker (\"\") and the three major iterations of Robin (\", \" and \"\"). As of May 6, 2018, Baker and fellow", "title": "Troy Baker" }, { "id": "3384640", "text": "Dr. Zachary Smith, the evil and conniving double agent on \"Lost in Space\". The character did not appear in the original 1965 pilot episode for CBS, nor did The Robot. The series was already in production when Harris joined the cast, and starring/co-starring billing had already been contractually assigned. Harris successfully negotiated to receive \"Special Guest Star\" billing on every episode. Bill Mumy said about Harris' role in his first episode, \"It was actually implied that this villainous character that sabotaged the mission and ended up with us was going to be killed off after a while.\" Mumy added, \"Jonathan", "title": "Jonathan Harris" }, { "id": "2901948", "text": "bubble. Smith tricks Will into handing over his weapon, but he is foiled by a future version of Smith, who had been protecting Will ever since the rest of the family was killed, and was transformed by an infection from the spider injury into a kind of anthropomorphic spider creature. Will and West return to the \"Jupiter II\" with an injured Smith and the robot in tow while the future Smith reveals his true actions: He had killed the Robinsons, but kept Will alive to build the time machine, so he could go back in time to populate Earth with", "title": "Lost in Space (film)" }, { "id": "19075118", "text": "2.0 (film) 2.0 is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language science fiction action film written and directed by S. Shankar. Produced by Subaskaran under the banner of Lyca Productions, the film is a standalone sequel to \"Enthiran\" (2010), featuring Rajinikanth reprising the roles of Vaseegaran and Chitti, alongside Akshay Kumar and Amy Jackson. Sudhanshu Pandey, Adil Hussain, Kalabhavan Shajohn, and K. Ganesh appear in supporting roles. The film follows the conflict between Chitti, the once dismantled humanoid robot, and Pakshi Rajan, an ornithologist who seeks vengeance on cell phone users to prevent avian population decline. The soundtrack is composed by A. R.", "title": "2.0 (film)" }, { "id": "58747", "text": "the Sci Fi original film \"A.I. Assault\". In 2018, Mumy appeared in the pilot episode of the Netflix remake series, \"Lost in Space\". His character's name is Dr. Z. Smith, in homage to the character played by Jonathan Harris in the 1965 television series. Mumy has narrated over 50 episodes of the Arts & Entertainment Channel's \"Biography\" series, as well as hosted and narrated several other documentaries and specials for A & E, Animal Planet network, The Sci-Fi Channel, and E!. His voice acting talents can be heard on animated shows like \"Ren and Stimpy\", \"Scooby-Doo\", \"\", Steven Spielberg's \"Animaniacs\",", "title": "Bill Mumy" }, { "id": "17249802", "text": "Tender Taps in the \"\" season six episode \"On Your Marks\". He is the voice of Trip Hamston in the Littlest Pet Shop series, \"\", which premiered in April 2018. He also provides the voice of the Robot Master Ice Man in \".\" Travis Turner Travis Turner (born May 9, 1987), also known as \"Little T\"or “T” is a Canadian film and television actor, voice artist, rapper, songwriter and singer. Turner began his career at the age of 6. Turner was born in the small town of Oliver, British Columbia. He is also a business owner and entrepreneur in Vancouver,", "title": "Travis Turner" }, { "id": "20381893", "text": "malfunction. As Baek-kyun modeled the robot after Ji-ah, the team ends up recruiting her to take the place of Aji 3. I'm Not a Robot I'm Not a Robot () is a South Korean television series starring Yoo Seung-ho, Chae Soo-bin and Um Ki-joon. It is written by Kim Sun-mi and directed by Jung Dae-yoon. Producing the series for MBC is May Queen Pictures. It aired on MBC from December 6, 2017 to January 25, 2018 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 (KST) for 32 episodes. The series was a commercial failure only averaging 3.22% in audience share, and received", "title": "I'm Not a Robot" }, { "id": "2901944", "text": "prize-winning science experiment involving time travel goes largely unnoticed by John. Global Sedition, a terrorist group against the mission, assassinates the \"Jupiter II\"'s pilot, and hotshot fighter pilot Major Don West is instead recruited to fly their ship—much to his chagrin. Dr. Zachary Smith, the family's physician, turns out to be a spy for the Sedition, who sabotages the ship's on-board robot before launch, but he is betrayed by his cohorts, and left unconscious as the ship launches and the family enters cryosleep. The robot activates soon after and begins to destroy the navigation and guidance systems, en route to", "title": "Lost in Space (film)" }, { "id": "17201090", "text": "Wing, the Viewpoints Studio, Stonestreet Studios for Film and Television and trained in Commedia dell'arte in Florence, Italy. Dechart married actress and co-star Amelia Rose Blaire on June 30, 2018. Bryan Dechart Bryan Dechart (born March 17, 1987) is an American actor and Twitch streamer. He is best known for his role as Connor, an android police investigator in the PS4 exclusive game \"\". He also played Eli Chandler on ABC Family's \"Jane by Design\" and starred in the 2014 Sony Pictures feature film \"The Remaining\" with Alexa Vega. Dechart was born in Salt Lake City, Utah and raised in", "title": "Bryan Dechart" }, { "id": "19481410", "text": "Dominic Zhai Dominic Zhai (; born February 12, 1990) is an American actor. He recently starred as the role of Bob in the Chinese blockbuster co-production Lost in the Pacific. He currently resides in Beijing, China. Dominic was born in Madison, Wisconsin. He attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison and studied Theater, Biology, and Chinese. After graduating Phi Beta Kappa at the top of his class, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting. Dominic also studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art as well as Upright Citizen's Brigade. In Los Angeles, Dominic studied under", "title": "Dominic Zhai" }, { "id": "9786275", "text": "and \"B9 Environmental Control\" robot from the 1960s TV series \"Lost in Space\", which was called \"Robot\". Created at a cost of anywhere between $125,000 and $1,000,000 — depending on which source is quoted — and measuring around 7 feet (213 cm) tall, Robby the Robot was the result of the efforts of a number of individuals, although the final design as it appeared in \"Forbidden Planet\" is usually attributed to Kinoshita, who was head draftsman of the art department, and who produced the working drawings and blueprints for Robby's construction under the supervision of art director A. Arnold \"Buddy\"", "title": "Robert Kinoshita" }, { "id": "58744", "text": "Erasmus Leaf, a child mathematical genius who develops a crush on Brigitte Bardot (played by herself in the film). His parents, played by James Stewart and Glynis Johns, attempt to manage his obsession. While noted for several roles as both a child and adult actor, Mumy is best known for his iconic television role in a classic 60s science fiction series. From 1965 to 1968, Mumy portrayed Will Robinson in \"Lost in Space\", who was the recipient of numerous warnings, (most famously \"Danger, Will Robinson\") from the show's robot character, voiced by Dick Tufeld. Mumy was later cast in \"Bless", "title": "Bill Mumy" }, { "id": "8351403", "text": "Tom McLoughlin Thomas Maurice \"Tom\" McLoughlin (born July 19, 1950) is an American screenwriter, film/television director and former mime who is most notable for directing \"\" and \"One Dark Night\". His other credits include numerous television movies such as \"Murder in Greenwich\", \"At Risk\", \"\", \"Date with an Angel\" and the 2010 Lifetime Movie Network film \"The Wronged Man\". In 1977 McLoughlin was nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program for his contributions to \"Van Dyke and Company\", a special starring Dick Van Dyke. Two years later, he portrayed the robot S.T.A.R.", "title": "Tom McLoughlin" }, { "id": "10671070", "text": "Josh Robert Thompson Josh Robert Thompson (born March 11, 1975) is an American voice actor, actor, comedian, and impressionist. He is best known for his work on \"The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson\", providing the voice of robot skeleton Geoff Peterson along with numerous characters and impersonations, as well as his celebrity impersonations on \"Family Guy\" and \"The Howard Stern Show\". He appeared in a lead role in the 2014 romantic comedy \"Nowhere Girl\". Thompson is known for his celebrity impressions, including Morgan Freeman, Robert De Niro, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Matthew McConaughey. Thompson grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, \"raised", "title": "Josh Robert Thompson" }, { "id": "3384646", "text": "of Dr. Smith by Gary Oldman in the 1998 film version, who played the role as a more genuinely menacing and less likeable character than Harris's on television. For the 2018 reboot of \"Lost in Space\" as a Netflix original series, Parker Posey was cast as Dr. Zachary Smith, a female sociopath using a stolen identity to assume the role of the ship's psychologist. In the mid-1970s, Harris starred in live-action roles in two Saturday morning children's series, \"Space Academy\" and \"Uncle Croc's Block\", and was a well-known TV spokesman for the International House of Pancakes. He made several cameo", "title": "Jonathan Harris" }, { "id": "8622335", "text": "Puppington, Orel's father. After the success of \"Moral Orel\", Adsit and Stamatopoulos worked together again on their stop-motion animation series \"Mary Shelley's Frankenhole\". Adult Swim ordered ten episodes for its first season, which began airing June 27, 2010 and was canceled in 2012. Adsit is known for his role as Pete Hornberger, the well-meaning but jaded executive producer, on the NBC sitcom \"30 Rock\", which won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in 2008. In 2014, Adsit voiced the robot Baymax in the Disney animated film \"Big Hero 6\". Adsit was", "title": "Scott Adsit" }, { "id": "5420880", "text": "Lennon and Garant created and starred in a sitcom pilot for NBC called \"The Strip\". In May that year it was announced that NBC had decided not to produce it as a series. In November and December 2011, Lennon filled in as guest voice for the robot sidekick Geoff Peterson on the CBS show \"The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson\". Lennon has also appeared in numerous films, including \"Bad Teacher\", \"Memento\", \"How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days\", \"\", and \"I Love You, Man\", for which he and costar Paul Rudd were nominated for a 2009 MTV Movie", "title": "Thomas Lennon" }, { "id": "10671083", "text": "in Philadelphia. Thompson's original creations include televangelist the Rev. Apostle BG; Gay Cabaret singer, Robin Sooper; Gary the Ogre; and Snorky Lopez, a Mexican raccoon. Josh Robert Thompson Josh Robert Thompson (born March 11, 1975) is an American voice actor, actor, comedian, and impressionist. He is best known for his work on \"The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson\", providing the voice of robot skeleton Geoff Peterson along with numerous characters and impersonations, as well as his celebrity impersonations on \"Family Guy\" and \"The Howard Stern Show\". He appeared in a lead role in the 2014 romantic comedy \"Nowhere Girl\".", "title": "Josh Robert Thompson" }, { "id": "1317495", "text": "new world in each episode, as the family attempts to return to Earth or to reach their original destination in the Alpha Centauri system. A newly built \"Space Pod\", provided a means of transportation between the ship and passing planets, and allows for various escapades. This season has a different set of opening credits and a new theme tune, which was composed by John Williams as part of the show's new direction. During its three-season run, a number of actors made guest appearances. Among those are: Kevin Hagen, Alan Hewitt, Sherry Jackson, Werner Klemperer, Warren Oates, Don Matheson, Kurt Russell,", "title": "Lost in Space" }, { "id": "8658181", "text": "time in front of Allen, and made the suit fit. When he exited the suit (which was made of metal and fiberglass) for the first time, he was cut and bleeding, but very happy that he had got the part. The voice of the robot was primarily performed by the show's announcer Dick Tufeld, including the show's catch phrase, \"Danger, danger, Will Robinson.\" However, May's own voice can be heard when the robot's voice overlaps the other characters' lines and during instances of the robot singing. May enjoyed playing the part inside the robot, describing the suit as his \"home", "title": "Bob May (actor)" }, { "id": "2371315", "text": "the misery-minded prison guard Gunther. He portrays Getty family fixer James Fletcher Chace in the FX anthology series \"Trust\", which premiered on March 25, 2018. Brendan Fraser was cast to replace Jake Michaels as Robotman in the upcoming \"Doom Patrol\" TV series that will be a spin-off of \"Titans\". Fraser voices the character and appears as Steele in flashbacks while Riley Shanahan provides motion-capture for Robotman. After arriving in Los Angeles, California, Fraser met actress Afton Smith while attending a barbecue at Winona Ryder's house on July 4, 1993. They married on September 27, 1998, and had three sons: Griffin", "title": "Brendan Fraser" }, { "id": "3634183", "text": "Will Arnett William Emerson Arnett (; born May 4, 1970) is a Canadian-American actor, comedian and producer. He is best known for his role as George Oscar \"Gob\" Bluth II in the Fox/Netflix series \"Arrested Development\" (2003–2006, 2013–present). He has appeared in films such as \"Blades of Glory\" (2007), \"Hot Rod\" (2007) and \"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles\" (2014). He is a prolific voice actor with film roles including \"Ratatouille\" (2007), \"Monsters vs. Aliens\" (2009), \"Despicable Me\" (2010), \"The Nut Job\" (2014) and Batman in the \"Lego Movie\" franchise. He also plays the titular character in the Netflix series \"BoJack Horseman\"", "title": "Will Arnett" }, { "id": "20726373", "text": "A.X.L. A.X.L. is a 2018 American science fiction adventure film written and directed by Oliver Daly, and starring Alex Neustaedter, Becky G, Alex MacNicoll, Dominic Rains, and Thomas Jane. It tells the story of a teenage boy who encounters a robotic dog created from cutting edge military technology. It was released in the United States on August 24, 2018, by Global Road Entertainment, received generally unfavorable reviews from critics, and was a box office flop, grossing only $8.2 million against its $10 million budget. A-X-L is a top-secret, robotic dog created by the military to help protect tomorrow's soldiers. Code", "title": "A.X.L." }, { "id": "20614389", "text": "and Erica Oyama, with Mickey Liddell, Jennifer Monroe and Pete Shilaimon producing under their LD Entertainment banner. In September 2017, Finn Wolfhard, Vanessa Hudgens, Tone Bell, Adam Pally, Eva Longoria, and Jon Bass joined the cast of the film. In October 2017, Tig Notaro, Rob Corddry, Michael Cassidy, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Ron Cephas Jones, John Gemberling, Ryan Hansen, Thomas Lennon, Lauren Lapkus, Jessica Lowe, Toks Olagundoye, Jessica St. Clair and David Wain joined the cast of the film. Principal photography began in October 2017, in Los Angeles, California. The film is scheduled to be released on August 8, 2018, by", "title": "Dog Days (2018 film)" }, { "id": "1979719", "text": "Marty Krofft's 1976 live-action series \"Dr. Shrinker\" (from \"The Krofft Supershow\") which also saw a trio of humans on a plane brought down to the island of a different mad scientist. A total of sixteen episodes of \"Mystery Island\" were produced, each running ten minutes and included a cliffhanger that was resolved in the next installment. The P.O.P.S. prop costume was a re-use of the original Robot B-9 from the 1960s television series \"Lost in Space\", modified with a bubble on its shoulders, a cylindrical (rather than bubble) head, a blue-and-white paint job, and other minor changes (P.O.P.S. image.). It", "title": "Mystery Island" }, { "id": "19481412", "text": "in twenty industries each. Dominic Zhai Dominic Zhai (; born February 12, 1990) is an American actor. He recently starred as the role of Bob in the Chinese blockbuster co-production Lost in the Pacific. He currently resides in Beijing, China. Dominic was born in Madison, Wisconsin. He attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison and studied Theater, Biology, and Chinese. After graduating Phi Beta Kappa at the top of his class, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting. Dominic also studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art as well as Upright Citizen's Brigade. In Los", "title": "Dominic Zhai" }, { "id": "20508638", "text": "Mina Sundwall Mina Sundwall (born October 23, 2001) is an American actress who is known for her roles in \"Maggie's Plan\", \"Freeheld\", and \"#Horror\". She plays Penny Robinson in \"Lost in Space\", a 2018 remake of the 1965 series of the same name. Sundwall was born on October 23, 2001, in New York City. In 2012, she made her first appearance in television on the documentary series \"Celebrity Ghost Stories\". She appeared in \"\" in 2014. In 2015, she acted in the romantic comedy-drama \"Maggie's Plan\", the thriller \"Freeheld,\" and the horror film \"#Horror\". She plays the role of Penny", "title": "Mina Sundwall" }, { "id": "20348219", "text": "story for the film was conceived by J. J. Abrams and screenwriter Billy Ray, with Ray penning the script. Paramount acquired the film in 2017, and Mark L. Smith was brought in to polish the script. On February 1, 2017, Bad Robot Productions and Paramount Pictures announced that Julius Avery would direct the film. The film was initially reported as being the fourth installment in the \"Cloverfield\" film series, though Abrams denied this at CinemaCon on April 25, 2018. Principal photography began in September 2017 and wrapped January 2018. Visual effects for the film were provided by Industrial Light &", "title": "Overlord (2018 film)" }, { "id": "14428288", "text": "Tom Holland (actor) Thomas Stanley Holland (born 1 June 1996) is an English actor and dancer. He is known for playing Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), so far appearing or starring in five films: \"\" (2016), \"\" (2017), \"\" (2018), and the upcoming \"\" (2019) and \"\" (2019). Other major films include \"Edge of Winter\" (2016), \"The Current War\" (2017), and the upcoming \"Chaos Walking\" (2019). Holland previously appeared on stage in the title role of \"Billy Elliot the Musical\" in London's West End in 2008. His other major films include \"The Impossible\" (2012), \"In the Heart of", "title": "Tom Holland (actor)" }, { "id": "12724079", "text": "Paul Michael Robinson Paul Michael Robinson (born April 7, 1963) is an American actor, photographer, producer and model. He is most well known for playing the sexually inexperienced, alien leader Haffron from the classic \"Emmanuelle in Space\". He is well known in direct-to-video action films including \"Maximum Security\", \"Active Stealth\", and \"The Capitol Conspiracy\". Paul was born in Long Beach, California. He served in the United States Army and was stationed at Fort Stewart, GA. He was in the 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry specializing in communications. He was out before Desert Storm. After the military he had a friend take", "title": "Paul Michael Robinson" }, { "id": "2767258", "text": "Matthew Fox Matthew Chandler Fox (born July 14, 1966) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Charlie Salinger on \"Party of Five\" (1994–2000) and Jack Shephard on the supernatural drama series \"Lost\" (2004–2010), the latter of which earned him Golden Globe Award and Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Fox has also performed in ten feature films, including \"We Are Marshall\" (2006), \"Vantage Point\" (2008), \"Alex Cross\" (2012), \"Emperor\" (2012) and \"Bone Tomahawk\" (2015). Fox was born in Abington, Pennsylvania, the son of Loretta B. (née Eagono) and Francis G. Fox. One of his paternal great-great-great-grandfathers was", "title": "Matthew Fox" }, { "id": "3489811", "text": "Ben Mendelsohn Paul Benjamin Mendelsohn (born 3 April 1969) is an Australian actor, who first rose to prominence in Australia for his role in \"The Year My Voice Broke\" (1987) and internationally for his role in the crime drama \"Animal Kingdom\" (2010). Since then he has had roles in films such as \"The Dark Knight Rises\" (2012), \"Starred Up\" (2013), \"Mississippi Grind\" (2015), \"Rogue One: A Star Wars Story\" (2016), \"Darkest Hour\" (2017) and Steven Spielberg's adaptation of \"Ready Player One\" (2018). In 2017, he joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe and is slated to appear in \"Captain Marvel\" (2019). Mendelsohn", "title": "Ben Mendelsohn" }, { "id": "17915011", "text": "Preston Corbell Preston Michael Corbell was born in Dallas, Texas and is an American actor, filmmaker, writer. His most notable role is the voice of the robot Casey on the children's themed web series \"The Casey Files\" released in May 2017 on Amazon Prime Video. Beginning his film career in Wilmington, North Carolina, he worked as a stand-in and photo double for Chad Michael Murray as well as the role of a recurring student on the CW's \"One Tree Hill\". His most notable role was scientist John Casey in the popular sci-fi web series IQ-145 alongside Thomas Dekker, Paul Johansson,", "title": "Preston Corbell" }, { "id": "2907336", "text": "on numerous series, such as \"Futurama\" (2000), \"The Simpsons\" (2000), \"Will & Grace\" (2001), \"Boston Legal\" (2006), \"Parks and Recreation\" (2011), \"The Good Wife\" (2011–12), \"Louie\" (2012), \"Inside Amy Schumer\" (2014), and \"Search Party\" (2016). Since 2018 she has starred as June Harris on the Netflix series \"Lost in Space\". Posey was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to Lynda (née Patton), a chef, and Chris Posey, owner of a car dealership. She has a twin brother, Christopher. Posey's first name was given to her because her mother had a childhood friend she admired named Parker. After Posey's birth, her family lived", "title": "Parker Posey" }, { "id": "2901947", "text": "are his science experiment's predicted results. John, however, frustrates Will by ignoring his input. He and West head off to explore the time bubble, and encounter a future version of Will and a rebuilt robot he crafted with parts and the saved intelligence, who explains that some spiders had survived and attacked after his father and West had left them, and that Maureen, Penny, and Judy were all killed. Constructing a time machine, Will intends to go back to Earth to prevent \"Jupiter II\" from launching. Meanwhile, young Will and Smith head out on their own to investigate the time", "title": "Lost in Space (film)" }, { "id": "6040253", "text": "\"personal appearances\". He also voiced interviews on \"The Today Show\", \"LIVE! with Regis & Kathie Lee\", \"Oprah\", \"The Donahue Show\", \"John & Leeza From Hollywood\", \"Marilu\", and appearances around the world. In 2000, he retired from voicing Barney and was temporarily replaced for Barney (and for the Voice of Riff's Robot) by voice actor Duncan Brannan, who met him through their affiliation, and Tim Dever. In 2002, Dean Wendt replaced Brannan and Dever as the purple dinosaur's voice and Carey Stinson replaced David Joyner as the character's body performer. However, West's pre-recorded voice can still be heard in \"A Day", "title": "Bob West" }, { "id": "5362070", "text": "Marvin Miller (actor) Marvin Elliott Miller (July 18, 1913 – February 8, 1985) was an American radio, film, and voice-over actor. Possessing a deep, baritone voice, he began his career in radio in St. Louis, Missouri, before becoming a Hollywood actor. He is best remembered for voicing Robby the Robot in the science fiction film \"Forbidden Planet\" (1956), a role he reprised in the lesser-known \"The Invisible Boy\" (1957). Miller's next most notable role is that of Michael Anthony, the loyal assistant of Paul Frees' generous millionaire J. B. Tipton, Jr., on the TV series \"The Millionaire\" (1955–1960). Born Marvin", "title": "Marvin Miller (actor)" }, { "id": "2376563", "text": "\"I Know That Voice\", a documentary about the world of voice acting, along with producer Tommy Reid and director Lawrence Shapiro. DiMaggio lives in Los Angeles, California. He is married to voice actress Kate Miller. <!-- NEED SOURCE John DiMaggio John DiMaggio (; born September 4, 1968) is an American voice actor and comedian. His voice features as Bender in \"Futurama\", Jake the Dog on \"Adventure Time\", Marcus Fenix in the \"Gears of War\" series, Dr. Drakken on \"Kim Possible\", Brother Blood on \"Teen Titans\", Sandman and Hammerhead on \"The Spectacular Spider-Man\", Aquaman in \"\", the Scotsman on \"Samurai Jack\",", "title": "John DiMaggio" }, { "id": "7225889", "text": "George Manley George Edmond Manley (born September 17, 1965 in Sacramento, California) is an American voice actor, novelist and screenplay writer. He attended San Jose State University, majoring in theatre arts, University of Nevada, Reno, majoring in journalism and holds his associate of science degree in Computer Information Systems and trained at San Francisco's Voice One Studio and with Braintracks Audio's Nancy Wolfson in commercial and character voiceover. Manley has performed voice work for several ADV Films productions, including Francesco in the second volume of \"Noir\"; Impact, the giant robot in \"Legend of the Mystical Ninja\"; Hyugi Zeravire from \"Gravion", "title": "George Manley" }, { "id": "20829268", "text": "was announced that James Marsden was cast in an undisclosed role, but later revealed to be Tom Wachowski. In June 2018, Tika Sumpter was cast in the role of the wife of Tom Wachowski. Jim Carrey was cast to play the villain, Dr. Robotnik. In August 2018, Ben Schwartz joined the cast of the film voicing the title character. A few days later, Adam Pally and Neal McDonough were cast. Debs Howard and Elfina Luk already joined the cast. Principal photography took place from July 24, 2018 and ended in Vancouver, British Columbia, Ladysmith and Vancouver Island on October 16,", "title": "Sonic the Hedgehog (film)" }, { "id": "20381891", "text": "I'm Not a Robot I'm Not a Robot () is a South Korean television series starring Yoo Seung-ho, Chae Soo-bin and Um Ki-joon. It is written by Kim Sun-mi and directed by Jung Dae-yoon. Producing the series for MBC is May Queen Pictures. It aired on MBC from December 6, 2017 to January 25, 2018 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 (KST) for 32 episodes. The series was a commercial failure only averaging 3.22% in audience share, and received the lowest viewership ratings in its time-slot throughout its run Kim Min-kyu (Yoo Seung-ho) lives an isolated life due to a", "title": "I'm Not a Robot" }, { "id": "18767148", "text": "TV series. Amazon gave the show a two-season order. In July 2017, Variety reported that Julia Roberts was set to star in the series, replacing Keener's role from the podcast. The show's first season, starring Roberts, Bobby Cannavale, Stephan James, Shea Whigham, Alex Karpovsky, and Sissy Spacek, premiered on Amazon Video on November 2, 2018. Sam Esmail, who created \"Mr. Robot\", produced and directed the show. The podcast's original staff, including Eli Horowitz and Micah Bloomberg, as well as other Gimlet staff members, assisted in writing and producing the show. \"Mogul\" is produced by Gimlet in collaboration with Loud Speakers", "title": "Gimlet Media" }, { "id": "16956107", "text": "Lluís Homar Lluís Homar i Toboso (born 20 April 1957) is a Spanish actor and theater director from Barcelona. He is best known for his roles in Pedro Almodóvar's \"Bad Education\" (2004) and \"Broken Embraces\" (2009), in Emilio Aragón's \"Paper Birds\" (2010), and for his portrayal of the robot Max in Kike Maíllo's film \"Eva\" (2011). Homar was born on 20 April 1957 in Barcelona. He studied primary education at Escuelas Homar in Horta, a neighbourhood of Barcelona, and was an altar boy at the church of Sant Joan d’Horta. He studied law in the Autonomous University of Barcelona and", "title": "Lluís Homar" }, { "id": "4381627", "text": "In March 2008, Conniff starred in the web series \"The Writers Room\" on Crackle. He starred in the 2010 computer game \"\" as both Navigator Alan Burk and the voice of the robot SIMON (Semi Intelligent Motorized Observation Network). In 2011, he was one of the contributing writers and performers on the Jimmy Dore show. In October 2013, he appeared as a contributing performer on \"Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell\". Since January 2015, Conniff appears on John Fugelsang's daily talk show \"Tell Me Everything\", on SiriusXM Insight. Conniff appeared on Ken Reid's \"TV Guidance Counselor\" podcast on June 16,", "title": "Frank Conniff" }, { "id": "2020421", "text": "careers of creators Genndy Tartakovsky (\"Dexter's Laboratory\", \"Samurai Jack\", \"\" and \"Sym-Bionic Titan\"), Craig McCracken (\"The Powerpuff Girls\", \"Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends\" and \"Wander Over Yonder\"), Butch Hartman (\"The Fairly OddParents\", \"Danny Phantom\", \"T.U.F.F. Puppy\" and \"Bunsen Is a Beast\"), Seth MacFarlane (\"Family Guy\", \"American Dad!\" and \"The Cleveland Show\"), Miles Thompson, Paul Rudish, Rob Renzetti (\"My Life as a Teenage Robot\") and Zac Moncrief, Andrew Stanton (\"Finding Nemo\") & Conrad Vernon (\"Sausage Party\" and \"Shrek\"). The voice cast used a combination of novices, professionals, comedians, and children. When Cook was developing the show, he saw one of comedian", "title": "2 Stupid Dogs" } ]

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The series was won by stand-up comedian Lost Voice Guy, with comedy singer/pianist Robert White coming second, and singer Donchez Dacres placing third. Britain's Got More Talent is a companion sister show that is broadcast on ITV2, and is aired after each episode of \"Britain's Got Talent\" since the main show began in June 2007. Hosted by Stephen Mulhern (with occasional appearances by", "title": "Britain's Got Talent" }, { "id": "9354819", "text": "Factor\" (also created by Cowell) and \"The Voice UK\". On average, it draws viewing figures of 9.9 million viewers per series - the show's live final in the third series attracted a record 17.3 million viewers, obtaining a 64.6% audience share at the time of its broadcast. At present, the programme is contracted to run until 2022. The show's format was devised by \"X Factor\" creator and Sony Music executive, Simon Cowell, who was involved in the creation of other \"Got Talent\" programmes across several different countries. To showcase his idea, a pilot episode was filmed in September 2005, with", "title": "Britain's Got Talent" }, { "id": "11825178", "text": "Got Talent Got Talent is a British talent show television format conceived and owned by Simon Cowell's SYCOtv company. It has spawned spin-offs in over 58 countries (as of April 2014), in what is now referred to as the 'Got Talent' format, similar to that described by FremantleMedia of the \"Idol\" and \"The X Factor\" formats. Unlike those shows, \"Got Talent\" showcases several artistic disciplines in addition to singing. In April 2014, the format was named the world's most successful reality TV format ever by the Guinness World Records. \"Got Talent\" was an invention by \"The X Factor\" creator Simon", "title": "Got Talent" }, { "id": "9354873", "text": "which initially featured four dates before it was later increased to run for eighteen shows, and included performances by Diversity, Flawless, Aidan Davis, Shaun Smith, Stavros Flatley, Hollie Steel, 2 Grand, Julian Smith, Shaheen Jafargholi, Susan Boyle, Darth Jackson, DJ Talent and the 2008 winner, George Sampson. In 2010, a third live tour was created, featuring a much larger schedule and taking place across 16 cities and 23 shows. It was hosted by comedian Paddy McGuinness, and featured performances by that year's finalists of \"Britain's Got Talent\" - Spelbound, Twist & Pulse, Kieran Gaffney, Tobias Mead, Tina & Chandi, Paul", "title": "Britain's Got Talent" }, { "id": "9354859", "text": "with all three holding open auditions in late 2015 along with Cardiff, Glasgow, and Manchester. It was the last series to hold live episodes within The Fountain Studios, before its closure at the end of the year. The series was won by magician Richard Jones, with singer Wayne Woodward coming in second, and dance group Boogie Storm placing third. The eleventh series was aired during 2017, between 15 April to 3 June; the final was originally planned for 4 June, but this was moved forward to avoid it clashing with the One Love Manchester benefit concert that day. The series", "title": "Britain's Got Talent" }, { "id": "12016015", "text": "original plans for the programme before O'Grady's departure. The hosts selected for the series were Ant & Dec, while a spin-off show on ITV2, entitled \"Britain's Got More Talent\" would be hosted by Stephen Mulhern. The first series was won by opera singer Paul Potts. During its broadcast, the series averaged around 8.4 million viewers. After Simon Cowell pitched to ITV his plans for a televised talent competition, production was green-lighted for a full series after a pilot episode was created in mid-2005. A dispute between Paul O'Grady, the original choice as host for the programme, and the broadcaster, led", "title": "Britain's Got Talent (series 1)" }, { "id": "9354855", "text": "by trainer and dog duo Ashleigh and Pudsey, with opera duo Jonathan and Charlotte coming in second, and Welsh boys choir Only Boys Aloud placing third. The seventh series was aired during 2013, between 13 April to 8 June; the show took a break on the 29 May, due to live football coverage of England's friendly with the Republic of Ireland. While the show retained the new features introduced in the previous series, the cash prize was reduced to £250,000, with the series featuring auditions within five cities - Birmingham, London, Cardiff, Glasgow and Manchester. The series was won by", "title": "Britain's Got Talent" }, { "id": "9354861", "text": "Lincoln, Reading, Manchester and Luton. The series was won by pianist Tokio Myers, with magician Issy Simpson coming second, and stand-up comedian Daliso Chaponda placing third. The twelfth series was aired during 2018, between 14 April to 3 June. Following the previous series, the Judges' vote was brought back into the show's format, while the live episodes were aired from Hammersmith Apollo and presented solely by Declan Donnelly; although Anthony McPartlin had stepped down from his TV commitments in March 2018, he still appeared in the series' audition episodes, which had been filmed during January and February that year. Auditions", "title": "Britain's Got Talent" }, { "id": "9354858", "text": "the one with the highest number of votes going forward into the final - this act is referred to as the Public Wildcard. Audition took place within Edinburgh, Manchester, Birmingham, and London, with the latter three cities holding open auditions in late 2014 along with Newcastle, Cardiff, Portsmouth, Leeds, Norwich, and Bristol. The winner of the series was trainer and dog duo Jules O'Dwyer & Matisse, with magician Jamie Raven coming second, and Welsh choir Côr Glanaethwy placing third. The tenth series was aired during 2016, between 9 April to 28 May. Auditions were held within Liverpool, Birmingham and London,", "title": "Britain's Got Talent" }, { "id": "9354874", "text": "Burling, Christopher Stone, Janey Cutler, Liam McNally and Connected. In 2011, a fourth live tour was created. Hosted by Mulhern, it featured performances by the finalists of that year's \"Britain's Got Talent\" - Jai McDowall, Ronan Parke, New Bounce, Razy Gogonea, Michael Collings, Paul Gbegbaje, Steven Hall, James Hobley, Les Gibson and Jean Martyn. However ticket sales were drastically reduced due to low interest in the tour was as a result of the financial climate that year. Because there were raised concerns a new tour would flop if sales failed to improve, the tour was axed in 2012. There are", "title": "Britain's Got Talent" }, { "id": "10262030", "text": "cast, featuring Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, Susan Sarandon, Katherine Heigl, Amanda Seyfried, Topher Grace, and Robin Williams. The film was purchased by Lionsgate and was released April 26, 2013. Zackham also wrote the original screenplay \"One Chance\" about \"Britain's Got Talent\" winner Paul Potts. David Frankel directed the film for The Weinstein Company starring Tony Award-winner James Corden, Julie Walters, Colm Meaney, Mackenzie Crook, and Alexandra Roach. It was screened in the Special Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. The film was shot in Italy and the United Kingdom. The soundtrack includes a song, \"Sweeter Than", "title": "Justin Zackham" }, { "id": "1961325", "text": "magicians, comedians, novelty acts, and so on. The origins of the \"Got Talent\" format can be traced to the British show \"Opportunity Knocks\". Cowell is the executive producer of \"America's Got Talent\", which debuted in June 2006, along with Fremantle producers of the \"Idol\" series, but for some time he did not appear on the show due to the terms of his contract with Fox. The show was a huge success for NBC, drawing around 12 million viewers a week, and beating \"So You Think You Can Dance\" on Fox (produced by rival and \"Idol\" creator Simon Fuller). \"Britain's Got", "title": "Simon Cowell" }, { "id": "9354866", "text": "recipient of a Royal Television Society Programme Award for its technical achievements. It has also won four Nickelodeon UK Kids' Choice Awards from five nominations. In 2009, it won its first ever Digital Spy Reality Award for George Sampson for 'Favourite Reality Contestant'. The show was further nominated in the 'Reality Show' category, but lost out to \"The X Factor\" in the 'Reality TV Presenter' category for Ant & Dec and two nominations in the 'Reality TV Judge' category for Cowell and Morgan. The show was criticised by psychologist Glenn Wilson, who referred to it as a \"freak show\". He", "title": "Britain's Got Talent" }, { "id": "11825185", "text": "It has been broadcast in Italy on TV8 and Sky Uno. Then Slovenia had made a show as same as the British one. Got Talent Got Talent is a British talent show television format conceived and owned by Simon Cowell's SYCOtv company. It has spawned spin-offs in over 58 countries (as of April 2014), in what is now referred to as the 'Got Talent' format, similar to that described by FremantleMedia of the \"Idol\" and \"The X Factor\" formats. Unlike those shows, \"Got Talent\" showcases several artistic disciplines in addition to singing. In April 2014, the format was named the", "title": "Got Talent" }, { "id": "18701187", "text": "Jenkins, Sir Elton John, Vinnie Jones , Kelly Hoppen, Lorraine Kelly, Myleene Klass, N-Dubz, Arlene Phillips, Sir George Martin, the Beatles' producer, Pixie Lott, Sting, Tulisa, Gregg Wallace and the winners of the ITV television talent show Britain's Got Talent. Charity work includes trusteeships with Variety, the Children's Charity, the Chicken Shed Theatre Company. He is also a supporter of Norwood (charity). Jonathan Shalit Jonathan Shalit OBE (born 17 April 1962) is a British talent manager and chairman of ROAR Global and Cole Kitchenn. He is a regular speaker at Entertainment industry events in the UK and abroad and advises", "title": "Jonathan Shalit" }, { "id": "9354852", "text": "the rest of the panel, while Louis Walsh returned as a guest judge for the London auditions when Hasselhoff couldn't attend due to other commitments at the time. The series was won by singer Jai McDowall, with singer Ronan Parke coming in second, and boyband New Bounce placing third. The sixth series was aired during 2012, between 24 March and 12 May. For this series, the cash prize was increased from £100,000 to £500,000, and a new feature was introduced called the \"Wildcard\", in which the judges could select one of the acts eliminated in the semi-finals, to return and", "title": "Britain's Got Talent" }, { "id": "9354848", "text": "hadn't been visited during the previous series, along with Manchester, Birmingham, London and Cardiff. In addition, the show had five live semi-finals, featuring a total of 40 semi-finalists. The series was won by street-dancer George Sampson, with dual dance group Signature coming in second, and singer Andrew Johnston placing third. The third series was aired during 2009, between 11 April to 30 May, with auditions held in the same five cities as before. Initially, the producers intended to change the format by including a fourth judge on the panel, but this was later dropped a few days after auditions began.", "title": "Britain's Got Talent" }, { "id": "12016014", "text": "Britain's Got Talent (series 1) Series One of Britain's Got Talent, a British talent competition series, began broadcasting in the UK during 2007, from 9 June to 17 June on ITV. The success of America's Got Talent helped to revive production of a British version of the show, after initial development for the programme was suspended when its originally planned host, Paul O'Grady, became involved in an argument with ITV and later defected to another channel. The judges chosen for the series were Piers Morgan, Amanda Holden and Simon Cowell; both Morgan and Cowell had been original choices during the", "title": "Britain's Got Talent (series 1)" }, { "id": "9354820", "text": "the judging panel consisting of Cowell, Fern Britton (at the time, presenter of \"This Morning\"), as well as tabloid journalist Piers Morgan. The pilot was not broadcast on television until it was shown as part of a documentary series entitled \"The Talent Show Story\" in January 2012. The original plan for the show was for it to be aired within 2005–2006, before the broadcast of \"America's Got Talent\", with Paul O'Grady presenting the programme under the title \"Paul O'Grady's Got Talent\", after having hosted the pilot. However, complications arose when O'Grady was involved in a row with ITV and refused", "title": "Britain's Got Talent" }, { "id": "9354817", "text": "for 2005 before the first series of \"America's Got Talent\", a dispute between Paul O'Grady, the originally conceived host of the programme, and the broadcaster, led to production being suspended until 2007. Contestants of any age, who possess some sort of talent, can audition for the show. Those that enter for a series, perform before a panel of judges to secure a place in the live episodes - the current lineup consists of Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon, and David Walliams. Those that make it through the auditions compete against other acts in a series of live semi-finals, with", "title": "Britain's Got Talent" }, { "id": "9354842", "text": "2007, the judging panel consisted of music executive and television producer Simon Cowell, television and West End star Amanda Holden, and newspaper editor and journalist Piers Morgan. In 2009, the producers made plans to alter the show's format to allow for a fourth judge when the third series was set to begin, with plans for Kelly Brook to be the new judge on the panel. Less than a week after the series began, the producers dropped this change on the belief that this alteration to the show's format would complicate it, resulting in Brooks being credited as a guest judge", "title": "Britain's Got Talent" }, { "id": "9354854", "text": "before holding Judges' Auditions within Birmingham, London, Manchester and Cardiff, Blackpool and Edinburgh. As both McIntyre and Hasselhoff announced in late 2011 they wouldn't be returning, the show announced on 2 January 2012 that they would be replaced by David Walliams and Alesha Dixon, and join both Holden and Cowell for the new series, the latter having announced he would be returning as a full-time judge on the show. Holden was unable to attend some of the auditions due to her pregnancy that year, leading to Carmen Electra stepping in as a guest judge for these. The series was won", "title": "Britain's Got Talent" }, { "id": "9354821", "text": "to appear on another of the broadcaster's programme, eventually defecting to Channel 4 to continue hosting his teatime show and effectively putting plans for the show on hold. In a 2010 interview, O'Grady commented about the row by stating: \"I did the pilot for \"Britain's Got Talent\" – which was originally going to be called \"Paul O'Grady's Got Talent\". But I told the producers they were having a joke if they thought I would front a show with that title. The original panel of judges was going to be Simon Cowell, Fern Britton and Piers Morgan. I was the host.", "title": "Britain's Got Talent" }, { "id": "3295400", "text": "part in the A Song for Europe competition. Lee Evans appeared in 1986 but was rejected and did not make it past the initial audition. Kaz Hawkins appeared in the 1980s' revival as a child. Today, most of the elements of this show are visible on the ITV talent search \"Britain's Got Talent\", which was created by record company executive Simon Cowell. The method of deciding a winner by telephone is used on that show and many other similar programmes around the world. \"Britain's Got Talent\" can be said to be an evolution of the original \"Opportunity Knocks\". A reference", "title": "Opportunity Knocks (UK TV series)" }, { "id": "9354851", "text": "during 2011, between 16 April to 4 June, and was the first to be broadcast completely in high-definition; like before, a single episode intended for airing on 28 May, was pushed back to 29 May, to avoid it clashing with live coverage of the UEFA Champions League Final that year. Auditions took place across the same five cities, though also included Liverpool. This series saw a change in the judging panel, following Piers Morgans departure from the show, with Holden joined by David Hasselhoff and Michael McIntyre during the auditions; Cowell appeared during the live episodes of the series with", "title": "Britain's Got Talent" }, { "id": "9354865", "text": "Show' since 2007. But has lost out to its sister shows \"The X Factor\" and \"Strictly Come Dancing\". Ant and Dec have won the award for 'Most Popular Entertainment Presenters' at the same awards for twelve consecutive years (as of January 2014). \"Britain's Got Talent\" has also been nominated for two British Academy Television Awards in 2008, but failed to win any awards. In 2007 and 2008, the show was nominated at the TV Quick and Choice Awards in the 'Best Talent Show' category, losing out to \"The X Factor\" and \"Strictly Come Dancing\" respectively. In 2008, it was a", "title": "Britain's Got Talent" }, { "id": "9354872", "text": "locations including Cardiff, Liverpool, Birmingham, Belfast, Sheffield, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Nottingham, London, and Manchester. When the first live tour, hosted by Stephen Mulhern, was announced on 17 April 2008, demand for tickets for the thirteen dates set for it was high. This led to an extension in the number of performances for it, increasing the overall number from twelve - the ten finalists from that year's series and two of the semi-finalists, Tracey Lee Collins and Anya Sparks - to twenty two, including matinées, and a duet with Faryl Smith and Andrew Johnston. In 2009, Mulhern hosted a new live tour,", "title": "Britain's Got Talent" }, { "id": "9354849", "text": "The series was won by dance troupe Diversity, with singer Susan Boyle coming in second, and saxophonist Julian Smith placing third. It is one of the highest watched series in the history of \"Britain's Got Talent\", attracting an average of over 13.3 million viewers, with the contributing factor being the performances made by Boyle. The fourth series was aired during 2010, between 17 April to 5 June; a single episode of this series, intended for airing on 22 May, was pushed back to 23 May, in order to avoid it clashing with live coverage of the UEFA Champions League Final", "title": "Britain's Got Talent" }, { "id": "9354847", "text": "Cardiff, between January and February earlier that year. The series had 3 live semi-finals, featuring a total of 24 semi-finalists, all of whom were vying for a chance to perform at the Royal Variety Performance, as well as claiming a £100,000 cash prize. The series was won by opera singer Paul Potts; the results of the other finalists were not announced. The second series was aired during 2008, between 12 April to 31 May, and featured notable differences. Not only did the series run for much longer, auditions took place in Blackpool and Glasgow, the latter following complaints that Scotland", "title": "Britain's Got Talent" }, { "id": "9354875", "text": "6 pieces of related merchandise: Since 2010, a \"Britain's Got Talent\" app has been available on Apple's App Store and Google Play. The features of the app vary from year to year but always include an interactive feature (e.g. a buzzer, polls or quizzes), relevant social media feeds and clips from the show. In 2015, free in-app voting was introduced. This means viewers are able to vote free of charge for five acts of their choice per voting window during the semi-finals and final rounds. Britain's Got Talent Britain's Got Talent (often abbreviated to BGT) is a televised British talent", "title": "Britain's Got Talent" }, { "id": "11825181", "text": "Talent\" franchise. ITV eventually debuted \"Britain's Got Talent\" on 9 June 2007 with Cowell, Morgan and Amanda Holden as judges, and Ant & Dec as hosts of the show. For series 5, Morgan stepped down due to commitments hosting \"Piers Morgan Tonight\" on CNN, and Cowell only attended the live shows as he was busy launching \"The X Factor USA\", so Michael McIntyre and David Hasselhoff joined the panel with Holden. In October 2011, it was confirmed that McIntyre and Hasselhoff would not return for series 6 and they were replaced by David Walliams and Alesha Dixon, along with Cowell", "title": "Got Talent" }, { "id": "9354860", "text": "saw two major changes: the first saw the total number of semi-finalist reduced to 40 with eight per each semi-final, as it had been prior to the sixth series; the second saw the Judges' vote being dropped, with the two semi-finalists with the highest number of public votes moving on into the final. In addition, the live episodes were now broadcast from Elstree Studios, owing to the closure of the previous site. Auditions were held within Salford, Birmingham, London, and Blackpool, with the latter two cities holding open auditions in late 2016, along with Peterborough, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Kingston upon Hull,", "title": "Britain's Got Talent" }, { "id": "9354850", "text": "that year. The auditions were once more held across the same five cities as before, though the series also held auditions with Newcastle upon Tyne; the city had been originally planned to hold auditions for the previous series, but these were cancelled before this could happen. Owing to illness, Cowell was unable to attend the Birmingham auditions, which led to Louis Walsh being in brought in as a guest judge for these. The series was won by gymnastic troupe Spelbound, with dancing duo Twist and Pulse coming in second, and drummer Kieran Gaffney placing third. The fifth series was aired", "title": "Britain's Got Talent" }, { "id": "9354844", "text": "recruited comedian Michael McIntyre, and actor, singer and former \"America's Got Talent\" judge David Hasselhoff, to join Holden during the auditions, with Walsh returning as a guest judge for the London auditions due to Hasselhoff's commitments with a pantomime at that time. When the series entered its live episodes, Cowell returned to oversee the acts as a fourth judge. Later that year, in October 2011, both Hasselhoff and McIntrye declined to return for the sixth series, while Cowell announced he was returning full-time to the show. On 2 January 2012, the producers revealed its decision to adopt the use of", "title": "Britain's Got Talent" }, { "id": "9354818", "text": "the winning two acts of each semi-final proceeding into the show's live final. The prize for winning the contest is a cash prize (the amount varying over the show's history), and an opportunity to perform at the Royal Variety Performance in front of members of the British Royal Family, including either Queen Elizabeth II or the Prince of Wales. To date, the show has had twelve winners, ranging from musicians and singers to variety acts, magicians and dancers. A significant show in British popular culture, \"Britain's Got Talent\" is the UK's biggest television talent competition, ahead of both \"The X", "title": "Britain's Got Talent" }, { "id": "20190397", "text": "Tokio Myers Torville Jones (born 6 April 1984), better known by his stage name Tokio Myers, is a pianist and music producer born in London. He won reality show \"Britain's Got Talent\" in 2017 playing Debussy's \"Clair de lune\", which turned into Ed Sheeran's song \"Bloodstream\"; Rihanna's \"Diamonds\" in semi-final 3; and in the final, Hans Zimmer's \"Interstellar\" theme soundtrack and Rag'n'Bone Man's hit \"Human\". After winning \"Britain's Got Talent\" in 2017, Myers released many of his independent releases and became a major internet sensation. In October 2017, he announced his debut single, \"Bloodstream\", along with his debut album \"Our", "title": "Tokio Myers" }, { "id": "9354824", "text": "Sharon Osbourne on \"The X Factor\". At the same time, the broadcaster also announced that the show would be accompanied by a sister show on ITV2, entitled \"Britain's Got More Talent\", with Stephen Mulhern as its presenter. The show holds two rounds of auditions for contestants. The first round, referred to as the \"open auditions\", are held across several different cities around the UK during the Autumn months. The second round, referred to as the \"Judges' Auditions\", are held the following year during January and February, prior to the broadcast of the show later that year during spring or early", "title": "Britain's Got Talent" }, { "id": "16385529", "text": "Voice\" franchise. It is produced by ITV Studios as well as Dutch production company Talpa Productions, and formerly Wall to Wall during its time on the BBC. The show was originally presented by Holly Willoughby and Reggie Yates. However, from 2014 onwards Emma Willis has presented the show with Marvin Humes who then left after it's fifth series. The BBC won a \"bidding war\" with ITV, paying £22 million for the rights to broadcast the show in the UK for two years. ITV's \"Britain's Got Talent\" launched its sixth series on the same date of 24 March 2012. Many media", "title": "The Voice UK" }, { "id": "20668444", "text": "those who received the Golden Buzzer, and saw the return of the Judges' Vote to the show's format. The twelfth series was won by stand-up comedian Lost Voice Guy, with comedic pianist Robert White finishing in second place and reggae singer Donchez Dacres in third place. During its broadcast, the series averaged 8.34 million viewers. Open auditions were held the previous year between October to December, before the Judges' auditions took place between January and February 2018, within the cities of Blackpool, London and Manchester. This series is notable for the absence of Anthony McPartlin in the live episodes, after", "title": "Britain's Got Talent (series 12)" }, { "id": "9354856", "text": "shadow theatre troupe Attraction, with comedian Jack Carroll coming in second, and opera duo Richard & Adam placing third. The eighth series aired during 2014, between 12 April to 7 June. This series was the first to introduce the \"Golden Buzzer\", and for the first time since the first series, auditions were not held in Scotland, instead being held in Northern Ireland within Belfast, along with Cardiff, London, Birmingham and Manchester; Edinburgh joined these cities to hold open auditions in late 2013, along with Blackpool and Brighton, with additional open auditions held in various local branches of Morrisons within \"Talent", "title": "Britain's Got Talent" }, { "id": "9354845", "text": "a fourth judge for the programme's format, announcing that both Cowell and Holden would now be joined by David Walliams and Alesha Dixon for the sixth series, with the latter moving to the talent show after deciding to leave BBC's \"Strictly Come Dancing\". During filming in February, Holden was unable to attend the London auditions, due to having given birth to her daughter at that time which had led to her suffering some after-effects from her pregnancy. As a result, the producers brought in actress and model Carmen Electra as a guest judge until she recovered. In subsequent series, the", "title": "Britain's Got Talent" }, { "id": "12016016", "text": "to filming being suspended, with production not resuming until after the success of the first series of \"America's Got Talent\". When it did resume, production staff focused on a schedule of ten episodes to begin with for the first series of \"Britain's Got Talent\", with major auditions for potential acts held within the cities of Manchester, Birmingham, London and Cardiff. The initial choices for judges changed to begin with following O'Grady's decision to switch broadcasters, with it eventually finalised on Cowell, Piers Morgan, and Amanda Holden. Of the participants who auditioned to be in the contest for this series, only", "title": "Britain's Got Talent (series 1)" }, { "id": "9354857", "text": "Spot\" tents, owing to the show's sponsorship deal with the supermarket chain at the time. The series was won by boy band Collabro, with opera singer Lucy Kay coming in second, and rapper duo Bars & Melody placing third. The ninth series was aired during 2015, between 11 April to 31 May. This series saw the \"Wildcard\" feature updated; along with the judges being able to put forth an eliminated act from the semi-finals into the final (referred to as the Judges' Wildcard), the show now also allowed the public to vote between the three most popular eliminated acts, with", "title": "Britain's Got Talent" }, { "id": "16385542", "text": "2017. The last episode aired on the BBC on 9 April 2016. The ITV2 spin-off show was axed on 8 August 2016, but it could return in the future. After speculation in February, the show's air date was confirmed on 10 March 2012. Of this announcement, the show's Twitter account said, \"Two weeks from now, something new will be on your television, something so great you'll want to run up and kiss the screen. Just FYI.\" \"Britain's Got Talent\" judge Alesha Dixon confirmed the launch date for the \"Britain's Got Talent\", with it being the same day as \"The Voice", "title": "The Voice UK" }, { "id": "15219717", "text": "Britain's Got Talent (series 5) Series Five of Britain's Got Talent, a British talent competition series, began broadcasting in the UK during 2011, from 16 April to 4 June on ITV; due to live coverage of the 2011 UEFA Champions League Final on 28 May, the final audition episode of the series was pushed back a day to avoid clashing with it. In the wake of Piers Morgan's departure the previous year, and Simon Cowell's schedule leaving him unable to attend auditions for this series, the producers staff recruited two new judges - David Hasselhoff and Michael McIntyre - to", "title": "Britain's Got Talent (series 5)" }, { "id": "16385544", "text": "lawn, it's them on ours!\"<ref name=\"itv/bbc\"></ref> For the past four years however, \"Britain's Got Talent\" had launched in mid-April. The BBC and ITV were reportedly in a \"scheduling war\". BBC moved the show from its supposed 7:15 slot to 7:00, to avoid \"significant overlap\". ITV then responded by moving \"Britain's Got Talent\" from its original slot at 7:45 to 7:30. A BBC source said, \"It is disappointing they chose to launch \"Britain's Got Talent\" on the same day as us. To not even meet us halfway on avoiding any sort of overlap is incredibly competitive.\" As \"The Voice\" progressed, it", "title": "The Voice UK" }, { "id": "15483502", "text": "Myles and Connor Myles Antony Ryan and Connor Jerrade Ryan (born 19 October 1995) are a British musical duo and television presenters from Manchester, England who are best known for appearing on the fourth series of ITV's show Britain's Got Talent as part of the boyband 'Connected'. The twins auditioned as 'Connected' on the fourth series of ITV reality show Britain's Got Talent in early 2010, along with Harry & Max Mondryk and Matthew Fitzgerald. For their audition, they sang I Want It That Way by the Backstreet Boys. While they received positive feedback from judges Piers Morgan and Amanda", "title": "Myles and Connor" }, { "id": "13425372", "text": "he would move to the United States to focus on hosting his new programme in the United States, \"Piers Morgan Tonight\". The fourth series was won by gymnastic troupe Spelbound, with dance duo Twist and Pulse finishing in second place and drummer Kieran Gaffney in third place. During its broadcast, the series averaged around 11 million viewers, while the live episodes of this series were the first to be broadcast in high definition; both the audition episodes and its sister show, \"Britain's Got More Talent\", remained in standard definition until the following year. Following open auditions held the previous year,", "title": "Britain's Got Talent (series 4)" }, { "id": "19240862", "text": "Britain's Got Talent (series 10) Series Ten of Britain's Got Talent, a British talent competition series, began broadcasting in the UK during 2016, from 9 April to 28 May on ITV. To celebrate ten years of the show, the final featured a special performance entitled \"Best of Britain’s Got Talent\", which featured several partipicants who had appeared on the show during the previous nine series, including Ashleigh and Pudsey, Attraction, Diversity, Jon Clegg, Stavros Flatley, Collabro and Spelbound. It was the last series to have its live episodes broadcast at The Fountain Studios, before its closure after the series had", "title": "Britain's Got Talent (series 10)" }, { "id": "15219727", "text": "later apologised, after police cautioned him for his actions. Britain's Got Talent (series 5) Series Five of Britain's Got Talent, a British talent competition series, began broadcasting in the UK during 2011, from 16 April to 4 June on ITV; due to live coverage of the 2011 UEFA Champions League Final on 28 May, the final audition episode of the series was pushed back a day to avoid clashing with it. In the wake of Piers Morgan's departure the previous year, and Simon Cowell's schedule leaving him unable to attend auditions for this series, the producers staff recruited two new", "title": "Britain's Got Talent (series 5)" }, { "id": "15219720", "text": "Manchester, Glasgow, Cardiff, Liverpool and Birmingham; an additional round of auditions were held in Birmingham on 3 April, consisting of those found through their online videos on YouTube. In December 2010, Simon Cowell revealed that, because of his commitments in launching the American version of \"The X Factor\", he would only be present for the live episodes of this series. Both this announcement, and the departure of Piers Morgan the previous year, led to a change in the judging panel, in which Amanda Holden was joined by two new judges recruited by the producers - comedian Michael McIntyre; and actor", "title": "Britain's Got Talent (series 5)" }, { "id": "3111369", "text": "been a judge on the ITV talent show \"Britain's Got Talent\" with Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and Simon Cowell. In 2015 and 2018, he was recognised at the National Television Awards as Best Judge for his involvement in the series. His chemistry with Simon Cowell on the show has often been praised. Walliams and Matt Lucas first met at the National Youth Theatre. At their first meeting, Lucas did an impression of Jimmy Savile and Walliams an impression of Frankie Howerd. They would not meet again for another year. In the late 1990s, playing minor roles in sketches such as", "title": "David Walliams" }, { "id": "9354870", "text": "Jessie J joined the debate, declaring: \"I cannot agree with kids having to go through three or four auditions when it's purely for ridicule. I don't understand why it's legal, I think it's wrong\". In 2013 it was revealed that up to 50% of acts on the televised shows had been headhunted by producers. In 2012, electropop band Superpowerless were approached to appear in the semi-finals. They attended the audition after assurances that the act would be portrayed in a positive light. On the day they felt that all interviews, especially those with Stephen Mulhern, were conducted in a manner", "title": "Britain's Got Talent" }, { "id": "9354846", "text": "line-up remained as Cowell, Holden, Walliams and Dixon, with no further incidents except for the eighth series in 2014 - Cowell missed the first day of the Manchester auditions, leading to Ant & Dec filling in for him, and was also absent for the final day of the London auditions - and the tenth series in 2016 - Cowell was late for an audition, and was temporarily replaced by Walliam's mother Kathleen, who was attending it. The first series was aired during 2007, between 9–17 June. Auditions for this series took place within the cities of Manchester, Birmingham, London and", "title": "Britain's Got Talent" }, { "id": "19343290", "text": "hot Potato' starring Ray Winstone In 2017, Farley was one of the executive producers and composers, alongside Craigie Dodds, on Britain's Got Talent 2017 winner and classical musician Tokio Myers' debut album, entitled \"Our Generation\". Awards In 2014, Farley was nominated for 4 Music and Sound Awards. Guy Farley Guy Farley (born 5 February 1963) is a British musician and composer based in Battersea, south London. Farley is a film composer whose work includes orchestral scores, world music, contemporary sound design and has also collaborated with pop artists and producers. Recent works by Farley include \"Downfall\" (2015), \"A Good American\"", "title": "Guy Farley" }, { "id": "15219719", "text": "was won by singer Jai McDowall, with singer Ronan Parke finishing in second place and boyband New Bounce in third place. During its broadcast, the series averaged around 10.9 million viewers, and was the first in the show's history to be aired in high definition. In an interview made after the series' broadcast, hosts Ant & Dec marked the fifth series as a poor one for the show because of the low quality of some of the participants that took part. Following open auditions held the previous year, the Judges' auditions took place across January and February 2011, within London,", "title": "Britain's Got Talent (series 5)" }, { "id": "13200906", "text": "Britain's Got Talent (series 3) Series Three of Britain's Got Talent, a British talent competition series, began broadcasting in the UK during 2009, from 11 April to 30 May on ITV. Although the producers initially intended to expand the judging panel by adding in Kelly Brook as a fourth judge, they later dropped the change to the format after using it for six days within the auditions stage of the competition; Brooks was labelled as a \"guest judge\" when the series was broadcast, as a direct result. Apart from this, no other changes were made. The third series was won", "title": "Britain's Got Talent (series 3)" }, { "id": "12014528", "text": "Cowell, Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan - and the hosts Ant & Dec, returned for the second series, along with Stephen Mulhern returning to front the second series of \"Britain's Got More Talent\" on ITV 2. The second series was won by street dancer George Sampson, with dance duo Signature coming in second and singer Andrew Johnston in third. During its broadcast, the series proved to be a greater ratings success, averaging 10.2 million viewers. Following open auditions held the previous year, the Judge's Auditions took place early in 2008, within London, Manchester, Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow and Blackpool. With the", "title": "Britain's Got Talent (series 2)" }, { "id": "11825182", "text": "returning as a judge full-time. The top prize is £250,000 (£100,000 in series 1–5 and £500,000 in series 6) and a performance at the Royal Variety Show in front of the British Royal Family. In June 2010, following \"Britain's Got Talent\"'s success at the BAFTA television awards, Cowell voiced his ideas regarding \"World's Got Talent\", a global version of \"Got Talent\". However, he argued that the format would not work with judges as they had all \"tried to be him\" in previous attempts (such as \"World Idol\"), and instead proposed a commentary format, similar to that of the Eurovision Song", "title": "Got Talent" }, { "id": "17390105", "text": "Asanda Asanda Jezile (born 17 September 2001) is a singer from London. Her parents moved to the UK from Eastern Cape South Africa over 10 years ago. She was a finalist at the seventh series of \"Britain's Got Talent\", finishing in last place. Asanda auditioned to \"Britain's Got Talent\" with \"Diamonds\" by Rihanna. She received rave reviews regarding her stage presence. However, her performance was criticised for being \"sexualised\". Viewers complained about it for the same reason as Arisxandra's audition – that the lyrics, such as \"I see a vision of ecstasy when you hold me\", \"I knew that we'd", "title": "Asanda" }, { "id": "9354834", "text": "judges (or, from series 8, received the Golden Buzzer during their audition), perform once more before an audience and the judges, with their performance broadcast on live television. Until the tenth series, live episodes were broadcast from The Fountain Studios in Wembley, the same site used for \"The X Factor\", but following its closure in 2016, the show relocated its live episodes to Elstree Studios in 2017, before moving to Hammersmith Apollo the following year. Like the Audition stage of the contest, each semi-finalist must attempt to impress by primarily conducting a new routine of their act within the same", "title": "Britain's Got Talent" }, { "id": "11825183", "text": "Contest. During the same week, more details were announced, with Cowell explaining 20 previous winning contestants from global variations of \"Got Talent\" would be brought together at the Royal Albert Hall with himself and Jonathan Lopez both having roles in the show. A proposed prize of £1 million was announced, along with a projected global television audience of 300 million, and an intended airdate of 2011. However, Cowell halted plans for the series because it would conflict with his judging commitments with \"The X Factor USA\" and \"Britain's Got Talent\" for the years to come. In February 2014, \"The X", "title": "Got Talent" }, { "id": "17351867", "text": "him to be absent during a day of auditions. It was also the first series in the show's history to have a buzzer used during the live final, and was the first to include the \"Golden Buzzer\" - a format introduced to the programme, which had begun to appear within the \"Got Talent\" franchise since it was first introduced on \"Germany's Got Talent\" in 2012. The eighth series was won by boy band Collabro, with opera singer Lucy Kay finishing in second place and singing/rapping duo Bars and Melody in third place. During its broadcast, the series averaged around 9.8", "title": "Britain's Got Talent (series 8)" }, { "id": "13863541", "text": "Elliot Evans Elliot Evans (born 19 December 1995) is an English teen pop singer who reached the semi-finals of the third series of ITV variety show \"Britain's Got Talent\", singing with his parents Estelle and Giles and young sisters Georgia and Olivia as family singing group Good Evans. He released his debut single, \"I'll Be There\", on 9 November 2009 as part of the \"Voice In a Million\" project. He was born in Coventry, West Midlands, England. In January 2009, the group auditioned for the third series of the ITV television show Britain's Got Talent. For their audition, they performed", "title": "Elliot Evans" }, { "id": "9354871", "text": "intending to portray them in a negative light, reducing their act to a novelty/comedy routine intended for ridicule and humiliation. While many newspapers wrote articles on this topic, very few were published as the news outlets were told that running the story would cut that publication out of any advance coverage of the show in the future. Between 2008 - 2011, several of the show's semi-finalists, finalists, and winners from various series, took part in a live tour entitled \"Britain's Got Talent Tour\". The event consisted of several shows held across various UK cities during the Summer months, with site", "title": "Britain's Got Talent" }, { "id": "16364871", "text": "a life member of the International Magicians Society. In 2018 he featured in the television series Britain's Got Talent as Steampunk magician Professor Strange. There was an awkward moment as judge Amanda Holden failed to recognise him although she had previously hired him to perform at her daughter's birthday party. Simon Cowell said his son Eric might quite like his act and joked about booking him for his next birthday. However he did not get the required votes to get through to the next round. Allin and his wife Pamela both wrote and produced the comedy horror feature film \"The", "title": "Allin Kempthorne" }, { "id": "17351866", "text": "Britain's Got Talent (series 8) Series Eight of Britain's Got Talent, a British talent competition series, began broadcasting in the UK during 2014, from 12 April to 7 June on ITV; because of England's international friendly with Peru, the show took a break on 30 May to avoid clashing with live coverage of the match. The series is most notable for holding auditions in Northern Ireland for the first time, instead of Scotland as had been done since the second series, as well as for the hosts Ant & Dec having to stand in for Simon Cowell, after illness forced", "title": "Britain's Got Talent (series 8)" }, { "id": "16000798", "text": "out of his contract with Universal Music, which he successfully completed before the live semi-finals began on 6 May. For this series of \"Britain's Got Talent\", the show's production team decided to incorporate a second new method of voting that viewers could use, in the form of a mobile app. The concept for this idea was that viewers could purchase a set of three votes for a small fee and then use them, via the app, for any act that they liked in the semi-finals; any votes not used in one show would be carried forward to the next, and", "title": "Britain's Got Talent (series 6)" }, { "id": "20668443", "text": "Britain's Got Talent (series 12) Britain's Got Talent is a British talent competition series. The 12th series began broadcasting in the UK during 2018, from 14 April to 3 June 2018. For this series, the live episodes were broadcast from Hammersmith Apollo, and presented by Declan Donnelly only; while Anthony McPartlin suspended his TV commitments on 19 March 2018, he still appeared in the audition episodes as these had already been filmed in January and February earlier that year. Compared to previous years, this series featured a higher number of participants for the judges to select semi-finalists from, not counting", "title": "Britain's Got Talent (series 12)" }, { "id": "10391682", "text": "Paul Potts Paul Robert Potts (born 13 October 1970) is a British tenor. In 2007, he won the first series of ITV's \"Britain's Got Talent\" with his performance of \"Nessun dorma\", an aria from Puccini's opera \"Turandot\". As a singer of operatic pop music, Potts recorded the album \"One Chance\", which topped sales charts in thirteen countries. Prior to winning \"Britain's Got Talent\", Potts was a manager at The Carphone Warehouse. He had served as a Bristol city councillor from 1996 until 2003, and also had performed in amateur opera from 1999 to 2003. Potts was born in Kingswood, Bristol,", "title": "Paul Potts" }, { "id": "16511659", "text": "Ashleigh and Pudsey Ashleigh and Pudsey was a British dog trick act, comprising trainer Ashleigh Jade Butler (born 7 February 1995) and Pudsey (28 December 2005 – 20 July 2017), a male Border Collie, Bichon Frise, and Chinese Crested powderpuff cross. They achieved prominence as contestants in the sixth series of the television talent show \"Britain's Got Talent\", which they won on 12 May 2012, becoming the first dog trick act to win the competition. On 21 July 2017, Butler announced that Pudsey had died. Following his death, Butler said that her other trained dog, Sully, would take over future", "title": "Ashleigh and Pudsey" }, { "id": "9354823", "text": "plan for the programme, with Ant & Dec revealed to be the hosts for the new programme. While Cowell remained as part of the judging panel, the new plan intended for David Hasselhoff and Cheryl Cole. However, both resigned before the programme was due to air, leading to Morgan being part of the panel as originally planned, and actress Amanda Holden joining him and Cowell as a judge; Hasselhoff would later join the panel for the programme's fifth series after being a part of the panel for \"America's Got Talent\", while Cowell later employed Cole to be a replacement for", "title": "Britain's Got Talent" }, { "id": "19888904", "text": "Britain's Got Talent (series 11) Series Eleven of Britain's Got Talent, a British talent competition series, began broadcasting in the UK during 2017, from 15 April to 3 June; because the One Love Manchester concert was to take place on 4 June, the live final was brought forward a day to avoid clashing with it. Following the closure of Fountain Studios the previous year, the live episodes were broadcast from Elstree Studios. The change in location allowed for a revamp of the studio used by both the main programme and its sister show, \"Britain's Got More Talent\". For the first", "title": "Britain's Got Talent (series 11)" }, { "id": "9354838", "text": "was not used, meaning that the finalists were determined by the public vote only - the semi-finalists in each semi-final for this series with the highest and second-highest tally of votes, moved on to the final. From the start of the sixth series, the show introduced a new format known as the \"Judges' Wildcard\", in which the judges can reinstate an act that had been eliminated from the semi-final, through a private vote conducted before the airing of the final. This format was later expanded to include a \"Public Wildcard\", in which the public could vote on an act that", "title": "Britain's Got Talent" }, { "id": "6648296", "text": "Stephen Mulhern Stephen Daniel Mulhern is an English presenter, entertainer, and magician, best known for presenting television programmes for ITV. Mulhern has presented the ITV2 spin-off series \"Britain's Got More Talent\" since 2007 and has more recently presented ITV game shows including \"Catchphrase\" and \"Big Star's Little Star\". He also co-hosted the Sunday breakfast programme on Heart Radio, alongside Emma Willis. Mulhern gained his interest in comedy and magic from his father, who would teach him a trick before bedtime when he was 11 years old. The family would spend their summer holidays at Butlin's Minehead in Somerset, where Mulhern", "title": "Stephen Mulhern" }, { "id": "16000786", "text": "Britain's Got Talent (series 6) Series Six of Britain's Got Talent, a British talent competition series, began broadcasting in the UK during 2012, from 24 March to 12 May on ITV - many media outlets criticised the series' premiere date, believing it was a deliberate attempt to start a \"ratings war\" with the BBC, which was launching \"The Voice UK\" at the same time. Following the previous year, Simon Cowell returned to the programme to oversee auditions for the sixth series, while the departure of both David Hasselhoff and Michael McIntyre after the fifth series, led to the producers replacing", "title": "Britain's Got Talent (series 6)" }, { "id": "1416103", "text": "Pilkington on a journey following Marco Polo's route from Italy to China. In November 2011, Gervais filmed in London a 35-minute pilot episode for a potential comedy-drama series called \"Derek\", which aired on Channel 4 on 12 April 2012. The pilot is solely written and directed by Gervais and features him in the title role of Derek Noakes, a 49-year-old retirement home worker, who \"loves animals, Rolf Harris, Jesus, \"Deal or No Deal\", \"Million Pound Drop\" and \"Britain's Got Talent\". The character first appeared in a 2001 Edinburgh Festival Fringe sketch as an aspiring comedian who loves animals and still", "title": "Ricky Gervais" }, { "id": "17390111", "text": "describing the song as \"good enough to be the twelfth best song in Melodifestivalen\". Asanda Asanda Jezile (born 17 September 2001) is a singer from London. Her parents moved to the UK from Eastern Cape South Africa over 10 years ago. She was a finalist at the seventh series of \"Britain's Got Talent\", finishing in last place. Asanda auditioned to \"Britain's Got Talent\" with \"Diamonds\" by Rihanna. She received rave reviews regarding her stage presence. However, her performance was criticised for being \"sexualised\". Viewers complained about it for the same reason as Arisxandra's audition – that the lyrics, such as", "title": "Asanda" }, { "id": "12014527", "text": "Britain's Got Talent (series 2) Series Two of Britain's Got Talent, a British talent competition series, began broadcasting in the UK during 2008, from 12 April to 31 May on ITV. Following the success of its first series, the show returned with an expanded schedule, allowing for additional live semi-finals to take place and a larger number of finalists moving on towards the live final, while having holding auditions in a larger variety of locations; apart from England and Wales, the show also held auditions within Scotland for the first time. Both the judges from the first series - Simon", "title": "Britain's Got Talent (series 2)" }, { "id": "16720914", "text": "was holding us back because there was negative feedback about it. We thought ‘we need to mend this’, hence how we came up with The Mend.' Jayme Kontzle added of the name change, \"No record label has seen us as The Mend so it’s like a new start for us. It also stands for The Manchester End.\" They stated during their first appearance on \"Britain's Got Talent\" in early 2012 that they had been together for three years. The Mend auditioned for \"Britain's Got Talent\" in front of judges David Walliams, Alesha Dixon, Amanda Holden and Simon Cowell. They performed", "title": "The Mend (band)" }, { "id": "9354822", "text": "Then when I had the row with ITV I was banned from the studios. I remember I rang Simon and told him he had a huge hit on his hands, but there was no way I could do it. I said, if I am banned I have to be banned from everything. I can’t be a hypocrite and come in and do this. I had to bow out.\" On 12 February 2007, following the success of \"America's Got Talent\" the previous year, ITV announced their intentions for a British series of \"Got Talent\". Their announcement revealed changes to the original", "title": "Britain's Got Talent" }, { "id": "15483510", "text": "Tom Hoy and Lauren Johnston. As of October 2016, the programme has released over 50 episodes. The twins attended Hulme Hall Grammar School but now attend University of Salford studying Television and Radio. They also live with their mother Jacqui. Myles and Connor Myles Antony Ryan and Connor Jerrade Ryan (born 19 October 1995) are a British musical duo and television presenters from Manchester, England who are best known for appearing on the fourth series of ITV's show Britain's Got Talent as part of the boyband 'Connected'. The twins auditioned as 'Connected' on the fourth series of ITV reality show", "title": "Myles and Connor" }, { "id": "9354840", "text": "onto the stage, with the hosts announcing which of them received the most votes. The winner of each year's contest receives a cash prize, and earns the opportunity to perform in the Royal Variety Performance later that year. For the show's scheduling, the live episodes are usually arranged to take place over the course of a week, with the semi-finals aired mainly on weekdays, and the final aired on the weekend; in some series, the schedule featured a break between the live episodes of the semi-finals, due to coverage of live events. All live episodes are divided into two parts", "title": "Britain's Got Talent" }, { "id": "16512485", "text": "Jonathan and Charlotte Jonathan Antoine (born 13 January 1995) and Charlotte Jaconelli (born 24 August 1995), known collectively as Jonathan and Charlotte, were an English classical crossover duo from Essex. They finished as runners-up in the sixth series of \"Britain's Got Talent\" in 2012, being beaten to the winning post on 12 May by dancing dog act Ashleigh and Pudsey. At the time, they were aged 17 and 16 respectively. Despite not winning, the young duo were offered a £1million record deal by Simon Cowell on his record label Syco. They have since released two albums, \"Together in\" 2012 and", "title": "Jonathan and Charlotte" }, { "id": "19888906", "text": "with magician Issy Simpson finishing in second place and comedian Daliso Chaponda in third place. During its broadcast, the series averaged around 9.1 million viewers. Following open auditions held the previous year between October to December, the Judges' audition took place between January and February 2017, within Blackpool, London, Birmingham and Salford. No incidents occurred this year that would force any of the judges to be absent from these or require someone to stand-in for them. This series saw a reduction in the number of semi-finalists, along with, for the first time in eleven years of the show's history, the", "title": "Britain's Got Talent (series 11)" }, { "id": "18897480", "text": "My Soul\" was composed by Elton Zarb and written by Muxu with her involvement. Chukunyere won the contest with 185 points breaking the previous record score set by María Isabel in 2004. On 13 December 2015, Chukunyere and her team were awarded the Midalja għall-Qadi tar-Repubblika. In early 2017, Chukunyere auditioned for series 11 of ITV's \"Britain's Got Talent\" singing \"Think\", by Aretha Franklin, where she was given four yeses. Her audition was aired on 20 May. She has received praise from established music critic Simon Cowell and international renowned tenor Joseph Calleja. After listening and watching her perform, Cowell", "title": "Destiny Chukunyere" }, { "id": "13425371", "text": "Britain's Got Talent (series 4) Series Four of Britain's Got Talent, a British talent competition series, began broadcasting in the UK during 2010, from 17 April to 5 June on ITV; due to live coverage of the 2010 UEFA Champions League Final on 22 May, the sixth audition episode of the series was pushed back a day to avoid clashing with it. As Simon Cowell became ill while overseeing the judges' auditions, Louis Walsh stepped in as a guest judge in his place until he recovered, while it was the last series to feature Piers Morgan as a judge, before", "title": "Britain's Got Talent (series 4)" }, { "id": "19240867", "text": "after the results episode. While many viewers branded the segment as \"cruel\" on social media, and Cowell later released a series of tweets stating that such a stunt would not be repeated on the show in the future, no official investigation was launched by Ofcom. Britain's Got Talent (series 10) Series Ten of Britain's Got Talent, a British talent competition series, began broadcasting in the UK during 2016, from 9 April to 28 May on ITV. To celebrate ten years of the show, the final featured a special performance entitled \"Best of Britain’s Got Talent\", which featured several partipicants who", "title": "Britain's Got Talent (series 10)" }, { "id": "13200907", "text": "by street dance troupe Diversity, with singer Susan Boyle finishing second and saxophonist Julian Smith finishing third. During its broadcast, the series averaged around 13.3 million viewers; the figures were partly helped by the notable performances of Boyle during her time in on the show. Following open auditions held the previous year, the Judges' auditions took place across January and February 2009, within Manchester, Glasgow, Birmingham, London and Cardiff. When the auditions were being overseen, the producers decided to expand the judging panel by adding a fourth judge to proceedings, and thus they recruited Kelly Brook as their choice for", "title": "Britain's Got Talent (series 3)" }, { "id": "20668450", "text": "show, to the overall tone of the performance itself, and the \"feminist double standard\" it featured. In response, the broadcaster refuted the criticism, stating that the live final's content was suitable for young viewers and had met \"compliance guidelines\". Britain's Got Talent (series 12) Britain's Got Talent is a British talent competition series. The 12th series began broadcasting in the UK during 2018, from 14 April to 3 June 2018. For this series, the live episodes were broadcast from Hammersmith Apollo, and presented by Declan Donnelly only; while Anthony McPartlin suspended his TV commitments on 19 March 2018, he still", "title": "Britain's Got Talent (series 12)" }, { "id": "18105936", "text": "Hopeful (Bars and Melody song) \"Hopeful\" is the debut single by British pop duo Bars and Melody. It is based on the lyrics and music of Twista's weird boys 2005 song \"Hope\", featuring Faith Evans. The song was released on 25 July 2014 through Syco Music. It debuted at number 5 on the UK Singles Chart, with sales of 40,191. Bars and Melody first performed the song when they auditioned for the eighth series of \"Britain's Got Talent\" in February 2014. They received judge Simon Cowell's golden buzzer and went straight through to the live shows. On 7 June, the", "title": "Hopeful (Bars and Melody song)" }, { "id": "16000789", "text": "in third place. During its broadcast, the series averaged around 10.6 million viewers. In an interview they took part in, hosts Ant & Dec felt that this year's semi-finalists were the best they had seen since the show began. Following open auditions held the previous year, the Judges' auditions were held during January and February 2012, within Manchester, Blackpool, Cardiff, London, Edinburgh and Birmingham. Like the previous series, a number of acts were invited to audition between 6 and 22 January, after being found via their videos on YouTube. Twenty-five participants from this were picked by the producers and revealed", "title": "Britain's Got Talent (series 6)" }, { "id": "19539650", "text": "Isle of Wight in November 2017. On 9 February 2018 it was confirmed that Jones would tour at Butlins holidays during half terms and summer holidays throughout 2018. Richard Jones (magician) Richard Jones (born 21 September 1990) is a British magician and military soldier, best known for winning the tenth series of \"Britain's Got Talent\" in 2016. Jones was born in Leytonstone, London and grew up in Chigwell, Essex. He joined the British Army in 2010 and studied for one year in Twickenham at the Royal Military School of Music. He lives in South Woodham Ferrers. He spent three years", "title": "Richard Jones (magician)" }, { "id": "15657095", "text": "very active career and is constantly working either writing or appearing in headline shows. He has toured with Michael Courtney and the \"Mad about the musicals\" show and also has headlined along with Christina Bianco. Jai McDowall Jai McDowall (born 24 July 1986) is a Scottish singer–songwriter who won the fifth series of \"Britain's Got Talent\" in June 2011. As the winner, he received £100,000 and performed at the 2011 Royal Variety Performance. McDowall was signed to Syco Music, a subdivision of record label giant, Sony Music. Before \"Britain's Got Talent\", he appeared as a contestant on \"The X Factor\"", "title": "Jai McDowall" }, { "id": "3111361", "text": "David Walliams David Edward Williams, (born 20 August 1971), known professionally as David Walliams, is a British actor, comedian, author, talent show judge and presenter known for his partnership with Matt Lucas on the BBC One sketch show \"Little Britain\". Since 2012, Walliams has been a judge on the ITV talent show \"Britain's Got Talent\". He wrote and starred in two series of the BBC One sitcom \"Big School\", playing the role of chemistry teacher Keith Church. In 2015, he starred as Tommy Beresford in the BBC series \"Partners in Crime\" based on the \"Tommy and Tuppence\" novels by Agatha", "title": "David Walliams" }, { "id": "3111393", "text": "David Walliams David Edward Williams, (born 20 August 1971), known professionally as David Walliams, is a British actor, comedian, author, talent show judge and presenter known for his partnership with Matt Lucas on the BBC One sketch show \"Little Britain\". Since 2012, Walliams has been a judge on the ITV talent show \"Britain's Got Talent\". He wrote and starred in two series of the BBC One sitcom \"Big School\", playing the role of chemistry teacher Keith Church. In 2015, he starred as Tommy Beresford in the BBC series \"Partners in Crime\" based on the \"Tommy and Tuppence\" novels by Agatha", "title": "David Walliams" }, { "id": "1699606", "text": "Usher served as songwriter-producer in the project. The Raymond Braun Media Group, which Justin Bieber is signed up to, is a joint venture between Usher and Bieber's manager, Scooter Braun. Usher served as the contestant mentor for the Top 10 Week of Season 9 of the television show American Idol. He appeared on the ITV1 show Britain's Got Talent on June 5, 2010. Usher joined as a new coach on the NBC American reality talent show The Voice, alongside Adam Levine, Blake Shelton and Shakira in season 4, which premiered on March 25, 2013. Usher reached the finale with contestant", "title": "Usher (musician)" }, { "id": "6648306", "text": "Takeaway\" after replacing Ashley Roberts. In 2016, Mulhern presented \"Go for It\", and co-hosted \"The Next Great Magician\" alongside Rochelle Humes for ITV. On 12 April 2018, it was announced that Mulhern would host \"The National Lottery Draws\" on ITV. Stephen Mulhern Stephen Daniel Mulhern is an English presenter, entertainer, and magician, best known for presenting television programmes for ITV. Mulhern has presented the ITV2 spin-off series \"Britain's Got More Talent\" since 2007 and has more recently presented ITV game shows including \"Catchphrase\" and \"Big Star's Little Star\". He also co-hosted the Sunday breakfast programme on Heart Radio, alongside Emma", "title": "Stephen Mulhern" }, { "id": "10391687", "text": "financial difficulties that followed led him to enter \"Britain's Got Talent\" despite not having sung in years. Potts auditioned for Simon Cowell's new talent show \"Britain's Got Talent\" at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff, Wales on 17 March 2007. The audition was televised on ITV in the UK on 9 June 2007. Potts sang the full rendition of Giacomo Puccini's \"Nessun dorma\", which was condensed for broadcast. His rendition of the song brought looks of awe from the judges. Potts received a standing ovation from the audience of 2,000 people. The YouTube video clip from the show has had", "title": "Paul Potts" } ]

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[ { "id": "4565582", "text": "My Pet Monster My Pet Monster is character that began as a plush doll first produced by American Greetings in 1986. It has horns, blue fur, and a fanged smile, wearing breakaway orange plastic handcuffs. In 2018, Hasbro acquired \"My Pet Monster\" from Saban Brands. The My Pet Monster character began as a plush doll first produced by American Greetings in 1986. As one of the few plush dolls marketed to boys at the time, My Pet Monster was popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The doll has blue fur, horns and a fanged smile, and is recognizable", "title": "My Pet Monster" }, { "id": "4565587", "text": "so than being exposed to light. Much of the voice cast of \"My Pet Monster\" returned 2 years later in 1989 for \"Beetlejuice\", another cartoon show with a surreal theme and a supernatural world populated by fantastic monsters. Reruns of all 13 half-hour episodes aired on Teletoon Retro in Canada from September 5, 2011. My Pet Monster My Pet Monster is character that began as a plush doll first produced by American Greetings in 1986. It has horns, blue fur, and a fanged smile, wearing breakaway orange plastic handcuffs. In 2018, Hasbro acquired \"My Pet Monster\" from Saban Brands. The", "title": "My Pet Monster" }, { "id": "4565584", "text": "The character's popularity spawned a live-action direct-to-video film in 1986 about a boy who becomes the Pet Monster after being exposed to a statue, changing when hungry. Dr Snyder, the scientist who originally discovered the statues and the legend behind them, wants to kidnap him for publicity purposes, while his sister helps her brother out of the crisis. My Pet Monster also spawned a children's cartoon series that ran for one season on ABC, produced by Ellipse (France), Nelvana (Canada), and Hi-Tops Video in association with Golden Books. The show follows Monster, who lives with a boy named Max. When", "title": "My Pet Monster" }, { "id": "4565583", "text": "by its orange plastic handcuffs. The handcuffs could also be worn by children and came with a breakaway link so that the child could simulate breaking the chain. Several versions of the doll have been released in various sizes and other attributes. Other characters were also created with brightly colored fur and unorthodox names like Gwonk, Wogster and Rark. Their popularity allowed a wealth of merchandise including coloring books, Golden Look-Look books, frame-tray puzzles and various other items. Capitalizing on the nostalgia in many children of the '80s, Toymax released a 22-inch tall talking My Pet Monster doll in 2001.", "title": "My Pet Monster" }, { "id": "19771859", "text": "began writing the script to My Pet Monster in early 2015 after the success of his debut feature, Dinosaur Island. The international rights were acquired at the American Film Market by Faisal Toor from Empress Road Pictures for its newly formed \"Selects\" Division. Rehearsals began December 2015. Principal photography commenced in 6 January 2016 in Australia, with Drummond directing. Live-action filming locations included Lithgow, Katoomba, Rydal and Portland, while CGI was done at Hive Studios International in Leura, New South Wales. Additional filming took place around the Lithgow area before transferring to Portland. Principal photography was completed on 15 February", "title": "My Pet Dinosaur" }, { "id": "19771866", "text": "The album features the original score composed by Chris Wright, and includes the end credit track \"Only Human\" written and performed by Muma Megs featuring Eirie released on 6 September 2017 and reached Number 1 on the Children's Music, Australian iTunes charts. The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was released on Australian iTunes 20 August 2017 and reached Number 20 on the Soundtrack charts. My Pet Dinosaur My Pet Dinosaur is a 2017 Australian, adventure, family film written and directed by Matt Drummond, and produced by Megan Williams. In an experiment gone wrong, a young boy named Jake makes a new", "title": "My Pet Dinosaur" }, { "id": "19771861", "text": "2017 and upon its debut at the Chinese box office took the number seven position grossing $870,000 USD on its first day of release sitting alongside Hollywood Blockbusters such as Solo: A Star Wars Story, Avengers: Infinity War and A Quiet Place. After its initial release, the film continued to hold its top 10 position. My Pet Dinosaur will release in the US via Digital on October 2 and DVD November 6. Foreign box office figures to date are noted at 1.49M USD Upon its Australian release, My Pet Dinosaur has received mixed yet positive reviews. Richard Gray from The", "title": "My Pet Dinosaur" }, { "id": "14961205", "text": "ranked at numbers five and four, respectively on the same poll, with their parent album \"My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy\" ranked the best album of 2010 as well. It was ranked at number 69 by \"Rolling Stone\" on their list of \"100 Greatest Hip-Hop songs of all time\". \"Monster\" was sent to radio on September 21, and it was released to the iTunes Store on October 23, 2010 around Halloween. It spent five weeks on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100, peaking at number 18 on the chart. The song also appeared within the top 30 on both the \"Billboard\" Hot Rap", "title": "Monster (Kanye West song)" }, { "id": "19771860", "text": "2016. The film is scored by Chris Wright, who also composed the score for Drummond's debut feature, Dinosaur Island (2014). Sound mix was completed by the Academy Award winning Peter Purcell, known for . Visual effects were completed by Hive Studios International, with Drummond acting as Visual effects supervisor. The theatrical trailer was released exclusively via Hollywood Reporter on 13 January 2017 to positive reviews, with commentary from Dread Central stating, My Pet Dinosaur was \"...The best movie Spielberg never made...\" and HR billing it as, \"E.T. meets Pixar.\" The film was distributed widely in Australian cinemas on 22 April", "title": "My Pet Dinosaur" }, { "id": "1478947", "text": "Best Picture nomination: \"Mary Poppins\" (1964), \"Beauty and the Beast\" (1991), \"Up\" (2009), and \"Toy Story 3\" (2010). Walt Disney Pictures has produced four films that have grossed over $1 billion at the worldwide box office: \"\" (2006), \"Alice in Wonderland\" (2010), \"\" (2011), and \"Beauty and the Beast\" (2017); and has released five animated films that have reached that milestone: \"Toy Story 3\" (2010), \"Frozen\" (2013), \"Zootopia\", \"Finding Dory\" (both 2016), and \"Incredibles 2\" (2018). —Includes theatrical reissue(s). Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Pictures, formally known as Buena Vista Pictures, is an American film studio and a subsidiary of", "title": "Walt Disney Pictures" }, { "id": "16535204", "text": "Rudebox Rudebox is the seventh studio album by English singer-songwriter Robbie Williams, released on 23 October 2006 in the United Kingdom. The album features collaborations with William Orbit, Mark Ronson, Soul Mekanik and two collaborations with Pet Shop Boys: \"She's Madonna\" and \"We're the Pet Shop Boys\". Lily Allen provides backing vocals on the songs \"Bongo Bong and Je ne t'aime plus\" and \"Keep On\". Williams covers five songs on the album: \"Louise\", a 1984 hit for The Human League, \"Kiss Me\", the biggest hit for Stephen Duffy, \"Lovelight\" by Lewis Taylor, \"We're the Pet Shop Boys\" by My Robot", "title": "Rudebox" }, { "id": "2290451", "text": "series is also distributed in New Zealand and Australia by Madman Entertainment. The series is also licensed in Germany by Tokyopop Germany, in Poland by Taiga and in Russia by Comics Factory. The sequel, \"Pet Shop of Horrors: Tokyo\" is licensed in English by Tokyopop, who has published eight volumes as of February 2011. Madhouse produced a 4-episode anime adaptation of various chapters of the manga in March 1999. The anime first aired as a miniseries on the TBS television network (as part of their now-defunct programming block \"Wonderful\") before being sold on VHS and LaserDisc. Urban Vision released the", "title": "Pet Shop of Horrors" }, { "id": "4310796", "text": "\"Tin Toy\" (1988). Released in 1995, \"Toy Story\" opened to critical acclaim and commercial success, leading to Pixar signing a five-film deal with Disney, which bore critically and financially successful computer animated films such as \"A Bug's Life\" (1998), \"Toy Story 2\" (1999), \"Monsters, Inc.\" (2001), and \"Finding Nemo\" (2003). In addition, the successes of \"Aladdin\" and \"The Lion King\" spurred a significant increase in the number of American-produced animated features throughout the rest of the decade, with the major film studios establishing new animation divisions such as Fox Animation Studios, Sullivan Bluth Studios, Rich Animation Studios, Turner Feature Animation,", "title": "Walt Disney Animation Studios" }, { "id": "16870897", "text": "and rapper Kendrick Lamar, among others. The album title was revealed during the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards on August 25, 2013, alongside a preview of its lead single \"Berzerk\", which subsequently peaked at number 3 on the US \"Billboard\" Hot 100. It was followed by two more singles: \"Survival\" and \"Rap God\"; the former debuted at number 17 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100, and the latter debuted at number 7 and became certified quadruple platinum by Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in the United States. \"The Monster\", featuring Rihanna, was released as the album's fourth single on October", "title": "The Marshall Mathers LP 2" }, { "id": "5842141", "text": "kids free of charge. The pets at first seem normal, until they change into their alien forms. The kids meet when they return to the pet shop because their pets stop eating and need some type of \"vitamins\" that the aliens feed them. Originally intended for a release in the summer of 1994, the film ended up being released on videocassette on March 28, 1995, though it did get released on video in Australia in December of 1994. In 2018, Full Moon announced that a new remastered Blu-Ray will be released on December 11, 2018. Pet Shop (film) Pet Shop", "title": "Pet Shop (film)" }, { "id": "16643666", "text": "\"Dessert\" magazine. The series was produced by Brain's Base under the direction of Hiro Kaburaki with Noboru Takagi as script supervisor. It aired between October 1 and December 24, 2012. An OVA episode was released on DVD with the final manga volume on August 12, 2013. NIS America licensed the anime for release in North America. The opening theme is by Haruka Tomatsu and the ending theme is \"White Wishes\" by 9nine. A live-action film adaptation was released in April 2018. It stars Masaki Suda as Haru and Tao Tsuchiya as Shizuku. The manga has over 6.1 million copies in", "title": "My Little Monster" }, { "id": "12825592", "text": "also re-released in theaters as a Disney Digital 3-D \"double feature\" for at least two weeks in October 2009. The series is the 24th highest-grossing franchise worldwide, the fifth highest-grossing animated franchise (behind \"Despicable Me\", \"Shrek\", \"Ice Age\", and \"Madagascar\"), and is among the most critically acclaimed trilogies of all time. On November 1, 2011, all three \"Toy Story\" films were released in Disney Blu-ray 3D as a trilogy pack and as individual films. The \"Toy Story\" series consists of three CGI animated films: \"Toy Story\" (1995), \"Toy Story 2\" (1999), and \"Toy Story 3\" (2010). A fourth film, \"Toy", "title": "Toy Story (franchise)" }, { "id": "623872", "text": "was originally released. On 22 March 2009, the first single from the album \"Love etc.\" charted in the UK at number 14, and on 29 March 2009, \"Yes\" charted at number 4. Subsequent singles released from the album were \"Did You See Me Coming?\" and the Germany-exclusive \"Beautiful People\". The two internationally released singles from \"Yes\", \"Love etc\" and \"Did You See Me Coming?\", both hit the top spot on the US Dance Chart, their ninth and tenth No. 1s on that chart. A new official website was also released in 2009 following the new album and tour. The design", "title": "Pet Shop Boys" }, { "id": "1753710", "text": "single \"Black Mask\" in late 1994, before combining the tracks from the Blunt EPs for the \"Sweaty Handshake\" LP. The album, released in January 1995, got a 9/12 rating from \"Hot Press\". They released the single \"Where Did Your Plans Go?\" in April 1995, described by \"Melody Maker\" as \"noisy nonsense\". In July they recorded their second Peel session. In November that year they recorded their first studio album for Roadrunner with producer Martin Bisi in New York City, called \"High Anxiety\". Although artwork for the album, and for its lead single, \"Holes\", was drafted, neither were ultimately released as", "title": "Pet Lamb" }, { "id": "16985854", "text": "Mel Shaw Mel Shaw (December 19, 1914 – November 22, 2012) was an American animator, design artist, writer, and artist. Shaw was involved in the animation, story design, and visual development of numerous Disney animated films, beginning with \"Bambi\", which was released in 1942. His other animated film credits, usually involving animation design or the story, included \"The Rescuers\" in 1977, \"The Fox and the Hound\" in 1981, \"The Black Cauldron\" in 1985, \"The Great Mouse Detective\" in 1986, \"Beauty and the Beast\" in 1991, and \"The Lion King\" in 1994. He was named a Disney Legend in 2004 for", "title": "Mel Shaw" }, { "id": "18309585", "text": "Kingdom and the United States. \"A Monster Calls\" premiered at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival on 10 September 2016. It was then released in Spain on 7 October 2016, and in the United Kingdom on 1 January 2017. In the United States, the film began a limited release in on 23 December 2016, followed by a wide release on 6 January 2017. It received positive reviews, being praised for its themes, directing, performances and visual effects, but underperformed at the box office, grossing $47 million worldwide on a budget of $43 million. Twelve-year-old Conor O'Malley must face his mother's", "title": "A Monster Calls (film)" }, { "id": "12625811", "text": "Billboard Top Hits: 1986 Billboard Top Hits: 1986 is a compilation album released by Rhino Records in 1994, featuring 10 hit recordings from 1986. The track lineup includes six songs that reached the top of the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart. Included is the No. 1 song of 1987, \"Walk Like an Egyptian\" by The Bangles; the song began its four-week run at No. 1 in December, after \"Billboard\" magazine's 1987 chart year had started. The remaining four songs (Danger Zone, Take Me Home Tonight/Be My Baby, When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going and Burning Heart) each reached", "title": "Billboard Top Hits: 1986" }, { "id": "2833737", "text": "both di Bonaventura and the studio were in talks with Juan Carlos Fresnadillo in talks to direct the remake. In October 2017, Paramount announced that Dennis Widmyer and Kevin Kolsch, the team that wrote and directed the 2014 thriller \"Starry Eyes,\" would helm the new adaptation. A readaptation of the novel is set for release on April 5, 2019. The film stars Jason Clarke as Louis Creed, Amy Seimetz as Rachel Creed, John Lithgow as Jud Crandall, Jeté Laurence as Ellie Creed, and twins Hugo and Lucas Lavoie as Gage Creed. On October 10, 2018, the film's first trailer was", "title": "Pet Sematary" }, { "id": "18309595", "text": "with MacDougall in the room. Tom Holland worked on set as The Monster with Neeson absent. Originally scheduled for an October 2016 release, the film was delayed in order to avoid competition from \"\", \"Boo! A Madea Halloween\", \"\", and \"Keeping Up with the Joneses\". It was rescheduled for a limited roll out on 23 December 2016, followed by a wide release on 6 January 2017. The film was released in the United Kingdom on 1 January 2017, by Entertainment One and Lionsgate, and in India on 6 January 2017, by B4U Relativity. \"A Monster Calls\" grossed $3.7 million in", "title": "A Monster Calls (film)" }, { "id": "2925850", "text": "Jeffrey Katzenberg Jeffrey Katzenberg (; born December 21, 1950) is an American businessman, film studio executive and film producer. He became well known for his tenure as chairman of Walt Disney Studios from 1984 to 1994, during which the studio reinvigorated its live-action and animation divisions, as well as producing some of its biggest hits, including \"The Little Mermaid\" (1989), \"Beauty and the Beast\" (1991), \"Aladdin\" (1992), and \"The Lion King\" (1994). After departing Disney, he was a co-founder and CEO of DreamWorks Animation, where he oversaw the production of such animated franchises as \"Shrek\", \"Madagascar\", \"Kung Fu Panda\", \"Monsters", "title": "Jeffrey Katzenberg" }, { "id": "19761189", "text": "2016. On November 11, 2016, the film was given a limited theatrical release simultaneously with its debut on other video on demand platforms. The film screened at the Beyond Fest on October 6, 2016, the Tacoma Film Festival on October 7, 2016, and the Sitges Film Festival on October 15, 2016. The film was released on Blu-ray and DVD on January 24, 2017. \"The Monster\" received positive reviews from film critics. It holds a 80% approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 44 reviews, with an average rating of 6.8/10. The site's critical consensus reads, \"\"The Monster\"", "title": "The Monster (2016 film)" }, { "id": "1803421", "text": "2004 and \"Toy Story 3\" in 2010. After the re-release of \"The Lion King\" in 2011, and then \"Despicable Me 2\" and \"Frozen\" in 2013, \"Minions\" in 2015, \"Zootopia\", its sequel \"Finding Dory\" in 2016, \"Despicable Me 3\" in 2017, and \"Incredibles 2\" in 2018, passed it, it stands as the tenth highest-grossing animated film in these regions. Outside North America, it stands as the fifth-highest-grossing animated film. Worldwide, it now ranks fourth among animated films. The film had impressive box office runs in many international markets. In Japan, its highest-grossing market after North America, it grossed ¥11.2 billion ($102.4", "title": "Finding Nemo" }, { "id": "2833723", "text": "Pet Sematary Pet Sematary is a 1983 horror novel by American writer Stephen King, nominated for a World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 1986, and adapted into a 1989 film of the same name. In November 2013, PS Publishing released \"Pet Sematary\" in a limited 30th Anniversary Edition. Louis Creed, a doctor from Chicago, is appointed director of the University of Maine's campus health service. He moves to a large house near the small town of Ludlow with his wife Rachel, their two young children, Ellie and Gage, and Ellie's cat, Church. From the moment they arrive, the family", "title": "Pet Sematary" }, { "id": "7763326", "text": "Walt Disney Classics Walt Disney Classics is a brand name used by Walt Disney Studios on their home video VHS releases of Disney animated features from 1984 to 1994. The last title in the Classics line was \"The Fox and the Hound\". With the release of \"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,\" all of the existing titles (except for Pinocchio, The Rescuers Down Under, Fantasia, The Great Mouse Detective, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and The Fox and the Hound) in the Classics line were replaced with the Masterpiece Collection line, and the Classics line was cancelled in the United", "title": "Walt Disney Classics" }, { "id": "15931047", "text": "the United States. Skrillex rose to fame in late 2010 when he released a third EP, \"Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites\" on October 22 through labels mau5trap and Big Beat Records. The release saw moderate success, peaking at number 49 on the \"Billboard\" 200 and receiving an award for Best Dance/Electronica Album at the 54th Grammy Awards. The album's title track, also released as the lead single, saw international acclaim, receiving an award for Best Dance Recording at the aforementioned ceremony, and peaking at number 69 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. Moore's remix of \"Cinema\" by Benny Benassi also won", "title": "Skrillex discography" }, { "id": "60651", "text": "at Centaur Studios. The film premiered at Hollywood's Paramount theater in May 1955, under the title \"Bride of the Atom\". The film was reportedly completed and released through a deal with Samuel Z. Arkoff. Arkoff profited from the film more than Wood, and his earnings contributed to the funding of American International Pictures. The ending credits identify the copyright holder of the film as \"Filmakers Releasing Organization\". Distribution rights were held by Banner Films in the United States, and by Exclusive in the United Kingdom. The film combines elements of science fiction and horror fiction, genres which were frequently combined", "title": "Bride of the Monster" }, { "id": "623842", "text": "vocals and was released in the UK on 19 February 1996. The Pet Shop Boys then joined Bowie during his performance of the song at the 1996 BRIT Awards ceremony, as well as an appearance on the \"Top of the Pops\" television program. In April, Pet Shop Boys released a new single, \"Before\", leading up to their forthcoming album; the single reached number 7 in the UK Singles Chart. That same month, Tina Turner also released her \"Wildest Dreams\" album, which featured the Pet Shop Boys-produced track \"Confidential\". In August, Pet Shop Boys released a follow-up single, \"Se a vida", "title": "Pet Shop Boys" }, { "id": "7739417", "text": "the Ramones' biggest charting hits, reaching number four on \"Billboard\"s \"Modern Rock Tracks\" list, despite being, in the words of AMG, \"reviled by most of the band's hardcore fans\". The \"Los Angeles Times\" wrote that the film \"defied the critics and opened at blockbuster levels\". The film grossed $57 million in North America. Released in 1989 by Paramount Home Video, \"Pet Sematary\" was a best-selling video. Paramount released it on DVD in 2006 and on Blu-ray in 2012. Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, reports that 50% of 28 surveyed critics gave the film a positive review, and the average rating", "title": "Pet Sematary (1989 film)" }, { "id": "8929410", "text": "the company produced box-office hits \"A Bug's Life\" (1998); \"Toy Story 2\" (1999); \"Monsters, Inc.\" (2001); \"Finding Nemo\" (2003); \"The Incredibles\" (2004); \"Cars\" (2006); \"Ratatouille\" (2007); \"WALL-E\" (2008); \"Up\" (2009); and \"Toy Story 3\" (2010). \"Finding Nemo\", \"The Incredibles\", \"Ratatouille\", \"WALL-E\", \"Up\" and \"Toy Story 3\" each received the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, an award introduced in 2001. In 2003 and 2004, as Pixar's contract with Disney was running out, Jobs and Disney chief executive Michael Eisner tried but failed to negotiate a new partnership, and in early 2004, Jobs announced that Pixar would seek a new partner", "title": "Steve Jobs" }, { "id": "3324433", "text": "but still omits the same tracks as the UK release. After three years of its release in the rest of the world, \"PopArt\" was finally released in the United States in October 2006. The delay was due to legal problems caused by the fact that since Pet Shop Boys began, they have been with four different record labels in the US: EMI (1985–1995), Atlantic (1996–1998), Sire Records (1999–2001) and Sanctuary Records (2002–2003). The album did not chart in the US but has sold almost 100,000 copies since its release. The album was re-issued on 26 November 2007 in the UK", "title": "PopArt: The Hits" }, { "id": "1478945", "text": "and officiated a trend of similar films, which followed with \"The Jungle Book\" (2016) and \"Beauty and the Beast\" (2017). By July 2016, Disney had announced development of nearly eighteen of these films consisting of sequels to existing adaptations, origin stories and prequels. Disney identified this line as \"Disney Fairy Tale\" in its enlarged slate announcement on October 8, 2015 with four scheduled without titles attached. Despite the renewed focus on tentpole films, the studio continued to produce successful smaller-budgeted films, such as \"The Muppets\" (2011), \"Saving Mr. Banks\" (2013), and \"Into the Woods\" (2014). Walt Disney Pictures also took", "title": "Walt Disney Pictures" }, { "id": "887572", "text": "Commodore PET The Commodore PET (Personal Electronic Transactor) is a line of home/personal computers produced starting in 1977 by Commodore International. A top-seller in the Canadian and United States educational markets, it was the first personal computer sold to the public and formed the basis for their entire 8-bit product line, including the Commodore 64. The first model, which was named the PET 2001, was presented to the public at the Winter Consumer Electronics Show in 1977. In the 1970s, Commodore was one of many electronics companies selling calculators designed around Dallas-based Texas Instruments (TI) chips. However, in 1975 TI", "title": "Commodore PET" }, { "id": "1491470", "text": "emotionally charged ovation after his introduction by Joe Elliott. After over three years of recording, Def Leppard's fourth album, \"Hysteria\", was released on 3 August 1987. One of the first singles from the album, \"Animal\", became the band's first Top 10 hit in the UK, reaching No. 6 on the UK Singles Chart. \"Animal\" also started their run of ten consecutive U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot 100 Top 40 singles. \"Hysteria\" immediately topped the UK Album Charts in its first week of release, and has since spent 105 weeks on the chart. Initial US album sales were relatively slow (compared to \"Pyromania\")", "title": "Def Leppard" }, { "id": "18575015", "text": "International Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and its UK Premiere at the BFI London Film Festival on October 16, 2015. In December 2014, Gaumont secured international sales outside Asia and theatrical distribution rights in France. The film opened in select theaters in the United States on March 4, 2016. The film was released in France on January 13, 2016. Funimation has licensed the film for the US release. American theater chain AMC briefly listed the film with a February 12, 2016 opening, but later listed the film for March 4, 2016. The film has been licensed by StudioCanal", "title": "The Boy and the Beast" }, { "id": "4113508", "text": "Steve Zahn Steven James Zahn (; born November 13, 1967) is an American actor and comedian. His films include \"Reality Bites\" (1994), \"That Thing You Do!\" (1996), \"Out of Sight\" (1998), \"Happy, Texas\" (1999), \"Riding in Cars with Boys\" (2001), \"Shattered Glass\" (2003), \"Sahara\" (2005), \"Rescue Dawn\" (2007), the first three \"Diary of a Wimpy Kid\" movies, \"Dallas Buyers Club\" (2013), and \"War for the Planet of the Apes\" (2017). Zahn has done voice acting in \"Chicken Little\" (2005), \"Escape from Planet Earth\" (2013), and \"The Good Dinosaur\" (2015). He has also worked regularly in television, including the recurring role", "title": "Steve Zahn" }, { "id": "3841804", "text": "trailer and clips were released in late January and early February 2002. On June 29, 2004, over two years after the film's release, a novelization by Keith R. A. DeCandido was published. The film opened in 2,528 theaters and grossed $17,707,106 on its opening weekend (March 15–17, 2002). The film grossed $40,119,709 domestically and $102,984,862 worldwide. After commercial success at the box office, a sequel, \"\" (2004) was released. It was followed by \"\" (2007), \"\" (2010), \"\" (2012) and \"\" (2016). Anderson did not direct the second or third films due to filming commitments with \"Alien vs. Predator\" (2004)", "title": "Resident Evil (film)" }, { "id": "20332889", "text": "Shipping, having gone bankrupt. While the ship was released by the Panamanian government later that month, publication was still delayed due to the media campaign being pushed to February 2017 in anticipation of a required reprint. The first volume of the graphic novel was published by Fantagraphics on February 14, 2017. In March 2017, Sony Pictures won an auction for the film rights to the graphic novel, with Amasia Entertainment's Bradley Gallo and Michael Helfant producing. Sam Mendes is in early talks to possibly direct. On November 3, 2016, in order to raise funds for the second volume of the", "title": "My Favorite Thing Is Monsters" }, { "id": "16683162", "text": "Robot and Monster Robot and Monster is an American CGI animated television series created by Dave Pressler, Joshua Sternin and J.R. Ventimilia. Main characters Robot and Monster are voiced by Curtis Armstrong and comedian Harland Williams, respectively. It began production in 2009 and was ordered for a full 26-episode season in 2010, before finally premiering on Nickelodeon on August 4, 2012. The entire series was released on DVD exclusive to Amazon.com in 2014. The series was taken off Nickelodeon the same year it premiered and the remaining episodes aired on Nicktoons. One episode remains unaired but it was still released", "title": "Robot and Monster" }, { "id": "2290448", "text": "Pet Shop of Horrors The manga, published by Asahi Sonorama in 10 graphic novels, consists of 41 chapters in total. It has been licensed for distribution in the United States by Tokyopop. Recently, Matsuri has begun a sequel, . TOKYOPOP has acquired the rights to this sequel and calls it \"Pet Shop of Horrors – Tokyo,\" and the first volume was released in February 2008. \"Count D\" is the mysterious caretaker of a pet shop in Los Angeles Chinatown. Each of D's rare pets, which all have strangely humanoid appearances, comes with a contract with three major points. These points", "title": "Pet Shop of Horrors" }, { "id": "14961183", "text": "atmospheric, drum-heavy composition, notable for featuring no samples. Originally released through West's GOOD Friday initiative, a weekly free music giveaway started by the rapper to promote \"My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy\", the song was later confirmed to be featured on the album, and was released as a digital download on October 23. The song was listed amongst the best tracks of 2010 by publications, with \"NME\" placing it at number 53 on its list of the \"150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years\". The song debuted and peaked on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 at position 18. The track was", "title": "Monster (Kanye West song)" }, { "id": "8037331", "text": "Monster (The Automatic song) \"Monster\" is the third UK single by Cardiff-based Welsh band The Automatic, taken from their debut album \"Not Accepted Anywhere\". The track was released on 5 June 2006 in the UK and subsequently reached #4 in the UK Singles Chart. It was released in the United States under the alias of The Automatic Automatic on 14 May 2007. It is The Automatic's highest charting single to date in the United Kingdom. The track's music was composed by James Frost and Robin Hawkins, with the original incarnation featuring a different chorus, both musically and lyrically. However the", "title": "Monster (The Automatic song)" }, { "id": "12287454", "text": "34 percent to $28.2 million for a $7,695 average from expanding to 3,661 theaters. The film closed on December 6, 2001, after grossing $267.7 million domestically, along with $216.7 million overseas, for a worldwide total of $484.4 million. Produced on a $60 million budget, the film was a huge box office smash and is the fourth highest-grossing film of 2001 behind \"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone\", \"\", and \"Monsters, Inc.\". The film sold an estimated 47,290,600 tickets in North America. \"Shrek\" became the highest-grossing animated film ever to be released in Australia, passing the mark set by \"The Lion", "title": "Shrek" }, { "id": "18553301", "text": "in 3D on March 17, 2017. The first official presentation of the film took place at Disney's three-day D23 Expo in August 2015. The world premiere of \"Beauty and the Beast\" took place at Spencer House in London, England on February 23, 2017; and the film later premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California, on March 2, 2017. The stream was broadcast onto YouTube. A sing along version of the film released in over 1,200 US theaters nationwide on April 7, 2017. The United Kingdom received the same version on April 21, 2017. The film was re-released in", "title": "Beauty and the Beast (2017 film)" }, { "id": "1463254", "text": "uninterested in signing Hootie & The Blowfish because their sound was radically different from the grunge music that was popular at the time. Their mainstream debut album was \"Cracked Rear View\" (1994). It was an instant success, went platinum 16 times in the United States, became the best-selling album of 1995, and was one of the fastest-selling debut albums of all time. The album featured four hits, \"Hold My Hand\" (U.S. No. 10), \"Let Her Cry\" (U.S. No. 9), \"Only Wanna Be with You\" (U.S. No. 6), and \"Time\" (U.S. No. 14). The album's last single, \"Drowning\", was not as", "title": "Hootie & the Blowfish" }, { "id": "18466607", "text": "November 6, 2017, and Australia on February 21, 2018. The third film, , was released in Japan on September 24, 2016, North America on July 1, 2017, and Germany and Austria on August 13, 2017. It was released on region-free DVD and Blu-ray in Japan on November 2, 2016, Germany on October 30, 2017, the U.S. on December 5, 2017, the UK on December 18, 2017, and Australia on March 7, 2018. The fourth film, , was released in Japan on February 25, 2017 and North America on February 1, 2018. It was released on region-free DVD and Blu-ray in", "title": "Digimon Adventure tri." }, { "id": "2290452", "text": "\"Pet Shop of Horrors\" anime in North America, initially across two VHS tapes (each available in either subtitled or dubbed format) in February 2000 and May 2000 respectively. It was then re-released on a single DVD video (containing all four episodes and both language options) in February 2001. Sentai Filmworks had acquired the license in October 2008, with distribution by ADV Films. However, in 2009, A.D. Vision announced that it has shut down ADV Films and distribution rights were transferred to Section23 Films, who continues to distribute titles from Sentai. It would eventually be released on DVD as a \"Sentai", "title": "Pet Shop of Horrors" }, { "id": "9649601", "text": "Man-Made Monster Man-Made Monster is a 1941 American black-and-white science fiction-horror film from Universal Pictures, produced by Jack Bernhard, directed by George Waggner, that stars Lon Chaney, Jr. (in his horror film debut) and Lionel Atwill. \"Man-Made Monster\" was re-released under various titles including \"Electric Man\" and \"The Mysterious Dr. R\". Realart Pictures re-released the film in 1953 under the title \"The Atomic Monster\" as a double feature with \"The Flying Saucer\" (1950). The plot resembles \"The Invisible Ray\" (1936), \"The Walking Dead\" (1936), and two decades later \"Indestructible Man\" (1956); that much later feature starred Chaney but was not", "title": "Man-Made Monster" }, { "id": "17891356", "text": "savage predator inhabitants of a mammalian metropolis. \"Zootopia\" premiered at the Brussels Animation Film Festival in Belgium on February 13, 2016, and went into general theatrical release in conventional 2D, Disney Digital 3-D, RealD 3D, and IMAX 3D formats in the United States on March 4. Critics praised its screenplay, animation, voice acting, and subject matter. It opened to record-breaking box offices in several countries, and earned a worldwide gross of over $1billion, making it the fourth-highest-grossing film of 2016, the 34th-highest-grossing film of all time, the fourth animated film to pass $1billion in global box-office earnings, and Walt Disney", "title": "Zootopia" }, { "id": "1803390", "text": "was released on May 30, 2003; the film won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, and was nominated in three more categories, including Best Original Screenplay. \"Finding Nemo\" became the highest-grossing animated film at the time and was the second-highest-grossing film of 2003, earning a total of $871 million worldwide by the end of its initial theatrical run. The film is the best-selling DVD title of all time, with over 40 million copies sold , and was the highest-grossing G-rated film of all time before Pixar's own \"Toy Story 3\" overtook it. The film was re-released in 3D in", "title": "Finding Nemo" }, { "id": "17868215", "text": "Angeles on October 10, 2017, and its Australian premiere took place on October 13, on the Gold Coast. It was released in the United Kingdom on October 24, 2017, with additional international releases on October 25, and in Australia on October 26. The film was released in the United States and Canada on November 3, in 4,080 theaters, of which over 3,400 were 3D, 381 were IMAX and IMAX 3D, and 204 were D-Box. The film opened in 1,187 IMAX theaters globally, which was a November opening weekend record. It was originally scheduled for release on July 28, 2017. \"Thor:", "title": "Thor: Ragnarok" }, { "id": "12198449", "text": "Original Score, earning an additional nomination for Best Original Song for \"Kiss the Girl.\" \"The Rescuers Down Under\" was released one year later and was the first canon sequel produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. The film garnered mainly positive reception, but was not as financially successful as \"The Little Mermaid\". \"Beauty and the Beast\", often considered to be one of the greatest of all Disney animated features, followed in 1991. It was the first animated film nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture, losing to \"The Silence of the Lambs\", and remains the only animated film nominated for", "title": "Disney Renaissance" }, { "id": "6663757", "text": "\"Memory of the Future\". In March 2013, the Pet Shop Boys started a new chapter in their career when they left their long-term label, Parlophone, and signed with Kobalt Label Services. A new album, \"Electric\", was released in July 2013, reaching number 3 in the UK and number 26 in the United States, their highest-peaking album for nearly 20 years in both countries. The singles from this album were \"Axis\", \"Vocal\", \"Love is a Bourgeois Construct\", \"Thursday\" (featuring Example) and \"Fluorescent\". The duo undertook a worldwide tour to support the album. In November 2014, they returned to the studio to", "title": "Pet Shop Boys discography" }, { "id": "18391997", "text": "\"Jurassic World\" ($525.5 million). In IMAX, the film made $31.1 million from 1,079 screens to record the biggest IMAX April debut and the fourth-biggest overall. On April 30, it crossed the $1 billion threshold, becoming the second release of 2017 (following \"Beauty and the Beast\"), the fifth film released by Universal Pictures (after \"Jurassic Park\", \"Furious 7\", \"Jurassic World\", and \"Minions\") and the thirtieth film overall in cinematic history to gross over $1 billion. It is currently the third-highest-grossing film of the year, behind \"\", and \"Beauty and the Beast\", the second-biggest action film that is not a fantasy or", "title": "The Fate of the Furious" }, { "id": "18466608", "text": "Japan on April 4, 2017, the U.S. on April 24, 2018, the UK on April 30, 2018, and Australia on August 15, 2018. The fifth film, , was released in Japan on September 30, 2017 and North America on May 10, 2018. It was released on region-free DVD and Blu-ray in Japan on November 2, 2017, the U.S. at Anime Expo on July 5, 2018 through July 8, 2018, ahead of a general release on August 7, 2018, the UK on July 30, 2018, and Australia on November 1, 2018. The last film, , was released in Japan on May", "title": "Digimon Adventure tri." }, { "id": "736711", "text": "that have received few or no nominations or awards. Only three animated films have been nominated - \"Beauty and the Beast\" (1991), \"Up\" (2009) and \"Toy Story 3\" (2010), the latter two having been nominated after the Academy expanded the number of nominees—but none have won. No science fiction film or superhero film has won (none of the latter has been nominated); only two fantasy films have won — \"\" (2003) and \"The Shape of Water\" (2017). \"The Silence of the Lambs\" (1991) is the only horror film to win Best Picture, and only five other have been nominated for", "title": "Academy Award for Best Picture" }, { "id": "8455793", "text": "film was a moderate success in the United States but a box office hit overseas. It received generally positive reviews with significant praise for the film's special effects. In 2014, Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures released \"Godzilla\", a reboot of the \"Godzilla\" franchise directed by Gareth Edwards. Legendary originally intended to produce a trilogy with Edwards attached to direct all films. Shortly afterwards, Legendary announced a shared cinematic universe between Godzilla and King Kong, titled MonsterVerse. \"\" was released in March 2017, a reboot of the \"King Kong\" franchise and second film in Legendary's MonsterVerse. The third film in the", "title": "Monster movie" }, { "id": "636132", "text": "\"the 3D re-release of Finding Nemo\"), centering on Rex partying with bath toys. In January 2013, a fan-made live-action version of the film was posted on YouTube that received more than 16 million views before being taken down by Disney for copyright of the audio. In February 2016, the video returned to YouTube. In October 2013, ABC aired \"Toy Story of Terror!\", promoting it as Pixar's first television special. In the special, Mr. Potato Head disappears and the other toys have to find him. On December 2, 2014, ABC aired \"Toy Story That Time Forgot\". In the story, the toys", "title": "Toy Story" }, { "id": "19771858", "text": "My Pet Dinosaur My Pet Dinosaur is a 2017 Australian, adventure, family film written and directed by Matt Drummond, and produced by Megan Williams. In an experiment gone wrong, a young boy named Jake makes a new friend and his troubled hometown is plunged into chaos. With the creature rapidly evolving every day, Jake finds it increasingly difficult to keep his new pet secret. Jake's friends and new girl Abbie realize that they are not the only ones interested in this strange, mischievous little dinosaur. Joanne Samuel, Tiriel Mora and David Roberts make cameo appearances in the film. Matt Drummond", "title": "My Pet Dinosaur" }, { "id": "12625812", "text": "the top 5 on the Hot 100. Billboard Top Hits: 1986 Billboard Top Hits: 1986 is a compilation album released by Rhino Records in 1994, featuring 10 hit recordings from 1986. The track lineup includes six songs that reached the top of the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart. Included is the No. 1 song of 1987, \"Walk Like an Egyptian\" by The Bangles; the song began its four-week run at No. 1 in December, after \"Billboard\" magazine's 1987 chart year had started. The remaining four songs (Danger Zone, Take Me Home Tonight/Be My Baby, When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough", "title": "Billboard Top Hits: 1986" }, { "id": "11293648", "text": "and live performance. 1997's \"Around the Fur\" was far more successful, peaking at number one on the \"Billboard\" Heatseekers Albums chart, and at number 29 on the \"Billboard\" 200. It was also their first international success, entering the UK Albums Chart at number 56. The album provided their first ever charting singles, \"My Own Summer (Shove It)\" and \"Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)\". \"White Pony\" was released in 2000 to critical acclaim and unprecedented commercial success, peaking at number three in the US. Singles \"Change (In the House of Flies)\" and \"Digital Bath\" supported the album's release. A single", "title": "Deftones discography" }, { "id": "7373974", "text": "their chart success with the album \"Revenge\" in 1986, which also peaked at number three in the UK and went double platinum in the UK and Canada. Eurythmics released their next studio album, \"Savage\", in 1987, which peaked at number seven in the UK, reaching platinum status. In 1989, they released the album \"We Too Are One\", which reached number one in the UK and reached double platinum status. In 1990, the duo informally disbanded and their \"Greatest Hits\" album was released in 1991. It topped the UK album chart for 10 weeks, achieving six times platinum in the UK", "title": "Eurythmics discography" }, { "id": "20401968", "text": "the next several years, Frequency went on to work with Machine Gun Kelly, B.o.B., Iffy the Badman and more. Frequency is perhaps best known for co-writing and co-producing the #1 hit song \"The Monster\" by Eminem featuring Rihanna, released in October 2013. \"The Monster\" reached #1 on eight separate Billboard charts, including four weeks at #1 on the Hot 100 and thirteen weeks at #1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. It also topped the charts in twelve countries including Australia, Canada, France, Ireland, New Zealand, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom and won a Grammy for Best/Rap Sung Collaboration. In", "title": "Frequency (record producer)" }, { "id": "6663751", "text": "at number three on the UK Albums Chart and was certified Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). It also peaked at number seven on the \"Billboard\" 200 in the United States and was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The following summer they released \"It's a Sin\", the lead single from their second album, \"Actually\". The single became another UK number one and also reached number nine in the US. This was followed by \"What Have I Done to Deserve This?\", with Dusty Springfield, which peaked at number two in both the UK and US.", "title": "Pet Shop Boys discography" }, { "id": "7763332", "text": "releases. Walt Disney Classics Walt Disney Classics is a brand name used by Walt Disney Studios on their home video VHS releases of Disney animated features from 1984 to 1994. The last title in the Classics line was \"The Fox and the Hound\". With the release of \"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,\" all of the existing titles (except for Pinocchio, The Rescuers Down Under, Fantasia, The Great Mouse Detective, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and The Fox and the Hound) in the Classics line were replaced with the Masterpiece Collection line, and the Classics line was cancelled in the", "title": "Walt Disney Classics" }, { "id": "12198442", "text": "Down Under\" (1990), \"Beauty and the Beast\" (1991), \"Aladdin\" (1992), \"The Lion King\" (1994), \"Pocahontas\" (1995), \"The Hunchback of Notre Dame\" (1996), \"Hercules\" (1997), \"Mulan\" (1998) and \"Tarzan\" (1999). After the deaths of Walt and Roy O. Disney (in 1966 and 1971, respectively), The Walt Disney Studios were left in the hands of Donn Tatum, Card Walker, and Ron Miller. The films released over an eighteen-year period following this change of management did not perform as well commercially as their prior counterparts. An especially hard blow was dealt during production of \"The Fox and the Hound\" when long-time animator Don", "title": "Disney Renaissance" }, { "id": "1990601", "text": "were previously licensed by Geneon), \"Tsukihime\" (previously licensed by Geneon), \"Pet Shop of Horrors\" (previously licensed by Urban Vision), and \"Jewel BEM Hunter Lime\" (previously licensed by Media Blasters). After the dissolution of ADV, Section23 Films has now distribution rights for Sentai. Following the May 2009 bankruptcy and liquidation of Central Park Media, ADV Films acquired the North American rights of \"Grave of the Fireflies\" and re-released it on DVD on July 7, 2009. This Studio Ghibli work was their only theatrical film whose North American distribution was not controlled by Disney until GKIDS' release of the 2011 film \"From", "title": "A.D. Vision" }, { "id": "4483828", "text": "\"Sideways\" (2004), for which she received numerous awards and nominations, including nominations for the Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her other film appearances include \"Long Gone\" (1987), \"Gotham\" (1988), \"The Hot Spot\" (1990), \"Ghosts of Mississippi\" (1996), \"The Rainmaker\" (1997), \"A Prairie Home Companion\" (2006), \"The Astronaut Farmer\" (2007), \"The Haunting in Connecticut\" (2009), \"Red Riding Hood\" (2011) and \"All the Wilderness\" (2014). She starred as Congresswoman Kimble Hookstraten in the first season of the ABC political drama series \"Designated Survivor\". Madsen was born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Elaine Madsen (née Elaine Loretta", "title": "Virginia Madsen" }, { "id": "3920823", "text": "My Living Doll My Living Doll is an American science fiction sitcom that aired for 26 episodes on CBS from September 27, 1964, to March 17, 1965. This series was produced by Jack Chertok and was filmed at Desilu studios by Jack Chertok Television, Inc., in association with the CBS Television Network. The series was unusual in that it was bought by the network without a formal pilot film (at the request of CBS's president, James T. Aubrey), due to the success of Chertok's previous series, \"My Favorite Martian\". The series starred Bob Cummings as Dr. Bob McDonald, a psychiatrist", "title": "My Living Doll" }, { "id": "8037341", "text": "band. Monster (The Automatic song) \"Monster\" is the third UK single by Cardiff-based Welsh band The Automatic, taken from their debut album \"Not Accepted Anywhere\". The track was released on 5 June 2006 in the UK and subsequently reached #4 in the UK Singles Chart. It was released in the United States under the alias of The Automatic Automatic on 14 May 2007. It is The Automatic's highest charting single to date in the United Kingdom. The track's music was composed by James Frost and Robin Hawkins, with the original incarnation featuring a different chorus, both musically and lyrically. However", "title": "Monster (The Automatic song)" }, { "id": "17199780", "text": "at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on June 8, 2016, and was released in the United States on June 17, 2016. Upon release, the film was well-received by critics and grossed over $1billion worldwide, becoming the second Pixar film to cross $1 billion after 2010's \"Toy Story 3\", the third highest-grossing film of 2016 and the 22nd-highest-grossing of all-time at the time of its theatrical run. The film set numerous box office records, including the biggest opening for an animated film in North America, and the highest-grossing animated film in North America. Dory, a regal blue tang, gets", "title": "Finding Dory" }, { "id": "4565586", "text": "him to a smaller, though still \"alive\" monster -— or by his own bungling, and sent back through the warp portal to his own world. He wears dark glasses to protect his sensitive eyes, which he can use to see in the dark. Beastur appears in nearly every episode as either a primary or secondary foe. On one notable occasion, he was scared back through the portal to Monsterland not by light or the cuffs, but by the affections of a smitten female gorilla. In the final episode, it is also shown that Beastur hates to be hugged, even more", "title": "My Pet Monster" }, { "id": "5588396", "text": "Pet Alien Pet Alien is an American computer-animated series produced by Mike Young Productions, Taffy Entertainment, Antefilms Productions, and John Doze Studios in 2005. It was created by Jeff Muncy and the episodes are mainly written by Dan Danko and directed by Andrew Young. The series centres on 12-year-old boy Tommy Cadle, whose lighthouse is invaded by five aliens. It aired on Cartoon Network, Qubo, and Kabillion in the US. Crest Animation studios brought this story to life with their computer graphics expertise and this series was executed under the leadership of Vijay Anand Raju (Technical Director & Project Head),", "title": "Pet Alien" }, { "id": "15898766", "text": "gradually arises as the two spend more time together. But not only does Ji Eun-Yi struggle with her feelings for the young guy, she also needs to keep him a secret from her co-workers, especially her former college classmate and new romantic interest Woo-seong. In Korea, the film sold 209,318 tickets in the first five days, ranked fourth and grossed in its first week of release and grossed a total closed to after four weeks of screening. In Japan, the film was released on 21 January 2012 by Toho. It ranked fifth and grossed in its first week of release", "title": "You're My Pet (film)" }, { "id": "5802115", "text": "Dino Trail wherein he performed acoustic sets. \"My Dinosaur Life\" was released to acclaim from music critics upon its debut on January 19, 2010, and it represented the band's all-time best chart performance, peaking at number 15 on the \"Billboard\" 200. They supported Weezer on several dates during this time, and they began a headlining tour in late January in the US. In the first three months following the album's release, the band continued to tour heavily: they traveled to Australia for the national Soundwave festival, as well as to Japan and the UK. The band also began to receive", "title": "Motion City Soundtrack" }, { "id": "19971559", "text": "on January 23, 2017, when the band uploaded to their social media a scan of an interview with \"Mojo\" magazine which confirmed the album's release date. On January 30, the album's cover and track listing were unveiled. The band's performance at WTTW's Grainger Studio in Chicago, taped on December 10, 2015, aired on the PBS concert series \"Soundstage\" on January 26, 2017, containing the new songs \"My Monster\" and \"Gravity\". \"Fun\" was released on February 1, 2017, as the album's lead single. On February 8, 2017, it was announced that Blondie will join Garbage on the co-headlining \"Rage and Rapture", "title": "Pollinator (album)" }, { "id": "15868003", "text": "Monster (Michael Jackson song) \"Monster\" is a song credited to American recording artist Michael Jackson, featuring 50 Cent, released on Jackson's first posthumous album, \"Michael\". The song was allegedly written by Michael Jackson, Eddie Cascio, James Porte, and its rap part was written by Curtis Jackson. Along with \"Breaking News\" and \"Keep Your Head Up\", the song was allegedly recorded in the Porte/Cascios' basement in 2007. These tracks have been controversial since their release, with Jackson's fans and family members doubting their authenticity since release. \"Monster\" had minor chart success and entered the UK Singles chart two weeks after the", "title": "Monster (Michael Jackson song)" }, { "id": "623825", "text": "Hunt. The film was eventually released in 1988 to mixed reviews. Footage from the film was also used for the music video to \"Always on My Mind\", now released as a single on 30 November; it became both the duo's third number one single in the UK and the Christmas number one single for 1987, beating \"Fairytale of New York\" by The Pogues. In November 2004, \"The Daily Telegraph\" newspaper placed Pet Shop Boys' version of \"Always on My Mind\" at number two in a list of the fifty greatest cover versions of all time. 1988 started with another collaboration.", "title": "Pet Shop Boys" }, { "id": "6070095", "text": "1990, namely \"Don't Drop Bombs\", \"So Sorry I Said\" and \"Love Pains\". Results (album) Results is a studio album by Liza Minnelli released in 1989, produced by Pet Shop Boys and Julian Mendelsohn. The album was a success in the United Kingdom, where it reached number 6 on the UK Albums Chart and was certified Gold by BPI (promoted by the lead single, \"Losing My Mind\", which reached number 6 on the UK Singles Chart). The album was re-released by Cherry Red Records, in an expanded edition with 4 discs (3 CDs and 1 DVD), on September 25, 2017. In", "title": "Results (album)" }, { "id": "3371383", "text": "in various productions with The Jim Henson Company and occasionally on other projects. Clash's autobiography, \"My Life as a Furry Red Monster\", was published in 2006; he was later the subject of the documentary \"\" (2011). He resigned from \"Sesame Street\" on November 20, 2012, after allegations of sexual impropriety, all of which he denied and were later dismissed due to expiration of the statute of limitations. Clash returned to puppeteering as a supporting performer in the comedy \"The Happytime Murders\" (2018). Kevin Clash was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on September 17, 1960, the third of four children born to", "title": "Kevin Clash" }, { "id": "1612323", "text": "The film premiered on October 28, 2001, at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California. It was theatrically released on November 2, 2001 in the United States, in Australia on December 26, 2001, and in the United Kingdom on February 8, 2002. The theatrical release was accompanied with the Pixar short animated film \"For the Birds\". As with \"A Bug's Life\" and \"Toy Story 2\", a montage of \"outtakes\" and a performance of a play based on a line from the film were made and included in the end credits of the film starting on December 7, 2001. After the", "title": "Monsters, Inc." }, { "id": "8268902", "text": "Sunny Besen Thrasher Sunny Besen Thrasher (born December 13, 1976 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian former child actor who starred as Paul Edison in Nelvana's live-action series, \"The Edison Twins\", and supplied voices in the first Care Bears movies. He's the son of Prairie Oyster keyboardist and Canadian songwriter Joan Besen. He also played Max in both the film and TV series of \"My Pet Monster\" and voiced Reggie Mantle in \"The New Archies\" as well as several characters in the Care Bears television show, \"Garbage Pail Kids\", \"Ultraforce\" and \"Babar\". Sunny has also guest appeared in several television", "title": "Sunny Besen Thrasher" }, { "id": "6663753", "text": "became their third album in a row to debut and peak at number two in the UK. The duo then released their first hits compilation, \"\", which included all of their single releases as well as two new tracks. In 1993 they released a cover of the Village People single \"Go West\", which reached number two in the UK. The duo's fifth album, \"Very\", followed and is the only Pet Shop Boys album, so far, to reach number one in the UK. In 1994 they recorded the Comic Relief charity single, \"Absolutely Fabulous\", under the pseudonym of Absolutely Fabulous. The", "title": "Pet Shop Boys discography" }, { "id": "6346938", "text": "feature re-release of \"Toy Story\" and \"Toy Story 2\" on October 2, 2009, although neither of these films' animations was altered. Subsequent Pixar films, such as \"Toy Story 3\" and \"Cars 2\", were also released in Disney Digital 3-D. Two of Disney's traditionally animated films were reissued with 3D conversions in 2011; \"The Lion King\" – released on August 26 internationally and on September 16 in North America, and \"Beauty and the Beast\" – limited to 13-day run in September at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles for North America, as well as short runs in New Zealand, Japan,", "title": "Disney Digital 3-D" }, { "id": "4310826", "text": "the studio continued to use on all subsequent films. \"Big Hero 6\" received critical acclaim and was the highest-grossing animated film of 2014, also winning the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. The film was accompanied in theaters by the animated short \"Feast\", which won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. In March 2016, the studio released \"Zootopia\", a CGI buddy-comedy film set in a modern world inhabited by anthropomorphic animals. The film was a critical and commercial success, grossing over $1 billion worldwide, and won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. \"Moana\", a CGI fantasy-adventure film,", "title": "Walt Disney Animation Studios" }, { "id": "4565585", "text": "Monster wears his handcuffs, they turn him into a stuffed animal. Max often does to keep Monster's existence secret from others. Max's sister, Jill (Voiced by Alyson Court), and his friend, Chuckie, are the only ones that know this secret. The two main adversaries in the show are Mr. Hinkle, a neighbor who always thinks Max is up to something, but is not quite sure what, and Beastur, a large monster who hates light and tries to bring Monster back to MonsterLand. Beastur, though immense and fierce, is incompetent. He can be stopped by the magic cuffs -— which reduce", "title": "My Pet Monster" }, { "id": "636118", "text": "touch a nerve. Believe me, when we first agreed to work together, we never thought their first movie would be our 1995 holiday feature, or that they could go public on the strength of it.\" The film's first five days of domestic release (on Thanksgiving weekend) earned it $39,071,176. The film placed first in the weekend's box office with $29.1 million and maintained the number-one position at the domestic box office for the next two weekends. \"Toy Story\" became the highest-grossing domestic film of 1995, beating \"Batman Forever\", \"Apollo 13\" (also starring Tom Hanks), \"Pocahontas\", \"Casper\", \"Waterworld\", and \"GoldenEye\". At", "title": "Toy Story" }, { "id": "1268537", "text": "\"Beauty and the Beast\" and \"Aladdin\", won rave reviews, received multiple Oscars, and topped the box office charts. \"Beauty and the Beast\" would eventually become the first animated feature to win the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy and the first animated feature to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, followed by 2009's \"Up\". In 1993, Disney released \"The Nightmare Before Christmas\", the first feature-length stop-motion animated film. Disney's success peaked in 1994, when \"The Lion King\" grossed $328,541,776 ($ in today's dollars). As of 2010, \"The Lion King\" ranked as the", "title": "Modern animation in the United States" }, { "id": "8268903", "text": "shows such as \"Katts and Dog\", \"Alfred Hitchcock Presents\" and \"Maniac Mansion\". His play \"The Takeover Clause\" was produced by Open Mind Productions in Toronto at the Annex Theatre. Sunny Besen Thrasher Sunny Besen Thrasher (born December 13, 1976 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian former child actor who starred as Paul Edison in Nelvana's live-action series, \"The Edison Twins\", and supplied voices in the first Care Bears movies. He's the son of Prairie Oyster keyboardist and Canadian songwriter Joan Besen. He also played Max in both the film and TV series of \"My Pet Monster\" and voiced Reggie Mantle", "title": "Sunny Besen Thrasher" }, { "id": "175185", "text": "horror film with elements of psychological horror. It was written, directed, and scored by Alejandro Amenábar. It stars Nicole Kidman and Fionnula Flanagan. Franchise films such as \"Jason X\" (2001) and \"Freddy vs. Jason\" (2003) also made a stand in theaters. \"Final Destination\" (2000) marked a successful revival of teen-centered horror and spawned five installments. \"Jeepers Creepers\" series was also successful. Films such as \"Hollow Man\" (2000), \"Cabin Fever\" (2002), \"House of 1000 Corpses\" (2003) (the latter an exploitation horror film written, co-scored and directed by Rob Zombie in his directorial debut) and the previous mentions helped bring the genre", "title": "Horror film" }, { "id": "12723473", "text": "radio play. No material was cut; the edit had virtually the same running length as the album version. Commercially, the song reached No. 67 on the US \"Billboard\" Hot 100, No. 1 on the \"Billboard\" Modern Rock Tracks chart and No. 53 on the UK Singles Chart. In Australia, \"Pets\" was the 33rd most popular radio hit on the Triple J Hottest 100 countdown for 1993. Most versions of the single included the previously unreleased non-album track \"Tonight\", recorded during the \"Porno for Pyros\" album sessions. \"Tonight\" is a cover of a song written by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim", "title": "Pets (song)" }, { "id": "15157173", "text": "Tiger Aspect Productions and Sticky Pictures with the Jim Henson Company. It was commissioned by the BBC in the UK for CBBC, ZDF in Germany, and Network Ten and Nickelodeon Australia in Australia. It features four human actors and three monster puppets developed by Jim Henson's Creature Shop. The series is written by Mark Grant, Rebecca De Souza, Claudia Lloyd, Larry Rickard, George Sawyer, Tom Basden, Sam Leifer, and James Bachman. There are 13 episodes in the first series which have all been aired. A second series aired in less than half a year and features 13 more episodes. The", "title": "Me and My Monsters" }, { "id": "8128274", "text": "Feature\" volumes alongside \"The Brain That Wouldn't Die\". It was released three times during 2002: on January 8, 2002 by BFS Entertainment as part of the \"Roger Corman's Creature Movies\" set, by Synapse Films on March 26 in a special extended edition and at the end of that year, in its original version, by Alpha Video. Alpha Video released the film again on January 29, 2003 as part of the \"Drive-in Monsters\" multi-disc set, and again that June in the \"Classics of Horror Collection\". In 2005, Platinum Disc released the film as part of its \"Horror Classics\" collection, in which", "title": "Beast from Haunted Cave" }, { "id": "12971987", "text": "by record label DreamWorks, the first album released on the label. The album peaked at number 5 on the UK Albums Chart. Four singles were released to promote the album: \"Novocaine for the Soul\" in February 1996, \"Susan's House\" in May, \"Your Lucky Day in Hell\" in September, and the title track the following year. \"My Beloved Monster\" would appear on the soundtrack of the DreamWorks animated movie \"Shrek\" five years later. The April 1997 German release of the album included a bonus live EP from a BBC recording session. In a contemporary review of \"Beautiful Freak\", \"Q\" praised the", "title": "Beautiful Freak" }, { "id": "18466606", "text": "7, 2017. The second film, , was released in Japan on March 12, 2016 as well as Germany and Austria on July 2, 2017. It was released on region-free DVD and Blu-ray in Japan on April 2, 2016, the U.S. at Anime Expo from July 1, 2017 through July 4, 2017 as well as San Diego Comic-Con from July 19, 2017 through July 23, 2017, ahead of a general release on August 15, 2017, Germany on October 9, 2017, the UK at MCM London Comic Con from October 27, 2017 through October 29, 2017, ahead of a general release on", "title": "Digimon Adventure tri." }, { "id": "17512687", "text": "the 54,000 downloads sold for Eminem's later single, \"The Monster\". The song was certified Double Platinum in Digital downloads in Canada on November 1, 2013. The song debuted at number one on the UK R&B Chart and was replaced on the chart by his single \"Rap God\". Will Hermers of \"Rolling Stone\" gave the song 4 out of 5 stars, highlighting its goal to \"celebrate old-school hip-hop\". Robert Copsey of \"Digital Spy\" gave the song 4 out of 5 stars, stating the song \"harks back\" to Eminem's \"Slim Shady days\". Copsey compared the song to Beastie Boys circa 1986, although", "title": "Berzerk (song)" } ]

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Hayes worked on the theme for the 1996 theatrical release 'Beavis and Butt-Head Do America', producing a piece which was essentially a hybrid of 'The Theme From Shaft' and the theme from the original 'Beavis and Butt-Head' TV show. Soon after, Hayes joined the founding cast of Comedy Central's animated TV series, \"South Park.\" Hayes provided the voice for the character", "title": "Isaac Hayes" }, { "id": "10261944", "text": "2, \"Saints Row\" for the Xbox 360 and Rock Band 4 as DLC. The song was named the 87th best hard rock song of all time by VH1. On the show \"Beavis & Butt-Head\", Butt-Head comments that this is the theme song for Joey Buttafuoco, who was then known in those times through the Amy Fisher scandal. Seventeen (Winger song) \"Seventeen\" is a single released by the American rock band Winger, from their album \"Winger\". Released in 1988, the song charted at No. 26 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. Despite its pop metal sound, Kip Winger points out that the", "title": "Seventeen (Winger song)" }, { "id": "8451183", "text": "was also used in commercials promoting the ESPN series \"Tilt\". It is also used as the theme song for the Howard Stern Wrap-Up Show on Sirius XM Radio. Its video, directed by Pete Angelus, appeared in an episode of \"Beavis and Butt-Head\" in 1994. Remedy (The Black Crowes song) \"Remedy\" is the second track by The Black Crowes from their second album, \"The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion\". It reached #1 on the \"Billboard\" Album Rock Tracks chart in May 1992 and stayed at number 1 for 11 weeks. On the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart, the song peaked at number", "title": "Remedy (The Black Crowes song)" }, { "id": "8713056", "text": "to Shaquille O'Neal. Hayes also parodied \"Theme from \"Shaft\"\" with \"Two Cool Guys\", the opening theme song for the film \"Beavis and Butt-head Do America\", in which Hayes adapts the \"Beavis and Butt-head\" television theme as a rhythm guitar line for a \"Shaft\"-esque song about the title characters. In the series \"Two and a Half Men\", there are occasional references to the song, including one episode where Alan, Herb, Gordon, and Jerome are seen singing the song as a barbershop quartet. Since very early in the 1970s, the Swedish national television network Sveriges Television sports show on Sundays, \"Sportspegeln\" (Sports", "title": "Theme from Shaft" }, { "id": "39129", "text": "metal bands such as Megadeth, Primus, Nirvana and White Zombie. Moreover, Beavis and Butt-head do a duet with Cher on \"I Got You Babe\" and a track by themselves called \"Come to Butt-Head\". The track with Cher also resulted in a music video directed by Tamra Davis and Yvette Kaplan. Beavis and Butt-Head Beavis and Butt-Head is an American adult animated sitcom created by Mike Judge. The series originated from \"Frog Baseball\", a 1992 short film by Judge originally aired on \"Liquid Television\". After seeing the short, MTV signed Judge to develop the short into a full series. The series", "title": "Beavis and Butt-Head" }, { "id": "4897891", "text": "Weight (album) Weight is the fourth full-length studio album by the Rollins Band, released on April 12, 1994 (see 1994 in music). It featured the band's biggest hits, \"Liar\" and \"Disconnect\", which gained rotation on MTV and gained popularity after being featured on \"Beavis and Butt-head\". The song \"Civilized\" was also used as the closing theme for \"Dennis Miller Live\" from 1994–2002 on HBO. All songs are credited to the Rollins Band. The album received positive reviews from critics. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic gave it a four-star rating, and labelled it \"their most impressive album to date\". In 2016,", "title": "Weight (album)" }, { "id": "4897892", "text": "\"Metal Hammer\" included it on their \"10 essential alt-metal albums\" list. Weight (album) Weight is the fourth full-length studio album by the Rollins Band, released on April 12, 1994 (see 1994 in music). It featured the band's biggest hits, \"Liar\" and \"Disconnect\", which gained rotation on MTV and gained popularity after being featured on \"Beavis and Butt-head\". The song \"Civilized\" was also used as the closing theme for \"Dennis Miller Live\" from 1994–2002 on HBO. All songs are credited to the Rollins Band. The album received positive reviews from critics. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic gave it a four-star rating,", "title": "Weight (album)" }, { "id": "9750245", "text": "Kermit the Frog, Elmer Fudd, Yogi Bear, Rocky and Bullwinkle, the Smurfs (referred to as \"all those little blue guys\"), and Beavis and Butt-head (referred to as Beavis and \"that other guy\"). Chris Rice wrote the song while in college, as a joke for students, but after much success, his former record label insisted that he record it for a CD. He reluctantly agreed, although only if it was a hidden track. This track has received a lot of criticism from the Christian community due to its theology, more evidence that Rice's satirical intentions went well over the heads of", "title": "Cartoons (Chris Rice song)" }, { "id": "5768428", "text": "the United States, and £2,023,443 in the UK. In 1996, Silkski produced the song \"Pimp'n Ain't EZ\" for the movie and soundtrack of the 1996 animated feature film \"Beavis and Butt-head Do America\", which grossed $20.11 million in its opening weekend, and grossed over $127,118,386 in North American box office sales. Silkski also produced songs that went over platinum on the Bloods & Crips \"Bangin' on Wax” albums, as well as an album for Ice-T that went gold. Silkski family is well connected into the music industry, but that is not got him his start. “She (Silkski’s mom) tried to", "title": "Silkski" }, { "id": "4623661", "text": "\"Making of\" documentaries, and more. It lacks the deleted National Archives scene. In 2013, \"The Edition That Doesn't Suck\" was re-released on DVD exclusively by Warner Home Video, under a deal with Paramount. Oddly enough, Warner Bros. was Geffen's distributor until The Geffen Company went bankrupt. Today, Warner Bros. holds home video distribution rights to all of Geffen Pictures's library. Noticeably missing are \"Mucha Muchacha\", the version of \"Lesbian Seagull\" with Mr. Van Driessen singing, and the score tracks performed by The London Metropolitan Orchestra, which were released on a separate album. \"Two Cool Guys\", written and performed by soul/funk", "title": "Beavis and Butt-Head Do America" }, { "id": "102885", "text": "in \"The Abstinence\", a 1996 episode of the sitcom \"Seinfeld\". Letterman provided vocals for the Warren Zevon song \"Hit Somebody\" from \"My Ride's Here\", and provided the voice for Butt-head's father in the 1996 animated film \"Beavis and Butt-Head Do America\", once again credited as Earl Hofert. In 2010, a documentary \"Dying to do Letterman\" was released directed by Joke Fincioen and Biagio Messina featuring Steve Mazan, a stand-up comic, who has cancer and wants to appear on the Letterman show. The film won best documentary and jury awards at the Cinequest Film Festival. Steve Mazan published a same-titled book", "title": "David Letterman" }, { "id": "5598437", "text": "The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience is a compilation album released in 1993 by Geffen Records. The name is a reference to Jimi Hendrix's original band, The Jimi Hendrix Experience. It is one of the best selling comedy albums and has sold 1,610,000 units as of May 2014. It was certified double platinum by the RIAA in the United States. The album features a variety of musical genres, mostly hard rock and heavy metal bands. Many of the songs are intercut with commentary by Beavis and Butt-Head. They are joined by Cher on a cover of", "title": "The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience" }, { "id": "8499350", "text": "Roots Radicals \"Roots Radicals\" is a song by the American punk rock band Rancid. It was first released as a single in 1994. The song was re-recorded and released as the first single from its third album, \"...And Out Come the Wolves\". The song reached number 27 on the \"Billboard\" Modern Rock Tracks. The b-side, \"I Wanna Riot\" was originally featured on the Epitaph Records compilation \"Punk-O-Rama Vol. 1\" (1994), and a slightly different and longer version of \"I Wanna Riot\" with the Stubborn All-Stars was later featured on the \"Beavis and Butt-head Do America Soundtrack\" (1996). The song is", "title": "Roots Radicals" }, { "id": "39100", "text": "to fire were removed from subsequent airings. The creators found a censorship loophole and took delight in sometimes making Beavis scream things that sounded very similar to his previous \"Fire! Fire!\" (such as \"Fryer! Fryer!\" when he and Butt-Head are working the late shift at Burger World) and also having him almost say the forbidden word (such as one time when he sang \"Liar, liar, pants on...\" and pausing before \"fire\" (\"Liar! Liar!\"). There was also a music video where a man runs on fire in slow motion (\"California\" by Wax). Beavis is hypnotized by it and can barely say", "title": "Beavis and Butt-Head" }, { "id": "16614398", "text": "a detailed, heartbreaking story.\" Matt Bjorke of \"Roughstock\" also gave the song four and a half stars out of five, saying that \"there are great harmonies wrapped up in a melody that is both contemporary country and traditional country-leaning at the same time.\" The music video was animated by \"Beavis and Butthead\" and \"King of the Hill\" creator Mike Judge and premiered in July 2012. It features animated versions of the band, with Zac Brown transformed into \"a beer chugging cyborg\". \"The Wind\" debuted at number 27 on the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot Country Songs chart for the week of June", "title": "The Wind (Zac Brown Band song)" }, { "id": "8314304", "text": "voice actors, such as \"Beavis and Butthead\" and \"King of the Hill\" creator and lead voice artist Mike Judge, who got his start as an engineer for a weapons contractor); Bart Simpson's voice actress Nancy Cartwright, an Ohio native who became the star protégé of Daws Butler (voice artist for Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, and Quick Draw McGraw); and Wayne Allwine and Russi Taylor, the real-life husband-and-wife duo who, at the time of this book's publication, were the current voice actors for Mickey and Minnie Mouse, respectively. In the earliest days of cartoons, voice actors were seldom credited for their", "title": "The Magic Behind the Voices" }, { "id": "9206275", "text": "has worked with numerous other artists as musician, songwriter or producer, including the Bee Gees, Glenn Frey, Michael Jackson, Danny Seraphine, Beverley Knight, Millions Like Us, Stephanie Mills and Minnie Riperton. He is known for composing individual songs for film soundtracks, including \"Cobra\", \"Wildcats\" and \"Beavis and Butt-Head Do America\". He also had small acting roles in the films \"Electra Glide in Blue\" and \"Men at Work\", the 1990 comedy film with Emilio Estevez and Charlie Sheen. Hawk Wolinski David J. \"Hawk\" Wolinski (born 1948) is an American keyboardist, songwriter and record producer, probably best known for his work with", "title": "Hawk Wolinski" }, { "id": "4623663", "text": "an earlier demo version, while the soundtrack itself contains a later, revised version. The original demo, which appears in the film, can be found on Osbourne's \"Prince of Darkness\" box set. Ozzy and co-writer Jim Vallance both prefer the demo version heard in the film. \"Walk on Water\" was released as a single and peaked at number 28 on \"Billboard\"s Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. Beavis and Butt-Head Do America Beavis and Butt-Head Do America is a 1996 American adult animated road comedy film based on the MTV animated television series \"Beavis and Butt-Head\". Co-written and directed by series creator Mike", "title": "Beavis and Butt-Head Do America" }, { "id": "4501039", "text": "band's bassist was Mike Judge, future animator and creator of \"Beavis and Butt-head\" and \"King of the Hill\". Their song \"Can We Get Together\" was also featured in the film, \"21 Grams\" in 2003. In 2007, Funderburgh played on and produced John Németh's album, \"Magic Touch\". Németh had briefly replaced Myers in Funderburgh's backing band. In 2011, \"The Mill Block Blues\" album was released. The CD was unique in that a portion of the sales of the album was donated to help fellow musicians in need via the HART Fund. The HART Fund (Handy Artist Relief Trust) is a service", "title": "Anson Funderburgh" }, { "id": "6381933", "text": "Johan Renck Bo Johan Renck (born 5 December 1966) is a Swedish director of music videos, TV and film. He was an occasional recording artist 1991–2001, using the moniker Stakka Bo. Renck was born on 5 December 1966 in Uppsala, Sweden. Stakka Bo scored a hit single in 1993/1994 with the song \"Here We Go\", which peaked at #13 in the UK Singles Chart. The song appeared in an episode of the animated television series \"Beavis and Butt-Head\", in the films \"Prêt-à-porter\", \"Never Been Kissed\", \"Alien Autopsy\" and in the video game \"UEFA Euro 2004\". He has directed music videos", "title": "Johan Renck" }, { "id": "8411973", "text": "famous amateur video of Rodney King being beaten by police. The video was featured on \"Beavis and Butt-Head\" along with another track from \"Psalm 69\", \"Just One Fix\". The song was featured in the video game \"\". Credits adapted from the liner notes of the “N.W.O.” single, \"Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs\" and \"Greatest Fits\". N.W.O. (song) \"N.W.O.\" (New World Order) is a song by American rock band Ministry, released as the opening track and second single from their fifth studio album, \"\" (1992). An industrial metal song, it was co-written and co-produced", "title": "N.W.O. (song)" }, { "id": "8594274", "text": "producer Antoine Fuqua. Diana King recorded a cover single in 1995, reaching number 95 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100, number 4 on \"Billboard\"s Dance chart and number 13 on the UK Singles Chart. A commercially successful cover of \"Ain't Nobody\" was a version by rapper LL Cool J, who recorded an interpolation of the song for the soundtrack to the 1996 film \"Beavis and Butt-Head Do America\". Released as the soundtrack's second single, the song peaked at No. 46 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100, No. 4 on the Hot Rap Singles Chart and No. 27 on the \"Billboard\" Hot R&B/Hip-Hop", "title": "Ain't Nobody" }, { "id": "11186687", "text": "Tom Williams' debut feature \"Last Weekend\", \"Line of Fire\", \"Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont\" and the BAFTA nominated thriller \"Exam\". He also contributed music for the \"Narnia\" and \"Shrek\" franchises (including the \"Fairy Godmother Song\" from \"Shrek 2\") as well as Ridley Scott's \"Kingdom of Heaven\", Tony Scott's \"Man On Fire\" and Ben Affleck's \"Gone, Baby Gone\". Chris Prynoski, the animator behind the hallucination scene in \"Beavis and Butt-Head Do America\", heard Barton's score for \"Call of Duty: Modern Warfare\" and asked him to score Titmouse's animated series \"\", which led to a further collaboration on a series for Disney,", "title": "Stephen Barton" }, { "id": "6228666", "text": "is a mondegreen; the actual lyrics taken from the sample are \"\"Street sounds swirling through my mind...\"\" Also sampled are \"The Preacher Man\" (1993) by Green Velvet, \"Music\" (1977) by Montreal Sound, and a loop from The Bark-Kays' \"Holy Ghost\" from their 1978 album \"Money Talks\". The accompanying video was featured on the \"Beavis and Butt-head\" episode \"Prank Call,\" on January 28, 1996. The track once served as the entrance music for former World bantamweight and featherweight boxing champion Prince Naseem Hamed, and is featured on the soundtrack for the 2010 film \"The Switch\". Charles Aaron from \"Spin\" described the", "title": "The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall into My Mind)" }, { "id": "19833143", "text": "vocal cameo as Beavis and Butt-Head during the end credits. Professional wrestlers Rikishi and David Otunga have brief roles in the film. On July 20, 2016, Jennifer Hudson joined the cast of the film, and on July 26, 2016, Kevin James, Terry Crews, Rob Schneider, Colin Quinn, Nick Swardson, Lamorne Morris and Arsenio Hall joined as well. Principal photography began on August 2, 2016. The film was released worldwide on Netflix on April 14, 2017. On Rotten Tomatoes, \"Sandy Wexler\" has an approval rating of 27%, based on 22 reviews, with an average rating of 4.1/10. On Metacritic, which assigns", "title": "Sandy Wexler" }, { "id": "1364065", "text": "Cleansing (album) Cleansing is the fourth album by the American heavy metal band Prong. It was produced by Terry Date, whereas all of Prong's previous albums had been produced by Mark Dodson. It includes ex-Killing Joke members Paul Raven on bass guitar and John Bechdel on keyboards/programming. \"Cleansing\" was Prong's only moderate commercial success. It was reissued in 2008 as a digipak version. The music video to \"Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck\" was featured on an episode of \"Beavis and Butt-head\". The professional wrestler Justin Credible used the track as his entrance theme in Extreme Championship Wrestling and when", "title": "Cleansing (album)" }, { "id": "8161667", "text": "\"The Most Important Metal Record of the Last 20 Years\". \"March 15, 2015\" \"Watch Korn Perform 'Daddy' for First Time in 20 Years\" \"1994\" \"The 40 Best Records From Mainstream Alternative's Greatest Year: No.23 - KORN, 'KORN'\" December 14, 2002 The music video was featured in an episode of \"Beavis and Butt-head\", where the duo comment on the video's lack of originality, however they commented that the song sounded \"kinda cool\". The song itself was used as the ending theme for the U.S. releases of \"\". X-Games Vol.1 compilation cd, as well as the opening song to launch the official", "title": "Blind (Korn song)" }, { "id": "6019544", "text": "in American Rhythm & Blues. They released their debut \"Open Season\" in September 1995, featuring guest appearances by Roland Alphonso of the Skatalites, Chris Dowd (ex-Fishbone), and Robert \"Bucket\" Hingley of the Toasters. Their second album, \"Back With a New Batch\", was released in 1997. The video for the single \"Pick Yourself Up\" went into heavy rotation on MTV, and \"Alternative Press\" reviewed it as \"the best reggae album of 1997\". Their third album, \"Nex Music\", was released in 1999. The band also collaborated with famous punk band Rancid on the song 'I Wanna Riot' for the Beavis and Butt-Head", "title": "Stubborn All-Stars" }, { "id": "7444967", "text": "1993. The popularity of the single resulted in White Zombie's first Grammy nomination for Best Metal Performance later that year. In May 2006, the song was ranked #32 on VH1's list, '40 Greatest Metal Songs'. The support MTV provided by playing the \"Thunder Kiss '65\" music video increased the band's popularity greatly (especially after having been played during the MTV animated series Beavis and Butthead on the episode \"\"). The video was directed by Juliet Cuming and features the band playing the song out in a desert with dancers and monsters. According to Rob, it is the lowest budgeted music", "title": "Thunder Kiss '65" }, { "id": "39107", "text": "and Buffcoat\". Beavis and Butt-Head have been compared to idiot savants because of their creative and subversively intelligent observations of music videos. This part of the show was mostly improvised by Mike Judge. With regard to criticisms of the two as \"idiots\", Judge responded that a show about straight-A students would not be funny. In 1996, a full-length film featuring the duo titled \"Beavis and Butt-Head Do America\" was released in theaters. The film features the voices of Bruce Willis, Demi Moore, Cloris Leachman, Robert Stack, Eric Bogosian, Richard Linklater, Greg Kinnear (in an uncredited role) and David Letterman (credited", "title": "Beavis and Butt-Head" }, { "id": "9197107", "text": "(although Glenn Danzig noted that the chicken was not actually killed nor harmed). The \"Mother '93\" music video used concert footage taken from the band's Halloween 1992 performance at the Irvine Meadows Amphitheater in California, with additional footage shot in the UK. Both the original \"Mother\" music video and the live footage version appeared on \"Beavis and Butt-head\", in the episodes \"\" and \"Crisis Line\". The song has been covered by Anberlin, The Independents, Coheed and Cambria, Lissie, Edge of Sanity and by Tim McIlrath of Rise Against. The song has been covered live by Umphrey's McGee, Motionless in White,", "title": "Mother (Danzig song)" }, { "id": "8541177", "text": "the GWAR tie-in. It is based on MTV's animated series of the same name, and follows the title characters Beavis and Butt-Head as they attempt to find their torn-up GWAR concert tickets. The Super NES version was developed by Realtime Associates, the Game Gear version by NuFX, and the Genesis/Mega Drive version by Radical Entertainment, all which were published by Viacom New Media and released in 1994. A Game Boy version was later released in 1998, developed by Torus Games and published by GT Interactive, which revolved around the boys trying to join Todd's gang. \"Electronic Gaming Monthly\" assessed that", "title": "MTV's Beavis and Butt-Head" }, { "id": "3529110", "text": "which was eventually released in 1990. \"Cake\" featured the band's largest worldwide hit single, \"Obscurity Knocks\" as well as a couple of other alternative music hits (\"Only Tongue Can Tell\" and \"Circling the Circumference\"). The band were often compared to The Smiths and the success of \"Cake\" in the United States, where it spent three months in the \"Billboard\" 200, led to extensive touring in both the UK and North America in support of the album. The follow-up record, \"I've Seen Everything\" was released in 1993. The song \"Hayfever\" made an appearance on the MTV animated series, \"Beavis and Butt-head\".", "title": "The Trash Can Sinatras" }, { "id": "12442819", "text": "with the puppets and actors in monster costumes. The animated sequence was done by Christy Karacas, director of the \"Superjail!\" TV series, as well as Henry Thurlow and Lizzi Akana. As of September 2017, the music video has received over 90 million views on YouTube. The video was featured on the eighth season premiere of \"Beavis and Butt-head\", \"Werewolves of Highland\". An acoustic version of \"Kids\" was recorded by The Kooks in August 2008, to appear on the next volume of Triple J's cover compilation \"Like a Version\". Another acoustic version by Australian singer Ben Lee appears on the bonus", "title": "Kids (MGMT song)" }, { "id": "8732875", "text": "song for the first four seasons of History's reality television show \"Ice Road Truckers\", from 2007 to 2011. The song is also playable on the video game \"\" and is available as DLC for Guitar Hero 5 and . The music video was featured in an earlier showing of the \"Beavis and Butt-Head\" episode \"At the Sideshow\", before being replaced by \"Rock On\" by Michael Damian and \"Twilight Zone\" by Golden Earring. The song is also the theme song for Supertalk Mississippi's \"The JT Show\". The song is also used as the theme song of a Pakistani dare show by", "title": "Livin' on the Edge" }, { "id": "6449947", "text": "Coca. The single became a dance club hit, reaching the Top 40 on the \"Billboard\" Club Chart, and a minor radio hit in the US, while gaining hit status in Canada and Europe. \"AEIOU Sometimes Y\" was the focus of a \"Beavis and Butt-head\" episode in the 1990s, and has been released on numerous \"Best of the '80s\" compilation albums. \"Feeling Cavalier\" was released on CD on October 17, 2006, by Wounded Bird Records. The duo went their separate ways in 1985. Ebn went on to work with Scritti Politti and producers Phil Ramone and Arif Mardin. Ozn formed House", "title": "Ebn Ozn" }, { "id": "2925208", "text": "B. J. and the Bear B. J. and the Bear is an American comedy series which aired on NBC from 1979 to 1981. Created by Glen A. Larson and Christopher Crowe, the series stars Greg Evigan. The series was produced when the CB Radio/trucking craze had peaked in the United States, following the 1974-1976 television series \"Movin' On,\" the number one song \"Convoy\" (1975) by C.W. McCall, as well as the films \"White Line Fever\" (1975), \"Smokey and the Bandit\" (1977), \"Convoy\" (1978), and \"Every Which Way but Loose\" (1978). The theme song, also titled \"B. J. and the Bear\",", "title": "B. J. and the Bear" }, { "id": "39093", "text": "Beavis and Butt-Head Beavis and Butt-Head is an American adult animated sitcom created by Mike Judge. The series originated from \"Frog Baseball\", a 1992 short film by Judge originally aired on \"Liquid Television\". After seeing the short, MTV signed Judge to develop the short into a full series. The series originally ran for seven seasons from March 8, 1993 to November 28, 1997. Fourteen years following the end of the series, the series was revived for an eighth season which aired from October 27 to December 29, 2011. A theatrical feature-length film based on the series titled \"Beavis and Butt-Head", "title": "Beavis and Butt-Head" }, { "id": "8776158", "text": "career excelled and he worked with many more renowned composers, directors and producers including Ryuichi Sakamoto, John Sacret Young, James Newton Howard, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Joel Silver, Randy Edelman and Mark Rydell. However, Frizzell is best known for his work with Mike Judge. He did the scores for Judge's films \"Beavis and Butt-Head Do America\" and \"Office Space\" as well as the music for Judge's sitcom \"King of the Hill\". His other film scores include \"I Still Know What You Did Last Summer\", \"Alien Resurrection\", \"Dante's Peak\", \"Thirteen Ghosts\", \"Ghost Ship\", \"Gods and Generals\", \"Stay Alive\" and \"The Reaping\". He also", "title": "John Frizzell (composer)" }, { "id": "4442700", "text": "in 1983. The video was featured on \"Pop-Up Video\" on VH1 and was the first video to air on \"Beavis and Butt-head\", on which they changed the channel to \"I Wanna Be Sedated\" by The Ramones. \"Billboard\" ranked the song at #6 on its \"All Time Top 100\", #1 on its \"Top 50 Sexiest Songs Of All Time\", and #1 on its \"Top 100 Songs of the 1980s\" list. The revamped bossa nova version of the song was released on the 2002 Olivia duet album \"(2)\" as a bonus track; this version replaces the original in latest tours of Newton-John.", "title": "Physical (Olivia Newton-John song)" }, { "id": "8900139", "text": "heard the song in a \"David Letterman\" \"Dave's Record Collection\" segment and contacted Weinberg about using it in the film, in which it is sung by Judge himself, as the voice of one of \"Beavis and Butt-head\"s teachers, David Van Driessen. Humperdinck's version, used in the end credits of the film and included on the soundtrack released on the Universal/Geffen Records label, was used as the B-side of Red Hot Chili Peppers's cover of the Ohio Players' \"Love Rollercoaster\", which was released as a single in its own right. The song was later used on \"The Scott Mills Show\", on", "title": "Lesbian Seagull" }, { "id": "2789671", "text": "A Drug Against War \"A Drug Against War\" is a song by industrial rock band KMFDM, taken from their 1993 album \"Angst\". It was released as a single prior to the album. A music video, featuring animated depictions of the band's previous album covers and singles, was made for the single, and was subsequently shown on the MTV cartoon \"Beavis and Butt-head\" on July 11, 1994. It was re-released as a 7\" in 2009. The song was featured in the video game \"Brütal Legend\" and, on December 16, 2010, it was made available as a downloadable song for the game", "title": "A Drug Against War" }, { "id": "2761554", "text": "Transmissions from the Satellite Heart Transmissions from the Satellite Heart is The Flaming Lips' sixth album, released in 1993. Its fourth track, \"She Don't Use Jelly\", is notable for being The Flaming Lips' first charting radio hit, after its video was featured on the MTV show \"Beavis and Butt-Head\", nearly a year after the album's release. \"Turn It On\" was also a moderately-successful single, and also had two different music videos, one of which was shot at a laundromat. The album marked the departure of Jonathan Donahue (to Mercury Rev) and Nathan Roberts, and the addition of guitarist Ronald Jones", "title": "Transmissions from the Satellite Heart" }, { "id": "15942591", "text": "Sam Macaroni Sam Macaroni is an American filmmaker. As of 2018, Macaroni is directing the feature film Guest House, a movie he co-wrote with Troy Duffy. Shooting begins late July in Los Angeles. Back in 2011, Macaroni voiced 6 characters on season 4 of Beavis & Butthead. He has also worked with Zac Brown Band, having shot the music video for the song \"Chicken Fried\" with Clifton Collins, Jr. Sam has partnered with Steve-O on several projects, both online and offline. In November 2014 Macaroni was a guest on \"America's Funniest Home Videos\" and continues to work closely with the", "title": "Sam Macaroni" }, { "id": "857725", "text": "she started a mail-order catalogue business, \"Sanctuary\", selling Gothic-themed products, and contributed a rock version of \"I Got You Babe\" to MTV's animated series \"Beavis and Butt-head\". Alongside Chrissie Hynde, Neneh Cherry, and Eric Clapton, she topped the UK Singles Chart in 1995 with the charity single \"Love Can Build a Bridge\". Later that year, she signed with Warner Music UK's label WEA and released the album \"It's a Man's World\" (1995), which came out of her idea of covering men's songs from a woman's point of view. In general, critics favored the album and its R&B influences, some saying", "title": "Cher" }, { "id": "15164436", "text": "And in some ways, that's more satisfying to me.\" The music video was directed by Nico Beyer. It was added to MTV the week of August 29, 1992. The video was featured on \"Beavis and Butt-Head\". Blood Makes Noise \"Blood Makes Noise\" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega. It was released at the second single on \"99.9F°\" around August 1992. The song is one of two songs on the album with blood in its title. It debuted at number 14 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks the same week as the album release of \"99.9F°\".", "title": "Blood Makes Noise" }, { "id": "10304425", "text": "It is still in business today. The song is a playable track on the music video game \"\". The song's video was featured on an episode of Beavis and Butthead. The duo enjoyed the video, particularly Money's faces while watching the model dance around. Shakin' (Eddie Money song) \"Shakin'\" is a song by American rock singer Eddie Money from his Platinum-certified album \"No Control\", released in 1982. It was co-written by Eddie Money, Elizabeth Myers, and Ralph Carter, and released as a single, reaching #63 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart and #9 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks. The video", "title": "Shakin' (Eddie Money song)" }, { "id": "706347", "text": "heard at the beginning of the track. The band contributed three songs to soundtracks in 1993. \"Angry Again\", recorded during the sessions for \"Countdown to Extinction\", appeared on the soundtrack to \"Last Action Hero\" and received a nomination for \"Best Metal Performance\" at the 1993 Grammy Awards. The song has appeared on several of the band's compilations. \"Breakpoint\" appeared on the soundtrack for the \"Super Mario Bros.\" film. \"99 Ways to Die\" was recorded for the soundtrack to \"The Beavis and Butt-head Experience\" and released as a single and a music video. It was nominated in the \"Best Metal Performance\"", "title": "Hidden Treasures (EP)" }, { "id": "39099", "text": "with fire and other dangerous behaviors, summed up with Beavis's chanting of \"Fire! Fire!\". The show was blamed for the death of two-year-old Jessica Matthews in Moraine, Ohio, in October 1993. The girl's five-year-old brother, Austin, set fire to his mother's mobile home with a cigarette lighter, killing the two-year-old. In response, MTV pulled the episode temporarily. The mother later claimed that her son watched one of the fire-related segments shortly before he burned down the home. However, neighbors claimed that the family didn't even have cable television, and was unable to view the show. As a result, all references", "title": "Beavis and Butt-Head" }, { "id": "9289968", "text": "She Don't Use Jelly \"She Don't Use Jelly\" is a 1993 song by The Flaming Lips, and is their biggest radio hit to date. It is from their album \"Transmissions from the Satellite Heart\". The song became popular after being featured on the MTV show \"Beavis and Butt-head\", nearly a year after the album's release. It is still their highest charting single to date (and the only to chart on the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot 100), even entering the top 10 of the Modern Rock Tracks chart, at number 9. Even though the band often ignores playing their pre-\"Soft Bulletin\" material,", "title": "She Don't Use Jelly" }, { "id": "9161155", "text": "after a few short tours of the United States, South Africa and France. Their songs have been featured in the TV series \"Beavis and Butthead\" and the movies \"For Love or Money\" (starring Michael J. Fox) and \"Untamed Heart\". The members have since recorded songs separately, but nothing has been released. In Brazil a TV Globo e Som Livre included the song \"Bad Bad Boys\" in soundtrack from the soap opera Mulheres de Areia (Women of Sand/1993). In Canada, comedian and musician François Pérusse parodied the song \"Bad Bad Boys\" on his \"Album du peuple — tome 2\", changing the", "title": "Midi, Maxi & Efti" }, { "id": "14959044", "text": "the \"Best Video\" award at the 1995 Juno Awards. The video was critiqued on the 1995 \"Beavis and Butt-Head\" episode \"Bad Dog\". Push (Moist song) \"Push\" is a song by Canadian alternative rock group Moist. It was released in 1994 as the lead single from the band's debut studio album, \"Silver\". The song peaked at number 32 on Canada's Singles Chart. The song was also nominated for \"Single of the Year\" at the 1995 Juno Awards. It is considered to be one of the band's signature songs. The music video for \"Push\" was directed by Brenton Spencer and filmed in", "title": "Push (Moist song)" }, { "id": "7227628", "text": "\"bands of the late '80s/early '90s... they were the brunt of more jokes than any of their peers\", most notably on the subversive program \"Beavis and Butt-Head\". However, in Erlewine's view, that didn't change Winger's ability to generate multiple \"classics\", which the album collects. The Very Best of Winger The Very Best of Winger is a compilation album of material from the American rock band Winger, released by the label Atlantic Records and the company Rhino Entertainment in October 2001. Most of the songs on the album were collected from the first three Winger studio albums: \"Winger\" (1988), \"In the", "title": "The Very Best of Winger" }, { "id": "336503", "text": "hot dog was donated to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Following the death of Grateful Dead frontman Jerry Garcia in the summer of 1995 and the appearance of \"Down with Disease\" on \"Beavis and Butt-Head\", the band experienced a surge in the growth of their fan base and an increased awareness in popular culture. In their tradition of playing a well-known album by another band for Halloween, Phish contracted a full horn section for their performance of The Who's \"Quadrophenia\" in 1995. Their first live album, \"A Live One\", was released during the summer of 1995 and featured", "title": "Phish" }, { "id": "6051141", "text": "the woman being killed in the studio recording booth on his radio show, \"American Top 40\", when the song was on the charts in 1976. Jimmy \"Diamond\" Williams explained that the scream was nothing eerie or disturbing: \"Love Rollercoaster\" was covered by the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1996, recorded and produced by Sylvia Massy. This version includes original rap-based verses and additional lyrics provided by guest female backup singers, as well as the horn section being replaced with an approximation played on kazoos. The song appears on the soundtrack for the animated feature film \"Beavis and Butt-head Do America\".", "title": "Love Rollercoaster" }, { "id": "7187088", "text": "also featured in the episode of \"Beavis and Butt-head\" spin off \"Daria\" \"Just Add Water\". The song was covered by the project of Johnathon Sharp, Biotek, on their album \"Punishment for Decadence\". The intro was also used in the \"Top Gear\" 2001 J.D. Power Survey, revealing the Lexus LS400. As of October 2017, it was certified Silver in United Kingdom. \"Pure Morning\" was a last minute addition to \"Without You I'm Nothing\", being recorded as the band prepared B sides for the album in May, under \"Nancy Boy\" producer Phil Vinall. After playing with a guitar loop, they decided to", "title": "Pure Morning" }, { "id": "8541176", "text": "MTV's Beavis and Butt-Head Beavis and Butt-Head (advertised as MTV's Beavis and Butt-Head: The Game) is the title of three tie-in video games based on the animated television series of the same name that were released by Viacom New Media in for the Super NES, Genesis/Mega Drive and Game Gear. The three versions differ completely from each other, sharing only the basic premise involving the titular characters searching for tickets to a GWAR concert. The games were advertised as featuring music by the band. A fourth version was later released for the Game Boy by GT Interactive Software in without", "title": "MTV's Beavis and Butt-Head" }, { "id": "6274960", "text": "On \"Beavis and Butt-head\", when the video was reviewed, Beavis said that he wanted to urinate all over the band and the wildlife, including a snail and Damon Albarn. \"Chemical World\" did not appear on the 2000 greatest hits compilation \"\" but was included on the 2009 compilation \"\". All music composed by Albarn, Coxon, James and Rowntree. All lyrics composed by Albarn; except where noted. Chemical World \"Chemical World\" is a song by English alternative rock band Blur, featured on their second album \"Modern Life Is Rubbish\" (1993). The single was released in the UK on 7\" and 12\"", "title": "Chemical World" }, { "id": "6715537", "text": "1987 compilation album \"The Singles\". This version of \"I Got You Babe\" charted at number 1 on the UK Singles Chart in August 1985 and reached number 28 on the US \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart. 7\"-single 12\"-single In 1993, Cher recorded a cover version of \"I Got You Babe\" with the American animated characters Beavis and Butt-Head. The song was the first single from \"The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience\", a compilation comedy album released in 1993 by the Geffen Records, which is one of the fastest-selling comedy albums, has officially sold 1,610,000 units and was certified 2x Platinum by the", "title": "I Got You Babe" }, { "id": "5148078", "text": "played an emotional headlining set at Hard Rock Hell's NWOBHM Christmas gig in Sheffield in December that year. Julian Hill - bass guitar </div> A slightly re-edited version of the video for Grim Reaper's 1985 hit \"Fear No Evil\" was initially used as the video for Weezer's song \"We Are All on Drugs\". That song (plus \"Rock You to Hell\" and \"See You in Hell\") all appeared in episodes of \"Beavis and Butt-Head\", with the duo mocking the songs and videos. Grim Reaper's song \"Lust for Freedom\" was used as the title track for a 1987 women's prison movie of", "title": "Grim Reaper (band)" }, { "id": "15827490", "text": "cousin Alle and Gary Go. The video was later featured in the \"Beavis and Butt-head\" episode \"Copy Machine\". In January 2011, Skrillex released a remix of the song. It was used in the launch promo for the WWE Network, aired on the 5 December 2011 episode of \"WWE Raw\". It was also given the Grammy Award for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical at the 54th Grammy Awards. The song was featured in the video game \"Forza Horizon\" and the mobile game Beat Fever. The single was certified platinum in Canada through Music Canada for selling over 80,000 downloads. The single was", "title": "Cinema (Benny Benassi song)" }, { "id": "8513500", "text": "latter two albums saw the band form into a four-piece touring outfit, as opposed to a studio project. The band toured worldwide alongside acts like Jerry Cantrell, Fishbone, Primus and played with groups like Cheap Trick, Run DMC, Papa Roach and Nuclear Rabbit. In 2014, both Mirv and guitarist Bryan Kehoe played several gigs with Les Claypool across the U.S. The band's song, \"Monkey Boy\", was featured in a commercial for the game Fighting Vipers on the Sega Saturn. M.I.R.V.'s song \"Shave My Face Off\" was featured in the sixth season of MTV's \"Beavis & Butthead\" on March 7, 1996.", "title": "M.I.R.V." }, { "id": "39110", "text": "who, among other things, criticize contemporary music videos. In an interview with \"Rolling Stone\", MTV president Van Toffler said that the duo will also watch \"Jersey Shore\", Ultimate Fighting Championship matches, and amateur videos from YouTube, as well as give movie reviews. \"The biggest change is obviously the references are updated, it's set in modern day, and there's going to be a movie review segment,\" Linn said, \"Otherwise they're still true to their prior passions.\" John Altschuler, formerly a writer for \"King of the Hill\", told a \"Rolling Stone\" reporter that he saw signs that Mike Judge was thinking of", "title": "Beavis and Butt-Head" }, { "id": "8900140", "text": "BBC Radio 1, following Engelbert Humperdinck's participation in the United Kingdom's 2012 Eurovision Song Contest. Lesbian Seagull \"Lesbian Seagull\" is a song originally recorded and released on the 1979 Tom Wilson Weinberg album, \"The Gay Name Game\". It gained further fame when it was performed by Engelbert Humperdinck, which appeared on the soundtrack of the 1996 MTV/Paramount film \"Beavis and Butt-head Do America\". Weinberg wrote the song's words and composed its music, and he originally recorded and released it on his own 1979 album, \"The Gay Name Game\". Weinberg wrote and composed \"Lesbian Seagull\" in response to a government study", "title": "Lesbian Seagull" }, { "id": "39095", "text": "chuckle whenever they hear words or phrases that could even be interpreted as sexual or scatological. Each episode features frequent interstitial scenes in which they critique music videos using commentary improvised by Judge (much in the same way as \"Mystery Science Theater 3000\"; in season eight, they also commented on clips from other MTV shows such as \"The Jersey Shore\" and \"True Life\", plus shows from other Viacom-owned networks such as Spike). The remainder of the episodes depict the duo embarking on some kind of scheme or adventure. Their teachers at Highland High are often at a loss as to", "title": "Beavis and Butt-Head" }, { "id": "10593658", "text": "Drew The Gun recorded the song, and accompanied it with a video. In 2017, Xenturion Prime released a cover of the song. The song appears in the 1993 film, \"Piccolo grande amore\". The music video appears in the \"Beavis and Butt-head\" episode \"Politically Correct\", where the duo enjoy the video due to the \"naked chicks\" and Butt-head stating that it was the \"coolest video [he has] ever seen.\" An extended version of the song was used during the end credits of a season 7 episode of \"Dalziel and Pascoe\". The song appears in the 2006 film \"Alien Autopsy\" starring Ant", "title": "Sweet Harmony (The Beloved song)" }, { "id": "10986826", "text": "Arista Records in London and in New York by Elektra Records' President Bob Kraznow before the band even had a name, which eventually became Ebn-Ozn. \"AEIOU\" went top 20 on the \"Billboard\" Club Chart, establishing OZN as one of the first white rappers in the industry. \"AEIOU\"'s video, a \"Los Angeles Times\" Top 10 Video of the Year, received domestic and international exposure and was featured on \"Beavis and Butt-head\" through the '90s. Ebn-Ozn's first full-length album, \"Feeling Cavalier\", released by Elektra in 1984, went Top 20 on the College Radio Chart and their second single, \"Bag Lady (I Wonder)\"", "title": "Robert Ozn" }, { "id": "9388905", "text": "of \"Beavis and Butthead\". Somebody Save Me \"Somebody Save Me\" / \"Hell On Wheels\" was the third single from Cinderella's triple platinum album \"Night Songs\". Released on February 10, 1987, after \"Night Songs\" had already peaked at #3, the song reached #66 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart. It also made #37 on the \"Album Rock Chart\". Journalist Thom Jurek described the song as a \"riotous call for free living no matter the consequences of the next day\" At the end of the video, Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora are seen outside of the studio. The video was also", "title": "Somebody Save Me" }, { "id": "5047122", "text": "movie. The song \"White Trash\" is featured in the soundtrack for the 1996 film \"Beavis and Butt-head Do America\". The song \"Camel Walk\" is used in the 1996 movie \"Flirting with Disaster\", the 1997 movie \"Perdita Durango\", and the 2009 movie \"Schwerkraft.\" It also was used on the first season of the TV show \"Psych\" in the episode \"Weekend Warriors.\" \"My Baby's Got the Strangest Ways\" appears on the soundtrack to the 1997 slasher film \"I Know What You Did Last Summer\". The band can also be seen performing the song on a beach party in the movie. Four of", "title": "Southern Culture on the Skids" }, { "id": "1772387", "text": "Alec, Billy, Daniel, and Stephen Baldwin. Michael McDonald as himself (the track \"Eyes of a Child\") and as Satan's high notes in \"Up There\", and Howard McGillin provides Gregory's singing voice in \"La Resistance (Medley)\". Stewart Copeland, former drummer for The Police, guests as an American soldier. Mike Judge, creator and voices of \"Beavis and Butt-head\", \"King of the Hill\" and \"The Goode Family\", provides Kenny's voice in his sole speaking appearance at the end of the film. Although initially denied by Paramount, Metallica lead singer James Hetfield provides vocals for the track \"Hell Isn't Good\", which was confirmed by", "title": "South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut" }, { "id": "4623645", "text": "one in 1994. When the film went into production, Judge and the show's staff halted production on the series while Judge and Joe Stillman wrote the script. They conceived numerous plot ideas with Judge's being the one developed into a film. John Frizzell composed the film's score. \"Beavis and Butt-Head Do America\" was praised by critics and proved to be a major box office hit from its release on December 20, 1996 by Paramount Pictures, grossing $63.1 million in the United States, becoming the biggest December box office opening in history until it was beaten the following year by \"Scream", "title": "Beavis and Butt-Head Do America" }, { "id": "7982766", "text": "single \"Saturday Nite Fever\", based on a sample of Guess Who's \"American Woman\". The video to this song has the rare distinction of having been featured \"twice\" on separate episodes of Beavis and Butthead. On June 7, 1994, Donna and Michele Blanchard, the mother and sister of ADM and Kaves aged 43 and 4 respectively, died from a hit-and-run in Brooklyn. It remains unsolved to this day. Kaves described his mother as a hippie who encouraged him and his brother to pursue their interest in hip hop. The McLeer brothers are of mixed Italian, Russian, Irish, English, and Scottish descent.", "title": "Lordz of Brooklyn" }, { "id": "14216542", "text": "Power of Love\" by Huey Lewis and the News being on the top during 24-31 August, that string would have continued for another seven weeks. \"Don't You (Forget About Me)\" (featured in \"The Breakfast Club\") was the first of three British acts to provide the theme song for a Brat Pack film, followed by John Parr's Hot 100 number 1 charting single \"St. Elmo's Fire\" (which was eclipsed at the top by Dire Straits' \"Money for Nothing\") and the Psychedelic Furs \"Pretty in Pink\". U.S. radio stations that catered to black audiences also played Second Invasion acts. Music critic Nelson", "title": "Second British Invasion" }, { "id": "777459", "text": "on to sell over three million copies in the U.S. and more than ten million copies worldwide. Its R&B influence, provided by hip-hop producers The Neptunes and Timbaland, was complimented by music critics. About the musical direction of the record, he commented, \"I just want to do R&B. It's what I grew up listening to\". The album spawned the top-five singles \"Cry Me a River\" and \"Rock Your Body\". In summer 2003, Timberlake and Christina Aguilera headlined the Justified/Stripped Tour. Later that year he recorded a song \"I'm Lovin' It\", used by McDonald's as the theme to its \"I'm Lovin'", "title": "Justin Timberlake" }, { "id": "5598439", "text": "In 2016, the album was reissued on vinyl, in picture disc form. [*] Contains the hidden track \"Come to Butt-Head (Reprise)\" by Beavis and Butt-Head featuring Positive K at 5:08. The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience is a compilation album released in 1993 by Geffen Records. The name is a reference to Jimi Hendrix's original band, The Jimi Hendrix Experience. It is one of the best selling comedy albums and has sold 1,610,000 units as of May 2014. It was certified double platinum by the RIAA in the United States. The album features a variety of", "title": "The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience" }, { "id": "556779", "text": "inspired by Korn's debut album. The album launched the career of record producer Ross Robinson, who later produced albums such as \"Three Dollar Bill, Yall\" by Limp Bizkit, Sepultura's \"Roots\" and Slipknot's first two albums. They have contributed music to the soundtracks for movies such as \"\", \"I Know What You Did Last Summer\", \"Spawn\", \"End of Days\" and \"\". The music of Korn has also been featured on various television series, including \"South Park\" (which they guest starred on), \"Beavis and Butt-head\", \"Daria\", and \"The Simpsons\". Current members Former members Korn Korn (stylized as KoЯn) is an American nu", "title": "Korn" }, { "id": "4345870", "text": "Bobbi Ercoline taken at the festival and used as a poster for the film \"Woodstock\" (1970). Additionally, Homer sings Billy Joel's 1983 song \"Uptown Girl\". After drinking the tainted juice, Grampa and Jasper sit on a bench, laughing like the title characters from the series \"Beavis and Butt-head\", while Flanders hallucinates skeletons and dancing bears (images associated with the Grateful Dead), marching hammers (from Pink Floyd's 1982 film \"Pink Floyd—The Wall\") and The Rolling Stones' lips and tongue logo. Mr. Burns' film is credited as \"An Alan Smithee Film\", a reference to the Alan Smithee pseudonym credit used by directors", "title": "D'oh-in' in the Wind" }, { "id": "5369677", "text": "early videos by Nine Inch Nails and Ministry. LaTour's live face is seen at the left of the screen during his speaking parts, while animation occupies the rest of the screen. The video of the song was featured on the animated MTV series \"Beavis and Butt-head\", on the episode \"Temporary Insanity\", which aired on December 10, 1994. The song was used by American figure skater Tonya Harding for her short program in the 1991–1992 season, including at the 1992 Olympic Winter Games in Albertville. The music was one of the only one of her programs to be included in the", "title": "People Are Still Having Sex" }, { "id": "4717114", "text": "TLC for Waterfalls. The Microsoft Windows 95 release included a number of \"Fun Stuff\" items on the CD, including the Buddy Holly video, resulting in a sudden skyrocket in the popularity of the video which won Weezer a place in the history of MTV Music Video Awards. The music video appears in the music exhibit in the Museum of Modern Art. The music video was featured in Season 5, Episode 30 of MTV's \"Beavis and Butthead\" entitled \"Here Comes the Bride's Butt\" on June 9, 1995. The original cover art for the single was an early photograph of Weezer frontman", "title": "Buddy Holly (song)" }, { "id": "1456024", "text": "the recording of \"Cure for Pain\", Deupree was again replaced by Conway, although Deupree still played most of the percussion work on the album. After the album was completed, the band toured the United States, Europe, Japan and Australia. In 1994, the songs \"Sheila\" and \"In Spite of Me\" were prominently featured on the soundtrack of the film \"Spanking the Monkey\". The band returned to the studio in 1995 and produced \"Yes\". The album featured the single \"Honey White,\" the music video for which appeared on the MTV animated series \"Beavis and Butt-head\". After two years of touring, Morphine signed", "title": "Morphine (band)" }, { "id": "6450959", "text": "Thin Line Between Love and Hate\" Soundtrack, and co-producing Mary J. Blige's album, \"Share My World\". Reggie Lucas (along with Jellybean Benitez) produced the majority of Madonna's first album, \"Madonna\", including the songs 'Borderline' and 'Lucky Star'. He also produced Roy Ayers, and the Bar-Kays, and composed the music and theme tune for the 1990s television police drama \"New York Undercover\". Tawatha Agee later became a background singer. She sang on Steely Dan's 2003 album \"Everything Must Go\", Empire of the Sun's 2013 album \"Ice on the Dune\" and Lenny Kravitz's 2014 album \"Strut\". Keyboardist Philip Field continued to produce", "title": "Mtume" }, { "id": "5476023", "text": "band \"Greatest Videos\" compilation. The song was included on the band's \"Greatest Hits\" compilation. \"Suck My Kiss\" has been performed over 325 times making it one of the band's most performed and popular live songs. It was heavily played from 1991 to 2003 however on the band's \"Stadium Arcadium Tour\" it made just four appearances before making its return in steady rotation during the band's \"I'm with You Tour\" and the following tours. The song was voted number five in a Rolling Stone readers' poll on Red Hot Chili Peppers songs. The song appears in episodes of \"Beavis and Butt-head\"", "title": "Suck My Kiss" }, { "id": "5598438", "text": "\"I Got You Babe\", the music video which featured Beavis and Butt-Head meeting a live-action Cher via computer-generated imagery. Beavis and Butt-Head also performed the slow jam \"Come to Butt-Head\". The album contains a hidden track. After a period of silence following \"I've Got You Babe\", a reprise of \"Come to Butt-Head\" starts at 5:08, in which Beavis and Butt-Head are joined by rapper Positive K. The album's liner notes featured drawings of Beavis and Butt-Head adapted as a variety of other characters, including hippies, old women, Hasidic Jews and Captain Picard and Commander Riker of the television series \"\".", "title": "The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience" }, { "id": "6292379", "text": "Rhythm Heritage Rhythm Heritage was a 1970s American disco-funk band, best known for their 1976 US #1 single \"Theme from \"S.W.A.T.\"\". It sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in February 1976. They also recorded theme music for several other ABC television shows, including \"Keep Your Eye On The Sparrow,\" also from 1976, from \"Baretta\" (sung by Sammy Davis Jr.). Rhythm Heritage was formed in 1975 by producer Steve Barri and session keyboardist Michael Omartian, and included bassist Scott Edwards and drummer Ed Greene. Other musicians who played", "title": "Rhythm Heritage" }, { "id": "1800882", "text": "their partnership, 1993's \"Independent Worm Saloon\", featured a more straightforward rock approach at Jones's insistence. This paid off for Butthole Surfers, giving them their first minor radio hit, \"Who Was in My Room Last Night?\". It reached number 24 on \"Billboard\"'s Modern Rock Tracks singles chart, while the album peaked at number 124 on the \"Billboard\" 200. Two of the new songs were featured on episodes of MTV's \"Beavis and Butt-head\". Legendary guitarist and huge influence on Butthole Surfers, Helios Creed played guitar on two of the songs from the record, \"The Annoying Song\" and \"Clean It Up\". When Pinkus", "title": "Butthole Surfers" }, { "id": "3884882", "text": "is a playable track in the TV mode of Guitar Hero Live. Also, a section of the Nintendo DS 2008 role-playing video game \"\" is titled \"Black Hole Sun\", a very likely reference to the song. The video is also featured in season 5 episode 1, \"Held Back\", of Beavis and Butt-Head, in which Butt-Head gives a succinct description of a black hole. \"Black Hole Sun\" has been covered by numerous artists. Possibly the first commercially released cover was by Japanese duo Cibo Matto whose 1995 French-language version evoked the era of Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg. \"Weird Al\" Yankovic", "title": "Black Hole Sun" }, { "id": "10130167", "text": "had long felt that the song, a more commercial musical style than most of the band's previous releases at the time, was \"not really a part of [the band's] repertoire\". The video would later be parodied on TV show \"Beavis and Butt-Head\", at which point Elfman claimed he decided he \"never [wanted] to play this song again!\" The song was used in the episode \"Koopenstein\" on \"The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!\", the \"American Dad!\" episode \"Stan's Best Friend\", at the end of a 2010 Swiffer Sweeper commercial, in the closing credits song for the kid's show \"Annedroids\", in advertisements", "title": "Weird Science (song)" }, { "id": "10425069", "text": "habit. Upon release, the \"Liar\" video gained heavy airplay on MTV and appeared on \"Beavis and Butt-head\". In the episode, Beavis becomes excited about the chorus, repeating the word \"Liar!\" in the same way he typically says \"Fire! Fire! Fire!\". Butt-head comes to the conclusion that \"lying rules.\" \"Liar\" was named the 64th best hard rock song of all time by VH1. It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance. Rollins Band performed the song at the 37th Grammy Awards Ceremony. Despite the song's popularity, Rollins himself would later reveal on BBC's HARDtalk that \"Liar\" was originally", "title": "Liar (Rollins Band song)" }, { "id": "6690061", "text": "the singer's ear; Wonder responded by moving his fingers with the music.\" The funk rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers released a cover as the first single from their fourth studio album \"Mother's Milk.\" It has featured in films, TV shows and video games, including \"\", \"Beavis and Butthead\", \"Center Stage\", \"The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air\", \"Walking Tall\", \"The Longest Yard\", \"The Karate Kid\", \"The Change-Up\", \"Rocksmith\" and \"Guitar Hero Live\". A remixed version by the X-Ecutioners was featured in the video game \"SSX 3\" while a cover version appeared in \"Guitar Hero\". FX used the song to promote \"\"", "title": "Higher Ground (Stevie Wonder song)" }, { "id": "16136072", "text": "Year (Equinox)\" via Spin.com on August 19, 2011. In late August 2011 it was released that he would be appearing Knife Party's first release, collaborating on a Moombahton style track entitled \"Zoology\". A preview was released on YouTube. In late September 2011 he created the track \"Syndicate\" as promotion for the video game of the same name. Kaskade's 2011 album \"Fire & Ice\" features a collaboration between Kaskade and Skrillex entitled \"Lick It\". The video for Skrillex's song \"First of the Year (Equinox)\" appears on the first episode of the \"Beavis and Butt-head\" revival. On November 8, Skrillex stated that", "title": "Skrillex" }, { "id": "15942599", "text": "degree video vlog ever to be uploaded on YouTube on June 4, 2015. The video was viewed over 3 million times in the first week. Sam Macaroni Sam Macaroni is an American filmmaker. As of 2018, Macaroni is directing the feature film Guest House, a movie he co-wrote with Troy Duffy. Shooting begins late July in Los Angeles. Back in 2011, Macaroni voiced 6 characters on season 4 of Beavis & Butthead. He has also worked with Zac Brown Band, having shot the music video for the song \"Chicken Fried\" with Clifton Collins, Jr. Sam has partnered with Steve-O on", "title": "Sam Macaroni" }, { "id": "7306920", "text": "2017/18 Hootenanny. In 2018 she co-wrote and sang on Hozier's single \"Nina Cried Power\". During her career Staples has appeared in many films and television shows, including \"The Last Waltz\", \"Graffiti Bridge\", \"Wattstax\", \"New York Undercover\", \"Songs of Praise\", \"Soul Train\", \"Soul to Soul\", \"The Psychiatrist\", and \"The Cosby Show\". Staples performed the title theme song for 1989's \"National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation\". \"Mavis!\", the first feature documentary about Staples and the Staple Singers, directed by Jessica Edwards, had its world premiere at the South by Southwest Film Festival in March 2015. \"Mavis!\" screened in theaters and was broadcast on HBO", "title": "Mavis Staples" }, { "id": "39118", "text": "Tomatoes that the idea of doing a second \"Beavis and Butt-Head\" movie had been brought up two months prior, stating that \"It’s just a matter of coming up with an idea that feels like it’s worth doing.\" MTV Home Video, in collaboration with Sony Music Entertainment, released several episodes of the show on VHS from 1995 through 1999. A total of eleven VHS compilation tapes were released in the U.S., U.K. and Australia, each containing around eight episodes, but without the music video segments from the original broadcastings. These include the \"Beavis and Butthead Do Christmas\" and \"Butt-O-Ween\" specials, which", "title": "Beavis and Butt-Head" }, { "id": "469479", "text": "\"The Simpsons\", debuted in December 1989, became a domestic and international success in the 1990s. The show has aired more than 600 episodes and has become an institution of pop culture. It has spawned the adult-oriented animated sitcom genre, inspiring racier shows such as \"Beavis and Butt-head\" (1993–1997), \"Daria\" (1997–2001), along with \"South Park\" and \"Family Guy\", the latter two of which began in 1997 and 1999 respectively and continue to air new episodes through the 2000s and into the 2010s. Anime was popular in the 1980s, and expanded to a worldwide audience by the 1990s, for its expansive spectrum", "title": "1990s" }, { "id": "356722", "text": "on several soundtracks. \"I Found Out\", a John Lennon cover, was featured on \"\". The Ohio Players cover, \"Love Rollercoaster\", was featured on the \"Beavis and Butthead Do America soundtrack\", and was released as a single. The band began its tour for \"One Hot Minute\" in Europe in 1995 and played 16 shows. A US tour was to follow but was postponed after Chad Smith broke his wrist. The band considered carrying on with the tour even at one point considering Jack Irons as a replacement for Smith but there just was not enough time to rehearse with anyone new", "title": "Red Hot Chili Peppers" }, { "id": "9950363", "text": "was produced, and is notable for featuring Beat author William S. Burroughs in both audio and video samples. This version of the song features an audio sample of Burroughs saying \"Bring it all down\", and a sample of Chloe Webb's line \"Never trust a junkie\" from the film \"Sid and Nancy\". The video was featured in an episode of \"Beavis and Butt-head\" called \"Tornado\" and a tornado also appears in the video. In their commentary, Beavis was so shocked during the hematemesis scene that he declared it \"beyond the limits of good taste\". Just One Fix \"Just One Fix\" is", "title": "Just One Fix" }, { "id": "39097", "text": "creative and intelligent comedy. Either way, the show captured the attention of many young television viewers and is often considered a classic piece of 1990s youth culture and Generation X. Trey Parker and Matt Stone, creators of \"South Park,\" cite the series as an influence and compared it to the blues. In 1997, Dan Tobin of \"The Boston Phoenix\" commented on the series' humor, stating that it transformed \"stupidity into a crusade, forcing us to acknowledge how little it really takes to make us laugh.\" In 1997, Ted Drozdowski of \"The Boston Phoenix\" described the 1997 \"Beavis and Butt-Head\" state", "title": "Beavis and Butt-Head" }, { "id": "7720614", "text": "\"The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air\", \"Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place\", and a 1991 episode of the daytime soap opera \"Days of Our Lives\". The music video played on an episode of \"Beavis & Butt-Head\", in which Beavis calls Color Me Badd a \"Super Suck Group\", referring to group members Sam Watters, Mark Calderon, and Bryan Abrams as Kenny G, George Michael, and Snow respectively. Butt-Head also commented that if he \"sang like a wuss\" that he would get chicks. It was performed by members of the Glee cast in the episode \"Acafellas\", and subsequently released as a", "title": "I Wanna Sex You Up" }, { "id": "1377291", "text": "Pop's \"Butt Town\" was featured on an episode of \"Beavis and Butthead\". Iggy Pop voiced Lil' Rummy on the Comedy Central show \"Lil' Bush\", and also provided the voice for a character in the English-language version of the 2007 animated film \"Persepolis\". Iggy Pop has been profiled in four rockumentaries and has had songs on 18 soundtracks, including \"Crocodile Dundee II\"; \"Trainspotting\"; \"Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels\"; \"\"; \"Arizona Dream\"; \"Repo Man\"; \"Black Rain\"; \"\"; \"Shocker\"; and \"\". Iggy Pop worked with Johnny Depp on several films: they appeared together in \"Cry-Baby\" and \"Dead Man\". Iggy Pop provided the", "title": "Iggy Pop" } ]

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[ { "id": "19612353", "text": "2017 Wimbledon Championships The 2017 Wimbledon Championships was a Grand Slam tennis tournament that took place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The main draw matches commenced on 3 July 2017 and concluded on 16 July 2017. Roger Federer won the Gentlemen's Singles title for a record eighth time, surpassing Pete Sampras and William Renshaw, who both won the Gentlemen's Singles title seven times. Garbiñe Muguruza won the Ladies' Singles title. The 2017 tournament was the 131st edition of the championships, the 50th in the Open Era and the third Grand Slam", "title": "2017 Wimbledon Championships" }, { "id": "20199650", "text": "2017 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Serena Williams was the two-time defending champion, but did not participate this year due to . Garbiñe Muguruza won her second Grand Slam singles title, defeating Venus Williams in the final, 7–5, 6–0. Muguruza became the second Spanish woman to win Wimbledon after Conchita Martínez in 1994. Muguruza also became the first player to defeat both Williams sisters in Grand Slam singles finals. Williams was the oldest player to reach the final since Martina Navratilova, also in 1994, and played her 100th singles match at Wimbledon when she defeated reigning French Open champion Jeļena", "title": "2017 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles" }, { "id": "19612354", "text": "tournament of the year. It is played on grass courts, organised by the All England Lawn Tennis Club and the International Tennis Federation and is part of the ATP World Tour, the WTA Tour, the ITF Junior tour and the NEC Tour. Andy Murray was the defending champion in the Gentlemen's singles but lost to Sam Querrey in the quarterfinals. Two-time defending Ladies' singles champion Serena Williams did not defend her title, having ended her season in April due to pregnancy. The 2017 Wimbledon Championships was the 131st edition of the tournament and was held at the All England Lawn", "title": "2017 Wimbledon Championships" }, { "id": "20199653", "text": "reached the fourth round before losing to Halep. 2017 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Serena Williams was the two-time defending champion, but did not participate this year due to . Garbiñe Muguruza won her second Grand Slam singles title, defeating Venus Williams in the final, 7–5, 6–0. Muguruza became the second Spanish woman to win Wimbledon after Conchita Martínez in 1994. Muguruza also became the first player to defeat both Williams sisters in Grand Slam singles finals. Williams was the oldest player to reach the final since Martina Navratilova, also in 1994, and played her 100th singles match at Wimbledon", "title": "2017 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles" }, { "id": "19612359", "text": "Doubles Qualifiers Lucky Losers Ladies' Doubles Qualifiers Lucky Losers The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking: The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries, suspensions or personal reasons. 2017 Wimbledon Championships The 2017 Wimbledon Championships was a Grand Slam tennis tournament that took place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The main draw matches commenced on 3 July 2017 and concluded on 16 July 2017. Roger Federer won the Gentlemen's Singles title for a record eighth time, surpassing Pete", "title": "2017 Wimbledon Championships" }, { "id": "20208317", "text": "2016 US Open, and the 2017 Australian and French Open titles. The pair withdrew from their scheduled second round match on 7 July following an acute knee injury suffered by Mattek-Sands in the second round of the Ladies' Singles competition the previous day. 2017 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles Serena and Venus Williams were the defending champions, but did not participate this year due to Serena's pregnancy. Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina won the title, defeating Chan Hao-ching and Monica Niculescu in the final, 6–0, 6–0. This is the first time since 1953 that a women's doubles final at Wimbledon", "title": "2017 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles" }, { "id": "20199651", "text": "Ostapenko in the quarterfinals; it was Williams’ first Grand Slam final at Wimbledon since 2009, her first Grand Slam final against a player other than her sister since defeating Marion Bartoli in the 2007 Wimbledon final, and (by virtue of her run to the Australian Open final in January) marked the first time Venus reached multiple Grand Slam finals in a calendar year since 2003. Johanna Konta became the first British woman to reach the semifinals since Virginia Wade in 1978, and Magdaléna Rybáriková became the first Slovak woman to reach the semifinals at Wimbledon. The tournament was the seventeenth", "title": "2017 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles" }, { "id": "19612356", "text": "Grand Slam category. The tournament was played only on grass courts; main draw matches were played at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Wimbledon; qualifying matches were played at the Bank of England Sports Ground, in Roehampton. Below are the tables with the point distribution for each discipline of the tournament. The Wimbledon total prize money for 2017 has been increased to £31.6m. The winners of the men's and women's singles titles will earn £2.2m. Prize money for the men’s and women’s doubles and wheelchair players were also increased for the 2017 competition. Seeds are adjusted on a", "title": "2017 Wimbledon Championships" }, { "id": "906270", "text": "of the Mixed Doubles competition. In 2016, the total prize money of £28,100,000 was a 5% increase on the 2015 prize money. In 2017, the total prize money rose by 12.5% to £31,600,000, with the Gentlemen’s and Ladies’ Singles Champions each receiving £2.2 million, a 10% increase from £2.0 million in 2016. Ranking points for the ATP and WTA have varied at Wimbledon through the years but at present singles players receive the following points: The Championships, Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon, commonly known simply as Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, and is widely regarded as the", "title": "The Championships, Wimbledon" }, { "id": "20199652", "text": "consecutive women's singles Grand Slam event to feature a first-time semifinalist (Rybáriková). This streak ended months later at the 2017 US Open. Despite losing in the second round, Karolína Plíšková attained the WTA No. 1 singles ranking at the end of the tournament, after Angelique Kerber and Simona Halep, the other contenders for the top ranking, lost in the fourth round and quarterfinals, respectively. This was formed World No. 1 and two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka's first appearance in a Grand Slam event since the 2016 French Open after giving birth to her first child in December 2016. She", "title": "2017 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles" }, { "id": "20208316", "text": "2017 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles Serena and Venus Williams were the defending champions, but did not participate this year due to Serena's pregnancy. Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina won the title, defeating Chan Hao-ching and Monica Niculescu in the final, 6–0, 6–0. This is the first time since 1953 that a women's doubles final at Wimbledon ended in a double bagel. Makarova and Vesnina became the first post-Soviet Russians to win the Wimbledon women's doubles title. Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Šafářová were attempting to hold all four Grand Slam double titles at the same time, after having won the", "title": "2017 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles" }, { "id": "20318007", "text": "Ann Li (tennis) Ann Li (born June 26, 2000 in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania) is an American tennis player. She was the runner-up at the 2017 Wimbledon Junior Championships. Li was born in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Both of her parents are Chinese. In her spare time, she enjoys playing the ukulele. Li reached her first junior singles grand slam final in 2017 at Wimbledon. In the first all-American girls final since 1979, the unseeded Li lost to second seed Claire Liu in three sets. Two weeks later, Li won her first professional title on the ITF Women's Circuit, a", "title": "Ann Li (tennis)" }, { "id": "18836324", "text": "Muguruza became the first Spanish woman to make the Wimbledon final since Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in 1996. Muguruza won the title two years later. This tournament is notable for being the first grand slam main draw appearance of 2017 French Open champion Jeļena Ostapenko. 2015 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Petra Kvitová was the defending champion, but was defeated by Jelena Janković in the third round. Serena Williams won her sixth Wimbledon and 21st major title, becoming the oldest woman to win a major singles title in the Open Era. By defeating first-time finalist Garbiñe Muguruza, Serena also achieved her", "title": "2015 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles" }, { "id": "14323365", "text": "Garbiñe Muguruza Garbiñe Muguruza Blanco (; born 8 October 1993) is a Spanish-Venezuelan professional tennis player and former world No. 1, currently ranked No. 15 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Since turning professional in 2012, she has won six singles titles, including two majors, the 2016 French Open and the 2017 Wimbledon Championships. With powerful groundstrokes and an aggressive style, Muguruza came to prominence on reaching the last 16 at the 2014 Australian Open, besting former world No. 1, Caroline Wozniacki. She defeated then world No. 1 Serena Williams in the second round of the French Open,", "title": "Garbiñe Muguruza" }, { "id": "20347476", "text": "she lost to Ashleigh Barty in three sets. In Eastbourne Muguruza lost in shocking way to Barbora Strýcová with winning only one game and being broken six times. Match lasted only one hour. At Wimbledon Muguruza was non-top 10 seed for the first time at Major since 2015 Wimbledon, at fourteen. But being now underdog again, Muguruza showed once again quality tennis worth of a Grand Slam title, and she captured her first Wimbledon title beating Ekaterina Alexandrova, Yanina Wickmayer, Sorana Cirstea, world No. 1 Angelique Kerber, No. 8 Svetlana Kuznetsova, Magdaléna Rybáriková and five time champion Venus Williams, respectively.", "title": "2017 Garbiñe Muguruza tennis season" }, { "id": "12116746", "text": "Magdaléna Rybáriková Magdaléna Rybáriková (; born 4 October 1988) is a Slovak professional tennis player. She has won four WTA singles titles and reached the semifinals of the women's singles at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships. She broke into the top 30 for the first time in September 2017 and reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 17 in March 2018. Rybáriková started tennis at the age of eight. She was born in Piešťany to father Anton, a business manager, and mother Maria. She has two older siblings, Filip and Nada. She moved to Bratislava at age 15 to train at", "title": "Magdaléna Rybáriková" }, { "id": "12116762", "text": "Magdaléna Rybáriková Magdaléna Rybáriková (; born 4 October 1988) is a Slovak professional tennis player. She has won four WTA singles titles and reached the semifinals of the women's singles at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships. She broke into the top 30 for the first time in September 2017 and reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 17 in March 2018. Rybáriková started tennis at the age of eight. She was born in Piešťany to father Anton, a business manager, and mother Maria. She has two older siblings, Filip and Nada. She moved to Bratislava at age 15 to train at", "title": "Magdaléna Rybáriková" }, { "id": "10646448", "text": "in the first round to Alison Riske. In Eastbourne, Kerber lost in semifinals to Caroline Wozniacki, having defeated Dominika Cibulková, Danielle Collins and Daria Kasatkina en route. Kerber entered Wimbledon as the No. 11 seed. She defeated 2010 Finalist Vera Zvonareva, 2017 Girls Champion Claire Liu, No. 18 seed Naomi Osaka and Former Top 10 Player Belinda Bencic en route to the quarterfinals, where she became the highest seed left in the draw. She beat Indian Wells Finalist Daria Kasatkina and 2017 French Open Champion Jelena Ostapenko to reach her second Wimbledon final. She faced and defeated Serena Williams in", "title": "Angelique Kerber" }, { "id": "19615253", "text": "Anastasia Potapova Anastasia Sergeyevna Potapova (; born 30 March 2001) is a Russian tennis player. Potapova is a former junior No. 1, as well as the 2016 Wimbledon Championships girls' singles champion, where she defeated Dayana Yastremska from Ukraine in the final. Potapova debuted in a Grand Slam tournament as a wildcard entry in the qualifying draw of the 2017 Wimbledon Championships defeating Elizaveta Kulichkova to qualify for the main draw. On the junior tour, Potapova has a career-high junior ranking of 1, achieved in July 2016. Potapova has had large success on the junior tour including a semifinal at", "title": "Anastasia Potapova" }, { "id": "19970233", "text": "final at Wimbledon, capturing her second major. Muguruza kept up the good form on the American hard courts, making the semifinals in Stanford and the quarterfinals in Toronto. She then claimed her second title of the year, comprehensively beating Simona Halep in the final of Cincinnati, the last of three top-10 victories that week. However, she was unable to continue this string of deep runs, falling to Petra Kvitová in the fourth round of the US Open. Despite the relatively early exit, at the completion of this tournament, Muguruza took over the spot of World No.1 for the first time", "title": "2017 WTA Finals" }, { "id": "20199634", "text": "the most Grand Slam singles wins by any player, male or female. The tournament marked the fifth time that Nadal and Federer won the French Open and Wimbledon respectively in the same year. This was also the first Grand Slam tournament since the 2009 French Open in which Murray, Nadal and Djokovic all failed to reach the semifinals, and the first time since 2004 that no player reached all 4 quarterfinals in a year. With his win over Murray, Querrey became the first American man to reach a Grand Slam semifinal since Andy Roddick at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships and", "title": "2017 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles" }, { "id": "1446869", "text": "defeated the 2017 French Open Champion Jelena Ostapenko in straight sets. This was also her 100th career match at Wimbledon. She advanced to her ninth Wimbledon final by defeating Johanna Konta in straight sets in the semifinals. This marked her 87th win at Wimbledon, the third most on the all-time list. This also marked the first season since 2003 that Williams reached two slam finals. Williams lost the final in straight sets to Garbiñe Muguruza. She gained the No. 9 ranking by reaching the final, her second appearance in the top 10 in 2017; she had briefly returned to the", "title": "Venus Williams" }, { "id": "19612358", "text": "2017. Because the tournament takes place one week later than in 2016, points defending includes results from both the 2016 Wimbledon Championships and the tournaments from the week of 11 July 2016 (Bucharest and Gstaad). The following players received wild cards into the main draw senior events. The qualifying competitions take place in Bank of England Sports Centre, Roehampton started from 26 June 2017 and to be scheduled to end on 29 June 2017. However, due to heavy rain on the second day, it has now extended to 30 June 2017. Gentlemen's Singles Qualifiers Lucky Losers Ladies' Singles Qualifiers Gentlemen's", "title": "2017 Wimbledon Championships" }, { "id": "20199632", "text": "2017 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Andy Murray was the defending champion, and top seed, but was defeated by Sam Querrey in the quarterfinals. Despite his loss, Murray retained the ATP No. 1 singles ranking at the end of the tournament, as Rafael Nadal, Stan Wawrinka, and Novak Djokovic all failed to gain enough ranking points to surpass him. Roger Federer won the title, achieving his unprecedented eighth Wimbledon Gentleman's Singles Title and 19th Grand Slam men's singles title, defeating Marin Čilić in the final, 6–3, 6–1, 6–4. Federer thus became the only player to win the Gentleman's singles title", "title": "2017 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles" }, { "id": "10657217", "text": "career was winning the 2001 French Open doubles title with Petra Cetkovská. At the 2017 Wimbledon Championships, Voráčová made the second week of a Grand Slam for the first time in her career with partner Makoto Ninomiya reaching the semi-finals of the ladies' doubles. They lost 6–7, 6–4, 7–9 to Chan Hao-ching and Monica Niculescu. Due to her surprise run, Voráčová reached a new career high ranking of 32 on July 17, 2017 after 17 years on the WTA Tour. Renata Voráčová Renata Voráčová (; born 6 October 1983 in Gottwaldov) is a professional Czech tennis player. Voráčová has won", "title": "Renata Voráčová" }, { "id": "18466240", "text": "round of the singles main draw of the French Open for the first time, where she lost narrowly in three sets to the No. 8 seed Svetlana Kuznetsova. On June 12, one day after the conclusion of the French Open, she reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of 46. Dodin made her Wimbledon main draw singles debut, losing in the first round to the no. 32 seed Lucie Šafářová 2-6, 2-6. She made her WTA Tour doubles debut at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships, partnering Tatjana Maria; they won their first-round match in the main draw before losing to 2nd-seeded Ekaterina", "title": "Océane Dodin" }, { "id": "20458626", "text": "2018 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Garbiñe Muguruza was the defending champion, but she was defeated in the second round by Alison Van Uytvanck. Muguruza's defeat marked the earliest exit of the defending champion at Wimbledon since Steffi Graf's first round defeat in 1994. Angelique Kerber won her third Grand Slam singles title, defeating Serena Williams in the rematch of the 2016 final, 6–3, 6–3. Kerber became the first German since Graf in 1996 to lift the trophy. Simona Halep, Caroline Wozniacki and Sloane Stephens were in contention for the WTA No. 1 singles ranking at the start of the", "title": "2018 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles" }, { "id": "1446749", "text": "African American woman to do so in the Open Era, and the second all time since Althea Gibson. Williams' seven Grand Slam singles titles are tied for 12th on the all-time list, and 8th on the Open Era list, more than any other active female player except Serena. She has reached 16 Grand Slam finals, most recently at Wimbledon in 2017. She has also won 14 Grand Slam Women's doubles titles, all with Serena; the pair is unbeaten in Grand Slam doubles finals. Williams also has two Mixed Doubles titles. Her five Wimbledon singles titles tie her with two other", "title": "Venus Williams" }, { "id": "19854099", "text": "defeating Alexander Zverev in the final. At the Wimbledon Championships, Federer made it to the final without dropping a set, where he defeated Marin Čilić in straight sets to win a record-breaking eighth Wimbledon gentlemen's singles title and his record-extending 19th major title overall, becoming the oldest male player to win Wimbledon in the Open era. At the opening of the summer hard court swing Federer was defeated in the final of the Rogers Cup by Alexander Zverev. Due to a back injury, he opted to withdraw from the Western & Southern Open. However, Federer lost to Juan Martin Del", "title": "2017 ATP Finals" }, { "id": "20458614", "text": "courts and was part of the ATP World Tour, the WTA Tour, the ITF Junior tour and the NEC Tour. The tournament was organised by All England Lawn Tennis Club and International Tennis Federation. Roger Federer and Garbiñe Muguruza were both unsuccessful in defending their 2017 titles. Federer lost in the quarterfinals to eventual finalist Kevin Anderson, while Muguruza lost in the second round to Alison Van Uytvanck. The 2018 Wimbledon Championships was the 132nd edition of the tournament and was held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London. The tournament was run by the International", "title": "2018 Wimbledon Championships" }, { "id": "19970239", "text": "her game when the grass court swing came around, winning the title in Eastbourne over Caroline Wozniacki. However, it quickly came to an end with a shock loss to Magdaléna Rybáriková in the second round of Wimbledon. Despite the early exit, Plíšková earned the position of World No.1 for the first time in her career. Next up for Plíšková were the American hard courts, where she had strong results. Losses to Caroline Wozniacki in the quarterfinals of Toronto and the semifinals of Cincinnati to Garbiñe Muguruza preceded the US Open where she fell in the quarterfinals to Coco Vandeweghe. She", "title": "2017 WTA Finals" }, { "id": "20843352", "text": "Diede de Groot Diede de Groot (born 1996) is a Dutch wheelchair tennis player. De Groot won eight Grand Slam tournaments including back to back women's singles events at Wimbledon from 2017 to 2018. Apart from her Grand Slam wins, De Groot won multiple Wheelchair Tennis Masters titles and a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics. De Groot was born with unequal leg length and began her wheelchair tennis career at the age of seven. She started playing on the ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour in 2009 as a junior player. During her time with the ITF, De Groot won", "title": "Diede de Groot" }, { "id": "19772963", "text": "the second and fourth rounds, respectively. For the first time since the 2004 French Open, both No. 1 seeds lost before the quarterfinals, with both Andy Murray and Kerber defeated in the fourth round. Roger Federer won his eighteenth men's singles Grand Slam title by defeating Rafael Nadal in a five-set final. It was his first major title since 2012 Wimbledon and a rematch of the 2009 Australian Open final, which Nadal won in five sets. Serena Williams overcame her sister Venus in the women's singles final, surpassing Steffi Graf to become the player with the most major wins in", "title": "2017 Australian Open" }, { "id": "10151355", "text": "1977 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Chris Evert was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Virginia Wade. Wade defeated Betty Stöve in the final, 4–6, 6–3, 6–1 in the final to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1977 Wimbledon Championships. As of 2017 Wade remains the last British woman to win a Wimbledon singles title. This was the first time Wimbledon seeded more than 8 players for the ladies' championship, increasing the number (for this year only) to twelve players. The number increased to 16 in 1978. Chris Evert \"(Semifinals)\" Dianne Fromholtz withdrew due to", "title": "1977 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles" }, { "id": "10151356", "text": "illness. She was replaced in the draw by Lucky Loser Chris O'Neil. 1977 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Chris Evert was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Virginia Wade. Wade defeated Betty Stöve in the final, 4–6, 6–3, 6–1 in the final to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1977 Wimbledon Championships. As of 2017 Wade remains the last British woman to win a Wimbledon singles title. This was the first time Wimbledon seeded more than 8 players for the ladies' championship, increasing the number (for this year only) to twelve players. The number increased", "title": "1977 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles" }, { "id": "16564160", "text": "Donna Vekić Donna Vekić (; born 28 June 1996), is a Croatian professional tennis player. She has won two singles titles on the WTA Tour, winning the 2014 Malaysian Open and the 2017 Nottingham Open. She has also won five singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Women's Circuit. Her best performance in a Grand Slam singles event was a fourth round appearance at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships. On 6 August 2018, she achieved her best singles ranking of No. 37. Born in Osijek, Croatia, Vekić is a member of the Croatia Fed Cup team and in February", "title": "Donna Vekić" }, { "id": "19922573", "text": "advance to his 11th Wimbledon final, subsequently setting the record for the highest number of men's singles finals made at a single major. In the final, Federer defeated Marin Čilić in straight sets to win a record 8th Wimbledon Gentleman's singles title, breaking his previous tie with William Renshaw and Pete Sampras, and his 19th Grand Slam singles title overall. He became the second male player in the Open Era to win the championships without dropping a set, after Björn Borg in 1976. Following his victory, he also qualified for the 2017 ATP Finals for a record 15th time along", "title": "2017 Roger Federer tennis season" }, { "id": "14323416", "text": "champion at the All England Club since Steffi Graf lost in the first round in 1994 On 15 August 2018, Hopman Cup organisers announced that Muguruza will represent Spain at the 2019 edition alongside David Ferrer. It will be her debut appearance at this tournament. Muguruza was named the ambassador for Mazda Spain in June 2014 and for BBVA bank in December 2014. Her other endorsement partners are Adidas, Babolat, Rolex and Maui Jim. In June 2016, she was named the 14th most marketable athlete by SportsPro. In June 2017, shortly before winning her first Wimbledon women's singles crown, Muguruza", "title": "Garbiñe Muguruza" }, { "id": "18601976", "text": "until August 2015. He now coaches Garbiñe Muguruza; under his stewardship, Muguruza would win her first Grand Slam singles title at the 2016 French Open and her second at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships, Sumyk was not present in that tournament due to be with his wife Meilen Tu, who was heavily pregnant at the time. Former world number two Conchita Martínez took his place. Sam Sumyk Sam Sumyk (born 1967 or 1968) is a French tennis coach who currently coaches WTA world number three and two-time grand slam champion Garbiñe Muguruza. He has also previously worked with former world number", "title": "Sam Sumyk" }, { "id": "20199633", "text": "eight times, surpassing Pete Sampras and William Renshaw, who had each won it seven times. Federer also became only the second man in the Open era, after Björn Borg in 1976, to win Wimbledon without losing a set. This was Federer's 70th appearance at a Grand Slam, tying the record for male players and a record-breaking 11th men's singles final at the same Grand Slam tournament. In addition, by virtue of his third-round win over Mischa Zverev, Federer won his 317th Grand Slam singles match, surpassing Serena Williams' record of 316 match wins and giving him the all-time record for", "title": "2017 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles" }, { "id": "17121982", "text": "clarified, though, that there have been no restrictions in place that would not allow to register the desired name and most likely there has been some misunderstanding. Fans in Latvia and elsewhere in Eastern Europe had always called her Aļona, but the name was unknown in the West until her win at Roland Garros in 2017. She uses her legal name professionally in order to avoid administrative confusion. Ostapenko won the singles event at the junior Wimbledon Championships and was ranked the No. 2 junior tennis player in the world in September 2014. She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut", "title": "Jeļena Ostapenko" }, { "id": "20458616", "text": "matches were played at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Wimbledon. Qualifying matches were played, from Monday 25 June to Thursday 28 June 2018, at the Bank of England Sports Ground, Roehampton. The Tennis sub-committee met to decide wild card entries on 19 June. Below is the tables with the point distribution for each phase of the tournament. The Wimbledon total prize money for 2018 had increased to £34,000,000, up by 7.6% on 2017. The winners of the men's and women's singles titles will earn £2.25m. Prize money for the men’s and women’s doubles and wheelchair players were", "title": "2018 Wimbledon Championships" }, { "id": "19612355", "text": "Tennis and Croquet Club in London. The tournament was run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and was included in the 2017 ATP World Tour and the 2017 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consisted of men's (singles and doubles), women's (singles and doubles), mixed doubles, boys (under 18 – singles and doubles) and girls (under 18 – singles and doubles), which is also a part of the Grade A category of tournaments for under 18, and singles and doubles events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the UNIQLO Tour under the", "title": "2017 Wimbledon Championships" }, { "id": "7963159", "text": "Elena Vesnina Elena Sergeyevna Vesnina ( ; born 1 August 1986) is a Russian professional tennis player. She is a four-time Grand Slam champion in doubles competition, having won the 2013 French Open, 2014 US Open, and 2017 Wimbledon tournaments with Ekaterina Makarova, and the 2016 Australian Open mixed-doubles title with Bruno Soares. In June 2018, Vesnina was the No. 1 in women's doubles. Her career-high singles ranking is No. 13, achieved in March 2017. Vesnina debuted in the main draw of a WTA tournament in Québec. One of her best seasons was in 2009, reaching her first WTA final", "title": "Elena Vesnina" }, { "id": "906210", "text": "the 2017 tournament would begin on Monday 3 July. Other grass-court tournaments before Wimbledon are Eastbourne, England, and Rosmalen in the Netherlands, both combining mixed events. The other women's warm-up tournament for Wimbledon is Birmingham, also in England. The only grass-court tournament scheduled after the Championships is the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships at Newport, Rhode Island, USA, which takes place the week after Wimbledon. Wimbledon is scheduled for 14 days, beginning on a Monday and ending on a Sunday. Before 1982 it ended a day earlier, with the women's singles final on the Friday and the men's singles final", "title": "The Championships, Wimbledon" }, { "id": "18244029", "text": "held one week later than in previous seasons, giving a three-week gap from the end of the 2015 French Open. The change, announced in 2012, is intended to provide players more time for recuperation and preparatory grass-court tournaments. Novak Djokovic of Serbia won his third Wimbledon title in men's singles, defending his championship from 2014. Petra Kvitová of the Czech Republic was the defending champion in women's singles, but she lost to Jelena Janković in the third round. Serena Williams won her sixth Wimbledon and 21st major title, defeating first-time finalist Garbiñe Muguruza in the final, 6–4, 6–4. She also", "title": "2015 Wimbledon Championships" }, { "id": "17121991", "text": "5th seed, but was unable to defend her title after losing in the first round to Kateryna Kozlova. Following the loss, Ostapenko left the top 10 for the first time since entering. At Wimbledon, she beat Katy Dunne, Kirsten Flipkens, Vitalia Diatchenko and Aliaksandra Sasnovich to reach the quarterfinal for a second successive year, then beat Dominika Cibulková to reach her first Wimbledon semifinal where she lost to eventual winner Angelique Kerber. In a 2017 article, Steve Tignor of \"Tennis.com\" described Ostapenko's mentality as \"See ball, hit winner.\" Eurosport labeled her style as \"risky, aggressive, fun tennis\". Ostapenko moves opponents", "title": "Jeļena Ostapenko" }, { "id": "19970256", "text": "For Yung-jan, it will be her fourth appearance at the Finals. For Hingis, it will be her eight appearance, winning the title thrice. Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina started the new season by reaching the final in the Premier Brisbane tournament. They then won their second joint Premier 5 tournament in Dubai. The duo improved their results in Miami and Indian Wells as they reached the quarterfinals and the semifinals respectively. They reached their only clay court final in Rome. The Russian duo then won their third joint Grand Slam doubles title in Wimbledon, winning the final in a rare", "title": "2017 WTA Finals" }, { "id": "18836323", "text": "2015 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Petra Kvitová was the defending champion, but was defeated by Jelena Janković in the third round. Serena Williams won her sixth Wimbledon and 21st major title, becoming the oldest woman to win a major singles title in the Open Era. By defeating first-time finalist Garbiñe Muguruza, Serena also achieved her second non-calendar year Grand Slam after winning the 2014 US Open, 2015 Australian Open and 2015 French Open and she also became the first player since Steffi Graf in 1988 to win Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon all in the same calendar year.", "title": "2015 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles" }, { "id": "15941741", "text": "Julia Boserup Julia Boserup (born September 9, 1991) is an American professional tennis player of Danish descent. Boserup began playing tennis at age six, after her mother, a native of Denmark, enrolled her in group tennis lessons. She was home schooled in high school, which allowed her to focus more time on her tennis career which began in 2006 (ranking 1261). In 2017, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 80, while her best doubles ranking was 218 on October 23, 2017. Julia reached the third round of the 2016 Wimbledon Championships and in 2017 she defeated French Open", "title": "Julia Boserup" }, { "id": "1612604", "text": "Mirza together with Hingis had won from Wimbledon 2015 to the 2016 Australian Open, but lost in the third round of the 2016 French Open to Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková. In 2017, Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Šafářová had the chance to win four consecutive titles at Wimbledon, but withdrew from their scheduled second round match following an acute knee injury suffered by Mattek-Sands in the second round of the Ladies' Singles competition. The following list is for those players who achieved a non-calendar Grand Slam by winning four or more consecutive titles, but who failed to win the Grand", "title": "Grand Slam (tennis)" }, { "id": "906201", "text": "with the other three \"Major or Grand Slam\" events, Wimbledon was contested by top-ranked amateur players, professional players were prohibited from participating. This changed with the advent of the open era in 1968. No British man won the singles event at Wimbledon between Fred Perry in 1936 and Andy Murray in 2013, while no British woman has won since Virginia Wade in 1977, although Annabel Croft and Laura Robson won the Girls' Championship in 1984 and 2008 respectively. The Championship was first televised in 1937. Though properly called \"The Championships, Wimbledon\", depending on sources the event is also known as", "title": "The Championships, Wimbledon" }, { "id": "3371513", "text": "by defeating Ai Sugiyama. There, she defeated fifth seed and former champion Lindsay Davenport. In the final, Sharapova upset top seed and defending champion Serena Williams to win her first Grand Slam singles title, and become the third-youngest woman to win the Wimbledon title, behind only Lottie Dod and Martina Hingis. Sharapova also became the second Russian woman (after Anastasia Myskina had won the year's previous major at Roland Garros) to win a Grand Slam singles title. The victory was hailed by the media as \"the most stunning upset in memory\", with other writers commenting on her arrival as a", "title": "Maria Sharapova" }, { "id": "1446750", "text": "women for eighth place on the all-time list, but gives her sole possession of No. 4 on the Open Era List, trailing only the nine titles of Martina Navratilova and the seven of Serena and Steffi Graf. From the 2000 Wimbledon Championships to the 2001 US Open, Williams won four of the six Grand Slam singles tournaments in that span. At the 2018 US Open, Williams extended her record as the all-time leader, male or female, in Grand Slams played, with 80. With her run to the 2017 Wimbledon singles final, she broke the record for longest time between first", "title": "Venus Williams" }, { "id": "19891768", "text": "Leticia Ras-Anderica, Melissa Reid (8), Marianne Skarpnord, Klára Spilková (8), Noora Tamminen, Anne van Dam, Angel Yin (5) 5. The top 40 on the current LPGA Tour money list not exempt under (1) or (3) as of 4 July. Marina Alex, Brittany Altomare, Cydney Clanton, Jacqui Concolino, Lindy Duncan, Laura Gonzalez Escallon, Wei-Ling Hsu, Ji Eun-hee, Kim Kaufman, Katherine Kirk (8), Nelly Korda, Candie Kung, Alison Lee, Lee Jeong-eun, Pernilla Lindberg, Gaby López, Azahara Muñoz (5), Ryann O'Toole, Lee-Anne Pace, Jane Park, Pornanong Phatlum, Madelene Sagström (5), Alena Sharp, Kelly Shon, Sarah Jane Smith, Jennifer Song, Angela Stanford, Yoo Sun-young", "title": "2017 Women's British Open" }, { "id": "19554509", "text": "1994 Wimbledon Championships. 2016 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Serena Williams was the defending champion and successfully defended her title, defeating Angelique Kerber in the final, 7–5, 6–3. By winning her seventh Wimbledon title, Williams equaled Steffi Graf's Open Era record of 22 major singles titles. This was also the first time two women contested two major finals against one another in a single season since Amélie Mauresmo and Justine Henin-Hardenne met in the 2006 Australian Open and Wimbledon finals. The two faced each other again in the final two years later, with Kerber winning the title in straight sets.", "title": "2016 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles" }, { "id": "19970251", "text": "the grass courts in Eastbourne, Ostapenko lost in the third round to Johanna Konta. She then progressed to the quarterfinals of Wimbledon, where she crashed out in quarterfinals after losing to Venus Williams. The American hard-court swing didn’t bring much luck for her, losing her opening matches in both Toronto and Cincinnati. At the US Open, she lost in the third round to Daria Kasatkina. Ostapenko then won her second title of the year in Seoul, defeating Beatriz Haddad Maia in the final. Her quality results continued in Asia, reaching the semifinal stage in both Wuhan and Beijing, falling to", "title": "2017 WTA Finals" }, { "id": "20267894", "text": "Era to win the US Open after Kim Clijsters in 2009. For the first time since 1981 at the US Open—and at any Grand Slam event since the 1985 Wimbledon Championships—all four semifinalists were American. Both occasions were also the last time that four players from the same country accomplished these feats. In addition, Kaia Kanepi became the first qualifier to reach the US Open quarterfinals since Barbara Gerken, also in 1981. This was Maria Sharapova's first Grand Slam appearance since the 2016 Australian Open, following a suspension for violating the anti-doping rules. Sharapova was unseeded in Grand Slam for", "title": "2017 US Open – Women's Singles" }, { "id": "19970255", "text": "Open and defending the Italian Open. Their clay court winning streak ended in the final of the French Open. They continued their triumphant performance in the grass court season, winning two titles in a row (Mallorca and Eastbourne), but reaching the quarterfinals of Wimbledon. The duo triumphed in Cincinnati, after Hingis failed to do so with Mirza in the 2016 season. Following that, the duo won three major titles in a row, US Open, Wuhan Open and China Open, staying unbeaten to date. Hingis became the new No. 1 doubles player and Chan joined her at No.1 before the finals.", "title": "2017 WTA Finals" }, { "id": "19970242", "text": "second set. Svitolina struggled on the grass court of Birmingham, falling in the second round. This was followed up by a fourth-round loss to Jelena Ostapenko at Wimbledon. Getting back on hard courts, Svitolina wasted no time picking up another title, defeating Caroline Wozniacki in the final of Toronto. She couldn't find the same form in Cincinnati, falling in the third round. At the US Open, she reached the fourth round before losing to eventual finalist Madison Keys. A quarterfinal loss to Caroline Garcia in Beijing followed, and in her most recent tournament in Hong Kong, she withdrew before her", "title": "2017 WTA Finals" }, { "id": "19798793", "text": "from Kerber. Serena's victory was her 23rd Grand Slam title in singles, surpassing Steffi Graf as the all-time leader in Grand Slam titles in the Open era. Mirjana Lučić-Baroni reached her second Grand Slam semifinal 18 years after reaching her first one at Wimbledon. Angelique Kerber \"(Fourth round)\" 2017 Australian Open – Women's Singles Angelique Kerber was the defending champion, but was defeated in the fourth round by Coco Vandeweghe. Serena Williams won the title her 7th Australian title overall and first Australian Open where she did not lose a set during the tournament defeating her sister Venus Williams in", "title": "2017 Australian Open – Women's Singles" }, { "id": "11404277", "text": "96 at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships, Wickmayer beat Kateryna Bondarenko in the 1st round 6-2, 7-5. In the 2nd round, she lost to 14th seed and eventual champion Garbiñe Muguruza 2-6, 4-6. Wickmayer returned to the 2018 clay court season after been sidelined with a back injury in early 2018. Yanina Wickmayer Yanina Wickmayer (born 20 October 1989) is a Belgian professional tennis player. She reached the semifinals at the 2009 US Open, and a career-high WTA ranking of world no. 12 on 19 April 2010. In doubles, she reached a career high of world no. 71 on 15 February", "title": "Yanina Wickmayer" }, { "id": "10578448", "text": "of 1 March 2017, she held this position for 71 weeks. She was the first Scandinavian woman to hold the top ranking position and 20th overall. She has won The Australian Open 2018 and 27 WTA singles titles incl 2017 WTA Finals (and made 52 finals) as of March 2018, and is currently ranked number 2 in the WTA rankings. Frederik Løchte Nielsen became the first Dane ever to win a Wimbledon championship title in 2012. Nielsen and his partner Marray, who had only played three tournaments together previously, also became the first wild card ever to win the Wimbledon", "title": "Sport in Denmark" }, { "id": "5593550", "text": "Clijsters, and at the 2014 US Open to Serena Williams. She won the 2006 Wimbledon Girls' Singles title and also holds two WTA titles in doubles. In 2008, Wozniacki won the title of WTA Newcomer of the Year. In 2017, Wozniacki won the season-ending WTA Finals in Singapore for the first time in her career. Wozniacki won her maiden Grand Slam title at the 2018 Australian Open and returned to the No. 1 ranking on 29 January 2018. Wozniacki was born in Odense, Denmark, the daughter of Polish immigrants, Piotr Woźniacki and Anna. Anna played on the Polish women's national", "title": "Caroline Wozniacki" }, { "id": "19554507", "text": "2016 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Serena Williams was the defending champion and successfully defended her title, defeating Angelique Kerber in the final, 7–5, 6–3. By winning her seventh Wimbledon title, Williams equaled Steffi Graf's Open Era record of 22 major singles titles. This was also the first time two women contested two major finals against one another in a single season since Amélie Mauresmo and Justine Henin-Hardenne met in the 2006 Australian Open and Wimbledon finals. The two faced each other again in the final two years later, with Kerber winning the title in straight sets. In addition to", "title": "2016 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles" }, { "id": "20224754", "text": "in sports management. As a big fan of pop singer Beyoncé, Minor received the nickname \"Briyoncé,\" from best friend Caroline Nonnenmacher. Brienne Minor Brienne Alexandra Minor (born November 25, 1997) is an American tennis player currently playing for the University of Michigan. On May 29, 2017, she won the 2017 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships, becoming the first African-American woman to win the singles title. This victory also secured Minor a spot in the main draw of the 2017 US Open as a wild-card. Minor was raised in Mundelein, Illinois. She began playing tennis at the age of four.", "title": "Brienne Minor" }, { "id": "906269", "text": "ATP Player Council, was the loudest voice for this increase. The 2015 prize money was £1,880,000 each for the Gentlemen's and Ladies' Singles winners, £340,000 each pair for the Gentlemen's and Ladies' Doubles winners, and £100,000 per pair for the Mixed Doubles winners. The total prize money awarded is £26,750,000 up 7% from the £25,000,000 in 2014. The 2016 Wimbledon Championships saw prize money for the Gentlemen's and Ladies' Singles winners reach £2,000,000 for the first time. The winning pair of the Gentlemen's and Ladies' Doubles received £350,000, a £10,000 increase from 2015. £100,000 was awarded to the winning pair", "title": "The Championships, Wimbledon" }, { "id": "20843356", "text": "2011 before competing a world team competitor in 2012. In 2018, de Groot was named ITF World Champion in women's wheelchair tennis. Diede de Groot Diede de Groot (born 1996) is a Dutch wheelchair tennis player. De Groot won eight Grand Slam tournaments including back to back women's singles events at Wimbledon from 2017 to 2018. Apart from her Grand Slam wins, De Groot won multiple Wheelchair Tennis Masters titles and a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics. De Groot was born with unequal leg length and began her wheelchair tennis career at the age of seven. She started", "title": "Diede de Groot" }, { "id": "16286530", "text": "first time at Wimbledon two months earlier. The Chan sisters use Wilson racquets. They are also sponsored by Taiwan Mobile, EVA Air, and French apparel company Lacoste. Chan Hao-ching Chan Hao-ching (; ; born September 19, 1993), also known as Angel Chan, is a professional tennis player representing Taiwan (Chinese Taipei). She is primarily a doubles specialist, having won 14 WTA, 2 WTA Challenger, and 6 ITF titles in that discipline. Chan reached the final of the mixed-doubles competition at Wimbledon with Max Mirnyi in 2014, her first Grand Slam final. She reached two more in 2017, the Wimbledon women's", "title": "Chan Hao-ching" }, { "id": "19970236", "text": "her string of reaching finals, this time at the French Open. However, she was again unsuccessful in taking home the trophy, losing to Jeļena Ostapenko. Halep's first tournament on grass was in Eastbourne, which ended with a loss to Caroline Wozniacki in the quarterfinals. She also lost at the quarterfinal stage at Wimbledon, at the hands of Johanna Konta. After a retirement on the hard courts of Washington, Halep's results on this surface began to pick up. Reaching the semifinals of Toronto and the final of Cincinnati, losing to Elina Svitolina and Garbiñe Muguruza respectively. However, she drew Maria Sharapova", "title": "2017 WTA Finals" }, { "id": "20458613", "text": "2018 Wimbledon Championships The 2018 Wimbledon Championships was a Grand Slam tennis tournament which took place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The main tournament began on Monday, 2 July 2018 and finished on Sunday, 15 July 2018. Novak Djokovic won the Gentleman's Singles title and Angelique Kerber won the Ladies Singles title. The 2018 tournament was the 132nd edition of The Championships, the 125th staging of the Ladies’ Singles Championship event, the 51st in the Open Era and the third Grand Slam tournament of the year. It was played on grass", "title": "2018 Wimbledon Championships" }, { "id": "19970244", "text": "clay court tournament of the year in Charleston. She put in better performances in her next two tournaments, losing to Garbiñe Muguruza in the quarterfinals of Madrid, before falling in the fourth round of the French Open against Timea Bacsinszky. She then proved she didn't need and warm-up grass court tournaments before Wimbledon, progressing to the final. This makes her the only player to reach two major finals this season. She was unable to claim the title however, falling in straight sets to Garbiñe Muguruza. The American hard-court swing didn't get off to a good start for Williams, as she", "title": "2017 WTA Finals" }, { "id": "19891767", "text": "Kim Hyo-joo (13), Kim Sei-young (8), Lydia Ko (13), Jessica Korda, Brittany Lang (13), Minjee Lee, Brittany Lincicome (8,13), Haru Nomura, Inbee Park (8,11,12,13), Park Sung-hyun (9-KLPGA, 13), Gerina Piller, Lizette Salas, Jenny Shin, Michelle Wie (13), Amy Yang (8) 4. The top 25 on the current LET money list not exempt under (1) or (2) as of 4 July. Carly Booth, Hannah Burke, Holly Clyburn, Olivia Cowan, Tonje Daffinrud, Annabel Dimmock, Sandra Gal (5), Jenny Haglund, Georgia Hall, Kylie Henry, Whitney Hillier, Nuria Iturrios, Felicity Johnson, Karolin Lampert, Camilla Lennarth, Florentyna Parker (8), Emily Kristine Pedersen (5), Pamela Pretswell,", "title": "2017 Women's British Open" }, { "id": "19554508", "text": "Williams and Kerber, Garbiñe Muguruza, Agnieszka Radwańska and Simona Halep were also in contention for the world WTA no. 1 ranking at the beginning of the tournament. Williams retained the top spot by reaching the fourth round and eventually winning the title. She also spent her 300th week at the top of the WTA rankings during the second week of the tournament, and won her 300th Slam match at the tournament by defeating Annika Beck in the third round. At 36 years old, Venus Williams became the oldest woman to reach a Grand Slam semifinal since Martina Navratilova at the", "title": "2016 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles" }, { "id": "15457441", "text": "defeated Radwańska again in the opening match of Fed Cup tie between Russia and Poland. At the 2016 Wuhan Open, Kuznetsova saved a match point in the second set en route to winning a three-set, quarterfinal thriller, and also saved a match point when they met at the WTA Finals in Singapore later that year. Their most recent meeting, at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships, saw Kuznetsova win in straight sets, a decade on from their first meeting. Kuznetsova and Ana Ivanovic played each other fourteen times between 2005 and 2015 inclusive. Kuznetsova struggled for most of the rivalry, losing eight", "title": "Svetlana Kuznetsova" }, { "id": "19922563", "text": "the Wimbledon Championships, marking the first season since 2009 in which he won multiple majors. Federer won a total of seven titles in the season, the most since 2007, and with a win-loss record of 52–5 his winning percentage was the highest since 2006. With these accomplishments, the season was Federer's most successful in over a decade. After returning from injury, prior to the Australian Open, Federer paired with Belinda Bencic to compete in the Hopman Cup, representing Switzerland. They were knocked out in the round robin stage after winning two out of three ties. Federer played three singles matches", "title": "2017 Roger Federer tennis season" }, { "id": "18244040", "text": "escape. The victory gave Serena her second \"Serena Slam\", and that was with the 2014 US Open win counted from the previous year. This victory was her twenty-first Grand Slam singles title, putting her one behind Steffi Graf in the Open Era of tennis, and three behind the all-time record held by Margaret Court. The win meant she became the oldest women's singles Grand Slam champion in the Open Era of tennis, besting the mark previously set by Martina Navratilova. The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries. 2015 Wimbledon Championships The 2015 Wimbledon", "title": "2015 Wimbledon Championships" }, { "id": "9198490", "text": "produced very few Wimbledon champions, with only Ann Haydon Jones, Virginia Wade (both women's singles), Jonathan Marray (men's doubles), Andy Murray (men's singles), John Lloyd, Jeremy Bates, Jo Durie, Jamie Murray and Heather Watson (mixed doubles) winning titles in the Open Era. London's financial industry has boomed since the deregulation of British financial markets (the \"Big Bang\") in the 1980s under the Thatcher government — but has also become dominated by foreign companies, especially American investment banks, rather than British firms (a result opposite to the original intention of the reforms). The analogy is typically used to mark a debate", "title": "Wimbledon Effect" }, { "id": "20199635", "text": "the second time to beat a world No 1 player, the first was Djokovic at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships. For the first time since the 2005 Australian Open, David Ferrer was not seeded at a Grand Slam and the first time since the 2004 US Open that fellow Spaniard Guillermo García López did not play at a Grand Slam, ending his streak of 50 consecutive Grand Slam appearances. 2017 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Andy Murray was the defending champion, and top seed, but was defeated by Sam Querrey in the quarterfinals. Despite his loss, Murray retained the ATP No.", "title": "2017 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles" }, { "id": "906196", "text": "and early July, starting on the last Monday in June and culminating with the Ladies' and Gentlemen's Singles Finals, scheduled for the Saturday and Sunday at the end of the second week. However recent changes to the tennis calendar have seen the event moved back by a week to begin in early July. Five major events are held each year, with additional junior and invitational competitions also taking place. Wimbledon traditions include a strict dress code for competitors and Royal patronage. Strawberries and cream is traditionally consumed at the tournament. In 2017, fans consumed 34,000 kg of English strawberries and", "title": "The Championships, Wimbledon" }, { "id": "20458618", "text": "The seeds for men's singles are adjusted on a surface-based system to reflect more accurately the individual player's grass court achievement as per the following formula, which applies to the top 32 players according to the ATP Rankings on 25 June 2018: Rank and points before are as of 2 July 2018. † The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2017 but is defending points from the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour instead. The seeds for ladies' singles are based on the WTA rankings as of 25 June 2018, with an exception for Serena Williams (details are given below).", "title": "2018 Wimbledon Championships" }, { "id": "20597037", "text": "tournament after Clijsters and Serena Williams and the first Japanese player to win a Premier Mandatory title. Simona Halep and Wozniacki were in contention for the WTA no. 1 singles ranking at the beginning of the tournament. Halep retained the top ranking after Wozniacki lost in the fourth round. Moreover, former no. 1 players Victoria Azarenka, Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams played in the same tournament for the first time since the 2016 Australian Open. This was Azarenka's first tournament since the 2017 Wimbledon Championships and Williams' first since the 2017 Australian Open. All seeds received a bye into the", "title": "2018 BNP Paribas Open – Women's Singles" }, { "id": "14743402", "text": "at the 2017 Aegon International Eastbourne, Barthel made it to the main draw beating Beatriz Haddad Maia and Kristína Kučová. In the main draw, she was defeated in the 2nd round by 7th seed Svetlana Kuznetsova 4-6, 7-5, 6-2. Ranked 48 at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships, Barthel lost in the 1st round to 24th seed Coco Vandeweghe 7-5, 6-2. Seeded 4th at the 2017 Ladies Championship Gstaad, Barthel was defeated in the 1st round by Maria Sakkari 4-6, 6-3, 6-3. At the 2017 Swedish Open, Barthel upset 9th seed Johanna Larsson in the 1st round 6-7(3), 7-5, 7-6(4). She lost", "title": "Mona Barthel" }, { "id": "14104523", "text": "Wimbledon Championships, and made her second Grand Slam fourth round at the US Open. She reached her first Grand Slam quarterfinal at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships, six years after her Wimbledon breakout tournament. Giorgi reached the WTA Tour event singles final at the 2014 BNP Paribas Katowice Open and won her first title at the 2015 Topshelf Open. She reached her best singles ranking of world No. 26 in October 2018. Giorgi is known for her aggressive style of game and her powerful flat groundstrokes, and is considered to be one of the hardest hitters of the ball on the", "title": "Camila Giorgi" }, { "id": "3235052", "text": "Tennis and Croquet Club, organiser of the Wimbledon Championships, ranks her among the five greatest Wimbledon champions. On 24 May 2016, Google had a doodle in celebration for Suzanne's 117th birthday. In 2017, a Google Doodle honored her on International Women's Day. According to Wallis Myers of \"The Daily Telegraph\" and the \"Daily Mail\", Lenglen was ranked in the world top ten from 1921 (when the rankings began) through 1926 and was the world No. 1 player in each of those years. During her career, Lenglen won 81 singles titles, nine of which were achieved without losing a single game.", "title": "Suzanne Lenglen" }, { "id": "13584601", "text": "With this victory at a Premier-level event, she moved into the top ten for the first time in her career at the age of 21, becoming the first American woman to do so since Serena Williams in 1999. Compatriots CoCo Vandeweghe and Sloane Stephens followed suit with their own top ten debuts in 2017 and 2018 respectively. Seeded No. 9 at Wimbledon, Keys advanced to the fourth round, where she was defeated by No. 5 Simona Halep despite winning the first set. Later that month, Keys reached her second consecutive Premier 5 final at the Canadian Open in Montreal, where", "title": "Madison Keys" }, { "id": "906218", "text": "finalist three times, and been ranked no. 2 in the world; his low ranking was due to having been hampered by a persistent shoulder injury for three years, which had only just cleared up. In 1996, the title was won by Richard Krajicek, who was originally unseeded (ranked 17th, and only 16 players were seeded) but was promoted to a seeded position (still with the number 17) when Thomas Muster withdrew before the tournament. No unseeded player has captured the Ladies' Singles title; the lowest seeded female champion was Venus Williams, who won in 2007 as the 23rd seed; Williams", "title": "The Championships, Wimbledon" }, { "id": "20458620", "text": "the main draw using a protected ranking: The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament but withdrew with injuries, suspensions, or personal reasons: 2018 Wimbledon Championships The 2018 Wimbledon Championships was a Grand Slam tennis tournament which took place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The main tournament began on Monday, 2 July 2018 and finished on Sunday, 15 July 2018. Novak Djokovic won the Gentleman's Singles title and Angelique Kerber won the Ladies Singles title. The 2018 tournament was the 132nd edition of The Championships, the 125th staging of", "title": "2018 Wimbledon Championships" }, { "id": "11620539", "text": "swing at the Aegon Classic Birmingham, where she defeated both Tereza Smitková and Naomi Broady in straight sets to reach her first quarterfinal of 2017, also her first on grass since the 2014 Wimbledon Championships. There, she took down fifth seed Kristina Mladenovic to reach the last four, where she moved past Lucie Šafářová. In the final, she beat Ashleigh Barty in three sets for her milestone 20th career title. However, she then suffered a second consecutive loss in the second round of Wimbledon, this time to Madison Brengle in three sets. During the US Open series, Kvitová posted a", "title": "Petra Kvitová" }, { "id": "11447610", "text": "and Olympic medalist Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková at Indian Wells. Her biggest doubles result up to date is reaching her first grand slam doubles final at Wimbledon, in 2017, alongside Chan Hao-ching. She was also runner-up at three Premier Mandatory events: the 2015 Wuhan Open, with fellow Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu, the 2016 Rogers Cup, with current world no.1 Simona Halep, and the 2017 Cincinnati Open, partnering former world no.1 in doubles, Su-wei Hsieh. She is popular among spectators and other players alike for her unconventional style of play, employing an extreme grip as well as two hands for both her forehand", "title": "Monica Niculescu" }, { "id": "20120085", "text": "at the French Open in the Open Era, and the first time this had happened at any Grand Slam tournament since the 2001 Wimbledon Championships. This was the first Grand Slam tournament to feature neither Serena Williams nor Maria Sharapova since the 2002 Australian Open. Angelique Kerber \"(First round)\" 2017 French Open – Women's Singles Garbiñe Muguruza was the defending champion, having won the tournament in 2016, but she was defeated in the fourth round by Kristina Mladenovic. This was the first time at the French Open since 1977, and any Grand Slam event since the 1979 Australian Open that", "title": "2017 French Open – Women's Singles" }, { "id": "19922571", "text": "2002 Wimbledon championships that he had lost his opening match at a grass-court event. Federer defeated Yūichi Sugita, Mischa Zverev, Florian Mayer, and Karen Khachanov to reach the final without dropping a set. In the final he defeated Alexander Zverev, securing a record-extending ninth Halle title, and the third which he won without the loss of a set. This made him one of just two men in the Open Era, along with Rafael Nadal, to win the same tournament more than eight times. This title victory also saw Federer equal Nadal's all-time record of 18 ATP 500 titles won. During", "title": "2017 Roger Federer tennis season" }, { "id": "3393223", "text": "Davis Cup team captain from 2015-2017, leading the Davis Cup team back into the top-tier World Group under her captaincy. She has also served as a part-time coach to Garbine Muguruza, guiding her to the 2017 Wimbledon title. Born in Monzón, Martínez turned professional in 1988. At the age of just 16, she reached the fourth round at the French Open in her third professional tournament. She upset ninth-seed Lori McNeil en route before losing to Bettina Fulco in two sets. In 1989, her breakthrough year, Martínez got rid of Sabatini to win the title at Tampa and also won", "title": "Conchita Martínez" }, { "id": "20267895", "text": "the first time since the 2009 French Open, was awarded a wildcard into the main draw and advanced to the fourth round, where she lost to Anastasija Sevastova. Garbiñe Muguruza became the new WTA No. 1 player at the end of the tournament despite losing in the fourth round, after Karolína Plíšková (who held the top ranking at the start of the tournament) failed to defend her finalist points from 2016. Eight of the top nine seeds (with the exception of Kerber) were in contention for the no. 1 ranking at the start of the tournament. Venus Williams became the", "title": "2017 US Open – Women's Singles" }, { "id": "7963160", "text": "and attaining a ranking of 24 in the year end. She repeated her success in 2013, reaching her best for a long period ranking of 21 on 22 July. Then she won her first WTA titles in Hobart and Eastbourne. After falling out of the top 100 in October 2014, Vesnina experienced an upturn in fortunes in 2016, making her first Grand Slam semifinal at Wimbledon. She continued her good form into 2017 and won the biggest singles title of her career to date at Indian Wells, claiming her first Premier Mandatory level title. Vesnina has been consistently one of", "title": "Elena Vesnina" }, { "id": "18999682", "text": "Kerber. Liu was the only player in the tournament to win a set against Kerber. Claire Liu Claire Liu ( ; ; born May 25, 2000) is an American tennis player. In 2017, she was the World No. 1 in the junior rankings after winning the Junior Wimbledon title, and finishing runner-up at the Junior French Open. Liu also won a junior grand slam doubles title at Wimbledon with Usue Arconada in 2016. On the pro circuit, Liu has won three ITF singles titles and reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 181. Liu won the Junior Wimbledon doubles", "title": "Claire Liu" }, { "id": "20318009", "text": "Texas where she lost to Naomi Broady, her best result after the US Open was at Stockton where she beat Jovana Jaksic, Lauren Davis before yet again falling to Madison Brengle. In Templeton, she won against Nicole Gibbs before losing to Hailey Baptiste Ann Li (tennis) Ann Li (born June 26, 2000 in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania) is an American tennis player. She was the runner-up at the 2017 Wimbledon Junior Championships. Li was born in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Both of her parents are Chinese. In her spare time, she enjoys playing the ukulele. Li reached her first junior", "title": "Ann Li (tennis)" }, { "id": "11404205", "text": "she announced that Clijsters would be working with her during the 2017 Wimbledon Championships. On 16 July 2017, Wickmayer married long-time boyfriend and former professional football player Jérôme van der Zijl. Wickmayer obtained her first successes: three singles ITF titles and two ITF doubles. She continued her success on the ITF circuit by winning several tournaments in Asia during the fall season (see external links). It was around this time that Wickmayer surpassed Caroline Maes as the no. 2 Belgian female tennis player. At the start of the year, she was no. 534 in the world, but by November 2007,", "title": "Yanina Wickmayer" }, { "id": "18999678", "text": "Claire Liu Claire Liu ( ; ; born May 25, 2000) is an American tennis player. In 2017, she was the World No. 1 in the junior rankings after winning the Junior Wimbledon title, and finishing runner-up at the Junior French Open. Liu also won a junior grand slam doubles title at Wimbledon with Usue Arconada in 2016. On the pro circuit, Liu has won three ITF singles titles and reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 181. Liu won the Junior Wimbledon doubles tournament in 2016 with fellow American Usue Arconada, defeating Mariam Bolkvadze and Caty McNally in", "title": "Claire Liu" }, { "id": "13122492", "text": "her second WTA semifinal, exiting at that stage to another former Wimbledon runner-up, Eugenie Bouchard. This run lifted Broady to a new career high ranking of 76. Competing in the ITF 2017 Dow Tennis Classic in February, Broady reached the singles final before losing in three sets to Tatjana Maria. In May in the 2017 Empire Slovak Open, Broady, partnered by Heather Watson, won the doubles competition on clay in two sets bringing Broady's doubles ranking to a new high of 56. Broady lost in the first round of Wimbledon as a wild card entry. This equalled her fifth first-round", "title": "Naomi Broady" } ]

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[ { "id": "9943339", "text": "Ancient Egyptian technology Ancient Egyptian technology describes devices and technologies invented or used in Ancient Egypt. The Egyptians invented and used many simple machines, such as the ramp and the lever, to aid construction processes. They used rope trusses to stiffen the beam of ships. Egyptian paper, made from papyrus, and pottery were mass-produced and exported throughout the Mediterranean basin. The wheel was used for a number of purposes, but chariots only came into use after the Second Intermediate period. The Egyptians also played an important role in developing Mediterranean maritime technology including ships and lighthouses. Significant advances in ancient", "title": "Ancient Egyptian technology" }, { "id": "9943375", "text": "Africa in the west to the Indian subcontinent and Central Asia in the east. The timeline of Islamic science and engineering covers the general development of science and technology in the Islamic world. Ancient Egyptian technology Ancient Egyptian technology describes devices and technologies invented or used in Ancient Egypt. The Egyptians invented and used many simple machines, such as the ramp and the lever, to aid construction processes. They used rope trusses to stiffen the beam of ships. Egyptian paper, made from papyrus, and pottery were mass-produced and exported throughout the Mediterranean basin. The wheel was used for a number", "title": "Ancient Egyptian technology" }, { "id": "20303083", "text": "BCE. The earliest known use of the wheel for transportation is in Mesopotamian chariots about 3200 years ago. Egyptians developed wheels with spokes about 2000 years ago, followed by Europeans some 1400 years ago. Another source says the oldest wheel used for transportation, with a radius of 27.5 inches (70 centimeters), was discovered in 2002, about 12.5 miles (20 kilometres) south west of Ljubljana in Slovenia, and is believed to be 5200 years old. Most wheels are single-piece wheels, made using casting, forging, rim rolling and/or high light methods. In casting, wheels are made by using a mold. The mold", "title": "Wheel construction" }, { "id": "3901497", "text": "southeastern Europe and China have also been claimed as possible places of origin. Furthermore, the wheel was also in popular use by potters starting around 3500 BC in major cities of the Indus Valley civilization in South Asia, namely Harappa and Mohenjo-daro (Kenoyer, 2005). Others consider Egypt as \"being the place of origin of the potter's wheel. It was here that the turntable shaft was lengthened about 3000 BC and a flywheel added. The flywheel was kicked and later was moved by pulling the edge with the left hand while forming the clay with the right. This led to the", "title": "Potter's wheel" }, { "id": "9943372", "text": "size. Recent scholarship suggests that the water wheel originates from Ptolemaic Egypt, where it appeared by the 3rd century BC. This is seen as an evolution of the paddle-driven water-lifting wheels that had been known in Egypt a century earlier. According to John Peter Oleson, both the compartmented wheel and the hydraulic Noria may have been invented in Egypt by the 4th century BC, with the Sakia being invented there a century later. This is supported by archeological finds at Faiyum, Egypt, where the oldest archeological evidence of a water-wheel has been found, in the form of a Sakia dating", "title": "Ancient Egyptian technology" }, { "id": "1328363", "text": "main functions of water wheels were historically water-lifting for irrigation purposes and as a power source. When used for water-lifting power can be supplied by either human or animal force or by the water current itself. It is not clear from the available historic texts and archaeology whether the watermill originates in Egypt, India, Greece, or regions in-between; usage within just a few decades of each other's cultures in the 4th to 3rd centuries B.C.E. is documented over a large swath of Eurasia. Paddle-driven water-lifting wheels had appeared in ancient Egypt by the 4th century BCE. The Egyptians are credited", "title": "Water wheel" }, { "id": "9943373", "text": "back to the 3rd century BC. A papyrus dating to the 2nd century BC also found in Faiyum mentions a water wheel used for irrigation, a 2nd-century BC fresco found at Alexandria depicts a compartmented Sakia, and the writings of Callixenus of Rhodes mention the use of a Sakia in Ptolemaic Egypt during the reign of Ptolemy IV in the late 3rd century BC. Ancient Greek technology was often inspired by the need to improve weapons and tactics in war. Ancient Roman technology is a set of artifacts and customs which supported Roman civilization and made the expansion of Roman", "title": "Ancient Egyptian technology" }, { "id": "5611576", "text": "first to extract gold by large-scale mining using fire-setting, and the first recognisable map, the Turin papyrus shows the plan of one such mine in Nubia. Egyptian paper, made from papyrus, and pottery were mass-produced and exported throughout the Mediterranean basin. The wheel, however, did not arrive until foreign invaders introduced the chariot. They developed Mediterranean maritime technology including ships and lighthouses. Early construction techniques utilized by the Ancient Egyptians made use of bricks composed mainly of clay, sand, silt, and other minerals. These constructs would have been vital in flood control and irrigation, especially along the Nile delta. For", "title": "Ancient technology" }, { "id": "3512320", "text": "Egyptian pyramids The Egyptian pyramids are ancient pyramid-shaped masonry structures located in Egypt. As of November 2008, sources cite either 118 or 138 as the number of identified Egyptian pyramids. Most were built as tombs for the country's pharaohs and their consorts during the Old and Middle Kingdom periods. The earliest known Egyptian pyramids are found at Saqqara, northwest of Memphis. The earliest among these is the Pyramid of Djoser, which was built 2630–2610 BC during the Third Dynasty. This pyramid and its surrounding complex were designed by the architect Imhotep, and are generally considered to be the world's oldest", "title": "Egyptian pyramids" }, { "id": "9943367", "text": "harmful. Mummification of the dead was not always practiced in Egypt. Once the practice began, an individual was placed at a final resting place through a set of rituals and protocol. The Egyptian funeral was a complex ceremony including various monuments, prayers, and rituals undertaken in honor of the deceased. The poor, who could not afford expensive tombs, were buried in shallow graves in the sand, and because of the arid environment they were often naturally mummified. Evidence indicates that Egyptians made use of potter's wheels in the manufacturing of pottery from as early as the 4th Dynasty. Chariots, however,", "title": "Ancient Egyptian technology" }, { "id": "3512341", "text": "which served as the capital of Egypt during the Twelfth Dynasty. The pyramid at Meidum is one of three constructed during the reign of Sneferu, and is believed by some to have been started by that pharaoh's father and predecessor, Huni. However, that attribution is uncertain, as no record of Huni's name has been found at the site. It was constructed as a step pyramid, and then later converted into the first \"true\" smooth-sided pyramid when the steps were filled in, and an outer casing added. The pyramid suffered several catastrophic collapses in ancient and medieval times; medieval Arab writers", "title": "Egyptian pyramids" }, { "id": "20674808", "text": "of the predynastic period, which makes it fairly likely that the slow potter's wheel was in use in this period. It is assumed that baking pans for conical bread were made with the help of a mold. It is possible that they were shaped around a conical wooden core, which had the shape of the conical bread which would eventually be baked in the pans. Manufacture on the fast potter's wheel, operated by an assistant or the foot of the potter was a relatively late development, which took place in the New Kingdom at the earliest. The earliest depiction comes", "title": "Ancient Egyptian pottery" }, { "id": "3415310", "text": "used by Egyptian leaders to govern people. The Indus Valley Civilization, situated in a resource-rich area, is notable for its early application of city planning and sanitation technologies. Indus Valley construction and architecture, called 'Vaastu Shastra', suggests a thorough understanding of materials engineering, hydrology, and sanitation. The peoples of Mesopotamia (Sumerians, Akkadians, Assyrians, and Babylonians) have been credited with the invention of the wheel, but this is no longer certain. They lived in cities from c. 4000 BC, and developed a sophisticated architecture in mud-brick and stone, including the use of the true arch. The walls of Babylon were so", "title": "History of technology" }, { "id": "20674809", "text": "from the Tomb of Kenamun from the middle of the Eighteenth dynasty, in which an assistant grips the wheel and thereby helps the potter to use the wheel, while the potter himself uses his foot to stabilise it. The shaped vessel first had to be dried enough that the walls would be stable for further work. The clay was brought to roughly the consistency of leather, remaining damp enough that it could still be moulded and shaped. At this point paint, glaze and slip could be added if desired. After further drying the vessel was polished. There were two techniques", "title": "Ancient Egyptian pottery" }, { "id": "11790699", "text": "the earliest surviving one is a limestone sundial that dates back to 1500 BCE, discovered in the Valley of the Kings in 2013. It was found in a housing area of construction workers and its division of daytime into 12 parts was possibly used to measure work hours. Shadow clocks were modified sundials that allowed for greater precision in determining the time of day, and were first used around 1500 BCE. Their major innovation was a modified, more precise gnomon that allowed for the division of night time into 50 parts, with an additional two \"twilight hours\" in the morning", "title": "History of timekeeping devices in Egypt" }, { "id": "1328364", "text": "with inventing the water wheel with attached pots, a water wheel with water compartments and a bucket chain, which ran over a pulley with buckets attached to it. The invention of the compartmentalized water wheel occurred in ancient Egypt around the 4th century BCE, in a rural context, away from the metropolis of Hellenistic Alexandria, and then spread to other parts of North Africa. According to John Peter Oleson, both the compartmented wheel and the hydraulic Noria appeared in Egypt by the 4th century BCE, with the Sakia being invented there a century later. This is supported by archeological finds", "title": "Water wheel" }, { "id": "11790698", "text": "History of timekeeping devices in Egypt The Ancient Egyptians were one of the first cultures to widely divide days into generally agreed-upon equal parts, using early timekeeping devices such as sundials, shadow clocks, and merkhets (plumb-lines used by early astronomers). Obelisks are used by reading the shadow that it makes. The citizens could divide the day into two parts, and then into smaller hours. Despite Herodotus's attribution of the invention of the sundial to the Babylonians in 430 BCE, the earliest known sundials were simple gnomons of Egyptian origin invented around 3500 BCE. More complex devices were developed over time,", "title": "History of timekeeping devices in Egypt" }, { "id": "13637309", "text": "Oracle of the Potter The Oracle of the Potter is a Hellenistic Egyptian prophetic text, originally written in Demotic Egyptian in the 3rd century BC. However, there are only five remaining Greek manuscript copies of the document on papyrus (parts of two manuscripts were rewritten, likely in the 2nd century BC following the failed rebellion of Harsiesis in 132-130 BC) dated to the 2nd or 3rd centuries AD during the Roman rule of Egypt. A potter is the prophet and protagonist of the story, an allusion to Khnum, the \"Lord of the potter's wheel\" who fashioned the world in Egyptian", "title": "Oracle of the Potter" }, { "id": "9194677", "text": "share a land border with Egypt. Egypt has one of the longest histories of any country, tracing its heritage back to the 6th–4th millennia BCE. Considered a cradle of civilisation, Ancient Egypt saw some of the earliest developments of writing, agriculture, urbanisation, organised religion and central government. Iconic monuments such as the Giza Necropolis and its Great Sphinx, as well the ruins of Memphis, Thebes, Karnak, and the Valley of the Kings, reflect this legacy and remain a significant focus of scientific and popular interest. Egypt's long and rich cultural heritage is an integral part of its national identity, which", "title": "Egypt" }, { "id": "455493", "text": "for the Ancient Egyptians. Wheel In its primitive form, a wheel is a circular block of a hard and durable material at whose center has been bored a circular hole through which is placed an axle bearing about which the wheel rotates when a moment is applied by gravity or torque to the wheel about its axis, wheel and axle thereby making together one of the six simple machines. When placed vertically under a load-bearing platform or case, the wheel turning on the horizontal axle makes it possible to transport heavy loads; when placed horizontally, the wheel turning on its", "title": "Wheel" }, { "id": "2648019", "text": "was temporarily abandoned, as consequence of this mutiny. Egypt under Muhammad Ali in the early 19th century had the fifth most productive cotton industry in the world, in terms of the number of spindles per capita. The industry was initially driven by machinery that relied on traditional energy sources, such as animal power, water wheels, and windmills, which were also the principle energy sources in Western Europe up until around 1870. While steam power had been experimented with in Ottoman Egypt by engineer Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf in 1551, when he invented a steam jack driven by a rudimentary", "title": "History of Egypt under the Muhammad Ali dynasty" }, { "id": "9280179", "text": "natural ventilation in buildings since similarly ancient times. The use of wind to provide mechanical power came somewhat later in antiquity. The Babylonian emperor Hammurabi planned to use wind power for his ambitious irrigation project in the 17th century BC. The windwheel of the engineer Heron of Alexandria in 1st-century AD Roman Egypt is the earliest known instance of using a wind-driven wheel to power a machine. Another early example of a wind-driven wheel was the prayer wheel, which has been used in ancient India, Tibet, and China since the 4th century. The first practical windmills were in use in", "title": "History of wind power" }, { "id": "20674806", "text": "turned after the completion of the whole vessel. An important advance was the invention of the potter's wheel, which rotated on a central axis. This enabled the potter to rotate the wheel and the vessel with one hand, while shaping the vessel with the other hand. According to Dorothea Arnold, the slow potter's wheel was invented some time during the Fourth dynasty. Eva Christiana Köhler has subsequently argued that this should be corrected to a substantially earlier period, \"the invention of the potter's wheel is a development which generally accompanied a certain form of mass-production. It enabled standardisation and the", "title": "Ancient Egyptian pottery" }, { "id": "2328764", "text": "in 646. In 654 an invasion fleet sent by Constans II was repulsed. From that time no serious effort was made by the Byzantines to regain possession of the country. Following the first surrender of Alexandria, Amr chose a new site to settle his men, near the location of the Byzantine fortress of Babylon. The new settlement received the name of Fustat, after Amr's tent, which had been pitched there when the Arabs besieged the fortress. Fustat quickly became the focal point of Islamic Egypt, and, with the exception of the brief relocation to Helwan during a plague in 689,", "title": "Egypt in the Middle Ages" }, { "id": "617080", "text": "World Wide Web as an alternative outlet for artists and there is a strong Art-focused internet community on groups that have found origin in Egypt. Egypt's cultural contributions have included great works of science, art, and mathematics, dating from antiquity to modern times. Considered to be the first engineer, architect and physician in history known by name, Imhotep designed the Pyramid of Djoser (the Step Pyramid) at Saqqara in Egypt around 2630-2611 BC, and may have been responsible for the first known use of columns in architecture. The Egyptian historian Manetho credited him with inventing stone-dressed building during Djoser's reign,", "title": "Culture of Egypt" }, { "id": "5611575", "text": "They didn’t see it as one as good and one as bad. The Mesopotamians made many technological discoveries. They were the first to use the potter's wheel to make better pottery, they used irrigation to get water to their crops, they used bronze metal (and later iron metal) to make strong tools and weapons, and used looms to weave cloth from wool. For later medieval technologies developed in the Mesopotamian region, now known as Iraq, see Inventions in medieval Islam. The Egyptians invented and used many simple machines, such as the ramp to aid construction processes. They were among the", "title": "Ancient technology" }, { "id": "9943368", "text": "are only believed to have been introduced by the invasion of the Hyksos in the Second Intermediate period; during the New Kingdom era, chariotry became central to Egypt's military. The Egyptians developed a variety of furniture. There in the lands of ancient Egypt is the first evidence for stools, beds, and tables (such as from the tombs similar to Tutenkhamen's). Recovered Ancient Egyptian furniture includes a third millennium BC bed discovered in the Tarkhan Tomb, a c.2550 BC. gilded set from the tomb of Queen Hetepheres I, and a c. 1550 BC. stool from Thebes. Some have suggested that the", "title": "Ancient Egyptian technology" }, { "id": "18370802", "text": "Herodotus Machine The Herodotus Machine was a machine described by Herodotus, a Greek historian born in Halicarnassus, Caria (modern-day Bodrum, Turkey). Herodotus claims this invention enabled the Ancient Egyptians to construct the pyramids. The contraption supposedly allowed workers to lift heavy building materials. Herodotus is believed to have encountered the device while traveling through Egypt. With limited reference and no true schematics, this machine has stimulated many historians' theories of how the Ancient Egyptians were able to create pyramids. Herodotus is suspected of having embellished – or made up entirely – some of his historical accounts, but scholars generally accept", "title": "Herodotus Machine" }, { "id": "773578", "text": "Hero of Alexandria Hero of Alexandria (; , \"Heron ho Alexandreus\"; also known as Heron of Alexandria ; c. 10 AD – c. 70 AD) was a mathematician and engineer who was active in his native city of Alexandria, Roman Egypt. He is considered the greatest experimenter of antiquity and his work is representative of the Hellenistic scientific tradition. Hero published a well recognized description of a steam-powered device called an \"aeolipile\" (sometimes called a \"Hero engine\"). Among his most famous inventions was a windwheel, constituting the earliest instance of wind harnessing on land. He is said to have been", "title": "Hero of Alexandria" }, { "id": "178944", "text": "culture continued to exist as well (the Coptic language itself was Egypt's most widely spoken language until at least the 10th century). Egypt quickly became the Empire's breadbasket supplying the greater portion of the Empire's grain in addition to flax, papyrus, glass, and many other finished goods. The city of Alexandria became a key trading outpost for the Roman Empire (by some accounts, the most important for a time). Shipping from Egypt regularly reached India and Ethiopia among other international destinations. It was also a leading (perhaps \"the\" leading) scientific and technological center of the Empire. Scholars such as Ptolemy,", "title": "History of Egypt" }, { "id": "111646", "text": "Alexandria were important engineering achievements of their time and were considered among the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The earliest civil engineer known by name is Imhotep. As one of the officials of the Pharaoh, Djosèr, he probably designed and supervised the construction of the Pyramid of Djoser (the Step Pyramid) at Saqqara in Egypt around 2630–2611 BC. Ancient Greece developed machines in both civilian and military domains. The Antikythera mechanism, the first known mechanical computer, and the mechanical inventions of Archimedes are examples of early mechanical engineering. Some of Archimedes' inventions as well as the Antikythera mechanism required", "title": "Engineering" }, { "id": "11508568", "text": "large irrigation channel. In the latter case we usually speak of a \"noria\" as opposed to a \"sakia\". Paddle-driven water-lifting wheels had appeared in ancient Egypt by the 4th century BCE. According to John Peter Oleson, both the compartmented wheel and the hydraulic noria appeared in Egypt by the 4th century BCE, with the Sakia being invented there a century later. This is supported by archeological finds at Faiyum, where the oldest archeological evidence of a water wheel has been found, in the form of a Sakia dating back to the 3rd century BCE. A papyrus dating to the 2nd", "title": "Sakia" }, { "id": "20674811", "text": "cut by hand, or molded from an additional lump of clay. After the beginning of the seventeenth dynasty, the foot was instead made on the potter's wheel from the mass of clay used for the creation of the base of the vessel. At this point, bases and stands increasingly have rotation marks on the outside. In the drying process, the vessel had to be kept under controlled conditions, such that all parts of the vessel dried equally and no shrinking took place. In this process, a lot of water had to evaporate, since the remaining water would boil at the", "title": "Ancient Egyptian pottery" }, { "id": "1328405", "text": "point that \"modern Egyptian devices are virtually identical\". It is assumed that the scientists of the Museum of Alexandria, at the time the most active Greek research center, may have been involved in its invention. An episode from the Alexandrian War in 48 BC tells of how Caesar's enemies employed geared water wheels to pour sea water from elevated places on the position of the trapped Romans. Around 300 AD, the noria was finally introduced when the wooden compartments were replaced with inexpensive ceramic pots that were tied to the outside of an open-framed wheel. Dotted notation. A dot above", "title": "Water wheel" }, { "id": "1437763", "text": "of Demosthenes and Herodotus, Naucratis was a, or the only, factory in the entirety of ancient Egypt. A source of 1983 (Hopkins), states the largest factory production in ancient times was of 120 slaves within 4th century BC Athens. An article within the New York Times article dated 13 October 2011 states: ... discovered at Blombos Cave, a cave on the south coast of South Africa where 100,000-year-old tools and ingredients were found with which early modern humans mixed an ochre-based paint. Although The \"Cambridge Online Dictionary\" definition of factory states: elsewhere: The first machine is stated by one source", "title": "Factory" }, { "id": "8859", "text": "of addition and subtraction; however, this primitive device proved difficult to use for more complex calculations\". The use of the abacus in Ancient Egypt is mentioned by the Greek historian Herodotus, who writes that the Egyptians manipulated the pebbles from right to left, opposite in direction to the Greek left-to-right method. Archaeologists have found ancient disks of various sizes that are thought to have been used as counters. However, wall depictions of this instrument have not been discovered. During the Achaemenid Empire, around 600 BC the Persians first began to use the abacus. Under the Parthian, Sassanian and Iranian empires,", "title": "Abacus" }, { "id": "9194679", "text": "the monarchy was an instrument of British colonialism. Following the 1952 revolution, Egypt expelled British soldiers and bureaucrats and ended British occupation, nationalized the British-held Suez Canal, exiled King Farouk and his family, and declared itself a republic. In 1958 it merged with Syria to form the United Arab Republic, which dissolved in 1961. Throughout the second half of the 20th century, Egypt endured social and religious strife and political instability, fighting several armed conflicts with Israel in 1948, 1956, 1967 and 1973, and occupying the Gaza Strip intermittently until 1967. In 1978, Egypt signed the Camp David Accords, officially", "title": "Egypt" }, { "id": "12806685", "text": "of the officials of the Pharaoh, Djosèr, he probably designed and supervised the construction of the Pyramid of Djoser (a Step Pyramid) at Saqqara in Egypt around 2630-2611 BC. He may also have been responsible for the first known use of columns in architecture. Ancient Greece developed machines, both in the civilian and military domains. The Antikythera mechanism, the earliest known model of a mechanical computer in history, and the mechanical inventions of Archimedes are examples of early mechanical engineering. Some of Archimedes' inventions, as well as the Antikythera mechanism, required sophisticated knowledge of differential gearing or epicyclic gearing, two", "title": "History of engineering" }, { "id": "13589850", "text": "Chariotry in ancient Egypt In ancient Egyptian society chariotry stood as an independent unit in the King’s military force. Chariots were first introduced as a weapon in Egypt by the Hyksos in the 16th century BC. The Egyptians developed their own design of the chariot. Archaeologist Joost Crouwel writes that \"Chariots were not sudden inventions, but developed out of earlier vehicles that were mounted on disk or cross-bar wheels. This development can best be traced in the Near East, where spoke-wheeled and horse-drawn ‘true’ chariots are first attested in the earlier part of the second millennium BC...\". The early usage", "title": "Chariotry in ancient Egypt" }, { "id": "577671", "text": "the name of the script derived from hieratic beginning in the 7th century BC. The Coptic alphabet was derived from the Greek alphabet, with adaptations for Egyptian phonology. It was first developed in the Ptolemaic period, and gradually replaced the Demotic script in about the 4th to 5th centuries CE. The term \"Archaic Egyptian\" is sometimes reserved for the earliest use of hieroglyphs, from the late 4th through the early 3rd millennia BC. At the earliest stage, around 3300 BC; hieroglyphs were not a fully developed writing system, being at a transitional stage of proto-writing; over the time leading up", "title": "Egyptian language" }, { "id": "2328640", "text": "History of ancient Egypt The history of ancient Egypt spans the period from the early prehistoric settlements of the northern Nile valley to the Roman conquest, in 30 BC. The Pharaonic Period is dated from the 32nd century BC, when Upper and Lower Egypt were unified, until the country fell under Macedonian rule, in 332 BC. Egypt's history is split into several different periods according to the ruling dynasty of each pharaoh. The dating of events is still a subject of research. The conservative dates are not supported by any reliable absolute date for a span of about three millennia.", "title": "History of ancient Egypt" }, { "id": "4904", "text": "one as early as Hor-Aha. Early Egyptians also knew how to assemble planks of wood with treenails to fasten them together, using pitch for caulking the seams. The \"Khufu ship\", a vessel sealed into a pit in the Giza pyramid complex at the foot of the Great Pyramid of Giza in the Fourth Dynasty around 2500 BC, is a full-size surviving example that may have filled the symbolic function of a solar barque. Early Egyptians also knew how to fasten the planks of this ship together with mortise and tenon joints. Large seagoing ships are known to have been heavily", "title": "Ancient Egypt" }, { "id": "13201488", "text": "Ancient Egyptian creation myths Ancient Egyptian creation myths are the ancient Egyptian accounts of the creation of the world. The Pyramid Texts, tomb wall decorations and writings, dating back to the Old Kingdom (2780 – 2250 B.C.E) have given us most of our information regarding early Egyptian creation myths. These myths also form the earliest religious compilations in the world. The ancient Egyptians had many creator gods and associated legends. Thus the world or more specifically Egypt was created in diverse ways according to different parts of the country. In all of these myths, the world was said to have", "title": "Ancient Egyptian creation myths" }, { "id": "5679931", "text": "Ancient Egyptian units of measurement The ancient Egyptian units of measurement are those used by the dynasties of ancient Egypt prior to its incorporation in the Roman Empire and general adoption of Roman, Greek, and Byzantine units of measurement. The units of length seem to have originally been anthropic, based on various parts of the human body, although these were standardized using cubit rods, strands of rope, and official measures maintained at some temples. Following Alexander the Great's conquest of Persia and subsequent death, his bodyguard and successor Ptolemy assumed control in Egypt, partially reforming its measurements, introducing some new", "title": "Ancient Egyptian units of measurement" }, { "id": "8196578", "text": "Ottoman Egypt Ottoman Egypt covers two main periods of the history of Egypt from the 16th through early 20th centuries, when under the rule of or allied to the Ottoman Empire that was based in (present day) Turkey. The Egypt Eyalet (1517–1867) was established when the Egypt region came under the direct rule of the Ottoman Empire with their 1517 victory over the Mamluk Sultanate. The interruption of the Napoleon's French campaign in Egypt and Syria (1798–1801) allowed Muhammad Ali's seizure of power from Ottoman Hurshid Pasha, and the founding of the Muhammad Ali dynasty. The Khedivate of Egypt (1867–1914)", "title": "Ottoman Egypt" }, { "id": "2318844", "text": "of Hama. Paddle-driven water-lifting wheels had appeared in ancient Egypt by the 4th century BCE. According to John Peter Oleson, both the compartmented wheel and the hydraulic noria appeared in Egypt by the 4th century BCE, with the Sakia being invented there a century later. This is supported by archeological finds at Faiyum, where the oldest archeological evidence of a water wheel has been found, in the form of a Sakia dating back to the 3rd century BCE. A papyrus dating to the 2nd century BCE also found in Faiyum mentions a water wheel used for irrigation, a 2nd-century BC", "title": "Noria" }, { "id": "178945", "text": "Hypatia, and Heron broke new ground in astronomy, mathematics, and other disciplines. Culturally, the city of Alexandria at times rivaled Rome in its importance. Christianity reached Egypt relatively early in the evangelist period of the first century (traditionally credited to Mark the Evangelist). Alexandria, Egypt and Antioch, Syria quickly became the leading centers of Christianity. Diocletian's reign marked the transition from the Roman to the Byzantine era in Egypt, when a great number of Egyptian Christians were persecuted. The New Testament had by then been translated into Egyptian. After the Council of Chalcedon in AD 451, a distinct Egyptian Coptic", "title": "History of Egypt" }, { "id": "71012", "text": "BC in ancient Egypt, the Indus Valley Civilization, and Mesopotamia (ancient Iraq) when humans started to abandon a nomadic existence, creating a need for the construction of shelter. During this time, transportation became increasingly important leading to the development of the wheel and sailing. Until modern times there was no clear distinction between civil engineering and architecture, and the term engineer and architect were mainly geographical variations referring to the same occupation, and often used interchangeably. The construction of pyramids in Egypt (circa 2700–2500 BC) were some of the first instances of large structure constructions. Other ancient historic civil engineering", "title": "Civil engineering" }, { "id": "4376547", "text": "set of attributes. The Eye of Ra was invoked in many areas of Egyptian religion, and its mythology was incorporated into the worship of many of the goddesses identified with it. The Eye's flight from and return to Egypt was a common feature of temple ritual in the Ptolemaic and Roman periods (305 BC – AD 390), when the new year and the Nile flood that came along with it were celebrated as the return of the Eye after her wanderings in foreign lands. The Egyptians built shrines along the river containing images of animals and dwarfs rejoicing at the", "title": "Eye of Ra" }, { "id": "4907", "text": "ancient north-south canal dating to the Middle Kingdom of Egypt was discovered extending from Lake Timsah to the Ballah Lakes. It was dated to the Middle Kingdom of Egypt by extrapolating dates of ancient sites constructed along its course. The earliest attested examples of mathematical calculations date to the predynastic Naqada period, and show a fully developed numeral system. The importance of mathematics to an educated Egyptian is suggested by a New Kingdom fictional letter in which the writer proposes a scholarly competition between himself and another scribe regarding everyday calculation tasks such as accounting of land, labor, and grain.", "title": "Ancient Egypt" }, { "id": "2328701", "text": "History of modern Egypt According to most scholars the history of modern Egypt dates from the emergence of Muhammad Ali's rule in the early 19th century and his launching of Egypt's modernization project that involved building a new army and suggesting a new map for Egypt. The definition of Egypt's modern history has varied in accordance with different definitions of Modernity. Some scholars date it as far back as 1516 with the Ottomans’ defeat of the Mamlūks in 1516–17. Muhammad Ali's dynasty became practically independent from Ottoman rule, following his military campaigns against the Empire and his ability to enlist", "title": "History of modern Egypt" }, { "id": "2328654", "text": "the Third Dynasty through to the Sixth Dynasty (2686–2181 BCE). The royal capital of Egypt during this period was located at Memphis, where Djoser (2630–2611 BCE) established his court. The Old Kingdom is perhaps best known, however, for the large number of pyramids, which were constructed at this time as pharaonic burial places. For this reason, this epoch is frequently referred to as \"the Age of the Pyramids.\" The first notable pharaoh of the Old Kingdom was Djoser of the Third Dynasty, who ordered the construction of the first pyramid, the Pyramid of Djoser, in Memphis' necropolis of Saqqara. It", "title": "History of ancient Egypt" }, { "id": "4103227", "text": "Ancient Egyptian mathematics Ancient Egyptian mathematics is the mathematics that was developed and used in Ancient Egypt 3000 to c. 300 BC, from the Old Kingdom of Egypt until roughly the beginning of Hellenistic Egypt. The ancient Egyptians utilized a numeral system for counting and solving written mathematical problems, often involving multiplication and fractions. Evidence for Egyptian mathematics is limited to a scarce amount of surviving sources written on papyri. From these texts it is known that ancient Egyptians understood concepts of geometry, such as determining the surface area and volume of three-dimensional shapes useful for architectural engineering, and algebra,", "title": "Ancient Egyptian mathematics" }, { "id": "9943340", "text": "Egypt during the dynastic period include astronomy, mathematics, and medicine. Their geometry was a necessary outgrowth of surveying to preserve the layout and ownership of farmland, which was flooded annually by the Nile river. The 3,4,5 right triangle and other rules of thumb served to represent rectilinear structures, and the post and lintel architecture of Egypt. Egypt also was a center of alchemy research for much of the western world. The word \"paper\" comes from the Greek term for the ancient Egyptian writing material called papyrus, which was formed from beaten strips of papyrus plants. Papyrus was produced in Egypt", "title": "Ancient Egyptian technology" }, { "id": "3415309", "text": "or sometimes as permanent settlements. In some cases, existing forts from the Bronze Age were expanded and enlarged. The pace of land clearance using the more effective iron axes increased, providing more farmland to support the growing population. The Egyptians invented and used many simple machines, such as the ramp to aid construction processes. Egyptian society made significant advances during dynastic periods in areas such as astronomy, mathematics, and medicine. They also made writing medium similar to paper from papyrus. Egyptian stone masons used yet unknown methods to cut stone for building monuments. The Egyptians also built ships. Astronomy was", "title": "History of technology" }, { "id": "16001160", "text": "Daylight saving time in Egypt The history of daylight saving time in Egypt is complicated. It was cancelled in both 2015 and 2016, after having been abolished and reinstated several times. The British first instituted summer time in Egypt in 1940, during the Second World War. The practice was stopped after 1945, but resumed 12 years later, in 1957. Before the revolution in January 2011, the government was planning to take a decision to abolish summer time in 2011 before President Hosni Mubarak's term expires in September 2011. The transitional government did so on 20 April 2011. Under the pretext", "title": "Daylight saving time in Egypt" }, { "id": "3512323", "text": "time that the most famous pyramids, the Giza pyramid complex, were built. Over time, as authority became less centralized, the ability and willingness to harness the resources required for construction on a massive scale decreased, and later pyramids were smaller, less well-built and often hastily constructed. Long after the end of Egypt's own pyramid-building period, a burst of pyramid-building occurred in what is present-day Sudan, after much of Egypt came under the rule of the Kingdom of Kush, which was then based at Napata. While Napatan rule was brief, ending in 661 BC, Egyptian culture made an indelible impression. The", "title": "Egyptian pyramids" }, { "id": "16111636", "text": "route facilitating trade between Nubia and Egypt. Its maximum extent was northward from Kobbei, 25 miles north of al-Fashir, passing through the desert, through Bir Natrum and Wadi Howar, and ending in Egypt. Shipbuilding was known to the Ancient Egyptians as early as 3000 BCE, and perhaps earlier. Ancient Egyptians knew how to assemble planks of wood into a ship hull, with woven straps used to lash the planks together, and reeds or grass stuffed between the planks helped to seal the seams. The Archaeological Institute of America reports that the earliest dated ship—75 feet long, dating to 3000 BCE—may", "title": "Ancient Egyptian trade" }, { "id": "2328644", "text": "agriculture and the construction of large buildings. At this time, Egyptians in the southwestern corner of Egypt were herding cattle and also constructing large buildings. Mortar was in use by the 4th millennium. The people of the valley and the Nile Delta were self-sufficient and were raising barley and emmer, an early variety of wheat, and stored it in pits lined with reed mats. They raised cattle, goats and pigs and they wove linen and baskets. Prehistory continues through this time, variously held to begin with the Amratian culture. Between 5500 BC and the 31st century BC, small settlements flourished", "title": "History of ancient Egypt" }, { "id": "10222773", "text": "Censuses of Egypt The practice of conducting a periodic census began in Egypt in the second millennium BC, where it was used for tax gathering and to determine fitness for military services. Censuses in Egypt first appears in the late Middle Kingdom and develops in the New Kingdom Pharaoh Amasis, according to Herodotus, require every Egyptian to declare annually to the nomarch, \"whence he gained his living\". Under the Ptolemies and the Romans several censuses were conducted in Egypt by governments officials Roman censuses in Egypt estimated the population at 4.5 millions inhabitants in the year 14 AD and 5", "title": "Censuses of Egypt" }, { "id": "9943345", "text": "manufactured in Egypt or imported into Egypt. A giant cantilevered hoist lifted cargo to and from ships. The lighthouse itself was designed by Sostratus of Cnidus and built in the 3rd century BC (between 285 and 247 BC) on the island of Pharos in Alexandria, Egypt, which has since become a peninsula. This lighthouse was renowned in its time and knowledge of it was never lost. A 2006 drawing of it created from the study of many references, is shown at the right. The Nile valley has been the site of one of the most influential civilizations in the world", "title": "Ancient Egyptian technology" }, { "id": "10667724", "text": "could be recast. A new tool developed in the copper age is the saw. Other uses of copper and bronze were to \"harden\" the cutting edge of tools such as the Egyptians using copper and bronze points for working soft stone including quarrying blocks and making rock-cut architecture. During the Bronze Age the corbelled arch came into use such as for beehive tombs. The wheel came into use but was not common until much later. Heavy loads were moved on boats, sledges (a primitive sled) or on rollers. The Egyptians began building stone temples with the post and lintel construction", "title": "History of construction" }, { "id": "178948", "text": "With the end of the Kurdish Ayyubid dynasty, the Mamluks, a Turco-Circassian military caste, took control about AD 1250. By the late 13th century, Egypt linked the Red Sea, India, Malaya, and East Indies. The Greek and Coptic languages and cultures went into a steep decline in favor of Arabic culture (though Coptic managed to last as a spoken language until the 17th century and remains a liturgical language today). The Mamluks continued to govern the country until the conquest of Egypt by the Ottoman Turks in 1517, after which it became a province of the Ottoman Empire. The mid-14th-century", "title": "History of Egypt" }, { "id": "4881", "text": "the enclosed hypostyle hall to the front of the temple's sanctuary, a style that was standard until the Greco-Roman period. The earliest and most popular tomb architecture in the Old Kingdom was the mastaba, a flat-roofed rectangular structure of mudbrick or stone built over an underground burial chamber. The step pyramid of Djoser is a series of stone mastabas stacked on top of each other. Pyramids were built during the Old and Middle Kingdoms, but most later rulers abandoned them in favor of less conspicuous rock-cut tombs. The use of the pyramid form continued in private tomb chapels of the", "title": "Ancient Egypt" }, { "id": "4103243", "text": "altitude?\" Ancient Egyptian mathematics Ancient Egyptian mathematics is the mathematics that was developed and used in Ancient Egypt 3000 to c. 300 BC, from the Old Kingdom of Egypt until roughly the beginning of Hellenistic Egypt. The ancient Egyptians utilized a numeral system for counting and solving written mathematical problems, often involving multiplication and fractions. Evidence for Egyptian mathematics is limited to a scarce amount of surviving sources written on papyri. From these texts it is known that ancient Egyptians understood concepts of geometry, such as determining the surface area and volume of three-dimensional shapes useful for architectural engineering, and", "title": "Ancient Egyptian mathematics" }, { "id": "11790701", "text": "\"\"merkhets\"\", the Egyptians could calculate time at night, provided the stars were visible. Used since at least 600 BCE, two of these instruments were aligned with Polaris, the North pole star, creating a north-south meridian. By observing certain stars as they crossed the line created with the \"merkhets\", they could accurately gauge time. =References= History of timekeeping devices in Egypt The Ancient Egyptians were one of the first cultures to widely divide days into generally agreed-upon equal parts, using early timekeeping devices such as sundials, shadow clocks, and merkhets (plumb-lines used by early astronomers). Obelisks are used by reading the", "title": "History of timekeeping devices in Egypt" }, { "id": "2328653", "text": "the Naqada III period. His name is known primarily from the famous Narmer Palette, whose scenes have been interpreted as the act of uniting Upper and Lower Egypt. Menes is now thought to be one of the titles of Hor-Aha, the second pharaoh of the First Dynasty. Funeral practices for the elite resulted in the construction of mastabas, which later became models for subsequent Old Kingdom constructions such as the step pyramid, thought to have originated during the Third Dynasty of Egypt. The Old Kingdom is most commonly regarded as spanning the period of time when Egypt was ruled by", "title": "History of ancient Egypt" }, { "id": "2328742", "text": "months. History of modern Egypt According to most scholars the history of modern Egypt dates from the emergence of Muhammad Ali's rule in the early 19th century and his launching of Egypt's modernization project that involved building a new army and suggesting a new map for Egypt. The definition of Egypt's modern history has varied in accordance with different definitions of Modernity. Some scholars date it as far back as 1516 with the Ottomans’ defeat of the Mamlūks in 1516–17. Muhammad Ali's dynasty became practically independent from Ottoman rule, following his military campaigns against the Empire and his ability to", "title": "History of modern Egypt" }, { "id": "1328404", "text": "water-lifting devices and pumps of the period though, the invention of the compartmented wheel cannot be traced to any particular Hellenistic engineer and may have been made in the late 4th century BC in a rural context away from the metropolis of Alexandria. The earliest depiction of a compartmented wheel is from a tomb painting in Ptolemaic Egypt which dates to the 2nd century BC. It shows a pair of yoked oxen driving the wheel via a sakia gear, which is here for the first time attested, too. The Greek sakia gear system is already shown fully developed to the", "title": "Water wheel" }, { "id": "178934", "text": "from many of the political, and economic tenets of Nasserism, re-instituting a multi-party system, and launching the Infitah economic policy. He led Egypt in the Yom Kippur War of 1973 to regain Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, which Israel had occupied since the Six-Day War of 1967. This later led to the Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty. Recent Egyptian history has been dominated by events following nearly thirty years of rule by former president Hosni Mubarak. The Egyptian revolution of 2011 deposed Mubarak and resulted in the first democratically elected president in Egyptian history, Mohamed Morsi. Unrest after the 2011 revolution and related disputes", "title": "History of Egypt" }, { "id": "326154", "text": "in 2575–2150 BC. Ancient Egyptian pyramids were in most cases placed west of the river Nile because the divine pharaoh's soul was meant to join with the sun during its descent before continuing with the sun in its eternal round. As of 2008, some 135 pyramids have been discovered in Egypt. The Great Pyramid of Giza is the largest in Egypt and one of the largest in the world. It was the tallest building in the world until Lincoln Cathedral was finished in 1311 AD. The base is over in area. While pyramids are associated with Egypt, the nation of", "title": "Pyramid" }, { "id": "7952784", "text": "and statues, and by the New Kingdom (1570–1070 BC), began to be more widely used in the production of numerous objects. Its use continued throughout the Late period, and Greco-Roman period, only dying out in the fourth century AD, when the secret to its manufacture was lost. No written information exists in ancient Egyptian texts about the manufacture of Egyptian blue in antiquity, and it was only first mentioned in Roman literature by Vitruvius during the first century BC. He refers to it as \"coeruleum\" and describes in his work \"De architectura\" how it was produced by grinding sand, copper,", "title": "Egyptian blue" }, { "id": "20303082", "text": "tire, and a central disc, also known as the disc or spider, which connects the wheel to the vehicle. Wheels are usually of two types: semi-drop center (SDC), used in trucks, and drop center (DC), used in other vehicles. The wheel is one of the most important inventions, but its inventor and exact date of invention are not yet known. The oldest known wheel was excavated from Mesopotamia, believed to be 5500 years old. This earliest wheel was a potter's wheel, used in the city of Ur in Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq), invented by Mesopotamians (also known as Sumerians) around 3500", "title": "Wheel construction" }, { "id": "6510660", "text": "Its competence covered enforcement of laws, settling of disputes, and negotiations with nearby countries. During the Ottoman era, (1517–1805) Islamic courts constituted the judicial system. Judges had their verdicts directly based on Islamic jurisprudence (Sharia) as far as civil and criminal disputes were concerned. This continued in effect until the end of the 18th Century. Thus, Egypt had been the scene of crucial political and social developments. In 1795, almost six years after the French revolution, a major political uprising demanding rights, freedoms and justice fueled. It brought together national forces and popular leaderships in support of national demands for", "title": "History of the Egyptian Constitution" }, { "id": "4811", "text": "Desert; it was known for its high quality ceramics, stone tools, and its use of copper. The Badari was followed by the Amratian (Naqada I) and Gerzeh (Naqada II) cultures, which brought a number of technological improvements. As early as the Naqada I Period, predynastic Egyptians imported obsidian from Ethiopia, used to shape blades and other objects from flakes. In Naqada II times, early evidence exists of contact with the Near East, particularly Canaan and the Byblos coast. Over a period of about 1,000 years, the Naqada culture developed from a few small farming communities into a powerful civilization whose", "title": "Ancient Egypt" }, { "id": "11937068", "text": "by name and constructed the first known step pyramid in Egypt. In the 26th century BC, the Great Pyramid of Giza was constructed in Egypt. It remained the largest man-made structure for millennia and was considered an unsurpassed feat in architecture until the 19th century AD. The understanding of the physical laws that underpin structural engineering in the Western world dates back to the 3rd century BC, when Archimedes published his work \"On the Equilibrium of Planes\" in two volumes, in which he sets out the \"Law of the Lever\", stating: Archimedes used the principles derived to calculate the areas", "title": "History of structural engineering" }, { "id": "1328365", "text": "at Faiyum, where the oldest archeological evidence of a water-wheel has been found, in the form of a Sakia dating back to the 3rd century BCE. A papyrus dating to the 2nd century BCE also found in Faiyum mentions a water wheel used for irrigation, a 2nd-century BC fresco found at Alexandria depicts a compartmented Sakia, and the writings of Callixenus of Rhodes mention the use of a Sakia in Ptolemaic Egypt during the reign of Ptolemy IV in the late 3rd century BC. Mediterranean engineers of the Hellenistic and Roman periods used the water wheel for both irrigation and", "title": "Water wheel" }, { "id": "3519549", "text": "powered by humans or animals. The device then appeared in ancient Egypt from about 200 B.C., featuring a pair of gear-wheels. A version of the chain pump was used in Ancient Greek and Roman times, sometimes with pots fixed to the chain, which, as they passed over the top pulley, tipped the water out. Philo of Byzantium wrote of such a device in the 2nd century B.C.; the historian Vitruvius mentioned it around 30 B.C. Fragments of these buckets were found on the Roman barges of Lake Nemi. Chain pumps were used in European mines during the Renaissance; mineralogist Georg", "title": "Chain pump" }, { "id": "6357636", "text": "Egypt (TV series) Egypt is a BBC television docudrama serial portraying events in the history of Egyptology from the 18th through early 20th centuries. It originally aired on Sunday nights at 9 pm on BBC1 in 2005. The first two episodes explored the work of Howard Carter and his archaeological quest in Egypt in the early part of the twentieth century. The next two episodes focused on the eccentric explorer \"The Great Belzoni\" played here by Matthew Kelly. The final two episodes dramatise the discovery and deciphering of the Rosetta Stone by Jean-François Champollion (Elliot Cowan). The music was recorded", "title": "Egypt (TV series)" }, { "id": "9943348", "text": "Giza (c. 2580 BC) contains a huge granite sarcophagus fashioned of \"Red Aswan Granite.\" The mostly ruined Black Pyramid dating from the reign of Amenemhat III once had a polished granite pyramidion or capstone, now on display in the main hall of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo (see Dahshur). Other uses in Ancient Egypt, include columns, door lintels, sills, jambs, and wall and floor veneer. The ancient Egyptians had some of the first monumental stone buildings (such as in Sakkara). How the Egyptians worked the solid granite is still a matter of debate. Archaeologist Patrick Hunt has postulated that the", "title": "Ancient Egyptian technology" }, { "id": "11817325", "text": "Egyptian astronomy Egyptian astronomy begins in prehistoric times, in the Predynastic Period. In the 5th millennium BCE, the stone circles at Nabta Playa may have made use of astronomical alignments. By the time the historical Dynastic Period began in the 3rd millennium BCE, the 365-day period of the Egyptian calendar was already in use, and the observation of stars was important in determining the annual flooding of the Nile. The Egyptian pyramids were carefully aligned towards the pole star, and the temple of Amun-Re at Karnak was aligned on the rising of the midwinter Sun. Astronomy played a considerable part", "title": "Egyptian astronomy" }, { "id": "2328684", "text": "in Asia. The severity of these difficulties is stressed by the fact that the first known strike action in recorded history occurred during Year 29 of Ramesses III's reign, when the food rations for the Egypt's favoured and elite royal tomb-builders and artisans in the village of Deir el-Medina could not be provisioned. Something in the air prevented much sunlight from reaching the ground and also arrested global tree growth for almost two full decades until 1140 BC. One proposed cause is the Hekla 3 eruption in Iceland, but the dating of that event remains in dispute. Following Ramesses III's", "title": "History of ancient Egypt" }, { "id": "247265", "text": "Thoth, with the invention of music, with Osiris in turn used as part of his effort to civilize the world. The earliest material and representational evidence of Egyptian musical instruments dates to the Predynastic period, but the evidence is more securely attested in the Old Kingdom when harps, flutes and double clarinets were played. Percussion instruments, lyres and lutes were added to orchestras by the Middle Kingdom. Cymbals frequently accompanied music and dance, much as they still do in Egypt today. Egyptian folk music, including the traditional Sufi \"dhikr\" rituals, are the closest contemporary music genre to ancient Egyptian music,", "title": "Music" }, { "id": "326153", "text": "be plated with gold, silver, or electrum and would also be highly reflective. After 2700 BC, the ancient Egyptians began building pyramids, until around 1700 BC. The first pyramid was erected during the Third Dynasty by the Pharaoh Djoser and his architect Imhotep. This step pyramid consisted of six stacked mastabas. The largest Egyptian pyramids are those at the Giza pyramid complex. The Egyptian sun god Ra, considered the father of all pharaohs, was said to have created himself from a pyramid-shaped mound of earth before creating all other gods. The age of the pyramids reached its zenith at Giza", "title": "Pyramid" }, { "id": "5679943", "text": "attested in Ptolemy's 2nd-century works. Ancient Egyptian units of measurement The ancient Egyptian units of measurement are those used by the dynasties of ancient Egypt prior to its incorporation in the Roman Empire and general adoption of Roman, Greek, and Byzantine units of measurement. The units of length seem to have originally been anthropic, based on various parts of the human body, although these were standardized using cubit rods, strands of rope, and official measures maintained at some temples. Following Alexander the Great's conquest of Persia and subsequent death, his bodyguard and successor Ptolemy assumed control in Egypt, partially reforming", "title": "Ancient Egyptian units of measurement" }, { "id": "13476159", "text": "those in Qustul and just as elaborate, together with problems with the dating techniques. Toby Wilkinson, in his book \"Genesis of the Pharaohs\", proposes an origin for the Egyptians somewhere in the Eastern Desert. In addition, there is evidence that sheep and goats were introduced into the Nabta Playa from Western Asia about 8,000 years ago. There is some speculation that this culture is likely to have been the predecessor of the Egyptians, based on cultural similarities and social complexity which is thought to be reflective of the Old Kingdom of Egypt. Contamination from handling and intrusion from microbes create", "title": "Population history of Egypt" }, { "id": "15838451", "text": "against the Ottoman Empire was quickly reduced with demobilization and restructuring of garrisons. Free of the large British military presence, the incipient German backed revolutionary movements were able to more effectively launch their operations. Consequently, from March to April 1919, there were mass demonstrations that became uprisings. This is known in Egypt as the 1919 Revolution. Almost daily demonstrations and unrest continued throughout Egypt for the remainder of the Spring. To the surprise of the British authorities, Egyptian women also demonstrated, led by Huda Sha'rawi (1879–1947), who would become the leading feminist voice in Egypt in the first half of", "title": "History of Egypt under the British" }, { "id": "14640256", "text": "Egypt, the number of adult cigarette smokers is increasing at a rate of four to five percent per year It is not entirely clear when the use of tobacco first began in Egypt. Tobacco use in the Middle East can be dated back to the sixteenth century, however, there is some evidence and some scholars support the argument that tobacco products were used in Egypt as far back as the time of the Pharaohs. Although Islam has no specific ban on smoking tobacco, several Islamic principles are cited in support of the religion-based banning of tobacco. Depending on the location", "title": "Smoking in Egypt" }, { "id": "1725681", "text": "technology. The invention of the rolling bearing, in the form of wooden rollers supporting, or bearing, an object being moved is of great antiquity, and may predate the invention of the wheel. Though it is often claimed that the Egyptians used roller bearings in the form of tree trunks under sleds, this is modern speculation. They are depicted in their own drawings in the tomb of Djehutihotep as moving massive stone blocks on sledges with liquid-lubricated runners which would constitute a plain bearing. There are also Egyptian drawings of bearings used with hand drills. The earliest recovered example of a", "title": "Bearing (mechanical)" }, { "id": "12770151", "text": "which is the oldest evidence of stone tool use ever found anywhere in the world. In 2004 fossils found near the Omo river at Kibbish by Richard Leakey in 1967 were redated to 195,000 years old, the oldest date in East Africa for modern \"Homo sapiens\". \"Homo sapiens idaltu\", found in the Middle Awash in Ethiopia in 1997, lived about 160,000 years ago. The earliest records of Ethiopia appear in Ancient Egypt, during the Old Kingdom period. Egyptian traders from about 3000 BC refer to lands south of Nubia or Kush as Punt and Yam. The Ancient Egyptians were in", "title": "History of Ethiopia" }, { "id": "9194683", "text": "directly cognate with other Semitic words for Egypt such as the Hebrew \"\" (\"\"). The oldest attestation of this name for Egypt is the Akkadian \"mi-iṣ-ru\" (\"miṣru\") related to \"miṣru/miṣirru/miṣaru\", meaning \"border\" or \"frontier\". There is evidence of rock carvings along the Nile terraces and in desert oases. In the 10th millennium BC, a culture of hunter-gatherers and fishers was replaced by a grain-grinding culture. Climate changes or overgrazing around 8000 BC began to desiccate the pastoral lands of Egypt, forming the Sahara. Early tribal peoples migrated to the Nile River where they developed a settled agricultural economy and more", "title": "Egypt" }, { "id": "20674805", "text": "horizontal rotation mark in the opening of the cessel. Unlike the potter's wheel, there was no fixed axis around which rotations were centred. The pilaster used in this technique could by a bowl, plate, basket, mat, textile, or even a pottery sherd. This pilaster was rotated along with the vessel, as the potter shaped it. The rotation technique was used only for the creation of the vessel's shell. The earlier techniques were also used for other parts of the manufacturing process. Thus, on finished vessels, traces of free modelling are found, especially in the lower parts, but the edges were", "title": "Ancient Egyptian pottery" }, { "id": "618544", "text": "philosophy and ushered in the beginnings of Medieval philosophy. In the history of technology and ancient science during the growth of the ancient civilizations, ancient technological advances were produced in engineering. These advances stimulated other societies to adopt new ways of living and governance. The characteristics of Ancient Egyptian technology are indicated by a set of artifacts and customs that lasted for thousands of years. The Egyptians invented and used many basic machines, such as the ramp and the lever, to aid construction processes. The Egyptians also played an important role in developing Mediterranean maritime technology including ships and lighthouses.", "title": "Ancient history" }, { "id": "1842967", "text": "in magic and rituals. Rhythms during this time were unvaried and music served to create rhythm. Small shells were used as whistles. During the predynastic period of Egyptian history, funerary chants continued to play an important role in Egyptian religion and were accompanied by clappers or a flute. Despite the lack of physical evidence in some cases, Egyptologists theorise that the development of certain instruments known of the Old Kingdom period, such as the end-blown flute, took place during this time. The evidence is for instruments played more securely attested in the Old Kingdom when harps, flutes and double clarinets", "title": "Music of Egypt" }, { "id": "8460596", "text": "The Egyptian (film) The Egyptian is a 1954 American epic drama film made by 20th Century Fox. Filmed in CinemaScope with color by DeLuxe, it was directed by Michael Curtiz and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck. It is based on Mika Waltari's novel of the same name and the screenplay was adapted by Philip Dunne and Casey Robinson. Leading roles were played by Edmund Purdom, Bella Darvi, Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Gene Tierney, Peter Ustinov, and Michael Wilding. Cinematographer Leon Shamroy was nominated for an Academy Award in 1955. Sinuhe (Edmund Purdom), a struggling physician in 18th dynasty Egypt (14th", "title": "The Egyptian (film)" }, { "id": "5571205", "text": "Walk Like an Egyptian \"Walk Like an Egyptian\" is a song made by the American band The Bangles. It was released in 1986 as the third single from the album \"Different Light\". It was a million-selling single and became \"Billboard\"'s number-one song of 1987. Music producer Liam Sternberg wrote the song after seeing people on a ferry walking awkwardly to keep their balance. Their poses reminded him of figures in some Ancient Egyptian paintings and reliefs. Sternberg had finished a demo version of the song by January 1984 with singer Marti Jones. He offered it to Toni Basil, who turned", "title": "Walk Like an Egyptian" }, { "id": "178929", "text": "History of Egypt The history of Egypt has been long and wealthy, due to the flow of the Nile River with its fertile banks and delta, as well as the accomplishments of Egypt's native inhabitants and outside influence. Much of Egypt's ancient history was a mystery until the secrets of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs were deciphered with the discovery and help of the Rosetta Stone. Among the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Great Pyramid of Giza is the only one still standing. The Library of Alexandria was the only one of its kind for centuries. Human settlement in Egypt", "title": "History of Egypt" }, { "id": "4891", "text": "organs, wrapping the body in linen, and burying it in a rectangular stone sarcophagus or wooden coffin. Beginning in the Fourth Dynasty, some parts were preserved separately in canopic jars. By the New Kingdom, the ancient Egyptians had perfected the art of mummification; the best technique took 70 days and involved removing the internal organs, removing the brain through the nose, and desiccating the body in a mixture of salts called natron. The body was then wrapped in linen with protective amulets inserted between layers and placed in a decorated anthropoid coffin. Mummies of the Late Period were also placed", "title": "Ancient Egypt" }, { "id": "455478", "text": "only large animal that was domesticated in the Western hemisphere, the llama, a pack animal but not physically suited to use as a draft animal to pull wheeled vehicles, did not spread far beyond the Andes by the time of the arrival of Columbus. Nubians from after about 400 BCE used wheels for spinning pottery and as water wheels. It is thought that Nubian waterwheels may have been ox-driven. It is also known that Nubians used horse-drawn chariots imported from Egypt. The wheel was barely used, with the exception of Ethiopia and Somalia, in Sub-Saharan Africa well into the 19th", "title": "Wheel" }, { "id": "1822460", "text": "1956, just a few days after the fourth anniversary of the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, the Egyptian government under President Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalised the Suez Canal Company, which had been run by the French and owned privately, with the British as the largest shareholders. The Israeli–British–French invasion of Egypt which followed is known in Egypt as the Tripartite Aggression but elsewhere as the Suez Crisis. Following Israel's invasion and occupation of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula in the Six-Day War of 1967, the Canal was closed, and did not reopen until 1975. Today, the Canal is a vital link in world", "title": "Suez" } ]

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[ { "id": "126235", "text": "animals while still alive and enters the plant-based trophic system, or it is consumed after it has died, and enters the detritus-based trophic system. In aquatic systems, the proportion of plant biomass that gets consumed by herbivores is much higher. In trophic systems photosynthetic organisms are the primary producers. The organisms that consume their tissues are called primary consumers or secondary producers—herbivores. Organisms which feed on microbes (bacteria and fungi) are termed microbivores. Animals that feed on primary consumers—carnivores—are secondary consumers. Each of these constitutes a trophic level. The sequence of consumption—from plant to herbivore, to carnivore—forms a food chain.", "title": "Ecosystem" }, { "id": "126138", "text": "organisms that produce their own food (production is greater than respiration) by photosynthesis or chemosynthesis. Heterotrophs are organisms that must feed on others for nourishment and energy (respiration exceeds production). Heterotrophs can be further sub-divided into different functional groups, including primary consumers (strict herbivores), secondary consumers (carnivorous predators that feed exclusively on herbivores), and tertiary consumers (predators that feed on a mix of herbivores and predators). Omnivores do not fit neatly into a functional category because they eat both plant and animal tissues. It has been suggested that omnivores have a greater functional influence as predators, because compared to herbivores,", "title": "Ecology" }, { "id": "126189", "text": "organisms are the detritivores that regulate soil formation. Tree roots, fungi, bacteria, worms, ants, beetles, centipedes, spiders, mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and other less familiar creatures all work to create the trophic web of life in soil ecosystems. Soils form composite phenotypes where inorganic matter is enveloped into the physiology of a whole community. As organisms feed and migrate through soils they physically displace materials, an ecological process called bioturbation. This aerates soils and stimulates heterotrophic growth and production. Soil microorganisms are influenced by and feed back into the trophic dynamics of the ecosystem. No single axis of causality can", "title": "Ecology" }, { "id": "12993709", "text": "Bacterioplankton Bacterioplankton refers to the bacterial component of the plankton that drifts in the water column. The name comes from the Ancient Greek word ' ('), meaning \"wanderer\" or \"drifter\", and \"\", a Latin term coined in the 19th century by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg. They are found in both seawater and freshwater. Bacterioplankton occupy a range of ecological niches in marine and aquatic ecosystems. They are both primary producers and primary consumers in these ecosystems and drive global biogeochemical cycling of elements essential for life (e.g., carbon and nitrogen). Many bacterioplankton species are autotrophic, and derive energy from either photosynthesis", "title": "Bacterioplankton" }, { "id": "15391926", "text": "which place organisms according to their feeding relationships. The base of the food web is occupied by green plants, which are the only organisms capable of utilizing the energy of the Sun and inorganic nutrients obtained from the soil to produce organic molecules. Terrestrial food webs can be broken into two segments based on the status of the plant material that enters them. \"Grazing food webs\" are associated with the consumption of living plant material by herbivores. Detritus food webs are associated with the consumption of dead plant material by detritivores. The relative importance of those two types of food", "title": "Terrestrial ecosystem" }, { "id": "126133", "text": "are complex adaptive systems where the interaction of life processes form self-organizing patterns across different scales of time and space. Ecosystems are broadly categorized as terrestrial, freshwater, atmospheric, or marine. Differences stem from the nature of the unique physical environments that shapes the biodiversity within each. A more recent addition to ecosystem ecology are technoecosystems, which are affected by or primarily the result of human activity. A food web is the archetypal ecological network. Plants capture solar energy and use it to synthesize simple sugars during photosynthesis. As plants grow, they accumulate nutrients and are eaten by grazing herbivores, and", "title": "Ecology" }, { "id": "13994703", "text": "called heterotrophs, take in autotrophs as food to carry out functions necessary for their life. Thus, heterotrophs — all animals, almost all fungi, as well as most bacteria and protozoa — depend on autotrophs, or primary producers, for the energy and raw materials they need. Heterotrophs obtain energy by breaking down organic molecules (carbohydrates, fats, and proteins) obtained in food. Carnivorous organisms rely on autotrophs indirectly, as the nutrients obtained from their heterotroph prey come from autotrophs they have consumed. Most ecosystems are supported by the autotrophic primary production of plants that capture photons initially released by the sun. Plants", "title": "Autotroph" }, { "id": "126243", "text": "nitrogen-fixing symbionts—as much as 25% of gross primary production when measured in controlled conditions. Many members of the legume plant family support nitrogen-fixing symbionts. Some cyanobacteria are also capable of nitrogen fixation. These are phototrophs, which carry out photosynthesis. Like other nitrogen-fixing bacteria, they can either be free-living or have symbiotic relationships with plants. Other sources of nitrogen include acid deposition produced through the combustion of fossil fuels, ammonia gas which evaporates from agricultural fields which have had fertilizers applied to them, and dust. Anthropogenic nitrogen inputs account for about 80% of all nitrogen fluxes in ecosystems. When plant tissues", "title": "Ecosystem" }, { "id": "126225", "text": "Ecosystem An ecosystem is a community of living organisms in conjunction with the nonliving components of their environment, interacting as a system. These biotic and abiotic components are linked together through nutrient cycles and energy flows. Energy enters the system through photosynthesis and is incorporated into plant tissue. By feeding on plants and on one-another, animals play an important role in the movement of matter and energy through the system. They also influence the quantity of plant and microbial biomass present. By breaking down dead organic matter, decomposers release carbon back to the atmosphere and facilitate nutrient cycling by converting", "title": "Ecosystem" }, { "id": "12590377", "text": "all ecosystems. Photosynthesis, at first by cyanobacteria and later by photosynthetic eukaryotes, radically changed the composition of the early Earth's anoxic atmosphere, which as a result is now 21% oxygen. Animals and most other organisms are aerobic, relying on oxygen; those that do not are confined to relatively rare anaerobic environments. Plants are the primary producers in most terrestrial ecosystems and form the basis of the food web in those ecosystems. Many animals rely on plants for shelter as well as oxygen and food. Land plants are key components of the water cycle and several other biogeochemical cycles. Some plants", "title": "Plant" }, { "id": "10243167", "text": "of nutrients in ecosystems. Soil microfauna are capable of digesting just about any organic substance, and some inorganic substances (such as TNT and synthetic rubber). These organisms are often essential links in the food chain between primary producers and larger species. For example, zooplankton are widespread microscopic animals and protists which feed on algae and detritus in the ocean. They include foraminifora and krill, which are the primary food source for even animals such as whales. Microfauna also aid in digestion and other processes in larger organisms. The microfauna are the least understood of soil life, due to their small", "title": "Microfauna" }, { "id": "13994699", "text": "Autotroph An autotroph or producer, is an organism that produces complex organic compounds (such as carbohydrates, fats, and proteins) from simple substances present in its surroundings, generally using energy from light (photosynthesis) or inorganic chemical reactions (chemosynthesis). They are the producers in a food chain, such as plants on land or algae in water (in contrast to heterotrophs as consumers of autotrophs). They do not need a living source of energy or organic carbon. Autotrophs can reduce carbon dioxide to make organic compounds for biosynthesis and also create a store of chemical energy. Most autotrophs use water as the reducing", "title": "Autotroph" }, { "id": "126236", "text": "Real systems are much more complex than this—organisms will generally feed on more than one form of food, and may feed at more than one trophic level. Carnivores may capture some prey which are part of a plant-based trophic system and others that are part of a detritus-based trophic system (a bird that feeds both on herbivorous grasshoppers and earthworms, which consume detritus). Real systems, with all these complexities, form food webs rather than food chains. The carbon and nutrients in dead organic matter are broken down by a group of processes known as decomposition. This releases nutrients that can", "title": "Ecosystem" }, { "id": "9590505", "text": "In this process, molecules of chemical substances that constitute food play two roles; first, they contain energy that can be transformed and reused in that organism's biological, chemical reactions; second, food can be transformed into new molecular structures (biomolecules) that are of use to that organism. The organisms responsible for the introduction of energy into an ecosystem are known as producers or autotrophs. Nearly all such organisms originally draw their energy from the sun. Plants and other phototrophs use solar energy via a process known as photosynthesis to convert raw materials into organic molecules, such as ATP, whose bonds can", "title": "Biology" }, { "id": "582218", "text": "biomass are the highest predators in the food chain, such as foxes and eagles. In a temperate grassland, grasses and other plants are the primary producers at the bottom of the pyramid. Then come the primary consumers, such as grasshoppers, voles and bison, followed by the secondary consumers, shrews, hawks and small cats. Finally the tertiary consumers, large cats and wolves. The biomass pyramid decreases markedly at each higher level. Ocean or marine biomass, in a reversal of terrestrial biomass, can increase at higher trophic levels. In the ocean, the food chain typically starts with phytoplankton, and follows the course:", "title": "Biomass (ecology)" }, { "id": "1666299", "text": "Primary production In ecology, primary production is the synthesis of organic compounds from atmospheric or aqueous carbon dioxide. It principally occurs through the process of photosynthesis, which uses light as its source of energy, but it also occurs through chemosynthesis, which uses the oxidation or reduction of inorganic chemical compounds as its source of energy. Almost all life on Earth relies directly or indirectly on primary production. The organisms responsible for primary production are known as \"primary producers\" or autotrophs, and form the base of the food chain. In terrestrial ecoregions, these are mainly plants, while in aquatic ecoregions algae", "title": "Primary production" }, { "id": "14036707", "text": "Productivity (ecology) In ecology, productivity refers to the rate of generation of biomass in an ecosystem. It is usually expressed in units of mass per unit surface (or volume) per unit time, for instance grams per square metre per day (g m d). The mass unit may relate to dry matter or to the mass of carbon generated. Productivity of autotrophs such as plants is called primary productivity, while that of heterotrophs such as animals is called secondary productivity. Primary production is the synthesis of new organic material from inorganic molecules such as and . It is dominated by the", "title": "Productivity (ecology)" }, { "id": "14036708", "text": "process of photosynthesis which uses sunlight to synthesise organic molecules such as sugar Secondary production is the generation of biomass of heterotrophic (consumer) organisms in a system. This is driven by the transfer of organic material between trophic levels, and represents the quantity of new tissue created through the use of assimilated food. Secondary production is sometimes defined to only include consumption of primary producers by herbivorous consumers (with tertiary production referring to carnivorous consumers), but is more commonly defined to include all biomass generation by heterotrophs. Organisms responsible for secondary production include animals, protists, fungi and many bacteria. Secondary", "title": "Productivity (ecology)" }, { "id": "7406826", "text": "consist of plants and some bacteria capable of producing their own food via photosynthesis or chemical synthesis, the consumers consist of animals that obtain energy from grazing and/or by feeding on other animals and the recyclers consist of decomposers such as fungi and bacteria. In the anthroposystem, the producers consist of the energy production through fossil fuels, manufacturing with non-fuel minerals and growing food; the consumers consist of humans and domestic animals and the recyclers consist of the decomposing or recycling activities (i.e. waste water treatment, metal and solid waste recycling). <br> The ecosystem is sustainable whereas the anthroposystem is", "title": "Anthroposystem" }, { "id": "685319", "text": "Epiphyte An epiphyte is an organism that grows on the surface of a plant and derives its moisture and nutrients from the air, rain, water (in marine environments) or from debris accumulating around it. Epiphytes take part in nutrient cycles and add to both the diversity and biomass of the ecosystem in which they occur like any other organism. They are an important source of food for many species. Typically, the older parts of a plant will have more epiphytes growing on them. Epiphytes differ from parasites in that epiphytes grow on other plants for physical support and do not", "title": "Epiphyte" }, { "id": "9320564", "text": "Microbial food web The microbial food web refers to the combined trophic interactions among microbes in aquatic environments. These microbes include viruses, bacteria, algae, heterotrophic protists (such as ciliates and flagellates). In aquatic environments, microbes constitute the base of the food web. Single celled photosynthetic organisms such as diatoms and cyanobacteria are generally the most important primary producers in the open ocean. Many of these cells, especially cyanobacteria, are too small to be captured and consumed by small crustaceans and planktonic larvae. Instead, these cells are consumed by phagotrophic protists which are readily consumed by larger organisms. Viruses can infect", "title": "Microbial food web" }, { "id": "956574", "text": "Heterotroph A heterotroph (; Ancient Greek ἕτερος \"héteros\" = \"other\" plus \"trophe\" = \"nutrition\") is an organism that cannot produce its own food, relying instead on the intake of nutrition from other sources of organic carbon, mainly plant or animal matter. In the food chain, heterotrophs are primary, secondary and tertiary consumers, but not producers. Ninety-five percent or more of all types of living organisms are heterotrophic, including all animals and fungi and some bacteria and protists. The term heterotroph arose in microbiology in 1946 as part of a classification of microorganisms based on their type of nutrition. The term", "title": "Heterotroph" }, { "id": "126261", "text": "and our future as a species. Ecosystem An ecosystem is a community of living organisms in conjunction with the nonliving components of their environment, interacting as a system. These biotic and abiotic components are linked together through nutrient cycles and energy flows. Energy enters the system through photosynthesis and is incorporated into plant tissue. By feeding on plants and on one-another, animals play an important role in the movement of matter and energy through the system. They also influence the quantity of plant and microbial biomass present. By breaking down dead organic matter, decomposers release carbon back to the atmosphere", "title": "Ecosystem" }, { "id": "126237", "text": "then be re-used for plant and microbial production and returns carbon dioxide to the atmosphere (or water) where it can be used for photosynthesis. In the absence of decomposition, the dead organic matter would accumulate in an ecosystem, and nutrients and atmospheric carbon dioxide would be depleted. Approximately 90% of terrestrial net primary production goes directly from plant to decomposer. Decomposition processes can be separated into three categories—leaching, fragmentation and chemical alteration of dead material. As water moves through dead organic matter, it dissolves and carries with it the water-soluble components. These are then taken up by organisms in the", "title": "Ecosystem" }, { "id": "126105", "text": "and human social interaction (human ecology). For example, the \"Circles of Sustainability\" approach treats ecology as more than the environment 'out there'. It is not treated as separate from humans. Organisms (including humans) and resources compose ecosystems which, in turn, maintain biophysical feedback mechanisms that moderate processes acting on living (biotic) and non-living (abiotic) components of the planet. Ecosystems sustain life-supporting functions and produce natural capital like biomass production (food, fuel, fiber, and medicine), the regulation of climate, global biogeochemical cycles, water filtration, soil formation, erosion control, flood protection, and many other natural features of scientific, historical, economic, or intrinsic", "title": "Ecology" }, { "id": "2324198", "text": "implies that ecosystems are overexploited by a factor of 1.6 on average. In most biomes, the only form of primary production is photosynthesis. In other words, all new biomass can be traced back to photosynthetic plants and algae by a chain of predation. Therefore, one can predict the yield of one organism in an ecosystem as a function of the yield of its primary producers. When the biomass from prey is converted into biomass in its predator, some losses occur due to biological and thermodynamic inefficiency. The conversion rate is typically about 10%. In other words, 100 kg of plant", "title": "Ecological yield" }, { "id": "12993711", "text": "protozoans), and their numbers are also controlled through infection by bacteriophages. Photosynthetic bacterioplankton are responsible for a large proportion of the total primary production of aquatic food webs, supplying organic compounds to higher trophic levels. These bacteria undergo oxygenic and anoxygenic photosynthesis. Differences between these processes can be seen in the byproducts produced, the primary electron donor, and the light harvesting pigments used for energy capture. Cyanobacteria are a large group of photosynthetic bacterioplankton, often growing as cells or in filamentous colonies. These organisms are the dominant group of bacterioplankton using oxygenic photosynthesis in aquatic ecosystems. Cyanobacteria, along with photosynthetic", "title": "Bacterioplankton" }, { "id": "5328338", "text": "role of phytoplankton is better understood due to their critical position as the most numerous primary producers on Earth. Phytoplankton are categorized into cyanobacteria (also called blue-green algae/bacteria), various types of algae (red, green, brown, and yellow-green), diatoms, dinoflagellates, euglenoids, coccolithophorids, cryptomonads, chrysophytes, chlorophytes, prasinophytes, and silicoflagellates. Zooplankton tend to be somewhat larger, and not all are microscopic. Many Protozoa are zooplankton, including dinoflagellates, zooflagellates, foraminiferans, and radiolarians. Some of these (such as dinoflagellates) are also phytoplankton; the distinction between plants and animals often breaks down in very small organisms. Other zooplankton include cnidarians, ctenophores, chaetognaths, molluscs, arthropods, urochordates, and", "title": "Marine life" }, { "id": "126188", "text": "and organic dirt that covers the surface of the planet. It is the chief organizing centre of most ecosystem functions, and it is of critical importance in agricultural science and ecology. The decomposition of dead organic matter (for example, leaves on the forest floor), results in soils containing minerals and nutrients that feed into plant production. The whole of the planet's soil ecosystems is called the pedosphere where a large biomass of the Earth's biodiversity organizes into trophic levels. Invertebrates that feed and shred larger leaves, for example, create smaller bits for smaller organisms in the feeding chain. Collectively, these", "title": "Ecology" }, { "id": "16724609", "text": "Planktivore A planktivore is an aquatic organism that feeds on planktonic food, including zooplankton and phytoplankton. Phytoplankton are usually photosynthetic one-celled plant organisms. These organisms are usually found near the surface of the water due to their need for light energy for their photosynthetic processes. Phytoplankton provide most of the oxygen that is in the water and provide a large amount of food for other organisms in the water column. Zooplankton, in contrast, are heterotrophic plankton, animals which ingest nutrients rather than producing it via chemical reactions. Some taxa are planktonic for only part of their life cycle. Planktivores ingest", "title": "Planktivore" }, { "id": "12552743", "text": "Organism In biology, an organism (from Greek: ὀργανισμός, \"organismos\") is any individual entity that exhibits the properties of life. It is a synonym for \"life form\". Organisms are classified by taxonomy into specified groups such as the multicellular animals, plants, and fungi; or unicellular microorganisms such as a protists, bacteria, and archaea. All types of organisms are capable of reproduction, growth and development, maintenance, and some degree of response to stimuli. Humans are multicellular animals composed of many trillions of cells which differentiate during development into specialized tissues and organs. An organism may be either a prokaryote or a eukaryote.", "title": "Organism" }, { "id": "126233", "text": "through this process supports life on earth, while the carbon makes up much of the organic matter in living and dead biomass, soil carbon and fossil fuels. It also drives the carbon cycle, which influences global climate via the greenhouse effect. Through the process of photosynthesis, plants capture energy from light and use it to combine carbon dioxide and water to produce carbohydrates and oxygen. The photosynthesis carried out by all the plants in an ecosystem is called the gross primary production (GPP). About half of the GPP is consumed in plant respiration. The remainder, that portion of GPP that", "title": "Ecosystem" }, { "id": "8541842", "text": "Navicula Navicula is a genus of boat-shaped diatom algae, comprising over 1,200 species. \"Navicula\" is Latin for \"small ship\", and also a term in English for a boat-shaped incense-holder. Diatoms — eukaryotic, primarily aquatic, single-celled photosynthetic organisms — play an important role in global ecology, producing about a quarter of all the oxygen within Earth's biosphere, often serving as foundational organisms, or keystone species in the food chain of many environments where they provide a staple for the diets of many aquatic species. \"Navicula\" diatoms are known for their ability to creep about on each other and on hard surfaces", "title": "Navicula" }, { "id": "13994702", "text": "is called a photoheterotroph, while an organism that obtains carbon from organic compounds but obtains energy from the oxidation of inorganic compounds is termed a chemoheterotroph, chemolithoheterotroph, or lithoheterotroph. Evidence suggests that some fungi may also obtain energy from radiation. Such radiotrophic fungi were found growing inside a reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Autotrophs are fundamental to the food chains of all ecosystems in the world. They take energy from the environment in the form of sunlight or inorganic chemicals and use it to create energy-rich molecules such as carbohydrates. This mechanism is called primary production. Other organisms,", "title": "Autotroph" }, { "id": "5224799", "text": "Aquatic ecosystem An aquatic ecosystem is an ecosystem in a body of water. Communities of organisms that are dependent on each other and on their environment live in aquatic ecosystems. The two main types of aquatic ecosystems are marine ecosystems and freshwater ecosystems. Marine ecosystems, the largest of all ecosystems, cover approximately 71% of the Earth's surface and contain approximately 97% of the planet's water. They generate 32% of the world's net primary production. They are distinguished from freshwater ecosystems by the presence of dissolved compounds, especially salts, in the water. Approximately 85% of the dissolved materials in seawater are", "title": "Aquatic ecosystem" }, { "id": "126103", "text": "Ecology Ecology (from , \"house\", or \"environment\"; -λογία, \"study of\") is the branch of biology which studies the interactions among organisms and their environment. Objects of study include interactions of organisms with each other and with abiotic components of their environment. Topics of interest include the biodiversity, distribution, biomass, and populations of organisms, as well as cooperation and competition within and between species. Ecosystems are dynamically interacting systems of organisms, the communities they make up, and the non-living components of their environment. Ecosystem processes, such as primary production, pedogenesis, nutrient cycling, and niche construction, regulate the flux of energy and", "title": "Ecology" }, { "id": "2886348", "text": "the capacity for growth, functional activity and the continual change preceding death. A diverse variety of living organisms (life forms) can be found in the biosphere on Earth, and properties common to these organisms—plants, animals, fungi, protists, archaea, and bacteria—are a carbon- and water-based cellular form with complex organization and heritable genetic information. Living organisms undergo metabolism, maintain homeostasis, possess a capacity to grow, respond to stimuli, reproduce and, through natural selection, adapt to their environment in successive generations. More complex living organisms can communicate through various means. An ecosystem (also called as environment) is a natural unit consisting of", "title": "Natural environment" }, { "id": "12728875", "text": "a lower trophic level, and the organisms that eat it are at a higher trophic level. Forage fish occupy middle levels in the food web, serving as a dominant prey to higher level fish, seabirds and mammals. Ecological pyramids are graphical representations, along the lines of the diagram at the right, which show how biomass or productivity changes at each trophic level in an ecosystem. The first or bottom level is occupied by primary producers or autotrophs (Greek \"autos\" = self and \"trophe\" = food). These are the names given to organisms that do not feed on other organisms, but", "title": "Forage fish" }, { "id": "3450163", "text": "Ecosystem engineer An ecosystem engineer is any organism that creates, significantly modifies, maintains or destroys a habitat. These organisms can have a large impact on the species richness and landscape-level heterogeneity of an area. As a result, ecosystem engineers are important for maintaining the health and stability of the environment they are living in. Since all organisms impact the environment they live in in one way or another, it has been proposed that the term \"ecosystem engineers\" be used only for keystone species whose behavior very strongly affects other organisms. Jones et al. identified two different types of ecosystem engineers:", "title": "Ecosystem engineer" }, { "id": "13574898", "text": "current trend in phytoplankton community structure from eukaryotic to prokaryotic populations, as these simpler organisms can withstand lower nutrient supply. Zooplankton and phytoplankton represent less than 10% of living organisms in this region, and it is now well documented that the NPSG is a “microbial ecosystem”. Microbial organisms make up the majority of the primary producers in the NPSG. They are autotrophic, meaning they capture their own “food” from sunlight and chemicals, including . These organisms comprise the base of the food chain, and thus their presence in an ecosystem is fundamental. In the NPSG, primary productivity is often described", "title": "Ecosystem of the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre" }, { "id": "267098", "text": "is incredibly diverse and still poorly understood. For example, the role of viruses in marine ecosystems is barely being explored even in the beginning of the 21st century. The role of phytoplankton is better understood due to their critical position as the most numerous primary producers on Earth. Phytoplankton are categorized into cyanobacteria (also called blue-green algae/bacteria), various types of algae (red, green, brown, and yellow-green), diatoms, dinoflagellates, euglenoids, coccolithophorids, cryptomonads, chrysophytes, chlorophytes, prasinophytes, and silicoflagellates. Zooplankton tend to be somewhat larger, and not all are microscopic. Many Protozoa are zooplankton, including dinoflagellates, zooflagellates, foraminiferans, and radiolarians. Some of these", "title": "Marine biology" }, { "id": "126132", "text": "biomass, soil organic material). Ecosystem ecologist attempt to determine the underlying causes of these fluxes. Research in ecosystem ecology might measure primary production (g C/m^2) in a wetland in relation to decomposition and consumption rates (g C/m^2/y). This requires an understanding of the community connections between plants (i.e., primary producers) and the decomposers (e.g., fungi and bacteria), The underlying concept of ecosystem can be traced back to 1864 in the published work of George Perkins Marsh (\"Man and Nature\"). Within an ecosystem, organisms are linked to the physical and biological components of their environment to which they are adapted. Ecosystems", "title": "Ecology" }, { "id": "126137", "text": "abiotic source.\" Links in food webs primarily connect feeding relations or trophism among species. Biodiversity within ecosystems can be organized into trophic pyramids, in which the vertical dimension represents feeding relations that become further removed from the base of the food chain up toward top predators, and the horizontal dimension represents the abundance or biomass at each level. When the relative abundance or biomass of each species is sorted into its respective trophic level, they naturally sort into a 'pyramid of numbers'. Species are broadly categorized as autotrophs (or primary producers), heterotrophs (or consumers), and Detritivores (or decomposers). Autotrophs are", "title": "Ecology" }, { "id": "6798183", "text": "\"pyramid of numbers\" shows graphically the population of each level in a food chain. It is an upright pyramid given in an ecosystem, where usually the producers are more in number than any other Trophic level. This shows the number of organisms in each trophic level without any consideration for their size. This type of pyramid can be convenient, as counting is often a simple task and can be done over the years to observe the changes in a particular ecosystem. However, some types of organisms are difficult to count, especially when it comes to some juvenile forms. Unit: number", "title": "Ecological pyramid" }, { "id": "12424963", "text": "host (for example: felids such as domestic cats in this case). Free-living Protists occupy almost any environment that contains liquid water. Many protists, such as algae, are photosynthetic and are vital primary producers in ecosystems, particularly in the ocean as part of the plankton. Protists make up a large portion of the biomass in both marine and terrestrial environments. Other protists include pathogenic species, such as the kinetoplastid \"Trypanosoma brucei\", which causes sleeping sickness, and species of the apicomplexan \"Plasmodium\", which cause malaria. Some protists are significant parasites of animals (e.g.; five species of the parasitic genus \"Plasmodium\" cause malaria", "title": "Protist" }, { "id": "13994705", "text": "such as animals, the carbohydrates, fats, and proteins contained in them become energy sources for the heterotrophs. Proteins can be made using nitrates, sulfates, and phosphates in the soil. Autotroph An autotroph or producer, is an organism that produces complex organic compounds (such as carbohydrates, fats, and proteins) from simple substances present in its surroundings, generally using energy from light (photosynthesis) or inorganic chemical reactions (chemosynthesis). They are the producers in a food chain, such as plants on land or algae in water (in contrast to heterotrophs as consumers of autotrophs). They do not need a living source of energy", "title": "Autotroph" }, { "id": "1666307", "text": "of groups. Eubacteria are important photosynthetizers in both oceanic and terrestrial ecosystems, and while some archaea are phototrophic, none are known to utilise oxygen-evolving photosynthesis. A number of eukaryotes are significant contributors to primary production in the ocean, including green algae, brown algae and red algae, and a diverse group of unicellular groups. Vascular plants are also represented in the ocean by groups such as the seagrasses. Unlike terrestrial ecosystems, the majority of primary production in the ocean is performed by free-living microscopic organisms called phytoplankton. Larger autotrophs, such as the seagrasses and macroalgae (seaweeds) are generally confined to the", "title": "Primary production" }, { "id": "13316573", "text": "Ecological efficiency Ecological efficiency describes the efficiency with which energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next. It is determined by a combination of efficiencies relating to organismic resource acquisition and assimilation in an ecosystem. Primary production occurs in autotrophic organisms of an ecosystem. Photoautotrophs such as vascular plants and algae convert energy from the sun into energy stored as carbon compounds. Photosynthesis is carried out in the chlorophyll of green plants. The energy converted through photosynthesis is carried through the trophic levels of an ecosystem as organisms consume members of lower trophic levels. Primary production can be", "title": "Ecological efficiency" }, { "id": "16724613", "text": "macrochiris\"). Planktivore A planktivore is an aquatic organism that feeds on planktonic food, including zooplankton and phytoplankton. Phytoplankton are usually photosynthetic one-celled plant organisms. These organisms are usually found near the surface of the water due to their need for light energy for their photosynthetic processes. Phytoplankton provide most of the oxygen that is in the water and provide a large amount of food for other organisms in the water column. Zooplankton, in contrast, are heterotrophic plankton, animals which ingest nutrients rather than producing it via chemical reactions. Some taxa are planktonic for only part of their life cycle. Planktivores", "title": "Planktivore" }, { "id": "126121", "text": "and a legacy niche that was constructed before their time. Biomes are larger units of organization that categorize regions of the Earth's ecosystems, mainly according to the structure and composition of vegetation. There are different methods to define the continental boundaries of biomes dominated by different functional types of vegetative communities that are limited in distribution by climate, precipitation, weather and other environmental variables. Biomes include tropical rainforest, temperate broadleaf and mixed forest, temperate deciduous forest, taiga, tundra, hot desert, and polar desert. Other researchers have recently categorized other biomes, such as the human and oceanic microbiomes. To a microbe,", "title": "Ecology" }, { "id": "5224817", "text": "factor. Autotrophic organisms are producers that generate organic compounds from inorganic material. Algae use solar energy to generate biomass from carbon dioxide and are possibly the most important autotrophic organisms in aquatic environments. The more shallow the water, the greater the biomass contribution from rooted and floating vascular plants. These two sources combine to produce the extraordinary production of estuaries and wetlands, as this autotrophic biomass is converted into fish, birds, amphibians and other aquatic species. Chemosynthetic bacteria are found in benthic marine ecosystems. These organisms are able to feed on hydrogen sulfide in water that comes from volcanic vents.", "title": "Aquatic ecosystem" }, { "id": "7397448", "text": "carbon dioxide, an inorganic carbon source. Examples of chemolithotrophs are some archaea and bacteria (unicellular organisms) that produce biomass from the oxidation of inorganic chemical compounds, these organisms are called chemoautotrophs, and are frequently found in hydrothermal vents in the deep ocean. Primary producers ares at the lowest trophic level, and are the reasons why Earth is sustainable for life to this day . There are many different types of primary producers out in the Earth's ecosystem at different states. Fungi and other organisms that gain their biomass from oxidizing organic materials are called decomposers and are not primary producers.", "title": "Primary producers" }, { "id": "126234", "text": "is not used up by respiration, is known as the net primary production (NPP). Energy and carbon enter ecosystems through photosynthesis, are incorporated into living tissue, transferred to other organisms that feed on the living and dead plant matter, and eventually released through respiration. The carbon and energy incorporated into plant tissues (net primary production) is either consumed by animals while the plant is alive, or it remains uneaten when the plant tissue dies and becomes detritus. In terrestrial ecosystems, roughly 90% of the net primary production ends up being broken down by decomposers. The remainder is either consumed by", "title": "Ecosystem" }, { "id": "582221", "text": "ocean's primary producers are tiny phytoplankton that grow and reproduce rapidly, so a small mass can have a fast rate of primary production. In contrast, terrestrial primary producers grow and reproduce slowly. There is an exception with cyanobacteria. Marine cyanobacteria are the smallest known photosynthetic organisms; the smallest of all, \"Prochlorococcus\", is just 0.5 to 0.8 micrometres across. Prochlorococcus is possibly the most plentiful species on Earth: a single millilitre of surface seawater may contain 100,000 cells or more. Worldwide, there are estimated to be several octillion (~10) individuals. \"Prochlorococcus\" is ubiquitous between 40°N and 40°S and dominates in the", "title": "Biomass (ecology)" }, { "id": "10395341", "text": "is along the food chain. In real world ecosystems, there is more than one food chain for most organisms, since most organisms eat more than one kind of food or are eaten by more than one type of predator. A diagram that sets out the intricate network of intersecting and overlapping food chains for an ecosystem is called its food web. Decomposers are often left off food webs, but if included, they mark the end of a food chain. Thus food chains start with primary producers and end with decay and decomposers. Since decomposers recycle nutrients, leaving them so they", "title": "Trophic level" }, { "id": "5071803", "text": "mangrove forests are home to numerous species of fish, seaweed and shellfish... The importance of these habitats is that they allow for interactions between different species, aiding the provisioning of marine goods and services. They are also very important for the growth at the early life stages of marine species (breeding and bursary spaces), as they serve as a food source and as a shelter from predators. Primary production refers to the production of organic matter, i.e., chemically bound energy, through processes such as photosynthesis and chemosynthesis. The organic matter produced by primary producers forms the basis of all food", "title": "Ecosystem services" }, { "id": "685326", "text": "influenced by a number of factors including light, temperature, currents, nutrients, and trophic interactions. Algae are the most common group of epiphytes in marine systems. Photosynthetic epiphytes account for a large amount of the photosynthesis in systems in which they occur. This is typically between 20 and 60% of the total primary production of the ecosystem. They are a general group of organisms and are highly diverse, providing food for a great number of fauna. Snail and nudibranch species are two common grazers of epiphytes. Epiphyte species composition and the amount of epiphytes can be indicative of changes in the", "title": "Epiphyte" }, { "id": "6798181", "text": "Ecological pyramid An ecological pyramid (also trophic pyramid, eltonian pyramid, energy pyramid, or sometimes food pyramid) is a graphical representation designed to show the biomass or bio productivity at each trophic level in a given ecosystem. \"Biomass pyramids\" show how much biomass (the amount of living or organic matter present in an organism) is present in the organisms at each trophic level, while \"productivity pyramids\" show the procreation or turnover in biomass. There is also \"pyramid of numbers\" which represent the number of organisms in each trophic level. They may be upright (e.g. Grassland ecosystem), inverted (parasitic ecosystem) or dumbbell", "title": "Ecological pyramid" }, { "id": "19940105", "text": "of food digestion and cellulose breakdown. These microbial organisms most likely evolved under similar conditions but at different points in time, and they have now been discovered interacting with one another and providing the same function to their host organism. Recently, biologists have used the idea of functional equivalency, sometimes referred to as functional redundancy, to make predictions about how to best manage ecosystems and their microcosms. It is a common misconception that high degrees of taxonomic diversity within an ecosystem will ultimately result in a healthier, highly functional system. For example, an ecological microcosm consisting of 30 species of", "title": "Functional equivalence (ecology)" }, { "id": "126239", "text": "covered by an exoskeleton. Fragmentation processes, which break through these protective layers, accelerate the rate of microbial decomposition. Animals fragment detritus as they hunt for food, as does passage through the gut. Freeze-thaw cycles and cycles of wetting and drying also fragment dead material. The chemical alteration of the dead organic matter is primarily achieved through bacterial and fungal action. Fungal hyphae produce enzymes which can break through the tough outer structures surrounding dead plant material. They also produce enzymes which break down lignin, which allows them access to both cell contents and to the nitrogen in the lignin. Fungi", "title": "Ecosystem" }, { "id": "1294177", "text": "Food web A food web (or food cycle) is a natural interconnection of food chains and a graphical representation (usually an image) of what-eats-what in an ecological community. Another name for food web is consumer-resource system. Ecologists can broadly lump all life forms into one of two categories called trophic levels: 1) the autotrophs, and 2) the heterotrophs. To maintain their bodies, grow, develop, and to reproduce, autotrophs produce organic matter from inorganic substances, including both minerals and gases such as carbon dioxide. These chemical reactions require energy, which mainly comes from the Sun and largely by photosynthesis, although a", "title": "Food web" }, { "id": "4952764", "text": "Ecosystem ecology Ecosystem ecology is the integrated study of living (biotic) and non-living (abiotic) components of ecosystems and their interactions within an ecosystem framework. This science examines how ecosystems work and relates this to their components such as chemicals, bedrock, soil, plants, and animals. Ecosystem ecology examines physical and biological structures and examines how these ecosystem characteristics interact with each other. Ultimately, this helps us understand how to maintain high quality water and economically viable commodity production. A major focus of ecosystem ecology is on functional processes, ecological mechanisms that maintain the structure and services produced by ecosystems. These include", "title": "Ecosystem ecology" }, { "id": "4721361", "text": "immediate vicinity. The basis for this teeming life is chemosynthesis, a process by which microbes convert such substances as hydrogen sulfide or ammonia into organic molecules. These bacteria and Archaea are the primary producers in these ecosystems and support a diverse array of life. About 350 species of organism, dominated by molluscs, polychaete worms and crustaceans, had been discovered around hydrothermal vents by the end of the twentieth century, most of them being new to science and endemic to these habitats. Besides providing locomotion opportunities for winged animals and a conduit for the dispersal of pollen grains, spores and seeds,", "title": "Habitat" }, { "id": "2222788", "text": "Chemosynthesis In biochemistry, chemosynthesis is the biological conversion of one or more carbon-containing molecules (usually carbon dioxide or methane) and nutrients into organic matter using the oxidation of inorganic compounds (e.g., hydrogen gas, hydrogen sulfide) or methane as a source of energy, rather than sunlight, as in photosynthesis. Chemoautotrophs, organisms that obtain carbon through chemosynthesis, are phylogenetically diverse, but also groups that include conspicuous or biogeochemically-important taxa include the sulfur-oxidizing gamma and epsilon proteobacteria, the Aquificae, the methanogenic archaea and the neutrophilic iron-oxidizing bacteria. Many microorganisms in dark regions of the oceans use chemosynthesis to produce biomass from single carbon", "title": "Chemosynthesis" }, { "id": "126244", "text": "are shed or are eaten, the nitrogen in those tissues becomes available to animals and microbes. Microbial decomposition releases nitrogen compounds from dead organic matter in the soil, where plants, fungi, and bacteria compete for it. Some soil bacteria use organic nitrogen-containing compounds as a source of carbon, and release ammonium ions into the soil. This process is known as nitrogen mineralization. Others convert ammonium to nitrite and nitrate ions, a process known as nitrification. Nitric oxide and nitrous oxide are also produced during nitrification. Under nitrogen-rich and oxygen-poor conditions, nitrates and nitrites are converted to nitrogen gas, a process", "title": "Ecosystem" }, { "id": "6798182", "text": "shaped (forest ecosystem). Energy pyramids begin with producers on the bottom (such as plants) and proceed through the various trophic levels (such as herbivores that eat plants, then carnivores that eat flesh, then omnivores that eat both plants and flesh, and so on). The highest level is the top of the food chain. The concept of pyramid of numbers (\"Eltonian pyramid\") was developed by Charles Elton (1927). Later, it would also be expressed in terms of biomass by Bodenheimer (1938). The idea of pyramid of productivity or energy relies on works of G. Evelyn Hutchinson and Raymond Lindeman (1942). A", "title": "Ecological pyramid" }, { "id": "5328254", "text": "appeared in the form of fish, which live exclusively in water. Some of these evolved into amphibians which spend portions of their lives in water and portions on land. Other fish evolved into land mammals and subsequently returned to the ocean as seals, dolphins or whales. Plant forms such as kelp and algae grow in the water and are the basis for some underwater ecosystems. Plankton, and particularly phytoplankton, are key primary producers forming the general foundation of the ocean food chain. Marine invertebrates exhibit a wide range of modifications to survive in poorly oxygenated waters including breathing tubes (see", "title": "Marine life" }, { "id": "126230", "text": "and internal factors. External factors, also called state factors, control the overall structure of an ecosystem and the way things work within it, but are not themselves influenced by the ecosystem. The most important of these is climate. Climate determines the biome in which the ecosystem is embedded. Rainfall patterns and seasonal temperatures influence photosynthesis and thereby determine the amount of water and energy available to the ecosystem. Parent material determines the nature of the soil in an ecosystem, and influences the supply of mineral nutrients. Topography also controls ecosystem processes by affecting things like microclimate, soil development and the", "title": "Ecosystem" }, { "id": "582217", "text": "is used to build new biomass. The remaining ninety percent goes to metabolic processes or is dissipated as heat. This energy loss means that productivity pyramids are never inverted, and generally limits food chains to about six levels. However, in oceans, biomass pyramids can be wholly or partially inverted, with more biomass at higher levels. Terrestrial biomass generally decreases markedly at each higher trophic level (plants, herbivores, carnivores). Examples of terrestrial producers are grasses, trees and shrubs. These have a much higher biomass than the animals that consume them, such as deer, zebras and insects. The level with the least", "title": "Biomass (ecology)" }, { "id": "5224818", "text": "Great concentrations of animals that feed on these bacteria are found around volcanic vents. For example, there are giant tube worms (\"Riftia pachyptila\") 1.5 m in length and clams (\"Calyptogena magnifica\") 30 cm long. Heterotrophic organisms consume autotrophic organisms and use the organic compounds in their bodies as energy sources and as raw materials to create their own biomass. Euryhaline organisms are salt tolerant and can survive in marine ecosystems, while stenohaline or salt intolerant species can only live in freshwater environments. Aquatic ecosystem An aquatic ecosystem is an ecosystem in a body of water. Communities of organisms that are", "title": "Aquatic ecosystem" }, { "id": "10395340", "text": "either a one-way flow or a food \"web\". Ecological communities with higher biodiversity form more complex trophic paths. The word \"trophic\" derives from the Greek τροφή (trophē) referring to food or nourishment. The concept of trophic level was developed by Raymond Lindeman (1942), based on the terminology of August Thienemann (1926): \"producers\", \"consumers\" and \"reducers\" (modified to \"decomposers\" by Lindeman). The three basic ways in which organisms get food are as producers, consumers and decomposers. Trophic levels can be represented by numbers, starting at level 1 with plants. Further trophic levels are numbered subsequently according to how far the organism", "title": "Trophic level" }, { "id": "7424383", "text": "Carnivores include fishes that feed on zooplankton in the water column (zooplanktivores), insects at the water’s surface, on benthic structures, or in the sediment (insectivores), and those that feed on other fish (piscivores). Fish that consume detritus and gain energy by processing its organic material are called detritivores. Omnivores ingest a wide variety of prey, encompassing floral, faunal, and detrital material. Finally, members of the parasitic guild acquire nutrition from a host species, usually another fish or large vertebrate. Fish taxa are flexible in their feeding roles, varying their diets with environmental conditions and prey availability. Many species also undergo", "title": "Lake ecosystem" }, { "id": "13764710", "text": "Consumer (food chain) Consumers are organisms that eat organisms from a different population. These organisms are formally referred to as heterotrophs, which include animals, some bacteria and fungi. Such organisms may consume by various means, they are called primary consumers. Consumers are typically viewed as predatory animals such as the wolf and hyena. However, herbivorous animals and parasitic fungi are also consumers. Some carnivorous plants, like the Venus flytrap, are classified as both. So are omnivorous animals. Within an ecological food chain, Consumers are categorized into primary consumers, secondary consumers, and the tertiary consumers. Primary consumers are herbivores, feeding on", "title": "Consumer (food chain)" }, { "id": "7424373", "text": "food, temperatures fall below 2 °C, or if predator abundance is high. These resting eggs have a diapause, or dormancy period that should allow the zooplankton to encounter conditions that are more favorable to survival when they finally hatch. The invertebrates that inhabit the benthic zone are numerically dominated by small species and are species rich compared to the zooplankton of the open water. They include Crustaceans (e.g. crabs, crayfish, and shrimp), molluscs (e.g. clams and snails), and numerous types of insects. These organisms are mostly found in the areas of macrophyte growth, where the richest resources, highly oxygenated water,", "title": "Lake ecosystem" }, { "id": "7618400", "text": "for plants as well as mechanical support. The diversity and abundance of soil life exceeds that of any other ecosystem. Plant establishment, competitiveness, and growth is governed largely by the ecology below-ground, so understanding this system is an essential component of plant sciences and terrestrial ecology. An incredible diversity of organisms make up the soil food web. They range in size from the tiniest one-celled bacteria, algae, fungi, and protozoa, to the more complex nematodes and micro-arthropods, to the visible earthworms, insects, small vertebrates, and plants. As these organisms eat, grow, and move through the soil, they make it possible", "title": "Soil ecology" }, { "id": "126258", "text": "have traditionally been recognized as being the basis for things of economic value, ecosystem services tend to be taken for granted. When natural resource management is applied to whole ecosystems, rather than single species, it is termed ecosystem management. Although definitions of ecosystem management abound, there is a common set of principles which underlie these definitions. A fundamental principle is the long-term sustainability of the production of goods and services by the ecosystem; \"intergenerational sustainability [is] a precondition for management, not an afterthought\". While ecosystem management can be used as part of a plan for wilderness conservation, it can also", "title": "Ecosystem" }, { "id": "126177", "text": "is the primary input of energy into the planet's ecosystems. Light is composed of electromagnetic energy of different wavelengths. Radiant energy from the sun generates heat, provides photons of light measured as active energy in the chemical reactions of life, and also acts as a catalyst for genetic mutation. Plants, algae, and some bacteria absorb light and assimilate the energy through photosynthesis. Organisms capable of assimilating energy by photosynthesis or through inorganic fixation of HS are autotrophs. Autotrophs — responsible for primary production — assimilate light energy which becomes metabolically stored as potential energy in the form of biochemical enthalpic", "title": "Ecology" }, { "id": "3691502", "text": "and urine must eventually be converted into oxygen, food, and water. A closed ecological system must contain at least one autotrophic organism. While both chemotrophic and phototrophic organisms are plausible, almost all closed ecological systems to date are based on a phototroph such as green algae. A closed ecological system for an entire planet is called an ecosphere. Man-made closed ecological systems which were created to sustain human life include Biosphere 2, MELiSSA, and the BIOS-1, BIOS-2, and BIOS-3 projects. Bottle gardens and aquarium ecospheres are partially or fully enclosed glass containers that are self-sustaining closed ecosystems that can be", "title": "Closed ecological system" }, { "id": "126232", "text": "substantial shifts in ecosystem function. Unlike external factors, internal factors in ecosystems not only control ecosystem processes but are also controlled by them. Consequently, they are often subject to feedback loops. While the resource inputs are generally controlled by external processes like climate and parent material, the availability of these resources within the ecosystem is controlled by internal factors like decomposition, root competition or shading. Other factors like disturbance, succession or the types of species present are also internal factors. Primary production is the production of organic matter from inorganic carbon sources. This mainly occurs through photosynthesis. The energy incorporated", "title": "Ecosystem" }, { "id": "1294202", "text": "two systems. Mineral nutrients are the material resources that organisms need for growth, development, and vitality. Food webs depict the pathways of mineral nutrient cycling as they flow through organisms. Most of the primary production in an ecosystem is not consumed, but is recycled by detritus back into useful nutrients. Many of the Earth's microorganisms are involved in the formation of minerals in a process called biomineralization. Bacteria that live in detrital sediments create and cycle nutrients and biominerals. Food web models and nutrient cycles have traditionally been treated separately, but there is a strong functional connection between the two", "title": "Food web" }, { "id": "337366", "text": "Plankton Plankton are the diverse collection of organisms that live in large bodies of water and are unable to swim against a current. The individual organisms constituting plankton are called plankters. They provide a crucial source of food to many large aquatic organisms, such as fish and whales. These organisms include bacteria, archaea, algae, protozoa and drifting or floating animals that inhabit—for example—the pelagic zone of oceans, seas, or bodies of fresh water. Essentially, plankton are defined by their ecological niche rather than any phylogenetic or taxonomic classification. Though many planktonic species are microscopic in size, \"plankton\" includes organisms over", "title": "Plankton" }, { "id": "7397451", "text": "Earth would be unable to sustain itself. Plants, along with other primary producers, produce the energy that beings consume, and the oxygen that they breathe. It is thought that the first organisms on Earth were primary producers located on the ocean floor. Aquatic algae are a significant contributor to food webs in tropical rivers and streams. This is displayed by net primary production, a fundamental ecological process that reflects the amount of carbon that is synthesized within an ecosystem. This carbon ultimately becomes available to consumers. Net primary production displays that the rates of in-stream primary production in tropical regions", "title": "Primary producers" }, { "id": "5381171", "text": "Saprobiontic Saprobionts are organisms that digest their food externally and then absorb the products. Fungi are examples of saprobiontic organisms also known as decomposers. Saprobiontic organisms feed off dead and or decaying matter, to digest this they excrete digestive enzymes which breaks down the cell tissues allowing the organism to extract the nutrients it needs to survive while leaving the indigestible waste. This is called extracellular digestion. This is very important in ecosystems, for the nutrient cycle. They are a form of decomposer, but not to be confused with detritivores, which digest internally. These organisms can be a good source", "title": "Saprobiontic" }, { "id": "610362", "text": "oceanic and also many freshwater food webs (chemosynthesis is a notable exception). While almost all phytoplankton species are obligate photoautotrophs, there are some that are mixotrophic and other, non-pigmented species that are actually heterotrophic (the latter are often viewed as zooplankton). Of these, the best known are dinoflagellate genera such as \"Noctiluca\" and \"Dinophysis\", that obtain organic carbon by ingesting other organisms or detrital material. Phytoplankton absorb energy from the Sun and nutrients from the water to produce their own food. In the process of photosynthesis, phytoplankton release molecular oxygen () into the water. It is estimated that between 50%", "title": "Phytoplankton" }, { "id": "582219", "text": "Phytoplankton → zooplankton → predatory zooplankton → filter feeders → predatory fish Phytoplankton are the main primary producers at the bottom of the marine food chain. Phytoplankton use photosynthesis to convert inorganic carbon into protoplasm. They are then consumed by microscopic animals called zooplankton. Zooplankton comprise the second level in the food chain, and includes small crustaceans, such as copepods and krill, and the larva of fish, squid, lobsters and crabs. In turn, small zooplankton are consumed by both larger predatory zooplankters, such as krill, and by forage fish, which are small, schooling, filter-feeding fish. This makes up the third", "title": "Biomass (ecology)" }, { "id": "126227", "text": "pools of species present. Internal factors not only control ecosystem processes but are also controlled by them and are often subject to feedback loops. Resource inputs are generally controlled by external processes like climate and parent material. Resource availability within the ecosystem is controlled by internal factors like decomposition, root competition or shading. Although humans operate within ecosystems, their cumulative effects are large enough to influence external factors like climate. Biodiversity affects ecosystem functioning, as do the processes of disturbance and succession. Ecosystems provide a variety of goods and services upon which people depend. The term ecosystem was first used", "title": "Ecosystem" }, { "id": "5224801", "text": "lagoons and mangrove swamps. In the deep water, hydrothermal vents may occur where chemosynthetic sulfur bacteria form the base of the food web. Classes of organisms found in marine ecosystems include brown algae, dinoflagellates, corals, cephalopods, echinoderms, and sharks. Fishes caught in marine ecosystems are the biggest source of commercial foods obtained from wild populations. Environmental problems concerning marine ecosystems include unsustainable exploitation of marine resources (for example overfishing of certain species), marine pollution, climate change, and building on coastal areas. Freshwater ecosystems cover 0.78% of the Earth's surface and inhabit 0.009% of its total water. They generate nearly 3%", "title": "Aquatic ecosystem" }, { "id": "9320566", "text": "macromolecules. Excess photosynthate, or DOC is then released, or exuded. The microbial loop describes a pathway in the microbial food web where DOC is returned to higher trophic levels via the incorporation into bacterial biomass. Microbial food web The microbial food web refers to the combined trophic interactions among microbes in aquatic environments. These microbes include viruses, bacteria, algae, heterotrophic protists (such as ciliates and flagellates). In aquatic environments, microbes constitute the base of the food web. Single celled photosynthetic organisms such as diatoms and cyanobacteria are generally the most important primary producers in the open ocean. Many of these", "title": "Microbial food web" }, { "id": "126242", "text": "plant growth. Ecosystems continually exchange energy and carbon with the wider environment. Mineral nutrients, on the other hand, are mostly cycled back and forth between plants, animals, microbes and the soil. Most nitrogen enters ecosystems through biological nitrogen fixation, is deposited through precipitation, dust, gases or is applied as fertilizer. Since most terrestrial ecosystems are nitrogen-limited, nitrogen cycling is an important control on ecosystem production. Until modern times, nitrogen fixation was the major source of nitrogen for ecosystems. Nitrogen-fixing bacteria either live symbiotically with plants or live freely in the soil. The energetic cost is high for plants which support", "title": "Ecosystem" }, { "id": "582228", "text": "surpassed by microbes. Terrestrial freshwater ecosystems generate about 1.5% of the global net primary production. Some global producers of biomass in order of productivity rates are Biomass (ecology) The biomass is the mass of living biological organisms in a given area or ecosystem at a given time. Biomass can refer to \"species biomass\", which is the mass of one or more species, or to \"community biomass\", which is the mass of all species in the community. It can include microorganisms, plants or animals. The mass can be expressed as the average mass per unit area, or as the total mass", "title": "Biomass (ecology)" }, { "id": "126241", "text": "which allows leaching to play a more important role in moving nutrients around. This can be especially important as the soil thaws in the spring, creating a pulse of nutrients which become available. Decomposition rates are low under very wet or very dry conditions. Decomposition rates are highest in wet, moist conditions with adequate levels of oxygen. Wet soils tend to become deficient in oxygen (this is especially true in wetlands), which slows microbial growth. In dry soils, decomposition slows as well, but bacteria continue to grow (albeit at a slower rate) even after soils become too dry to support", "title": "Ecosystem" }, { "id": "1666302", "text": "as biomass that primary producers create in a given length of time. (GPP is sometimes confused with Net Primary \"productivity\", which is the rate at which photosynthesis or chemosynthesis occurs.) Some fraction of this fixed energy is used by primary producers for cellular respiration and maintenance of existing tissues (i.e., \"growth respiration\" and \"maintenance respiration\"). The remaining fixed energy (i.e., mass of photosynthate) is referred to as \"net primary production\" (NPP). Net primary production is the rate at which all the plants in an ecosystem produce net useful chemical energy; it is equal to the difference between the rate at", "title": "Primary production" }, { "id": "1294199", "text": "closely rivaled or surpassed by microbes. Pyramid structure can vary across ecosystems and across time. In some instances biomass pyramids can be inverted. This pattern is often identified in aquatic and coral reef ecosystems. The pattern of biomass inversion is attributed to different sizes of producers. Aquatic communities are often dominated by producers that are smaller than the consumers that have high growth rates. Aquatic producers, such as planktonic algae or aquatic plants, lack the large accumulation of secondary growth as exists in the woody trees of terrestrial ecosystems. However, they are able to reproduce quickly enough to support a", "title": "Food web" }, { "id": "4985772", "text": "energy from chemical reactions, synthesize all necessary organic compounds from carbon dioxide. Chemoautotrophs use inorganic energy sources such as hydrogen sulfide, elemental sulfur, ferrous iron, molecular hydrogen, and ammonia. Most chemoautotrophs are extremophiles, bacteria or archaea that live in hostile environments (such as deep sea vents) and are the primary producers in such ecosystems. Chemoautotrophs generally fall into several groups: methanogens, halophiles, sulfur oxidizers and reducers, nitrifiers, anammox bacteria, and thermoacidophiles. An example of one of these prokaryotes would be Sulfolobus. Chemolithotrophic growth can be dramatically fast, such as \"Hydrogenovibrio crunogenus\" with a doubling time around one hour. The term", "title": "Chemotroph" }, { "id": "1186992", "text": "Cyanobacteria Cyanobacteria , also known as Cyanophyta, are a phylum of bacteria that obtain their energy through photosynthesis, and are the only photosynthetic prokaryotes able to produce oxygen. The name \"cyanobacteria\" comes from the color of the bacteria (). Cyanobacteria, which are prokaryotes, are also called \"blue-green algae\", though the term \"algae\" in modern usage is restricted to eukaryotes. Unlike heterotrophic prokaryotes, cyanobacteria have internal membranes. These are flattened sacs called thylakoids where photosynthesis is performed. Phototrophic eukaryotes perform photosynthesis by plastids that may have their ancestry in cyanobacteria, acquired long ago via a process called endosymbiosis. These endosymbiotic cyanobacteria", "title": "Cyanobacteria" }, { "id": "16315111", "text": "Phycotoxin Phycotoxins (from Greek, \"phykos\", \"seaweed\"; and \"toxikon\", \"toxin\") are complex allelopathic chemicals produced by eukaryotic and prokaryotic algal secondary metabolic pathways. More simply, these are toxic chemicals synthesized by photosynthetic organisms. These metabolites are (in most cases) not harmful to the producer but may be toxic to either one or many members of the marine food web. This page focuses on phycotoxins produced by marine microalgae; however, freshwater algae and macroalgae are known phycotoxin producers and may exhibit analogous ecological dynamics. In the pelagic marine food web, phytoplankton are subjected to grazing by macro- and micro-zooplankton as well as", "title": "Phycotoxin" }, { "id": "7221400", "text": "indirectly. As an aside, the f-ratio can also reveal important aspects of local ecosystem function. High f-ratio values are typically associated with productive ecosystems dominated by large, eukaryotic phytoplankton (such as diatoms) that are grazed by large zooplankton (and, in turn, by larger organisms such as fish). By contrast, low f-ratio values are generally associated with low biomass, oligotrophic food webs consisting of small, prokaryotic phytoplankton (such as \"Prochlorococcus\") which are kept in check by microzooplankton. A fundamental assumption in this interpretation of the f-ratio is the spatial separation of primary production and nitrification. Indeed, in their original paper, Eppley", "title": "F-ratio" }, { "id": "5865089", "text": "Beneficial organism In agriculture and gardening, a beneficial organism is any organism that benefits the growing process, including insects, arachnids, other animals, plants, bacteria, fungi, viruses, and nematodes. Benefits include pest control, pollination, and maintenance of soil health. The opposite of beneficial organisms are pests, which are organisms deemed detrimental to the growing process.There are many different types of beneficial organisms as well as beneficial microorganisms. Beneficial organisms include but are not limited to: Birds, Bears, Nematodes, Insects, Arachnids, and fungi. The ways that birds and bears are considered beneficial is mainly because they consume seeds from plant and spread", "title": "Beneficial organism" }, { "id": "15685068", "text": "Food chain A food chain is a linear network of links in a food web starting from producer organisms (such as grass or trees which use radiation from the Sun to make their food) and ending at apex predator species (like grizzly bears or killer whales), detritivores (like earthworms or woodlice), or decomposer species (such as fungi or bacteria). A food chain also shows how the organisms are related with each other by the food they eat. Each level of a food chain represents a different trophic level. A food chain differs from a food web, because the complex network", "title": "Food chain" }, { "id": "582216", "text": "shows, for a given ecosystem, the relationship between biomass or biological productivity and trophic levels. An ecological pyramid provides a snapshot in time of an ecological community. The bottom of the pyramid represents the primary producers (autotrophs). The primary producers take energy from the environment in the form of sunlight or inorganic chemicals and use it to create energy-rich molecules such as carbohydrates. This mechanism is called primary production. The pyramid then proceeds through the various trophic levels to the apex predators at the top. When energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next, typically only ten percent", "title": "Biomass (ecology)" } ]

[ "Orlando Murden", "Ron Miller" ]

[ { "id": "8034553", "text": "For Once in My Life \"For Once in My Life\" is a swing song written by Ron Miller and Orlando Murden for Motown Records' Stein & Van Stock publishing company, and first recorded in 1965. It was written and first recorded as a slow ballad. There are differing accounts of its earliest versions, although it seems that it was first recorded by Barbara McNair, but first released in 1966 by Jean DuShon. Other early versions of the ballad were issued by The Four Tops, The Temptations, Diana Ross and Tony Bennett, whose recording was the first to reach the pop", "title": "For Once in My Life" }, { "id": "8034563", "text": "alike during the whole song; a completely improvisational line that is both melodic and complementary to Wonder's vocal. Background vocals are by The Originals (Freddie Gorman, Walter Gaines, Hank Dixon, C.P. Spencer) and The Andantes (Jackie Hicks, Marlene Barrow, Louvain Demps), and instrumentation by The Funk Brothers. For Once in My Life \"For Once in My Life\" is a swing song written by Ron Miller and Orlando Murden for Motown Records' Stein & Van Stock publishing company, and first recorded in 1965. It was written and first recorded as a slow ballad. There are differing accounts of its earliest versions,", "title": "For Once in My Life" }, { "id": "8034554", "text": "charts. The most familiar and successful version of \"For Once in My Life\" is an uptempo arrangement by Stevie Wonder, recorded in 1967. Wonder's version, issued on Motown's Tamla label, was a top-three hit in the United States and the United Kingdom in late 1968 and early 1969. Gladys Knight & the Pips also recorded a slow tempo version in 1973. Miller and Murden wrote the song in 1965 as a slow ballad, and passed it around various singers so that it could be tried out and refined. Among those who, it is claimed, heard and performed the song in", "title": "For Once in My Life" }, { "id": "17548817", "text": "For Once in My Life (Mel B song) \"For Once in My Life\" is a song by British singer-songwriter Mel B. The song was written by Brown, Tim Daniel McEwan, Lars Halvor Jensen, Gita Lake and Negin Djafari, and produced by Danish production team DEEKAY. It was released on 19 September 2013 on iTunes by SBB Records. It marked Brown's first release in eight years following 2005's \"Today\". The single was first announced by Brown on \"The Ellen DeGeneres Show\". Despite the lack of promo outside Twitter, the single peaked at No. 2 on the \"Billboard\" Hot Dance Club Songs", "title": "For Once in My Life (Mel B song)" }, { "id": "8034556", "text": "radio. Although the record label gave the sole songwriting credit to Murden, Motown CEO Berry Gordy discovered that Miller – who was contracted to Motown – had co-written the song, and reportedly asked Chess not to promote the single. DuShon dropped \"For Once in My Life\" from her nightclub act and later said: \"It was a very big disappointment in my life. I stopped singing it ‘cause I didn’t have the song. I didn’t have anything. It wasn’t mine anymore.\" At Motown, the song was recorded, perhaps as early as October 1965, by Barbara McNair backed up by a symphony", "title": "For Once in My Life" }, { "id": "6957654", "text": "Ron Miller (songwriter) Ronald Norman Miller (October 5, 1932 – July 23, 2007) was an American popular songwriter and record producer who wrote for Motown artists in the 1960s and 1970s and attained many Top 10 hits. Some of his songs, such as \"For Once in My Life,\" have become pop standards. Ron Miller was described by his daughter Lisa as \"a young, Jewish songwriter with a very Rodgers & Hammerstein musical theater writing style\" who \"wrote of peace and hope for a better tomorrow during a time of war and the Civil Rights movement. He didn’t just write about", "title": "Ron Miller (songwriter)" }, { "id": "6957656", "text": "Miller responded by penning the lyrics to \"For Once in My Life\", to music by Orlando Murden. The song was written the night Miller's daughter Angel was born and was first recorded at Motown by Barbara McNair before being covered in a more upbeat style by Stevie Wonder. It is one of the most covered songs in pop history with more than 270 recorded versions. A version recorded by Tony Bennett and Wonder won a Grammy Award in 2007. Miller co-wrote several other hit songs for Stevie Wonder, including \"A Place in the Sun\", \"Heaven Help Us All\", and \"Yester-Me,", "title": "Ron Miller (songwriter)" }, { "id": "17548821", "text": "a radio tour to promote the single. She toured the United States and Australia. Brown performed the song on \"The Today Show\" to promote the single. Digital download Promotional remixes For Once in My Life (Mel B song) \"For Once in My Life\" is a song by British singer-songwriter Mel B. The song was written by Brown, Tim Daniel McEwan, Lars Halvor Jensen, Gita Lake and Negin Djafari, and produced by Danish production team DEEKAY. It was released on 19 September 2013 on iTunes by SBB Records. It marked Brown's first release in eight years following 2005's \"Today\". The single", "title": "For Once in My Life (Mel B song)" }, { "id": "8034560", "text": "1967, Tony Bennett's recording of the song peaked at number 91 on the \"Billboard\" Pop Singles chart (number 8 on the Easy Listening survey) and was the title track of his album \"For Once in My Life\". \"For Once in My Life\" remained in Bennett's concert repertoire into the 2000s. In 2006 Bennett teamed up with Stevie Wonder to record a ballad tempo version for his \"\" album, for which Bennett and Wonder received a Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals. Bennett also performed it on the grand finale of the sixth season of \"American Idol\" and in", "title": "For Once in My Life" }, { "id": "8034555", "text": "about 1966 – but did not record it – are Jo Thompson, a club singer in Detroit; Sherry Kaye, who may have performed it in a musical revue at the Gem Theater; and Johnny Hartman, who turned it down. Jean DuShon was one of the singers who was originally tapped by Ron Miller to demo the song as he was fine-tuning the composition. Miller was impressed by DuShon's rendition, and her version, produced by Esmond Edwards, was issued as a single on Chess Records' Cadet label in October 1966. It was chosen \"Pick Hit of the Week\" by Detroit's WXYZ", "title": "For Once in My Life" }, { "id": "7634945", "text": "Just Once in My Life \"Just Once in My Life\" is a song written by Gerry Goffin, Carole King and Phil Spector. The song was released by the Righteous Brothers in 1965 and reached No. 9 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. The song was covered by the American rock band the Beach Boys and released on their 1976 album \"15 Big Ones\". Other artists to release versions include the Alan Price Set and the Action. After the success of the Righteous Brothers' first single with Phil Spector, \"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'\", the writers of the song Barry Mann and", "title": "Just Once in My Life" }, { "id": "8034557", "text": "orchestra and produced by Frank Wilson. Some sources suggest that the song was originally written for McNair; others that Gordy, hearing the song, insisted that she record it. However, her version was not released until it appeared on her November 1966 album, \"Here I Am\". It was also released as the B-side of her 1968 single, \"Where Would I Be Without You\". In later years, McNair re-recorded the song with a faster tempo. Singer Jack Soo claimed that he was the first \"male\" artist to record a version of the song, after he joined Motown in 1965 as one of", "title": "For Once in My Life" }, { "id": "17691337", "text": "a song he had co-written, \"For Once in My Life\". She recorded the song, with arrangement by Bart Keyes and production by Esmond Edwards. The single was issued by Cadet in October 1966, became a local hit, and has been described as \"a beauty, capped by soaring modulations that glimmer with the hopefulness of love\". However, on hearing it and discovering that Miller was the co-writer, Berry Gordy asked Chess not to promote it, and had the song recorded by, first, Barbara McNair, and later Stevie Wonder whose recording became a worldwide hit. After one further single, DuShon then left", "title": "Jean DuShon" }, { "id": "7634946", "text": "Cynthia Weil then wrote \"(You're My) Soul and Inspiration\" for them. The song however was not completed, and Spector instead asked Carole King to write a song for the duo, which turned out to be \"Just Once in My Life\". The Righteous Brothers released their version as a single in April 1965 as the follow-up to \"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'\". Their second release on the Philles label, the single was another big hit, making the top ten of the \"Billboard\" Hot 100, reaching number nine. Personnel per 2000 liner notes. Just Once in My Life \"Just Once in My", "title": "Just Once in My Life" }, { "id": "8034558", "text": "their first non-African American artists. The record was never released and was permanently shelved in the Motown archives. Another singer contracted to Motown at the time, Connie Haines, also claimed to have recorded an early unreleased version. This was verified when her version was released on an MP3 download album \"Motown Unreleased 1965\" on December 11, 2015. The Four Tops recorded the song on their album \"4 Tops On Broadway\", released in March 1967 and, like McNair's recording, produced as a slow ballad by Frank Wilson. The Temptations also recorded the song for their pop standards based album \"The Temptations", "title": "For Once in My Life" }, { "id": "12504003", "text": "of Motown Records diverse signing of new and established artists, in 1963 Haines was one of the first white singer to record for Motown recording 14 songs written by Smokey Robinson, including her 1963 release \"What's Easy For Two Is Hard For One\" previously recorded by Mary Wells. In 1965 she recorded a version of the as-yet-unreleased song \"For Once in My Life\", which was later a hit for Stevie Wonder, but her version was not released until 2015. She was married and divorced twice. Her first marriage, on September 7, 1951, was to World War II flying ace Robert", "title": "Connie Haines" }, { "id": "8034561", "text": "the Grammy Award-sponsored tribute \"Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life – An All-Star Salute\", which aired February 16, 2015, on CBS. Stevie Wonder's version was recorded at about the same time as The Temptations' in the summer of 1967. However, Berry Gordy did not like Wonder's version, an upbeat rendition produced by Henry Cosby. Gordy vetoed the single's release, and the recording was shelved. Billie Jean Brown, the head of the Motown Quality Control department, finally coerced Gordy into allowing Wonder's version to be released in October 1968. Contrary to Gordy's instincts, \"For Once in My Life\" was", "title": "For Once in My Life" }, { "id": "15552195", "text": "in what Furtado describes as a \"verbal Ping-Pong game\". Cameo appearances are made by Keri Hilson, Justin Timberlake, and Bria Myles. The song won the \"Best Pop Single of the Year\" at the 2006 Billboard Music Awards and received a nomination for the \"Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals\" at the 49th Grammy Awards, losing to Tony Bennett and Stevie Wonder's \"For Once in My Life\". The lyrics of \"Promiscuous\" describe the two sides of the relationship that the song's protagonist deals with. It was one of the first songs Furtado wrote with labelmate Timothy \"Attitude\" Clayton. Furtado called their teamwork", "title": "Promiscuous (song)" }, { "id": "17521040", "text": "Forever in My Life \"Forever In My Life\" is a single by The Jets, released on November 28, 1990. Written by Vassal Benford and Ron Spearman. It was released as the second and final single from their greatest hits album, \"The Best of The Jets\" on the MCA label. Success on the U.S. charts was diminishing for the group at this time in their career with the first single, \"Special Kinda Love\" peaking at number 83 on the R&B chart and failing to chart on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. This song did not have any impact on the charts and", "title": "Forever in My Life" }, { "id": "17548820", "text": "a peace sign at the end. A behind-the-scenes footage of making of the music video for \"For Once in My Life\" was shown in \"Access Hollywood\". The video was filmed on Colonial Street, a backlot set at Universal Studios Hollywood most known for being the set of ABC's \"Desperate Housewives\". The single was first announced by Brown on \"The Ellen DeGeneres Show\". The song gained positive reviews, especially from other stars, with Kim Kardashian, Tinie Tempah, Rita Ora, Paris Hilton, Tony Hawk, Nadine Coyle and Perez Hilton praising the song on Twitter. From October until November 2013, Brown embark on", "title": "For Once in My Life (Mel B song)" }, { "id": "17521041", "text": "was only released to radio stations for airplay. Forever in My Life \"Forever In My Life\" is a single by The Jets, released on November 28, 1990. Written by Vassal Benford and Ron Spearman. It was released as the second and final single from their greatest hits album, \"The Best of The Jets\" on the MCA label. Success on the U.S. charts was diminishing for the group at this time in their career with the first single, \"Special Kinda Love\" peaking at number 83 on the R&B chart and failing to chart on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. This song did", "title": "Forever in My Life" }, { "id": "8035340", "text": "For Once in My Life (Stevie Wonder album) For Once in My Life is the ninth (tenth overall) studio album by American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder on Motown Records, released in November 1968. Then eighteen years old, Wonder had established himself as one of Motown's consistent hit-makers. This album continued Wonder's growth as a vocalist, songwriter and producer. It featured songs like the title track, \"Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day\" and the modest hits \"I Don't Know Why\" and \"You Met Your Match\". It also marked the debut of the Hohner Clavinet on a Stevie Wonder album, which would become a mainstay on albums to", "title": "For Once in My Life (Stevie Wonder album)" }, { "id": "10265835", "text": "Time Out for Smokey Robinson & The Miracles Time Out for Smokey Robinson & the Miracles is a 1969 album by Motown group The Miracles. It reached #25 on the \"Billboard\" Pop Album chart, and contains four pop top 40 singles – \"Doggone Right\", \"Abraham, Martin & John\", \"Here I Go Again\" and the top ten pop smash hit \"Baby, Baby Don't Cry\". \"Time Out\" also features covers of Motown songs such as \"For Once in My Life\" and the Robinson-penned songs \"My Girl\" and \"The Composer\". Miracles members Marv Tarplin, Pete Moore and Ronnie White were also co-writers on", "title": "Time Out for Smokey Robinson & The Miracles" }, { "id": "17691334", "text": "Jean DuShon Jean DuShon (born Anna Jean Harris, 16 August 1935) is an American jazz and R&B singer, and stage actor. She is best known for her recordings in the 1960s, including the first recording of the song \"For Once in My Life\". Born in Detroit, she sang in church as a child, and later entered and won local talent contests. She turned professional at 15, and began performing in nightclubs. She was influenced by Dinah Washington, and on one occasion was confronted by an angry Washington who accused her of copying her. She studied at the Detroit Conservatory, and", "title": "Jean DuShon" }, { "id": "8034559", "text": "in a Mellow Mood\", released in July 1967. Baritone singer Paul Williams sings the lead vocal on the song, and it subsequently became his showcase number in the Temptations' live shows. Williams' most famous performance of the number was during The Supremes and Temptations' \"TCB\" television special in 1968, a performance cited as the apex of Williams' career. The song also made its way into \"The Temptations\" 1998 made-for-television miniseries on NBC. After celebrating The Temptations' (and Motown's) first Grammy Award win for \"Cloud Nine\", the actor who portrays Paul Williams (Christian Payton) sings the slow ballad version. Also in", "title": "For Once in My Life" }, { "id": "8035341", "text": "come. Side One Side Two \"I'd Be a Fool Right Now\" would be remixed in 1977 for Wonder's \"Looking Back\" Anthology. For Once in My Life (Stevie Wonder album) For Once in My Life is the ninth (tenth overall) studio album by American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder on Motown Records, released in November 1968. Then eighteen years old, Wonder had established himself as one of Motown's consistent hit-makers. This album continued Wonder's growth as a vocalist, songwriter and producer. It featured songs like the title track, \"Shoo-Be-Doo-Be-Doo-Da-Day\" and the modest hits \"I Don't Know Why\" and \"You Met Your Match\". It", "title": "For Once in My Life (Stevie Wonder album)" }, { "id": "8034562", "text": "a highly successful record, peaking at number-two on both the \"Billboard\" Pop Singles and \"Billboard\" R&B Singles (it was held off from the number-one spot on each chart by another Motown single Gordy had originally vetoed, Marvin Gaye's \"I Heard It Through the Grapevine\"). \"For Once in My Life\", issued by Tamla with \"Angie Girl\" as its B-side, was later included as the title track on Wonder's \"For Once in My Life\" album. Wonder's version of the track is often singled out by bassists as the greatest example of James Jamerson's playing style, with no two bars of music played", "title": "For Once in My Life" }, { "id": "8034685", "text": "for writing the Clarence Carter song \"Patches\". In 2009 Stevie Wonder was welcomed by President Barack Obama to receive the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song by the Library of Congress. In 1977, Peter Frampton recorded the song on his album \"I'm in You\". His version also contains instrumental elements from Wonder's hit \"For Once in My Life\". Mick Jagger is featured on backing vocals. Frampton's version was released as a single, reaching number 18 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and number 13 on the \"Cashbox\" Top 100. His cover also reached number 13 in Canada. Shortly before being signed by", "title": "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" }, { "id": "1309095", "text": "\"For Once in My Life\" and \"Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours\". A number of Wonder's early hits, including \"My Cherie Amour\", \"I Was Made to Love Her\", and \"Uptight (Everything's Alright)\", were co-written with Henry Cosby.The hit single \"Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours\" was his first ever self-produced song. In September 1970, at the age of 20, Wonder married Syreeta Wright, a songwriter and former Motown secretary. Wright and Wonder worked together on the next album, \"Where I'm Coming From\"; Wonder writing the music, and Wright helping with the lyrics. They wanted to \"touch on the social problems of the", "title": "Stevie Wonder" }, { "id": "3833403", "text": "bartender and the pianist. According to the DVD commentary, it was added at the suggestion of McGregor, who pointed out the opportunity the filmmakers had to unite the stars of two recently popular musical films (his \"Moulin Rouge!\" and Zellweger's \"Chicago\"). The songs \"Kissing a Fool\" and \"For Once in My Life\", sung by Michael Bublé, previously appeared on Bublé's 2003 self-titled album. Down with Love Down with Love is a 2003 American romantic comedy film directed by Peyton Reed and written by Eve Ahlert and Dennis Drake. It stars Renée Zellweger and Ewan McGregor, and is a pastiche of", "title": "Down with Love" }, { "id": "18925622", "text": "Chart. Also in November 1968, Carr played the Manhattan nightclub Persian Room, with her engagement being recorded as the live album \"For Once in My Life\", from which her performance of \"With Pen In Hand\" was issued as a single in February 1969. It spent 13 weeks on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100, peaking at No. 35, becoming Carr's third and final Top 40 hit on that chart. It also reached No. 6 on \"Billboard\"s Easy Listening chart, and was ranked No. 5 on \"Billboard\"s year-end ranking of 1969's \"Top Easy Listening Singles\". In Canada, Carr's live version reached No. 38", "title": "With Pen in Hand" }, { "id": "5886062", "text": "The Temptations in a Mellow Mood The Temptations in a Mellow Mood is the sixth studio album by The Temptations for the Motown label released in 1967. Composed primarily of pop standards such as \"Ol' Man River\" and \"For Once in My Life\" (later a major hit for Motown labelmate Stevie Wonder), and similar songs written by Holland-Dozier-Holland and other Motown staff songwriters, the \"Mellow Mood\" album was part of Motown chief Berry Gordy's crossover plans for the group. Gordy wanted the Temptations, already the most popular male group among black audiences, to attract a large white fanbase and be", "title": "The Temptations in a Mellow Mood" }, { "id": "9732789", "text": "until 1999. She was a music major at Belmont University. Since college, her vocal instruction has been provided by Janet Kenyon. Doolittle first auditioned for \"American Idol\" in Memphis, Tennessee. She went down to Memphis with some friends who were auditioning and decided to audition for fun. She sang the song \"For Once in My Life\", which was popularized by one of her favorite artists, Stevie Wonder. Her audition received positive feedback from all three judges, although they expressed concern about the nerves she had exhibited and told her to believe in herself. Doolittle managed to secure herself a spot", "title": "Melinda Doolittle" }, { "id": "1910401", "text": "the 1998 film \"Why Do Fools Fall in Love\". Other singles from the album such as \"Tell Me\" and \"Feels So Good\" both charted within the top 10 in the UK. After signing with the independent label Amber Café, she released her second solo album \"L.A. State of Mind\", which spawned the release of one single \"Today\". Brown released \"For Once in My Life\" in 2013, her first single in eight years. Brown has since made appearances on television. In 2007, she participated on the fifth season of the American dance competition series \"Dancing with the Stars\", finishing in second", "title": "Mel B" }, { "id": "1309118", "text": "the door open for a collaboration with Tony Bennett and Quincy Jones concerning a rumored jazz album. If Wonder were to join forces with Bennett, it would not be for the first time; their rendition of \"For Once in My Life\" earned them a Grammy for best pop collaboration with vocals in 2006. Wonder's harmonica playing can be heard on the 2009 Grammy-nominated \"Never Give You Up\", featuring CJ Hilton and Raphael Saadiq. In October 2013, Wonder revealed that he had been recording new material for two albums, \"When the World Began\" and \"Ten Billion Hearts\", in collaboration with producer", "title": "Stevie Wonder" }, { "id": "4661691", "text": "was nominated for two more Grammys: Best Female Country Vocal Performance, for \"Before He Cheats\" and Best Country Collaboration with Vocals, for \"Oh, Love\" a duet with Brad Paisley. She won one Grammy Award that night, for Best Female Country Vocal Performance, and performed the song at the ceremony. In December 2005, Underwood was named Oklahoman of the Year by \"Oklahoma Today\". In December 2006, Underwood joined Tony Bennett, Michael Bublé, and Josh Groban to sing \"For Once in My Life\" on \"The Oprah Winfrey Show\". That same month, she paid tribute to Dolly Parton, by singing \"Islands in the", "title": "Carrie Underwood" }, { "id": "6621396", "text": "\"M*A*S*H\". Soo joined Motown Records in 1965 as one of their first non-African American artists. During his time there, he recorded a slow ballad version of \"For Once in My Life\" as the first male singer to do so. The record was never released and was shelved in the Motown archives. The song was soon after made famous by Stevie Wonder. Soo was cast in his most memorable role in 1975 on the ABC sitcom \"Barney Miller\" as the laid-back, but very wry, Detective Nick Yemana, who was responsible for making the dreadful coffee that, in one of the series'", "title": "Jack Soo" }, { "id": "15041014", "text": "also used in promotion and on the soundtrack for the film \"One Night at McCool's\" in 2001. Also in 2001, Vonda Shepard and Anastacia recorded a duet of the track for \"For Once in My Life\", one of the soundtracks to \"Ally McBeal\". The Gamble Brothers Band recorded the song on their 2003 album \"Back to the Bottom\". The song is heard briefly in Mr. Deeds, when Babe Bennett enters the pizzeria looking for Deeds. In 2013, Susan Ashton recorded the track for her EP \"Thief\". American folk singer Richie Havens included his own version of \"Love Is Alive\" on", "title": "Love Is Alive (Gary Wright song)" }, { "id": "15552201", "text": "2006 Billboard Music Awards, beating Daniel Powter's \"Bad Day\" and Sean Paul's \"Temperature\". The song was nominated for the \"Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals\" at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards, losing to Tony Bennett & Stevie Wonder's \"For Once in My Life\". In Canada, the single's music video debuted on MuchMusic's \"MuchOnDemand\" after an interview with Furtado on 8 May 2006. On 4 May 2006, \"Promiscuous\" debuted inside the top five on the Canadian Singles Chart, and on 1 June, it became Furtado's first Canadian number one single. It spent twenty-five weeks on the singles chart, and returned to number", "title": "Promiscuous (song)" }, { "id": "5886064", "text": "soon became a solo showcase for Williams, who performed a particularly acclaimed version of the song for the \"TCB\" television special in late 1968. The group would revisit the idea of an album of pop standards in 1995 with \"For Lovers Only\". All lead vocals by David Ruffin except where noted The Temptations in a Mellow Mood The Temptations in a Mellow Mood is the sixth studio album by The Temptations for the Motown label released in 1967. Composed primarily of pop standards such as \"Ol' Man River\" and \"For Once in My Life\" (later a major hit for Motown", "title": "The Temptations in a Mellow Mood" }, { "id": "3800442", "text": "than the main artists or the label received, hence that they did occasional freelance work elsewhere. Eventually, Jamerson was put on retainer with Motown for $1,000 a week (US$ in dollars), which afforded him and his ever-expanding family a comfortable lifestyle. Jamerson's discography at Motown reads as a catalog of soul hits of the 1960s and 1970s. His work includes Motown hits such as, among hundreds of others, \"You Can't Hurry Love\" by The Supremes, \"My Girl\" by The Temptations, \"Shotgun\" by Jr. Walker & the All Stars, \"For Once in My Life,\" \"I Was Made To Love Her\" by", "title": "James Jamerson" }, { "id": "8002740", "text": "on the 1968 album \"For Once in My Life\". For co-writing \"Signed, Sealed, Delivered\", she was co-nominated for the 1970 Grammy Award for Best R&B Song. In 1974, Hardaway was with her then 23-year-old son at the Hollywood Palladium when he received his first Grammy, one of several he received that night. Wonder purchased a house for his mother in the San Fernando Valley, where she enjoyed a life of churchgoing, fishing, horse racing and cooking, including what family members called a \"legendary peach cobbler.\" Hardaway was the subject of a 2002 authorized biography entitled \"Blind Faith: The Miraculous Journey", "title": "Lula Mae Hardaway" }, { "id": "3916275", "text": "Gay anthem A gay anthem is a popular song that has become widely popular among, or has become identified with, the gay community, particularly gay men, although some of these songs may also become anthems for the rest of the LGBT community. Multiple top-charting popular songs, such as \"True Colors\" by Cindy Lauper, \"For Once in My Life\" by Mel B, \"Mi Chico Latino\", \"It's Raining Men\" and \"Ride It\" by Geri Halliwell, \"I Kissed a Girl\" by Katy Perry, \"Raise Your Glass\" by Pink and \"We R Who We R\" by Kesha have become a \"refuge of unambiguous support", "title": "Gay anthem" }, { "id": "18232537", "text": "O.C. Smith on his Columbia album titled \"For Once In My Life\", in 1969 by The Meters on their debut album on Josie (\"The Meters\"), in 1978 by Santana on the album \"Inner Secrets\" (U.S. #32, AC #19), and by Marker Starling on the 2016 album \"I'm Willing\". There is video of an unreleased 1969 cover by Bobbie Gentry. Gábor Szabó did an instrumental cover of the song which John Legend heavily samples in his single, \"Save Room\". Madlib did an instrumental cover as well, on his album \"Shades of Blue\". Stormy (song) \"Stormy\" is a hit song by the", "title": "Stormy (song)" }, { "id": "15463256", "text": "Lee, along with bassist Christopher Serafini and drummer Matt 'Toast' Young, came together to complete the band. The band worked with producer Bob Marlette (Filter, Lynyrd Skynyrd) on the album, with him playing instruments on several songs as well. The album produced one single \"Once In My Life\", which cracked the Active Rock Top 40, higher than singles from bands such as Nickelback and Atreyu and hit #31 on the Mainstream Rock chart. The band toured in support of the album with Hinder and My Darkest Days throughout 2010, with their September 8, 2010 concert being streamed online. Black Sunshine", "title": "Black Sunshine (band)" }, { "id": "10896159", "text": "song was written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, part of the legendary Brill Building pop machine in New York City. They first began writing it following the success of the Righteous Brothers' first single with Phil Spector, \"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'\", which they also wrote. However, the song was not completed as they thought it sounded too much like \"Lovin' Feelin\", and Spector chose instead to record Carole King and Gerry Goffin's \"Just Once in My Life\" as the duo's second single. After leaving Spector's Philles Records in late 1965, the Righteous Brothers moved to the mostly jazz-oriented", "title": "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration" }, { "id": "11542313", "text": "finished in second place behind Katrina and the Waves' \"Love Shine a Light\". The single made No.2 in the Irish Singles Chart, remaining on the chart for seven weeks. Following this, he released his debut, self-titled album and second single, \"Babe\". In the early 2000s, Roberts returned with his second and third albums, \"Meet Me Half Way\" (2003) and \"Once in My life\" (2005), on which Roberts wrote a number of the songs. Around this time, Roberts joined local radio station Galway Bay FM as a guest presenter. Performing a three-hour afternoon show, 12pm to 3pm each Saturday, & Sunday", "title": "Marc Roberts (singer)" }, { "id": "2317680", "text": "over that role for all of Motown's acts. Williams' later leads on Temptations songs include, \"Just Another Lonely Night\" (1965), \"No More Water in the Well\" (1967), a cover version of \"Hey Girl\" (1969), and his signature song \"Don't Look Back\" (1965). Williams also sang lead with Dennis Edwards, who joined in 1968, on Motown's first Grammy Award-Winner \"Cloud Nine\". One of his best-known lead performances is his stand out live performance of \"For Once in My Life,\" from the television special \"TCB\", originally broadcast on December 9, 1968 on NBC. The live version of the song \"Don't Look Back\"", "title": "Paul Williams (The Temptations)" }, { "id": "9090206", "text": "Eddie Rabbitt's \"Every Which Way But Loose\" and Garth Brooks' \"Good Ride Cowboy\", both of which debuted at #18 (in 1979 and 2005, respectively). As listed in liner notes. Once in a Lifetime (Keith Urban song) \"Once in a Lifetime\" is a song co-written and recorded by Australian country music artist Keith Urban. It was released in August 2006 as the first single from his 2006 album \"Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing\". Urban wrote this song with John Shanks. On the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot Country Songs chart dated for the week of 2 September 2006, the song entered", "title": "Once in a Lifetime (Keith Urban song)" }, { "id": "5891160", "text": "Grapevine by Marvin Gaye, \"For Once in My Life\" by Stevie Wonder and, of course, \"I'm Gonna Make You Love Me by arguably the first soul/pop super group, Diana Ross and The Supremes with the Temptations. Not only that, but the corresponding albums, by each individual artists ranked in the Top 10, TCB, Diana Ross & The Supremes Join the Temptations by the respective groups held down the #1 and #2 albums. \"Cloud Nine\" by the Temptations, \"Love Child\" by Diana Ross and The Supremes, \"For Once in My Life\" by Stevie Wonder, \"M.P.G.\" by Marvin Gaye, and \"Time Out\"", "title": "Diana Ross & the Supremes Join The Temptations" }, { "id": "15830350", "text": "as a limited edition with a DVD documentary. The only single from the album, \"Today\", peaked at number #41 in UK. The album failed in the charts, selling around 1,200 copies. Currently, Brown is recording tracks for a new album and one of the producers behind the album was Darkchild. In September 2013, Brown independently released her first single in eight years, \"For Once in My Life\". Mel B discography The discography of Mel B, an English pop singer, consists of two studio albums, six singles, six music videos and one DVD. On 9 October 2000 she released her first", "title": "Mel B discography" }, { "id": "5563368", "text": "on their list of the Beatles' \"100 Greatest Songs\". The song placed second on CBC's 50 Tracks. \"Mojo\" magazine named it the best song of all time in 2000. In a 1980 interview, Lennon referred to this song as his \"first real major piece of work\" because it was the first time he penned personal lyrics about his own life. According to Lennon, the song's origins can be traced to when the English journalist Kenneth Allsop made a remark that Lennon should write songs about his childhood. Afterwards, Lennon wrote a song in the form of a long poem reminiscing", "title": "In My Life" }, { "id": "15251639", "text": "\"probably the most accomplished\" musical person of the cast. As one of the episode writers, Akiva Goldsman chose the Stevie Wonder song \"For Once in My Life\". On composing the episode's score, Chris Tilton cited \"Chinatown\" as a big influence, and commented \"the idea was to have this noir feel but still not be totally away from \"Fringe\"\". The episode featured excerpted music from the following tracks: \"Brown Betty\" was watched by 5.551 million viewers in the United States, with a 3.4 share out 5 among all households and a 2.0/6 share of the audience aged 18–49. The episode fell", "title": "Brown Betty (Fringe)" }, { "id": "9609447", "text": "contributions to gay culture, re-enforcing the title of gay icon she earned a decade ago with her anthem \"Beautiful\". Melanie Brown was shown kissing another woman in her \"For Once in My Life\" video, making this song a hymn of the gay community. Popular singers including Celine Dion, Lady Gaga, Lily Allen, Lana Del Rey, Marina and The Diamonds, P!nk, Beyoncé, Mariah Carey, Miley Cyrus, Ariana Grande, Kesha, Jennifer Lopez, Sia, Britney Spears, Rihanna, Carly Rae Jepsen, Nicki Minaj, and Katy Perry are notable gay icons of current times. Many famous actors have been celebrated as gay icons, including supermodel", "title": "Gay icon" }, { "id": "7678987", "text": "U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart for the week of October 22, 2005. The song set a record at the time for the highest debuting single on the country charts since the inception of SoundScan in 1990. Keith Urban later broke the record with his 2006 single \"Once in a Lifetime,\" and Kenny Chesney broke it again with 2007's \"Don't Blink;\" Brooks reclaimed the record one week after Chesney did, when \"More Than a Memory\" debuted at number one. Good Ride Cowboy \"Good Ride Cowboy\" is a song written by Jerrod Niemann, Bryan Kennedy, Richie Brown and Bob", "title": "Good Ride Cowboy" }, { "id": "7997364", "text": "(I've Had) The Time of My Life \"(I've Had) The Time of My Life\" is a 1987 song composed by Franke Previte, John DeNicola, and Donald Markowitz. It was recorded by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes, and used as the theme song for the 1987 film \"Dirty Dancing\". The song has won a number of awards, including an Academy Award for \"Best Original Song\", a Golden Globe Award for \"Best Original Song\", and a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. Singer-songwriter Previte was the lead singer of the band Franke and the Knockouts.", "title": "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" }, { "id": "9911896", "text": "In 2009 Sandy's partners disagreed with Sandy about the direction of the show. Sandy and his wife Lisa Dawn Miller Hackett (daughter of legendary songwriter Ron Miller i.e. \"For Once In My Life\" \"Touch Me In the Morning\" \"Heaven Help Us All\" \"I've Never Been to Me\" \"If I Could\" and another 400 songs) went off on their own recreating their own show as Writer/Producers/Creator/Performers in the 'Sandy Hackett's Rat Pack Show' (2009–present) currently touring in venues throughout the U.S and Canada. Sandy has also penned his second show \"My Buddy\" a father and son story about his life with", "title": "Sandy Hackett" }, { "id": "20612844", "text": "album was produced by Carrack's erstwhile Mike + The Mechanics bandmate Peter Van Hooke, who had left the group the previous year. \"Blue Views\" spun off two UK top 40 hits: \"Eyes Of Blue\" and a re-recording of \"How Long\", which Carrack had originally written and sung 22 years earlier as a member of the band Ace. In the US, \"Eyes Of Blue\" was a minor hit on the Adult Contemporary (AC) charts, while the track \"For Once in Our Lives\" was a major AC hit, peaking at #3. The song \"Love Will Keep Us Alive\", a Carrack co-write, had", "title": "Blue Views" }, { "id": "17759769", "text": "Beatles\" (from the song \"God\"). Harrison biographer Simon Leng writes that the ensuing tour represented \"a whirlwind of pent-up Beatlemania\" in North America, \"where the group had a status way beyond that of mere icons.\" In his set list for the tour, Harrison included just four Beatles songs: his own compositions \"Something\", \"While My Guitar Gently Weeps\" and \"For You Blue\", and the Lennon–McCartney song \"In My Life\". Aside from Scott and Preston, the musicians in Harrison's band included the soul/R&B rhythm section of Willie Weeks and Andy Newmark, Scott's L.A. Express bandmate Robben Ford (on guitar), jazz percussionist Emil", "title": "George Harrison and Ravi Shankar's 1974 North American tour" }, { "id": "7134114", "text": "Beyoncé's album, \"I Am... Sasha Fierce\", which was nominated as Album of the Year, and the other for \"Once in a Lifetime\", which she co-wrote with Scott McFarnon, Ian Dench, Jody Street, James Dring and Beyoncé. The song was the title track from Beyoncé's film, \"Cadillac Records\" and was nominated for the Best Song Written for a Motion Picture Award. † Credited to Dark Globe featuring Amanda Ghost Amanda Ghost Amanda Louisa Gosein-Cameron (born July 1974), known professionally as Amanda Ghost, is an English singer, songwriter, record producer, music executive and former president of Epic Records (2009–10). Born in Enfield,", "title": "Amanda Ghost" }, { "id": "5563367", "text": "In My Life \"In My Life\" is a song by the Beatles released on the 1965 album \"Rubber Soul\", written mainly by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney. Paul McCartney and Lennon later disagreed over the extent of their respective contribution to that song, specifically the melody. George Martin contributed the piano solo bridge, which was sped up to sound like a harpsichord. The song inspired more pop music producers to use harpsichords in their arrangements. \"Rolling Stone\" magazine ranked \"In My Life\" number 23 on its list of \"The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time\", as well as fifth", "title": "In My Life" }, { "id": "3419518", "text": "wanted to do one cut and capture the moment rather than working on something.\" A few of the cover songs are connected to record producer and composer Phil Spector, whose famous Wall of Sound production methods have been an enduring fascination to Brian. \"Just Once in My Life\" and \"Chapel of Love\" both carry Spector songwriting credits, and \"Talk to Me\" had been a relatively unknown 45 rpm single produced by Spector in the early 1960s for singer Jean DuShon. Some songs were recorded for the album's sessions but not released on the LP. These include covers of \"Come Go", "title": "15 Big Ones" }, { "id": "19149436", "text": "History (One Direction song) \"History\" is a song by English-Irish boy band One Direction. It was released on 6 November 2015 as the third and final single from their fifth studio album, \"Made in the A.M.\" (2015), as well as the band's final single before their hiatus in January 2016. \"History\" peaked at number six on the UK Singles Chart. \"History\" was written by members Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson, along with Wayne Hector, Ed Drewett and the band's regular collaborators Julian Bunetta and John Ryan. It is a jaunty acoustic singalong that closes the album's standard edition and was", "title": "History (One Direction song)" }, { "id": "14659104", "text": "duet with multiple ARIA Award winning composer David Bridie. She performed on the light comedy sports program, Marngrook Footy Show, performing a version of Stevie Wonder's \"For Once in My Life\". Leah Flanagan Leah Flanagan is a singer-songwriter from Sydney, NSW. Leah has appeared on Australian TV shows Spicks & Specks and RockQuiz, has released 2 albums and toured extensively through Australia with her music and part of festival ensembles. Flanagan has collaborated with Sinead O’Connor, Meshell Ndegeocello, poet Sam Wagan Watson, The Black Arm Band, Paul Kelly and Ursula Yovich and recently recording a duet of Archie Roach’s “I’ve", "title": "Leah Flanagan" }, { "id": "1326363", "text": "Jackson Browne Clyde Jackson Browne (born October 9, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and musician who has sold over 18 million albums in the United States. Coming to prominence in the 1970s, Browne has written and recorded songs such as \"These Days\", \"The Pretender\", \"Running on Empty\", \"Lawyers in Love\", \"Doctor My Eyes\", \"Take It Easy\", \"For a Rocker\", and \"Somebody's Baby\". In 2004, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, and given an honorary doctorate of music by Occidental College in Los Angeles, California. In 2015, \"Rolling Stone\" listed him as the", "title": "Jackson Browne" }, { "id": "3412628", "text": "for another 1996 film, \"The Truth About Cats & Dogs\", to which she contributed a version of the Stevie Wonder classic \"For Once in My Life\" as the closing song and the (1996) film \"First Wives Club\" with a rendition of Bill Withers' \"Heartbreak Road\". In 1997, she had another single called \"Hopeless\" (written by Van Hunt) from the \"Love Jones\" soundtrack. Farris recorded a second album \"For Truth If Not Love\" with Columbia, but she and the label would part ways before the project was released. It would later be released in 2007, issued on iTunes. It featured the", "title": "Dionne Farris" }, { "id": "15433060", "text": "Brown, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Grascals and Willie Nelson. His song \"Midnight Flyer\" was recorded by the Eagles. His song \"Dropkick Me, Jesus\" was a No. 17 country hit for Bobby Bare in 1976. He also wrote Moe Bandy's \"Hank Williams, You Wrote My Life\" and T. Graham Brown's \"Come as You Were\" among others. Craft was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame on October 5, 2014. Craft died at a hospital in Nashville, Tennessee on October 18, 2014 at the age of 76. Paul Craft Paul Craft (August 12, 1938 – October 18, 2014) was an American", "title": "Paul Craft" }, { "id": "10570707", "text": "Group. The album was remastered and reissued with bonus tracks in 2013 by Big Break Records. Gloria Gaynor's Park Avenue Sound Gloria Gaynor's Park Avenue Sound is the fifth album by Gloria Gaynor. It was released in 1978 on Polydor Records. \"Gloria Gaynor's Park Avenue Sound\" includes the moderate hit singles, \"You're All I Need To Get By\" and \"This Love Affair\"; The latter lists Gloria Gaynor as co-writer. \"For the First Time in My Life\" has appeared on several compilations of Gloria Gaynor's recordings, including an album in the \"Universal Masters Collection\" series of albums, which were a series", "title": "Gloria Gaynor's Park Avenue Sound" }, { "id": "2279310", "text": "Harold Arlen Harold Arlen (born Hyman Arluck; February 15, 1905 – April 23, 1986) was an American composer of popular music who composed over 500 songs, a number of which have become known worldwide. In addition to composing the songs for the 1939 film \"The Wizard of Oz\" (lyrics by E.Y. Harburg), including the classic \"Over the Rainbow\", Arlen is a highly regarded contributor to the Great American Songbook. \"Over the Rainbow\" was voted the 20th century's No. 1 song by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Arlen was born in", "title": "Harold Arlen" }, { "id": "3896306", "text": "That Lovin' Feelin'\" in a key scene). Mann's other movie work includes the scores for \"I Never Sang for My Father\" and \"Muppet Treasure Island\", and songs for \"National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation\" and \"Oliver & Company\". Mann co-wrote, with Dan Hill, the song \"Sometimes When We Touch,\" which scored No. 3 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. In 1987, Mann and Weil were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2011, they received the Johnny Mercer Award, the greatest honor from the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Mann and Weil were named among the 2010 recipients of Ahmet Ertegun Award from", "title": "Barry Mann" }, { "id": "10568978", "text": "that same year. The Carpenters' version peaked at #1 for two weeks on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart in December 1973. While the Carpenters rose to fame with co-written hits like \"Only Yesterday\", \"I Need to Be in Love\" and their own version of \"Top of the World\", Bettis continued working in Nashville. In 1978, Ronnie Milsap had a number one hit with Bettis' co-written \"Only One Love in My Life\". In 1981, The Pointer Sisters peaked at number two for three weeks on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 as well as number 7 on the R&B chart with \"Slow Hand\",", "title": "John Bettis" }, { "id": "957682", "text": "Barry Manilow and \"I'll Never Love This Way Again\" for Dionne Warwick. Deana Martin recorded one of Jennings’ songs, “I Know Who You Are” on her 2016 album “Swing Street'.' Jennings has collaborated on many songs for films, the most notable songs being \"Up Where We Belong\" for \"An Officer and a Gentleman\", a song which won the Academy Award in America and the BAFTA (British Academy Award) in the United Kingdom and was a number one hit for Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes. In 1997, Jennings wrote the world-wide number one Céline Dion hit \"My Heart Will Go On\"", "title": "Will Jennings" }, { "id": "18283498", "text": "X Factor USA\", where he was introduced to bands and artists such as One Direction, Pharrell Williams, Pitbull, and Sam Smith. In November 2013, he signed a publishing contract with Big Deal Music and BMG Chrysalis. Ryan has released his own music, he has recorded the EP \"The Mayor of Strawberry Fields\" and the album \"Organs vs. Furniture\". He has written several songs for British boyband One Direction, including \"Best Song Ever\", \"Story of My Life\", \"Steal My Girl\" and \"Perfect\", among others. Additionally he has written for Jason Derulo, Maroon 5, John Legend, Cody Simpson, JLS, Fifth Harmony, Emblem3,", "title": "John Ryan (musician)" }, { "id": "4951161", "text": "number 1 twice as \"The Twist\" by Chubby Checker, reached number 1 in both 1960 and 1961. In 2006, \"Please Mr. Postman\" was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. The group found success in the latter half of the 1960s as background singers for recordings by artists such as Jimmy Ruffin's \"What Becomes of the Brokenhearted,\" Stevie Wonder's \"For Once in My Life\" and \"Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday,\" David Ruffin's \"My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me),\" Marvin Gaye's \"Chained\" and \"Just to Keep You Satisfied,\" Edwin Starr's \"War\" and \"25 Miles,\" and many more. Much like The", "title": "The Originals (band)" }, { "id": "8490503", "text": "for You\", \"Oye tu Conga\" and \"Get on your Feet\". In 2007, the Band performed in Allentown, Pennsylvania, all home UMass Football games, and the National Bands of America in Indianapolis. The 2008 show contained the fifth movement of Hector Berlioz's \"Symphonie fantastique\", an abridged version of Billy Joel's \"And So It Goes\", Dave Weckl's \"Tiempo de Festival\" (performed as the percussion feature), and a medley of Stevie Wonder songs (\"Uptight (Everything's Alright)\", \"Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing\", \"For Once In My Life\", and \"Fingertips\"). \"\"Mon Homme\"\" (known by its English title \"My Man\") and \"Stars and Stripes Forever\"", "title": "University of Massachusetts Minuteman Marching Band" }, { "id": "11876949", "text": "Was Made to Love Her\", \"For Once in My Life\", \"My Cherie Amour\", and \"Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours\" — appear on \"Looking Back\". Wonder's recordings in the '60s stand apart from most Motown acts partially because he was paired with producers and writers who very rarely worked with the Temptations, Supremes, etc. In his early years, Wonder was often produced by Clarence Paul and/or William Stevenson and, during the golden years, by Henry Cosby. Then in 1970, Wonder started producing himself, beginning with \"Signed, Sealed & Delivered\". Most of his singles were written by Wonder himself in tandem with", "title": "Looking Back (Stevie Wonder album)" }, { "id": "2667712", "text": "Burton Cummings Burton Lorne Cummings, (born December 31, 1947) is a Canadian musician, singer and songwriter. Burton is the former lead singer and keyboardist for the Canadian rock band The Guess Who. During his 10 years in the band, from 1965 to 1975, he sang, wrote or co-wrote many hit songs, including \"American Woman,\" \"No Time\", \"Share the Land\", \"Hand Me Down World\", \"Laughing\", \"Star Baby\", \"New Mother Nature\", \"These Eyes\", and \"Clap for the Wolfman\". His solo career includes many hit singles, including \"Stand Tall\", \"My Own Way to Rock\", \"Fine State of Affairs\", and \"You Saved My Soul\".", "title": "Burton Cummings" }, { "id": "9090205", "text": "Once in a Lifetime (Keith Urban song) \"Once in a Lifetime\" is a song co-written and recorded by Australian country music artist Keith Urban. It was released in August 2006 as the first single from his 2006 album \"Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing\". Urban wrote this song with John Shanks. On the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot Country Songs chart dated for the week of 2 September 2006, the song entered at No. 17, setting what was then a new record for the highest-debuting song in the history of the modern country music charts. The previous record was held by", "title": "Once in a Lifetime (Keith Urban song)" }, { "id": "8278648", "text": "\"For Once in My Life\". Cosby received a writing credit for Bill Cosby's hit \"Little Ole Man\", a revamped version of \"Uptight (Everything's Alright)\" -- but Henry Cosby and Bill Cosby were not related. Cosby co-wrote and co-produced \"The Tears of a Clown\", a #1 hit for Smokey Robinson & the Miracles. He was also a prominent member of Motown's Funk Brothers studio band. He was a member of the jazz group, the Joe Hunter band, that was the precursor for the Motown studio session band. He played in various jazz clubs, as well as on records for different labels", "title": "Henry Cosby" }, { "id": "5563371", "text": "That was a great one.\" A 2018 study that used bag-of-words modelling to analyze the song indicated that the music was entirely composed by Lennon. Based on the analysis, mathematician Keith Devlin reported a .018% probability of McCartney writing the song. The song was recorded on 18 October 1965, and was complete except for the instrumental bridge. At that time, Lennon had not decided what instrument to use, but he subsequently asked George Martin to play a piano solo, suggesting \"something Baroque-sounding\". Martin wrote a Bach-influenced piece that he found he could not play at the song's tempo. On 22", "title": "In My Life" }, { "id": "9224550", "text": "in the \"Cold Case\" episode \"Into the Blue\" in 2009. \"Once\" was first performed live at the band's October 22, 1990 concert in Seattle, Washington at the Off Ramp Café. Live performances of \"Once\" can be found on the \"Dissident\"/\"Live in Atlanta\" box set, various official bootlegs, the \"Live at the Gorge 05/06\" box set, and the \"Drop in the Park\" LP included in the Super Deluxe edition of the \"Ten\" reissue. Once (Pearl Jam song) \"Once\" is a song by the American rock band Pearl Jam. Featuring lyrics written by vocalist Eddie Vedder and music written by guitarist Stone", "title": "Once (Pearl Jam song)" }, { "id": "5563370", "text": "friend and biographer Peter Shotton, the lines \"Some [friends] are dead and some are living/In my life I've loved them all\" referred to Stuart Sutcliffe (who died in 1962) and to Shotton. Regarding composition of the melody, Lennon's and McCartney's recollections differ. Referring to McCartney, Lennon said \"his contribution melodically was the harmony and the middle-eight itself.\" McCartney claimed he set Lennon's lyrics to music from beginning to end, taking inspiration for the melody from songs by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles. \"I liked 'In My Life'. Those were words that John wrote, and I wrote the tune to it.", "title": "In My Life" }, { "id": "3093090", "text": "Max Martin Martin Sandberg (, ; born 26 February 1971), known professionally as Max Martin, is a Swedish songwriter, record producer and singer. He rose to prominence in the second half of the 1990s after making a string of major hits such as Britney Spears's \"...Baby One More Time\" (1998), The Backstreet Boys's \"I Want It That Way\" (1999) and Bon Jovi's \"It's My Life\" (2000). Martin has written or co-written 22 \"Billboard\" Hot 100 number-one hits, most of which he has also produced or co-produced, including Katy Perry's \"I Kissed a Girl\" (2008), Maroon 5's \"One More Night\" (2012),", "title": "Max Martin" }, { "id": "15779709", "text": "Once in a Lifetime Love \"'Once in a Lifetime Love\" is a song written by Jason M. Greene who co-wrote the single with and was recorded by American country music singer Clay Walker. It was released on May 9, 2000 as the fourth and final single to his album \"Live, Laugh, Love\". It peaked at number 50 on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks becoming his lowest charting single of his career as well as his first to miss the top forty. In an interview with \"The Virginian-Pilot\", Walker stated that Once in a Lifetime Love was one of", "title": "Once in a Lifetime Love" }, { "id": "18999020", "text": "re-titled, \"I Got It.\" Her second album, \"For Once In My Life\", was released in 1976 on Creed Records. The Creed Records release contained a mix of gospel standards and new works, including standards like \"Amazing Grace\". Her rendition of the gospel standard \"I'll Fly Away\" is preceded by a spoken word introduction wherein Spencer describes the funeral of her older sister, who died weighing . Spencer's handlers at Creed Records came up with the idea of promoting her as the \"World's Largest Gospel Singer\" as a way of gaining interest and attention. She often told stories to media outlets", "title": "Gloria Spencer" }, { "id": "11445082", "text": "the Box Tops. Carson's song \"Always on My Mind\" won Grammy awards in 1983 for Song of the Year and Best Country Song; in 1982 it reached No. 1 on the Billboard Country charts. The Country Music Association named it the Song of the Year in 1982 and 1983. Also in 1982, The Nashville Songwriters Association International named it Song of the Year and the Academy of Country Music named it Single of the Year. In 1997 Carson was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. Carson died on July 20, 2015, aged 72, after suffering from various ailments", "title": "Wayne Carson" }, { "id": "9071426", "text": "The Roussos Phenomenon The Roussos Phenomenon (or Excerpts from \"The Roussos Phenomenon\") is an EP by Demis Roussos. It was the only number one hit in the UK Singles Chart for Demis Roussos, spending a single week at the top of the charts in July 1976, and the sole EP to reach the top of the charts that decade. The EP's track listing included \"Forever and Ever\", \"So Dreamy\", and \"My Friend the Wind\" written by Stélios Vlavianós and Robert Costandinos; plus \"Sing an Ode to Love\" written by Stélios Vlavianós, Charalampe Chalkitis and Robert Costandinos. The EP was produced", "title": "The Roussos Phenomenon" }, { "id": "6092144", "text": "orchestra. The title was inspired by the Musketeers' motto: \"All for one, and one for all\". In the United States, the single reached number one on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 on January 22, 1994. It remained atop the charts for three weeks. It sold 1.2 million copies domestically and earned a platinum certification from the RIAA. In 2007, the Swedish band E.M.D. released a cover of the song, peaking at number one in their native country. All for Love (song) \"All for Love\" is a song written by Bryan Adams, Robert John \"Mutt\" Lange and Michael Kamen for the soundtrack", "title": "All for Love (song)" }, { "id": "16770193", "text": "Once Upon a Dream (Sleeping Beauty song) \"Once Upon a Dream\" is a song written for the 1959 animated musical fantasy film \"Sleeping Beauty\" produced by Walt Disney. Its lyrics were written by Jack Lawrence, and its music by Sammy Fain. The song's melody is based on the \"Grande valse villageoise\" (nicknamed \"The Garland Waltz\"), from the 1890 ballet \"The Sleeping Beauty\" by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. \"Once Upon a Dream\" serves as the film's main theme, and as the love theme of Princess Aurora and Prince Philip. It is performed in the film by a chorus as an overture and", "title": "Once Upon a Dream (Sleeping Beauty song)" }, { "id": "9587879", "text": "Liar\" in the Best Selling British Song Category in 2008. In 2009, he was nominated for a Golden Globe as co-writer of \"Once in a Lifetime\", sung by Beyonce for the film, \"Cadillac Records\". He was nominated for two Grammy Awards in 2010, one as co-producer of two tracks on Beyoncé's album \"I Am... Sasha Fierce\", which was nominated as Album of the Year and the other for \"Once in a Lifetime\". Ian Dench Ian Alec Harvey Dench (born 7 August 1964, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England) is an English songwriter and musician. Dench was the guitarist and principal songwriter for EMF,", "title": "Ian Dench" }, { "id": "18283496", "text": "John Ryan (musician) John Henry Ryan II (born August 19, 1987), also known as JRY, is an American singer, multi-platinum songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist from Rochester, New York. Ryan is best known for co-writing and co-producing One Direction's last four albums and many of their singles. He has written songs for many acclaimed artists. His compositions and productions have sold over 30 million units worldwide. Ryan was born and raised in Pittsford, New York. He attended McQuaid Jesuit High School, a Catholic college-preparatory school in Rochester, NY. Following his 2006 graduation, John enrolled at the Berklee College of Music", "title": "John Ryan (musician)" }, { "id": "17601879", "text": "Story of My Life (One Direction song) \"Story of My Life\" is a song recorded by English Irish boy band One Direction. It was released on 6 November 2013 by Syco Music and Columbia Records as the second single from the group's third studio album, \"Midnight Memories\" (2013). Written by band members Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Harry Styles, Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson, along with Julian Bunetta, Jamie Scott, John Ryan, and Hanoch Dagan. the lyrics speak of a tumultuous relationship leading to lament and heartbreak. \"Story of My Life\" is an acoustic folktronica song with neofolk elements. It runs", "title": "Story of My Life (One Direction song)" }, { "id": "4545710", "text": "Hot R&B chart at number 37. In 1999, she collaborated with Joe Sample and released her third album \"The Song Lives On\". After a five-year hiatus, she returned with her fourth album, \"Outrun the Sky\". The single \"Forever, For Always, For Love\" peaked at number 1 on the Hot Adult R&B Airplay. In 2007, Hathaway signed with Stax, which in 2008 released her fifth album, \"Self Portrait\". Released on June 3, 2008, in the United States, it debuted at number 63 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 200 and reached the top 10 on the Top R&B albums chart, making this album", "title": "Lalah Hathaway" }, { "id": "11060701", "text": "Joseph Brooks (songwriter) Joseph Brooks, born Joseph Kaplan (March 11, 1938 – May 22, 2011), and also known as Joe Brooks or Joey Brooks, was an American composer, director, producer, and screenwriter. He was a prolific writer of advertising jingles and wrote the hit songs \"My Ship Is Comin' In\", \"If Ever I See You Again\", and \"You Light Up My Life\", the latter for the hit film of the same name that he also wrote, directed, and produced. In his later years he became the subject of an investigation after being accused of a series of casting-couch rapes. He", "title": "Joseph Brooks (songwriter)" }, { "id": "17350277", "text": "For the Rest of My Life \"For the Rest of My Life\" (also known as \"4 the Rest of My Life\") is a song by American R&B singer Robin Thicke from his sixth studio album \"Blurred Lines\" (2013). Written and produced by Thicke and ProJay, the song was serviced to urban adult contemporary radio as the second single from \"Blurred Lines\" on May 21, 2013. The official remix is a duet with R&B singer Tamar Braxton and is called \"For the Rest of My Life, Pt. 2\". It premiered on the Atlanta urban contemporary radio station WVEE on February 12,", "title": "For the Rest of My Life" }, { "id": "3962378", "text": "Frances Ridley Havergal Frances Ridley Havergal (14 December 1836 – 3 June 1879) was an English religious poet and hymnwriter. \"Take My Life and Let it Be\" and \"Thy Life for Me\" (also known as \"I Gave My Life for Thee\") are two of her best known hymns. She also wrote hymn melodies, religious tracts, and works for children. She did not occupy, and did not claim for herself, a prominent place as a poet, but by her distinct individuality, she carved out a niche which she alone could fill. Frances Ridley Havergal was born into an Anglican family, at", "title": "Frances Ridley Havergal" }, { "id": "5767618", "text": "four seasons until 2011. Ward has written many songs for artists such as Hilary Duff, Diana Ross, Backstreet Boys, Wynonna Judd, Amanda Marshall, Tina Arena, Peter Cetera, Anne Murray and Meredith Brooks. His best-known song is the Billboard number one single \"Black Velvet\", recorded by Alannah Myles. \"Black Velvet\" was named the No. 49 song in Bob Mersereau's book \"The Top 100 Canadian Singles\". Ward has released several of his own recordings, including the singles \"Once in a Longtime\" (1977) and \"Maybe Your Heart\" (1978) (both co-written with his longtime friend Stephen Stohn, executive producer of and Instant Star) and", "title": "Christopher Ward (songwriter)" }, { "id": "5371653", "text": "awarded the ASCAP lifetime achievement award in the pop category. Bob Russell died in 1970 from lymphoma in Beverley Hills. He was survived by his wife, Hannah Russell (1913–2002), sister of songwriter Bud Green (1897–1981), who wrote the standards \"Sentimental Journey\", \"Once In A While\", and \"Alabamy Bound\". Bob Russell (songwriter) Sidney Keith \"Bob\" Russell (April 25, 1914 – February 1970) was an American songwriter (mainly lyricist) born in Passaic, New Jersey. In 1968, Russell along with songwriting partner Quincy Jones were nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Original Song category (\"The Eyes Of Love\" for the film", "title": "Bob Russell (songwriter)" }, { "id": "17222175", "text": "Special guest star Kate Hudson returns as Cassandra July, Rachel's dance instructor at NYADA. Other recurring characters in this episode include Kurt's father Burt Hummel (O'Malley), Burt's wife and Finn's mother Carole Hudson-Hummel (Rosemont), glee club members Wade \"Unique\" Adams (Alex Newell), Marley Rose (Benoist), Jake Puckerman (Artist), Kitty Wilde (Tobin) and Ryder Lynn (Blake Jenner), and two unnamed sycophantic students at NYADA (Patrick Stafford and J.D. Phillips). Seven Stevie Wonder songs from the episode are being released as singles: \"For Once in My Life\" sung by McHale, \"You Are the Sunshine of My Life\" performed by Chris Colfer, \"Signed,", "title": "Wonder-ful" }, { "id": "6502725", "text": "called Oceanway Recording. Later it was remixed and reissued by Concord Records in 2009 to mark its 40th Anniversary. Two bonus tracks were included, and new liner notes from Bono. The bonus tracks were a rehearsal of \"For Once in My Life\" from 1969, for Sinatra's eponymous Emmy Award nominated 1969 television special, \"Sinatra\", and a live 1987 performance of \"My Way\" at the Reunion Arena, Dallas, Texas. Bono's liner notes had previously appeared as his New York Times Op-ed column on January 9, 2009. The article discussed Bono's personal relationship with Sinatra, and Sinatra's thoughts on Miles Davis. Bono", "title": "My Way (Frank Sinatra album)" } ]

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I Could Not Ask for More \"I Could Not Ask for More\" is a song composed by American songwriter Diane Warren and originally recorded and released in February 1999, by American recording artist Edwin McCain as part of the original soundtrack of the romantic drama film \"Message in a Bottle\", starring Kevin Costner, Robin Wright Penn and Paul Newman. It was a featured track in his third studio album \"Messenger\" and became a Billboard-charted Top 40 single in the summer of 1999. In 2001, American country music artist Sara Evans popularly", "title": "I Could Not Ask for More" }, { "id": "12381981", "text": "message that fits exactly with her gratitude for the support of her fans. Early in 2009, behind-the-scenes footage from the song's music video was posted on Nina's official website. In February 2009, the official music video was released. Prior to the album's release, \"I Could Not Ask for More\" was rumored to be the first single. The song was said to have interpreted Nina's professional and romantic state at the time. However, the release was canceled for unknown reasons, and \"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing\" served as first single instead. In early 2009, \"Saving Forever for You\", a", "title": "Nina Sings the Hits of Diane Warren" }, { "id": "11366499", "text": "on \"Billboard\"s Hot Country Songs chart. Released in February 2001, Sara Evans' cover version of the song was the second single from her third studio album \"Born to Fly\" (2000). Evans' version was a Top 5 hit on the country music charts. The Sara Evans music video features her in White Sands National Monument singing the song in different outfits and frequently sitting in different chairs throughout the video. \"I Could Not Ask for More\" debuted at number 52 on the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart for the week of February 17, 2001. It soon reached #2", "title": "I Could Not Ask for More" }, { "id": "1765586", "text": "Edwin McCain Edwin McCain (born January 20, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. His songs \"I'll Be\" (1998) and \"I Could Not Ask for More\" (1999) were radio top-40 hits in the U.S., and five of his albums have reached the \"Billboard\" 200. In all, McCain has released eleven albums, with his first two being released independently. McCain graduated from Christ Church Episcopal School in Greenville, South Carolina, and briefly attended both the College of Charleston and Coastal Carolina University. Longtime touring friends with Hootie and the Blowfish, the Edwin McCain band signed with the same label, Atlantic Records.", "title": "Edwin McCain" }, { "id": "8311126", "text": "Hot Country Singles and Tracks chart. The success helped the album certify gold in the United States. Evans' third studio effort \"Born to Fly\" was released in October 2000. \"Born to Fly\" reached number six on the Top Country Albums chart and the top-sixty of the \"Billboard\" 200. Its title track became her second number-one hit on the Hot Country Songs chart. The album also spawned the hits \"I Could Not Ask for More\", \"Saints & Angels\", and \"I Keep Looking\". It is the best-selling album of Evans' career, certifying two-times platinum in the United States. In August 2003, she", "title": "Sara Evans discography" }, { "id": "1765595", "text": "guitar), Pete Riley (rhythm guitar and vocals), Craig Shields (keyboards, saxophone and other wind instruments), Jason Pomar (bass guitar and vocals) and Tez Sherard (drums and percussion). Edwin McCain Edwin McCain (born January 20, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. His songs \"I'll Be\" (1998) and \"I Could Not Ask for More\" (1999) were radio top-40 hits in the U.S., and five of his albums have reached the \"Billboard\" 200. In all, McCain has released eleven albums, with his first two being released independently. McCain graduated from Christ Church Episcopal School in Greenville, South Carolina, and briefly attended both", "title": "Edwin McCain" }, { "id": "1765588", "text": "second Top 40 hit, the Diane Warren-penned \"I Could Not Ask For More.\" Produced by Matt Serletic (Matchbox Twenty, Collective Soul) and Noel Golden, \"Messenger\" was recorded at Tree Sound Studios and Southern Tracks in Atlanta as well as Record Plant Studios in Los Angeles. \"I Could Not Ask For More\" was also featured on the soundtrack for the 1999 film Message in a Bottle. Having fulfilled his four-album contract, McCain split from Lava/Atlantic at the end of 2001. In early 2003 he released a collection of acoustic versions of old and new songs called \"The Austin Sessions\" via ATC", "title": "Edwin McCain" }, { "id": "3617869", "text": "RIAA, and produced one additional Top 40 country hit in \"Fool, I'm a Woman.\" Evans' third studio album, \"Born to Fly\", was released on October 10, 2000. She insisted on hiring Seattle-based rock drummer Matt Chamberlain (The Wallflowers, Edie Brickell), who brought a different sound to her music. The album's title track (\"Born to Fly\"), which was released as the lead single, was a Number One hit on the Hot Country Songs chart. Three more singles were released from the album (\"I Could Not Ask for More,\" \"I Keep Looking,\" and \"Saints & Angels\"), the first two reaching the Top", "title": "Sara Evans" }, { "id": "7449322", "text": "I Could Not Love You More \"I Could Not Love You More\" is a song by the Bee Gees. It was the second single issued from their multi-platinum album, \"Still Waters\", released in 1997. The song is a pop ballad written by Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb and recorded in Los Angeles in March 1996. The track was produced by the Gibb brothers and David Foster. The track was a moderate hit worldwide, peaking at #14 in the UK and appearing in serious charts all over Europe. The song's music video shows the band singing in a black background and", "title": "I Could Not Love You More" }, { "id": "7449323", "text": "on a street, intercut with scenes of a relationship between a man and a woman. I Could Not Love You More \"I Could Not Love You More\" is a song by the Bee Gees. It was the second single issued from their multi-platinum album, \"Still Waters\", released in 1997. The song is a pop ballad written by Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb and recorded in Los Angeles in March 1996. The track was produced by the Gibb brothers and David Foster. The track was a moderate hit worldwide, peaking at #14 in the UK and appearing in serious charts all", "title": "I Could Not Love You More" }, { "id": "13507564", "text": "All I Ask For Anymore \"All I Ask For Anymore\" is a song written by Casey Beathard and Tim James, and recorded by American country music singer Trace Adkins. It was released in May 2009 as the third and final single from his album \"X\". The song overlapped with the chart run of Blake Shelton's \"Hillbilly Bone\", on which Adkins is also credited. The song is a mid-tempo in which the narrator tells of how he used to pray to God and ask for material items, but now wishes only for his family's safety. Thom Jurek of Allmusic said that", "title": "All I Ask For Anymore" }, { "id": "3617865", "text": "40 entries. Evans has also won one award each from \"Billboard\", the Academy of Country Music, Country Music Association, Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI), and a Dove Award. While Evans' debut album was defined by neotraditionalist country influences, most of her subsequent material has taken a more slick, country pop production, similar to Faith Hill and Martina McBride. Evans has collaborated with The Warren Brothers, Vince Gill, Martina McBride, Mindy McCready, Lorrie Morgan, Phil Vassar, and Pat Green among others. She has covered songs by Edwin McCain (\"I Could Not Ask for More\"), Bruce Hornsby (\"Every Little Kiss\"), Radney Foster (\"A", "title": "Sara Evans" }, { "id": "12731945", "text": "released in November 1975, it did not make the UK charts until early 1976, eventually peaking at No.15. The follow-up, \"Devil Woman\" showed a new harder-edged side to Richard's music and became one of his biggest worldwide hits, peaking at No.9 in the UK and becoming his first ever top 10 hit in the US. Third single, \"I Can't Ask for Anymore Than You\" backed with album track \"Junior Cowboy\" completed the hat-trick of UK top 20 entries, while the album itself reached No.5 and remained in the charts for 21 weeks - his most successful album for over a", "title": "I'm Nearly Famous" }, { "id": "11771821", "text": "Ask for More \"Ask for More\" is a song performed by Janet Jackson as part of an advertising campaign for soft drink company Pepsi in 1999. Alternate versions of the ad campaign with Ricky Martin and Aaron Kwok were released in international markets. \"Ask for More\" was a promotional single by Janet Jackson for Pepsi, released on January 1, 1999. Jackson commented on the collaboration with Pepsi saying \"aside from being associated with many amazing artists over the years, Pepsi is very honest and passionate when it comes to spreading a positive message like 'Ask For More'\". The campaign was", "title": "Ask for More" }, { "id": "10826508", "text": "No More 'I Love You's \"No More 'I Love You's\" is a song written by David Freeman and Joseph Hughes and originally recorded by them as The Lover Speaks. It was released in 1986 as the lead single from their self-titled debut album. The song was later covered by the Scottish singer Annie Lennox and became a hit for her in 1995. \"No More 'I Love You's\" was the debut single for The Lover Speaks. After signing to A&M Records in early 1986, the band soon began recording their debut album with Jimmy Iovine as co-producer. In July, \"No More", "title": "No More 'I Love You's" }, { "id": "7169206", "text": "More, More, More \"More, More, More\" is a song written by Gregg Diamond and recorded by American disco artist Andrea True, who performed as part of her \"Andrea True Connection\" project. It was released in February 1976 and became her signature track and one of the most popular songs of the disco era. In the U.S., it reached number four on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and spent three weeks at number three on the \"Cashbox\" chart in July of that year. In Canada, it was a number-one hit. The song was originally recorded in Jamaica where True, a porn star,", "title": "More, More, More" }, { "id": "6690543", "text": "had the first chart-topping hit of the song when his recording of it became a number one hit in Canada in 1973, reaching the top of the \"RPM 100\" national singles chart on 12 May of that year. It also topped the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart. This recording also charted in the US, albeit outside the top 40. Stewart recorded the song at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Sheffield, Alabama, United States, and it appeared on his 1976 album \"A Night on the Town\". It was released as a double A-side single with \"I Don't Want to Talk About It\".", "title": "The First Cut Is the Deepest" }, { "id": "17716223", "text": "How Could I Want More \"How Could I Want More\" is the debut single by American actress and singer Jamie Lynn Spears. The song was written by Spears and Rivers Rutherford, and was self-released (under the label name Sweet Jamie Music, Inc.) on November 25, 2013 as the lead single from Spears' debut EP, \"The Journey\". \"How Could I Want More\" is a traditional-style country music ballad that runs for three minutes and thirty-three seconds. The song opens with an acoustic guitar riff, while a pedal steel guitar comes in as the song progresses, resulting in a distinctively country sound.", "title": "How Could I Want More" }, { "id": "6807615", "text": "rheumatoid arthritis and chronic fatigue syndrome.\" Leonardo's Bride disbanded in 2001 after a show in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. By 2002 Abby Dobson had started her solo career with a single, \"Don't Ask for More,\" which displayed a more radio-friendly sound. It was featured on the soundtrack of TV series, \"The Secret Life of Us\". The series' second soundtrack featured another Dobson track, \"I'm Not Missing You.\" Dobson was featured on Paul Mac's album \"3000 Feet High\" (2001). In late 2007, she released her first solo album, \"Rise Up\", preceded by its first single, \"Shining Star.\" Dean Manning released his first", "title": "Leonardo's Bride" }, { "id": "11771823", "text": "in all versions of the ad along with Jackson. The single was only released as a promotional recording. Consumers were able to receive a free CD of the song with the purchase of Pepsi products during the promotional campaign in 1999. Ask for More \"Ask for More\" is a song performed by Janet Jackson as part of an advertising campaign for soft drink company Pepsi in 1999. Alternate versions of the ad campaign with Ricky Martin and Aaron Kwok were released in international markets. \"Ask for More\" was a promotional single by Janet Jackson for Pepsi, released on January 1,", "title": "Ask for More" }, { "id": "9766561", "text": "by Columbia Records as catalog number 36867. It first reached the \"Billboard\" Best Seller chart on December 27, 1945, and lasted 3 weeks on the chart, peaking at #9. The flip side, \"Waitin' for the Train to Come In,\" also charted, reaching #10 in its only week on the chart. A version by Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra (vocal by Nancy Norman) also reached the Billboard charts, peaking at No. 9 in 1946. The song was used in the 1949 film \"You're My Everything\". Willie Nelson recorded a country genre version of the song for his album \"Without a Song\"", "title": "I Can't Begin to Tell You" }, { "id": "10639574", "text": "Never Wanted Nothing More \"Never Wanted Nothing More\" is a song written by Ronnie Bowman and Chris Stapleton and recorded by American country music artist Kenny Chesney. It was released in June 2007 as the first single from Chesney’s 2007 album \"\". To date, it is his fastest-climbing number one single, reaching the top of the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot Country Songs chart on its eighth chart week. On the \"Billboard\" chart dated for the week of June 16, 2007, \"Never Wanted Nothing More\" debuted at number 37, due to airplay received before its official release. The song received airplay 56", "title": "Never Wanted Nothing More" }, { "id": "5296939", "text": "More (Alex Alstone and Tom Glazer song) \"More\" is a popular song with music by Alex Alstone and lyrics by Tom Glazer, published in 1956. (Not to be confused with the identical titled melody from the soundtrack of \"Mondo Cane\", 1963. The best-known version of the song was recorded by Perry Como on May 8, 1956. It was issued as a single (RCA Victor catalog number 20-6554 on 78rpm, 47-6554 on 45rpm in the U.S., HMV POP-240 in the UK) and reached No. 4 on the U.S. charts and No. 10 on the UK Singles Chart. The flip side of", "title": "More (Alex Alstone and Tom Glazer song)" }, { "id": "14119081", "text": "There Won't Be Anymore \"There Won't Be Anymore\" is a song written and recorded by Charlie Rich. Recorded in the 1960s, it was released as a single at the end of 1973, and was his fourth No. 1 hit on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles chart in March 1974, and a top 20 pop hit as well. Rich's version was recorded during his stint at RCA's rhythm and blues subsidiary, Groove Records, and his association with producer Chet Atkins, one of the architects of the Nashville Sound. Like many of Atkins-produced songs of the era, \"There Won't Be Anymore\" featured", "title": "There Won't Be Anymore" }, { "id": "7169214", "text": "products in the fall of 2017. More, More, More \"More, More, More\" is a song written by Gregg Diamond and recorded by American disco artist Andrea True, who performed as part of her \"Andrea True Connection\" project. It was released in February 1976 and became her signature track and one of the most popular songs of the disco era. In the U.S., it reached number four on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and spent three weeks at number three on the \"Cashbox\" chart in July of that year. In Canada, it was a number-one hit. The song was originally recorded in", "title": "More, More, More" }, { "id": "7957425", "text": "Wanted Man (Ratt song) \"Wanted Man' is the first track on American heavy metal band Ratt's album \"Out of the Cellar\". It was also featured on the soundtrack for the 1985 film \"Weird Science\". The song was composed by Robbin Crosby, Stephen Pearcy, and Joey Cristofanilli (who was briefly filling in for full-time Ratt bassist Juan Croucier), and it was the second biggest hit on the album (note: \"Back for more\" did not qualify for a chart position since it was not an actual single release), reaching number 87 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and 38 on the \"Billboard\" Mainstream", "title": "Wanted Man (Ratt song)" }, { "id": "15522925", "text": "the week of February 24, 2001. The song is Walker's twenty-first Top 40 single on the \"Billboard\" country singles charts. The song peaked at number 33 for the week of April 14 and spent twelve weeks on the chart. Say No More (song) \"'Say No More\" is a song written by George Teren and Tom Shapiro and recorded by American country music singer Clay Walker. It was released in February 2001 as the title track and first single to his album \"Say No More\". It peaked at number 33 on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks. Walker stated \"", "title": "Say No More (song)" }, { "id": "9766559", "text": "I Can't Begin to Tell You \"I Can't Begin to Tell You\" is a popular song with music written by James V. Monaco and lyrics by Mack Gordon. The song was published in 1945. The song was introduced by John Payne and reprised by Betty Grable in the film \"The Dolly Sisters.\" The song was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1946 but lost out to “On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe”. A version by Bing Crosby was the best-known recording, reaching its peak of popularity in 1945. The recording by Bing Crosby (with", "title": "I Can't Begin to Tell You" }, { "id": "6690541", "text": "wrote the song earlier to promote his songs to other artists, but did not record it as his own performance until early October 1967 with guitarist Big Jim Sullivan, and it did not appear until his second album, \"New Masters\", was released in December 1967. He sold the song for £30 to P.P. Arnold, and it became a huge hit for her, as well as an international hit for Keith Hampshire, Rod Stewart, and Sheryl Crow. The song has won Stevens songwriting awards, including two consecutive ASCAP songwriting awards for \"Songwriter of the Year\" in 2005 and 2006. American expatriate", "title": "The First Cut Is the Deepest" }, { "id": "6965607", "text": "on her 1987 album \"Angel Eyes\", and released as a single in March 1987. The Lover Speaks The Lover Speaks was a new wave duo consisting of David Freeman (vocals) and Joseph Hughes (arranger, composer). They wrote and sang the original version of the song \"No More \"I Love You's\"\", covered by Annie Lennox in 1995 on her \"Medusa\" album, which she took to No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart. Freeman and Hughes formed The Lover Speaks in 1985, having previously worked together in the punk outfit The Flys. Deriving their name from the Roland Barthes' book \"\", the", "title": "The Lover Speaks" }, { "id": "10900709", "text": "Strawberry Wine (Deana Carter song) \"Strawberry Wine\" is a song written by Matraca Berg and Gary Harrison, and recorded by American country music artist Deana Carter. It was released in August 1996 as Carter's debut single and the first from her debut album \"Did I Shave My Legs for This?\". The song also became Carter's first number 1 hit on both the US \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart and the Canadian \"RPM\" Country Tracks. \"Strawberry Wine\" is Carter's most successful single overall, and is considered a signature song both for her and for songwriter", "title": "Strawberry Wine (Deana Carter song)" }, { "id": "9966907", "text": "No More (A1 song) \"No More\" is a song by British-Norwegian boy band A1. It was released on 19 February 2001 as the third single from their second studio album, \"The A List\" (2000). The song was written by Stevie Bensusen, Claudio Cueni, Lindy Robbins, and Damon Sharpe, and produced by the former two. The song was re-produced and remixed by Danish production duo Cutfather & Joe for the song's single release. The song peaked at number six on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the band's seventh consecutive top 10 single, following two consecutive number-one singles. The video for \"No", "title": "No More (A1 song)" }, { "id": "5775008", "text": "many on-stage appearances with the group. The band released its first album for Island, \"Whisper Tames The Lion\", produced by Anton Fier, in early 1988. The album peaked at No. 130 on the \"Billboard\" 200. College radio success (and some commercial) accumulated with airplay of the songs \"Can't Promise You The World\" (for which the band filmed its first video) and \"Powerhouse.\" 1989 marked the release of \"Mystery Road\", including live staples such as “Honeysuckle Blue” and “Straight To Hell.” In 1991, the band released the hard-rocking \"Fly Me Courageous\". Produced by Geoff Workman, the album became the band's most", "title": "Drivin N Cryin" }, { "id": "7169207", "text": "had been appearing in a television commercial. An attempted coup prevented her from leaving the country with her wages from the commercial. Resourcefully, True called on Gregg Diamond to come down to Jamaica to write and record the song with her, along with other studio musicians which formed the backbone of the \"Connection\" project. Buddah Records originally released the song only to discos in the winter of 1975/1976. The popularity of \"More, More, More\" was immense. Widespread listener interest convinced Buddah to release the single commercially in the spring. The song rose to number four on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100", "title": "More, More, More" }, { "id": "14045701", "text": "More and More (Webb Pierce song) \"More and More\" is a song written by country singer/songwriter Merle Kilgore. Webb Pierce's 1954 recording of \"More and More\" spent ten weeks at number one on the country charts and twenty-nine weeks on the chart overall. The song also crossed over and peaked at number 22 on the pop charts, making it the most successful pop single of Pierce's career. The B-side of \"More and More\", \"You're Not Mine Anymore,\" peaked at number eight on the C&W Best Seller charts. The song was used during the opening credits of the 2006 film \"The", "title": "More and More (Webb Pierce song)" }, { "id": "1518880", "text": "in the UK. \"How Can I Tell Her\", was followed by a cover version of the Four Tops' \"Baby I Need Your Loving\", sung by Millward, while Hatton took lead vocal on \"Everything in the Garden\", and \"Girls Girls Girls\" (originally recorded by the Coasters and a hit for Elvis Presley). Brian O'Hara composed most of their original songs, which were used as 'b' sides including 'Waitin For You', 'That's Only What They Say', 'He Could Never', and 'You Got That Way'. On the group's only sixties album, \"First and Fourmost\", from September 1965, they covered Jackie DeShannon's \"Till You", "title": "The Fourmost" }, { "id": "13703819", "text": "McKinley Mitchell McKinley Mitchell (December 25, 1934 – January 18, 1986) was an American Chicago-based blues and rhythm and blues singer, who started out performing gospel music. His first recorded single was for Boxer Records around 1959. His big break came with his 1962 record, \"The Town I Live In,\" which became a national R&B hit on the One-der-ful label in Chicago. \"The Town I Live In\" peaked at number eight on the US \"Billboard\" R&B chart. In his later career Mitchell returned to Mississippi and recorded \"I Won't Be Back for More\" in 1984. He was born in Jackson,", "title": "McKinley Mitchell" }, { "id": "3271255", "text": "on three tracks at the behest of Nitzsche to deputize for the ailing Whitten. Although the album only peaked at No. 84 on the \"Billboard\" 200 chart in 1971, Whitten's \"I Don't Want to Talk About It\" would later be covered by a wide range of artists, including Geoff Muldaur, the Indigo Girls, Pegi Young and Rod Stewart. Stewart would record the song three times and score a hit with it on the same number of occasions, most notably as a UK No. 1 double A-side in 1977 with Cat Stevens's \"The First Cut Is the Deepest.\" In 1988, the", "title": "Crazy Horse (band)" }, { "id": "13507565", "text": "the song\" \"arrives with strings, an acoustic guitar, and a pedal steel whispering in that big gritty baritone of Adkins. It's a ballad drenched in personal truth, and gratitude that is profound.\" Adkins' performance earned him his second consecutive nomination for Best Male Country Vocal Performance at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards. On the week ending December 12, 2009, \"All I Ask For Anymore\" debuted on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 at number 99. It peaked at number 95. In September 2009, it peaked at number 14 on the country chart, as did his previous single, \"Marry For Money.\" All I", "title": "All I Ask For Anymore" }, { "id": "4841486", "text": "Ruff Endz Ruff Endz is an American R&B duo, consisting of members David \"Davinch\" Chance and Dante \"Chi\" Jordan from Baltimore, Maryland. They are best known for their hit singles \"No More\" and \"Someone to Love You.\" Originally part of a quartet, the two left the group in 1994 to form the duo. After signing with Epic Records in 1999, the duo began work on their debut album. They appeared on Cam'Ron's single \"Freak\" that same year. In June 2000, they premiered their debut single \"No More\" which became a hit on the R&B and Pop charts, peaking at #5", "title": "Ruff Endz" }, { "id": "6965601", "text": "The Lover Speaks The Lover Speaks was a new wave duo consisting of David Freeman (vocals) and Joseph Hughes (arranger, composer). They wrote and sang the original version of the song \"No More \"I Love You's\"\", covered by Annie Lennox in 1995 on her \"Medusa\" album, which she took to No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart. Freeman and Hughes formed The Lover Speaks in 1985, having previously worked together in the punk outfit The Flys. Deriving their name from the Roland Barthes' book \"\", the duo began writing material and also recruited keyboard player Barry Gilbert after advertising for", "title": "The Lover Speaks" }, { "id": "9944950", "text": "song's main guitar riff and the \"I need all the love I can get\" vocal in a song for his musical \"Batman\". The song has also been re-recorded by Meat Loaf for his 2016 album \"Braver Than We Are\". More (The Sisters of Mercy song) \"More\" is a song by The Sisters of Mercy, from their album \"Vision Thing\". It was the first single from the album, reaching number one on the \"Billboard\" Modern Rock Tracks chart for five weeks, starting 15 December 1990. The song was co-written and co-produced by Andrew Eldritch and Jim Steinman. It was covered by", "title": "More (The Sisters of Mercy song)" }, { "id": "8208956", "text": "match the original.\" Among the Van Morrison originals and cover versions found on the album, three of producer Tommy Scott's original compositions are also included. Like \"Gloria\" from the first LP, \"I Can Only Give You Everything\" was a popular song performed by a number of US garage bands around the country, and was covered by groups like The Liverpool Five, The Little Boy Blues, The MC5, Bram Rigg Set, The Ambertones, and an obscure garage band from San Jose called The Heros. The song was also covered by English hitmakers The Troggs and in French by Les Sultans (as", "title": "Them Again" }, { "id": "15176369", "text": "became a hit. It was also covered by the Canadian garage band The Ugly Ducklings on their debut (and only) album Somewhere Outside issued in 1966. The song was recorded by glam rock band Angel in 1978 for their album \"White Hot\". It was the band's only Top 50 hit, reaching #44 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 that year. The Jackson 5 recorded the song in 1971 during the sessions for their album, \"Maybe Tomorrow\", however it remained unreleased until its inclusion on their 1979 album, \"Boogie\". Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes recorded it on their 1983 album \"Trash", "title": "I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore" }, { "id": "10826517", "text": "slightly altered lyrics from the original version and added background vocals that can be heard around the 2:50 mark of the song. Her version was also featured in the very first episode of \"The Sopranos\" and in the ninth episode of \"Hindsight\". Lennox's version was a commercial success, topping the singles charts of Canada, Italy, and Spain, reaching number two on the UK Singles Chart, and becoming a top 20 hit in 10 other countries. In the United States, the song reached number 23 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and peaked atop the Dance Club Songs chart. In 1996, the", "title": "No More 'I Love You's" }, { "id": "12603320", "text": "More (Matthew West song) \"More\" is a song written and performed by contemporary Christian musician, Matthew West, from his first album, \"Happy\". The album was released in late 2003, and it was the first and most successful radio single of West's career to date. The song stayed at No. 1 on Christian radio for nine consecutive weeks during 2004, breaking the previous record of eight weeks. In 2004, it was the most-played contemporary Christian song of the year. By request of astronaut, Rex J. Walheim, \"More\" was played during the Day 5 wake-up call aboard STS-135, NASA's last Space Shuttle", "title": "More (Matthew West song)" }, { "id": "9966908", "text": "More\" was filmed in Singapore, as the Asian Pacific region was at the time a major market for the boy band sound. No More (A1 song) \"No More\" is a song by British-Norwegian boy band A1. It was released on 19 February 2001 as the third single from their second studio album, \"The A List\" (2000). The song was written by Stevie Bensusen, Claudio Cueni, Lindy Robbins, and Damon Sharpe, and produced by the former two. The song was re-produced and remixed by Danish production duo Cutfather & Joe for the song's single release. The song peaked at number six", "title": "No More (A1 song)" }, { "id": "14119083", "text": "older recordings—RCA, Mercury and Sun—to look for potential hits among the Rich tracks in their vaults. One of the first such songs to be released as a single was \"There Won't Be Anymore.\" An earlier blues version of \"There Won't Be Anymore\" was recorded at Sun by Rich in the late 1950s/early 1960s. Issued in December 1973, at the time his Epic single \"The Most Beautiful Girl\" was peaking in popularity, \"There Won't Be Anymore\" quickly became Rich's fourth #1 song overall, and the first of his five chart-toppers during 1974. The B-side of the 1973 release of \"There Won't", "title": "There Won't Be Anymore" }, { "id": "1320064", "text": "when his car caught fire at a gas station. In 1998, in the midst of setbacks during the Nine Lives Tour, the band released the single \"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing\", the love theme, written by Diane Warren for the 1998 film \"Armageddon\", starring Steven Tyler's daughter Liv. The song became Aerosmith's first and only number 1 single when it debuted at the top position on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and stayed on top of the charts for four weeks. The song was nominated for an Academy Award in 1999. The song helped open Aerosmith up to a", "title": "Aerosmith" }, { "id": "12381973", "text": "2010 album. Two singles were commercially released off the album. \"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing\", an Aerosmith original, was the first single. It featured a mellow arrangement and soft vocal delivery, entirely opposite to the original arrangement. The song became a chart-topping hit and is considered to be one of Nina's trademark singles. \"There You'll Be\" was released as a follow-up single. Nina personally chose the song, and considers it as a \"Thank You\" to her fans who were always there to support her. \"Saving Forever for You\" was released to radio in 2009 as a promo single", "title": "Nina Sings the Hits of Diane Warren" }, { "id": "5994263", "text": "Charlene (singer) Charlene Marilynn D'Angelo Duncan Oliver (born June 1, 1950, Hollywood, California) is an American easy-listening and R&B singer more commonly called Charlene. She is known mainly for her 1982 popular song \"I've Never Been to Me.\" She was born as Charlene Marilynn D'Angelo, which was later shortened to Charlene for her record label. In 1973, she signed with Motown and, using the moniker \"Charlene Duncan,\" released two unsuccessful singles: \"Relove/Give It One More Try\" (M 1262) in July 1973 and, in January 1974, a cover of \"All That Love Went to Waste\" (M 1285) from the film \"A", "title": "Charlene (singer)" }, { "id": "7858950", "text": "and \"The Gods of Men.\" All songs written by Randy Stonehill except where otherwise noted. Side one Side two Love Beyond Reason Love Beyond Reason is an album by Randy Stonehill, released in 1985, on Myrrh Records. The album contained the hit single, \"I Could Never Say Goodbye,\" which was a duet with singer Amy Grant. Grant had recently become one of the biggest names in Christian music, and had crossed over into the mainstream with her \"Unguarded\" album. Stonehill also released a \"Love Beyond Reason\" Video collection in 1985 on VHS and Beta, which included videos of \"Love Beyond", "title": "Love Beyond Reason" }, { "id": "12603322", "text": "\"More\" is also featuring the compilation album \"WOW Hits 2005\". In 2005, the song was nominated for two Dove Awards: Song of the Year and Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year, at the 36th GMA Dove Awards. More (Matthew West song) \"More\" is a song written and performed by contemporary Christian musician, Matthew West, from his first album, \"Happy\". The album was released in late 2003, and it was the first and most successful radio single of West's career to date. The song stayed at No. 1 on Christian radio for nine consecutive weeks during 2004, breaking the previous record", "title": "More (Matthew West song)" }, { "id": "10900714", "text": "chair and a woman standing in what was once farmland. Strawberry Wine (Deana Carter song) \"Strawberry Wine\" is a song written by Matraca Berg and Gary Harrison, and recorded by American country music artist Deana Carter. It was released in August 1996 as Carter's debut single and the first from her debut album \"Did I Shave My Legs for This?\". The song also became Carter's first number 1 hit on both the US \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart and the Canadian \"RPM\" Country Tracks. \"Strawberry Wine\" is Carter's most successful single overall, and is", "title": "Strawberry Wine (Deana Carter song)" }, { "id": "11771822", "text": "launched as a re-branding for Pepsi internationally. Alternate versions of the campaign also co-starred Hong Kong singer Aaron Kwok for the Asian market and aired in China, and Latino singer Ricky Martin for the Latin market and aired in Latin America. A duet version of the song performed in Spanish by Jackson and Martin was also aired in Europe as part of the commercial campaign. A full length promotional music video of the version with Kwok was released in Asian markets. The original version of the ad features model and dancer Rob Vinson. Dancers Tina Landon and Shawnette Heard appear", "title": "Ask for More" }, { "id": "14045702", "text": "Hills Have Eyes\". More and More (Webb Pierce song) \"More and More\" is a song written by country singer/songwriter Merle Kilgore. Webb Pierce's 1954 recording of \"More and More\" spent ten weeks at number one on the country charts and twenty-nine weeks on the chart overall. The song also crossed over and peaked at number 22 on the pop charts, making it the most successful pop single of Pierce's career. The B-side of \"More and More\", \"You're Not Mine Anymore,\" peaked at number eight on the C&W Best Seller charts. The song was used during the opening credits of the", "title": "More and More (Webb Pierce song)" }, { "id": "7063496", "text": "Brownstone (group) Brownstone was an American female contemporary R&B group that was popular during the mid-1990s. They are best known for their 1994 hit single \"If You Love Me\", which was nominated for a Best R&B Performance Grammy Award. \"Grapevyne\", \"5 Miles to Empty\" and \"Pass the Lovin'\" also brought them some success, as well as their rendition of \"I Can't Tell You Why\", a song originally recorded by The Eagles. The three original members of Brownstone were Monica \"Mimi\" Doby, Charmayne Maxena \"Maxee\" Maxwell and Nichole \"Nicci\" Gilbert. Founded in Los Angeles, the singers met each other after attending", "title": "Brownstone (group)" }, { "id": "15714117", "text": "No More Words \"No More Words\" is a 1984 song by Berlin and the first single off the album \"Love Life\". It was also their first Top 40 hit on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100, peaking at No. 23 on May 12, 1984. The song was featured in the 1985 film \"Vision Quest\". In the United States, the song was re-released in 1985 as a B-side to Madonna's single, \"Crazy for You\", which was also featured in the film, according to Joel Whitburn's \"Top Pop Singles\" 14th edition. The song was produced by the Italian producer Giorgio Moroder and Richie Zito.", "title": "No More Words" }, { "id": "18044807", "text": "One Minute More \"One Minute More\" is a song by American indie pop duo Capital Cities, written and produced by band members Ryan Merchant and Sebu Simonian. It was first released as a stand-alone digital single on April 14, 2011, and was later included on the deluxe edition of their debut studio album \"In a Tidal Wave of Mystery\" (2013). The song impacted modern rock radio in the United States on March 25, 2014, serving as the fourth single from the album. The song appeared in 2013 film \"Iron Man 3\" and the 2014 film The Giver. The official music", "title": "One Minute More" }, { "id": "10026333", "text": "a Heart\",\" which was written by Leon Payne and recorded in early April 1960. The last track of the side was \"\"Heartaches by the Number\",\" written by Harlan Howard, and recorded sometime in April 1960. One of Jones' best Mercury recordings, however, largely unappreciated, was the opening track to side 2, \"\"When My Heart Hurts No More\",\" a more than exceptional ballad listing. The song was written by Jones' childhood friend and an often co-pen, Darrell Edwards, and famed cowboy ballad songwriter Hugh Cross. It was recorded during the February 8, 1961 session, and was re-recorded with Musicor in 1967.", "title": "Sings from the Heart" }, { "id": "12579291", "text": "No More (1944 song) \"No More\" is a song with music by Toots Camarata (also known as Tutti Camarata) and words by Bob Russell. It's usually mentioned in connection with Billie Holiday, who recorded it on October 4, 1944. According to one source, Holiday would refer to \"No More\" as one of her favorite songs. Billie Holiday, with Toots Camarata and his orchestra (Decca) New York City, October 4, 1944: with Russ Case (trumpet), Hymie Schertzer (alto saxophone), Jack Cressey (alto saxophone), Larry Binyon (tenor saxophone), Paul Ricci (tenor saxophone), Dave Bowman (piano), Carl Kress (guitar), Haig Stephens (bass), Johnny", "title": "No More (1944 song)" }, { "id": "10826509", "text": "'I Love You's\" was released as the first single from the album and reached No. 58 in the UK Singles Chart. It was the duo's only UK chart entry because the album and successive singles failed to chart. In March 1988, the song was re-released as a single, but again failed to chart. \"No More 'I Love You's\" had been the first song written by Freeman and Hughes as The Lover Speaks. It was demoed on a portastudio during a rehearsal studio session, featuring Robert Farrell (guitar), Barry Gilbert (keyboards) and Pete King (drums). It was then demoed again with", "title": "No More 'I Love You's" }, { "id": "2721220", "text": "Without You (Badfinger song) \"Without You\" is a song written by Pete Ham and Tom Evans of British rock group Badfinger, and first released on their 1970 album \"No Dice\". The power ballad has been recorded by over 180 artists, and versions released as singles by Harry Nilsson (1971) and Mariah Carey (1994) became international best-sellers. Paul McCartney once described the ballad as \"the killer song of all time\". In 1972, writers Ham and Evans received the British Academy's Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. First recorded by the rock group Badfinger, the song was composed by", "title": "Without You (Badfinger song)" }, { "id": "12579292", "text": "Blowers drums, Toots Camarata (conductor, arranger), Billie Holiday vocal + 6 strings Other singers who have performed it include: No More (1944 song) \"No More\" is a song with music by Toots Camarata (also known as Tutti Camarata) and words by Bob Russell. It's usually mentioned in connection with Billie Holiday, who recorded it on October 4, 1944. According to one source, Holiday would refer to \"No More\" as one of her favorite songs. Billie Holiday, with Toots Camarata and his orchestra (Decca) New York City, October 4, 1944: with Russ Case (trumpet), Hymie Schertzer (alto saxophone), Jack Cressey (alto", "title": "No More (1944 song)" }, { "id": "11782198", "text": "Nothing from Nothing (Billy Preston song) \"Nothing from Nothing\" is a song written by Billy Preston and Bruce Fisher and recorded by Billy Preston for his 1974 album \"The Kids & Me\". The song reached #1 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart for one week in October 1974, becoming Preston's second solo chart-topper in the United States (following his 1973 hit \"Will It Go Round in Circles\"). It spent four and a half months on the chart. Preston performed \"Nothing from Nothing\" later on \"Saturday Night Live\"—the first musical performance ever on the show. The song was also used in", "title": "Nothing from Nothing (Billy Preston song)" }, { "id": "4009320", "text": "during the recording of the Temptations' hit, \"Ain't Too Proud to Beg\". The mixture of Gaye's raspy vocals and the Andantes' sweeter harmonies made Whitfield confident that he had a hit; however, despite approval from Motown's Quality Control Department, Gordy blocked the release. Gladys Knight & the Pips recorded \"Grapevine\" on June 17, 1967 in Motown's Studio A, with Norman Whitfield as producer. After hearing Aretha Franklin's version of \"Respect\", Whitfield rearranged \"Grapevine\" to include some of the funk elements of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section. According to David Ritz, Whitfield set to record a song that would \"out-funk\" Aretha.", "title": "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" }, { "id": "1340778", "text": "distributed it on a national scale, and promoted the band by booking television appearances on \"American Bandstand\" and \"Where the Action Is\". On October 29, 1966, after a steady climb up the charts, the single peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for a week before being overtaken by The Monkees' \"Last Train to Clarksville\". It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc by the RIAA. The next two singles for \"Question Mark and the Mysterians\", \"I Need Somebody\" and \"Can't Get Enough of You Baby\", also charted, but were nowhere near as successful", "title": "? and the Mysterians" }, { "id": "4009311", "text": "I Heard It Through the Grapevine \"I Heard It Through the Grapevine\" is a song written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong for Motown Records in 1966. The first recording of the song to be released was produced by Whitfield for Gladys Knight & the Pips and released as a single in September 1967; it went to number two in the \"Billboard\" chart. The Miracles recorded the song first and included their version on their 1968 album, \"Special Occasion\". The Marvin Gaye version was placed on his 1968 album \"In the Groove\", where it gained the attention of radio disc", "title": "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" }, { "id": "10420328", "text": "he participated in Saskatoon's Kinsmen Telemiracle Marathon. Bixby left Your Royal Majesty Records and was picked up by On Ramp Records. He released the single called \"Boy Inside the Man.\" His second album, \"Easy to Love,\" was released on May 25, 2010. On June 7, 2010, Bixby performed at the CMT Global Artist Party with 15 other international country stars. Bixby, Crystal Shawanda, and other country stars from the Canadian Country Music Association hosted a Hall of Honour induction on September 10, 2010. Two more singles from Bixby followed in 2010, \"Tailgate\" and \"Can't Ask (For More Than That).\" Jaydee", "title": "Jaydee Bixby" }, { "id": "9992268", "text": "number 44. This song would be Carnes' biggest solo hit until \"Bette Davis Eyes\". More Love (Smokey Robinson and the Miracles song) \"More Love\" is a 1967 hit single recorded by the American soul group The Miracles for Motown Records' Tamla label. The single, included on the group's 1967 album \"Make It Happen\", later reissued in 1970 as \"The Tears of a Clown\". Kim Carnes' husky 1980 cover of the song hit the Top 10 of \"Billboard\"s Adult Contemporary and Hot 100 charts. This song's origins are born from real-life heartbreak and personal tragedy. Miracles lead singer Smokey Robinson wrote,", "title": "More Love (Smokey Robinson and the Miracles song)" }, { "id": "8657391", "text": "hit on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 in early 1980 (#46 pop and #44 adult contemporary). In the United Kingdom, it topped the UK Singles Chart as a double A-side with \"The First Cut Is the Deepest\" in 1977. The song is widely believed to have benefitted from being deliberately released as a budget single in order to keep the Sex Pistols' 'God Save The Queen' off the top of the UK Singles Chart. In 1989, Stewart recorded a new version of \"I Don't Want to Talk About It\" for \"\". It was later included on \"Downtown Train – Selections from", "title": "I Don't Want to Talk About It" }, { "id": "5538178", "text": "Disk Jockey chart it peaked at #2; on the Best Seller chart, at #4; on the Juke Box chart, at #4; on the composite chart of the top 100 songs, it reached #3. It became a gold record. Bing Crosby recorded the song in 1956 for use on his radio show and it was subsequently included in the box set \"The Bing Crosby CBS Radio Recordings (1954-56)\" issued by Mosaic Records (catalog MD7-245) in 2009. The song was subsequently recorded by The Vogues and The Smoke Ring, both of whom charted their versions in 1969. In all of the versions,", "title": "No, Not Much" }, { "id": "7621022", "text": "subsidiary Manhattan Records and turned to British rock legends Ian Hunter and Mick Ronson for the production of their debut album. \"Cast the First Stone\" was released in 1985 and became a minor success with the single \"Running Back\" peaking at #79 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. A second single off the album, \"Love Can Make You Cry\", was also featured on the successful \"Iron Eagle\" soundtrack album. The 1987 Tom Allom produced follow-up album, \"Thinking Out Loud\", which spawned the single/video \"Can't Take It No More\", was not a success and the band split up. Yul Vazquez, along with", "title": "Urgent (American band)" }, { "id": "4656200", "text": "Watson, The Jordanaires, Gail Davies, and others. Gail Davies herself first charted in 1978 with \"No Love Have I,\" a No. 26 Billboard Country hit that Pierce had recorded (and taken to No. 4) in 1959. Proceeds from this album will benefit The Minnie Pearl Cancer Foundation. Footage of Pierce singing \"There Stands the Glass\" was featured in the 2005 documentary \"No Direction Home\" by Martin Scorsese about early influences on Bob Dylan. Pierce's hit single \"More and More\" was played in the title credits of the 2006 horror film \"The Hills Have Eyes\". Webb Pierce Michael Webb Pierce (August", "title": "Webb Pierce" }, { "id": "8153024", "text": "rhetorical voice.\" The 1976 Helen Reddy version was the most successful version which was released as the lead single for her album release \"Music, Music\". The musicians included Victor Feldman (percussion), Harvey Mason and Jeff Porcaro (drums), David Paich (keyboards), Ray Parker, Jr. (guitar) and Tom Scott (saxophone). The albums's credited background vocalists include Jim Gilstrap, Myrna Matthews, Lisa Freeman and Carolyn Willis. Reddy unhappily recorded \"I Can't Hear You No More\" at the strong suggestion of Capitol Records who hoped a disco influenced song might boost Reddy's career. Ironically \"I Can't Hear You No More\" became a number 1", "title": "I Can't Hear You No More" }, { "id": "8147123", "text": "Daddy\" (1999). He wrote \"Did You Give Enough Love\" with Arnie Roman for Celine Dion (a top 20 song in Canada), \"Tear it Up\" with Gardner Cole for Michael McDonald (a Billboard top 20 Adult Contemporary hit and top 40 British charting single), \"After All\" for Air Supply, \"Not Gonna Be the One\" for Olivia Newton-John's \"Greatest Hits\" album, \"\"(which reached No. 2 in Australia and No. 12 in the UK) and \"Christmas Lullaby\" for Faith Evans. Others he has written songs for include Jane Weidlin of The Go-Go's, Peter Allen, Lara Fabian, The Four Tops, The Spinners, The Delfonics,", "title": "Seth Swirsky" }, { "id": "13238087", "text": "Lulu (1981 album) Lulu is an eponymous album released by Lulu on Alfa Records in 1981. It is notable for containing the hit single \"I Could Never Miss You (More Than I Do)\", which became the second-highest-charting single of Lulu's career in the US, hitting the top 20 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and No. 2 on the Adult Contemporary chart in 1981. Alfa Records released the album \"Lulu\" in August 1981, in response to the chart success of \"I Could Never Miss You (More Than I Do)\", originally contained on Lulu's 1978 album, \"Don't Take Love for Granted\". In", "title": "Lulu (1981 album)" }, { "id": "7063499", "text": "accidental fall. Brownstone (group) Brownstone was an American female contemporary R&B group that was popular during the mid-1990s. They are best known for their 1994 hit single \"If You Love Me\", which was nominated for a Best R&B Performance Grammy Award. \"Grapevyne\", \"5 Miles to Empty\" and \"Pass the Lovin'\" also brought them some success, as well as their rendition of \"I Can't Tell You Why\", a song originally recorded by The Eagles. The three original members of Brownstone were Monica \"Mimi\" Doby, Charmayne Maxena \"Maxee\" Maxwell and Nichole \"Nicci\" Gilbert. Founded in Los Angeles, the singers met each other", "title": "Brownstone (group)" }, { "id": "9992262", "text": "More Love (Smokey Robinson and the Miracles song) \"More Love\" is a 1967 hit single recorded by the American soul group The Miracles for Motown Records' Tamla label. The single, included on the group's 1967 album \"Make It Happen\", later reissued in 1970 as \"The Tears of a Clown\". Kim Carnes' husky 1980 cover of the song hit the Top 10 of \"Billboard\"s Adult Contemporary and Hot 100 charts. This song's origins are born from real-life heartbreak and personal tragedy. Miracles lead singer Smokey Robinson wrote, produced, and sings lead on \"More Love\", which he considers one of his most", "title": "More Love (Smokey Robinson and the Miracles song)" }, { "id": "1312077", "text": "as \"Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing\" and \"You're All I Need to Get By\", Terrell's illness caused problems with recording, and led to multiple operations to remove the tumor. Gaye was reportedly devastated by Terrell's sickness and became disillusioned with the record business. On October 6, 1968, Gaye sang the national anthem during Game 4 of the 1968 World Series, held at Tiger Stadium, in Detroit, Michigan, between the Detroit Tigers and the St. Louis Cardinals. In late 1968, Gaye's recording of \"I Heard It Through the Grapevine\" became Gaye's first to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot", "title": "Marvin Gaye" }, { "id": "868959", "text": "Before the album's release, Janet Jackson collaborated with Ricky Martin for the Latin American version of \"Ask for More\", a promotional single and commercial released as part of an advertising campaign for soft drink company Pepsi. The first and most prominent single was \"Livin' la Vida Loca\", which reached number one in many countries around the world, including the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Ireland and New Zealand. \"Livin' la Vida Loca\" is Ricky Martin's biggest hit. The video for \"Livin 'La Vida Loca\" was directed by Wayne Isham and starring model Nina Moric. It was followed by \"She's All", "title": "Ricky Martin" }, { "id": "8153020", "text": "I Can't Hear You No More \"I Can't Hear You No More\" is a composition written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King. It was originally recorded as \"I Can't Hear You\" in 1964 by Betty Everett. The most successful version was the 1976 Top 40 single by Helen Reddy. The Betty Everett version was released in the summer of 1964 as the follow-up to her Top Ten smash \"The Shoop Shoop Song\". Robert Pruter in his book \"Chicago Soul\" describes \"I Can't Hear You\" as a \"surprisingly weak [song] for Goffin-King that did not give the Vee Jay [Records] staff", "title": "I Can't Hear You No More" }, { "id": "1423739", "text": "Deliver\", which was recorded in the autumn of 1966. The first single from the album, \"Look Through My Window\", was released in September 1966 (before the last single from \"The Mamas & the Papas\"). It reached number twenty-four in the US, but did not chart in the UK. The second single, \"Dedicated to the One I Love\" (February 1967), did much better, peaking at number two in both the US and the UK. That success helped the album, also released in February 1967, reach number two in the US and number four in the UK. The third single, \"Creeque Alley\"", "title": "The Mamas & the Papas" }, { "id": "6690540", "text": "The First Cut Is the Deepest \"The First Cut Is the Deepest\" is a 1967 song written by Cat Stevens, originally released by P. P. Arnold in May 1967. Stevens' own version originally appeared on his album \"New Masters\" in December 1967. The song has been widely recorded and has become a hit single for five different artists: P. P. Arnold (1967), Keith Hampshire (1973), Rod Stewart (1977), Dawn Penn (1994), Papa Dee (1995) and Sheryl Crow (2003). Stevens made a demo recording of \"The First Cut Is the Deepest\" in 1965, but originally hoped to become a songwriter. He", "title": "The First Cut Is the Deepest" }, { "id": "9944949", "text": "More (The Sisters of Mercy song) \"More\" is a song by The Sisters of Mercy, from their album \"Vision Thing\". It was the first single from the album, reaching number one on the \"Billboard\" Modern Rock Tracks chart for five weeks, starting 15 December 1990. The song was co-written and co-produced by Andrew Eldritch and Jim Steinman. It was covered by Shaaman on their album \"Reason\", and Gregorian for their album \"The Dark Side\". Steinman produced a cover of the song, by Mike Vogel and Erika Christensen, for the soundtrack of the MTV film \"Wuthering Heights\". He also used the", "title": "More (The Sisters of Mercy song)" }, { "id": "8153025", "text": "Easy Listening hit - Reddy's eighth and last and was also her next to last Top 40 hit with a number 29 peak on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 (\"Cash Box\" ranked the track with a number 41 peak).<ref name=\"#1 A/C Hits\"></ref> The song was also recorded by the various groups: I Can't Hear You No More \"I Can't Hear You No More\" is a composition written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King. It was originally recorded as \"I Can't Hear You\" in 1964 by Betty Everett. The most successful version was the 1976 Top 40 single by Helen Reddy. The", "title": "I Can't Hear You No More" }, { "id": "6077472", "text": "Goodman Family to take the nation by storm. They quickly became America's favorite singing family. Their first full-length recording was \"I'm Too Near Home\", initially released in 1963 and later re-released on Canaan/Word Records in 1965. The Goodmans had long list of hit songs. Many of the songs they introduced to gospel music are now considered classics. Songs such as \"I Wouldn't Take Nothing For My Journey Now\", \"Who Am I?\", \"God Walks the Dark Hills\", \"Had It Not Been\", \"What a Beautiful Day\", and many others will forever be part of gospel music and synonymous with the Happy Goodman", "title": "Happy Goodman Family" }, { "id": "11914390", "text": "All I Need (The Temptations song) \"All I Need\" is a 1967 hit single recorded by The Temptations for the Gordy (Motown) label. It is the group's first single to be produced by Norman Whitfield's protégé Frank Wilson. Written by Wilson, Edward Holland, Jr. and R. Dean Taylor, the single was a Top 10 hit on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100, peaking at number 8; it was also a number-two hit on the \"Billboard\" R&B singles chart. David Ruffin, the Temptations main lead singer, serves as the songs narrator. In it he's begging his lover to forgive his unfaithfulness and mistreatment", "title": "All I Need (The Temptations song)" }, { "id": "4326649", "text": "groups Yugoton and Women; and bass player Radek Zagajewski was replaced by Michał Grott. In November 2001 Edyta published a re-release of her first solo album “Love”. The album was published in Universal’s series “Invincible”. Bartosiewicz was also asked to write a number of lyrics for Edyta Górniak’s album “The Pearl” (2002). The song “I don't ask for more” became a second single from that album. Edyta is also an author of lyrics for the title song, which was released as a fourth single. At the beginning of 2002 Edyta signed a contract with BMG Poland and from March 4", "title": "Edyta Bartosiewicz" }, { "id": "13249616", "text": "the production \"inventive\" and says that it has a \"radio-friendly feel and sing-along chorus.\" The music video was directed by Steven Goldmann, and features Trace Adkins during his touring. \"More\" debuted at number 65 on the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of January 29, 2000. More (Trace Adkins song) \"More\" is a song written by Del Gray of Little Texas along with Thom McHugh, and recorded by American country music artist Trace Adkins. It was released in January 2000 as the second single and title track from his album of the same name. It peaked", "title": "More (Trace Adkins song)" }, { "id": "672970", "text": "\"I've Got So Much to Give\". It included the title track and his first solo chart hit, \"I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby\", which also rose to #1 on the \"Billboard\" R&B charts as well as #3 on the \"Billboard\" Pop charts in 1973 and stayed in the top 40 for many weeks. Other chart hits by White included \"Never, Never Gonna Give You Up\" (#2 R&B, #7 Pop in 1973), \"Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe\" (# 1 Pop and R&B in 1974), \"You're the First, the Last, My Everything\" (#1 R&B, #2 Pop in", "title": "Barry White" }, { "id": "6349371", "text": "Digging the Grave \"Digging the Grave\" is a song by Faith No More, released as the first single from their fifth studio album \"King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime\", in 1995. Like the rest of the singles released from the album, it failed to chart in the US. However, the song became the band's fourth-highest charting single in the United Kingdom. The song was released as a single on February 28, 1995, before the release of \"King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime\". That March, the band appeared on the British television program Top of the Pops", "title": "Digging the Grave" }, { "id": "4984942", "text": "in the same vein as those that the Raspberries performed in the 1970s. His first two solo singles were chart hits in 1976. Both were built around themes by Sergei Rachmaninoff. The first of these singles, \"All By Myself\" – based on Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 – hit number 2 in the United States, and number 12 in the United Kingdom where it was his only charting hit. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc by the R.I.A.A. in April 1976. The follow-up single, \"Never Gonna Fall in Love Again\" – based on the", "title": "Eric Carmen" }, { "id": "8370260", "text": "lyrics from the song's chorus in \"1,000 Kisses\" on his 2002 album \"Born to Reign.\" Teddy Riley protege rapper Queen Pen sampled the same song on the track \"All My Love\" produced by Riley from her 1997 debut album \"My Melody\". Never Too Much (song) \"Never Too Much\" is a song written, composed, produced, and performed by Luther Vandross. The disco-oriented song was released in 1981, as the lead single from Vandross' debut studio album \"Never Too Much\" (1981). The title track hit number one on the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, reached number four on the US \"Billboard\"", "title": "Never Too Much (song)" }, { "id": "8099226", "text": "the top-100 list was started by Billboard after the peak of the song's popularity). The song was nominated for the 1955 Academy Award for Best Original Song but lost to \"Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing\" from the film of the same name. I'll Never Stop Loving You (1955 song) \"I'll Never Stop Loving You\" is a popular music song, with music written by Nicholas Brodzsky and lyrics by Sammy Cahn for the 1955 film \"Love Me or Leave Me\". The song was published in 1955. The recording by Doris Day was released by Columbia Records as catalog number 40505. It", "title": "I'll Never Stop Loving You (1955 song)" }, { "id": "11168763", "text": "Sanborn covered the song from his 1982 album \"Backstreet\". American rock and soul duo Hall & Oates covered the song on their 2004 album \"Our Kind of Soul\". Country singer Bob Luman recorded a successful cover version of \"Neither One of Us ... .\" His version reached number seven on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart, concurrent with the success of the Gladys Knight & the Pips' version. R&B singer Angie Stone also sampled it for \"No More Rain (In This Cloud)\" from her 1999 album, \"Black Diamond\". Filipina-Jamaican singer Jaya covered the track on her 2011 album \"All Souled", "title": "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)" }, { "id": "7858949", "text": "Love Beyond Reason Love Beyond Reason is an album by Randy Stonehill, released in 1985, on Myrrh Records. The album contained the hit single, \"I Could Never Say Goodbye,\" which was a duet with singer Amy Grant. Grant had recently become one of the biggest names in Christian music, and had crossed over into the mainstream with her \"Unguarded\" album. Stonehill also released a \"Love Beyond Reason\" Video collection in 1985 on VHS and Beta, which included videos of \"Love Beyond Reason,\" \"Until Your Love Broke Through,\" \"Hymn,\" \"You're Loved Tonight,\" \"Still Small Voice,\" (from Stonehill's \"Celebrate this Hearbeat\" album)", "title": "Love Beyond Reason" }, { "id": "2499475", "text": "debut album, \"Inseparable\", which included songs that reminded listeners of Aretha Franklin. Franklin later contended that songs such as \"This Will Be\", \"I Can't Say No\", and others were offered to her while she was recording the album \"You\" but she had turned them down. Released in 1975, the album became an instant success thanks to \"This Will Be\", which became a top ten hit and won her a Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. A second single, \"Inseparable\", also became a hit. Both songs reached number-one on the R&B chart. Cole also won Best New Artist at", "title": "Natalie Cole" }, { "id": "12565262", "text": "on the \"Endless Love\" soundtrack. The soundtrack album also featured two tracks that were not originally recorded for the actual movie: KISS' \"I Was Made for Lovin' You\", first released on their album \"Dynasty\", a #11 hit on \"Billboard\"'s singles chart in 1979, as well as Cliff Richard's \"Dreamin'\", written by singer Leo Sayer and producer Alan Tarney, originally included on Richard's album \"I'm No Hero\" and also a Top ten hit single in the UK in 1980. Blondie's 1979 US and UK #1 hit \"Heart of Glass\" which also briefly appeared in the movie was not included on the", "title": "Endless Love: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" } ]

[ "Simon Aldred" ]

[ { "id": "18799608", "text": "Waiting for Love (Avicii song) \"Waiting for Love\" is a song by Swedish DJ and music producer Avicii, produced by Avicii and Dutch producer Martin Garrix and featuring uncredited vocals from Simon Aldred, the lead singer of former English band Cherry Ghost. The track was released on 22 May 2015 as the lead single from Avicii's second studio album, \"Stories\" (2015). The lyrics were also written by Aldred. The track was first premiered at Ultra Music Festival 2015 both by Avicii and Dutch electronic producer Martin Garrix. Prior to its release on May 22, 2015, it was thought that the", "title": "Waiting for Love (Avicii song)" }, { "id": "20932861", "text": "Waiting for Your Love (Toto song) \"Waiting for Your Love\" is a song by American rock band Toto from their 1982 album \"Toto IV\". In 1983, it was released as a single, peaking at number 73 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart. The song was written by keyboardist Bobby Kimball and David Paich and is performed in the key of A-flat major. Kimball said in an interview that he \"wrote it in the '70s and originally called it \"'You Got Me'\". Somethingelsereviews.com wrote that Bobby Kimball gave a fantastic lead vocal performance in the song, and that \"Waiting for Your", "title": "Waiting for Your Love (Toto song)" }, { "id": "20932862", "text": "Love\" had an infectious, danceable, back beat. Waiting for Your Love (Toto song) \"Waiting for Your Love\" is a song by American rock band Toto from their 1982 album \"Toto IV\". In 1983, it was released as a single, peaking at number 73 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart. The song was written by keyboardist Bobby Kimball and David Paich and is performed in the key of A-flat major. Kimball said in an interview that he \"wrote it in the '70s and originally called it \"'You Got Me'\". Somethingelsereviews.com wrote that Bobby Kimball gave a fantastic lead vocal performance in", "title": "Waiting for Your Love (Toto song)" }, { "id": "18799612", "text": "directed by Kurt Hugo Schneider. The 360° function of this music video only works with the web browser Google Chrome (for desktop, Android and iOS). Personnel adapted from CD single. Waiting for Love (Avicii song) \"Waiting for Love\" is a song by Swedish DJ and music producer Avicii, produced by Avicii and Dutch producer Martin Garrix and featuring uncredited vocals from Simon Aldred, the lead singer of former English band Cherry Ghost. The track was released on 22 May 2015 as the lead single from Avicii's second studio album, \"Stories\" (2015). The lyrics were also written by Aldred. The track", "title": "Waiting for Love (Avicii song)" }, { "id": "18799609", "text": "song would have been a full collaboration with Garrix and Bergling, with featuring vocals from John Legend, after several videos and Twitter posts were created stating this collaboration. The singer is confirmed to be Simon Aldred, the lead singer of Cherry Ghost. \"Waiting For Love\" is a progressive house song written in the key of F minor, follows the chord progression of F#m/C#m/D - D/E/F#m and runs at 128 BPM. The music video was directed by Sebastian Ringler. It begins with an old man (Sten Elfström) being taken care of by his wife (Ingrid Wallin) who then disappears. Distraught, he", "title": "Waiting for Love (Avicii song)" }, { "id": "17219003", "text": "Ella Eyre Ella McMahon (born 1 April 1994), known by her stage name Ella Eyre, is an English singer and songwriter. She is best known for her collaborations with Rudimental on their UK number one single \"Waiting All Night\" (2013), which won the 2014 Brit Award for British Single of the Year, with DJ Fresh on his single \"Gravity\" (2015), and with Sigala on their singles \"Came Here for Love\" (2017), and \"Just Got Paid\" (2018). Her debut EP, \"Deeper\", was released in 2013 and her debut album, \"Feline\", was released in 2015. Eyre's musical influences include Lauryn Hill, Etta", "title": "Ella Eyre" }, { "id": "17219011", "text": "Number 12 on the UK Chart. On 1 February 2017, Ella Eyre and Lewi Morgan, from the boyband Rixton, ended their 2-year relationship. Headlining: Supporting: Ella Eyre Ella McMahon (born 1 April 1994), known by her stage name Ella Eyre, is an English singer and songwriter. She is best known for her collaborations with Rudimental on their UK number one single \"Waiting All Night\" (2013), which won the 2014 Brit Award for British Single of the Year, with DJ Fresh on his single \"Gravity\" (2015), and with Sigala on their singles \"Came Here for Love\" (2017), and \"Just Got Paid\"", "title": "Ella Eyre" }, { "id": "9807643", "text": "was released in July 2010 to positive critical acclaim. Aldred, under the moniker Out Cold, released a solo album entitled \"Invasion of Love\" in September 2013, featuring a markedly synthpop sound. Cherry Ghost released their third and final album \"Herd Runners\" in May 2014. Currently based in London, Simon Aldred now works outside of music, as well as occasionally writing for and with other artists. Aldred was also the featured vocalist on the 2015 Avicii single \"Waiting for Love\". The name \"Cherry Ghost\" is a reference to the Wilco song \"Theologians\" from the album \"A Ghost Is Born\". In 2005,", "title": "Cherry Ghost" }, { "id": "14072491", "text": "as a songwriter and collaborated with a number of artists and songwriters, including Survivor, Nick Gilder, Jonathan Cain (Journey), Russ Ballard, Carl Dixon and Alias featuring Freddy Curci. In 1991, Walker co-wrote the song \"Waiting for Love\" for the band Alias on EMI Capitol Records, and it went on to become Walker's first top-10 international hit. The Alias CD earned platinum sales throughout the world, and the song \"Waiting for Love\" received a BMI Award for top radio airplay that year. Walker's first solo record, \"Nevertheless\", released in 1994, launching his solo career in Europe. David Prater produced four songs", "title": "Brett Walker" }, { "id": "8256098", "text": "Wait for Me/Song of Love \"\"Wait for Me\" and \"Song of Love\" were two singles from Christian pop rock musician Rebecca St. James. \"Wait For Me\" is perhaps one of St. James' most famous songs, encouraging sexual abstinence until marriage, from the 2000 album \"Transform\" (No. 166 in the \"Billboard\" 200 albums). \"Song of Love\" is a track from her 2002 modern worship album \"Worship God\" (in the \"Billboard\" 200 albums for 11 weeks, peaking at No. 94). In keeping with her advocacy of premarital abstinence, \"Wait for Me\" became the title of St. James' 2000 concert tour of 46", "title": "Wait for Me/Song of Love" }, { "id": "8256100", "text": "Love\", she sings mainly in a concert setting. Wait for Me/Song of Love \"\"Wait for Me\" and \"Song of Love\" were two singles from Christian pop rock musician Rebecca St. James. \"Wait For Me\" is perhaps one of St. James' most famous songs, encouraging sexual abstinence until marriage, from the 2000 album \"Transform\" (No. 166 in the \"Billboard\" 200 albums). \"Song of Love\" is a track from her 2002 modern worship album \"Worship God\" (in the \"Billboard\" 200 albums for 11 weeks, peaking at No. 94). In keeping with her advocacy of premarital abstinence, \"Wait for Me\" became the title", "title": "Wait for Me/Song of Love" }, { "id": "18281956", "text": "was \"For a Better Day\", featuring singer Alex Ebert. On 28 August, he released his next two singles, the other being \"Pure Grinding\". \"Waiting for Love\" is a song featuring uncredited vocals from Simon Aldred of Cherry Ghost. Avicii released it on the 22 May 2015. \"For a Better Day\" is a song featuring uncredited vocals from Alex Ebert. Avicii released it on 28 August 2015. \"Pure Grinding\" is a song featuring uncredited vocals from Kristoffer Fogelmark and Earl St. Clair. Avicii released it on 28 August 2015. \"Broken Arrows\" is a song featuring uncredited vocals from Zac Brown of", "title": "Stories (Avicii album)" }, { "id": "12103975", "text": "vocalists of the late 1970s, including Bell & James, MFSB and The Spinners with lead singer John Edwards, contribute backing and accompanying lead vocals, most prominent on the Thom Bell Sessions mixes of the song. In 1979, The Spinners also recorded a version of the song which charted at #25 on the US \"Billboard\" R&B chart. The music video, produced in a 1970s retro style, was directed by Kate Dawkins. This song was covered by Nancy Wallace in the 2006 compilation double album \"The Big Chill\". It was also covered by The Kooks along with the Buena Vista Social Club", "title": "Are You Ready for Love" }, { "id": "9641682", "text": "Blue Roses from the Moons Blue Roses from the Moons is a studio album by Nanci Griffith, released in March 1997. The album was recorded from live takes in the studio, with her band \"The Blue Moon Orchestra\" and Jerry Allison, Sonny Curtis and Joe B. Mauldin of The Crickets. Darius Rucker duets with Griffith on \"Gulf Coast Highway\". The song \"Waiting for Love\", written by Griffiths, and commencing \"Life is full of finer things / They're lost and found in the dark\" was later re-recorded with symphony orchestra for the 1999 album The Dust Bowl Symphony. For AllMusic, the", "title": "Blue Roses from the Moons" }, { "id": "11919537", "text": "J'attends l'amour \"J'attends l'amour\" (English: \"'I'm Waiting for Love\") is a 2002 song recorded by the French artist Jenifer Bartoli. Released in April 2002, it was her debut single, from her eponymous album, \"Jenifer\". This song was a great success in France and Belgium (Wallonia). This song is actually a French-language adaptation of Johanna Demker's song \"True Love\". The music video was shot in London, and shows the singer walking in the streets. The song features on many French compilations, such as \"Best Of France 2002\" and \"Now! Hits Référence Vol. 2\". It was also available on the Star Academy's", "title": "J'attends l'amour" }, { "id": "15013940", "text": "by Avicii) albeit different vocals and chord progressions. It was leaked into the internet between 2013–2014 via the name \"Stars\" and is yet to be released. It also shares a similar drop to one of Bergling's ID's \"Black and Blue\". On 22 May 2015, Bergling premiered another single from \"Stories\", \"Waiting for Love\". The track was co-produced by fellow DJ and producer Martin Garrix, and featured vocals from Simon Aldred of Cherry Ghost. On 25 May 2015, Bergling previewed three old tracks on episode 36 of his LE7ELS podcast: \"Tracks of My Tears\", \"Sorry Mr. Atari\" and \"Time to Get", "title": "Avicii" }, { "id": "9811935", "text": "Wait for You (Elliott Yamin song) \"Wait for You\" is a song by former \"American Idol\" contestant Elliott Yamin. It is the first official single from his self-titled album \"Elliott Yamin\" (following the retail-only promotional hit \"Movin' On\"). \"Wait for You\" is a slow-tempo ballad composed in C major. He mentions in the song waiting indefinitely for the one he loves to come back to him. Despite the fact she has left him, he insists he knows she still loves him. \"Wait For You\" is often compared to songs by 98 Degrees (\"My Everything\"), Natalie (\"Goin' Crazy\"), S Club 7", "title": "Wait for You (Elliott Yamin song)" }, { "id": "11369958", "text": "I'll Be Waiting (Lenny Kravitz song) \"I'll Be Waiting\" is a rock song written by Lenny Kravitz and Craig Ross for Kravitz's eighth studio album, \"It Is Time for a Love Revolution\" (2008). It was released as the album's lead single on December 6, 2007 (although \"Bring It On\" had been previously released as a radio-only single to U.S. rock stations). The iTunes download release date for the song was November 6, 2007. The song is a power ballad, where Kravitz sings of waiting for someone, heartbroken over a failed relationship, to realize he is the one who really loves", "title": "I'll Be Waiting (Lenny Kravitz song)" }, { "id": "18281955", "text": "the internet from Avicii's UMF 2015 set. These songs include \"Waiting for Love\", \"For a Better Day\", \"City Lights\" and \"Sunset Jesus\", leaked under the name \"Attack\". A complete track listing of the set can be found on Avicii's SoundCloud page. On 22 May 2015, Avicii premiered his first single from \"Stories\", \"Waiting for Love\". The track was co-produced by DJ and producer Martin Garrix. Almost a month later, Avicii communicated through Twitter that he had finished the album after two years of work. On 4 August 2015, it was announced on iHeartMedia Summit that Avicii's next single from \"Stories\"", "title": "Stories (Avicii album)" }, { "id": "17473287", "text": "Garrix noted that Usher is a \"humble\" artist and a great collaborator to whom he can directly give input. Garrix also worked with multi-Grammy winner Ed Sheeran on a track called \"Rewind Repeat It\" which he played at Ultra Music Festival in Miami in March 2015. On 4 May 2015, he released a track with Tiësto, called \"The Only Way Is Up\". On 22 May 2015, Avicii released a lyric video of the song \"Waiting for Love\" co-produced by Garrix. On 6 July 2015, Garrix released the \"Break Through the Silence\" dual single with Russian DJs Matisse and Sadko, consisting", "title": "Martin Garrix" }, { "id": "3104304", "text": "tracks, such as the single \"Love on the Rise\", which was released in 1985 and went on to chart. His fourth studio album, \"Duotones\", sold over five million copies in the U.S. alone. It featured the songs \"Songbird\", with reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100. The single \"Don't Make Me Wait for Love\", which featured vocals from Lenny Williams, charted at No. 15 on the Hot 100, and No. 2 on the Adult Contemporary charts in 1987. Kenny G worked in the mid-to-late 1980s with jazz and R&B artists such as George Benson, Patti LaBelle and Aretha Franklin.", "title": "Kenny G" }, { "id": "7164043", "text": "Japan Gold Disc Awards along with Leona Lewis and Flo Rida. A standard edition and a special edition of \"Wait for You\" with different bonus tracks were also released in Taiwan in July and September 2008, respectively. \"Fight for Love\", the title track and lead single from Yamin's second album, premiered on AOL Music on February 13, 2009. The song, co-written and co-produced by Johntá Austin, became available at iTunes and other digital outlets on March 10, 2009; and was officially released for Top 40 and Rhythm radio airplay the same day. \"Fight for Love\" was released on May 5,", "title": "Elliott Yamin" }, { "id": "5198987", "text": "Johnny Lee (singer) John Lee Ham (born July 3, 1946), known professionally as Johnny Lee, is an American country music singer. His 1980 single \"Lookin' for Love\" became a crossover hit, spending three weeks at number 1 on the Billboard country singles chart while also appearing in the Top 5 on the Billboard Pop chart and Top 10 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart. He racked up a total of 17 top 40 country hits in the early and mid-1980s. Lee was born in Texas City, Texas, and grew up on a dairy farm in nearby Alta Loma (now part of", "title": "Johnny Lee (singer)" }, { "id": "16068207", "text": "Crystal Johnson (singer) Crystal Jeanell Johnson is a singer, songwriter, producer, and actress originally from Brooklyn, New York. Her career began at age 7, when she recorded with Pink Floyd and the Institutional Children's Choir, and has included a variety of stage productions and musical collaborations. She has worked with an array of well-known artists, including Usher Raymond, Angie Stone, Anthony Hamilton, Mobb Deep, Heavy D, Dr. Dre and Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth. Her vocal credits include several albums that charted in the United States, including \"Got Me Waiting\" from the Heavy D album Nuttin' But Love, which topped", "title": "Crystal Johnson (singer)" }, { "id": "9629783", "text": "The Dust Bowl Symphony The Dust Bowl Symphony is an album released by Nanci Griffith in 1999. It consists of songs Griffith had previously released on other albums, but re-recorded with an orchestral backing. The album was recorded at Abbey Road Studios with the London Symphony Orchestra. Darius Rucker duets with Griffith on \"Love at The Five and Dime\", and the album also has contributions from Sonny Curtis and Glen Hardin, Beth Nielsen Chapman and Griffith's own band, The Blue Moon Orchestra. The song \"Waiting for Love\", written by Griffiths, from \"Blue Roses from the Moons\" was picked out by", "title": "The Dust Bowl Symphony" }, { "id": "13467601", "text": "& Lagola have co-written some of the biggest hits by Swedish artists Axwell Ʌ Ingrosso – \"More Than You Know\" (2017), \"Sun Is Shining\" (2015) and Avicii – \"Without You(feat. Sandro Cavazza)\" (2017), \"Waiting For Love\" (2015). Vincent Pontare Vincent Pontare (born 13 May 1980) is a multiple Swedish Grammy Award winning songwriter, producer, and singer from Sweden. He regularly collaborates with Salem Al Fakir as songwriting, producer, and duo Vargas & Lagola. They have written, co-written, and produced songs for Avicii, Axwell Ʌ Ingrosso, Madonna, and Seinabo Sey. First release as Vargas & Lagola was \"Rolling Stone\" in January", "title": "Vincent Pontare" }, { "id": "13894700", "text": "and her millennium hit single \"Waiting for Tonight\". It is the first single from \"Love?\" to receive recognition on the US \"Billboard\" charts, after the Epic Records' buzz single, \"Fresh Out the Oven\" (also featuring Pitbull), and previous lead single, \"Louboutins\", both failed to receive any airplay. The single reached the top five in most countries around the world, including reaching number one in eighteen countries. In the UK, it reached number one, giving Lopez her third number one single in the UK and first since 2005's \"Get Right\". During an online chat with fans in March 2011, Lopez revealed", "title": "Love?" }, { "id": "18993769", "text": "Lovato's \"most powerful\" video yet. Lovato and Sirah performed the song live for the very first time on August 13, 2016 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas during the Future Now Tour. Credits adapted from \"Confident\" album liner notes. Waitin for You \"Waitin for You\" is a song recorded by American singer Demi Lovato featuring rapper Sirah. The duo along with Julia Michaels, Jason Evigan and Steve Mac composed the song for Lovato's fifth studio album \"Confident\" (2015). Evigan and Mac also handled the song's production, with Mitch Allan serving as a vocal producer. In December 2013,", "title": "Waitin for You" }, { "id": "6114753", "text": "Condi, Chill\" - for Courting Condi (2008). Connors also wrote and performed songs for several films. The 1967 beach-party film \"Catalina Caper\" features her song \"Book of Love\" (not to be confused with the Monotones' song), co-written with Roger Christian, which she performed backed by the Cascades. She co-composed three songs for the soundtrack of the 1977 Disney film, \"The Rescuers\": \"Tomorrow Is Another Day\", \"The Journey\" and \"Someone's Waiting for You\". In 1983 Connors was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award, for the 'Worst Original Song' for \"It's Wrong for Me to Love You\", from \"Butterfly\", which she co-composed", "title": "Carol Connors (singer)" }, { "id": "17212591", "text": "attention to the track and led to Martins US TV debut on \"The Morning Show\" on Playboy TV. 2016 has been the most effective year to date for the CLMD project as its released four single in the first 6 months. \"Dust\" feat Astrid S, \"Wait For Love\" (a collaboration with producer KidJoki), \"Phoenix\" feat Frøder and \"Night Train\" feat Alida. \"Dust\" has become CLMD's biggest release to date with over 13 million streams on Spotify alone. The melody contains interpolations of the late 90's trance hymn 1998 by British DJ Duo Binary Finary. In 2017 Martin was asked to", "title": "CLMD" }, { "id": "19487346", "text": "as keyboardist and backing vocalist. As songwriter, he co-wrote many hits around late 1980s and early 1990s such as the song \"Waiting for Love,\" which became a highly successful single for the band Alias in the early 1990s. Also, the hit songs \"One Night Alone\", \"Charmed Life\" and \"Cryin\" for the female rock band Vixen's first album were all covers from his Wired Up album (Vixen also covered \"Give It Away\" from \"Race to Paradise\" as a bonus track), the song \"Let It Out\" for Y&T's \"Ten\" album and, \"Road To Ruin\" that was recorded by Mr.Big who also recorded", "title": "Jeff Paris (musician)" }, { "id": "20798088", "text": "Chantel Jeffries Chantel Taleen Jeffries Shiring (born September 30, 1992) is an American DJ and model. She released her debut single, \"Wait\", on May 2, 2018, under Universal Music Group's label 10:22 pm. The song peaked at No. 10 on the \"Billboard\" Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart. Jeffries was born on September 30, 1992, in Coronado, California. Her parents are Colonel Edward Jeffries and Kathleen Jeffries. She grew up with her younger brother in Jacksonville, North Carolina. Her father worked for a military training company and is a Marine Corps veteran. Her family was always on the road traveling from one", "title": "Chantel Jeffries" }, { "id": "4382425", "text": "re-emerged under the name Cool Down Zone. They invited 52nd Street's live drummer Mike Wilson to join, and they released the album \"New Direction\". They released two singles from the album; \"Heaven Knows\" and \"Waiting For Love\". \"Heaven Knows\" reached No. 52 on the UK Singles Chart. They released two more singles, \"Lonely Hearts\" in 1992 and \"Essential Love\" in 1993, before disbanding. 52nd Street (band) 52nd Street were a British jazz-funk and R&B band formed in Manchester in late 1980. Throughout the 1980s the group enjoyed success not only in the UK but also on the \"Billboard\" chart in", "title": "52nd Street (band)" }, { "id": "8807966", "text": "starring Colin Friels and Catherine McClements. Gyan (album) Gyan is the debut album by Australian singer-songwriter Gyan that was released by Warner music in 1989. The album is currently out of print; but is available to purchase via Gyan's website or iTunes. The album was produced by Charles Fisher. Three singles were released from the album; the smash hit \"Wait\" about a lonely girl waiting for her first true love; \"It's Alright\" about emancipation from one's parents and the final single \"Black Wedding Ring\" which closes the album. The first two singles contained rare non-album tracks as b-sides (\"Love in", "title": "Gyan (album)" }, { "id": "8256099", "text": "cities, and also became the lead title of her 2002 book, \"\", and her 2003 compilation album, \"\", on which the title song appeared with \"Song of Love\". The album was released in March, the single in June. At the five-year anniversary of the release of the song, St. James stated, \"'Wait for Me' has become one of my signature songs now.\" Music videos were released for both songs, \"Song of Love\"'s in 2002. In the \"Wait for Me\" video, St. James takes a car trip to meet the man she dreams of, and sings about, meeting. In \"Song of", "title": "Wait for Me/Song of Love" }, { "id": "7723005", "text": "I'm Ready for Love \"I'm Ready for Love\" is a 1966 single by Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas. Scoring their biggest hit since \"Nowhere to Run\" peaked at #8 on the pop singles chart, this tune, which had the narrator longing to be in love with her object of affection, rose to #9 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and #2 on Billboard's Hot R&B singles chart. The song, produced and written by Holland-Dozier-Holland, was written in a similar style to The Supremes' smash hit, \"You Can't Hurry Love\". Other than the Vandellas, The Temptations also recorded a version", "title": "I'm Ready for Love" }, { "id": "9811942", "text": "played in one part when Tatsuya and Eriko go to the gas station. Wait for You (Elliott Yamin song) \"Wait for You\" is a song by former \"American Idol\" contestant Elliott Yamin. It is the first official single from his self-titled album \"Elliott Yamin\" (following the retail-only promotional hit \"Movin' On\"). \"Wait for You\" is a slow-tempo ballad composed in C major. He mentions in the song waiting indefinitely for the one he loves to come back to him. Despite the fact she has left him, he insists he knows she still loves him. \"Wait For You\" is often compared", "title": "Wait for You (Elliott Yamin song)" }, { "id": "8807964", "text": "Gyan (album) Gyan is the debut album by Australian singer-songwriter Gyan that was released by Warner music in 1989. The album is currently out of print; but is available to purchase via Gyan's website or iTunes. The album was produced by Charles Fisher. Three singles were released from the album; the smash hit \"Wait\" about a lonely girl waiting for her first true love; \"It's Alright\" about emancipation from one's parents and the final single \"Black Wedding Ring\" which closes the album. The first two singles contained rare non-album tracks as b-sides (\"Love in Question\" and \"Don't Touch\"). \"Wait\" was", "title": "Gyan (album)" }, { "id": "5198991", "text": "the fall of 2008 Lee began performing regularly in Branson, Missouri. Johnny Lee (singer) John Lee Ham (born July 3, 1946), known professionally as Johnny Lee, is an American country music singer. His 1980 single \"Lookin' for Love\" became a crossover hit, spending three weeks at number 1 on the Billboard country singles chart while also appearing in the Top 5 on the Billboard Pop chart and Top 10 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart. He racked up a total of 17 top 40 country hits in the early and mid-1980s. Lee was born in Texas City, Texas, and grew up", "title": "Johnny Lee (singer)" }, { "id": "19292573", "text": "This Girl's in Love This Girl's in Love is the sixth album by Australian singer-songwriter Gyan, released on October 26, 2015. The album consists of cover versions of songs by John Lennon, Neil Young, Kate Bush and Tom Waits as well as a re-recording of her own 1989 hit single, \"Wait\". The album was a result of a successful Kickstarter campaign which raised over $25,000 to make the record. The album was reviewed by Noel Mengel of news.com.au who wrote that \"Gyan is in sparklingly good voice and the understated small orchestra arrangements she uses frequently here are ravishing\". Mendel", "title": "This Girl's in Love" }, { "id": "20729146", "text": "Wait (Chantel Jeffries song) \"Wait\" is the debut single by American producer Chantel Jeffries. It was released for digital download on May 2, 2018 as the first single from her debut extended play \"Calculated Luck\", by Universal Music Group label, 10:22 pm. The track features guest vocals from American rappers Offset and Vory. Shortly after being signed to Universal label, 10:22 pm, it was announced that Jeffries will release her debut single on May 4, 2018. The track features American rappers Offset and Vory, who came by and heard the track and wanted to \"lay some melodies.\" A vertical music", "title": "Wait (Chantel Jeffries song)" }, { "id": "14140216", "text": "roles of the sorcerer and the angel. In 2012, Sébastien Agius became the newest cast member of \"\" (Globe de Cristal Award 2013) where he plays the role of Maximilien de Robespierre. The show opened on 10 October 2012. In 2016, Sébastien took part to the with Roxane Le Texier under the name of Louyena. They sang Waiting for Love by Avicii and joined Garou's team. They were defeated at the battles by Lola Baï on Encore et encore by Francis Cabrel. They still sing together. Featured Sébastien Agius Sébastien Agius or just Sébastien or Seva (born 2 March 1983", "title": "Sébastien Agius" }, { "id": "12140075", "text": "has been covered by many vocalists including Eddie Fisher, Frank Sinatra, Astrud Gilberto, Violetta Villas, Trini Lopez, Bobby Darin, Nana Mouskouri (French, German, Spanish, Italian and Japanese), Cher, Andy Williams, Jason Kouchak, Petula Clark, Tony Bennett, Vikki Carr, Liza Minnelli, Connie Francis, Beverley Craven, the Walker Brothers, Maria Morlino, Lisa Lovbrand, and Matt Monro. Among jazz musicians who have recorded versions are Oscar Peterson, Gil Evans, Donald Byrd, Louis Armstrong, Kirsti Huke and Richard \"Groove\" Holmes. Sergio Franchi covered this song on his 1967 RCA Victor recording \"From Sergio – With Love\". Pop instrumental recordings include those made by Roger", "title": "I Will Wait for You" }, { "id": "8685227", "text": "held off the number 1 spot by Olivia Newton-John's single \"Physical\" for nine consecutive weeks, and then by Hall & Oates' \"I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)\" for a tenth week on January 30, 1982. Because of its chart longevity, it ended up being the number 19 song on the Top 100 singles of 1982. The song was the band's biggest hit until \"I Want to Know What Love Is\" hit number 1 in 1985. The song lists at number 100 on \"\"Billboard\"'s Greatest Songs of All Time\". Waiting for a Girl Like You \"Waiting for a Girl", "title": "Waiting for a Girl Like You" }, { "id": "12072299", "text": "uncredited vocals for \"Superstar\" by Knife Party, from their debut album \"Abandon Ship\" (2014). In 2015 he was a featured artist and co-wrote the song \"City Lights\" by Culture Shock. He also worked with Sigala to make the track \"Sweet Lovin'\", a tropical house track that has over 180 million hits on YouTube (as of February 2018) and reached number three on the UK Singles Chart. He also wrote \"Came Here for Love\" by Sigala and Ella Eyre with White N3rd and Klingande, which reached number 6 on the UK Singles Chart and was the official London gay pride theme.", "title": "Bryn Christopher" }, { "id": "5663370", "text": "the independent record labels, Rockshire and Knobhill. In 1986, he was invited to sing vocals on \"Don't Make Me Wait For Love\", a track from \"Duotones\", a multi-platinum recording by Kenny G. The song became a Top 20 \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and R&B hit the following year. His 1978 hit song \"Cause I Love You\" was sampled by Havoc of Mobb Deep for the track \"Nothing Like Home\", and by Kanye West for the songs \"Overnight Celebrity\" by Twista and \"I Got A Love\" by Jin. The track was sampled a fourth time in 2007 by Scarface for his single", "title": "Lenny Williams" }, { "id": "10527912", "text": "Lookin' for Love \"Lookin' for Love\" is a song written by Wanda Mallette, Bob Morrison and Patti Ryan, and recorded by American country music singer Johnny Lee. It was released in June 1980 as part of the soundtrack to the film \"Urban Cowboy\", released that year. Marcy Levy was one of the female singers who provided backing vocals on the track. Lee, whose biggest hit to date had been a 1977 cover of Ricky Nelson's \"Garden Party\", had been the main nightclub act(behind Mickey Gilley himself)at Gilley's, a nightclub owned by Sherwood Cryer and country music superstar Mickey Gilley. Record", "title": "Lookin' for Love" }, { "id": "10527917", "text": "Lookin' for Love \"Lookin' for Love\" is a song written by Wanda Mallette, Bob Morrison and Patti Ryan, and recorded by American country music singer Johnny Lee. It was released in June 1980 as part of the soundtrack to the film \"Urban Cowboy\", released that year. Marcy Levy was one of the female singers who provided backing vocals on the track. Lee, whose biggest hit to date had been a 1977 cover of Ricky Nelson's \"Garden Party\", had been the main nightclub act(behind Mickey Gilley himself)at Gilley's, a nightclub owned by Sherwood Cryer and country music superstar Mickey Gilley. Record", "title": "Lookin' for Love" }, { "id": "4689027", "text": "interviews with original Impressions members Sam Gooden and Fred Cash, along with taped interviews with the now-late Curtis Mayfield and video performances of the group's greatest hits and several of Mayfield's solo hits. The group's first million-selling hit song \"For Your Precious Love\", featuring original lead singer Jerry Butler on lead, is ranked #327, and their hit \"People Get Ready\" is ranked #24, on the \"Rolling Stone\" magazine's list of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Also, the Impressions' album/CD \"The Anthology 1961–1977\" is ranked at #179 on \"Rolling Stone\" magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Albums of", "title": "The Impressions" }, { "id": "5444619", "text": "Alias (band) Alias is a Canadian rock supergroup, formed in 1988 in Toronto by vocalist Freddy Curci and guitarist Steve DeMarchi of the Canadian arena rock band Sheriff, along with Heart founding members Roger Fisher, Steve Fossen, and Mike Derosier. The band released its self-titled debut album in 1990 which went gold in the US and platinum in Canada, scoring hits with the power ballad \"More Than Words Can Say\" (#1 Canada, #2 U.S.), \"Waiting for Love\" (#13) and \"Haunted Heart\" (#18 on Mainstream Rock Charts). They also recorded the Tonio K song \"Perfect World\" for the Christina Applegate film,", "title": "Alias (band)" }, { "id": "7164061", "text": "and November 2012, Yamin was an integral part of the Big Blue Test campaign organized by Diabetes Hands Foundation, to raise awareness of the importance of exercise and help people with diabetes in need. Elliott Yamin Efraym Elliott Yamin (born July 20, 1978) is an American singer known for his hit single \"Wait for You\" and for placing third on the fifth season of \"American Idol\". His self-titled album, released March 20, 2007, debuted at number one on the \"Billboard\" Independent Albums chart and at number three on the \"Billboard\" 200. The album was certified gold in the United States", "title": "Elliott Yamin" }, { "id": "12103972", "text": "Are You Ready for Love \"Are You Ready for Love\" is a song recorded by Elton John in 1977, and was first released in the UK in 1979 on the EP \"The Thom Bell Sessions\". It was written by Leroy Bell, Thom Bell and Casey James, and was originally produced in Philadelphia by Thom Bell (who had already produced a series of hits for The Spinners, The Delfonics and The Stylistics). While the song, \"Mama Can't Buy You Love\" from the EP charted in 1979, this song and the other track on the three-track 12-inch vinyl disc, \"Three Way Love", "title": "Are You Ready for Love" }, { "id": "4888175", "text": "Waiting for Tonight \"Waiting for Tonight\" is a song written by Maria Christensen, Michael Garvin, and Phil Temple. It was originally recorded by Christensen's girl group 3rd Party for their debut studio album, \"Alive\" (1997). Two years after the group disbanded, American singer Jennifer Lopez recorded her own version of the song for her debut studio album, \"On the 6\" (1999). Ric Wake and Richie Jones produced Lopez's Latin house version of \"Waiting for Tonight\", which differs from the German-sounding Europop version that was recorded by 3rd Party. A Spanish version of the song, entitled \"Una Noche Más\", was adapted", "title": "Waiting for Tonight" }, { "id": "8483362", "text": "Wait for Me (Rebecca St. James song) \"Wait for Me\" is a song by contemporary Christian musician Rebecca St. James. It is one of St. James' most well-known songs, encouraging sexual abstinence until marriage. \"Wait for You\" peaked in the top two on Radio & Records CHR Top 30 chart in September 2001. \"Wait For Me\" was nominated for Song of the Year at the 2002 Dove Awards. This song also appears on the \"WOW Hits 2002\" compilation album. A music video for the song was made and shows Rebecca writing a letter to her future husband. It also shows", "title": "Wait for Me (Rebecca St. James song)" }, { "id": "16952868", "text": "Waiting for the Night (song) \"Waiting for the Night\" is a song recorded by Canadian recording artist Nelly Furtado. It was written by Furtado and co-written and produced by Rodney \"Darkchild\" Jerkins for her fifth studio album, \"The Spirit Indestructible\". Lyrically, the song is about her having a crush on a boy and was inspired by a diary Furtado kept as a smitten sixteen-year-old on a summer vacation on São Miguel Island, Portugal. \"Waiting for the Night\" received generally favorable reviews, who praised it for being catchy and having a memorable chorus. Some even noted similarities to Jennifer Lopez's single", "title": "Waiting for the Night (song)" }, { "id": "7011980", "text": "was a failure. Jenifer decided to go to Paris and attend the casting for the first series of \"Star Academy\" in France, which went on to become a huge hit on French television. She was selected, and eventually won. The hit single \"J'attends L'amour\" (\"I'm waiting for love\") soon followed. After the tour with her band that followed her victory, she toured as a solo artist from October 2002 until January 2003, and eventually performed at the Paris Olympia, which she had dreamed of as a child. Her debut self-titled album went on to sell over three-quarters of a million", "title": "Jenifer (singer)" }, { "id": "20742065", "text": "Bambaata Marley Bambaata Marley (born July 7, 1989) is a Jamaican singer-songwriter. He is the son of Ziggy Marley, and eldest grandson of Bob Marley. Bambaata Marley spent his early years in Jamaica before moving to Miami, Florida. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California. Bambaata Marley debuted in 2009 with the single \"Live It Inna Fear\", produced by Damian Marley. In 2010, he collaborated with his cousin Jo Mersa Marley on the single \"My Girl\". In 2011, he collaborated with his father Ziggy Marley, on the song \"Changes\" On September 16, 2015, the music video for his single \"Waiting", "title": "Bambaata Marley" }, { "id": "7186585", "text": "with traditional guitars, bass, and drums, the song also features pounding, percussive rock-and-roll barrelhouse-style piano. It is one of the band's more popular songs, and one of their many compositions featuring drugs as subject matter. After leaving the band in 1970, Lou Reed continued to incorporate it into his solo live performances. It was released as a single in October 1971 (with \"There She Goes Again\" on the B-side) as by Andy Warhol's Velvet Underground on MGM Records. In 2004, \"Rolling Stone\" magazine ranked it #159 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The song would", "title": "I'm Waiting for the Man" }, { "id": "4888213", "text": "she \"teaches Corden how to vamp for the camera\" as \"Waiting for Tonight\" plays. That May, Christina Milian recreated the song's music video on an episode of the reality competition series \"Lip Sync Battle\". Credits adapted from the liner notes of \"On the 6\". \"Waiting for Tonight\" \"Una Noche Más\" Waiting for Tonight \"Waiting for Tonight\" is a song written by Maria Christensen, Michael Garvin, and Phil Temple. It was originally recorded by Christensen's girl group 3rd Party for their debut studio album, \"Alive\" (1997). Two years after the group disbanded, American singer Jennifer Lopez recorded her own version of", "title": "Waiting for Tonight" }, { "id": "17490890", "text": "named Best Male Artist at The 4th Annual IAMA (International Acoustic Music Awards). In 2007, Levinson, by then a graduate of Berklee, released his second album, \"Bury Your Love\". Many reviews of this record noted the influence of Elton John. The same year, he won the ASCAPLUS award and was a finalist in the USA Songwriting Competition. Levinson's 2009 release, \"Predetermined Fate\", had a more country-influenced style. One single on the album, \"Waiting For Someone To Love Me\", was played heavily on Sirius, and he was nominated for the Sirius singer-songwriter discovery of the year. Another track, “Losing You To", "title": "Justin Levinson" }, { "id": "18084410", "text": "album Zwig turned to Grammy award-winning producers Stuart Sikes and David Bianco, which helped bring his folk-pop masterpieces to life. Leaning on topics of interconnectedness, universality and healing, the album transcends typical contemporary lyrical matter and had three Top Ten hits on the AC charts: \"Everybody Love,\" \"Waiting on Heaven (To Make a Move),\" and \"When All the World Was in Love\". In support of Visions, Zwig and his band, featuring Brian MacLeod on drums and Erik Kertes on bass, embarked on a six-week tour of the U.S., beginning on the West Coast and ending in the East. Also during", "title": "Adam Zwig" }, { "id": "5014708", "text": "Waiting For?\" was released as the album's lead single; according to Stefani, as an \"explanation for doing the record\". The song was well received by critics, and was frequently cited as a highlight of the album. The single was commercially successful, topping the chart in Australia and reaching the top 10 in several countries. It was certified gold in the United States, and was nominated for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 47th Grammy Awards. The song has been remixed a number of times, and was covered by the indie rock band Franz Ferdinand and singer Marina and the", "title": "What You Waiting For?" }, { "id": "12384862", "text": "pop charts, although some singles did become club hits. The group split in 1990, and Christensen later formed the group 3rd Party in the late 1990s; that group’s major claim to fame was the song \"Waiting For Tonight\", which Jennifer Lopez covered on her debut album. In 2008, the duo reunited and released the song \"My Love for You\", which is available at the iTunes Store. The duo also has an official Myspace page. Sequal (band) Sequal was a Latin freestyle female duo from Miami, composed of Angie Vollaro and Maria Christensen. The duo was founded in 1984 by producer", "title": "Sequal (band)" }, { "id": "4223201", "text": "the band won an American Music Award for their work on the \"Waiting to Exhale\" soundtrack, with their featured song,\"Love Will Be Waiting at Home\". In Summer 1997, the group earned a Soul Train Award nomination for Album of the Year (By a Group, Band or Duo) for \"Free\". In 1999, Wendi Williams lent her voice to the Emmy-winning film \"Introducing Dorothy Dandridge\" with Halle Berry, in which Berry plays a singer but Williams is behind her singing voice. In 2007, Josina Elder-Epps began work on a solo album and released two songs \"Watcha Gonna Do\" and \"Doing It On", "title": "For Real" }, { "id": "16564341", "text": "in 2012 when their single \"Feel the Love\", featuring singer John Newman, topped the UK Singles Chart, and for which they were also nominated for a BRIT Award in 2013. \"Feel the Love\" was also used for the opening credits of the 2013 documentary movie \"\". The band have released further singles, including \"Not Giving In\", featuring Newman and Alex Clare, \"Waiting All Night\", featuring Ella Eyre which also topped the chart in the UK, \"Right Here\", featuring Foxes, \"Free\", featuring Emeli Sandé, and \"Powerless\", featuring Becky Hill. Rudimental were named by the BBC as the festival band of the", "title": "Rudimental" }, { "id": "4343681", "text": "including \"Hot Blooded\", \"Feels Like the First Time\", \"Cold as Ice\", \"Long, Long Way from Home\", \"Double Vision\", \"Blue Morning, Blue Day\", \"Head Games\", \"Dirty White Boy\", \"Urgent\", \"Juke Box Hero\", \"Break It Up\" and \"Say You Will\". He co-wrote most of the songs for the band, which achieved two of its biggest hits with the ballads \"Waiting for a Girl Like You\", which spent ten weeks at #2 on the 1981/82 American Hot 100, and \"I Want to Know What Love Is\", which was a #1 hit internationally (US & UK) in 1985. Gramm and Foreigner founder Mick Jones", "title": "Lou Gramm" }, { "id": "18799611", "text": "makes him experience flashbacks of him and his owner when they were younger. The dog soon wakes up and keeps going, eventually finding his owner in the aftermath of a battle, wounded and his left leg missing. The video ends with both (the dog and his master) back home. Directed and edited by Jesper Eriksson and Blackmeal's CEO Matthieu Colombel, the animation has received a phenomenal response since its release, bringing many to tears, and even inspiring ex-military personnel to thank Avicii for making the video. The 360° video featuring several dancers was published on May 28, 2015 and was", "title": "Waiting for Love (Avicii song)" }, { "id": "15611029", "text": "as a solo artist with the album titled \"Yes? No?\". Her pre-release single \"Pretend\" was released on January 17 and achieved an all-kill on music charts. The title track, \"Yes, No, Maybe\" was released a week after, on January 24, 2017. In February 2017, Suzy released a duet with singer Park Won, titled \"Don't Wait for Your Love\". Suzy then returned to television, starring alongside Lee Jong-suk in the fantasy thriller drama \"While You Were Sleeping\" which premiered in September 2017. On December 27, following the announcement of Min's departure, JYP Entertainment announced that Miss A had disbanded. Suzy renewed", "title": "Bae Suzy" }, { "id": "9811936", "text": "(\"Never Had a Dream Come True\") and Stevie Hoang (\"Addicted\"), due to the tone of the song. The song debuted on the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot 100 at number 67. After two weeks the song dropped off the chart, but was resurrected by airplay which improved the song's digital sales. The song experienced an increase in popularity after Yamin's performance on \"American Idol\", and went on to become a hit single on multiple charts in the U.S. It rose to #14 in the iTunes Store and #13 on the Hot 100, giving Yamin his first top 20 hit on the chart.", "title": "Wait for You (Elliott Yamin song)" }, { "id": "20729147", "text": "video for the single \"Wait\" was released on June 5, 2018.. The official music video was released but later deleted after a complaint from fans that she featured her friend, Alissa Violet and her ex, Jake Paul in it. Wait (Chantel Jeffries song) \"Wait\" is the debut single by American producer Chantel Jeffries. It was released for digital download on May 2, 2018 as the first single from her debut extended play \"Calculated Luck\", by Universal Music Group label, 10:22 pm. The track features guest vocals from American rappers Offset and Vory. Shortly after being signed to Universal label, 10:22", "title": "Wait (Chantel Jeffries song)" }, { "id": "19292574", "text": "described Gyan as an \"underrated Australian talent\". This Girl's in Love This Girl's in Love is the sixth album by Australian singer-songwriter Gyan, released on October 26, 2015. The album consists of cover versions of songs by John Lennon, Neil Young, Kate Bush and Tom Waits as well as a re-recording of her own 1989 hit single, \"Wait\". The album was a result of a successful Kickstarter campaign which raised over $25,000 to make the record. The album was reviewed by Noel Mengel of news.com.au who wrote that \"Gyan is in sparklingly good voice and the understated small orchestra arrangements", "title": "This Girl's in Love" }, { "id": "17174748", "text": "from Wyclef Jean. Gorgon City Gorgon City are an English electronic music production duo consisting of two North London producers Kye \"Foamo\" Gibbon and Matt \"RackNRuin\" Robson-Scott. Their 2013 single \"Real\" peaked at number 44 on the UK Singles Chart. They are also well known for their 2014 single \"Ready for Your Love\", which reached number 4 on the UK Singles Chart. They are currently signed to the London-based independent label Black Butter Records. The duo's first collaboration \"The Crypt EP\", featuring Navigator, Rubi Dan, and Janai, was released on 27 February 2012. One year later, on 17 February 2013,", "title": "Gorgon City" }, { "id": "12462242", "text": "Wait (Seven Mary Three song) \"Wait\" is a song by Seven Mary Three and the lead single from their fifth studio album, \"The Economy of Sound\", released on June 5, 2001. It also served as the English lead single to the \"Crazy/Beautiful\" film soundtrack released three weeks later (La Ley's \"Every Time/Siempre\" was its Spanish lead single). \"Wait\" has since become one of the band's most popular songs, having reached #7 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks. It also entered radio as the #1 Most Added record of the format in its first two weeks. Stylistically, \"Wait\" is a slight detour", "title": "Wait (Seven Mary Three song)" }, { "id": "4888181", "text": "and Margaret Dorn performed background vocals. Eric Kupper played the keyboards, while Jones played the drums and percussion. Scheuer, Franklyn Grant, and Thomas R. Yezzi provided engineering for the song, with assistance from Juan Bohorquez and Robb Williams, while David Barrett served as production coordinator. The song was recorded at various recording locations in New York City, including Cove City Sound Studios, The Dream Factory, Hit Factory, and Sony Music Studios. The song was later mixed by Dan Hetzel at Cove City Sound Studios. \"Waiting for Tonight\" is a dance-pop song with a length of four minutes and six seconds", "title": "Waiting for Tonight" }, { "id": "14558184", "text": "Greyson Chance Greyson Michael Chance (born August 16, 1997) is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. His April 2010 performance of Lady Gaga's \"Paparazzi\" at a sixth-grade music festival went viral on YouTube, gaining widespread attention and over 60 million views as of December 2017, as well as an appearance on \"The Ellen DeGeneres Show\" shortly afterward. Two of his original compositions, \"Stars\" and \"Broken Hearts\", gained over six and eight million views respectively on his YouTube channel. His debut single, \"Waiting Outside the Lines\", was released in October 2010. Chance's debut album, \"Hold On 'Til the Night,\" was released", "title": "Greyson Chance" }, { "id": "18952526", "text": "Janice Gaines Janice Patrice Gaines (\"née\": Reddick; born May 22, 1981), is a Stellar Award and GMA Dove Award-nominated American urban contemporary gospel singer and songwriter. Her debut singles, \"Wait On You\" and \"The Break-Up Song,\" were released as an extended play album on April 14, 2015. Her debut album, \"Greatest Life Ever,\" released on Motown Gospel, was produced by GRAMMY Award-winning producer LaShawn Daniels. and debuted in the Top 10 on the \"Billboard\" Top Gospel Albums chart. Gaines was born, Janice Patrice Reddick, in St. Louis, Missouri, on May 22, 1981, but raised in Memphis, Tennessee. She grew up", "title": "Janice Gaines" }, { "id": "11369961", "text": "directing the orchestra on the track. Kravitz performed the song at the American Music Awards of 2007 and on the 2008 \"Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve\". This song is also featured in the ending credits of the film \"\". I'll Be Waiting (Lenny Kravitz song) \"I'll Be Waiting\" is a rock song written by Lenny Kravitz and Craig Ross for Kravitz's eighth studio album, \"It Is Time for a Love Revolution\" (2008). It was released as the album's lead single on December 6, 2007 (although \"Bring It On\" had been previously released as a radio-only single to U.S. rock", "title": "I'll Be Waiting (Lenny Kravitz song)" }, { "id": "17174743", "text": "Gorgon City Gorgon City are an English electronic music production duo consisting of two North London producers Kye \"Foamo\" Gibbon and Matt \"RackNRuin\" Robson-Scott. Their 2013 single \"Real\" peaked at number 44 on the UK Singles Chart. They are also well known for their 2014 single \"Ready for Your Love\", which reached number 4 on the UK Singles Chart. They are currently signed to the London-based independent label Black Butter Records. The duo's first collaboration \"The Crypt EP\", featuring Navigator, Rubi Dan, and Janai, was released on 27 February 2012. One year later, on 17 February 2013, they collaborated with", "title": "Gorgon City" }, { "id": "5712949", "text": "over the years. The film grossed over double its budget during the opening weekend with $6,021,106 in 1,652 theaters. It opened at #7 in the U.S. box office. Its total gross was $18,637,690 with $16,124,543 within the U.S. and $2,513,147 in foreign box offices. The original score for the film was composed by Adam Gorgoni. A soundtrack was released and is available only through the iTunes Store. The track listing is as follows: The film also included songs by The Rattlesnakes, The New Pornographers, Reaching Forward, Spoon, REO Speedwagon, Peaches, Leftfield, Goldfinger, Spin Doctors, Sunday's Best, High Speed Scene, and", "title": "Waiting... (film)" }, { "id": "14989573", "text": "Arika Kane Arika Kane is an American recording artist, songwriter, and producer born into a musical family. In 2009 she signed with BSE Recordings and released her self-titled debut album the following year. The third single \"Here With Me\" reached #69 on \"Billboard\" Hot 100, becoming her first platinum-selling single. Arika Kane's second studio album, \"Substance,\" was released in 2012, which produced the hit singles \"Waiting\" and \"Fight 4 Ur Life.\" Throughout her career Kane's music has been placed on several VH1 and MTV television shows, including Love & Hip Hop (NY), Basketball Wives and Single Ladies, among others. VH1", "title": "Arika Kane" }, { "id": "18482409", "text": "for other musicians. Her first full-length album, \"Kaleidoscope\", was released in 2006, and her second, \"Mes amours\", followed in 2011. She also participated in the recording of the soundtrack to the 2011 film \"Funkytown\", performing vocals on the Genie Award for Best Original Song nominee \"Waiting for Your Touch\" and making an acting appearance in the film. Kim Richardson Kim Richardson (born December 22, 1965) is a Canadian singer and actress, who won two Juno Awards as a solo recording artist in the 1980s. She is still very active today, being part of over 150 shows, mostly in province of", "title": "Kim Richardson" }, { "id": "20076765", "text": "Lamont Sincere Albert Lamont Brown (born May 3, 1989) formerly known as Lamont Sincere is an American singer, songwriter and record producer from Brooklyn, New York. He gained credibility for his single \"Huge Flirt\" featuring Bagstheboss and collaberated with the Harlem native A$AP Mob member A$AP TyY for \"Surrounded by Girls\". He is currently under 2x Entertainment, founded by rapper Casanova. Lamont Sincere was raised in the middle of Brownsville and Crown Heights from his toddler to his teenage years. In 2008, he was featured as the artist name Sincere for his song \"What I Been Waiting For\" on concreteloop.com.", "title": "Lamont Sincere" }, { "id": "10209901", "text": "My Love Is Waiting \"My Love is Waiting\" is a 1982 R&B/Soul song written by musician Gordon Banks and recorded and released by American singer Marvin Gaye, as a European-only single in early 1983, it was also the last track on Gaye's final album in his lifetime, \"Midnight Love\"; released in 1982. The song was written by Banks with another act in mind that he was producing back in the United States. While working with Gaye in Europe, first on several tours and then together at a Belgian recording studio where they recorded Gaye's \"Midnight Love\" album, Gaye had struggled", "title": "My Love Is Waiting" }, { "id": "7723007", "text": "who sing the higher parts of the song with the Vandellas singing the lower parts as similar as records produced with The Four Tops. I'm Ready for Love \"I'm Ready for Love\" is a 1966 single by Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas. Scoring their biggest hit since \"Nowhere to Run\" peaked at #8 on the pop singles chart, this tune, which had the narrator longing to be in love with her object of affection, rose to #9 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and #2 on Billboard's Hot R&B singles chart. The song, produced and written by Holland-Dozier-Holland, was", "title": "I'm Ready for Love" }, { "id": "9092674", "text": "Bulldog Drummond, and the North-West Mounted Police (the Mounties). The vocals of the Coasters' lead singer Billy Guy are raw and insistent. Driving the song is a pounding piano rhythm of two bass notes alternating on every second beat. The theme of the song is searching for love: The refrain is simple variations of this phrase The track was recorded in Los Angeles on 15 February 1957; the backing band comprised Mike Stoller (piano and arrangement), Barney Kessell (guitar), Ralph Harrison (bass), and Jesse Sailes (drums). The song has been covered by The Beatles, the Grateful Dead, Skip Battin, The", "title": "Searchin'" }, { "id": "16957494", "text": "the line-up of the Classic Hits Winery Tour, touring New Zealand in February and March along with Fat Freddy's Drop and The Adults. In September she released third single \"Wait For Me\" on iTunes, co-written with Don McGlashan, with whom she also worked on other new recordings. Her debut, self-titled album was released on 25 October 2013. It is co-produced by Don McGlashan and Joel Little. In August 2014, van Wel featured with other New Zealand artists on the charity single \"Song for Everyone\". Clara van Wel Clara van Wel (born 5 August 1997) is a New Zealand singer-songwriter, best", "title": "Clara van Wel" }, { "id": "3057641", "text": "Michael Martin Murphey Michael Martin Murphey (born March 14, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter best known for writing and performing Western music, country music and popular music. A multiple Grammy nominee, Murphey has six gold albums, including \"Cowboy Songs\", the first album of cowboy music to achieve gold status since \"Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs\" by Marty Robbins in 1959. He has recorded the hit singles \"Wildfire\", \"Carolina in the Pines\", \"What's Forever For\", \"A Long Line of Love\", \"What She Wants\", \"Don't Count the Rainy Days\", and \"Maybe This Time\". Murphey is also the author of New Mexico's state", "title": "Michael Martin Murphey" }, { "id": "17218995", "text": "Waiting All Night \"Waiting All Night\" is a song by English drum and bass band Rudimental. It features the vocals from English singer Ella Eyre. The song was released in the United Kingdom on 14 April 2013 as the fourth single from their debut studio album, \"Home\" (2013). The song reached number one in the UK Singles Chart and has also charted in Australia and Belgium. The group, along with Eyre, performed a live version of the song for BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge, which features on the \"Live Lounge 2013\" compilation album. A mashup of the song with Bastille's", "title": "Waiting All Night" }, { "id": "3362576", "text": "Peck (born in Queens, New York, December 17, 1968) was recruited as the group's new bass vocalist in February 2009. In 2009, Bonhart left the Spinners and was replaced by vocalist Marvin Taylor. The group lost another member from their early days, when Edgar \"Chico\" Edwards died on December 3, 2011. The Spinners were put into the limelight again in 2003 when an Elton John track was re-issued featuring them on backing vocals. In 1977, the Spinners had recorded two versions of \"Are You Ready for Love\" at the Philadelphia studios. One had all of the Spinners, the other with", "title": "The Spinners (American R&B group)" }, { "id": "20561666", "text": "the biggest hits by Swedish artists Axwell Ʌ Ingrosso – \"More Than You Know\" (2017), \"Sun Is Shining\" (2015) and Avicii – \"Without You(feat. Sandro Cavazza)\" (2017), \"Waiting For Love\" (2015). Vargas and Lagola Vargas & Lagola are a Swedish songwriting, production and artist duo of Vincent Pontare (\"Vargas\") and Salem Al Fakir (\"Lagola\"). They have worked with many pre-eminent artists, including: Avicii, Axwell Ʌ Ingrosso, David Guetta, Galantis, Madonna, Seinabo Sey and more. In addition to their songwriting and production work, they release pop music as Vargas & Lagola. Vincent Pontare and Salem Al Fakir have gone from successful", "title": "Vargas and Lagola" }, { "id": "12168639", "text": "Waitin' on a Woman \"Waitin' on a Woman\" is a song written by Don Sampson and Wynn Varble, and performed three times by American country music artist Brad Paisley. His first recording of the song was included on his 2005 album \"Time Well Wasted\". Three years later, Paisley re-recorded the song for inclusion on a re-issue of his 2007 album \"5th Gear\". This re-recorded version was issued on June 9, 2008 and became the twenty-first chart single of Paisley's career and became the twelfth number 1 single of his career and his eighth consecutive number 1 single. The song also", "title": "Waitin' on a Woman" }, { "id": "18799610", "text": "leaves home on his mobility scooter to search for her. He roams through the countryside on his scooter, growing as a person and making unlikely friends. He ultimately returns to his home city and is welcomed as a celebrity, as well as discovering his wife waiting for him. The lyric video was uploaded on 22 May 2015. It follows the story of a dog and his owner. The owner is sent to war, leaving his dog at home. The dog eventually runs off in search for his master, nearly getting killed by a bomb blast which knocks him out and", "title": "Waiting for Love (Avicii song)" }, { "id": "7878275", "text": "Nayobe Nayobe Catalina Gomez, known professionally Nayobe (born 1968 in Brooklyn, New York) is a U.S. singer of Afro-Cuban heritage and freestyle dance-pop musician. Her most successful singles are \"Good Things Come to Those Who Wait\", \"Second Chance for Love\" and \"It's Too Late,\" which reached positions # 15, # 30 and # 5 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs. In the early part of 1985 Nayobe became the first Latin American female to record a Freestyle song called \"Please Don't Go\" which was produced by Andy Panda. Some music critics correctly declare her record the first song of", "title": "Nayobe" }, { "id": "17838734", "text": "by Red Wortham in 1966. In the late 1960s he recorded for the Ref-O-Ree label, again owned by Ted Jarrett. His only recording after 1973 was a gospel single, \"I Felt Alright\", in 1981. He died in Nashville in 1990, at the age of 56. Larry Birdsong Lawrence E. Birdsong (June 15, 1934 – August 7, 1990) was an American R&B singer who recorded between the 1950s and 1970s. His biggest hit was \"Pleadin' For Love\", which reached the \"Billboard\" R&B chart in 1956. He was born in Pulaski, Tennessee, into a musical family; all his brothers and singers also", "title": "Larry Birdsong" }, { "id": "3475350", "text": "Jennifer Rush Jennifer Rush (born Heidi Stern, September 28, 1960) is an American singer and songwriter. Rush achieved success during the mid-1980s around the world, with the release of a number of singles and albums including the million-selling single \"The Power of Love,\" which she co-wrote and released in 1984. Rush was born Heidi Stern in Astoria in Queens, New York and has two older brothers. Her father Maurice Stern is an operatic tenor, voice teacher and sculptor. Her parents divorced and she and her brothers lived with her mother until Rush was a toddler, and then with her father", "title": "Jennifer Rush" }, { "id": "19712169", "text": "as the album's lead single on 6 September 2016. It reached number one on the UK physical chart. \"Dear Life\" was released as the second single on 16 December. On 17 March 2017, \"Hold On\" featuring Alex Francis was released as the third single. It was not included on the original version of the album, but featured on the deluxe release. Melanie announced \"Room for Love\" as the fourth single on 13 October 2017, with its release scheduled for 20 October. Melanie embarked on the \"Version of Me Tour\" in April 2017. She visited fourteen cities, starting in Glasgow on", "title": "Version of Me" }, { "id": "18530494", "text": "Seasons (Waiting on You) \"Seasons (Waiting on You)\" is a song by American synthpop band Future Islands. It is the opening track on their fourth studio album \"Singles\", and was released as the album's lead single on February 4, 2014. The song received much critical acclaim, topping \"The Village Voice\"s annual year-end Pazz & Jop critics' poll and also being named the best track of 2014 by publications such as \"NME\", Pitchfork Media, and Spin. The band's performance of the song on \"Late Show with David Letterman\" became an internet hit due to frontman Samuel T. Herring's visual and vocal", "title": "Seasons (Waiting on You)" }, { "id": "3645702", "text": "singles \"Asian Paradise\" (AUS #76) and \"How Do You Talk to Boys\" (AUS #25). O'Neill joined Jon Stevens on a duet called \"Don't Let Love Go\" which reached number 5 in New Zealand in March 1980. O'Neill's third studio album \"Maybe\" was released in October 1981. It produced the hits \"Waiting for You\" and \"Maybe\" (AUS #38). O'Neill supported Boz Scaggs on his Australian tour before she moved to Australia to settle. O'Neill provided the soundtrack to Roger Donaldson's 1982 movie \"Smash Palace\". It was a five track extended play and won Best Film Soundtrack/Cast Recording/Compilation at the 1983 New", "title": "Sharon O'Neill" }, { "id": "3729685", "text": "Rotten Tomatoes, based on 27 reviews. In the book \"Is Marriage for White People?\" writer and Stanford Law School professor Ralph Richard Banks states that the film is a perfect example of the problems African-American women have in finding serious relationships. The soundtrack to the film featured exclusively female African-American artists. The soundtrack included the number-one hit song \"Exhale (Shoop Shoop)\", sung by the film's star, Whitney Houston, as well as \"Not Gon' Cry\" by Mary J. Blige, \"Sittin' Up in My Room\" by Brandy, and \"Count on Me\" by Whitney Houston and CeCe Winans, all of which reached the", "title": "Waiting to Exhale" }, { "id": "9074442", "text": "Runaway Love (Ludacris song) \"Runaway Love\" is the third single released from Ludacris' fifth album, \"Release Therapy\" (2006). The song, which features Mary J. Blige on the vocals, was produced by Polow da Don and reached #2 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 singles chart only behind Justin Timberlake's \"What Goes Around... Comes Around\". The song was the first single from \"Release Therapy\" in the United Kingdom and was released as a double A-side with \"Girls Gone Wild\" included. The song was performed at the 2007 Grammy Awards show by Ludacris, Mary J. Blige and Earth, Wind & Fire. A remix", "title": "Runaway Love (Ludacris song)" } ]

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[ { "id": "8507173", "text": "of the original. The band Napalm Death released the song \"It's a M.A.N.S World!\", which attacks and parodies the ideas of chauvinism and patriarchy ideas, on their 1988 album \"From Enslavement to Obliteration\". It's a Man's Man's Man's World \"It's a Man's Man's Man's World\" is a song by James Brown and Betty Jean Newsome. Brown recorded it on February 16, 1966 in a New York City studio and released it as a single later that year. It reached No. 1 on the \"Billboard\" R&B chart and No. 8 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. Its title is a word play", "title": "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" }, { "id": "8507167", "text": "It's a Man's Man's Man's World \"It's a Man's Man's Man's World\" is a song by James Brown and Betty Jean Newsome. Brown recorded it on February 16, 1966 in a New York City studio and released it as a single later that year. It reached No. 1 on the \"Billboard\" R&B chart and No. 8 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. Its title is a word play on the 1963 comedy film \"It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World\". The song's lyrics, which \"Rolling Stone\" characterized as \"biblically chauvinistic\", attribute all the works of modern civilization (the car, the train,", "title": "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" }, { "id": "8507172", "text": "of all time. \"with studio band:\" Other players, including trombone, bass and strings, unknown Arranged and conducted by Sammy Lowe Australian musician Renée Geyer recorded a version in 1974. The song was released in November 1974 as the second single from her second studio album, \"It's a Man's Man's World\". The song peaked at number 44 on the Australian Kent Music Report, becoming her first Australian top 50 single. The song has been recorded by many artists in various idioms over the years. Neneh Cherry released the answer song \"Woman\" on her 1996 album \"Man\" in response to the chauvinism", "title": "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" }, { "id": "8507170", "text": "in 1963. Brown himself recorded a demo version of the song, provisionally entitled \"It's a Man's World\", in 1964. This version later appeared on the CD compilations \"The CD of JB\" and \"Star Time\". The released version of \"It's a Man's Man's Man's World\" was recorded quickly, in only two takes, with a studio ensemble that included members of Brown's touring band and a string section arranged and conducted by Sammy Lowe. A female chorus was involved in the recording sessions, but their parts were edited out of the song's final master. \"It's a Man's Man's Man's World\" became a", "title": "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" }, { "id": "8507171", "text": "staple of Brown's live shows for the rest of his career. Its slow, simmering groove and declamatory vocal line made it suitable for long, open-ended performances incorporating spoken ruminations on love and loss and sometimes interpolations from other songs. It appears on almost all of Brown's live albums starting with 1967's \"Live at the Garden\". Brown also recorded a big band jazz arrangement of the song with the Louie Bellson Orchestra for his 1970 album \"Soul on Top\". In 2004, \"It's a Man's Man's Man's World\" was ranked number 123 on \"Rolling Stone\" magazine's list of the 500 greatest songs", "title": "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" }, { "id": "15068801", "text": "Chantay Savage, LaShanda Reese and the Pointer Sisters themselves. Kate Pierson along with Cindy Wilson contributed with the new version of the McFadden & Whitehead's disco track \"Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now\" (No.#1 in the US R&B, at #5 in UK Top 75 in 1979). From the classics, James Brown's composition \"It's a Man's Man's Man's World\" (No.#1 on the US R&B in 1966), and Elton John's gospel ballad \"The Border Song\" (No.#92 in the US Hot 100 in 1970 were also present. Notes The Associate (soundtrack) The Associate is the original motion picture soundtrack of the 1996 film \"The", "title": "The Associate (soundtrack)" }, { "id": "3489853", "text": "by the end of the year. In August 1974, Geyer released her second studio album, \"It's a Man's Man's World\" which was produced by Tweed Harris (ex-The Groove), It became her first charting album when it peaked at #28 in October on the Kent Music Report. The title track, \"It's a Man's Man's Man's World\", was a cover version of James Brown's hit from 1965, and became her first top 50 single. Geyer then formed Sanctuary, to promote the album with the original line-up of, Billy Green (guitar; ex-Doug Parkinson In Focus), Barry Harvey (drums; ex-Chain), Mal Logan (keyboards; ex-Healing", "title": "Renée Geyer" }, { "id": "8507169", "text": "Newsome would claim that Brown didn't write any part of the song and argued in court that Brown sometimes forgot to pay her royalties. In May 1966, \"Record World\" magazine reported that Brown, King Records and Dynatone Publishing were being sued by Clamike Records for alleged copyright infringement of the Betty Newsome song \"It's a Man's World (But What Would He Do Without a Woman)\". The composition of \"It's a Man's Man's Man's World\" developed over a period of several years. Tammy Montgomery, better known as Tammi Terrell, recorded \"I Cried\", a Brown-penned song based on the same chord changes,", "title": "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" }, { "id": "8507168", "text": "the boat (\"Like Noah built the ark\"), and the electric light) to the efforts of men, but claim that it all would \"mean nothing without a woman or a girl\". The song also states that man made toys for the baby boys and girls, and comments about the fact that \"Man makes money\" to buy from other men. Before the song's fade, Brown states that man is lost in his bitterness and in the wilderness. Brown's co-writer and onetime girlfriend, Betty Jean Newsome, wrote the lyrics based on her own observations of the relations between the sexes. In later years,", "title": "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" }, { "id": "12830832", "text": "Alma Jean (played by Jeanine Cashell), is interested in Vern. Nora Fitzgerald (played by Ann Schuyler) is interested in Tom-Tom. There is also a dog named Shadrack. Among the series guest stars were Med Flory, Hope Summers, Joan Tewkesbury, and Dawn Wells Peter Tewksbury and James Leighton were the creators of the series, originally titled The Young Men, a Revue Studios production. Earl Hamner, Jr. was part of the writing staff. \"It's a Man's World\" was \"ahead of its time\": it depicted the restlessness, idealism, and increasing iconoclasm that began to emerge among American youth during the early 1960s. Broadcast", "title": "It's a Man's World (TV series)" }, { "id": "2788434", "text": "by Cherry, McVeigh and Lenny Kravitz. 1996's \"Man\" is a solo record produced by McVey, Jonny Dollar and Christian Falk. The lead track is \"Woman\", her take on James Brown's 1966 track \"It's a Man's Man's Man's World.\" It featured the worldwide hit single, \"7 Seconds\", featuring Youssou N'Dour; and \"Trouble Man\" a cover of a Marvin Gaye track. \"7 Seconds\" remained at number one in France for a record 16 weeks in 1994. Another track, \"Together Now\", featured Tricky. Cherry received her second Grammy nomination in 1994 for \"7 Seconds\". In the MTV Europe Music Awards in 1994, \"7", "title": "Neneh Cherry" }, { "id": "210456", "text": "gospel-tinged vocals, polished choreography and timing as well as Brown's energetic dance moves and high-octane singing upstaged the proposed closing act, the Rolling Stones. Having signed a new deal with King, Brown released his song \"Papa's Got a Brand New Bag\", which became his first top ten pop hit and won him his first Grammy Award. Later in 1965, he issued \"I Got You\", which became his second single in a row to reach number-one on the R&B chart and top ten on the pop chart. Brown followed that up with the ballad \"It's a Man's Man's Man's World\" which", "title": "James Brown" }, { "id": "6509050", "text": "\"It's a Man's World\" found Cher singing 'unconventional' songs in a style more associated with the Deep South, rather than her more familiar pop and rock roots. The album also stands out for Cher stretching her vocals to head register for such songs as \"One by One\" and \"The Gunman\", getting out of her comfort zone of her trademark husky contralto. Cher signed with Warner Music U.K. in 1994 and recorded \"It's a Man's World\" in London in 1995. That same year the album was released all over Europe with \"Walking in Memphis\" as its lead off single. In the", "title": "It's a Man's World (Cher album)" }, { "id": "8092024", "text": "One by One (song) \"One by One\" is the first American and second European single by American singer-actress Cher from her twenty first studio album, \"It's a Man's World\". It was released on January 5, 1996 by Reprise Records and WEA. It was written by Anthony Griffiths of The Real People and had been released by Irish singer Johnny Logan in 1990. Cher is credited as composer on the U.S. edition of \"It's a Man's World\". The song received warm chart reception, reaching the top 40 in Canada, Europe, and the United Kingdom. In 1987, Liverpool-based musician Anthony Griffiths penned", "title": "One by One (song)" }, { "id": "6868906", "text": "A Night in San Francisco A Night in San Francisco is a live album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, released in 1994. Guest artists were Candy Dulfer, John Lee Hooker, Junior Wells and Jimmy Witherspoon as well as Morrison's daughter, Shana Morrison. James Hunter and Brian Kennedy helped out with the vocals and Georgie Fame was also present. The June 2008 reissued and remastered version of the album contains a live take of the Morrison song \"Cleaning Windows\". \"I'll Take Care of You/It's a Man's Man's Man's World\" from this album was listed as one of the standout tracks", "title": "A Night in San Francisco" }, { "id": "6509053", "text": "cover of Marc Cohn's Walking in Memphis served as the lead single off the record in Europe, Australia and Canada. In Europe the song was a notable hit and charted higher than the original version. It managed to peak at #11 in the UK and reached the top 20 in several European countries, however it failed to gain notable attention elsewhere. A music video for the song portrayed Cher walking around Memphis dressed up as Elvis Presley and singing in a bus. A Cher-written track One by One met more success being released as a second single and the first", "title": "It's a Man's World (Cher album)" }, { "id": "857726", "text": "her voice had improved. Stephen Holden of \"The New York Times\" wrote that \"From an artistic standpoint, this soulful collection of grown-up pop songs ... is the high point of her recording career.\" \"It's a Man's World\" reached number 10 on the UK Albums Chart and spawned the UK top-ten single \"One by One\". Tracks were remixed for the American release of the album, abandoning its original rock sound in favor of a style more accessible to U.S. radio; it reached number 64 on the \"Billboard\" 200. In 1996, Cher played the wife of a businessman who hires a hitman", "title": "Cher" }, { "id": "5964148", "text": "some deep stuff back then. [The song] is about the ins and outs of a relationship. Sometimes, you're completely head-over-heels in love with someone, and sometimes you can't stand that person. You fall in and out, sometimes it goes back and forth, and that's just what relationships are about.\" The song samples the early James Brown hit, \"It's a Man's Man's Man's World.\" According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by Sony/ATV Music Publishing, the song is set in 12/8 time with a \"free\" tempo of 60 beats per minute. It is composed in the key of E minor", "title": "Fallin' (Alicia Keys song)" }, { "id": "20011163", "text": "Woman (Neneh Cherry song) \"Woman\" is a torch song by Swedish singer-songwriter Neneh Cherry from her 1996 album \"Man\". Written by Cherry, her husband Cameron McVey, and Jonathan Sharp, the song was created as a take on James Brown's 1966 hit \"It's a Man's Man's Man's World\". The song's lyrics describe the difficulties women face in life, allowing Cherry to be seen as an empowering female recording artist. \"Woman\" was released as a single in June 1996, becoming Cherry's last substantial hit. It reached number three in Walloon Belgium, number four in Finland and Italy, and number nine on the", "title": "Woman (Neneh Cherry song)" }, { "id": "6509052", "text": "feel. The new versions of those songs: \"Not Enough Love in the World\", \"Paradise Is Here\", \"Angels Running\", \"What About the Moonlight\" and \"One by One\" were labeled as album versions in the United States. Their new sound carried R&B influences, while their original versions were influenced by Southern rock and blues. Because of the alterations, the American release was also compared to the style of Boyz II Men. While the album was temporarily sidelined by her dizzying worldwide success with \"Believe\", in recent years it has been rediscovered and credited. Five singles were released to promote the album. A", "title": "It's a Man's World (Cher album)" }, { "id": "11837205", "text": "Cooke, The Softones, The Tokens, The Platters, Brook Benton, Sylvia, Ray, Goodman & Brown, Cameo, Little Peggy March, Della Reese, Panama Francis and Pat Thomas among others. He is perhaps best known for being one of James Brown's arrangers, including on the hits \"It's a Man's Man's Man's World\" and \"Prisoner of Love\". Lowe was one of the first inductees to the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame. With Willis Jackson Sammy Lowe Sammy Lowe (May 14, 1918, Birmingham, Alabama – February 17, 1993, Birmingham) was an American trumpeter, arranger, and conductor. Lowe was active both in jazz and in R&B", "title": "Sammy Lowe" }, { "id": "8425595", "text": "Dick's Picks Volume 8 Dick's Picks Volume 8 is the eighth live album in the Dick's Picks series of releases by the Grateful Dead. It was recorded on May 2, 1970 at Harpur College (now Binghamton University) in Binghamton, New York. It was released in mid-1997. The album contains the entire concert, except for one song — \"Cold Rain and Snow\", which was in between \"Good Lovin'\" and \"It's a Man's Man's Man's World\". The first two verses of \"St. Stephen\" are also missing. The first set of the concert was acoustic, and was recorded in stereo. The second and", "title": "Dick's Picks Volume 8" }, { "id": "16802379", "text": "were all officially signed by Anastacia, and sold out in just three days. Copies available via the official store are able for purchase anywhere in Europe. Digital copies of the album contain an exclusive bonus track, a cover of Soundgarden's \"Black Hole Sun\". Entirely produced by Glen Ballard, the album is Anastacia's first studio album since \"Heavy Rotation\" (2008), and consists of cover versions of songs by male rock artists. The album was preceded by a promotional single, \"Dream On\", on October 26, 2012, before the album's official lead single, a cover of \"Best of You\" by the Foo Fighters,", "title": "It's a Man's World (Anastacia album)" }, { "id": "6509049", "text": "It's a Man's World (Cher album) It's a Man's World is the twenty-first studio album by American singer Cher released on November 6, 1995 by WEA, a label of Warner Music U.K.. This is also the start of her second stint with Warner Music Group. With an adjusted track list, the album was released in the United States on June 25, 1996 by Reprise Records. As of 1997, the album has sold 700,000 copies worldwide. In the UK the album peaked at number 10 and was certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for selling more than 100,000 copies.", "title": "It's a Man's World (Cher album)" }, { "id": "13254397", "text": "advertisement for a DOE campaign in 2000 and 2002. The song was also used for Shane Meadows' \"This is England '86\", during the closing scenes of the first episode in September 2010. Midge Ure recorded a version for his album \"\"10\"\" in 2008. Man of the World (song) \"Man of the World\" is a song recorded by Fleetwood Mac in 1969, and composed by vocalist and lead guitarist Peter Green. It first appeared as a Fleetwood Mac single in various countries in 1969, subsequently appearing on the \"Greatest Hits\" album in 1971. It later featured on the 1992 boxed set", "title": "Man of the World (song)" }, { "id": "3489871", "text": "2004 and Geyer's twelfth studio album \"Tonight\" in April 2005. On 14 July 2005, Geyer was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame by Michael Gudinski. At the ceremony, contemporary R&B singer Jade MacRae performed a Geyer medley, followed by Geyer singing her 1975 hit \"It's a Man's Man's World\". In July 2007, Geyer was cast in the lead role in \"Sleeping Beauty\". In 2008 she also provided a voice in the award winning claymation \"Mary & Max\" by Adam Elliot. Geyer and fellow 1970s singer, Marcia Hines, are the subjects of Australian academic, Jon Stratton's 2008 Cultural Studies article,", "title": "Renée Geyer" }, { "id": "8425597", "text": "electrical activity is suspected.\" Dick's Picks Volume 8 Dick's Picks Volume 8 is the eighth live album in the Dick's Picks series of releases by the Grateful Dead. It was recorded on May 2, 1970 at Harpur College (now Binghamton University) in Binghamton, New York. It was released in mid-1997. The album contains the entire concert, except for one song — \"Cold Rain and Snow\", which was in between \"Good Lovin'\" and \"It's a Man's Man's Man's World\". The first two verses of \"St. Stephen\" are also missing. The first set of the concert was acoustic, and was recorded in", "title": "Dick's Picks Volume 8" }, { "id": "13254393", "text": "Man of the World (song) \"Man of the World\" is a song recorded by Fleetwood Mac in 1969, and composed by vocalist and lead guitarist Peter Green. It first appeared as a Fleetwood Mac single in various countries in 1969, subsequently appearing on the \"Greatest Hits\" album in 1971. It later featured on the 1992 boxed set \"25 Years – The Chain\", and on the 2002 compilation albums \"The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac\" and \"The Best of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac\". A slightly different version of the song was included on the 1998 compilation \"The Vaudeville Years\". \"Man of", "title": "Man of the World (song)" }, { "id": "3886100", "text": "career, Franklin's deep vocals became one of the group's signature trademarks. Franklin sang a handful of featured leads with the group as well, including the songs \"I Truly, Truly Believe\" (\"The Temptations Wish It Would Rain\", 1968), \"Silent Night\" (\"Give Love At Christmas\", 1980), \"The Prophet\" (\"A Song for You\", 1975), and his signature live performance number, \"Ol' Man River\". Franklin was usually called upon to deliver ad-libs, harmony vocals, and, during the psychedelic soul era, notable sections of the main verses. His line from The Temptations' 1970 #3 hit \"Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)\", \"and", "title": "Melvin Franklin" }, { "id": "10090697", "text": "Diana Trask Diana Roselyn Trask (born 23 June 1940) is an Australian-born country and pop singer. In the early 1960s she was a regular pop music performer on United States TV shows, \"Don McNeill's Breakfast Club\" and \"Sing Along with Mitch\". From 1968 to 1981 she was a country music singer in the US and in Australia. In the US, she had eighteen singles on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Songs chart, where her top 20 hits are \"Say When\" and \"It's a Man's World (If You Have a Man Like Mine)\" (both 1973), \"When I Get My Hands on You\"", "title": "Diana Trask" }, { "id": "3489847", "text": "Renée Geyer Renée Rebecca Geyer (born 11 September 1953) is an Australian singer who has long been regarded as one of the finest exponents of jazz, soul and R&B idioms. She had commercial success as a solo artist in Australia, with \"It's a Man's Man's World\", \"Heading in the Right Direction\" and \"Stares and Whispers\" in the 1970s and \"Say I Love You\" in the 1980s. Geyer has also been an internationally respected and sought-after backing vocalist, whose session credits include work with Sting, Chaka Khan, Toni Childs and Joe Cocker. In 2000, her autobiography, \"Confessions of a Difficult Woman\",", "title": "Renée Geyer" }, { "id": "10090708", "text": "1 May 2010. Diana Trask Diana Roselyn Trask (born 23 June 1940) is an Australian-born country and pop singer. In the early 1960s she was a regular pop music performer on United States TV shows, \"Don McNeill's Breakfast Club\" and \"Sing Along with Mitch\". From 1968 to 1981 she was a country music singer in the US and in Australia. In the US, she had eighteen singles on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Songs chart, where her top 20 hits are \"Say When\" and \"It's a Man's World (If You Have a Man Like Mine)\" (both 1973), \"When I Get My", "title": "Diana Trask" }, { "id": "4843061", "text": "NBC sitcom, \"227\". In the 1990s, Vaughn guest starred on \"Thea\", \"Hangin' with Mr. Cooper\", and \"Roc\". Outside of television, she performed in the off-Broadway musical \"Mama, I Want to Sing! Part 3\". In 1992, Vaughn released her first album, \"Countess\", featuring a variety of songs, including dance music and R&B. The album's lead single, a cover of James Brown's \"It's A Man's, Man's, Man's World\", charted in the top-100 of the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart; the album itself sold 3,000 copies. Vaughn's breakthrough role was playing Kimberly Ann Parker in the UPN sitcom \"Moesha\". She co-starred on the show", "title": "Countess Vaughn" }, { "id": "8935614", "text": "Super Duper Love (Are You Diggin' on Me) \"Super Duper Love (Are You Diggin' on Me)\" is a song by Willie \"Sugar Billy\" Garner, released in 1975 as a single from his 1975 album \"Super Duper Love\". It was made famous when English singer Joss Stone covered the song's part one for her debut album, \"The Soul Sessions\" (2003), from which it was released in May 2004 as the second and final single under the title \"Super Duper Love\". A live performance of James Brown's 1966 song \"It's a Man's Man's Man's World\", retitled \"It's a Man's Man's World\", is", "title": "Super Duper Love (Are You Diggin' on Me)" }, { "id": "8092698", "text": "on \"The RuPaul Show\" in 1997. These are the formats and track listings of all single releases of \"Paradise Is Here\". US CD maxi-single US 12\" vinyl promo US 12\" vinyl promo US 12\" vinyl promo white label Same track listing as the \"US 12\" vinyl promo\". US CD single promo picture CD Paradise Is Here \"Paradise Is Here\" is a song written by Paul Brady and available on his 1987 album \"Primitive Dance\". The song was also recorded by Tina Turner, for her album \"Break Every Rule\", and Cher for her twenty-first album \"It's a Man's World\". Tina Turner's", "title": "Paradise Is Here" }, { "id": "210439", "text": "to national public attention in the late 1950s as a member of the singing group The Famous Flames with the hit ballads \"Please, Please, Please\" and \"Try Me\", Brown built a reputation as a tireless live performer with the Famous Flames and his backing band, sometimes known as the James Brown Band or the James Brown Orchestra. His success peaked in the 1960s with the live album \"Live at the Apollo\" and hit singles such as \"Papa's Got a Brand New Bag\", \"I Got You (I Feel Good)\" and \"It's a Man's Man's Man's World\". During the late 1960s he", "title": "James Brown" }, { "id": "857725", "text": "she started a mail-order catalogue business, \"Sanctuary\", selling Gothic-themed products, and contributed a rock version of \"I Got You Babe\" to MTV's animated series \"Beavis and Butt-head\". Alongside Chrissie Hynde, Neneh Cherry, and Eric Clapton, she topped the UK Singles Chart in 1995 with the charity single \"Love Can Build a Bridge\". Later that year, she signed with Warner Music UK's label WEA and released the album \"It's a Man's World\" (1995), which came out of her idea of covering men's songs from a woman's point of view. In general, critics favored the album and its R&B influences, some saying", "title": "Cher" }, { "id": "7551002", "text": "\"It's a Man's World\" from which it was released as the lead single in Europe and the UK on October 16, 1995. The b&w music video prepared to promote the track intercut footage of Cher singing - seated in the doorway of a motor coach - with footage of an Elvis Presley-like figure - played by Cher - mostly seen walking down the streets of Memphis. The lyrics as sung by Cher reverse the gender of Muriel the pianist, the pianist being renamed Gabriel. Cher - wearing a blonde wig and dark outfit as on the single's picture sleeve -", "title": "Walking in Memphis" }, { "id": "12830830", "text": "It's a Man's World (TV series) It's a Man's World is an American comedy-drama television series which aired on NBC from September 17, 1962, to January 28, 1963. The series centers on four young men who live in a houseboat called \"The Elephant\", which is moored at an Ohio River town named Cordella in Ohio. Cordella is loosely based on the city of Marietta, Ohio, and some of the establishing shots in the series were shot there. The main characters are pre-law college student Wes Macauley, portrayed by Glenn Corbett and his younger brother Howie, recently orphaned by an automobile", "title": "It's a Man's World (TV series)" }, { "id": "3489877", "text": "was nominated once. The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987. Geyer had been nominated six times. Renée Geyer Renée Rebecca Geyer (born 11 September 1953) is an Australian singer who has long been regarded as one of the finest exponents of jazz, soul and R&B idioms. She had commercial success as a solo artist in Australia, with \"It's a Man's Man's World\", \"Heading in the Right Direction\" and \"Stares and Whispers\" in the 1970s and \"Say I Love You\" in the 1980s.", "title": "Renée Geyer" }, { "id": "857756", "text": "the 1970s were described by Eder as \"dramatic, highly intense ... [and] almost as much 'acted' as sung\". First heard in the 1980 record \"Black Rose\", Cher employed sharper, more aggressive vocals on her hard rock-oriented albums, establishing her sexually confident image. For the 1995 album \"It's a Man's World\", she restrained her vocals, singing in higher registers and without vibrato. The 1998 song \"Believe\" has an electronic vocal effect proposed by Cher, and was the first commercial recording to feature Auto-Tune—an audio processor originally intended to disguise or correct off-key inaccuracies in vocal music recordings—as a deliberate creative effect;", "title": "Cher" }, { "id": "12158706", "text": "The album included versions of five songs which Paddy McAloon originally wrote for other performers. \"Cowboy Dreams\", \"I'm a Troubled Man\", \"Love Will Find Someone for You\" and \"Blue Roses\" were originally recorded by Jimmy Nail in 1994 and 1996, respectively, while title track \"The Gunman\" was originally recorded by Cher on her 1995 album \"It's a Man's World\". The album was the least successful of the band's output, stalling at No. 60 in the UK Albums Chart. One single was released from the album, \"Wild Card in the Pack\", in October 2001. All songs written by Paddy McAloon unless", "title": "The Gunman and Other Stories" }, { "id": "1918962", "text": "States, it reached the Top 30 on the British charts. In 1981, Rogers bought the old ABC Dunhill building and built one of the most popular and state-of-the-art recording studios in Los Angeles. The song \"We Are The World\" was recorded there. Rogers went on to work with Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees who produced his 1983 hit album \"Eyes That See in the Dark,\" featuring the title track and yet another No. 1 hit \"Islands in the Stream\", a duet with Dolly Parton. Gibb, along with his brothers, Robin and Maurice, originally wrote the song for Marvin Gaye", "title": "Kenny Rogers" }, { "id": "8092697", "text": "Rule Tour\" on which the track was one of the encores. An alternate and edited live version was later included as the closing track on her 1988 album \"Tina Live in Europe\". The official music video for the song was directed by Andy Morahan. \"Paradise Is Here\" was the second North American single by American singer-actress Cher from her studio album, \"It's a Man's World\". It was released on December 3, 1996 by Reprise Records. The song did not crack the US Hot 100, but became a top 20 US club hit, peaking at number eleven. Cher performed the song", "title": "Paradise Is Here" }, { "id": "5240871", "text": "by Columbia Records as catalog number 39673. The song quotes Wagner's \"Bridal Chorus\" and Mendelssohn's \"Wedding March\", both played on a pipe organ. The flip side was \"Who Who Who\". The song first entered the Billboard Best-Selling Records chart on March 7, 1952, and lasted 19 weeks, peaking at #4 on the chart. (According to some sources, the song reached #1 on the chart \"Most Played in Juke Box\".) The song was also recorded by Ella Fitzgerald in 1951, and by Australian singer June Miller, with Les Welch and his orchestra, in May 1952, although Doris Day's version was actually", "title": "A Guy Is a Guy" }, { "id": "16328522", "text": "son Leo Houston. Among the songs appearing in the episode are the original title number from the episode performed by Megan Hilty and the cast of \"Marilyn\", Katharine McPhee's cover of James Brown's \"It's a Man's Man's Man's World\" and Donny Hathaway's \"A Song for You\" performed by Chase. All three songs were released as singles on March 5, 2012. The episode saw a 17% increase in ratings from the previous week. It had an 18-49 rating of 2.7/7 and was seen by 7.76 million viewers and was first in its timeslot. With the Live+7 DVR viewing added, the episode", "title": "Let's Be Bad" }, { "id": "15242089", "text": "achieve much success in various nationwide competitions. Tom was noticed on YouTube by Ellen DeGeneres and he made his television debut on \"The Ellen DeGeneres Show\" on September 16, 2010 singing \"It's a Man's Man's Man's World\" by James Brown. He studied at the Exeter Academy of Music and Sound. He writes his own material and has worked with Toby Gad, Jorgen Elofsson, Arnthor Birgisson, Julie Frost, Gary Clarke, Gary Go, Herbie Crichlow, Stuart Crichton and Khris Lorenz, he is working on his debut album due in 2013. He has also written with Fraser T Smith and RedOne. Tom Andrews", "title": "Tom Andrews (singer)" }, { "id": "15571835", "text": "as my own and do a song like this, especially with the lyrics being like that.\" The track was composed during Rihanna's Last Girl on Earth tour. The song's instrumental was recorded by Cary Clark at The Village in Los Angeles. Kuk Harrell produced Rihanna's vocals with Josh Gudwin and Marcos Tovar at Westlake Recording Studios, also in Los Angeles. Bobby Campbell assisted with vocal production and recording. The song was mixed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee Sound Studios in Los Angeles, assisted by Erik Madrid and Christian Plata. Daniels estimated the total cost of the writing camp to be", "title": "Man Down (song)" }, { "id": "8480418", "text": "samples. The trumpet introduction comes from \"It's a Man's Man's Man's World\" by James Brown, while the sample running along the whole song is taken from the French TV miniseries \"\"'s main titles. It also took samples from the films \"Enter the Dragon\" and \"Short Eyes\". Gravel Pit \"Gravel Pit\" is a single released by the Wu-Tang Clan featuring Paulissa Moorman for their album \"The W\". It was not as popular in the U.S. as other Wu-Tang Clan singles like \"C.R.E.A.M.\" and \"Uzi (Pinky Ring)\" . It did, however, receive major radio play, and topped the music video show 106", "title": "Gravel Pit" }, { "id": "12082595", "text": "\"Night Fever\" and the alternate videos of \"How Deep Is Your Love\" and \"Stayin' Alive\" as well as the video for his 1984 solo single \"Fine Line\". \"My World\" also reached #15 in \"Cash Box\" in two weeks. My World (Bee Gees song) \"My World\" is a 1972 single released by the Bee Gees. It was originally released as a non-album single on 14 January 1972 worldwide. but was later included on the compilation \"Best of Bee Gees, Volume 2\" in 1973. The flip side of the single was \"On Time\", a country rock number composed by Maurice Gibb. \"My", "title": "My World (Bee Gees song)" }, { "id": "16802378", "text": "It's a Man's World (Anastacia album) It's a Man's World is the fifth studio album by American recording artist Anastacia. The album was released on November 9, 2012 by BMG Rights Management, as a prelude to her upcoming album of original studio material, which was originally due for release in 2013 before it was discovered that the singer had been diagnosed with breast cancer for a second time. The album has sold 150,000 copies so far. The album was released digitally exclusively in Europe, with physical editions limited to select European countries and Anastacia's official store. The official store copies", "title": "It's a Man's World (Anastacia album)" }, { "id": "8700792", "text": "released 1971). Numerous artists have recorded \"I'm a Man\" over the years. The Royal Guardsmen (from the 1967 album \"Return of the Red Baron\") recorded it, as well as the Litter (1967 single and \"Distortions\"). The Who recorded the song for their debut album \"My Generation\", though it was not included on the US version of the album. A live recording of \"I'm a Man\" was the B-side of Dr. Feelgood's 1975 single, \"Back in the Night\", and appeared on their chart-topping 1976 live album, \"Stupidity\". Grunge band Dickless ended live performances with the song and it was their first", "title": "I'm a Man (Bo Diddley song)" }, { "id": "10419070", "text": "Guilty (All song) \"Guilty\" is a song by the American punk rock band All, written by drummer Bill Stevenson and released as the second single from the band's 1993 album \"Breaking Things\". The single also includes two more songs recorded during the \"Breaking Things\" session that were left off the album: \"All's Fair\", written by Stevenson, and \"Man's World\", written by Stevenson, singer Chad Price, and bassist Karl Alvarez. All three songs on the single were recorded during the \"Breaking Things\" sessions in March and April 1993 at Ardent Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, with the record producer and recording engineer", "title": "Guilty (All song)" }, { "id": "11837224", "text": "Waymon Reed Waymon Reed (January 10, 1940, Fayetteville, North Carolina - November 25, 1983, Nashville, Tennessee) was an American jazz trumpeter. While he was principally a bebop soloist, he also worked in rhythm and blues (R&B). He was married from 1978 to 1981 to singer Sarah Vaughan. Reed attended the Eastman School of Music and then played R&B with Ira Sullivan. He joined James Brown's band from 1965 to 1969, where he played on \"It's a Man's Man's Man's World\". Following his tenure with Brown he joined Count Basie's band from 1969 to 1973. In 1968, Reed's daughter, Keelon, was", "title": "Waymon Reed" }, { "id": "16802383", "text": "diagnosed with breast cancer for a second time, after being in remission for nearly ten years. Credits for \"It's a Man's World\" adapted from liner notes. It's a Man's World (Anastacia album) It's a Man's World is the fifth studio album by American recording artist Anastacia. The album was released on November 9, 2012 by BMG Rights Management, as a prelude to her upcoming album of original studio material, which was originally due for release in 2013 before it was discovered that the singer had been diagnosed with breast cancer for a second time. The album has sold 150,000 copies", "title": "It's a Man's World (Anastacia album)" }, { "id": "8660758", "text": "from \"Heavy Rotation\" was \"Absolutely Positively\", later served as a promotional single only. The third official single from the album had been confirmed as \"Defeated\" and was released as a promotional single only in Europe without a music video. \"It's a Man's World\", a collection of her covers by rock male artists was released on November 9, 2012. Anastacia confirmed via her Twitter account that she was currently writing songs for producers, John Fields and Steve Diamond and also, recording her sixth studio album which will return to her own chosen \"sprock\" sound. The album, entitled \"Resurrection\", was released in", "title": "Anastacia discography" }, { "id": "8092696", "text": "Paradise Is Here \"Paradise Is Here\" is a song written by Paul Brady and available on his 1987 album \"Primitive Dance\". The song was also recorded by Tina Turner, for her album \"Break Every Rule\", and Cher for her twenty-first album \"It's a Man's World\". Tina Turner's recording of the track was produced by Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits and included on her 1986 album \"Break Every Rule\". It was released as a single in Europe and found minor success in the UK. Instead of a remix, the 12\" single featured a seven-and-a-half-minute live version from Turner's 1986/1987 \"Break Every", "title": "Paradise Is Here" }, { "id": "19015688", "text": "Ultimate Collection (Anastacia album) Ultimate Collection is a compilation album by American recording artist Anastacia, released on November 6, 2015 by Sony Music. The album includes singles from five of the singer's previous albums \"Not That Kind\" (2000), \"Freak of Nature\" (2001), \"Anastacia\" (2004), \"It's a Man's World\" (2012), \"Resurrection\" (2014) and songs taken from Anastacia's first greatest hits \"Pieces of a Dream\" (2005). Two new songs are also contained in the track list: a cover of Christina Aguilera's \"Army of Me\" and the lead single, \"Take This Chance\". Singles from Anastacia's fourth album \"Heavy Rotation\" (2008) were excluded from", "title": "Ultimate Collection (Anastacia album)" }, { "id": "210545", "text": "an impassioned performance of Brown's hit \"It's a Man's Man's Man's World\" followed by a standing ovation, while Chris Brown performed a dance routine in honor of James Brown. On August 17, 2013, the official R&B Music Hall of Fame honored and inducted James Brown at a ceremony held at the Waetejen Auditorium at Cleveland State University. ART THE BOX began in early 2015 as a collaboration between three organizations: the City of Augusta, the Downtown Development Authority and the Greater Augusta Arts Council. 19 local artists were selected by a committee to create art on 23 local traffic signal", "title": "James Brown" }, { "id": "6509055", "text": "final single in the US was a cover of Tina Turner's Paradise Is Here which was remixed and in that form reached #11 on the US Dance Club Songs chart. No music videos were released to promote those three latter singles. \"It's A Man's World\" was successful in Europe. It debuted #28 on the UK Albums chart on the week of 12 November 1995. The album rose to its peak position of #10 during its thirteenth week on the chart following the commercial success of One by One. The record spent a total of 22 weeks there, sold over 100,000", "title": "It's a Man's World (Cher album)" }, { "id": "1700636", "text": "Yo-Yo (rapper) Yo-Yo (born Yolanda Whitaker; August 4, 1971) is an American hip hop recording artist, actress and entrepreneur. Much of her music has advocated female empowerment, denouncing the frequent sexism found in hip-hop music. She is the protégé of gangsta rapper Ice Cube. Yo-Yo dubbed her crew the IBWC, which stood for the Intelligent Black Woman's Coalition. Yo-Yo first appeared as a guest on Ice Cube's \"AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted\" album in 1990, on the track \"It's a Man's World.\" Cube returned the favor by appearing on \"You Can't Play with My Yo-Yo,\" which was on Yo-Yo's 1991 debut album,", "title": "Yo-Yo (rapper)" }, { "id": "6509051", "text": "same year, it was certified gold in the UK by the British Phonographic Industry. The original album included fourteen songs, but when it was released in the United States in 1996 the setlist included only eleven songs. Three songs, \"I Wouldn't Treat a Dog (The Way You Treated Me)\", \"Don't Come Around Tonite\" and \"Shape of Things to Come\" had been removed from the American release. The American release was also reviewed by critics as a 'mid-'90s R&B/pop phenomenon' due to the removal of these three rock songs and also due to five songs remixed to evoke a contemporary R&B", "title": "It's a Man's World (Cher album)" }, { "id": "18169622", "text": "to record \"Those Many Feelings\" in 1972, an album influenced by contemporary jazz rock musicians like Michael Colombier. The Square Set Neville Whitmill Klink Hammer (Nol Klinkhammer) Some pressings of SQUARE SET 45's/ singles: (there may be more who knows) SOUTH AFRICAN pressings: 1. Carol Corina/U – Pic Sleeve, Continental label (black label) 2. Carol Corina/U – Pic Sleeve, Continental label (blue label) 3. Silence is Golden/It's a Man's World – Pic Sleeve, Continental label (Blue Label – Triangle center piece) 4. Silence is Golden/ It's a Man's World, Continental label (Red Label) 5. Silence is Golden/ It's a Man's", "title": "The Square Set" }, { "id": "8713729", "text": "What a Man (song) \"What a Man\" is a song written by Dave Crawford, and originally recorded for Stax Records' Volt imprint by Linda Lyndell, whose recording reached No. 50 on the \"Billboard\" R&B chart in 1968. The song was sampled and reinterpreted as \"Whatta Man\" in 1993 by Salt-n-Pepa with En Vogue; the version became a commercial success. In 2011, the German singer Lena Meyer-Landrut (credited as Lena) covered the song while retaining the original title and lyrics. Linda Lyndell, a white singer who had been a support act with James Brown and Ike & Tina Turner and then", "title": "What a Man (song)" }, { "id": "9169505", "text": "popular music such as hip hop is often overlooked. James Brown cuts such as \"Papas Got a Brand New Bag,\" \"I Got You (I Feel Good),\" \"It's a Man's Man's Man's World,\" \"Cold Sweat,\" \"Bring it Up (Hipster’s Avenue),\" \"Ain’t it Funky,\" \"Funky Drummer,\" and \"The Boss\" have been sampled, mimicked and otherwise utilized by countless producers, DJs, and MCs. Eric B., the producer/DJ associated with Rakim Allah's early recordings, was known for his use of James Brown samples, most of which featured Nolen, \"Jabo\" Starks and/or Clyde Stubblefield. A good example of this would be “Move the Crowd”, in", "title": "Jimmy Nolen" }, { "id": "18792427", "text": "sang Beyoncé's \"If I Were a Boy\" for her last chance performance, being instantly saved over Carney. In the finale, Hawthorne performed \"It's a Man's Man's Man's World\" by James Brown, The Beatles' \"We Can Work It Out\" with coach Williams and also her original song \"Bright Fire\", written by Williams. She finished in 4th place. Throughout the competition, Hawthorne's evolution as a singer caught the attention of the coaches. Adam Levine pointed out that never before in the history of \"The Voice\" had he seen \"such a drastic, incredible, unbelievable journey\". Williams compared her drive to succeed to that", "title": "Koryn Hawthorne" }, { "id": "8700791", "text": "released as a single and later included on their 1965 Epic Records album \"Having a Rave Up\". The Yardbirds' version (with \"Still I'm Sad\" as its B-side, released by Epic Records in the U.S.) peaked at number 17 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 in 1965. The song was later released in the UK in 1976. Diddley praised their cover as \"beautiful\" and it has been called \"a defining moment for the band\". In addition to the 1964 live version with Clapton, other live versions include those with Jeff Beck (1965 \"Yardbirds ...On Air\", released 1991) and Jimmy Page (1968 \"\",", "title": "I'm a Man (Bo Diddley song)" }, { "id": "10031784", "text": "Johnson\" \"Miss Sun\" \"Love Is a Man's World\" \"On the Run\" \"Dave's Gone Skiing\" \"Baba Mnumzane\" \"Africa\" Toto XX Toto XX: 1977-1997 is a compilation album by Toto to celebrate their 20th anniversary. The album features rare original demos, outtakes, previously unreleased recordings and live tracks from the band's 20-year career. The first single released, \"Goin' Home\" was recorded during Bobby Kimball's brief first reunion with the band in 1989, prior to the record company's decision to replace him with new lead singer Jean-Michel Byron. The song had later been recorded by the band's then-former singer Joseph Williams and released", "title": "Toto XX" }, { "id": "8346724", "text": "I'm a Man (The Spencer Davis Group song) \"I'm a Man\" is a song written by the Spencer Davis Group singer-songwriter Steve Winwood and record producer Jimmy Miller. The original recording was a fast, Hammond organ-driven blues rock track released as a single by the Spencer Davis Group in early 1967, reaching number nine in the UK Singles Chart and number 10 in the U.S. (the US edition was slightly edited) \"Billboard\" Hot 100. It was the last hit single by the band before the brothers Steve and Muff Winwood left to pursue their own separate careers. \"I'm a Man\"", "title": "I'm a Man (The Spencer Davis Group song)" }, { "id": "2778229", "text": "Man's Man's World\" with Jeanie Tracy. In 1989, Womack sang on Todd Rundgren's \"For the Want of a Nail\" on the album \"Nearly Human\". In 1998, he performed George Gershwin's \"Summertime\" with The Roots for the Red Hot Organization's compilation album \"Red Hot + Rhapsody\", a tribute to Gershwin, which raised money for various charities devoted to increasing AIDS awareness and fighting the disease. In 2010, Womack contributed lyrics and sang on \"Stylo\" alongside Mos Def, the first single from the third Gorillaz album \"Plastic Beach\". Womack was told to sing whatever was on his mind during the recording of", "title": "Bobby Womack" }, { "id": "13254396", "text": "It was also covered by Youth Brigade, Rubber City Rebels and White Noise \"Man of the World\" was used by Ian Broudie as the basis – melody and the final lyric line – for an album track, \"I Wish I Was in Love\", on The Lightning Seeds' album \"Tilt\". The track is accordingly credited as co-written by Peter Green. Green himself rerecorded it with the Peter Green Splinter Group for their 1999 release, \"Destiny Road\". The song was used in the 2000 movie \"Loser\", and 2009 movie \"The Damned United\". A cover of the song was used in a drink-driving", "title": "Man of the World (song)" }, { "id": "12082592", "text": "My World (Bee Gees song) \"My World\" is a 1972 single released by the Bee Gees. It was originally released as a non-album single on 14 January 1972 worldwide. but was later included on the compilation \"Best of Bee Gees, Volume 2\" in 1973. The flip side of the single was \"On Time\", a country rock number composed by Maurice Gibb. \"My World\" reached the Top 20 in both US and UK. \"My World\" was written in the backstage of ITV's \"The Golden Shot\" with some of the same musical ideas as \"How Can You Mend a Broken Heart\". Maurice", "title": "My World (Bee Gees song)" }, { "id": "1700641", "text": "DeAndre Windom, the former mayor of Highland Park, Michigan, in August 2012. Yo-Yo (rapper) Yo-Yo (born Yolanda Whitaker; August 4, 1971) is an American hip hop recording artist, actress and entrepreneur. Much of her music has advocated female empowerment, denouncing the frequent sexism found in hip-hop music. She is the protégé of gangsta rapper Ice Cube. Yo-Yo dubbed her crew the IBWC, which stood for the Intelligent Black Woman's Coalition. Yo-Yo first appeared as a guest on Ice Cube's \"AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted\" album in 1990, on the track \"It's a Man's World.\" Cube returned the favor by appearing on \"You", "title": "Yo-Yo (rapper)" }, { "id": "8713730", "text": "recommended to Stax Records by Otis Redding, recorded \"What a Man\". The song was essentially improvised by Lyndell, record producer Dave Crawford, and the Stax studio musicians in Memphis, Tennessee. It was released as a single in 1968 with the B-side track \"I Don't Know\"; both songs were credited to and produced by Dave Crawford. The single entered the \"Billboard\" Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles chart on August 24, 1968 and then peaked at number 50. The record came to the attention of white supremacists in the Ku Klux Klan, who threatened Lyndell for associating with black musicians; as a", "title": "What a Man (song)" }, { "id": "6509054", "text": "single in the United States, not only by peaking inside the top 10 in UK and across Europe but also Charting #52 on the US \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and #22 in Canada. Three music videos were released to promote the song worldwide all following a story of an unhappy couple trying to get over their struggles and showing scenes of Cher singing. Two covers: Don Henley's Not Enough Love in the World and Frankie Valli's The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore were released as next singles off the album both meeting notable chart positions in the UK and Scotland. The", "title": "It's a Man's World (Cher album)" }, { "id": "16338242", "text": "Ledet is currently working on his first album, which will feature original songs written and performed by him. Ledet performed \"It's a Man's Man's Man's World\" final episode of the fifteenth season of \"American Idol.\" Ledet will release a single, \"City Fall\". Joshua Ledet Joshua Ledet (born April 9, 1992) is an American singer from Westlake, Louisiana. In 2012 he placed third in the eleventh season of \"American Idol\". He is known for his \"soaring, church-bred brand of old school soul music.\" On August 26, 2013 he released an original song called \"Here to Die\" through YouTube, which has been", "title": "Joshua Ledet" }, { "id": "12830831", "text": "accident, played by Michael Burns, also a cast member on \"Wagon Train\". Ted Bessell played Tom-Tom DeWitt, a college student who came from a wealthy Chicago family. Randy Boone played free spirit Vern Hodges, a talented guitarist from Boone's native North Carolina. In the story line, Wes is working his way through college at Stott's Service Station, owned by Houghton Stott, played by Harry Harvey, Sr. Jan Norris appears as Wes's fiancee, college student Irene Hoff. Other characters, Iona and Virgil Dobson, are portrayed by Kate Murtagh and Scott White, friends of Stott and the four houseboat males. Their daughter,", "title": "It's a Man's World (TV series)" }, { "id": "16338238", "text": "and Aretha Franklin's \"I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)\" with fellow contestant Jessica Sanchez got a second standing ovation from the judges, prompting Jackson to declare \"Two of the greatest singers to ever hit this competition ... This is one of the greatest performances I have seen on this show\". He also performed It's a Man's Man's Man's World by James Brown, which was called \"one of the best songs in the history of any singing competition,\" by Randy Jackson. Kris Allen, \"AI\" season eight winner, named the pair as his two favorites this season. During the top five", "title": "Joshua Ledet" }, { "id": "12830833", "text": "at the family hour, \"It's a Man's World\" did not shy from the themes of premarital sex, feminism, and the gulf between adults and adolescents, which began to be known as the generation gap. The program coincided with the Cuban Missile Crisis, civil rights disputes, and the emergence of protest singer Bob Dylan. It attracted a minor cult following on college campuses, but it failed to attract mass audiences. \"It's a Man's World\" faced relatively weak competition at 7:30 Eastern on Mondays from the last season of Clint Walker's western \"Cheyenne\" on ABC and the two long-running CBS quiz programs,", "title": "It's a Man's World (TV series)" }, { "id": "20141094", "text": "Swing (Renée Geyer album) Swing is the fifteenth studio album by Australian soul and R&B singer Renée Geyer. Geyer told \"The Sydney Morning Herald\" that \"Swing\" was inspired by Frank Sinatra's 1966 recording with Count Basie in Las Vegas, an album she had long admired. But it took the success of Michael Buble to convince her that she should lend her distinctive voice to a big-band album. \"Swing\" is Geyer's big band interpretation of classics as well as remakes of two of her own hits, \"Say I Love You\" and \"It's a Man's Man's World\". Robert Rigby from FanFare Records", "title": "Swing (Renée Geyer album)" }, { "id": "20141091", "text": "Swing (Renée Geyer album) Swing is the fifteenth studio album by Australian soul and R&B singer Renée Geyer. Geyer told \"The Sydney Morning Herald\" that \"Swing\" was inspired by Frank Sinatra's 1966 recording with Count Basie in Las Vegas, an album she had long admired. But it took the success of Michael Buble to convince her that she should lend her distinctive voice to a big-band album. \"Swing\" is Geyer's big band interpretation of classics as well as remakes of two of her own hits, \"Say I Love You\" and \"It's a Man's Man's World\". Robert Rigby from FanFare Records", "title": "Swing (Renée Geyer album)" }, { "id": "6509056", "text": "copies in the UK and was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry. It proved to be successful in other European countries peaking inside the top 20 in several of them and #8 in Austria. The album failed to gain notable attention elsewhere peaking #64 on US \"Billboard\" 200 with only 9,000 copies sold in its first week and #46 in Canada. According to Nielsen SoundScan \"It's A Man's World\" sold 194,000 copies in the USA and over 700,000 copies worldwide as of 1997. Upon release, the album received generally favorable responses from international music critics. AllMusic's Jose F. Promis", "title": "It's a Man's World (Cher album)" }, { "id": "12424906", "text": "It's Your World It's Your World is a double album by soul artist Gil Scott-Heron and musician Brian Jackson, released in November 1976 on Arista Records. Recording sessions for the album took place in studio and live in July 1976 at St. Paul's Mall in Boston, Massachusetts, Electric Lady Studios in New York City, and American Star Studios in Merrifield, Virginia. Scott-Heron and Jackson recorded the album with the former's backing ensemble, The Midnight Band. \"It's Your World\" was originally released on vinyl and was later re-released in 2000 on compact disc by Scott-Heron's Rumal-Gia label. In a contemporary review,", "title": "It's Your World" }, { "id": "11544181", "text": "Crockett craze of the period. It was issued in late 1957, on the Chief label owned by Mel London. Although positively reviewed by \"Billboard\", and now seen as a rockabilly classic, it was not a hit and Crockett made no more recordings for several years. Some reports state that he lived in Washington, D.C. during the 1960s. In 1965, he recorded several more tracks for the Four Brothers record label run by Jack Daniels in Chicago. They included \"It's A Man Down There\", which reached number 13 on the \"Billboard\" R&B chart and number 67 on the Hot 100. Its", "title": "G. L. Crockett" }, { "id": "8092028", "text": "Germany CD single Same track list of the \"European CD Single\" but, without the \"Junior Vasquez Mix\". US 12\" vinyl US CD maxi-single US 12\" vinyl Same track list of the \"US CD Maxi-Single\"' but, without the \"X Beat Dub\". UK 12\" vinyl UK 12\" vinyl US CD single UK 12\" vinyl US 12\" vinyl promo One by One (song) \"One by One\" is the first American and second European single by American singer-actress Cher from her twenty first studio album, \"It's a Man's World\". It was released on January 5, 1996 by Reprise Records and WEA. It was written", "title": "One by One (song)" }, { "id": "8346728", "text": "guitar solo to bring the song to a dramatic close. This version is featured on the 1971 four record live album \"Chicago at Carnegie Hall\" and \"Chicago Live in Japan\" and has remained a fan favorite and concert staple throughout Chicago's career. Santana has also used a small part of this song in the track \"Waiting\" which appears on their self titled 1969 debut album. Chicago Personnel: The Serfs album \"The Early Bird Cafe\", Capitol, 1968, featured a percussion-heavy intro (pre-dating Chicago's) and Mike Finnigan's lead vocal. Their arrangement segued into Bo Diddley's song of the same name. Former Chicago", "title": "I'm a Man (The Spencer Davis Group song)" }, { "id": "3094437", "text": "album \"Talk of Heaven\" in 1986. The album earned him a recording contract with A&M, which subsequently released the albums \"Murder of Crows\" in 1989 and \"Shuffletown\" in 1990. \"Shuffletown,\" produced by T-Bone Burnett, represented a shift in musical direction towards the \"alt country\" genre. Henry's next two recordings, \"Short Man's Room\" (1992) and \"Kindness of the World\" (1993), featured members of the country-rock band the Jayhawks. The song \"King's Highway\" was recorded by Joan Baez in 2003 and Gov't Mule in 2005. For his 1996 album \"Trampoline,\" Henry incorporated guitarist Page Hamilton of Helmet and a reviewer at Trouserpress", "title": "Joe Henry" }, { "id": "9170050", "text": "\"Top of the Pops\" re-runs. In July 1976, \"I'm Your Man Rock and Roll\", reached No. 71 on the US \"Cashbox\" top 100 singles chart. In 1978 they signed with A&M Records for the US market. In 1978 another single, \"Takin' me Back\", reached No. 7 on the South African singles charts. The band's second studio album, \"Three's a Crowd\", was released in 1978; it was recorded in London and produced by David Kershenbaum. For the album Spencer also provided synthesisers; guest lead vocalists included Stuart Calver and Tony Rivers. Members of UK's Climax Blues Band, Colin Cooper, John Cuffley,", "title": "Tarney/Spencer Band" }, { "id": "16802381", "text": "the Proms concert series as part of her tour, where she performed the album's official lead single, \"Best of You\". Anastacia revealed the release of the album to her British fans on an episode of \"The Xtra Factor\", while she was a guest judge for the Glasgow auditions of the ninth series of \"The X Factor\". She also performed tracks from the album at AIDA events in Germany and the Netherlands from September to December 2012. In further promotion of the album, Anastacia gave interviews on German radio show \"hr3\", Dutch talk show \"Shownieuws\", German radio show \"NRD\", Germany's Radio", "title": "It's a Man's World (Anastacia album)" }, { "id": "1834669", "text": "the Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers, Mike Russell, were recruited by Joe Henry as the backing band for his album \"\"Short Man's Room\" and its 1993 followup, \"Kindness of the World.\" In 1995 they went into the studio to produce \"Tomorrow the Green Grass\" on the renamed American Recordings label. The lead track, \"Blue\", was a Top 40 hit in Canada (peaking at No. 33), but the record's production had been very expensive and the album failed to sell as expected in the U.S. Among the album's songs is \"Miss Williams' Guitar,\" a love song for Olson's then-girlfriend, singer-songwriter Victoria Williams", "title": "The Jayhawks" }, { "id": "18599106", "text": "One Man Can Change the World \"One Man Can Change the World\" is a song by American rapper Big Sean from his third studio album \"Dark Sky Paradise\" (2015). The song features fellow GOOD Music artists Kanye West and John Legend with production handled by Amaire Johnson and DJ Mustard. The song features uncredited background vocals from British singer Natasha Bedingfield. It was sent to United States rhythmic contemporary radio on June 19, 2015 as the album's fourth single. It was nominated for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration at the 58th Grammy Awards. A music video written and directed by Andrew Hines", "title": "One Man Can Change the World" }, { "id": "6288908", "text": "Believe (Cher album) Believe is the twenty-second studio album by American singer-actress Cher, first released on October 22, 1998 by WEA and distributed in North America by Warner Bros. Records. Following the failure of her previous studio album \"It's a Man's World\", her record company encouraged her to return to the studio to pursue a new musical direction. Recording took place over the summer at the Dreamhouse Studios in London and the Soundworks Studios in New York under the guidance of English producers Mark Taylor and Brian Rawling. The album was dedicated to her ex-husband Sonny Bono, who died earlier", "title": "Believe (Cher album)" }, { "id": "3162634", "text": "in the 1960s, when several artists of the new folk movement, including Bob Dylan, The Kingston Trio, Trini Lopez, Jay and the Americans, and The New Christy Minstrels all recorded versions, inspired by its political message. Peter, Paul and Mary recorded the song in 1962 for their \"Moving\" album. The Seekers recorded the song for their 1965 album, \"A World of Our Own\". It was performed many times by the cyclist choir, accompanied by guitarists and a wash-tub bassist, during the Wandering Wheels historic 1966 U.S. coast-to-coast bicycle trip. At the founding convention of the Canadian social democratic New Democratic", "title": "This Land Is Your Land" }, { "id": "10449831", "text": "Man in the Rain \"Man in the Rain\" is a pop song written and performed by English multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield. It was included on the album \"Tubular Bells III\" and released as a single on 5 October 1998 by Warner Music. The vocals were performed by Irish folk singer Cara Dillon. \"Man in the Rain\" is similar in style to Oldfield's 1983 hit, \"Moonlight Shadow\", from which \"Man in the Rain\" borrows sampled drums. An early version of \"Man in the Rain\" was also written shortly after \"Moonlight Shadow\". Another early demo version of \"Man in the Rain\" was recorded", "title": "Man in the Rain" }, { "id": "2733114", "text": "\"Brooklyn Zoo\". Keys' cover of Prince's 1982 ballad \"How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?\" (retitled \"How Come You Don't Call Me\") was inspired by a long-term relationship with a partner. The music critic for PopMatters felt that the song was credible, but fell short from the original and Stephanie Mills's 1980s cover. \"Fallin'\", the gospel-driven lead single and often considered Keys's signature song, contains a sample of James Brown's \"It's a Man's Man's Man's World\". The song earned Keys comparisons to Aretha Franklin. \"A Woman's Worth\", the second single released from the album, is a \"gospel-tinged\" song that recommends", "title": "Songs in A Minor" }, { "id": "8700795", "text": "of All Time\". In 2012, the song along with the self-named A-side song \"Bo Diddley\" was added to the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry list of \"culturally, historically, or aesthetically important\" American sound recordings. In 2018, \"I'm a Man\" was inducted into the Blues Foundation Blues Hall of Fame as a \"classic of blues recording\". I'm a Man (Bo Diddley song) \"I'm a Man\" is a rhythm and blues song written and recorded by Bo Diddley in 1955. A moderately slow number, it was inspired by an earlier blues song and became a number one U.S. R&B chart hit.", "title": "I'm a Man (Bo Diddley song)" }, { "id": "2601269", "text": "Horace Andy Horace Andy (born Horace Hinds, 19 February 1951) is a Jamaican roots reggae songwriter and singer, known for his distinctive vocals and hit songs such as \"Government Land\", as well as \"Angel\", \"Spying Glass\" and \"Five Man Army\" with English trip hop duo Massive Attack. He is also famous for a cover version of \"Ain't No Sunshine\". Andy is often described as one of the most respected and influential singers in Jamaica. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Hinds recorded his first single, \"This is a Black Man's Country,\" in 1967 for producer Phil Pratt. \"This is a Black Man's", "title": "Horace Andy" }, { "id": "2270079", "text": "Center in Illinois. Mountain went dormant again until 1992, when West and Laing teamed up once again and brought in Richie Scarlet (known for his solo work and collaborations with Ace Frehley and Sebastian Bach) to round out the lineup. Scarlet was replaced with Randy Coven in 1993 and in 1994 there was a Mountain lineup that included West, Laing, Noel Redding, and special guest guitarist Elvin Bishop. By 1995, the 1984-85 lineup of West, Laing & Mark Clarke was back, and recorded \"Man's World\" in 1996. In 1998 things went quiet in the Mountain camp again until 2001. That", "title": "Mountain (band)" }, { "id": "15454995", "text": "just a moment ago and told me it’s doing well on the pre-orders, which in itself feels amazing. I performed on QVC last week and that’s what got the sales rocketing – I didn’t believe that could happen. The album includes familiar tracks which Byrne performed on \"The X Factor\" such as \"It's a Man's Man's Man's World\", \"I (Who Have Nothing)\" and \"The Way We Were\". Byrne stated that every song featured on the album has a \"special meaning\" to her and each song was chosen carefully for the memory or the feeling it creates when she sings it.", "title": "Mine & Yours" }, { "id": "1556279", "text": "to front the band for long stretches during their live performances and suggested new material for the Dead's concert repertoire, including Redding's \"Hard to Handle\" and James Brown's \"It's a Man's Man's Man's World.\" McKernan achieved a new prominence in 1969 covering \"Turn On Your Love Light\"; initially introduced in 1967, the song gradually evolved into the band's show-stopping finale, often taking fifteen to thirty minutes to complete. He improvised lyrics over the band's accompaniment, using phrases he had heard from African American friends, such as \"rider\" (slang for \"lover\"), \"she's got box-black nitties\" (referring to female underwear) and \"boar", "title": "Ron \"Pigpen\" McKernan" } ]

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On April 28, 2017, veteran writer Krista Vernoff announced that she would return to the show as a writer after leaving the show after the seventh season. On January 11, 2018, ABC released a six-episode web series following the new surgical interns at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. The web series was written by Barbara Kaye Friend and directed by series regular Sarah Drew. The number in the \"No. overall\"", "title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 14)" }, { "id": "20161241", "text": "column refers to the episode's number within the overall series, whereas the number in the \"No. in season\" column refers to the episode's number within this particular season. \"U.S. viewers in millions\" refers to the number of Americans in millions who watched the episodes live. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Grey's Anatomy (season 14) The fourteenth season of the American television medical drama \"Grey's Anatomy\" was ordered on February 10, 2017, by American Broadcasting Company (ABC), and premiered on September 28, 2017 with a special two-hour premiere. The season consists of 24 episodes, with the season's seventh episode marking the 300th episode for the", "title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 14)" }, { "id": "4811566", "text": "woman performed cardiac massage for 20 minutes before medical personal arrived and transferred the husband to Shaare Zedek Medical Center. The mid-season premiere of the fourteenth season was entitled \"1-800-799-7233\", the National Domestic Violence Hotline; upon release on January 18, 2018, the move was received favourably and viewers variously changed their Twitter usernames to the same and used the platform to bring awareness to both the hotline and the issue of domestic abuse. \"Greys Anatomy\" has received high viewership and ratings since its debut. The first four seasons of the program each ranked in the top ten among all viewers,", "title": "Grey's Anatomy" }, { "id": "20161216", "text": "in the ninth season, following her departure at the conclusion of the previous season. The season marks the last appearance of Martin Henderson, Jason George, Jessica Capshaw, and Sarah Drew as series regulars, as well as the first appearance of Jaina Lee Ortiz as Andy Herrera, the lead character of \"Grey's Anatomy\"'s second spin-off series, \"Station 19\". On April 20, 2018, ABC officially renewed \"Grey's Anatomy\" for a network primetime drama record-tying fifteenth season. The season follows the story of surgical residents, fellows, and attendings as they experience the difficulties of the competitive careers they have chosen. It is set", "title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 14)" }, { "id": "20161236", "text": "was announced she landed a starring role in Alan Ball's new HBO drama series \"Here and Now\". Hinton had previously been in talks of leaving the show at the end of the 12th season when she was cast in the Shondaland comedy pilot \"Toast\", but ABC passed on the project. Renewing her contract for another three seasons as Dr. Arizona Robbins after the eleventh season, Jessica Capshaw returned for the 14th season. On June 20, 2017, it was announced that Kim Raver would reprise her role as Dr. Teddy Altman for a guest arc. In August 2017, it was announced", "title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 14)" }, { "id": "20727484", "text": "7.60 million people, an increase of 0.25 million from the previous installment; it also garnered a 1.9/8 Nielsen rating. \"All of Me\" was also the week's most watched drama and ranked tenth on the list of most watched television programmes overall. The 7.60 million audience was also the lowest rated \"Grey's Anatomy\" season finale to date. All of Me (Grey's Anatomy) \"All of Me\" is the twenty-fourth episode, serving as the season finale of the fourteenth season of the American medical drama television series \"Grey's Anatomy\", and the 317th overall episode, which aired on ABC on May 17, 2018. The", "title": "All of Me (Grey's Anatomy)" }, { "id": "20161239", "text": "Drew would leave the series following the conclusion of the season. It was released on April 4, 2018 that a familiar character would be returning to the set later on in the season as Sarah Utterback's Nurse Olivia Harper would be revisiting Grey Sloan, not as a nurse but as mom of a patient. Details of her storyline or duration of arc have yet to be released. On April 20, 2018, it was released that Geena Davis would return for the episode \"Cold as Ice\" as Dr. Herman to present a new opportunity for Arizona. \"Grey's Anatomy\" was renewed for", "title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 14)" }, { "id": "4811475", "text": "run (it was once among the overall top 10 shows in the United States), it is still one of the highest-rated shows among the 18–49 demographic, and the No. 3 drama on all of broadcast television. The series was the highest revenue-earning show on television, in terms of advertising, in the 2007–08 season; in 2017, it was ranked tenth on the list. \"Grey's Anatomy\" ranks as ABC's highest-rated drama in its fourteenth season. \"Grey's Anatomy\" has been well received by critics throughout much of its run, and has been included in various critics' year-end top ten lists. Since its inception,", "title": "Grey's Anatomy" }, { "id": "4811502", "text": "makes her a producer of \"Grey's Anatomy\" and a co-executive producer of Station 19. The deal will make Pompeo the highest-paid actress currently on a dramatic TV series, with her making $575,000 per episode and over $20 million yearly. On March 8, 2018, it was announced that series regulars Jessica Capshaw and Sarah Drew would not be returning for the fifteenth season after executive producers decided to let them go. In May 2018, it was confirmed that Kim Raver, who made returning guest appearances in season fourteen, would once again become a series regular, beginning with its fifteenth season. Rhimes", "title": "Grey's Anatomy" }, { "id": "4811587", "text": "storyline involving both shows. After Private Practice ended, Amelia Sheppard appeared even more frequently on Grey's Anatomy. She was later cast as a series regular. On May 16, 2017, Channing Dungey announced at the ABC Upfronts that the network ordered another Grey's Anatomy spin-off, this one focusing on firefighters in Seattle. The series premiered mid-season in 2018. Stacy McKee, long-term Grey's writer and executive producer, serves as the spin-off's showrunner. The new show was introduced Season 14, Episode 13, when a house fire brings the firefighters to Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. In July 2017, it was announced that Jaina Lee", "title": "Grey's Anatomy" }, { "id": "7310962", "text": "on April 26, 2006, almost three months after its original release in the United States, whereas its release date in Region 4 was October 11, 2006. The UK set contained the original fourteen episodes, being released as a three-disc boxset. The season has not been released on Blu-ray disc in any region. The DVD box set is currently no. 899 in Movies and TV on Amazon.com and no. 3452 in Film and TV on Amazon.co.uk. Grey's Anatomy (season 1) The first season of the American television medical drama Grey's Anatomy, began airing in the United States on the American Broadcasting", "title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 1)" }, { "id": "20161238", "text": "Jeanine Mason (\"So You Think You Can Dance\") as Sam, Alex Blue Davis as Casey, Rushi Kota as Vik, Jaicy Elliot as Taryn, Sophia Ali as Dahlia, and Jake Borelli as Levi. On October 26, 2017, it was announced that Martin Henderson's appearance in the fifth episode titled \"Danger Zone\" would be his last. On January 31, 2018, it was announced that Candis Cayne would be joining the show as Dr. Michelle Velez for a multi-episode arc revolving around a transgender character receiving a ground breaking surgery. On March 8, 2018, it was announced that both Jessica Capshaw and Sarah", "title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 14)" }, { "id": "20727477", "text": "All of Me (Grey's Anatomy) \"All of Me\" is the twenty-fourth episode, serving as the season finale of the fourteenth season of the American medical drama television series \"Grey's Anatomy\", and the 317th overall episode, which aired on ABC on May 17, 2018. The episode was written by Krista Vernoff and directed by Debbie Allen. The wedding between Alex Karev (Justin Chambers) and Jo Wilson (Camilla Luddington) takes place, and things go awry. Meanwhile, the stress from the past year has taken a toll on Miranda Bailey (Chandra Wilson), and she re-evaluates some of her decisions. This episode marked the", "title": "All of Me (Grey's Anatomy)" }, { "id": "19523329", "text": "conclusion of the previous season. On February 10, 2017, ABC renewed \"Grey's Anatomy\" for a fourteenth season. The season follows the story of surgical residents, fellows, and attendings as they experience the difficulties of the competitive careers they have chosen. It is set in the surgical wing of the fictional Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital, located in Seattle, Washington. The season picks up right where it left off at Owen and Amelia's wedding. After Alex Karev (Justin Chambers) had found a drunk Jo Wilson (Camilla Luddington) with Andrew DeLuca (Giacomo Gianniotti) in a compromising situation during the previous season's finale, he", "title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 13)" }, { "id": "20405321", "text": "Danger Zone (Grey's Anatomy) \"Danger Zone\" is the fifth episode of the fourteenth season of the American television medical drama \"Grey's Anatomy\", and is the 298th episode overall. It aired on October 26, 2017 on ABC in the United States. The episode was written by Jalysa Conway and directed by Cecilie Mosli; Conway, an Air Force veteran, found inspiration in her own experiences to conceive the episode. \"Danger Zone\" takes place during two time lapses: the present time, in Seattle, where Owen Hunt (Kevin McKidd) deals with the decision his sister, Megan Hunt (Abigail Spencer) has made with former fiancée", "title": "Danger Zone (Grey's Anatomy)" }, { "id": "20161237", "text": "that Abigail Spencer would replace Bridget Regan as Megan Hunt for a multi-episode arc this season. After recurring in the previous season as the controversial character, Eliza Minnick, it was announced in August 2017 that Marika Dominczyk would not return to the show. On September 13, 2017, another guest star was announced in Greg Germann (\"Ally McBeal\"), and later it was revealed that his character would be Tom Koracick, Amelia's neurosurgery mentor. On October 9, 2017, the new group of interns to join the cast in the fourth episode \"Ain't That a Kick in the Head\" was announced to include", "title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 14)" }, { "id": "17503450", "text": "and \"American Reunion.\" In 2013, she plays Jill in \"Fat\", which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. She recently guest starred on the show \"\" as Carly Dawson in the episode \"Breaking Brig\" and Kelly Press on \"Major Crimes\". She played: Janet Conrad, a pushy NATO Photographer who was seeking a career changing \"Front Line Photo\" in the 2016 movie; \"\". In 2017 she appeared on \"American Horror Story\" in the episode \"Great Again\". In season 14 of \"Grey's Anatomy\" she appeared as Dr. Kate Lachman. Charlene Amoia Charlene Amoia is an American actress best known for her role", "title": "Charlene Amoia" }, { "id": "19523328", "text": "Grey's Anatomy (season 13) The thirteenth season of the American television medical drama \"Grey's Anatomy\" premiered on September 22, 2016, in the United States on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), and consisted of 24 episodes. The season was ordered on March 3, 2016, along with ABC's other shows. The season is produced by ABC Studios, in association with Shondaland Production Company and The Mark Gordon Company; the showrunners being William Harper and Stacy McKee. This season was the first not to feature Sara Ramirez as Dr. Callie Torres since her introduction in the second season, following her departure at the", "title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 13)" }, { "id": "20161220", "text": "decide to get a divorce. With all the changes happening at Grey Sloan, Harper Avery (Chelcie Ross) shows up to discuss everything with Bailey and then ends up firing her. Shortly after, he immediately dies from cardiac arrest. Before they have to find another chief, Catherine (Debbie Allen) and Jackson Avery (Jesse Williams) reinstate Bailey to her position. At a family dinner hosted by Catherine and Richard Weber (James Pickens Jr.), Maggie Pierce (Kelly McCreary) and Jackson learn that he will be receiving his grandfather’s inheritance, a quarter billion dollars, which he will eventually use to fund a medical research", "title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 14)" }, { "id": "20552590", "text": "Personal Jesus (Grey's Anatomy) Personal Jesus is the tenth episode of the fourteenth season of the American medical drama television series \"Grey's Anatomy\" and the 303rd episode overall. It aired on ABC on January 25, 2018. The episode was written by former E.R. physician and writer Zoanne Clack and directed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan. With Paul recovering from his injuries from a hit and run, Meredith questions the alibi that Alex and Jo provide her. Believing that it’s his fiancé, Jenny, who ran him over, Jo consults her. She offers Jenny support and prompts her to formally press domestic abuse", "title": "Personal Jesus (Grey's Anatomy)" }, { "id": "19523335", "text": "Dr. Callie Torres. On June 28, 2015, before the twelfth season had begun airing, it was announced that Jessica Capshaw, whose contract expired after season 11, had renewed her contract for another three seasons as Dr. Arizona Robbins. That meant that her character would be staying on the show through season 13 and season 14. Kevin McKidd had previously said that he was in negotiations to renew his contract after the twelfth season on January 9, 2016. After the season finale, McKidd confirmed that he would be back for the 13th season. Justin Chambers announced on March 11, 2016 that", "title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 13)" }, { "id": "4811582", "text": "with a two-hour episode, and ended on May 15, 2014. On May 8, 2014, ABC renewed the series for an eleventh season that aired from September 2014 to May 2015. In addition, the show was relocated to the Thursday 8:00pm EST time slot. After four seasons outside the top 25 rated shows, \"Grey's Anatomy\" was the number 15 show in the 2013–2014 season, the show's tenth. The show also re-entered the top five shows in the 18–49 viewer demographic. On May 7, 2015, ABC renewed the series for a twelfth season that premiered on September 24, 2015 and concluded on", "title": "Grey's Anatomy" }, { "id": "2545012", "text": "the role of Audrey Boudreau (née Raines) for the twelve-episode \"\". In 2015, she had a guest-appearance on the eleventh season premiere of \"Bones\". In 2017, Raver recurred on the fifth season of \"Ray Donovan\" and also returned as Dr. Teddy Altman on \"Grey's Anatomy\" for its 14th season. In the same year, Raver was cast in the recurring role of Andrea Frost on the second season of the ABC political drama \"Designated Survivor\". In May 2018, it was announced that she would once again become a series regular on \"Grey's Anatomy\", beginning with its 15th season. Raver has been", "title": "Kim Raver" }, { "id": "18022123", "text": "Grey's Anatomy (season 11) The eleventh season of the American television medical drama \"Grey's Anatomy\" premiered on September 25, 2014 in the United States on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) and consists of 25 episodes. The season was produced by ABC Studios, in association with Shondaland Production Company and The Mark Gordon Company; the showrunners being Stacy McKee and William Harper. The season commenced airing with the episode \"I Must Have Lost it on the Wind\" and concluded with the season finale \"You're My Home\" airing on May 14, 2015. The season was officially released on DVD as a six-disc", "title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 11)" }, { "id": "4811519", "text": "following the doctors' mishandling of his injuries. The season 12 finale saw the departure of one of the show's longest running characters, Callie Torres, played by Sara Ramirez. Altman returns to Seattle at the beginning of the 14th season while Robbins and Kepner depart at the season's end to pursue other career opportunities. With the drama's setting being a hospital, numerous medical personnel appear regularly on the show, as well as several other recurring characters. Joe (Steven W. Bailey), is first shown as the owner of the Emerald City Bar and Grill, across the street from the hospital, which is", "title": "Grey's Anatomy" }, { "id": "14773675", "text": "Wishin' and Hopin' (Grey's Anatomy) \"Wishin' and Hopin'\" is the fourteenth episode of the third season of the American television medical drama \"Grey's Anatomy\", and the show's 50th episode overall. It was written by Tony Phelan and Joan Rater and directed by Julie Anne Robinson. The episode originally aired on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) in the United States on February 1, 2007. In the episode, Dr. Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) struggles with her Alzheimer's-stricken mother, Ellis Grey (Kate Burton), becoming temporarily lucid. Further storylines include Dr. Izzie Stevens (Katherine Heigl) and Dr. Miranda Bailey (Chandra Wilson) continuously seeking patients", "title": "Wishin' and Hopin' (Grey's Anatomy)" }, { "id": "7964344", "text": "May 2007, ABC announced that Vernoff would become showrunner and head writer of \"Grey's Anatomy\" effective fall 2007. Vernoff left her position with \"Grey's Anatomy\" in 2011. On April 28, 2017, she announced that she'd be returning to Grey's Anatomy for season 14. Vernoff is also a playwright; a production of her play \"Me, My Guitar, and Don Henley\" opened in October 2006 in an off-Broadway theater. Krista Vernoff Krista Vernoff (born 1974) is an American screenwriter and television producer. She has been nominated for an Emmy Award for screenwriting. Much of Vernoff's work has been in the medium of", "title": "Krista Vernoff" }, { "id": "15396164", "text": "September 19, 2016, and was watched by 12.10 million viewers with a 3.3 rating in the 18–49 demographic. It is down from last season's premiere by 1.23 million viewers. The twelfth season premiered on February 27, 2017, and was watched by 13.03 million viewers with a 3.1 in the 18–49 demographic. It was up from last season's premiere by .93 million viewers. The thirteenth season premiered on September 25, 2017, and was watched by 10.57 million viewers with a 2.6 in the 18-49 demographic. It is down from last season's premiere by 2.46 million viewers. The fourteenth season premiered on", "title": "The Voice (U.S. TV series)" }, { "id": "4811480", "text": "of season eight but returns in season fourteen; and Amelia Shepherd (Caterina Scorsone), Derek's sister, who is hired to replace him as head of neuro. New young doctors in the residency program include Lexie Grey (Chyler Leigh), Meredith's half-sister, who is killed with her love interest Mark Sloan in the season eight finale. Other additions include Leah Murphy (Tessa Ferrer), who departs near the end of the tenth season but returns during the thirteenth; Shane Ross (Gaius Charles), who departs with Yang in the tenth-season finale; Stephanie Edwards (Jerrika Hinton), who resigns during season thirteen; Jo Wilson (later Jo Karev)", "title": "Grey's Anatomy" }, { "id": "19523341", "text": "Away with Murder\", which was the same last year. The remaining 15 episodes will air after the winter break beginning airing on January 26, 2017. In an interview with \"TV Guide\", Kelly McCreary said that the 13th season would be focusing heavily on the characters that have been on the show since the first season; Dr. Meredith Grey, Dr. Alex Karev, Dr. Miranda Bailey and Dr. Richard Webber. McCreary went more into the storyline as she commented that \"After such a long period of time and so many new people coming in and out, they remain the foundational characters of", "title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 13)" }, { "id": "14773696", "text": "noted how the character was \"direct, somewhat stern, but not unkind about the subject as she educates and consoles the girl\". Wishin' and Hopin' (Grey's Anatomy) \"Wishin' and Hopin'\" is the fourteenth episode of the third season of the American television medical drama \"Grey's Anatomy\", and the show's 50th episode overall. It was written by Tony Phelan and Joan Rater and directed by Julie Anne Robinson. The episode originally aired on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) in the United States on February 1, 2007. In the episode, Dr. Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) struggles with her Alzheimer's-stricken mother, Ellis Grey (Kate", "title": "Wishin' and Hopin' (Grey's Anatomy)" }, { "id": "6666881", "text": "track, \"Make This Go On Forever\", was later used in the third season of \"Grey's Anatomy\", at the end of the episode entitled \"Walk on Water\" and later in 2018 it was featured in the fourteenth season of the show, during an episode with a story similar to Walk on Water. The album's tenth track, entitled \"Open Your Eyes,\" was used in the season 4 finale of CBS's \"Cold Case\" and in the season 12 finale of \"ER\", also appeared in an episode of The Black Donnellys and also in the second episode of the third season of \"Grey's Anatomy\".", "title": "Eyes Open (album)" }, { "id": "19523344", "text": "who watched the episodes live. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Grey's Anatomy (season 13) The thirteenth season of the American television medical drama \"Grey's Anatomy\" premiered on September 22, 2016, in the United States on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), and consisted of 24 episodes. The season was ordered on March 3, 2016, along with ABC's other shows. The season is produced by ABC Studios, in association with Shondaland Production Company and The Mark Gordon Company; the showrunners being William Harper and Stacy McKee. This season was the first not to feature Sara Ramirez as Dr. Callie Torres since her introduction in the second", "title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 13)" }, { "id": "9717660", "text": "a total of $38,543 and 646 backers. On February 7, 2012 the Kickstarter-backed third studio album, titled \"An Unwavering Band of Light\" was released. In 2017, a song from that album, \"Wake Up\", appeared over the end titles of the season Four finale of Netflix's \"Bojack Horseman\". On April 5, 2018, Youngs released the song \"Won't Let Go of Me\" which was featured in the Grey's Anatomy episode \"Hold Back The River\" (Season 14, Episode 18). The song was written with Aaron Espe and Kyle Neal. Neal produced the song while Espe was credited as a co-producer. On March 28,", "title": "Jenny Owen Youngs" }, { "id": "18761846", "text": "star as a therapist in the tenth episode of the season. After appearing as Dr. Andrew DeLuca as a guest star in the first eight episodes, Giacomo Gianniotti was upgraded to a series regular on January 8, 2016. It was announced on January 8, 2016 that Maya Stojan will appear in one episode as a guest star which later turned out to be Jackson's patient Tatiana whom he treated over several years. On February 26, 2016, it was announced that Casey Wilson and Rita Moreno would both guest star in episode fourteen of the season. \"Variety\" announced on March 8,", "title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 12)" }, { "id": "20161221", "text": "contest. Now that Megan is healthy again, Meredith and Nathan work together to bring her son over to the United States. Upon arrival, Nathan, Megan, and Farouk all move to California to start a life together, which officially ends Nathan's relationship with Meredith. Despite the breakup, Meredith has more exciting news on the horizon when she learns at the intern mixer that a ground breaking surgery has earned her a nomination for the highly-esteemed Harper Avery Foundation Award, which she goes on to win. While the joyous news spreads around the hospital, Bailey learns that Ben Warren (Jason George) wants", "title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 14)" }, { "id": "20161218", "text": "Scorsone). Of course, Nathan Riggs (Martin Henderson), who was once in love with Megan, is torn between his love for her and his most recent interest in Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo). Arizona Robbins (Jessica Capshaw) learns what \"ghosting\" is after Eliza Minnick (Marika Dominczyk) vanishes without a trace, but she quickly finds company in an Italian girl she met at the bar, Carina DeLuca (Stefania Spampinato), sister to Andrew DeLuca (Giacomo Gianniotti). Jo Wilson (Camilla Luddington) struggles to patch her relationship with Alex Karev (Justin Chambers), but when her attempts fail, she finds herself sleeping with one of the new", "title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 14)" }, { "id": "20161235", "text": "ordained online to officiate the wedding right there on the ferry. Bailey, wanting to take a break from being chief to focus on her passions, offers Teddy the chance to be interim chief. Watching the wedding happening at the hospital on a tablet, in the ICU with the bride's mother, Teddy reveals she is pregnant. Arizona says her sad goodbyes before heading to New York, but is giddy to be closer to Callie who is recently single. Series regular Jerrika Hinton does not appear for the first time since her introduction at the start of the 9th season, after it", "title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 14)" }, { "id": "20682945", "text": "Grey's Anatomy (season 15) The fifteenth season of the American television medical drama \"Grey's Anatomy\" was ordered on April 20, 2018, by American Broadcasting Company (ABC). The season premiered on September 27, 2018 with a special 2-hour premiere. The episode count for the season will be 24 episodes. The season is produced by ABC Studios, in association with Shondaland Production Company and The Mark Gordon Company; the showrunners being Krista Vernoff and William Harper. This season is the first not to feature both Jessica Capshaw as Dr. Arizona Robbins and Sarah Drew as Dr. April Kepner since their introductions in", "title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 15)" }, { "id": "3713291", "text": "meditation. In 2010, she participated in interviews and featurettes included in the long-delayed North American DVD releases of \"The Bionic Woman\" and the 2011 release of \"The Six Million Dollar Man.\" In 2016, she appeared in the film \"Change of Heart\" as the owner of a somewhat rundown bed and breakfast. In 2018, she appeared in \"Grey's Anatomy\" Season 14, Episode 22, \"Fight for Your Mind\", as Alex Karev's mother. Wagner earned an Emmy Award in 1977 for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Dramatic Role for her role in \"The Bionic Woman\" television series. On December 13, 1984, the Hollywood", "title": "Lindsay Wagner" }, { "id": "18970642", "text": "featured on The CW's Reign (season 4). Claire then went on to release her songs \"Now I See\" and \"Looking Back\" which were both featured on the ABC television show Grey’s Anatomy (season 14). Most recently, in 2018, Guerreso released \"Ashes\" which was featured on the Fox television series Lucifer (season 3). She also released \"Rise\" which was featured on The CW's Dynasty (season 1), while \"Until I Get Mine\" was featured on ABC family's For The People (season 1). She also released \"Give It to Me\" for Boohoo Clothing, as well as \"No Doubt\" for NBC’s Shades of Blue", "title": "Claire Guerreso" }, { "id": "20161217", "text": "in the surgical wing of the fictional Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital, located in Seattle, Washington. After the explosion at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital, Chief Miranda Bailey (Chandra Wilson) finds it the perfect time to give the place a much needed upgrade in look and functionality. During the construction, Owen Hunt (Kevin McKidd) struggles with the shocking reunion with his sister, Megan (Abigail Spencer), who was recently found in a hostage camp overseas. The discovery also welcomes back Teddy Altman (Kim Raver), the former chief of cardiothoracic surgery and Owen's best friend, which leads to awkward moments with Amelia Shepherd (Caterina", "title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 14)" }, { "id": "18761834", "text": "Grey's Anatomy (season 12) The twelfth season of the American television medical drama \"Grey's Anatomy\" was ordered on May 7, 2015, by ABC. It premiered on September 24, 2015, in the United States on ABC. The twelfth season includes the show's 250th episode, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, which is the fifth episode in the season. The season is produced by ABC Studios, in association with Shondaland Production Company and The Mark Gordon Company; the showrunners being Stacy McKee and William Harper. The season commenced airing with the episode \"Sledgehammer\" and concluded with \"Family Affair\". This season was the first", "title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 12)" }, { "id": "8397461", "text": "Burton were nominated for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, for their performances as Rebecca Pope in \"My Favorite Mistake\", the nineteenth episode in the season, and Ellis Grey in \"Wishin' and Hopin'\", the fourteenth episode. Linda Lowy and John Brace were nominated for Outstanding Casting in a Drama Series, while Norman T. Leavitt, Brigitte Bugayong, Thomas R. Burman and Bari Dreiband-Burman were nominated for Best Prosthetic Make-Up. The production team was acclaimed for the Best Drama Series category, but only received a nomination. Sara Ramirez was nominated at the 2007 Alma Awards for her portrayal of Callie Torres.", "title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 3)" }, { "id": "4811474", "text": "The cast has undergone major changes through the series' run, with many members leaving and being replaced by others. In its fifteenth season, the show has a large ensemble of eleven actors, including four characters from the original cast (Meredith Grey, Alex Karev, Miranda Bailey, and Richard Webber). \"Grey's Anatomy\" was renewed for a fifteenth season, which premiered on September 27, 2018. The series' success catapulted such long-running cast members as Pompeo, Dempsey, and Oh to worldwide recognition; they were among the top five highest-earning television actors in 2013. While the show's ratings have fallen over the course of its", "title": "Grey's Anatomy" }, { "id": "18761845", "text": "season, according to Rhimes. On June 28, 2015, it was announced that Jessica Capshaw, whose contract expired after Season 11, had renewed her contract for another three seasons as Dr. Arizona Robbins. This means that her character will be staying on the show through seasons 12 as well as possible seasons 13 and 14. It was announced on September 11, 2015 that \"Chasing Amy\" actress Joey Lauren Adams would guest star as Dr. Tracy McConnell, Dr. Bailey's opponent for Chief of Surgery, and appeared in the season premiere. TV veteran Bill Smitrovich was announced on November 12, 2015, to guest", "title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 12)" }, { "id": "13034809", "text": "her but also frequently misses Callie. Arizona starts a research project to figure out why mother mortality rates are so high in the US versus other countries. At the conclusion of season 14, Arizona departs the show to move to New York and it is implied that the two may ultimately reconcile. It was first reported in December 2008 that Capshaw would be joining the cast of \"Grey's Anatomy\" as pediatric surgeon Arizona Robbins, for a multi-episode arc. Initially scheduled to appear in three episodes of the show's fifth season, series creator Shonda Rhimes later extended Capshaw's contract to appear", "title": "Arizona Robbins" }, { "id": "4811481", "text": "(Camilla Luddington), a doctor who begins a romantic relationship with Karev; Andrew Deluca (Giacomo Gianniotti), the love-interest of Meredith's half-sister Maggie Pierce (Kelly McCreary), who also serves as head of cardio; and Benjamin Warren (Jason George), an anesthesiologist-turned-resident, who has to balance his own desire to succeed with his wife Miranda Bailey's new role as Chief of Surgery. Season eleven sees the departure of Derek Shepherd, and in season twelve, attending cardio surgeon Nathan Riggs (Martin Henderson) joins the show. In the early episodes of season fourteen, Riggs leaves the series to start a life with Owen's long-lost sister; by", "title": "Grey's Anatomy" }, { "id": "20799561", "text": "Supernatural (season 14) The fourteenth season of \"Supernatural\", an American dark fantasy television series created by Eric Kripke, premiered on October 11, 2018, on The CW. The season will consist of 20 episodes and airs on Thursdays at 8:00 pm (ET). This is the third season with Andrew Dabb and Robert Singer as showrunners. The thirteenth episode of the season will mark the 300th episode of the series. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Amyn Kaderali will direct the fourteenth episode of the season. On April 2, 2018, The CW renewed the series for a fourteenth season. In June, it was revealed that the fourteenth", "title": "Supernatural (season 14)" }, { "id": "10185566", "text": "the week, with 25.22 million viewers tuning in and an 8.8 rating. The lowest-rated episode was the ninth, watched by 14.11 million viewers and ranked fourteenth in the week, with a 4.9 rating, seeing a sudden decrease, after the previous episode, the second most-watched in the season, which attracted 19.61 million viewers and received a 6.8 rating. \"Crash Into Me: Part 1\" was outperformed in the time slot by \"\" \"You Kill Me\", the Thanksgiving special episode which attracted 14.75 million viewers and received a 5.2 rating, ranking eleventh in the week. The season finale was watched by 18.09 million", "title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 4)" }, { "id": "18761836", "text": "was ranked 21st overall in total viewers which is fifteen spots higher than the previous season. TV critics and analysts noted the renewed interest in viewership with Rich Kissell of \"Variety\" calling it a 'renaissance.' \"Grey's Anatomy\" finished the 2015–16 television season as ABC's highest-rated drama in the 18-49 demographics and also ranked among the top five dramas on all of broadcast, averaging a 3.9 rating in the demo, an unprecedented accomplishment for a show in its 12th season. On March 3, 2016, the network renewed \"Grey's Anatomy\" for a thirteenth season. The season follows the story of surgical residents,", "title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 12)" }, { "id": "20161224", "text": "he tries to attack them in a bout of rage; however, he falls out of bed and hits his head knocking him unconscious, rendering him brain dead. Still legally his wife, Jo decides to have them remove all life-sustaining support. April struggles with the idea that the man she left to pursue her own happiness is now married and expecting a child, while she is alone and a single mother. As she begins to question her faith, she acts out and sleeps with an intern. With all the stress and work that comes with being Chief of Surgery, Bailey begins", "title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 14)" }, { "id": "19411901", "text": "NCIS (season 14) The fourteenth season of the American police procedural drama \"NCIS\" premiered on September 20, 2016, in the same time slot as in the previous seasons, Tuesdays at 8 pm. The season concluded on May 16, 2017. \"NCIS\" revolves around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which conducts criminal investigations involving the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. The series was renewed for fourteenth and fifteenth seasons by CBS on Monday, February 29, 2016. The series was renewed for fourteenth and fifteenth seasons by CBS on Monday, February 29, 2016. Production on this", "title": "NCIS (season 14)" }, { "id": "20161227", "text": "meet her friends. However, it is soon revealed that her boyfriend is a married man. Quick to call it off, Jackson sees his opportunity to invest in his love interest with Maggie. In Meredith's search for answers, she learns that Ellis Grey left Marie’s name off the surgical method they created together. If she is to acquire the patent, she must publicly announce a change the method’s name to the Grey-Cerone Method. Meredith denies the ultimatum. While Maggie and Jackson try to get past the quirks of their relationship and the fact that their step-siblings, Jo shockingly asks Alex to", "title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 14)" }, { "id": "8554911", "text": "I am sure S9 [season nine] will be great!\" On June 20, 2017, it was announced that Raver would be reprising her role as Teddy Altman for a guest arc during the show's 14th season. After recurring in Season 14, it was announced that Raver would once again be a series regular in Season 15. We see Teddy as a person who is willing to do whatever possible to make herself a much appreciated doctor and friend at Grey Sloan. Teddy is referred to as the \"Desert Barbie.\" In Season 14's premiere, \"Break Down the House\", Teddy and Owen Reunite", "title": "Teddy Altman" }, { "id": "4811577", "text": "as a mid-season replacement to \"Boston Legal\" on March 27, 2005 and concluded on May 22, 2005. The nine-episode season aired on Sundays in the 10:00pm EST time slot, following \"Desperate Housewives\". The show was renewed by ABC for a second season, that aired in the same time slot as season one. Premiering on September 25, 2005 and concluding on May 15, 2006, the season consisted of twenty-seven episodes. The first five episodes of the second season were originally scheduled to air during the first, but the network decided to close the first season of \"Grey's Anatomy\" on the same", "title": "Grey's Anatomy" }, { "id": "20161230", "text": "of the 13. Disgusted with the whole situation, Meredith decides to return her and her mother's Harper Avery awards and Bailey shuts down the research contest. In the meantime, Catherine tries with all her might to save the face of the foundation since the news has spread. While in surgery, Jackson and Meredith come up with their own plan, which is to rename the foundation in honor of Catherine (née Fox) to the Catherine Fox Foundation. When Alex learns that his mom has not been cashing the checks he has been sending, he and Jo take off to Iowa to", "title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 14)" }, { "id": "11891998", "text": "of popular songs performed by the show's characters. In the episode Sara Ramirez, in the role of Callie Torres, sings \"The Story\". Ramirez' version of the song was included as a track on her 2011 extended play, \"Sara Ramirez\" and the 2011 album \"Grey's Anatomy: The Music Event\". Sara's rendition was used again in 2018 on the season fourteen finale. Country music artist LeAnn Rimes released a cover version of the song on 24 June 2016 in the UK as the first single from her thirteenth studio album \"Remnants\" and her first release after signing with RCA UK. Rimes promoted", "title": "The Story (song)" }, { "id": "3932935", "text": "Emily VanCamp Emily Irene VanCamp (born May 12, 1986) is a Canadian actress, known for her lead roles on The WB series \"Everwood\" (2002–06), the ABC dramas \"Brothers & Sisters\" (2007–10) and \"Revenge\" (2011–15), and as Sharon Carter / Agent 13 in \"\" (2014) and \"\" (2016). VanCamp stars as the female lead in the Fox medical drama series \"The Resident\", which debuted in January 2018 as a midseason entry in the 2017–18 US television season. VanCamp was born on May 12, 1986, in Port Perry, Ontario. Her father, Robert VanCamp, is an animal nutritionist and her first job was", "title": "Emily VanCamp" }, { "id": "5385042", "text": "Cicierega's \"Mouth Sounds\" album. Philippe Uminski of the band Circus released a cover version of \"Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger\" in 2004. Mike Tompkins released an a cappella version of the song in May 2012. Norwegian YouTube singer Per Fredrik Pellek Asly, or \"PelleK\", released a power metal version of the song in July 2013. Steam Powered Giraffe covered the song in May 2014. The show \"Grey's Anatomy\" used the title of the song for the one of episodes seen in season fourteen. More recently, the song was used in the theatrical trailer for the Disney animated film \"Ralph Breaks the", "title": "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" }, { "id": "20161229", "text": "surprised to learn that one of her interns, Sam Bello (Jeanine Mason), is a \"Dreamer\" protected by (DACA). Meredith designs a plan to keep from being deported. Despite pleas from Andrew (Sam's boyfriend), Meredith sends to work under Dr Cristina Yang in Switzerland. While the research contest reaches the next milestone, presentation day, Catherine confronts Jackson about a major secret concerning his grandfather. The man had 13 cases of sexual harassment filed against him, and she herself paid the women major settlements to keep it all covered up. Meredith learns of this truth and also that Marie Cerone was one", "title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 14)" }, { "id": "20161234", "text": "struggles to find an available cardio surgeon until Teddy unexpectedly arrives looking for a job. Jo learns she has been accepted into Mass Gen's fellowship program, but fearful of losing Alex, Meredith offers Jo the general surgery attending position. The wedding is delayed when the wedding planner goes into anaphylactic shock and an emergency tracheotomy is performed to save her. After the guests leave thinking there will be no wedding, the pastor finally arrives in time to marry April and Matthew after a surprise re-engagement. On a ferry back to the main land, Maggie has the idea to have Meredith", "title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 14)" }, { "id": "17314117", "text": "Grey's Anatomy (season 10) The tenth season of the American television medical drama \"Grey's Anatomy\" premiered on September 26, 2013, with a two-hour special episode in the United States on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), and it concluded with a \"Farewell to Cristina\" finale episode \"Fear (of the Unknown)\" on May 15, 2014. The season was produced by ABC Studios, in association with Shondaland Production Company and The Mark Gordon Company; the showrunner being Shonda Rhimes. The season was officially released on DVD as a six-disc boxset under the title of \"Grey's Anatomy: The Complete Tenth Season – Live For", "title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 10)" }, { "id": "3562921", "text": "joining us for season 14. She embodies everything that we hoped for in the character of Quinn and we can't wait to have her come be a part of our team\". In June 2017 it was announced that this would be her only season. Esposito appeared on the September 10, 2016, episode of \"\" where she said her doctor had her hospitalized in a psych ward. She said the hospitalization happened during the time she was an actress on the show \"Samantha Who?\" Esposito married American actor Bradley Cooper on December 30, 2006. In May 2007, after five months of", "title": "Jennifer Esposito" }, { "id": "14904301", "text": "on British music television show \"Later... with Jools Holland\", along with \"Night Time\". The song was included on the set list of their 2010 tour, and was also performed at the ITunes Festival held at The Roundhouse in London in the same year; the band later released a digital EP of their performance. \"Islands\" was also included on the set list of the band's 2013 tour, and a more rock-oriented version of the song was performed. \"Islands\" was played during the closing monologue of the fourteenth episode of the sixth season of American television medical drama \"Grey's Anatomy\", entitled \"Valentine's", "title": "Islands (The xx song)" }, { "id": "19377293", "text": "\"Elias\". She directed the NRK drama series \"Mammon\" in 2013. In 2017 she directed the fifth episode of season fourteen of Grey's Anatomy Cecilie Mosli Cecilie Askeland Mosli (born 30 January 1973) is a Norwegian actress and film director. She attended Kongsbakken High School in Tromsø, but transferred to a high school in Denmark. Afterwards, she and seven classmates began studying at the State Theatre College. Her acting career began in the 1990s when she starred in several short films, including a small role in the film \"Elling\". Her most well-known film role came in 2005 when she starred in", "title": "Cecilie Mosli" }, { "id": "18761847", "text": "2016, that Wilmer Valderrama was cast as Kyle Diaz, a recurring role which he will play in a multi-episode arc. On May 7, 2015, ABC renewed \"Grey's Anatomy\" for a twelfth season for the 2015-16 television season. ABC president Paul Lee confirmed that the twelfth season would not be the final season, as he said \"I would like to see it run for many, many years to come. It is powerful, vibrant brand with incredibly passionate audiences\" Debbie Allen was promoted to executive producer for the twelfth season, and directed multiple episodes for the season while still recurring on camera", "title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 12)" }, { "id": "20161222", "text": "to leave surgery to join the Seattle Fire Department. With Jo and Alex now living together again, she realizes how much control her estranged husband, Dr Paul Stadler (Matthew Morrison), has over her. Now in the running for chief resident, Jo decides to file for divorce. With her mind on her secret relationship with Paul, she is surprised to find him in the hospital. Jo attempts to steer clear of him, but at the same time also believes she has a duty to inform Paul's fiancé of what type of man he really is. As Paul keeps trying to find", "title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 14)" }, { "id": "10185569", "text": "season was also released as a five-disc Blu-ray box set in regions A and B. The Blu-ray release proved unsuccessful and is currently no. 39614 in Movies and Television on Amazon.com Grey's Anatomy (season 4) The fourth season of the American television medical drama Grey's Anatomy, commenced airing in the United States on September 27, 2007 and concluded on May 22, 2008. The season continues the story of a group of surgeons and their mentors in the fictional Seattle Grace Hospital, describing their professional lives and the way they affect the personal background of each character. Season four had twelve", "title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 4)" }, { "id": "7310944", "text": "aired during the 2005-2006 season due to the high number of viewers that watched \"Who's Zoomin' Who?\", the season's highest-rated episode with 22.22 million viewers tuning in. The series was chosen in the top ten for several 2005 \"best of television\" lists, including \"USA Today\", \"San Jose Mercury News\", \"The New York Times\", \"The Boston Globe\" and \"Chicago Tribune\" The series was created by Shonda Rhimes and was aired on the ABC Network in the U.S. The season was produced by Touchstone Television, currently ABC Studios, The Mark Gordon Company, ShondaLand Production Company, and was distributed by Buena Vista International,", "title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 1)" }, { "id": "18761849", "text": "special \"It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown\", the twelfth season had a hiatus on October 29, 2015 following the 250th episode. The remaining fall schedule for ABC was announced on November 16, 2015 where it was announced that \"Grey's Anatomy\" would air eight episodes in the fall with the fall finale to air on November 19, 2015, just like the rest of ABC's primetime lineup \"TGIT\" \"Scandal\" and \"How to Get Away with Murder\", which was the same last year. The remaining 16 episodes will air after the winter break, beginning on February 11, 2016, and ending on May 19,", "title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 12)" }, { "id": "18032573", "text": "to the finale. Before the finale, it was announced that the upcoming season airing in 2016 would be the last of the reality show. Since the series began in 2002 it peaked in viewership at 30 million viewers per episode in 2006, slipping to 20 million viewers per episode in 2011, and down further since with an average of about 9.15 million viewers per episode in 2015. On May 13, Nick Fradiani was announced the winner of the season, with Clark Beckham as runner-up. The fourteenth season of \"American Idol\" featured a number of major changes to its format and", "title": "American Idol (season 14)" }, { "id": "4811570", "text": "of college graduates\". Below is a table of \"Grey's Anatomy\"s seasonal rankings in the U.S. television market, based on average total viewers per episode. Each U.S. network television season starts in September and ends in late May, which coincides with the completion of May sweeps. \"Grey's Anatomy\" has won a number of awards. , the show has been nominated for twenty-five Primetime Emmy Awards, having been nominated for at least one every year, except in 2010. At the 57th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2005, Oh was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, which she went on to", "title": "Grey's Anatomy" }, { "id": "10060364", "text": "role in the CBS series \"Moonlight\", starring as the female lead's boyfriend. Belfi also appeared briefly in the \"Gilmore Girls\" Season 5 episode \"The Party's Over\". He also guest starred on \"Hawaii Five-0\" as Spenser Owens in Season 1 Episode 14 \"He Kane Hewa' Ole.\" In 2012, he guest starred on two episodes of \"Grey's Anatomy\" as Nick during season 8. Jordan Belfi Jordan Christopher Belfi (born November 30, 1978) is an American actor. Belfi was born in Los Angeles, California. He graduated from Wesleyan University in 2000. He is known best for his work on HBO's \"Entourage\", in which", "title": "Jordan Belfi" }, { "id": "20161223", "text": "Jo, Meredith pretends to call security to have him removed, but he leaves before they can get there. However, he winds up back in the ER as a victim of a hit and run accident. With everyone running around the ER, April Kepner (Sarah Drew) sees a familiar face in Matthew (Justin Bruening), the paramedic she left at the altar for Jackson. He is there with his wife who is now pregnant. After Jo talks to Jenny (Bethany Joy Lenz), Paul's fiancé, they venture to Paul's room to tell him they are taking him to court. Upon receiving the news,", "title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 14)" }, { "id": "16203064", "text": "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 14) The fourteenth season of \"\" debuted with a two-part premiere episode on September 26, 2012, at 9pm/8c - 11pm/10c (Eastern) on NBC, which was the show's weekly time slot. The fourteenth season picked up storyline-wise where the last season left off, with Captain Cragen (Dann Florek) awaking to a dead sex worker in his bed with her throat slit. The two-part season premiere was watched by 7.19 million total viewers and received generally positive reviews. The series' landmark 300th episode fell this season and aired on October 24, 2012, watched by 6.77", "title": "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 14)" }, { "id": "7310939", "text": "Grey's Anatomy (season 1) The first season of the American television medical drama Grey's Anatomy, began airing in the United States on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) on March 27, 2005, and concluded on May 22, 2005. The first season introduces the main character, Meredith Grey, as she enrolls in Seattle Grace Hospital's internship program and faces unexpected challenges and surprises. Season one had nine series regulars, four of whom have been part of the main cast ever since. The season initially served as a mid-season replacement for the legal drama \"Boston Legal\", airing in the Sunday night time slot", "title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 1)" }, { "id": "16467166", "text": "Pickens, Jr.) plans his annual dinner for the departing residents, Dr. Owen Hunt (Kevin McKidd) fires Dr. Teddy Altman (Kim Raver), and Dr. Miranda Bailey (Chandra Wilson) gets engaged. The episode marked Leigh's final appearance in the series and Raver's last until late in the fourteenth season. Exterior filming of the accident took place at Big Bear Lake, California. Jason George reprised his role as a guest star, whereas James LeGros made his first appearance. The episode opened to mixed reviews from television critics, with some criticizing the death of Lexie, but praising Leigh's performance, in addition to Ellen Pompeo", "title": "Flight (Grey's Anatomy)" }, { "id": "18761857", "text": "best television of 2015. The A.V. Club's Caroline Siede described the twelfth season of \"Grey's Anatomy\" as \"phenomenal\", stating that the series underwent a \"powerful renaissance this year\". A final grade of B+ was given to the season. Grey's Anatomy (season 12) The twelfth season of the American television medical drama \"Grey's Anatomy\" was ordered on May 7, 2015, by ABC. It premiered on September 24, 2015, in the United States on ABC. The twelfth season includes the show's 250th episode, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, which is the fifth episode in the season. The season is produced by ABC", "title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 12)" }, { "id": "4811591", "text": "show for temporary viewing. Recent episodes are also available at ABC's official \"Grey's Anatomy\" website, and on Hulu and Xfinity. In 2009, ABC signed a deal allowing \"Grey's Anatomy\" episodes to be streamed on Netflix. \"Grey's Anatomy\" is syndicated on Lifetime, with one hour blocks weekdays at 1:00 pm, 2:00 pm, and 3:00 pm EST. Reruns have also started to air on Lifetime Movies. Since its debut, Buena Vista Home Entertainment has released the first eight seasons on DVD to regions 1, 2, and 4. The first season's DVD, released on February 14, 2006, features an alternate title sequence, bloopers,", "title": "Grey's Anatomy" }, { "id": "17314136", "text": "Sara Ramirez also renewed her contract for another two seasons. \"Grey's Anatomy\" was renewed for a tenth season on May 10, 2013. This season is to include the 200th episode of the series, the fourth episode to air, \"Puttin' on the Ritz\". This season was also split into two batches of episodes, each batch consisting of 12 uninterrupted episodes (excluding holidays). The mid-season premiere aired on February 27, 2014. \"Grey's Anatomy's\" tenth season opened up to 9.27 million viewers with a 3.4/9 Nielsen rating/share in the 18–49 demographic. \"Everybody's Crying Mercy\" served as the season's most viewed episode. \"Man on", "title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 10)" }, { "id": "20799562", "text": "season would contain only 20 episodes, the series' shortest season since the third season which was only 16 episodes due to the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports a 89% approval rating for \"Supernatural\"'s fourteenth season, with an average rating of 7.86/10 based on 9 reviews. Supernatural (season 14) The fourteenth season of \"Supernatural\", an American dark fantasy television series created by Eric Kripke, premiered on October 11, 2018, on The CW. The season will consist of 20 episodes and airs on Thursdays at 8:00 pm (ET). This is the third season with", "title": "Supernatural (season 14)" }, { "id": "10185564", "text": "slot, at 9:00 ET, after it was moved at the beginning of the third season, following two seasons in the Sunday night timeslot, as a lead-out to \"Desperate Housewives\", which aired at 9:00 ET for its entire run. The season aired as a lead-out to \"Ugly Betty\", then in its second season, which aired on Thursday nights at 8:00 ET. \"Grey's Anatomy\" averaged 15.92 million viewers in its fourth season, ranking tenth in viewership. The highest-rated episode of the season was the season premiere, with 20.93 million viewers tuning in and a 7.3 rating, ranking the third for the week.", "title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 4)" }, { "id": "2285663", "text": "in which she plays a Catholic nun in an AIDS-stricken African village. The same year, Oh was cast as Cristina Yang in the first season of what became the hit ABC medical series \"Grey's Anatomy\". Oh's long-running role on the show earned her both a 2005 Golden Globe Award for and a 2006 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series. In July 2009, she received her fifth consecutive Emmy nomination for her work on the series. In August 2013, Oh announced that the program's tenth season would be her final season. In", "title": "Sandra Oh" }, { "id": "4811476", "text": "the show has been described by the media outlets as a television \"phenomenon\" or a \"juggernaut\", owing to its longevity and dominant ratings. It is considered to have had a significant effect on popular culture and has received numerous awards, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama. It has received thirty-eight Primetime Emmy Award nominations, including two for Outstanding Drama Series. The cast members have also received several accolades for their respective performances. \"Grey's Anatomy\" is the longest-running scripted primetime show currently airing on ABC, the longest scripted primetime ABC show ever, and the second-longest primetime", "title": "Grey's Anatomy" }, { "id": "14065643", "text": "America's Next Top Model (season 14) The fourteenth cycle of America's Next Top Model premiered on March 10, 2010, and is the eighth season to be aired on The CW. The cycle's catch phrase is \"Work It Out\". The promotional songs are \"Watch Me Move\" by Fefe Dobson and \"Go Getta\" by Stella Mwangi. The prizes for this cycle were: J. Alexander was removed from his post as a judge, but still remained as the runway coach. He was replaced by \"Vogue\" editor André Leon Talley. The international destinations during this cycle were Auckland and Queenstown, New Zealand. The winner", "title": "America's Next Top Model (season 14)" }, { "id": "17314133", "text": "It is believed that his reappearance will have ties with Cristina Yang's (Sandra Oh) departure from the show after ten years. Dr. Burke was Cristina Yang's love interest for much of his three years on the show. Washington was fired seven years ago after he made a homophobic slur against castmate, T.R. Knight. On March 18, 2014, it was announced that another \"Grey's Anatomy\" alum would return in May and stay until the end of the season. Caterina Scorsone will return to play Amelia Shepherd, one of Derek's four sisters. Scorsone was a regular on the \"Grey's Anatomy\" spin-off, \"Private", "title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 10)" }, { "id": "6599769", "text": "Isaiah Washington Isaiah Washington IV (born August 3, 1963) is an American actor. Washington has appeared in Spike Lee film's \"Crooklyn\", \"Clockers\", \"Girl 6\" and \"Get on the Bus\". Washington is also known for his role as Dr. Preston Burke on the ABC medical drama television series \"Grey's Anatomy\" from 2005 until 2007, and again in 2014. From 2014 to 2018, Washington portrayed Thelonious Jaha on The CW's science fiction television series \"The 100\". Washington was born in Houston, Texas where his parents were residents in the Houston Heights community. His parents moved to Missouri City, Texas around 1980, where", "title": "Isaiah Washington" }, { "id": "19523336", "text": "he had renewed his contract and will be playing Dr. Alex Karev in the 13th season. \"The Hollywood Reporter\" reported on May 4, 2016, that the original cast were all negotiating new contracts. After the finale, Pompeo said that she would be returning in the next season, which was officially confirmed by \"Deadline\" on June 1, 2016. Series-veteran Sara Ramirez announced after the finale that she would not be returning for season 13 as Dr. Callie Torres, after the character left for New York to be with her girlfriend Dr. Penny Blake. Thus, this will be the first season since", "title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 13)" }, { "id": "19523339", "text": "announced on Twitter that the writers were in full swing mapping the 13th season. Production began on July 21, 2016, with prepping for the season officially starting on July 28, 2016. The table read for the premiere was on July 22, 2016. Filming for the season began on August 1, 2016, with Shonda Rhimes tweeting that the crew were filming the 270th episode of the series, the season premiere. A promotional poster for the season was released on August 2, 2016, portraying Dr. Meredith Grey in Seattle, for which the series is located. The poster started speculation of its meaning", "title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 13)" }, { "id": "20161219", "text": "interns. When Carina finds that Amelia has a brain tumor, she brings her former mentor/professor Dr Tom Koracek (Greg Germann) to create a treatment plan. But when he points out how the tumor has affected her judgment, she fears that it might have ruined her patient's lives or put them in more danger—specifically Dr Nicole Herman (Geena Davis), who despite saving her life, was left blind. After the tumor is removed, Amelia and Owen reflect on their marriage and decide that everything up to that point has been misguided; the tumor made Amelia someone she was not, and they ultimately", "title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 14)" }, { "id": "20161225", "text": "to show signs of a heart attack. She winds up at Seattle Presbyterian Hospital, where the doctors take her concerns less than seriously. They see in her chart a history of OCD and believe that is the underlying issue, since the tests they are running are coming back negative. Bailey calls on Maggie to save her, and after she does, Bailey decides to support Ben’s decision to become a firefighter, as she realizes life is too short to do anything than what makes you happy. With the medical research contest, funded by Jackson's money, getting underway, the doctors begin to", "title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 14)" }, { "id": "18588494", "text": "at the end of the sequence that it all took place inside the pot. Eighteen chefs competed for the head chef position in season 14. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> The fourteenth-season premiere of Hell's Kitchen premiered to an audience of 4.09 million, 0.18 million lower than last season's premiere, but up 0.49 million from season 13's finale. Hell's Kitchen (U.S. season 14) Season 14 of the American competitive reality television series \"Hell's Kitchen\" premiered on March 3, 2015 on Fox. The prize is a head chef position at Gordon Ramsay Pub & Grill in Caesars Atlantic City. Gordon Ramsay returned as head chef", "title": "Hell's Kitchen (U.S. season 14)" }, { "id": "18290383", "text": "TV audience, and networks schedule highly rated programming for the night to attract those advertising dollars. The Associated Press called Rhimes' reign of an entire night of network television \"unmatched in TV history.\" The first series produced by Shondaland is \"Grey's Anatomy\", which premiered on March 27, 2005, and currently is broadcasting its fifteenth season. In 2007, \"Private Practice\" premiered, and lasted for six seasons, until its final broadcast, on January 22, 2013. The third installment, \"Off the Map\", was created by Jenna Bans and lasted for only one season, in 2011. \"Scandal\" and \"How to Get Away with Murder\",", "title": "Shondaland" }, { "id": "2285653", "text": "Sandra Oh Sandra Miju Oh (born July 20, 1971) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her role as Cristina Yang on the ABC medical drama series \"Grey's Anatomy\", set in the United States, which she played from 2005 to 2014. For her role, she earned a Golden Globe Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and five nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. She also had a supporting role on the HBO drama series \"Arliss\". In 2018, Oh began starring as Eve Polastri in BBC America's murder-mystery series \"Killing Eve\"; for", "title": "Sandra Oh" }, { "id": "15396155", "text": "Keys confirmed that the twelfth season would be her last. She stated, \"Who knows what the future holds, but I know this one is my final season.\" On May 10, 2017, NBC announced that Jennifer Hudson would join the coaches lineup for the series' thirteenth season. On May 11, 2017, it was announced that Kelly Clarkson would be a coach in season fourteen in 2018. On October 18, 2017, NBC announced that Alicia Keys would return to the series for the 14th season. On May 10, 2018, it was announced that Clarkson and Hudson would return for the series' fifteenth", "title": "The Voice (U.S. TV series)" }, { "id": "20727483", "text": "in love with surgery again, to do research, and spend more time with her family. Teddy and her patient later watch the woman's daughter's wedding via livestream. Witnessing Teddy's emotions and continuous touching of her belly, the woman suspects that Teddy is pregnant, which she confirms. The episode was written by Krista Vernoff and directed by Debbie Allen. On March 8, 2018, it was announced that both Jessica Capshaw and Sarah Drew would leave the series following the conclusion of the season. The episode aired on American Broadcasting Company on May 17, 2018. Upon initial release, it was viewed by", "title": "All of Me (Grey's Anatomy)" }, { "id": "18970643", "text": "(season 3). On 27 June 2018 Claire released her new single \"Chains\" for NBC’s Shades of Blue (season 3). Just recently Claire released \"Body Is Moving\" for the ABC television show Grey's Anatomy (season 15), as well as \"Hero\" for the ABC television show Station 19 (season 2). Claire Guerreso Claire Guerreso (born September 19, 1983) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She signed a record deal with dance music powerhouse Ultra Records as well as a publishing deal with Big Yellow Dog Music in January 2013. Equally apt at writing dark, ethereal songs to upbeat dance tracks to introspective", "title": "Claire Guerreso" }, { "id": "16531008", "text": "Grey's Anatomy (season 9) The ninth season of the American television medical drama \"Grey's Anatomy\" began airing in the United States on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) on September 27, 2012, with the season premiere \"Going, Going, Gone\" and consists of 24 episodes with the finale \"Perfect Storm\" airing on May 16, 2013. The season was produced by ABC Studios, in association with Shondaland Production Company and The Mark Gordon Company; the showrunner being Shonda Rhimes. The season was officially released on DVD as a six-disc boxset under the title of Grey's Anatomy: The Complete Ninth Season - Everything Changes", "title": "Grey's Anatomy (season 9)" } ]

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[ { "id": "11622016", "text": "gave the Lions their third NFL championship in six years. It was also referred to as \"the perfect revenge\" for the Browns' 56-10 defeat of the Lions in the 1954 NFL Championship Game. 1957 Detroit Lions season The Detroit Lions season resulted in the Lions winning their fourth and most recent NFL championship. In the penultimate regular season game with the Cleveland Browns on December 8, hall of fame quarterback Bobby Layne was lost for the season with a broken right ankle. With backup Tobin Rote in at quarterback in the second quarter, the Lions won that game and overcame", "title": "1957 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "11622010", "text": "1957 Detroit Lions season The Detroit Lions season resulted in the Lions winning their fourth and most recent NFL championship. In the penultimate regular season game with the Cleveland Browns on December 8, hall of fame quarterback Bobby Layne was lost for the season with a broken right ankle. With backup Tobin Rote in at quarterback in the second quarter, the Lions won that game and overcame a ten-point deficit at halftime the following week to defeat the Chicago Bears 21–13, whom they had lost to three weeks earlier at home. They ended the regular season with three consecutive wins", "title": "1957 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "11618404", "text": "was held to just 44 yards on 11 carries. As of 2017, this was the first and only time that the Lions made an appearance in the NFC Championship Game. 1991 Detroit Lions season The Detroit Lions season was the franchise's 62nd season in the National Football League, their 58th as the Detroit Lions. It stands as the team's best season since the NFL-AFL merger in 1970. The team finished 12–4, won the NFC Central Division, and appeared in the playoffs for the first time since 1983; it also marked the team's first winning season since 1983. The Lions finished", "title": "1991 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "107939", "text": "for the 1934 season. The Lions have won four NFL championships, tied for 9th overall in total championships amongst all 32 NFL franchises; however, their last was in 1957, which gives the club the second-longest NFL championship drought behind the Arizona Cardinals. They are one of four current teams and the only NFC team to have not yet played in the Super Bowl. They are also the only franchise to have been in operation for all 52 seasons of the Super Bowl era without having appeared in one (the Cleveland Browns were not in operation for the 1996 to 1998", "title": "Detroit Lions" }, { "id": "16977522", "text": "2013 Detroit Lions season The Detroit Lions season was the franchise's 84th season in the National Football League, their 80th as the Detroit Lions, as well as the fifth and final under head coach Jim Schwartz, who was fired on December 30. It was also the final season under the ownership of William Clay Ford, Sr., who died in March 2014. The Lions improved upon their 4–12 record from 2012 when they defeated the Dallas Cowboys in Week 8 to go to 5–3 on the season. Also, their divisional record improved significantly from 2012 (when they were swept by all", "title": "2013 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "11056750", "text": "Stanley Cup Final that Bob Cole would serve as the play-by-play announcer for, as Jim Hughson would take over the following year. The following year, both the Red Wings and Penguins met again in the Stanley Cup Finals. This time, the Penguins won the Stanley Cup. This marks the most recent time that a Detroit-based team has won a major league championship. Years indicated in boldface under the \"Finals appearance\" column signify that the player won the Stanley Cup in the given year. 2008 Stanley Cup Finals The 2008 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey", "title": "2008 Stanley Cup Finals" }, { "id": "9861945", "text": "championship season, and the Lions thought he was through and wanted to get what they could for him. According to legend, as he was leaving for Pittsburgh, Bobby said that Detroit \"would not win for 50 years.\" Since this time, the Lions have not won another championship and the franchise's subsequent years of (mostly) futility has been labelled \"The Curse of Bobby Layne.\" Without Layne Detroit finished 4–7–1 for one of the worst title defenses in NFL history. A 3–8–1 season in 1959 meant the Lions closed out their most successful decade in disappointing fashion and going into the 1960s", "title": "History of the Detroit Lions" }, { "id": "9395808", "text": "59–14 rout at Briggs Stadium for their third title in six years. As of , it is Detroit's most recent league title. The Lions trailed the 49ers 24–7 at halftime, and were down twenty points in the third quarter. Quarterback Bobby Layne had been lost for the season two weeks earlier, and backup Tobin Rote lead the Lions' rally, scoring 24 unanswered points in the second half to win, 31–27. The game was featured on NFL Top 10 as #2 on \"Top Ten Comebacks\". 1957 NFL playoffs The National Football League season resulted in a tie for the Western Conference", "title": "1957 NFL playoffs" }, { "id": "9861944", "text": "day. Bobby Layne had been lost to injury three weeks prior but Lions backup Tobin Rote led Detroit to 24 unanswered points and a 31–27 come from behind win. The next week, in the NFL Championship Game, Rote threw for four touchdowns and ran in another as the Lions routed Cleveland 59–14 and claimed their third championship in six years and to date their last. In 1958, after he had led the Lions to three NFL championship games and provided Detroit nearly a decade of Hall of Fame play, the Lions traded Bobby Layne. Bobby was injured during the last", "title": "History of the Detroit Lions" }, { "id": "19119331", "text": "2016 Detroit Lions season The 2016 Detroit Lions season was the franchise's 87th season in the National Football League (NFL), their 83rd as the Detroit Lions, and their third under head coach Jim Caldwell. On January 8, 2016, the Lions hired Bob Quinn as general manager. This was also the first season in over 40 years in which the Lions had an official cheerleading squad. The Lions improved upon their 7–9 record from 2015, and clinched a playoff spot for the first time since 2014—the Lions finished tied with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for the last NFC playoff spot, but", "title": "2016 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "10379931", "text": "2008 NFL season The 2008 NFL season was the 89th regular season of the National Football League, themed with the slogan \"Believe in Now.\" Super Bowl XLIII, the league's championship game, was at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, on February 1, 2009, with the Pittsburgh Steelers coming out victorious over the Arizona Cardinals 27–23 and winning their NFL-record sixth Vince Lombardi Trophy. Conversely, the Detroit Lions became the first NFL team with a winless season since the strike-shortened 1982 NFL season, finishing their season 0–16. For the first time since the NFL expanded to the sixteen game season in", "title": "2008 NFL season" }, { "id": "7065241", "text": "began, he succeeded Buddy Parker as head coach. In his first year as head coach, Wilson guided Detroit to an 8–4 season and a 59–14 victory over the Cleveland Browns in the 1957 NFL Championship Game, to date the most recent league championship for the Lions. For his efforts, Wilson received the Associated Press NFL Coach of the Year Award, being the first recipient of the award. During the post-1957 season, he also served as the Western Conference head coach for the first nationally televised Pro Bowl, while Parker, then head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers, coached the Eastern Conference.", "title": "George Wilson (American football coach)" }, { "id": "9395680", "text": "The Lions have not appeared in an NFL championship game (including the Super Bowl) since this title . It was their last postseason appearance until 1970 and their last postseason home game and victory until 1991. That was also the only time the Lions have advanced as far as the Conference Championship game -- losing the 41–10 to the Washington Redskins, who went on to win Super Bowl XXVI. 1957 NFL Championship Game The 1957 National Football League championship game was the 25th annual championship game, held on December 29 at Briggs Stadium in Detroit, Michigan. The Detroit Lions (8–4),", "title": "1957 NFL Championship Game" }, { "id": "109719", "text": "XL, 2006 and 2012 World Series, WrestleMania 23 in 2007, and the NCAA Final Four in April 2009. The city hosted the Detroit Indy Grand Prix on Belle Isle Park from 1989 to 2001, 2007 to 2008, and 2012 and beyond. In 2007, open-wheel racing returned to Belle Isle with both Indy Racing League and American Le Mans Series Racing. In the years following the mid-1930s, Detroit was referred to as the \"City of Champions\" after the Tigers, Lions, and Red Wings captured all three major professional sports championships in a seven-month period of time (the Tigers won the World", "title": "Detroit" }, { "id": "109717", "text": "The Detroit Lions have won 4 NFL titles. The Detroit Pistons have won three NBA titles. With the Pistons' first of three NBA titles in 1989, the city of Detroit has won titles in all four of the major professional sports leagues. Two new downtown stadiums for the Detroit Tigers and Detroit Lions opened in 2000 and 2002, respectively, returning the Lions to the city proper. In college sports, Detroit's central location within the Mid-American Conference has made it a frequent site for the league's championship events. While the MAC Basketball Tournament moved permanently to Cleveland starting in 2000, the", "title": "Detroit" }, { "id": "15204729", "text": "2011 Detroit Lions season The Detroit Lions season was the franchise's 82nd season in the National Football League, their 78th as the Detroit Lions, the 10th playing its home games at Ford Field and the third year under head coach Jim Schwartz. With a regular season record of 10–6, the team improved on its 6–10 record from 2010, making it their third consecutive improved season. It was the Lions' first winning season since 2000 and first 10 win season since 1995. The Lions' 5–0 start was their best since 1956. With their win over the San Diego Chargers on December", "title": "2011 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "11618403", "text": "turning to Sanders and it paid off as he completed 29 out of 38 passes for 341 yards and 3 touchdowns helping Detroit to a 38-6 victory. This was the Lions' only playoff win of the Barry Sanders era and as of 2017, stands as their last playoff victory. The Redskins crushed the Lions, 41–10, as quarterback Mark Rypien completed 12 out of 17 passes for 228 yards and 2 touchdowns. Detroit quarterback Erik Kramer was sacked 5 times, three of them by Washington linebacker Wilber Marshall. Lions running back Barry Sanders, who rushed for 1,548 yards during the season,", "title": "1991 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "17736612", "text": "2014 Detroit Lions season The Detroit Lions season was the franchise's 85th season in the National Football League, their 81st as the Detroit Lions and the first under a new coaching staff led by head coach Jim Caldwell. The Lions suffered the loss of long-time owner William Clay Ford, Sr., who died on March 9 at the age of 88, and wore patches with his initials on their jerseys in his honor. After the Philadelphia Eagles lost to the Washington Redskins in Week 16, the Lions clinched a playoff berth for the first time since 2011. They lost to the", "title": "2014 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "11622012", "text": "Briggs Stadium in Detroit, the Lions led 17–0 after the first quarter and won in a rout, 59–14. Through the 2017 season, the Lions have yet to return to the NFL title game (including the Super Bowl), an absence of nearly sixty years. It is the 4th-longest drought in all 4 Sports. Also the 2nd-longest drought in the NFL (Arizona Cardinals 1947). Between the 1956 and 1957 seasons, the Lions hired George Wilson as their new head coach. On September 29, 1957, the Lions opened their 1956 with a 34-14 loss to the Baltimore Colts in Baltimore. The Colts were", "title": "1957 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "19820568", "text": "from Hundley to Cobb for the Packers. Then the Lions scored the game's final points with a seven-yard touchdown run from Ameer Abdullah, followed by a two-point conversion pass from Tate to Stafford, making the final score 35–11 in favor of Detroit. With the win, it marked the first time the Lions beat the Packers twice in the regular season since 1991. The Lions also had their first back-to-back winning seasons since 1994 and 1995. 2017 Detroit Lions season The 2017 Detroit Lions season was the franchise's 88th season in the National Football League (NFL), their 84th as the Detroit", "title": "2017 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "19820535", "text": "2017 Detroit Lions season The 2017 Detroit Lions season was the franchise's 88th season in the National Football League (NFL), their 84th as the Detroit Lions, and their fourth and final under head coach Jim Caldwell. The Lions finished with a 9–7 record, the same record they had in 2016, but unlike the previous year, failed to qualify for the playoffs. After starting the season 3–1, they lost 6 of their next 12 games. They were mathematically eliminated from playoff contention in week 16 following their loss to the Cincinnati Bengals. Despite missing the playoffs, the Lions recorded consecutive winning", "title": "2017 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "4709590", "text": "to Green. Then linebacker Victor Jones recovered a fumble from Aikman on the Cowboys 27, leading to Kramer's 7-yard touchdown pass to Moore. In the fourth quarter, Lions running back Barry Sanders, who had been held to just 22 rushing yards up to this point, put the finishing touch on Detroit's victory with an electrifying 47-yard touchdown run. Green finished the day with eight receptions for 115 yards and two touchdowns. Sanders' touchdown would be the only postseason score of his Hall of Fame career. As of 2017, this was the last time the Lions won a playoff game and", "title": "1991–92 NFL playoffs" }, { "id": "9861936", "text": "a 1-3-1 start to 5 wins to end the year with Detroit's first winning record since 1939. On November 7, 1943 the Lions and the New York Football Giants played to a 0–0 tie at Detroit – to date the last time an NFL game has ended with a scoreless tie. Detroit improved on that record in 1945 finishing 7–3, 2nd in the Western Division behind the Cleveland Rams. The Lions were less successful in the latter half of the decade; in 1946 Detroit only managed 1 win all year long and in 1947 only won 3. The Lions fortunes", "title": "History of the Detroit Lions" }, { "id": "11618388", "text": "1991 Detroit Lions season The Detroit Lions season was the franchise's 62nd season in the National Football League, their 58th as the Detroit Lions. It stands as the team's best season since the NFL-AFL merger in 1970. The team finished 12–4, won the NFC Central Division, and appeared in the playoffs for the first time since 1983; it also marked the team's first winning season since 1983. The Lions finished the season undefeated in the Pontiac Silverdome, including playoffs, and the team did not lose a game at an indoor facility the entire season, having made trips to Indianapolis and", "title": "1991 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "9861939", "text": "including being a part of the 1935 championship team. In 1952 the Lions finished with a 9–3 record tied with the Los Angeles Rams for first in the NFL's National Conference and thus for the first time in 17 years Detroit returned to the playoffs. In the National Conference Championship Game, the Lions defeated the Rams 31–21 in front of nearly 50,000 spectators at Briggs Stadium in Detroit, playing in rain and fog. The win also sent the Lions back to the NFL Championship Game against Paul Brown's Cleveland Browns, which was the first of four championship games and five", "title": "History of the Detroit Lions" }, { "id": "11620835", "text": "1995 Detroit Lions season The 1995 Detroit Lions season was the team's 66th in the National Football League (NFL). Finishing at 10-6, it marked the Lions' third consecutive winning season, which had not been accomplished in Detroit since the team posted four consecutive winning seasons from 1969-1972. It was also the Lions' third straight postseason appearance, and fourth in five seasons -- the franchises' best stretch since the 1950s. The Lions started the season 0-3 and were 3–6 after a Week 10 loss in Atlanta. However, starting with a Week 11 win over Tampa Bay, the Lions won a franchise-record", "title": "1995 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "19119366", "text": "The Seahawks scored 16 points in the fourth quarter via a 27-yard field goal from Hauschka, a four-yard touchdown run from Thomas Rawls, and a 13-yard touchdown pass from Wilson to Doug Baldwin, making the final score 26–6 in favor of Seattle, and ending the Lions' season. The loss marked the Lions' ninth consecutive playoff game without a win, the longest streak in NFL history. 2016 Detroit Lions season The 2016 Detroit Lions season was the franchise's 87th season in the National Football League (NFL), their 83rd as the Detroit Lions, and their third under head coach Jim Caldwell. On", "title": "2016 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "19820536", "text": "seasons for the first time since 1994–1995. They also won all of their division road games for the first time ever and swept their division rival Green Bay Packers for the first time since 1991. Despite this, Caldwell was dismissed by the Lions after the season, having accumulating a winning record of 36–28 (4-25 against teams that finished with winning records), but no playoff wins, in four seasons. The team also unveiled a new uniform set and logo, which removed the black that had been used a secondary color since 2003, as well an all gray uniform in week 15.", "title": "2017 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "11622043", "text": "won All-Pro honors from the Associated Press (AP), United Press International (UPI) and/or the \"New York Daily News\": In addition, seven Lions players were selected 1954 Pro Bowl: Several Lions players were also among the NFL leaders in various statistical categories, including the following: Six members of the team were later inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. They are: 1953 Detroit Lions season The Detroit Lions season resulted in the Lions winning their second consecutive and third overall National Football League (NFL) championship. In their fourth year under head coach Buddy Parker, the Lions compiled a 10–2 record", "title": "1953 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "15169197", "text": "2011–12 NFL playoffs The National Football League playoffs for the 2011 season began on January 7, 2012. The postseason tournament concluded with the New York Giants defeating the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI, 21–17, on February 5, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The Detroit Lions and Houston Texans both made team history with their clinching of playoff spots. The Lions had not been to the playoffs since 1999 while the Texans, who entered the league in 2002, had never made the playoffs in their nine-season history. The Buffalo Bills, who were eliminated from playoff contention for the", "title": "2011–12 NFL playoffs" }, { "id": "17736640", "text": "score 14–13. It appeared the Vikings would extend their lead when Blair Walsh lined up for a 26-yard field goal try, but Jason Jones partially blocked the kick, and it sailed wide. The Lions went ahead on their next possession when Prater made good on a 33-yard field goal. The final score remained 16–14 Lions, as Minnesota failed to score on its final two possessions. The win gave the Lions a 10–4 record for the first time since 1991 (and only the third time in franchise history, the other being 1970), their fourth consecutive division win (keeping them undefeated in", "title": "2014 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "16977523", "text": "their divisional rivals). At the end of Week 10, the Lions were in first place in their division following their first win at Soldier Field since 2007. With their Thanksgiving Day win over the Green Bay Packers, the Lions not only won their first Thanksgiving Day game since 2003, but they also went undefeated in division home games for the first time since 1999. The Lions dropped to 3rd place after their loss to the Ravens in Week 15, and they were eliminated from postseason contention after their loss to the New York Giants six days later. They lost their", "title": "2013 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "11618395", "text": "in check for most of the game, Kramer threw for 341 yards and three touchdowns and Sanders closed the scoring with an electrifying 47-yard touchdown run for a 38–6 victory. It was the Lions' first—and, to date, only—postseason victory since they won their last league championship in 1957. The win earned the Lions a return trip to Washington for the NFC Championship Game and a chance to avenge the 45–0 defeat in the season opener. The Redskins jumped to an early 10–0 lead when Kramer was sacked and fumbled on the Lions' first possession, then was intercepted on the second.", "title": "1991 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "9861992", "text": "game, and lost their last 4, including a heartbreaking 23–20 overtime loss in their last home game of the season to the Giants, who had nothing left to play for. The Lions were eliminated from playoff contention, and followed that by losing their last game to Minnesota in the last game ever played at the Metrodome. Overall, the Lions finished 7-9, 3rd in their division, resulting in the firing of coach Jim Schwartz on December 30. On January 14, 2014 the Lions hired Jim Caldwell as their new head coach. He is the first African American head coach in the", "title": "History of the Detroit Lions" }, { "id": "7174467", "text": "of their final 8 games to finish the season with a 7–9 record, and Caldwell retained his job. In 2016, Caldwell's third season in Detroit, the Lions improved to a 9–7 record and lost to the Packers in a Week 17 game that determined the winner of NFC North. The Lions clinched another wild card berth, but lost in the first round to the Seattle Seahawks, 26–6. The Lions went 9–7 again in 2017, in a season widely considered a disappointment despite the Lions' winning record. After the Lions missed the playoffs following a mediocre performance in the second half", "title": "Jim Caldwell (American football)" }, { "id": "16977549", "text": "game record of 336 yards set by Flipper Anderson in a 1989 overtime game. Calvin also tied Lance Alworth's all-time NFL mark with his fifth career game of 200 or more receiving yards. The Lions also became just the second team in the last 56 such games to win despite a minus-4 turnover differential. The only other team to accomplish this was the New England Patriots in a 2007 game against the Miami Dolphins. The Lions entered the game looking to sweep a season series from the Bears for the first time since 2007, and did so. Chicago scored on", "title": "2013 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "9861978", "text": "totals $72 million. In the first two games of 2009, the Lions lost to the eventual champion Saints and then to the Vikings. On September 27, 2009, the team broke their 19-game losing streak with a 19–14 win at Ford Field against the Washington Redskins. Losses resumed after that, which included handing the winless Rams their only victory of the season. Detroit's only other win of the season was against the Cleveland Browns, a surprise 38-37 thriller that saw Matthew Stafford throw the winning touchdown as time expired. The Lions then hosted Green Bay on their annual Thanksgiving game and", "title": "History of the Detroit Lions" }, { "id": "9861974", "text": "consecutive road losses) came to an end on September 12, 2004, when the Lions defeated the Bears 20–16 at Soldier Field in Chicago. Over seven seasons under Millen's leadership as team president, the Detroit Lions owned the NFL's worst winning percentage (31–81, .277), never had a winning season, never finished higher than third place in the NFC North, and did not play in any post-season games. Millen received a five-year contract extension at the start of the 2005 season, much to the dismay of Lions fans. Prior to the start of the 2006 NFL season the Lions traded quarterback Joey", "title": "History of the Detroit Lions" }, { "id": "19119359", "text": "regained the lead in the fourth quarter via a 24-yard interception return from Cre'Von LeBlanc. The Lions responded with a seven-yard touchdown run from Stafford with 3:17 left in the game, giving the Lions a 20–17 lead they held onto for the win, and breaking an NFL record with 8 comebacks in a single season. With the win, the Lions have won five games in a row for the first time since 2011. The Lions have also held opponents to 20 points or fewer in seven straight games, their longest such streak since 1961. In week 15, the Lions traveled", "title": "2016 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "14140318", "text": "the NFL. High points of the season included two division wins, the first being a 7–3 victory over the eventual Super Bowl XLV champion Green Bay Packers that snapped a 19-game losing streak against division opponents, and a four-game winning streak which included a victory in Tampa that ended their record 26-game road losing streak. The Lions also sent two players to the 2011 Pro Bowl: wide receiver Calvin Johnson and rookie defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh. The Lions missed the playoffs for the eleventh straight season, tying a record set between 1971 and 1981. On January 22, the Lions hired", "title": "2010 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "14137382", "text": "also marked the 20th anniversary of the Bills and Redskins meeting in Super Bowl XXVI. The Detroit Lions hosted their first Monday Night Football game since 2001, when they faced the Bears on Columbus Day/Canadian Thanksgiving (the Detroit-Windsor market straddles the U.S.–Canada border). Detroit defeated Chicago 24–13 for the team's fifth straight win, the most Lions wins to start a season since the team's glory years in the 1950s, continuing a streak that has been seen as a pleasant surprise for Lions fans, after over a decade of mediocrity. The 2011 Thanksgiving Day slate featured the Super Bowl Champion Green", "title": "2011 NFL season" }, { "id": "15204766", "text": "Malcolm Floyd, followed by a 22-yard field goal by Nick Novak. Detroit responded with a 6-yard touchdown run by Kevin Smith. The only points of the fourth quarter came when Cliff Avril intercepted a pass from Philip Rivers and ran it in 4 yards for a touchdown. With the win, the Lions improved to 10–5 and clinched an NFC Wildcard spot in the playoffs, their first postseason appearance since 1999. Also, the Lions became the only NFC North team to beat all AFC West teams on the season. For the last game of the regular season, the Lions, hoping to", "title": "2011 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "9861993", "text": "franchise's history. On March 9, 2014, long-time owner William Clay Ford, Sr. died at the age of 88. On March 10 it was announced that controlling interest in the Detroit Lions would pass to Ford's widow, Martha (née Firestone) Ford. During the 2014 season, the influence of Jim Caldwell improved the Lions drastically from the previous two seasons. Touting the league's second-best defensive unit (behind only the reigning champion Seahawks), the Lions posted an 11–5 record and qualified for the playoffs. However, the Lions suffered a controversial loss to the Dallas Cowboys in the wildcard round of the playoffs. On", "title": "History of the Detroit Lions" }, { "id": "12848861", "text": "catch by Santana Moss. The Lions scored next with a 2-yard TD run by Maurice Morris but failed on the 2-point conversion. The final score of the game was a 4-yard TD pass by Rock Cartwright. The Lions defense prevented the Redskins’ comeback, stopping a touchdown drive in the final seconds of the game. This win was the Lions’ first regular-season victory since December 23, 2007, and improved the team’s record to 1–2. It ended a franchise-record nineteen consecutive losses, which was also the second-longest losing streak in NFL history behind the 1976–77 Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ streak of twenty-six straight", "title": "2009 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "11036383", "text": "2009 NFL Draft was held from April 25 to 26, 2009 at New York City's Radio City Music Hall. With the first pick, the Detroit Lions selected quarterback Matthew Stafford from the University of Georgia. The playoffs began Saturday, January 9, 2010 with Wild Card Weekend. Divisional playoffs followed the next week. The defending world champions Pittsburgh Steelers did not take part in the post-season as they were eliminated from contention in the final week 17, thus this was the fifth year in a row the NFL crowned a new Super Bowl champion. The AFC Championship Game was Sunday, January", "title": "2009 NFL season" }, { "id": "9861991", "text": "started 4–4, then lost their last 8 games, their longest streak since 2008, to finish 4–12. This was the last season for PK Jason Hanson, the oldest then-active player in the NFL at 42 years old, who retired after the season ended. The 2013 season saw the team improve. By week 10, following their first win at Chicago since 2007, the team was in first place in the NFC North. In week 13, the team won their first Thanksgiving game since 2004 in a 40–10 whipping of Green Bay. However, the Lions had lost their previous two going into the", "title": "History of the Detroit Lions" }, { "id": "11622020", "text": "1953 Detroit Lions season The Detroit Lions season resulted in the Lions winning their second consecutive and third overall National Football League (NFL) championship. In their fourth year under head coach Buddy Parker, the Lions compiled a 10–2 record during the regular season, outscored opponents 271 to 205, finished in first place in the NFL's Western Division, and defeated the Cleveland Browns, 17–16, in the 1953 NFL Championship Game at Briggs Stadium in Detroit. The 1953 Lions ranked fifth in the NFL in scoring offense. The offense was led by quarterback Bobby Layne who compiled 2,431 yards of total offense", "title": "1953 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "11764365", "text": "2000 Detroit Lions season The 2000 Detroit Lions season was the team’s 71st season in the National Football League. Coming off of a Wildcard playoff appearance with an 8–8 record in 1999, the Lions improved to finish 9–7, but missed the playoffs thanks to a Christmas Eve home loss to the 4-11 Chicago Bears. This would be the Lions' sixth winning season, and seventh season at .500 or better, in 10 years -- capping one of the best decades in the franchise's history. It was also the franchise's last winning season until 2011. The Lions’ home attendance was 606,716 while", "title": "2000 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "16977564", "text": "booing at the decision, and Schwartz appeared to yell angrily at the booing crowd. After both teams went 3 and out with the Giants having the starting possession, the Giants managed to record a 45-yard field goal to win the game and seal the Lions' fate. To end the season, the Lions had a re-match against division rival Minnesota Vikings in the last-ever game at the Metrodome in Minneapolis. With both teams resting injured superstars (Adrian Peterson for Minnesota and Calvin Johnson for Detroit), the Vikings won the low-scoring contest, 14–13. 2013 Detroit Lions season The Detroit Lions season was", "title": "2013 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "19119354", "text": "the game. With 38 seconds left in the fourth quarter, Darius Slay intercepted a pass from Sam Bradford. Two plays later, Prater recorded a 40-yard field goal as time expired, giving the Lions a 16–13 win. The Lions have trailed in the fourth quarter of every game this season, and tied an NFL record for the most fourth quarter comeback wins in a season with seven, set by the 2009 Indianapolis Colts. The Lions extended their own NFL record of games to start a season being decided by seven points or fewer, now standing at eleven. After their Thanksgiving win,", "title": "2016 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "9861948", "text": "to date last) playoff game between the teams. the Lions defeated the Browns 17–16 to win the game. In 1961 the Lions improved slightly finishing 8-5-1 and returned to the playoff bowl where they destroyed the Eagles 38–10, to win the 2nd Annual Bowl. The peak of the Lions early 60's defense came in 1962 when they put together an 11–3 record and became only the 3rd team in NFL history to never trail by more than 7 points in a game. While the Lions finished behind the Packers again, they managed to defeat the Pack on Thanksgiving Day in", "title": "History of the Detroit Lions" }, { "id": "13828012", "text": "Banquet. Also attending the dinner were Joseph Carr, president of the NFL and Frank Calder, president of the NHL, Councilmen and the Mayor of Detroit. On Sunday, April 19, 1936, Radio Stations WJR and WSPD broadcast a half-hour-long program dramatizing the events that crowned each of Detroit's champions: \"The thrilling ninth inning of the Tiger-Cub final World Series game; the Lions victory over the New York Giants; Louis' battle with Max Baer and the final game in the Stanley Cup series between the Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs...\" Jimmie Stevenson, chief sports announcer of WJR was master of ceremonies.", "title": "Champions Day" }, { "id": "15204741", "text": "the game late in the final quarter when Calvin Johnson caught his second touchdown of the game from 2 yards out to become only the second player in NFL history to record at least two touchdown catches in 4 straight games (the other to do so is former Vikings receiver Cris Carter). The Lions defense held off Dallas for the win. Like the previous week, the Lions came back and won it in the final moments of the game after being down by a large margin at halftime. This was also the largest comeback the Dallas Cowboys have ever allowed,", "title": "2011 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "12290353", "text": "NFL Championship game. 1960 Detroit Lions season The 1960 Detroit Lions season was the 27th in the Motor City, and 31st season overall in franchise history. The Lions had only one win entering November, but had only one loss in their final seven games and finished at 7–5, one game short of the Western Conference championship (won by Green Bay). However, the Lions won the inaugural third place Playoff Bowl over the Cleveland Browns at the Orange Bowl in Miami. Thanksgiving Day game The first Playoff Bowl game for third place was played at the Orange Bowl in Miami, the", "title": "1960 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "20468582", "text": "Prater missed a 45-yard field goal in the fourth quarter, making the final score 14–13 in favor of the Bills. With the loss, the Lions were eliminated from playoff contention. In week 16, the Lions will host a rematch with their divisional rival the Minnesota Vikings. 2018 Detroit Lions season The 2018 season is the Detroit Lions' 89th and current in the National Football League (NFL) and their first under a new coaching staff led by head coach Matt Patricia. With their loss to the Los Angeles Rams in week 13, the Lions failed to improve on their 9–7 campaign", "title": "2018 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "9861976", "text": "the only team in NFL history (though it has since been matched by the 2017 Cleveland Browns who coincidentally also won all of their pre-season games) to lose all 16 games in a single season and thereby they won the right to the first overall pick in the 2009 NFL Draft. Millen was fired mid-season and thus began a new era for the Lions. On January 15, 2009, the Lions hired Jim Schwartz as head coach. Schwartz spent 10 seasons with the Tennessee Titans, eight of them as defensive coordinator, helping them compile a 13–3 record and first place in", "title": "History of the Detroit Lions" }, { "id": "17736642", "text": "quarter to tie it up at halftime. The Lions took the lead in the third quarter with a 39-yard field goal by Matt Prater, but the Bears went ahead with a 20-yard touchdown pass from Clausen to Alshon Jeffery. In the final quarter, Detroit scored 10 unanswered points for the victory: first a 17-yard touchdown run by Joique Bell, then a 30-yard field goal from Matt Prater. The win was the fifth of the season in which the Lions trailed entering the fourth quarter. It made the Lions 11–4 for the first time since 1991, and kept them undefeated against", "title": "2014 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "9861940", "text": "playoff games played between the two teams in a decade. Detroit won the game by a score of 17–7 to win the second title in franchise history. The next season the Lions enjoyed the greatest season in franchise history drafting future hall of fame linebacker Joe Schmidt in the 1953 NFL Draft to add to a team of 7 future hall of famers. The Lions winning 10 games and first place in the renamed Western Conference. In addition the team had 7 Pro Bowlers, 5 AP All Pros and swept the division rivals Chicago and Green Bay in four consecutive", "title": "History of the Detroit Lions" }, { "id": "9913802", "text": "5–2. As a result of their winless 2008 and 2–14 2009 seasons, this became the Lions’ last win on the road until Week 15 of the 2010 season. This also remained their most recent win over a division rival until Week 14 of the 2010 season when the Lions beat the Packers. \"at Ford Field, Detroit, Michigan\" Coming off their season-sweeping road win over the Bears, the Lions went home for a Week 9 interconference duel with the Denver Broncos. In the first quarter, Detroit attacked first with kicker Jason Hanson getting a 43-yard field goal for the first score", "title": "2007 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "397148", "text": "Super Bowls IV, VI, and IX; while the Louisiana Superdome previously hosted XII and XV. As of 2016, Super Bowl XX remains the last Super Bowl to feature two teams both making their first appearance in the game. It was the fourth overall following Super Bowl I, Super Bowl III, and Super Bowl XVI. Any future Super Bowl that would have such a combination would have to have the Detroit Lions playing either the Cleveland Browns, Houston Texans, or Jacksonville Jaguars in the game. All 16 NFC teams have played in an NFL championship game (Detroit last made an NFL", "title": "Super Bowl XX" }, { "id": "19119352", "text": "a 43-yard field goal with 22 seconds left in the game. On the final drive for the Jaguars, Tavon Wilson intercepted a pass from Bortles, sealing the Lions 26–19 victory. The Lions became the first team in NFL history to have its first ten games of a season all decided by seven or fewer points. Thanksgiving Day game For their annual Thanksgiving Day game, the Lions hosted a rematch with division rival the Minnesota Vikings, with both teams coming into the game at 6–4 and the winner gaining first place in the NFC North. The Lions opened the scoring in", "title": "2016 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "9861950", "text": "Lions players, including Alex Karras. On November 22, 1963, William Clay Ford, Sr. purchased a controlling interest in the team for $4.5 million. During Ford's ownership tenure which extended to his death in 2014, the Lions won just a single playoff game. Detroit's luck came to an end in 1963 as the team fell apart finishing 5–8–1 a betting scandal involving Alex Karras and Packers runningback Paul Hornung led to both players being suspended for the 1963 season and also played a part in the Lions collapse. The Lions improved the next year finishing 7–5–2 but missed the playoffs. Detroit", "title": "History of the Detroit Lions" }, { "id": "12945139", "text": "for which Meadows was ejected. The following season, the Lions won the Western Conference and the NFL championship, their third of the decade. The Lions won the NFL title in 1952 and 1953, and were runners-up in 1954. 1956 Detroit Lions season The Detroit Lions season was their 27th in the league. The team improved on their previous season's output of 3–9, winning nine games. Despite the improvement, they missed the playoffs for the second consecutive season. Detroit held the top spot by a half game in the Western Conference entering the final game of the season against the Chicago", "title": "1956 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "18397368", "text": "Percy Harvin in 2011 for the longest non-scoring play in NFL history. The 18–13 win over the visiting Raiders gave the Lions their first back–to–back victories of the season. The Lions became the first team in NFL history to score exactly 18 points in consecutive games. Thanksgiving Day game Celebrating their 76th Thanksgiving Day game, the Lions routed the Eagles for their third consecutive win. Matthew Stafford threw five touchdown passes, three of them to Calvin Johnson. Having lost at Ford Field for the first time, the Eagles dropped to 6–1 when playing on Thanksgiving. Despite the Lions leading the", "title": "2015 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "4538605", "text": "His replacement, Tobin Rote, finished the season and led the Lions to victory in the championship game in Detroit, a 59-14 rout of the Cleveland Browns. After the second game of the season, Pittsburgh Steelers coach Buddy Parker, formerly in Detroit, arranged a trade on October 6 that brought Layne to the Steelers. During his eight seasons in Detroit, the Lions won three NFL championships and Layne played in four Pro Bowls, made first team All-Pro twice, and at various times led the league in over a dozen single-season statistical categories. Following the trade, Layne played five seasons with the", "title": "Bobby Layne" }, { "id": "9861958", "text": "qualify for the playoffs becoming one of only 3 teams to qualify for the NFL Playoffs with a losing record. The other two teams are the Cleveland Browns who did so in the same year and the 2011 Seahawks who not only qualified for the playoffs but won their division with a 7–9 record. In the playoffs the Lions were routed 31–7 by the eventual champion Washington Redskins. however, with Monte Clark (who had become the Lions head coach/GM in the 1978 season) at the helm, and Billy Sims, the Lions won 9 games in 1983 to capture the NFL", "title": "History of the Detroit Lions" }, { "id": "9395676", "text": "Cleveland, the next week at Chicago, and the tiebreaker playoff game at San Francisco. It was the fourth pairing of the two teams in the championship game; they met previously in 1952, 1953, and 1954. The Browns were favored by three points, but the home underdog Lions scored two touchdowns in each quarter and won in a rout, 59–14. Until 2006, this was the last time that major professional teams from Michigan and Ohio met in a postseason series or game. As of 2018, this was the last playoff game played in the city of Detroit other than Super Bowl", "title": "1957 NFL Championship Game" }, { "id": "10271202", "text": "Lions' streak is longer). The Lions postseason record in this time was 1–10 in ten appearances, their lone playoff win coming against Dallas following the 1991 season. In the last year of the supposed curse, in 2008, Detroit finished 0–16, the first team to lose every game of a 16-game season. When the Pittsburgh Steelers won their fifth Super Bowl championship in 2006, they won it at Ford Field, the Lions' current home. Prior to 1999, every annual installment of the \"Madden NFL\" video game franchise primarily featured John Madden on its cover. In 1999, Electronic Arts selected San Francisco", "title": "Sports-related curses" }, { "id": "11618389", "text": "Minnesota during the year. This season also saw the Lions debut of wide receiver Herman Moore, the team's 1991 first round draft pick who went on to set records as part of an explosive passing offense later in the decade. The 1991 season was the last season that saw the Lions sweep the Packers until 2017. It was also the last time the Lions would win at Lambeau Field until 2015. From 1992 until 2014, the Lions lost 24 straight games in Wisconsin against Green Bay. Statistics site \"Football Outsiders\" summed up Detroit's season thus: \"The Lions were one of", "title": "1991 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "20468557", "text": "2018 Detroit Lions season The 2018 season is the Detroit Lions' 89th and current in the National Football League (NFL) and their first under a new coaching staff led by head coach Matt Patricia. With their loss to the Los Angeles Rams in week 13, the Lions failed to improve on their 9–7 campaign from the season before. With their week 15 loss to the Buffalo Bills, the Lions clinched their first losing season since 2015, making this also their first losing season in the post-Calvin Johnson era. They also missed the playoffs for the second consecutive season. Draft trades", "title": "2018 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "16977532", "text": "Johnson tallied 115 receiving yards. Prior to this victory, the Lions had never won a game in Washington, D.C., covering 21 road meetings against the Redskins. They last beat the Redskins on the road in 1935, when the team resided in Boston. The 2–1 Lions returned home in Week 4 to face the 3–0 Chicago Bears. Robbie Gould started the scoring for the Bears with a 34-yard field goal, but field goals of 23 and 31 yards by David Akers put the Lions up 6–3. Early in the second quarter, Matt Forté exploded for a 53-yard touchdown run to put", "title": "2013 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "19820540", "text": "17–7 in favor of Detroit at half-time. Each team only scored once in the second half: first the Giants with a 25-yard field goal by Aldrick Rosas in the third quarter, then the Lions with an 88-yard punt return by Jamal Agnew in the fourth quarter, making the final score 24–10 for the Lions' second consecutive win. The Lions started the season 2–0 for the first time since 2011, and won both games by double-digits for the first time since 1980. Stafford threw his 193rd touchdown, passing Bob Griese for the 48th spot on the all-time list. In week 3,", "title": "2017 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "16190057", "text": "2012 Detroit Lions season The Detroit Lions season was the franchise's 83rd season in the National Football League, their 79th as the Detroit Lions and the fourth under head coach Jim Schwartz. The Lions failed to improve from their 10–6 record in 2011, during which they made it to the postseason as a wild card team. The Lions spent most of the season at the bottom of their division, and ended the season with an eight-game losing streak, their worst skid since the winless 2008 season. It was also the franchise's 21st consecutive season without a playoff win. The Lions", "title": "2012 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "15204751", "text": "Tebow seven times. Lions defensive end Cliff Avril, who recorded two sack fumbles and touchdown, was named the NFC Defensive Player of the Week for his performance. The Lions' 45 points was the most scored on the road since 1967. With the win, the Lions went into their bye week with a 6–2 record. Detroit also extended its road winning streak (dating back to 2010) to six straight games. After their bye week, the Lions traveled to Chicago, Illinois for a rematch with their division foes the Chicago Bears. Chicago started the scoring with a 6-yard touchdown rush by Matt", "title": "2011 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "109720", "text": "Series in October 1935; the Lions won the NFL championship in December 1935; the Red Wings won the Stanley Cup in April 1936). In 1932, Eddie \"The Midnight Express\" Tolan from Detroit won the 100- and 200-meter races and two gold medals at the 1932 Summer Olympics. Joe Louis won the heavyweight championship of the world in 1937. Detroit has made the most bids to host the Summer Olympics without ever being awarded the games: seven unsuccessful bids for the 1944, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968 and 1972 games. The city is governed pursuant to the \"Home Rule Charter of", "title": "Detroit" }, { "id": "7174907", "text": "first as Detroit's head coach and he posted a 2–14 record, with victories coming against the Washington Redskins and the Cleveland Browns. In 2010, Schwartz saw his Lions begin the season with a 2–10 record, but they finished with four consecutive wins against the Green Bay Packers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Miami Dolphins, and Minnesota Vikings. In 2011, the Lions returned to the postseason for the first time since 1999, clinching a playoff berth following a 38–10 victory over the San Diego Chargers. Detroit would go on to be eliminated in the first round by the New Orleans Saints. The Lions", "title": "Jim Schwartz" }, { "id": "15204756", "text": "their victory with Kevin Smith's third touchdown of the game, this one on a 19-yard rush. By winning this game after trailing by 17 points, the Lions are the first team in NFL history that have won 3 games in one season in which they trailed by at least 17 points. For their annual Thanksgiving Day game, the Lions hosted their NFC North Division rivals, the then-undefeated Green Bay Packers. After a scoreless first quarter, Detroit trailed in the second quarter after Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers completed a 3-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Greg Jennings. After halftime, Green Bay", "title": "2011 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "16190089", "text": "the final points of the game when Brian Robiskie caught a 9-yard pass from Matthew Stafford. With their eight consecutive loss, the Lions finished their season at 4–12. Also, for the second time under Coach Schwartz's tenure which began in 2009, the team failed to win a single division game. It was also his third losing season. 2012 Detroit Lions season The Detroit Lions season was the franchise's 83rd season in the National Football League, their 79th as the Detroit Lions and the fourth under head coach Jim Schwartz. The Lions failed to improve from their 10–6 record in 2011,", "title": "2012 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "1520706", "text": "they recorded a 12–4 record and went on to defeat the Dallas Cowboys 38–6 in the , which still stands as Detroit's only playoff victory since defeating the Cleveland Browns to win the 1957 NFL Championship. The Lions lost to the Washington Redskins 41–10 in the , and Sanders was held to 59 total yards in the game. (Like the Lions themselves, Sanders was often a disappointment at playoff time; in six post-season games, he rushed for only 386 yards -- and that included the 169 yards he rolled up against the Packers in the 1993 divisional playoff. Against the", "title": "Barry Sanders" }, { "id": "16977552", "text": "Bears hopes. Calvin Johnson's second touchdown reception of the game gave him 63 touchdown catches in his Lions career, surpassing Herman Moore's previous team record of 62. The win secured the Lions the #1 spot in the NFC North division, the first time they have held that spot alone since Week 5 of the 2005 season. Week 11 saw the Lions trying to win their first game in Pittsburgh since 1955. The Steelers jumped out to an early 14–0 lead, when Ben Roethlisberger hit Antonio Brown with TD passes of 34 and 47 yards on consecutive drives. Detroit got on", "title": "2013 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "11621672", "text": "1994 Detroit Lions season The 1994 Detroit Lions season was the 65th season in franchise history. The Lions finished with a 9-7 record and made their second consecutive playoff appearance as one of the NFC's Wildcard teams -- the first time the franchise had made the playoffs in consecutive non-strike seasons since 1954. Despite the signing of Scott Mitchell from Miami in the offseason, it was former Seattle quarterback Dave Krieg who led the Lions into the playoffs following an injury to Mitchell. For the second consecutive year, the Lions lost in the playoffs to the Green Bay Packers. Free", "title": "1994 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "11466661", "text": "2008 Detroit Lions season The 2008 Detroit Lions season was the 79th season for the franchise in the National Football League. The season is notable for being only one of four winless (0-16) seasons in American football history. The Lions entered their third season under head coach Rod Marinelli. Entering the season with high hopes thanks to their 7-9 record the year before, their best since the 2000 season, the Lions instead suffered one of the worst seasons in NFL history. The Lions finished 0-16, joining the expansion 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers as the only other team to finish a", "title": "2008 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "15204736", "text": "with a 9-yard catch, and later on a 1-yard run. The Lions capped their blowout victory with a 1-yard run by Keiland Williams. The blowout win set the franchise record for largest margin of victory. It was the first time the Lions went 2–0 since 2007. Lions QB Matthew Stafford – who completed 23 of 39 passes, threw for 294 yards and 4 touchdowns – won the FedEx Air NFL Player of the Week for his performance. In week 3, the Lions traveled west to Minneapolis, Minnesota to face their NFC North Division rivals the Minnesota Vikings. The first half", "title": "2011 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "19820552", "text": "The Packers scored 14 points in the fourth quarter via a one-yard touchdown run from Brett Hundley, and a one-yard touchdown run from Jamaal Williams as time expired, making the final score 30–17 in favor of Detroit, snapping their three-game losing streak. After 23 consecutive road losses against the Packers between 1992 and 2014, the Lions have now won two of the last three meetings in Green Bay. Matthew Stafford recorded his 200th career touchdown in the first quarter of the game, becoming the fourth quarterback in NFL history to do so before turning 30 years old, a list also", "title": "2017 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "9861990", "text": "in question, they went to Green Bay to take on the Packers' backup players. Victory proved elusive again as Matt Flynn threw 6 TD passes on the Lions to win. With Detroit relegated to the #6 playoff seed, they lost a rematch with the Saints in New Orleans during the wild card round. Highlights of the season included Matt Stafford overcoming the injury problems he'd been plagued by in 2009–10, as well as the emergence of Calvin Johnson as one of the league's elite WRs. The 2012 season saw the Lions try to improve over their impressive 2011 season. They", "title": "History of the Detroit Lions" }, { "id": "9861933", "text": "15,000 fans in Detroit. The Lions won the game 26–7 to win the team's first World Championship which was also a part of Detroit's City of Champions for the 1935-1936 sports season. The Tigers won the 1935 World Series and the Detroit Red Wings also captured the 1936 Stanley Cup. After the season ended the Lions played a team of NFL All Stars in an exhibition game on January 1, 1936 and won in a 33–0 shutout. They also played 3 more exhibition games, a 67–14 win over the Westwood Clubs Los Angeles on January 13, a 42–7 win over", "title": "History of the Detroit Lions" }, { "id": "12290352", "text": "1960 Detroit Lions season The 1960 Detroit Lions season was the 27th in the Motor City, and 31st season overall in franchise history. The Lions had only one win entering November, but had only one loss in their final seven games and finished at 7–5, one game short of the Western Conference championship (won by Green Bay). However, the Lions won the inaugural third place Playoff Bowl over the Cleveland Browns at the Orange Bowl in Miami. Thanksgiving Day game The first Playoff Bowl game for third place was played at the Orange Bowl in Miami, the week following the", "title": "1960 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "9861966", "text": "in that game, he flashed a \"thumbs up\" to his teammates and the Silverdome crowd. It became a rallying symbol for the remainder of the season. The team also In the playoffs, the Lions dismembered the Cowboys 38–6 for the team's first playoff win since the 1960s however, they were completely overpowered by the Redskins once again this time 41–10 in the NFC Championship. This was the first time a team that had been shut out in its opener had reached the conference title round. Two teams have since matched this feat: the Philadelphia Eagles and the New England Patriots", "title": "History of the Detroit Lions" }, { "id": "17736638", "text": "a 5-yard touchdown catch by Joique Bell off a deflected Matthew Stafford pass. The win gave Detroit a 9–4 record, the first time for the franchise since 1991, keeping them in the hunt for a spot in the playoffs. In week 15, the Lions hosted a re-match with their division rival the Minnesota Vikings. Detroit got off to a slow start, as Minnesota scored two touchdowns to take a 14–0 lead by early in the second quarter. Matt Asiata scored first on a 2-yard TD run, and Greg Jennings followed on Minnesota's next possession, catching an 8-yard TD pass from", "title": "2014 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "271620", "text": "December 29, 2013, defeating the Detroit Lions 14–13 to end the season. Since the team's first season in 1961, the Vikings have had one of the highest winning percentages in the NFL. As of 2017, they have won at least three games in every season except in 1962, and are one of only six NFL teams to win at least 15 games in a regular season. The Vikings have won one NFL Championship, in 1969, before the league's merger with the American Football League (AFL). Since the league merger in 1970, they have qualified for the playoffs 27 times, third-most", "title": "Minnesota Vikings" }, { "id": "14140346", "text": "scored 17 unanswered points. First Jahvid Best caught a 53-yard TD pass. Then Dave Rayner kicked a 47-yard field goal. They sealed their win when DeAndre Levy intercepted a Chad Henne pass and ran it back 30 yards for a touchdown. With the win not only did the Lions improve to 5–10, but it was their first back-to-back road victories since 2004, and first three-game winning streak since 2007. To finish the season, the Lions hosted a rematch with division rivals the Minnesota Vikings. Neither team scored in the first quarter; the Vikings were shut out in the first half.", "title": "2010 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "14140348", "text": "minutes later with a 5-yard TD run by Maurice Morris. The Vikings kicked a 48-yard field goal late in the game, and attempted an onside kick to try to tie it but failed, giving Detroit the win. With the win not only did the Lions finish their season 6–10, but it became their first four-game winning streak since 1999 as they snapped the Vikings' 6-game winning streak against them and also became the first time the team has won back-to-back division rival games since 2007. Ndamukong Suh 2010 Detroit Lions season The 2010 Detroit Lions season was the franchise's 81st", "title": "2010 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "11466698", "text": "the final game of the season, Lions’ radio play-by-play announcer Dan Miller summed up the whole year in a few sentences: On the NFL Network's ‘Top 10 Worst Teams of All Time’, the 2008 Lions were placed at #1, with the 0–14 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the starting-out-0-12 1977 Buccaneers ranking as the second-worst team(s) ever. 2008 Detroit Lions season The 2008 Detroit Lions season was the 79th season for the franchise in the National Football League. The season is notable for being only one of four winless (0-16) seasons in American football history. The Lions entered their third", "title": "2008 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "8201183", "text": "the Cardinals won the NFL Championship (the Cardinals' last as of 2017). In the championship game, Harder kicked four extra points to help defeat the Philadelphia Eagles, 28–21. Harder was traded to the Detroit Lions in 1951. He helped the Lions win back-to-back NFL Championships in 1952 and 1953. Harder retired from professional football in 1953. Harder served as an NFL official from 1966 to 1982, working as the umpire on the crew of legendary referee Jim Tunney wearing uniform number 36 from 1966 through 1969, then number 88 from 1970 through 1978, and again in 1982. From 1979-81, Harder", "title": "Pat Harder" }, { "id": "19119332", "text": "won the tiebreaker based on their record against common opponents. However, the Lions were defeated by the Seattle Seahawks in the Wild Card Round extending their playoff losing streak to nine games. Notes Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. The Lions opened the regular season on the road against the Indianapolis Colts, and came away with a close victory. The Lions jumped out to a 14–0 lead before Indianapolis got on the board. Theo Riddick had a 21-yard touchdown run on the Lions' opening drive, and rookie running back Dwayne Washington scored on a 1-yard run early in the", "title": "2016 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "17736631", "text": "warning, then went ahead on their final drive. It was the second time in a month that Miami had lost a game in the final seconds, following a Week 7 loss to Green Bay in which the final touchdown was scored with 3 seconds remaining. According to STATS Inc., this is the first time Detroit has started a season 7–2 since 1993. In week 11, the 7–2, NFC North-leading Lions flew to Phoenix to face the NFC West's first place team, the 8–1 Arizona Cardinals. In the first quarter, the Cardinals picked up two touchdowns to open the game. Michael", "title": "2014 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "107955", "text": "Detroit Tigers The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit, Michigan. The Tigers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the American League (AL) Central division. One of the AL's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit as a member of the minor league Western League in 1894. They are the oldest continuous one name, one city franchise in the AL. The Tigers have won four World Series championships (, , , and ), 11 AL pennants (1907, 1908, 1909, 1934, 1935, 1940, 1945, 1968, 1984, 2006, 2012), and four AL", "title": "Detroit Tigers" }, { "id": "20468563", "text": "Lions at half-time. The teams exchanged touchdowns in the third quarter, first a 10-yard touchdown pass from Tom Brady to James White for the Patriots, then a 33-yard touchdown pass from Stafford to Marvin Jones for the Lions. The Lions extended their lead in the fourth quarter via two field goals from Prater, from 32-yards, and 30-yards, respectively, making the final score 26–10 in favor of Detroit, for their first win of the season. This was the Lions' first victory over the Patriots since the 2000 season. Kerryon Johnson's 101 rushing yards marked the first time a Lions player rushed", "title": "2018 Detroit Lions season" }, { "id": "107950", "text": "got the rights to air NFL games back in 2006 (the Lions at Saints game on December 4, 2011 marked their 1st appearance). The Lions' official regular season pregame show is \"The Ford Lions Report\". The Lions' winless performance in 2008 and 2–14 season in 2009, coupled with the effects of the Great Recession in Michigan, led to several local broadcast blackouts, as local fans did not purchase enough tickets by the 72-hour blackout deadline. In 2008, five of the Lions' final six home games of the season did not sell out, with the Thanksgiving game being the exception. The", "title": "Detroit Lions" }, { "id": "16822906", "text": "the New York Yankees advanced to four straight from 1998 to 2001. They lost the American League Championship Series to the Boston Red Sox, four games to two. Manager Jim Leyland announced his retirement following the American League Championship Series. Third baseman Miguel Cabrera was named the AL Most Valuable Player for the second consecutive year and starting pitcher Max Scherzer was named the AL Cy Young Award winner. Shortstop Jose Iglesias was runner-up to Wil Myers of the Tampa Bay Rays for the AL Rookie of the Year. At the conclusion of the 2012 season, the Tigers extended manager", "title": "2013 Detroit Tigers season" } ]

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[ { "id": "4083714", "text": "Chang (Star Trek) General Chang is a fictional character from the \"Star Trek\" fictional universe who was portrayed by Christopher Plummer in \"\". Chang is Chancellor Gorkon's chief of staff, and subsequently serves Chancellor Azetbur. He is an avid fan of William Shakespeare, whom he frequently quotes, much to the chagrin of the \"Enterprise\" crew. He is almost completely bald, a trait not seen among Klingons prior to \"Star Trek VI\"'s release. The Chang makeup originally included a wig appliance. However, Christopher Plummer felt removing the wig made the character more distinct; he also asked that Chang's Klingon makeup be", "title": "Chang (Star Trek)" }, { "id": "15779111", "text": "from Los Angeles to Oxfordshire, England, to Toronto and Stratford, Ontario, Las Vegas, and New York City and Princeton, New Jersey. While in Stratford, Shatner sits down with his friend Christopher Plummer, who was instrumental in Shatner's young career, and who would eventually play the role of bloodthirsty Klingon General Chang in \"\". The documentary also chronicles Shatner's own six-decade career and reveals the embarrassment he felt over his role within the \"Star Trek\" franchise. During the process of the film, with help from the other Captains, Shatner overcomes his disdain and learns to embrace his best known character, Captain", "title": "The Captains (film)" }, { "id": "4083726", "text": "the \"Enterprise\" crew were then able to transport to Khitomer and stop the conspirators from killing the Federation President. The resulting conference led to a peace that lasted almost a century — exactly the thing that Chang was trying to prevent. Chang (Star Trek) General Chang is a fictional character from the \"Star Trek\" fictional universe who was portrayed by Christopher Plummer in \"\". Chang is Chancellor Gorkon's chief of staff, and subsequently serves Chancellor Azetbur. He is an avid fan of William Shakespeare, whom he frequently quotes, much to the chagrin of the \"Enterprise\" crew. He is almost completely", "title": "Chang (Star Trek)" }, { "id": "8008573", "text": "Star Trek: Klingon Academy Star Trek: Klingon Academy is a starship combat Space flight simulator computer game developed by 14 Degrees East, an internal development house of publisher Interplay Entertainment. The game follows a young Klingon warrior named Torlek as he attends the Elite Command Academy, a war college created by General Chang to prepare warriors for a future conflict with the United Federation of Planets. Christopher Plummer and David Warner reprised their respective roles as Chang and Gorkon for the production of \"Klingon Academy\". \"Klingon Academy\" is the successor to Interplay's , this time played from the viewpoint of", "title": "Star Trek: Klingon Academy" }, { "id": "4083721", "text": "new chief of staff, Chang accompanied Gorkon and his daughter, Azetbur, to meet with the Federation President. They were escorted through Federation space by the USS \"Enterprise\", under the command of Captain James T. Kirk. An admirer of Kirk, Chang met him when Chang and his entourage were invited aboard the \"Enterprise\" for dinner. The Klingon general greeted Kirk as a \"fellow warrior.\" During the dinner, Chang inadvertently paraphrased Adolf Hitler with a comment about \"breathing room,\" which Kirk noted. After the Klingons returned to their ship, the conspirators struck. The modified Bird of Prey, invisible and near the \"Enterprise\",", "title": "Chang (Star Trek)" }, { "id": "13441803", "text": "with belief and \"go all the way\". When O'Reilly and Dorn's character had a confrontation, makeup artists wiped spittle off each between takes, a consequence of the harsh-sounding language. Todd Bryant (Captain Klaa in \"\") similarly noted that if an actor was projectile-spitting on others as he spoke Klingon, he was doing a great job. When filming \"The Undiscovered Country\", Christopher Plummer asked director Nicholas Meyer to adapt his character's look, feeling the heavy forehead appliances looked rather fake. Instead, Plummer's character, General Chang, was made bald with subdued ridges and an eyepatch bolted to his skull. Plummer felt that", "title": "Klingon" }, { "id": "4083715", "text": "made less severe. His costume is also unique in that an apparent eye injury is disguised with a metal eyepatch which is attached directly to his skull by bolts bearing the Klingon emblem; later depictions of Klingons with eye injuries, such as 's Martok, had them flaunting their mutilations as battle scars. Chang was a well-known Klingon general who believed that \"in space all warriors are cold warriors.\" He was fierce, cunning and willing to participate in battles personally. Chang had a deep-seated hatred for the United Federation of Planets. He believed that a war with them was inevitable. As", "title": "Chang (Star Trek)" }, { "id": "4083716", "text": "a result, he created a simulated campaign against the Federation and used it to train students at an Academy for future starship commanders. This hatred eventually led him to participate in a conspiracy to thwart plans for a lasting peace between his people and the Federation. Between the years of 2291 and 2293, the general played a key role in two violent Klingon power struggles. The first was when a Klingon named Kalnor led an unsuccessful coup to depose the current Chancellor. Chang attacked and crippled Kalnor's ship, but he did not destroy it. Instead, he beamed himself aboard the", "title": "Chang (Star Trek)" }, { "id": "3728302", "text": "In 2002, he appeared in the movie \"Love and a Bullet\". In 2016, he appeared in the movie \"\" and the short movie \"Star Trek : Captain Pike\". In 2017, he will star in an upcoming short movie \"The Order\" alongside : Austin St. John, Catherine Sutherland, David Yost, Johnny Yong Bosch, Paul Schrier, Karan Ashley, Steve Cardenas, Erin Cahill, Blake Foster, Nakia Burrise, Hilary Shepard Turner, Dan Southworth, Alyson Sullivan, Deborah Estelle Phillips and Azim Rizk. Walter Emanuel Jones Walter Emanuel Jones (born November 30, 1970) is an American actor, martial artist, and dancer, known for playing the role", "title": "Walter Emanuel Jones" }, { "id": "6281651", "text": "on Wheels\", playing the powerful railroad mercenary Chang. In 2018, Mann was a recurring character on Netflix's \"Altered Carbon\". Mann is interested in sports, especially tennis and golf. He was at one point a top-ranked tennis player, under 16 division, in Hong Kong. He is also a \"wushu\" practitioner, displaying his skills in a number of movies including \"Invincible\" and \"Street Fighter\". In June 2018, it was announced that Mann was cast in the series regular role of Uncle Six on the Netflix series, \"Wu Assassins\". In 2016, Mann was nominated for the Golden Maple Award for Best Actor in", "title": "Byron Mann" }, { "id": "2442028", "text": "Jeffrey Hunter Jeffrey Hunter (born Henry Herman \"Hank\" McKinnies Jr.; November 25, 1926 – May 27, 1969) was an American film and television actor and producer known for his roles in films such as \"The Searchers\" and \"King of Kings\". On television, Hunter was known, following his death, for his 1965 role as Capt. Christopher Pike in the original pilot episode of \"Star Trek\" and the later use of that footage in \"\". Hunter was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of Edith Lois (Burgess) and Henry Herman McKinnies. After 1930, he was reared in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he", "title": "Jeffrey Hunter" }, { "id": "16074490", "text": "Star Trek Into Darkness Star Trek Into Darkness is a 2013 American science fiction adventure film directed by J. J. Abrams and written by Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, and Damon Lindelof. It is the twelfth installment in the \"Star Trek\" film franchise and the sequel to the 2009 film \"Star Trek\", as the second in a rebooted film series. The film features Chris Pine reprising his role as Captain James T. Kirk, with Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Bruce Greenwood, and Leonard Nimoy reprising their roles from the previous film. Benedict Cumberbatch, Alice", "title": "Star Trek Into Darkness" }, { "id": "15552030", "text": "Beijing. In 2016, Chung starred in the action comedy film \"Bounty Hunters\", directed by Shin Terra, alongside Tiffany Tang and Korean actor Lee Min-ho. The same year, he starred in the crime thriller \"Tik Tok\". Chung then played the antagonist in crime drama film \"Three\", which also stars Zhao Wei and Louis Koo. He won the Most Anticipated Actor award at the 19th China Movie Channel Media Award. In 2017, Chung starred in the historical romance drama \"General and I\", adapted from the novel \"A Lonesome Fragrance Waiting to be Appreciated\", alongside Angelababy. The same year, he was cast in", "title": "Wallace Chung" }, { "id": "18326628", "text": "of the Na Hoku Hanohano Award for The Haumāna Soundtrack. His film and TV work included \"Godzilla\", \"Act of Valor\", \"The Haumāna\", and Sergeant Detective Chang on \"Hawaii Five-0\". He died on November 28, 2016, at Pali Momi Medical Center after suffering a stroke three days earlier. Keo Woolford Keo Woolford (May 14, 1967 – November 28, 2016) was an American actor, producer, and director. He was born and raised in Hawaii. He directed the award-winning feature film \"The Haumāna\" and the East West Players stage play \"Three Year Swim Club\". He starred in his self-written one-man show, \"I Land\",", "title": "Keo Woolford" }, { "id": "7954537", "text": "Alexander Enberg Alexander Enberg (born April 5, 1972) is an American actor and film producer. He is sometimes credited as Alex Enberg. Enberg is the son of television screenwriter and producer Jeri Taylor and sportscaster Dick Enberg. Enberg has played young Vulcan engineers on two Star Trek series: Taurik on \"\" and Vorik on \"\". He also played the non-canon Crewman Austin Chang in \"\" and \"\". In 2007, Enberg played the role of Jason, the crazy theater director, in the independent feature film, \"Never Say Macbeth\". In 2006, Enberg designed the special effects for a short film, \"Fartman: Caught", "title": "Alexander Enberg" }, { "id": "7970205", "text": "Clifton Collins Jr. Clifton Craig Collins Jr. (born June 16, 1970) is an American actor. Starting in 1990, with small roles in film and on television, Collins gained attention in the role Cpl. Ramon Aguilar, a prisoner “serving” under an imprisoned general played by Robert Redford in the 2001 film \"The Last Castle\". His extensive work includes featured roles in films such as \"Traffic\" (2000), \"Capote\" (2005), \"Star Trek\" (2009) and \"Pacific Rim\" (2013). Collins extensive work on television series includes \"Crisis Center\" (1997), \"Thief\" (2006), which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination, \"The Event\" (2010–2011), and \"Westworld\" (2016–).", "title": "Clifton Collins Jr." }, { "id": "2442060", "text": "interred at Glen Haven Memorial Park, in Sylmar, California. Jeffrey Hunter Jeffrey Hunter (born Henry Herman \"Hank\" McKinnies Jr.; November 25, 1926 – May 27, 1969) was an American film and television actor and producer known for his roles in films such as \"The Searchers\" and \"King of Kings\". On television, Hunter was known, following his death, for his 1965 role as Capt. Christopher Pike in the original pilot episode of \"Star Trek\" and the later use of that footage in \"\". Hunter was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of Edith Lois (Burgess) and Henry Herman McKinnies. After", "title": "Jeffrey Hunter" }, { "id": "5437138", "text": "titled \"Avatar Day\" in addition to his previous role as Monk Tashi in the first-season episode \"The Storm\" in 2005. In 2006, he also voiced the character of the High Lama in the film \"Chill Out, Scooby-Doo!\" Hong's voice also appeared as Colonel Zhou Peng in the video game \"\", Dr. Chang in \"Def Jam Icon\" (2007), Ancient Wu in \"\", and reprising his role as Chew in the \"Blade Runner\" video game. His most recent appearances were in the films \"Balls of Fury\" and \"The Day the Earth Stood Still\". In 2008, he voiced Mr. Ping in \"Kung Fu", "title": "James Hong" }, { "id": "18251438", "text": "Star Trek Beyond Star Trek Beyond is a 2016 American space opera film directed by Justin Lin and written by Simon Pegg and Doug Jung, based on the television series \"Star Trek\" created by Gene Roddenberry. It is the thirteenth film in the \"Star Trek\" film franchise and the third installment in the reboot series, following \"Star Trek\" (2009) and \"Star Trek Into Darkness\" (2013). Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto reprise their respective roles as Captain James T. Kirk and Commander Spock, with Pegg, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, John Cho, and Anton Yelchin reprising their roles from the previous films.", "title": "Star Trek Beyond" }, { "id": "2597301", "text": "Anthony Montgomery Anthony Dwayne Montgomery (born June 2, 1971, in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American film and television actor, as well as graphic novelist. He is best known for his portrayal of Ensign Travis Mayweather on the UPN science fiction television series \"\" (the fifth live-action series in the \"Star Trek\" franchise). Montgomery is currently playing Andre Maddox on the ABC daytime soap opera \"General Hospital\". Montgomery was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He graduated from Ball State University with a degree in performance theater and drama. Montgomery did stand-up comedy briefly after graduation, before moving to California. Sometimes credited as", "title": "Anthony Montgomery" }, { "id": "8008581", "text": "proclaims himself Emperor of the Klingon people, and plunges the Empire into a civil war that none other before \"or after\" in Klingon history was as devastating. Gorkon's pacifist leanings are well-known and General Chang, believing a war with the Federation to be inevitable, refuses to back him despite their past friendship. Chang recruits allies of his own to become a small but formidable third faction in the civil war, including Academy instructor Thok Mak (as his Theater Operations Controller). As the greatest and most trusted student of the recent term (and, later on, the finest one ever taught by", "title": "Star Trek: Klingon Academy" }, { "id": "4083717", "text": "enemy vessel and challenged Kalnor to single combat in front of his men. Chang killed Kalnor but lost his left eye in the fight. This resulted in the eye patch that he wore for the rest of his life. The second conflict broke out after the Chancellor died. Kalnor's brother, Melkor, blocked the accession of Gorkon, the former chief of staff who was the legitimate successor. Melkor declared himself emperor and touched off a brutal civil war that had devastating consequences for the Klingon Empire, largely due to the usurper's treacherous and cowardly tactics. At one point, Melkor had a", "title": "Chang (Star Trek)" }, { "id": "5358007", "text": "Yee Jee Tso Yee Jee Tso (born March 10, 1975 in China) is a Canadian actor. His television roles include \"The Commish\", \"\", \"Sliders\" (1995), and the 1996 \"Doctor Who\" telemovie, in which he played the character Chang Lee. His \"Doctor Who\" connection continued when he played the part of Doctor Goddard in the webcast \"Real Time\" produced by Big Finish Productions, the part of Major Jal Brant in the audio drama \"Excelis Decays\" in 2002 and the role of Warrant Officer Charlie Sato in 2011's \"Tales from the Vault\", 2013's \"Mastermind\" and 2014's \"The Screaming Skull\". Roles include Jared", "title": "Yee Jee Tso" }, { "id": "4083718", "text": "whole star system destroyed, rather than surrender it. He also had help from the Romulan Empire, another major power. Chang fought Melkor, but he did not support Gorkon. The two men were friends, but the general was wary of Gorkon's desire for a lasting peace with the Federation. As a result, Chang hoped to keep Gorkon from becoming the next leader of the Klingon Empire. However, Chang was eventually forced to accept help from Gorkon's forces. This led to a key victory against Melkor and his Romulan allies. It also meant that Chang was honor-bound to accept Gorkon as the", "title": "Chang (Star Trek)" }, { "id": "10222941", "text": "Ken Jeong Kendrick Kang-Joh Jeong (born July 13, 1969) is an American comedian, actor and former physician. He is best known for playing Ben Chang on the sitcom \"Community\" and the gangster Leslie Chow in \"The Hangover\" film series. He was the lead in the ABC sitcom \"Dr. Ken,\" in which he was also the creator, writer, and executive producer. Jeong is a licensed physician, but has stopped practicing in favor of his acting career. Jeong was born in Detroit to South Korean immigrants. Jeong was raised in Greensboro, North Carolina, and attended Walter Hines Page High School, where he", "title": "Ken Jeong" }, { "id": "6281652", "text": "a TV series broadcast in the U.S. for his role on \"Hell on Wheels\". Byron Mann Byron Mann () is a Hong Kong-born American actor in film and television. His roles include Wing Chau in \"The Big Short\", Chang in \"Hell on Wheels\", Ryu in \"Street Fighter\", Silver Lion in \"The Man with the Iron Fists\", Admiral Nguyen in \"The Expanse,\" and Yao Fei in the first season of \"Arrow\". Byron Mann was born in British Hong Kong (1841-1997), now Hong Kong (1997-present). Mann's father was a dentist. Mann's mother was an American-Chinese. Mann grew up bilingual in English and", "title": "Byron Mann" }, { "id": "2863818", "text": "David Carradine David Carradine (born John Arthur Carradine; December 8, 1936 – June 3, 2009) was an American actor, musician, painter and martial artist. He is noted for his leading role as peace-loving Shaolin monk, Kwai Chang Caine, in the television series \"Kung Fu\" (1972–1975). He was also known for playing Frankenstein in \"Death Race 2000\" (1975) and Bill in both \"Kill Bill\" films (–). He was a member of the Carradine family of actors that began with his father, John Carradine. His father's acting career, which included major and minor roles on stage and television, and in cinema, spanned", "title": "David Carradine" }, { "id": "8101307", "text": "Richard Poe Richard Poe (born January 25, 1946) is an American actor. He has worked in movies, television and on Broadway. Poe was born in Portola, California. He graduated from Pittsburg Senior High School in 1964 then from the University of San Francisco in 1967. He served in the US Army during the Vietnam War. Along with Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Mark Lenard, Jonathan Frakes, Marina Sirtis, Armin Shimerman and John de Lancie he is one of only a few actors to play the same character on three different \"Star Trek\" series. He played Gul Evek in \"\"", "title": "Richard Poe" }, { "id": "3925686", "text": "Warner Oland Warner Oland (born Johan Verner Ölund, October 3, 1879 – August 6, 1938) was a Swedish-American actor most remembered for playing several Chinese and Chinese-American characters: the Honolulu Police detective, Lieutenant Charlie Chan; Dr. Fu Manchu; and Henry Chang in \"Shanghai Express\". His family emigrated to the United States when he was 13. He pursued a film career that would include time on Broadway and dozens of film appearances, including 16 Charlie Chan films. He was born in the village of Nyby, Bjurholm Municipality, Västerbotten County, Sweden. He claimed that his vaguely Asian appearance was due to possessing", "title": "Warner Oland" }, { "id": "5850311", "text": "of Truman Capote's book \"In Cold Blood\". Tighe also portrayed newspaper legend William Randolph Hearst in \"Winchell\". Tighe's roles in feature films included lawyers, law enforcement officers, and military figures including the part of Blake Wilson in the Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte vehicle \"Another 48 Hrs.\" Other film roles during this period were in \"Bright Angel\", \"City of Hope\", \"Newsies\", \"School Ties\", and \"Mumford\". Tighe portrayed Ken Carver in \"What's Eating Gilbert Grape\" and Brigadier General Nelson Miles \"\". In 1994, he won a Genie Award for Best Supporting Actor in the role of \"Frank\" in \"I Love a", "title": "Kevin Tighe" }, { "id": "7954538", "text": "in a Tight Ass\", which aired on \"Howard TV\", Howard Stern's iN Demand Cable Channel, and can now be seen on Atom Films. In 2007, Enberg also designed the special effects for \"Never Say Macbeth\". Alexander Enberg Alexander Enberg (born April 5, 1972) is an American actor and film producer. He is sometimes credited as Alex Enberg. Enberg is the son of television screenwriter and producer Jeri Taylor and sportscaster Dick Enberg. Enberg has played young Vulcan engineers on two Star Trek series: Taurik on \"\" and Vorik on \"\". He also played the non-canon Crewman Austin Chang in \"\"", "title": "Alexander Enberg" }, { "id": "7840144", "text": "Robert Kazinsky Robert John Appleby, better known by the stage name Robert Kazinsky, is an English actor and model. He is best known for his appearances as Casper Rose in the Sky One drama \"Dream Team\", Sean Slater in the BBC One soap opera \"EastEnders\", Chuck Hansen in \"Pacific Rim\", and Macklyn Warlow in the sixth season of HBO's \"True Blood\" in 2013. In 2016, he played the orc warchief Orgrim Doomhammer in \"Warcraft\" and had the lead role in the U.S. Fox TV series \"Second Chance\". Kazinsky was born Robert John Appleby in Haywards Heath, the son of Phyllis", "title": "Robert Kazinsky" }, { "id": "1515917", "text": "Matt Frewer Matthew George Frewer (born January 4, 1958) is an American Canadian actor, singer, voice artist and comedian. Acting since 1983, he is best known for portraying the 1980s icon Max Headroom and Doctor Leekie in the Canadian science fiction drama \"Orphan Black\" (2013–17). Frewer's most recent performances include a portrayal of \"General #2\" in the Steven Spielberg picture \"The BFG\" (2016) and the character Carnage in the Netflix series \"Altered Carbon\" in 2018. Frewer was born in Washington, D.C., the son of Gillian Anne (née German) and Captain (Ret'd) Frederick Charlesley Frewer, a Royal Canadian Navy officer. He", "title": "Matt Frewer" }, { "id": "8008577", "text": "Chang's defeat of Kalnor's coup, by challenging him to a \"blood duel\" that will settle the matter in personal combat. Chang loses an eye to Kalnor before killing him, explaining his eyepatch in his motion picture appearance. The narrative then continues with cadet Torlek, son of Ro'vagh, who reflects upon his invitation to the Elite Command Academy and his desire to honor his father through his success, as the first class begins. General Chang begins each session with a personal address to his students, explaining the natures of honor, loyalty, duty, and how a warrior may live by these virtues", "title": "Star Trek: Klingon Academy" }, { "id": "6383050", "text": "to direct the first sequel. The sequel, \"Star Trek Into Darkness\", starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Khan Noonien Singh, was released on May 16, 2013. A third film, \"Star Trek Beyond\", directed by Justin Lin and starring Idris Elba as the main antagonist, was released on July 22, 2016, to positive reviews. In July 2016, Abrams confirmed plans for a fourth film, and stated that Chris Hemsworth would return as Kirk's father. Most of the cast and producers of \"Beyond\" have also agreed to return; however, Abrams stated Anton Yelchin's role would not be recast following his death. Star Trek (film)", "title": "Star Trek (film)" }, { "id": "3925695", "text": "Rural Cemetery in Southborough, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston, where the Olands had previously resided in a historic farmhouse. 6. Goldberg, Philip. The Life of Yogananda. [2018, Hay House,Inc.] p. 103 Warner Oland Warner Oland (born Johan Verner Ölund, October 3, 1879 – August 6, 1938) was a Swedish-American actor most remembered for playing several Chinese and Chinese-American characters: the Honolulu Police detective, Lieutenant Charlie Chan; Dr. Fu Manchu; and Henry Chang in \"Shanghai Express\". His family emigrated to the United States when he was 13. He pursued a film career that would include time on Broadway and dozens of", "title": "Warner Oland" }, { "id": "373473", "text": "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is a 1982 American science fiction film directed by Nicholas Meyer and based on the 1960s television series \"\" created by Gene Roddenberry. It is the second film in the \"Star Trek\" film series and is a sequel to \"\" (1979). The plot features Admiral James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and the crew of the starship USS \"Enterprise\" facing off against the genetically engineered tyrant Khan Noonien Singh (Ricardo Montalbán), a character who first appeared in the 1967 \"Star Trek\" episode \"Space Seed\". When Khan escapes", "title": "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" }, { "id": "18251439", "text": "This was one of Yelchin's last films before his death in June 2016. Idris Elba, Sofia Boutella, Joe Taslim, and Lydia Wilson also appear. Principal photography began in Vancouver on June 25, 2015. The film premiered in Sydney on July 7, 2016, and was released in the United States on July 22, 2016, by Paramount Pictures. The film is dedicated to the memory of Yelchin, as well as to actor Leonard Nimoy, who died during pre-production. The film grossed $343.5 million at the box office, and received generally positive reviews with praise for its acting, action sequences, musical score, visual", "title": "Star Trek Beyond" }, { "id": "5374900", "text": "Channing Tatum Channing Matthew Tatum (born April 26, 1980) is an American actor. Tatum made his film debut in the drama film \"Coach Carter\" (2005). His breakthrough role was in the 2006 dance film \"Step Up,\" which introduced him to a wider audience. He is known for his portrayal of the character Duke in the 2009 action film \"\" and its 2013 sequel \".\" Although both \"G.I. Joe\" films received negative reviews from critics, they were commercially successful, grossing more than $300 million each at the box office. Tatum is also known for his leading role in \"Magic Mike\" (2012),", "title": "Channing Tatum" }, { "id": "16394750", "text": "of his term. Chang was born in Sacramento, California, and is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point with a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Computer Science. After West Point, Chang was selected as an East-West Graduate Degree Fellow and attended the University of Hawaii at Manoa where he graduated with a Masters in Arts in Political Science, with a specialty in Asian Politics. He received a Leadership Certificate from the East-West Center and received his Masters in Theological Studies from Covenant Theological Seminary. Chang is a second generation Korean-American. In 2010, Chang ran for", "title": "David S. Chang" }, { "id": "1417283", "text": "brief but memorable roles in several science fiction television series and movies. He portrayed Starfleet Captain Clark Terrell of the USS \"Reliant\", an unwilling minion of Khan Noonien Singh, in \"\" and Lieutenant Ed Traxler, a friendly but crusty cop partnered with Lance Henriksen in \"The Terminator\" starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. In 1996, he was part of the 'name' ensemble cast in Tim Burton's comic homage to 1950s science fiction \"Mars Attacks!\", playing the complacently self-satisfied Lt. General Casey. On the small screen \"Star Trek\" franchise, he appeared as an alien captain who communicates in metaphor in the \"\" episode \"Darmok\".", "title": "Paul Winfield" }, { "id": "18293477", "text": "Star Wars: The Last Jedi Star Wars: The Last Jedi (also known as Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi) is a 2017 American space opera film written and directed by Rian Johnson. It is the second installment of the \"Star Wars\" sequel trilogy and the eighth installment of the main \"Star Wars\" film franchise, following \"\" (2015). It was produced by Lucasfilm and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The film's ensemble cast includes Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Andy Serkis, Lupita Nyong'o, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Gwendoline Christie, and", "title": "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" }, { "id": "15608649", "text": "postponed to April 3, 2015. Fast & Furious 6 Fast & Furious 6 (alternatively known as Furious 6 or Fast Six) is a 2013 American action film directed by Justin Lin and written by Chris Morgan. It is the sixth installment in \"The Fast and the Furious\" franchise. The film stars Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Chris \"Ludacris\" Bridges, Sung Kang, Luke Evans, Gina Carano, Gal Gadot, and John Ortiz. \"Fast & Furious 6\" follows a professional criminal gang led by Dominic Toretto (Diesel) who have retired following their successful heist in \"Fast", "title": "Fast & Furious 6" }, { "id": "7071443", "text": "was honored with a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars. Anderson died on August 31, 2017 from natural causes in Beverly Hills, California, twenty-three days after his 91st birthday. He was survived by his three daughters Ashley Anderson, Brooke Anderson, and Deva Anderson. Richard Anderson Richard Norman Anderson (August 8, 1926 – August 31, 2017) was an American film and television actor. Among his best-known roles was his portrayal of Oscar Goldman, the boss of Steve Austin (Lee Majors) and Jaime Sommers (Lindsay Wagner) in both \"The Six Million Dollar Man\" and \"The Bionic Woman\" television", "title": "Richard Anderson" }, { "id": "18749494", "text": "Intro to Recycled Cinema \"Intro to Recycled Cinema\" is the eighth episode of the sixth season of the American comedy television series \"Community\", and the 105th episode of the series overall. It was released on Yahoo! Screen in the United States on April 28, 2015. Greendale decides to cash in on Chang's new-found fame by turning a cop drama \"Police Justice,\" into a sci-fi movie. Abed directs the group in the film \"Chief Starr and the Raiders of the Galaxy\", incorporating outtake audio and recycled footage of Chang. The Dean stars as Chang's stand in body double, while Jeff plays", "title": "Intro to Recycled Cinema" }, { "id": "3087874", "text": "be the most embarrassing experience that he had ever had while acting. In 1985, he appeared as an iconic MC on Grace Jones' \"Slave to the Rhythm\", a concept album which featured his narration interspersed throughout and which sold over a million copies worldwide. Other recent roles include Captain Hook in \"Shrek the Third\", Iofur Raknison (known as Ragnar Sturlusson in the film) in \"The Golden Compass\", Tai Lung in \"Kung Fu Panda\" (for which he received an Annie Award nomination), and Mr. Bobinsky in \"Coraline\". In live-action, he has performed in \"Hot Rod\", the action/thriller \"Death Race\", and \"The", "title": "Ian McShane" }, { "id": "2214865", "text": "who worked in an extended care unit, and Hugh John Greenwood, a Vancouver-born geophysicist and professor who taught at Princeton University. He is married to Susan Devlin and lives in British Columbia. Bruce Greenwood Stuart Bruce Greenwood (born August 12, 1956) is a Canadian actor and producer. He is known for his roles as the American president in \"Thirteen Days\", \"\" and \"\" and for his role as Captain Christopher Pike in J. J. Abrams's \"Star Trek\" reboot series. In television, Greenwood starred as Gil Garcetti in \"\", and has appeared in \"Mad Men\", \"St. Elsewhere\", \"Knots Landing\", and \"John", "title": "Bruce Greenwood" }, { "id": "934660", "text": "acted in the movies \"The Aviator\", \"Dude, Where's My Car?\", \"I Am Sam\", \"Independence Day\", \"\", \"The Master of Disguise\", \"Out to Sea\", \"Phenomenon\", \"The Ponder Heart\" and \"\". His television-movie appearances during this period include the 2000 musical \"Geppetto\" and the role of Dorothy Dandridge's manager and confidant, Earl Mills, in the HBO production \"Introducing Dorothy Dandridge\". In 2004, Spiner returned to \"Star Trek\" when he appeared as Dr. Arik Soong, an ancestor of Data's creator Dr. Noonien Soong, whom he also played, in a three-episode story arc of \"\": \"\", \"Cold Station 12\", and \"The Augments\". He also", "title": "Brent Spiner" }, { "id": "416204", "text": "nominations from the People's Choice Awards and won all of them, with lead actor Bruce Willis being honored for his role. The Satellite Awards nominated the film in four categories, with awards being received for writing (M. Night Shyamalan) and editing (Andrew Mondshein). Supporting actress Toni Collette was nominated for both an Academy Award and a Satellite award for her role in the film. James Newton Howard was honored by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers for his composition of the music for the film. In 2013, the Writers Guild of America ranked the screenplay #50 on its", "title": "The Sixth Sense" }, { "id": "4083720", "text": "when Gorkon turned to the Federation for help. The Klingon Chancellor proposed putting an end to the cold war between them and dismantling several outposts amongst the neutral zone between both powers. Rather than see this happen, Chang joined a secret conspiracy (which would be known as the Khitomer conspiracy) of Klingon, Federation, and Romulan officials to stop the peace process by any means necessary. The first step involved the creation of a secret warship (a Bird of Prey) with a unique ability; unlike other Klingon warships, it could fire its weapons while its cloaking device was enabled. As the", "title": "Chang (Star Trek)" }, { "id": "6382973", "text": "in the months preceding its release; pre-release screenings for the film premiered in select cities around the world, including Austin, Texas, Sydney, Australia, and Calgary, Alberta. It was released in the United States and Canada on May 8, 2009, to critical acclaim; critics praised its character development, as well as its storyline, effects, stunts, action sequences, direction, and its score by Michael Giacchino. \"Star Trek\" was a box office success, grossing over $385.7 million worldwide against its $150 million production budget. It was nominated for several awards, including four Academy Awards at the 82nd Academy Awards, ultimately winning Best Makeup,", "title": "Star Trek (film)" }, { "id": "7788216", "text": "François Chau François Chau (born October 26, 1959) is a Cambodian American actor. He is known for his roles as Dr. Pierre Chang in ABC's \"Lost\", Dr. Chang in the film \"21 & Over\" and, since 2015, as industrialist Jules-Pierre Mao, a recurring character in Syfy's \"The Expanse\". Chau was born in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, of Chinese and Vietnamese descent. When he was roughly 6 years old he and his family moved to Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City). At the age of 7, Chau moved from Saigon to France due to the Vietnam War and after a year moved", "title": "François Chau" }, { "id": "10132788", "text": "Andrea Riseborough Andrea Louise Riseborough (born 20 November 1981) is an English actress. She made her film debut in \"Venus\" (2006), and has subsequently appeared in \"Happy-Go-Lucky\" (2008), \"Never Let Me Go\", \"Brighton Rock\", \"Made in Dagenham\" (all 2010), \"W.E.\" (2011), \"Shadow Dancer\", \"Disconnect\" (both 2012), \"Welcome to the Punch\", \"Oblivion\" (both 2013), \"Birdman\" (2014), \"Nocturnal Animals\" (2016), \"Battle of the Sexes\", \"The Death of Stalin\" (both 2017) and \"Mandy\" (2018). Outside of film, Riseborough received a BAFTA nomination for her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in the television film \"The Long Walk to Finchley\" (2008), and won critical acclaim for", "title": "Andrea Riseborough" }, { "id": "5151132", "text": "unlocked Home rewards. Lars Alexandersson was featured as a guest character on \"\". His inclusion was the result of Matsuyama seeing his alternate design by Naruto series creator Masashi Kishimoto. \"Tekken 6\" features a large cast of composers, including Rio Hamamoto, Ryuichi Takada, Keiichi Okabe, Kazuhiro Nakamura, Shinji Hosoe, Yoshihito Yano, Ayako Saso, Go Shiina, Satoru Kosaki, Akitaka Tohyama, Hitoshi Sakimoto, Masaharu Iwata, Yoshimi Kudo, Noriyuki Kamikura, Azusa Chiba, Kimihiro Abe, Mitsuhiro Kaneda, Keigo Hoashi, Keiki Kobayashi, and Kakeru Ishihama. \"Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion\" is an update to \"Tekken 6\". It features new characters, stages, items and customization options. It", "title": "Tekken 6" }, { "id": "11305788", "text": "appears as Captain Cypress. The film's dialect coach, Andrew Jack, appears as Major Ematt of the Resistance. Additionally, Crystal Clarke, Pip Andersen, Christina Chong, Miltos Yerolemou, Amybeth Hargreaves, Leanne Best, Judah Friedlander, and Kevin Smith were cast in minor roles. Abrams has a vocal cameo, singing with Lin-Manuel Miranda on two songs, \"Jabba Flow\" and \"Dobra Doompa\", performed by Shag Kava, consisting of Abrams, Miranda and musicians. \"\" and \"Star Wars Rebels\" cast members Dee Bradley Baker, Matt Lanter, Tom Kane, Catherine Taber, Matthew Wood, Sam Witwer, Meredith Salenger, James Arnold Taylor, show runner Dave Filoni, Michael Donovan, Devon Libran,", "title": "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" }, { "id": "10222945", "text": "has appeared in \"Pineapple Express\"; \"Role Models\" as King Argotron; \"All About Steve\"; \"\"; \"Couples Retreat\"; and as Mr. Chow in \"The Hangover\", \"The Hangover Part II\", and \"The Hangover Part III\". He co-starred in \"Zookeeper\" and \"\", released in summer 2011. Jeong played Señor Ben Chang on the NBC sitcom \"Community\" and was nominated for the show's \"Male Breakout Star\" at the 2010 Teen Choice Awards. He was nominated for two 2010 MTV Movie Awards, winning the award for \"Best WTF Moment\" and for MTV Movie Award for Best Villain for \"The Hangover\". In fall 2010, Adidas basketball began", "title": "Ken Jeong" }, { "id": "8008575", "text": "the Klingon homeworld Qo'noS, is only a secondary energy production facility at this time. The Klingons have a limited non-aggression and technology exchange treaty with the Romulan Star Empire, although neither side has high regard for the other. There are no significant tensions with the Gorn Star Kingdom, the Tholian Assembly or the Sha'kurian Duchies (a new race created specifically for this game) at this time. Just prior to the events of the game, General Chang defeats a would-be usurper named Kalnor, head of the powerful House of G'Iogh, and halts his attempted \"coup d'état\" against the Klingon government. He", "title": "Star Trek: Klingon Academy" }, { "id": "2214860", "text": "Bruce Greenwood Stuart Bruce Greenwood (born August 12, 1956) is a Canadian actor and producer. He is known for his roles as the American president in \"Thirteen Days\", \"\" and \"\" and for his role as Captain Christopher Pike in J. J. Abrams's \"Star Trek\" reboot series. In television, Greenwood starred as Gil Garcetti in \"\", and has appeared in \"Mad Men\", \"St. Elsewhere\", \"Knots Landing\", and \"John from Cincinnati\". He has appeared in supporting roles in such films as \"Hollywood Homicide\", \"Double Jeopardy\", \"Déjà Vu\", \"I, Robot\", \"Dinner for Schmucks\", \"Capote\", \"The Post\" and as the motion-capture alien dubbed", "title": "Bruce Greenwood" }, { "id": "6600837", "text": "in his dojo and during seminar around the world. Toshiro Suga Toshirō Suga (born August 22, 1950) is an aikido instructor. He holds the rank of 6th dan Aikikai. Born in Tokyo, his aikido teachers include Morihei Ueshiba and Morihiro Saito. For many years, he taught military forces in Canada. He takes part in international seminars. He had a brief career in cinema, thanks in part to his student Michael G. Wilson, where his best known part was as Chang in the 1979 James Bond film \"Moonraker\". He currently lives in Paris. Toshirô Suga started judo at age 15 in", "title": "Toshiro Suga" }, { "id": "19779811", "text": "acting at Michael Beach's Actors Gym and Lee Strasberg Studio, among others. During his career, Chien has worked in films like \"Crank\", \"\", \"Red Dawn\", \"Fast Five\", and \"Iron Man 3\". He has also worked on TV shows like \"\", \"The Guild\", and \"\". In 2016, he had a recurring role as President Peng Wu on TNT's \"The Last Ship\". Fernando Chien Fernando Chien (born October 6, 1974), sometimes credited as Funan Chien, is a Taiwanese actor and stunt performer. He is known for his roles in the film \"Fast Five\" and TNT's action show \"The Last Ship\". Fernando Chien", "title": "Fernando Chien" }, { "id": "18325399", "text": "a character actor for the stage and screen. Sutherland worked as an actor on a number of feature film projects King Kong and Black Sheep as well as TV projects including the acclaimed TV drama The Insider’s Guide to Love. In 2007, Sutherland wrote and starred in the Cannes Film Festival award-winning piece Run. Created in collaboration with longtime friend Mark Albiston, the film secured a Special Mention in the Short Film category at the Cannes. Sutherland later partnered with Mark Albiston under the directing banner Mark & Louis, to create their follow up short film The Six Dollar Fifty", "title": "Louis Sutherland" }, { "id": "4083722", "text": "attacked Gorkon's ship and made it look like the Federation ship was responsible. Then, two Starfleet conspirators beamed aboard Gorkon's ship, mortally wounded the Chancellor and killed several other Klingons. Chang accused Kirk of attacking them and then tried to launch a \"counterattack\" with Gorkon's ship. But instead, Kirk surrendered, and both he and the ship's doctor Leonard McCoy beamed aboard Gorkon's ship. Despite McCoy's efforts, Gorkon died and Chang arrested them both. (Despite his role in orchestrating Gorkon's death, Chang seemed genuinely affected by the death of his former comrade.) Gorkon's assassination was not enough to derail the peace", "title": "Chang (Star Trek)" }, { "id": "6281648", "text": "Byron Mann Byron Mann () is a Hong Kong-born American actor in film and television. His roles include Wing Chau in \"The Big Short\", Chang in \"Hell on Wheels\", Ryu in \"Street Fighter\", Silver Lion in \"The Man with the Iron Fists\", Admiral Nguyen in \"The Expanse,\" and Yao Fei in the first season of \"Arrow\". Byron Mann was born in British Hong Kong (1841-1997), now Hong Kong (1997-present). Mann's father was a dentist. Mann's mother was an American-Chinese. Mann grew up bilingual in English and Cantonese. Mann attended the Diocesan Boys' School, an all-boys secondary school in Hong Kong,", "title": "Byron Mann" }, { "id": "1444572", "text": "Christopher Walken Christopher Walken (born Ronald Walken; March 31, 1943) is an American actor of screen and stage who has appeared in more than 100 films and television shows, including \"Annie Hall\" (1977), \"The Deer Hunter\" (1978), \"The Dogs of War\" (1980), \"The Dead Zone\" (1983), \"A View to a Kill\" (1985), \"Batman Returns\" (1992), \"True Romance\" (1993), \"Pulp Fiction\" (1994), \"Antz\" (1998), \"Vendetta\" (1999), \"Sleepy Hollow\" (1999), \"Catch Me If You Can\" (2002), \"Hairspray\" (2007), \"Seven Psychopaths\" (2012), the first three \"Prophecy\" films, \"The Jungle Book\" (2016), \"Irreplaceable You\" (2018), as well as music videos by many popular recording", "title": "Christopher Walken" }, { "id": "10775538", "text": "school. In 2017, McCabe acted in the role of Major General David Harding in the Bollywood film, Rangoon. On 7 June 2015, McCabe won the Tony award for Best Featured Actor in the Broadway production of Peter Morgan's 2013 play \"The Audience\", starring Dame Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II. Mirren won Best Actress award. He also won awards for Outstanding Featured Actor (Outer Critics' Circle Awards)http://outercritics.org/2014-2015-award-nominations/ and Distinguished Performance (Drama League Awards) https://variety.com/2015/legit/news/drama-league-nominations-2015-full-list-1201476622/ On 28 April 2013, McCabe won an Olivier Award as Best Supporting Actor for his role as PM Harold Wilson in the original production of \"The", "title": "Richard McCabe" }, { "id": "4112721", "text": "with Sloan, The East-West Film Company, and produced such memorable films as \"Pick a Bale of Cotton\" (an interview and performance with the legendary blues and folk singer Lead Belly in 1944) and the highly controversial anti-war short (1946–47), \"The Way of Peace\", created in part with elaborate miniature sets and puppets in stop-motion. For \"Star Trek\", Chang built costumes for the salt vampire (\"The Man Trap\"), the Gorn (\"\") and Balok's false image (\"The Corbomite Maneuver\"). He created tribbles by using artificial fur stuffed with foam, the Neanderthals in \"The Galileo Seven\", and the Romulan Bird of Prey (\"Balance", "title": "Wah Chang" }, { "id": "11305773", "text": "Star Wars: The Force Awakens Star Wars: The Force Awakens (also known as Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens) is a 2015 American epic space opera film produced, co-written and directed by J. J. Abrams. It is the first installment of the \"Star Wars\" sequel trilogy and the seventh installment of the main \"Star Wars\" film franchise, following \"Return of the Jedi\" (1983). The film stars Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong'o, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, and Max von Sydow, and was produced by", "title": "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" }, { "id": "7842642", "text": "Adoni Maropis Adoni Maropis (born July 20, 1963) is a Greek-American actor. Maropis was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the middle of three sons. He is best known for playing Quan Chi in \"\". He also played General Hassan in \"\" as well as Sakr in \"Hidalgo\". He appeared in a recurring role as terrorist leader Abu Fayed in season six of \"24\" and as an assassin in the season three premier of the television series \"Chuck\". Maropis is also a table tennis player, preferring the \"orthodox styles\" of hardbat and sandpaper table tennis. he holds titles as world and US", "title": "Adoni Maropis" }, { "id": "11944584", "text": "ER (season 6) The sixth season of the American fictional drama television series \"ER\" first aired on September 30, 1999 and concluded on May 18, 2000. The sixth season consists of 22 episodes. In the first major cast change in \"ER\", the sixth season sees the addition of four new characters including long term cast members Dr. Luka Kovač and nurse, later third-year medical student, Abby Lockhart, also added are Dr. Cleo Finch and Dr. Dave Malucci. Paul McCrane is now billed as a series regular and the return of Deb Chen from season 1, now known as Dr. Jing-Mei", "title": "ER (season 6)" }, { "id": "8255057", "text": "and Sage Brocklebank as junior police officer Buzz McNab, also a main reoccurring character. Other guests included Tom Butler (who played Attorney General Maxwell), Gina Holden (who played Bethany), Diego Klattenhoff (who played Dylan Maxwell), and Christine Chatelain (who played Lacey Maxwell). The episode first aired in the United States on USA Network on July 21, 2006, with a rating of TV-PG. The episode was aired in the U.S. on August 14, 2006, on NBC, in an 8 p.m. time slot. \"Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Piece\", along with the fourteen other episodes from \"Psych's\" first season were released", "title": "Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Piece" }, { "id": "15608605", "text": "Fast & Furious 6 Fast & Furious 6 (alternatively known as Furious 6 or Fast Six) is a 2013 American action film directed by Justin Lin and written by Chris Morgan. It is the sixth installment in \"The Fast and the Furious\" franchise. The film stars Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Chris \"Ludacris\" Bridges, Sung Kang, Luke Evans, Gina Carano, Gal Gadot, and John Ortiz. \"Fast & Furious 6\" follows a professional criminal gang led by Dominic Toretto (Diesel) who have retired following their successful heist in \"Fast Five\" (2011), but remain wanted", "title": "Fast & Furious 6" }, { "id": "1401921", "text": "in previous films, to look unique and to humanize his character. During makeup tests, Snell was about to apply Plummer's wig when the actor muttered that he wanted no wig, with Chang's small amount of hair swept back into a warrior's topknot. Snell worked through several nights to redesign the back of Chang's head and add more detail. This design change meant only Plummer's front could be photographed during the first few days of filming while the makeup department created appliances to cover the back of his head. Azetbur, portrayed by Rosanna DeSoto, was initially conceived as barbaric, but Meyer", "title": "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country" }, { "id": "18251465", "text": "million), Russia and the CIS ($3.3 million), Australia ($3 million), France ($2.1 million), Mexico ($1.5 million), Brazil ($1.6 million), Venezuela ($1.4 million) and Taiwan ($1 million). In the United Kingdom, where the performance of the franchise has been consistently solid, it was edged out by the family film \"The BFG\". Its £4.74 million ($6.2 million) opening from 535 theaters is the lowest among the rebooted series and a 31% decline from the £8.43 million ($11 million) opening posted by \"Star Trek Into Darkness\", if previews are deducted. \"The Guardian\" cited J. J. Abrams' departure as the director and fans' unenthusiastic", "title": "Star Trek Beyond" }, { "id": "13895902", "text": "William Sadler (actor) William Thomas Sadler (born April 13, 1950) is an American film and television actor. His television and motion picture roles have included Chesty Puller in \"The Pacific\", in \"\", Sheriff Jim Valenti in \"Roswell\", convict Heywood in \"The Shawshank Redemption\", Senator Vernon Trent in \"Hard to Kill\", and the Grim Reaper in \"Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey\", a role for which he won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor, and his role as Colonel Stuart opposite Bruce Willis in \"Die Hard 2\". He played the character of President of the United States, Matthew Ellis, in \"Iron", "title": "William Sadler (actor)" }, { "id": "11305876", "text": "February 2016 at Pinewood Studios. Hamill, Fisher, Driver, Ridley, Boyega, Isaac, Serkis, Nyong'o, Gleeson, Daniels, Christie, Vee, and Suotamo reprised their roles in the film, and are joined by Kelly Marie Tran, Laura Dern, and Benicio del Toro. \"Episode IX\" is scheduled for release on December 20, 2019. Abrams will direct the film and co-write it with Chris Terrio. Footnote Citations Star Wars: The Force Awakens Star Wars: The Force Awakens (also known as Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens) is a 2015 American epic space opera film produced, co-written and directed by J. J. Abrams. It is", "title": "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" }, { "id": "7503929", "text": "Jason Chong Jason Chong (born 29 October 1969) is an Australian actor. Chong was born in Sydney, Australia. He graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), Australia. He is frequently seen on television; his credits include: \"Wildside\", \"Bondi Banquet\", \"Murder Call\", \"Going Home\", \"Farscape\", \"All Saints\" and \"Maximum Choppage\". In 2006, Chong played a news reporter in the American horror movie, \"See No Evil\". He plays the recurring role of General Kasar in Netflix's series \"Marco Polo\". Chong played the lead Chinese role of Zhang Lin in Sydney Theatre Company's 2017 production of \"Chimerica\" at the Roslyn Packer", "title": "Jason Chong" }, { "id": "16394759", "text": "As of September 7, 2017, he was under investigation by the FBI, Homeland Security, and the State Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Upon graduation from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, as a member of the Bicentennial Class of 2002, Chang was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army as an Armor Officer. After finishing graduate school, he attended the Armor Officer Basic Course and was assigned to the 3d Regiment, 4th Cavalry Squadron, 25th Aviation Regiment, 25th Infantry Division at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, as a Ground Scout Platoon Leader, Assistant Intelligence Officer", "title": "David S. Chang" }, { "id": "1290928", "text": "Spice Williams-Crosby as Vixis, Klaa's lieutenant. Bryant was playing ping pong at a beach party when a casting director offered him the role. Bryant performed his audition twice, as Shatner requested that he repeat his performance speaking in Klingon. Williams-Crosby thought Vixis was Kirk's girlfriend when she arrived for her audition, but recalled afterwards that it was \"fun\" to play a villain. David Warner, Charles Cooper and Cynthia Gouw play the Federation, Klingon, and Romulan ambassadors to Nimbus III. Warner did not audition, but agreed to the role after Shatner swore that his character would survive the film. The director", "title": "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier" }, { "id": "7840150", "text": "is set to appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film \"Captain Marvel\" which will release in 2019. Robert Kazinsky Robert John Appleby, better known by the stage name Robert Kazinsky, is an English actor and model. He is best known for his appearances as Casper Rose in the Sky One drama \"Dream Team\", Sean Slater in the BBC One soap opera \"EastEnders\", Chuck Hansen in \"Pacific Rim\", and Macklyn Warlow in the sixth season of HBO's \"True Blood\" in 2013. In 2016, he played the orc warchief Orgrim Doomhammer in \"Warcraft\" and had the lead role in the U.S. Fox", "title": "Robert Kazinsky" }, { "id": "3907815", "text": "James Gregory (actor) James Gregory (December 23, 1911 – September 16, 2002) was an American character actor known for his deep, gravelly voice and playing brash roles such as the McCarthy-like Sen. John Iselin in \"The Manchurian Candidate\" (1962), the audacious General Ursus in \"Beneath the Planet of the Apes\" (1970), and crusty Inspector Frank Luger in the television sitcom \"Barney Miller\" (1975–1982). Gregory was born in the Bronx in New York City, and raised in New Rochelle, just north of New York City. In high school he was president of the Drama Club. He briefly worked on Wall Street", "title": "James Gregory (actor)" }, { "id": "20614389", "text": "and Erica Oyama, with Mickey Liddell, Jennifer Monroe and Pete Shilaimon producing under their LD Entertainment banner. In September 2017, Finn Wolfhard, Vanessa Hudgens, Tone Bell, Adam Pally, Eva Longoria, and Jon Bass joined the cast of the film. In October 2017, Tig Notaro, Rob Corddry, Michael Cassidy, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Ron Cephas Jones, John Gemberling, Ryan Hansen, Thomas Lennon, Lauren Lapkus, Jessica Lowe, Toks Olagundoye, Jessica St. Clair and David Wain joined the cast of the film. Principal photography began in October 2017, in Los Angeles, California. The film is scheduled to be released on August 8, 2018, by", "title": "Dog Days (2018 film)" }, { "id": "6142397", "text": "Joonas Suotamo, Billie Lourd, Mark Hamill, and Anthony Daniels, with Naomi Ackie and Richard E. Grant joining the cast. The same announcement confirmed Williams' return and that Carrie Fisher would posthumously portray General Leia Organa using unreleased footage from both \"The Force Awakens\" and \"The Last Jedi\". It was announced later the same day that Russell had joined the cast. It was reported that the character Yoda would also return. Principal photography began on August 1, 2018 for a December 20, 2019 release. Lucas found himself agreeing with the critics who perceived \"The Force Awakens\" as too derivative of the", "title": "Star Wars sequel trilogy" }, { "id": "18477810", "text": "Hua, Zhang Hanyu, Wang Zhonglei, Guan Hu, Li Yifeng, Xu Qing, Liang Jing, and Kris Wu attended the opening ceremony. The film grossed on its opening weekend in China and went on to take the top spot during the Holiday period. It grossed $137 million overall. Mr. Six (film) Mr. Six () (previously known as \"Fading Wave\") is a 2015 Chinese crime drama film directed by Guan Hu and written by Dong Runnian. It stars Feng Xiaogang, Zhang Hanyu, Xu Qing, Li Yifeng and Kris Wu. The film closed the 72nd Venice International Film Festival in an out-of-competition screening. Mr.", "title": "Mr. Six (film)" }, { "id": "19374033", "text": "of Aladdin (Deniz Akdeniz), and his story featuring the return of Jafar, now portrayed by Oded Fehr (the role had been previously played by Naveen Andrews on \"Once Upon a Time in Wonderland\"). Andrews was unavailable due to his previous commitment to Netflixs \"Sense8\". It was also announced that \"Galavant\"s Karen David was cast as Princess Jasmine. She made her debut in the fourth episode of the season. In early July, it was announced that Raphael Sbarge would be reprising his role as Jiminy Cricket / Dr. Archie Hopper in the season premiere. The character's last appearance was in the", "title": "Once Upon a Time (season 6)" }, { "id": "20962026", "text": "A day later, it was announced that Joel Fields had joined the production as an additional writer and executive producer. Alongside the series order announcement, it was confirmed that Sam Rockwell and Michelle Williams had been cast in the lead roles of Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon, respectively. On November 19, 2018, it was announced Margaret Qualley and Norbert Leo Butz had been cast in series regular roles and that Aya Cash, Nate Corddry, Susan Misner, Bianca Marroquín, Kelli Barrett, Evan Handler, Rick Holmes, Paul Reiser, Ethan Slater, Byron Jennings, and Laura Osnes had joined the cast cast in a", "title": "Fosse/Verdon" }, { "id": "5572879", "text": "Trevor Morgan (actor) Trevor John Morgan (born November 26, 1986) is an American actor. He has appeared in the films \"Genius\", \"The Sixth Sense\", \"The Patriot\", \"A Rumor of Angels\", \"Jurassic Park III\", \"The Glass House\", \"Chasing 3000\", \"Mean Creek\", \"Barney's Great Adventure\" based on the popular children’s television series, \"Local Color\", \"Family Plan\", and \"Uncle Nino\". Trevor John Morgan was born in Chicago, Illinois as the youngest of four children; he has three older half siblings. and a younger brother, actor, Joey Morgan. His parents are Lisa Morgan and Joe Borrasso of MbM Studios, a talent development and production", "title": "Trevor Morgan (actor)" }, { "id": "6600835", "text": "Toshiro Suga Toshirō Suga (born August 22, 1950) is an aikido instructor. He holds the rank of 6th dan Aikikai. Born in Tokyo, his aikido teachers include Morihei Ueshiba and Morihiro Saito. For many years, he taught military forces in Canada. He takes part in international seminars. He had a brief career in cinema, thanks in part to his student Michael G. Wilson, where his best known part was as Chang in the 1979 James Bond film \"Moonraker\". He currently lives in Paris. Toshirô Suga started judo at age 15 in the Tokyo police force dojo. At the age of", "title": "Toshiro Suga" }, { "id": "15675559", "text": "nomination for a performance. The record of the maximum number of wins in this category is with Amitabh Bachchan having won the award 3 times (2002, 2006 & 2016) and Manoj Bajpayee (1999, 2000 & 2017), followed by three actors (in chronological order): Shahrukh Khan (1994 & 2001), Ranbir Kapoor (2010 & 2012) and Rajkummar Rao (2014 & 2018). There has been only tie in the history between Shahid Kapoor and Manoj Bajpai for Udta Punjab and Aligarh respectively (2017). Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor The Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor is given by \"Filmfare\" as part of", "title": "Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor" }, { "id": "3383580", "text": "by Mandy Patinkin in the film, starring opposite actor Gary Graham as Detective Matthew Sikes. The series, though very popular among fans, was canceled after one season. Pierpoint went on to play the character in five subsequent Alien Nation TV movies from 1993 to 1997. Between 1993 and 2005, he starred in five separate guest roles on all four \"Star Trek\" series spin offs. He also continues to work regularly outside of science fiction, garnering many roles in popular films and TV shows during his career, including the 1997 film \"Liar, Liar\" and more recently, the TV series' \"Hart of", "title": "Eric Pierpoint" }, { "id": "4083723", "text": "process. The Federation President and Azetbur (who was the new Klingon Chancellor) were both determined to continue with it. The next meeting was set to take place at a neutral site, Camp Khitomer. The conspirators started to make plans to kill their next target: the Federation President. Meanwhile, Kirk and McCoy stood trial for Gorkon's murder. Chang prosecuted them both and succeeded in having them both found guilty. However, the judge commuted a death sentence and sent them both to the penal asteroid . Not satisfied with this, Chang ordered the commandant of Rura Penthe to make sure Kirk and", "title": "Chang (Star Trek)" }, { "id": "15751596", "text": "Ji Chang-wook Ji Chang-wook (born July 5, 1987) is a South Korean actor. He rose to fame playing the leading role of Dong-hae in daily drama series \"Smile Again\" (2010–2011), and has since had roles in \"Warrior Baek Dong-soo\" (2011) and \"Empress Ki\" (2013–2014). Ji has headlined the popular television series \"Healer\" (2014–2015), \"The K2\" (2016) and \"Suspicious Partner\" (2017), as well as crime-action film \"Fabricated City\" (2017). Ji began his career in musical theatre. He made his onscreen debut in the 2006 film \"Days...\" and had a minor role in the 2008 television drama \"You Stole My Heart\". He", "title": "Ji Chang-wook" }, { "id": "19860055", "text": "monastery where she meets the powerful general Chu Beijie (Wallace Chung) of the Kingdom of Jin. He recognizes her as his childhood first love. However, their situation renders this relationship a difficult one as they are from opposing kingdoms. The drama is a commercial success in China, achieving high ratings and surpassing 16 billion views. It ranked 1st place on the list of Most Profitable Dramas of 2017. Despite its popularity, \"General and I\" received criticisms for its production quality and performance. The majority of the scenes were computer-generated instead of being shot on location, and the special effects were", "title": "General and I" }, { "id": "6630434", "text": "office of previous installments. Due to the film's poor reception and box office disappointment, the series was put on a hiatus until the franchise was rebooted with a new film, directed by J. J. Abrams and released on May 8, 2009, simply titled \"Star Trek\", serving as a reboot to the franchise with a new cast portraying younger versions of the original series' characters. A sequel to \"Star Trek\" (2009), \"Star Trek Into Darkness\", was released in theaters on May 16, 2013. A third film, \"Star Trek Beyond\", was released on July 22, 2016, on the franchise's 50th anniversary. The", "title": "Star Trek (film series)" }, { "id": "8412782", "text": "Seth Gilliam Seth Gilliam (born November 5, 1968) is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayals of Ellis Carver on \"The Wire\", Clayton Hughes on \"Oz\", Dr. Alan Deaton on \"Teen Wolf\", and Father Gabriel Stokes on \"The Walking Dead\". Gilliam graduated from State University of New York at Purchase in 1990. Gilliam's film career has spanned from the early 90s to today. He has starred in award-winning films such as \"Still Alice\". His other film credits include Private Sugar Watkins in the 1997 action film \"Starship Troopers\" and Sergeant Steven Altameyer in the 1996 film \"Courage", "title": "Seth Gilliam" }, { "id": "7503930", "text": "Theatre. Jason Chong Jason Chong (born 29 October 1969) is an Australian actor. Chong was born in Sydney, Australia. He graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), Australia. He is frequently seen on television; his credits include: \"Wildside\", \"Bondi Banquet\", \"Murder Call\", \"Going Home\", \"Farscape\", \"All Saints\" and \"Maximum Choppage\". In 2006, Chong played a news reporter in the American horror movie, \"See No Evil\". He plays the recurring role of General Kasar in Netflix's series \"Marco Polo\". Chong played the lead Chinese role of Zhang Lin in Sydney Theatre Company's 2017 production of \"Chimerica\" at the Roslyn", "title": "Jason Chong" }, { "id": "9100435", "text": "Ginger in the Children's BBC series \"The Queen's Nose\". He played Harold Chapple in \"Our Friends in the North\", and portrayed the physicist Max Planck in \"Einstein and Eddington\". He has also been seen as Kemp in the horror-drama series \"Being Human\". In seasons 1 and 2, he portrayed Maester Luwin in the HBO series \"Game of Thrones\". His film appearances include \"The Constant Gardener\" (2005), \"\" (2002), \"Enigma\" (2001) and \"\" (2010). Donald Sumpter Donald Sumpter (born 13 February 1943) is an English actor, known for his work in film and television since the mid-1960s. One of his early", "title": "Donald Sumpter" }, { "id": "2873355", "text": "Chris O'Donnell Christopher Eugene O'Donnell (born June 26, 1970) is an American actor and former model. He played Charlie Simms in \"Scent of a Woman\", D'Artagnan in \"The Three Musketeers\", Jack Foley in the drama film \"Circle of Friends\", Dick Grayson/Robin in \"Batman Forever\" and \"Batman & Robin\", Jason Brown in Robert Altman's \"Cookie's Fortune\", and Peter Garrett in \"Vertical Limit\". O'Donnell currently stars as special Agent G. Callen on the CBS crime drama television series \"\", a spin-off of \"NCIS\". Christopher O'Donnell was born in Winnetka, Illinois, the son of William Charles O'Donnell, Sr., a general manager of WBBM-AM,", "title": "Chris O'Donnell" }, { "id": "1515922", "text": "house in Marina del Rey, California. Matt Frewer Matthew George Frewer (born January 4, 1958) is an American Canadian actor, singer, voice artist and comedian. Acting since 1983, he is best known for portraying the 1980s icon Max Headroom and Doctor Leekie in the Canadian science fiction drama \"Orphan Black\" (2013–17). Frewer's most recent performances include a portrayal of \"General #2\" in the Steven Spielberg picture \"The BFG\" (2016) and the character Carnage in the Netflix series \"Altered Carbon\" in 2018. Frewer was born in Washington, D.C., the son of Gillian Anne (née German) and Captain (Ret'd) Frederick Charlesley Frewer,", "title": "Matt Frewer" }, { "id": "7442571", "text": "Chris Pine Christopher Whitelaw Pine (born August 26, 1980) is an American actor. Pine made his feature debut as Lord Devereaux in \"\" (2004). He is known for playing James T. Kirk in the \"Star Trek\" reboot film series (2009–2016), Will in \"Unstoppable\" (2010), Cinderella's Prince in \"Into the Woods\" (2014), Jack Ryan in \"\" (2014), Toby Howard in \"Hell or High Water\" (2016), Bernie Webber in \"The Finest Hours\" (2016), Steve Trevor in \"Wonder Woman\" (2017), and Dr. Alexander Murry in \"A Wrinkle in Time\" (2018). Pine was born in Los Angeles. His father, Robert Pine, is an actor", "title": "Chris Pine" }, { "id": "16814805", "text": "the \"BiTrektual\" logo and cover art; the winner was eventually revealed to be artist Shamine King. The cover features Voltaire dressed like Obi-Wan Kenobi kissing Hikaru Sulu. Guest vocals were provided by Jason C. Miller, Garrett Wang, Tim Russ and Robert Picardo. Wang, Russ and Picardo are known for portraying Ensign Harry Kim, Lieutenant Commander Tuvok and the Doctor in \"Star Trek\", respectively. BiTrektual BiTrektual is the ninth studio album by Cuban American dark cabaret singer Aurelio Voltaire, released on September 2, 2012. It is a concept album containing songs parodying the \"Star Wars\" and \"Star Trek\" franchises – Voltaire", "title": "BiTrektual" } ]

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[ { "id": "8440972", "text": "Water distribution on Earth Water is distributed across earth. Most water in the Earth's atmosphere and crust comes from the world ocean's saline seawater, while freshwater accounts for only 2.5% of the total. Because the oceans that cover roughly 78% of the area of the Earth reflect blue light, the Earth appears blue from space, and is often referred to as the \"blue planet\" and the \"Pale Blue Dot\". An estimated 1.5 to 11 times the amount of water in the oceans may be found hundreds of miles deep within the Earth's interior, although not in liquid form. The oceanic", "title": "Water distribution on Earth" }, { "id": "289894", "text": "in oceans and other large bodies of water, with 1.6% of water below ground in aquifers and 0.001% in the air as vapor, clouds, and precipitation. Oceans hold 97% of surface water, glaciers, and polar ice caps 2.4%, and other land surface water such as rivers, lakes, and ponds 0.6%. Additionally, a minute amount of the Earth's water is contained within biological bodies and manufactured products. An ocean is a major body of saline water, and a principal component of the hydrosphere. Approximately 71% of the Earth's surface (an area of some 361 million square kilometers) is covered by ocean,", "title": "Nature" }, { "id": "8440976", "text": "water is also very unevenly distributed. Although in warm periods such as the Mesozoic and Paleogene when there were no glaciers anywhere on the planet all fresh water was found in rivers and streams, today most fresh water exists in the form of ice, snow, groundwater and soil moisture, with only 0.3% in liquid form on the surface. Of the liquid surface fresh water, 87% is contained in lakes, 11% in swamps, and only 2% in rivers. Small quantities of water also exist in the atmosphere and in living beings. Of these sources, only river water is generally valuable. Most", "title": "Water distribution on Earth" }, { "id": "2060200", "text": "Underwater Underwater refers to the region below the surface of water where the water exists in a swimming pool or a natural feature (called a body of water) such as an ocean, sea, lake, pond, or river. Three quarters of the planet Earth is covered by water. A majority of the planet's solid surface is abyssal plain, at depths between below the surface of the oceans. The solid surface location on the planet closest to the centre of the orb is the Challenger Deep, located in the Mariana Trench at a depth of . Although a number of human activities", "title": "Underwater" }, { "id": "111061", "text": "the Moon causes ocean tides, stabilizes Earth's orientation on its axis, and gradually slows its rotation. Earth is the densest planet in the Solar System and the largest of the four terrestrial planets. Earth's lithosphere is divided into several rigid tectonic plates that migrate across the surface over periods of many millions of years. About 71% of Earth's surface is covered with water, mostly by oceans. The remaining 29% is land consisting of continents and islands that together have many lakes, rivers and other sources of water that contribute to the hydrosphere. The majority of Earth's polar regions are covered", "title": "Earth" }, { "id": "111086", "text": ". At the other extreme, the slowest-moving plate is the Eurasian Plate, progressing at a typical rate of . The total surface area of Earth is about . Of this, 70.8%, or , is below sea level and covered by ocean water. Below the ocean's surface are much of the continental shelf, mountains, volcanoes, oceanic trenches, submarine canyons, oceanic plateaus, abyssal plains, and a globe-spanning mid-ocean ridge system. The remaining 29.2%, or , not covered by water has terrain that varies greatly from place to place and consists of mountains, deserts, plains, plateaus, and other landforms. Tectonics and erosion, volcanic", "title": "Earth" }, { "id": "8440980", "text": "frequent and almost always not seriously considered when they were first developed. The total volume of water on Earth is estimated at 1.386 billion km³ (333 million cubic miles), with 97.5% being salt water and 2.5% being fresh water. Of the fresh water, only 0.3% is in liquid form on the surface. In addition, the lower mantle of inner earth may hold as much as 5 times more water than all surface water combined (all oceans, all lakes, all rivers). The total volume of water in rivers is estimated at 2,120 km³ (510 cubic miles), or 2% of the surface", "title": "Water distribution on Earth" }, { "id": "462202", "text": "fog. Clouds are formed from suspended droplets of water and ice, its solid state. When finely divided, crystalline ice may precipitate in the form of snow. The gaseous state of water is steam or water vapor. Water moves continually through the water cycle of evaporation, transpiration (evapotranspiration), condensation, precipitation, and runoff, usually reaching the sea. Water covers 71% of the Earth's surface, mostly in seas and oceans. Small portions of water occur as groundwater (1.7%), in the glaciers and the ice caps of Antarctica and Greenland (1.7%), and in the air as vapor, clouds (formed of ice and liquid water", "title": "Water" }, { "id": "12243070", "text": "Water resources Water resources are natural resources of water that are potentially useful. Uses of water include agricultural, industrial, household, recreational and environmental activities. All living things require water to grow and reproduce. 97% of the water on the Earth is salt water and only three percent is fresh water; slightly over two thirds of this is frozen in glaciers and polar ice caps. The remaining unfrozen freshwater is found mainly as groundwater, with only a small fraction present above ground or in the air. Fresh water is a renewable resource, yet the world's supply of groundwater is steadily decreasing,", "title": "Water resources" }, { "id": "8440989", "text": "based on tests on a sample of ringwoodite. Further evidence for large quantities of water in the mantle was found in observations of melting in the transition zone from the USArray project. Liquid water is not present within the ringwoodite, rather the components of water (hydrogen and oxygen) are held within as hydroxide ions. Water distribution on Earth Water is distributed across earth. Most water in the Earth's atmosphere and crust comes from the world ocean's saline seawater, while freshwater accounts for only 2.5% of the total. Because the oceans that cover roughly 78% of the area of the Earth", "title": "Water distribution on Earth" }, { "id": "12243116", "text": "or some combination of the two. An increasing dimension to consider is the flexibility of the water supply system. Water resources Water resources are natural resources of water that are potentially useful. Uses of water include agricultural, industrial, household, recreational and environmental activities. All living things require water to grow and reproduce. 97% of the water on the Earth is salt water and only three percent is fresh water; slightly over two thirds of this is frozen in glaciers and polar ice caps. The remaining unfrozen freshwater is found mainly as groundwater, with only a small fraction present above ground", "title": "Water resources" }, { "id": "11601329", "text": "world's supply of clean, fresh water is under increasing demand for human activities. The world has an estimated 1.34 billion cubic kilometers of water, but 96.5% of it is salty. Almost 70% of fresh water can be found in the ice caps of Antarctica and Greenland. Less than 1% of this water on Earth is accessible to humans, the rest is contained in soil moisture or deep underground. Accessible freshwater is located in lakes, rivers, reservoirs and shallow underground sources. Rainwater and snowfall do very little to replenish many underground sources. The amount of available freshwater supply in some regions", "title": "Peak water" }, { "id": "462218", "text": "water on Earth is sea water. Water is also present in the atmosphere in solid, liquid, and vapor states. It also exists as groundwater in aquifers. Water is important in many geological processes. Groundwater is present in most rocks, and the pressure of this groundwater affects patterns of faulting. Water in the mantle is responsible for the melt that produces volcanoes at subduction zones. On the surface of the Earth, water is important in both chemical and physical weathering processes. Water, and to a lesser but still significant extent, ice, are also responsible for a large amount of sediment transport", "title": "Water" }, { "id": "8440988", "text": "than different hydrology. These include: It is estimated an additional 1.5 to eleven times the amount of water in the oceans is contained in the Earth's interior, and some scientists have hypothesized that the water in the mantle is part of a \"whole-Earth water cycle\". The water in the mantle is dissolved in various minerals near the transition zone between Earth's upper and lower mantle. At temperatures of and extreme pressures found deep underground, water breaks down into hydroxyls and oxygen. The existence of water was experimentally predicted in 2002, and direct evidence of the water was found in 2014", "title": "Water distribution on Earth" }, { "id": "1908144", "text": "Groundwater Groundwater is the water present beneath Earth's surface in soil pore spaces and in the fractures of rock formations. A unit of rock or an unconsolidated deposit is called an aquifer when it can yield a usable quantity of water. The depth at which soil pore spaces or fractures and voids in rock become completely saturated with water is called the water table. Groundwater is recharged from and eventually flows to the surface naturally; natural discharge often occurs at springs and seeps, and can form oases or wetlands. Groundwater is also often withdrawn for agricultural, municipal, and industrial use", "title": "Groundwater" }, { "id": "462267", "text": "that water has been prevalent in the universe for nearly its entire existence\". Water has been detected in interstellar clouds within our galaxy, the Milky Way. Water probably exists in abundance in other galaxies, too, because its components, hydrogen and oxygen, are among the most abundant elements in the universe. Based on models of the formation and evolution of the Solar System and that of other star systems, most other planetary systems are likely to have similar ingredients. Water is present as vapor in: Liquid water is present on Earth, covering 71% of its surface. Liquid water is also occasionally", "title": "Water" }, { "id": "462201", "text": "Water Water is a transparent, tasteless, odorless, and nearly colorless chemical substance, which is the main constituent of Earth's streams, lakes, and oceans, and the fluids of most living organisms. It is vital for all known forms of life, even though it provides no calories or organic nutrients. Its chemical formula is HO, meaning that each of its molecules contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms connected by covalent bonds. Water is the name of the liquid state of HO at standard ambient temperature and pressure. It forms precipitation in the form of rain and aerosols in the form of", "title": "Water" }, { "id": "2886330", "text": "or another natural kind of body of water. An ocean is a major body of saline water, and a component of the hydrosphere. Approximately 71% of the Earth's surface (an area of some 362 million square kilometers) is covered by ocean, a continuous body of water that is customarily divided into several principal oceans and smaller seas. More than half of this area is over 3,000 meters (9,800 ft) deep. Average oceanic salinity is around 35 parts per thousand (ppt) (3.5%), and nearly all seawater has a salinity in the range of 30 to 38 ppt. Though generally recognized as", "title": "Natural environment" }, { "id": "462283", "text": "substance. Water Water is a transparent, tasteless, odorless, and nearly colorless chemical substance, which is the main constituent of Earth's streams, lakes, and oceans, and the fluids of most living organisms. It is vital for all known forms of life, even though it provides no calories or organic nutrients. Its chemical formula is HO, meaning that each of its molecules contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms connected by covalent bonds. Water is the name of the liquid state of HO at standard ambient temperature and pressure. It forms precipitation in the form of rain and aerosols in the form", "title": "Water" }, { "id": "3539567", "text": "Body of water A body of water or waterbody (often spelled water body) is any significant accumulation of water, generally on a planet's surface. The term most often refers to oceans, seas, and lakes, but it includes smaller pools of water such as ponds, wetlands, or more rarely, puddles. A body of water does not have to be still or contained; rivers, streams, canals, and other geographical features where water moves from one place to another are also considered bodies of water. Most are naturally occurring geographical features, but some are artificial. There are types that can be either. For", "title": "Body of water" }, { "id": "582075", "text": "do not necessarily contain fresh water. The Earth's crust can be divided into two regions: the \"saturated zone\" or \"phreatic zone\" (e.g., aquifers, aquitards, etc.), where all available spaces are filled with water, and the \"unsaturated zone\" (also called the vadose zone), where there are still pockets of air that contain some water, but can be filled with more water. Saturated means the pressure head of the water is greater than atmospheric pressure (it has a gauge pressure > 0). The definition of the water table is the surface where the pressure head is equal to atmospheric pressure (where gauge", "title": "Aquifer" }, { "id": "462217", "text": "Earth. The study of the distribution of water is hydrography. The study of the distribution and movement of groundwater is hydrogeology, of glaciers is glaciology, of inland waters is limnology and distribution of oceans is oceanography. Ecological processes with hydrology are in focus of ecohydrology. The collective mass of water found on, under, and over the surface of a planet is called the hydrosphere. Earth's approximate water volume (the total water supply of the world) is . Liquid water is found in bodies of water, such as an ocean, sea, lake, river, stream, canal, pond, or puddle. The majority of", "title": "Water" }, { "id": "8440975", "text": "a globally significant amount of water. \"Saline\" groundwater is seldom considered except when evaluating water quality in arid regions. The remainder of the Earth's water constitutes the planet's \"fresh water\" resource. Typically, fresh water is defined as water with a salinity of \"less than 1 percent that of the oceans\" - i.e. below around 0.35‰. Water with a salinity between this level and 1‰ is typically referred to as \"marginal water\" because it is marginal for many uses by humans and animals. The ratio of salt water to fresh water on Earth is around 40 to 1. The planet's fresh", "title": "Water distribution on Earth" }, { "id": "1294137", "text": "of this amount. Fresh water accounts for only 2.5%. Of this fresh water, 68.9% is in the form of ice and permanent snow cover in the Arctic, the Antarctic, and mountain glaciers. 30.8% is in the form of fresh groundwater. Only 0.3% of the fresh water on Earth is in easily accessible lakes, reservoirs and river systems. The total mass of the Earth's hydrosphere is about 1.4 × 10 tonnes, which is about 0.023% of Earth's total mass. About 20 × 10 tonnes of this is in Earth's atmosphere (for practical purposes, 1 cubic meter of water weighs one tonne).", "title": "Hydrosphere" }, { "id": "1294138", "text": "Approximately 71% of Earth's surface, an area of some 361 million square kilometers (139.5 million square miles), is covered by ocean. The average salinity of Earth's oceans is about 35 grams of salt per kilogram of sea water (3.5%). The water cycle refers to the transfer of water from one state or reservoir to another. Reservoirs include atmospheric moisture (snow, rain and clouds), streams, oceans, rivers, lakes, groundwater, subterranean aquifers, polar ice caps and saturated soil. Solar energy, in the form of heat and light (insolation), and gravity cause the transfer from one state to another over periods from hours", "title": "Hydrosphere" }, { "id": "111089", "text": "and subject to soil formation processes. The total arable land is 10.9% of the land surface, with 1.3% being permanent cropland. Close to 40% of Earth's land surface is used for agriculture, or an estimated of cropland and of pastureland. The abundance of water on Earth's surface is a unique feature that distinguishes the \"Blue Planet\" from other planets in the Solar System. Earth's hydrosphere consists chiefly of the oceans, but technically includes all water surfaces in the world, including inland seas, lakes, rivers, and underground waters down to a depth of . The deepest underwater location is Challenger Deep", "title": "Earth" }, { "id": "3539569", "text": "on Earth. Note that there are some geographical features involving water that are not bodies of water, for example waterfalls, geysers and rapids. Body of water A body of water or waterbody (often spelled water body) is any significant accumulation of water, generally on a planet's surface. The term most often refers to oceans, seas, and lakes, but it includes smaller pools of water such as ponds, wetlands, or more rarely, puddles. A body of water does not have to be still or contained; rivers, streams, canals, and other geographical features where water moves from one place to another are", "title": "Body of water" }, { "id": "8440974", "text": "in the oceans as a result of evaporation returning the fresh water to land as rain and snow. As a result, the vast bulk of the water on Earth is regarded as \"saline\" or \"salt water\", with an average salinity of 35‰ (or 3.5%, roughly equivalent to 34 grams of salts in 1 kg of seawater), though this varies slightly according to the amount of runoff received from surrounding land. In all, water from oceans and marginal seas, saline groundwater and water from saline closed lakes amount to over 97% of the water on Earth, though no closed lake stores", "title": "Water distribution on Earth" }, { "id": "289880", "text": "features are its two large polar regions, two relatively narrow temperate zones, and a wide equatorial tropical to subtropical region. Precipitation varies widely with location, from several metres of water per year to less than a millimetre. 71 percent of the Earth's surface is covered by salt-water oceans. The remainder consists of continents and islands, with most of the inhabited land in the Northern Hemisphere. Earth has evolved through geological and biological processes that have left traces of the original conditions. The outer surface is divided into several gradually migrating tectonic plates. The interior remains active, with a thick layer", "title": "Nature" }, { "id": "1294136", "text": "Hydrosphere The hydrosphere (from Greek ὕδωρ \"hydōr\", \"water\" and σφαῖρα \"sphaira\", \"sphere\") is the combined mass of water found on, under, and above the surface of a planet, minor planet or natural satellite. Although the hydrosphere has been around for longer than 4 billion years, it continues to change in size. This is caused by sea floor spreading and continental drift, which rearranges the land and ocean. It has been estimated that there are 1,386 million cubic kilometers of water on Earth. This includes water in liquid and frozen forms in groundwater, oceans, lakes and streams. Saltwater accounts for 97.5%", "title": "Hydrosphere" }, { "id": "289893", "text": "changes to the environment, so accurate weather forecasting is limited to only a few days. Overall, two things are happening worldwide: (1) temperature is increasing on the average; and (2) regional climates have been undergoing noticeable changes. Water is a chemical substance that is composed of hydrogen and oxygen and is vital for all known forms of life. In typical usage, \"water\" refers only to its liquid form or state, but the substance also has a solid state, ice, and a gaseous state, water vapor, or steam. Water covers 71% of the Earth's surface. On Earth, it is found mostly", "title": "Nature" }, { "id": "1758963", "text": "Fresh water Fresh water (or freshwater) is any naturally occurring water except seawater and brackish water. Fresh water includes water in ice sheets, ice caps, glaciers, icebergs, bogs, ponds, lakes, rivers, streams, and even underground water called groundwater. Fresh water is generally characterized by having low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. Though the term specifically excludes seawater and brackish water, it does include mineral-rich waters such as chalybeate springs. Fresh water is not the same as potable water (or drinking water). Much of the earth's fresh water (on the surface and groundwater) is unsuitable for drinking", "title": "Fresh water" }, { "id": "7253569", "text": "Origin of water on Earth The origin of water on Earth, or the reason that there is clearly more liquid water on Earth than on the other rocky planets of the Solar System, is not completely understood. There exist numerous more or less mutually compatible hypotheses as to how water may have accumulated on Earth's surface over the past 4.5 billion years in sufficient quantity to form oceans. Gradual \"dehydration melting\"—leakage of water stored in hydrate minerals of Earth's rocks—could have formed a portion of its water. Water may also have come from volcanism: water vapor in the atmosphere that", "title": "Origin of water on Earth" }, { "id": "11158628", "text": "Water on terrestrial planets of the Solar System The origin and development of water on terrestrial planets, Venus, Earth, Mars, and the closely related Earth's Moon, varies with each planetary body, with the exact origins remaining unclear. Additionally, the terrestrial dwarf planet, Ceres is known to have water ice on its surface. A significant amount of surface hydrogen has been observed globally by the Mars Odyssey GRS. Stoichiometrically estimated water mass fractions indicate that—when free of carbon dioxide—the near surface at the poles consists almost entirely of water covered by a thin veneer of fine material. This is reinforced by", "title": "Water on terrestrial planets of the Solar System" }, { "id": "5046348", "text": "Vadose zone The vadose zone, also termed the unsaturated zone, is the part of Earth between the land surface and the top of the phreatic zone, the position at which the groundwater (the water in the soil's pores) is at atmospheric pressure (\"vadose\" is from the Latin for \"shallow\"). Hence, the vadose zone extends from the top of the ground surface to the water table. Water in the vadose zone has a pressure head less than atmospheric pressure, and is retained by a combination of adhesion (\"funiculary groundwater\"), and capillary action (\"capillary groundwater\"). If the vadose zone envelops soil, the", "title": "Vadose zone" }, { "id": "12323861", "text": "a freshwater lake. The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea states that all of the ocean is \"sea\". Earth is the only known planet with seas of liquid water on its surface, although Mars possesses ice caps and similar planets in other solar systems may have oceans. It is still unclear where Earth's water came from, but, seen from space, our planet appears as a \"blue marble\" of its various forms: oceans, ice caps, clouds. Earth's of sea contain about 97.2 percent of its known water and cover more than 70 percent of its surface. Another 2.15%", "title": "Sea" }, { "id": "7964530", "text": "Marine ecosystem Marine ecosystems are among the largest of Earth's aquatic ecosystems and are distinguished by waters that have a high salt content. These systems contrast with freshwater ecosystems, which have a lower salt content. Marine waters cover more than 70% of the surface of the Earth and account for more than 97% of Earth's water supply and 90% of habitable space on Earth. Marine ecosystems include nearshore systems, such as the salt marshes, mudflats, seagrass meadows, mangroves, rocky intertidal systems and coral reefs. They also extend outwards from the coast to include offshore systems, such as the surface ocean,", "title": "Marine ecosystem" }, { "id": "12774072", "text": "World Ocean The World Ocean or Global Ocean (colloquially the sea or the ocean) is the interconnected system of Earth's oceanic waters, and comprises the bulk of the hydrosphere, covering (70.8%) of Earth's surface, with a total volume of roughly . The unity and continuity of the World Ocean, with relatively free interchange among its parts, is of fundamental importance to oceanography. It is divided into a number of principal oceanic areas that are delimited by the continents and various oceanographic features: these divisions are the Atlantic Ocean, Arctic Ocean (sometimes considered a sea of the Atlantic), Indian Ocean, Pacific", "title": "World Ocean" }, { "id": "8744464", "text": "Land cover Land cover is the physical material at the surface of the earth. Land covers include grass, asphalt, trees, bare ground, water, etc. Earth cover is the expression used by ecologist Frederick Edward Clements that has its closest modern equivalent being vegetation. The expression continues to be used by the Bureau of Land Management. There are two primary methods for capturing information on land cover: field survey and analysis of remotely sensed imagery. One of the major land cover issues (as with all natural resource inventories) is that every survey defines similarly named categories in different ways. For instance,", "title": "Land cover" }, { "id": "10393215", "text": "Surface water Surface water is water on the surface of the planet such as in a river, lake, wetland, or ocean. It can be contrasted with groundwater and atmospheric water. Non-saline surface water uses is replenished by precipitation and by recruitment from ground-water. It is lost through evaporation, seepage into the ground where it becomes ground-water, used by plants for transpiration, extracted by mankind for agriculture, living, industry etc. or discharged to the sea where it becomes saline. Surface and groundwater are two separate entities, so they must be regarded as such. However, there is an ever-increasing need for management", "title": "Surface water" }, { "id": "8440983", "text": "water come from high mountain regions which provide highly reliable glacier melt as the chief source of water, which also comes in the summer peak period of high demand for water. This historically aided the development of many of the great civilizations of ancient history, and even today allows for agriculture in such productive areas as the San Joaquin Valley. However, in Australia and Southern Africa, the story is different. Here, runoff variability is much higher than in other continental regions of the world with similar climates. Typically temperate (Köppen climate classification C) and arid (Köppen climate classification B) climate", "title": "Water distribution on Earth" }, { "id": "1382350", "text": "Water table The water table is the upper surface of the zone of saturation. The zone of saturation is where the pores and fractures of the ground are saturated with water. The water table is the surface where the water pressure head is equal to the atmospheric pressure (where gauge pressure = 0). It may be visualized as the \"surface\" of the subsurface materials that are saturated with groundwater in a given vicinity. The groundwater may be from precipitation or from groundwater flowing into the aquifer. In areas with sufficient precipitation, water infiltrates through pore spaces in the soil, passing", "title": "Water table" }, { "id": "582684", "text": "Cryosphere The cryosphere (from the Greek \"kryos\", \"cold\", \"frost\" or \"ice\" and \"sphaira\", \"globe, ball\") is those portions of Earth's surface where water is in solid form, including sea ice, lake ice, river ice, snow cover, glaciers, ice caps, ice sheets, and frozen ground (which includes permafrost). Thus, there is a wide overlap with the hydrosphere. The cryosphere is an integral part of the global climate system with important linkages and feedbacks generated through its influence on surface energy and moisture fluxes, clouds, precipitation, hydrology, atmospheric and oceanic circulation. Through these feedback processes, the cryosphere plays a significant role in", "title": "Cryosphere" }, { "id": "1758965", "text": "including ponds, lakes, swamps and mires ; lotic which are running-water systems; or groundwaters which flow in rocks and aquifers. There is, in addition, a zone which bridges between groundwater and lotic systems, which is the hyporheic zone, which underlies many larger rivers and can contain substantially more water than is seen in the open channel. It may also be in direct contact with the underlying underground water. The majority of fresh water on Earth is in ice caps. The source of almost all fresh water is precipitation from the atmosphere, in the form of mist, rain and snow. Fresh", "title": "Fresh water" }, { "id": "12198364", "text": "dimming, the decrease is estimated to have been about 4% between 1960 and 1990 although the trend has subsequently reversed. Global dimming may have disturbed the global water cycle by reducing evaporation and rainfall in some areas. It also creates a cooling effect and this may have partially masked the effect of greenhouse gases on global warming. Water covers 71% of the Earth's surface. Of this, 97.5% is the salty water of the oceans and only 2.5% freshwater, most of which is locked up in the Antarctic ice sheet. The remaining freshwater is found in glaciers, lakes, rivers, wetlands, the", "title": "Sustainability" }, { "id": "1619578", "text": "(salt) replacement. Water intoxication (which results in hyponatremia), the process of consuming too much water too quickly, can be fatal. Water covers some 70% of the Earth's surface. Approximately 97.2% of it is saline, just 2.8% fresh. Potable water is available in almost all populated areas of the Earth, although it may be expensive and the supply may not always be sustainable. Sources where water may be obtained include: Springs are often used as sources for bottled waters. Tap water, delivered by domestic water systems refers to water piped to homes and delivered to a tap or spigot. For these", "title": "Drinking water" }, { "id": "14964759", "text": "descending order of area) are the: Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Southern (Antarctic) Ocean, and Arctic Ocean. Smaller regions of the oceans are called seas, gulfs, bays, straits, and other names. Geologically, an ocean is an area of oceanic crust covered by water. Oceanic crust is the thin layer of solidified volcanic basalt that covers the Earth's mantle. Continental crust is thicker but less dense. From this perspective, the Earth has three oceans: the World Ocean, the Caspian Sea, and the Black Sea. The latter two were formed by the collision of Cimmeria with Laurasia. The Mediterranean Sea is", "title": "Borders of the oceans" }, { "id": "8440981", "text": "fresh water on Earth. Rivers and basins are often compared not according to their static volume, but to their flow of water, or surface runoff. The distribution of river runoff across the Earth's surface is very uneven. There can be huge variations within these regions. For example, as much as a quarter of Australia's limited renewable fresh water supply is found in almost uninhabited Cape York Peninsula. Also, even in well-watered continents, there are areas that are extremely short of water, such as Texas in North America, whose renewable water supply totals only 26 km³/year in an area of 695,622", "title": "Water distribution on Earth" }, { "id": "12323989", "text": "Ocean An ocean () is a body of saline water that composes much of a planet's hydrosphere. On Earth, an ocean is one of the major conventional divisions of the World Ocean. These are, in descending order by area, the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern (Antarctic), and Arctic Oceans. The word \"ocean\" is often used interchangeably with \"sea\" in American English. Strictly speaking, a \"sea\" is a body of saline water (generally a division of the world ocean) partly or fully enclosed by land, though \"the sea\" refers also to the oceans. Saline water covers approximately and is customarily divided into", "title": "Ocean" }, { "id": "1676577", "text": "(subsidence) that cannot be renewed. 97.5% of the water on the Earth is salt water, and 3% is fresh water; slightly over two thirds of this is frozen in glaciers and polar ice caps. The remaining unfrozen freshwater is found mainly as groundwater, with only a small fraction (0.008%) present above ground or in the air. Water pollution is one of the main concerns regarding water resources. It is estimated that 22% of worldwide water is used in industry. Major industrial users include hydroelectric dams, thermoelectric power plants (which use water for cooling), ore and oil refineries (which use water", "title": "Renewable resource" }, { "id": "462269", "text": "and the water in the deeper layers may be in the form of ionic water in which the molecules break down into a soup of hydrogen and oxygen ions, and deeper still as superionic water in which the oxygen crystallises but the hydrogen ions float about freely within the oxygen lattice. The existence of liquid water, and to a lesser extent its gaseous and solid forms, on Earth are vital to the existence of life on Earth as we know it. The Earth is located in the habitable zone of the solar system; if it were slightly closer to or", "title": "Water" }, { "id": "16125049", "text": "and inorganic means. Groundwater is located beneath the ground surface in soil pore spaces and in the fractures of rock formations. A unit of rock or an unconsolidated deposit is called an aquifer when it can yield a usable quantity of water. The depth at which soil pore spaces or fractures and voids in rock become completely saturated with water is called the water table. There are two broad types of aquifers: An unconfined aquifer is where the surface is not restricted by impervious rocks, so the water table is at atmospheric pressure. In a confined aquifer, the upper surface", "title": "Water storage" }, { "id": "12323862", "text": "of Earth's water is frozen, found in the sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean, the ice cap covering Antarctica and its adjacent seas, and various glaciers and surface deposits around the world. The remainder (about 0.65% of the whole) form underground reservoirs or various stages of the water cycle, containing the freshwater encountered and used by most terrestrial life: vapor in the air, the clouds it slowly forms, the rain falling from them, and the lakes and rivers spontaneously formed as its waters flow again and again to the sea. The sea's dominance of the planet is such that the", "title": "Sea" }, { "id": "10265641", "text": "Extraterrestrial liquid water Extraterrestrial liquid water (from the Latin words: \"extra\" [\"outside of, beyond\"] and \"terrestris\" [\"of or belonging to Earth\"]) is water in its liquid state that naturally occurs outside Earth. It is a subject of wide interest because it is recognized as one of the key prerequisites for life as we know it and thus surmised as essential for extraterrestrial life. With oceanic water covering 71% of its surface, Earth is the only planet known to have stable bodies of liquid water on its surface, and liquid water is essential to all known life forms on Earth. The", "title": "Extraterrestrial liquid water" }, { "id": "1294145", "text": "in the twenty-first century with \"most of the Earth's population will be living under the conditions of low or catastrophically low water supply\" by 2025. There is only 2.5% of fresh water in the hydrosphere and only 0.25% of water is accessible for our use. Hydrosphere The hydrosphere (from Greek ὕδωρ \"hydōr\", \"water\" and σφαῖρα \"sphaira\", \"sphere\") is the combined mass of water found on, under, and above the surface of a planet, minor planet or natural satellite. Although the hydrosphere has been around for longer than 4 billion years, it continues to change in size. This is caused by", "title": "Hydrosphere" }, { "id": "1758968", "text": "Africa. Out of all the water on Earth, saline water in oceans, seas and saline groundwater make up about 97% of it. Only 2.5–2.75% is fresh water, including 1.75–2% frozen in glaciers, ice and snow, 0.5–0.75% as fresh groundwater and soil moisture, and less than 0.01% of it as surface water in lakes, swamps and rivers. Freshwater lakes contain about 87% of this fresh surface water, including 29% in the African Great Lakes, 22% in Lake Baikal in Russia, 21% in the North American Great Lakes, and 14% in other lakes. Swamps have most of the balance with only a", "title": "Fresh water" }, { "id": "7964537", "text": "ecosystem services. Marine ecosystem Marine ecosystems are among the largest of Earth's aquatic ecosystems and are distinguished by waters that have a high salt content. These systems contrast with freshwater ecosystems, which have a lower salt content. Marine waters cover more than 70% of the surface of the Earth and account for more than 97% of Earth's water supply and 90% of habitable space on Earth. Marine ecosystems include nearshore systems, such as the salt marshes, mudflats, seagrass meadows, mangroves, rocky intertidal systems and coral reefs. They also extend outwards from the coast to include offshore systems, such as the", "title": "Marine ecosystem" }, { "id": "12323996", "text": "about 0.023% of Earth's total mass. Less than 3% is freshwater; the rest is saltwater, almost all of which is in the ocean. The area of the World Ocean is about 361.9 million square kilometers (139.7 million square miles), which covers about 70.9% of Earth's surface, and its volume is approximately 1.335 billion cubic kilometers (320.3 million cubic miles). This can be thought of as a cube of water with an edge length of . Its average depth is about , and its maximum depth is at the Mariana Trench. Nearly half of the world's marine waters are over deep.", "title": "Ocean" }, { "id": "462235", "text": "potable water in precipitation in quantities many orders of magnitude higher than human consumption. Therefore, it is the relatively small quantity of water in reserve in the earth (about 1% of our drinking water supply, which is replenished in aquifers around every 1 to 10 years), that is a non-renewable resource, and it is, rather, the distribution of potable and irrigation water which is scarce, rather than the actual amount of it that exists on the earth. Water-poor countries use importation of goods as the primary method of importing water (to leave enough for local human consumption), since the manufacturing", "title": "Water" }, { "id": "1294141", "text": "land surface (119,000 - 74,200 = 44,800 km/year) represents the total runoff of the Earth's rivers (42,700 km/year) and direct groundwater runoff to the ocean (2100 km/year). These are the principal sources of fresh water to support life necessities and man's economic activities.\" Water is a basic necessity of life. Since 2/3 of the Earth is covered by water, the Earth is also called the blue planet and the watery planet. Hydrosphere plays an important role in the existence of the atmosphere in its present form. Oceans are important in this regard. When the Earth was formed it had only", "title": "Hydrosphere" }, { "id": "8440977", "text": "lakes are in very inhospitable regions such as the glacial lakes of Canada, Lake Baikal in Russia, Lake Khövsgöl in Mongolia, and the African Great Lakes. The North American Great Lakes, which contain 21% of the world's fresh water by volume, are the exception. They are located in a hospitable region, which is heavily populated. The Great Lakes Basin is home to 33 million people. The Canadian cities of Toronto, Hamilton, Ontario, St. Catharines, Niagara, Oshawa, Windsor, and Barrie, and the United States cities of Duluth, Milwaukee, Chicago, Gary, Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo, and Rochester, are all located on shores of", "title": "Water distribution on Earth" }, { "id": "5224799", "text": "Aquatic ecosystem An aquatic ecosystem is an ecosystem in a body of water. Communities of organisms that are dependent on each other and on their environment live in aquatic ecosystems. The two main types of aquatic ecosystems are marine ecosystems and freshwater ecosystems. Marine ecosystems, the largest of all ecosystems, cover approximately 71% of the Earth's surface and contain approximately 97% of the planet's water. They generate 32% of the world's net primary production. They are distinguished from freshwater ecosystems by the presence of dissolved compounds, especially salts, in the water. Approximately 85% of the dissolved materials in seawater are", "title": "Aquatic ecosystem" }, { "id": "462219", "text": "that occurs on the surface of the earth. Deposition of transported sediment forms many types of sedimentary rocks, which make up the geologic record of Earth history. The water cycle (known scientifically as the hydrologic cycle) refers to the continuous exchange of water within the hydrosphere, between the atmosphere, soil water, surface water, groundwater, and plants. Water moves perpetually through each of these regions in the \"water cycle\" consisting of following transfer processes: Most water vapor over the oceans returns to the oceans, but winds carry water vapor over land at the same rate as runoff into the sea, about", "title": "Water" }, { "id": "582718", "text": "because of the limited data. The West Antarctic Ice Sheet is stable so long as the Ross Ice Shelf is constrained by drag along its lateral boundaries and pinned by local grounding. Cryosphere The cryosphere (from the Greek \"kryos\", \"cold\", \"frost\" or \"ice\" and \"sphaira\", \"globe, ball\") is those portions of Earth's surface where water is in solid form, including sea ice, lake ice, river ice, snow cover, glaciers, ice caps, ice sheets, and frozen ground (which includes permafrost). Thus, there is a wide overlap with the hydrosphere. The cryosphere is an integral part of the global climate system with", "title": "Cryosphere" }, { "id": "111090", "text": "of the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean with a depth of . The mass of the oceans is approximately 1.35 metric tons or about 1/4400 of Earth's total mass. The oceans cover an area of with a mean depth of , resulting in an estimated volume of . If all of Earth's crustal surface were at the same elevation as a smooth sphere, the depth of the resulting world ocean would be . About 97.5% of the water is saline; the remaining 2.5% is fresh water. Most fresh water, about 68.7%, is present as ice in ice caps and", "title": "Earth" }, { "id": "3473690", "text": "water on Earth is fresh water, with the rest being salt water. 69% of fresh water is frozen in ice caps located on Antarctica and Greenland, so only 30% of the 2.5% of fresh water is available for consumption. Fresh water is an exceptionally important resource, since life on Earth is ultimately dependent on it. Water transports nutrients, minerals and chemicals within the biosphere to all forms of life, sustains both plants and animals, and moulds the surface of the Earth with transportation and deposition of materials. The current top three uses of fresh water account for 95% of its", "title": "Environmental degradation" }, { "id": "9635292", "text": "Ocean planet An ocean planet, ocean world, water world, aquaplanet or panthalassic planet is a type of terrestrial planet that contains a substantial amount of water either at its surface or subsurface. The term \"ocean world\" is also used sometimes for astronomical bodies with an ocean composed of a different fluid, such as lava (the case of Io) or ammonia (the case of Titan's inner ocean). Earth is the only known astronomical object to have bodies of \"liquid\" water on its surface, although several exoplanets have been found with the right conditions to support liquid water. For exoplanets, current technology", "title": "Ocean planet" }, { "id": "10393217", "text": "surface water to retain better levels required for sustainable aquatic life. By reducing ground water pumping, the surface water supplies will be able to maintain their levels, as they recharge from direct precipitation, surface runoff, etc. Surface water Surface water is water on the surface of the planet such as in a river, lake, wetland, or ocean. It can be contrasted with groundwater and atmospheric water. Non-saline surface water uses is replenished by precipitation and by recruitment from ground-water. It is lost through evaporation, seepage into the ground where it becomes ground-water, used by plants for transpiration, extracted by mankind", "title": "Surface water" }, { "id": "5328257", "text": "matrix\", the mother and womb of life. The abundance of water on earth's surface is a unique feature that distinguishes earth from other planets in the Solar System. Earth's hydrosphere consists chiefly of the oceans, but technically includes all water surfaces in the world, including inland seas, lakes, rivers, and underground waters down to a depth of 2,000 m. The deepest underwater location is Challenger Deep of the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean with a depth of 10,911.4 m. The mass of the oceans is approximately 1.35 metric tons, or about 1/4400 of Earth's total mass. The oceans cover", "title": "Marine life" }, { "id": "1908152", "text": "the extent, depth and thickness of water-bearing sediments and rocks. Before an investment is made in production wells, test wells may be drilled to measure the depths at which water is encountered and collect samples of soils, rock and water for laboratory analyses. Pumping tests can be performed in test wells to determine flow characteristics of the aquifer. Groundwater makes up about twenty percent of the world's fresh water supply, which is about 0.61% of the entire world's water, including oceans and permanent ice. Global groundwater storage is roughly equal to the total amount of freshwater stored in the snow", "title": "Groundwater" }, { "id": "1908145", "text": "by constructing and operating extraction wells. The study of the distribution and movement of groundwater is hydrogeology, also called groundwater hydrology. Typically, groundwater is thought of as water flowing through shallow aquifers, but, in the technical sense, it can also contain soil moisture, permafrost (frozen soil), immobile water in very low permeability bedrock, and deep geothermal or oil formation water. Groundwater is hypothesized to provide lubrication that can possibly influence the movement of faults. It is likely that much of Earth's subsurface contains some water, which may be mixed with other fluids in some instances. Groundwater may not be confined", "title": "Groundwater" }, { "id": "1908174", "text": "users live in rural areas. A large federal government groundwater initiative, is the development of the multi-barrier approach. The multi-barrier approach is a system of processes to prevent the deterioration of drinking water from the source. The multi-barrier consists of three key elements: Groundwater Groundwater is the water present beneath Earth's surface in soil pore spaces and in the fractures of rock formations. A unit of rock or an unconsolidated deposit is called an aquifer when it can yield a usable quantity of water. The depth at which soil pore spaces or fractures and voids in rock become completely saturated", "title": "Groundwater" }, { "id": "17458187", "text": "Land Land, sometimes referred to as dry land, is the solid surface of Earth that is not permanently covered by water. The vast majority of human activity throughout history has occurred in land areas that support agriculture, habitat, and various natural resources. Some life forms (including terrestrial plants and terrestrial animals) have developed from predecessor species that lived in bodies of water. Areas where land meets large bodies of water are called coastal zones. The division between land and water is a fundamental concept to humans. The demarcation between land and water can vary by local jurisdiction and other factors.", "title": "Land" }, { "id": "2886331", "text": "several 'separate' oceans, these waters comprise one global, interconnected body of salt water often referred to as the World Ocean or global ocean. The deep seabeds are more than half the Earth's surface, and are among the least-modified natural environments. The major oceanic divisions are defined in part by the continents, various archipelagos, and other criteria: these divisions are (in descending order of size) the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean and the Arctic Ocean. A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing toward an ocean, a lake, a sea or another river. A", "title": "Natural environment" }, { "id": "4143255", "text": "Pedosphere The pedosphere (from Greek πέδον \"pedon\" \"soil\" or \"earth\" and σφαῖρα \"sphaira\" \"sphere\") is the outermost layer of the Earth that is composed of soil and subject to soil formation processes. It exists at the interface of the lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere. The pedosphere is the skin of the Earth and only develops when there is a dynamic interaction between the atmosphere (air in and above the soil), biosphere (living organisms), lithosphere (unconsolidated regolith and consolidated bedrock) and the hydrosphere (water in, on and below the soil). The pedosphere is the foundation of terrestrial life on Earth. The", "title": "Pedosphere" }, { "id": "1382357", "text": "suffers a yield decline. For some important food and fiber crops a classification was made: Water table The water table is the upper surface of the zone of saturation. The zone of saturation is where the pores and fractures of the ground are saturated with water. The water table is the surface where the water pressure head is equal to the atmospheric pressure (where gauge pressure = 0). It may be visualized as the \"surface\" of the subsurface materials that are saturated with groundwater in a given vicinity. The groundwater may be from precipitation or from groundwater flowing into the", "title": "Water table" }, { "id": "12323990", "text": "several principal oceans and smaller seas, with the ocean covering approximately 71% of Earth's surface and 90% of the Earth's biosphere. The ocean contains 97% of Earth's water, and oceanographers have stated that less than 5% of the World Ocean has been explored. The total volume is approximately 1.35 billion cubic kilometers (320 million cu mi) with an average depth of nearly . As the world ocean is the principal component of Earth's hydrosphere, it is integral to life, forms part of the carbon cycle, and influences climate and weather patterns. The World Ocean is the habitat of 230,000 known", "title": "Ocean" }, { "id": "12243071", "text": "with depletion occurring most prominently in Asia, South America and North America, although it is still unclear how much natural renewal balances this usage, and whether ecosystems are threatened. The framework for allocating water resources to water users (where such a framework exists) is known as water rights. Surface water is water in a river, lake or fresh water wetland. Surface water is naturally replenished by precipitation and naturally lost through discharge to the oceans, evaporation, evapotranspiration and groundwater recharge. Although the only natural input to any surface water system is precipitation within its watershed, the total quantity of water", "title": "Water resources" }, { "id": "12774074", "text": "that covers and encircles most of Earth. If viewed from the southern pole of Earth, the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans can be seen as lobes extending northward from the Southern Ocean. Farther north, the Atlantic opens into the Arctic Ocean, which is connected to the Pacific by the Bering Strait, forming a continuous expanse of water. Plate tectonics, post-glacial rebound, and sea level rise continually change the coastline and structure of the world ocean. World Ocean The World Ocean or Global Ocean (colloquially the sea or the ocean) is the interconnected system of Earth's oceanic waters, and comprises the", "title": "World Ocean" }, { "id": "1626562", "text": "Water cycle The water cycle, also known as the hydrological cycle or the hydrologic cycle, describes the continuous movement of water on, above and below the surface of the Earth. The mass of water on Earth remains fairly constant over time but the partitioning of the water into the major reservoirs of ice, fresh water, saline water and atmospheric water is variable depending on a wide range of climatic variables. The water moves from one reservoir to another, such as from river to ocean, or from the ocean to the atmosphere, by the physical processes of evaporation, condensation, precipitation, infiltration,", "title": "Water cycle" }, { "id": "8440978", "text": "the Great Lakes. Although the total volume of groundwater is known to be much greater than that of river runoff, a large proportion of this groundwater is saline and should therefore be classified with the saline water above. There is also a lot of \"fossil\" groundwater in arid regions that has never been renewed for thousands of years; this must not be seen as renewable water. However, fresh groundwater is of great value, especially in arid countries such as India. Its distribution is broadly similar to that of surface river water, but it is easier to store in hot and", "title": "Water distribution on Earth" }, { "id": "16125050", "text": "of water is overlain by a layer of impervious rock, so the groundwater is stored under pressure. Aquifers receive water through two ways, one from precipitation that that flows through the unsaturated zone of the soil profile, and two from lakes and rivers. When a water table reaches capacity, or all soil is completely saturated, the water table meets the surface of the ground where water discharge in the forms of springs or seeps. Groundwater is stored in two zones, one being the saturated zone, or Aquifer, the other is the pore space of unsaturated soil immediately below the ground", "title": "Water storage" }, { "id": "7365868", "text": "Surface runoff Surface runoff (also known as overland flow) is the flow of water that occurs when excess stormwater, meltwater, or other sources flows over the Earth's surface. This might occur because soil is saturated to full capacity, because rain arrives more quickly than soil can absorb it, or because impervious areas (roofs and pavement) send their runoff to surrounding soil that cannot absorb all of it. Surface runoff is a major component of the water cycle. It is the primary agent in soil erosion by water. Runoff that occurs on the ground surface before reaching a channel is also", "title": "Surface runoff" }, { "id": "9163577", "text": "Subsurface flow Subsurface flow, in hydrology, is the flow of water beneath earth's surface as part of the water cycle. In the water cycle, when precipitation falls on the earth's land, some of the water flows on the surface forming streams and rivers. The remaining water, through infiltration, penetrates the soil traveling underground, hydrating the vadose zone soil, recharging aquifers, with the excess flowing in subsurface runoff. In hydrogeology it is measured by the Groundwater flow equation. Water flows from areas where the water table is higher to areas where it is lower. This flow can be either surface runoff", "title": "Subsurface flow" }, { "id": "14432150", "text": "\"Goldilocks\" position. Earth is the only planet in the universe confirmed to possess large bodies of surface water. Venus is on the hot side of the zone while Mars is on the cold side. Neither are known to have persistent surface water, though evidence exists that Mars did have in its ancient past, and it is speculated that the same was the case for Venus. Thus extrasolar planets (or moons) in the Goldilocks position with substantial atmospheres may possess oceans and water clouds like those on Earth. In addition to surface water, a true Earth analog would require a mix", "title": "Earth analog" }, { "id": "312062", "text": "Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south and is bounded by Asia and Australia in the west and the Americas in the east. At in area (as defined with an Antarctic southern border), this largest division of the World Ocean—and, in turn, the hydrosphere—covers about 46% of Earth's water surface and about one-third of its total surface area, making it larger than all of Earth's land area combined. The centers of", "title": "Pacific Ocean" }, { "id": "13701514", "text": "Properties of water Water () is a polar inorganic compound that is at room temperature a tasteless and odorless liquid, which is nearly colorless apart from an inherent hint of blue. It is by far the most studied chemical compound and is described as the \"universal solvent\" and the \"solvent of life\". It is the most abundant substance on Earth and the only common substance to exist as a solid, liquid, and gas on Earth's surface. It is also the third most abundant molecule in the universe. Water molecules form hydrogen bonds with each other and are strongly polar. This", "title": "Properties of water" }, { "id": "8440973", "text": "crust is young, thin and dense, with none of the rocks within it dating from any older than the breakup of Pangaea. Because water is much denser than any gas, this means that water will flow into the \"depressions\" formed as a result of the high density of oceanic crust. (On a planet like Venus, with no water, the depressions appear to form a vast plain above which rise plateaux). Since the low density rocks of the continental crust contain large quantities of easily eroded salts of the alkali and alkaline earth metals, salt has, over billions of years, accumulated", "title": "Water distribution on Earth" }, { "id": "8918449", "text": "unfrozen freshwater is mainly found as groundwater, with only a small fraction present in the air, or on the ground surface. Surface water is stored in wetlands or lakes or flows in a stream or river, and is the most commonly utilized resource for water. In places, surface water can be stored in a reservoir behind a dam, and then used for municipal and industrial water supply, for irrigation and to generate power in the form of hydroelectricity. Sub-surface groundwater, although stored in the pore space of soil and rock; it is utilized most as water flowing within aquifers below", "title": "Water politics" }, { "id": "14320706", "text": "seepage above Bt horizons on slopes where soil stonelayers outcrop. Ground water recharge can occur through any of these biomantle-related processes. Recharge, of course, can also occur when the soil dries appreciably and shrinks, as during droughts, which allows vertical leakage to temporarily occur immediately after drought-breaking rainfalls. The pedosphere, or soil, is the planetary interface where Earth’s five great global ‘spheres’ interact. These are the atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, and pedosphere. The \"critical zone\", a recent conceptual framework, encompasses the Earth’s outer layer in which most surface and near-surface life sustaining processes operate. In practice and theory, the critical", "title": "Soil biomantle" }, { "id": "462270", "text": "farther from the Sun (about 5%, or about 8 million kilometers), the conditions which allow the three forms to be present simultaneously would be far less likely to exist. Earth's gravity allows it to hold an atmosphere. Water vapor and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere provide a temperature buffer (greenhouse effect) which helps maintain a relatively steady surface temperature. If Earth were smaller, a thinner atmosphere would allow temperature extremes, thus preventing the accumulation of water except in polar ice caps (as on Mars). The surface temperature of Earth has been relatively constant through geologic time despite varying levels of", "title": "Water" }, { "id": "4750333", "text": "Oceanic basin In hydrology, an oceanic basin may be anywhere on Earth that is covered by seawater but geologically ocean basins are large geologic basins that are below sea level. Geologically, there are other undersea geomorphological features such as the continental shelves, the deep ocean trenches, and the undersea mountain ranges (for example, the mid-Atlantic ridge and the Emperor Seamounts) which are not considered to be part of the ocean basins; while hydrologically, oceanic basins include the flanking continental shelves and shallow, epeiric seas. Older references (e.g., Littlehales 1930) consider the oceanic basins to be the complement to the continents,", "title": "Oceanic basin" }, { "id": "1908164", "text": "irregular rainfall and the moisture it delivers to the soil, supplemented by moisture in the air. While there are other terrestrial ecosystems in more hospitable environments where groundwater plays no central role, groundwater is in fact fundamental to many of the world’s major ecosystems. Water flows between groundwaters and surface waters. Most rivers, lakes, and wetlands are fed by, and (at other places or times) feed groundwater, to varying degrees. Groundwater feeds soil moisture through percolation, and many terrestrial vegetation communities depend directly on either groundwater or the percolated soil moisture above the aquifer for at least part of each", "title": "Groundwater" }, { "id": "1639877", "text": "Atmosphere of Earth The atmosphere of Earth is the layer of gases, commonly known as air, that surrounds the planet Earth and is retained by Earth's gravity. The atmosphere of Earth protects life on Earth by creating pressure allowing for liquid water to exist on the Earth's surface, absorbing ultraviolet solar radiation, warming the surface through heat retention (greenhouse effect), and reducing temperature extremes between day and night (the diurnal temperature variation). By volume, dry air contains 78.09% nitrogen, 20.95% oxygen, 0.93% argon, 0.04% carbon dioxide, and small amounts of other gases. Air also contains a variable amount of water", "title": "Atmosphere of Earth" }, { "id": "1366328", "text": "wetland degradation and loss include: Water is an essential resource needed to survive everyday life. In fact, we would only be able to last around a week without consuming any water. Even historically, water has had a profound influence on a nation and people's prosperity and success around the world. As of right now, groundwater is considered to be a non-renewable resource and it actually serves as ninety-eight percent of all the earth's available fresh water. Groundwater is known to be used to supply things such as wells and aquifers for private, agricultural, and public use. Of all the groundwater", "title": "Resource depletion" }, { "id": "7365893", "text": "of water pollution to the receiving waters. Surface runoff Surface runoff (also known as overland flow) is the flow of water that occurs when excess stormwater, meltwater, or other sources flows over the Earth's surface. This might occur because soil is saturated to full capacity, because rain arrives more quickly than soil can absorb it, or because impervious areas (roofs and pavement) send their runoff to surrounding soil that cannot absorb all of it. Surface runoff is a major component of the water cycle. It is the primary agent in soil erosion by water. Runoff that occurs on the ground", "title": "Surface runoff" }, { "id": "6340366", "text": "living in the region around the Caspian Sea. Studies have shown that water pollution, mostly coming from the Volga River, poses a serious threat to the biodiversity of the Caspian Depression. Water pollution is contributed mainly by industrial, agricultural, and household discharges. Caspian Depression The Caspian Depression (, Caspian Lowland) or Pricaspian/Peri-Caspian Depression/Lowland is a low-lying flatland region encompassing the northern part of the Caspian Sea, the largest enclosed body of water on Earth. It is the larger northern part of the wider Aral-Caspian Depression around the Aral and Caspian seas. The level of the Caspian sea is below sea", "title": "Caspian Depression" }, { "id": "582685", "text": "the global climate and in climate model response to global changes. The term deglaciation describes the retreat of cryospheric features. Cryology is the study of cryospheres. Frozen water is found on the Earth’s surface primarily as snow cover, freshwater ice in lakes and rivers, sea ice, glaciers, ice sheets, and frozen ground and permafrost (permanently frozen ground). The residence time of water in each of these cryospheric sub-systems varies widely. Snow cover and freshwater ice are essentially seasonal, and most sea ice, except for ice in the central Arctic, lasts only a few years if it is not seasonal. A", "title": "Cryosphere" }, { "id": "6340362", "text": "Caspian Depression The Caspian Depression (, Caspian Lowland) or Pricaspian/Peri-Caspian Depression/Lowland is a low-lying flatland region encompassing the northern part of the Caspian Sea, the largest enclosed body of water on Earth. It is the larger northern part of the wider Aral-Caspian Depression around the Aral and Caspian seas. The level of the Caspian sea is below sea level, however several places in the depression are even lower, and among them Karagiye near Aktau is the lowest at . The depression lies at the southern end of the Ryn Desert, and is in both Kazakhstan and Russia. Most of the", "title": "Caspian Depression" }, { "id": "11941941", "text": "Biomes are often identified with particular patterns of ecological succession and climax vegetation. A landform comprises a geomorphological unit and is largely defined by its surface form and location in the landscape, as part of the terrain, and as such is typically an element of topography. Landforms are categorized by features such as elevation, slope, orientation, stratification, rock exposure, and soil type. They include berms, mounds, hills, cliffs, valleys, rivers, and numerous other elements. Oceans and continents are the highest-order landforms. A body of water is any significant accumulation of water, usually covering the Earth. The term \"body of water\"", "title": "Geographical feature" } ]

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[ { "id": "19825961", "text": "Solo: A Star Wars Story Solo: A Star Wars Story (or simply Solo) is a 2018 American space Western film based on the \"Star Wars\" character Han Solo. Directed by Ron Howard, produced by Lucasfilm and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the second \"Star Wars\" anthology film following \"Rogue One\" (2016). Alden Ehrenreich stars as Han Solo alongside Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover, Thandie Newton, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Joonas Suotamo, and Paul Bettany. The plot takes place approximately ten years prior to the events of \"A New Hope\", and explores the early adventures of Han Solo", "title": "Solo: A Star Wars Story" }, { "id": "19856265", "text": "Solo (2017 film) Solo is a 2017 bilingual experimental anthology art film co-written, co-produced and directed by Bejoy Nambiar with Dulquer Salmaan in the lead role. Shot simultaneously in Malayalam and Tamil, production began during November 2016. Solo tells the story of four people, each story revolving around four elements: Earth, Fire, Wind and Water, each with the facets of Lord Shiva. The film was released on October 5, 2017 in both Tamil and Malayalam worldwide. The film was dubbed in Telugu as \"Athade\", which released on June 22, 2018. Genre: Romantic Drama Duration: 39 minutes World of Shekhar is", "title": "Solo (2017 film)" }, { "id": "19856278", "text": "Following a production break, the second shooting schedule began in March 2017 in Kochi and then moved to Mumbai, following the completion of Dulquer's filming work for \"Comrade in America\" (2017). Actress Sruthi Hariharan joined the project during the second schedule, as did actresses Sai Tamhankar and Asha Jayaram for two further leading female roles. Actors Manoj K. Jayan, Prakash Belawadi and filmmaker Qaushiq Mukherjee also joined the cast during the second schedule, while Govind Menon and Siddharth Menon were signed as the film's music composers along with other composers and also agreed to play musicians in the film. R.", "title": "Solo (2017 film)" }, { "id": "19856279", "text": "Parthiepan also revealed that he had signed to work on the film in a supporting role. The third schedule for film was started in Kochi during April 2017, with several more additions to the cast. Actress Dhansika was signed to play a leading role of a visually-challenged dancer, while actors Sathish, John Vijay, Sheelu Abraham and Soubin Shahir also joined the team. The team moved to film another segment of the anthology in Lonavala during May 2017 with actors Dino Morea, Neha Sharma and Deepti Sati playing important roles. Nassar and Suhasini also joined the team during the schedule to", "title": "Solo (2017 film)" }, { "id": "12759768", "text": "and touches his face before falling off the bridge to his death in the reactor. A film featuring Han Solo before the events of the 1977 film was released on May 25, 2018. Actor Alden Ehrenreich portrays Han in the film, which also stars Donald Glover, Emilia Clarke, and Woody Harrelson. In the film, young Han is characterized to be an orphan on the planet Corellia. He and his lover, Qi'ra, attempt to escape from a criminal gang and bribe an Imperial officer with a stolen sample of coaxium, a powerful hyperspace fuel, in exchange for passage on an outgoing", "title": "Han Solo" }, { "id": "19825978", "text": "role from \"The Force Awakens\" and \"[[Star Wars: The Last Jedi|The Last Jedi]]\", where he shared it with original Chewbacca actor [[Peter Mayhew]]. [[Michael K. Williams]] entered talks to join the film in early March 2017, and was confirmed shortly after, portraying a half-human, half-animal creature. By the end of the month, Ian Kenny had joined the cast. Warwick Davis was confirmed as part of the cast by the end of July 2017. [[File:Ron Howard 2011 Shankbone 3.JPG|thumb|upright|right|Ron Howard took over directing duties midway through production, reshooting 70% of the film.]] Filming began on January 30, 2017, at Pinewood Studios,", "title": "Solo: A Star Wars Story" }, { "id": "12759754", "text": "Han Solo Han Solo is a fictional character in the \"Star Wars\" franchise, who is a pilot from the planet Corellia. A primary character in the original film trilogy, Han is the captain of the \"Millennium Falcon\", along with his Wookiee co-pilot Chewbacca, whereby both pilots became involved in the Rebel Alliance's struggle against the Galactic Empire. During the course of the \"Star Wars\" narrative, Han becomes a chief figure in the Alliance and the love interest of Princess Leia. In the sequel trilogy, Han is Leia's husband and the father of fallen Jedi, Kylo Ren. Harrison Ford portrayed Han", "title": "Han Solo" }, { "id": "19825976", "text": "3,000 people for the part\". By the following October, [[Tessa Thompson]], [[Naomi Scott]], [[Zoë Kravitz]], [[Emilia Clarke]], [[Kiersey Clemons]], [[Jessica Henwick]] and [[Adria Arjona]] were being considered for the female lead, while Donald Glover was being considered to play a young Lando Calrissian. Glover was confirmed for Calrissian shortly after, with Clarke cast as the female lead the following month. In early January 2017, Woody Harrelson was revealed to be in negotiations to portray Han Solo's mentor, and was confirmed to be appearing in the film shortly after. [[Christian Bale]] had previously been in discussions for the role. A subsequent", "title": "Solo: A Star Wars Story" }, { "id": "16955101", "text": "allows Finn's younger sister to join them in playing with his Lego sets as well, resulting in aliens from the planet Duplon beaming down to the Lego world and announcing their plans to destroy everyone. Anthony Daniels and Billy Dee Williams reprise their \"Star Wars\" roles of C-3PO and Lando Calrissian, respectively, with Keith Ferguson voicing Han Solo (whom he previously voiced in \"Robot Chicken\" and \"Mad\"). Shaquille O'Neal voices a Lego version of himself who is a Master Builder alongside two generic members of the 2002 NBA All-Stars. Will Forte, Dave Franco, Jake Johnson, Keegan-Michael Key, Chris McKay and", "title": "The Lego Movie" }, { "id": "13463527", "text": "film \"Hail, Caesar!\", alongside a cast that included Josh Brolin and George Clooney. Many critics praised Ehrenreich's performance in particular. That same year, Ehrenreich starred in the leading role of Frank Forbes in Warren Beatty's romantic comedy-drama \"Rules Don't Apply\". He then starred in \"The Yellow Birds\" with Tye Sheridan, Jack Huston, and Jennifer Aniston, which premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. Ehrenreich starred as Han Solo in the \"Star Wars\" anthology film \"\" (2018), following Solo's early life before the events of the original 1977 \"Star Wars\". In March 2016, \"The Hollywood Reporter\" wrote that Ehrenreich had made", "title": "Alden Ehrenreich" }, { "id": "12759781", "text": "by the actor's performance that he eventually gave him the role. Other actors that were considered for the role include: Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, Jack Nicholson, Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell, Bill Murray, Steve Martin, Robert Englund, Nick Nolte, and Burt Reynolds. During the early development of \"\", Solo was originally considered to make an appearance helping Yoda to locate General Grievous at Kashyyyk. Some concept art of a 10 year old Solo was made, but Lucas decided to omit Solo's appearance from the film before any actor was cast, or considered for the role. Ford, believing his character should die,", "title": "Han Solo" }, { "id": "19825987", "text": "Cannes Film Festival]].]] \"Solo: A Star Wars Story\" had its world premiere on May 10, 2018 at the [[El Capitan Theatre]] in Los Angeles, and also screened on May 15, 2018 at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. The film debuted in selected countries on May 23 and had its US release on May 25, 2018, the 41st anniversary of the release of the original \"Star Wars\" film (later renamed \"A New Hope\" to distinguish the film from the series), in which [[Harrison Ford]] first appeared as Han Solo. A \"sneak peek\" TV spot was released during [[Super Bowl LII]] on", "title": "Solo: A Star Wars Story" }, { "id": "19856277", "text": "stated that he would also produce the venture under his home studio, Getaway Films, in association with Abaam Movies. The following month, the film was titled as \"Solo\" and Nambiar revealed that it would be simultaneously shot and released in Tamil. The film began production on 14 November 2016 in Kochi, with Chennai-based model Arthi Venkatesh making her debut as a leading actress in the film. The first schedule was completed within ten days, with the team shooting for up to twelve hours a day. Anson Paul and actress Ann Augustine were added to the film to play a couple.", "title": "Solo (2017 film)" }, { "id": "19825963", "text": "\"Solo\" is one of the most expensive films ever made. \"Solo\" had its world premiere in Los Angeles on May 10, 2018, and was screened at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival on May 15, 2018. It was released in the United States on May 25, 2018, in RealD 3D, IMAX and IMAX 3D. \"Solo\" received generally favorable reviews from critics who praised the film's acting performances (particularly Ehrenreich and Glover), visuals, musical score, and action sequences, while some felt its storyline was predictable. The film is the first in the \"Star Wars\" franchise to be considered a box-office bomb, grossing", "title": "Solo: A Star Wars Story" }, { "id": "19856281", "text": "a reminiscent of many previous Tamil films. The World Of Trilok and The World Of Shiva were praised, although the critics said that a crime drama like The World Of Shiva should have been made in a different film with more depth. Dulquer Salmaan was praised for his versatility as a stammering college student, a revenge-seeking, restrained doctor, an emotionally affected criminal, and a heart-broken lover, respectively. Solo (2017 film) Solo is a 2017 bilingual experimental anthology art film co-written, co-produced and directed by Bejoy Nambiar with Dulquer Salmaan in the lead role. Shot simultaneously in Malayalam and Tamil, production", "title": "Solo (2017 film)" }, { "id": "19825975", "text": "was revealed for the role of young Han Solo, including [[Miles Teller]], [[Ansel Elgort]], [[Dave Franco]], [[Jack Reynor]], [[Scott Eastwood]], [[Logan Lerman]], [[Emory Cohen]] and [[Blake Jenner]]. In March 2016, it was reported that Alden Ehrenreich, Reynor and [[Taron Egerton]] were on a shortlist for the role. In May 2016, Ehrenreich was reported to have been cast as the young Han Solo, and was revealed in the role at [[Star Wars Celebration#Celebration Europe III|\"Star Wars\" Celebration Europe III]] two months later. Miller called casting the role one of \"the hardest casting challenges of all time\", adding that they \"saw over", "title": "Solo: A Star Wars Story" }, { "id": "544861", "text": "Award in 2009, the Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy in 2010, and the Al Ueltschi Humanitarian Award in 2013. In 2013, \"Flying Magazine\" ranked him number 48 on their list of the 51 Heroes of Aviation. Harrison Ford Harrison Ford (born July 13, 1942) is an American actor, writer and film producer. He gained worldwide fame for his starring roles as Han Solo in the \"Star Wars\" film series and as the title character of the \"Indiana Jones\" film series. Five of his movies are within the 30 top-grossing movies of all time at the US box office (when adjusted for", "title": "Harrison Ford" }, { "id": "17284180", "text": "Moretz to present the award for Best Visual Effects at the 2015 Oscars. He also reprised his role, Caleb Prior, in \"\", the second film of the book series \"Divergent\", which was released March 20, 2015, and in the third film, \"\", which was released on March 18, 2016. In 2016, Elgort was on a shortlist of actors for the role of Han Solo in \"\". After Alden Ehrenreich was cast in May 2016, Elgort expressed some relief, saying that, if he had been cast, he would have had to change his DJ name, Ansølo. In 2017, Elgort played the", "title": "Ansel Elgort" }, { "id": "12759755", "text": "in the original \"Star Wars\" trilogy as well as in the sequel trilogy. Mythologist Joseph Campbell said of the character, \"He thinks he’s an egoist; but he really isn’t. ... there’s something else pushing [him].\" In 1997, creator of the franchise George Lucas described Han as \"a loner who realizes the importance of being part of a group and helping for the common good\". Alden Ehrenreich portrayed a young Han in the 2018 spin-off film \"\". Additionally, the character is the subject of many books, comics and other media based on the franchise. Han Solo is introduced in \"Star Wars\"", "title": "Han Solo" }, { "id": "19825977", "text": "interview with Harrelson bolstered speculation that he may be specifically playing \"[[Star Wars expanded to other media|Legends]]\" character [[Garris Shrike]], but Harrelson revealed the character's name as Beckett in March 2017. In February 2017, Phoebe Waller-Bridge joined the cast in an undisclosed role, said to be \"a CGI-driven performance\" similar to [[Alan Tudyk]] in \"Rogue One\" as the droid [[K-2SO]]. Additionally, it was reported that Thandie Newton was in negotiations to star in the film. Waller-Bridge and Newton were confirmed as being cast by the end of February, alongside the announcement that Joonas Suotamo would appear as Chewbacca, reprising the", "title": "Solo: A Star Wars Story" }, { "id": "12759780", "text": "making him a human to better develop the relationship between the three central characters (Luke, Leia and Han) and Chewbacca instead being used for the part of the alien sidekick. By the time of the third draft, Solo had developed into the \"tough James Dean style starpilot\" that would appear in the finished film. Harrison Ford was not immediately cast for the role of Han Solo, as George Lucas had already used him in the film \"American Graffiti\" and wanted somebody new for the role. However he hired Ford to rehearse lines with other actors and he was so impressed", "title": "Han Solo" }, { "id": "19825962", "text": "and Chewbacca, who join a heist within the criminal underworld. \"Star Wars\" creator George Lucas began developing a Han Solo prequel in 2012, and commissioned Lawrence Kasdan to write the screenplay. After Lucas sold Lucasfilm to Disney in 2012, Kasdan was hired to write \"\" (2015), leaving his son Jonathan to complete the \"Solo\" script\".\" Principal photography began in January 2017 at Pinewood Studios, directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. The duo were fired in June 2017 following \"creative differences\" with Lucasfilm, and Howard was hired as their replacement. With an estimated production budget of at least $275 million,", "title": "Solo: A Star Wars Story" }, { "id": "19825974", "text": "the smuggler, thief, and scoundrel whom [[Luke Skywalker]] and [[Obi-Wan Kenobi]] first encountered in the cantina at Mos Eisley\" would be released on May 25, 2018. The project was to be directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller from a script by Lawrence and Jonathan Kasdan. Kennedy would serve as a producer, with Lawrence Kasdan and Jason McGatlin as executive producers; [[Allison Shearmur]] and Simon Emanuel also produce. Solo's Wookiee friend Chewbacca was also announced to appear in the film. In May 2016, Lawrence Kasdan stated that filming would start in January 2017. In January 2016, a list of actors", "title": "Solo: A Star Wars Story" }, { "id": "544831", "text": "return to filming in mid-August, after a two-month layoff as he recovered from his injury. Ford's character was killed off in \"The Force Awakens\"; however, it was subsequently announced, via a casting call, that Ford would return in some capacity as Han Solo in \"Episode VIII\". In February 2016, when the cast for \"Episode VIII\" was confirmed, it was indicated that Ford would not reprise his role in the film. When Ford was asked if his character could come back in \"some form\", he replied, \"Anything is possible in space.\" A Han Solo spin-off movie, \"\", was released in May", "title": "Harrison Ford" }, { "id": "19825972", "text": "providing the voice, reprising the role from \"[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)|The Clone Wars]]\" and \"[[Star Wars Rebels|Rebels]]\" animated TV series. Screenwriter Jonathan Kasdan and first assistant director Toby Hefferman portrayed [[Tag and Bink|Tag Greenley and Bink Otauna]], respectively—two characters that first appeared in the \"[[Star Wars expanded universe|Star Wars Legends]]\" [[Star Wars comics|comics]] published by [[Dark Horse Comics]]. The scene was not included in the finished film. In 2012, \"Star Wars\" creator [[George Lucas]] began developing a film about a young Han Solo, and hired veteran \"Star Wars\" screenwriter [[Lawrence Kasdan]] to write the [[screenplay]]. After", "title": "Solo: A Star Wars Story" }, { "id": "18464072", "text": "Poe Dameron Poe Dameron is a fictional character in the \"Star Wars\" franchise. Introduced in the 2015 film \"\", he is portrayed by Oscar Isaac. Poe is an X-wing fighter pilot for the Resistance who inadvertently brings renegade stormtrooper Finn (John Boyega) and Jakku scavenger Rey (Daisy Ridley) into battle against the sinister First Order. He is featured in \"The Force Awakens\" media and merchandising as well as and the December 2017 sequel, \"\". Isaac and the character have received positive reviews, with Poe being compared to the characterization of Han Solo (Harrison Ford) in the original \"Star Wars\" film", "title": "Poe Dameron" }, { "id": "20891479", "text": "Free Solo Free Solo is a 2018 American documentary film directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin. The film profiles rock climber Alex Honnold, on his quest to perform a free solo climb of El Capitan in June 2017. The film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on August 31, 2018 and also screened at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the . It was released in the United States on September 28, 2018. The film received positive reviews and has grossed over $11 million. In the film, the director Jimmy Chin and his crew struggled", "title": "Free Solo" }, { "id": "14853039", "text": "which was released in January 2016. These roles made him unavailable for multiple episodes of the final season of \"Melissa & Joey\", but he returned for the final three episodes. He played the lead in the independent film \"Being Charlie\", which premiered at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival; the film was released theatrically in 2016. In 2017 he starred in William H. Macy's comedy-drama film \"Krystal\", and as Olly in \"Everything, Everything\", a film adaptation of the novel of the same name. Robinson was one of the many actors who auditioned for the role of Han Solo for Lucasfilm's", "title": "Nick Robinson (American actor)" }, { "id": "6202366", "text": "2015 feature film, Henry Cavill portrayed a character named Napoleon Solo. This version of Solo is a former World War II soldier from an extremely wealthy family. He remained in Europe after the war, discovering that he could profit greatly from it as a specialist in classical art and architecture, becoming an unequalled art thief. He was eventually caught and prosecuted for his crimes and given a fifteen-year prison sentence. Solo doesn't spend any time in prison, however, as he is recruited by the CIA in exchange for his physical freedom. Napoleon Solo Napoleon Solo is a fictional character from", "title": "Napoleon Solo" }, { "id": "696134", "text": "Award for Best Director), \"Cinderella Man\", \"The Da Vinci Code\", \"Angels & Demons\", \"Rush\", \"In the Heart of the Sea\" and \"Inferno\". Howard showcased the world premiere of his film \"Frost/Nixon\" at the 2008 London Film Festival in October 2008. Howard was the recipient of the Austin Film Festival's 2009 Extraordinary Contribution to Filmmaking Award. Michael Keaton presented him with the Award. Howard took over directing duties on \"\", a film featuring \"Star Wars\" character Han Solo in his younger years. The film was released on May 23, 2018. Howard officially replaced directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller on June", "title": "Ron Howard" }, { "id": "18293477", "text": "Star Wars: The Last Jedi Star Wars: The Last Jedi (also known as Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi) is a 2017 American space opera film written and directed by Rian Johnson. It is the second installment of the \"Star Wars\" sequel trilogy and the eighth installment of the main \"Star Wars\" film franchise, following \"\" (2015). It was produced by Lucasfilm and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The film's ensemble cast includes Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Andy Serkis, Lupita Nyong'o, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Gwendoline Christie, and", "title": "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" }, { "id": "6144560", "text": "Solo (1996 film) Solo is a 1996 science fiction action film directed by Norberto Barba, and starring Mario Van Peebles, William Sadler, Adrien Brody, Barry Corbin, and Demián Bichir. The film was based on the novel \"Weapon\" by Robert Mason, and was adapted into a screenplay by David L. Corley for Columbia/TriStar Pictures. It received poor reviews and is viewed as a derivative action vehicle. \"Solo\" currently holds a 6% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 32 reviews. Solo (Van Peebles) is an android designed as a military killing machine. He is sent to Central America by General Haynes (Barry", "title": "Solo (1996 film)" }, { "id": "544818", "text": "Harrison Ford Harrison Ford (born July 13, 1942) is an American actor, writer and film producer. He gained worldwide fame for his starring roles as Han Solo in the \"Star Wars\" film series and as the title character of the \"Indiana Jones\" film series. Five of his movies are within the 30 top-grossing movies of all time at the US box office (when adjusted for inflation). Ford is also known for playing Rick Deckard in the neo-noir dystopian science fiction film \"Blade Runner\" (1982) and its sequel \"Blade Runner 2049\" (2017); John Book in the thriller \"Witness\" (1985), for which", "title": "Harrison Ford" }, { "id": "17428879", "text": "Harrison Ford filmography Harrison Ford is an American actor, screen writer, and film producer, who has appeared in numerous films. He is known for portraying Han Solo in \"Star Wars\" (1977), \"The Empire Strikes Back\" (1980), \"Return of the Jedi\" (1983), and \"\" (2015); Indiana Jones in \"Raiders of the Lost Ark\" (1981), \"The Temple of Doom\" (1984), \"The Last Crusade\" (1989) and \"The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull\" (2008); and Rick Deckard in \"Blade Runner\" (1982) and \"Blade Runner 2049\" (2017). He also played Jack Ryan in \"Patriot Games\" (1992) and again in \"Clear and Present Danger\" (1994). Ford", "title": "Harrison Ford filmography" }, { "id": "12759785", "text": "Solo action figure with \"human proportions\" was released in 1977 to follow with the initial release of the original Star Wars films, while a figure created for the films' mid-1990s re-release was criticized as \"unrealistically muscled.\" In June 2018, Han Solo's Blaster from 1983's \"Return of the Jedi\" was auctioned for $550,000. Ripley's Believe It Or Not bought the item at the Hollywood Legends auction at Planet Hollywood casino-resort in Las Vegas. Han Solo Han Solo is a fictional character in the \"Star Wars\" franchise, who is a pilot from the planet Corellia. A primary character in the original film", "title": "Han Solo" }, { "id": "19825971", "text": "gang of pirates called Cloud Riders. [[Jon Favreau]] voices Rio Durant, \"a very cool and important alien character\" and member of Beckett's crew, and [[Linda Hunt]] voices Lady Proxima, the serpent-like leader of the gang to which teenage Han and Qi'ra belong. Ian Kenny portrays Rebolt while [[Clint Howard]] portrays Ralakili. Additionally, [[Anthony Daniels]] cameos as Tak, enslaved alongside Chewbacca, [[Kiran Shah]] plays Karjj and [[Warwick Davis]] briefly reprises his role from the film \"[[Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace|The Phantom Menace]]\" as Weazel, a Cloud Rider. [[Ray Park]] reprises his role as [[Darth Maul|Maul]], with [[Sam Witwer]]", "title": "Solo: A Star Wars Story" }, { "id": "19826003", "text": "characters, it whiffs. \"Solo\" is no exception.\" Alden Ehrenreich confirmed his contract deal to appear as Han Solo extended for two additional films, giving the studio the option to pursue a sequel to \"Solo: A Star Wars Story\", or feature him in other anthology films in a supporting capacity. Ehrenreich said he would like any sequels to differentiate themselves from the previous \"Star Wars\" trilogies by being standalone, in the vein of the [[Indiana Jones (franchise)|\"Indiana Jones\"]] films, rather than direct follow-ups. Emilia Clarke, who played [[Qi'ra]], also signed on for future installments. Ron Howard said that while no sequel", "title": "Solo: A Star Wars Story" }, { "id": "20111362", "text": "destiny (and his). From both \"The Clone Wars\" and \"Rebels\", Matt Lanter reprised his role as Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker, Tom Kane reprised his role as Jedi Master Yoda, Taylor Gray reprised his role as Jedi Knight Ezra Bridger, Gina Torres reprised her role as bounty hunter Ketsu Onyo and Ritesh Rajan reprised his role as Tristan Wren. Film actor John Boyega reprised his role as defected First Order stormtrooper Finn, Mark Hamill reprised his role as Luke Skywalker, and Anthony Daniels reprised his role as the droid C-3PO. Other characters to appear include smugglers Han Solo and Chewbacca, droids", "title": "Star Wars Forces of Destiny" }, { "id": "612867", "text": "name and familiar aspects of his backstory materialized in the second draft. Lando was portrayed by Billy Dee Williams in \"The Empire Strikes Back\" and \"Return of the Jedi\", and was played by Donald Glover in the film \"Solo: A Star Wars Story\". Website The Verge noted that despite Han Solo's first name being written as \"Han\" and franchise creator George Lucas also pronouncing the name as \"Han\" () off-screen, within the films most characters, including Luke Skywalker, pronounce it as \"Hahn\" (). The Verge also noted how Billy Dee Williams' Lando seems to be the only character to pronounce", "title": "Lando Calrissian" }, { "id": "3356657", "text": "Solo family The Solo family is a fictional family of characters in the \"Star Wars\" franchise, whose most key member is smuggler Han Solo, one of the central protagonists of the franchise starting in the original film trilogy which he is featured prominently throughout. Subsequent to these films' events, Han marries Princess Leia, hence connecting her family tree to his; their son Ben Solo is introduced in the 2015 film \"\". In the alternate \"Star Wars\" expanded universe of novels and comic books, Han and Leia have three children: Jaina, Jacen and Anakin Solo, who appear as lead characters in", "title": "Solo family" }, { "id": "6395534", "text": "and that the \"Solo\" shooting script specifies: \"There can be no question that Han shoots first.\" Han shot first \"Han shot first\" refers to a controversial change made to a scene in the science fiction film \"Star Wars\" (1977), in which Han Solo (Harrison Ford) is confronted by the bounty hunter Greedo (Paul Blake) in the Mos Eisley cantina. In the original version of the scene, Han shoots Greedo dead. Later versions are edited so that Greedo attempts to fire at Han first. Director George Lucas altered the scene to give Solo more justification for acting in self-defense. Many fans", "title": "Han shot first" }, { "id": "20891484", "text": "very few people indeed are built quite like Alex Honnold. And thank goodness, in a way, for that.\" Free Solo Free Solo is a 2018 American documentary film directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin. The film profiles rock climber Alex Honnold, on his quest to perform a free solo climb of El Capitan in June 2017. The film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on August 31, 2018 and also screened at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the . It was released in the United States on September 28, 2018. The film received positive", "title": "Free Solo" }, { "id": "19856280", "text": "portray parents of Dulquer's character in the segment. The animated sequences for the film were created by Plexus, a Mumbai-based motion design and visual effects studio. The film's soundtrack has twenty two songs recorded by an assortment of musicians. Times Of India reviewer Deepa Soman rated it 3.5/5 and stated:' An experimental romantic thriller, Solo is the story of four men, their love, rage and afterlife. Through four elements - water, air, fire and earth, they also represent different facets of Lord Siva.'. In other websites, the film was criticised for the World Of Shekhar and World Of Rudra being", "title": "Solo (2017 film)" }, { "id": "15751303", "text": "of animated character Zorn, and Johnny Pemberton and Cheryl Hines playing the live-action roles. They are also producing a cable-TV drama based on the popular NPR/\"This American Life\" spinoff podcast \"Serial\". Also, they will produce an R-rated animated Netflix original film called \"America: The Motion Picture\" alongside Will Allegra, Matt Thompson, Adam Reid, Channing Tatum, Reid Carolin and Peter Kiernan from a screenplay by David Callaham and directed by Thompson. In January 2017, Lord and Miller began directing the then-untitled film \"\", a standalone \"Star Wars\" movie based on the Han Solo character. On June 20, 2017 it was reported", "title": "Phil Lord and Christopher Miller" }, { "id": "1470120", "text": "Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role nominations. In 2018, Harrelson starred opposite Alden Ehrenreich, Donald Glover, and Emilia Clarke in Lucasfilm's \"\", playing Han Solo's mentor and a criminal. In 2018, Harrelson appears in a cameo at the end of the film \"Venom\", portraying Cletus Kasady. In 1999, Harrelson directed his own play, \"Furthest from the Sun\", at the Theatre de la Jeune Lune in Minneapolis. He followed next in Roundabout's Broadway revival of the N. Richard Nash play \"The Rainmaker\" in 2000, Sam Shepard's \"The Late Henry Moss\" in 2001, John", "title": "Woody Harrelson" }, { "id": "1360435", "text": "by Kobe Bryant. Williams wrote the music for \"\", the eighth episode of the saga, released on December 15, 2017, and is presumed to be working on \"Star Wars Episode IX\". Also in 2017, he composed the score for Steven Spielberg's drama film \"The Post\". Williams contributed \"The Adventures of Han\" for the 2018 standalone \"Star Wars\" film \"\" while John Powell wrote the film's original score. Williams is also currently attached to score the fifth Indiana Jones film. A three-disc box set compilation of all of Williams' musical scores for Steven Spielberg's films, titled \"John Williams & Steven Spielberg:", "title": "John Williams" }, { "id": "19825983", "text": "on June 26 to complete filming. During the reshoots, actor Michael K. Williams was unable to return to the production, due to a schedule conflict with filming \"[[The Red Sea Diving Resort]]\", resulting in his part being cut. Williams stated the reshoots for his character were \"to match the new direction which the producers wanted Ron to carry the film in\", and that he would not have been available again until November 2017; the production did not want to wait for his availability to make a release in May 2018. Lucas, Howard's friend, mentor and collaborator, made a surprise visit", "title": "Solo: A Star Wars Story" }, { "id": "19856276", "text": "his father had an affair with another lady when he was 2 years old and that his parents were on the verge of divorce. Although he stopped for the sake of his marriage, the lady was declared pregnant. It is revealed to be Akshara's mother which makes a possibility that Akshara is Brig, Ramachandran's daughter, and Rudra's half-sister. The film ends with Rudra asking for forgiveness from Alok on the day of his marriage with Akshara. In September 2016, Bejoy Nambiar revealed that he was preparing a script for a Malayalam film starring Dulquer Salmaan in the lead role. Nambiar", "title": "Solo (2017 film)" }, { "id": "1820787", "text": "her son from the dark side. Han's surname Solo, was not his birth name, with Han being given his Solo surname by an imperial officer right before Han joined the imperial flight academy, which he would leave three years after. Han Solo's first film appearance however was in 1977's \"Star Wars: A New Hope\" where he is played by Harrison Ford. He and his Wookiee co-pilot and best friend, Chewbacca are initially hired to transport Luke Skywalker and Obi-wan Kenobi. Han and Chewbacca later become involved in the Rebel Alliance and are committed to its cause. Over the course of", "title": "Skywalker family" }, { "id": "20132707", "text": "Escape Plan 2: Hades Escape Plan 2: Hades is a 2018 American-China action thriller film directed by Steven C. Miller. It is the sequel to the 2013 film \"Escape Plan\" and features Sylvester Stallone and Curtis \"50 Cent\" Jackson reprising their roles from the first film, with Dave Bautista, Huang Xiaoming, Jaime King, Jesse Metcalfe, Titus Welliver, and Wes Chatham joining the cast. The film was released straight to DVD in the United States and theatrically in Russia on June 28, 2018, in China on June 29, 2018 and in Italy on August 22, 2018. Upon release, the film became", "title": "Escape Plan 2: Hades" }, { "id": "5837196", "text": "Kind\". The film also uses a similar concept as the television show \"Frasier\", where many of the guest callers are voiced by celebrities. This film features the voices of Kevin J. Anderson as Luke Skywalker, Claudia Christian as Princess Leia, Peter David as an Imperial officer, and Mike Jittlov as Han Solo. The film has played at many film festivals, and proven popular with \"Star Wars\" fans, winning several awards, including Best Visual Effects and a Special Award for Merit at the 2003 Dahlonega International Film Festival. It was the second runner-up for the Audience Choice Award in the Lucasfilm-sponsored", "title": "Darth Vader's Psychic Hotline" }, { "id": "19825990", "text": "Capital Games announced that new characters based on the film will eventually be collectible and playable in the [[mobile game]] \"[[Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes]]\", including a younger Han Solo and Chewbacca as they appeared in the film. Both characters became unlockable on May 17, 2018, via a two-day limited-time event titled \"Preparation Perfection\". \"Solo: A Star Wars Story\" was released in [[Digital distribution|digital formats]] on September 14, 2018. [[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment]] released the film on [[Ultra HD Blu-ray]], [[Blu-ray]] and [[DVD]] on September 25, 2018. It was released in Australia by [[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment]] on", "title": "Solo: A Star Wars Story" }, { "id": "5650710", "text": "produced by Gary Gilbert, Jordan Horowitz and Doug Wald; the project eventually moved forward without Page, with scriptwriter Julia Hart replacing Page as the director. In December 2014, Page portrayed Han Solo in a staged reading of \"\". Page co-starred in Zal Batmanglij's 2013 thriller film \"The East\" a movie inspired by the experiences and drawing on thrillers from the 1970s, alongside Brit Marling and Alexander Skarsgård; Page replaced Felicity Jones, who had been attached to the project, but later dropped out. The same year she starred in Lynn Shelton's \"Touchy Feely\" alongside Rosemarie DeWitt. Page starred in the film", "title": "Ellen Page" }, { "id": "13463521", "text": "Alden Ehrenreich Alden Caleb Ehrenreich (; born November 22, 1989) is an American actor. He made his feature-film debut in Francis Ford Coppola's \"Tetro\" in 2009, and also appeared in Coppola's subsequent film, \"Twixt\" (2011). In 2013, he appeared in Woody Allen's \"Blue Jasmine\" and Park Chan-wook's \"Stoker.\" In 2016, Ehrenreich gained significant critical praise for his scene-stealing role as Hobie Doyle in the Coen brothers comedy \"Hail, Caesar!\" and for his leading role in Warren Beatty's romantic comedy-drama \"Rules Don't Apply\". He played the Young Han Solo in \"\", which focuses on the early years of the character, before", "title": "Alden Ehrenreich" }, { "id": "17305783", "text": "a recurring back injury. After Clooney's departure, actors including Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ryan Gosling, Channing Tatum, Alexander Skarsgård, Ewan McGregor, Robert Pattinson, Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Michael Fassbender, Bradley Cooper, Leonardo DiCaprio, Joel Kinnaman, Russell Crowe, Chris Pine, Ryan Reynolds, and Jon Hamm were considered for the lead role. On March 18, 2013, Tom Cruise was in early talks to take the lead in the film. Armie Hammer was cast in the second lead role as Illya Kuryakin on April 24, 2013, with Cruise set as Solo. Swedish actress Alicia Vikander joined the film on May 8, 2013, as the female", "title": "The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (film)" }, { "id": "20728520", "text": "Qi'ra Qi'ra is a fictional character in the \"Star Wars\" franchise, introduced in the 2018 film \"\" and portrayed by Emilia Clarke. She is Han Solo's childhood best friend and first love from the planet Corellia. The pair live on the streets before he flees the planet. Qi'ra subsequently becomes a lieutenant in the Crimson Dawn crime syndicate. In the 2018 \"Star Wars Anthology\" film \"Solo: A Star Wars Story\", Qi'ra is introduced as an orphaned street thief living on the shipbuilding world of Corellia. She and her lover, Han, attempt to use the valuable fuel source coaxium to bribe", "title": "Qi'ra" }, { "id": "18464045", "text": "haunting contours.\" Kyle Buchanan of Vulture.com was underwhelmed by the reveal of Driver under the mask. Leon, however, argued: Driver won a 2016 Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal. In January 2018, Kylo was voted seventh greatest movie villain of all time by the readers of \"Empire\". Kylo Ren Kylo Ren is a fictional character in the \"Star Wars\" franchise. Introduced in the 2015 film \"\", he is portrayed by Adam Driver. \"Kylo Ren\" is the chosen name of Ben Solo, the son of original \"Star Wars\" trilogy characters Han Solo and Leia Organa. Though trained by", "title": "Kylo Ren" }, { "id": "18464024", "text": "Kylo Ren Kylo Ren is a fictional character in the \"Star Wars\" franchise. Introduced in the 2015 film \"\", he is portrayed by Adam Driver. \"Kylo Ren\" is the chosen name of Ben Solo, the son of original \"Star Wars\" trilogy characters Han Solo and Leia Organa. Though trained by his uncle Luke Skywalker as a Jedi, he has been seduced to the dark side of the Force by Supreme Leader Snoke and aspires to be as powerful as his grandfather, Darth Vader, and create a new order in the galaxy separate from the legacies created by Luke and the", "title": "Kylo Ren" }, { "id": "6144564", "text": "Solo believing he was destroyed by cave-in, but Miguel starts to hear Solo, laughing, as he knows he has earned his freedom. The film has a 6% rating on review aggregate Rotten Tomatoes, based on 35 reviews, with the consensus stating: \"Featuring hammy performances and bland characters, Solo is an all too straightforward actioner that's both predictable and instantly forgettable.\" Solo (1996 film) Solo is a 1996 science fiction action film directed by Norberto Barba, and starring Mario Van Peebles, William Sadler, Adrien Brody, Barry Corbin, and Demián Bichir. The film was based on the novel \"Weapon\" by Robert Mason,", "title": "Solo (1996 film)" }, { "id": "11305773", "text": "Star Wars: The Force Awakens Star Wars: The Force Awakens (also known as Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens) is a 2015 American epic space opera film produced, co-written and directed by J. J. Abrams. It is the first installment of the \"Star Wars\" sequel trilogy and the seventh installment of the main \"Star Wars\" film franchise, following \"Return of the Jedi\" (1983). The film stars Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong'o, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, and Max von Sydow, and was produced by", "title": "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" }, { "id": "6395526", "text": "Han shot first \"Han shot first\" refers to a controversial change made to a scene in the science fiction film \"Star Wars\" (1977), in which Han Solo (Harrison Ford) is confronted by the bounty hunter Greedo (Paul Blake) in the Mos Eisley cantina. In the original version of the scene, Han shoots Greedo dead. Later versions are edited so that Greedo attempts to fire at Han first. Director George Lucas altered the scene to give Solo more justification for acting in self-defense. Many fans and commentators oppose the change, feeling it weakens Solo's character. The controversy is referenced in the", "title": "Han shot first" }, { "id": "18366415", "text": "Avengers: Infinity War Avengers: Infinity War is a 2018 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the sequel to 2012's \"The Avengers\" and 2015's \"\", and the nineteenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film is directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, and features an ensemble cast including Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Don Cheadle, Tom Holland, Chadwick Boseman, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Anthony", "title": "Avengers: Infinity War" }, { "id": "16659559", "text": "Avengers: Age of Ultron Avengers: Age of Ultron is a 2015 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the sequel to 2012's \"The Avengers\" and the eleventh film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film was written and directed by Joss Whedon and features an ensemble cast that includes Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, Cobie Smulders, Anthony Mackie, Hayley Atwell, Idris Elba, Stellan Skarsgård,", "title": "Avengers: Age of Ultron" }, { "id": "12759758", "text": "Luke, Leia, C-3PO, and R2-D2 to the Rebel Alliance, Han and Chewbacca receive a payment for their services and prepare to leave. Luke asks Han to stay and help the Rebels attack the Death Star, but he refuses, not wanting to get involved. Han has a change of heart and returns to save Luke's life during the film's climactic battle scene, ultimately enabling Luke to destroy the Death Star. For his heroics, Han is presented with a medal of honor alongside Luke and Chewbacca. Three years later, Han is a captain with the Rebel Alliance, and serving on the Rebels'", "title": "Han Solo" }, { "id": "360370", "text": "titles, instead carrying the promotional \"\"A Star Wars Story\"\" subtitle. Focused on how the rebels obtained the Death Star plans from the 1977 film, the first anthology film, \"Rogue One\", was released on December 16, 2016 to favorable reviews and box office success. The second, \"\", centered on a young Han Solo with Chewbacca and Lando as supporting characters, was released on May 25, 2018 to mixed reviews and underperformance at the box office. Despite this, more anthology films are expected to be released. In November 2017, Lucasfilm announced that Rian Johnson, the writer/director of \"The Last Jedi\", would be", "title": "Star Wars" }, { "id": "19856266", "text": "based on the Element of Water. It is a love story of a stammering, daring but loving young man named Shekhar (Dulquer Salmaan) and Radhika (Sai Dhanshika) who is a talented blind dancer, with an open mind. Their story starts in college, 4 years ago. There is a lot of fuss over whom Radhika loves, whether it is Shekhar's friend Nelson or a guy named Sanju. Finally, Radhika confesses her love for Shekhar in front of everyone and then begins the poetic love story. When families get to know about their relationship they don't approve of it. But as Radhika", "title": "Solo (2017 film)" }, { "id": "19438222", "text": "Jyn Erso Jyn Erso is a fictional character in the \"Star Wars\" franchise, portrayed by English actress Felicity Jones in the 2016 film \"Rogue One\". Jyn is a former criminal who aids the Rebel Alliance in a desperate attempt to steal the plans to the Death Star, a powerful weapon possessed by the Empire. The character was introduced as a child in the 2016 prequel novel \"\" by James Luceno. Critics have compared Jyn to the characterization of Han Solo (Harrison Ford) in the \"Star Wars\" original trilogy and Rey (Daisy Ridley) in the \"Star Wars\" sequel trilogy. Industrial Light", "title": "Jyn Erso" }, { "id": "371459", "text": "later regret as he felt the interior of the mothership should have remained a mystery). Nevertheless, the re-release was a moderate success, while the 2001 DVD release of the film restored the original ending. Next, Spielberg teamed with \"Star Wars\" creator and friend George Lucas on an action adventure film, \"Raiders of the Lost Ark\", the first of the Indiana Jones films. The archaeologist and adventurer hero Indiana Jones was played by Harrison Ford (whom Lucas had previously cast in his \"Star Wars\" films as Han Solo). The film was considered an homage to the cliffhanger serials of the Golden", "title": "Steven Spielberg" }, { "id": "20692707", "text": "2019 on Disney Channel. Additionally, Christy Carlson Romano, who voiced Kim in the animated series, is set to cameo in the film. The film was announced on February 7, 2018, alongside the involvement of the original series creators, and the beginning of casting with Blyth Nailling (ABC's \"Last Man Standing\") serving as casting director. Stanley and Giambrone's casting as the leads was announced on April 25, 2018 in a promotional video featuring Christy Carlson Romano and Will Friedle, the original voice actors for the characters. Hannigan, Ray, Stashwick, Ortega, Tham, and Wilson joined the cast on May 25. Principal photography", "title": "Kim Possible (2019 film)" }, { "id": "20132716", "text": "by the group behind Hades, after which he vows to track them down and expose them. Development was first announced in October 2016, with Sylvester Stallone returning to star. It was announced in February 2017 that Steven C. Miller would helm the film, and that there was potential for Arnold Schwarzenegger to reprise his role from the first. Chinese film production company Leomus Pictures was set as a co-financer for the film. In March 2017, Dave Bautista, Jaime King and 50 Cent were added to the cast, with the additions of Jesse Metcalfe, Pete Wentz and Wes Chatham later in", "title": "Escape Plan 2: Hades" }, { "id": "19825985", "text": "reshot around 70% of the film, it was announced that Lord and Miller would not challenge for director credit and instead agreed to executive producer credits. Post-production wrapped on April 22, 2018. In July 2017, [[John Powell (film composer)|John Powell]] was announced as the main composer of the score. Longtime \"Star Wars\" composer [[John Williams]] composed and conducted the Han Solo theme, \"The Adventures of Han\", for the film. Powell began writing the music in late 2017 after finishing his work on \"[[Ferdinand (film)|Ferdinand]]\". In December 2017, Williams wrote two musical pieces and combined them to create Han's theme. The", "title": "Solo: A Star Wars Story" }, { "id": "13652246", "text": "\"\" (2018). Additionally, the \"Falcon\" appears in a variety of \"Star Wars\" expanded universe materials, including books, comics, and games; James Luceno's novel \"Millennium Falcon\" focuses on the titular ship. It also appears in the 2014 animated film \"The Lego Movie\" in Lego form, with Billy Dee Williams and Anthony Daniels reprising their roles of Lando Calrissian and C-3PO, and Keith Ferguson voicing Han Solo. The ship originally had a more elongated appearance, but this design's similarity to the Eagle Transporters in \"\" prompted Lucas to change the \"Falcon\"s design. The original model was modified, re-scaled, and used as Princess", "title": "Millennium Falcon" }, { "id": "12759784", "text": "universe\". \"Prince of Persia\" producer Ben Mattes explained that their \"inspiration was anything Harrison Ford has ever done: Indiana Jones, Han Solo\". The antihero of the Japanese manga and anime \"Space Adventure Cobra\" has been compared by reviewers to Solo. In preparing to play James T. Kirk, Chris Pine drew inspiration from Ford's depictions of Han Solo and Indiana Jones, highlighting their humor and \"accidental hero\" traits. Ford won a 2016 Saturn Award for Best Actor for his performance in \"The Force Awakens\". Solo has been merchandised in multiple media, including action figures, video games, and other collectibles. A Han", "title": "Han Solo" }, { "id": "8544185", "text": "2017, director Ron Howard suggested he might use the characters in the 2018 film \"\". It was later confirmed that the film's screenwriter Jon Kasdan and first assistant director Toby Hefferman would portray Tag and Bink in the film. However, their scene got cut from the final film as it was deemed unnecessary. Supposedly, the two were supposed to appear in a scene where the two escort Han Solo from a hearing after he is kicked out of the pilot academy. Despite the scene being cut from the 2018 film \"\" the scene was included in Chapter 6 of the", "title": "Tag and Bink" }, { "id": "6539774", "text": "The Han Solo Trilogy The Han Solo Trilogy is a trilogy of science fiction novels set in the \"Star Wars\" galaxy. It follows Han Solo's origins and life before the events depicted in the original \"Star Wars\" trilogy. The trilogy was written by Ann C. Crispin (as A.C. Crispin), and released in June 1997, October 1997, and March 1998, respectively. The author stated that \"Per Lucasfilm's request, I did not cover Han's time in the Imperial Academy, or his first meeting with Chewbacca\". These events were eventually depicted in the 2018 film \"\". The trilogy begins 10 years before Han", "title": "The Han Solo Trilogy" }, { "id": "19856273", "text": "Vishnu enters the room, Siddhu shoots him on the chest and kills him and his mother begs him to escape. The story ends with a grieving Siddhu running through the streets of Mumbai. Genre: Romance-drama Duration: 40 minutes Rudra Ramachandran is an army trainee, madly in love with his girlfriend Akshara(Neha Sharma). He constantly ruins Akshara's marriage proposals by creating a scene in their house. Rudra is the son of Brig. Ramachandran and Vidya who always scold him for his aggressive behavior, but his father always considered him a friend. Akshara's father Brig. Sundararajan decides to file a case against", "title": "Solo (2017 film)" }, { "id": "19825982", "text": "[[Joe Johnston]] and Kasdan were also considered, though [[Directors Guild of America]] rules state that a replacement for a director may not be someone already involved in the production. Two days later, it was announced that Howard would take over directing for the remaining three-and-a-half weeks of scheduled principal photography as well as the scheduled five weeks of reshoots. Howard wrote, \"I'm beyond grateful to add my voice to the \"Star Wars\" universe... I hope to honor the great work already done and help deliver on the promise of a Han Solo film.\" Howard was expected to arrive in London", "title": "Solo: A Star Wars Story" }, { "id": "20609636", "text": "cast in the lead role. Later that month, Lily James and Kate McKinnon joined the cast. In April 2018, Ed Sheeran joined the cast and would potentially also write new music for the film, which would also include Beatles songs. Sheeran was confirmed to star later that month with Ana de Armas and Lamorne Morris joining the cast. In May 2018, Sophia Di Martino, Joel Fry and Harry Michell joined the cast. Filming began on April 21, 2018, with UK production starting on April 26, 2018, with scenes filmed in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. A casting call was issued for extras in", "title": "Untitled Danny Boyle/Richard Curtis film" }, { "id": "644651", "text": "Luke Skywalker Luke Skywalker is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the original film trilogy of the \"Star Wars\" franchise created by George Lucas. Skywalker, portrayed by Mark Hamill, is a pivotal figure in the Rebel Alliance's struggle against the Galactic Empire. He is the twin brother of Rebellion leader Princess Leia Organa of Alderaan, a friend and brother-in-law of smuggler Han Solo, an apprentice to Jedi Masters Obi-Wan \"Ben\" Kenobi and Yoda, the son of fallen Jedi Anakin Skywalker (Darth Vader) and Queen of Naboo/Republic Senator Padmé Amidala and maternal uncle of Ben Solo / Kylo Ren.", "title": "Luke Skywalker" }, { "id": "13182289", "text": "Awards, thirteen People's Choice Awards (winning three), eleven Teen Choice Awards (winning two), six Saturn Awards (winning four), and six VES Awards (winning two), as well as the 2013 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation Long Form. A sequel, titled \"Avengers: Age of Ultron\", written and directed by Whedon, was released on May 1, 2015. Much of the cast returns, with the addition of Elizabeth Olsen as Scarlet Witch, Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Quicksilver, Paul Bettany as Vision, and James Spader as Ultron. \"Avengers: Infinity War\" was directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, from a script by Christopher Markus and Stephen", "title": "The Avengers (2012 film)" }, { "id": "15080863", "text": "opposite Bryan Cranston and Aaron Taylor-Johnson. Olsen joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe playing the character of Scarlet Witch in \"\", the 2015 sequel to \"The Avengers\". She first appeared as the character in a mid-credits scene of the film \"\", alongside her \"Godzilla\" co-star Taylor-Johnson, who portrayed her brother Quicksilver. She reprised the role in the 2016 film \"\" and the 2018 sequel \"\". Olsen portrayed Audrey Williams, Hank Williams's wife, manager, and duet partner in the 2015 biopic film \"I Saw the Light\" directed by Marc Abraham and starring Tom Hiddleston as Hank Williams. Olsen starred alongside her \"\"", "title": "Elizabeth Olsen" }, { "id": "11305788", "text": "appears as Captain Cypress. The film's dialect coach, Andrew Jack, appears as Major Ematt of the Resistance. Additionally, Crystal Clarke, Pip Andersen, Christina Chong, Miltos Yerolemou, Amybeth Hargreaves, Leanne Best, Judah Friedlander, and Kevin Smith were cast in minor roles. Abrams has a vocal cameo, singing with Lin-Manuel Miranda on two songs, \"Jabba Flow\" and \"Dobra Doompa\", performed by Shag Kava, consisting of Abrams, Miranda and musicians. \"\" and \"Star Wars Rebels\" cast members Dee Bradley Baker, Matt Lanter, Tom Kane, Catherine Taber, Matthew Wood, Sam Witwer, Meredith Salenger, James Arnold Taylor, show runner Dave Filoni, Michael Donovan, Devon Libran,", "title": "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" }, { "id": "20403329", "text": "misled into believing that she's an accomplished consultant and hires her to handle a major business deal. In June 2017, Jennifer Lopez signed on to star. In October 2017, Leah Remini, Annaleigh Ashford, Vanessa Hudgens, Dan Bucatinsky and Freddie Stroma joined the cast of the film. In November 2017, Milo Ventimiglia, Treat Williams, Larry Miller, Dave Foley, Charlyne Yi and Alan Aisenberg joined the cast of the film. Principal photography began on October 23, 2017, at Food Bazaar Supermarket in Queens, New York and has continued in The Bronx and Manhattan, including Michael Jordan's Steakhouse in Grand Central Terminal. Filming", "title": "Second Act (film)" }, { "id": "19825998", "text": "($2.5 million), Italy ($2.2 million) and Brazil ($1.3 million). However, despite being the second-largest foreign opening, it made just $10.1 million in China, far below the other three Disney \"Star Wars\" films. The film held a better-than-expected 47% in its second weekend, making $30.3 million from 54 countries and remaining the top film in several, including Australia, Spain and the United Kingdom. [[File:Donald Glover TIFF 2015.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Donald Glover's performance as Lando Calrissian was praised by critics.]] On review aggregation website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], \"Solo\" has an approval rating of 70% based on 416 reviews, with an average rating of 6.4/10. The website's", "title": "Solo: A Star Wars Story" }, { "id": "16219432", "text": "well commercially. His next appearance was in Amal Neerad's romantic action film \"Comrade In America\" (2017). \"The Hindu\" called it Salmaan's \"big hit of 2017\". He then portrayed four roles in the bilingual anthology \"Solo\" (2017) directed by Bejoy Nambiar. The film was critically panned and \"faced immense backlash from the audience.\" He next featured in the bilingual \"Mahanati\", a biopic on actress Savitri. His Telugu debut, the film opened to positive reviews from critics and enjoyed commercial success at the box office. Salmaan's portrayal of Gemini Ganeshan was also acclaimed. Later that year, Salmaan made his Hindi debut with", "title": "Dulquer Salmaan" }, { "id": "11492921", "text": "theatrical memoir with his original music, directed and developed by Paul Linke and produced by his wife, Susan Hayden (Ruskin Group Theatre). One of his earliest television roles was as Tim McGowan on the soap opera \"Another World\" (1973–74). Around 1975 or 1976, Allport did a screen test with actress Amy Irving for the parts of Han Solo and Princess Leia, respectively, for the upcoming filming of the 1977 movie \"Star Wars\". Neither actor got the parts, which went to Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher, respectively. His film credits include \"Savage Weekend\", \"To Live and Die in L.A.\", \"Jack Frost\",", "title": "Christopher Allport" }, { "id": "13617024", "text": "and Ron Stoppable respectively. On May 25, 2018, TVLine revealed casting for six key roles in the movie including Alyson Hannigan as Dr. Ann Possible, Connie Ray as Nana Possible, Todd Stashwick as Drakken, Taylor Ortega as Shego, Ciara Wilson as Athena and Erika Tham as Bonnie. On June 22, 2018, it was announced that Issac Ryan Brown will portray Wade. In August 2018, it was announced Christy Carlson Romano had joined the cast of the film, with Patton Oswalt reprising his role as Professor Dementor. A trailer released on December 7th revealed that the film is set to premiere", "title": "Kim Possible" }, { "id": "3356659", "text": "He and his Wookiee co-pilot and best friend, Chewbacca are initially hired to transport Luke Skywalker and Obi-wan Kenobi. Han and Chewbacca later become involved in the Rebel Alliance and are committed to its cause. Over the course of the franchise, Han becomes a military leader for the Alliance, falling in love with and marrying Leia Organa, with whom he has a son named Ben. Leia Organa first appears in \"Star Wars: A New Hope\", played by Carrie Fisher. She is princess of the planet Alderaan, a member of the Imperial Senate and also an agent for the Rebel Alliance.", "title": "Solo family" }, { "id": "360369", "text": "to Disney in 2012, and parallel to his development of a sequel trilogy, George Lucas and original trilogy co-screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan started development on a standalone film about a young Han Solo. On February 5, 2013, Disney CEO Bob Iger made public the development of the Kasdan film, along with an undisclosed film written by Simon Kinberg. Disney CFO Jay Rasulo has described the standalone films as origin stories. Lucasfilm and Kennedy have stated that the standalone films would be referred to as the \"Star Wars\" anthology series (albeit the word anthology has not been used in any of the", "title": "Star Wars" }, { "id": "3356658", "text": "several expanded universe books and other media. The anthology film \"\" reveals Han Solo's father, whose name is not revealed, constructed ships in planet Corelia, where Han was born. The name of Han's dad is not known. In the Legends-canon his name was Jonash Solo. Han's surname Solo, was not his birth name, with Han being given his Solo surname by an imperial officer right before Han joined the imperial flight academy, which he would leave three years after. Han Solo's first film appearance however was in 1977's \"Star Wars: A New Hope\" where he is played by Harrison Ford.", "title": "Solo family" }, { "id": "3356676", "text": "spent time alone thinking about the role of the Force, and would get into arguments with his brother Jacen on the subject. However, his uncle Luke still sees Anakin as too young and reckless. Solo family The Solo family is a fictional family of characters in the \"Star Wars\" franchise, whose most key member is smuggler Han Solo, one of the central protagonists of the franchise starting in the original film trilogy which he is featured prominently throughout. Subsequent to these films' events, Han marries Princess Leia, hence connecting her family tree to his; their son Ben Solo is introduced", "title": "Solo family" }, { "id": "16411174", "text": "Stallone confirmed to reprise his role as Ray Breslin. In the same report it was revealed that Steven C. Miller would direct the film, with Miles Chapman returning as screenwriter. Dave Bautista, 50 Cent, and Jaime King have also been cast in the film. In March 2017, the official title was announced as \"\". In April 2017, a third film entered the early stages of development with Stallone again signed on to reprise his role as Ray Breslin. Titled \"\", the film, in pre-production, is casting and \"In this installment, the daughter of a Hong Kong tech executive goes missing", "title": "Escape Plan (film)" }, { "id": "11305876", "text": "February 2016 at Pinewood Studios. Hamill, Fisher, Driver, Ridley, Boyega, Isaac, Serkis, Nyong'o, Gleeson, Daniels, Christie, Vee, and Suotamo reprised their roles in the film, and are joined by Kelly Marie Tran, Laura Dern, and Benicio del Toro. \"Episode IX\" is scheduled for release on December 20, 2019. Abrams will direct the film and co-write it with Chris Terrio. Footnote Citations Star Wars: The Force Awakens Star Wars: The Force Awakens (also known as Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens) is a 2015 American epic space opera film produced, co-written and directed by J. J. Abrams. It is", "title": "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" }, { "id": "19352338", "text": "trio won Best Writing: Lawrence Kasdan had already won the award for \"Raiders of the Lost Ark\", and had received nominations for other \"Star Wars\" films \"The Empire Strikes Back\" and \"Return of the Jedi\". It was the first win in the category for both J. J. Abrams and Michael Arndt, who had both been nominated once before; Abrams has also won Best Director\" for \"Super 8\". Ford had won Best Actor previously for \"Raiders of the Lost Ark\", and had already been nominated for playing his \"Star Wars\" character Han Solo in 38 years before. \"Crimson Peak\" was the", "title": "42nd Saturn Awards" }, { "id": "20759015", "text": "end of July, Marc Maron also joined the cast, and Bryan Callen was cast as a comedian. Alec Baldwin was cast as Thomas Wayne on August 27, but dropped out two days later due to scheduling conflicts. Production began on September 2, 2018. Principal photography commenced on September 10, 2018 in New York City, under the working title \"Romeo\". Shortly after filming began, De Niro, Brett Cullen, Shea Whigham, Glenn Fleshler, Bill Camp, Josh Pais, and Douglas Hodge were announced to have joined the film, with Cullen replacing Baldwin. Bradley Cooper also joined the film as a producer. The director", "title": "Joker (2019 film)" }, { "id": "19825984", "text": "to the set to encourage Howard on his first day shooting. Intended as a short meeting, Lucas spent the whole day with the crew. While Lucas had not meant to interfere, at some point he forgot and asked \"Why doesn't Han just do this?\"; Howard included his suggestion. On October 17, 2017, Howard announced that principal photography had been completed, and revealed the title of the film. Howard used [[Rear projection effect|rear-projection visual effects]] for the \"Millennium Falcon\" cockpit scenes, an updated version of the technique used in the original trilogy. In March 2018, after it was reported Howard had", "title": "Solo: A Star Wars Story" }, { "id": "18228896", "text": "Captain Marvel (film) Captain Marvel is an upcoming American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Carol Danvers. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is set to be the twenty-first film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film is written and directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, with Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Jac Schaeffer also contributing to the screenplay. Brie Larson stars as Danvers, alongside Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Djimon Hounsou, Lee Pace, Lashana Lynch, Gemma Chan, Annette Bening, Clark Gregg, and Jude Law. Set in 1995, the story follows", "title": "Captain Marvel (film)" }, { "id": "19825979", "text": "under the [[working title]] \"Star Wars: Red Cup\". By February 10, the film had spent $54.5 million on production. Lucasfilm announced that principal photography started on February 20, 2017. [[Bradford Young]] serves as the cinematographer for the film. In May 2017, filming moved to [[Tre Cime di Lavaredo]] and [[Monte Piana]] in the [[Dolomites]] in [[Veneto]], Italy, to the [[Fassa Valley|Fassa]] Dolomites in [[Trentino]], Italy, and to the [[Canary Islands]]. Lucasfilm replaced editor [[Chris Dickens]] with Pietro Scalia. On June 20, 2017, citing \"creative differences\", Lucasfilm announced that the directors had left the project with a new director \"to be", "title": "Solo: A Star Wars Story" }, { "id": "16909625", "text": "after Morgan O'Neill's script was voted winner for Project Greenlight in Australia. The film featured a sound track of \"cool\" modern jazz, played by Martyn Love (piano), Michael Bartolomei (piano), Damian de Boos-Smith (guitar and keyboards), Dale Barlow (tenor saxophone, bass clarinet and flute), Phillip Slater (trumpet), Cameron Undy (acoustic bass guitar), Martin Highland (drums), Fiona Adie (vocal textures). Pieces \"Cross on ya\" and \"Hunter\" were written by King Brown and Damian de Boos-Smith and performed by King Brown. \"The Phone Call\" was written by Toby Roberts and performed by The Telltales. A CD titled \"Solo Original Australian Motion Picture", "title": "Solo (2006 film)" }, { "id": "19986772", "text": "Te to revitalize Cambodian cinema by proposing different genres than the usual romantic comedies and ghost stories. His company, Kongchak Pictures, produced in 2013 the horror film \"Run\", and in 2015 the action thriller \"Hanuman\", the latter being directed by Italian expatriate Jimmy Henderson. After finishing \"Hanuman\", Henderson started to write an \"ensemble action film\" with the idea of keeping the action in one location. The cast features Dara Our, who had already played the male lead in \"Hanuman\", Cambodian female MMA champion Tharoth Sam, French-Cambodian stuntman Jean-Paul Ly, and former adult star Céline Tran (AKA \"Katsuni\"), making her action", "title": "Jailbreak (2017 film)" } ]

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[ { "id": "2539701", "text": "20 years. The \"Summa de arithmetica\" of Luca Pacioli (1494) gives the Rule of 72, stating that to find the number of years for an investment at compound interest to double, one should divide the interest rate into 72. Richard Witt's book \"Arithmeticall Questions\", published in 1613, was a landmark in the history of compound interest. It was wholly devoted to the subject (previously called anatocism), whereas previous writers had usually treated compound interest briefly in just one chapter in a mathematical textbook. Witt's book gave tables based on 10% (the then maximum rate of interest allowable on loans) and", "title": "Compound interest" }, { "id": "2179977", "text": "early reference to the rule is in the \"Summa de arithmetica\" (Venice, 1494. Fol. 181, n. 44) of Luca Pacioli (1445–1514). He presents the rule in a discussion regarding the estimation of the doubling time of an investment, but does not derive or explain the rule, and it is thus assumed that the rule predates Pacioli by some time. Roughly translated: For higher rates, a bigger numerator would be better (e.g., for 20%, using 76 to get 3.8 years would be only about 0.002 off, where using 72 to get 3.6 would be about 0.2 off). This is because, as", "title": "Rule of 72" }, { "id": "2179973", "text": "Rule of 72 In finance, the rule of 72, the rule of 70 and the rule of 69.3 are methods for estimating an investment's doubling time. The rule number (e.g., 72) is divided by the interest percentage per period (usually years) to obtain the approximate number of periods required for doubling. Although scientific calculators and spreadsheet programs have functions to find the accurate doubling time, the rules are useful for mental calculations and when only a basic calculator is available. These rules apply to exponential growth and are therefore used for compound interest as opposed to simple interest calculations. They", "title": "Rule of 72" }, { "id": "2179978", "text": "above, the rule of 72 is only an approximation that is accurate for interest rates from 6% to 10%. For every three percentage points away from 8% the value 72 could be adjusted by 1. or for the same result, but simpler: The Eckart–McHale second-order rule (the E-M rule) provides a multiplicative correction for the rule of 69.3 that is very accurate for rates from 0% to 20%. The rule of 69.3 is normally only accurate at the lowest end of interest rates, from 0% to about 5%. To compute the E-M approximation, simply multiply the rule of 69.3 result", "title": "Rule of 72" }, { "id": "2179976", "text": "it has many small divisors: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, and 12. It provides a good approximation for annual compounding, and for compounding at typical rates (from 6% to 10%). The approximations are less accurate at higher interest rates. For continuous compounding, 69 gives accurate results for any rate. This is because ln(2) is about 69.3%; see derivation below. Since daily compounding is close enough to continuous compounding, for most purposes 69, 69.3 or 70 are better than 72 for daily compounding. For lower annual rates than those above, 69.3 would also be more accurate than 72. An", "title": "Rule of 72" }, { "id": "2179974", "text": "can also be used for decay to obtain a halving time. The choice of number is mostly a matter of preference: 69 is more accurate for continuous compounding, while 72 works well in common interest situations and is more easily divisible. There are a number of variations to the rules that improve accuracy. For periodic compounding, the \"exact\" doubling time for an interest rate of \"r\" percent per period is where \"t\" is the number of periods required. The formula above can be used for more than calculating the doubling time. If one wants to know the tripling time, for", "title": "Rule of 72" }, { "id": "2179979", "text": "by 200/(200−\"r\") as follows: For example, if the interest rate is 18%, the rule of 69.3 says \"t\" = 3.85 years. The E-M rule multiplies this by 200/(200−18), giving a doubling time of 4.23 years, where the actual doubling time at this rate is 4.19 years. (The E-M rule thus gives a closer approximation than the rule of 72.) Note that the numerator here is simply 69.3 times 200. As long as the product stays constant, the factors can be modified arbitrarily. The E-M rule could thus be written also as in order to keep the product mostly unchanged. In", "title": "Rule of 72" }, { "id": "2179975", "text": "example, simply replace the constant 2 in the numerator with 3. As another example, if one wants to know the number of periods it takes for the initial value to rise by 50%, replace the constant 2 with 1.5. To estimate the number of periods required to double an original investment, divide the most convenient \"rule-quantity\" by the expected growth rate, expressed as a percentage. Similarly, to determine the time it takes for the value of money to halve at a given rate, divide the rule quantity by that rate. The value 72 is a convenient choice of numerator, since", "title": "Rule of 72" }, { "id": "2179982", "text": "a percentage. In order to derive the more precise adjustments presented above, it is noted that formula_28 is more closely approximated by formula_29 (using the second term in the Taylor series). formula_30 can then be further simplified by Taylor approximations: Replacing the \"R\" in \"R/200\" on the third line with 7.79 gives 72 on the numerator. This shows that the rule of 72 is most precise for periodically composed interests around 8%. Alternatively, the E-M rule is obtained if the second-order Taylor approximation is used directly. For continuous compounding, the derivation is simpler and yields a more accurate rule: Rule", "title": "Rule of 72" }, { "id": "2179980", "text": "these variants, the multiplicative correction becomes 1 respectively for r=2 and r=8, the values for which the rule of 70 (respectively 72) is most precise. Similarly, the third-order Padé approximant gives a more accurate answer over an even larger range of \"r\", but it has a slightly more complicated formula: For periodic compounding, future value is given by: where formula_10 is the present value, formula_11 is the number of time periods, and formula_12 stands for the interest rate per time period. The future value is double the present value when the following condition is met: This equation is easily solved", "title": "Rule of 72" }, { "id": "1300279", "text": "other jurisdictions have outlawed application of the Rule of 78s in certain types of loans, particularly consumer loans. To approximate how long it takes for money to double at a given interest rate, i.e., for accumulated compound interest to reach or exceed the initial deposit, divide 72 by the percentage interest rate. For example, compounding at an annual interest rate of 6 percent, it will take 72/6 = 12 years for the money to double. The rule provides a good indication for interest rates up to 10%. In the case of an interest rate of 18 percent, the rule of", "title": "Interest" }, { "id": "1300280", "text": "72 predicts that money will double after 72/18 = 4 years. In the case of an interest rate of 24 percent, the rule predicts that money will double after 72/24 = 3 years. There are markets for investments (which include the money market, bond market, as well as retail financial institutions like banks) set interest rates. Each specific debt takes into account the following factors in determining its interest rate: Opportunity cost encompasses any other use to which the money could be put, including lending to others, investing elsewhere, holding cash, or spending the funds. Charging interest equal to inflation", "title": "Interest" }, { "id": "18581209", "text": "but it also develops arguments for the validity of its solutions through reference to general principles, axioms and logical proof. In this way the \"Summa\" begins to reintegrate the logical methods of classical Greek geometry into the medieval discipline of algebra. Within the chapter on business, a section entitled \"Particularis de computis et scripturis\" (\"Details of calculation and recording\") describes the accounting methods then in use among northern-Italian merchants, including double-entry bookkeeping, trial balances, balance sheets and various other tools still employed by professional accountants. The business chapter also introduces the rule of 72 for predicting an investment's future value,", "title": "Summa de arithmetica" }, { "id": "17981316", "text": "at the time the decision was made by the PSC. The term Prudent Investment Rule, and the associated standards, have been established through a series of legal precedents. The first case to set precedent was the United States Supreme Court case of Munn v. Illinois in 1877, which allowed states to have a say in rates. Once the nature of recoverable capital costs was defined, a second question remained as to the rate at which that capital could be recovered. This issue was reasonably addressed in 1935 in Bluefield Water Works & Improvement Co. v. Public Service Commission of West", "title": "Prudent Investment Rule" }, { "id": "350233", "text": "at least one Benedictine organization) repeating and propagating the error. At least one of the sources cited attributes the passage to a mythical Chapter 74; the \"Rule of St Benedict\" contains only 73 chapters. An early source for the quotation is the University of California, Berkeley faculty club, which has, for years, posted a version of the above passage on its bulletin board in Gothic script. (There, the notice was \"not\" attributed to Saint Benedict). An article published by Assumption Abbey, of North Dakota, U.S., challenged that the translation of the Benedictine motto is \"Ora est labora\", meaning, \"[To say]", "title": "Rule of Saint Benedict" }, { "id": "3578568", "text": "balls. In 1925, the minimum distance for a home run was made 250 feet. After that, the rules remained virtually static for decades. In 1961, the 162-game schedule was adopted. In 1969, the pitcher's mound was dropped five inches and the strike zone reduced: from the armpits to the top of the knees. In 1973, the American League adopted the designated hitter rule—rejected to this day by the National League. This was probably the most controversial rule change in baseball's history, and is still subject to lively debate. Also controversial when adopted, although more generally accepted now, was the later", "title": "Baseball rules" }, { "id": "129546", "text": "non-arbitrary manner. The \"Daubert\" test arose out of the United States Supreme Court case \"Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals\". It requires four things to be shown: The Federal Rules of Evidence use the Daubert Test. See FRE 702. The Federal Rules of Evidence In 1975, the United States Congress issued the Federal Rules of Evidence (FRE). FRE 702 was issued to provide a standard for expert witness testimony to be upheld by the United States court system. The rule specified that the application of expert witnesses had to be attributed to a person with “scientific or technical knowledge,” in conjunction", "title": "Expert witness" }, { "id": "3006082", "text": "Professional Engineers v. United States\", 435 U.S. 679 (1978)). Further, the Court retained the \"per se\" rule against tying contracts but raised the threshold showing of market power that plaintiffs must make to satisfy the rule's requirement of \"economic power\" (see \"Jefferson Parish Hospital District No. 2 v. Hyde\", 466 U.S. 2 (1985). Several authors have worked on the creation of a \"structured rule of reason\" so to avoid the flaw in term of legal certainty surrounding a pure rule of reason. A rule of reason does not exist in EU competition law (see eg T-11/08, T-112/99, T-49/02, T-491/07, T-208/13,", "title": "Rule of reason" }, { "id": "8049302", "text": "occasions. The Football Association, the governing body of the sport in England, had been formed in 1863, but for the first eight years of its existence, its member clubs played only friendly matches against each other, with no prizes at stake. In 1871, however, Charles Alcock, the association's secretary, conceived the idea for a knock-out tournament open to all member clubs, with a trophy to be awarded to the winners. Alcock's inspiration came from his days at Harrow School, where the houses which comprised the school competed each year for the title of \"Cock House\". Fifty clubs were eligible to", "title": "1871–72 FA Cup" }, { "id": "5122979", "text": "Rule of the Master The Regula Magistri or Rule of the Master is an anonymous sixth-century collection of monastic precepts. The text of the \"Rule of the Master\" is found in the \"Concordia Regularum\" of Benedict of Aniane, who gave it its name. The \"Rule of the Master\" was written two or three decades before Benedict of Nursia's the Rule of Saint Benedict. Unlike the Rules of Pachomius which are a collection of regulations, instructions, and prohibitions concerning the life of the community, the \"Rule of the Master\" contains precise regulations but also a theological and spiritual reflection showing the", "title": "Rule of the Master" }, { "id": "1742008", "text": "circumstances. These doctrines have also been codified in the United Kingdom by the 1964 statute. The rule has its origin in the \"Duke of Norfolk's Case\" of 1682. That case concerned Henry, 22nd Earl of Arundel, who had tried to create a shifting executory limitation so that some of his property would pass to his eldest son (who was mentally deficient) and then to his second son, and other property would pass to his second son, but then to his fourth son. The estate plan also included provisions for shifting property many generations later if certain conditions should occur. When", "title": "Rule against perpetuities" }, { "id": "7898822", "text": "and food, 30% on entertainment like travel and dining, and 20% to be saved for short and long term needs. The rule of 72 calculates the amount of time it takes for an investment to double once by dividing 72 over the interest earned. A third concept is the Time Value of Money (TVM) which calculates a future value of an initial or annual investment. Financial literacy Financial literacy is the possession of the set of skills and knowledge that allows an individual to make informed and effective decisions with all of their financial resources. Raising interest in personal finance", "title": "Financial literacy" }, { "id": "3614124", "text": "engineers that designed the Galveston, Texas seawall following the Galveston Hurricane of 1900. He died in Hornell, New York, and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. He is most famous for his \"Pocket Manual of Rules of Order for Deliberative Assemblies\" (also known as \"Robert's Rules of Order\") —a collection of rules regarding parliamentary procedure, published in 1876. He wrote the manual in response to his poor performance in leading a church meeting that erupted into open conflict because of abolitionist concerns at the First Baptist Church, 149 William Street in New Bedford, Massachusetts. He resolved that he would learn", "title": "Henry Martyn Robert" }, { "id": "11773095", "text": "History of the Roman Constitution The History of the Roman Constitution is a study of Ancient Rome that traces the progression of Roman political development from the founding of the city of Rome in 753 BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD. The constitution of the Roman Kingdom vested the sovereign power in the King of Rome. The king did have two rudimentary checks on his authority, which took the form of a board of elders (the Roman Senate) and a popular assembly (the Curiate Assembly). The arrangement was similar to the constitutional arrangements found", "title": "History of the Roman Constitution" }, { "id": "5122983", "text": "any particular monastic community. Rule of the Master The Regula Magistri or Rule of the Master is an anonymous sixth-century collection of monastic precepts. The text of the \"Rule of the Master\" is found in the \"Concordia Regularum\" of Benedict of Aniane, who gave it its name. The \"Rule of the Master\" was written two or three decades before Benedict of Nursia's the Rule of Saint Benedict. Unlike the Rules of Pachomius which are a collection of regulations, instructions, and prohibitions concerning the life of the community, the \"Rule of the Master\" contains precise regulations but also a theological and", "title": "Rule of the Master" }, { "id": "350216", "text": "Rule of Saint Benedict The Rule of Saint Benedict () is a book of precepts written by Benedict of Nursia ( AD 480–550) for monks living communally under the authority of an abbot. The spirit of Saint Benedict's Rule is summed up in the motto of the Benedictine Confederation: \"pax\" (\"peace\") and the traditional \"ora et labora\" (\"pray and work\"). Compared to other precepts, the Rule provides a moderate path between individual zeal and formulaic institutionalism; because of this middle ground it has been widely popular. Benedict's concerns were the needs of monks in a community environment: namely, to establish", "title": "Rule of Saint Benedict" }, { "id": "62688", "text": "BC as the \"Twelve Tables\". They operated under a series of laws that were added from time to time, but Roman law was never reorganised into a single code until the \"Codex Theodosianus\" (AD 438); later, in the Eastern Empire the \"Codex repetitæ prælectionis\" (534) was highly influential throughout Europe. This was followed in the east by the \"Ecloga\" of Leo III the Isaurian (740) and the \"Basilica\" of Basil I (878). The \"Edicts of Ashoka\" established constitutional principles for the 3rd century BC Maurya king's rule in Ancient India. For constitutional principles almost lost to antiquity, see the code", "title": "Constitution" }, { "id": "5800406", "text": "1971 NFL season The 1971 NFL season was the 52nd regular season of the National Football League. The season ended with Super Bowl VI when the Dallas Cowboys defeated the Miami Dolphins at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans. The Pro Bowl took place on January 23, 1972, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum; the AFC beat the NFC Three referees--Walt Fitzgerald, Bob Finley and George Rennix--retired following the 1970 season. Bob Frederic, Dick Jorgensen and Fred Wyant were promoted to fill those vacancies.Rich Eichhorst, a back judge in 1970, resigned to concentrate on officiating college basketball; he was replaced by", "title": "1971 NFL season" }, { "id": "2335269", "text": "72 (number) 72 (seventy-two) is the natural number following 71 and preceding 73. It is half a gross or 6 dozen (i.e., 60 in duodecimal). Seventy-two is the sum of four consecutive primes (13 + 17 + 19 + 23), as well as the sum of six consecutive primes (5 + 7 + 11 + 13 + 17 + 19). The product of 8 and 9, 72 is a pronic number. The sum of Euler's totient function φ(\"x\") over the first fifteen integers is 72. There are 17 solutions to the equation φ(\"x\") = 72, more than any integer below", "title": "72 (number)" }, { "id": "16375132", "text": "President's Commission on Financial Structure and Regulation The President's Commission on Financial Structure and Regulation, also known as the Hunt Commission (and not to be confused with the Hunt Commission of 1980) was a United States Presidential Commission created by President Richard Nixon between April and June 1970 that was \"[r]esponsible for recommending measures to improve operation of the nation's private financial system.\" Chaired by corporate executive Reed Oliver Hunt, it was appointed as a response to disintermediation in the previous year which developed due in part to interest rate caps (Regulation Q) on interest paid on deposits in banks", "title": "President's Commission on Financial Structure and Regulation" }, { "id": "5884504", "text": "of a loan’s finance charge was in Indiana in 1935. Most loans in 1935 were for small amounts at low interest rates for short periods of time. It reduced the cost of loan calculations in a pre-computer era and was well suited for the small, short, and low interest rate loans of the era. In the United States, the use of the Rule of 78s is prohibited in connection with mortgage refinancings and other consumer loans having a term exceeding 61 months. On March 15, 2001, in the U.S. 107th Congress, U.S. Rep. John LaFalce (D-NY 29), introduced H.R. 1054,", "title": "Rule of 78s" }, { "id": "4999028", "text": "exercised its power under the Rules Enabling Act to suspend implementation of the FRE until it could study them further. After a long delay blamed on the Watergate scandal, the FRE became federal law on January 2, 1975, when President Ford signed An Act to Establish Rules of Evidence for Certain Courts and Proceedings, , . The law was enacted only after Congress made a series of modifications to the proposed rules. Much of the debate on the Rules stemmed from concerns that came to lawmakers' attention due to the Watergate scandal, particularly questions of privilege. Some of the most", "title": "Federal Rules of Evidence" }, { "id": "6003936", "text": "Federalist No. 72 Federalist No. 72 is an essay by Alexander Hamilton, the seventy-second of \"The Federalist Papers\". It was published on March 19, 1788 under the pseudonym Publius. The paper, titled \"The Same Subject Continued, and Re-Eligibility of the Executive Considered, discusses executive re-eligibility and is the sixth in a series of 11 essays discussing the powers the Executive branch. In \"Federalist No. 72\", Alexander Hamilton argues that re-eligibility is essential to executive power. He believed that the Presidency must attract the most ambitious individuals and re-eligibility ensured that they would not attempt to extend their term in office", "title": "Federalist No. 72" }, { "id": "3006075", "text": "Rule of reason The rule of reason is a legal doctrine used to interpret the Sherman Antitrust Act, one of the cornerstones of United States antitrust law. While some actions like price-fixing are considered illegal \"per se\"\", \"other actions, such as possession of a monopoly, must be analyzed under the rule of reason and are only considered illegal when their effect is to unreasonably\" \"restrain trade. William Howard Taft, then Chief Judge of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, first developed the doctrine in a ruling on \"Addyston Pipe and Steel Co. v. United States, \"which was affirmed in 1899", "title": "Rule of reason" }, { "id": "10053724", "text": "rules also included administrative guidance on access to defence counsel, and on questioning children and foreigners. Five further rules were added to the original four Rules in 1918, and the rules were further explained in 1934 in a Home Office Circular 536053/23. The Rules were reissued in 1964 as \"Practice Note (Judge's Rules)\" [1964] 1 WLR 152, and were replaced in England and Wales in 1986 by Code C made under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE), a guideline that largely preserves the requirements set out in the Rules. Judges' Rules The Judges' Rules are a set of", "title": "Judges' Rules" }, { "id": "4294354", "text": "Delta Chi Fraternity at Michigan State University. The song \"Rosalie\" was written in tribute to Rosalie Trombley, the music director of CKLW-AM in Windsor, Ontario, which was one of North America's leading Top 40 radio stations of the 1960s and 1970s. The song was made more famous by the Irish rock band Thin Lizzy, who originally recorded it for their 1975 album \"Fighting\"; another recording, included on their live album \"Live and Dangerous\" in 1978, became a hit single in the UK in the same year. \"Back in '72\" only reached 188 on the US charts and has since faded", "title": "Back in '72" }, { "id": "331661", "text": "Pareto principle The Pareto principle (also known as the 80/20 rule, the law of the vital few, or the principle of factor sparsity) states that, for many events, roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes. Management consultant Joseph M. Juran suggested the principle and named it after Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto, who noted the 80/20 connection while at the University of Lausanne in 1896, as published in his first work, \"Cours d'économie politique\". Essentially, Pareto showed that approximately 80% of the land in Italy was owned by 20% of the population. It is an axiom of", "title": "Pareto principle" }, { "id": "14179678", "text": "24, 1871. The Tribunal met in Geneva, Switzerland. The panel of five international arbitrators included Charles Francis Adams, who was counseled by William M. Evarts, Caleb Cushing, and Morrison R. Waite. On August 25, 1872, the Tribunal awarded United States $15.5 million in gold; $1.9 million was awarded to Great Britain. Historian Amos Elwood Corning noted that the Treaty of Washington and arbitration \"\"bequeathed to the world a priceless legacy\"\". In addition to the $15.5 million arbitration award, the treaty resolved some disputes over borders and fishing rights. On October 21, 1872, William I, Emperor of Germany, settled a boundary", "title": "Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant" }, { "id": "15367665", "text": "term. The provisions of the 1978 Act came under scrutiny in the case of \"Northern Pipeline Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co.\", 458 U.S. 50, 102 S. Ct. 2858, 73 L. Ed.2d 598 [6 C.B.C.2d 785] (1982). The Court held unconstitutional the broad grant of jurisdiction to bankruptcy judges because those judges were not appointed under and protected by the provisions of Article III of the Constitution. Under the United States Constitution, the Article III judges hold their offices during good behavior (an appointment for life), and their salary cannot be reduced during their tenure in office. Article I judges", "title": "History of bankruptcy law in the United States" }, { "id": "6003938", "text": "the country. Federalist No. 72 Federalist No. 72 is an essay by Alexander Hamilton, the seventy-second of \"The Federalist Papers\". It was published on March 19, 1788 under the pseudonym Publius. The paper, titled \"The Same Subject Continued, and Re-Eligibility of the Executive Considered, discusses executive re-eligibility and is the sixth in a series of 11 essays discussing the powers the Executive branch. In \"Federalist No. 72\", Alexander Hamilton argues that re-eligibility is essential to executive power. He believed that the Presidency must attract the most ambitious individuals and re-eligibility ensured that they would not attempt to extend their term", "title": "Federalist No. 72" }, { "id": "7556197", "text": "collection of judgments from a court in Bordeaux, provided (along with much else) guidance on what is now called general average, and was taken as authoritative in many parts of Europe: the Laws of Wisbuy, as well as laws of Flanders, the Hanseatic League, Amsterdam, Genoa, and Catalonia, appear to have been copied from the Rolls of Oléron. An ordinance published by King Louis XIV of France in 1681 influenced laws in the rest of Europe, with the definition used in the French code followed in similar terms in codes and ordinances promulgated in that century and the next in", "title": "General average" }, { "id": "15354490", "text": "governed the crafting of the \"Code Noir\"; it was in part a result of the influence of the influx of Catholic leaders arriving in Martinique between 1673 and 1685. The \"Code Noir\" was one of the many laws inspired by Jean-Baptiste Colbert, who began to prepare the first (1685) version. After Colbert's 1683 death, his son, the Marquis de Seignelay, completed the document. It was ratified by Louis XIV and adopted by the Saint-Domingue sovereign council in 1687 after it was rejected by the parliament. It then was applied in the West Indies in 1687, Guyana in 1704, Réunion in", "title": "Code Noir" }, { "id": "5499070", "text": "1970 World Series of Poker The World Series of Poker was first held in 1970. Unlike the WSOP events that followed it, which are decided using a freeze-out tournament, the 1970 champion was decided from a vote by the players. Jack Binion invited the best seven poker players in America to his Binion's Horseshoe casino in Las Vegas, Nevada to decide who was America's best poker player. After a cash game session, Johnny Moss was voted the best in the world by \"Amarillo Slim\" Preston, Sailor Roberts, Doyle Brunson, Puggy Pearson, Crandell Addington, and Carl Cannon. Moss was awarded a", "title": "1970 World Series of Poker" }, { "id": "10781700", "text": "Common Rule The Common Rule is a 1981 rule of ethics in the United States regarding biomedical and behavioral research involving human subjects. It governed Institutional Review Boards for oversight of human research and followed the 1975 revision of the Declaration of Helsinki; it is encapsulated in the 1991 revision to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Title 45 CFR 46 (Public Welfare) Subparts A, B, C and D. Subpart A. The Common Rule is the baseline standard of ethics by which any government-funded research in the US is held; nearly all U.S. academic institutions hold their researchers", "title": "Common Rule" }, { "id": "1609823", "text": "years. Stephen had the task of continuing this work by conducting the Bills through the Legislative Council. The Native Marriages Act of 1872 was the result of deep consideration on both Maine's and Stephen's part. The Indian Contract Act had been framed in England by a learned commission, and the draft was materially altered in Stephen's hands before, also in 1872, it became law. The Indian Evidence Act of the same year, entirely Stephen's own work, made the rules of evidence uniform for all residents of India, regardless of caste, social position, or religion. Besides drafting legislation, at this time", "title": "James Fitzjames Stephen" }, { "id": "3614121", "text": "Henry Martyn Robert Henry Martyn Robert (May 2, 1837 – May 11, 1923) was an American soldier, engineer, and author. In 1876, Robert published the first edition of his manual of parliamentary procedure, \"Robert's Rules of Order\", which remains today the most common parliamentary authority in the United States. Robert was born in Robertville, South Carolina, and raised in Ohio, where his father moved the family because of his strong opposition to slavery. Robert's father, Reverend Joseph Thomas Robert, later became the first president of Morehouse College where there is a dormitory on the campus named after him. Robert was", "title": "Henry Martyn Robert" }, { "id": "14994582", "text": "Ch. 515, 2 Ch. 27. In 1629, during European colonization of the Americas, Charles I of England granted Sir Robert Heath a charter giving him title to Native American-occupied land from the northern boundary of what is modern-day Florida north to Albemarle Sound (31st latitude), extending from the Atlantic Ocean west to the Pacific Ocean. In 1663, Charles II of England revoked the Heath charter and issued a new charter to eight noblemen (the \"Lords and Proprietors\"). In 1665, this charter was amended to extend the land grant northward roughly to the current border of North Carolina and Virginia. In", "title": "Alabama v. Georgia" }, { "id": "9887498", "text": "slightly in 1973 from the format used from 1963 through 1971: With a total of 32 points, 16½ points were required to win the Cup. All matches were played to a maximum of 18 holes. Source: Due to the rules of the PGA of America in place at the time, players with less than five years as a professional were not eligible for the U.S. team, which included reigning U.S. Open champion Johnny Miller and Lanny Wadkins. (These rules also kept Jack Nicklaus on the sidelines until 1969.) Miller made his Ryder Cup debut in 1975 and Wadkins in 1977.", "title": "1973 Ryder Cup" }, { "id": "10053721", "text": "Judges' Rules The Judges' Rules are a set of guidelines about police and questioning and the acceptability of the resulting statements and confessions as evidence in court. Originally prepared for police in England, the Rules and their successor documents have become a part of legal procedure not just in Britain but in places as far afield as Jamaica, Zambia and Western Samoa where English law is followed. In England and Wales the rules have been replaced by Code C made under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984. The Rules were first issued in 1912 by the judges of the", "title": "Judges' Rules" }, { "id": "13494175", "text": "own Finals series. ABS-CBN UHF channel Studio 23 broadcast the men's tournament for the tenth consecutive year, and renewed their contract with the UAAP for another five years. NCAA Season 84 commissioner Joe Lipa will take over from last season's commissioner Chito Narvasa this season after he was appointed by the UAAP Board. Major rule changes are: Major rules that are retained are: League president Anton Montinola of Far Eastern University said that the method in breaking ties will use \"common sense\" as the tournament is prolonged by holding unnecessary matches. Commissioner Joe Lipa also instructed referees, which come from", "title": "UAAP Season 72 basketball tournaments" }, { "id": "4999027", "text": "the twentieth century, projects such as the California Evidence Code and the Uniform Rules of Evidence encouraged the codification of those common law evidence rules. In 1965, Chief Justice Earl Warren appointed an advisory committee of fifteen to draft the new rules. The committee was composed of lawyers and legal scholars from across the country. The Federal Rules of Evidence began as rules proposed pursuant to a statutory grant of authority, the Rules Enabling Act, but were eventually enacted as statutory law. The United States Supreme Court circulated drafts of the FRE in 1969, 1971 and 1972, but Congress then", "title": "Federal Rules of Evidence" }, { "id": "3401644", "text": "the Torah that the ruler divest his legal powers and delegate his power of judgment to lower courts was made by Jethro to Moses (Exodus ). This situation was formalised later when God gave the explicit command to \"establish judges and officers in your gates\" (Deuteronomy ). There were three types of courts (Mishnah, tractate \"Sanhedrin\" 1:1-4 and 1:6): Participation in these courts required the classical \"semicha\", the transmission of judicial authority in an unbroken line down from Moses. Since the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem in 70 CE, or at the latest the abolition of the position of", "title": "Beth din" }, { "id": "4324319", "text": "effect on the popularity of golf, as he is an indefatigable player and catalyzes great interest in the game through his writing and public speaking. Alexander H. Findlay, later to become the Father of American Golf, was the first in the world to score a 72 in competition for 18 holes at the Mercantile Golf Club in Montrose, Scotland. 1887 \"The Art of Golf\" by Sir Walter Simpson is published. The Quogue Field Club was founded in Quogue, New York. The original course had 18 holes, but after the Hurricane of 1938 the club lost 3 holes to the bay", "title": "Timeline of golf history (1851–1945)" }, { "id": "3726088", "text": "28, 1977, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit vacated by Judge Wade H. McCree. He was confirmed by the Senate on October 20, 1977, and received his commission on October 21, 1977. He assumed senior status on May 1, 1995. In 1974 Keith was awarded the Spingarn Medal from the NAACP. Keith is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. In 2008 Keith received an honorary doctorate in law (Legum Doctor) from Harvard University. In \"United States v. Sinclair\" (1971), Keith famously ruled that Nixon's Attorney General John N. Mitchell had to", "title": "Damon Keith" }, { "id": "8049306", "text": "to replay. The winners all advanced. Final: The two remaining teams would play at the Kennington Oval. The winner would be crowned Champions. Although there were seven matches scheduled in the first round, only four took place. Wanderers and Royal Engineers both won their matches by walkover when their opponents withdrew from the competition, and as Queen's Park and Donington School were unable to agree on a mutually acceptable date for the game, they were both allowed to progress to the second round without playing. Due to there being an odd number of entrants, Hampstead Heathens were awarded a bye", "title": "1871–72 FA Cup" }, { "id": "9463310", "text": "existed in lieu, such as a charge of unlawful or negligent manslaughter instead of murder. The born alive rule was originally a principle at common law in England that was carried to the United States and other former colonies of the British Empire. First formulated by William Staunford, it was later set down by Edward Coke in his Institutes of the Laws of England. It follows the language used for cases of murder in English law, identifying three salient characteristics. 1. a reasonable creature, 2. \"in rerum natura\" (in natural being); and 3. in the King's peace. Coke says: The", "title": "Born alive rule" }, { "id": "2391030", "text": "months of 1971, assets for $22 billion fled the U.S. In response, on 15 August 1971, Nixon issued pursuant to the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970, unilaterally imposing 90-day wage and price controls, a 10% import surcharge, and most importantly \"closed the gold window\", making the dollar inconvertible to gold directly, except on the open market. Unusually, this decision was made without consulting members of the international monetary system or even his own State Department, and was soon dubbed the \"Nixon Shock\". The August shock was followed by efforts under U.S. leadership to reform the international monetary system. Throughout the", "title": "Bretton Woods system" }, { "id": "3073331", "text": "and the Sea\", \"One Day in September\", \"The Red Violin\", \"Sleepy Hollow\", and \"Tarzan\" with one. The telecast garnered almost 47 million viewers in the United States. The nominees for the 72nd Academy Awards were announced on February 15, 2000, at 5:38 a.m. PST (13:38 UTC) at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, by Robert Rehme, president of the Academy, and the actor Dustin Hoffman. \"American Beauty\" received the most nominations with eight total; \"The Cider House Rules\" and \"The Insider\" tied for second with seven nominations each. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on March", "title": "72nd Academy Awards" }, { "id": "17945062", "text": "philosophy - the rule of knowledge as opposed to tradition and personal opinion - is as valid today as it was in its time.\" Wren authored, co-authored and/or edited nine books and over 40 journal articles. A selection: Articles, a selection: Daniel A. Wren Daniel A. (Dan) Wren (born January 8, 1932) is an American business theorist and Emeritus Professor at the University of Oklahoma, especially known for his 1972 book coauthored with Arthur G. Bedeian, entitled \"The evolution of management thought.\" Wren was born in Columbia, Missouri, and raised in a village south of Columbia, Missouri in the country", "title": "Daniel A. Wren" }, { "id": "5388480", "text": "games, the only perfect score in the history of the tournament. His book \"My 60 Memorable Games\", published in 1969, is regarded as a classic work of chess literature. He won the 1970 Interzonal Tournament by a record 3½-point margin, and won 20 consecutive games, including two unprecedented 6–0 sweeps, in the Candidates Matches. In July 1971, he became the first official FIDE number-one-rated player. Fischer won the World Chess Championship in 1972, defeating Boris Spassky of the USSR, in a match held in Reykjavík, Iceland. Publicized as a Cold War confrontation between the US and USSR, it attracted more", "title": "Bobby Fischer" }, { "id": "1505034", "text": "than its own. The Two Hundred Eighty-Five Rules of Acquisition compose the sacred code on which all of Ferengi society is based. They were first written down by Gint, the first Grand Nagus (the title of the leader of the Ferengi Alliance). The title \"Rules of Acquisition\" was chosen as a clever marketing ploy (since the rules are almost universally considered to be merely guidelines by Ferengi and subject to very loose interpretation depending on the situation) and Gint numbered his first rule one hundred sixty-two to create a demand for the other one hundred sixty-one Rules that had not", "title": "Ferengi" }, { "id": "2179981", "text": "for formula_11: A simple rearrangement shows: If \"r\" is small, then ln(1 + \"r\") approximately equals \"r\" (this is the first term in the Taylor series). That is, the latter term grows slowly when formula_12 is close to zero. Calling this latter term formula_18, the function formula_18 is shown to be accurate in the approximation of formula_11 for a small, positive interest rate when formula_21 (see derivation below). formula_22, and we therefore approximate time formula_11 as: Written as a percentage: This approximation increases in accuracy as the compounding of interest becomes continuous (see derivation below). formula_26 is formula_12 written as", "title": "Rule of 72" }, { "id": "18072142", "text": "Federal Courts Improvement Act The Federal Courts Improvement Act, 96 Stat. 25., was a law enacted by the United States on April 2, 1982 which established the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the United States Claims Court (later changed to the United States Court of Federal Claims). The statute was intended to promote greater uniformity in certain areas of federal jurisdiction and relieve the pressure on the dockets of the Supreme Court and the courts of appeals for the regional circuits. In 1971, a committee appointed by Chief Justice Warren Burger proposed the creation a", "title": "Federal Courts Improvement Act" }, { "id": "8092619", "text": "between Denmark and Sweden and between Scotland and East Germany were yet decided. Three nations never joined the Fairs Cup, so Yugoslavia ceded a team to near Albania, Greece to near Cyprus, while a place for Soviet Union was obtained from the holders. The tournament's top scorer was Ludwig Bründl of Eintracht Braunschweig with ten goals. The matches were played on 14–16 and 29–30 September 1971. Teams from the same nation could not be drawn against one another. \"Wolverhampton Wanderers won 7–1 on aggregate.\" \"Nantes won 3–1 on aggregate.\" \"Bologna won 3–1 on aggregate.\" \"Rapid București won 2–1 on aggregate.\"", "title": "1971–72 UEFA Cup" }, { "id": "5594611", "text": "in force until 1683; the code was compiled from the codes of the New England colonies, and it provided for trial by jury, for proportional taxation on property, for the issuance of new patents for land and for land tenure only by licence from the duke. Nicolls returned to England in the summer of 1668 and continued in the service of the Duke of York and was replaced by Francis Lovelace as governor. He was killed in the naval battle of Southwold Bay on 28 May 1672. His monument at Ampthill incorporates the cannonball that killed him. Richard Nicolls Richard", "title": "Richard Nicolls" }, { "id": "5262312", "text": "her favour. The law must ensure certain guidelines are set out in order to ensure that evidence presented to the court can be regarded as trustworthy. The rules of evidence were developed over several centuries and are based upon the rules from Anglo-American common law brought to the New World by early settlers. Their purpose is to be fair to both parties, disallowing the raising of allegations without a basis in provable fact. They are sometimes criticized as a legal technicality, but are an important part of the system for achieving a just result. Perhaps the most important of the", "title": "Evidence (law)" }, { "id": "17577386", "text": "through Congress in 1871, and appointed the members for the first United States Civil Service Commission. The temporary Commission recommended administering competitive exams and issuing regulations on the hiring and promotion of government employees. Grant ordered their recommendations in effect in 1872; having lasted for two years until December, 1874. Many of Grant's cabinet implemented the Commission's reform rules that improved the overall moral and merit of the federal workforce. At the New York Custom House, a port that took in hundreds of millions of dollars a year in revenue, persons who applied for an entry position had to take", "title": "Ulysses S. Grant presidential administration reforms" }, { "id": "4750045", "text": "Rule of four The rule of four is a Supreme Court of the United States practice that permits four of the nine justices to grant a writ of certiorari. This is done specifically to prevent a majority of the Court from controlling the Court's docket. The rule of four is not required by the Constitution, any law, or even the Supreme Court's own published rules. Rather, it is a custom that has been observed since the Court was given discretion over which appeals to hear by the Judiciary Act of 1891, Judiciary Act of 1925 and the Supreme Court Case", "title": "Rule of four" }, { "id": "6100218", "text": "states later developed the earliest system of economics as we think of it today, in terms of rules on debt, legal contracts and law codes relating to business practices and private property. Money was not only an emergence, it was a necessity. The Code of Hammurabi, the best-preserved ancient law code, was created c. 1760 BCE (middle chronology) in ancient Babylon. It was enacted by the sixth Babylonian king, Hammurabi. Earlier collections of laws include the code of Ur-Nammu, king of Ur (c. 2050 BCE), the Code of Eshnunna (c. 1930 BCE) and the code of Lipit-Ishtar of Isin (c.", "title": "History of money" }, { "id": "2326637", "text": "but hinted that some affirmative action programs might pass Constitutional muster. Powell, who dissented in the case of \"Furman v. Georgia\" (1972), striking down capital punishment statutes, was a key mover behind the Court's compromise opinion in \"Gregg v. Georgia\" (1976), which allowed the return of capital punishment but only with procedural safeguards. In the controversial case of \"Snepp v. U.S.\" (1980), the Court issued a per curiam upholding the lower court's imposition of a constructive trust upon former CIA agent Frank Snepp and its requirement for preclearance of all his published writings with the CIA for the rest of", "title": "Lewis F. Powell Jr." }, { "id": "20359038", "text": "court to select the interpretation most beneficial (or least detrimental) to the defendant. The traditional rule, also called the rule of strict construction, arose for a very different purpose in the English common law than those cited in U.S. law. Originally, the rule was conceived by English judges trying to limit Parliament's use of the death penalty. When the facts of a case were not expressly described by a law, the court would \"strictly construe\" it so as to exclude its application to the case in question. A 1547, a law passed that denied a lesser sentence to first-time offenders", "title": "Rule of lenity" }, { "id": "1991224", "text": "tradition at the beginning of the nineteenth century, but since then spread to common law countries, too. The borderline between public law and private law is not always clear in particular cases, giving rise to attempts of theoretical understanding of its basis. Rule of law, the idea that the administration of the state should be controlled by a set of laws, originated in Greek Antiquity and was revitalized by modern philosophers in France (Rousseau), Germany (Kant) and Austria in the 18th century. It is related to the strong position of the central government in the era of enlightened absolutism, and", "title": "Public law" }, { "id": "12788536", "text": "William S. Stevens William Stanley Stevens (c. 1948 – December 8, 2008) was an American lawyer best known for his June 1975 law review article \"The Common Law Origins of the Infield Fly Rule\", which treated the development of one of baseball's most-misunderstood rules as if it were a legal matter. Stevens was born in Orange, New Jersey and grew up in Millburn Township. He attended Yale University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in 1970. He served for two years as an officer in the United States Navy and was awarded a law degree in 1975 from the University", "title": "William S. Stevens" }, { "id": "4922446", "text": "Three Rules of Discipline and Eight Points for Attention The Three Rules of Discipline and Eight Points for Attention () is a military doctrine that was issued in 1928 by Mao Zedong and his associates for the Chinese Red Army, who were then fighting against the Kuomintang. The contents vary slightly in different versions. One of the major distinctions of the doctrine was its respect for the civilians during wartime. The following version is obtained from Stephen Uhalley in 1975. The three rules enjoined The eight points were: An alternative, more literal translation into English was presented by the \"People's", "title": "Three Rules of Discipline and Eight Points for Attention" }, { "id": "12868591", "text": "Bro Code In popular culture, the Bro Code is a friendship etiquette to be followed among men or, more specifically, among members of the bro subculture. The term has been popularized by Barney Stinson, a character from the television show \"How I Met Your Mother\". Katherine Connor Martin, head of content creation at Oxford Dictionaries, recognized Stinson as \"the quintessence of a certain iteration of the contemporary bro\". The notion of an unwritten set of rules that govern the relationship between male friends is present in popular culture at least since 1991. In the \"Seinfeld\" episode \"The Stranded\", which aired", "title": "Bro Code" }, { "id": "14016111", "text": "Rule of law The rule of law is \"The authority and influence of law in society, especially when viewed as a constraint on individual and institutional behavior; (hence) the principle whereby all members of a society (including those in government) are considered equally subject to publicly disclosed legal codes and processes\". The phrase \"the rule of law\" refers to a political situation, not to any specific legal rule. Use of the phrase can be traced back to 16th-century Britain, and in the following century the Scottish theologian Samuel Rutherford employed it in arguing against the divine right of kings. John", "title": "Rule of law" }, { "id": "3749332", "text": "Bobby Isaac Bobby Isaac (August 1, 1932 – August 14, 1977) was an American stock car racer. Isaac was NASCAR's Grand National Series champion in 1970. Isaac grew up on a farm near Catawba, North Carolina, the second-youngest of nine children. He finished school after the sixth grade, which led to the incorrect rumor that he could neither read nor write. He began racing full-time in 1956, but it took him seven years to break into the Grand National division. Isaac won the championship in 1970 driving the No. 71 Dodge Charger Daytona sponsored by K&K Insurance. His crew chief", "title": "Bobby Isaac" }, { "id": "8049300", "text": "1871–72 FA Cup The 1871–72 Football Association Challenge Cup was the first staging of the Football Association Challenge Cup, usually known in the modern era as the FA Cup, the oldest association football competition in the world. Fifteen of the association's fifty member clubs entered the first competition, although three withdrew without playing a game. In the final, held at Kennington Oval in London on 16 March 1872, Wanderers beat the Royal Engineers by a single goal, scored by Morton Betts, who was playing under the pseudonym A.H. Chequer. The leading Scottish club Queen's Park entered the competition and managed", "title": "1871–72 FA Cup" }, { "id": "8474097", "text": "Merger Guidelines, which remained largely unchanged until 1982. The 1968 guidelines were developed by former U.S. Assistant Attorney General Dr. Donald Turner, an economist and lawyer with expertise in the field of industrial organization. These merger guidelines were criticized in some quarters as being overly concerned with issues of market structure such as barriers to entry and concentration ratios at the expense of efficiency and economies of scale. They were, however, a step forward in two ways: they gave more accurate advice to corporate management as to when and how mergers would be examined, and brought new economic ideas into", "title": "Merger guidelines" }, { "id": "14016118", "text": "implemented...\" The Deuteronomic social vision may have influenced opponents of the divine right of kings, including Bishop John Ponet in sixteenth-century England. In Islamic jurisprudence rule of law was formulated in the seventh century, so that no official could claim to be above the law, not even the caliph. However, this was not a reference to secular law, but to Islamic religious law in the form of Sharia law. Alfred the Great, Anglo-Saxon king in the 9th century, reformed the law of his kingdom and assembled a law code (the Doom Book) which he grounded on biblical commandments. He held", "title": "Rule of law" }, { "id": "76079", "text": "function formula_8. He first mentioned it in a 1676 memoir (with a sign error in the calculation). The common notation of chain rule is due to Leibniz. Guillaume de l'Hôpital used the chain rule implicitly in his \"Analyse des infiniment petits\". The chain rule does not appear in any of Leonhard Euler's analysis books, even though they were written over a hundred years after Leibniz's discovery. Suppose that a skydiver jumps from an aircraft. Assume that \"t\" seconds after his jump, his height above sea level in meters is given by . One model for the atmospheric pressure at a", "title": "Chain rule" }, { "id": "205472", "text": "Jimmy Carter James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A Democrat, he previously served as a Georgia State Senator from 1963 to 1967 and as the 76th Governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975. Carter has remained active in public life during his post-presidency, and in 2002 he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in co-founding the Carter Center. Raised in a wealthy family of peanut farmers in the southern town of Plains in Georgia, Carter graduated from", "title": "Jimmy Carter" }, { "id": "18072147", "text": "as well as all appeals related to patents. Congress rejected the controversial proposals to grant the Federal Circuit court jurisdiction over appeals of tax and environmental cases. Material on this page was adapted from the website of the Federal Judicial Center, a public domain repository of information about federal courts in the United States. Federal Courts Improvement Act The Federal Courts Improvement Act, 96 Stat. 25., was a law enacted by the United States on April 2, 1982 which established the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the United States Claims Court (later changed to the", "title": "Federal Courts Improvement Act" }, { "id": "14179692", "text": "Grant was the first president to recommend a professional civil service. He pushed the initial legislation through Congress, and appointed the members for the first United States Civil Service Commission. The temporary Commission recommended administering competitive exams and issuing regulations on the hiring and promotion of government employees. Grant ordered their recommendations in effect in 1872; having lasted for two years until December 1874. At the New York Custom House, a port that took in hundreds of millions of dollars a year in revenue, applicants for an entry position now had to pass a written civil service examination. Chester A.", "title": "Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant" }, { "id": "10129147", "text": "William Bengen William P. Bengen is a retired financial adviser who first articulated the 4% withdrawal rate (\"Four percent rule\") as a rule of thumb for withdrawal rates from retirement savings in ; it is eponymously known as the \"Bengen rule\". The rule was later further popularized by the Trinity study (1998), based on the same data and similar analysis. Bengen later called this rate the SAFEMAX rate, for \"the maximum 'safe' historical withdrawal rate\", and revised it in to 4.5% if tax-free and 4.1% for taxable. Bengen conducted a number of empirical simulations of historical market behavior and concluded", "title": "William Bengen" }, { "id": "19308865", "text": "Marylou and Jerome Bongiorno Marylou Tibaldo-Bongiorno and Jerome Bongiorno are husband-and-wife filmmakers based in Newark, New Jersey, USA. Marylou is a producer, director and screenwriter who received her MFA from the graduate film program at New York University. Jerome is a cinematographer, editor, animator and screenwriter. Their award winning films include the 3Rs trilogy of documentaries on urban America: \"Revolution '67\" on the \"1967 Newark riots\"/rebellion; \"The Rule\", on the highly successful urban school model of \"Newark Abbey\" and \"Saint Benedict's Preparatory School\" (screened by the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans at the \"U.S. Department of", "title": "Marylou and Jerome Bongiorno" }, { "id": "886816", "text": "the seat of the \"Boards of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market\" – even if it were to become a judicial body. Over time ECJ developed two essential rules on which the legal order rests: direct effect and primacy. The court first ruled on the direct effect of primary legislation in a case that, though technical and tedious, raised a fundamental principle of Union law. In Van Gend en Loos (1963), a Dutch transport firm brought a complaint against Dutch customs for increasing the duty on a product imported from Germany. The court ruled that the", "title": "European Court of Justice" }, { "id": "16375133", "text": "and savings institutions. By limiting deposit interest, Regulation Q prevented banks from competing with rising money market funds (MMF's) that were relatively unregulated and thus able to provide higher returns by investing client funds directly in unsecured commercial paper and repurchase agreements. On December 22, 1971, the Commission's \"Report of the President's Commission on Financial Structure and\" \"Regulation\" was released, the Commission \"laid out an agenda for reform and deregulation\" which influenced legislative proposals by Presidents Nixon, Ford, and Carter, the latter of whom presided over the substantial realization of the Commission's recommendations in 1980 with the Depository Institutions Deregulation", "title": "President's Commission on Financial Structure and Regulation" }, { "id": "5178105", "text": "annual rules meetings for most of his life, and he personally selected an annual All-American team every year from 1889 through 1924. The Walter Camp Football Foundation continues to select All-American teams in his honor. On November 23, 1876, representatives from Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Columbia met at the Massasoit House in Springfield, Massachusetts to standardize a new code of rules based on the rugby game first introduced to Harvard by McGill University in 1874. The rules were based largely on the Rugby Football Union's code from England, though one important difference was the replacement of a kicked goal with", "title": "History of American football" }, { "id": "6337113", "text": "Don Stark Donald Stark (born July 5, 1954) is an American actor known for his role as Bob Pinciotti on the Fox Network sitcom \"That '70s Show\" for all eight seasons (19982006) and fictional Los Angeles Devils owner Oscar Kinkade in VH1's \"Hit the Floor\". Stark was born in New York City. His father, Nate Stark (1924–1978), was the manager of Wilson's House of Suede. He was known for his dry sense of humor, once saying, \"Life is a s**t sandwich and every day you have to take another bite\". Don's mother, Harriet (1926–1993), was a homemaker and a doting", "title": "Don Stark" }, { "id": "63534", "text": "the realm. Charlemagne instituted principles for accounting practice by means of the Capitulare de villis of 802, which laid down strict rules for the way in which incomes and expenses were to be recorded. Charlemagne applied this system to much of the European continent, and Offa's standard was voluntarily adopted by much of England. After Charlemagne's death, continental coinage degraded, and most of Europe resorted to using the continued high-quality English coin until about 1100. Early in Charlemagne's rule he tacitly allowed Jews to monopolise money lending. Then lending of money for interest was proscribed in 814 because it violated", "title": "Charlemagne" }, { "id": "5800408", "text": "berth. The 1971 NFL Draft was held from January 28 to 29, 1971 at New York City's Belmont Plaza Hotel. With the first pick, the New England Patriots selected quarterback Jim Plunkett from Stanford University. 1971 NFL season The 1971 NFL season was the 52nd regular season of the National Football League. The season ended with Super Bowl VI when the Dallas Cowboys defeated the Miami Dolphins at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans. The Pro Bowl took place on January 23, 1972, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum; the AFC beat the NFC Three referees--Walt Fitzgerald, Bob Finley and George", "title": "1971 NFL season" }, { "id": "5846727", "text": "Indian Evidence Act The Indian Evidence Act, originally passed in India by the Imperial Legislative Council in 1872, during the British Raj, contains a set of rules and allied issues governing admissibility of evidence in the Indian courts of law. The enactment and adoption of the Indian Evidence Act was a path-breaking judicial measure introduced in India, which changed the entire system of concepts pertaining to admissibility of evidences in the Indian courts of law. Until then, the rules of evidences were based on the traditional legal systems of different social groups and communities of India and were different for", "title": "Indian Evidence Act" }, { "id": "16249373", "text": "century,” Methvin wrote before his death. “During that time, the American people defeated and brought down two evil empires: the Teamsters Union and the Soviet Union, and I and my piccolo had a hand in both. That is enough for me.” Methvin was the prime author of a series of hard-hitting Reader's Digest articles in 1970-72 that played a key role in shaping the federal government's war on organized crime. The proposed Organized Crime Control Act of 1970, including the famous \"RICO\" statute, was snugly corked in committee in Congress, and Chairman Emanuel Celler (D., N.Y.) of the House Judiciary", "title": "Gene Methvin" }, { "id": "13989580", "text": "Alva J. McClain, Joseph Seiss, and J. Barton Payne. A lengthier citation including the statement above is found in the works of William Eugene Blackstone, and George N. H. Peters: Wayne Grudem cites the rule only to discredit it: John Piper has been cited concerning Alford as follows: Alford, \"The Greek Testament\" (in four volumes): Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4. Alford's Law This \"Law\" or \"Rule\" was formulated by Henry Alford (1810-1871) as a rule of biblical interpretation. It appeared in his monumental multi-volume work completed in 1861, \"The Greek Testament\", which is still consulted today. He", "title": "Alford's Law" }, { "id": "19087045", "text": "Henderson v Henderson Henderson v Henderson (1843) 3 Hare 100, 67 ER 313 was a decision of the English Court of Chancery which confirmed that a party may not raise any claim in subsequent litigation which they ought properly to have raised in a previous action. The case remains good law, and is still cited as authority for the original principle today. In 1808 two brothers, Bethel and Jordan Henderson, became partners in their father's business which had operations in both Bristol and Newfoundland. In 1817 the father, William Henderson left the business and subsequently (on a date not recorded", "title": "Henderson v Henderson" }, { "id": "16047098", "text": "intent, while a rule of construction can be. Some scholars, such as John V. Orth, believe that this explanation (to promote the right to transfer the land) of the origin of the Rule is inaccurate. In their view the Rule originated as the courts' response to an estate-planning technique in the 14th century, long before the litigation in \"Shelley's Case\". A tax known as the \"relief\" had to be paid to the feudal lord (the Crown) when a tenant's heir inherited the land. To avoid this estate tax, if the grant to the land were framed in term of a", "title": "Rule in Shelley's Case" }, { "id": "14016135", "text": "\"rigid\" but similar to that of France and the United Kingdom. Finland's constitution explicitly requires rule of law by stipulating that \"the exercise of public powers shall be based on an Act. In all public activity, the law shall be strictly observed.\" In the United Kingdom the rule of law is a long-standing principle of the way the country is governed, dating from Magna Carta in 1215 and the Bill of Rights 1689. In the 19th century, A. V. Dicey, a constitutional scholar and lawyer, wrote of the twin pillars of the British constitution in his classic work \"Introduction to", "title": "Rule of law" }, { "id": "1300277", "text": "annual equivalent compound rate is: In the age before electronic computing power was widely available, flat rate consumer loans in the United States of America would be priced using the Rule of 78s, or \"sum of digits\" method. (The sum of the integers from 1 to 12 is 78.) The technique required only a simple calculation. Payments remain constant over the life of the loan; however, payments are allocated to interest in progressively smaller amounts. In a one-year loan, in the first month, 12/78 of all interest owed over the life of the loan is due; in the second month,", "title": "Interest" }, { "id": "10941954", "text": "jury was not in itself proof that a defendant's rights had been violated. Nevertheless, Southern states easily evaded \"Strauder\" and set up other ways than explicit legal bans to exclude black Americans from jury service. In 1883, the Civil Rights Act of 1875 was overturned entirely by the Supreme Court, in an 8-1 decision. In 1896, the landmark \"Plessy v. Ferguson\" decision enshrined the unofficial civil code termed Jim Crow, ranging from separate but equal accommodation to voter disenfranchisement and jury exclusion; blacks were thus denied access to the public, political, and judicial spheres. In the 1931 case of the", "title": "All-white jury" } ]

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[ { "id": "1271093", "text": "the tagline \"A Fantasy\". This first publication earned him $12. A revised version was published in the July 19, 1845 edition of the \"Broadway Journal\" under the now-standard title \"The Masque of the Red Death.\" The original title emphasized the figure at the end of the story; the new title puts emphasis on the masquerade ball. The Masque of the Red Death \"The Masque of the Red Death\", originally published as \"The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy\", is an 1842 short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. The story follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous", "title": "The Masque of the Red Death" }, { "id": "1271081", "text": "The Masque of the Red Death \"The Masque of the Red Death\", originally published as \"The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy\", is an 1842 short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. The story follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous plague, known as the Red Death, by hiding in his abbey. He, along with many other wealthy nobles, hosts a masquerade ball within seven rooms of the abbey, each decorated with a different color. In the midst of their revelry, a mysterious figure disguised as a Red Death victim enters and makes his way through each", "title": "The Masque of the Red Death" }, { "id": "1271082", "text": "of the rooms. Prospero dies after confronting this stranger, whose \"costume\" proves to contain nothing tangible inside it; the guests also die in turn. Poe's story follows many traditions of Gothic fiction and is often analyzed as an allegory about the inevitability of death, though some critics advise against an allegorical reading. Many different interpretations have been presented, as well as attempts to identify the true nature of the titular disease. The story was first published in May 1842 in \"Graham's Magazine\" and has since been adapted in many different forms, including a 1964 film starring Vincent Price. Additionally, it", "title": "The Masque of the Red Death" }, { "id": "1271092", "text": "in 1831. Others have suggested the pandemic is actually Bubonic plague or the Black death, emphasized by the climax of the story featuring the \"Red\" Death in the \"black\" room. One writer likens the description to that of a viral hemorrhagic fever or necrotizing fasciitis. It has also been suggested that the Red Death is not a disease or sickness at all but a weakness (like \"original sin\") that is shared by all of humankind inherently. Poe first published the story in the May 1842 edition of \"Graham's Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine\" as \"The Mask of the Red Death\", with", "title": "The Masque of the Red Death" }, { "id": "1271087", "text": "Decay and the Red Death held dominion over all\". Directly influenced by the first Gothic novel, Horace Walpole's \"The Castle of Otranto\", in \"The Masque of the Red Death\" Poe adopts many conventions of traditional Gothic fiction, including the castle setting. The multiple single-toned rooms may be representative of the human mind, showing different personality types. The imagery of blood and time throughout also indicates corporeality. The plague may, in fact, represent typical attributes of human life and mortality, which would imply the entire story is an allegory about man's futile attempts to stave off death (a commonly accepted interpretation).", "title": "The Masque of the Red Death" }, { "id": "640383", "text": "Charles Beaumont Charles Beaumont (January 2, 1929 – February 21, 1967) was an American author of speculative fiction, including short stories in the horror and science fiction subgenres. He is remembered as a writer of classic \"Twilight Zone\" episodes, such as \"The Howling Man\", \"Miniature\", \"Printer's Devil\", and \"Number Twelve Looks Just Like You\", but also penned the screenplays for several films, among them \"7 Faces of Dr. Lao\", \"The Intruder\", and \"The Masque of the Red Death\". Novelist Dean Koontz has said, \"Charles Beaumont was one of \"the\" seminal influences on writers of the fantastic and macabre.\" Beaumont is", "title": "Charles Beaumont" }, { "id": "7233444", "text": "producer Alex Gordon, who said he had Price as star. Corman was pleased with an early draft from Beaumont, which introduced the concept of Prince Prospero being a Satanist. Corman felt this draft still needed work, but Beaumont was too ill to come to England for rewriting. So he hired R. Wright Campbell, who had just made \"The Secret Invasion\" with Corman, to come with him. Corman says it was Campbell who introduced the subplot of the dwarf, from another Poe story, \"Hop-Frog\". Corman cast Patrick Magee, whom he had worked with previously on \"The Young Racers\" (1963). \"He could", "title": "The Masque of the Red Death (1964 film)" }, { "id": "1621632", "text": "the Mohicans\") were popular both in the new country and abroad. In 1832, Edgar Allan Poe began writing short stories – including \"The Masque of the Red Death\", \"The Pit and the Pendulum\", \"The Fall of the House of Usher\", and \"The Murders in the Rue Morgue\" – that explore previously hidden levels of human psychology and push the boundaries of fiction toward mystery and fantasy. Humorous writers were also popular and included Seba Smith and Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber in New England and Davy Crockett, Augustus Baldwin Longstreet, Johnson J. Hooper, Thomas Bangs Thorpe, and George Washington Harris writing about", "title": "American literature" }, { "id": "10400636", "text": "that biographers and critics have called a \"professional decline\", from September 1912 to May 1916. In this period, he stopped writing short works and shifted to longer works including \"The Abysmal Brute\" (1913), \"John Barleycorn\" (1913), \"The Mutiny of the Elsinore\" (1914), \"The Star Rover\" (1915), among others. \"The Scarlet Plague\" was later reprinted in the February 1949 issue of \"Famous Fantastic Mysteries\". Jack London was inspired in part by Edgar Allan Poe's 1842 short story \"The Masque of the Red Death\". Both Poe's story and London's fall into a genre of apocalyptic fiction featuring a universal plague that nearly", "title": "The Scarlet Plague" }, { "id": "1271083", "text": "has been alluded to by other works in many types of media. The story takes place at the castellated abbey of the \"happy and dauntless and sagacious\" Prince Prospero. Prospero and 1,000 other nobles have taken refuge in this walled abbey to escape the Red Death, a terrible plague with gruesome symptoms that has swept over the land. Victims are overcome by \"sharp pains\", \"sudden dizziness\", and \"profuse bleeding at the pores\", and die within half an hour. Prospero and his court are indifferent to the sufferings of the population at large; they intend to await the end of the", "title": "The Masque of the Red Death" }, { "id": "7233443", "text": "Red Death\" back, because of the similarities, but it was really an artificial reason in my mind,\" he later said. Eventually he decided to go ahead and do it anyway. Another fact in the delay was that Corman had a great deal of trouble coming up with a screenplay he was happy with. Drafts were written by John Carter, Robert Towne and Barboura Morris, but Corman was not happy with any of them. There were also a number of rival adaptations of \"Masque\" being mooted around this time. The Woolner Brothers announced a film based on the story as did", "title": "The Masque of the Red Death (1964 film)" }, { "id": "1271091", "text": "it as causing \"sharp pains, and sudden dizziness, and then profuse bleeding at the pores\" leading to death within half an hour. The disease may have been inspired by tuberculosis (or consumption, as it was known then), since Poe's wife Virginia was suffering from the disease at the time the story was written. Like the character Prince Prospero, Poe tried to ignore the fatality of the disease. Poe's mother Eliza, brother William, and foster mother Frances had also died of tuberculosis. Alternatively, the Red Death may refer to cholera; Poe would have witnessed an epidemic of cholera in Baltimore, Maryland", "title": "The Masque of the Red Death" }, { "id": "17703410", "text": "and locations used in the Masque of the Red Death, and took advantage of the fact that the Old Town Hall building dated back to 1893, 50 years after the publication of the story (treated as a factual account within the narrative), to weave fiction together with reality. Like the story upon which it is based, the Gold-Bug hunt relied on the decryption of ciphers and puzzles to lead the participants to the \"treasure\", which was finally discovered by a group of participants buried in a garden within the confines of the Battersea Arts Centre, and upon which the Old", "title": "The Masque of the Red Death (play)" }, { "id": "4008625", "text": "of Sleepy Hollow\" (1820), based on an earlier German folktale, features a Headless Horseman. It has been adapted for film and television many times, such as \"Sleepy Hollow\", a successful 1999 feature film. Irving also wrote \"The Adventure of the German Student\" and Edgar Allan Poe wrote some stories which contain ghosts, such as \"The Masque of the Red Death\" and \"Morella\". In the later 19th century, mainstream American writers such as Edith Wharton, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman and F. Marion Crawford all wrote ghost fiction. Henry James also wrote ghost stories, including the famous \"The Turn of the Screw\".", "title": "Ghost story" }, { "id": "7233429", "text": "The Masque of the Red Death (1964 film) The Masque of the Red Death is a 1964 horror film directed by Roger Corman and starring Vincent Price. The story follows a prince who terrorizes a plague-ridden peasantry while merrymaking in a lonely castle with his jaded courtiers. The screenplay, written by Charles Beaumont and R. Wright Campbell, was based upon the 1842 short story of the same name by American author Edgar Allan Poe, and incorporates a subplot based on another Poe tale, \"Hop-Frog'\". Another subplot is drawn from \"Torture by Hope\" by Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam. It is the", "title": "The Masque of the Red Death (1964 film)" }, { "id": "19276083", "text": "Sylvia Kersenbaum Sylvia Haydée Kersenbaum (born 27 December 1945) is an Argentine pianist, composer and teacher. Among other things, she is recognized for performing the complete cycle of 32 Beethoven piano sonatas twice (in 1989–1990 and 2003–2004), and her music for the ballet \"The Masque of the Red Death\", based on a story by Edgar Allan Poe. Silvia Kersenbaum was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 27 December 1945, to an Austrian father and Italian mother. She began her musical studies at four years of age with her mother, and she started learning to play the piano before her feet", "title": "Sylvia Kersenbaum" }, { "id": "4149912", "text": "into an animated film. Warp and Father Tree Press still exist; while they are not currently publishing new Elfquest books in printed comic or book format, they continue to publish both existing and new Elfquest material digitally online. They also published, from 2007 to 2010, both in print and digitally, Wendy Pini's non-Elfquest graphic novel \"Masque of the Red Death,\" a futuristic reimagining of the Edgar Allan Poe short story. In 2003 the Pinis licensed the worldwide publication and media rights in \"Elfquest\" to DC Comics. DC put out two series of \"manga-style\" digest reprints (now complete), the first four", "title": "WaRP Graphics" }, { "id": "7233452", "text": "and Adrian Paul. The Masque of the Red Death (1964 film) The Masque of the Red Death is a 1964 horror film directed by Roger Corman and starring Vincent Price. The story follows a prince who terrorizes a plague-ridden peasantry while merrymaking in a lonely castle with his jaded courtiers. The screenplay, written by Charles Beaumont and R. Wright Campbell, was based upon the 1842 short story of the same name by American author Edgar Allan Poe, and incorporates a subplot based on another Poe tale, \"Hop-Frog'\". Another subplot is drawn from \"Torture by Hope\" by Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam.", "title": "The Masque of the Red Death (1964 film)" }, { "id": "12574299", "text": "Wendy Pini's Masque of the Red Death Wendy Pini's Masque of the Red Death is a webcomic by the comic creator Wendy Pini. Based on the original short story by Edgar Allan Poe, \"Wendy Pini's Masque of the Red Death\" is described as follows on the back of the print edition of Volume One: \"In a decadent, perfect future, Anton Prosper uses his vast fortune and scientific genius to seek the ultimate power of life over death. But when the beautiful prodigy Steffan Kabala enters Prosper's life, he unlocks a tempestuous passion that may send the entire planet hurtling into", "title": "Wendy Pini's Masque of the Red Death" }, { "id": "20818735", "text": "protagonist with the disease. Diseases, especially if infectious, have long been popular themes and plot devices in fiction. Daniel Defoe's pioneering 1722 \"A Journal of the Plague Year\" is a fictional diary of a man's life during the plague year of 1665 in England. Mary Shelley's 1826 \"The Last Man\" created the genre of \"post-apocalyptic pandemic thriller\" with her story of a plague that is spreading across Europe towards her protagonists in Britain. Edgar Allan Poe's 1842 \"The Masque of the Red Death\" is a gothic tale of a plague, perhaps symbolising the hubris of the wealthy, and their nemesis.", "title": "Disease in fiction" }, { "id": "1271090", "text": "of the Red Death\" has been interpreted autobiographically, by some. In this point of view, Prince Prospero is Poe as a wealthy young man, part of a distinguished family much like Poe's foster parents, the Allans. Under this interpretation, Poe is seeking refuge from the dangers of the outside world, and his portrayal of himself as the only person willing to confront the stranger is emblematic of Poe's rush towards inescapable dangers in his own life. Prince Prospero is also the name of a character in William Shakespeare's \"The Tempest\". The disease called the Red Death is fictitious. Poe describes", "title": "The Masque of the Red Death" }, { "id": "8676225", "text": "bonus tracks and more was never released. In 2005, \"Transcendence\" was ranked number 412 in \"Rock Hard\" magazine's book of \"The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time\". Transcendence (Crimson Glory album) Transcendence is the second studio album by Florida heavy metal group Crimson Glory, released in 1988 via Roadracer Records (now Roadrunner Records) in Europe and MCA Records in United States. It is considered by many to be their finest work. It was recorded at Morrisound Studios. \"Masque of the Red Death\" is about the story written by Edgar Allan Poe. \"Eternal World\" was written as an", "title": "Transcendence (Crimson Glory album)" }, { "id": "12574301", "text": "companion black panther. Wendy Pini co-created \"ElfQuest\" with Richard Pini. She is currently working on adapting her version of \"Masque\" into both stage and film formats. Wendy Pini's Masque of the Red Death Wendy Pini's Masque of the Red Death is a webcomic by the comic creator Wendy Pini. Based on the original short story by Edgar Allan Poe, \"Wendy Pini's Masque of the Red Death\" is described as follows on the back of the print edition of Volume One: \"In a decadent, perfect future, Anton Prosper uses his vast fortune and scientific genius to seek the ultimate power of", "title": "Wendy Pini's Masque of the Red Death" }, { "id": "6931339", "text": "'You got the job.'\" Haney relocated to Los Angeles, working often for Roger Corman, who continued his tradition of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations by asking Haney to write a new film version of \"Masque of the Red Death\" in 1989, in which Haney appeared as an actor, and he also had acting roles in Corman's \"Lords of the Deep\" (1989) and \"The Unborn\" (1991). He also wrote the film \"Dance with Death\" (1992) for Corman, which was based on a story by \"Poison Ivy\" creators Andy Ruben and his then-wife Katt Shea, and included an early performance by Lisa Kudrow.", "title": "Daryl Haney" }, { "id": "17342393", "text": "Dave Lee (jazz musician) Dave Lee (born 12 August 1926) is a jazz pianist, and a former orchestra leader, music arranger, songwriter and film composer. In a varied musical career, he wrote the hit song \"Goodness Gracious Me\", was the resident musician on \"That Was the Week That Was\", wrote the score for the movie \"The Masque of the Red Death\", had a hit jazz album in the USA, and was a resident fixture in early episodes of \"The Avengers\". Later in life he was instrumental in founding 102.2 Jazz FM. Pianist, orchestra leader, arranger, songwriter and film composer, David", "title": "Dave Lee (jazz musician)" }, { "id": "17401312", "text": "but it's a reasonable facsimile—call it Second Edition, Version 2.0. May Connors' next mutant be just as ornery.\" Masque of the Red Death and Other Tales Masque of the Red Death and Other Tales is an accessory for the 2nd edition of the \"Advanced Dungeons & Dragons\" fantasy role-playing game. Red Death refers to a malevolent entity spawned in ancient Egypt during the \"golden age of magic.\" It proceeded to wreak havoc for a few thousand years, promoting violence and catalyzing disasters. By the late 19th century, the era in which the game unfolds, the world totters on the edge", "title": "Masque of the Red Death and Other Tales" }, { "id": "18717310", "text": "Prospero's Rooms Prospero's Rooms is a single-movement orchestral composition by the American composer Christopher Rouse. The work was commissioned by the New York Philharmonic, for which Rouse is composer-in-residence, and was completed in 2011. The title comes from the Edgar Allan Poe short story \"The Masque of the Red Death,\" in which the main character Prince Prospero and his fellow aristocrats try to escape the ravages of a plague known as the \"Red Death\" by locking themselves away from the outside world during a masquerade ball. \"Prospero's Rooms\" had its world premiere on April 17, 2013 at Avery Fisher Hall", "title": "Prospero's Rooms" }, { "id": "8676223", "text": "Transcendence (Crimson Glory album) Transcendence is the second studio album by Florida heavy metal group Crimson Glory, released in 1988 via Roadracer Records (now Roadrunner Records) in Europe and MCA Records in United States. It is considered by many to be their finest work. It was recorded at Morrisound Studios. \"Masque of the Red Death\" is about the story written by Edgar Allan Poe. \"Eternal World\" was written as an instrumental for the tour of the band's first record in the Netherlands. The drums are a combination of both live and sampled drums. The band sampled drummer Dana Burnell performing", "title": "Transcendence (Crimson Glory album)" }, { "id": "6838360", "text": "adventure titled \"Dark Magic in New Orleans\" appeared in \"Dungeon\" #71 (Nov/Dec 1998). The plot concerns the machinations of Voodoo King Doctor John and Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau in 1890s New Orleans. The players must discover who is behind a series of murders in old New Orleans, while avoiding their own deaths. Masque of the Red Death (Ravenloft) Masque of the Red Death is a campaign setting for the \"Dungeons & Dragons\" role-playing game, named after the Edgar Allan Poe short story of the same name. The setting was published after the release of the \"Ravenloft\" campaign setting in 1994", "title": "Masque of the Red Death (Ravenloft)" }, { "id": "18328696", "text": "Masque of the Red Death (1989 film) Masque of the Red Death is a 1989 American horror film produced by Roger Corman, and directed by Larry Brand, starring Adrian Paul and Patrick Macnee. The film is a remake of the 1964 picture of the same name which was directed by Roger Corman. The screenplay, written by Daryl Haney and Larry Brand, is based upon the classic short story of the same name by American author Edgar Allan Poe, concerning the exploits of Prince Prospero, who organizes a \"bal masqué\" in his castle while the peasants of his fiefdom die from", "title": "Masque of the Red Death (1989 film)" }, { "id": "1906880", "text": "and \"You Must Be Certain of the Devil\". In it, she details the suffering of people with AIDS. Shortly after the recording of the trilogy's first volume began, her brother, playwright Philip-Dimitri Galás, became sick with AIDS, which goaded Galás to redouble her efforts in her activism. Philip-Dimitri Galás died in 1986, just before the completion of the trilogy. Galás began writing and performing on the subject of AIDS in 1984, while living in San Francisco, including a trilogy about AIDS named \"Masque of the Red Death\". In 1986, her brother, playwright Philip-Dimitri Galás, died from AIDS. which inspired her", "title": "Diamanda Galás" }, { "id": "17401302", "text": "Masque of the Red Death and Other Tales Masque of the Red Death and Other Tales is an accessory for the 2nd edition of the \"Advanced Dungeons & Dragons\" fantasy role-playing game. Red Death refers to a malevolent entity spawned in ancient Egypt during the \"golden age of magic.\" It proceeded to wreak havoc for a few thousand years, promoting violence and catalyzing disasters. By the late 19th century, the era in which the game unfolds, the world totters on the edge of the abyss. The player characters are poised to challenge the Red Death and its minions. The Masque", "title": "Masque of the Red Death and Other Tales" }, { "id": "17401306", "text": "are included, each in its own 32-page booklet, called \"Red Tide\", \"Red Jack\", and \"Red Death\" respectively. \"Masque of the Red Death and other Tales\" is an \"Advanced Dungeons & Dragons\" game supplement for the Ravenloft setting, published by TSR, Inc. as a boxed set containing one 128-page book, three 32-page books, one three-panel referee screen, one 21\" X 32\" map sheet, one 21\" X 32\" poster. Design was by William W. Connors with D.J. Heinrich, Colin McComb, and Shane Hensley; editing was by Anne Brown, Jonatha Ariadne Caspian, and Richard Pike-Brown. Illustrations were by Stephen Fabian and Ned Dameron,", "title": "Masque of the Red Death and Other Tales" }, { "id": "6838350", "text": "Masque of the Red Death (Ravenloft) Masque of the Red Death is a campaign setting for the \"Dungeons & Dragons\" role-playing game, named after the Edgar Allan Poe short story of the same name. The setting was published after the release of the \"Ravenloft\" campaign setting in 1994 as \"Masque of the Red Death and Other Tales\", and is regarded as an add-on for that line. \"Masque of the Red Death\" has many of the same qualities as \"Ravenloft\", such as \"power checks\" and restricted magic, including limited planar travel. Unlike Ravenloft, the location of the adventures is \"Gothic Earth\",", "title": "Masque of the Red Death (Ravenloft)" }, { "id": "371760", "text": "as a retelling of \"Dracula\". Its related short story \"Jerusalem's Lot\" is reminiscent of Stoker's \"The Lair of the White Worm\". He also gives Joseph Payne Brennan credit for being one of his inspirations; \"Joseph Payne Brennan is one of the most effective writers in the horror genre, and he is certainly one of the writers I have patterned my own career upon; one of the writers whom I studied and with whom I kept school.\" King's \"The Shining\" is immersed in gothic influences, including \"The Masque of the Red Death\" by Edgar Allan Poe (which was directly influenced by", "title": "Stephen King" }, { "id": "7233446", "text": "slower.) Many of the extensive castle sets were left over from \"Becket\", which had been shot earlier that year and had won a BAFTA award for its sets (as well as an Academy Award for Best Art Direction). The film was one of the first films shot in color by cinematographer Nicolas Roeg. Dan Haller was used as production designer but not credited to ensure the film qualified as British. Corman says this was why George Willoughby was credited as producer, although it was Corman who was the actual producer. Corman later expressed dissatisfaction with the final \"masque\" sequence, which", "title": "The Masque of the Red Death (1964 film)" }, { "id": "17342400", "text": "102.2 Jazz FM. Still busy in his 80s, his novel \"Promised Lands\" about a fictional jazz pianist was due for publication in 2006. Dave Lee (jazz musician) Dave Lee (born 12 August 1926) is a jazz pianist, and a former orchestra leader, music arranger, songwriter and film composer. In a varied musical career, he wrote the hit song \"Goodness Gracious Me\", was the resident musician on \"That Was the Week That Was\", wrote the score for the movie \"The Masque of the Red Death\", had a hit jazz album in the USA, and was a resident fixture in early episodes", "title": "Dave Lee (jazz musician)" }, { "id": "1271088", "text": "However, there is much dispute over how to interpret \"The Masque of the Red Death\"; some suggest it is not allegorical, especially due to Poe's admission of a distaste for didacticism in literature. If the story really does have a moral, Poe does not explicitly state that moral in the text. Blood, emphasized throughout the tale, along with the color red, serves as a dual symbol, representing both death and life. This is emphasized by the masked figure – never explicitly stated to be the Red Death, but only a reveler in a costume of the Red Death – making", "title": "The Masque of the Red Death" }, { "id": "18328703", "text": "consider very effective. He also distributes fictitious honours to the actors, based on their pronouncements in the film. Masque of the Red Death (1989 film) Masque of the Red Death is a 1989 American horror film produced by Roger Corman, and directed by Larry Brand, starring Adrian Paul and Patrick Macnee. The film is a remake of the 1964 picture of the same name which was directed by Roger Corman. The screenplay, written by Daryl Haney and Larry Brand, is based upon the classic short story of the same name by American author Edgar Allan Poe, concerning the exploits of", "title": "Masque of the Red Death (1989 film)" }, { "id": "19276087", "text": "Center of Bowling Green, Kentucky in 2001. She has written several arrangements for piano, including \"Bacchanale\" from Camille Saint-Saëns' \"Samson and Delilah\", \"Träume\" by Richard Wagner, \"Cambalache\" by Enrique Santos Discépolo, and \"Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude\" by Franz Liszt for cello and piano. Sylvia Kersenbaum Sylvia Haydée Kersenbaum (born 27 December 1945) is an Argentine pianist, composer and teacher. Among other things, she is recognized for performing the complete cycle of 32 Beethoven piano sonatas twice (in 1989–1990 and 2003–2004), and her music for the ballet \"The Masque of the Red Death\", based on a story by Edgar", "title": "Sylvia Kersenbaum" }, { "id": "1906879", "text": "in Europe while doing post-graduate studies there in 1979. Galas made her solo performance debut in 1979, at the Festival d'Avignon, in France. Performing lead In \"Un Jour comme un autre\", by composer Vinko Globokar, Galas's performance was based upon Amnesty International's documentation of the arrest and torture of a Turkish woman for alleged treason. Her first album was \"The Litanies of Satan\", released in 1982. Her second album, \"Diamanda Galas\", was released in 1984. Her work first garnered widespread attention with \"The Masque of the Red Death\", an operatic trilogy which includes \"The Divine Punishment\", \"Saint of the Pit\"", "title": "Diamanda Galás" }, { "id": "17703406", "text": "to create hidden set pieces within the performance in response to themes of the main show, including Kneehigh, Blind Summit, Julian Fox, Kazuko Hohki, Hannah Ringham and BAC's Young People's Theatre. Despite the title, the show was actually based on eight Edgar Allan Poe tales, including \"The Masque of the Red Death\", \"The Black Cat\", \"William Wilson\", \"The Fall of the House of Usher\", \"Berenice\", \"Ligeia\", \"The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether\", \"The Telltale Heart\" and \"The Cask of Amontillado\". The show did not utilise a central narrative beyond the loose themes of The Masque Of The Red", "title": "The Masque of the Red Death (play)" }, { "id": "5188577", "text": "unrelated to \"Elfquest.\" Taking the Edgar Allan Poe short story \"Masque of the Red Death\" as a starting point, she adapted the tale into both graphic novel and web comic formats, giving it a futuristic, dystopic slant. Characters based on Richard and Wendy Pini appear in \"Ghost Rider\" volume 1, #14 (Oct. 1975), as well as issues #15, #17, #18, and #19, which were written by Tony Isabella. Richard is a special effects technician and props arranger, and Wendy is a costume designer. \"Elfquest\" and Wendy Pini are both referenced in Marvel's \"Uncanny X-Men\" #153 (January 1982), \"Kitty's Fairy Tale\",", "title": "Wendy and Richard Pini" }, { "id": "7233447", "text": "he described as \"the greatest flaw\" in the film, feeling he did not have enough time to shoot it. He filmed it in one day, which he said would have been enough time in Hollywood but that English crews were too slow. When the film came out, producer Alex Gordon sued AIP, claiming the film was based on a script he had written; however, he lost his case in court. British censors removed a scene where Hazel Court's character imagines a series of demonic figures attacking her while she lies on a slab. Corman recalled years later: From the standpoint", "title": "The Masque of the Red Death (1964 film)" }, { "id": "18717313", "text": "nevertheless complimented it as \"a lively, if frenetic, piece of orchestral writing.\" Prospero's Rooms Prospero's Rooms is a single-movement orchestral composition by the American composer Christopher Rouse. The work was commissioned by the New York Philharmonic, for which Rouse is composer-in-residence, and was completed in 2011. The title comes from the Edgar Allan Poe short story \"The Masque of the Red Death,\" in which the main character Prince Prospero and his fellow aristocrats try to escape the ravages of a plague known as the \"Red Death\" by locking themselves away from the outside world during a masquerade ball. \"Prospero's Rooms\"", "title": "Prospero's Rooms" }, { "id": "820382", "text": "used for costumes during Halloween. Masquerade masks are sold in a wide range of stores in different designs, and colors. The picturesque quality of the masquerade ball has made it a favorite topic or setting in literature. Edgar Allan Poe's short story \"The Masque of the Red Death\" is based at a masquerade ball in which a central figure turns out to be his costume. A ball in Zürich is featured in the novel \"Steppenwolf\" by Hermann Hesse. A masquerade ball is central to the plot of Mikhail Lermontov's 1835 play \"Masquerade\". The play was censored and never staged during", "title": "Masquerade ball" }, { "id": "18328699", "text": "full swing when a mysterious masked man in a red cape joins the fun unannounced. The film did not receive any substantial reviews when it was first released in 1989, but subsequently it became a more popular target of analysis in specialty publications. It received two stars from film critic Leonard Maltin, who commented that Paul's Prospero was \"more thoughtful and troubled\" but also that \"despite an interesting approach to the figure of the Red Death and a literate (if talky) script, overall cheapness and very slow pace cripple this medieval melodrama.\" The \"Overlook Film Encyclopedia of Horror\" commended Tracy", "title": "Masque of the Red Death (1989 film)" }, { "id": "7233442", "text": "said he always felt \"The Masque of the Red Death\" and \"The Fall of the House of Usher\" were the two best Poe stories. After the success of \"House of Usher\" (1960), he strongly considered making \"Masque\" as the follow-up. In 1961, Corman announced he would make \"Masque\" from a script by Charles Beaumont to be produced for his Filmgroup Company. However, he later said was reluctant to move forward because it had several elements similar to \"The Seventh Seal\" (1957), and Corman was worried people would say he was stealing from Bergman. \"I kept moving \"The Masque of the", "title": "The Masque of the Red Death (1964 film)" }, { "id": "12565414", "text": "musicians went on to form Symphony X. An entirely instrumental album, it bears many similarities to the progressive metal stylings showcased by Symphony X, and could be considered a direct precursor to their self-titled debut album which was released later in 1994. Several of the track titles are references to works by Edgar Allan Poe, such as \"The Cask of Amontillado\", \"The Masque of the Red Death\" and \"The Premature Burial\". Furthermore, the cover art portrays a raven, in reference to Poe's poem \"The Raven\", and a guitar, with its body resembling the shape of a pendulum, as per Poe's", "title": "The Dark Chapter" }, { "id": "1271086", "text": "pass through the six chambers. The Prince pursues him with a drawn dagger and corners the guest in the seventh room. When the figure turns to face him, the Prince lets out a sharp cry and falls dead. The enraged and terrified revelers surge into the black room and forcibly remove the mask and robe, only to find to their horror that there is nothing underneath. Only then do they realize the figure is the Red Death itself, and all of the guests contract and succumb to the disease. The final line of the story sums up, \"And Darkness and", "title": "The Masque of the Red Death" }, { "id": "17342399", "text": "1963 TV series \"Take Four\", a programme made by AR-TV, and incidental music for the TV series \"Adam Adamant Lives!\" in 1966. His film music career began in 1960 with low budget features, but gradually he progressed to fine orchestral scores for important movies, his most notable being \"The Masque of the Red Death\" (1964) for Roger Corman. He also scored the movies \"The Kitchen\" (1961), \"Hair of the Dog\" (1962) and \"The Very Edge\" (1963). In 1983 David was elected BBC Jazz Society Musician of the Year, and in 1990 was one of the founders of jazz-only radio station", "title": "Dave Lee (jazz musician)" }, { "id": "7233451", "text": "more interested in the Poe films as expressions of the unconscious mind, rather than as pure horror films.\" Nonetheless, Corman says the film is one of his favourites. A dialogue from the film appears in the song \"And When He Falleth\" by Theatre of Tragedy, on the album \"Velvet Darkness They Fear\". In the intro to \"Beneath the Mask\" by the doom metal band Bell Witch, dialogue from the scene in which Prospero meets the Red Death in the Black Room was sampled. A 1989 remake was written and directed by Larry Brand. The cast included British actors Patrick Macnee", "title": "The Masque of the Red Death (1964 film)" }, { "id": "898745", "text": "Rooney,from a script by Campbell. Following this he announced he would make \"The Life of Robert E. Lee\" as part of a four-picture deal with Filmgroup worth $3.75 million. Other movies were \"Fun and Profit\" by Joel Rapp, \"The Wild Surfers\" by John Lamb and \"Planet of Storms\" by Jack Hill. None of these films were made. Nor was \"The Gold Bug\", a Poe adaptation written by Griffith. Corman made two Poes in England starring Price: the much-delayed \"The Masque of the Red Death\" (1964), with Campbell rewriting Beaumont's scripts; and \"The Tomb of Ligeia\" (1965), from a script by", "title": "Roger Corman" }, { "id": "6504072", "text": "Romanticists such as Hector Berlioz and Théophile Gautier to combat the opposition of Classicists who recognised the play as a direct attack on their values. It is used to describe the magnitude and elegance of Prince Prospero's masquerade in Edgar Allan Poe's short story, \"The Masque of the Red Death\". Gillenormand in \"Les Misérables\" criticizes \"Hernani\". Giuseppe Verdi's opera \"Ernani\", with an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, was based on the play, and first performed in Venice in 1844. Set in a fictitious version of the Spanish court of 1519, it is based on courtly romance and intrigues. Three", "title": "Hernani (drama)" }, { "id": "18328701", "text": "\"less visually stylized\" than the 1964 version, qualities, which according to the reviewer, hold the promise of better quality modern adaptations of Poe's works. Another critic describes the film as one of Corman's \"weakest movies\" and \"Corman at his schlockiest\". The script has been criticized as putting an emphasis on the love interests of the prince who is shown in an incestuous relationship with his sister Lucrecia, played by Tracy Reiner, while relentlessly pursuing innocent peasant girl Juliette, played by Clare Hoak. Adrian Paul's portrayal of prince Prospero is described as \"more subtle\" and \"realistic\", compared to the 1964 original,", "title": "Masque of the Red Death (1989 film)" }, { "id": "17049808", "text": "works are analyzed taking into consideration their historical factors involving composer and work, with a faithful reading of the score in the compositional context (contrapuntal/harmonic/analytic). As a composer, Artur Cimirro is strongly influenced by the composer/pianists of different languages such as Franz Liszt, Leopold Godowsky, Ferruccio Busoni, Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji. Among Cimirro's works there are a Piano Sonata (his Op. 3) which takes 2 hours to be played in its 6 mouvements as well as symphonic works including two Symphonic Poems (No. 1 \"The Masque of the Red Death\" based on Edgar Allan Poe's tale with the same name, and", "title": "Artur Cimirro" }, { "id": "574710", "text": "a 1986 sequel (\"\"). \"Ravenloft\" was launched as a full-fledged campaign setting in 1990, with the \"\" boxed set, popularly known as the \"Black Box\". The campaign setting was revised twice during Second Edition — first as the \"Ravenloft Campaign Setting\" \"Red Box\", then as the \"Domains of Dread\" hardback. In 1994 \"Ravenloft\" spun off into sub-setting called \"Masque of the Red Death\", set on \"Gothic Earth\", an 1890s version of Earth where fantasy creatures exist only in the shadows of civilization. The \"Black Box\" won the Origins Award in 1991 for \"Best Graphic Presentation of a Roleplaying Game, Adventure,", "title": "Ravenloft" }, { "id": "8650236", "text": "of the Red Death\", as \"The Day of the Red Death\", in issue #2 (Dec. 1969). Writer Denny O'Neil and Tom Palmer adapted the Poe story \"The Tell-Tale Heart\" as \"The Tell Tale Heart\" in issue #3 (Feb. 1970). Thomas and EC Comics veteran Johnny Craig adapted H. P. Lovecraft's \"The Music of Erich Zann\" as \"The Music From Beyond\" in #5 (June 1970). Industry notable Jack Kirby, in a rare instance of scripting for Marvel before leaving for rival DC Comics for a time in 1970, wrote and penciled \"The Monster\" in #4 (April 1970), and \"And Fear Shall", "title": "Chamber of Darkness" }, { "id": "9662075", "text": "new versions of many of his works, including \"The Masque of the Red Death,\" \"The Oval Portrait,\" and others. He also continued his role as a literary critic, including accusations of plagiarism against Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. He also used the \"Broadway Journal\" for a very public flirtation with Frances Sargent Osgood and to raise money for his never-realized dream of a new magazine to be named \"The Penn\". Poe was unable to keep the publication financially successful, though he had hoped to turn it around. A loan of $50 from Rufus Wilmot Griswold in October 1845 helped sustain it for", "title": "Broadway Journal" }, { "id": "530423", "text": "articles that ran in the \"San Francisco News\", from October 5 to 12, 1936. The newspaper commissioned that work on migrant workers from the Midwest in California's agriculture industry. (It was later compiled and published separately.) While writing the novel at his home, 16250 Greenwood Lane, in what is now Monte Sereno, California, Steinbeck had unusual difficulty devising a title. \"The Grapes of Wrath,\" suggested by his wife Carol Steinbeck, was deemed more suitable than anything by the author. The title is a reference to lyrics from \"The Battle Hymn of the Republic\", by Julia Ward Howe (emphasis added): These", "title": "The Grapes of Wrath" }, { "id": "11048585", "text": "Shadow of the Raven Shadow of the Raven is the eighth album by gothic duo Nox Arcana. This time the composers Joseph Vargo and William Piotrowski honor Edgar Allan Poe, the author of \"The Masque of the Red Death\", \"The Murders in the Rue Morgue\", \"The Fall of the House of Usher, \"The Tell-Tale Heart\" and other tales of suspense and horror, as well as the famous poem \"The Raven\". The classical, symphonic instrumental music is primarily made up of piano, violin, pipe organ, harpsichord and some music box melodies that have been described as suspenseful and melancholy. The album", "title": "Shadow of the Raven" }, { "id": "19276086", "text": "and Strauss. In 1976, she moved to Kentucky to join the Department of Music at Western Kentucky University, where in 1990, she was awarded the top prize and serves as professor emerita. While living in Kentucky, she spent over two decades as harpist of the Bowling Green Western Symphony Orchestra. As a composer her highlights include choral works (two a cappella suites for choir and a cantata for soprano, tenor, choir and orchestra) and music for the ballet \"The Masque of the Red Death\", based on Edgar Allan Poe's story by the same name and released by the Capitol Arts", "title": "Sylvia Kersenbaum" }, { "id": "2524460", "text": "accompanying role Caplet termed \"voix d'accompagnement\". He also wrote two works based on the short story \"The Mask of the Red Death\" by Edgar Allan Poe: \"Conte fantastique\" for harp and string quartet, and an orchestral symphonic study \"Le Masque de la mort rouge\". Caplet served as conductor of the Boston Opera from 1910 to 1914. While serving in the military during the First World War, he was gassed, which resulted in the pleurisy that eventually killed him. He died in Neuilly-sur-Seine (Hauts-de-Seine), a suburb of Paris, at the age of 46. The next year the sculptor Jacques Zwobada, a", "title": "André Caplet" }, { "id": "12574300", "text": "a bloody maelstrom of destruction.\" Episodes of the weekly webcomic began in 2007. Each episode was created first in traditional comic book page format. Wendy Pini produced pages of full-color digital art then broke them down into individual panels. Using simple \"tweens\" she animated the panels in sequence, often creating additional art to enhance the illusion of movement. Each roughly three-minute-long Flash movie is viewed using a Flash-based web browser viewer. The final episode in the adaptation was posted to the web in mid-2010. Other recurring characters include Bittie and Ix, two virtual reality gossip journalists; and Royess, Anton Prosper's", "title": "Wendy Pini's Masque of the Red Death" }, { "id": "5641876", "text": "The Masque of Anarchy \"The Masque of Anarchy\" (or \"The Mask of Anarchy\") is a British political poem written in 1819 (see 1819 in poetry) by Percy Bysshe Shelley following the Peterloo massacre of that year. In his call for freedom, it is perhaps the first modern statement of the principle of nonviolent resistance. The poem was not published during Shelley's lifetime and did not appear in print until 1832 (see 1832 in poetry), when published by Edward Moxon in London with a preface by Leigh Hunt. Shelley had sent the manuscript in 1819 for publication in \"The Examiner\". Leigh", "title": "The Masque of Anarchy" }, { "id": "4246136", "text": "a story about a werewolf or vampire could be described as dark fantasy, while a story about a serial killer would simply be horror. Stableford suggests that the type of horror conveyed by fantasy stories such as William Beckford's \"Vathek\" and Edgar Allan Poe's \"The Masque of the Red Death\" \"is more aesthetic than visceral or existential\", and that such stories should be considered \"dark fantasies\" rather than the \"supernaturalized thrillers\" of conventional horror fiction. Karl Edward Wagner is often credited for creating the term \"dark fantasy\" when used in a more fantasy-based context. Wagner used it to describe his", "title": "Dark fantasy" }, { "id": "17703404", "text": "building. The narrative was based on the short stories of Edgar Allan Poe, including but not limited to \"The Masque of the Red Death\". The production fell within several genres of theatre, including site-specific theatre, promenade theatre, interactive theatre and immersive theatre. The audience members, who were free to roam around the sets at will, wore white masks to distinguish themselves from the cast who were maskless and the stewards/staff who wore discreet black masks. The narrative was communicated through a series of overlapping scenes blending the mediums of interpretive dance, contemporary dance and traditional acting. Following the show on", "title": "The Masque of the Red Death (play)" }, { "id": "4849185", "text": "The Baltimore Ravens. A thousand injuries they will suffer. Edgar Allan Poe evermore.\" Never before had the Toaster commented on sports or other current events, nor could anyone explain the negative reference to Baltimore's football team, whose nickname was inspired by \"The Raven,\" Poe's most famous poem. The prophecy, a play on the last line of \"The Masque of the Red Death\" (\"And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all\"), proved inaccurate, as Baltimore won the game 34–7. The Toaster's 2004 note was apparently critical of France's opposition to the war in Iraq: \"The sacred", "title": "Poe Toaster" }, { "id": "7233430", "text": "seventh of a series of eight Corman film adaptations largely based on Poe's works made by American International Pictures. On a mountain in medieval Italy, an old woman meets a mysterious red-cloaked figure, shuffling Tarot cards. The figure gives the woman a white rose, which then turns red and dappled with blood. Prince Prospero, a Satanist, visits the village over which he holds dominion, and is angrily confronted by two poor and starving villagers, Gino and Lodovico. Prospero sentences the pair to death, but Lodovico's daughter Francesca begs for their lives. Prospero discovers that the old woman who encountered the", "title": "The Masque of the Red Death (1964 film)" }, { "id": "17703409", "text": "opium den, a 19th-century French-inspired music hall (\"The Palais Royale\"), a library, perfumery, morgue, banqueting hall, bedrooms and a crypt. The Gold-Bug Hunt was a game by interactive theatre-makers \"Coney\" that took place online, in the \"real world\", and within The Masque of the Red Death. It ran for six months, extending past the end date of the show itself. Participants initially discovered the game by interacting with a mysterious masked and hooded figure within the Palais Royale bar area of the show. Coney transposed a mystery based on another Edgar Allan Poe short story, \"The Gold-Bug\", onto the narrative", "title": "The Masque of the Red Death (play)" }, { "id": "7963785", "text": "at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. The critical and popular success of \"The Pit and the Pendulum\" persuaded AIP's Arkoff and Nicholson to produce more Edgar Allan Poe-based horror films on a regular basis. The films that followed, all directed by Corman, were \"The Premature Burial\" (1962), \"Tales of Terror\" (1962), \"The Raven\" (1963), \"The Haunted Palace\" (1963, actually based on the novella \"The Case of Charles Dexter Ward\" by H. P. Lovecraft), \"The Masque of the Red Death\" (1964), and\" The Tomb of Ligeia\" (1965). Tim Lucas has argued that the film had a large impact on many Italian", "title": "The Pit and the Pendulum (1961 film)" }, { "id": "12375208", "text": "George MacDonald, the influential author of \"The Princess and the Goblin\" and \"Phantastes\" (1858). Wilkie Collins' epistolary novel \"The Moonstone\" (1868), is generally considered the first detective novel in the English language. Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) was an important Scottish writer at the end of the nineteenth century, author of \"Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde\" (1886), and the historical novel \"Kidnapped\" (1886). H.G. Wells's (1866–1946) writing career began in the 1890s with science fiction novels like \"The Time Machine\" (1895), and \"The War of the Worlds\" (1898) which describes an invasion of late Victorian England by Martians,", "title": "English literature" }, { "id": "3484411", "text": "Poe's short story \"The Masque Of The Red Death\". The island itself seems to be partially based on the real abandoned island of Poveglia. Art by Milo Manara This story depicts a woman who bargains with Desire to win the hand of her love and then loses him to war. The title is probably taken from a line in Robert Frost's poem Fire and Ice. Gaiman himself has said that the story is based on a historical anecdote told by George MacDonald Fraser. He tells the story of a woman named Kara in an apparently pre-Roman Britain, wherein she becomes", "title": "The Sandman: Endless Nights" }, { "id": "18463723", "text": "\"Web of Illusion\" (1993), \"Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix II: Children of the Night\" (1993), \"Marauders of Nibenay\" (1993), \"Book of Artifacts\" (1993), \"Wizard's Player's Pack\" (1994), \"Thief's Player Pack\" (1994), \"Ravenloft Campaign Setting\", 2nd Ed. (1994), \"Priest's Player Pack\" (1994), \"Masque of the Red Death and Other Tales\" (1994), \"Fighter's Player Pack\" (1994), \"Wizards and Rogues of the Realms\" (1995), \"The Gothic Earth Gazetteer\" (1995), \"Dungeon Master Survival Kit\" (1995), \"A Light in the Belfry\" (1995), \"\" (1996), \"\" (1996), \"The Shadow Rift\" (1997), \"Domains of Dread\" (1997), \"Servants of Darkness\" (1998), \"The Inner Planes\" (1998), \"Champions of the Mists\"", "title": "William W. Connors" }, { "id": "6838359", "text": "monsters, driving people insane, moving whole areas and locations, and affecting the very fabric of reality. The Red Death is an extremely powerful force that comes and goes at its own whim, and is the source of all evil in the Masque of The Red Death world. An adventure titled \"Jigsaw\" appeared in \"Dungeon\" #61 (Sep/Oct 1996). The plot concerns a golem (a Frankenstein's Monster like creation) named Udo who wants to marry Victoria Von Lendstein, his creator. She is engaged to another man, and he would rather see her dead. The players must protect Victoria from her creation. An", "title": "Masque of the Red Death (Ravenloft)" }, { "id": "20133007", "text": "Micheline Kahn Micheline Kahn (3 August 1889 – 12 March 1987) was a 20th-century French harpist and pianist. Micheline Kahn was a pupil of Alphonse Hasselmans at the Conservatoire de Paris, where she obtained a prize for harp in 1904, at the age of 14. She worked with André Caplet to revise the score of \"Légende, Étude symphonique pour harpe chromatique et corde, after The Masque of the Red Death by Poe\" (1908) to make a version for diatonic harp. It was completed in 1923 as the \"\". She was a professor at the École normale de musique de Paris", "title": "Micheline Kahn" }, { "id": "7233445", "text": "find these strange little quirks which he would bring out during his performance, making it a richer and more fully rounded characterization,\" recalls Corman. AIP had a co-production deal with Anglo-Amalgamated in England, so Sam Arkoff and James H. Nicholson suggested to Corman that the film be made there. This meant the film could qualify for the Eady levy and increase the budget; normally, an AIP film was done in three weeks, but \"Masque\" was shot in five weeks. (Although Corman felt that five weeks in England was the equivalent to four weeks in the US because English crews worked", "title": "The Masque of the Red Death (1964 film)" }, { "id": "898740", "text": "was not made; neither were two comedies he was to make with Dick Miller and Jon Haze, \"Murder at the Convention\" and \"Pan and the Satyrs\". \"House of Usher\" had been so successful the AIP wanted a follow up, and Corman, Haller, Matheson and Price reunited on \"The Pit and the Pendulum\" (1961). It was another sizeable hit and the \"Poe cycle\" of films was underway. Corman hired Charles Beaumont to write \"Masque of the Red Death\" and announced two films, \"Captain Nemo and the Floating City\" and \"House of Secrets\". Following \"Pit and Pendulum\"' Corman directed one of William", "title": "Roger Corman" }, { "id": "11048586", "text": "is introduced with a brief narrative. Subtle yet effective sound effects are peppered throughout the music, providing accompaniment to several of Poe's most famous literary works. Music composed and performed by Joseph Vargo and William Piotrowski. Shadow of the Raven Shadow of the Raven is the eighth album by gothic duo Nox Arcana. This time the composers Joseph Vargo and William Piotrowski honor Edgar Allan Poe, the author of \"The Masque of the Red Death\", \"The Murders in the Rue Morgue\", \"The Fall of the House of Usher, \"The Tell-Tale Heart\" and other tales of suspense and horror, as well", "title": "Shadow of the Raven" }, { "id": "6838351", "text": "an 1890s version of Earth where fantasy creatures exist only in the shadows of civilization. Many notable real-life figures or 19th century literary characters are included for the players to interact with, including Van Helsing, Jack the Ripper and Dorian Gray. In 2004, White Wolf Games released a D20 System version of the setting in hardback under the Sword and Sorcery imprint. In the 3.5 Living Death RPGA Campaign Sourcebook, players can choose from a large list of classes that represent the many different kinds of people and professions that can exist in an 1800s Earth: Adept - spellcasters, equivalent", "title": "Masque of the Red Death (Ravenloft)" }, { "id": "12907327", "text": "Robert DeMott Robert DeMott (born November 22, 1943) is an American author, scholar, and editor best known for his influential scholarship on writer John Steinbeck, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for \"The Grapes of Wrath\" (1939), and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. Robert DeMott was born in New Canaan, Connecticut, in 1943, the only child of James and Colletta DeMott. Until the age of eight, he lived with his parents on the estate of well known political artist and fine-art illuminator Arthur Szyk, who published \"The New Order\" (1941) and \"Ink & Blood\" (1946) and illustrated numerous Biblical", "title": "Robert DeMott" }, { "id": "211154", "text": "\"East of Eden\" (1952), and the novellas \"Of Mice and Men\" (1937) and \"The Red Pony\" (1937). The Pulitzer Prize-winning \"The Grapes of Wrath\" (1939) is considered Steinbeck's masterpiece and part of the American literary canon. In the first 75 years after it was published, it sold 14 million copies. Most of Steinbeck's work is set in central California, particularly in the Salinas Valley and the California Coast Ranges region. His works frequently explored the themes of fate and injustice, especially as applied to downtrodden or everyman protagonists. Steinbeck was born on February 27, 1902, in Salinas, California. He was", "title": "John Steinbeck" }, { "id": "12513194", "text": "A Vaudeville of Devils: Seven Moral Tales A Vaudeville of Devils: 7 Moral Tales is a collection of short stories and novellas by Robert Girardi. The short story, loosely set in Portugal, is a synthesis between \"The Masque of the Red Death\", \"Our Man in Havana\", and \"Shikasta\". First published in \"TriQuarterly Review\", Issue 99 (Spring/Summer 1997). A crime, or detective novella about the Washington D.C. public defender Martin Wexler, and his personal growth defending a sociopathic gangster. A mystery novella about the expatriate American Billy, who has settled in Naples and the Contessa's Sunday night soirees. \"\"Vedi Napoli e", "title": "A Vaudeville of Devils: Seven Moral Tales" }, { "id": "19348231", "text": "the 1982 song \"That's What Friends Are For\" and released it as a charity single, with some portion of the proceeds going for AIDS research and prevention. In 1986, the song won a Grammy Award. Between 1986 and 1988, Diamanda Galas released her trilogy about AIDS called \"Masque of the Red Death\". Ron Athey's performance art often reflects AIDS-related themes, particularly a performance at the Walker Art Center in Minnesota which caused controversy, and his 1993 performance \"Four Scenes in a Harsh Life\". Art of the AIDS Crisis The AIDS pandemic began in the early 1980s and brought with it", "title": "Art of the AIDS Crisis" }, { "id": "4323636", "text": "Charles Tennyson Turner published \"Poems by Two Brothers\". August 12: William Blake died. In 1828, Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy was born 9 September. In 1828, Karl Wilhelm Friedrich von Schlegel died 11 January. Edgar Allan Poe published a poem: \"Al Aaraaf\". In 1831, Sir Walter Scott published \"Castle Dangerous\". Edgar Allan Poe published a poem: \"The City in the Sea\". In 1832, Percy Shelley published his poem \"The Masque of Anarchy\", a reaction to the Peterloo massacre. Johann Wolfgang Goethe published part II of \"Faust\". On March 20 Goethe died. Jerrold Douglas published \"The Factory Girl\", \"The Golden Calf\" and \"The", "title": "History of modern literature" }, { "id": "18393816", "text": "Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, James Russell Lowell, Louise Chandler Moulton, Christina Rossetti, Franklin Benjamin Sanborn, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Celia Thaxter, and Sarah Chauncey Woolsey. \"Guy Vernon\", the long piece that concluded the book, was by John Townsend Trowbridge. Emily Dickinson, who rarely published poetry in her lifetime, contributed her poem \"Success is Counted Sweetest\" (published as \"Success\") at the urging of Helen Hunt Jackson. Jackson first wrote to Dickinson to encourage a contribution on August 20, 1876, before attempting to persuade her in person on October 10. Dickinson appealed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson to tell Jackson he disapproved of a contribution,", "title": "A Masque of Poets" }, { "id": "17282303", "text": "The Gothic Earth Gazetteer The Gothic Earth Gazetteer is an accessory for the 2nd edition of the \"Advanced Dungeons & Dragons\" fantasy role-playing game, published in 1995. \"The Gothic Earth Gazetteer\" provides background and adventure ideas for \"Masque of the Red Death\" players by providing a timeline, along with information on important events, people, and qabals, for the period of 1890–1899. Following the timeline is a closer examination of the events of the Spanish–American War. Some events are dealt with in detail, including the Dreyfus Affair and the murder of the Sioux at Wounded Knee, and the history is accompanied", "title": "The Gothic Earth Gazetteer" }, { "id": "1642613", "text": "in the series, \"The Masque of the Red Death\" and \"The Tomb of Ligeia\", were filmed in England with an unusually long schedule for Corman and AIP. Although Corman and Rusoff are generally credited with coming up with the idea for the Poe series, in an interview on the Anchor Bay DVD of Mario Bava's \"Black Sabbath\", Mark Damon claims that he first suggested the idea to Corman. Damon also says that Corman let him direct \"The Pit and the Pendulum\" uncredited. Corman's commentary for \"Pit\" mentions nothing of this and all existing production stills of the film show Corman", "title": "American International Pictures" }, { "id": "1590998", "text": "contribution to mystery fiction in the 1920s was the development of the juvenile mystery by Edward Stratemeyer. Stratemeyer originally developed and wrote the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew mysteries written under the Franklin W. Dixon and Carolyn Keene pseudonyms respectively (and were later written by his daughter, Harriet Adams, and other authors). The 1920s also gave rise to one of the most popular mystery authors of all time, Agatha Christie, whose works include \"Murder on the Orient Express\" (1934), \"Death on the Nile\" (1937), and the world's best-selling mystery \"And Then There Were None\" (1939). The massive popularity of pulp", "title": "Mystery fiction" }, { "id": "10400637", "text": "wipes out humanity. Other examples include Mary Shelley's \"The Last Man\" (1826), George R. Stewart's \"Earth Abides\" (1949), Michael Crichton's \"The Andromeda Strain\" (1969) and Stephen King's \"The Stand\" (1978). The Scarlet Plague The Scarlet Plague is a post-apocalyptic fiction novel written by Jack London and originally published in \"London Magazine\" in 1912. The story takes place in 2073, sixty years after an uncontrollable epidemic, the Red Death, has depopulated the planet. James Smith is one of the survivors of the era before the scarlet plague hit and is still left alive in the San Francisco area, and he travels", "title": "The Scarlet Plague" }, { "id": "1271089", "text": "his initial appearance in the easternmost room, which is colored blue, a color most often associated with birth. Although Prospero's castle is meant to keep the sickness out, it is ultimately an oppressive structure. Its maze-like design and tall and narrow windows become almost burlesque in the final black room, so oppressive that \"there were few of the company bold enough to set foot within its precincts at all\". Additionally, the castle is meant to be an enclosed space, yet the stranger is able to sneak inside, suggesting that control is an illusion. Like many of Poe's tales, \"The Masque", "title": "The Masque of the Red Death" }, { "id": "7963763", "text": "those early Poe pictures we had relatively few actors, so when we did finally make \"Masque of the Red Death\" we went to the UK where it would be less expensive to do it.\" Matheson's script freely devised an elaborate narrative that barely resembled Poe, with only the finale having any similarity at all to the original short story on which the film was based. Corman noted, \"The method we adopted on \"The Pit and the Pendulum\" was to use the Poe short story as the climax for a third act to the motion picture... because a two-page short story", "title": "The Pit and the Pendulum (1961 film)" }, { "id": "800233", "text": "Carmina Burana Carmina Burana (, Latin for \"Songs from Benediktbeuern\" [\"Buria\" in Latin]) is a manuscript of 254 poems and dramatic texts mostly from the 11th or 12th century, although some are from the 13th century. The pieces are mostly bawdy, irreverent, and satirical. They were written principally in Medieval Latin, a few in Middle High German, and some with traces of Old French. Some are macaronic, a mixture of Latin and German or French vernacular. They were written by students and clergy when the Latin idiom was the lingua franca throughout Italy and western Europe for travelling scholars, universities,", "title": "Carmina Burana" }, { "id": "7900692", "text": "art was by David Hudnut, with interior art by Daarken, Wayne England, Randy Gallegos, Des Hanley, Michael Phillippi, Eric Polak, Steve Prescott, Wayne Reynolds, and Dan Scott. James Wyatt explained what influenced him in writing the book: \"Though I've been a big Ravenloft (and Masque of the Red Death) fan, I tried very hard to steer this book in a different direction. Of course, every horror movie I've ever seen had its influence on the book, but the short stories of Clark Ashton Smith probably had the greatest influence on the way I defined the genre for the purpose of", "title": "Heroes of Horror" }, { "id": "7295721", "text": "subtitled \"rhapsody for narrator and orchestra.\" The work received its world premiere in Seattle in October, 2014. Edmund Stone was the narrator, and the composer led the Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra. The American composer Christopher Rouse based his 2011 symphonic poem \"Prospero's Rooms\" on the castle of Prince Prospero in \"The Masque of the Red Death.\" The British and American composer Tarik O'Regan uses portions of Poe's poem \"Israfel\" as the basis of his 2006 composition \"The Ecstasies Above\" for voices and string quartet. For his influence on other media: For his appearances as a fictional character: Edgar Allan Poe and", "title": "Edgar Allan Poe and music" }, { "id": "9630918", "text": "to write his own stories. Poe also had a decent relationship with Graham and took advantage of the editorial control he was granted. The magazine was the first to publish \"The Murders in the Rue Morgue\", \"A Descent into the Maelström\", \"The Island of the Fay\", \"The Mask Of The Red Death - A Fantasy\", and others. He also reviewed Charles Dickens's \"The Old Curiosity Shop\", Nathaniel Hawthorne's \"Twice-Told Tales\", and works by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Washington Irving and many others. He also further built up his reputation as a harsh literary critic, causing James Russell Lowell to suggest Poe", "title": "Graham's Magazine" }, { "id": "8176392", "text": "from his vision picks up his severed head and the sun rises. Features music of Nino Rota and \"Ruby\" by Ray Charles, and is 37 minutes long. Omnibus films were popular in Europe in the 1960s so producers Alberto Grimaldi and Raymond Eger developed the idea of film anthology influenced by the work of Edgar Allan Poe. Initial directors announced to work on the film included Luchino Visconti, Claude Chabrol, Joseph Losey and Orson Welles. Orson Welles would direct one segment based on both \"Masque of the Red Death\" and \"The Cask of Amontillado\". Welles withdrew in September 1967 and", "title": "Spirits of the Dead" }, { "id": "862200", "text": "for both the innocent and the guilty. The book is considered a literary classic today. According to Luc Sante, \"\"The Count of Monte Cristo\" has become a fixture of Western civilization's literature, as inescapable and immediately identifiable as Mickey Mouse, Noah's flood, and the story of Little Red Riding Hood.\" Dumas wrote that the idea of revenge in \"The Count of Monte Cristo\" came from a story in a book compiled by Jacques Peuchet, a French police archivist, published in 1838 after the death of the author. Dumas included this essay in one of the editions from 1846. Peuchet told", "title": "The Count of Monte Cristo" }, { "id": "18493416", "text": "Red Declaration The Red Declaration (Finnish: \"punainen julistus\") is a document published in Tampere on 1 November 1905. It called for the Senate of Finland to resign; demanded universal suffrage, freedom of assembly, and freedom of association; as well as asking for an end to censorship. The text was drafted by Yrjö Mäkelin, the chief editor of the Tampere social democratic newspaper \"Kansan Lehti\" on 30 October, during the time of the general strike in response to the Russian Revolution. It was read out by poet Kössi Lindström on the balcony of Tampere Town Hall on 1 November. The declaration", "title": "Red Declaration" }, { "id": "17703405", "text": "Friday and Saturday nights throughout the run were \"Red Death Lates\", an open after-party for show attendees and others, involving members of the cast together with changing external entertainment. The move from the main theatre show through to the afterparty was handled seamlessly by virtue of the fact that the final scene in The Masque Of The Red Death involved a party in the main hall in celebration of the passing of the eponymous plague. Although the main elements of the show were a collaboration between Punchdrunk and the Battersea Arts Centre, the production also commissioned other artists and groups", "title": "The Masque of the Red Death (play)" } ]

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[ { "id": "7385011", "text": "Feeling Good \"Feeling Good\" (also known as \"Feelin' Good\") is a song written by English composers Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse for the musical \"The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd\". It was first performed on stage in 1964 by Cy Grant on the UK tour and by Gilbert Price in 1965 with the original Broadway cast. Nina Simone recorded \"Feeling Good\" for her 1965 album \"I Put a Spell on You\". The song has also been covered by Traffic, Michael Bublé, John Coltrane, George Michael, Victory, Eels, Joe Bonamassa, EDEN, Muse, and Black Cat Bones,", "title": "Feeling Good" }, { "id": "7385015", "text": "18 February 1965, it also features Art Davis, Elvin Jones and McCoy Tyner. Versions were also released in 1965 by Nina Simone, Jean DuShon, Julie London, Chris Connor, Billy Eckstine, and Sammy Davis Jr.. Nina Simone's version, arranged and produced by Hal Mooney, was recorded in New York in January 1965 and appeared on her album \"I Put a Spell on You.\" It was not released as a single at the time. In 1994, Simone's recording was used in a British TV commercial for Volkswagen, and became popular. Released as a single, it reached no. 40 on the UK Singles", "title": "Feeling Good" }, { "id": "7385012", "text": "among others. Although Bricusse and Newley shared songwriting credits, the words of the song are usually attributed to Bricusse, with the music by Newley. The song was first performed in public by the Guyanese-British singer and actor Cy Grant on the opening night of \"The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd\" at the Theatre Royal in Nottingham on 3 August 1964; Elaine Paige played the part of one of the \"Urchins\" in the chorus. The show, directed by Newley, toured British provincial theatres, and was then taken to the US by theatre producer David Merrick. It", "title": "Feeling Good" }, { "id": "17491709", "text": "The Feelin's Good The Feelin's Good is a compilation album of tracks recorded by jazz tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley in 1963 and 1964 and released on the Music Matters label. It features performances by Mobley, Donald Byrd, Herbie Hancock, Butch Warren and Philly Joe Jones. Those songs recorded on March 7, 1963 were originally released as follows: \"Old World, New Imports\" and \"Up A Step\", appeared on \"No Room for Squares\" released in 1964. \"East Of The Village\" and \"The Good Life\", appeared on \"The Turnaround!\" released in 1965 and the remaining two tracks, \"The Feelin's Good\" and \"Yes Indeed\",", "title": "The Feelin's Good" }, { "id": "7385014", "text": "original cast recording of the show, featuring Price's version of the song, was released by RCA Victor in early 1965, before the show reached New York. A version by Cy Grant with pianist Bill Le Sage – much jazzier than the original stage version – appeared on their 1965 album . Anthony Newley's own recording appeared on his 1965 album \"\"Who Can I Turn To\" and other songs from \"The Roar of the Greasepaint\"\". One of the earliest recorded versions was a jazz treatment by saxophonist John Coltrane, which appeared on his album \"The John Coltrane Quartet Plays...\". Recorded on", "title": "Feeling Good" }, { "id": "17491710", "text": "were not released until 1985 as part of the album \"Straight No Filter\". In 2013, the company Music Matters released this compilation album. The Feelin's Good The Feelin's Good is a compilation album of tracks recorded by jazz tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley in 1963 and 1964 and released on the Music Matters label. It features performances by Mobley, Donald Byrd, Herbie Hancock, Butch Warren and Philly Joe Jones. Those songs recorded on March 7, 1963 were originally released as follows: \"Old World, New Imports\" and \"Up A Step\", appeared on \"No Room for Squares\" released in 1964. \"East Of The", "title": "The Feelin's Good" }, { "id": "2247305", "text": "Anthony Newley Anthony Newley (24 September 1931 – 14 April 1999) was an English actor, singer and songwriter. Newley achieved success as a performer in such diverse fields as rock and roll and stage and screen acting. As a recording artist he enjoyed a dozen Top 40 entries on the UK Singles Chart between 1959 and 1962, including two number one hits. With songwriting partner Leslie Bricusse, Newley penned \"Feeling Good\", which was popularised by Nina Simone and covered by many other popular artists, as well as the title song of 1964 film \"Goldfinger\" (along with John Barry). Bricusse and", "title": "Anthony Newley" }, { "id": "6991722", "text": "version. The song is also featured in the video game \"The Saboteur\". Hyper Music/Feeling Good \"Hyper Music\" and \"Feeling Good\" are songs by the English alternative rock band Muse from their second album \"Origin of Symmetry\" (2001), released as a double A-side single on 19 November 2001. \"Hyper Music\" is an art punk song, written by vocalist and guitarist Matthew Bellamy. \"Feeling Good\" was written by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley for the 1964 musical \"The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd,\" later covered by jazz and soul singer Nina Simone. A softer, rearranged version of", "title": "Hyper Music/Feeling Good" }, { "id": "6991715", "text": "Hyper Music/Feeling Good \"Hyper Music\" and \"Feeling Good\" are songs by the English alternative rock band Muse from their second album \"Origin of Symmetry\" (2001), released as a double A-side single on 19 November 2001. \"Hyper Music\" is an art punk song, written by vocalist and guitarist Matthew Bellamy. \"Feeling Good\" was written by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley for the 1964 musical \"The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd,\" later covered by jazz and soul singer Nina Simone. A softer, rearranged version of \"Hyper Music\" was recorded under the title of \"Hyper Chondriac Music\" and", "title": "Hyper Music/Feeling Good" }, { "id": "9892684", "text": "British television. However, not wanting to become typecast, he stepped down from this position after two and a half years. His acting career continued apace and later in 1957 he appeared in \"Home of the Brave\", an award-winning TV drama by Arthur Laurents, and travelled the following year to Jamaica for the filming of \"Calypso\", in which he played the romantic lead. In 1964, Grant appeared in the musical \"The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd\". in which he was the first to perform the song \"Feeling Good\", later covered by many others. He included a", "title": "Cy Grant" }, { "id": "7385019", "text": "for their 2001 album \"Origin of Symmetry\". It was released as a single also featuring the song \"Hyper Music\". In a poll by \"Total Guitar\" about best cover songs, Muse's version was fifth. In September 2010, \"NME\" readers voted it the greatest cover song of all time over \"Twist and Shout\" by The Beatles and \"Hurt\" by Johnny Cash. The song appeared in the movie \"Seven Pounds\" (2008), one episode of the TV series \"Queer as Folk\", and during the end credits of an episode of the TV series \"Luther\". It was used by Nestlé without the band's permission, so", "title": "Feeling Good" }, { "id": "11952172", "text": "Feels So Good (composition) \"Feels So Good\" is the title of an instrumental composition by the American flugelhorn player Chuck Mangione. It was both written and produced by Mangione and is the title track from his 1977 album. The album version of \"Feels So Good\" runs almost ten minutes, but an edit trimming the piece to 3 minutes 28 seconds was released as a single in early 1978. The single reached #4 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart in June of that year after spending a week atop the \"Billboard\" easy listening chart in May. The recording was also nominated", "title": "Feels So Good (composition)" }, { "id": "2247312", "text": "Build a Mountain\", \"Once in a Lifetime\", \"On a Wonderful Day Like Today\", \"The Joker\" and comic novelty songs such as \"That Noise\" and \"The Oompa-Loompa Song\", and his versions of \"Strawberry Fair\" and \"Pop Goes the Weasel\". He wrote songs that others made hits including \"Goldfinger\" (the title song of the James Bond film, \"Goldfinger\", music by John Barry), and \"Feeling Good\", which became a hit for Nina Simone and the rock band Muse, as well as a signature song for singer Michael Bublé. It was featured in a jam recorded live at the Fillmore West for Traffic's 1969", "title": "Anthony Newley" }, { "id": "7385016", "text": "Chart in July 1994. Simone's version was remixed by Joe Claussell in 2002 for the first volume of the Verve Remixed series. The vocal track by Nina Simone and the music of \"Feeling Good\" have been sampled in numerous songs. In 1997, it was sampled in \"Feeling Good\" by Huff & Herb and the following year in \"The Twister\" by Viper. Other uses include \"How I Feel\" by Wax Tailor, from the 2005 album \"Tales of the Forgotten Melodies\"; \"New Day\" from the debut collaborative studio album \"Watch the Throne\" by American rappers Jay-Z and Kanye West in 2011; \"How", "title": "Feeling Good" }, { "id": "7385017", "text": "I Feel\" by Flo Rida, from the 2013 album \"The Perfect 10\"; and, also in 2013, in the beginning of Bassnectar's \"Immersive Music Mixtape Side One\". The track \"About You\" on Mary J. Blige's 2005 album \"The Breakthrough\" features an unusual take on the song. The bulk of the recording consists of new lyrics, composed by Mary J. Blige, will.i.am and Keith Harris; however, the chorus samples several lines from \"Feeling Good\" as performed by Nina Simone. Nina's original vocals are distorted so much that her voice is almost unrecognisable. For this reason, Simone receives a credit as a featured", "title": "Feeling Good" }, { "id": "7385018", "text": "artist, and Newley and Bricusse receive credit as co-writers. \"About You\" is produced by will.i.am. The original instrumental track to Nina Simone's \"Feeling Good\" was also used in the Swedish musician Avicii's song of the same name, used by Volvo. Simone's recording was used in the film \"Point of No Return\", and it appears on soundtracks for the movies \"Repo Men\" (2010), \"Last Holiday\" (2006), \"Professor Marston and the Wonder Women\" (2017), and the TV soundtrack \"\". The Bassnectar/Simone cover was used in \"Chapter 6\", a first-season episode of the television series \"Legion\". The rock band Muse recorded a version", "title": "Feeling Good" }, { "id": "14014282", "text": "Feel So Good (song) \"Feel So Good\" is a song by American hip-hop artist Mase. It was released in October 1997 as the lead single from his debut album, \"Harlem World\", and it appeared on the \"Money Talks\" soundtrack. The song was produced by D-Dot and Sean \"Puffy\" Combs and featured R&B singer Kelly Price on the chorus. The single was the most successful of the three singles released from the album, having peaked at number 5 on both the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, and number-one on the Hot Rap Singles chart. \"Feel So Good\" was", "title": "Feel So Good (song)" }, { "id": "10088002", "text": "Feelings (Morris Albert song) \"Feelings\" is a song with lyrics written by Brazilian singer Morris Albert, set to the tune of \"Pour Toi\" separately composed by Louis “Loulou” Gasté in 1957. Albert recorded \"Feelings\" as a single and later included it as the title track of his 1975 debut album. The song's lyrics, recognizable by their \"whoa whoa whoa\" chorus, concern the singer's inability to \"forget my feelings of love\". Albert's original recording of the song was very successful, performing well internationally. In mid-1975, \"Feelings\" peaked at number 6 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and number 2 on the Adult", "title": "Feelings (Morris Albert song)" }, { "id": "4391988", "text": "1953 number five Billboard R&B chart release \"Feelin' Good\". The song did not reach the singles chart. Elvis Presley's version of \"Mystery Train\" was first released on August 20, 1955, as the B-side of \"I Forgot to Remember to Forget\". In 2003, \"Rolling Stone\" magazine ranked it at number 77 on its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Sam Phillips at Sun Studios again produced the recording, and featured Presley on vocals and rhythm guitar, Scotty Moore on lead guitar, and Bill Black on bass. Moore used a country lead break, and toward the end of the", "title": "Mystery Train" }, { "id": "11952173", "text": "for a Grammy Award for Record of the Year at the ceremony held in 1979, losing out to Billy Joel's \"Just the Way You Are\". Mangione re-recorded the tune (as a slow ballad, and with lyrics sung by Don Potter) for his 1982 album \"70 Miles Young\". Mangione was quoted describing the editing of the original version of the track as \"major surgery.\" Mangione appeared in a commercial for Memorex in 1979 performing \"Feels So Good\". Ella Fitzgerald, who became famous for Memorex commercials in 1970s, heard Mangione and musicians perform it, then it was played back for her. When", "title": "Feels So Good (composition)" }, { "id": "7385021", "text": "his album, \"It's Time\". The single was released on 4 April 2005. The song was the opening track on his live album, \"Caught in the Act\", and has appeared in television commercials, ESPN's 2005 \"World Series of Poker\" tournament, and the 2010 NBA draft broadcast. The single peaked at No. 162 in the United Kingdom, No. 70 in Australia, No. 36 in Germany, No. 66 in Austria, and No. 14 in Poland. The song has become one of his most popular singles and became a hit in May 2010 when it reached No. 69 on the UK Singles Chart after", "title": "Feeling Good" }, { "id": "7385022", "text": "it was featured in British commercials. American girl group The Pussycat Dolls recorded \"Feeling Good\" for their debut studio album, \"PCD\" (2005). It charted at number 23 on the \"Billboard\" Smooth Jazz Songs. The Pussycat Dolls' version of \"Feeling Good\" received mixed reviews from critics. Nick Butler of Sputnikmusic criticised all four of the covers featured on the album. He singled out \"Feeling Good\", writing that the song's inclusion on the album serves as \"a pretty pointless vocal workout for Nicole.\" He added that \"None of them stand up to other covers of the same tracks, let alone the originals.\"", "title": "Feeling Good" }, { "id": "10088005", "text": "French lyrics Dis-Lui), and to Albert and \"Kaisermann\". The last of these attributions is redundant, since the singer's real name is Mauricio Alberto Kaisermann. Feelings (Morris Albert song) \"Feelings\" is a song with lyrics written by Brazilian singer Morris Albert, set to the tune of \"Pour Toi\" separately composed by Louis “Loulou” Gasté in 1957. Albert recorded \"Feelings\" as a single and later included it as the title track of his 1975 debut album. The song's lyrics, recognizable by their \"whoa whoa whoa\" chorus, concern the singer's inability to \"forget my feelings of love\". Albert's original recording of the song", "title": "Feelings (Morris Albert song)" }, { "id": "8945203", "text": "the US R&B chart and #20 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. Although a follow-up single, \"I Feel Good\" (not to be confused with their 1955 single \"Feel So Good\"), also made the charts, the duo’s later releases were less successful, and the pair moved to the Warwick label in 1959. Goodman and Leonard split up in 1963. Leonard made some subsequent solo records with little success. In the mid 1960s, Goodman moved to California, where she worked as a session singer on records by Sonny and Cher,", "title": "Shirley Goodman" }, { "id": "7385020", "text": "Nestlé replaced it with the Nina Simone version and paid Muse settlement money, which the band donated to Oxfam. Virgin Atlantic used the Muse version for a global television commercial which debuted in October 2010. The ad featured the song accompanying surreal vignettes of Virgin Atlantic cabin crew members. This sequence included imagery of flying people, a nod to the artwork of Muse's album \"Absolution\". Muse's version reached No. 137 on the singles chart in France and No. 24 on the singles chart in the UK. \"Feeling Good\" was covered by Canadian singer Michael Bublé as the lead single from", "title": "Feeling Good" }, { "id": "5142192", "text": "the track was intended to be a \"joke\" and a \"funny song\". He also commented that it was originally recorded as a chant at the end of the album, but its effectiveness resulted in its expansion into a full song and usage as the opener. Though it was Josh Homme who provided lead vocals, there are several other vocalists present on the track. Judas Priest lead singer Rob Halford was in a neighbouring studio when this song was first recorded and ended up singing backing vocals at the band's request, calling the lyrics a \"rock and roll cocktail\". Halford's performance", "title": "Feel Good Hit of the Summer" }, { "id": "5715692", "text": "the \"500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll\". \"Boogie Chillen'\" was added to the U.S. National Recording Registry in 2008, which noted that \"the driving rhythm and confessional lyrics have guaranteed its place as an influential and enduring blues classic\". Authors Jim Dawson and Steve Propes included it in their 1992 book \"What Was the First Rock 'n' Roll Record?\", identifying it among the precursors of rock and roll. \"Boogie Chillen'\" has inspired several songs, beginning in 1953, when Junior Parker recorded his interpretation titled \"Feelin' Good\". It became Parker's first hit for Sun Records and was subsequently recorded by", "title": "Boogie Chillen'" }, { "id": "7698622", "text": "Feel Good Time \"Feel Good Time\" is a song by American singer Pink featuring William Orbit. It was released on June 20, 2003 as the lead single on the international edition of her third studio album \"Try This\". It was later used on the soundtrack of the 2003 film \"\". The single peaked at number sixty on the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and number three on the UK Singles Chart, and has been certified gold by the ARIA. The song was originally written by and recorded by Beck and William Orbit with the intention of being a Beck track, but", "title": "Feel Good Time" }, { "id": "9171679", "text": "Feels Good \"Feels Good\" is the title of a number-one R&B single by Tony! Toni! Toné! featuring a rap verse by Mopreme Shakur. The hit song spent two weeks at number one on the U.S. R&B chart. It was also their first top-ten hit on the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot 100, peaking at number nine. \"Feels Good\" also peaked at number three on the dance charts. The song samples Think (About It). Two turntables were used in the process. One which plays the break in reverse and can be heard in the left ear. The other plays the break normally and", "title": "Feels Good" }, { "id": "7698625", "text": "in the liner photos).\" Feel Good Time \"Feel Good Time\" is a song by American singer Pink featuring William Orbit. It was released on June 20, 2003 as the lead single on the international edition of her third studio album \"Try This\". It was later used on the soundtrack of the 2003 film \"\". The single peaked at number sixty on the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and number three on the UK Singles Chart, and has been certified gold by the ARIA. The song was originally written by and recorded by Beck and William Orbit with the intention of being", "title": "Feel Good Time" }, { "id": "10088003", "text": "Contemporary chart in the United States. Over the next few years \"Feelings\" was performed by many other vocalists including Ella Fitzgerald, Shirley Bassey, Nina Simone, Salena Jones, Angelica Maria, Petula Clark, José José, Caetano Veloso, Engelbert Humperdinck, Muslim Magomayev, Glen Campbell, The O'Jays, Sarah Vaughan, Walter Jackson, Sergey Penkin, Julio Iglesias, Dobie Gray and Johnny Mathis. It was also recorded by numerous easy listening bandleaders and ensembles such as Santo & Johnny, Percy Faith, Ferrante & Teicher, Franck Pourcel, 101 Strings and Herb Ohta whose ukulele rendition was recorded with André Popp's orchestra for A&M Records. During a lecture at", "title": "Feelings (Morris Albert song)" }, { "id": "7385013", "text": "opened on 16 May 1965 at the Shubert Theatre in New York City, where the role of \"the Negro\", who sings \"Feeling Good\", was taken by Gilbert Price. In the show, Price's character is asked to perform a game against the show's hero \"Cocky\"; but, as \"Cocky\" and his master \"Sir\" argue over the rules, \"the Negro\" reaches the centre of the stage and \"wins\", singing the song at his moment of triumph. It was described as a \"booming song of emancipation\", and a \"Billboard\" review said it was \"the kind of robust number that should have strong appeal.\" The", "title": "Feeling Good" }, { "id": "10223498", "text": "Fancy (band) Fancy were an early-mid-1970s pop group. The band was made up of session musicians produced by Mike Hurst. They had a surprise U.S. hit single in 1974 with a version of the classic \"Wild Thing\", peaking at #14 on the Billboard Hot 100. They also had a second U.S. hit with \"Touch Me\", peaking at #19. They were initially fronted by \"Penthouse\" Pet Helen Caunt and later Annie Kavanagh. Ray Fenwick, formerly of the Spencer Davis Group, joined Fancy in 1974. Fancy's song \"Feel Good\" from the album \"Wild Thing\" was sampled by the Beastie Boys on the", "title": "Fancy (band)" }, { "id": "7385024", "text": "studio crafted fluff.\" Spence D. praised the song for returning to the \"retro vibe with wondrous results.\" On the \"Billboard\" Jazz Songs chart, the song peaked at number 23, becoming The Pussycat Dolls' only song to appear on that chart. The song is included on their 2006 \"Live from London\" as the fourth track of the DVD. The song is performed solely by Scherzinger. The song was also included on their first headlining tour, PCD World Tour. While delivering an a cappella version of the songs Scherzinger wears a \"virginal hoodie-cum-headscarf.\" Helen Pidd of \"The Guardian\" while reviewing their show", "title": "Feeling Good" }, { "id": "5361703", "text": "Feel Good Inc. \"Feel Good Inc.\" is a song by British virtual band Gorillaz, featuring American hip-hop group De La Soul. The song was released as the lead single from the band's second studio album \"Demon Days\" on 9 May 2005. The single peaked at No. 2 in the United Kingdom and No. 14 in the United States and made the US billboard year end top songs chart in 2005 and 2006. It also topped the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart in the U.S. for eight consecutive weeks, a first for the band. This is the only song in Damon", "title": "Feel Good Inc." }, { "id": "6103679", "text": "Combs, Steven Standard and George Logios, with Combs additionally serving as the track's producer. It features rappers Big Pun and Fat Joe who often collaborated with each other. Lopez recorded her vocals for the song at Daddy's House Recording Studios and Sony Music Studios in New York City. It was later edited by Jim Janik and mixed by Prince Charles Alexander. Lyrically, the song is about Lopez being in a good mood, with nothing bringing her down. Lopez sings in the chorus: \"I'm feelin' so good / I knew that I would / Been talking care of myself / Like", "title": "Feelin' So Good" }, { "id": "4899098", "text": "band, the Blue Flames, with the guitarist Pat Hare. Parker was discovered in 1952 by Ike Turner, who signed him to Modern Records. This resulted in his first release, “You’re My Angel”/“Bad Women, Bad Whiskey” with Turner playing piano. This brought him to the attention of Sam Phillips, and he and his band signed with Sun Records in 1953. There they produced three successful songs: \"Feelin' Good\" (which reached number 5 on the US \"Billboard\" R&B chart), \"Love My Baby,\" and \"Mystery Train\", a cover version of which was recorded by Elvis Presley. For Presley's version of \"Mystery Train\", Scotty", "title": "Junior Parker" }, { "id": "9216473", "text": "Yvonne Fair Yvonne Fair (October 21, 1942 – March 6, 1994) was an American singer, best known for her 1975 recording of \"It Should Have Been Me\". Born as Flora Yvonne Coleman in Richmond, Virginia, Fair's early jobs included work with the Chantels and the James Brown Revue. While performing with Brown, she recorded the song \"I Found You\", which he later re-worked into his own signature hit \"I Got You (I Feel Good)\". She signed to Motown Records in the early 1970s and had a small part as a singer in the film \"Lady Sings the Blues\" (1972). Fair", "title": "Yvonne Fair" }, { "id": "5278585", "text": "I Feel for You \"I Feel for You\" is a song written by Prince that originally appeared on his 1979 self-titled album. The most successful and best-known version was recorded by R&B singer Chaka Khan and appeared on her 1984 album \"I Feel for You\". Prince, as songwriter, won the 1985 Grammy Award for Best R&B Song. Prince originally recorded the song containing disco music for his eponymous second album, released in 1979. He uses the falsetto vocal with the melody range between C and C. However, the song and \"I Wanna Be Your Lover\", a hit song of Prince's", "title": "I Feel for You" }, { "id": "19895566", "text": "Fallin' Never Felt So Good \"Fallin' Never Felt So Good\" is a debut song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Shawn Camp. It was released in July 1993 as the first single from the album \"Shawn Camp\". The song reached No. 39 on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. The song was written by Camp and Will Smith. Before Camp's release, Dude Mowrey cut the song on his 1991 debut album \"Honky Tonk\". Mark Chesnutt also released a version of the song from his 2000 album \"Lost in the Feeling\", for MCA Nashville Records. Chesnutt's version", "title": "Fallin' Never Felt So Good" }, { "id": "564297", "text": "the early to mid-1970s, and in spite of Brilleaux's death in 1994 of lymphoma, a version of the band (featuring none of the original members) continues to tour and record to this day. The band was formed in Canvey Island in 1971 by Johnson, Brilleaux and Sparks, who had all been members of existing R&B bands, and soon added drummer John Martin. They took their name from a 1962 record by the American blues pianist and singer Willie Perryman (also known as \"Piano Red\") called \"Dr. Feel-Good\", which Perryman recorded under the name of Dr. Feelgood & The Interns. The", "title": "Dr. Feelgood (band)" }, { "id": "7478062", "text": "and James Bradley Jr. on drums. Geissman appeared on the album \"Feels So Good\" (1977), which sold two million copies. On radio, the single \"Feels So Good\", featuring Geissman's guitar solo, was an international hit. A 1980 issue of \"Current Biography\" called it the most recognized tune since \"Michelle\" by The Beatles. In 1978 Geissman released his first solo album, \"Good Stuff\" (Concord Jazz), which featured fellow Northridge alumnus Gordon Goodwin on sax, Tom Ranier on piano, Bob Magnussen on bass guitar, and Steve Shaeffer on drums. Grant left Mangione's band in 1981 to pursue other endeavors, including his own", "title": "Grant Geissman" }, { "id": "12553510", "text": "a duet with George Jones which was previously released from his 1993 album \"High-Tech Redneck\". As listed in liner notes. Strings by The Nashville String Machine conducted by Carl Gorodetzky Feelin' Good Train Feelin' Good Train is the third studio album released by American country music artist Sammy Kershaw. It was released in 1994 (see 1994 in country music) on Mercury Records. The album produced four singles for Kershaw on the \"Billboard\" country charts. The first two singles were \"National Working Woman's Holiday\" and a cover of the Amazing Rhythm Aces' \"Third Rate Romance\", both of which peaked at #2.", "title": "Feelin' Good Train" }, { "id": "6103678", "text": "Feelin' So Good \"Feelin' So Good\" is a song recorded by American singer Jennifer Lopez for her debut studio album \"On the 6\" (1999). The lyrics were written by Cory Rooney and Lopez, while the music was written by Steven Standard, George Logios and Sean \"Puffy\" Combs, who also produced the song. It was released on January 25, 2000, as the fourth single from \"On the 6\". \"Feelin' So Good\" is a midtempo hip hop song with a length of five minutes and twenty-seven seconds (5:27). The song was written by Lopez with Cory Rooney, Christopher Rios, Joe Cartagena, Sean", "title": "Feelin' So Good" }, { "id": "17691336", "text": "on Atco in 1961, but it was unsuccessful. DuShon then recorded singles with various labels including Lennox, OKeh and Columbia, before joining Chess Records in 1964. There she recorded three albums. The first, \"Make Way for Jean DuShon\", was recorded with the Lou Donaldson quintet and was released on the Argo subsidiary label in 1964. It was followed by \"You Better Believe Me\", with the Ramsey Lewis Trio, in 1965, and finally \"Feeling Good\", again with Donaldson and arranged by Oliver Nelson, on the Cadet label in 1966. While with Cadet, she was contacted by Motown songwriter Ron Miller, with", "title": "Jean DuShon" }, { "id": "16646846", "text": "The Bruford Tapes The Bruford Tapes is a 1979 album by the British band Bruford, only issued in the US, Canada and Japan. It was recorded live in Roslyn, New York on July 12, 1979 and was originally broadcast on WLIR radio. Shortly before the performance, Allan Holdsworth left the band and was replaced by John Clark, whose name appears as \"the unknown John Clark\" on the original back album cover. The recording features live versions of songs from the group's previous two albums \"Feels Good to Me\" and \"One of a Kind\". 2005 CD bonus cut 10. \"The Age", "title": "The Bruford Tapes" }, { "id": "16646847", "text": "of Information\" The Bruford Tapes The Bruford Tapes is a 1979 album by the British band Bruford, only issued in the US, Canada and Japan. It was recorded live in Roslyn, New York on July 12, 1979 and was originally broadcast on WLIR radio. Shortly before the performance, Allan Holdsworth left the band and was replaced by John Clark, whose name appears as \"the unknown John Clark\" on the original back album cover. The recording features live versions of songs from the group's previous two albums \"Feels Good to Me\" and \"One of a Kind\". 2005 CD bonus cut 10.", "title": "The Bruford Tapes" }, { "id": "5512098", "text": "Abigail (singer) Abigail (full name Abigail Zsiga) is an English electronic music artist. She began her career with the song, \"I Feel You\", released in 1992. Since \"Could It Be Magic\" hit the #1 slot on the British NRG chart, she has been a mainstay on the Hi-NRG Chart as well as the US Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. She is known for her Hi-NRG covers of popular songs on both sides of the Atlantic. Some of those are k.d. lang's \"Constant Craving\", Nirvana's \"Smells Like Teen Spirit\", and R.E.M.'s \"Losing My Religion\". Abigail's debut album, \"Feel Good\" was released", "title": "Abigail (singer)" }, { "id": "15217626", "text": "1980s he was a frequent songwriting collaborator with Dianne Quander. His songs have been recorded by The Dramatics, Earth, Wind & Fire, The Emotions, Eddie Kendricks, Jean Carne and Anita Baker. In 1980, Glenn recorded his eponymous album for PPL Records. Later, he joined the Motown roster, which released his second album, \"Feels Good To Feel Good\" in 1987, which was moderately successful. On the latter album, he wrote or co-wrote all of the songs (including four with Dianne Quander). Glenn died on September 27, 1991 from kidney failure. His songs continued to be recorded by other artists and sampled", "title": "Garry Glenn" }, { "id": "11087465", "text": "Home (Michael Bublé song) \"Home\" is a song recorded by Canadian singer Michael Bublé, and released on March 28, 2005, as the second single from his second major-label studio album, \"It's Time\". The song was written by Bublé, along with co-writers Alan Chang and Amy Foster-Gillies. \"Home\" was first released on March 28, 2005, as Bublé's debut single in the United Kingdom. It received a relatively low promoted release, as at the time, the lead single from \"It's Time\", \"Feeling Good\", had only just been released in other territories around the world. As such, it underperformed heavily, only peaking at", "title": "Home (Michael Bublé song)" }, { "id": "1348673", "text": "Chuck Mangione Charles Frank Mangione (; born November 29, 1940) is an American flugelhorn player, trumpeter and composer. He was a member of Art Blakey's band and co-led the Jazz Brothers with his brother, Gap. He achieved international success in 1977 with his jazz-pop single \"Feels So Good\". Mangione has released more than 30 albums since 1960. Mangione was born and raised in Rochester, New York, with his pianist brother Gap. Their uncle Jerre Mangione (March 20, 1909 – August 16, 1998) was an American writer and scholar of the Italian-American experience. Together the brothers led the Mangione Brothers Sextet/Quintet,", "title": "Chuck Mangione" }, { "id": "18929713", "text": "Feel So Fine \"Feel So Fine\" is a song released in 1960 by Johnny Preston. The song is a reworking of the 1955 song \"Feel So Good\" by Shirley & Lee, with modified lyrics. Shirley & Lee's \"Feel So Good\" reached No. 2 on \"Billboard\"s Rhythm & Blues Records chart for \"Most Played in Juke Boxes\", No. 5 on \"Billboard\"s Rhythm & Blues Records chart for \"Best Sellers in Stores\", No. 7 on \"Billboard\"s Rhythm & Blues Records chart for \"Most Played by Jockeys\", and No. 6 on \"Cash Box\"s Rhythm & Blues Top 15. Johnny Preston's version was released", "title": "Feel So Fine" }, { "id": "6103686", "text": "house at night. Lopez sang the song at her 2011 Mohegan Sun concert. Additionally, it was included on the setlist for her 2012 Dance Again World Tour. Feelin' So Good \"Feelin' So Good\" is a song recorded by American singer Jennifer Lopez for her debut studio album \"On the 6\" (1999). The lyrics were written by Cory Rooney and Lopez, while the music was written by Steven Standard, George Logios and Sean \"Puffy\" Combs, who also produced the song. It was released on January 25, 2000, as the fourth single from \"On the 6\". \"Feelin' So Good\" is a midtempo", "title": "Feelin' So Good" }, { "id": "6021013", "text": "invariably end up being recorded by more prestigious artists or choirs, such as the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir. Like his method of musical contribution, music styles attributed to Lanny Wolfe were also varied. His original music picked up on styles within pop culture, and often included the soft, symphonic style of pop music during the 1970s. In his song, \"I Feel Good\", he even pulled off adapting a little bit of the \"James Brown Sound\" to that up-tempo song. His trio often recorded using London-based orchestras, often arranged by the famed gospel music producer, Lari Goss. Music at his conference, except", "title": "Lanny Wolfe" }, { "id": "7268092", "text": "United States. The album spawned hit singles such as \"Feel So Good\" and \"Lookin' at Me\", which both reached #1 on the Rap Billboard charts, as well as \"What You Want\", which peaked at #3 on both the Rap and R&B Billboard charts. During 1997, Mase also appeared on more songs with Puff Daddy, Mariah Carey's \"Honey\", Brian McKnight's \"You Should Be Mine (Don't Waste Your Time)\", and Brandy's \"Top of the World\". In 1998, Mase formed his own record label, All Out Records. He signed his group Harlem World, which included his twin sister, Stason, to the label while", "title": "Mase" }, { "id": "19895567", "text": "was also a single, reaching No. 52 on the same charts that year. Like Camp's version, Chesnutt's was produced by Mark Wright. Fallin' Never Felt So Good \"Fallin' Never Felt So Good\" is a debut song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Shawn Camp. It was released in July 1993 as the first single from the album \"Shawn Camp\". The song reached No. 39 on the \"Billboard\" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. The song was written by Camp and Will Smith. Before Camp's release, Dude Mowrey cut the song on his 1991 debut album \"Honky Tonk\". Mark", "title": "Fallin' Never Felt So Good" }, { "id": "12651188", "text": "The Feeling's Good\" hit #46 on the U.S. Country charts. Love Lifted Me Love Lifted Me is the first solo studio album by Kenny Rogers for United Artists Records, released in 1976. This is Rogers' first solo effort following the break-up of The First Edition earlier that year. The album was a minor success, reaching #28 on the Country charts. Three singles were released from the album including the title track (released as a single in 1975), which hit #19 on the U.S. Country charts and crossed to the U.S. Hot 100 by ranking #97. The second single, \"Homemade Love\",", "title": "Love Lifted Me" }, { "id": "8534309", "text": "which features hip-hop tinges from Bun B, but failed to gain much attention. Due to the record label's lack of promotion for the album, and lack of radio support for the singles, \" Everything New \" failed to chart on the Billboard 200 albums chart, being two copies short of debuting at #200. It has since then sold less than 5,000 copies. The album's original track listing featured a song titled \"Feels Good\", but it was replaced by \"When I Was With You\" before it was released. The album's unofficial lead single \"Love You So\" is actually an unlisted bonus", "title": "Everything New" }, { "id": "6317360", "text": "1992, but lost to R.E.M.'s \"Out of Time\". All songs written by Richard Thompson: Rumor and Sigh Rumor and Sigh is the sixth solo album by British singer/songwriter Richard Thompson, released in 1991 on the Capitol label. The album was a commercial success for Thompson, and featured his biggest American hit single \"I Feel So Good\", as well as the fan favourite \"1952 Vincent Black Lightning”. The album earned Thompson a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album in 1992. The American spelling of the word \"Rumor\" is due to the fact that Thompson took the title", "title": "Rumor and Sigh" }, { "id": "1918955", "text": "featured in top-selling movie soundtracks, such as \"Convoy\", \"Urban Cowboy\", and \"The Big Lebowski\". After leaving the First Edition in 1976, after almost a decade with the group, Rogers signed a solo deal with United Artists. Producer Larry Butler and Rogers began a partnership that would last four years. Rogers first outing for his new label was \"Love Lifted Me\". The album charted and two singles, \"Love Lifted Me\" and \"While the Feeling's Good\", were minor hits. The song \"Runaway Girl\" was featured in the motion picture \"Trackdown\". Later in 1976, Rogers issued his second album, the self-titled \"Kenny Rogers\",", "title": "Kenny Rogers" }, { "id": "6114067", "text": "Woods and Frank Rosolino. The Frank Cunimondo Trio is also a fixture of the Pittsburgh Jazz scene. His most popular recording, \"Feelin' Good\" which he recorded with Lynn Marino, is an international hit and is distributed on MoviePlay Gold. The title track has also been sampled and used in a number of European dance mixes. He distributes most of his recordings through his record label Mondo Records. He has made a number of television appearances including \"The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson\". In addition to performing, Frank Cunimondo has a long career teaching jazz piano. He has previously taught at", "title": "Frank Cunimondo" }, { "id": "13367811", "text": "process involved Mackay flying out beforehand to Los Angeles where he scouted for suitable song material and session musicians. Mackay achieved his goals and hired acclaimed musicians, such as guitarist Lee Ritenour (Carly Simon, Barbra Streisand), bassist Herbie Flowers (Elton John, David Bowie, Harry Nilsson) and Alan Tarney (The Shadows). Black with her husband Bobby Willis then joined Mackay to finalise the song selection and lay her vocals. This was her first recording sessions to be held outside the United Kingdom. Although completed in 1975, the release of the album was purposely delayed until Black returned to BBC television with", "title": "It Makes Me Feel Good" }, { "id": "5361704", "text": "Albarn's career to reach the top 40 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. It peaked in the top 10 in 17 countries, reaching No. 1 in Spain. The song was listed in Pitchfork Media and Rolling Stone's Best Songs of the 2000s. The song won Best Pop Collaboration at the 2006 Grammy Awards. It surpassed \"Clint Eastwood\" to become Gorillaz's most successful single worldwide. \"Feel Good Inc.\" has been certified platinum by the BPI and ARIA. Popdose ranked it 26th on their list of 100 best songs of the decade. The integration of computer-generated imagery with two-dimensional animation is more seamless", "title": "Feel Good Inc." }, { "id": "18956938", "text": "Feels Good, Feels Right Feels Good, Feels Right is a 1976 vinyl album recorded by Bing Crosby for Decca Records during four morning sessions in 1976 at Decca Studio No.3, Broadhurst Gardens, London. He was accompanied by Alan Cohen and his Orchestra. Cohen also did all the orchestral arrangements. All of the tracks recorded in July were issued on the LP with the addition of \"What’s New?\" recorded on August 17. The other three tracks recorded on August 17 were issued for the first time on a Decca double album called “Bing – 1931” and “Bing – 1975-76” The expanded", "title": "Feels Good, Feels Right" }, { "id": "11850173", "text": "which aired on 19 July 2012. Cocker included this song live in his double album \"Mad Dogs & Englishmen\". The song was also a charting hit single for several other performers: It has also been recorded by: Other artists who released their covers are Freddie King, Widespread Panic and The Black Crowes. A Steel Drum version by Trinidad Oil Company was reissued on the dancefloor jazz compilation \"Blue Juice 2\". Feelin' Alright? \"Feelin' Alright?\", also known as \"Feeling Alright\", is a song written by Dave Mason of the English rock band Traffic from their eponymous 1968 album \"Traffic\". It was", "title": "Feelin' Alright?" }, { "id": "13382984", "text": "cover, \"Live and Let Die\", it was performed by the group when they were on \"Britain's Got Talent\". The seventh track is a cover of film composer Ennio Morricone's \"Chi Mai\". The eighth track is \"Feeling Good\", which was originally written by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse for their 1965 musical \"The Roar of the Greasepaint—the Smell of the Crowd\", but resembling the cover by the band Muse. The ninth track is a rendition of George Frideric Handel's \"Sarabande\". The tenth track is \"Clubbed to Death\", which was originally from Rob Dougan's debut album \"Furious Angels\". The album ends with", "title": "Escala (album)" }, { "id": "13513755", "text": "to Toronto where he began working for producer Brian Ahearn. He contributed playing many instruments on Anne Murray's hit Snowbird and her first four LPs. Capitol producer Paul White gave Graham the opportunity to record for the label. In 1970 his single \"Feelin' Good\" appeared on the Top 50 Canadian Chart.Tommy Graham's debut album, \"Planet Earth\" was released in 1972. The only charting single from the album was a cover of Neil Young's After the Gold Rush. Continuing in the 70s and 80s, Graham started producing albums as well as contributing as a studio musician for many artists, such as", "title": "Tommy Graham (singer)" }, { "id": "14014283", "text": "certified gold just about a month after its release on November 12, 1997; it was later certified platinum on January 7, 1998. Chris Tucker appears in the music video, which was directed by Hype Williams. The main sample the song uses is from Kool & the Gang's \"Hollywood Swinging\", and the chorus interpolates the Miami Sound Machine's \"Bad Boy\". Jay-Z interpolates the lyrics on the song \"BBC\" off his album Magna Carta Holy Grail. The song is featured in the video game \"NBA 2K18\". Feel So Good (song) \"Feel So Good\" is a song by American hip-hop artist Mase. It", "title": "Feel So Good (song)" }, { "id": "6703013", "text": "Dream (1944 song) \"Dream\", sometimes referred to as \"Dream (When You're Feeling Blue)\", is a jazz and pop standard with words and music written by Johnny Mercer in 1944. He originally wrote it as a theme for his radio program. It has been and performed by many artists, with the most popular versions of this song recorded by The Pied Pipers, Frank Sinatra, and Roy Orbison. For Capitol Records, The Pied Pipers, with lead singer June Hutton, made a version of \"Dream\" (catalog number 185, with the flip side \"Tabby the Cat\") which became a major hit in 1945. Vocal", "title": "Dream (1944 song)" }, { "id": "6759788", "text": "in a gold frame. Ten Years of Gold Ten Years of Gold is the fourth studio album by Kenny Rogers issued in 1978. As his fourth solo album, \"Ten Years of Gold\" is a collection of ten songs spanning the last decade. The album features solo re-recordings of hits Kenny had with The First Edition. These new versions were recorded at Jack Clement Recording Studio \"B\" using Kenny Rogers' road band \"Bloodline\" (listed below). Side 1 of the LP contained the all re-recordings. Though Kenny had already scored three other solo hits, \"Lucille\", \"Daytime Friends\", \"While The Feeling's Good\" and", "title": "Ten Years of Gold" }, { "id": "3469639", "text": "universe and how it's all in beautiful balance, a perfect thing in ten dimensions. It explains all the mysterious forces we invented religions around.\" According to Bellamy, \"everyone's been writing about the origin of life so now they'll start looking at the origin of symmetry; there's a certain amount of stability in the universe and to find out where it originates from would be to find out if God exists.\" Track 10, \"Feeling Good\", was originally written for Broadway by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse in 1964. The first recording of this song was done by Nina Simone in 1965,", "title": "Origin of Symmetry" }, { "id": "6703017", "text": "for Capitol, \"Nice 'n' Easy\"), a rendition from blues legend Etta James in 1961, Ringo Starr's version in 1970 album \"Sentimental Journey\", and most recently Michael Bublé's version in 2007. Enoch Light and His Light Brigade Orchestra released their version of Dream in 1955. Canadian jazz pianist and singer Diana Krall included the song in her 2017 studio album \"Turn Up the Quiet\". Dream (1944 song) \"Dream\", sometimes referred to as \"Dream (When You're Feeling Blue)\", is a jazz and pop standard with words and music written by Johnny Mercer in 1944. He originally wrote it as a theme for", "title": "Dream (1944 song)" }, { "id": "10582156", "text": "backing vocals by the group Labelle. Two decades later, 1990s R&B band Color Me Badd covered the song on their 1993 album, \"Time and Chance\". Much like After 7's cover of \"Baby I'm for Real\" two years prior, the song entered the R&B charts again, but didn't prove to be as successful as After 7's venture. The Bells (The Originals song) \"The Bells\" is a 1970 single recorded by The Originals for Motown's Soul label, produced by Marvin Gaye and co-written by Gaye, his wife Anna Gordy Gaye, Iris Gordy, and Elgie Stover. Shortly after the release of the Originals'", "title": "The Bells (The Originals song)" }, { "id": "5631426", "text": "Albarn would later collaborate with members of De La Soul for the Gorillaz singles \"Feel Good Inc.\" and \"Superfast Jellyfish\". Graham Coxon, who had previously left the group, plays on the single's B-side \"Morricone\". Good Song \"Good Song\" is a song by English band Blur and is the fourth track on their 2003 studio album \"Think Tank\". In October 2003, the song was released as the third and final single from that album, peaking at #22 in the UK Singles Chart (see 2003 in British music). The single was Blur's lowest placing single since 1993's \"Sunday Sunday\", ending the bands", "title": "Good Song" }, { "id": "9470141", "text": "The Tamperer featuring Maya The Tamperer featuring Maya was an Italian dance music group consisting of Italian record producers Mario Fargetta and Alex Farolfi, and American singer Maya Days. Later, Giuliano Saglia and GianLuca Mensi would join the project. It achieved European success in 1998 with the chart-topping single \"Feel It\". In 1998, the group became famous for its debut single, \"Feel It\", which peaked at No. 1 in both Ireland and the United Kingdom in May of that year and was taken from the album \"Fabulous\". This song was written by the American team of Steve Gittelman and Jim", "title": "The Tamperer featuring Maya" }, { "id": "14761543", "text": "Lina Santiago Lina Santiago (born September 5, 1978) is an American singer and musician. She is best known for her 1996 single, \"Feels So Good (Show Me Your Love)\", which peaked at #35 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 that year. On the US dance chart, the single peaked at #6 and spent a total of 13 weeks on the chart. She released one album, \"Feels So Good\", in 1996, which included the single of the same name. In the early 1990s, Santiago performed with her father's band. In 1995, she formed a singing group with childhood friends and they performed", "title": "Lina Santiago" }, { "id": "7385025", "text": "in Manchester commented that \"she sure can sing.\". George Michael performed \"Feeling Good\" during his 2011–12 Symphonica Tour and included it on the \"Symphonica\" album (2014). The music video was released on 6 May 2014 and \"Feeling Good\" was sent to radio on 11 August 2014. The release of \"Feeling Good\" coincided with the issue of \"Symphonica\" on the vinyl format. It became his final single before his death in 2016. The studio version of \"Feeling Good\" was recorded by Michael in 2008 and included on the US edition of his \"Twenty Five\" compilation. He also performed it during the", "title": "Feeling Good" }, { "id": "7201922", "text": "Feels So Good (Mel B song) \"Feels So Good\" is a song by British recording artist Melanie B. It was written along with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis for her debut solo album \"Hot\" (2001) and released as the album's second single on 19 February 2001. In the United Kingdom, it peaked and debuted at number five, selling 55,000 copies in its first week and 140,331 altogether, becoming the 85th best-selling single of 2001. The sleeve was designed by Ian Ross for Bill Smith Studio with photography by Dean Freeman. The video starts out with Brown driving her car down", "title": "Feels So Good (Mel B song)" }, { "id": "4009806", "text": "I Got You (I Feel Good) \"I Got You (I Feel Good)\" is a song by American singer James Brown. Recorded and released as a single in 1965, it was his highest charting song and is arguably his best-known recording. \"I Got You (I Feel Good)\" is a twelve-bar blues with a brass-heavy instrumental arrangement similar to Brown's previous hit, \"Papa's Got a Brand New Bag\". It also features the same emphasis \"on the one\" (i.e. the first beat of the measure) that characterizes Brown's developing funk style. The lyrics have Brown exulting in how good he feels (\"nice, like", "title": "I Got You (I Feel Good)" }, { "id": "6192802", "text": "Feel (Robbie Williams song) \"Feel\" is a song by British singer-songwriter Robbie Williams. It was released on 18 November 2002 as the lead single from his fifth studio album, \"Escapology\" (2002). The song became an international hit, reaching the top of the charts in Austria, Poland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, and top five positions in countries such as Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom. \"Feel\" was written by Robbie Williams and Guy Chambers. According to Williams, most of the vocals are from the original demo recording, as he felt unsatisfied with the re-recorded vocals. He commented, \"I just couldn't", "title": "Feel (Robbie Williams song)" }, { "id": "4211526", "text": "Mopreme Shakur Maurice Harding (born 1967), better known by his stage name Mopreme Shakur, originally known as Wycked, is an American rapper. He was a member of the hip-hop group Thug Life and is the step-brother of Tupac Shakur. He was also a member of The Outlawz (under the name Komani), but later dropped out because of a financial disagreement with Death Row Records. Mopreme's first recorded appearance, under the alias Mocedes, was on Tony Toni Toné's hit single \"Feels Good\" in the year 1990. His first collaboration with his brother was on the single and video \"Papaz Song\", from", "title": "Mopreme Shakur" }, { "id": "2224995", "text": "was originally written and recorded by Prince in 1979 and had also been recorded by The Pointer Sisters and Rebbie Jackson. Khan's version featured a harmonica solo by Stevie Wonder and an introductory rap by Grandmaster Melle Mel. It became a million-selling smash in the U.S. and United Kingdom and helped to relaunch Khan's career. \"I Feel for You\" topped not only the U.S. R&B and dance charts, but achieved great success on the U.S. pop chart and reached No. 1 in the U.K. The song reached No. 3 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 in December 1984 and remained on", "title": "Chaka Khan" }, { "id": "8844821", "text": "24 on the R&B charts. In 1993, British girl group Eternal covered Jones's 1990 track \"Stay\" and released it as their debut single, reaching No. 4 in the UK and No. 19 in the US \"Billboard\" charts. Jones released the album \"It's Time\" in 1998 and \"Feels Good\" (Peak Records) in 2002, neither of which were very successful on the charts. With the Modulations Glenn Jones Glenn Jones (born 1962 in Jacksonville, Florida) is an American R&B/soul singer. Jones started his career as a gospel singer, working and recording with the Florida-based gospel group, The Modulations, before managing a successful", "title": "Glenn Jones" }, { "id": "12145260", "text": "nineteen-year-old Khan was born Yvette Marie Stevens and changed her name to Chaka (which was a name given to her by a Yoruba Baba at 13 years old which means \"Fire\"). The debut album was recorded throughout 1972 and was released in the spring of 1973. The album reached #44 on \"Billboard\"'s R&B Album and #175 on Pop and included the single releases \"Feel Good\" (R&B #45) and \"Whoever's Thrilling You (Is Killing Me)\" (#40). Shortly after this album's release and struggling with the group's slow climb to success, Stockert would leave the band during sessions of the group's next", "title": "Rufus (Rufus album)" }, { "id": "1439648", "text": "offered up the track \"Come on Down\" featuring Flavor Flav for remixing on Sony's Acid Planet website. The winning remix was \"Come On Down (KY Raised NY Glazed)\" by Interlude Jones who said he tried to \"take the influential sound of old New York hip hop and marry it back to its roots.\" In 2005, De La Soul collaborated with Gorillaz on the hit single \"Feel Good Inc.,\" which won a Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Collaboration (the first Grammy win in the group's career) after being nominated for a total of three Grammys. De La Soul also appeared on", "title": "De La Soul" }, { "id": "17042351", "text": "Belgium. Though it was never released as a single in the US, it did spend nine weeks on \"Billboard\" airplay chart, peaking at number 11. Loren worked with Michael Jackson again, in 1991, on Jackson's album \"Dangerous\". He played drums, and other percussion instruments, on that album. He continued writing songs for other well known performers, including Whitney Houston's \"Feels so Good\", and producing music with other well known artists, Eric Benét, Barry White, and Sting. In 1990 Bryan Loren won the Sony Innovator's award in Sound as reported in July's issue of \"Ebony\". In giving the award, George Benson", "title": "Bryan Loren" }, { "id": "12673613", "text": "singer Darío Moreno, who sang it in the film \"Le Feu aux Poudres\". It was sung later by Line Renaud, and was reinterpreted in France and internationally by various singers. In 1974, Morris Albert sang it in English and was credited as the original author of \"Feelings\", launched in São Paulo by Augusta Do Brazil. In 1975, Mike Brant brought it back to France under the title \"Dis-Lui\" (\"Tell her\"). In 1976, \"Feelings\" was a worldwide success and was recorded by Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra and others. In 1977, Gasté discovered the song was one of his melodies and sued", "title": "Loulou Gasté" }, { "id": "6759786", "text": "Ten Years of Gold Ten Years of Gold is the fourth studio album by Kenny Rogers issued in 1978. As his fourth solo album, \"Ten Years of Gold\" is a collection of ten songs spanning the last decade. The album features solo re-recordings of hits Kenny had with The First Edition. These new versions were recorded at Jack Clement Recording Studio \"B\" using Kenny Rogers' road band \"Bloodline\" (listed below). Side 1 of the LP contained the all re-recordings. Though Kenny had already scored three other solo hits, \"Lucille\", \"Daytime Friends\", \"While The Feeling's Good\" and \"Love Lifted Me\" are", "title": "Ten Years of Gold" }, { "id": "12184311", "text": "are followed by \"Those Were the Days\", which features jouncing banjo, trumpet, and wistful lyrics reminiscing about simpler times \"when a dollar was worth a dollar, and you didn't have to carry a gun when you left your house.\" The album was released on May 8, 1990, by Wing Records, It charted for 64 weeks on the \"Billboard\" Top Pop Albums, peaking at number 34 on the chart. The album's second single \"Feels Good\" was released on June 19 and certified gold on November 13 after it had shipped 500,000 copies. The single topped the R&B chart for two weeks", "title": "The Revival" }, { "id": "7698623", "text": "after Pink wanted to cover the song, Beck gave the song to her. Beck's vocals and a guitar were removed and replaced with Pink's vocals. Beck's original was later posted on Orbit's website. Feel Good Time uses audio samples from Fresh-Garbage by Spirit. \"Feel Good Time\" was nominated for the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals. Nancy and the Boys covered \"Feel Good Time\" on the 2003 happy hardcore compilation album \"Speed SFX\". Stylus Magazine wrote a favorable review: \"And then, there's the brilliance of 'Feel Good Time' – depending on who you believe, either stolen from", "title": "Feel Good Time" }, { "id": "4009807", "text": "sugar and spice\") now that he has the one he loves, his vocals punctuated by screams and shouts. The song includes an alto sax solo by Maceo Parker. \"I Got You (I Feel Good)\" developed from an earlier Brown-penned song, \"I Found You\", with a nearly identical melody and lyrics. \"I Found You\" had been recorded by Brown's back-up singer Yvonne Fair and released as a single (King 5594) in 1962, with little success. In 1964, Brown recorded an early version of \"I Got You (I Feel Good)\" with a different arrangement, including a stuttering rhythm and prominent baritone sax", "title": "I Got You (I Feel Good)" }, { "id": "10064131", "text": "Original Sin (Taylor Dayne song) \"Original Sin\" is a song produced, written and arranged by Jim Steinman. Steinman originally wrote, composed, and produced the song for the album of the same name by the musical team called Pandora's Box. Taylor Dayne covered the song (singing to a stripped-down version of the backup tracks recorded for Pandora's Box), and it was released as a single on June 26, 1994, and included in the soundtrack to the film \"The Shadow\". The photograph displayed on the cover of Dayne's single was shot by Alberto Tolot, taken on the set of its music video.", "title": "Original Sin (Taylor Dayne song)" }, { "id": "1348685", "text": "area house on February 12, 2009. In a statement Mangione said: \"I'm in shock over the horrible, heartbreaking tragedy.\" With Art Blakey Chuck Mangione Charles Frank Mangione (; born November 29, 1940) is an American flugelhorn player, trumpeter and composer. He was a member of Art Blakey's band and co-led the Jazz Brothers with his brother, Gap. He achieved international success in 1977 with his jazz-pop single \"Feels So Good\". Mangione has released more than 30 albums since 1960. Mangione was born and raised in Rochester, New York, with his pianist brother Gap. Their uncle Jerre Mangione (March 20, 1909", "title": "Chuck Mangione" }, { "id": "19811835", "text": "Greatest Hits (1985–1993) Greatest Hits: 1985–1993 is a compilation album by American recording R&B singer Stephanie Mills released in 1996. This is Mills fourth hits compilation and includes most of her hit singles released from her catalog on MCA Records. The album features \"Bit by Bit\" theme song from \"Fletch\" and \"Where Is the Love\" a duet with singer Robert Brookins, a song was originally recorded by Donny Hathaway and Roberta Flack. The hits album also includes Mills' biggest R&B charting singles: \"Home\", \"I Feel Good All Over\", \"Something in the Way (You Make Me Feel)\", \"(You're Puttin') A Rush", "title": "Greatest Hits (1985–1993)" }, { "id": "6915589", "text": "Dollar Quartet,\" which opened in New York in April 2010. Lyons also covered the song in the \"Million Dollar Quartet\" original Broadway cast recording. Dr. Feelgood also recorded a version based on this original in 1986. The song was also recorded by Roy Hall and Otto Bash in 1956. Wayne Gibson with the Dynamic Sounds featuring Jimmy Page on lead guitar released the song as a single in August, 1964. Freddie and the Dreamers also recorded the song in 1964. Sha Na Na recorded the song for their syndicated TV show in 1978. Mud, The Shakers, Orion, Millie Small, James", "title": "See You Later, Alligator" }, { "id": "2359619", "text": "See\". Troop also had a number 1 hit with a single from their second album, \"Attitude\", entitled \"Spread My Wings\". \"Feels Good\" by the Oakland, California group Tony! Toni! Toné! reached number 1 on the R&B charts in 1990, and it also placed on the US top 100 (number 9) and on the dance charts (number 3). Today charted again in 1990 with \"Why You Gettin' Funky on Me?\", which reached number 2 on the R&B charts. \"Let's Chill\" by Guy garnered a number 3 spot on the US R&B charts. \"Feels Like Another One\" is a 1991 single co-written", "title": "New jack swing" }, { "id": "4009808", "text": "line, under the title \"I Got You\". This version appeared on the Smash Records album \"Out of Sight\" and in the 1965 film \"Ski Party\", in which Brown lip synchs his performance. It was intended for a single release but was withdrawn due to a court order from King Records, with whom Brown was involved in a contract dispute. Of Brown's 91 hits to reach the \"Billboard\" Hot 100, \"I Got You (I Feel Good)\" is Brown's highest-charting song, peaking at number three. The song remained at the top of the \"Billboard\" Rhythm and Blues Singles chart for six non-consecutive", "title": "I Got You (I Feel Good)" }, { "id": "19509748", "text": "band played venues in Calgary, Winnipeg and Quebec City. Kidd left the band early on, and was replaced by former Guess Who bassist Jim Kale. The band relocated to Toronto in 1972, and signed to RCA Records. Their album \"Round One\" was released in 1973, and was supported by a national tour as an opening act for The Guess Who and an appearance on CBC Television's music performance series \"Live\". The album was moderately successful, appearing in the \"RPM\" Hot 100 Albums chart; the single \"Feelin' Good on Sunday\" charted on the magazine's country chart, and \"I'm a Dreamer\" charted", "title": "Scrubbaloe Caine" }, { "id": "10779375", "text": "The Cheers The Cheers were an American vocal group, that had a string of hits in the mid-1950s starting with \"(Bazoom) I Need Your Lovin'.\" which hit number three on the U.S. chart in 1954. This was the first hit written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller to chart on the pop charts in the United States, and was one of the first rock and roll hits by a white group (after The Crew Cuts and Bill Haley and the Comets). The following year, they followed it with \"Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots\" (also written by Leiber and Stoller),", "title": "The Cheers" }, { "id": "586906", "text": "musicality comprised quotes from a bugle call and \"Swanee River.\" The tune revived the ragtime fervor that Scott Joplin had begun a decade earlier, and made Berlin a songwriting star. From its first and subsequent releases, the song was near the top of the charts as others sang it: Bessie Smith, in 1927, and Louis Armstrong, in 1937; no. 1 by Bing Crosby and Connee Boswell; Johnny Mercer in 1945; Al Jolson, in 1947 and Nellie Lutcher in 1948. Add Ray Charles's big-band version in 1959, and \"Alexander\" had a dozen hit versions in just under a half century. Initially", "title": "Irving Berlin" } ]

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[ { "id": "406381", "text": "gathered at Aulis. All the suitors sent their forces except King Cinyras of Cyprus. Though he sent breastplates to Agamemnon and promised to send 50 ships, he sent only one real ship, led by the son of Mygdalion, and 49 ships made of clay. Idomeneus was willing to lead the Cretan contingent in Mycenae's war against Troy, but only as a co-commander, which he was granted. The last commander to arrive was Achilles, who was then 15 years old. Following a sacrifice to Apollo, a snake slithered from the altar to a sparrow's nest in a plane tree nearby. It", "title": "Trojan War" }, { "id": "10135411", "text": "USS Myrmidon (ARL-16) USS \"Myrmidon\" (ARL-16) was laid down as a United States Navy but converted to one of 39 s that were used for repairing landing craft during World War II. Named for the Myrmidons (in Greek mythology, warriors of the fierce Thessalian tribe who accompanied King Achilles, their leader, to the Trojan War), she was the only US Naval vessel to bear the name. Laid down as \"LST-948\" on 25 August 1944, at Hingham, Massachusetts, by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard; named \"Myrmidon\" 11 September 1944; launched 28 September 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Marguerite Ross; placed in reduced commission 19", "title": "USS Myrmidon (ARL-16)" }, { "id": "10135414", "text": "and she was sold 21 December 1960, to River Equipment, Inc., of Memphis, Tennessee, and later resold to the Dravo Corporation, Neville Island, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 16 January 1961. Resold to the Avondale Shipbuilding Corporation 1962, her final fate is unknown. Online resources USS Myrmidon (ARL-16) USS \"Myrmidon\" (ARL-16) was laid down as a United States Navy but converted to one of 39 s that were used for repairing landing craft during World War II. Named for the Myrmidons (in Greek mythology, warriors of the fierce Thessalian tribe who accompanied King Achilles, their leader, to the Trojan War), she was the", "title": "USS Myrmidon (ARL-16)" }, { "id": "406393", "text": "money. They raided the Trojan allies and spent time farming the Thracian peninsula. Troy was never completely besieged, thus it maintained communications with the interior of Asia Minor. Reinforcements continued to come until the very end. The Achaeans controlled only the entrance to the Dardanelles, and Troy and her allies controlled the shortest point at Abydos and Sestus and communicated with allies in Europe. Achilles and Ajax were the most active of the Achaeans, leading separate armies to raid lands of Trojan allies. According to Homer, Achilles conquered 11 cities and 12 islands. According to Apollodorus, he raided the land", "title": "Trojan War" }, { "id": "3403679", "text": "almost doubled the size of her complement. Experienced personnel, trained in ship repair work, were assigned to the ship and almost doubled the size of her complement. Ready for service by the latter part of May 1943, the former tank landing ship departed Australian waters, bound for New Guinea, and arrived at Milne Bay on 2 June 1943. She immediately commenced the work for which she had been converted, repairing LCIs under the guidance of the repair officer of . On 4 September 1943, Vice Admiral Daniel E. Barbey's 7th Fleet Amphibious Forces put Australian troops ashore on the Huon", "title": "USS Achilles (ARL-41)" }, { "id": "3051322", "text": "Catalogue of Ships The Catalogue of Ships (, \"neōn katálogos\") is an epic catalogue in Book 2 of Homer's \"Iliad\" (2.494-759), which lists the contingents of the Achaean army that sailed to Troy. The catalogue gives the names of the leaders of each contingent, lists the settlements in the kingdom represented by the contingent, sometimes with a descriptive epithet that fills out a half-verse or articulates the flow of names and parentage and place, and gives the number of ships required to transport the men to Troy, offering further differentiations of weightiness. A similar, though shorter, Catalogue of the Trojans", "title": "Catalogue of Ships" }, { "id": "406384", "text": "route to Troy. Some scholars have regarded the expedition against Telephus and its resolution as a derivative reworking of elements from the main story of the Trojan War, but it has also been seen as fitting the story-pattern of the \"preliminary adventure\" that anticipates events and themes from the main narrative, and therefore as likely to be \"early and integral\". Eight years after the storm had scattered them, the fleet of more than a thousand ships was gathered again. But when they had all reached Aulis, the winds ceased. The prophet Calchas stated that the goddess Artemis was punishing Agamemnon", "title": "Trojan War" }, { "id": "406391", "text": "off his ship, he was not the first to land on Trojan soil. Hector killed Protesilaus in single combat, though the Trojans conceded the beach. In the second wave of attacks, Achilles killed Cycnus, son of Poseidon. The Trojans then fled to the safety of the walls of their city. The walls served as sturdy fortifications for defense against the Greeks; the build of the walls was so impressive that legend held that they had been built by Poseidon and Apollo during a year of forced service to Trojan King Laomedon. Protesilaus had killed many Trojans but was killed by", "title": "Trojan War" }, { "id": "406395", "text": "comments that the list is wrong in that it extends too far into the south. Other sources talk of Achilles taking Pedasus, Monenia, Mythemna (in Lesbos), and Peisidice. Among the loot from these cities was Briseis, from Lyrnessus, who was awarded to him, and Chryseis, from Hypoplacian Thebes, who was awarded to Agamemnon. Achilles captured Lycaon, son of Priam, while he was cutting branches in his father's orchards. Patroclus sold him as a slave in Lemnos, where he was bought by Eetion of Imbros and brought back to Troy. Only 12 days later Achilles slew him, after the death of", "title": "Trojan War" }, { "id": "406371", "text": "by his royal family. Peleus and Thetis bore a son, whom they named Achilles. It was foretold that he would either die of old age after an uneventful life, or die young in a battlefield and gain immortality through poetry. Furthermore, when Achilles was nine years old, Calchas had prophesied that Troy could not again fall without his help. A number of sources credit Thetis with attempting to make Achilles immortal when he was an infant. Some of these state that she held him over fire every night to burn away his mortal parts and rubbed him with ambrosia during", "title": "Trojan War" }, { "id": "406419", "text": "possibility of a son's revenge. They (by usual tradition Neoptolemus) also sacrificed the Trojan princess Polyxena on the grave of Achilles as demanded by his ghost, either as part of his spoil or because she had betrayed him. Aethra, Theseus' mother, and one of Helen's handmaids, was rescued by her grandsons, Demophon and Acamas. The gods were very angry over the destruction of their temples and other sacrilegious acts by the Achaeans, and decided that most would not return home. A storm fell on the returning fleet off Tenos island. Additionally, Nauplius, in revenge for the murder of his son", "title": "Trojan War" }, { "id": "406427", "text": "of the city. Aeneas also carries the Lares and Penates of Troy, which the historical Romans claimed to preserve as guarantees of Rome's own security. The Trojan survivors escape with a number of ships, seeking to establish a new homeland elsewhere. They land in several nearby countries that prove inhospitable, and are finally told by an oracle that they must return to the land of their forebears. They first try to establish themselves in Crete, where Dardanus had once settled, but find it ravaged by the same plague that had driven Idomeneus away. They find the colony led by Helenus", "title": "Trojan War" }, { "id": "406383", "text": "fleet then set sail and was scattered by a storm. Achilles landed in Scyros and married Deidamia. A new gathering was set again in Aulis. Telephus went to Aulis, and either pretended to be a beggar, asking Agamemnon to help heal his wound, or kidnapped Orestes and held him for ransom, demanding the wound be healed. Achilles refused, claiming to have no medical knowledge. Odysseus reasoned that the spear that had inflicted the wound must be able to heal it. Pieces of the spear were scraped off onto the wound, and Telephus was healed. Telephus then showed the Achaeans the", "title": "Trojan War" }, { "id": "3403682", "text": "that she was soon back to work repairing LCIs even though her own severe damage had not yet been fully corrected. In March 1944, LST-455 received orders to proceed to Buna, New Guinea, to ready landing craft for the impending invasion of western New Guinea. In May, she shifted to Alexishafen, New Guinea, and over the ensuing weeks tended her charges there, and at Sek Harbor and Bqstran Bay. For her work on two flotillas of LCI's, the ship received commendation from Vice Admiral Barbey, commanding the Seventh Fleet's Amphibious Forces. On 21 August 1944, the ship was named \"Achilles\"", "title": "USS Achilles (ARL-41)" }, { "id": "15231", "text": "carrying 50 Myrmidons. He appointed five leaders (each leader commanding 500 Myrmidons): Menesthius, Eudorus, Peisander, Phoenix and Alcimedon. When the Greeks left for the Trojan War, they accidentally stopped in Mysia, ruled by King Telephus. In the resulting battle, Achilles gave Telephus a wound that would not heal; Telephus consulted an oracle, who stated that \"he that wounded shall heal\". Guided by the oracle, he arrived at Argos, where Achilles healed him in order that he might become their guide for the voyage to Troy. According to other reports in Euripides' lost play about Telephus, he went to Aulis pretending", "title": "Achilles" }, { "id": "15234", "text": "youngest of King Priam's and Hecuba's five legitimate sons (or according other sources, another son of Apollo). Despite his youth, he was one of the main Trojan war leaders, a \"horse fighter\" or \"chariot fighter\" according to Homer. Prophecies linked Troilus' fate to that of Troy and so he was ambushed in an attempt to capture him. Yet Achilles, struck by the beauty of both Troilus and his sister Polyxena, and overcome with lust, directed his sexual attentions on the youth – who, refusing to yield, instead found himself decapitated upon an altar-omphalos of Apollo Thymbraios. Later versions of the", "title": "Achilles" }, { "id": "406403", "text": "Achilles, maddened with grief, swore to kill Hector in revenge. He was reconciled with Agamemnon and received Briseis back, untouched by Agamemnon. He received a new set of arms, forged by the god Hephaestus, and returned to the battlefield. He slaughtered many Trojans, and nearly killed Aeneas, who was saved by Poseidon. Achilles fought with the river god Scamander, and a battle of the gods followed. The Trojan army returned to the city, except for Hector, who remained outside the walls because he was tricked by Athena. Achilles killed Hector, and afterwards he dragged Hector's body from his chariot and", "title": "Trojan War" }, { "id": "15689503", "text": "was laid down in September 1944, launched in October and commissioned in April 1945. She operated from Enewetak Atoll and Tokyo Bay between July and September 1945. She was recommissioned in 1952 and joined the Atlantic Fleet, where she repaired ships in Puerto Rico and in ports along the Eastern United States. The class and the lead ship were named after Xanthus, one of Achilles' horses who spoke with a human voice. Xanthus-class repair ship The \"Xanthus\"-class repair ships were a class of five auxiliary ships built for the United States Navy and Royal Navy. Ships of the class served", "title": "Xanthus-class repair ship" }, { "id": "406399", "text": "seduced by Aegisthus, son of Thyestes. Near the end of the ninth year since the landing, the Achaean army, tired from the fighting and from the lack of supplies, mutinied against their leaders and demanded to return to their homes. According to the Cypria, Achilles forced the army to stay. According to Apollodorus, Agamemnon brought the Wine Growers, daughters of Anius, son of Apollo, who had the gift of producing by touch wine, wheat, and oil from the earth, in order to relieve the supply problem of the army. Chryses, a priest of Apollo and father of Chryseis, came to", "title": "Trojan War" }, { "id": "20371037", "text": "February 1796. Homeward bound, she was in the Hugli River on 25 March and at Culpee on 4 April. She reached St Helena on 24 July and Crookhaven on 26 November, and arrived at Blackwall on 15 December. On her return \"Achilles\" underwent a thorough repair. Captain Hogg then acquired a letter of marque on 17 August 1797. In late 1799 the British Government hired \"Achilles\" to transport a company of the Dutch Emigrant Artillery Corps from England to Jamaica. Captain de Menard commanded the company, which consisted of probably a little over 100 men. The description of the action", "title": "Achilles (1781 ship)" }, { "id": "1863938", "text": "drawn from eight different navies, comprising 6,939 vessels: 1,213 warships, 4,126 landing craft of various types, 736 ancillary craft, and 864 merchant vessels. The majority of the fleet was supplied by the UK, which provided 892 warships and 3,261 landing craft. There were 195,700 naval personnel involved. The invasion fleet was split into the Western Naval Task Force (under Admiral Alan G Kirk) supporting the US sectors and the Eastern Naval Task Force (under Admiral Sir Philip Vian) in the British and Canadian sectors. Available to the fleet were five battleships, 20 cruisers, 65 destroyers, and two monitors. German ships", "title": "Normandy landings" }, { "id": "3403675", "text": "USS Achilles (ARL-41) USS \"LST-455\" was a United States Navy used in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater during World War II. She was converted at Sydney, Australia, into an , shortly after commissioning, and used in the repairing of landing craft. Named after the Greek hero Achilles, she was the only US Naval vessel to bear the name. \"LST-455\" was laid down on 3 August 1942, under Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 975, by Kaiser Shipyards, Vancouver, Washington; launched on 17 October 1942; and commissioned on 30 January 1943, with Lieutenant Clarence Cisin, USNR, in command. Adjudged ready for service, \"LST-455\"", "title": "USS Achilles (ARL-41)" }, { "id": "158389", "text": "fleet, which with about 40,000 men aboard was roughly twice the size of the Spanish Armada – and assembled in a tenth of the time – consisted of 463 ships. Among these were 49 warships of more than twenty cannon (eight could count as third rates of 60–68 cannon, nine were frigates), 28 galliots, nine fireships, 76 fluyts to carry the soldiers, 120 small transports to carry five thousand horses, about seventy supply vessels and sixty fishing vessels serving as landing craft. Most of the warships had been provided by the Admiralty of Amsterdam. On 19/29 October William's fleet departed", "title": "Glorious Revolution" }, { "id": "406389", "text": "men to the Trojan War, where he was planning on fighting for the Achaeans. They stopped either at Chryse Island for supplies, or in Tenedos, along with the rest of the fleet. Philoctetes was then bitten by a snake. The wound festered and had a foul smell; on Odysseus's advice, the Atreidae ordered Philoctetes to stay on Lemnos. Medon took control of Philoctetes's men. While landing on Tenedos, Achilles killed king Tenes, son of Apollo, despite a warning by his mother that if he did so he would be killed himself by Apollo. From Tenedos, Agamemnon sent an embassy to", "title": "Trojan War" }, { "id": "11731670", "text": "of the Greek contingent from Dulichium and Echinae who brought 40 ships to the Trojan War. Together with Thoas, after whom 4834 Thoas was named, he helped to persuaded Achilles to rejoin the Trojan War. Meges was one of the men to enter the wooden Trojan Horse. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 25 August 1991 (). 4833 Meges 4833 Meges ( ), provisional designation \"\", is a large Jupiter trojan from the Greek camp, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 8 January 1989, by American astronomer Carolyn Shoemaker at the Palomar Observatory", "title": "4833 Meges" }, { "id": "406386", "text": "on the girl, and took her to be a maiden in one of her temples, substituting a lamb. Hesiod says that Iphigenia became the goddess Hecate. The Achaean forces are described in detail in the Catalogue of Ships, in the second book of the \"Iliad\". They consisted of 28 contingents from mainland Greece, the Peloponnese, the Dodecanese islands, Crete, and Ithaca, comprising 1186 pentekonters, ships with 50 rowers. Thucydides says that according to tradition there were about 1200 ships, and that the Boeotian ships had 120 men, while Philoctetes' ships only had the fifty rowers, these probably being maximum and", "title": "Trojan War" }, { "id": "406402", "text": "next day, though, with Zeus' help, the Trojans broke into the Achaean camp and were on the verge of setting fire to the Achaean ships. An earlier appeal to Achilles to return was rejected, but after Hector burned Protesilaus' ship, he allowed his close friend and relative Patroclus to go into battle wearing Achilles' armour and lead his army. Patroclus drove the Trojans all the way back to the walls of Troy, and was only prevented from storming the city by the intervention of Apollo. Patroclus was then killed by Hector, who took Achilles' armour from the body of Patroclus.", "title": "Trojan War" }, { "id": "15228", "text": "life in obscurity. Achilles chose the former, and decided to take part in the Trojan war. According to Homer, Achilles grew up in Phthia together with his companion Patroclus. According to Photius, the sixth book of the \"New History\" by Ptolemy Hephaestion reported that Thetis burned in a secret place the children she had by Peleus; but when she had Achilles, Peleus noticed, tore him from the flames with only a burnt foot, and confided him to the centaur Chiron. Later Chiron exhumed the body of the Damysus, who was the fastest of all the giants, removed the ankle, and", "title": "Achilles" }, { "id": "2144199", "text": "Troy (film) Troy is a 2004 epic period war film written by David Benioff, directed by Wolfgang Petersen and co-produced by units in Malta, Mexico and Britain's Shepperton Studios. The film features an ensemble cast led by Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, and Orlando Bloom. It is loosely based on Homer's \"Iliad\" in its narration of the entire story of the decade-long Trojan War—condensed into little more than a couple of weeks, rather than just the quarrel between Achilles and Agamemnon in the ninth year. Achilles leads his Myrmidons along with the rest of the Greek army invading the historical city", "title": "Troy (film)" }, { "id": "12485320", "text": "Achilles, who has been camped next to his ships throughout, if only he will return to the fighting. Achilles and his companion Patroclus receive the embassy well, but Achilles angrily refuses Agamemnon's offer and declares that he would only return to battle if the Trojans reached his ships and threatened them with fire. The embassy returns empty-handed. () Later that night, Odysseus and Diomedes venture out to the Trojan lines, kill the Trojan Dolon, and wreak havoc in the camps of some Thracian allies of Troy's. () In the morning, the fighting is fierce, and Agamemnon, Diomedes, and Odysseus are", "title": "Iliad" }, { "id": "3051330", "text": "245 ships. Catalogue of Ships The Catalogue of Ships (, \"neōn katálogos\") is an epic catalogue in Book 2 of Homer's \"Iliad\" (2.494-759), which lists the contingents of the Achaean army that sailed to Troy. The catalogue gives the names of the leaders of each contingent, lists the settlements in the kingdom represented by the contingent, sometimes with a descriptive epithet that fills out a half-verse or articulates the flow of names and parentage and place, and gives the number of ships required to transport the men to Troy, offering further differentiations of weightiness. A similar, though shorter, Catalogue of", "title": "Catalogue of Ships" }, { "id": "10432028", "text": "port visit to Russia in 1908. The ship was later transferred to the 2nd Cruiser Squadron in 1909. \"Achilles\", accompanied by her sister , and three other armoured cruisers were sent to reinforce the defences of the Shetland Islands on 2 August 1914, days before the start of the First World War. She, and her squadron, was assigned to the Grand Fleet after the beginning of the war. \"Achilles\" missed the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916 because she was refitting. On the evening of 18 August, the Grand Fleet put to sea in response to a deciphered message", "title": "HMS Achilles (1905)" }, { "id": "873785", "text": "Elaea, Myrina and Cyme. A minor episode in the Trojan War cycle in Greek mythology has the Greek fleet land at Mysia, mistaking it for Troy. Achilles wounds their king, Telephus, after he slays a Greek; Telephus later pleads with Achilles to heal the wound. This coastal region ruled by Telephus is alternatively named \"Teuthrania\" in Greek mythology, as it was previously ruled by a King Teuthras. In the Iliad, Homer represents the Mysians as allies of Troy, with the Mysian forces led by Ennomus (a prophet) and Chromius, sons of Arsinous. Homeric Mysia appears to have been much smaller", "title": "Mysia" }, { "id": "10135772", "text": "she served that nation as TCG \"Basaran\" (A 582). She was scrapped in September 1993. Online resources USS Patroclus USS \"Patroclus\" (ARL-19) was laid down as a United States Navy but converted to one of 39 s that were used for repairing landing craft during World War II. Named for Patroclus (a Homeric character; a beloved of Achilles, slain by Hector while fighting in Achilles’ armor), she was the only US Naval vessel to bear the name. \"LST–955\" was laid down on 22 September 1944, at Hingham, Massachusetts, by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard; launched 22 October 1944; and placed in reduced", "title": "USS Patroclus" }, { "id": "8240653", "text": "Trojan Battle Order The Trojan Battle Order or Trojan Catalogue is an epic catalogue in the second book of the \"Iliad\" listing the allied contingents that fought for Troy in the Trojan War. The catalogue is noted for its deficit of detail compared to the immediately preceding Catalogue of Ships, which lists the Greek contingents, and for the fact that only a few of the many Trojans mentioned in the Iliad appear there. Structurally the Trojan Battle Order is evidently inserted to balance the preceding Catalogue of Ships. It is, however, much shorter. Denys Page summarizes the prevailing explanation that", "title": "Trojan Battle Order" }, { "id": "15271", "text": "1890, Elisabeth of Bavaria, Empress of Austria, had a summer palace built in Corfu. The building is named the \"Achilleion\", after Achilles. Its paintings and statuary depict scenes from the Trojan War, with particular focus on Achilles. Achilles In Greek mythology, Achilles or Achilleus ( ; , \"Achilleus\" ) was a Greek hero of the Trojan War and the central character and greatest warrior of Homer's \"Iliad\". His mother was the immortal Nereid Thetis, and his father, the mortal Peleus, was the king of the Myrmidons. Achilles' most notable feat during the Trojan War was the slaying of the Trojan", "title": "Achilles" }, { "id": "406380", "text": "to retrieve Achilles. Achilles' mother disguised him as a woman so that he would not have to go to war, but, according to one story, they blew a horn, and Achilles revealed himself by seizing a spear to fight intruders, rather than fleeing. According to another story, they disguised themselves as merchants bearing trinkets and weaponry, and Achilles was marked out from the other women for admiring weaponry instead of clothes and jewelry. Pausanias said that, according to Homer, Achilles did not hide in Skyros, but rather conquered the island, as part of the Trojan War. The Achaean forces first", "title": "Trojan War" }, { "id": "406406", "text": "with his host to help his stepbrother Priam. He did not come directly from Ethiopia, but either from Susa in Persia, conquering all the peoples in between, or from the Caucasus, leading an army of Ethiopians and Indians. Like Achilles, he wore armour made by Hephaestus. In the ensuing battle, Memnon killed Antilochus, who took one of Memnon's blows to save his father Nestor. Achilles and Memnon then fought. Zeus weighed the fate of the two heroes; the weight containing that of Memnon sank, and he was slain by Achilles. Achilles chased the Trojans to their city, which he entered.", "title": "Trojan War" }, { "id": "406372", "text": "the day, but Peleus discovered her actions and stopped her. According to some versions of this story, Thetis had already killed several sons in this manner, and Peleus' action therefore saved his son's life. Other sources state that Thetis bathed Achilles in the Styx, the river that runs to the underworld, making him invulnerable wherever he was touched by the water. Because she had held him by the heel, it was not immersed during the bathing and thus the heel remained mortal and vulnerable to injury (hence the expression \"Achilles heel\" for an isolated weakness). He grew up to be", "title": "Trojan War" }, { "id": "3558164", "text": "Channel near Calais. His instructions were to escort the convoy to the Atlantic; there most ships would head for the Mediterranean together with their ten escorts, while the original squadron would have to wait to pick up merchantmen coming from the West Indies and transporting silver. Ayscue's fleet had then grown to 47 vessels: 38 men-of-war, among which armed merchantmen; five fireships, and four smaller vessels. On 15 August, the English spotted the Dutch fleet off the coast of Plymouth, and took sea. Ayscue the next day, off the coast of Brittany, around 13:30 attempted a direct attack from the", "title": "Battle of Plymouth" }, { "id": "3403692", "text": "is known as the breakthrough in the Yangtze River (). The veteran of bombing at Morobe Bay and the kamikaze in San Pedro Bay, however, proved tougher. The communists salvaged her, refitted her, and renamed her \"Taku San\" (). It is reported that the ship remained in use by the Communist Chinese Navy until 1980s. The ship received three battle stars for her World War II service: one as \"LST-455\" and two as \"Achilles\". USS Achilles (ARL-41) USS \"LST-455\" was a United States Navy used in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater during World War II. She was converted at Sydney, Australia, into", "title": "USS Achilles (ARL-41)" }, { "id": "4774054", "text": "of the Fleet may have been disbanded in November 2007. The fleet's aviation units were equipped with a total of 23 Su-27, 26 Su-24, 14 An-12/24/26, 2 An-12 Cub (MR/EW), 11 Mi-24 Hind, 19 Ka-28 Helix, 8 Ka-29 Helix assault helicopters, and 17 Mi-8 Hip transport helicopters in 2007, according to the IISS. As of 2008 the Baltic Fleet included about 75 combat ships of various types. The main bases is in Baltiysk and a second operational base is in Kronstadt. The Leningrad Naval Base is an administrative entity that is not a discrete geographic location but comprises all of", "title": "Baltic Fleet" }, { "id": "2208751", "text": "taking my meaning).\" His fame today stems from one of his poems, \"Achilles in the Trench\", one of the best-known of the war poems of the First World War. It was written while Shaw-Stewart waited to be sent to fight at Gallipoli. He was on leave on the island of Imbros, overlooking Hisarlik (the site of the ancient city of Troy), and in the poem, Shaw-Stewart makes numerous references to the Iliad, questioning, \"Was it so hard, Achilles,/So very hard to die?\" In the stanza beginning, \"O hell of ships and cities,\" he plays on the similarity of \"hell\" and", "title": "Patrick Shaw-Stewart" }, { "id": "14910881", "text": "The Fury of Achilles L'ira di Achille, internationally released as The Fury of Achilles, is a 1962 Italian historical drama set in the ninth year of the Trojan War and is based primarily on Homer's \"Iliad\". The film was directed by Marino Girolami and starred Gordon Mitchell as Achilles. Care fellow Greeks to Troy, since the prince Paris has abducted the Spartan Princess Helen, wife of Menelaus. In the fighting stands the invincible hero Achilles, who leads his Myrmidons to assault. Now in the tenth year of the war, Troy has not yet been destroyed. For the contention of a", "title": "The Fury of Achilles" }, { "id": "15239", "text": "leads the Myrmidons into battle, wearing Achilles' armour, though Achilles remains at his camp. Patroclus succeeds in pushing the Trojans back from the beaches, but is killed by Hector before he can lead a proper assault on the city of Troy. After receiving the news of the death of Patroclus from Antilochus, the son of Nestor, Achilles grieves over his beloved companion's death. His mother Thetis comes to comfort the distraught Achilles. She persuades Hephaestus to make new armour for him, in place of the armour that Patroclus had been wearing, which was taken by Hector. The new armour includes", "title": "Achilles" }, { "id": "430146", "text": "the propaganda effect, these ships — which were waiting just outside the three-mile limit — were ordered to make smoke, which could be clearly seen from the Montevideo waterfront. On 15 December 1939, RFA \"Olynthus\" refuelled HMS \"Ajax\", which proved a difficult operation; the ship had to use hurricane hawsers to complete the replenishment. On 17 December HMS \"Achilles\" was replenished from RFA \"Olynthus\" off Rouen Bank. The Germans were entirely deceived, and expected to face a far superior force on leaving the River Plate. \"Graf Spee\" had also used two-thirds of her ammunition and had only enough left for", "title": "Battle of the River Plate" }, { "id": "565970", "text": "The total troops, vehicles and supplies landed over the period of the invasion were: The invasion fleet was drawn from eight different navies, comprising 6,939 vessels: 1,213 warships, 4,126 transport vessels (landing ships and landing craft), and 736 ancillary craft and 864 merchant vessels. The overall commander of the Allied Naval Expeditionary Force, providing close protection and bombardment at the beaches, was Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay. The Allied Naval Expeditionary Force was divided into two Naval Task Forces: Western (Rear-Admiral Alan G Kirk) and Eastern (Rear-Admiral Sir Philip Vian). The warships provided cover for the transports against the enemy—whether in", "title": "Invasion of Normandy" }, { "id": "406382", "text": "ate the mother and her nine babies, then was turned to stone. Calchas interpreted this as a sign that Troy would fall in the tenth year of the war. When the Achaeans left for the war, they did not know the way, and accidentally landed in Mysia, ruled by King Telephus, son of Heracles, who had led a contingent of Arcadians to settle there. In the battle, Achilles wounded Telephus, who had killed Thersander. Because the wound would not heal, Telephus asked an oracle, \"What will happen to the wound?\". The oracle responded, \"he that wounded shall heal\". The Achaean", "title": "Trojan War" }, { "id": "406420", "text": "Palamedes, set up false lights in Cape Caphereus (also known today as Cavo D'Oro, in Euboea) and many were shipwrecked. According to the \"Odyssey\", Menelaus's fleet was blown by storms to Crete and Egypt, where they were unable to sail away due to calm winds. Only five of his ships survived. Menelaus had to catch Proteus, a shape-shifting sea god, to find out what sacrifices to which gods he would have to make to guarantee safe passage. According to some stories the Helen who was taken by Paris was a fake, and the real Helen was in Egypt, where she", "title": "Trojan War" }, { "id": "3715779", "text": "Kumar Chatterji (later Chief of the Naval Staff) became her first Indian commanding officer; the same month she conveyed Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru to Indonesia on an official visit. In 1951 her first lieutenant was JB Simmons and she sailed to Africa and Madagascar, showing the flag for the first time since Independence. In 1953 she took part in the Fleet Review to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. In 1956, she played herself, as \"Achilles\", in the film \"Battle of the River Plate\". In 1958 she was moved to a training role. On 18 December 1961, during the", "title": "INS Delhi (C74)" }, { "id": "15217", "text": "Achilles In Greek mythology, Achilles or Achilleus ( ; , \"Achilleus\" ) was a Greek hero of the Trojan War and the central character and greatest warrior of Homer's \"Iliad\". His mother was the immortal Nereid Thetis, and his father, the mortal Peleus, was the king of the Myrmidons. Achilles' most notable feat during the Trojan War was the slaying of the Trojan hero Hector outside the gates of Troy. Although the death of Achilles is not presented in the \"Iliad\", other sources concur that he was killed near the end of the Trojan War by Paris, who shot him", "title": "Achilles" }, { "id": "3403689", "text": "of 1945, relieved on station by . Proceeding to Hawaii, \"Achilles\", in company with , reached Pearl Harbor on the last day of October. After five days at that Pacific base, which had provided \"the first glimpse of civilization in over two years\" to veteran sailors of Achilles, the repair ship departed Hawaiian waters, bound for California, and passed through the Golden Gate on 28 November 1945. Anchoring in San Francisco Bay and disembarking 165 passengers brought from Pearl Harbor, \"Achilles\" proceeded thence to Stockton, California, for repairs to her generators and heating system. She remained there until getting away", "title": "USS Achilles (ARL-41)" }, { "id": "10889373", "text": "He at first does not directly attack the city: he finances pirate ships to attack it. Then he attempts to break into the city without letting the blame fall on him. However, when Helen refuses to return to Agamemnon's brother Menelaus, Agamemnon uses this as an excuse to declare war on the city. During the war, he arranges the deaths of Achilles and Hektor in a duel. This loses him the trust of many of his officers. He finally captures Troy, only to find out that the treasury is depleted. Then the Hittite emperor arrives and expels him from the", "title": "Troy series: Characters" }, { "id": "8690510", "text": "the Castilians found out that one or two Portuguese ships with a rich cargo had left the Mediterranean to return to Portugal under the escort of the pirate Alvar Méndez. A fleet of five galleys and five caravels captained by Carlos de Valera and Andrés Sonier intercepted them in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, and were victorious after a hard-fought battle. Valera gathered a fleet of three Basque ships and nine Andalusian caravels (25 caravels according to Palencia), all heavily armed. There was no longer any possibility of intercepting the Portuguese fleet so he decided, after stopping at Porto Santo Island, to", "title": "War of the Castilian Succession" }, { "id": "2308998", "text": "15th centuries), a Byzantine monastery (the Monastery of Saint George), the grave of English poet Rupert Brooke in an olive grove by the road leading to Tris Boukes harbour. There are many beaches on the coast. The island has its own breed of Skyrian ponies. One account associates the name \"Skyros\" with \"skyron\" or \"skiron\", meaning \"stone debris\". According to Greek mythology, Theseus died on Skyros when the local king, Lycomedes, threw him from a cliff. The island is also famous in the myths as the place from where Achilles set sail for Troy after Odysseus discovered him in the", "title": "Skyros" }, { "id": "406373", "text": "the greatest of all mortal warriors. After Calchas' prophesy, Thetis hid Achilles in Skyros at the court of King Lycomedes, where he was disguised as a girl. At a crucial point in the war, she assists her son by providing weapons divinely forged by Hephaestus (see below). The most beautiful woman in the world was Helen, one of the daughters of Tyndareus, King of Sparta. Her mother was Leda, who had been either raped or seduced by Zeus in the form of a swan. Accounts differ over which of Leda's four children, two pairs of twins, were fathered by Zeus", "title": "Trojan War" }, { "id": "1554749", "text": "entered service towards the end of World War II. Season two of the American television series \"The Last Ship\" features a fictional \"Astute\"-class submarine named HMS \"Achilles\" as the primary antagonist. Astute-class submarine The \"Astute\" class is the latest class of nuclear-powered fleet submarines (SSNs) in service with the Royal Navy. The class sets a new standard for the Royal Navy in terms of weapons load, communication facilities and stealth. The boats are being constructed by BAE Systems Maritime – Submarines at Barrow-in-Furness. Seven boats will be constructed: the first of class, , was launched by Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall,", "title": "Astute-class submarine" }, { "id": "406387", "text": "minimum. These numbers would mean a total force of 70,000 to 130,000 men. Another catalogue of ships is given by the \"Bibliotheca\" that differs somewhat but agrees in numbers. Some scholars have claimed that Homer's catalogue is an original Bronze Age document, possibly the Achaean commander's order of operations. Others believe it was a fabrication of Homer. The second book of the \"Iliad\" also lists the Trojan allies, consisting of the Trojans themselves, led by Hector, and various allies listed as Dardanians led by Aeneas, Zeleians, Adrasteians, Percotians, Pelasgians, Thracians, Ciconian spearmen, Paionian archers, Halizones, Mysians, Phrygians, Maeonians, Miletians, Lycians", "title": "Trojan War" }, { "id": "15238", "text": "to the influence of Zeus, Nestor declares that the Trojans are winning because Agamemnon has angered Achilles, and urges the king to appease the warrior. Agamemnon agrees and sends Odysseus and two other chieftains, Ajax and Phoenix, to Achilles with the offer of the return of Briseis and other gifts. Achilles rejects all Agamemnon offers him and simply urges the Greeks to sail home as he was planning to do. The Trojans, led by Hector, subsequently push the Greek army back toward the beaches and assault the Greek ships. With the Greek forces on the verge of absolute destruction, Patroclus", "title": "Achilles" }, { "id": "15538347", "text": "back to Germany, as a result of Austria-Hungary's ultimatum to Serbia. On the 27th, the entire fleet assembled off Cape Skudenes before returning to port, where the ships remained at a heightened state of readiness. War between Austria-Hungary and Serbia broke out the following day, and in the span of a week all of the major European powers had joined the conflict. The High Seas Fleet conducted a number of sweeps and advances into the North Sea. The first occurred on 2–3 November 1914, though no British forces were encountered. Admiral von Ingenohl, the commander of the High Seas Fleet,", "title": "High Seas Fleet" }, { "id": "9460656", "text": "city itself. The Xanthos arrives and delivers Andromache and the tin, then escapes with the Trojan fleet, burning and sinking fifty-seven enemy ships as they do so. Hektor and the Trojan Horse leave the city to endure the siege. Hektor kills Patroklos, the friend of Achilles. Odysseus, once a friend of Hektor, carries to him an offer from Agamemnon and Achilles: all the women and children except for the royal family will get to leave Troy and the siege if Hektor fights Achilles. The fight is a trick: Agamemnon wants both dead. His agent poisons Hektor's blade, so Achilles starts", "title": "Troy: Fall of Kings" }, { "id": "8240657", "text": "by Athenaeus and Pausanias, while Strabo cites it frequently in his own discussion of the geography of northwestern Anatolia. Trojan Battle Order The Trojan Battle Order or Trojan Catalogue is an epic catalogue in the second book of the \"Iliad\" listing the allied contingents that fought for Troy in the Trojan War. The catalogue is noted for its deficit of detail compared to the immediately preceding Catalogue of Ships, which lists the Greek contingents, and for the fact that only a few of the many Trojans mentioned in the Iliad appear there. Structurally the Trojan Battle Order is evidently inserted", "title": "Trojan Battle Order" }, { "id": "11342093", "text": "SS Peleus The SS \"Peleus\" was a steam merchant ship built in 1928 by Gray and Company of West Hartlepool. Originally named \"Egglestone\", she was acquired by the Nereus Steam Navigation company later that year and renamed after Pēleús (), the mythical King of Aegina, and father of Achilles. She had an uneventful career in peacetime, and later during the Second World War: Then she worked under charter for the British government and operated in the South Atlantic, until her loss in March 1944. In March 1944 \"Peleus\" was travelling from Freetown to Buenos Aires in ballast under the command", "title": "SS Peleus" }, { "id": "16843280", "text": "Achilles on Skyros Achilles on Skyros is an episode in the myth of Achilles, a Greek hero of the Trojan War. Not existing in Homer's epic poem \"Iliad\", the episode is written down in detail in some later versions of the story, particularly the \"Achilleid\" by the Roman poet Statius. The story of how Achilles disguised himself as a girl at the court of the king of Skyros, fell in love with one of the princesses, and married her before leaving for Troy, became a popular topic in arts and literature from Classical times until the middle of the 20th", "title": "Achilles on Skyros" }, { "id": "9911588", "text": "Kardamyli Kardamili (, variously transliterated as \"Kardamyle\", \"Cardamyle\", \"Kardhamili\", and \"Kardamyli\", and sometimes called \"Skardamoula\", especially on old maps) is a town by the sea thirty-five kilometers southeast of Kalamata. It is the seat of the municipality of Lefktro in the region of Messenia on the Mani Peninsula. In the \"Iliad\" (Book 9 ), Homer cites Kardamili as one of the seven cities offered by Agamemnon to Achilles as a condition to rejoin the fight during the Trojan War. The village preserves its ancient name. The area is filled with beaches: Ritsa, Belogianni, Salio, Tikla, Amoni, Santava. The older town", "title": "Kardamyli" }, { "id": "2342354", "text": "the water of the magical river. Achilles grew up to be a man of war who survived many great battles. One day, a poisonous arrow shot at him was lodged in his heel, killing him shortly afterwards. The death of Achilles was not mentioned in Homer's \"Iliad\", but appeared in later Greek and Roman poetry and drama concerning events after the Iliad, later in the Trojan War. In the myths surrounding the war, Achilles was said to have died from a heel wound which was the result of an arrow—possibly poisoned—shot by Paris. Classical myths attribute Achilles's invulnerability to his", "title": "Achilles' heel" }, { "id": "2144202", "text": "that though he will die, he will be forever glorified. In Troy, King Priam is dismayed when Hector and Paris introduce Helen, but welcomes her and decides to prepare for war. The Greeks eventually invade and take the Trojan beach, thanks largely to Achilles and his Myrmidons. Achilles has the temple of Apollo sacked, and claims Briseis — a priestess and the cousin of Paris and Hector — as a prisoner. He is angered when Agamemnon spitefully takes her from him, and decides that he will not aid Agamemnon in the siege. The Trojan and Greek armies meet outside the", "title": "Troy (film)" }, { "id": "2918657", "text": "HMS Achilles (F12) HMS \"Achilles\" was a of the Royal Navy. She was built by Yarrow at Glasgow. She was launched on 21 November 1968 and commissioned on 9 July 1970. She was sold to Chile in 1991 and washed away from her berth at Talcahuano by a tsunami in February 2010. She was scuttled the following month by the Chilean Navy as a danger to navigation. In 1970, \"Achilles\" deployed to the Far East where there was, at that time, a large British naval presence. She escorted a number of larger vessels while there, including the aircraft carrier .", "title": "HMS Achilles (F12)" }, { "id": "8363294", "text": "Hecabe). The ghost of Achilles appeared before the survivors of the war, demanding that the Trojan princess Polyxena be sacrificed before anybody could leave, as either part of his spoil or because she had betrayed him. Neoptolemus did so. News of Troy's fall quickly reached the Achaean kingdoms through a system of fire relays. A fire signal lit at Troy was seen at Lemnos, relayed to Athos, then to the look-out towers of Macistus on Euboea, across the Euripus straight to Messapion, then to Mount Cithaeron, Mount Aegiplanctus and finally to Mount Arachneus where it was seen by the people", "title": "Returns from Troy" }, { "id": "10432023", "text": "HMS Achilles (1905) HMS \"Achilles\" was a armoured cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. She served with the 2nd Cruiser Squadron for most of the First World War. The ship did not participate in the Battle of Jutland in 1916, but did sink the German raider \"Leopard\" in 1917. \"Achilles\" became a training ship in 1918 and was sold for scrap in 1921. \"Achilles\" displaced as built and fully loaded. The ship had an overall length of , a beam of and a draught of . She was powered by four-cylinder triple-expansion", "title": "HMS Achilles (1905)" }, { "id": "11365214", "text": "the Greek mythology hero Automedon, Greek mythology. He was the son of Diorês and the charioteer of Greek hero Achilles during the Trojan War. Automedon took revenge for the death of Patroclus by killing the Trojan Aretus. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 17 February 1984 (). 2920 Automedon 2920 Automedon ( ), provisional designation \"\", is a large Jupiter trojan from the Greek camp, approximately in diameter. It was discovered by American astronomer Edward Bowell at the Anderson Mesa station of the Lowell Observatory on 3 May 1981. The dark D-type asteroid has", "title": "2920 Automedon" }, { "id": "8363295", "text": "of Mycenae, including Clytaemnestra. But though the message was brought fast and with ease, the heroes were not to return this way. The Gods were very angry over the destruction of their temples and other sacrilegious acts by the Achaeans and decided that most would not return. A storm fell on the returning fleet off Tenos island. Also Nauplius, in revenge for the murder of his son Palamedes by Odysseus, set up false lights in Cape Caphereus (also known today as Cavo D'Oro, on Euboea) and many were shipwrecked. Among the lesser Achaeans very few reached their homes. According to", "title": "Returns from Troy" }, { "id": "15230", "text": "to capture Troy without Achilles' aid. Odysseus goes to Skyros in the guise of a peddler selling women's clothes and jewelry and places a shield and spear among his goods. When Achilles instantly takes up the spear, Odysseus sees through his disguise and convinces him to join the Greek campaign. In another version of the story, Odysseus arranges for a trumpet alarm to be sounded while he was with Lycomedes' women; while the women flee in panic, Achilles prepares to defend the court, thus giving his identity away. According to the \"Iliad\", Achilles arrived at Troy with 50 ships, each", "title": "Achilles" }, { "id": "3403683", "text": "and reclassified officially as a landing craft repair ship, ARL-41. Soon thereafter, she proceeded north to participate in the reconquest of the Philippine Islands. As the invasion proceeded, all Service Force ships were shifted to anchorages off Samar, in San Pedro Bay. There \"Achilles\" saw daily evidence of a new weapon unveiled by the Japanese in their relentless attempt to disrupt the American offensive: the kamikaze (\"Divine Wind\"), planes flown by Japanese pilots on one-way missions of destruction. During the first four days of November, the weather provided a respite from the kamikaze, although it came in the form of", "title": "USS Achilles (ARL-41)" }, { "id": "13391013", "text": "arrived off Le Havre. Rodney's squadron consisted of the 60-gun ship of the line \"Achilles\" as flagship, four 50-gun ships, five frigates, a sloop, and six bomb ketches and anchored there placing the bomb vessels in the narrow channel of the river leading to Honfleur. The next day the attack commenced on the flat-bottomed boats and supplies which had been collected there. Over 3000 shells were fired at the principal targets - the magazines, batteries and the boats as well as into the town for fifty consecutive hours. Rodney, with some of his frigates, remained off the port for the", "title": "Raid on Le Havre" }, { "id": "3494498", "text": "fleet is relatively safe in port, even if near the enemy. After the battle of Taranto and the attack on Pearl Harbor, however, it became obvious that air power made a fleet concentrated in a port vulnerable, and a fleet in being was normally no longer a safe option. It is, of course, possible to imagine a situation where a fleet is still relatively safe in harbour, such as the opponent being unwilling to attack them in harbour for political reasons. After looking at the alternatives, \"The strategy that was accepted for the Argentine Navy [in the 1982 Falklands War]", "title": "Fleet in being" }, { "id": "3403676", "text": "sailed from San Diego on 20 February, for San Francisco and shifted thence to Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, and, later, to the Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, where she completed fitting out and manning. She cleared the Golden Gate on 8 March, bound for the South Pacific and, a month and a day later, arrived in Samoan waters, en route to Australia. She ultimately reached Sydney, New South Wales, via Wellington, New Zealand, on 2 May 1943. However, while she had been en route, plans were made that would significantly change her operations in the years that lay ahead. Amphibious", "title": "USS Achilles (ARL-41)" }, { "id": "859067", "text": "his death by Apollo's hands. Shortly after the end of the Trojan War, Agamemnon permitted the Trojan prisoners of war to build a city north of Mycenea. The city was called Tenea after Tenes. A description on the history of Tenea was also given by Pausanias. Diodorus Siculus relates that the Tenedians founded a sanctuary of Tenes to commemorate his virtues. No flute player was allowed to enter the sacred precinct, and the name of Achilles was not to be uttered in it. Sacrifices were offered to Tenes until recent times. Tenes In Greek mythology, Tenes or Tennes (Ancient Greek:", "title": "Tenes" }, { "id": "2664378", "text": "an RAF aircraft maintenance unit in Archangelsk. Eight CAM ships were requisitioned from private owners, two of which were sunk: \"Daghestan\", \"Daltonhall\", \"Eastern City\", \"Helencrest\", \"Kafiristan\", \"Michael E\" (sunk), \"Novelist\", \"Primrose Hill\" (sunk). 27 CAM ships were Ministry of War Transport owned Empire ships, ten of which were sunk: \"Empire Burton\" (sunk), \"Empire Clive\", \"Empire Darwin\", \"Empire Day\", \"Empire Dell\" (sunk), \"Empire Eve\" (sunk), \"Empire Faith\", \"Empire Flame\", \"Empire Foam\", \"Empire Franklin\", \"Empire Gale\", \"Empire Heath\", \"Empire Hudson\" (sunk), \"Empire Lawrence\" (sunk), \"Empire Moon\", \"Empire Morn\", \"Empire Ocean\", \"Empire Rainbow\" (sunk), \"Empire Ray\", \"Empire Rowan\" (sunk), \"Empire Shackleton\" (sunk), \"Empire", "title": "CAM ship" }, { "id": "14910883", "text": "minutes shorter. The Fury of Achilles L'ira di Achille, internationally released as The Fury of Achilles, is a 1962 Italian historical drama set in the ninth year of the Trojan War and is based primarily on Homer's \"Iliad\". The film was directed by Marino Girolami and starred Gordon Mitchell as Achilles. Care fellow Greeks to Troy, since the prince Paris has abducted the Spartan Princess Helen, wife of Menelaus. In the fighting stands the invincible hero Achilles, who leads his Myrmidons to assault. Now in the tenth year of the war, Troy has not yet been destroyed. For the contention", "title": "The Fury of Achilles" }, { "id": "3403677", "text": "assaults on Japanese-held islands in the South and Southwest Pacific Theater had involved virtually hundreds of landing craft of all types and sizes, ranging from small craft to infantry landing craft (LCIs) and tank landing craft (LCTs). Since these specialized assault craft, of comparatively light construction, could not be repaired with the few facilities and men available to them alone, orders went out that several tank landing ships (LSTs) would be converted to special landing craft repair ships (later classified as ARL). However, modifying existing LSTs in stateside yards required time, a critical commodity in the fairly steady pace of", "title": "USS Achilles (ARL-41)" }, { "id": "15243", "text": "Achilles for the return of Hector's body so that he can be buried. Achilles relents and promises a truce for the duration of the funeral. The poem ends with a description of Hector's funeral, with the doom of Troy and Achilles himself still to come. The \"Aethiopis\" (7th century BC) and a work named \"Posthomerica\", composed by Quintus of Smyrna in the fourth century AD, relate further events from the Trojan War. When Penthesilea, queen of the Amazons and daughter of Ares, arrives in Troy, Priam hopes that she will defeat Achilles. After his temporary truce with Priam, Achilles fights", "title": "Achilles" }, { "id": "1731275", "text": "to warships by having forecastles, aftercastles and crow's nests added. To general amazement a sizable fleet had been assembled at the Orwell by 20 June. The payroll records for the English fleet have been lost, so historians have relied on the estimates of chroniclers to ascertain the size of the fleet. 66 ships which sailed with it have been identified by name and it is believed that it totaled between 120 and 150 ships. Edward's lieutenants were the Earls of Northampton and Huntington. The fleet set sail early on 22 June 1340 and was in sight of the roadstead at", "title": "Battle of Sluys" }, { "id": "857097", "text": "year he killed the sacred deer. This was his first-born daughter, Iphigenia. He sent word home for her to come (in some versions of the story on the pretense that she was to be married to Achilles). Iphigenia accepted her father's choice and was honored to be a part of the war. Clytemnestra tried to stop Iphigenia but was sent away. After doing the deed, Agamemnon's fleet was able to get under way. While he was fighting the Trojans, his wife Clytemnestra, enraged by the murder of her daughter, began an affair with Aegisthus. When Agamemnon returned home he brought", "title": "Atreus" }, { "id": "7645021", "text": "at Newcastle, the \"Little Gift\" in Ireland and the \"Truelove\" in the Downs. Three more were engaged in scouting - the \"Paul\", \"Hector\" and \"Blackamoor\" (a pink). None of these was larger than 5th Rate. The Dutch fleet comprised 107 ships carrying 4,864 guns and 21,613 men. Of these 107 ships, 81 were ships of the line from the five Dutch Admiralties, while 11 were hired merchantmen from the Dutch East India Company (\"Vereenigde Oostinische Compagnie\"), indicated by \"VOC\" in the lists below. There were also 9 frigates and 6 three-mast yachts. The Admiralty to which a ship belonged as", "title": "Order of battle at the Battle of Lowestoft" }, { "id": "15266", "text": "is said to have visited the tomb of Achilles at Achilleion while passing Troy. In AD 216 the Roman Emperor Caracalla, while on his way to war against Parthia, emulated Alexander by holding games around Achilles' tumulus. The Greek tragedian Aeschylus wrote a trilogy of plays about Achilles, given the title \"Achilleis\" by modern scholars. The tragedies relate the deeds of Achilles during the Trojan War, including his defeat of Hector and eventual death when an arrow shot by Paris and guided by Apollo punctures his heel. Extant fragments of the \"Achilleis\" and other Aeschylean fragments have been assembled to", "title": "Achilles" }, { "id": "864687", "text": "Dolon (mythology) In Greek mythology, Dolon (Ancient Greek: Δόλων, gen.: Δόλωνος) fought for Troy during the Trojan War. Dolon was the son of Eumedes and had five sisters. Considered a fast runner, after a request by Hector in which all the Trojan men were called together, Dolon volunteered to spy on the Greek ships and check whether or not, as well as how, the Greeks were still guarding them. In exchange, Hector offered the horses and bronze chariot of Achilles as his prize at the end of the war. Fearing deceit, Dolon demanded that Hector swore to fulfill the promised", "title": "Dolon (mythology)" }, { "id": "838002", "text": "War. The ship with Amazons is swept of course and after a shipwreck on the toe of Italy in Bruttium, Clete becomes the queen of the Amazons that settle there. In Virgil's \"Aeneid\", written between 29 and 19 BC, the Trojan army falls back when Achilles advances. Achilles drags the greatest Trojan warrior Hector around the city walls and sells his dead body to king Priam for gold. Penthesilea is cast as a tragic Amazon queen who came too late in vain to help the beleaguered city. When Aeneas sees the panel of Penthesilea in the Juno temple of Carthage,", "title": "Penthesilea" }, { "id": "2615686", "text": "to war against Germany in 1939, New Zealand officially declared war at the same time, backdated to 9.30 pm on 3 September local time. But the gathering in Parliament in Carl Berendsen's room (including Peter Fraser) could not follow Chamberlain's words because of static on the shortwave and waited until the Admiralty notified the fleet that war had broken out before Cabinet approved the declaration of war (the official telegram from Britain was delayed and arrived just before midnight). \"Achilles\" moved to the Pacific, and was working with the United States Navy (USN) when damaged by a Japanese bomb off", "title": "Royal New Zealand Navy" }, { "id": "10135769", "text": "USS Patroclus USS \"Patroclus\" (ARL-19) was laid down as a United States Navy but converted to one of 39 s that were used for repairing landing craft during World War II. Named for Patroclus (a Homeric character; a beloved of Achilles, slain by Hector while fighting in Achilles’ armor), she was the only US Naval vessel to bear the name. \"LST–955\" was laid down on 22 September 1944, at Hingham, Massachusetts, by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard; launched 22 October 1944; and placed in reduced commission 13 November 1944, to proceed to Baltimore, Maryland; decommissioned on 27 November; converted to an ARL", "title": "USS Patroclus" }, { "id": "8943576", "text": "into a diving tender and renamed HMAS \"Porpoise\" (DTV 1002/Y.280) on 13 June 1973. \"Porpoise\" was sold in 1989 to property developer Keith Williams, owner of Sea World on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. She was later converted into a luxury motor yacht and renamed \"Achilles III\". HMS Neasham (M2712) HMS \"Neasham\" (M2712/IMS49) was a for the Royal Navy. The names of the Ham-class vessels were all chosen from villages ending in \"-ham\". HMS \"Neasham\" was named after Neasham in County Durham. Despite being completed on 15 November 1957, \"Neasham\" was held in operational reserve in a land cradle at", "title": "HMS Neasham (M2712)" }, { "id": "14068905", "text": "Caroline Alexander (author) Caroline Alexander (born 1956 in Florida) is an author and journalist. She obtained a PhD in classics at Columbia University, New York. In 2015 she became the first woman to publish a full-length English translation of Homer's Iliad. She has written for \"The New Yorker\", \"Granta\", and \"National Geographic\". Her books include \"One Dry Season: In the Footsteps of Mary Kingsley\" (1989), \"The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War\" (2009), \"The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty\" (2004), and \"The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition\"", "title": "Caroline Alexander (author)" }, { "id": "15270", "text": "Phrygius and in Benoît de Sainte-Maure's \"Roman de Troie\" and Guido delle Colonne's \"Historia destructionis Troiae\", which remained the most widely read and retold versions of the Matter of Troy until the 17th century. Achilles was described by the Byzantine chronicler Leo the Deacon, not as Hellene, but as Scythian, while according to the Byzantine author John Malalas, his army was made up of a tribe previously known as Myrmidons and later as Bulgars. Achilles has been frequently the subject of operas, ballets and related genres. In films Achilles has been portrayed in the following films and television series: In", "title": "Achilles" }, { "id": "13240449", "text": "the ship. A midship mast with sail could also propel the ship under favourable wind. Penteconters were long and sharp-keeled ships, hence described as \"long vessels\" (, \"nḗes markaí\" ). They typically lacked a full deck, and thus were also called \"unfenced vessels\" (, \"áphraktoi nḗes\"). Homer describes war ships during the Trojan War of various numbers of oars varying from twenty-oared, such as the ship that brought Chryseis back to her father, to fifty-oared, as Odysseus’ ship that had fifty men and as many as 120 men of the Boeotian ships. According to some contemporary calculations, penteconters are believed", "title": "Penteconter" }, { "id": "4776536", "text": "Saint Angelo, Fort Saint Michael, and Fort Saint Elmo. The Turkish armada, which set sail from Constantinople on 22 March, was by all accounts one of the largest assembled since antiquity. According to one of the earliest and most complete histories of the siege, that of the Order's official historian Giacomo Bosio, the fleet consisted of 193 vessels, which included 131 galleys, seven galliots (small galleys) and four galleasses (large galleys), the remainder being transport vessels, etc. Contemporary letters from Don Garcia, the Viceroy of Sicily, give similar numbers.\" The Italian mercenary Francisco Balbi di Correggio, (serving as an arquebusier", "title": "Great Siege of Malta" }, { "id": "858815", "text": "to Troy in order to retrieve Helen and the Spartan property that was stolen. Diomedes is known primarily for his participation in the Trojan War. According to Homer, Diomedes enters the war with a fleet of 80 ships, third only to the contributions of Agamemnon (100 ships) and Nestor (90). Both Sthenelus and Euryalus (former Epigoni) fought under his command with their armies. Sthenelus was the driver of Diomedes’ chariot and probably his closest friend. All the troops from Argos, Tiryns, Troezen and some other cities were headed by Diomedes. Although he was the youngest of the Achaean kings, Diomedes", "title": "Diomedes" }, { "id": "3715640", "text": "INS Delhi (D61) INS \"Delhi\" is the lead ship of her class of guided-missile destroyers of the Indian Navy. She was built at the Mazagon Dock Limited in Mumbai and commissioned on 15 November 1997. This class is among the largest warships to be designed and built in India. \"Delhi\" is the second vessel of the Indian Navy to bear the name. She inherits the mantle from the \"Leander\"-class cruiser of the same name, previously HMS \"Achilles\" of Battle of the River Plate fame. She had an illustrious career in the Portuguese-Indian War of 1961, during the annexation of Goa,", "title": "INS Delhi (D61)" }, { "id": "12042110", "text": "Eudoros In Greek mythology, Eudoros (Greek: Εὔδωρος), was the second of Achilles' five commanders at the Trojan War. According to the \"Iliad\", he commanded ten penteconters and five hundred Myrmidons. In Book XVI of the \"Iliad\", when Patroclus readies Achilles' men, Homer talks about him for fourteen lines - more than any of the other commanders in this passage. He is also the second most notable of the five, beaten only by Phoenix. Eudoros was a demigod, the son of Hermes and Polymele, who danced in Artemis' choir. Polymele's father Phylas brought him up after she married Echekles. Eudoros was", "title": "Eudoros" }, { "id": "15249", "text": "the Trojan princesses, Polyxena. Achilles asks Priam for Polyxena's hand in marriage. Priam is willing because it would mean the end of the war and an alliance with the world's greatest warrior. But while Priam is overseeing the private marriage of Polyxena and Achilles, Paris, who would have to give up Helen if Achilles married his sister, hides in the bushes and shoots Achilles with a divine arrow, killing him. In the \"Odyssey\", Agamemnon informs Achilles of his pompous burial and the erection of his mound at the Hellespont while they are receiving the dead suitors in Hades. He claims", "title": "Achilles" }, { "id": "6534800", "text": "on the Gulf Coast. The fleet is maintained by the Maritime Administration (MARAD), an agency of the Department of Transportation (DOT). Correct as of 30 June 2018. US Army barges were also present at this date. Beaumont Reserve Fleet The Beaumont Reserve Fleet, was established by act of Congress in 1946, as a component of the National Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF). The fleet is located in Beaumont, Texas. In 1946, the US Government excavated 24 million cubic yards of soil from the Neches River, southeast of Beaumont, to create the McFadden Bend Cutoff. This is the location of the fleet.", "title": "Beaumont Reserve Fleet" } ]

[ "Ororo Munroe" ]

[ { "id": "3937635", "text": "of Deathloks to \"support\" T'Challa and justify an invasion, but T'Challa kills Klaw and Storm wipes out the Deathlok army in a hurricane. T'Challa then helps his old flame Ororo Munroe reunite with her surviving family members in Africa and the U.S. He shortly afterward proposes, and the two are married in a large Wakandan ceremony attended by many superheroes. One of the couple's first tasks is to embark on a diplomatic tour, in which they visit the Inhumans, Doctor Doom, the President of the United States, and Namor, with only the last one ending well. After the death of", "title": "Black Panther (comics)" }, { "id": "3937642", "text": "attempting to take Iris' life. Before being taken away, Gabe reveals to the Panther Brian's fate. Though aware of the Panther's identity as Mr. Okonkwo, both Iris and Sofija promise to keep silent. Shortly after Daredevil returns to Hell's Kitchen, T'Challa returns to Wakanda, serving as a second to his sister, Shuri. In preparation for an upcoming attack on Wakanda as part of the \"Avengers vs. X-Men\" storyline, the Panther God returns T'Challa's abilities. Empowered by the Phoenix, Namor destroys Wakanda with a massive tidal wave. Returning to help, Storm is stunned when the Panther informs her that their marriage", "title": "Black Panther (comics)" }, { "id": "3937628", "text": "Zeraze—the Wakandan secret police—and its leader, his adopted brother Hunter the White Wolf. He sold off small portions of vibranium to scientific institutions around the world, amassing a fortune which he used to arm himself with advanced technology. Later, to keep peace, he picked \"dora milaje\" (\"adored ones\") from rival tribes to serve as his personal guard and ceremonial wives-in-training. He then studied abroad for a time before returning to his kingship. In his first published appearance, the now-adult T'Challa invites the American superhero team the Fantastic Four to Wakanda, then attacks and attempts to neutralize them individually in order", "title": "Black Panther (comics)" }, { "id": "3937675", "text": "he can maintain his intelligence via a ready access to fresh meat without infecting Panther with the zombie \"virus\". Despite having lost half of his right arm and his left foot, the Panther escapes—with the severed head of zombified superheroine the Wasp in tow—and joins forces with the mutant group the Acolytes. While with the Acolytes, T'Challa briefly talks with his Earth-616 counterpart, where he expresses surprise at his marriage to Storm but offers him all the information he can provide about the zombie plague. Decades later, T'Challa has married one of the Acolytes, Lisa Hendricks, and they have a", "title": "Black Panther (comics)" }, { "id": "3937627", "text": "While on his Wakandan walkabout rite of passage, T'Challa met and fell in love with apparent orphaned teen Ororo Munroe, who would grow up to become the X-Men member Storm. The two broke off their relationship due to his desire to avenge his father's death and to become the type of man who could suitably lead Wakanda, but they would see each other over the years when they could. T'Challa earned the title and attributes of the Black Panther by defeating the various champions of the Wakandan tribes. One of his first acts was to disband and exile the Hatut", "title": "Black Panther (comics)" }, { "id": "1771281", "text": "miniseries depicts Ororo giving her virginity to T'Challa a few days after they meet. Collaborating writer Axel Alonso, editor of \"Black Panther\", has stated: \"Eric's story, for all intents and purposes (...) is Ororo's origin story.\" The relationship led to the marriage of the two most prominent black African Marvel Comics heroes in \"Black Panther\" #18 by writer Reginald Hudlin, July 2006, as a tie-in to the \"Civil War\" storyline. Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Joe Quesada was highly supportive of this marriage, stating it was the Marvel Comics equivalent of the marriage of \"Lady Diana and Prince Charles\", and he expected", "title": "Storm (Marvel Comics)" }, { "id": "3937631", "text": "South to battle the Ku Klux Klan. He later gains possession of the mystical time-shifting artifacts known as King Solomon's Frogs. These produce an alternate version of T'Challa from a future 10 years hence, a merry, telepathic Panther with a terminal brain aneurysm, whom T'Challa places in cryogenic stasis. Later, while searching for and finding his stepmother Ramonda, the Panther contends with South African authorities during Apartheid. T'Challa eventually proposes and becomes engaged to Monica Lynne, though the couple never marry. Years later, the Panther accepts a Washington, D.C. envoy, Everett K. Ross, and faces multiple threats to Wakanda's sovereignty.", "title": "Black Panther (comics)" }, { "id": "3937634", "text": "as the Black Panther in the fourth volume of his eponymous comic book series. He defeated his uncle during the Black Panther celebration, and during his walkabout when he met and fell in love with a street urchin named Ororo in Cairo, Egypt. Unbeknownst to him the US government is planning a coup in order to get access to the vibranium. They allow Klaw to recruit a team of villains in order to support his totalitarian neighbor, Niganda. Klaw recruits Rhino, Black Knight, Batroc the Leaper, and Radioactive Man to lead the invasion. The US government then deploys an army", "title": "Black Panther (comics)" }, { "id": "1771282", "text": "both characters to emerge strengthened. Shawn Dudley, the Emmy-Award Winning Costume Designer for TV's \"Guiding Light\" designed Storm's wedding dress, which was revealed in the April 17 issue of \"TV Guide\", though the design was greatly altered for the comic event. In 2007, when Mister Fantastic and the Invisible Woman taking time off from the Fantastic Four to work on their marriage in the aftermath of the \"Civil War\" storyline, Storm and Black Panther become temporary members of the Fantastic Four. Storm later returned to the \"Uncanny X-Men\". Storm joins the reformed \"Astonishing X-Men\" (#25) because, she explains, Wakanda is", "title": "Storm (Marvel Comics)" }, { "id": "1771260", "text": "character of African descent in comics. She is regarded by some as being Marvel Comics' most important female superhero, having drawn favorable comparison to DC Comics' most famous female lead Wonder Woman. When Marvel and DC Comics published a \"DC vs. Marvel\" miniseries in 1996, Storm was pitted against Wonder Woman in a one-on-one battle and emerged victorious due to winning a popular vote amongst readers. Storm is also part of one of the higher profile romantic relationships in all of comics. Having married childhood sweetheart and fellow superhero Black Panther, ruler of the fictional African nation of Wakanda, Munroe", "title": "Storm (Marvel Comics)" }, { "id": "3937660", "text": "she can not have children, she adopts a child with her, Hunter, however, she later becomes pregnant and dies giving birth to her first child, T'Challa; from the relationship with a woman of another tribe T'Chaka then has a second son, Jakarra, and finally remarries with Ramonda, a woman who grows her children as her own and from whom she has her only daughter, Shuri, but which subsequently disappears into nothingness, leading him to believe that he has abandoned it. To protect the kingdom, T'Chaka instituted a policy of strong isolationism, but in the course of his life he often", "title": "Black Panther (comics)" }, { "id": "3937672", "text": "of Marvel Comics/Fox Kids comic book series based on the TV show \"\". T'Challa appears in \"Marvel Mangaverse\" Volume 2 as a man with a pet panther. When summoning the spirits, T'Challa and his panther combine to become the Black Panther. He also became The Falcon. This Black Panther found himself the object of affection of the Mangaverse version of Tigra. T'Challa's sister, T'Chana, reveals herself to be this universe's Doctor Doom. In the Marvel 2099 continuity, a greatly weakened Wakanda is soon to be governed by its princess, Okusana. Fearing that she is not ready, she requests Doom's help", "title": "Black Panther (comics)" }, { "id": "19854560", "text": "Ramonda (comics) Ramonda is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is the stepmother of Black Panther. The character, created by Don McGregor and Gene Colan, first appeared in \"Marvel Comics Presents\" Vol. 1 #14 (March 1989). Ramonda is Queen Mother of Wakanda, mother to Shuri and step-mother to T'Challa. She is the second wife of T'Chaka. Born in South Africa, she married T'Chaka after the death of his previous wife N'Yami. Sometime after having Shuri, Ramonda was captured by white supremacist Anton Pretorius and suffered years of sexual abuse from him. When T'Challa", "title": "Ramonda (comics)" }, { "id": "1771280", "text": "Dickey explained that it was a move to explicitly target the female and African American audience. Storm's history with Black Panther, including the initial meeting of the characters, was retconned by Marvel during the lead up to their marriage. Initially, in \"Marvel Team-Up\" #100 (1980), Storm is seen at age twelve rescuing Black Panther from a white racist called Andreas de Ruyter, but in Dickey's miniseries, T'Challa saves Ororo (who is still twelve) from de Ruyter and his brother. A \"Black Panther\" #24 (2006) flashback is ambiguous when it comes to the physical aspect of their first meeting, while the", "title": "Storm (Marvel Comics)" }, { "id": "1771299", "text": "rekindles her relationship with T'Challa, now a superhero known as Black Panther; marries him; and becomes the queen of the kingdom of Wakanda and joins the new Fantastic Four alongside her husband when Reed and Sue take a vacation. On a mission in space, the Watcher told Black Panther and Storm that their children would have a special destiny. Upon Reed and Sue's return to the Fantastic Four, Storm and the Black Panther leave, with Storm returning to the Uncanny X-Men to help out with events in \"\". After joining with the X-Men again, Storm is confronted by Cyclops over", "title": "Storm (Marvel Comics)" }, { "id": "2582952", "text": "Danny Rand. Soon thereafter, he and Jessica are married. He also meets the Black Panther (revealed to be one of Luke's personal heroes), joining him and several other superhumans of African descent on a mission against vampires in New Orleans. After the Superhuman Registration Act is enacted, Cage refuses to register, comparing the act to Jim Crow laws. He and Jessica agree that she will take their newborn daughter away to Canada where they can be safe, though he himself refuses to leave. S.H.I.E.L.D. forces come to arrest Cage. He fights his way to safety with the help of Captain", "title": "Luke Cage" }, { "id": "4843706", "text": "Marvel Comics series \"Black Panther\" from 2005 to 2008, most notable for the 2006 storyline \"Bride of the Panther,\" which saw the character marry X-Men leader Storm. Hudlin was one of the producers of Quentin Tarantino's \"Django Unchained\", starring Jamie Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio, Christoph Waltz, Kerry Washington, and Samuel L. Jackson. On January 10, 2013, Hudlin received an Oscar nomination for Best Picture for the film. From 2013, Hudlin has executive produced the \"NAACP Image Awards.\" The show attained its highest rating on NBC in 2013, then became the highest rated show in the history of TV One in 2014.", "title": "Reginald Hudlin" }, { "id": "3937657", "text": "to defeating the inhabitants transformed by the impact into fierce \"demonic spirits\", a company which has unified the nation by founding Wakanda and becoming its first ruler and the first to obtain the title of \"Black Panther\" as it tells of his \"spiritual connection\" with the Goddess Pantera Bast that led to the foundation of the Cult of the Panther. Chanda appeared for the first time in \"Fantastic Four Unlimited\" Vol. 1 #1 (March 1993) by Roy Thomas (scripts) and Herb Trimpe (drawings). Black Panther and ruler of Wakanda during the Second World War, Chanda is the husband of Nanali", "title": "Black Panther (comics)" }, { "id": "2107456", "text": "the Wasp rejoined. Hercules became part of the team, while the Black Knight, and the Black Widow, abetted the Avengers but did not become members until years later. Spider-Man was offered membership but did not join the group. The Black Panther joined after rescuing the team from the Grim Reaper and Klaw. \"The X-Men\" #45 (June 1968) featured a crossover with \"The Avengers\" #53 (June 1968). This was followed by the introduction of the android the Vision. Pym assumed the new identity of Yellowjacket in issue #59, and married the Wasp the following month. The Avengers headquarters was in a", "title": "Avengers (comics)" }, { "id": "1771279", "text": "In the series, Storm also becomes leader of the X-Treme Sanctions Executive, a special police task force of mutants policing mutants given worldwide authority. During the 2005 \"Decimation\" storyline, in which 90% of the mutants lose their powers, Storm is among the 198 mutants who retain their powers. Also that year, the miniseries \"Ororo: Before the Storm\" by writer Mark Sumerak retold her backstory in greater detail, concentrating on her relationship with surrogate father figure Achmed el-Gibar during her childhood. The following year, Marvel Comics announced that Ororo would marry fellow African super hero Black Panther. Collaborating writer Eric Jerome", "title": "Storm (Marvel Comics)" }, { "id": "3937659", "text": "of Nanali) is called Azzuri the Wise and is presented in a completely different way from Chanda, leaving the doubt if it is only a sort of nickname or another character. T'Chaka appeared for the first time in \"Fantastic Four\" Vol. 1 #53 (August 1966) by Stan Lee (script) and Jack Kirby (art). The eldest son of King Azzuri and Queen Nanali, T'Chaka inherits the throne and the title of the Black Panther on his father's death by being helped in his monarch duties by his younger brother and trusted adviser S'Yan. After having married a woman named N'Yami, believing", "title": "Black Panther (comics)" }, { "id": "16067139", "text": "are able to break the spell thanks to new student Eye Boy. It turns out Frankenstein's Monster and Calcabria are searching for the last descendant of Victor Frankenstein, who is Baron Maximilian von Katzenelnbogen. After narrowly escaping and almost getting Oya killed twice, Max embraces his Frankenstein heritage. Now with some downtime, Kitty Pryde and Bobby Drake go on a date and Storm argues with her ex-husband the Black Panther during a tele-conference, then shares a passionate kiss with Wolverine. Broo wakes up from his coma in a feral state. Wolverine decides to take some of the Oya, Jia Jing,", "title": "Wolverine and the X-Men (comics)" }, { "id": "3937630", "text": "then meets the American singer Monica Lynne, with whom he becomes romantically involved. He helps the Avengers defeat the second Sons of the Serpent, and then reveals his true identity on American television. He encounters Daredevil, and reveals to him that he had deduced Daredevil's true identity. After receiving numerous urgent official letters requesting him to return to his increasingly troubled homeland, the Panther eventually leaves his active Avengers membership to return to a Wakanda on the brink of civil war, bringing Lynne with him. After defeating would-be usurper Erik Killmonger and his minions, the Panther ventures to the American", "title": "Black Panther (comics)" }, { "id": "12940264", "text": "Mayhem at the Mutant Academy, where she graduates with Wolverine. She says that the Black Panther is her boyfriend, though in the later comics they are married. Storm appears in the new \"Black Panther\" voiced by Jill Scott. This incarnation of the series in facial appearance is modeled after the movies version played by Halle Berry. In personality she is portrayed being confident, level-headed, calming and slightly shown as passionate; being sent by Xavier just in case a feud was to be built between Wolverine and Cyclops in the 1st episode. Her personality and characteristics seems arguably more based on", "title": "Storm in other media" }, { "id": "17803052", "text": "based on what worked for the film's story. The ceremonial betrothal aspect of the Dora Milaje was not adapted from the comics for the film. Coogler had hoped to include Spider-Man villain Kraven the Hunter early in the process because of a scene in Priest's run that had T'Challa fighting Kraven, but the rights to the character were not available. Donald Glover and his brother Stephen made some minor contributions to an early draft of the script, developing the relationship between T'Challa and his younger sister Shuri. Moore noted that an early script had more scenes outside of Wakanda to", "title": "Black Panther (film)" }, { "id": "17803031", "text": "undercover in Oakland, California. T'Chaka accuses N'Jobu of assisting black-market arms dealer Ulysses Klaue with stealing vibranium from Wakanda. N'Jobu's partner reveals he is Zuri, another undercover Wakandan, and confirms T'Chaka's suspicions. In the present day, following T'Chaka's death, his son T'Challa returns to Wakanda to assume the throne. He and Okoye, the leader of the Dora Milaje regiment, extract T'Challa's ex-lover Nakia from an undercover assignment so she can attend his coronation ceremony with his mother Ramonda and younger sister Shuri. At the ceremony, the Jabari Tribe's leader M'Baku challenges T'Challa for the crown in ritual combat. T'Challa defeats", "title": "Black Panther (film)" }, { "id": "19788849", "text": "Okoye (comics) Okoye is a fictional character, a member of the Dora Milaje in Marvel Comics. The character, created by Christopher Priest and Mark Texeira, first appeared in \"Black Panther\" #1 (November 1998) within the comics. She appears more prominently in the Marvel Cinematic Universe portrayed by Danai Gurira. Okoye first appeared in \"Black Panther\" #1 (November 1998). She last appeared in \"Black Panther\" #62 in 2003 until returning in \"Black Panther\" #171. (2018) She joined alongside her friend Nakia to be among T'Challa's wives-in-training. However, when Okoye discovered that T'Challa had no interest in marrying either of them, she", "title": "Okoye (comics)" }, { "id": "3937625", "text": "symbol of office (head of state) and is used even during diplomatic missions. The Panther is a hereditary title, but one must still earn it. In the distant past, a meteorite made of the (fictional) vibration-absorbing mineral vibranium crashed in Wakanda, and was unearthed. Reasoning that outsiders would exploit Wakanda for this valuable resource, the ruler, King T'Chaka, like his father and other Panthers before him, concealed his country from the outside world. T'Chaka's first wife N'Yami died while in labor with T'Challa, and his second wife Ramonda was taken prisoner by Anton Pretorius during a visit to her homeland", "title": "Black Panther (comics)" }, { "id": "3937658", "text": "and father of T'Chaka and S'Yan; distinguished by an excessively good and compassionate nature, he welcomed the Nazi colonel Fritz Klaue after he crashed into his reign due to a plane crash. Over time, the two make a kind of friendship and Klaue develops a strong obsession with the culture of Wakanda coming to try to convince them to make their religion deist rather than spiritist, which causes a strong friction between him and Chanda culminating in the death of Nanali by the Nazi and in its subsequent expulsion from the country. In several subsequent stories, T'Chaka's father (and husband", "title": "Black Panther (comics)" }, { "id": "15015180", "text": "the Mother, including their first date, the day he proposed and the birth of their second child. In the final episode of the series, \"Last Forever\", it is revealed that Ted finally meets his wife, whose name is shown to be Tracy McConnell, at a train station as he is about to leave for Chicago. They hit it off immediately, and date for a year before getting engaged. They do not actually marry for another five years, during which time they have two children, Penny and Luke. Tracy dies in 2024. Upon the conclusion of his story, his children tell", "title": "Ted Mosby" }, { "id": "3937671", "text": "is forced to refuse. An alternate version of Black Panther, called simply \"Panther\", is drafted onto the interdimensional superhero team the Exiles. The Panther is the son of T'Challa and Storm and named T'Chaka, after his grandfather. Originating from Earth-1119, he was ambushed by Klaw while examining some ruins. Caught in Klaw's blast, the Panther was plucked out of time and placed on the team. Unlike the stoic 616-Black Panther, The Panther is a wisecracking flirt. After his assumed death on Earth-1119, his sister took up the mantle of Black Panther. The Black Panther appears in issues #1 and #6–7", "title": "Black Panther (comics)" }, { "id": "14350211", "text": "the great Mjöllnir from Valkyrie in the process. Meanwhile, in Central Park, Shanna, Ka-Zar, and the Black Panther encounter Loki as he returns to Earth with the Enchantress and a swarm of monsters. At the same time, Hela offers Thor a return to Earth from Valhalla in exchange for a son. It is also revealed that Tony Stark and Carol Danvers, director of SHIELD, have become romantically involved. \"Ultimate Comics: New Ultimates\" has been collected into the following trade paperback: Ultimate Comics: New Ultimates Ultimate Comics: New Ultimates is a comic book limited series published by Marvel Comics that began", "title": "Ultimate Comics: New Ultimates" }, { "id": "10847018", "text": "Future Past\" storyline of Chris Claremont (1981), Storm is one of the last fighters of the mutant resistance and is killed by a horde of robotic, mutant-hunting Sentinels. In a contemporary alternative universe, the \"Earth X\" series (started 1999 by Jim Krueger), Storm is known as \"Queen Storm\" and is married to Black Panther, something that happens in the mainstream universe seven years later. Several versions of Storm have appeared in \"Exiles\". When a crazed Scarlet Witch remade the world into the world of the \"House of M\" by Brian Michael Bendis (2005), Storm is a Kenyan princess. During the", "title": "Alternative versions of Storm" }, { "id": "19854563", "text": "was on set, by creating high-intensity interval training circuits and helping to craft her diet. This version of Ramonda is the actual birth mother of T'Challa rather than his stepmother. Ramonda (comics) Ramonda is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is the stepmother of Black Panther. The character, created by Don McGregor and Gene Colan, first appeared in \"Marvel Comics Presents\" Vol. 1 #14 (March 1989). Ramonda is Queen Mother of Wakanda, mother to Shuri and step-mother to T'Challa. She is the second wife of T'Chaka. Born in South Africa, she married T'Chaka", "title": "Ramonda (comics)" }, { "id": "6007920", "text": "the twentieth century's last four decades visit Bradley as a sign of respect and, in many cases, hero worship. He receives fictional visits from Malcolm X, Richard Pryor, Muhammad Ali, Angela Davis, Alex Haley, Nelson Mandela, and Colin Powell. Outside the Black community, however, he remains largely unknown. When he arrives as a special guest at the wedding of Storm and the Black Panther, several African-American heroes are awestruck, including Luke Cage (who describes him as \"the first me\"), Goliath (Bill Foster), Monica Rambeau, Triathlon, and the Falcon. However, the Canadian-born Wolverine is totally unaware of the man's identity or", "title": "Isaiah Bradley" }, { "id": "7498504", "text": "to have the showdown the following evening under the highway, with a one-on-one fist fight. When Schrank arrives, the gangs feign friendship. Schrank orders the Sharks out and unsuccessfully tries to discover information about the fight. The next day at the bridal shop, Anita accidentally tells Maria about the rumble. Tony arrives to see Maria, which shocks Anita. They profess their love and Anita warns them about the consequences if Bernardo learns of their relationship. Maria has Tony promise to prevent the rumble. Tony and Maria fantasize about their wedding ceremony. The Jets and Sharks approach the area under the", "title": "West Side Story (film)" }, { "id": "17803026", "text": "Black Panther (film) Black Panther is a 2018 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the eighteenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film is directed by Ryan Coogler, who co-wrote the screenplay with Joe Robert Cole, and stars Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa / Black Panther, alongside Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira, Martin Freeman, Daniel Kaluuya, Letitia Wright, Winston Duke, Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, and Andy Serkis. In \"Black Panther\", T'Challa is crowned king of Wakanda", "title": "Black Panther (film)" }, { "id": "17803048", "text": "composer Ludwig Göransson, who both worked with Coogler on \"Fruitvale Station\" and \"Creed\". Coogler felt \"Black Panther\" would be unique while still fitting within the MCU's overall narrative. In April 2016, Feige said that Coogler was working on the script with Cole, and that filming would begin at the beginning of 2017. He added that the film would be the first Marvel Studios production to feature a \"primarily African-American cast\": Lupita Nyong'o soon entered negotiations to star as T'Challa's love interest, and Michael B. Jordan joined in an undisclosed role, after previously working with Coogler on \"Fruitvale Station\" and \"Creed\".", "title": "Black Panther (film)" }, { "id": "3479461", "text": "the additional presence of the Black Panther and Storm, who had temporarily joined the Fantastic Four while Reed and Sue were on a second honeymoon to work on their marriage after their separation during the \"Civil War\". When Klaw's body was restored to normal by Wizard and joins up with him, the group becomes the Frightful Five. When the Thing recently got engaged, his fiancé received a wreath from the Frightful Four with a card saying \"See you at the wedding.\" At the time when Thing was fighting Red Hulk, a new line-up of the Frightful Four (consisting of Wizard,", "title": "Frightful Four" }, { "id": "3235083", "text": "the Winter Soldier, who steals the shield. Natasha and the Falcon then rescue Barnes from the Red Skull's minions, and bring him to the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier, where Stark convinces Bucky to become the new Captain America. Afterward, Natasha accompanies Bucky as his partner for a brief time until she is called back by S.H.I.E.L.D. She later rejoins him and Falcon for the final confrontation with the Red Skull, helping to rescue Sharon Carter. She and Bucky have restarted their relationship. She later plays an important role in the capture of Hercules. However, due to her respect of the Greek god,", "title": "Black Widow (Natasha Romanova)" }, { "id": "17803037", "text": "Mining Tribe, Dorothy Steel for the Merchant Tribe, and Danny Sapani for the Border Tribe. Sydelle Noel appears as Xoliswa, a member of the Dora Milaje. Marija Abney, Janeshia Adams-Ginyard, Maria Hippolyte, Marie Mouroum, Jénel Stevens, Zola Williams, Christine Hollingsworth, and Shaunette Renée Wilson also play Doras. Nabiyah Be initially announced that she was playing criminal Tilda Johnson, but her character was simply named Linda in the final film due to Gabrielle Dennis being cast as Johnson in the second season of \"Luke Cage\". Comedian Trevor Noah voices Griot, a Wakandan ship A.I., Black Panther co-creator Stan Lee has a", "title": "Black Panther (film)" }, { "id": "10366593", "text": "his heart, simply banishing Mr. Brump from Haven, under penalty of death if he should return. Then, tired of hiding his feelings, he asked Red Riding Hood to spend the night with him, which she happily agreed to. In \"The Last Story of Flycatcher\" (released at the end of issue #141), it is revealed that Flycatcher and Red Riding Hood eventually got married. They were shown to be happily raising their four children (Trent, Lucy, Bobby and an unnamed son) years after their previous appearance in the series. Tall and decidedly gangly, Fly is almost universally popular in Fabletown, as", "title": "Flycatcher (comics)" }, { "id": "1788150", "text": "of her and takes the brunt of the attack, sustaining a major injury. Outraged, Susan beats Taskmaster into the ground. Following the end of the war, Susan helps with the clean-up of New York City. She and the other Secret Avengers are granted amnesty, and she returns home to Reed. Seeking to repair the damage done to their marriage as a result of the war, Sue and Reed take time off from the Fantastic Four, but ask Storm and the Black Panther to take their places in the meantime. In the second issue of \"World War Hulk\", the Fantastic Four", "title": "Invisible Woman" }, { "id": "6183351", "text": "Rings of Fate.\" Tigra - Tigra works as Doctor Strange's assistant and \"sidekick\" of sorts. In this incarnation, she was cursed into her were-tiger form, and must accomplish 1000 good deeds for the curse to be broken. She had romantic feelings towards the Mangaverse Black Panther in volumes one and two of Mangaverse. In \"New Mangaverse: The Rings of Fate\" she is encased in ice and dismembered almost immediately after Dr. Strange. Up until this point, Tigra and Dr. Strange were the only two characters outside of the X-Men, the Scarlet Witch, and Spider-Man to have survived through the entirety", "title": "Marvel Mangaverse" }, { "id": "10820", "text": "Amazing Spider-Man\" #248 (January 1984), a story which ranks among his most popular. By mid-1984, Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz took over scripting and penciling. DeFalco helped establish Parker and Watson's mature relationship, laying the foundation for the characters' wedding in 1987. Notably, in #257 (Oct. 1984), Watson tells Parker that she knows he is Spider-Man, and in #259 (Dec. 1984), she reveals to Parker the extent of her troubled childhood. Other notable issues of the DeFalco-Frenz era include #252 (May 1984), with the first appearance of Spider-Man's black costume, which the hero would wear almost exclusively for the next", "title": "The Amazing Spider-Man" }, { "id": "19462586", "text": "Americans. Jacqueline discovers that her boyfriend's family owns the Washington Redskins. She plots to make the family change the name, as it is racist to her Lakota heritage. During a planned fight, Russ suddenly proposes, prompting Jacqueline to run away as he pursues. After he is hit by an electric car, the couple marry while Russ is in a full-body cast, unable to speak. She convinces Russ's father to rename the team from the Redskins to the Gun-Takers, which she justifies saying that the outrage will gain attention. Meanwhile, Russ's condition improves. The bandages are removed, and she discovers that", "title": "Jacqueline White (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)" }, { "id": "8545932", "text": "little less than half the age of his father. In his childhood Hilliard met Huey Newton, who would later become the leader of the Black Panther movement. David Hilliard married Patrica (Pat) Hilliard in 1959. Patricia and David met at a David's friend Malcom Newton's fraternity party. Although Pat at first resisted the perusal by David, she eventually agreed to date him. At the age of 17 David was informed that Patricia was pregnant and he dropped out of high school. At 17 David and Patricia married at Berkeley City Hall. David, due to his lack of a high school", "title": "David Hilliard" }, { "id": "3149308", "text": "Parker, and in a chance confrontation with Venom learns that Peter had married Mary Jane Watson. Angry and jealous, Felicia begins harassing the couple, taunting Peter as by dating his friend Flash Thompson. She physically threatens Mary Jane, confronting her and swearing to ruin their marriage. She saves a powerless Spider-Man from the Scorpion, but then all her powers are rendered inert by one of the Chameleon's devices. She realizes that she sincerely cares for Thompson, but when she proposes marriage he refuses her, saying that he was only interested in her because she was the ex-girlfriend of his idol,", "title": "Black Cat (Marvel Comics)" }, { "id": "1520479", "text": "Roger discovers that Pongo likes Perdy. Her owner, Anita Campbell-Green falls in love with Roger when they meet. They both fall into the lake as a result of their dogs chasing each other, but they return to Roger's home and Anita accepts his proposal. They get married along with Perdy and Pongo. Anita works as a fashion designer at the House of de Vil. Her boss, the pampered and very glamorous Cruella de Vil, has a deep passion for fur, going so far as to have a taxidermist, Mr Skinner, skin a white tiger at the London Zoo to make", "title": "101 Dalmatians (1996 film)" }, { "id": "17803030", "text": "at the 24th Critics' Choice Awards. A sequel is in development, with Coogler returning to write and direct. A thousand of years ago, five African tribes war over a meteorite containing vibranium. One warrior ingests a \"heart-shaped herb\" affected by the metal and gains superhuman abilities, becoming the first \"Black Panther\". He unites all but the Jabari Tribe to form the nation of Wakanda. Over centuries, the Wakandans use the vibranium to develop advanced technology and isolate themselves from the world by posing as a Third World country. In 1992, Wakanda's King T'Chaka visits his brother N'Jobu, who is working", "title": "Black Panther (film)" }, { "id": "8777062", "text": "Drew to marry him in a sham same-sex civil union in Vermont (the only place it was legal at the time) in hopes that the marriage would placate the Immigration and Naturalization Service. At the beginning of Season 7, Drew married both Nikki and Kate (the former had been a recurring character for some time since Season 3, and suffered from weight problems). They found out about this and all three of these marriages ended in divorce, and Drew became known as the \"Impotent Bisexual Bigamist\". Nikki eventually returned, and the actress, Kate Walsh, donned a fat suit again and", "title": "The Drew Carey Show" }, { "id": "15713324", "text": "stay in one of the rooms. The monster climbs through the window and frightens her so badly that she faints. She is last seen by Henry's bedside as he recovers from his climactic battle with the monster. In \"Bride of Frankenstein\", Elizabeth and Henry are married. She is kidnapped by the monster as a means of making Henry agree to create the Monster a mate. When the monster decides to destroy Frankenstein Castle with himself, his bride and the evil Septimus Praetorious inside, he allows Henry and Elizabeth to leave. The couple are last seen holding each other as the", "title": "Elizabeth Lavenza" }, { "id": "5021378", "text": "embarrassing matches. One of those attempted arranged dates was with the odd, socially inept Lydia Crosswaithe. The producers created a long-term love interest in school teacher, Helen Crump. Helen made her first appearance in the third season and remained Andy's love interest throughout the rest of the series. The two were eventually married in the first \"Mayberry RFD\" episode in 1968. The newlywed Taylors remained in Mayberry, and Andy was featured on several episodes of the spinoff series. Andy and Helen returned to \"Mayberry RFD\" for their son Andrew Samuel Taylor, Jr.'s christening in the 2nd-season premiere episode \"Andy's Baby\"", "title": "Andy Taylor (The Andy Griffith Show)" }, { "id": "6183348", "text": "Banner construct \"the Energy Well\". Can control ants with his guitar like Ant-Man did with his helmet, but like the Wasp is unable to change size. Black Panther/Falcon - T'Challa came to Stark Island as a representative of the African nation of Wakanda, uses mystic arts to become the half human/half panther hero. He can also change his totemnic power and become this reality's Falcon. The Mangaverse version of Tigra found herself romantically attracted to him. In \"New Mangaverse: The Rings of Fate\" Panther is implied to have been killed by the villains in the story. Storm - Ororo Munroe", "title": "Marvel Mangaverse" }, { "id": "2553712", "text": "is fixed on a more advanced machine with her head exposed to the air. She also develops romantic feelings toward one of the Acolyte survivors, a scientist named Reynolds. As she indicates, forty years with the Acolytes is far longer than the time she has spent with Hank. At one point, the two share a kiss. A long period without feeding seems to have cured her completely of the hunger. Now Black Panther's adviser and friend, she is forced to infect him when an Acolyte assassin attempts to kill him. This incident is orchestrated by Malcolm Cortez, the son of", "title": "Wasp (comics)" }, { "id": "7498503", "text": "dance. At the dance, the gangs and girls refuse to intermingle. Tony arrives and he and Maria fall in love. However, Bernardo angrily demands Tony stay away from her. Riff proposes a meeting with Bernardo at Doc's drug store. Maria is sent home; Anita argues that Bernardo is overprotective of Maria and they compare the advantages of Puerto Rico and the United States. Tony discreetly visits Maria on her fire escape, where they reaffirm their love. Krupke, who suspects the Jets are planning something, visits them and warns them not to cause trouble. When the Sharks arrive, both groups agree", "title": "West Side Story (film)" }, { "id": "6695541", "text": "only to crash into a massive tree. However, the tree falls over the river and he pulls Ursula to safety. Lyle ends up in a cave and, believing he is still sharing the boat with Ursula, proclaims them wedded; he lights his lighter and beholds that he just married himself to a gorilla. George and Ursula fall in love with each other and marry, Ursula moving into George's treehouse. Some years later the two are raising a son, George Jr, who they present to the animals from atop Pride Rock. In a mid-credits scene, Ape reveals he has become a", "title": "George of the Jungle (film)" }, { "id": "3937640", "text": "finds himself up against an ambitious new crime lord, Vlad Dinu, who styles himself \"The Impaler\". He also seeks an understanding with the police through Detective Alex Kurtz. During an attempt by Vlad to terminate the Panther, Brian from the Devil's Kitchen is seriously injured by an energy blast from Vlad, and is reported dead. The conflict between Vlad and the Panther becomes more personal, especially after Vlad discovers the Panther over his wife Angela dead from a gunshot wound. T'Challa learns that Iris was the serial shooter who killed abusers of children—Gabe was abused secretly by Angela. Brian was", "title": "Black Panther (comics)" }, { "id": "5036550", "text": "J. Jonah Jameson uses the paper to smear the New Avengers. Jones and Cage are living together when she gives birth to their child, whom they name Danielle after Luke's best friend, Danny Rand. Cage and Jones marry in \"New Avengers Annual\" #1. Jones appears as a supporting character in \"Young Avengers\" until the series ended. She returns in \"Avengers: The Children's Crusade\" #6 in which she, Beast and Hawkeye attempted to defuse the situation between the Avengers and X-Men who were fighting over who was to punish the Scarlet Witch. She helps fight Doctor Doom and is present when", "title": "Jessica Jones" }, { "id": "14791176", "text": "jokes about white people, though his own race has not yet been specified. Obby proposed Saturday September 4, 2011 during a Kilt Blowing event at Dragon Con. Their wedding is shown in the July 10–12, 2012 strips. Laurell K. Hamilton: This internationally best-selling author of Jennie's acquaintiance has been featured in occasional guest appearances since the two met. One such feature was used as a bonus-type extra feature in a recent 'Anita Blake' novel. Jonathon Greene: Laurell's current partner, sometimes known online as 'Eridine' was featured in the 'Anita Blake' bonus feature comic. It concerns an episode where they all", "title": "The Devil's Panties" }, { "id": "5360535", "text": "into a months long depression, watching from the sidelines as New York is turned into \"Spider Island\" and the Human Torch is resurrected. Teddy is able to bring Billy back \"out of the dark\" by proposing to him. In Young Avengers Vol. 2, Billy and Teddy's relationship is tested due to the meddling of Loki, who plants the idea in Teddy's head that he is not real and was unknowingly created by Billy using his reality warping powers. Teddy is kissed by Prodigy. The couple reconcile at the conclusion of the storyline and are last seen happily dancing together at", "title": "Wiccan (comics)" }, { "id": "4691854", "text": "sleep again. Puck crushes another herb into Lysander's eyes, negating the effect of the first one. When the lovers are discovered in the morning by a hunting Theseus, Hippolyta, and Egeus, all is put to rights. Demetrius claims that a metaphorical 'sickness' made him love Hermia, but in health, his love has returned to Helena. The lovers are married in a joint ceremony with Theseus and Hippolyta and together watch the play put on by the Mechanicals in honor of the marriages. While not the only protagonist of \"A Midsummer Night's Dream\", Helena is one of its most talkative characters.", "title": "Helena (A Midsummer Night's Dream)" }, { "id": "13076618", "text": "Spider-Man has not taken her bait, and she visits him in another dream in which the two of them get married. When that does not work, she uses a headline in the Daily Bugle about 50 stolen pairs of shoes to weasel her way into the office of J. Jonah Jameson. Her furies steal the shoes for themselves and descend upon Jameson (\"Deeply Furious\"). Arachne convinces him to run a headline pronouncing Spider-Man a needed hero, and he does. After enjoying the blackout and its intimacy, MJ and Peter come to a standstill: because of the dreams and the added", "title": "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" }, { "id": "15431650", "text": "Now we are in America. But we think of when we were in the desert, with no clothes. I flash back to how my brothers missed the chance to come to America...I have tears of joy and tears of sorrow,\" he said. In 2005, Panther traveled back to Africa to marry his girlfriend, Nyanthiec. After the wedding he returned to the United States to fill out the necessary paperwork and begin the financial struggles of bringing his wife to the U.S.. Three years later, he brought her back to the United States. Bior is currently living with his wife and", "title": "Panther Bior" }, { "id": "18064395", "text": "who went there five weeks before upon Taylor's instruction to get over a break-up with her boyfriend Doug, greets her when she arrives and surprises Taylor with her extravagant house and their friend Lil. Maddie also reveals she is getting married in two days, which shocks Taylor (\"Venus\"). Lil reveals that Taylor had a boyfriend in Apulia on her holiday three years ago, but Taylor explains she doesn't want to rekindle her relationship with him. Taylor then goes down to the beach to see if she recognizes anybody from her holiday three years ago. She is reunited with her friend", "title": "Walking on Sunshine (film)" }, { "id": "11721579", "text": "including Saint Joseph (though he was much older than the rest). The High Priest ordered them to each bring a rod; he that owned the rod which would bear flowers was divinely ordained to become Mary's husband. After the Holy Spirit descended as a dove and caused Joseph's rod to blossom, he and Mary were wed according to Jewish custom. The account, quoted in its entirety, runs thus: In fact, neither the \"Golden Legend\" nor any of the early apocryphal accounts describe the actual ceremony, and they differ as to its timing, other than that it preceded the \"Journey to", "title": "Marriage of the Virgin" }, { "id": "8785005", "text": "continues to love Helena. And Titania is still in love with Bottom the donkey. Oberon leads all the fairies away with the changeling at his side. Having achieved his goals, Oberon releases Titania from her spell and they leave together in love once again. Following Oberon's instructions, Puck removes the donkey's head from Bottom, and arranges everything so that Hermia, Lysander, Demetrius, and Helena all believe that they have been dreaming when they awaken. Together they return from the forest to attend the wedding of Duke Theseus and Hippolyta. When Theseus sees Hermia and her father Egeus, and seeing that", "title": "A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935 film)" }, { "id": "3937663", "text": "the war with Latveria defending Ramonda from the soldiers of Doctor Doom. When T'Challa ends up in a coma because of Doctor Doom, Shuri becomes his substitute as Black Panther and queen of Wakanda which, after the rise of her half-brother to \"king of the dead\", creates for the first time in history two avatars of the Panther Goddess. Black Panther was ranked the 79th greatest comic book character by \"Wizard\" magazine. IGN ranked the character the 51st greatest comic book hero, stating that Black Panther could be considered Marvel's equivalent to Batman; he was also ranked tenth in their", "title": "Black Panther (comics)" }, { "id": "18987105", "text": "a dinner party at Jacqueline's, she meets Logan Beekman (Adam Campbell), who she ends up dating; he and Dong get in a fight about it all at Kimmy's 30th birthday party; however, they break up when Kimmy discovers he called the police on Dong (because of his being an illegal immigrant). She and Dong begin dating. Kimmy goes out of town to testify against the reverend, who seems to be winning until Kimmy goes back into the bunker and finds a piece of evidence against him. She gets a call from Dong, and discovers he was forced to get married", "title": "Kimmy Schmidt" }, { "id": "7780915", "text": "of his hair and the scissors broke. As much as she loved Clark with no memory of being Superman, Lois knew that the world needed Superman and found the wizard who had cast the spell and had him reverse it. Clark remembered he was Superman but also his marriage to Lois. He took Lois to the Fortress of Solitude and married her again in a Kryptonian ceremony as Superman. From that point on, Lois and Clark/Superman of the alternate universe known as Earth-Two remained married in DC Comics. This version of the character stars in \"The Superman Family\" comic book", "title": "Superman and Lois Lane" }, { "id": "3149358", "text": "it, Felicia kills the symbiote anyway, subsequently berating the heroes for not knowing the price she had to pay to ensure that justice was done. In another storyline, Spider-Man marries the Black Cat rather than Mary Jane - Alistair Smythe's attack having left Mary Jane injured in this reality, leaving Peter doubting his ability to look after her, with he and Felicia rekindling their romance while fighting supervillains together, but their relationship is complicated by such factors as Peter and Felicia being unable to live together in order to preserve his secret identity. After Felicia's carelessness results in Spider-Man's identity", "title": "Black Cat (Marvel Comics)" }, { "id": "3178579", "text": "are married, with Captain Marvel and the rest of the Marvel Family as witnesses, Mary as bridesmaid. Renee Montoya and the Question prevent a suicide bomber, a child sent by Intergang, from ruining the wedding. For this they are awarded the country's highest honor, the Order of the Scarab, by Black Adam, although he is furious to find Renee is missing the ceremony while sleeping with a Khandaqi woman from sorrow over killing a child. In \"52\" Week 23, Black Adam and Isis, with the assistance of the Question and Renee Montoya, find Isis' brother Amon. Due to a failed", "title": "Black Adam" }, { "id": "6077964", "text": "fate of season one villains Cynan and Dylan. And of course, there are the stand-alone adventures that add to Valiant, Arn, and Rowanne's growing legend in Camelot. Some unresolved and underdeveloped plot threads are worth pointing out at this juncture. One is Valiant and Aleta's marriage, an important part of the comic strip that never transpired onscreen (the two characters end the series betrothed). Another is Rowanne's relationship with King Michael of Northland, which developed rather abruptly and lacked definite closure as the series geared up for its big finale. And the character of Lady Morgana, introduced in the first", "title": "The Legend of Prince Valiant" }, { "id": "3937637", "text": "\"Secret Invasion\" plan to conquer Earth. Prince Namor attempts to recruit T'Challa for the Cabal, a secret council of supervillains. Attacked by the forces of fellow Cabal member Doctor Doom, T'Challa is left comatose. His sister Shuri is trained as the next Panther, with the mantle passing onto her officially after T'Challa awakens from his coma and attempts to recover from his injuries. In the aftermath, T'Challa loses all of his enhanced attributes given to him by being the panther totem. As a result, he works with his sorcerer, Zawavari, to accumulate a replacement. He has since made a pact", "title": "Black Panther (comics)" }, { "id": "17439526", "text": "about taking Violet to the school dance believing she doesn't like him anymore but really is having a hard time adjusting to school and after the Evil Queen fails to darken Henry's heart by smashing the mirror instead of the Dragon's heart to save Emma and Regina. Following his mother's engagement to Killian Jones, he comes to accept the pirate as his stepfather, witnessing their marriage before the Black Fairy's new dark curse consumes the town. This curse places him in the care of the Black Fairy, who in this reality is his adoptive mother. He visits Emma in a", "title": "Henry Mills (Once Upon a Time)" }, { "id": "14680662", "text": "love poems, countless letters, and even telephone messages after her father sent her away with the intention of separating the young couple. Her parents tried everything to get rid of the man, but he kept coming back, and it was obvious their daughter was committed to him. Her family finally capitulated and gave her permission to marry him (The tragicomic story of their courtship would later be adapted and recast as \"Love in the Time of Cholera\".) Since García Márquez's parents were more or less strangers to him for the first few years of his life, his grandparents influenced his", "title": "Gabriel García Márquez" }, { "id": "7167037", "text": "him. Months later, the Black Panther's cousin, M'Koni, hired Dakota to investigate her husband, Wheeler, who proved to be in the drug-induced thrall of the insane and deadly Wakandan Malice (Nakia). Black Panther hired Dakota to watch his love, Monica Lynne, who was Malice's next target. Malice sent several drug-controlled men after Monica, but Dakota protected her and returned her to the Wakandan Consulate, where Malice nearly killed Dakota with a garrote before Black Panther saved her. Later, when blind attorney Matt Murdock was imprisoned on suspicion of being Daredevil, his law partners Franklin \"Foggy\" Nelson and Becky Blake hired", "title": "Dakota North (comics)" }, { "id": "10858376", "text": "her pregnancy and delivers her son, who she names Liam Anthony; his forename in honour of his late father and middle name as a tribute to Tony. Liam's parents disapprove of the developing relationship, leading Tony to threaten that if they do not leave Maria alone, they will never see their grandson again. Eventually, the relationship becomes romantic and Maria and Tony become engaged. Carla returns to Weatherfield, and instructs Tony to sell his shares in \"Underworld\" to her and leave the country; or she will tell the police what he did. Tony hires Jimmy to kill her but changes", "title": "Tony Gordon" }, { "id": "9092453", "text": "married to Detective William \"Will\" LaMontagne. They have two sons Henry and Michael. As of season 13 she and Matt Simmons are the only members of the BAU who are married with children. Prior to her courtship and marriage to Will, JJ displayed little interest in dating. She once went on a date with Spencer Reid to a Washington Redskins game, but little came of it romantically, although the two became very good friends. In the season 2 episode \"Jones\", JJ first meets William \"Will\" LaMontagne, Jr. a NOPD detective whom the team worked with while in New Orleans after", "title": "Jennifer Jareau" }, { "id": "17709005", "text": "two lovers Aneka and Ayo, who are former members of the Dora Milaje, the Black Panther's female security force. The series follows the pair through multiple events, including the siege of their city by Thanos and the flooding of Wakanda by Namor. The series' cancellation was confirmed in June 2017 by Gay, coming just two days after the premiere of the trailer for the \"Black Panther\" movie. The last issue released in March 2017. Marvel stated no official reason for the cancellation, however, feminist tech site \"The Mary Sue\" pointed to a connection with Marvel's knock against \"diversity titles\" and", "title": "Roxane Gay" }, { "id": "18779557", "text": "the Ripper and kills him in battle. Afterwards, she finds an imprisoned but still alive Jacob. With the Ripper dead, Abberline agrees to cover up the Ripper's identity as an Assassin in order to protect the Brotherhood. Following the game's events, Jacob marries and has one son, who is also inducted into the Brotherhood. He also marries, and later has a child named Lydia Frye, born in 1893. She too was inducted into the Brotherhood and trained under her grandparents. She later marries an Assassin named Sam Crowder, but she keeps her maiden name. At the outbreak of World War", "title": "Assassin's Creed Syndicate" }, { "id": "17129637", "text": "by Morena Baccarin. She was first seen in a small cameo at the end of \"Initiation\", where her looks are enough to convince Green Arrow to stay in the League. She first appears as a main character in \"The Cat and the Canary\". She was vexed because her old mentor, Wildcat, had been obsessively engaging in underground fighting tournaments, and she convinced the smitten Green Arrow to help her convince Wildcat to return to the League. She and Green Arrow start a relationship, as seen in \"Double Date\", thereby paying homage to their famed romance in the comics. She also", "title": "Black Canary in other media" }, { "id": "11747689", "text": "trying to steal Jean from him, seriously hurting his own blooming romance with her before she suddenly vanished. He later risks his life to rescue Jean from Sinister and is seen reunited with her at the end of Season One. Had the show had a second season, it was planned that another future would feature Cyclops in his \"Age of Apocalypse\" characterization. Carlos Alazraqui voices Cyclops in The Super Hero Squad Show episode \"Mysterious Mayhem at Mutant Academy\". Cyclops appears in episode 5 of \"Black Panther\". Nolan North voiced the role again. Cyclops makes an appearance at the end of", "title": "Cyclops in other media" }, { "id": "19291917", "text": "so. Out of gratitude she agrees to marry Tremont's nephew, Beverly Peale (Steele). Soon after the ceremony she discovers that her husband is a user of drugs and her married life is unhappy. It ends abruptly when Beverly is found dead from an overdose of drugs. Patience is accused of murder and put on trial. She is defended by noted criminal lawyer Garon Bourke (Fellowes), who is in love with her and whom Patience loves. Despite Garon's strenuous efforts, his client is convicted and sentenced to die in the electric chair. The evidence of Honora Maris (Reed), who was enamored", "title": "The Panther Woman" }, { "id": "19643610", "text": "from rival tribes to serve as his personal guard and ceremonial wives-in-training. The Dora Milaje appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Dora Milaje The Dora Milaje are fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. They are a team of women who serve as special forces for the fictional African nation of Wakanda. The Dora Milaje first appeared in \"Black Panther\" #1 (November 1998), created by writer Christopher Priest and artist Mark Texeira. The Dora Milaje share similarities with the Dahomey Amazons, the all-female military regiment of the Kingdom of Dahomey, which was located in West Africa", "title": "Dora Milaje" }, { "id": "13607246", "text": "talent, and the case is dismissed. Outside the courtroom, Uncle Bob tells him her betrothal to Raul is a mistake and all she needs is a good spanking to make her come to her senses. Anthony conceals himself in a doorway, and when Cynthia walks by, he pulls her inside and proceeds to spank her. Petroff calls a press conference at which he announces their union, and the happy couple signs their marriage license. Otto Preminger had been working as an apprentice at 20th Century Fox for nearly eight months when studio head Darryl F. Zanuck assigned him to the", "title": "Under Your Spell" }, { "id": "7885372", "text": "of the Rescue armor, and takes Potts and Wyche hostage. J.A.R.V.I.S. is disabled by James Rhodes with a source-focused electromagnetic pulse from the Black armor, and is eventually destroyed by Potts, ending her career as Rescue. She has a new Rescue armor in the subsequent series \"Superior Iron Man\", armed with sonic disruptors. Pepper Potts Virginia \"Pepper\" Potts is a fictional supporting character appearing in books published by Marvel Comics, particularly those featuring Iron Man, in which she serves as a romantic love interest of Tony Stark. Created by writers Stan Lee and Robert Bernstein and designed by artist Don", "title": "Pepper Potts" }, { "id": "9126560", "text": "Florida only for him to reject her again. Lulu is about to be raped by the brothel owner, Javier, when Dante rescues her. After a run-in with Nikolas and Helena Cassadine (Constance Towers) in Greece, Dante convinces Lulu to go back to Port Charles. Lulu is furious when she learns that Dante has been hiding that Lucky has started using drugs again. After reconciling, Dante proposes marriage and she is hesitant. After several interferences, the couple finally marries. Lulu ends up working as the evidence room clerk for the Port Charles Police Department and falsely accuses Detective Delores Padilla (Rebeka", "title": "Lulu Spencer" }, { "id": "14739469", "text": "apologise, but Indi insists they are over. Indi meets Kieran Monroe (Andrew Hazzard) at a party. Romeo warns Indi not to go out with him, but she refuses to listen. When Kieran turns nasty one night, Indi calls Romeo to rescue her. Romeo professes his feelings for Indi and they get back together. Nicole leaves Summer Bay, leaving Indi upset. Romeo invites Indi to accompany him and Roo Stewart (Georgie Parker) to Hawaii to attend a tourism exhibition. Their host, Marty Jones (Matty Lui), later offers Indi a job. Romeo proposes and she accepts. They decide to get married straight", "title": "Indi Walker" }, { "id": "7393670", "text": "about their history together, and Dr. Kelso advises them to do whatever makes them happy. During the filming for Season 8, Sarah Chalke said in an interview that she couldn't imagine J.D. and Elliot not being together romantically. In the Season 8 finale, it is suggested through a flash forward in the style of a home movie that J.D and Elliot will marry and have a child. In Season 9, it is revealed that J.D. and Elliot are in fact married and expecting a child. This is punctuated by an extremely awkward morning ritual in front of Elliot's class where", "title": "J.D. (Scrubs)" }, { "id": "6431114", "text": "this new continuity was in \"Cobra #6\" from October 2011. Lady Jaye is also once again a main character in IDW's continuation of the original \"A Real American Hero\" series, where her and Flint's relationship is continuing as it was in the original Marvel comic. In issue 174 she and Flint lead a team on an operation to kidnap Darklon. As the squad leaves, their helicopter takes fire, with both she and Darklon being seriously wounded. Flint initially orders medical treatment for Lady Jaye, disregarding his orders to bring Darklon back alive at any cost, but Jaye convinces him that", "title": "Lady Jaye" }, { "id": "2390623", "text": "to find she has already been promised to the Khwarezmian prince. Tariel could not bear the idea of marriage, and at the request of Nestan he killed the suitor. The princess was then placed on a boat and adrift on the seas. Despite Tariel's lengthy search for his love he could not find her. Later he met Nuradin-Phridon, ruler of Mulgazanzar, who told him that Nestan was alive but trapped on a distant boat. Tariel retired to a cave to live in the wilderness with Asmat, the former servant and messenger of Nestan. Moved by this story, Avtandil promises his", "title": "The Knight in the Panther's Skin" }, { "id": "12437572", "text": "later where Chuck and Blair are revealed to have had a child and Nate Archibald appears successful and is rumored to be running for Mayor of New York. The show ends with the wedding of Serena van der Woodsen and Dan Humphrey. It's a small ceremony, in what looks like Blair and Chuck's home together, where Lily is with Serena and Eric's father, William, and Rufus seems to be happy with another woman (musician Lisa Loeb, who guest-starred in the first season) along with Dorota, Nate, Jack Bass and Georgina (who are now together), Jenny and Eric. A brief shot", "title": "Gossip Girl" }, { "id": "822508", "text": "body, Johnny could \"be a man\". He agreed to act as best man at their wedding. The relationship between Alicia and Johnny was ended with the revelation that the Alicia that Johnny fell in love with was actually Lyja, a member of the shape-changing alien race known as the Skrulls. The real Alicia, who was kept in suspended animation, was rescued by the Fantastic Four and reunited with the Thing. Ben began dating a teacher named Debbie Green. Ben soon asked Debbie to marry him, which she accepted. He later left her at the altar when he realizes the dangers", "title": "Thing (comics)" }, { "id": "8674825", "text": "years of jungle training, shot the animal dead with a bow and arrows he had taken from his sports-teacher. After the dramatic events with the panther, the two did not see each other for years, before they were unexpectedly reunited at a Christmas party several years later, both around the age of eighteen to twenty. Kit was already a celebrated sportsman in almost every field, and Diana had broken records for her diving. Kit and Diana fell in love with each other that Christmas holiday, the relationship going as far as Kit considering proposing to her. However, his plans were", "title": "Diana Palmer (The Phantom)" }, { "id": "16192998", "text": "He finds her once again at a wedding. To his dismay, however, she informs him that this time she is the bride. Nightclub singer \"Dusty\" Millard (Angela Lansbury) gets him on the rebound. After a while, Terry crosses paths with Kay once more. She is a widow, and interested in picking up where they left off. Dusty gives up, realizing she has no chance against her rival. However, Kay learns that Terry has become hard and cynical. When Snarp's bookmaking operation was uncovered, his disreputable pals appealed to Terry; he secretly had Snarp freed, but saw to it that his", "title": "The Hoodlum Saint" }, { "id": "4112262", "text": "marriage between Sansa and Ramsay Bolton, now the heir to the North after the death of Robb Stark. Though Sansa is reluctant to marry Ramsay, as his father Roose had personally murdered Robb, Baelish persuades her by claiming that the marriage will give her the opportunity to avenge her family. On the way to Winterfell, they encounter Brienne of Tarth, who had sworn to Catelyn Stark to take Sansa to safety and tries to convince Sansa to come with her; Baelish has her chased off by his men, but Brienne follows Sansa to Winterfell regardless. Though initially charming, Ramsay's sadistic", "title": "Sansa Stark" }, { "id": "3689454", "text": "said, \"I'd been pecked before, but this was a real kiss!\" With a new love in her life, Laura inquires about birth control. \"It was the first time I was nervous\" Francis admitted. Laura and Scotty have a year long courtship which includes \"parental disapproval,\" Scotty supporting Laura during the David Hamilton murder trial, and the interference of Bobbie Spencer (Jacklyn Zeman) who wants Scott for herself. Finally, in July 1979, over the course of six episodes, Scotty and Laura are married. Francis and Shriner became quite close during their onscreen romance. Though Laura did love Scotty, their marriage also", "title": "Laura Spencer (General Hospital)" }, { "id": "8375269", "text": "the Circus are part of a group of villains that interrupt the wedding of Avengers Yellowjacket and the Wasp. She later becomes a member of the Serpent Squad as well as its successor the Serpent Society, but left the group as she is not a killer. She later rejoins the Circus, but later ends up in a romantic relationship with Johnny Blaze, former Ghost Rider, until they are attacked by Arcade. DuBois has been married to both Stilt-Man and Gibbon and was later revealed to be the mother of the Execution from the Young Masters, although her son is not", "title": "Princess Python" }, { "id": "12173768", "text": "they fit together in chronological order. The series concluded with the introduction of Galactus and the Silver Surfer. In order to tie in with the wedding of Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson, Marvel Saga #22 broke from the chronological approach of the series to provide a complete history of Peter and Mary Jane's relationship, and was written by \"Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man\" writer Peter David instead of Sanderson. David commented, \"How could I \"not\" do it? I'm an old romantic. Having been happily married for ten years, I'm a fan of 'And they got married and lived happily", "title": "Marvel Saga" } ]

[ "Barry Bonds" ]

[ { "id": "188333", "text": "record is 73, set by Barry Bonds in 2001. Other notable single season records were achieved by Babe Ruth who hit 60 in 1927, Roger Maris, with 61 home runs in 1961, and Mark McGwire, who hit 70 in 1998. Negro League slugger Josh Gibson's Baseball Hall of Fame plaque says he hit \"almost 800\" home runs in his career. The \"Guinness Book of World Records\" lists Gibson's lifetime home run total at 800. Ken Burns' award-winning series, \"Baseball\", states that his actual total may have been as high as 950. Gibson's true total is not known, in part due", "title": "Home run" }, { "id": "3541159", "text": "Blue Jays single-season home run record with his 48th home run, breaking the record set by George Bell. On September 23, Bautista became the 26th player in Major League Baseball history to reach the 50 home run club in one season, and the first Toronto Blue Jay player to do so. His 52nd home run set a new MLB record for the largest single-season increase in home runs, eclipsing Davey Johnson's 38 home run increase from 1972 to 1973. Bautista finished the 2010 season with an MLB-leading 54 home runs, the highest total since Alex Rodriguez hit 54 in 2007.", "title": "José Bautista" }, { "id": "188332", "text": "the 2006 World Baseball Classic Japanese team. Oh holds the all-time home run world record, having hit 868 home runs in his career. In Major League Baseball, the career record is 762, held by Barry Bonds, who broke Hank Aaron's record on August 7, 2007, when he hit his 756th home run at AT&T Park off pitcher Mike Bacsik. Only eight other major league players have hit as many as 600: Hank Aaron (755), Babe Ruth (714), Alex Rodriguez (696), Willie Mays (660), Albert Pujols (633), Ken Griffey, Jr. (630), Jim Thome (612), and Sammy Sosa (609). The single season", "title": "Home run" }, { "id": "2055184", "text": "154 games instead of the current schedule of 162 games. His accomplishment of 61 home runs in a season came back to the forefront in 1998, when the 61 homer mark was exceeded by Mark McGwire, and later that same year by Sammy Sosa. Barry Bonds currently holds the single-season home run record of 73, which he accomplished in 2001. However, all those who exceeded Maris's single season record did so during baseball's so-called \"steroid era\", and each of those players who surpassed 61 has been linked to steroids. As such, many baseball fans still consider Roger Maris's 61 HRs", "title": "Roger Maris" }, { "id": "692625", "text": "was called \"61*\" (pronounced \"sixty-one asterisk\") in reference to the controversy. The controversy over season length in relation to home run records had somewhat subsided by the time Hank Aaron broke Ruth's career home run record in 1974 (although Aaron received an even larger volume of hate mail and death threats which in his case often focused on race). Maris's single season mark was broken in 1998 by Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa, who both broke it in under 154 games. McGwire's record of 70 home runs was later eclipsed by Barry Bonds, who set the current mark of 73", "title": "Asterisk" }, { "id": "10374744", "text": "1997 Seattle Mariners season The Seattle Mariners 1997 season was their 21st season, and the team won their second American League West with a record of six games ahead of the runner-up Anaheim Angels. For the second straight year, they led the AL in runs scored (925) and shattered the all-time record for most home runs hit by a team in one season (set at 257 by the Baltimore Orioles the year before) with 264. Five Mariners scored at least 100 runs and six hit at least 20 home runs. In addition, the Seattle pitching staff led the league with", "title": "1997 Seattle Mariners season" }, { "id": "7641967", "text": "last day of the regular season), he hit home run number 61, surpassing Babe Ruth's single season home run record of 60. However, MLB Commissioner Ford Frick (who, as it was discovered later, had ghostwritten for Babe Ruth during his career) decreed that since Maris had played in a 162-game season, and Ruth (in 1927) had played in a 154-game season, two separate records would be kept. It was 30 years before the dual record was done away with, and Maris held the record alone until Mark McGwire broke it in 1998. Maris still holds the American League record. The", "title": "New York Yankees" }, { "id": "41703", "text": "Bonds established the current record of 73 home runs in a single season. There had long been suspicions that the dramatic increase in power hitting was fueled in large part by the abuse of illegal steroids (as well as by the dilution of pitching talent due to expansion), but the issue only began attracting significant media attention in 2002 and there was no penalty for the use of performance-enhancing drugs before 2004. In 2007, Bonds became MLB's all-time home run leader, surpassing Hank Aaron, as total major league and minor league attendance both reached all-time highs. Widely known as America's", "title": "Baseball" }, { "id": "1689127", "text": "history to compile at least 35 home runs, 100 runs and 100 RBIs in eight consecutive seasons (Jimmie Foxx accomplished the feat in nine straight seasons from 1932 to 1940). Rodriguez established the franchise record for most home runs in a single season by a right-handed batter (broke Joe DiMaggio's mark of 46 in 1937). His 47 HR from the third base position are a single-season American League record. Rodriguez hit 26 home runs at Yankee Stadium in 2005, establishing the single-season club record for right-handed batters (previously held by DiMaggio in 1937 and Gary Sheffield in 2004). On June", "title": "Alex Rodriguez" }, { "id": "3569488", "text": "time period, the establishment of the ground rules of each park rested with the home team. In 1884, team captain and on-field manager Cap Anson decided that balls hit over the fence were to be home runs. Williamson used these short dimensions and new ground rules to set the single-season home run record by hitting 27 in a 112-game season, surpassing the record of 14 set by Harry Stovey the previous year. Of the 27 home runs he hit that year, 25 of them were hit at home. This record stood for 35 years until it was broken in 1919", "title": "Ned Williamson" }, { "id": "8382534", "text": "he never knew the record was his. During their record-breaking season of 1961, the M&M Boys became the only teammates to join the 50 home run club in the same season, hitting a combined 115 home runs to break the single-season record for home runs by a pair of teammates. This record was previously held by Yankee sluggers Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, who hit 60 and 47 home runs, respectively, in . In addition, Mantle and Maris combined to record 269 RBI. Contrary to popular belief, the M&M Boys were actually close friends and no hostility existed between the", "title": "M&M Boys" }, { "id": "15908682", "text": "single—in which the batter reaches first base without being put out, and without the benefit of a fielding error—is the most common type of hit in baseball: for example, there were 25,838 singles hit during the 1988 MLB season, compared to 6,386 doubles, 840 triples, or 3,180 home runs. The MLB leader in singles is Pete Rose, who is also the league's all-time hit leader. The single-season leader in singles is Ichiro Suzuki, who broke Willie Keeler's 106-year-old record in 2004 by notching 225, 19 more than the previous record. None of the top five players in singles (Rose, Ty", "title": "Hitting for the cycle" }, { "id": "8998717", "text": "record with 61. Commissioner Ford Frick decreed that two separate records be kept, as the Yankees played a 154-game schedule in 1927 (beginning in 1961, AL teams played 162 games to accommodate the league's expansion to 10 teams). MLB did away with the dual records 30 years later, giving Maris sole possession of the single-season home run record before it was broken in 1998 by Mark McGwire. The Yankees won the pennant with 109 regular season wins, at the time the club's second-highest single-season total, and defeated the Cincinnati Reds in five games to win the franchise's 19th World Series.", "title": "History of the New York Yankees" }, { "id": "188336", "text": "home runs in a season 3 times), Ken Griffey, Jr. and Eddie Mathews. In 1987, Joey Meyer of the Denver Zephyrs hit the longest verifiable home run in professional baseball history. The home run was measured at a distance of and was hit inside Denver's Mile High Stadium. Major League Baseball's longest verifiable home run distance is about , by Babe Ruth, to straightaway center field at Tiger Stadium (then called Navin Field and before the double-deck), which landed nearly across the intersection of Trumbull and Cherry. The location of where Hank Aaron's record 755th home run landed has been", "title": "Home run" }, { "id": "272509", "text": "HR in 1999, again trailed McGwire. Thus, they became the first – and still only – players in major league history to hit 60 or more home runs in consecutive seasons. McGwire also set a record from 1998 to 1999 for home runs in a two-season period with 135. Further, he owned the highest four-season HR total, with 245 from 1996 to 1999. In 1999, he drove in an NL-leading 147 runs while only having 145 hits, the highest RBI-per-hit tally for a season in baseball history. Statistically in 2000 and 2001, McGwire's numbers declined relative to previous years as", "title": "Mark McGwire" }, { "id": "8230520", "text": "50 home run club In Major League Baseball (MLB), the 50 home run club is the group of batters who have hit 50 or more home runs in a single season. Babe Ruth was the first to achieve this, doing so in 1920. By reaching the milestone, he also became the first player to hit 30 and then 40 home runs in a single-season, breaking his own record of 29 from the 1919 season. Ruth subsequently became the first player to reach the 50 home run club on four occasions, repeating the achievement in 1921, 1927 and 1928. He remained", "title": "50 home run club" }, { "id": "3568766", "text": "years, and made his greatest impact on the game. His first season in Philadelphia saw him set the single season record for home runs with 14, breaking the old mark of nine set by Charley Jones in . He kept this record for only one season, as Ned Williamson set a new mark the very next season with 27. Not only did he set the home run record, he batted .306, and led the league in runs scored with 110, doubles with 31, and games played with 112, while also finishing in the top five in most offensive categories. The", "title": "Harry Stovey" }, { "id": "7642030", "text": "the 1997 Seattle Mariners. On September 29, 2018 Gleyber Torres hit the Yankees 265th home run of the season which broke the record of the most HR's in a season. The Yankees ended the 2018 season with 267 home runs as well as a record of 100-62. With the Red Sox ending with an MLB best 108 wins. On top of that the Houston Astros ended with 103 wins, which marked the first time that three teams in one league all had 100 or more wins in a season. In the 2018 playoffs, the Yankees fell to the Boston Red", "title": "New York Yankees" }, { "id": "15915209", "text": "regular season games, an MLB record for the most team games with a home run in a single season. \"Note: Pos = position\" On April 13 the Yankees won their home opener against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for the 14th time in the last 15 seasons. On April 20, against their arch-rival Boston Red Sox during the 100th Anniversary of Fenway Park, Alex Rodriguez hit his 631st career home-run, passing former teammate Ken Griffey, Jr. for sole possession of 5th on the all-time list. On July 23, the Yankees agreed to a trade that acquired Ichiro Suzuki from", "title": "2012 New York Yankees season" }, { "id": "13255485", "text": "since Alex Rodriguez and Prince Fielder achieved the feat in 2007. The Blue Jays also set a franchise record for the most home runs in a single season as they hit 257, 13 more than their previous record of 244 set by the 2000 Blue Jays. The Blue Jays tied the 1996 Baltimore Orioles for the third most home runs by a team in a single season. Seven players (José Bautista, Vernon Wells, Aaron Hill, Adam Lind, Lyle Overbay, John Buck, and Edwin Encarnación) hit 20 home runs or more throughout the season, tying an MLB record previously set by", "title": "History of the Toronto Blue Jays" }, { "id": "13089938", "text": "Mickey Morandini along with signing Jeff Blauser and Henry Rodríguez as free agents. One notable event of the 1998 season was the race for the home run title and Roger Maris' single-season record of 61 home runs between the Cubs' Sammy Sosa and the Cardinals' Mark McGwire. McGwire ultimately won, setting a new record of 70 while Sosa closed the season with 66. Bonds would top their totals with 73 home runs in 2001, setting the current record, while McGwire and Sosa's totals remain the second and third highest figures in MLB history. Additionally, three teams finished the 1998 season", "title": "1998 National League Wild Card tie-breaker game" }, { "id": "13074217", "text": "of 35 games through August 15, Stanton erupted for 23 home runs, including in six games in a row. Only Sammy Sosa (1998) and Barry Bonds (2001) had hit more in a 35-game span. On August 27, Stanton became the first player since Chris Davis in 2013 to hit 50 home runs in one season. Stanton also became the sixth player in MLB history to reach 50 home runs before the end of August. During the August 29 game versus the Washington Nationals, he hit his 18th home run of the month, tying Rudy York for the most home runs", "title": "Giancarlo Stanton" }, { "id": "12140112", "text": "would score the game's first run on José Bautista's sacrifice fly. Davis's 50th home run of the season, which he hit on September 13, tied him with Brady Anderson for the Orioles record of most home runs in a single season. He also became only the third player in MLB history, after Babe Ruth (New York Yankees, 1921) and Albert Belle (Cleveland Indians, 1995), to hit 50 home runs and 40 doubles in a single season. He hit his 51st home run on September 17, setting a new Orioles single season record. This was also his 92nd extra-base hit of", "title": "Chris Davis (baseball)" }, { "id": "10317393", "text": "as the record-holder. When commissioner Fay Vincent removed \"The Asterisk\" in 1991, Maris was finally given credit as the single-season home run record-holder. However, Maris had died in 1985, never knowing that the record belonged to him. In addition to the individual exploits of Maris and Mantle, the '61 Yankees hit a major league record 240 home runs. The record stood until 1996 when the Baltimore Orioles, with the added benefit of the designated hitter, hit 257 home runs as a team. In 1961, the American League expanded from eight to ten teams, generally watering down the pitching, but leaving", "title": "1961 New York Yankees season" }, { "id": "176685", "text": "25 or more home runs in a season in each league. Johnny Mize became the second in 1950. Nevertheless, Greenberg retired as a player to take a front-office post with the Cleveland Indians. No player had ever retired after a final season in which they hit so many home runs. Since then, only Ted Williams (1960, 29), Dave Kingman (1986; 35), Mark McGwire (2001; 29), Barry Bonds (2007; 28) and David Ortiz (2016; 38) have hit as many or more homers in their final season. Through 2010, he was first in career home runs and RBIs (ahead of Shawn Green)", "title": "Hank Greenberg" }, { "id": "8230521", "text": "the only player to accomplish this until Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa matched his feat in 1999 and 2001, respectively, thus becoming the only players to achieve four consecutive 50 home run seasons. Barry Bonds hit the most home runs to join the club, collecting 73 in 2001. The most recent players to reach the milestone are Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Judge, achieving the feat during the 2017 season. In total, 29 players have reached the 50 home run club in MLB history and nine have done so more than once. Of these, seventeen were right-handed batters, eleven were left-handed,", "title": "50 home run club" }, { "id": "5552140", "text": "season to tie Mike Schmidt for the Phillies single-season record. On August 31, Howard hit a home run into the upper deck of RFK Stadium to surpass Schmidt as the Phillies' single-season home run record holder. On September 3, Howard went 4-for-4 with three home runs and a double in an 8–7 win over the Atlanta Braves, to become the first Philadelphia Phillies batter and the 24th player in Major League history to hit 50 home runs in a season. Howard became the first player to reach 50 home runs in a season since Andruw Jones, who hit 51 home", "title": "Ryan Howard" }, { "id": "2053703", "text": "record. In a press conference, Frick stated that the single-season home run record should be separated into multiple lists, based on length of season. However, as MLB did not publish an official record book at the time, Frick had no control on how publishers presented MLB records, and within a few years after Roger Maris broke Ruth's record, all record books gave Maris sole credit as the single-season home run record holder. Later, it was revealed that Frick had served as a ghostwriter for Ruth earlier in his career. Frick successfully prevented the Continental League, a proposed third major league,", "title": "Commissioner of Baseball" }, { "id": "8998688", "text": "in the standings throughout. The Yankees took first place in early May, and by the end of June had posted a 49–20 record, giving them a large lead in the AL standings; by mid-September, they had clinched the pennant. The 1927 Yankees had a 110–44 record in the regular season, and broke the AL record for wins in a year. Ruth's total of 60 home runs set a single-season home run record that stood for 34 years. Gehrig added 47 home runs and his 175 RBI topped the AL; he won the first of his two AL MVP Awards. The", "title": "History of the New York Yankees" }, { "id": "2041637", "text": "is 2,295, held by Rickey Henderson (1979–2003). The season record for most runs scored is 198, set by Billy Hamilton of the Philadelphia Phillies in 1894. The so-called modern-day record (1900 and after) is 177, achieved by Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees in 1921. The record for most seasons leading one of the major leagues in runs scored is 8, held by Babe Ruth (American League: 1919–21, 1923, 1924, 1926–28). The record for most consecutive games with at least one run scored is 18, shared by the Yankees' Red Rolfe (August 9–August 25, 1939) and the Cleveland Indians'", "title": "Run (baseball)" }, { "id": "15908687", "text": "run on the same play without being put out, and without the benefit of a fielding error. Most often in modern baseball, this occurs when the batter hits the ball over the outfield wall in fair territory. Home-run hitters are often likely to be larger, slower players due to their strength, and may not be fast enough to complete the triple. The MLB single-season and all-time leader in home runs is Barry Bonds, who hit 73 home runs in the 2001 season and notched 762 in his 22-season career. Bonds never hit for the cycle. Of MLB leaders in career", "title": "Hitting for the cycle" }, { "id": "20711943", "text": "Home runs per hit In baseball statistics, home run per hit (HR/H) is the percentage of hits that are home runs. It is loosely related to isolated power, which is the ability to hit for extra-base hits, including home runs. Power hitters, players who readily hit many home runs tend to have higher HR/H than contact hitters. A player hitting 30 home runs and have 150 hits in a season would have HR/H of .200, while a player who hit 8 home runs and have 200 hits in a season would have H/HR of .040. HR/H ratio has gotten higher", "title": "Home runs per hit" }, { "id": "371375", "text": "who hit 65. In the season, Sosa led the league by hitting 50 home runs. He received the Babe Ruth Home Run Award for leading MLB in homers. In , he hit 64 home runs, becoming the first player to hit 60 home runs in three seasons in his career. However, he did not lead the league in any of those seasons; in 2001, he finished behind Barry Bonds, who hit 73 homers, breaking the single-season home run record set by McGwire in 1998 (70). In the same season he set personal records in runs scored (146), RBI (160), walks", "title": "Sammy Sosa" }, { "id": "49431", "text": "kept on coming. Ruth tied his own record of 29 on July 15 and broke it with home runs in both games of a doubleheader four days later. By the end of July, he had 37, but his pace slackened somewhat after that. Nevertheless, on September 4, he both tied and broke the organized baseball record for home runs in a season, snapping Perry Werden's 1895 mark of 44 in the minor Western League. The Yankees played well as a team, battling for the league lead early in the summer, but slumped in August in the AL pennant battle with", "title": "Babe Ruth" }, { "id": "13811784", "text": "the 2001 season's three awards are the most presented in a single year. Barry Bonds received the award in 2002, becoming the third player so honored for breaking the single-season home run record. Bonds was the first of two players to receive the award that season, along with Rickey Henderson. The award was given in each year from 2004 until 2007: Roger Clemens was honored during the 2004 All-Star Game, and Ichiro Suzuki was presented with the award for breaking the single-season hits record in 2005. Rachel Robinson was honored in 2007, receiving the award for establishing the Jackie Robinson", "title": "Commissioner's Historic Achievement Award" }, { "id": "7836999", "text": "he missed 29 games. He finished 2016 hitting .220 with a career high 148 strikeouts in 445 at-bats. On May 4, 2017, Alex Gordon was hit by a pitch from the White Sox's Derek Holland. This was Gordon's 79th career hit by pitch, setting the Royals' franchise record, previously held by Mike Macfarlane. On September 19, 2017, Gordon hit the 5,694th home run of the MLB season against Ryan Tepera in a 2-5 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays, breaking the record for the most home runs in an MLB season, with the previous record having been set in the", "title": "Alex Gordon" }, { "id": "10317391", "text": "record by hitting 61. The 1961 Yankees are often mentioned as a candidate for the unofficial title of greatest baseball team in history. The 1961 season was notable for the race between center fielder Mickey Mantle and right fielder Roger Maris to break Babe Ruth's record of 60 home runs in a season (set in 1927). Maris eventually broke the record, hitting his 61st home run on October 1, the season's final day. During the season, Maris had seven multi-home run games; in a doubleheader against the Chicago White Sox, he hit four home runs. Nineteen sixty-one was an expansion", "title": "1961 New York Yankees season" }, { "id": "2519836", "text": "tie a Major League record for most home runs in a season opening game. Those two home runs were the first of his career and the Blue Jays defeated the White Sox 9-5. Since then, George Bell of the Blue Jays broke the record in 1988 when he hit three home runs on opening day, and was matched by Tuffy Rhodes of the Chicago Cubs in 1994 and Dmitri Young of the Detroit Tigers in 2005. Ault was covered with \"immediate acclaim and nationwide publicity\" as a result of the feat. He finished his rookie season hitting .245 with 11", "title": "Doug Ault" }, { "id": "2055752", "text": "run records of Babe Ruth and Roger Maris separately in , based on the length of the season played. Frick called a press conference to issue a ruling that a player must hit more than 60 home runs in his first 154 games in order to be considered the record holder. Writer Allen Barra points out that MLB had no direct control over any record books until many years later, and within a few years, all listed Maris as the single-season record holder. He writes that Frick and Ruth had been friends and that Frick was with Ruth on the", "title": "Ford Frick" }, { "id": "11021339", "text": "Houston a 10–8 win. He joined Hank Aaron, Joe DiMaggio, Frank Robinson and Ted Williams as the fifth player in major league history to record 300 home runs, 1,000 RBI and 1,000 runs scored in his first ten seasons. Bagwell scored 152 runs to lead the major leagues. It was the highest total in a season since Lou Gehrig in 1936, and his 295 runs scored from 1999–2000 set a National League two-season record. Despite finishing 18 games below .500, the Astros set the all-time NL record for most home runs hit by one team in the regular season, with", "title": "2000 Houston Astros season" }, { "id": "10665915", "text": "Year. The 1956 Redlegs tied the National League and MLB record for home runs in a season, hitting 221 over a 155 regular-season games. (The 1947 Giants also slugged 221 in 155 games played.) Three Redlegs hit more than 35 homers, with Frank Robinson (38) establishing a record for rookies; Wally Post (36) and Ted Kluszewski (35) were the others. Gus Bell (29) and Ed Bailey (28) came within reach of the 30-home-run mark, Bailey in only 383 at bats. The mark stood until , when the New York Yankees hit 240 homers in the first year of the modern", "title": "1956 Cincinnati Redlegs season" }, { "id": "8230523", "text": "(MVP) Award in the same year as their 50 home run season. Mantle is the only player to have earned the Major League Triple Crown alongside achieving 50 home runs, leading both leagues in batting average, home runs and runs batted in (RBI). Mantle and Maris—collectively known as the M&M Boys—are the only teammates to reach the 50 home run club in the same season, hitting a combined 115 home runs in 1961 and breaking the single-season record for home runs by a pair of teammates. Albert Belle is the only player to amass 50 or more doubles in addition", "title": "50 home run club" }, { "id": "10313001", "text": "1931 New York Yankees season The 1931 New York Yankees season was the team's 29th season in New York and its 31st season overall. The team finished with a record of 94–59, finishing 13.5 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics. New York was managed by Joe McCarthy. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium. This team is notable for holding the modern day Major League record for team runs scored in a season with 1,067 (6.88 per game average). First baseman Lou Gehrig set an American League record by driving in 184 runs, breaking his own record of 175", "title": "1931 New York Yankees season" }, { "id": "3101298", "text": "by Major League baseball players. He was on pace to challenge the single season home run record of 61, at the time held by Roger Maris, with his 43 home runs in 115 games projecting to 60.6 home runs at season's end. Williams finished second in the voting for the National League Most Valuable Player Award that year behind first baseman, Jeff Bagwell, of the Houston Astros. Williams was an original member of the Arizona Diamondbacks, and holds the Diamondbacks record for the most RBIs in one season with a total of 142 during 1999. (This record has since been", "title": "Matt Williams (third baseman)" }, { "id": "272491", "text": "in six straight All-Star Games from 1987 to 1992 despite a brief career decline related to injuries. Another string of six consecutive All-Star appearances followed from 1995 to 2001. Each season from 1996 to 1999, he again led the major leagues in home runs. A part of the 1998 Major League Baseball home run record chase of Roger Maris' 61 with the Cardinals, McGwire set the major league single-season home run record with 70, which Barry Bonds broke three years later with 73. McGwire also led the league in runs batted in, twice in bases on balls and on-base percentage,", "title": "Mark McGwire" }, { "id": "5241642", "text": "RedStixx of the South Atlantic League. He was named the South Atlantic League Most Valuable Player in 1996 after he set a league record for most home runs in a single season, with 40. The previous record was held by Mike Simms who hit 39 home runs in . He was second in home runs and ninth in RBIs (with 106) in all of minor league baseball in 1996. He was named the Indians' 1996 Minor League Player of the Year (receiving the \"Lou Boudreau Award\"). In , with both the Class-A Advanced Kinston Indians and the Double-A Akron Aeros,", "title": "Russell Branyan" }, { "id": "176656", "text": "in 1938 equaled Jimmie Foxx's 1932 mark for the most in one season by anyone but Babe Ruth, and tied Foxx for the most home runs between Ruth's record 60 in 1927 and Roger Maris' record 61 in 1961. Greenberg was the first major league player to hit 25 or more home runs in a season in each league, and remains the AL record-holder for most RBIs in a single season by a right-handed batter (183 in 1937, a 154-game schedule). Greenberg was the first Jewish superstar in American team sports. He attracted national attention in 1934 when he refused", "title": "Hank Greenberg" }, { "id": "2049303", "text": "the White Sox winning the game 4-0) played for the visiting team, the White Sox never batted in the ninth inning and Hawkins lost the credit for a no-hitter. This same committee also ruled that Roger Maris was (then) the one and only single season home run record holder, overturning the 1961 decision of former commissioner Ford Frick that Maris and Ruth's home run totals should be listed side-by-side for 154 and 162 game seasons (contrary to popular belief, Frick never mentioned using an asterisk). Also during his commissionership, Vincent made it known (e.g. while being interviewed by Pat O'Brien", "title": "Fay Vincent" }, { "id": "10786715", "text": "his Major League seasons, Brief holds the all-time record for home runs in the American Association with 256. His eight minor league home run crowns are tied for the most ever, with Ken Guettler. He won home run crowns in: 1911 – Michigan State League (10); 1912 – Michigan State League (13); 1916 – Pacific Coast League (33); 1920 – American Association (23); 1921 – American Association (42); 1922 – American Association (40); 1925 – American Association (37) and 1926 – American Association (26). In 1921, Brief had a remarkable season for the Kansas City Blues of the American Association", "title": "Bunny Brief" }, { "id": "19749624", "text": "runs and batted .277/.360/.572. The Marlins' 22–10 win over the Texas Rangers on July 26 set a new franchise record for the most runs scored in a single game. While playing the San Francisco Giants on August 14, Stanton hit his 43rd home run, setting the Marlins franchise record for most home runs in a season, which passed Gary Sheffield's mark of 42 set in 1996. Stanton hit the home run versus Ty Blach and had homered in five consecutive games, setting another franchise record. In a duration of 35 games through August 15, Stanton advanced in a historic run,", "title": "2017 Miami Marlins season" }, { "id": "2055217", "text": "of steroid use against the three players who had, by then, hit more than 61 home runs in a season (Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa and Barry Bonds), the North Dakota Senate wrote to Major League Baseball to express the opinion that Roger Maris' 61 home runs should be recognized as the single season record. Newman Signs Inc., which holds the naming rights to Newman Outdoor Field in Fargo, continues to use billboard signage to declare Maris as the \"legitimate home run king.\" Maris and Mantle starred in a 1962 film, \"Safe at Home!\", playing themselves. That year, Maris, Mantle, and", "title": "Roger Maris" }, { "id": "10293861", "text": "1999 Major League Baseball season The 1999 Major League Baseball season ended with the New York Yankees sweeping the Atlanta Braves in the World Series. The previous record of most home runs hit in a season, set at 5,064 in 1998, was broken once again as the American League and National League combined to hit 5,528 home runs. Moreover, it was the first season in 49 years to feature a team that scored 1,000 runs in a season, as the Cleveland Indians led the Majors with 1,009 runs scored. Only 193 shutouts were recorded in 2,427 regular-season games. American League", "title": "1999 Major League Baseball season" }, { "id": "188335", "text": "large gap in the numbers for Gibson reflect the fact that Negro League clubs played relatively far fewer league games and many more \"barnstorming\" or exhibition games during the course of a season, than did the major league clubs of that era. Other legendary home run hitters include Jimmie Foxx, Mel Ott, Ted Williams, Mickey Mantle (who on September 10, 1960, mythically hit \"the longest home run ever\" at an estimated distance of , although this was measured after the ball stopped rolling), Reggie Jackson, Harmon Killebrew, Ernie Banks, Mike Schmidt, Dave Kingman, Sammy Sosa (who hit 60 or more", "title": "Home run" }, { "id": "7641954", "text": "to be the best in the history of baseball (though similar claims have been made for other Yankee squads, notably those of 1939, 1961 and 1998). The Yankees won a then-AL record 110 games with only 44 losses, and swept the Pittsburgh Pirates in the World Series. Ruth's home run total of 60 in 1927 set a single-season home run record that stood until it was broken by Roger Maris in 1961. Meanwhile, first baseman Lou Gehrig had his first big season, batting .373 with 47 home runs and 175 RBIs, beating Ruth's single-season RBI mark (171 in 1921). The", "title": "New York Yankees" }, { "id": "2509785", "text": "Astros. In 2011, Matt Kemp came up one home run shy, as he hit 39 and stole 40 bases. General Specific 40–40 club In Major League Baseball (MLB), the 40–40 club is the group of batters who have collected 40 home runs and 40 stolen bases in a single season. Jose Canseco was the first to achieve this, doing so in 1988 after having predicted the feat in April of that year. The most recent player to reach the milestone is Alfonso Soriano, achieving the feat during the 2006 season. In total, only four players have reached the 40–40 club", "title": "40–40 club" }, { "id": "3950593", "text": "fellow slugger George Sisler's second-highest total of 19 that season. Seeing his success (and his popularity that followed), young players who debuted in the 1920s, including Lou Gehrig and Mel Ott, followed Ruth's example. The home run has been a significant part of baseball since. Ruth broke his own record in 1921, hitting 59 home runs; six years later, he passed his own mark once again by hitting 60 home runs, a single-season record that stood for 34 years. While the rule changes instituted in 1920 were a major factor in the increased scoring and number of home runs seen", "title": "Live-ball era" }, { "id": "431870", "text": "home runs and the first since Alex Rodriguez and Prince Fielder achieved the feat in 2007. The Blue Jays also set a franchise record for the most home runs in a single season as they hit 257, 13 more than their previous record of 244 set by the 2000 Blue Jays. The Blue Jays tied the 1996 Baltimore Orioles for the third most home runs by a team in a single season. Seven players (José Bautista, Vernon Wells, Aaron Hill, Adam Lind, Lyle Overbay, John Buck, and Edwin Encarnación) hit 20 home runs or more throughout the season, tying an", "title": "Toronto Blue Jays" }, { "id": "1722649", "text": "average jumped from .161 in his rookie season to .270 in 1960, and his home runs more than doubled. His performance dipped slightly in both statistical categories in 1961, but Oh truly blossomed in 1962, when he hit 38 home runs. In 1964, Oh hit 55 home runs, a single-season record he owned for 38 years until it was tied by Alex Cabrera in 2002. Oh surpassed 50 home runs in a season two other times, in 1973 and 1977. Oh became friends with Hank Aaron, his contemporary in Major League Baseball. The two squared off in a home run", "title": "Sadaharu Oh" }, { "id": "10293862", "text": "Triple Crown Pitching Winner 1999 Major League Baseball season The 1999 Major League Baseball season ended with the New York Yankees sweeping the Atlanta Braves in the World Series. The previous record of most home runs hit in a season, set at 5,064 in 1998, was broken once again as the American League and National League combined to hit 5,528 home runs. Moreover, it was the first season in 49 years to feature a team that scored 1,000 runs in a season, as the Cleveland Indians led the Majors with 1,009 runs scored. Only 193 shutouts were recorded in 2,427", "title": "1999 Major League Baseball season" }, { "id": "2991084", "text": "and two more expansion franchises were added. In 2000, the National and American Leagues were dissolved as legal entities. While their identities were maintained for scheduling purposes (and the designated hitter distinction), the regulations and other functions—such as player discipline and umpire supervision—they had administered separately were consolidated under the rubric of Major League Baseball (MLB). In 2001, Barry Bonds established the current record of 73 home runs in a single season. There had long been suspicions that the dramatic increase in power hitting was fueled in large part by the abuse of illegal steroids (as well as by the", "title": "History of baseball" }, { "id": "19061450", "text": "2, where they lost to the Toronto Blue Jays in the American League Wild Card Game 5–2 in 11 innings; this was the Orioles' third postseason appearance in five years. Right fielder Mark Trumbo won the MLB and American League home run championships with 47; 2016 was the fourth consecutive year in which an Oriole won the homer crown following Chris Davis in 2013, Nelson Cruz in 2014 and Davis again in 2015. Closer Zach Britton recorded a perfect 47 saves in 47 opportunities; Britton set an all-time record of 43 consecutive appearances without allowing an earned run. Britton's 0.54", "title": "2016 Baltimore Orioles season" }, { "id": "41849", "text": "marred the season in the minds of many fans. That same year, the New York Yankees won a record 125 games, including going 11–2 in the postseason, to win the World Series as what many consider to be one of the greatest teams of all time. McGwire's record of 70 would last a mere three years following the meteoric rise of veteran San Francisco Giants left fielder Barry Bonds in 2001. In 2001 Bonds knocked out 73 home runs, breaking the record set by McGwire by hitting his 71st on October 5, 2001. In addition to the home run record,", "title": "History of baseball in the United States" }, { "id": "40639", "text": "hit his 50th home run of the season, against the Toronto Blue Jays, tying Brady Anderson for the most home runs in Orioles history. Davis would break Anderson's record four days later against the Boston Red Sox. His 51st home run also tied Anderson's record of 92 extra-base hits in a single season, a record he would again break four days later. Davis would go on to finish the season with 53 home runs. On September 18, the Orioles played their 114th errorless game of the season, setting a new MLB record for the most errorless games in one season", "title": "Baltimore Orioles" }, { "id": "4525923", "text": "second player to conclude a 30-homer season with more homers than walks (35 HR, 24 BB), joining Iván Rodríguez (35–24 in 1999); the dubious feat has since been duplicated by Alfonso Soriano (39–23 in 2002), Javy López (43–33 in 2003), José Guillén (31–24 in 2003), Joe Crede (30–28 in 2006) and Ryan Braun (34–29 in 2007). In 2002, when the Angels won their first World Series championship, Garret finished fourth in the Most Valuable Player voting after compiling a .306 average with 29 home runs and 123 runs batted in. Anderson also scored a career-high 93 runs; however, the fact", "title": "Garret Anderson" }, { "id": "3008708", "text": "who finished a 30-homer season with more homers than walks (39 HR, 23 BB), the others being Ryan Braun (34–29 in 2007), Garret Anderson (35–24 in 2000), Iván Rodríguez (35–24 in 1999), Joe Crede (30–28 in 2006), and José Guillén (31–24 in 2003). In 2003, Soriano set the record for most home runs to lead off a game in a season with 13, and for the second straight year, led the league in at bats, and finished in the top five for base hits, doubles, home runs, stolen bases, and strikeouts. In 2004, the Yankees traded Soriano to the Texas", "title": "Alfonso Soriano" }, { "id": "6380319", "text": "went 75–87. The Pirates would not have another winning season until 2013; their streak of 20 consecutive losing seasons through 2012 remains an all-time record for major North American professional sports. Barry Bonds and Doug Drabek played their last games for the team, as both departed in free agency that offseason. Bonds went to the San Francisco Giants, where he played for the remainder of his career and eventually set baseball's all-time single season and career home run record with 762. Bonds became eligible for the Hall of Fame in 2013, but has yet to be elected due in part", "title": "1992 National League Championship Series" }, { "id": "2509778", "text": "40–40 club In Major League Baseball (MLB), the 40–40 club is the group of batters who have collected 40 home runs and 40 stolen bases in a single season. Jose Canseco was the first to achieve this, doing so in 1988 after having predicted the feat in April of that year. The most recent player to reach the milestone is Alfonso Soriano, achieving the feat during the 2006 season. In total, only four players have reached the 40–40 club in MLB history and none have done so more than once. Of these, three were right-handed batters and one was left-handed.", "title": "40–40 club" }, { "id": "3569482", "text": "Ned Williamson Edward Nagle \"Ned\" Williamson (October 24, 1857 – March 3, 1894) was a professional baseball infielder in Major League Baseball. He played for three teams: the Indianapolis Blues of the National League (NL) for one season, the Chicago White Stockings (NL) for 11 seasons, and the Chicago Pirates of the Players' League for one season. From 1883 and 1887, Williamson held the single-season record for both doubles and home runs. Although his record for doubles was surpassed in 1887, he held the home run record until 1919, when it was topped by Babe Ruth of the Boston Red", "title": "Ned Williamson" }, { "id": "1722657", "text": "do it by more than one. Do it by a lot.\" In the wake of the most recent incident involving Cabrera, ESPN listed Oh's single-season home run record as #2 on its list of \"The Phoniest Records in Sports\". Wladimir Balentien, a Curaçaoan born player, broke Oh's home run record on September 15, 2013, by hitting his 56th and 57th home runs of the season in a game against the Hanshin Tigers. Oh was married to , and had three daughters with her. Kyoko Oh died of stomach cancer in December 2001 at age 57, the same illness he would", "title": "Sadaharu Oh" }, { "id": "5856248", "text": "teams. One of the bright spots that year for the Athletics was the hitting prowess of their star hitter, Hall. He led the team in almost all major hitting categories including a .366 batting average, 51 runs scored, and a league leading five home runs. On June 17, 1876, he became the first Major League baseball player to hit two home runs in one game. Those five home runs stood as the single season home run record until Charley Jones hit nine in . For the baseball season, Philadelphia had been expelled from the league for refusing to go on", "title": "George Hall (baseball)" }, { "id": "2958887", "text": "(190), doubles (21), triples (14), and walks (20). In the 1876 season, Barnes also established the single-season record for runs per game (1.91), a mark which still stands. Barnes also has the distinction of having hit the first home run in National League history, on May 2, 1876. In 1877, Barnes fell ill with what was then only described as an \"ague\", played only 22 games, and did not play well when he was in the lineup. The illness robbed Barnes of much of his strength and agility, and shortened his career. Though some have blamed a rule change regarding", "title": "Ross Barnes" }, { "id": "17186767", "text": "decade. Besides the coaches, several former Athletics players followed La Russa to St. Louis, including Mark McGwire, Eckersley, McGee, and Todd Stottlemyre. McGwire, the record holder for home runs by a rookie with 49 in 1987, set the Cardinals' record for a one-month home run total with 15 in September 1997. In 1998, the Cardinals became the focus of the baseball world as McGwire broke the single-season home run record with 70. His epic pursuit of Roger Maris' record along with the Cubs' Sammy Sosa helped to reenergize baseball with fans following the 1994 strike. In 1999, McGwire followed up", "title": "History of the St. Louis Cardinals (1990–present)" }, { "id": "9663850", "text": "fewest to lead the NL since 1959, with the exception of the strike-shortened seasons of 1981, 1994 and 1995. No NL team won or lost 95 games for the first time since 1983. Also, this was the second consecutive season in which no team won at least 60% of its games, the first time that this has happened in Major League Baseball history. <section begin=postseason /><section end=postseason /> Barry Bonds, left fielder for the San Francisco Giants, surpassed Hank Aaron as the all-time home run leader in Major League Baseball history with his 756th career home run off Mike Bacsik", "title": "2007 Major League Baseball season" }, { "id": "3454875", "text": "500 home run club In Major League Baseball (MLB), the 500 home run club is a group of batters who have hit 500 or more regular-season home runs in their careers. On August 11, 1929, Babe Ruth became the first member of the club. Ruth ended his career with 714 home runs, a record which stood from 1935 until Hank Aaron surpassed it in 1974. Aaron's ultimate career total, 755, remained the record until Barry Bonds set the current mark of 762 during the 2007 season. Twenty-seven players are members of the 500 home run club. Ted Williams (.344) holds", "title": "500 home run club" }, { "id": "11083886", "text": "1884 Chicago White Stockings season The 1884 Chicago White Stockings season was the 13th season of the Chicago White Stockings franchise, the 9th in the National League and the 7th at Lakefront Park. The White Stockings finished fifth in the National League with a record of 62–50. White Stocking 3rd baseman, Ned Williamson set the then major league single season home run record with 27 home runs. \"Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in\" \"Note: G = Games played;", "title": "1884 Chicago White Stockings season" }, { "id": "272489", "text": "runs in a single season (70 in 1998) and home runs hit by rookie (49 in 1987). He ranks 11th all time in home runs with 583, and led the major leagues in home runs in five different seasons, while establishing the major league record for home runs hit in a four-season period from 1996−1999 with 245. Further, he demonstrated exemplary patience as a batter, producing a career .394 on-base percentage (OBP) and twice leading the major leagues in bases on balls. Injuries cut short the manifestation of even greater potential as he reached 140 games played in just eight", "title": "Mark McGwire" }, { "id": "19749625", "text": "producing 23 home runs, including in six games in a row. Only Sammy Sosa (1998) and Barry Bonds (2001) had ever hit more in a 35-game span. On August 26, Ichiro set the Marlins' single-season franchise record for pinch-hits with his 22nd pinch hit. On August 27, Stanton became the first player since Chris Davis in 2013 to hit 50 home runs in one season. Stanton also became the sixth player in history to reach 50 home runs before the end of August. In the August 29 game versus the Washington Nationals, he hit his 18th home run of the", "title": "2017 Miami Marlins season" }, { "id": "4943143", "text": "players—which, however, had numerous other causes besides the one indicated by Claire. Claire lived to see two of Ruth's most famous records broken: his single season record of 60 home runs, superseded by Roger Maris in 1961; and his career record of 714 home runs, which was broken by Hank Aaron in 1974. In her twilight years, she sometimes attended games that Aaron was playing in, and was supportive of Aaron's effort. The gracious widow Ruth was quoted as saying: \"The Babe loved baseball so very much; I know he was pulling for Hank Aaron to break his record.\" Mrs.", "title": "Claire Merritt Ruth" }, { "id": "15908692", "text": "home run was Leon Culberson in 1943. Four batters hit for the cycle in the same season in which they won the Triple Crown; Nap Lajoie (AL, 1901), Jimmie Foxx (AL, 1933), Chuck Klein (NL, 1933), and Lou Gehrig (AL, 1934). Gehrig is the only player to complete the MLB Triple Crown in his cycle-hitting season, leading both leagues in batting average, home runs, and runs batted in. Five players have hit for the cycle in the same season in which they won a Most Valuable Player (MVP) award; Jimmie Foxx in 1933, Ted Williams in 1946, Mickey Mantle in", "title": "Hitting for the cycle" }, { "id": "894967", "text": "he played for the Montreal Expos and Washington Nationals); Octavio Dotel and Edwin Jackson hold the record for pitchers and all players at 13. He was the second Canadian-born player ever to hit more than thirty-five home runs in a season, and only the second to hit more than 25 home runs and drive in more than 100 runs in back-to-back seasons. He ranks either first or second in power hitting categories for Canadian major leaguers. Stairs also holds the all-time MLB record of home runs hit as a pinch-hitter with 23. His ability to pinch hit made him a", "title": "Matt Stairs" }, { "id": "8453977", "text": "1998 season where he broke the record. The following table outlines home runs that Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa hit during 1998 season. 1998 Major League Baseball home run record chase The 1998 Major League Baseball home run chase in Major League Baseball was the race between first baseman Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals and right fielder Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs that resulted in both players breaking Roger Maris's long-standing and highly coveted record of 61 home runs. McGwire broke Maris's record on September 8 against the Cubs and finished with 70 home runs. Sosa finished", "title": "1998 Major League Baseball home run record chase" }, { "id": "2190543", "text": "Sam Crawford Samuel Earl Crawford (April 18, 1880 – June 15, 1968), nicknamed \"Wahoo Sam\", was a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Cincinnati Reds and Detroit Tigers from 1899 to 1917. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1957. Crawford batted and threw left-handed, stood tall and weighed . He was one of the greatest sluggers of the dead-ball era and still holds the Major League records for triples in a career (309) and inside-the-park home runs in a season (12). He has the second best all-time record for most inside-the-park home runs in a career", "title": "Sam Crawford" }, { "id": "20397208", "text": "This will be the Yankees third postseason appearance in five years, all of which will begin with the Wild Card Game. On September 28, with a win over the Boston Red Sox, the Yankees clinched home field advantage and will face the Oakland Athletics in the AL Wild Card Game. The next day, with a 4th inning two-run home run by Gleyber Torres, the Yankees broke single season home run record set by the 1997 Seattle Mariners with 265 home runs (a game later 267). Also, the Yankees became the first team in MLB history to have at least 20", "title": "2018 New York Yankees season" }, { "id": "11832332", "text": "1961 Major League Baseball season The 1961 Major League Baseball season was played from April 10 to October 12, 1961. That season saw the New York Yankees defeat the Cincinnati Reds in five games in the World Series. The season is best known for Yankee teammates Roger Maris' and Mickey Mantle's pursuit of Babe Ruth's prestigious 34-year-old single-season home run record of 60. Maris ultimately broke the record when he hit his 61st home run on the final day of the regular season, while Mantle was forced out of the lineup in late-September due to a hip infection and finished", "title": "1961 Major League Baseball season" }, { "id": "176667", "text": "league in home runs (40), doubles (49), total bases (397), slugging percentage (.668), and walks (102), third in on-base percentage (.436), and seventh in batting average (.337). Greenberg came in third in the vote for MVP. A prodigious home run hitter, Greenberg narrowly missed breaking Babe Ruth's single-season home run record in 1938, when he hit 58 home runs, leading the league for the second time. That year, he had 11 games with multiple home runs, a new major league record. Sammy Sosa tied the record in 1998. Greenberg matched what was then the single-season home run record by a", "title": "Hank Greenberg" }, { "id": "6021718", "text": "compiled a .253 batting average with 255 home runs and 879 RBI. He had 1,379 career hits in 5,447 at bats. He shares the record for most home runs in a season without hitting a double, with 7 in 1971. Upon his retirement, he held both the Royals (34 in 1975) and Blue Jays franchise records for home runs in a single season. Mayberry had a sharp eye at the plate as evidenced by his leading the American League in walks (bases on balls) twice 1973 and 1975 and leading the American League with Intentional walks (bases on balls) with", "title": "John Mayberry" }, { "id": "6296125", "text": "Félix Rodríguez, becoming the first Brewers pitcher to hit a home run since Skip Lockwood in . In a September 13 game against the Chicago Cubs, Patrick surrendered a home run to Sammy Sosa, during Sosa's chase of the record for single-season home runs. The home run in question was Sosa's 61st of the season, tying the previous mark set by Yankees outfielder Roger Maris, and placing him one behind McGwire, who had hit his 62nd on September 8. Later in the same game, Sosa would hit his 62nd against Eric Plunk to pull into a tie with McGwire. After", "title": "Bronswell Patrick" }, { "id": "3074730", "text": "he batted .203 with two homeruns and 11 RBI, he retired from baseball. He held the record for most homeruns in a final major league season (35) until broken by David Ortiz in 2016 . In , his first year of eligibility for the Baseball Hall of Fame, he appeared on just three ballots, excluding him from future Baseball Writers' Association of America voting. He was the first player to hit 400 or more home runs without being eventually inducted into the Hall of Fame. in 1989, Kingman played for the West Palm Beach Tropics of the Senior Professional Baseball", "title": "Dave Kingman" }, { "id": "15282492", "text": "Leah Braatz (25 in 1998), Kelly Kretschman (25 in 1998), Goodacre (24 in 2015), Pendley (24 in 2015), Maddie O'Brien (24 in 2014), Hoku Nohara (24 in 2011), Meagan May (24 in 2010), Renae Sinkler (24 in 2010), Alisa Goler (24 in 2009), Angelena Mexicano (24 in 2008), Amber Jackson (24 in 2007), Whitney Haller (24 in 2006), Caitlyn Benyi (24 in 2004) and Jenny Topping (24 in 2000) all rank in the top 10 for single-season home runs. Espinoza in 1994 and 1995, Chambers in 2009, Nuveman in 1999, Majam in 2010, Elkins in 2015, Carrera in 2012, Baltzell", "title": "NCAA Division I softball career 50 home runs list" }, { "id": "11689315", "text": "1921 Major League Baseball season The 1921 Major League Baseball season, ended when the New York Giants beat the New York Yankees in Game 8 of the World Series. 1921 was the first of three straight seasons in which the Yankees would lead the majors in wins. Babe Ruth broke the single season home run record for the third consecutive season by hitting 59 home runs in 152 games. Ruth also broke Roger Connor's record for the most home runs all time when he hit his 139th home run on July 18 against Bert Cole. The record for career strikeouts,", "title": "1921 Major League Baseball season" }, { "id": "2991083", "text": "for per-game attendance. The addition of two more expansion teams after the 1993 season had facilitated another restructuring of the major leagues, this time into three divisions each. Offensive production—the number of home runs in particular—had surged that year, and again in the abbreviated 1994 season. After play resumed in 1995, this trend continued and non-division-winning wild card teams became a permanent fixture of the post-season. Regular-season interleague play was introduced in 1997 and the second-highest attendance mark for a full season was set. The next year, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa both surpassed Maris's decades-old single-season home run record,", "title": "History of baseball" }, { "id": "14804441", "text": "and 21 minutes. The record was again broken on August 18, 2006, during a game in which the Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 14–11 in 4 hours and 45 minutes. In baseball statistics tie-breakers count as regular season games, with all events in them added to regular season statistics. For example, Willie Mays extended his league-leading home run total to 49 and Maury Wills raised his record-breaking stolen base total from 100 to 104, the most since 1900. Additionally Wills, José Pagán, and Tommy Davis played in 165, 164, and 163 games respectively, totals which could not have been", "title": "1962 National League tie-breaker series" }, { "id": "2456719", "text": "for hitting a home run when a fan was hit by the ball when he was not looking. He had over 100 RBIs in each season from 1924 to 1929. Bottomley was the second player in baseball history to hit 20 or more doubles, triples, and home runs in one season (Frank Schulte being the first) and the first of two players (Lou Gehrig being the other) to collect 150 or more doubles, triples, and home runs in a career. Bottomley was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame posthumously in 1974 by the Veterans Committee. The Baseball Writers' Association", "title": "Jim Bottomley" }, { "id": "3273687", "text": "hit 47 home runs in his first season with the Phillies, finishing one behind Mike Schmidt's single-season team record of 48 in 1980, and tied with Alex Rodriguez for the MLB lead in 2003. On June 14, 2004 at Citizens Bank Park, Thome hit his 400th career home run, surpassing Al Kaline for 37th on the all-time home run list. He ended the 2004 Phillies season with 42 home runs. In 2004, Thome won the Lou Gehrig Memorial Award, which is given to players who best exemplify Gehrig's character and integrity both on and off the field. Thome missed a", "title": "Jim Thome" }, { "id": "3010912", "text": "in the 1990 season, he held the single season record for most home runs (51) without a single stolen base (later passed by Mark McGwire's 52 HR and 65 HR seasons). He was inducted in the Kinston Professional Baseball Hall of Fame in 1994. In October 2004, \"The Detroit News\" reported that Fielder was suffering from domestic and gambling problems. They relied on court documents from Fielder's divorce and a lawsuit brought against him by Trump Plaza Hotel and Casinos in New Jersey describing debts to various casinos, credit card companies and banks. Fielder later filed a libel suit against", "title": "Cecil Fielder" }, { "id": "4274014", "text": "McGwire, who was included on the Oakland team, and was statistically represented by his potential numbers. In a remarkable display of foresight, he was projected to hit 62 home runs in his best season. In 1998, he set the then-major league record for home runs in a season with 70. IGN called \"R.B.I. Baseball 14\" and \"15\" \"bad\". Forbes gave bad reviews to \"16\", \"17\", and \"18\". \"18\" was criticized for its animation and collision detection. Polygon called \"R.B.I. Baseball 18\" \"primitive\". R.B.I. Baseball R.B.I. Baseball is a baseball video game series. \"R.B.I.\" is an initialism for \"run batted in\".", "title": "R.B.I. Baseball" }, { "id": "18268596", "text": "Lou Gehrig, Mickey Mantle, and Ted Williams among them – had ever had batting averages, home runs, on-base percentages and slugging percentages in a single season equal to or better than Harper′s in 2015. He was the first player in Major League Baseball history to combine at least 42 home runs and 124 walks in one season by age 22. The Esurance MLB Awards were awarded for the first time in 2015. On November 20, 2015, Bryce Harper won two of them, for Best Major Leaguer and for Best Everyday Player. 2015 Washington Nationals season The 2015 Washington Nationals season", "title": "2015 Washington Nationals season" }, { "id": "9626233", "text": "three career home runs were grand slams, and the other was part of a cycle. On August 4, 2007, Barry Bonds tied Hank Aaron for the most home runs in Major League history, when he hit his 755th career home run off of the San Diego Padres' Clay Hensley Barry Bonds became the all-time home run leader at 8:51 pm PDT, on August 7, 2007 when he hit his 756th career home run off Mike Bascik and the Washington Nationals. His milestone home run was hit just to the right of center field at AT&T Park. A plaque commemorating his", "title": "2007 San Francisco Giants season" }, { "id": "8453963", "text": "by a labor dispute, Matt Williams of the San Francisco Giants and Ken Griffey, Jr. of the Seattle Mariners were both on a pace which threatened Maris's record: they hit 43 and 40 home runs respectively in a season which was shortened by approximately 50 of the scheduled 162 games. In 1995, Albert Belle became the first player since Cecil Fielder in 1990 to hit 50 home runs in a season. Belle was only the 4th player in the previous three decades to reach the 50 home run- milestone (George Foster hit 52 in 1977, following Willie Mays in 1965).", "title": "1998 Major League Baseball home run record chase" }, { "id": "14643942", "text": "Thompson (.334 in ten seasons), Cotton Tierney (.317 in one season), and Andy Tracy (.357 in two seasons). Chase Utley leads all players on this list with 188 home runs, and Thompson's 963 runs batted in are best. In home runs, Jim Thome and Shane Victorino lead all players with surnames starting with T and V, with 96 and 79, respectively; in runs batted in, the U and V leaders are Utley (694) and Victorino (350). Of this list's 34 pitchers, Bobby Thigpen has the best win–loss record, in terms of winning percentage; he won three games and lost one", "title": "Philadelphia Phillies all-time roster (T–V)" } ]

[ "viande chevaline" ]

[ { "id": "3661453", "text": "stands, sold in a bread roll. Dumplings can also be prepared with horse meat, spinach, or Tyrolean \"Graukäse\" (a sour milk cheese). They are occasionally eaten on their own, in a soup, or as a side dish. In Belgium, horse meat (\"paardenvlees\" in Dutch and \"viande chevaline\" in French) is popular in a number of preparations. Lean, smoked, and sliced horse meat fillet (\"paardenrookvlees\" or \"paardengerookt\"; \"filet chevalin\" in French) is served as a cold cut with sandwiches or as part of a cold salad. Horse steaks can be found in most butchers and are used in a variety of", "title": "Horse meat" }, { "id": "3661418", "text": "Horse meat Horse meat is the culinary name for meat cut from a horse. It is a major meat in only a few countries, notably in Central Asia, but it forms a significant part of the culinary traditions of many others, from Europe to South America to Asia. The top eight countries consume about 4.7 million horses a year. For the majority of humanity's early existence, wild horses were hunted as a source of protein. Because of the role horses have played as companions and as workers, and ensuing concerns about the ethics of the horse slaughter process, it is", "title": "Horse meat" }, { "id": "3661426", "text": "such as the United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland, the United States, and English Canada. It is also taboo in Brazil, Israel, and among the Romani people and Jewish people the world over. Horse meat is not generally eaten in Spain, except in the north, although the country exports horses both live animals and slaughtered meat for the French and Italian markets. Horse meat is consumed in some North American and Latin American countries, and is illegal in some countries. For example, the Food Standards Code of Australia and New Zealand definition of 'meat' does not include horse. In Tonga, horse meat", "title": "Horse meat" }, { "id": "3661485", "text": "somewhat associated with lower social strata. Argentina is a producer and exporter of horse meat, but it is not used in local consumption and is considered taboo. Horse meat Horse meat is the culinary name for meat cut from a horse. It is a major meat in only a few countries, notably in Central Asia, but it forms a significant part of the culinary traditions of many others, from Europe to South America to Asia. The top eight countries consume about 4.7 million horses a year. For the majority of humanity's early existence, wild horses were hunted as a source", "title": "Horse meat" }, { "id": "3437530", "text": "Steak tartare Steak tartare is a meat dish made from raw ground meat (beef or horsemeat). It is usually served with onions, capers, pepper and Worcestershire sauce, and other seasonings, often presented to the diner separately, to be added to taste. It is often served with a raw egg yolk, and often on rye bread. The name tartare is sometimes generalized to other raw meat or fish dishes. A less-common version in France is \"tartare aller-retour\", a mound of mostly raw ground meat that is lightly seared on both sides. The idea of eating raw meat was first noted in", "title": "Steak tartare" }, { "id": "3661455", "text": "restaurants in Bulgaria, as the preferred way of consuming it is in the form of steaks and burgers. Still being far from a meat for mass consumption, horse beef is re-gaining its popularity, which it had in the 60s and 70s of the past century, when it was also consumed in sausages and tartares. In France, specialized butcher shops (\"boucheries chevalines\") sell horse meat, as ordinary butcher shops were for a long time forbidden to deal in it. However, since the 1990s, it can be found in supermarket butcher shops and others. Horse meat was famously eaten in large amounts", "title": "Horse meat" }, { "id": "3661423", "text": "gained widespread acceptance in French cuisine during the later years of the Second French Empire. The high cost of living in Paris prevented many working-class citizens from buying meat such as pork or beef, so in 1866, the French government legalized the eating of horse meat, and the first butcher's shop specializing in horse meat opened in eastern Paris, providing quality meat at lower prices. During the Siege of Paris (1870–1871), horse meat, along with the meat from donkeys and mules, was eaten by anyone who could afford it, partly because of a shortage of fresh meat in the blockaded", "title": "Horse meat" }, { "id": "3437538", "text": "raw, minced beef called kitfo. Steak tartare Steak tartare is a meat dish made from raw ground meat (beef or horsemeat). It is usually served with onions, capers, pepper and Worcestershire sauce, and other seasonings, often presented to the diner separately, to be added to taste. It is often served with a raw egg yolk, and often on rye bread. The name tartare is sometimes generalized to other raw meat or fish dishes. A less-common version in France is \"tartare aller-retour\", a mound of mostly raw ground meat that is lightly seared on both sides. The idea of eating raw", "title": "Steak tartare" }, { "id": "3661424", "text": "city, and also because horses were eating grain which was needed by the human populace. Though there were large numbers of horses in Paris (estimates suggested between 65,000 and 70,000 were butchered and eaten during the siege) the supplies were ultimately limited. Not even champion racehorses were spared (two horses presented to Napoleon III by Alexander II of Russia were slaughtered) but the meat became scarce. Many Parisians gained a taste for horse meat during the siege, and after the war ended, horse meat remained popular. Likewise, in other places and times of siege or starvation, horses are viewed as", "title": "Horse meat" }, { "id": "3561936", "text": "Anglo-Norman was the conduit for the introduction of French into England, aided by the circulation of Langue d'oïl literature from France. This led to many paired words of French and English origin. For example, \"beef\" is related, through borrowing, to modern French \"bœuf,\" \"veal\" to \",\" \"pork\" to \",\" and \"poultry\" to \".\" All these words, French and English, refer to the meat rather than to the animal. Words that refer to farm animals, on the other hand, tend to be cognates of words in other Germanic languages. For example, \"swine/Schwein,\" \"cow/Kuh,\" \"calf/Kalb,\" and \"sheep/Schaf.\" The variant usage has been", "title": "Etymology" }, { "id": "3661456", "text": "during the 1870 Siege of Paris, when it was included in \"haute cuisine\" menus. Although there is no taboo comparable to that in the English-speaking world, German law used to prescribe that horse meat be sold only by specialized butchers (\"Pferdemetzgereien\"). This prescription was abolished in 1993, but only a small minority of ordinary butchers have since begun to sell horse meat. Most horse meat is still sold by the specialists, some of whom also deliver by mail order. Many regions of Germany have traditional recipes that include horse meat. In the Rhineland around Cologne and Düsseldorf, restaurants often offer", "title": "Horse meat" }, { "id": "3661421", "text": "Pehuenche people of what is now Chile and Argentina. At first, they hunted horses as they did other game, but later they began to raise them for meat and transport. The meat was, and still is, preserved by being sun-dried in the high Andes into a product known as \"charqui\". France dates its taste for horse meat to the Revolution. With the fall of the aristocracy, its auxiliaries had to find new means of subsistence. Just as hairdressers and tailors set themselves up to serve commoners, the horses maintained by aristocracy as a sign of prestige ended up alleviating the", "title": "Horse meat" }, { "id": "3661466", "text": "horse meat (\"paardenrookvlees\") is sold as sliced meat and eaten on bread. \"Zuurvlees\", a southern Dutch stew, is made with horse meat as main ingredient. There are also beef-based variants. Horse meat is also used in sausages (\"paardenworst\" and \"frikandel\"), fried fast food snacks and ready-to-eat soups. In Norway, horse meat is commonly used in cured meats, such as \"vossakorv\" and \"svartpølse\", and less commonly as steak, \"hestebiff\". In pre-Christian Norway, horse was seen as an expensive animal. To eat a horse was to show one had great wealth, and to sacrifice a horse to the gods was seen as", "title": "Horse meat" }, { "id": "6304337", "text": "mainly for horsemeat. In 2010, 60 percent of Boulonnais horses bred in France were intended for slaughter, and 80 percent of these were exported, mainly to Italy, to be fattened before being sent to slaughterhouses. However, the sector is in crisis due to falling prices, controversy and the importation of cheap meat; despite a resurgence following the Mad Cow scares of the 1990s, the consumption of horse meat has fallen sharply, although the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region remains the largest consumer of horse meat in France. The Boulonnais provided part of the base for the Anglo-Norman breed, which was later to play", "title": "Boulonnais horse" }, { "id": "3661460", "text": "not popular (3.2% of Iceland’s meat production in 2015), although this has more to do with culinary tradition and the popularity of equestrianism than any religious vestiges. Horse meat is especially popular in Lombardia, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Parma, Apulia, and the islands of Sardinia and Sicily. Horse meat is used in a variety of recipes: as a stew called \"pastissada\" (typical of Verona), served as steaks, as \"carpaccio\", or made into \"bresaola\". Thin strips of horse meat called \"sfilacci\" are popular. Horse fat is used in recipes such as \"\". Horse meat sausages and salamis are traditional in", "title": "Horse meat" }, { "id": "3661435", "text": "near to it. In 2005, the eight principal horse meat-producing countries produced over 700,000 tonnes of this product. In 2005, the five biggest horse meat-consuming countries were China (421,000 tonnes), Mexico, Russia, Italy, and Kazakhstan (54,000 tonnes). In 2010, Mexico produced 140,000 tonnes, China - 126,000 tonnes, Kazakhstan - 114,000 tonnes. As horses are relatively poor converters of grass and grain to meat compared to cattle, they are not usually bred or raised specifically for their meat. Instead, horses are slaughtered when their monetary value as riding or work animals is low, but their owners can still make money selling", "title": "Horse meat" }, { "id": "3661470", "text": "minor compared to pork, beef, and lamb. Smoked/cured horse meat is widely available as a cold cut under the name \"hamburgerkött\" (literally \"hamburgermeat\"). It tends to be very thinly sliced and fairly salty, slightly reminiscent of deli-style ham and, as a packaged meat, may list horsemeat (as \"hästkött\") as its primary ingredient. Several varieties of smoked sausages made from horse meat including \"Gustafskorv\" are also quite popular, especially in the province of Dalarna, where it is made. It is similar to salami or \"metworst\" and is used as an alternative to them on sandwiches. It is also possible to order", "title": "Horse meat" }, { "id": "6933231", "text": "Cecina (meat) In Spanish, cecina is meat that has been salted and dried by means of air, sun or smoke. The word comes from the Latin \"siccus\" (dry), via Vulgar Latin \"(caro) *siccīna\", \"dry (meat)\". Cecina is similar to ham and is made by curing beef, horse or (less frequently) goat, rabbit, or hare. The best known \"cecina\" is \"Cecina de León\", which is made of the hind legs of beef, salted, smoked and air-dried in the province of León in northwestern Spain, and has PGI status. The word \"cecina\" is also used to name other kinds of dried or", "title": "Cecina (meat)" }, { "id": "7423198", "text": "bagage, bitte, cingler, équiper (to equip), flotte, fringale, girouette, guichet, hauban, houle, hune, mare, marsouin, mouette, quille, raz, siller, touer, traquer, turbot, vague, varangue, varech\". Others pertain to farming and daily life: \"accroupir, amadouer, bidon, bigot, brayer, brette, cottage, coterie, crochet, duvet, embraser, fi, flâner, guichet, haras, harfang, harnais, houspiller, marmonner, mièvre, nabot, nique, quenotte, raccrocher, ricaner, rincer, rogue\". Likewise, words borrowed from Dutch deal mainly with trade, or are nautical in nature, but not always so: \"affaler, amarrer, anspect, bar (sea-bass), bastringuer, bière (beer), blouse (bump), botte, bouée, bouffer, boulevard, bouquin, cague, cahute, caqueter, choquer, diguer, drôle, dune, équiper", "title": "History of French" }, { "id": "139475", "text": "locally grown fungi, such as \"truffe\" (truffle), \"champignon de Paris\" (button mushroom), \"chanterelle ou girolle\" (chanterelle), \"pleurote (en huître)\" (oyster mushrooms), and \"cèpes\" (porcini). Common fruits include oranges, tomatoes, tangerines, peaches, apricots, apples, pears, plums, cherries, strawberries, raspberries, redcurrants, blackberries, grapes, grapefruit, and blackcurrants. Varieties of meat consumed include \"poulet\" (chicken), \"pigeon\" (squab), \"canard\" (duck), \"oie\" (goose, the source of foie gras), \"bœuf\" (beef), \"veau\" (veal), \"porc\" (pork), \"agneau\" (lamb), \"mouton\" (mutton), \"caille\" (quail), \"cheval\" (horse), \"grenouille\" (frog), and \"escargot\" (snails). Commonly consumed fish and seafood include cod, canned sardines, fresh sardines, canned tuna, fresh tuna, salmon, trout, mussels, herring,", "title": "French cuisine" }, { "id": "5731412", "text": "capybara, as it is specifically exempted from this rule. Horse meat is part of the cuisine of countries as widespread as Italy, with an average of 900 grams consumed per person annually; Belgium, France, Spain and Switzerland, where horse meat is common in supermarkets; Germany with only 50 grams consumed per person on average annually. It is still sold in some specialized butcher shops in eastern Austria, and also eaten in Polynesia , Serbia, Slovenia, Kazakhstan , but is taboo in some religions and many countries. It is forbidden by Jewish law, because the horse is not a ruminant, nor", "title": "Food and drink prohibitions" }, { "id": "4100221", "text": "Filet mignon Filet mignon (; French for \"tender fillet\" or \"delicate/fine fillet\") is a steak cut of beef taken from the smaller end of the tenderloin, or psoas major of the cow carcass, usually a steer or heifer. In French this cut is always called \"filet de bœuf\", which translates in English to \"beef fillet\". The reason that this cut in French is always called filet de boeuf is because, in French, filet mignon always means pork tenderloin. The tenderloin runs along both sides of the spine, and is usually harvested as two long snake-shaped cuts of beef. The tenderloin", "title": "Filet mignon" }, { "id": "10251456", "text": "other medieval French loanwords came into the language, and about three-quarters of them are still used today. Very often, the Norman or French word supplanted the Anglo-Saxon term, or both words would co-exist but with slightly different nuances: for example, \"ox\" (describing the animal) and \"beef\" (describing the meat). In other cases, the Norman or French word was adopted to signify a new reality, such as \"judge\", \"castle\", \"warranty\". In general, the Norman and French borrowings concerned the fields of culture, aristocratic life, politics and religion, and war whereas the English words were used to describe everyday experience. When the", "title": "Anglo-Norman language" }, { "id": "17036936", "text": "The horse meat that was found in Comigel products originated at Doly Com, a Romanian-based slaughterhouse. An inquiry by the French government showed that \"the meat had left Romania clearly and correctly labelled as horse. It was afterwards that it was relabelled as beef.\" Doly Com supplied the horse meat under a contract to Cyprus-based Draap Trading Ltd, a meat trader which operates in the Netherlands. It is owned by a British Virgin Islands holding company, and Jan Fasen is a director. \"Draap\" spelt backwards is \"paard,\" the Dutch word for \"horse\". After having the horse meat delivered to a", "title": "2013 horse meat scandal" }, { "id": "8300874", "text": "Horse slaughter Horse slaughter is the practice of slaughtering horses to produce meat for consumption. Humans have long consumed horse meat; the oldest known cave art, the 30,000-year-old paintings in France's Chauvet Cave, depict horses with other wild animals hunted by humans. Equine domestication is believed to have begun to raise horses for human consumption. The practice has become controversial in some parts of the world due to several concerns: whether horses are (or can be) managed humanely in industrial slaughter; whether horses not raised for consumption yield safe meat, and whether it is appropriate to consume a companion animal.", "title": "Horse slaughter" }, { "id": "3661457", "text": "the traditional \"Sauerbraten\" in horse meat, typically with a beef variant to choose from. Other traditional horse meat dishes include the Swabian \"Pferderostbraten\" (a joint of roast meat prepared similarly to roast beef), Bavarian sausage varieties such as \"Rosswurst\" and \"Ross-Kochsalami\" as well as \"Ross-Leberkäse\", a meatloaf dish. The 2013 meat adulteration scandal started when German authorities detected horse meat in prepared food products including frozen lasagna, where it was declared fraudulently as beef. The mislabeling prompted EU authorities to speed up publication of European Commission recommendations for labeling the origin of all processed meat. In Hungary, horse meat is", "title": "Horse meat" }, { "id": "561491", "text": "spread. Horseradish cream is a mixture of horseradish and sour cream and is served alongside au jus for a prime rib dinner. In Central and Eastern Europe horseradish is called \"khren\", \"hren\" and \"ren\" (in various spellings like \"kren\") in many Slavic languages, in Austria, in parts of Germany (where the other German name \"Meerrettich\" is not used), in North-East Italy, and in Yiddish (\"כריין\" transliterated as \"khreyn\"). There are two varieties of khreyn. \"Red\" khreyn is mixed with red beetroot and \"white\" khreyn contains no beetroot. It is popular in Ukraine (under the name of , \"khrin\"), in Belarus", "title": "Horseradish" }, { "id": "3661476", "text": "the country, in Granville Island Market in downtown Vancouver, where according to a \"Time\" magazine reviewer who smuggled it into the United States, it turned out to be a \"sweet, rich, superlean, oddly soft meat, closer to beef than venison\". Horse meat is also available in high-end Toronto butchers and supermarkets. Aside from the heritage of French cuisine at one end of the country, most of Canada shares the horse meat taboo with the rest of the English-speaking world. This mentality is especially evident in Alberta, where strong horse racing and breeding industries and cultures have existed since the province's", "title": "Horse meat" }, { "id": "8300895", "text": "dehydrated and injured. Within hours of the programs, supermarkets responded with promises to investigate. Delhaize, Belgium's second-largest food retailer, asked its supplier to remove the affected meat from its shelves. Two other major grocers told consumers that they do not import horse meat from outside Europe. Horse slaughter Horse slaughter is the practice of slaughtering horses to produce meat for consumption. Humans have long consumed horse meat; the oldest known cave art, the 30,000-year-old paintings in France's Chauvet Cave, depict horses with other wild animals hunted by humans. Equine domestication is believed to have begun to raise horses for human", "title": "Horse slaughter" }, { "id": "3661472", "text": "not against the law, although it has been rare since the 1930s and it is not generally available. There is a cultural taboo against consuming horse meat in the UK, although it was eaten when other meats were scarce, such as during times of war (as was whale meat, which was never popular in Britain). The sale of meat labelled as horse meat in supermarkets and butchers is minimal, and most of the properly described horse meat consumed in the UK is imported from Europe, predominantly the south of France, where it is more widely available. Horse meat may be", "title": "Horse meat" }, { "id": "3661461", "text": "various places. In Sardinia, \"sa petza 'e cuaddu\" or \"sa petha (d)e caddu\" (\"campidanese\" and \"logudorese\" for horse meat) is one of the most renowned meats and sometimes is sold in typical kiosks with bread - also in the town of Sassari is a long tradition of eating horse steaks (\"carri di cabaddu\" in the local dialect). Chefs and consumers tend to prize its uniqueness by serving it as rare as possible. Donkey is also cooked, for example as a stew called \"stracotto d'asino\" and as meat for sausages e.g. \"mortadella d'asino\". The cuisine of Parma features a horsemeat \"tartare\"", "title": "Horse meat" }, { "id": "4660368", "text": "French onion soup French onion soup (French: \"soupe à l’oignon\" ) is a type of soup usually based on meat stock and onions, and often served gratinéed with croutons and cheese on top or a large piece of bread. Although ancient in origin, the dish underwent a resurgence of popularity in the 1960s in the United States due to a greater interest in French cuisine. French onion soup is usually served as a starter. Onion soups have been popular at least as far back as Roman times. Throughout history, they were seen as food for poor people, as onions were", "title": "French onion soup" }, { "id": "5992349", "text": "be confused with the American skirt steak. In French it is known as the \"onglet\", in Italian the \"lombatello\", in Flanders the \"longhaas\", and in Spanish the \"solomillo de pulmón\". Its U.S. meat-cutting classification is NAMP 140. Hanger steak A hanger steak, also known as butcher's steak, is a cut of beef steak prized for its flavor. Derived from the diaphragm of a steer or heifer, it typically weighs about . This cut is taken from the plate, which is the lower belly of the animal. In the past it was sometimes known as \"butcher's steak\", because butchers would often", "title": "Hanger steak" }, { "id": "10188163", "text": "introduction of mechanization. It is still used for farming in a few areas where mechanization is impractical. The mares are also still used for the production of mules, although most horses today are bred for meat. Italy is one of the top global consumers of horse meat; consumption jumped by 31 percent between 2001 and 2006. Eleven- to eighteen-month-old foals are preferred for slaughter. Italian Heavy Draft The Italian Heavy Draft, or Rapid Heavy Draft, is a breed of draft horse from Italy. The full Italian name of the breed is Cavallo Agricolo Italiano da Tiro Pesante Rapido, \"Italian Rapid", "title": "Italian Heavy Draft" }, { "id": "3661450", "text": "in wet markets. The method of preparation is very common which includes marinating the meat in \"calamansi\" or lemon juice, \"toyo\" (soy sauce), and \"patís\" (fish sauce). It is then fried and served, and often dipped into vinegar to give the meat a tart flavour. In South Korea, horse meat is generally not eaten, but raw horse meat, usually around the neck part, is consumed as a delicacy on Jeju Island. It is usually seasoned with soy sauce and sesame oil. In Tonga, horsemeat or \"lo'i ho'osi\" is much more than just a delicacy; the consumption of horsemeat is generally", "title": "Horse meat" }, { "id": "3661471", "text": "horse beef from some well-stocked grocery stores. The ordinance on foodstuffs of animal origin in Switzerland explicitly lists equines as an animal species allowed for the production of food. Horse steak is modestly common. A speciality known as \"Mostbröckli\" is made with beef or horse meat. It is also used for a range of sausages in the German-speaking north of Switzerland. Like in northern Italy, in the Italian-speaking south, local \"salametti\" (sausages) are sometimes made with horse meat. It may also be used in \"fondue Bourguignonne\". In the United Kingdom, the slaughter, preparation, and consumption of horses for food is", "title": "Horse meat" }, { "id": "4281220", "text": "regions: In Canada, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:3,021) in the following provinces: Wikipedia articles about people with the surname Blanchard: Wikipedia articles about people with the given name Blanchard: Blanchard Blanchard is a French family name. It is also used as a given name. It derives from the Old French word \"blanchart\" which meant \"whitish, bordering upon white\". It is also an obsolete term for a white horse. As of 2014, 42.3% of all known bearers of the surname \"Blanchard\" were residents of France (frequency 1:1,117), 36.3% of the United States (1:7,073), 8.7% of", "title": "Blanchard" }, { "id": "20153212", "text": "the north of France and the emblematic dish of Flanders and the province of Hainaut. The etymology of the word comes from the old French \"\"hottison\" which mean \"shake\" in English. The term also refers to a pot roast chicken with vegetables cooked with down pieces of beef. The oldest treatise of cooking in French is the Manuscript of Sion. It was written at the end of the 13th century. It was found in the Cantonal Library of Valais. It gives a recipe that says how to accommodate boar and deer meat which must be \"Long boiled, larded lengthwise from", "title": "Hochepot" }, { "id": "474875", "text": "Indo-European root \"\"). After the Norman Conquest, the French-speaking nobles who ruled England naturally used French words to refer to the meats they were served. Thus, various Anglo-Saxon words were used for the animal (such as \"nēat\", or \"cu\" for adult females) by the peasants, but the meat was called \"boef\" (ox) (Modern French \"bœuf\") by the French nobles — who did not often deal with the live animal — when it was served to them. This is one example of the common English dichotomy between the words for animals (with largely Germanic origins) and their meat (with Romanic origins)", "title": "Beef" }, { "id": "16364523", "text": "Horse breeding in France Horse breeding in France is a known practice since Celtic times. Linked to political prestige, military effectiveness and the need to obtain animals from daily work, he passes from the hands of wealthy lords and monasteries in the Middle Ages to those of French kings, through the National Stud created by Louis XIV and Colbert to control the private breeding. Its history is closely related to human activities and needs of each era with the emergence or disappearance of specific types of horses (horses for war, work, carriage, draft, racing, sport...) according to the uses and", "title": "Horse breeding in France" }, { "id": "3661425", "text": "a food source of last resort. Despite the general Anglophone taboo, horse and donkey meat was eaten in Britain, especially in Yorkshire, until the 1930s, and in times of postwar food shortage surged in popularity in the United States and was considered for use in hospitals. A 2007 \"Time\" magazine article about horse meat brought in from Canada to the United States characterized the meat as sweet, rich, superlean, oddly soft meat, and closer to beef than venison. Horse is commonly eaten in many countries in Europe and Asia. It is not a generally available food in some English-speaking countries", "title": "Horse meat" }, { "id": "16907443", "text": "Ochsenfeld The Ochsenfeld is a plain in the Alsatian region of France. It extends from the outlet of the upper Thur valley in the west to the Hardt Forest, and from Sundgau in the south to Ensisheim in the north. The name is derived from the German words \"ochsen\" (oxen) and \"feld\" (field), meaning \"cattle pasture\". It refers to the fact the during the Middle Ages, the area was used entirely for animal husbandry, with many cattle markets being held there. Ochsenfeld is also the name of a place between Cernay and Wittelsheim in the department Haut-Rhin. In this place", "title": "Ochsenfeld" }, { "id": "17036954", "text": "seized and arrests made. 21 people were arrested on Monday 16 December in various parts of the South of France. This meat was from horses that had been kept on a farm attached to a scientific laboratory, and was not certified as fit for human consumption. A dealer from Narbonne was helping police with enquiries. 2013 horse meat scandal The 2013 horse meat scandal was a scandal in Europe in which foods advertised as containing beef were found to contain undeclared or improperly declared horse meat – as much as 100% of the meat content in some cases. A smaller", "title": "2013 horse meat scandal" }, { "id": "17036928", "text": "declared as beef that was 60–100% horse meat. The source of the horse meat was third party supplier Comigel, a French-headquartered frozen ready meal producer, from its subsidiary Tavola factory in Capellen, Luxembourg. According to the FSA the company had been alerted by a third-party French supplier on 4 February 2013, and tested its beef lasagne products finding over 50% of the tested products contained horse meat. According to reports both Findus UK and the French supplier withdrew all products related to the third party supplier. The reason for the adulteration was initially stated as \"highly likely\" criminal activity. The", "title": "2013 horse meat scandal" }, { "id": "5123032", "text": "Au jus Au jus () is a French culinary term meaning \"with juice\". It refers to meat dishes prepared or served together with a light gravy, or broth, made from the juices given off by the meat as it is cooked. In French cuisine, cooking \"au jus\" is a natural way to enhance the flavour of dishes, mainly chicken, veal, and lamb. In American cuisine, the term is mostly used to refer to a light sauce for beef recipes, which may be served with the food or placed on the side for dipping. In order to prepare a natural \"jus\",", "title": "Au jus" }, { "id": "17095421", "text": "the Tarn-et-Garonne. Lur Berri's mission is to \"assure our farmer partners the best value of their products\". On 14 February 2013, the French government confirmed that Spanghero, a French prepared meat producer of which Lur Berri owns 99%, knowingly sold horse meat labelled as beef in the 2013 meat adulteration scandal, and that company's license was suspended while investigations continued. Lur Berri Lur Berri is a cooperative food company in southwest France, created in 1936. In 1936 the wheat cooperative was founded. Until 1965, activity focused on crop production in the Basque Country. In 1971, the agricultural cooperative Lur Berri", "title": "Lur Berri" }, { "id": "17036926", "text": "restaurant and pub industry, announced that some of its frozen burgers supplied by Silvercrest tested positive for horse DNA. A spokesman said that Makro no longer sold the product in question. On 14 February 2013, the French government stated that French meat processing company À la Table de Spanghero knowingly sold horse meat labelled as beef, and that their licence was suspended while an inquiry continues. Spanghero imported meat from Romania and sold it on to another French company, Comigel, which made frozen ready meals at its factory in Luxembourg. French Consumer Affairs Minister Benoît Hamon said the meat had", "title": "2013 horse meat scandal" }, { "id": "2585563", "text": "The Latin present tense can be translated as progressive or simple present. Here are examples of the present indicative tense conjugation in Latin. In French, the present tense is used similarly to that of English. Below is an example of present tense conjugation in French. The present indicative is commonly used to express the present continuous. For example, \"Jean mange\" may be translated as \"John eats\", \"John is eating\". To emphasise the present continuous, expressions such as \"en train de\" or \"en cours de\" may be used. For example, \"Jean est en train de manger\" may be translated as \"John", "title": "Present tense" }, { "id": "3661463", "text": "breeding horses for military and farming applications, the Venetics also used them for consumption throughout the Roman period, a practice that established the consumption of horse meat as a tradition in Venetian cuisine. In the modern age, horse meat is considered a luxury item and is widely available through supermarkets and butcheries, with some specialised butcheries offering only selected cuts of equine meat. Prices are usually higher than beef, pork, or any other kind of meat, except game. In the Province of Padua, horse meat is a key element of the local cuisine, particularly in the area that extends southeast", "title": "Horse meat" }, { "id": "16897998", "text": "Chrain Chrain (, or \"Kren\", , , , \"khrin\", , \"khreyn\"; meaning \"horseradish\" in all these languages) is a spicy paste made of grated horseradish. It is a common condiment for meat and fish dishes in Ashkenazi Jewish, Israeli, American Jewish, Austrian, Slovene, northern Croatian, Belarusian, Czech, German (especially Bavarian), Polish, Romanian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Russian and Ukrainian cuisine. The English word chrain comes from Yiddish כריין, which is in turn a loanword from Slavic languages. There are two common forms of chrain in the Jewish and Slavic cuisines. White chrain consists of grated horseradish and vinegar, and sometimes sugar and", "title": "Chrain" }, { "id": "15371848", "text": "and extrajudicial killing. The modern definition of \"massacre\" as \"indiscriminate slaughter, carnage\", and the subsequent verb of this form, derive from late 16th century Middle French, evolved from Middle French \"\"macacre, macecle\"\" meaning \"slaughterhouse, butchery\". Further origins are dubious, though may be related to Latin \"macellum\" \"provisions store, butcher shop\". The Middle French word \"macecre\" \"butchery, carnage\" is first recorded in the late 11th century. Its primary use remained the context of animal slaughter (in hunting terminology referring to the head of a stag) well into the 18th century. The use of \"macecre\" \"butchery\" of the mass killing of people", "title": "Massacre" }, { "id": "15876329", "text": "better-known than the Norman Cob, although the latter is popular in its home region. The name \"cob\" comes from the English and Welsh cobs that it resembles, with the addition of \"Norman\" to refer to the area in which it originated. Although generally considered a member of the draught horse group, the Norman Cob is special among French draught breeds. It has been used almost exclusively for the production of sport horses, and has not been extensively used for the production of meat, unlike many other French draught breeds. This means that its conformation has remained relatively unchanged, as opposed", "title": "Norman Cob" }, { "id": "5039699", "text": "useful and valuable that when the Germans established the Commission for the Purchase of Horses in October 1914 to capture Belgian horses, the Ardennes was one of two breeds specified as important, the other being the Brabant. Today, the breed is used mainly for meat, due to its extensive musculature. Horse meat is a dietary staple in many European countries, including France, Belgium, Germany and Switzerland. However, they are increasingly used for farm, forest and leisure work. Their nimble action, stamina and good temper make them increasingly used for competitive driving across Europe, and they have also been used as", "title": "Ardennes horse" }, { "id": "3661469", "text": "in Slovenia's capital Ljubljana, where it is part of the city's traditional regional cuisine. In Ljubljana, many restaurants sell burgers and meat that contain large amounts of horse meat, including a fast-food chain called Hot' Horse. \"Cecina\" is cured meat made from beef or horse, and it is considered as a delicacy. Foal meat (\"carne de potro\") is preferred rather than horse meat, and it is easy to find in supermarkets and usually prepared as stew or steak. It is a common practice to give it to children with anemia. Although no generalized taboo exists in Spain, its consumption is", "title": "Horse meat" }, { "id": "5143825", "text": "Tapenade Tapenade (, ) is a Provençal name for a dish consisting of puréed or finely-chopped olives, capers, and olive oil. Its name comes from the Provençal word for capers, \"tapenas\" (). It is a popular food in the south of France, where it generally is eaten as an hors d'œuvre spread on bread, but sometimes it is used to stuff poultry for a main course. Olive-based dishes with anchovies or vinegar are ubiquitous in Italian cuisine, documented in ancient Roman cookbooks dating back thousands of years before the appearance of the Occitan word, \"tapenade\". One of the earliest known", "title": "Tapenade" }, { "id": "3661458", "text": "primarily used in salami and sausages, usually mixed with pork, but also in goulashes and other stews. These products are sold in most supermarkets and many butcher shops. In Iceland, it is both eaten minced and as steak, also used in stews and fondue, prized for its strong flavor. It has a particular role in the culture and history of the island. The people of Iceland supposedly were reluctant to embrace Christianity for some time largely over the issue of giving up horse meat after Pope Gregory III banned horse meat consumption in 732 AD, as it was a major", "title": "Horse meat" }, { "id": "3661464", "text": "from the city, historically called Saccisica. Specialties based on horse meat constitute the main courses and best attractions of several typical restaurants in the zone. They are also served among other regional delicacies at the food stands of many local festivals, related to civil and religious anniversaries. Most notable is the \"Festa del Cavallo\", held annually in the small town of Legnaro and totally dedicated to horses, included their consumption for food. Some traditional dishes are: In southern Italy, horse meat is commonly eaten everywhere - especially in the region of Apulia, where it is considered a delicacy. It is", "title": "Horse meat" }, { "id": "10857655", "text": "Parthenaise The Parthenaise is a French cattle breed. It is named for the town of Parthenay in the département of Deux-Sèvres, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of western France. It was formerly a triple-purpose breed, raised for milk, meat and draught work, but is now raised mainly for beef. The Parthenaise forms a part of the large population – sometimes called Poitevine or Vendéenne – of wheaten-coloured cattle which traditionally occupied the western part of France, from the Loire to the Gironde. It is closely related to the Maraîchine, the Nantaise and the extinct Marchoise and Berrichonne, all of which belong", "title": "Parthenaise" }, { "id": "18824479", "text": "of the Germanic languages, France is known as the historical \"Land of the Franks\", for example \"Frankreich\" (Reich of the Franks) in German, \"Frankrijk\" (Rijk of the Franks) in Dutch, \"Frankrike\" (Rike of the Franks) in Swedish and Norwegian, \"Frankrig\" in Danish. In a more restricted meaning, \"France\" refers specifically to the province of Île-de-France (with Paris at its centre) which historically was the heart of the royal demesne. This meaning is found in some geographic names, such as French Brie (\"Brie française\") and French Vexin (\"Vexin français\"). French Brie, the area where the famous Brie cheese is produced, is", "title": "Name of the Franks" }, { "id": "8209972", "text": "variety of different cheeses, such as Camembert, Roquefort and Brie. There are more than 400 different varieties. A meal often consists of three courses, \"hors d'œuvre\" or \"entrée\" (introductory course, sometimes soup), \"plat principal\" (main course), \"fromage\" (cheese course) and/or \"dessert\", sometimes with a salad offered before the cheese or dessert. Hors d'œuvres include terrine de saumon au basilic, lobster bisque, foie gras, French onion soup or a croque monsieur. The plat principal could include a pot au feu or steak frites. The dessert could be mille-feuille pastry, a macaron, an éclair, crème brûlée, mousse au chocolat, crêpes, or Café", "title": "France" }, { "id": "17425439", "text": "pork meat served together with sauerkraut, fresh bread and ground horseradish on table-size wood plates. Common drinks are wine from Franconia and in the end each guest gets a portion of liver and blood sausages to take home. Baked blood, also called \"Schwaaß\" is particularly in the area of Hof still a popular traditional dish. The blood of the slaughtered animal is collected and then baked with diced bacon, onion and stale bread and marjoram and salt. It is eaten with sauerkraut and potatoes as side dishes. In Franconia it is a tradition to eat mixed salad and Klöße as", "title": "Franconian cuisine" }, { "id": "775003", "text": "Supper Supper is the main evening meal (sometimes used to describe a light snack later in the evening). The term is derived from the French \"souper\", which is used for this meal in Canadian French, Swiss French, and sometimes in Belgian French. It is related to soup. It is also related to the Scandinavian word for soup, \"soppa\"' and the German word for soup, \"Suppe\". The \"Oxford English Dictionary\", however, suggests that the root, sup, remains obscure in origin. The distinction between dinner and supper was common in United States farming communities into the twentieth century, especially in the Mid-West", "title": "Supper" }, { "id": "3661440", "text": "are generally considered to be companion and sporting animals only. Almost all equine medications and treatments are labeled as being not intended for human consumption. In the European Union, horses intended for slaughter cannot be treated with many medications commonly used for U.S. horses. For horses going to slaughter, no period of withdrawal, the time between administration of the drug and the time they are butchered, is required. French actress and animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot has spent years crusading against the eating of horse meat. However, the opposition is far from unanimous; a 2007 readers' poll in the London", "title": "Horse meat" }, { "id": "16441746", "text": "Bollito misto Bollito misto (, literally \"mixed boil\" or \"mixed boiled meat\") is a classic northern Italian stew, most closely resembling the French Pot-au-feu, consisting of various tougher cuts of beef and veal, cotechino, and a whole hen or capon that are gently simmered for 2–3 hours in an aromatic vegetable broth. Bollito and its many regional variations is eaten throughout northern Italy, and is particularly popular in Emilia-Romagna, Piedmont, and Lombardy. The meat is sliced thinly and served with coarse sea salt, mostarda, salsa verde, horseradish, or chutney. The resulting broth is skimmed, strained, and used as a base", "title": "Bollito misto" }, { "id": "6505147", "text": "rack railway, the Petit train de la Rhune, takes visitors to the top of the mountain from the French side. Cows, a few pottok ponies and manech sheep wander the slopes. Many inns and restaurants bear its name and its distinctive shape adorn many souvenirs and logos. Larrun Larrun (modern French: La Rhune, IPA: [la'run], - 'good pasture', possibly a folk etymology, in French until the 20th century: Larhune ) is a mountain (905 m) at the western end of the Pyrenees. It is located on the border of France and Spain, where the traditional Basque provinces of Labourd and", "title": "Larrun" }, { "id": "18965602", "text": "Groupe Bigard Groupe Bigard is a French meat processing company. It owns half of all slaughterhouses in France It processes beef, mutton, and pork. Its best-known brandname in Charal. The company was founded as \"Société commerciale des viandes\" by Jean-Paul Bigard in 1968. It became known as Groupe Bigard six years later, in 1974. The company is headquartered in Quimperlé, France. It owns half of all slaughterhouses in France. It sells meat under the brandnames of Charal, D'Anvial, Tendre et Plus, and Shems. Its best-known brandname is Charal. As of 2015, Jean-Paul Bigard owns 90% of the company, with an", "title": "Groupe Bigard" }, { "id": "17087746", "text": "Kingdom, France, Germany and Sweden. The company stated that it had not opened the packages of frozen meat product before sending them on to the Luxembourg factory of the Comigel subsidiary Tavola. The packages had been labelled \"minerai de bœuf désossé surgelé (origine Roumanie)\", meaning \"frozen boneless beef bulk packs (origin Romania)\". Spanghero also said that they wanted to be sure that it was the product that they had supplied that was in question, because they were not Tavola's only supplier. On 14 February 2013, the French government confirmed that Spanghero knowingly sold horsemeat labelled as beef, and the company's", "title": "À la Table de Spanghero" }, { "id": "3855636", "text": "cochons\" (little pigs). Tourtière Tourtière (, ) is a Canadian meat pie dish originating from the province of Quebec, usually made with minced pork, veal or beef and potatoes. Wild game is often added to enhance the taste of the pie. A traditional part of the Christmas \"réveillon\" and New Year's Eve meal in Quebec, it is also popular in New Brunswick, and is sold in grocery stores across the rest of Canada, all year long. Tourtière is not exclusive to Quebec. It is a traditional French-Canadian dish served by generations of French-Canadian families throughout Canada and the bordering areas", "title": "Tourtière" }, { "id": "17036929", "text": "president of Comigel, Erick Lehagre, told Agence France-Presse that the adulterated meat supplier was Spanghero, a firm owned by Lur Berri and founded in 1970 by Claude and Laurent Spanghero, two former France international rugby players. He said that Spanghero had told him that the meat was not from France, but came from a producer in Romania. On 11 February 2013 France's Consumer Affairs Minister Benoit Hamon warned it \"will not hesitate\" to take legal action if there is evidence companies had knowingly duped consumers. Hamon said an initial investigation by French safety authorities had found a French company Poujol", "title": "2013 horse meat scandal" }, { "id": "15496600", "text": "Manade A manade (prov. \"menada\", originally from lat. \"manus\" = hand) is a term used mainly in the Camargue area in France for a semi-feral group of Camargue cattle or horses led by a gardian, or herder. In French, the word \"manade\" dates from 1867. In older texts it also referred to herds of sheep, but modern use of the term is limited only to raising groups of larger livestock. Raising animals in manades is specific for the Crau, Camargue (Provence) and Petite Camargue (Languedoc) regions of France, and therefore the term itself is strongly associated with the same area.", "title": "Manade" }, { "id": "6304321", "text": "were quite popular in France; however, the European population suffered severe decreases during 20th-century wars. The breed nearly became extinct following World War II, but rebounded in France in the 1970s as a popular breed for horse meat. Breed numbers remain low; it is estimated that fewer than 1,000 horses remain in Europe, mostly in France, with a few in other nations. Studies as early as 1983 indicated a danger of inbreeding within the Boulonnais population, and a 2009 report suggested that the breed should be a priority for conservation within France. The smallest type of Boulonnais was originally used", "title": "Boulonnais horse" }, { "id": "8853403", "text": "to gather seaweed. It is also bred for meat production; horse meat is a dietary staple in many European countries, including France, Belgium, Germany and Switzerland. Breton horse The Breton is a breed of draft horse. It was developed in Brittany, a province in northwest France, from native ancestral stock dating back thousands of years. The Breton was created through the crossbreeding of many different European and Oriental breeds. In 1909, a stud book was created, and in 1951 it was officially closed. The breed is often chestnut in color, and is strong and muscular. There are three distinct subtypes", "title": "Breton horse" }, { "id": "6304331", "text": "and breeding stallions were sent to Argentina. The Boulonnais was once a popular workhorse in France, with an estimated population of over 600,000 in the early 1900s. World War I and World War II almost destroyed the breed, as its home area saw heavy combat in both wars and the bands of broodmares were scattered. Between World War II and the 1970s, the breed almost became extinct, and only a few breeders kept it alive. In the 1970s, it became popular for horse meat, and consumers considered it to be some of the best meat available. However, by this point,", "title": "Boulonnais horse" }, { "id": "240235", "text": "was used by Parisian members of the Resistance. Even today, \"louchébem\" is still well-known and used among those working at point-of-sale in the meat retail industry. Some words have even leaked into common, everyday use by the masses; an example is the word \"loufoque\", meaning \"eccentric\". Here are a few example Louchébem words. There is another French argot called \"largonji\", which differs from \"louchébem\" only in the suffix that is added (-i instead of -em); the term is derived from \"jargon\". Louchébem Louchébem or loucherbem () is Parisian and Lyonnaise butchers' (French \"boucher\") slang, similar to Pig Latin and Verlan.", "title": "Louchébem" }, { "id": "6307327", "text": "Ramekin A ramekin (, ; also spelled ramequin) is a small glazed ceramic or glass bowl used for cooking and serving various dishes. The term is derived from the French ', a cheese- or meat-based dish baked in a small mold. The French term is derived from early modern Flemish ', which translated to 'toast' or 'roasted minced meat', itself apparently from \"ram\" 'battering ram' + \"-kin\" 'diminutive', but it is unclear why. With a normal capacity of , ramekins are commonly used for preparing and serving individual portions of a variety of dishes, including \"crème brûlée\", French onion soup,", "title": "Ramekin" }, { "id": "4281219", "text": "Blanchard Blanchard is a French family name. It is also used as a given name. It derives from the Old French word \"blanchart\" which meant \"whitish, bordering upon white\". It is also an obsolete term for a white horse. As of 2014, 42.3% of all known bearers of the surname \"Blanchard\" were residents of France (frequency 1:1,117), 36.3% of the United States (1:7,073), 8.7% of Canada (1:3,021), 3.5% of England (1:11,189), 1.7% of Haiti (1:4,397), 1.2% of Vietnam (1:56,908) and 1.1% of Australia (1:15,892). In France, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:1,117) in the following", "title": "Blanchard" }, { "id": "12967365", "text": "Flying pigs!\" An identical phrase, used to express impossibilities, exists in Romanian, \"Când o zbura porcul\", literally meaning \"When the pig shall fly\"; an equivalent also implying an animal is \"La Paștele cailor\", literally: \"on horses' Easter\". Similar phrases in English include \"\", the Latin expression \"to the Greek calends\", and \"and monkeys might fly out of my butt\", popularized in Wayne's World skits and movies. They are examples of adynata. In Finnish, the expression \"\"kun lehmät lentävät\"\" (when cows fly) is used because of its alliteration. In French, the most common expression is \"\"quand les poules auront des dents\"\"", "title": "When pigs fly" }, { "id": "3661441", "text": "magazine \"Time Out\" showed that 82% of respondents supported chef Gordon Ramsay's decision to serve horse meat in his restaurants. Horse meat has a slightly sweet taste reminiscent of a combination of beef and venison. Meat from younger horses tends to be lighter in color, while older horses produce richer color and flavor, as with most mammals. Horse meat can be used to replace beef, pork, mutton, venison, and any other meat in virtually any recipe. Horse meat is usually very lean. Jurisdictions which allow for the slaughter of horses for food rarely have age restrictions, so many are quite", "title": "Horse meat" }, { "id": "15873789", "text": "Auvergne horse The Auvergne horse (French cheval d'Auvergne) is a breed of light draft horse from the Auvergne region of south central France. It stands at the withers, and weighs . Coat colours are bay or seal brown. It is used mainly for trekking. It was recognised as a breed by the Haras Nationaux, the French association of horse breeders in December 2012. The standard is published by a breeders' association, the \"Association Nationale du Cheval de Race Auvergne.\" This breed has been crossbred several times throughout its history, with several distinct breeds sharing the name \"Auvergne horse\". A small", "title": "Auvergne horse" }, { "id": "10112167", "text": "agricultural usage. However, the meat of the Auxois was not considered high quality, and this, combined with a lower-than-expected market for meat, led to a continued decline in French draft horse populations. In the 1990s, the French government reversed its position on breeding for meat, and began promoting draft breeds for leisure pursuits. The Auxois continues to be rare, having the eighth-smallest population numbers of the nine native French draft breeds. An annual breed show is held in Semur-en-Auxois, and the Auxois is frequently seen at the Paris International Agricultural Show. The Auxois is a horse of great size, larger", "title": "Auxois" }, { "id": "5627718", "text": "Pottok The Pottok or Pottoka ( or , ), is an endangered, semi-feral breed of pony native to the Pyrenees of the Basque Country in France and Spain. It is considered an ancient breed of horse, particularly well adapted to the harsh mountain areas it traditionally inhabits. Once common, it is endangered through habitat loss, mechanization and crossbreeding but efforts are increasingly made to safeguard the future of this breed. It is considered iconic by the Basque people. \"Pottoka\" is the Basque language name for this horse, both north and south of the mountains. In Upper Navarrese, \"potto\" and \"pottoka\"", "title": "Pottok" }, { "id": "10475785", "text": "Scaloppine Scaloppine (plural and diminutive of \"scaloppa\"—a small scallop, i.e., a thinly sliced cut of meat) (in English usage scaloppini; sometimes scallopini) is a type of Italian dish that comes in many forms. It consists of thinly sliced meat, most often beef, veal, or chicken, that is dredged in wheat flour and sautéed in one of a variety of redux sauces. The sauce accompanying \"Scaloppine\" can come in a multitude of varieties according to regional gastronomic traditions. Popular variations include tomato-wine redux; \"scaloppine al limone\" or piccata, which denotes a caper and lemon sauce; \"scaloppine ai funghi\" a mushroom-wine redux;", "title": "Scaloppine" }, { "id": "3437535", "text": "of under-cooked beef. The tapeworm is transmitted to humans via infectious larval cysts that are found in cattle. Steak tartare is found in many European cuisines. The Belgian version, \"filet américain (préparé)\", is generally made with mayonnaise and seasoned with capers and fresh herbs. It was formerly made of horse meat. It is usually served with french fries. In the Czech republic and Slovakia steak tartare (\"tatarský biftek\") is found in most restaurants. The meat is ground lean sirloin and has a raw egg yolk in a dimple in the middle. The meat can be premixed with herbs and spices,", "title": "Steak tartare" }, { "id": "218344", "text": "of Bill 101. However, slang and other basilectal varieties of Quebec French are still very present in Quebec culture. This phenomenon occurs through music, storytelling, television, radio, in movies and in conversations. Although coinage of the name \"joual\" is often attributed to French-Canadian journalist André Laurendeau, usage of this term throughout French-speaking Canada predates the 1930s. The actual word \"joual\" is the representation of how the word \"cheval\" (Standard French: , \"horse\") is pronounced by those who speak \"joual\". The weak schwa vowel disappeared. Then the voiceless was voiced to , thereby creating . Next, the at the beginning of", "title": "Joual" }, { "id": "4100224", "text": "restaurants. The French terms for these cuts are \"tournedos\" (the smaller central portion), \"châteaubriand\" (the larger central portion), and \"biftek\" (cut from the large end known as the \"tête de filet\" (lit. \"head of filet\") in French). Porterhouse steaks and T-bone steaks are large cuts that include the fillet. The small medallion on one side of the bone is the fillet, and the long strip of meat on the other side of the bone is the strip steak—in Commonwealth of Nations usage, only the strip steak is called the porterhouse. Filet mignon may be cut into 1- to 2-inch (2.5", "title": "Filet mignon" }, { "id": "5123035", "text": "misused as a noun, owing to its having been corrupted in culinary references into the noun form: rather than a \"sandwich au jus\", the menu may read \"sandwich with au jus\". Au jus Au jus () is a French culinary term meaning \"with juice\". It refers to meat dishes prepared or served together with a light gravy, or broth, made from the juices given off by the meat as it is cooked. In French cuisine, cooking \"au jus\" is a natural way to enhance the flavour of dishes, mainly chicken, veal, and lamb. In American cuisine, the term is mostly", "title": "Au jus" }, { "id": "1619647", "text": "and dairy farming, textiles and fruit production among its major industries. The region is the leader in France in the sectors of butter, fromage frais, soft cheeses, cider apples, cider, leeks, turnips, and flax. The region also breeds more horses than any other in France. The western part of the region is used mainly for farming, because of the prairies. Iron ore is mined near Caen. Tourism is also a major industry. The region has direct ferry links to England (via the port of Cherbourg and Caen Ouistreham). In addition to French, Normandy has its own regional language, Norman. It", "title": "Lower Normandy" }, { "id": "240233", "text": "Louchébem Louchébem or loucherbem () is Parisian and Lyonnaise butchers' (French \"boucher\") slang, similar to Pig Latin and Verlan. It originated in the mid-19th century and was in common use until the 1950s. The \"louchébem\" word-creation process resembles that of \"largonji\", \"verlan\", and \"javanais\", in that existing words are camouflaged according to a set of rules. Strictly speaking, \"louchébem\" is a more rigid variety of \"largonji\" in which the ending \"-èm\" is obligatory. \"Largonji\" substitutes for the consonant or consonant cluster at the beginning of the word, or, if the word begins with an or a vowel, the second syllable;", "title": "Louchébem" }, { "id": "17425442", "text": "north of Nürnberg instead of the salsify. But the asparagus is also used in salads or is eaten with the famous Bratwurst. A special side dish or condiment is horseradish which is called \"Kren\" in Bavaria. It is grown mainly in the areas around Erlangen, Forchheim and Höchstadt an der Aisch and Baiersdorf and is commonly used as a condiment in the sauce which is served with Tafelspitz. Typical franconian soups are Bread soup, Semolina dumpling soup (German: \"Griesklöschensuppe\"), Pancake soup (\"Flädlasuppe\"), and Liver dumpling soup (Leberknödelsuppe). Another franconian dish is a kind of steamed Chanterelle (\"Saure Pfiffer\"). Salads, which", "title": "Franconian cuisine" }, { "id": "3661422", "text": "hunger of lower classes. During the Napoleonic campaigns, the surgeon-in-chief of Napoleon's Grand Army, Baron Dominique-Jean Larrey, advised the starving troops to eat the meat of horses. At the siege of Alexandria, the meat of young Arab horses relieved an epidemic of scurvy. At the battle of Eylau in 1807, Larrey served horse as soup and \"bœuf à la mode\". At Aspern-Essling (1809), cut off from the supply lines, the cavalry used the breastplates of fallen \"cuirassiers\" as cooking pans and gunpowder as seasoning, and thus founded a tradition that carried on until at least the Waterloo campaign. Horse meat", "title": "Horse meat" }, { "id": "8209974", "text": "half the number of Michelin inspectors working there). In addition to its wine tradition, France is also a major producer of beer and rum. The three main French brewing regions are Alsace (60% of national production), Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Lorraine. A meal often consists of three courses, \"hors d'œuvre\" or \"entrée\" (introductory course, sometimes soup), \"plat principal\" (main course), \"fromage\" (cheese course) or \"dessert\", sometimes with a salad offered before the cheese or dessert. France produces rum via distilleries located on islands such as Reunion Island in the southern Indian Ocean. Popular sports played in France include football, judo, tennis, rugby", "title": "France" }, { "id": "2126456", "text": "work horse', derived from Gaulish \"caballos\" (cf. Welsh , Breton ), giving Modern French \"cheval\", Occitan \"caval\" (\"chaval\"), Catalan \"cavall\", Spanish \"caballo\", Portuguese \"cavalo\", Italian \"cavallo\", Romanian \"cal\", and, by extension, English \"cavalry\". An estimated 200 words of Gaulish etymology survive in modern French, for example \"chêne\" 'oak tree' and \"charrue\" 'plough'. Within historical phonology and studies of language contact, various phonological changes have been posited as caused by a Gaulish substrate, although there is some debate. One of these is considered certain, because this fact is clearly attested in the Gaulish-language epigraphy on the pottery found at la Graufesenque", "title": "Old French" }, { "id": "3661446", "text": "include horse meat rice noodles (; Pinyin: \"mǎròu mǐfěn\") in Guilin and horse meat hot pot (; Pinyin: \"mǎròu huǒguō\") in Huishui County in Guizhou Province. In Indonesia, one type of satay (chunks of skewered grilled meat served with spicy sauce) known as horse satay (Javanese:\"sate jaran\", Indonesian:\"sate kuda\") is made from horse meat. This delicacy from Yogyakarta is served with sliced fresh shallot, pepper, and sweet soy sauce. In Japanese cuisine, raw horse meat is called or because of its pink color. It can be served raw as \"sashimi\" in thin slices dipped in soy sauce, often with ginger", "title": "Horse meat" }, { "id": "9589639", "text": "French fricassee, it has a tomato-based sauce usually with red wine. Fricassee Fricassee or fricassée is a method of cooking meat in which it is cut up and braised, and served with its sauce, traditionally a white sauce. Fricassee is first attested in England in the mid-16th century. It is a French word, but the exact etymology is uncertain. It is theorized to be a compound of the French \"frire\" (to fry) and \"casser\" or \"quasser\" (to break in pieces). Many cooking references describe fricassee simply as a French stew, usually with a white sauce. Julia Child in \"Mastering the", "title": "Fricassee" }, { "id": "474888", "text": "or stock with vegetables. In fondue bourguignonne, diners dip small pieces of beef into a pot of hot oil at the table. Both techniques typically feature accompanying flavorful sauces to complement the meat. Steak tartare is a French dish made from finely chopped or ground (minced) raw meat (often beef). More accurately, it is scraped so as not to let even the slightest of the sinew fat get into the scraped meat. It is often served with onions, capers, seasonings such as fresh ground pepper and Worcestershire sauce, and sometimes raw egg yolk. The Belgian or Dutch dish \"filet américain\"", "title": "Beef" }, { "id": "9589636", "text": "Fricassee Fricassee or fricassée is a method of cooking meat in which it is cut up and braised, and served with its sauce, traditionally a white sauce. Fricassee is first attested in England in the mid-16th century. It is a French word, but the exact etymology is uncertain. It is theorized to be a compound of the French \"frire\" (to fry) and \"casser\" or \"quasser\" (to break in pieces). Many cooking references describe fricassee simply as a French stew, usually with a white sauce. Julia Child in \"Mastering the Art of French Cooking\" describes it as \"halfway between a sauté", "title": "Fricassee" }, { "id": "497520", "text": "areas where Dutch, German, French, Spanish, and Portuguese are spoken, or \"Carnevale\" in Italian-speaking contexts. Alternative names are used for regional and local celebrations. The word is said to come from the Late Latin expression \"carne levare\", which means \"remove meat\"; a folk etymology derives it from \"carne vale\", \"farewell to meat\". In either case, this signifies the approaching fast. The word \"carne\" may also be translated as flesh, producing \"a farewell to the flesh\", a phrase embraced by certain carnival celebrants to embolden the festival's carefree spirit. The etymology of the word \"Carnival\" thus points to a Christian origin", "title": "Carnival" }, { "id": "15496605", "text": "only mount of a gardian. By tradition all manades have to do with raising large animals, but a Paris-based trade name for a manufacturer of office items such as desk accessories and lamps seems to indicate a trend towards additional uses for the term. Manade A manade (prov. \"menada\", originally from lat. \"manus\" = hand) is a term used mainly in the Camargue area in France for a semi-feral group of Camargue cattle or horses led by a gardian, or herder. In French, the word \"manade\" dates from 1867. In older texts it also referred to herds of sheep, but", "title": "Manade" }, { "id": "3661445", "text": "is generally acceptable to Chinese people, outside of specific areas such as Guilin in Guangxi or in Yunnan Province, horse meat is not popular due to its low availability and rumors that horse meat tastes bad or it is bad for health. Because \"the Compendium of Materia Medica\" written during the Ming dynasty by Li Shizhen indicates that horse meat is poisonous and may cause folliculitis or death. \"The Compendium of Materia Medica\" also asserts, \"To relieve toxin caused by eating horse meat, one can drink Phragmites root jouce and eat apricot kernel.\" Today, in southern China, locally famous dishes", "title": "Horse meat" }, { "id": "3661438", "text": "100,000 live horses are transported into and around the European Union for human consumption, mainly to Italy, but also to France and Belgium. Meat from horses that veterinarians have put down with a lethal injection is not suitable for human consumption, as the toxin remains in the meat; the carcasses of such animals are sometimes cremated (most other means of disposal are problematic, due to the toxin). Remains of euthanized animals can be rendered, which maintains the value of the skin, bones, fats, etc., for such purposes as fish food. This is commonly done for lab specimens (e.g., pigs) euthanized", "title": "Horse meat" } ]

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[ { "id": "3282542", "text": "resigned from the post of Additional Solicitor General as a result. The Attorneys General for India since independence are listed below: Attorney General of India The Attorney General for India is the Indian government's chief legal advisor, and is primary lawyer in the Supreme Court of India. He can be said to be the lawyer from government's side. He is appointed by the President of India under Article 76(1) of the Constitution and holds office during the pleasure of the President. He must be a person qualified to be appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court (He must have", "title": "Attorney General of India" }, { "id": "3282534", "text": "Attorney General of India The Attorney General for India is the Indian government's chief legal advisor, and is primary lawyer in the Supreme Court of India. He can be said to be the lawyer from government's side. He is appointed by the President of India under Article 76(1) of the Constitution and holds office during the pleasure of the President. He must be a person qualified to be appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court (He must have been a judge of some high court for five years or an advocate of some high court for ten years or", "title": "Attorney General of India" }, { "id": "12423820", "text": "India was established in 1955 for a three-year term. Since then, twenty more Commissions have been established. The 20th Law Commission was established in 2013 under the Chairmanship of Supreme Court Judge, D.K Jain. Its tenure was fixed till 2015. The present Law Commission was established in 2015, and has tenure to 2018. The terms of reference of the Law Commission include the review and repeal of obsolete laws, the examination of existing laws & the revision of central Acts of general importance. In November 2013, the Centre appointed former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court Justice Ajit Prakash Shah", "title": "Law Commission of India" }, { "id": "3282535", "text": "an eminent jurist, in the opinion of the President and must be a citizen of India.) The 15th and current Attorney General is K. K. Venugopal. He was appointed by Pranab Mukherjee, the President of India at that time. He was formally appointed as with effect from 30 June 2017 and shall have a tenure of 3 years. The Attorney General is necessary for giving advice to the Government of India in legal matters referred to him. He also performs other legal duties assigned to him by the President. The Attorney General has the right of audience in all Courts", "title": "Attorney General of India" }, { "id": "1267978", "text": "India—who is the Indian government's chief legal adviser—is appointed by the President of India under Article 76(1) and holds office during the pleasure of the president. If the president considers a question of law or a matter of public importance has arisen, he can also ask for the advisory opinion of the supreme court per . Per , President can ask the Attorney General to attend the parliamentary proceedings and report to him any unlawful functioning if any. The president appoints as prime minister, the person most likely to command the support of the majority in the Lok Sabha (usually", "title": "President of India" }, { "id": "12423819", "text": "Law Commission of India Law Commission of India is an executive body established by an order of the Government of India. Its major function is to work for legal reform. Its membership primarily comprises legal experts, who are entrusted a mandate by the Government. The Commission is established for a fixed tenure and works as an advisory body to the Ministry of Law and Justice The first Law Commission was established during the British Raj era in 1834 by the \"Charter Act of 1833\". After that, three more Commissions were established in pre-independent India. The first Law Commission of independent", "title": "Law Commission of India" }, { "id": "12423839", "text": "amid allegations of abuse and arbitrary use of the law. The Law Ministry had urged the Commission to study the usage of the provisions of Section 124A (Sedition) of the IPC. Former Supreme Court judge Balbir Singh Chauhan was appointed Chairman of the 21st Law Commission. Mr. Justice Ravi R. Tripathi, retired judge of the Gujarat High Court was appointed as Full-time Member. On 10 June 2016, Mr. Satya Pal Jain, Additional Solicitor General of India was appointed as Part-time Member of the Commission. The Law Commission works in close co-ordination and under the general instruction of Ministry of Law", "title": "Law Commission of India" }, { "id": "12423821", "text": "as the New chairman of the 20th Law Commission of India in place of D.K Jain who has taken over as president National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Shah has a three-year tenure and has been saddled with a wide terms of reference including one to examine existing laws from the gender equality perspective and suggest necessary amendments. Justice Balbir Singh Chauhan, a former judge of the Supreme Court was appointed Chairman of the 21st Law Commission on 10 March. This post was lying vacant since September 2015. 66-year old Justice Chauhan is currently heading the Cauvery River Water Disputes Tribunal.", "title": "Law Commission of India" }, { "id": "3433684", "text": "are members of the Indian Police Service (IPS). The central agencies are controlled by the central Government of India. The majority of federal law enforcement agencies are controlled by the Ministry of Home Affairs. The head of each of the federal law enforcement agencies is always an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer. The constitution assigns responsibility for maintaining law and order to the states and territories, and almost all routine policing—including apprehension of criminals—is carried out by state-level police forces. The constitution also permits the central government to participate in police operations and organisation by authorising the creation of Indian", "title": "Law enforcement in India" }, { "id": "3433683", "text": "Law enforcement in India Law enforcement in India is performed by numerous law enforcement agencies. Like many federal nations, the nature of the Constitution of India mandates law and order as a subject of the state, therefore the bulk of the policing lies with the respective states and territories of India. At the federal level, the many agencies are part of the Ministry of Home Affairs, and support the states in their duties. Larger cities also operate police commissionerates, under respective state police. All senior police officers in the state police forces, as well as those in the federal agencies,", "title": "Law enforcement in India" }, { "id": "9991063", "text": "President of India on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of India. The first Law and Justice minister of independent India was B. R. Ambedkar, who served in Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's cabinet during 1947–52. Ravi Shankar Prasad is the current minister for law and justice in India. Ministry of law and justice is the oldest limb of the government of India dating back to 1833 when the Charter Act 1833 was enacted by the British Parliament when India was under British control. The said Act vested for the first time legislative power in a single authority, namely the Governor", "title": "Ministry of Law and Justice (India)" }, { "id": "10258158", "text": "Additional Solicitor General of India Additional Solicitor General of India abbreviated as ASG is a law officer of India and is the third ranking lawyer of the Government of India. The headquarters of Additional Solicitor-General may be at New Delhi or Mumbai or Chennai or Allahabad as the Government of India may specify from time to time. ASG is governed by \"Law Officers (Conditions of Service) Rules, 1987\".. The post of ASG is not created by the Constitution of India The current Additional Solicitors General are: Duties of Solicitor General of India and other law officers are laid out in", "title": "Additional Solicitor General of India" }, { "id": "15615634", "text": "Kalyan Sundaram Kalyan Vaidyanathan Kuttur Sunderam (11 May 1904 – 23 September 1992), also referred as K.V.K. Sundaram, was an Indian civil servant, who holds the record as the first Law Secretary (1948–58) of independent India and second Chief Election Commissioner of India (20 December 1958 – 30 September 1967). He also chaired the Fifth Law Commission of India for the period 1968–71. Sundaram was native to Kuttur, a village located in the then-Madras Presidency. He was born in 1904, to a professor. An alumnus of Presidency College and Christ Church, Oxford, he registered himself in 1925 for the Indian", "title": "Kalyan Sundaram" }, { "id": "10655339", "text": "by Pranab Mukherjee, President of India. This post was created for this High Court in December 2014 by the Government of India and he is the first appointee to this post. On 10 June 2016, he was appointed as part-time member of the 21st Law Commission of India. Dr. Justice B.S. Chauhan, former Supreme Court Judge, is the Chairman of this Commission. It has been constituted by the Central Government led by Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, to study judicial reforms in the country, various legal issues as well as the laws which have become redundant and to make", "title": "Satya Pal Jain" }, { "id": "12423843", "text": "implementing legislation or follows the draft submitted by the Law Commission (which usually is the case) and presents the same for approval before the Parliament. The Law Commission of India, though an ad hoc body, has been key to law reform in India. Its role has been both advisory and critical of the government's policies. The Supreme Court of India and academia have recognized the commission as pioneering and prospective. In a number of decisions, the Supreme Court has referred to the work done by the commission and followed its recommendations. The fact that the chairman of the commission is", "title": "Law Commission of India" }, { "id": "2873130", "text": "is the head of state and the commander-in-chief of the Indian Armed Forces whilst the elected prime minister acts as the head of the executive, and is responsible for running the union government. The parliament is bicameral in nature, with the Lok Sabha being the lower house, and the Rajya Sabha the upper house. The judiciary systematically contains an apex supreme court, 24 high courts, and several district courts, all inferior to the supreme court. The basic civil and criminal laws governing the citizens of India are set down in major parliamentary legislation, such as the civil procedure code, the", "title": "Government of India" }, { "id": "12417517", "text": "K. K. Venugopal Kottayan Katankot Venugopal (born 1931), known generally as K. K. Venugopal (personal name is Venugopal) is an Indian constitutional lawyer and a senior advocate in the Supreme Court of India. On 30 June 2017, he was appointed as the Attorney General of India under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Venugopal was born in Kanhangad, a town in the erstwhile South Canara district of Madras Presidency of British India (present-day Kerala, India), and grew up in Mangalore. Venugopal did his B.Sc in Physics from the prestigious Madras Christian College at Tambaram, Chennai and law from Raja", "title": "K. K. Venugopal" }, { "id": "3436351", "text": "controlled by the Ministry of Home Affairs. The head of each of the federal law enforcement agencies is always an Indian Police Service officer (IPS). The constitution assigns responsibility for maintaining law and order to the states and territories, and almost all routine policing—including apprehension of criminals—is carried out by state-level police forces. The constitution also permits the central government to participate in police operations and organisation by authorising the maintenance of the Indian Police Service. Indian Police Service (IPS) officers are recruited by the Union Public Service Commission through a competitive nationwide examination. On completion of a nationwide basic", "title": "Law of India" }, { "id": "10258159", "text": "Law Officers (Conditions of Service) Rules, 1987: As law officers represent government of India, there are certain restrictions which are put on their private practice. A law officer is not allowed to: Additional Solicitor General of India Additional Solicitor General of India abbreviated as ASG is a law officer of India and is the third ranking lawyer of the Government of India. The headquarters of Additional Solicitor-General may be at New Delhi or Mumbai or Chennai or Allahabad as the Government of India may specify from time to time. ASG is governed by \"Law Officers (Conditions of Service) Rules, 1987\"..", "title": "Additional Solicitor General of India" }, { "id": "3433700", "text": "ranking government officials and politicians and in some instances, criminal cases that don't necessarily involve politicians or high-ranking officials, have been referred to the agency for investigation because of media and public pressure because of incompetency from the local police investigations. The Indian Income-tax Department is India's premier financial agency, responsible for a wide variety of financial and fiscal matters.The Tax department is controlled by the Department of Revenue in the Ministry of Finance of the Union Government headed by a Union Minister who reports directly to the Prime Minister.The CBDT is a part of Department of Revenue in the", "title": "Law enforcement in India" }, { "id": "3433711", "text": "state police force is the department of home of the state government. The additional chief secretary (home) or principal secretary (home), generally an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, acts the agency executive of the state home department, whereas the chief minister of the state or the state cabinet minister for home is the minister responsible for the state home department. Each state and union territory of India has a state police force, headed by a director general of police ranked IPS officer. The state police is responsible for maintaining law and order in townships of the state and the rural", "title": "Law enforcement in India" }, { "id": "3284399", "text": "Solicitor General of India The Solicitor General of India is subordinate to the Attorney General of India. He is the second law officer of the country, assists the Attorney General, and is himself assisted by four Additional Solicitors General for India. Currently solicitor general of India is Tushar Mehta. Like the Attorney General for India, the Solicitor General and the Additional Solicitors General advise the Government and appear on behalf of the Union of India in terms of the Law Officers (Terms and Conditions) Rules, 1972. However, unlike the post of Attorney General for India, which is a Constitutional post", "title": "Solicitor General of India" }, { "id": "3282538", "text": "Law Ministry. Fee and allowances payable to the law officers (including Attorney General for India, Solicitor General of India and the Additional Solicitors General) of the Government of India are as under: In addition to the above fee payable for cases, a retainer fee is paid to the Attorney General for India, Solicitor General of India and the Additional Solicitors General at the rate of ₹50,000, ₹40,000 and ₹30,000 per month respectively. Moreover, the Attorney General for India is also paid a sumptuary allowance of ₹4,000 per month, except during the period of his leave. It has become a tradition", "title": "Attorney General of India" }, { "id": "3436350", "text": "At the federal level, the many agencies are part of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, and support the states in their duties. Larger cities also operate metropolitan police forces, under respective state governments. All senior police officers in the state police forces, as well as those in the federal agencies, are members of the Indian Police Service (IPS) and Indian Revenue Service (IRS), two of the several kinds of civil services. They are recruited by the Union Public Service Commission. The federal police are controlled by the central Government of India. The majority of federal law enforcement agencies are", "title": "Law of India" }, { "id": "3284401", "text": "on their private practice. A law officer is not allowed to: Fee and allowances payable to the law officers (including Attorney General of India, Solicitor General of India and the Additional Solicitors General) of the Government of India are as under: In addition to the above fee payable for cases, a retainer fee is paid to the Attorney General of India, Solicitor General of India and the Additional Solicitors General at the rate of Rs. 50,000, Rs. 40,000, and Rs. 30,000 per month, respectively. Moreover, the Attorney General of India is also paid a sumptuary allowance of rupees four thousand", "title": "Solicitor General of India" }, { "id": "18694555", "text": "National Legal Services Authority National Legal Services Authority of India (NALSA) was formed on 5 December 1995 under the authority of the Legal Services Authorities Act 1987. Its purpose is to provide free legal services to eligible candidates (defined in Sec. 12 of the Act), and to organize Lok Adalats for speedy resolution of cases. The Chief Justice of India is patron-in-chief of NALSA while second seniormost judge of Supreme Court of India is the Executive-Chairman. There is a provision for similar mechanism at state and district level also headed by Chief Justice of High Courts and Chief Judges of", "title": "National Legal Services Authority" }, { "id": "3433686", "text": "dependent on the consent of the state government. The principal national-level organisation concerned with law enforcement is the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), which supervises a large number of government functions and agencies operated and administered by the central government. The ministry is concerned with all matters pertaining to the maintenance of public peace and order, the staffing and administration of the public services, the delineation of internal boundaries, and the administration of union territories. In addition of being the cadre controlling authority of the IPS, the Ministry of Home Affairs maintains several agencies and organisations dealing with police and", "title": "Law enforcement in India" }, { "id": "1267969", "text": "independent constitutional entities. All his actions, recommendations (Article 3, Article 111, Article 274, etc.) and supervisory powers (Article 74(2), Article 78 c, Article 108, Article 111, etc.) over the executive and legislative entities of India shall be used in accordance to uphold the constitution. There is no bar on the actions of the president to contest in the court of law. Legislative power is constitutionally vested by the Parliament of India of which the president is the head, to facilitate the lawmaking process per the constitution (Article 78, Article 86, etc.). The president summons both the houses (The House of", "title": "President of India" }, { "id": "12641925", "text": "was formally inaugurated by the President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad on 12 December 1957. The Institute is an autonomous body registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, the Indian Law Institute has the requisite independence and academic freedom to carry out its objectives. The membership of the Institute is now nearly three thousand representing the persons interested in the study and advancement of law. Hon’ble Chief Justice of India is the \"ex officio\" President of the Institute. The Law Minister of Government of India & the Attorney-General for India are its \"ex officio\" Vice Presidents. Third Vice-President is elected", "title": "Indian Law Institute" }, { "id": "2873129", "text": "Government of India The Government of India (IAST: ), often abbreviated as GoI, is the union government created by the constitution of India as the legislative, executive and judicial authority of the union of 29 states and seven union territories of a constitutionally democratic republic. It is located in New Delhi, the capital of India. Modelled after the Westminster system for governing the state, the union government is mainly composed of the executive, the legislature, and the judiciary, in which all powers are vested by the constitution in the prime minister, parliament and the supreme court. The President of India", "title": "Government of India" }, { "id": "12360685", "text": "In a parliamentary system, as with Britain, Italy, Germany, India, and Japan, the executive is known as the cabinet, and composed of members of the legislature. The executive is led by the head of government, whose office holds power under the confidence of the legislature. Because popular elections appoint political parties to govern, the leader of a party can change in between elections. The head of state is apart from the executive, and symbolically enacts laws and acts as representative of the nation. Examples include the President of Germany (appointed by members of federal and state legislatures), the Queen of", "title": "Law" }, { "id": "17084033", "text": "the Law Minister, Ashwini Kumar. Mohan Parasaran's appointment as Solicitor General of India came to an end in May 2014 with the change in Government, and in his place, Ranjit Kumar has been appointed as the new Solicitor General of India with effect from 7 Jun 2014. Parasaran has represented the Government of India in landmark cases, including the dispute between the Ambani brothers on the KGD6 gasfields, international tax matters with revenue effect of over $3.2 billion in the Vodafone case, the levy of luxury tax, sports regulation, and public interest matters concerning food security and shelter. He has", "title": "Mohan Parasaran" }, { "id": "1267968", "text": "The president is the foremost, most empowered and prompt defender of the constitution (Article 60), who has pre-emptive power for ensuring constitutionality in the actions of the executive or legislature. The role of the judiciary in upholding the Constitution of India is the second line of defence in nullifying any unconstitutional actions of the executive and legislative entities of the Indian Union. The primary duty of the president is to preserve, protect and defend the constitution and the law of India as made part of his oath (Article 60 of Indian constitution). The president is the common head of all", "title": "President of India" }, { "id": "2873145", "text": "Secretariat, the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and head of all civil services under the rules of business of the government. The cabinet secretary is generally the senior-most officer of the Indian Administrative Service. The cabinet secretary ranks 11th on the Indian order of precedence. The cabinet secretary is under the direct charge of the prime minister. India's independent union judicial system began under the British, and its concepts and procedures resemble those of Anglo-Saxon countries. The Supreme Court of India consists of the chief justice and 30 associate justices, all appointed by the president on the advice of the Chief", "title": "Government of India" }, { "id": "190235", "text": "support of other parties. The incumbent Indian prime minister is Narendra Modi, a former chief minister of Gujarat. On 20 July 2017, Ram Nath Kovind was elected India's 14th president and took the oath of office on 25 July 2017. India is a federation with a parliamentary system governed under the Constitution of India, which serves as the country's supreme legal document. It is a constitutional republic and representative democracy, in which \"majority rule is tempered by minority rights protected by law\". Federalism in India defines the power distribution between the union, or central, government and the states. The government", "title": "India" }, { "id": "14394963", "text": "government are done by the Civil Services Board. Civil servants are the actual laws and policies' makers in the country. They work on behalf of the elected government and cannot publicly show their disinterest or disapproval for the elected government. It is mandatory for them to form certain rules and policies according to the government's views and interests, but additionally they cannot be removed by any state or central government, but can only be retired. The highest ranking civil servant is the Cabinet Secretary. He is ex-officio Chairman of the Civil Services Board; the chief of the Indian Administrative Service", "title": "Civil Services of India" }, { "id": "12423832", "text": "2003 and continued to be under the Chairmanship of Justice M. Jagannadha Rao. It stayed in office till 2006. It presented the following reports; The Eighteenth Law Commission of India was established on 1 September 2006 and continued till 31 August 2009. Justice M. Jagannadha Rao continued to serve as the Chairman of the Commission until 28 May 2007 on which date Justice A. R. Lakshmanan was appointed as the Chairman of the Commission. It presented the following reports; The nineteenth Law Commission of India's Chairman was Chairman Mr. Justice P. V. Reddi, 2009-2012 of 19th Law Comiission. The Twentieth", "title": "Law Commission of India" }, { "id": "12423838", "text": "of the interests of the marginalized. In 2015, the Law Ministry had forwarded a list of 48 former judges of high courts and Supreme Court to the Prime Minister’s Office to select the next Law Commission Chairperson. The term of the 20th Law Commission ended on August 30 last year and the Union Cabinet approved creation of the 21st Law Commission on September 9. The Law Ministry brought out a notification to create the 21st law panel on September 14 last. One of the key issues pending before the law panel is a call on amending the Indian Penal Code", "title": "Law Commission of India" }, { "id": "16816087", "text": "Arun Mishra recused himself from the case. Justice Chelameswar retired on June 30, 2018, leaving Justice Ranjan Gogoi as the second senior-most judge of the Supreme Court of India followed by Justices M B Lokur and Kurian Joseph. Ranjan Gogoi Ranjan Gogoi (born 18 November 1954) is an Indian judge serving as the 46th and current Chief Justice of India since 3 October 2018. His term as Chief Justice ends on 17 November 2019. He is the first person from Northeast India and first Assamese to become Chief Justice of India. Ranjan Gogoi is son of Congress leader Kesab Chandra", "title": "Ranjan Gogoi" }, { "id": "12417521", "text": "Court judgments in all cases other than cases of national importance which affect the whole country, disputes between States or between States and the Centre, Presidential references and substantial questions of law relating to interpretation of the Constitution. This will relieve the burden on Supreme Court. K. K. Venugopal Kottayan Katankot Venugopal (born 1931), known generally as K. K. Venugopal (personal name is Venugopal) is an Indian constitutional lawyer and a senior advocate in the Supreme Court of India. On 30 June 2017, he was appointed as the Attorney General of India under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.", "title": "K. K. Venugopal" }, { "id": "12423827", "text": "of this Commission was Mr. M. C. Setalvad, who was also the First Attorney General of India. The term of this Commission was established as three years (which by convention has been followed till date) and this Commission submitted its last report on 16 September 1958. The reports submitted by the First Law Commission of India are as under; The Second Law Commission was established in 1958 under the Chairmanship of Justice T. V. Venkatarama Aiyar. It stayed in office till 1961. It presented the following reports; The Third Law Commission was established in 1961 under the Chairmanship of Justice", "title": "Law Commission of India" }, { "id": "3284402", "text": "per month, except during the period of his leave. The current Solicitor General of India and Additional Solicitors General as of 11 October 2018 are as follows: The former Solicitors General for India were as follows: The former Additional Solicitor General of India are as follows: Solicitor General of India The Solicitor General of India is subordinate to the Attorney General of India. He is the second law officer of the country, assists the Attorney General, and is himself assisted by four Additional Solicitors General for India. Currently solicitor general of India is Tushar Mehta. Like the Attorney General for", "title": "Solicitor General of India" }, { "id": "12423840", "text": "and Justice. It generally acts as the initiation point for law reform in the country. Internally, the Law Commission works in a research-oriented manner. Employing a number of research analysts (and even law students from 2007), the Commission works upon the assigned agenda and primarily comes up with research based reports, often conclusive and recommendatory. The permanent members of the Commission generally are responsible for framing the exact topic and reference to work upon and often takes the services of eminent law experts and jurists who are familiar with the matter under review. These experts may either work part-time with", "title": "Law Commission of India" }, { "id": "3353671", "text": "Lawmaking Lawmaking is the process of crafting legislation. In its purest sense, it is the basis of governance. This form of law making is also applied in India. It is a process which works in India on the basis of Indian Constitution. Lawmaking in modern democracies is the work of legislatures, which exist at the local, regional, and national levels and make such laws as are appropriate to their level, and binding over those under their jurisdictions. These bodies are influenced by lobbyists, pressure groups, sometimes partisan considerations, but ultimately by the voters who elected them and to which they", "title": "Lawmaking" }, { "id": "3436353", "text": "in 2004 by Atal Bihari Vajpayee. After that 1,824 such laws were repealed by Narendra Modi government between May 2014 to December 2017, taking the total to 3,125. Law of India Law of India refers to the system of law in modern India. India maintains a hybrid legal system with a mixture of civil, common law and customary or religious law within the legal framework inherited from the colonial era and various legislation first introduced by the British are still in effect in modified forms today. Since the drafting of the Indian Constitution, Indian laws also adhere to the United", "title": "Law of India" }, { "id": "12423822", "text": "One of the key issues pending before the Law Commission is a call on amending the Indian Penal Code (IPC) amid allegations of abuse and arbitrary use of the law. The origin of the first Law Commission of India lies in the diverse and often conflicting laws prevailing in the local regions and those administered by the East India Company, which was granted Royal Charters and also conferred powers by the various Indian rulers to administer and oversee the conduct of the inhabitants in the local areas where the Company exercised control. During this period of administration by the Company,", "title": "Law Commission of India" }, { "id": "14946233", "text": "changing needs of efficient, smooth and effective system of governance and socio-economic development of modern India within the framework of parliamentary democracy, and to recommend changes, if any, that are required in the provisions of the Constitution without interfering with its 'basic structure' or 'basic features'. The 11-member commission was headed by Retired Chief Justice of India Justice M.N. Venkatachaliah. The other members of the Commission were B.P. Jeevan Reddy (Chairman of the Law Commission), R.S. Sarkaria (Former Judge of the Supreme Court of India), K. Punnayya (Former Judge of Andhra Pradesh High Court), Soli Sorabjee (Attorney-General of India), K.", "title": "National Commission to review the working of the Constitution" }, { "id": "3391709", "text": "They also command the maintenance wings of the force. Law Officers act as legal advisers to their respective commanders. They represent the Indian Coast Guard in legal actions filed by or against the organisation. They also perform the duties of trial law officers in Coast Guard courts, convened to try delinquent Coast Guard personnel. The Directorate of Law at Coast Guard Headquarters is headed by a Deputy Inspector-General and is designated as the Chief Law Officer. Section 115 of the Coast Guard Act, 1978 deals with the qualifications necessary to be appointed as the Chief Law Officer of Indian Coast", "title": "Indian Coast Guard" }, { "id": "12423847", "text": "long continuing 21 and 18 respectively. With all its past and present works being continuously provided on the internet, the commission has also provided a firm assistance to legal research in the country. The fact that a number of its reports have been taken receptively by the various ministries and have been worked upon to change the legal scenario, is itself an indicator sufficient enough of the role of the commission in furtherance of law reform in India. Law Commission of India Law Commission of India is an executive body established by an order of the Government of India. Its", "title": "Law Commission of India" }, { "id": "12423826", "text": "Law Commissions and ensured the passage of the following noteworthy laws; The tradition of pursuing law reform through the medium of a Law Commission was continued in post-independent India. The first law commission in Independent India was established in 1955 and since then twenty more law commissions have been established. Each of these Commissions have been chaired by a prominent legal personality in India and has made a significant contribution to the legal diaspora of India. The contribution of each of these Commissions has been enumerated below. The first Law Commission of independent India was established in 1955. The Chairman", "title": "Law Commission of India" }, { "id": "2873147", "text": "The supreme court is the highest judicial forum and final court of appeal under the Constitution of India, the highest constitutional court, with the power of constitutional review. Consisting of the Chief Justice of India and 30 sanctioned other judges, it has extensive powers in the form of original, appellate and advisory jurisdictions. As the final court of appeal of the country, it takes up appeals primarily against verdicts of the high courts of various states of the Union and other courts and tribunals. It safeguards fundamental rights of citizens and settles disputes between various governments in the country. As", "title": "Government of India" }, { "id": "17261766", "text": "the powers of the RoC is subject to the overall Supervision of the ministry. There are over 10 Lakh companies registered in India and there are over 25 Field offices spread across the country, located in the capital cities of most states. The Official Liquidators are officers appointed by the Central Government and are attached to various High Courts. The Official Liquidators are under the administrative charge of the respective Regional Directors, who supervise their functioning on behalf of the Ministry. The Official Liquidator is responsible for winding up of the companies that are ordered to be wound up by", "title": "Indian Corporate Law Service" }, { "id": "9991062", "text": "Ministry of Law and Justice (India) The Ministry of Law and Justice in the Government of India is a cabinet ministry which deals with the management of the legal affairs, legislative activities and administration of justice in India through its three departments namely the \"Legislative Department\" and the \"Department of Legal Affairs\" and \"Department of Justice\" respectively. The Department of Legal Affairs is concerned with advising the various Ministries of the Central Government while the Legislative Department is concerned with drafting of principal legislation for the Central Government. The ministry is headed by a cabinet rank minister appointed by the", "title": "Ministry of Law and Justice (India)" }, { "id": "17866052", "text": "Germany, Japan and United States of America specializing in the areas of law, management and technology. Under his leadership and administration, his law firm conducts 14 moot court competitions annually. Benefited over 32,000 law students in the past 13 years – making it the largest exercise of its kind in the World. Several legal and academic experts including Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer, Justice Dalveer Bhandari (ICJ), Justice A.R. Lakshmanan (Chairman, Law Commission of India), Justice Dipak Mishra (SCI), Justice Sirpurkar (SCI), Mr. Fali S. Nariman, Mr. D.V. Subba Rao, Prof. Moolchand Sharma, Prof. Madhav Menon, Prof. N.L. Mitra among others", "title": "Vinod Surana" }, { "id": "17261763", "text": "7. Bench officer - Company Law Board. Role and functions of all the above-mentioned posts are either defined in the Companies Act, 2013 or defined in rules made by the Central Government in exercise of the powers delegated to it through the act. For instance posts like Registrar of Companies or the Official Liquidator are a statutory posts, but posts like the Regional Director or Director General of Inspection and Investigation are posts created by the Central Government in exercise of its powers. A brief description is provided below: Registrars of Companies have jurisdiction over the various States and Union", "title": "Indian Corporate Law Service" }, { "id": "18299299", "text": "Chandrima Bhattacharya Chandrima Bhattacharya is an All India Trinamool Congress politician and acted as a minister in the first reshuffle of the ministry in January 2012 after Mamata Banerjee took over as Chief Minister. She was also made the junior Law Minister in October 2012. She was promoted as a cabinet minister and given independent charge of Judicial and Law Department, Government of West Bengal in November 2012. She holds B.Com and LL.B. degrees. She was also a practising advocate in Calcutta High Court till the 2011 elections. She had been elected a Member of the Legislative Assembly on a", "title": "Chandrima Bhattacharya" }, { "id": "19988152", "text": "settled in London with his wife Poonam Goel and son Arav Goel. Vijay has won many awards including the law day award from the President of India. In recognition for Vijay's role in promoting judicial reforms in India. Mr.K.G.Balakrishnan, Chief Justice of India honoured Vijay Goel with a Memento Vijay is the Ambassador of Barnardo's, UK's largest and Oldest national children's charity. Vijay was conferred Asian Voice Asian Achievers Award for 'Professional of the Year' by Britain's minister of state for Justice Lord Tom McNally Vijay was awarded 'Asian Leadership in Europe' by Asian Who's Who International at a Gala", "title": "Vijay Goel (lawyer)" }, { "id": "3433722", "text": "commissioner are the joint police commissioner, deputy commissioner of police and assistant commissioner of police. Commissioners of police and their deputies are empowered as executive magistrates, and hence are empowered to promulgate Section 144 of the CrPC and to grant arms license. The majority of police commissionerates are subordinate to the state police, the exception being Kolkata Police, which directly reports to the Department of Home of West Bengal government. Highway police and traffic police in the small towns come under the state police, but traffic police in the cities come under the metropolitan police and state police. The traffic", "title": "Law enforcement in India" }, { "id": "7671900", "text": "In India, the Supreme Court of India was created on January 28, 1950 after adoption of the Constitution. Article 141 of the Constitution of India states that the law declared by Supreme Court is to be binding on all Courts within the territory of India. It is the highest court in India and has ultimate judicial authority to interpret the Constitution and decide questions of national law (including local bylaws). The Supreme Court is also vested with the power of judicial review to ensure the application of the rule of law. Note that within the constitutional framework of India, Jammu", "title": "Supreme court" }, { "id": "1267977", "text": "officers is bound by the provisions of the constitution notwithstanding any advice by union cabinet. Per , it is the duty of President to enforce the decrees of the supreme court. The primary duty of the president is to preserve, protect and defend the constitution and the law of India per . The president appoints the Chief Justice of India and other judges on the advice of the chief justice. He dismisses the judges if and only if the two Houses of the parliament pass resolutions to that effect by a two-thirds majority of the members present. Attorney General for", "title": "President of India" }, { "id": "2873148", "text": "an advisory court, it hears matters which may specifically be referred to it under the constitution by the president. It also may take cognisance of matters on its own (or 'suo moto'), without anyone drawing its attention to them. The law declared by the supreme court becomes binding on all courts within India and also by the union and state governments. Per , it is the duty of the President to enforce the decrees of the supreme court. In addition, Article 32 of the constitution gives an extensive original jurisdiction to the supreme court in regard to enforcing fundamental rights.", "title": "Government of India" }, { "id": "6999512", "text": "Lawmaking procedure in India India is a democracy having a Federal structure of government. Laws are made separately at different levels, by the Union Government/Federal Government for the whole country and by the State Governments for their respective states as well as by local municipal councils at district level. The Legislative procedure in India for the Union Government requires that proposed bills pass through the two legislative houses of the Parliament of India, i.e. the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. The legislative procedure for states with bicameral legislatures requires that proposed bills be passed, at least in the state's", "title": "Lawmaking procedure in India" }, { "id": "3213172", "text": "administrative tribunals, such as the National Green Tribunal and the Central Administrative Tribunal, as well as chiefs of regulators including the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, the Securities and Exchange Board of India, and the Reserve Bank of India. If a serving IAS officer is appointed to a constitutional post such as Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Chief Election Commissioner of India or chairperson of UPSC or as head of a statutory authority, such as the National Human Rights Commission, the National Commission for Women or the Central Information Commission, he or she is deemed to have retired from", "title": "Indian Administrative Service" }, { "id": "18036257", "text": "Bimal N. Patel Bimal N. Patel is a professor of public international law and the current director of the Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar. He was appointed by a high-level committee headed by the then Chief Justice of India, K G Balakrishnan, at the Supreme Court of India premises. The Government of India has also recently appointed him as a member of the 21st Law Commission of India along with Justice Balbir Singh Chauhan, retired judge of the Supreme Court of India as its chairperson. Patel is a former international civil servant, scholar and academician of international law and diplomacy.", "title": "Bimal N. Patel" }, { "id": "3436352", "text": "public-service course, the Indian Police Service recruits attend the National Police Academy at Hyderabad, Telangana, for training. They are then assigned to particular state or union territory forces, where they usually remain for the rest of their careers. About 50 percent of the officers are regularly assigned to states or territories other than their own in an effort to promote national integration. Government usually appoints Law Commission panels to study and make non-binding recommendations for the law reform. In first 65 years 1,301 obsolete laws were repealed, including 1029 old laws in 1950 by Jawaharlal Nehru and 272 old laws", "title": "Law of India" }, { "id": "3436337", "text": "authority of law.\" Therefore, each tax levied or collected has to be backed by an accompanying law, passed either by the Parliament or the State Legislature. In 2010-11, the gross tax collection amounted to 7.92 billion (Long scale), with direct tax and indirect tax contributing 56% and 44% respectively. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) is a part of the Department of Revenue in the Ministry of Finance, Government of India. The CBDT provides essential inputs for policy and planning of direct taxes in India and is also responsible for administration of the direct tax laws through Income Tax", "title": "Law of India" }, { "id": "11742859", "text": "A. R. Lakshmanan Arunachalam Chettiar Lakshmanan, B.A., B.L., is a former judge of the Supreme Court of India. He studied in Chennai (Madras). Before his elevation to the Supreme Court in 2002, he served as a judge on the Madras High Court and Kerala High Court. He was also appointed as Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court in 2000 and Andhra Pradesh High Court in 2001. He retired in 2007. He hails from the Nagarathar community and his native is Devakottai, Tamil Nadu. He served as chairman of the Law Commission of India during 2006-2009. He is representing Tamil Nadu", "title": "A. R. Lakshmanan" }, { "id": "17261754", "text": "Indian Corporate Law Service The Indian Corporate Law Service (Hindi: भारतीय कॉरपोरेट विधि सेवा, Bhartiya Corporate Law Seva) abbreviated as ICLS is the regulatory service for corporate sector in India.It is one of the Central Civil Services (Group A) and it functions under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India. The service is entrusted with the responsibility of the implementation of Companies Act,1956, Companies Act, 2013 and The Limited liability Partnership Act, 2008. The overall mandate for the service is empower and regulate the corporate sector for this country and to protect the rights of the investors, especially small", "title": "Indian Corporate Law Service" }, { "id": "3282536", "text": "in India as well as the right to participate in the proceedings of the Parliament, though not to vote. The Attorney General appears on behalf of Government of India in all cases (including suits, appeals and other proceedings) in the Supreme Court in which Government of India is concerned. He also represents the Government of India in any reference made by the President to the Supreme Court under Article 143 of the Constitution. Unlike the Attorney General of the United States, the Attorney General for India does not have any executive authority. Those functions are performed by the Law Minister", "title": "Attorney General of India" }, { "id": "3353674", "text": "then their automatic sunset after a fixed period if not legislatively reviewed and confirmed; this policy has been adopted in some jurisdictions. Lawmaking Lawmaking is the process of crafting legislation. In its purest sense, it is the basis of governance. This form of law making is also applied in India. It is a process which works in India on the basis of Indian Constitution. Lawmaking in modern democracies is the work of legislatures, which exist at the local, regional, and national levels and make such laws as are appropriate to their level, and binding over those under their jurisdictions. These", "title": "Lawmaking" }, { "id": "2951678", "text": "of hashish smuggling after serving five years in jail. He also defended L. K. Advani in the Hawala scam. He was in the news for taking up the defence of Manu Sharma, prime accused in the Jessica Lall murder case; however, he failed to get Manu Sharma acquitted. He is going to be defending Lalit Modi – former Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman and commissioner. On 9th September 2017 he announced his retirement from the legal profession. Ram Jethmalani Ram Boolchand Jethmalani (born 14 September 1923) is an Indian lawyer and politician. He has served as India's Union Law Minister", "title": "Ram Jethmalani" }, { "id": "2951662", "text": "Ram Jethmalani Ram Boolchand Jethmalani (born 14 September 1923) is an Indian lawyer and politician. He has served as India's Union Law Minister and as chairman of the Bar Council of India. He has represented a sweep of cases from the high-profile to the controversial for which he has often faced severe criticism. He is the highest-paid Indian lawyer. Ram Jethmalani obtained LL.B.degree at the age of 17and started practising law in his hometown (in today's Pakistan) until the partition of India. He married Durga Jethmalani and later, his second wife, Ratna Jethmalani. The partition led him to move to", "title": "Ram Jethmalani" }, { "id": "16816072", "text": "in history. He then attended Delhi University, where he received a law degree. Gogoi enrolled at the bar in 1978, and practised at the Gauhati High Court, where he was made a Permanent Judge on 28 February 2001. He was transferred to the Punjab and Haryana High Court on 9 September 2010, becoming its Chief Justice on 12 February 2011. On 23 April 2012, he was elevated as a Judge of the Supreme Court. On 3 October 2018, he was appointed Chief Justice of India, succeeding Dipak Misra. A bench composing of Justices Ranjan Gogoi and R. Banumathi observed that", "title": "Ranjan Gogoi" }, { "id": "2873150", "text": "public at large is involved. This may be done by any individual or group of persons either by filing a \"writ petition\" at the filing counter of the court, or by addressing a letter to the Chief Justice of India, highlighting the question of public importance for redress. These are known as public interest litigations. India has a quasi-federal form of government, called \"union\" or \"central\" government, with elected officials at the union, state and local levels. At the national level, the head of government, the prime minister, is appointed by the President of India from the party or coalition", "title": "Government of India" }, { "id": "3436325", "text": "Law of India Law of India refers to the system of law in modern India. India maintains a hybrid legal system with a mixture of civil, common law and customary or religious law within the legal framework inherited from the colonial era and various legislation first introduced by the British are still in effect in modified forms today. Since the drafting of the Indian Constitution, Indian laws also adhere to the United Nations guidelines on human rights law and the environmental law. Certain international trade laws, such as those on intellectual property, are also enforced in India. Indian personal law", "title": "Law of India" }, { "id": "3436338", "text": "Department. The CBDT is a statutory authority functioning under the Central Board of Revenue Act, 1963.It is India’s official FATF unit.The Central Board of Revenue as the Department apex body charged with the administration of taxes came into existence as a result of the Central Board of Revenue Act, 1924. Initially the Board was in charge of both direct and indirect taxes. However, when the administration of taxes became too unwieldy for one Board to handle, the Board was split up into two, namely the Central Board of Direct Taxes and Central Board of Excise and Customs with effect from", "title": "Law of India" }, { "id": "2595165", "text": "of the new referendum. Again, in October 2012, a Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Altamas Kabir and Justices Surinder Singh Nijjar and Jasti Chelameswar asked all state governments and Union territories to inform about compliance of its September 2006 judgement. The order was passed when Prakash Singh through his lawyer Prashant Bhushan said that many of the reforms (ordered by the Supreme Court) have yet not been implemented by many state governments. \"Notes\" Indian Police Service The Indian Police Service (\"Bhāratīya Pulis Sevā\") or IPS, is an All India Service for policing. It replaced the Indian Imperial Police in", "title": "Indian Police Service" }, { "id": "17436785", "text": "MPs Hansraj Gangaram Ahir, Gajanan Babar, Shivaji Adhalrao Patil, S. Ramasubbu and Rama Devi received the Awards from N. Gopalaswami, former Chief Election Commissioner of India. On 11 July 2015, 6th Edition of Award ceremony was held at Indian Institute of Technology Madras to honour the top performing Lok Sabha Members of 15th Lok Sabha and 16th Lok Sabha (up to 4th Session). Dr. Justice A. R. Lakshmanan, Former Judge of Supreme Court of India and Chairman of Law Commission of India presented the Awards. Anandrao Adsul, Hansraj Gangaram Ahir and Arjun Ram Meghwal were honoured with 'Sansad Maha Ratna'", "title": "Sansad Ratna Award" }, { "id": "2873136", "text": "the Lok Sabha. The president is responsible for appointing many high officials in India. These high officials include the governors of the 29 states; the chief justice; other judges of the supreme court and high courts on the advice of other judges; the Attorney general; the Comptroller and Auditor General; the Chief Election Commissioner and other election commissioners; the chairman and members of the Union Public Service Commission; the officers of the All India Services (IAS, IFoS and IPS) and central civil services in group 'A'; and the ambassadors and high commissioners to other countries on the recommendations of the", "title": "Government of India" }, { "id": "8895960", "text": "which were part of the Constitution's \"basic structure\". After resigning from the Supreme Court on getting superseded by Justice M. H. Beg to the office of the Chief Justice of India, he served as the central minister of law and justice for a very short period and was later made a combined opposition-sponsored candidate for election as President in 1982, losing to Zail Singh. In 1999, he was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian honour given by the Government of India. Khanna was born in Amritsar, Punjab in 1912, the son of lawyer and freedom fighter Sarb Dyal", "title": "Hans Raj Khanna" }, { "id": "3436331", "text": "Government has the freedom to draft its own laws on subjects classified as state subjects. Laws passed by the Parliament of India and other pre-existing central laws on subjects classified as central subjects are binding on all citizens. However, the Constitution also has certain unitary features, such as vesting power of amendment solely in the Federal Government, the absence of dual citizenship, and the overriding authority assumed by the Federal Government in times of emergency. The Indian Penal Code formulated by the British during the British Raj in 1860, forms the backbone of criminal law in India. The Code of", "title": "Law of India" }, { "id": "3433721", "text": "a white uniform. District superintendents of police (SP) are not empowered as executive magistrates, in districts, the district magistrate and collector (DM or collector), who is an IAS officer, exercises these powers, such as promulgating Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) and granting arms licenses. CID is constituted in each district under a deputy inspector general for the purpose of collating and distributing information regarding organised crimes. Some cities in India follow the police commissionerate system, such as Barrackpore Police Commissionerate in Kolkata. The chief of a police commissionerate is the police commissioner. Reporting to the police", "title": "Law enforcement in India" }, { "id": "20205990", "text": "Law Department, West Bengal Law Department, West Bengal is the Department of Law under the West Bengal government in India. This is the main legal policy making and advisory authority of State Government. Initially the works of Legal policy making and legislative drafting were entrusted to the Legislative Department of the Government of West Bengal. The Department of Law was established on March, 1958 after amalgamation of Legislative and Judicial Department of the State government. This were also sub divided into Judicial and Legislative in 1963. In 1988 the Legislative Department was renamed as the Law Department with effect from", "title": "Law Department, West Bengal" }, { "id": "20205992", "text": "Minister-in- charge of this department is Moloy Ghatak, leader of the All India Trinamool Congress. Law Department, West Bengal Law Department, West Bengal is the Department of Law under the West Bengal government in India. This is the main legal policy making and advisory authority of State Government. Initially the works of Legal policy making and legislative drafting were entrusted to the Legislative Department of the Government of West Bengal. The Department of Law was established on March, 1958 after amalgamation of Legislative and Judicial Department of the State government. This were also sub divided into Judicial and Legislative in", "title": "Law Department, West Bengal" }, { "id": "1267967", "text": "enacted on 26 November 1949 and came into force on 26 January 1950, making India a republic. The offices of monarch and governor-general were replaced by the new office of President of India, with Rajendra Prasad as its first incumbent. The Indian constitution accords with the president, the responsibility and authority to defend and protect the Constitution of India and its rule of law. Invariably, any action taken by the executive or legislature entities of the constitution shall become law only after the President's assent. The president shall not accept any actions of the executive or legislature which are unconstitutional.", "title": "President of India" }, { "id": "2017389", "text": "over by the Nawab of Bengal himself, who, as the chief law officer, \"Nawāb Nāzim\", attended to cases qualifying for capital punishment in his headquarters, Murshidabad. His deputy, the \"Naib Nāzim\", attended to the slightly less important cases. The ordinary lawsuits belonged to the jurisdiction of a hierarchy of court officials consisting of \"faujdārs\", \"muhtasils\", and \"kotwāls\". In the rural areas, or the \"Mofussil\", the \"zamindars\"—the rural overlords with the hereditary right to collect rent from peasant farmers—also had the power to administer justice. This they did with little routine oversight, being required to report only their judgments in capital", "title": "Company rule in India" }, { "id": "14473386", "text": "M. C. Setalvad Motilal Chimanlal Setalvad (c. 1884 – 1974) was an eminent Indian jurist, who became the first and longest serving Attorney General for India (1950–1963). He also remained the Chairman of the First Law Commission of India (1955–1958), which is mandated for legal reform in the country by Government of India. He became the first Chairman of the Bar Council of India in 1961. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian honour by Government of India in 1957. The son of noted lawyer Sir Chimanlal Harilal Setalvad, M. C. Setalvad was brought up in Bombay.", "title": "M. C. Setalvad" }, { "id": "6999548", "text": "applicable Indian constitution. Part XII of the J&K state constitution makes provision to amend its constitution with two thirds majority by the state assembly. Part VI (The states) and Part XIV (Services under the union and the states) of the Indian constitution is not applicable to J&K state per and . Lawmaking procedure in India India is a democracy having a Federal structure of government. Laws are made separately at different levels, by the Union Government/Federal Government for the whole country and by the State Governments for their respective states as well as by local municipal councils at district level.", "title": "Lawmaking procedure in India" }, { "id": "13598047", "text": "Enforcement Directorate The Directorate of Enforcement (Hindi: प्रवर्तन निदेशालय) is a law enforcement agency and economic intelligence agency responsible for enforcing economic laws and fighting economic crime in India. It is part of the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, Government Of India. It is composed of officers from the Indian Revenue Service, Indian Police Service and the Indian Administrative Service. The origin of this Directorate goes back to 1 May 1956, when an ‘Enforcement Unit’ was formed, in Department of Economic Affairs, for handling Exchange Control Laws violations under Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1947. In the year 1957, this", "title": "Enforcement Directorate" }, { "id": "3436327", "text": "by the husband). The landmark Supreme Court of India judgment was welcomed by women activists across India. , there were about 1,248 laws. However, since there are Central laws as well as State laws, it is difficult to ascertain their exact numbers as on a given date and the best way to find the Central Laws in India is from the official website. Ancient India represented a distinct tradition of law, and had a historically independent school of legal theory and practice. The \"Arthashastra\", dating from 400 BC and the \"Manusmriti\", from 100 AD, were influential treatises in India, texts", "title": "Law of India" }, { "id": "12423831", "text": "of Justice K. Jayachandra Reddy. It stayed in office till 1997. It presented the following reports; The Fifteenth Law Commission was established in 1997 under the Chairmanship of Justice B. P. Jeevan Reddy. It stayed in office till 2000. It presented the following reports; The Sixteenth Law Commission was established in 2000. For the period till 2001 Justice B. P. Jeevan Reddy continued as the Chairman of the Commission while in the period between 2002 and 2003 the Commission worked under the Chairmanship of Justice M. Jagannadha Rao. It presented the following reports; The Seventeenth Law Commission was established in", "title": "Law Commission of India" }, { "id": "9991068", "text": "inputs for policy and planning of direct taxes in India and is also responsible for administration of the direct tax laws through Income Tax Department. The CBDT is a statutory authority functioning under the Central Board of Revenue Act, 1963.It is India's official FATF unit.The Central Board of Revenue as the Department apex body charged with the administration of taxes came into existence as a result of the Central Board of Revenue Act, 1924. Initially the Board was in charge of both direct and indirect taxes. However, when the administration of taxes became too unwieldy for one Board to handle,", "title": "Ministry of Law and Justice (India)" }, { "id": "16208600", "text": "Chief Commissioner of Income Tax The Chief Commissioner of Income Tax or Director General of Income Tax is a senior rank in the Income Tax Department in India. Chief Commissioners are in charge of operations of the department with in a region which is usually overlapping with the territory of a state. Depending on the region their numbers vary from 16(like in Maharashtra) and 3(Karnataka). They are chosen from the Indian Revenue Service and usually after serving in the Government for a period of 30 years. After cadre restructuring a new designation is created the Principal Chief Commissioner of Income", "title": "Chief Commissioner of Income Tax" }, { "id": "14473388", "text": "framework for the Commissions’ future functioning. He died in 1974. His son, Atul Setalvad (25 October 1933 - 22 July 2010) was a Mumbai-based lawyer and his daughter-in-law Sita Setalvad, a rural crafts exponent, while his granddaughter, Teesta Setalvad, is a journalist, activist and educationist. M. C. Setalvad Motilal Chimanlal Setalvad (c. 1884 – 1974) was an eminent Indian jurist, who became the first and longest serving Attorney General for India (1950–1963). He also remained the Chairman of the First Law Commission of India (1955–1958), which is mandated for legal reform in the country by Government of India. He became", "title": "M. C. Setalvad" }, { "id": "18694556", "text": "District courts respectively. The prime objective of NALSA is speedy disposal of cases and reducing the burden of judiciary. Legal awareness National Legal Services Authority National Legal Services Authority of India (NALSA) was formed on 5 December 1995 under the authority of the Legal Services Authorities Act 1987. Its purpose is to provide free legal services to eligible candidates (defined in Sec. 12 of the Act), and to organize Lok Adalats for speedy resolution of cases. The Chief Justice of India is patron-in-chief of NALSA while second seniormost judge of Supreme Court of India is the Executive-Chairman. There is a", "title": "National Legal Services Authority" }, { "id": "12423830", "text": "office till 1985. It presented the following reports; The Eleventh Law Commission was established in 1985 under the Chairmanship of Justice D. A. Desai. It stayed in office till 1988. It presented the following reports; The Twelfth Law Commission was established in 1988 under the Chairmanship of Justice Manharlal Pranlal Thakkar. It stayed in office till 1989. It presented the following reports; The Thirteenth Law Commission was established in 1991 under the Chairmanship of Justice K. N. Singh. It stayed in office till 1994. It presented the following reports; The Fourteenth Law Commission was established in 1995 under the Chairmanship", "title": "Law Commission of India" }, { "id": "2258970", "text": "Chief justice The chief justice is the presiding member of a supreme court in any of many countries with a justice system based on English common law, such as the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, the Supreme Court of Canada, the Supreme Court of Singapore, the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong, the Supreme Court of Japan, the Supreme Court of India, the Supreme Court of Pakistan, the Supreme Court of Nigeria, the Supreme Court of Nepal, the Constitutional Court of South Africa, the Supreme Court of Ireland, the Supreme Court of New Zealand, the High Court of Australia, the", "title": "Chief justice" }, { "id": "18920078", "text": "the Police Housing Construction Corporation on 31 May 2016, by the then newly elected LDF government. On 24 April 2017, Supreme Court of India ordered reinstatement of T.P. Senkumar as State Police Chief. The government had to reappoint Dr.Senkumar as State Police Chief again on 5 May 2017 .. T.P.Senkumar retired on 30 June 2017. Senkumar completed his college education from Christ College, Irinjalakuda. He holds a Post Graduate degree in Economics, and a degree in Law. Senkumar has submitted a thesis on road accidents to the Kerala University, which was completed under the guidance of noted economist and Chairman", "title": "T. P. Senkumar" }, { "id": "14520583", "text": "Chief Minister of Haryana and Mr. Indresh Kumar, Member, National Executive Committee, RSS. Adish Aggarwala Adish C. Aggarwala is a jurist and the President of International Council of Jurists, Chairman of All India Bar Association, Convener of Indian Council of Jurists, Chairman of India Legal Information Institute, Secretary General of All India Senior Advocates Association and Patron of All India Law Students Association. In 2009, Aggarwala authored the book \"Constitution of India\". The foreword was contributed by Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, Chief Justice of India which was presented to the President of India Pratibha Devisingh Patil. Also co-authored (with British author", "title": "Adish Aggarwala" }, { "id": "17052193", "text": "juvenile crime on Indian land, to rehabilitate Indian youth in custody, to reduce recidivism among Indian youth, as well as adjustments to the penal authority of tribal courts and alternatives to incarceration. Appointments to the Commission were made in 2010 and allocated by the TLOA to the President, 3 members; the Majority Leader of the Senate, 2 members; the Senate Minority Leader, 1 member; the Speaker of the House of Representatives, 2 members; and the House Minority Leader, 1 member. The nine members appointed, alphabetically, with their appointing authority are: The Indian Law and Order Commission held its first in-person", "title": "Indian Law and Order Commission" } ]

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[ { "id": "3172259", "text": "Flatliners Flatliners is a 1990 American science fiction psychological horror film directed by Joel Schumacher, produced by Michael Douglas and Rick Bieber, and written by Peter Filardi. It stars Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts, William Baldwin, Oliver Platt, and Kevin Bacon. The film is about five medical students who attempt to find out what lies beyond death by conducting clandestine experiments that produce near-death experiences. The film was shot on the campus of Loyola University (Chicago) between October 1989 and January 1990, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound Editing in 1990 (Charles L. Campbell and Richard C.", "title": "Flatliners" }, { "id": "3172271", "text": "29, 2017. Flatliners Flatliners is a 1990 American science fiction psychological horror film directed by Joel Schumacher, produced by Michael Douglas and Rick Bieber, and written by Peter Filardi. It stars Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts, William Baldwin, Oliver Platt, and Kevin Bacon. The film is about five medical students who attempt to find out what lies beyond death by conducting clandestine experiments that produce near-death experiences. The film was shot on the campus of Loyola University (Chicago) between October 1989 and January 1990, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound Editing in 1990 (Charles L. Campbell and", "title": "Flatliners" }, { "id": "3172266", "text": "himself as a young boy being stoned by Billy Mahoney from the tree. Nelson dies in the afterlife from the fall, and his friends cannot revive him. When they are about to give up, Mahoney forgives Nelson, and David gives Nelson one last shock. This brings him back, and Nelson tells them, \"Today wasn't a good day to die.\" Columbia Pictures released \"Flatliners\" theatrically on August 10, 1990. The film debuted at No.1 and took in $10 million on its opening weekend. It grossed $61.5 million total in the United States. The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 48% of", "title": "Flatliners" }, { "id": "3172260", "text": "Franklin). The film was theatrically released on August 10, 1990, by Columbia Pictures. It grossed $61 million at the box office. A remake directed by Danish filmmaker Niels Arden Oplev, was released in September 2017, and also featured Kiefer Sutherland in a starring role (albeit a different role). Nelson Wright, a medical student, walks onto a beach one day and proclaims “today is a good day to die”. He later convinces four of his medical school classmates—Joe Hurley, David Labraccio, Randy Steckle, and Rachel Manus—to help him discover what lies beyond death. Nelson flatlines for one minute before his classmates", "title": "Flatliners" }, { "id": "19621121", "text": "Flatliners (2017 film) Flatliners is a 2017 American science fiction psychological horror film directed by Niels Arden Oplev and written by Ben Ripley. The film is a remake of the 1990 film of the same name, and stars Ellen Page, Diego Luna, Nina Dobrev, James Norton and Kiersey Clemons. It follows five medical students who attempt to conduct experiments that produce near-death experiences. Sony Pictures released the film in the United States on September 29, 2017. It received generally negative reviews from critics, with many comparing it unfavorably to the original, but it was a moderate box office success, grossing", "title": "Flatliners (2017 film)" }, { "id": "2044123", "text": "father appeared at the 61st Academy Awards as presenters of the Academy Honorary Award to the National Film Board of Canada. In the sequel \"Young Guns II\" (1990), Sutherland continued to play 'Doc' alongside some of the original cast and with newcomer Christian Slater. , it is the only sequel to a feature film he has starred in. Sutherland starred as the lead in \"Flatliners\", with an ensemble cast featuring Julia Roberts and Kevin Bacon, a film about a student who wants to \"experience\" death's afterlife and record what happens during it, with the help of a group of young", "title": "Kiefer Sutherland" }, { "id": "19621130", "text": "Clemons and James Norton signed on for the film. In July 2016, it was announced that Kiefer Sutherland, who starred in the original, would return in the new film. Sutherland later disclosed that he was reprising his role from the original film, adding that the new film is actually a sequel rather than a remake. Despite the announcement, Sutherland played a character with a different name than in the original, with no reference to the specific events of the previous film. In July 2016, Charlotte McKinney also joined the cast. Principal photography began in early July 2016 in Toronto, Ontario", "title": "Flatliners (2017 film)" }, { "id": "19621129", "text": "forgive herself. In the end, Marlo, Ray, Sophia, and Jamie reminisce about Courtney and celebrate their friendships in the little restaurant they hang out at, where there is a performance of the piano piece that Courtney played. The movie ends with Jamie proposing a toast, honoring Courtney. Sutherland also starred in the original film, and was initially announced to be reprising his role as Dr. Nelson Wright from the original. In October 2015, Ellen Page was cast in the film, and in February 2016, Diego Luna was added as well, with Nina Dobrev joining in April. In May 2016, Kiersey", "title": "Flatliners (2017 film)" }, { "id": "3172270", "text": "a movie\". Over time, the film has become a cult film for fans of abstract and thought provoking films. On October 5, 2015, a remake starring Ellen Page and Diego Luna was announced, following the casting of Nina Dobrev, James Norton and Kiersey Clemons. Kiefer Sutherland also appears in the remake. Sutherland had originally announced that he was reprising his role as Nelson Wright, revealing that the new film would actually be a sequel rather than a remake. However, upon release, Sutherland ultimately played a different unrelated character. Directed by Danish filmmaker Niels Arden Oplev, it was released on September", "title": "Flatliners" }, { "id": "19621132", "text": "weekend. It ended up debuting to $6.6 million, finishing 5th at the box office; even before factoring in inflation, the number was lower than the $10 million opening of the original film in 1990. In its second weekend the film dropped 42%, grossing $3.6 million. On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 4% based on 67 reviews and an average rating of 3.6/10. The site's critical consensus reads, \"\"Flatliners\" falls flat as a horror movie and fails to improve upon its source material, rendering this reboot dead on arrival.\" On Metacritic, which assigns a", "title": "Flatliners (2017 film)" }, { "id": "3810612", "text": "31, 2002) and Mae (born December 30, 2004). Davis made her debut as a dramatic actress in the 1990 film \"Flatliners\", starring as William Baldwin's fiancée. She then appeared in the hit film \"Home Alone\" in a small role as a Parisian airport receptionist. Later, she starred in independent films such as \"The Daytrippers\" (1995) and \"Next Stop Wonderland\" (1998). These led her to roles in Hollywood films such as the thriller \"Arlington Road\" (1999), and \"About Schmidt\" (2002). In 2003, she starred opposite Paul Giamatti in the movie adaptation of the Harvey Pekar comic \"American Splendor\" as the comic", "title": "Hope Davis" }, { "id": "19621131", "text": "primarily at Cinespace Film Studios' Kipling Avenue facility; and concluded on September 7. The film went into post-production on October 4. Sony Pictures released the film on September 29, 2017. \"Flatliners\" grossed $16.9 million in the United States and Canada, and $28.1 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $45 million, against a production budget of $19 million. In North America, the film was released alongside \"American Made\" and \"'Til Death Do Us Part\", as well as the wide expansion of \"Battle of the Sexes\", and was projected to gross $8–12 million from 2,552 theaters in its opening", "title": "Flatliners (2017 film)" }, { "id": "1951913", "text": "Joel Schumacher Joel T. Schumacher (; born August 29, 1939) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. Schumacher rose to fame after directing hit films, including: \"St. Elmo's Fire\" (1985), \"The Lost Boys\" (1987) and \"Flatliners\" (1990). He later went on to direct John Grisham adaptations \"The Client\" (1994) and \"A Time to Kill\" (1996). His films \"Falling Down\" (1993) and \"8mm\" (1999) competed for Palme d'Or and Golden Bear, respectively. In 1993, he signed on to direct the next installments of the Batman film series. Schumacher-directed Batman films \"Batman Forever\" (1995) and \"Batman & Robin\" (1997) received mixed-to-negative", "title": "Joel Schumacher" }, { "id": "9513316", "text": "flight attendant Izzy; the film was later retitled \"Departures\", and was scheduled to go into production in April 2017. The same year, she was cast in the romantic comedy \"Crash Pad\", alongside Domhnall Gleeson and Christina Applegate, which began filming in Vancouver in fall 2015. In 2017, Dobrev co-starred as weapons specialist Becky Clearidge in the action film sequel \"\", opposite Vin Diesel and Samuel L. Jackson; the film was released January 20. Also that year, Dobrev co-starred as Marlo in the film remake \"Flatliners\", opposite Ellen Page. In March 2018, Dobrev was cast in the role of Clem in", "title": "Nina Dobrev" }, { "id": "19621133", "text": "normalized rating to reviews, the film has a weighted average score of 27 out of 100 based 20 critics, indicating \"generally unfavorable reviews\". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of \"B–\" on an A+ to F scale, while PostTrak reported filmgoers gave it a 66% overall positive score and a 46% \"definite recommend\". \"Flatliners\" was released on Digital HD on December 12, 2017, and on Blu-ray and DVD on December 19, 2017 in Canada, and on December 26, 2017 in the United States. Flatliners (2017 film) Flatliners is a 2017 American science fiction psychological horror film", "title": "Flatliners (2017 film)" }, { "id": "1537224", "text": "William Baldwin William Joseph Baldwin (born February 21, 1963) is an American actor, producer and writer. A member of the Baldwin family, he is the second-youngest of the four Baldwin brothers. He has starred in the films \"Flatliners\" (1990), \"Backdraft\" (1991), \"Sliver\" (1993), \"Virus\" (1999), \"The Squid and the Whale\" (2005), and played himself in \"Forgetting Sarah Marshall\". Baldwin is married to singer Chynna Phillips. Baldwin was born in Massapequa, New York, the son of Carol Newcomb (née Martineau) and Alexander Rae Baldwin, Jr. His father was a high school history/social studies teacher and football coach. He is the brother", "title": "William Baldwin" }, { "id": "20560167", "text": "to the future, where she discovers the decadence that fell upon her family, their estate and herself. She decides to return to her present in an effort to maintain the union of her family, save her happiness and find her true love. \"Amapola\" was for a long time a dream project for Argentine Eugenio Zanetti, who gained international recognition for his work in many Hollywood films as \"Flatliners\" (1990), \"Last Action Hero\" (1993), \"What Dreams May Come\" (1998) and \"The Haunting\" (1999), and won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction in 1995, for the film \"Restoration\". Zanetti also participated", "title": "Amapola (film)" }, { "id": "1537234", "text": "brother Stephen's estate in Nyack, New York). William Baldwin William Joseph Baldwin (born February 21, 1963) is an American actor, producer and writer. A member of the Baldwin family, he is the second-youngest of the four Baldwin brothers. He has starred in the films \"Flatliners\" (1990), \"Backdraft\" (1991), \"Sliver\" (1993), \"Virus\" (1999), \"The Squid and the Whale\" (2005), and played himself in \"Forgetting Sarah Marshall\". Baldwin is married to singer Chynna Phillips. Baldwin was born in Massapequa, New York, the son of Carol Newcomb (née Martineau) and Alexander Rae Baldwin, Jr. His father was a high school history/social studies teacher", "title": "William Baldwin" }, { "id": "2044117", "text": "in the video games \"\" and \"\". Currently, he stars as President Tom Kirkman in the political drama series \"Designated Survivor\". Sutherland got his first leading film role in the Canadian drama \"The Bay Boy\" (1984), which earned him a Genie Award nomination. Since that time he has had a successful movie career, starring in films such as \"Stand by Me\" (1986), \"The Lost Boys\" (1987), \"Young Guns\" (1988), \"Flatliners\" (1990), \"A Few Good Men\" (1992), \"The Three Musketeers\" (1993), \"A Time to Kill\" (1996), \"Dark City\" (1998), \"Phone Booth\" (2002), \"Melancholia\" (2011), \"Pompeii\" (2014) and \"Flatliners\" (2017). Sutherland has", "title": "Kiefer Sutherland" }, { "id": "17909808", "text": "he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound Editing for the 1990 film \"Flatliners\". In 2001, Campbell received the Career Achievement Award from the Motion Picture Sound Editors On February 16, 2014, Steven Spielberg honored Campbell at the 61st Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards ceremony. Campbell served as sound editor on the following films: Charles L. Campbell Charles L. Campbell (August 17, 1930 – June 21, 2013) was an American sound engineer who won three Academy Awards for Best Sound Editing. He also served as Governor of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)", "title": "Charles L. Campbell" }, { "id": "16737412", "text": "Flat Top (film) Flat Top (also released as Eagles of the Fleet) is a 1952 American drama war film directed by Lesley Selander and starring Sterling Hayden, with early appearances from Phyllis Coates, Jack Larson, Richard Carlson, and William Schallert. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing. The film begins onboard an aircraft carrier off from the coast of Korea during the Korean War. Commander Collier (Hayden) is the Commander Air Group (CAG), or Air Boss, in charge of air operations on the carrier, or 'flat top'. When asked about how he first handled his", "title": "Flat Top (film)" }, { "id": "218775", "text": "of gold. Roberts won the role after Michelle Pfeiffer, Molly Ringwald, Meg Ryan, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Karen Allen, and Daryl Hannah (her co-star in \"Steel Magnolias\") turned it down. The role also earned her a second Oscar nomination, this time as Best Actress, and second Golden Globe Award win, as Motion Picture Best Actress (Musical or Comedy). \"Pretty Woman\" saw the highest number of ticket sales in the U.S. ever for a romantic comedy, and made US$463.4 million worldwide. Roberts starred as one of five students conducting clandestine experiments that produce near-death experiences in the supernatural thriller \"Flatliners\", in 1990.", "title": "Julia Roberts" }, { "id": "7947115", "text": "Dennis were nominated for Golden Globe awards in the comedy acting categories. Simon's screenplay won him the Writers Guild of America award for Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen. The movie was later remade in 1999 with Steve Martin, Goldie Hawn and John Cleese, but it was not well received, holding only 27% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The title had previously been used for an unrelated romantic drama that aired on Studio One in 1957. It was made into a feature film in 1964, but at the last minute the title was changed to \"Dear Heart\". As of July", "title": "The Out-of-Towners (1970 film)" }, { "id": "19621122", "text": "$45 million worldwide on a $19 million budget. A medical student, Courtney (Ellen Page), is obsessed with the idea of the afterlife, wanting to find out what happens after death. She invites fellow students Jamie (James Norton) and Sophia (Kiersey Clemons) to join her in an experiment, in an unused hospital room: using defibrillation to stop her heart for sixty seconds whilst recording her brain, and then reviving her. She assures them they would not be held responsible for any accidents. Sophia is against this, but Jamie does it anyway. After sixty seconds, they panic as they are unable to", "title": "Flatliners (2017 film)" }, { "id": "1537226", "text": "on ABC in 1989. Baldwin also appeared in the 1989 film \"Born on the Fourth of July\", starring Tom Cruise, where he had a minor role as a U.S Marine during the Vietnam War. His brothers Daniel and Stephen also had minor parts in the film. Baldwin's first featured film was \"Internal Affairs\", in which he starred alongside Richard Gere and Andy García. He then starred in big-budget films such as \"Flatliners\" with stars such as Julia Roberts, Kiefer Sutherland and Kevin Bacon. He portrayed Chicago firefighter Brian McCaffrey in \"Backdraft\" alongside Kurt Russell and many other stars. His role", "title": "William Baldwin" }, { "id": "6893698", "text": "the air for a fourth season on January 11, 2011, The series ended in 2015. She also appeared on Shonda Rhimes' \"Grey's Anatomy\" in 2010. In 2014, she was cast as Cruella de Vil in the Disney's \"Descendants\". In 2017, she has appeared in the film \"Flatliners\", and had a recurring role on the short-lived ABC comedy series, \"The Mayor\". In 2018, Robinson was cast in the ABC comedy-drama series \"Grand Hotel\" opposite Demián Bichir and Roselyn Sánchez. In 1996, Robinson co-founded the Amazing Grace Conservatory, a school that predominately serves children from 8 to 18 years old from disadvantaged", "title": "Wendy Raquel Robinson" }, { "id": "20526122", "text": "in 2003. After moving to Toronto, Ontario, Canada and graduating, Raven land a main role as Margo Dubois in the children's comedy TV series \"Majority Rules!\" for 26 episodes from 2009 to 2011. Jenny later picked up smaller roles in Girlfriend Experience, and Warehouse 13, Raven has had parts in \"Private Eyes\", \"Lost Girl\", \"The L.A. Complex\" and \"Good Witch\" and can next be seen in Sony Pictures movie \"Flatliners (2017 film)\" alongside Kiefer Sutherland, Nina Dobrev and Ellen Page. Raven worked alongside Juno Temple and Rhys Ifans in the indie drama comedy \"Len and Company\" which had its premiere", "title": "Jenny Raven" }, { "id": "19384903", "text": "\"Melancholia\" (2011), \"Pompeii\" (2014), \"Where Is Kyra?\" (2017), and \"Flatliners\" (2017). Kiefer Sutherland filmography Kiefer Sutherland is a Canadian actor who has won an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. He has appeared in more than 70 films since his first screen debut in \"Max Dugan Returns\" in 1983. Since then, he starred in \"Stand by Me\" (1986), \"The Lost Boys\" (1987), \"Young Guns\" (1988), \"Bright Lights, Big City\" (1988), \"Young Guns II\" (1990), \"Flatliners\" (1990), \"A Few Good Men\" (1992), \"The Three Musketeers\" (1993), \"A Time to Kill\" (1996), \"Freeway\" (1996), \"Dark City\"", "title": "Kiefer Sutherland filmography" }, { "id": "3537657", "text": "Lennox and Stewart worked together again in 2005, recording two new tracks for the greatest hits package \"Ultimate Collection\", released to coincide with Eurythmics' 25th anniversary. When Eurythmics dissolved in 1990, Stewart moved to France and immediately released an album with his new band The Spiritual Cowboys. The song \"Party Town\" was featured in the 1990 film Flatliners. A second album followed in 1991. Both albums were Gold in France, where Stewart concentrated his efforts. In 1992, Stewart collaborated with singer Terry Hall (formerly of The Specials, The Fun Boy Three and The Colourfield) on the project Vegas. The duo", "title": "David A. Stewart" }, { "id": "3172268", "text": "middle ground.\" Critic Roger Ebert praised the film as \"an original, intelligent thriller, well-directed by Joel Schumacher\" and called the cast \"talented young actors, [who] inhabit the shadows with the right mixture of intensity, fear and cockiness\". But Ebert criticized \"Flatliners\" for \"plot manipulation that is unworthy of the brilliance of its theme. I only wish it had been restructured so we didn't need to go through the same crisis so many times.\" Similarly, Peter Travers of \"Rolling Stone\" magazine praised the film's young stars, but complained that \"by dodging the questions it raises about life after death, \"Flatliners\" ends", "title": "Flatliners" }, { "id": "3172263", "text": "the memory of her father committing suicide when she was young. The three men finally reveal their harrowing experiences to one another, and David decides to put his visions to a stop. Meanwhile, Joe's fiancée, Anne, comes to his apartment, and she breaks up with him after she discovers his videos. Joe's visions cease after Anne leaves him. David goes to visit Winnie Hicks, now grown up, and apologizes to her. Winnie accepts his apology and thanks him. David immediately feels a weight lifted off his shoulders. Then, David finds Nelson, who accompanied David to visit Winnie, beating himself with", "title": "Flatliners" }, { "id": "19384902", "text": "Kiefer Sutherland filmography Kiefer Sutherland is a Canadian actor who has won an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. He has appeared in more than 70 films since his first screen debut in \"Max Dugan Returns\" in 1983. Since then, he starred in \"Stand by Me\" (1986), \"The Lost Boys\" (1987), \"Young Guns\" (1988), \"Bright Lights, Big City\" (1988), \"Young Guns II\" (1990), \"Flatliners\" (1990), \"A Few Good Men\" (1992), \"The Three Musketeers\" (1993), \"A Time to Kill\" (1996), \"Freeway\" (1996), \"Dark City\" (1998), \"Phone Booth\" (2003), \"The Sentinel\" (2006), \"Mirrors\" (2008), \"Marmaduke\" (2010),", "title": "Kiefer Sutherland filmography" }, { "id": "3172269", "text": "up tripping on timidity. It's a movie about daring that dares nothing.\" \"Entertainment Weekly\" gave the film a \"D\" rating and Owen Gleiberman wrote, \"What isn't in evidence is the sort of overheated lunacy that made the William Hurt speed-freak trip movie \"Altered States\" (1980) such delectable trash. \"Flatliners\" is camp, but of a very low order. Schumacher is too intent on pandering to the youth market to take the mad risks and plunges that make for a scintillating bad movie.\" In contrast, \"The Washington Post's\" Rita Kempley loved the film, calling it: \"a heart-stopping, breathtakingly sumptuous haunted house of", "title": "Flatliners" }, { "id": "2352149", "text": "\"E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial\" (1982). \"Gremlins\" was released into North American theaters on June 8, 1984, the same day as Ivan Reitman's \"Ghostbusters\". \"Gremlins\" ranked second, with $12.5 million in its first weekend, $1.1 million less than \"Ghostbusters\". By the end of its American screenings on November 29, it had grossed $148,168,459 domestically. This made it the fourth highest-grossing film of the year, behind \"Beverly Hills Cop\", \"Ghostbusters\", and \"Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom\". In August 1984, it opened in Argentina and Spain, and in October it premiered in West Germany. Screenings began in Mexico, Australia, and much of", "title": "Gremlins" }, { "id": "17052042", "text": "cut. In 2017, Clemons co-starred with Callum Turner in the drama \"The Only Living Boy in New York\", and with Ellen Page in the horror remake \"Flatliners\". In 2018, Clemons co-starred with Nick Offerman in musical drama \"Hearts Beat Loud\". Kiersey Clemons Kiersey Nicole Clemons (born December 17, 1993) is an American actress. She is best known for portraying Cassandra \"Diggy\" Andrews in the acclaimed 2015 comedy-drama film \"Dope\". Her other notable roles include \"Transparent\", \"Extant\", and \"\". Clemons was born in Pensacola, Florida, and grew up in Redondo Beach, California. She is biracial; her father is African-American and her", "title": "Kiersey Clemons" }, { "id": "9947342", "text": "Loretta Young, and Alfred Hitchcock's \"The Birds\" produced in 1963, which was also partially filmed in adjacent Marin County. Many other more modern classics have used Sonoma County as a filming venue, including the 1990 production of the \"Flatliners\" and the 1992 film \"Basic Instinct\". A few of the other representative films produced partially in Sonoma County are: Film locations in Sonoma County, California Film locations in Sonoma County, California are a diverse set of sites throughout this California county, where all or parts of notable motion pictures have been produced. Due to the scenic and varied aspects of Sonoma", "title": "Film locations in Sonoma County, California" }, { "id": "3172267", "text": "critics give the film a positive review based on 44 reviews. On Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating to reviews, the film has a score 55 out of 100, based 10 critics, indicating \"mixed or average reviews\". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of \"B+\" on an A+ to F scale. In her review for \"The New York Times\", Caryn James wrote, \"when taken on its own stylish terms, \"Flatliners\" is greatly entertaining. Viewers are likely to go along with this film instantly or else ridicule it to death. Its atmospheric approach doesn't admit much", "title": "Flatliners" }, { "id": "19621123", "text": "revive her, but eventually manage to with the help of fellow student Ray (Diego Luna). Later, Marlo (Nina Dobrev), a rival of Ray, arrives and learns of the experiment. Initially Courtney begins to recall memories of past events such as her grandmother's recipe for bread. Courtney experiences increased intelligence and euphoria, being suddenly able to play the piano after 12 years and answer questions in class perfectly. Envious, Jamie flatlines, but has a disturbing near death experience as he meets his ex-girlfriend. Marlo and Sophia follow suit and flatline, for an increasing number of minutes. During Sophia’s turn they are", "title": "Flatliners (2017 film)" }, { "id": "4449470", "text": "film, and the film includes numerous thematic similarities, including one character stating that the film she is working on is a \"pastiche of \"Don't Look Now\"\". \"Flatliners\", a 1990 supernatural thriller directed by Joel Schumacher, also draws explicitly on the red-coated childlike figure by having a character terrorised by a child wearing a red coat; coincidentally, the character who is being tormented is played by Kiefer Sutherland, Donald Sutherland's son. In the 2007 stage play of \"Don't Look Now\", written by Nell Leyshon and directed by Lucy Bailey, the play made a conscious effort to bypass the film and be", "title": "Don't Look Now" }, { "id": "20865465", "text": "video sales and distribution. Coincidentally, the film was in production at the same time as Joe Dante's film \"Gremlins\" (1984) which Warner Bros. briefly sued the filmmakers from using the name, but the latter lost. Halfway through shooting, Band ran out of money and the filmmakers scrambled funds for months, which allowed \"Gremlins\" to be released first. The film premiered in Los Angeles on January 15, 1985, opening in 350 theaters before premiering in New York on March 1, 1985. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 0% approval rating, based on 11 reviews, with an average", "title": "Ghoulies" }, { "id": "3172264", "text": "a climbing axe. In Nelson's mind, however, Billy Mahoney is attempting for a third time to beat him to death. David stops him, and they return to town. Rachel seeks comfort in the arms of David, and the two spend the night together. While Rachel and David are together, Nelson takes Steckle and Joe to a graveyard. He reveals that he killed Billy Mahoney as a kid by throwing rocks at him until he fell out of a tree. Nelson storms off, leaving Joe and Steckle stranded. David leaves Rachel alone in order to rescue Joe and Steckle at the", "title": "Flatliners" }, { "id": "225572", "text": "that cast him against either type and experienced, by his own estimation, a career slump. In 1988, he starred in John Hughes' comedy \"She's Having a Baby\", and the following year he was in another comedy called \"The Big Picture\". In 1990, Bacon had two successful roles. He played a character who saved his town from under-the-earth \"graboid\" monsters in the comedy/horror film \"Tremors\", and he portrayed an earnest medical student experimenting with death in Joel Schumacher's \"Flatliners\". In Bacon's next project he starred opposite Elizabeth Perkins in \"He Said, She Said\". Despite lukewarm reviews and low audience turnout, \"He", "title": "Kevin Bacon" }, { "id": "10426538", "text": "film credits include \"The Impossible Years\" (1968), \"Jaws 2\" (1978), \"House\" (1985), \"The Verne Miller Story\" (1987), \"Flatliners\" (1990) and \"Younger and Younger\" (1993). Her last film role was in the live-action version of \"Fist of the North Star\" (1995). She also played the main character in a \"Remington Steele\" episode. She had for many years a puppet theater in her home in Santa Monica, California and in 1964 published a book about making marionettes, \"Presenting Marionettes\" published by Art Horizons in hardcover. French died in 2003 of natural causes in Santa Monica, California, aged 91. Half of her ashes", "title": "Susan French" }, { "id": "15323211", "text": "a Moscow Film Festival Award for Design, and Alejandro Doria's \"Los Pasajeros del jardín\" (1982). During the Malvinas/Falklands War he relocated to Los Angeles, and began a career in Hollywood working as the production designer for Wayne Wang in \"Slam Dance\" (1987). Zanetti created set designs for \"Some Girls\" (1988), for which he won a Toronto Festival of Festivals Design Award, \"Flatliners\" (1990), \"Last Action Hero\" (1993), \"Soapdish\" (1991), and \"Restoration\" (1995), for which he earned an Academy Award for Best Art Direction. He also designed set for \"What Dreams May Come\" (1998), \"The Haunting\" (1999), Alfonso Arau's \"\" (2004),", "title": "Eugenio Zanetti" }, { "id": "17215938", "text": "parodied \"The Silence of the Lambs\", especially the film version, in \"Silence! The Musical\". It premiered Off-Off-Broadway and has since had acclaimed productions in London (2009) and Los Angeles (2012). In 2012, it won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle – Score, Lead Performance, Choreography Award. Hannibal Lecter (franchise) The \"Hannibal Lecter\" franchise is an American media franchise that features the titular character, Hannibal Lecter, who originally appeared in a series of novels (starting with \"Red Dragon\" in 1981) by Thomas Harris. The series has since expanded into film and television. The first adaptation was the 1986 film \"Manhunter\", which", "title": "Hannibal Lecter (franchise)" }, { "id": "5637928", "text": "completely replacing the Moviola. By the mid-1990s, flatbeds were increasingly replaced by computer-based non-linear systems, such as Avid and Lightworks. As of 2007, some film schools still use flatbed editors for their educational value. Feature films in the United States now use electronic non-linear systems almost exclusively. The two most common brands of flatbed editor, Steenbeck and K-E-M (Keller-Elektro-Mechanik), were invented in Germany in the 1930s. There are also the Italian \"Prévost\", the Dutch \"Oude Delft\" or \"Oldelft\", the French \"Atlas\" as well as \"Moritone\" flatbeds. The U.K. produced the \"LEM\", and America the \"Moviola\" flatbed and the exclusively 16", "title": "Flatbed editor" }, { "id": "10548382", "text": "Kimberly Scott Kimberly Aileen Scott (born December 11, 1961) is an American actress. Scott was born in Texas. She attended school at Texas A&M University-Kingsville and the University of Texas before earning a post-graduate degree from the Yale School of Drama. She has appeared in films such as \"The Abyss\", \"Gross Anatomy\", \"The Waterdance\", \"Drop Zone\", \"The Velocity of Gary\", \"K-PAX\", \"I Am Sam\", \"Impostor\", \"The United States of Leland\", \"Guess Who\", \"World Trade Center\" and \"Love & Other Drugs\". She frequently appears in the films of Joel Schumacher such as \"Flatliners\", \"Falling Down\" and \"The Client\". She is the", "title": "Kimberly Scott" }, { "id": "11314752", "text": "L.A. Ovation Award for Career Achievements. He appeared in such feature films as \"The Devil's Brigade\" (1968) and \"Kelly's Heroes\" (1970). The Faculty (a Los Angeles acting school) was co-founded by Troupe and Charles Nelson Reilly. Troupe is married to actress Carole Cook. They have been married since 1964. Tom Troupe Tom Troupe (born July 15, 1928) is an American actor and writer. Troupe was born in North Kansas City, Missouri, and studied with Uta Hagen at the Herbert Berghof Studio in Manhattan during the early 1950s. He made his Broadway debut in 1957 as Peter in the original Broadway", "title": "Tom Troupe" }, { "id": "17613590", "text": "Kevin Bacon filmography The following is the filmography for actor Kevin Bacon. His most notable roles have been in \"National Lampoon's Animal House\" (1978), \"Friday the 13th\" (1980), \"Diner\" (1982), \"Footloose\" (1984), \"Flatliners\" (1990), \"Tremors\" (1990), \"Wild Things\" (1998), \"JFK\" (1991), \"A Few Good Men\" (1992), \"The River Wild\" (1994), \"Murder in the First\" (1995), \"Apollo 13\" (1995), \"Stir of Echoes\" (1999), \"Hollow Man\" (2000), \"Trapped\" (2002), \"Mystic River\" (2003), \"The Woodsman\" (2004), \"Death Sentence\" (2007), \"Frost/Nixon\" (2008) and \"\" (2011). In 2009, he starred in the television movie \"Taking Chance\", for which he won a Golden Globe Award for", "title": "Kevin Bacon filmography" }, { "id": "11517914", "text": "The Challengers (film) The Challengers is a 1990 family television film that was produced by Lauron Productions for CBC Television. It stars Gema Zamprogna (best known for her role on \"Road to Avonlea\"), Gwynyth Walsh and Eric Christmas. The film features the Jon and Vangelis song \"I'll Find My Way Home\". The film was first broadcast in Canada on 14 October 1990 through CBC Television. BBC One aired the film in the United Kingdom on 3 August 1993. The film also had frequent showings on The Disney Channel. Triboro Entertainment provided the video release on VHS. It was shot in", "title": "The Challengers (film)" }, { "id": "3810613", "text": "book version of Pekar's real-life wife, Joyce Brabner. For this role, Davis won the New York Film Critics Circle award and was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. In 2009, she was cast as Hillary Clinton in the BBC / HBO film \"The Special Relationship\", released in 2010. She has received a nomination for Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie for her performance as Clinton. Her major stage debut came after she starred in the Wisdom Bridge/Remains Theater co-production of David Mamet's play \"Speed-the-Plow\" for Joel Schumacher (her \"Flatliners\"", "title": "Hope Davis" }, { "id": "17215934", "text": "Hannibal Lecter (franchise) The \"Hannibal Lecter\" franchise is an American media franchise that features the titular character, Hannibal Lecter, who originally appeared in a series of novels (starting with \"Red Dragon\" in 1981) by Thomas Harris. The series has since expanded into film and television. The first adaptation was the 1986 film \"Manhunter\", which was an adaptation of \"Red Dragon\", directed by Michael Mann. The next adaptation was 1991's \"The Silence of the Lambs\", which was directed by Jonathan Demme and was the first film to feature Anthony Hopkins in the role of Hannibal Lecter. \"Silence\" was a success, both", "title": "Hannibal Lecter (franchise)" }, { "id": "3483268", "text": "means enough to save it.\" Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of \"B\" on an A+ to F scale. \"Air America\" debuted at number three behind \"Flatliners\" and \"Young Guns II\". The film ended up grossing $31,053,601 in the US and $3,243,404 in other countries for a worldwide total of $36,297,005. Air America (film) Air America is a 1990 American action comedy film directed by Roger Spottiswoode, starring Mel Gibson and Robert Downey Jr. as Air America pilots flying missions in Laos during the Vietnam War. When the protagonists discover their aircraft is being used by", "title": "Air America (film)" }, { "id": "7826317", "text": "Laurence Mark Laurence Mark (born ca. 1949) is an American producer of films such as \"Julie & Julia\", \"Dreamgirls\", \"I, Robot\", \"As Good as It Gets\" and \"Jerry Maguire\". Mark has produced \"Last Vegas\", starring Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman and Kevin Kline, and directed by Jon Turteltaub; \"Flatliners\", starring Ellen Page, Diego Luna, Nina Dobrev and directed by Niels Arden Oplev; and \"Julie & Julia\", starring Meryl Streep and Amy Adams and written and directed by Nora Ephron. Mark produced 2017's \"The Greatest Showman\", starring Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Michelle Williams, and Rebecca Ferguson, and directed by", "title": "Laurence Mark" }, { "id": "10981612", "text": "fall of 1958. Manulis's film version was released in December 1962 and received Academy Award nominations for best actor, best actress, best art direction, best costume design, and best original song. It was selected by the film critics of \"The New York Times\" as one of the 1000 best films ever made and as one of American Film Institute's best 400 films. Other motion pictures produced by Manulis in the 1960s include \"Dear Heart\" (1964), a romantic comedy directed by Delbert Mann, and starring Glenn Ford and Geraldine Page; \"Luv\" (1967), a romantic comedy directed by Clive Donner and starring", "title": "Martin Manulis" }, { "id": "8326515", "text": "eggs can be seen in the barn inside a chicken's nest that seem to be ready to hatch. The film was released theatrically in the United States by New Line Cinema in April 1986. It turned out to be a modest hit for the company, grossing $13,167,232 at the box office. The film was released on VHS and LaserDisc by RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video the same year. In September 1997, New Line Home Video re-released the film on VHS. In 2003, New Line Home Entertainment released the film on DVD. The film was re-released in a set containing all four", "title": "Critters (film)" }, { "id": "5439817", "text": "Gerard and his team as they pursue another fugitive, Mark Sheridan, played by Wesley Snipes, who attempts to escape government officials following an international conspiracy scandal. The cast features Robert Downey Jr., Joe Pantoliano, Daniel Roebuck, Tom Wood, and LaTanya Richardson, several of whom portrayed Deputy Marshals in the previous film. The film was a co-production between the motion picture studios of Warner Bros. and Kopelson Entertainment. Theatrically, it was commercially distributed by Warner Bros. and by the Warner Home Video division for home media markets. On March 10, 1998, the original motion picture soundtrack was released by the Varèse", "title": "U.S. Marshals (film)" }, { "id": "19621126", "text": "fire escape of her apartment building after her sister's ghost appears in front of her and pushes her off. The others are devastated when they learn of Courtney’s death and then panic when they realize they may be implicated if anyone discovers their experiments. After attempting to remove all notes and evidence from Courtney’s apartment, Marlo is sent to the morgue to find Courtney’s phone. She is once again haunted by visions. Meanwhile, on his boat, Jaime again hears the cries of a baby and a woman weeping. He falls out of his boat and swims to the dock where", "title": "Flatliners (2017 film)" }, { "id": "10933397", "text": "Guy Ferland Guy Ferland (born February 18, 1966) is an American film and television director. After Alfred Hitchcock's 1946 film \"Notorious\" inspired him to become a filmmaker, Ferland went on to study cinema production at the University of Southern California's School of Cinema and Television, graduating in 1988, and received an internship working as a researcher at Creative Artists Agency. He landed a job as film director Joel Schumacher's assistant three days after receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree and in five years, until 1994, he worked with Schumacher on \"Cousins\", \"Flatliners\", \"If Looks Could Kill\", \"Dying Young\", \"Falling Down\"", "title": "Guy Ferland" }, { "id": "20328124", "text": "human. Starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, and Edward James Olmos, it was released in the United States on June 25, 1982. It underperformed in North American theaters, but has since become a cult film. The year following its release, the film won the prestigious Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation. Hailed for its production design, depicting a \"retrofitted\" future, it remains a leading example of neo-noir cinema. The film's soundtrack, composed by Vangelis, was critically acclaimed and nominated in 1983 for a BAFTA and Golden Globe as best original score. In 1993, the movie was selected for preservation", "title": "Blade Runner (franchise)" }, { "id": "3172262", "text": "physically beat up by Billy Mahoney twice. Joe, engaged to be married, is haunted by his home videos of his sexual dalliances with other women. David finds Winnie Hicks on a train, and she verbally taunts him the way he taunted her. Rachel decides to flatline next on Halloween. David tries to stop the others from giving Rachel their same fate, but she is already \"dead\" when he arrives. Rachel nearly dies for good after the power goes out, and the men are unable to shock her with the defibrillator paddles. Luckily, she survives, but she, too, is haunted by", "title": "Flatliners" }, { "id": "19621124", "text": "nearly caught and flee the hospital and arrive at a party. Courtney and Jamie start seeing visions of past mistakes, but do not tell the others. It soon turns into a living horror as those who flatlined find themselves haunted by their visions: Courtney is haunted by her dead sister Tessa from a car crash she caused because she was using her phone. Jamie is haunted by the baby of his ex-girlfriend whom he got pregnant and begged to get an abortion. Marlo is haunted by a man named Cyrus (who was stung by jellyfish) whom she killed when she", "title": "Flatliners (2017 film)" }, { "id": "1356688", "text": "Richard Gere Richard Tiffany Gere (IPA: , pronunciation respelling: ; born August 31, 1949) is an American actor. He began in films in the 1970s, playing a supporting role in \"Looking for Mr. Goodbar\" (1977) and a starring role in \"Days of Heaven\" (1978). He came to prominence with his role in the film \"American Gigolo\" (1980), which established him as a leading man and a sex symbol. He went on to star in many well-received films, including \"An Officer and a Gentleman\" (1982), \"The Cotton Club\" (1984), \"Pretty Woman\" (1990), \"Primal Fear\" (1996), \"Runaway Bride\" (1999), \"I'm Not There\"", "title": "Richard Gere" }, { "id": "2266854", "text": "When the rights were acquired, the film was shelved repeatedly due to the similarities with \"Mary Poppins\" until it was revived in 1969. Originally at a length of 141 minutes, \"Bedknobs and Broomsticks\" was edited down to almost two hours prior to its premiere at the Radio City Music Hall. The film was released on December 13, 1971 to mixed reviews from critics, some of whom praised the live-action/animated sequence. The film received five Academy Awards nominations winning one for Best Special Visual Effects. This was the last film released prior to the death of Walt Disney's surviving brother, Roy", "title": "Bedknobs and Broomsticks" }, { "id": "4703525", "text": "Joe Dante Joseph James Dante Jr. (; born November 28, 1946) is an American film director, producer, editor and actor. His films—notably \"Gremlins\" (1984)—often mix fantastical storylines with comedic elements. Dante's films also include \"Piranha\" (1978), \"The Howling\" (1981), \"Explorers\" (1985), \"Innerspace\" (1987), \"The 'Burbs\" (1989), \"\" (1990), \"Matinee\" (1993), \"Small Soldiers\" (1998), and \"\" (2003). His work for television and cable includes immigration satire \"The Second Civil War\" (1997) and episodes of anthology series \"Masters of Horror\" (\"Homecoming\" and \"The Screwfly Solution\") and \"Amazing Stories\", as well as \"Hawaii Five-0\". Dante was born in Morristown, New Jersey and grew", "title": "Joe Dante" }, { "id": "10735168", "text": "was still enthusiastic, and the ghost elements were completed for the official theatrical release shortly thereafter. \"Ghostbusters\", the first film in the series, is a 1984 sci-fi comedy film about three eccentric New York City parapsychologists. After they are fired from Columbia University, they start their own business investigating and capturing ghosts. Starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, Sigourney Weaver, Annie Potts, and Ernie Hudson, it was released in the United States on June 8, 1984. The film grossed approximately 240 million US$ in the United States and over $50 million abroad during its theatrical run, more", "title": "Ghostbusters (franchise)" }, { "id": "1048965", "text": "train. According to Bensenville's 2017 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the village are: Bensenville is the site of Victory Auto Wreckers, a junkyard on Green Street which has repeatedly aired the same commercial, starring Bob Zajdel, on Chicago television stations since 1981. Part of the movie \"Flatliners\" was filmed at the old green house that was next to Black Hawk Junior High School in 1990. The Spilotro brothers were executed in a basement in Bensenville and buried in a cornfield in Indiana as depicted in the movie \"Casino\" which depicts the corruption at the Stardust Hotel in", "title": "Bensenville, Illinois" }, { "id": "10817895", "text": "to 77 minutes. A complete print was released in US art house cinemas in 2007. On 15 January 2010, it was released on DVD as part of the Icons of Suspense Collection from Hammer Films. \"The Damned\" was called \"the highpoint of the first wave of the British postwar Science Fiction films\". The Damned (1963 film) The Damned (released as These Are the Damned in the USA) is a 1963 British science fiction film directed by Joseph Losey and starring Macdonald Carey, Shirley Anne Field, Viveca Lindfors and Oliver Reed. Based on H.L. Lawrence's novel \"The Children of Light\", it", "title": "The Damned (1963 film)" }, { "id": "4543188", "text": "Nancy Olson Nancy Ann Olson (born July 14, 1928) is an American actress. She received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Betty Schaefer in \"Sunset Boulevard\" (1950). She co-starred with William Holden in four films, and also later appeared in Disney's \"The Absent-Minded Professor\" (1961) and its sequel, \"Son of Flubber\" (1963), as well as the disaster film \"Airport 1975\" (1974). Olson has been virtually retired from acting since the early 1980s, although she has made a few rare returns, most recently in 2014. Olson was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the daughter of Evelyn", "title": "Nancy Olson" }, { "id": "5276638", "text": "37% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 19 reviews. Noted film critic Roger Ebert, gave it three stars saying, \"this is one of [Goldie Hawn's] best performances\" and praised her and Steve Martin's impeccable comic timing. The film was released theatrically on June 12, 1992, and performed reasonably well for a low-key comedy film. It earned $9,106,950 on its opening weekend and $58,500,635 for its entire theatrical run, with $94,900,635 worldwide. The film was released on DVD on July 22, 1998. Housesitter Housesitter is a 1992 American romantic comedy film directed by Frank Oz, written by Mark Stein, and starring", "title": "Housesitter" }, { "id": "12287886", "text": "production, and he later credited her for helping him define the character. Released in February 1991, \"The Silence of the Lambs\" became one of the biggest hits of the year, grossing close to $273 million, with a positive critical reception. Foster received largely positive reviews and won Academy, Golden Globe, and BAFTA awards for her portrayal of Starling; \"Silence\" won five Academy Awards overall, becoming one of the few films to win in all main categories. In contrast, some reviewers criticized the film as misogynist for its focus on brutal murders of women, and homophobic due to its portrayal of", "title": "Jodie Foster" }, { "id": "733873", "text": "\"Les Misérables\" (1935) with Charles Laughton; \"Anna Karenina\" (1935) with Greta Garbo; \"Anthony Adverse\" (1936) with Olivia de Havilland; and as the original Norman Maine in \"A Star is Born\" (1937) with Janet Gaynor, for which he received his third Oscar nomination. March resisted signing long-term contracts with the studios, enabling him to play roles in films from a variety of studios. He returned to Broadway after a ten-year absence in 1937 with a notable flop, \"Yr. Obedient Husband,\" but after the success of Thornton Wilder's \"The Skin of Our Teeth\" he focused as much on Broadway as on Hollywood.", "title": "Fredric March" }, { "id": "2888823", "text": "it left the stage and an unsuccessful motion picture made in 1978, starring Diana Ross as Dorothy and Michael Jackson as the Scarecrow. In 1985, Walt Disney Productions released the live-action fantasy film \"Return to Oz\", which starred (and introduced) Fairuza Balk as a young Dorothy Gale. Based loosely on \"The Marvelous Land of Oz\" (1904) and \"Ozma of Oz\" (1907), it fared rather poorly with critics who were unfamiliar with the \"Oz\" books and was not successful at the box office, although it has since become a popular cult film, with many considering it a more loyal and faithful", "title": "The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)" }, { "id": "12346234", "text": "was contractually obligated not to release the film until \"Seagulls Over Sorrento\" finished its West End run, which delayed the film's release until 13 July 1954, almost a year after filming had completed. The film then premiered in New York City on 10 November of that year, and went into general American release on 6 December. An Australian television production of the stage play was produced by Crawford Productions for Melbourne's HSV-7, airing on 1 May 1960. The cast included Brian James, Bill Hodge, Stuart Wagstaff, Frank Taylor, Peter Aanensen, Carl Bleazby, Don Crosby, Mark Kelly and John Norman. Hodge,", "title": "Seagulls Over Sorrento" }, { "id": "5231261", "text": "but with satirical sexual humor. An early staple of Cinemax, it has become a cult classic since its initial release and was released on DVD in 2001 and is currently available on Blu-ray on Kritzerland. It was one of several farcical musical-comedy collaborations between Kimmel (who also co-starred in the movie) and Williams, along with \"The Creature Wasn't Nice\" in 1981. Originally distributed by Paramount Pictures in 1976, it was picked up by World-Northal in 1977 and re-released to great acclaim, first in New York, where it opened the same week as \"New York, New York\" and got much better", "title": "The First Nudie Musical" }, { "id": "9484778", "text": "successful. A film version was made in 1932. This starred Gertrude Lawrence and Owen Nares, and was produced by Walter Morosco and directed by Harry Lachman. Six decades later, a West End revival directed by Clifford Williams and presented by impresario Douglas Urbanski opened at the Haymarket Theatre in 1984 and transferred to Broadway. After nineteen previews, it opened on April 29, 1985 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, where it enjoyed a sold out limited run of only 93 performances; the all-star cast that included Rex Harrison, Claudette Colbert, Lynn Redgrave, John Michael King, and George Rose. Drama Desk Award", "title": "Aren't We All?" }, { "id": "3185626", "text": "the Sherman Brothers and one by Gilkyson, \"The Bare Necessities\". The film initially became Disney's second highest-grossing animated film in the United States and Canada, and was also successful during its re-releases. The film was also successful throughout the world, becoming Germany's highest-grossing film by number of admissions. Disney released a live-action remake in 1994 and an animated sequel, \"The Jungle Book 2\", in 2003; another live-action adaptation directed by Jon Favreau was released in 2016. Mowgli, a young orphan boy, is found in a basket in the deep jungles of India by Bagheera, a black panther who promptly takes", "title": "The Jungle Book (1967 film)" }, { "id": "788554", "text": "May, as well, Fox had released the first Hollywood fiction film with synchronized dialogue: the short \"They're Coming to Get Me\", starring comedian Chic Sale. After rereleasing a few silent feature hits, such as \"Seventh Heaven\", with recorded music, Fox came out with its first original Movietone feature on September 23: \"Sunrise\", by acclaimed German director F. W. Murnau. As with \"Don Juan\", the film's soundtrack consisted of a musical score and sound effects (including, in a couple of crowd scenes, \"wild\", nonspecific vocals). Then, on October 6, 1927, Warner Bros.' \"The Jazz Singer\" premiered. It was a smash box", "title": "Sound film" }, { "id": "2352115", "text": "Gremlins Gremlins is a 1984 American comedy horror film directed by Joe Dante and released by Warner Bros. The film is about a young man who receives a strange creature called a mogwai as a pet, which then spawns other creatures who transform into small, destructive, evil monsters. This story was continued with a sequel, \"\", released in 1990. Unlike the lighter sequel, \"Gremlins\" opts for more black comedy, balanced against a Christmastime setting. Both films were the center of large merchandising campaigns. Steven Spielberg was the film's executive producer, with the film being produced by Michael Finnell and written", "title": "Gremlins" }, { "id": "2846047", "text": "Beaches (film) Beaches (also known as Forever Friends) is a 1988 American comedy-drama film adapted by Mary Agnes Donoghue from the Iris Rainer Dart novel of the same name. It was directed by Garry Marshall, and stars Bette Midler, Barbara Hershey, Mayim Bialik, John Heard, James Read, Spalding Gray, and Lainie Kazan. Despite generally negative reviews from critics, the film was a commercial success, grossing $59 million in the box office, and gained a cult following. A sequel, based on the novel \"Beaches II: I'll Be There\" was planned with Barbara Eden but never filmed. The story of two friends", "title": "Beaches (film)" }, { "id": "893396", "text": "Stand by Me (film) Stand by Me is a 1986 American coming-of-age film directed by Rob Reiner and starring Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, and Jerry O'Connell. The film is based on Stephen King's 1982 novella \"The Body\". Its title is derived from Ben E. King's eponymous song, which plays over the ending credits. \"Stand by Me\" tells the fictional story of four boys in a small town in Oregon who go on a hike to find the dead body of another boy. The film was nominated for one Academy Award (for Best Adapted Screenplay) and two Golden Globe", "title": "Stand by Me (film)" }, { "id": "17569643", "text": "an MFA from New York University’s film school. Meyer got her start as an assistant editor on the Oscar-winning documentary \"Woodstock\" (1970). Her early editing credits include \"The Lords of Flatbush\" (1974), starring Sylvester Stallone and Henry Winkler, and \"The Groove Tube\" (1974), starring Chevy Chase, a film precursor to \"Saturday Night Live\". Along with Ellen Hovde and Lynzee Klingman, she edited \"Gilda Live\" (1980), starring Gilda Radner, directed by Mike Nichols. Meyer worked with pioneering \"cinema verité\" documentarians Albert and David Maysles and was one of the directors and editors of \"Grey Gardens\" (1975), the critically acclaimed documentary that", "title": "Muffie Meyer" }, { "id": "7581274", "text": "Sailor Moon S: The Movie Sailor Moon S: The Movie, known in Japan as and Sailor Moon S the Movie: Hearts in Ice in the Pioneer English adaptation, is a 1994 Japanese anime fantasy film directed by Hiroki Shibata and written by Sukehiro Tomita. It is the second film in the \"Sailor Moon\" series. The film is adapted from a side story of the original manga series created by Naoko Takeuchi, \"The Lover of Princess Kaguya\". The storyline is loosely based on \"The Snow Queen\" fairytale by Hans Christen Andersen. The film was released on December 4, 1994 in Japan", "title": "Sailor Moon S: The Movie" }, { "id": "19621128", "text": "baby; he apologizes and promises to provide for his son. Later, Ray and Marlo get into a fight when Ray finds out Marlo covered up the real reason Cyrus died and she refuses to come clean. Marlo is suffocated while driving and crashes her car. Tired of being haunted by her hallucinations, Marlo flatlines on her own in the hope of asking forgiveness of the patient that died due to her mistake. Ray, Sophia, and Jamie rush to stop her and are successful in resuscitating Marlo after she sees an apparition of Courtney who tells Marlo that she needs to", "title": "Flatliners (2017 film)" }, { "id": "4649903", "text": "Star Wars Trilogy The \"Star Wars\" Trilogy, often colloquially referred to as the original trilogy, is the first set of three films produced in the \"Star Wars\" franchise, an American space opera created by George Lucas. It was produced by Lucasfilm Ltd. and distributed by 20th Century Fox, and consisted of the original \"Star Wars\" film (1977), \"The Empire Strikes Back\" (1980) and \"Return of the Jedi\" (1983). The original trilogy would be followed by a prequel trilogy between 1999 and 2005, and a sequel trilogy between 2015 and 2019. Collectively, they have been referred to as the \"Skywalker saga\"", "title": "Star Wars Trilogy" }, { "id": "3877302", "text": "Bond movies, \"It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World\" (1963), \"A Hard Day's Night\" starring the Beatles (1964), \"The Greatest Story Ever Told\" (1965), \"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum\" (1966), \"Fiddler on the Roof\" (1971), and \"Man of La Mancha\" (1972). The soundtrack album of United Artists's \"West Side Story\" (1961) was released by Columbia Records, which had also released the Broadway cast album. Also, the American version of the soundtrack album of United Artists's \"Help!\" (1965), also starring the Beatles, was released on Capitol Records. As Henry Mancini was signed to RCA Victor, that", "title": "United Artists Records" }, { "id": "7370236", "text": "cover, despite Entombed never wanting their album to be associated with the superhero. Earache Records, without the band's permission, had made a deal with Marvel in order to use Wolverine to promote the album to a more mainstream audience. This edition included a Wolverine mini-comic inside the CD booklet. The Marvel edition was also heavily edited, with the track \"Out of Hand\" being removed entirely. A limited number of early pressings of the album contained audio samples taken from films (most notably \"Flatliners\" and \"Hellraiser III\") which were subsequently removed from later pressing due to record label fears of potential", "title": "Wolverine Blues" }, { "id": "404957", "text": "second respectively to feature the characters of Starling and Lecter, and was the second adaptation of a Harris novel to feature Lecter, preceded by the Michael Mann-directed \"Manhunter\" (1986). \"The Silence of the Lambs\" was released on February 14, 1991, and grossed $272.7 million worldwide against its $19 million budget, becoming the fifth-highest grossing film of 1991 worldwide. The film premiered at the 41st Berlin International Film Festival, where it competed for the Golden Bear, while Demme received the Silver Bear for Best Director. Critically acclaimed upon release, it became only the third film, (the other two being \"It Happened", "title": "The Silence of the Lambs (film)" }, { "id": "4427971", "text": "Vincent Gardenia Vincent Gardenia (born Vincenzo Scognamiglio; January 7, 1920 – December 9, 1992) was an Italian-American stage, film, and television actor. He was nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, first for \"Bang the Drum Slowly\" (1973) and again for \"Moonstruck\" (1987). He also portrayed Det. Frank Ochoa in \"Death Wish\" (1974) and its 1982 sequel, as well as Mr. Mushnik in the musical film adaptation of \"Little Shop of Horrors\" (1986). Gardenia's other notable feature films include \"Murder Inc.\" (1960), \"The Hustler\" (1961), \"The Front Page\" (1974), \"Greased Lightning\" (1977) and \"Heaven Can Wait\" (1978).", "title": "Vincent Gardenia" }, { "id": "2475873", "text": "based in and around the 30 Mile Zone in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. Director D. W. Griffith was central to the development of a film grammar. Orson Welles's \"Citizen Kane\" (1941) is frequently cited in critics' polls as the greatest film of all time. The major film studios of Hollywood are the primary source of the most commercially successful and most ticket selling movies in the world, such as \"The Birth of a Nation\" (1915), \"Gone with the Wind\" (1939), \"The Sound of Music\" (1965), \"The Godfather\" (1972), \"Jaws\" (1975), \"Star Wars\" (1977), \"E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial\" (1982), \"Jurassic Park\" (1993),", "title": "Cinema of the United States" }, { "id": "18531930", "text": "August 8, 2016, the film's release was pushed to September 29, 2017, and its title changed from \"Mena\" to \"American Made\". It was released in Europe on August 23, 2017, and in the United States on September 29, 2017, and also screened at the Deauville Film Festival on September 1, 2017. \"American Made\" grossed $51.3 million in the United States and Canada, and $83.6 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $134.9 million, against a production budget of $50 million. In North America, \"American Made\" was released alongside the openings of \"Flatliners\" and \"'Til Death Do Us Part\",", "title": "American Made (film)" }, { "id": "2313209", "text": "Rises\", and \"Strange Magic\". Six Touchstone films have received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture; \"Dead Poets Society\", \"The Insider\", \"The Help\", \"War Horse\", \"Lincoln\", and \"Bridge of Spies\". Through Touchstone, Disney's first R-rated film, \"Down and Out in Beverly Hills\", came in January 31, 1986 and was a large box-office success. \"Ruthless People\" followed in June 27, 1986 and was also very successful. Both of these pictures starred Bette Midler, who had signed a six-picture deal with Disney and became a major film star again with these hits as well as \"Beaches\" and \"Outrageous Fortune\". One of the", "title": "Touchstone Pictures" }, { "id": "16737413", "text": "job, he goes back to the time of World War II, where the rest of the film takes place. Told in flashback form, Collier recounts the war in the Pacific, working flight ops on the same carrier as the Fighter Squadron Commander with a new Executive Officer, LT Joe Rogers (Carlson), and getting a group of fighter pilots ready for the tough fight to come against the Japanese. Flat Top (film) Flat Top (also released as Eagles of the Fleet) is a 1952 American drama war film directed by Lesley Selander and starring Sterling Hayden, with early appearances from Phyllis", "title": "Flat Top (film)" }, { "id": "709827", "text": "Texas Theater on Houston Street in San Antonio. The premiere was held at the Criterion Theater, in New York City, on August 12, 1927, and was screened for 63 weeks before being moved to second-run theaters. The original Paramount release of \"Wings\" was color tinted and had some sequences in an early widescreen process known as Magnascope, also used in the 1926 Paramount film \"Old Ironsides\". The original release also had the aerial scenes use the Handschiegl color process for flames and explosions. Some prints had synchronized sound effects and music, using the General Electric Kinegraphone (later RCA Photophone) sound-on-film", "title": "Wings (1927 film)" }, { "id": "102981", "text": "Always Rings Twice\", based on James M. Cain's novel. He received an Academy Award nomination one year later for \"The Verdict\", written in the late 1970s. He also wrote the screenplay for \"The Untouchables\" (1987), \"Hoffa\" (1992), \"The Edge\" (1997), \"Wag the Dog\" (1997), \"Ronin\" (1998), and \"Hannibal\" (2001). In 1987, Mamet made his film directing debut with his screenplay \"House of Games\", which won Best Film and Best Screenplay awards at the 1987 Venice Film Festival and the Film of the Year in 1989 from the London Critics Circle Film Awards. The film starred his then-wife, Lindsay Crouse, and", "title": "David Mamet" }, { "id": "11581991", "text": "with this invitation. The St. Charles Choir has performed on the soundtracks of the motion pictures \"Flatliners\", \"Grand Canyon\" and \"True Confessions\", for which Salamunovich also coached Robert De Niro on the sung responses of the Latin Mass. The choir also performed on television programs, including The NBC Doc Severinsen Christmas Special. His St. Charles Boy's Choir served as the Disneyland Boy's Choir on the original \"It's A Small World\" album. They also performed on television in the Dinah Shore Chevy Special, The Lucy Show, and in films including the Bette Davis film \"Dead Ringer\", and on the soundtrack of", "title": "Paul Salamunovich" }, { "id": "6715022", "text": "2\", \"Rain Man\", \"Flatliners\", \"Little Miss Sunshine\", \"Sordid Lives\", \"Dear Lemon Lima\", \"Bad Words\" and \"Jackie\". Grant was born on September 18, 1949 in Gadsden, Alabama. She grew up in Kenansville, North Carolina. Her father was a poultry specialist and salesman. Her mother worked as a manager for the North Carolina Employment Security Commission and was an activist for the Equal Rights Amendment. Grant credits her mother for providing the inspiration to become an actress. She graduated from East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting and Directing in 1973 and then travelled to", "title": "Beth Grant" }, { "id": "9537642", "text": "film version of \"Oklahoma!\", they also ran over two hours, followed the stage originals quite closely and retained most of their songs. \"South Pacific\" (1958), as well as most other stage-to-film musical adaptations that came after it, did have an intermission and was also quite long, as was \"The Sound of Music\" (1965). The trend of \"roadshow\" stage-to-film musicals lasted into the early 1970s, the last of them being the film versions of \"Fiddler on the Roof\" (1971) and \"Man of La Mancha\" (1972). The film won two Academy Awards and was nominated for two others. The wins came in", "title": "Oklahoma! (1955 film)" }, { "id": "144076", "text": "throughout the 1960s. In the U.S., a post-WW2 tendency toward questioning the establishment and societal norms and the early activism of the civil rights movement was reflected in Hollywood films such as \"Blackboard Jungle\" (1955), \"On the Waterfront\" (1954), Paddy Chayefsky's \"Marty\" and Reginald Rose's \"12 Angry Men\" (1957). Disney continued making animated films, notably; \"Cinderella\" (1950), \"Peter Pan\" (1953), \"Lady and the Tramp\" (1955), and \"Sleeping Beauty\" (1959). He began, however, getting more involved in live action films, producing classics like \"20,000 Leagues Under the Sea\" (1954), and \"Old Yeller\" (1957). Television began competing seriously with films projected in", "title": "History of film" }, { "id": "41554", "text": "character reminds them that, although they are risking their lives, he is \"risking an almost certain Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor!\" Korman did not receive an Oscar bid, but the film did get three nominations in 1974: Best Supporting Actress (Madeline Kahn, who lost to Ingrid Bergman in \"Murder on the Orient Express\"), Best Film Editing (losing out to \"The Towering Inferno\"), and Best Music, Original Song (the title song, which lost to \"We May Never Love Like This Again\", also from \"The Towering Inferno\"). The film also earned two BAFTA awards nominations, for Best Newcomer (Cleavon Little)", "title": "Blazing Saddles" } ]

[ "Anne Scott-Pendlebury" ]

[ { "id": "14721210", "text": "to a nearby cliff, climbs it halfway and contemplates suicide, but then comes to his senses and climbs to the top. While listening to music, Brent is attacked from behind and his dog attacked with a hammer. Bound to a chair, he wakes up at Lola's house sitting at a table with Lola, her father (John Brumpton), and a lobotomized-woman they call Bright Eyes (Anne Scott-Pendlebury). Lola's father has turned his house into a dance for his daughter. Lola takes a syringe, fills it with bleach and injects it into Brent's voice box to render him unable to scream or", "title": "The Loved Ones (film)" }, { "id": "14721214", "text": "that he pulled out of his feet. Lola jumps on Brent and tries to hit him, but Brent knocks her out. Brent then pushes Lola's dad into the pit where he watches in horror as the nearly starved captives eat Daddy. Lola gets up and throws Brent in, throwing nearby objects at him in anger. Brent finds a flashlight and hammer that Lola had thrown down which he uses to kill the abductees as they advance on him. Lola then goes and smothers Bright Eyes with a pillow, revealing that the woman is her mother. On a hunch, Holly calls", "title": "The Loved Ones (film)" }, { "id": "16251368", "text": "where she majored in drama and graduated 1976. She also met Tom Ruegger at the college and they would later marry. After the divorce in 2004, she attended Phillips Graduate Institute where she received her Masters in Psychology in 2005. She remarried in 2016 to Russel Foreman. Together they co-founded The More Love Club. Her most popular role is the voice of Brattina, Katrina's equally evil minion in Pound Puppies. Nancy Cartwright replaced her as the voice of Bright Eyes for the TV series. Aside from \"Pound Puppies\", she also worked on \"The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show\", \"Challenge of", "title": "Adrienne Alexander" }, { "id": "14721219", "text": "the film's rating was successfully replaced by an MA15+ rating due to the comedy aspect of the film mitigating both the sadistic aspect and the impact of the violence. The original soundtrack was composed by Australian experimental musician Ollie Olsen. Other bands and musicians whose songs are featured in the film include Cosmic Psychos, Sophie Koh, Kasey Chambers, Parkway Drive, British India, Witch Hats, Little Red, and Little River Band. The film screened at several festivals, including the Toronto International Film Festival on 13 September 2009 and the Hong Kong International Film Festival on 3 April 2010. In America, it", "title": "The Loved Ones (film)" }, { "id": "7778950", "text": "station playlists in 2002. In 2017, the song was selected for preservation in the National Film and Sound Archive's Sounds of Australia collection. In 2002, the song was used in the original un-aired pilot for \"Birds of Prey (TV series)\". It was replaced by the Oasis song \"Stop Crying Your Heart Out\" in the re-worked pilot that eventually aired. In 2010, the song was used in the Australian horror film \"The Loved Ones\" to ironic effect as the sweet-sounding song is juxtaposed against the brutal, gore-filled violence. The song relates to the film's lead character, an unpopular girl who wonders", "title": "Not Pretty Enough" }, { "id": "4585639", "text": "Bright Eyes (Art Garfunkel song) \"Bright Eyes\" is a song written by Mike Batt and performed by Art Garfunkel. It was used in the soundtrack of the 1978 British animated adventure drama film \"Watership Down\" and the later television series of the same name explicitly as its theme song. The track appears on British and European versions of Garfunkel's 1979 \"Fate for Breakfast\" and on the US versions of his 1981 album \"Scissors Cut\". It was the biggest-selling single of 1979 in the UK, remaining at number one for six weeks and selling over a million copies there. The song", "title": "Bright Eyes (Art Garfunkel song)" }, { "id": "14721221", "text": "earned a rating of 98% and an average score of 7.2/10 based on 55 reviews. The site's consensus for the film reads, \"Successfully mixing the conventions of the teen and horror genres with a twist, Australian director Sean Byrne makes a striking directorial debut.\" This film ranks 37th place on the site's Top 100 Horror Movies list. The film has been lauded for its tongue-in-cheek approach and its main twist towards the end of the film. It won the Cadillac People's Choice Award - Midnight Madness in 2009. In March 2013 at Chester Crown Court, Judge Elgan Edwards described a", "title": "The Loved Ones (film)" }, { "id": "14721220", "text": "was screened at the AFI Fest on 31 October 2009, the San Francisco International Film Festival on 2 May 2010, the 2010 Dallas International Film Festival, and the 2010 SXSW Film Festival. The first DVD copies were released in the United States in November 2009 over the American Film Market. \"The Loved Ones\" ran in a limited theatrical release in the US. On 1 June 2012, the film was shown in Austin, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco. Paramount Pictures and Insurge Pictures will take over US rights. On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, \"The Loved Ones\"", "title": "The Loved Ones (film)" }, { "id": "2264242", "text": "is French for \"loved one\" while her last name is Greek for \"born of death\". Waugh describes her eyes as \"greenish and remote, with a rich glint of lunacy.\" Mr. Joyboy, senior mortician at Whispering Glades. His trademark is a beaming smile he leaves on the faces of embalmed bodies. He lives with his mother, Mrs. Joyboy, and is dominated by her. Sir Francis Hinsley, Barlow's Hollywood housemate. In his youth, Hinsley authored the widely acclaimed novel \"A Free Man Greets the Dawn\", but has long since abandoned writing. Former chief scriptwriter for Megalopolitan Pictures, as the novel opens he", "title": "The Loved One" }, { "id": "1134519", "text": "lent her voice to the soundtrack of the critically acclaimed 2005 film, \"Brokeback Mountain\", on the song \"A Love That Will Never Grow Old\", which was controversially omitted from Oscar consideration because of the insubstantial amount of time the song played during the film. In 2005, Harris worked with Conor Oberst on Bright Eyes' release, \"I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning\", performing backup vocals on three tracks. In July, she joined Elvis Costello on several dates of his U.S. tour, performing alongside Costello and his band on several numbers each night. July also saw the release of \"\", a single-disc retrospective", "title": "Emmylou Harris" }, { "id": "19583135", "text": "Happy Anderson Happy Anderson (born November 19, 1976 in High Falls, New York) is an American actor who has worked in film, television, on and off Broadway. He is best known for his roles as Mr. James \"Jimmy\" Fester on Cinemax's \"The Knick\" and Jerry Brudos on the Netflix series \"Mindhunter,\" from executive producer/director David Fincher. Happy appeared in the Netflix film \"Bright\" as Montehugh, a human who works for the FBI's magic division. Anderson graduated from Rondout Valley High School in 1995. He received a bachelor of fine arts degree from Ithaca College in 1999, graduating alongside Larry Teng,", "title": "Happy Anderson" }, { "id": "3211729", "text": "harp seals' eyes are large for its body size and contain a large spherical lens, which improves its focusing ability. Its pupil is mobile to help it adapt to the intense glare of the Arctic ice. Its retina is rod-dominated and backed by a cat-like and reflective tapetum lucidum, enhancing its low light sensitivity. Its cones are most sensitive to blue-green spectra, while its rods help sense light intensity and may provide some color discrimination. Its cornea is lubricated by lacrimal glands, to protect the eye from sea water damage. The lack of tear glands to drain secretions to the", "title": "Harp seal" }, { "id": "5226360", "text": "was released late in 1967, which included other hit singles, \"Ever Lovin' Man\" and \"Sad Dark Eyes\". They disbanded in October and, although the band's main career lasted only two years, they are regarded as one of the most significant Australian bands of the 1960s. They reformed for a short tour in 1987 which provided the album, \"Live on Blueberry Hill\". Humphrys lived in London from the mid-1970s until his death on 4 December 2005. On 27 October 2010, The Loved Ones were inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Hall of Fame. The Loved Ones were formed in", "title": "The Loved Ones" }, { "id": "19366454", "text": "Bright (film) Bright is a 2017 American urban fantasy crime film directed by David Ayer and written by Max Landis. The film stars Will Smith as a Los Angeles Police Department police officer who teams up with an orc rookie police officer (Joel Edgerton) in a world of both human and mythical creatures. It also stars Noomi Rapace, Lucy Fry, Édgar Ramírez, and Ike Barinholtz. Principal photography began in November 2016 in Los Angeles. The film was released worldwide on Netflix on December 22, 2017, and became one of the site's most streamed programs ever, although it received negative reviews", "title": "Bright (film)" }, { "id": "5226367", "text": "an emotional intensity and musical inventiveness which marked them out from their peers. On 23 April, they performed at Festival Hall, Melbourne and recorded live versions of \"Ever Lovin’ Man\", \"Sad Dark Eyes\" and \"The Loved One\". They supported the national tour by Eric Burdon and the Animals and Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich in April. In May, Lynch left and they added a new lead guitarist, Danny De Lacy (from Los Angeles), with Lovett moving to bass guitar. Their fifth single, \"Love Song\" was released in August but did not chart. They released their debut album, \"The", "title": "The Loved Ones" }, { "id": "19583136", "text": ", and . He graduated with a master's of fine arts from Indiana University in 2002. In 2003, he moved to New York City. On August 29, 2011, he married Meg Griffiths. Happy Anderson Happy Anderson (born November 19, 1976 in High Falls, New York) is an American actor who has worked in film, television, on and off Broadway. He is best known for his roles as Mr. James \"Jimmy\" Fester on Cinemax's \"The Knick\" and Jerry Brudos on the Netflix series \"Mindhunter,\" from executive producer/director David Fincher. Happy appeared in the Netflix film \"Bright\" as Montehugh, a human who", "title": "Happy Anderson" }, { "id": "14721222", "text": "sadistic torture murder as a re-enactment of a scene from this film. During sentencing, Judge Evans described the defendant, Gary George, as particularly liking \"The Loved Ones\". The victim, Andrew Nall, was brutally beaten, sustained 49 knife wounds, and had cleaning fluid found in his eyes. George was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 30 years. The Loved Ones (film) The Loved Ones is a 2009 Australian horror film written and directed by Sean Byrne and starring Xavier Samuel and Robin McLeavy. It follows a teenager who finds himself at the center of a female classmate's demented", "title": "The Loved Ones (film)" }, { "id": "2017088", "text": "Rilo Kiley's \"More Adventurous\" in the summer and fall of 2004. The album spent late 2004 high on \"Billboard\"'s Heatseekers Chart, and was promoted with appearances on \"Late Night with Conan O'Brien\" and \"Jimmy Kimmel Live!\". The band opened for Bright Eyes on the international leg of Conor Oberst's tour for 2005's \"I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning\" and was the opening act for the North American dates of Coldplay's Twisted Logic Tour in Fall 2005. \"I Never\" and \"Ripchord\" (from \"More Adventurous)\" have been featured in several feature films, including \"Must Love Dogs\", \"Conversations with Other Women\", and \"John Tucker", "title": "Rilo Kiley" }, { "id": "4185021", "text": "(\"Girls on Film\", \"A View to a Kill\"), Herbie Hancock (\"Rockit\"), Go West (\"We Close Our Eyes\"), Frankie Goes to Hollywood (\"Two Tribes\", \"The Power of Love\"), Sting (\"If You Love Somebody Set Them Free\", \"Fields of Gold\"), Toyah (\"Thunder in the Mountains\"), Visage (\"Fade to Grey\"), George Harrison (\"When We Was Fab\"), Lou Reed (\"No Money Down\"), Wang Chung (\"Everybody Have Fun Tonight\"), and Yes (\"Leave It\"), among many others, up to Godley's video for The Beatles' 1996 single, \"Real Love\", from the \"Beatles Anthology\". The pair's innovation extended to their videos for their own songs, notably \"Wide Boy\"", "title": "Godley & Creme" }, { "id": "4136901", "text": "was raised above the title. In February 1935, she received a special Academy Award for her 1934 contributions to film, particularly \"Little Miss Marker\" and \"Bright Eyes\". In 2009, the film was available on VHS and DVD in both black-and-white and colorized versions. 5 year-old Shirley Blake (Shirley Temple) and her mother, Mary (Lois Wilson), a maid, live in the home of her employers, the rich and mean-spirited Smythe family, Anita (Dorothy Christy), J. Wellington (Theodore von Eltz), and Joy (Jane Withers). Shirley's aviator father died in an airplane crash before the film opens, and she now spends most of", "title": "Bright Eyes (1934 film)" }, { "id": "19366465", "text": "the cast. On October 17, 2016, Andrea Navedo was added to the cast. On October 20, 2016, actor Brad William Henke was cast in the film. On November 1, 2016, Kenneth Choi and Dawn Olivieri were cast in an unknown role and the role of Smith's wife, respectively. On November 9, Édgar Ramírez was confirmed to be added to the cast. That same month, Alex Meraz, Matt Gerald, Ike Barinholtz and Enrique Murciano joined the cast of the film in undisclosed roles. Photos from the set were first published in November 2016. Filming was completed by February 4, 2017. \"Bright\"", "title": "Bright (film)" }, { "id": "14721218", "text": "arrive back home. Carla looks outside the window to see her son in a brutal state and embraces him after all the horror he has been through. The last scene shown is that of Brent's face as he is being held by Carla, looking on. \"The Loved Ones\" is the first feature film for short filmmaker Sean Byrne. The Ambience Entertainment production was completely shot in Melbourne, Victoria. The film stars Xavier Samuel, Jessica McNamee, Robin McLeavy, and Richard Wilson. It was originally given an R18+ rating by the Australian Classification Board, but through an appeal by the Review Board,", "title": "The Loved Ones (film)" }, { "id": "8036101", "text": "Darris Love Darris Love (born April 26, 1980) is an American actor, most notable for his role as Raymond 'Ray' Alvarado in Nickelodeon's \"The Secret World of Alex Mack\". Since the show's ending in 1998, he has made appearances in episodes of numerous American television shows, including \"Angel\", \"ER\", \"\", \"Without a Trace\", and \"Undressed\", \"It's Not Fair\" by singer Glenn Lewis, Janet Jackson's music video All For You (song) \"Someone to Call My Lover\" and in the Monica music video \"All Eyez On Me\". His other credits include the films \"Gang Tapes\" (2001), \"Sucker Free City\" (2004), and \"Janky", "title": "Darris Love" }, { "id": "4136907", "text": "however, would not do so, believing the contrast between the two girls would enhance audience sympathy for Temple’s character. Thirty girls auditioned for the role of Joy with the part being given to eight-year-old Jane Withers, an experienced stage performer but a relative newcomer to films. Gertrude Temple hovered ever closer to Shirley as filming began and ordered Withers to wash her hands before performing in any scene with her daughter. Director Butler later told Withers, \"You stole the picture\". In a 2006 interview on TCM's \"Private Screenings\", Withers recalled that she was hesitant to take the role because she", "title": "Bright Eyes (1934 film)" }, { "id": "18990769", "text": "Our Loved Ones Our Loved Ones () is a 2015 Canadian drama film, directed by Anne Émond and starring Maxim Gaudette and Karelle Tremblay. The story centres on a family whose patriarch committed suicide in 1978, and explores the continuing emotional impact of his death on his now-adult son David (Gaudette) and David's daughter Laurence (Tremblay). The film was shot around Bas-Saint-Laurent. It received positive reviews and was nominated for seven Canadian Screen Awards, including Best Motion Picture. In 1978, a young man named David returns to his home only to be told that his father has died of an", "title": "Our Loved Ones" }, { "id": "4585640", "text": "was written by Mike Batt for \"Watership Down\", with director Martin Rosen requesting a song about death. It plays when the rabbit Hazel, the lead character in the film, almost dies after being wounded by a farmer's gun. The song was very successful in the United Kingdom, staying at number one in the UK Singles Chart for six weeks in 1979, selling over one million copies, becoming the biggest-selling single of the year. In the United States, it failed to reach the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. It reached #27 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. Bright Eyes (Art Garfunkel song) \"Bright", "title": "Bright Eyes (Art Garfunkel song)" }, { "id": "5878258", "text": "Dainty Dewdrop\". In the early 1930s, Withers and her mother moved to Hollywood where she worked as a child model and a bit part player in several films in 1932 and 1933. Her big break came when she landed a supporting role in the 1934 Shirley Temple film \"Bright Eyes\". Her character Joy Smythe was spoiled and obnoxious, a perfect foil to Temple's sweet personality. Through the remainder of the 1930s, Withers starred in several movies every year, including \"Ginger\" (1935), \"Paddy O'Day\" (1936), \"The Farmer Takes a Wife\" (1935), and \"Little Miss Nobody\" (1936). She was usually cast as", "title": "Jane Withers" }, { "id": "19366471", "text": "2018, it was announced the film would begin filming in March 2019 in Germany. Bright (film) Bright is a 2017 American urban fantasy crime film directed by David Ayer and written by Max Landis. The film stars Will Smith as a Los Angeles Police Department police officer who teams up with an orc rookie police officer (Joel Edgerton) in a world of both human and mythical creatures. It also stars Noomi Rapace, Lucy Fry, Édgar Ramírez, and Ike Barinholtz. Principal photography began in November 2016 in Los Angeles. The film was released worldwide on Netflix on December 22, 2017, and", "title": "Bright (film)" }, { "id": "17292964", "text": "join the cast. On July 11, 2013, Zach McGowan also signed on, to play the role of Shkelgim, a gypsy chief. On July 26, Samantha Barks joined the cast to play a character from Eastern European folk tales known as Baba Yaga, a beautiful young woman who transforms into a savage witch; her scenes were later cut from the film. Along with Barks more cast was added, including Charlie Cox, Ferdinand Kingsley, William Houston, and Thor Kristjansson, the latter of whom would play the role of Bright Eyes, an Eastern European taken as a slave as a young boy and", "title": "Dracula Untold" }, { "id": "4136910", "text": "Miss Marker\" and \"Bright Eyes\". She was the first child actor to receive an Academy Award. The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: The original black and white film and a colorized version were available on both videocassette and DVD in 2008. Some versions included theatrical trailers and other special features. Bright Eyes (1934 film) Bright Eyes is a 1934 American comedy drama film directed by David Butler. The screenplay by William Conselman is based on a story by David Butler and Edwin Burke, and focuses on the relationship between bachelor aviator James \"Loop\" Merritt (James", "title": "Bright Eyes (1934 film)" }, { "id": "8699803", "text": "Later in 2017, she played Tien, an Inferni elf enforcer working for Leilah, the main antagonist in the Netflix film \"Bright\". Ngô Thanh Vân Veronica Ngô Thanh Vân (born 1979) is a Vietnamese actress, singer and model. She is also known as Veronica Ngo or her initials NTV. Ngo was born on February 26, 1979, in Trà Vinh, Vietnam. When she was 10, she moved to Norway with her family, but later relocated to Vietnam to pursue an entertainment career. In 1999, Ngo returned to Vietnam where she participated in a beauty pageant organized by the magazine \"Women's World\", and", "title": "Ngô Thanh Vân" }, { "id": "1311707", "text": "this record, both he and Mike Mogis had an idea for a \"sort of grandiose sound\" that neither could really put into words. This was also the first album made after Oberst's break to play with Desaparecidos. During the 2004 election season, Bright Eyes toured with Bruce Springsteen and R.E.M. on the Vote for Change tour, further pushing Bright Eyes into the public eye. Oberst sang numerous duets with the likes of Springsteen and Neil Young. In November 2004, two Bright Eyes singles, \"Lua\" and \"Take It Easy (Love Nothing)\", reached the two top spots on the Billboard Hot 100", "title": "Bright Eyes (band)" }, { "id": "10917073", "text": "as Iorrt, the ancient Martian name for Earth. Harry staves off the transformation as he only consumes food and water brought from Earth, but the supplies run out and he is forced to eat Martian food to survive. Soon enough, Harry notices his eyes have turned gold. Cora convinces Harry that a family swim in the canals of Mars would do him good to relax, and he hesitantly agrees. While there, their eldest son, Daniel, requests to be referred to by the Martian name Linnl. Harry and Cora, now almost entirely Martian, agree easily, and the other two children quickly", "title": "Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed" }, { "id": "4136906", "text": "door just as they landed, creating a vacuum that sucked out the parachute and dragged them both across the studio floor. Marilyn Granas served as a stand-in for Temple as she had for her previous movies. She would later be replaced by Mary Lou Isleib who would remain as Temple's stand-in for the rest of her tenure at 20th Century Fox. When Temple’s mother, Gertrude, read the script, she tried to persuade Fox Film production head Winfield Sheehan to trim the role of Joy Smythe, a rich, mean, snobbish child and the complete opposite of Shirley’s winsome, lovable character. He,", "title": "Bright Eyes (1934 film)" }, { "id": "18990773", "text": "Festival in August 2015, and had its Canadian premiere at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. In December, the film was announced as part of TIFF's annual Canada's Top Ten screening series of the ten best Canadian feature films of the year. The film had a wider theatrical release on 20 November 2015. In Canada, Brendan Kelly of \"The Montreal Gazette\" gave the film three and a half stars, saying the beginning displays \"quite the mastery of cinematic storytelling\" and the film is poignant, and complimented the use of the song \"No Rain\" by Blind Melon. Odile Tremblay of \"Le", "title": "Our Loved Ones" }, { "id": "5226359", "text": "The Loved Ones The Loved Ones were an Australian rock band formed in 1965 in Melbourne following the British Invasion. The line-up of Gavin Anderson on drums, Ian Clyne on organ and piano, Gerry Humphrys on vocals and harmonica, Rob Lovett on guitar, and Kim Lynch on bass guitar recorded their early hits. Their signature song, \"The Loved One\" reached number two on Australian singles charts, and was later covered by INXS. In 2001 it was selected as number six on the APRA's list of Top 30 Australian songs of all time. Their debut album, \"The Loved Ones' Magic Box\"", "title": "The Loved Ones" }, { "id": "14383911", "text": "arrangement) for their 1987 international hit album \"Kick\". INXS also frequently performed the song live, and one such version is featured on their 1991 live video, \"Live Baby Live\". The Loved One (song) \"The Loved One\" is a song by Australian R&B, rock band The Loved Ones and was released in May 1966 as the debut single ahead of their extended play, \"The Loved Ones\" (also known as the \"Blueberry Hill\" EP), which appeared in December. The song also featured on their debut long play album, \"Magic Box\", in October 1967. \"The Loved One\", which reached No. 2 on the", "title": "The Loved One (song)" }, { "id": "9696559", "text": "on the advice of Guru Brahmin, she becomes engaged to Dennis. She invites him to her home, a partially finished house built on a cliff, condemned and abandoned due to the danger of landslides. He cuts the visit short, alarmed at occasional ominous trembling and Aimée's lack of concern over her own safety. Dennis and Henry Glenworthy meet their neighbor, a boy genius (Paul Williams) with an interest in rocketry, and they let him set up a lab at the pet cemetery. Mr. Joyboy brings in his pet myna bird to be buried and discovers the identity of his rival.", "title": "The Loved One (film)" }, { "id": "16251367", "text": "Adrienne Alexander Adrienne Alexander (born January 7, 1954) is a former American actress, voice actress. She may be remembered as the voice of Brattina from Hanna-Barbera's Pound Puppies and the original voice of Bright Eyes in the Pound Puppies TV special. Her husband was Tom Ruegger, creator of memorable shows such as \"Tiny Toon Adventures\", \"Animaniacs\", and \"Pinky and the Brain\". Her oldest son is writer and director Nathan Ruegger. She was born in 1954 Walla Walla, Washington, and later moved to Hanover, New Hampshire in 1967, where she graduated from Hanover High School in 1972. She attended Dartmouth College", "title": "Adrienne Alexander" }, { "id": "4434371", "text": "Mike Batt Michael Philip Batt, LVO (born 6 February 1949) is an English singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, director, conductor and former Deputy Chairman of the British Phonographic Industry. He is best known for creating The Wombles pop act, writing the chart-topping \"Bright Eyes\", and discovering Katie Melua. He has also conducted many of the world's great orchestras, including the London Symphony, Royal Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, Sydney Symphony and Stuttgart Philharmonic in both classical and pop recordings and performances. Michael Philip Batt was born on 6 February 1949, in Southampton, England. He attended Peter Symonds School, Winchester. His blog refers to", "title": "Mike Batt" }, { "id": "9207598", "text": "Sidney Clare, \"On the Good Ship Lollipop\" made its debut in the 1934 Shirley Temple motion picture \"Bright Eyes\" and is most identified with Temple singing it, but the most successful commercial release of the song was by Rudy Vallee, reaching #4 on the \"Billboard\" chart in 1935. The Four Seasons/Wonder Who version barely made a dent on the Hot 100, reaching the #87 position. \"You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You\" was another chestnut, having been a hit for Russ Morgan in 1946 and recorded by numerous artists since then. It was composed by Morgan, Larry Stock, and Harry Cavanaugh.", "title": "The Wonder Who?" }, { "id": "793960", "text": "I Don't Have You\" (B-Side: \"When Someone Doesn't Want You\") (US #53, US AC #5, UK #38). The album was a huge success in the UK, scoring a number one hit with \"Bright Eyes\" (B-Side: \"Sail on a Rainbow\") (US AC #29, UK #1) (a song written by Mike Batt). A version of \"Bright Eyes\" also appeared in the movie \"Watership Down\". Garfunkel's girlfriend from 1974, Laurie Bird, committed suicide in June 1979 at their Manhattan apartment, three months after the album's release in March. Garfunkel later admitted that the incident left him in a deep depression for most of", "title": "Art Garfunkel" }, { "id": "13825240", "text": "Caouette whom he met when the latter auditioned for \"Shortbus\". \"Tarnation\" won 2004 Best Documentary from the National Society of Film Critics, the Independent Spirit Awards and the Gotham Awards. He directed videos for Bright Eyes' \"First Day of My Life\" (featuring \"Secret Garden\" co-star Alison Fraser) and the Scissor Sisters' \"Filthy/Gorgeous\"; the latter was banned from MTV Europe for its explicitly sexual content. In 2012, Mitchell wrote and produced a narrative short film for Sigur Rós titled \"Seraph\", directed by animator Dash Shaw (link to film:). Mitchell has appeared as a pundit on \"Politically Incorrect\" and various VH1 and", "title": "John Cameron Mitchell" }, { "id": "11713086", "text": "Somebody's Eyes “Somebody's Eyes” is a song from the 1984 movie \"Footloose\" whose lyrics were written by Dean Pitchford, who wrote the film's screenplay and source story, and whose music was composed by Tom Snow. It was later used in the 1998 musical version. “Somebody's Eyes” was originally sung by Karla Bonoff, and it reached #16 on the US \"Billboard\" Adult Contemporary chart in 1984. The movie and musical versions of the song are very different in tone and lyrics. In the movie, it is a soft rock love song (featured on the soundtrack), sung by a girl afraid that", "title": "Somebody's Eyes" }, { "id": "3337800", "text": "color depends on viewing conditions (e.g., the amount and kind of illumination, as well as the hue of the surrounding environment), so does the perception of eye color. Most new-born babies who have European ancestry have light-colored eyes. As the child develops, melanocytes (cells found within the iris of human eyes, as well as skin and hair follicles) slowly begin to produce melanin. Because melanocyte cells continually produce pigment, in theory eye color can be changed. Adult eye color is usually established between 3 and 6 months of age, though this can be later. Observing the iris of an infant", "title": "Eye color" }, { "id": "10626599", "text": "Pretty Green Eyes \"Pretty Green Eyes\" is a song originally written and recorded by Force & Styles featuring Junior. A remixed version appeared on their debut album \"All Over the UK\" (1996) and the song was released as a 12-inch single in 1997. The song achieved mainstream popularity in 2003 when it was covered by Ultrabeat and peaked at No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart. The Force & Styles version was a happy hardcore song which features the vocals of Junior, and was played at Simon and Kerry's wedding – Simon being an MC who had previously performed with", "title": "Pretty Green Eyes" }, { "id": "4193899", "text": "Digital Ash in a Digital Urn Digital Ash in a Digital Urn is one of two Bright Eyes albums (along with \"I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning\") released on January 25, 2005 by Saddle Creek Records. It peaked at #15 in the US and #43 in the UK. In US it has sold 268,000 units. In 2007 it was awarded a gold certification from the Independent Music Companies Association which indicated sales of at least 100,000 copies throughout Europe. Contrasted to the acoustic nature of \"I'm Wide Awake It's Morning\", this album is more electronic. The singles \"Take It Easy (Love", "title": "Digital Ash in a Digital Urn" }, { "id": "4434375", "text": "used as the theme music to \"Seaside Special\", the BBC Television series recorded in various UK seaside resorts — which reached number 4. He produced Elkie Brooks's version of \"Lilac Wine\" in 1978. The song was a hit in the UK and across Europe. He wrote the song \"Bright Eyes\" for the animated film version of \"Watership Down\". Recorded by Art Garfunkel, it reached number 1 in the UK Singles Chart. Batt also wrote the score for the film \"Caravans\" released in 1978. As a singer, Batt's solo albums included \"Schizophonia\" and \"Tarot Suite\" (1979, Epic Records) (both with the", "title": "Mike Batt" }, { "id": "7096101", "text": "Adrian Gurvitz Adrian Curtis Gurvitz (; born 26 June 1949, in Stoke Newington, North London) is an English singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. His prolific songwriting ability has gained him hits on the Grammy Award-winning soundtrack \"The Bodyguard\", Eddie Money’s No. 1 Billboard Mainstream Rock Charts single \"The Love in Your Eyes\", and with his own song \"Classic\", a No. 8 UK hit single, as well as the Top 10 UK Rock Chart single \"Race with the Devil\", with his band The Gun. His early bands The Gun, Three Man Army, and The Baker Gurvitz Army were major influences", "title": "Adrian Gurvitz" }, { "id": "9696566", "text": "and interior scenes shot mostly at Greystone Mansion. The condemned house scene was filmed at the house under construction at 3847 Oakfield Dr in Sherman Oaks. The film received a rating of 53% according to Rotten Tomatoes. Rod Steiger won the Spanish Sant Jordi Award for best actor in a foreign film. \"The Loved One\" was first released to DVD on June 20, 2006 and re-released by Warner Home Video on August 20, 2013 via its Warner Archive DVD-on-demand service. On blu-ray from May, 2017. The Loved One (film) The Loved One is a 1965 black and white comedy film", "title": "The Loved One (film)" }, { "id": "4136900", "text": "Bright Eyes (1934 film) Bright Eyes is a 1934 American comedy drama film directed by David Butler. The screenplay by William Conselman is based on a story by David Butler and Edwin Burke, and focuses on the relationship between bachelor aviator James \"Loop\" Merritt (James Dunn) and his orphaned godchild, Shirley Blake (Shirley Temple). Merritt becomes involved in a custody battle for her with a rich, elderly gentleman. The film featured one musical number, \"On the Good Ship Lollipop\". \"Bright Eyes\" was the first film to be written and developed specifically for Temple, and the first in which her name", "title": "Bright Eyes (1934 film)" }, { "id": "4136902", "text": "her time at the Glendale, California airport with her godfather, bachelor pilot James \"Loop\" Merritt (James Dunn), and his dog, Rags. After Christmas morning she hitches a ride to the airport. The aviators bring her aboard a ship and taxi her around the runways, where she serenades them with her rendition of \"On the Good Ship Lollipop\" Mary is killed in a traffic accident. When Loop hears about this he takes Shirley up in an airplane, explains that she is in Heaven, and that her mother is also there. When the Smythes learn of Mary's death they make plans to", "title": "Bright Eyes (1934 film)" }, { "id": "6054730", "text": "Sullivan's NBC western series \"The Road West\" in the episode \"Reap the Whirlwind\". In 1969, he starred opposite Patty Duke in the film \"Me, Natalie\". Farentino was one of the lawyers in NBC's TV series \"The Bold Ones\" (1969–1972), which also starred Burl Ives and Joseph Campanella. He made two appearances in the 1970s anthology television series \"Night Gallery\", once with then-wife Michele Lee (\"Since Aunt Ada Came to Stay\"), and next with actress Joanna Pettet (\"The Girl w the Hungry Eyes\"). In 1973, he appeared in the episode \"The Soft, Kind Brush\" of the romantic anthology series \"Love Story\".", "title": "James Farentino" }, { "id": "16303914", "text": "& the Grenadines, Argentina, Cayman Islands, Mexico, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Texas, Hawaii, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and Uruguay. Pyrophorus noctilucus Pyrophorus noctilucus, common name Headlight Elater, is a species of click beetle (family Elateridae). \"Pyrophorus noctilucus\" can reach a length of . The basic coloration is dark brown. The antennae are serrate. The pronotum shows a long backward-pointing tooth. These beetles are among the brightest bioluminescent insects (Levy 1998). With a brightness of around 45 millilamberts (Harvey & Stevens 1928), they are said to be technically bright enough to read", "title": "Pyrophorus noctilucus" }, { "id": "9696554", "text": "The Loved One (film) The Loved One is a 1965 black and white comedy film about the funeral business in Los Angeles, which is based on \"The Loved One: An Anglo-American Tragedy\" (1948), a short satirical novel by Evelyn Waugh. It was directed by British filmmaker Tony Richardson and the screenplay—which also drew on Jessica Mitford's book \"The American Way of Death\" (1963)—was written by noted American satirical novelist Terry Southern and British author Christopher Isherwood. The film stars Robert Morse, Jonathan Winters, Anjanette Comer and Rod Steiger. Among those making appearances in smaller roles are John Gielgud, Robert Morley,", "title": "The Loved One (film)" }, { "id": "8029986", "text": "\"Tommy Battles the Silver Sea Dragon\", and \"The Thing About My Folks\". She can also be seen in the \"Bright Eyes\" music video for their song, First Day of My Life, directed by her \"Secret Garden\" co-star, John Cameron Mitchell. She authored an interview with Anthony Newley which was published in \"Time Out\". Fraser also appeared in video games \"Grand Theft Auto IV\", \"Grand Theft Auto V\" and \"Mafia III\". She has made three solo albums, \"A New York Romance,\" \"Men In My Life\" and \"Tennessee Williams: Words and Music.\" In 2004, Fraser sang the National Anthem at Fenway Park.", "title": "Alison Fraser" }, { "id": "257328", "text": "Ford movie \"The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance\". In 1963, he appeared on \"Perry Mason\" (episode: \"The Case of the Golden Oranges\"). That same year, he appeared in \"The Day of the Misfits\" on \"The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters\". In 1965, Sergio Leone cast Van Cleef, whose career was still in the doldrums, as one of the two protagonists, alongside Clint Eastwood, in \"For a Few Dollars More\". Leone then chose Van Cleef to appear again with Eastwood, this time as the primary antagonist, Angel Eyes, in the now seminal Western \"The Good, the Bad and the Ugly\" (1966). With", "title": "Lee Van Cleef" }, { "id": "9502525", "text": "A Pair of Brown Eyes \"A Pair of Brown Eyes\" is a single by The Pogues, released on 18 March 1985. The single was their first to make the UK Top 100, peaking at Number 72. It featured on the band's second album, \"Rum Sodomy & the Lash\", and was composed by Pogues front man Shane MacGowan, on the melody of \"Wild Mountain Thyme\", also known as \"Will Ye Go Lassie Go,\" a song by Francis McPeake in a traditional Irish folk style. The song references the Johnny Cash version of the song A Thing Called Love: \"\"And on the", "title": "A Pair of Brown Eyes" }, { "id": "13124734", "text": "personal friend she stayed with often at Faringdon House. Prince and Princess Clary, close friends of hers after the Second World War. The final portrait is of her second husband, Sir. Oswald Mosley. The book also features several photographs of the selected subjects. The collection was favourably reviewed by \"The Glasgow Herald\", describing Mosley as ″consistently witty in a generous way that indulges neither in sarcasm not bitterness and her book contains gems of ever-so-English understatement and Mitfordese snobbery.″ This illustration features a detail from Henry Lamb's portrait of Mitford, painted in 1932 when she was still married to Bryan", "title": "Loved Ones (book)" }, { "id": "5226363", "text": "stage presence, saturnine good looks and growling blues-influenced baritone voice of Humphrys, who is widely acknowledged as one of Australia's finest male pop-rock vocalists. The Loved Ones were also one of the first Australian pop bands to use the electric piano (a Hohner pianet) as part of their regular stage set-up and their distinctive keyboard-based sound set them apart from most of their contemporaries. Early in 1966, they signed to the In Records label, a subsidiary of W&G Records. Their debut hit was \"The Loved One\", which reached number two on the Sydney Top 40 singles charts in May. The", "title": "The Loved Ones" }, { "id": "9451279", "text": "does not know how to make a gun, or in fact anything that would make him useful in the medieval castle community into which he has fallen. Instead, Mr. Sorrel finds that a golden cross which he carries causes him to be mistaken for a Greek miracle-worker – which has many advantages in Medieval society, including enjoying the unlimited hospitality of a castle and having beautiful ladies vying with each other for his love. He also inspires the ladies to take up arms and hold a tournament in competition with their knightly husbands – and being a fair horseman, makes", "title": "Ladies Whose Bright Eyes" }, { "id": "3175978", "text": "and surprisingly subtle.\" Clayton Davis of \"AwardsCircuit.com\" also praised her performance, writing, \"With an internalized and very subtle performance, Biel excels in her ability to find the very motivation of May.\" In 2016, she co-starred with Patrick Wilson, whom she had worked with on \"The A-Team\", in the thriller \"A Kind of Murder\", based on the novel \"The Blunderer\" by Patricia Highsmith. She voiced the character Vix in the animated film \"Spark\", with Susan Sarandon and Hilary Swank, which was released in 2016. Biel also appeared in the drama \"The Book of Love\", based on the book \"The Devil and", "title": "Jessica Biel" }, { "id": "733488", "text": "\"The Help\" (2011). Spacek married production designer and art director Jack Fisk in 1974, after they met on the set of \"Badlands\". Fisk later directed her in the films \"Raggedy Man\" (1981) and \"Violets Are Blue\" (1986). They have two daughters, Schuyler Fisk (born July 8, 1982) and Madison Fisk (born September 21, 1988). Schuyler Fisk is both an actress and a singer. In 1982, Spacek and her family moved to a farm near Charlottesville, Virginia. Sissy Spacek Mary Elizabeth \"Sissy\" Spacek (; born December 25, 1949) is an American actress and singer. She is the recipient of various accolades", "title": "Sissy Spacek" }, { "id": "17477552", "text": "playing the role of Alex. In 2016, she appeared in the films \"Mr. Church\", with Eddie Murphy and Britt Robertson, and \"The Darkness\", with Kevin Bacon. The same year, she played lead character Eve Thorogood in the Australian miniseries \"Wolf Creek\". In October 2016 Fry was cast as Tikka, a young elf who possess powers over a magical wand, in the 2017 fantasy film \"Bright\" which stars Will Smith and Joel Edgerton. In July 2017 Fry was cast to star as Heidi in the upcoming film \"Highway\" alongside Eiza González. Lucy Fry Lucy Elizabeth Fry (born 13 March 1992) is", "title": "Lucy Fry" }, { "id": "881634", "text": "iris color are inherent in other species but coloration can follow a different pattern. Amber colored eyes are extremely rare in humans. They consist of a solid orange/gold color that may contain lighter shades of the same pigment within the iris. This is an unusual occurrence that happens when the yellow pigment called pheomelanin (also known as lipochrome), is dominant within the iris. Pheomelanin is also found on individuals with green eyes in much smaller amounts. This is because green eyes have a strong presence of both melanin and pheomelanin. Often in poor lighting, one may mistake amber eyes for", "title": "Iris (anatomy)" }, { "id": "17616897", "text": "appeared with Luke Evans, Dominic Cooper, Sarah Gadon and Samantha Barks. Kristjansson played Bright Eyes, an Eastern European taken as a slave as a young boy who became a vicious assassin in the Ottoman Army. Thor Kristjansson Thor Kristjansson, birth name \"Þorvaldur Davíð Kristjánsson\", was born in Reykjavík, Iceland. Kristjansson's first found fame as the voice of Simba in the Icelandic language version of Disney’s Lion King. Subsequent voiceovers include appearances in \"Toy Story\" and \"Happy Feet\". Kristjansson has performed in many of Iceland's most theaters, including The Icelandic National Theater and Reykjavik City Theater. He moved to New York", "title": "Thor Kristjansson" }, { "id": "11552728", "text": "Robin McLeavy Robin McLeavy (born 19 June 1981) is an Australian actress. McLeavy is from Sydney, Australia. She graduated from NIDA in 2004. McLeavy starred as Lola Stone in the critically acclaimed Australian horror film, \"The Loved Ones\". The film screened at Toronto International Film Festival in 2009 and won the Audience Choice Award. In 2009, McLeavy played the role of Stella Kowalski opposite Cate Blanchett and Joel Edgerton in the Sydney Theatre Company production of \"A Streetcar Named Desire\". The production was directed by Liv Ullmann and toured to the Kennedy Center in Washington DC and the Brooklyn Academy", "title": "Robin McLeavy" }, { "id": "1551662", "text": "Flash sketches with Lenny Henry as Trevor McDoughnut (including one where the target of the spoof - Trevor McDonald - takes over as a surprise) and the 'viewer's letters' clip where Sally James is pied and drenched in semolina, baked beans and custard. Moving slightly away from comedy, the music video for The Four Bucketeers' Bucket Of Water song is included. The second compilation continued in the same vein as the first. Frank Carson being soaked unexpectedly is a running gag, and there is a full rendition of 'Bright Eyes' from Matthew Butler. A music video for The Four Bucketeers'", "title": "Tiswas" }, { "id": "9696555", "text": "Roddy McDowall, James Coburn, Milton Berle, Dana Andrews and Liberace. Young Englishman Dennis Barlow (Robert Morse) wins an airline ticket and visits his uncle Sir Francis Hinsley (John Gielgud) in Los Angeles. Hinsley has worked as a production staffer at a major Hollywood studio for over thirty years. His employer D.J. Jr. (Roddy McDowall) fires Hinsley, despite the old man's faithful dedication to the company. Hinsley commits suicide by hanging himself. Dennis is swayed by a prominent member of the local English expatriate community (Robert Morley) to spend most of the money from his uncle's estate on a socially prestigious", "title": "The Loved One (film)" }, { "id": "9501815", "text": "Eyes Love You \"Eyes Love You\" is the debut single by Japanese musician hide, released on August 5, 1993. It reached number 3 on the Oricon chart. His second single \"50% & 50%\" was released on the same day. Both singles' covers are identical except; \"Eyes Love You\" is green, whereas \"50% & 50%\" is red. They form a 3D picture when they are placed side by side. It was certified gold upon release by RIAJ. hide embarked on a solo career in 1993 due to the downtime in X Japan. Initially wanting to hire several different vocalists because he", "title": "Eyes Love You" }, { "id": "2804445", "text": "Conor Oberst Conor Mullen Oberst (born February 15, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter best known for his work in Bright Eyes. He has also played in several other bands, including Desaparecidos, The Faint (previously named Norman Bailer), Commander Venus, Park Ave., Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, and Monsters of Folk. Oberst was named the Best Songwriter of 2008 by \"Rolling Stone\" magazine. Conor Mullen Oberst was born on February 15, 1980, as the youngest in a family of three boys, and raised in Omaha, Nebraska, to Matthew Ryan Oberst, Sr., an information manager for Mutual of Omaha, and", "title": "Conor Oberst" }, { "id": "14383909", "text": "Domino's \"Blueberry Hill\" appeared on their first extended play, \"Blueberry Hill\", in December—together with the two previous singles. \"Sad Dark Eyes\" followed in January 1967. Each release captured an emotional intensity and musical inventiveness which marked them out from their peers. They released an album in 1967 titled \"Magic Box\", a collection of their singles. The Loved Ones split later that year in October, just two years after they were formed. \"Magic Box\" is considered a classic recording and to this day in Australia it enjoys cult status and has reportedly never been out-of-print since it was released. In 2001", "title": "The Loved One (song)" }, { "id": "5254631", "text": "honoured for his work in international roles with the 2011 Australians in Film Breakthrough Award. In 2014, Edgerton starred in the biblical film \"\", as Ramesses II, Moses' adoptive brother, who became a notorious king. Edgerton directed, starred in, wrote, and produced the thriller \"The Gift\", which was released on August 7, 2015. He co-starred in the 2015 film \"Black Mass\" as John Connolly, FBI contact and childhood friend of notorious gangster Whitey Bulger. In 2016, he starred in the Jeff Nichols films \"Midnight Special\" and \"Loving\", and in 2017, he starred in the film \"Bright\" as Officer Nick Jacoby,", "title": "Joel Edgerton" }, { "id": "9377949", "text": "Brittany Underwood Brittany Underwood (born July 6, 1988) is an American actress and singer. She is known for her roles as teenagers Langston Wilde on the daytime soap opera \"One Life to Live\" and Loren Tate on the Nick at Nite/TeenNick serial drama \"Hollywood Heights\". Brittany Underwood was born on July 6, 1988 in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey. Her mother is Colombian and her father is of English descent. She has an older sister named Brigitte. Underwood speaks fluent Spanish and is a black belt in Tae Kwon Do. In an interview with SOAPnet in 2010, Underwood said she was", "title": "Brittany Underwood" }, { "id": "14383906", "text": "The Loved One (song) \"The Loved One\" is a song by Australian R&B, rock band The Loved Ones and was released in May 1966 as the debut single ahead of their extended play, \"The Loved Ones\" (also known as the \"Blueberry Hill\" EP), which appeared in December. The song also featured on their debut long play album, \"Magic Box\", in October 1967. \"The Loved One\", which reached No. 2 on the Australian Top 40 singles charts in 1966. The Loved Ones were formed in Melbourne in 1965 by Gerry Humphrys, Ian Clyne and Kim Lynch. They had previously been members", "title": "The Loved One (song)" }, { "id": "15944058", "text": "film soundtracks, most notably \"Young and Beautiful\" for \"The Great Gatsby\" (2013) and the eponymous theme for \"Big Eyes\" (2014), which garnered her a Grammy and Golden Globe nomination, respectively. Del Rey starred in the musical film \"Tropico\" (2013) and in short films to accompany her work including \"Ride\" (2012), \"National Anthem\" (2012), and \"Freak\" (2015), all of which she wrote. Dubbed by the media as the \"Queen of Indie Pop\", Del Rey has sold over 15 million albums worldwide as of 2018. Her official YouTube channel has accumulated over 3.1 billion views as of November 9, 2018, with 11", "title": "Lana Del Rey" }, { "id": "10622225", "text": "Green bright-eyed frog The green bright-eyed frog (\"Boophis viridis\") is a species of frog in the family Mantellidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. The average size of the males reaches , while the females can grow to about . The hands and feet are webbed. Their dorsal skin is smooth and green in color, sometimes with reddish spots, as well. They also have the ability to change colors and become more reddish brown. Their inner and outer irises are blue. Males call at night while in vegetation about 1–2 metres above the ground, along streams, and also by ditches. When", "title": "Green bright-eyed frog" }, { "id": "16303912", "text": "Pyrophorus noctilucus Pyrophorus noctilucus, common name Headlight Elater, is a species of click beetle (family Elateridae). \"Pyrophorus noctilucus\" can reach a length of . The basic coloration is dark brown. The antennae are serrate. The pronotum shows a long backward-pointing tooth. These beetles are among the brightest bioluminescent insects (Levy 1998). With a brightness of around 45 millilamberts (Harvey & Stevens 1928), they are said to be technically bright enough to read by (Meerman). They achieve their luminescence by means of two light organs at the posterior corners of the prothorax, and a broad area on the underside of the", "title": "Pyrophorus noctilucus" }, { "id": "8622805", "text": "watch \"Watership Down\" and how he used to watch \"The Snowman\" each Christmas Day with his mother. \"Where is Love\" and \"The Little Prince Song\" are important because they were key elements to the start of his career. About the name of the album McManners said: The album was recorded in Prague in the Czech Republic and the music was provided by the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. The album received a nomination for \"Album of the Year\" at the 2006 Classical BRIT Awards and McManners' rendition of \"Bright Eyes\" from the album has debuted at \"number one\" in Asian airplay, ahead", "title": "In Dreams (Joseph McManners album)" }, { "id": "5940532", "text": "as music in the background. In 2003, Denny provided the vocals for Widelife's track \"All Things (Just Keep Getting Better)\", the theme from \"Queer Eye For The Straight Guy\". In 2013, Denny returned to performing with a touring version of Love Inc., this time billing themselves as \"Love Inc. Featuring Simone Denny,\" performing the band's songs at nightclubs across Canada. In August 2018, Brad Daymond died from a cardiac arrest, at the age of 48. An unrelated band of the same name released a single called \"Love is the Message\" in 1991, which in February of that year charted for", "title": "Love Inc. (band)" }, { "id": "3571813", "text": "of evidence. In 2005, Ifans won a BAFTA for his portrayal of comedian Peter Cook in the TV film \"Not Only But Always\". On 16 July 2007, he received an Honorary Fellowship of Bangor University, for services to the film industry. Rhys Ifans Rhys Ifans (; born Rhys Owain Evans; 22 July 1967) is a Welsh actor and musician. He is known for his portrayal of characters such as Spike in \"Notting Hill\", Jed Parry in \"Enduring Love\", and Eyeball Paul in \"Kevin & Perry Go Large\". He is also known as a member of the rock groups Super Furry", "title": "Rhys Ifans" }, { "id": "5226369", "text": "time he moved to the suburban fringes of Sandringham and hosted many functions at his Spring Street residence. He went on to bigger things by hosting the inaugural Sunbury Pop Festival in 1972. In 1973 he returned to London in an unsuccessful attempt to save his failing marriage, giving up his music career to become a psychiatric nurse. Lovett formed a vocal trio, The Virgil Brothers, with Peter Doyle and Malcolm McGee (Wild Cherries, Python Lee Jackson) in 1968. The Virgil Brothers were managed by Lovett's wife, journalist Lily Brett, and released a number of singles and toured the UK", "title": "The Loved Ones" }, { "id": "6162853", "text": "1996, her debut album, \"Moods...Moments\" was released. In 1997, she contributed the Heavy D.-produced \"I Still Love You\" to the soundtrack of the film, \"Sprung\". Monifah's second album was \"Mo'hogany\". Released in the last quarter of 1998, it featured \"Touch It\". The track peaked at #29 in the UK Singles Chart in January 1998. Monifah's third album \"Home\", released in 2000 contained \"I Can Tell\", \"Brown Eyes\" and \"Fairytales.\" In 2003, she played a supporting role in Michael Baisden's \"Men Cry In the Dark\" stage play. In August 2012, Monifah and R&B singers Syleena Johnson, Faith Evans, KeKe Wyatt, LaTocha", "title": "Monifah" }, { "id": "12099457", "text": "released on Brooks' Harvest label. The band was not successful, but Brooks would often contribute to recording sessions at the Black Ark organized by Jah Lloyd. Brooks re-emerged as a solo singer in the mid-1970s, working with producers such as Alvin Ranglin, and achieving hits with singles such as \"Guiding Star\" (1977), \"Come Sister Love\", \"Grooving\", \"Open The Door\", and \"What a Gathering\". He also recorded the combination single \"Who Have Eyes To See\" with Prince Far I. He moved to the United Kingdom, and joined the British Reggae Artists Against Famine Appeal, singing on the \"Let's Make Africa Green", "title": "Mike Brooks (singer)" }, { "id": "20178235", "text": "Come Home Love: Lo and Behold Come Home Love: Lo and Behold (; literally \"Love Returning Home, Happy Delivery\") is a 2017 daily half-hour Hong Kong sitcom created by TVB, starring Lau Dan, Angela Tong, Koni Lui, Pal Sinn, , , , Joyce Tang and . It is produced by Law Chun-ngok who also produced the three previous \"Come Home Love\". Filming began in January 2017 and will be filmed as it airs. The series premiered on February 20, 2017, airing every Monday through Friday on Hong Kong's TVB Jade, Malaysia's Astro Wah Lai Toi and Australia's TVBJ channels during", "title": "Come Home Love: Lo and Behold" }, { "id": "17059130", "text": "She was featured in the music video \"If You Love Somebody (Set Them Free)\". She also sang lead on the song \"Lightning\" from the Philip Glass album \"Songs from Liquid Days\". Pendarvis has served on the National Boards of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA). She has also served on the NY Chapter Board of Governors of The Recording Academy (NARAS). Currently, Pendarvis is an associate professor of voice at Berklee College of Music in Boston. She appears in the documentary film \"20 Feet from Stardom\" (2013), directed by Morgan Neville.", "title": "Janice Pendarvis" }, { "id": "17477550", "text": "Lucy Fry Lucy Elizabeth Fry (born 13 March 1992) is an Australian actress. She is known for portraying Zoey in \"Lightning Point\", Lyla in \"\", and Vasilisa Dragomir in the film \"Vampire Academy\". Fry was also cast in Hulu's eight part miniseries \"11.22.63\" as Marina Oswald, wife of Lee Harvey Oswald, and played the lead in the 2016 Australian horror television series \"Wolf Creek\" and Tikka in 2017 Netflix film \"Bright\". Fry was born in Wooloowin, Queensland, Australia in 1992. She attended Brisbane Girls Grammar School in Brisbane, Queensland, and began studying theatre at an early age, training with the", "title": "Lucy Fry" }, { "id": "7202629", "text": "Jamia Simone Nash Jamia Simone Nash (born August 21, 1996), also known simply as Jamia, is an American singer and actress. Nash's first national appearance was on \"Showtime at the Apollo\" in 2002, where she sang the Alicia Keys song \"Fallin'\". She performed at the 2003 Essence Awards, singing Michael Jackson's song \"Who's Lovin' You\" in honor of Mary J. Blige. She and her younger sister Olivia sing the hook in the song \"Black Girl Pain\" on Talib Kweli's 2004 album \"The Beautiful Struggle\". She played a ten-year-old Fantasia Barrino in the 2006 Lifetime Original Movie \"Life Is Not a", "title": "Jamia Simone Nash" }, { "id": "3337791", "text": "Eye color Eye color is a polygenic phenotypic character determined by two distinct factors: the pigmentation of the eye's iris and the frequency-dependence of the scattering of light by the turbid medium in the stroma of the iris. In humans, the pigmentation of the iris varies from light brown to black, depending on the concentration of melanin in the iris pigment epithelium (located on the back of the iris), the melanin content within the iris stroma (located at the front of the iris), and the cellular density of the stroma. The appearance of blue and green, as well as hazel", "title": "Eye color" }, { "id": "3337803", "text": "Light and light-mixed eyes (16–12 in Martin scale) Pure light (16–15 in Martin scale) Light-mixed (14–12 in Martin scale) Mixed eyes (11–7 in Martin scale) Mixture of light eyes (blue, gray or green) with brown when light and brown appearance is at the same level. Dark and dark-mixed eyes (6–1 in Martin scale) Amber eyes are of a solid color and have a strong yellowish/golden and russet/coppery tint. This may be due to the deposition of the yellow pigment called lipochrome in the iris (which is also found in green eyes). Amber eyes should not be confused with hazel eyes;", "title": "Eye color" }, { "id": "4434398", "text": "the GUILD classical label released a recording of Holst: \"The Planets Suite For Large Orchestra\" played by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Mike Batt. The release coincided with the centenary of the composition's first performance. \"Biography quoted from various sources, mostly from Batt's official website\" Mike Batt Michael Philip Batt, LVO (born 6 February 1949) is an English singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, director, conductor and former Deputy Chairman of the British Phonographic Industry. He is best known for creating The Wombles pop act, writing the chart-topping \"Bright Eyes\", and discovering Katie Melua. He has also conducted many of the", "title": "Mike Batt" }, { "id": "6206602", "text": "Ann Magnuson Ann Magnuson (born January 4, 1956) is an American actress, performance artist, and nightclub performer. She was described by \"The New York Times\" in 1990 as \"An endearing theatrical chameleon who has as many characters at her fingertips as Lily Tomlin does\". A founding member of the 1980s band Bongwater, she starred in the ABC sitcom \"Anything but Love\" (1989–92). Her film appearances include \"The Hunger\" (1983), \"Making Mr. Right\" (1987), \"Clear and Present Danger\" (1994), \"Panic Room\" (2002), and \"One More Time\" (2015). She also guest-starred on the CBS soap opera \"The Young and the Restless\" in", "title": "Ann Magnuson" }, { "id": "5226362", "text": "towards more mainstream 1940s jazz. The Loved Ones were named after Evelyn Waugh's short and darkly satirical novel \"The Loved One\". To round out the line-up, Humphrys, Lynch and Clyne recruited former Wild Cherries guitarist Rob Lovett. Their first drummer, Terry Nott, was soon followed by Gavin Anderson. The Loved Ones became renowned as an exciting, if erratic, live act in a Rolling Stones/Animals mould and rose to prominence in the local club and dance scene. The group's visual impact was heightened by their striking mod stage attire and the band had a strong focal point thanks to the charismatic", "title": "The Loved Ones" }, { "id": "3416144", "text": "Shirley Temple Shirley Temple Black (April 23, 1928 – February 10, 2014) was an American actress, singer, dancer, businesswoman, and diplomat who was Hollywood's number one box-office draw as a child actress from 1935 to 1938. As an adult, she was named United States ambassador to Ghana and to Czechoslovakia, and also served as Chief of Protocol of the United States. Temple began her film career at the age of three in 1932. Two years later, she achieved international fame in \"Bright Eyes\", a feature film designed specifically for her talents. She received a special Juvenile Academy Award in February", "title": "Shirley Temple" }, { "id": "3520151", "text": "who were originally recurring characters are: Eli Gold on \"The Good Wife\"; Leo Chingkwake on \"That '70s Show\"; Angel and Oz on \"Buffy the Vampire Slayer\"; Marc St. James on \"Ugly Betty\"; Vanessa Abrams on \"Gossip Girl\"; Zack Allan on \"Babylon 5\"; Steve Urkel on \"Family Matters\"; Donna Moss on \"The West Wing\"; Michelle Dessler and Chloe O'Brian on \"24\"; Santana Lopez, Brittany S. Pierce & Blaine Anderson on \"Glee\"; Felicity Smoak on \"Arrow\", Rebecca Katsopolis & Kimmy Gibbler on \"Full House\"; Noah Munck on \"iCarly\" and Adina Porter on \"\" and Melissa McBride on \"The Walking Dead\". In other", "title": "Recurring character" }, { "id": "13124733", "text": "Loved Ones (book) Loved Ones is a 1985 collection of pen portraits by Diana Mitford. It was published by Sidgwick & Jackson. In 2008, three of the portraits were republished in the collection, \"The Pursuit of Laughter\". The book includes pen portraits of leading figures that featured prominently in Mitford's life. These include Lytton Strachey and Dora Carrington, former neighbours and friends of hers. Violet Hammersley, an author, close friend of her mother's and prominent figure in childhood. The writer, Evelyn Waugh a close personal friend. Professor Derek Jackson, a leading physicist and her former brother-in-law. Lord Berners, a close", "title": "Loved Ones (book)" }, { "id": "10647481", "text": "Fire-eye The fire-eyes, Pyriglena, are a genus of birds in the antbird family Thamnophilidae.The genus contains three species, all found in South America. The fire-eyes are 16–18 cm in length, weigh 25-36 g and have characteristic red eyes that give them their name. They have sexually dimorphic plumage, with the females possessing brown to buff coloured bodies with black tails, and the males being black with small patches of white on the back or wings. The fire-eyes eat a variety of insects, and will regularly follow army ants in order to catch prey flushed by them. Two of the fire-eyes", "title": "Fire-eye" }, { "id": "3322320", "text": "Gatsby\" (2013), and \"Now You See Me\" (2013). Her other notable film credits include \"I Heart Huckabees\" (2004), \"The Lookout\" (2007), \"Definitely, Maybe\" (2008), \"Burke & Hare\" (2010), \"Bachelorette\" (2012), \"Visions\" (2015), \"Grimsby\", \"Nocturnal Animals\", \"Keeping Up with the Joneses\" (all 2016), and \"Tag\" (2018). In addition, she has voiced characters in animated films such as \"Horton Hears a Who!\" (2008), \"Rango\" (2011), and \"Rise of the Guardians\" (2012). On television, she played a recurring role on the fourth and fifth seasons of \"Arrested Development\" (2013, 2018). Fisher has authored two Young Adult novels and the \"Marge in Charge\" book", "title": "Isla Fisher" }, { "id": "5500954", "text": "Alexandra Kyle Alexandra Kyle (born November 11, 1988) is an American actress from Los Angeles, California. Kyle appeared in 1996's \"Eye for an Eye\" starring Sally Field and Kiefer Sutherland. She co-starred again with Sutherland in 1996's \"A Time to Kill\", which also starred Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, Matthew McConaughey, Ashley Judd and Kevin Spacey. She had a lead role in 1998's \"In Quiet Night\", and made guest appearances spots on \"JAG\", \"ER\" and \"The Practice\". In 2004, she had a part in Gary Winick's film \"13 Going on 30\" as the young Tom-Tom, the younger version of Judy", "title": "Alexandra Kyle" }, { "id": "1998681", "text": "\"Eyes Wide Shut\" (1999) as a grieving patient of Dr. Bill Harford (Tom Cruise) who declares her love for him after her father's death. Kubrick wanted to reshoot the scenes, but Leigh was unavailable due to scheduling conflicts with \"eXistenZ\"; instead her scenes were cut. Leigh was originally cast as Vincent Gallo's girlfriend in his self-directed film \"The Brown Bunny\", and was apparently prepared to perform oral sex on Gallo as the script required. Leigh subsequently commented that \"it just didn't work out\" and the role was eventually played by Chloë Sevigny. In 1997, she was featured in Faith No", "title": "Jennifer Jason Leigh" } ]

[ "Anthony Michael Hall" ]

[ { "id": "1807289", "text": "million in the United States. After \"Vacation\", Hall moved on to other projects and declined to reprise his role in the 1985 sequel. Hall's breakout role came in 1984, when he was cast as Farmer Ted, the scrawny, braces-wearing geek, who pursued Molly Ringwald's character in John Hughes' directing debut \"Sixteen Candles\". Hall tried to avoid the clichés of geekness. \"I didn't play him with 100 pens sticking out of his pocket,\" he said. \"I just went in there and played it like a real kid. The geek is just a typical freshman.\" Hall landed a spot on the promotional", "title": "Anthony Michael Hall" }, { "id": "3195503", "text": "the lead role. For the male lead in the film, it had come down to Schoeffling and Viggo Mortensen. For the part of Ted, Hughes saw a number of actors for the role: \"Every single kid who came in to read for the part... did the whole, stereotyped high school nerd thing. You know - thick glasses, ball point pens in the pocket, white socks. But when Michael came in he played it straight, like a real human being. I knew right at that moment that I'd found my geek.\" \"Sixteen Candles\" was filmed primarily in and around the Chicago", "title": "Sixteen Candles" }, { "id": "1807292", "text": "the 80s \"nerd-of-choice,\" as well as a member in good standing of Hollywood's Brat Pack. Hall, who portrayed John Hughes' alter egos in \"Sixteen Candles\", \"The Breakfast Club\" and \"Weird Science\", credits the director for putting him on the map and giving him those opportunities as a child. \"I had the time of my life,\" he said. \"I'd consider [working with Hughes again] any day of the week.\" Hall joined the cast of \"Saturday Night Live (SNL)\" during its 1985–86 season at the age of 17. He was, and remains, the youngest cast member in the show's history. His recurring", "title": "Anthony Michael Hall" }, { "id": "4864944", "text": "rid himself of the heroin by tracking down the kingpin. Hall had recently achieved fame in starring roles as a \"geek\" character in a number of 1980s teen movies, such as \"Sixteen Candles\", and was eager to avoid being typecast. He opted to star in the action-filled \"Out of Bounds\" as a way to contrast his previous work. The film's soundtrack featured songs by Stewart Copeland & Adam Ant, Robert Berry, Night Ranger, Belinda Carlisle, The Smiths, The Cult, The Lords of the New Church, Sammy Hagar, and Siouxsie and the Banshees. The Night Ranger song \"Wild & Innocent Youth\"", "title": "Out of Bounds (1986 film)" }, { "id": "3195494", "text": "Sixteen Candles Sixteen Candles is a 1984 American coming-of-age comedy film starring Molly Ringwald, Michael Schoeffling, and Anthony Michael Hall. It was written and directed by John Hughes. High school sophomore Samantha \"Sam\" Baker struggles to go through the day on her 16th birthday, which her entire family has forgotten about because her older sister, Ginny, is getting married the next day. She is also infatuated with a popular and attractive senior, Jake Ryan. At school, she fares no better when she finds out that a completed \"sex quiz\" which she tried to surreptitiously slip to her friend Randy, never", "title": "Sixteen Candles" }, { "id": "12182714", "text": "Liane Curtis Liane Alexandra Curtis (born July 11, 1965) is an American film and television actress and musician, known for her appearances in B movies as \"\" and \"Girlfriend from Hell\", as well as smaller roles in films such as \"Sixteen Candles\". Liane Alexandra Curtis was born in New York City. She attended the Rudolf Steiner School in New York City. Curtis' parents, Jack Curtis (1926–1970) and Paulette Rubinstein (maiden; born 1923) did many voices for the U.S. dubs of Japanese sci-fi films and TV series. Jack and Paulette married December 31, 1964. Jack was a voice actor for characters", "title": "Liane Curtis" }, { "id": "12182718", "text": "Mackenzie on March 21, 1999. They have three children. The youngest, Jacqueline MacKenzie (born 1999), who she had with Mackenzie, is a vocal artist who appeared as a contestant on \"American Idol\"s Season 14. Liane Curtis Liane Alexandra Curtis (born July 11, 1965) is an American film and television actress and musician, known for her appearances in B movies as \"\" and \"Girlfriend from Hell\", as well as smaller roles in films such as \"Sixteen Candles\". Liane Alexandra Curtis was born in New York City. She attended the Rudolf Steiner School in New York City. Curtis' parents, Jack Curtis (1926–1970)", "title": "Liane Curtis" }, { "id": "3195495", "text": "reached her and, unbeknownst to either of them, was picked up by Jake. Despite her name not being on the quiz, Sam is still a bit panicked because the quiz contains sensitive information, such as how she is a virgin and is saving herself for Jake. During gym class, Jake opens up to his friend Rock, admitting that he feels like things with his girlfriend Caroline have become stagnant. He also tells him how he thinks it is cool that he keeps catching Sam looking at him. Meanwhile, an outgoing geeky freshman named Ted is in love with Sam. On", "title": "Sixteen Candles" }, { "id": "8435736", "text": "by Joe Esposito and performed by Patti La Belle; and \"Keep It Light\", co-written by Reginald \"Sonny\" Burke and performed by Thelma Houston. Newborn also co-wrote \"Clap Your Hands\" for The Manhattan Transfer. He co-wrote the song \"Get It On And Have A Party\" with singer Patti Brooks for the \"Dr. Detroit\" soundtrack. Both \"Geek Boogie\" from \"Sixteen Candles\" and \"Geek Romance\" from \"Weird Science\" were credited to Ira and the Geeks. He co-wrote \"I Guess I'm Just Screwed\" for \"\" with David Zucker and Robert LoCash. With Peter Segal, he co-wrote \"The Food Song\" for the \"\" soundtrack. Ira", "title": "Ira Newborn" }, { "id": "2461540", "text": "Gedde Watanabe Gary \"Gedde\" Watanabe (born June 26, 1955) is a Japanese-American actor. He is perhaps best known for voicing the character of Ling in the 1998 successful animated film \"Mulan\" and its 2004 sequel, \"Mulan II\" as well as playing Long Duk Dong in the 1984 film \"Sixteen Candles\". In 1976, Watanabe's first role was as a member of the original Broadway cast of \"Pacific Overtures\", originating the roles of Priest, Girl, and The Boy. He has since appeared in a number of films and television series, the first of which was \"The Long Island Four\" in 1980. Many", "title": "Gedde Watanabe" }, { "id": "2461541", "text": "of his roles are caricatured East Asians with heavy accents, though he does not speak Japanese. Jason Buchanan wrote for \"Allmovie\", \"The character that Gedde Watanabe is most remembered for is Long Duk Dong, the clumsy foreign exchange student in \"Sixteen Candles\",\" a role decried by some Asian-American groups as \"stereotypical, racist and part of a long history of Hollywood's offensive depictions of Asian men.\" \"I was making people laugh. I didn't realize how it was going to affect people,\" Watanabe said in 2008. \"It took me a while to understand that. In fact, I was working at the Metropolitan", "title": "Gedde Watanabe" }, { "id": "3195511", "text": "right.\" By 2008, Ringwald was campaigning for the sequel, but said she was uncomfortable doing the film without the involvement of Hughes who, at that point, was not interested. Sixteen Candles Sixteen Candles is a 1984 American coming-of-age comedy film starring Molly Ringwald, Michael Schoeffling, and Anthony Michael Hall. It was written and directed by John Hughes. High school sophomore Samantha \"Sam\" Baker struggles to go through the day on her 16th birthday, which her entire family has forgotten about because her older sister, Ginny, is getting married the next day. She is also infatuated with a popular and attractive", "title": "Sixteen Candles" }, { "id": "3226269", "text": "national and international tournaments. He won a gold medal for the United States in freestyle wrestling, as a member of the National Junior Wrestling Team in a meet held in Munich, Germany in 1978 alongside coach Archie Stalcup. His considerable wrestling skills were downplayed as 'Kuch' in \"Vision Quest\", where he wrestled with Matthew Modine, his friend in the movie. Schoeffling came to international prominence at the age of 23 for his role as Jake Ryan, the popular yet sensitive high school athlete on whom Molly Ringwald's character has a crush in the teen film \"Sixteen Candles\". For Valentine's Day", "title": "Michael Schoeffling" }, { "id": "10797251", "text": "Restless\". Gedde Watanabe is a character actor who typically portrays caricatured Asians with a strong accent. His best-known role was spastic exchange student Long Duk Dong in the 1984 film \"Sixteen Candles\". The Spring The Spring is a 1989 independent film about archaeologists Andy (Dack Rambo) and Matty (Gedde Watanabe), who discover a diary written by a member of Ponce de León's exploration party, which they believe can lead them to the Fountain of Youth. They go to Florida to retrace De León's steps, but the secret of their quest gets out and they are pursued by a millionaire with", "title": "The Spring" }, { "id": "6855053", "text": "Duck\", \"The Anderson Tapes\" and \"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band\". In the 1979 film \"10\", he famously played a pastor whose hobby was writing (bad) songs. He was also a regular cast member in the short-lived 1980 TV series, \"The Stockard Channing Show\". Showalter made his last onscreen appearance in the John Hughes film \"Sixteen Candles\" (1984). Showalter composed the music for \"Little Boy Blue\", which opened at the El Capitan Theater in Hollywood, California, on September 11, 1950. He also wrote the musical \"Go For Your Gun\", which premiered in Manchester, England, in 1963. In 1956, Showalter (as", "title": "Max Showalter" }, { "id": "4428147", "text": "ever be nominated for an Oscar or Golden Globe. His next role was in a 1983 episode of the American television series \"Fantasy Island\". On the big screen, Henry appeared in the Brat Pack film \"Sixteen Candles\" (1984), as Mike Baker, one of Samantha Baker's siblings. Henry also played the son of a married couple played by Don Johnson and Susan Sarandon in the film \"Sweet Hearts Dance\" (1988). In this role, critic Janet Maslin called him a \"large and amusingly sullen teenager\". After graduation, Henry's next widely seen performance was in 1997, as a medical student in a two-episode", "title": "Justin Henry" }, { "id": "1807283", "text": "Anthony Michael Hall Michael Anthony Hall (born April 14, 1968), known professionally as Anthony Michael Hall, is an American actor who starred in several teen-oriented films of the 1980s. Hall began his career in commercials and on stage as a child, and made his screen debut in 1980. His films with director-screenwriter John Hughes, beginning with the popular 1983 comedy \"National Lampoon's Vacation\" and the coming-of-age comedy \"Sixteen Candles\", shaped his early career. Hall's next movies with Hughes were the teen classics \"The Breakfast Club\" and \"Weird Science\", both in 1985. Hall diversified his roles to avoid becoming typecast as", "title": "Anthony Michael Hall" }, { "id": "3226268", "text": "Michael Schoeffling Michael Earl Schoeffling (born December 10, 1960) is an American former actor and male model, known for playing Jake Ryan in \"Sixteen Candles\", Kuch in \"Vision Quest\", and Joe in \"Mermaids\". Schoeffling was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and raised in South Jersey. He graduated from Cherokee High School in New Jersey, and majored in Liberal Arts at Temple University in Philadelphia. In the mid-1980s he began modeling for \"GQ\", and photographer Bruce Weber paid for his acting classes at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in Manhattan. An accomplished youth and collegiate wrestler, Michael has won medals in various", "title": "Michael Schoeffling" }, { "id": "3195507", "text": "\"To some viewers, he represents one of the most offensive Asian stereotypes Hollywood ever gave America.\" Asian Americans have complained that they were taunted with quotes of his stilted-English lines. At the time of release Roger Ebert defended him, writing that Gedde Watanabe \"elevates his role from a potentially offensive stereotype to high comedy\". In an article published in \"Salon\", Amy Benfer considers whether the film directly condones date rape. After the party scene, Jake tells Ted that his girlfriend Caroline is \"in the bedroom right now, passed out cold. I could violate her ten different ways if I wanted", "title": "Sixteen Candles" }, { "id": "3195510", "text": "becoming the first and only juvenile performers in the history of the Young Artist Awards to win the Best Leading Actress and Best Leading Actor awards for the same film (a distinction the film still retains as of 2014). In July 2008, the movie was ranked number 49 on \"Entertainment Weekly's\" list of \"The 50 Best High School Movies\". As of 2003, USA Network was developing a sequel to the film. As of 2005, Ringwald was producing, saying she had been approached repeatedly but had turned down all previous offers. \"I couldn't see how it would work. Now, it seems", "title": "Sixteen Candles" }, { "id": "3195502", "text": "to make a wish, but Sam says that her wish has already come true. John Hughes had asked his agent for headshots of young actresses, and among those he received were those of Molly Ringwald and Ally Sheedy. Sheedy had auditioned for the role of Sam, but was dropped because of Hughes thinking Ringwald was more fitting for the role, but he called her a year later to give her a role in \"The Breakfast Club\". Inspired by Ringwald's appearance, he put it up over his desk and wrote the film just over a weekend with her in mind for", "title": "Sixteen Candles" }, { "id": "900167", "text": "Steve Antin Steven Howard \"Steve\" Antin (born April 19, 1958) is an American actor, stunt performer, screenwriter, producer, and director. Antin was born in Queens, New York, the son of British Jewish immigrants. He is the brother of fellow actor Neil Antin, Pussycat Dolls founder Robin Antin, and celebrity hairstylist Jonathan Antin. Antin was a co-lead in the 1982 film \"The Last American Virgin\", and played Troy, the bad-guy preppie jock in Richard Donner's \"The Goonies\". He also played one of the rapists in the Academy Award-winning film \"The Accused\". Antin starred alongside David Warner in the independent film \"Drive\".", "title": "Steve Antin" }, { "id": "7194135", "text": "Steve Monarque Steve Monarque (born April 2, 1959) is a New York-based actor, director, writer and musician. Monarque was born and raised in the suburban New Jersey community of Pompton Lakes. Monarque has appeared in films including \"No Small Affair\" and \"Sixteen Candles\". In 1985, he was the lead in a special MTV video for the song \"25 or 6 to 4\" by the rock band Chicago. He also starred in the late eighties romantic comedy film \"Under the Boardwalk\". Monarque starred in two award-winning TV movies, \"ABC Afterschool Specials: Stoned\" (1980), co-starring with Scott Baio, and \"CBS Schoolbreak Special:", "title": "Steve Monarque" }, { "id": "3195506", "text": "86% of critics gave it a positive rating, based on 36 reviews with an average rating of 7/10. The website's critical consensus reads: \"Significantly more mature than the teen raunch comedies that defined the era, \"Sixteen Candles\" is shot with compassion and clear respect for his characters and their hang-ups\". Ringwald's performance was especially praised; \"Variety\" called her \"engaging and credible\" while Roger Ebert wrote that she \"provides a perfect center for the story\". The character of Long Duk Dong was criticized for being \"unfunny\" and a \"potentially offensive stereotype\" of Asian people. In 2008, Alison MacAdam of NPR wrote,", "title": "Sixteen Candles" }, { "id": "3195509", "text": "in the film \"might be that she is unappreciative of (or unreflective about) her class position\", adding that, \"what happens to Caroline in the narrative, whether her sloppy drunkenness, her scalping, or the potential for sexual coercion, seems to be both a projection of Samantha's desire to acquire Jake and become his girlfriend and a project of the film's desire to somehow harm the upper class.\" In December 1984, Ringwald and Hall both won Young Artist Awards as \"Best Young Actress in a Motion Picture\" and \"Best Young Actor in a Motion Picture\" for their roles in the film, respectively", "title": "Sixteen Candles" }, { "id": "3195497", "text": "large-breasted jock, Marlene. As the freshmen hang out at the gym, Ted's two best friends Bryce and Cliff watch as Ted crashes and burns after he once again hits on Sam and fails, with an upset Sam running off. Undeterred by this latest rejection, Ted accepts a bet from his friends that he can score with Sam. For proof, they need Ted to bring them her panties. While Jake and Caroline are slow dancing, Jake sees Ted's interaction with Sam. He later asks Ted what he knows about her. Shocked that a senior is talking to him, Ted opens up", "title": "Sixteen Candles" }, { "id": "7194139", "text": "the New Jersey International Film Festival (Honorable Mention) and the Los Angeles International Short Film Festival (LA Shorts Fest). Steve Monarque Steve Monarque (born April 2, 1959) is a New York-based actor, director, writer and musician. Monarque was born and raised in the suburban New Jersey community of Pompton Lakes. Monarque has appeared in films including \"No Small Affair\" and \"Sixteen Candles\". In 1985, he was the lead in a special MTV video for the song \"25 or 6 to 4\" by the rock band Chicago. He also starred in the late eighties romantic comedy film \"Under the Boardwalk\". Monarque", "title": "Steve Monarque" }, { "id": "4820286", "text": "of the Ocean\", which received praise from both \"The New York Times\" and Roger Ebert from \"The Chicago Sun Times\". His appearance in three John Hughes’s films: \"The Breakfast Club\", \"Sixteen Candles\", and \"Weird Science\" earned him fame in the 1980s as a character actor. Other film works include Schepisi's \"Roxanne\", with Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah, and Garry Marshall's \"Nothing in Common\", opposite Tom Hanks, and Touchstone’s \"Stick It\" show his improvisational and comedic timing skills. Whereas roles in \"The Boost\", with James Woods, and \"Internal Affairs\" with Richard Gere, present his adaptability for dramatic roles. Kapelos has also", "title": "John Kapelos" }, { "id": "3838039", "text": "Long Duk Dong Long Duk Dong is a fictional character that appears in \"Sixteen Candles\", a 1984 American coming-of-age comedy film written and directed by John Hughes. Played by Japanese American actor Gedde Watanabe, the character is an Asian foreign exchange student and a supporting character in the film set at a US suburban high school. The character has been called an offensive stereotype of Asian people. In \"Sixteen Candles\" (1984), Long Duk Dong (played by Gedde Watanabe) is an Asian foreign exchange student who goes to a United States suburban high school and stays with the grandparents of the", "title": "Long Duk Dong" }, { "id": "1807313", "text": "complex. Hall lives in Playa del Rey, California. Hall is godfather to Robert Downey Jr.'s son Indio Falconer Downey. Anthony Michael Hall Michael Anthony Hall (born April 14, 1968), known professionally as Anthony Michael Hall, is an American actor who starred in several teen-oriented films of the 1980s. Hall began his career in commercials and on stage as a child, and made his screen debut in 1980. His films with director-screenwriter John Hughes, beginning with the popular 1983 comedy \"National Lampoon's Vacation\" and the coming-of-age comedy \"Sixteen Candles\", shaped his early career. Hall's next movies with Hughes were the teen", "title": "Anthony Michael Hall" }, { "id": "880639", "text": "Year. Ringwald is known for her collaborations with filmmaker John Hughes, having appeared in three of his films. After appearing in the successful Hughes films \"Sixteen Candles\" (1984), \"The Breakfast Club\" (1985), and \"Pretty in Pink\" (1986), Ringwald became a teen icon. She later starred in \"The Pick-up Artist\" (1987), \"Fresh Horses\" (1988) and \"For Keeps\" (1988). She starred in many films in the 1990s, most notably \"\" (1992) and \"The Stand\" (1994). Ringwald is part of the \"Brat Pack\" and she was ranked number 1 on VH1's 100 Greatest Teen Stars. Ringwald currently portrays Mary Andrews on The CW", "title": "Molly Ringwald" }, { "id": "3838055", "text": "Shaun Justice said, \"It's odd that a character that's not a primary character would have so much notability. But that one certainly did.\" Long Duk Dong Long Duk Dong is a fictional character that appears in \"Sixteen Candles\", a 1984 American coming-of-age comedy film written and directed by John Hughes. Played by Japanese American actor Gedde Watanabe, the character is an Asian foreign exchange student and a supporting character in the film set at a US suburban high school. The character has been called an offensive stereotype of Asian people. In \"Sixteen Candles\" (1984), Long Duk Dong (played by Gedde", "title": "Long Duk Dong" }, { "id": "1807298", "text": "then in his 20s, he shifted to more mature roles, trying to establish himself as an adult actor. After \"Scissorhands\", he appeared in a series of low-budget films, including the 1992 comedy \"Into the Sun\", where he starred as a visiting celebrity at a military air base. Film critic Janet Maslin praised his performance, writing that \"Mr. Hall, whose earlier performances (in films like \"National Lampoon's Vacation\" and \"Sixteen Candles\") have been much goofier, remains coolly funny and graduates to subtler forms of comedy with this role.\" The following year, he played a gay man who teaches down-and-out Will Smith", "title": "Anthony Michael Hall" }, { "id": "17836419", "text": "162 Candles \"162 Candles\" is the eighth episode of the first season of The CW television series, \"The Vampire Diaries\" and the eighth episode of the series overall. It originally aired on November 5, 2009. The episode was written by Barbie Kligman and Gabrielle Stanton and directed by Rick Bota. The episode starts with Stefan (Paul Wesley) waking up at the living room and hearing noises in the house. He thinks that is Damon (Ian Somerhalder) but it is really his old friend Lexi (Arielle Kebbel) who came to celebrate his birthday. Stefan is happy to see her and he", "title": "162 Candles" }, { "id": "2995999", "text": "\"The Seniors\" (1978). He played the character of \"Grandpa\" Howard Baker in John Hughes' film \"Sixteen Candles\" (1984). His final appearance in a feature film was in \"Gremlins\" (1984). Andrews guested on many television series including: \"Mama\", \"Thriller\", \"Goodyear Television Playhouse\", \"Hands of Mystery\", \"The United States Steel Hour\", \"Justice\", \"Cheyenne\", \"The Twilight Zone\" (in the episodes \"Third From the Sun\", and \"You Drive\"), \"The Eleventh Hour\", \"Route 66\", \"Naked City\", \"Gunsmoke\", \"Rawhide\", \"Bonanza\", \"Alias Smith and Jones\", \"The Wild Wild West\", \"Ironside\", \"The F.B.I.\", \"The Beverly Hillbillies\", \"Mr. Novak\", \"Sanford and Son\", \"One Day at a Time\", \"Love American", "title": "Edward Andrews" }, { "id": "14383646", "text": "Sym-Bionic Titan. Series co-creator Genndy Tartakovsky, known for creating \"Dexter's Laboratory\" and \"Samurai Jack\", drew inspiration from many sources. He grew up with mecha anime series from the 1970s and 1980s like \"Speed Racer\", \"Macross\" and \"Voltron\" and states: \"For whatever reason, I have always loved the idea of kids driving giant robots.\" His biggest influence were John Hughes movies like \"Sixteen Candles\" and \"The Breakfast Club\" as well as 1980s pop culture, but the relationship between the two teenage leads was also inspired by Pazu & Sheeta, the two leads in Hayao Miyazaki's \"Castle in the Sky\". An episode", "title": "Sym-Bionic Titan" }, { "id": "5910392", "text": "Haviland Morris Haviland Morris (born September 14, 1959) is an American film, television, and Broadway actress, who currently works in real estate. Morris was born in New Jersey and spent much of her childhood in Hong Kong. Her father worked in the electronics industry. Morris graduated from Purchase College, where she was a classmate of Stanley Tucci. Haviland Morris is most famous for her role as Caroline Mulford in \"Sixteen Candles\". She was also in Madonna's \"Who's That Girl\" (1987) and \"\" (1990). Morris played Karen Pruitt in \"Home Alone 3\" in 1997 and Dr. Claire Baxter on \"One Life", "title": "Haviland Morris" }, { "id": "3838040", "text": "film's protagonist Samantha (played by Molly Ringwald). He appears accompanied by a gong sound. He practices his conversational English with others, has his hair parted down the middle as an uncool style, is mystified by American food, and calls himself \"The Donger\". He also finds a love interest, an athletic large-breasted young woman who is physically larger than he. Susannah Gora, writing about \"Sixteen Candles\", said, \"The role of 'The Donger' is pure comedy; a gong sounds every time Dong enters a scene. With his thick accent and bumbled attempts at American catchphrases ('Whass happenin', haaht stuff?'), everything Long Duk", "title": "Long Duk Dong" }, { "id": "6344334", "text": "\"Community\", which premiered in winter 2009, and continued to host \"The Soup\". McHale made an appearance on the first episode of the fifth season of \"Tosh.0\". He played Rex in \"Ted\" (2012) and had a short guest stint on the FX show \"Sons of Anarchy\". He played an NYPD officer in the supernatural horror film \"Deliver Us from Evil\". McHale appeared in 3 episodes between the tenth and eleventh seasons of \"The X-Files\" in 2016 and 2018, respectively. McHale played the lead role in the CBS sitcom \"The Great Indoors\", which began airing in the Fall of 2016. In 2018,", "title": "Joel McHale" }, { "id": "5749121", "text": "only line was \"Goodnight\", which was said to Felix Ungar, who responded, \"Goodbye.\" Bird often was cast by director John Hughes and appeared in many of his 1980 and 1990s films, such as \"Sixteen Candles\", \"Home Alone\", and \"Dennis the Menace\", the latter two of which both paired her with veteran Hughes actor Bill Erwin playing her husband. She also starred as Mrs. Lois Feldman in \"\". Her last film appearance was in 1995's \"Jury Duty\", with Pauly Shore. In addition to films, Bird made numerous appearances on various television series, including roles on \"Silver Spoons\", \"Ironside\", \"Eight Is Enough\",", "title": "Billie Bird" }, { "id": "8709603", "text": "State of the Art (book) State of the Art: Film Writings 1983–1985 is the eighth collection of movie reviews by the critic Pauline Kael. In the Author's Note at the beginning of this collection she wrote: Kael reviews 117 films in this eighth collection. She gives rich praise to the work of performers and directors she admires, for example, Molly Ringwald's performance in \"Sixteen Candles\", - Steve Martin, Robin Williams, and Nick Nolte, ( three perennial Kael favourites), and Luchino Visconti, for his work on The Leopard - \"\"The Leopard\" is so beautifully felt that it calls up a whole", "title": "State of the Art (book)" }, { "id": "3838050", "text": "(or political correctness, depending on how you look at it) swept America and the movie studios in the early nineties, and so the 1980s were, in many ways, the last moment when racially questionable jokes regularly found their place in mainstream comedies.\" Actress Molly Ringwald, who starred in \"Sixteen Candles\", wrote in 2018 that in the film, \"Long Duk Dong... is a grotesque stereotype.\" The co-founders of the Asian American popular culture magazine \"Giant Robot\", Martin Wong and Eric Nakamura, said before \"Sixteen Candles\", students of Asian descent in the United States were often nicknamed \"Bruce Lee\". After \"Sixteen Candles\",", "title": "Long Duk Dong" }, { "id": "16644358", "text": "6 (film) 6 Melugu Varthigal (also known as 6 Candles or 6) is a 2013 Tamil crime thriller film written and directed by V. Z. Durai. It stars Shaam and Poonam Kaur in the lead roles. This film sees the lead character sport six different looks and going around six different states to solve a mystery. The film was released on 20 September 2013 with positive reviews. Ram is a young software engineer who lives with his wife, Lizzy, and their son, Gautham in Chennai. They lead a normal life up until one day when Ram and Lizzy lose Gautham", "title": "6 (film)" }, { "id": "6894891", "text": "Carter Jenkins Carter Mark Jenkins (born September 4, 1991) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in the films \"Aliens in the Attic\" (2009), \"Valentine's Day\" (2010), and \"Struck by Lightning\" (2012). On television, Jenkins was part of the main cast of \"Surface\" (2005–06), \"Viva Laughlin\" (2007), and \"Famous in Love\" (2017–2018). Jenkins was born in Tampa, Florida to Mary and Eric Jenkins, and was raised in Carrollwood, Florida, where he attended Independent Day School. His family later moved to Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles. He has an older brother, Renneker Jenkins, who is also an actor,", "title": "Carter Jenkins" }, { "id": "10025009", "text": "five NYCBs was on the nationally televised show called \"The Merv Griffin Show\".Soon after, the NYCBs began appearing on everything from music videos Gladys Knight Flash and the Furious Five to Madonna(entertainer) live shows all around the world \"Soul Train\", \"Ripley's Believe It or Not!\", \"P.M. Magazine\", \"CBS Evening News\", \"Good Morning America\", \"Amnesty International Gala\", \"That's Incredible!\", and \"NBC's Salute to the Olympics\" just to name a few. \"Sixteen Candles\", \"Beat Street\", ', and are some of the noteworthy feature films they appeared in as well a cameo in \"Body Rock\". The NYCBs appeared on the first ever Hip", "title": "New York City Breakers" }, { "id": "3195499", "text": "made with his friends, so Sam agrees to let him borrow her panties. After Ted, Cliff, and Bryce have an impromptu peep show in the boys' bathroom to show off the panties, they head over to Jake's house for the dance's after-party. Almost immediately, the trio find themselves in an awkward situation, knocking over a huge beer can pyramid. Disgusted by Caroline's drunkenness and the mess she and her friends have made of his house, Jake heads to his bedroom to be alone and tracks down Sam's phone number after finding her picture in the school yearbook. He tries to", "title": "Sixteen Candles" }, { "id": "10222166", "text": "collaboration with the article's author, Larry L. King, and songwriter Carol Hall, and developed at length in workshop performances at the Studio. Glynn's award-winning performance would be reprised in the 1982 revival. Glynn's first movie appearance was as Mae Barber in \"Three Days of the Condor\" (1975). She is also known for her role as mother to Molly Ringwald's character in \"Sixteen Candles\" (1984), and as daughter-in-law to Geraldine Page's character in \"The Trip to Bountiful\" (1985). Her other film credits include roles in \"Resurrection\" (1980), \"Continental Divide\" (1981), \"The Escape Artist\" (1982), \"Gardens of Stone\" (1987), \"Blood Red\" (1989),", "title": "Carlin Glynn" }, { "id": "6564338", "text": "credits of \"Dogville\" and \"Manderlay\", the first two films of Lars Von Trier's trilogy \"USA - Land of Opportunities\". \"Young Americans\" was also featured on the soundtrack of John Hughes' film \"Sixteen Candles\". The song was used briefly in the Nicolas Cage film \"Lord of War\". It was also played at the beginning of the film \"Down to You\", starring Freddie Prinze, Jr. and Julia Stiles. It was used in the trailer to the Ben Stiller-directed film \"Reality Bites\" to show how Generation X had been affected by earlier American history. It was used in the 2012 thriller \"Jack Reacher\"", "title": "Young Americans (song)" }, { "id": "17068638", "text": "André Holland André Holland (born December 28, 1979) is an American actor. He received several accolades and widespread notice in 2016 for his performance as Kevin in the Academy Award-winning film \"Moonlight\". Throughout his career, Holland has acted in several film, television, and theatre productions. On television, he has starred as Dr. Algernon Edwards in the Cinemax series \"The Knick\" (2014–2015) and as Matt Miller in the FX series \"\" (2016). He portrayed politician and activist Andrew Young in the 2014 film \"Selma\" and sportswriter Wendell Smith in the 2013 film \"42\". On stage, he has starred in August Wilson's", "title": "André Holland" }, { "id": "408866", "text": "and an athlete, and a basket case, a princess, and a criminal.\" Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall both starred in Hughes' 1984 film \"Sixteen Candles\". Towards the end of filming, Hughes asked them both to be in \"The Breakfast Club\". Hall became the first to be cast, agreeing to the role of Brian Johnson. Ringwald was originally approached to play the character of Allison Reynolds, but she was \"really upset\" because she wanted to play Claire Standish. She eventually convinced the director and the studio to give her the part. The role of Allison ultimately went to Ally Sheedy.", "title": "The Breakfast Club" }, { "id": "7436195", "text": "Jimmy Wong James Franklin Wong (born March 28, 1987) is an American actor and musician. He is best known for his 2011 music video, \"Ching Chong: Asians in the Library Song\" and for his role as Ted in the web series \"Video Game High School\". In 2017, he and YouTuber Meghan Camarena co-hosted the video game themed variety show \"Polaris Primetime\" which was created as part of Disney's \"DXP\" programming block on Disney XD. Wong is the younger brother of filmmaker Freddie Wong, and grew up in Seattle, Washington. He is of Chinese ancestry. He received his B.A. in theater", "title": "Jimmy Wong" }, { "id": "6867083", "text": "The Crests The Crests were an American doo-wop group, formed by bass vocalist J.T. Carter in the mid 1950s. The group had several Top 40 hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s on Coed Records. Their most popular song, \"16 Candles\", rose to #2 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart in February 1959 selling over one million copies and earning a gold disc status. The group's other hits include \"Step By Step\", \"The Angels Listened In\", \"Trouble In Paradise\", \"Six Nights A Week\", and \"A Year Ago Tonight\". The Crests were the first interracially mixed doo-wop group, consisting of", "title": "The Crests" }, { "id": "3195496", "text": "the school bus ride home, he tries to hit on her, only to have her spurn him with some trash-talk before she gets off. At home, Sam has a whole new set of problems when she discovers that all four of her grandparents are staying at the Baker home during the wedding. One set of grandparents has brought along a bizarre Chinese foreign exchange student, Long Duk Dong. The grandparents force Sam to take him along to her school's senior dance that night and, to Sam's amazement, it takes the \"Donger\" only five minutes to find an unlikely girlfriend—the tall,", "title": "Sixteen Candles" }, { "id": "9515672", "text": "Fleshtones, and the subsequent video was given rotation on MTV. Other bands and artists appearing on the film's soundtrack include: The Del Fuegos, The dB's, Dream Syndicate, the Violent Femmes, The Waitresses, The Smithereens, Los Lobos, Alex Chilton and the Ben Vaughn Group. The original soundtrack record is out of print. Writing in the \"Zombie Movie Encyclopedia\", academic Peter Dendle called it an \"irreverent amateur parody of high school romance films in the \"Sixteen Candles\" tradition.\" Dendle cited the film as one of the forebears of the zombie romantic comedy trend of the 1980s and 1990s. I Was a Teenage", "title": "I Was a Teenage Zombie" }, { "id": "3195505", "text": "- 263 Park Avenue) and parking lot where the final scenes take place are in Glencoe. The original soundtrack was released as a specially priced mini album containing only 5 songs. However, the movie actually featured an extensive selection of over 30 songs. Songs from the movie that were not included on the soundtrack EP are as follows: In its opening weekend the film grossed $4,461,520 in 1,240 theaters in the United States and Canada, ranking second. By the end of its run, \"Sixteen Candles\" grossed $23,686,027 against a budget of $6.5 million. Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported that", "title": "Sixteen Candles" }, { "id": "3226270", "text": "in 2004, twenty years after the film's American premiere, the \"Washington Post\" ran an article entitled \"Real Men Can't Hold a Match to Jake Ryan of \"Sixteen Candles\"\", which discussed the character's enduring appeal. He appeared in eight additional films after \"Sixteen Candles\", including roles in \"Vision Quest\" and \"Mermaids\", and a starring role in the 1986 action film \"Let's Get Harry\" and 1991's \"Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken\". Schoeffling retired from acting in 1991; in various magazine and newspaper interviews, he stated that the lack of roles and a growing family to feed were his reasons for retiring. Since", "title": "Michael Schoeffling" }, { "id": "6532681", "text": "Jay Underwood Jay Underwood (born October 1, 1968) is an American actor and pastor. Beginning a prolific career as a teen actor in the mid-1980s, he is perhaps best known for his starring feature films roles; portraying Eric Gibb in \"The Boy Who Could Fly\", Chip Carson in \"Not Quite Human\", Grover Dunn in \"The Invisible Kid\" and Bug in \"Uncle Buck\". He also portrayed the Human Torch in the 1994 unreleased film \"Fantastic Four\". In 2001, Underwood was honored by the Young Artist Foundation with its Former Child Star \"Lifetime Achievement\" Award for his role in \"The Boy Who", "title": "Jay Underwood" }, { "id": "11788150", "text": "Marc Edward Heuck Marc Edward Heuck (born July 17, 1969) is an American actor, writer, and producer. He is best known for his role as The Movie Geek on the Comedy Central game show \"Beat the Geeks\". Heuck was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. Heuck has worked as a film projectionist at Nuart Theatre, New Beverly Cinema, and Cinefamily. Heuck provided audio commentary tracks and interview segments for the DVD releases of the 1981 slasher \"Scream\", 1995 slasher satire \"Night of the Dribbler\", \"Savage Streets\", \"Cheerleaders' Wild Weekend\", \"The Candy Snatchers\", \"The Pyx\", \"The Visitor\", and the dark comedy", "title": "Marc Edward Heuck" }, { "id": "7465731", "text": "and peaked at No. 65 on the US \"Billboard\" Hot 100. The video also reached No. 1 on \"TRL\" on both May 5 and May 8, 2006, being the third consecutive single from the album to reach the top position. The song was originally titled \"A Little Less Molly Ringwald, a Little More Samantha Fox\". Molly Ringwald is an actress who starred in the 1984 movie \"Sixteen Candles\", referenced in the final song title. \"Touch Me\" is a reference to the hit song by Samantha Fox. The accompanying music video to \"A Little Less \"Sixteen Candles\", a Little More \"Touch", "title": "A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More \"Touch Me\"" }, { "id": "985884", "text": "Harold Ramis, and younger brother Bill. He appears in many films with his brother, Bill Murray. However, he has also landed roles in other films. Early on, he appeared in \"Modern Problems\" alongside Chevy Chase. Again, years later, he memorably appeared as Chevy Chase's uptight boss, Frank Shirley, in \"National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation\" (1989), and co-starred as arcade tycoon Noah Vanderhoff in the film version of \"Wayne's World\" (1992). He landed a small role as assassin Jack Ruby in \"JFK\" (1991). He was also seen in the movies Sixteen Candles (1984), \"Club Paradise\" (1986), Legal Eagles (1986), \"How I Got", "title": "Brian Doyle-Murray" }, { "id": "8376414", "text": "Albee's \"Lolita\" \"Broadway's Bomb of the Year\" in an April 16, 1981, story. Baker was the real subject of the article, and \"People\" writer Mark Donovan said \"the critics were almost unanimous on one point: Blanche Baker was an ingenue whose time had come,\" citing reviews of critics that had called her \"breathtaking\" and \"beguiling.\" Baker originated the role of Shelby in the first production of \"Steel Magnolias\" Off-Broadway in 1987. Baker made her movie debut in \"The Seduction of Joe Tynan\" (1979). Other film appearances include \"Sixteen Candles\" (1984), \"Cold Feet\" (1984) and \"Taking Chance\" (2009). Blanche Baker Blanche", "title": "Blanche Baker" }, { "id": "11778552", "text": "in 2015 was the moderately successful \"We Are Your Friends\" (2015), in which he played a struggling DJ. In January 2016, he starred alongside Robert De Niro in the adult comedy \"Dirty Grandpa\", about a straitlaced young man who begrudgingly indulges his grandfather's unhinged personality by taking him on a vacation to Florida. The film received mostly negative reviews from critics for its crude humor, but became a commercial success upon its release. He subsequently co-starred with Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne, and Chloë Grace Moretz in the comedy sequel \"\", which became a commercial and critical success upon its release", "title": "Zac Efron" }, { "id": "14326318", "text": "D. J. Cotrona Donald Joseph \"D. J.\" Cotrona (born May 23, 1980) is an American actor, known for his role in the film \"\" (2013) and as Seth Gecko in the El Rey Network horror television series \"\". Cotrona was born in New Haven, Connecticut. His mother, Sheree, is a teacher, and his father, Donald, works for a recycling company. Cotrona is three eighths Italian and one quarter Polish descent; his other ancestry includes German, Hungarian, Austrian, and English. He was studying to be a lawyer at Northeastern University in Boston; however, after doing a summer internship at a law", "title": "D. J. Cotrona" }, { "id": "1807295", "text": "the 1986 film \"Out of Bounds\", Hall's first excursion into the thriller and action genre. The film grossed only US$5 million domestically, and was a critical and financial disappointment. Critic Roger Ebert described \"Out of Bounds\" as \"an explosion at the cliché factory,\" and Caryn James from \"The New York Times\" claimed that not even \"Hall, who made nerds seem lovable in John Hughes' \"Sixteen Candles\" and \"The Breakfast Club\", [could] do much to reconcile\" the disparate themes of the movie. Hall was offered the starring role in the 1987 film \"Full Metal Jacket\" in a conversation with Stanley Kubrick,", "title": "Anthony Michael Hall" }, { "id": "12577810", "text": "2009. The video includes Spencer Smith and Brendon Urie from Panic! at the Disco. The two also appeared in the official music video for Fall Out Boy's \"A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More \"Touch Me\"\" as some of the dandies, and were featured in the video for \"Headfirst Slide into Cooperstown on a Bad Bet\". Pete Wentz said in a press statement: - \"It is my time to say that we haven't done a video like this before, a video dedicated to someone's death, the death of our best friend and rapper, Dolla (Roderick Anthony Burton II). We", "title": "What a Catch, Donnie" }, { "id": "1807284", "text": "his geek persona, joining the cast of \"Saturday Night Live\" (1985–1986) and starring in films such as \"Out of Bounds\" (1986), \"Johnny Be Good\" (1988), \"Edward Scissorhands\" (1990) and \"Six Degrees of Separation\" (1993). After a series of minor roles in the 1990s, he starred as Microsoft's Bill Gates in the 1999 television film \"Pirates of Silicon Valley\". He had the leading role in the USA Network series \"The Dead Zone\" from 2002 to 2007. Hall was born on Easter Sunday, April 14, 1968, in West Roxbury, a neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts. He is the only child of blues-jazz singer", "title": "Anthony Michael Hall" }, { "id": "9043500", "text": "struggles to adjust to their new life, reclusive genius Max continues working on a highly advanced home computer that soon draws the attention of the CIA. Totally Awesome Totally Awesome is a television film produced by VH1. \"Totally Awesome\" directly parodies a number of 1980s movies, including \"Dirty Dancing\", \"Soul Man\", \"Footloose\", \"Some Kind of Wonderful\", \"Sixteen Candles\", \"Teen Wolf\", \"Better Off Dead\", \"Lucas\", \"Pretty in Pink\", and \"The Karate Kid\". The film premiered on November 4, 2006, on VH1, and was broadcast to promote the film's DVD release on November 7. Ben Stein introduces the film as a long-lost", "title": "Totally Awesome" }, { "id": "5910394", "text": "She currently works as a licensed real estate salesperson. Haviland Morris Haviland Morris (born September 14, 1959) is an American film, television, and Broadway actress, who currently works in real estate. Morris was born in New Jersey and spent much of her childhood in Hong Kong. Her father worked in the electronics industry. Morris graduated from Purchase College, where she was a classmate of Stanley Tucci. Haviland Morris is most famous for her role as Caroline Mulford in \"Sixteen Candles\". She was also in Madonna's \"Who's That Girl\" (1987) and \"\" (1990). Morris played Karen Pruitt in \"Home Alone 3\"", "title": "Haviland Morris" }, { "id": "4577493", "text": "Mekhi Phifer Mekhi Phifer (; born December 29, 1974) is an American actor. He portrayed Dr. Greg Pratt on NBC's long-running medical drama \"ER\" and had a co-starring role opposite Eminem in the feature film \"8 Mile\". He was a regular on the Fox crime show \"Lie to Me\" in the role of Ben Reynolds before season three, and also starred as CIA agent Rex Matheson in \"\". Phifer was born in Harlem, New York City. He grew up in a single-parent household with his mother, Rhoda Phifer, a high-school teacher. In 1994, Phifer attended an open-casting call for director", "title": "Mekhi Phifer" }, { "id": "18094140", "text": "Jonathan Dickson Jonathan Macgregor Dickson (born July 26, 1974) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Professor Blackjack (Edward O. Thorp) on the History Channel's \"Breaking Vegas\" series. He has also appeared in such shows as 30 ROCK and Boardwalk Empire. He can be seen shag dancing next to Rachel McAdams and James Marsden in the romantic drama, The Notebook. Dickson was born and raised in Anderson, South Carolina, the son of John and Sandra Dickson, and the brother of Jennifer Dickson Meeks and Jason Dickson. He attended the University of South Carolina in Columbia,", "title": "Jonathan Dickson" }, { "id": "17836421", "text": "nothing more she can do. When the interrogations are over, Elena tells Stefan that they should stay away from each other. Sheriff Forbes works late when Damon arrives at her office to bring her a package (supposedly from uncle Zach) that contains vervain. The Sheriff believes that Zach is out of town, as Damon made them believe, and now he tries to make the members of the council trust him and offers his help. That way, he can learn more things about the council and what they know. Bonnie (Kat Graham) visits Elena at her bedroom who is down after", "title": "162 Candles" }, { "id": "11766918", "text": "to never be in the \"Bottom Three\". In September 2014, Casaus confirmed he signed with El Rey network's new show \"Lucha Underground\", that began airing on October 29. He worked the tapings under the ring name \"Magnificent Martin\". He also worked as Marty the Magician, with Beautiful Brenda as his assistant. However, both suffered an injury and they characters were dropped. Casaus debuted on (aired April 29, 2015) as Marty \"The Moth\" Martinez, a fan who interfered in the match between Cage, King Cuerno and Hernandez. On February 22, 2015, Martinez had his first aired match, where he was defeated", "title": "Martin Casaus" }, { "id": "2128501", "text": "cut of the film; for the 1997 reissue, \"Sixteen Candles\" could not be used in the film or the soundtrack due to copyright problems. The original release had also used a brief excerpt of Igor Stravinsky's \"The Rite of Spring\", which was removed for the re-release. The film had its premiere in late 1972 at the third Annual Baltimore Film Festival, held on the campus of the University of Baltimore, where it sold out tickets for three successive screenings; the film had aroused particular interest among fans of underground cinema following the success of \"Multiple Maniacs\", which had begun to", "title": "Pink Flamingos" }, { "id": "1711434", "text": "of Wisconsin–Madison (1984). Cusack has twice been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her work in \"Working Girl\" and \"In & Out\". She has appeared with her brother John in 10 movies: \"Class\" (1983), \"Sixteen Candles\" (1984), \"Grandview, U.S.A.\" (1984), \"Broadcast News\" (1987), \"Say Anything...\" (1989), \"Grosse Pointe Blank\" (1997), \"Cradle Will Rock\" (1999), \"High Fidelity\" (2000), \"Martian Child\" (2007), and \"War, Inc.\" (2008). In the film \"Addams Family Values,\" she played serial divorcee and murderer Debbie Jellinsky. She also starred in the short-lived ABC sitcom \"What About Joan?\" in 2001–02 and the hit film \"Arlington", "title": "Joan Cusack" }, { "id": "6178496", "text": "Vincent Martella Vincent Michael Martella (born October 15, 1992) is an American actor, voice actor and singer. He is best known for his role as Greg Wuliger on the UPN/CW sitcom \"Everybody Hates Chris\", and for the voice of Phineas Flynn in the Disney Channel and Disney XD original animated show \"Phineas and Ferb\". He is also the voice of Hope Estheim in the 2010 video game \"Final Fantasy XIII\" and its sequels \"Final Fantasy XIII-2\" and \"\". Martella appeared in the feature film \"Role Models\" starring Seann William Scott and Paul Rudd. He has a lead role in the", "title": "Vincent Martella" }, { "id": "5114023", "text": "Terry Crews Terry Alan Crews (born July 30, 1968) is an American actor, comedian, artist, activist and former American football player. Crews played Julius Rock on the UPN/CW sitcom \"Everybody Hates Chris\" and Nick Kingston-Persons in the TBS sitcom \"Are We There Yet?\". He has also hosted the game show \"Who Wants to Be a Millionaire\" and starred in the BET reality series \"The Family Crews\". He appeared in films such as \"Friday After Next\" (2002), \"White Chicks\" (2004), \"Idiocracy\" (2006), and the \"Expendables\" series. Since 2013, he's played NYPD Sergeant Terry Jeffords in the sitcom \"Brooklyn Nine-Nine\". Crews played", "title": "Terry Crews" }, { "id": "16644368", "text": "the boy's face closely, he realizes it is Gautham, who he did not recognize earlier as his son has changed beyond recognition. The father and son embrace, as Bhai thanks the Lord for his blessing. The venture was first reported in September 2011, when a poster of a candle shaped like the number 6 was unveiled, with the media incorrectly initially reporting the title as \"6 Candles\". An accompany press note mentioned that V. Z. Durai had written and directed the film, while Jeyamohan would pen the dialogues. R. Madhi, Srikanth Deva and Anthony were signed on as cinematographer, music", "title": "6 (film)" }, { "id": "9175916", "text": "and his mother a former teacher. At an early age and with the support of his parents, Adkins followed his older brother into the acting profession. He graduated in 2008 from the Public Academy for Performing Arts. Adkins made his debut in 1996, in the shows \"Small Talk\" and in \"Sabrina, the Teenage Witch\". He appeared in the series \"ER\", and \"\", and in the films \"...First Do No Harm\", \"Stir\", \"Titanic\". He voiced Duby in the film \"Baby Geniuses\". He had a role in the television movie \"Wuthering Heights\", and in the feature films \"Funky Monkey\", \"Bad News Bears\",", "title": "Seth Adkins" }, { "id": "20646915", "text": "as for \"The End\" for Burt Reynolds. Other credits include \"Sixteen Candles\", \"Bull Durham\", and 92 episodes of the NBC sitcom \"Mad About You\". He retired from cinematography in 2006. Byrne joined the American Society of Cinematographers in 1994. He died on March 9, 2017, and is survived by his wife and two daughters. Bobby Byrne (cinematographer) Bobby Byrne (1932 - March 9, 2017) was an American cinematographer. Born in Jamaica, Queens, Byrne initially worked as an animation cameraman prior to moving into live action cinematography. He worked in the camera department for Conrad L. Hall and William A. Fraker.", "title": "Bobby Byrne (cinematographer)" }, { "id": "20171771", "text": "Michael Lieber Michael Lieber is a British stage and screen actor known for playing the real life mathematician John E. Littlewood in the 2014 biopic period drama 'Ramanujan' and his disturbing performance as Mark Crowe in the dark thriller 'A Room To Die For' produced by Sony Pictures. Lieber was born in Tenby, South Wales on May 6, 1988. He began performing at aged 10 as a busker and street magician in Wales before moving to England to attended Maple Hayes School for Dyslexics from (1999-2004), and studied drama at The Oxford School of Speech and Drama from 2006 to", "title": "Michael Lieber" }, { "id": "9458975", "text": "Tony Longo Tony Longo (August 20, 1961 – June 21, 2015) was an American actor. He appeared in numerous television series, including \"The Facts of Life\", \"Laverne & Shirley\", \"Simon & Simon\", \"Alice\", \"Perfect Strangers\", \"High Tide\", \"Sydney\", \"Las Vegas\", \"Six Feet Under\" and \"Monk\". His film credits include \"Sixteen Candles\", \"Mulholland Drive\", \"Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw\", \"The Last Boy Scout\", the 1994 version of \"Angels in the Outfield\", \"Eraser\", \"Suburban Commando\" and \"The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas\". Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, Longo attended Marist High School in Bayonne, New Jersey and the", "title": "Tony Longo" }, { "id": "10716164", "text": "to the geek. It is directed at the 'straight' Mr Jones, who is unable to come to terms with the counter culture youth revolution around him: In the 1995 \"X-Files\" episode \"Humbug\", real-life sideshow performer The Enigma portrays a mostly-mute geek named \"The Conundrum.\" True to geek form, his willingness to eat anything plays a crucial role in resolving the episode's plot. In \"Marvel Noir\", Norman Osborn has his henchmen all employed from various sideshow attractions. Adrian Toomes was a former Geek, and seems to have lost all conscience, as he devoured Ben Parker. In the film \"The Wizard of", "title": "Geek show" }, { "id": "3226271", "text": "giving up acting, he has produced handcrafted furniture as the owner of a woodworking shop. Schoeffling lives with his wife Valerie C. Robinson, a former model, in Newfoundland, Pennsylvania. Robinson is an actress, known for \"Patty Hearst\" (1988), \"One Shoe Makes It Murder\" (1982) and \"Having Babies II\" (1977). They have two children, Scarlet and Zane. Michael Schoeffling Michael Earl Schoeffling (born December 10, 1960) is an American former actor and male model, known for playing Jake Ryan in \"Sixteen Candles\", Kuch in \"Vision Quest\", and Joe in \"Mermaids\". Schoeffling was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and raised in South Jersey.", "title": "Michael Schoeffling" }, { "id": "5471141", "text": "Steve Bannos Steve Bannos (born August 5, 1960) is an American television and film actor, writer and photo dealer. As an actor, he had cameos in Judd Apatow and Paul Feig films, and is also known for his portrayal of Frank Kowchevski on the short-lived NBC dramedy \"Freaks and Geeks\". Bannos appeared in the films \"Spy\", \"The Heat\", \"Bridesmaids\", \"Funny People\", \"Superbad\", \"The 40-Year-Old Virgin\", \"Drillbit Taylor\", \"Pineapple Express\", and \"Unaccompanied Minors\"; and TV appearances in \"Love (TV series)\", \"Mike & Molly\", \"Days of Our Lives\", \"Eagleheart\", \"The Mentalist\" and \"Without a Trace\". Bannos also played the characters \"Mr. Combover\"", "title": "Steve Bannos" }, { "id": "3510213", "text": "which Thewlis was named Best Actor by the National Society of Film Critics (United States), the London Film Critics Circle, the Evening Standard, the New York Film Critics' Circle and the Cannes Film Festival. That same year, he appeared on television as a sexual predator named James Jackson in \"Prime Suspect 3\", opposite Helen Mirren and Ciarán Hinds. Before that, his first television appearance was in \"Valentine Park\". During the 1990s, Thewlis appeared in a variety of films, mostly fantasy and period, including \"Restoration\" (1995), \"Black Beauty\" (1994), \"Total Eclipse\" (1995) with Leonardo DiCaprio, \"The Island of Dr. Moreau\" (1996),", "title": "David Thewlis" }, { "id": "3195501", "text": "morning, Jake goes to Sam's house, only to have a hungover Donger miscommunicate that Sam was at church getting married. In the church parking lot, Jake finds Caroline and Ted making out in the back of his dad's banged-up Rolls. With this turn of events, Jake and Caroline mutually agree that it is time for them to break up and remain friends. Jake then drives to the church just in time to meet an incredulous Sam after her sister's wedding. The film concludes with Sam and Jake sharing a kiss over a birthday cake with 16 candles. Jake tells her", "title": "Sixteen Candles" }, { "id": "11778540", "text": "Zac Efron Zachary David Alexander Efron (; born October 18, 1987) is an American actor. He began acting professionally in the early 2000s, and rose to prominence in the late 2000s for his leading role as Troy Bolton in the \"High School Musical\" franchise (2006–2008). During this time, he also starred in the musical film \"Hairspray\" (2007) and the comedy film \"17 Again\" (2009). He has since appeared in the films \"New Year's Eve\" (2011), \"The Lucky One\" (2012), \"The Paperboy\" (2012), \"Neighbors\" (2014), \"Dirty Grandpa\" (2016), \"\" (2016), \"Baywatch\" (2017) and \"The Greatest Showman\" (2017). Efron was born in", "title": "Zac Efron" }, { "id": "15118346", "text": "name Jack Dempsey. In 2014 Ken Goldstein completed his first solo album as Jack Dempsey at Capitol Records. The album was produced and engineered by Niko Bolas. Goldstein grew up in Northbrook, Illinois, the town formerly called, Shermerville, Illinois, which is the setting for several of the classic films of the late director, John Hughes, who attended Northbrook's Glenbrook North High School (the setting of the town and High School in \"Ferris Bueller's Day Off\", \"Sixteen Candles\" and \"Breakfast Club\"). Goldstein can be briefly seen in the film, \"Ferris Bueller's Day Off\" and \"Sixteen Candles\", as all of the classic", "title": "Ken Goldstein" }, { "id": "17836426", "text": "gets to the bar to order some drinks when she sees Elena. She approaches her and the two of them have a nice talk about Stefan making Elena relax a little bit about Stefan being a vampire, to give him some time and he will soon be totally himself around her. When Lexi goes back to Stefan, Stefan thanks her for what she did. Sheriff Forbes finds the girl who survived Damon's attack and she asks her if she saw anything. The girl nods that she did and the Sheriff asks her to tell her everything. Back at the party,", "title": "162 Candles" }, { "id": "11788152", "text": "El Rey Network during its first season. Film Television Marc Edward Heuck Marc Edward Heuck (born July 17, 1969) is an American actor, writer, and producer. He is best known for his role as The Movie Geek on the Comedy Central game show \"Beat the Geeks\". Heuck was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. Heuck has worked as a film projectionist at Nuart Theatre, New Beverly Cinema, and Cinefamily. Heuck provided audio commentary tracks and interview segments for the DVD releases of the 1981 slasher \"Scream\", 1995 slasher satire \"Night of the Dribbler\", \"Savage Streets\", \"Cheerleaders' Wild Weekend\", \"The Candy", "title": "Marc Edward Heuck" }, { "id": "6867101", "text": "No: 160201) Unreleased recordings The Crests The Crests were an American doo-wop group, formed by bass vocalist J.T. Carter in the mid 1950s. The group had several Top 40 hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s on Coed Records. Their most popular song, \"16 Candles\", rose to #2 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart in February 1959 selling over one million copies and earning a gold disc status. The group's other hits include \"Step By Step\", \"The Angels Listened In\", \"Trouble In Paradise\", \"Six Nights A Week\", and \"A Year Ago Tonight\". The Crests were the first interracially mixed", "title": "The Crests" }, { "id": "6894893", "text": "film \"Aliens in the Attic\", playing the lead role Tom Pearson. In 2010, he appeared in the romantic-comedy \"Valentine's Day\", playing Alex Franklin, the boyfriend of Emma Roberts' character. Jenkins had a supporting role in the 2012 coming-of-age comedy-drama \"Struck by Lightning\", which starred Chris Colfer, who also wrote the screenplay. In 2015, Jenkins portrayed one of the main roles in the supernatural thriller film \"Nightlight\". As of now, he stars as Rainer Devon on Freeform's \"Famous in Love\". Carter Jenkins Carter Mark Jenkins (born September 4, 1991) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in", "title": "Carter Jenkins" }, { "id": "17535022", "text": "Phillip Officer Phillip Officer (born January 16, 1956 [?]) is an American musician from Missouri whom Rex Reed has hailed as \"the real deal.\" Officer grew up in the Midwest and moved to New York City as an adult, and later to Las Vegas, Nevada. Officer appeared as the Geek in the 1997 Broadway musical Side Show, which became a cult classic. He has performed at New York City's Carnegie Hall and the Oak Room of the Algonquin Hotel, as well as at other sophisticated venues. Officer is also a licensed real estate broker. Regarding Hammerstein, Officer notes that \"I", "title": "Phillip Officer" }, { "id": "3195508", "text": "to.\" He encourages Ted to drive her home saying, \"she's so blitzed she won't know the difference.\" When Caroline and Ted wake up next to each other in the car, Caroline says she's fairly certain they had sex though neither of them remember it. Amy Benfer writes, \"The scene only works because people were stupid about date rape at the time. Even in a randy teen comedy, you would never see two sympathetic male characters conspiring to take advantage of a drunk chick these days.\" Author Anthony C. Bleach has argued that one possibility for Caroline's emotional and physical ruin", "title": "Sixteen Candles" }, { "id": "15190527", "text": "Michelle Manning Michelle Manning is an American film director, producer and television director. Manning attended USC Film School. She began her career working with John Hughes, producing the films \"Sixteen Candles\" (1984) and \"The Breakfast Club\" (1985). In 1986, she made her directorial debut with the film \"Blue City\" based on the Ross Macdonald novel of the same name. The film starred Judd Nelson and Ally Sheedy and remains the only film she has directed to date. In addition, she also directed episodes of \"\" and \"Miami Vice\". In 1991, Manning began working for Paramount Pictures as senior vice president", "title": "Michelle Manning" }, { "id": "8709606", "text": "Purple Rose of Cairo\", \"Heartbreakers\", \"Lost in America\", \"Ghare Baire\", \"Prizzi's Honor\", \"The Shooting Party\". The book is out-of-print in the United States, but is still published by Marion Boyars Publishers in the United Kingdom. State of the Art (book) State of the Art: Film Writings 1983–1985 is the eighth collection of movie reviews by the critic Pauline Kael. In the Author's Note at the beginning of this collection she wrote: Kael reviews 117 films in this eighth collection. She gives rich praise to the work of performers and directors she admires, for example, Molly Ringwald's performance in \"Sixteen Candles\",", "title": "State of the Art (book)" }, { "id": "9458977", "text": "in Marina del Rey, California on June 21, 2015 after a long battle with congestive heart failure and kidney issues. He was survived by daughters Chloe Longo, Danielle Schramm, stepdaughter Alexis Dejoria and wife of 23 years, Jamie Briggs. Tony Longo Tony Longo (August 20, 1961 – June 21, 2015) was an American actor. He appeared in numerous television series, including \"The Facts of Life\", \"Laverne & Shirley\", \"Simon & Simon\", \"Alice\", \"Perfect Strangers\", \"High Tide\", \"Sydney\", \"Las Vegas\", \"Six Feet Under\" and \"Monk\". His film credits include \"Sixteen Candles\", \"Mulholland Drive\", \"Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw\",", "title": "Tony Longo" }, { "id": "5432135", "text": "actor, and Nancy Daley, a piano teacher. His father is of Irish Catholic background, while his mother is Jewish. He grew up in Nyack, New York, where he played Danny in Nyack Middle School's production of \"Grease.\" Daley began acting when he was cast as \"Young Tommy\" in the U.S. and international tours of the Broadway hit \"The Who's Tommy\". He played Sam Weir, protagonist of the \"Geeks\", in the television series \"Freaks and Geeks\", and since then he has worked continuously in television, including series such as \"The Geena Davis Show\", \"Boston Public\", \"Regular Joe\", \"Kitchen Confidential\", \"Judging Amy\",", "title": "John Francis Daley" }, { "id": "3838045", "text": "the final cut of the movie including a scene with him and his love interest in bed smoking and a rap performance at the school dance which got everyone dancing. Watanabe said the rap went something like: 'I like Coca-Cola, lady skate roller, rock 'n' rolla'\". Watanabe expressed his hope that Universal would bring back Long Duk Dong's rap in a future release of the film. Watanabe said he had \"a great experience\" making \"Sixteen Candles\" but recognized in retrospect that he was \"a bit naive\" about his role. He said, \"I was making people laugh. I didn't realize how", "title": "Long Duk Dong" }, { "id": "8376410", "text": "Blanche Baker Blanche Baker (born December 20, 1956) is an American actress and filmmaker. She won an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her work in the television mini-series \"Holocaust\". Baker is known for her role as Ginny Baker in \"Sixteen Candles\"; she also starred in the title role of \"Lolita\" on Broadway. In 2012, she produced and starred in a film about Ruth Madoff titled \"Ruth Madoff Occupies Wall Street\". Born Blanche Garfein in New York City, she is the daughter of actress Carroll Baker and director Jack Garfein. Her father is a Jew from Carpathian Ruthenia (born", "title": "Blanche Baker" } ]

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[ { "id": "4326993", "text": "match against Watford at White Hart Lane on 17 March 2007. He took a free-kick from from the opposition goal and the ball bounced over the head of Watford goalkeeper Ben Foster and into the goal. He became the third goalkeeper of five in Premier League history (excluding own goals) to score after Peter Schmeichel for Aston Villa in 2001, Brad Friedel for Blackburn Rovers in 2004, Tim Howard for Everton in 2012 and Asmir Begović for Stoke City in 2013. Robinson captained the team in their 1–0 League Cup quarter-final win over Southend United, and in their 0–0 FA", "title": "Paul Robinson (footballer, born 1979)" }, { "id": "142732", "text": "and Philippe Coutinho is now the most expensive transfer involving a Premier League club at £106 million. The highest transfer fee paid by a Premier League club is £89 million for Paul Pogba. The Golden Boot is awarded to the top Premier League scorer at the end of each season. Former Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United striker Alan Shearer holds the record for most Premier League goals with 260. Twenty-eight players have reached the 100-goal mark. Since the first Premier League season in 1992–93, 14 players from 10 clubs have won or shared the top scorers title. Thierry Henry won", "title": "Premier League" }, { "id": "5088556", "text": "against Exeter City in the League Cup. He scored his first goal for Rangers against Burnley on 1 February 2014. In his first season at QPR he made a total of 45 appearances scoring one goal and was part of the team that won promotion back to the Premier League via the 2014 Football League Championship play-off Final against Derby County. Dunne holds the unfortunate record of the most own goals in the Premier League, scoring his tenth in a 3-2 defeat against Liverpool on 19 October 2014, in a game which saw QPR score two own goals to hand", "title": "Richard Dunne" }, { "id": "2464315", "text": "in June 2001. Schmeichel returned to England with Aston Villa in July 2001, signing a one-year contract with the option to extend it by a further year. On 20 October 2001, Schmeichel became the first goalkeeper to score a Premier League goal, in a 3–2 defeat away to Everton; this feat has been repeated only four times: by Blackburn Rovers' Brad Friedel on 21 February 2004, also from a corner kick; by Tottenham Hotspur's Paul Robinson from a free-kick on 17 March 2007; by Everton's Tim Howard on 4 January 2012; and by Stoke City's Asmir Begović on 2 November", "title": "Peter Schmeichel" }, { "id": "1721193", "text": "In terms of goal-scoring awards, Henry was the European Golden Boot winner in 2004 and 2005 (sharing it with Villarreal's Diego Forlán in 2005). Henry was also the top goalscorer in the Premier League for a record four seasons (2002, 2004, 2005, 2006). In 2006, he became the first player to score more than 20 goals in the league for five consecutive seasons (2002 to 2006). With 175, Henry is currently fifth in the list of all-time Premier League goalscorers, behind Alan Shearer, Andy Cole, Wayne Rooney and Frank Lampard. All of his Premier League goals were for Arsenal, giving", "title": "Thierry Henry" }, { "id": "5088544", "text": "Euro 2012. Dunne announced his retirement from football in November 2015 after being released by Queens Park Rangers. Dunne holds the Premier League record of being sent off – joint eight times along with Patrick Vieira and Duncan Ferguson. He also holds the Premier League record of scoring 10 own goals. Having played schoolboy football in Dublin for Home Farm, Dunne joined Everton as a 15-year-old schoolboy in the 1994–95 season. The next season, he started to play for Everton reserves and in early 1997, Dunne signed a 5-year professional contract. He was part of the successful 1998 FA Youth", "title": "Richard Dunne" }, { "id": "8664663", "text": "On 22 March, he scored another brace in a 6–3 win over Cardiff City. On 13 April, he scored Liverpool's second goal in a crucial 3–2 win over Manchester City at Anfield to reach seven goals in the 2013–14 Premier League season. On 11 May, he scored a record fourth own-goal of the Premier League season in a 2–1 win against Newcastle United. Despite those four own goals, Škrtel scored some decisive goals for Liverpool in some matches. Since his return against Manchester United in the third game of the season, he played every minute for Liverpool in the Premier", "title": "Martin Škrtel" }, { "id": "15960493", "text": "points and goals of every team that has played in the Premier League since its inception in 1992. The table that follows is accurate as of the end of the 2017–18 season. Teams in bold are part of the 2018–19 Premier League. Numbers in bold are the record (highest either positive or negative) numbers in each column. League or status at 2018–19: Premier League records and statistics The top tier of English football was renamed the Premier League for the start of the 1992–93 season. The following page details the football records and statistics of the Premier League. Players currently", "title": "Premier League records and statistics" }, { "id": "13678037", "text": "goal in a 3–2 home win against Crystal Palace. He was also involved in the winning goal for Saido Berahino. On 25 April 2016 he became the fourth Premier League player of the season to score an own goal and a goal in the same match in a 1–1 draw away to Tottenham. On 18 March 2017, he scored two headers from corners, as West Brom defeated Arsenal 3–1 in the Premier League, he was named man of the match. Immediately after signing for West Brom, he was loaned back to Rochdale for the remainder of the 2010–11 season. On", "title": "Craig Dawson" }, { "id": "17113312", "text": "by a 2–0 victory over West Bromwich Albion on 7 May. Norwich City, Fulham, and Cardiff City were the bottom three teams and were relegated to the Football League Championship. Two teams (Manchester City and Liverpool) scored more than 100 goals for the first time in league history. The feat has only once been achieved before – by Chelsea in 2009–10. Luis Suárez won the golden boot for most goals with 31, ahead of teammate Daniel Sturridge who came second with 21 goals. Wojciech Szczęsny of Arsenal and Petr Čech of Chelsea led the league with 16 clean sheets each.", "title": "2013–14 Premier League" }, { "id": "2341826", "text": "must be deliberate in order for an own goal to be registered against him\". Regarding a shot which deflects or ricochets into the goal off a defender, some sources credit the score to the attacker; others count them as own goals; for others it depends on whether the original shot was off target; others are more nuanced. There was controversy in 2013 when the FA Premier League credited Tim Howard with an own goal when a shot came off the post, hit him in the back, and went in. Major competitions may have video reviews which can alter the accreditation,", "title": "Own goal" }, { "id": "12946401", "text": "given to Chelsea for the third consecutive year. Chelsea collected the Premier League Merit Award for being the first team to score 100 goals in a Premier League season. 2009–10 Premier League The 2009–10 Premier League (known as the Barclays Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 18th season of the Premier League since its establishment in 1992. A total of 20 teams competed in the league, with Chelsea unseating the three-time defending champions Manchester United, scoring a then Premier League record 103 goals in the process. The season began on 15 August 2009 and concluded on 9 May 2010.", "title": "2009–10 Premier League" }, { "id": "15784426", "text": "Pat Kruse Patrick Karl Kruse (born 30 November 1953) is an English former professional football centre back who is best remembered for his five-year spell in the Football League with Brentford, for whom he made over 200 appearances. Kruse is known for scoring what is believed to be the fastest own goal of all time, netting past his own keeper after just six seconds of play in a match in January 1977. A centre back, Kruse began his career at hometown South Midlands League Premier Division club Arlesey Town. He departed in June 1970. Kruse secured a move to the", "title": "Pat Kruse" }, { "id": "2906235", "text": "Friedel's goal equalized the game at 2–2, but seconds later Charlton scored again through Claus Jensen, and went on to win the match 3–2. He became just the second goalkeeper in Premier League history (excluding own goals) to score, after Peter Schmeichel for Aston Villa in 2001. Friedel extended his contract with Blackburn Rovers on April 14, 2006, stating his love for the club as a reason. Two years later, on February 5, 2008, he again signed an extension to his Rovers contract, stating that, \"I am delighted to have extended the agreement. It was not a difficult decision to", "title": "Brad Friedel" }, { "id": "14060018", "text": "the Decade. Les Ferdinand was recognised as scorer of the 10,000th Premier League goal, David Seaman was credited as the goalkeeper with most clean sheets in the league (130), and Gary Speed was credited with the most league appearances (352). Football is the most watched sport in England, and the Premier League along with the FA Cup are the two most prestigious English club football competitions. In 1991, league football in England underwent a major change, when the 22 teams in the First Division, the then top division of The Football League system, resigned en-masse to form the Premier League.", "title": "Premier League 10 Seasons Awards" }, { "id": "3879028", "text": "and Manchester United respectively due to a breach of club rules. Andrew Marriott wore the gloves in his place, although Crossley regained his place for the next league game after the second final. He also has the dubious distinction of scoring the first Premier League own goal, in Forest's 4–1 defeat at Blackburn Rovers on 5 September 1992. He was granted a testimonial match during the 1999–2000 season by Nottingham Forest, which was played in front of 15,000 supporters. During that season, Crossley found himself on the bench numerous times, playing second choice 'keeper to Dave Beasant. He was finally", "title": "Mark Crossley" }, { "id": "8664667", "text": "scored his first goal for Liverpool against the same opponents. On 6 December 2015, Škrtel joined his former defence partner Jamie Carragher in second position on the All Time Premier League Own Goals list by scoring his seventh in a match against Newcastle. On 20 December, Šrktel suffered a tear in his hamstring and tendon which kept him on the sideline for six weeks. On 14 July 2016, Turkish Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe announced that Škrtel had signed for the club, for a reported fee of £5 million. In his first season with Fenerbahçe, Škrtel played 31 games in the", "title": "Martin Škrtel" }, { "id": "15960492", "text": "Premier League records and statistics The top tier of English football was renamed the Premier League for the start of the 1992–93 season. The following page details the football records and statistics of the Premier League. Players currently playing in the Premier League are highlighted in bold. Players currently playing in the Premier League are highlighted in bold. Players currently playing in the Premier League are highlighted in bold. This is a list of the top 10 youngest players to score a goal in the Premier League. The all-time Premier League table is a cumulative record of all match results,", "title": "Premier League records and statistics" }, { "id": "142676", "text": "old First and Second Divisions with three teams relegated from the league and three promoted. The league held its first season in 1992–93. It was composed of 22 clubs for that season. The first Premier League goal was scored by Brian Deane of Sheffield United in a 2–1 win against Manchester United. The 22 inaugural members of the new Premier League were Arsenal, Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Chelsea, Coventry City, Crystal Palace, Everton, Ipswich Town, Leeds United, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Norwich City, Nottingham Forest, Oldham Athletic, Queens Park Rangers, Sheffield United, Sheffield Wednesday, Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur, and", "title": "Premier League" }, { "id": "12946389", "text": "2009–10 Premier League The 2009–10 Premier League (known as the Barclays Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 18th season of the Premier League since its establishment in 1992. A total of 20 teams competed in the league, with Chelsea unseating the three-time defending champions Manchester United, scoring a then Premier League record 103 goals in the process. The season began on 15 August 2009 and concluded on 9 May 2010. Prior to each opening week match, a minute's applause was held in memory of Sir Bobby Robson. Nike provided a new match ball – the T90 Ascente – for", "title": "2009–10 Premier League" }, { "id": "2341827", "text": "such as the Dubious Goals Committee of the FA Premier League. In the 2002 FIFA World Cup, one of Ronaldo's eight goals in winning the Golden Boot was initially credited as an own goal but reassigned on appeal by Brazil. UEFA's review procedure was formalised in 2008. , the English Football League allowed the club which scored to nominate the scorer, which \"The Guardian\" criticised with an example from 2002: \"every single national newspaper, agency and football factbook agreed that Coventry City defender Calum Davenport had scored an own goal against Burnley. The Clarets, however, gave the goal to Gareth", "title": "Own goal" }, { "id": "690125", "text": "world's greatest living players. Shearer scored 283 league goals in his career (all in the first tier of English football), including a record 260 in the Premier League (of which 58 were penalties) with a record 11 Premier League hat-tricks, and a total of 422 in all competitions including international at all levels. Until his retirement from international football in 2000, he appeared 63 times for his country and scored 30 goals. Shearer had a goals-to-game ratio of 0.667 throughout his career. Since retiring as a player in 2006, Shearer has worked as a television pundit for the BBC. In", "title": "Alan Shearer" }, { "id": "14060032", "text": "Player of the Year by the Professional Footballers' Association in April 1995. While coming to the end of his spell with Blackburn, in 1996 Shearer became the first player to score 100 Premier League goals. After renewed interest from Manchester United, who initially tried to sign him before Blackburn, a 25-year-old Shearer invoked a release clause in his Blackburn contract and moved to Newcastle United in July 1996 for a world football transfer record of £15m. This nearly doubled the previous British record of £8.5m for Stan Collymore a year earlier. Blackburn had refused Manchester United's offer, and although other", "title": "Premier League 10 Seasons Awards" }, { "id": "15801368", "text": "Month and Player of the Season awards were only first bestowed during the 1994–95 season. The first Player of the Season award was given to Blackburn Rovers striker Alan Shearer, who won the Premier League title with his team and the Golden Boot that season. Thierry Henry, Cristiano Ronaldo and Nemanja Vidić have been Player of the Season on two occasions each and are the only players to have won the award more than once, with Ronaldo having achieved this in consecutive years (2007 and 2008). Eight players were the Premier League's leading goalscorer and won the Golden Boot alongside", "title": "Premier League Player of the Season" }, { "id": "142733", "text": "his fourth overall scoring title by scoring 27 goals in the 2005–06 season. Andrew Cole and Alan Shearer hold the record for most goals in a season (34) – for Newcastle and Blackburn respectively. Ryan Giggs of Manchester United holds the record for scoring goals in consecutive seasons, having scored in the first 21 seasons of the league. The Premier League maintains two trophies – the genuine trophy (held by the reigning champions) and a spare replica. Two trophies are held in the event that two clubs could win the League on the final day of the season. In the", "title": "Premier League" }, { "id": "2313304", "text": "a 3–2 win. In total during his first season, Van Nistelrooy scored 23 goals in 32 league games. He broke the record he shared with Mark Stein, Alan Shearer and Thierry Henry, by scoring in eight consecutive league games. He also scored ten Champions League goals, and was named the PFA Players' Player of the Year. The following season, he finished as the top Premier League scorer with 25 goals in 34 games, with a goal on the final day against Everton earning him the Golden Boot ahead of Arsenal's Thierry Henry. His tally included three hat-tricks against Newcastle United,", "title": "Ruud van Nistelrooy" }, { "id": "8561196", "text": "against West Ham United which earned praise from pundit Gary Neville. He scored twice against Liverpool on Boxing Day 2012 in a 3–1 victory. On 12 January 2013, whilst playing against Chelsea, Walters scored two own goals becoming only the fourth player to do so in the Premier League, he also missed a penalty in the match as Stoke lost 4–0. He made amends three days later, scoring twice in an FA Cup third round replay victory over Crystal Palace. Walters played in every match in the 2012–13 season and was the club's top-scorer with 11 goals. The final game", "title": "Jonathan Walters" }, { "id": "6642720", "text": "they ended the campaign as Division Three champions. Brian Talbot took Rushden & Diamonds, founded just nine years prior, into the Football League as Conference champions. Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Chelsea's record signing at £15 million, topped the Premiership goalscoring charts with 23 goals. Marcus Stewart was the Premiership's second-highest goalscorer with 19 goals for newly promoted Ipswich Town, who qualified for the UEFA Cup. Teddy Sheringham, 35, was voted Player of the Year by both the PFA and FWA after helping Manchester United win their third successive Premiership title. Michael Owen helped Liverpool end their six-year trophy drought after his", "title": "2000–01 in English football" }, { "id": "13406463", "text": "37 seconds, making it the 12th-fastest hat-trick in Premier League history. On 4 February 2017, Lukaku scored four goals, the first of which was Everton's fastest ever Premier League goal, against Bournemouth in a 6–3 victory at Goodison Park. It was also the 300th hat-trick scored in the Premier League. On 25 February 2017, he equalled Duncan Ferguson's club record for Premier League goals, scoring his 60th EPL goal for the Toffees in a 2–0 victory over Sunderland at Goodison Park. On 5 March, he surpassed Ferguson to become the outright record holder, scoring in a 3–2 loss against Tottenham", "title": "Romelu Lukaku" }, { "id": "7155483", "text": "and Kamara's first signing Mark Stallard. Tony Pulis guided Gillingham F.C.out of Division Three and was named the Manager of the Season. Alan Shearer topped the Premiership scoring charts with 31 goals, the highest number of goals in the league charted at the time. Shearer was followed closely by Robbie Fowler on 28, Ian Wright and Les Ferdinand, who won the PFA Players' Player of the Year award. Steve McManaman led the assists chart with 25 assists this season, also a new record for the league. Eric Cantona was awarded the FWA Footballer of the Year for his comeback and", "title": "1995–96 in English football" }, { "id": "16446665", "text": "Arsenal, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester United, and Tottenham Hotspur. In that time, only five teams ever won the League title: Manchester United (twelve times), Arsenal (thrice), Chelsea (thrice), Manchester City (once) and Blackburn Rovers (once). Manchester United were also the most successful team overall, never finishing outside of the top-three positions. The awards were divided into 11 categories. Fans could vote for Best Goal, Best Match, Best Save, Best Celebration and Fantasy XI of the 20 Seasons on the Premier League website. A panel selected winners for Best Player, Best Manager, Best Team, Best Season, Best Quote and", "title": "Premier League 20 Seasons Awards" }, { "id": "2884763", "text": "and Newcastle United, Brendan Rodgers with Swansea City and Liverpool, Alan Pardew with West Ham United and Newcastle United, Sam Allardyce with Bolton Wanderers and West Ham United, Tony Pulis with Crystal Palace and West Bromwich Albion, Mauricio Pochettino with Southampton and Tottenham Hotspur, and Claudio Ranieri with Chelsea and Leicester City. Fourteen managers have won awards in consecutive months: Joe Kinnear, Kevin Keegan, Roy Evans, Alex Ferguson, Arsène Wenger, David O'Leary, Stuart Pearce, Paul Jewell, Rafael Benítez, Carlo Ancelotti, Manuel Pellegrini, Claudio Ranieri, Antonio Conte and Pep Guardiola. Guardiola is the only manager in Premier League history to have", "title": "Premier League Manager of the Month" }, { "id": "10950166", "text": "Worthington (Captain), Andy Walker, Michael Johansen<br> Celebrities - Sheephead, Ian Aspinall, Sajid Mahmood, Tony Knowles<br> Fans - Nathan Cooper, Alan Mitchell, Alex Harvie Goalkeeper - Peter Bonetti <br> Legends - Ruud Gullit (only played in group game), Roberto Di Matteo, Kerry Dixon, Gustavo Poyet (only played in quarter-final)<br> Celebrities - Ross Kemp, Omid Djalili, Alec Stewart<br> Fans - Gary Field(Insurance Broker) Judan Ali (football coach/ex Arsenal youth player)<br> Goalkeeper - Steve Cherry <br> Legends - Dean Sturridge, Darryl Powell, Darren Wassall (Captain) <br> Celebrities - Dominic Cork, Des Coleman, Jamie Baulch <br> Fans - Andy Wheeler (Financial Advisor), Chad Potter", "title": "Premier League All Stars" }, { "id": "14060042", "text": "second place with 17%, and Le Tissier's strike for Southampton against Blackburn into third place with 11%. Commenting on the goal at the time, Manchester United's manager Alex Ferguson stated, \"I've never seen it done, Everyone is scratching their heads in the dressing room to try and remember something similar. Pelé in 1970 is the only one.\" Coincidentally, the goal was also Manchester United's 300th Premier League goal. Manchester United's Danish goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel was awarded the Save of the Decade Award, for a close range stop in an away game at St. James' Park against Newcastle United, on 21", "title": "Premier League 10 Seasons Awards" }, { "id": "7272930", "text": "City, and this goal took him to the top of the goal scorers list with 5 goals in 6 games. He followed it with two more goals against Liverpool, further solidifying his position as top scorer in the English Premier League. He also scored penalties in 2–1 victories over Portsmouth and Newcastle. At one point he was the third top scorer in the Premier League behind Chelsea's Nicolas Anelka and Manchester City's Robinho who had 15 and 12 respectively to Zaki's 10, however he failed to add to that tally in which Anelka finished top with 19. Wigan Athletic chairman", "title": "Amr Zaki" }, { "id": "15410325", "text": "In October 2014, Vergini scored an own goal during a Premier League game against Southampton, volleying from the edge of the penalty area past goalkeeper Vito Mannone. Luke Perry of the BBC described it as \"one of the Premier League's most spectacular own goals\". It was the first goal in an 8–0 away defeat for the Black Cats. On 16 July 2015 Vergini was loaned to Spanish La Liga side Getafe CF in a season-long deal with a view to a permanent transfer. In June 2016, Vergini returned to his home country and signed with Boca Juniors, for an undisclosed", "title": "Santiago Vergini" }, { "id": "636893", "text": "of the 1970s, goalscorers like McDonald often attract fame but Sunderland goalkeeper Jim Montgomery's double save, which helped Sunderland then a second Division club, beat at that time an all conquering Leeds United team to win the 1973 FA Cup Final by an Ian Porterfield goal, is an incident that is frequently and fondly recalled. Great players of the 1980s and 1990s include local born internationals like Peter Beardsley, Paul Gascoigne, Chris Waddle and Alan Shearer. Shearer remains the highest scoring player in Premier League history with 260 goals in 441 appearances. In the early 2000s Middlesbrough also joined the", "title": "North East England" }, { "id": "10950168", "text": "Fans - Nick Haycraft (Motor Sales Advisor), Graeme Inman (Football Coach), Paul Smith (Property Development Manager)<br> Goalkeeper - Andy Dibble <br> Legends - Rodney Marsh, Nicky Summerbee, Fitzroy Simpson, Keith Curle <br> Celebrities - Ant Genn, Nigel Bond, Jason Manford, Nick Leeson <br> Fans - Tom Beddard (College Tutor), Rory McDowell (Window Fitter), Lee Jones (Roofer)<br> Goalkeeper - Fraser Digby <br> Legends - Lee Sharpe, Ray Wilkins (Captain, only played in group game), Clayton Blackmore, Arthur Albiston (Quarter-final onwards) <br> Celebrities - Angus Deayton, Mark Chapman, Darren Campbell (Captain in quarter-final) <br> Fans - Matt Fisher (Housing Officer), Dave Rimmer", "title": "Premier League All Stars" }, { "id": "563048", "text": "famous goal against Newcastle United was voted as the best Premier League goal of all-time in the league's 25-year history. Born in Amsterdam, Bergkamp was the last of Wim and Tonnie Bergkamp's four sons. He was brought up in a working-class suburb, in a family aspiring to reach middle-class status. His father, an electrician and amateur footballer in the lower leagues, named him in honour of Scottish striker Denis Law. To comply with Dutch given name customs, an extra \"n\" was inserted in Bergkamp's first name by his father after it was not accepted by the registrar. Bergkamp was raised", "title": "Dennis Bergkamp" }, { "id": "2572035", "text": "having scored the second goal in a 3–1 win over Leicester City. On 10 May, Terry surpassed David Unsworth as the highest-scoring defender in the Premier League after scoring his 39th in the opening five minutes against Liverpool, an eventual 1–1 draw. On 23 August 2015, Terry received his first league red card for over five years, being dismissed for a foul on Salomón Rondón in a 3–2 win at West Bromwich Albion. On 15 January 2016, Terry scored an own goal in the 50th minute as well as his first goal of the season in the 98th minute, earning", "title": "John Terry" }, { "id": "19890088", "text": "notwithstanding inconsequential deflections such as failed attempts at a save. Should a player cause a goal to be scored against their own team, the goal is recorded as an own goal. The authority on attributing goals varies between competitions. The Premier League in England has a dedicated Dubious Goals Committee for resolving attribution disputes. For an individual player, scoring multiple goals in a game is considered a notable achievement. In association football, a hat-trick refers to the uncommon feat of scoring three goals in a single game. Awards exist for individual players who score the most goals in some competitions,", "title": "Scoring in association football" }, { "id": "1622601", "text": "League goals being the most scored by a player for any single club. Rooney's 208 Premier League goals make him the Premier League's second top scorer of all time behind only Alan Shearer. He also has the third-highest number of assists in the Premier League, with 103. Rooney made his senior international debut for England in February 2003 aged 17, becoming the youngest player to represent England (a record since broken by Theo Walcott) and he is England's youngest ever goalscorer. He played at UEFA Euro 2004 and scored four goals, briefly becoming the youngest goalscorer in the history of", "title": "Wayne Rooney" }, { "id": "6657507", "text": "Brilliant young winger Ryan Giggs was PFA Young Player of the Year for the second year running, while Alex Ferguson received the Manager of the Year award. Other significant players in the title winning side were top goalscorer Mark Hughes, temperamental but brilliant French striker Eric Cantona (bought from Leeds United in mid-season), reliable centre back Gary Pallister and confident midfielder Paul Ince. Manchester United would go on further to dominate the Premier League till the present day, with challenges coming from Arsenal, Newcastle United, Aston Villa, Blackburn, Liverpool and Chelsea for the title. The top three of Manchester United,", "title": "1992–93 in English football" }, { "id": "142667", "text": "Six of them have won the title since then: Manchester United (13), Chelsea (5), Arsenal (3), Manchester City (3), Blackburn Rovers (1), and Leicester City (1). Following the 2003–04 season, Arsenal acquired the nickname \"The Invincibles\" as they became, and still remain, the only club to complete a Premier League campaign without losing a single game. The record of most points in a Premier League season is 100 by Manchester City in 2017–18. Despite significant European success in the 1970s and early 1980s, the late 1980s marked a low point for English football. Stadiums were crumbling, supporters endured poor facilities,", "title": "Premier League" }, { "id": "1951313", "text": "Northern Ireland, George Best and Pat Jennings; from Scotland, Kenny Dalglish and Jimmy Johnstone; and from Wales, Ian Rush and Ryan Giggs. The first recipient of the Ballon d'Or, Stanley Matthews was knighted while still a player. The English Premier League (formed in 1992 by member clubs of the old Football League First Division) is the most-watched football league in the world, and its biggest clubs include Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City. Scotland's Celtic and Rangers also have a global fanbase. Leicester City's 2016 Premier League title win is regarded among the greatest sporting upsets", "title": "Culture of the United Kingdom" }, { "id": "15456170", "text": "for their match ball (white from August to October and March to May; high-visibility yellow from November through February) called Seitiro, featuring a modified flame design. On 21 December in a 2–1 loss to Arsenal at Villa Park, Marc Albrighton of Aston Villa was officially credited with the 20,000th goal scored since the formation of the Premier League in 1992. He was given £20,000 from league sponsor Barclays to donate to a charity of his choice. He chose Acorns Children's Hospice, who used to sponsor Aston Villa. Newcastle United manager Alan Pardew, 50, received the Premier League Manager of the", "title": "2011–12 Premier League" }, { "id": "16446662", "text": "the 2011–12 season, which ended on 13 May 2012. Voting ended on 30 April 2012. Awards included best manager, best player and best goal. Football is the most watched sport in England, and the Premier League along with the FA Cup are the two most prestigious English club football competitions. In 1991, league football in England underwent a major change, when the 22 teams in the First Division, the then top division of The Football League system, resigned en-masse to form the Premier League. Constituted as the Football Association Premier League Ltd, it remained as an official Football Association (The", "title": "Premier League 20 Seasons Awards" }, { "id": "3790980", "text": "Dempsey finished fourth on the FWA Footballer of the Year list behind the winner, Arsenal's Robin van Persie, and Manchester United pair Wayne Rooney and Paul Scholes, who came in second and third, respectively. Dempsey became the first American player to reach the milestone of fifty goals in the Premier League, with a free kick against Sunderland in the last home game of the season. On August 31, 2012, Fulham confirmed Dempsey's transfer to Tottenham Hotspur. On August 31, 2012, Dempsey joined Tottenham Hotspur on a three-year contract for a fee believed to be in the region of $9 million.", "title": "Clint Dempsey" }, { "id": "10950172", "text": "only), Tamer Hassan (Suspended for semi-final), Geoff Bell, Roland Manookian (Semi-final onwards) <br> Fans - Julian Hilaire (Civil Servant), Matthew Crook (Publishing Account Manager), Chris Whitelock (Sports Management Student) <br> Goalkeeper - Simon Farnworth <br> Legends - David Lowe, Stuart Barlow, Colin Greenall<br> Celebrities - Martin Offiah (Captain), Jez Edwards, Paul Tonkinson <br> Fans - Paul Knowles (Recruitment Consultant), Dean Gore (Telesales operator), Darren Cole (hands on group Car Wash Franchise Manager)<br> The games are played indoors in a custom-built futuristic arena and are based on standard FA seven-a-side rules, but with a handful of innovations. The key rules: Matches", "title": "Premier League All Stars" }, { "id": "142666", "text": "to £2.4 billion in 2016–17. The Premier League is the most-watched sports league in the world, broadcast in 212 territories to 643 million homes and a potential TV audience of 4.7 billion people. In the 2014–15 season, the average Premier League match attendance exceeded 36,000, second highest of any professional football league behind the Bundesliga's 43,500. Most stadium occupancies are near capacity. The Premier League ranks second in the UEFA coefficients of leagues based on performances in European competitions over the past five seasons, as of 2018. Forty-nine clubs have competed since the inception of the Premier League in 1992.", "title": "Premier League" }, { "id": "17335814", "text": "day. The home nations all have separate national teams and domestic competitions, most notably England's Premier League and FA Cup, and the Scottish Premiership and Scottish Cup. Referred to as the \"home of football\" by the international governing body FIFA, England hosted and won the 1966 FIFA World Cup. The English Premier League (formed in 1992 by member clubs of the old Football League First Division) is the most-watched football league in the world. Its biggest clubs include: Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur. Scottish teams Celtic and Rangers also have a wide global fanbase. Football", "title": "Social history of the United Kingdom (1945–present)" }, { "id": "4326843", "text": "holds the Premier League record for the most goals scored as a substitute, with 22, as of 11 January 2014. On 19 November 2016, Defoe scored his 150th Premier League goal, becoming the joint tenth-highest goal scorer in Premier League history. Defoe made his England debut in 2004 and has made 57 appearances, scoring 20 goals, including three appearances and a goal at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Born in Beckton, London, Defoe attended St Joachim Primary School in Custom House, London and St Bonaventure's in Forest Gate, London. Defoe grew up in Canning Town and when his family moved", "title": "Jermain Defoe" }, { "id": "10950164", "text": "Hospice and Teesside Hospice. Runners up West Ham United won £30,000 for the Bobby Moore Fund and Richard House Hospice. Goalkeeper - Vince Bartram <br> Legend - , Paul Davis, <br> Celebrities - Ziggy Lichman, Mark Ramprakash, Leeroy Thornhill <br> Fans - Tommy McNally (Banker), Vernon Angel (Social Worker), Stelios Ekkeshis (Captain and PE Teacher) <br> Goalkeeper - Dale Belford<br> Legends - Dean Saunders, David Platt (Captain), Ian Taylor <br> Celebrities - Gareth Gates, Lord Taylor of Warwick, Rick Parfitt Jr <br> Fans - Mark Quinn (IT Consultant), Ian Wilkinson (Postman), Paul Quinn (Computer Science student and son of other", "title": "Premier League All Stars" }, { "id": "2341825", "text": "instead, a corner kick is awarded to the attacking team. This is the case for the kick-off, goal kick, dropped-ball (since 2012), throw-in, corner kick, and free kick (indirect and direct). The Laws do not stipulate any rules or procedures for crediting goals to players, and indeed such records are not a compulsory part of the game. In 1997 FIFA issued detailed guidelines for crediting own goals, recognising the increasing commercial importance of statistics such as and fantasy football. The guidelines state that credit for scoring is decided by the referee, or match commissioner if present; and \"[a] defender's intervention", "title": "Own goal" }, { "id": "6103803", "text": "7–4 win over Reading, which broke the record for the most goals scored in a Premier League match, and a league match shown on \"Match of the Day\". After Portsmouth's visit to Wigan on 20 October, Benjani became the Premier League's top scorer. Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp banned Benjani from taking any further penalties after he missed a spot-kick in second-half injury time in a home game against West Ham United. He then made amends for his miss scoring in the 4–1 victory over Newcastle United to bring his total to eight for the season. He then scored his ninth", "title": "Benjani Mwaruwari" }, { "id": "142703", "text": "and the value it brings to English football and the United Kingdom's broadcasting industry. The Premier League includes some of the richest football clubs in the world. Deloitte's \"Football Money League\" listed seven Premier League clubs in the top 20 for the 2009–10 season, and all 20 clubs were in the top 40 globally by the end of the 2013–14 season, largely as a result of increased broadcasting revenue. From 2013, the league generates €2.2 billion per year in domestic and international television rights. Premier League clubs agreed in principle in December 2012, to radical new cost controls. The two", "title": "Premier League" }, { "id": "11392241", "text": "16 December 2011, Baise scored an own goal, described as a reverse scorpion kick, past his goalkeeper Tse Tak Him in a 3–2 win over Sun Hei SC in the Hong Kong first division. The video was featured on the website of the British newspaper \"The Sun\" and was viewed over five million times on Internet site YouTube. It was selected as the 5th best own goal of all time by the Daily Telegraph's Steve Wilson. On 21 March 2012, Baise struck a last-minute winner as Citizen edged out Myanmar's Yangon United 2–1 at Mongkok Stadium to record a first", "title": "Festus Baise" }, { "id": "142714", "text": "Between the 2004–05 season and the 2006–07 season, RTÉ broadcast a live matche on 15 Saturday afternoons with each match being called \"Premiership Live\". In August 2016, it was announced the BBC would be creating a new magazine-style show for the Premier League entitled \"The Premier League Show\". The Premier League is the most-watched football league in the world, broadcast in 212 territories to 643 million homes and a potential TV audience of 4.7 billion people. The Premier League's production arm, Premier League Productions, is operated by IMG Productions and produces all content for its international television partners. The Premier", "title": "Premier League" }, { "id": "14060016", "text": "and Overall Player of the Decade, and was also given the Outstanding Contribution to the FA Premier League Award, as well as being recognised with the Top Goalscorer Award for scoring the most goals in the decade, at 204 Premier League goals. Eric Cantona was named Overseas Player of the Decade. David Beckham was awarded Goal of the Decade for his 60-yard goal against Wimbledon in 1996, while Peter Schmeichel was awarded Save of the Decade for a reflex save of a John Barnes header in 1997. Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson was named Manager of the Decade, and was", "title": "Premier League 10 Seasons Awards" }, { "id": "3803938", "text": "in more than seven years. On 4 September 2010, a mixture of Liverpool players past and present played an Everton XI in Carragher's charity fund-raising testimonial match. All proceeds from the game at Anfield went to local charities through Carragher's 23 Foundation. He scored a goal for each side as his Liverpool team beat Everton XI 4–1, first by scoring from the spot for the Reds before converting a penalty own goal for the club he had supported as a boy after the break. On 24 October 2010, Carragher scored his seventh own goal in the Premier League. Only Richard", "title": "Jamie Carragher" }, { "id": "525248", "text": "establishment in 1992–93. They are ninth in the All-time FA Premier League table, and have the fifth highest total of major honours (20) won by an English club. Aston Villa currently hold the record number of league goals scored by any team in the English top flight; 128 goals were scored in the 1930–31 season, one more than Arsenal who won the league that season for the very first time, with Villa runners-up. Villa legend Archie Hunter became the first player to score in every round of the FA Cup in Villa's victorious 1887 campaign. Villa's longest unbeaten home run", "title": "Aston Villa F.C." }, { "id": "6657532", "text": "Dion Dublin gives them a 1–0 win at Southampton. 25 August 1992 – Chester City lose 2–1 to Stockport County in the first match at their new Deva Stadium home in the League Cup. Manchester City equal the British national record for a defender (which they set last year when signing Keith Curle) by paying £2.5 million for Wimbledon's Terry Phelan. In Leeds United's 5–0 home win over Tottenham Hotspur, Eric Cantona becomes the first player to score a hat-trick in the Premier League. 27 August 1992 – Tottenham Hotspur pay £2.1 million for Nottingham Forest's 26-year-old striker Teddy Sheringham.", "title": "1992–93 in English football" }, { "id": "3201877", "text": "Sar also set numerous records in his career. In the 2008–09 season he set the world league clean sheet record by not conceding a single goal for 1,311 minutes. Until 2017 he was the most capped player for the Netherlands national team, with 130 caps, until Wesley Sneijder surpassed him. He is also the oldest player to win the Premier League, at 40 years and 205 days old. Van der Sar has won several individual awards, including Best European Goalkeeper in 1995 and 2009, and UEFA Club Goalkeeper of the Year in 2009. He is considered, by critics and fellow", "title": "Edwin van der Sar" }, { "id": "2428036", "text": "behind Mick Channon and was voted PFA Young Player of the Year in 1990. He was the first midfielder to score 100 goals in the Premier League. He is notable for his record at scoring penalty kicks – converting from the spot 47 times from 48 attempts – and is considered one of the greatest ever from the 12-yard spot. Following his retirement as a player, Le Tissier became a football pundit, and currently works as a panelist on the Sky Sports show \"Soccer Saturday\". In 2011, he became honorary president of Guernsey F.C., for whom he briefly registered as", "title": "Matt Le Tissier" }, { "id": "14552433", "text": "Premier League Golden Boot, with Henry achieving this on two occasions (2004 and 2005). Shearer, Hasselbaink and Van Persie are the only players to win the Golden Boot with two clubs. Andy Cole and Shearer – with 34 goals in 1993–94 and 1994–95, respectively – scored the most goals to win the Golden Boot when the Premier League was a 42-game season, Mohamed Salah with 32 goals in 2017–18 holds the record for the current 38-game season, while Nicolas Anelka scored the fewest to clinch the award outright, with 19 goals in 2008–09. The all-time record for lowest number of", "title": "Premier League Golden Boot" }, { "id": "4258397", "text": "was followed by a slump in form, and manager Howard Kendall stepped down at the beginning of December with the Toffees now in the bottom half of the table. They only narrowly avoided relegation on the final day of the season. Aston Villa finished a disappointing 10th in the league, but won the Football League Cup for the fourth time. Finishing runners-up in the Premier League were Blackburn Rovers. In third place came Newcastle United, whose 22-year-old striker Andy Cole was the Premier League's leading scorer with 34 goals in 40 games, with a total of 41 goals in all", "title": "1993–94 FA Premier League" }, { "id": "10950165", "text": "fan Mark Quinn)<br> Goalkeeper - Kevin Miller<br> Legends - Paul Devlin (only played in group game), Steve Claridge (Captain), Martin Grainger, Dennis Bailey (only played in quarter-final) <br> Celebrities - Dennis Seaton, Robert McCracken, Nigel Clark<br> Fans - Stuart Kane (Warehouse Logistics Manager), Caius Kane (Tool Manufacturer), Perry Hemmings (Trainee Welder)<br> Goalkeeper - Alan Fettis<br> Legends - Simon Garner (captain), Matt Jansen, Craig Short<br> Celebrities - Neil Arthur, Wayne Hemingway, Steven Pinder<br> Fans - Jack Hemingway (Son of celebrity Wayne and Graphic Designer), Anthony Watson (Engineering Production Manager), David Butterworth (Sports Co-ordinator) Goalkeeper - Carl Blundell (fan)<br> Legends - Frank", "title": "Premier League All Stars" }, { "id": "9636574", "text": "a chance discovery in 2013, his main claim to fame had been that he scored the first goal in The Football League 31 minutes after kick-off on the first day of the inaugural season, 1888-89 on 8 September 1888 for Aston Villa against their Midlands rivals Wolverhampton Wanderers. However, \"The Midland Evening News\" of 7 September 1888 included an advert showing \"kick-off 3.30 prompt\". Cox's goal was scored into his own net, so is the first recorded \"own goal\" in the Football league. As of 2013, Kenny Davenport is regarded as scorer of the first ever Football League goal, scoring", "title": "Gershom Cox" }, { "id": "4047861", "text": "against Chelsea, which was famously pre-empted by Soccer AM's Tim Lovejoy with \"Oh, it's all right, it's only Ray Parlour\"; Arsenal won 2–0, with the second goal from Fredrik Ljungberg. In total, with Arsenal, Parlour won three Premier League titles, four FA Cups, one League Cup and one European Cup Winners' Cup having played 464 games and scoring 32 goals in all competitions. In March 2000, he hit a hat-trick in a 4–2 away win at Werder Bremen in a UEFA Cup quarter final tie. Arsenal went on to reach the final of the competition that year. Parlour was the", "title": "Ray Parlour" }, { "id": "20161209", "text": "during the season, including: most points (100), most away points (50), most points ahead of second (19), most wins (32), most away wins (16), most goals (106), best goal difference (+79) and most consecutive victories (18). The team also equalled the record for the earliest Premier League title win (5 games to spare), beating of every other team in the league throughout the season and recording the most consecutive away wins (11). An Amazon Original docuseries of the season titled \"\" was released on Amazon Video on 17 August 2018. On 1 November, Sergio Agüero scored his 178th City goal", "title": "2017–18 Manchester City F.C. season" }, { "id": "1622650", "text": "putting him on 187 Premier League goals, joint second with Andy Cole and behind only Alan Shearer. After an injury-related absence, Rooney returned to the starting line-up on 19 December, making his 500th Manchester United appearance in a 2–1 home loss to Norwich City. On 2 January 2016, Rooney scored in a 2–1 win over Swansea to move ahead of Cole as the Premier League's second top scorer of all time, and with 238 he surpassed Denis Law in United's top scorers of all time, behind only Bobby Charlton's 249. Fifteen days later, he scored the only goal in a", "title": "Wayne Rooney" }, { "id": "17113317", "text": "Chelsea and Wojciech Szczęsny of Arsenal. The Premier League Fair Play League was topped by Liverpool. 2013–14 Premier League The 2013–14 Premier League (known as the Barclays Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 22nd season of the Premier League, the top-flight English professional league for men's football clubs. The fixtures were announced on 19 June 2013. The season started on Saturday 17 August 2013, and concluded on Sunday 11 May 2014. On the final day of the season, Manchester City won the Premier League with a 2–0 victory over West Ham United, finishing with 86 points. Liverpool had looked", "title": "2013–14 Premier League" }, { "id": "13404231", "text": "awarded the effort to Bentley. It became Tottenham's biggest ever Premier League win, the second biggest in Premier League history, and only the second time any team had scored nine goals in the Premier League since its inception in 1992. Defoe also got himself in the record books, becoming only the third player to score five goals in a Premier League match, the others being Andy Cole and Alan Shearer. Tottenham ended the month with a trip to Villa Park to face Aston Villa. Early into the first half, Aston Villa drew first blood with Gabriel Agbonlahor poking the ball", "title": "2009–10 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season" }, { "id": "142737", "text": "issued annually for Manager of the Season, Player of the Season. and Goal of the Season. The Golden Boot award is given to the top goalscorer of every season, The Playmaker of the Season award is given to the player who make the most assists of every season and the Golden Glove award is given to the goalkeeper with the most clean sheets at the end of the season. From the 2017–18 season, players also receive a milestone award for 100 appearances and every century there after and also players who score 50 goals and multiples thereof. Each player to", "title": "Premier League" }, { "id": "16446666", "text": "created a second Fantasy XI Team to compare to the public vote. In addition, a four fact-based awards were also given for Most Appearances, Top Goalscorer, Most Clean Sheets and Premier League 500 Club players. Barclays, the Premier League title sponsor also gave awards, for Best Photographer and Best Shot. Manchester United's Sir Alex Ferguson won the title of Best Manager. Along with him, four other managers were short-listed for the panel of judges vote for Best Manager: Manchester United's Ryan Giggs was voted as the Best Player. Giggs had played and scored in every Premier League season since its", "title": "Premier League 20 Seasons Awards" }, { "id": "11299930", "text": "captain an FA Cup-winning side. In 1877, Lord Kinnaird scored the first own goal in the final with Wanderers defeating Oxford University 2–1. In the 1946 final, Bert Turner from Charlton Athletic became famous for scoring for both sides – first he put a goal in his own net, only to equalise from a free kick a minute later. Tommy Hutchison would repeat the feat (in reverse) for Manchester City in 1981. Billy Hampson of Newcastle United, the oldest FA Cup finalist, was 41 years and 257 days old when his side beat Aston Villa 2–0 in the 1924 Final.", "title": "History of the FA Cup" }, { "id": "8753304", "text": "each contestant has its weak and strong points. With advisory of their friends the chooser picks his/her contestant. The show has since been cancelled. Cézanne (from Aix-en-Provence), Beyoncé (from Destiny's Child), Shakira, Joel Madden (from Good Charlotte), Nicole Scherzinger (from the Pussycat Dolls), Natasha Bedingfield, Ashanti, Nelly, Pink, Jessica Simpson, P.Diddy, Rihanna, Kanye West, Hilary Duff, 50 Cent (from G-Unit), Deryck Whibley (from Sum 41), Ashlee Simpson, Mary J. Blige, Brandon Flowers (from The Killers), Dave Grohl (from Foo Fighters), Mariah Carey, Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake (from *NSYNC), Kelly Clarkson, Avril Lavigne, Ciara, Fergie (from The Black Eyed Peas), Nick", "title": "My Own" }, { "id": "15910075", "text": "of Manchester City. Arsenal won the Premier League Fair Play Award after finishing the 2012–13 Premier League top of the Fair Play Table. The award for best behaved fans went to Norwich for the second year running. The Premier League Merit Award was awarded to Sir Alex Ferguson. 2012–13 Premier League The 2012–13 Premier League (known as the Barclays Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 21st season of the Premier League, the English professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. The fixture schedule was released on 18 June 2012.<ref name=\"=When does the 2012/13 season start?\"></ref>", "title": "2012–13 Premier League" }, { "id": "15240831", "text": "The hat-trick, his sixth of the year in the Premier League (eighth in all competitions), also made him the first player in Premier League history to score six hat-tricks in a year. With a total of 56 goals scored in all competitions for the year, he also became Europe's top goal scorer of 2017, breaking the seven-year dominance of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo as Europe's top goalscorer in a calendar year. In January 2018, he scored twice in the 4–0 home win against Everton, and became Tottenham's top goalscorer in the Premier League era, breaking Teddy Sheringham's record of", "title": "Harry Kane" }, { "id": "15784433", "text": "back on the game at age 29. During his time at Brentford, Kruse commuted to the town from his Midlands home with David McKellar and picked up Jim McNichol and Bob Booker on the way. After retiring from football, Kruse settled in Hitchin and became a builder. Brentford Pat Kruse Patrick Karl Kruse (born 30 November 1953) is an English former professional football centre back who is best remembered for his five-year spell in the Football League with Brentford, for whom he made over 200 appearances. Kruse is known for scoring what is believed to be the fastest own goal", "title": "Pat Kruse" }, { "id": "4047448", "text": "coached by ex-Chelsea manager José Mourinho, at the Round of 16 stage. Ancelotti and Mourinho had a tense relationship from the previous season, as managers of Milan and Inter respectively. Chelsea was eliminated from the Champions League on 16 March 2010 after a 1–3 aggregate loss to Inter, having lost 1–2 away and 0–1 at Stamford Bridge. On 9 May 2010, Ancelotti led Chelsea to the Premier League title, beating Manchester United by one point and setting scoring records. The team finished the campaign with 103 goals, becoming the first team in the Premier League to score more than 100", "title": "Carlo Ancelotti" }, { "id": "7155356", "text": "season. Only a 3–1 defeat against Aston Villa in the League Cup final prevented them from winning a unique treble of domestic trophies. They led the Premiership from the fourth game onwards and in the final table had an eight-point lead over second-placed Blackburn Rovers. French striker Eric Cantona scored 25 goals in all competitions and was voted PFA Players' Player of the Year. Ryan Giggs, Lee Sharpe and Andrei Kanchelskis also hit the headlines with their brilliant form. In the FA Cup final, United crushed Chelsea 4–0 thanks to two penalties from Eric Cantona and single goals from Mark", "title": "1993–94 in English football" }, { "id": "13441394", "text": "an equaliser. Hermann Hreidarsson restored the lead before James atoned for his error by keeping out a Nicky Shorey penalty. Benjani restored the two-goal lead and Niko Kranjcar, Sean Davis (later credited to Ivar Ingimarsson via a huge deflection) and Sulley Muntari sealed victory, with Shane Long responding between that and a deflected Nicky Shorey strike was the final goal (this was also later credited as an own goal by Portsmouth defender Sol Campbell). With nine different scorers, the match also holds the record for the most goal scorers in a Premier League match, jointly held with Arsenal's 5–4 win", "title": "Portsmouth F.C. 7–4 Reading F.C." }, { "id": "4322801", "text": "equalised from a corner-kick routine in a 3–1 victory. On 15 August 2017, Barry signed for fellow Premier League side West Bromwich Albion for an undisclosed fee. Four days later he made his debut for the Baggies in a 1–0 win at Burnley and manager Tony Pulis praised him as \"absolutely fantastic\". On 25 September, Barry captained West Brom as he made his 633rd Premier League appearance, beating Ryan Giggs' record of 632, in a 2–0 loss to Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium. At the time of breaking the record, Barry was 8th in English top division appearances since the", "title": "Gareth Barry" }, { "id": "6657502", "text": "Paul McGrath. Gary Pallister played every minute of Manchester United's title-winning Premier League campaign. No other player matched that feat until the 2014–15 season, more than two decades later. Coventry signed Newcastle striker Micky Quinn for a nominal fee in November, and he responded by scoring 17 Premier League goals (the first 10 in 6 games) to keep the Sky Blues clear of relegation. Striker Les Ferdinand established himself as one of the country's top marksmen with more than 20 goals in all competitions for Queens Park Rangers. Alan Shearer scored 16 goals in his first 21 Premier League games", "title": "1992–93 in English football" }, { "id": "690183", "text": "Alan Shearer Alan Shearer, CBE, DL (; born 13 August 1970) is an English retired footballer. He played as a striker in the top level of English league football for Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United and the England national team. He is Newcastle's and the Premier League's record goalscorer. He was named Football Writers' Association Player of the Year in 1994 and won the PFA Player of the Year award in 1995. In 1996, he was third in the FIFA World Player of the Year awards. In 2004 Shearer was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100 list of the", "title": "Alan Shearer" }, { "id": "690124", "text": "Alan Shearer Alan Shearer, CBE, DL (; born 13 August 1970) is an English retired footballer. He played as a striker in the top level of English league football for Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United and the England national team. He is Newcastle's and the Premier League's record goalscorer. He was named Football Writers' Association Player of the Year in 1994 and won the PFA Player of the Year award in 1995. In 1996, he was third in the FIFA World Player of the Year awards. In 2004 Shearer was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100 list of the", "title": "Alan Shearer" }, { "id": "142664", "text": "Premier League The Premier League (often referred to as the English Premier League (EPL) outside England) is the top level of the English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Football League (EFL). The Premier League is a corporation in which the member clubs act as shareholders. Seasons run from August to May with each team playing 38 matches (playing each other home and away). Most games are played on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. The Premier League has featured 47 English and two Welsh clubs since its inception,", "title": "Premier League" }, { "id": "3667689", "text": "One in 2001. He also lifted the League Cup with Blackburn in February 2002, before finally hanging up his boots in July 2002 a few months short of his 39th birthday. Hughes' final career goal came in a 2–1 Premier League defeat to Leicester City on 9 April 2002. At the time, he was the second oldest player to score in the Premier League, behind Stuart Pearce. More than a decade on he is still ranked as third in this category following goals by Teddy Sheringham, who scored his final Premier League goal in December 2006 at the age of", "title": "Mark Hughes" }, { "id": "9342735", "text": "Sturridge, Luis Suárez, Harry Kane, Jamie Vardy, Sergio Agüero and Son Heung-min. Robbie Keane has won the award while playing for three clubs, while 12 players have won the award playing for two clubs: Alan Shearer, Dion Dublin, David Ginola, Dwight Yorke, Tim Flowers, Teddy Sheringham, Danny Murphy, Andrew Johnson, Nicolas Anelka, Dimitar Berbatov, Scott Parker, Robin van Persie. The award has been shared on six occasions: by Blackburn Rovers's Alan Shearer and Chris Sutton in November 1994, Liverpool's Robbie Fowler and Stan Collymore in January 1996, Southampton's Kevin Davies and Manchester United's Andy Cole in November 1997, Arsenal's Dennis", "title": "Premier League Player of the Month" }, { "id": "15240832", "text": "97 Premier League goals for the club. On 4 February, Kane scored an added-time penalty to equalise in a 2–2 draw with Liverpool at Anfield for his 100th Premier League goal; he achieved the century of league goals in 141 games, beaten only by Alan Shearer's 124. He was named in the PFA Team of the Year for the fourth consecutive season in April 2018, alongside fellow forwards Mohamed Salah and Sergio Agüero. On 8 June, Kane signed a new contract to keep him at the club until 2024. Kane started the season opener against Newcastle United without scoring, before", "title": "Harry Kane" }, { "id": "10950167", "text": "(Media Advertising Agent), Andy Mason (Recruitment Sales Consultant)<br> Goalkeeper - Neville Southall<br> Legends - Dave Watson, Adrian Heath<br> Celebrities - Donny Tourette, Simon O'Brien, Lee Latchford Evans, Graham Rooney <br> Fans - Peter McPartland, David Lyon, Vinny Hughes, Simon Marshall Goalkeeper - Dave Beasant<br> Legends - Wayne Collins, Rufus Brevett, Bjarne Goldbaek <br> Celebrities - Example, Andy Scott-Lee, Jim Jeffries <br> Fans - Kevin Taylor (Double Glazing Company Owner), Adam Di Mambro (Captain and Shoe Designer)<br> Goalkeeper - Bob Bolder <br> Legends - Phil Neal (Captain), Jason McAteer, Ray Houghton <br> Celebrities - Colin Murray, Euan Blair, Dave Gorman <br>", "title": "Premier League All Stars" }, { "id": "14060040", "text": "contributions, and his exemplary behaviour following the Selhurst Park incident. Cantona retired from football as the \"undisputed King of Old Trafford\" in May 1997, having captained United to the Premier League title. Just before the 10 Seasons Awards launched, on 30 November 2002 Cantona became one of the 23 inaugural player inductees to the English Football Hall of Fame. The award for Goal of the Decade was given to Manchester United midfielder David Beckham, for his goal against Wimbledon at Selhurst Park on 17 August 1996, the opening day of the 1996–97 league season. After goals from Eric Cantona on", "title": "Premier League 10 Seasons Awards" }, { "id": "11927958", "text": "Premier League Golden Glove The Premier League Golden Glove is an annual association football award presented to the goalkeeper who has kept the most clean sheets (when a goalkeeper concedes no goals during a single match) in the Premier League. For sponsorship purposes, it has been referred to as the Barclays Golden Glove since its inception during the 2004–05 season until the 2015–16 season. Since 2017–18 season, it is known as the Cadbury Golden Glove. Originally, the Golden Glove could only be won outright by a single player; should there have been a tie, the goalkeeper with the superior clean", "title": "Premier League Golden Glove" }, { "id": "1711497", "text": "Only Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal have more all-time points. With 7,733 league goals scored over 119 seasons (as of the end of 2017-18 season), Wolves have the third highest total of all-time league goals: only Manchester United and Liverpool have more. Football League First Division, superseded by the Premier League (Tier 1) EFL Championship/Football League Second Division (1892–1992) (Tier 2) EFL League One/Football League Third Division (Tier 3) Football League Fourth Division (Tier 4) UEFA Cup FA Cup Football League Cup FA Charity Shield Football League Trophy Texaco Cup Wolverhampton Wanderers was a founder member of the Football League", "title": "Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C." }, { "id": "2464076", "text": "minutes against Tottenham, you think you are a superstar.\" The outburst was deemed too damning by the United management and was subsequently pulled from transmission by the club's TV station. Keane's opinions were described by those present at the interview as \"explosive even by his standards\". Keane scored 33 league goals for Manchester United, and a total of 51 in all competitions. The first two of his goals for the club came in the 3–0 home win over Sheffield United in the Premier League on 18 August 1993, the last on 12 March 2005 in a 4–0 away win over", "title": "Roy Keane" }, { "id": "1448232", "text": "1894. Reading have lost the two highest-scoring matches in the history of the Premier League; Portsmouth 7–4 Reading on 29 September 2007, and Tottenham Hotspur 6–4 Reading on 29 December 2007, as well as losing the highest-scoring League Cup game, Reading 5–7 Arsenal on 30 October 2012. The player with the most league appearances is Martin Hicks, with 500 from 1978 to 1991. The most capped player is Kevin Doyle, who earned 26 for the Republic of Ireland whilst at the club. The most league goals in total and in a season are held by Ronnie Blackman with 158 from", "title": "Reading F.C." }, { "id": "3783937", "text": "Peter Crouch Peter James Crouch (born 30 January 1981) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Championship club Stoke City. He was capped 42 times by the England national team between 2005 and 2010, scoring 22 goals for his country in that time, and appearing at two World Cups. Crouch is one of 28 players to have scored 100 or more Premier League goals, holding the record for the most headed goals in Premier League history. Crouch began his career as a trainee with Tottenham Hotspur. He failed to make an appearance for Spurs and after", "title": "Peter Crouch" }, { "id": "3783892", "text": "Peter Crouch Peter James Crouch (born 30 January 1981) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Championship club Stoke City. He was capped 42 times by the England national team between 2005 and 2010, scoring 22 goals for his country in that time, and appearing at two World Cups. Crouch is one of 28 players to have scored 100 or more Premier League goals, holding the record for the most headed goals in Premier League history. Crouch began his career as a trainee with Tottenham Hotspur. He failed to make an appearance for Spurs and after", "title": "Peter Crouch" }, { "id": "20722463", "text": "Premier League Playmaker of the Season The Premier League Playmaker of the Season is an annual English football award, presented to the player who has made the most assists (the last pass made before a goal scored) in the Premier League. For sponsorship purposes, it is known as the Cadbury Playmaker of the Season since its inception during the 2017–18 season. The Premier League was founded in 1992, when the clubs of the First Division left the Football League and established a new commercially independent league that negotiated its own broadcast and sponsorship agreements. In 2018, the Premier League Playmaker", "title": "Premier League Playmaker of the Season" } ]

[ "the second Sunday in May" ]

[ { "id": "567805", "text": "Mother's Day Mother's Day is a celebration honoring the mother of the family, as well as motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society. It is celebrated on various days in many parts of the world, most commonly in the months of March or May. It complements similar celebrations honoring family members, such as Father's Day, Siblings Day, and Grandparents Day. The modern Mother's day began in the United States, at the initiative of Ann Reeves Jarvis in the early 20th century. This is not (directly) related to the many traditional celebrations of mothers and motherhood that have", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "567860", "text": "according to the lunar calendar. It falls on the last day of the dark fortnight in the month of Baishakh which falls in April–May (in 2015, it will occur on 18 April). The dark fortnight lasts for 15 days from the full moon to the new moon. This festival is observed to commemorate and honor mothers, and it is celebrated by giving gifts to mothers and remembering mothers who are no more. To honor mothers who have died, it is the tradition to go on a pilgrimage to the Mata Tirtha ponds, located 6 km to the southwest of downtown", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "567879", "text": "to replace Women's Day, and social-democrats want to make Women's Day an official holiday. Currently, both days are festive, but they are not \"state holidays\". In the Slovak Republic, Mother's Day is celebrated every second Sunday in May. In South Africa, Mother's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of May. It is not recognized as a holiday by the government. The tradition is to give cards and gifts and to serve mothers breakfast in bed or to go out to lunch together as a family. In South Sudan, Mother's Day is celebrated on the first Monday in July. The", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "567847", "text": "January and 1 March. The celebration was set as the same date that Henrietta Szold died (13 February 1945). Henrietta had no biological children, but her organization Youth Aliyah rescued many Jewish children from Nazi Germany and provided for them. She also championed children's rights. Szold is considered the \"mother\" of all those children, and that is why her annual remembrance day (יום השנה) was set as Mother's Day (יוֹם הָאֵם, yom ha'em). The holiday has evolved over time, becoming a celebration of mutual love inside the family, called Family Day (יוֹם הַמִשְּפָּחָה, yom hamishpacha). This holiday is mainly celebrated", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "4645977", "text": "Mother's Day weekend. Mother's Day (United States) Mother's Day in the United States is an annual holiday celebrated on the second Sunday in May. Mother's Day recognizes mothers, motherhood and maternal bonds in general, as well as the positive contributions that they make to society. It was established by Anna Jarvis, with the first official Mother's Day celebrated at St. Andrew's Methodist Church in Grafton, West Virginia, on May 10, 1908. In the United States, Mother's Day complements similar celebrations honoring family members, such as Father's Day, Siblings Day and Grandparents Day. Internationally, there are a large variety of Mother's", "title": "Mother's Day (United States)" }, { "id": "4645961", "text": "Mother's Day (United States) Mother's Day in the United States is an annual holiday celebrated on the second Sunday in May. Mother's Day recognizes mothers, motherhood and maternal bonds in general, as well as the positive contributions that they make to society. It was established by Anna Jarvis, with the first official Mother's Day celebrated at St. Andrew's Methodist Church in Grafton, West Virginia, on May 10, 1908. In the United States, Mother's Day complements similar celebrations honoring family members, such as Father's Day, Siblings Day and Grandparents Day. Internationally, there are a large variety of Mother's Day celebrations with", "title": "Mother's Day (United States)" }, { "id": "567874", "text": "to the second Sunday of May, and Father's Day to the third Sunday of June, discontinuing the traditional date. In 1998 President Joseph Estrada returned both celebrations to the first Monday of December. In Portugal, the \"Dia da Mãe\" (\"Mother's Day\") is an unofficial holiday held each year on the first Sunday of May (sometimes coinciding with Labour Day). The weeks leading up to this Sunday, school children spend a few hours a day to prepare a gift for their mothers, aided by their school teachers. In general, mothers receive gifts by their family members and this day is meant", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "567888", "text": "now eat simnel cake instead of the cakes that were traditionally prepared at that time. The traditions of the two holidays are now mixed together and celebrated on the same day, although many people are not aware that the festivities have quite separate origins. Mothering Sunday occurs 3 weeks prior to Easter Sunday or the fourth Sunday of Lent, meaning it can fall at the earliest on 1 March (in years when Easter Day falls on 22 March) and at the latest on 4 April (when Easter Day falls on 25 April). The United States celebrates Mother's Day on the", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "5309574", "text": "the elderly, but respecting elders in the month of May was abolished in 1997 with October becoming the month designated for respecting the elderly. Mothers' Day is traditionally celebrated on the first Monday of December. On this day, children placed pink cadena de amor on their chest. Children who no longer have mothers place white cadena de amor. In 1921, Circular No. 33 designating the first Monday every December as Mothers' day was issued, as a response to the appeal Ilocos Norte Federation of Woman's Clubs. During the Philippine Commonwealth Government, then President Quezon issued Proclamation No. 213, s. 1937", "title": "Parents' Day" }, { "id": "19497913", "text": "Namasthasyai, Namasthasyai Namo Namah. Mother's Day is a celebration honoring the mother of the family, as well as motherhood, mother - child relationship and the impact of mother in society. It is being celebrated on various days around the world commonly in the month of March and May. As per United Nations Organization and many other countries it is celebrated on second sunday in the month of May every year. On Mother’s Day United Nations celebrate moms who impact their lives and work tirelessly to change the world. The United Nations Foundation knows how important mothers are in promoting prosperity,", "title": "Kilimarathukavu Temple" }, { "id": "567881", "text": "to be celebrated with the whole family. It is also said to be celebrated in May, as May is the month dedicated to the Virgin Mary (mother of Jesus) according to Catholicism.The idea of a month dedicated specifically to Mary can be traced back to baroque times. Although it wasn't always held during May, Mary Month included thirty daily spiritual exercises honoring Mary. In Sri Lanka, Mother's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of May. In Sweden, Mother's Day was first celebrated in 1919, by initiative of the author Cecilia Bååth-Holmberg. It took several decades for the day to", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "567811", "text": "commemorating all mothers in the world.\" This is also the spelling used by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson in his 1914 presidential proclamation, by the U.S. Congress in relevant bills, and by various U.S. presidents in their proclamations concerning Mother's Day. While the United States holiday was adopted by some other countries, existing celebrations, held on different dates, honouring motherhood have become described as \"Mother's Day\", such as Mothering Sunday in the United Kingdom or, in Greece, the Eastern Orthodox celebration of the presentation of Jesus Christ to the temple (2 February of Julian Calendar). Both the secular and religious Mother", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "567875", "text": "to be celebrated with the whole family. It used to be celebrated on 8 December, the same date of the Conception of the Virgin celebration. In Romania, Mother's Day has been celebrated on the first Sunday of May since 2010. Law 319/2009 made both Mother's Day and Father's Day official holidays in Romania. The measure was passed thanks to campaign efforts from the Alliance Fighting Discrimination Against Fathers (TATA). Previously, Mother's Day was celebrated on 8 March, as part of International Women's Day (a tradition dating back to when Romania was part of the Eastern bloc). Today, Mother's Day and", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "567817", "text": "has since been copied by other Arab countries. In Argentina, Mother's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of October. The holiday was originally celebrated on 11 October, the old liturgical date for the celebration of the Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary but after the Second Vatican Council, which moved the Virgin Mary festivity to 1 January, the Mother's Day started to be celebrated the third Sunday of October because of popular tradition. Argentina is the only country in the world that celebrates Mother's Day on this date. In Armenia, Mother's Day is celebrated on 8 March, and on", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "567828", "text": "president Gamal Abdel Nasser but he eventually accepted it and Mother's Day was first celebrated on 21 March 1956. The practice has since been copied by other Arab countries. When Mustafa Amin was arrested and imprisoned, there were attempts to change the name of the holiday from \"Mother's Day\" to \"Family Day\" as the government wished to prevent the occasion from reminding people of its founder. These attempts were unsuccessful and celebrations continued to be held on that day; classic songs celebrating mothers remain famous to this day. Mother's Day is celebrated for three days in Ethiopia, after the end", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "5309570", "text": "Parents' Day Parents' Day is observed in South Korea (May 8) and in the United States (fourth Sunday of July). The South Korean designation was established in 1973, replacing the Mother's Day previously marked on May 8, and includes public and private celebrations. The United States day was created in 1994 under President Bill Clinton. June 1 has also been proclaimed as \"Global Day of Parents\" by the United Nations as a mark of appreciation for the commitment of parents towards their children. In the Philippines, while it is not strictly observed or celebrated, the first Monday of December each", "title": "Parents' Day" }, { "id": "567850", "text": "May, and in 1949 Japanese society adopted the second Sunday of May as the official date for Mother's Day in Japan. Today, people typically give their mothers gifts of flowers such as red carnations and roses.Japan is most known for giving carnations on Mother's Day. In Kyrgyzstan, Mother's Day is celebrated on 19 May every year. The holiday was first celebrated in 2012. Mothers are also honored on International Women's Day Mother's Day in Latvia was celebrated for the first time in 1922. Since 1934, Mother's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of May. After the end of the", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "567851", "text": "soviet occupation of Baltic states celebration was resumed in 1992. Mothers are also honored on International Women's Day. Mother's Day in Lithuania was celebrated for the first time in 1928. In Lithuania, Mother's Day is celebrated on the first Sunday of May. In Malawi. Mother's Day is a public holiday. The day is observed on 15 October or the following workday. It is celebrated on the UN's World Rural Women's Day. In the Maldives, Mother's Day is celebrated on 13 May. The day is celebrated in different ways. Children give gifts and spend time with their mothers. Daughters give their", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "567841", "text": "second Sunday of May. Indians do not celebrate the occasion as a religious event, and it is celebrated primarily in urban centers. Indonesian Mother's Day () is celebrated nationally on 22 December. The date was made an official holiday by President Sukarno under Presidential Decree No. 316/1953, on the 25th anniversary of the 1928 Indonesian Women Congress. The day originally sought to celebrate the spirit of Indonesian women and to improve the condition of the nation. Today, the meaning of Mother's Day has changed, and it is celebrated by expressing love and gratitude to mothers. People present gifts to mothers", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "567867", "text": "gender roles sometimes claimed that Mother's Day was invented by Nazis and celebrated on the birthday of Klara Hitler, Hitler's mother. In New Zealand, Mother's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday in May. Mother's Day is not a public holiday. The New Zealand tradition is to give cards and gifts and to serve mothers breakfast in bed. In Nicaragua, the \"Día de la Madre\" has been celebrated on 30 May since the early 1940s. The date was chosen by President Anastasio Somoza García because it was the birthday of Casimira Sacasa, his wife's mother. Mother's Day is celebrated on", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "2842380", "text": "Mothering Sunday Mothering Sunday is a holiday celebrated by Catholic and Protestant Christians in the UK and some other parts of the world. It is generally observed in parishes of the Church of England, as well as in the rest of the UK and many Anglican parishes throughout the world, especially in Canada and Australia. It falls on the fourth Sunday in Lent, exactly three weeks before Easter Day. Once observed as a day on which people would visit their \"mother\" church, it has become an occasion for honouring the mothers of children and giving them presents. It is increasingly", "title": "Mothering Sunday" }, { "id": "567869", "text": "a family day, and the mother is often treated to breakfast in bed, flowers and cake. It has gradually become a major commercial event, with special pastries, flowers and other presents offered by retailers. Day-cares and primary schools often encourage children to make cards and other gifts. In Pakistan, Mother's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of May. Media channels celebrate with special shows. Individuals honor their mothers by giving gifts and commemorative articles. Individuals who have lost their mothers pray and pay their respects to their loved ones lost. Schools hold special programs in order to acknowledge the", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "567806", "text": "existed throughout the world over thousands of years, such as the Greek cult to Cybele, the Roman festival of Hilaria, or the Christian Mothering Sunday celebration (originally a commemoration of Mother Church, not motherhood). However, in some countries, Mother's Day is still synonymous with these older traditions. The U.S.-derived modern version of Mother's Day has been criticized for having become too commercialized. Founder Jarvis herself regretted this commercialism and expressed views on how that was never her intention. The modern holiday of Mother's Day was first celebrated in 1908, when Anna Jarvis held a memorial for her mother at St", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "567848", "text": "in preschools with an activity to which parents are invited. Mother's Day is mainly celebrated by children at kindergartens. There are no longer mutual gifts among members of the family, and there is no longer any commercialization of the celebration. It is not an official holiday. Mother's Day in Italy was celebrated for the first time on 24 December 1933 as the \"Day of the mother and the child\" (\"Giornata della madre e del fanciullo\"). It was instituted by the in order to publicly reward the most prolific Italian women every year. After World War II, Mother's Day was first", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "567823", "text": "of Rio de Janeiro, decided that this holiday would also be included in the official calendar of the Catholic Church. Mother's Day is not an official holiday (see Public holidays in Brazil), but it is widely observed and typically involves spending time with and giving gifts to one's mother. Because of this, it is considered one of the celebrations most related to consumerism in the country, second only to Christmas Day as the most commercially lucrative holiday. Mother's Day in Canada is celebrated on the second Sunday in May (it is not a public holiday or bank holiday), and typically", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "567813", "text": "Ukraine. Kyrgyzstan has recently introduced Mother's Day, but \"year on year [International Women's Day] is certainly increasing in status\". In most countries, Mother's Day is an observance derived from the holiday as it has evolved in the United States, promoted by companies who saw benefit in making it popular. As adopted by other countries and cultures, the holiday has different meanings, is associated with different events (religious, historical or legendary), and is celebrated on different dates. In some cases, countries already had existing celebrations honoring motherhood, and their celebrations then adopted several external characteristics from the US holiday, such as", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "567890", "text": "days for sales of flowers, greeting cards, and the like; Mother's Day is also the biggest holiday for long-distance telephone calls. Moreover, churchgoing is also popular on Mother's Day, yielding the highest church attendance after Christmas Eve and Easter. Many worshippers celebrate the day with carnations, coloured if the mother is living and white if she is dead. Mother's Day continues to be one of the most commercially successful U.S. occasions. It is possible that the holiday would have withered over time without the support and continuous promotion of the florist industries and other commercial industries. Other Protestant holidays from", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "567880", "text": "president Salva Kiir Mayardit proclaimed Mother's Day as the first Monday in July after handing over from Sudan. Children in South Sudan are presenting mothers with gifts and flowers. The first Mother's Day was held in that country on 2 July 2012. In Spain, Mother's Day or Día de la Madre is celebrated on the first Sunday of May. The weeks leading up to this Sunday, school children spend a few hours a day to prepare a gift for their mothers, aided by their school teachers. In general, mothers receive gifts by their family members & this day is meant", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "5309576", "text": "tried to revive the tradition through Proclamation No. 58, s. 1998. Parents' Day Parents' Day is observed in South Korea (May 8) and in the United States (fourth Sunday of July). The South Korean designation was established in 1973, replacing the Mother's Day previously marked on May 8, and includes public and private celebrations. The United States day was created in 1994 under President Bill Clinton. June 1 has also been proclaimed as \"Global Day of Parents\" by the United Nations as a mark of appreciation for the commitment of parents towards their children. In the Philippines, while it is", "title": "Parents' Day" }, { "id": "4645971", "text": "to honor its own mother, not a plural possessive commemorating all mothers in the world.\" This is also the spelling used by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson in his 1914 presidential proclamation, by the U.S. Congress in relevant bills, and by various U.S. presidents in their proclamations concerning Mother's Day. Traditions on Mother's Day include churchgoing, the distribution of carnations, and family dinners. Mother’s Day is the third largest holiday in the United States for sending cards. According to the greeting card industry, it is estimated that more than 50 percent of American households send greeting cards on this holiday. The", "title": "Mother's Day (United States)" }, { "id": "567885", "text": "a legacy in Ukraine after its collapse, to Mother's Day. The United Kingdom celebrates Mothering Sunday, which falls on the fourth Sunday of Lent (26 March in 2017). This holiday has its roots in the church and was originally unrelated to the American holiday. Most historians believe that Mothering Sunday evolved from the 16th-century Christian practice of visiting one's mother church annually on Laetare Sunday. As a result of this tradition, most mothers were reunited with their children on this day when young apprentices and young women in service were released by their masters for that weekend. As a result", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "567891", "text": "the same time, such as Children's Day and Temperance Sunday, do not have the same level of popularity. Enstam, Elizabeth York. \"The Dallas equal suffrage association, political style, and popular culture: grassroots strategies of the Woman Suffrage Movement, 1913–1919.\" \"Journal of Southern History\" 68.4 (2002):817+. Student Resources in Context. Web. 14 November 2014. General Mother's Day Mother's Day is a celebration honoring the mother of the family, as well as motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society. It is celebrated on various days in many parts of the world, most commonly in the months of March or", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "567844", "text": "that they should be docile and stay at home. In Iran, Mother's Day is celebrated on 20 Jumada al-thani. This is the sixth month in the Islamic calendar (a lunar calendar) and every year the holiday falls on a different day of the Gregorian calendar. This is the birthday anniversary of Fatimah, Prophet Muhammad's only daughter according to Shia Islam. On this day, banners reading \"\"Ya Fatemeah\" (O! Fatemeh)\" are displayed on \"government buildings, private buildings, public streets and car windows.\" Mother's Day was originally observed on 16 December but the date was changed after the Iranian Revolution in 1979.", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "567830", "text": "the second Sunday of May. It is recognized nationally, but is not a public holiday. In Finland, Mother's Day (\"äitienpäivä\" in Finnish) is celebrated on the second Sunday of May. It is recognized nationally, and is a public holiday. It is usually celebrated at homes where children or grandchildren bring Mother´s day cards that they have drawn to their mothers and grandmothers. Usually some food, coffee and cakes are served for guests. Grown up children visit their parents homes and bring traditionally Mother´s day roses or other flowers accompanied with a Mother´s day card. The president of Finland honors with", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "567884", "text": "the Queen of Thailand, Queen Sirikit (12 August). The holiday was first celebrated around the 1980s as part of the campaign by the Prime Minister of Thailand Prem Tinsulanonda to promote Thailand's Royal family. Father's Day is celebrated on the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej's birthday. Ukraine celebrates Mother's Day () on the second Sunday of May. In Ukraine, Mother's Day officially became a holiday only in 1999 and is celebrated since 2000. Since then Ukrainian society struggles to transition the main holiday that recognizes woman from the International Women's Day, a holiday adopted under the Soviet Union that remained as", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "567878", "text": "peace. But still, women's day must be celebrated as are other holidays.\" In Samoa, Mother's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday in May, and as a recognised national holiday on the Monday following. In Singapore, Mother's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of May. It is not recognized as a holiday by the government. Czechoslovakia celebrated only Women's Day until the Velvet Revolution in 1989. After the country split in 1993, Slovakia started celebrating both Women's Day and Mother's Day. The politicization of Women's Day has affected the official status of Mother's Day. Center-right parties want Mother's Day", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "567815", "text": "Theotokos Virgin Mary. In Islam there is no concept of Mother's Day, but the Quran teaches that children should give priority to loving their mother over their father. In Hindu tradition, Mother's Day is called \"Mata Tirtha Aunshi\" or \"Mother Pilgrimage fortnight\", and is celebrated in countries with a Hindu population, especially in Nepal. The holiday is observed on the new moon day in the month of Baisakh, i.e., April/May. This celebration is based on Hindu religion and it pre-dates the creation of the US-inspired celebration by at least a few centuries. In Buddhism, the festival of Ullambana is derived", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "567818", "text": "7 April as Maternity and Beauty Day. In Australia, Mother's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday in May. The tradition of giving gifts to mothers on Mother's Day in Australia was started by Janet Heyden, a resident of Leichhardt, Sydney, in 1924. She began the tradition during a visit to a patient at the Newington State Home for Women, where she met many lonely and forgotten mothers. To cheer them up, she rounded up support from local school children and businesses to donate and bring gifts to the women. Every year thereafter, Mrs Heyden raised increasing support for the", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "567829", "text": "of rainy season. It comes in mid-fall where people enjoy a three-day feast called \"Antrosht\". For the feast, ingredients will be brought by the children for a traditional hash recipe. The ingredients are divided along genders, with girls bringing spices, vegetables, cheese and butter, while the boys bring a lamb or bull. The mother hands out to the family the hash. A celebration takes place after the meal. The mothers and daughters anoint themselves using butter on their faces and chests. While honoring their family and heroes, men sing songs. In Estonia, Mother's Day (\"emadepäev\" in Estonian) is celebrated on", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "567808", "text": "mother is \"the person who has done more for you than anyone in the world\". In 1908, the U.S. Congress rejected a proposal to make Mother's Day an official holiday, joking that they would also have to proclaim a \"Mother-in-law's Day\". However, owing to the efforts of Anna Jarvis, by 1911 all U.S. states observed the holiday, with some of them officially recognizing Mother's Day as a local holiday (the first being West Virginia, Jarvis' home state, in 1910). In 1914, Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating Mother's Day, held on the second Sunday in May, as a national holiday", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "567812", "text": "Day are present in Greece. Mothering Sunday is often referred to as \"Mother's Day\" even though it is an unrelated celebration. In some countries, the date adopted is one significant to the majority religion, such as Virgin Mary Day in Catholic countries. Other countries selected a date with historical significance. For example, Bolivia's Mother's Day is the date of a battle in which women participated. See the \"International history and tradition\" section for the complete list. Some ex-communist countries, such as Russia, celebrated International Women's Day instead of Mother's Day or simply celebrate both holidays, which is the custom in", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "567882", "text": "be widely recognized. Swedes born in the early nineteen hundreds typically did not celebrate the day because of the common belief that the holiday was invented strictly for commercial purposes. This was in contrast to Father's Day, which has been widely celebrated in Sweden since the late 1970s. Mother's Day in Sweden is celebrated on the last Sunday in May. A later date was chosen to allow everyone to go outside and pick flowers. In Switzerland, the \"règle de Pentecôte\" law allows Mother's Day to be celebrated a week late if the holiday falls on the same day as Pentecost.", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "567833", "text": "used the celebration in support of their policy to encourage larger families, but all mothers were now honored, even mothers with smaller families. In 1950, after the war, the celebration was reinstated. The law of 24 May 1950 required (in Article 1) that the Republic pay official homage to French Mothers. Article 2 stated it should be celebrated on the last Sunday in May as the \"Fête des Mères\" (except when Pentecost fell on that day, in which case it was moved to the first Sunday in June). Article 3 stated that all expenditure shall be covered from the budget", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "567886", "text": "of the influence of the American Mother's Day, Mothering Sunday transformed into the tradition of showing appreciation to one's mother. The holiday is still recognized in the original historical sense by many churches, with attention paid to Mary the mother of Jesus Christ and the concept of the Mother Church. The custom was still popular by the start of the 19th century, but with the Industrial Revolution, traditions changed and the Mothering Day customs declined. By 1935, Mothering Sunday was less celebrated in Europe. Constance Penswick-Smith worked unsuccessfully to revive the festival in the 1910s–1920s. However, US World War II", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "567866", "text": "of the Virgin Mary, the divine mother, which took place during the whole month of May. In 1926 Mother's Day was celebrated on 7 July in order to address these complaints. Catholic organizations and priests tried to Christianize the holiday, but those attempts were rendered futile around the 1960s when the church lost influence and the holiday was completely secularized. In later years, the initial resistance disappeared, and even leftist newspapers stopped their criticism and endorsed Mother's Day. In the 1980s, the American origin of the holiday was still not widely known, so feminist groups who opposed the perpetuation of", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "567859", "text": "appreciation to the mother, it is traditional to start the celebration with the famous song \"Las Mañanitas\", either a cappella, with the help of a mariachi or a contracted trio. Many families usually gather to celebrate this special day trying to spend as much time as possible with mothers to honor them on their day. They are organized to bring some dishes and eat all together or maybe to visit any restaurant. In Nepal, there is a festival equivalent to Mother's Day, called Mata Tirtha Aunsi (\"Mother Pilgrimage New Moon\"), or Mata Tirtha Puja (\"Mother Pilgrimage Worship\"). It is celebrated", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "567826", "text": "Society want to replace the Western-style gift of carnations with lilies, which, in ancient times, were planted by Chinese mothers when children left home. Mother's Day remains an unofficial festival, except in a small number of cities. In the Czech Republic, Mother's Day is celebrated every second Sunday in May. It started in former Czechoslovakia in 1923. The promoter of this celebration was Alice Masaryková. After World War II communists replaced Mother's Day with International Woman's Day, celebrated on 8 March. The former Czechoslovakia celebrated Women's Day until the Velvet Revolution in 1989. After the split of the country in", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "567840", "text": "award called Mother's Cross (\"Mutterkreuz\"), according to categories that depended on the number of children a mother had. The medal was awarded on Mother's Day and also on other holidays due to the large number of recipients. The Cross was an effort to encourage women to have more children, and recipients were required to have at least four. In Hungary, Mother's Day is celebrated on the first Sunday of May. It was first celebrated in 1925 by the Hungarian Red Cross Youth. The modern Mother's Day has been assimilated into Indian culture, and it is celebrated every year on the", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "567814", "text": "giving carnations and other presents to one's mother. The extent of the celebrations varies greatly. In some countries, it is potentially offensive to one's mother not to mark Mother's Day. In others, it is a little-known festival celebrated mainly by immigrants, or covered by the media as a taste of foreign culture. In the Roman Catholic Church, the holiday is strongly associated with revering the Virgin Mary. In some Catholic homes, families have a special shrine devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary. In many Eastern Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches, a special prayer service is held in honor of the", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "567873", "text": "declare the first Monday of December as Mother's Day \"to honor these fabulous women who brought forth God's children into this world.\" In response, Governor-General Charles Yeater issued Circular No. 33 declaring the celebration. In 1937 President Manuel L. Quezon issued Presidential Proclamation No. 213, changing the name of the occasion from \"Mother's Day\" to \"Parent's Day\" to address the complaints that there wasn't a \"Father's Day\". In 1980 President Ferdinand Marcos issued Presidential Proclamation No. 2037 proclaiming the date as both Mother's Day and Father's Day. In 1988 President Corazon Aquino issued Presidential Proclamation No. 266, changing Mother's Day", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "567820", "text": "In Belgium, Mother's Day (\"Moederdag\" or \"Moederkesdag\" in Dutch and \"Fête des Mères\" in French) is celebrated on the second Sunday of May. In the week before this holiday children make little presents at primary school, which they give to their mothers in the early morning of Mother's Day. Typically, the father will buy croissants and other sweet breads and pastries and bring these to the mother while she is still in bed – the beginning of a day of pampering for the mother. There are also many people who celebrate Mother's Day on 15 August instead; these are mostly", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "567883", "text": "In 2008, merchants declined to move the date. In Taiwan, Mother's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of the month of May, coinciding with Buddha's birthday and the traditional ceremony of \"washing the Buddha\". In 1999 the Taiwanese government established the second Sunday of May as Buddha's birthday, so they would be celebrated in the same day. Since 2006, the Tzu Chi, the largest charity organization in Taiwan, celebrates the Tzu Chi Day, Mother's Day and Buddha's birthday all together, as part of a unified celebration and religious observance. Mother's day in Thailand is celebrated on the birthday of", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "567852", "text": "mothers cards and handmade gifts and sons give their mothers gifts and flowers. Maldivians love to celebrate Mother's day, and they have it specially written on their calendar. The first mention of Mother's Day in Malta occurred during the Radio Children's Programmes run by Frans H. Said in May 1961. Within a few years, Mother's Day became one of the most popular dates in the Maltese calendar. In Malta, this day is commemorated on the second Sunday in May. Mothers are invariably given gifts and invited for lunch, usually at a good quality restaurant. In Mexico, the government of Álvaro", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "567845", "text": "The celebration is both Women's Day (replacing International Women's Day) and Mother's Day. In 1960, the Institute for Women Protection adopted the Western holiday and established it on 25 Azar (16 December), the date the Institute was founded. The Institute's action had the support of Queen Farah Pahlavi, the wife of the last Shah of Persia, who promoted the construction of maternity clinics in remote parts of the country to commemorate the day. Pahlavi regime used the holiday to promote \"gender ideologies\" of the regime. The Shah's government honored and gave awards to women who represented the idealized view of", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "567822", "text": "the city of Cochabamba. In this battle, women fighting for the country's independence were slaughtered by the Spanish army. It is not a public holiday, but all schools hold activities and festivities throughout the day. In Brazil, Mother's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of May. The first Mother's Day in Brazil was promoted by Associação Cristã de Moços de Porto Alegre (Young Men's Christian Association of Porto Alegre) on 12 May 1918. In 1932, then President Getúlio Vargas made the second Sunday of May the official date for Mother's Day. In 1947, Archbishop Jaime de Barros Câmara, Cardinal-Archbishop", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "567871", "text": "on that date. In Paraguay, Mother's Day is celebrated on 15 May, the same day as the \"Dia de la Patria\", which celebrates the independence of Paraguay. This date was chosen to honor the role played by Juana María de Lara in the events of 14 May 1811 that led to Paraguay's independence. In 2008, the Paraguayan Minister of Culture, Bruno Barrios, lamented this coincidence because, in Paraguay, Mother's Day is much more popular than independence day and the independence celebration goes unnoticed. As a result, Barrios asked that the celebration be moved to the end of the month. A", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "567963", "text": "June. It complements similar celebrations honoring family members, such as Mother's Day, Siblings Day, and Grandparents' Day. A customary day for the celebration of fatherhood in Catholic Europe is known to date back to at least the Middle Ages, and it is observed on 19 March, as the feast day of Saint Joseph, who is referred to as the fatherly \"Nutritor Domini\" (\"Nourisher of the Lord\") in Catholicism and \"the putative father of Jesus\" in southern European tradition. This celebration was brought to the Americas by the Spanish and Portuguese, and in Latin America, Mother's Day is still celebrated on", "title": "Father's Day" }, { "id": "567816", "text": "from the story of Maudgalyayana and his mother. Mother's day is celebrated in 8 March . The origin of 8 March holiday dates back to 1908 and is associated with a tragic event. A group of workers at a textile factory in New York strikes against extreme working conditions. On 8 March, the factory was shut down and the workers remained trapped inside. Suddenly a fire broke out, where 129 mothers died. Mother's Day in most Arab countries is celebrated on 21 March. It was introduced in Egypt by journalist Mustafa Amin and was first celebrated in 1956. The practice", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "567876", "text": "International Women's Day are two separate holidays, with International Women's Day being held on its original date of 8 March. Traditionally Russia had celebrated International Women's Day and Mother's Day on 8 March, an inheritance from the Soviet Union, and a public holiday. Women's Day was first celebrated on the last Sunday in February in 1913 in Russia. In 1917, demonstrations marking International Women's Day in Saint Petersburg on the last Sunday in February (which fell on 8 March on the Gregorian calendar) initiated the February Revolution. Following the October Revolution later that year, the Bolshevik Alexandra Kollontai persuaded Vladimir", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "567872", "text": "group of young people attempted to gather 20,000 signatures to ask the Parliament to move Mother's Day. In 2008, the \"Comisión de festejos\" (Celebration Committee) of the city of Asunción asked that Mother's Day be moved to the second Sunday of May. In the Philippines, Mother's Day is officially celebrated on the second Sunday of May, but it is not a public holiday. Although not a traditional Filipino holiday, the occasion owes its popularity to American Colonial Period influence. According to a 2008 article by the Philippine News Agency, in 1921 the Ilocos Norte Federation of Women's Clubs asked to", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "2213799", "text": "first day of the Dormition Fast. In the Greek tradition, during the Fast either the Great Paraklesis (Supplicatory Canon) or the Small Paraklesis is celebrated every evening except Saturday evening and the Eves of the Transfiguration and the Dormition. The first day of the Dormition Fast is a feast day called the Procession of the Cross (August 1), on which day it is customary to have an outdoor procession and perform the Lesser Blessing of Water. In Eastern Orthodoxy it is also the day of the Holy Seven Maccabees, Martyrs Abimus, Antonius, Gurias, Eleazar, Eusebonus, Alimus, and Marcellus, their mother", "title": "Dormition of the Mother of God" }, { "id": "17432197", "text": "Harela Harela is a Hindu festival celebrated basically in the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand state of India. It is celebrated thrice in year, the first two are during both the Navratis, Chaitra Navrati in the month of Chaitra and Sharad Navratri in the month of Ashwin. This is followed by \"Bhaitauli\" or \"Bhitauli\" wherein gifts are given to girls of the family. The Shravan Harela is celebrated as the first day (Kark Sankranti) of Hindu calendar month of Sravan (late July). It is also symbol for the onset of rainy season (Monsoon) as Harela literally means \"Day of Green\". Agriculture-based", "title": "Harela" }, { "id": "7277351", "text": "Refreshment Sunday The Refreshment Sundays or Rose Sundays are Sundays within the two major fasts observed in Western Christianity, Lent and Advent. On these days, the fast was allowed to be relaxed, hence the name \"Refreshment Sunday\". Correspondingly, the liturgical colours of the season are replaced with rose, hence the name \"Rose Sunday\". The Refreshment Sundays are: Of these, the better known is Laetare Sunday, and if reference is made to a single \"Refreshment Sunday\" or \"Rose Sunday\" it is usually this Sunday that is meant. It is also called Mothering Sunday, Mother's Day, Rose Sunday, and Laetare Sunday. In", "title": "Refreshment Sunday" }, { "id": "5419600", "text": "(who were given the day off work), as Roman men did at the Saturnalia. Matronalia In ancient Roman religion, the Matronalia (or Matronales Feriae) was a festival celebrating Juno Lucina, the goddess of childbirth (\"Juno who brings children into the light\"), and of motherhood (\"mater\" is \"mother\" in Latin) and women in general. In the original Roman calendar traditionally thought to have been established by Romulus, it was the first day of the year. As the first day of March (\"Martius\"), the month of Mars, it was also the \"Feriae Martis\". The date of the festival was associated with the", "title": "Matronalia" }, { "id": "5419598", "text": "Matronalia In ancient Roman religion, the Matronalia (or Matronales Feriae) was a festival celebrating Juno Lucina, the goddess of childbirth (\"Juno who brings children into the light\"), and of motherhood (\"mater\" is \"mother\" in Latin) and women in general. In the original Roman calendar traditionally thought to have been established by Romulus, it was the first day of the year. As the first day of March (\"Martius\"), the month of Mars, it was also the \"Feriae Martis\". The date of the festival was associated with the dedication of a temple to Juno Lucina on the Esquiline Hill circa 268 BCE,", "title": "Matronalia" }, { "id": "568008", "text": "in Thailand, and even overseas at Thai organizations. It first gained nationwide popularity in the 1980s as part of a campaign by Prime Minister [[Prem Tinsulanonda]] to promote Thailand's royal family. [[Mother's Day]] is celebrated on the birthday of Queen [[Sirikit]], August 12. In [[Trinidad and Tobago]], Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday in June and is not a public holiday. In [[Turkey]], Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday in June and is not a public holiday. In [[United Arab Emirates]], Father's Day is celebrated on June 21, generally coinciding with [[midsummer]]'s day. In the United", "title": "Father's Day" }, { "id": "567865", "text": "second Sunday of May was adopted as the official celebration date. In the mid-1930s the slogan \"Moederdag – Bloemendag\" (Mother's Day – Flowers' Day) was coined, and the phrase was popular for many years. In the 1930s and 1940's \"Mother's Day cakes\" were given as gifts in hospitals and to the Dutch Queen, who is known as the \"mother of the country\". Other trade groups tried to cash in on the holiday and to give new meaning to the holiday in order to promote their own wares as gifts. Roman Catholic priests complained that the holiday interfered with the honoring", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "5309571", "text": "year is proclaimed as Parents' Day. The United Nations proclaimed June 1 to be the Global Day of Parents \"to appreciate all parents in all parts of the world for their selfless commitment to children and their lifelong sacrifice towards nurturing this relationship\". It is the same day as International Children's Day. In the United States, Parents' Day is held on the fourth Sunday of July. This was established in 1994 when President Bill Clinton signed a Congressional Resolution into law () for \"recognizing, uplifting, and supporting the role of parents in the rearing of children.\" The bill was introduced", "title": "Parents' Day" }, { "id": "567807", "text": "Andrew's Methodist Church in Grafton, West Virginia. St Andrew's Methodist Church now holds the International Mother's Day Shrine. Her campaign to make Mother's Day a recognized holiday in the United States began in 1905, the year her mother, Ann Reeves Jarvis, died. Ann Jarvis had been a peace activist who cared for wounded soldiers on both sides of the American Civil War, and created Mother's Day Work Clubs to address public health issues. Anna Jarvis wanted to honor her mother by continuing the work she started and to set aside a day to honor all mothers because she believed a", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "4645966", "text": "in Albion set aside the second Sunday in May to recognize the special contributions of mothers. Frank E. Hering, alumnus and administrator at the University of Notre Dame and President of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, made a plea for \"setting aside one day in the year as a nationwide memorial to the memories of Mothers and motherhood\" in 1904. After observing a class of Notre Dame students sending home penny postcards to their mothers, Hering went on to be a vocal advocate for a national Mother's Day for the next decade. As Hering stated in a 1941 issue of", "title": "Mother's Day (United States)" }, { "id": "21012704", "text": "from the 16th-century Christian practice of visiting one's mother church annually on Laetare Sunday. As a result of this tradition, most mothers were reunited with their children on this day when young apprentices and young women in service were released by their masters for that weekend. As a result of the influence of the American Mother's Day, Mothering Sunday transformed into the tradition of showing appreciation to one's mother. The celebration of Easter Day is not fixed and is a moevable observance. Easter Day, also known as Resurrection Sunday, marks the high point of the Christian year. It is the", "title": "English festivals" }, { "id": "567849", "text": "celebrated on 12 May 1957 in Assisi, at the initiative of Reverend Otello Migliosi, the parish priest of the Tordibetto church. This celebration was so popular that in the following year Mother's Day was adopted throughout Italy. On 18 December 1958, a proposal was presented to the Italian Senate to make the holiday official. In Japan, was initially commemorated during the Shōwa period as the birthday of Empress Kōjun (mother of Emperor Akihito) on 6 March. This was established in 1931 when the Imperial Women's Union was organized. In 1937, the first meeting of \"Praise Mothers\" was held on 8", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "8947973", "text": "entire week, and the Artos (a leavened loaf of bread that was blessed during the Paschal Vigil) remains in the church and is venerated by everyone as they enter the temple as a way of \"greeting the Resurrected Christ\". Bright Friday is the annual feast day of the Theotokos (Mother of God), as the \"Life-giving Spring\", and there are optional hymns which may be chanted in honor of the feast in addition to the paschal hymns. If any other feasts on the fixed cycle occur during Bright Week, they are transferred to a convenient day after Thomas Sunday. Just before", "title": "Easter Week" }, { "id": "567861", "text": "Kathmandu. The nearby Mata Tirtha village is named after these ponds. Previously, the tradition was observed primarily by the Newar community and other people living in the Kathmandu Valley. Now this festival is widely celebrated across the country. Many tragic folklore legends have been created, suggesting different reasons why this pond became a pilgrimage site. The most popular version says that, in ancient times, the mother of a shepherd died, and he made offerings to a nearby pond. There he saw the face of his mother in the water, with her hand taking the offerings. Since then, many people visited", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "2842388", "text": "Mothering Sunday is the practice of \"clipping the church\", whereby the congregation form a ring around their church building and, holding hands, embrace it. For some Church of England churches, it is the only day in Lent when marriages can be celebrated. During Mothering Sunday services in some churches children in the congregation are given a little bunch of spring flowers to give to their mothers. Mothering Sunday Mothering Sunday is a holiday celebrated by Catholic and Protestant Christians in the UK and some other parts of the world. It is generally observed in parishes of the Church of England,", "title": "Mothering Sunday" }, { "id": "4645968", "text": "service was held on May 12, 1907 in the Andrew's Methodist Episcopal Church in Grafton, West Virginia, where Anna's mother had been teaching Sunday school. The first \"official\" service was on May 10, 1908, in the same church, accompanied by a larger ceremony in the Wanamaker Auditorium in the Wanamaker's store in Philadelphia. The next year the day was reported to be widely celebrated in New York. Jarvis then campaigned to establish Mother's Day first as a U.S. national holiday and then later as an international holiday. The holiday was declared officially by the state of West Virginia in 1910,", "title": "Mother's Day (United States)" }, { "id": "4645975", "text": "commercially successful American occasions, having become the most popular day of the year to dine out at a restaurant in the United States and generating a significant portion of the U.S. jewelry industry's annual revenue, from custom gifts like mother's rings. Americans spend approximately $2.6 billion on flowers, $1.53 billion on pampering gifts—like spa treatments—and another $68 million on greeting cards. Commercialization has ensured that the holiday has continued, while other holidays from the same time, such as Children's Day and Temperance Sunday, are no longer celebrated. From 2005 to 2013, the Southern 500 auto race was held on Saturday", "title": "Mother's Day (United States)" }, { "id": "5309572", "text": "by Republican Senator Trent Lott. It was supported by members of the Unification Church which also celebrates a holiday called Parents' Day, although on a different date. Parents' Day is celebrated throughout the United States. In South Korea, Parent's Day ( \"Eobeoinal\") is annually held on May 8. Parent's Day is celebrated by both the public and the government. Family events focus on the parents; popular actions include giving parents carnations. Public events are led by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and include public celebrations and awards. The origins of Parent's Day can be traced back to the 1930s.", "title": "Parents' Day" }, { "id": "567870", "text": "efforts of their mothers. In Panama, Mother's Day is celebrated on 8 December, the same day as the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. This date was suggested in 1930 by the wife of Panama's President Florencio Harmodio Arosemena. 8 December was adopted as Mother's Day under Law 69, which was passed the same year. According to another account, in 1924 the Rotary Club of Panama asked that Mother's Day be celebrated on 11 May. Politician Aníbal D. Ríos changed the proposal so that the celebration would be held on 8 December. He then established Mother's Day as a national holiday", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "567832", "text": "for that purpose. In 1918, also inspired by Jarvis, the town of Lyon wanted to celebrate a \"journée des Mères\", but instead decided to celebrate a \"Journée Nationale des Mères de familles nombreuses.\" The holiday was more inspired by anti-depopulation efforts than by the US holiday, with medals awarded to the mothers of large families. The French government made the day official in 1920 as a day for mothers of large families. Since then the French government awards the Médaille de la Famille française to mothers of large families. In 1941, by initiative of Philippe Pétain, the wartime Vichy government", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "567868", "text": "16 November as a public holiday in North Korea. The date takes its significance from the First National Meeting of Mothers held in 1961, for which Kim Il-sung, the leader of the country, published a work called \"The Duty of Mothers in the Education of Children\". The date was designated as Mother's Day in May 2012 by the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly but only became a public holiday and appeared on the North Korean calendar starting in 2015. Mother's Day was first celebrated on 9 February 1919 and was initially organized by religious institutions. Later it has become", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "1406959", "text": "and gift certificates to stores which specialize in baby-related merchandise. The Anglican Church and the Lutheran Church celebrate the Feast of the Circumcision of Christ on January 1, based on the belief that if Jesus was born on December 25, then according to Hebrew tradition, his circumcision would have taken place on the eighth day of his life (January 1). The Roman Catholic Church celebrates on this day the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, which is also a Holy Day of Obligation. In the United States, New Year's Day is a postal holiday. Johann Sebastian Bach composed several church", "title": "New Year's Day" }, { "id": "567821", "text": "people around Antwerp, who consider that day (Assumption) the classical Mother's Day and the observance in May an invention for commercial reasons. It was originally established on that day as the result of a campaign by Frans Van Kuyck, a painter and Alderman from Antwerp. In Bolivia, Mother's Day is celebrated on 27 May. El \"Día de la Madre Boliviana\" was passed into law on 8 November 1927, during the presidency of Hernando Siles Reyes. The date commemorates the Battle of La Coronilla, which took place on 27 May 1812, during the Bolivian War of Independence, in what is now", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "567887", "text": "soldiers brought the US Mother's Day celebration to the UK, and the holiday was merged with the Mothering Sunday traditions still celebrated in the Church of England. By the 1950s, the celebration became popular again in the whole of the UK, thanks to the efforts of UK merchants, who saw in the festival a great commercial opportunity. People from UK started celebrating Mother's Day on the fourth Sunday of Lent, the same day on which Mothering Sunday had been celebrated for centuries. Some Mothering Sunday traditions were revived, such as the tradition of eating cake on that day, although celebrants", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "568000", "text": "fatherhood and responsibility for the care and upbringing of children. Father's Day is not a public holiday in Pakistan. In [[Peru]], Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday. People usually give a present to their fathers and spend time with him mostly during a family meal. In the [[Philippines]], Father's Day (as well as [[Mother's Day]]) is officially celebrated every first Monday of December according to a recent presidential proclamation, but it is not a public holiday. It is more widely observed by the public on the 3rd Sunday of June", "title": "Father's Day" }, { "id": "11068853", "text": "many states and spread to a number of foreign countries. Anna Jarvis also embarked on a mission to make Mother's Day an officially recognized holiday in the United States. She succeeded when, in 1914, President Woodrow Wilson signed a congressional resolution officially making the second Sunday in May the national Mother's Day and calling for Americans to recognize it by displaying the flag. Ann Jarvis Ann Maria Reeves Jarvis (September 30, 1832 – May 9, 1905) was a social activist and community organizer during the American Civil War era. She is recognized as the mother who inspired Mother's Day and", "title": "Ann Jarvis" }, { "id": "4645972", "text": "holiday has been heavily commercialized by advertisers and retailers, and has been criticized by some as a Hallmark Holiday. Carnations have come to represent Mother's Day since Anna Jarvis delivered 500 of them at the first celebration in 1908. Many religious services held later adopted the custom of giving away carnations. This also started the custom of wearing a carnation on Mother's Day. The founder, Anna Jarvis, chose the carnation because it was the favorite flower of her mother. In part due to the shortage of white carnations, and in part due to the efforts to expand the sales of", "title": "Mother's Day (United States)" }, { "id": "4645970", "text": "in war. In 1934, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt approved a stamp commemorating the holiday. In May 2008, the U.S. House of Representatives voted twice on a resolution commemorating Mother's Day, the first one being passed without a dissenting vote (21 members not voting). The Grafton church, where the first celebration was held, is now the International Mother's Day Shrine and is a National Historic Landmark. In 1912 Anna Jarvis trademarked the phrases \"Second Sunday in May\" and \"Mother's Day\", and created the Mother's Day International Association. She specifically noted that \"Mother's\" should \"be a singular possessive, for each family", "title": "Mother's Day (United States)" }, { "id": "567858", "text": "de la Luz, the patron of León, Guanajuato, in replacement of Mother's Day. In 1942, at the same time as Soledad's greatest celebration of Mother's Day, the clergy organized the 210th celebration of the Virgin Mary with a large parade in León. There is a consensus among scholars that the Mexican government abandoned its revolutionary initiatives during the 1940s, including its efforts to influence Mother's Day. Today the \"Día de las Madres\" is an unofficial holiday in Mexico held each year on 10 May, the day on which it was first celebrated in Mexico. In Mexico, to show affection and", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "9426662", "text": "Feast of the Annunciation The Feast of the Annunciation, contemporarily the Solemnity of the Annunciation, also known as Lady Day, the Feast of the Incarnation ('), Conceptio Christi ('), commemorates the visit of the archangel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary, during which he informed her that she would be the mother of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. It is celebrated on 25 March each year. In the Roman Catholic Church, when 25 March falls during the Paschal Triduum, it is transferred forward to the first suitable day during Eastertide. In Eastern Orthodoxy and Eastern Catholicism, it is never transferred,", "title": "Feast of the Annunciation" }, { "id": "805055", "text": "historic core. This yearly procession, held on the last Saturday of August and intended to coincide with the anniversary of the founding of the City of Los Angeles, begins at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels and concludes at the parish of La Iglesia de Nuestra Señora Reina de los Angeles which is part of the Los Angeles Plaza Historic District, better known as \"La Placita\". The earliest feasts that relate to Mary grew out of the cycle of feasts that celebrated the Nativity of Jesus. Given that according to the Gospel of Luke (), forty days after", "title": "Mary, mother of Jesus" }, { "id": "5309575", "text": "declaring the day designated as Mothers' Day as Parents' Day. This was due to finding petitions to set a special date for Fathers’ Day not advisable as there are already set of numerous holidays set, and deeming it more fitting to celebrate both Mothers' and Fathers' Day together and not apart. In 1980, a proclamation was issued declaring first Sunday and the first Monday of December as Father's Day and Mother's Day respectively. In 1988, the issued presidential proclamation followed the international day of celebration of Father's and Mother's Day which most Filipinos are familiar with. However, then President Estrada", "title": "Parents' Day" }, { "id": "6990596", "text": "chose the second Sunday in May as the annual date for the holiday because it marked the anniversary of her mother's death. The white carnation became a symbol of the day, and was selected by Jarvis to honor her mother's favorite flower. The celebration also extended to many foreign countries within only a few years of its conception. In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed that flags be flown \"on the second Sunday in May as a public expression of our love and reverence for the mothers of our country.\" The 1914 proclamation by Wilson represents a victory for Jarvis, since", "title": "International Mother's Day Shrine" }, { "id": "13921548", "text": "of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. The public holidays for the Russian SFSR included Defender of the Fatherland Day (23 February), which honors Russian men, especially those serving in the army; International Women's Day (8 March), which combines the traditions of Mother's Day and Valentine's Day; Spring and Labor Day (1 May); Victory Day; and like all other Soviet republics, the Great October Socialist Revolution (7 November). Victory Day is the second most popular holiday in Russia as it commemorates the victory over Nazism in the Great Patriotic War. A huge military parade, hosted by the President of Russia,", "title": "Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic" }, { "id": "567827", "text": "1993, the Czech Republic started celebrating Mother's Day again. Mother's Day in Egypt is celebrated on 21 March, the first day of spring in the northern hemisphere. It was introduced in Egypt by journalist Mustafa Amin in his book \"Smiling America\" (1943). The idea was overlooked at the time. Later Amin heard the story of a widowed mother who devoted her whole life to raising her son until he became a doctor. The son then married and left without showing any gratitude to his mother. Hearing this, Amin became motivated to promote \"Mother's Day\". The idea was first ridiculed by", "title": "Mother's Day" }, { "id": "4296847", "text": "of the color violet in the Roman Rite. The Sunday is considered a day of relaxation from normal Lenten rigours; a day of hope with Easter at last within sight. Traditionally, weddings (otherwise banned during Lent) could be performed on this day, and servants were released from service for the day to visit their mothers (hence 'Mothering Sunday'). Laetare Sunday is exactly 21 days before Easter Sunday, a moveable feast based on the cycles of the moon. The date can be any between 1 March and 4 April inclusive; occurrence in April is considered to be uncommon; the last occurrence", "title": "Laetare Sunday" }, { "id": "7628429", "text": "Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God The Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God is a feast day of the Blessed Virgin Mary under the aspect of her motherhood of Jesus Christ, whom Christians see as the Lord, Son of God. It is celebrated by the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church on 1 January, the Octave (8th) day of Christmastide. Christians of Byzantine Rite and of all West Syriac and East Syriac rites celebrate Mary as Mother of God on 26 December and the Coptic Church does so on 16 January. The Eastern Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion and", "title": "Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God" }, { "id": "3696136", "text": "Armed Forces of the United States during any period of war or hostilities in which the Armed Forces of the United States are engaged. The U.S. Code also discusses the wearing of lapel pins. On the last Sunday in September, Gold Star Mother's Day is observed in the U.S. in honor of Gold Star mothers, as established in Title 36 § 111 of the United States Code. This was originally declared by Senate Joint Resolution 115 of June 23, 1936. In 2009, Barack Obama proclaimed the observance as Gold Star Mother's and Families' Day. Since 2011 it has been proclaimed", "title": "Service flag" }, { "id": "567978", "text": "the tradition of honouring the role fathers and father figures play in parenting through the annual awarding of Local Community Father of the Year in 32 municipalities in Victoria. The Father's Day Council of Victoria annually recognises fathers in the Father of the Year Award. In Austria, Father's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of June and it is not a public holiday. In Belgium, Father's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of June and it is not a public holiday. In Brazil Father's Day (\"Dia dos Pais\", in Portuguese) is celebrated three months after Mother's Day, on", "title": "Father's Day" }, { "id": "12207113", "text": "and carries the burdens of history. She suffers and she is assumed into heaven. Slowly she learns, that Mary is her mirror, that she is a person in Mary. Mary on the other hand is not an isolated individual, who rests in herself. She is carrying the mystery of the Church. In 2018, Pope Francis decreed that the Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church be inserted into the Roman Calendar on the Monday after Pentecost (also known as Whit Monday) and to be celebrated every year. The decree was signed on 11 February 2018, the memorial", "title": "Mother of the Church" } ]

[ "8 September 1981" ]

[ { "id": "1633380", "text": "behind the Bristol City football ground. Sixty-four episodes of \"Only Fools and Horses\", all written by John Sullivan, were broadcast on BBC1 from 8 September 1981 until 25 December 2003. The show was aired in seven series (1981–1983, 1985–1986, 1989 and 1990–1991), and thereafter in sporadic Christmas special editions (1991–1993, 1996, 2001–2003). All earlier episodes had a running time of 30 minutes, but this was extended after Series Six (1989), and all subsequent episodes had a running time ranging from 50 to 95 minutes. Several mini-episodes were produced. An eight-minute episode aired on 27 December 1982 as part of a", "title": "Only Fools and Horses" }, { "id": "1633351", "text": "Only Fools and Horses Only Fools and Horses is a British sitcom created and written by John Sullivan. Seven series were originally broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom from 1981 to 1991, with sixteen sporadic Christmas specials aired until the end of the show in 2003. Episodes are regularly repeated on UKTV comedy channel Gold and occasionally repeated on Yesterday and BBC One. Set in Peckham in south-east London, it stars David Jason as ambitious market trader Derek \"Del Boy\" Trotter, Nicholas Lyndhurst as his younger brother Rodney Trotter, and Lennard Pearce as their elderly Grandad. After Pearce's", "title": "Only Fools and Horses" }, { "id": "1633382", "text": "the Imperial War Museum, London. A showing Del, Rodney and Albert making an appeal for donations was shown on 14 March 1997, with 10.6 million viewers. A Sport Relief special was aired on 21 March 2014. \"Only Fools and Horses\" had two producers: Ray Butt from 1981 to 1987, and Gareth Gwenlan thereafter. Seven directors were used: Martin Shardlow directed all episodes in series one, Bernard Thompson directed the 1981 Christmas special, Susan Belbin series four, and Mandie Fletcher series five. Butt directed series three and five, as well as the 1985, 1986 and 1987 Christmas specials. Tony Dow became", "title": "Only Fools and Horses" }, { "id": "1633366", "text": "genuine, though very obscure, saying, \"only fools and horses work for a living\", which had its origins in 19th-century American vaudeville. \"Only Fools and Horses\" had also been the title of an episode of \"Citizen Smith\", and Sullivan liked the expression and thought it was suited to the new sitcom. He also thought longer titles would attract attention. He was first overruled on the grounds that the audience would not understand the title, but he eventually got his way. Filming of the first series began in May 1981, and the first episode, \"Big Brother\", was transmitted on BBC One at", "title": "Only Fools and Horses" }, { "id": "8651898", "text": "Big Brother (Only Fools and Horses) \"Big Brother\" is the first ever episode of the BBC sitcom \"Only Fools and Horses\". It is the first episode of series 1, and was first broadcast on 8 September 1981. In the episode, Del buys a consignment of briefcases, only to later discover that the combinations are locked inside. Derek \"Del Boy\" Trotter, chairman of Trotters Independent Traders, employs his younger brother Rodney into his company. Later, at their local pub, The Nag's Head, Rodney meets Del's friend Trigger, in order to buy some briefcases. On introduction, Trigger acknowledges to Del that he", "title": "Big Brother (Only Fools and Horses)" }, { "id": "1633373", "text": "and it was confirmed that there were no plans for a new series. Despite this, the show continued in Christmas specials until 1993. Sullivan nonetheless wanted a final episode to tie up the show. In late 1996, three more one-hour episodes were filmed, to be broadcast over Christmas 1996. All three were well received and, due to the ending, were assumed to be the last. The show made a return in Christmas 2001 with the first of three new episodes which were shot together but ultimately broadcast over three consecutive Christmases from 2001 until 2003. Despite rumours of further episodes,", "title": "Only Fools and Horses" }, { "id": "8651902", "text": "they floated. Big Brother (Only Fools and Horses) \"Big Brother\" is the first ever episode of the BBC sitcom \"Only Fools and Horses\". It is the first episode of series 1, and was first broadcast on 8 September 1981. In the episode, Del buys a consignment of briefcases, only to later discover that the combinations are locked inside. Derek \"Del Boy\" Trotter, chairman of Trotters Independent Traders, employs his younger brother Rodney into his company. Later, at their local pub, The Nag's Head, Rodney meets Del's friend Trigger, in order to buy some briefcases. On introduction, Trigger acknowledges to Del", "title": "Big Brother (Only Fools and Horses)" }, { "id": "8225618", "text": "Only Fools on Horses Only Fools on Horses was a BBC reality television programme produced by Endemol UK. The show's name was a play on that of the sitcom \"Only Fools and Horses\", and first aired on 7 July 2006. It featured twelve celebrities who performed equestrian events, with one celebrity being eliminated every day until only one was left. Proceeds went towards Sport Relief. It was presented by Angus Deayton and Kirsty Gallacher. After the final, it was announced that the event had raised over £250,000 for Sport Relief. The final, a jump off between Jenni and Nicki, was", "title": "Only Fools on Horses" }, { "id": "1633365", "text": "and become friends with when they were working on \"Citizen Smith\", a draft script was shown to the Corporation's Head of Comedy, John Howard Davies. Davies commissioned Sullivan to write a full series. Sullivan believed the key factor in its being accepted was the success of ITV's new drama, \"Minder\", a series with a similar premise and also set in modern-day London. Sullivan had initially given the show the working title \"Readies\". For the actual title he intended to use, as a reference to the protagonist's tax and work-evading lifestyle, \"Only Fools and Horses\". That name was based on a", "title": "Only Fools and Horses" }, { "id": "8225619", "text": "won by Jenni Falconer. In reverse order of elimination: Only Fools on Horses Only Fools on Horses was a BBC reality television programme produced by Endemol UK. The show's name was a play on that of the sitcom \"Only Fools and Horses\", and first aired on 7 July 2006. It featured twelve celebrities who performed equestrian events, with one celebrity being eliminated every day until only one was left. Proceeds went towards Sport Relief. It was presented by Angus Deayton and Kirsty Gallacher. After the final, it was announced that the event had raised over £250,000 for Sport Relief. The", "title": "Only Fools on Horses" }, { "id": "1633353", "text": "the Royal Television Society, as well as winning individual accolades for both Sullivan and Jason. It was voted Britain's Best Sitcom in a 2004 BBC poll. The series influenced British culture, contributing several words and phrases to the English language. It spawned an extensive range of merchandise, including books, videos, DVDs, toys, and board games. A spin-off series, \"The Green Green Grass\", ran for four series in the UK from 2005 to 2009. A prequel, \"Rock & Chips\", ran for three specials in 2010 and 2011. A special \"Sport Relief episode\" aired in March 2014, guest starring David Beckham. In", "title": "Only Fools and Horses" }, { "id": "1633394", "text": "his portrayal of Del Boy in 1990 and 1996. The series won a National Television Award in 1997 for most popular comedy series; Jason won two individual awards, in 1997 and 2002. At the British Comedy Awards, the show was named best BBC sitcom for 1990, and received the People's Choice award in 1997. It also won the Royal Television Society best comedy award in 1997 and two Television and Radio Industries Club Awards for comedy programme of the year, in 1984 and 1997. John Sullivan received the Writers' Guild of Great Britain comedy award in 1997. The show regularly", "title": "Only Fools and Horses" }, { "id": "1633374", "text": "in a 2008 interview, Sullivan was quoted as saying: \"There will not be another series of \"Only Fools And Horses\". I can say that. We had our day, it was wonderful but it is best to leave it now\". Though Sullivan died in 2011, it returned for a special Sport Relief episode in 2014. \"Only Fools and Horses\" has separate theme songs for the opening and closing credits, \"Only Fools and Horses\" and \"Hooky Street\", respectively. The original theme tune was produced by Ronnie Hazlehurst and recorded on 6 August 1981 at Lime Grove Studios. Alf Bigden, Paul Westwood, Don", "title": "Only Fools and Horses" }, { "id": "1633375", "text": "Hunt, John Dean, Judd Proctor, Eddie Mordue, and Rex Morris were hired to play the music. The tune was changed after the first series, and the new one was written by John Sullivan (he disliked the tune for the first series, and his new one explained the show's title), and Hazlehurst conducted it. It was recorded at Lime Grove on 11 May 1982, with musicians John Horler, Dave Richmond, Bigden, and Proctor. Sullivan had intended Chas & Dave to sing it because they had enjoyed success with the \"Rockney\" style, a mixture of rock n' roll and traditional Cockney music.", "title": "Only Fools and Horses" }, { "id": "1633393", "text": "and \"Time on Our Hands\" saw the show's peak. The first two attracted 21.3 million viewers, while the third episode – at the time believed to be the final one – got 24.3 million, a record audience for a British sitcom. Repeat episodes also attract millions of viewers, and the BBC has received criticism for repeating the show too often. . \"Only Fools and Horses\" won the BAFTA award for best comedy series in 1985, 1988 and 1996, was nominated in 1983, 1986, 1989, 1990 and 1991, and won the audience award in 2004. David Jason received individual BAFTAs for", "title": "Only Fools and Horses" }, { "id": "1633364", "text": "\"Danger UXD\", went on to appear in several Hollywood films. In 1980, John Sullivan, a scriptwriter under contract at the BBC, was already well known as the writer of the successful sitcom \"Citizen Smith\". It came to an end that year and Sullivan was searching for a new project. An initial idea for a comedy set in the world of football was rejected by the BBC, as was his alternative idea, a sitcom centring on a cockney market trader in working class, modern-day London. The latter idea persisted. Through Ray Butt, a BBC producer and director whom Sullivan had met", "title": "Only Fools and Horses" }, { "id": "1633403", "text": "on the originals. It centred on the Fintas family, who live in Sapadores, a neighbourhood in Lisbon, and starred Miguel Guilherme as Quim (Del), Canto e Castro as Grandad, and Ivo Canelas as Joca (Rodney). In this Portuguese version the Reliant's equivalent was a 1988 Suzuki Super Carry. A Slovenian re-make, called \"Brat bratu\" (Brother to Brother), was broadcast from 2008 to 2009. All episodes were based on the original British storylines, and it was made in co-operation with John Sullivan. It featured brothers Brane (Brane Šturbej) and Bine (Jure Drevenšek), who moved from Maribor to Ljubljana. The series also", "title": "Only Fools and Horses" }, { "id": "1633367", "text": "8.30 pm on 8 September that year. It attracted 9.2 million viewers and generally received a lukewarm response from critics. The viewing figures for the whole first series, averaged at around 7 million viewers. The costumes for the first series were designed by Phoebe De Gaye. Del's attire was inspired by her going to car boot sales. She took Jason shopping in Oxford Street, and had him try a variety of suits. De Gaye purchased some gaily coloured Gabicci shirts, which were fashionable at the time and she thought \"horrible\". Del's rings and bracelet were made of fake gold and", "title": "Only Fools and Horses" }, { "id": "1633356", "text": "in the form of regulars at the local pub \"The Nag's Head\". These included pub landlord Mike Fisher (Kenneth MacDonald), lorry driver Denzil (Paul Barber), youthful spiv Mickey Pearce (Patrick Murray) and Boycie's flirtatious wife Marlene (Sue Holderness). As the series progressed, the scope of the plots expanded. Many early episodes were largely self-contained, with few plot-lines mentioned again, but the show developed a story arc and an ongoing episodic dimension. After Grandad died following the death of actor Lennard Pearce, his younger brother Uncle Albert (Buster Merryfield) emerged and moved in with Del and Rodney. After years of searching,", "title": "Only Fools and Horses" }, { "id": "1633352", "text": "death in 1984, his character was replaced by Del and Rodney's Uncle Albert (Buster Merryfield) who first appeared in February 1985. Backed by a strong supporting cast, the series follows the Trotters' highs and lows in life, in particular their attempts to get rich. The show achieved consistently high ratings, and the 1996 episode \"Time on Our Hands\" (the last episode to feature Uncle Albert) holds the record for the highest UK audience for a sitcom episode, attracting over 24.3 million viewers. Critically and popularly acclaimed, the series received numerous awards, including recognition from BAFTA, the National Television Awards and", "title": "Only Fools and Horses" }, { "id": "1633376", "text": "Sullivan was persuaded to do it himself by Ray Butt. Despite the creation of a new theme tune, the original one remained in occasional use. Chas & Dave did later contribute to the show, performing the closing credits song for the 1989 episode \"The Jolly Boys' Outing\". Both songs are performed by Sullivan himself, and not – as is sometimes thought – by Nicholas Lyndhurst. The opening credits see images of the three principal actors peel on and off the screen sequentially. These appear over a background of still photographs of everyday life in South London. The sequence was conceived", "title": "Only Fools and Horses" }, { "id": "13557304", "text": "90 minute production was conceived in 1997 and commissioned in 2003, with the premise established in the final episode of \"Only Fools and Horses\" in 2003. It was shelved and \"Only Fools and Horses\" spin-off \"The Green Green Grass\" was developed; its success led to the prequel being recommissioned in July 2009. Filming began in October in London and the production was first broadcast on BBC One and BBC HD on 24 January 2010. It was the second most watched programme of the day but gained mixed reviews from critics. The story starts in February 1960, by setting up the", "title": "Rock & Chips" }, { "id": "1633402", "text": "in Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia. A number of overseas re-makes have also been produced. A Dutch version aired for one series in 1995, entitled \"Wat schuift't?\" (What's it worth?). The Trotters were renamed the Aarsmans and it starred Johnny Kraaykamp jnr. as Stef (Del), Sacco Van der Made as Grandad and Kasper van Kooten as Robbie (Rodney), and was shown on RTL 4. A Portuguese re-make, \"O Fura-Vidas\", a local expression for someone who lives outside the law, ran for three series from 1999 to 2001. It was a literal translation of the British version, with all episodes based", "title": "Only Fools and Horses" }, { "id": "1633384", "text": "Tony Dow, was first aired in the UK in September 2005. Sullivan had considered writing a sitcom around the popular characters of Boycie and Marlene (John Challis and Sue Holderness) since the mid-1980s, but it was not until the series finally ended that the idea came to fruition. \"The Green Green Grass\" sees Boycie and Marlene forced to leave Peckham by one-time \"Only Fools and Horses\" villains, the Driscoll Brothers, and has included guest appearances by Denzil (Paul Barber) and Sid (Roy Heather). A second series of \"The Green Green Grass\" was broadcast in the UK in October 2006, a", "title": "Only Fools and Horses" }, { "id": "12031487", "text": "Ray Butt Raymond William \"Ray\" Butt (25 June 1935 – 12 July 2013) was a British television producer and director best known for his work on \"Only Fools and Horses\". Butt grew up in London as an only child with his mother and father. He left school at 16 and served national service in the Royal Air Force. He produced \"Only Fools and Horses\" until Series 5, directing most episodes himself, when he moved onto new projects. He is also remembered for his work on \"Last of the Summer Wine\" and \"Are You Being Served?\". Butt directed the 1976 two-part", "title": "Ray Butt" }, { "id": "1633387", "text": "has been released on VHS, DVD and audio CD in several guises. A DVD collection containing every episode was issued, along with various other special edition box-sets, such as a tin based on their Reliant Regal. Videos and DVDs of \"Only Fools and Horses\" continue to be among the BBC's biggest-selling items, having sold over 6 million VHS copies and 1 million DVD copies in the UK. Four episodes (\"The Long Legs of the Law\", \"A Losing Streak\", \"No Greater Love\" and \"The Yellow Peril\") were re-edited for audio purposes and released on audio cassette on 12 October 1998. The", "title": "Only Fools and Horses" }, { "id": "1633368", "text": "came from Chapel Market. Rodney's combat jacket came from the BBC's Costume Department, and De Gaye added a Yasser Arafat scarf purchased from Shepherd's Bush Market. De Gaye used Vaseline, make-up, and food to make Grandad's costume look dirty. The idea was that he never had his hat off, never dressed properly, usually had pyjamas underneath his clothes, which would be dirty. A second series was commissioned for 1982. The second series fared a bit better, and the first and second series had a repeat run in June 1983 in a more low-key time slot, but attracted a high enough", "title": "Only Fools and Horses" }, { "id": "1633383", "text": "the established director after 1988, directing all subsequent episodes, bar the first part of Miami Twice, which was directed by Gareth Gwenlan. John Sullivan was executive producer on seven of the final eight episodes. A six-part documentary series titled \"The Story of Only Fools and Horses\", began on 29 August 2017 on Gold and finished on 3 October 2017. The series features rare and unseen footage from the Trotter archives and specially re-created moments from Del Boy's family and friends. A spin-off of \"Only Fools and Horses\" entitled\" The Green Green Grass\", also written by John Sullivan and directed by", "title": "Only Fools and Horses" }, { "id": "1633404", "text": "stars Peter Ternovšek as Grandad. It was directed by Branko Đurić. The series was cancelled after thirteen episodes due to poor ratings. There have been several plans to produce an American version. One was to be a star vehicle for former \"M*A*S*H\" actor Harry Morgan, with Grandad rather than Del becoming the lead character. The other, entitled \"This Time Next Year...\", would have seen the Trotters renamed the Flannagans. A draft script was written for the latter, but neither show materialised. In 2010 Steve Carell, star of the US version of \"The Office\", expressed an interest in making an American", "title": "Only Fools and Horses" }, { "id": "8758508", "text": "Heroes and Villains (Only Fools and Horses) \"Heroes and Villains\" is an episode of the BBC sitcom, \"Only Fools and Horses\", first screened on 25 December 1996 as the first part of the 1996 Christmas trilogy and the thirteenth Christmas special. It attracted a UK television audience of 21.3 million, at the time a record for the show. In the episode, Del and Rodney are invited to a fancy dress party. They arrive dressed as Batman and Robin. The episode opens with Rodney's futuristic dream, in which a grown-up Damien, head of the now multinational and all-powerful \"Trotters Independent Traders\",", "title": "Heroes and Villains (Only Fools and Horses)" }, { "id": "1633395", "text": "features in polls to find the most popular comedy series, moments and characters. It was voted Britain's Best Sitcom in a 2004 BBC poll, and came 45th in the British Film Institute's list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes. It was 3rd on a subsequent viewers' poll on the BFI website. \"Empire magazine\" ranked \"Only Fools and Horses\" #42 on their list of the 50 greatest television shows of all time. It was also named the funniest British sitcom of all time through a scientific formula, in a study by Gold. Scenes such as Del Boy's fall through a", "title": "Only Fools and Horses" }, { "id": "12123087", "text": "Lucky Feller Lucky Feller is a British television sitcom written by Terence Frisby and produced by Humphrey Barclay. It was broadcast on ITV in 1976. The series stars David Jason and ran for one series of 13 episodes. The series is about two brothers who live in Brockley, South East London. The basic set-up can be seen as a dry run for \"Only Fools and Horses\", except with David Jason playing the \"Rodney\" part, Bernard 'Shorty' Mepstead. The elder brother, Randolph 'Randy' Mepstead, is played by Peter Armitage (Nicky Henson in the pilot episode). Shorty is naive, hopeful and in", "title": "Lucky Feller" }, { "id": "752619", "text": "achieved national stardom in the series \"Only Fools and Horses\" in which he played Rodney Trotter, the younger brother of the main character Derek \"Del Boy\" Trotter. \"Only Fools and Horses\" began in 1981 and rapidly grew in popularity until it reached its peak in 1996 with its Christmas Day show in the UK. In a BBC poll in 2004, it was voted No.1 British sitcom ever. Lyndhurst appeared in the show from the very start, right up to its final airing at Christmas 2003. In 1986, Lyndhurst had a minor part in the film \"Gunbus/SkyBandits\". The film went straight", "title": "Nicholas Lyndhurst" }, { "id": "8647375", "text": "was the first episode of \"Only Fools and Horses\" to attract a UK television audience of over 10 million. Owing to the chandelier scene, it is one of the show's best known episodes. In December 2006, the scene came second in a UKTV Gold poll to find the Top 40 Only Fools Moments, second only to Del Boy falling through an open bar flap in the episode \"Yuppy Love\". It was also voted the best British comedy moment in a 2000 poll. A Touch of Glass \"A Touch of Glass\" is an episode of the BBC sit-com, \"Only Fools and", "title": "A Touch of Glass" }, { "id": "1633369", "text": "viewing figure for Davies to commission a third series. From there, the show began to top the television ratings. Viewing figures for the fourth series were double those of the first. In early December 1984, during the filming of Series 4, Lennard Pearce suffered a heart attack and was taken to hospital. He died on 16 December, the day he was due to resume. Sullivan got to work with the episode \"Strained Relations\" which featured their goodbye to Grandad. According to Sullivan, recasting Grandad was considered disrespectful to Pearce by the team, so it was decided that another older family", "title": "Only Fools and Horses" }, { "id": "8756516", "text": "Christmas Crackers (Only Fools and Horses) \"Christmas Crackers\" is the first Christmas special episode of the BBC sit-com, \"Only Fools and Horses\", first screened on 28 December 1981, three days after Christmas. It is the first episode to run over 30 minutes, but not the first feature-length. It's Christmas Day and Grandad is cooking the dinner while Rodney is reading a book on body language which Mickey Pearce has lent him. Del returns and gives Grandad a Christmas present (a £20 note), however Grandad tells Del that he has not got him a present this year as \"I don't believe", "title": "Christmas Crackers (Only Fools and Horses)" }, { "id": "4484168", "text": "and Dave's Knees-up\", broadcast in 1983. In 1985, Chas & Dave recorded the theme song to the BBC sitcom \"In Sickness and in Health\". Chas & Dave had previously been offered the chance to record the theme song for another BBC sitcom, \"Only Fools and Horses\", but turned it down as they were in Australia at the time due to the success of \"Ain't No Pleasing You\". However, their song \"Margate\" was used in a feature-length episode of the series entitled \"The Jolly Boys' Outing\" in 1989. They also created the theme tune and incidental music for the children television", "title": "Chas & Dave" }, { "id": "1633381", "text": "show hosted by Frank Muir, \"The Funny Side of Christmas\", and attracted 7.2 million viewers. A 5-minute spoof BBC documentary was shown on Breakfast Time on 24 December 1985, with Del being investigated by a BBC consumer expert. An educational episode named \"Licensed to Drill\", in which Del, Rodney and Grandad discuss oil drilling, was recorded in 1984 but only shown in schools. A 5-minute 1990–91 Persian Gulf War special (dated 1 December 1990) has Del, Rodney, and Albert convey a message to British troops serving in the conflict. It has never been broadcast commercially, but a copy exists at", "title": "Only Fools and Horses" }, { "id": "5380874", "text": "The Green Green Grass The Green Green Grass is a BBC television sitcom, created and initially written by John Sullivan, produced by Shazam Productions for the BBC. It is a sequel/spin-off of the long running sitcom \"Only Fools and Horses\" and stars John Challis, Sue Holderness and Jack Doolan. Four series and three Christmas specials were originally broadcast on BBC One between 2005 and 2009. The series follows three characters from \"Only Fools and Horses\"; Boycie (John Challis), his wife Marlene (Sue Holderness) and their teenage son Tyler. In the first episode, they are forced to move from Peckham to", "title": "The Green Green Grass" }, { "id": "3056027", "text": "John Sullivan (writer) John Richard Thomas Sullivan OBE (23 December 1946 – 22 April 2011) was an English television scriptwriter responsible for several British sitcoms, including \"Only Fools and Horses\", \"Citizen Smith\" and \"Just Good Friends\". John Sullivan was born at 35 Zennor Road, Balham, London, on 23 December 1946. His Irish-born father was John Patrick Sullivan, (17 March 1908-September 1993), a plumber, and his mother was Hilda Clara May, née Parker (23 December 1907–December 1992), a cleaner. From working-class South London, Sullivan worked in a variety of low-paid jobs for 15 years before getting his first break writing the", "title": "John Sullivan (writer)" }, { "id": "931397", "text": "Muriel Spark, is set in Peckham. Peckham was the setting of the television sitcom \"Only Fools and Horses\", although the series was filmed elsewhere in its run as a regular series from 1981 to 1991, as well as Christmas specials until 2003. The spin-off, \"Rock & Chips\", was also set in Peckham in the 1960s. The television situation comedy \"Desmond's\", made by Channel 4, was filmed and set in Peckham. Also, the comedies Meet the Adebanjos and The Tboy Show (both directed by Debra Odutuyo) were set in Peckham. A 30-minute musical called \"We The Ragamuffin\" was filmed in Peckham", "title": "Peckham" }, { "id": "8756520", "text": "that two guys have already beat them to it. Christmas Crackers (Only Fools and Horses) \"Christmas Crackers\" is the first Christmas special episode of the BBC sit-com, \"Only Fools and Horses\", first screened on 28 December 1981, three days after Christmas. It is the first episode to run over 30 minutes, but not the first feature-length. It's Christmas Day and Grandad is cooking the dinner while Rodney is reading a book on body language which Mickey Pearce has lent him. Del returns and gives Grandad a Christmas present (a £20 note), however Grandad tells Del that he has not got", "title": "Christmas Crackers (Only Fools and Horses)" }, { "id": "8830107", "text": "frantically removing stuff and Del still threatening to kill Rodney for getting them into the mess. The idea for the script was based on John Sullivan's niece, who worked as a policewoman. The Long Legs of the Law \"The Long Legs of the Law\" is the first episode of series 2 of the BBC sitcom, \"Only Fools and Horses\". It was first broadcast on 21 October 1982. The title of the episode was a pun on the police term \"the long arm of the law\". In the episode, Del is horrified when he discovers that Rodney is dating a policewoman.", "title": "The Long Legs of the Law" }, { "id": "8803868", "text": "the \"Hole in One\" scenes already filmed by Pearce were re-shot (an original shot of Mike looking up [at Grandad] from the Nag's Head cellar was retained). The rest of the original footage has never been transmitted, and is not available on DVD. This was the first episode to include Buster Merryfield in the second version of the opening credits. This version would remain right up to and including the 1996 episode \"Time On Our Hands.\" Hole in One (Only Fools and Horses) \"Hole in One\" is an episode of the BBC sitcom, \"Only Fools and Horses\". It was the", "title": "Hole in One (Only Fools and Horses)" }, { "id": "1633390", "text": "to commit to it. In 2015 we met with the producer, Phil McIntyre, and agreed to develop the idea. Soon after that, Paul Whitehouse came on board and things have been bubbling away ever since. I am very pleased and excited to say that the show will be launching early next year.\" The musical is due to launch on 9 February 2019 at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, London. \"Only Fools and Horses\" spawned many merchandising spin-offs. Several books have been published, such as \"\"The Only Fools and Horses Story\"\" by Steve Clark and \"\"The Complete A-Z of Only Fools and", "title": "Only Fools and Horses" }, { "id": "5746241", "text": "Guildenstern are Dead\". He worked with both Laurence Olivier and Anthony Hopkins on stage. In 1966, Pearce starred in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's \"The Rivals\" alongside David Jason, but the two men did not meet again until 15 years later. In 1975, Pearce played Owl in a theatre adaptation of \"Winnie the Pooh\" at the Phoenix Theatre in London and, two years later, Mr Witherspoon in \"Arsenic and Old Lace\" at the Westminster Theatre. He was also a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Pearce starred as Grandad in the first 23 episodes of the BBC sitcom \"Only Fools and Horses\"", "title": "Lennard Pearce" }, { "id": "1633392", "text": "Press. The book was written by John Sullivan's son, Jim Sullivan. Two board games based on the show were released: a Monopoly-style game, the \"\"Trotters Trading Game\"\", in which participants attempt to emulate the Trotters and become millionaires, and another game set in their local pub, entitled the \"\"Nag's Head Board Game\"\". \"Only Fools and Horses\" is one of the UK's most popular sitcoms. It was among the ten most-watched television shows of the year in the UK in 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 2001, 2002 and 2003. The 1996 Christmas trilogy of \"Heroes and Villains\", \"Modern Men\"", "title": "Only Fools and Horses" }, { "id": "1633401", "text": "to countries throughout the world. Australia, Belgium, Cyprus, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Malta, New Zealand, Pakistan, Portugal, South Africa, Spain and Yugoslavia are among those who purchased it. In all former Yugoslav countries in which Serbo-Croatian is spoken the title was \"Mućke\" (or Мућке in Cyrillic script), which can roughly be translated as \"shady deals.\" In Macedonia, it's \"Spletki\" (Сплетки in Cyrillic). In Slovenia, however, the show was coined \"Samo bedaki in konji\", which is a literal Slovenian translation of the original English title. The show has enjoyed particular popularity in the former Yugoslavia, and is regarded as a cult series", "title": "Only Fools and Horses" }, { "id": "1633377", "text": "by graphic designer Peter Clayton as a \"metaphor for the vagaries of the Trotters' lifestyle\", whereby money was earned and quickly lost again. Clayton had also considered using five-pound notes having Del's face. The action was shot manually frame by frame, and took around six weeks to complete. Clayton knew that it was important to have the characters established in the titles, and prepared a storyboard depicting his ideas using drawings. He photographed various locations with a photographer, and the titles were shot using a rostrum camera and not edited. Brian Stephens, a professional animator, was hired to create the", "title": "Only Fools and Horses" }, { "id": "8830102", "text": "The Long Legs of the Law \"The Long Legs of the Law\" is the first episode of series 2 of the BBC sitcom, \"Only Fools and Horses\". It was first broadcast on 21 October 1982. The title of the episode was a pun on the police term \"the long arm of the law\". In the episode, Del is horrified when he discovers that Rodney is dating a policewoman. It is the morning after a party at the \"Nag's Head\" attended by Del Boy and Rodney, which broke into a near-riot. It emerges that to break up the trouble, a young", "title": "The Long Legs of the Law" }, { "id": "14830525", "text": "Mandie Fletcher Mandie Elizabeth Fletcher (born 27 December 1954) is an English television and film director. Fletcher began her career at the BBC as an assistant floor manager and later production manager on comedy programmes, becoming a director of situation comedy while working on the final series of \"Butterflies\" (1983). She followed this with the second (1986) and third (1987) series of \"Blackadder\", for which she won the Best Comedy Series award at the 1988 BAFTAs. She also directed episodes of \"Only Fools and Horses\" (1986). Her debut feature was \"Deadly Advice\" (1994). Fletcher has continued to work in television", "title": "Mandie Fletcher" }, { "id": "9029112", "text": "Renu Setna previously co-starred in an episode of \"Open All Hours\", \"Laundry Blues\", which aired a few months before this episode. \"Laundry Blues\" also featured Nick Stringer, who appeared in the previous episode. Pink Floyd: \"Money\" Note: In the VHS/DVD versions, Pink Floyd's \"Money\" is replaced by another piece of music. The original soundtrack is restored on the iTunes release. Cash and Curry \"Cash and Curry\" is the third episode of series 1 of the BBC sit-com \"Only Fools and Horses\". It was first screened on 22 September 1981. In the episode, Del Boy sees a chance to profit from", "title": "Cash and Curry" }, { "id": "3056028", "text": "sitcom \"Citizen Smith\" (1977–1980). However, it was the sitcom \"Only Fools and Horses\" (1981–2003) that he is best known for. Other sitcoms include \"Dear John\", \"Just Good Friends\", \"Sitting Pretty\", \"Roger Roger\", and \"The Green Green Grass\". In addition, he wrote the comedy drama serial \"Over Here\" and the drama series \"Micawber\" for ITV, and co-wrote the comedy \"Heartburn Hotel\". His work won him a number of comedy awards, including the BAFTA for best sitcom on three occasions, and he was made an OBE in 2005. His last work was \"Rock & Chips\", a comedy drama prequel to \"Only Fools", "title": "John Sullivan (writer)" }, { "id": "14472464", "text": "before their release. The prequel idea, \"Once Upon a Time in Peckham\" was put on hold until the project got onto its feet. Filming for the first series of \"The Green Green Grass\" started in June 2005. The series was ready for broadcast by the end of August 2005. \"Only Fools and Horses\" regular, Paul Barber was involved in the first episode in a small guest appearance and was the only original cast member to make an appearance. However, Roy Heather has made a cameo as Sid and Roy Marsden and Christopher Ryan have made three appearances as the Driscoll", "title": "Keep On Running (The Green Green Grass)" }, { "id": "8665920", "text": "Yuppy Love \"Yuppy Love\" is an episode of the BBC sitcom, \"Only Fools and Horses\". It originally aired on 8 January 1989 and is the first episode of series six, marking the start of the increase in running time from thirty minutes to fifty minutes per episode. Having seen and been strongly influenced by the film \"Wall Street\", especially its lead character, the ruthless corporate high-flyer Gordon Gekko, Del Boy has decided to adopt a new \"yuppy\" image, donning a striped shirt and red braces, and carrying a filofax and a silver briefcase. Rodney in turn has joined an evening", "title": "Yuppy Love" }, { "id": "8647368", "text": "A Touch of Glass \"A Touch of Glass\" is an episode of the BBC sit-com, \"Only Fools and Horses\", first screened on 2 December 1982 as the final episode of series 2. It was the first episode of the show to attract over 10 million viewers. In the episode, the Trotters are hired to clean some priceless chandeliers in a country mansion. The scene when they accidentally smash one of the chandeliers came second in a Gold poll to find the best \"Only Fools and Horses\" moment. During a trip to Yeovil to buy a consignment of musical china cats", "title": "A Touch of Glass" }, { "id": "1633355", "text": "father and the family patriarch. Despite the difference in age, personality and outlook, the brothers share a constant bond throughout. The situation focuses mainly on their attempts to become millionaires through questionable get rich quick schemes and by buying and selling poor-quality and illegal goods. They have a three-wheeled Reliant Regal van and trade under the name of \"Trotters Independent Traders\", mainly on the black market. Initially, Del Boy, Rodney and Grandad were the only regulars, along with the occasional appearances of roadsweeper Trigger (Roger Lloyd-Pack) and pretentious used car salesman Boycie (John Challis). Over time, the cast expanded, mostly", "title": "Only Fools and Horses" }, { "id": "1633378", "text": "labels' movement. Clayton returned to the show when the titles were changed: for \"Christmas Crackers,\" he re-cut the entire sequence, and added Christmas items. Another change was made necessary by Lennard Pearce's death and Buster Merryfield joining the cast, so the pictures of David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst were updated too. The sequence was shot on motor drive. The closing credits for the programme varied series by series. The first series used peeling labels featuring the names of the cast and crew, mirroring the opening sequence, but these had to be updated with every new episode, making the process very", "title": "Only Fools and Horses" }, { "id": "8646227", "text": "To Hull and Back \"To Hull and Back\" is the fourth Christmas special episode of the BBC sitcom, \"Only Fools and Horses\", first screened on 25 December 1985. It was the first feature-length edition of the show. The title of the special is derived from the film \"To Hell and Back\". Parts of the special were shot on location in Amsterdam and unlike most other episodes was shot entirely on film and therefore not before a studio audience (making it laugh-track free). In the episode, the Trotters agree to smuggle diamonds from Amsterdam for Boycie. As the Trotters are enjoying", "title": "To Hull and Back" }, { "id": "1633371", "text": "Rodney's attempts to survive on his own with help from Mickey Pearce, but leaving open the prospect of Del's return. Jason then changed his mind, and the ending of the episode was changed to show Del rejecting the offer. Sullivan had a tendency to write scripts that were too long, meaning a lot of good material had to be cut. Shortly before filming of the sixth series began, he and Jason requested that the show's time slot be extended and it was agreed to extend its running time to 50 minutes. This required a 40 per cent increase in the", "title": "Only Fools and Horses" }, { "id": "12839703", "text": "insists they buy only six cows and she is extremely annoyed when she arrives home and finds three hundred cows on the farm. This episode was written by John Sullivan, writer of \"Only Fools and Horses\". The whole of the first series was written entirely by John Sullivan. During its original airing, the episode had a viewing audience of 6.33 million, in the 8:30pm timeslot it was shown. This is the same audiences that sitcoms such as \"My Family\" attract. This episode has since been re-run on BBC One, BBC HD and Gold. The show received one of the highest", "title": "Hay Fever (The Green Green Grass)" }, { "id": "8899781", "text": "Jumbo Mills in the fifth series finale \"Who Wants to be a Millionaire?\". He also appeared alongside David Jason in \"Open All Hours\". Go West Young Man (Only Fools and Horses) \"Go West Young Man\" is an episode of the BBC sitcom, \"Only Fools and Horses\". It was the second episode of series 1, and was first screened on 15 September 1981. This was the lowest rated episode of the entire series, with only 6.1 million viewers. In the episode, Del sells a faulty car to an Australian man. Rodney is feeling down in the dumps, since his friend Mickey", "title": "Go West Young Man (Only Fools and Horses)" }, { "id": "5525490", "text": "First of the Summer Wine First of the Summer Wine is a British sitcom written by Roy Clarke that aired on BBC1. The pilot originally aired on 3 January 1988, and the first series of episodes followed on 4 September 1988. The show ran for two series of six episodes each, with the final episode airing on 8 October 1989. The pilot episode was produced and directed by Gareth Gwenlan. Both series of episodes were produced and directed by Mike Stephens. The BBC has never shown repeats of the show, although repeats do occasionally appear in the UK on satellite", "title": "First of the Summer Wine" }, { "id": "7964137", "text": "television station WGBH, and first aired on American television in April 2000, as a feature in the PBS series \"Masterpiece\". It won a Peabody Award in 2000. The adaptation was originally written by John Sullivan, the writer of BBC sitcom \"Only Fools and Horses\", and would have emphasised the comic aspects of Dickens' novel. The plan was to reunite former stars David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst on-screen, with Jason playing Wilkins Micawber and Lyndhurst in the role of Uriah Heep. When Sullivan disagreed with the new direction and re-allocation of the adaptation to the BBC's drama department, he left the", "title": "David Copperfield (1999 film)" }, { "id": "8899775", "text": "Go West Young Man (Only Fools and Horses) \"Go West Young Man\" is an episode of the BBC sitcom, \"Only Fools and Horses\". It was the second episode of series 1, and was first screened on 15 September 1981. This was the lowest rated episode of the entire series, with only 6.1 million viewers. In the episode, Del sells a faulty car to an Australian man. Rodney is feeling down in the dumps, since his friend Mickey Pearce had moved in on his latest girlfriend, Monica (who according to Del has fat thighs). Del Boy on the other hand is", "title": "Go West Young Man (Only Fools and Horses)" }, { "id": "1633405", "text": "version of the series, with him to star as Del Boy. In January 2012 US network ABC commissioned a pilot of an \"Only Fools and Horses\" remake titled \"King of Van Nuys\", written by \"Scrubs\" writers Steven Cragg and Brian Bradley. It was developed, rejected and then redeveloped, only to be rejected again later in the year. The pilot starred John Leguizamo as Del, Dustin Ybarra as his brother Rodney and Christopher Lloyd as Grandad. A parody called \"Only Jerks and Horses\" was written by David Walliams and Matt Lucas and directed by Edgar Wright in 1997. Only Fools and", "title": "Only Fools and Horses" }, { "id": "8694242", "text": "The Russians Are Coming \"The Russians Are Coming\" is an episode of the BBC sitcom, \"Only Fools and Horses\". It was first screened on 13 October 1981, as the final episode of series 1. In the episode, Del buys a nuclear fallout shelter and, anticipating a nuclear war, the Trotters decide to build it. Del Boy purchases a pile of bricks and discovers several boxes of lead underneath, Rodney discovers (in some old paperwork found with the lead) that the lead is for a do it yourself nuclear fallout shelter. The episode was first screened during the Soviet war in", "title": "The Russians Are Coming" }, { "id": "8441094", "text": "Top Gear (1977 TV series) Top Gear is a show that started in April 1977, as a half hour motoring programme on the BBC in the United Kingdom. The original format ran for 24 years up to December 2001. A revamped format of the show began nearly one year later, in October 2002. The original non original \"Top Gear\" started as a monthly television series produced by BBC Midlands, based at the Pebble Mill Studios, Birmingham and ran in its original format until the end of 2001. The 30 minute programmes had a magazine format, and were transmitted at first", "title": "Top Gear (1977 TV series)" }, { "id": "3056039", "text": "and Jim, a daughter, Amy and three grandchildren. Sullivan wrote (and in two cases sang) the theme tunes for \"Only Fools and Horses\", \"Just Good Friends\", \"Dear John\" and \"The Green Green Grass\". John Sullivan (writer) John Richard Thomas Sullivan OBE (23 December 1946 – 22 April 2011) was an English television scriptwriter responsible for several British sitcoms, including \"Only Fools and Horses\", \"Citizen Smith\" and \"Just Good Friends\". John Sullivan was born at 35 Zennor Road, Balham, London, on 23 December 1946. His Irish-born father was John Patrick Sullivan, (17 March 1908-September 1993), a plumber, and his mother was", "title": "John Sullivan (writer)" }, { "id": "9098680", "text": "From Prussia with Love \"From Prussia with Love\" is an episode of the BBC sitcom, \"Only Fools and Horses\". It was the first episode of Series 5, and was first broadcast on 31 August 1986. In the episode, the Trotters meet a pregnant German girl and invite her to stay at the flat. During another night at \"The Nag's Head\", Del Boy, Rodney, and Albert meet a frightened 19-year-old German girl who tells them that she has been in England for a year working as an au pair for another family called the Wainwrights, until they threw her out. While", "title": "From Prussia with Love" }, { "id": "13557303", "text": "Rock & Chips Rock & Chips is a British television comedy-drama and prequel to the sitcom \"Only Fools and Horses\". The show is set in Peckham, south-east London, during the early 1960s, focusing primarily on the lives of Del Trotter, Freddie Robdal and Joan and Reg Trotter. Nicholas Lyndhurst, who played Rodney in \"Only Fools and Horses\", plays Robdal alongside James Buckley (Del Boy), Kellie Bright (Joan), Shaun Dingwall (Reg) and Phil Daniels (Grandad). The Shazam Productions and BBC co-production was written by \"Only Fools and Horses\" creator John Sullivan, directed by Dewi Humphreys and produced by Gareth Gwenlan. The", "title": "Rock & Chips" }, { "id": "15768250", "text": "Jim Sullivan (writer) James Sullivan born 1978 is an English television screenwriter. He is a son of John Sullivan, writer of a number of British sitcoms, but most notably \"Only Fools and Horses\", its spin-off \"The Green Green Grass\" and prequel \"Rock & Chips\". Sullivan wrote seven episodes for his late father's \"Only Fools and Horses\" spin-off, \"The Green Green Grass\". Sullivan has written his own sitcom which is currently under consideration with independent producers. The title of the show has yet to be revealed. Sullivan helped write the Only Fools and Horses Sport Relief special in 2014 alongside his", "title": "Jim Sullivan (writer)" }, { "id": "5525497", "text": "series, and is initially unknown to the other central characters. First of the Summer Wine First of the Summer Wine is a British sitcom written by Roy Clarke that aired on BBC1. The pilot originally aired on 3 January 1988, and the first series of episodes followed on 4 September 1988. The show ran for two series of six episodes each, with the final episode airing on 8 October 1989. The pilot episode was produced and directed by Gareth Gwenlan. Both series of episodes were produced and directed by Mike Stephens. The BBC has never shown repeats of the show,", "title": "First of the Summer Wine" }, { "id": "1732487", "text": "felt that the changes in how the BBC was run During Perkins' time as Head of Comedy, the BBC produced such hits including \"Coupling,\" \"The Thin Blue Line,\" \"Jonathan Creek,\" \"The Fast Show,\" \"The Royle Family\" and \"My Family\". Perkins also persuaded David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst to star in a new series of \"Only Fools and Horses\", the first of which was screened at Christmas 2001. Having left the BBC, Perkins became a creative director and executive producer for independent production company Tiger Aspect in late 2001. In this role, he was able to pursue a more hands-on role", "title": "Geoffrey Perkins" }, { "id": "5380890", "text": "Grass\" when he wrote the first series. He wrote the lyrics to explain the title and why Boycie and his family were running away to the countryside. Music for sitcoms such as \"Last of the Summer Wine\" have remained instrumental however John Sullivan wanted a theme tune that explained the obscure title (as with Only Fools and Horses) and reasons for the characters' sudden dash. The song is performed by John Sullivan. There were rumours at one point, that Status Quo would be involved in the theme tune, but this was dismissed after the first episode aired. Status Quo performed", "title": "The Green Green Grass" }, { "id": "12470416", "text": "Gareth Gwenlan Gareth Gwenlan (26 April 1937 – 8 May 2016) was a Welsh television producer and director, best known for his work on shows such as \"The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin\", \"To the Manor Born\", \"Only Fools and Horses\", and \"High Hopes\". In 1983 he was appointed Head of Comedy for BBC Wales, a position he held until 1990. Gwenlan was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to broadcasting. Gwenlan read English at King's College London. He was married three times and had two children. He", "title": "Gareth Gwenlan" }, { "id": "551476", "text": "to encroach on British sitcoms, partly as a response to such series as \"Terry and June\" (1979–87) being perceived as containing \"complacent gentility, outmoded social attitudes and bourgeois sensibilities\". The alternatives incursion began with \"The Young Ones\" (1982–84), written by Rik Mayall, Ben Elton and others, and continued with \"Blackadder\" (1983–89). Mayall was also the star of \"The New Statesman\" (1987–92), a series created by Maurice Gran and Laurence Marks, whose biggest success, \"Birds of a Feather\" (1989–98, 2014–), also deviated from British practice in being scripted by a team of writers. \"Only Fools and Horses\", one of the most", "title": "British sitcom" }, { "id": "8433513", "text": "Christopher Mitchell (actor) Christopher Mitchell (21 May 1947 – 22 February 2001) was a British actor most notable for his role in the BBC sitcom \"It Ain't Half Hot Mum\" as Gunner Nigel 'Parky' Parkin. His film credits include \"Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush\" (1967), \"This, That and the Other\" (1969), \"The Sex Thief\" (1973) and \"What's Up Superdoc!\" (1978). He appeared in two episodes of \"Only Fools and Horses\" (May the Force Be With You; 1983 and To Hull and Back; 1985), playing policeman Terry Hoskins. He died from cancer at the age of 53, a month", "title": "Christopher Mitchell (actor)" }, { "id": "5380912", "text": "(18.8% share). All four series along with the 2005 - 2007 specials have been repeated on Gold in the UK. The complete series has been released on DVD, along with the three Christmas specials. The Green Green Grass The Green Green Grass is a BBC television sitcom, created and initially written by John Sullivan, produced by Shazam Productions for the BBC. It is a sequel/spin-off of the long running sitcom \"Only Fools and Horses\" and stars John Challis, Sue Holderness and Jack Doolan. Four series and three Christmas specials were originally broadcast on BBC One between 2005 and 2009. The", "title": "The Green Green Grass" }, { "id": "8665924", "text": "seen in Last of the Summer Wine when Eli falls behind the bar, Two years earlier, in the episode The Naked Now, Data did a similar pratfall on the bridge of the Enterprise in . Note: \"The Spell! (Get Down With The Genie)\" and \"Enchanted Lady\" are removed on the VHS, DVD and iTunes versions and over-dubbed with generic music, leading to some scenes of dialogue being removed. Yuppy Love \"Yuppy Love\" is an episode of the BBC sitcom, \"Only Fools and Horses\". It originally aired on 8 January 1989 and is the first episode of series six, marking the", "title": "Yuppy Love" }, { "id": "1633388", "text": "cassette was re-released in October 2000. A four-minute show named \"Royal Variety Performance\" was shown on 27 November 1988 (viewed by 18.14 million people) and had Del, Rodney, and Albert appear on the Royal Variety Show. It was staged on 24 November 1986, and the plot saw David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst and Buster Merryfield appear on stage in character, thinking that they are delivering boxes of alcohol to an associate of Del's, only later realising where they actually are. They also mistake the Duchess of York for Del's associate. An idea of an \"Only Fools and Horses\" stage show was", "title": "Only Fools and Horses" }, { "id": "1633386", "text": "criminal and Rodney's biological father; Robdal was the focus of the episode \"The Frog's Legacy\". On 3 July 2009, the BBC revealed that the title of the spin-off would be \"Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘n’ Chips\", and would be a 90-minute comedy drama. The title was subsequently changed to \"Rock & Chips\". Filming began in August 2009, and it was shown on BBC One at 9pm on 24 January 2010. In October 2009 it was confirmed that Lyndhurst would star as Robdal. \"The Inbetweeners\" and \"Off The Hook\" actor James Buckley played the role of the young Del Boy. It", "title": "Only Fools and Horses" }, { "id": "1633389", "text": "mooted by Ray Butt, following the success of other sitcom crossovers such as \"Dad's Army\" and \"Are You Being Served?\". Sullivan wasn't keen, owing to his work on \"Just Good Friends\" as well as \"Only Fools and Horses\", and inexperience with the theatre, so nothing came of it. In July 2018, John Sullivan's son, Jim Sullivan, announced that an Only Fools and Horses musical was nearing completion, with a script by Jim Sullivan and Paul Whitehouse. Jim Sullivan said, \"Back in 2010 my Dad had been toying with the possibility of a stage show but sadly didn’t get the chance", "title": "Only Fools and Horses" }, { "id": "9054426", "text": "Ashes to Ashes (Only Fools and Horses) \"Ashes to Ashes\" is an episode of the BBC sitcom, \"Only Fools and Horses\". It was the second episode of Series 2, and was first screened on 28 October 1982. The episode title was based on the Christian funeral service phrase \"ashes to ashes, dust to dust\". As Del Boy and Rodney are in the market conducting business as usual, Trigger arrives and asks them if they will attend the funeral of his grandmother Alice. At first reluctant, they learn that they will be the only other mourners, so the Trotters agree. Later,", "title": "Ashes to Ashes (Only Fools and Horses)" }, { "id": "5647511", "text": "David Jackson (British actor) David Jackson (15 July 1934 – 25 July 2005) was an English actor best known for his role as Olag Gan in the first two seasons of \"Blake's 7\" and as Detective Constable Braithwaite in \"Z-Cars\" from 1972 to 1978. He was born in Liverpool, Lancashire. His other TV credits include \"The Saint\", \"The Avengers\", \"The Sweeney\", \"Lord Peter Wimsey\" (\"The Nine Tailors\"), \"\", \"Minder\" \"(The Smaller They Are)\", \"Only Fools and Horses\", \"Wyatt's Watchdogs,\" \"Edge of Darkness\", \"Coronation Street\" and \"Lovejoy\". His film credits include roles in \"10 Rillington Place\" (1971), \"Unman, Wittering and Zigo\"", "title": "David Jackson (British actor)" }, { "id": "9167656", "text": "fallen for Mickey Pearce. As Del leaves the flat, he sarcastically tells a confused Mickey not to take a shortcut across the railway line. The antics of this episode are mentioned by Debbie's mum, June, in \"A Royal Flush\". Happy Returns \"Happy Returns\" is an episode of the BBC sitcom, \"Only Fools and Horses\". It was the first episode of series 4, and was first broadcast on 21 February 1985. In the episode, when Del discovers that Rodney's latest girlfriend is the daughter of an old flame, he suspects she might be his daughter. The latest object of Rodney's lust", "title": "Happy Returns" }, { "id": "13151355", "text": "were directed by Tony Dow, director of \"Only Fools and Horses\". The series began airing on Friday evenings, at 8:30pm. The series was an immediate hit with viewers, with the first episode, \"Keep On Running\" gaining 9.13 million viewers, which was in the top five of the highest rating for the week ending 11 September 2005. Ratings then fell for the next two episodes before steadily rising again. The second half of the series performed much better than most other sitcoms, with episode four going back up above 6 million viewers. The following two episodes remained at the six million", "title": "The Green Green Grass (series 1)" }, { "id": "1633372", "text": "show's budget, and coincided with the show making it one of the BBC's most popular programmes. Robin Stubbs became the costume designer for the sixth series, and was responsible for getting Del's attire to match his new yuppy image. His new suits cost around £200 each and were purchased from Austin Reed in Regent Street. The rest came from stores such as Tie-Rack and Dickins and Jones. His jewellery was replaced each series because it was very cheap (the rings with \"D\" cost 50p each). The seventh series aired in early 1991. Jason and Sullivan were involved with other projects,", "title": "Only Fools and Horses" }, { "id": "1633396", "text": "bar flap in \"Yuppy Love\" and the Trotters accidentally smashing a priceless chandelier in \"A Touch of Glass\" are recognisable comedy moments, invariably topping polls of comedy viewers. Del Boy was voted the most popular British TV character of all time in a survey by Open... and came fourth in a Channel 4 list of Britain's best-loved TV characters. A Onepoll survey found that \"Only Fools and Horses\" was the television series Britons would most like to see return. In addition to its mainstream popularity, \"Only Fools and Horses\" has developed a cult following. The Only Fools and Horses Appreciation", "title": "Only Fools and Horses" }, { "id": "8799479", "text": "Little Problems \"Little Problems\" is an episode of the BBC sit-com, \"Only Fools and Horses\". It was the final episode of series 6, and was first screened on 12 February 1989. John Sullivan's idea for the script came from a drink with David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst one evening, which they then made into this episode. With his wedding to Cassandra coming up, Rodney is worried that he will never receive his diploma in computing, having apparently failed his exam again, and also has the problem of needing to find £2,000 for the couple's new flat. However, Del Boy states", "title": "Little Problems" }, { "id": "5380884", "text": "depth and, particularly in the case of Boycie, more warmth and humanity than previously displayed in the parent series. The series introduced many new characters played by actors who are relatively unknown. Characters from \"Only Fools and Horses\" did not pass over to the spin-off, however there are four exceptions to this stated below. Several cast members of \"Only Fools and Horses\" have made guest appearances. The first was Denzil (Paul Barber), who appeared in the début episode. The Driscoll brothers have made three appearances since the show's debut. Sid (Roy Heather) made a brief cameo appearance in the 2005", "title": "The Green Green Grass" }, { "id": "8694245", "text": "purchased lead and built an air-raid shelter. The Russians Are Coming \"The Russians Are Coming\" is an episode of the BBC sitcom, \"Only Fools and Horses\". It was first screened on 13 October 1981, as the final episode of series 1. In the episode, Del buys a nuclear fallout shelter and, anticipating a nuclear war, the Trotters decide to build it. Del Boy purchases a pile of bricks and discovers several boxes of lead underneath, Rodney discovers (in some old paperwork found with the lead) that the lead is for a do it yourself nuclear fallout shelter. The episode was", "title": "The Russians Are Coming" }, { "id": "12839749", "text": "to take a sip, so without him knowing she slips some in his coffee – but, what she does not know is that she gave him a different potion, and that Boycie has been drinking the same potion that the cows use to increase the size of their udders. This episode was written by John Sullivan, writer of \"Only Fools and Horses\". The whole of the first series was written entirely by John Sullivan. During its original airing, the episode had a viewing audience of 6.40 million, in the 8:30pm timeslot it was shown. This is the same audiences that", "title": "Sex and the Country" }, { "id": "16071855", "text": "Hell on Wheels (Hell on Wheels episode) \"Hell on Wheels\" or \"Pilot\" is the pilot and first episode of the first season of American television drama series of the same name, which premiered November 6, 2011, on AMC in the United States and on TCM in the UK. The episode was written by developers Tony Gayton and Joe Gayton, and directed by David Von Ancken. The pilot introduces the series' protagonist, Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount), a former Confederate soldier whose quest for vengeance has led him to the Union Pacific Railroad's westward construction of the first transcontinental railroad. The pilot", "title": "Hell on Wheels (Hell on Wheels episode)" }, { "id": "26452", "text": "directed and scored, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2007. In 1997, Hopkins narrated the BBC natural documentary series, \"Killing for a Living\", which showed predatory behaviour in nature. He narrated episode 1 through 3 before being replaced by John Shrapnel. Hopkins is a fan of the BBC sitcom \"Only Fools and Horses\", and once remarked in an interview how he would love to appear in the series. Writer John Sullivan saw the interview, and with Hopkins in mind created the character Danny Driscoll, a local villain. However, filming of the new series coincided with the filming of \"The", "title": "Anthony Hopkins" }, { "id": "8824927", "text": "Licensed to Drill \"Licensed to Drill\" is an educational episode of the sit-com, \"Only Fools and Horses\". Even though it was shown in various schools throughout the UK from 1984 onwards (mainly in science lessons), it was never broadcast commercially. There was some confusion as to who wrote this episode, as the writing credit at the end is to Brian Hague, and not John Sullivan. This credit, however, refers to the documentary clip that the Trotters watched on the television during the episode. John Sullivan wrote the script, as well as writing and singing the theme song, \"Licensed to Drill\".", "title": "Licensed to Drill" }, { "id": "624998", "text": "Father Christmas in \"Father Christmas and the Missing Reindeer\", Rola Polar in \"The Adventures of Dawdle the Donkey\", \"Angelmouse\", and did voices in animated films including \"Wombling Free\" and \"The Water Babies\". In 1981, Jason found his most popular role, Del Boy Trotter in the BBC situation comedy \"Only Fools and Horses\", created by John Sullivan. Del-Boy is a wide-boy who makes a dubious living in Peckham, south London, trading in shoddy, stolen, and counterfeit goods. He is assisted by his brother Rodney (played by Nicholas Lyndhurst) and Grandad (played by Lennard Pearce) and, in later episodes, Uncle Albert (played", "title": "David Jason" }, { "id": "8887516", "text": "Homesick (Only Fools and Horses) \"Homesick\" is an episode of the BBC sitcom, \"Only Fools and Horses\". It was the first episode of series 3, and was first broadcast on 10 November 1983. In the episode Rodney is appointed chairman of the local Tenants Association, and Del expects him to use his influence to secure a move to a council bungalow. As Del Boy prepares himself to go out with a waitress from a pizzeria, Rodney plans to go to the local Tenants Association meeting to report things needing sorting, such as the Nelson Mandela House's lifts, which have broken", "title": "Homesick (Only Fools and Horses)" }, { "id": "12470417", "text": "died on 8 May 2016 in Herefordshire, England, aged 79. Gareth Gwenlan Gareth Gwenlan (26 April 1937 – 8 May 2016) was a Welsh television producer and director, best known for his work on shows such as \"The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin\", \"To the Manor Born\", \"Only Fools and Horses\", and \"High Hopes\". In 1983 he was appointed Head of Comedy for BBC Wales, a position he held until 1990. Gwenlan was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to broadcasting. Gwenlan read English at King's College London.", "title": "Gareth Gwenlan" }, { "id": "1633379", "text": "time-consuming; from the second series the credits switched to a standard rolling format. The third series featured additional symbols. For the fourth series, these designs were replaced with white lettering on a black background. The fifth series had a black and white background, but the sixth series reverted to the black one. For the seventh series, the credits scrolled against a freeze frame of the final scene. The original \"Nelson Mandela House\" in the titles was Harlech Tower, Park Road East, Acton, London. From 1988 onwards, Whitemead House, Duckmoor Road, Ashton in Bristol was used. The tower block sits directly", "title": "Only Fools and Horses" } ]

[ "Bring It On" ]

[ { "id": "3358166", "text": "Bring It On (film) Bring It On is a 2000 American teen cheerleading comedy film directed by Peyton Reed and written by Jessica Bendinger. The film stars Kirsten Dunst, Eliza Dushku, Jesse Bradford, and Gabrielle Union. It was the first of the \"Bring It On\" film series and was followed by five direct-to-video sequels, none of which contain any of the original cast members: \"Bring It On Again\" (2004), which shared producers with the original, \"\" (2006), \"\" (2007), \"\" (2009) and \"\" (2017). The plot of the film centers around a team's preparation for and participation in cheerleading competitions.", "title": "Bring It On (film)" }, { "id": "3358189", "text": "years, 'Bring It On' has as much sap as it does pep in its DNA. It’s distinguished primarily by the electrifying dance routines and the elaborate cheer-squad performances.\" The musical opened on Broadway at the St. James Theatre, in a limited run, starting on July 12, 2012, in previews, officially on August 1 through December 30, 2012. Bring It On (film) Bring It On is a 2000 American teen cheerleading comedy film directed by Peyton Reed and written by Jessica Bendinger. The film stars Kirsten Dunst, Eliza Dushku, Jesse Bradford, and Gabrielle Union. It was the first of the \"Bring", "title": "Bring It On (film)" }, { "id": "3358167", "text": "\"Bring It On\" was released in theaters in the North America on August 25, 2000. \"Bring It On\" earned a worldwide gross of approximately $90 million. Since its release, the film has become a cult classic. Torrance Shipman, an 11th grade student at Rancho Carne High School in San Diego, anxiously dreams about her first day of senior year. Her boyfriend, Aaron has gone to college, and her cheerleading squad, the Toros, is aiming for a sixth consecutive national title. Torrance is elected to replace the team captain, \"Big Red\" who is graduating. Soon, however, teammate Carver is injured and", "title": "Bring It On (film)" }, { "id": "3358186", "text": "cheerleading team who has to change routines or other elements they have grown accustomed to in order to win. A stage version of the film premiered at the Alliance Theatre, Atlanta, Georgia on January 16, 2011. The musical has music by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Tom Kitt, lyrics by Amanda Green, and a book by Jeff Whitty. The director and choreographer is Andy Blankenbuehler, with a cast that includes Amanda LaVergne as Campbell, Adrienne Warren as Danielle, and Nick Blaemire as Randall and \"award-winning competitive cheerleaders from across the country\". The Alliance Theatre production was nominated for eight Suzi Bass Awards,", "title": "Bring It On (film)" }, { "id": "10088623", "text": "Bring It On: In It to Win It Bring It On: In It to Win It is a 2007 teen film directed by Steve Rash and starring Ashley Benson, Cassandra Scerbo and Michael Copon. It is the fourth installment in the \"Bring It On\" film series, which focuses on competitive cheerleading. It was shot at Universal Orlando Resort in Orlando, United States. It was released direct-to-video on December 18, 2007. There are no recurring cast members or canonical references to its predecessors. Only Steve Rash, who also directed the previous film, \"\", returned to direct this film. The film stylistically", "title": "Bring It On: In It to Win It" }, { "id": "3358174", "text": "was the debut film of director Peyton Reed. His major concern with the film was pushing the sexual aspects of cheerleading without losing a PG-13 rating. Roger Ebert from the \"Chicago Sun-Times\" argued that this agenda followed a trend of films at the time that watered down material in order to avoid an R rating and increase box office gross. Prior to auditioning for the film, actors were expected to have a cheer prepared. In order to avoid the use of stunt doubles, Reed required all the actors to undergo a four-week cheerleading camp. Reed and Gabrielle Union met numerous", "title": "Bring It On (film)" }, { "id": "10088630", "text": "(who is the sister of Jennifer Tisdale) performs her single \"He Said She Said\". Bring It On: In It to Win It Bring It On: In It to Win It is a 2007 teen film directed by Steve Rash and starring Ashley Benson, Cassandra Scerbo and Michael Copon. It is the fourth installment in the \"Bring It On\" film series, which focuses on competitive cheerleading. It was shot at Universal Orlando Resort in Orlando, United States. It was released direct-to-video on December 18, 2007. There are no recurring cast members or canonical references to its predecessors. Only Steve Rash, who", "title": "Bring It On: In It to Win It" }, { "id": "84277", "text": "On\", about a San Diego high school cheerleading squad called \"The Toros\", starred real-life former cheerleader Kirsten Dunst. \"Bring It On\" was a surprise hit and earned nearly $70 million domestically. It spawned five direct-to-video sequels: \"Bring It On Again\" (2004), \"\" (2006), \"\" (2007), \"\" (2009) and \"\" (2017). The first \"Bring It On\" was followed by the cheerleader caper-comedy, \"Sugar & Spice\" (2001) and a string of campy horror/action films such as \"Cheerleader Ninjas\" (2002), \"Cheerleader Autopsy\", \"Cheerleader Massacre\" (both 2003), \"Chainsaw Cheerleaders\", and \"Ninja Cheerleaders\" (both 2008). In 2006, Hayden Panettiere, star of \"Bring It On: All", "title": "Cheerleading" }, { "id": "6806615", "text": "Bring It On: All or Nothing Bring It On: All or Nothing (previously known as Bring It On Yet Again) is a 2006 cheerleading comedy film directed by Steve Rash and starring Hayden Panettiere and Solange Knowles. It is the third installment in the \"Bring it On\" series of films that revolves around high school cheerleading. The film was released direct-to-DVD on August 8, 2006. This film, which is the second sequel to \"Bring It On\", has a tenuous link to its predecessors, featuring only a similar plot of competing cheerleading teams that have to try something different in order", "title": "Bring It On: All or Nothing" }, { "id": "3358175", "text": "times to discuss the best way to approach her character. \"I think she was able to find what was cool about that character that in a way I doubt other actresses could have,\" Reed explained in an interview, \"Whenever she's on the screen she has this charisma.\" When editing the film, Reed and editor Larry Bock watched cheerleading exploitation films from the 1970s. \"Bring It On\" was released in North America on August 25, 2000. The film grossed $17,362,105 in 2,380 theaters during its opening weekend, ranking first at the North American box office. Although it experienced an 18% decline", "title": "Bring It On (film)" }, { "id": "13260304", "text": "Bring It On: Fight to the Finish Bring It On: Fight to the Finish is a 2009 teen comedy film starring Christina Milian, Rachele Brooke Smith, Cody Longo, Vanessa Born, Gabrielle Dennis and Holland Roden. Directed by Bille Woodruff and the fifth installment in the series of stand-alone films starting with the 2000 film \"Bring It On\". The film was released direct-to-video on DVD and Blu-ray on September 1, 2009. Lina Cruz is a tough, sharp-witted cheerleader from East L.A. who transfers to Malibu Vista High School after her widowed mother remarries a wealthy man. Lina not only finds herself", "title": "Bring It On: Fight to the Finish" }, { "id": "3358187", "text": "winning awards for Choreography (Andy Blankenbuehler), Sound Design (Brian Ronan) and World Premiere Play or Musical. Additionally, the production was nominated for ten Atlanta Theater Fan Awards from www.AtlantaTheaterFans.com, more than any other production in 2011. The production won for Best Musical and Best Choreography (Andy Blankenbuehler). A national tour of the musical started at the Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, in November 2011 through December 10, 2011 and then travels to San Francisco, Denver, Houston, and Toronto. The national tour stars Taylor Louderman as Campbell and Jason Gotay as Randall. The cast took part in a special celebration kicking off", "title": "Bring It On (film)" }, { "id": "13260311", "text": "her cheer sisters. The movie was filmed at locations around Malibu. The field shots were filmed at Occidental College, in western Los Angeles County. The spirit championships were filmed at Glendale Community College in Glendale, California and California State University Northridge in Northridge, California. This was the only film in the series other than the first to actually have a soundtrack album released - via Arsenal Records on September 15, 2009. American Cheerleader Magazine had an interview and photo shoot with cast members Christina Milian, Cody Longo, Vanessa Born, Rachele Brooke Smith and Gabrielle Dennis, which can be seen in", "title": "Bring It On: Fight to the Finish" }, { "id": "8106541", "text": "Peyton Reed Peyton Tucker Reed (born July 3, 1964) is an American television and film director. He is best known for directing the comedy films \"Bring It On\" (2000), \"Down with Love\" (2003), \"The Break-Up\" (2006) and \"Yes Man\" (2008), as well as the superhero films \"Ant-Man\" (2015) and its sequel, \"Ant-Man and the Wasp\" (2018). Reed was born in Raleigh, North Carolina and attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Reed directed the motion pictures \"Bring It On\", \"Down with Love\", and \"The Break-Up\"; all comedy films. He has also acted in small roles in some films", "title": "Peyton Reed" }, { "id": "3358184", "text": "Finish\". Brittany Anne Pirtle from \"Fight to the Finish\", went on to star as the Yellow Power Ranger in Nickelodeon's \"Power Rangers Samurai\" and Holland Roden from \"Fight to the Finish\", became known as Lydia Martin in the MTV supernatural-drama \"Teen Wolf\". Finally, Cristine Prosperi from \"Bring It On: Worldwide Cheersmack\", who star as Imogen Moreno in \"\". \"Bring It On\" has so far spawned a total of five direct-to-video sequels: The only sequel to feature any of the original crew from \"Bring It On\" was 2004's \"Bring It On Again\", which shared the film's same producers. These producers did", "title": "Bring It On (film)" }, { "id": "3358185", "text": "not return for the subsequent sequels, and none of the films share recurring cast members. Original star Eliza Dushku has even been quoted in interviews as never even having been invited to participate in the sequels. Steve Rash directed two of the sequels and Alyson Fouse has written four. Otherwise, none of the films in the \"Bring It On\" franchise share any personnel whatsoever. The five films that follow \"Bring It On\" share only tenuous links with one another. The plot of each film typically follows that of the one originally laid out in the first film - a competitive", "title": "Bring It On (film)" }, { "id": "6439841", "text": "Bring It On Again Bring It On Again is a 2004 direct-to-video cheerleading comedy film directed by Damon Santostefano and starring Anne Judson-Yager and Bree Turner. This film, which is a sequel to \"Bring It On\", has a tenuous link to its predecessor, featuring only a similar plot of competing cheerleading teams that have to try something different in order to win. There are no recurring cast members or canonical references to the previous film. \"Bring It On Again\" is also the only straight to video sequel of the four that followed \"Bring It On\" that shared the same producers.", "title": "Bring It On Again" }, { "id": "13260312", "text": "the August 2009 issue. Christina Milian is also on the cover of American Cheerleader Magazine's August 2009 issue. Bring It On: Fight to the Finish Bring It On: Fight to the Finish is a 2009 teen comedy film starring Christina Milian, Rachele Brooke Smith, Cody Longo, Vanessa Born, Gabrielle Dennis and Holland Roden. Directed by Bille Woodruff and the fifth installment in the series of stand-alone films starting with the 2000 film \"Bring It On\". The film was released direct-to-video on DVD and Blu-ray on September 1, 2009. Lina Cruz is a tough, sharp-witted cheerleader from East L.A. who transfers", "title": "Bring It On: Fight to the Finish" }, { "id": "3358172", "text": "leadership material and recommends that she step down from her position, selling her out in the process to Courtney and Whitney who have set themselves up as Torrance's rivals. When Cliff sees Torrance and Aaron together, he angrily severs his friendship with Torrance, to her distress. But her confidence is renewed by Cliff's encouragement and she convinces her unhappy team to create an innovative, new routine instead. She breaks up with Aaron, realizing his infidelity and his inability to be supportive, but Cliff still refuses to forgive her. Meanwhile, the Clovers are initially unable to compete at Nationals due to", "title": "Bring It On (film)" }, { "id": "3358182", "text": "\"Dollhouse\" and \"Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog\", as well as a screenwriter (\"The Guild\"), entrepreneur and web content creator. Bree Turner, who starred in \"Bring It On Again\", would go on to star in NBC's \"Grimm\". Joshua Gomez, also from \"Bring It On Again\", was going to be well known as \"Chuck\" regular Morgan Grimes. Bethany Joy Lenz and Hayden Panettiere, who appeared in \"Bring It On Again\" and \"Bring It On: All or Nothing\", went on to find sizable television audiences due to their roles on the television programs \"One Tree Hill\" and \"Heroes\"/\"Nashville\", respectively. Lenz also appeared with Michael", "title": "Bring It On (film)" }, { "id": "6439842", "text": "No one else involved in the original film participated in the creation of this film, nor in any of the following. The film does stylistically refer to its predecessor during the end credits, both of which feature outtakes and clips of the cast having fun dancing and singing. Whittier arrives at the fictional California State College hoping to join the national champion varsity cheerleading team. She meets up with her friend from cheerleading camp, Monica, and they're both impressive at the tryouts. Head cheerleader Tina is ready to ask them to join the team, but Greg goes a step further,", "title": "Bring It On Again" }, { "id": "3358169", "text": "Los Angeles, where they watch an African American and Latino/Hispanic team, the East Compton Clovers, perform routines that are virtually identical to their own team's. Isis, the Clovers' team captain, angrily confronts the two. Torrance learns that \"Big Red\" regularly attended the Clovers' practices to videotape and steal their routines. In the meantime, Missy is seen as a threat by the other female members of the squad (because of her outstanding gymnastic abilities), but she ends up becoming Torrance's best friend and de facto co-captain. Isis informs Torrance of her plans to defeat the Toros at the regional and national", "title": "Bring It On (film)" }, { "id": "13802631", "text": "Why Bring That Up? Why Bring That Up? is a 1929 American pre-Code musical film starring minstrel show comedians Charles Mack and George Moran, as blackface team Two Black Crows. The film's title was part of the \"vernacular of the day\". It was the duo's first talking comedy film. George's partner in vaudeville quits their act, claiming that Betty has broken his heart. George then teams up with Charlie, a stranded trouper, and Irving becomes their manager. Later, in New York, the \"Two Black Crows\" star in their own revue and save money to build their own theater on Broadway.", "title": "Why Bring That Up?" }, { "id": "3358176", "text": "in gross earnings, the film held the top position for a second consecutive week, and later on a third. The film went on to gross $68,379,000 in North America and an additional $22,070,929 overseas for a total gross of $90,449,929. The film received a 63% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on a total of 117 compiled reviews; the site's consensus reads: \"Despite the formulaic, fluffy storyline, this movie is surprisingly fun to watch, mostly due to its high energy and how it humorously spoofs cheerleading instead of taking itself too seriously.\" In comparison, Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating", "title": "Bring It On (film)" }, { "id": "3358173", "text": "financial problems. This prompts Torrance to get her dad's company to sponsor the Clovers, but Isis rejects the money and gets her team to Nationals by appealing to a talk show host who grew up in their area. In the finals, the Toros place second, while the Clovers win. However, at the end of the movie, Torrance and Isis find respect in each other. Cliff and Torrance share a romantic kiss. Bloopers run alongside the end credits, as the characters dance and lip-sync to B*Witched's cover of \"Mickey\". \"Bring It On\" was produced by Marc Abraham and Thomas Bliss. It", "title": "Bring It On (film)" }, { "id": "3358181", "text": "Ebert later referred to it as the \"\"Citizen Kane\" of cheerleader movies.\" Several of cast members from the \"Bring It On\" film franchise have gone on to greater fame or notoriety. Kirsten Dunst, Eliza Dushku, Gabrielle Union, Jesse Bradford, Clare Kramer, Lindsay Sloane, and several others from the original film were already notable entertainers and television actors or have grown into such roles since their participation in the original film. Ryan Drummond voiced Sonic the Hedgehog from 1999 through 2004. Felicia Day, who appeared in \"Bring It On Again\", became a highly respected actress in Joss Whedon's projects such as", "title": "Bring It On (film)" }, { "id": "9012036", "text": "Bring On the Night (film) Bring on the Night is a 1985 British-American documentary film directed by Michael Apted, focusing on the jazz-inspired project and band led by the British musician Sting during the early stages of his solo career. Some of the songs, whose concert rehearsals are featured in the film, appeared on his debut solo album \"The Dream of the Blue Turtles\". Each musician in the band, through the course of the film, is interviewed. The film won the Grammy Award for \"Best Music Video, Long Form\" at the 1987 Grammy Awards. The film was released as DVD", "title": "Bring On the Night (film)" }, { "id": "6806623", "text": "and Jesse also make up, kissing backstage after their first performance. The film ends with a made-for-film music video of Rihanna's \"Pon de Replay\" with the Crenshaw Heights squad dancing in the background. During the end credits, the main characters are seen dancing to the outro music as the film ends. \"Bring It On: All or Nothing\" received little attention from published movie critics. On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes it has a score of 20% based on reviews from 5 critics. Bring It On: All or Nothing Bring It On: All or Nothing (previously known as Bring It On", "title": "Bring It On: All or Nothing" }, { "id": "16599744", "text": "Bring It On: The Musical Bring It On: The Musical is a musical with music by Tom Kitt and Lin-Manuel Miranda, lyrics by Amanda Green and Miranda, and a book by Jeff Whitty. The musical, loosely based on the 2000 film of the same name written by Jessica Bendinger, focuses on the competitive world of cheerleading and over-the-top team rivalries. The musical premiered at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia in January 2011. The cast included Amanda Lea LaVergne as Campbell, Adrienne Warren as Danielle, Nick Blaemire as Randall, Ryann Redmond as Bridget, and \"award-winning competitive cheerleaders from across the", "title": "Bring It On: The Musical" }, { "id": "3358183", "text": "Copon (who co-starred in \"Bring It On: In It to Win It\") during \"One Tree Hill\"s second season. Copon also starred in \"Power Rangers Time Force\", Ashley Benson from \"In It to Win It\", became known as Hanna Marin in the Freeform television series \"Pretty Little Liars\" and Cassandra Scerbo from \"In It to Win It\", who later known as Nova Clarke in Syfy's \"Sharknado\" film series. The R&B/Pop trio Blaque have a recurring role in \"Bring It On\". Noteworthy R&B singer and film actress Christina Milian, also appears as the main character in \"Bring It On: Fight to the", "title": "Bring It On (film)" }, { "id": "3358188", "text": "the national tour of the musical on October 22, 2011, which featured performances from the show. The \"New York Times\" reviewer wrote of the Ahmanson Theatre production: \"After an opening number that truly dazzles as it reveals the cast’s impressive gymnastic prowess, the score hits its stride only when Campbell transfers to Jackson High. Driven by surging R&B grooves and churning lyrics that suggest the fingerprints of Mr. Miranda ... the dance numbers for the Jackson crowd kick the musical into high gear for most of the first act... Like most entertainments about the trials and triumphs of the teenage", "title": "Bring It On (film)" }, { "id": "3358171", "text": "ahead of the Toros performs the exact routine they had been practicing. The Toros have no choice but to perform the very same routine. After the debacle that ensues, Torrance speaks to a competition official and is told Polastri provided the routine to several other teams in California. As the defending champions, the Toros are nevertheless granted their place in Nationals, but Torrance is warned that a new routine will be expected. Torrance, crushed by her failure to lead the team successfully, considers quitting. Cliff encourages and supports her, intensifying their growing attraction. Aaron, however, suggests that she is not", "title": "Bring It On (film)" }, { "id": "3358178", "text": "Meanwhile, Kim Morgan of \"The Oregonian\" dubbed it the \"newest, and probably first, true cheerleading movie.\" However, some reviewers criticized the plot of the film. Although David Sterritt of \"The Christian Science Monitor\" gave praise for the writing, he likened the storyline's simplicity to that of \"the average football cheer\". Kim Edwards from the \"Chicago Tribune\", in a negative review, found the film \"Absurdly unrealistic at times.\" The \"Seattle Post-Intelligencer\"s Paula Nechak concluded that the film was \"predictable and surprisingly confusing in its ultimate message. \" Many critics reserved praise for Kirsten Dunst's performance. In his review, A. O. Scott", "title": "Bring It On (film)" }, { "id": "6439845", "text": "winning. Afterward, Whittier offers Tina a spot on her squad, a position that Tina initially refuses but ends up wanting. The film ends with Tina sucking up to Whittier and Monica, deciding she wants to be on their squad after all, while Marni comically throws a fit. Bring It On Again Bring It On Again is a 2004 direct-to-video cheerleading comedy film directed by Damon Santostefano and starring Anne Judson-Yager and Bree Turner. This film, which is a sequel to \"Bring It On\", has a tenuous link to its predecessor, featuring only a similar plot of competing cheerleading teams that", "title": "Bring It On Again" }, { "id": "3358170", "text": "championships, which the team has never attended due to their economic hardship. When Torrance tells the Toros about the routines, the team still votes in favor of using the current routine to win; Torrance reluctantly agrees. At the Toros' next home game, Isis and her teammates show up and perform the Toros' routine in front of the whole school, humiliating them. The Toros realize that they have no choice but to learn a different routine. In desperation, they employ a professional choreographer named Sparky Polastri to provide one, as suggested by Aaron. But at the Regionals, the team scheduled immediately", "title": "Bring It On (film)" }, { "id": "4987036", "text": "The first music video was directed by Doug Smith, and is a live recording of Def Leppard performing the song at the Royal Court Theatre in Liverpool, England on 22 July 1981. It was originally filmed (along with clips for \"Let It Go\" and \"High 'n' Dry\") as part of Don Kirshner's \"Rock Concert\" television series on the U.S. network ABC. The second music video, directed by David Mallet, was shot in February 1984 in Jacob's Biscuit Factory in Lake, Dublin, Ireland. The original version of the second video featuring the remix is only available on the VHS and LaserDisc", "title": "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" }, { "id": "3358180", "text": "and cloyingly agreeable as it takes to get through a slapdash film.\" Cultural historian Maud Lavin says that despite \"Bring It On\"s predictable plot, its depiction of aggressive and competitive women, the differences shown between class and race, and the playful way it deals with homophobia gives it deeper cultural clout and meaning. In particular, Lavin says that the film suggests race relations could be \"smoothed and transcended through level-playing-field sports competitiveness.\" The film ranked #30 on \"Entertainment Weekly\"s list of the 50 Best High School Movies. Initially unimpressed with the film and giving it 2 of 4 stars, Roger", "title": "Bring It On (film)" }, { "id": "7309897", "text": "was a good single, but many panning it and at least one reportedly saying it was \"inappropriate and ridiculous\". It is still the subject of criticism to this day due to its harsh lyrics. Although it received unfavorable reviews upon its release as a single, the song did very well in New Zealand, where it peaked at number seven (its highest position on any chart anywhere in the world). Elsewhere it wasn't quite so successful, but the single would later be immortalized in the American box office hit film \"Bring It On\" (released August 2000) and its accompanied soundtrack. After", "title": "U.G.L.Y." }, { "id": "12281530", "text": "album was originally titled \"Who We Are\", and set to be released on June 19, 2007 but this was postponed to September 25, 2007, with a release name of \"TCG\". The track \"So Bring It On\" was released as the album's first single. \"Fuego\" was released as the second single from the album. The girls began filming their third \"Cheetah Girls\" movie, entitled \"\", in March 2008. It is the only movie not to feature Raven-Symoné and premiered on August 22, with its soundtrack released on August 19. The movie debuted with 6.2 million viewers, the lowest-ever rated premiere for", "title": "The Cheetah Girls (group)" }, { "id": "13802632", "text": "Betty comes to the theater with her lover, who poses as a cousin and induces George to hire her. He showers her with jewels and money. She tries to persuade George to invest in oil stock her lover is selling, and though their act is a success, Charlie fires Betty. When Charlie and Betty's lover quarrel, Charlie is injured. \"Toronto Daily Star\" deemed the film a \"success\". Why Bring That Up? Why Bring That Up? is a 1929 American pre-Code musical film starring minstrel show comedians Charles Mack and George Moran, as blackface team Two Black Crows. The film's title", "title": "Why Bring That Up?" }, { "id": "3358177", "text": "out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, gave the film an average score of 52 based on 31 reviews, indicating \"Mixed or average reviews\". A. O. Scott from \"The New York Times\" commended the film for being able to \"gesture toward serious matters of race and economic inequality\", as well as for its \"occasional snarl of genuine satire\". Kevin Thomas of \"The Los Angeles Times\" also favored the film, calling it a \"Smart and sassy high school movie that's fun for all ages.\" Steven Rae from \"The Philadelphia Inquirer\" found it to be a \"likable, low-budget high school comedy\".", "title": "Bring It On (film)" }, { "id": "3358168", "text": "can no longer compete with her broken leg. Torrance holds an audition for Carver's replacement and gains Missy Pantone, a gymnast who recently transferred from Los Angeles to the school for senior year with her twin brother Cliff, with whom Torrance develops a flirtatious friendship. While watching the Toros practice, Missy recognizes their routines from a rival squad that her previous high school used to compete against. After accusing Torrance of being a liar and stealing the routine, she learns from Torrance's offended and passionately defensive reaction that she was completely unaware. So Missy drives Torrance to her hometown of", "title": "Bring It On (film)" }, { "id": "8458284", "text": "live performance of \"Bring It On\" was shown on \"Top of the Pops\" on January 9, 2004. The recorded version has since been played several times on Sky Sports channel as a football anthem. It was also used as the theme tune for UK Channel Five's children's programme, \"Milkshake\". In May 2008, \"Bring It On\" was also used as the backing track for a TV commercial for Canon E0S 450D cameras in South Korea. The video for \"Bring It On\" was a tribute to the cult Channel 4 television programme \"Phoenix Nights\", starring Peter Kay. Made by Flynn Productions, directed", "title": "Bring It On (Alistair Griffin song)" }, { "id": "16599760", "text": "Theatre from January 16 to 18, 2014, opened in Macon, Georgia at the Grand Opera House on January 21, 2014, and ended in Tokyo, Japan on July 27, 2014. The tour featured Nadia Vynnytsky and Zuri Washington. The musical was due to make its UK and European première with a UK tour starting at the Palace Theatre in Manchester from 6 September 2017. However in August 2017 it was announced that the tour has been postponed until 2019 The screenwriter of the original movie, Jessica Bendinger, sued in 2011, arguing that she had rights in the licensing of the theater", "title": "Bring It On: The Musical" }, { "id": "10844720", "text": "his former high school, wrote for the \"Manhattan Times\" as a columnist and restaurant reviewer, and composed music for commercials. Miranda co-wrote the music and lyrics for \"\" with Tom Kitt and Amanda Green. \"Bring It On\" premiered at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia in January 2011. The musical began a US national tour on October 30, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. It then played a limited engagement on Broadway at the St. James Theatre, beginning previews on July 12, and officially opening on August 1, 2012. It closed on December 30, 2012. It was nominated for Tony Awards", "title": "Lin-Manuel Miranda" }, { "id": "6806616", "text": "to win. There are no recurring cast members or canonical references to the preceding films. However, the film stylistically refers to its predecessors in that it is the third film in the \"Bring It On\" series to open with a choreographed musical number that turns out to be a dream sequence of the protagonist, and like all three films, the end credits feature outtakes and clips of the cast having fun dancing. Britney Allen (Hayden Panettiere) is living a 'dream life' as the cheerleading captain and girlfriend of Brad Warner (Jake McDorman), the star quarterback of Pacific Vista High School.", "title": "Bring It On: All or Nothing" }, { "id": "4987043", "text": "the US \"Billboard\" Hot Dance Club Play. The song's video, set to the RJ Jammen remix, was shot in Los Angeles on 8 March 2003 by director Sanaa Hamri, and features cameo appearances by Randy Jackson, Dave Navarro, Evan Marriott (as a helicopter pilot/bodyguard) and model Damon Willis. The single's video is based on the 1979 film \"The Rose\", which featured a rock star (played by Bette Midler) who struggles to find happiness as she goes from her rough \"rock and roll\" lifestyle to her final high-profile concert. On 7 December 2002, Carey performed the song along with \"Through the", "title": "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" }, { "id": "8639495", "text": "year 2080.\" Reed played cheerleader Jenelope in the 2000 teen comedy film \"Bring It On\", Reed's first acting role. She described the character as \"the one with the attitude\" and \"ghetto and cute at the same time\". She appeared alongside Williams and Fears, who played LaFred and Shamari, friends to lead character Isis (played by Gabrielle Union). Reed, Williams and Fears would often look into the camera when delivering their lines, because of their lack of acting experience. Blaque contributed two songs to the film's soundtrack: \"As If\" and a remix of \"Bring It All to Me\" featuring verses from", "title": "Natina Reed" }, { "id": "7414565", "text": "Heart Can't Lie\", was included on his debut album \"Bring It On\" which reached No. 12 in the UK Albums Chart in January 2004. Shortly after leaving the show it was reported that she had been given an unreleased song by Robbie Williams and Guy Chambers to record, but this was never released. In 2006 Griffiths made her film debut with her role of \"Melissa\" in the horror movie \"The Devil's Chair \", directed by Adam Mason. Co-stars include Elize du Toit, Gary Mackay, and Matt Berry. This was premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2007 and was", "title": "Louise Griffiths" }, { "id": "235830", "text": "final album \"Affirmation\" (1999). Dunst co-starred opposite James Woods in Sofia Coppola's drama film \"The Virgin Suicides\" (1999), based on Jeffrey Eugenides' novel of the same name. She played Lux Lisbon, one of the troubled teenage daughters of Ronald Lisbon (Woods). The film was screened as a special presentation at the 43rd San Francisco International Film Festival in 2000. The movie received generally favorable reviews. \"San Francisco Chronicle\" critic Peter Stack noted in his review that Dunst \"beautifully balances innocence and wantonness.\" In 2000, Dunst starred in the comedy \"Bring It On\" as Torrance Shipman, the captain of a cheerleading", "title": "Kirsten Dunst" }, { "id": "8458285", "text": "by Craig Pickles and produced by Charlotte Woodhead, it was set in a stereotypical Northern England working men's club, the singer was first shown alone on stage, playing to a deserted concert hall which was empty except for two old ladies playing Patience. The scene then changed to a dream scenario of a \"Top of the Pops\" type performance, with a full backing band and an enthusiastic audience of teenage girls. At the end of the song, the scene switched back again to the seedy concert hall where the singer was shown looking ruefully around him, and then walking off", "title": "Bring It On (Alistair Griffin song)" }, { "id": "2847968", "text": "collaboration with the Houston-based funk-jazz band Drop Trio. Although the reviews were generally negative, Knowles earned praise from \"Variety\" magazine: \"Solange Knowles is nearly as dazzling as big sister Beyoncé and does little more than smile winningly in her first bigscreen outing.\" In 2006, she starred as a cheerleading captain in the film \"\", the third installment of the \"Bring It On\" series, alongside American actress and singer Hayden Panettiere. What little critical reaction the low-budget, direct-to-DVD movie got was negative, and Knowles was described as an \"affordable young starlet\". Knowles uses her full name for her acting, rather than", "title": "Solange Knowles" }, { "id": "16599757", "text": "place for everything that matters.” With Eva gone, the Truman and Jackson squads celebrate their true victory: friendship (\"I Got You\"). Multiple profiles of the cast appeared when the show debuted on Broadway. Orchestration The pit orchestra consists of: The show premiered at the Alliance Theatre, Atlanta, Georgia on January 15, 2011, running until February 20, 2011. The production was directed and choreographed by Andy Blankenbuehler, with set design by David Korins, costume design by Andrea Lauer, lighting design by Jason Lyons and sound design by Brian Ronan. The original cast featured Amanda LaVergne as Campbell, Adrienne Warren as Danielle", "title": "Bring It On: The Musical" }, { "id": "16599761", "text": "production. She said she would allow the \"Bring It On\" musical to proceed if she was properly credited and compensated. In November 2011, an out-of-court settlement was made. \"Bring It On\" opened at Southwark Playhouse on 2 August to 1 September 2018 Produced by the British Theatre Academy. Directed and Choreographed by Ewan Jones, Musically Directed by Chris Ma and Casting by Anne Vosser. The show starred Robyn McIntyre as Campbell, Kristine Kruse as Bridget, Isabella Pappas as Skylar, Matthew Brazier as La Cienega and Clark James as Cameron. The musical received positive reviews, with the dance numbers being praised.", "title": "Bring It On: The Musical" }, { "id": "15683660", "text": "villain who rebels against his \"bad-guy\" role and dreams of becoming a hero. \"Wreck-It Ralph\" premiered at the El Capitan Theatre on October 29, 2012, and went into general release on November 2. The film was a critical and commercial success, grossing $471 million worldwide against a $165 million budget and winning the Annie Award for Best Animated Feature, as well as receiving nominations for the Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. The film was released on Blu-ray and DVD on March 5, 2013. It is the first installment in the \"Wreck-It Ralph\" film series. A sequel,", "title": "Wreck-It Ralph" }, { "id": "16599745", "text": "country\". A national tour of the musical played in major U.S. cities from November 2011 to June 2012. The touring stage production began previews on Broadway in July 2012 at the St. James Theatre, before opening for a limited engagement on August 1, 2012, to December 30, 2012. Act One (\"Overture\"). On her last day of junior year, Campbell Davis prays to be named captain of the Truman High School cheerleading squad (\"What I Was Born To Do\"). She gets the job, and her first duty is to replace the graduating members. Her friend Skylar looks forward to tryouts (\"Tryouts\").", "title": "Bring It On: The Musical" }, { "id": "7178990", "text": "Stick It Stick It is an American teen comedy-drama film starring Jeff Bridges, Missy Peregrym, and Vanessa Lengies. It was written and directed by Jessica Bendinger, writer of \"Bring It On\"; the film marks her directorial debut. It was produced by Touchstone Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment and was released in theatres on April 28, 2006. Haley Graham (Missy Peregrym) is a rebellious 17-year-old who has a run-in with the law when she and two friends go biking through a residential construction site. Haley is arrested and forced by a judge to return to the regimented world of competitive gymnastics. Haley", "title": "Stick It" }, { "id": "3289894", "text": "\"Carry On Cleo\" was filmed between 13 July and 28 August 1964. The original poster and publicity artwork by Tom Chantrell were withdrawn from circulation after 20th Century Fox successfully brought a copyright infringement case against distributor Anglo Amalgamated, which found the design was based on a painting by Howard Terpning for which Fox owned the copyright and was used to promote the Cleopatra film. Interiors: The film premiered at London's Warner cinema on 10 December 1964 and went on to become one of the 12 most popular movies at the British box office in 1965. Colin McCabe, Professor of", "title": "Carry On Cleo" }, { "id": "14198550", "text": "He also appeared as Sergeant Crane in the 1971 film \"The Andromeda Strain\". In 1965, Helm starred in an unsold pilot for a television series called \"See Here, Private Hargrove\", based on producer Marion Hargrove's experiences adjusting to military life during World War II. Helm thereafter worked in film production in such later pictures as \"Bring It On\", \"All or Nothing\", and the horror story, \"Drag Me to Hell\". Peter Helm Peter J. Helm (born December 22, 1941) is an actor originally from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, who appeared on American television from 1960-1971. Helm was born to John F. and", "title": "Peter Helm" }, { "id": "8106543", "text": "\"The Fifth Beatle\". Reed then went on to direct \"Ant-Man and the Wasp\", the sequel to \"Ant-Man\". Reed lives in the Los Angeles area with his wife Sheila; he was previously married to Beth LaMure from 1998 to 2006. Feature films Television Webseries Documentaries/Short films Commercials Peyton Reed Peyton Tucker Reed (born July 3, 1964) is an American television and film director. He is best known for directing the comedy films \"Bring It On\" (2000), \"Down with Love\" (2003), \"The Break-Up\" (2006) and \"Yes Man\" (2008), as well as the superhero films \"Ant-Man\" (2015) and its sequel, \"Ant-Man and the", "title": "Peyton Reed" }, { "id": "7490189", "text": "Jessica Bendinger Jessica Bendinger (born November 10, 1966) is an American screenwriter and novelist. She has written several films, including 2000's \"Bring It On\", 2004's \"First Daughter\" and 2006's \"Aquamarine\". She was also a writer and creative consultant for \"Sex and the City\", as well as a producer of the 2005 film \"The Wedding Date\", starring Debra Messing. She also wrote and directed \"Stick It\", released in April 2006 as her directorial debut. Bendinger is a former model who worked for designer Stephen Sprouse and appeared on the runway in the film \"Slaves of New York\". She was named by", "title": "Jessica Bendinger" }, { "id": "18476108", "text": "falls for her. Phil thinks Jay's new girl is Sue Thomas, a singer at the club. The film was from the writers of the Bing Crosby musical \"Dixie\". It marked Veronica Lake's return to the screen after an absence of several months, during which she had lost a child and been divorced. It was her first proper musical, although she had sung in \"This Gun for Hire\" and \"Star Spangled Rhythm\". Her original co-stars were to be Eddie Bracken and Dick Powell. Eventually Powell was replaced by Sonny Tufts. Filming started in January 1944. Bring On the Girls (film) Bring", "title": "Bring On the Girls (film)" }, { "id": "13992934", "text": "4.3/10 user rating on IMDb. Target: Harry Target: Harry (also known as How to Make It and the original title What's in it for Harry?) is a 1969 thriller film directed by Roger Corman. The film was originally meant as a television pilot for the American Broadcasting Company. Rather than show it as a made for television film, the film was released theatrically as \"How to Make It\". The film was shot in Monaco and Turkey in 1967 with Monte Hellman editing the film in 1968. Roger Corman took his name off the film and credited himself as \"Henry Neill\".", "title": "Target: Harry" }, { "id": "9012037", "text": "in 2005. \"Bring on the Night\" is also the name of Sting's 1986 live album featuring music recorded during the 1985 tour chronicled in the film. Bring On the Night (film) Bring on the Night is a 1985 British-American documentary film directed by Michael Apted, focusing on the jazz-inspired project and band led by the British musician Sting during the early stages of his solo career. Some of the songs, whose concert rehearsals are featured in the film, appeared on his debut solo album \"The Dream of the Blue Turtles\". Each musician in the band, through the course of the", "title": "Bring On the Night (film)" }, { "id": "3039410", "text": "year, she performed the role of Isis in the cheerleading movie \"Bring It On\", opposite Kirsten Dunst. \"Bring It On\" helped push Union into the mainstream. Union has said that of all her films, \"Bring It On\" gave her the \"biggest boost\". It led to Union being cast in the CBS television drama \"City of Angels\" as Dr. Courtney Ellis. Union was featured in \"The Brothers\" and was seen as having a \"beguiling sincerity, even when she's fudging the truth.\" Union was cast in her first leading role in the 2003 film \"Deliver Us from Eva\" with LL Cool J.", "title": "Gabrielle Union" }, { "id": "1789710", "text": "bottle of beer and a moustache, and a big gut. It's so creepy. Way more creepy than \"Buffy\". In 2000, Dushku starred in the hit cheerleader comedy \"Bring It On\". She followed that up with \"Soul Survivors\", reuniting her with \"Race the Sun\" co-star Casey Affleck. In 2001, she appeared in \"The New Guy\" with DJ Qualls and \"City by the Sea\" with Robert De Niro and James Franco. The latter film garnered attention from a wider adult audience and several good reviews. The same year, Kevin Smith invited Dushku to be a part of \"Jay and Silent Bob Strike", "title": "Eliza Dushku" }, { "id": "11019297", "text": "And the Band Played On (film) And the Band Played On is a 1993 American television film docudrama directed by Roger Spottiswoode. The teleplay by Arnold Schulman is based on the best-selling 1987 non-fiction book \"And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic\" by Randy Shilts. The film premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival before being broadcast by HBO on September 11, 1993. It later was released in the United Kingdom, Canada, Spain, Germany, Argentina, Austria, Italy, Sweden, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Denmark, New Zealand, and Australia. The HBO movie was later aired on NBC in", "title": "And the Band Played On (film)" }, { "id": "16599766", "text": "songs \"It's All Happening\", \"It Ain't No Thing\" and \"Enjoy the Trip\". A full cast recording was released digitally on September 25, 2012. A CD was released in stores on October 16, 2012. \"Bring It On\" was the first Broadway musical to feature a transgender high school character, La Cienega, originally played by Gregory Haney Book writer Jeff Whitty said, \"In creating a universe of characters, I always try to find as many differing perspectives as possible, because that's where comedy comes from most often.\" Due to the many complex cheerleading routines in the show, about half of the cast", "title": "Bring It On: The Musical" }, { "id": "4249507", "text": "on May 18, 2011 and after extending twice closed on July 10. It was directed by Jason Moore and a cast that features Judy Kaye, Betsy Wolfe, Mary Birdsong and Wesley Taylor. Whitty won the 2011 Bay Area Critics Circle award for his work. Whitty wrote the libretto for \"Bring It On: The Musical\", a \"free adaptation\" of the popular film series with an original story by Whitty, with music by Tom Kitt and Lin-Manuel Miranda and lyrics by Amanda Green and Miranda. Direction was by Andy Blankenbuehler with music direction by Alex Lacamoire. The musical premiered at the Alliance", "title": "Jeff Whitty" }, { "id": "6751651", "text": "in the concert film \"The Song Remains the Same\". \"Bring It On Home\" was played at the reunion of surviving Led Zeppelin members staged at Jason Bonham's wedding reception in May 1990. Bring It On Home (Sonny Boy Williamson II song) \"Bring It On Home\" is a blues song written by American music arranger and songwriter Willie Dixon. The first known recording of the song was by Sonny Boy Williamson II in 1963. It was later recorded by Led Zeppelin in 1969, and has been covered by many artists since. Sonny Boy Williamson's version of the song was recorded on", "title": "Bring It On Home (Sonny Boy Williamson II song)" }, { "id": "18051189", "text": "Charlie Chan Carries On (film) Charlie Chan Carries On is a 1931 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Hamilton MacFadden and starring Warner Oland, John Garrick and Marguerite Churchill. It is the very first appearance of Warner Oland as Charlie Chan. Part of the long-running Charlie Chan series, it was based on the 1930 novel of the same title by Earl Derr Biggers. It is now considered a lost film; however, Fox simultaneously filmed a Spanish-language version which was released under the title \"Eran Trece\"—\"There Were Thirteen\"—and this version survives. Charlie Chan tries to solve the murder of a wealthy", "title": "Charlie Chan Carries On (film)" }, { "id": "13992933", "text": "Target: Harry Target: Harry (also known as How to Make It and the original title What's in it for Harry?) is a 1969 thriller film directed by Roger Corman. The film was originally meant as a television pilot for the American Broadcasting Company. Rather than show it as a made for television film, the film was released theatrically as \"How to Make It\". The film was shot in Monaco and Turkey in 1967 with Monte Hellman editing the film in 1968. Roger Corman took his name off the film and credited himself as \"Henry Neill\". The film currently holds a", "title": "Target: Harry" }, { "id": "13903577", "text": "Canada Carries On Canada Carries On (French: En avant Canada) was a series of short films by the National Film Board of Canada which ran from 1940 to 1959. The series was initially created as morale-boosting propaganda films during the Second World War. With the end of the war, the series lost its financial backing from the Wartime Information Board, but continued as an NFB series of theatrical shorts that included newsreels as well as animated shorts. The series was initially produced by Stuart Legg, who also directed many of the early films. The first film in the series was", "title": "Canada Carries On" }, { "id": "16059829", "text": "Bring It On (Hard-Fi song) \"Bring It On\" is the third single from English indie rock band Hard-Fi's third studio album \"Killer Sounds\". It was released on 24 October 2011, but failed to chart. However, the single is featured in adverts for the popular \"Football Manager 2012\" game. The single cover does not bear the \"Parental Advisory\" sticker, despite the profanity used during the second verse. The music video for \"Bring It On\" was filmed during September 2011 at Electric Brixton in London during Hard-Fi's \"Killer Sounds\" Tour. \"Bring It On\" received mixed reviews from critics. It was given a", "title": "Bring It On (Hard-Fi song)" }, { "id": "14506977", "text": "described his adventures to sponsor Alfred Carlton Gilbert, manufacturer of the Erector Set, during the 15-minute program. \"Bring 'Em Back Alive\" was revived on the NBC Blue Network and NBC Red Network July 16–November 16, 1934. Bring 'Em Back Alive (film) Bring 'Em Back Alive is a 1932 American Pre-Code jungle adventure documentary filmed in Malaya starring Frank Buck. The film was promoted with an NBC radio series of the same title. After unsuccessfully attempting to interest the main Hollywood motion picture companies to finance his trips to make a series of shorts, Buck approached Amedee Van Beuren whose studio", "title": "Bring 'Em Back Alive (film)" }, { "id": "16599767", "text": "of the Broadway musical were cheerleaders and not musical theater performers. The cast of Jessica Colombo, a cheerleading judge and consultant, served as a technical advisor to the musical. The cheerleading competition company Varsity Spirit was involved in the musical and a Varsity Nationals banner hangs during the national competition scenes at the end of the second act. Bring It On: The Musical Bring It On: The Musical is a musical with music by Tom Kitt and Lin-Manuel Miranda, lyrics by Amanda Green and Miranda, and a book by Jeff Whitty. The musical, loosely based on the 2000 film of", "title": "Bring It On: The Musical" }, { "id": "12072318", "text": "It Started with Eve It Started with Eve is a 1941 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Henry Koster and starring Deanna Durbin, Robert Cummings, and Charles Laughton. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Music Score (Charles Previn and Hans J. Salter). The film is considered by some critics to be Durbin's best film, and the last in which she worked with the producer (Joe Pasternak) and director (Henry Koster) that groomed her for stardom. \"It Started with Eve\" was remade in 1964 as \"I'd Rather Be Rich\". The millionaire Jonathan Reynolds is dying. His", "title": "It Started with Eve" }, { "id": "5811654", "text": "Carry On Nurse Carry On Nurse is the second in the series of \"Carry On\" films with 31 entries. It was released in 1959, premiering in London at the Carlton Cinema on 5 March 1959 before going on general release nationwide from 23 March 1959. Of the regular team, it featured Joan Sims (in her \"Carry On\" film debut), Kenneth Williams, Kenneth Connor and Charles Hawtrey, with Hattie Jacques and Leslie Phillips. The film was written by Norman Hudis based on the play \"Ring for Catty\" by Patrick Cargill and Jack Beale. It was the top-grossing film of 1959 in", "title": "Carry On Nurse" }, { "id": "16599765", "text": "in August 2012. Two music videos were released showing the creation of the Original Broadway Cast Recording, \"Do Your Own Thing\" and \"I Got You\". Lin-Manuel Miranda has released two early demos of songs from during the development of the show, \"Cross The Line Early Demo, December 2009\" and \"Don't Drop Demo\", which was an intro tune to The National Competition finale that was cut later in development. A large collection of photos from the Broadway cast party were published online. On April 24, 2012, Sh-K-Boom Records released a three-song sampler from the national tour of the musical, including the", "title": "Bring It On: The Musical" }, { "id": "5717547", "text": "who went on to be part of the regular team in the series, were Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Hattie Jacques, Kenneth Connor and Terry Scott. This successful first film was screened to the trade and cinema-bookers on 1 August 1958 after which some regional screenings were held from 31 August including Aberdeen & Birmingham. It wasn’t until 19 September 1958 that it received its London cinema release at the Plaza, and then the film rolled out nationwide on general release from 20 September onwards. The soundtrack music was played by the Band of the Coldstream Guards, conducted by the composer.", "title": "Carry On Sergeant" }, { "id": "5570004", "text": "known in the industry but became more generally known in 1962 after extinguishing a Sahara Desert gas well fire called \"the devil's cigarette lighter\". Clair Huffaker wrote an original script which was bought by Universal in February 1967. Robert Arthur was assigned to produce. John Wayne agreed to star in November 1967. Wayne made the film after \"The Green Berets\". It reteamed him with Andrew McLaglen, with whom Wayne had made \"McLintock!\" (1963), and Jim Hutton, who had been in \"The Green Berets\". This was the first film for which Wayne was paid $1 million. Unlike many of Wayne's films", "title": "Hellfighters (film)" }, { "id": "8001646", "text": "Road\", which cast Rooney against type and featured Quine and Edwards' script. Edwards continued working with Quine after his launching his own directing career. Their latterday efforts included the early Jack Lemmon films: \"My Sister Eileen, Operation Mad Ball\", and \"The Notorious Landlady\". Quine and Edwards also created the short-lived sitcom \"The Mickey Rooney Show\", and developed Rooney's 1954 spoof, \"The Atomic Kid\", for Republic Pictures. Bring Your Smile Along Bring Your Smile Along is a 1955 Technicolor comedy film by Blake Edwards. It was Edwards' directorial debut and the motion picture debut of Constance Towers. Edwards wrote the script", "title": "Bring Your Smile Along" }, { "id": "16599758", "text": "and Nick Blaemire as Randall, as well as many cheerleaders from across the country who were selected in collaboration with Varsity. After the Atlanta engagement, the musical embarked on a national tour, starting at the Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles in November 2011. New cast members for the tour were Taylor Louderman as Campbell, Neil Haskell as Steven, Nick Womack as Twig, Elle McLemore as Eva, and Jason Gotay as Randall. The cast of the show took part in a celebration to kick off the start of the national tour, featuring performances from the show as well as cheer and dance", "title": "Bring It On: The Musical" }, { "id": "12072326", "text": "ever been and sings three assorted songs—including a Tchaikovsky waltz—with lively charm.\" It Started with Eve It Started with Eve is a 1941 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Henry Koster and starring Deanna Durbin, Robert Cummings, and Charles Laughton. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Music Score (Charles Previn and Hans J. Salter). The film is considered by some critics to be Durbin's best film, and the last in which she worked with the producer (Joe Pasternak) and director (Henry Koster) that groomed her for stardom. \"It Started with Eve\" was remade in 1964", "title": "It Started with Eve" }, { "id": "84280", "text": "released by Screen Gems in 2009. In the supernatural horror-comedy \"Jennifer's Body\" (2009), Megan Fox plays a demonically possessed high school cheerleader. Also that year, Universal Pictures signed music video and film director Bille Woodruff (\"Barbershop\", \"Honey\") to direct the fifth film in the \"Bring It On\" series titled \"\". The film stars Christina Milian (who previously played cheerleaders in \"Love Don't Cost a Thing\" and \"Man of the House\") and Rachelle Brook Smith, and was released directly to DVD and Blu-ray on September 1, 2009. The television series \"Glee\" (2009-2015) featured Dianna Agron as Quinn Fabray, the captain of", "title": "Cheerleading" }, { "id": "6902029", "text": "the creators of \"Shaolin Monks\", \"couldn’t do it in time and under budget\". \"Mortal Kombat\" was adapted into two major motion pictures, \"Mortal Kombat\" (1995), and \"\" (1997), both co-developed by Threshold Entertainment and released by New Line Cinema (eventual corporate sibling, and later label, of \"Mortal Kombat\" rights holder Warner Bros.). Neither film was screened for critics prior to theatrical release. The first movie was released on August 18, 1995, grossing $23 million on its first weekend. \"Mortal Kombat\", despite mixed reviews from critics, became a financial success, eventually grossing $70 million in the U.S. (and over $122 million", "title": "Mortal Kombat" }, { "id": "8458286", "text": "stage. A number of critics appeared to be unaware of the visual references, and remarked on the video's cheap appearance. \"Bring It On\" was voted #1 for six consecutive weeks on the UK music video channel The Box. Two separate videos were made for \"My Lover's Prayer\", the first featured Alistair Griffin acting out a romantic scenario with a girl, the second showed Robin Gibb and Griffin in the recording studio. Neither video was included on the CD singles, and neither was ever released to the music stations. Clips from the second have appeared on several TV programmes and the", "title": "Bring It On (Alistair Griffin song)" }, { "id": "52634", "text": "Batman (1989 film) Batman is a 1989 American superhero film directed by Tim Burton and produced by Jon Peters and Peter Guber, based on the DC Comics character of the same name. It is the first installment of Warner Bros.' initial \"Batman\" film series. The film stars Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne/Batman and Jack Nicholson as the Joker, alongside Kim Basinger, Robert Wuhl, Pat Hingle, Billy Dee Williams, Michael Gough and Jack Palance. The film takes place early in the title character's war on crime, and depicts a battle with his nemesis the Joker. After Burton was hired as director", "title": "Batman (1989 film)" }, { "id": "6806618", "text": "(as this would make her a 'cheer whore'), but after being dared by Camille and Jesse to show up at the cheerleading tryouts, Britney impresses everyone with her cheerleading skills and experience. Camille, after being persuaded by her friends to \"do it for the squad,\" reluctantly invites her onto the squad. Britney and Jesse become close and eventually kiss. Around this time, singer Rihanna announces a television special where all high school cheerleading squads can compete, with the winners appearing in a music video with her and winning new computers for their school. Winnie finds out that Britney's cheering with", "title": "Bring It On: All or Nothing" }, { "id": "16599759", "text": "squads from across the country taking part in a competition. After travelling to Chicago, San Francisco, Denver, Houston, and Toronto, the tour closed on June 2, 2012. The touring stage production premiered on Broadway at the St. James Theatre on July 12, 2012, in previews and officially opened on August 1, 2012, for a limited engagement to October 7, 2012. The tour cast appeared in the Broadway production. The production extended its run on Broadway until December 30, 2012, closing after 21 previews and 173 performances. A Non-Equity National / International tour previewed in New Haven, Connecticut at the Shubert", "title": "Bring It On: The Musical" }, { "id": "18743883", "text": "Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a mini-series or a Special (Dramatic Underscore) for his work on the film. It (miniseries) It (also known as Stephen King's It) is a 1990 American supernatural thriller horror drama miniseries directed by Tommy Lee Wallace and adapted by Lawrence D. Cohen from Stephen King's 1986 novel of the same name. It is the first of two adaptations of the novel; the second being the 2017 film adaptation and its upcoming 2019 sequel. The story revolves around a predatory shapeshifter which has the ability to transform itself into its prey's", "title": "It (miniseries)" }, { "id": "18476107", "text": "Bring On the Girls (film) Bring on the Girls is a 1945 American musical comedy film starring Eddie Bracken, Sonny Tufts and Veronica Lake. It is loosely based on the 1940 French comedy \"The Man Who Seeks the Truth\". Wealthy J. Newport Bates breaks off an engagement after discovering his fiancee is a gold digger. He joins the Navy anonymously but his family insist he be chaperoned by Phil North. While on leave in Miami, Jay meets cigarette girl Teddy Collins, who was once was engaged to Phil. When Teddy learns Jay is rich she flirts with him and he", "title": "Bring On the Girls (film)" }, { "id": "7229322", "text": "Middle School while the rest of construction finished. In 1999, the movie \"Bring It On\" filmed on the campus, with the locker room, weight room and football scoreboard making it into the film. Mt. Carmel's on-campus football field, Sundevil Stadium, is a multi-purpose venue designed for football, soccer, lacrosse, track and field, and the annual Mt. Carmel Tournament of Bands, which is held on the 3rd Saturday of each October. The stadium was designed in 1971 and opened in 1974, with a capacity of 6,000. The Mt. Carmel football team's successes in the late 1980s and early 1990s brought Sundevil", "title": "Mt. Carmel High School (San Diego)" }, { "id": "15702154", "text": "the Zac Efron comedy \"17 Again\" and in \"\". Smith has played lead roles opposite Peter Gallagher in the 2008 film, \"\" and in 2009 she played the villainous Avery in a new installment of the \"Bring It On\" franchise, \"\" with Christina Milian. Her past filmography also includes \"Iron Man 2\", \"Burlesque\", \"A Place In The Heart\", \"Help! My Gumshoe’s An Idiot!\", as well as leading role in \"Pop Star\". On the small screen, Smith has appeared on Fox’s hit show \"Scream Queens\" and additional TV credits include: Fox’s \"Glee\", FX’s \"Anger Management\", CBS \"How I Met Your Mother\",", "title": "Rachele Brooke Smith" }, { "id": "12582376", "text": "Marching On! Marching On! is a 1943 American race film directed and written by Spencer Williams. Sequences were filmed at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. The film was later rereleased with additional musical sequences under the title Where's My Man To-nite?. The film focuses on a young African American who continues his family’s tradition of military service when he is drafted into the United States Army during World War II. Despite complications that arise during his basic training, including his jealousy following his girlfriend's flirtatious attention to his sergeant, the young soldier becomes a hero when he locates Japanese saboteurs operating a", "title": "Marching On!" }, { "id": "5717546", "text": "Carry On Sergeant Carry On Sergeant is a 1958 comedy film about National Service starring William Hartnell, Bob Monkhouse and Eric Barker; it is the first in the series of \"Carry On\" films, with 31 entries. The film was based on a play \"The Bull Boys\" by R. F. Delderfield and was adapted into a script by Norman Hudis with John Antrobus contributing additional material and replacing the conscripted ballet dancers of the novel into a married couple. It was directed by Gerald Thomas and produced by Peter Rogers, a partnership which would last until 1978. Actors in this film,", "title": "Carry On Sergeant" }, { "id": "10476020", "text": "contained various dance sequences. The same year, American director Anthony Mandler directed the accompanying music video for the second single \"Unfaithful\", which featured Rihanna in a dangerous love triangle with her lover and her husband. \"Unfaithful\" was Rihanna's first collaboration with Mandler; they later worked together regularly. Also in 2006, Rihanna played herself in the third installment of the \"Bring It On\" film series, entitled \"\". The music video for \"Umbrella\", the lead single from her third studio album \"Good Girl Gone Bad\" (2007), was directed by Chris Applebaum and featured scenes of Rihanna naked and covered in silver paint.", "title": "Rihanna videography" }, { "id": "1967995", "text": "the sound era—it was rated by both the National Board of Review and \"The New York Times\" as one of the Top 10 films of that year and won an Oscar nomination for its stirring Max Steiner score. It was followed later that year by \"The World Moves On\" with Madeleine Carroll and Franchot Tone, and the highly successful \"Judge Priest\", his second film with Will Rogers, which became one of the top-grossing films of the year. Ford's first film of 1935 (made for Columbia) was the mistaken-identity comedy \"The Whole Town's Talking\" with Edward G. Robinson and Jean Arthur,", "title": "John Ford" }, { "id": "1938451", "text": "It (1927 film) \"It\" is a 1927 silent romantic comedy film that tells the story of a shop girl who sets her sights on the handsome, wealthy boss of the department store where she works. It is based on a novella by Elinor Glyn that was originally serialized in \"Cosmopolitan\" magazine. This film turned actress Clara Bow into a major star, and led people to label her the \"It girl\". The film had its world premiere in Los Angeles on January 14, 1927, followed by a New York showing on February 5, 1927. \"\"It\"\" was released to the general public", "title": "It (1927 film)" }, { "id": "7490191", "text": "on the story.\" They said they would allow the \"Bring It On\" musical to proceed if Jessica is properly credited and compensated. In 2011, Bendinger co-wrote the song \"Hurts To Think\" on Miranda Lambert’s Four the Record, and \"Mostly Grey,” co-written with Emerson Hart, which appears on his 2014 album \"Beauty in Disrepair\". Awards and acknowledgments : Bendinger was inducted into the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences** (AMPAS) in July 2014. Jessica Bendinger Jessica Bendinger (born November 10, 1966) is an American screenwriter and novelist. She has written several films, including 2000's \"Bring It On\", 2004's \"First Daughter\"", "title": "Jessica Bendinger" } ]

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[ { "id": "2143555", "text": "national motto of the United States\". The resolution passed both the House and the Senate unanimously and without debate. The law was signed by President Eisenhower on July 30, 1956. The United States Code at , now states: \"'In God we trust' is the national motto.\" The same day, the President signed into law a requirement that \"In God We Trust\" be printed on all U.S. currency and coins. On paper currency, it first appeared on the silver certificate in 1957, followed by other certificates. Federal Reserve Notes and United States Notes were circulated with the motto starting from 1964", "title": "In God We Trust" }, { "id": "2143546", "text": "approved by President Dwight Eisenhower on July 30, 1956, declared \"In God We Trust\" must appear on American currency. This phrase was first used on paper money in 1957, when it appeared on the one-dollar silver certificate. The first paper currency bearing the phrase entered circulation on October 1, 1957. The 84th Congress later passed legislation (P.L. 84-851), also signed by President Eisenhower on July 30, 1956, declaring the phrase to be the national motto. Some groups and people have expressed objections to its use, citing its religious reference that violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. These groups", "title": "In God We Trust" }, { "id": "11416407", "text": "United States national motto The modern motto of the United States of America, as established in a 1956 law signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, is \"In God We Trust\". The phrase first appeared on U.S. coins in 1864. The 1956 law was the first establishment of an official motto for the country, although E Pluribus Unum (\"from many, one\") was adopted by an Act of Congress in 1782 as the motto for the Seal of the United States and has been used on coins and paper money since 1795. A phrase similar to \"In God We Trust\" appears in", "title": "United States national motto" }, { "id": "11416410", "text": "has not ruled on the issue. United States national motto The modern motto of the United States of America, as established in a 1956 law signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, is \"In God We Trust\". The phrase first appeared on U.S. coins in 1864. The 1956 law was the first establishment of an official motto for the country, although E Pluribus Unum (\"from many, one\") was adopted by an Act of Congress in 1782 as the motto for the Seal of the United States and has been used on coins and paper money since 1795. A phrase similar to", "title": "United States national motto" }, { "id": "2143552", "text": "coins as shall admit of such motto\". The similar phrase 'In God is our Trust' appears in \"The Star-Spangled Banner\", adopted as the national anthem of the United States in 1931. Written by Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812, the fourth stanza includes the phrase, \"And this be our motto: 'In God is our Trust'\", which was adapted as the national motto. The use of \"In God We Trust\" has been interrupted. The motto disappeared from the five-cent coin in 1883, and did not reappear until production of the Jefferson nickel began in 1938. However, at least two", "title": "In God We Trust" }, { "id": "2143545", "text": "In God We Trust \"In God We Trust\" is the official motto of the United States of America, Nicaragua, and of the U.S. state of Florida. It was adopted as the United States' motto in 1956 as a replacement or alternative to the unofficial motto of \"E pluribus unum\", which was adopted when the Great Seal of the United States was created and adopted in 1782. \"In God We Trust\" first appeared on the two-cent piece in 1864 and has appeared on paper currency since 1957. A law passed in a Joint Resolution by the 84th Congress (P.L. 84-140) and", "title": "In God We Trust" }, { "id": "2143554", "text": "$20 coin which did not bear the motto. The motto has been in continuous use on the one-cent coin since 1909, and on the ten-cent coin since 1916. It also has appeared on all gold coins and silver dollar coins, half-dollar coins, and quarter-dollar coins struck since July 1, 1908. Since 1938, all US coins have borne the motto. During the Cold War era, the government of the United States sought to distinguish itself from the Soviet Union, which promoted state atheism and thus implemented antireligious legislation. The 84th Congress passed a joint resolution \"declaring IN GOD WE TRUST the", "title": "In God We Trust" }, { "id": "1420288", "text": "Roosevelt in New York. In addition to the prescribed elements on U.S. coins—LIBERTY and the date—the motto In God We Trust appeared for the first time on a coin of this denomination. The United States Congress passed the Act of March 3, 1865, authorizing the use of this motto on U.S. coins, during Lincoln's tenure in office. Even though no legislation was required for the new design, approval of the Secretary of the Treasury was necessary to make the change. Franklin MacVeagh gave his approval on July 14, 1909, and not quite three weeks later, on August 2, the new", "title": "Penny (United States coin)" }, { "id": "2143553", "text": "other coins minted in every year in the interim still bore the motto, including the Morgan dollar and the Seated Liberty half dollar. The omission of the motto \"In God We Trust\" on the Indian Head eagle coin caused public outrage, and prompted Congress to pass a bill mandating its inclusion. Mint Chief Engraver Charles E. Barber added the words and made minor modifications to the design. In 1908, Congress made it mandatory that the phrase be printed on all coins upon which it had previously appeared. This decision was motivated after a public outcry following the release of a", "title": "In God We Trust" }, { "id": "6676638", "text": "Coinage Act of 1864 The Coinage Act of 1864 was passed on April 22, 1864. The United States federal law changed the composition of the one-cent coin and authorized the minting of the two-cent coin. The Director of the United States Mint developed the designs for these coins for final approval of the Secretary of the Treasury. As a result of this law, the phrase \"\"In God We Trust\"\" first appeared, on the 1864 two-cent coin. An Act of Congress, passed on March 3, 1865, allowed the Mint Director, with the Secretary's approval, to place the phrase on all gold", "title": "Coinage Act of 1864" }, { "id": "2143550", "text": "Treasury decided on a new motto, \"In God We Trust,\" to engrave on U.S. coins. Lincoln's involvement in this decision is unclear. A version of the motto made an early appearance on obverse side of the twenty dollar interest bearing note issued in 1864 along with the motto \"God and our Right\". As Chase was preparing his recommendation to Congress, it was found that the Act of Congress dated January 18, 1837 prescribed the mottoes and devices that should be placed upon the coins of the United States. This meant that the mint could make no changes without the enactment", "title": "In God We Trust" }, { "id": "1527754", "text": "regulations to which the U.S. Treasury must adhere when redesigning banknotes. The national motto \"In God We Trust\" must appear on all U.S. currency and coins. Though the motto had periodically appeared on coins since 1865, it did not appear on currency (other than interest-bearing notes in 1861) until a law passed in 1956 required it. It began to appear on Federal Reserve Notes delivered from 1964 to 1966, depending on denomination. The portraits appearing on the U.S. currency can feature only people who have died, whose names should be included below each of the portraits. Since the standardization of", "title": "Federal Reserve Note" }, { "id": "6676639", "text": "and silver coins that \"shall admit the inscription thereon.\" In 1956, \"\"In God We Trust\"\" replaced \"\"E Pluribus Unum\"\" as the national motto. All currency was printed and minted with the new motto. Coinage Act of 1864 The Coinage Act of 1864 was passed on April 22, 1864. The United States federal law changed the composition of the one-cent coin and authorized the minting of the two-cent coin. The Director of the United States Mint developed the designs for these coins for final approval of the Secretary of the Treasury. As a result of this law, the phrase \"\"In God", "title": "Coinage Act of 1864" }, { "id": "15944420", "text": "nickel coin was introduced in 1866, and gradually it made the half dime obsolete. To this day, the nickel, though the design has changed, retains the same metallic content it had from its inception: ~25% nickel, ~75% copper. The second half of the 19th century saw several odd coin denominations. The two cent piece was minted from 1864 to 1873. It was the first American coin to display the phrase In God We Trust, a result of the increased wartime religiosity during the Civil War. Three cent pieces made of silver, and later copper-nickel, were also made around this era.", "title": "Numismatic history of the United States" }, { "id": "2325310", "text": "dollar coin is the same size and composition as the Sacagawea dollar. \"In God We Trust\", the issue year, and the mint mark appear on the edge. The first dollar, honoring George Washington, was released into circulation on February 15, 2007. However, became law on December 26, 2007 which moved \"In God We Trust\" from the edge to the obverse. A common minting error on this coin, estimated at 80,000, from a mintage of 300,000,000 coins, is the omission of the edge lettering causing a plain outside edge. Because the omission includes the words \"In God We Trust\", some in", "title": "Dollar coin (United States)" }, { "id": "18681689", "text": "half dollar \"a halfway point between the designs on French silver pieces early in the new century and A. A. Weinman's 'Walking Liberty' for the half dollar\". The fifty-cent piece bears the motto \"In God We Trust\", as do the $50 pieces, the first commemorative coins to display it. That motto was first used on U.S. coins in 1864. In the 19th century, it was not mandatory that the motto be used, but it nevertheless appeared on most denominations of U.S. coins by the turn of the 20th century. In 1907 and 1908, there had been many objections to the", "title": "Panama–Pacific commemorative coins" }, { "id": "2143564", "text": "practice has not historically presented any constitutional difficulty, is not coercive, and does not prefer one religious denomination over another. \"In God We Trust\" as a national motto and on U.S. currency has been the subject of numerous unsuccessful lawsuits. The motto was first challenged in \"Aronow v. United States\" in 1970, but the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled: \"It is quite obvious that the national motto and the slogan on coinage and currency 'In God We Trust' has nothing whatsoever to do with the establishment of religion. Its use is of patriotic or ceremonial", "title": "In God We Trust" }, { "id": "2143551", "text": "of additional legislation by the Congress. Such legislation was introduced and passed as the Coinage Act of 1864 on April 22, 1864, allowing the Secretary of the Treasury to authorize the inclusion of the phrase on one-cent and two-cent coins. An Act of Congress passed on March 3, 1865, allowed the Mint Director, with the Secretary's approval, to place the motto on all gold and silver coins that \"shall admit the inscription thereon\". In 1873, Congress passed the Coinage Act, granting that the Secretary of the Treasury \"may cause the motto IN GOD WE TRUST to be inscribed on such", "title": "In God We Trust" }, { "id": "2143571", "text": "1787.\" Aside from constitutional objections, President Theodore Roosevelt took issue with using the motto on coinage as he considered using God's name on money to be sacrilege. In September 2014, a proposal to add displays of \"In God We Trust\" on public property in Ballwin, Missouri was defeated following a plea to a meeting of aldermen by a local atheist. In God We Trust \"In God We Trust\" is the official motto of the United States of America, Nicaragua, and of the U.S. state of Florida. It was adopted as the United States' motto in 1956 as a replacement or", "title": "In God We Trust" }, { "id": "2143557", "text": "States currency and coins\". O'Hair v. Blumenthal (1978) challenged the inclusion of the phrase \"In God We Trust\" on U.S. currency. A similar decision was reached by the Fifth Circuit in Madalyn Murray O'Hair vs W. Michael Blumenthal in 1979, which affirmed that the \"primary purpose of the slogan was secular.\" In March 2001, Governor of Mississippi Ronnie Musgrove signed legislation requiring the motto \"In God We Trust\" to be displayed in every public school classroom, as well as the school auditoriums and cafeterias, throughout the state. After the September 11 attacks in 2001, many public schools across the United", "title": "In God We Trust" }, { "id": "2143549", "text": "to add a statement recognizing \"Almighty God in some form on our coins\" in order to \"relieve us from the ignominy of heathenism\". At least part of the motivation was to declare that God was on the Union side of the Civil War. Treasury Secretary Salmon P. Chase acted on this proposal and directed the then-Philadelphia Director of the Mint, James Pollock, to begin drawing up possible designs that would include the religious phrase. Chase chose his favorite designs and presented a proposal to Congress for the new designs in late 1863. In December 1863, Abraham Lincoln's Secretary of the", "title": "In God We Trust" }, { "id": "6072413", "text": "Aronow v. United States Aronow v. United States was the first case to challenge the inclusion of \"In God We Trust\" on U.S. currency. The law it challenged was \"31 U.S.C. § 324a \"the inscription 'In God we Trust'...shall appear on all United States currency and coins\". In 1970, Stefan Ray Aronow having been found without standing to sue by the District Court, appealed his case to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit challenging \"the use of expressions of trust in God by the United States Government on its coinage, currency, official documents and publications. Specifically,", "title": "Aronow v. United States" }, { "id": "6270479", "text": "\"Hohman doesn't really exist, but the sights, sounds and events Mr. Shepherd described happening there grew out of his experiences growing up in and around real-life Hammond, Ind.\" The title of the novel is a play on words, primarily the motto \"In God We Trust\", which became a common motto in the 19th century in the United States, and was used on American coins frequently after 1864. \"In God we trust, all others pay cash\" was a common phrase in America in the early decades of the 20th century. Shepherd specifically denied that the work is a collection of short", "title": "In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash" }, { "id": "1199444", "text": "the phrase \"In God We Trust\" on United States coins and currency. A former pastor, Mark R. Watkinson, felt that the Civil War was going to leave the country with a bad name, \"brother fighting brother in a civil war\", and wrote a letter to Salmon P. Chase, Secretary of the Treasury, suggesting \"God, Liberty, Law,\" be put on the coins. Chase referred the matter to James B. Longacre, Mint Engraver. A committee later settled on \"In God We Trust\", and the words first appeared on a 2-cent coin. A plaque on the outside of the church announces the birthplace", "title": "Prospect Park, Pennsylvania" }, { "id": "6072419", "text": "the Fifth Circuit in \"Madalyn Murray O'Hair vs W. Michael Blumenthal\" in 1979, which affirmed that the \"primary purpose of the slogan was secular.\" Aronow v. United States Aronow v. United States was the first case to challenge the inclusion of \"In God We Trust\" on U.S. currency. The law it challenged was \"31 U.S.C. § 324a \"the inscription 'In God we Trust'...shall appear on all United States currency and coins\". In 1970, Stefan Ray Aronow having been found without standing to sue by the District Court, appealed his case to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth", "title": "Aronow v. United States" }, { "id": "2143558", "text": "States posted \"In God We Trust\" framed posters in their \"libraries, cafeterias and classrooms\". The American Family Association supplied several 11-by-14-inch posters to school systems and vowed to defend any legal challenges to the displaying of the posters. According to a 2003 joint poll by \"USA Today\", CNN, and Gallup, 90% of Americans support the inscription \"In God We Trust\" on U.S. coins. In 2006, on the 50th anniversary of its adoption, the Senate reaffirmed \"In God We Trust\" as the official national motto of the United States of America. In Florida House Bill no. 1145, Florida adopted 'In God", "title": "In God We Trust" }, { "id": "2761496", "text": "1935) when it was first issued as a Federal Reserve Note (previously, one dollar bills were Silver Certificates). The inclusion of the motto, \"In God We Trust,\" on all currency was required by law in 1955, and first appeared on paper money in 1957. An individual dollar bill is also less formally known as a one, a single, a buck, a bone, and a bill. The Federal Reserve says the average life of a $1 bill in circulation is 5.8 years before it is replaced because of wear. Approximately 42% of all U.S. currency produced in 2009 were one-dollar bills.", "title": "United States one-dollar bill" }, { "id": "2143563", "text": "in two places of the Quran, in Surah 10 Yunus, as well as Surah 7 Al-A'raf, and several other verses reinforce this concept. Melkote Ramaswamy, a Hindu American scholar, writes that the presence of the phrase \"In God We Trust\" on American currency is a reminder that \"there is God everywhere, whether we are conscious or not.\" Advocates of separation of church and state have questioned the legality of this motto asserting that it is a violation of the United States Constitution, prohibiting the government from passing any law respecting an establishment of religion. Religious accommodationists state that this entrenched", "title": "In God We Trust" }, { "id": "17481487", "text": "in the midst of an internal war, in November 1861, Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase received a proposal that American coinage bear an expression of faith in God. After various wordings were considered, \"In God We Trust\" was placed on the new two-cent piece in 1864. The Act of March 3, 1865 that authorized the copper-nickel three-cent piece also required that the motto appear on all coins large enough to bear it. Pursuant to this mandate, Longacre began re-engraving the various denominations of U.S. coinage. In 1866, he added \"In God We Trust\" to all coins that did", "title": "Liberty Head double eagle" }, { "id": "2496520", "text": "Trust' \". Chase may have been influenced in his decision by the motto of his alma mater, Brown University, \"In Deo Speramus\" (In God We Hope). As the mottoes to be placed on coinage were prescribed by the 1837 act, a legislative change was needed. The act which created the two-cent piece authorized the Mint Director, with the Secretary of the Treasury's approval, to prescribe the designs and mottoes to be used. Longacre's two-cent piece was the first coin inscribed with \"In God We Trust\". The motto was popularized by the new coin; on March 3, 1865 Congress passed legislation", "title": "Two-cent piece (United States)" }, { "id": "2143547", "text": "believe the phrase should be removed from currency and public property. In lawsuits, this argument has so far not overcome the interpretational doctrine of accommodationism, which allows government to endorse religious establishments as long as they are all treated equally. According to a 2003 joint poll by USA Today, CNN, and Gallup, 90% of Americans support the inscription \"In God We Trust\" on U.S. coins. In 2006, \"In God We Trust\" was designated as the motto of the U.S. state of Florida. Its Spanish equivalent, \"En Dios Confiamos,\" is the motto of the Republic of Nicaragua. In 1860, the phrase", "title": "In God We Trust" }, { "id": "2761514", "text": "of the United States to the left and right of the word \"ONE\". This word appears prominently in the white space at the center of the bill in a capitalized, shadowed, and seriffed typeface. A smaller image of the word \"ONE\" is superimposed over the numeral \"1\" in each of the four corners of the bill. \"THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA\" spans the top of the bill, \"ONE DOLLAR\" is emblazoned along the bottom, and above the central \"ONE\" are the words \"IN GOD WE TRUST,\" which became the official motto of the United States in 1956 by an Act", "title": "United States one-dollar bill" }, { "id": "5345519", "text": "February. When the results proved satisfactory, San Francisco began striking its first Peace dollars using the low-relief design on February 13, with Denver initiating production on February 21, and Philadelphia on February 23. The three mints together struck over 84 million pieces in 1922. The 1926 Peace dollar, from all mints, has on the obverse the word \"God\", slightly boldened. The Peace dollar's lettering tended to strike indistinctly, and Burdette suggests that the new chief engraver, John R. Sinnock (who succeeded Morgan after his 1925 death), may have begun work in the middle of the motto \"In God We Trust\",", "title": "Peace dollar" }, { "id": "2564402", "text": "Panic of 1857. He chaired the Pennsylvania delegation to the Peace Conference of 1861, and was appointed by President Lincoln as Director of the Philadelphia mint that same year. While leading the United States Mint, he was instructed by the Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase in a letter to come up with suggestions for including \"the trust of our people in God\" in a motto on America's coins. Pollock proposed a number of mottos, including \"Our Trust Is In God\" and \"God Our Trust,\" which Chase ultimately revised to \"In God We Trust.\" The 1864 two-cent piece was", "title": "James Pollock" }, { "id": "2143548", "text": "was used in the Coat of arms of New Westminster, Canada. The phrase has been included in many hymns and religious-patriotic songs. During the American Civil War, the 125th Pennsylvania Infantry for the Union Army assumed the motto \"In God we trust\" in early August 1862. William W. Wallace, coiner, circa August 1862, of the motto \"In God We Trust\" was Captain of Company C of the 125th Pennsylvania Infantry. The Reverend Mark R. Watkinson of 'Ridleyville', Pennsylvania, (pastor of Prospect Hill Baptist Church in present-day Prospect Park, Pennsylvania) in a letter dated November 13, 1861, petitioned the Treasury Department", "title": "In God We Trust" }, { "id": "10905352", "text": "well known farm on Walnut Creek, where the pioneer father died at the age of 51 on March 19, 1797, less than two years after his arrival at Mill Creek\". Seth Read, in 51 years, left his legacy, as a patriot soldier, a legislator, a pioneer, and as one who was instrumental in the phrase E Pluribus Unum, (\"From Many, One\") being added to all U.S. coins. This phrase is considered \"the traditional motto\" of the United States. \"In God We Trust\" was then added in 1956. His wife (born Hannah Harwood) died in Erie on December 8, 1821 at", "title": "Seth Read" }, { "id": "2143556", "text": "to 1966, depending on the denomination. (Of these, only Federal Reserve Notes are still circulated.) Representative Charles Edward Bennett of Florida cited the Cold War when he introduced the bill in the House, saying \"In these days when imperialistic and materialistic communism seeks to attack and destroy freedom, we should continually look for ways to strengthen the foundations of our freedom\". Aronow v. United States was the first case to challenge the inclusion of \"In God We Trust\" on U.S. currency. The law it challenged was \"31 U.S.C. § 324a \"the inscription 'In God we Trust'...shall appear on all United", "title": "In God We Trust" }, { "id": "8944804", "text": "motto was replaced and is now In God We Trust, a phrase that first appeared on American coins in 1864 at the height of the American Civil War. Due to primitive working conditions, materials and poorly constructed dies numerous errors and variations appeared. These include letters and numbers shaped differently, cracks appearing on the surface of the coins, misstrikes and overstrikes (Liberty half dime, 1796), the size of stars or numbers varied from one die to the next (1807 half dollar) and dates overpunched previous dates (1800 large cent, printed over 1798 and 1799). Incongruities persisted: In 1796 the half", "title": "Draped Bust" }, { "id": "4902068", "text": "debt to the British copper coins of that period depicting Britannia—Barber was an Englishman by birth. He deemed it appropriate that the ship that is visible is powered by steam. Numismatist Yancey Rayburn, in his 1970 article, wrote that the twenty-cent piece is bare of much of the lettering common on US coins: neither \"In God We Trust\" nor \"\"E Pluribus Unum\"\" appears on it. At the time, \"\"E Pluribus Unum\"\" was required on American coins under the 1873 act; \"In God We Trust\" was included on different coins at the discretion of the secretary of the treasury. The mottos", "title": "Twenty-cent piece (United States coin)" }, { "id": "15345879", "text": "to Longacre, \"it is truly pleasing to see a man pass the life of three score and ten and yet be able to produce the same artistic works as in earlier days.\" In 1865 Congress required the use of \"In God We Trust\" on all coins large enough to bear the inscription; in 1866, Longacre added the motto to all silver coins larger than the dime and all gold coins larger than the three-dollar piece. He also in 1867 made modifications to the design of the copper-nickel five-cent piece, or nickel as it was coming to be known. In 1865,", "title": "James B. Longacre" }, { "id": "2143566", "text": "removed from U.S. coins and banknotes. In 2004, he received the special Recognition Freethought Hero Award for his case to remove \"In God We Trust\" from currency. In a November 14, 2005 interview with Fox News's Neil Cavuto, Newdow compared \"In God We Trust\" appearing on United States currency with racial segregation (specifically separate drinking fountains), saying, \"How can you not compare those? What is the difference there? Both of them [whites and blacks] got equal water. They both had access. It was government saying that it's okay to separate out these two people on the basis of race. Here", "title": "In God We Trust" }, { "id": "5078415", "text": "1951, he began proposing a code of ethics for government employees, nicknamed \"The Ten Commandments\". After the Sherman Adams affair, the document was adopted as the first Code of ethics for Government Service in 1958. In 1955, he sponsored the bill that added the words In God We Trust to both the nation's coins and currency. He signed the Southern Manifesto, but later sought and received strong support in Jacksonville's growing black community. To prove to his constituents that his handicap did not interfere with his serving in Congress, he amassed the record for the longest unbroken string of recorded", "title": "Charles E. Bennett (politician)" }, { "id": "12287550", "text": "of their inaugurations, starting with George Washington, on the obverse side. The reverse side features the Statue of Liberty. To allow for larger, more detailed portraits, the traditional inscriptions of \"E Pluribus Unum\", \"In God We Trust\", the year of minting or issuance, and the mint mark will be inscribed on the edge of the coin instead of the face. This feature, similar to the edge inscriptions seen on the British £1 coin, is not usually associated with U.S. coin designs. The inscription \"Liberty\" has been eliminated, with the Statue of Liberty serving as a sufficient replacement. In addition, due", "title": "United States dollar" }, { "id": "2325306", "text": "issue, mint mark, and motto \"E Pluribus Unum\" are found on the edge of the coin instead of on the obverse or reverse, which allows for more room for the design. Unlike the Presidential $1 coins from before 2009, \"In God We Trust\" remains on the obverse and the vacant space on the edge lettering has been taken up by thirteen stars, symbolizing the Thirteen Colonies. Also, unlike any other denomination of circulating U.S. coinage (but in common with the Presidential $1 coins), the value is inscribed in numerals on the reverse. The act passed by Congress requires that 20%", "title": "Dollar coin (United States)" }, { "id": "5614409", "text": "for Lincoln to meet the delegation. After hearing their petition, Lincoln responded: The proposal was supported by Senators Charles Sumner, B. Gratz Brown and John Sherman, but did not come to a vote in Congress. One member of the National Reform Association, James Pollock, played a role in getting the phrase \"In God We Trust\" on the two-cent coin in 1864. Another version of the amendment read: Similar proposals were considered by Congress in 1874, 1896 and 1910, but none passed. With the growing backlash in American society against communism in the 1940s and 1950s, new efforts were made to", "title": "Christian amendment" }, { "id": "2143559", "text": "We Trust' as the official state motto, effective July 1, 2006. In 2011 the House of Representatives passed an additional resolution reaffirming \"In God We Trust\" as the official motto of the United States, in a 396–9 vote. In 2013, a federal court rejected a challenge, brought by Michael Newdow and the Freedom From Religion Foundation, to remove \"In God We Trust\" from American currency. On January 31, 2014, purporting to defend religious freedom, the Mississippi senate voted to add the words, \"In God We Trust\" to the state seal and the change was made effective on July 1, 2014.", "title": "In God We Trust" }, { "id": "1573574", "text": "Republicans. To honor Chase for introducing the modern system of banknotes, he was depicted on the $10,000 bill printed from 1928 to 1946. Chase was instrumental in placing the phrase \"In God We Trust\" on United States coins in 1864. In June 1864, Lincoln surprised Chase by accepting his third offer of resignation. The Republican Party had at that point already nominated Lincoln as its presidential candidate and the Treasury was in solid shape, so Lincoln no longer needed to keep Chase in the cabinet to forestall a challenge for the presidential nomination. But to placate the Radical wing of", "title": "Salmon P. Chase" }, { "id": "15626419", "text": "coin could be struck by one blow of the Mint's presses. Saint-Gaudens died on August 3, 1907, and Roosevelt insisted that the new eagle be finished and struck that month. New pieces were given to the President on August 31 which differ from the coins struck later for circulation. The omission of the motto \"In God We Trust\" on the new coins caused public outrage, and prompted Congress to pass a bill mandating its inclusion. Mint Chief Engraver Charles E. Barber added the words and made minor modifications to the design. The Indian Head eagle was struck regularly until 1916,", "title": "Indian Head eagle" }, { "id": "15626439", "text": "as \"placed incongruously\". The new eagles entered circulation around November 4, 1907, although Leach did not receive formal approval to issue the pieces until December 19. As early as November 7, articles were appearing in newspapers noting the omission of the motto \"In God We Trust\" on the eagle, and the Mint soon began to receive many complaints. Roosevelt believed that using God's name on coins was sacrilegious, and had confirmed with government lawyers that no law required the motto's use. Saint-Gaudens wanted to include only the minimum of lettering on the new coins, and was content to omit the", "title": "Indian Head eagle" }, { "id": "8103739", "text": "of his one-cent tokens struck and placed into circulation in 1863. One of the common uses for the token was for streetcar fare. The Third Avenue Railroad company of New York, which had willingly accepted a large quantity of the Lindenmueller tokens in lieu of actual currency, asked Lindenmueller to redeem them. He refused, and the railroad had no legal recourse. Incidents such as these eventually forced the government to intervene. On April 22, 1864, Congress enacted the Coinage Act of 1864. While the act is most remembered for the introduction of the phrase \"In God We Trust\" on the", "title": "Civil War token" }, { "id": "5241407", "text": "at 20 dollars were produced in 1879 as well. These coins used a modified version of the then-current Liberty Head (Coronet) design of the double eagle, replacing the stars on the obverse with \"★30★G★1.5★S★3.5★C★35★G★R★A★M★S★\", and the motto \"IN GOD WE TRUST\" on the reverse with the same \"DEO EST GLORIA\" found on the reverse of the stella. Only 425 examples of the Stella were made. All 1880 coins are rare; 16 or 17 examples are known. Stella (United States coin) The United States four dollar coin, also officially called a Stella, is a unit of currency equivalent to four United", "title": "Stella (United States coin)" }, { "id": "2825067", "text": "Calvinist heritage. The modern official motto of the United States of America, as established in a 1956 law signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, is \"In God We Trust\". The phrase first appeared on U.S. coins in 1864. According to a 2002 survey by the Pew Research Center, nearly 6 in 10 Americans said that religion plays an important role in their lives, compared to 33% in Great Britain, 27% in Italy, 21% in Germany, 12% in Japan, and 11% in France. The survey report stated that the results showed America having a greater similarity to developing nations (where higher", "title": "Religion in the United States" }, { "id": "5510045", "text": "and other foreign trade and are not seen in circulation.\" In November 1861, Reverend M. R. Watkinson suggested in a letter that some sort of religious motto should be placed on American coinage to reflect the increasing religiosity of United States citizens following the outbreak of the Civil War. In an October 21, 1863, report to Treasury Secretary Salmon P. Chase, Pollock expressed his own desire to emblazon American coins with a religious motto. The Mint began producing patterns bearing various mottoes, including \"God Our Trust\" and \"In God We Trust\"; the latter was ultimately selected, and its first use", "title": "Seated Liberty dollar" }, { "id": "1420286", "text": "during Lincoln's presidency; legitimate coinage had become scarce during the Civil War. These early tokens undoubtedly influenced the denomination, appearance, size, and composition of Lincoln cents. Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th U.S. President, thought American coins were so common and uninspiring that he attempted to get the motto \"In God We Trust\" removed as offending religion. Roosevelt had the opportunity to pose for a young Lithuanian-born Jew, Victor David Brenner, who, since arriving nineteen years earlier in the United States had become one of the nation's premier medalists. Roosevelt had learned of Brenner's talents in a settlement house on New York", "title": "Penny (United States coin)" }, { "id": "2496521", "text": "ordering its use on all coins large enough to permit it. Since 1938, \"In God We Trust\" has been used on all American coins. The obverse design is a Longacre version of the Great Seal of the United States. His design focuses on the shield, or escutcheon, as a defensive weapon, signifying strength and self-protection through unity. The upper part of the shield, or \"chief\", symbolizes Congress, while the 13 vertical stripes, or \"paleways\", represent the states; consequently the entire escutcheon symbolizes the strength of the federal government through the unity of the states. The crossed arrows represent nonaggression, but", "title": "Two-cent piece (United States)" }, { "id": "5356266", "text": "and Bettencourt join Angel in the video for the track \"MF 2\" which was shot atop the Aladdin parking garage. In 1990, Bettencourt played rhythm guitar on the single version of Janet Jackson's \"Black Cat,\" which was his first pop collaboration and a number one hit. In return for his contribution, Jackson was speculated to provide a spoken line on the song \"Money (In God We Trust)\" from Extreme's second album, \"Pornograffiti\". In 1993, Bettencourt co-wrote and produced \"Where Are You Going\" for the \"Super Mario Bros.\" movie. He also joined Robert Palmer in the studio to record Palmer's album", "title": "Nuno Bettencourt" }, { "id": "3608446", "text": "first spouses have been women (often called First Ladies), but the law uses the term \"First Spouse\". The obverse of these coins feature portraits of the nation's First Spouses, their names, the dates and order of their terms as first spouse, as well as the year of minting or issuance, and the words \"In God We Trust\" and \"Liberty.\" The United States Mint issued the First Spouse gold coins on the same schedule as the Presidential $1 coins issued honoring the Presidents. Each coin has a unique reverse design featuring an image emblematic of that spouse's life and work, as", "title": "Presidential $1 Coin Program" }, { "id": "11416408", "text": "the final stanza of \"The Star-Spangled Banner\". Written in 1814 by Francis Scott Key (and later adopted as the U.S. national anthem on March 3, 1931 by U.S. President Herbert Hoover), the song contains an early reference to a variation of the phrase: \"And this be our motto: 'In God is our trust.'\" The change from \"E Pluribus Unum\" to \"In God We Trust\" was generally considered uncontroversial at the time, given the rising influence of organized religion and pressures of the Cold War era in the 1950s. The 1956 law was one of several legislative actions Congress took to", "title": "United States national motto" }, { "id": "1528287", "text": "It allowed the motto \"In God We Trust\" to appear on American coinage—continuing permission granted in the Act of March 3, 1865, which had authorized the three-cent nickel. The 1873 law allowed for the redemption of current or obsolete base-metal coinage by the Treasury when presented in lots of $20 or more, continuing a provision enacted in 1871. Further provisions in this part of the act allowed depositors of silver bullion to receive their metal back in the form of bars or in Trade dollars. It forbade deposit of silver for striking into other coins, but allowed the Mint, for", "title": "Coinage Act of 1873" }, { "id": "17391833", "text": "the 20th day of June every year thereafter, if they demanded. The coin’s reverse depicts a Fleur de lis, an element found within the city’s coat of arms and borrowed from the arms of La Rochelle, France. Arranged in arcs around the periphery are the statutory inscriptions \"UNITED•STATES•OF•AMERICA, E•PLURIBUS•UNUM, LIBERTY\" and \"IN• GOD•WE•TRUST\". The date 1938 and value \"HALF•DOLLAR\" appear at the bottom in two lines. The New Rochelle centennial half dollar was minted exclusively at the Philadelphia Mint. A total of 15,266 coins were produced. New Rochelle Centennial Half-Dollar The New Rochelle Sestercentennial Half-Dollar (1938) was minted to celebrate", "title": "New Rochelle Centennial Half-Dollar" }, { "id": "5908328", "text": "Ceremonial deism Ceremonial deism is a legal term used in the United States to designate as harmless governmental religious references and practices deemed to be mere ritual and non-religious through long customary usage. Proposed examples of ceremonial deism include the reference to God introduced into the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954, the phrase \"In God We Trust\" on U.S. currency, and the Ohio state motto, \"With God, all things are possible\". The term was coined in 1962 by the then-dean of Yale Law School, Eugene Rostow, and has been used since 1984 by the Supreme Court of the United States", "title": "Ceremonial deism" }, { "id": "413892", "text": "the negative term \"nature faker\" to describe writers who depicted their animal characters with excessive anthropomorphism. Roosevelt intensely disliked being called \"Teddy\", and was quick to point out this fact to those who referred to him as such, though it would become widely used by newspapers during his political career. He attended church regularly, and was a lifelong adherent of the Reformed Church in America, an American affiliate of the Dutch Reformed Church. In 1907, concerning the motto \"In God We Trust\" on money, he wrote, \"It seems to me eminently unwise to cheapen such a motto by use on", "title": "Theodore Roosevelt" }, { "id": "10646652", "text": "into deep perpetual debt to foreign creditors. So the President was quick to endorse Taylor's proposal. On February 25, 1862, Congress passed the first Legal Tender Act, which authorized the issuance of $150 million in United States Notes. The reverse of the notes were printed with green ink, and were thus called \"greenbacks\" by the public, being considered equivalent to the Demand Notes already known as such. These Notes were issued by the United States to pay for labor and goods. Earlier Secretary Chase had the slogan, \"In God We Trust\" engraved on U. S. coins. During a cabinet meeting", "title": "Greenback (1860s money)" }, { "id": "8703136", "text": "five percent silver, giving them a distinct so-called \"green gold\" color. Its weight was virtually the same, 8.359 grams, but the diameter was reduced one final time, to 21.6 mm, in 1840, for a gold content of 0.242 Troy Oz. This design was used for nearly 70 years, from 1839 to 1908, with a modest change in 1866, when \"In God We Trust\" was placed on the reverse above the eagle. The Liberty Head half eagle holds the distinction of being the only coin of a single design to be minted at seven U.S. Mints: Philadelphia, Dahlonega, Charlotte, New Orleans,", "title": "Half eagle" }, { "id": "5908333", "text": "personal judge and father.\" Ceremonial deism Ceremonial deism is a legal term used in the United States to designate as harmless governmental religious references and practices deemed to be mere ritual and non-religious through long customary usage. Proposed examples of ceremonial deism include the reference to God introduced into the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954, the phrase \"In God We Trust\" on U.S. currency, and the Ohio state motto, \"With God, all things are possible\". The term was coined in 1962 by the then-dean of Yale Law School, Eugene Rostow, and has been used since 1984 by the Supreme Court", "title": "Ceremonial deism" }, { "id": "2143570", "text": "School District brought by a student of the district and the American Humanist Association that argued that the phrase \"under God\" in the Pledge of Allegiance created a climate of discrimination because it promoted religion, making non-believers \"second-class citizens\". He noted; \"As a matter of historical tradition, the words 'under God' can no more be expunged from the national consciousness than the words 'In God We Trust' from every coin in the land, than the words 'so help me God' from every presidential oath since 1789, or than the prayer that has opened every congressional session of legislative business since", "title": "In God We Trust" }, { "id": "20192480", "text": "Deus seja louvado \"Deus seja louvado\" (In English, \"God be praised\") is an expression displayed in the left bottom part of all Brazilian real currency banknotes. It exists since the 1980 decade, when the then President of the Republic, José Sarney, openly Catholic, asked the Banco Central (Central Bank) to include the phrase in the cruzado coin. The Federal Government at the time got inspired by theist doctrines of other secular states such as the United States of America that were already using the motto \"In God We Trust\" in its dollar banknotes. The first banknotes with the inscription were", "title": "Deus seja louvado" }, { "id": "2520288", "text": "would be increased to . Barber duly produced the required designs. Fairly large numbers of pattern coins were struck. Barber's design for the nickel showed a portrait similar to that eventually adopted for the obverse, with \"United States of America\" and the date. The reverse featured the required wreath surrounding the \"V\", and no other lettering. A modified pattern design later that year added the words \"In God We Trust\" to the reverse. Snowden decided that the proposed cents and three-cent pieces would be too small for effective use, but Barber continued work on the nickel, with the size adjusted", "title": "Liberty Head nickel" }, { "id": "2564403", "text": "the first coin with the approved motto and today all American coins are inscribed with \"In God We Trust.\" James Pollock was also a trustee of Lafayette College from 1855 to 1876, and its president from 1863 onwards. James Pollock possessed a strong faith in God. Concurring with Secretary Chase's instructions, in his 1863 report to the Secretary of the Treasury, he wrote, \"We claim to be a Christian nation—why should we not vindicate our character by honoring the God of Nations…Our national coinage should do this. Its legends and devices should declare our trust in God—in Him who is", "title": "James Pollock" }, { "id": "3608433", "text": "the inscription \"United States of America\". Inscribed along the edge of the coin is the year of minting or issuance of the coin, the mint mark, 13 stars, and also the legend in the following arrangement: ; before 2009, \"In God We Trust\" was also part of the edge lettering. The legend \"Liberty\" is absent from the coin altogether, since the decision was made that the image of the Statue of Liberty on the reverse of the coin was sufficient to convey the message of liberty. The text of the act does not specify the color of the coins, but", "title": "Presidential $1 Coin Program" }, { "id": "11676847", "text": "all the officers sit around enjoying some coffee, and Frank complains even more about their terrible conditions. Margaret and Hawkeye's eyes meet in a moment of understanding, and the episode ends. The phrase “In God We Trust” was not added to all U.S currency until September 1957. HAWKEYE: Must be rough up at the front, huh? TRAPPER: It is in the movies. HAWKEYE: There's a letter in my locker. TRAPPER: Ok. HAWKEYE: It's my will. TRAPPER: Right. HAWKEYE: I leave everything to the Benjamin Franklin Pierce Memorial Brothel. TRAPPER: (laughs) I'll deliver it in person. MARGARET: (sighs) We did it.", "title": "Aid Station (M*A*S*H)" }, { "id": "15261136", "text": "Ribicoff. In 1955, the average house cost $22,000; the words “In God We Trust” were added to all U.S. currency; the arrest of Rosa Parks in Montgomery, Alabama, set the U.S. Civil Rights Movement in motion; the USS Nautilus became the first operational nuclear-powered submarine; and the popular game show “The $64,000 Question” aired for the first time. Further Expansion As the years unfolded, the Parish of Saint Catherine of Siena grew and expanded. Recognizing the importance of handing on the gift of the Catholic Faith to new generations, by 1964 the parish had grown to the point that a", "title": "St. Catherine of Sienna Church (Trumbull, Connecticut)" }, { "id": "18212090", "text": "of the bear.\" He felt the lettering particularly successful, as two different sizes are used, and although all three phrases customary on American coinage are present (\"Liberty\", \"In God We Trust\", and \"E Pluribus Unum\"), the \"placing is so skillfully handled that it seems hard to realize all three ... inscriptions are used\". The first California Diamond Jubilee half dollar struck was given to the Memorial Museum in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. The die used for the initial strikings was specially treated to produce a frosted or cameo effect, which wore down after the first approximately 75 strikings, according", "title": "California Diamond Jubilee half dollar" }, { "id": "5345500", "text": "were instructed to depict the head of Liberty on the obverse, to be made \"as beautiful and full of character as possible\". The reverse would depict an eagle, as prescribed by the Coinage Act of 1792, but otherwise was left to the discretion of the artist. The piece also had to bear the denomination, the name of the country, \"E pluribus unum\", the motto \"In God We Trust\", and the word \"Liberty\". On December 13, the commission assembled to review the submitted designs, as well as a set produced by Mint Chief Engraver Morgan at Baker's request, and a set,", "title": "Peace dollar" }, { "id": "15345876", "text": "the design \"need only flanking cannon to be the consummate expressions of Civil War heraldry.\" Treasury Secretary Salmon P. Chase favored placing an expression of the nation's faith in God in a time of war on the coinage, and wrote to Mint Director Pollock, \"You will cause a device to be prepared without unnecessary delay with a motto expressing in the fewest tersest terms possible this national recognition.\" Several mottos were considered by Pollock, including \"God Our Trust\" and \"God and Our Country\". Longacre's two-cent piece was the first coin inscribed with \"In God We Trust\". Nickel had been removed", "title": "James B. Longacre" }, { "id": "3789695", "text": "rendered image of the original design proposal for the Freedom Tower by Daniel Libeskind that was to be built on the former site of the World Trade Center in New York City. Also on the obverse are the United States national motto \"In God We Trust\" and the words \"Freedom Tower, July 4, 2004.\" The reverse features an image of the former World Trade Center and the words \"We Will Never Forget\", along with a small symbol of a star on a stone pillar within a circle. This latter unidentified icon is in fact the coat of arms of the", "title": "Freedom Tower Silver Dollar" }, { "id": "2496519", "text": "each such, as all who fear God and love their country, will approve.\" He also sent pattern coins depicting George Washington; Chase responded to the letter, \"I approve your mottoes, only suggesting that on that with the Washington obverse the motto should begin with the word OUR, so as to read OUR GOD AND OUR COUNTRY. And on that with the shield, it should be changed so as to read: IN GOD WE TRUST.\" Pollock had been inspired by \"The Star Spangled Banner\", a later stanza of which includes the line, \"And this be our motto, 'In God Is Our", "title": "Two-cent piece (United States)" }, { "id": "1936867", "text": "a much more political slant than previous issues. The common first-class stamp was a 3¢ Statue of Liberty in purple, and included the inscription \"In God We Trust\", the first explicit religious reference on a U.S. stamp (ten days before the issue of the 3¢ Liberty stamp, the words \"under God\" had been inserted into the Pledge of Allegiance). The Statue of Liberty appeared on two additional higher values as well, 8¢ and 11¢, both of which were printed in two colors. The other stamps in the series included liberty-related statesmen and landmarks, such as Patrick Henry and Bunker Hill,", "title": "Postage stamps and postal history of the United States" }, { "id": "2208345", "text": "396), adopting \"In God We Trust\" as the official motto. The meaning of the phrase originates from the concept that out of the union of the original Thirteen Colonies emerged a new single nation. It is emblazoned across the scroll and clenched in the eagle’s beak on the Great Seal of the United States. The 13-letter motto was suggested in 1776 by Pierre Eugene du Simitiere to the committee responsible for developing the seal. At the time of the American Revolution, the exact phrase appeared prominently on the title page of every issue of a popular periodical, \"The Gentleman's Magazine\",", "title": "E pluribus unum" }, { "id": "5515121", "text": "considerable delays, due to Saint-Gaudens's declining health and difficulties because of the high relief of his design. Saint-Gaudens died in 1907, after designing the eagle and double eagle, but before the designs were finalized for production. After several versions of the design for the double eagle proved too difficult to strike, Barber modified Saint-Gaudens's design, lowering the relief so the coin could be struck with only one blow. When the coins were finally released, they proved controversial as they lacked the words \"In God We Trust\", and Congress intervened to require the motto's use. The coin was minted, primarily for", "title": "Saint-Gaudens double eagle" }, { "id": "3613935", "text": "dollars intended specifically to satisfy the earlier obligation for redemption in silver dollars were found in Treasury vaults. As was usual with currency during this period, the year date on the bill did not reflect when it was printed, but rather a major design change. Additional changes, particularly when either of the two signatures was altered, led to a letter being added below the date. One notable exception was the Series 1935G $1 silver certificate, which included notes both with and without the motto \"In God We Trust\" on the reverse. 1935 dated one dollar certificates lasted through the letter", "title": "Silver certificate (United States)" }, { "id": "8080196", "text": "buffalo's lower back and the device UNITED·STATES·OF·AMERICA along the top. Differences that can be noted between the nickel and the fifty dollar piece are, on the gold American Buffalo coin the mound area of the reverse of the Indian Head nickel bearing the words, \"FIVE CENTS\", has been changed to read \"$50 1 OZ. .9999 FINE GOLD\". Also, the motto, \"IN GOD WE TRUST\", appearing on all U.S. gold coins since 1908, can be seen on the reverse of the newer coin to the left of, and beneath, the buffalo's head. The U.S. Mint has indicated an expansion of the", "title": "American Buffalo (coin)" }, { "id": "6952336", "text": "God\" is merely a ceremonial reference to history and not an affirmation of religious faith. Opponents contend that this contradicts the 1954 House Report of the legislators who inserted the \"under God\" phrase into the Pledge, which stated that the words \"under God\" served to \"acknowledge the dependence of our people and our Government upon the moral directions of the Creator.\" 154 U.S.C.A.A.N 2339, 2340. The plaintiff, Michael Newdow, an atheist, took issue with the phrase \"In God We Trust\" on the coins of American currency, believing that the phrase was a state-sponsored statement of religious faith—illegal under the separation", "title": "Criticism of the Pledge of Allegiance" }, { "id": "138386", "text": "\"The Power of Literature, and Its Connection with Religion\" in 1834. The US national motto \"In God We Trust\" was adapted from a phrase in Key's \"Star-Spangled Banner\", the fourth stanza of which includes the phrase, \"And this be our motto: 'In God is our Trust'\", leading some to speculate that the phrase was derived from the song. On January 11, 1843, Key died at the home of his daughter Elizabeth Howard in Baltimore from pleurisy at age 63. He was initially interred in Old Saint Paul's Cemetery in the vault of John Eager Howard but in 1866, his body", "title": "Francis Scott Key" }, { "id": "5320164", "text": "\"Waitin' to Inhale\". It is a lament both of a marijuana user's lack of money and the declining buying power of the U.S. dollar. The words \"Almighty Dollar\" are repeated in the 1973 funk hit single \"For the Love of Money\" by The O'Jays. The song cautions against the intense desire for money and the negative effects such desire can have on a person's personality and actions. The phrase \"Almighty Dollar\" is repeated many times in the song \"Money (In God We Trust)\" by the Funk Metal band Extreme Almighty dollar \"Almighty dollar\" is an idiom often used to satirize", "title": "Almighty dollar" }, { "id": "7067912", "text": "patterns as early as late 1865. Longacre produced pattern coins, one with a shield similar to the design he had prepared for the two-cent piece. Longacre altered the two-cent design by shifting the location of the two arrows in the design, removed the scroll on which \"In God We Trust\" had been inscribed (the first time that motto had appeared on a U.S. coin), and added a cross, apparently intending a pattee to the top of the shield. Another pattern depicted Washington, while another showed the recently assassinated president, Abraham Lincoln. Reverse designs proposed by Longacre included one with a", "title": "Shield nickel" }, { "id": "5885892", "text": "highest-ranking Latina in the Bush Administration exhibiting a high-profile presence in the Hispanic community on its behalf. While Treasurer, Villalpando presided over the first major change in US currency since the motto \"In God We Trust\" was introduced in 1957. Beginning in September, 1991, $10, $20, $50 and $100 bills with new, advanced technology designed to defeat digital printers was introduced into public circulation. The same year, Villalpando initiated a special program to raise $37 million by selling commemorative coins honoring Mt. Rushmore. Half of the money raised would go toward restoration of the monument – the cost of which", "title": "Catalina Vasquez Villalpando" }, { "id": "2143568", "text": "a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit to remove both \"under God\" from the Pledge of Allegiance (\"Roe v. Rio Linda Union School District\"), and \"In God We Trust\" from United States currency. The Ninth Circuit rejected Newdow's challenge. In a decision published March 11, 2010, the court held that its earlier decision in \"Aronow\", which \"held the national motto is of a \"patriotic or ceremonial character,\" has no \"theological or ritualistic impact,\" and does not constitute \"governmental sponsorship of a religious exercise,\" foreclosed Newdow's argument. In an opinion concurring only in the judgment, even the extremely liberal Judge Stephen", "title": "In God We Trust" }, { "id": "10760079", "text": "of a series of commemorative medals, an award medal, a souvenir medal, and diplomas. The Pan-Pac coins have the distinction of being the first commemorative coins to bear the motto \"In God We Trust\", and were also the first commemoratives to be struck at a branch mint. In the same year, Zerbe founded the Pacific Coast Numismatic Society in San Francisco in 1915. It is the oldest numismatic organization in the Western United States, and fosters a strong tradition of research and literary publication. Frank G. Duffield, editor of The Numismatist, prepared a paper for the 1918 Philadelphia convention of", "title": "Farran Zerbe" }, { "id": "2208353", "text": "God We Trust\" and the year and mint mark. After the revolution, Rahway, New Jersey became the home of the first national mint to create a coin bearing the inscription \"E pluribus unum\". In a quality control error in early 2007 the Philadelphia Mint issued some one-dollar coins without \"E pluribus unum\" on the rim; these coins have since become collectibles. The 2009 and new 2010 penny features a new design on the back, which displays the phrase \"E pluribus unum\" in larger letters than in previous years. E pluribus unum E pluribus unum (; )—Latin for \"Out of many,", "title": "E pluribus unum" }, { "id": "4765896", "text": "silver-dollar-sized .999 silver content Kennedy commemorative coins. The third was a silver dollar sized copper-coloured Kennedy commemorative coin. All three coins were identically marked on the obverse with a Kennedy profile above the words 'In God We Trust, 1964' surrounded by 'Canadian Centennial Numismatic Park, Sudbury, Canada'. On the reverse, each was marked with an eternal flame above the words 'And so let the word go forth that the torch has been lit,' and the words 'John Fitzgerald Kennedy 1917.1963'. The brochure discussed the medallions, the park ('Canada's Most Unique Tourist Attraction—Canadian Centennial Numismatic Park'), other fundraising ideas, and planned", "title": "Big Nickel" }, { "id": "2755358", "text": "worth up to a thousand United States dollars. The United States Congress authorized the San Francisco Mint (also known as \"The Granite Lady\") to issue a series of five commemorative coins. Said coins were the 1915-S silver Panama-Pacific half dollar and four gold coins. The denominations of the gold coins were $1, $ (quarter eagle) and $50 (in two types: a round coin, and an unusual octagonal coin). The Panama-Pacific coins have the distinction of being the first commemorative coins to bear the motto \"In God We Trust\", and were also the first commemoratives to be struck at a branch", "title": "Panama–Pacific International Exposition" }, { "id": "2143569", "text": "Reinhardt agreed that \"Aronow\" was controlling precedent. \"Newdow v. Congress\", 598 F.3d 638 (9th Cir. 2010) cert. denied 131 S. Ct. 1612 (U.S. 2011). AKA: The \"In God We Trust Case\" – A prominent atheist, Michael Newdow, filed a suit to declare the national motto – In God We Trust – unconstitutional and to have it removed from coins and currency. Pacific Justice Institute intervened as a defendant and defended against the suit. The case was dismissed by the trial court and the Ninth Circuit affirmed that decision. In 2015, David F. Bauman dismissed a case against the Matawan-Aberdeen Regional", "title": "In God We Trust" }, { "id": "16948161", "text": "the three-cent nickel. According to Lange, \"resourceful as always, J.B. Longacre simply revised an existing image of Liberty for the obverse of the nickel three-cent piece. The same classical profile that appears on the Indian Head cent, the gold dollar, and the $3 piece is seen fitted with a new hairstyle and a studded coronet inscribed Liberty.\" The act that authorized the three-cent nickel contained a provision requiring the use of the motto \"In God We Trust\" on all pieces large enough to bear it, but the new coin was deemed too small. No change was made to the design", "title": "Three-cent nickel" }, { "id": "6490269", "text": "strip America of every last symbol of our faith.\" On June 7, 2001, the ACLU declined to appeal the case further, fearing the repercussions of an adverse ruling by a conservative U.S. Supreme Court. As noted in \"ACLU v. Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board\", the federal government also invokes God in both its official motto, \"In God We Trust\", and in the Pledge of Allegiance. Three federal circuit courts have affirmed the national motto (see \"Aronow v. United States\", \"O'Hair v. Murray\", and \"Gaylor v. United States\"). Besides Ohio, several other states, territories, and cities refer to God on", "title": "With God, all things are possible" }, { "id": "2497082", "text": "Trust\" was omitted from the initial design, as Roosevelt felt that putting the name of God on money that could be used for immoral purposes was inappropriate. By act of Congress, the motto was added in mid-1908. The design of the Saint-Gaudens coin was slightly changed once more when New Mexico and Arizona became states in 1912, and the number of stars along the rim was accordingly increased from 46 to 48. Double eagles were routinely minted through 1933, although few of the very last years' coinages were released before the gold recall legislation of that year. Accordingly, these issues", "title": "Double eagle" }, { "id": "5510024", "text": "the dollar, but also required a supplemental payment from those wishing their bullion struck into dollar coins. As little silver was being presented to the US Mint at the time, production remained low. In the final years of the series, there was more silver produced in the US, and mintages increased. In 1866, \"In God We Trust\" was added to the dollar following its introduction to United States coinage earlier in the decade. Seated Liberty dollar production was halted by the Coinage Act of 1873, which authorized the trade dollar for use in foreign commerce. Representatives of silver interests were", "title": "Seated Liberty dollar" }, { "id": "2496518", "text": "to Chase, proposing that some reference to God be placed on the coinage in that time of war, and on November 20 of that year, Chase wrote to Mint Director Pollock, \"You will cause a device to be prepared without unnecessary delay with a motto expressing in the fewest tersest terms possible this national recognition.\" Several mottoes were considered by Pollock, including \"God Our Trust\" and \"God and Our Country\". Some of the patterns he sent Chase in December 1863 used \"God Our Trust\", and he wrote of the design, \"the devices are beautiful and appropriate, and the motto on", "title": "Two-cent piece (United States)" }, { "id": "15850133", "text": "to be struck in high relief. Pieces struck in this manner would have the designs protected from wear and be able to stack easily (both problems with high relief coins). The President responded to express his interest on January 10, and Pratt was soon busy on a model for him to examine. Roosevelt did not then tell the Mint of the new proposal. The newly released eagle and double eagle had provoked considerable controversy over their omission of the motto \"In God We Trust\", and with Congress already preparing to require the motto's use, Leach ordered work suspended on the", "title": "Indian Head gold pieces" }, { "id": "17218544", "text": "godless one-hundred dollar bill (issued before 1957, the year the U.S. Congress mandated that \"In God We Trust\" be printed on American fiat currency.) In the UK the prize is a £10 note signed by Richard Dawkins. Since first offering this challenge in August 1996, the prize remains unclaimed. Camp Quest affiliates in North America, and dates of their inaugural camp sessions, include: International branches: Camp Quest Camp Quest is an organisation providing humanist residential summer camps for children in the United States, the United Kingdom, Switzerland and Norway. It was created in 1996 in Kentucky to provide an alternative", "title": "Camp Quest" } ]

[ "Sheridan Smith" ]

[ { "id": "4788930", "text": "she played Sandy, and smaller parts in shows such as \"The Bill\" and \"Fat Friends\". She featured as Rudi: Smithy's little sister in the second and third series of the BBC Three sitcom \"Gavin & Stacey\". She guest starred in the Christmas 2008 episode of \"Lark Rise to Candleford\". Since 2009, she has played Joey Ross in special seasonal episodes of \"Jonathan Creek\", namely \"The Grinning Man\" (2009), \"The Judas Tree\" (2010), and \"The Clue of the Savant's Thumb\" (2013). She played Brandy in the third series of \"Benidorm\". During 2010, Smith acted as a mentor to the contestants of", "title": "Sheridan Smith" }, { "id": "10232927", "text": "Gavin & Stacey Gavin & Stacey is a British sitcom, written by James Corden and Ruth Jones, that follows the long-distance relationship of an Englishman and a Welsh woman. The merging of their quirky families forms the focus of the show. Mathew Horne and Joanna Page play the title characters, while the writers co-star as Gavin and Stacey's friends, Smithy and Nessa. Other prominent cast members include Alison Steadman and Larry Lamb, who play Gavin's parents, Pam and Mick, and Melanie Walters and Rob Brydon, who portray Stacey's mother, Gwen, and her uncle, Bryn. The theme for the series was", "title": "Gavin & Stacey" }, { "id": "10232943", "text": "Friends\". Corden claims to have been inspired by the story of his own real life best friend Gavin, who met his wife over the phone at work, and arranged to meet. They presented it to the BBC as a one-off play, but the BBC instead asked for a full series. The roles of Gavin and Stacey were cast through an auditioning process, but were almost immediately given to Mathew Horne and Joanna Page on the strength of their chemistry together. The roles of Nessa and Smithy were written by Corden and Jones for themselves. Some roles were written with certain", "title": "Gavin & Stacey" }, { "id": "10232930", "text": "from Billericay in Essex, and Stacey, from Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. Initially, Gavin lives with his parents, Pam and Mick, and spends most of his time with his best friend, Smithy. Stacey lives with her widowed mother, Gwen, and is frequently visited by her uncle, Bryn, who lives across the road, and by her best friend Nessa. The series follows the key moments in their relationship: their first meeting, meeting each other's families, getting engaged, marrying, looking for a flat, briefly splitting up, looking for new jobs and trying for children. The characters of Gavin and Stacey", "title": "Gavin & Stacey" }, { "id": "10232969", "text": "Sepp Blatter's replacement as the president of FIFA. On 30 March 2010, Corden and Jones appeared in character as Smithy and Nessa as part of \"Channel 4's Comedy Gala\", held at the O2 Arena in London in aid of Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, broadcast on Channel 4 on 5 April 2010. Following on from the events of the final episode, they arrive in London on a day trip from Barry Island, with Neil the baby in tow. The decision was made by BBC Worldwide to release the full DVD box set of series three on the 7 December 2009,", "title": "Gavin & Stacey" }, { "id": "10232937", "text": "South Wales to be with her family. In the final episode of the series, Stacey takes off her wedding ring, much to the upset of Gavin, but this is interrupted by the news of Nessa unexpectedly going into labour a month early. Pam, Mick and Stacey hurry across to Wales, whilst Gavin rushes to find Smithy with Smithy's sister, Rudi (Sheridan Smith), eventually finding him in the pub watching football. They arrive to find that Nessa has given birth to a boy, Neil. Gavin and Stacey decide to put their differences aside and are together once again. An extended Christmas", "title": "Gavin & Stacey" }, { "id": "10232968", "text": "Ferdinand, Keira Knightley, Richard Madeley, Clare Balding, Tom Daley, Justin Bieber and surviving Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr. Corden appeared as Smithy again on \"Michael McIntyre's Christmas Roadshow\" on BBC One on 25 December 2011. The sketch showed Smithy in a dating-show style spoof with Miranda Hart as her TV alter ego. He again appeared at Comic Relief, this time in 2013, in the live studio itself. He went on to rant about all the world's issues and his opinions on them. Corden appeared as the character again for 2016's Sport Relief, where Smithy campaigns to be elected as", "title": "Gavin & Stacey" }, { "id": "10232934", "text": "to Sullivan as her housemate; a member of the band she initially lives with. Nessa had also claimed to have had an affair with Prescott. The initial series begins with the lives of the title characters, Gavin Shipman (Mathew Horne) and Stacey West (Joanna Page). Gavin is 28 and lives at home in Billericay, Essex, with his parents, Mick (Larry Lamb) and Pam (Alison Steadman). He and Stacey, along with their respective best friends Neil \"Smithy\" Smith (James Corden) and Nessa Jenkins (Ruth Jones), go out on a double date. The night ends with Gavin and Stacey returning to a", "title": "Gavin & Stacey" }, { "id": "10232950", "text": "most watched programme on that day, behind \"EastEnders\", \"Coronation Street\" and \"Doctor Who\". The show was nominated for and won several awards throughout its run, with two notable wins being the British Academy Television Awards (BAFTAs) Audience Award, and the British Comedy Awards Best TV Comedy Award, both in 2008. In the December 2007 British Comedy Awards, the show won Best New British TV Comedy, losing in the Best New TV Comedy category to \"Peep Show\". James Corden and Ruth Jones won Best Male and Female Comedy Newcomer respectively, with fellow cast members Mathew Horne and Joanna Page having also", "title": "Gavin & Stacey" }, { "id": "6272346", "text": "in May\" (1976) and \"Abigail's Party\" (1977). She received BAFTA TV Award nominations for the 1986 BBC serial \"The Singing Detective\", and in 2001 for the ITV drama series \"Fat Friends\" (2000–05). Other television roles include \"Pride and Prejudice\" (1995), \"Gavin & Stacey\" (2007–10) and \"Orphan Black\" (2015–16). Her other film appearances include \"A Private Function\" (1984), \"Clockwise\" (1986), \"Shirley Valentine\" (1989), \"Topsy Turvy\" (1999) and \"The Life and Death of Peter Sellers\" (2004). Steadman was born in Liverpool, the youngest of three sisters born to Marjorie (née Evans) and George Percival Steadman, who worked as a production controller for", "title": "Alison Steadman" }, { "id": "10232967", "text": "had raised over £44m, expressing his doubts that England manager Fabio Capello would win the coach of the year award, and giving the 15 times Darts World Champion Phil Taylor his backing as a candidate for the main award, praising his dedication to training by going down the pub every night sinking pints. There was another episode of \"Smithy\" for the 2011 Comic Relief appeal guest starring Lenny Henry, Richard Curtis, George Michael, Dermot O'Leary, JLS (Aston Merrygold, Marvin Humes, Oritsé Williams and JB Gill), Davina McCall, Rupert Grint, Tom Felton, Sebastian Coe, Gordon Brown, Robert Winston, Roger Lloyd-Pack, Rio", "title": "Gavin & Stacey" }, { "id": "10232941", "text": "much to everyone's surprise, agrees with Smithy that Nessa does not love him, and the ceremony is called off. The series ends showing the four (Gavin, Stacey, Nessa and Smithy) six months later on Barry beachfront, with a visibly pregnant Stacey. The series consists of twenty episodes, broadcast over three series, and a Christmas Eve special. The first series comprised six half-hour episodes and first aired in 2007, from 13 May to 10 June 2007. The show was extended to seven episodes for the second series, which first ran in 2008, from 16 March to 20 April. The 2008 Christmas", "title": "Gavin & Stacey" }, { "id": "10232944", "text": "actors in mind; Uncle Bryn was written specifically for Rob Brydon, who had been to school with Jones, whilst Pam was written specifically for Alison Steadman, who had also worked on \"Fat Friends\". Jones had worked with Julia Davis in her sitcom \"Nighty Night\", and the role of Dawn was written with her in mind. Additionally, Corden had appeared with Adrian Scarborough in the Alan Bennett-penned play and film, \"The History Boys\", which led to him being cast in the role of Pete. An audition process was used to cast the roles of Mick and Gwen, whilst the roles of", "title": "Gavin & Stacey" }, { "id": "4788925", "text": "Sheridan Smith Sheridan Smith, OBE (born 25 June 1981) is an English actress and singer. She rose to fame playing a variety of characters on sitcoms such as \"The Royle Family\" (1999–2000), \"Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps\" (2001–09), \"Gavin & Stacey\" (2008–10), and \"Benidorm\" (2009). From 2009 to 2013, she played the role of Joey Ross in \"Jonathan Creek\". She went on to receive critical acclaim for starring in a succession of television dramas, such as \"Mrs Biggs\" (2012), \"Cilla\" (2014), \"The C Word\" (2015), and \"The Moorside\" (2017). Her feature film credits include \"Tower Block\",", "title": "Sheridan Smith" }, { "id": "2388980", "text": "Two, due to success and partly to BBC Three's move to online only) and \"Lee Nelson's Well Good Show\". The channel aired various comedies and dramas; one of its most popular sitcoms was \"Gavin & Stacey\", which first aired in May 2007 and was written by and starring James Corden and Ruth Jones alongside Mathew Horne, Joanna Page, Alison Steadman and Rob Brydon. The sitcom was an instant hit, with subsequent series being moved to other BBC channels and the show being granted a Christmas special. Another example is \"Being Human\", a drama in which a ghost, a vampire and", "title": "BBC Three" }, { "id": "10232928", "text": "\"Run\" by Stephen Fretwell. The show was produced by Baby Cow Productions for BBC Wales. It ran for a total of 20 episodes; these were broadcast from 13 May 2007 to 1 January 2010, comprising three series and a Christmas special. Initially, the series was shown on BBC Three, but a growing following meant that it was subsequently moved to BBC Two, and finally BBC One. The last episodes of the final series formed a significant part of the prime time BBC seasonal programming, and were broadcast on Christmas Day 2009 and New Year's Day 2010. \"Gavin & Stacey\" was", "title": "Gavin & Stacey" }, { "id": "4255290", "text": "Julia Davis Julia Charlotte L Davis (born 25 August 1966) is an English comedian, actress, writer, and director. She is known for writing and starring in the BBC Three comedy \"Nighty Night\" (2004–2005) and the comedies \"Hunderby\" (2012–15) and \"Camping\" (2016), which she also directed. A seven-time BAFTA TV Award nominee, she won Best Comedy Writing for \"Hunderby\" in 2013. She is also known for playing Dawn Sutcliffe in \"Gavin & Stacey\" (2007–2009). Her film roles include \"Love Actually\" (2003), \"Cemetery Junction\" (2010) and \"Four Lions\" (2010). Davis was born in Lambeth, to a secretary mother and a civil servant", "title": "Julia Davis" }, { "id": "9129779", "text": "and producing some of the sketches featured in the special. In 2010, he also was in the main cast of the film \"Gulliver's Travels\". In December 2010, he was part of an ensemble voice cast in the English dub of the German animated film \"Animals United\" alongside Jim Broadbent, Jason Donovan, Joanna Lumley, Billie Piper, Andy Serkis and others. In February 2011, Corden again presented the 2011 Brit Awards. In March, Corden reprised his \"Gavin & Stacey\" role as Smithy in a \"Red Nose Day\" sketch for the charity telethon Comic Relief. The sketch included appearances by then UK Prime", "title": "James Corden" }, { "id": "10232929", "text": "acclaimed as a hit breakthrough show for BBC Three, becoming the most nominated show in the 2007 British Comedy Awards. To date it has won several awards, including the British Academy Television Awards (BAFTAs) Audience Award, and the British Comedy Awards Best TV Comedy Award, both in 2008. The programme has also been well received in several other countries in which it has aired. A US remake titled \"Us & Them\" was scheduled to air on Fox in the 2013–14 US TV season, but was shut down mid-production and no episodes were broadcast. The show follows the romance between Gavin,", "title": "Gavin & Stacey" }, { "id": "10232964", "text": "Nessa bumps into her old friend Tom Jones, who joins them on stage, and the sketch also features Bee Gee Robin Gibb. Also released as a charity single, it debuted in the number one spot on the UK Singles Chart on 15 March 2009. For Red Nose Day 2009 on 13/14 March, the main telethon event for Comic Relief, a second sketch was aired where James Corden, in character as Smithy, has a chance encounter with the England national football team and proceeds to give them some advice on tactics and teamwork. \"Barry Islands In The Stream\" was also performed", "title": "Gavin & Stacey" }, { "id": "10232942", "text": "Eve special was an hour long. The third series reverted to six episodes and began on 26 November 2009, with the last two episodes of the series and show being aired on Christmas Day 2009 and New Year's Day 2010. The BBC has also broadcast several documentaries alongside the show, examining the making of the show and showcasing a selection of 'out-takes' from the filming. The idea for the show occurred to actor James Corden during a wedding reception, and he then developed the idea with co-writer Ruth Jones, whom he had met during the filming of ITV drama \"Fat", "title": "Gavin & Stacey" }, { "id": "7560987", "text": "Margaret John Margaret John (14 December 1926 – 2 February 2011) was a Welsh, BAFTA award-winning actress, best known for her role as Doris O'Neill in \"Gavin & Stacey\". She has been described, by fellow actress Ruth Jones, as \"an absolute national treasure\". Born in Swansea, as a child she wanted to be a nurse or vet, but she could not stand the sight of blood. She occasionally acted at school with her sister Mair. Spotted while acting in a chapel pagent competition, after an audition John trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, graduating in 1950.", "title": "Margaret John" }, { "id": "10232932", "text": "becoming pregnant and having their baby. Whilst Gavin and Stacey are the clear main characters, towards the end of the show's run, the dramatic emphasis switches slightly from them, as they resolve their distance issues, to Smithy and Nessa, as Nessa becomes engaged to another man. Other storylines that run throughout the course of the three series include Pam's fake vegetarianism, Bryn and his nephew Jason's struggle to keep the events of their disastrous fishing trip a secret (with the outcome never actually being revealed), and the ridiculously rocky marriage of Pam's friends Pete and Dawn. The use of the", "title": "Gavin & Stacey" }, { "id": "10232970", "text": "in time for the Christmas rush, despite not all of the series having aired in the UK. There was some criticism, with Liberal Democrat media spokesperson Don Foster saying it devalued the licence fee. Despite this release, subsequent episodes still saw some of the show's highest viewing figures. Gavin & Stacey Gavin & Stacey is a British sitcom, written by James Corden and Ruth Jones, that follows the long-distance relationship of an Englishman and a Welsh woman. The merging of their quirky families forms the focus of the show. Mathew Horne and Joanna Page play the title characters, while the", "title": "Gavin & Stacey" }, { "id": "10232960", "text": "American network NBC had bought the rights to produce an American remake from Baby Cow Productions. Initial ideas according to Corden were to have Gavin coming from New Jersey and Stacey from South Carolina, meeting up in New York City. In December 2008 however, Jones stated \"There was a script written for NBC. They optioned it, but then that went away. I read the script and it wasn't great to be honest with you. But now ABC are looking into writing a pilot and hopefully that will work out\". At the time, both Corden and Jones were reportedly acting as", "title": "Gavin & Stacey" }, { "id": "10232951", "text": "been nominated in the same categories. The show was also named Best New British TV Sitcom in the 2007 \"The Comedy.co.uk\" Awards. In April 2008 the show won two awards in the BAFTAs, the Audience Award, and Best Comedy Performance for James Corden. In December 2008 the show won Best TV Comedy in the 2008 British Comedy Awards. In the 2009 BAFTAs Rob Brydon was nominated for Best Comedy Performance as Bryn. In the National Television Awards in January 2010, Gavin and Stacey won the award for Best Comedy Immediately after the end of series 2, in April 2008 \"The", "title": "Gavin & Stacey" }, { "id": "10232961", "text": "executive producers of the ABC version, while interviewing other people for the job of writing the adaptation. In September 2009 it was reported that ABC had ordered a pilot for an American remake, to be written by Stacy Traub and Hayes Jackson, and produced by BBC Worldwide. One year later, however, it was announced that the project had been cancelled. A source said: \"It’s a massive shame as we had high hopes for the show. We loved the idea of seeing how the characters would have worked across the pond.\" On 8 May 2013, Fox announced that an American remake,", "title": "Gavin & Stacey" }, { "id": "10232938", "text": "special involves Stacey's family, along with Nessa and her partner, Dave Coaches (Steffan Rhodri), spending Christmas with Gavin's parents. Gavin reveals that he has found a job in Cardiff, which at first causes upset for Pam and Smithy, but they both learn to accept it. Gavin later admits to Smithy that he is moving to Barry with Stacey in order to save his marriage. Smithy also gets upset when he feels that Dave, who lives with the baby, Neil, is replacing him as a father. Smithy is furthermore unhappy after Dave proposes to Nessa (with the ring enclosed in a", "title": "Gavin & Stacey" }, { "id": "6872034", "text": "Ruth Jones Ruth Alexandra Elisabeth Jones, (born 22 September 1966) is a Welsh television actress, novelist and screenwriter. She co-starred in and co-wrote the award-winning British comedy \"Gavin & Stacey\" and has appeared in many television comedies and dramas, such as Jimmy McGovern \"The Street\" with Timothy Spall (2009), and starring as Hattie Jacques in \"Hattie\" for BBC Four. She takes the lead role in the comedy drama series \"Stella\" for Sky 1 produced by Tidy Productions, the company she co-founded in 2008 with her husband David Peet, who is managing director. Ruth Jones was born on 22 September 1966", "title": "Ruth Jones" }, { "id": "10232962", "text": "\"Us & Them\", would be broadcast in the network's 2013–14 schedule. Thirteen episodes were ordered. However, on 11 October 2013, it was revealed that only 6 episodes would air after production went into early hiatus, a hiatus which then became permanent. In June 2014, Fox announced that the 6 episodes would never air on the network. \"Gavin & Stacey\" has aired on BBC Entertainment, BBC America and BBC Canada channels. In addition, it has also screened in Australia (Seven Network, 7TWO, ABC2 and UK-TV), Belgium/Flanders (Acht), Israel (HOT V.O.D and Yes Stars Comedy), Ireland (RTÉ Two), in The Netherlands (RTL", "title": "Gavin & Stacey" }, { "id": "11557067", "text": "received international parodies, with the name being changed to the synonymous countries. These parodies include Hamish & Andy's \"Armenian Boy\", Only Won and Larissa Lam's \"Cantonese Boy\", Bost & Bim's \"Jamaican Boy\", and Chris Moyles' \"Somerset Boy\". In a 2009 episode of \"Gavin & Stacey\", James Corden & Sheridan Smith performed West's second verse in character as Smithy and Rudi. In 2014, Blaine Anderson (Darren Criss) and Kurt Hummel (Chris Colfer) covered the song in the \"Glee\" season-finale episode \"The Untitled Rachel Berry Project.\" Australian singer Greg Gould released a live in the studio cover version on his debut EP", "title": "American Boy" }, { "id": "6872046", "text": "2013. In 2010, Jones took part in \"Channel 4's Comedy Gala\", a benefit show held in aid of Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, filmed live at the O2 Arena in London on 30 March. Ruth Jones Ruth Alexandra Elisabeth Jones, (born 22 September 1966) is a Welsh television actress, novelist and screenwriter. She co-starred in and co-wrote the award-winning British comedy \"Gavin & Stacey\" and has appeared in many television comedies and dramas, such as Jimmy McGovern \"The Street\" with Timothy Spall (2009), and starring as Hattie Jacques in \"Hattie\" for BBC Four. She takes the lead role in the", "title": "Ruth Jones" }, { "id": "5838209", "text": "Joanna Page Joanna Louise Page (born 23 March 1978) is a Welsh actress, model, and comedian, best known for her role as Stacey West Shipman in the BAFTA-winning television series \"Gavin & Stacey\". Page was born in Treboeth, Swansea, Wales, the only child of Susan Angela (née Foster) and Nigel Leslie Page. She attended Mynyddbach Comprehensive School, where she was head girl. She graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in 1998. On graduation from RADA, Page spent ten years in stage-based roles, mainly costume dramas for the Royal National Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company. This led to", "title": "Joanna Page" }, { "id": "3031854", "text": "in the BBC Wales programme \"Coming Home\" about her Welsh family history. In 2008 she played Mrs General in an all-star cast BBC adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel \"Little Dorrit\". From 2009 to 2010, she appeared in the final series of the BBC comedy \"Gavin & Stacey\" as Cath Smith. In 2010, she made a guest appearance in the sitcom \"Grandma's House\". From 2012-2016, Ferris played the part of Sister Evangelina in the series \"Call the Midwife\". She chose to leave as filming was moved to a different area and the extra journey time was too stressful. In June", "title": "Pam Ferris" }, { "id": "10232966", "text": "with the audience he declares he can't accept the award, and goes on to rant at the assembled sporting stars for having 'lost their way' and focusing on celebrity, ending on a rousing appeal to get back to basics, leaving hosts Sue Barker and Gary Lineker in mock tears. As a backstory, sketches are shown of how Smithy coached Tom Daley, Andrew Flintoff, Andy Murray, Jenson Button, David Beckham and the Manchester United team. On 19 December 2010, Corden appeared as Smithy in the live ceremony for the 2010 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards, announcing that Sport Relief", "title": "Gavin & Stacey" }, { "id": "10232935", "text": "hotel room and sleeping together, as do Smithy and Nessa. Gavin and Stacey become infatuated with each other, but Smithy and Nessa are happy to forget their drunken one-night stand and make little contact with one another afterwards. In the rest of the series, Gavin and Stacey continue their long-distance relationship before becoming engaged and getting married. The series ends with Nessa going to inform Smithy that she is pregnant with his child but changes her mind at the last minute. The second series begins with the newlyweds arriving from a honeymoon in Greece. The in-laws meet again at the", "title": "Gavin & Stacey" }, { "id": "7589733", "text": "Larry Lamb Lawrence Douglas Lamb (born ) is an English actor and radio presenter. He played Archie Mitchell in the BBC soap opera \"EastEnders\", Mick Shipman in the BBC romantic comedy series \"Gavin & Stacey\" and Ted Case in the final series of the BBC Crime Drama \"New Tricks\". He was also on \"I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here\" 2016. Lamb was born in Edmonton, Middlesex to Jessie White and Ronald Douglas Lamb, the eldest of four including his brother, Wesley, and a sister. Lamb had a turbulent childhood; he was verbally abused by his father and often", "title": "Larry Lamb" }, { "id": "5838214", "text": "Kit, on 1 April 2015 and, on 13 December 2016, a son, Noah. Page was nominated for \"Best Female Comedy Newcomer\" at the 2007 British Comedy Awards. Joanna Page Joanna Louise Page (born 23 March 1978) is a Welsh actress, model, and comedian, best known for her role as Stacey West Shipman in the BAFTA-winning television series \"Gavin & Stacey\". Page was born in Treboeth, Swansea, Wales, the only child of Susan Angela (née Foster) and Nigel Leslie Page. She attended Mynyddbach Comprehensive School, where she was head girl. She graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in", "title": "Joanna Page" }, { "id": "9129768", "text": "James Corden James Kimberley Corden (born 22 August 1978) is an English actor, comedian, and television host. He hosts \"The Late Late Show with James Corden\", a late-night television talk show on CBS. Along with Welsh actress Ruth Jones, Corden co-created, co-wrote and starred in the critically acclaimed BBC sitcom \"Gavin & Stacey\" (2007–2010) for which he won the BAFTA Television Award for Best Comedy Performance. He was featured on the UK No.1 single \"Shout\", along with grime artist Dizzee Rascal, an unofficial anthem of the England football team for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, and duetted", "title": "James Corden" }, { "id": "4505562", "text": "he supports Celtic Football Club. Franchitti married American actress Ashley Judd in December 2001 at Skibo Castle near Dornoch, Scotland. They divorced in 2013. Franchitti has since married Eleanor Robb, an Englishwoman; their daughter Sofia was born in 2015. He lists some of his favourite television shows as \"Gavin & Stacey\", \"Shameless\" and \"Rab C. Nesbitt\". Franchitti was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2014 Birthday Honours for services to motor racing. He is the older brother of Scottish racing driver Marino Franchitti. He is the cousin of former Formula One driver Paul di", "title": "Dario Franchitti" }, { "id": "9388306", "text": "Children's Television programme \"Abney & Teal\". He voiced Benjamin Bunny in \"The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends\". In 2007, he played the character Harry Hepple in an episode of BBC New Tricks series 4.4 \"Nine Lives\". Scarborough is particularly well known for his appearances with Julia Davis in the BBC sitcom \"Gavin & Stacey\" as warring married couple Pete and Dawn Sutcliffe, who are friends and neighbours of Gavin Shipman's (Mathew Horne) parents in Essex. He is also identified for his role as the butler Mr. Pritchard in the BBC series \"Upstairs, Downstairs\". In 2012 he appeared in the", "title": "Adrian Scarborough" }, { "id": "14817879", "text": "In 2015, he became a reporter for the ITV series \"Surprise Surprise\". In October 2016, Johnson took part in \"Celebrity Haunted Hotel Live\", presented by Christine Bleakley. In 2013, Johnson was a contestant on the ITV series \"Your Face Sounds Familiar\", performing as different singers each week. Johnson finished as one of the runners-up to winner Natalie Anderson. In 2007, Johnson appeared on an episode of \"Gavin & Stacey\" playing Jose, Stacey's brother Jason's boyfriend. In 2010, Johnson was voted Wales' Sexiest Man. In 2015 Johnson was in the top 50 most in-demand charity ambassadors in the world, Johnson is", "title": "Matt Johnson (TV presenter)" }, { "id": "10232946", "text": "in Laburnam Way, Penarth in Wales. The opening episode features location shooting in Leicester Square in London which was filmed in 2006. After the debut of the show on BBC Three, a second series was soon commissioned. Speaking about the second series, Corden said \"It's the show that we wanted to make. If people like it, they like it: if they don't, they don't. That's a nice feeling, that's quite freeing... There's more of a journey and more of a story. We hope the viewers will feel like they've been taken on a little trip by it\", while Jones said", "title": "Gavin & Stacey" }, { "id": "9129773", "text": "in 2004, Corden played the role of Timms in the original London stage production of Alan Bennett's play \"The History Boys\", as well as in the Broadway, Sydney, Wellington and Hong Kong productions and radio and 2006 film adaptation versions of the play. Also in 2006, he appeared in the film \"Starter for 10\". From 2007 through early 2010, Corden co-starred in his own series, the BBC Three sitcom \"Gavin & Stacey\". He co-wrote the series with his \"Fat Friends\" co-star Ruth Jones; Corden and Jones played the friends of the title characters, with Corden starring as Smithy. The series", "title": "James Corden" }, { "id": "14533845", "text": "Mathew Baynton Mathew John Baynton (born 18 November 1980) is an English actor, writer, comedian, singer, and musician. He is best known as the co-creator, writer and star of the sitcoms \"The Wrong Mans\" and \"Yonderland\", as well as a member of the starring troupe of children's sketch comedy \"Horrible Histories\". Other major television roles include Deano in \"Gavin & Stacey\", Chris Pitt-Goddard in \"Spy\", Simon in \"Peep Show\" and twin brothers Jamie Winton and Ariel Conroy in \"You, Me and the Apocalypse\". Baynton was born in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, the youngest of three brothers. He was educated at Southend High", "title": "Mathew Baynton" }, { "id": "10232949", "text": "Jones performed her final BBC Radio Wales \"Sunday Brunch\" radio show to a live audience on Barry Island. The first and second series were premièred on the digital only channel BBC Three, and were promoted to repeat airings on BBC Two. The 2008 Christmas Special and third series were first aired on BBC One, by which time the first and second series had also been repeated on BBC One. The penultimate episode of the series, on Christmas Day 2009, was the fourth most watched programme of the day. The show's finale on the following New Year's Day was the fifth", "title": "Gavin & Stacey" }, { "id": "6272351", "text": "BBC comedy \"The Worst Week of My Life\". In 2007 she featured in the BBC Wales programme \"Coming Home\" about her Welsh family history, with roots in Trefarclawdd and Ruabon. In October 2007, Steadman appeared in \"Fanny Hill\" on BBC Four. From May 2007 to January 2010, Steadman starred in the BBC comedy \"Gavin & Stacey\" as Pam Shipman. Steadman starred with Myra Frances in \"Girl\", a 1974 BBC play in the \"Second City Firsts\" series, performing the first lesbian kiss on British television. In 2014 Steadman starred in the first series of the BBC comedy \"Boomers\" as Joyce. The", "title": "Alison Steadman" }, { "id": "7656088", "text": "as her husband Tandeep and Blake Harrison from \"Inbetweeners\" as her son Alfie. After being jilted by his bride-to-be at the altar, Alfie turns to his family for support - including his nanny Mo, played by Marcia Warren; his sister Ann Marie, played by Laura Checkley; and his uncles, played by \"Gavin & Stacey\"'s Adrian Scarborough and writer Robert Evans. After writing on the hit Disney series 'The Lodge' in 2016, Evans teamed up with comedy writer and star Miranda Hart to create a show for Disney Europe. It was announced on 13 February 2017 on the British Comedy Guide", "title": "Robert Evans (writer)" }, { "id": "10232933", "text": "surnames of known English serial killers for some of the main characters – Shipman, West and Sutcliffe — was deliberate. In 2009 Ruth Jones commented: \"I suppose we were hoping that people wouldn't realise and then when it does come to light, it's even more delicious...\" Although the production team received requests, the show declined to use celebrity guests for cameo roles in the 2008 Christmas special. However, both Noel Sullivan and John Prescott made brief cameo appearances at the end of the final series. Both figures had formed the basis of long-running jokes throughout the series. Nessa occasionally refers", "title": "Gavin & Stacey" }, { "id": "10232945", "text": "Gavin's friends were given to Corden's co-stars in \"The History Boys\". Although the programme is set in Billericay, Essex, and Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, the three series were shot largely in Cardiff (which acted as the city itself but also as parts of Billericay), and also in Barry itself and the surrounding area, including Dinas Powys, Sully and Penarth. The show's popularity has been credited with boosting the tourist trade to Barry and its popular seafront of Barry Island, through visitors wishing to visit the various filming locations. Gavin's house was set in Billericay but was actually filmed on location", "title": "Gavin & Stacey" }, { "id": "3073974", "text": "Rob Brydon Robert Brydon Jones, (born 3 May 1965), known professionally as Rob Brydon, is a Welsh actor, comedian, radio and television presenter, singer, and impressionist. He played Dr Paul Hamilton in the Australian/British comedy series \"Supernova\", Bryn West in the sitcom\" Gavin & Stacey\" and Keith Barret in the BBC comedy series \"Marion and Geoff\" and its spin-off \"The Keith Barret Show\". He has appeared in a number of shows for the BBC with Steve Coogan, including \"The Trip\" series in 2010, released as a feature film later that year; and \"The Trip to Italy\" in 2014 and \"The", "title": "Rob Brydon" }, { "id": "10978685", "text": "Melanie Walters Melanie Walters (born 1962) is a Welsh actress who has worked frequently in television. She is best known for playing Gwen West in the BBC comedy-drama \"Gavin & Stacey\". Walters was born and raised in the Mumbles, near Swansea. Her father died when she was very young, leaving her mother to raise four children under four years old. In 1973, aged 11, she took over her brother's paper round, covering Mumbles Head every day, an experience she described at length on BBC Radio 4 in January 2012. When she was 14 she qualified as a lifeguard, working on", "title": "Melanie Walters" }, { "id": "10232952", "text": "Guardian\" described the show as the \"BBC 3's biggest breakout comedy hit since \"Little Britain\"\", while Deborah Orr wrote that the show was \"amiable, unpretentious, well-scripted, nicely acted and archly amusing. It's a good series, taking its place in a well-worn comedic progression, stretching back to \"The Liver Birds\"\". Just before the third series aired, \"The Independent\" described how the show had developed from a respectable début on BBC3 to an award-winning show with mainstream popularity after the BBC2 Christmas special, although it noted a perception from some that the show shouldn't \"get above itself\". With its mainstream acceptance however,", "title": "Gavin & Stacey" }, { "id": "10232940", "text": "and preoccupied with this issue, and in an attempt to cheer him up, Pam, Mick and Smithy arrange a surprise trip to Barry beach on a sunny bank holiday. Nessa and Dave also run into trouble after Dave learns about her alleged sexual intercourse with Smithy, but the two decide to go ahead with the wedding. In the final episode, Stacey discovers she is pregnant after all, and the couple are overjoyed and excited. Smithy shows up at Nessa and Dave's wedding ceremony with Neil, pleading for her not to marry him, and accusing her of not loving Dave. Dave,", "title": "Gavin & Stacey" }, { "id": "7217404", "text": "\"The History Boys\". The National Theatre production later toured the world, affording Knott his Broadway debut. He reprised his role on BBC radio, and in Bennett's film adaptation which was directed by the National's Nicholas Hytner. In 2011, he appeared in \"The National Anthem\", an episode of the anthology series \"Black Mirror\". Knott most recently appeared in the TV series \"Drop Dead Gorgeous\", \"Gavin & Stacey\" and the BBC 3 drama series \"\" as Rob. Recently he appeared in 1 episode of the LGBT miniseries \"Banana\" and he has guest starred on the BBC show \"Father Brown\". Knott is married", "title": "Andrew Knott" }, { "id": "4788941", "text": "made her final appearances in the fourth series, ending in 2011. Smith also appeared as Ruby Ruggles in the 2008 radio serial \"The Way We Live Right Now\", and took over the role of Tamsin Trelawny in series 2 of \"Elephants to Catch Eels\" on BBC Radio 4 Sheridan Smith Sheridan Smith, OBE (born 25 June 1981) is an English actress and singer. She rose to fame playing a variety of characters on sitcoms such as \"The Royle Family\" (1999–2000), \"Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps\" (2001–09), \"Gavin & Stacey\" (2008–10), and \"Benidorm\" (2009). From 2009 to", "title": "Sheridan Smith" }, { "id": "10232939", "text": "cigarette packet), and she accepts. Gavin begins on his new job in Wales and his parents and Smithy travel to Wales for Neil's christening. In the next episode Gavin and Stacey, and Nessa and her child Neil, spend the weekend at Pam and Mick's, and after a drunken night, it is believed that Nessa and Smithy may have once again had sex after waking up in bed together the next morning. Gavin and Stacey begin trying for a baby and Stacey is upset and disappointed when she learns that they may not be able to have children. Gavin becomes depressed", "title": "Gavin & Stacey" }, { "id": "7560994", "text": "nephew, Chris Davies, at a ceremony in the Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. Margaret John Margaret John (14 December 1926 – 2 February 2011) was a Welsh, BAFTA award-winning actress, best known for her role as Doris O'Neill in \"Gavin & Stacey\". She has been described, by fellow actress Ruth Jones, as \"an absolute national treasure\". Born in Swansea, as a child she wanted to be a nurse or vet, but she could not stand the sight of blood. She occasionally acted at school with her sister Mair. Spotted while acting in a chapel pagent competition, after an audition John trained at", "title": "Margaret John" }, { "id": "10978687", "text": "teaching Pilates. Melanie Walters Melanie Walters (born 1962) is a Welsh actress who has worked frequently in television. She is best known for playing Gwen West in the BBC comedy-drama \"Gavin & Stacey\". Walters was born and raised in the Mumbles, near Swansea. Her father died when she was very young, leaving her mother to raise four children under four years old. In 1973, aged 11, she took over her brother's paper round, covering Mumbles Head every day, an experience she described at length on BBC Radio 4 in January 2012. When she was 14 she qualified as a lifeguard,", "title": "Melanie Walters" }, { "id": "10232931", "text": "provide the emotional core of the story. The show focuses on the situations that arise when their relationship brings their two differing families together. As a result, episodes often focus on the key events in life that bring wider families and close friends together such as weddings, christenings, birthday parties and Christmases. However, the show also presents the families interacting in deliberately non-dramatic situations, such as a visit to the beach and nights out. A significant second storyline follows the contrasting relationship between Smithy and Nessa. Despite their dislike for each other, they have several one-night stands, leading to Nessa", "title": "Gavin & Stacey" }, { "id": "19312541", "text": "Dori Brenner Dori Brenner (born Dori Levine; December 16, 1946 - September 16, 2000) was an American actress. She was born in Manhattan, and went to Sarah Lawrence College and the Yale School of Drama. Her sister was award-winning author Ellen Levine. Brenner's first film was \"Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams\". Some other films she appeared in were \"Altered States\", \"For the Boys\", and \"Next Stop, Greenwich Village\". She also appeared on television, with series regular roles on \"The Charmings\" and \"Ned and Stacey\" as well in \"Seventh Avenue\" and in a recurring role as the neighbor on \"Who's the Boss?\"", "title": "Dori Brenner" }, { "id": "10232947", "text": "\"Series one had a very specific storyline to it, boy meets girl and it ends in a wedding. We don't have the same type of storyline in the second series. It's now girl lives with boy's parents in Essex and the joys that might entail.\" There was initially uncertainty over whether a third series would be produced. In an April 2008 interview, Jones said \"We never intended to write a second series let alone a third. We don't want it to become predictable. We will see how the Christmas special goes and take it from there.\" Corden added: \"We will", "title": "Gavin & Stacey" }, { "id": "15434382", "text": "bin, he begins the stand-up show with his own act, before acting as host for the first segment. Bill Bailey performed a short stand-up before going on to perform various musical comedy shorts on the keyboard, with additional vocals by Kevin Eldon. James Corden and Ruth Jones appeared in character as Smithy and Nessa from their television sit-com \"Gavin & Stacey\", carrying forward the plot from the final episode by pretending to be visiting London on a day trip from Barry Island. Lost and late, they appear on stage looking for their seats, before realising they're on stage and carrying", "title": "Channel 4's Comedy Gala (2010)" }, { "id": "17205351", "text": "in fact portrays a manifestation of \"The Moment\", a Gallifreyan super-weapon, that has taken on Rose's form. The casting of Tennant and Piper was announced by the BBC on 30 March 2013. Photographs of Smith, Tennant and Coleman at the first read-through were published, which also confirmed the casting of \"Gavin & Stacey\" star Joanna Page. On 8 April 2013, the BBC announced that Jemma Redgrave would reprise her role as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart's daughter Kate Stewart from \"The Power of Three\". Rumours had also circulated that Christopher Eccleston would have some involvement; Eccleston had some discussions with Steven Moffat, but", "title": "Doctor Who (2013 specials)" }, { "id": "9129785", "text": "the 2015 New Year Honours for services to drama. He received the honour from Princess Anne during a ceremony at Buckingham Palace on 25 June 2015. James Corden James Kimberley Corden (born 22 August 1978) is an English actor, comedian, and television host. He hosts \"The Late Late Show with James Corden\", a late-night television talk show on CBS. Along with Welsh actress Ruth Jones, Corden co-created, co-wrote and starred in the critically acclaimed BBC sitcom \"Gavin & Stacey\" (2007–2010) for which he won the BAFTA Television Award for Best Comedy Performance. He was featured on the UK No.1 single", "title": "James Corden" }, { "id": "8145093", "text": "water slide from his city office, all the way through the city and back to his home. Since 2015 Wilfort has been the voice of Samson (UK/US) in the CGI series of \"Thomas & Friends\". Also in 2015 he appeared as George Cavendish in the BBC's adaptation of Hilary Mantel's novel \"Wolf Hall\". In 2015 and 2016, Wilfort played Bob Cratchit in the BBC drama \"Dickensian\". Gavin and Stacey Christmas Special - Jason Robert Wilfort Robert Wilfort (born 20 April 1977) is a Welsh actor from Porthcawl, who has made guest appearances on British television, including \"Rose and Maloney\", \"MI", "title": "Robert Wilfort" }, { "id": "4255293", "text": "black comedy television series, written by and starring, Rob Brydon and Davis, Human Remains debuted. Davis has appeared in many comedy television shows in the UK including \"I'm Alan Partridge\", \"Coming Soon\", \"Gavin & Stacey\", \"I Am Not an Animal\", \"Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible\", \"Ideal\" and \"Nathan Barley\". In 2004, Davis wrote and starred in the dark comedy \"Nighty Night\", which returned for a second series in 2005. In more serious roles Davis has starred in productions such as the BBC's \"For the Love of God\", \"The Alan Clark Diaries\", \"Fear of Fanny\", in which she played the original", "title": "Julia Davis" }, { "id": "10232936", "text": "Shipman's house in Essex, where Nessa has some shocking revelations – especially for Smithy, who learns that she is pregnant with his baby, and although he makes it clear he thoroughly dislikes the woman, he is generally civil and supportive towards her about their child. Meanwhile, Gavin and Stacey, living at Pam and Mick's house, run into trouble when Stacey struggles to find a job and becomes home-sick for Barry and her family. The couple try to overcome their problem by looking for an apartment or house in Essex, but Stacey is still dissatisfied and is considering moving back to", "title": "Gavin & Stacey" }, { "id": "18746603", "text": "Gavan Duffy, and the executive producers are Sophie Clarke-Jervoise for Tiger Aspect and Kristian Smith for the BBC. A pilot episode was shown at the BBC's Salford Sitcom Showcase in March 2014, and the show was commissioned after that. The main series acquired co-writers Simon Carlyle and Andrew Mettam, and had six 30-minute episodes (including the pilot episode with some re-shot scenes) set and recorded in Newcastle upon Tyne. The theme tune is \"Meet Me on the Corner\" by Lindisfarne. After the pilot episode aired, \"The Independent\" compared \"Boy Meets Girl\" to \"Gavin & Stacey\", an award-winning BBC comedy from", "title": "Boy Meets Girl (2015 TV series)" }, { "id": "14533847", "text": "a comedy-thriller for BBC Two that premiered in autumn 2013. The series is co-produced by online television provider Hulu.com in the United States, where it premiered in November 2013. The first six-part series proved a critical and commercial success, and a similarly well-received two-part sequel was broadcast in December 2014. Baynton is also familiar as one of the stars of the hit children's television series \"Horrible Histories\", appearing over all five series as a singer, actor, and occasional writer. Other notable roles include the recurring character of Deano in \"Gavin & Stacey\" and co-starring as Chris in the Darren Boyd", "title": "Mathew Baynton" }, { "id": "15396952", "text": "Daisy Turner (actress) Daisy Turner (born 28 June 1990) is an English model and actress. Turner made her debut on Hollyoaks in the recurring role of Jenny Houston on 15 April 2011. She is the younger sister of \"EastEnders\" actress Lacey Turner. Turner was born in Hendon, London in 1990. She was brought up by her parents Bev and Les along with her two sisters Lacey Turner and Lily Harvey who are also actresses. Turner's older sister Lacey has played Stacey Slater in long-running soap opera \"EastEnders\" since 2004. Her younger sister Lily appeared in \"EastEnders\" as Shenice in March", "title": "Daisy Turner (actress)" }, { "id": "10232963", "text": "8), Iceland (Stöð 2), New Zealand (TV ONE), Portugal (RTP2), Sweden (SVT) and Spain/Catalonia (3XL). Characters from the show have gone on to appear outside the series' episodes in aid of various charitable causes. In the fifth episode of the second series (6 April 2008), for Gwen's birthday barn dance, Bryn and Nessa perform a duet of \"Islands in the Stream\". On 21 February 2009, this was adapted into \"Barry Islands In The Stream\", a musical mini-sketch aired for Comic Relief. In a storyline that sees Bryn and Nessa invited to compete in the World Karaoke Championships in Las Vegas,", "title": "Gavin & Stacey" }, { "id": "10232954", "text": "be another series of the show, I think Ruth and I are definite about that.\", while Jones said, \"Where would we go with it?...No, it's really time to say goodbye to these characters now\". Jones ruled out a film version, declaring the show \"very much belongs to the little screen, not the big one\". Immediately after the show's series three finale, fans began internet campaigns for a fourth series to be produced, while other cast members expressed mixed views. However, whilst the cast and crew have ruled out the possibility of another series, many have hinted at the possibility of", "title": "Gavin & Stacey" }, { "id": "10232953", "text": "it was of the opinion that the show had all the ingredients to become an \"audience-pleasing family sitcom in the tradition of \"Only Fools and Horses\" and \"The Royle Family\" – churning out series after series and Christmas special after Christmas special\", although by then, the writers had already ruled out future full series. News of future series and specials has been inconsistent, with some cast members often speculating about more material whilst others deny it. Once the third series was completed, Corden and Jones categorically ruled out making any future series of the show. Corden said \"There will never", "title": "Gavin & Stacey" }, { "id": "18870397", "text": "say to her. Kathy pleads with Gavin not to light the fireworks and promises to leave with him again. Phil escapes, knocks Gavin unconscious and ties him up. While Sharon talks to Kathy, she realises that Margaret Midhurst (Jan Harvey), the solicitor who arranged her adoption and who she has been visiting to track her father, is Gavin's sister. When Gavin wakes up, Sharon asks about her adoption; Gavin says he had a fling with Carol Hanley (Sheila White), who had a breakdown after Sharon's birth, and Gavin was not paternal but Den was, so he traded Sharon for part", "title": "Gavin Sullivan" }, { "id": "7185915", "text": "In 2007 he starred in the BBC sitcom \"Roman's Empire\" and in November that year appeared in comedy sketches in \"The Kylie Show\" on ITV1 alongside Kylie Minogue, playing her assistant. Horne was also a guest star in the second series of \"Robin Hood\". From 2007 to 2010 he starred in the double BAFTA winning series \"Gavin & Stacey\" as main character Gavin Shipman, a kind-hearted young man who meets up with a girl he meets through their work phone calls and falls in love with her. The programme ran for three series with a Christmas special and received widespread", "title": "Mathew Horne" }, { "id": "6872038", "text": "in several BBC comedies, playing Myfanwy in \"Little Britain\", Magz in \"Saxondale\" and Linda in \"Nighty Night\". Jones achieved prominence in 2008 with the BBC sitcom \"Gavin & Stacey\", which she co-wrote with James Corden, and in which she took a lead role as Nessa Jenkins. The programme became a hit for BBC 3 and moved to BBC 1. Jones has said of it, \"It wasn't as deliberate as us saying, 'Right, we're going to react against cynical comedy'. We just wrote what we wanted. And it just so happens that the show does generate a lot of warmth. People", "title": "Ruth Jones" }, { "id": "4368604", "text": "Bakogeorgos. Besides the song's success on the charts, \"Iris\" enjoyed critical acclaim. At the 41st Grammy Awards, \"Iris\" received nominations for \"Record of the Year\" and \"Pop Performance by a Duo or Group.\" The song also garnered Johnny Rzeznik a \"Song of the Year\" nomination. The single was certified Platinum by the RIAA on August 18, 2008. The song was used frequently in the British comedy \"Gavin & Stacey\". The song was ranked at number 39 on \"Rolling Stone\"s list of the 100 greatest pop songs. In October 2012, \"Iris\" was ranked number one on \"Billboard\"s \"Top 100 Pop Songs", "title": "Iris (song)" }, { "id": "10978686", "text": "the local beaches. Walters has worked frequently in television, but is best known for playing Gwen West in the BBC comedy-drama \"Gavin & Stacey\". She was one of eight celebrities chosen to participate in an intense week learning Welsh in an eco-friendly chic campsite in Pembrokeshire in the series \"\" shown on S4C in July 2011. Walters made a guest appearance in \"Casualty\" as Carrie on 3 February 2018. In December 2011 she appeared in the pantomime \"Cinderella\" at the Riverfront Arts Centre in Newport. Walters lives with her son in the Mumbles, Swansea, where she also runs a business", "title": "Melanie Walters" }, { "id": "12969182", "text": "Darleen Carr Darleen Carr (born Darlene Farnon; December 12, 1950) is an American actress, singer, and voice-over artist. She has also been credited as Darlene Carr or Darleen Drake. She has two sisters, both actresses (Shannon Farnon and Charmian Carr). Carr had a recurring role as the editor, reporter and photographer of the town newspaper in the 1981–82 television series \"Bret Maverick\" opposite James Garner, a sequel to Garner's 1957 series \"Maverick\". Carr made guest appearances on \"\", \"The Waltons\", and \"The Paper Chase\"; played Henry Fonda's character's daughter and Ron Howard's sister for thirty-nine episodes of \"The Smith Family\";", "title": "Darleen Carr" }, { "id": "5894802", "text": "movie adaptation of the same novel by Elmore Leonard. She has also appeared in the Backstreet Boys music video \"Shape of My Heart\", as well as music video for \"Drop That Baby\" by The Wondergirls. In 2004, she played crime-fighting bisexual spy Amy in Angela Robinson's film \"D.E.B.S.\". In 2009, she signed on to play Jen Clark, the sister of Naomi Clark (AnnaLynne McCord), on The CW drama series \"90210\". Additionally, Foster stars in the 2010 science-fiction film \"Psych 9\", which was directed by Andrew Shortell. Foster is the daughter of music producer David Foster and former model Rebecca Foster", "title": "Sara Foster" }, { "id": "6924753", "text": "in the \"Grey's Anatomy\"'s episode \"Much Too Much\" that premiered on November 27, 2005. The song also appeared in the \"Everwood\" episode \"Getting to Know You\" on December 8, 2005 and in the Cold Case episode \"One Night\" on March 19, 2006. On May 13, 2007, the song appeared in the pilot episode of \"Gavin & Stacey\". The music video, directed by Bill Yukich, premiered on MTV.com on March 21, 2005. It was then released on iTunes for digital download on March 30, 2005. The video starts with a woman exiting the taxi and going to the Los Angeles Union", "title": "You and Me (Lifehouse song)" }, { "id": "7185912", "text": "Mathew Horne Mathew Frazer Horne (born 6 September 1978) is an English actor, comedian, television presenter, and narrator. He is best known for appearing on several BBC sketch shows and sitcoms, most notably \"Gavin & Stacey\" (as Gavin Shipman), \"The Catherine Tate Show\", \"20 Things to do Before You're 30\", \"Teachers\", \"Horne and Corden\", and \"Bad Education\". Horne was born on 6 September 1978 in Burton Joyce, Nottingham, the son of Brian Horne and Glenis Reynolds. He grew up there. Horne has an elder brother, Daniel who has autism. He attended Burton Joyce Primary School. He studied A level performing", "title": "Mathew Horne" }, { "id": "14533852", "text": "Writer—Comedy for \"The Wrong Mans\". Baynton and Corden also received a 2014 BAFTA TV Craft Award nomination in the same category, and were nominated for Best Male Performance in a Comedy Programme in the same year's BAFTA Television Awards. Mathew Baynton Mathew John Baynton (born 18 November 1980) is an English actor, writer, comedian, singer, and musician. He is best known as the co-creator, writer and star of the sitcoms \"The Wrong Mans\" and \"Yonderland\", as well as a member of the starring troupe of children's sketch comedy \"Horrible Histories\". Other major television roles include Deano in \"Gavin & Stacey\",", "title": "Mathew Baynton" }, { "id": "9083197", "text": "Miriam Ambrose in the Welsh-language TV drama \"Dinas\". She has appeared in other Welsh-language productions such as \"Tair Chwaer\" and \"Yr Aduniad\", although she may be most famous for playing Britt Monk in \"Pobol y Cwm\". She has also starred in a number of Welsh-based TV dramas in English such as \"Nuts and Bolts\" on ITV Wales and \"Belonging\" on BBC Wales. She has also appeared in the BBC comedy Gavin & Stacey. She has appeared in plays at the Royal Court, Clwyd Theatr Cymru and the Sherman in Cardiff. In 2012 she played Mo the Bap in the Sky1", "title": "Donna Edwards (actress)" }, { "id": "4948482", "text": "Lacey Turner Lacey Amelia Turner (born 28 March 1988) is a British actress, best known for her portrayal of Stacey Slater in the BBC soap opera \"EastEnders\" (2004–2010, 2014–present), for which she received over thirty awards, including four National Television Awards and ten British Soap Awards. She is also known for her work on \"Bedlam\" and \"Switch\" (both 2012), as well as \"Our Girl\" (2013–2014). Turner was born in Edgware, Barnet, Greater London to parents Bev and Les. She was raised as a Catholic with her two younger sisters, Daisy Turner (born 1990) and Lily Harvey (born 2001, known for", "title": "Lacey Turner" }, { "id": "6666882", "text": "The sixth track, \"You Could Be Happy\", was used at the beginning the episode \"Promise\" of \"Smallville\"'s sixth season, as well as in advertisements for Australian soap Neighbours. The single was also used in \"Doctor Who: Top 5 Christmas Moments\" and the penultimate episode of Season 2 of BBC sitcom \"Gavin & Stacey\". The first track, \"You're All I Have\", appears on the soundtrack of the teen film \"The Invisible\". In 2007, \"Open Your Eyes\" was used as the \"Best Bits\" song for \"Celebrity Big Brother 5\" during the final watched by over 7 million viewers, the year of the", "title": "Eyes Open (album)" }, { "id": "6319623", "text": "Lindsay Sloane Lindsay Sloane Leikin-Rollins (born August 8, 1977) is an American actress. Sloane is known for playing Valerie Birkhead on \"Sabrina the Teenage Witch\" (1997–99) and Emily in \"The Odd Couple\" (2015–17). She has also starred in films such as \"Bring It On\" (2000), \"Over Her Dead Body\" (2008), \"She's Out of My League\" (2010), \"The Other Guys\" (2010), \"Horrible Bosses\" (2011), and its sequel \"Horrible Bosses 2\" (2014). Lindsay Sloane Leikin was born on Long Island, New York, the daughter of Renée, a children's librarian, and Joey Leikin, a sales manager. She was raised in a Jewish family.", "title": "Lindsay Sloane" }, { "id": "17315524", "text": "in South Africa on M-Net. All seven episodes were available on Korean major IPTV networks. However, in September 2018, streaming service Sony Crackle announced it would be streaming all seven episodes starting October 1, finally giving the show its American release. After a six-month-long online romance, Gavin, who lives in New York, and Stacey, who lives in Pennsylvania, decide to meet in person. Their crazy families and friends constantly interfere in their budding relationship, which becomes more of a challenge than living in different states. Us & Them Us & Them is an American television series that was scheduled to", "title": "Us & Them" }, { "id": "570952", "text": "hit sitcom \"Gavin & Stacey\", was released in aid of Comic Relief and reached No. 1 in March 2009. Jones's album \"Praise & Blame\" was released on 26 July 2010. The album consisted primarily of gospel and blues songs, included covers of songs by Bob Dylan, John Lee Hooker and Billy Joe Shaver, and featured guest musicians such as Booker T. On 7 June 2010, which was Jones's seventieth birthday, the single \"Burning Hell\", a cover of the John Lee Hooker classic, from the \"Praise & Blame\" album was released. In July 2010, it was reported that David Sharpe, vice-president", "title": "Tom Jones (singer)" }, { "id": "6206919", "text": "has proven popular with fans and critics, and Turner has won multiple awards for her portrayal. Stacey, age 15, arrives in Walford in November 2004, to move in with her great-uncle Charlie (Derek Martin) after being thrown out by her mother Jean (Gillian Wright). She causes trouble through her promiscuous and immoral behaviour, and is sent back home to Jean. However, she then returns to the Slaters, eventually beginning to settle down when joined by her mother and older brother Sean (Robert Kazinsky). It is revealed that Stacey had a troubled childhood, due to Jean's bipolar disorder and the death", "title": "Stacey Slater" }, { "id": "6278731", "text": "Alex Turner. His song \"Run\" is the theme tune to the situation comedy, \"Gavin & Stacey\" and his song \"Darling Don't\" appeared on the third series of the teen drama \"Skins\". His song \"Play\" from the album \"Magpie\" was featured in the 2009 movie \"The Joneses\". Stephen Fretwell Stephen Fretwell (born 10 November 1981 in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire) is an English singer-songwriter. Fretwell attended St. Augustine Webster Primary School in Scunthorpe and St. Bede's Catholic School in Ashby before furthering his study at John Leggott College. It was in his teenage years that he started his first band, named Label. After", "title": "Stephen Fretwell" }, { "id": "10232965", "text": "live for the \"Top of the Pops 2009 Red Nose Day\" special. There have been two charity episodes depicted as a \"spin-off\" of \"Gavin & Stacey\" called \"Smithy\", starring James Corden as the title character. For Sport Relief 2010 on 19 March 2010, Corden appeared again as Smithy in a long sketch about coaching. Corden had previously recorded a live 9 minute segment during the December 2009 BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards ceremony. It sees Smithy being presented with the Coach of the Year Award for his unsung coaching influence on several British sports stars. As he jokes", "title": "Gavin & Stacey" }, { "id": "14411586", "text": "by 20 million viewers in the UK. The ballad, which is played over the ceremony, was also chosen by Kylie Minogue, who played Charlene, as the song to be played at her own future wedding. \"Suddenly\" was denied the UK number 1 spot by the release of the Kylie and Jason Donovan duet, \"Especially for You\". This song has been used in the season 3 final of the UK sitcom \"Gavin & Stacey\" at the wedding of Vanessa Jenkins and Dave Coaches. It was also used in the first episode of \"Sirens\" on \"Channel 4\" in the UK for the", "title": "Suddenly (Angry Anderson song)" }, { "id": "3084071", "text": "third episode. She would later co-write the acclaimed series \"Gavin & Stacey\", in which both Brydon and Davis would star. The series was written by Julia Davis and Rob Brydon, who were so sure of a commission they wrote all six episodes before finalising the deal. They wrote it in a flat in the same building complex which once housed the late Kenneth Williams. It was directed by Matt Lipsey and produced by Alison Mcphail. Executive producers were Henry Normal and Steve Coogan. After creating the concept for the series, Davis and Brydon set about developing the material for the", "title": "Human Remains (TV series)" }, { "id": "14872172", "text": "in Manhattan. After graduating from Northwestern University with a BA in Theatre, she went on to pursue her acting career in both New York and Los Angeles. She has appeared on numerous television shows, guest starring on such hits as Law and Order, CSI: Miami, Castle and Criminal Minds. She has also played recurring roles as a love interest to Anthony Edwards on ER and as Holly Hunter’s sister on Saving Grace. Her film work includes the Todd Phillip’s produced Project X, Spike Lee’s \"Oldboy\" and Akiva Goldsman’s directorial debut, \"Winter's Tale\". Caitlin Dulany Caitlin Dulany is an American actress.", "title": "Caitlin Dulany" }, { "id": "6319627", "text": "19, 2017). Lindsay Sloane Lindsay Sloane Leikin-Rollins (born August 8, 1977) is an American actress. Sloane is known for playing Valerie Birkhead on \"Sabrina the Teenage Witch\" (1997–99) and Emily in \"The Odd Couple\" (2015–17). She has also starred in films such as \"Bring It On\" (2000), \"Over Her Dead Body\" (2008), \"She's Out of My League\" (2010), \"The Other Guys\" (2010), \"Horrible Bosses\" (2011), and its sequel \"Horrible Bosses 2\" (2014). Lindsay Sloane Leikin was born on Long Island, New York, the daughter of Renée, a children's librarian, and Joey Leikin, a sales manager. She was raised in a", "title": "Lindsay Sloane" }, { "id": "12425871", "text": "Eva LaRue. They remain best friends to this day. Martin spent much of the 1990s guest-starring in a variety of network sitcoms and dramas, including \"NYPD Blue\", \"Dharma & Greg\", \"Players\", and \"Ned & Stacey\". She was part of the original cast of the ABC drama \"Brothers & Sisters\", before the cast was overhauled prior to premiering. Her most recent television work was the 2007 Lifetime movie \"Christmas in Paradise\" co-starring \"Eureka\" star Colin Ferguson. She co-starred in the 2009 film release \"Skills Like This\" which won the Audience Award at the 2007 SXSW Film Festival. Marta Martin Marta Alicia", "title": "Marta Martin" }, { "id": "4336917", "text": "Tess Brown, a feuding rival of protagonist Temperance Brennan. In 2015 she appeared in the fourth season of \"New Girl\". In 2009 Dunn played the sister-in-law of Frank Reynolds in \"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia\". Her film work includes \"Working Girl\" (1988), \"How I Got into College\" (1989), \"Miami Blues\" (1990), \"I Love Trouble\" (1994), \"Shake, Rattle and Rock!\" (1994), \"Three Kings\" (1999), \"Zoolander\" (2001), \"Max Keeble's Big Move\" (2001), \"Bruce Almighty\" (2003), \"Runaway Jury\" (2003), \"Love for Rent\" (2005), \"Pineapple Express\" (2008), \"My Suicide\" (2009) and \"Entourage\" (2015). In 2014, Dunn began appearing in a series of commercials for", "title": "Nora Dunn" }, { "id": "2333186", "text": "that Bledel would co-star opposite Jason Ritter in the Fox pilot \"Friends & Family\", an adaptation of the British sitcom \"Gavin & Stacey\" as Stacey with Ritter as Gavin. The pilot was picked up for a series and was retitled \"Us & Them\". However, Fox eventually decided not to air the series. 2015 saw Bledel starring with Katherine Heigl as the fiancée to Heigl's character in the film \"Jenny's Wedding\". On January 29, 2016, Netflix announced a revival of \"Gilmore Girls\" with a series of four 90-minute films set around the four seasons, and Bledel's participation was confirmed. In 2017,", "title": "Alexis Bledel" } ]

[ "Brook Lopez" ]

[ { "id": "9808067", "text": "10th win of the season, as Lopez surpassed 10,000 points with the Nets. He became the second player in Nets history to score 10,000 points—his 10,014 points seeing him sit behind only Buck Williams (10,440) on the franchise list. On March 26 against Atlanta, Lopez became the Nets' career leader in field goals, passing Buck Williams. Lopez got the seven field goals he needed to pass Williams' team record of 3,981. With 25 points against the Boston Celtics on April 10, Lopez passed Williams to become the franchise's career leading scorer. On June 22, 2017, Lopez was traded, along with", "title": "Brook Lopez" }, { "id": "19509662", "text": "2016–17 Brooklyn Nets season The 2016–17 Brooklyn Nets season was the 41st season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), 50th season overall, and its 5th season playing in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The season marked Brook Lopez's final one with the Nets, as he was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers in the off-season. He became the franchise's all-time leading scorer on April 10 when he broke Buck Williams' record that stood for 28 years. The Nets hired Kenny Atkinson after Lionel Hollins was fired during the middle of the previous season. General manager", "title": "2016–17 Brooklyn Nets season" }, { "id": "14861178", "text": "first round of the playoffs. On November 11, 2015, Bogdanović helped the Nets record their first win of the season, scoring a season-high 22 points in a 106–98 victory over the Houston Rockets. He topped that season high mark with 24 points on 25 February 2016 in a 116–106 win over the Phoenix Suns. On March 15, 2016, he scored a career-high 44 points in a 131–114 win over the Philadelphia 76ers. His total was the most for a Nets player since Deron Williams scored 57 on March 4, 2012, and the most by any Nets player since the team", "title": "Bojan Bogdanović" }, { "id": "18317265", "text": "Jarvis Hayes, and trading for Orlando point guard Keyon Dooling. The Nets finished the season with their second straight 34–48 record, tied for 11th in the Eastern Conference with the Milwaukee Bucks. Devin Harris made his first All-Star team and narrowly missed winning the NBA Most Improved Player award, and Brook Lopez finished third in Rookie of the Year voting. On June 26, 2009, the Nets traded Vince Carter and Ryan Anderson to the Orlando Magic for Rafer Alston, Courtney Lee and Tony Battie. After a 16th straight loss (against the Sacramento Kings) to start the 2009–10 season, the Nets", "title": "History of the Brooklyn Nets" }, { "id": "5929301", "text": "in rebounding for most of the 1980s and as of the beginning of 2017, he remains the Nets’ second all-time leader in points (10,440), total rebounds (7,576), games played (635), minutes played (23,100), rebounds per game (11.9), and free throws made (2,476). Williams attended Rocky Mount High School (then called Rocky Mount Senior High) in Rocky Mount before going off to play collegiately at the University of Maryland. Williams had immediate success at Maryland, capturing the ACC Rookie of the Year Award in 1979. He led the ACC in rebounding twice (1979 and 1981), while averaging 15.5 points per game", "title": "Buck Williams" }, { "id": "9808063", "text": "8, in a win over the Houston Rockets, Lopez became the sixth player to make 400 starts for the Nets franchise, following Buck Williams (633), Jason Kidd (504), Kerry Kittles (455), Richard Jefferson (417) and Jason Collins (405). On December 26, in a loss to the Washington Wizards, Lopez made nine field goals and passed Vince Carter (3,126) for second in franchise history. Lopez finished the game with 3,127 career field goals made, a mark trailing only Buck Williams (3,981). On January 2, 2016, Lopez recorded a then season-high 30 points and 13 rebounds in a 100–97 win over the", "title": "Brook Lopez" }, { "id": "802203", "text": "championships (in the 2001–02 and 2002–03 seasons), but failed to win a league title. In the summer of 2012, the team moved to Barclays Center, and took its current geographic name. The Brooklyn Nets were founded in 1967 and initially played in Teaneck, New Jersey, as the New Jersey Americans. In its early years, the team led a nomadic existence, moving to Long Island in 1968 and playing in various arenas there as the New York Nets. Led by Hall of Famer Julius \"Dr. J\" Erving, the Nets won two ABA championships in New York before becoming one of four", "title": "Brooklyn Nets" }, { "id": "17911330", "text": "Detroit Pistons. Two days later, he set a new career high with 28 points in a 107–105 win over the New York Knicks. The 28 points included the winning basket over former Michigan teammate Tim Hardaway Jr. with 1 second left. On November 9, he scored 17 points and hit a floater in the lane with 0.3 seconds left to lift the Nets to a 112–110 win over the Denver Nuggets. On November 12, LeVert suffered a severe right leg injury late in the first half of the Nets' 120–113 loss to the Timberwolves in Minnesota. As the Nets' leading", "title": "Caris LeVert" }, { "id": "18317225", "text": "Pistons in three games. Newly hired head coach Dave Wohl helped lead the Nets to a respectable record at the beginning of the 1985–86 season, posting a 23–14 start. New Jersey's promising start dissipated with the loss of two of its top scorers. All-Star Micheal Ray Richardson flunked a drug test for the third time and was banned from the league for life, and star center Darryl Dawkins only played 39 games due to a back injury. Long-time Nets veterans Buck Williams and Mike Gminski filled in the gap and powered the club on both offense and defense, helping the", "title": "History of the Brooklyn Nets" }, { "id": "16763484", "text": "scored 16 points in a 110–97 loss to the Boston Celtics. He hit five 3-pointers, extending his Nets' single-season record to 201—Deron Williams is next on the list with 169 in 2012–13. On November 21, 2018, Crabbe scored a season-high 27 points in a 119–113 loss to the Dallas Mavericks. He was 10 of 16 from the field, including 7 of 11 behind the arc, after coming into the game shooting 27 percent. On December 5, he scored 22 points and tied a season high with seven 3-pointers in a 114–112 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. Allen Crabbe Allen", "title": "Allen Crabbe" }, { "id": "802201", "text": "Brooklyn Nets The Brooklyn Nets are an American professional basketball team based in the borough of Brooklyn, in New York City. The Nets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home games at Barclays Center. They are one of two NBA teams located in New York City; the other is the New York Knicks. The team was established in 1967 as a charter franchise of the NBA's rival league, the American Basketball Association (ABA). They played in New Jersey as the New Jersey Americans during", "title": "Brooklyn Nets" }, { "id": "18317263", "text": "despite young players like Josh Boone and Sean Williams becoming major contributors and Marcus Williams showing progress, there were few bright notes. Other noteworthy feats included Jefferson's rank as number nine in scoring for the season, Carter's emergence as the leader of the Nets, and Carter's average of at least 20 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists a game, a season accomplishment unique to him, Kobe Bryant, and LeBron James. After failing to make it to the playoffs, team president Rod Thorn promised changes would be made, while Coach Lawrence Frank vowed that \"a season like this will never happen", "title": "History of the Brooklyn Nets" }, { "id": "18317207", "text": "History of the Brooklyn Nets The Brooklyn Nets, a professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, was founded in 1967 and initially played in Teaneck, New Jersey, as the New Jersey Americans, later the New Jersey Nets. They are a member of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as well as an original member of the American Basketball Association (ABA). In 2012 they moved to Brooklyn and were renamed the Brooklyn Nets. The franchise was established in 1967 as a founding member of the American Basketball Association (ABA),", "title": "History of the Brooklyn Nets" }, { "id": "18317268", "text": "1972–73 Philadelphia 76ers (9–73), 1986–87 Los Angeles Clippers (12–70), 1992–93 Dallas Mavericks (11–71) and 1997–98 Denver Nuggets (11–71). On February 18, 2010, the Nets finalized a deal that would move them to Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The Nets would begin playing in Newark in the 2010–11 season and remain there until Barclays Center opened in Brooklyn. There was significant optimism going into the off-season, especially as the Nets began promoting their \"It's All New\" campaign while looking forward to a new home, new owner, new coach, and new players. They also held the best chance of landing the", "title": "History of the Brooklyn Nets" }, { "id": "802215", "text": "in 2016 included Mikhail Prokhorov (principal owner), Brett Yormark (CEO), Sean Marks (general manager), and Jeff Gewirtz (executive vice president, business affairs & chief legal officer). The original owner of the Nets franchise was trucking magnate Arthur J. Brown, who was the founder of the American Basketball Association team that was then known as the New Jersey Americans in 1967. The next year, Brown renamed the franchise to the New York Nets following a move to Long Island, and sold the team for $1.1 million to entrepreneur Roy Boe. Due to financial losses suffered while the team was in Long", "title": "Brooklyn Nets" }, { "id": "11936316", "text": "2008–09 New Jersey Nets season The 2008–09 New Jersey Nets season was the 42nd season of the franchise, and their 33rd in the National Basketball Association (NBA). On June 26, it was announced the Nets had officially traded Richard Jefferson in exchange for Milwaukee Bucks players Yi Jianlian and Bobby Simmons. After missing the playoffs last season and going no further than the Eastern Conference Semifinals the past five years, the Nets needed to change. Jefferson left after seven years at New Jersey where he ended up as the Nets third all-time leading scorer in franchise history. On July 21,", "title": "2008–09 New Jersey Nets season" }, { "id": "15691150", "text": "2011–12 New Jersey Nets season The 2011–12 New Jersey Nets season was the 45th season of the franchise, their 36th in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and their 35th and final season in New Jersey before moving to Brooklyn, New York and changing their name to the Brooklyn Nets for the 2012–13 season. The Nets finished 22–44, last in the Atlantic Division and 12th overall in the Eastern Conference and failed to make the playoffs for a fifth consecutive season. Point guard Deron Williams led the team in scoring (21.0), assists (8.7), and minutes per game (36.3) and was the", "title": "2011–12 New Jersey Nets season" }, { "id": "1877492", "text": "Chamberlain was 50, the New Jersey Nets had the same idea, but were declined. However, he would continue to epitomize physical fitness for years to come, including participating in several marathons. Chamberlain is regarded as one of the most extraordinary and dominant basketball players in the history of the NBA. The 1972 NBA Finals MVP is holder of numerous official NBA all-time records, establishing himself as a scoring champion, all-time top rebounder and accurate field goal shooter. He led the NBA in scoring seven times, field goal percentage nine times, minutes played eight times, rebounding eleven times, and assists once.", "title": "Wilt Chamberlain" }, { "id": "20721722", "text": "2018–19 Brooklyn Nets season The 2018–19 Brooklyn Nets season is the 43rd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), 52nd season overall, and its 7th season playing in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. On November 12, 2018, late in the first half of the game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, Caris LeVert suffered a subtalar dislocation of the right foot and is scheduled to return later in the season after rehabilitation. The December 16 game against the Atlanta Hawks at Barclays Center was the highest scoring game at the venue in Nets' history, while the 144", "title": "2018–19 Brooklyn Nets season" }, { "id": "16563292", "text": "forward Ed O'Bannon to the Dallas Mavericks for Sam Cassell, Jim Jackson, Chris Gatling, Eric Montross and George McCloud, who never played with the Nets and was dealt to the Los Angeles Lakers for Joe Kleine. The Nets ended their season with a 26–56 record, finishing fifth in the Atlantic Division. Kendall Gill led them in scoring averaging 21.8 points per game, and top draft pick Kerry Kittles was selected to the All-Rookie Second Team. Following the season, Jackson and Montross were both dealt to the Philadelphia 76ers, Massenburg signed with the Vancouver Grizzlies, and Kleine signed with the Chicago", "title": "1996–97 New Jersey Nets season" }, { "id": "18317281", "text": "of trade discussions on July 11, 2012. Instead, the team traded for six-time All-Star Joe Johnson from the Atlanta Hawks. In return, the Nets sent Jordan Farmar, Johan Petro, Anthony Morrow, Jordan Williams, DeShawn Stevenson and a draft pick previously acquired from the Houston Rockets to Atlanta. On the same date, Deron Williams signed a five-year, $98.7 million deal to remain with the Nets. In addition, the Nets re-signed Brook Lopez and Gerald Wallace to four-year deals. The Brooklyn Nets played their first game on November 3, 2012, in a 107–100 home victory over the Toronto Raptors. The first game", "title": "History of the Brooklyn Nets" }, { "id": "12384348", "text": "history (behind Steve Kerr). On February 3, 2012, Morrow scored a career high 42 points in a loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. On July 11, 2012, the Nets traded Morrow, Johan Petro, Jordan Farmar, Jordan Williams, and DeShawn Stevenson to the Atlanta Hawks for Joe Johnson. On February 21, 2013, the Atlanta Hawks traded Morrow to the Dallas Mavericks for Dahntay Jones. On July 18, 2013, Morrow signed a one year contract with the New Orleans Pelicans. On July 16, 2014, Morrow signed a three-year, $10 million contract with the Oklahoma City Thunder. On April 1, 2015, he scored a", "title": "Anthony Morrow" }, { "id": "18317289", "text": "2014, the Nets completed a season sweep of the Dallas Mavericks for the first time since the 1999–2000 season with a 107–104 overtime win in Dallas. Kidd was awarded a second Coach of the Month award on April 1 after the team amassed a 12–4 record in March. On the same day the Nets would go on to defeat the Houston Rockets 105–96 to extend a franchise record home winning streak to 14, and clinching a playoff berth in the process. On April 8, the Nets became the first team during the Miami Big 3 (Chris Bosh, LeBron James, and", "title": "History of the Brooklyn Nets" }, { "id": "20721724", "text": "on February 5, 2018, in a trade with the Milwaukee Bucks that sent Rashad Vaughn to the Nets in exchange for Tyler Zeller. However, just days before draft night, the Nets agreed to trade the 45th pick (which became Hamidou Diallo), another second round pick, Timofey Mozgov, and cash considerations to the Charlotte Hornets in exchange for Dwight Howard, although the trade would not be official until July 6, 2018. With the Nets' sole first round pick, Brooklyn selected the Bosnian-born Džanan Musa, a small forward from Croatia's Cedevita Zagreb, while with the second round pick the Nets selected the", "title": "2018–19 Brooklyn Nets season" }, { "id": "802202", "text": "their first season, before moving to Long Island in 1968 and changing their name to the New York Nets. During this time, the Nets won two ABA championships (in 1974 and 1976). In 1976, the ABA merged with the NBA, and the Nets were absorbed into the NBA along with three other ABA teams (the San Antonio Spurs, Indiana Pacers and Denver Nuggets, all of whom remain in the league today). In 1977, the team returned to New Jersey and played as the New Jersey Nets from 1977 to 2012. During this time, the Nets won two consecutive Eastern Conference", "title": "Brooklyn Nets" }, { "id": "17917623", "text": "8.1 assists and 3.7 rebounds in 37.4 minutes. On December 8, 2016, Dinwiddie signed with the Brooklyn Nets. Two days later, he made his debut for the Nets in a 130–101 loss to the San Antonio Spurs, recording six points, one rebound and two assists in 10 minutes off the bench. On October 25, 2017, Dinwiddie scored a career-high 22 points and hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with 43 seconds left to lift the Nets to a 112–107 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers. Four days later, he tied his career high with 22 points in a 124–111 loss to the Denver", "title": "Spencer Dinwiddie" }, { "id": "11057506", "text": "2001–02 New Jersey Nets season The 2001–02 New Jersey Nets season was the Nets' 35th season in the National Basketball Association, and 26th season in East Rutherford, New Jersey. This season saw the Nets finishing first place in the Eastern Conference with 52 wins and 30 losses, their best record since joining the NBA after the ABA–NBA merger in 1976. As of 2017, this was the only season where the Nets won 50 or more games. In the offseason, the Nets acquired All-Star point guard Jason Kidd from the Phoenix Suns. Kidd was credited for most of turn-around—the Nets had", "title": "2001–02 New Jersey Nets season" }, { "id": "18317250", "text": "large rout at home, the Nets took Game 5 in Detroit in triple-overtime, only to fall short in Game 6 in New Jersey. The Pistons won Game 7 in a rout and took the series 4 games to 3. Kidd, playing on an injured knee that required surgery after the season, was held scoreless in Game 7. After the season, the Nets revamped. They traded Kerry Kittles and Kenyon Martin to the Clippers and Nuggets respectively and released Rodney Rogers and longtime Net Lucious Harris, because new owner Bruce Ratner was unwilling to pay the remainder of their contracts. They", "title": "History of the Brooklyn Nets" }, { "id": "14861179", "text": "moved to Brooklyn prior to the 2012–13 season. In the Nets' regular season finale on 13 April, he tied his career high with seven three-pointers and scored 29 points in a 103–96 loss to the Toronto Raptors. The Nets lost their final 10 games of the season and finished with a 21–61 win/loss record. In the Nets' season opener on October 26, 2016, Bogdanović scored a team-high 21 points in a 122–117 loss to the Boston Celtics. On February 22, 2017, Bogdanović was traded, along with Chris McCullough, to the Washington Wizards in exchange for Andrew Nicholson, Marcus Thornton and", "title": "Bojan Bogdanović" }, { "id": "16607127", "text": "2012–13 Brooklyn Nets season The 2012–13 Brooklyn Nets season was the franchise's 46th season, its 37th in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and its first season following its relocation from New Jersey to Brooklyn, New York, after the 2011–12 season. The Nets finished with a record of 49–33, their first winning season since 2005–06, the 2nd best record in the Atlantic Division and the 4th best in the Eastern Conference. When considering the Nets' time in the NBA only, the 49–33 record is also tied for the second best in franchise history at the time, and the 23–18 record on", "title": "2012–13 Brooklyn Nets season" }, { "id": "18504610", "text": "18 points, 13 assists and 11 rebounds in a 116–112 loss to the Raptors. Russell's triple-double was the first for the Nets since Terrence Williams had one against Chicago on April 9, 2010. On November 12, 2018, Russell made a career-high nine 3-pointers and scored 31 points in a 120–113 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. On November 25, he had his highest scoring total with the Nets, recording 38 points, eight assists and eight rebounds in a 127–125 loss to the 76ers. On December 18, he had 22 points and a career high-tying 13 assists in a 115–110 win over", "title": "D'Angelo Russell" }, { "id": "20080287", "text": "as six rebounds, and nine points in a 111–105 loss to the Charlotte Hornets. On April 5, Allen got a career-high five blocks in a 119–111 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks. On November 17, 2018, Allen recorded a career-high 24 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in a 127–119 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers. On November 20, he grabbed a season-high 14 rebounds and scored 13 points as the Nets defeated the Miami Heat. Allen's family also plays basketball; his father Leonard was drafted by the Dallas Mavericks in the 1985 NBA draft and played at San Diego State and", "title": "Jarrett Allen" }, { "id": "802220", "text": "a new level of development. On May 11, 2010, following approval from the other owners of the NBA, Prokhorov had become a principal owner of the Nets. In late 2017, there were multiple reports of an agreement for Prokhorov to sell a 49% stake in the team to Joseph Tsai, the executive vice chairman of the Alibaba Group, with an option for Tsai to become the majority owner. Source: The Nets' practice facility and headquarters for the team's basketball operations are located at the Hospital for Special Surgery Training Center (HSS Center) in the Industry City complex in the Sunset", "title": "Brooklyn Nets" }, { "id": "2775233", "text": "two ABA Championships in the Coliseum, with Hall of Famer Julius Erving headlining the team. In 1973–74 the Nets defeated the Utah Stars in five games to capture their first title. The Nets then captured the final American Basketball Association Championship in 1976, defeating the Denver Nuggets in six games. Following the 1976 season the Nets joined the National Basketball Association as part of the ABA–NBA merger. After their first season in the NBA, the Nets moved to New Jersey. The New Jersey Nets played four seasons at the Rutgers Athletic Center before completion of a new arena at the", "title": "Nassau Coliseum" }, { "id": "20167551", "text": "guard D'Angelo Russell and champion center Timofey Mozgov. On draft night, the Nets selected freshman center Jarrett Allen from University of Texas with the first round pick they acquired from Washington. Under his sole season there, Allen recorded averages of 13.4 points and 8.4 rebounds per game while making it to the All-Big 12 Third Team as a member of the Longhorns. They also selected the Bulgarian/Cypriot/Greek tri-citizen power forward Aleksandar Vezenkov, who previously last played in the FC Barcelona Lassa out in the Liga ACB in Spain. As a player who previously played for both the Barcelona Lassa and", "title": "2017–18 Brooklyn Nets season" }, { "id": "20721723", "text": "points scored by the Nets were the second-most points scored in regulation in franchise history. The Nets entered the draft holding one first round pick and two second round picks. It became the last draft year where the effects of their Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce trade with the Boston Celtics would take effect. The first round pick along with the second round pick (40th overall) were acquired on July 13, 2017, in a trade with the Toronto Raptors that sent DeMarre Carroll to the Nets in exchange for Justin Hamilton. The other second round pick (45th overall) was acquired", "title": "2018–19 Brooklyn Nets season" }, { "id": "11936856", "text": "several Nets reached different milestones. Stephon Marbury dished out his 2,000th assist and Kendall Gill scored his 10,000th career point. Marbury led the team in scoring (22.2 ppg) and Gill led the team in total steals (139), ranking him ninth in the league. Following the season, head coach Don Casey was fired, Scott Burrell was released and Jayson Williams, who missed the entire season with a leg injury retired. The Nets started the season at 2-15, a franchise record low. Despite the poor start, the Nets rallied back to compete for a playoff spot. The Nets were still alive in", "title": "1999–2000 New Jersey Nets season" }, { "id": "20167552", "text": "Aris Thessaloniki under the Greek Basket League, Vezenkov earned numerous honors out in both Greece and Spain, including being the Greek League's MVP back in 2015 and winning the Spanish Supercup the same year. <noinclude> 2017–18 Brooklyn Nets season The 2017–18 Brooklyn Nets season was the 42nd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), 51st season overall, and its 6th season playing in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The Nets would enter the draft holding two first round picks and one second round pick. The highest first round pick would be from the Washington Wizards,", "title": "2017–18 Brooklyn Nets season" }, { "id": "9808064", "text": "Boston Celtics. Two days later, he was named Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played Monday, December 28 through Sunday, January 3. On January 24, he scored a season-high 31 points in a 116–106 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder. He topped that mark six days later, recording 33 points and 10 rebounds in a 105–103 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans. On February 19, he tied his season-high of 33 points in a 109–98 win over the New York Knicks. He moved past Richard Jefferson (8,507 points) into third place on the Nets' career scoring list. On", "title": "Brook Lopez" }, { "id": "20167549", "text": "2017–18 Brooklyn Nets season The 2017–18 Brooklyn Nets season was the 42nd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), 51st season overall, and its 6th season playing in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The Nets would enter the draft holding two first round picks and one second round pick. The highest first round pick would be from the Washington Wizards, who acquired the pick alongside Andrew Nicholson and bringing back Marcus Thornton in exchange for Bojan Bogdanović and Chris McCullough. As for both their other first round pick (which was Pick #27) and the sole", "title": "2017–18 Brooklyn Nets season" }, { "id": "18317294", "text": "Booker, Luis Scola, and Jeremy Lin. However, the Nets fell below even the lowest of expectations when they secured a league-worst 8–33 record at the midway point of the season, and an 11-game losing streak with a 119–109 loss to the Raptors. The streak was the longest since their 0–18 start in the 2009–2010 season. This was partly because starting point guard Jeremy Lin had missed 29 of the 41 games played up until that point with a hamstring injury. On January 9, 2017, the Nets waived Anthony Bennett and was replaced by Quincy Acy who was given a 10-day", "title": "History of the Brooklyn Nets" }, { "id": "12107446", "text": "and maintained a winning record through all 82 games for the first time in the franchise's NBA history. The Nets clinched a playoff berth with a victory over the Detroit Pistons on the final day of the season. It was the Nets first postseason appearance since 1994, and the season brought excitement back to the Meadowlands. The heart and soul of the Nets was center Jayson Williams, who averaged 13.6 rebounds, (2nd in the NBA), and 12.9 points per game. Williams became the first Net to appear in an All-Star Game since 1994. After missing the first 17 games of", "title": "1997–98 New Jersey Nets season" }, { "id": "9872784", "text": "D. J. Augustin (2008–09), Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (2012–13), and Cody Zeller (2013–14). George Zidek, drafted in 1995, was the first foreign-born player to be selected by the Hornets. Dell Curry is the franchise's all-time leading scorer with 9,839 points. Okafor leads all players in rebounds with 3,516 and Muggsy Bogues leads all players in assists with 5,557. Charlotte Hornets all-time roster The Charlotte Hornets are an American professional basketball team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. They play in the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Hornets were first established in 1988 as an expansion", "title": "Charlotte Hornets all-time roster" }, { "id": "18317216", "text": "continued into the 1974–75 season as they topped the previous season's win record by winning 58 games—a record that still stands to this day. The Nets, though, were eliminated four games to one, by the Spirits of St. Louis in the first round of the 1975 ABA playoffs. Tragedy struck the Nets on the afternoon of June 24, 1975, when forward Wendell Ladner was killed when Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 crashed after being caught in severe wind shear upon final approach to John F. Kennedy International Airport. The Nets continued their winning ways in the 1975–76 season—the final season", "title": "History of the Brooklyn Nets" }, { "id": "17917625", "text": "Brooklyn to a 98–97 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves. Five days later, he set a new career high with 31 points in a 114–113 overtime loss to the Toronto Raptors. On January 12, 2018, he recorded a near triple-double with 20 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds in a 110–105 win over the Atlanta Hawks. On February 17, 2018, Dinwiddie won the Skills Challenge at All-Star Weekend. On October 31, 2018, Dinwiddie made a 3-pointer with 7.1 seconds left in overtime and finished with 25 points to help the Nets beat the Detroit Pistons 120–119. On November 16, he had", "title": "Spencer Dinwiddie" }, { "id": "802230", "text": "O'Koren, Spencer Ross, Mel Proctor, Joe Tait, John Sterling, Mike DiTomasso, WFAN update man John Minko and Mark Jackson. Nets games have also aired on WNEW and WQEW in the past. During the club's ABA years, announcers included Marty Glickman, Marv Albert's brothers Al Albert and Steve Albert, baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Gibson, Bob Goldsholl, as well as Sterling and DiTomasso. The latter two joined the club's move into the NBA. Brooklyn Nets The Brooklyn Nets are an American professional basketball team based in the borough of Brooklyn, in New York City. The Nets compete in the National", "title": "Brooklyn Nets" }, { "id": "14079445", "text": "for the Nets after missing 26 games with his hamstring strain. He played just under 15 minutes and scored seven points with five assists in a 129–109 loss to the Denver Nuggets. On March 14, 2017, he had a season-high 24 points in a 122–104 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. On April 6, 2017, he set a new season high with 32 points in a 115–107 loss to the Orlando Magic. He ended the injury-plagued season with a total of only 36 games played, averaging 14.5 points and 5.1 assists per game. On October 18, 2017, during the Nets'", "title": "Jeremy Lin" }, { "id": "17396983", "text": "were trailing the series 1–3, Joe Johnson had failed to attempt a game-tying shot, losing 96–94, and ending their 2013–14 season. ! Totals ! 5 ! — ! .403 ! .293 ! .776 ! 33.2 ! 15.0 ! 9.20 ! 3.60 ! 76.8 Source: RealGM Basketball ! Totals ! 7 ! — ! ! ! ! ! Totals ! 82 ! — ! .459 ! .369 ! .753 ! 38.1 ! 20.9 ! 8.60 ! 3.79 ! 98.5 Sources: Basketball Reference and ESPN ! Totals ! 7 ! — ! .461 ! .303 ! .743 ! 37.1 ! 18.3 !", "title": "2013–14 Brooklyn Nets season" }, { "id": "18317286", "text": "dealing Kris Humphries, Gerald Wallace, MarShon Brooks, Keith Bogans (in a sign-and-trade), and Kris Joseph, along with three first-round draft picks (2014, 2016, 2018) and an option to swap the 2017 first-round pick, for Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, Jason Terry, and DJ White. This created a starting lineup that had a combined 35 All-Star appearances, with Deron Williams, Joe Johnson, Pierce, Garnett, and Brook Lopez together forming a new NBA \"superteam\". The Nets also signed Alan Anderson, Shaun Livingston, All-Star Andrei Kirilenko, and first-round draft pick Mason Plumlee to add further depth to the bench. With all of its off-season", "title": "History of the Brooklyn Nets" }, { "id": "18317215", "text": "The 1972–73 season was one of disappointment, as the Nets only managed to win 30 games. The 1973–74 season saw the Nets finally put all the pieces together. The key event of the season though would come in the 1973 off-season, as the Nets acquired Julius Erving from the Virginia Squires. With Erving, who was affectionately known as \"Dr. J\", the Nets ended the season with a franchise record 55 victories. After Erving was voted the ABA's MVP, the Nets advanced in the playoffs and won their first title, defeating the Utah Stars in the 1974 ABA Finals. The success", "title": "History of the Brooklyn Nets" }, { "id": "18317217", "text": "for the ABA—with Erving leading them to a successful 55–win season; he also was named MVP again that year. After a grueling series with the Denver Nuggets, the Nets won the last ABA championship series in league history in six games. The series clincher had Erving leading the Nets on a massive fourth quarter comeback at the Nassau Coliseum after being down 22 points in the third quarter. The win gave the team their second championship in three years. The summer of 1976 saw the ABA–NBA merger finally take place. As part of the merger agreement, four teams from the", "title": "History of the Brooklyn Nets" }, { "id": "18317213", "text": "team pursued UCLA star Lew Alcindor, and won rights to him in a secret ABA draft. Alcindor was reportedly interested in playing in his native New York, but after contemplating his options for a month, he instead opted to sign with the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks. Nonetheless the Nets moved on with their off-season plans to relocate to the Island Garden in West Hempstead. Led by an ABA top 3 scoring guard Levern Tart, the Nets finished in fourth place and made the playoffs for the first time in franchise history in the 1969–70 season, and attendance went up threefold to", "title": "History of the Brooklyn Nets" }, { "id": "8033251", "text": "the 1993–94 season as a member of the Nets, appearing in all 82 games and averaging 14.0 ppg. He had the most points in all of his seasons with the Nets. In his NBA career, Edwards scored a total of 6,596 points in 604 games. He retired as a member of the Grizzlies in 2001. He has a wife and three children. He played collegiately at DePaul University and Lakeland Community College (in Kirtland, Ohio). After retiring from basketball, Edwards produced movies. Kevin Edwards Kevin Durell Edwards (born October 30, 1965) is a retired American professional basketball player who currently", "title": "Kevin Edwards" }, { "id": "18317228", "text": "the injury bug bit again when Bagley, Lee and reserve Tony Brown became hurt at the start of the 1987–88 season. In addition, leading scorer Orlando Woolridge was suspended by the league for violation of the league substance abuse policy 19 games through the season. New Jersey axed coach Wohl after 15 games, and went through three different coaches over the course of the season, finishing with the second worst record in the league at 19–63. Hopson was never able to live up to the organization's expectations and subsequent first round draft picks Chris Morris (1988) and Mookie Blaylock (1989)", "title": "History of the Brooklyn Nets" }, { "id": "20068470", "text": "August 9, 2017, the NBA announced that the Brooklyn Nets would play two regular season games at Mexico City Arena in Mexico City, Mexico. On December 7, 2017, the Nets played against the Oklahoma City Thunder and on December 9, 2017, they matched up against the Miami Heat. The Nets prevailed 100–95 over the Thunder in their first game, but lost to the Heat 101–89 in their second game. On August 10, 2017, the NBA announced that the Philadelphia 76ers would play the Boston Celtics at The O2 Arena in London, United Kingdom on January 11, 2018. The Celtics won", "title": "2017–18 NBA season" }, { "id": "18317267", "text": "Nets 19-game losing streak stretching from the final game of the 2008–09 season, and to keep the record for worst start to a season at 18 straight. On March 29, 2010, the Nets defeated the San Antonio Spurs for the first time since the 2003 NBA Finals. The win was their 10th of the season, keeping them out of the record books for the worst season of all time, a distinction held by the 2011–12 Charlotte Bobcats. Still, the Nets finished with a 12–70 record, becoming only the fifth team to lose 70 games in a season, shared by the", "title": "History of the Brooklyn Nets" }, { "id": "18317295", "text": "contract. They ultimately finished 20–62, the worst record in the league. Additionally, as part of the deal that brought them Pierce and Garnett four years earlier, they had to swap their 2017 first-round pick with the Celtics. On June 20, 2017, the Nets traded Lopez and a 2017 first-round pick to the Lakers in exchange for D'Angelo Russell and Timofey Mozgov. A year later, on June 20, 2018, the Nets traded Timofey Mozgov, the 45th pick in the 2018 NBA Draft and a 2019 second round pick for Dwight Howard, who was later waived. History of the Brooklyn Nets The", "title": "History of the Brooklyn Nets" }, { "id": "9808065", "text": "March 24, with 22 points against the Cleveland Cavaliers, Lopez moved past Vince Carter into second place on the Nets' career scoring list with 8,835 points. On November 2, 2016, Lopez recorded 34 points and 11 rebounds in a 109–101 win over the Detroit Pistons. He hit four three-pointers during the game, matching his career total for three-pointers made; he also made multiple three-pointers in a game for the first time in his career. On November 15, he recorded 30 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks in a 125–118 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. He became the Nets' franchise", "title": "Brook Lopez" }, { "id": "18317275", "text": "forward positions down the stretch. On April 23, 2012, the Nets played their last game in New Jersey, losing to the Philadelphia 76ers by a score of 105–87 in front of a sold-out crowd of 18,711 at Prudential Center. They played their last game as the New Jersey Nets in Toronto on April 26, 2012, and lost in a 98–67 blowout to the Toronto Raptors. Johan Petro scored the final points in New Jersey Nets history on a 20-foot, left-side jumper with 24.9 seconds left on the clock. In 2004, after failing to secure a deal for a new arena", "title": "History of the Brooklyn Nets" }, { "id": "3597417", "text": "7 games, he averaged 26.9 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.4 assists, while also notching up 1.3 steals, 97.1% in free-throws and 49.1% in field-goals. On October 31, in a game against the Chicago Bulls, Jefferson injured his right wrist slightly, thumping his chest following a clutch three-pointer. The Nets went on to win the game in overtime. On December 4 he passed Kerry Kittles to become the Nets' second all-time leading scorer. On June 26, 2008 Jefferson was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks for Yi Jianlian and Bobby Simmons. He was not happy with the trade at first because he", "title": "Richard Jefferson" }, { "id": "18317274", "text": "the season. The Nets never recovered from their injury issues, and the team floundered, opening with nine losses in their first 11 games and ending their season with a record of 22–44 and out of the playoffs for a fifth straight season. Furthermore, the team was again distracted by trade rumors, this time concerning Dwight Howard. The bright spots for the season included the resurgence of former D-Leaguer Gerald Green, whom the Nets acquired on February 27, 2012. At the trade deadline, the team also acquired Gerald Wallace from the Portland Trail Blazers, who provided energy and defense from the", "title": "History of the Brooklyn Nets" }, { "id": "18317288", "text": "for the second time in three years. Lopez's injury forced Kidd to change his starting lineup, with the coach choosing to start Paul Pierce at power forward and Joe Johnson at small forward, and play two point guards simultaneously. This move would turn the Nets' season around. The team started winning, going 10–3 in January 2014 as Kidd won his first Coach of the Month award. On February 26, 2014, the Nets lost 80–124 to the Portland Trail Blazers. It was the Nets' worst loss since a 63–110 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies on December 13, 2003. On March 23,", "title": "History of the Brooklyn Nets" }, { "id": "18317272", "text": "a week later, on February 23, 2011, the Nets made a surprising trade for All-Star point guard Deron Williams. The trade sent Devin Harris and rookie Derrick Favors to the Utah Jazz along with draft picks from the Golden State Warriors and cash considerations. The team went on to lose the first three games with Williams in the lineup, and then win five straight. However, Williams was hampered by a wrist injury that forced him to sit for most of the last games of the season; they won two more games, and finished with a 24–58 record. Hoping to make", "title": "History of the Brooklyn Nets" }, { "id": "11936517", "text": "Erving scored a game-high 42 points as the Nets won 127–121. On October 2, 17,226 fans showed up at Madison Square Garden to watch the Nets play the New York Knicks. Erving scored 27 points, 12 of them in the third quarter, as the Nets won 97–87. On October 7 the Nets took their 4–0 streak against NBA teams into a contest with the Boston Celtics in Uniondale, New York. Erving scored 23 points, but John Havlicek scored 37 for Boston as the Celtics won, 121–102. \"Note: GP= Games played; MIN= Minutes; STL= Steals; REB = Rebounds; ASST = Assists;", "title": "1973–74 New York Nets season" }, { "id": "18317212", "text": "time: Major League Baseball's New York Mets and the American Football League's New York Jets, and because it relates to basketball in general, as it is part of the basket. The team finished last in its first New York season and drew a paltry 1,108 a game, about half of what it had drawn a year earlier. They posted a 17–61 record, and shuffled 23 different players on and off the roster. Brown sold the team to clothing manufacturer Roy Boe after that season. Boe started off his ownership with big hopes for the off-season. Desperate for a star, the", "title": "History of the Brooklyn Nets" }, { "id": "2628358", "text": "which the Nets acquired star swingman Vince Carter from the Toronto Raptors. With the Nets hanging on the prospect of missing the playoffs for the first time since 2001 and with Jefferson injured, Carter and Kidd combined to fuel the team to a late regular season surge that enabled them to inch past the Cleveland Cavaliers for the eighth and final playoff berth in the East. The Nets were eliminated in four games to the top-seeded Miami Heat in the first round. In the 2005–06 season, Kidd averaged 13.3 points, 7.3 rebounds, and 8.4 assists. He and Carter led the", "title": "Jason Kidd" }, { "id": "2628355", "text": "Los Angeles Lakers. New Jersey enjoyed another stellar season under Kidd's leadership in the 2002–03 season, during which the team finished 49–33 and reached the NBA finals once again. Kidd had his highest scoring season with 18.7 points per game and led the league in assists with 8.9 per game. This time Kidd was selected to the All-NBA Second Team. In the playoffs after splitting the first four games with the Milwaukee Bucks, the Nets recorded a 10-game winning streak, while sweeping the Celtics and the Detroit Pistons on the way to their second consecutive NBA Finals. In the Finals", "title": "Jason Kidd" }, { "id": "18317259", "text": "the surprising Toronto Raptors. The early-season loss of Nenad Krstić to a freak knee injury and the two-month absence of Richard Jefferson caused by an ankle injury caused the Nets to stumble mid-season. However, Jefferson went back into action on March 9 against Houston and helped the Nets regain a winning momentum, allowing them to win 10 of their last 13 games. Among the highlights of the regular season were the naming of Kidd and Carter to the '07 East All-Star team and Kidd's selection to the 2007 All-Defensive 2nd Team. The team finished with the 6th seed in the", "title": "History of the Brooklyn Nets" }, { "id": "17396968", "text": "blowout loss against the New York Knicks. On December 7, the Nets would defeat the Milwaukee Bucks. Then, the Nets would defeat the Boston Celtics on December 10. The Nets would extend their winning streak to three following a win against the Clippers on December 12. Their brief winning streak would come to an end on December 13 against the Pistons. On December 16, the Nets easily defeated the Philadelphia 76ers in a 36-point blowout. In that game, Joe Johnson, managed to shoot eight three-point field goals in the third quarter to tie an official NBA record. The Nets would", "title": "2013–14 Brooklyn Nets season" }, { "id": "18317280", "text": "10 times that of a typical year when the team was in New Jersey, and in the initial months of the 2012–13 season, the Nets led all NBA teams in apparel sales. In the 2012 NBA draft, Brooklyn selected İlkan Karaman, and traded for the duo of Tyshawn Taylor and Tornike Shengelia for cash. On June 29, 2012, Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic met with the Magic's new General Manager Rob Hennigan in Los Angeles and demanded a trade to the Brooklyn Nets. However, once again the trade was not able to materialize, and the Nets reportedly pulled out", "title": "History of the Brooklyn Nets" }, { "id": "9808059", "text": "of the season, the Nets won 49 games and were the fourth seed in the east. Lopez played all seven of the Nets playoff games, averaging 22.3 points and 7.4 rebounds. The Nets were eliminated in a seven-game, first-round series by the Chicago Bulls. In a season-opening loss at the Cleveland Cavaliers, Lopez scored 21 points and grabbed 5 rebounds. On November 15, 2013, Lopez logged 27 points and 7 rebounds in an overtime win over the Phoenix Suns. On December 7, 2013, Lopez had 32 points and 7 rebounds against the Milwaukee Bucks. On December 20, 2013, the Nets", "title": "Brook Lopez" }, { "id": "16763483", "text": "138–128 double-overtime loss to the New Orleans Pelicans. On February 22, in a 111–96 loss to the Charlotte Hornets, Crabbe hit his 140th 3-pointer of the season, moving him into sole possession of seventh place in Nets' single-season history. On March 8, he made his first six 3-pointers and had 29 points and eight rebounds in a 125–111 win over the Charlotte Hornets. On April 9, on his 26th birthday, Crabbe scored 20 of his career-high 41 points in the first quarter of the Nets' 114–105 win over the Chicago Bulls. In the Nets' season finale on April 11, Crabbe", "title": "Allen Crabbe" }, { "id": "5929307", "text": "per game and a field goal average of 54.9 percent. During the course of his 17-year NBA career, Williams racked up more than 16,000 points and 13,000 rebounds — one of only seven NBA players to ever reach both marks. Williams served as the president of the NBA Players Association from 1994 to 1997. The Nets retired his #52 jersey in April 1999. In 2006, he was named as an inductee into the Rocky Mount Twin County Hall of Fame. In 2018, he was named to the Maryland State Athletic Hall of Fame. In July 2010, Williams was hired by", "title": "Buck Williams" }, { "id": "18317222", "text": "move official, the team was renamed the New Jersey Nets after its new home state. While the team awaited the completion of a new arena at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, they played four seasons at the Rutgers Athletic Center at Rutgers University in Piscataway. The 1978–1979 season saw the team, aided by the strong play of Bernard King, qualify for its first NBA playoff appearance. They fell to Philadelphia 2–0 in the first round, with the loss setting the stage for a period of rebuilding in the coming decade. In 1981, the team moved to the Meadowlands,", "title": "History of the Brooklyn Nets" }, { "id": "17826760", "text": "as a Net. On November 2, he recorded a season-high 24 points and a career-high 10 rebounds in a 109–101 win over the Detroit Pistons. On November 9, in his first career start, Kilpatrick scored in single figures for the first time in 2016–17, finishing with seven points, four rebounds and five assists in 28 minutes in a 110–96 loss to the New York Knicks. On November 29, he scored 31 of his career-high 38 points after the third quarter, as the Nets stopped a seven-game losing streak with a 127–122 double-overtime victory over the Los Angeles Clippers. He also", "title": "Sean Kilpatrick" }, { "id": "18317292", "text": "of the season. However, they pushed the top-seeded Hawks to six games in the first round. The bottom quickly fell out for the Nets a year later. They did not get their first win until the eighth game of the season. By the start of 2016, they were 9–23. After waiving Joe Johnson and Deron Williams, on January 10, 2016, the Nets announced that they had parted ways with head coach Lionel Hollins and general manager Billy King. Tony Brown became interim head coach, while former Spurs assistant general manager Sean Marks became general manager. Marks made clear that his", "title": "History of the Brooklyn Nets" }, { "id": "13384734", "text": "2009–10 New Jersey Nets season The 2009–10 New Jersey Nets season was the 43rd season of the franchise, 34th in the National Basketball Association (NBA). This was the team's final season at the Izod Center. With a loss to the Dallas Mavericks on , the Nets became the first team in NBA history to start the season 0–18. The Nets got their first win of the season at home against the Charlotte Bobcats on . With a loss to the Houston Rockets on , the Nets became the sixth team in NBA history to lose 28 of its first 30", "title": "2009–10 New Jersey Nets season" }, { "id": "802204", "text": "ABA teams to be admitted into the NBA as part of the ABA–NBA merger in 1976. The team then moved back to New Jersey in 1977 and became the New Jersey Nets. During their time in that state, the Nets saw periods of losing and misfortune intermittent with several periods of success, which culminated in two consecutive NBA Finals appearances in the 2001–02 and 2002–03 seasons by teams led by point guard Jason Kidd. After playing 35 seasons in New Jersey, the team moved back to the state of New York, changed its geographic name to Brooklyn, and began playing", "title": "Brooklyn Nets" }, { "id": "4839762", "text": "the Atlantic Division to an Eastern Conference title and the best season to date in the Nets' NBA history. Along with Jason Kidd, Kerry Kittles, Keith Van Horn and Richard Jefferson, Martin led the Nets to the 2002 NBA Finals, where they were swept by the Los Angeles Lakers. In his third season Martin again helped his team into the NBA finals, where the Nets lost in six games to the San Antonio Spurs. The next year, Martin averaged 16.7 points, 9.5 rebounds and 1.3 blocks en route to his first NBA All-Star selection, as a backup forward for the", "title": "Kenyon Martin" }, { "id": "12714426", "text": "previous two years and again in 2013 and 2014. The Nets, severely handicapped by the financial penalties placed upon the team, sold Julius Erving to the Philadelphia 76ers. Nate Archibald, the one bright spot left on the roster, broke his foot and the Nets finished their first NBA season at 22–60, the worst record in the league. After their first NBA season, the Nets moved to New Jersey and had a few more weak seasons there before finally improving in the early 1980s as they overcame the financial penalties imposed on them during the merger. By 1984, the Nets were", "title": "ABA–NBA merger" }, { "id": "11936868", "text": "as the Warriors won, 119–114. Two days later the Nets traveled to Seton Hall for a rematch with the Buffalo Braves on October 17. The Nets won again, 117–97. The next day, October 18, saw the Nets play their final ABA vs. NBA exhibition game as they took the court at Madison Square Garden to again face the New York Knicks. Julius Erving scored 33 points and hit a jump shot at the buzzer to win the game for the Nets, 103–101. The Nets finished their ABA tenure with a record of 15 wins and 9 losses against NBA teams", "title": "1975–76 New York Nets season" }, { "id": "20721725", "text": "Latvian-born small forward Rodions Kurucs from Spain's FC Barcelona Lassa. The preseason schedule was announced on July 9, 2018. The regular season schedule was released on August 10, 2018. 2018–19 Brooklyn Nets season The 2018–19 Brooklyn Nets season is the 43rd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), 52nd season overall, and its 7th season playing in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. On November 12, 2018, late in the first half of the game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, Caris LeVert suffered a subtalar dislocation of the right foot and is scheduled to return later in", "title": "2018–19 Brooklyn Nets season" }, { "id": "17676061", "text": "upon acquisition. On July 19, 2016, Harris signed with the Brooklyn Nets. He made his debut for the Nets in their season opener on October 26, 2016, against the Boston Celtics. In 25 minutes off the bench, he scored 16 points on 6-of-15 shooting in a 122–117 loss. On December 18, 2016, he tied his then career high with 19 points in a 108–107 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers. On April 2, 2017, he was ruled out for the rest of the season with a sprained left shoulder. On December 29, 2017, Harris scored a then career-high 21 points in", "title": "Joe Harris (basketball)" }, { "id": "19136866", "text": "Charge 120–118. On October 1, 2017, Josh Oppenheimer and Damian Cotter were announced as assistant coaches. Long Island Nets The Long Island Nets are an American professional basketball team of the NBA G League and an affiliate of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s Brooklyn Nets. Based in Nassau County, the team plays its home games at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. The Nets became the twelfth D-League team to be owned by an NBA team. In June 2015, the Brooklyn Nets announced their intentions to purchase a D-League affiliate. The team announced on November 5, 2015,", "title": "Long Island Nets" }, { "id": "11936869", "text": "in exhibition games. The Nets went 2–0 against the NBA before the 1971–72 season, 0–3 before 1972–73, 4–1 prior to the 1973–74 campaign, 4–3 before the 1974–75 season and 5–2 before the 1975–76 season. Overall, the ABA went 79–76 in the interleague matchups, faring poorly at first but going 62–34 in the last three years of the league. \"Note: GP= Games played; MIN= Minutes; STL= Steals; REB = Rebounds; ASST = Assists; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points\" Semifinals vs. San Antonio Spurs \"Nets win series 4–3\" ABA Finals vs. Denver Nuggets \"Nets win series 4–2\" This is to date", "title": "1975–76 New York Nets season" }, { "id": "2628359", "text": "Nets to a third-place finish in the East with a 49–33 record to clinch their fourth Atlantic Division title in the last five seasons. In April the Nets recorded NBA season-best winning streak, which was ended by the Cleveland Cavaliers at 14 wins in a row. Kidd was named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team for the fourth time in his career. In the playoffs the Nets beat the Indiana Pacers in six games in the first round, but later in the Conference Semifinal they were defeated again by the Miami Heat, the eventual champions. Kidd was named a reserve", "title": "Jason Kidd" }, { "id": "18317283", "text": "coach, with assistant coach P. J. Carlesimo being named interim head coach until a replacement was hired. Johnson's firing proved to be a spark for the team as Brooklyn caught fire once more, going 11–4 in January, and heading into the All-Star break with a record of 31–22. Center Brook Lopez was selected to his first All-Star Game as the Nets' lone representation at the game. Riding a strong second half of the season from Deron Williams, the Nets clinched their first playoff berth since the 2006–07 season on March 21, 2013. On April 3, 2013, Brooklyn ended an eight-game", "title": "History of the Brooklyn Nets" }, { "id": "17396964", "text": "future draft picks to the Celtics for all-stars Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce, along with Jason Terry. These transactions led to the Nets having the largest payroll in the NBA, and high expectations heading into the season. Defeating the Raptors in 7 games would be the Nets most recent playoff series win as of the 2017–18 NBA season. However, in the Semifinals, the Nets would go on to lose to the defending two-time NBA champion Miami Heat in five games. Following the season, Kevin Garnett was traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves, returning to his first NBA team since the 2006-07", "title": "2013–14 Brooklyn Nets season" }, { "id": "11873891", "text": "1976–77 Philadelphia 76ers season The 1976–77 NBA season was the 28th season for the franchise in the NBA. Just months earlier, the American Basketball Association had ended its ninth and last campaign and the two leagues combined. In a special $6 million deal, the Nets sold Julius Erving, the ABA's leading scorer, to the Philadelphia 76ers for $3 million. The other $3 million went to Erving, by way of a new contract. In Philadelphia, Erving joined another scoring machine, George McGinnis, who had come over earlier from the Indiana Pacers. This accumulation of talent brought talk of an immediate championship", "title": "1976–77 Philadelphia 76ers season" }, { "id": "18317255", "text": "back-up to Kidd was also sought and they pursued free agents such as Keyon Dooling before they signed Jeff McInnis. McInnis was a non-factor in the Nets' season due to injury and was traded. The Nets started the 2005–06 season slowly, struggling to a 9–12 record in their first 21 games. However, behind strong play by Carter, Kidd, and Jefferson, the team won their next 10 games (their final eight games in December and first two games in January) to surge to top of the division. After the winning streak, the Nets returned to their earlier mediocre play (winning 13", "title": "History of the Brooklyn Nets" }, { "id": "18317252", "text": "Toronto Raptors in exchange for Mourning, Eric Williams, Aaron Williams and draft picks. Mourning had become disgruntled, saying the Nets \"betrayed\" him and that New Jersey's progress to that point was not what he \"signed up for\". The move made the Nets major players again, as they featured one of the top 1–2–3's in the league with Kidd, Carter, and Jefferson respectively. However, it was short-lived, as Jefferson was injured against the Detroit Pistons, and required season-ending surgery. However, teamed with Kidd, Carter rallied the team to gain the eighth and final seed in the Eastern Conference, after being more", "title": "History of the Brooklyn Nets" }, { "id": "5417360", "text": "Jack after 13 straight games coming off the bench. He subsequently recorded 12 points and a season-high 15 assists in the 114-105 win. On April 3, 2015, he scored a season-high 31 points in a 114-109 win over the Toronto Raptors. In Game 4 of the Nets' first-round playoff series against the Atlanta Hawks on April 27, Williams scored a playoff career-high 35 points in a 120-115 overtime win to tie the series at 2-2. The Nets went on to lose the series in six games. On July 11, 2015, Williams was waived by the Nets. He received a buyout", "title": "Deron Williams" }, { "id": "18069808", "text": "second-round draft picks in 2015 and 2019. To replace Kidd, the Nets signed Lionel Hollins as head coach. On July 10, the Nets traded Marcus Thornton to the Boston Celtics and the draft rights to Edin Bavčić and İlkan Karaman to the Cleveland Cavaliers, for Jarrett Jack and Sergey Karasev. ! Totals ! 5 ! — ! .446 ! .312 ! .842 ! 32.4 ! 20.2 ! 10.0 ! 4.4 ! 87.4 Source: NBA.com 2014–15 Brooklyn Nets season The 2014–15 Brooklyn Nets season was the franchise's 48th season, its 39th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and its 3rd", "title": "2014–15 Brooklyn Nets season" }, { "id": "18317241", "text": "and role player Johnny Newman to the Phoenix Suns for all-star/All-NBA point Jason Kidd and Chris Dudley (whom the Nets later released). The move gave the team something it had been lacking for practically its entire NBA existence, a floor leader who made his teammates better. They also signed Todd MacCulloch, who was coming off a solid playoff run with the 76ers in which he shot 63% from the field in 18 games. The 2001–02 season turned out to be the best season in the team's NBA history, and in the process, the Nets became one of the most exciting", "title": "History of the Brooklyn Nets" }, { "id": "17911329", "text": "points and a career-high 11 assists in a 111–87 win over the Miami Heat. Then, LeVert had a few minor injuries (groin and knee) in January and February, that caused him to miss a total of 10 games over 3 separate stretches. On March 4, 2018, he had a 27-point effort in a 123–120 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers. Levert posted a career-high 12 rebounds along with 19 points on March 31, against the Miami Heat. In the Nets' season opener on October 17, 2018, LeVert equaled a career high with 27 points in a 103–100 loss to the", "title": "Caris LeVert" }, { "id": "11936859", "text": "while posting a ten-game winning streak between December and January. The team finished their season first place in the Atlantic Division with a 49–33 record, while posting a successful 33–8 home record. Jason Kidd was selected for the 2003 NBA All-Star Game, leading the Nets with 18.7 points, 8.9 assists and 2.2 steals per game. In the first round of the playoffs, they defeated the Milwaukee Bucks in six games, then swept the 6th-seeded Boston Celtics in four straight games in the semifinals, and then defeated the top-seeded Detroit Pistons in another four-game sweep in the Eastern Conference Finals. For", "title": "2002–03 New Jersey Nets season" }, { "id": "12714608", "text": "injury. In September 2013, Hayward signed with the New Orleans Pelicans. He was later waived by the Pelicans on October 13, 2013. On January 29, 2016, Hayward was reacquired by the Los Angeles D-Fenders. On November 1, 2016, Hayward was acquired by the Long Island Nets after previously acquiring his rights through the expansion draft. On February 8, 2017, Hayward was waived by the Nets. In 20 games, he averaged 12.5 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.4 steals in 24.3 minutes. On February 11, 2017, Hayward signed with the Guaros de Lara of the LPB. Lazar Hayward Lazar Miller Hayward (born", "title": "Lazar Hayward" }, { "id": "18317260", "text": "East and faced the third-seeded Toronto Raptors, feeding their newly developed rivalry. The Nets beat the Raptors in six games thanks in part to the fourth-quarter heroics of Richard Jefferson on both ends of the floor lifting them to a one-point victory. Many sportswriters picked the Nets to beat Cleveland and advance to the Eastern Conference Finals, but their playoff run ended in the following round as they fell to the LeBron James-led Cleveland Cavaliers 4–2 in the best-of-seven series. It turned out to be the final NBA playoff game in the state of New Jersey. During their runs for", "title": "History of the Brooklyn Nets" }, { "id": "18069807", "text": "2014–15 Brooklyn Nets season The 2014–15 Brooklyn Nets season was the franchise's 48th season, its 39th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and its 3rd season playing in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The Nets finished the regular season with a 38–44 record, securing the 8th seed. In the playoffs, the met the top seeded Atlanta Hawks in the First Round, losing in six games. This would be the most recent playoff berth for the Brooklyn Nets as of the 2017–18 season. On July 1, head coach Jason Kidd, was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks for two", "title": "2014–15 Brooklyn Nets season" }, { "id": "16563282", "text": "the month was over, he was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers for Shawn Bradley, and Kenny Anderson was dealt to the Charlotte Hornets for Kendall Gill in January. Without Coleman and Anderson, the Nets started to play better down the stretch, but would lose 12 of their final 14 games to finish sixth in the Atlantic Division with a 30–52 record. Following the season, head coach Butch Beard was fired, Armen Gilliam signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Bucks, P.J. Brown signed with the Miami Heat, second-year guard Chris Childs signed with the New York Knicks, and Rick", "title": "1995–96 New Jersey Nets season" } ]

[ "Strawbs" ]

[ { "id": "10942451", "text": "not considered typical of the songs on that album. Indeed, the track was originally recorded without a contribution by band leader Dave Cousins and was to be released under the name of \"The Brothers\". It demonstrates the different, more commercial direction the writing partnership of Hudson and Ford was taking within the band. Although it was believed that the song was intended to ridicule the powerful British trades unions of the time, the song (especially its chorus \"You don't get me I'm part of the Union\") quickly became popular as an unofficial anthem of the trades union movement. Subsequently, however,", "title": "Part of the Union" }, { "id": "10942450", "text": "Part of the Union \"Part of the Union\" is a song by English band Strawbs, featured on their 1973 album \"Bursting at the Seams\" and was the band's most successful single, peaking at number 2 in the UK Singles Chart. It also reached number 10 in the Irish Singles Chart. The writing credits are given to Richard Hudson and John Ford, but the song may be an adaptation of the Woody Guthrie/Almanac Singers' 1940 song \"Union Maid\". The lyrical resemblance is striking although the tune is different. The song was included on the album \"Bursting at the Seams\" but is", "title": "Part of the Union" }, { "id": "10942454", "text": "\"The Strawbs - Lay Down With The Strawbs\", filmed and recorded live at The Robin 2 in Bilston, UK on 5 March 2006. Part of the Union \"Part of the Union\" is a song by English band Strawbs, featured on their 1973 album \"Bursting at the Seams\" and was the band's most successful single, peaking at number 2 in the UK Singles Chart. It also reached number 10 in the Irish Singles Chart. The writing credits are given to Richard Hudson and John Ford, but the song may be an adaptation of the Woody Guthrie/Almanac Singers' 1940 song \"Union Maid\".", "title": "Part of the Union" }, { "id": "3825755", "text": "Strawbs Strawbs (or The Strawbs) are an English rock band founded in 1964. Although the band started out as a bluegrass group they eventually moved on to other styles such as folk rock, progressive rock, and (briefly) glam rock. They are best known for their hit, \"Part of the Union\", which reached number two in the UK charts in February 1973, as well as for \"Lay Down\" a popular Progressive Rock hit from the same LP. The Strawbs also toured with Supertramp in their \"Crime of the Century\" tour, doing their own \"Hero and Heroine\" tour, which drew musical similarities", "title": "Strawbs" }, { "id": "3825775", "text": "with a line-up of Cousins, Lambert, Cronk, Wakeman and Fernandez. Their album \"Prognostic\" was issued in October 2014. Current members Former members Supporting musicians Current members Former members Strawbs Strawbs (or The Strawbs) are an English rock band founded in 1964. Although the band started out as a bluegrass group they eventually moved on to other styles such as folk rock, progressive rock, and (briefly) glam rock. They are best known for their hit, \"Part of the Union\", which reached number two in the UK charts in February 1973, as well as for \"Lay Down\" a popular Progressive Rock hit", "title": "Strawbs" }, { "id": "10942453", "text": "\"The Associated Union of Strawbs Workers\". The original \"Brothers\" recording can be found on the box set \"A Taste of Strawbs\". Cockerel Chorus (of \"Nice One Cyril\" fame) also recorded the song for inclusion on their 1973 \"Party Sing-a-long\" album. Recorded by The Hindle Strikers with T.B.E. in 1984 on the Catch 22 label (CTT001A) - originally they recorded it on cassette unaware that DJs required it on vinyl to play it on the radio. From 2007 to 2016 the song has been included as a standard part of the Strawbs' live set and was included in their live DVD", "title": "Part of the Union" }, { "id": "5949025", "text": "Union (band) Union is an American rock group formed in 1997 featuring lead vocalist and guitarist John Corabi (ex-The Scream and Mötley Crüe), guitarist Bruce Kulick (ex-Kiss), bassist James Hunting (David Lee Roth and Eddie Money), and drummer Brent Fitz (Slash). Union was formed in 1997 when ex-Kiss guitarist Bruce Kulick, ex-Mötley Crüe vocalist and guitarist John Corabi, bassist James Hunting, and drummer Brent Fitz united to form a band. Kulick left Kiss after they decided to go back to their original lineup, and Corabi left Mötley Crüe under similar circumstances. Union released two studio albums and a live album.", "title": "Union (band)" }, { "id": "3152438", "text": "Solidarity Forever \"Solidarity Forever\", written by Ralph Chaplin in 1915, is perhaps the most famous union anthem. It is sung to the tune of \"John Brown's Body\" and \"The Battle Hymn of the Republic\". Although it was written as a song for the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), other union movements, such as the AFL-CIO, have adopted the song as their own. The song has been performed by musicians such as Utah Phillips, Pete Seeger, and was redone by Emcee Lynx and The Nightwatchman. It is still commonly sung at union meetings and rallies in the United States, Australia", "title": "Solidarity Forever" }, { "id": "3825761", "text": "Down\", hit the UK charts at number 12, followed by a further single from the album, \"Part of the Union\", which went up to number 2. The album also reached number 2 in the album charts and the band undertook a 52-date UK tour to packed houses. The harder rock style was also evidenced by Cousins' solo album recorded that summer, with guests such as Roger Glover from Deep Purple and Jon Hiseman from Colosseum. However, during the course of a US tour, tensions came to a head and the \"Bursting at the Seams\" band did just that, with Hudson", "title": "Strawbs" }, { "id": "11211626", "text": "has been adapted over the years to reflect changing attitudes, or dropped altogether. An alternate version, credited to Nancy Katz, appears in the 1973 (34th) and subsequent editions of the IWW's \"Little Red Songbook\", and starts, \"A woman’s struggle is hard, even with a union card\".; another version in the 1985 song anthology \"Carry It On!\" edited by Seeger and Bob Reiser urges women to \"Like Mother Jones, bestir them bones\". The 1973 single \"Part of the Union\" by British rock band The Strawbs, draws on similar themes to Guthrie's song to the extent that some sections - in particular", "title": "Union Maid" }, { "id": "15109535", "text": "The Union (band) The Union are a British rock band formed in 2009 by Luke Morley, guitarist for Thunder, and Peter Shoulder, formerly of Winterville. After the breakup of Thunder in August 2009, guitarist Luke Morley announced that he had formed a new group with Pete Shoulder, whose previous band, Winterville, had split in 2007. The band was to be called \"The Union\". The pair had met each other eight years previously and had \"worked together ever since whenever our previous commitments allowed us time\". Chris Childs (also previously in Thunder) and Phil Martini (from Down 'n' Outz) were later", "title": "The Union (band)" }, { "id": "7321692", "text": "State of the Union (song) \"State Of The Union\" is the debut single from British singer-songwriter David Ford. It had previously been featured as a demo on his official website, before appearing as a track on a CD entitled \"\"Apology Demos EP\",\" only on sale at live shows. The song was released as a single in the United Kingdom on September 26, 2005, on CD/7\" formats through Independiente Records and preceded his debut album \"I Sincerely Apologise For All The Trouble I've Caused\". The music video received numerous plaudits for its originality. It was recorded live-in-one-take, with David, using a", "title": "State of the Union (song)" }, { "id": "10942452", "text": "the Strawbs have stated that the song was written with genuine celebratory intent. The song resurfaced on the UK television advertisement for insurance company Norwich Union in 1998. The B-side track \"Will You Go\" is an arrangement of the Irish folk song \"Wild Mountain Thyme\" written by Belfast musician Francis McPeake, dating back to the repertoire of The Strawberry Hill Boys (the original name of Strawbs) In the band's appearance on BBC's \"Top of the Pops\", keyboardist Blue Weaver appeared with both piano and pedal harmonium and drummer Richard Hudson appeared with a marching bass drum emblazoned with the words", "title": "Part of the Union" }, { "id": "11211624", "text": "Union Maid \"Union Maid\" is a union song, with lyrics written by Woody Guthrie in response to a request for a union song from a female point of view. The melody is the 1907 standard \"Red Wing\" by Kerry Mills. Along with \"Talking Union\", this song was one of the many pro-union songs written by Guthrie during his time as a member of the Almanac Singers. Another member, Pete Seeger writes, \"I'm proud to say I was present when 'Union Maid' was written in June, 1940, in the plain little office of the Oklahoma City Communist Party. Bob Wood, local", "title": "Union Maid" }, { "id": "15109537", "text": "dates in April. The Union also played the 2010 Sonisphere Festival at Knebworth on Sunday 1 June. The band's debut single, \"Step up to the Plate\", was premiered on Planet Rock on Thursday 18 March, and was available to download from the band's website. The Union announced two shows in late July (between their appearances at High Voltage and Sonisphere) which they were to headline and another UK tour in late September and early October. The band's second single, \"Black Monday\", was available as a free download in mid-May. The Union's eponymous debut album was originally scheduled to be released", "title": "The Union (band)" }, { "id": "20337095", "text": "Western Union (song) \"Western Union\" is a 1967 song by the American rock band the Five Americans. The single peaked at number 5 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 in April 1967. It also reached number 7 on the \"Cash Box\" Top 100 Singles chart that same month. In a March 1967 interview that appeared in Michael Oberman's \"Top Tunes\" column in the \"Evening Star\" newspaper (Washington, D.C.), Norman Ezell, guitarist for the group, explained how they came up with \"Western Union.\" \"Mike Rabon, our lead guitar player, was just fooling around with his guitar when he came up with a", "title": "Western Union (song)" }, { "id": "7321693", "text": "looping machine, playing all 12 instruments used in the song. State of the Union (song) \"State Of The Union\" is the debut single from British singer-songwriter David Ford. It had previously been featured as a demo on his official website, before appearing as a track on a CD entitled \"\"Apology Demos EP\",\" only on sale at live shows. The song was released as a single in the United Kingdom on September 26, 2005, on CD/7\" formats through Independiente Records and preceded his debut album \"I Sincerely Apologise For All The Trouble I've Caused\". The music video received numerous plaudits for", "title": "State of the Union (song)" }, { "id": "15109540", "text": "Union also made an appearance at the 2012 edition of the Download Festival. \"Siren's Song\" was nominated in the 'Album of the Year' category at the 2012 Classic Rock Magazine Awards, although it eventually lost out to Rush's \"Clockwork Angels\". The Union's third studio album, \"The World Is Yours\", was released on 11 February 2013. The band embarked on a UK tour throughout February in support of the new album. The album was funded by a PledgeMusic campaign, which had already passed the 200 percent mark by November 2012. The Union (band) The Union are a British rock band formed", "title": "The Union (band)" }, { "id": "15156259", "text": "very modern take on classic styles\", featuring \"impeccable songwriting\" and \"uniquely powerful and emotive vocals\". All tracks written by Luke Morley and Peter Shoulder, except where noted. The Union (The Union album) The Union is the eponymous debut album by The Union, the English rock band formed by ex-Thunder guitarist Luke Morley and Peter Shoulder (formerly of Winterville). It was released on 23 August 2010 and features, on a bonus DVD, the band's first concert, at the Garage in London from December 2009. \"BBC\" reviewed the album on 8 August, calling it \"a collaboration which benefits from a perfect pairing", "title": "The Union (The Union album)" }, { "id": "14915492", "text": "The Union (Elton John and Leon Russell album) The Union is a collaboration studio album by singer-songwriters Elton John and Leon Russell, released on 19 October 2010 in the US and on 25 October in the UK. This is John's second collaboration album, after 1993's Duets. This is the first studio release by John since 1979's \"Victim of Love\" without any of his regular band members. It is also his highest charting studio album on the \"Billboard\" 200 since 1976's \"Blue Moves\", debuting at No. 3, as well as Russell's highest charting studio album since 1972's \"Carney\". \"The Union\" was", "title": "The Union (Elton John and Leon Russell album)" }, { "id": "2721220", "text": "Without You (Badfinger song) \"Without You\" is a song written by Pete Ham and Tom Evans of British rock group Badfinger, and first released on their 1970 album \"No Dice\". The power ballad has been recorded by over 180 artists, and versions released as singles by Harry Nilsson (1971) and Mariah Carey (1994) became international best-sellers. Paul McCartney once described the ballad as \"the killer song of all time\". In 1972, writers Ham and Evans received the British Academy's Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. First recorded by the rock group Badfinger, the song was composed by", "title": "Without You (Badfinger song)" }, { "id": "8971487", "text": "Best Rock Vocal Performance (female). Her first national tour was opening for Bob Dylan. The single \"Stop Your Fussin'\" was a major single hit in various countries including South Africa where it was named the 7th biggest selling single of 1989. As with all of her albums, Childs wrote or co-wrote all the tracks for \"Union\". She embarked on a relationship with her \"Union\" collaborator David Ricketts, living and working together, and the songs on \"Union\" have much to do with their relationship. In a 1988 article that praised Childs' originality and the craftsmanship of \"Union\", \"Time\" magazine said, \"if", "title": "Toni Childs" }, { "id": "9347404", "text": "United We Stand (song) \"United We Stand\" is a song written by Tony Hiller and Peter Simons (aka group member Johnny Goodison). It was first released in 1970 by The Brotherhood of Man (in their original, pre-Eurovision line-up), becoming the band's first hit, peaking at #13 in the U.S., #9 in Canada, and #10 in the U.K. The song spent 15 weeks on the charts, and is ranked as the 64th biggest U.S. hit of 1970. It also reached No.8 in Australia. \"Billboard Magazine\" gave the song a favourable review on 14 March 1970 calling it a \"strong production\" and", "title": "United We Stand (song)" }, { "id": "14915494", "text": "to date. It reached No. 3 on \"Rolling Stone\" magazine's list of the 30 Best Albums of 2010. The Union (Elton John and Leon Russell album) The Union is a collaboration studio album by singer-songwriters Elton John and Leon Russell, released on 19 October 2010 in the US and on 25 October in the UK. This is John's second collaboration album, after 1993's Duets. This is the first studio release by John since 1979's \"Victim of Love\" without any of his regular band members. It is also his highest charting studio album on the \"Billboard\" 200 since 1976's \"Blue Moves\",", "title": "The Union (Elton John and Leon Russell album)" }, { "id": "4274242", "text": "Redbone (band) Redbone is a Native American rock group originating in the 1970s with brothers Pat and Lolly Vegas. They reached the Top 5 on the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart in 1974 with their No. 5 hit single, \"Come and Get Your Love\". The single went certified Gold selling over a million copies. Redbone achieved hits with their singles \"We Were All Wounded At Wounded Knee\", \"The Witch Queen of New Orleans\", \"Wovoka\", and \"Maggie\" in the United States, although these singles were more successful overseas. Redbone is known as the first Native American rock/Cajun group to have a", "title": "Redbone (band)" }, { "id": "14600941", "text": "Kenny Winfree Kenny Winfree (born 1954) is an American folk singer and songwriter. He is best known for his labor classic, “I’m A Union Card.” Joe Glazer called Winfree, “this generation’s Woody Guthrie” and wrote “I felt like Kenny had Woody’s knack for writing catchy, moving songs with a message. His songs are easy to remember.” Winfree started out working as a textile worker at the Lebanon Woolen Mill in his hometown of Lebanon, Tennessee. His father worked at the same mill for 45 years, and his mother and several uncles had worked there as well. The Amalgamated Clothing and", "title": "Kenny Winfree" }, { "id": "12962089", "text": "St. Louis Union St. Louis Union were a mid 1960s, short-lived, freakbeat rock band from Manchester, England, who formed part of the mod rock scene. They were formed by singer Tony Cassidy, guitarist Keith Millar, tenor saxophone/flute player Alex Kirby (born 6 January 1947, Northampton, who left in late 1966 and was replaced by Lenni Zaksen and Bernie Brown), keyboardist David Tomlinson, bassist John Nichols and drummer Dave Webb. They formed initially as The Satanists and then, after they changed their name, they won the \"Melody Maker\" National Beat Contest in front of a 3,700 sold out crowd on Sunday", "title": "St. Louis Union" }, { "id": "5801051", "text": "immediately after Easyworld's dissolution, Ford began to play a sporadic series of intimate solo gigs, debuting a number of songs which would later appear on his first solo album. In 2005, he embarked on his first headline solo tour. Fan favourite \"State of the Union\" was released as his debut single on 26 September 2005, followed swiftly by his self-recorded debut album \"I Sincerely Apologise For All The Trouble I've Caused\". After a support tour with Starsailor and a sold-out headline tour in February 2006 and the release of his second single, \"I Don't Care What You Call Me\", David", "title": "David Ford (musician)" }, { "id": "15010649", "text": "The War Song \"The War Song\" is a 1984 song by the British band Culture Club which features background vocals by Clare Torry. It was the lead single from the band's third album \"Waking Up with the House on Fire\". The song became the group's seventh top-five hit on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number two. In the U.S. the single peaked at #17 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and hit the top ten in many countries including Canada (#7), Ireland (#1), Italy (#3) and Australia (#2). While very popular at the time, it was not appreciated by some", "title": "The War Song" }, { "id": "7441029", "text": "1970, and Ford's influence on the band, primarily known as a folk rock group, shifted them into a new direction in the progressive / art rock scene. Ford penned songs such as, \"Heavy Disguise\" and \"Part of the Union\", Strawbs biggest chart hit, whilst working with David Bowie/T. Rex producer, Tony Visconti on A&M. Ford received three gold discs and a platinum disc. A few years later, Ford and Richard Hudson, formed Hudson Ford, signed to A&M Records picking up the UK Singles Chart hits, \"Pick Up The Pieces\", \"Burn Baby Burn\" and \"Floating in the Wind\" and three albums-", "title": "John Ford (musician)" }, { "id": "3426968", "text": "album climbed on the following week, reaching its peak at number fifteen on the week ending 25 May. It was present on the chart for a total of nineteen weeks. On 2 July 1991, \"Union\" was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipment of 500,000 copies. In 1992, \"Masquerade\" received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Rock Instrumental Performance. Howe described the nomination for his track as \"pure justice\", following the difficulties in making the album. Yes released three singles from \"Union\" in 1991. \"Lift Me Up\" was the lead single, released in April 1991.", "title": "Union (Yes album)" }, { "id": "3426945", "text": "Union (Yes album) Union is the thirteenth studio album by the English rock band Yes, released on 30 April 1991 by Arista Records. Production began in 1990 following the amalgamation of two bands featuring current and previous members of Yes at the time: Yes, consisting of Chris Squire, Trevor Rabin, Tony Kaye, and Alan White; and Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (ABWH), consisting of Jon Anderson, Steve Howe, Rick Wakeman, and Bill Bruford. The album is a collection of tracks written and performed by each group separately. Recording was met with difficulties from the beginning, including the merger of the two", "title": "Union (Yes album)" }, { "id": "15045965", "text": "The Calling (Yes song) \"The Calling\" is a song by the progressive rock band Yes, from their 1994 album \"Talk\". It was a rock radio hit for the band, reaching number 3 on \"Billboard\" Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. In 1992, eight current and former members of Yes toured to support their 1991 album \"Union\". Following the completion of the tour, guitarist Steve Howe, keyboardist Rick Wakeman and drummer Bill Bruford left the band, leaving the five members who had performed as Yes during the 1980s: singer Jon Anderson, guitarist Trevor Rabin, bassist Chris Squire, drummer Alan White and keyboardist", "title": "The Calling (Yes song)" }, { "id": "15529339", "text": "titled \"Call the Union,\" in response to the 2012 NHL Lockout. Minneapolis Band The New Standards released a cover version titled \"Call Your Boyfriend\" on their 2012 album \"Sunday Morning Coming Down\" and frequently performs the song live. British singer, Cher Lloyd, performed an acoustic cover of the song in February 2013. In May 2013, Michelle Chamuel performed the song on the fourth season of \"The Voice\" during the top 12 week. Singer-songwriter Lucy Wainwright Roche (daughter of Loudon Wainwright III) released an acoustic version. Singer-songwriter Allison Weiss included an acoustic cover version on her 2014 EP \"Remember when\". Maya", "title": "Call Your Girlfriend" }, { "id": "2962571", "text": "Jim and formerly of the Modern Folk Quartet and later, a member of the Lovin' Spoonful). The album did not spawn any major hits (the highest charting single, \"Pandora's Golden Heebie Jeebies\" stalled at No. 35), and the album only reached No. 34, compared with the No. 5 showing for \"And Then... Along Comes the Association\". In late 1966, Warner Bros. Records, which had been distributing Valiant, bought the smaller label and with it, the Association's contract. In April 1967 Alexander left the band to study meditation in India and was replaced by Larry Ramos (born Hilario Ramos on April", "title": "The Association" }, { "id": "7719351", "text": "Union of the Snake \"Union of the Snake\" is the ninth single by the English new wave band Duran Duran, released on 17 October 1983. \"Union of the Snake\" was the lead single from the band's third album \"Seven and the Ragged Tiger\" (1983), and preceded its release by one month. It became one of Duran Duran's most popular singles, hitting number one on the US \"Cash Box\" and peaking at number three on both the UK Singles Chart and the US \"Billboard\" Hot 100 at the end of 1983. After a songwriting session near Cannes in France, much of", "title": "Union of the Snake" }, { "id": "11211625", "text": "organizer, had asked Woody Guthrie and me to sing there the night before for a small group of striking oil workers. Early next morning, Woody got to the typewriter and hammered out the first two verses of 'Union Maid' set to a European tune that Robert Schumann arranged for piano ('The Merry Farmer') back in the early 1800s. Of course, it's the chorus that really makes it - its tune, 'Red Wing,' was copyrighted early in the 1900s.\" The song's final verse, on women's role in unions was written later by Lampell and other Almanac members. In performance, this verse", "title": "Union Maid" }, { "id": "3985682", "text": "Great South Africans. PJ Powers Penelope Jane Dunlop also known as PJ Powers or \"Thandeka\" (born 16 July 1960) is a South African musician, who has recorded 15 albums and is well known for her UK chart hit \"World In Union\" (with Ladysmith Black Mambazo) in 1995. Penelope Jane was born in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal on 16 July 1960. PJ's first musical group was an all-girl band called Pantha. About a year later she joined Jimslip which in time became the famous \"Hotline\". She was the lead singer for the rock band Hotline, which was formed in Johannesburg in 1980. The", "title": "PJ Powers" }, { "id": "5173313", "text": "Sweatshop Union Sweatshop Union is a Canadian hip hop collective based in Vancouver, British Columbia, consisting of four politically-minded rap acts — Dirty Circus, Pigeon Hole, Kyprios and Innocent Bystander. Known for their socially conscious lyrics, Sweatshop Union's music comments on issues ranging from the war in Iraq, the plight of the poor and working-class, to the negativity and misogyny of mainstream hip-hop. In 2000, the members of Dirty Circus, Pigeon Hole, Kyprios and Innocent Bystander came together to produce an album. The result, titled \"Sweatshop Union\", was released in 2001. The band signed with Battleaxe Records in 2002 and", "title": "Sweatshop Union" }, { "id": "542378", "text": "to add to the new album which would then be released under the Yes name. \"Union\" was released in April 1991 and is the thirteenth studio album from Yes. Each group played their own songs, with Anderson singing on all tracks. Squire sang background vocals on a few of the ABWH tracks, with Tony Levin playing all the bass on those songs. The album does not feature all eight members playing at once. The track \"Masquerade\" earned Yes a Grammy Award nomination for Best Rock Instrumental Performance in 1992. \"Union\" sold approximately 1.5 million copies worldwide, and peaked at number", "title": "Yes (band)" }, { "id": "5114173", "text": "8, 2010, at the age of 68. Drummer Jimmy Wright (born James T. Wright on December 2, 1947) left the music industry to become a freelance photographer. He died at Texoma Medical Center on January 30, 2012, at the age of 64. Five Americans Five Americans was a 1960s American rock band, most famous for their song, \"Western Union\", which reached number five in the U.S. \"Billboard\" chart and was their only single to chart in the Top 20. The Mutineers formed in Durant, Oklahoma (Southeastern State College) in 1962. The band members crossed paths at the university, and began", "title": "Five Americans" }, { "id": "3985677", "text": "PJ Powers Penelope Jane Dunlop also known as PJ Powers or \"Thandeka\" (born 16 July 1960) is a South African musician, who has recorded 15 albums and is well known for her UK chart hit \"World In Union\" (with Ladysmith Black Mambazo) in 1995. Penelope Jane was born in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal on 16 July 1960. PJ's first musical group was an all-girl band called Pantha. About a year later she joined Jimslip which in time became the famous \"Hotline\". She was the lead singer for the rock band Hotline, which was formed in Johannesburg in 1980. The band changed their", "title": "PJ Powers" }, { "id": "12194166", "text": "Goodbye (Mary Hopkin song) \"Goodbye\" is a song written by Paul McCartney (but credited to Lennon–McCartney) and performed by Mary Hopkin. It was released on 28 March 1969, and it reached No. 2 in the UK singles chart, prevented from reaching the top position by the Beatles' single \"Get Back\". In the US, released 7 April 1969, the song reached No. 13 on the singles chart. In the Netherlands and Ireland the single peaked at No. 1. The song was conceived as a follow-up to the success of Hopkin's first single, produced by McCartney, titled \"Those Were the Days\", which", "title": "Goodbye (Mary Hopkin song)" }, { "id": "9312819", "text": "Tony Hiller Anthony Toby Hiller (30 July 1927 – 26 August 2018) was an English songwriter and record producer. He was best known for writing and/or producing hits for Brotherhood of Man, including \"United We Stand\" (1970) and \"Save Your Kisses for Me\" (1976). Born in London, England, he began his musical career as a member of the song and dance duo The Hiller Brothers, sharing the stage with his brother Irving. The Hiller Brothers appeared with many performers of the time including Alma Cogan, Tommy Cooper, Val Doonican, Matt Monro, The Shadows, Bernard Manning, Kathy Kirby, Roger Whittaker, Rip", "title": "Tony Hiller" }, { "id": "15872573", "text": "There Is Power in a Union \"There Is Power in a Union\" is a song written by Joe Hill in 1913. The Industrial Workers of the World (commonly known as the Wobblies) concentrated much of its labor trying to organize migrant workers in lumber and construction camps. They sometimes had competition for the attention of the workers from religious organizations. The song uses the tune of Lewis E. Jones' 1899 hymn \"There Is Power in the Blood (Of the Lamb)\". \"There Is Power in a Union\" was first published in the \"Little Red Songbook\" in 1913. The song has been", "title": "There Is Power in a Union" }, { "id": "20337096", "text": "unique sound,\" Norman said. \"It sort of reminded us of a telegraph key. That's when we decided to write 'Western Union.'\" \"Western Union\" was covered by The Strangers in 1967. Their version reached number 30 in Australia. The Ventures also released a version of the song on their 1967 album \"Super Psychedelics\". The Searchers released a version of the song as a single on Pye records Western Union (song) \"Western Union\" is a 1967 song by the American rock band the Five Americans. The single peaked at number 5 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 in April 1967. It also reached", "title": "Western Union (song)" }, { "id": "2721237", "text": "the Ivor Novello Awards. Sources Without You (Badfinger song) \"Without You\" is a song written by Pete Ham and Tom Evans of British rock group Badfinger, and first released on their 1970 album \"No Dice\". The power ballad has been recorded by over 180 artists, and versions released as singles by Harry Nilsson (1971) and Mariah Carey (1994) became international best-sellers. Paul McCartney once described the ballad as \"the killer song of all time\". In 1972, writers Ham and Evans received the British Academy's Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. First recorded by the rock group Badfinger,", "title": "Without You (Badfinger song)" }, { "id": "4884078", "text": "The Sign (song) \"The Sign\" is a song by the Swedish band Ace of Base, which was released on 29 October 1993 in Europe. It was an international hit, reaching number two in the United Kingdom and spending six non-consecutive weeks at number one on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart in the United States. More prominently, it became the top song on Billboard's 1994 Year End Chart. It appeared on the band's album \"Happy Nation\" (titled \"The Sign\" in North America). In Europe, Ace of Base's debut album was called Happy Nation, and when Arista was prepping the American album", "title": "The Sign (song)" }, { "id": "15993301", "text": "Solid (Ashford & Simpson album) Solid is the eleventh studio album recorded by American vocal duo Ashford & Simpson, released in 1984 on the Capitol label. The album features the song \"Solid\", which became the songwriting duo's biggest hit as performers. The album peaked at No. 1 on the US R&B albums chart. It also reached No. 29 on the \"Billboard\" 200. The album's title track peaked at No. 1 on the Hot Black Singles chart, No. 12 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and No. 3 in the UK Singles Chart. Also featured are two other chart singles: \"Outta the", "title": "Solid (Ashford & Simpson album)" }, { "id": "3426967", "text": "song features a Cambodian poem at the end read by Pauline Cheng. \"Evensong\" is taken from the middle section of a drum and bass duet performed by Bruford and Levin on the ABWH tour. The title comes from an evening prayer service held in English churches. \"Union\" was released on 30 April 1991. The album was a success on the charts, reaching its peak of number seven on the UK Albums Chart in May 1991 during a six-week stay. In the United States, it debuted on the \"Billboard\" 200 chart at number thirty-five, the week of 18 May 1991. The", "title": "Union (Yes album)" }, { "id": "2107268", "text": "Anarchy in the U.K. \"Anarchy in the U.K.\" is a song by the English punk rock band the Sex Pistols. It was released as the band's debut single on 26 November 1976 and was later featured on their album, \"Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols\". \"Anarchy in the U.K.\" is number 56 on \"Rolling Stone\" magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and is included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. Originally issued in a plain black sleeve, the single was the only Sex Pistols recording", "title": "Anarchy in the U.K." }, { "id": "3688145", "text": "Erskine Hawkins Erskine Ramsay Hawkins (July 26, 1914 – November 11, 1993) was an American trumpeter and big band leader from Birmingham, Alabama, dubbed \"The 20th Century Gabriel\". He is most remembered for composing the jazz standard \"Tuxedo Junction\" (1939) with saxophonist and arranger Bill Johnson. The song became a popular hit during World War II, rising to No. 7 nationally (version by the Erskine Hawkins Orchestra) and to No. 1 nationally (version by the Glenn Miller Orchestra). Vocalists who were featured with Erskine's orchestra include Ida James, Delores Brown, and Della Reese. Hawkins was named after Alabama industrialist Erskine", "title": "Erskine Hawkins" }, { "id": "8733968", "text": "Unison (song) \"Unison\" is a song written by Andy Goldmark and Bruce Roberts, and first recorded by R&B/dance artist Junior Giscombe (as Junior) in 1983 for the Tom Cruise-starred movie \"All the Right Moves\". A minor hit, the song would attract a good deal of attention in 1990, when three female singers each covered the song and placed it on their respective albums of that year. Laura Branigan recorded the song for her sixth, self-titled album. Expatriate American singer Lory Bianco recorded the song for her album \"Lonely is the Night\". The song's greatest success, however, would come when it", "title": "Unison (song)" }, { "id": "8411971", "text": "N.W.O. (song) \"N.W.O.\" (New World Order) is a song by American rock band Ministry, released as the opening track and second single from their fifth studio album, \"\" (1992). An industrial metal song, it was co-written and co-produced by the band’s frontman Al Jourgensen and bassist Paul Barker, and is widely regarded as a protest against then-President George H. W. Bush, featuring samples from his speeches. The song was nominated for a Grammy Award under the Best Metal Performance category in 1993, and was featured in the soundtrack album of Ralph Bakshi’s 1992 flim \"Cool World\". In 2015, \"N.W.O.\" was", "title": "N.W.O. (song)" }, { "id": "8074699", "text": "on May 30, as the first single from \"The Sufferer & The Witness\". It was released as a CD and 7\" single; the B-side features a live performance of \"State of the Union\", take from the album \"Siren Song of the Counter Culture\". Commercially, \"Ready to Fall\" peaked at number thirteen on the \"Billboard\" Alternative Songs chart, the bands' highest charting single at the time. \"Ready to Fall\" received positive reviews from critics, several of whom described the chorus as \"compelling\". Davey Boy of Sputnikmusic further praised the song for its controlled verses and intense bridge. Scott Heisel of \"Alternative", "title": "Ready to Fall" }, { "id": "9657307", "text": "and Freddie Perren, and was the sequel song to the duo's 1968 hit \"\"(We'll Be) United\"\", which was itself a cover of The Intruders' original 1966 hit. Reunited (song) \"Reunited\" is a hit song for R&B vocal duo Peaches & Herb. As the second single release from their 1978 album, \"2 Hot\", the song was a huge crossover smash, topping both the pop and soul charts. It spent four weeks at number one on both the R&B singles chart and the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 singles chart in 1979 and sold over 2 million copies. \"Billboard\" ranked it as the No.", "title": "Reunited (song)" }, { "id": "14985571", "text": "Look Wot You Dun \"Look Wot You Dun\" is a song by the British rock band Slade, released in 1972 as a non-album single. The song was written by lead vocalist Noddy Holder, bassist Jim Lea and drummer Don Powell, and produced by Chas Chandler. It reached No. 4 in the UK, remaining in the charts for ten weeks. The song would be included on the band's 1973 compilation album \"Sladest\". After achieving their breakthrough hit with \"Get Down and Get With It\", Slade saw further success with their follow-up single \"Coz I Luv You\", which topped the UK chart", "title": "Look Wot You Dun" }, { "id": "15156258", "text": "The Union (The Union album) The Union is the eponymous debut album by The Union, the English rock band formed by ex-Thunder guitarist Luke Morley and Peter Shoulder (formerly of Winterville). It was released on 23 August 2010 and features, on a bonus DVD, the band's first concert, at the Garage in London from December 2009. \"BBC\" reviewed the album on 8 August, calling it \"a collaboration which benefits from a perfect pairing of youth and experience\" and noting that it \"could well be the album of their collective careers\". \"Music News\" noted that the \"critically acclaimed release\" was \"a", "title": "The Union (The Union album)" }, { "id": "11211627", "text": "the second verse - could be considered as a cover version. This song has also been adopted by supporters of the Philadelphia Union soccer team, who will sing the chorus of the song outside of and at matches. Union Maid \"Union Maid\" is a union song, with lyrics written by Woody Guthrie in response to a request for a union song from a female point of view. The melody is the 1907 standard \"Red Wing\" by Kerry Mills. Along with \"Talking Union\", this song was one of the many pro-union songs written by Guthrie during his time as a member", "title": "Union Maid" }, { "id": "3135618", "text": "Allied Forces (album) Allied Forces is the fifth studio album by Canadian hard rock band Triumph, released in 1981. The album reached #23 on the \"Billboard\" Pop Albums chart assisted by the singles \"Magic Power\" and \"Fight the Good Fight,\" which hit #8 and #18, respectively, on the Mainstream Rock chart of 1981. A remastered CD was first released in 1985 on MCA, then again in 1995 on the band's TRC label, and for a third time in 2004 on the band's label TML Entertainment (formerly TRC Records). It is considered their signature record. The title song was first single,", "title": "Allied Forces (album)" }, { "id": "3119679", "text": "Lloyd Banks Christopher Charles Lloyd (born April 30, 1982), better known by his stage name Lloyd Banks, is an American rapper. Banks began his career as a member of East Coast hip hop group G-Unit, alongside childhood friends 50 Cent and Tony Yayo. After the group released their debut album, \"Beg for Mercy\" in 2003, Banks released his first solo album \"The Hunger for More\" in 2004, which featured the top ten hit single \"On Fire\". His second studio album, \"Rotten Apple\" was released in 2006. Banks left Interscope Records in 2009 and, along with the rest of G-Unit, signed", "title": "Lloyd Banks" }, { "id": "16235651", "text": "Danny Tate John Daniel \"Danny\" Tate (born November 10, 1955) is an American musician, songwriter, composer, producer, and former Virgin Records recording artist, best known for penning songs covered by Jeff Healey, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Tim McGraw, The Oak Ridge Boys, The Smithereens, Diesel, Nelson, David Lee Murphy, Billy Ray Cyrus, Doro Pesch, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Patti LaBelle, Walk the West, Cactus Brothers, Carla Olson, Danny Wilde and many others. Most notably, Tate won the NSAI Rock Song of the Year award for 1998, 1999 and 2000. His start came when he co-wrote the 1983 multi-platinum hit, \"Affair", "title": "Danny Tate" }, { "id": "8858429", "text": "Fire (Arthur Brown song) \"Fire\" is a 1968 song written by Arthur Brown, Vincent Crane, Mike Finesilver and Peter Ker. Performed by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, it was released as a single and on the band's debut album, also called \"The Crazy World of Arthur Brown\". The single reached No. 1 in the United Kingdom in August 1968 and in Canada. In October, it reached No. 2 in the United States \"Billboard\" charts and No. 19 in Australia. It also reached No. 3 in Germany, No. 4 in France, No. 6 in the Netherlands, No. 7 in Austria", "title": "Fire (Arthur Brown song)" }, { "id": "7094897", "text": "Scrolls, (now officially Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.)) had formed. The octet is composed of Faragher, Sean Watkins (guitar), his sister Sara Watkins (fiddle), Glen Phillips (guitar, vocals), Benmont Tench (piano), Luke Bulla (fiddle), Greg Leisz (various), and Pete Thomas (drums). The group released their debut album in late 2009. In 2010, Faragher played as a session bassist for \"The Union\", a Grammy Award-nominated collaboration by Elton John and Leon Russell. Davey Faragher David Allen \"Davey\" Faragher (born August 18, 1957) is an American bass guitarist from Redlands, California. Faragher's career took off and received critical notice as a founding member", "title": "Davey Faragher" }, { "id": "5949029", "text": "Fitz toured and recorded with Guns N' Roses guitarist Gilby Clarke, Kulick joined Grand Funk Railroad as their guitarist, and Corabi joined Ratt as their second guitarist. In 2001, both Fitz and Hunting joined original Mötley Crüe vocalist Vince Neil as band members. All the band members featured on the Bruce Kulick solo albums \"Audio Dog\" (2001) and \"Transformer\" (2003) In 2005, the group played together for the first time in about three years with two live shows in Japan. Fitz was unable to attend (due to touring commitments with the band Theory Of A Deadman), so Kulick's former bandmate", "title": "Union (band)" }, { "id": "8034690", "text": "charts. Human Nature successfully remade the song to feature in their Motown album released in 2006. Lead singer for the band Train, Pat Monahan, covered the hit in 2003. A mostly instrumental version of the song has been released by the James Taylor Quartet. Former adult film star Colton Ford and dance diva Pepper Mashay recorded a club version of this song. This version went to number 9 on the Hot Dance Club Play and number 25 on the Hot Dance Singles Sales charts. English singer Craig David has covered the song on his fifth studio album, inspired by the", "title": "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" }, { "id": "15956241", "text": "month after it was issued, Hitler invaded the Soviet Union and Roosevelt issued an order banning racial and religious discrimination in defense hiring. The Almanacs immediately switched to a pro-war position and the \"Songs for John Doe\" album was withdrawn and all copies destroyed. Their second album, \"Talking Union\", was a collection six labor songs: \"Union Maid\", \"I Don't Want Your Millions Mister\", \"Get Thee Behind Me Satan\", \"Union Train\", \"Which Side Are You On?\", and, of course, the eponymous \"Talking Union\", sung by Guthrie, who had joined the group in July. This album, issued in July 1941, was not", "title": "Protest songs in the United States" }, { "id": "9743834", "text": "O (Omarion song) \"O\" is a song from American R&B singer Omarion. It was released on July 17, 2004 as the first single off his debut album of the same name. \"O\" was the first choice for Omarion's debut single in the UK and was picked over \"Touch\", which was the original choice for his first UK single. The song was Omarion's first hit as a solo artist, peaking at number 27 on the US \"Billboard\" Hot 100. It also reached numbers 12 and 24 on both the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Mainstream Top 40 charts respectively. The song also", "title": "O (Omarion song)" }, { "id": "5173317", "text": "Dert Merchant, Dusty Melodica and Conscience, with guest verses from Snak the Ripper, Def 3 and Claire Mortifee. Sweatshop Union Sweatshop Union is a Canadian hip hop collective based in Vancouver, British Columbia, consisting of four politically-minded rap acts — Dirty Circus, Pigeon Hole, Kyprios and Innocent Bystander. Known for their socially conscious lyrics, Sweatshop Union's music comments on issues ranging from the war in Iraq, the plight of the poor and working-class, to the negativity and misogyny of mainstream hip-hop. In 2000, the members of Dirty Circus, Pigeon Hole, Kyprios and Innocent Bystander came together to produce an album.", "title": "Sweatshop Union" }, { "id": "6598077", "text": "The Original Soundtrack The Original Soundtrack is the third studio album by the English art rock band 10cc. It was released in 1975 and peaked at number four on the UK Albums Chart. \"The Original Soundtrack\" includes the singles \"Life Is a Minestrone\", and \"I'm Not in Love\", the band's most popular song. The album was recorded and produced by the band at Strawberry Studios in 1974 with Eric Stewart engineering and mixing. The album received good reviews when originally released on LP and cassette by Mercury Records in March 1975. The album has since been reissued on several occasions", "title": "The Original Soundtrack" }, { "id": "11164495", "text": "Fire (Ohio Players song) \"Fire\" is a hit song by R&B/funk band Ohio Players. The song was the opening track from the album of the same name and hit #1 on both the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 (where it was succeeded by Linda Ronstadt's \"You're No Good\") and the Hot Soul Singles chart in early 1975. It spent five weeks atop the soul chart. \"Fire\" was the Ohio Players' only entry on the new disco/dance chart, where it peaked at #10. The tune is considered to be the band's signature song along with \"Love Rollercoaster.\" The song was recorded at Mercury", "title": "Fire (Ohio Players song)" }, { "id": "9489593", "text": "Fire Brigade (song) \"Fire Brigade\" is a song written by Roy Wood and performed by The Move, with Wood on lead vocal. The song contains a guitar figure straight out of Duane Eddy. Glen Matlock of the Sex Pistols admitted some years later that this guitar had strongly influenced the opening riff of their single \"God Save the Queen\". \"Fire Brigade\" influenced \"Firehouse\" from the self-titled debut album by Kiss. Released as the group's fourth single in Britain in February 1968, it reached No. 3 in the UK Singles Chart. A cover version was recorded by The Fortunes and released", "title": "Fire Brigade (song)" }, { "id": "4684865", "text": "Top 20 on the charts in 1980. In 2005, singer Keith Sweat covered The Intruders' 1973 hit, \"\"I Wanna Know Your Name\"\".It was also covered by The Whispers and The Force MD's. In 1968, Peaches & Herb covered The Intruders' 1966 hit, \"\"(We'll Be) United\"\". This song also served as the basis for Peaches and Herb's even bigger 1978 #1 \"sequel\" hit, \"Reunited\" . During the late 1970s and early 1980s, their music was popular on the West Coast among Latino, specifically Chicano, youth, as evidenced by their covers by the Hacienda Brothers and Tierra. Daughtry died of cancer on", "title": "The Intruders (band)" }, { "id": "2739818", "text": "Me and Bobby McGee \"Me and Bobby McGee\" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson and songwriter Fred Foster, originally performed by Roger Miller. A posthumously-released version by Janis Joplin topped the U.S. singles chart in 1971, making the song the second posthumously released No. 1 single in U.S. chart history after \"(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay\" by Otis Redding. \"Billboard\" ranked Joplin's version as the No. 11 song for 1971. Other recordings of the song include those by Waylon Jennings, Grateful Dead, Kristofferson himself, Kenny Rogers and The First Edition, Gordon Lightfoot, and Miranda Lambert.", "title": "Me and Bobby McGee" }, { "id": "469610", "text": "big band style and more emphasis on a conservative, operatic, symphonic style of music. Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Frankie Laine, Patti Page, Judy Garland, Johnnie Ray, Kay Starr, Perry Como, Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, Dean Martin, Georgia Gibbs, Eddie Fisher, Teresa Brewer, Dinah Shore, Kitty Kallen, Joni James, Peggy Lee, Julie London, Toni Arden, June Valli, Doris Day, Arthur Godfrey, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Guy Mitchell, Nat King Cole, and vocal groups like the Mills Brothers, The Ink Spots, The Four Lads, The Four Aces, The Chordettes, The Fontane Sisters, The Hilltoppers and the Ames Brothers. Jo Stafford's \"You Belong To", "title": "1950s" }, { "id": "12887572", "text": "All Fired Up (Pat Benatar song) \"All Fired Up\" is a Grammy-nominated song written by and first released by Kerryn Tolhurst of the Rattling Sabres in 1987. It became much better known when covered by Pat Benatar for her album, \"Wide Awake in Dreamland\", and released as the lead single in 1988. It reached number 19 on the US \"Billboard\" Hot 100—becoming Benatar's last US top 40 single to date—and peaked at the same position on both the UK Singles Chart and the Canadian \"RPM\" Top Singles chart. It also reached number 12 in South Africa and number two in", "title": "All Fired Up (Pat Benatar song)" }, { "id": "7733353", "text": "Chris Christian Chris Christian (born February 7, 1955 as Lon Christian Smith is an American songwriter, record producer, and a record label executive. His songs have been recorded by Elvis Presley, Olivia Newton-John, Hall and Oates, Natalie Cole, Sheena Easton, The Pointer Sisters, Al Jarreau, The Carpenters, Amy Grant, Patti Austin, Dionne Warwick, America, The Imperials, B.J. Thomas, B W Stevenson, Marilyn McCoo, Dan Peek, Cheryl Ladd, Jane Olivor, Sandi Patti, Pat Boone, Ali Lohan, Donnie Osmond, and others. As a member of the trio of Cotton, Lloyd & Christian (put together by Mike Curb) in the early 1970s, he", "title": "Chris Christian" }, { "id": "2214006", "text": "Ace (band) Ace were a British rock band, who enjoyed moderate success in the 1970s. Their membership included Paul Carrack, who later became famous as the co-lead vocalist of Mike + The Mechanics and as a solo artist. Ace are best known for their hit single \"How Long\", which was a top 20 single in the United Kingdom in 1974, and reached no. 3 in the United States and Canada in 1975. The band was formed in December 1972 in Sheffield as \"Ace Flash and the Dynamos\", but the name was soon abbreviated to \"Ace\". The members were assembled from", "title": "Ace (band)" }, { "id": "3441920", "text": "Blue Dome District of Tulsa, Oklahoma. \"In Your Dreams\" was released on CD by Leon Russell Records in 2008. \"Bad Country\" released on Leon Russell Records in 2008, with 12 original songs by Russell. \"Almost Piano\" was released in 2008 by Leon Russell Records. It is a synthesizer piano collection of ten instrumentals from Russell. After years of reduced prominence, Russell's career was rejuvenated when Elton John sought him for a new project. In November 2009, Russell worked with John and Bernie Taupin on \"The Union\", a double album record credited equally to Russell and John. Recorded in February 2010", "title": "Leon Russell" }, { "id": "9657306", "text": "Reunited (song) \"Reunited\" is a hit song for R&B vocal duo Peaches & Herb. As the second single release from their 1978 album, \"2 Hot\", the song was a huge crossover smash, topping both the pop and soul charts. It spent four weeks at number one on both the R&B singles chart and the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 singles chart in 1979 and sold over 2 million copies. \"Billboard\" ranked it as the No. 5 song for 1979. In Canada, \"Reunited\" likewise reached number one and was the No. 9 song for the year. The song was written by Dino Fekaris", "title": "Reunited (song)" }, { "id": "13516702", "text": "Hey, Western Union Man \"Hey, Western Union Man\" is a 1968 soul single by Jerry Butler written by Butler with Kenny Gamble, and Leon Huff. The single became Jerry Butler's second number one R&B hit on the \"Billboard\" chart, where it stayed for a week. \"Hey, Western Union Man\" was also part of a string of Top 40 crossover hit that Jerry Butler had during the late 1960s. Al Kooper covered this track on his 1968 album \"I Stand Alone\". Diana Ross and The Supremes covered the song on their \"Let the Sunshine In\" album (1969). In 1970, Grant Green", "title": "Hey, Western Union Man" }, { "id": "5730025", "text": "the track at this time whilst in New York City, and it was issued in 1959 on the album \"The Bewitching Miss Bassey\". The song can be found on an CD compilation album called \"Easy To Love\" issued by Motif Records in 2010, which features the later Bassey recordings for the Philips Records label. On the Cash Box Best-Selling Records charts, where multiple versions of a song were always combined, the song lasted 5 weeks and peaked at #42. The Wall (1957 song) \"The Wall\" is a popular song, written by Oramay Diamond, Clyde Otis, and Dave Dreyer. It was", "title": "The Wall (1957 song)" }, { "id": "8103523", "text": "Uprhythm, Downbeat Uprhythm, Downbeat is the third album from punk rock band The Members. It includes one of the band's most successful singles in the U.S., \"Working Girl\", and the single \"Radio\", which was a major chart hit in Australia. Although it was released in 1982 in the United States, the record was unavailable in the band's native Britain until 1983, when it was released as Going West by Albion Records. Note: Following is the track listing for the 2006 remastered version of the album. The original album's version of the track \"Radio\" (titled \"Radiodub\" on the original) is actually", "title": "Uprhythm, Downbeat" }, { "id": "3441894", "text": "a session musician, working as a pianist on the recordings of many notable 1960s musical artists. By the late 1960s, he had diversified, becoming successful as an arranger and songwriter. By 1970, he had become a solo recording artist, but he never relinquished his other roles in the music industry. After performing country music under the name Hank Wilson in the 1970s and 1980s, he largely faded into obscurity. Russell re-emerged in 2010 when Elton John called on him to record the album that became \"The Union\". The album, which included contributions from Brian Wilson and Neil Young, brought renewed", "title": "Leon Russell" }, { "id": "11823425", "text": "Brotherhood of Man discography This is a discography of the singles and albums of British pop group Brotherhood of Man. All singles and albums from 1974 are from a completely different line-up to the earlier releases. The earlier releases (on the Deram label) were credited to \"The\" Brotherhood of Man. The group's first appearance on the chart was on 14 February 1970 in the UK with the single \"United We Stand\". This went on to become a hit in many other countries, including the US. The first chart appearance of the later line-up is with the 1974 single \"Lady\" in", "title": "Brotherhood of Man discography" }, { "id": "14915493", "text": "No. 3 on \"Rolling Stone\" magazine's list of the 30 Best Albums of 2010. The album features appearances by Booker T. Jones (on Hammond B-3), Neil Young (vocals), Robert Randolph (pedal steel), and Brian Wilson (vocal harmonies). This album was dedicated to Guy Babylon, John's keyboard player who died a year before its release. \"If It Wasn't for Bad\" was nominated for the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards for \"Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals\" and \"Hey Ahab\" became a staple in John's concert tours. \"The Union\" received mostly positive reviews with critics praising it as some of the pair's best work", "title": "The Union (Elton John and Leon Russell album)" }, { "id": "13211575", "text": "Sons of Funk Sons of Funk is an American R&B from Richmond, California, that were formally artists on No Limit Records. They had great success in the late 1990s and are best known for their hit singles \"Pushin Inside You\" & \"I Got the Hook Up!\". On April 21, 1998 Sons of Funk would release their debut album \"The Game of Funk\" on No Limit Records & Priority Records. The album would chart at #44 on the \"Billboard\" 200. In late 1999 the group would retire from the music industry due to unknown reasons. In 2014 the group would reunite,", "title": "Sons of Funk" }, { "id": "11184452", "text": "No.4 in the UK Singles Chart. Shirley Bassey and Bryn Terfel released a version of the song on 11 October 1999. It was controversially mimed live by at the opening of the series in June 1999, with Bassey famously wearing a gown designed on the Welsh flag. Three versions are featured on the CD single: a duet with Bassey and Terfel, Bassey's solo version and a version which features the choirs only. The duet version is performed partially in Welsh by Terfel. The official video was filmed at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff and features various other Welsh landscapes. The single", "title": "World in Union" }, { "id": "8105412", "text": "9.9 9.9 was an American R&B group formed in the mid-1980s. The group consisted of members Margo Thunder, Leslie Jones (1962-2013), and Wanda Perry. The group formed in 1985 in Boston, Massachusetts. They signed to RCA Records and released their first album, 9.9, and the single, \"All of Me for All of You\". The single reached #5 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. 9.9's album reached #79 on the U.S. \"Billboard\" 200 and #15 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. 9.9 released a second single titled \"I Like The Way You Dance.\" The group performed on \"Soul Train\", \"American Bandstand\",", "title": "9.9" }, { "id": "17205406", "text": "Tapout (song) \"Tapout\" is a song by American hip hop group Rich Gang featuring rappers Lil Wayne, Birdman, Mack Maine, Nicki Minaj and Future. The song was the first single off of the YMCMB compilation album, \"Rich Gang\". The song is produced by Southside & TM88 and is co-produced by Detail. It also features uncredited vocals from its co-producer, Noel \"Detail\" Fisher. The song was premiered on March 12, 2013, and was available for digital download on March 19. The song has since peaked at #44 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. Birdman confirmed the release of the song on March", "title": "Tapout (song)" }, { "id": "4868919", "text": "One of Us (Joan Osborne song) \"One of Us\" is a song written by Eric Bazilian (of the Hooters) and originally released by Joan Osborne. Released in March 1995 on the album \"Relish\" and produced by Rick Chertoff, it became a chart hit in November of that year, peaking at number four on the US \"Billboard\" Hot 100 and earning three Grammy nominations. The song was also a major success worldwide, topping the charts of Australia, Canada, Flemish Belgium, and Sweden, reaching number six on the UK Singles Chart, and becoming a top 20 hit in at least 12 other", "title": "One of Us (Joan Osborne song)" }, { "id": "8556671", "text": "Here Without You Here Without You is a song by American rock band 3 Doors Down. It was released on August 11, 2003 as the third single from the second studio album \"Away from the Sun\" (2002). It peaked at No. 5 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100, for the week ending November 8, 2003. Only their songs \"Kryptonite\" and \"When I'm Gone\" reached higher positions on the chart, peaking at No. 3 and No. 4, respectively. It has since been certified 3x Platinum in the United States and Platinum in Australia. The song was a large success on pop radio,", "title": "Here Without You" }, { "id": "8858433", "text": "studio sessions recording Fire, but he must have confused it with the BBC session [of 8 April 1968].\" There is no bass guitar on the recording, only bass pedals. Fire (Arthur Brown song) \"Fire\" is a 1968 song written by Arthur Brown, Vincent Crane, Mike Finesilver and Peter Ker. Performed by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, it was released as a single and on the band's debut album, also called \"The Crazy World of Arthur Brown\". The single reached No. 1 in the United Kingdom in August 1968 and in Canada. In October, it reached No. 2 in the", "title": "Fire (Arthur Brown song)" }, { "id": "10135522", "text": "In early 1973 they signed with WEA, which issued their debut single, \"The Destiny Song\", in July. Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, described it as, \"[an] infectious boogie rocker.\" It peaked at No. 18 on the \"Go-Set\" Singles Chart. They worked consistently touring from Sydney to Melbourne doing pub gigs and concerts whilst playing alongside Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs, Carson, Coloured Balls (Lobby Loyde's band), Chain, Madder Lake and Buffalo. They released their debut studio album, \"Total Union\" (August 1973), which peaked at No. 13 on the \"Go-Set\" Albums Chart. Garry Raffaele of \"The Canberra Times\" observed, \"[they] have the", "title": "Band of Light" }, { "id": "12515393", "text": "Anne Murray / Glen Campbell Anne Murray / Glen Campbell is an album by American singer Glen Campbell and Canadian singer Anne Murray, released in 1971 (see 1971 in music). The album contained both new material, and duet versions of songs each artist had recorded individually (Campbell's \"By the Time I Get to Phoenix\" and Murray's \"Bring Back the Love\"), as well as an early version of \"You're Easy to Love\", which later became a hit for Hank Snow, the standard \"Canadian Sunset\", and Brotherhood of Man's 1970 hit \"United We Stand\". The first single released from the album was", "title": "Anne Murray / Glen Campbell" }, { "id": "4153632", "text": "Hello, Goodbye \"Hello, Goodbye\" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. Backed by John Lennon's \"I Am the Walrus\", it was issued as a non-album single in November 1967, the group's first release since the death of their manager, Brian Epstein. The single was commercially successful around the world, topping charts in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and several other countries. McCartney later said that the lyrics take duality as their theme. The song originated when, in response to a question from Beatles aide Alistair Taylor", "title": "Hello, Goodbye" }, { "id": "19691466", "text": "War (Sum 41 song) \"War\" is a song by Canadian rock band Sum 41. It was released as the lead single from the album \"13 Voices\" on August 25, 2016. The song was released as a single, along with accompanying music video, on August 25, 2016, through the official channel of YouTube, Hopeless Records. It is the first single from the band since the return of guitarist Dave Baksh in 2015 and the departure of former drummer Steve Jocz, who left the group in 2013. Frank Zummo, who replaces Jocz, makes his debut with this single. The song's music video", "title": "War (Sum 41 song)" }, { "id": "7719356", "text": "an extended remix of the single, titled \"Union of the Snake (Monkey Mix)\". Duran Duran: Also credited: Union of the Snake \"Union of the Snake\" is the ninth single by the English new wave band Duran Duran, released on 17 October 1983. \"Union of the Snake\" was the lead single from the band's third album \"Seven and the Ragged Tiger\" (1983), and preceded its release by one month. It became one of Duran Duran's most popular singles, hitting number one on the US \"Cash Box\" and peaking at number three on both the UK Singles Chart and the US \"Billboard\"", "title": "Union of the Snake" }, { "id": "14600943", "text": "At The Union Hall” appears on Glazer’s \"Bricklayin Union Man\" album. The D.C. Labor Chorus performed “I’m A Union Card” at the Joe Glazer Memorial Concert in December 2006, shortly after Glazer’s passing. Winfree’s version of “I’m A Union Card” is included in the \"Classic Labor Songs From Smithsonian Folkways\" CD released in May 2006. Winfree has performed at numerous union conventions, meetings, the Smithsonian Institution, and on many radio and TV shows including “Singing For The Union” which aired Labor Day 1985 on PBS. Winfree currently works at a large aircraft plant in Texas and is a member of", "title": "Kenny Winfree" }, { "id": "8682270", "text": "what your coal is worth. </poem> Bernard Asbell, a member of People's Songs, who in 1961 wrote the best-selling book, \"When FDR Died\", recalled: When I think of that period I think of Pete and Lee. Lee and Pete. Lee's deep bass singing \"Roll the Union On\". He and Pete are the two guys who made folk music serve political purposes. .. . Lee was the one with the sense of history, who tied it all together. He was the one who brought the sharecroppers in, and the union songs based on hymns. His images inspired us... convinced us that", "title": "Lee Hays" } ]

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[ { "id": "16852023", "text": "First Pan-African Conference The First Pan-African Conference was held in London from 23 to 25 July 1900 (just prior to the Paris Exhibition of 1900 \"in order to allow tourists of African descent to attend both events\"). Organized primarily by the Trinidadian barrister Henry Sylvester Williams, it took place in Westminster Town Hall (now Caxton Hall) and was attended by 37 delegates and about 10 other participants and observers from Africa, the West Indies, the US and the UK, including Samuel Coleridge Taylor (the youngest delegate), John Alcindor, Dadabhai Naoroji, John Archer, Henry Francis Downing, and W. E. B. Du", "title": "First Pan-African Conference" }, { "id": "16852037", "text": "he was a member of the Legislative Council from 1920 to 1940. Richard E. Phipps, the Trinidad barrister, returned home after the conference and emigrated to the Gold Coast in 1911. He remained there until his death around 1926. Williams himself lived in South Africa from 1903 to 1905,10 and died in Trinidad in 1911.\" Under the Pan-African Congress banner, a series of gatherings subsequently took place — in 1919 in Paris, 1921 in London, 1923 in London, 1927 in New York City, 1945 in Manchester, 1974 in Dar es Salaam and 1994 in Kampala — to address the issues", "title": "First Pan-African Conference" }, { "id": "16852038", "text": "facing Africa as a result of European colonization. A centenary commemorative event was held in London on 25 July 2000, attended by descendants of some of the delegates at the original conference, as well as descendants of delegates at the 1945 5th Pan-African Congress in Manchester. First Pan-African Conference The First Pan-African Conference was held in London from 23 to 25 July 1900 (just prior to the Paris Exhibition of 1900 \"in order to allow tourists of African descent to attend both events\"). Organized primarily by the Trinidadian barrister Henry Sylvester Williams, it took place in Westminster Town Hall (now", "title": "First Pan-African Conference" }, { "id": "16852025", "text": "Africa that followed the 1884-5 Congress of Berlin. The formation of the association marked an early stage in the development of the anti-colonialist movement, and was established to encourage the unity of Africans and people of African descent, particularly in territories of the British empire, concerning itself with injustices in Britain's African and Caribbean colonies. In March 1898 the association issued a circular calling for a pan-African conference. Booker T. Washington, who had been travelling in the UK in the summer of 1899, wrote in a letter to African-American newspapers: When the First Pan-African Conference opened on Monday, 23 July", "title": "First Pan-African Conference" }, { "id": "16852024", "text": "Bois, with Bishop Alexander Walters of the AME Zion Church taking the chair. Du Bois played a leading role, drafting a letter (\"Address to the Nations of the World\") to European leaders appealing to them to struggle against racism, to grant colonies in Africa and the West Indies the right to self-government and demanding political and other rights for African Americans. On 24 September 1897, Henry Sylvester Williams had been instrumental in founding the African Association (not to be confused with the Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa), in response to the European partition of", "title": "First Pan-African Conference" }, { "id": "16852029", "text": "the African Association (formed by Sylvester Williams in 1897) into the Pan-African Association, and the implementation of a unanimously adopted \"Address to the Nations of the World\", sent to various heads of state where people of African descent were living and suffering oppression. The address implored the United States and the imperial European nations to “acknowledge and protect the rights of people of African descent” and to respect the integrity and independence of \"the free Negro States of Abyssinia, Liberia, Haiti, etc.\" Signed by Walters (President of the Pan-African Association), the Canadian Rev. Henry B. Brown (Vice-President), Williams (General Secretary)", "title": "First Pan-African Conference" }, { "id": "3691882", "text": "Sentiments on the Evil of Slavery\". The group addressed meetings and organised letter-writing campaigns, published campaigning material and visited parliament. They wrote to figures such as Granville Sharp, William Pitt and other members of the white abolition movement, as well as King George III and the Prince of Wales, the future George IV. Modern Pan-Africanism began around the start of the 20th century. The African Association, later renamed the Pan-African Association, was established around 1897 by Henry Sylvester-Williams, who organized the First Pan-African Conference in London in 1900. With the independence of Ghana in March 1957, Kwame Nkrumah was elected", "title": "Pan-Africanism" }, { "id": "2650298", "text": "of Versailles, black ex-servicemen and educated urban classes became disillusioned. Because colonialism had been built on the foundation of capitalism, socialist ideas of equality and global collaboration appealed to these budding revolutionaries. A letter from Jamaican writer and socialist Claude McKay to Leon Trotsky in 1922 refers to the experience of black soldiers: In February 1919, the first Pan-African Congress was organized by W. E. B. Du Bois and Ida Gibbs Hunt, wife of US Consul William Henry Hunt, who was at that time working at the American consulate in Saint-Étienne, France. There were 57 delegates representing 15 countries, a", "title": "Pan-African Congress" }, { "id": "2650296", "text": "Pan-African Congress The Pan-African Congress — following on from the first Pan-African Conference of 1900 in London — was a series of seven meetings, held in 1919 in Paris (1st Pan-African Congress), 1921 in London (2nd Pan-African Congress), 1923 in London (3rd Pan-African Congress), 1927 in New York City (4th Pan-African Congress), 1945 in Manchester (5th Pan-African Congress), 1974 in Dar es Salaam (6th Pan-African Congress), 1994 in Kampala (7th Pan-African Congress), and 2014 in Accra that were intended to address the issues facing Africa as a result of European colonization of most of the continent. The Pan-African Congress gained", "title": "Pan-African Congress" }, { "id": "16852034", "text": "given in our honor by the late Dr. Creighton, Lord Bishop of London, at his stately palace at Fulham, which has been occupied by the Bishops of London since the fifteenth century. On our arrival at the palace we found his Lordship and one or two other Bishops, with their wives and daughters, waiting to greet us. After a magnificent repast had been served we were conducted through the extensive grounds which surround the palace... Through the kindness of Mr. Clark, a member of Parliament, we were invited to tea on Wednesday, at 5 o'clock, on the Terrace of Parliament.", "title": "First Pan-African Conference" }, { "id": "16852036", "text": "adverse opinion which had been created against them in some quarters of late by their enemies might be changed.\" After the conference ended, Williams set up branches of the Pan-African Association in Jamaica, Trinidad and the USA. He also launched a short-lived journal, \"The Pan-African\", in October 1901. Although plans for the association to meet every two years failed, the 1900 conference encouraged the development of the Pan-African Congress. As Tony Martin noted, \"At least three of the Caribbean delegates later emigrated to Africa. George Christian of Dominica became a successful lawyer and legislator in the Gold Coast (Ghana) where", "title": "First Pan-African Conference" }, { "id": "2650305", "text": "in 1946 by Nkrumah and Kenyatta. There were 33 delegates from the West Indies and 35 from various British organizations, including the West African Students Union. The presence of 77-year-old Du Bois was historic, as he had organized the First Pan-African Congress in 1919. The British Press scarcely mentioned the conference. A number of resolutions were passed, among them the criminalization of racial discrimination and the main resolution decrying imperialism and capitalism. Pan-Africanism is aimed at the economic, intellectual and political cooperation of the African countries. It demands that the riches of the continent be used for the enlistment of", "title": "Pan-African Congress" }, { "id": "2650300", "text": "Nigeria, Gold Coast and Sierra Leone; the Egyptian Sudan, British East Africa, former German East Africa; French Senegal, the French Congo and Madagascar; Belgian Congo; Portuguese St. Thomé, Angola and Mozambique; Liberia; Abyssinia; Haiti; British Jamaica and Grenada; French Martinique and Guadeloupe; British Guiana; the United States of America, Negroes resident in England, France, Belgium and Portugal, and fraternal visitors from India, Morocco, the Philippines and Annam.\" There was an Indian revolutionary who took part, Shapurji Saklatvala, and a journalist from Gold Coast named W. F. Hutchinson who spoke. This session of the Congress was the most focused for change", "title": "Pan-African Congress" }, { "id": "2650307", "text": "an important step towards the end of those imperial powers in Africa. Unlike the four earlier congresses, the fifth one involved people from the African Diaspora, including Afro-Caribbeans and Afro-Americans. Manchester had a significant part to play in helping the African countries to march forward in their fight to independence. Pan-African Congress The Pan-African Congress — following on from the first Pan-African Conference of 1900 in London — was a series of seven meetings, held in 1919 in Paris (1st Pan-African Congress), 1921 in London (2nd Pan-African Congress), 1923 in London (3rd Pan-African Congress), 1927 in New York City (4th", "title": "Pan-African Congress" }, { "id": "7838758", "text": "Inn, and Kinloch was the association's first treasurer. Some English people felt the Association would not last three months but by 1900 Williams was ready to hold the first Pan-African Conference (subsequent gatherings were known as Congresses). The three-day gathering took place at Westminster Town Hall on 23, 24, and 25 July with delegates comprising \"men and women of African blood and descent\" from West and South Africa, the West Indies, the United States and Liberia. W. E. B. Du Bois, who was to become the movement's torchbearer at subsequent Pan-African Congresses, was a participant and his Address to the", "title": "Henry Sylvester-Williams" }, { "id": "3691884", "text": "suppression under imperialism). Pan-Africanism under Nkrumah evolved past the assumptions of a racially exclusive movement associated with black Africa, and adopted a political discourse of regional unity In April 1958, Nkrumah hosted the first All-African People’s Conference (AAPC) in Accra, Ghana. The Conference invited delegates of political movements and major political leaders. With the exception of South Africa, all Independent States of the Continent attended: Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Liberia, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia and Sudan. The Conference signified a monumental event in the pan-African movement, as it revealed a political and social union between those considered Arabic states and the black", "title": "Pan-Africanism" }, { "id": "6344295", "text": "Pan-Anglican Congress The first Pan-Anglican Congress was held in London (United Kingdom) from June 15 to June 24 1908, immediately prior to the Fifth Lambeth Conference held in July of the same year. Designed as a consultation on mission, the Congress was a meeting of some 17,000 people attended both by clergy and laity. The Congress was initiated by Bishop Henry H. Montgomery, Secretary of the SPG. Principal meetings were held at the Royal Albert Hall in South Kensington. The Congress marked a period of organizational transition for Anglican church mission work and a growing recognition of the cultural diversity,", "title": "Pan-Anglican Congress" }, { "id": "16852026", "text": "1900, in London's Westminster Hall, Bishop Alexander Walters in his opening address, \"The Trials and Tribulations of the Coloured Race in America\", noted that \"for the first time in history black people had gathered from all parts of the globe to discuss and improve the condition of their race, to assert their rights and organize so that they might take an equal place among nations.\" The Bishop of London, Mandell Creighton, gave a speech of welcome \"referring to 'the benefits of self-government' which Britain must confer on 'other races ... as soon as possible'.\" Speakers over the three days addressed", "title": "First Pan-African Conference" }, { "id": "6202887", "text": "of a broader economic globalization, the increasing trade between Canada and the United States is not generally seen as a threat to Canadian sovereignty. Continentalism in Africa, commonly referred to as Pan-Africanism, is a sociopolitical world view, philosophy, and movement that seeks to unify native Africans and members of the African diaspora into a \"global African community\". Pan-Africanism calls for a politically united Africa. Modern Pan-Africanism began around the beginning of the twentieth century. The African Association, later renamed the Pan-African Association, was organized by Henry Sylvester-Williams around 1887, and the first Pan-African Conference was held in 1900. Continentalism in", "title": "Continentalism" }, { "id": "16098384", "text": "(IOC), in Basel, Switzerland in 1954, to hold the 12th IOC in South Africa. Although the offer was not taken up at the time, it stimulated discussion about holding an independent conference on African birds, leading to the first PAOC in Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia, in 1957. The first three congresses took place in southern Africa under the auspices of the SAOS, with the third (in Kruger National Park) largely organised by the Percy FitzPatrick Institute. Because of the political atmosphere pertaining to apartheid in South Africa at the time, no indigenous Africans participated in those meetings. At the 16th IOC", "title": "Pan-African Ornithological Congress" }, { "id": "16852033", "text": "same facilities and privileges for the black as the white man enjoys.\" DuBois recorded in his report, \"On Monday, the 23d of July, the conference was invited to a five o'clock tea given by the Reform Cobden Club of London in honor of the delegates, at its headquarters in the St. Ermin Hotel, one of the most elegant in the city. Several members of Parliament and other notables were present. A splendid repast was served, and for two hours the delegates were delightfully entertained by the members and friends of the club. At 5 o'clock on Tuesday a tea was", "title": "First Pan-African Conference" }, { "id": "16852035", "text": "After the tea the male members of our party were admitted to the House of Commons, which is considered quite an honor; indeed, the visit to the House of Parliament and tea on the Terrace was the crowning honor of the series. Great credit is due our genial secretary, Mr. H. Sylvester Williams, for these social functions. Miss Catherine Impey, of London, said she was glad to come in contact with the class of Negroes that composed the Pan-African Conference, and wished that the best and most cultured would visit England and meet her citizens of noble birth, that the", "title": "First Pan-African Conference" }, { "id": "16852027", "text": "a variety of aspects of racial discrimination. Among the papers delivered were: \"Conditions Favouring a High Standard of African Humanity\" (C. W. French of St. Kitts), \"The Preservation of Racial Equality\" (Anna H. Jones, from Kansas City, Missouri), \"The Necessary Concord to be Established between Native Races and European Colonists\" (Benito Sylvain, Haitian aide-de-camp to the Ethiopian emperor), \"The Negro Problem in America\" (Anna J. Cooper, from Washington), \"The Progress of our People\" (John E. Quinlan of St. Lucia) and \"Africa, the Sphinx of History, in the Light of Unsolved Problems\" (D. E. Tobias from the USA). Other topics included", "title": "First Pan-African Conference" }, { "id": "2650299", "text": "smaller number than originally intended because British and American governments refused to issue passports to their citizens who had planned on attending. Their main task was petitioning the Versailles Peace Conference held in Paris at that time. Among their demands were that: Among the delegates were: In 1921, the Second Pan-African Congress met in several sessions in London, Brussels and Paris, during August (28, 29, and 31)and September (2, 3, 5 and 6). As W. E. B. Du Bois reported in \"The Crisis\" in November, represented at this congress were \"26 different groups of people of Negro descent: namely, British", "title": "Pan-African Congress" }, { "id": "16852030", "text": "and Du Bois (Chairman of the Committee on the Address), the document contained the phrase \"The problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the colour-line\", which Du Bois would use three years later in the \"Forethought\" of his book \"The Souls of Black Folk\". In September, the delegates petitioned Queen Victoria through the British government to look into the treatment of Africans in South Africa and Rhodesia, including specified acts of injustice perpetrated by whites there, namely: The response eventually received by Sylvester-Williams on 17 January 1901 stated: \"Sir. I am directed by Mr Secretary Chamberlain to state", "title": "First Pan-African Conference" }, { "id": "3691891", "text": "\"United States of Africa\". In the United States, the term is closely associated with Afrocentrism, an ideology of African-American identity politics that emerged during the civil rights movement of the 1960s to 1970s. As originally conceived by Henry Sylvester-Williams (although some historians credit the idea to Edward Wilmot Blyden), Pan-Africanism referred to the unity of all continental Africa. During apartheid South Africa there was a Pan Africanist Congress that dealt with the oppression of Africans in South Africa under Apartheid rule. Other pan-Africanist organisations include: Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association-African Communities League, TransAfrica and the International People's Democratic Uhuru Movement.", "title": "Pan-Africanism" }, { "id": "2650304", "text": "important. Organised by the influential Trinidadian pan-Africanist George Padmore and Ghanaian independence leader Kwame Nkrumah, it was attended by 90 delegates, 26 from Africa. They included many scholars, intellectuals and political activists who would later go on to become influential leaders in various African independence movements and the American civil rights movement, including the Kenyan independence leader Jomo Kenyatta, American activist and academic W. E. B. Du Bois, Malawi's Hastings Banda, Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, prominent Jamaican barrister Dudley Thompson and Obafemi Awolowo and Jaja Wachuku from Nigeria. It also led partially to the creation of the Pan-African Federation, founded", "title": "Pan-African Congress" }, { "id": "16852032", "text": "responded more personally, instructing her private secretary, Arthur Bigge, to write, which he did on 21 January - the day before the Queen died. Although the specific injustices in South Africa continued for some time, the conference brought them to the attention of the world. The conference was reported in major British newspapers, including \"The Times\" and the \"Westminster Gazette\", which commented that it \"marks the initiation of a remarkable movement in history: the negro is at last awake to the potentialities of his future\" and quoted Williams as saying: \"Our object now is to secure throughout the world the", "title": "First Pan-African Conference" }, { "id": "6344296", "text": "organizational autonomy, but interlinked character of member churches of the Anglican Communion. Pan-Anglican Congress The first Pan-Anglican Congress was held in London (United Kingdom) from June 15 to June 24 1908, immediately prior to the Fifth Lambeth Conference held in July of the same year. Designed as a consultation on mission, the Congress was a meeting of some 17,000 people attended both by clergy and laity. The Congress was initiated by Bishop Henry H. Montgomery, Secretary of the SPG. Principal meetings were held at the Royal Albert Hall in South Kensington. The Congress marked a period of organizational transition for", "title": "Pan-Anglican Congress" }, { "id": "7838749", "text": "British Empire, by direct appeals to the Imperial and local Governments.\" In 1900 Williams organised the First Pan-African Conference, held at Westminster Town Hall in London. In 1903 he went to practise as a barrister in South Africa, becoming the first black man to be called to the bar in the Cape Colony. Williams was born in 1869 in Arouca, Trinidad. His father Bishop Williams was a wheelwright from Barbados. His mother's name was Elizabeth. Williams attended the Arouca School, which at the time was run by a Chinese Trinidadian known as Stoney Smith. Williams started his working life at", "title": "Henry Sylvester-Williams" }, { "id": "904085", "text": "In 1900 Du Bois attended the First Pan-African Conference, held in London from July 23 to 25. (This was just before the Paris Exhibition of 1900 \"to allow tourists of African descent to attend both events\".) It was organized by men from the Caribbean: Haitians Anténor Firmin and Bénito Sylvain and Trinidadian barrister Henry Sylvester Williams. Du Bois played a leading role in drafting a letter (\"Address to the Nations of the World\") to European leaders appealing to them to struggle against racism, to grant colonies in Africa and the West Indies the right to self-government and to demand political", "title": "W. E. B. Du Bois" }, { "id": "3691887", "text": "of Independent African States whilst maintaining a national identity and autonomous constitutional structure. The Declaration called for a revised understanding of pan-Africanism and the uniting of the Independent States. In 1960, the second All-African People’s Conference was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The membership of the All-African People’s Organisation (AAPO) had increased with the inclusion of the “Algerian Provisional Government (as they had not yet won independence), Cameroun, Guinea, Nigeria, Somalia and the United Arab Republic”. The Conference highlighted diverging ideologies within the movement, as Nkrumah’s call for a political and economic union between the Independent African States gained little", "title": "Pan-Africanism" }, { "id": "16852028", "text": "Richard Phipps' complaint of discrimination against black people in the Trinidadian civil service and an attack by William Meyer, a medical student at Edinburgh University, on pseudo-scientific racism. Discussions followed the presentation of the papers, and on the last day George James Christian, a law student from Dominica, led a discussion on the subject \"Organized Plunder and Human Progress Have Made Our Race Their Battlefield\", saying that in the past \"Africans had been kidnapped from their land, and in South Africa and Rhodesia slavery was being revived in the form of forced labour.\" The conference culminated in the conversion of", "title": "First Pan-African Conference" }, { "id": "2650303", "text": "France, Hunt and Logan had travelled independently to the meeting, and Hunt and Béton were perturbed that Du Bois had implied they represented France. In 1927, The Fourth Pan-African Congress was held in New York City and adopted resolutions that were similar to the Third Pan-African Congress meetings. The Fifth Pan-African Congress was held in Manchester, United Kingdom, 15–21 October 1945. It followed the foundation of the Pan-African Federation in Manchester in 1944. Africans again fought in World War II. After this war, many felt that they now deserved independence. This Congress is widely considered to have been the most", "title": "Pan-African Congress" }, { "id": "2650306", "text": "its people. It calls for the financial and economic unification of markets and a new political landscape for the continent. Even though Pan-Africanism as a movement began in 1776, it was the fifth Pan-African congress that advanced Pan-Africanism and applied it to decolonize the African continent. The people in Manchester were politically conscious and that was one of the reasons why it was selected as the venue for the fifth Pan-African congress. The fifth congress was organized by people of African origin living in Manchester. According to the Mancunian historian Simon Katzenellenboggen it has a great significance as it was", "title": "Pan-African Congress" }, { "id": "3691899", "text": "Pan-Africanism Pan-Africanism is a worldwide movement that aims to encourage and strengthen bonds of solidarity between all people of African descent. Based on a common fate going back to the Atlantic slave trade, the movement extends beyond continental Africans, with a substantial support base among the African diaspora in the Caribbean, Latin America, and the United States. It is based on the belief that unity is vital to economic, social, and political progress and aims to \"unify and uplift\" people of African descent. The ideology asserts that the fate of all African peoples and countries are intertwined. At its core", "title": "Pan-Africanism" }, { "id": "3691877", "text": "Pan-Africanism Pan-Africanism is a worldwide movement that aims to encourage and strengthen bonds of solidarity between all people of African descent. Based on a common fate going back to the Atlantic slave trade, the movement extends beyond continental Africans, with a substantial support base among the African diaspora in the Caribbean, Latin America, and the United States. It is based on the belief that unity is vital to economic, social, and political progress and aims to \"unify and uplift\" people of African descent. The ideology asserts that the fate of all African peoples and countries are intertwined. At its core", "title": "Pan-Africanism" }, { "id": "3691886", "text": "against French colonial rule\"”. In the years following 1958, Accra Conference also marked the establishment of a new foreign policy of non-alignment as between the US and USSR, and the will to found an \"African Identity\" in global affairs by advocating a unity between the African States on international relations. \"This would be based on the Bandung Declaration, the Charter of the UN and on loyalty to UN decisions.\" In 1959, Nkrumah, President Sékou Touré of Guinea and President William Tubman of Liberia met at Sanniquellie and signed the Sanniquellie Declaration outlining the principles for the achievement of the unity", "title": "Pan-Africanism" }, { "id": "3691878", "text": "Pan-Africanism is \"a belief that African peoples, both on the continent and in the diaspora, share not merely a common history, but a common destiny\". The Organization of African Unity (now the African Union) was established in 1963 to safeguard the sovereignty and territorial integrity of its Member States and to promote global relations within the framework of the United Nations. The African Union Commission has its seat in Addis Ababa and the Pan-African Parliament has its seat in Johannesburg and Midrand. Pan-Africanism stresses the need for \"collective self-reliance\". Pan-Africanism exists as a governmental and grassroots objective. Pan-African advocates include", "title": "Pan-Africanism" }, { "id": "16098386", "text": "throughout Africa. In 1988 PAOC became a permanent institution with the adoption of a constitution at PAOC 7 in Nairobi. The first francophone venue was Bujumbura, Burundi, in 1992, and the first North African venue the island of Djerba, Tunisia, in 2004. Subjects covered by the published proceedings show that, from the first to the eleventh congresses the number of papers on bird conservation topics increased considerably. Pan-African Ornithological Congress The Pan-African Ornithological Congress (PAOC) is a regular conference on African ornithology, usually held every four years at an African venue. Its geographic scope is: \"...the entire continent from North", "title": "Pan-African Ornithological Congress" }, { "id": "3691889", "text": "Ababa, Ethiopia, 32 African states met and established the Organization of African Unity (OAU). The creation of the OAU Charter took place at this Summit and defines a coordinated \"effort to raise the standard of living of member States and defend their sovereignty\" by supporting freedom fighters and decolonisation. Thus, was the formation of the African Liberation Committee (ALC), during the 1963 Summit. Championing the support of liberation movements, was Algeria’s President Ben Bella, immediately “donated 100 million francs to its finances and was one of the first countries, of the Organisation to boycott Portuguese and South African goods”. In", "title": "Pan-Africanism" }, { "id": "7911183", "text": "and the Union of the Peoples of Cameroon. The Union of South Africa was not invited. The conference showcased progress of liberation movements on the Africa continent in addition to symbolizing the determination of the people of Africa to free themselves from foreign domination and exploitation. Although the Pan-African Congress had been working towards similar goals since its foundation in 1900, this was the first time such a meeting had taken place on African soil. The Conference called for the founding of an \"African Freedom Day\", a day to \"...mark each year the onward progress of the liberation movement, and", "title": "Africa Day" }, { "id": "16098385", "text": "in Canberra, Australia, in 1974, several ornithologists suggested that the next PAOC should be held outside southern Africa, in order to give it a truly Pan-African dimension, and to encourage greater participation from other parts of Africa, including by indigenous Africans. Although PAOC 4 was due to be held in Kenya, the political atmosphere meant that many ornithologists from southern Africa would be unable to attend. Consequently, the meeting was moved to the Seychelles, making it the first to be held outside southern Africa, even though it did not take place on the African continent. Subsequent congresses have been held", "title": "Pan-African Ornithological Congress" }, { "id": "3691881", "text": "times, and promotes values that are the product of the African civilisations and the struggles against slavery, racism, colonialism, and neo-colonialism. Alongside a large number of slaves insurrections, by the end of the 18th century a political movement developed across the Americas, Europe and Africa that sought to weld disparate movements into a network of solidarity, putting an end to oppression. Another important political form of a religious Pan-Africanist worldview appeared in the form of Ethiopianism. In London, the Sons of Africa was a political group addressed by Quobna Ottobah Cugoano in the 1791 edition of his book \"Thoughts and", "title": "Pan-Africanism" }, { "id": "20025957", "text": "the talks that resulted in the creation of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs. She wrote three biographical sketches for Hallie Q. Brown's \"Homespun Heroines and Other Women of Distinction\" (1926). Jones traveled to London in 1900 for the First Pan-African Conference, in the company of Anna Julia Cooper, Fannie Barrier Williams, and Ella D. Barrier, among others. Jones and Cooper were the only two African-American women to address the Conference; Jones presented a paper titled \"The Preservation of Race Individuality.\" She later corresponded with W. E. B. DuBois. In 1905 her two-part essay, \"A Century's Progress for the", "title": "Anna H. Jones" }, { "id": "15787919", "text": "empty for years getting a place on the Buildings at Risk Register. It was listed as a building of Special Architectural or Historic Interest on 15 March 1984. It was redeveloped as apartments and offices in 2006. The facade and former register office at the front of the building facing Caxton Street were restored and retained being converted into luxury flats (see Facadism). The rear of the building, containing the halls, was demolished and a circular office building, named the Asticus Building, was built on the site. It was the location of the First Pan-African Conference in 1900. The Women's", "title": "Caxton Hall" }, { "id": "3691885", "text": "African regions. Further, the Conference espoused a common African Nationalist identity, among the States, of unity and anti-Imperialism. Frantz Fanon, journalist, freedom fighter and a member of the Algerian FLN party attended the conference as a delegate for Algeria. Considering the armed struggle of the FLN against French colonial rule, the attendees of the Conference agreed to support the struggle of those States under colonial oppression. This encouraged the commitment of direct involvement in the \"emancipation of the Continent; thus, a fight against colonial pressures on South Africa was declared and the full support of the FLN struggle in Algeria,", "title": "Pan-Africanism" }, { "id": "15071476", "text": "William Jernagin Reverend D.D. William Henry Jernagin (1869–1958) was an African-American Baptist pastor, an important figure in the African-American Civil Rights Movement (1896–1954), and Pan-African activist. The National Race Congress selected Jernagin to attend the Paris Peace Conference and the First Pan-African Congress in 1919. William Henry Jernagin was born in Mashulaville, Mississippi on October 13, 1869 to Allen Fletcher Jernagin and Julia Ruth Walker. While his parents were mostly illiterate, they managed to obtain a small 40-acre farm upon which they grew a variety of fruits and vegetables. His family worked primarily harvesting apples and peaches for Juke Jernagin,", "title": "William Jernagin" }, { "id": "2650301", "text": "of all the meetings thus far. At the London session, Resolutions were adopted, later restated by Du Bois in his \"Manifesto To the League of Nations\": The only dissenting voices were these of Blaise Diagne and Gratien Candace, French politicians of African and Guadeloupian descent, who represented Senegal and Guadeloupe in the French Chamber of Deputies. They soon abandoned the idea of Pan-Africanism because they advocated equal rights inside the French citizenship and thought the London Manifesto declaration too dangerously extreme. The Brussels sessions were hosted at the Palais Mondial. In 1923, the Third Pan-African Congress was held in London", "title": "Pan-African Congress" }, { "id": "16118330", "text": "Pan-African University The Pan-African University (or Pan African University) (PAU) is a post-graduate training and research network of university nodes in five regions, supported by the African Union. The new organization is also supported by the Association of African Universities. The first African Ministerial Conference on Science and Technology was held in 2003 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The attendees undertook to improve the quality of science and technology education, and saw that the PAU would be necessary to improve the quality of science education and thereby to improve productivity of African economies. These ideas were elaborated in a \"concept note\"", "title": "Pan-African University" }, { "id": "3691890", "text": "1969, Algiers hosted the Pan-African Cultural Festival, on July 21 and it continued for 10 days. The festival attracted thousands from African states and the African Diaspora, including the Black Panthers. It symbolised the new pan-African identity, of regions with a shared experience of colonisation. The Festival further strengthened Algeria’s President, Boumediene’s standing in Africa and the Third World. After the death of Kwame Nkrumah in 1972, Muammar Qaddafi assumed the mantle of leader of the Pan-Africanist movement and became the most outspoken advocate of African Unity, consistently calling – like Nkrumah before him – for the advent of a", "title": "Pan-Africanism" }, { "id": "9607888", "text": "official festival was organized in 1992 by actors Danny Glover and Ja'net Dubois and executive director Ayuko Babu. Glover and actress Whoopi Goldberg co-hosted the festival. It featured over by black directors from four continents. \"The Los Angeles Times\" said the films had universal themes as well as African themes: \"the overthrow of colonial governments, the clash between modern values and traditional values, and tales of gifted artists\". Films at the first festival included \"Sarraounia\", \"Heritage Africa\", and \"Lord of the Street\". In 2013, the film festival attracted approximately , and the arts festival attracted around 75,000. In 2014, the", "title": "Pan African Film Festival" }, { "id": "588597", "text": "founded in May 1963 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by 32 African states with the main aim of bringing the African nations together and resolve the issues within the continent. Its first ever conference was held on 1st May 1963 at Addis Ababa. In that conference, the late Gambia historian, and one of the leading Gambian nationalists and Pan-Africanists at the time—Alieu Ebrima Cham Joof delivered a speech in front of the member states—in which he said: The OAU had the following primary aims: A Liberation Committee was established to aid independence movements and look after the interests of already-independent states.", "title": "Organisation of African Unity" }, { "id": "11502905", "text": "History of the African Union The African Union is a geo-political entity covering the entirety of the African continent. Its origin dates back to the First Congress of Independence African States, held in Accra, Ghana, from 15 to 22 April 1958. The conference aimed at forming the Africa Day to mark the liberation movement, each year, regarding the willingness of the African people to free themselves from foreign dictatorship, as well as subsequent attempts to unite Africa, including the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was established on 25 May 1963, and the African Economic Community in 1981. Critics argued", "title": "History of the African Union" }, { "id": "13555906", "text": "the spread of cholera. By then, Downing had become the editor of the \"Brooklyn Messenger\". On November 4, 1892, the newspaper editor joined C. Holliday of Topeka and George P. H. McVay of Harlem, editor of the \"Uptown Press\", at the College Street Chapel for a discussion. In 1895, Downing traveled with his wife to London. They chose to stay and lived there for 22 years. He was a participant in the First Pan-African Conference there in 1900. While in London, Downing concentrated on creative writing, publishing several plays and a novel, \"\" (1917). Downing was inspired by the life", "title": "Henry Francis Downing" }, { "id": "4537366", "text": "and then all three combined in the Paraguayan War (1865–70) to defeat Paraguay; and in the War of the Pacific (1879–83), Chile defeated Peru and Bolivia. However, during this same period, Pan-Americanism existed in the form of a series of Inter-American Conferences—Panama (1826), Lima (1847), Santiago (1856), and Lima (1864). The main object of those meetings was to provide for a common defense. The first of the modern Pan-American Conferences was held in Washington, DC (1889–90), with all nations represented except the Dominican Republic. Treaties for arbitration of disputes and adjustment of tariffs were adopted, and the Commercial Bureau of", "title": "Pan-Americanism" }, { "id": "16118341", "text": "participate in the establishment of, and attend the first General Assembly of the PAUAA from 12 – 13 December 2017. The Inaugural Bureau is composed of the following: President – HE Valentine Oshotse Eleta (PAULESI, West Africa), Vice President – HE Rehema Khimulu (PAUWES, East Africa), Treasurer – Nathalie Mawo Suliy (PAUSTI, Central Africa), Secretary General – Gavamukulya Yahaya (PAUSTI, East Africa), Assistant Secretary General – Nabil Khorchani (PAUWES, Northern Africa), Finance Secretary – Isaac Kodzo Amegbor (PAULESI, West Africa), Communications Officer – Katia Gilda Rafael Bernardo (PAUGHSS, Southern Africa), Public Relations Officer – Sakah Bernard (PAUGHSS, Central Africa), and", "title": "Pan-African University" }, { "id": "7330878", "text": "this is an aspect that the other countries soon realized, and through the conferences, attempted to prevent this from occurring. However, when President Garfield was assassinated, Blaine was removed from his post and the process for creating the Pan-American Conference was slowed down. Eventually, through the lobbying of Congress, Blaine was able to schedule the first Pan- American Conference in January 1889. First used in the \"New York Evening Post\" in 1888, the term \"Pan-Americanism\" rose. Pan-Americanism refers to the movement toward commercial, social, economic, military, and political cooperation among the nations of North, Central, and South America. The term", "title": "Pan-American Conference" }, { "id": "4897450", "text": "independent African states. They were Ghana, Ethiopia, Libya, Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt, Liberia and Sudan. Most of the African continent was yet to be liberated. The last Pan-African Congress had been held in Manchester, England in 1945. The C.P.P. government was determined to reactivate the Pan-African Movement on the soil of Africa its true home. Practical steps were taken. 1. In April 1958 the Conference of African Independent States was held in Accra. The eight states agreed to co-ordinate economic planning; to improve communications; to exchange cultural and educational information; to assist liberation movements by providing training and other facilities. Most", "title": "Convention People's Party" }, { "id": "15071495", "text": "legacy can be characterized as one where the intersection of faith and civil always brought about useful change and dialogue. William Jernagin Reverend D.D. William Henry Jernagin (1869–1958) was an African-American Baptist pastor, an important figure in the African-American Civil Rights Movement (1896–1954), and Pan-African activist. The National Race Congress selected Jernagin to attend the Paris Peace Conference and the First Pan-African Congress in 1919. William Henry Jernagin was born in Mashulaville, Mississippi on October 13, 1869 to Allen Fletcher Jernagin and Julia Ruth Walker. While his parents were mostly illiterate, they managed to obtain a small 40-acre farm upon", "title": "William Jernagin" }, { "id": "7330879", "text": "was largely used the following year at the first Pan-American Conference in Washington D.C. International summits have been held in the following cities: Pan-American Conferences trace their origins back to earlier Pan-American summits.The four Latin American Conferences took place prior to the Pan-American Conferences but were highly influential in the campaign to create the Pan-American Union. They are as follows: Congress of Panama on June 22, 1826 in Panama City Initiated by general Simon Bolivar (a Venezuelan political and military leader), the first Latin American Conference took place in Panama. Bolivar wanted to unite all of Latin America together in", "title": "Pan-American Conference" }, { "id": "20523644", "text": "All-African Convention The All-African Convention conference took place from 15 - 18 December, 1935. Notable figures who attended the delegation included Davidson Don Tengo Jabavu, Pixley ka Isaka Seme, JL Dube, Zacharias Richard Mahabane, Alfred Bitini Xuma, James Moroka and Thabo Edwin Mofutsanyana. The Convention consisted of representatives from across a broad political spectrum. They convened at a community hall in Bloemfontein in response to three proposed bills by President J.B.M. Hertzog. The Convention was arranged in response to three proposed bills affecting the rights of natives known as the \"Hertzog Bills\". These bills were: This bill proposed to abolish", "title": "All-African Convention" }, { "id": "3123784", "text": "which was conducted by Professor Charles Villiers Stanford at its 1898 premiere and proved to be highly popular, Coleridge-Taylor made three tours of the United States. He became increasingly interested in his paternal racial heritage in the United States. Coleridge-Taylor participated as the youngest delegate at the 1900 First Pan-African Conference held in London, and met leading Americans through this connection, including poet Paul Laurence Dunbar and scholar and activist W.E.B. Du Bois. His father Daniel Taylor was descended from African-American slaves who were freed by the British and evacuated from the colonies at the end of the American Revolutionary", "title": "Samuel Coleridge-Taylor" }, { "id": "3691888", "text": "agreement. The disagreements following 1960 gave rise to two rival factions within the pan-African movement: the Casablanca Bloc and the Brazzaville Bloc. In 1962, Algeria gained independence from French colonial rule and Ahmed Ben Bella assumed Presidency. Ben Bella was a strong advocate for pan-Africanism and an African Unity. Following the FLN’s armed struggle for liberation, Ben Bella spoke at the UN and espoused for Independent Africa’s role in providing military and financial support to the African liberation movements opposing apartheid and fighting Portuguese colonialism. In search of a united voice, in 1963 at an African Summit conference in Addis", "title": "Pan-Africanism" }, { "id": "2650297", "text": "the reputation as a peace maker for decolonization in Africa and in the West Indies. It made significant advance for the Pan-African cause. One of the demands was to end colonial rule and end racial discrimination, against imperialism and it demanded human rights and equality of economic opportunity. The manifesto given by the Pan-African Congress included the political and economic demands of the Congress for a new world context of international cooperation. Colonial powers in Africa wanted native Africans to wait patiently for limited political concessions and better career opportunities. Due to their exclusion from the negotiations of the Treaty", "title": "Pan-African Congress" }, { "id": "9607887", "text": "Pan African Film Festival Pan African Film Festival (PAFF) is a non-profit corporation in Los Angeles, California, that states its goal to promote \"cultural understanding among peoples of African descent\" through exhibiting art and film. It hosts a film festival and an arts festival in Los Angeles in February of each year. \"The Los Angeles Times\" in 2013 called the film festival \"the largest black film festival\" in the United States. In its early years, it was held in West Africa, specifically in Burkina Faso (in February 1985, it was held in Ouagadougou and hosted by Thomas Sankara). The first", "title": "Pan African Film Festival" }, { "id": "16098382", "text": "Pan-African Ornithological Congress The Pan-African Ornithological Congress (PAOC) is a regular conference on African ornithology, usually held every four years at an African venue. Its geographic scope is: \"...the entire continent from North Africa to the Cape of Good Hope, and east to the Suez Canal and Red Sea; the Cape Verde, Madeira and Canary islands; also isolated Atlantic Oceanic islands nearer Africa than South America, Antarctic islands south of Africa and the African-facing coast of Antarctica, the Seychelles, Comoros, Socotra, Mascarene Islands and Madagascar. All continental shelf islands (e.g. Zanzibar, Fernando Po — now Bioko) are considered areas of", "title": "Pan-African Ornithological Congress" }, { "id": "7330875", "text": "Pan-American Conference The Conferences of American States, commonly referred to as the Pan-American Conferences, were meetings of the Pan-American Union, an international organization for cooperation on trade. James G. Blaine, a United States politician, Secretary of State and presidential contender, first proposed establishment of closer ties between the United States and its southern neighbors and proposed international conference. Blaine hoped that ties between the United States and its southern counterparts would open Latin American markets to US trade. On 2 December 1823, President James Monroe delivered the 'Monroe Doctrine' which would eventually influence Secretary of State James G. Blaine to", "title": "Pan-American Conference" }, { "id": "13512481", "text": "at the baccalaureate degree level. The yearning for entry-level DPT education by Nigerian physiotherapists has been in the offing for more than two decades. A proposal submitted to the National Universities Commission by the NSP and Medical Rehabilitation Therapist Board (MRTB) is awaiting approval. The First Pan-African Physiotherapy Congress was held in the Old Great Hall, College of Medicine, and LUTH by the NSP on 28 May – 3 June 1979. The Congress was a processor to the African Physiotherapy Organisation. The Executive Committee of the Organisation met in Cairo, Egypt. The society not only organizes its Annual Scientific Conferences", "title": "Nigeria Society of Physiotherapy" }, { "id": "3691893", "text": "at the University of Oxford, June 2011, Ledum Mittee, the current president of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), argued that environmental justice movements across the African continent should create horizontal linkages in order to better protect the interests of threatened peoples and the ecological systems in which they are embedded, and upon which their survival depends. Some universities went as far as creating \"Departments of Pan-African Studies\" in the late 1960s. This includes the California State University, where that department was founded in 1969 as a direct reaction to the civil rights movement, and is", "title": "Pan-Africanism" }, { "id": "11502914", "text": "in Addis Ababa on July 6, 2004. A stated goal of the AU is to establish a common African currency and banking institutions. History of the African Union The African Union is a geo-political entity covering the entirety of the African continent. Its origin dates back to the First Congress of Independence African States, held in Accra, Ghana, from 15 to 22 April 1958. The conference aimed at forming the Africa Day to mark the liberation movement, each year, regarding the willingness of the African people to free themselves from foreign dictatorship, as well as subsequent attempts to unite Africa,", "title": "History of the African Union" }, { "id": "11212911", "text": "the peoples of Africa to intensify the struggle for independence, and insists on the urgent obligation on the independent nations of Africa to assure them of the necessary aid and support;... The first conference was preceded by a Preparatory Committee composed of representatives from the eight independent African states—other than South Africa. (They were Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, and the United Arab Republic.) The conference itself was attended by delegates from 28 African countries and colonies. The number of delegates was more than 300, and the conference claimed that they represented more than 200 million people from", "title": "All-African Peoples' Conference" }, { "id": "18812598", "text": "a continuation of the People's Union under another name. In 1920 Randle was appointed one of the vice-patrons of the Sierra Leonean Friendly Society of Lagos. He built a chapel and two schools in his home town of Regent, and contributed funds to erect a science building at Fourah Bay College, Sierra Leone and to support science teaching there. The Pan-African conference was held in Accra in 1920 and launched the National Council of British West Africa (NCBWA). By this time Randle and Savage had fallen out and Randle did not attend the conference. Herbert Macaulay founded the Nigerian National", "title": "John K. Randle" }, { "id": "3317209", "text": "original interior was removed and a new structure added to the rear in 1970. A red plaque on the building commemorates the Fifth Pan-African Congress, which was held there from 15–21 October 1945. Decisions taken at that conference led to independence for a number of African and Caribbean countries. In Nelson Street the former home of the Pankhurst family is now the Pankhurst Centre. The Ormond Building of the Manchester Metropolitan University was originally the home of the Chorlton Union Board of Guardians (responsible under the 1834 Poor Law for most of what is now south Manchester). Next to the", "title": "Chorlton-on-Medlock" }, { "id": "4887771", "text": "Hospital Center. He was buried in Green Acres Cemetery, Columbus, Georgia. John Henrik Clarke John Henrik Clarke (born John Henry Clarke, January 1, 1915 – July 16, 1998), was an American historian, professor, and a pioneer in the creation of Pan-African and Africana studies, and professional institutions in academia starting in the late 1960s. He was born John Henry Clarke on January 1, 1915, in Union Springs, Alabama, the youngest child of John (a sharecropper) and Willie Ella (Mays) Clarke (a washer woman), (who died in 1922). With the hopes of earning enough money to buy land rather than sharecrop,", "title": "John Henrik Clarke" }, { "id": "16118342", "text": "Internal Auditor – MitschelleAkoth Onyango (PAULESI, East Africa). Pan-African University The Pan-African University (or Pan African University) (PAU) is a post-graduate training and research network of university nodes in five regions, supported by the African Union. The new organization is also supported by the Association of African Universities. The first African Ministerial Conference on Science and Technology was held in 2003 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The attendees undertook to improve the quality of science and technology education, and saw that the PAU would be necessary to improve the quality of science education and thereby to improve productivity of African economies.", "title": "Pan-African University" }, { "id": "9058850", "text": "as Léon Audain and Isaïe Jeanty in medicine and science and Edmond Paul in the social sciences. (Both Audain and Jeanty had obtained prizes from the Académie de Médecine de Paris.) Firmin is one of three Caribbean men who launched the idea of Pan-Africanism at the end of the 19th century to combat colonialism in Africa. As a candidate in Haiti's 1902 presidential elections, he declared that the Haitian state should \"serve in the rehabilitation of Africa\". Along with Trinidadian lawyer Henry Sylvester Williams and fellow Haitian Bénito Sylvain, he was the organizer of the Panafrican Conference which took place", "title": "Anténor Firmin" }, { "id": "2618396", "text": "Africanism with three principles of African nationalism, socialism, and continental unity. Its body of ideas drew largely from the teachings of Anton Lembede, George Padmore, Marcus Garvey, Martin Delany, Kwame Nkrumah, and W. E. B. Du Bois. The PAC has been beset by infighting and has had numerous changes of leadership since its transition to a political party. In 1996, Clarence Makwetu, who led the party in the 1994 elections, was removed on the basis of \"bringing the party into disrepute'. In August 2013, the PAC elected Alton Mphethi as president, after previous leader Letlapa Mphahlele was expelled in May", "title": "Pan Africanist Congress of Azania" }, { "id": "2436634", "text": "Antigua (where her great-great-grandfather was enslaved) and to Dominica, where her great-grandfather George James Christian was born. Christian was a delegate at the 1900 First Pan-African Conference in London (making a speech that was reported in \"The Times\", about the treatment of South Africans in the Boer War), before migrating to the Gold Coast, West Africa. During the programme, she discovered the story of how her maternal grandfather Edgar Fitzgerald Gordon met his wife Clara Christian when both were studying medicine at the University of Edinburgh. While he completed his degree and qualified as a doctor in 1918 (initially going", "title": "Moira Stuart" }, { "id": "10054441", "text": "Democracy, Elections and Governance (2007), the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) and its associated Declaration on Democracy, Political, Economic and Corporate Governance. The historical foundations of the African Union originated in the First Congress of Independence African States, held in Accra, Ghana, from 15 to 22 April 1958. The conference aimed at forming the Africa Day to mark the liberation movement, each year, regarding the willingness of the African people to free themselves from foreign dictatorship, as well as subsequent attempts to unite Africa, including the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was established on 25 May 1963, and", "title": "African Union" }, { "id": "10988622", "text": "to the foundation of AACC at its first assembly on 20 April 1963 in Kampala, Uganda. The theme of the first assembly was “Freedom and Unity in Christ”. The delegates addressed the colonial situation in the spirit of nationalism that permeated the political scene of the continent at the time. The delegates identified themselves with the aspirations of the peoples of the continent towards development of dignity and a mature personality in Christ and exhorted the churches \"to participate wholeheartedly in the building of the African nation\". The AACC has accompanied the churches in their engagement in the decolonization and", "title": "All Africa Conference of Churches" }, { "id": "3932023", "text": "Pan-African Parliament The Pan-African Parliament (PAP), also known as the African Parliament, is the legislative body of the African Union and held its inaugural session in March 2004. The PAP exercises oversight, and has advisory and consultative powers, lasting for the first five years. Initially the seat of the Pan-African Parliament was in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia but it was later moved to Midrand, South Africa. On 28 October 2009, the second legislature of the Pan-African Parliament opened its first ordinary session and began a new 5-year mandate. South African president, Jacob Zuma, gave the opening speech and called for the", "title": "Pan-African Parliament" }, { "id": "2650302", "text": "and in Lisbon. This meeting was totally unorganized. This meeting also repeated the demands such as self-rule, the problems in the Diaspora and the African-European relationship. The following was addressed at the meeting: Before the Congress met in London, Isaac Béton of the French Committee wrote a letter to Du Bois, telling him that the French group would not be sending delegates. However, in one of the reports he published in the \"Crisis\", Du Bois drew on words spoken by Ida Gibbs Hunt and Rayford Logan to imply that the French Committee had sent delegates. As long-time African-American residents of", "title": "Pan-African Congress" }, { "id": "17883085", "text": "Pan-African Orchestra The Pan-African Orchestra (PAO) is an orchestra using indigenous African traditions and instruments. It was founded as a 48-piece ensemble in 1988 in Accra, Ghana, by Nana Danso Abiam. Abiam died in a motor accident in Accra on 24 December 2014, in the early hours following his 61st birthday. His mission with the PAO, originally a 30-piece ensemble, had been to explore the classical foundations of traditional African music and to cultivate an integrated continental art form through new compositional and orchestral techniques. The musicians play traditional instruments from across Africa, including the atenteben, gonje, kora and gyile.", "title": "Pan-African Orchestra" }, { "id": "7911184", "text": "to symbolize the determination of the people of Africa to free themselves from foreign domination and exploitation.\" The conference was notable in that it laid the basis for the subsequent meetings of Africa heads of state and government during the Casablanca Group and the Monrovia Group era, until the formation of the OAU in 1963. Five years later, on 25 May 1963, representatives of thirty African nations met in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, hosted by Emperor Haile Selassie. By then more than two-thirds of the continent had achieved independence, mostly from imperial European states. At this meeting, the Organisation of African", "title": "Africa Day" }, { "id": "19374645", "text": "First National Conference of the Colored Women of America The First National Conference of the Colored Women of America was a three-day conference in Boston organized by Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, a civil rights leader and suffragist. In August 1895, representatives from 42 African-American women's clubs from 14 states convened at Berkeley Hall for the purpose of creating a national organization. It was the first event of its kind in the United States. Speakers included Margaret Murray Washington (the wife of Booker T. Washington), author and former slave Victoria Earle Matthews, anti-lynching activist Ida B. Wells, scholar Anna J. Cooper,", "title": "First National Conference of the Colored Women of America" }, { "id": "7330883", "text": "Chincha Islands. Pan-American Conference The Conferences of American States, commonly referred to as the Pan-American Conferences, were meetings of the Pan-American Union, an international organization for cooperation on trade. James G. Blaine, a United States politician, Secretary of State and presidential contender, first proposed establishment of closer ties between the United States and its southern neighbors and proposed international conference. Blaine hoped that ties between the United States and its southern counterparts would open Latin American markets to US trade. On 2 December 1823, President James Monroe delivered the 'Monroe Doctrine' which would eventually influence Secretary of State James G.", "title": "Pan-American Conference" }, { "id": "675962", "text": "Dominion status would continue until 1960, when after a national referendum, Ghana was declared a republic. In 1945 a conference (known as the 5th Pan-African Congress) was held in Manchester to promote pan-African ideas. This was attended by Nkrumah of Ghana, Nnamdi Azikiwe of Nigeria and I. T. A. Wallace-Johnson of Sierra Leone. The Indian and Pakistani independence catalysed this desire. There was also the rejection of African culture to some extent. Some external forces also contributed to this feeling. African-Americans such as W. E. B. Du Bois and Marcus Garvey (Afro-Jamaican) raised strong Pan-African conscience. Sir Alan Burns constitution", "title": "History of Ghana" }, { "id": "15072378", "text": "Eliezer Cadet Lecba Elizier Cadet (born c. May 1897) was a Haitian Vodou priest who, in 1919 attended the Paris Peace Conference and First Pan African Congress on behalf of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA). Eliezer was born in Port-de-Paix, Haiti, the son of Mesinor Pierre Cadet, a wealthy dyewood manufacturer. He attended the College of Institution Saint-Louis de Gonzague and subsequently supported himself as a car mechanic in Paris. There he met Nancy Cunard. Initially, the International League for Darker People, an umbrella organisation comprising the UNIA, had planned to send Ida B. Wells and A. Philip Randolph", "title": "Eliezer Cadet" }, { "id": "16900518", "text": "1907. At this period he played cricket, as a wicket keeper for London teams. Refused a place in the Royal Army Medical Corps, Alcindor was awarded a Red Cross medal for his work with the wounded at London rail stations during World War I. Alcindor served as senior district medical officer of the London borough of Paddington from 1921 until his death. He is the great-uncle of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr.). Alcindor associated in the late 1890s with the group around Henry Sylvester-Williams and his African Association. They were behind the First Pan-African Conference in 1900, which", "title": "John Alcindor" }, { "id": "3691892", "text": "Additionally, Pan-Africanism is seen as an endeavor to return to what are deemed by its proponents as singular, traditional African concepts about culture, society, and values. Examples of this include Léopold Sédar Senghor's Négritude movement, and Mobutu Sese Seko's view of Authenticité. An important theme running through much pan-Africanist literature concerns the historical links between different countries on the continent, and the benefits of cooperation as a way of resisting imperialism and colonialism. In the 21st century, some Pan-Africanists aim to address globalisation and the problems of environmental justice. For instance, at the conference \"Pan-Africanism for a New Generation\" held", "title": "Pan-Africanism" }, { "id": "4887762", "text": "John Henrik Clarke John Henrik Clarke (born John Henry Clarke, January 1, 1915 – July 16, 1998), was an American historian, professor, and a pioneer in the creation of Pan-African and Africana studies, and professional institutions in academia starting in the late 1960s. He was born John Henry Clarke on January 1, 1915, in Union Springs, Alabama, the youngest child of John (a sharecropper) and Willie Ella (Mays) Clarke (a washer woman), (who died in 1922). With the hopes of earning enough money to buy land rather than sharecrop, his family moved to the closest milltown, Columbus, Georgia. Counter to", "title": "John Henrik Clarke" }, { "id": "20997895", "text": "Pan-African Freedom Movement for East and Central Africa The Pan-African Freedom Movement of East and Central Africa (PAFMECA), later renamed to the \"Pan-African Freedom Movement of East, Central and Southern Africa\" (PAFMECSA) was a political and Pan-Africanist organisation that was formed to campaign for the independence of the countries of East and Central Africa (and later Southern Africa) from colonial and white minority rule. The organisation was formed at a conference held in Mwanza, Tanganyika, from 16th to 18th September 1958. Julius Nyerere (later President of Tanzania) and Tom Mboya the Kenyan Pan-Africanist and trade unionist were among the founders.", "title": "Pan-African Freedom Movement for East and Central Africa" }, { "id": "7838759", "text": "Nations with its prophetic statement \"The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the colour-line\" came to be regarded as the defining statement of the conference. After this Williams set about spreading the word and he embarked on lecture tours to set up branches in Jamaica, Trinidad and the United States. On 28 June 1901 the Trinidad branch of the Pan African Association was formed, with branches in Naparima, Sangre Grande, Arima, Manzanilla, Tunapuna, Arouca and Chaguanas. He spent two months here and after his departure for the US even more local branches were formed. But after this", "title": "Henry Sylvester-Williams" }, { "id": "20523647", "text": "a convention to be held in Bloemfontein in December 1935. The conference was attended by about 400 delegates with representatives from both towns and rural areas. There were 30 delegates from Natal, 70 from the Orange Free State, 100 from the Transvaal, 200 from the Cape, 10 from Basutoland and one from Swaziland. Comprehensive resolutions to address African grievances were drafted during the conference, including the constitution of the All-African Convention – which was an umbrella organisation aimed at promoting African rights through boycotts. Bloemfontein had also been chosen as the founding venue of the African National Congress on 8", "title": "All-African Convention" }, { "id": "11212908", "text": "words, it was open to \"all national political parties and national trade union congresses or equivalent bodies or organizations that subscribe to the aims and objects of the conference.\" The Conference met three times: December 1958, January 1960, and March 1961; and had a permanent secretariat with headquarters in Accra. Its primary objectives were independence for the colonies; and strengthening of the independent states and resistance to neocolonialism. It tended to be more outspoken in its denunciations of colonialism than the Conference of Independent African States, a contemporary organisation which, being composed of heads of state, was relatively constrained by", "title": "All-African Peoples' Conference" }, { "id": "5562401", "text": "Hampshire, led worship meetings for blacks at Faneuil Hall. Paul, with twenty of his members, officially formed the First African Baptist Church on August 8, 1805. In the same year, land was purchased for a building. The African Meeting House, as it came to be commonly called, was completed the next year. At the public dedication on December 6, 1806, the first-floor pews were reserved for all those \"benevolently disposed to the Africans,\" while the black members sat in the balcony of their new meeting house. In the early 1800s, Primus Hall had established a school in his home. He", "title": "African Meeting House" }, { "id": "13141942", "text": "continuance of the papal states, the popes, relieved of their temporal concerns, grew in stature during their years of \"imprisonment.\" After the Franco-Prussian War (1870–71) the organization reconvened (1873) in Brussels, and David Dudley Field's Proposals for an International Code formed the basis of discussion. In the Western Hemisphere the first Pan-American Conference met in 1889–90 (see Pan-Americanism, movement toward commercial, social, economic, military, and political cooperation among the nations of North, Central, and South America. Congress of Peace in Geneva In 1867, the French pacifist Charles Lemonnier (1806-1891) convened the Congress of Peace in Geneva, known as the \"International", "title": "Congress of Peace in Geneva" }, { "id": "187171", "text": "History of Africa The history of Africa begins with the emergence of hominids, archaic humans and – at least 200,000 years ago – anatomically modern humans (\"Homo sapiens\"), in East Africa, and continues unbroken into the present as a patchwork of diverse and politically developing nation states. The earliest known recorded history arose in the Kingdom of Kush, and later in Ancient Egypt, the Sahel, the Maghreb and the Horn of Africa. Following the desertification of the Sahara, North African history became entwined with the Middle East and Southern Europe while the Bantu expansion swept from modern day Cameroon (West", "title": "History of Africa" }, { "id": "18775634", "text": "African writers. The Constituent Congress of PAWA was held at the Kwame Nkrumah Conference Centre, Accra, Ghana, from 7 to 11 November 1989 under the theme: \"African Unity; A Liberation of the Mind\". Representatives from more than 36 countries formally signed the Declaration and Constitution that led to the establishment of PAWA. PAWA now comprises the 52 national writers associations on the African continent. The position of Secretary General of PAWA was held by Professor Atukwei Okai from 1989 until his death in 2018. In 1992 the Secretariat of PAWA, which is located in Accra's Roman Ridge neighbourhood, was granted", "title": "Pan African Writers' Association" } ]

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[ { "id": "5617244", "text": "Adam Schiff (Law & Order) Adam Schiff is a fictional character on the TV drama series \"Law & Order\". He was played by Steven Hill from 1990 to 2000. Schiff was one of the original main characters of the series and appeared in every episode of the first 10 seasons except for \"Everybody's Favorite Bagman\", which was produced before Hill joined the cast, and the season-seven episode \"D-Girl\". He appeared in 229 episodes (228 episodes of \"Law & Order\" and the \"\" episode \"Entitled\"), and was the last original character to leave the show's main cast. Schiff is District Attorney", "title": "Adam Schiff (Law & Order)" }, { "id": "5617250", "text": "article about McCoy's election campaign on the Internet and lends him his support. The character of Adam Schiff is loosely based upon long-serving New York County, Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau. Adam Schiff (Law & Order) Adam Schiff is a fictional character on the TV drama series \"Law & Order\". He was played by Steven Hill from 1990 to 2000. Schiff was one of the original main characters of the series and appeared in every episode of the first 10 seasons except for \"Everybody's Favorite Bagman\", which was produced before Hill joined the cast, and the season-seven episode \"D-Girl\". He", "title": "Adam Schiff (Law & Order)" }, { "id": "4747228", "text": "Steven Hill Steven Hill (born Solomon Krakovsky; February 24, 1922 – August 23, 2016) was an American actor. His two better-known roles are district attorney Adam Schiff on the NBC television drama series \"Law & Order\", whom he portrayed for 10 seasons (1990–2000), and , the original team leader of the Impossible Missions Force on the CBS television series \"\", whom he portrayed in the initial season of the show (1966–1967). Hill was born Solomon Krakovsky or Solomon Berg in Seattle, Washington, to Russian Jewish immigrants. After graduating from West Seattle High School in 1940, Hill served four years in", "title": "Steven Hill" }, { "id": "1483913", "text": "series. The producers held options on Dzundza, Noth, Moriarty and Brooks. Each was paid holding money for the additional year and brought back. Florek also returned. Thinnes, however, was starring in \"Dark Shadows\" and declined to return. In his place, the producers tapped Steven Hill to play District Attorney Adam Schiff, a character loosely based on real-life New York County District Attorney Robert Morgenthau. Hill brought prestige and experience to the show and, as such, the producers allowed Hill to give insight on the direction he thought the character should go. Dzundza was disappointed when he realized that the show", "title": "Law & Order" }, { "id": "4747247", "text": "day, wearing a tallit katan (four-cornered fringed garment) beneath his clothes, and strictly observing Shabbat. This made Hill unavailable for Friday night or Saturday matinee performances, effectively ending his stage career and closing many film roles to him, most notably \"The Sand Pebbles\". Steven Hill Steven Hill (born Solomon Krakovsky; February 24, 1922 – August 23, 2016) was an American actor. His two better-known roles are district attorney Adam Schiff on the NBC television drama series \"Law & Order\", whom he portrayed for 10 seasons (1990–2000), and , the original team leader of the Impossible Missions Force on the CBS", "title": "Steven Hill" }, { "id": "4747242", "text": "playing parental and authority-figure roles in such films as \"Yentl\" (1983), \"Garbo Talks\" (1984), Neil Simon's \"Brighton Beach Memoirs\", \"Heartburn\" (1986), \"Running on Empty\" (1988), \"Billy Bathgate\" (1991), and \"The Firm\" (1993). Hill also appeared as a mob kingpin in \"Raw Deal\" (1986), an action vehicle for Arnold Schwarzenegger. Hill played New York District Attorney Bower in the 1986 comedy-drama \"Legal Eagles\", foreshadowing his appearance as Adam Schiff in \"Law & Order\". Hill became best known, and to an even greater degree than from his role in \"Mission: Impossible\", as Adam Schiff in the NBC TV drama series \"Law &", "title": "Steven Hill" }, { "id": "5964416", "text": "Law & Order (season 6) The sixth season of \"Law & Order\" aired on NBC between September 20, 1995, and May 22, 1996. Rey Curtis (played by Benjamin Bratt) replaced season five's Mike Logan (Chris Noth) in the role of junior detective. This change left District Attorney Adam Schiff (played by Steven Hill) as the only remaining member of the series' cast from the first season. Hill was not an original member of the cast, as his character replaced D.A. Alfred Wentworth (played by Roy Thinnes) from the original pilot, \"Everyone's Favorite Bagman\". Paul Robinette (played by original cast member", "title": "Law & Order (season 6)" }, { "id": "1483901", "text": "Attorney's Office. Plots are often based on real cases that recently made headlines, although the motivation for the crime and the perpetrator may be different. The show has been noted for its revolving cast over the years. Among the longest-running main cast members were Steven Hill as District Attorney Adam Schiff (seasons 1–10), Jerry Orbach as Detective Lennie Briscoe (seasons 3–14), S. Epatha Merkerson as Lieutenant Anita Van Buren (seasons 4–20), Sam Waterston as Executive Assistant District Attorney Jack McCoy (seasons 5–20; later District Attorney) and Jesse L. Martin as Detective Ed Green (seasons 10–18). \"Law & Order\"s twenty seasons", "title": "Law & Order" }, { "id": "9574250", "text": "his replacement to portray District Attorney Adam Schiff. Steven Zirnkilton, who narrates the opening sequence in every episode of each \"Law & Order\" series, makes his sole onscreen appearance in this episode. He has one line of dialogue: \"Look at that. Do you believe these guys?\" Everybody's Favorite Bagman \"Everybody's Favorite Bagman\" is the sixth episode of the police procedural and legal drama \"Law & Order\". It originally aired on NBC on October 30, 1990. It was produced in 1988 and was the pilot episode of the series. After local councilman and former bagman Charles Halsey is mugged and his", "title": "Everybody's Favorite Bagman" }, { "id": "4747243", "text": "Order\", a part that he played for 10 seasons, from 1990 to 2000. Hill's character was loosely modeled on the real former district attorney of New York, Robert Morgenthau, and Morgenthau reportedly was a fan of the character. Hill admitted that he found the character of Adam Schiff the hardest role he ever had, because of all the legal jargon he had to learn. \"It's like acting in a second language,\" said Hill. Hill added that he agreed with the show's philosophy, saying that \"there's a certain positive statement in this show. So much is negative today. The positive must", "title": "Steven Hill" }, { "id": "5964417", "text": "Richard Brooks) returns in the episode \"Custody\", his first guest appearance after his departure after season three. <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> Law & Order (season 6) The sixth season of \"Law & Order\" aired on NBC between September 20, 1995, and May 22, 1996. Rey Curtis (played by Benjamin Bratt) replaced season five's Mike Logan (Chris Noth) in the role of junior detective. This change left District Attorney Adam Schiff (played by Steven Hill) as the only remaining member of the series' cast from the first season. Hill was not an original member of the cast, as his character replaced D.A. Alfred", "title": "Law & Order (season 6)" }, { "id": "4087818", "text": "of District Attorney Adam Schiff (played by actor Steven Hill), the New York district attorney in the long-running TV series \"Law & Order\", was loosely based on Morgenthau. Morgenthau reportedly was a fan of the character. Morgenthau's other principal civic activities were the Police Athletic League of New York City, which he served since 1962, first as president and then chairman, and the Museum of Jewish Heritage, of which he was chairman. In 2005, Morgenthau received The Hundred Year Association of New York's Gold Medal \"in recognition of outstanding contributions to the City of New York\". Morgenthau also received the", "title": "Robert Morgenthau" }, { "id": "5617249", "text": "Schiff character was written out of the show to accommodate Hill's resignation. Within the story arc of the show, Schiff leaves the DA's office to accept a role in coordinating commemorations of the Holocaust Project. He goes on to work with Simon Wiesenthal. He is succeeded by Nora Lewin (Dianne Wiest). After McCoy becomes the district attorney in 2007, he commented that he now understands why Schiff always seemed to be in a bad mood. In 2009, Schiff is said to be in Africa with former President Jimmy Carter, attempting to get into Zimbabwe. While in Africa, he sees an", "title": "Adam Schiff (Law & Order)" }, { "id": "1483926", "text": "Curtis was. (Briscoe was described as being a recovering alcoholic, as Cragen had been; Green was described as being a recovering compulsive gambler.) In 2000, Hill announced he was leaving the series after Season 10. Hill, who was the last remaining member of the original cast, said his departure was mutual with the producers. He was replaced by Dianne Wiest as Interim District Attorney Nora Lewin, and Adam Schiff was written out off-screen as departing to work with Jewish charities and human-rights organizations in Europe. The following year, Harmon left the show after three seasons (with Abbie Carmichael written off", "title": "Law & Order" }, { "id": "5053550", "text": "Benjamin Stone (Law & Order character) Benjamin \"Ben\" Stone is a fictional character portrayed by Michael Moriarty in the TV drama \"Law & Order\". He was the Executive Assistant District Attorney for New York County until his resignation at the end of season four. He appeared in 88 episodes. Stone works in the Manhattan District Attorney's office under Alfred Wentworth (in the pilot episode) and Adam Schiff. He was raised in an Irish Catholic family. He was raised mostly by his Irish grandmother, his father having been an alcoholic. Stone is divorced and has a son, Peter Stone, who was", "title": "Benjamin Stone (Law & Order character)" }, { "id": "16144274", "text": "Law & Order: Legacies Law & Order: Legacies is an episodic graphic adventure based on the \"Law & Order\" franchise. It was developed by Telltale Games and was originally announced as \"Law & Order: Los Angeles\", but it was changed to include fan favorite characters from the entire run of the \"Law & Order\" franchise. Among them are Rey Curtis, Lennie Briscoe, Anita Van Buren, Abbie Carmichael, Jack McCoy, Mike Logan, Michael Cutter, and Adam Schiff from \"Law & Order\", and Olivia Benson from \"\". It was released in seven episodes, with the first two episodes released simultaneously on iOS", "title": "Law & Order: Legacies" }, { "id": "5617246", "text": "out. He is also pro-choice. While he is often stern and unforgiving in his professional conduct, he has amicable relationships with his assistants. He is closest to Benjamin Stone (Michael Moriarty), and is saddened to see him resign when a witness he is trying to protect is murdered. His relationship with Stone's successor, Jack McCoy (Sam Waterston), is more problematic, as McCoy is more ruthless and unconventional, and his habitual bending of trial rules occasionally garners Schiff bad publicity. However, the two eventually grow to like and respect each other. He has many friends among New York's elite, including powerful", "title": "Adam Schiff (Law & Order)" }, { "id": "5617245", "text": "of New York County, and a graduate of Columbia University, where he served on the \"Law Review\". He began his career as an ADA in 1973. He is a pragmatic Democrat of faintly liberal stripe, but regardless of political inclinations, he is never perturbed by his critics nor by uncooperative judges. Political persuasions sometimes cloud his decisions with regard to certain cases such as the death penalty, however; he has moral objections to capital punishment, having written a brief protesting it in 1971, but is not averse to seeking it against a defendant if voters want such a sentence carried", "title": "Adam Schiff (Law & Order)" }, { "id": "5617248", "text": "affected grandson, who killed his half-sister while in a manic state, to hide his own condition. The once solid friendship destroyed, Anderton seeks vengeance and backs Schiff's opponent in a primary election, although Schiff is subsequently reelected. In 1997, Schiff's wife has a stroke that puts her in a vegetative state. She dies after he elects to have her taken off life support. Their son Josh is mentioned in several episodes, as are Josh's own wife and son, but he never appears on screen. Schiff is a fan of the Boston Red Sox and Columbia Lions football. In 2000, the", "title": "Adam Schiff (Law & Order)" }, { "id": "13479784", "text": "season, \"Law & Order's\" notable guest stars included Annaleigh Ashford, Adam Driver, David Alan Basche, Ned Eisenberg, Camille Chen, John Bolger, Sean Nelson, Portia Reiners, Jim Gaffigan, Richard Thomas, Bill Sage, Deirdre O'Connell, Rob Corddry, Jenna Stern, Kate Burton, Elliott Gould, Raúl Esparza, Samantha Bee, Rebecca Creskoff, Aaron Shaw, Debra Winger, Adriane Lenox, Julito McCullum, Tammy Blanchard, Tony Hale, Tony Roberts, Robin Weigert, Mark Linn-Baker, Clea DuVall, Doug E. Doug, David Costabile, Anna Gunn, Lindsey Vonn, Kathy Baker, Ben Schnetzer, Jonathan Cake, Amy Madigan, Ernie Hudson, and Benjamin Bratt. <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> Law & Order (season 20) The 20th and final", "title": "Law & Order (season 20)" }, { "id": "5617247", "text": "politicians, judges, and businessmen. Over the show's run, however, many of these friends prove themselves to be either corrupt or hiding secrets. The politician who first asked that he run for district attorney, Edward Vogel, later tries to use their relationship to quash the prosecution of his son's murderer to avoid having his son's homosexuality revealed. In another case, one of his closest friends, Judge Edgar Hynes, commits suicide after being caught taking bribes. Another, Carl Anderton (Robert Vaughn), a high-powered CEO, is discovered to be suffering from bipolar disorder and attempts to arrange an unjust punishment for his similarly", "title": "Adam Schiff (Law & Order)" }, { "id": "3446798", "text": "the time the show was picked up in 1990, however, Thinnes was contractually obligated to another TV series, and so his character was replaced with D.A. Adam Schiff, played by Steven Hill. Thinnes made two appearances in \"The X-Files\" as Jeremiah Smith, an alien rebel with healing and shape-shifting abilities. Thinnes also appeared in the 1995 TV mini-series \"The Invaders\" starring Scott Bakula, in which he returned as a much older David Vincent. Thinnes twice appeared on the ABC soap opera \"One Life to Live\" playing two different characters. From 1984-1985, he played the role of \"Alex Crown\" and from", "title": "Roy Thinnes" }, { "id": "5548099", "text": "Steven Williams Steven Williams (born January 7, 1949) is an American actor in films and television. Williams was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and raised in Chicago, where he worked as a postal carrier, salesman, and model. He is known for his roles as Captain Adam Fuller on \"21 Jump Street\", Lt. Jefferson Burnett on \"The Equalizer\", Det. August Brooks on the short lived \"L.A. Heat\", X on \"The X-Files\", Russell \"Linc\" Lincoln in \"Linc's\", and Rufus Turner in \"Supernatural\". He is known for his role as Captain Adam Fuller on the Fox Network's TV series \"21 Jump Street\" from 1987–91.", "title": "Steven Williams" }, { "id": "1812575", "text": "Linus Roache Linus William Roache (born 1 February 1964) is an English actor. He is known for playing Executive ADA Michael Cutter in the NBC dramas \"Law & Order\" (2008–10) and \"\" (2011–12). He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for playing Robert F. Kennedy in \"RFK\" (2002) and won a Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor (TV) for his role as Ralph Wigram in \"The Gathering Storm\" (2002). His other television roles include King Ecbert in the History Channel series \"Vikings\" (2014–17). His film appearances include \"Priest\" (1994), \"The Wings of the Dove\" (1997), \"Pandaemonium\" (2000), \"Batman Begins\"", "title": "Linus Roache" }, { "id": "5263488", "text": "Adam Scott (actor) Adam Paul Scott (born April 3, 1973) is an American actor, comedian, producer, and podcaster. He is known for his role as Ben Wyatt in the NBC sitcom \"Parks and Recreation\". He has also appeared as Derek in the film \"Step Brothers\", Johnny Meyer in \"The Aviator\", Henry Pollard in the Starz sitcom \"Party Down\", Ed Mackenzie in the HBO series \"Big Little Lies\" and Trevor in the NBC series \"The Good Place\". Scott was born in Santa Cruz, California, to Anne (born Quartararo) and Simon Dougald Scott, both of whom are retired teachers. He is of", "title": "Adam Scott (actor)" }, { "id": "11241419", "text": "Jack Gilpin Jack Gilpin (born May 31, 1951) is an American actor. Gilpin was born in Boyce, Virginia. He had a recurring role on the TV series \"Kate & Allie\", and is a frequent \"Law & Order\" guest star, having appeared in all of the first three series: \"Law & Order\", \"\", and \"\". Gilpin appeared in the films \"Something Wild\", \"Quiz Show\", \"Reversal of Fortune\", \"Barcelona\", and \"The Notorious Bettie Page\". He is also an accomplished stage actor. Gilpin is a graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy (class of 1969) and Harvard University (class of 1973). He studied acting at", "title": "Jack Gilpin" }, { "id": "12426041", "text": "McCreary and was directed by David Platt. It marks the final appearance of Adam Beach, who had portrayed Detective Lake since the end of the and decided to depart the cast towards the end of the ninth. His character is arrested for shooting a police officer after discovering the officer is about to be acquitted for a rape he committed ten years ago. It also marks the final appearance of Diane Neal (ADA Casey Novak) as a series regular after five seasons; her character is censured for lying to a judge about evidence. According to Nielsen ratings, the episode's original", "title": "Cold (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)" }, { "id": "3234142", "text": "He reprised both of his roles as Adam and Stuart Chandler for several days before its September 23, 2011, finale on ABC. In 2013, he returned to the role of Adam when the show began to produce online episodes. Prime-time television guest appearances include \"Law & Order\", \"Touched by an Angel\", \"S.W.A.T.\", \"Primus\", \"Alias Smith and Jones\", \"Police Story\", \"Kung-Fu\", \"Hawaii Five-O\", \"Remember WENN\", and \"Cimarron Strip\". The actor also appeared as the locomotive engineer in the movie \"Atomic Train\". In 2004, he appeared as mathematical genius Robert in a well-reviewed production of David Auburn's \"Proof\" in Canton, Ohio, near", "title": "David Canary" }, { "id": "16797780", "text": "shooting, and prove to ADA Foster (Paget Brewster) that Cragen was being set up. The episode was written by show runner/executive producer Warren Leight and Julie Martin and was directed by Michael Slovis. The episode is the third part of the storyline from \"Rhodium Nights\" and \"Lost Reputation\". \"Above Suspicion\" earned generally positive reviews, critics praising the continuation of the storyline, with Paget Brewster's and Adam Baldwin's guest appearances, as well as praising stars Mariska Hargitay and Danny Pino. According to the Nielsen ratings, the episode's original broadcast with \"Lost Reputation\" preceding was watched by an average of 7.19 million", "title": "Above Suspicion (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)" }, { "id": "2094054", "text": "Benjamin Bratt Benjamin Bratt (born December 16, 1963) is an American actor. On television, Bratt portrayed NYPD Detective Rey Curtis on the NBC drama series \"Law & Order\" (for which he was nominated for the 1999 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series), Dr. Jake Reilly on ABC's \"Private Practice\" (2011–2013), Steve Navarro on \"\" (2014) and Jahil Rivera on \"Star\" (2016–2018). In film, Bratt has appeared in \"Demolition Man\" (1993), \"Blood In Blood Out\" (1993), \"Traffic\" (2000), \"Piñero\" (2001), \"Miss Congeniality\" (2000), \"Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs\" (2009) and its sequel (2013), \"La Mission\"", "title": "Benjamin Bratt" }, { "id": "3154760", "text": "School North in New City, New York, where he graduated with the class of 1993. Rodriguez had initially hoped to be a professional baseball player, but after a high school injury, he turned his attention to acting and performed in a children's theater in New York. Prior to full-time acting, he was a stockbroker. Rodriguez has appeared in commercials, including one for Coca-Cola. His first film appearance was as an extra in \"The X-Files\". He later appeared on \"Brooklyn South\", \"Law & Order\", \"Felicity\", \"Roswell\", and \"NYPD Blue\". He has appeared in a number of music videos, including Jennifer Lopez's", "title": "Adam Rodriguez" }, { "id": "6964737", "text": "he interviewed up-and-coming personalities like Hilary Duff and the sister duo Aly & AJ. He also had guest roles on \"The O.C.\" and \"Close to Home\". His film roles include work in \"Molding Clay\", \"Pray for Morning\", and \"Travis and Henry\". In 2005, he got the role of Nicholas Fiske in ABC Family's original series \"Beautiful People\". In a 2008 interview, he stated it was his first leading role and was his most difficult role to fit into. Rathbone also played a role in Criminal Minds as Adam and Amanda. In 2008, he played Jasper Hale in the film \"Twilight\",", "title": "Jackson Rathbone" }, { "id": "8325171", "text": "Vincent Larusso Vincent Angelo LaRusso (born May 16, 1978) is an American actor. He is best known for playing the character of \"Adam Banks\" in \"The Mighty Ducks\" trilogy. LaRusso plays the bass, and he graduated from Madison High School in New Jersey in 1996 and Boston University's School of Management in 2000 as a Bachelor of Science in Business. In college, he was in a 10-minute movie called \"Fecal Matters\", which he played the role of Rhett, the leader of a popular group called \"The Firm\". It can be found on YouTube. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California.", "title": "Vincent Larusso" }, { "id": "8325170", "text": "Vincent Larusso Vincent Angelo LaRusso (born May 16, 1978) is an American actor. He is best known for playing the character of \"Adam Banks\" in \"The Mighty Ducks\" trilogy. LaRusso plays the bass, and he graduated from Madison High School in New Jersey in 1996 and Boston University's School of Management in 2000 as a Bachelor of Science in Business. In college, he was in a 10-minute movie called \"Fecal Matters\", which he played the role of Rhett, the leader of a popular group called \"The Firm\". It can be found on YouTube. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California.", "title": "Vincent Larusso" }, { "id": "16206341", "text": "star Emma Roberts. Roberts remained in the role from July 23, 2010, until April 11, 2011, and hasn't been seen since. Casting was announced on June 17, 2010, by \"TV Guide\" among other sources. Before appearing, his storyline was revealed to involve the scandalous and scheming Adam Wilson (Michael Muhney), who escaped from prison and then faked his own death –– and Vance would represent him in court. His character's appearance was initially to span just over August. In 2010, Adam Newman and his new wife, Skye hired Vance due to charges (from his own family) that Adam was facing.", "title": "The Young and the Restless characters (2010)" }, { "id": "4051441", "text": "Schiff had a regular role on the TNT's newest crime drama \"Murder in the First\" as David Hertzberg. The show also starred Taye Diggs, Kathleen Robertson, and Tom Felton. Schiff met his wife Sheila Kelley during auditions for \"Antigone\" in 1983, and they married in 1996. They have a son, Gus, and a daughter, Ruby. Schiff is a member of the Democratic Party; he supported Barack Obama in the 2008 U.S. presidential election. Previously, he had endorsed then-Senator Joe Biden, before Biden dropped out. In 2016, Schiff supported Senator Bernie Sanders during the Democratic primaries. He endorsed Cynthia Nixon's bid", "title": "Richard Schiff" }, { "id": "5263489", "text": "one quarter Sicilian descent, on his mother's side. He has two older siblings, Shannon and David. He graduated from Harbor High School and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles, California. Scott has appeared in several feature films, including \"\" (1996), \"\" (1996), \"The Lesser Evil\" (1998), \"High Crimes\" (2002), \"The Aviator\" (2004), \"Torque\" (2004), \"Monster-in-Law\" (2005), \"Who Loves the Sun\" (2006), \"Knocked Up\" (2007), \"Step Brothers\" (2008), \"August\" (2008), \"Piranha 3D\" (2010), and \"Leap Year\" (2010). Scott's name appears next to Jon Hamm's name in the film \"\" in one of the broadcast's credits. In an appearance", "title": "Adam Scott (actor)" }, { "id": "1392153", "text": "NBC's \"Grimm\" as a recurring character named Viktor Albert Wilhelm George Beckendorf. In 2014, Denisof reprised his role as the Other in \"Guardians of the Galaxy\". In the same year he began starring in the MTV television series \"Finding Carter\" as David Wilson. As of 2018, Denisof stars in \"I Love Bekka and Lucy\" as Glenn, and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, his first such nomination. On November 28, 2018, it was announced by Deadline that Denisof would star in a recurring role as Adam Masters in the second season", "title": "Alexis Denisof" }, { "id": "6169383", "text": "Nate Corddry Nathan Corddry (born September 8, 1977) is an American actor and comedian best known for his roles as Adam Branch on \"Harry's Law\" and for his role as Gabriel in the first two seasons of \"Mom\". He has also guest starred on series such as \"\", \"Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip\", \"The Daily Show\", \"United States of Tara\", \"30 Rock\", and \"New Girl\". He also played Private First Class Loudmouth in the HBO miniseries \"The Pacific\". Corddry was born in Weymouth, Massachusetts, to Robin (née Sullivan) and Steven Corddry, who was a Massachusetts Port Authority official. After", "title": "Nate Corddry" }, { "id": "5460117", "text": "Allen Covert Allen Stephen Covert (born October 13, 1964) is an American comedian, actor, writer, and producer. Best known for his starring role in the 2006 comedy film \"Grandma's Boy\", he was a frequent collaborator with actor and friend Adam Sandler with prominent roles in such films as \"Happy Gilmore\" (1996), \"The Wedding Singer\" (1998), \"Big Daddy\" (1999), \"Little Nicky\" (2000), \"Mr. Deeds\" (2002), \"Anger Management\" (2003), \"50 First Dates\" (2004), and \"Strange Wilderness\" (2008). Covert was born in West Palm Beach, Florida, the son of Elizabeth Ann (née Duhy) and Stephen Covert. He studied theater at New York University,", "title": "Allen Covert" }, { "id": "4790103", "text": "Richard Brooks (actor) Richard L. Brooks (born December 9, 1962) is an American actor, singer, and director. He is best known for his one-off role as the eccentric bounty hunter Jubal Early in the space-western \"Firefly\" and assistant district attorney Paul Robinette in the NBC drama series, \"Law & Order\" from 1990 to 1993 and reprising his role as a defense attorney on that same show. In 2013, he began starring as Patrick Patterson in the BET drama series, \"Being Mary Jane\". Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Brooks studied acting, dance, and voice work at Interlochen Academy of Arts", "title": "Richard Brooks (actor)" }, { "id": "4051439", "text": "for Osama bin Laden on the Most Wanted Wall for attacks against the United States Navy\" Schiff has been cast to star in the new Showtime series \"House of Lies\", starring Kristen Bell and Don Cheadle. He also stars in the TV movie \"Innocent\" with Bill Pullman. He has a recurring guest role in the TV series \"Once Upon A Time\" and has joined Helen Hunt and former \"West Wing\" star Bradley Whitford in the movie \"Decoding Annie Parker\". Schiff stars in the political series \"Chasing The Hill\". In late 2012 and early 2013 he portrayed George Aaronow in a", "title": "Richard Schiff" }, { "id": "11389645", "text": "Law & Order: UK Law & Order: UK is a British police procedural and legal television programme broadcast from 2009–14 on ITV, adapted from the American series \"Law & Order\". Financed by the production companies Kudos Film and Television, Wolf Films, and Universal Media Studios, the series originally starred Bradley Walsh, Freema Agyeman, Jamie Bamber and Ben Daniels, with lead actors Dominic Rowan, Georgia Taylor, Paul Nicholls and Ben Bailey Smith joining the cast subsequently, alongside supporting cast members Harriet Walter, Sharon Small, Peter Davison, Bill Paterson and Paterson Joseph. This is the first American drama television series to be", "title": "Law & Order: UK" }, { "id": "19237374", "text": "an AUDELCO nomination for Best Supporting Actor. In September 2012, Gupton landed the lead role on the short-lived AMC drama series \"The Divide\", playing District Attorney Adam Page. Gupton joined the cast of the NBC procedural drama series \"The Player\" in February 2015, co-starring as Detective Cal Brown alongside Wesley Snipes. On December 3, 2015, he was cast in the recurring role of psychiatrist Gregg Edwards on the fourth season of A&E's drama-thriller series \"Bates Motel\". On September 30, 2016, CBS announced that Gupton had joined \"Criminal Minds\" as a regular cast member, portraying Stephen Walker, a special agent in", "title": "Damon Gupton" }, { "id": "1483900", "text": "Law & Order Law & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series created by Dick Wolf, launching the \"Law & Order\" franchise. Airing its entire run on NBC, \"Law & Order\" premiered on September 13, 1990 and completed its twentieth and final season on May 24, 2010. Set and filmed in New York City, the series follows a two-part approach: the first half-hour is the investigation of a crime (usually murder) and apprehension of a suspect by New York City Police Department detectives; the second half is the prosecution of the defendant by the Manhattan District", "title": "Law & Order" }, { "id": "3154759", "text": "Adam Rodriguez Adam Michael Rodriguez (born April 2, 1975) is an American actor, screenwriter and director. He became known for his long running role as Eric Delko on \"\". He is currently portraying Task Force Agent and the newest recruit to the BAU, Agent Luke Alvez in \"Criminal Minds\". Rodriguez was born in Yonkers, New York, the son of Janet, an airline ticket agent, and Ramon Rodríguez, an executive with the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. His father is of half Puerto Rican and half Cuban descent, and his mother is of Puerto Rican ancestry. He attended Clarkstown High", "title": "Adam Rodriguez" }, { "id": "5027164", "text": "Bruce Gray Bruce Gray (September 7, 1936 – December 13, 2017) was a Puerto Rican-born Canadian actor. Gray was born in Puerto Rico and lived in Toronto after 1949. He graduated from Humberside Collegiate and from the University of Toronto with a Master's in Psychology. While at the University of Toronto, he was an active member of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. He was probably best known to Canadian audiences for his portrayal of investment banker Adam Cunningham on the Global series \"Traders\", the father of the groom in \"My Big Fat Greek Wedding\", and the recurring role of Judge J.E.", "title": "Bruce Gray" }, { "id": "6169387", "text": "the Disney XD series \"\". In February 2014, Nate Corddry and his brother were featured alongside \"Breaking Bad\" actor Matt L. Jones in the CollegeHumor-produced video for the Guided by Voices single, \"Planet Score\". Nate Corddry Nathan Corddry (born September 8, 1977) is an American actor and comedian best known for his roles as Adam Branch on \"Harry's Law\" and for his role as Gabriel in the first two seasons of \"Mom\". He has also guest starred on series such as \"\", \"Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip\", \"The Daily Show\", \"United States of Tara\", \"30 Rock\", and \"New Girl\".", "title": "Nate Corddry" }, { "id": "5092107", "text": "it resulted in him being declared a \"Living Landmark\" by the New York Landmarks Conservancy, along with fellow longtime series cast member Jerry Orbach (who portrayed the popular police detective Lennie Briscoe for 12 years). Jack McCoy brings 24 years of experience with him as he is appointed Executive Assistant District Attorney by Adam Schiff (Steven Hill) in the season five premiere episode \"Second Opinion\". He quickly establishes himself as a more unconventional, ruthless litigator than his predecessor, Ben Stone (Michael Moriarty). He often bends—and sometimes breaks—trial rules to get convictions, finds tenuous rationales for charging defendants with crimes when", "title": "Jack McCoy" }, { "id": "982011", "text": "Adam Sandler Adam Richard Sandler (born September 9, 1966) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and film producer. After becoming a \"Saturday Night Live\" cast member, Sandler went on to star in many Hollywood feature films that combined have grossed over $2 billion at the box office. He is best known for his roles in the films \"Billy Madison\" (1995), the sports comedies \"Happy Gilmore\" (1996) and \"The Waterboy\" (1998), the romantic comedy \"The Wedding Singer\" (1998), \"Big Daddy\" (1999), and \"Mr. Deeds\" (2002), and voicing Dracula in \"Hotel Transylvania\" (2012), \"Hotel Transylvania 2\" (2015), and \"\" (2018). Several of", "title": "Adam Sandler" }, { "id": "11768196", "text": "Kahil Dotay Kahil Dotay is an American actor, director, and producer. Dotay graduated with honors from the University of Florida and was first known for his role as young Richard Dreyfuss in the film \"Courage & Stupidity\". Dotay has appeared in more than 20 major film productions . He was nominated for his performance in the movie \"Sarah\" and won best actor for his performance in the movie \"Full Spectrum\" . He had a speaking role as a detective in the HBO original series, The Wire, during its third season and played the character Adam in the HBO original series,", "title": "Kahil Dotay" }, { "id": "10116406", "text": "Hills\". Perhaps her best known film role was in \"Dancing at the Blue Iguana\" in 2000. Van Straten played a porn star appearing as the featured act at a Los Angeles strip club and performed an extended nude dance. In 2001, she starred in the award-winning short film \"Room 302\", and in 2004 she had a minor role in the film \"50 First Dates\", which starred Adam Sandler. In the animated series \"Justice League\", she supplied the voice of the superhero Mera. She has also made a number of guest appearances in several television shows, including \"LA Law\", \"Seinfeld\", \"Everybody", "title": "Kristin Bauer van Straten" }, { "id": "2094057", "text": "his mother and siblings to participate in the 1969 Native American occupation of Alcatraz. One of Bratt's first television series was \"Nasty Boys\", based on a film by the same name in which he appeared, which aired in 1989 on NBC. His best-known role has been that of Detective Reynaldo Curtis on the television show \"Law & Order\". In 1999, he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his work on the series. His more popular films include \"Miss Congeniality\", \"Blood In Blood Out\" and \"Traffic\". Bratt often portrays Hispanic characters.", "title": "Benjamin Bratt" }, { "id": "7949380", "text": "\"Cinema Verite\", about the creation of America's first reality television series, \"An American Family\". Dekker played the role of Adam, the male lead on the television series \"The Secret Circle\" developed by The CW. He appeared in Daughtry's music video for their new single \"Waiting for Superman\", which was released September 17, 2013. Dekker was a regular on the 2015 Fox crime drama \"Backstrom\", playing Gregory Valentine, the gay underworld contact and roommate of Rainn Wilson's title character, revealed to be his half-brother. Dekker was brought up with a musical background, and started writing music at age ten while living", "title": "Thomas Dekker (actor)" }, { "id": "19780651", "text": "played by Lawrence Gilliard Jr. Odom received a nomination for Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male for his performance, but lost to David Strathairn at the 1992 ceremony. Odom's and Strathairn's fellow nominees in that category were William H. Macy, John Malkovich and Glenn Plummer. Odom's additional film roles included \"Malcolm X\" in 1992 and \"The Hurricane\" in 1999 film. His television credits included guest appearances on \"New York Undercover\", \"The Sopranos\", \"Third Watch\" and \"\". Odom appeared on eight episodes of \"Law & Order\" between 1991 and 2008. George T. Odom died around September 21, 2016, in Charlotte,", "title": "George T. Odom" }, { "id": "10916960", "text": "Club\" and TNT's \"Rizzoli & Isles\", and \"General Hospital\". He has also appeared in sitcoms including \"Will & Grace\" and \"The New Adventures of Old Christine\". Feature film roles include the DreamWorks feature film, \"Eagle Eye\" and the Disney/Bruckheimer feature film \"G-Force\", and the 2010 alien invasion film \"Skyline\". He plays Marcus, alongside Bill Paxton, in the 2014 film \"Nightcrawler\", starring Jake Gyllenhaal. Recent guest starring television appearances include \"Castle (TV series)\" on ABC and \"\" on CBS. As a director and producer, he won a Prism Award in 2007 for the MTV documentary \"True Life: I'm Addicted to Crystal", "title": "James Huang" }, { "id": "82869", "text": "Alan Bradley (Mark Eden), Jenny Bradley (Sally Ann Matthews), Rob Donovan (Marc Baylis), Frank Foster (Andrew Lancel), Tony Gordon (Gray O'Brien), Caz Hammond (Rhea Bailey), Richard Hillman (Brian Capron), Greg Kelly (Stephen Billington), Will Chatterton (Leon Ockenden), Nathan Curtis (Christopher Harper), Callum Logan (Sean Ward), Karl Munro (John Michie), Pat Phelan (Connor McIntyre), David Platt (Jack P. Shepherd), Maya Sharma (Sasha Behar), Kirsty Soames (Natalie Gumede) and John Stape (Graeme Hawley). The show's former archivist and scriptwriter Daran Little disagreed with the characterisation of the show as a collection of stereotypes. \"Rather, remember that Elsie, Ena and others. were the", "title": "Coronation Street" }, { "id": "1366703", "text": "Laurence Fishburne Laurence John Fishburne III (born July 30, 1961) is an American actor, playwright, producer, screenwriter, and film director. He is known for playing Morpheus in \"The Matrix\" trilogy, Jason \"Furious\" Styles in the 1991 drama film \"Boyz n the Hood\" and Tyrone \"Mr. Clean\" Miller in the 1979 war film \"Apocalypse Now\". For his portrayal of Ike Turner in \"What's Love Got to Do With It\", Fishburne was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. He won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in \"Two Trains Running\" (1992), and an", "title": "Laurence Fishburne" }, { "id": "7390686", "text": "In the latter, Ferrer played attorney for petitioner Gideon, Abe Fortas, and Prince was seen as one of the Supreme Court Justices. In 1992 he appeared on the long-running NBC drama \"Law & Order\" in the episode \"The Working Stiff\", playing a corrupt former governor involved in a banking scandal. William Prince died October 8, 1996, at Phelps Memorial Hospital in Tarrytown, New York. He was 83, and lived in Dobbs Ferry, New York at the time of his death. Prince was survived by his wife, Augusta Dabney Prince (who died in February 2008); a sister, Charlotte; two daughters, Liza", "title": "William Prince (actor)" }, { "id": "15471448", "text": "the jurors. Nathan agreed and rewrote the summation. Gay media scholar Ron Becker analyzed \"Manhood\" in terms of how it played to the heterosexual majority. By placing the series' protagonists on the pro-gay side, the episode positions the viewers with the small minority of Americans who support gay rights. Stone and Adam Schiff's shock at the verdict is meant to inspire similar incredulity in the viewer and a comparison of the police who left the gay officer to die and the jury that acquitted them to the Ku Klux Klan further encourages the viewer to consider him- or herself enlightened", "title": "Manhood (Law & Order)" }, { "id": "5548101", "text": "made many guest starring appearances on television shows, including \"The Dukes of Hazzard\", \"The A-Team\", \"Booker\", \"MacGyver\", \"Stargate SG-1\", \"Martin\", \"Veronica Mars\", \"The Bernie Mac Show\", \"Criminal Minds\" and \"iZombie\". . The Chi (2018 - Present) as Quentin Dickinson Steven Williams Steven Williams (born January 7, 1949) is an American actor in films and television. Williams was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and raised in Chicago, where he worked as a postal carrier, salesman, and model. He is known for his roles as Captain Adam Fuller on \"21 Jump Street\", Lt. Jefferson Burnett on \"The Equalizer\", Det. August Brooks on the", "title": "Steven Williams" }, { "id": "3511193", "text": "moved to Los Angeles after being cast as a guest star in the television series \"Jake and the Fatman\" and played Adam Carrington in the miniseries \"\". He remained based in the US, guest starring in television shows including \"The Return of Ironside\" with Raymond Burr (1993). Among his later films were Steven Spielberg's \"\" (1997) and Steven Soderbergh's remake of \"Ocean's Eleven\" (2001). He appeared in several science-fiction programmes on television, including \"Star Trek\" and \"Torchwood\", and in 1999 played General Sarris in the satirical comedy \"Galaxy Quest\", co-starring Sigourney Weaver. In 2002 he was cast as Peter Brazier,", "title": "Robin Sachs" }, { "id": "3804201", "text": "of the cast won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for their roles in \"American Hustle\". Röhm was selected for \"Maxim\" magazine's \"Hot 100\" list in 2002. Elisabeth Röhm Elisabeth Röhm (, ; born April 28, 1973) is a German-American television and film actress. She is best known for playing Assistant District Attorney Serena Southerlyn in the American TV series \"Law & Order\" and Detective Kate Lockley in the TV series \"Angel\", and for her work with David O. Russell. Röhm was born in Düsseldorf, West Germany, to Lisa Loverde and", "title": "Elisabeth Röhm" }, { "id": "5263492", "text": "of Five\", as well as David's love interest, Ben Cooper, on \"Six Feet Under\". He played Palek on the HBO drama \"Tell Me You Love Me\" (2007). Scott played a cocaine-addicted, delirious baseball front office representative in the first and second seasons of the HBO series \"Eastbound & Down\". From 2009 to 2010, he appeared on the Starz network show \"Party Down\". His role in \"Party Down\" earned him an \"Entertainment Weekly\" Ewwy nomination for Best Actor in a Comedy Series in 2009. In 2010, Scott joined the cast of NBC's acclaimed comedy series \"Parks and Recreation\", in which he", "title": "Adam Scott (actor)" }, { "id": "16549945", "text": "Spencer Boldman Spencer Boldman (born July 28, 1992) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Adam Davenport on Disney XD's \"Lab Rats\". Spencer was born in Dallas, Texas, and graduated from Plano East Senior High School in Plano, Texas in June 2010. Boldman's first major acting role was playing Adam, the eldest of the bionic teenagers, on the Disney XD series \"Lab Rats\" which premiered in 2012. The same year he had a role in the film \"21 Jump Street\". In 2013 he was cast in the Disney Channel Original Movie \"Zapped\", opposite Zendaya. In 2015,", "title": "Spencer Boldman" }, { "id": "17570060", "text": "Brett Dalton Brett Patrick Dalton (born January 7, 1983) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Grant Ward and Hive in ABC's series \"Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.\", as well as Michael Munroe in the 2015 video game Until Dawn. Dalton graduated in 2001 from Westmont High School in Campbell, California, where he became interested in acting after auditioning for a production of \"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest\" and where he was California Scholarship Federation President and Associated Student Body President. He played the lead in \"My Favorite Year\". After studying at University of California, Berkeley for his", "title": "Brett Dalton" }, { "id": "1483912", "text": "as Captain Donald Cragen. On the prosecutor's side, Michael Moriarty was Dick Wolf's choice to play Executive Assistant District Attorney Benjamin \"Ben\" Stone. The network, however, preferred James Naughton, but, in the end, Wolf's choice would prevail, and Moriarty received the role. As his ADA, Richard Brooks and Eriq La Salle were being considered for the role of Paul Robinette. The network favored La Salle but, once again, the producers' choice prevailed, and Brooks received the role. As their boss, Roy Thinnes was cast as District Attorney Alfred Wentworth. Nearly two years passed between the pilot and production of the", "title": "Law & Order" }, { "id": "17591871", "text": "Ben Schnetzer Ben Schnetzer (born February 8, 1990) is an American actor. Schnetzer was born and raised in New York City, the son of actors Stephen Schnetzer and Nancy Snyder. He is a graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. In 2010, Schnetzer appeared in an episode of \"Law & Order\" and co-starred on the series \"Happy Town\". He played Max Vandenburg in the film adaptation of \"The Book Thief\" (2013). He played Mark Ashton in the movie \"Pride\", released in 2014, and his performance drew positive reviews. Charlotte O'Sullivan, writing for the \"London Evening Standard\",", "title": "Ben Schnetzer" }, { "id": "4051437", "text": "\"West Wing\" co-star Mary McCormack. In 2009, he co-starred in the movies \"Imagine That\", with Eddie Murphy, and \"Solitary Man\", with Michael Douglas and Susan Sarandon. Later in 2009, he went back to London to shoot two other movies: \"The Infidel\", in which he starred opposite Omid Djalili, and \"Made in Dagenham\", with Sally Hawkins and Bob Hoskins. Schiff also appeared as a hypnotist in one episode of \"Monk\"s seventh season. He starred in \"Past Life\". He also had a recurring role in \"\" as FBI Director Jack Fickler. Schiff had a recurring role in \"The Cape\". He also has", "title": "Richard Schiff" }, { "id": "5460121", "text": "also a cofounder of Cherry Tree Books, a publisher of eBooks for children. As actor As writer As producer Allen Covert Allen Stephen Covert (born October 13, 1964) is an American comedian, actor, writer, and producer. Best known for his starring role in the 2006 comedy film \"Grandma's Boy\", he was a frequent collaborator with actor and friend Adam Sandler with prominent roles in such films as \"Happy Gilmore\" (1996), \"The Wedding Singer\" (1998), \"Big Daddy\" (1999), \"Little Nicky\" (2000), \"Mr. Deeds\" (2002), \"Anger Management\" (2003), \"50 First Dates\" (2004), and \"Strange Wilderness\" (2008). Covert was born in West Palm", "title": "Allen Covert" }, { "id": "14835379", "text": "Adam Klugman Adam Somers Klugman (born July 11, 1963, on his mother's 39th birthday) is an award-winning American media strategist and campaign consultant. He and his older brother David are the sons of stage, film, and television actor Jack Klugman and actress, singer, and comedian Brett Somers. He has a older half-sister Leslie Klein from his mother's first marriage. As a child, Adam appeared with his father on \"The Odd Couple\". He was a top-10 finalist in the 2003 MoveOn.org “Bushin30Seconds” contest and winner of the 2004 DNC Video Contest with “America's Party”:60. His most recent projects include Mad As", "title": "Adam Klugman" }, { "id": "1455216", "text": "Sam Waterston Samuel Atkinson Waterston (born November 15, 1940) is an American actor, producer, and director. Among other roles, he is noted for his portrayal of Sydney Schanberg in \"The Killing Fields\" (1984), for which he received an Academy Award nomination, and his starring role as Jack McCoy on the long-running NBC television series \"Law & Order\" (1994–2010), which brought him Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards. He has been nominated for multiple Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, BAFTA and Emmy awards, having starred in over eighty film and television productions during his fifty-year career. He has also starred", "title": "Sam Waterston" }, { "id": "5263496", "text": "Sablan in 2005. They have two children. Scott revealed he invited actor Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker from the \"Star Wars\" franchise) to his second grade birthday during his \"Jimmy Kimmel Live!\" appearance on May 4, 2017. Guest host Kristen Bell surprised Scott with the guest appearance of Hamill wielding a lightsaber in observance of Star Wars Day. Adam Scott (actor) Adam Paul Scott (born April 3, 1973) is an American actor, comedian, producer, and podcaster. He is known for his role as Ben Wyatt in the NBC sitcom \"Parks and Recreation\". He has also appeared as Derek in the film", "title": "Adam Scott (actor)" }, { "id": "2441969", "text": "Edward and Sherrill Ann (Glovsky) Schiff. He was raised in a Jewish family, and moved to Danville, California, during high school. He received a political science degree from Stanford University and a J.D. degree from Harvard Law School. After Harvard Law School, Schiff began working as a prosecutor in the Los Angeles branch of the U.S. Attorney's Office. While an assistant U.S. Attorney, he gained attention by prosecuting a case against Richard Miller, a former FBI agent convicted of \"passing secret documents to the Soviet Union in exchange for a promised $65,000 in gold and cash.\" The first time Miller", "title": "Adam Schiff" }, { "id": "4089041", "text": "Dann Florek Ezekial Dann Florek (born May 1, 1950) is an American actor and director. He is best known for his role as New York City Police Captain Donald Cragen on NBC's \"Law & Order\" and its spinoff \"\". Born Ezekial Dann Florek in Flat Rock, Michigan, the son of Leonard Florek, a chiropractor, and Darlene Florek. He attended Eastern Michigan University, but never graduated. He moved to New York City to pursue an acting career in the theatre. Florek worked his way into supporting roles in such diverse 1980s films as \"Sweet Liberty\", \"Moon Over Parador\" and \"Angel Heart\".", "title": "Dann Florek" }, { "id": "18819433", "text": "Jesse Carere Jesse Carere (born June 6, 1993) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for playing \"Ofe\", a recurring character in the MTV series Finding Carter. He is also known for his role as \"Adam Jones\" in the Netflix / City series Between. Carere also played \"Chris Collins\" in the MTV version of Skins and has appeared in various independent films. Carere was born and raised in Woodbridge, Ontario, in the city of Vaughan in northern Toronto. His parents are Milva and Vince Carere, and he is the eldest of four children. He loves cinema and his favorite", "title": "Jesse Carere" }, { "id": "18819431", "text": "Jesse Carere Jesse Carere (born June 6, 1993) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for playing \"Ofe\", a recurring character in the MTV series Finding Carter. He is also known for his role as \"Adam Jones\" in the Netflix / City series Between. Carere also played \"Chris Collins\" in the MTV version of Skins and has appeared in various independent films. Carere was born and raised in Woodbridge, Ontario, in the city of Vaughan in northern Toronto. His parents are Milva and Vince Carere, and he is the eldest of four children. He loves cinema and his favorite", "title": "Jesse Carere" }, { "id": "8155731", "text": "Casey Sander Clinton O. \"Casey\" Sander (born July 6, 1956) is an American actor known as the character \"Captain\" Jimmy Wennick on the short-lived TV series \"Tucker\". His television credits also include \"Criminal Minds\", \"The Golden Girls\",\"Grace Under Fire\", \"Home Improvement\", \"Malcolm in the Middle\", \"Rules of Engagement\", \"Sons of Anarchy\", \"Mad Men\", \"Silicon Valley\", \"The Newsroom\", \"Buffy the Vampire Slayer\" (on which he portrayed the father of Xander Harris), \"Hunter\", and \"Marvin Marvin\", among other shows. He has a recurring role on the TV sitcom \"The Big Bang Theory\" as Bernadette's father, Mike. Sander was born in Washington, D.C.", "title": "Casey Sander" }, { "id": "13364240", "text": "Gaelan Connell Gaelan Alexander Connell (born May 19, 1989) is an American actor and director. Connell was born in Washington, D.C. and raised in Silver Spring, Maryland. He has two brothers, Brendan and Shawn, and his first name is Gaelic (Irish). He graduated from Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School and attended the Tisch School of the Arts. Connell appeared in 2000 in \"Chocolat\" as Didi Drou and in \"A Dirty Shame\" as \"Horny Kid\". He also guest starred in an episode of \"Law & Order\" . He played the lead role in \"Bandslam\" - a high school outcast who becomes popular", "title": "Gaelan Connell" }, { "id": "3804196", "text": "Elisabeth Röhm Elisabeth Röhm (, ; born April 28, 1973) is a German-American television and film actress. She is best known for playing Assistant District Attorney Serena Southerlyn in the American TV series \"Law & Order\" and Detective Kate Lockley in the TV series \"Angel\", and for her work with David O. Russell. Röhm was born in Düsseldorf, West Germany, to Lisa Loverde and Eberhard Röhm. Her father was a German-born partner at the law firm of Duane Morris LLP New York, and the family moved to New York City before her first birthday. Her mother was an American scriptwriter,", "title": "Elisabeth Röhm" }, { "id": "10962965", "text": "Steven Zirnkilton Steven M. Zirnkilton (born Stephen Morgan Zirnkilton; August 18, 1958) is an American voice-over actor and former politician from Maine. Zirnkilton is known for providing the opening narration of all U.S shows in the \"Law & Order\" franchise. Zirnkilton grew up in York, Pennsylvania and spent summers in Maine. He graduated from New England College and began working for radio station WDEA in Ellsworth, Maine upon graduation. He later settled in Seal Harbor, Maine. Zirnkilton received a Legislative Sentiment for his work, from Maine State Representative Chris Greeley. Zirnkilton, a Maine Republican, served for eight years (four terms)", "title": "Steven Zirnkilton" }, { "id": "5532325", "text": "(Mandy Patinkin), Aaron Hotchner (Thomas Gibson), Elle Greenaway (Lola Glaudini), Derek Morgan (Shemar Moore), Spencer Reid (Matthew Gray Gubler), Jennifer Jareau (A. J. Cook), and Penelope Garcia (Kirsten Vangsness) as the original cast. Throughout the show's later seasons, the characters Emily Prentiss (Paget Brewster), David Rossi (Joe Mantegna), Ashley Seaver (Rachel Nichols), Alex Blake (Jeanne Tripplehorn), Kate Callahan (Jennifer Love Hewitt), Tara Lewis (Aisha Tyler), Luke Alvez (Adam Rodriguez), Stephen Walker (Damon Gupton), and Matt Simmons (Daniel Henney) were introduced. \"Criminal Minds\" has gained critical acclaim for its characterization, pacing, atmosphere, acting, directing, and writing. It has also become a", "title": "Criminal Minds" }, { "id": "4060211", "text": "Amanda Donohoe Amanda Donohoe (born 29 June 1962) is an English actress. She first came to attention as a 16-year-old living with pop singer Adam Ant, appearing in the music videos for the Adam and the Ants singles \"Antmusic\" (1980) and \"Stand and Deliver\" (1981) during their four-year relationship. She later moved to the United States, where she appeared in films and on television series, including a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress-winning performance during her two years (1990–92) as C.J. Lamb on the NBC drama series \"L.A. Law\". Other television roles include Natasha Wylde on the British soap opera", "title": "Amanda Donohoe" }, { "id": "2868120", "text": "actor, Thompson appeared in a number of movies and television shows including \"The Hunt for Red October\", \"Die Hard 2\", \"In the Line of Fire\", and \"Cape Fear\", as well as in commercials. He frequently portrayed governmental authority figures and military men. In the final months of his U.S. Senate term in 2002, Thompson joined the cast of the long-running NBC television series \"Law & Order\", playing Manhattan District Attorney Arthur Branch. Thompson was born in Sheffield, Alabama, on August 19, 1942, the son of Ruth Inez (née Bradley) and Fletcher Session Thompson (born Lauderdale County, Alabama, August 26, 1919,", "title": "Fred Thompson" }, { "id": "18109245", "text": "Erik Frandsen Erik Frandsen is an American actor and singer-songwriter who is associated with the Greenwich Village folk scene. He frequently shared the stage with Dave Van Ronk, and collaborated with the Coen Brothers in the filming of \"Inside Llewyn Davis\", based on Van Ronk. Frandsen co-composed the score for the 1991 off-Broadway musical \"Song of Singapore\". Later in life, Frandsen picked up acting and played in \"Law & Order\" episodes, and also played a recurring character at \"The Colbert Report\", the fictional German ambassador to the UN Hans Beinholtz. In 2013, Frandsen voiced Andy Moon in \"Grand Theft Auto", "title": "Erik Frandsen" }, { "id": "11998933", "text": "Simon Bird Simon Antony Bird (born 19 August 1984) is an English actor and comedian. He played Will McKenzie in \"The Inbetweeners\" and Adam Goodman in the Channel 4 comedy \"Friday Night Dinner\". Bird was born in Guildford, Surrey as the third of four children of Claremont McKenna College Professor Graham Bird and Heather (née Gage). Bird was educated at Cranmore School, West Horsley, the Royal Grammar School, Guildford, and Queens' College, Cambridge, where he read English. At Cambridge, Bird was the President of the Footlights, the university's sketch and theatrical group. While completing an MA in cultural and critical", "title": "Simon Bird" }, { "id": "20855096", "text": "pursue performing, acting, and singing. On television, Ricky has appeared on The CW's \"The Flash\", Fox's \"Wayward Pines\", Freeform's \"Beyond\", CBC's \"The Romeo Section\", NBC's \"Trial & Error\" and Syfy's \"The Magicians\". He has also appeared in the television films \"Christmas Solo\" (2017), \"A Gift to Remember\" (2017), \"Looks like Christmas\" (2016), and \"Blurt\" (2018). Ricky He Ricky He is a Canadian actor. He known for his role as Adam in the 2018 Disney Channel musical television film \"Freaky Friday\". He was born in Vancouver, Canada after his parents emigrated from China in the early 1990's. He attended a drama", "title": "Ricky He" }, { "id": "4790108", "text": "Brooks is also currently playing Warden Wolfe in season 4 of \"The Flash'. Richard Brooks (actor) Richard L. Brooks (born December 9, 1962) is an American actor, singer, and director. He is best known for his one-off role as the eccentric bounty hunter Jubal Early in the space-western \"Firefly\" and assistant district attorney Paul Robinette in the NBC drama series, \"Law & Order\" from 1990 to 1993 and reprising his role as a defense attorney on that same show. In 2013, he began starring as Patrick Patterson in the BET drama series, \"Being Mary Jane\". Born and raised in Cleveland,", "title": "Richard Brooks (actor)" }, { "id": "3715972", "text": "Anarchy\" reuniting with former \"8 Simple Rules\" castmate Katey Sagal. In 2011, he appeared in \"The Closer\" episode \"To Serve With Love\" (season seven) as a suspect named Steven Hirschbaum. He also portrayed mob boss Theo Tonin on \"Justified\" in 2011, and an FBI agent in \"The Chicago Code\", also in 2011. Arkin's film appearances include \"Hitch\" (2005) and \"\" (1998). He has performed in Broadway, off-Broadway, and regional theatre productions, including both the South Coast Repertory world premiere and Broadway production of \"Brooklyn Boy\" by playwright Donald Margulies. In addition, he is known for his directing work, having done", "title": "Adam Arkin" }, { "id": "8815617", "text": "This reunited her with Eriq LaSalle, Neal Baer and Mariska Hargitay from her time on \"ER\". LaSalle, who directed the episode, joked that \"It also gave [him] an excuse to boss Michael Michele around.\" The twelfth episode \"Outsider\" starred Kal Penn as a rapist following an unusual pattern. \"Outsider\" also introduced Adam Beach to the show; his character forms a temporary partnership with Detective Tutuola. Neal Baer described the guest stars as bringing \"some funny moments to \"SVU\"\" and also applauded the tension shown between Adam Beach and Ice-T. Kelli Giddish, who played one of the victims would later join", "title": "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 8)" }, { "id": "1366719", "text": "Washington Heights. He is a big fan of Brazilian author Paulo Coelho and plans to produce a movie based on his novel \"The Alchemist\". Laurence Fishburne Laurence John Fishburne III (born July 30, 1961) is an American actor, playwright, producer, screenwriter, and film director. He is known for playing Morpheus in \"The Matrix\" trilogy, Jason \"Furious\" Styles in the 1991 drama film \"Boyz n the Hood\" and Tyrone \"Mr. Clean\" Miller in the 1979 war film \"Apocalypse Now\". For his portrayal of Ike Turner in \"What's Love Got to Do With It\", Fishburne was nominated for an Academy Award for", "title": "Laurence Fishburne" }, { "id": "14314240", "text": "before being replaced by former Brad Majors ITV Superstar winner Ben Forster. Between September 2013 and February 2014, Sam has appeared as Adam Pontipee in a nationwide tour of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. Sam married Vicky Ogden on 26 August 2014. On 18 June 2016, Ogden gave birth to their daughter, Rosie Ida May Attwater. Sam Attwater Samuel Attwater (born 10 April 1986) is an English actor and singer who played Leon Small in the British soap opera \"EastEnders\" and its online spin-off \"\". He won the sixth series of \"Dancing on Ice\" in March 2011 and participated in", "title": "Sam Attwater" }, { "id": "4074372", "text": "Chris Noth Christopher David \"Chris\" Noth ( ; born November 13, 1954) is an American actor. He is known for his television roles as NYPD Detective Mike Logan on \"Law & Order\" (1990–95), Big on \"Sex and the City\" (1998–2004), and Peter Florrick on \"The Good Wife\" (2009–16). He reprised his role of Mike Logan on \"\" (2005–08), and reprised his role of Mr Big in the films, \"Sex and the City\" (2008) and \"Sex and the City 2\" (2010). He was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor on Television for \"Sex and the City\" in", "title": "Chris Noth" }, { "id": "13564233", "text": "and the Invisibles\", playing Armand Montgomery, father to Freddie Highmore's Arthur, and \"Jason Bourne\". Stanton appeared in episodes of the television shows \"Law & Order\", \"\", \"\", \"Frasier\", \"Ed\", \"Third Watch\", \"Damages\", \"NYC 22\", \"The Good Wife\", and \"Orange Is the New Black\". He also played Anthony “Robi” Frobisher, boss to mass killer \"Mr. Mercedes\", in David E. Kelley’s 2017 television adaptation of Stephen King’s novel. Robert Stanton (actor) Robert Lloyd Stanton (born March 8, 1963) is an American film, television and stage actor, director and playwright. He may be best known for his role in the 1993 film \"Dennis", "title": "Robert Stanton (actor)" }, { "id": "6970746", "text": "jail... or all of the above. (Or, as the magazine put it, \"Adam's crazy antics on AMC keep Barry - and Fabiani - busy!\" ) He continued to guest star in other shows too, including \"Murder, She Wrote\" (in 1992 and 1994), \"Third Watch\" (2000), \"Law & Order\" (2004) and \"\" (2004). The latter's episode meant a reunion with Claire Bloom - with whom he had worked over thirty years before in the theater - and centered around the events at a fundraiser – and Fabiani still looked great in a tuxedo. In between he had occasional parts in TV", "title": "Joel Fabiani" }, { "id": "18333086", "text": "\"Gossip Girl\" in the pilot episode and the second episode. Stewart-Jones has guest starred on NBC's \"Law & Order\", \"30 Rock\", and \"Mercy\". He guest starred on ABC's \"Castle\" in 2009. Stewart-Jones had minor roles in 2009's \"It's Complicated\" and \"The Good Guy\". Stewart-Jones has guest starred on \"Person of Interest\", \"Unforgettable\", \"The Good Wife\", the short-lived \"Golden Boy\", and \"Blue Bloods\". He had a minor role in 2011's \"Mr. Popper's Penguins\". In 2013, Stewart-Jones guest starred in the pilot episode of The CW's \"The Tomorrow People\". He next was in 2013's \"Dead Man Down\". In 2014, Stewart-Jones landed the", "title": "Andrew Stewart-Jones" }, { "id": "5314479", "text": "York County District Attorney, at the Manhattan DA's office. The first thirty minutes of an episode typically features a lead detective trio (in the final season, Jeremy Sisto, Anthony Anderson, and S. Epatha Merkerson), while the second thirty minutes follows their legal counterparts (in the final season, Alana de la Garza, Linus Roache, and Sam Waterston). On May 14, 2010, NBC announced that it was canceling the original series, although various spin-offs will continue. The series finale aired on May 24, 2010. Wolf briefly attempted to continue the series on cable, but the series \"moved into the history books\". \"SVU\"", "title": "Law & Order (franchise)" }, { "id": "17570063", "text": "published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 4. In February, Dalton was nominated by the National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers for his performance. Dalton stars in \"The Resurrection of Gavin Stone\", a film released on January 20, 2017 by Walden Media and Vertical Church Films. Brett lives in Los Angeles with his wife Melissa Trn and their daughter, who was born in 2012. Brett Dalton Brett Patrick Dalton (born January 7, 1983) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Grant Ward and Hive in ABC's series \"Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.\", as well as Michael Munroe", "title": "Brett Dalton" }, { "id": "3333386", "text": "Adam Baldwin Adam Baldwin (born February 27, 1962) is an American actor. He starred in \"Full Metal Jacket\" (1987) as Animal Mother, as well as in the television series \"Firefly\" and its continuation film \"Serenity\" as Jayne Cobb. His roles include Stillman in \"Ordinary People\" (1980), Colonel John Casey in \"Chuck\", and Mike Slattery in \"The Last Ship\". Appearing in a large number of films since 1980, Baldwin rose to prominence as the troubled outcast Ricky Linderman in \"My Bodyguard\" (1980) and moved on to bigger roles in \"D.C. Cab\" (1983), \"Full Metal Jacket\" (1987), \"Predator 2\" (1990), Deadbolt (1992),", "title": "Adam Baldwin" }, { "id": "10199813", "text": "Zach Grenier Zach Grenier is an American film, television and stage actor. Grenier's mother, who was of Polish descent, met his father when he was working as a sound engineer at WBNX in the Bronx. He was a regular cast member on from 1997 to 1998. He appeared in the first season of the television show \"24\" as Carl Webb, played Andy Cramed, the gambler who brought the plague to town, on \"Deadwood\", and appeared in several episodes of \"Law & Order\". On film he played Edward Norton's boss in \"Fight Club\" and Mel Nicolai in \"Zodiac\", both David Fincher", "title": "Zach Grenier" } ]

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[ { "id": "455070", "text": "White House The White House is the official residence and workplace of the President of the United States. It is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C. and has been the residence of every U.S. President since John Adams in 1800. The term, \"White House\", is often used as a metonym for the president and his advisers. The residence was designed by Irish-born architect James Hoban in the neoclassical style. Hoban modelled the building on Leinster House in Dublin, a building which today houses the Oireachtas, the Irish legislature. Construction took place between 1792 and 1800 using Aquia", "title": "White House" }, { "id": "455074", "text": "Ground Floor, State Floor, Second Floor, and Third Floor, as well as a two-story basement. The property is a National Heritage Site owned by the National Park Service and is part of the President's Park. In 2007, it was ranked second on the American Institute of Architects list of \"America's Favorite Architecture\". Following his April 1789 inauguration, President George Washington occupied two executive mansions in New York City: the Samuel Osgood House at 3 Cherry Street (April 1789 – February 1790), and the Alexander Macomb House at 39–41 Broadway (February–August 1790). In May 1790, New York began construction of Government", "title": "White House" }, { "id": "9428036", "text": "in the president's honor, and the district Columbia, which was a poetic name for the United States commonly in use at that time. Construction on the White House (then called the \"President's House\") was begun in 1792. Washington laid the cornerstone for the United States Capitol (then called the \"Congress House\") on September 18, 1793. John Adams, Washington's successor, moved into the White House in November 1800; that same month, Congress held its first session in the Capitol. The following February, Congress approved the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801, which officially organized the District of Columbia, and, in", "title": "Presidency of George Washington" }, { "id": "18760024", "text": "$881,000 but was funded out of a separate fund controlled by the president. The original schedule called for the work to be finished in late 1951. By the end of 1950 the contractor estimated it would take until 1952. John McShain encountered the president at a football game on January 1, 1951 and jokingly told the president he would be in the White House that summer. The president took him seriously, announced it publicly, and invited Princess Elizabeth to visit in the autumn. The state visit occurred, but not in the (unfinished) White House. In early 1952 the president directed", "title": "White House Reconstruction" }, { "id": "979049", "text": "would be important in the capital. Dolley worked with the architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe to furnish the White House, the first official residence built for the president of the United States. She sometimes served as widower Jefferson's hostess for official ceremonial functions. In the approach to the 1808 presidential election, with Thomas Jefferson ready to retire, the Democratic-Republican caucus nominated James Madison to succeed him. He was elected President, serving two terms from 1809 to 1817, and Dolley became the official First Lady. She was renowned for her social graces and hospitality, and contributed to her husband's popularity as president.", "title": "Dolley Madison" }, { "id": "455098", "text": "gifts of furniture and art for the first time. The West Wing was damaged by fire in 1929, but rebuilt during the remaining years of the Herbert Hoover presidency. In the 1930s, a second story was added, as well as a larger basement for White House staff, and President Franklin Roosevelt had the Oval Office moved to its present location: adjacent to the Rose Garden. Decades of poor maintenance, the construction of a fourth story attic during the Coolidge administration, and the addition of a second-floor balcony over the south portico for Harry S. Truman took a great toll on", "title": "White House" }, { "id": "455076", "text": "have Philadelphia named the permanent national capital, Pennsylvania built a much grander presidential mansion several blocks away, but Washington declined to occupy it. President John Adams also occupied the Market Street mansion from March 1797 to May 1800. On Saturday, November 1, 1800, he became the first president to occupy the White House. The President's House in Philadelphia became a hotel and was demolished in 1832, while the unused presidential mansion became home to the University of Pennsylvania. The President's House was a major feature of Pierre (Peter) Charles L'Enfant's' plan for the newly established federal city, Washington, D.C. (see:", "title": "White House" }, { "id": "455087", "text": "mask the burn damage it had suffered, giving the building its namesake hue. The name \"Executive Mansion\" was used in official contexts until President Theodore Roosevelt established the formal name by having \"White House–Washington\" engraved on the stationery in 1901. The current letterhead wording and arrangement \"The White House\" with the word \"Washington\" centered beneath goes back to the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Although the structure was not completed until some years after the presidency of George Washington, there is speculation that the name of the traditional residence of the President of the United States may have derived from", "title": "White House" }, { "id": "455072", "text": "within the executive mansion itself, President Theodore Roosevelt had all work offices relocated to the newly constructed West Wing in 1901. Eight years later in 1909, President William Howard Taft expanded the West Wing and created the first Oval Office, which was eventually moved as the section was expanded. In the main mansion, the third-floor attic was converted to living quarters in 1927 by augmenting the existing hip roof with long shed dormers. A newly constructed East Wing was used as a reception area for social events; Jefferson's colonnades connected the new wings. East Wing alterations were completed in 1946,", "title": "White House" }, { "id": "18760006", "text": "carried significant weight with public and Congressional opinion and so their approval was sought for major design decisions of the reconstruction project. The president was both the chief executive of the White House’s owner, the recent and future resident, and the current occupant of the West Wing. While the Commission was in overall charge of the project, the project manager, the day-to-day management and the contractor who executed the work, President Truman was a highly influential participant from early design and throughout all stages of construction. From an early meeting he made known he had a history of watching over", "title": "White House Reconstruction" }, { "id": "455077", "text": "L'Enfant Plan). The architect of the White House was chosen in a design competition which received nine proposals, including one submitted anonymously by Thomas Jefferson. President Washington visited Charleston, South Carolina in May 1791 on his \"Southern Tour\", and saw the under-construction Charleston County Courthouse designed by Irish architect James Hoban. He is reputed to have met with Hoban then. The following year, he summoned the architect to Philadelphia and met with him in June 1792. On July 16, 1792, the President met with the commissioners of the federal city to make his judgment in the architectural competition. His review", "title": "White House" }, { "id": "11229712", "text": "was created out of the western half of Indian Territory. During Harrison's time in office, the United States was continuing to experience advances in science and technology, and Harrison was the earliest president whose voice is known to be preserved. That was originally made on a wax phonograph cylinder in 1889 by Gianni Bettini. Harrison also had electricity installed in the White House for the first time by Edison General Electric Company, but he and his wife would not touch the light switches for fear of electrocution and would often go to sleep with the lights on. The United States", "title": "Presidency of Benjamin Harrison" }, { "id": "455071", "text": "Creek sandstone painted white. When Thomas Jefferson moved into the house in 1801, he (with architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe) added low colonnades on each wing that concealed stables and storage. In 1814, during the War of 1812, the mansion was set ablaze by the British Army in the Burning of Washington, destroying the interior and charring much of the exterior. Reconstruction began almost immediately, and President James Monroe moved into the partially reconstructed Executive Residence in October 1817. Exterior construction continued with the addition of the semi-circular South portico in 1824 and the North portico in 1829. Because of crowding", "title": "White House" }, { "id": "455075", "text": "House for his official residence, but he never occupied it. The national capital moved to Philadelphia in December 1790. The July 1790 Residence Act named Philadelphia, Pennsylvania the temporary national capital for a 10-year period while the Federal City was under construction. The City of Philadelphia rented Robert Morris's city house at 190 High Street (now 524–30 Market Street) for Washington's presidential residence. The first U.S. President occupied the Market Street mansion from November 1790 to March 1797 and altered it in ways that may have influenced the design of the White House. As part of a futile effort to", "title": "White House" }, { "id": "455082", "text": "the Pučišća querry whose stone was used to build the ancient Roman palace of Emperor Diocletian) was used in the original construction of the building, contrarily researchers believe limestone from the island was used in the 1902 renovations and not the original construction. Others suggest the original sandstone simply came from Aquia Creek in Stafford County, Virginia, as importing the stone would be too costly. The initial construction took place over a period of eight years, at a reported cost of $232,371.83 (equal to $ today). Although not yet completed, the White House was ready for occupancy circa November 1,", "title": "White House" }, { "id": "12942105", "text": "of the Twenty-fifth Amendment). Nixon resigned into the term, and was succeeded by Ford. Former president Lyndon B. Johnson, whom Nixon replaced in the White House in 1969, died two days after the inauguration. Johnson thus became the sixth president who died during his immediate successor's administration, following George Washington (1799), James K. Polk (1849), Andrew Johnson (1875), Chester A. Arthur (1886) and Calvin Coolidge (1933), who died during the administrations of John Adams, Zachary Taylor, Ulysses S. Grant, Grover Cleveland (1st term), and Herbert Hoover, respectively. Many of the ceremonies that the Armed Forces Inauguration Committee had planned during", "title": "Second inauguration of Richard Nixon" }, { "id": "9013362", "text": "or third greatest president, consistent with other surveys. Roosevelt is the sixth most admired person from the 20th century by U.S. citizens, according to Gallup. Summing up his Roosevelt's impact, Leuchtenburg writes: Franklin Delano Roosevelt served as President from March 1933 to April 1945, the longest tenure in American history. He may have done more during those twelve years to change American society and politics than any of his predecessors in the White House, save Abraham Lincoln. Of course, some of this was the product of circumstances; the Great Depression and the rise of Germany and Japan were beyond FDR's", "title": "Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt" }, { "id": "18760008", "text": "throughout his administration. The Commission selected General Glen E. Edgerton as the overall manager of the project. His experience included selecting the route of the Panama Canal and constructing the Alaska Highway during World War II. He began work for the Commission in July 1949, just before they made the decision on reconstruction. The general contractor was John McShain Inc., headed by John McShain, the \"Builder of Washington\" who had constructed (amongst other works) the Jefferson Memorial, the Pentagon, and the FDR Library at Hyde Park. McShain's on-site construction manager was Paul Hauck, who had also been in charge of", "title": "White House Reconstruction" }, { "id": "455091", "text": "of British ships led by HMS \"Fantome\" sank en route to Halifax off Prospect during a storm on the night of November 24, 1814, even though \"Fantome\" had no involvement in that action. After the fire, President James Madison resided in The Octagon House from 1814 to 1815, and then the Seven Buildings from 1815 to the end of his term. Meanwhile, both architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe and Hoban contributed to the design and oversight of the reconstruction, which lasted from 1815 until 1817. The south portico was constructed in 1824 during the James Monroe administration; the north portico was", "title": "White House" }, { "id": "18760004", "text": "The reconstruction project was notable for both its complexity as well as the prominence and importance of the White House and its occupants to the country. Congress created the Commission on the Renovation of the Executive Mansion following the March 1949 recommendation of the president. It was granted authority to act on behalf of the federal government in the execution of the project, including responsibility for the White House and its site. It was composed of six men: two each appointed by the president, the Senate, and the House of Representatives. The president appointed Orr and Dougherty. Supporting them were", "title": "White House Reconstruction" }, { "id": "455080", "text": "(based on Salat's pre-1789 design). The theoretical link between the two houses has been criticized because Hoban did not visit France. Supporters of a connection posit that Thomas Jefferson, during his tour of Bordeaux in 1789, viewed Salat's architectural drawings (which were on-file at the College) at the École Spéciale d'Architecture (Bordeaux Architectural College). On his return to the U.S. he then shared the influence with Washington, Hoban, Monroe, and Benjamin Henry Latrobe. Construction of the White House began with the laying of the cornerstone on October 13, 1792, although there was no formal ceremony. The main residence, as well", "title": "White House" }, { "id": "455099", "text": "the brick and sandstone structure built around a timber frame. By 1948, the house was declared to be in imminent danger of collapse, forcing President Truman to commission a reconstruction and to live across the street at Blair House from 1949 to 1951. The work, done by the firm of Philadelphia contractor John McShain, required the complete dismantling of the interior spaces, construction of a new load-bearing internal steel frame and the reconstruction of the original rooms within the new structure. The total cost of the renovations was about $5.7 million (US$ million in 2019). Some modifications to the floor", "title": "White House" }, { "id": "9989112", "text": "1796; during his single term, he encountered fierce criticism from the Jeffersonian Republicans and from some in his own Federalist Party, led by his rival Alexander Hamilton. Adams signed the controversial Alien and Sedition Acts and built up the army and navy in the undeclared \"Quasi-War\" with France. The main accomplishment of his presidency was a peaceful resolution of this conflict in the face of public anger and Hamilton's opposition. He was the first president to reside in the executive mansion now known as the White House. Opposition from Federalists and accusations of despotism from Republicans led to Adams' re-election", "title": "John Adams" }, { "id": "455108", "text": "some rooms with the assistance of Arkansas decorator Kaki Hockersmith, including the Oval Office, the East Room, Blue Room, State Dining Room, Lincoln Bedroom, and Lincoln Sitting Room. During the administration of George W. Bush, First Lady Laura Bush refurbished the Lincoln Bedroom in a style contemporary with the Lincoln era; the Green Room, Cabinet Room, and theater were also refurbished. The White House became one of the first wheelchair-accessible government buildings in Washington when modifications were made during the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt, who used a wheelchair because of his paralytic illness. In the 1990s, Hillary Clinton, at", "title": "White House" }, { "id": "455097", "text": "renovations in a neoclassical style suited to the building's architecture, removing the Tiffany screen and all Victorian additions. Charles McKim himself designed and managed the project, which gave more living space to the President's large family by removing a staircase in the West Hall and moving executive office staff from the second floor of the residence into the new West Wing. President William Howard Taft enlisted the help of architect Nathan C. Wyeth to add additional space to the West Wing, which included the addition of the Oval Office. In 1925, Congress enacted legislation allowing the White House to accept", "title": "White House" }, { "id": "455126", "text": "Secret Service and the United States Park Police. NASAMS (Norwegian Advanced Surface to Air Missile System) were used to guard air space over Washington, D.C. during the 2005 presidential inauguration. The same NASAMS units have since been used to protect the president and all airspace around the White House, which is strictly prohibited to aircraft. White House The White House is the official residence and workplace of the President of the United States. It is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C. and has been the residence of every U.S. President since John Adams in 1800. The term,", "title": "White House" }, { "id": "1621519", "text": "the time. The White House was constructed after the creation of Washington, D.C. by congressional law in December 1790. After a contest, James Hoban, an Irish American, was chosen and the construction began in October 1792. The building that he had conceived was modeled upon the first and second floors of the Leinster House, a ducal palace in Dublin, Ireland which is now the seat of the Irish Parliament. But during the War of 1812, a large part of the city was burned, and the White House was ravaged. Only the exterior walls remained standing, but it was reconstructed. The", "title": "Architecture of the United States" }, { "id": "455088", "text": "Martha Washington's home, White House Plantation in Virginia, where the nation's first President had courted the First Lady in the mid-18th century. On Saturday, November 1, 1800, John Adams became the first president to take residence in the building. During Adams' second day in the house, he wrote a letter to his wife Abigail, containing a prayer for the house. Adams wrote: Adams lived in the house only briefly before Thomas Jefferson moved into the \"pleasant country residence\" in 1801. Despite his complaints that the house was too big (\"big enough for two emperors, one pope, and the grand lama", "title": "White House" }, { "id": "11132362", "text": "Cleveland Abbe House The Cleveland Abbe House, also known as the Timothy Caldwell House and Monroe-Adams-Abbe House, is a historic house at 2017 \"I\" Street NW in Washington, D.C.. Built in 1805, it is a good example of Federal period architecture, and has had a series of distinguished residents. Most notable are James Monroe, who occupied it as United States Secretary of War and as President of the United States while the White House was restored after the War of 1812, and historian Henry Adams. However, it was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1975 for its association with meteorologist", "title": "Cleveland Abbe House" }, { "id": "455094", "text": "tasked to propose solutions to address these concerns. He proposed abandoning the use of the White House as a residence and designed a new estate for the first family at Meridian Hill in Washington, D.C., but Congress rejected the plan. When Chester A. Arthur took office in 1881, he ordered renovations to the White House to take place as soon as the recently widowed Lucretia Garfield moved out. Arthur inspected the work almost nightly and made several suggestions. Louis Comfort Tiffany was asked to send selected designers to assist. Over twenty wagonloads of furniture and household items were removed from", "title": "White House" }, { "id": "12629639", "text": "policy or procedural discussions with the outgoing administration. President Harry Truman charted a positive course by extending his hand to President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower after the 1952 election, inviting him to the White House and ordering federal agencies to assist the new administration with the transition. John F. Kennedy funded his own (1960-61) transition just like his predecessors, and engaged in extensive transition planning on domestic and foreign policy issues, but did not meet with Eisenhower until January 6, 1961, two months after the election. The Presidential Transition Act of 1963 , as amended (by the Presidential Transitions Effectiveness Act", "title": "United States presidential transition" }, { "id": "18759988", "text": "and rebuilt. The scope, costs, and historical authenticity of the work were controversial, with the reconstruction being called both structurally essential, and a disaster. When the Trumans moved into the executive mansion in 1945, they found it badly in need of repair after twelve years of neglect during the Depression and war. In 1946 Congress authorized $780,000 ($11 million 2018 dollars) for repairs. The mansion's heaving floors and mysterious sounds had been known by staff and First Families for many years. For the first two years of his presidency, according to White House photographer Abbie Rowe, President Truman heard \"ghosts\"", "title": "White House Reconstruction" }, { "id": "17502719", "text": "such as William McKinley's, the header was displayed in the upper right corner. President Grover Cleveland distinguished cards signed during his two non-consecutive terms in office by adding the year under his signature during his second term. President Benjamin Harrison preferred to respond to autograph requests by signing a card with an engraved view of the White House. Executive Mansion cards signed by Harrison, therefore, are somewhat scarce. One month after taking office following McKinley's assassination, Theodore Roosevelt changed the name of the presidential residence from \"Executive Mansion\" to \"White House,\" which it had been popularly called since 1810. With", "title": "White House Card" }, { "id": "455081", "text": "as foundations of the house, were built largely by enslaved and free African-American laborers, as well as employed Europeans. Much of the other work on the house was performed by immigrants, many not yet with citizenship. The sandstone walls were erected by Scottish immigrants, employed by Hoban, as were the high-relief rose and garland decorations above the north entrance and the \"fish scale\" pattern beneath the pediments of the window hoods. There are conflicting claims as to where the sandstone used in the construction of the White House originated. Some reports suggest sandstone from the Croatian island of Brač (specifically", "title": "White House" }, { "id": "12935927", "text": "the second presidential inauguration in 1945, after the regularly scheduled inauguration for Roosevelt's fourth term earlier on January 20. , 9780826210661. First inauguration of Harry S. Truman The first inauguration of Harry S. Truman as the 33rd President of the United States was held at 7:00 pm on Thursday, April 12, 1945, in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., following the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt earlier that day. The inauguration marked the commencement of the first term (a partial term of ) of Harry S. Truman as President. Truman had just adjourned a session", "title": "First inauguration of Harry S. Truman" }, { "id": "19960132", "text": "David Axelrod also contributed to the drafting process. Barack Obama's farewell address Barack Obama's farewell address was the of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States, delivered on January 10, 2017 at 9:00 p.m. EST. The farewell address was broadcast on various television and radio stations and livestreamed online by the White House. An estimated 24 million people watched the address live on television. The speech and its transcript are available on the archived version of the Obama Whitehouse website. Obama served as the first African American President of the United States for two terms, first elected", "title": "Barack Obama's farewell address" }, { "id": "455110", "text": "changes were an internal matter. The story was picked up by industry trade journals. In 2013, President Barack Obama had a set of solar panels installed on the roof of the White House, making it the first time solar power would be used for the president's living quarters. The president usually travels to and from the White House grounds via official motorcade or helicopter. The journey by helicopter was inaugurated in the 1950s when President Dwight D. Eisenhower began traveling on Marine One to and from his official residence. Today the group of buildings housing the presidency is known as", "title": "White House" }, { "id": "4446381", "text": "his first official visit to Washington in early June 1800, which lasted for several days. Amid the \"raw and unfinished\" cityscape, the president found the public buildings \"in a much greater forwardness of completion than expected.\" The Senate (north) wing of the Capitol was nearly completed, as was the White House. The president moved into the White House, on November 1. First Lady Abigail Adams arrived a few weeks later. The Senate of the Sixth Congress met in the Capitol for the first time on November 17, and on November 22, Adams delivered his fourth State of the Union Address", "title": "Residence Act" }, { "id": "12944523", "text": "Inauguration of Rutherford B. Hayes The inauguration of Rutherford B. Hayes as the 19th President of the United States took place on Sunday, March 4, 1877. The inauguration marked the commencement of the four-year term of Rutherford B. Hayes as President and William A. Wheeler as Vice President. Because March 4, 1877 was a Sunday, Hayes took the oath of office in the Red Room of the White House on March 3, becoming the first president to take the oath of office in the White House. This ceremony was held in secret, because the previous year's election had been so", "title": "Inauguration of Rutherford B. Hayes" }, { "id": "13093734", "text": "contracting \"camp fever\" at the Siege of Yorktown. Martha and George Washington then raised his two younger children, Eleanor Parke Custis (later Lewis) and George Washington Parke Custis (1781–1857). George Washington became the first President of the United States and his wife, Martha, became the nation's initial First Lady, although she was known at the time as simply \"Lady Washington.\" The title of First Lady was traditionally given the President's wife in years thereafter. In 1802, George Washington Parke Custis began construction on Arlington House, then in the District of Columbia, intending it to become a memorial to his step-grandfather", "title": "White House (plantation)" }, { "id": "11228392", "text": "contrast to John Tyler, whose legitimacy as president had been questioned by many after his accession to the presidency in 1841, Fillmore was widely accepted as the president by members of Congress and the public. Taylor's widow, Margaret Taylor, left Washington soon after her husband's death, and Fillmore's family took up residence in the White House shortly thereafter. Because Abigail Fillmore was often in poor health, Mary Abigail Fillmore frequently served as the White House hostess. Taylor's cabinet appointees submitted their resignation on July 10, and Fillmore accepted the resignations the following day. Fillmore is the only president who succeeded", "title": "Presidency of Millard Fillmore" }, { "id": "455117", "text": "greenhouses were built on the west side of the house, where the current West Wing is located. During this period, the North Lawn was planted with ornate carpet-style flowerbeds. The general layout of the White House grounds today is based on the 1935 design by Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. of the Olmsted Brothers firm, commissioned by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. During the Kennedy administration, the White House Rose Garden was redesigned by Rachel Lambert Mellon. The Rose Garden borders the West Colonnade. Bordering the East Colonnade is the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, which was begun by Jacqueline Kennedy but completed after", "title": "White House" }, { "id": "18760017", "text": "contractor, in part due to delays in obtaining numerous approvals from the Commission. There were almost no record drawings showing the existing construction, which required added investigations and details to be developed during construction. From 1950 the Korean War brought inflation and shortages of key materials and labor. The biggest change during construction was announced on August 1, 1950, when the president authorized a separate and highly secret project. Project 9 was officially described as \"certain protective measures\" to be added to the new basement: an underground shelter to resist attack from an atomic bomb. It was designed by the", "title": "White House Reconstruction" }, { "id": "19960125", "text": "Barack Obama's farewell address Barack Obama's farewell address was the of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States, delivered on January 10, 2017 at 9:00 p.m. EST. The farewell address was broadcast on various television and radio stations and livestreamed online by the White House. An estimated 24 million people watched the address live on television. The speech and its transcript are available on the archived version of the Obama Whitehouse website. Obama served as the first African American President of the United States for two terms, first elected in 2008 and reelected in 2012. During his", "title": "Barack Obama's farewell address" }, { "id": "455073", "text": "creating additional office space. By 1948, the residence's load-bearing exterior walls and internal wood beams were found to be close to failure. Under Harry S. Truman, the interior rooms were completely dismantled and a new internal load-bearing steel frame constructed inside the walls. Once this work was completed, the interior rooms were rebuilt. The modern-day White House complex includes the Executive Residence, West Wing, East Wing, the Eisenhower Executive Office Building—the former State Department, which now houses offices for the President's staff and the Vice President—and Blair House, a guest residence. The Executive Residence is made up of six stories—the", "title": "White House" }, { "id": "18759987", "text": "White House Reconstruction The White House Reconstruction, also known as the Truman Reconstruction, was a comprehensive dismantling and rebuilding of the interior of the White House between 1949-1952. A century-and-a-half of wartime destruction and rebuilding, hurried renovations, additions of new services, technologies, an added Third Floor, and inadequate foundations brought the Executive Residence portion of the White House Complex to near-imminent collapse. In 1948 architectural and engineering investigations deemed it unsafe for occupancy and President Harry S. Truman, his family, and the entire residence staff were relocated across the street. For over three years the White House was gutted, expanded,", "title": "White House Reconstruction" }, { "id": "12951520", "text": "First inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant The first inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant as the 18th President of the United States took place on March 4, 1869. The inauguration marked the commencement of the first four-year term of Ulysses S. Grant as President and the only term of Schuyler Colfax as Vice President. Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase administered the Oath of office. Andrew Johnson did not attend the inaugural ceremonies, as President-elect Grant refused to sit with him in the carriage going to it. Instead, he was in the White House signing last-minute legislation. Grant's 1869 inaugural parade was", "title": "First inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant" }, { "id": "543021", "text": "House staff has increased to include an array of policy experts to effectively address various fields of the modern day. The Executive Office is overseen by the White House Chief of Staff, currently John F. Kelly, as appointed by the current and 45th President of the United States. In 1939, during Franklin D. Roosevelt's second term in office, the foundations of the modern White House staff were created. Based on the recommendations of a presidentially commissioned panel of political science and public administration experts that was known as the Brownlow Committee, Roosevelt was able to get Congress to approve the", "title": "Executive Office of the President of the United States" }, { "id": "159004", "text": "Coin Act of 2005. In 2013, Cleveland was inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame. Scholarly studies Primary sources Official Letters and Speeches Media coverage Other Grover Cleveland Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837 – June 24, 1908) was an American politician and lawyer who was the 22nd and 24th President of the United States, the only president in American history to serve two non-consecutive terms in office (1885–1889 and 1893–1897). He won the popular vote for three presidential elections—in 1884, 1888, and 1892—and was one of two Democrats (with Woodrow Wilson) to be elected president during the era", "title": "Grover Cleveland" }, { "id": "19115811", "text": "property to the U.S. government for use by visiting dignitaries; the government purchased the property outright the following December. The move was prompted in part by a request from Eleanor Roosevelt, who found the casual familiarity Winston Churchill displayed during his visits to the White House off-putting. On one occasion, Churchill tried to enter Franklin Roosevelt's private apartments at 3:00 a.m. to wake the president for a conversation. During much of the presidency of Harry Truman, Blair House served as the temporary residence of President Truman while the interior of the White House was being renovated. On November 1, 1950,", "title": "President's Guest House" }, { "id": "322380", "text": "Palace,\" the \"President’s House,\" and the \"Executive Mansion.\" Theodore Roosevelt officially gave the White House its current name in 1901. Facilities that are available to the president include access to the White House staff, medical care, recreation, housekeeping, and security services. The federal government pays for state dinners and other official functions, but the president pays for personal, family, and guest dry cleaning and food. Camp David, officially titled Naval Support Facility Thurmont, a mountain-based military camp in Frederick County, Maryland, is the president's country residence. A place of solitude and tranquility, the site has been used extensively to host", "title": "President of the United States" }, { "id": "6781738", "text": "time, the nation's capital. The location for James Monroe's 1817 swearing in was moved to the Old Brick Capitol in Washington due to on-going restoration work at the Capitol building following the War of 1812. In 1909, William H. Taft's inauguration was moved to the Senate Chamber due to a blizzard. Three other inaugurations—Franklin D. Roosevelt's fourth (1945), Harry S. Truman's first (1945), and Gerald Ford's (1974)—were held at the White House. Presidential inaugurations (not including intra-term ceremonies following the death or resignation of a president) have traditionally been outdoor public ceremonies. Andrew Jackson, in 1829, was the first of", "title": "United States presidential inauguration" }, { "id": "11228225", "text": "Presidency of John Tyler The presidency of John Tyler began on April 4, 1841, when John Tyler became President of the United States upon the death of President William Henry Harrison, and ended on March 4, 1845. He had been Vice President of the United States for only days when he assumed the presidency. The tenth United States president, he was the first to succeed to the office intra-term without being elected to it. To forestall constitutional uncertainty, Tyler took the presidential oath of office on April 6, moved into the White House, and assumed full presidential powers, a precedent", "title": "Presidency of John Tyler" }, { "id": "455086", "text": "first-floor level. The bow has a ground floor double staircase leading to an Ionic colonnaded loggia (with the Truman Balcony at second-floor level), known as the south portico. The more modern third floor is hidden by a balustraded parapet and plays no part in the composition of the façade. The building was originally variously referred to as the \"President's Palace\", \"Presidential Mansion\", or \"President's House\". The earliest evidence of the public calling it the \"White House\" was recorded in 1811. A myth emerged that during the rebuilding of the structure after the Burning of Washington, white paint was applied to", "title": "White House" }, { "id": "17502721", "text": "the normal White House card, President Warren G. Harding also signed a larger white card with no lettering, but with the presidential seal embossed in gold at the top. Herbert Hoover was the last president to sign and distribute the cards routinely to anyone who asked. Starting with the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the vast increase in the president's workload meant the cards were increasingly signed mostly for friends and political supporters. Signed White House cards by Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S Truman exist, but are less common than those of earlier presidents. President Dwight D. Eisenhower", "title": "White House Card" }, { "id": "12938457", "text": "the \"Late Show with David Letterman\" was introduced by archival footage of Ford's speech, and pre-recorded cameos of former Presidents George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and then-incumbent Barack Obama all saying, \"our long national nightmare is over.\" Inauguration of Gerald Ford The inauguration of Gerald Ford as the 38th President of the United States was held on Friday, August 9, 1974, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., following the resignation of President Richard Nixon. The inauguration marked the commencement of Gerald Ford's only term (a partial term of ) as President.", "title": "Inauguration of Gerald Ford" }, { "id": "12935925", "text": "First inauguration of Harry S. Truman The first inauguration of Harry S. Truman as the 33rd President of the United States was held at 7:00 pm on Thursday, April 12, 1945, in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., following the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt earlier that day. The inauguration marked the commencement of the first term (a partial term of ) of Harry S. Truman as President. Truman had just adjourned a session of the United States Senate and was on his way to share a drink with Sam Rayburn, the Speaker of the", "title": "First inauguration of Harry S. Truman" }, { "id": "455089", "text": "in the bargain\"), Jefferson considered how the White House might be added to. With Benjamin Henry Latrobe, he helped lay out the design for the East and West Colonnades, small wings that help conceal the domestic operations of laundry, a stable and storage. Today, Jefferson's colonnades link the residence with the East and West Wings. In 1814, during the War of 1812, the White House was set ablaze by British troops during the Burning of Washington, in retaliation for burning of Port Dover and other towns in Upper Canada; much of Washington was affected by these fires as well. Only", "title": "White House" }, { "id": "11132366", "text": "of Washington\" in 1969. It was declared a National Historic Landmark as \"Cleveland Abbe House\" in 1975. Cleveland Abbe House The Cleveland Abbe House, also known as the Timothy Caldwell House and Monroe-Adams-Abbe House, is a historic house at 2017 \"I\" Street NW in Washington, D.C.. Built in 1805, it is a good example of Federal period architecture, and has had a series of distinguished residents. Most notable are James Monroe, who occupied it as United States Secretary of War and as President of the United States while the White House was restored after the War of 1812, and historian", "title": "Cleveland Abbe House" }, { "id": "1549463", "text": "high-level officials report directly to him. Bush brought to the White House several individuals who had worked under him in Texas, including Senior Counselor Karen Hughes, Senior Adviser Karl Rove, legal counsel Alberto Gonzales, and Staff Secretary Harriet Miers. Other important individuals in the White House included National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, Chief of Staff Andrew Card, and Vice President Cheney, who emerged as the most powerful individual in the White House aside from Bush himself. Paul H. O'Neill, who had served as Deputy Director of the OMB, was appointed Secretary of the Treasury, while former Missouri Senator John Ashcroft", "title": "Presidency of George W. Bush" }, { "id": "1891347", "text": "wanted to do something that was ultimately about politics.\" Other sources suggested that Redford and Reiner \"didn't get along...It was a personality thing.\" In later interviews, writer Aaron Sorkin told \"TV Guide\" he wrote the screenplay while high on crack cocaine. An extensive White House set, of both the East and West Wings, was built on the Castle Rock Entertainment lot in Culver City. The set's Oval Office was later reused for the films \"Nixon\" and \"Independence Day.\" William Richert sued the Writers Guild of America over not being credited on the screenplay of the film. Richert claimed Sorkin's screenplay", "title": "The American President" }, { "id": "19719821", "text": "Summer White House for Presidents Rutherford B. Hayes (1877–1881) and Chester A. Arthur (1881–1885). The historic Cottage, built in the Gothic revival style, was constructed from 1842 to 1843 as the home of George Washington Riggs, who went on to establish the Riggs National Bank in Washington, D.C. Lincoln lived in the cottage June to November 1862 through 1864 and during the first summer living there, Lincoln drafted the preliminary draft of the Emancipation Proclamation. Mary Todd Lincoln fondly recalled the campus; in 1865, she wrote, \"How dearly I loved the Soldiers' Home.\" Poet Walt Whitman, who was living on", "title": "President Lincoln and Soldiers’ Home National Monument" }, { "id": "18760007", "text": "the general contractor (while a senator overseeing construction of the Pentagon). The president was also known to conduct tours, sometimes daily, of the worksite, including climbing scaffolding. Truman was a man of strong opinions relating to architecture and history and in directing the work he made his presence felt. Lorenzo Winslow, the White House Architect, was employed by the Public Works Administration. He had been in the position since it was created for him by President Franklin Roosevelt. In 1933 Winslow won a competition to design a White House swimming pool. He maintained a close working relationship with President Truman", "title": "White House Reconstruction" }, { "id": "7675812", "text": "In 1911 the home was converted into a single-family dwelling to house the base commandant, and additional land was filled in front of the house. The waterfront view was eventually blocked by a new building at the station. The first President to visit the site was William Howard Taft in December 1912. He arrived by Flagler's Overseas Railroad and stayed in Key West before sailing to Panama to inspect the canal then under construction. During World War I, Thomas Edison resided in the house while donating his service to the war effort. He perfected 41 underwater weapons during his six-month", "title": "Harry S. Truman Little White House" }, { "id": "455096", "text": "stars and stripes of red, white, and blue. A fifty-foot jeweled Tiffany glass screen, supported by imitation marble columns, replaced the glass doors that separated the main corridor from the north vestibule. In 1891, First Lady Caroline Harrison proposed major extensions to the White House, including a National Wing on the east for a historical art gallery, and a wing on the west for official functions. A plan was devised by Colonel Theodore A. Bingham, which reflected the Harrison proposal. These plans were ultimately rejected. However, in 1902 Theodore Roosevelt hired McKim, Mead & White to carry out expansions and", "title": "White House" }, { "id": "14179702", "text": "Presidency was held on Tuesday, March 4, 1873, commencing the second four-year term his presidency. it was the only term of Henry Wilson as Vice President. Subsequently, the inaugural ball ended early when the food froze. Wilson died 2 years, 263 days into this term, and the office remained vacant for the balance of it. Departing from the White House, a parade escorted Grant down the newly paved Pennsylvania Avenue, which was all decorated with banners and flags, on to the swearing-in ceremony in front of the Capitol building. Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase administered the presidential oath of office.", "title": "Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant" }, { "id": "18760029", "text": "as people departed the heat and humidity of the capital for more tolerable climes. Afterwards the White House could operate year-round without regard for summer heat. Neither the Commission nor the president were satisfied with the work of the general contractor. When the Commission published its official account of the project, it described the work of nearly everyone of significance to the project, except the general contractor, whose name was all but omitted. President Truman publicly expressed praise for the completed work, but the night of his return to the White House he wrote in his private diary: \"With all", "title": "White House Reconstruction" }, { "id": "9013034", "text": "unfinished\" cityscape, the president found the public buildings \"in a much greater forwardness of completion than expected.\" The north (Senate) wing of the Capitol was nearly completed, as was the White House. The president moved into the White House on November 1, and First Lady Abigail Adams arrived a few weeks later. Upon arriving, Adams wrote to her, \"Before I end my letter, I pray Heaven to bestow the best of Blessings on this House and all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise Men ever rule under this roof.\" The Senate of the 6th Congress", "title": "Presidency of John Adams" }, { "id": "11409280", "text": "Grand Staircase (White House) The Grand Staircase is the chief stairway connecting the State Floor and the Second Floor of the White House, the official home of the President of the United States. The stairway is primarily used for a ceremony called the Presidential Entrance March. The present Grand Staircase, the fourth staircase occupying the same general space, was completed in 1952 as a part of the Truman White House reconstruction. The Grand Staircase is entered on the State Floor from the Entrance Hall. Though White House architect James Hoban originally located the main ceremonial staircase at the west end", "title": "Grand Staircase (White House)" }, { "id": "9013363", "text": "control. But his responses to the challenges he faced made him a defining figure in American history. Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt The presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt began on March 4, 1933, when he was inaugurated as the 32nd President of the United States, and ended upon his death on April 12, 1945, a span of (4,422 days). Roosevelt assumed the presidency in the midst of the Great Depression. Starting with his landslide victory over Republican President Herbert Hoover in the 1932 election, he would go on to win a record four presidential terms, and became a central figure", "title": "Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt" }, { "id": "6627570", "text": "White House Christmas tree The White House Christmas Tree, also known as the Blue Room Christmas Tree, is the official indoor Christmas tree at the residence of the President of the United States, the White House. The first indoor Christmas tree was installed in the White House sometime in the 19th century (there are varying claims as to the exact year) and since 1961 the tree has had a themed motif at the discretion of the First Lady of the United States. There are two claims to the \"first\" genuine White House Christmas tree. President Franklin Pierce is said to", "title": "White House Christmas tree" }, { "id": "6627579", "text": "White House Christmas tree The White House Christmas Tree, also known as the Blue Room Christmas Tree, is the official indoor Christmas tree at the residence of the President of the United States, the White House. The first indoor Christmas tree was installed in the White House sometime in the 19th century (there are varying claims as to the exact year) and since 1961 the tree has had a themed motif at the discretion of the First Lady of the United States. There are two claims to the \"first\" genuine White House Christmas tree. President Franklin Pierce is said to", "title": "White House Christmas tree" }, { "id": "455116", "text": "II in order to hide the construction of an underground bunker to be used in emergencies. The bunker has come to be known as the Presidential Emergency Operations Center. The White House and grounds cover just over 18 acres (about 7.3 hectares). Before the construction of the North Portico, most public events were entered from the South Lawn, which was graded and planted by Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson also drafted a planting plan for the North Lawn that included large trees that would have mostly obscured the house from Pennsylvania Avenue. During the mid-to-late 19th century a series of ever larger", "title": "White House" }, { "id": "322387", "text": "after leaving the White House: John Quincy Adams was elected to the House of Representatives, serving there for seventeen years, and Andrew Johnson returned to the Senate in 1875. John Tyler served in the provisional Congress of the Confederate States during the Civil War and was elected to the Confederate House of Representatives, but died before that body first met. Presidents may use their predecessors as emissaries to deliver private messages to other nations or as official representatives of the United States to state funerals and other important foreign events. Richard Nixon made multiple foreign trips to countries including China", "title": "President of the United States" }, { "id": "9067601", "text": "the time, but eventually proved detrimental to American Indians as they sold most of their land at low prices to white speculators. During Harrison's time in office, the United States was continuing to experience advances in science and technology. Harrison was the earliest president whose voice is known to be preserved. That was originally made on a wax phonograph cylinder in 1889 by Gianni Bettini. Harrison also had electricity installed in the White House for the first time by Edison General Electric Company, but he and his wife would not touch the light switches for fear of electrocution and would", "title": "Benjamin Harrison" }, { "id": "12648894", "text": "Obama had chosen Chris Lu to begin planning for the transition in May 2008. John Podesta, Valerie Jarrett, and Pete Rouse co-chaired the Obama-Biden Transition Project. During the transition period, Obama announced nominations for his Cabinet and administration. In November 2008, Congressman Rahm Emanuel accepted Obama's offer to serve as White House Chief of Staff. Obama was inaugurated on January 20, 2009, succeeding George W. Bush. Obama officially assumed the presidency at 12:00 pm, EST, and completed the oath of office at 12:05 pm, EST. He delivered his inaugural address immediately following his oath. Obama's transition team was highly complimentary", "title": "Presidency of Barack Obama" }, { "id": "455083", "text": "1800. Shortages, including material and labor, forced alterations to the earlier plan developed by French engineer Pierre Charles L'Enfant for a \"palace\" that was five times larger than the house that was eventually built. The finished structure contained only two main floors instead of the planned three, and a less costly brick served as a lining for the stone façades. When construction was finished, the porous sandstone walls were whitewashed with a mixture of lime, rice glue, casein, and lead, giving the house its familiar color and name. As it is a famed structure in America, several replicas of the", "title": "White House" }, { "id": "9013201", "text": "Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt The presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt began on March 4, 1933, when he was inaugurated as the 32nd President of the United States, and ended upon his death on April 12, 1945, a span of (4,422 days). Roosevelt assumed the presidency in the midst of the Great Depression. Starting with his landslide victory over Republican President Herbert Hoover in the 1932 election, he would go on to win a record four presidential terms, and became a central figure in world affairs during World War II. His program for relief, recovery and reform, known as the", "title": "Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt" }, { "id": "19829211", "text": "Presidency of Donald Trump The presidency of Donald Trump began at noon EST on January 20, 2017, when Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States, succeeding Barack Obama. A Republican, Trump was a businessman and reality television personality from New York City at the time of his 2016 presidential election victory over Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. While Trump lost the popular vote by nearly 3 million votes, he won the Electoral College vote, 304 to 227, in a presidential contest targeted by a Russian sabotage campaign. As of the end of his first year in", "title": "Presidency of Donald Trump" }, { "id": "10344134", "text": "Roosevelt Room The Roosevelt Room is a meeting room in the West Wing of the White House, the home and main workplace of the President of the United States. Located in the center of the wing, near the Oval Office, it is named after two related U.S. presidents, Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt, who contributed to the wing's design. Theodore Roosevelt hired architect Charles Follen McKim of McKim, Mead & White architectural firm to reorganize the layout and use of the White House. This included constructing the West Wing in 1902 and moving executive offices out of the central", "title": "Roosevelt Room" }, { "id": "5684220", "text": "Canyon are on private land. The White House was one of the \"first permanent structures\" built in Madera Canyon. It is thought to have been constructed by a sheepherder named Walden in the late 1870s or early 1880s. Walden left around 1882 and the two or three room house was taken over by Theodore Wellish and his family as a summer retreat. Wellish owned the White House Mercantile Company in Tucson, and thus it was assumed that he was the one who whitewashed the adobe building, giving it its name. The White House was well known and easily recognizable, and", "title": "Madera Canyon" }, { "id": "4896040", "text": "the government by June 1800. Contests were held to solicit designs for both the United States Capitol and what was then called the President's House. James Hoban's design was selected, and he supervised the construction. Later on, the future \"White House\" was expanded with the West Wing and East Wing, which now houses the office of the president and staff. The White House grounds include the South Lawn, Rose Garden, Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, and North Lawn. Lafayette Square is a 6.97 acre (28,191 m²) public park located directly north of the White House on H Street, bounded by Jackson Place", "title": "President's Park" }, { "id": "11595080", "text": "Summer White House for Presidents Rutherford B. Hayes (1877–1881) and Chester A. Arthur (1881–1885). The historic Cottage, built in the Gothic revival style, was constructed from 1842 to 1843 as the home of George Washington Riggs, who went on to establish the Riggs National Bank in Washington, D.C. Lincoln lived in the cottage June to November 1862 through 1864 and during the first summer living there, Lincoln drafted the preliminary draft of the Emancipation Proclamation. Mary Todd Lincoln fondly recalled the campus; in 1865, she wrote, \"How dearly I loved the Soldiers' Home.\" Poet Walt Whitman, who was living on", "title": "President Lincoln's Cottage at the Soldiers' Home" }, { "id": "7642125", "text": "Donald Trump Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is the 45th and current President of the United States. Before entering politics, he was a businessman and television personality. Trump was born and raised in the New York City borough of Queens, and received an economics degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He was appointed president of his family's real estate business in 1971, renamed it The Trump Organization, and expanded it from Queens and Brooklyn into Manhattan. The company built or renovated skyscrapers, hotels, casinos, and golf courses. Trump later started various side ventures, including", "title": "Donald Trump" }, { "id": "322379", "text": "the president's annual salary has been $400,000 annual salary, along with a: $50,000 expense allowance; $100,000 nontaxable travel account, and $19,000 entertainment account. The president's salary is set by Congress, and under of the Constitution, may not be increased or reduced during his or her current term of office. The White House in Washington, D.C. serves as the official residence of the president. The site was selected by George Washington, and the cornerstone was laid in 1792. Every president since John Adams (in 1800) has lived there. At various times in U.S. history, it has been known as the \"President's", "title": "President of the United States" }, { "id": "15406", "text": "in a smile when he expired. Secretary of War Stanton saluted and said, \"Now he belongs to the ages.\" Lincoln's flag-enfolded body was then escorted in the rain to the White House by bareheaded Union officers, while the city's church bells rang. President Johnson was sworn in at 10:00 am, less than 3 hours after Lincoln's death. The late President lay in state in the East Room, and then in the Capitol Rotunda from April 19 through April 21. For his final journey with his son Willie, both caskets were transported in the executive coach \"United States\" and for three", "title": "Abraham Lincoln" }, { "id": "455079", "text": "the bow-fronted south front, and interior details like the former niches in the present Blue Room. These influences, though undocumented, are cited in the official White House guide, and in White House Historical Association publications. The first official White House guide, published in 1962, suggested a link between Hoban's design for the South Portico and Château de Rastignac, a neoclassical country house located in La Bachellerie in the Dordogne region of France and designed by Mathurin Salat. Construction on the French house was initially started before 1789, interrupted by the French Revolution for twenty years and then finally built 1812–1817", "title": "White House" }, { "id": "12567610", "text": "federal troops stationed at the St. Louis Hotel in New Orleans to Jackson Barracks. Because March 4, 1877 fell on a Sunday, Hayes took the oath of office privately on Saturday, March 3, in the Red Room of the White House, the first president to do so in the Executive Mansion. He took the oath publicly on the following Monday on the East Portico of the United States Capitol. In his inaugural address, Hayes attempted to soothe the passions of the past few months, saying that \"he serves his party best who serves his country best\". He pledged to support", "title": "Rutherford B. Hayes" }, { "id": "14368287", "text": "Dick the Mockingbird Dick the Mockingbird was the name of one of U.S. president Thomas Jefferson's pet birds. Although there had been previous presidential pets, Jefferson is thought to be \"the first president to have a pet [that lived] in the White House...\" Prior to his term in the Oval Office, Jefferson bought his first mockingbird in November 1772 from a slave of his father-in-law John Wayles for five shillings. Birds were Jefferson's favorite animal and Dick was the favorite from among at least four mockingbirds the president had while in office. During his time in the White House, Jefferson", "title": "Dick the Mockingbird" }, { "id": "7754391", "text": "died at home on December 26, 2006. At the time of his death, he was the longest-lived president in American history, a record he held until George H. W. Bush surpassed him on November 25, 2017. Ford was born Leslie Lynch King Jr. on July 14, 1913, at 3202 Woolworth Avenue in Omaha, Nebraska, where his parents lived with his paternal grandparents. He was the child of Dorothy Ayer Gardner and Leslie Lynch King Sr., a wool trader. His father was a son of prominent banker Charles Henry King and Martha Alicia King (née Porter). Gardner separated from King just", "title": "Gerald Ford" }, { "id": "18760005", "text": "a team of consulting architects, engineers, and contractors. It continued its work until October 1952. The United States Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) had approving authority for most of the design work, including interiors. Advising the commission was architect William Adams Delano of the New York firm of Delano and Aldrich, former chair of the commission, and architect of the 1927 Third Floor addition and advisor for the 1946 Truman Balcony. The CFA was granted Congressional authority to review, but did not have formal authority. President Truman had all but ignored them after they rejected his balcony, but their opinion", "title": "White House Reconstruction" }, { "id": "3211545", "text": "New York Robert Livingston. William Cranch, chief judge of the U.S. Circuit Court, administered the oath to Millard Fillmore on July 10, 1850, when he became president after the death of Zachary Taylor. Upon being informed of Warren Harding's death, while visiting his family home in Plymouth Notch, Vermont, Calvin Coolidge was sworn in as president by his father, John Calvin Coolidge Sr., a notary public. Federal Judge Sarah T. Hughes administered the oath of office to Lyndon B. Johnson aboard Air Force One after John F. Kennedy's assassination on November 22, 1963. This was the first (and to date", "title": "Oath of office of the President of the United States" }, { "id": "6749882", "text": "century and redefined America's place in the world.\" However, the New Left has criticized him for his interventionist and imperialist approach to nations he considered \"uncivilized\". Conservatives reject his vision of the welfare state and emphasis on the superiority of government over private action. Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt The presidency of Theodore Roosevelt began on September 14, 1901, when Theodore Roosevelt became the 26th President of the United States upon the assassination and death of President William McKinley, and ended on March 4, 1909. Roosevelt had been the Vice President of the United States for only days when he succeeded", "title": "Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt" }, { "id": "322328", "text": "States which is not decided by popular vote. Nine vice presidents became president by virtue of a president's intra-term death or resignation. Donald Trump of New York is the 45th and current president. He assumed office on January 20, 2017. During the American Revolution in 1776, the Thirteen Colonies, acting through the Second Continental Congress, declared political independence from Great Britain. The new states were independent of each other as nation states and recognized the necessity of closely coordinating their efforts against the British. Congress desired to avoid anything that remotely resembled a monarchy and negotiated the Articles of Confederation", "title": "President of the United States" }, { "id": "1762188", "text": "winner of the design competition for The White House. The \"elliptic salon\" at the center of the White House was the outstanding feature of Hoban's original plan. An oval interior space was a Baroque concept that was adapted by Neoclassicism. Oval rooms became popular in eighteenth century neoclassical architecture. In November 1800, John Adams became the first President to occupy the White House. He and his successor, President Thomas Jefferson, used Hoban's oval rooms in the same ceremonial manner that Washington had used the Bow Window, standing before the three windows at the south end to receive guests. During the", "title": "Oval Office" }, { "id": "11199509", "text": "Entrance Hall The Entrance Hall (also called the Grand Foyer) is the primary and formal entrance to the White House, the official residence of the President of the United States. The room is rectilinear in shape and measures approximately 31 by 44 feet. Located on the State Floor, the room is entered from outdoors through the North Portico, which faces the North Lawn and Pennsylvania Avenue. The south side of the room opens to the Cross Hall through a screen of paired Roman Doric columns. The east wall opens to the Grand Staircase. Architect James Hoban's original floor plans show", "title": "Entrance Hall" }, { "id": "455095", "text": "the building and sold at a public auction. All that was saved were bust portraits of John Adams and Martin Van Buren. A proposal was made to build a new residence south of the White House, but it failed to gain support. In the fall of 1882 work was done on the main corridor, including tinting the walls pale olive and adding squares of gold leaf, and decorating the ceiling in gold and silver, and colorful traceries woven to spell \"USA\". The Red Room was painted a dull Pomeranian red, and its ceiling was decorated with gold, silver, and copper", "title": "White House" }, { "id": "7642216", "text": "showed overconfidence in a Clinton victory despite a large number of undecided voters and a favorable concentration of Trump's core constituencies in competitive states. Trump won 30 states, including Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, which had been considered a blue wall of Democratic strongholds since the 1990s. Clinton won 20 states and the District of Columbia. Trump's victory marked the return of a Republican White House combined with control of both chambers of Congress. Trump is the wealthiest president in U.S. history, even after adjusting for inflation. He is also the first president without prior government or military service. Of the", "title": "Donald Trump" }, { "id": "4785547", "text": "down by the studios and universities he approached. Other than $40,000 worth of doors taken by UCLA, the sets were bulldozed and sent to landfills, much to the disgust of Friendly. Casting commenced early 1978 with first casting announcements of Leslie Uggams as Lillian Rogers Parks, Olivia Cole as her mother Maggie Rogers, Louis Gossett Jr. as White House staff member Mercer, Cloris Leachman as the White House head housekeeper, Julie Harris as Mrs. Helen Taft, Robert Vaughn as President Woodrow Wilson, Celeste Holm as Mrs. Florence Harding, and William Conrad as President William Howard Taft. Victor Buono later replaced", "title": "Backstairs at the White House" }, { "id": "7685873", "text": "of Jackson. President Ulysses S. Grant, fearing disruption of the transition of power to Rutherford B. Hayes (because of the latter's contested Election of 1876) had the new president-elect secretly sworn into office in the Red Room the evening before the inauguration. The Grants used the Red Room as a family living room. Eleanor Roosevelt used the Red Room for meeting with women members of the press. Following the State Funeral for President John F. Kennedy, Mrs. Kennedy received foreign heads of state in the Red Room. The Reagans frequently used this room for official photographs with visiting heads of", "title": "Red Room (White House)" } ]

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[ { "id": "19652258", "text": "Gospodor Monument Park Gospodor Monument Park is a roadside attraction along Interstate 5 near Toledo, Washington, in the United States. It features four sculptures, collectively known as the Gospodor monuments, created in 2002. The tallest, standing at more than 100 feet, commemorates Mother Teresa and features a gold painted wooden statue of Jesus. Next to this monument is one featuring Mother Teresa herself. Another honors victims of The Holocaust and features an eternal electric flame. The park also includes a 100-foot tall monument depicting Chief Seattle to commemorate Native Americans and other indigenous tribes. After their installation in 2002, the", "title": "Gospodor Monument Park" }, { "id": "19246240", "text": "Jesus de Greatest Jesus de Greatest is a statue of Jesus Christ located in Abajah village in Imo State, Nigeria. It is considered \"Africa’s largest statue of Jesus\", and is the fifth tallest statue in the African continent. The 160 ft African Renaissance Monument is the tallest statue in Africa, the 66 ft Great Sphinx of Giza is second, the 30 ft Statue of Ramesses II is third, and the 28 ft Nelson Mandela statue is fourth. When it comes to \"the largest statue of Jesus in the world\", tall Christ the King in Świebodzin, Poland, takes the credit. \"Jesus", "title": "Jesus de Greatest" }, { "id": "19246242", "text": "of Jesus. Jesus de Greatest Jesus de Greatest is a statue of Jesus Christ located in Abajah village in Imo State, Nigeria. It is considered \"Africa’s largest statue of Jesus\", and is the fifth tallest statue in the African continent. The 160 ft African Renaissance Monument is the tallest statue in Africa, the 66 ft Great Sphinx of Giza is second, the 30 ft Statue of Ramesses II is third, and the 28 ft Nelson Mandela statue is fourth. When it comes to \"the largest statue of Jesus in the world\", tall Christ the King in Świebodzin, Poland, takes the", "title": "Jesus de Greatest" }, { "id": "8827176", "text": "King of Kings (statue) King of Kings was a -tall statue of Jesus on the east side of Interstate 75 at the Solid Rock Church, a 4000+ member Christian megachurch near Monroe, Ohio, in the United States. It was destroyed by a lightning strike and subsequent fire on June 14, 2010. Located on the Interstate-facing side of the church's outdoor amphitheater, the statue was set on an island at the head of the church's baptismal pool, flanked by fountains and lit by colored spotlights. It depicted Jesus from the chest up, with his arms and head raised to the sky.", "title": "King of Kings (statue)" }, { "id": "19906846", "text": "Statue of Jesus (Saidnaya) The Statue of Jesus in Saidnaya, titled \"I Have Come to Save the World\", is the tallest Jesus Christ statue in the Middle East, completed on 14 October 2013, which coincided with a religious holiday for Orthodox Christians who celebrate the feast day of the Protection of the Most Holy Virgin Mary. The figure is 12.3 metres (40ft) tall and stands on a base that brings its height to 32 metres. The statue, arms outstretched, has been placed on a historic pilgrim route from Constantinople to Jerusalem, is near the \"Cherubim Monastery\" in the community of", "title": "Statue of Jesus (Saidnaya)" }, { "id": "19652259", "text": "sculptures caused routine traffic jams due to drivers rubbernecking and slowing down. The monuments, along with their night lights, were highly controversial with local residents and Gospodor was prevented from erecting additional sculptures by the county government. Gospodor Monument Park Gospodor Monument Park is a roadside attraction along Interstate 5 near Toledo, Washington, in the United States. It features four sculptures, collectively known as the Gospodor monuments, created in 2002. The tallest, standing at more than 100 feet, commemorates Mother Teresa and features a gold painted wooden statue of Jesus. Next to this monument is one featuring Mother Teresa herself.", "title": "Gospodor Monument Park" }, { "id": "12343766", "text": "Christ of the Sacred Heart Christ of the Sacred Heart () is a statue of Jesus displaying his Sacred Heart located above the town of El Morro, six miles south of the city of Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico. The statue is situated directly across the highway from the coastal Las Rocas Resort and Spa, from which an excellent view of the statue can be had. The statue weighs 40 tons and was commissioned by Antonio Pequeno Guerrero. The head, chest and arms are made of steel and the lower body of fiberglass. The summit on which it sits used to", "title": "Christ of the Sacred Heart" }, { "id": "81134", "text": "Corcovado Corcovado (), means \"hunchback\" in Portuguese, is a mountain in central Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It Is Corcovado hill lies just west of the city center but is wholly within the city limits and visible from great distances. It is known worldwide for the 38-metre (125 ft) statue of Jesus atop its peak, entitled \"Cristo Redentor\" or \"Christ the Redeemer\". The peak and statue can be accessed via a narrow road, by the 3.8 kilometre (2.4 mi) Corcovado Rack Railway, which was opened in 1884 and refurbished in 1980, or by the walking trail on the south side of", "title": "Corcovado" }, { "id": "19246241", "text": "de Greatest\" is tall and weighs 40 tons. It stands barefoot with both arms outstretched, and was carved out of white marble. It was unveiled on January 1, 2016. Mass was held at St. Aloysius Catholic Church, Abajah with the presiding of the bishop of Orlu Catholic Diocese, Ret. Rev. Augustine Ukwuoma with hundreds of Roman Catholic priests and worshipers, and the unveiling of the statue was held on New Year's Day. Obinna Onuoha, a 43-year-old businessman, commissioned the building of the statue in 2013. He explained that he had had a dream in 1997 to build a giant statue", "title": "Jesus de Greatest" }, { "id": "13045892", "text": "the King is counted) and taller than the \"Christ the Redeemer\" (30 m tall) outside Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, making it the second largest statue of Jesus Christ in the world. It is the third largest statue in the Southern Hemisphere, after the statue of Virgen de la Paz in Venezuela, and the statue of Saint Rita of Cascia in Brazil. The left hand of the statue points to the South, and the right points to the North. Cristo de la Concordia Cristo de la Concordia (\"Christ of Peace\") is a statue of Jesus Christ located atop San Pedro Hill,", "title": "Cristo de la Concordia" }, { "id": "12343767", "text": "feature a small cross at which locals used to place flowers on holy days. Christ of the Sacred Heart Christ of the Sacred Heart () is a statue of Jesus displaying his Sacred Heart located above the town of El Morro, six miles south of the city of Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico. The statue is situated directly across the highway from the coastal Las Rocas Resort and Spa, from which an excellent view of the statue can be had. The statue weighs 40 tons and was commissioned by Antonio Pequeno Guerrero. The head, chest and arms are made of steel", "title": "Christ of the Sacred Heart" }, { "id": "13045891", "text": "above sea level. Upon its completion, it became the largest statue of Jesus Christ in the world, surpassing the one it was modeled after. It weighs approximately . The head of the statue is tall, and weighs . The arms span . The statue has a surface area of 2,400 sq. metres (25,833 sq. ft.). 1,399 stairs lead to a viewing area inside the arms of the statue, but visitors are only permitted to make the ascent on Sundays. The statue is slightly smaller than \"Christ the King\" in Świebodzin, Poland (36 m tall if the high crown of Christ", "title": "Cristo de la Concordia" }, { "id": "14424614", "text": "Sacred Heart of Jesus (Indianapolis) Sacred Heart of Jesus, is a public artwork by an unknown artist, located at Sacred Heart Church, which is in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America. It is a marble figure of Jesus standing with his arms outstretched at his sides. He is dressed in robes, barefoot and on his chest is the Sacred Heart. He stands on clouds and thorns, and it is mounted to a base of brick and limestone. Constructed just after 1960, it was on display at Alverna Retreat House in Indianapolis. In 1992 the sculpture was relocated to its current", "title": "Sacred Heart of Jesus (Indianapolis)" }, { "id": "12158321", "text": "Desert Christ Park Desert Christ Park is a sculpture garden in Yucca Valley, California. The park was sculpted and created by Antone Martin, a former aircraft worker who died in 1961 at the age of 74. Martin started sculpting the figures out of steel-reinforced concrete during the height of the Cold War atomic bomb scare of the mid-1940s, hoping that the sculptures would inspire global peace. Sculptures include The Twelve Apostles, Martha, Mary, angels, and a 15-foot-tall, 3 ton statue of Jesus, reminiscent of Rio de Janeiro's famous and much larger hilltop Christ the Redeemer. The park was neglected between", "title": "Desert Christ Park" }, { "id": "11313838", "text": "Christ of Havana The Christ of Havana (Spanish: \"Cristo de La Habana\") is a large sculpture representing Jesus of Nazareth on a hilltop overlooking the bay in Havana, Cuba. It is the work of the Cuban sculptor Jilma Madera, who won the commission for it in 1953. The statue was carved out of white Carrara marble, the same material used for many of the monuments of the Colon Cemetery. The statue is about high including a base. It weighs approximately 320 tons. The statue was built from 67 blocks of marble that had been brought from Italy after being personally", "title": "Christ of Havana" }, { "id": "3478309", "text": "Christ the Redeemer (statue) Christ the Redeemer (, , ) is an Art Deco statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, created by French sculptor Paul Landowski and built by Brazilian engineer Heitor da Silva Costa, in collaboration with French engineer Albert Caquot. Romanian sculptor Gheorghe Leonida fashioned the face. Constructed between 1922 and 1931, the statue is high, excluding its pedestal. The arms stretch wide. The statue weighs 635 metric tons (625 long, 700 short tons), and is located at the peak of the Corcovado mountain in the Tijuca Forest National Park overlooking the city of Rio", "title": "Christ the Redeemer (statue)" }, { "id": "13403825", "text": "Christ of the Ohio Christ of the Ohio is a statue of Jesus Christ in Troy, Indiana in the United States. It is located on Fulton Hill, which overlooks the Ohio River. The statue depicts Jesus Christ standing with his arms stretched upwards towards the sky. He wears a me'īl. He is barefoot and has a beard. It is made of white portland cement mixed with crushed pink stone. The statue is placed on top of a pedestal, made of stone from Saint Meinrad and cement, with the following engraving on the front: The statue is located on the east", "title": "Christ of the Ohio" }, { "id": "19906849", "text": "shipped from Armenia to Lebanon, then eventually reached Syria to be installed in October 2013. Statue of Jesus (Saidnaya) The Statue of Jesus in Saidnaya, titled \"I Have Come to Save the World\", is the tallest Jesus Christ statue in the Middle East, completed on 14 October 2013, which coincided with a religious holiday for Orthodox Christians who celebrate the feast day of the Protection of the Most Holy Virgin Mary. The figure is 12.3 metres (40ft) tall and stands on a base that brings its height to 32 metres. The statue, arms outstretched, has been placed on a historic", "title": "Statue of Jesus (Saidnaya)" }, { "id": "18814769", "text": "Sacred Heart of Jesus (Roxas, Capiz) The Sacred Heart of Jesus is a giant statue of Jesus Christ in Roxas, Capiz in the Philippines. The monument, said to be the tallest of its kind in the Philippines, was built in 2015 within the Pueblo de Panay mixed-use development. The construction of the statue began on the last quarter of 2011 and was completed on January 5, 2015. The construction of the statue was done by a seven-man core team led by a Pilipino sculptor John A. Alaban from Roxas City and the foreman Jose Clarito. As of the date of", "title": "Sacred Heart of Jesus (Roxas, Capiz)" }, { "id": "6750832", "text": "in the Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park is the \"Christ of the Abyss\", located near North Dry Rocks, and within the existing Key Largo management area that was incorporated into the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary \"on November 16, 1990\". The statue of Jesus Christ weighs and stands in nearly of water. It is a popular site for scuba divers and snorkelers. The statue is located at latitude 25.123373 and longitude -80.297073. The statue is a third casting of \"Il Cristo Degli Abissi\" in the Mediterranean Sea near Genoa, Italy, which was placed there in 1954. The \"Christ of the", "title": "John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park" }, { "id": "12344131", "text": "Cristo Rei of Dili Cristo Rei of Dili (Christ the King of Dili) is a statue of Jesus located atop a globe in Dili, East Timor. The statue was designed by Mochamad Syailillah, who is better known as Bolil. The statue was officially unveiled by Suharto in 1996 as gift from the Indonesian government to the people of East Timor, which was at the time still a province. The statue is one of the main tourist attractions in East Timor. The statue, and the globe on which it rests, are situated at the end of the Fatucama peninsula, facing out", "title": "Cristo Rei of Dili" }, { "id": "18814772", "text": "the general public. Sacred Heart of Jesus (Roxas, Capiz) The Sacred Heart of Jesus is a giant statue of Jesus Christ in Roxas, Capiz in the Philippines. The monument, said to be the tallest of its kind in the Philippines, was built in 2015 within the Pueblo de Panay mixed-use development. The construction of the statue began on the last quarter of 2011 and was completed on January 5, 2015. The construction of the statue was done by a seven-man core team led by a Pilipino sculptor John A. Alaban from Roxas City and the foreman Jose Clarito. As of", "title": "Sacred Heart of Jesus (Roxas, Capiz)" }, { "id": "19780943", "text": "that serves as a signboard for this natural temple. Engraved on it are the words \"Natural Temple\" in Korean. At the top of the Ambition Masterpiece, there are twin boulders with the inscription: \"All this has been designed by God, inspired by the Holy Spirit, and protected by the Lord Jesus Christ. We have worked as Their hands and as their feet.\" Wolmyeongdong houses a monumental statue of Jesus that is entirely white. It depicts Jesus in a flowing robe with arms wide open, standing firmly upon a pedestal surrounded by a marble fence. The statue of Jesus stands in", "title": "Wolmyeongdong" }, { "id": "19381105", "text": "part in the secret Congregation of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary; as their patron, they venerated Christ tied to a column, a wooden statue inside a small chapel which is located next to the secondary church entrance in via Mazzini. The façade of the church is dominating piazza Ciullo: it is in Baroque style and is enriched by square pilasters with Doric-Tuscan and ionic orders. There are five niches on this façade and they contain the statues of saint Ignatius of Loyola, Saint Francis Xavier, Our Lady of Miracles (the patroness saint of Alcamo) and the archangel Michael and", "title": "Church of Jesus" }, { "id": "19906847", "text": "Saidnaya, about 17 miles north of the city of Damascus, at an altitude of 6,889 feet above sea level. The statue, created by Syrian Armenian sculptor Artush Papoian, was the brainchild of Yury Gavrilov, a 49-year-old man from Moscow who runs an organization called \"St Paul & St George Foundation\" in London. The Foundation, which Samir Shakib El-Gabban directs, was previously named the \"Gavrilov Foundation\", after Yury Gavrilov. Priests, theologians from the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius in Russia and Artush Papoian were part of the eight-year project started in 2005. By 2012, the statue which was assembled in Armenia", "title": "Statue of Jesus (Saidnaya)" }, { "id": "16640995", "text": "Lux Mundi (statue) Lux Mundi (Latin for \"Light of the World\") is a tall statue of Jesus at Solid Rock Church, a Christian nondenominational church near Monroe, Ohio, in the United States. Designed by Tom Tsuchiya, \"Lux Mundi\" replaced the statue \"King of Kings\" which was struck by lightning and destroyed in 2010. The statue shows Jesus stepping forward with a welcoming gesture, a pose inspired by the Gospels of St. Matthew and St. John. Facing I-75, the statue stands on a foundation decorated by rocks with a cascading water feature. Because of its pose and inviting quality, \"Lux Mundi\"", "title": "Lux Mundi (statue)" }, { "id": "13427591", "text": "Cristo Redentore The Statue of Christ the Redeemer of Maratea () is a statue of Jesus Christ in Maratea, southern Italy, realized in Carrara marble on the top of the Mountain “\"St. Biagio\".\" The sculpture was created by the Florentine sculptor Bruno Innocenti.The entire Statue was completed in 1965. The idea to realize the Statue was the Count Stefano Rivetti of Valcervo’s, who was also the promoter and financier of the project execution. This is the third tallest statue of Jesus in Europe, after \"Christ the King\" in Świebodzin, Poland and \"Cristo-Rei\" (\"Christ the King\") in Lisbon, and the fifth", "title": "Cristo Redentore" }, { "id": "4016553", "text": "Christ of the Ozarks Christ of the Ozarks statue is a monumental sculpture of Jesus located near Eureka Springs, Arkansas, atop Magnetic Mountain. It was erected in 1966 as a \"Sacred Project\" by Gerald L. K. Smith and stands 65.5 feet (20 meters) high. During the Great Depression, Smith served as an organizer for Huey P. Long's Share Our Wealth movement and led it briefly following Long's assassination in 1935. After many years of highly controversial, religiously charged activism, Gerald L. K. Smith retired to Eureka Springs, Arkansas, where he bought and renovated an old mansion. On other parts of", "title": "Christ of the Ozarks" }, { "id": "13403828", "text": "the Smithsonian Institution's Save Outdoor Sculpture! survey in 1993 and was described as being \"well maintained\" by surveyors. Christ of the Ohio Christ of the Ohio is a statue of Jesus Christ in Troy, Indiana in the United States. It is located on Fulton Hill, which overlooks the Ohio River. The statue depicts Jesus Christ standing with his arms stretched upwards towards the sky. He wears a me'īl. He is barefoot and has a beard. It is made of white portland cement mixed with crushed pink stone. The statue is placed on top of a pedestal, made of stone from", "title": "Christ of the Ohio" }, { "id": "2366435", "text": "King\", a giant statue of a crowned Jesus Christ, began on a hill on the outskirts of the town. Intended to serve as a future site of pilgrimage, the statue was completed in November 2010, and is claimed to be the world's largest statue of Jesus, although if the crown is excluded the \"Cristo de la Concordia\" in Bolivia is still taller. Construction was funded by donations from local people and as far away as Canada. The existence of the statue has seen fellow Poles referring to the town jokingly as \"Rio de Świebodzineiro\". Świebodzin has a table tennis club", "title": "Świebodzin" }, { "id": "13045890", "text": "Cristo de la Concordia Cristo de la Concordia (\"Christ of Peace\") is a statue of Jesus Christ located atop San Pedro Hill, to the east of Cochabamba, Bolivia. It is accessible by cable car, or by climbing 2,000 steps. The statue is tall, on a pedestal of , for a total height of . Construction of the statue began on 12 July 1987, and was completed 20 November 1994. It was designed by César and Wálter Terrazas Pardo, and was modeled after the statue \"Christ the Redeemer\" in Rio de Janeiro. Standing above the city of Cochabamba, the statue rises", "title": "Cristo de la Concordia" }, { "id": "18636322", "text": "bears the inscription, \"Columbus Hall.\" The building features a dome which was originally surmounted by a large gilded statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, approximately 25 feet (7.6 m) tall and with its arms extended. For many decades the statue was floodlit at night, making it visible for miles around. The statue was knocked over by a windstorm in September 2012, and subsequently removed. A large bronze statue of Christopher Columbus stood at the main entrance of the building until about 1970, when it was vandalized and replaced by a smaller marble statue. The third and fourth floors feature", "title": "Columbus Hall, Orange, New Jersey" }, { "id": "20849559", "text": "in 1886 and stands 93 metres tall, representing freedom and welcoming immigrants who arrived by boat to the USA. The Solid Rock Church, a Christian megachurch, had a 19-metre tall statue named ‘\"King of Kings\"’, which depicted Jesus with his arms raised in the air. The statue was destroyed on June 14, 2010 after being hit by lightning and burning down. It has now been replaced by a new statue depicting Jesus standing with his arms held out in front of him, named ‘\"Lux Mundi\"’. ‘\"Christ the Redeemer\"’ is a large-scale statue overlooking the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,", "title": "Raising hands" }, { "id": "11313840", "text": "a height of , allowing the locals to see it from many points of the city. There is a panoramic viewpoint at the site of the sculpture. Locals suggest that the statue was sculpted to depict a cigar in the right hand and a mojito in the left hand, honoring popular Cuban culture. Christ of Havana The Christ of Havana (Spanish: \"Cristo de La Habana\") is a large sculpture representing Jesus of Nazareth on a hilltop overlooking the bay in Havana, Cuba. It is the work of the Cuban sculptor Jilma Madera, who won the commission for it in 1953.", "title": "Christ of Havana" }, { "id": "4016555", "text": "work at Mount Rushmore. The statue is modernistic and minimalistic; there is little facial detail or expression, and the lines and forms are generally simplified. The arms are outstretched straight, suggesting the Crucifixion; however the cross is not depicted. The \"Christ of the Ozarks\" is featured briefly in the 2005 movie \"Elizabethtown\" and in the 1988 movie \"Pass the Ammo\". Christ of the Ozarks Christ of the Ozarks statue is a monumental sculpture of Jesus located near Eureka Springs, Arkansas, atop Magnetic Mountain. It was erected in 1966 as a \"Sacred Project\" by Gerald L. K. Smith and stands 65.5", "title": "Christ of the Ozarks" }, { "id": "4458201", "text": "renovated, and the \"retablos\", together with the pulpit, were lost. A statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus can be found at the church park (locally known as \"patio\"). It directly faces the front door of the church. Some say that the eyes of the icon can be seen closed at some time, though it is open most of the time. The arch of the icon reflects the old \"retablo\" design of the church. The cathedral is under the patronage of Saint Didacus of Alcala (San Diego in Spanish). He was born to a poor couple in San Nicolas del", "title": "Gumaca" }, { "id": "4016554", "text": "the estate property, he planned a religious theme park, which he called \"Sacred Projects\". He commissioned the centerpiece, a gigantic statue of Jesus, completed in 1966. It is called \"Christ of the Ozarks\". He also completed a 4,100-seat amphitheater. This is the site of seasonal annual outdoor performances of \"The Great Passion Play\", styled after that of Oberammergau, Germany. It is performed four or five nights a week from the first week of May through the end of October. The statue was primarily the work of Emmet Sullivan, who also worked on nearby Dinosaur World. He had assisted in the", "title": "Christ of the Ozarks" }, { "id": "15051997", "text": "Christ the King (Świebodzin) Christ the King () is a statue of Jesus Christ in Świebodzin, western Poland, completed on 6 November 2010. The figure is tall, the crown is tall, and along with its mound, it reaches overall. It took five years in total to construct and cost around $1.5 million to build, which was collected from donations of the 21,000 residents of the town. The project was conceived and led by Sylwester Zawadzki, a retired Polish priest. It is the tallest statue of Jesus in the world. The statue was built on a embankment of stones and rubble.", "title": "Christ the King (Świebodzin)" }, { "id": "17979821", "text": "statue, resting their hands on Jesus and praying. Homeless Jesus Homeless Jesus, also known as Jesus the Homeless, is a bronze sculpture by Canadian sculptor Timothy Schmalz that depicts Jesus as a homeless person, sleeping on a park bench. The original sculpture was installed at Regis College, University of Toronto, Toronto in early 2013. Other casts have since been installed at St. Alban's Episcopal Church in Davidson, North Carolina, outside the Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago's headquarters in the River North neighbourhood of Chicago, at Central Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas, in front of Saints Peter and Paul", "title": "Homeless Jesus" }, { "id": "13427593", "text": "the Redeemer\" that became now the symbol of Maratea. Cristo Redentore The Statue of Christ the Redeemer of Maratea () is a statue of Jesus Christ in Maratea, southern Italy, realized in Carrara marble on the top of the Mountain “\"St. Biagio\".\" The sculpture was created by the Florentine sculptor Bruno Innocenti.The entire Statue was completed in 1965. The idea to realize the Statue was the Count Stefano Rivetti of Valcervo’s, who was also the promoter and financier of the project execution. This is the third tallest statue of Jesus in Europe, after \"Christ the King\" in Świebodzin, Poland and", "title": "Cristo Redentore" }, { "id": "11031525", "text": "Christ of the Abyss Christ of the Abyss (Italian: \"Il Cristo degli Abissi\") is a submerged bronze statue of Jesus Christ by , the original cast of which is located in the Mediterranean Sea, off San Fruttuoso, between Camogli and Portofino on the Italian Riviera. Various other casts of the statue are located in other places worldwide, in underwater locations, churches and museums. The original clay positive, minus the arms, was located in a foundry in 1993. The arms were later found and attached, but not the hands, which had to be replaced. The reconfigured clay sculpture is now on", "title": "Christ of the Abyss" }, { "id": "16265149", "text": "Apung Mamacalulu Apung Mamacalulu (Merciful Lord) or the \"Santo Entierro\" (Holy Burial) of Angeles City, is a statue depicting the burial of Jesus Christ and is enshrined at the Archdiocesan Shrine of Christ our Lord of the Holy Sepulchre in Barangay Lourdes Sur, Angeles City, Pampanga in the Philippines. Thousands flock to hear the special Holy Mass celebrated every Friday at the Shrine. \"Apu\", as the lying statue of Jesus is fondly called by devotees, has become a symbol of hope for people longing for a connection to the divine especially when all else failed. His image is supine, bruised,", "title": "Apung Mamacalulu" }, { "id": "14424616", "text": "donated by the Caito family and designed by Wood. Sacred Heart of Jesus (Indianapolis) Sacred Heart of Jesus, is a public artwork by an unknown artist, located at Sacred Heart Church, which is in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America. It is a marble figure of Jesus standing with his arms outstretched at his sides. He is dressed in robes, barefoot and on his chest is the Sacred Heart. He stands on clouds and thorns, and it is mounted to a base of brick and limestone. Constructed just after 1960, it was on display at Alverna Retreat House in Indianapolis.", "title": "Sacred Heart of Jesus (Indianapolis)" }, { "id": "15052001", "text": "Book of World Records\". Christ the King (Świebodzin) Christ the King () is a statue of Jesus Christ in Świebodzin, western Poland, completed on 6 November 2010. The figure is tall, the crown is tall, and along with its mound, it reaches overall. It took five years in total to construct and cost around $1.5 million to build, which was collected from donations of the 21,000 residents of the town. The project was conceived and led by Sylwester Zawadzki, a retired Polish priest. It is the tallest statue of Jesus in the world. The statue was built on a embankment", "title": "Christ the King (Świebodzin)" }, { "id": "1239337", "text": "Reeves and Ritter were from the nearby unincorporated communities of Galloway and Murvaul, respectively. The Footprints in the Sand monument is a 14-foot bronze sculpture of Jesus carrying an old man depicting the famous poem. It is located on the southwest loop in Carthage. Carthage resident Bob Harness is the sculptor. The old Panola County Jail Museum is located on North Shelby Street. Panola County Heritage Museum is located at 100 East Sabine Street across from the gazebo in downtown Anderson Park. Lake Murvaul is 15 miles west of Carthage on Murvaul Bayou. Carthage is served by two local radio", "title": "Carthage, Texas" }, { "id": "10801337", "text": "carved capitals of columns resting on the light recesses. Other lighting recesses have human figures at the bottom of the chapel ribs and those of the nave. The furniture and stained glass are modern. The Saint-Etienne parish church contains many items that are registered as historical objects: Above the Place du Foirail is the monument of the Sacred Heart which is a statue of Jesus, known as the statue of \"Christ the King\", several metres high dominating the village on a hill named \"Truc del Fabre\". The statue was the work of a sculptor called Marcel Courbier and was erected", "title": "Aumont-Aubrac" }, { "id": "15038898", "text": "woeful crucified Christ depicted on it. The wooden cross and the statue of Jesus were made together. Jesus' face is wrought with cares and shows the signs of suffering. His half-opened eyes are swollen, his cheeks sunken, his lips slightly open. His emaciated body hangs from the cross. On the back side of the statue there are two niches - one between the shoulder blades, the other larger one near the pelvis. They are now empty, but presumably originally held relics. In the Johannes-Choir, opposite the Astronomical Clock, is a lifesize figure of St Liborius. The saint is depicted in", "title": "Münster Cathedral" }, { "id": "16623527", "text": "New York; London, England; Portland, Oregon; Rome, Italy; St. George, Utah; Washington, D.C.; Paris, France; and Provo, Utah. Replicas are also on display at LDS Church visitors' centers at the Hill Cumorah and in Independence, Missouri. The LDS Church uses the image of the \"Christus\" on its webpages and in other official publications. A full-size replica of the \"Christus\" is located in The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland; the hospital refers to the statue as \"Christus Consolator\". A replica is located at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California in \"The Court of the Christus\" on Cathedral Drive. In", "title": "Christus (statue)" }, { "id": "18814770", "text": "completion, the giant statue of The Sacred Heart of Jesus of Roxas City is considered the largest life like statue of Jesus Christ in the Philippines. It took a little more than three years for a seven-man core team to complete the construction but since the work runs on and off, the actual work span could be summed up to only about two years and 8 months more or less. The statue has a maximum height of 102 ft. / 31 m and mounted on a 9m / 30 ft high base making the total height . It is supported", "title": "Sacred Heart of Jesus (Roxas, Capiz)" }, { "id": "16640996", "text": "has earned the nickname “Hug Me Jesus”. The polymer composite and steel sculpture is mainly fabricated by Display Dynamics of Clayton, Ohio. Since the original statue at Solid Rock Church was destroyed by fire, the new statue incorporates fire resistant materials including a lightning suppression system. Following several months of work, the major pieces of the statue were assembled together at the site on September 19, 2012, and it was dedicated eleven days later. Lux Mundi (statue) Lux Mundi (Latin for \"Light of the World\") is a tall statue of Jesus at Solid Rock Church, a Christian nondenominational church near", "title": "Lux Mundi (statue)" }, { "id": "19167423", "text": "Gommateshwara statue Gommateshwara Statue ಗೊಮ್ಮಟೇಶ್ವರ is a high monolithic statue located on Vindyagiri at Shravanbelagola in the Indian state of Karnataka. Vindyagiri Hill is one of the two hills in Shravanabelagola; the other is Chandragiri, which is also a seat of several ancient Jain centers, much older than Gommateshwara statue. The Gommateshwara statue is dedicated to the Jain god Bahubali. It was built around 983 A.D. and is one of the largest free standing statues in the world. The construction of the statue was commissioned by the Ganga dynasty minister and commander, Chavundaraya. Neighboring areas have Jain temples known as", "title": "Gommateshwara statue" }, { "id": "16623525", "text": "The statue of Jesus was completed in 1821. The \"Christus\" was not well known outside of Denmark until 1896, when an American textbook writer wrote that the statue was \"considered the most perfect statue of Christ in the world.\" The statue is 3.2 metres (10.5 feet) high. The inscription at the base of the sculpture reads \"Kommer til mig\" (\"Come to me\") with a reference to the Bible verse: . In the 1950s, LDS Church leader Stephen L Richards purchased a 3.4-metre (11-foot) replica of the \"Christus\" and presented it to Church President David O. McKay. In 1966, the statue", "title": "Christus (statue)" }, { "id": "7580277", "text": "the first half of the twentieth century. The site was originally occupied by a smaller statue of Jesus, \"Christ the King\". It was destroyed in 1928 by the anti-religious (and particularly anti-Catholic) regime of President Plutarco Elías Calles, as part of his mission to kill Christian rebels and destroy all Christian symbols during the nation's critical \"Cristero War\" when state atheism was enforced. The current installation was completed in 1950. Both the building at Cerro del Cubilete and the statue of Christ follow the style known as art deco. Inside, an altar sits on a circular platform of three steps.", "title": "Cristo Rey (Mexican statue)" }, { "id": "12344134", "text": "of this statue from the air using a helicopter. Cristo Rei of Dili Cristo Rei of Dili (Christ the King of Dili) is a statue of Jesus located atop a globe in Dili, East Timor. The statue was designed by Mochamad Syailillah, who is better known as Bolil. The statue was officially unveiled by Suharto in 1996 as gift from the Indonesian government to the people of East Timor, which was at the time still a province. The statue is one of the main tourist attractions in East Timor. The statue, and the globe on which it rests, are situated", "title": "Cristo Rei of Dili" }, { "id": "6705530", "text": "Urbici Soler i Manonelles Urbici Soler (Urbici Soler i Manonelles) (1890–1953) was an American sculptor and art educator. He is remembered chiefly for \"Christ the King\" (Cristo Rey), a monumental statue of Jesus on the cross atop Mount Cristo Rey in the El Paso suburb of Sunland Park, New Mexico which he completed in 1939 and which is a site of Roman Catholic pilgrimage. Urbici Soler was born on June 21, 1890 in Ferran, Lleida, in Catalonia, Spain. He was a student of Pere Carbonell i Huguet. Soler also studied at night at the Escola de la Llotja in Barcelona.", "title": "Urbici Soler i Manonelles" }, { "id": "18125677", "text": "Cristo del Otero The Cristo del Otero (Christ of the Knoll) is a large sculpture and symbol of the city of Palencia in Spain, located on a knoll (\"otero\") on the outskirts of the city. Another name, much less popular, is the Monument to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The sculpture was designed by Victorio Macho, and it is also where lays his tomb. The Christ seems to be in a position to bless the city. It was built in 1931 according to the project of sculptor Victorio Macho. It has a style reminiscent of Art Deco with Cubist resonances", "title": "Cristo del Otero" }, { "id": "8827180", "text": "help rebuild the statue if allowed to promote veganism at the church. Construction of a 52-foot replacement statue with a substantially different design began in June 2012. The new statue, called \"Lux Mundi\", was assembled on the site on September 19, 2012 and dedicated on September 30, 2012. King of Kings (statue) King of Kings was a -tall statue of Jesus on the east side of Interstate 75 at the Solid Rock Church, a 4000+ member Christian megachurch near Monroe, Ohio, in the United States. It was destroyed by a lightning strike and subsequent fire on June 14, 2010. Located", "title": "King of Kings (statue)" }, { "id": "5759884", "text": "origin of the Infant Jesus statue is not known, but historical sources point to a 19inch (48 cm) sculpture of the Holy Child with a bird in his right hand currently located in the Cistercian monastery of \"Santa María de la Valbonna\" in Asturias, Spain, which was carved around the year 1340. Many other Infant Jesus sculptures were also carved by famous masters throughout Europe in the Middle Ages. Often found in early medieval work, the significance of the bird symbolizes either a soul or the Holy Spirit. The sculptures of the Holy Child were dressed in imperial regalia reflecting", "title": "Infant Jesus of Prague" }, { "id": "17979818", "text": "main services building of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City along Classen Boulevard in Oklahoma City, OK. An estimated 60,000 vehicles pass the sculpture daily at this location. In August 2017, a cast was installed at the front entrance of Father Woody's Haven of Hope in Denver, CO at the corner of 7th and Lipan Streets. Father Woody's Haven of Hope mission is to provide food, shelter, clothing, counseling, rehabilitation and hygienic services to the homeless and less fortunate. Manchester has recently approved an installation outside St Ann's Church. The statue was originally going to be installed in", "title": "Homeless Jesus" }, { "id": "11019698", "text": "Cristo de las Noas El Cristo de las Noas, located on the Cerro de las Noas hill, in the Mexican city of Torreón, Coahuila, is a large sculpture by Vladimir Alvarado, portraying Jesus Christ. It was built between 1973 and 2000. The statue measures 21.80 meters from its base, and is made of over 580 tons of reinforced concrete; it is the most significant symbol not only of Torreón, but of all the Comarca Lagunera region. The project was conceived in 1973 by José Rodriguez Tenorio, and is the biggest Christ statue in North America; and third biggest in Latin", "title": "Cristo de las Noas" }, { "id": "18394422", "text": "King Neptune (statue) King Neptune is a large bronze statue located in Virginia Beach, Virginia and sculpted by Paul DiPasquale. The statue depicts the mythological god Neptune and is located at the entrance of Neptune Park on the Virginia Beach boardwalk on 31st Street. This sculpture weighs 12 tons. and is listed as or tall. The design consists of a 12-foot tall rock base surrounded by various fish, dolphins, lobsters, and octopuses. Above this base, the figure of Neptune begins, starting with his waist. Neptune holds a trident in his right hand and rests his left hand on a loggerhead", "title": "King Neptune (statue)" }, { "id": "11019700", "text": "Land replicas and a panoramic restaurant. Cristo de las Noas El Cristo de las Noas, located on the Cerro de las Noas hill, in the Mexican city of Torreón, Coahuila, is a large sculpture by Vladimir Alvarado, portraying Jesus Christ. It was built between 1973 and 2000. The statue measures 21.80 meters from its base, and is made of over 580 tons of reinforced concrete; it is the most significant symbol not only of Torreón, but of all the Comarca Lagunera region. The project was conceived in 1973 by José Rodriguez Tenorio, and is the biggest Christ statue in North", "title": "Cristo de las Noas" }, { "id": "17979810", "text": "in Valparaiso, Indiana, Behind Roberts Park Methodist Episcopal Church in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, in front of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City's main services building near downtown Oklahoma City, OK, on the corner of the grounds at St. Ann's Catholic Parish in Coppell, Texas, and on the grounds of the Church of Saint Peter in ancient Caparnaum on the Sea of Galilee, Israel, in front of First Congregational Church in Elyria, Ohio. . The first sculpture outside of North America was installed on the grounds of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin. It has since been installed and blessed in", "title": "Homeless Jesus" }, { "id": "15117217", "text": "Coal Miner (statue) The Coal Miner is a public artwork by Polish American artist John J. Szaton (1907–1966) which is located in two US State capitals; the original, commissioned in 1963 in Springfield, Illinois, as well as a copy on the west lawn of the Indiana State House in Indianapolis, Indiana The statues commemorate coal miners who had lost their lives in those states' mining industry. The tall statue rests on a square, granite base supported by a cement foundation that is thick. \"The Coal Miner\" statue was originally commissioned in 1963 by the State of Illinois, after 15 years", "title": "Coal Miner (statue)" }, { "id": "15718728", "text": "Cristo del Pacífico Cristo del Pacífico, \"the Christ of the Pacific\", is a 37 metre high statue of Jesus erected in Lima, Peru, in 2011. Its erection was a gift from a consortium of Brazilian companies to the city of Lima, under former President Alan García, and described as a parting gift to the nation on occasion of his leaving office after the 2011 presidential election. It was inspired by the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro. At including its pedestal, and without, the statue is smaller than the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, which", "title": "Cristo del Pacífico" }, { "id": "6705535", "text": "figure appears of natural proportions when viewed from below. The statue is not technically a crucifix, as the palms of Christ face downward in a gesture of blessing. The statue was completed in 1939 and dedicated in 1940. The diocese ran short of money, but Soler completed the front of the statue with his own funds. Urbici Soler i Manonelles Urbici Soler (Urbici Soler i Manonelles) (1890–1953) was an American sculptor and art educator. He is remembered chiefly for \"Christ the King\" (Cristo Rey), a monumental statue of Jesus on the cross atop Mount Cristo Rey in the El Paso", "title": "Urbici Soler i Manonelles" }, { "id": "20126172", "text": "Peter Pan statue The \"Peter Pan\" statue is a bronze sculpture of J. M. Barrie's character Peter Pan. It was commissioned by Barrie and made by Sir George Frampton. The original statue is displayed in Kensington Gardens in London, to the west of The Long Water, close to Barrie's former home on Bayswater Road. Barrie's stories were inspired in part by the gardens: the statue is located at the place where Peter Pan lands in Barrie's book \"The Little White Bird\" after flying out of his nursery. Six other casts made by the original artist have been erected in other", "title": "Peter Pan statue" }, { "id": "17979809", "text": "Homeless Jesus Homeless Jesus, also known as Jesus the Homeless, is a bronze sculpture by Canadian sculptor Timothy Schmalz that depicts Jesus as a homeless person, sleeping on a park bench. The original sculpture was installed at Regis College, University of Toronto, Toronto in early 2013. Other casts have since been installed at St. Alban's Episcopal Church in Davidson, North Carolina, outside the Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago's headquarters in the River North neighbourhood of Chicago, at Central Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas, in front of Saints Peter and Paul Jesuit Catholic Church in downtown Detroit, Valparaiso University", "title": "Homeless Jesus" }, { "id": "19038884", "text": "resurrected power of the Catholic faith. The early 14th-century statue of Mary is still on display today in a side chapel of the church. It is around 75 cm tall, carved from wood and painted. The sitting figure holds a scepter in the right hand and the left arm is wrapped around the boy Jesus. Due to its smiling face, it is known as \"freudenreich\" (joyful). This is the figure at the centre of the pilgrimage. The oldest, Gothic part of the church, is behind the high altar, only created in 1909. Two other side altars were added around the", "title": "Engelberg Abbey (Bavaria)" }, { "id": "19302112", "text": "he had completed in wood relief thirty years earlier for a chapel in his native town of Split, Croatia. The Notre Dame sculpture, which depicts the Samaritan woman's gradual recognition of Jesus as the Savior as narrated in John 4:1–42, is full of expressive gesture that conveys the drama and subtle nuances of their communication. The statue is part of a memorial that includes benches, trees, and the statues of St. John and the prophet Isaiah. Campus of the University of Notre Dame The Campus of the University of Notre Dame is located in Notre Dame, Indiana, USA, spans 1,250", "title": "Campus of the University of Notre Dame" }, { "id": "9793218", "text": "Floridablanca, Santander Floridablanca (, locally commonly abbreviated to Florída, accentuated at the second syllable) is a municipality in the department of Santander at an altitude of in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. It is part of the metropolitan area of the departmental capital Bucaramanga. Floridablanca is known for its parks and the Piedra del Sol, a large rock with spirals and circles carved by the Guane over 1,000 years ago. This city is home of the tallest statue of Jesus Christ in Colombia, \"El Santisimo\". The statue is high and weighs . The city is situated along the", "title": "Floridablanca, Santander" }, { "id": "7187", "text": "been described as \"probably the single most famous piece of early Christian relief sculpture.\" The sarcophagus was originally placed in or under Old St. Peter's Basilica, was rediscovered in 1597, and is now below the modern basilica in the Museo Storico del Tesoro della Basilica di San Pietro (Museum of St. Peter's Basilica) in the Vatican. The base is approximately 4 × 8 × 4 feet. The Old Testament scenes depicted were chosen as precursors of Christ's sacrifice in the New Testament, in an early form of typology. Just to the right of the middle is Daniel in the lion's", "title": "Abraham" }, { "id": "9725039", "text": "stained glass windows, the marble \"pilón\" or holy water basin used for baptisms for most of the city's history (those thereby baptized are called \"pilongos\"), and the statue of Jesus in the upper front holding a gold monstrance. But the most impressive piece of art is the larger-than-life statue of the Virgin Mary inside the structure, locally known as \"la Virgen del camino\" (Travelers' Virgin). Until the Cuban Revolution, this statue was located on the road to Havana as a way to bless travelers. It was pulled down soon after and it disappeared for more than three decades. It was", "title": "Catedral de Santa Clara de Asís" }, { "id": "17287921", "text": "Pray for the Peace of Jeruslam Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem is a statue by the Israeli artist Dani Karavan located on the southern wall of the Knesset assembly hall. Due to its location, this artwork is the most photographed work of art in Israel. In 1964, in the age of 33, Dani Karavan was chosen by Dora Gad, the Knesset interior architect, to create the statue that will consist of the western central wall of the Knesset assembly hall. The statue is a scenery view, curved in stone, originated in Deir al-Asad quarry in the Galilee. The cartography", "title": "Pray for the Peace of Jeruslam" }, { "id": "19344407", "text": "Ecce Homo (statue) Ecce Homo is a statue of the Christian figure, Jesus of Nazareth, during his trial after being imprisoned by the Romans. The statue's title, \"Ecce Homo,\" is an allusion to the famous proclamation by Pontius Pilate, \"Behold the Man.\" The statue, made entirely of carved wood, depicts Jesus in a horrific state of suffering and anguish. Although its creator remains anonymous, \"Ecce Homo\" is believed to have been carved in Spain sometime around the year 1600 AD. Like many forms of Baroque era art, the focus of this piece comes in the form of an emotional connection", "title": "Ecce Homo (statue)" }, { "id": "14424615", "text": "location at Sacred Heart Church. Sacred Heart of Jesus was originally purchased by the Franciscans for installation at Alverna Retreat House in Indianapolis, in the early 1960s. In the early 1990s the retreat house closed and the sculpture was moved to Sacred Heart Church. Upon being moved to Sacred Heart the sculpture was rededicated. In 1992 architect Donald Wood was commissioned by the Philip Caito Jr. Family. Wood created a shrine in the courtyard of the church grounds, nestled behind a memorial dedicated to Catholic education. A plaque sits on the brick and limestone base stating that the statue was", "title": "Sacred Heart of Jesus (Indianapolis)" }, { "id": "3478318", "text": "and erosion to which the statue is exposed, as well as lightning strikes. The original pale stone is no longer available in sufficient quantities, and replacement stones are increasingly darker in hue. Christ the Redeemer (statue) Christ the Redeemer (, , ) is an Art Deco statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, created by French sculptor Paul Landowski and built by Brazilian engineer Heitor da Silva Costa, in collaboration with French engineer Albert Caquot. Romanian sculptor Gheorghe Leonida fashioned the face. Constructed between 1922 and 1931, the statue is high, excluding its pedestal. The arms stretch wide.", "title": "Christ the Redeemer (statue)" }, { "id": "6226926", "text": "sculpted in Italy of Carrara marble. Outside the church above the entrance is a statue of Jesus the Good Shepherd, to his right St. Peter, and to his left St. Paul. In the middle of the plaza is a statue of Juan Diego showing his tilma to Bishop Zumárraga. Inside the church are statues in each of the transepts. The south transept holds statues of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and of Juan Diego. In the north transept are statues of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and of St. Joseph and Jesus. The sanctuary of the church contains a mosaic", "title": "Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe" }, { "id": "3246044", "text": "Today, Temple Square features two visitors' centers, called the North Visitors' Center and the South Visitors' Center. The North Visitors' Center was built first and features a replica of the \"Christus\", a statue of Jesus Christ by Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen. The \"Christus\" is located in a domed room with large windows, painted with clouds, stars, planets, and other heavenly bodies. The visitors' centers and grounds are staffed by full-time sister missionaries and senior missionary couples exclusively; no single male missionaries are called to serve on Temple Square. The sister missionaries serving on Temple Square are from around the world,", "title": "Temple Square" }, { "id": "13702618", "text": "Peter the Great Statue The Peter the Great Statue is a monument to Peter the Great, located at the western confluence of the Moskva River and the Vodootvodny Canal in central Moscow, Russia. It was designed by the Georgian designer Zurab Tsereteli to commemorate 300 years of the Russian Navy, which Peter the Great established. It was erected in 1997 and is the eighth-tallest statue in the world. It weighs around 1,000 tons and contains 600 tons of stainless steel, bronze and copper. Since its inception, the statue has courted controversy. In November 2008, it was voted the tenth ugliest", "title": "Peter the Great Statue" }, { "id": "19294697", "text": "Madonna of Zahražany The Madonna of Zahražany is a sculpture of Mary and the Infant Jesus which comes from the former convent of the Sisters of the Magdalene Order in Most-Zahražany (1281-1442). It was created before 1380 and is on permanent display at the National Gallery in Prague The 84 cm tall sculpture is made of lime wood, with traces of the original polychromy. The strikingly S-shaped figure of the Madonna holds the Infant Jesus in her right arm. Putting his finger to his lips, Jesus symbolises the nuns’ vow of silence. The Virgin Mary’s garments fit closely around her", "title": "Madonna of Zahražany" }, { "id": "11799963", "text": "marble and include prominent statues of Our Lady of the Rosary (in Dominican habit with blue veil) and Saint Joseph, with votive candle racks in front of each of them. Other large statues in various parts of the church include the Sacred Heart, St Vincent de Paul, St Marcellin Champagnat and St Peter Chanel. The Gothic marble high altar and tabernacle, in front of a blue backing, includes a sculpted, reredos with statues. The altar was detached from the reredos and moved forward in the 1960s in the implementation of the liturgical reforms of the Second Vatican Council (the celebration", "title": "St Mary of the Angels, Wellington" }, { "id": "5759882", "text": "Infant Jesus of Prague The Infant Jesus of Prague or Child Jesus of Prague (; ) is a 16th-century Roman Catholic wax-coated wooden statue of child Jesus holding a globus cruciger, located in the Discalced Carmelite Church of Our Lady Victorious in Malá Strana, Prague, Czech Republic. Pious legends claim that the statue once belonged to Saint Teresa of Ávila. In 1628 was donated to the Carmelite friars by Princess Polyxena of Lobkowicz. The image is routinely clothed by the Carmelite nuns in luxurious fabrics with imperial regalia and a golden crown while his left hand holds a globus cruciger", "title": "Infant Jesus of Prague" }, { "id": "206482", "text": "on Mount Zion in the same building that houses the Tomb of King David. Another prominent Christian site in Jerusalem is Golgotha, the site of the crucifixion. The Gospel of John describes it as being located outside Jerusalem, but recent archaeological evidence suggests Golgotha is a short distance from the Old City walls, within the present-day confines of the city. The land currently occupied by the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is considered one of the top candidates for Golgotha and thus has been a Christian pilgrimage site for the past 2000 years. Jerusalem is the third-holiest city in Sunni", "title": "Jerusalem" }, { "id": "3732176", "text": "annually on this day on the premises. A small distance away from the main Church located on the slope, after descending through steps is the Grotto dedicated to St. Paula. The Altar in this Grotto is installed in a cut-out of the cape rock and holds the saint's sculpture in a recumbent position. Behind it lies the image of Jesus on a trefoil cross. There is a common belief that those who offer prayers here will have their wishes fulfilled. The history associated with it as written on a board hung at the place, states as follows: \"\"St. Paula (347", "title": "Raj Bhavan, Panjim" }, { "id": "16623524", "text": "Christus (statue) Christus (also known as Christus Consolator) is a 19th-century Carrara marble statue of the resurrected Jesus by Bertel Thorvaldsen. Since its completion in 1838, the statue has been located in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark's Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen, Denmark. In the 20th century, images and replicas of the statue were adopted by the leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) to emphasize the centrality of Jesus Christ in church teachings. Thorvaldsen was commissioned to sculpt statues of Jesus and the apostles for the Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen.", "title": "Christus (statue)" }, { "id": "17423830", "text": "Antoni Sanjuan. This statue of Christ resembles the famous statue of Christ the Redeemer on the Corcovado mountain outside the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. The Ibizan statue is 14 meters shorter than its Brazilian cousin. This memorial was completed on 12 October 1947 and was constructed at the instruction of Antonio Cardona Riera who was the Bishop of Ibiza between 2 February 1950 to 28 March 1960. The memorial and Christ statue was constructed to commemorate and to give thanks to the local population for giving sanctuary and a place of hiding to Antonio Cardona Riera, known on", "title": "Sagrat Cor de Jesus" }, { "id": "2366418", "text": "of Berlin. The crowned statue of Christ in Świebodzin, completed in November 2010, is claimed to be the world's tallest statue of Jesus. The town's name is said to be derived from the Polish personal name \"Świeboda\", related to \"swoboda\" meaning \"freedom\". However the earliest historical records which mention \"Sebusianis, Sipusius Silesius, Suebosian, Soebosian, Suebusianus\" for today's Świebodzin date from the beginning of the 14th century, when the area belonged to the Lower Silesian duchy of Głogów (German Glogau). The town sprang up at the intersection of the old trade routes linking Silesia with Pomerania and a branch of the", "title": "Świebodzin" }, { "id": "5759903", "text": "the Infant of Prague, is said to have brought food to starving Spanish people. Statues of the Infant of Prague have been consecrated in churches of the U.S. states of Oklahoma, Connecticut and Michigan. Infant Jesus of Prague The Infant Jesus of Prague or Child Jesus of Prague (; ) is a 16th-century Roman Catholic wax-coated wooden statue of child Jesus holding a globus cruciger, located in the Discalced Carmelite Church of Our Lady Victorious in Malá Strana, Prague, Czech Republic. Pious legends claim that the statue once belonged to Saint Teresa of Ávila. In 1628 was donated to the", "title": "Infant Jesus of Prague" }, { "id": "6458293", "text": "The Deposition (Michelangelo) The Deposition (also called the Bandini Pietà or The Lamentation over the Dead Christ) is a marble sculpture by the Italian High Renaissance master Michelangelo. The sculpture, on which Michelangelo worked between 1547 and 1555, depicts four figures: the dead body of Jesus Christ, newly taken down from the Cross, Nicodemus (or possibly Joseph of Arimathea), Mary Magdalene and the Virgin Mary. The sculpture is housed in the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo in Florence and is therefore also known as the Florentine Pietà. According to Vasari, Michelangelo made the Florence Pietà to decorate his tomb in Santa", "title": "The Deposition (Michelangelo)" }, { "id": "18749075", "text": "Christ the King (Lubango) The Christ the King statue (Portuguese: \"Cristo Rei\") is a Catholic monument and shrine overlooking the city of Lubango in the South of Angola. It was inspired by the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), as one of only four in the world. This white marble statue was built in 1957. The monument was designed in the 1950s by Portuguese engineer of Madeira Frazão Sardinha, and is listed as an Angolan World Heritage Site as of April 18, 2014. The statue was built in 1957, by the ancient settlers of the region of", "title": "Christ the King (Lubango)" }, { "id": "18622307", "text": "Calvary at Saint-Vennec The Calvary at Saint-Vennec near Briec in the arrondissement of Quimper in Brittany. As was the case with the Calvary at Landrévarzec, this calvary is also triangular in shape and concentrates in the main on depictions of the apostles and also has a \"Notre-Dame de Pitié\" at the base of the cross. On ledges on the shaft of the central cross are statues of the Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene and John the Evangelist. At the summit of the central cross, Jesus is shown on the cross with angels collecting his blood into chalices. Around the pedestal platform", "title": "Calvary at Saint-Vennec" }, { "id": "4116656", "text": "but they counted on Jefferson Fiscal Court to buy around from them for $400,000, giving them the money to start the project. In March 1996, Robert Alberhasky bought Waverly Hills and the surrounding area. Alberhasky's Christ the Redeemer Foundation Inc. made plans to construct the world's tallest statue of Jesus on the site, along with an arts and worship center. The statue, which was inspired by the famed Christ the Redeemer statue on Corcovado Mountain in Rio de Janeiro, would have been designed by local sculptor Ed Hamilton and architect Jasper Ward. The first phase of the development, coming in", "title": "Waverly Hills Sanatorium" }, { "id": "18125678", "text": "and echoes of ancient Egyptian art in the hieratic pose of the figure. It is one of the highest statues of Jesus Christ in the world. At his feet is carved a chapel (called Santa Maria del Otero) and a small museum with items by the architect. At the entrance to the chapel is a small terrace and a gazebo there is the view of the city. The initial project wanted to embed in the eyes of Christ blocks of ivory and marble, but the budget was insufficient, so the empty sockets presented today became windows. His great verticality and", "title": "Cristo del Otero" }, { "id": "3694679", "text": "San Pietro in Vincoli San Pietro in Vincoli (Saint Peter in Chains) is a Roman Catholic titular church and minor basilica in Rome, Italy, best known for being the home of Michelangelo's statue of Moses, part of the tomb of Pope Julius II. The \"Titulus S. Petri ad vincula\" was assigned on 20 November 2010, to Donald Wuerl. The previous Cardinal Priest of the basilica was Pío Laghi, who died on 11 January 2009. Next to the church is hosted the Faculty of Engineering of La Sapienza University, in the former convent building. This is named \"San Pietro in Vincoli\"", "title": "San Pietro in Vincoli" }, { "id": "7277235", "text": "San Fernando station San Fernando or also known as San Fernando/SAP Center is a light rail station operated by Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. The station has two side platforms and two trackways. San Fernando is served by the Mountain View–Winchester light rail line. The station was opened in 2005 as part of VTA's Vasona light rail extension. The San Fernando Station features three public art sculptures. They are entitled “King of the Urban Jungle,” “Simba × 2,” and “Lying Beast.” All three statues are arranged together on a small circular piece of lawn on the south edge of the", "title": "San Fernando station" }, { "id": "12092302", "text": "These vessels and their contents are bathed in a somber green light. In the cloister courtyard beside the foyer entrance of the Cathedral stands the two-metre, cast-iron statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary, made in France (\"with heavy Gilt\" ) that was lodged, in honour of the Immaculate Conception, on 8 September 1867 high up on the east side of the tower of the original cathedral, St Mary's Cathedral, where it faced the harbour and its gilding reflected \"the first rays of the rising sun.\" The statue fell some 80 feet during the 1898 fire, crashing down from the tower.", "title": "Sacred Heart Cathedral, Wellington" }, { "id": "11418571", "text": "is only blocks away from the epicenter of Detroit's tragic 1967 civil disturbance. A note from Sacred Heart's rector at the time, Msgr. Francis Canfield, states that during the first day of the riot, July 23, three men entered the seminary grounds and \"paint[ed] brown\" the face, hands, and feet of the Sacred Heart of Jesus statue. The life-sized statue, erected in 1957 to commemorate Pope Pius XII's encyclical on devotion to the Sacred Heart, is located in a stone grotto facing the corner of Chicago Boulevard and Linwood Avenue. The painting of the statue caused a social disturbance. Letters", "title": "Sacred Heart Major Seminary" }, { "id": "17423829", "text": "Sagrat Cor de Jesus Sagrat Cor de Jesus (Christ, the Sacred Heart of Jesus) is a monument located north of Ibiza Town on the Spanish island of Ibiza. The monument is built from stone and is 23 meters tall. The base pedestal and the pillar were constructed by a construction company from the island of Majorca by the name of Joan Serra. The onsite construction was carried out under the supervision of Joan Costa, master builder from Ibiza. The design structure and detail was carried out by architect Guillermo Moragues. The statue of Christ was carved by the Valencian sculptor", "title": "Sagrat Cor de Jesus" }, { "id": "5439993", "text": "in nearby Bayonne. On July 29, 2005, a claim was made that a miniature statue of Jesus opened one of its eyes on its own. Before July 29, its eyes were shut. The statue is a part of a shrine at the corner of Jackson Street and Third Street that is taken care of by Julio Dones, a partially blind man who says he noticed one of its eyes was open while he was cleaning it. He claims that it is a miracle, while others believe it was a hoax. Some believe that there were already eyes in the statue,", "title": "Landmarks of Hoboken, New Jersey" } ]

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[ { "id": "20447159", "text": "You Are the Reason (Calum Scott song) \"You Are the Reason\" is a song by British singer-songwriter Calum Scott. It was released on 17 November 2017 via Capitol Records, as his second original single from his debut album \"Only Human\". It was produced by Grammy Award-winning record producer Fraser T Smith and has sold over 2 million copies worldwide. The music video was filmed entirely in Kiev, Ukraine and has surpassed 250 million views on YouTube. According to sheet music published at Sheetmusicdirect.com, \"You Are The Reason\" is a moderately slow tempo of 58 beats per minute. Written in ,", "title": "You Are the Reason (Calum Scott song)" }, { "id": "14171624", "text": "& the Four Young Men. Together, they released the single \"You're the Reason\", which became a nationwide hit, peaking at #4 Country and #11 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1961. In 1967, Guilbeau formed The Reasons (aka \"Nashville West,\" actually the name of a club they played at in El Monte, CA), a short-lived country rock group with multi-instrumentalist Gene Parsons, who had played with Guilbeau in a band called the Castaways years earlier, guitarist Clarence White, formerly of the Kentucky Colonels, and Wayne Moore on bass. Along with bands such as the Byrds, Dillard & Clark and the", "title": "Gib Guilbeau" }, { "id": "11331680", "text": "Moore, they became The Four Young Men, which Edwards then joined to become Bobby Edwards & The Four Young Men. Their first record together was the Crest Records single \"You're the Reason\". In 1961, the song became a nationwide U.S. hit, peaking at #4 on the \"Billboard\" country chart, and #11 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. The tune was later covered by Joe South and Hank Locklin. Edwards then transferred to Capitol Records and released the sound-alike \"What's the Reason\", which peaked at #71 the following year. In 1963, his third single \"Don't Pretend\" made the Billboard country chart (#23),", "title": "Bobby Edwards" }, { "id": "11270591", "text": "went on to be a massive country and pop hit, \"You're the Reason ...\" concurrently fared well on country radio, reaching No. 6 of the \"Billboard magazine\" Most Played C&W by Jockeys chart in early 1957. It was recorded the same day as Young Love (October 30, 1956) at Bradley Studio in Nashville TN. Production by Ken Nelson and the vocal backing of The Jordanaires, who are known primarily for their vocal backing behind Elvis Presley. In late 1971, James was about to wrap up a successful stay at Capitol Records, a run that had seen him score 16 consecutive", "title": "That's Why I Love You Like I Do" }, { "id": "20447161", "text": "it even more special to me.\" Scott released a version of \"You Are the Reason\" with Dutch singer Ilse DeLange on 21 May 2018. A French version of \"You Are the Reason\" with French singer Barbara Pravi was released on 1 June 2018. Adapted from Tidal. You Are the Reason (Calum Scott song) \"You Are the Reason\" is a song by British singer-songwriter Calum Scott. It was released on 17 November 2017 via Capitol Records, as his second original single from his debut album \"Only Human\". It was produced by Grammy Award-winning record producer Fraser T Smith and has sold", "title": "You Are the Reason (Calum Scott song)" }, { "id": "11270590", "text": "That's Why I Love You Like I Do \"That's Why I Love You Like I Do\" is a song country music song originally made famous by Sonny James. The song had two runs of popularity for James, one in 1956 and the other in 1972, each under a different title and with a distinctive arrangement. James' original version was recorded in 1956 as \"You're the Reason I'm In Love,\" for the beginning line of the refrain. An electric guitar-heavy, slow-tempoed song, \"You're the Reason ...\" was the B-side to the better-known \"Young Love\" (James' first major hit). While \"Young Love\"", "title": "That's Why I Love You Like I Do" }, { "id": "7853847", "text": "placing the single \"I Just Can't Help Believing\" on the Billboard top-40 country charts. Frizzell appeared regularly on Buck Owens' \"All American TV Show\" during the 1970s, and recorded for Capitol Records. In 1981, he recorded his first number-one country hit, \"You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma,\" a duet with Shelly West. The song won the Country Music Association's Song of the Year and Vocal Duet of the Year awards in 1981, was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, and was featured in Clint Eastwood's film \"Any Which Way You", "title": "David Frizzell" }, { "id": "12557091", "text": "Records. The song was sung as a duet by Dean Martin and Nancy Sinatra in the 1967 TV special \"Movin' with Nancy\", starring Nancy Sinatra. The TV special was released to home video in the U.S. in 2000. Ronnie Dove recorded the song in 1975. His version made it to #25 on the country charts. A cover of the song by Anne Murray from her 1976 album \"Keeping in Touch\" peaked at No.12 on the adult contemporary chart. Darin's next hits after \"Things\" were \"You're the Reason I'm Living\" (U.S. No.3), and \"18 Yellow Roses\" (U.S. No.10) on Capitol Records,", "title": "Things (Bobby Darin song)" }, { "id": "12273714", "text": "The later was the theme song. August 2012 A new song from Jamie Slocum's upcoming 2013 CURB Project titled: \"You are the reason\" is released to radio from CURB records. Song was Produced By Jamie Slocum and written by Jamie Slocum and Chicago lead singer and bass player Jason Scheff. Jamie Slocum Jamie Slocum is an American Christian Worship leader, singer, songwriter and producer from Grants Pass, Oregon. He was raised in Phoenix, Arizona and moved to Nashville in the 1990s. He started as a staff songwriter for Curb Records. Music Mogul Mike Curb thought Slocum should be doing his", "title": "Jamie Slocum" }, { "id": "9387960", "text": "The Reason (Hoobastank song) \"The Reason\" is a song by the American rock band Hoobastank, from their album \"The Reason\". The song is Hoobastank's most commercially successful single, peaking at No. 2 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart (kept from the top spot by Usher's hit \"Burn\"), and No. 1 on the Modern Rock Tracks. In addition, it topped the Italian Singles Chart for two weeks. It was nominated for the Song of the Year at the 47th Grammy Awards. It won the MTV Video Music Awards Japan for best rock video. A remix version also exists for airplay on", "title": "The Reason (Hoobastank song)" }, { "id": "4908196", "text": "made it to 50 on the country music charts. It is the first single from the album \"Party Heard Around the World\", released on April 27, 2010 and produced by the band itself. \"You're the Reason Why\" was released to radio on March 2, 2010. Collins left in 2011 and McDonald returned to the group. The band's first single after his rejoining is \"The Countdown\", released via 4 Star Records. It peaked at number 52 on the country charts in late 2012. The song is included on an album titled \"Life as We Know It\", released on June 4, 2013.", "title": "Lonestar" }, { "id": "17143135", "text": "Winter” that was written and produced by Christopher `C4’ Umana and Uforo `Taktix’ Ebong for Lupe Fiasco. In December 2012, Winn performed a new song “You Are the Reason” on BET’s “Bobby Jones Gospel” program and announced that he was working on a sophomore CD entitled, “Perspective,” due for release in late 2013. Ted Winn Ted Winn is a gospel recording artist and songwriter who first gained recognition as half of the Award-winning Ted & Sheri gospel duo, with Sheri Jones-Moffett best known for their hits “Come Ye Disconsolate” and “Celebrate”. Since 2009, Winn has been a popular solo artist", "title": "Ted Winn" }, { "id": "14153897", "text": "and Boudleaux Bryant, the writers of the song \"Rocky Top\", sued Collins and Pinkard for copyright infringement concerning this song, because the tune was similar to their song \"Rocky Top.\" They won the lawsuit and are now often credited as having co-written the song. You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma \"You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma\" is a 1981 single from the film \"Any Which Way You Can\", performed by David Frizzell and Shelly West. It was written by Larry Collins and Sandy Pinkard (of Pinkard & Bowden). The song was Shelly West's debut on the country chart and David", "title": "You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma" }, { "id": "9387963", "text": "showing the trouble they bring down on themselves from law enforcement. The Reason (Hoobastank song) \"The Reason\" is a song by the American rock band Hoobastank, from their album \"The Reason\". The song is Hoobastank's most commercially successful single, peaking at No. 2 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 chart (kept from the top spot by Usher's hit \"Burn\"), and No. 1 on the Modern Rock Tracks. In addition, it topped the Italian Singles Chart for two weeks. It was nominated for the Song of the Year at the 47th Grammy Awards. It won the MTV Video Music Awards Japan for", "title": "The Reason (Hoobastank song)" }, { "id": "8598724", "text": "that provided his vocal background thru 1971. The flip side of James' version of \"Young Love\" was a song called \"You're the Reason I'm In Love.\" That song was a Top 10 hit on the Billboard country charts in early 1957. In 1971 – 14 years after the original — James re-recorded that song in a faster-tempoed, horn-heavy rendition as \"That's Why I Love You Like I Do\" (the original slower-tempoed song featured an electric guitar solo); the newly recorded, re-titled version was released as a single and reached No. 1 in June 1972. The recording by American actor and", "title": "Young Love (1956 song)" }, { "id": "18885086", "text": "Paralympics on 18 September. It was revealed in September 2016 that \"Dancing On My Own\" was the most downloaded song of the summer in the UK. In 2017, he toured the US and released the single \"You Are the Reason\". Also in 2017, he began working on his debut album, \"Only Human\", which was released on 9 March 2018. A new version of \"You Are the Reason\" was released ahead of the album in early 2018 as a collaboration with Leona Lewis, and was performed by the two on \"The One Show\" in February 2018. In May, Scott released \"What", "title": "Calum Scott" }, { "id": "11270592", "text": "No. 1 songs in as many single releases. In March 1972, his cover of Gene Pitney's \"Only Love Can Break a Heart\" stopped at No. 2 (held out by labelmate Freddie Hart's \"My Hangup is You\"), the first James song that failed to reach the top of \"Billboard's\" Hot Country Singles chart since 1967. James, meanwhile, had re-recorded \"You're the Reason ...\" in a faster-tempoed rendition, complete with a horn section. The new version was retitled \"That's Why I Love You Like I Do\" (for the last line in the refrain), and was released in April. By mid-June, James had", "title": "That's Why I Love You Like I Do" }, { "id": "6518956", "text": "and Juno Award winner Gino Vannelli for his albums \"Chronology\" and \"Candle In The Rain\". Meece is perhaps best known for his songs \"We Are the Reason\" (which has been recorded by well over 200 other artists and sung in several languages according to Meece's website), \"One Small Child\" and \"Seventy-Times-Seven\". Meece was requested to appear in Billy Graham Crusades, among other outreach groups and television broadcasts. He was inducted into the Christian Music Hall of Fame on June 14, 2008 and received the 2009 Visionary Award for the Inspirational Male Soloist category. In November 2012, Meece was given a", "title": "David Meece" }, { "id": "20447160", "text": "the song is in the key of B major. Calum Scott's vocal range spans from C to B during the song. On 9 February 2018, Scott released a remix version of the song with Leona Lewis. Scott remarked in a statement: \"Working with Leona was a dream come true. As a fan, I first remember watching her on TV before going on to grace the globe with her incredibly beautiful voice. Now having the honour of working with her on one of my own songs is completely surreal and the passion and raw emotion she brings to our duet makes", "title": "You Are the Reason (Calum Scott song)" }, { "id": "14153896", "text": "You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma \"You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma\" is a 1981 single from the film \"Any Which Way You Can\", performed by David Frizzell and Shelly West. It was written by Larry Collins and Sandy Pinkard (of Pinkard & Bowden). The song was Shelly West's debut on the country chart and David Frizzell's second hit on the country chart. \"You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma\", was the most successful of seven country hits by the duo, staying number one on the country chart for one week and eleven weeks in the Top 40 country chart. Felice", "title": "You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma" }, { "id": "11331679", "text": "Tex Ritter's 1945 hit, written by Jenny Lou Carson, \"Jealous Heart\"; the record was issued on the Bluebonnet label. Then Edwards went out west, working shows on his own in southern California before songwriter Terry Fell placed him on Crest Records, and helped produce and arrange \"You're the Reason\". Though Edwards wrote the song, his manager and financier Fred Henley, and Terry Fell received writing credits. Darrell Cotton, Gib Guilbeau, and Ernie Williams had formed a trio, Darrell, Gib & Ernie. Then, the trio released the singles \"I Goof\" and \"Just or Unjust\", which became local hits. After adding Wayne", "title": "Bobby Edwards" }, { "id": "11331681", "text": "being his last single to enter the country charts. In 1961, he recorded and produced the only Country music double sided and award winning record, \"(Back to Back) Evergreen\", with the headliner \"You're the Reason\". In the late 1960s, he operated a small recording studio. In the early 1970s, he also recorded several Gospel albums. Edwards completely retired from the music industry in 1972 and returned to Anniston to raise a family. Edwards lived in Smyrna, Tennessee since the year 2000 until his death. He died on July 31, 2012, at the Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro. He was", "title": "Bobby Edwards" }, { "id": "5328848", "text": "York. In February 2014, Richards was voted #98 on VH1's 100 Greatest Child Stars. On December 17, 1993, Richards released a CD album \"First Love\" on the Pony Canyon label in Japan. The album was released only in Japan and is rare and out-of-print. The tracks from the CD can be viewed on the YouTube channel of Philip Jennelle. The album was a mix between teen-pop and dance-friendly ballads of the early 1990s. There was also a single released in very small volume. Ariana and her mother wrote the words to the track \"You're The Reason\". 15 years later, Richards", "title": "Ariana Richards" }, { "id": "9070975", "text": "Love Me for a Reason \"Love Me for a Reason\" is a song by Johnny Bristol covered by The Osmonds, and released in 1974. Twenty years later, Boyzone covered the song. Both versions were successful, reaching the top ten of the charts in many countries. The original version by Johnny Bristol, from his 1974 album \"Hang On In There Baby\", was released as a single on MGM in 1974, but \"Love Me for a Reason\" quickly became associated with another MGM act, The Osmonds. It was their last top ten hit on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 singles chart, reaching #10;", "title": "Love Me for a Reason" }, { "id": "8538771", "text": "earned her name due to the holiday. She is the daughter of Eva B. Clayton and Reverend A.G. Williams Sr. Clayton was raised in New Orleans as a Christian, and spent much of her time in her father’s parish, New Zion Baptist Church. After moving to Los Angeles, she joined the now famous singer group “The Blossoms.” Clayton began her recording career in 1962 at the age of 14, singing \"Who Can I Count On? (When I Can't Count on You)\" as a duet with Bobby Darin on his album \"You're the Reason I'm Living.\" In 1963 she recorded the", "title": "Merry Clayton" }, { "id": "9070977", "text": "90's in the UK. The song was the 19th best selling single of 1994 in the UK. The song has received a Gold sales status certification for sales of over 400,000 copies in the UK. Love Me for a Reason \"Love Me for a Reason\" is a song by Johnny Bristol covered by The Osmonds, and released in 1974. Twenty years later, Boyzone covered the song. Both versions were successful, reaching the top ten of the charts in many countries. The original version by Johnny Bristol, from his 1974 album \"Hang On In There Baby\", was released as a single", "title": "Love Me for a Reason" }, { "id": "20399654", "text": "My Reason \"My Reason\" is a song by Greek singer Demis Roussos. It was released as a single in 1972. The song was included on Roussos' 1973 album \"Forever and Ever\". The song was written by Stélios Vlavianós, Harry Chalkitis, and Charalampe Chalkitis. The recording was produced by Demis Roussos. There is also a Spanish-language version, titled \"Mi razon\". The song reached no. 1 in Netherlands and no. 2 in Belgium (Flanders). The single also was a hit in Greece. As U.S. \"Billboard\" reported in its January 23 1973 issue, \"during the first two weeks of December\" the single \"My", "title": "My Reason" }, { "id": "3178341", "text": "The Reason (Celine Dion song) \"The Reason\" is a song by Canadian singer Celine Dion, recorded for her fifth English-language studio album, \"Let's Talk About Love\" (1997). It was written by Carole King, Mark Hudson and Greg Wells, and produced by Sir George Martin. \"The Reason\" was released as the second single from the album in selected European countries on 8 December 1997. In France, it was issued as a double A-side single with \"My Heart Will Go On\". Carole King wrote this song first for the band Aerosmith. The music video was directed by Scott Lochmus and released in", "title": "The Reason (Celine Dion song)" }, { "id": "11684904", "text": "Give Me One Reason \"Give Me One Reason\" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman. It was released on her 1995 album \"New Beginning,\" and as a single the same year, her first since 1992's \"Dreaming on a World.\" The song is Chapman's biggest US hit to date, reaching number three on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. It is also her biggest hit in Australia, where it reached number three as well, and it topped the Canadian \"RPM\" Top Singles chart, becoming her second number-one single there after \"Fast Car\". Elsewhere, the song reached number 16 in", "title": "Give Me One Reason" }, { "id": "15525883", "text": "managed country star Buck Owens and wrote a song in 1961 with Bobby Edwards titled \"You're The Reason\". In 1962, Fell moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where he was a songwriter for various publishing companies until he retired. Published in 1993 with Bear Family Records, the album \"Truck Drivin Man\" was released with his collected RCA works. Terry Gordon noted that it was discontinued in 1998, but revised/reissued again. Because of his achievements in country music, he was inducted into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame. Fell died on April 4, 2007, in Madison, Tennessee. He wrote and recorded a novelty", "title": "Terry Fell" }, { "id": "6692525", "text": "music video for the song \"You're the Reason\" by Hank Williams III, produced by former Babes in Toyland bassist Maureen Herman. The video received heavy rotation on CMT in summer of 2000. In late 2000, Long moved to New York City and started writing professionally, beginning with a gig as the New York nightclub and restaurant critic for London's \"Crush Guide\" magazine. In 2002, the band Shellac, who were curating the All Tomorrow's Parties music festival in Rye, asked Long to appear, and he shared the stage with bands such as Wire and The Fall. After this, Long released his", "title": "P.W. Long" }, { "id": "11684905", "text": "New Zealand, but it underperformed in the United Kingdom, peaking at number 95 in March 1997. Chapman first performed \"Give Me One Reason\" six years before its release, on the December 16, 1989, episode of \"Saturday Night Live.\" A music video was released to promote the single. Chapman earned the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song for the track, that was also nominated for Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Female Rock Vocal Performance at the Grammy Awards of 1997. A well known version of this song featuring Eric Clapton was released in 1999 in the compilation", "title": "Give Me One Reason" }, { "id": "8902520", "text": "Webber's musical \"Cats\". She left the role, after almost four months of playing the character, on 9 October 2016. In June 2016, after two years with the label, it was revealed that Lewis and Island Records parted ways because of \"something that didn't click\". Later that month, she released the song \"(We All Are) Looking for Home\", a charity single created in collaboration with Diane Warren for the Vanderpump Dog Foundation's public service announcement, in opposition to the Yulin Dog Meat Festival. In February 2018, Leona Lewis collaborated with Calum Scott to re-release \"You Are the Reason\" as a duet.", "title": "Leona Lewis" }, { "id": "9070976", "text": "it peaked at #2 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. In the UK Singles Chart it fared even better, spending three weeks at the top in August 1974. There was a lovers rock version of the song issued on Trojan records in 1976, credited to the Fabulous Five Inc (aka Fab Five Inc), that scored well in Jamaica and in the United Kingdom. The song was revived by Boyzone in 1994, becoming their breakthrough single in the UK, reaching #2 on the UK singles chart in December that year. It was the 20th biggest selling boy band single of the", "title": "Love Me for a Reason" }, { "id": "16884561", "text": "the album. Prior to its release, the song charted in many regions due to strong digital sales, which was the reason for its release. The song attained worldwide success, topping the charts in twenty-one countries including the United States, Austria, Australia, Canada, the Czech Republic, Iceland, Ireland, Lebanon, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, Slovakia, Sweden, as well as peaking within the top five in more than ten countries as United Kingdom, Belgium, Brazil, Denmark, Finland, France, Israel, Norway, Switzerland and Spain. In the US, it became Pink's fourth number-one single on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. It", "title": "Just Give Me a Reason" }, { "id": "8104616", "text": "rejected on behalf of the premier girl group of the early 1960s, the New York-located Shirelles, and was first recorded in Los Angeles by Merry Clayton as her first credited single. Clayton had previously provided an uncredited female vocal to the hit \"You're the Reason I'm Living\" recorded by Bobby Darin as his debut on Capitol Records, and Darin had subsequently arranged for Clayton herself to be signed to Capitol. The composer of \"It's in His Kiss\", Rudy Clark, was a staff writer for TM Music which Darin headed. Clayton's recording of the song was produced by Jack Nitzsche, and", "title": "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" }, { "id": "17941665", "text": "emerged with her vision and spirit intact, and who is determined to sing the type of music that she loves - whether singing originals or covers. Her passion for the decision she made shows through on the disc and makes this a welcome, successful return of an Idol favorite.\" You're the Reason (EP) You're the Reason is the title of Melinda Doolittle's second album, released on November 12, 2013. The EP features original material co-authored by Doolittle, and covers, \"Give\" and \"Home.\" USA Today said of the release \"The new material doesn't rely on the same old-school soul of 2009's", "title": "You're the Reason (EP)" }, { "id": "5511924", "text": "1998. One more single (\"You're The Reason\") achieved success in Germany and the United Kingdom, in lower chart regions (number fifty five) and (number thirty nine). A 2000 re-release of \"King of My Castle\", with new remixes, hit the top spot the following year. Wamdue Project famously appeared on the initial nominations list for 'Best British Newcomer' at the 2000 Brit Awards, before embarrassed organisers were forced to withdraw the nomination on account of the fact that Brann is American. Chris Brann Chris Brann (born March 25, 1972) is an American electronic music producer and remixer. He was born in", "title": "Chris Brann" }, { "id": "16379763", "text": "featured in a multi-artist video called \"Wajah Muskurane Ki\" (A Reason to Smile) to celebrate 50 years of Indian independence and the video aired on Indian television channels. Mehnaz recorded a duet titled \"Senada Cinta\" with BMG Malaysia's recording artist Iwan in 1998. In 1998, she sang the number \"Paisa paisa paisa\" for the soundtrack of the indie film \"Bombay Boys\". In 1999, Mehnaz recorded a duet called \"You Are The Reason\" with Graham Russell and Russell Hitchcock of the band Air Supply for the soundtrack of Dev Benegal's award-winning film \"Split Wide Open\". She released her second solo album", "title": "Mehnaz Hoosein" }, { "id": "17635689", "text": "Gold (Victoria Justice song) \"Gold\" is the first solo single by American singer Victoria Justice, released in June 18, 2013 by Columbia Records. The song was written by Tove Lo, Jason Weiss, Sam Shrieve, Ben Camp, Jakob Jerlström and Ludvig Söderberg. Justice first initiated her music career on the Nickelodeon TV show \"Victorious\". She recorded the series' first featured song \"Make It Shine\", which was also the show's theme song. Several other songs were featured in the series, including \"You're the Reason\", \"Beggin' on Your Knees\" and \"Best Friend's Brother\". Justice performed her third official single, \"Freak the Freak Out\",", "title": "Gold (Victoria Justice song)" }, { "id": "8311398", "text": "reached a peak of number forty-five on the \"Billboard\" 200. The title track was released as a single in the first half of 2004. It became a massive hit worldwide, reaching number two on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100, number one on the U.S. and world modern rock charts and number ten in Australia. The song's success pushed the album back into the charts, reaching number three on the \"Billboard\" 200. \"The Reason\" was also the twenty-fourth best-selling album of 2004. \"Same Direction\" is featured as the main soundtrack for \"Madden NFL 2005\". \"Just One\" is the title track for \"Top", "title": "The Reason (Hoobastank album)" }, { "id": "971243", "text": "Boyd. In 1962, Darin began to write and sing country music, with hit songs including \"Things\" (US No. 3/UK #2) (1962), \"You're the Reason I'm Living\" (US No. 3), and \"18 Yellow Roses\" (US No. 10). The latter two were recorded by Capitol Records, which he joined in 1962, before returning to Atlantic four years later. Darin left Capitol in 1964. In 1966, he had his final UK hit single, with a version of Tim Hardin's \"If I Were A Carpenter\", which peaked at No. 9 (No. 8 in the US). He performed the opening and closing songs on the", "title": "Bobby Darin" }, { "id": "9171065", "text": "Reason (No Angels song) \"Reason\" is a song by German girl band No Angels. It was written by Thorsten Brötzmann and Alexander Geringas and produced by the former for their debut studio album \"Elle'ments\" (2001). \"Reason\" is a piano-led pop ballad with soft string arrangements and lyrics that talk about reminiscing past memories with a loved one. One of the slower songs on the album, its original version, entitled \"That's the Reason\", served as the closing track on both the original version of \"Elle'ments\" as well as its Special Winter deluxe edition. An updated version of the song, featuring new", "title": "Reason (No Angels song)" }, { "id": "19923022", "text": "Nina Gerhard Nina Gerhard (born 10 December 1974), also known as Nina, is a German singer best known as the voice of Captain Hollywood Project and for her 1994 hit \"The Reason Is You\". Nina performed vocals on the Captain Hollywood Project single \"More and More\", which was a #1 hit in Germany and a top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. Also the follow up single \"Only with You\" She later recorded the solo single \"The Reason Is You\", which was a #2 hit in the Belgian singles chart. Her follow-up single, \"Until All Your Dreams Come True\",", "title": "Nina Gerhard" }, { "id": "9171071", "text": "No Angels\". Reason (No Angels song) \"Reason\" is a song by German girl band No Angels. It was written by Thorsten Brötzmann and Alexander Geringas and produced by the former for their debut studio album \"Elle'ments\" (2001). \"Reason\" is a piano-led pop ballad with soft string arrangements and lyrics that talk about reminiscing past memories with a loved one. One of the slower songs on the album, its original version, entitled \"That's the Reason\", served as the closing track on both the original version of \"Elle'ments\" as well as its Special Winter deluxe edition. An updated version of the song,", "title": "Reason (No Angels song)" }, { "id": "1459544", "text": "album \"New Beginning\" (1995) proved successful, selling over three million copies in the U.S. The album included the hit single \"Give Me One Reason\", which won the 1997 Grammy for Best Rock Song and became Chapman's most successful single to date, peaking at Number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. Following a four-year hiatus, her fifth album, \"Telling Stories\", was released in 2000. Its hit single, \"Telling Stories\", received heavy airplay on European radio stations and on Adult Alternative and Hot AC stations in the United States. Chapman toured Europe and the US in 2003 in support of her sixth", "title": "Tracy Chapman" }, { "id": "19743051", "text": "The Reason Why (song) \"The Reason Why\" is a song by Italian singer-songwriter Lorenzo Fragola, released as his debut single on 5 December 2015, during the week preceding the final of the eight series of Italian talent show \"X Factor\", which was won by Fragola himself. The song was written by Fragola with Michelle Lily Popovic and Fausto Cogliati. The latter also served as the song's producer. Fragola started composing the song a few years before it was completed, during a summer holiday when some friends asked him to write a song as a joke while they played the guitar", "title": "The Reason Why (song)" }, { "id": "15248912", "text": "\"All I Want Is Everything\" was the fourth single released from the soundtrack on September 2, 2011. \"You're the Reason\" was the fifth and final single released from the album, released on December 3, 2011. \"Make It Shine\" was released as the first promotional single on April 13, 2010. \"Leave It All to Shine\" was released June 10, 2011, as the second single from the album and performed on the \"iCarly\" 90-minute special \"iParty with Victorious\" by the cast members of both \"iCarly\" and \"Victorious\". Victorious: Music from the Hit TV Show Victorious: Music from the Hit TV Show is", "title": "Victorious: Music from the Hit TV Show" }, { "id": "9171066", "text": "vocals, new instrumentation and slightly different lyrics was recorded following the band's announcement of their temporary disbandment in September 2003. Throughout the process, the remaining band members were rejoined by Jessica Wahls who had left the band the year before. \"Reason\" served as the band's farewell single and lead single from their compilation album \"The Best of No Angels\" (2003) and was released on November 24, 2003 in German-speaking Europe. Another top ten success, the song peaked at number nine on the German Singles Chart and reached number 12 in Austria and number 28 in Switzerland. The No Angels promoted", "title": "Reason (No Angels song)" }, { "id": "3178344", "text": "offered up during the recording of “The Reason” to be struck deaf.\" French CD single UK CD single and Europe CD single UK CD maxi single #1, European CD maxi, South Africa CD maxi and French Vinyl 12\" UK CD maxi single #2 Carole King recorded also her own version of this song for her 2001 album \"Love Makes the World\", this time with Dion on backing vocals. Rachel Tucker recorded a cover for her debut album also titled \"The Reason\" released in 2013. The Reason (Celine Dion song) \"The Reason\" is a song by Canadian singer Celine Dion, recorded", "title": "The Reason (Celine Dion song)" }, { "id": "8243253", "text": "single \"Why Won't You Explain\" in 1981. Her first album \"You Are The Reason\" reached Platinum in 1982. Her second album, \"Loves Us All\", was also released in 1982 and achieved Gold status. In 1983, her third album \"The Third Time\" was released and she had a Top 30 single \"You Don't Know Love\" in 1984. In 1984 Knowles left the Fable label and moved to London. Knowles returned to Australia in 1988 and featured in the stage musical \"Big River\" during its eighteen-month national tour. For her performance as southern belle, Mary Jane Wilks, Knowles received a nomination for", "title": "Karen Knowles" }, { "id": "1428062", "text": "Pitney was involved in a gaffe on ITV's \"This Morning\" in 1989, owing to a \"technical mishap.\" Giving an ostensibly live performance of his track \"You're the Reason,\" Pitney missed his cue and was seen \"failing dismally to mime along in time to his backing track\"; he continued with the song, and found humor in the incident. It has been repeated on television over the years, notably on a 2002 episode of BBC One series \"Room 101,\" where host Paul Merton described it as a \"very funny moment\" in which Pitney came in \"unbearably late\". It was re-aired on the", "title": "Gene Pitney" }, { "id": "1699779", "text": "worldwide. \"The Truth About Love\" received positive response from music critics and was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards. \"Try\" was released as the second single from \"The Truth About Love\" in October 2012 and became a worldwide top-ten hit, peaking at number nine on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100. In February 2013, Pink released the fourth single, \"Just Give Me a Reason\", featuring guest vocals by Nate Ruess of fun. It became the most successful single from \"The Truth About Love\", topping the record charts in more than 20 countries worldwide and becoming Pink's", "title": "Pink (singer)" }, { "id": "19923023", "text": "peaked at #17. Nina Gerhard Nina Gerhard (born 10 December 1974), also known as Nina, is a German singer best known as the voice of Captain Hollywood Project and for her 1994 hit \"The Reason Is You\". Nina performed vocals on the Captain Hollywood Project single \"More and More\", which was a #1 hit in Germany and a top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. Also the follow up single \"Only with You\" She later recorded the solo single \"The Reason Is You\", which was a #2 hit in the Belgian singles chart. Her follow-up single, \"Until All Your", "title": "Nina Gerhard" }, { "id": "6047756", "text": "party-starter that the artist’s debut album lacked.\" Stylus Magazine called this song \"near perfection.\" The song reached number four on the U.S. \"Billboard\" Hot 100 on December 29, 2001, becoming one of Pink's biggest solo hits in the U.S. with \"Most Girls\" also reaching number four on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2000 and \"So What\", \"Raise Your Glass\", and \"Just Give Me a Reason\" reaching number one in 2008, 2010, and 2013 respectively, and \"Fuckin' Perfect\" that reached number two in America. The single's success was spurred by heavy airplay in the US, which prompted the song to also", "title": "Get the Party Started" }, { "id": "4870822", "text": "also made a career in country music; she is best known for her hit duet with David Frizzell, \"You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma\", which hit No. 1 that year. As a solo artist, Shelly notched her own No. 1 in 1983 entitled \"José Cuervo\". During the early and mid 1980s, Shelly achieved several more hits, including Top 10 solo hits \"Flight 309 to Tennessee\" and \"Another Motel Memory.\" After getting married in the late 1980s, Shelly left the music business. In 1980, Dottie West filed for divorce from Byron Metcalf, citing his drinking and infidelity. In 1982, she was", "title": "Dottie West" }, { "id": "20073270", "text": "Warner Music. Written in LA with American singer-songwriter Mike City (Rihanna, Sunshine Anderson, Chris Brown, Brandy & Monica), the track takes a more down-tempo approach than Gibbons' previous singles. On the same day, Gibbons' remix of \"You Are the Reason\" by UK singer Calum Scott was released on Capitol Records. On 10 February 2018, \"Don't Say\", a collaboration between Gibbons and US artist Kess Ross, featuring UK duo Phats & Small, was released on Warner Music's Dutch sub-label Spinnin' Records. On 6 April 2018, Gibbons released a pop-dance version of Australian singer-singwriter Delta Goodrem's single \"Think About You\" on Sony", "title": "John Gibbons (DJ)" }, { "id": "18807167", "text": "guitarists, James Nitz, guitarist, Jesse Triplett, and drummer, Brian Wilson. The group formed in 2004, with their first major label release studio album, \"My Coming Day\", was released by Inpop Records on January 27, 2009. This album was a \"Billboard\" magazine breakthrough release upon the Christian Albums chart at No. 31, while it placed at 38 on the Heatseekers Albums chart. The song, \"The Reason\", peaked at No. 46 on the Christian Songs chart. Julian Drive Julian Drive are an American contemporary Christian music and Christian alternative rock band from Athens, Georgia, and they were formed in 2004. Their members", "title": "Julian Drive" }, { "id": "18807166", "text": "Julian Drive Julian Drive are an American contemporary Christian music and Christian alternative rock band from Athens, Georgia, and they were formed in 2004. Their members are Shane Bowers, Shaun Bennett, James Nitz, Jesse Triplett, and Brian Wilson. They released \"My Coming Day\", with Inpop Records, in 2009. This saw the single album breakthrough on the \"Billboard\" magazine charts, and the song, \"The Reason\", place on the Christian Songs chart. The contemporary Christian music and Christian alternative rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 2004. They count as their members; lead vocalist and guitarist, Shane Bowers, keyboardist, Shaun Bennett, bass", "title": "Julian Drive" }, { "id": "4485679", "text": "were staff at the institute, Daniel Somers and Colin Baines. Hill's band name, Blessing in Disguise, was picked as the group name and the single featured ex-Shakatak female vocalist Norma Lewis rather than Holder. The b-side was a track written by Hill entitled \"You're the Reason that I'm Strong\". It was the last recording made by the group and was released in 1991. Slade finally split up in 1992, but Hill decided to carry the group on as Slade II. Don Powell joined him and the band has continued to this day with various line-ups. In 1997 the name of", "title": "Dave Hill" }, { "id": "19068171", "text": "Rebel and the Reason \"Rebel and the Reason\" is a song by British-Australian recording artist Reece Mastin. \"Rebel and the Reason\" was released on 27 March 2015 as the lead single from Mastin's first extended play of the same name and peaked at number fifty-one on the ARIA Singles Chart, becoming Mastin’s eighth Top 100 chart entry. Mastin won the third season of \"The X Factor Australia\" in 2011 and subsequently signed with Sony Music Australia. Mastin released two albums and four of top twenty singles with Sony. In February 2015, it was announced that Mastin had parted ways with", "title": "Rebel and the Reason" }, { "id": "19068173", "text": "a greater role as a White Ribbon ambassador. Rebel and the Reason \"Rebel and the Reason\" is a song by British-Australian recording artist Reece Mastin. \"Rebel and the Reason\" was released on 27 March 2015 as the lead single from Mastin's first extended play of the same name and peaked at number fifty-one on the ARIA Singles Chart, becoming Mastin’s eighth Top 100 chart entry. Mastin won the third season of \"The X Factor Australia\" in 2011 and subsequently signed with Sony Music Australia. Mastin released two albums and four of top twenty singles with Sony. In February 2015, it", "title": "Rebel and the Reason" }, { "id": "17288438", "text": "Give Me a Reason \"Give Me a Reason\" is a song by Irish pop rock group The Corrs. It was released on 12 March 2001 as the third single taken from their third studio album \"In Blue\" (2000). The song was written and produced by The Corrs. \"Give Me a Reason\" is a dance-pop song, and received favourable reviews from music critics. The song was a moderate success in Belgium and New Zealand (reaching the top-ten and top-twenty, respectively), while it reached the top-forty in the United Kingdom. \"Give Me a Reason\" was released as the third single from \"In", "title": "Give Me a Reason" }, { "id": "13119540", "text": "the singles \"Girl on Fire\", and \"Tears Always Win\". He has also worked on the hit singles \"Just Give Me a Reason\" by Pink, Lana Del Rey's \"Summertime Sadness\", and Emeli Sandé's \"My Kind of Love\". Bhasker served as lead producer and co-writer for the band Fun's 2012 album, \"Some Nights\", for which he received the 2013 Grammy Award for Song of the Year for the song \"We Are Young\". He was additionally nominated for Album of the Year, Record of the Year for \"We Are Young\", and Producer of the Year, Non-Classical. Bhasker co-wrote and co-produced Mark Ronson's single", "title": "Jeff Bhasker" }, { "id": "9126771", "text": "recording of the song is also on the soundtrack to the 2000 film \"Wonder Boys\". The Carpenters recorded \"Reason to Believe\" for their second LP, \"Close to You\", in 1970. On television, they performed it on \"The 5th Dimension Travelling Sunshine Show\" on August 18, 1971 and \"Make Your Own Kind of Music\" on September 7, 1971. Rod Stewart's version appeared on his 1971 album \"Every Picture Tells a Story\". It was the first single from the album with \"Maggie May\" as the B-side. \"Reason to Believe\" reached No. 62 on the Billboard Hot 100 on its own before the", "title": "Reason to Believe" }, { "id": "3210518", "text": "hero. Maine singer/songwriter David Mallett included Frizell's \"Saginaw, Michigan\" on his 2014 album \"The Horse I Rode In On\". His younger brother, David Frizzell, is also a country singer. His biggest hits were 1982's \"I'm Gonna Hire a Wino (To Decorate Our Home)\" and \"You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma\", a 1981 duet with Shelly West. The youngest brother, Allen Frizzell followed in his older brothers' footsteps in the country field. He was an opening performer for Dottie West. He was also married to Shelly West, daughter of Dottie West. Allen also played with Keith Whitley. He now plays country", "title": "Lefty Frizzell" }, { "id": "646080", "text": "in mid-1976 when Hurd departed the band; to this day the original band (and Alan Williams' successor) has never expanded its line-up beyond four members. Whilst the band continued as a four-piece; Hurd joined Suzi Quatro's band, touring and playing on a number of worldwide hits, which included the Top 20 success \"She's in Love with You\" in 1979, before re-joining the Rubettes in 1982. In another attempt to get away from the 'doo-wop' glam image, Thorpe insisted that the trademark vocal harmonies were left off of his composition, \"You're the Reason Why\". Gerry Shury and the band out-voted him.", "title": "The Rubettes" }, { "id": "8978513", "text": "after his singing career proved unsuccessful, he turned to songwriting. Among his hits as a writer were \"You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma\" (a duet by Shelly West and David Frizzell), \"Coca Cola Cowboy\" by Mel Tillis, and \"Blessed Are the Believers\" by Anne Murray. Richard Bowden was born on September 30, 1945 in Linden, Texas, He played in a Dixieland band while in high school formed by his father Elmer, which also included his childhood friend Don Henley. Bowden and Henley then formed a band called the Four Speeds, which changed its name to Felicity, then Shiloh. Shiloh disbanded", "title": "Pinkard & Bowden" }, { "id": "15695384", "text": "Must Be a Reason Why \"Must Be A Reason Why\" is a song by American MC J. Pearl, released as a single in the United Kingdom on August 2, 2011 and in other European countries on October 3, 2011. The single features vocals from British singer Shayne Ward. \"Must Be A Reason Why\" was produced by Lucas Secon, and was written by Secon, Chris Brann and Mintman. The song samples Wamdue Project's 1997 dance track, \"King of My Castle\". The track was originally recorded with Ward as the main artist, and J. Pearl being credited as the featured vocalist, and", "title": "Must Be a Reason Why" }, { "id": "7886662", "text": "music magazine, \"In The Basement\". Bristol was inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame in 2009. Johnny Bristol John William Bristol (February 3, 1939 – March 21, 2004) was an American musician, most famous as a songwriter and record producer for the Motown label in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He was a native of Morganton, North Carolina, about which he wrote an eponymous song. His composition \"Love Me for a Reason\" saw global success when covered by The Osmonds including a number 1 in the UK charts in 1974. His most famous solo recording was \"Hang", "title": "Johnny Bristol" }, { "id": "18476960", "text": "Lorenzo Fragola Lorenzo Fragola (born 26 April 1995) is an Italian singer-songwriter. He rose to fame after winning the eighth series of the Italian talent show \"X Factor\". His winner's single, \"The Reason Why\", debuted atop the Italian Singles Chart, and was later certified double platinum by the Federation of the Italian Music Industry. Fragola competed both in the 65th and 66th Sanremo Music Festival, performing the songs \"Siamo uguali\" and \"Infinite volte\", and placing tenth and fifth, respectively. Both his debut album \"1995\", released in Italy on 31 March 2015, and its follow-up, \"Zero Gravity\" (2016) debuted atop the", "title": "Lorenzo Fragola" }, { "id": "7886652", "text": "Johnny Bristol John William Bristol (February 3, 1939 – March 21, 2004) was an American musician, most famous as a songwriter and record producer for the Motown label in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He was a native of Morganton, North Carolina, about which he wrote an eponymous song. His composition \"Love Me for a Reason\" saw global success when covered by The Osmonds including a number 1 in the UK charts in 1974. His most famous solo recording was \"Hang On in There Baby\" recorded in 1974, which reached the Top Ten in the United States and number", "title": "Johnny Bristol" }, { "id": "7465276", "text": "In week twenty-five of 2007 \"Who Knew\" re-entered the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 at number ninety-four; it eventually climbed to number nine, giving Pink her eighth top ten single on the chart and matching the peak position of \"U + Ur Hand\". The song is Pink's longest chart runner on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100, spending 36 weeks before dropping out (a feat that would later be matched by her 2013 hit, \"Just Give Me a Reason\" featuring Nate Ruess). The single's video was directed by Dragon, a team comprising Samuel Bayer, Robert Hales and Brian Lazzaro. It was filmed in the", "title": "Who Knew" }, { "id": "3178342", "text": "December 1997. It was showing the recording of the song in the studio. Dion performed \"The Reason\" during her Let's Talk About Love Tour, and as a duet with Carole King on VH1 Divas and at the 48° Festival di Sanremo on 1998 in Italy. On that occasion she performed also \"My Heart Will Go On.\" The track was included later on \"The Collector's Series, Volume One\" in 2000 and \"\" European edition in 2008. The recording of this song was included as a bonus on the \"Au cœur du stade\" DVD. From 2011–2014, \"The Reason\" was included in the", "title": "The Reason (Celine Dion song)" }, { "id": "9171069", "text": "Mixing of \"Reason\" was handled by Jeo, who also played keyboards along with Brötzmann, Werner Becker, and Stefan Hansen. Selected as the group's final single before their hiatus, physical singles of \"Reason\" were released on November 24, 2003 by Cheyenne Records. The maxi single includes several remixes of the song, including an orchester version as well as a karaoke version of the song, as well as original version \"That's the Reason.\" Upon its release, \"Reason\" debuted at number nine on the German Singles Chart in the week of December 8, 2003, becoming the group's tenth top ten entry. It fell", "title": "Reason (No Angels song)" }, { "id": "9126770", "text": "Reason to Believe \"Reason to Believe\" is a song written, composed, and first recorded by American folk singer Tim Hardin in 1965. It has since been recorded by artists including the Carpenters in 1970 and Rod Stewart in 1971 and 1993. After having had his recording contract terminated by Columbia Records, Tim Hardin achieved some success in the 1960s as a songwriter based in Greenwich Village. The original recording of \"Reason to Believe\" comes from Hardin's debut album, \"Tim Hardin 1\", recorded in 1965 and released on the Verve Records label in 1966 when he was 25. Tim Hardin's original", "title": "Reason to Believe" }, { "id": "1848181", "text": "| rowspan=\"2\" | 1987 || \"Give Me the Reason\" || Best R&B/Soul Album – Male || | rowspan=\"2\" | 1986 || Luther Vandross || Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist || Luther Vandross Luther Ronzoni Vandross Jr. (April 20, 1951 – July 1, 2005) was an American singer, songwriter and record producer. Throughout his career, Vandross was an in-demand background vocalist for several different artists including Todd Rundgren, Judy Collins, Chaka Khan, Bette Midler, Diana Ross, David Bowie, Barbra Streisand, Ben E. King, and Donna Summer. He later became a lead singer of the group Change, which released its gold-certified debut album,", "title": "Luther Vandross" }, { "id": "16696599", "text": "after its original release. \"Give a Reason\" is considered her trademark song. It is also her best-selling single (with 232,850 copies sales) according to Oricon. It was also certified gold by the RIAJ. The song has been covered by several other Japanese voice actors, J-Pop singers and a Spanish duo. Give a Reason \"Give a Reason\" is a song by Japanese voice actress and recording artist Megumi Hayashibara. It was used as opening theme for the anime series \"Slayers Next\", and on April 24, 1996 it was released as a single along with Masami Okui's song , which was used", "title": "Give a Reason" }, { "id": "16379764", "text": "titled \"Mausam\" with BMG Crescendo in 1999. In the year 2000, Mehnaz recorded the song \"Dreamcatcher\" for the soundtrack of the indie film \"Snip!\", directed by Sunhil Sippy. She was also featured on the duet You Are The Reason on \"Yours Truly\", the fifteenth album by Air Supply released in 2001. Mehnaz was a judge on Channel V's, Coke V Popstars 2 in 2003. In 2006, Mehnaz' released her third solo album \"Sajnaa\" with Universal Music India. In 2007, Mehnaz travelled to the United States and collaborated with local musicians who eventually formed the core of the Seattle-based band, Manooghi", "title": "Mehnaz Hoosein" }, { "id": "16632095", "text": "was released as the second single in October 2012. The song debuted at #21 in New Zealand and #8 in Australia. The song became an instant hit, charting within the top 10 in fourteen countries, including at #1 in Spain and #9 on the US \"Billboard\" Hot 100. Its video was highly acclaimed and was reenacted at the 2012 AMAs which led to a notable increase in the sales of both the song and its host album. \"Just Give Me a Reason\" was released as the third single in February 2013. The song has become the biggest hit from the", "title": "The Truth About Love (Pink album)" }, { "id": "7951194", "text": "No. 1 hit \"You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma\". She also was a successful solo artist, having her own No. 1 hit, \"José Cuervo\" in 1983. West did reunite with Frizzell for a few shows in the late 1980s. West married Gary Hood in 1984 and had twin sons. In 1990, Shelly toured with her mother, Dottie West; together, they were popular on the road. In late August, 1991, Dottie was involved in a major car accident, eventually dying on September 4, 1991, from injuries sustained in the accident. West was a technical adviser for a television biopic about her", "title": "Shelly West" }, { "id": "3828675", "text": "Twitty duet \"You're the Reason Our Kids are Ugly\". Ruth Buzzi Ruth Ann Buzzi (born July 24, 1936) is an American actress, comedian and singer. She has appeared onstage, as well as in films and television. She is best known for her performances on the comedy-variety show \"Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In\" from 1968–73, for which she won a Golden Globe Award and received five Emmy nominations. Buzzi was born at Westerly Hospital, Westerly, Rhode Island, the daughter of Rena Pauline and Angelo Peter Buzzi, a nationally recognized stone sculptor. She was raised in Wequetequock, Connecticut, in a rock house overlooking", "title": "Ruth Buzzi" }, { "id": "7042325", "text": "Tim Hardin 1 Tim Hardin 1 is the debut album by folk artist Tim Hardin, released in 1966 on Verve Records. \"Tim Hardin 1\" contains one of his most well-known and frequently covered songs, \"Reason to Believe\" — most notably a hit by Rod Stewart in 1971. Some of the songs were demos that ended up on the final release. Hardin was reportedly displeased with the string arrangements added after principal recording was completed. The album cover was shot in the garden of \"The Castle\" where Bob Dylan was staying during that time. The cover and all the photos on", "title": "Tim Hardin 1" }, { "id": "8418676", "text": "was filmed in the Orange Pavilion in San Bernardino, California, while the scenes of the woman as well as her house were shot in Hollywood, California. The Porsche in the video was a gift from Simmons to Stanley, in appreciation of the latter's dedication to the band. Simmons' bass bears an image of him in his classic \"Demon\" makeup. Released as a single in 1987, the song would prove to be a minor hit for the band. It made the Top 40 charts in the United Kingdom, and reached number 34 on \"Billboard'\"s Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks It also peaked", "title": "Reason to Live" }, { "id": "8222210", "text": "I Miss You (Darren Hayes song) \"I Miss You\" is a single released by Australian singer-songwriter Darren Hayes from his debut solo album, \"Spin\". The track was released as the album's third single in the United Kingdom, and released as the album's fourth single in Australia, released after \"Crush (1980 Me)\" in 2003. The song features a protagonist describing how he feels when he is away from the one he loves. The song contains the repetitive phrase \"Give me a reason...\". The song debuted at #20 on the UK Singles Chart and #25 on the Australian ARIA Chart. The music", "title": "I Miss You (Darren Hayes song)" }, { "id": "4355296", "text": "\"Delta Dawn\", \"You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma\", \"Tulsa Turnaround\"; some in partnership with songwriter Alexander Harvey. The duo reunited for a rockabilly revival concert in England in 1993 and performed together until Lorrie's death in 2018. They appeared at Deke Dickerson's Guitar Geek Festival in Anaheim, California, on January 19, 2008, with their nephew, Dakota Collins, playing upright bass as a new addition to the Collins band. The Collins Kids The Collins Kids were an American rockabilly duo featuring Lawrencine \"Lorrie\" Collins (May 7, 1942 – August 4, 2018) and her younger brother Lawrence \"Larry\" Collins (born October 4,", "title": "The Collins Kids" }, { "id": "9126773", "text": "of 41 weeks on the Hot 100, more than any other Rod Stewart song. Reason to Believe \"Reason to Believe\" is a song written, composed, and first recorded by American folk singer Tim Hardin in 1965. It has since been recorded by artists including the Carpenters in 1970 and Rod Stewart in 1971 and 1993. After having had his recording contract terminated by Columbia Records, Tim Hardin achieved some success in the 1960s as a songwriter based in Greenwich Village. The original recording of \"Reason to Believe\" comes from Hardin's debut album, \"Tim Hardin 1\", recorded in 1965 and released", "title": "Reason to Believe" }, { "id": "14476955", "text": "debuted at #60 on the Billboard Charts. In an interview with \"americajr.com\", when asked about the story behind the song, Collins responded by saying \"Well, I didn't write the song, but it's basically a love song, [...] It's a guy asking a girl to open up your heart to me. Basically, let me in. A lot of girls don't want to do that these days. They think we're all douche bags. It's nice for a girl to open up to somebody and let somebody in.\" \"You're The Reason Why\" was released as the second single in March 2010. From \"Party", "title": "Party Heard Around the World" }, { "id": "8418677", "text": "at the 64 position on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 in the United States in early 1988. Reason to Live \"Reason to Live\" is a song by the American hard rock/heavy metal band Kiss. It is featured on the group's 1987 studio album \"Crazy Nights\". Written by singer/guitarist Paul Stanley and professional songwriter Desmond Child, \"Reason to Live\" is a power ballad, heavy on keyboards and production. The B-side is the Gene Simmons-helmed album track \"Thief in the Night\". The song's official music video was directed by Marty Callner and produced by Callner, Doug Major and Bill Brigode. It received airplay", "title": "Reason to Live" }, { "id": "16884574", "text": "on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100, becoming Pink's fourth chart topper and Nate Ruess' second overall, after \"We Are Young\" with his band Fun. It also was Pink's longest time spent as a lead artist at number one, as it ruled for three consecutive weeks. The song is the seventh best-selling song of 2013 with 4,321,000 download copies sold in the United States for the year. As of January 2014 the song has sold a total of 4,405,000 downloads in the US. With \"Just Give Me a Reason\" soaring to number one on the Adult Top 40 chart, it became Pink's", "title": "Just Give Me a Reason" }, { "id": "16884560", "text": "Just Give Me a Reason \"Just Give Me a Reason\" is a song recorded by American singer and songwriter Pink, featuring fun.'s lead singer Nate Ruess. The song was chosen as the third single from Pink's sixth studio album, \"The Truth About Love\" (2012). Jeff Bhasker assisted the artists in writing the song and is also the producer. \"Just Give Me a Reason\" is a pop ballad about the desire to hold on to a relationship even when it appears to be breaking down. The song received critical acclaim, with many critics deeming the song as the best track within", "title": "Just Give Me a Reason" }, { "id": "10661045", "text": "Frizzell, \"You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma\". The song provided a sales boost for the Jose Cuervo tequila company and brought even more success to West. The song was released on her first solo album, \"West by West\". The song is about a woman who drank too much Jose Cuervo tequila the night before. The follow-up to her No. 1 hit was a Top 5 hit that same year titled, \"Flight 309 to Tennessee\". José Cuervo (song) \"José Cuervo\" is a song written and recorded by Cindy Jordan in 1982. It was released as a single by American country artist", "title": "José Cuervo (song)" }, { "id": "9171070", "text": "out of the top twenty in its seventh week and left the chart after eleven weeks, In Austria, the single debuted number 22 on the Ö3 Austria Top 40. It reached its peak at number 12 in its fourth week and spent eight more weeks within the top 75. In Switzerland, \"Reason\" debuted and peaked at number 28 on the Swiss Hitparade in the week of December 7. It spent 13 weeks on the chart and became the band's highest-charting single since \"Still in Love with You\" in that territory. Credits adapted from the liner notes of \"The Best of", "title": "Reason (No Angels song)" }, { "id": "16884562", "text": "also became her third number-one on the \"Billboard\" Digital Songs chart after \"So What\" (2008) and \"Raise Your Glass\" (2010). \"Just Give Me a Reason\" has sold more than 4 million digital downloads in the United States. \"Just Give Me a Reason\" has won the \"Billboard\" Mid-Year Award for Favorite Hot 100 No. Single. \"Just Give Me a Reason\" garnered two Grammy Award nominations for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance and Song of the Year at the 2014 Grammy Awards, where Pink and Nate Ruess performed the song after a trapeze-accompanied rendition of \"Try.\" The music video for \"Just Give Me", "title": "Just Give Me a Reason" }, { "id": "9732795", "text": "30,000 copies. Since its release, the album has sold over 53,000 copies. \"Beyond Me: Finding Your Way to Life's Next Level\" is a book written by Doolittle about her life before during and after her American Idol experience. It was released April 20, 2010. \"Never Giving Up\" is a single co-written and performed by Doolittle about her struggles post \"Idol\" and overcoming them. It was included on an EP, \"You're the Reason,\" which was released on November 12, 2013. USA Today said of the release \"The new material doesn't rely on the same old-school soul of 2009's \"Coming Back to", "title": "Melinda Doolittle" }, { "id": "8105466", "text": "Grammy Nominees\" compilation album, by Various Artists, where it was featured alongside other Grammy nominated and winning songs, including \"Give Me One Reason\" by Tracy Chapman and \"Because You Loved Me\" by Celine Dion. On February 2, 1999, the song was released by Warner Bros. Records as an extended play, accompanied by Clapton's 1998 studio effort \"Pilgrim\". On October 12, 1999, the pop single was released as part of the number-one compilation album \"\" for Reprise Records. On September 11, 2001, the song was released on the \"Clapton Chronicles: The Best of Eric Clapton\" and \"Unplugged\" double compilation for Warner", "title": "Change the World" }, { "id": "19743053", "text": "written to receive airplay, incisive, immediate, without being trivial\". Critics including Alessandro Alicandri and \"la Repubblica\"'s Anna Puricella also compared the song's sound to the work of British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran. The Reason Why (song) \"The Reason Why\" is a song by Italian singer-songwriter Lorenzo Fragola, released as his debut single on 5 December 2015, during the week preceding the final of the eight series of Italian talent show \"X Factor\", which was won by Fragola himself. The song was written by Fragola with Michelle Lily Popovic and Fausto Cogliati. The latter also served as the song's producer. Fragola started", "title": "The Reason Why (song)" }, { "id": "5030083", "text": "to win a Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. The album's \"title track,\" also reached Nos. 5 & 12 on the \"Billboard\" Hot Soul Singles and Hot 100 charts respectively. \"Reasons,\" the album's breakout love ballad, has been covered by Stanley Turrentine, Ramsey Lewis, Maxi Priest and other artists. \"Reasons\" has also been sampled by Master P on \"Intro/17\" on his album \"99 Ways to Die\". In 1988, saxophonist Najee covered the song from his album \"Day by Day\". In 1999, Groove Armada sampled the drum intro of \"Happy Feelin'\" for their song", "title": "That's the Way of the World" }, { "id": "15555375", "text": "\"More Reasons\" from \"Purple Haze\" by Cam'ron, \"Seasoned\" from \"\" by E-40 and \"2 Step\" by Fly Gypsy. Reasons (Earth, Wind & Fire song) \"Reasons\" is a love ballad by Earth, Wind & Fire from their sixth album, \"That's the Way of the World\". The song features the falsetto singing of Philip Bailey. Although it never charted, \"Reasons\" has endured. The song, which was written by Bailey, Charles Stepney, Maurice White has appeared on dozens of albums, including almost all of Earth, Wind & Fire's greatest hits and compilation albums. AllMusic describes \"Reasons\" as a gorgeous ballad. When reviewing the", "title": "Reasons (Earth, Wind & Fire song)" }, { "id": "16884575", "text": "eighth number one song there and her tenth top ten overall. Pink currently ties the record for most number ones on that chart, with Katy Perry and Maroon 5 with each having eight. \"Just Give Me a Reason\" also reached number one on both the US Pop Songs, Adult Pop Songs, Adult contemporary chart and Digital Songs. In Mexico the song has debuted at the number one, it has been certified 3x Platinum, denoting sales of almost 180,000 copies in the country. The song attained worldwide success, topping the charts in 20 countries including the United States, Austria, Czech Republic,", "title": "Just Give Me a Reason" } ]

[ "Orthodoxy" ]

[ { "id": "9771489", "text": "Latin Rite Catholics. Judaism was the religion of the 0.4%; while Buddhism, Paganism (Rodnovery), and Hinduism were each the religions of 0.1% of the population. A further 11.0% declared themselves non-religious or unaffiliated. According to the surveys conducted by Razumkov in the 2000s and early 2010s, such proportions have remained relatively constant throughout the last decade, while the proportion of believers overall has decreased from 76% in 2014 to 70% in 2016 and 72% in 2018. (p. 22). As of 2018, Christianity was particularly strong in westernmost Ukrainian regions, where most Greek Catholics lived. In central, southern and eastern regions,", "title": "Religion in Ukraine" }, { "id": "9771496", "text": "of the population declared themselves believers. About 67.3% of the population declared adherence to one or another strand of Orthodox Christianity (28.7% of the Kiev Patriarchate, 23.4% just Orthodox, 12.8% of the Moscow Patriarchate, 0.3% Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, and 1.9% other types of Orthodoxy), 7.7% just Christians, 9.4% Greek Rite Catholics, 2.2% Protestants and 0.8% Latin Rite Catholics. Judaism was the religion of the 0.4%; while Buddhism, Paganism and Hinduism were each the religions of 0.1% of the population. A further 11.0% declared themselves non-religious or unaffiliated. Among those Ukrainians who declared to believe in Orthodoxy, 42.6% declared to", "title": "Religion in Ukraine" }, { "id": "4034250", "text": "Religion in the United Kingdom Religion in the United Kingdom, and in the countries that preceded it, has been dominated for over 1,400 years by various forms of Christianity. Religious affiliations of United Kingdom citizens are recorded by regular surveys, the four major ones being the national decennial census, the Labour Force Survey, the British Social Attitudes survey and the European Social Survey. According to the 2011 Census, Christianity is the majority religion, followed by Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism, Judaism and Buddhism in terms of number of adherents. Among Christians, Anglicans are the most common denomination, followed by the Catholics, Presbyterians,", "title": "Religion in the United Kingdom" }, { "id": "9771488", "text": "Religion in Ukraine Religion in Ukraine is diverse, with a majority of the population adhering to Christianity. A 2018 survey conducted by the Razumkov Centre found that 71.7% of the population declared themselves believers. About 67.3% of the population declared adherence to one or another strand of Orthodox Christianity (28.7% of the Kiev Patriarchate, 23.4% state simply 'Orthodox' with no declaration as to which Patriarchate they belong to, 12.8% of the Moscow Patriarchate, 0.3% Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, and 1.9% other types of Orthodoxy), 7.7% 'Christian' with no declared denominational affiliation, 9.4% Ukrainian Byzantine Rite Catholics, 2.2% Protestants and 0.8%", "title": "Religion in Ukraine" }, { "id": "436935", "text": "the 2001 census. A 2016 survey conducted by the Razumkov Centre found that 70% of the population declared themselves believers in any religion, while 6.3% declared themselves non-believers, and 2.7% declared to be atheists. Of the total Ukraian population, 81.9% declared to be Christians, comprising a 63.4% who declared to be Orthodox, 8.5% Greek Rite Catholics, 7.1% simply christians, 1.9% Protestants, and 1.0% Latin Rite Catholics. Islam comprises 1.1% of the population, while Judaism and Hinduism were the religions of 0.2% of the population each. A further 16.3% of the population believed in some other religion not identifying in one", "title": "Demographics of Ukraine" }, { "id": "9771508", "text": "with a strong concentration in western Ukraine (5.3%). In the country there are communities of Evangelicalism, Baptists, Charismatic Christianity, as well as Methodists, Mennonites, Lutherans, Presbyterians, and others. There is also a Sub-Carpathian Reformed Church with about 140,000 members, which is one of the earliest Protestant communities in the country. The Embassy of God of Sunday Adelaja maintains a significant presence throughout the country, as do other neopentecostal groups. As of 2016, there are 2,973 Evangelical churches, 2,853 churches of the Baptists, 1,082 Seventh-day Adventist churches, 128 Calvinist churches, 79 Lutheran churches, 1,337 churches of Charismatic Christianity, and 1,347 other", "title": "Religion in Ukraine" }, { "id": "9771520", "text": "of the assemblies is voluntary. In 2007, the council accounted for representatives of 19 organizations, while in 2013, only 18. The Council of Christian Churches accounted for representatives from 9 churches. Religion in Ukraine Religion in Ukraine is diverse, with a majority of the population adhering to Christianity. A 2018 survey conducted by the Razumkov Centre found that 71.7% of the population declared themselves believers. About 67.3% of the population declared adherence to one or another strand of Orthodox Christianity (28.7% of the Kiev Patriarchate, 23.4% state simply 'Orthodox' with no declaration as to which Patriarchate they belong to, 12.8%", "title": "Religion in Ukraine" }, { "id": "2106077", "text": "History of Christianity in Ukraine The history of Christianity in Ukraine dates back to the earliest centuries of the history of Christianity, to the Apostolic Age, when according to Radziwiłł Chronicle, the Apostle Saint Andrew ascended the hills of Kiev. It has remained the dominant religion in the country since its acceptance in 988 by Vladimir the Great (Volodymyr the Great), who brought it from Byzantine Crimea and instated it as the state religion of Kievan Rus' (Ruthenia), a medieval East Slavic state and establishment of the Ruthenian Orthodox Church with metropolitan see in Kiev. Although separated into various Christian", "title": "History of Christianity in Ukraine" }, { "id": "9771518", "text": "males are born to play one out of three roles in society, whether priests, warriors or farmers). The group of worshipers of gods according to the Roman way \"Sarmatia\" (Roman name for modern-day Ukraine) is building a Temple of Jupiter Perennus or Jupiter Perunnus (Perun) in the city of Poltava. The site was attacked and desecrated by Christians in 2011, but construction works continue to the present. As of 2016, there were 241 officially registered churches belonging to various new religious movements (including the aforementioned Hindu-inspired ones, 11 congregations of the Bahá'í Faith, six congregations of the Church of the", "title": "Religion in Ukraine" }, { "id": "9771494", "text": "the 18th century a new teaching of Judaism originated and became established in the Ukrainian lands - Hasidism. The Golden Horde (which adopted Islam in 1313) and the Sunni Ottoman Empire (which conquered the Ukrainian littoral in the 1470s) brought Islam to their subject territories in present-day Ukraine. Crimean Tatars accepted Islam as the state religion (1313–1502) of the Golden Horde, and later ruled as vassals of the Ottoman Empire (until the late 18th century). During the period of Soviet rule ( 1917–1991) the governing Soviet authorities officially promoted atheism and taught it in schools, while promoting various levels of", "title": "Religion in Ukraine" }, { "id": "9771513", "text": "Russian, Hebrew, Yiddish and Ukrainian languages. As of 2018, 0.4% of the population of Ukraine was found to be constituted by Jews believing in Judaism. There are, in the same year, 271 officially registered Jewish religious communities. Hinduism is a minority faith in Ukraine. The International Society for Krishna Consciousness managed to propagate the Hindu faith through their missionary activities. As of 2018, Hindu believers constituted 0.1% of the population of Ukraine, with a slightly higher proportion in Western Ukraine (0.2%). In 2016, there were 85 Hindu, Hindu-inspired and other Eastern religions-inspired organizations in the country, among which 42 are", "title": "Religion in Ukraine" }, { "id": "1289399", "text": "there has been a growth of Protestant churches and Rodnovery, a contemporary Slavic modern pagan religion. There are also ethnic minorities that practice other religions, i.e. Crimean Tatars (Islam), and Jews and Karaim (Judaism). A 2016 survey conducted by the Razumkov Centre found that majority of Ukrainian populations was adhering to Christianity (81.9%). Of these Christians, 65.4% are Eastern Orthodox (25.0% of the Kiev Patriarchate and 15.0% of the Moscow Patriarchate and 1.8% of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, and 23.2% are simply Orthodox), 7.1% are simply Christians, 6.5% are Greek Catholics, 1.0% are Latin Rite Catholics and a further", "title": "Ukrainians" }, { "id": "9771516", "text": "Union in 1991. The current headquarters of RUNVira is in Spring Glen, New York, United States. The doctrine of the Church of the Native Ukrainian National Faith, \"Sylenkoism\" or \"Dazhbogism\", is monist and centered around the god Dazhbog. As of 2018, there were 0.1% Pagan believers in Ukraine, with a higher percentage in Central Ukraine. Sociologists estimated between 1,000 and 95,000 Rodnovers (0.2%) in Ukraine in the early 2000s. Since 1999, the Book of Veles, which is a central philosophical text for many Rodnover churches, is taught in Ukrainian school curricula. Rodnovery has taken a significant role in the War", "title": "Religion in Ukraine" }, { "id": "433911", "text": "were unbelievers, 2.7% were atheists, and a further 3.9% found it difficult to answer the question. The level of religiosity in Ukraine is greatest in Western Ukraine (91%), and lowest in Eastern Ukraine (56%) and the Donbass (57%). Of the Ukrainian population, 81.9% were Christians, comprising a 65.4% who declared to be Orthodox, 7.1% simply Christians, 6.5% Greek Rite Catholics, and 1.9% Protestants. A further 1.1% were Muslims and 1.0% Latin Rite Catholics. Judaism and Hinduism were the religions of 0.2% of the population each. A further 16.3% of the population did not identify in one of those listed hitherto.", "title": "Ukraine" }, { "id": "9771498", "text": "(officially called the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which is the Ukrainian branch of the Russian Orthodox Church) and is not recognised as part of the broader Eastern Orthodox Church. A February 2015 survey by Razumkov Centre, SOCIS, Rating and KIIS gave the following data at oblast level: As of 2018, 87.4% of the population of Ukraine declared to believe in Christianity. According to the same survey, 67.3% of the total population adhered to Orthodox Christianity. Orthodoxy is stronger in central (76.7%) and southern Ukraine (71.0%), while it comprises about two thirds of the total population in eastern Ukraine (63.2%), and a", "title": "Religion in Ukraine" }, { "id": "5760141", "text": "Islam in Ukraine Islam is the fourth-largest religion in Ukraine, representing 0.6%–0.9% of the population. The religion has a long history in Ukraine dating back to the establishment of the Crimean Khanate in the 15th century. Sunni Islam of the Hanafi school is the largest non-Christian religion in Ukraine, and the majority of Ukrainian Muslims are Crimean Tatars. Other Turkic peoples indigenous to Ukraine, predominantly found in South and south-east Ukraine, practice other forms of Islam. These include Volga Tatars, Azeris, North Caucasian ethnic groups and Uzbeks. In 2012 an estimated 500,000 Muslims lived in Ukraine, including 300,000 Crimean Tatars.", "title": "Islam in Ukraine" }, { "id": "9771510", "text": "Ukraine. Muslims are mostly concentrated in Donbass, where they make up 6.0% of the population. In the same year, there are 229 registered Islamic organizations. In Crimea, which in 2014 was annexed by Russia, Crimean Tatar Muslims make up to 15% of the population. A major part of the south steppes of modern Ukraine at a certain period of time were inhabited by Turkic peoples, most of whom were Muslims since the fall of the Khazar Khanate. The Crimean Tatars are the only indigenous Muslim ethnic group in the country. The Nogays, another Muslim group who lived in the steppes", "title": "Religion in Ukraine" }, { "id": "9771490", "text": "Christians constitute a smaller proportion of the total population, particularly low in the easternmost region of Donbass. Another religion that is present in Ukraine besides Christianity is Rodnovery (Slavic native faith), which comprises Ukrainian- and Russian-language communities (some Rodnover organizations call the religion , \"Orthodoxy\", thus functioning in homonymy with Christian Orthodox churches). Hinduism has been spread after the collapse of the Soviet Union by Indian and International Society for Krishna Consciousness' missionaries and is particularly present in the Donbass region. Crimean Tatars professing Islam represent a significant part of the population in Crimea, which prior 2014 was a subject", "title": "Religion in Ukraine" }, { "id": "5760150", "text": "are living in territory no longer controlled by Ukraine. (According to figures as stated by Said Ismagilov, the mufti of Religious Administration of Muslims of Ukraine \"Ummah\".) Islam in Ukraine Islam is the fourth-largest religion in Ukraine, representing 0.6%–0.9% of the population. The religion has a long history in Ukraine dating back to the establishment of the Crimean Khanate in the 15th century. Sunni Islam of the Hanafi school is the largest non-Christian religion in Ukraine, and the majority of Ukrainian Muslims are Crimean Tatars. Other Turkic peoples indigenous to Ukraine, predominantly found in South and south-east Ukraine, practice other", "title": "Islam in Ukraine" }, { "id": "9771519", "text": "Last Testament—Vissarionism, and others), 58 registered Buddhist groups, and various registered churches for minority ethnicities—including two Chinese Taoist churches, one Korean Methodist church, four Jewish Karaite churches, eight churches for Christian Jews and 35 churches of Messianic Judaism. In December 1996, the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations was formed with the objective of uniting around 90-95% of religious communities of Ukraine. Since the end of 2003, the Council of Representatives of the Christian Churches of Ukraine exists in parallel to the council to promote the principles of Christianity in Ukraine and religious freedom. Affiliation with either or both", "title": "Religion in Ukraine" }, { "id": "9771493", "text": "Vladimir had his people baptised in the Dnieper River. This began a long history of the dominance of Eastern Orthodoxy in Ruthenia, a religious ascendancy that would later influence both Ukraine and Russia. Domination of Little Russia by Great Russia (from 1721) eventually led to the decline of Uniate Catholicism (officially founded in 1596) in the Ukrainian lands under Tsarist control. Judaism has existed in the Ukrainian lands for approximately 2000 years: Jewish traders appeared in Greek colonies. After the 7th century Judaism influenced the neighbouring Khazar Khaganate. From the 13th century Ashkenazi Jewish presence in Ukraine increased significantly. In", "title": "Religion in Ukraine" }, { "id": "4034274", "text": "The Church of England separated from the Catholic Church in 1534 and became the established church by an Act of Parliament in the Act of Supremacy, beginning a series of events known as the English Reformation. Historically it has been the predominant Christian denomination in England and Wales, in terms of both influence and number of adherents. The Scottish Episcopal Church, which is part of the Anglican Communion (but not a \"daughter church\" of the Church of England), dates from the final establishment of Presbyterianism in Scotland in 1690, when it split from the Church of Scotland. In the 1920s,", "title": "Religion in the United Kingdom" }, { "id": "9771515", "text": "and has chapters in Kiev, Kharkiv, Odessa, Boryspil, Chernihiv, Mykolaiv, Lviv and Yuzhnoukrainsk. There are many other unregistered groups and federations, for instance the Ancestral Fire of the Slavic Native Faith (Родове Вогнище Слов'янської Рідної Віри), the Wrath of God Native Orthodox Faith, the North Caucasian Scythian Regional Fire, the Order of the Knights of the Solar God and the Rodoliubye Russian Rodnover Community. Lev Sylenko founded the Church of the Native Ukrainian National Faith (RUNVira) in 1966 in Chicago, United States, and only opened their first temple in the mother country of Ukraine after the breakup of the Soviet", "title": "Religion in Ukraine" }, { "id": "11661315", "text": "Religion in Kyrgyzstan Islam is the main religion in Kyrgyzstan, but the constitution guarantees freedom of religion. Kyrgyzstan is a multi ethnic and multi religious country with Islam (including Sunni, Shia, and Ahmadiyya), Buddhism, Baha’i, Christianity (including Russian Orthodox Church, Roman Catholicism, and Seventh-day Adventist Church), Judaism, and other religions all having a presence in the country. Sunni Islam is the main religion in Kyrgyzstan followed by 75-80% of the population. Islam is the most widely held faith. Official sources estimated that 80 percent of the population is Muslim. The CIA World Factbook estimates 75%. Almost all the Muslims are", "title": "Religion in Kyrgyzstan" }, { "id": "9771491", "text": "of Ukraine, but has been since that year occupied by Russia. As of 2016, without Crimea, where Muslims formed 15% of the population in 2013, only Donbass maintains a larger community of Muslims compared to other Ukrainian regions (6%). Since before the outbreak of the War in Donbass in 2014, but even more violently so from that year onwards, there has been unrest between pro-Ukrainian and pro-Russian religious groups in the country. In pre-historic times and in the early Middle Ages, the territories of present-day Ukraine supported different tribes practising their traditional pagan religions (though note for example the Tengrism", "title": "Religion in Ukraine" }, { "id": "9771492", "text": "of Old Great Bulgaria in the Ukrainian lands in the 7th century CE). Byzantine-rite Christianity first became prominent about the turn of the first millennium. Later traditions and legends relate that in the first century CE the Apostle Andrew himself had visited the site where the city of Kiev would later arise. In the 10th century the emerging state of Kievan Rus' came increasingly under the cultural influence of the Byzantine Empire. The first recorded Rus' convert to Eastern Orthodoxy, the Princess Saint Olga, visited Constantinople in 945 or 957. In the 980s, according to tradition, Olga's grandson, Knyaz (Prince)", "title": "Religion in Ukraine" }, { "id": "9771501", "text": "by far more than any other religion in Ukraine, (though the Kievan Patriarchate has more members). The UOC, like the rest of the ROC, uses predominantly the Church Slavonic language in liturgy. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church — the Kiev Patriarchate was formed by the ROC metropolitan Filaret (Denysenko) in June 1992, following the declaration of independence of Ukraine in 1991; since 1995, it has been headed by Filaret (Denysenko) with the title Patriarch of Kiev and all Rus-Ukraine. The church claims direct lineage to the Kievan Metropolia of Petro Mohyla. Before the merged into unified UOC, the church has 4,921", "title": "Religion in Ukraine" }, { "id": "9771505", "text": "is an Armenian eparchy (diocese) in Ukraine, centered in Armenian Cathedral of Lviv, and also there are many Armenian churches and other monuments on the territory of Ukraine. Byzantine Rite Catholicism is the religion of 9.4% of the population of Ukraine as of 2016. This church is largely concentrated in western Ukraine, where it gathers a significant proportion of the population (39.7%). Latin Rite Catholicism, instead, is the religion of 0.8% of the population of Ukraine, mostly in western (1.3%) and central (1.2%) regions. Catholicism is largely absent in eastern Ukraine and non-existent in Donbass. As of 2016, there are", "title": "Religion in Ukraine" }, { "id": "9771514", "text": "Krishna Consciousness congregations. The Slavic native faith (Rodnovery, Ukrainian: Рідновірство \"Ridnovirstvo\", Рідновір'я \"Ridnovirya\" or Рiдна Вiра \"Ridna Vira\"; otherwise called Православ'я \"Pravoslavya\"—\"Orthodoxy\") is represented in Ukraine by numerous organizations. As of 2016 there are 138 registered communities divided between the Church of the Native Ukrainian National Faith (Рідна Українська Національна Віра, RUNVira)—72 churches, the Ancestral Fire of Native Orthodoxy (Родового Вогнища Рідної Православної Віри)—21 churches, the Church of the Ukrainian Gentiles (Церкви Українських Язичників)—7 churches, the Federation of Ukrainian Rodnovers (Об'єднання Рідновірів України)—6 churches, and other organizations—32 churches. The Federation of Ukrainian Rodnovers was founded in 1998 by Halyna Lozko", "title": "Religion in Ukraine" }, { "id": "3202635", "text": "following them”. This massive lack of respect is mainly caused by huge distrust for any kind of state governance and its related departments. The latest social research shows that only 12% of the population believes that their leaders and public servants make a good job of managing the county’s internal and external policies. Moreover, corruption in Ukraine thrives extremely, especially in the sphere of governance of any kind, so it also facilitates deeper disrespect for authority. Religion is practiced throughout the country. Eastern Orthodox Christianity and Eastern Catholicism and Roman Catholic are the three most widely practiced religions. The Ukrainian", "title": "Ukrainian culture" }, { "id": "433780", "text": "Ukraine Ukraine (; ), sometimes called the Ukraine, is a country in Eastern Europe. Excluding Crimea, Ukraine has a population of about 42.5 million, making it the 32nd most populous country in the world. Its capital and largest city is Kiev. Ukrainian is the official language and its alphabet is Cyrillic. The dominant religions in the country are Eastern Orthodoxy and Greek Catholicism. Ukraine is currently in a territorial dispute with Russia over the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia annexed in 2014. Including Crimea, Ukraine has an area of , making it the largest country entirely within Europe and the 46th", "title": "Ukraine" }, { "id": "9771507", "text": "liturgical language. The Church of the Latin Rite is traditionally associated with historical pockets of citizens of Polish ancestry who lived mainly in the central and western regions. It uses the Polish, Latin, Ukrainian and Russian as liturgical languages. Main concentrations of the Ruthenian Catholic Church are in Trans-Carpathia near the Hungarian border. This community has multiple ties in Hungary, Slovakia and the United States. The Armenian Catholic Church has a very small presence. As of 2016 there is only one officially registered church belonging to Armenian Catholics. As of 2016, Protestants make up 2.2% of the population of Ukraine,", "title": "Religion in Ukraine" }, { "id": "10828689", "text": "Religion in Kenya The predominant religion in Kenya is Christianity, which is adhered to by an estimated 84.8% of the total population. Islam is the second largest religion in Kenya, practiced by approximately 9.7 to 11.1 percent of Kenyans. Other faiths practiced in Kenya are Baha'i, Buddhism, Hinduism and traditional religions. Roman Catholicism was first brought to Kenya in the fifteenth century by the Portuguese, and was spread rapidly during the 20th century by missionaries. Today, the main Christian denominations in Kenya are Protestant confessions, which make up about 47.4% of the country's religious composition. They include the Anglican Church", "title": "Religion in Kenya" }, { "id": "9771509", "text": "organizations belonging to the Protestant spectrum (including 928 Jehovah's Witnesses' halls and 44 Mormon congregations). In total, as of 2016 there are 9,799 registered Protestant groups in Ukraine. As of 2016, there are 29 registered communities belonging to the Church of the East. Jehovah’s Witnesses claim to have 265,985 adherents, as reported in the movement's 2013 \"Yearbook\". In 2010 the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) dedicated its Kyiv Ukraine Temple, and in 2012 claimed a membership more than 11,000 in 57 congregations in Ukraine. As of 2016, Islam was the religion of 1.1% of the population of", "title": "Religion in Ukraine" }, { "id": "10841052", "text": "over (31%) \"state language\" status for Russian. The 2012 law on regional languages was repelled by the Constitutional Court of Ukraine on 28 February 2018 when it ruled the law unconstitutional. According to a 2016 survey of religion in Ukraine held by the Razumkov Center, 73.5% of the population in Eastern Ukraine were Christians (63.2% Eastern Orthodox, 8.1% simply Christians, 1.0% Protestants, and 0.3% Latin Rite Catholics), 0.5% were Muslims, 0.3% were Jewish, and 0.3% were Hindus. Not religious and other believers not identifying with any of the listed major religious institutions constituted about 24.7% of the population. It also", "title": "Eastern Ukraine" }, { "id": "9771512", "text": "- Kazan and Volga Tatars; UMMA - Arabs, Uzbeks, Russians, Ukrainians. The size of the Jewish population of Ukraine has varied over time. Jews are primarily an ethnicity, closely linked with the religion of Judaism. Jews in Ukraine are estimated to be between 100 and 300 thousands. However, ethnic Jews may be irreligious or practise other religions than Judaism. It is estimated than only 35-40% of the Jewish population of Ukraine is religious. Most observant Jews are believers of Orthodox Judaism, but there are as well communities of Chabad-Lubavitch and Reform Judaism, Conservative Judaism and Reconstructionist Judaism. Judaic congregations use", "title": "Religion in Ukraine" }, { "id": "9771495", "text": "persecution of religious believers and of their organizations. Only a small fraction of people remained official church-goers in that period, and the number of non-believers increased. The 20th century saw schisms within Eastern Orthodoxy in Ukrainian territory. As of 2018, according to a survey held by the Razumkov Center, 71.7% of the total respondents declared to be believers, while 11.5% were uncertain whether they believed or not, 5.3% were uninterested in beliefs, 4.7% were unbelievers, 3.0% were atheists, and a further 3.7% found it difficult to answer the question. A 2018 survey conducted by the Razumkov Centre found that 71.7%", "title": "Religion in Ukraine" }, { "id": "1289400", "text": "1.9% are Protestants. As of 2016, 16.3% of the population does not claim a religious affiliation, and 1.7% adheres to other religions. According to the same survey, 70% of the population of Ukraine declared to be believers, while 6.3% declared to be non-believers, and 2.7% declared to be atheists. Ukrainian music incorporates a diversity of external cultural influences. It also has a very strong indigenous Slavic and Christian uniqueness whose elements were used among many neighboring nations. Ukrainian folk oral literature, poetry, and songs (such as the dumas) are among the most distinctive ethnocultural features of Ukrainians as a people.", "title": "Ukrainians" }, { "id": "7783587", "text": "Religion in London London has centres of worship for a multitude of faiths. According to the 2011 Census, the largest religious groupings are Christians (48.4 per cent), followed by those of no religion (20.7 per cent), no response (8.5 per cent), Muslims (12.4 per cent), Hindus (5.0 per cent), Jews (1.8 per cent), Sikhs (1.5 per cent), Buddhists (1.0 per cent) and other (0.6 per cent). London is significantly more religious than England or the UK as a whole, in part as a reflection of its racial and cultural diversity. In 2001, the numbers were respectively Christians (58.2 per cent),", "title": "Religion in London" }, { "id": "8308992", "text": "Ukrainian Church. This church adheres to the Julian Calendar, a traditional liturgy, and a unique spiritual heritage. St. Volodymyr Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral represents , the dominant religion in Ukraine. It has served new immigrants who have left Ukraine since the fall of the Soviet Union. Although Orthodox in faith, the Cathedral is under the UOCUSA, which is under the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and has no affiliation with the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Ukraine. The church was originally built for a German parish. It was sold twice before it was finally bought and converted by the current Ukrainian parish.", "title": "Ukrainian Village, Chicago" }, { "id": "433914", "text": "the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic Church in communion with the Holy See of the Roman Catholic Church. It recognizes the primacy of the Pope as head of the Church while still maintaining a similar liturgical and spiritual tradition as Eastern Orthodoxy. Additionally, there are a small number of Latin Rite Catholic communities (1.0%). The church consists mainly of ethnic Poles and Hungarians, who live predominantly in the western regions of the country. Protestants in Ukraine make up 1.9% of the population as of 2016. A further 7.1% of the population declares to be simply Christian. The famines", "title": "Ukraine" }, { "id": "4034258", "text": "challenged by some scholars. In the 2011 census, Christianity was the largest religion, stated as their affiliation by 59.5% of the total population. This figure was found to be 53% in the 2007 Tearfund survey, 42.9 per cent in the 2009 British Social Attitudes Survey and 42.98 per cent in the EU-funded European Social Survey published in April 2009 for those identifying as Christian. Although there was no UK-wide data in the 2001 or the 2011 census on adherence to individual Christian denominations, since they are asked only in the Scottish and in the Northern Irish Censuses, using the same", "title": "Religion in the United Kingdom" }, { "id": "2106086", "text": "came to dominate most of the territory of present-day Ukraine, beginning with the rule of the Rus', whose pantheon of gods had held a considerable following for over 600 years. Following the 860 assault on Constantinople by Rus' forces under the command of Askold and Dir, the two princes were baptized in that holy city. Returning to Kiev, the two actively championed Christianity for a period of 20 years, until they were murdered by the pagan Prince Oleg in the inter-princely rivalry for the Kiev throne. Patriarch Photios purportedly provided a bishop and priests from Constantinople to help in the", "title": "History of Christianity in Ukraine" }, { "id": "17404171", "text": "live. It is the majority religion in Ukraine (65.4%-77%), Romania (82%), Belarus (48%-73%) Greece (95%-98%), Serbia (85%), Bulgaria (88%), Moldova (93%), Georgia (84%), Macedonia (65%), Cyprus (89%), Montenegro (72%), Estonia (14%), and it is also predominant in the disputed territories of Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Transnistria. Significant minorities, making up between 1 and 31 per cent of the population, are present in several European countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina (31%), Latvia (18%), Albania (7%), Lithuania (4%), Croatia (4%), Slovenia (2%), and Finland (1.5%). In Asia, around the former USSR, Eastern Orthodoxy constitutes the dominant religion in northern Kazakhstan, representing 23.9%, of", "title": "Eastern Orthodoxy by country" }, { "id": "9771497", "text": "be members of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kievan Patriarchate, while 19.0% declared to be members of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscovian Patriarchate. A further 0.5% were members of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church. Among the remaining Orthodox Ukrainians, 34.7% declared to be \"just Orthodox\", without affiliation to any patriarchate, while a further 2.8% declared that they \"did not know\" which patriarchate or Orthodox church they belonged to. It is important to note that the Orthodox Church of the Kyevan Patriarchate is considered schismatic and doctrinally errant and ethnophyletic by the Orthodox Church of the Moscovian Patriarchate", "title": "Religion in Ukraine" }, { "id": "9237951", "text": "Religion in England The Church of England is the established state church in England, whose Supreme Governor is the Monarch. Other Christian traditions in England include Roman Catholicism, Methodism, and the Baptists. After Christianity, the religions with the most adherents are Islam, Hinduism, Neopaganism, Sikhism, Judaism, Buddhism, and the Bahá'í Faith. There are also organisations promoting irreligion, including humanism and atheism. Many of England's most notable buildings and monuments are religious in nature: Stonehenge, the Angel of the North, Westminster Abbey, and Canterbury and St Paul's Cathedral. The festivals of Christmas and Easter are widely celebrated in the country. Although", "title": "Religion in England" }, { "id": "6347392", "text": "for instance, the traditional god of livestock and poetry Veles is called upon as the god of literature and communication. In Ukraine, there has been a debate as to whether the religion should be monotheistic or polytheistic. In keeping with the pre-Christian belief systems of the region, the groups who inherit Volodymyr Shaian's tradition, among others, espouse polytheism. Conversely, Sylenko's Native Ukrainian National Faith (RUNVira; also called \"Sylenkoism\") regards itself as monotheistic and focuses its worship upon a single God who they identify with the name Dazhbog. For members of this group, Dazhbog is regarded as the life-giving energy of", "title": "Slavic Native Faith" }, { "id": "10729185", "text": "Religion in the European Union Religion in the European Union is diverse. The largest religion in the EU is Christianity, which accounts for 71.6% of EU population. Smaller groups include those of Islam, Buddhism, Judaism, Hinduism, and some East Asian religions, most concentrated in Germany, Britain and France. Also present are revival movements of pre-Christianity European folk religions including Heathenism, Rodnovery, Romuva, and Druidry. Over the last several decades, religious practice has been on the decline in a process of secularisation. Eurostat's Eurobarometer survey in 2010 showed that 20% of EU citizens don't believe there is any sort of spirit,", "title": "Religion in the European Union" }, { "id": "9771506", "text": "4,733 registered Catholic churches, among which 3,799 belong to the two Byzantine Rite Churches and 933 belong to the Latin Church. The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church traditionally constituted the second largest group of believers after the Christian Orthodox churches. The Union of Brest formed the Church in 1596 to unify Orthodox and Catholic believers. Outlawed by the Soviet Union in 1946 and legalized in 1987, the church was for forty-three years the single largest banned religious community in the world. Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk is the present head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. The church uses Ukrainian as its", "title": "Religion in Ukraine" }, { "id": "11661316", "text": "Sunni; there are few Shia in the country (approximately one thousand). There are also a few Ahmadiyya Muslims, though unrecognised by the country. According to SARA, as of May 2007 there were 1,650 mosques, of which 1,623 were registered. There also were seven institutes for higher Islamic teaching. According to recent official estimates, 11 percent of the population is Russian Orthodox, although some experts believe the figure could be as low as 8 percent. The country has 44 Russian Orthodox churches, 1 Russian Orthodox monastery for women, and 1 parochial school. Other religious groups account for a very small percentage", "title": "Religion in Kyrgyzstan" }, { "id": "9771503", "text": "Lviv, Rivne-Volyn, and Tavriya have officially broken relations with Methodij and have asked to be placed under the direct jurisdiction of the Istanbul-based Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. The church uses Ukrainian as its liturgical language. There are also communities belonging to the Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church and other Old Believers, to the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, to the Ruthenian Orthodox Church, to various branches of the True Orthodox Church-Catacombism (including the Ruthenian True Orthodox Church, the Ukrainian True Orthodox Church and the Church of the Goths), to the Romanian Orthodox Church (Metropolis of Bessarabia), to the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church", "title": "Religion in Ukraine" }, { "id": "9237982", "text": "people in England declared no religion in 2011, compared with 14.6% in 2001. These figures are slightly lower than the combined figures for England and Wales as Wales has a higher level of irreligion than England. Norwich had the highest such proportion at 42.5%, followed closely by Brighton and Hove at 42.4%. Religion in England The Church of England is the established state church in England, whose Supreme Governor is the Monarch. Other Christian traditions in England include Roman Catholicism, Methodism, and the Baptists. After Christianity, the religions with the most adherents are Islam, Hinduism, Neopaganism, Sikhism, Judaism, Buddhism, and", "title": "Religion in England" }, { "id": "433966", "text": "as follows: 'mostly Russian': 52 percent, 'both Russian and Ukrainian in equal measure': 32 percent, 'mostly Ukrainian': 14 percent, 'exclusively Ukrainian': 4.3 percent. g. Such writings were also the base for Russian and Belarusian literature. Ukraine Ukraine (; ), sometimes called the Ukraine, is a country in Eastern Europe. Excluding Crimea, Ukraine has a population of about 42.5 million, making it the 32nd most populous country in the world. Its capital and largest city is Kiev. Ukrainian is the official language and its alphabet is Cyrillic. The dominant religions in the country are Eastern Orthodoxy and Greek Catholicism. Ukraine is", "title": "Ukraine" }, { "id": "4034284", "text": "Scotland's largest Christian denomination, representing a fifth of the population. The apostolic nuncio to the whole of Ireland (both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland) is Jude Thaddeus Okolo. Eastern Rite Catholics in the United Kingdom are served by their own clergy and do not belong to the Latin Church dioceses but are still in full communion with the Bishop of Rome. Orthodox Christianity is a relatively minor faith in the United Kingdom when compared to Protestantism and Catholicism; most Orthodox churches cater to immigrants from Eastern Europe and the Balkans and is a relatively minor faith among Britons", "title": "Religion in the United Kingdom" }, { "id": "2106089", "text": "had taken the crown from his mother. Christianity became dominant in the territory with the mass Baptism of Kiev in the Dnieper River in 988 ordered by Vladimir. That year is considered as the year of establishment of the Kiev Metropolis and part of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. The exact date of establishment is not clearly known as the Kiev eparchy (metropolis) is mentioned as early as 891. The first cathedral temple, Church of the Tithes (Assumption of Virgin Mary), was built in 996. Following the Great Schism in 1054, the Kievan Rus' that incorporated some of the modern", "title": "History of Christianity in Ukraine" }, { "id": "9237978", "text": "private moots, blots and sumbels, Anglo-Saxon kindred networking spiked in its frequency and web prominence during 2014 due to English News. During the Iron Age, Celtic polytheism was the predominant religion in the area now known as England. Neo-Druidism grew out of the Celtic revival in 18th-century Romanticism. The 2011 census states there are 4,189 Druids in England and Wales. A 2012 analysis by the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids estimates that there are between 6,000 and 11,000 Druids in Britain. Other religions include: These faiths, all of which are considered to be pagan, have all been predominant in", "title": "Religion in England" }, { "id": "10729199", "text": "in Israel.). In view of the history of persecution of Jews in Europe, antisemitism remains a matter of attention within the EU. Religion in the European Union Religion in the European Union is diverse. The largest religion in the EU is Christianity, which accounts for 71.6% of EU population. Smaller groups include those of Islam, Buddhism, Judaism, Hinduism, and some East Asian religions, most concentrated in Germany, Britain and France. Also present are revival movements of pre-Christianity European folk religions including Heathenism, Rodnovery, Romuva, and Druidry. Over the last several decades, religious practice has been on the decline in a", "title": "Religion in the European Union" }, { "id": "20185283", "text": "maintained direct relationship with Sylenko, fully accepting him as prophet. As of the mid-2000s the organisations' leader was Bohdan Savchenko. They consider themselves a transformed and completed Ukrainian Native Faith, focusing on the monotheistic belief in the impersonal Dazhbog (literally \"Giving God\"), the life-giving energy of the cosmos. Members of OSIDU RUNVira practise a weekly Holy Hour of Self-Realisation, which includes reading the \"Maha Vira\", commentaries, sermons, ancestor worship, prayers and hymns, and ends with the singing of Ukraine's national anthem. Liturgical elements of the service include a chalice with water from a local river, a box or chest containing", "title": "Native Ukrainian National Faith" }, { "id": "341462", "text": "Eastern Orthodox. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union the affiliation to the Eastern Orthodox church have risen substantially and in 2015 about 71% of the population of Russia declared itself to be Eastern Orthodox, and the share of who identitied as religiously unaffiliated declined from a 61% in 1991 to 18% in 2008. Orthodox Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, and ethnic religions are recognised as Russia's traditional religions, marking the country's \"historical heritage\". Traced back to the Christianization of Kievan Rus' in the 10th century, Russian Orthodoxy is the dominant religion in the country; smaller Christian denominations such as Catholics,", "title": "Russia" }, { "id": "4034320", "text": "fostering arrangements at least, the right of homosexuals to equality should take precedence over the right of Christians to manifest their beliefs and moral values\". Levels of affiliation vary between different part of the UK, particularly between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The percentages declaring themselves Christians in the 2011 Census are 59.4 in England, 57.6 in Wales and 53.8 in Scotland, which decreased by 12.3, 14.3, and 11.3 percentage points respectively from the census of 2001. This is argued to make them the fastest secularising nations in history. Northern Ireland remains one of the most religious nations in western", "title": "Religion in the United Kingdom" }, { "id": "6645962", "text": "Egyptian Christians are adherents of the Coptic Catholic Church, the Coptic Evangelical Church and various Coptic Protestant denominations. Non-native Christian communities are largely found in the urban regions of Alexandria and Cairo, and are members of the Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria, the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, the Armenian Apostolic Church, the Latin Catholic Church, the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East, the Maronite Church, the Armenian Catholic Church, the Chaldean Catholic Church, the Syriac Catholic Church, or the Syriac Orthodox Church. Significant minorities within Egypt's Christian community include the following denominations: Before 1956 and according to the", "title": "Religion in Egypt" }, { "id": "18082582", "text": "56 per cent, depending on the form of question asked. In recent years other religions have established a presence in Scotland, mainly through immigration and higher birth rates among ethnic minorities, rather than large numbers of converts. Those faiths with the most adherents in the 2011 census were Islam (1.4 per cent, mainly among immigrants from South Asia), Hinduism (0.3 per cent), Buddhism (0.2 per cent) and Sikhism (0.2 per cent). Other minority faiths include Judaism, the Bahá'í Faith and small Neopagan groups. There are also various organisations which actively promote humanism and secularism. History of popular religion in Scotland", "title": "History of popular religion in Scotland" }, { "id": "11489611", "text": "and sometimes weeks, with dancing, singing, long toasts, and a feast that includes the entire community. Young women who die unmarried are buried in a wedding dress in some areas. The most followed religion in Ukraine is Eastern Orthodox and when it comes to funerals it has strict rules. The mourning period is very important and because it is believed that the soul of the person wanders the earth for 40 days, there are ceremonies that pay respect to the dead. It is believed that on the 3rd day the soul leaves the body, on the 9th day spirit leaves", "title": "Ukrainian wedding traditions" }, { "id": "11661318", "text": "an estimated 11 thousand members, of whom approximately 40 percent are ethnic Kyrgyz. Other Protestant congregations include Baptists, Pentecostals, Lutherans, nondenominational Protestants, Presbyterians, and Charismatics. There also are syncretistic religious practices. There is no official estimate of the number of atheists. Islam is practiced widely throughout the country in both urban and rural areas. Russian Orthodoxy typically is concentrated in cities with a larger ethnic Russian population. Other religious groups more commonly practice in the cities where their smaller communities tend to be concentrated. There is a correlation between ethnicity and religion; primarily Muslim ethnic groups are Kyrgyz (67% of", "title": "Religion in Kyrgyzstan" }, { "id": "11621599", "text": "Religion in Tajikistan Islam, the predominant religion throughout Central Asia, was brought to the region by the Arabs in the 7th century. Since that time, Islam has become an integral part of Tajik culture. Tajikistan is a secular country, but the post-Soviet era has seen a marked increase in religious practice in the country. The majority of Tajikistan's Muslims adhere to the Sunni branch of Islam, and a smaller group belongs to the Shia branch of Islam. The Russian Orthodox faith is the most widely practiced of other religions, although the Russian community shrank significantly in the early 1990s. Some", "title": "Religion in Tajikistan" }, { "id": "10828697", "text": "Kenya participated in a nationwide community health project including vaccinations, maintaining latrines and developing clean water sources. Religion in Kenya The predominant religion in Kenya is Christianity, which is adhered to by an estimated 84.8% of the total population. Islam is the second largest religion in Kenya, practiced by approximately 9.7 to 11.1 percent of Kenyans. Other faiths practiced in Kenya are Baha'i, Buddhism, Hinduism and traditional religions. Roman Catholicism was first brought to Kenya in the fifteenth century by the Portuguese, and was spread rapidly during the 20th century by missionaries. Today, the main Christian denominations in Kenya are", "title": "Religion in Kenya" }, { "id": "9771499", "text": "particularly low proportion of the population in western Ukraine (57.0%) and the Donbass (50.6%). Since early 1992, there have been multiple Orthodox Christian jurisdictions legally active in the independent Ukraine following the dissolution of the USSR. Only the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which is a constituent part of the Russian Church (the Moscow Patriarchate), is universally recognised as a canonically legitimate ecclesiastical body by the other Orthodox Churches of the world. Nevertheless, since April 2018, the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, which is regarded as the seniormost Orthodox Church in the world, has been considering the request of the Ukrainian state and", "title": "Religion in Ukraine" }, { "id": "342231", "text": "Written and Oral Torah; historically, this assertion was challenged by various groups. The Jewish people were scattered after the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem in 70 CE. Today there are about 13 million Jews, about 40 per cent living in Israel and 40 per cent in the United States. The largest Jewish religious movements are Orthodox Judaism (Haredi Judaism and Modern Orthodox Judaism), Conservative Judaism and Reform Judaism. Christianity is based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth (1st century) as presented in the New Testament. The Christian faith is essentially faith in Jesus as the Christ,", "title": "Religion" }, { "id": "8738874", "text": "Religion in Scotland Religion in Scotland includes all forms of religious organisation and practice. Christianity is the largest faith in Scotland. In the 2011 census, 53.8% of the Scottish population identified as Christian (declining from 65.1% in 2001) when asked: \"What religion, religious denomination or body do you belong to?\". The Church of Scotland, a Presbyterian denomination often known as The Kirk, is recognised in law as the national church of Scotland. It is not an established church and is independent of state control. However, it is the largest religious grouping in Scotland, with 32.4% of the population according to", "title": "Religion in Scotland" }, { "id": "4034321", "text": "Europe with 82.3% of the population claiming Christian affiliation, with a decline of only 3.5% by the 2011 census, while \"other religions\" have increased in membership. Religion has been seen as both a product and a cause of political divisions in Northern Ireland. Christian Jewish Islamic Other Religion in the United Kingdom Religion in the United Kingdom, and in the countries that preceded it, has been dominated for over 1,400 years by various forms of Christianity. Religious affiliations of United Kingdom citizens are recorded by regular surveys, the four major ones being the national decennial census, the Labour Force Survey,", "title": "Religion in the United Kingdom" }, { "id": "9771502", "text": "registered communities. The Kiev Patriarchate uses the Ukrainian language as well as Church Slavonic in liturgy. The Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church was founded in 1919 in Kiev, banned during the Soviet era, and then legalized in 1989. Before the merged into unified UOC, it is constituted by 1,217 communities divided in two branches. In the interest of the possible future unification of the country's Orthodox churches, it did not name a patriarch to succeed the late Patriarch Dmitriy. The Autocephalous Church was formally headed in the country by Metropolitan Methodij of Ternopil and Podil; however, the large eparchies of Kharkiv-Poltava,", "title": "Religion in Ukraine" }, { "id": "6645944", "text": "Religion in Egypt Religion in Egypt controls many aspects of social life and is endorsed by law. Egypt is predominantly Muslim with a sizable Christian population, although estimates vary greatly in the absence of official statistics. Since the 2006 census religion has been excluded, so the number of adherents of the different religions is usually rough estimates made by religious and non-governmental agencies. Egypt hosts two major religious institutions. Al-Azhar Mosque, founded in 970 AD by the Fatimids as the first Islamic university in Egypt and the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria established in the middle of the 1st century", "title": "Religion in Egypt" }, { "id": "13618083", "text": "Patriarchate took Korean Orthodox Church under its protection in 1956. Christianity grew significantly in the 1970s and 1980s. In the 1990s it continued to grow, but at a slower rate, and since the 2000s it has shown some decline. Christianity is especially dominant in the west of the country including Seoul, Incheon, and the regions of Gyeonggi and Honam. The Christian faith in South Korea is dominated by four denominations: Catholicism, Presbyterianism (장로교 pronounced \"Jangnogyo\"), Methodism (감리교 pronounced \"Gamnigyo\") and Baptists (침례교 pronounced \"Chimnyegyo\"). The Yoido Full Gospel Church is the largest Pentecostal church in the country. Some non-denominational churches", "title": "Religion in South Korea" }, { "id": "4034283", "text": "is the umbrella body for the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Great Britain, the Channel Isles and the Isle of Man. It has 14,260 adult members. Northern Ireland comes under the umbrella of the Ireland Yearly Meeting. The Catholic Church has separate national organisations for England, Wales, and Scotland, which means there is no single hierarchy for the Catholic Church in the United Kingdom. Catholicism is the second largest denomination in England and Wales, with around five million members, mainly in England. There is, however, a single apostolic nuncio to Great Britain, presently Archbishop Edward Joseph Adams. Catholicism is", "title": "Religion in the United Kingdom" }, { "id": "433912", "text": "According to the surveys conducted by Razumkov in the 2000s and early 2010s, such numbers have remained relatively constant throughout the last decade. A 2006 survey of the same Razumkov Centre, found that: 62.5% of all respondents were not religious, not believers or not affiliated to any religious body, 33.6% were Christians (26.8% Orthodox, 5.9% Catholics, and 0.9% Protestants), 0.1% were Jewish, and 3.8% were members of other religions. Among those Ukrainians who declared to believe in Orthodoxy, 38.1% declared to be members of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kievan Patriarchate (a body that is not canonically recognized by", "title": "Ukraine" }, { "id": "6372002", "text": "religion of just a minority of ethnic Jews; most of them are atheists and not religious, many are Christians, and a significant proportion of them are Buddhists. In 2012, only 13% of ethnic Jews believed in Judaism, 13% were Orthodox Christians, 4% simply Christians, 27% atheists, 25% spiritual but not religious, 4% Buddhists and 3% Pagans. Religious Jews were mostly concentrated in [[Kamchatka Krai]] (0.4%), [[Saint Petersburg]] (0.4%), [[Kursk Oblast]] (0.4%), [[Khabarovsk Krai]] (0.3%), [[Stavropol Krai]] (0.3%), [[Buryatia]] (0.2%), the [[Jewish Autonomous Oblast]] (0.2%), [[Kalmykia]] (0.2%) and [[Kabardino-Balkaria]] (0.2%). [[Modern Paganism|Paganism]] and Tengrism, counted together as \"traditional religions of the", "title": "Religion in Russia" }, { "id": "17324398", "text": "Byzantine Rite. It was this Rite which was adopted in 988 by Volodymyr, the Grand Duke of Kyiv when he decided to make Christianity the official religion of his realm. Christianity, however, was preached in Ukraine before Volodymyr's time. His grandmother, Olha (+969) for example, became a Christian in her adult years and was later canonized. The parish is named in honor of these two great saints of Ukraine. The term ”Rite” does not only refer to external rituals. The Ukrainian Church is not only different from the Roman Church in her liturgy, but also in her spirituality, theological emphases,", "title": "Sts. Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian Catholic Church" }, { "id": "342230", "text": "religion, originating in the people of ancient Israel and Judea. The Torah is its foundational text, and is part of the larger text known as the Tanakh or Hebrew Bible. It is supplemented by oral tradition, set down in written form in later texts such as the Midrash and the Talmud. Judaism includes a wide corpus of texts, practices, theological positions, and forms of organization. Within Judaism there are a variety of movements, most of which emerged from Rabbinic Judaism, which holds that God revealed his laws and commandments to Moses on Mount Sinai in the form of both the", "title": "Religion" }, { "id": "11661319", "text": "the whole population); Uzbeks (14.2%) ; Dungans (ethnic Chinese Muslims) (1.1%) and Uighurs (ethnic Turkic Muslims) (1%). Ethnic Russians usually belong to either the Russian Orthodox Church or one of the Protestant denominations. However, some Christian pastors noted that the number of ethnic Kyrgyz converts to Christianity grew significantly during the year covered by this report. While there are no data available on active participation in formal religious services, a significant number of Muslims and Russian Orthodox adherents appear to be nominal believers and do not practice their faith actively. Religious practice in the south of the country is more", "title": "Religion in Kyrgyzstan" }, { "id": "1289393", "text": "in the western region). Over the years it has been influenced by movements such as those brought about during the Byzantine Empire and the Renaissance. Today, the country is somewhat culturally divided with the western regions bearing a stronger Central European influence and the eastern regions showing a significant Russian influence. A strong Christian culture was predominant for many centuries, although Ukraine was also the center of conflict between the Catholic, Orthodox and Islamic spheres of influence. Ukrainian (украї́нська мо́ва, \"ukrayins'ka mova\", ) is a language of the East Slavic subgroup of the Slavic languages. It is the only official", "title": "Ukrainians" }, { "id": "4034259", "text": "principle as applied in the 2001 census, a survey carried out in the end of 2008 by Ipsos MORI and based on a scientifically robust sample, found the population of England and Wales to be 47.0% Anglican, 9.6% Catholic and 8.7% other Christians; 4.8% were Muslim, 3.4% were members of other religions. 5.3% were Agnostics, 6.8% were Atheists and 15.0% were not sure about their religious affiliation or refused to answer to the question. Ceri Peach estimated in 2005 that 62% of Christians were Anglican, 13.5% Catholic, 6% Presbyterian and 3.4% Methodist, with small numbers in other Protestant denominations and", "title": "Religion in the United Kingdom" }, { "id": "9453139", "text": "Hinduism in Ukraine Hinduism is a minority religion in Ukraine.It is folloewd by 0.1 % of the population,with a slightly higher proportion in Western Ukraine (0.2%). According to the 2016 survey by Razumkov Centre, Hindu believers constituted 0.2% of the population of Ukraine, with a slightly higher proportion in Donbass (0.6%) and eastern Ukraine(0.3%).The percentage of Hindus decreased by 0.1% according to the 2018 survey by Razumkov Centre.In 2018, Hindus constituted 0.1% of the population of Ukraine, with a slightly higher proportion in Western Ukraine (0.2%) and less than 0.1 % in other regions. As of January 1, 2006, twenty-nine", "title": "Hinduism in Ukraine" }, { "id": "9297457", "text": "Religion in Romania Romania is a secular state, and it has no state religion. Romania is one of the most religious countries in the European Union and a majority of the country's citizens are Christian. The Romanian state officially recognizes 18 religions and denominations. 81.04% of the country's stable population identified as part of the Eastern Orthodox Church in the 2011 census (see also: History of Christianity in Romania). Other Christian denominations include the Catholic Church (both Latin Catholicism (4.33%) and Greek Catholicism (0.75%–3.3%)), Calvinism (2.99%), and Pentecostal denominations (1.80%). This amounts to approximately 92% of the population identifying as", "title": "Religion in Romania" }, { "id": "342232", "text": "the Son of God, and as Savior and Lord. Almost all Christians believe in the Trinity, which teaches the unity of Father, Son (Jesus Christ), and Holy Spirit as three persons in one Godhead. Most Christians can describe their faith with the Nicene Creed. As the religion of Byzantine Empire in the first millennium and of Western Europe during the time of colonization, Christianity has been propagated throughout the world. The main divisions of Christianity are, according to the number of adherents: There are also smaller groups, including: Islam is based on the Quran, one of the holy books considered", "title": "Religion" }, { "id": "7377873", "text": "Religion in Seychelles Christianity is the largest religion in Seychelles, with Roman Catholics having the most adherents. The 2010 government census estimated that the population of Seychelles is 76% Roman Catholic and 6% Anglican. There are other Christian groups, including Baptists, Seventh-day Adventists, Assemblies of God, the Pentecostal Church, the Pentecostal Assembly, Nazarites, Orthodox Church and Jehovah's Witnesses. Hinduism, Islam and the Bahá'í Faith also have sizeable number of adherents in the country. The initial white settlers in Seychelles were Roman Catholics, and the country has remained so, despite ineffective British efforts to establish Protestantism in the islands during the", "title": "Religion in Seychelles" }, { "id": "8738901", "text": "some also came from South Africa. There are also a few of Indonesian and Afghan origin. In 2006 a temple opened in the West End of Glasgow. However, it was severely damaged by a fire in May 2010. The ISKCON aka \"Hare Krishna\" also operates out of Lesmahagow in South Lanarkshire. There are also temples in Edinburgh and Dundee with plans announced in 2008 for a temple in Aberdeen. Modern Neopagan religions such as Wicca, Neo-druidism, and Celtic Reconstructionist Paganism have their origins in academic interest and romantic revivalism, which emerged in new religious movements in the twentieth century. Gerald", "title": "Religion in Scotland" }, { "id": "4034252", "text": "religious groups in Northern Ireland are organised on an all-Ireland basis. While the United Kingdom as a whole has no official religion, the Church of England remains the state church of its largest constituent country, England. The Monarch of the United Kingdom is the Supreme Governor of the Church, and accordingly, only a Protestant may inherit the British throne. Pre-Roman forms of religion in Britain included various forms of ancestor worship and paganism. Little is known about the details of such religions (see British paganism). Forms of Christianity have dominated religious life in what is now the United Kingdom for", "title": "Religion in the United Kingdom" }, { "id": "4034309", "text": "are informed of this right\". The content of the religious education is decided locally by the Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education. In England and Wales, a significant number of state funded schools are faith schools with the vast majority Christian (mainly either of Church of England or Catholic) though there are also Jewish, Muslim and Sikh faith schools. Faith schools follow the same national curriculum as state schools, though with the added ethos of the host religion. Until 1944 there was no requirement for state schools to provide religious education or worship, although most did so. The Education Act", "title": "Religion in the United Kingdom" }, { "id": "6645958", "text": "on their annual World Watch List. Islam has been the state religion in Egypt since the amendment of the second article of the Egyptian constitution in the year 1980, before which Egypt was recognized as a secular country. The vast majority of Egyptian Muslims are Sunni, with a small Mu'tazila, Shia Twelvers and Ismailism communities making up the remainder. A significant number of Sunni Egyptians also follow native Sufi orders. Egypt hosts the most important Sunni institution in the world, Al-Azhar University. It is the oldest Islamic institution of higher studies (founded around 970 C.E.), and is considered by many", "title": "Religion in Egypt" }, { "id": "14854751", "text": "Independence Day of Ukraine Independence Day of Ukraine () is the main state holiday in modern Ukraine, celebrated on 24 August in commemoration of the Declaration of Independence of 1991. Beginning in 2004, 23 August is celebrated as National Flag Day. Generally independence day is celebrated with a military parade held in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. When Ukraine was still incorporated into the Soviet Union the Ukrainian diaspora traditionally recognized 22 January (the Declaration of Independence of the Ukrainian People's Republic in 1918) as Ukrainian Independence day. The current form of the holiday was first celebrated on 16 July", "title": "Independence Day of Ukraine" }, { "id": "211944", "text": "Judaism Judaism (originally from Hebrew , \"Yehudah\", \"Judah\"; via Latin and Greek) is the religion of the Jewish people. It is an ancient, monotheistic, Abrahamic religion with the Torah as its foundational text. It encompasses the religion, philosophy, and culture of the Jewish people. Judaism is considered by religious Jews to be the expression of the covenant that God established with the Children of Israel. Judaism encompasses a wide corpus of texts, practices, theological positions, and forms of organization. The Torah is part of the larger text known as the Tanakh or the Hebrew Bible, and supplemental oral tradition represented", "title": "Judaism" }, { "id": "11433665", "text": "Religion in Myanmar Myanmar (Burma) is a multi-religious country. There is no official state religion, but the government shows preference for Theravada Buddhism, the majority religion. According to both the 2014 census of the Burmese government Buddhism is the dominant religion, of 88% of the population, practiced especially by the Bamar, Rakhine, Shan, Mon, Karen people and Chinese ethnic groups. Bamar people also practice the Burmese folk religion under the name of Buddhism. The new constitution provides for the freedom of religion; however, it also grants broad exceptions that allow the regime to restrict these rights at will. Ethnic minorities", "title": "Religion in Myanmar" }, { "id": "11621613", "text": "is presumably Russian Orthodox, the historical faith of many Ukrainians as well as Russians. A cathedral in Dushanbe, St. Nicholas, serves the Orthodox community. By the end of the Soviet era, Tajikistan also was home to small numbers of people belonging to other Christian denominations, including Roman Catholics (originally most of them were from German origins, but also Tajiks), Seventh-Day Adventists, and Baptists. There also was a small Armenian minority, most of whose members belonged historically to the Armenian Apostolic (Gregorian) Church. Other religious groups included Zoroastrians and small numbers of Jews and Baha'is. The number of adherents to these", "title": "Religion in Tajikistan" }, { "id": "4034254", "text": "since at least the Synod of Whitby of 664. Still in the Anglo-Saxon period, the archbishops of Canterbury established a tradition of receiving their pallium from Rome to symbolize the authority of the Pope. The Catholic Church remained the dominant form of Western Christianity in Britain throughout the Middle Ages, but the (Anglican) Church of England became the independent established church in England and Wales in 1534 as a result of the English Reformation. It retains a representation in the UK Parliament and the British monarch is its Supreme Governor. In Scotland, the Presbyterian Church of Scotland, established in a", "title": "Religion in the United Kingdom" }, { "id": "6645972", "text": "with. Religion in Egypt Religion in Egypt controls many aspects of social life and is endorsed by law. Egypt is predominantly Muslim with a sizable Christian population, although estimates vary greatly in the absence of official statistics. Since the 2006 census religion has been excluded, so the number of adherents of the different religions is usually rough estimates made by religious and non-governmental agencies. Egypt hosts two major religious institutions. Al-Azhar Mosque, founded in 970 AD by the Fatimids as the first Islamic university in Egypt and the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria established in the middle of the 1st", "title": "Religion in Egypt" }, { "id": "7378413", "text": "members of Sufi brotherhoods. Most Sufis follow the Qadiriyya, Tijaniyyah or Mouride movement. A significant Shia minority exists (\"see Shia in Nigeria\"). Some northern states have incorporated Sharia law into their previously secular legal systems, which has brought about some controversy. Kano State has sought to incorporate Sharia law into its constitution. The majority of Quranists follow the Kalo Kato or Quraniyyun movement. There are also Ahmadiyya and Mahdiyya minorities. According to a 2001 report from \"The World Factbook\" by CIA, about 50% of Nigeria's population is Muslim, 40% are Christians and 10% adhere to local religions. But in some", "title": "Religion in Nigeria" }, { "id": "7212055", "text": "year) . The Eurobarometer survey must be taken with caution, however, as there are discrepancies between it and national census results. For example, in the United Kingdom, the 2001 census revealed over 70% of the population regarded themselves as \"Christian\" with only 15% professing to have \"no religion\", though the wording of the question has been criticized as \"leading\" by the British Humanist Association. Romania, one of the most religious countries in Europe, witnessed a threefold increase in the number of atheists between 2002 and 2011, as revealed by the most recent national census. The following is a list of", "title": "Religion in Europe" }, { "id": "4395477", "text": "were Sunni. Judaism also had many followers. Other religions, practiced by a small number of believers, included Buddhism and Shamanism. Orthodox Christians constituted a majority of believers in the Soviet Union. In the late 1980s, three Orthodox churches claimed substantial memberships there: the Russian Orthodox Church, the Georgian Orthodox Church, and the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (AOC). They were members of the major confederation of Orthodox churches in the world, generally referred to as the Eastern Orthodox Church. The first two functioned openly and were tolerated by the regime, but the Ukrainian AOC was not permitted to function openly. Parishes", "title": "Religion in the Soviet Union" }, { "id": "6371973", "text": "and Neopaganism, even among self-defined \"Christians\"—a term which has become a loose descriptor for a variety of eclectic views and practices. Russia has been defined by the scholar Eliot Borenstein as the \"Southern California of Europe\" because of such a blossoming of new religious movements, and the latter are perceived by the Russian Orthodox Church as competitors in a \"war for souls\". Before the tenth century, Russians practised Slavic religion. As recalled by the \"Primary Chronicle\", Orthodox Christianity was made the state religion of Kievan Rus' in 987 by Vladimir the Great, who opted for it among other possible choices", "title": "Religion in Russia" }, { "id": "13794501", "text": "Prayer for Ukraine \"Molytva za Ukrainu\" (, or \"Prayer for Ukraine\") is the main nominee for the spiritual anthem of Ukraine. There are several versions of the lyrics written by Oleksandr Konysky, although the main idea and rhyme does not change. Mykola Lysenko, a great Ukrainian composer, created music to accompany the text. On 14 July 1998 with the initiative of the Cabinet of minister of Ukraine this church hymn was part of the law project registered under #1229 \"About the text of the State Anthem of Ukraine and the Spiritual Anthem of Ukraine. The author of the project was", "title": "Prayer for Ukraine" } ]

[ "Feb 7, 2010" ]

[ { "id": "15455366", "text": "The Who 2010 performances The Who did four major performances in 2010, one as the halftime act for Super Bowl XLIV, one a benefit performance during the series of Teenage Cancer Trust concerts in London and one at the FIFA Kick-off Celebration Concert at Orlando Stadium in Soweto, South Africa. The Who were selected as the halftime entertainment for Super Bowl XLIV in Miami, the next in a trend of \"classic rock\" acts the event had featured in recent years, such as Paul McCartney and The Rolling Stones. This was arguably the band's highest-profile performance to date, comparing only to", "title": "The Who 2010 performances" }, { "id": "15455370", "text": "as The Ace Face. All songs written by Townshend: The band played a set at the concert at Orlando Stadium, Soweto, South Africa. The Who 2010 performances The Who did four major performances in 2010, one as the halftime act for Super Bowl XLIV, one a benefit performance during the series of Teenage Cancer Trust concerts in London and one at the FIFA Kick-off Celebration Concert at Orlando Stadium in Soweto, South Africa. The Who were selected as the halftime entertainment for Super Bowl XLIV in Miami, the next in a trend of \"classic rock\" acts the event had featured", "title": "The Who 2010 performances" }, { "id": "15455369", "text": "part in a concert held at Orlando Stadium in Soweto, South Africa. Additional Members Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey played a short acoustic set on 4 February in Fort Lauderdale, Florida to promote their upcoming Super Bowl performance. All songs written by Townshend: The band's set for the Super Bowl XLIV halftime show in Miami on 7 February comprised five abbreviated songs, all run together into one long medley. All songs written by Townshend: The group's set at this show in London was a complete performance of \"Quadrophenia\", with Eddie Vedder playing the part of The Godfather and Tom Meighan", "title": "The Who 2010 performances" }, { "id": "4450419", "text": "John Randle, and Emmitt Smith – were named the day before. The Saints won the coin toss, marking the 13th straight Super Bowl the NFC won the toss (the Cardinals won the toss in Super Bowl XLIII but elected to defer to the second half, giving the Steelers the ball to open the game). The Who performed at the Super Bowl XLIV halftime show. The band played a medley of their hits, consisting of \"Pinball Wizard\", \"Baba O'Riley\", \"Who Are You\", \"See Me, Feel Me\", and \"Won't Get Fooled Again\". For the first time since the Super Bowl XXXIV halftime", "title": "Super Bowl XLIV" }, { "id": "15455367", "text": "their Live Aid and Live 8 appearances. In true Super Bowl halftime fashion, the band played a medley of well-known hits, with one song seamlessly run into the next and each song considerably abbreviated. As CBS covered the game, it was little surprise that all three of the band's songs used as CSI themes were included in the medley, which began with \"Pinball Wizard\" and concluded with \"Won't Get Fooled Again\". The group also played a short promotional acoustic date leading up to the event, their first show of any kind since April 2009. On 30 March, the band resurrected", "title": "The Who 2010 performances" }, { "id": "17076837", "text": "signed by the NFL for the Super Bowl halftime show, and in December the league confirmed that Madonna would perform in the Super Bowl XLVI halftime show at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The game was scheduled for February 5, 2012, and its organizers continued their practice of inviting global musicians to perform. Artists who had previously performed in the show included the Black Eyed Peas, Bruce Springsteen, the Rolling Stones, the Who, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, U2, Paul McCartney and Prince. The show coincided with the release of \"W.E.\" in United States. Madonna collaborated with Cirque du Soleil", "title": "Super Bowl XLVI halftime show" }, { "id": "376036", "text": "sketch comedy series \"In Living Color\" caused a drop in viewership for the Super Bowl XXVI halftime show, the NFL sought to increase the Super Bowl's audience by hiring A-list talent to perform. They approached Michael Jackson, whose performance the following year drew higher figures than the game itself. Another notable performance came during Super Bowl XXXVI in 2002, when U2 performed; during their third song, \"Where the Streets Have No Name\", the band played under a large projection screen which scrolled through names of the victims of the September 11 attacks. For many years, Whitney Houston's performance of the", "title": "Super Bowl" }, { "id": "375995", "text": "the event. In addition, popular singers and musicians including Mariah Carey, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Prince, Justin Timberlake, Beyoncé, Janet Jackson, Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Whitney Houston, and Lady Gaga have performed during the event's pre-game and halftime ceremonies. For four decades after its 1920 inception, the NFL successfully fended off several rival leagues. However, in 1960, it encountered its most serious competitor when the American Football League (AFL) was formed. The AFL vied heavily with the NFL for both players and fans. The original \"bowl game\" was the Rose Bowl Game in Pasadena, California, which was first", "title": "Super Bowl" }, { "id": "4450375", "text": "touchdown, to clinch the victory. New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees, who completed 32 of 39 passes for 288 yards and two touchdowns, was named the Super Bowl MVP. His 32 completions tied a Super Bowl record set by Tom Brady in Super Bowl XXXVIII. The live broadcast of the game on CBS was watched by an average U.S. audience of 106.5 million viewers, making it then the most-watched Super Bowl. The National Anthem was sung by Carrie Underwood, and the halftime show featured the British rock band The Who. Super Bowl XLIV was the last Bowl to have a uniquely", "title": "Super Bowl XLIV" }, { "id": "470494", "text": "Wire\", including the BBC Electric Proms at the Roundhouse in London in 2006, headlining the 2007 Glastonbury Festival, a half-time appearance at the Super Bowl XLIV in 2010 and being the final act at the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games. In November 2012, the Who released \"Live at Hull\", an album of the band's performance night after the \"Live at Leeds\" gig. In 2010, the Who performed \"Quadrophenia\" with parts played by Vedder and Tom Meighan at the Royal Albert Hall as part of the Teenage Cancer Trust series of 10 gigs. A planned tour for early", "title": "The Who" }, { "id": "1358556", "text": "first studio album of new material in twenty-four years, \"Endless Wire,\" leading some fans and critics to say that the highly acclaimed artistic tension within the Who lay between the two principals Daltrey and Townshend. The band completed a world tour in 2006–07 to support this album. In February 2010, Townshend and Daltrey, headlining as the Who, performed the half-time show at Super Bowl XLIV in front of 105.97 million viewers across the globe. In March 2010, Townshend and Daltrey, along with an extensive backing band, performed \"Quadrophenia\" at the Royal Albert Hall in London as a tenth anniversary charity", "title": "Roger Daltrey" }, { "id": "19152710", "text": "Super Bowl LIII halftime show The Super Bowl LIII Halftime Show (officially known as the Pepsi Super Bowl LIII Halftime Show) will take place on Sunday February 3, 2019 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. \"The New York Times\", \"Rolling Stone\", and \"Billboard\" reported that U.S. pop band Maroon 5 was set to headline the show (with Cardi B and Travis Scott as guests); the NFL has not yet officially announced the performer. In October 2018, it was reported that Rihanna had declined an offer to perform, due to her support of Colin Kaepernick. On November 27, a petition was", "title": "Super Bowl LIII halftime show" }, { "id": "2734539", "text": "Stones, Prince, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, and The Who (McCartney, the Stones and The Who were all part of the British Invasion of the 1960s). In fact, no women performed at the Super Bowl halftime show at all until The Black Eyed Peas performed in 2011. In 2012, during the halftime show for Super Bowl XLVI, rapper M.I.A. pointed up her middle finger during her performance. That incident drew comparisons with the exposure of Janet Jackson's breast in the Super Bowl halftime show eight years prior. The Associated Press asserted that people", "title": "Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy" }, { "id": "17473840", "text": "by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, \"Super Bowl Live\" also included performances by Idina Menzel, Soul Asylum, the Suburbs, Bob Mould, Sounds of Blackness, Dessa, VocalEssence, Mint Condition, and the Jets. In addition to the concert series, \"Super Bowl Live\" featured a American Birkebeiner International Bridge on Nicollet Mall to showcase cross-country skiing, skijoring, fat-tire bicycle racing, and snow tubing demonstrations. There was also a snowmobile stunt show on February 3. The NFL presented the \"Super Bowl Experience\" at the Minneapolis Convention Center from January 27 to February 3 with an entrance fee. Kelly Clarkson performed at the Minneapolis Armory", "title": "Super Bowl LII" }, { "id": "17473841", "text": "and a U.S. Bank Stadium lounge on the day of the Super Bowl. The Minneapolis Armory also hosted Jennifer Lopez, Imagine Dragons, and Pink concerts close to U.S. Bank Stadium. Pink also performed the national anthem before the Super Bowl. Halftime performer Justin Timberlake held a ticketed \"listening session\" of his newest album at Prince's Paisley Park. Dave Matthews Band performed at Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul. The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community's Mystic Lake Casino hosted Gwen Stefani, the Chainsmokers, Florida Georgia Line, and Kygo. Planners originally scheduled a traveling nightclub for 9500 people, but cancelled, moving its concerts", "title": "Super Bowl LII" }, { "id": "4450417", "text": "along with WLHK, WFNI and WWL, with the teams' other network radio affiliates instead airing the Westwood One feed. Barenaked Ladies played the Super Bowl Saturday Night event with O.A.R. and Robert Randolph and the Family Band. Chris Daughtry, Steve Winwood and Queen Latifah performed during the Super Bowl pre-game tailgate party, which started at 2 p.m. Carrie Underwood sang the National Anthem and Queen Latifah sang \"America the Beautiful.\" Underwood's selection marks the third straight year that an alumnus of \"American Idol\" has been chosen to perform \"The Star-Spangled Banner\", joining Jordin Sparks at Super Bowl XLII and Jennifer", "title": "Super Bowl XLIV" }, { "id": "394710", "text": "musician Charlie Daniels, and the Morehouse College Marching Band. The United States Trampoline Association (USTA) performed on 4 trampolines during \"Jump-Jump\" performed by Kris Kross. Later, singer Natalie Cole, accompanied by the Atlanta University Center Chorus, sang the national anthem. To honor the 25th anniversary of the New York Jets' upset win in Super Bowl III, that game's MVP, former Jets quarterback Joe Namath joined the coin toss ceremony. The halftime show was titled \"Rockin' Country Sunday\" and featured country music stars Clint Black, Tanya Tucker, Travis Tritt, and Wynonna Judd. The show's finale included a special appearance by Naomi", "title": "Super Bowl XXVIII" }, { "id": "5732108", "text": "Boom Pow\", \"Pump It\", \"The Time (Dirty Bit)\", \"Let's Get It Started\", and \"Where Is the Love?\" Slash made a guest appearance, performing \"Sweet Child o' Mine\" with Fergie, while Usher made an appearance to perform his song \"OMG\" with will.i.am. The show also displayed a long list of other performers, including Prairie View A&M University's \"Marching Storm\" Band. Country music was originally in the planning until the Black Eyed Peas agreed to perform. After the first three drives of the game ended with punts, Green Bay opened up the scoring with Aaron Rodgers's 29-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver", "title": "Super Bowl XLV" }, { "id": "20550654", "text": "Super Bowl XXVII halftime show The Super Bowl XXVII halftime show took place on January 31, 1993, at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California, as part of Super Bowl XXVII. It featured American singer Michael Jackson. The halftime show was broadcast on NBC. This halftime performance increased the TV ratings by a significant amount and has been claimed to be one of the most watched events in American television history with 133.4 million viewers. Jackson's performance started the NFL's trend of signing top acts to appear during the Super Bowl to attract more viewers and interest. After Super Bowl XXVI, where", "title": "Super Bowl XXVII halftime show" }, { "id": "18567776", "text": "Super Bowl LII halftime show The Super Bowl LII Halftime Show (officially known as the Pepsi Super Bowl LII Halftime Show) took place on February 4, 2018 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as part of Super Bowl LII. Justin Timberlake was the featured performer, as confirmed by the National Football League (NFL) on October 22, 2017. It was televised nationally by NBC. It received four nominations at the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards. The show began with Jimmy Fallon introducing Justin Timberlake, followed by a video screen depicting Timberlake performing \"Filthy\" in a club setting below the field level", "title": "Super Bowl LII halftime show" }, { "id": "394954", "text": "pregame show, narrated by actress Tori Spelling, depicted the adventure of a Caribbean cruise from its festive departure to its journey to exotic destinations. The show included a performance by KISS, along with their trademark elaborate costumes and theatrical pyrotechnics. Cher later sang the U.S. national anthem. To honor the 40th anniversary of the 1958 NFL Championship, also known as \"The Greatest Game Ever Played\", the following participants of that game appeared during the coin toss ceremony: Raymond Berry, Lenny Moore, Jim Parker, Art Donovan, Gino Marchetti, Frank Gifford, Roosevelt Brown, Don Maynard, Sam Huff, and Tom Landry, the defensive", "title": "Super Bowl XXXIII" }, { "id": "20550658", "text": "\"We Are the World\", later joining Jackson as he sang his single \"Heal the World\". The halftime show was a major success, marking the first time in Super Bowl history that ratings increased between halves during the game.. This performance helped Jackson's latest album \"Dangerous\" rise 90 places in the album chart. The following songs were performed during the halftime show: Super Bowl XXVII halftime show The Super Bowl XXVII halftime show took place on January 31, 1993, at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California, as part of Super Bowl XXVII. It featured American singer Michael Jackson. The halftime show was", "title": "Super Bowl XXVII halftime show" }, { "id": "393791", "text": "and circulate among collectors. (Two different NFL Films game compilations also cover the fourth quarter plays, in part.) The bands from Southern University and Southeast Missouri State College performed before the game, while trumpeter Tommy Loy played the national anthem. Loy also played the anthem before every Cowboys' home game from the mid-1960s until the late-1980s. The Southeast Missouri State Golden Eagle Band was featured during the halftime show along with singer Anita Bryant. The first three possessions of Super Bowl V ended quietly with each team punting after a three-and-out. Then, on the first play of the Colts' second", "title": "Super Bowl V" }, { "id": "394466", "text": "final game as 49ers play-by-play announcer), Wayne Walker and Joe Starkey. The pregame festivities honored the Miami and South Florida areas, along with a tribute to NASA. Singer Billy Joel later sang the national anthem. He also sang the national anthem at Super Bowl XLI, which coincidentally was held at the same venue. The coin toss ceremony featured former Miami Dolphins players Nick Buoniconti, Bob Griese, and Larry Little. This was the last outdoor Super Bowl to start earlier than 6 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, as it started just after 5 p.m. The halftime show was titled \"Be Bop Bamboozled", "title": "Super Bowl XXIII" }, { "id": "18567737", "text": "Super Bowl LI halftime show The Super Bowl LI Halftime show took place on February 5, 2017, at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, as part of Super Bowl LI. Lady Gaga headlined the show performing a medley of her songs, including material from her then-most recent studio album, \"Joanne\". The National Football League (NFL) confirmed the singer would helm the LI halftime show after discussions with the singer Adele proved unproductive. Gaga began rehearsing the show by January 2017 and had no guest performers. Her sister gave her the idea of performing from atop the NRG Stadium; Gaga worked on", "title": "Super Bowl LI halftime show" }, { "id": "6220996", "text": "band. Since then, it has remained a staple for their live shows. The Who opened their segment of The Concert for New York City on 20 October 2001 with the song and performed a medley featuring the song in Super Bowl XLIV. They also used the song to begin their set at on 12 December 2012. In later performances, Roger Daltrey also plays acoustic rhythm guitar. Who Are You (song) \"Who Are You\", composed by Pete Townshend, is the title track on The Who's 1978 album, \"Who Are You\", the last album released by the group before Keith Moon's death", "title": "Who Are You (song)" }, { "id": "15455368", "text": "\"Quadrophenia\" as part of that year's Teenage Cancer Trust benefit concerts at the Royal Albert Hall in London, with Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder and Kasabian's Tom Meighan as guest vocalists; the show also featured additional brass and string musicians, including violinist Tom Norris of the London Symphony Orchestra. This was the first performance of the rock opera since 1997, but it was presented in similar fashion with the same pre-recorded narrative shown on the video screen between songs to help explain the story. And on 10 June, the band helped start the FIFA World Cup of that year by taking", "title": "The Who 2010 performances" }, { "id": "2242974", "text": "for the national anthem at Super Bowl XL as part of a pre-game tribute to New Orleans. On February 8, 2006, he joined Allen Toussaint, Bonnie Raitt, The Edge, and Irma Thomas to perform \"We Can Can\" as the closing performance at the Grammy Awards of 2006. In 2014 he performed at the NBA All Star Game as did Pharell Williams and Janelle Monáe. On May 12, 2006, Dr. John recorded a live session at Abbey Road Studios for \"Live from Abbey Road\". His performance was aired alongside those of LeAnn Rimes and Massive Attack on the Sundance Channel in", "title": "Dr. John" }, { "id": "737330", "text": "Hurricane Katrina-damaged Ninth Ward. On February 3, 2008, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers performed during the halftime-show of Super Bowl XLII at the University of Phoenix Stadium. They played \"American Girl\", \"I Won't Back Down\", \"Free Fallin'\" and \"Runnin' Down a Dream\". That summer, the band toured North America with Steve Winwood as the opening act. Winwood joined Petty and the Heartbreakers on stage at select shows and performed his Spencer Davis Group hit \"Gimme Some Lovin'\", and occasionally he performed his Blind Faith hit \"Can't Find My Way Home\". In November 2009 the boxed set \"The Live Anthology\", a", "title": "Tom Petty" }, { "id": "2734472", "text": "2018, neither Jackson nor Timberlake are banned from the halftime show. Timberlake later performed at Super Bowl LII on February 4, 2018. In 2002, \"Entertainment Weekly\" reported that Jackson was the original choice to perform at the halftime show for Super Bowl XXXVI, however the NFL ultimately decided to select U2 to headline it after a group of NFL owners and officials attended the band's concert in New York City shortly after the September 11 attacks. In September 2003, the NFL announced that Jackson would be the headline performer of the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show. Because the event was", "title": "Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy" }, { "id": "6572116", "text": "at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards. In 2016, the singer performed the song along with \"Can't Stop the Feeling!\" during the interval act of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 grand finale. \"Rock Your Body\" was featured on The Justified World Tour (2003/04), Justified and Stripped Tour (2003), FutureSex/LoveShow (2007), Legends of the Summer (2013) and The 20/20 Experience World Tour (2013/14). He again performed the song during the Super Bowl LII halftime show in 2018, this time abruptly stopping the \"have you naked...\" line and, after a brief pause, segueing into another song. Credits adapted from AllMusic. Rock Your", "title": "Rock Your Body" }, { "id": "3200058", "text": "aired a special episode of \"The Simpsons\" (\"Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass\") and the series premiere of \"American Dad!\" (\"Pilot\"), except in Philadelphia and Boston, where local newscasts delayed the premieres by an hour. Before the game, performances came from the Black Eyed Peas, Earth Wind & Fire, Charlie Daniels, John Fogerty, and Gretchen Wilson. Shortly before kickoff, Alicia Keys sang \"America the Beautiful,\" paying tribute to Ray Charles, who died in June 2004. The combined choirs of the U.S. Military Academy, the U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S. Air Force Academy, and the U.S. Coast Guard Academy (including members", "title": "Super Bowl XXXIX" }, { "id": "7002513", "text": "contest. Word had leaked as early as October 2011 that Madonna would be the performer for the Super Bowl halftime show, with M.I.A. and Nicki Minaj performing as well; all three are featured on Madonna's new single \"Give Me All Your Luvin'\" which was performed as part of the show. The league confirmed Madonna as the performer on December 4. Other collaborators on the project included LMFAO, Cee Lo Green, long time Madonna collaborator Jamie King, Cirque du Soleil, and Moment Factory. M.I.A. came under controversy for giving the middle finger during the performance of \"Give Me All Your Luvin'\",", "title": "Super Bowl XLVI" }, { "id": "16858081", "text": "a Super Bowl since Billy Joel at Super Bowl XLI. Immediately before Bryan sang the national anthem, Phillipa Soo, Renée Elise Goldsberry and Jasmine Cephas Jones, who originated the roles of the Schuyler sisters in the Broadway musical \"Hamilton\", performed \"America the Beautiful\". After the national anthem, former President George H. W. Bush performed the coin toss alongside his wife, Barbara. The Patriots called heads, but the Falcons won the coin toss with tails. The Falcons chose to defer to the second half. On September 29, 2016, Lady Gaga, who had performed the national anthem the previous year at Super", "title": "Super Bowl LI" }, { "id": "18567743", "text": "of the stage, shouted \"Super Bowl 51\", dropped her microphone, and jumped off the stage catching a football. Around August 2016 media began reporting that singer Adele was in discussions with the National Football League (NFL) to perform at the Super Bowl LI halftime show, on February 5, 2017, at Houston's NRG Stadium. Pepsi Zero Sugar sponsored the show. A representative from the NFL said that \"organisers are doing absolutely everything they can to try to persuade her to sign up\". During her Adele Live 2016 concert tour at Los Angeles, Adele clarified that although she had been asked to", "title": "Super Bowl LI halftime show" }, { "id": "376037", "text": "national anthem at Super Bowl XXV in 1991, during the Gulf War, had long been regarded as one of the best renditions of the anthem in history. Then, in an historic, groundbreaking, and emotional performance prior to Super Bowl XLVIII, soprano Renee Fleming became the first opera singer to perform the anthem, propelling FOX to the highest ratings of any program in its history, and remains so today. The halftime show of Super Bowl XXXVIII attracted controversy, following an incident in which Justin Timberlake removed a piece of Janet Jackson's top, briefly exposing one of her breasts before the broadcast", "title": "Super Bowl" }, { "id": "18567775", "text": "Main performer Creative personnel Vendors Lighting crew Art design team Stage video and projection crew Intel Shooting Star drone team All Access Staging & Productions crew Super Bowl LI halftime show The Super Bowl LI Halftime show took place on February 5, 2017, at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, as part of Super Bowl LI. Lady Gaga headlined the show performing a medley of her songs, including material from her then-most recent studio album, \"Joanne\". The National Football League (NFL) confirmed the singer would helm the LI halftime show after discussions with the singer Adele proved unproductive. Gaga began rehearsing", "title": "Super Bowl LI halftime show" }, { "id": "470464", "text": "an \"oldies\" set, at the end of which Townshend smashed his guitar and Moon kicked over his drumkit. \"The Independent\" described this gig as one of the worst of all time. The US tour started on 20 November at the Cow Palace in Daly City, California; Moon passed out during \"Won't Get Fooled Again\" and during \"Magic Bus\". Townshend asked the audience, \"Can anyone play the drums?—I mean somebody good.\" An audience member, Scot Halpin, filled in for the rest of the show. After a show in Montreal, the band (except for Daltrey, who retired to bed early) caused so", "title": "The Who" }, { "id": "17473858", "text": "No players were observed kneeling during the national anthem, in contrast to the protests that happened earlier in the 2016 and 2017 seasons. Fifteen Medal of Honor recipients participated in the coin toss ceremony. World War II hero Hershel W. Williams was the honorary captain and had the honors of flipping the coin. Justin Timberlake headlined the Super Bowl LII halftime show, along with his band \"The Tennessee Kids\" and featuring the University of Minnesota Marching Band. Timberlake performed in two previous Super Bowls: Super Bowl XXXV in 2001 as a member of NSYNC, and Super Bowl XXXVIII in 2004", "title": "Super Bowl LII" }, { "id": "5732106", "text": "plaintiffs were awarded between $5,600 and $22,000 depending on the value of their tickets. Keith Urban and Maroon 5 performed during the pregame. The Texas Christian University Horned Frog Marching Band also performed during the pregame show. 22-year-old Candice Villesca of Lewisville, Texas performed the national anthem and \"America the Beautiful\" in American Sign Language. Lea Michele performed \"America the Beautiful\" supported by the Air Force Tops in Blue. Pop singer Christina Aguilera sang the national anthem, but performed the wrong lyrics for the fourth line of the song, later issuing an apology. The coin toss ceremony was the first", "title": "Super Bowl XLV" }, { "id": "470451", "text": "Townshend had taken to wearing a boiler suit and Doctor Martens shoes. In August, the Who performed at the Woodstock Festival, despite being reluctant and demanding $13,000 up front. The group were scheduled to appear on Saturday night, 16 August, but the festival ran late and they did not take to the stage until 5am on Sunday; they played most of \"Tommy\". During their performance, Yippie leader Abbie Hoffman interrupted the set to give a political speech about the arrest of John Sinclair; Townshend kicked him off stage, shouting: \"Fuck off my fucking stage!\" During \"See Me, Feel Me\", the", "title": "The Who" }, { "id": "470467", "text": "$2 million in its first month. The soundtrack reached number two on the \"Billboard\" charts. Work on \"Tommy\" took up most of 1974, and live performances by the Who were restricted to a show in May at the Valley, the home of Charlton Athletic, in front of 80,000 fans, and a few dates at Madison Square Garden in June. Towards the end of the year, the group released the out-takes album \"Odds & Sods\", which featured several songs from the aborted \"Lifehouse\" project. In 1975, Daltrey and Townshend disagreed about the band's future and criticised each other via interviews in", "title": "The Who" }, { "id": "4457375", "text": "and 2015 and the radio station's Jingle Bell Ball concerts in 2009 and 2015. In October 2001, The Who performed the song at The Concert for New York City to help raise funds for the families of firemen and police officers killed during the 9/11 attacks. They finished their set with 'Won't Get Fooled Again' to a responsive and emotional audience, with close-up aerial video footage of the World Trade Center buildings playing behind them on a huge digital screen. In February 2010, the group closed their set during the halftime show of Super Bowl XLIV with this song. While", "title": "Won't Get Fooled Again" }, { "id": "5732066", "text": "the record for the most-watched program in American television history. The game's attendance was 103,219, just short of the Super Bowl record 103,985 set in Super Bowl XIV at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. The halftime show featured the American hip hop group The Black Eyed Peas, with additional performances by Usher and Slash. Three NFL cities presented bids for the game: NFL owners voted to select the North Texas site on May 22, 2007. The Pittsburgh Steelers finished the 2010 season with a 12–4 record. They earned the AFC North division title, and the second seed in the", "title": "Super Bowl XLV" }, { "id": "470469", "text": "new material and few \"Quadrophenia\" numbers, and reintroducing several from \"Tommy\". The American leg of the tour began in Houston to a crowd of 18,000 at The Summit Arena, and was supported by Toots and the Maytals. On 6 December 1975, the Who set the record for largest indoor concert at the Pontiac Silverdome, attended by 78,000. On 31 May 1976, they played a second concert at the Valley which was listed in the \"Guinness Book of Records\" as the world's loudest concert at over 120 dB. Townshend had become fed up of touring but Entwistle considered live performance to", "title": "The Who" }, { "id": "470488", "text": "Grand Garden Arena was partially broadcast on TV and the Internet and released as the DVD \"The Vegas Job\". They then performed acoustic shows at Neil Young's Bridge School Benefit at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California, followed by gigs at the House of Blues in Chicago and two Christmas charity shows at the Shepherds Bush Empire in London. Critics were delighted to see a rejuvenated band with a basic line-up comparable to the tours of the 1960s and 1970s. Andy Greene in \"Rolling Stone\" called the 1999 tour better than the final one with Moon in 1976. The", "title": "The Who" }, { "id": "17076829", "text": "Super Bowl XLVI halftime show The Super Bowl XLVI halftime show took place on February 5, 2012 at the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana as part of Super Bowl XLVI. It featured Madonna and guests LMFAO, Nicki Minaj, M.I.A. and CeeLo Green. In 2011, the National Football League (NFL) announced that Madonna would perform at the Super Bowl XLVI show. The singer collaborated with Cirque du Soleil for the show, where her longtime choreographer Jamie King was music director; King, in turn, enlisted the multimedia-show producer Moment Factory. Madonna performed four songs, beginning with \"Vogue\" in a Roman-Egyptian setting", "title": "Super Bowl XLVI halftime show" }, { "id": "11738133", "text": "and co-wrote a duet with him titled \"Who You Love\" for his album \"Paradise Valley\". The song was released on August 12, 2013. Perry's third headlining tour, the Prismatic World Tour, began in May 2014 and concluded in October 2015. It sold almost 2 million tickets and grossed $204.3 million worldwide and won Perry the award for \"Top Package\" at the 2014 \"Billboard\" Touring Awards. She also performed at the 2015 Rock in Rio festival on September 27, 2015. On November 23, 2014, the NFL announced that Perry would perform at the Super Bowl XLIX halftime show on February 1,", "title": "Katy Perry" }, { "id": "376035", "text": "premiere the pilot of a promising new one in the lead-out slot, which immediately follows the Super Bowl and post-game coverage. Early Super Bowls featured a halftime show consisting of marching bands from local colleges or high schools; but as the popularity of the game increased, a trend where popular singers and musicians performed during its pre-game ceremonies and the halftime show, or simply sang the national anthem of the United States or America the Beautiful emerged. Unlike regular season or playoff games, thirty minutes are allocated for the Super Bowl halftime. After a special live episode of the Fox", "title": "Super Bowl" }, { "id": "470487", "text": "was narrated by Daniels, who had played Jimmy in the 1979 film. Despite technical difficulties the show led to a six-night residency at Madison Square Garden and a US and European tour through 1996 and 1997. Townshend played mostly acoustic guitar, but eventually was persuaded to play some electric. In 1998, VH1 ranked the Who ninth in their list of the \"100 Greatest Artists of Rock 'n' Roll\". In late 1999, the Who performed as a five-piece for the first time since 1985, with Bundrick on keyboards and Starkey on drums. The first show in Las Vegas at the MGM", "title": "The Who" }, { "id": "18567785", "text": "specify whether it was Pepsi or the NFL) had insisted on including the Prince apparition and that the notion was not originally Timberlake's idea. Despite the lack of an individual guest artist, the more than 300-member University of Minnesota Marching Band was featured in the show. The band's drumline, brass, and saxophone sections pre-recorded and performed with Timberlake during his performance of \"Suit & Tie.\" The upper woodwind and auxiliary sections led drill formations and held large mirrors during Timberlake’s performance of his song \"Mirrors\", and acted as fans and dancers throughout other portions of the show, including the club", "title": "Super Bowl LII halftime show" }, { "id": "394557", "text": "a video. It reached number 20 on the \"Billboard\" Hot 100 – making her the only act to turn the national anthem into a pop hit of that magnitude. Houston's rendition was critically acclaimed and largely regarded as one of the best renditions of the U.S. national anthem in history. The track was included on the album \"\". Following 9/11, the single was re-released by Arista Records, peaking at number 6 on the Hot 100 and was certified platinum by the RIAA. Former NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle joined the coin toss ceremony. The halftime show was titled \"A Small World", "title": "Super Bowl XXV" }, { "id": "7002511", "text": "Darren Fletcher, Rocky Boiman, and Greg Brady announcing. The Indiana University Marching Hundred performed during the pre-game show. On January 12, 2012, it was reported that former \"American Idol\" winner Kelly Clarkson would sing the National Anthem at Super Bowl XLVI. It marks the fourth time in the previous five years that an \"American Idol\" contestant has performed the national anthem (joining Carrie Underwood, Jennifer Hudson and Jordin Sparks). Husband-and-wife country musicians Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert performed \"America the Beautiful\" as part of the ceremonies. American Sign Language translation for both songs was performed by Rachel Mazique, the currently", "title": "Super Bowl XLVI" }, { "id": "394955", "text": "coordinator of the New York Giants. Weeb Ewbank, head coach of the Baltimore Colts in that game, was also scheduled to appear, but died November 17, 1998. The halftime show was titled \"A Celebration of Soul, Salsa and Swing\" and featured Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Stevie Wonder, and Gloria Estefan. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy performed their song \"Go Daddy-O\". Wonder sang \"Sir Duke\", \"You Are the Sunshine of My Life\", and \"I Wish\". And Miami-native Estefan performed \"Oye!\" and \"Turn the Beat Around\", then a special performance by Stevie Wonder and Estefan was given performing Estefan's hit \"You'll Be Mine", "title": "Super Bowl XXXIII" }, { "id": "403893", "text": "teams had lost eight Super Bowls in total (prior to the Patriots victory in XXXVI). The game was played at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, on February 3, 2002. Following the September 11 attacks earlier in the season, the NFL postponed a week of regular season games and moved the league's playoff schedule back. As a result, Super Bowl XXXVI was rescheduled from the original date of January 27 to February 3, becoming the first Super Bowl played in February. The pregame ceremonies and the halftime show headlined by the Irish rock band U2 honored the victims of the", "title": "Super Bowl XXXVI" }, { "id": "4245778", "text": "Force Thunderbirds performed a fly-over. John Legend performed a short concert several hours before the game, while Faith Hill performed \"America the Beautiful\" prior to Hudson's performance of the national anthem. Also, the crew of US Airways Flight 1549 were recognized on field for their actions. The NFL saluted four decades of champions during the coin toss ceremony and the Vince Lombardi Trophy presentation. The coin toss featured Roger Craig (Super Bowl XXIII, 1989), John Elway (Super Bowl XXXIII, 1999), and Lynn Swann (Super Bowl XIII, 1979). Craig followed the previous year's participants and fellow San Francisco 49ers Craig Walsh", "title": "Super Bowl XLIII" }, { "id": "5732107", "text": "to commemorate two anniversaries—the 25th anniversary of Super Bowl XX and 15th of Super Bowl XXX, which marked the Dallas Cowboys' most recent Super Bowl championship. In honor of those occasions, Super Bowl XX MVP Richard Dent and former Dallas Cowboys defensive back Deion Sanders, both of whom were inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2011, joined the ceremonies. They were joined by fellow Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees and past Super Bowl participants Marshall Faulk, Chris Hanburger and Shannon Sharpe. The Black Eyed Peas performed a medley of their greatest hits: \"I Gotta Feeling\", \"Boom", "title": "Super Bowl XLV" }, { "id": "17079291", "text": "Super Bowl XLVII halftime show The Super Bowl XLVII halftime show occurred on February 3, 2013, at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans as part of Super Bowl XLVII and featured American entertainer Beyoncé with special guests Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams from Destiny's Child. The show was produced by Ricky Kirshner and directed by Hamish Hamilton. It received acclaim from music critics who commented that Beyoncé once more proved her abilities during live performances. It became the then second most watched show in Super Bowl history by garnering 110.8 million viewers. The performance, and the stadium blackout that followed,", "title": "Super Bowl XLVII halftime show" }, { "id": "6764455", "text": "be back with us when she's gone\". In the spring of 2008, Bundrick married Canadian Jody Ahern. On July 12, 2008, he performed at the recording of \"VH1 Honors The Who\" in Los Angeles. He then worked with English alternative folk band Small Engine Repair and has recently played on their track \"This Whole Setup Is A Lie\". In December 2009, it was announced he was working with the band Night Parade on their new album. Bundrick performed with the Who for their Super Bowl XLIV halftime show in 2010. He played with the group in 2011 at a charity", "title": "John Bundrick" }, { "id": "15199036", "text": "by The Beatles and both sung by John Entwistle. Here is a fairly typical set list (all songs written by Pete Townshend unless otherwise specified): There were some set list substitutions, variations, and order switches during the tour. Other songs occasionally played were: The band returned after a four-week break for the second leg of the tour, which began on 27 November at the Citrus Bowl, at that time known as the Tangerine Bowl, in Orlando, Florida. Townshend announced at the second show in Richfield, Ohio on 14 December that they were playing \"their last concert in the U.S.A.\" (as", "title": "The Who Tour 1982" }, { "id": "19393963", "text": "on the semi-final of the 13th season of \"The X Factor\". After two days, she performed the track at the 2016 Royal Variety Performance, attended by Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, and on \"Alan Carr's Happy Hour\". Gaga was the headliner of the Super Bowl LI halftime show, where besides her biggest hits, she performed \"Million Reasons\" on the piano. She was also a main headliner at the 2017 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. The setlist included \"John Wayne\", \"A-Yo\", and \"Million Reasons\" from the album. Benjamin Lee from \"The Guardian\" praised her performance, although", "title": "Joanne (album)" }, { "id": "7141050", "text": "Peppers would be joining Mars as halftime show performers. The show opened with a children's choir singing a chorus from \"Billionaire.\" Afterward, Mars appeared, playing a drum solo. Mars then performed the songs \"Locked Out of Heaven\", \"Treasure\", \"Runaway Baby\", \"Give It Away\" (with Red Hot Chili Peppers) and \"Just the Way You Are\" as a tribute to the United States Armed Forces. The halftime performance was the most watched in the history of the Super Bowl drawing in a record 115.3 million viewers, passing the record 114 million who watched Madonna perform two years earlier. It was later revealed", "title": "Super Bowl XLVIII" }, { "id": "18567780", "text": "but Pepsi quickly denied it. During August and September 2017, several publications informed that Timberlake was the frontrunner to performer at the Super Bowl LII halftime, first along with his frequent-collaborator Jay-Z as co-headliner, and then as the solo performer. Jay-Z was also rumored to be a solo performer, but it was reported that he turned it down due to the NFL's treatment of Colin Kapernick, which he later confirmed in his song Apeshit. A spokesperson from the NFL stated at the time, \"along with Pepsi, we know that we will put on a spectacular show. When it is time", "title": "Super Bowl LII halftime show" }, { "id": "394025", "text": "from 1970–73. Bryant Gumbel and Lee Leonard with analyst John Brodie anchored NBC’s pregame, halftime and postgame coverage. The pregame festivities featured the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) All-City Band and frisbee dog Ashley Whippet. Later, singer Vikki Carr sang “America the Beautiful”. This is the only game in Super Bowl history that the national anthem wasn’t sung. This was the first time that “America the Beautiful” was sung at a Super Bowl. The halftime show was produced by Disney and was based on \"It's a Small World\", an attraction at Disneyland and the Magic Kingdom. The show featured", "title": "Super Bowl XI" }, { "id": "392188", "text": "at Shea Stadium was the historic 1971 concert by Grand Funk Railroad in 1971, which broke the Beatles' then-record for fastest ticket sales. Humble Pie was the opening band. The same filmmakers for the documentary of the Rolling Stones concert at Altamont were commissioned to film it, but to date, a final film has not been released. The stadium hosted numerous concerts since then, including Jethro Tull with opening act Robin Trower in July 1976 (billed as Tull v. Boeing because of the proximity to LaGuardia Airport), The Who with opening act The Clash in October 1982, and Simon &", "title": "Shea Stadium" }, { "id": "7167394", "text": "perform it as if it were \"a brand new song.\" Jennifer Hudson and a chorus of several students from Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, the site of the shooting on December 14, 2012, performed \"America the Beautiful\". The coin toss ceremony featured the recent inductees to the Pro Football Hall of Fame: Larry Allen, Cris Carter, Curley Culp, Warren Sapp, Bill Parcells, Jonathan Ogden, and Dave Robinson. On October 16, 2012, Beyoncé was chosen as the headline performer for the Super Bowl halftime show, with a reunited Destiny's Child also appearing as part of the show. Despite initial", "title": "Super Bowl XLVII" }, { "id": "18567794", "text": "in line with that of the game as a whole, which had lost 7% compared to the previous year. According to initial sales reports from Nielsen Music, sales of the songs Timberlake performed during the halftime show gained 534% in the United States on February 4, the day of the Super Bowl, compared to Feb. 3, while his streams on Spotify gained 214%. Super Bowl LII halftime show The Super Bowl LII Halftime Show (officially known as the Pepsi Super Bowl LII Halftime Show) took place on February 4, 2018 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as part of", "title": "Super Bowl LII halftime show" }, { "id": "15244570", "text": "Man\" (familiar from the band's debut album, \"My Generation\") featured electric guitar solos from Townshend, as did \"Hey Joe\", played in an homage to Jimi Hendrix; Creedence Clearwater Revival's \"Born on the Bayou\" was also performed sporadically. Meanwhile, the four performances of \"Tommy\" were even more complete than when the band played it in 1969–1970 and included both \"Cousin Kevin\" and \"Sensation\". Following the 1989 shows and the band's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction in January 1990, The Who would not reunite again until 1996, the longest period of inactivity in their history. Live material from 1989 has", "title": "The Who Tour 1989" }, { "id": "394532", "text": "Super Bowl XXV Super Bowl XXV was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Buffalo Bills and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion New York Giants to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1990 season. The Giants defeated the Bills by the score of 20–19, winning their second Super Bowl. The game was held at Tampa Stadium in Tampa, Florida, on January 27, 1991, during the time of the Gulf War. It was preceded by a memorable performance of \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" by Whitney Houston during the pre-game ceremonies. The American Broadcasting Company", "title": "Super Bowl XXV" }, { "id": "4245781", "text": "gospel choir. Their halftime performance consisted of these songs in the following order: Each of the numbers had at least one verse removed, in order to fit the overall performance in the intended 12-minute time limit. Springsteen had turned down numerous invitations to play at the Super Bowl before this one, unsure of its legitimacy, but finally accepted after realizing the prestige value. The Steelers 2008 season/Super Bowl XLIII championship home video went on sale on DVD on February 24, 2009. One week later on March 3, it was released on Blu-ray, making it the first NFL Films home video", "title": "Super Bowl XLIII" }, { "id": "395042", "text": "anniversary of the birth of the United States, singer Ray Charles performed \"America the Beautiful\". The song was signed (ASL) by Tom Cooney. To honor the 10th anniversary of the Persian Gulf War, 10 military veterans from the conflict including former general Norman Schwarzkopf were introduced on the field. The pop group (and Florida natives) The Backstreet Boys then sang the national anthem becoming the only boyband to sing the national anthem at the Super Bowl. The coin toss ceremony honored the two previous Super Bowls that were played in Tampa. Representing the New York Giants' win in Super Bowl", "title": "Super Bowl XXXV" }, { "id": "394999", "text": "singer Faith Hill then sang the national anthem. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Super Bowl IV, the following participants of the game were featured during the coin toss ceremony: Bud Grant, Lamar Hunt, Bobby Bell, Paul Krause, Willie Lanier, Alan Page, and Jan Stenerud. The E-Trade halftime show was produced by Disney and titled \"Tapestry of Nations\" after the Epcot parade of the same name. The show, narrated by actor Edward James Olmos, was inspired by Walt Disney World's millennium celebration. It featured a full symphony orchestra conducted by Steven Byess; a multi-generational, 80-person choir; and singers Phil Collins,", "title": "Super Bowl XXXIV" }, { "id": "17076835", "text": "CeeLo Green came onstage with a marching band at the end of the song, and he and Madonna performed portions of \"Open Your Heart\" and \"Express Yourself\". \"Like a Prayer\" opened to a darkened stadium, with small specks of light visible, and a large choir dressed in black joined Madonna onstage. She reached the top of the bleachers and sang the final line before being pulled beneath the stage, surrounded by smoke. The show ended with \"World peace\" appearing on the ground screens with an image of the continents. According to CBS News, Madonna had been asked to perform in", "title": "Super Bowl XLVI halftime show" }, { "id": "4243440", "text": "and Fox confirmed that \"Idol\" host Seacrest would serve as emcee for the pre-game show, with Alicia Keys as the primary performer; as she sang a medley of her songs, including... \"Go Ahead\", \"Fallin'\", \"If I Ain't Got You\", \"Teenage Love Affair\", and \"No One\" as the final performance. \"Idol\" Season Six winner Jordin Sparks, herself a native of Glendale and daughter of former New York Giants cornerback Phillippi Sparks, performed the National Anthem, while Phoenix College professor and theatrical interpreter A Dreamer interpreted it into American Sign Language. The anthem was followed by a flyover from the U.S. Navy", "title": "Super Bowl XLII" }, { "id": "403928", "text": "with the audience in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. Since the next Super Bowl game, both Super Bowl participants are introduced collectively as a team, a precedent which has continued. The halftime show featured a three-song set from Irish rock band U2, who had just completed their successful Elevation Tour. After a rendition of \"Beautiful Day\", the band played \"MLK\" and \"Where the Streets Have No Name\" as the names of the victims from the September 11 attacks were projected onto a sheet behind the stage. While singing \"Where the Streets Have No Name\", the group's lead singer Bono", "title": "Super Bowl XXXVI" }, { "id": "3387662", "text": "also partnered with several artists for high-profile performances, including Clint Black, Travis Tritt and Tanya Tucker (\"Rockin' Country Sunday\" Super Bowl XXVIII halftime show, January 1994), Bette Midler (\"Let It Be Me\" at VH1 Honors, June 1995 and \"The Rose,\" 1996), Sting (\"You've Lost The Lovin' Feeling\" at the 11th Annual Rainforest Foundation Benefit at Carnegie Hall in New York City, April 2002), Wynton Marsalis (\"It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing\" and \"When the Saints Go Marching In\" at the Apollo Theater in New York City, June 2005), Natalie Grant (\"Song\" at Grand Ole Opry", "title": "Wynonna Judd" }, { "id": "1269231", "text": "2011. Critical and commercial response to the film was negative. Madonna contributed the ballad \"Masterpiece\" for the film's soundtrack, which won her a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. In February 2012, Madonna headlined the Super Bowl XLVI halftime show at the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. Her performance was visualized by Cirque Du Soleil and Jamie King and featured special guests LMFAO, Nicki Minaj, M.I.A. and Cee Lo Green. It became the then most-watched Super Bowl halftime show in history with 114 million viewers, higher than the game itself. During the event, she performed \"Give Me All", "title": "Madonna (entertainer)" }, { "id": "12304598", "text": "Coldplay, Katy Perry, and Rihanna. It was also reported by \"The Wall Street Journal\" that league representatives asked representatives of potential acts if they would be willing to provide financial compensation to the NFL in exchange for their appearance, in the form of either an up-front fee, or a cut of revenue from concert performances made following the Super Bowl. While these reports were denied by an NFL spokeswoman, the request had, according to the \"Journal\", received a \"chilly\" response from those involved. After the first two drives of the game ended in punts, New England got the first scoring", "title": "Super Bowl XLIX" }, { "id": "18329765", "text": "Super Bowl XLIX halftime show The Super Bowl XLIX halftime show took place on February 1, 2015, at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, as part of Super Bowl XLIX. It featured American singer Katy Perry, with singer Lenny Kravitz and rapper Missy Elliott as special guests. The halftime show was critically acclaimed and its broadcast on NBC attracted 118.5 million viewers in the United States and 120.7 million worldwide, receiving the largest ratings in the history of the Super Bowl and becoming the most watched of all-time. The halftime show was watched by more viewers than the", "title": "Super Bowl XLIX halftime show" }, { "id": "11028421", "text": "million per night, and \"Billboard\" named it the top tour of the year. The group continues to play together; McCartney has played live with Brian Ray, Rusty Anderson, Abe Laboriel Jr. and Wix Wickens longer than he played live with the Beatles. In July 2002, McCartney married Heather Mills. In November, on the first anniversary of George Harrison's death, McCartney performed at the Concert for George. He participated in the National Football League's Super Bowl, performing \"Freedom\" during the pre-game show for Super Bowl XXXVI in 2002 and headlining the halftime show at Super Bowl XXXIX in 2005. The English", "title": "Paul McCartney" }, { "id": "395044", "text": "participating teams introduced collectively as a team, instead of introducing them individually by player. The halftime show was produced by MTV, then a sister network of CBS, and featured Aerosmith, 'N Sync, Britney Spears, Nelly, Mary J. Blige, and Tremors featuring The Earthquake Horns. The show featured a back-and-forth medley between Aerosmith and 'N Sync, featuring the songs \"Jaded\" and \"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing\" by Aerosmith (the former song was from their then-upcoming album \"Just Push Play\") and \"Bye Bye Bye\" and \"It's Gonna Be Me\" by 'N Sync. The show ended with all of the performers", "title": "Super Bowl XXXV" }, { "id": "470489", "text": "band toured the US and UK from June to October 2000, to generally favourable reviews, culminating in a charity show at the Royal Albert Hall for the Teenage Cancer trust with guest performances from Paul Weller, Eddie Vedder, Noel Gallagher, Bryan Adams and Nigel Kennedy. Stephen Tomas Erlewine described the gig as \"an exceptional reunion concert\". In 2001 the band performed the Concert for New York City at Madison Square Garden for families of firefighters and police who had lost their lives following the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center, and were honoured with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement", "title": "The Who" }, { "id": "470485", "text": "Thomas Erlewine at AllMusic said the tour \"tarnished the reputation of the Who almost irreparably\". The tour included most of \"Tommy\" and included such guests as Phil Collins, Billy Idol and Elton John. A 2-CD live album, \"Join Together\", was released in 1990. In 1990, the Who were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The group have a featured collection in the hall's museum, including one of Moon's velvet suits, a Warwick bass of Entwistle's, and a drumhead from 1968. In 1991, the Who recorded a cover of Elton John's \"Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting\" for the", "title": "The Who" }, { "id": "1358514", "text": "Club, London, on 31 May 1976 that was listed as the \"Loudest Concert Ever\" by the Guinness Book of Records, where the volume level was measured at 126 decibels 32 metres from the stage. Townshend has also attributed the start of his hearing loss to Keith Moon's famous exploding drum set during the Who's 1967 appearance on \"The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour\". In 1989, Townshend gave the initial funding to allow the formation of the non-profit hearing advocacy group H.E.A.R. (Hearing Education and Awareness for Rockers). After the Who performed at half-time at Super Bowl XLIV, Townshend stated that he", "title": "Pete Townshend" }, { "id": "470414", "text": "The Who The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964. Their classic line-up consisted of lead singer Roger Daltrey, guitarist and singer Pete Townshend, bass guitarist John Entwistle, and drummer Keith Moon. They are considered one of the most influential rock bands of the 20th century, selling over 100 million records worldwide and holding a reputation for their live shows and studio work. The Who developed from an earlier group, the Detours, and established themselves as part of the pop art and mod movements, featuring auto-destructive art by destroying guitars and drums on stage. Their first single as", "title": "The Who" }, { "id": "470417", "text": "\"Quadrophenia\" and the retrospective documentary \"The Kids Are Alright\". After Townshend became weary of touring, the group split in 1982. The Who occasionally re-formed for live appearances such as Live Aid in 1985, a 25th anniversary tour in 1989 and a tour of \"Quadrophenia\" in 1996–1997. They resumed regular touring in 1999, with drummer Zak Starkey. After Entwistle's death in 2002, plans for a new album were delayed. Townshend and Daltrey continued as the Who, releasing \"Endless Wire\" in 2006, and continued to play live regularly. The Who's major contributions to rock music include the development of the Marshall stack,", "title": "The Who" }, { "id": "10819097", "text": "Band to play the halftime show at Super Bowl XLIII, with strong speculation extending to a new album in early 2009 and a tour run before Max Weinberg went to California for \"The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien\". When the tour opened at the Hartford Civic Center, several things were immediately apparent. The show was clearly shorter than in years past, beginning at around 8:30 and ending at around 10:45. However more songs were played than could be extrapolated from this time, given past practice, due to the omission of elongated numbers with stage hijinks, and in particular no long", "title": "Magic Tour (Bruce Springsteen)" }, { "id": "12304594", "text": "was simulcasted on TSN Radio in Canada. In the United Kingdom, BBC Radio 5 Live returned to coverage after the previous year's NFL broadcaster, Absolute Radio 90s, dropped out of sports coverage. Rocky Boiman and Darren Fletcher return as commentators. Idina Menzel performed the national anthem and John Legend performed \"America the Beautiful\". On October 9, 2014, \"Billboard\" announced that Katy Perry would perform at halftime and the NFL confirmed the announcement on November 23, 2014. At the start of the halftime show, on-field participants held up light globes which created a bird's-eye view of the Pepsi logo. Perry entered", "title": "Super Bowl XLIX" }, { "id": "4185099", "text": "gave the Super Bowl its name. American singer and musician Prince performed in the halftime show. The setlist for Prince's performance was a short rendition of \"We Will Rock You\" by Queen; Prince's hit songs \"Let's Go Crazy\" and \"Baby I'm a Star\"; covers of Creedence Clearwater Revival's \"Proud Mary\", Bob Dylan's \"All Along the Watchtower\", and Foo Fighters' \"Best of You\"; and finally his signature song \"Purple Rain\" in the downpour. The 12-minute performance featured Prince accompanied by two dancers he called \"The Twinz\" (Maya and Nandy McClean) and the Florida A&M University marching band, the Marching 100. Prince", "title": "Super Bowl XLI" }, { "id": "4243443", "text": "interest in the slot was expressed by Bon Jovi, who had planned to open the U.S. leg of their Lost Highway Tour with a performance during the halftime show. According to \"Rolling Stone\", the engagement was actually offered to the Eagles by the NFL, but the offer was turned down. Then, on December 2, 2007, it was officially announced that the halftime entertainment would be provided by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. The songs \"American Girl\", \"I Won't Back Down\", \"Free Fallin'\", and \"Runnin' Down a Dream\" were performed by the band to kick off their 2008 world tour. Bridgestone", "title": "Super Bowl XLII" }, { "id": "18798746", "text": "that the American pop rock band, Maroon 5, will headline the game's halftime show, though neither the NFL nor Maroon 5 have confirmed the reports. Super Bowl LIII Super Bowl LIII, the 53rd Super Bowl and the 49th modern-era National Football League (NFL) championship game, will decide the league champion for the 2018 NFL season. The game is scheduled to be played on February 3, 2019, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. This will be the third Super Bowl in Atlanta, having previously hosted Super Bowl XXVIII in 1994 and Super Bowl XXXIV in 2000 at the Georgia Dome. On", "title": "Super Bowl LIII" }, { "id": "15383074", "text": "and \"My Generation\". Their last performance of the year was a New Year's Eve show entitled \"Psychedelicamania\" at The Roundhouse in London, sharing the bill with The Move and Pink Floyd. Aside from three days in France, the first half of the year was spent performing entirely in the United Kingdom. Staples in the act included \"My Generation\", \"Heat Wave\", and \"Dancing in the Street\", while \"Substitute\", and the Everly Brothers' \"A Man With Money\" were also regularly featured in band's shows. Songs documented as being played at this stage are as follows: Shows during this period featured much of", "title": "The Who Tour 1966" }, { "id": "10411176", "text": "achieve back-to-back million plus first week sales. Three singles were released from \"Black & Blue\": \"Shape of My Heart\", \"The Call\", and \"More than That\". On January 28, 2001, the Backstreet Boys performed the American national anthem at the Super Bowl XXXV in Tampa, Florida. A week earlier, the group began the \"Black & Blue Tour\", which featured shows in five continents. The tour was put on hold in July when it was reported that McLean had entered rehab to battle alcoholism and depression after Richardson held an intervention for him at a Boston hotel. The tour resumed in August", "title": "Backstreet Boys" }, { "id": "394556", "text": "Estrellas, Canada on CTV and on Venezuela on Venevisión. Because of the Gulf War situation, this marked the first time the Super Bowl would be telecast in most countries around the world. Outside of North America and England, this Super Bowl was broadcast for the first time in countries such as Australia and Russia. Whitney Houston performed \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" for Super Bowl XXV, backed by The Florida Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Jahja Ling. With America involved in the Gulf War, the positive response to the rousing performance was overwhelming, and it was released as a single and", "title": "Super Bowl XXV" }, { "id": "17076878", "text": "or logic\", and blamed NBC for its \"dereliction\" in not blurring out the gesture during the live telecast. M.I.A. tweeted Madonna with a request to borrow $16 million, later deleting the tweet. In August 2014, ESPN reported that the NFL had reached a confidential agreement with M.I.A. Neither attorney Howard King nor the NFL provided any further details. Source for the set list performed at the show. Credits and personnel adapted from the halftime show's name reel. Super Bowl XLVI halftime show The Super Bowl XLVI halftime show took place on February 5, 2012 at the Lucas Oil Stadium in", "title": "Super Bowl XLVI halftime show" }, { "id": "1491925", "text": "Doubt, and Sting were featured during the halftime show, which was sponsored by AT&T Wireless. Twain sang her hits \"Man! I Feel Like a Woman!\" and \"Up!\". No Doubt then sang their hit \"Just a Girl\" with lead singer Gwen Stefani ad-libbing lines like \"I'm just a girl at the Super Bowl!\" The show concluded with Sting performing \"Message in a Bottle\", with Stefani joining in midway through. Bon Jovi appeared as part of the post-game ceremonies, performing \"It's My Life\" prior to the Vince Lombardi Trophy presentation and \"Everyday\" afterwards (most of the latter performance was not shown on", "title": "Super Bowl XXXVII" }, { "id": "20550657", "text": "the highest television interview in history. Jackson started his halftime performance by first appearing at the top of the stadium's two jumbotrons (using body doubles). Jackson then rocketed from center stage and stood completely still and silent for almost two minutes before beginning his performance. Jackson's performance included a medley consisting of \"Jam\" (with the beginning of \"Why You Wanna Trip On Me\"), \"Billie Jean\" and \"Black or White\". The finale featured an audience card stunt, a video montage showing Jackson participating in various humanitarian efforts around the world, and a choir of 3,500 local Los Angeles area children singing", "title": "Super Bowl XXVII halftime show" }, { "id": "18563350", "text": "of California Marching Band. Bruno Mars, Mark Ronson, and a troupe of backing dancers (dressed in the style of Michael Jackson) then performed \"Uptown Funk\". Beyoncé, also in a Jackson-inspired outfit and appearing with a set of backing dancers dressed as Black Panthers, then performed her new single \"Formation\" in a mass choreographed dance number before joining Mars onstage for a verse of \"Uptown Funk\". Coldplay played a snippet of \"Clocks\" during a video montage of past Super Bowl halftime and national anthem performances, including those by Bruce Springsteen, Missy Elliott, Katy Perry, The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder,", "title": "Super Bowl 50 halftime show" }, { "id": "4185100", "text": "had rehearsed with the drum line for a week before the performance. The performance was on a large, central stage which was shaped like Prince's logo, and was outlined with lights. He played before 74,512 fans at Dolphin Stadium, who had been given flashlights to point at the stage during the performance of \"Purple Rain\". The event was carried \"to the biggest audience of his life\" with 140 million television viewers. Overall, the show was energetic and well received by the rain-soaked audience surrounding the stage. Music critics were extremely enthusiastic about his performance, one calling it \"arguably the best", "title": "Super Bowl XLI" }, { "id": "16858063", "text": "hosted Super Bowl Live, a 10-day festival which featured live concerts and other attractions, including projection shows, fireworks shows, and a virtual reality attraction, \"Future Flight\", in conjunction with NASA. The neighboring George R. Brown Convention Center hosted the annual NFL Experience event, which featured interactive activities and appearances by players. Super Bowl Opening Night, the second edition of the game's revamped media day, was held on January 30, 2017 at nearby Minute Maid Park. Super Bowl Live was organized by the Houston Super Bowl Host Committee, which was led by Honorary Chairman James A. Baker, III, Chairman Ric Campo,", "title": "Super Bowl LI" } ]

[ "Maria's Island in Massachusetts" ]

[ { "id": "901920", "text": "to protect herself, summoning a man who possesses qualities that cannot possibly exist. Years later, Gillian makes a blood-oath to Sally, promising to return, and leaves for Los Angeles. Sally marries Michael, a local produce seller, and they have two daughters, Kylie and Antonia. They plan to open a botanical shop, but Michael dies after being hit by a truck. Sally realizes that her aunts cast a spell so she would be happy, not expecting Sally's love to trigger the curse. Devastated, Sally and her daughters return to the Owens home to live. Sally decides that she and her daughters", "title": "Practical Magic" }, { "id": "901927", "text": "a risk on love again. Sally sends out a message via a leaf on the wind, and in Arizona, Gary senses her call. He returns to Massachusetts to be with Sally. Halloween is celebrated, and all the Owens women, demonstrating their powers by leaping off their roof and landing safely, are lovingly accepted by the townsfolk. \"Practical Magic\" was filmed in part on an artificial set in California. Because the film's producers decided the house was a big part of the depiction of the Owens' culture, a house to accurately represent that vision was built on San Juan Island in", "title": "Practical Magic" }, { "id": "901928", "text": "the state of Washington. While much of the set from California was brought to that location and placed inside the house, it took nearly a year to perfect the image of the house and the interior. The house, actually only a shell with nothing inside, was built only for this filming and was torn down after filming was completed. The small town scenes were filmed on the main street of Coupeville, Washington, a Victorian-era seaside port town located on the south side of Penn's Cove on Whidbey Island. According to Sandra Bullock in the DVD commentary, while filming the scene", "title": "Practical Magic" }, { "id": "901917", "text": "Practical Magic Practical Magic is a 1998 American romantic comedy film based on the 1995 novel of the same name by Alice Hoffman. The film was directed by Griffin Dunne and stars Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Stockard Channing, Dianne Wiest, Aidan Quinn, and Goran Visnjic. Bullock and Kidman play sisters Sally and Gillian Owens, who have always known they were different from other people. Raised by their aunts after their parents' death, the sisters grew up in a household that was anything but typical—their aunts fed them chocolate cake for breakfast and taught them the uses of practical magic. But", "title": "Practical Magic" }, { "id": "901921", "text": "will not perform magic. As Gillian begins a relationship with Jimmy Angelov, she can feel Sally's grief, and realizing that Sally really needs her, she returns to Massachusetts. After Gillian helps her realize that she is neglecting her daughters due to her disabling grief, Sally wakes to find her sister gone. With a new-found resolve, she opens the botanical shop she had planned with Michael and tries to help her daughters navigate living in a town where the citizens openly taunt them for being witches. Gillian calls Sally to come and rescue her after Jimmy becomes erratic and abusive, but", "title": "Practical Magic" }, { "id": "12283065", "text": "Practical Magic (novel) Practical Magic is a 1995 novel by Alice Hoffman. The book was adapted into a 1998 film of the same name. For more than two hundred years, the Owens women have been blamed for everything that has gone wrong in their Massachusetts town. Gillian and Sally have also endured that fate: As children, the sisters were forever outsiders, taunted, talked about, pointed at. Their elderly aunts almost seemed to encourage the whispers of witchery, with their darkened house, their love concoctions and their crowd of black cats. All Gillian and Sally wanted to do was escape. One", "title": "Practical Magic (novel)" }, { "id": "901918", "text": "being a member of the Owens' family carries a curse: the men they fall in love with are doomed to an untimely death. Now adult women with very different personalities, the quiet Sally and the fiery Gillian must use all of their powers to fight the family curse and a swarm of supernatural forces that could take away all the Owens' lives. Maria Owens, a young witch, is exiled (with her unborn child) to an island in Massachusetts. When her lover does not rescue her, she casts a spell to stop herself from ever falling in love again. The spell", "title": "Practical Magic" }, { "id": "901919", "text": "becomes a curse, affecting all future generations of women in the Owens family: any man who falls in love with an Owens woman will die. In the present, Gillian and Sally Owens, are taken in by their maternal aunts Frances and Jet (Bridget) after the death of their parents. Gillian's talents lie in charm and persuasion, while Sally is more gifted in witchcraft. After witnessing their aunts cast a spell for a woman obsessed with having a specific man's love, Gillian is titillated at the idea of falling in love and Sally, terrified, casts a true love spell (Amas Veritas)", "title": "Practical Magic" }, { "id": "901926", "text": "on the school's emergency phone tree, and they form a coven to exorcise Jimmy's spirit. Sally makes them stop when she sees that the effort is killing Gillian. Sally, inspired, opens the magic protection circle surrounding the possessed Gillian, and entices Jimmy to assume control over Gillian's body. Swiftly, Sally repeats her blood-oath with Gillian, again slicing their palms to join their blood in promise. The Owens curse is broken and Jimmy's spirit is exorcised and permanently banished. Gary clears the sisters of any suspicion of wrongdoing in Jimmy's death. Sally comes to a decision, encouraged by Gillian, to take", "title": "Practical Magic" }, { "id": "901933", "text": "Roger Ebert of the \"Chicago Sun-Times\" said that the film \"doesn't seem sure what tone to adopt, veering uncertainly from horror to laughs to romance.\" In 2004, Warner Bros. and CBS produced \"Sudbury\", a television pilot written by Becky Hartman Edwards, starring Kim Delaney in the role played by Bullock in the film, and Jeri Ryan in the role played by Kidman. The series, named for the Sudbury, Massachusetts location of the novel and film, was not picked up. In 2010, Warner Bros. and ABC Family attempted to develop a reboot television series. Practical Magic Practical Magic is a 1998", "title": "Practical Magic" }, { "id": "12283066", "text": "would do so by marrying, the other by running away. But the bonds they shared brought them back to each other, and to the magic they could not escape. Practical Magic (novel) Practical Magic is a 1995 novel by Alice Hoffman. The book was adapted into a 1998 film of the same name. For more than two hundred years, the Owens women have been blamed for everything that has gone wrong in their Massachusetts town. Gillian and Sally have also endured that fate: As children, the sisters were forever outsiders, taunted, talked about, pointed at. Their elderly aunts almost seemed", "title": "Practical Magic (novel)" }, { "id": "901923", "text": "Jet leave after giving Kylie and Antonia protection wards, telling Antonia to give Sally and Gillian the message, \"Clean up your own mess!\" Investigator Gary Hallett arrives from Tucson in search of Jimmy, who is revealed to be a serial killer. Gary begins to suspect that Sally and Gillian killed Jimmy, so Gillian, Kylie and Antonia create a potion to banish Gary. However, the girls realize he is the man described in young Sally's true love spell, and dispose of the potion. While watching the girls toss the potion-laced pancake syrup into the sea, Gary (and a horrified Sally and", "title": "Practical Magic" }, { "id": "1246274", "text": "in the computer game, \"Microsoft Flight Simulator X\". It is the setting for the 1998 film \"Practical Magic\". It is featured in a film called \"Pirate for the Sea\", a film about Paul Watson, co founder of Greenpeace and president and founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Friday Harbor is the setting of the Friday Harbor novel series by Lisa Kleypas. The 2012 Hallmark Film called \"Christmas with Holly\" is the TV-movie adaptation of \"Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor\", the first book in the series, and also features Friday Harbor. Friday Harbor was the location for the 1966 feature", "title": "Friday Harbor, Washington" }, { "id": "901929", "text": "where the Owens women are drunk and slinging insults, the actresses actually got drunk on very bad tequila brought by Kidman. The cast further stated in the film's commentary that they felt supernatural elements of the house started to affect them. Both the cast and crew claimed they heard supernatural noises while filming the coven scene at the end of the film. For the final scene with all of the townspeople at the Owens' home, the entire population of the town where filming took place was invited to show up in costume and appear as townsfolk. Composer Michael Nyman's score", "title": "Practical Magic" }, { "id": "901922", "text": "after Sally arrives, he kidnaps them both. Sally puts belladonna into Jimmy's tequila, inadvertently killing him as he tries to strangle Gillian. Gillian decides that they must use magic to resurrect Jimmy so that neither of them will be guilty of murder. They return home, then resurrect him using their aunts' spellbook. Jimmy attempts to kill Gillian again immediately after being revived, and Sally is forced to kill him again to save Gillian. They bury his body in the garden. Signs begin occurring, indicating that something is wrong, yet they do not confess to their aunts when confronted. Frances and", "title": "Practical Magic" }, { "id": "901924", "text": "Gillian) watch a frog regurgitate Jimmy's ring. Gary takes it as evidence and departs, angry and confused. Later, after fighting with her sister, Sally insists Gary record her testimony. While in his hotel room, she sees a letter she had written Gillian just before rescuing her from Jimmy. She realizes he read it many times. Unable to deny their feelings for each other, they kiss and Sally realizes that he was there because of the Amas Veritas spell. Sally bolts, shaken. Returning home, Sally discovers that Jimmy's spirit has possessed Gillian's body and Gary (following Sally) witnesses Jimmy's spirit emerge.", "title": "Practical Magic" }, { "id": "399401", "text": "disrupted when her husband (played by Michael Paré) reveals his infidelity to her on a talk show. While the film made US$81.4 million, critic James Berardinelli, in his review, remarked that she is \"better suited to more lighthearted fare\". The comedy \"Practical Magic\" (1998) saw her star with Nicole Kidman, as two witch sisters who face a curse which threatens to prevent them ever finding lasting love. While the film opened atop on its North American opening weekend, it flopped at the box office. In 1998, she also provided the voice of in the animated aventure film \"The Prince of", "title": "Sandra Bullock" }, { "id": "3550930", "text": "Alice Hoffman Alice Hoffman (born March 16, 1952) is an American novelist and young-adult and children's writer, best known for her 1995 novel \"Practical Magic\", which was adapted for a 1998 film of the same name. Many of her works fall into the genre of magic realism and contain elements of magic, irony, and non-standard romances and relationships. Alice Hoffman was born in New York City and raised on Long Island, New York. Her grandmother was a Russian-Jewish immigrant. She graduated from Valley Stream North High School in 1969, and then from Adelphi University with a Bachelor of Arts. She", "title": "Alice Hoffman" }, { "id": "901925", "text": "Jimmy attempts to kill Gary by reaching into his chest, only to be hurt by Gary's silver star-shaped badge, and disappears. Sally tells Gary that he is there because of her spell and the feelings they have for each other are not real. Gary replies that curses are only true if one believes in them and reveals that he also wished for her, then leaves. Jimmy possesses Gillian again and attempts to assault Sally, who knocks her out just before Frances and Jet return. Sally, realizing she must embrace magic to save her sister, asks the aid of the mothers", "title": "Practical Magic" }, { "id": "3837116", "text": "1998 film \"Digging to China\", which also starred Kevin Bacon and Mary Stuart Masterson. The film won the Children's Jury Award at the Chicago International Children's Film Festival. Wood remembers the role as initially being hard, but notes that it \"eventually led to her decision that acting is something she might never want to stop doing.\" She also had a role in \"Practical Magic\", a fantasy film directed by Griffin Dunne, starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman, that same year. Wood made her teenage debut as a leading film actress in 2002's \"Little Secrets\", directed by Blair Treu, where she", "title": "Evan Rachel Wood" }, { "id": "303312", "text": "in the action-thriller \"The Peacemaker\" (1997) as White House nuclear expert Dr. Julia Kelly, opposite George Clooney. The film grossed $110,000,000 worldwide. In 1998, she co-starred with Sandra Bullock in the poorly received fantasy \"Practical Magic\" as a modern-day witch. Kidman returned to her work on stage the same year in the David Hare play \"The Blue Room\", which opened in London. In 1999, Kidman reunited with then husband, Tom Cruise, to portray a married couple in \"Eyes Wide Shut\", the final film of director Stanley Kubrick. The film was subject to censorship controversies due to the explicit nature of", "title": "Nicole Kidman" }, { "id": "9699652", "text": "Caprice Benedetti Caprice Benedetti (born 1966) is an American actress. She is best known for her role in the 2000 science fiction movie \"Timequest\" in which she played Jacqueline Kennedy. She also appeared as the matriarch of the Owens clan as Maria Owens in \"Practical Magic\", alongside Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock. She went to Saint Benedict's school in Seattle, Washington during her elementary years. She attended Blanchet High School in Seattle. She was \"discovered\" at the Northgate Mall. Caprice played a brief supporting role in \"Charmed\" as the Angel of Light Guardian of the Hollow in the Season 4", "title": "Caprice Benedetti" }, { "id": "2895651", "text": "of emerald or other green materials. The Wizard was a young man when he first arrived in Oz, and grew old while he was there. Afraid of the Wicked Witches of the West and the East, who, unlike him, could do real magic, the Wizard hid away in a room of his palace and refused to see visitors. He lived in this way until the arrival of Dorothy in the first book. In \"The Marvelous Land of Oz\" the prehistory was changed slightly. Glinda, the Good Witch of the South, reveals that the Wizard usurped the previous king of Oz", "title": "Land of Oz" }, { "id": "3255846", "text": "the run had ended on 7 April 1827 and Heine did not arrive in London until the 14th. Heine was the first author to introduce the chance of salvation through a woman's devotion and the opportunity to set foot on land every seven years to seek a faithful wife. This imaginary play, unlike Fitzball's play, which has the Cape of Good Hope location, in Heine's account is transferred to the North Sea off Scotland. Wagner's opera was similarly planned to take place off the coast of Scotland, although during the final rehearsals he transferred the action to another part of", "title": "Flying Dutchman" }, { "id": "1785828", "text": "mid-1985. Black stated that his intention was to do an \"urban western\" inspired by \"Dirty Harry\" where a violent character \"reviled for what he did, what he is capable of, the things he believed in\" is eventually recruited for being the one that could solve the problem. The protagonists would be everymen policemen, \"guys shuffling in a town like Los Angeles searching for something noble as justice when they're just guys in washed and worn suits seeking a paycheck\". According to Black, his original first draft of the script was very different and much darker than the final film. It", "title": "Lethal Weapon" }, { "id": "4832564", "text": "the offbeat ensemble comedy \"No Vacancy\", in which he starred with Christina Ricci. Olyphant received positive notices for portraying a drug dealer in the cult comedy \"Go\" (1999). He is set to star in the fantasy film \"Practical Magic\", but he is replaced by Aidan Quinn. Janet Maslin of \"The New York Times\" noted that the role was \"played with offbeat flair\" while Todd McCarthy of \"Variety\" described it as a \"deftly etched\" performance. After Olyphant's performance in \"Go\", the film's producer Mickey Liddell offered him his choice of parts in his next project \"\" (2000), a romantic comedy about", "title": "Timothy Olyphant" }, { "id": "17342845", "text": "the film earned her first nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. In 1996, Bullock starred in the film adaptation of John Grisham's novel \"A Time to Kill\". In 1998, Bullock starred in the romantic comedy \"Practical Magic\", voiced Miriam in the DreamWorks animated film \"The Prince of Egypt\" and also executive produced her first film, the romantic drama \"Hope Floats\". In 2000, Bullock garnered a second nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical for her role as undercover FBI agent Gracie", "title": "Sandra Bullock filmography" }, { "id": "901931", "text": "of the Ruins\"/\"String Quartet No. 3\"/\"Carrington\"/\"The End of the Affair\"/\"The Claim\". \"Convening the Coven\", though not \"Maria Owens\", was subsequently reissued on \"\", and music that uses material related to this piece has not been used elsewhere. Singer Stevie Nicks headlined the soundtrack's published advertisements, promoting her songs \"If You Ever Did Believe\" and a new recording of her song \"Crystal\", both songs featuring Sheryl Crow on back-up vocals. \"Practical Magic\" opened at #1 with $13.1 million in ticket sales. The film went on to gross $68.3 million worldwide, less than its $75 million production budget. \"Practical Magic\" received negative", "title": "Practical Magic" }, { "id": "2987377", "text": "Finian's Rainbow Finian's Rainbow is a musical with a book by E.Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy, lyrics by Harburg, and music by Burton Lane, produced by Lee Sabinson. The original 1947 Broadway production ran for 725 performances, while a film version was released in 1968 and several revivals have followed. Finian moves to the southern United States (the fictional state of Missitucky is a combination of Mississippi and Kentucky) from Ireland with his daughter Sharon, to bury a stolen pot of gold near Fort Knox, in the mistaken belief that it will grow. Og, a leprechaun, follows them, desperate to", "title": "Finian's Rainbow" }, { "id": "2949782", "text": "thereafter. Polley, who resides in Canada, was offered the role directly, without auditioning. Olyphant was a late addition; he was about to shoot the film \"Practical Magic\" but was fired from his role and replaced by Aidan Quinn, enabling him to join the cast as Todd. He was called in to audition for Adam or Zack, but all agreed he was better as drug dealer Todd, the character he wanted to play. When \"Go\" was about to start shooting, its foreign financing fell through because the film lacked a \"bankable white male star.\" Columbia Pictures stepped in and financed the", "title": "Go (1999 film)" }, { "id": "15759132", "text": "Villain for her performance as the Wicked Witch of the West. In 1905 Kansas, Oscar Diggs is a magician and con artist in a traveling circus. The circus strongman learns Oscar has flirted with his wife and threatens him. Oscar escapes in a hot air balloon but is sucked into a tornado that takes him to the Land of Oz. There he encounters the beautiful and naïve witch Theodora, who believes him to be the wizard prophesied to become King of Oz by destroying the Wicked Witch, who killed the previous king. The idea of being a wealthy monarch makes", "title": "Oz the Great and Powerful" }, { "id": "18813960", "text": "episodes, which is set to premiere on January 23, 2019. Quentin Coldwater enrolls at Brakebills University for Magical Pedagogy to be trained as a magician, where he discovers that the magical world from his favorite childhood books is real and poses a danger to humanity. Meanwhile, the life of his childhood friend Julia is derailed when she is denied entry, and she searches for magic elsewhere. Michael London first optioned the books in 2011, intending to develop the show at Fox. \"\" co-writers Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz wrote the pilot, but did not get the green light. London then", "title": "The Magicians (U.S. TV series)" }, { "id": "588038", "text": "situations of emotional stress\" although whereas religion is primarily expressive, magical is primarily practical. He therefore defined magic as \"a practical art consisting of acts which are only means to a definite end expected to follow later on\". He for instance believed that fertility rituals were magical because they were carried out with the intention of meeting a specific need. As part of his functionalist approach, Malinowski saw magic not as irrational but as something that served a useful function, being sensible within the given social and environmental context. Freud also saw magic as emerging from human emotion but interpreted", "title": "Magic (supernatural)" }, { "id": "6530858", "text": "for her \"Trouble in Shangri-La\" album. The track was instead chosen as the theme song for the 1998 Warner Bros. film \"Practical Magic\" and is only available on the film's soundtrack album. The take chosen for release on the 1977 \"Rumours\" album was reportedly recorded at 4 a.m., after a long night of attempts in the studio. Just before and during that final take, Stevie Nicks had wrapped her head (though not mouth) with a black scarf, veiling her senses and tapping genuine memories and emotions. Many unusual instruments were used in the recording, including an electric harpsichord with a", "title": "Gold Dust Woman" }, { "id": "9699653", "text": "episode \"Charmed and Dangerous\", and appeared in \"Slow Burn\". Caprice Benedetti Caprice Benedetti (born 1966) is an American actress. She is best known for her role in the 2000 science fiction movie \"Timequest\" in which she played Jacqueline Kennedy. She also appeared as the matriarch of the Owens clan as Maria Owens in \"Practical Magic\", alongside Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock. She went to Saint Benedict's school in Seattle, Washington during her elementary years. She attended Blanchet High School in Seattle. She was \"discovered\" at the Northgate Mall. Caprice played a brief supporting role in \"Charmed\" as the Angel of", "title": "Caprice Benedetti" }, { "id": "8489675", "text": "Was (novel) Was (or \"Was\"... in the UK edition) is a WFA nominated 1992 novel by Canadian author Geoff Ryman, focusing on themes of L. Frank Baum's \"The Wonderful Wizard of Oz\", and the musical film version, ranging across time and space from the 1860s Kansas to the late 1980s California. WAS is an adult parallel to the magical Land of Oz, that never existed as a real place. The novel explores the tragic, but very moving life of \"Dorothy Gael\" in 1800s Kansas, whose traumatic experiences with Aunt Emily and Uncle Henry after her mother's death leads her to", "title": "Was (novel)" }, { "id": "14879811", "text": "takes place in the land of Equestria, populated by varieties of ponies including variants of Pegasus and unicorn, along with other sentient and non-sentient creatures. The central character is Twilight Sparkle, a unicorn mare sent by her mentor Princess Celestia, ruler of Equestria, to the town of Ponyville to study the magic of friendship. In the show's opening episode \"Friendship Is Magic\", Twilight resents this assignment, as she is more concerned about the foretold appearance of Nightmare Moon, the evil sister of Celestia. When Nightmare Moon does appear, vowing everlasting night and causing Celestia to disappear, Twilight sets off with", "title": "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic" }, { "id": "246851", "text": "to die in ritual combat, hoping to experience pure bliss in the afterlife when the God-Pharaoh (Bolas) returns to Amonkhet. In \"Hour of Devastation\", Bolas returns as prophesied, only to raze Naktamun and reveal the true purpose of the training and combat: to create an army of physically-perfect and combat-adept mummies that serve as an unquestionably loyal army. Although the Gatewatch attempt to defeat Bolas, they are utterly defeated and are forced to flee from Amonkhet. The block's setting is based on ancient Egypt, with themes of social hierarchy and the contrast between life and death. \"Ixalan\" centered around the", "title": "Magic: The Gathering" }, { "id": "19243006", "text": "January 19, 2018, as an extension of the second season. In the lively town of Saffron Falls, teenage girls Kelly, Darbie, and Hannah are best friends who love cooking. While making some brownies for Kelly’s grandma's (who has a mysterious illness and cannot talk) birthday, they find an ancient cookbook in the attic. The recipes they find inside have strange names like \"Shut'em Up Shortcake\" and \"Healing Hazelnut Tart\" and require unusual ingredients, such as \"Cedronian vanilla\" and \"Taurian thyme\". The girls go to Mama P.’s shop to get the ingredients for the “Shut ‘em Up Shortcake” and when no", "title": "Just Add Magic (TV series)" }, { "id": "18394592", "text": "developing the project for 15 years before production began. The first Lucasfilm production to be distributed by Walt Disney Studios, after the parent company's purchase of the studio in 2012, Touchstone Pictures released the film on January 23, 2015. The film received generally negative reviews from critics and was a box office bomb, grossing $13.6 million worldwide and losing around $40–50 million. A realm is divided between a land of fairies and light, and a land of bog creatures and darkness, living in the dark forest. Primrose flowers, which are a crucial ingredient to love potions, mark the border between", "title": "Strange Magic (film)" }, { "id": "6748362", "text": "The Practical Joker \"The Practical Joker\" is the third episode of the of the American animated science fiction television series \"\", the 19th episode overall. It first aired in the NBC Saturday morning lineup on September 21, 1974, and was written by American television writers Chuck Menville and Len Janson who together also wrote the episode \"Once Upon a Planet\". Set in the 23rd century, the series follows the adventures of Captain James T. Kirk (voiced by William Shatner) and the crew of the Starfleet starship \"Enterprise\". In this episode, after the \"Enterprise\" passes through an unusual cloud the ship's", "title": "The Practical Joker" }, { "id": "17812264", "text": "the Land of Oz by a tornado, 20-year-old Dorothy Gale sets out to find the Wizard, unaware that she is about to fulfill a prophecy that will change everyone's lives forever. The series was created by Matthew Arnold who pitched an alternate telling, a dark, edgy version of \"The Wizard of Oz\" to Universal Television. Arnold wrote the pilot script, which then received a 10 episode direct-to-series order on NBC. Josh Friedman was brought on as showrunner. The series was originally slated to air in 2015, with filming scheduled to begin in 2014. However, it was cancelled before entering production", "title": "Emerald City (TV series)" }, { "id": "246850", "text": "following the Fair, tensions between the populace and the government reach a boiling point, as depicted in \"Aether Revolt\". The block focuses on a Steampunk aesthetic, with the steam replaced by aether, a powerful material that works in nearly every part of life. \"Amonkhet\" had the Gatewatch set out to destroy the evil dragon planeswalker Nicol Bolas after learning of his dominion over the titular desert plane Amonkhet. In the desert, they find a city (Naktamun) teeming with food, water, and life, ruled by five gods, with Nicol Bolas seemingly absent altogether. The people of Naktamun train their entire lives", "title": "Magic: The Gathering" }, { "id": "4454265", "text": "and the victim changed to a Jewish pawnbroker, and eventually watered down to just a foreigner in an unnamed town. Despite bad reviews, activists sent numerous letters and wires protesting the production. Serling thought that a science-fictional setting, with robots, aliens and other supernatural occurrences, would give him more freedom and less interference in expressing controversial ideas than more realistic settings. \"The Time Element\" was Serling's 1957 pilot pitch for his show, a time travel adventure about a man who travels back to Honolulu in 1941 and unsuccessfully tries to warn everyone about the impending attack on Pearl Harbor. The", "title": "The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)" }, { "id": "2895657", "text": "This version relates that Ozma was given to the king of Oz as an adoptive daughter, for he was old and had no children. In the Magic Land stories of Alexander Melentyevich Volkov, the prehistory is quite different. The land was created 6,000–7,000 years ago by a wizard named Hurricap, who was tired of people coming to him with requests, so he decided to find a place without them annoying him. He found a remote land and separated it from the rest of the world, along with putting the enchantments of eternal spring and talking animals (Volkov's version doesn't include", "title": "Land of Oz" }, { "id": "10054112", "text": "furlough during the war. Embarrassed by his daughter's out of wedlock pregnancy, her father decides to deal with the issue by quietly arranging for her to marry. Livvy is sent off to a rural town in southeastern Colorado, there to be married to a young farmer in need of a wife. The groom is Ray Singleton (Skeet Ulrich), who farms a remote section of land on a family farm. Hearing of Livvy's dilemma from his pastor, Ray is moved by the story and agrees to marry without even having met her. Unbeknownst to Livvy, Ray has suffered the loss of", "title": "The Magic of Ordinary Days" }, { "id": "7418827", "text": "Did Believe\", which Nicks recorded with Sheryl Crow, became the theme song to the 1998 Warner Bros. film Practical Magic. The track's origins actually lie in the coda of a 1976 demo of \"Gold Dust Woman\", one of Nicks' signature tracks from the Fleetwood Mac album \"Rumours\". The song was released as a promotional 7-inch vinyl single to radio stations in the US, and a video featuring Crow and Nicks was made for VH-1 promotion. To date, CD availability of the track is restricted to very-hard-to-find promotional CD singles issued to US radio stations, or the Practical Magic soundtrack album,", "title": "Trouble in Shangri-La" }, { "id": "6665933", "text": "was a wrestler in high school and won the state championship. Feuerstein attended The Dalton School, and graduated from Princeton University in 1993. He won a Fulbright scholarship and studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and at L'École Phillipe Gaulier in France. Feuerstein got his break-through on television as a recurring character on the daytime soap opera \"Loving\". When director Nancy Meyers was casting \"What Women Want\", her daughter recognized Feuerstein from \"Practical Magic\" (1998), and insisted that her mother cast him. He came to public attention in a guest appearance in an episode of Season", "title": "Mark Feuerstein" }, { "id": "12598", "text": "Angevin Empire so strong it survives into the 20th century. \"Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell\" takes place in an alternative version of England where a separate Kingdom ruled by the Raven King and founded on magic existed in Northumbria for over 300 years. In Patricia Wrede's Regency fantasies, Great Britain has a Royal Society of Wizards, and in Poul Anderson's \"A Midsummer Tempest\" William Shakespeare is remembered as the Great Historian, with the novel itself taking place in the era of Oliver Cromwell and Charles I, with an alternate outcome for the English Civil War and an earlier Industrial Revolution.", "title": "Alternate history" }, { "id": "8489680", "text": "An earlier version of the musical appeared at the Human Race Theatre in Dayton, Ohio. Was (novel) Was (or \"Was\"... in the UK edition) is a WFA nominated 1992 novel by Canadian author Geoff Ryman, focusing on themes of L. Frank Baum's \"The Wonderful Wizard of Oz\", and the musical film version, ranging across time and space from the 1860s Kansas to the late 1980s California. WAS is an adult parallel to the magical Land of Oz, that never existed as a real place. The novel explores the tragic, but very moving life of \"Dorothy Gael\" in 1800s Kansas, whose", "title": "Was (novel)" }, { "id": "1918909", "text": "to visit her grandmother, a formidable old woman with a touch of second sight. Whilst up on Leanen Hill at her grandmother's suggestion, Molly learns that Tim has run away and resolves to find him again. She attempts to attract a fairy in the hope that they will grant her wish, but when she succeeds in drawing the Amadan to her, she accidentally challenges him to a contest to see who is the greatest fool. With the contest due to take place in Faerie, Molly is transported from the real world and left to fend for herself until it can", "title": "The Books of Magic" }, { "id": "19390566", "text": "opening scene takes place in New York City 1975, with a grown-up Frances (Abigail Breslin) saying how she never forgot her relationship with Johnny (Colt Prattes). In late summer 1963, affluent, college-bound Frances visits Kellerman’s resort with her family and falls in love with working-class dance instructor Johnny Castle. The film closely follows the plot of the original film; although there are notable changes: A frame story is added. In 1975, Frances attends \"Dirty Dancing,\" a Broadway show choreographed by Johnny and inspired by a book Frances wrote. Frances' faith in Johnny gave him the confidence to pursue a career.", "title": "Dirty Dancing (2017 film)" }, { "id": "404799", "text": "inflicted on her. After writing \"Carrie\" and \"'Salem's Lot\", which are both set in small towns in King's native Maine, King was looking for a change of pace for the next book. \"I wanted to spend a year away from Maine so that my next novel would have a different sort of background.\" King opened an atlas of the US on the kitchen table and randomly pointed to a location, which turned out to be Boulder, Colorado. On October 30, 1974, King and his wife Tabitha checked into The Stanley Hotel in nearby Estes Park, Colorado. They were the only", "title": "The Shining (novel)" }, { "id": "7893854", "text": "with Dustin Hoffman and John Travolta, \"Desert Blue\", with Kate Hudson and Christina Ricci, \"Practical Magic\", with Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman and \"The Deep End of the Ocean\", which starred Michelle Pfeiffer and was based on the book by Jacquelyn Mitchard. In 2000, Jenney portrayed Helen O'Donnell in \"Thirteen Days\". She then appeared in romantic drama \"Crazy/Beautiful\", with Kirsten Dunst and \"The Mothman Prophecies\", starring Richard Gere. Jenney's has appeared in other roles in \"S.W.A.T.\", \"American Violet\" and \"Rogue River\". In 2009, she made a cameo appearance in \"The Hangover\". Jenney has had a successful career in television. Several", "title": "Lucinda Jenney" }, { "id": "20365872", "text": "affair with another man. Eventually proposes to Nora, but she rejects him. Corresponds roughly to George Wickham in Pride and Prejudice. Ilissa – ruler of the Faitoren. Expert at illusions and disguises. Mother-in-law of Nora. Hirizjahkinis – female wizard who studied with Aruendiel after he rescued her from being executed. Keeps a demon servant called a Kavareen of which Aruendiel disapproves. Emily Croy Barker wrote, The original inspiration was, frankly, a daydream I had about a women who is enchanted--partly because she doesn't believe in magic and doesn't know what's happening to her...and then almost immediately I imagined a second", "title": "The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic" }, { "id": "1456255", "text": "the land, having several broken chasms ending at dangerous cliffs with deadly drops. In the end of the book we learn the road's history; unlike in Walt Disney's prequel film \"Oz the Great and Powerful\" (2013), the Emerald City and yellow brick road did not exist prior to Oz's arrival. When Oscar Diggs arrived in Oz via hot air-balloon that had been swept away in a storm, the people of the land were convinced he was a great \"Wizard\" who had finally come to fulfill Oz's long-awaited prophecy. Since the recent fall of Oz's mortal King Pastoria, and the mysterious", "title": "Yellow brick road" }, { "id": "1317824", "text": "be found marketed as mainstream or literary fiction and frequently marketed as magical realism, itself arguably a fantasy genre. Examples include \"Practical Magic\" by Alice Hoffman, \"The Antelope Wife\" by Louise Erdrich, and \"Mistress of Spices\" by Chitra Bannerjee Divakaruni. Contemporary fantasy Contemporary fantasy, also known as modern fantasy or \"indigenous fantasy\", is a subgenre of fantasy, set in the present day or, more accurately, the time period of the maker. It is perhaps most popular for its subgenre, urban fantasy. Strictly, supernatural fiction can be said to be part of contemporary fantasy - since it has fantasy elements and", "title": "Contemporary fantasy" }, { "id": "6770981", "text": "incidental music was written by Maurice Jarre, who also scored \"Lawrence of Arabia\" and \"Doctor Zhivago\". The series is set in the late 1880s in the Cimarron Territory, which would become the Oklahoma Panhandle in 1890. For complex historical reasons, this rugged strip of land existed as a virtually ungoverned U.S. territory for several decades. It was sometimes called No Man's Land, with a reputation for lawlessness and vigilante activity. On the show, Marshal Jim Crown is trying to bring order to the region before its political status is finally resolved. The Cherokee Outlet across the Cimarron River was the", "title": "Cimarron Strip" }, { "id": "20365856", "text": "The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic 'The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic' is a fantasy novel by Emily Croy Barker. The novel takes place in the 21st century and centers around a woman named Nora, who accidentally wanders into a magical land. The story involves themes such as magic, social commentary, and romance. The novel makes several references to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Nora Fisher is an English teacher trying to earn her PhD in Literature when her boyfriend, Adam, breaks up with her. Nora must attend a wedding that weekend, but while she and her friends", "title": "The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic" }, { "id": "10430478", "text": "Strait Jacket \"Strait Jacket\" is set an alternate history where magic was proven to exist in the year 1899. The use of sorcery spread throughout all facets of society and changed the social and technological development of the world. The location is Tristan, an urban metropolis that appears to be an amalgamation at the turn of the 20th century Tokyo, San Francisco, and Victorian era London. Alongside this technology and science exists magic, which has been proven possible in public demonstrations by Dr. George Greco. Although the use of magic is only possible for a few talented individuals, it is", "title": "Strait Jacket" }, { "id": "20365861", "text": "variety of Ilissa's enchantments; she continues to understand Ors, even after Aruendiel removes Ilissa's spells. The castle lies in a place called the Uland, part of a larger territory called the Northlands. Neither Mrs. Toristel nor Aruendiel knows anything about the United States. Stuck in this alternate land with no technology, Nora gardens and cooks to earn her keep at Aruendiel's castle. Nora finds she still has her wedding ring, which will not come off her finger. Another magician, Hirizjahkinis, invites Aruendiel to Semr, the king's realm, and Aruendiel reluctantly takes Nora with him to keep an eye on her.", "title": "The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic" }, { "id": "1688481", "text": "M. Burge was hired to create the series as she was under contract with 20th Century Fox and Spelling Television after conceiving the drama series \"Savannah\" (1996–97). When the theme of witchcraft was first pitched to her, she was aware of stereotypes of witches (flying brooms, black cats, and warts). After researching Wicca, she changed her perspective and aimed at telling a story of good witches who looked and acted like ordinary people. With this, her initial concept was a series set in Boston, Massachusetts about three friends and roommates who were all witches. However, executive producer E. Duke Vincent", "title": "Charmed" }, { "id": "11707369", "text": "Counterweight Continent where gold is extremely common, considers this a small sum Rincewind comments that in Ankh-Morpork a dozen gold coins is enough to buy a small kingdom. Twoflower returns home on a ship and Rincewind returns to the Unseen University with the Luggage happily following. Although the film generally remains true to the original novels, several scenes and characters were removed or merged with others to bring the script to a reasonable length. Noting that \"there wasn't time for everything\", the producers cut completely the scene in the Temple of Bel-Shamharoth and the associated plotline about the significance of", "title": "Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic" }, { "id": "16342754", "text": "and Fire\" takes place in a fictional world, primarily on a continent called Westeros, and additionally on a large landmass to the east, known as Essos. Three main story lines become increasingly interwoven: a dynastic civil war for control of Westeros among several competing families; the rising threat of the Others, who dwell beyond the immense wall of ice that forms Westeros's northern border; and the ambitions of Daenerys Targaryen, exiled daughter of the deposed king, to return to Westeros and claim her throne. Martin has said he believes in \"judicious use of magic\" in epic fantasy. \"I wanted to", "title": "Themes in A Song of Ice and Fire" }, { "id": "18240903", "text": "States and 19 May 2017 in the United Kingdom. The film grossed $148 million worldwide against its $175 million production budget, with critics \"warning audiences to stay away\". Originally, the film was meant to be the first in a six-film franchise, but the planned sequels were cancelled after it underperformed at the box office and lost Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow Pictures over $150 million. Mordred, an iron-fisted warlock, and his armies lay siege to Camelot, seeking to establish the dominance of magic-wielding mages over humankind. Uther Pendragon, king of the Britons, infiltrates Mordred's lair and beheads him, saving Camelot.", "title": "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword" }, { "id": "8065087", "text": "fight for the land west of the Appalachian Mountains. At that time, the colonists were divided on whether to fight the French and their Native-American allies for control of the land west of the Appalachian Mountains. It became a symbol for the need of organized action against an outside threat posed by the French and Native-Americans in the mid 18th century. Writer Philip Davidson states that Franklin was a propagandist influential in seeing the potential in political cartoons. Franklin had proposed the Albany Plan and his cartoon suggested that such a union was necessary to avoid destruction. As Franklin wrote:", "title": "Join, or Die" }, { "id": "2680188", "text": "attributed to the sage Lao-tzu. Kwai Chang Caine (David Carradine) is the orphaned son of an American man, Thomas Henry Caine (Bill Fletcher), and a Chinese woman, Kwai Lin, in mid-19th-century China. After his maternal grandfather's death he is accepted for training at a Shaolin Monastery, where he grows up to become a Shaolin priest and martial arts expert. In the pilot episode Caine's beloved mentor and elder, Master Po, is murdered by the Emperor's nephew; outraged, Caine retaliates by killing the nephew. With a price on his head, Caine flees China to the western United States, where he seeks", "title": "Kung Fu (TV series)" }, { "id": "13544132", "text": "to the elements be free, and fare thou well\" he says, setting Ariel free). Abandoning magic and acknowledging the brutal potential of his nature, he is allowed to return to his rightful place as Duke, subject to agreement from the audience: \"as you from crimes would pardon'd be, let your indulgence set me free.\" The story draws heavily on the tradition of the romance, a fictitious narrative set far away from ordinary life. Romances were typically based around themes such as the supernatural, wandering, exploration and discovery. They were often set in coastal regions, and typically featured exotic, fantastical locations", "title": "The Tempest" }, { "id": "3014236", "text": "Golden Raspberry Awards, but did not win any. Young bachelors and best friends Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble have recently qualified as crane operators at Slate & Company. Soon to be employed, now they want dates, and a little green alien The Great Gazoo, exiled to Earth by his species, offers to help, although only they can see him. Meanwhile, Wilma Slaghoople wants a normal life and activities, like bowling, despite her controlling mother Pearl, who wants her to marry smooth casino-owner Chip Rockefeller. Wilma angrily runs away to Bronto King in Bedrock. Waitress Betty O'Shale mistakes her as \"caveless\",", "title": "The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas" }, { "id": "4966292", "text": "play value is high for the complexity, and the cards are very valuable for play. The flavor is probably the most cohesive since \"Arabian Nights\". This expansion is easily my favorite.\" \"Fallen Empires\" takes place on the continent of Sarpadia after the Brothers' War in \"Antiquities\". Each of the major cultures on Sarpadia is confronted with internal threats caused by the cooling weather: the dwarves are attacked by orcs and goblins; the Vodalian merfolk face the homarid menace; the elves of the forest struggle to contain the fungus-like ; the proud soldiers of Icatia confront opposition from religious zealots; and", "title": "Magic: The Gathering expansion sets, 1993–1995" }, { "id": "9716016", "text": "about to consume the barn, Howard's mentholated tobacco experiments become successful, ensuring financial success for all the poor people of Rainbow Valley, both white and black. Sharon and Woody are wed, and bid a fond farewell to Finian, who leaves Rainbow Valley in search of his own rainbow. Since the musical was such a success on stage, there had always been interest in filming it. MGM was interested in filming it in 1948 as a vehicle for Mickey Rooney. However, Harburg set the price for the rights at $1 million and wanted creative control. For a time, a German company", "title": "Finian's Rainbow (film)" }, { "id": "2987378", "text": "recover his treasure before the loss of it turns him permanently human. Complications arise when a bigoted and corrupt U.S. Senator gets involved, and when wishes are made inadvertently over the hidden crock. The Irish-tinged music score includes gospel and R&B influences. The play opens in Rainbow Valley, Missitucky, near Fort Knox, home of a mixture of black and white tobacco sharecroppers. The local sheriff and Buzz Collins, front man for local senator Billboard Rawkins, demand the locals pay their taxes or else have their land auctioned off. The sharecroppers want to wait for Woody Mahoney, their union leader. Woody's", "title": "Finian's Rainbow" }, { "id": "570256", "text": "soon vying to take his place. The Nazis have drained the Mediterranean to make room for farmland, developed and used the hydrogen bomb, and designed rockets for extremely fast travel across the world as well as space, having colonized the Moon, Venus, and Mars. The novel is set mostly in San Francisco in the P.S.A.; here, Chinese residents first appear in the novel as second-class citizens and black people as slaves. The secondary setting of the novel is the Rocky Mountains States, namely the cities of Cañon City, Denver and Cheyenne. In 1962, fifteen years after Imperial Japan and Nazi", "title": "The Man in the High Castle" }, { "id": "246808", "text": "example, that unlike modern chess, in predecessors, players would use dice to determine which chess piece to move. The original set of rules prescribed that all games were to be played for ante. Garfield was partly inspired by the game of marbles and wanted folks to play with the cards rather than collect them. For Magic, each player removed a card at random from the deck they wished to play with and the two cards would be set aside as the ante. At the end of the match, the winner would take and keep both cards. Early sets included a", "title": "Magic: The Gathering" }, { "id": "10159305", "text": "modern piece of architecture. The ruined cottage and land that she will use are a gift from her fiancé Richard, and is the former home of Molly, the elderly matriarch of a farming family living on the other side of the woods. Molly’s daughter is Mabs (Miranda Richardson), herself mother of three girls and wife to farmer Tucker. Now in her forties, Mabs wants another baby, a boy to inherit the farm – or perhaps she just wants to be pregnant again. Mabs and Molly use black magic to give Mabs a baby boy. But Liffey becomes pregnant after sleeping", "title": "Puffball (film)" }, { "id": "7563153", "text": "daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming, is brought to Storybrooke by her biological son Henry Mills in the hopes of breaking the curse cast by his adoptive mother, the Evil Queen Regina. The second season premiered on September 30, 2012. Despite Emma having broken the curse, the characters are not returned to the fairy tale world, and must deal with their own dual identities. With the introduction of magic into Storybrooke by Mr. Gold, the fates of the two worlds become intertwined, and new threats emerge in the form of Captain Hook (Colin O'Donoghue), Regina's mother Cora (Barbara Hershey),", "title": "Once Upon a Time (TV series)" }, { "id": "6748365", "text": "and later a freezing cold blinding snow storm then a hedge maze before they are finally rescued. Eventually the practical jokester, which has turned out to be the \"Enterprise\" computer itself (affected by the ship's passage through the energy field), decides to play a practical joke on the Romulans for the battle damage caused in the earlier attack. It fabricates a gigantic ship-shaped balloon beside the \"Enterprise\" that the Romulans are drawn to attack. The Romulans, infuriated over the embarrassment of being tricked, give chase. Kirk immediately shows extreme fear at the prospect of returning to the cloud to escape", "title": "The Practical Joker" }, { "id": "927550", "text": "a new idea at the time. Engel was skeptical of the new format at first, and did not want to make children's programming. However, his wife convinced him that making the show would be a worthwhile endeavor, and he soon told Tartikoff he would do the show. Engel felt, however, that Indianapolis was not exciting as a location, and moved the show to a semi-fictional part of Los Angeles, \"the Palisades.\" The main locations of the show would be the teenager's school, Bayside High, and The Max, a fictional eatery they frequent. In addition, they would film before a live", "title": "Saved by the Bell" }, { "id": "6087945", "text": "Infernal Devices (Reeve novel) Infernal Devices is the third of four novels in Philip Reeve's children's series, the \"Mortal Engines Quartet\". The story continues sixteen years after the events of \"Predator's Gold\". The peaceful city of Anchorage is now a static settlement called \"Anchorage-in-Vineland\" on an island in the Dead Continent. During those peaceful years, Tom and Hester have raised a teenage daughter named Wren Natsworthy. Brighton is a raft resort city, which is currently sailing in the Atlantic. It is running its own slave trade, influenced by its mayor, Nimrod Pennyroyal. Under the Stalker Fang, formerly the famous Anti-Tractionist", "title": "Infernal Devices (Reeve novel)" }, { "id": "3094425", "text": "Gomer, a gas-station attendant from Mayberry, joins the Marines. Gomer's naivete immediately exasperates his drill instructor, Gunnery Sergeant Carter (Frank Sutton). Originally situated in Camp Wilson in North Carolina, the setting was moved to the fictional Camp Henderson in California. The show was a piece, which, like its contemporary \"The Beverly Hillbillies\", featured rural characters out of their normal settings. Like other comedies of the 1960s, the show avoided political commentary (especially concerning the Vietnam War) and focused instead on the predicaments that ensued from Gomer's unintentional breaking of the rules or . Among the themes explored were the honesty", "title": "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." }, { "id": "603111", "text": "the poems is Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical \"Cats\", which was premiered in the West End of London in 1981 and on Broadway in 1982. It became the longest-running Broadway show in history until it was overtaken by another musical by Lloyd Webber, \"The Phantom of the Opera\", and then by \"Chicago\". As well as the characters found in the book, \"Cats\" introduces several additional characters from Eliot's unpublished drafts, most notably Grizabella. A film adaptation of \"Cats\" is due for release on December 20, 2019. In the film \"Logan's Run\" Logan and Jessica meet an old man in the ruins", "title": "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" }, { "id": "17796072", "text": "(Daniel Lissing). He believes Thatcher's wealthy father has doomed the lawman's career by insisting he be assigned in town to protect the shipping magnate's daughter. The town of Coal Valley was renamed Hope Valley in Episode 1, Season 2 after the coal mine was closed. Living in this 1910 coal town, Elizabeth must learn the ways of the Canadian frontier movement if she wishes to thrive in the rural west on her own. Lori Loughlin portrays Abigail Stanton, whose husband, the foreman of the mine, and her only son—along with 45 other miners—have recently been killed in an explosion, which", "title": "When Calls the Heart" }, { "id": "7139614", "text": "by L. Frank Baum. The first story arc is an adaptation of the first Oz book, \"The Wonderful Wizard of Oz\". It follows the adventures of Dorothy, an orphan girl living out in the gray prairies of Kansas with her Aunt Em, her Uncle Henry and her dog Toto. One day, After Em and Uncle Henry leave Dorothy and Toto alone in order to travel into town. A tornado appears, uproots the farmhouse, with Dorothy and Toto inside, and transports it to the Land of Oz. In Oz Dorothy meets the Good Witch of the North, who tells her that", "title": "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1986 TV series)" }, { "id": "10489561", "text": "witch native to Algiers, and banished to the island for practising sorcery \"so strong / That [she] could control the Moon\". Prospero further relates that many years earlier, sailors had brought her to the island, while she was pregnant with her bestial son, Caliban, and abandoned her there, as by some ambiguous reason, she was spared being put to death. She proceeded to enslave the spirits there, chief among them Ariel, whom she eventually imprisoned in a pine tree for disobedience. Sycorax birthed Caliban and taught him to worship the demonic god Setebos. She dies long before the arrival of", "title": "Sycorax" }, { "id": "5893198", "text": "Kombat Went Wrong\", calling it a \"wire-fu disaster\". Mortal Kombat: Conquest Mortal Kombat: Conquest is an American martial arts television series that aired for one season from 1998 to 1999, and was based on the \"Mortal Kombat\" fighting game series. The program was filmed at Disney-MGM Studios in Orlando, Florida. Many centuries ago, Earth was an enchanting and desirable planet. Powerful and rich with natural resources, the vicious megalomaniac Shao Kahn wanted Earth as part of his growing collection of conquered realms known as Outworld. To protect Earth, Mortal Kombat was created: a tournament in which the fate of the", "title": "Mortal Kombat: Conquest" }, { "id": "2952410", "text": "Windmills of the Gods Windmills of the Gods is a 1987 thriller novel by American writer Sidney Sheldon. Mary Ashley, a professor at Kansas State University, is offered an ambassadorship by Paul Ellison, the US president. She rejects the offer because her husband, Dr. Edward Ashley, does not want to leave his medical practice, and she is not willing to be separated from him. She also feels that it is harder to find a good doctor for a small Kansas town than an ambassador to a foreign country. When her husband suddenly dies in a suspicious traffic accident, Ashley accepts", "title": "Windmills of the Gods" }, { "id": "18384938", "text": "films of 2016 and Mortensen was nominated for the Golden Globe, the BAFTA Award, and the Academy Award for Best Actor. Ben Cash, his wife Leslie and their six children live in the Washington wilderness. Ben and Leslie are former anarchist activists disillusioned with capitalism and American life, and chose to instill survivalist skills, left wing politics, and philosophy in their children – educating them to think critically, training them to be self-reliant, physically fit and athletic, guiding them without technology, demonstrating the beauty of coexisting with nature and celebrating Noam Chomsky's birthday instead of Christmas. Leslie is hospitalized for", "title": "Captain Fantastic (film)" }, { "id": "1497761", "text": "frost along with snowfall. Spa is quite gloomy year round although averaging both a drier and sunnier climate than nearby locations Stavelot and Malmedy that are also surrounding the race track. The 1975 film \"Barry Lyndon\" is partly set in Spa during the eighteenth century. The 1975 film \"Belle\" is wholly set in contemporary Spa and its environs. Agatha Christie's fictional detective Hercule Poirot was born in Spa. Spa is twinned with: Spa, Belgium Spa () is a Belgian town located in the Province of Liège, and the town where the term spa originates. The town of Spa is situated", "title": "Spa, Belgium" }, { "id": "17811921", "text": "a brutal campaign to capture the Bohemian lands. In the silver mining town of Skalitz, young Henry is a simple peasant, living under his mother and his blacksmith father, Martin. After finishing some errands for his father, Henry joins him in completing a magnificent commissioned sword for King Wenceslaus' hetman, Sir Radzig Kobyla. While Henry wishes to explore and see life outside of the village, Martin insists that a quieter life is much safer than an adventurer's. Immediately after, an army of Cuman soldiers under Sigismund of Luxembourg's control attack and raid Skalitz, killing all who do not flee. Henry", "title": "Kingdom Come: Deliverance" }, { "id": "12605909", "text": "New York City and Los Angeles but was deemed too different in persona from Rogers to play the part. In the early 1900s, Will Rogers returns to his hometown in Oklahoma after two years of drifting. He meets and falls in love with Betty Blake, but is unable to settle down on the ranch because he is happier meeting people and performing rope tricks, and his management style is too easygoing for his strict father, Senator Clement V. Rogers. Will joins a Wild West show and tours the world, then meets up with Betty at the 1904 St. Louis World's", "title": "The Story of Will Rogers" }, { "id": "1482961", "text": "Lionsgate, simply titled \"Power Rangers\", was released at Regency Village Theater in Los Angeles on March 22, 2017 and was released nationwide on March 24, 2017. The series takes place in the fictional town of Angel Grove, California. On an exploratory mission, two astronauts discover an extraterrestrial container (referred to as a dumpster as a result of its smell) and breach the unit, inadvertently releasing the evil alien sorceress Rita Repulsa from 10,000 years of confinement. Upon her release, she and her army of evil space aliens set their sights on conquering the nearest planet: Earth. The wise sage Zordon,", "title": "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" }, { "id": "17382486", "text": "the \"Treatment,\" a daily hazing ritual in which the non-commissioned officers of his company run him into the ground. The basis of the musical is the 1951 novel \"From Here to Eternity\" by James Jones. In 1941, Jones was serving with the US Army in Hawaii, at the time of Pearl Harbor, and the novel was loosely based on his experiences in the 27th Infantry Regiment. It focuses on the lives of a group of soldiers in the months leading up to the attack, in particular Private Prewitt, a boxer who no longer wants to fight having blinded an opponent,", "title": "From Here to Eternity the Musical" }, { "id": "7327634", "text": "\"The Awful Truth\" which was released the same year, he said \"Thanks, but you gave it to me for the wrong picture.\" In 2010, it was selected for preservation by the United States Library of Congress's National Film Registry. Barkley \"Bark\" (Victor Moore) and Lucy Cooper (Beulah Bondi) are an elderly couple who lose their home to foreclosure, as Barkley has been unable to find employment because of his age. They summon four of their five children—the fifth lives thousands of miles away in California—to break the news and decide where they will live until they can get back on", "title": "Make Way for Tomorrow" }, { "id": "8685160", "text": "while developing their own concept for a Western, although one they envisioned—unlike \"Straight Arrow\"—to be targeted at a much more mature audience, a series that Macdonnell referred to as an \"'adult Western'\". Adapting elements from the 1949 proposal, the two men expanded on the background narratives relating to their series’ general chronology and specific location. Set in the 1870s, stories were situated in southwestern Kansas, centered principally in the rowdy, \"hard-drinking\" cattle town of Dodge City. Originally, Macdonnell and Meston planned to name their new Western \"Jeff Spain\", after a character they created and used earlier in several episodes of", "title": "Norman Macdonnell" }, { "id": "7365627", "text": "unspecified year of the 1960s with Jude, a young shipyard worker in Liverpool, reminiscing about a girl he once knew and loved (\"Girl\"). A few months prior, Jude enlisted in the Merchant Navy and jumped ship in New Jersey, hoping to find his American G.I. father, whom he has never met (\"Hold Me Tight\", \"All My Loving\"). Meanwhile, Lucy Carrigan worries about her boyfriend, Daniel, who is headed for service in the Vietnam War. In Dayton, Ohio, Prudence pines for a fellow female cheerleader (\"I Want to Hold Your Hand\"), and then drops out of school in shame. Jude meets", "title": "Across the Universe (film)" }, { "id": "6367040", "text": "Summer Magic Summer Magic is a 1963 Walt Disney Productions family musical film directed by James Neilson and starring Hayley Mills, Burl Ives, and Dorothy McGuire in a story about an early 1900s Boston widow and her children taking up residence in a small town in Maine. The film was based on the novel \"Mother Carey's Chickens\" by Kate Douglas Wiggin. It was the fourth of six films that Mills did for Disney, and the young actress received a Golden Globe nomination for her work. In the early 1900s, financial problems force young Boston widow Margaret Carey (Dorothy McGuire) and", "title": "Summer Magic" }, { "id": "4674718", "text": "Sally the Witch Sally is the witch princess of the Magic Kingdom who longs to visit the mortal realm, presumably to make friends her own age. One day, by mistake, Sally teleports to the \"mid world\" (Earth), where she uses her magic to fend off a couple of burglars menacing two schoolgirls. Immediately befriended by her new acquaintances — tomboyish Yoshiko Hanamura (known affectionately as \"Yotchan\") and girly Sumire Kasugano — Sally decides to stay on Earth indefinitely, leading to mischief. As with Samantha Stevens in \"Bewitched\", Sally tries to keep her supernatural abilities secret, assuming the role of a", "title": "Sally the Witch" }, { "id": "5893192", "text": "Mortal Kombat: Conquest Mortal Kombat: Conquest is an American martial arts television series that aired for one season from 1998 to 1999, and was based on the \"Mortal Kombat\" fighting game series. The program was filmed at Disney-MGM Studios in Orlando, Florida. Many centuries ago, Earth was an enchanting and desirable planet. Powerful and rich with natural resources, the vicious megalomaniac Shao Kahn wanted Earth as part of his growing collection of conquered realms known as Outworld. To protect Earth, Mortal Kombat was created: a tournament in which the fate of the planet is decided in battles between competitors from", "title": "Mortal Kombat: Conquest" }, { "id": "6630082", "text": "24, 1997. Early 20th-century Europe was a time and a place rife with conflicting forces, from the battlefields of World War I to the peaceful countryside of rural England. Scientific advances such as electric light and photography appeared magical to some; spiritualism was championed by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle while his friend Harry Houdini decried false mediums who prey upon grieving families. J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan charmed theatergoers of all ages. Young Frances Griffiths, whose father is missing in action, arrives by train to stay with her cousin Elsie Wright in rural Yorkshire. Polly Wright, Elsie's mother, is deep in", "title": "FairyTale: A True Story" }, { "id": "2987399", "text": "on February 2, 2010. Finian's Rainbow Finian's Rainbow is a musical with a book by E.Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy, lyrics by Harburg, and music by Burton Lane, produced by Lee Sabinson. The original 1947 Broadway production ran for 725 performances, while a film version was released in 1968 and several revivals have followed. Finian moves to the southern United States (the fictional state of Missitucky is a combination of Mississippi and Kentucky) from Ireland with his daughter Sharon, to bury a stolen pot of gold near Fort Knox, in the mistaken belief that it will grow. Og, a leprechaun,", "title": "Finian's Rainbow" } ]

[ "February 1938" ]

[ { "id": "1001450", "text": "\"The Abbott and Costello Show\" originally ran for only two seasons, it found a larger viewership in reruns from the 1960s to the 1990s. The shows have also been released in three different DVD sets over the years. \"Who's on First?\" is Abbott and Costello's signature routine. TIME magazine (December 26, 1999) named it the best comedy routine of the 20th century. The sketch was based on other earlier burlesque wordplay routines. They began honing the routine shortly after teaming up in 1936, and performed it in vaudeville acts in 1937 and 1938. It was first heard by a national", "title": "Abbott and Costello" }, { "id": "1002090", "text": "had become a standard bit for burlesque comics across the United States. Abbott's wife recalled him performing the routine with another comedian before teaming with Costello. Bud Abbott stated that it was taken from an older routine called \"Who's The Boss?\", a performance of which can be heard in an episode of the radio comedy program \"It Pays to Be Ignorant\" from the 1940s. After they formally teamed up in burlesque in 1936, he and Costello continued to hone the sketch. It was a big hit in 1937, when they performed the routine in a touring vaudeville revue called \"Hollywood", "title": "Who's on First?" }, { "id": "1001432", "text": "Abbott and Costello Abbott and Costello were an American comedy duo composed of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, whose work on radio and in film and television made them the most popular comedy team of the 1940s and early 1950s. Their patter routine \"Who's on First?\" is one of the best-known comedy routines of all time in the world, and set the framework for many of their best-known comedy bits. While they had crossed paths a few times prior, the two comedians first worked together in 1935 at the Eltinge Burlesque Theater on 42nd Street in New York City, which", "title": "Abbott and Costello" }, { "id": "1002092", "text": "team's players had \"strange nicknames\" that seemed to be questions, became known as \"Who's on First?\" Some versions continue with references to Enos Slaughter, which Costello misunderstands as \"He knows\" Slaughter. By 1944, Abbott and Costello had the routine copyrighted. Abbott and Costello performed \"Who's on First?\" numerous times in their careers, rarely performing it exactly the same way twice. They did the routine for President Franklin Roosevelt several times. An abridged version was featured in the team's 1940 film debut, \"One Night in the Tropics\". The duo reprised the bit in their 1945 film \"The Naughty Nineties\", and it", "title": "Who's on First?" }, { "id": "1002097", "text": "that, shortly after Abbott and Costello teamed up, they paid Musto $15 to write the script. Furthermore, several 1996 obituaries of songwriter Irving Gordon mention that he had written the sketch. The sketch has been reprised, updated, alluded to, and parodied innumerable times over the decades in all forms of media. Some notable examples include: Who's on First? \"Who's on First?\" is a comedy routine made famous by Abbott and Costello. The premise of the sketch is that Abbott is identifying the players on a baseball team for Costello, but their names and nicknames can be interpreted as non-responsive answers", "title": "Who's on First?" }, { "id": "1002091", "text": "Bandwagon\". In February 1938, Abbott and Costello joined the cast of \"The Kate Smith Hour\" radio program, and the sketch was first performed for a national radio audience on March 24 of that year. The routine may have been further polished before this broadcast by burlesque producer John Grant, who became the team's writer, and Will Glickman, a staff writer on the radio show. Glickman may have added the nicknames of then-contemporary baseball players like Dizzy and Daffy Dean to set up the routine's premise. This version, with extensive wordplay based on the fact that most of the fictional baseball", "title": "Who's on First?" }, { "id": "1001452", "text": "Who (first base), What (second base) and I Don't Know (third base). The key to the routine is Costello's mounting frustration set against Abbott's unyielding formality. Audio recordings are readily available on the Internet. A notable version is the first television performance on the 1951 Colgate Comedy Hour. \"Who's on First?\" is believed to be available in as many as twenty versions, ranging from one minute to up to ten minutes. The team could time the routine at will, adding or deleting portions as needed for films, radio or television. The longest version is seen in \"The Actors' Home\" episode", "title": "Abbott and Costello" }, { "id": "1002088", "text": "Who's on First? \"Who's on First?\" is a comedy routine made famous by Abbott and Costello. The premise of the sketch is that Abbott is identifying the players on a baseball team for Costello, but their names and nicknames can be interpreted as non-responsive answers to Costello's questions. For example, the first baseman is named \"Who\"; thus, the utterance \"Who's on first\" is ambiguous between the question (\"Which person is the first baseman?\") and the answer (\"The name of the first baseman is 'Who). \"Who's on First?\" is descended from turn-of-the-century burlesque sketches that used plays on words and names.", "title": "Who's on First?" }, { "id": "1001434", "text": "February 3, 1938. At first, the similarities between their voices made it difficult for radio listeners (as opposed to stage audiences) to tell them apart during their rapid-fire repartee. As a result, Costello affected a high-pitched, childish voice. \"Who's on First?\" was first performed for a national radio audience the following month. They performed on the program as regulars for two years, while also landing roles in a Broadway revue, \"The Streets of Paris\", in 1939. After debuting their own program, The Abbott and Costello Show, as Fred Allen's summer replacement in 1940, Abbott and Costello joined Edgar Bergen and", "title": "Abbott and Costello" }, { "id": "1002093", "text": "is that longer version which is considered their finest recorded rendition. They also performed \"Who's on First?\" numerous times on radio and television (notably in \"The Abbott and Costello Show\" episode \"The Actor's Home\", widely considered the definitive version). In 1956, a gold record of \"Who's on First?\" was placed in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York. A video (taken from \"The Naughty Nineties\") now plays continuously on screens at the Hall. In the 1970s, Selchow and Righter published a \"Who's on First?\" board game. In 1999, \"Time\" named the routine Best Comedy Sketch", "title": "Who's on First?" }, { "id": "1001351", "text": "Bud Abbott William Alexander \"Bud\" Abbott (October 2, 1897 – April 24, 1974) was an American actor, best known for his film comedy double act, as straight man to Lou Costello. Born into a showbusiness family, Abbott worked in the box office of several theatres, before becoming a comedian/producer of burlesque shows on Broadway, where he allowed Costello to appear with him when his own partner was off ill. They formally teamed up in 1935. Their signature routine, \"Who's on First?\", was carried through to radio and then to their film debut \"One Night in the Tropics\" (1940) and \"Buck", "title": "Bud Abbott" }, { "id": "1001391", "text": "Lou Costello Louis Francis Cristillo, professionally known as Lou Costello (March 6, 1906 – March 3, 1959) was an American actor, best known for his film comedy double act with straight man Bud Abbott. Costello had started as an athlete, before working in burlesque on Broadway, where he stood-in for Abbott’s partner who had failed to show up. They formally teamed up in 1935. Their signature routine, \"Who's on First?\", was carried through to radio and then to their film debut \"One Night in the Tropics\" (1940) and \"Buck Privates\" (1941). The duo would go on to make 36 films.", "title": "Lou Costello" }, { "id": "1001467", "text": "linguistics and miscommunication, it mirrors themes of the \"Who's on First?\" Routine. The names also have significance in the film because the heptapod named Abbott is taller and quieter while the heptapod named Costello is shorter and chattier, just as the real Abbott and Costello were on their shows. Abbott and Costello Abbott and Costello were an American comedy duo composed of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, whose work on radio and in film and television made them the most popular comedy team of the 1940s and early 1950s. Their patter routine \"Who's on First?\" is one of the best-known", "title": "Abbott and Costello" }, { "id": "1001451", "text": "radio audience on March 24, 1938 when the team were regulars on the Kate Smith radio show. By then, John Grant had been writing or adapting other sketches for the team and may have helped expand \"Who's On First?\" prior to its radio debut. He stayed on as their head writer into the 1950s. Depending upon the version, Abbott has either organized a new baseball team and the players have nicknames, or he points out the proliferation of nicknames in baseball (citing St. Louis Cardinals sibling pitchers Dizzy and Daffy Dean) before launching into the routine. The infielders' nicknames are", "title": "Abbott and Costello" }, { "id": "1001453", "text": "of their filmed TV series, running approximately eight minutes. A live performance commemorating the opening day of the Lou Costello Jr Youth Foundation in 1947 was recorded, and has been included in numerous comedy albums. The team's final performance of \"Who's on First?\" on TV was on Steve Allen's variety show in 1957. Abbott and Costello both married perfomers they met in burlesque. Abbott wed Betty Smith, a dancer and comedienne, in 1918, and Costello married a chorus girl, Anne Battler, in 1934. The Costellos had four children; the Abbotts adopted two. Abbott and Costello faced personal demons at times.", "title": "Abbott and Costello" }, { "id": "1002096", "text": "telegram from Joe DiMaggio asking Costello to take over for him due to his injury. (In this case, the unidentified right fielder would have been Costello himself. While Joe DiMaggio was best known as a center fielder, when Abbott and Costello honed the sketch in 1936-7, Joe DiMaggio had played a number of games at right field (20 in 1936).) Writing credits for the sketch are unknown though, over the years, numerous people have claimed or been given credit for it. Such claims typically lack reasonable corroboration. For example, a 1993 obituary of comedy sketch writer Michael J. Musto states", "title": "Who's on First?" }, { "id": "8074319", "text": "\"Who's on First?\", was ranked No. 91 on American Film Institute's 100 Movie Quotes. The \"Who's on First?\" routine was intended to appear much earlier in the film. Costello begins the routine by saying, \"When we get to St. Louis...\", but at this point in the film they are already in St. Louis. The camera crew can be heard laughing in the background during the routine. The film also contains the \"Lower/Higher\" routine, where Costello auditions as a singer while Abbott shouts directions to the stage crew to change the height and placement of the backdrop curtain. Costello believes Abbott", "title": "The Naughty Nineties" }, { "id": "9301999", "text": "released through United Artists. It turned out to be the last film that Abbott and Costello made together as a team, as they ended their partnership in July 1957. The film's title was taken from the 1955 song \"The Wallflower (Dance with Me, Henry)\", although the film's plot has nothing to do with the song. During filming, Abbott and Costello's routine Who's on First? was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, where a clip still runs continuously. A bit part in the film went to the \"just released from contract\" Mouseketeer Sherry Allen, who", "title": "Dance with Me, Henry" }, { "id": "1001438", "text": "in the Tropics\". Cast in supporting roles, they stole the show with several classic routines, including the \"Who's on First?\" routine. Universal signed them to a two-picture contract. Their second film, \"Buck Privates\" (1941), directed by Arthur Lubin and co-starring The Andrews Sisters, was a massive hit, earning $4 million at the box office and launching Abbott and Costello as stars. Their next film was a haunted house comedy, \"Oh, Charlie!\". However \"Buck Privates\" was so successful that the studio decided to delay its release so the team could hastily make and release a second service comedy, \"In The Navy\"", "title": "Abbott and Costello" }, { "id": "13482893", "text": "John Grant (screenwriter) John Grant (December 27, 1891 – November 19, 1955) was a writer best known for his association with Abbott and Costello. Lou Costello called him their \"chief idea man\". Grant was a burlesque comedian, straight man and producer. He worked for the Mutual Burlesque wheel and the Minsky's in the 1930s. In 1938, after Abbott and Costello joined the Kate Smith radio program, they hired Grant, who was then working in Toronto, to be their head writer. The team performed their signature sketch, \"Who's on First?\", on the program in March, 1938. Grant contributed to the sketch", "title": "John Grant (screenwriter)" }, { "id": "1002095", "text": "is named Naturally: Abbott's explanations leave Costello hopelessly confused and infuriated, until the end of the routine when Costello appears to parody Abbott by saying what appears to be gibberish to him, incidentally getting it right: That is the most commonly heard ending. \"I Don't Care\" and \"I Don't Give a \"Damn\"\" have also turned up on occasion, depending on the perceived sensibilities of the audience. The skit was usually performed on the team's radio series at the start of the baseball season. In one instance it serves as a climax for a broadcast which begins with Costello receiving a", "title": "Who's on First?" }, { "id": "1001397", "text": "a larger split of their salary, and Abbott agreed. Abbott and Costello were signed by the William Morris talent agency, which succeeded in landing them featured roles and national exposure on \"The Kate Smith Hour\", a popular variety show, in 1938. The team's signature routine, \"Who's on First?\", made its radio debut on Smith's show that year. Many of the team's sketches were further polished by John Grant, who was hired soon after the team joined the radio show. They had their own program, \"The Abbott and Costello Show\", on radio from 1942 to 1949. Their success on the Smith", "title": "Lou Costello" }, { "id": "1001461", "text": "the exhibit area. The comedy group \"The Credibility Gap\" performed a rock and roll update of \"Who's on First?\" using the names of rock groups The Who, The Guess Who, and Yes, recorded and released on their first album, \"The Bronze Age of Radio\". In the 1988 movie \"Rain Man\", Dustin Hoffman's autistic character Raymond Babbitt recites an affectless \"Who's on First?\" as a defense mechanism. NBC's \"Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip\" (2006), a drama about life backstage at a television comedy series, used \"Who's on First?\" as a plot device. On the January 13, 2001 episode of \"Saturday", "title": "Abbott and Costello" }, { "id": "1001460", "text": "a television special \"Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld\" (the title refers to the duo's popular film series in which they met some of Universal's famed horror picture characters), on NBC; the special was said to have been seen in 20 million homes. Although they are not inductees of the Hall itself, Abbott and Costello are among the few non-baseball personnel to be memorialized in the Baseball Hall of Fame. A plaque and a gold record of the \"Who's On First?\" sketch have been on permanent display there since 1956, and the routine runs on an endless video loop in", "title": "Abbott and Costello" }, { "id": "8828328", "text": "Done It?\" was re-released in 1949 with \"Keep 'Em Flying\", and in 1954 with \"Ride 'Em Cowboy\". There are two references to the team's popular \"Who's on First?\" routine. During the murder scene, Abbott confuses Costello with the \"volts-and-watts\" routine. Lou bleats, \"Next you'll be telling me Watt's on second base!\" Later, in the radio giveaway program scene, Bud and Lou tune the radio to a broadcast of their own \"Who's on First?\" routine, which they promptly turn off. After completion of this film, Abbott and Costello began a tour of the United States to help promote the selling of", "title": "Who Done It? (1942 film)" }, { "id": "7060309", "text": "One Night in the Tropics One Night in the Tropics is a 1940 comedy film noteworthy for being the film debut of Abbott and Costello. They are listed as supporting actors but steal the picture with five of their classic routines, including an abbreviated version of \"Who's On First?\" Their work earned them a two-picture deal with Universal, and their next film, \"Buck Privates\", made them bona fide movie stars. Songs in the film were by Jerome Kern with lyrics by Dorothy Fields. The film is based on a 1914 novel, \"Love Insurance\" by Earl Derr Biggers, the creator of", "title": "One Night in the Tropics" }, { "id": "5909860", "text": "tennis pro. I have many lives.\" Abbott and Costello often performed a baseball comedy routine, \"Who's on First?\" which they perfected during their years in vaudeville. Gordon has been credited with writing \"Who's on first?\" although others have also claimed authorship. Gordon is noted for his contribution to music and lyrics of the Americana genre. For examples it was commonly thought that his song \"Two Brothers\" was a folk song about the civil war. For several years before his death he was writing a musical about Sigmund Freud. Irving Gordon died of lymphoma cancer in Malibu, California. He was survived", "title": "Irving Gordon" }, { "id": "7606996", "text": "times in different cities. It was running in other cities before it appeared in New York on WCBS on December 5, 1952. Since WCBS is the CBS affiliate in New York, earlier reference works erroneously presumed that the show was carried nationally on that network beginning on that date. Similarly, second-season episodes (1953–54) were telecast in New York on NBC's flagship station, WNBT (later WNBC), but not carried on that network, either. The only time the show was broadcast on a network was when CBS repeated first-season episodes as part of its Saturday morning schedule in the 1954-55 season. The", "title": "The Abbott and Costello Show" }, { "id": "1001357", "text": "version of \"Who's On First?\" During World War II, Abbott and Costello were among the most popular and highest-paid stars in the world. Between 1940 and 1956 they made 36 films and earned a percentage of the profits on each. They had their own radio program (The Abbott and Costello Show) throughout the 1940s, first on NBC from 1942 to 1947, and from 1947 to 1949 on ABC. In the 1950s, they introduced their comedy to live television on \"The Colgate Comedy Hour\", and launched their own half-hour series, \"The Abbott and Costello Show\". Abbott was very supportive of his", "title": "Bud Abbott" }, { "id": "1001462", "text": "Night Live\" host Charlie Sheen and \"SNL\" cast-member Rachel Dratch performed a modified version of \"Who's On First?\" in a sketch. A TV movie called \"Bud and Lou\", based on a book by Hollywood correspondent Bob Thomas, was broadcast in 1978. Starring Harvey Korman as Bud Abbott and Buddy Hackett as Lou Costello, the film told the duo's life story, focusing on Costello and portraying him as volatile and petty. The 1991 Comedy series Morton & Hayes featured a retired two man comedic acting team similar to Abbot and Costello. Jerry Seinfeld is an avid Abbott and Costello fan and", "title": "Abbott and Costello" }, { "id": "8074317", "text": "The Naughty Nineties The Naughty Nineties is a 1945 film starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello. It is notable for containing a filmed version of the duo's \"Who's on First?\" routine. This version is shown at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown. The time is the 1890s. Captain Sam (Henry Travers), owner of the showboat \"River Queen\", travels along the Mississippi River bringing honest entertainment to each town. At a stop in Ironville, he meets Crawford (Alan Curtis), Bonita (Rita Johnson), and Bailey (Joe Sawyer), who are wanted by the local sheriff. Against the", "title": "The Naughty Nineties" }, { "id": "1001363", "text": "Hills, Los Angeles. He was cremated and his ashes scattered in the Pacific Ocean. His widow, Betty, died on September 12, 1981. When Groucho Marx was asked about Abbott shortly after his death, his response was that Abbott was \"the greatest straight man ever.\" Abbott and Costello are among the few non-baseball personnel to be memorialized in the Baseball Hall of Fame, although they are not inductees of the Hall itself. A plaque and a gold record of the \"Who's On First?\" sketch have been on permanent display there since 1956, and the routine runs on an endless video loop", "title": "Bud Abbott" }, { "id": "7606992", "text": "The Abbott and Costello Show The Abbott and Costello Show is an American television sitcom starring the popular comedy team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. The program premiered in syndication in the fall of 1952 and ran two seasons, to the spring of 1954. Each season ran 26 episodes. The series is considered to be among the most influential comedy programs in history. In 1998 \"Entertainment Weekly\" praised the series as one of the \"100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time\". In 2007, \"Time\" magazine selected it for its \"The 100 Best TV Shows of All-TIME.\" Jerry Seinfeld has", "title": "The Abbott and Costello Show" }, { "id": "3433746", "text": "switched roles upon recognizing Gracie's greater appeal), Abbott and Costello, Flanagan and Allen, Gallagher and Shean, and Smith and Dale were all popular draws. The dynamic continued to develop, with Abbott and Costello using a modern and recognizable formula in routines such as Who's On First? in the 1930s and Flanagan and Allen using \"cross talking\". Though vaudeville would last well into the 1930s, its popularity began to wane owing to the gradual rise of motion pictures, and some acts disappeared, having failed to survive the transition to movies. By the 1920s, double acts were beginning to attract worldwide fame", "title": "Double act" }, { "id": "1001413", "text": "and a Cop\", which was shot at the Lou Costello, Jr. Youth Center in East Los Angeles. In 2009, Costello was inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame. Abbott and Costello are among the few non-baseball personnel to be memorialized in the Baseball Hall of Fame, although they are not inductees of the Hall. A plaque and a gold record of the Who's on First? sketch have been on permanent display there since 1956, and a video of the routine loops endlessly in the exhibit area. Lou Costello Louis Francis Cristillo, professionally known as Lou Costello (March 6, 1906", "title": "Lou Costello" }, { "id": "1001449", "text": "Stooge Joe Besser as Stinky, a whiny child in a Little Lord Fauntleroy suit; Gordon Jones as Mike the cop, who always lost patience with Lou, Joe Kirk (Costello's brother-in-law) as Mr. Bacciagalupe, an Italian immigrant caricature whose role varied with the requirements of the script; and Bobby Barber, who played many \"extra\" parts. The simple plot lines were often an excuse to recreate comedy routines from their films and burlesque days, including \"Who's on First?\" Since Lou owned the series (with Abbott working on salary), this allowed them to own these versions of the classic routines as well. Although", "title": "Abbott and Costello" }, { "id": "7606998", "text": "on the team's radio show, wrote the first five TV episodes, after which Sidney Fields wrote the remaining 21 shows. Episodes in the second season were primarily written by Clyde Bruckman (15 shows) and Jack Townley (10). Fields received a co-writing credit on five episodes, including one with Costello. The first season was filmed at the Hal Roach Studios in Culver City. The studio, once known as \"The Lot of Fun,\" was torn down in 1963 and replaced by \"Landmark Street,\" an area of light industrial buildings, businesses and an automobile dealership, where a plaque marks the studio's former location.", "title": "The Abbott and Costello Show" }, { "id": "8074322", "text": "and Costello returned to Universal for re-shoots on this film. The riverboat used was originally constructed for the 1936 Universal musical \"Show Boat\". It was re-released in 1950 along with \"One Night in the Tropics\", which also contained a shorter version of the \"Who's on First?\" routine. This film has been released twice on DVD. The first time, on \"The Best of Abbott and Costello Volume Two\", on May 4, 2004, and again on October 28, 2008 as part of \"Abbott and Costello: The Complete Universal Pictures Collection\". The Naughty Nineties The Naughty Nineties is a 1945 film starring the", "title": "The Naughty Nineties" }, { "id": "11769930", "text": "Martin Ragaway Martin Ragaway (January 29, 1923 – April 20, 1989) was an American screenwriter. Ragaway wrote screenplays from the 1940s to the 1970s, and is known for writing a number of \"Abbott and Costello\" films; he co-wrote the most famous sketch in comedy history. Abbott & Costello's \"Who's on First\". He also wrote for television series such as \"Dick Van Dyke Show\", The Red Skelton Hour\", \"Get Smart\", \"The Brady Bunch\", \"The Bill Cosby Show\", \"Here's Lucy\", \"I Dream of Jeannie\", \"The Partridge Family\", \"Diff'rent Strokes\", and \"The Facts of Life\". He also helped to write two \"Ma and", "title": "Martin Ragaway" }, { "id": "9607690", "text": "and played in syndication for decades. After the show ended, Sidney played occasional small roles in television shows, and worked as a staff writer and comedian in \"Jackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine\". He retired to Las Vegas, where he died on September 28, 1975. Fields, playing his role of Professor Melonhead, performed \"Who's on First?\" with Costello on Walgreen's 44th anniversary radio special when Abbott was sick and unable to perform. Jerry Seinfeld, a fan of the comedy team and TV series, volunteered to care for an elderly man named Sid Fields in a 1993 episode of \"Seinfeld\"", "title": "Sidney Fields" }, { "id": "2017775", "text": "of the actual dean at the famous Oxford University a \"dizzy dean\". Dean is also featured prominently in some versions of Abbott and Costello's \"Who's on First?\" comedy sketch. In the sketch, Abbott is explaining to Costello that many ballplayers have unusual nicknames including Dizzy Dean, his brother Daffy Dean, and their \"French cousin Goofé Dean\" (\"goofy\" pronounced with a French accent). Actor Ben Jones wrote and performed a one-man play about Dean, entitled \"Ol' Diz\". The United States Congress designated the U.S. Post Office in Wiggins, Mississippi as the \"Jay Hanna 'Dizzy' Dean Post Office\" in 2000 by Public", "title": "Dizzy Dean" }, { "id": "1001356", "text": "worked together in stock burlesque in 1935 at the Eltinge Theatre on 42nd Street, after an illness sidelined Costello's regular partner. They formally teamed up in 1936, and went on to perform together in burlesque, vaudeville, minstrel shows, and stage shows. In 1938, they received national exposure as regulars on the \"Kate Smith Hour\" radio show, which led to roles in a Broadway musical, \"The Streets of Paris\". In 1940, Universal signed the team for their first film, \"One Night in the Tropics\". Despite having minor roles, Abbott and Costello stole the film with several classic routines, including an abbreviated", "title": "Bud Abbott" }, { "id": "1001398", "text": "program led to their appearance in a Broadway musical in 1939, \"The Streets of Paris\". The following year they were signed to a movie contract with Universal Pictures. They only had supporting roles in their first picture, \"One Night in the Tropics\" (1940), but stole the film with their classic routines, including a much-shortened version of \"Who's On First?\" (a more complete version was performed in \"The Naughty Nineties\", released in 1945). The team's breakthrough picture, however, was \"Buck Privates\", released early in 1941. They immediately became the No. 3 Box Office Stars of 1941. The duo made 36 films", "title": "Lou Costello" }, { "id": "11769931", "text": "Pa Kettle\" movies, 1950's \"Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town\", for which he penned the story and screenplay and the story for \"Ma and Pa Kettle At the Fair\" in 1952. Martin Ragaway Martin Ragaway (January 29, 1923 – April 20, 1989) was an American screenwriter. Ragaway wrote screenplays from the 1940s to the 1970s, and is known for writing a number of \"Abbott and Costello\" films; he co-wrote the most famous sketch in comedy history. Abbott & Costello's \"Who's on First\". He also wrote for television series such as \"Dick Van Dyke Show\", The Red Skelton Hour\", \"Get", "title": "Martin Ragaway" }, { "id": "2402002", "text": "and his wife. Although Koster did not speak English, he convinced the studio to let him make \"Three Smart Girls\", for which he personally coached 14-year-old star Deanna Durbin. This picture, a big success, pulled Universal out of bankruptcy. Koster's second Universal film, \"One Hundred Men and a Girl\", with Durbin and Leopold Stokowski put the studio, Durbin, Pasternak, and Koster on top. Koster discovered Abbott and Costello working at a nightclub in New York. He returned to Hollywood and convinced Universal to hire them. Their first picture, which featured the \"Who's On First?\" routine, was \"One Night in the", "title": "Henry Koster" }, { "id": "12595963", "text": "The Abbott and Costello Cartoon Show The Abbott and Costello Cartoon Show is an American half-hour animated series of the famous comedy duo that aired in syndication from September 9, 1967 to June 1, 1968. Each of the 39 individual episodes consisted of four five-minute cartoons. The cartoons were created jointly by Hanna-Barbera, RKO General and Jomar Productions between 1965 and 1967. The series was syndicated by Gold Key Entertainment and King World Productions, with the rights now owned by Warner Bros. Television Distribution. The primary feature of this cartoon series was the fact that Bud Abbott supplied the voice", "title": "The Abbott and Costello Cartoon Show" }, { "id": "1001448", "text": "giving their old routines a new sparkle. From the fall of 1952 to the spring of 1954, a filmed half-hour series, \"The Abbott and Costello Show,\" appeared in syndication on over 40 local stations across the United States. Loosely based on their radio series, the show cast the duo as unemployed wastrels. One of the show's running gags involved Abbott perpetually hounding Costello to get a job, while Abbott barely lifted a finger in that direction. The show featured Sidney Fields as their landlord and Hillary Brooke as a neighbor and sometime love interest for Costello. Other regulars were future", "title": "Abbott and Costello" }, { "id": "1001455", "text": "Levy told Jordan R. Young, in \"The Laugh Crafters: Comedy Writing in Radio and TV's Golden Age,\" that he was stunned to learn that Bud and Lou were afraid to perform new material.) Universal dropped the comedy team in 1955 after they could not agree on contract terms. In the early 1950s, the Internal Revenue Service charged them for back taxes, forcing them to sell their homes and most of their assets, including the rights to most of their films. In 1956 they made one independent film, \"Dance with Me, Henry\", and Lou was the subject of the television program", "title": "Abbott and Costello" }, { "id": "1001436", "text": "Felton, Sidney Fields, Frank Nelson, Martha Wentworth and Benay Venuta. Ken Niles was the show's longtime announcer, doubling as an exasperated foil to Costello, who routinely insulted his on-air wife (played by Elvia Allman). Niles was succeeded by Michael Roy, alternating over the years with Frank Bingman and Jim Doyle. The show went through several orchestras, including those of Ennis, Charles Hoff, Matty Matlock, Matty Malneck, Jack Meakin, Will Osborne, Fred Rich, Leith Stevens and Peter van Steeden. The show's writers included Howard Harris, Hal Fimberg, Parke Levy, Don Prindle, Eddie Cherkose (later known as Eddie Maxwell), Leonard B. Stern,", "title": "Abbott and Costello" }, { "id": "19634566", "text": "Lou Krogman, Pat McGeehan, Frank Nelson, Martha Wentworth and Benay Venuta. Singers on the show included Amy Arnell, Connie Haines, Marilyn Maxwell, Susan Miller, and Marilyn Williams. Vocal groups were the Delta Rhythm Boys and The Les Baxter Singers. Orchestra leaders were Skinnay Ennis, Charles Hoff, Matty Matlock, Jack Meakin, Will Osborne, Freddie Rich, Leith Stevens and Peter van Steeden. Abbott and Costello debuted on radio on Kate Smith's program in 1938. They continued performing on it until the summer of 1940. Their first program of their own was a summer replacement for \"The Fred Allen Show\" in 1940. After", "title": "The Abbott and Costello Show (radio program)" }, { "id": "1002094", "text": "of the 20th Century. An early radio recording was placed in the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry in 2003. In 2005, the line \"Who's on First?\" was included on the American Film Institute's list of 100 memorable movie quotations. The names given in the routine for the players at each position are: The name of the shortstop is not given until the very end of the routine, and the right fielder is never identified. In the Selchow and Righter board game, the right fielder's name is \"Nobody\". At one point in the routine, Costello thinks that the first baseman", "title": "Who's on First?" }, { "id": "1001437", "text": "Martin Ragaway, Paul Conlan and Eddie Forman, as well as producer Martin Gosch. Sound effects were handled primarily by Floyd Caton. Guest stars included Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, The Andrews Sisters and Lucille Ball. In 1947 the show moved to ABC (the former NBC Blue Network). During their time on ABC the duo also hosted a 30-minute children's radio program (\"The Abbott and Costello Children's Show\"), on Saturday mornings. The program featuring child vocalist Anna Mae Slaughter and child announcer Johnny McGovern. The program finished its run in 1949. In 1940, Universal Studios signed them for a musical, \"One Night", "title": "Abbott and Costello" }, { "id": "9201036", "text": "for Washington's Birthday\". \"The Time of Their Lives\" was filmed at Universal Studios from March 6 through May 15, 1946. As in the duo's preceding film, \"Little Giant\", Abbott and Costello do not play friends or any kind of partners, but are simply individual members of the cast. Also as in the previous movie, Costello's character is largely the hero, while Abbott plays a somewhat unsympathetic dual role. The two comics' trademark vaudeville routines are absent, and in fact they speak directly to each other only during one scene at the beginning of the film. (This loosening of the comics'", "title": "The Time of Their Lives" }, { "id": "9201037", "text": "onscreen partnership was reportedly due to personal problems and tensions that briefly broke up their act in 1945.) The film is also noted for having a somewhat darker and more serious tone than most films featuring the duo. Abbott learned to drive a car for this film. According to his son, Bud Abbott, Jr., this was the only time in his life he ever drove an automobile. A few weeks into filming, Costello wanted to switch roles with Abbott. He refused to work, but director Charles Barton waited him out. Costello eventually returned to work and said nothing more about", "title": "The Time of Their Lives" }, { "id": "1001361", "text": "with a new partner, Candy Candido, to good reviews. But Abbott called it quits, remarking that \"No one could ever live up to Lou.\" The following year, Abbott performed in a dramatic television episode of \"General Electric Theater\" titled \"The Joke's on Me\". On December 7th, 1962, in Hollywood, a gray haired Abbott , holding a cane , was interviewed by Jack Linkletter. They reprised “Who’s on First?”. In 1966, Bud was filmed alongside Elvis Presley and Barbara Stanwyck ,at a charity event promotion . A year later, Abbott provided his own voice for the Hanna-Barbera animated series \"The Abbott", "title": "Bud Abbott" }, { "id": "7606995", "text": "Bobby Barber and Joan Shawlee also appeared frequently. Several episodes featured a pet chimp named \"Bingo\", who was dressed exactly the same as Costello; she was later \"fired\" from the show after biting Costello. Brooke, Besser and Kirk also left the cast after the first season. Lou Costello owned the show with Bud Abbott working on salary. The show was not a network program when first introduced in the fall of 1952 but was sold into syndication by MCA Inc. to about 40 local stations across the country. As a result, it was broadcast on different days and at different", "title": "The Abbott and Costello Show" }, { "id": "1001458", "text": "a series of 156 five-minute \"Abbott and Costello\" cartoons made by Hanna-Barbera. Lou's character was voiced by Stan Irwin. Bud Abbott died of cancer on April 24, 1974. For a number of years Abbott and Costello were ranked among the most popular stars in the US according to the Quigley Publishers Poll of Exhibitors: The 1960s cartoon series was not the first time Abbott and Costello were animated. During the height of their popularity in the 1940s, Warner Bros.'s Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies animation unit produced 3 cartoons featuring the pair as cats or mice named \"Babbit and Catstello\". One of", "title": "Abbott and Costello" }, { "id": "7606999", "text": "The second season was shot at Motion Picture Center Studios (today Red Studios Hollywood), where the team had made \"Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd\". Soon after, the studio became Desilu-Cahuenga Studios. \"I Love Lucy\" and the Danny Thomas and Jack Benny shows were also filmed there. Both seasons, and the complete series, have been released on DVD by Entertainment One, which now owns the rights to the series. The Abbott and Costello Show The Abbott and Costello Show is an American television sitcom starring the popular comedy team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. The program premiered in syndication", "title": "The Abbott and Costello Show" }, { "id": "16898344", "text": "that he can respond to for laughs, while seeking no acclamation for himself. In vaudeville, effective straight men were much less common than comedians. The straight man's name usually appeared first and he usually received 60% of the take. This helped take the sting out of not being the laugh-getter and helped ensure the straight man's loyalty to the team. Abbott and Costello, one of America's most popular comedy duos of the 1940s and 50s in radio, film and television, began as nightclub performers when the straight-faced Bud Abbott contrasted against the bumbling Lou Costello; Abbott, unusually, allowed Costello a", "title": "Straight man" }, { "id": "9033578", "text": "Abbott Mysteries Abbott Mysteries was a comedy-mystery radio program adapted from the novels of Frances Crane (1896-1981). Initially a summer replacement for \"Quick As a Flash\", the series was heard on Mutual and NBC between the years 1945 and 1955. The Mutual series, sponsored by Helbros Watches, debuted June 10, 1945, airing Sundays at 6 p.m. The scripts by Howard Merrill and Ed Adamson were in the lighthearted tradition of \"Mr. and Mrs. North\". Julie Stevens and Charles Webster starred as Jean and Pat Abbott, a San Francisco married couple \"who were habitually involved in various sorts of mayhem and", "title": "Abbott Mysteries" }, { "id": "9201038", "text": "it. The film was re-released in 1951, along with \"Little Giant\". The film has been released three times on VHS: 1989, 1991, and 2000. It has also been released twice on DVD: \"The Best of Abbott and Costello Volume Two\" on May 4, 2004; and on October 28, 2008 as part of \"Abbott and Costello: The Complete Universal Pictures Collection\". The Time of Their Lives The Time of Their Lives is a 1946 American fantasy-comedy film directed by Charles Barton and starring the comedic duo Abbott and Costello. The time is 1780, and Horatio Prim (Lou Costello) is a master", "title": "The Time of Their Lives" }, { "id": "1001456", "text": "\"This Is Your Life\", then formally dissolved their partnership in 1957. In his posthumously-published 1959 autobiography, \"My Wicked, Wicked Ways\", Errol Flynn claims that he triggered the breakup. Flynn, an inveterate practical joker, invited them, along with their wives and children, to his house for dinner, and afterwards, he commenced to show a home movie that \"accidentally\" turned out to be hard-core pornography. While Flynn pretended to be baffled, Costello and Abbott each blamed the other for the film's substitution. In his last years, Costello made about ten solo appearances on \"The Steve Allen Show\" doing many of the old", "title": "Abbott and Costello" }, { "id": "1001459", "text": "the cartoons, Bob Clampett's \"A Tale of Two Kitties\" (1941), introduced Tweety. The other cartoons are \"A Tale of Two Mice\" and \"Mouse-Merized Cat\". In all three cartoons, Tedd Pierce (normally a storyman/writer for the cartoons) and Mel Blanc, respectively, provide voice impressions of the comedy duo. The revival of their former television series in syndicated reruns in the late 1960s and early 1970s helped spark renewed interest in the duo, as did the televising of many of their old film hits. In 1994, comedian Jerry Seinfeld— who says Abbott and Costello were strong influences on his work — hosted", "title": "Abbott and Costello" }, { "id": "19634564", "text": "The Abbott and Costello Show (radio program) The Abbott and Costello Show is a comedy program from the era of old-time radio in the United States. It was broadcast first on NBC and later on ABC, beginning July 3, 1940, and ending June 9, 1949. Film stars Bud Abbott and Lou Costello adapted their talents to radio for this 30-minute weekly comedy program. Vincent Terrace, in his book, \"Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows\", wrote, \"Many of the skits revolved around Bud and Lou's efforts to succeed in some sort of business venture.\" The skits were", "title": "The Abbott and Costello Show (radio program)" }, { "id": "1001433", "text": "is now the lobby of an AMC Theatres movie complex. Their first performance resulted from Costello's regular partner becoming ill. Decades later, when AMC moved the old theater further west on 42nd Street to its current location, giant balloons of Abbott and Costello were rigged to appear to pull it. Other performers in the show, including Abbott's wife, encouraged a permanent pairing. The duo built an act by refining and reworking numerous burlesque sketches with Abbott as the devious straight man and Costello as the dimwitted comic. The team's first known radio broadcast was on \"The Kate Smith Hour\" on", "title": "Abbott and Costello" }, { "id": "9033579", "text": "in solving murders.\" In the supporting cast were Jean Ellyn, Sydney Slon and Luis van Rooten. Moving to 5:30 p.m.in 1946, Les Tremayne and Alice Reinheart took over the roles until the end of the series on August 31, 1947. Seven years later, the characters returned October 3, 1954, on NBC in The Adventures of the Abbotts, broadcast on NBC Sunday evenings at 8:30 p.m. In this series, the Abbotts were portrayed by Claudia Morgan and Les Damon. The NBC series ran until June 12, 1955. Announcers were Frank Gallop and Cy Harrice. Albert Burhman's orchestra provided music. \"The series", "title": "Abbott Mysteries" }, { "id": "1001435", "text": "Charlie McCarthy on \"The Chase and Sanborn Hour\" in 1941. Two of their films (\"Buck Privates\" and \"Hold That Ghost\") were adapted for \"Lux Radio Theater\" that year. Their program returned in its own weekly time slot starting on October 8, 1942 and Camel cigarettes as sponsor. \"The Abbott and Costello Show\" mixed comedy with musical interludes (by vocalists such as Connie Haines, Ashley Eustis, the Delta Rhythm Boys, Skinnay Ennis, Marilyn Maxwell and the Les Baxter Singers). Regulars and semi-regulars on the show included Artie Auerbach (\"Mr. Kitzel\"), Elvia Allman, Iris Adrian, Mel Blanc, Wally Brown, Sharon Douglas, Verna", "title": "Abbott and Costello" }, { "id": "101178", "text": "available classic episodes starting in 2003, for the show's 40th anniversary, and the weekdaily screenings of all available revived episodes in 2013 for the show's 50th anniversary. The ABC broadcasts the modern series first run on ABC1 and ABC ME, with repeats on ABC2. The ABC also provided partial funding for the 20th anniversary special \"The Five Doctors\" in 1983. The series also has a fan base in the United States, where it was shown in syndication from the 1970s to the 1990s, particularly on PBS stations. TVOntario picked up the show in 1976 beginning with \"The Three Doctors\" and", "title": "Doctor Who" }, { "id": "1001457", "text": "routines without Abbott. Costello performed stand-up in Las Vegas, and appeared in episodes of \"GE Theater\" and \"Wagon Train\". On March 3, 1959, not long after completing his lone solo film, \"The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock\", he died of a heart attack three days short of his 53rd birthday. Abbott attempted a comeback in 1960 with Candy Candido. Although the new act received good reviews, Bud quit, saying, \"No one could ever live up to Lou.\" Abbott made a solo, dramatic appearance on an episode of \"General Electric Theater\" in 1961. In 1966, Abbott voiced his character in", "title": "Abbott and Costello" }, { "id": "1001439", "text": "(1941), co-starring crooner Dick Powell and the Andrews Sisters. This film initially out-grossed \"Buck Privates\". Loew's Criterion in Manhattan was open until 5 a.m. to oblige over 49,000 customers during the film's first week. \"Oh, Charlie\" was put back into production to add music featuring the Andrews Sisters and Ted Lewis. The film was eventually released as \"Hold That Ghost\" (1941). The duo next made \"Ride 'Em Cowboy\" (1941), with Dick Foran, but its release was delayed so they could appear in a third service comedy, \"Keep 'Em Flying\" (1941). This was their last film with Arthur Lubin. All of", "title": "Abbott and Costello" }, { "id": "18945484", "text": "debuted in Boston on May 29, 1939, obtaining a great success of criticism and public. Some of the city newspapers speculated that the show had been extended in more a week. Debuted on June 19, 1939, in the Broadhurst Theatre on Broadway, Manhattan, New York. The show introduced Carmen Miranda to the American public, and marked the debut of Abbott & Costello, Gower Champion and Jeanne Tyler in Broadway musicals. The musical was divided into two acts with songs written by Jimmy McHugh and Al Dubin, working for the first time together. The sketches were written by Tom McKnight, Charles", "title": "The Streets of Paris" }, { "id": "3698935", "text": "circle with an intersecting line. A new opening title sequence was also introduced, however it did not debut until the second episode of the series. History of Doctor Who Doctor Who is a British television science fiction series, produced and screened by the BBC on the BBC TV channel from 1963 to 1964, and on BBC1 (later BBC One) from 1964 to 1989 and since 2005. A one-off television movie, co-produced with Universal Pictures and 20th Century Fox Television, was screened on the Fox Network in the United States in 1996. In March 1962, Eric Maschwitz, the Assistant and Adviser", "title": "History of Doctor Who" }, { "id": "1001441", "text": "stars in the country, and their earnings for the fiscal year were $789,026.) The team did a 35-day tour during the summer of 1942 to promote and sell War Bonds. The Treasury Department credited them with $85 million in sales. After the tour the team made \"It Ain't Hay\" (1943), from a story by Damon Runyon; and \"Hit the Ice\" (1943). Costello was stricken with rheumatic fever upon his return from a winter tour of army bases in March 1943 and was bedridden for around six months. On November 4, 1943, the same day that Costello returned to radio after", "title": "Abbott and Costello" }, { "id": "2718553", "text": "stage venues). Both used a heavy Jewish dialect, with Smith speaking in a deep, pessimistic voice and Dale in a high, wheedling tenor. During the 1920s, they became famous for their signature sketch \"Doctor Kronkheit and His Only Living Patient,\" which like \"Who's on First?\" for Abbott and Costello, became one of the famous comedy sketches of the 20th century. The name of the doctor is an inside joke: Smith and Dale, both being Jewish, named the physician Kronkheit, which is Yiddish and German for \"sickness\". Thus we have a doctor named \"Dr. Sickness\". Indeed a hospital in German is", "title": "Smith and Dale" }, { "id": "8818806", "text": "the former clients to use as decoys for the police, but Melton killed Relia and Millford to cover it all up. He attempts to escape through a window, but is caught by a booby trap previously set by Freddie. It was filmed from February 10 through March 26, 1949. The original script, titled \"Easy Does It\", was written with actor-comedian Bob Hope in mind. However, Universal then purchased the rights and reworked it for Abbott and Costello. The role eventually played by Boris Karloff in the film was originally a female character named \"Madame Switzer\" in the final shooting script", "title": "Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff" }, { "id": "1001440", "text": "these films were big hits, and Abbott and Costello were voted the third biggest box office attraction in the country in 1941. Universal loaned the team to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for a musical comedy, \"Rio Rita\" (1942). During filming, on December 8, 1941, a day after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Abbott and Costello had their hand and foot prints set in concrete at what was then \"Grauman's Chinese Theatre\". Back at Universal they made \"Pardon My Sarong\" (1942), a spoof of South Sea Island movies; and \"Who Done It?\" (1942), a comedy-mystery. In 1942 exhibiters voted them the top box office", "title": "Abbott and Costello" }, { "id": "9200443", "text": "the role by getting LeMaise out of the picture by trying to start a fight with him. Their plan is to photograph him hitting Abercrombie and then having him arrested. The plan goes off without a hitch until Abercombie falls overboard after being hit and is feared drowned. LeMaise decides to hide, and Parker is given the role in his place. LeMaise eventually discovers that Abercrombie is still alive and chases him around the backlot. LeMaise eventually is caught, and Claire and Parker become famous when the film is successful. Subsequently, Buzz and Abercrombie become big-time agents in Hollywood. Filming", "title": "Abbott and Costello in Hollywood" }, { "id": "9240512", "text": "lure the Sheik's men inside and then blow it up. They are given awards by the Commandant and honorably discharged from the Legion. Lou thanks Nicole for helping them and gives his award to her before they leave, only for Bud to find out that Lou is taking the six slave girls with them back to the States. Originally scheduled to begin shooting in December 1949, filming was postponed when Costello had to undergo an operation for a gangrenous gall bladder in November 1949. Filming eventually began on April 28, 1950, and ended on May 29, 1950. Despite having a", "title": "Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion" }, { "id": "9360070", "text": "Baseball's Greatest Hits Baseball's Greatest Hits is the name of two different CD collections of songs and other recordings connected with baseball, released in 1989. The eclectic collections include vintage songs such as Les Brown's \"Joltin' Joe DiMaggio\" from 1941, Teresa Brewer's 1956 number \"I Love Mickey\" (with a cameo by Mickey Mantle himself), and Danny Kaye's humorous 1962 recording about the Los Angeles Dodgers. Spoken entries include verbiage such as Russ Hodges' call of Bobby Thomson's pennant-winning home run in 1951, Tommy Lasorda's rant about Dave Kingman, and the Abbott and Costello classic, \"Who's on First?\". However, due to", "title": "Baseball's Greatest Hits" }, { "id": "12104545", "text": "network also took an option on the second series. Candace Carlisle from BBC Worldwide found The Sci Fi Channel the perfect home for \"Doctor Who\". \"Doctor Who\" finally debuted in the U.S. on the Sci Fi Channel on 17 March 2006 with the first two episodes airing back-to-back, one year after the Canadian and UK showings. The series concluded its initial U.S. broadcast on 9 June 2006. The series was first released in volumes; the first volume, containing the first three episodes, was released in Region 2 on 16 May 2005. The second, with \"Aliens of London\", \"World War Three\",", "title": "Doctor Who (series 1)" }, { "id": "1290912", "text": "a foreign accent. \"What did the computer order from the vending machine?\" \"Saftware.\" Saft is the German word for juice. By replacing the O in \"software\" to an A, it becomes \"saftware\", literally meaning \"juiceware\". An updated version of the famous Who's On First? comedy routine by Abbott and Costello called \"Hu's on First\" is based on confusing Chinese and other names with English words. Luis van Rooten's English-French \"\" (1967), translates the beginning of \"Humpty Dumpty\": The original English text reads: while the translation, which imitates the sound of someone reading the English text with a French accent, literally", "title": "Bilingual pun" }, { "id": "19634567", "text": "a hiatus of two years, the show returned as a regular network program in the fall of 1942 and ran through the spring of 1949. The schedule is shown in the table below. Source: \"On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio Beginning in 1947, the programs were recorded and made available via transcriptions to stations outside the regular ABC network. A related program, \"The Abbott and Costello Children's Show\", was broadcast on ABC beginning December 6, 1947, and ending March 26, 1949. It was sustaining and featured child performers and included quizzes and games. The Abbott and Costello Show", "title": "The Abbott and Costello Show (radio program)" }, { "id": "8141604", "text": "John Abbott (The Young and the Restless) John Abbott is a fictional character from the American CBS Daytime soap opera, \"The Young and the Restless\". He is the patriarch of the Abbotts, one of the core families introduced to the series in 1980. After a brief portrayal by Brett Halsey, the role was portrayed by Jerry Douglas until the character's death onscreen on August 18, 2006. Since September 1, 2006, Douglas has been reprising his role as a hallucination to various other characters. John's children are Jack, Traci, Ashley Abbott and Billy Abbott. The role was originated by Brett Halsey", "title": "John Abbott (The Young and the Restless)" }, { "id": "7060313", "text": "by Realart Pictures in 1950 with \"The Naughty Nineties\" and in 1954 with \"Little Giant\". This film has been released twice on DVD. The first time, on \"The Best of Abbott and Costello Volume One\" on February 10, 2004, and again on October 28, 2008 as part of \"Abbott and Costello: The Complete Universal Pictures Collection\". One Night in the Tropics One Night in the Tropics is a 1940 comedy film noteworthy for being the film debut of Abbott and Costello. They are listed as supporting actors but steal the picture with five of their classic routines, including an abbreviated", "title": "One Night in the Tropics" }, { "id": "12644511", "text": "Who's Cheatin' Who \"Who's Cheatin' Who\" is the title of a country music song written by Jerry Hayes and initially recorded by Charly McClain. It was the title track of her 1980 album for Epic Records, released in November 1980 as a single with \"Love Scenes\" on the B-side, and in early 1981, was her first Number One hit on the \"Billboard\" country charts. 17 years later, Alan Jackson had chart success with the song as well, with his cover version reaching Top Five on the country charts. In 1997, Alan Jackson covered the song on his album \"Everything I", "title": "Who's Cheatin' Who" }, { "id": "12321058", "text": "Who Knows Who \"Who Knows Who\" is a rap rock song by English the alternative rock band Muse and the English hip hop artist Mike Skinner. Not originally intended for release, an early version of the song leaked onto several Muse internet forums in August 2008. The song was officially released as the B-side to the 7\" vinyl edition of the single \"Uprising\" on 7 September 2009. The lyrics were written by Skinner and the music was written by Muse's Matthew Bellamy. The first link between Muse and The Streets was created when Muse bassist Christopher Wolstenholme broke his wrist", "title": "Who Knows Who" }, { "id": "1001454", "text": "Both were inveterate gamblers and had serious health problems. Abbott suffered from epilepsy and turned to alcohol for seizure management. Costello had occasional, near-fatal bouts with rheumatic fever. His son, Lou Jr., drowned in a swimming pool two days before his first birthday. In the 1950s, Abbott and Costello's popularity waned with the emergence of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. Another reason for their decline was overexposure. Each year they made two new films, while Realart Pictures re-issued their older hits; their filmed television series was widely syndicated, and the same routines appeared frequently on the Colgate program. (Writer Parke", "title": "Abbott and Costello" }, { "id": "12184205", "text": "Who? (album) Who? is the debut album of American R&B group Tony! Toni! Toné!. It was released on April 18, 1988, by Wing Records and produced by Foster & McElroy, friends of the band's from their hometown of Oakland, California. The album was recorded at Moon Studios in Sacramento. \"Who?\" received mixed reviews from music critics and was a modest commercial success. It reached number 69 on the \"Billboard\" Top Pop Albums, charting for 44 weeks and producing the number-one R&B hit \"Little Walter\". The album was eventually certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America and had sold", "title": "Who? (album)" }, { "id": "12858853", "text": "It is often regarded as one of the greatest and most influential sitcoms in history. In 2012, it was voted the 'Best TV Show of All Time' in a survey conducted by ABC News and \"People Magazine\". \"The Honeymooners\" debuted as a half-hour series on 1955 and was originally aired on the DuMont network's \"Cavalcade of Stars\" and subsequently on the CBS network's \"The Jackie Gleason Show\", which was filmed in front of a live audience. Although initially a ratings success—becoming the #2 show in the United States during its first season—it faced stiff competition from \"The Perry Como Show\",", "title": "Sitcom" }, { "id": "12595965", "text": "the voice of his animated character. Lou Costello had died in 1959, and his voice was supplied by nightclub manager Stan Irwin, who was a close friend of the duo. Additional voices: Mel Blanc, Don Messick, Hal Smith, John Stephenson, Janet Waldo A comic book based on the TV show was produced by Charlton Comics. Starting in February 1968, it ran for 22 issues, ending in August 1971. Hal Erickson, author of \"Television Cartoon Shows, An Illustrated Encyclopedia\" gave the program a negative review, stating that \"Abbott and Costello\" episodes were difficult to tell apart. Erickson stated that \"virtually every", "title": "The Abbott and Costello Cartoon Show" }, { "id": "19634565", "text": "often ones that they had used in their vaudeville act. Popular culture scholar J. Fred MacDonald, in his book, \"Don't Touch That Dial!: Radio Programming in American Life, 1920-1960\", wrote that the pair formed \"one of the leading radio comedy acts throughout the 1940s.\" He noted that Abbott was the straight man, with Costello \"the comedic force of the act.\" Over the years, a number of people were regulars on the program, complementing the two stars primarily through participation in comedy skits. They included Sidney Fields, Artie Auerbach, Elvia Allman, Iris Adrian, Mel Blanc, Wally Brown, Sharon Douglas, Verna Felton,", "title": "The Abbott and Costello Show (radio program)" }, { "id": "19273487", "text": "of the episode, drawing comparisons to \"Doctor Who\" and \"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy\", some of Harmon's inspirations. Pilot (Rick and Morty) \"Pilot\" is the first episode of the American animated television sitcom \"Rick and Morty\". Written by series creators Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland, and directed by Roiland, the episode premiered on Adult Swim on December 2, 2013. The series introduces protagonists, alcoholic scientist Rick Sanchez and his innocent teenage grandson Morty Smith, as they embark on a dangerous interdimensional adventure to fetch Mega tree seeds. The pilot had a mixed to positive reception and was seen by", "title": "Pilot (Rick and Morty)" }, { "id": "12595966", "text": "one them features the tubby Costello being pursued by some bugeyed monster or giant sized garden pest\" and that \"None of the classic verbal exchanges which brought the real Abbott and Costello to fame in the first place are evident.\" An episode of the show was released in May 2013 as part of \"The Best of Warner Bros.: Hanna Barbera 25 Cartoon Collection\" DVD set. The Abbott and Costello Cartoon Show The Abbott and Costello Cartoon Show is an American half-hour animated series of the famous comedy duo that aired in syndication from September 9, 1967 to June 1, 1968.", "title": "The Abbott and Costello Cartoon Show" }, { "id": "1001445", "text": "through Eagle-Lion. The team's next film, \"Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein\" (1948), co-starring Bela Lugosi and Lon Chaney Jr, was a massive hit and revitalized the duo's careers. It was followed by \"Mexican Hayride\" (1948), an adaptation of a Cole Porter musical without the songs. They then made \"Africa Screams\" (1949) for Nassour Studios, an independent company which released through United Artists. Back at Universal they returned to horror comedy with \"Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff\" (1949). The duo was sidelined again for several months when Costello suffered a relapse of rheumatic fever. They returned to the", "title": "Abbott and Costello" }, { "id": "12184209", "text": "All songs were written by Denzil Foster, Thomas McElroy, Timothy Christian Riley, Raphael Wiggins, and D'Wayne Wiggins, except where noted. Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. Who? (album) Who? is the debut album of American R&B group Tony! Toni! Toné!. It was released on April 18, 1988, by Wing Records and produced by Foster & McElroy, friends of the band's from their hometown of Oakland, California. The album was recorded at Moon Studios in Sacramento. \"Who?\" received mixed reviews from music critics and was a modest commercial success. It reached number 69 on the \"Billboard\" Top Pop Albums,", "title": "Who? (album)" }, { "id": "12321062", "text": "the label started getting too excited by it, so I fucked it off. I didn't really think it was that good.\" He rapped a part of the song during his performance at the BBC Electric Proms on 23 October. \"Who Knows Who\" was officially released as the B-side to the 7\" vinyl single \"Uprising\" in September 2009, just over a year after the original leak. Who Knows Who \"Who Knows Who\" is a rap rock song by English the alternative rock band Muse and the English hip hop artist Mike Skinner. Not originally intended for release, an early version of", "title": "Who Knows Who" }, { "id": "1001396", "text": "Mutual Burlesque wheel during the Great Depression. After the Mutual Wheel collapsed, Costello went to work for the Minskys, where he crossed paths with a talented producer and straight man named Bud Abbott. In 1935, they first worked together at the Eltinge Theatre on 42nd Street in New York City when Costello's partner failed to show. Abbott and Costello formally teamed up in 1936. Reportedly, their first disagreement was over a booking in a minstrel show at the Steel Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Costello wanted to take the gig, but Abbott was resistant. Costello offered to give Abbott", "title": "Lou Costello" }, { "id": "3698832", "text": "History of Doctor Who Doctor Who is a British television science fiction series, produced and screened by the BBC on the BBC TV channel from 1963 to 1964, and on BBC1 (later BBC One) from 1964 to 1989 and since 2005. A one-off television movie, co-produced with Universal Pictures and 20th Century Fox Television, was screened on the Fox Network in the United States in 1996. In March 1962, Eric Maschwitz, the Assistant and Adviser to the Controller of Programmes at BBC Television, asked Donald Wilson, the Head of the Script Department, to have his department's Survey Group prepare a", "title": "History of Doctor Who" }, { "id": "8494119", "text": "Australian magic supply companies in the early 1900s, co-founded the Blackstone Magic Company in Colon, Michigan with Harry Blackstone Sr. in 1927. Eighteen months later, the two parted ways. In 1934 Abbott reopened the business as the \"Abbott Magic Company\" with a new partner, Recil Bordner, and in an attempt to boost poor sales, they decided to hold an open house. Fifty magicians from the area of Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio came to watch as Bordner performed with other magicians while Abbott was the MC. This event was closed to the public, but boosted sales so much that another open", "title": "Abbott's Get Together" }, { "id": "1001352", "text": "Privates\" (1941). The duo would go on to make 36 films. During World War II, they were among the most popular entertainers in the world, and sold $85 million in war bonds. Abbott and Costello launched their own long-running radio show in 1942, and then a live TV show. But by 1955, they were felt to be over-exposed, their film contract was terminated, and the partnership split soon afterwards. Costello died in 1959, and Abbott’s attempts to work with new partners did not succeed. In his last years, he was troubled with serious tax problems and heavy drinking to stave", "title": "Bud Abbott" } ]

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[ { "id": "14279172", "text": "has won at least one gold medal at every Asian Games, and always ranked within the top 10 nations of the medal table except in the 1990 Asian Games. After completing the 2018 Asian Games, India's medal count is as follows: A tabular form of the details of the medals won by India is as follows: Note: Board Games included Chess, Go, Bridge and Xiangqi. India has sent athletes to every celebration of the Asian Winter Games. Through the last revision of the Games in Astana and Almaty in 2011, India has never won a medal in the Winter Games.", "title": "India at the Asian Games" }, { "id": "20703676", "text": "India at the 2018 Asian Games India competed at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia, from 18th August to 2nd September. Neeraj Chopra was the flag bearer for the opening ceremony while Rani Rampal was named as the flag bearer for the closing ceremony. India bettered its previous best medal haul achieved 8 years earlier at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China. The following is a list of the number of competitors representing India in each sport at the Games: The Swimming Federation of India (SFI) announced the Diving team for the Games as follows: The", "title": "India at the 2018 Asian Games" }, { "id": "20703672", "text": "India at the 2018 Asian Games India competed at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia, from 18th August to 2nd September. Neeraj Chopra was the flag bearer for the opening ceremony while Rani Rampal was named as the flag bearer for the closing ceremony. India bettered its previous best medal haul achieved 8 years earlier at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China. The following is a list of the number of competitors representing India in each sport at the Games: The Swimming Federation of India (SFI) announced the Diving team for the Games as follows: The", "title": "India at the 2018 Asian Games" }, { "id": "14279173", "text": "India's count is as follows: A tabular form of the details of the medals won by India is as follows: India has participated in both the editions of the Asian Beach Game. In the 2008 Games, India won a total of five medals, including three gold, and ranked seventh in the final medal table. Three gold medals were won by India in the 2010 Asian Beach Games in Muscat, Oman, earning the country sixth place in the medal table. Indian athletes competed in the inaugural Asian Youth Games in Singapore. Indian competitors earned medals in only two sports— athletics and", "title": "India at the Asian Games" }, { "id": "20851444", "text": "2018 Asian Games medal table The 2018 Asian Games, officially known as the XVIII Asiad, is the largest sporting event in Asia governed by Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). It was held at Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia between 18 August – 2 September 2018, with 465 events in 40 sports and disciplines featured in the Games. This resulted in 465 medal sets being distributed. Two bronze medals were awarded in some sports: all events in badminton (7), boxing (10), bridge (6), fencing (12), judo (15), jujitsu (8), kabaddi (2), karate (12), kurash (7), Ssambo (4), sepak takraw (6), soft tennis", "title": "2018 Asian Games medal table" }, { "id": "20851446", "text": "Orkhon was stripped of her gold medal. 2018 Asian Games medal table The 2018 Asian Games, officially known as the XVIII Asiad, is the largest sporting event in Asia governed by Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). It was held at Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia between 18 August – 2 September 2018, with 465 events in 40 sports and disciplines featured in the Games. This resulted in 465 medal sets being distributed. Two bronze medals were awarded in some sports: all events in badminton (7), boxing (10), bridge (6), fencing (12), judo (15), jujitsu (8), kabaddi (2), karate (12), kurash (7),", "title": "2018 Asian Games medal table" }, { "id": "15490211", "text": "Asiad since 1982. South Korea finished third in total medals. North Korea finished fifth in total medals, and fourth in the gold-medal count. Host nation India finished the games with 57 medals overall (13 gold, 19 silver and 25 bronze, its best performance since 1951), in fifth spot in terms of total gold medals. The ranking in this table is consistent with International Olympic Committee convention in its published medal tables. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won (in this context, a nation is an entity represented by", "title": "1982 Asian Games medal table" }, { "id": "20799296", "text": "Pakistan at the 2018 Asian Games Pakistan competed at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia, from 18 August to 2 September 2018. According to the secretary general of Pakistan Olympic Association, around 397 Pakistani athletes participated in the Games. Pakistan returned home with just 4 bronze medals, finishing lower on the medal table than NOCs like Macau whose population is 0.2 percent of that of Pakistan. In medal tally Pakistan finished 34 (Out of 37 nations who won medals). Pakistan finished below its neighbours China (289 medals), Iran (62 medals) and India (69 medals), Pakistan finished 3rd", "title": "Pakistan at the 2018 Asian Games" }, { "id": "13740732", "text": "medal table for the tenth consecutive time. Korea claimed their first gold medal at the Games in the canoeing women's traditional boat race 500 m event. A total of 37 NOCs won at least one medal, 29 NOCs won at least one gold medal and 9 NOCs failed to win any medal at the Games. The top ten ranked NOCs at these Games are listed below. Before the Games, authorities in Indonesia were confident both host cities would be ready for the Games although have had only four years to prepare rather than the usual six after stepping in to", "title": "2018 Asian Games" }, { "id": "7962360", "text": "from penalty corners (19th, 26th, 38th, 49th and 51st). Indian Men's Team Finished in 9th place in World Cup 2014 held in Hague, Netherlands. Indian team won Silver Medal at the Commonwealth Games 2014, Glasgow. They lost to Australia 4-0 in the Finals. India will host the 2018 World Cup. India won 2014 Asian Games Gold Medal after 16 years ( last won in 1998). India won Asia Cup held in DHaka in 2017. Indian Men's hockey team won by a record 26-0 margin against Hong Kong in the 2018 Asian Games pool games. The earlier record was 24-1 made", "title": "Field hockey in India" }, { "id": "3659185", "text": "athletes. Below is a list of all the participating NOCs; the number of competitors per delegation is indicated in brackets: Athletes from eight participating NOCs won at least one medal, five of them winning at least one gold medal. Athletes from Japan earned the highest number of gold medals (24) and the most overall medals (60). Host nation India finished second with 15 golds and 51 overall medals as well as the most bronzes (20). Through 2010, it would be the best rank achieved by India in medal table in all succeeding Asian Games. Iran finished third with 8 golds", "title": "1951 Asian Games" }, { "id": "14279174", "text": "swimming. Four of the five gold medals came from athletics and one came from the swimming competition. Aaron Agnel Dsouza was the only multiple medal winner. Dsouze won a gold in the 200 m freestyle and a bronze in the 100 m freestyle. India's membership in IOC was suspended when the 2013 games took place so Indian athletes competed in the event as independent athletes. India at the Asian Games India is a member of the South Asian Zone of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), and has participated in the Asian Games since their inception in 1951. The Indian", "title": "India at the Asian Games" }, { "id": "14279171", "text": "sports respectively. However, the OCA has since amalgamated them into a single event, the Asian Indoor-Martial Arts Games, which was debuted in 2013 in Incheon, South Korea. As a member of OCA, India is privileged to participate in all these multi-sport events. New Delhi, the national capital of India, has hosted the Asian Games on two occasions: the inaugural 1951 Asian Games and the 1982 Asian Games. India is one of the only seven countries that have competed in all the editions of the Asian Games. The other six are Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Singapore and Thailand. India", "title": "India at the Asian Games" }, { "id": "2767862", "text": "completely took away the game from them. On 29 October 2015, following the Asian Cricket Council meeting in Singapore, BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur stated that the 2018 edition of the tournament would be held in India. It will follow the ODI format. However, in April 2018, the tournament was moved to the United Arab Emirates, due to political tensions between India and Pakistan. India were the defending champions, and retained their title, after beating Bangladesh by three wickets in the final. India did not suffer a single defeat in the tournament, with 2 wins each against Pakistan & Bangladesh, a", "title": "Asia Cup" }, { "id": "14279169", "text": "India at the Asian Games India is a member of the South Asian Zone of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), and has participated in the Asian Games since their inception in 1951. The Indian Olympic Association, established in 1927, and recognised in the same year by the International Olympic Committee, is the National Olympic Committee for India. India was one of the first five founding members of the Asian Games Federation on 13 February 1949, in New Delhi; the organisation was disbanded on 26 November 1981 and replaced by the Olympic Council of Asia. India is a member of", "title": "India at the Asian Games" }, { "id": "13740731", "text": "own flags just two days before the opening ceremony. Below is a list of all the participating NOCs. The number of competitors per delegation is indicated in brackets. The closing ceremony started at 19:00 Western Indonesia Time (UTC+7) on Sunday, 2 September 2018 and ended at 21:25. In addition to local artists and a Chinese segment, the South Korean boybands Super Junior and iKon, and Indian singer Sidharth Slathia performed in the ceremony. Mayor of Hangzhou Xu Liyi received the Games flag for the 2022 Games from Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan and South Sumatra Governor Alex Noerdin. China led the", "title": "2018 Asian Games" }, { "id": "14324287", "text": "India at the 2010 Asian Games India participated in the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China between 12–27 November 2010. The contingent was led by Gagan Narang. India put up its best ever performance at Asian Games. They finished the games at 65 medals including 14 golds which is India's second best performance ever since inception of Asian Games in 1951. These games also witnessed first ever medals in Gymnastics and Roller Sports. Track events Field events Road events Combined events Track events Field events Combined events Vishesh BhriguvanshiDinesh Coimbatore VenugopalJayram JatHareesh KorothPrakash MishraEudrick PereiraTrideep RaiSunil Kumar RatheeDishant Vipul ShahJagdeep", "title": "India at the 2010 Asian Games" }, { "id": "20864953", "text": "before Hima Das obstructing her way. However, the protest was rejected by the Asian Games' Jury of Appeals and India's silver medal was not upgraded to gold. Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games – Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay The Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay competition at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta was held on 28 August 2018 at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium. This event made its debut in 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta. Bahrain claimed the gold medal in this event, India and Kazakhstan took silver and bronze medals respectively. Athletics Federation of India lodged", "title": "Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games – Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay" }, { "id": "18173734", "text": "Kush Kumar Kush Kumar, (born May 29, 1996 in Dhampur) is a professional squash player who represents India. Kush Kumar completed his under-graduation from DG Vaishnav College. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 89 in August 2015. He became popular when his Men's Squash Team won Gold Medal in 2014 Asian Games along with Harinder Pal Sandhu,Mahesh Mangaonkar,Saurav Ghosal. On February 27, 2018, Kumar's Trinity Bantams captured the collegiate squash national title against Harvard, with Kumar winning his match against Harvard's No. 1. On March 4, 2018, the top-seeded Kumar placed second in the CSA Individual National", "title": "Kush Kumar" }, { "id": "20851445", "text": "(5), squash (4), table tennis (5), taekwondo (14), tennis (5) and wrestling (18), most events in pencak silat (10) and some events in wushu (6). Furthermore, there was a third-place tie in athletics men's high jump event, giving a total of 157 additional bronze medals. As a result, a total of 1,552 medals comprising 465 gold medals, 465 silver medals, and 622 bronze medals were awarded to athletes. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> On 3 September 2018, it was announced that Pürevdorjiin Orkhon of team Mongolia had tested positive for Stanozolol in a urine test conducted on 20 August 2018. Violating the anti-doping rules,", "title": "2018 Asian Games medal table" }, { "id": "20671987", "text": "slower first half, Das accelerated on the last 100 meter stretch, overtaking three competitors. At the 2018 Asian Games, Das qualified for the 400 m final, after clocking 51.00 in heat 1 and setting a new Indian national record. On 26 August 2018, she improved the national record to 50.79 s in the 400 m final to win the silver medal. On 30 August 2018, she, along with M. R. Poovamma, Sarita Gayakwad and V. K. Vismaya won the women's 4 × 400 metres relay clocking 3:28.72. Earlier on the same day, Das failed to qualify for the final of", "title": "Hima Das" }, { "id": "508763", "text": "of the host country.It was established in 2011, that the Games program would respect the eventual changes to the Olympic Games program along with this, eight extremely popular sports in Asia are in the program, plus up to 7 chosen by the local organization. Of the 46 National Olympic Committees participating throughout the history of the Games, 43 nations have won at least a single medal in the competition, leaving three nations: Bhutan, Maldives and Timor-Leste yet to win a single medal. 38 nations have won at least one gold medal (only Japan and India have done so at every", "title": "Asian Games" }, { "id": "13740712", "text": "withdraw. No penalty was imposed for the withdrawal. After Hanoi's withdrawal, the OCA said that Indonesia, China, and the United Arab Emirates were major candidates under consideration to host. Indonesia was widely regarded as a favourite, since Surabaya was the runner-up of the previous bid, and willing to do so if selected. The Philippines and India expressed their interest about hosting the Games, but India failed to submit a late bid because it was unable to get an audience with Prime Minister Narendra Modi after being given an extended deadline by the OCA. On 5 May 2014, the OCA visited", "title": "2018 Asian Games" }, { "id": "14324292", "text": "Prabhakar DaheMalavika GubbiVarshini GubbiSayali Sanjay GudhekarM Prasad EekshithaMini MadhavanRema Nithya MadhusoodananS Muninanjappa SridharSaranya Sasidharan NairRenu T RameshBiji Varghese Changquan Nanquan\\Nangun Taijiquan\\Taijijian Sanda Changquan Sanda India at the 2010 Asian Games India participated in the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China between 12–27 November 2010. The contingent was led by Gagan Narang. India put up its best ever performance at Asian Games. They finished the games at 65 medals including 14 golds which is India's second best performance ever since inception of Asian Games in 1951. These games also witnessed first ever medals in Gymnastics and Roller Sports. Track events Field", "title": "India at the 2010 Asian Games" }, { "id": "8065016", "text": "India's top results against Nepal, the country saw a rise by 26 in the April FIFA World Rankings to 147. In April 2015, it was announced that India would be placed in Group D for the World Cup/Asian Cup qualifiers with Asia's top side, Iran, as well as Oman, Turkmenistan, and Guam. India came bottom of the group, winning only one game. In January 2016, Constantine led India to the SAFF Championship title, beating Afghanistan 2-1 in the final. He led India to 100th in the FIFA rankings as of June 2017. The win against Kyrgyzstan in June was India's", "title": "Stephen Constantine" }, { "id": "3659163", "text": "eleven rings, representing each participating nation, on a white background, symbolising peace. Japanese athletes won the most golds and overall medals, with 24 and 60 respectively; while the host nation India had 15 golds and 51 overall medals with most bronzes (20) and finished at second spot in a medal table. The next Asian Games organised by India were the 1982 Asian Games, some 31 years later. The 1951 Asian Games are considered to be a successor of a small-scale multi-sport event known as the Far Eastern Games, held in between a period of 1913 to 1938 in the different", "title": "1951 Asian Games" }, { "id": "508748", "text": "Asian Games The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation (AGF) from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until the 1978 Games. Since the 1982 Games, they have been organized by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), after the breakup of the Asian Games Federation. The Games are recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and are described as the second largest multi-sport event after the Olympic Games. In its history, nine nations have hosted the", "title": "Asian Games" }, { "id": "20510570", "text": "The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) refused to clear the Indian football team to participate in the tournament due its policy of only sending national teams that were ranked among the top eight at the continental level (India were ranked 14th at the time in Asia). The decision was opposed by the All India Football Federation (AIFF) who described the IOA as lacking \"vision and competence\", and that the IOA did not consider the recent form and upwards movement of the Indian national football team in FIFA World Rankings. This was the first time that the Indian football team did not", "title": "Football at the 2018 Asian Games" }, { "id": "14969576", "text": "2011 and got selected for the London Olympics in 2012, thereby becoming the first Indian shooter to qualify for the 25 meters sports pistol event in the Olympics. In May 2015, Rahi was recommended for the country's prestigious, Arjuna Award by the National Rifle Association of India(NRAI). On 22 August 2018, she became the first Indian woman individual Asian games gold medalist in shooting by winning the 25 meter pistol event with a game's record score of 34. She won the shoot off against her Thai opponent to bag the Gold. Rahi Sarnobat Rahi Jeevan Sarnobat (Marathi:राही सरनोबत) is a", "title": "Rahi Sarnobat" }, { "id": "14279170", "text": "the South Asian Zone of the Olympic Council of Asia, the governing body of all the sports in Asia, recognized by the International Olympic Committee as the continental association of Asia. Being a member of South Asian Zone, India also participates in the South Asian Games, sub-regional Games for South Asia. The OCA organises five major continental-level multi-sport events: the Asian Summer Games (which are commonly known as the Asian Games), Asian Winter Games, Asian Indoor-Martial Arts Games, Asian Beach Games, and Asian Youth Games. Before 2009, Indoor and Martial Arts were two separate events for indoor and martial arts", "title": "India at the Asian Games" }, { "id": "20703674", "text": "24-member squad along with six reserves for the Asian Games. India put up a men's and a women's team of a total of 32 athletes (16 men and 16 women). The Indian Golf Union announced a team of seven members for the Jakarta Games. India men's and women's team participate at the Games. The men's team entered in group D, and the women's team joined in group A. India put up a 24 member squad (12 men +12 women) for Kabaddi. The Indian Karate team for the Asian Games 2018 is as follows: The Rowing Federation of India named the", "title": "India at the 2018 Asian Games" }, { "id": "20720069", "text": "partner of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) and a long-term associate of the Asian Hockey Federation (AHF), were the title sponsor of the tournament. Pakistan and India were declared joint winners by virtue of forfeiture of the final due to persistent rain and Malaysia finished at the 3rd place after defeating Japan 3-2 in the penalty shootouts in the bronze medal match. Malaysia's Faizal Saari was the top scorer of the tournament with 8 Goals. India remained the only undefeated team in the tournament. A total of nine umpires were appointed by the FIH and National Association to officiate the", "title": "2018 Asian Men's Hockey Champions Trophy" }, { "id": "20756901", "text": "China at the 2018 Asian Games The People's Republic of China competed at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia, from 18 August to 2 September 2018. China won 289 medals (132 gold, 92 silver and 65 bronze), leading the medal count for the tenth time in Asian Games history. With Hangzhou hosting the 2022 Asian Games, a Chinese segment was performed at the closing ceremony. The following China competitors won medals at the Games. The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games. Note that reserves in fencing, field hockey, football, and handball", "title": "China at the 2018 Asian Games" }, { "id": "20756906", "text": "China at the 2018 Asian Games The People's Republic of China competed at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia, from 18 August to 2 September 2018. China won 289 medals (132 gold, 92 silver and 65 bronze), leading the medal count for the tenth time in Asian Games history. With Hangzhou hosting the 2022 Asian Games, a Chinese segment was performed at the closing ceremony. The following China competitors won medals at the Games. The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games. Note that reserves in fencing, field hockey, football, and handball", "title": "China at the 2018 Asian Games" }, { "id": "20671989", "text": "President of India on 25 September 2018. On 14th November 2018, UNICEF-India has appointed Asian Games gold-medalist sprinter Hima Das as the country's first ever youth ambassador. Hima Das Hima Das (; born 9 January 2000), nicknamed the \"Dhing Express\", is an Indian sprint runner from the state of Assam. She holds the current Indian national record in 400 metres with a timing of 50.79 s that she clocked at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia. She is the first Indian athlete to win a gold medal in a track event at the IAAF World U20 Championships. Das was", "title": "Hima Das" }, { "id": "15328279", "text": "No. 181 becoming the fourth Indian national to crack to top-200 ladies singles rankings, following Nirupama Sanjeev, Sania Mirza and Shikha Uberoi. In August 2018, Ankita won bronze medal in Asian Games at Jakarta, Indonesia in singles event. Ankita Raina Ankita Ravinderkrishan Raina (born 11 January 1993) is an Indian tennis player, and the current Indian No. 1 in women's singles. Raina has won 7 singles and 14 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In April 2018, she entered the top 200 singles rankings, becoming only the fourth Indian women to achieve this feat. On 28 August 2017, she", "title": "Ankita Raina" }, { "id": "3258018", "text": "60,000 capacity Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi during India's victory in the 2011 SAFF Championship over Afghanistan. In June 2018, supporters filled the Mumbai Football Arena for India's Intercontinental Cup match against Kenya after a plea from India's captain Sunil Chhetri went viral on social media. Since independence, there have been twenty-nine different head coaches for the India national team, out of which, eleven being foreign coaches. The most successful head coach for India was Syed Abdul Rahim, who lead India to gold in both the 1951 and 1962 Asian Games while also achieving a fourth-place finish during the 1956", "title": "India national football team" }, { "id": "20872864", "text": "performance from Indonesian National Armed Forces and Indonesian National Police Academy Drum Corps. In addition to local artists and a Chinese segment involving traditional dance and music, the South Korean boybands Super Junior and iKon, and Indian singer Sidharth Slathia performed in the ceremony. Below is the list of artists who performed during the ceremony. 2018 Asian Games closing ceremony The 2018 Asian Games closing ceremony was held on Sunday, 2 September 2018 at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium in Jakarta. It began at 19:00 Indonesia Western Time () and ended at 21:25 local time. Vice President of Indonesia", "title": "2018 Asian Games closing ceremony" }, { "id": "19642277", "text": "Neeraj Chopra Neeraj Chopra (born 24 December 1997) is an Indian track and field athlete, who competes in the javelin throw. He represented India at the 2018 Asian Games where he won a gold medal, setting the national record of 88.06 m, and at the 2018 Commonwealth Games where he also clinched the gold medal. He was the 2016 IAAF World U20 champion and set the world junior record of 86.48 m at the U20 championships. Chopra was selected as the flag-bearer at the opening ceremony for India at the 2018 Asian Games, which marked his first Asian Games appearance.", "title": "Neeraj Chopra" }, { "id": "508765", "text": "to be held in Boracay Island, Malay, Aklan on 27 to 29 November 2013 but due to the events surrounding Typhoon Haiyan, it was moved to January 2014. Asian Games The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation (AGF) from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until the 1978 Games. Since the 1982 Games, they have been organized by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), after the breakup of the Asian Games Federation. The Games are", "title": "Asian Games" }, { "id": "20703673", "text": "Swimming Federation of India (SFI) selected an 10-member swimming squad as follows for the Asian Games: The Badminton Association of India (BAI) announced a 20-member squad for the Asian Games. India women's team drawn in group X at the Games. Indian boxer Amit Panghal defeated reigning Olympic champion & World Championship silver medalist Hasanboy Dusmatov to clinch the Gold medal in Boxing at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's 49 kg Boxer Vikas Krishnan become the first Indian boxer to win medals in three successive editions of the Boxing at the Asian Games The Bridge Federation of India picked a", "title": "India at the 2018 Asian Games" }, { "id": "18175584", "text": "Arpinder Singh Arpinder Singh (born 30 December 1992) is an Indian triple jumper. He was a gold medallist at the 2018 Asian Games. He also claimed a bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. In June 2014, Singh beat his previous best of 16.84 metres by jumping 17.17 metres at the 2014 National Inter-State Championships in Lucknow. In the process, he beat the national record previously held by Renjith Maheshwary and also secured a qualification for the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he won the bronze medal. The record was again broken by Maheshwary in 2016. On August 29,2018", "title": "Arpinder Singh" }, { "id": "15006423", "text": "won 13 gold medals and 36 medals overall. India (12 medals overall) and Bahrain both won five golds, but Japan (with four golds) had the second largest overall medal haul with twenty. A number of countries had double-digit medal totals: Kazakhstan and South Korea won four gold medals each, with hauls of eleven and ten medals respectively. Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan were the next best performing National Olympic Committees. A total of 574 athletes (comprising 351 men and 223 women) from 41 nations took part in the competition. Bhutan, Brunei, Jordan and Pakistan were the only nations without a", "title": "Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games" }, { "id": "20510569", "text": "Football at the 2018 Asian Games Football at the 2018 Asian Games was held from 14 August to 1 September 2018 in Indonesia. One of the host cities, Palembang, hosted the women's event, while the men's matches are played in Bekasi, Cibinong, Cikarang, and Soreang. The Games' main stadium, the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta did not host the football events. The stadium hosted the ceremonies and the athletics. All the top 20 nations sent their national football teams to the Asian Games excluding India. A total of 25 men's team and 11 women's team competed at the Asian Games.", "title": "Football at the 2018 Asian Games" }, { "id": "20256075", "text": "Swapna Barman Swapna Barman (born 29 October 1996) is an Indian heptathlete. She won the gold medal at 2018 Asian Games and was placed first in the Heptathlon at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships. She is supported by the GoSports Foundation through the Rahul Dravid Athlete Mentorship Programme. India's Swapna Barman won the women's heptathalon gold medal in Asian Games 2018, Indonesia Barman was born in Jalpaiguri, West Bengal in 1996. She is unusual in having six toes on each foot. Her mother Basana worked on a tea estate and her father, Panchanan Barman, was a rickshaw driver. and is", "title": "Swapna Barman" }, { "id": "15309587", "text": "got selected for world cup which was held in 2018. She led the Indian women's hockey team as captain in 2018 Asian Games, where they won a silver medal and was India's flag-bearer for the closing ceremony of the games. She o worked as Assistant Coach with Sports Authority Of India. And she has worked as junior clerk in the railways. Rani Rampal Rani Rampal (born 4 December 1994) is an Indian field hockey player. At the age of 15, she was the youngest player in the national team which participated in the 2010 World Cup. She has completed her", "title": "Rani Rampal" }, { "id": "20703675", "text": "squad for the Asian Games to be held in August–September as follows: The Indian squad for the Asian Games announced by the National Rifle Association of India is as follows: The Squash Racquet Federation of India announced a team of the following 8 members for the games: The Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) announced the list of the following players for the Asian Games to be held in Jakarta, Indonesia: The All India Tennis Federation announced a 12 member team as follows: ---- ---- Wrestling Federation of India announced the list of the following wrestlers for the Jakarta Games:", "title": "India at the 2018 Asian Games" }, { "id": "12612992", "text": "Melbourne and Neville D'Souza became the first Asian and Indian to score a hat-trick (record remains unbeaten) in an Olympic match. India also finished as runners-up in the 1964 AFC Asian Cup. But later on, the standard of football started to decline due to lack of professionalism and fitness culture. India currently ranks 97th in the FIFA rankings as of 10 August 2017. Football is, nevertheless, widely popular both as a spectator sport, and as a participation sport in some parts of the country such as Kerala, West Bengal, Goa and the Northeast. The India national football team represents India", "title": "Sport in India" }, { "id": "13245797", "text": "by a number of traditional folk dances, after which the Games officially ended. The official medal tally of the Afro-Asian Games is given below. China bagged the largest number of gold medals, followed by the host India in second place. Athletes from India won the most number of total medals, with 80. The success of the Games was a point in favor of India being able to host a major international sporting event. Subsequently, this success was used in the bidding of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, which was ultimately awarded to Delhi. In addition, the hospitality sector received a major", "title": "2003 Afro-Asian Games" }, { "id": "19674211", "text": "Jinson Johnson Jinson Johnson (born 15 March 1991) is an Indian middle-distance runner who specialises in the 800 and 1500 metres event. He participated in the 800 metres event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In 2018 Commonwealth Games he finished fifth setting a new national record in the 1500 metres race by breaking 23 year old record of Bahadur Prasad. Later in 2018, he went on to win the gold medal in the men's 1500m at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia with a timing of 3:44.72 in the final event, as well as a silver medal in 800", "title": "Jinson Johnson" }, { "id": "19162268", "text": "2018 Asia Cup The 2018 Asia Cup (also known as Unimoni Asia Cup) was a One-Day International (ODI) cricket tournament that was held in the United Arab Emirates in September 2018. It was the 14th edition of the Asia Cup and the third time the tournament was played in the United Arab Emirates, after the 1984 and 1995 tournaments. India were the defending champions, and retained their title, after beating Bangladesh by three wickets in the final. The five full members of the Asian Cricket Council took part in the tournament: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. They were", "title": "2018 Asia Cup" }, { "id": "16492070", "text": "The chief coach of the team was former kabaddi player and coach Flt. Lt. S P Singh. [11] In a major upset, seven-time gold medalist India suffered their first ever loss in 28 years at the 2018 Asian Games to South Korea in the men’s Kabaddi group A game. In the semi-final, Iran sent the seven-time Asiad champions packing with a 27-18 win. India, who took home the bronze for reaching the semi-finals, did not play in the final since the introduction of the Games in the Asiad in 1990 at Beijing. In the international team version of kabaddi, two", "title": "Kabaddi in India" }, { "id": "20852969", "text": "Australia scored 335 and 331 respectively. He achieved country's apex ranking in trap shooting after defeating Manavjit Singh Sandhu and Kynan Chenai in the trials for 2018 Asian Games. At his maiden appearance in the Asian Games in 2018, he won silver medal (with a score of 43) after losing to Chinese Taipei's Yang Kun-pi's world record-equalling score of 48 in the final. He is one of the three Asian Games silver medallists in the men's trap event from India – the other two being Karni Singh (in 1974) and Manavjit Singh Sandhu (in 2006). Lakshay Sheoran Lakshay Sheoran is", "title": "Lakshay Sheoran" }, { "id": "19162269", "text": "joined by Hong Kong, who won the 2018 Asia Cup Qualifier tournament. Hong Kong had lost their ODI status after finishing tenth in the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier in March. However, on 9 September 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) awarded ODI status to all matches in the tournament. Originally, the tournament was scheduled to be played in India. It was moved to the United Arab Emirates, following ongoing political tensions between India and Pakistan. On 29 October 2015, following the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) meeting in Singapore, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary stated", "title": "2018 Asia Cup" }, { "id": "20799297", "text": "among South Asian countries after India and Nepal (1 silver). The following Pakistan competitors won medals at the Games. Pakistan originally planned to send 397 athletes and officials in 36 sports to the Games. However, due to financial constraints, the contingent was reduced, with 351 individuals: 216 men, 39 women and 96 officials in 35 sports sent. The following list shows the number of competitors per sport: Pakistan Archery Federation (PAF) have prepared 10 athletes to compete at the Games. In 12 July 2018, PAF was named six athletes with 3 men's and 3 women's, but on Friday, 27 July", "title": "Pakistan at the 2018 Asian Games" }, { "id": "19162277", "text": "game in ODIs. 2018 Asia Cup The 2018 Asia Cup (also known as Unimoni Asia Cup) was a One-Day International (ODI) cricket tournament that was held in the United Arab Emirates in September 2018. It was the 14th edition of the Asia Cup and the third time the tournament was played in the United Arab Emirates, after the 1984 and 1995 tournaments. India were the defending champions, and retained their title, after beating Bangladesh by three wickets in the final. The five full members of the Asian Cricket Council took part in the tournament: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri", "title": "2018 Asia Cup" }, { "id": "18281964", "text": "five goals and was the top-scorer at the 2016 South Asian Games. It included a brace in the final against Nepal that helped her win the gold medal. NATIONAL TEAM Participate in 15 time national team. Apps (Goals) 2008- 2010 India U19 2010-2018 India 61 (41) HONOURS Women's Football Representing🇮🇳 India GOAL MEDAL(2): 2010, 2016 2. SAFF Championship GOLD MEDAL(4): 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 BAHRAIN: 2011,2013 MALAYSIA: 2017 4. ASIAN GAMES 2014: Participated 5. FIFA Women's Olympic Qualifiers ROUND 1, 2015 : Participated 2018 : Participated 6. AFC Women's ASIAN CUP Qualifiers 2013: Participated 7. AFC U-19 Women's Qualiers 2008:", "title": "Yumnam Kamala Devi" }, { "id": "20544583", "text": "Both teams won silver medals. Team: Prashant Chauhan, Shivam Anand, Rahul Rajbhar, Maninder Singh, Sanjay, Sudeep Chirmako, Pawan, Rabichandra Moirangathem, Vivek Prasad Pool B Team: Salima Tete, Reet, Khushboo, Ishika Chaudhary, Mumtaz Khan, Baljeet Kaur, Chetna, Bichu Devi Kharibam, Lalremsiami Pool A India qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Youth Olympic Games Qualification Regatta. India qualified four sport shooters based on its performance at the 2017 Asian Championships. India qualified one sport climber based on its performance at the 2017 Asian Youth Sport Climbing Championships. India qualified one table tennis player based on its performance", "title": "India at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics" }, { "id": "13740708", "text": "in the provinces of West Java and Banten. The opening and closing ceremonies of the Games were held at Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium in Jakarta. Also for the first time, eSports and canoe polo were contested as demonstration sports. China led the medal tally for the tenth consecutive time. North Korea and South Korea march under the Korean Unification Flag at the opening ceremony and for the first time competed as a unified team in some events. They also won one—and first—gold medal as a unified team. Japanese swimmer Rikako Ikee was announced as the most valuable player (MVP)", "title": "2018 Asian Games" }, { "id": "19642280", "text": "currently coached by Uwe Hohn. On 27 August 2018, Neeraj threw a distance of 88.06 m to win gold in the Men's javelin throw at the 2018 Asian Games and set a new Indian national record, bettering his own previous record. Neeraj Chopra Neeraj Chopra (born 24 December 1997) is an Indian track and field athlete, who competes in the javelin throw. He represented India at the 2018 Asian Games where he won a gold medal, setting the national record of 88.06 m, and at the 2018 Commonwealth Games where he also clinched the gold medal. He was the 2016", "title": "Neeraj Chopra" }, { "id": "19674214", "text": "won the silver medal finishing behind compatriot Manjit Singh, who won the gold medal Jinson Johnson Jinson Johnson (born 15 March 1991) is an Indian middle-distance runner who specialises in the 800 and 1500 metres event. He participated in the 800 metres event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In 2018 Commonwealth Games he finished fifth setting a new national record in the 1500 metres race by breaking 23 year old record of Bahadur Prasad. Later in 2018, he went on to win the gold medal in the men's 1500m at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia with a timing", "title": "Jinson Johnson" }, { "id": "20806505", "text": "Tajikistan at the 2018 Asian Games Tajikistan participated in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September 2018. Tajikistan started to compete at the Asian Games in 1994 Hiroshima, and the best achievement by medals was in 2006 Doha by collecting 2 gold and 2 bronze medals. At the last edition in Incheon, Tajikistan captured a gold, a silver, and 3 bronze medals, made the country standing in 23rd position, as their best ranking since the first occasion. The following Tajikistan competitors won medals at the Games. The following is a list of", "title": "Tajikistan at the 2018 Asian Games" }, { "id": "10628575", "text": "competing. That's a worse problem, but they want to see us out. We can't take part because of what we are.\" Due to the Arab–Israeli conflict, Israel sports federations have joined the European confederations. Some Asian countries compete at the Commonwealth Games, most notably India (4th in all-time medals), Malaysia (11th), Singapore (13th) and Pakistan (15th). The 1998 edition was held in Kuala Lumpur, whereas the 2010 edition was held in Delhi. Other known sports include American football, which is not played in Asia, but still broadcast on TV and radio. The most common program in American football is the", "title": "Sports in Asia" }, { "id": "16967906", "text": "Asian Hockey Champions Trophy The Asian Hockey Champions Trophy is an event held annually by the Asian Hockey Federation (since 2011). It features the Asia's top six field hockey teams competing in a round robin format. Pakistan and India are the most successful teams in Men's Asian Hockey Champions Trophy thrice. India and Pakistan are the joint defending champions of the Men's Trophy as they were declared joint winners of 2018 Asian Men's Hockey Champions Trophy . South Korea is the defending champion of the Women's Trophy. <br> Most successful teams 2018 edition was shared between India and Pakistan Team", "title": "Asian Hockey Champions Trophy" }, { "id": "20094836", "text": "no 243 in singles ranking. At the back of his solid performance on challenger tour he finished the season at career high ranking of 104 and in process became the highest ranked Indian singles player. Prajnesh Gunneswaran Prajnesh Gunneswaran (born 12 November 1989) is an Indian tennis player. He has won 2 ATP challenger and 8 ITF titles in singles and 1 ITF title in doubles. He represents India at the Davis Cup. At 2018 Asian Games, in Jakarta, he won the bronze medal in the men's singles tennis event. He is currently the top ranked Indian singles player. Gunneswaran", "title": "Prajnesh Gunneswaran" }, { "id": "20651115", "text": "Panghal won a gold medal in 2018 Asian Games, defeating 2016 Rio Olympics' gold medallist and the best boxer awardee of the Olympics, Hasanboy Dusmatov. On 11th September 2018, he was nominated for the Arjuna awards on recommendation by the Boxing Federation of India in view of his stellar performance in the Asian Games. Amit Panghal Amit Panghal (born 16 October 1995) is an Indian amateur boxer. He won a gold medal at 2018 Asian Games and a bronze medal at the 2017 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships in the light flyweight category. Panghal was born on 16 October 1995 in", "title": "Amit Panghal" }, { "id": "20855749", "text": "Saurabh Chaudhary Saurabh Chaudhary (born 25 May 2002 in a village named Kalina in district Meerut of UP, India) is an Indian Sport Shooter. He comes from the week JAT family of farmers living Yamuna & Gangatic plains of western uttar pradesh. He won the Gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games in 10 m Air Pistol. He had earlier won many Gold medals and set a new junior world record in the ISSF Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany.He is the only indian shooter to win gold medal in ISSF world championship,Youth Olympic Games,Asian Games and Asian air gun", "title": "Saurabh Chaudhary" }, { "id": "18184604", "text": "of Japan. In the qualifying tournament for the 2016 Rio Olympics held in Istanbul, she won in the final round beating Polish wrestler Iwona Matkowska, and qualified for the Olympics in the process. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, Vinesh reached the Quarter Finals and lost to Sun Yanan of China owing to a knee injury. Vinesh Phogat won the gold medal in women's 50kg freestyle wrestling at 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast. Vinesh Phogat won the gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games and became first Indian woman wrestler to win gold in the Asian Games. Phogat", "title": "Vinesh Phogat" }, { "id": "20805927", "text": "Iraq at the 2018 Asian Games Iraq participated in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September 2018. Iraq first competed at the Asian Games in 1974 Tehran, and the best achievement was in 1982 Delhi, when the country was ranked 11th with a total 9 medals, 2 gold, 3 silver, and 4 bronze medals. At the last edition in Incheon, Iraq had collected 4 medals, and was ranked 25th in medals tally. The following Iraq competitors won medals at the Games. The following is a list of the number of competitors representing", "title": "Iraq at the 2018 Asian Games" }, { "id": "20805929", "text": "Iraq at the 2018 Asian Games Iraq participated in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September 2018. Iraq first competed at the Asian Games in 1974 Tehran, and the best achievement was in 1982 Delhi, when the country was ranked 11th with a total 9 medals, 2 gold, 3 silver, and 4 bronze medals. At the last edition in Incheon, Iraq had collected 4 medals, and was ranked 25th in medals tally. The following Iraq competitors won medals at the Games. The following is a list of the number of competitors representing", "title": "Iraq at the 2018 Asian Games" }, { "id": "13740720", "text": "On 18 July 2018, a ceremony took place in Brahma field by the 9th century Hindu temple of Prambanan near Yogyakarta, where the torch's flame from India were fused together with an Indonesian natural eternal flame taken from Mrapen, Central Java. Subsequently, the Torch Relay Concert were performed marking the start of torch relay throughout the country. The relay travelled through 54 cities in 18 provinces in Indonesia, including host cities. The relay covered a total distance of . The relay finished on 17 August, the 73rd anniversary of the Proclamation of Indonesian Independence in the National Monument, Jakarta before", "title": "2018 Asian Games" }, { "id": "20517935", "text": "who have qualified under the Asian Games standard. Nanquan\\Nangun Sanda Taijiquan\\Taijijian Sanda Taijiquan\\Taijijian Philippines at the 2018 Asian Games The Philippines participated at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September 2018. The country won 21 medals (4 gold, 2 silver, and 15 bronze) to finish 19th overall in the medal tally of the games; an improvement from 22nd place placement of the country in the previous 2014 edition. However this came short of the 15th place target set by officials who deemed the actual placement as acceptable. Two of the Philippines' gold", "title": "Philippines at the 2018 Asian Games" }, { "id": "20857847", "text": "medal at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships in Bhubaneswar with a throw of 19.77m, missing out on the gold medal by 0.03m. Toor finished eighth in the final of the 2018 Commonwealth Games with a throw of 19.42m. On 25 August 2018, Toor won gold at the 2018 Asian Games with a 20.75m throw, breaking the Games record and the national record. Tejinder Pal Singh Toor Tejinder Pal Singh Toor (born 13 November 1994) is an Indian shot putter who holds the outdoor national record of 20.75m. Toor was born on 13 November 1994 in Khosa Pando village in Moga", "title": "Tejinder Pal Singh Toor" }, { "id": "20791497", "text": "Iran at the 2018 Asian Games Iran is currently competing in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September 2018. Iran has competed at the Asian Games since the first event in 1951 Delhi, and the best achievement was in 1974, when the country hosted the event in Tehran, by ranked second with the acquisition of 36 gold, 28 silver and 17 bronze medals. At the latest edition in Incheon, the country wrapped up its campaign with 57 medals in all - 21 gold, 18 silver and 18 bronze. Iran currently participating at", "title": "Iran at the 2018 Asian Games" }, { "id": "20517925", "text": "Philippines at the 2018 Asian Games The Philippines participated at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September 2018. The country won 21 medals (4 gold, 2 silver, and 15 bronze) to finish 19th overall in the medal tally of the games; an improvement from 22nd place placement of the country in the previous 2014 edition. However this came short of the 15th place target set by officials who deemed the actual placement as acceptable. Two of the Philippines' gold medal came from golf, while the other two came from weightlifting and skateboarding.", "title": "Philippines at the 2018 Asian Games" }, { "id": "20747413", "text": "FIFA members out of which 43 of Asia, 8 of Africa, 6 of North America, 3 of South America, 2 of Oceania and 8 of Europe. Updated as of 17 November 2018. \"For all past match results of the national team, see the team's results page.\" Top 10 highest capped players as of 10 June Indian national football team all-time records The India national football team represents India in international football and is controlled by the All India Football Federation. Under the global jurisdiction of FIFA and governed in Asia by the AFC, the team is also part of the", "title": "Indian national football team all-time records" }, { "id": "20544584", "text": "at the Road to Buenos Aires (Asia) series in Thailand and one more in the form of Archana Kamath at the Road to Buenos Aires (Oceania) in the Cook Islands. India qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Youth Championships. India qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Cadet Championships. India at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics India participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018. India managed their best ever medal haul of the Youth Olympics in this edition. Among the", "title": "India at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics" }, { "id": "20256077", "text": "despite a Jaw Injury . Barman collapsed during the final event of the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's heptathlon which was the 800 metres. However Barman had broken many of her personal records and she had already gained enough points from the previous six events and she had finished fourth in the 800 metres. 2017 Asian Athletics championships Patiala Federation cup Asian Games Rewards for winning the Gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games Swapna Barman Swapna Barman (born 29 October 1996) is an Indian heptathlete. She won the gold medal at 2018 Asian Games and was placed first", "title": "Swapna Barman" }, { "id": "20570165", "text": "India were fused together with an Indonesian natural eternal flame taken from Mrapen, Central Java. Subsequently, a concert was performed marking the start of torch relay throughout the country. The relay finished on 15 August in Jakarta. In 17 August during the independence day of Indonesia the flame was stored in the National Monument, before being carried into the opening ceremony at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium on 18 August. 2018 Asian Games torch relay The 2018 Asian Games torch relay began on 15 July 2018 at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi, host of the first Asian", "title": "2018 Asian Games torch relay" }, { "id": "16967907", "text": "appearances Team appearances Asian Hockey Champions Trophy The Asian Hockey Champions Trophy is an event held annually by the Asian Hockey Federation (since 2011). It features the Asia's top six field hockey teams competing in a round robin format. Pakistan and India are the most successful teams in Men's Asian Hockey Champions Trophy thrice. India and Pakistan are the joint defending champions of the Men's Trophy as they were declared joint winners of 2018 Asian Men's Hockey Champions Trophy . South Korea is the defending champion of the Women's Trophy. <br> Most successful teams 2018 edition was shared between India", "title": "Asian Hockey Champions Trophy" }, { "id": "3659173", "text": "was also contested as the non-medal event. The contingents were judged on the basis of their physical development, looks, and personality. Parimal Roy of India won the event ahead of Mahmoud Namjoo of Iran, who won gold medal in the bantamweight category of weightlifting. In diving, two medal events—3 m springboard and 10 m platform—were included. India and Iran were the only nations that achieved medals. Indian diver, K. P. Thakkar won both the golds and overall India won 4 medals. Iran bagged only one silver and one bronze. In swimming, five nations sent their swimmers to participate in 8", "title": "1951 Asian Games" }, { "id": "17417549", "text": "M. R. Poovamma Machettira Raju Poovamma (born 5 June 1990) is an Indian sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres distance. As a member of the Indian 4×400 m relay teams she participated in the 2016 Olympics and won gold medals at the 2014 and 2018 Asian Games and 2013 and 2017 Asian championships; individually she won a silver medal in 2013 and a bronze in 2014 at those competitions. She received the Arjuna Award in 2015 for her contributions to athletics. Poovamma was born to M. G. Raju and Jaji. She completed her primary and higher education in Mangalore", "title": "M. R. Poovamma" }, { "id": "19280676", "text": "India at the 2016 South Asian Games India participated in the 2016 South Asian Games in Guwahati and Shillong, India from 5 to 16 February 2016. India won 188 gold medals and a total of 308 medals. Recurve <br> Compound 1. Srikanth Kidambi,<br> 2. Ajay Jayaram,<br> 3. H S Prannoy,<br> 4. B. Sai Praneeth,<br> 5. Manu Attri,<br> 6. B. Sumeeth Reddy,<br> 7. Akshay Dewalkar,<br> 8. Pranav J Chopra Team: Singles: Doubles: 1. P. V. Sindhu 2. P. C. Thulasi 3. Ruthvika Shivani 4. Jwala Gutta 5. Ashwini Ponappa 6. K. Maneesha 7. N. Sikki Reddy Team: Singles: Doubles: Mixed Doubles", "title": "India at the 2016 South Asian Games" }, { "id": "14324290", "text": "SinghAnup KumarRakesh KumarSonu NarwalSamarjeetJeeva KumarJagdeep SinghJasmer Singh Preliminary round Group A Semifinals Final Deepika Henry JosephSanahanbi DeviKavitaSmita KumariMamatha PoojaryManishaKalyani MarellaSnehal Sampat SalunkheKavitha SelvarajPooja SharmaV Tejeswini BaiSharmi Ulahannan Preliminary round Group B Semifinals Final Deepak DagarGautam DagarNasser HussainBikash JenaPuneeth KrishnamurthyAmit LochabThimmaiah MadandaHrishikesh PendsePritom RoyRohaan SethnaSurinder SinghKayrus Unwala Preliminary round Pool B Final round Quarterfinals 5–8 placing 7th/8th placing Niharika BalBhagyalaxmi BarikV Boman BharuchaAnnapurna BothateKalpana DasSutapa DasSurabhi DateSitara IndramohanYogita MaratheSheetal MauryaTapasi NandiNeha Pardeshi Preliminary round Pool B Final round Quarterfinals 5–8 placing 7th/8th placing Niken Singh KhangembamGopen Singh TaiyenjamIngoba Singh Thongam Preliminary Group B Sanathoi Singh AkoijamBiken Singh ChabugbamKiran Kumar Singh HiromGurumayum", "title": "India at the 2010 Asian Games" }, { "id": "8065017", "text": "eighth in a row. The unbeaten streak ran to 13 games, including 11 wins, but ended with a 2-1 defeat to Kyrgyzstan in March 2018. During the unbeaten run, India qualified for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. In June 2018, India won the Intercontinental Cup, beating Kenya in the final. Afterwards, Constantine was named Sports Illustrated coach of the year in India. Constantine has worked as a FIFA Instructor, and is a member of FIFA's elite coaching panel. In March 2018, Constantine's autobiography, \"From Delhi to the Den\", was nominated for the Football Writers' Association book of the year, part", "title": "Stephen Constantine" }, { "id": "3258012", "text": "matches, India reached their lowest FIFA ranking position of 173. A couple months prior, Stephen Constantine was re-hired as the head coach after first leading India more than a decade before. Constantine's first major assignment back as the India head coach were the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. After making it through the first round of qualifiers, India crashed out during the second round, losing seven of their eight matches and thus, once again, failed to qualify for the World Cup. Despite failure to qualify for the World Cup, India managed to reach the third round of 2019 AFC Asian", "title": "India national football team" }, { "id": "19656594", "text": "3:02.17 set by themselves four weeks earlier in Turkey. The performance helped the relay team jump to 13th place in the world rankings. It was the third time a men's relay team from India qualified for the Olympics, after 1964 and 2000. In August 2018, Dharun won the 400 meter hurdles silver medal at the Asian Games in Jakarta with a timing of 48.96 seconds setting a new national record. Ayyasamy Dharun Ayyasamy Dharun (born 31 December 1996) is an Indian track athlete. He specialises in the 400 metres and the 400 metres hurdles events. He participated in the 4", "title": "Ayyasamy Dharun" }, { "id": "18158117", "text": "India at the 2014 Asian Games India competed at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, from 19 September to 4 October 2014. After 16 years India won the Gold medal in Asian Games men's hockey tournament, and consequently earned a direct berth to the 2016 Summer Olympics hockey tournament. ---- ---- The Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, that manages dairy cooperative Amul, announced its memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indian Olympic Association on 11 July 2014. This MoU has made Amul the official sponsor of the Indian contingent at the 2014 Asian Games and Commonwealth Games, which", "title": "India at the 2014 Asian Games" }, { "id": "14324840", "text": "Indonesia at the Asian Games Indonesia is a member of the Southeast Asian Zone of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), and has competed in all editions of the Asian Games since it was first held in 1951, one of only seven countries to do so. Jakarta, the national capital of Indonesia, has hosted the Asian Games in 1962 Asian Games and the 2018 Asian Games with Palembang. With 446 medals, Indonesia currently on 9th rank in all times Asian Games medal table. Highest achievement of Indonesia was in 2018 Asian Games at Jakarta and Palembang with 31 golds and", "title": "Indonesia at the Asian Games" }, { "id": "15082291", "text": "gold. Eight NOCs—Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, India, Singapore, Vietnam, Qatar, Philippines and Kyrgyzstan—improved their position in the general medal table compared to the 1998 Asian Games. China topped the medal table for the sixth consecutive time in the Asian Games, with 150 gold medals. Athletes from China won the most silver medals (84) and the most medals overall (308). Competitors from the South Korea led the bronze medal count with 84. South Korea also won 96 gold medals, 80 silver medals and a total of 260 medals, finishing second on the medal table. Japanese athletes claimed 189 medals in total (including 44", "title": "2002 Asian Games medal table" }, { "id": "20799307", "text": "Saudi Arabia at the 2018 Asian Games Saudi Arabia competed at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia, from 18 August to 2 September 2018. The following Saudi Arabia competitors won medals at the Games. The following is a list of the number of competitors representing Saudi Arabia that participated at the Games: Saudi Arabia clinched its first gold medal when the equestrian team came first in the jumping event represented by Ramzy Al-Duhami, Khaled Al-Mobty, Khaled Al-Eid, and Abdullah Al-Sharbatly. The team outsmarted equestrian contestants from 17 countries. Saudi Arabia drawn in group F at the Games.", "title": "Saudi Arabia at the 2018 Asian Games" }, { "id": "13264665", "text": "Games. As of July, 2018, as per the Swimming Federation of India (SFI)'s announcement of team for the Asian Games, the team stood as follows: Aneesh Babu (GK), Akshay Kumar Kunde, Ashwini Kumar Kunde, Adarsh VS, Uday Uttekar, Prithish Das, Sarang Vaidya, Aneesh Kumar, Karthik Ch Das, Shibin Lal, Manimaran D, S Ratheesh Kumar, Monjith Hasan, Lal Krishna and J Shreejith. However, later the Indian Olympic Association decided against sending the Men's National Water polo team to the 2018 Asian Games. India men's national water polo team The India men's national water polo team is the representative for India in", "title": "India men's national water polo team" }, { "id": "18783400", "text": "cited the creation of the championships as a way of boosting the grassroots-level development of the sport in Asia and raise the importance of continental level competition among the region's countries. China easily topped the medal table with half of their 32 medals being gold. Chinese Taipei won the next most gold medals, with four, while India had the second largest overall medal haul at fourteen medals. Kazakhstan (three golds, eight medals) and Japan (nine medals) were the other leading nations of the tournament. A total of 27 of the participating nations reached the medal table. The highest level performance", "title": "2015 Asian Youth Athletics Championships" }, { "id": "20864952", "text": "Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games – Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay The Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay competition at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta was held on 28 August 2018 at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium. This event made its debut in 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta. Bahrain claimed the gold medal in this event, India and Kazakhstan took silver and bronze medals respectively. Athletics Federation of India lodged protest against Bahrain for causing obstruction to Hima Das during the Mixed 4x400 relay final. After passing on the baton to Salwa Naser, Bahrain's Oluwakemi Adekoya fell", "title": "Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games – Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay" }, { "id": "20570164", "text": "2018 Asian Games torch relay The 2018 Asian Games torch relay began on 15 July 2018 at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi, host of the first Asian Games. The flame will be generated from a parabolic mirror directed straight at the sun. It was organized by Detail Communication Creative Agency who responsible for safekeeping, handling ceremonies and relay for the event itself from India through all the locations in Indonesia. On 18 July 2018, a ceremony took place in Brahma field by the 9th century Hindu temple of Prambanan near Yogyakarta, where the torch's flame from", "title": "2018 Asian Games torch relay" }, { "id": "20094835", "text": "an all Indian final he defeated compatriot Saketh Myneni at Bengaluru Challenger to lift his second challenger singles trophy of the career. He finished as runner-up at the Ningbo Challenger and Pune Challenger events. He also reached his second ATP challenger doubles final at Santaizi ATP Challenger held at Taipei in April where he partnered with compatriot Saketh Myneni. In August, he won the bronze medal in the men's singles tennis event at 2018 Asian Games, in Jakarta. He became the sixth Indian male athlete to win a medal in Tennis at the Asian Games. Gunneswaran started year as world", "title": "Prajnesh Gunneswaran" }, { "id": "3257994", "text": "not achieving the same results as their golden era, the team has seen a steady resurgence since the beginning of the 21st century. Besides the SAFF Championship triumphs, under the guidance of Bob Houghton, India won the restarted Nehru Cup in 2007 and 2009 while also managing to emerge victorious during the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup. The Challenge Cup victory allowed India to once again qualify for the Asian Cup for the first time in 27 years. The national team's all-time top goalscorer is Sunil Chhetri, with 65 goals. Chhetri is also India's most-capped player, with 103 international appearances. Football", "title": "India national football team" }, { "id": "20416528", "text": "lose to Iran in the Semifinals. korea was the only team to beat eventual winner world champion India in the tournament. Korea was also invited to participate in 2018 Dubai Kabaddi Masters as being top 4 kabaddi nation in the world. In Asian games 2018 , Korea also defeated India which was 1st defeat of India in kabaddi at Asian games. They also bagged their first silver medal in the tournament. South Korea national kabaddi team The South Korea National Kabaddi Team (also known as Korea Republic National Kabaddi Team) represents South Korea in international kabaddi competitions. Kabaddi is growing", "title": "South Korea national kabaddi team" }, { "id": "16692572", "text": "Aanchal Thakur Aanchal Thakur (Hindi: आँचल ठाकुर, Born - 28 August 1996) is an Indian female alpine skier. She represented India at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics that took place in Innsbruck. In the 2012 Youth Winter Olympics she took part in the Alpine skiing - Girl's Slalom and Girl's Giant Slalom events. Thakur was named to India's 2017 Asian Winter Games team in February 2017. In 2018, Aanchal Thakur created history after becoming the first Indian skier ever to claim a medal in the international skiing event. She won the bronze medal in the 2018 Alpine Ejder 3200 Cup", "title": "Aanchal Thakur" }, { "id": "12612981", "text": "which have won at least one medal). In the Winter Olympic Games, India has seen four consecutive representations–Nagano (Japan, 1998), Salt Lake City (Utah, USA, 2002), Turin (Italy, 2006), and Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada, 2010). Shiva Keshavan, Asian Champion in luge represented India in all four winter games. India has competed in fourteen of the eighteen previous Commonwealth Games; starting at the second Games in 1934 hosted the games one time. India hosted the Games in 2010, at Delhi. India is the fourth most successful country with a total of 436 medals including 156 gold medals. India hosted the Asian", "title": "Sport in India" } ]

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[ { "id": "1216668", "text": "Murrysville, Pennsylvania Murrysville, its formal legal name in its Charter as The Municipality of Murrysville, is listed as a borough with home rule status in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 18,872 at the 2000 census. It became a home rule Municipality in August 1976, when its electorate voted for its Charter designating it a Municipality. The Municipality of Murrysville is located at (40.434828, -79.656724). It is roughly 20 miles east of Pittsburgh on U.S. Route 22, just east of the county line that separates Westmoreland and Allegheny counties. Murrysville is a control city on the sign for", "title": "Murrysville, Pennsylvania" }, { "id": "1216669", "text": "eastbound US 22 at the eastern end of I-376 in Monroeville. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Municipality had a total area of , of which, of it is land and 0.03% is water. Among the neighborhoods within Murrysville are Murrysville Heights, Heather Highlands, Franklin Estates, Settlers Ridge (The Ridge), Dunningtown, Newlonsburg, Ringertown, Sardis, and White Valley. Murrysville surrounds, but does not include, the Borough of Export, which is a separate municipal entity. Murrysville has eight borders, including Upper Burrell Township to the north, Washington Township to the north and east, Salem Township to the south and southeast,", "title": "Murrysville, Pennsylvania" }, { "id": "1216675", "text": "the nation's first commercial natural gas well. For some time, it remained the largest commercial gas well in the world. Since 1933, Murrysville has had a \"tree sign\" spelling out the word \"Murrysville\". The trees were landscaped to grow and form the letters by local Boy Scouts. The sign is situated on a large hill as one enters the Municipality from the Murrysville–Monroeville border, near U.S. Route 22. In 1947, the sign was featured in \"Ripley's Believe It Or Not\" as the world's largest arboreal sign. (It is no longer the world's largest, or even the largest in the country;", "title": "Murrysville, Pennsylvania" }, { "id": "1205649", "text": "Portersville, Pennsylvania Portersville is a borough in Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 235 at the 2010 census. Portersville is located near the western border of Butler County at (40.925285, -80.144229). It is surrounded by Muddy Creek Township, though the borough's western border comes within of the Lawrence County line. U.S. Route 19, Perry Highway, passes through the center of the borough, leading north to Mercer and south to Zelienople. Interstate 79 passes just east of the borough, with access from Exit 96 (PA 488). I-79 leads south to Pittsburgh and north to Erie. Moraine State Park, situated", "title": "Portersville, Pennsylvania" }, { "id": "1216674", "text": "including 3.1% of those under age 18 and 3.9% of those age 65 or over. The Municipality of Murrysville is within the Franklin Regional School District. The district operates five schools: three elementary (Sloan, Heritage, Newlonsburg), Franklin Regional Middle School, and Franklin Regional High School, with Dr. Gennaro Piraino as the district's superintendent. The district's high school boasts a graduation rate of 99.3% compared to the national average for public high schools of 82% and is ranked #213 in Newsweek's 2016 \"America's Top High Schools\". Private schools include Mother of Sorrows Catholic School. The Haymaker Gas Well in Murrysville was", "title": "Murrysville, Pennsylvania" }, { "id": "1216676", "text": "\"Luecke\", near San Antonio, Texas, is much larger.) The \"Y\" in the Murrysville sign points to the Haymaker Gas Well. In 1977, Murrysville was designated the \"Gateway to Westmoreland County\" by Mayor Dollman in conjunction with the Chamber of Commerce. In 2012, community leaders upgraded sign and landscaping elaborately at the main entrance at the Allegheny / Westmoreland border featuring this designation. As is shown at the introduction of this page, the Gateway designation is featured on the official Seal of the Municipality. Murrysville, Pennsylvania Murrysville, its formal legal name in its Charter as The Municipality of Murrysville, is listed", "title": "Murrysville, Pennsylvania" }, { "id": "870347", "text": "F. W. Woolworth Company. Lancaster was one of the winning communities for the All-America City award in 2000. On October 13, 2011, Lancaster's City Council officially recognized September 27 as Capital Day, a holiday recognizing Lancaster's one day as capital of the United States in 1777. Lancaster is located at 40°02'23\" North, 76°18'16\" West (40.039860, −76.304366), and is above sea level. The city is located about southeast of Harrisburg, west of Philadelphia, north-northeast of Baltimore and northeast of Washington, D.C. The nearest towns and boroughs are Millersville (4.0 miles), Willow Street (4.8 miles), East Petersburg (5.3 miles), Lititz (7.9 miles),", "title": "Lancaster, Pennsylvania" }, { "id": "1209462", "text": "Marysville, Pennsylvania Marysville is a borough in Perry County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,425 in July 2008. It is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Borough was settled in 1755, incorporated as the Borough of Haley in 1866, and re-incorporated as the Borough of Marysville in 1867. The Rockville Bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. Marysville is located at (40.342287, -76.931463). According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of , all of it land. Marysville is bordered by the Appalachian Mountains to the north", "title": "Marysville, Pennsylvania" }, { "id": "1209651", "text": "Shoe by shutting out Montgomery 52-0. As of December 2017, Muncy still is in possession of The Shoe. The Muncy Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Muncy is located at (41.201969, -76.786333). Lycoming County is about northwest of Philadelphia and east-northeast of Pittsburgh. Muncy is surrounded by Muncy Creek Township. According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of , all of it land. As of the census of 2000, there were 2,663 people, 1,142 households, and 749 families residing in the borough. The population density was 3,174.3", "title": "Muncy, Pennsylvania" }, { "id": "1216671", "text": "Borough, Murrysville Borough, and Municipality of Murrysville). Since 1976, it has operated under its Home Rule Charter as the Municipality of Murrysville. As of the census of 2000, there were 18,872 people, 7,083 households, and 5,630 families located in the municipality. The population density was 511.0 people per square mile (197.3/km²). There were 7,396 housing units at an average density of 200.3 per square mile (77.3/km²). The racial makeup of the Municipality was 95.38% White, 0.61% African American, 0.05% Native American, 3.28% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.16% from other races, and 0.50% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino", "title": "Murrysville, Pennsylvania" }, { "id": "1216670", "text": "Delmont to the southeast, Penn Township to the south, and the Allegheny County neighborhoods of Monroeville to the southwest and Plum to the west. The borough of Export is situated inside Murrysville in the south-southeast section. The Municipality of Murrysville is governed by a mayor (currently Regis J. Synan) who is elected every two years and has executive/administrative powers, and a seven-member council, whose members are elected every four years and have precise legislative powers. In the mid-1970s, the community rapidly transitioned through three forms of government (township, borough, and home rule) and four legal name changes (Franklin Township, Franklin", "title": "Murrysville, Pennsylvania" }, { "id": "1202481", "text": ". According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which 0.05% is water. Monroeville has nine borders, including Plum to the north, Murrysville in Westmoreland County to the east, Penn Township in Westmoreland County to the southeast, Trafford in Westmoreland County to the south, North Versailles, Wilmerding and Turtle Creek to the southwest, Wilkins Township to the west, and Penn Hills to the northwest. Also, the borough of Pitcairn is entirely situated inside Monroeville in the south-southwest area. As of the census of 2010 there were 28,386 people in Monroeville. The racial", "title": "Monroeville, Pennsylvania" }, { "id": "1216772", "text": "the nearby Patton and Jamison mines in the 50's, and the near total abandonment of mining of 'high sulfur' coal in the area since the 1980s, Slickville has benefited economically from its proximity to other cities in the area. These include service manufacturing jobs in locales such as Greensburg, Jeannette, Latrobe and eastern Pittsburgh area suburbs. As of 2007 Slickville was still beyond the outer edge of East Pittsburgh suburban housing developments although suburban areas such as Murrysville are only 5 to 6 miles away. Slickville, Pennsylvania Slickville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The", "title": "Slickville, Pennsylvania" }, { "id": "1209466", "text": "including 11.2% of those age 18 or younger, and 5.2% of those age 65 or over. Marysville, Pennsylvania Marysville is a borough in Perry County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,425 in July 2008. It is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Borough was settled in 1755, incorporated as the Borough of Haley in 1866, and re-incorporated as the Borough of Marysville in 1867. The Rockville Bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. Marysville is located at (40.342287, -76.931463). According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area", "title": "Marysville, Pennsylvania" }, { "id": "1209463", "text": "and south, by the Susquehanna River to the east, and by Rye Township to the west. U.S. Route 11/15 serves as the primary transportation routes for Marysville residents. As of the census of 2000, there were 2,306 people, 1,027 households, and 635 families residing in the borough. The population density was 966.8 people per square mile (372.5/km²). There were 1,103 housing units at an average density of 462.4 per square mile (178.2/km²). The racial makeup of the borough was 98.44% White, 0.17% African American, 0.09% Asian, 0.22% from other races, and 1.08% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino", "title": "Marysville, Pennsylvania" }, { "id": "1216673", "text": "24.3% from 25 to 44, 30.3% from 45 to 64, and 15.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.1 males. The median income for a household in the Municipality was $64,071, and the median income for a family was $72,740. Males had a median income of $58,553 versus $32,567 for females. The per capita income for the Municipality was $32,017. About 2.2% of families and 2.8% of the population were below the poverty line,", "title": "Murrysville, Pennsylvania" }, { "id": "1209680", "text": "County is about northwest of Philadelphia and east-northeast of Pittsburgh. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 15.8 square miles (40.8 km).15.6 square miles (40.5 km) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.4 km) of it (0.89%) is water. Interstate 180 comes up the river and meets U.S. Highway 220 in Halls just east of the Lycoming Mall and the two routes continue west as an expressway to Williamsport. The township's villages include Chippewa, Halls, and Pennsdale. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,059 people, 418 households, and 323", "title": "Muncy Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania" }, { "id": "8808507", "text": "at designated 46K bus stops. Two inbound and two outbound trips (the first one in and the last one out of each rush) serve South Hills Village via the Blue Line. This service exists because the train is coming from the rail center located near South Hills Village Mall, and serves the entire length of the route. The steepest grade on the entire light rail system is on this line, about 10 percent. This service was discontinued in the March 27, 2011 system-wide cuts. The line is still in existence, and is used as a bypass to the Mount Washington", "title": "Pittsburgh Light Rail" }, { "id": "1083637", "text": "of Washington, which was annexed by Maysville in 1990. The city has a total area of , of which is land and , or 10.52%, is water. Maysville is at Ohio River mile marker 408.7, and is downriver from Huntington, West Virginia and upriver from Cincinnati, Ohio. Maysville lies on the border of the Humid subtropical and the climate zones. Maysville's average yearly precipitation is 46.02\", falling primarily as rain or snow. Maysville's average yearly temperature is 54.4 °F, with the coolest lows averaging 22.2 °F in January, and highs averaging 87 °F in July. Mason County Schools operates public", "title": "Maysville, Kentucky" }, { "id": "1216672", "text": "of any race were 0.56% of the population. There were 7,083 households out of which 34.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 71.8% were married couples living together, 5.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.5% were non-families. 18.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 3.01. In the Municipality population was spread out with 24.9% under the age of 18, 4.9% from 18 to 24,", "title": "Murrysville, Pennsylvania" }, { "id": "8872757", "text": "the Westmoreland Business Research Park area, PA 380 intersects the eastern terminus of PA 780. The route proceeds eastward to interchange PA 66 in the hamlet of North Washington. East of 66, PA 380 winds its way along the northern banks of the Beaver Run Reservoir and terminates at PA 286, a few miles west of Saltsburg. In the late 1920s and early 1930s, PA 380 was first designated from Pennsylvania Route 80 in Murrysville to the current eastern terminus. From U.S. Route 22 and U.S. Route 30 at the intersection of Dallas and Penn Avenues in Pittsburgh to Murrysville", "title": "Pennsylvania Route 380" }, { "id": "1212603", "text": "Hollsopple, Pennsylvania Benson is a borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. The town is more commonly known to locals as Hollsopple, which is also the United States Postal Service name for the town, zip code 15935. The population was 194 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. Benson is served by the Conemaugh Township Area School District. Benson is located at (40.2006, -78.9279), about 16 miles southwest of Altoona and about 55 miles east-southeast of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of ,", "title": "Hollsopple, Pennsylvania" }, { "id": "1205650", "text": "around Lake Arthur, is a short distance east of I-79. Portersville lies between the cities of Butler east and New Castle to the west. According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of , all of it land. Portersville has a small police force, an ambulance service, and a volunteer fire department. The Ambulance Service, Portersville EMS, and the Volunteer Fire Department, Portersville/Muddy Creek Township Volunteer Fire Department cover the Portersville area to include Muddy Creek Township, parts of Perry Township in Lawrence County, parts of Slippery Rock Township in Lawrence County, as well as", "title": "Portersville, Pennsylvania" }, { "id": "870348", "text": "Landisville (8.6 miles), Mountville (8.8 miles), Rothsville (8.9 miles), and Leola (8.9 miles). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which, of it is land and 0.14% is water. Lancaster has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification \"Dfa\") with hot or very warm summers. As of the 2010 census, the city was 55.2% White, 16.3% Black or African American, 0.7% Native American, 3.0% Asian, 0.1% Native Hawaiian, and 5.8% were two or more races. 39.3% of the population were of Hispanic or Latino ancestry. As of the census of 2000,", "title": "Lancaster, Pennsylvania" }, { "id": "18806154", "text": "The first shows the WHT only briefly, while the second features Conrad riding through a few different sections of the trail, which includes the Turtle Creek gorge before the railroad tracks were removed. Westmoreland Heritage Trail The Westmoreland Heritage Trail is a partially completed rail trail in western Pennsylvania. As of 2017, 14.6 miles of the 21.9 planned miles of trail are complete, including a 8.7 mile section from Saltsburg to the fringe of Delmont as well as a 5.9 mile section from Trafford to Murrysville. A 3.4 mile section between Murrysville and Export has also been acquired and is", "title": "Westmoreland Heritage Trail" }, { "id": "1216090", "text": "Midway, Washington County, Pennsylvania Midway is a borough in Washington County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The population was 982 at the 2000 census. The community gained its name from being the midpoint, or \"mid-way\" stop along the railroad between Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Steubenville, Ohio. Midway is located at (40.368154, -80.292409). According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.4 square miles (1.1 km²), all of it land. Midway has two borders with the townships of Robinson to the north, east and west, and Smith to the south. As of the census of", "title": "Midway, Washington County, Pennsylvania" }, { "id": "1209465", "text": "29.3% from 25 to 44, 24.9% from 45 to 64, and 17.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.1 males. The median income for a household in the borough was $40,446, and the median income for a family was $47,094. Males had a median income of $35,500 versus $24,964 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $19,604. About 5.2% of families and 6.8% of the population were below the poverty line,", "title": "Marysville, Pennsylvania" }, { "id": "18806141", "text": "Westmoreland Heritage Trail The Westmoreland Heritage Trail is a partially completed rail trail in western Pennsylvania. As of 2017, 14.6 miles of the 21.9 planned miles of trail are complete, including a 8.7 mile section from Saltsburg to the fringe of Delmont as well as a 5.9 mile section from Trafford to Murrysville. A 3.4 mile section between Murrysville and Export has also been acquired and is expected to be finished in 2019. The trail as proposed follows a 21.9 mile long right-of-way that was once the Turtle Creek Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR), a portion of which continued", "title": "Westmoreland Heritage Trail" }, { "id": "1236344", "text": "oil in its production process. Titusville is located at (41.629, -79.674). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Located 44.4 miles south of Erie 83.6 miles North of Pittsburgh As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 5,601 people, 2,322 households, and 1,337 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 2,615 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 95.9% White, 1.8% African American, 0.3% Native American, 0.7% Asian, 0.2% from other races, and 1.1% from two", "title": "Titusville, Pennsylvania" }, { "id": "10681956", "text": "Pennsylvania Route 366 Pennsylvania Route 366 (PA 366) is a state highway located in Allegheny and Westmoreland Counties in Pennsylvania. The western terminus is at PA 28 in Tarentum. The eastern terminus is at PA 66 in Murrysville. The last 1/2 mile of the Red Belt route of the Allegheny County belt system runs along PA 366 in Tarentum from its eastbound beginning at the PA 28 interchange to the intersection of Freeport Rd. and Ross St. where the Red Belt terminates. PA 366 begins at an interchange with the PA 28 freeway in Fawn Township, Allegheny County, heading south", "title": "Pennsylvania Route 366" }, { "id": "1246765", "text": "was left seriously injured. The shooting garnered national attention amidst a debate about gun violence and gun restrictions. The cafeteria was closed for the rest of the school year and replaced by a new building opened in January 2017, funded by $8.3 million from the state legislature and school district. According to the United States Census Bureau's 2010 census, Marysville has a total area of — of land and of water. The city is located in the northwestern part of Snohomish County in Western Washington, approximately north of Seattle. Marysville's city limits are generally bound to the south by Ebey", "title": "Marysville, Washington" }, { "id": "1261240", "text": "Murry, Wisconsin Murry is a town in Rusk County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 275 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of Murry is located in the town. The unincorporated community of Imalone is also located partially in the town. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 62.1 square miles (160.9 km²), of which 61.8 square miles (160.2 km²) is land and 0.3 square mile (0.7 km²) (0.43%) is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 275 people, 116 households, and 77 families residing in the town. The population", "title": "Murry, Wisconsin" }, { "id": "1202597", "text": "Pleasant Hills, Pennsylvania Pleasant Hills is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 8,268. Pleasant Hills is a suburb of Pittsburgh. The borough was incorporated into Allegheny County in 1947. Pleasant Hills is located at (40.332219, -79.960488). According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of , all of it land. Pleasant Hills has three borders, including Baldwin to the northwest, West Mifflin to the northeast, and Jefferson Hills to the southeast. As of the census of 2000, there were 8,397 people, 3,422 households, and 2,405", "title": "Pleasant Hills, Pennsylvania" }, { "id": "1205654", "text": "$40,536. Males had a median income of $35,625 versus $17,500 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $17,356. About 7.8% of families and 6.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.7% of those under the age of eighteen and none of those sixty five or over. Portersville, Pennsylvania Portersville is a borough in Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 235 at the 2010 census. Portersville is located near the western border of Butler County at (40.925285, -80.144229). It is surrounded by Muddy Creek Township, though the borough's western border comes within of", "title": "Portersville, Pennsylvania" }, { "id": "1083640", "text": "of Maysville as the AA Highway. The AA Highway links the Kentucky suburbs of Cincinnati approximately 50 miles west of Maysville with Vanceburg, Ashland and Interstate 64 near Grayson to the southeast. The fact that highways numbered 8, 9, 10, and 11 serve Maysville makes the city one of the few towns located at the intersection of four consecutively numbered highways. Maysville, Kentucky Maysville is a home rule-class city in Mason County, Kentucky, United States and is the seat of Mason County. The population was 9,011 at the 2010 census, making it the 40th-largest city in Kentucky by population. Maysville", "title": "Maysville, Kentucky" }, { "id": "1208942", "text": "age 18 and 4.2% of those age 65 or over. The Borough is served by the Bangor Area School District. Portland, Pennsylvania Portland is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. Portland is located in the Lehigh Valley region of the state. It is part of Pennsylvania's Slate Belt. It is located on the border with New Jersey. The population of Portland was 579 at the 2000 census. Portland is located at (40.920622, -75.097738). According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (8.93%)", "title": "Portland, Pennsylvania" }, { "id": "6378284", "text": "to the Northeast (approx. 70 minutes). Other important connections include WV Route 69 North into Pennsylvania, where it turns into PA Route 18 and leads towards Waynesburg, PA (approx 45 minutes) and beyond to Pittsburgh, PA (approx 90-120 mins, traffic dependent). Pittsburgh International Airport, is the nearest intercontinental airport, while Burton is also served by a smaller regional airport, Morgantown Municipal Airport. It is thought to be named for George Bartrug, who settled here around 1812. The name difference may be due to an apparent misreading of the name by railway officials. Due to its distance from the county seat", "title": "Burton, West Virginia" }, { "id": "1215962", "text": "Claysville, Pennsylvania Claysville is a borough in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States and part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area since 1950. The population was 724 at the 2000 census. Claysville Elementary School, part of the McGuffey School District is located in Claysville. It is the birthplace of Benjamin Franklin Jones of the Jones and Laughlin Steel Company. The Montgomery House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. Claysville is located at (40.118984, -80.412536). According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of , of which, of it is land and 3.12%", "title": "Claysville, Pennsylvania" }, { "id": "1206625", "text": "is located in the southern portion of Indiana County, bordered by the Conemaugh River, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania to the south and west and Burrell Township to the north and east. According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of , all of it land. As of the census of 2000, there were 3,607 people, 1,631 households, and 983 families residing in the borough. The population density was 2,591.3 people per square mile (1,001.9/km²). There were 1,830 housing units at an average density of 1,314.7 per square mile (508.3/km²). The racial makeup of the borough was", "title": "Blairsville, Pennsylvania" }, { "id": "1246766", "text": "Slough (part of the Snohomish River delta) and Sopher Hill Road, to the west by Interstate 5 and the Tulalip Indian Reservation, to the north by the city of Arlington, and to the east by the Centennial Trail and State Route 9. The city's urban growth boundary includes outside of city limits, bringing the total area to . The city's topography varies from the low-lying downtown, located along the banks of Ebey Slough above sea level, rising to near Smokey Point and over in the eastern highlands. Marysville sits in the watershed of two major creeks, Quilceda Creek and Allen", "title": "Marysville, Washington" }, { "id": "10252415", "text": "WMUH WMUH (91.7 FM) is a college radio station, supported through Muhlenberg College, located in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania in the United States. In 2000, WMUH was named one of the top 20 college radio stations by \"The Princeton Review\". That same year, WMUH was named the best radio station in the Lehigh Valley (including commercial stations) by the Lehigh Valley Music Awards Association. The station began broadcasting in 1948 at 640 AM, but could only be heard on the Muhlenberg campus. This continued until 1964, when Muhlenberg received an FCC broadcast license for an", "title": "WMUH" }, { "id": "1209659", "text": "their families when the child is determined to meet eligibility requirements. Intermediate units receive taxpayer funding: through subsidies paid by member school districts; through direct charges to users for some services; through the successful application for state and federal competitive grants and through private grants. Muncy, Pennsylvania Muncy is a borough in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, United States. The name Muncy comes from the Munsee Indians who once lived in the area. The population was 2,663 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Williamsport, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. Muncy is located on the West Branch Susquehanna River, just south", "title": "Muncy, Pennsylvania" }, { "id": "2534348", "text": "are at street level. The BRT route begins at Bahauddin Zakariya University in northern Multan, and heads southward to pass by the eastern edge of Multan's old city at the Daulat Gate before turning east to finally terminate at the Kumharanwala Chowk in eastern Multan. The route will initially serviced by 35 buses, serving up to 95,000 passengers per day. The Multan Metrobus is planned to ultimately have total of 4 BRT lines covering 68.82 kilometres, which will be complemented by feeder lines. Multan International Airport is located 10 km west of Multan's city centre, in the Multan Cantonment. The", "title": "Multan" }, { "id": "1080551", "text": "and the city was finally dissolved by the state court in 2017. In 1988, several buildings and houses in Allensville were listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Allensville Historic District. Allensville is located at (36.715842, -87.069909). It is concentrated along Kentucky Route 102, just east of its intersection with U.S. Route 79. The community lies southeast of Elkton, southwest of Russellville, and a few miles north of the Kentucky-Tennessee state line. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city had a total area of , all land, in 2000. As of the census of 2000,", "title": "Allensville, Kentucky" }, { "id": "5648579", "text": "Franklin Regional School District Franklin Regional School District is a midsized, suburban public school district located in Murrysville, Pennsylvania, serving Murrysville and the neighboring communities of Delmont and Export. Franklin Regional School District encompasses approximately . According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 22,264 people. According to District officials, in school year 2007-08, Franklin Regional School District provided basic educational services to 3,784 pupils through the employment of 265 teachers, 132 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 18 administrators. Franklin Regional School District received more than $12.3 million in state funding in school year 2007-08.", "title": "Franklin Regional School District" }, { "id": "14047256", "text": "the percentage increase in the Employment Cost Index for Elementary and Secondary Schools, as determined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the U.S. Department of Labor, for the previous 12-month period ending June 30. For a school district with a market value/personal income aid ratio (MV/PI AR) greater than 0.4000, its index equals the base index multiplied by the sum of .75 and its MV/PI AR for the current year. In June 2011, the Pennsylvania General Assembly eliminated six of the ten exceptions to the Act 1 Index. Several exceptions were maintained: 1) costs to pay interest and principal", "title": "Muncy School District" }, { "id": "1200302", "text": "while the Mon–Fayette leads northwest and north to Jefferson Hills south of Pittsburgh. US-119 and the Mon–Fayette lead southwest to Morgantown, West Virginia. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all of it land. The climate in this area has mild differences between highs and lows, and there is adequate rainfall year-round. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Oliver has a marine west coast climate, abbreviated \"Cfb\" on climate maps. As of the census of 2000, there were 2,925 people, 1,267 households, and 819 families residing in the CDP. The population", "title": "Oliver, Pennsylvania" }, { "id": "1910588", "text": "There are 3,100 spaces available here. The Extended section does not have access to the enclosed moving walkway but does have regular parking shuttles that can be accessed from the Baggage Claim level of the Landside Terminal outside doors six and eight. There are 8,000 spaces available in the Extended lot. Bus service is also available from Downtown Pittsburgh and the city's University District (Oakland) via the Port Authority of Allegheny County's 28X Route. Mountain Line Transit's Grey Line also has service to areas south of Pittsburgh including Waynesburg, Pennsylvania; Morgantown, Fairmont, and Clarksburg, West Virginia. BCTA Transit formerly served", "title": "Pittsburgh International Airport" }, { "id": "13819470", "text": "Westmoreland Conservancy Westmoreland Conservancy, is a nationally accredited all-volunteer land trust located in Murrysville, Pennsylvania in the United States. It was established in 1991 in order to preserve rural and rustic open spaces for the use, enjoyment and benefit of everyone. They have been instrumental in protecting 500 acres of open space since 1991, the first property being the 56-acre Kellman property, now a municipal nature reserve. This non-profit organization presently owns eight reserves spanning . Seven of these reserves: Caywood (43 acres), King (96), McGinnis (52), Potter (3), Tomer (18), Walter (29), Morosini (183) are crossed by miles of", "title": "Westmoreland Conservancy" }, { "id": "16813633", "text": "office, yard, and shop are located) northeast to Roseland in Essex County. The line is single track and has many grade crossings. It serves Cedar Knolls and Whippany in Hanover Township, and East Hanover and Roseland. The line currently ends east of Interstate 280 in Roseland. The outer half-mile has been out of service since customer Bobst Group, Inc. closed it doors. Track conditions have since degraded. NJT has expressed interest in the line. In 2000 the agency placed the M&E under \"projects to be defined/studied\" for the year 2020. No longer owned. The former DLW Chester Branch was extended", "title": "Morristown and Erie Railway" }, { "id": "11562264", "text": "Pine Creek Rail Trail The Pine Creek Rail Trail is a rail trail in the Appalachian Mountains of north-central Pennsylvania. The trail begins just north of Wellsboro, runs south through Pine Creek Gorge (also known as the Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania), and ends at Jersey Shore. A 2001 article in \"USA Today\" named the trail one of \"10 great places to take a bike tour\" in the world. The Pine Creek Rail Trail is approximately from end to end, and it generally follows a north–south orientation. The trail is located wholly within Tioga and Lycoming Counties. The trail carries a", "title": "Pine Creek Rail Trail" }, { "id": "14031016", "text": "increases in special education costs, a catastrophe like a flood, increase in health insurance costs for contracts in effect on or before 2006 or dwindling tax bases. The base index is the average of the percentage increase in the statewide average weekly wage, as determined by the PA Department of Labor and Industry, for the preceding calendar year and the percentage increase in the Employment Cost Index for Elementary and Secondary Schools, as determined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the U.S. Department of Labor, for the previous 12-month period ending June 30. For a school district with a", "title": "Muhlenberg School District" }, { "id": "9479306", "text": "One Oliver Plaza, and EQT Plaza. The Cultural District, which features performance venues such as the Benedum Center, the Byham Theater, and Heinz Hall is located in the blocks just to the north of the station, while the David L. Lawrence Convention Center is within walking distance. Wood Street station (PAAC) Wood Street is a station on the Port Authority of Allegheny County's light rail network, located in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Passengers embarking at Wood Street may travel free to any of the other stations in the Downtown area– First Avenue, Steel Plaza, Gateway, North Shore and Allegheny.", "title": "Wood Street station (PAAC)" }, { "id": "1236769", "text": "to the township, while a fourth connects to Exit 236 on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. From the US 15/I-76 interchange it is northeast to Harrisburg, the state capital, and southwest to Gettysburg, both via US 15, while it is east to Philadelphia and west to Pittsburgh via the Turnpike. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.78%, is water. Yellow Breeches Creek forms the southern border of the township, separating it from York County. Several unincorporated communities are in the township, including Grantham, Bowmansdale, Shepherdstown, Nantilly,", "title": "Upper Allen Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania" }, { "id": "10254999", "text": "Pittsburgh–Monroeville Airport Pittsburgh–Monroeville Airport is a public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.8 km) north of the central business district of Monroeville, in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The airport is privately owned by the estate of Helen M. Brown and is also known as the Harold W. Brown Memorial Field. The airport no longer offers aviation fuel for sale, but 2,000 planes land and take off at the airport every year, according to Weible. Pilots pay $3 on the honor system to defray the expenses of mowing the grass and maintaining the runway for an overnight stay. The airport", "title": "Pittsburgh–Monroeville Airport" }, { "id": "8808500", "text": "Junction. The Red Line splits again before Overbrook Junction (PAT station) and the Red Line heads toward the suburbs of Castle Shannon, Mt. Lebanon, and Dormont. After entering Pittsburgh city limits, the route features a variety of closely spaced stops through Beechview, where bus service is limited due to the hilly terrain, despite a dense population. Fifteen stops occur between the split in the lines and their re-juncture at South Hills Junction. The route then enters the Mt. Washington Transit Tunnel. The remaining stations in Downtown are at Station Square, First Avenue, Steel Plaza, and Wood Street (PAT station). In", "title": "Pittsburgh Light Rail" }, { "id": "1236852", "text": "the Susquehanna River. Pennsylvania Route 225 crosses US 209 in the center of town, leading north to Berrysburg and southwest to Halifax on the Susquehanna. Harrisburg, the state capital, is south via PA 225. According to the United States Census Bureau, Elizabethville has a total area of , all of it land. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,344 people, 579 households, and 353 families residing in the borough. The population density was 2,476.2 people per square mile (961.0/km²). There were 617 housing units at an average density of 1,136.8 per square mile (441.2/km²). The racial makeup of", "title": "Elizabethville, Pennsylvania" }, { "id": "1212675", "text": "Friedens, Pennsylvania Friedens is a census-designated place (CDP) that is part of Somerset Township in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,523 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. Friedens is located west of Indian Lake and Shanksville and east of Somerset and has access to US 219. Friedens is within driving distance of the following attractions: Friedens is located at (40.051182, -78.995474). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all of it land. Like most of the Somerset County area, Friedens contains", "title": "Friedens, Pennsylvania" }, { "id": "1212716", "text": "Jennerstown, Pennsylvania Jennerstown is a borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 714 at the 2000 census. The borough is the home of Jennerstown Speedway. The town was named for Edward Jenner. Jennerstown is located north of Somerset and south of Johnstown. It is also west of Boswell. It is connected with Route 30 (Pennsylvania). Jennerstown is located at (40.161763, -79.062686). According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of , of which is land and (3.50%) is water. As of the", "title": "Jennerstown, Pennsylvania" }, { "id": "1206310", "text": "Street (southbound). Pennsylvania Route 21 joins US 19 through downtown Waynesburg on High Street and Greene Street. PA 21 leads east to Interstate 79 at Exit 14 and continues east another to Uniontown. To the west PA 21 leads to Rogersville and to the Ohio border. I-79 leads north from Exit 14 to Washington and to Pittsburgh, while Morgantown, West Virginia, is to the south. According to the United States Census Bureau, Waynesburg has a total area of , all of which is land. As of the census of 2000, there were 4,184 people, 1,619 households, and 869 families residing", "title": "Waynesburg, Pennsylvania" }, { "id": "9378954", "text": "different stories that are performed between May and December. There are also trips on the \"Santa Express\". In December on designated excursion trips Santa walks through the cabins handing out candy canes and talking to the riders. These trips between May and December allow people of all ages experience and enjoy the scenic routes used for many years. The Great Allegheny Passage (GAP) is 135 mile biking and hiking trail that connects Duquesne, Pennsylvania (near Pittsburgh) to Cumberland, MD. The Allegheny Highlands Trail is the section of the trail that runs between Cumberland and the Mason-Dixon line (Smith, 2006). The", "title": "Mount Savage Railroad" }, { "id": "14030975", "text": "in 1999. Testing in science began in 2007. The goal is for 100% of students to be on grade level or better in reading and mathematics, by the Spring of 2014. The tests focus on the state's Academic Standards for reading, writing, mathematics and science. The standards were first published in 1998 and are mandated by the Pennsylvania State Board of Education. C E Cole Intermediate School is located at 3630 Kutztown Road, Laureldale. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, in 2011, the school reported an enrollment of 530 pupils in grades 5th and 6th, with 210 pupils", "title": "Muhlenberg School District" }, { "id": "1869187", "text": "Mayberry originated in an episode of \"The Danny Thomas Show\" and was the setting for \"The Andy Griffith Show\", \"Mayberry RFD\", and the 1986 reunion movie \"Return to Mayberry\". Although the county seat of an agricultural county, black people were sometimes seen in the original series, but more often seen on \"RFD\". Mayberry is the name of a real community in Patrick County, Virginia; located 22 miles northeast of Andy Griffith's hometown of Mount Airy, North Carolina. The Mayberry Trading Post, home of the Mayberry, Virginia post office until it closed in 1922, told local TV station WGHP-TV that Griffith", "title": "Mayberry" }, { "id": "7542049", "text": "Membury services Membury services is a motorway service station on the M4 motorway, located on the original site of the RAF Membury in the civil parish of Lambourn in the English county of Berkshire, not far from Swindon and Hungerford. It is owned by Welcome Break and is situated adjacent to the Membury Radio Mast. Membury is one of five services which have a Starbucks drive-thru, the others are Fleet (Northbound only) M3, Warwick (Southbound only) M40, Hartshead Moor (Eastbound only) M62 and Gordano M5. The service station is one of fourteen for which large murals were commissioned from artist", "title": "Membury services" }, { "id": "6028821", "text": "week, from start of service until 21:45 on weekdays and Saturdays and until 17:00 on Sundays. A self-service ticket machine is also available on the concourse. Train running information is offered via digital display screens, automatic announcements and timetable posters. Step-free access to both platforms is available via ramps from Manchester Road. Burnley Manchester Road railway station Burnley Manchester Road is a railway station serving the town of Burnley, Lancashire, England. It is situated on the Calder Valley Line east of , near to the route's junction with the East Lancashire Line. On 12 November 1849, the Manchester and Leeds", "title": "Burnley Manchester Road railway station" }, { "id": "8202565", "text": "Steamtown Marathon The Steamtown Marathon is an annual marathon (26.2 mi or 42.2 km) in northeastern Pennsylvania, held the Sunday before Columbus Day. The point-to-point course starts at Forest City High School in Forest City and passes through 13 communities before finishing at Courthouse Square in downtown Scranton. Nearly 3000 runners participate in the event annually. The course is certified by USA Track and Field and has been ranked as one of the fastest qualifying courses for the Boston Marathon. On average, between 22% and 25% of all Steamtown finishers qualify for the Boston Marathon. In 2009, only five other", "title": "Steamtown Marathon" }, { "id": "1199759", "text": "was $35,375. Males had a median income of $30,220 versus $22,127 for females. The per capita income for the city was $15,143. About 14.2% of families and 16.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 21.4% of those under age 18 and 8.2% of those age 65 or over. Corry is located at (41.924947, -79.640511). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land. The city of Corry is incorporated as a 3rd class city under Pennsylvania law. Third class cities are governed by a commission, in which", "title": "Corry, Pennsylvania" }, { "id": "3503970", "text": "thereafter at PA 8 in the suburb of Wilkinsburg. I-376 and US 22 (now fully signed) continue in a generally easterly direction through Churchill, Wilkins Township, Penn Hills, and finally Monroeville, where I-376 ends at an interchange with the Pennsylvania Turnpike and US 22 Business. US 22 continues east from this interchange on the William Penn Highway towards Murrysville. The James E. Ross Highway portion of I-376 between US 422 and PA 51 uses all-electronic tolling, with tolls payable by toll-by-plate (which uses automatic license plate recognition to take a photo of the vehicle's license plate and mail a bill", "title": "Interstate 376" }, { "id": "1212940", "text": "Summit Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania Summit Township is a township in Somerset County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The population was 2,368 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. The W. Bollman and Company Bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 45.1 square miles (116.8 km²), of which, 45.1 square miles (116.7 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.11%) is water. As of the census of 2000,", "title": "Summit Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania" }, { "id": "1216496", "text": "Export, Pennsylvania Export is a borough in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States, surrounded entirely by the Municipality of Murrysville. The population was 895 at the 2000 census. A post office called Export has been in operation since 1892. The borough was so named because coal was once mined in and exported from the town. Export is located at (40.416251, -79.623679). According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of , all land. Export is within the Franklin Regional School District. The district consists of three elementary schools (Sloan, Newlonsburg, Heritage), Franklin Regional Middle School, and", "title": "Export, Pennsylvania" }, { "id": "9479305", "text": "Wood Street station (PAAC) Wood Street is a station on the Port Authority of Allegheny County's light rail network, located in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Passengers embarking at Wood Street may travel free to any of the other stations in the Downtown area– First Avenue, Steel Plaza, Gateway, North Shore and Allegheny. Wood Street Galleries, an art gallery, is located directly above the station entrance. The station itself plays no role in fare collection, which is done on board the train. The stop serves the northern portion of downtown, which features major office buildings such as One PNC Plaza,", "title": "Wood Street station (PAAC)" }, { "id": "885128", "text": "in 2018, an ongoing interchange project saw the redesignation of the easternmost of the road from I-276 to I-95. Though still considered part of the turnpike mainline, it is not directly signed with turnpike markers. The turnpike runs east–west across Pennsylvania, from the Ohio state line in Lawrence County to the New Jersey state line in Bucks County. It passes through the Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, and Philadelphia areas, along with farmland and woodland. The highway crosses the Appalachian Mountains, in the central part of the state, through four tunnels. The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, created in 1937 to construct, finance, operate, and", "title": "Pennsylvania Turnpike" }, { "id": "4072474", "text": "Eighty Four, Pennsylvania Eighty Four is a census-designated place in Somerset, North Strabane, North Bethlehem and South Strabane townships in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. It lies approximately 25 miles (40 km) southwest of Pittsburgh and is in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. The population was 657 at the 2010 census. Eighty Four contains the 84 Lumber company's headquarters. Eighty Four is a part of the Canon-McMillan, Trinity, Ringgold, and Bentworth school districts. Eighty Four is accessible via Pennsylvania Route 519 and Route 136 and interstates 79 and 70. The closest international airport is the Pittsburgh International Airport approximately 25 miles", "title": "Eighty Four, Pennsylvania" }, { "id": "4798334", "text": "Allegheny County Airport Allegheny County Airport is in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, 7 miles (11 km) southeast of Pittsburgh. It is the fifth-busiest airport in Pennsylvania following Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown, and Harrisburg. The airport is owned by the Allegheny County Airport Authority and is the primary FAA designated reliever airport for Pittsburgh International Airport. Allegheny County Airport was dedicated on September 11, 1931. When it was completed, it was third-largest airport in the country, as well as the only hard-surface airport in the country. It was historically the main entrance to metro Pittsburgh via air from its inception until June 1952,", "title": "Allegheny County Airport" }, { "id": "1199673", "text": "Most of that area is unurbanized, and the large size is due to the city's 1992 merger with surrounding Benzinger Township. The city is at a relatively high elevation of 1,666 ft (508 m) above sea level. The city's territory is bordered by Jones Township to the north, Cameron County to the east, Fox and Jay Townships to the south, and Ridgway Township to the west. As of the census of 2010, there were 13,070 people, 5,579 households, and 3,695 families residing in the city. The population density was 131.6 people per square mile (51.4/km). There were 6,124 housing units", "title": "St. Marys, Pennsylvania" }, { "id": "1212679", "text": "below the poverty line, including 5.8% of those under age 18 and 12.3% of those age 65 or over. Friedens, Pennsylvania Friedens is a census-designated place (CDP) that is part of Somerset Township in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,523 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. Friedens is located west of Indian Lake and Shanksville and east of Somerset and has access to US 219. Friedens is within driving distance of the following attractions: Friedens is located at (40.051182, -78.995474). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP", "title": "Friedens, Pennsylvania" }, { "id": "1205679", "text": "Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania Slippery Rock is a borough in Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,625 at the 2010 census. It is home to the Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania. Slippery Rock is included in the Pittsburgh, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Slippery Rock is located in northwest Butler County at (41.063746, -80.055007). According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of , all of it land. Slippery Rock Creek, the borough's namesake, runs through a valley south of the borough. Since the 1960s Slippery Rock has been well served by the Interstate Highway", "title": "Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania" }, { "id": "11908258", "text": "Football Club and St. Martin's GAA club. The Wexford Bus route from Kilmore Quay to Wexford serves the village several times a day (not Sundays). Bus Éireann also operate a route 383 between these locations on Saturdays as well a Tuesdays route (381) to Carrick-on-Bannow. Murrintown Murrintown (), also spelled Murntown, is a small village located in the southeast of County Wexford, in Ireland, close to Wexford town. It is part of the parish of Piercestown. Murrintown village contains a shop (closed since December 2014), a pub, a primary school, an R.C. church, a large community centre and a childcare", "title": "Murrintown" }, { "id": "1208018", "text": "Montgomeryville, Pennsylvania Montgomeryville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 12,624 at the 2010 census. Montgomeryville is about 30 miles from the center of Philadelphia. According to a 2010 \"Forbes\" magazine/Yahoo.com survey, Montgomeryville ranks 5th in America's top 10 affordable suburbs. It is part of the North Penn Valley region that is centered around the borough of Lansdale. Montgomeryville is located at (40.250388, -75.237819). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all of it land. As of the 2010 census, there were 12,624 people residing", "title": "Montgomeryville, Pennsylvania" }, { "id": "8169544", "text": "each on weekends. The \"Pennsylvanian\" arrives once daily from both New York City and Pittsburgh Union Station. The station is east of Harrisburg, west of 30th Street Station in Philadelphia, and from New York City. The station was second busiest in the state—behind only Philadelphia 30th Street—during fiscal year 2017 with a ridership of 556,836 passengers, a decrease of 0.6 percent from the previous year. It is also the 21st busiest Amtrak station nationally. The Lancaster station is equipped with a ticket office, Amtrak's Quik-Trak ticket machines, vending, and public restrooms. The Red Rose Transit Authority's Route 3 transit bus", "title": "Lancaster station (Pennsylvania)" }, { "id": "8588036", "text": "Pennsylvania Route 21 Pennsylvania Route 21 (PA 21) is a long east–west state highway in the US state of Pennsylvania. The western terminus of the route is at the West Virginia state line in Richhill Township, where PA 21 continues into West Virginia as West Virginia Route 891. The eastern terminus is at U.S. Route 40 Business in Uniontown. The route is known as the Roy E. Furman Highway for most of its length. PA 21 serves Waynesburg and Masontown along the way. PA 21 was originally designated in 1927 between the West Virginia border and Uniontown, originally following an", "title": "Pennsylvania Route 21" }, { "id": "1212638", "text": "Callimont, Pennsylvania Callimont is a borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 51 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area. Callimont is at (39.8015, -78.9488), about north-northwest of Cumberland, Maryland. According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of , all of it land. Callimont is tied with Mount Jewett for the title of being the fifth-highest in elevation of towns in Pennsylvania, at . As of the census of 2000, there were 51 people, 19 households, and 14 families residing in the borough. The", "title": "Callimont, Pennsylvania" }, { "id": "885124", "text": "Pennsylvania Turnpike The Pennsylvania Turnpike is a toll highway operated by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. A controlled-access highway, it runs for across the state. The turnpike begins at the Ohio state line in Lawrence County, where the road continues west into Ohio as the Ohio Turnpike. It ends at the New Jersey border at the Delaware River–Turnpike Toll Bridge over the Delaware River in Bucks County, where the road continues east as the Pearl Harbor Memorial Extension of the New Jersey Turnpike. The highway runs east–west through the state, connecting the Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, and", "title": "Pennsylvania Turnpike" }, { "id": "1215847", "text": "per capita income for the borough was $16,278. About 10.2% of families and 11.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.7% of those under age 18 and 10.3% of those age 65 or over. Youngsville, Pennsylvania Youngsville is a borough in Warren County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,834 at the 2000 census. Youngsville is located at (41.853460, -79.318614). According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.3 square miles (3.4 km²), all of it land. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,834 people, 767 households, and 533", "title": "Youngsville, Pennsylvania" }, { "id": "10854433", "text": "PA 35 in Tuscarora Township and was extended east from Fort Robinson to PA 14 (now US 11/US 15) in Marysville. The route replaced the portion of PA 233 between Landisburg and Dromgold. The entire length of the route was paved in the 1930s. Pennsylvania Route 850 Pennsylvania Route 850 (PA 850) is a state highway located in Juniata and Perry Counties in Pennsylvania. The western terminus is at PA 35 in Tuscarora Township. The eastern terminus is at US 11/US 15 in Marysville. PA 850 is a two-lane undivided road that runs through rural areas in the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians.", "title": "Pennsylvania Route 850" }, { "id": "3821684", "text": "The M4 passes through the southern part of the parish between Junction 14 ( southeast of the village) and Junction 15 ( to the west). In 1898 the Lambourn Valley Railway was built connecting Lambourn to Newbury. Its ownership merged with the Great Western Railway in 1905 and continued in operation until it was closed in 1960. The nearest station is now at Hungerford on the Reading to Taunton line. The Lambourn Downs (an area of the Berkshire Downs) are part of the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and cover an area of , from the Ridgeway", "title": "Lambourn" }, { "id": "15809919", "text": "Multeen Way The Multeen Way is a long-distance trail in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is long and begins in Tipperary Town and ends in Upperchurch. It is typically completed in one day. It is designated as a National Waymarked Trail by the National Trails Office of the Irish Sports Council. The trail proceeds in a southerly direction from Milestone to Tipperary through the countryside of the Golden Vale and the Red Hills, via Cappawhite and Donohill. The route follows roads to Donohill, passing the site of the Battle of Sulcoit, before crossing countryside on paths and tracks to reach Cappawhite,", "title": "Multeen Way" }, { "id": "1200574", "text": "located in southwestern Franklin County at (39.829388, -77.901952). According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of , all of it land. Mercersburg is located at the eastern foot of Cove Mountain on the west side of the Great Appalachian Valley. The borough is north of the Mason–Dixon line, which serves as the state border with Maryland. Whitetail Ski Resort and golf course are located south of the town. Pennsylvania state highways 16, 75, and 416 all pass through Mercersburg. PA 16 leads east to Greencastle and to Interstate 81, and northwest through Cove Gap", "title": "Mercersburg, Pennsylvania" }, { "id": "8742169", "text": "crosses into Pennsylvania from West Virginia as the William Penn Highway. It becomes concurrent with U.S. Route 30 (The Lincoln Highway from Times Square) and then west of Pittsburgh also with I-376, as the Penn Lincoln Parkway. It continues as such through Pittsburgh and beyond the end of the US 30 concurrency, and when I-376 reaches its eastern end at the Pennsylvania Turnpike junction with Interstate 76, US 22 resumes as the William Penn Highway again (with Murrysville as a control city on signs) as it begins the long climb eastwards up the Allegheny Plateau towards the gaps of the", "title": "U.S. Route 22 in Pennsylvania" }, { "id": "1208932", "text": "Portland, Pennsylvania Portland is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. Portland is located in the Lehigh Valley region of the state. It is part of Pennsylvania's Slate Belt. It is located on the border with New Jersey. The population of Portland was 579 at the 2000 census. Portland is located at (40.920622, -75.097738). According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (8.93%) is water. Portland was settled because of the logging trade and what buildings were here in the early 19th century", "title": "Portland, Pennsylvania" }, { "id": "8735596", "text": "Pennsylvania Route 33 Pennsylvania Route 33 (PA 33) is a limited-access state highway in eastern Pennsylvania, United States. It runs from an interchange with Interstate 78 (I-78) just south of Easton to I-80 and PA 611 west of Stroudsburg. Until 2002, the route's southern terminus was at U.S. Route 22 (US 22), and the extension south of the US 22 interchange is known as the Gen. Anthony Clement McAuliffe 101st Airborne Memorial Highway. The route is commonly used as a hazmat bypass for the Pennsylvania Turnpike's Northeast Extension due to the restrictions in place on the Lehigh Tunnel. PA 33", "title": "Pennsylvania Route 33" }, { "id": "1200390", "text": "terminate in Uniontown. PA 43, part of the Mon-Fayette Expressway project to connect Pittsburgh with Morgantown, West Virginia is complete around the Uniontown area. Local bus service is provided by Fayette Area Coordinated Transportation. Uniontown, Pennsylvania Uniontown is a city in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States, southeast of Pittsburgh and part of the Greater Pittsburgh Region. The population was 10,372 at the 2010 census, down from 12,422 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat and largest city of Fayette County. Popularly known as \"Beesontown\", the \"town of Union\" was founded by Henry Beeson on July 4, 1776, coincidentally", "title": "Uniontown, Pennsylvania" }, { "id": "8808501", "text": "March 2007, the closure of the Palm Garden Bridge for refurbishment suspended the 42S for five months; it re-opened in September 2007. Formerly 44L, 47L. Service begins near the Allegheny County line in the Library neighborhood of South Park. Fifteen stops serve Library, Bethel Park, and South Park before merging with the Blue Line - South Hills Village line at Washington Junction. Some weekday, and all weekend trips end at Washington Junction, where a timed transfer to the Blue Line - South Hills Village will continue a trip to Overbrook and Downtown. For the trips that serve Downtown, the line", "title": "Pittsburgh Light Rail" }, { "id": "2534347", "text": "phases, with the Peshawar to Multan portion to be completed as part of the project's first phase by 2018, and the entire project is expected to be complete by 2021. From Multan, links to Khanewal, Lodhran and Muzafargarh are offered by rail. Multan Cantonment railway station is the main railway station of Multan. The Multan Metrobus is a bus rapid transit line which commenced service in January 2017, at a cost of 28.8 billion rupees. The BRT route serves 21 stations over the course of 18.5 kilometres, of which 12.5 kilometres are elevated. 14 stations are elevated, while the remainder", "title": "Multan" }, { "id": "6085420", "text": "WWSW-FM WWSW-FM (3WS), is a classic hits radio station based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The iHeartMedia, Inc. station broadcasts at 94.5 MHz with an ERP of 50 kW. Its transmitter is located in Pittsburgh just north of downtown, while its studios are located west of downtown. The current airstaff is made up of Jonny Hartwell, Sheri Van Dyke, Mike Frazer, Steve Grenato, and Kate Harris. The station signed on as WMOT in 1940, and was a classical music station until the early 1960s. The station eventually changed its call letters to match its AM sister station, WWSW. The station became WPEZ", "title": "WWSW-FM" }, { "id": "6085412", "text": "WWSW-FM WWSW-FM (3WS), is a classic hits radio station based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The iHeartMedia, Inc. station broadcasts at 94.5 MHz with an ERP of 50 kW. Its transmitter is located in Pittsburgh just north of downtown, while its studios are located west of downtown. The current airstaff is made up of Jonny Hartwell, Sheri Van Dyke, Mike Frazer, Steve Grenato, and Kate Harris. The station signed on as WMOT in 1940, and was a classical music station until the early 1960s. The station eventually changed its call letters to match its AM sister station, WWSW. The station became WPEZ", "title": "WWSW-FM" }, { "id": "17176965", "text": "Pittsburgh-New Castle-Weirton, PA-OH-WV Combined Statistical Area The Pittsburgh-New Castle-Weirton, PA-OH-WV Combined Statistical Area is a 12-county Combined Statistical Area in the United States. The principal city of the area is the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania but includes parts of the states of Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio and was officially defined by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2013. As a CSA, the Census Bureau has identified that the region shares integrated transportation and economic ties as evidenced by commuting patterns. The estimated population of the area was 2,635,228 in mid-2016. The following metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas form the Pittsburgh-New", "title": "Pittsburgh-New Castle-Weirton, PA-OH-WV Combined Statistical Area" }, { "id": "1200377", "text": "Uniontown, Pennsylvania Uniontown is a city in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States, southeast of Pittsburgh and part of the Greater Pittsburgh Region. The population was 10,372 at the 2010 census, down from 12,422 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat and largest city of Fayette County. Popularly known as \"Beesontown\", the \"town of Union\" was founded by Henry Beeson on July 4, 1776, coincidentally the same date the United States Declaration of Independence was ratified. The National Road, also known as the Cumberland Road, was routed through Uniontown in the early 19th century, and the town grew along", "title": "Uniontown, Pennsylvania" }, { "id": "1205587", "text": "Mars, Pennsylvania Mars is a borough in Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,699 at the 2010 census. Mars is located in southern Butler County at (40.696594, -80.012205), about halfway between the cities of Pittsburgh and Butler. The small community is nestled in a small valley along Breakneck Creek. Pennsylvania Route 228 bypasses the borough to the south, leading east to Pennsylvania Route 8 and west to Interstates 79 and 76 in Cranberry Township. The Mars-Evans City Road leads out of town to the north. According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough of Mars has a", "title": "Mars, Pennsylvania" }, { "id": "14711491", "text": "It is today an important commercial area. Munson's Hill Munson's Hill is a geographic eminence located in eastern Fairfax County, Virginia. Its summit rises to above sea level. Munson's Hill is located at . The hill is adjacent to Upton's Hill (410 ft) on its north. It is located at an area called Seven Corners, where Leesburg Pike, U.S. Route 50, Sleepy Hollow Road, and Wilson Boulevard intersect. Until recent decades the area of heights where the roads intersect was called Perkins' Hill and was considered a geographically distinct hill by local residents. Geographers, however, appear to consider the two", "title": "Munson's Hill" } ]

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[ { "id": "9682912", "text": "Leopard (pattern) A leopard pattern is a spotted color pattern, particularly in the hair coat or skin of animals, but can also describe spotting patterns in plants and fabrics. The term refers to the black and gold spotted coat of the leopard cat, but is used to describe many color combinations that result in spots scattered randomly across the skin or hair coat of other animals. Examples of animals with coloring patterns termed \"leopard\" include many great cats in the genus \"Panthera\", the leopard frog, the \"leopard\" spotting pattern in the Appaloosa and Knabstrupper breeds of horses, the leopard seal,", "title": "Leopard (pattern)" }, { "id": "547553", "text": "but with shorter legs. The hybrid is in general a dwarf, smaller than either parent. The coat is variously described as sandy, tawny or greyish with brown, chestnut or faded rosettes. The leopard's skin colour varies by climate and habitat from pale yellow to yellowish brown or golden. Leopards living in forests are darker than those in arid habitats. Spots fade toward the white underbelly and the insides and lower parts of the legs. Rosettes are most prominent on the back, flanks and hindquarters. The pattern of the rosettes is unique in each individual. Rosettes are circular in East African", "title": "Leopard" }, { "id": "9682913", "text": "insects such as the giant leopard moth, and fish species such as the leopard darter, leopard shark, and the leopard eel. Examples of plants that use the term include the leopard lily, and the leopard flower. The \"Lp\" (leopard complex) gene is responsible for the leopard color pattern in horses, which not only produces a spotted coat color but also causes mottling of the skin, a white sclera around the eye, and striped hooves. Horses with the \"Lp\" gene may be spotted all over, or may have concentrations of spots in various patterns. Leopard (pattern) A leopard pattern is a", "title": "Leopard (pattern)" }, { "id": "12675476", "text": "a very ancient mutation. Coat patterns in the leopard complex range from being hardly distinguishable from an unaffected coat, to nearly pure white. Unlike most other spotting patterns, the spotting and especially the white regions associated with the leopard complex tend to be symmetrical and originate over the hips. Furthermore, a certain amount of this inherited white patterning is present at birth. The amount of white, even if none is present at birth, often grows throughout the horse's life by gradual \"roaning\" which is not related to graying or true roan. Colored spots reflect the underlying coat color, be it", "title": "Leopard complex" }, { "id": "12675475", "text": "Leopard complex The leopard complex is a group of genetically related coat patterns in horses. These patterns range from progressive increases in interspersed white hair similar to graying or roan to distinctive, Dalmatian-like leopard spots on a white coat. Secondary characteristics associated with the leopard complex include a white sclera around the eye, striped hooves and mottled skin. The leopard complex genes are also linked to abnormalities in the eyes and vision. These patterns are most closely identified with the Appaloosa horse breed, though its presence in breeds from Asia to western Europe has indicated that it is due to", "title": "Leopard complex" }, { "id": "8999164", "text": "on closer examination dark brown with circular darker coloured spots, tinged pale red underneath. Its coat is spotted and rosetted on pale yellow to yellowish brown or golden background, except for the melanistic forms; spots fade toward the white underbelly and the insides and lower parts of the legs. Rosettes are most prominent on the back, flanks and hindquarters. The pattern of the rosettes is unique to each individual. Juveniles have woolly fur, and appear dark due to the densely arranged spots. The white-tipped tail is long, white underneath, and displays rosettes, which form incomplete bands toward the end. The", "title": "Indian leopard" }, { "id": "1957948", "text": "with central white spots. Body and limbs are marked with black spots of varying size and color, and along its back are two to four rows of elongated spots. The tail is about half the size of its head-body length and is spotted with a few indistinct rings near the black tip. The background color of the spotted fur is tawny, with a white chest and belly. However, in their huge range, they vary so much in coloration and size of spots as well as in body size and weight that initially they were thought to be several different species.", "title": "Leopard cat" }, { "id": "1514348", "text": "the affected part of the coat. Descriptions of roan coat colors are as follows: Any other coat color may also be affected by roaning. Few combinations have the same unique terminology applied to the common roan colors, although palomino roans are sometimes called \"honey roans\". A varnish roan is not a true roan; it is actually one of the leopard complex coat patterns associated with Appaloosa, Knabstrupper, Noriker horse and related breeds. Rabicano is a white pattern that falls into the category of \"roaning\" or scattered white hairs, the genetics of which are not yet fully understood. Sometimes called \"ticking\",", "title": "Roan (color)" }, { "id": "8298998", "text": "Leopard is genetically quite distinct from all other white and white-spotting patterns. The \"fewspot leopard\" pattern, however, can resemble white. Two factors influence the eventual appearance of a leopard complex coat: whether one copy (heterozygous \"LP/lp\") or two copies (homozygous \"LP/LP\") Leopard alleles are present, and the degree of dense white patterning present at birth. If a foal is homozygous for the \"LP\" allele and has extensive dense white patterning, they will appear nearly white at birth, and may continue to lighten with age. In other parts of the world, these horses are called \"white born.\" \"White born\" foals are", "title": "White (horse)" }, { "id": "12675483", "text": "from the rest of the coat become visible. Some horses without any dense white patterning at birth seem to spontaneously develop into white, leopard-spotted horses with maturity. Varnishing is more common among Appaloosa horses, and less common among Norikers and Knabstruppers, whose breed associations find it undesirable. Like much of coat color genetics, commonly used terms do not necessarily correspond to precise genetic states. Nevertheless, terminology can reveal a lot about the genetic interactions surrounding the leopard complex. Base colors are overlain by various spotting patterns, which are variable and often do not fit neatly into a specific category. These", "title": "Leopard complex" }, { "id": "1957947", "text": "carnassials. Archaeological evidence indicates that the leopard cat was the first cat species domesticated in Neolithic China about 5,000 years ago in Shaanxi and Henan Provinces. A leopard cat is about the size of a domestic cat, but more slender, with longer legs and well-defined webs between its toes. Its small head is marked with two prominent dark stripes and a short and narrow white muzzle. There are two dark stripes running from the eyes to the ears and smaller white streaks running from the eyes to the nose. The backs of its moderately long and rounded ears are black", "title": "Leopard cat" }, { "id": "1957949", "text": "The fur color is yellowish brown in the southern populations, but pale silver-grey in the northern ones. The black markings may be spotted, rosetted, or may even form dotted streaks, depending on subspecies. In the tropics, leopard cats weigh , have head-body lengths of , with long tails. In northern China and Siberia, they weigh up to , and have head-body lengths of up to ; generally, they put on weight before winter and become thinner until spring. Shoulder height is about . Following a revision of Felidae taxonomy in 2017, two leopard cat species are now recognised, based on", "title": "Leopard cat" }, { "id": "8751580", "text": "has an arrowhead-shaped crown with three posterior points, mounted on a short stalk. The background color of the leopard catshark ranges from off-white to glossy jet black above and white to almost black below, sometimes with an abrupt transition between the two. Overlaid is a striking pattern of black markings variously combining small to large spots, blotches, complete to incomplete rosettes, and/or short to long lines, that may extend almost to the midline of the belly. There are four named forms: 'typical', with leopard-like rosettes and broken lines, 'marleyi', with large round spots, 'salt and pepper', with densely packed dots,", "title": "Leopard catshark" }, { "id": "13917647", "text": "Animal print Animal print is a clothing and fashion style in which the garment is made to resemble the pattern of the skin and fur of an animal such as a leopard, cheetah, zebra, tiger, spotted hyena, striped hyena, African wild dog, giraffe or monkey. Animal print is also used for room decoration, handbags and footwear and even some jewelry. A major difference between animal prints and fur clothing is that animal prints today very often use fake fur instead of animal coat. Animal prints have long been a popular style for many reasons. For one, they are generally expensive", "title": "Animal print" }, { "id": "547554", "text": "leopard populations, and tend to be squarish in Southern African and larger in Asian leopard populations. The fur tends to be grayish tones in colder climates, and to a darker golden hue in rainforest habitats. Its white-tipped tail is about long, white underneath and with spots that form incomplete bands toward the tails's end. Its fur is generally soft and thick, notably softer on the belly than on the back. It tends to grow longer in colder climates. The guard hairs protecting the basal hairs are short () in face and head, and increase in length toward the flanks and", "title": "Leopard" }, { "id": "12675491", "text": "Falabella breeds, the Spanish Mustang, the Noriker and the related South German Coldblood. The existence of leopard-spotted coats among Asian breeds such as the Karabair and Mongolian Altai has been recorded since ancient times, and suggests that the gene is very old. Leopard complex patterns exist in very low frequencies among American Quarter Horses. Leopard complex The leopard complex is a group of genetically related coat patterns in horses. These patterns range from progressive increases in interspersed white hair similar to graying or roan to distinctive, Dalmatian-like leopard spots on a white coat. Secondary characteristics associated with the leopard complex", "title": "Leopard complex" }, { "id": "2901569", "text": "roan, or various shades of dun, including grullo. Paints may also carry the gray gene and have spots that eventually fade to white hair, though retaining pigmented skin underneath the areas that were once dark. Spots can be any shape or size, except leopard complex patterning, which is characteristic of the Appaloosa, and located virtually anywhere on the Paint's body. Although Paints come in a variety of colors with different markings and different underlying genetics, these are grouped into only four defined coat patterns: overo (includes frame, splash and sabino), tobiano and tovero and solid. Breeding Stock Paints can sometimes", "title": "American Paint Horse" }, { "id": "2362102", "text": "the Greek for \"small clawed\". The leopard seal has a distinctively long and muscular body shape, when compared to other seals. This species of seal is known for its massive head and jaws that allow it to be one of the top predators in its environment. A notable key feature of leopard seals is its counter-shaded coat. A counter-shaded coat is when the dorsal side of the coat is darker than ventral side. Leopard seals have a silver to dark gray blended coat that makes up its distinctive \"leopard\" coloration with a spotted pattern, whereas the ventral side of the", "title": "Leopard seal" }, { "id": "547586", "text": "lions passant guardant appear in the Coat of arms of Dalmatia, coat of arms of England and many of its former colonies; more modern naturalistic (leopard-like) depictions appear on the coat of arms of several African nations including Benin, Malawi, Somalia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Gabon, which uses a black panther. Leopard domestication has also been recorded—several leopards were kept in a menagerie established by King John at the Tower of London in the 13th century; around 1235, three of these animals were given to Henry III by Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II. In protected areas of", "title": "Leopard" }, { "id": "16258760", "text": "carbon dating tests, roughly 25,000 years ago, a cave painting depicting spotted horses was painted in Pech Merle cave in France. European cave paintings often depict rhinoceros, wild cattle and other types of game, but the spotted horses depicted seem to indicate that the species existed 20,000 years prior to their domestication, some 5,000 years ago. The coat patterns in horses are genetically-related and are called a leopard complex. The genes in leopard complex are also linked to abnormalities in the eyes and vision. These patterns are most closely identified with the Appaloosa horse breed, though its presence in breeds", "title": "Leopard Spotted Horses" }, { "id": "144977", "text": "domestic cats display a rosette pattern on their coats. This character state, however, is not related to the rosettes found on big cats. Domestic cats and big cats underwent convergent evolution for this trait. The most common ancestor to all cats had a flecked coat. Lynxes display this character state. The jaguarundi lost this character state secondarily. The most common recent ancestor of snow leopards, tigers, jaguars, lions, and leopards developed a coat with rosette patterns from the flecked patterns. Tigers and lions, however, do not display rosettes as adults. They both have lost this ancestral character state over time.", "title": "Felidae" }, { "id": "547539", "text": "hunted illegally, and their body parts are smuggled in the wildlife trade for medicinal practices and decoration. Compared to other wild cats, the leopard has relatively short legs and a long body with a large skull. It is similar in appearance to the jaguar, but generally has a smaller, lighter physique. Its fur is marked with rosettes similar to those of the jaguar, but the leopard's rosettes are generally smaller, more densely packed and without central spots. Both leopards and jaguars that are melanistic are known as black panthers. The leopard is distinguished by its well-camouflaged fur, opportunistic hunting behaviour,", "title": "Leopard" }, { "id": "406767", "text": "Its pelage is dense and heavy, and colouration varies between shades of orange and brown with white ventral areas and distinctive vertical black stripes that are unique in each individual. Stripes are likely advantageous for camouflage in vegetation such as long grass with strong vertical patterns of light and shade. The tiger is one of only a few striped cat species; it is not known why spotted patterns and rosettes are the more common camouflage pattern among felids. A tiger's coat pattern is still visible when it is shaved. This is not due to skin pigmentation, but to the stubble", "title": "Tiger" }, { "id": "12675481", "text": "the hips. A proposed gene, \"PATN-1\", may be responsible for the most familiar expressions of white: heterozygotes possessing common-size \"blankets\" and homozygotes possessing extensive \"blankets\" that may affect the entire coat. Even horses with extensive white usually retain dark colored regions just above the hooves, on the knees and hocks, stifles and elbows, hips and points of shoulder, the tail, mane, and the bony parts of the face. The smallest amount of white patterning is just a sprinkling of white over the hips. Just as there is white patterning specifically associated with the leopard complex, there is a type of", "title": "Leopard complex" }, { "id": "547585", "text": "was considered the king of the forest. Leopards were also kept and paraded as mascots, totems and sacrifices to deities. As a result of their association with kings in Africa, the leopard's pelt is often seen today as a symbol of aristocratic rank, chiefs using it as a part of their traditional regalia. The lion passant guardant or leopard is a frequently used charge in heraldry, most commonly appearing in groups of three. The heraldic leopard lacks spots and sports a mane, making it visually almost identical to the heraldic lion, and the two are often used interchangeably. These traditional", "title": "Leopard" }, { "id": "5203629", "text": "pattern is the only accepted pattern because it is the only pattern found on the African Serval Cat. Non-standard patterns & colors include: Rosetted, marble, snow color (point), blue color, cinnamon color, chocolate color, lilac (lavender) and other diluted colors derived from domestic sources of cat coat genetics. The International Cat Association (TICA) breed standard calls for brown-spotted tabby (cool to warm brown, tan or gold with black or dark brown spots), silver-spotted tabby (silver coat with black or dark grey spots), black (black with black spots), and black smoke (black-tipped silver with black spots) only. Domestic out-crosses from the", "title": "Savannah cat" }, { "id": "13917650", "text": "animal print design into accessories such as iPad hard cases and folios. Animal print Animal print is a clothing and fashion style in which the garment is made to resemble the pattern of the skin and fur of an animal such as a leopard, cheetah, zebra, tiger, spotted hyena, striped hyena, African wild dog, giraffe or monkey. Animal print is also used for room decoration, handbags and footwear and even some jewelry. A major difference between animal prints and fur clothing is that animal prints today very often use fake fur instead of animal coat. Animal prints have long been", "title": "Animal print" }, { "id": "81472", "text": "Camouflage Camouflage is the use of any combination of materials, coloration, or illumination for concealment, either by making animals or objects hard to see (crypsis), or by disguising them as something else (mimesis). Examples include the leopard's spotted coat, the battledress of a modern soldier, and the leaf-mimic katydid's wings. A third approach, motion dazzle, confuses the observer with a conspicuous pattern, making the object visible but momentarily harder to locate. The majority of camouflage methods aim for crypsis, often through a general resemblance to the background, high contrast disruptive coloration, eliminating shadow, and countershading. In the open ocean, where", "title": "Camouflage" }, { "id": "16258764", "text": "for coat color of 31 ancient horse fossils from Siberia, Eastern and Western Europe and the Iberian Peninsula. The researchers found that a genetic mutation associated with the presence of white leopard-like spotting patterns on modern horses was present in six of the European horse fossils. Additionally, seven of the fossils had the genetic variation for black coat color, whereas 18 had bay coats. All horse color phenotypes that seem to be distinguishable in cave paintings have now been found to exist in prehistoric horse populations, suggesting that cave paintings of this species represent remarkably realistic depictions of the animals", "title": "Leopard Spotted Horses" }, { "id": "12675480", "text": "unless the surrounding pigment is removed. As a rule, heterozygous leopards have larger, more abundant spots, while homozygotes have smaller, scarcer spots. There is at least one genetically controlled type of white patterning that is strictly associated with the leopard complex. These white patterns permit the spots associated with the leopard complex to become visible. Other white patterns, such as tobiano or white leg markings, obscure leopard spots. A certain amount of leopard-associated white patterning may be present at birth. Temporal changes in the amount of white patterning are discussed below. Leopard-associated white patterning is usually symmetrical and originates over", "title": "Leopard complex" }, { "id": "12675479", "text": "are associated with broad white face markings, striped hooves with the Silver dapple gene, and freckled skin with the Champagne gene. A DNA test can now identify the \"Lp\" gene, though a combination of pedigree knowledge and coat characteristics also help. While both heterozygous and homozygous \"Lp\" horses possess the aforementioned characteristics, heterozygotes and homozygotes differ significantly in the presence of true spots. True leopard spots are produced only by the \"Lp\" gene, and directly reflect the underlying coat color (bay, black, gray, cremello, red dun, and so on). Since these spots match the coat color, they are not visible", "title": "Leopard complex" }, { "id": "861146", "text": "for racing. Many current breeders also attempt to breed away from the sparse, \"rat tail\" trait, and therefore modern Appaloosas have fuller manes and tails. The coat color of an Appaloosa is a combination of a base color with an overlaid spotting pattern. The base colors recognized by the Appaloosa Horse Club include bay, black, chestnut, palomino, buckskin, cremello or perlino, roan, gray, dun and grulla. Appaloosa markings have several pattern variations. It is this unique group of spotting patterns, collectively called the \"leopard complex\", that most people associate with the Appaloosa horse. Spots overlay darker skin, and are often", "title": "Appaloosa" }, { "id": "3968028", "text": "Brindle Brindle is a coat coloring pattern in animals, particularly dogs, cattle, guinea pigs, and, rarely, horses. It is sometimes described as \"tiger-striped\", although the brindle pattern is more subtle than that of a tiger's coat. The streaks of color are irregular and usually darker than the base color of the coat, although very dark markings can be seen on a coat that is only slightly lighter. The brindle pattern may also take the place of tan in tricolor coats of some dog breeds (such as Basenjis). This coloration looks very similar to tricolor, and can be distinguished only at", "title": "Brindle" }, { "id": "4285792", "text": "Genes that affect the distribution of white and pigmented coat, skin and eye color create patterns such as roan, pinto, leopard, white, and even white markings. Some of these patterns may be the result of a single gene, others may be influenced by multiple alleles. Finally the gray gene, which acts differently from other coat color genes, slowly lightens any other hair coat color to white over a period of years, without changing skin or eye color. Much of the modern understanding of equine coat color genetics is owed to the work of Dr. Ann T. Bowling of the University", "title": "Equine coat color genetics" }, { "id": "2979169", "text": "to each other down the back. These dorsolateral folds are often lighter or occasionally pinkish in colour. Also, a pale stripe runs from the nostril, under the eye and tympanum, terminating at the shoulder. The ventral surface is white or pale green. The iris is golden and toes are webbed. Tadpoles are dark brown or grey, with light blotches on the underside. The tail is pale tan. The northern leopard frog has several different color variations, with the most common two being the green and the brown morphs, with another morph known as the burnsi morph. Individuals with the burnsi", "title": "Northern leopard frog" }, { "id": "547584", "text": "humans throughout history, and have featured in the art, mythology, and folklore of many countries where they have historically occurred, such as ancient Greece, Persia, and Rome, as well as some where they have not existed for several millennia, such as England. The modern use of the leopard as an emblem for sport or a coat of arms is much more restricted to Africa, though numerous products worldwide have used the name. During the Benin Empire, the leopard was commonly represented on engravings and sculptures and was used to symbolise the power of the king or \"oba\"; since the leopard", "title": "Leopard" }, { "id": "1957963", "text": "in 1871. One was depicted in Gustav Radde's illustration cum description of a wild cat; the other was part of a collection at the Regent's Park Zoo. The ground colour of both was light brownish-yellow, strongly mixed with grey and covered with reddish-brown spots, head grey with a dark-red stripe across the cheek. In 1922, Tamezo Mori described a similar but lighter grey spotted skin of a wild cat from the vicinity of Mukden in Manchuria that he named \"Felis manchurica\". Later both were grouped under the trinomen \"Felis bengalensis euptilura\". In the 1970s and 1980s, the Russian zoologists Geptner,", "title": "Leopard cat" }, { "id": "3141627", "text": "as that the melanin pigment enhances function of immune defences, or a thermal advantage from the darker coloration. Melanistic coat coloration occurs as a common polymorphism in 11 of 37 felid species and reaches high population frequency in some cases but never achieves complete fixation. The black panther, a melanic form of leopard, is common in the equatorial rainforest of Malaya and the tropical rainforest on the slopes of some African mountains, such as Mount Kenya. The serval also has melanic forms in certain areas of East Africa. In the jaguarundi, coloration varies from dark brown and gray to light", "title": "Melanism" }, { "id": "8167479", "text": "horse. Varnish roan is \"not\" a result of the roan or the Gray gene, but part of the Leopard complex. A horse may have varnish roan coloration in conjunction with other leopard patterns. By adulthood, the varnish roan usually has a base coat of intermingled dark and white hairs, though more white hairs than dark, with mottled skin, color mainly on the cheeks of the face, and around the knees. The darker areas remain at bony points (on the face, usually in a distinct V on the bridge of the nose; on the cheeks, point of shoulder, elbows, knees, point", "title": "Varnish roan" }, { "id": "12675482", "text": "progressive roaning that is unrelated to graying out or true roan. Horses with coat patterns within the leopard complex are known for their mystifying coat changes. This unusual characteristic is due at least in part to leopard roaning, also called \"varnish roaning.\" While the gray gene only affects the hair, some horses with the \"Lp\" gene will progressively lose pigment in both the skin and hair as they age. Also unlike graying out, the leopard spots are not affected by this roaning process. Neither are the \"bony prominences\" strongly affected. As a varnish roan horse lightens, the leopard spots indistinguishable", "title": "Leopard complex" }, { "id": "2945733", "text": "also appear in any domesticated cat. A colorpointed cat has dark colors on the face, ears, feet, and tail, with a lighter version of the same color on the rest of the body, and possibly some white. The exact name of the colorpoint pattern depends on the actual color, so there are seal points (dark brown), chocolate points (warm lighter brown), blue points (dark gray), lilac or frost points (silvery gray-pink), red or flame points (orange), and tortie (tortoiseshell mottling) points, among others. This pattern is the result of a temperature sensitive mutation in one of the enzymes in the", "title": "Cat coat genetics" }, { "id": "547555", "text": "the belly to about . Juveniles have woolly fur, and appear dark due to the densely arranged spots. The leopard is often confused with the cheetah; however, the cheetah is marked with small round spots instead of the larger rosettes. Moreover, the leopard lacks the facial tear streaks characteristic of the cheetah. Other similar species are the clouded leopard and jaguar. The clouded leopard can be told apart by the diffuse \"clouds\" of spots compared to the smaller and distinct rosettes of the leopard, longer legs and thinner tail. The jaguar has rosettes that typically have spots within them, while", "title": "Leopard" }, { "id": "13857562", "text": "have several manifestations that feature mixtures of white and colored hairs. A varnish roan, one type of leopard complex coat color also called \"marble\", is an all-over blend of white and colored hairs. Patches of skin that lie close to the bone, such as on the face and legs, and the point of shoulder and point of hip, do not grow as much white hair. These darker patches are called \"varnish marks\" and are not found in true roans. Varnish roans can also be distinguished from true roans by the presence of leopard complex characteristics, such as the white sclera,", "title": "Roan (horse)" }, { "id": "6928100", "text": "African leopard The African leopard (\"Panthera pardus pardus\") is the leopard nominate subspecies native to many countries in Africa. It is widely distributed in most of sub-Saharan Africa, but the historical range has been fragmented in the course of habitat conversion. Leopards have been recorded in North Africa as well. Traditionally the following subspecies were recognized in Africa: Results of genetic analysis indicate that all African leopard populations are closely related and represent only one subspecies. However, sample sizes were limited. The African leopard exhibits great variation in coat color, depending on location and habitat. Coat colour varies from pale", "title": "African leopard" }, { "id": "861137", "text": "Appaloosa The Appaloosa is an American horse breed best known for its colorful spotted coat pattern. There is a wide range of body types within the breed, stemming from the influence of multiple breeds of horses throughout its history. Each horse's color pattern is genetically the result of various spotting patterns overlaid on top of one of several recognized base coat colors. The color pattern of the Appaloosa is of interest to those who study equine coat color genetics, as it and several other physical characteristics are linked to the leopard complex mutation (LP). Appaloosas are prone to develop equine", "title": "Appaloosa" }, { "id": "8167478", "text": "Varnish roan Varnish roan describes a horse with coloration similar to roan, but with some changes in color over the years, though not to the extreme of a gray. This type of roaning only occurs in conjunction with the Leopard complex. Varnish roans are born with a dark base coat color, usually with some spotting. As the horse ages, white hairs increase over most of the body, and many spotted markings blur or fade. The varnish roan pattern often appears to spread from the white of any original markings. This color pattern is best known in the Appaloosa breed of", "title": "Varnish roan" }, { "id": "667028", "text": "for state emblems. These emblems often involve the star and crescent symbol taken from the Ottoman flag. Another commonly seen symbol is the eagle, which is a symbol attributed to Saladin, and the hawk of the Qureish. These symbols can be found on the Coat of Arms of Egypt and Syria. African flags and emblems after decolonisation often chose emblems based on regional traditions or wildlife. Symbols of a ritual significance according to local custom were generally favoured, such as the leopard in the arms of Benin, Malawi, Somalia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and, in the form of", "title": "Coat of arms" }, { "id": "8632712", "text": "white markings. White markings and patterns such as pinto and leopard have no bearing on the underlying base coat color of the animal. Black foals are typically born a mousy gray but can be darker shades. As many foals have primitive markings at birth, some black foals are mistaken for grullo or even bay dun; the primitive markings on a black foal will, however, disappear as the black hair coat grows in. Black foals have dark skin and eyes at birth. An adult-like black foal coat often indicates that the foal will gray, if the foal has at least one", "title": "Black (horse)" }, { "id": "215639", "text": "armored reptiles and turtles. A comparative study of bite force adjusted for body size ranked it as the top felid, alongside the clouded leopard and ahead of the tiger and lion. It has been reported that \"an individual jaguar can drag an bull in its jaws and pulverize the heaviest bones\". While the jaguar closely resembles the leopard, it is generally sturdier and heavier, and the two animals can be distinguished by their rosettes: the rosettes on a jaguar's coat are larger, fewer in number, usually darker, and have thicker lines and small spots in the middle that the leopard", "title": "Jaguar" }, { "id": "12675490", "text": "breeds. Up to 80% of all uveitis cases are found in Appaloosas, with physical characteristics including light colored coat patterns, little pigment around the eyelids and sparse hair in the mane and tail denoting more at-risk individuals. Researchers may have identified a gene region containing an allele that makes the breed more susceptible to the disease. The Appaloosa horse is the breed best known for the leopard complex patterns, though the complex characterizes the Pony of the Americas, Colorado Ranger, Tiger Horse, British Spotted Pony and the Knabstrupper breeds. The gene is also relatively common in the Miniature horse and", "title": "Leopard complex" }, { "id": "2945727", "text": "basic pattern of stripes that underlies the coat. The basic wild-type tabby gene, \"Mc\", produces what is called a \"mackerel striped\" tabby (stripes look like thin fishbones and may break up into bars or spots), while a recessive mutant, \"mc\", produces a blotched or \"classic\" tabby pattern (broad bands, whorls, and spirals of dark color on pale background usually with bulls-eye or oyster pattern on flank). The classic tabby is most common in Iran, Great Britain and in lands that were once part of the British Empire and Persian Empire. The gene responsible for this differential patterning has been identified", "title": "Cat coat genetics" }, { "id": "2945731", "text": "red/cream and black/blue, reminiscent of tortoiseshell material, and is called a tortoiseshell cat. An Oo cat with a large amount of white will have bigger, clearly defined patches of red/cream and black/blue, and is called a calico. With intermediate amounts of white, a cat may exhibit a calico pattern, a tortie pattern, or something in between, depending on other epigenetic factors. A true tricolor must consist of three colors: white; a red, orange, yellow, or cream pheomelanin color; and a black, brownish, or gray (blue) eumelanin color. Tricolor should not be mistaken for the natural gradations in a tabby pattern.", "title": "Cat coat genetics" }, { "id": "2945729", "text": "masks all other tabby patterns. Tortoiseshells are also known as calimanco or clouded tiger cats, and by the abbreviation \"tortie\". Tortoiseshells have patches of orange fur (pheomelanin based) and black or brown (eumelanin based) fur, caused by X-inactivation. Because this requires two X chromosomes, the vast majority of tortoiseshells are female, with approximately 1 in 3,000 being male. Male tortoiseshells can occur as a result of chromosomal abnormalities such as Klinefelter syndrome, or by a phenomenon known as chimerism, where two early stage embryos are merged into a single kitten. Tortoiseshells with a relatively small amount of white spotting are", "title": "Cat coat genetics" }, { "id": "8167480", "text": "of hips, hock) and it can be seasonal as well. Although classic roans are roan from birth, varnish roans are often born with spots and \"roan out\" as they age. A horse's appearance can change almost completely, although the original markings are usually visible. The pattern is not completely stable. The horse is born another color (usually another leopard pattern), and the Varnish pattern gradually overtakes it by adulthood. After the horse is mature, the coat color may lighten slightly when the horse has a long winter coat, and darken slightly in the summer when the winter coat sheds out.", "title": "Varnish roan" }, { "id": "16476403", "text": "oak tree bark, cracks form to relieve stress as usual, but they do not grow long as their growth is interrupted by bundles of strong elastic fibres. Since each species of tree has its own structure at the levels of cell and of molecules, each has its own pattern of splitting in its bark. Leopards and ladybirds are spotted; angelfish and zebras are striped. These patterns have an evolutionary explanation: they have functions which increase the chances that the offspring of the patterned animal will survive to reproduce. One function of animal patterns is camouflage; for instance, a leopard that", "title": "Patterns in nature" }, { "id": "8167482", "text": "specific white patterning genes produce the assorted blanket, leopard, and snowflake coat patterns. Without these white patterning factors, horses with one or two copies of the dominant \"Lp\" gene are \"varnish roans.\" Varnish roans can be considered to have many, many very small leopard spots that reflect the mottling of the underlying skin. A horse may be varnish roan as well as true roan and gray, but such combinations are extremely uncommon. The breeding of grays is discouraged by the Appaloosa Horse Club and not allowed by Knabstrupper breed registry. Varnish roan Varnish roan describes a horse with coloration similar", "title": "Varnish roan" }, { "id": "16097981", "text": "tabby patterns include classic, mackerel, marbled, spotted, and ticked (in two genetic forms), while other patterns include shaded, chinchilla, and two tabbie-tortie variations, golden, and grizzled. Basic colors include white, black, brown, ruddy, bronze, \"blue\" (grey), chocolate, cinnamon, lilac, fawn, red, cream, with a silver or shaded variant of most. Not counting bi-color (piebald) or parti-color coats, nor combinations that are genetically impossible, there are nearly 1,000 named coat pattern variations in the TICA system for which the Persian/Himalayan qualifies. The Exotic Shorthair sub-breed qualifies for every cat coat variation TICA recognizes. Eye colors range widely, and may include blue,", "title": "Persian cat" }, { "id": "9591650", "text": "Leopard was reported in \"The Field\" in 1953 regarding London Zoo's Leopard from West Persia exhibited in 1910 or 1911: \"indistinct, blackish spots in summer. When autumn came its now longer winter coat lost the spots and became so pale as to be difficult to see towards dusk.\" This indicates a chinchilla mutation instead of albinism. In the chinchilla mutation, the pigment is only deposited towards the ends of the hair shaft - the longer the hair the paler the effect. A wild-caught albino Leopard called Jinx was kept at the Central Park Zoo, US between 1935-1960 and had originated", "title": "White panther" }, { "id": "8167481", "text": "However, unlike the gray gene, the color does \"not\" get progressively lighter every year for the life of the horse, though it may look a bit different from year to year while the horse is young. The varnish roan is not a true roan, it is actually one of the leopard complex coat patterns associated with Appaloosa, Knabstrupper, Noriker horse and related breeds. Varnish roans are not true roans and can be distinguished from true roans by the following: Varnish roan is thought to occur due a single, simple dominant gene on equine chromosome 1 (ECA1). It also appears that", "title": "Varnish roan" }, { "id": "11452661", "text": "leopards defend their territory. Like other cats, snow leopards use scent marks to indicate their territories and common travel routes. These are most commonly produced by scraping the ground with the hind feet before depositing urine or scat, but they also spray urine onto sheltered patches of rock. Snow leopards are crepuscular, being most active at dawn and dusk. They are known for being extremely secretive and well camouflaged. The snow leopard is a carnivore and actively hunts its prey. It is an opportunistic hunter and also eats carrion. It can kill animals two to four times its own weight,", "title": "Snow leopard" }, { "id": "6470210", "text": "Knabstrupper The Knabstrupper or Knabstrup is a Danish breed of horse with an unusual range of coat coloration. The breed is usually around , but also pony-sized ones (under are found. Coat patterns range from solid to a full leopard-spotted coat, with many variants in between. The spotted coat is caused by a genetic mechanism called the leopard complex. The spotted color patterns common in the Knabstrupper are seen in other breeds, such as the Appaloosa horse, though the two breeds developed independently of one another. The breed generally has either warmblood or Baroque horse conformation. Some Knabstruppers are born", "title": "Knabstrupper" }, { "id": "5314714", "text": "They stay mostly immobile during the whole process but will move from spot to spot to thermoregulate, walking into shadowy areas if it is too hot or into sunlight if it is too cold. The male is the one that effectuates the locomotion, while the female folds her legs to be easier to carry. The caterpillar is of the \"woolly bear\" kind, with a thick coat of black bristles (setae) and red or orange bands between its segments, which become conspicuous when the caterpillar rolls into a ball for defense. Like the banded woolly bear, its hairs are not urticant", "title": "Giant leopard moth" }, { "id": "547582", "text": "are born with closed eyes, which open four to nine days after birth. The fur of the young tends to be longer and thicker than that of adults. Their pelage is also more gray in colour with less defined spots. Around three months of age, the young begin to follow the mother on hunts. At one year of age, leopard young can probably fend for themselves, but remain with the mother for 18–24 months. The average typical life span of a leopard is between 12 and 17 years. The oldest recorded spotted leopard was a female named Roxanne living in", "title": "Leopard" }, { "id": "177000", "text": "to point coloration that results in a bay, spotting patterns such as pinto or leopard, dilution genes such as palomino or dun, as well as graying, and all the other factors that create the many possible coat colors found in horses. Horses that have a white coat color are often mislabeled; a horse that looks \"white\" is usually a middle-aged or older gray. Grays are born a darker shade, get lighter as they age, but usually keep black skin underneath their white hair coat (with the exception of pink skin under white markings). The only horses properly called white are", "title": "Horse" }, { "id": "1957960", "text": "In 1792, Robert Kerr first described a leopard cat under the binominal \"Felis bengalensis\" in his translation of Carl von Linné's Systema Naturae as being native to southern Bengal. Between 1829 and 1922, different authors of 20 more descriptions classified the cat either as \"Felis\" or \"Leopardus\". Owing to the individual variation in fur colour, leopard cats from British India were described as \"Felis nipalensis\" from Nepal, \"Leopardus ellioti\" from the area of Bombay, \"Felis wagati\" and \"Felis tenasserimensis\" from Tenasserim. In 1939, Reginald Innes Pocock subordinated them to the genus \"Prionailurus\". The collection of the Natural History Museum in", "title": "Leopard cat" }, { "id": "1957953", "text": "is currently restricted to the islands of Iriomote and Tsushima. Fossils excavated dating to the Pleistocene period suggest a broader distribution in the past. Leopard cats are solitary, except during breeding season. Some are active during the day, but most hunt at night, preferring to stalk murids, tree shrews and hares. They are agile climbers and quite arboreal in their habits. They rest in trees, but also hide in dense thorny undergrowth on the ground. In the oil palm plantations of Sabah, they have been observed up to above ground hunting rodents and beetles. In this habitat, males had larger", "title": "Leopard cat" }, { "id": "564188", "text": "tail differs among individuals, but the stripe patterns of siblings are very similar. In fact, the tail of an individual will typically resemble its siblings' to a greater extent than it resembles its mother's or any other individual's. The cheetah is sometimes confused with the leopard, and can be distinguished by its small round spots in contrast to the leopard's rosettes in addition, the leopard lacks the tear streaks of the cheetah. The cougar possesses neither the tear streaks nor the spotted coat pattern of the cheetah. The serval has a form very similar to that of the cheetah but", "title": "Cheetah" }, { "id": "3023562", "text": "this breed was that people would not want to wear the same type of fur that resembled their pet. The Spangle was introduced to the general public on the cover of the iconic Neiman Marcus Christmas catalog in 1986. This cat gives the initial impression of being a miniature leopard. It has a long, lean, somewhat muscular body and a low slung walk, along with spots. The most desired shape of spots on the cats is round, yet somewhat blockish. Triangular, oval, or square spots are acceptable also. The Spangle's coat may be any of the following colors: bronze, gold,", "title": "California Spangled" }, { "id": "9938906", "text": "Calico cat Calico cats are domestic cats with a spotted or particolored coat that is predominantly white, with patches of two other colors (often orange and black, sometimes gray). Outside North America, the pattern is more usually called \"tortoiseshell and white\". In the province of Quebec, Canada, they are sometimes called \"chatte d'Espagne\" (French for '(female) cat of Spain'). Other names include \"brindle\", \"tricolor cat\", \"tobi mi-ke\" (Japanese for 'triple fur'), and \"lapjeskat\" (Dutch for 'patches cat'); calicoes with diluted coloration have been called \"calimanco\" or \"clouded tiger\". Occasionally, the tri-color calico coloration is combined with a tabby patterning; this", "title": "Calico cat" }, { "id": "4285524", "text": "the hazel eyes of adult champagnes. Their skin may have a scant few black flecks, but the abundant freckles of champagne skin are absent. The respective shades of pink skin and blue eyes are slightly different. Leopard vs. Champagne: The Leopard complex is responsible for the spotted coat of the Appaloosa and other breeds. Even when a spotted hair coat is absent, other traits produced include mottled skin and a white sclera around the eye but generally the eye itself is dark brown. These mottles are alternations between unpigmented pink skin and pigmented skin, which is usually black (thus the", "title": "Champagne gene" }, { "id": "547562", "text": "some of the world's most humid rainforests and even semi-arid desert edges. Leopards in west and central Asia avoid deserts and areas with long snow cover and areas close to urban centres. In India, leopard populations sometimes live quite close to human settlements and even in semi-developed areas. Although occasionally adaptable to human disturbances, leopards require healthy prey populations and appropriate vegetative cover for hunting for prolonged survival and thus rarely linger in heavily developed areas. Due to the leopard's superlative stealthiness, people often remain unaware that big cats live in nearby areas. Leopards are active mainly from dusk till", "title": "Leopard" }, { "id": "163509", "text": "hair to protect against thorns. The tongue, and inside of the mouth are covered in papillae. The coat has dark blotches or patches (which can be orange, chestnut, brown, or nearly black in colour) separated by light hair (usually white or cream in colour). Male giraffes become darker as they age. The coat pattern has been claimed to serve as camouflage in the light and shade patterns of savannah woodlands. Giraffe calves inherit some spot pattern traits from their mothers, and variation in some spot traits are correlated with neonatal survival. The skin underneath the dark areas may serve as", "title": "Giraffe" }, { "id": "562271", "text": "and dark dusky-grey blotched pattern. There are black spots on the head, and the ears are black. Partly fused or broken-up stripes run from the corner of the eyes over the cheek, from the corner of the mouth to the neck, and along the nape to the shoulders. Elongated blotches continue down the spine and form a single median stripe on the loins. Two large blotches of dark dusky-grey hair on the side of the shoulders are each emphasized posteriorly by a dark stripe, which passes on to the foreleg and breaks up into irregular spots. The flanks are marked", "title": "Clouded leopard" }, { "id": "8751581", "text": "and 'melanistic', with an almost completely black upper surface and irregular stripes and/or spots; many sharks are intermediate between these forms. Color pattern is affected by development: all hatchling sharks have large black spots, that with age tend to break up into rosettes and smaller spots, that may eventually merge into lines. The 'marleyi' form appears to be a type of paedomorphosis, in which in the hatchling pattern is carried into adulthood. Color pattern is also related to geographic location, with the 'marleyi' and 'salt and pepper' forms apparently restricted to the waters off the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal. The", "title": "Leopard catshark" }, { "id": "16258759", "text": "Leopard Spotted Horses Leopard Spotted Horses appear in Paleolithic cave paintings. These paintings depict white, spotted horses and experts cannot agree if they depict real or imagined animals. The difference is of importance as it would reveal tendencies to either realism or creativity in early human art. Studies of DNA in horse fossils of similar date to the paintings show the presence of the Leopard complex gene, which could result in the coat patterns shown in the caves. Ancient cave paintings began emerging roughly 35,000 years ago and are found often in remote locations around the world. According to various", "title": "Leopard Spotted Horses" }, { "id": "20174724", "text": "spots that join into complete stripes in some subspecies. The tail is about half the size of its head-body length and is spotted with a few indistinct rings near the black tip. The background color of the spotted fur varies from light grey to ochre tawny, with a white chest and belly. There are two main variants in the coloration. The cats from Java, Bali and Palawan are a light grey, sometimes yellow-grey, with very small spots that may not be clearly defined. The three spotted lines along the back do not from complete stripes and are close together. Those", "title": "Sunda leopard cat" }, { "id": "562272", "text": "by dark dusky-grey irregular blotches bordered behind by long, oblique, irregularly curved or looped stripes. These blotches yielding the clouded pattern suggest the English name of the cat. The underparts and legs are spotted, and the tail is marked by large, irregular, paired spots. Its legs are short and stout, and paws broad. Females are slightly smaller than males. Its hyoid bone is ossified, making it possible to purr. Its pupils contract into vertical slits. Irises are brownish yellow to grayish green. Melanistic clouded leopards are uncommon. It has rather short limbs compared to the other big cats. Its hind", "title": "Clouded leopard" }, { "id": "4285516", "text": "normal, black skin and unpigmented pink. When a horse has both the leopard gene and the champagne gene, the champagne-associated skin is present only where the skin would be otherwise black. In combination with gray, champagne produces very unusual coat behavior. Typically, gray horses are born a dark shade of their natural color, and begin to develop gray hairs around the eyes and muzzle. With each shed, the coat becomes lighter and lighter. Many older grays develop the \"fleabitten\" trait, in which small, interspersed flecks of red occur and often increase in density with age, even as the rest of", "title": "Champagne gene" }, { "id": "547540", "text": "broad diet, and strength (which it uses to move heavy carcasses into trees), as well as its ability to adapt to various habitats ranging from rainforest to steppe, including arid and montane areas, and its ability to run at speeds of up to . Fossil parts dating to the Late Pleistocene were excavated in Europe and Japan. The common name \"leopard\" () is a Greek compound of \"leōn\" (\"lion\") and \"pardos\" (\"male panther\"). The name reflects the fact that in antiquity, a leopard was believed to be a hybrid of a lion and a panther. The Greek word is related", "title": "Leopard" }, { "id": "16258766", "text": "of the Stone Age, was attractive to mates or just stuck around due to random chance. It is difficult to judge how common the spotted horses were, based on the handful of samples tested, but there may be evidence that they were \"not rare.\" This is also a new insight, since many researchers had considered a spotted coat unlikely for Paleolithic horses. The ability to genotype Stone Age animals is a relatively new tool for archeologists, and it is possible to gain more knowledge about the appearance of these animals. Leopard Spotted Horses Leopard Spotted Horses appear in Paleolithic cave", "title": "Leopard Spotted Horses" }, { "id": "16690244", "text": "and skin-colored horns. Giraffes have a typical coat pattern, with regional differences among subspecies. The pattern consists of large, irregular shaped brown to black patches separated by white to yellow bands. Male giraffes' coats darken with age, particularly the patches. The darkening of the coat has not been studied extensively enough to indicate absolute age, however it can estimate relative age of male Rhodesian giraffes. Giraffes occur in arid and dry-savannah zones in sub-Saharan Africa, provided trees are available as a food source (IUCN). The Rhodesian giraffe is endemic to Zambia. Giraffes are herd animals with an extremely flexible social", "title": "Rhodesian giraffe" }, { "id": "8504072", "text": "Tabby cat A tabby is any domestic cat (\"Felis catus\") that has a coat featuring distinctive stripes, dots, lines or swirling patterns, usually together with a mark resembling an 'M' on its forehead. Tabbies are sometimes erroneously assumed to be a cat breed. In fact, the tabby pattern is found in many breeds, and is a genetic landrace common among the general mixed-breed population. The tabby pattern is a naturally occurring feature that may be related to the coloration of the domestic cat's direct ancestor, the African wildcat (\"Felis lybica lybica\"), which—along with the European wildcat (\"Felis silvestris silvestris\") and", "title": "Tabby cat" }, { "id": "4839813", "text": "is seen and described as pure white, making them distinct from albino dogs. A white dog, as opposed to an albino one, has dark pigment around the eye rims and nose, often coupled with dark-colored eyes. There is often some coat identifiable as cream between the dog's shoulder blades. The same pattern may be referred to differently in different breeds. The nature and quality of a purebred dog's coat is important to the dog fancy in the judging of the dog at conformation shows. The exact requirements are detailed in each breed's breed standard and do not generalise in any", "title": "Coat (dog)" }, { "id": "5221201", "text": "refers to the leopard-like spots on the tortoise's shell. The leopard tortoise is the fourth largest species of tortoise in the world, with typical adults reaching and weighing . Adults tend to be larger in the northern and southern ends of their range, where typical specimens weigh up to and an exceptionally large tortoise may reach and weigh . The carapace is high and domed with steep, almost vertical sides. Juveniles and young adults are attractively marked with black blotches, spots or even dashes and stripes on a yellow background. In mature adults the markings tend to fade to a", "title": "Leopard tortoise" }, { "id": "547546", "text": "next, and followed by the lion-jaguar clade. The leopard has 38 diploid chromosomes as most cat species. The chromosomes include four acrocentric, five metacentric, seven submetacentric and two telocentric pairs. The leopard is part of the \"Panthera\" lineage, one of the eight lineages of Felidae. This lineage comprises the species of \"Panthera\" and \"Neofelis\". The clouded leopard diverged first from the lineage, followed by a clade consisting of the tiger and the snow leopard. Subsequent branching began two to three million years ago, but the details of this are disputed. Results of phylogenetic studies based on nDNA and mtDNA analysis", "title": "Leopard" }, { "id": "11452678", "text": "cats around nearby human settlements, and of repeated attacks on livestock (some of them unsuccessful). Snow leopards attacking livestock has also been a subject of conservation journal papers. Snow leopards have symbolic meaning for Turkic peoples of Central Asia, where the animal is known as \"irbis\" or \"bars\", so it is widely used in heraldry and as an emblem. The snow leopard in heraldry is sometimes known in English as the \"ounce\". The cat has long been used as a political symbol, the \"Aq Bars\" ('White Leopard'), by Tatars, Kazakhs, and Bulgars, among others. A snow leopard is found on", "title": "Snow leopard" }, { "id": "3352180", "text": "extends past the eye, over the chin, or both. The genetics of overo and sabino are not yet fully understood, but and can appear in the offspring of two apparently solid-coloured parents, whereas a tobiano must always have at least one tobiano parent. Tricoloured horse Tri-coloured (archaic: \"oddbald\") refers to a horse with three different coat colours in a pinto spotting pattern of large white and dark patches, usually bay (a reddish colour with a black mane and tail) and white. This colouring is also commonly called skewbald (referring to a horse with a spotted coat that is white and", "title": "Tricoloured horse" }, { "id": "1941896", "text": "of the zygomatic arch; hence the head of this cat appears relatively rounder. The coat, sandy, reddish brown or grey, is uniformly coloured and lacks spots; melanistic and albino individuals have been reported from the Indian subcontinent. White cats observed in the coastline tracts of the southern Western Ghats lacked the red eyes typical of true albinos. A 2014 suggested that their colouration could be attributed to inbreeding. Kittens are striped and spotted, and adults may retain some of the markings. Dark-tipped hairs cover the body, giving the cat a speckled appearance. The belly is generally lighter than the rest", "title": "Jungle cat" }, { "id": "1957950", "text": "molecular analyses, morphological differences, and biogeographic separation: Two mainland leopard cat subspecies are currently recognised: Previously, the following were also considered as subspecies: The leopard cat is the most widely distributed Asian small wild cat. Its range extends from the Amur region in the Russian Far East over the Korean Peninsula, China, Indochina, the Indian Subcontinent to northern Pakistan. It lives in tropical evergreen rainforests and plantations at sea level, in subtropical deciduous and coniferous forests in the foothills of the Himalayas at altitudes above . It is able to tolerate human-modified landscapes with vegetation cover to some degree, and", "title": "Leopard cat" }, { "id": "3407932", "text": "the American Association of Cat Enthusiasts recognize seal point coloration and blue point coloration while the Fédération Internationale Féline recognizes seal, blue, black, chocolate, red, cream, cinnamon, and fawn point coloration. Additionally, the FIF recognizes the colors in tortoiseshell, tabby, and tortoiseshell-tabby coat patterns. The International Cat Association recognizes all pointed colors. Snowshoe kittens are born white, and markings appear within 1 to 3 weeks. Each Snowshoe has a pattern unique to the individual cat. The Snowshoe's coat should be of medium to short in length, and should be bright and smooth with no noticeable undercoat. It is considered a", "title": "Snowshoe cat" }, { "id": "11452654", "text": "from . Its tail is long. Its eyes are pale green or grey in color. Its muzzle is short and its forehead domed. Its nasal cavities are large. It weighs between , with an occasional large male reaching and small female of under . The snow leopard shows several adaptations for living in a cold, mountainous environment. Its body is stocky, its fur is thick, and its ears are small and rounded, features that help to minimize heat loss. Its broad paws well distribute the body weight for walking on snow, and have fur on their undersides to increase their", "title": "Snow leopard" }, { "id": "861152", "text": "leopard-spotted horses may have accurately reflected a phenotype of ancient wild horse. Domesticated horses with leopard complex spotting patterns have been depicted in art dating as far back as Ancient Greece, Ancient Persia, and the Han Dynasty in China; later depictions appeared in 11th-century France and 12th-century England. French paintings from the 16th and 17th centuries show horses with spotted coats being used as riding horses, and other records indicate they were also used as coach horses at the court of Louis XIV of France. In mid-18th-century Europe, there was a great demand for horses with the leopard complex spotting", "title": "Appaloosa" }, { "id": "5203628", "text": "the Chausie and Bengal cat, most first generation cats will possess many or all of the serval's exotic looking traits, while these traits often diminish in later generations. Male Savannahs tend to be larger than females. Early-generation Savannahs can weigh , with the most weight usually attributed to the F1 or F2 neutered males due to genetics. Later-generation Savannahs are usually between . Because of the random factors in Savannah genetics, size can vary significantly, even in one litter. The coat of a Savannah should have a spotted pattern, the only pattern accepted by the TICA breed standard. The spotted", "title": "Savannah cat" }, { "id": "1941811", "text": "from the leopard cat lineage between 6.7 and 6.2 million years ago. The sand cat probably diverged from the common ancestor of \"Felis\" species between 3.67 and 1.72 million years ago. The following cladogram shows the phylogenetic relationships of the sand cat as derived through analysis of nDNA: The sand cat's fur is of a pale sandy ochreous colour. Markings vary between individuals: some have neither spots nor stripes, some are faintly spotted, some have both spots and stripes. There are dark brown to blackish bars on the limbs, and the tail has a black tip with two or three", "title": "Sand cat" }, { "id": "4881821", "text": "the tip. The term can also be used to distinguish between colour and pattern; patterns are unpigmented areas with pink skin and white hair. In this definition, an animal has only one self-colour, which is the sum effect of all the genes acting on the pigment. For example, a black and tan piebald Dachshund has patterns (piebald) and self-colours (black and tan). Self colour A self colour refers to the top coat colouration of several domestic animals, such as dogs, pet rodents and cats. It refers to hairs of a uniform shade, with no banding or tipping of another colour.", "title": "Self colour" }, { "id": "12675484", "text": "patterns are described as follows: <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> Although the spotting and roaning patterns that make up the leopard complex sometimes appear very different from each other, the ability of leopard-spotted horses to produce the full spectrum of patterns, from mottled skin to roaning to more leopard-spotted offspring, has long suggested that a single gene was responsible. This gene was termed \"Lp\" for \"leopard complex\" by Dr. D. Phillip Sponenberg in 1982, and was described as an autosomal, incomplete dominant gene. Horses without the gene (\"lplp\") were solid-colored, those with two copies of the gene (homozygous or \"LpLp\") were usually \"fewspots\",", "title": "Leopard complex" }, { "id": "4256199", "text": "single-coated or may have a number of coats, such as an undercoat and a topcoat (made up of guard hairs (also called an outer coat or, sometimes, overcoat). The state of the coat is considered an indication of the animal's breeding and health. Animals might have different coat quality for different seasons. Normally, animals with fur or hair body coats may develop a thicker and/or longer winter coat in colder times of the year, which will shed out to a shorter, sleeker, summer coat as the days lengthen into spring and summer. This process may not occur in a noticeable", "title": "Coat (animal)" }, { "id": "3352178", "text": "horse's skin underneath its coat alternates between dark or pink, depending on the dark or white overlying hair colour. Some animals also exhibit colouration of the irises of the eye that match the surrounding skin (blue eyes for white skin, brown for dark). The underlying genetic cause is related to a condition known as leucism. Genetically, a coloured horse begins with a solid base coat colour. Then the horse has an allele for one of three basic spotting patterns overlaying the base colour. The most common coloured spotting pattern is called tobiano, and is a dominant gene. Tobiano creates spots", "title": "Tricoloured horse" }, { "id": "547556", "text": "those of leopards often do not. Moreover, the jaguar has larger and rounder foot pads and a larger skull. Melanistic leopards are also called black panthers. Pseudomelanism (abundism) also occurs in leopards. Melanism in leopards is inherited as a trait relatively recessive to the spotted form. Interbreeding in melanistic leopards produces a significantly smaller litter size than is produced by normal pairings. The black panther is common in the equatorial rainforest of the Malay Peninsula and the tropical rainforest on the slopes of some African mountains such as Mount Kenya. Between January 1996 and March 2009, Indochinese leopards were photographed", "title": "Leopard" }, { "id": "8751571", "text": "Leopard catshark The leopard catshark (\"Poroderma pantherinum\") is a species of catshark, and part of the family Scyliorhinidae, endemic to the coastal waters of South Africa. Abundant in inshore waters under deep, this bottom-dweller favors rocky reefs, kelp beds, and sandy flats. Growing to a length of , the leopard catshark has a stout body with two dorsal fins placed well back, and a short head and tail. It is extremely variable in color and pattern, with individuals ranging from almost white to black and covered by diverse patterns of black spots, blotches, rosettes, and/or lines. The color pattern changes", "title": "Leopard catshark" } ]

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[ { "id": "12709682", "text": "retreat. The commotion wakes the kids, who have overheard their parents' conversations of not being able to go because of them. Fearing that their parents are contemplating divorce, the kids have already arranged for Dave's father, Grandpa Jim-Jim to babysit so their parents can go to Eden. The retreat proves to be divided into Eden West and Eden East. West is for couples and uses the tagline \"Stay Together\". East is for singles and uses the tagline \"Come Together\". East and West attendees are not allowed to intermingle. Upon arrival at Eden West, the four couples are shown their villas.", "title": "Couples Retreat" }, { "id": "12709679", "text": "Couples Retreat Couples Retreat is a 2009 American romantic comedy film directed by Peter Billingsley marking his directorial debut, and written by Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn, Dana Fox, Curtis Hanson, and Greg Beeman. Vaughn and Favreau star with Jason Bateman, Faizon Love, Kristin Davis, Malin Åkerman, Kristen Bell, and Jean Reno. It was released on October 9, 2009, in the United States. The film was shot mostly on the French Polynesian island of Bora Bora. Dave, a dealer for Guitar Hero, and Ronnie, a stay-at-home mom, are a typical couple raising two young children in the suburbs of Chicago. They", "title": "Couples Retreat" }, { "id": "12709690", "text": "since 2006's \"The Break-Up\". The film has grossed $109.2 million domestically and $58.8 million in foreign markets for a worldwide total of $171 million. Couples Retreat Couples Retreat is a 2009 American romantic comedy film directed by Peter Billingsley marking his directorial debut, and written by Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn, Dana Fox, Curtis Hanson, and Greg Beeman. Vaughn and Favreau star with Jason Bateman, Faizon Love, Kristin Davis, Malin Åkerman, Kristen Bell, and Jean Reno. It was released on October 9, 2009, in the United States. The film was shot mostly on the French Polynesian island of Bora Bora. Dave,", "title": "Couples Retreat" }, { "id": "12709686", "text": "Jason share drinks and end up becoming intimate. Shane runs into his ex-wife, who admits she still loves him. Shane tells Trudy to remain in Eden East and enjoy being single, then leaves with his ex-wife. All four couples return to Eden West. Marcel, seeing that the couples have worked out their problems, frees them from the therapy and allows them to go jet skiing, and with that, really enjoy the rest of their vacation. Vince Vaughn's real-life father, Vernon Vaughn, plays his on-screen father. The primary location for filming was at the St. Regis Bora Bora Resort, Bora Bora", "title": "Couples Retreat" }, { "id": "12709685", "text": "to Eden East. The men come across the staff lounge where they find Sctanley playing Guitar Hero. He threatens to report them to Marcel, but Dave challenges him to the game (without telling Sctanley that he is involved in the game's production). Sctanley, after having lost the wager, directs them to Eden East, even though he knows he was tricked by Dave. When they arrive, Dave realizes what a good thing he has with Ronnie. He goes with her to be alone at a waterfall. Joey finds Lucy with Salvadore and knocks him out, reuniting with his wife. Cynthia and", "title": "Couples Retreat" }, { "id": "12709681", "text": "baby. As a last-ditch effort, they have found a couples therapy resort named Eden. A deal called the Pelican Package is half the normal cost if they can get three other couples to join them. In their presentation, they show beautiful pictures of sunlit beaches and beautiful locations. They also assure the others that the couples therapy is purely optional. Dave and Ronnie discuss their inability to go because of childcare responsibilities and decline the trip. In the middle of the night, their home security alarm is activated when Jason shows up unexpectedly to further sell the idea of the", "title": "Couples Retreat" }, { "id": "12709684", "text": "have problems, even Ronnie and Dave, who thought they were fine. They endure resort owner Marcel's unusual methods, including swimming with and feeding lemon sharks and yoga sessions with amorous instructor Salvadore. On the fourth night, Trudy escapes to Eden East. The other seven, encouraged by Joey who is unsatisfied with his marriage, leave to find her. Following an argument between Cynthia and Jason, the men and women split up. As they try to find their way to the resort, the men end up arguing and pointing out each other's marriage mistakes. The women run into Salvadore who takes them", "title": "Couples Retreat" }, { "id": "12709687", "text": "in French Polynesia. Other filming locations include Los Angeles, Universal Studios and O'Hare International Airport. Universal Pictures was criticized for removing actors Faizon Love and Kali Hawk from the international posters for the film, showing only six rather than the eight cast members used for the U.S. promotional materials. The studio said it regretted causing offense and has abandoned plans to use the revised poster in other countries. Universal Pictures partnered with various groups for financial support to help market the film. Sponsors include the Tourism Board of Tahiti where the film was made, the manufacturers of Bud Light and", "title": "Couples Retreat" }, { "id": "14873253", "text": "Couples Retreat (soundtrack) Couples Retreat is the soundtrack to the 2009 American film of the same name, directed by Peter Billingsley and starring Vince Vaughn and Jason Bateman. The original score and songs are composed and produced by A. R. Rahman and recorded in the summer of 2009 with the Hollywood Studio Symphony at the Sony Scoring Stage. The film marks his Hollywood debut, though he has already worked for some English-lanuge films including \"Slumdog Millionaire\", which fetched him two Academy Awards. The soundtrack album was released October 6, 2009 by Relativity Music Group. In India, the album was released", "title": "Couples Retreat (soundtrack)" }, { "id": "12709683", "text": "At dinner, resort host Sctanley informs them that couples therapy, which starts at 6 a.m., is actually mandatory. If any couple fails to attend, it will be taken as an indication that they want to leave, and a refund for Eden will be given, although not for their airfare. The group debates what to do. After an indulgent dinner with many delicacies, they decide to put up with \"a couple of hours\" of therapy in order to enjoy the other amenities of the resort. In the morning, each couple meets with an assigned therapist. All four couples learn that they", "title": "Couples Retreat" }, { "id": "12709688", "text": "Captain Morgan's Rum, Bloomingdale's department store, and Crunch Gyms. The video game \"Guitar Hero\" is also prominently featured in the film. \"Couples Retreat\" received generally negative reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 11% based on 159 reviews with an average rating of 3.6/10. The site's critical consensus reads, \"Despite a talented cast and some reliably pleasant interplay between Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn, \"Couples Retreat\" leaves viewers stranded in an arid, mirthless comedy.\" On Metacritic, the film has a score of 23 out of 100 based on 27 critics, indicating \"generally unfavorable reviews\".", "title": "Couples Retreat" }, { "id": "11350589", "text": "negative towards her acting. Åkerman appeared in the 2009 romantic comedy film \"The Proposal\", starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds in the lead roles. Åkerman played a supporting role as Gertrude, the ex-girlfriend of Reynolds' character. Although the film received mixed reviews, it went on to gross worldwide. Also in 2009, Åkerman starred in the comedy film \"Couples Retreat\", opposite Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn. The film follows four couples as they travel to a tropical island resort for couples therapy. Åkerman played Ronnie, the wife of Vaughn's character. She enjoyed playing a mother for the first time and tried", "title": "Malin Åkerman" }, { "id": "15321299", "text": "(Cillian Murphy) and his miserable journalist wife Kate (Thandie Newton) often visit a small, remote, uninhabited island off the west coast of Scotland called Blackholme Island for their holiday retreats. The only dwelling on the island, Fairweather Cottage, is seasonally operated by the owner Doug from the mainland and only reachable by ferry. After previously suffering a miscarriage, Kate's relationship with Martin has become tense, and in an effort to rekindle their marriage they decide on a return visit to the island. A few nights into their stay, the generator in the cottage explodes, injuring Martin's arm and leaving them", "title": "Retreat (film)" }, { "id": "3157678", "text": "Krakauer. In 2009, Vaughn starred in \"Couples Retreat\", a comedy chronicling four couples who partake in therapy sessions at a tropical island resort. Malin Åkerman played his wife. Vince's real-life father Vernon portrayed his father in the film. In February 2010, Vaughn was among the nearly 80 musicians and actors to sing on the charity-single remake of \"We Are the World\". Vaughn starred in Ron Howard's comedy, \"The Dilemma\", released in January 2011. It was produced by Wild West Picture Show Productions, his production company. On July 31, 2012, it was announced that Vaughn would be developing a reboot produced", "title": "Vince Vaughn" }, { "id": "2107291", "text": "in the film, as a bookie. Favreau co-starred in 2009's \"Couples Retreat\", a comedy chronicling four couples who partake in therapy sessions at a tropical island resort, which he also wrote. The film saw him reunited with co-star Vince Vaughn, and Kristin Davis played his wife. He voices the character Pre Vizsla, the leader of the Mandalorian Death Watch, in the episodes of the animated series \"\". Favreau said in December 2010 that he would not direct \"Iron Man 3\". He also remained an executive producer of director Joss Whedon's \"The Avengers\". In July 2011, Favreau was featured in a", "title": "Jon Favreau" }, { "id": "12709689", "text": "Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of \"B\" on an A+ to F scale. A former model and current salon stylist, Irina Krupnik, filed a $10 million misappropriation-of-likeness invasion-of-privacy lawsuit, naming several defendants including the producers of \"Couples Retreat\" arising from a purported masturbation scene in which actor Jon Favreau uses a photo of her. Manhattan Supreme Court Judge O. Peter Sherwood ruled against Krupnik, and she received nothing. Despite the negative critical reception, it was a box office success, ranking first for its opening weekend grossing $34,286,740 and becoming Vince Vaughn's highest box office success", "title": "Couples Retreat" }, { "id": "3570155", "text": "2007, \"Would I Lie to You?\" on 8 August 2008 and 30 July 2010 and \"Never Mind the Buzzcocks\" on 15 October 2009. In 2008, Serafinowicz was working with Robert Popper on a new television series, as well as a website, based on a spoof religion \"Tarvuism\" for US network Adult Swim. In 2009, he appeared in Universal Films' \"Couples Retreat\" as Sctanley, the manager of the Eden Resort, directed by Peter Billingsley. In 2010, Serafinowicz directed the music video for Hot Chip's song \"I Feel Better\", their second single from the album \"One Life Stand\". He followed this up", "title": "Peter Serafinowicz" }, { "id": "12709680", "text": "experience various stresses including redecorating their house and raising their kids. Joey and Lucy are high school sweethearts with a smart but naive teenage daughter named Lacey. Their relationship is on the rocks and they are even considering a divorce once Lacey goes off to college. Jason and Cynthia are a neurotic couple who've experienced multiple failed attempts to conceive, and Shane, recently divorced from his wife, has a much younger twenty-year-old girlfriend, Trudy. At Dave's son's birthday party, Jason and Cynthia, using a PowerPoint presentation, announce their troubled marriage and they are considering divorce because they cannot have a", "title": "Couples Retreat" }, { "id": "14873254", "text": "on January 18, 2010 by Sa Re Ga Ma. The soundtrack was met with positive reviews. The song \"NaNa\" was longlisted for 2010 Academy Award for Best Original Song nominations. The soundtrack earned A. R. Rahman the BMI London Award for Best Score. The Tamil lyrics for the song \"Kurukuru Kan\" was written by A. R. Rahman himself. Lyrics for \"Sajna\" were written by Rahman and Blaaze while that for \"NaNa\" were by Rahman, Blaaze and Vivianne Chaix. Rahman made his son A. R. Ameen sing the track \"Nana\". Couples Retreat (soundtrack) Couples Retreat is the soundtrack to the 2009", "title": "Couples Retreat (soundtrack)" }, { "id": "18587453", "text": "Potter\" in London, England, and \"Couples Retreat\" in Bora Bora. She also traveled to Rome, Italy for the \"Angels & Demons\" premiere. In 2014, she married Randall Graham, the creative director of MuchMusic in Parry Sound, Ontario. She has 1 daughter Beatrix Barbara Graham (born July 1, 2016). Danielle Graham Danielle McGimsie Graham (born 1980) is a Canadian entertainment reporter, best known for her work on CTV's etalk. She co-anchors the show along with Ben Mulroney, Devon Soltendieck, and Lainey Lui. McGimsie was born and raised in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. She attended Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology in", "title": "Danielle Graham" }, { "id": "4028175", "text": "Park Club, Turville, and Cobstone Windmill in Buckinghamshire, and Southall, Somerset House, Little Venice, the London Eye, and the National Film Theatre in London. Other locations include the Golden Temple of Amritsar, the beaches of Goa, the Grand Canyon, the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, and Santa Monica Beach. Ashanti sings \"Take Me to Love\" and \"Touch My Body\" in the film. According to director Gurinder Chadha in \"making-of\" extras on the DVD release, Ashanti's appearance is an homage to the tradition of a celebrity making a cameo appearance to sing an \"item number\", a song that has", "title": "Bride and Prejudice" }, { "id": "4297815", "text": "and again in \"\", released on November 16, 2010. In the spring of 2006, she finished filming the \"Star Wars\"-themed comedy \"Fanboys\". Director Kyle Newman received additional funding to shoot new scenes, but the busy schedules of the actors only allowed for filming in September 2007. As a result the release was delayed until January 14, 2008. Bell also starred in the 2009 comedies \"Serious Moonlight\", alongside Meg Ryan, and \"Couples Retreat\", which chronicles four couples who partake in therapy sessions at a tropical island resort. Jason Bateman played her husband. She also provided the voice for Cora in \"Astro", "title": "Kristen Bell" }, { "id": "16449177", "text": "critics, who complimented Morton's style and praised him for his singing and songwriting. The album earned Morton two Grammy nominations for Best R&B Album and Best R&B Song at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards. After winning Grammy Awards for his songwriting and production on India.Arie's \"Interested\", Morton won Dove and Stellar Awards in 2008. Morton was also noticed by AR Rahman, composer for \"Slumdog Millionaire\", who asked Morton to contribute \"Sajna\" to the soundtrack and movie for the Vince Vaughn comedy \"Couples Retreat\". Morton has also produced and written for musicians such as Jermaine Dupri, LL Cool J, Jagged Edge,", "title": "PJ Morton" }, { "id": "3201982", "text": "he co-starred with Will Smith and Charlize Theron in the superhero film \"Hancock\". Bateman's 2009 films included \"Extract\", written and directed by Mike Judge, and \"Couples Retreat\", reuniting with Vaughn in a comedy chronicling four couples who partake in therapy sessions at a tropical island resort (Kristen Bell played his wife). In 2010, he starred in \"The Switch\", a romantic comedy, with Jennifer Aniston. In 2011, he played the role of Special Agent Zoil in the comedy \"Paul\", and starred in \"Horrible Bosses\" and \"The Change-Up\". In March 2012, \"Mansome\", Bateman's first executive producer credit with Will Arnett, was announced", "title": "Jason Bateman" }, { "id": "11350576", "text": "Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress. The same year, she had supporting and starring roles in both \"The Proposal\" and \"Couples Retreat\", two commercial hits that garnered mixed to negative reviews. In 2010, she became part of the main cast on the comedy series \"Childrens Hospital\". She starred in four feature films in 2012, including the comedy \"Wanderlust\" and the musical film \"Rock of Ages\". In 2012, she had a recurring role on the sitcom \"Suburgatory\" and starred in the short-lived comedy series \"Trophy Wife\" from 2013 to 2014, both of which aired on ABC. Apart from acting and occasional", "title": "Malin Åkerman" }, { "id": "6676113", "text": "\"Couples Retreat\" (2009) starring Favreau and Vaughn was Billingsley's first major film as director and this was followed by his second directorial effort \"Term Life\", which also starred Vaughn. Billingsley's acting career continues as well, with small roles in \"Sherman Oaks\", \"\", \"Elf\", \"L.A. Heat\", and \"No Deposit, No Return\", which was voted Best Feature Film at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival in 2000. He took an acting part in an experimental film for the new Maxivision 48 projection system developed by Dean Goodhill. Billingsley released a CD titled \"Christmas Stories...Christmas Songs\" on Run For Cover", "title": "Peter Billingsley" }, { "id": "14647283", "text": "the film a \"B\" grade. While adult audiences generally shy away from films' opening weekends, \"The Dilemma\" performed above the studio's expectations. \"The Dilemma\" also opened in four territories outside the United States and Canada, grossing $1.8 million. The film's opening in Australia grossed $1.4 million despite floods in Queensland and in Victoria affecting 14% of the area's theaters. \"The Dilemma\"s opening was a relative low for the film's stars. Vaughn's previous films \"Couples Retreat\" (2009) and \"Four Christmases\" (2008) grossed twice \"The Dilemma\"s amount on their opening weekends. James had appeared in \"Grown Ups\" (2010) and \"\" (2009), both", "title": "The Dilemma" }, { "id": "4478072", "text": "version of \"the Star-Spangled Banner\", entitled \"Nuestro Himno\", alongside Wyclef Jean, Gloria Trevi and Olga Tañón. He hosted the Miss Universe 2006 pageant in Los Angeles, along with Shandi Finnessey, Nancy O'Dell and Carson Kressley. He also appears in the movie \"Just My Luck\", with Lindsay Lohan, Chris Pine and McFly. Ponce was cast as Salvadore, a sexy yoga instructor, in the 2009 comedy \"Couples Retreat\". Carlos Ponce Carlos Ponce (born September 4, 1972) is a Puerto Rican actor, singer, composer and television personality. Ponce began his acting career by participating in Spanish language soap operas for Televisa and Telemundo.", "title": "Carlos Ponce" }, { "id": "16344637", "text": "and moving to Los Angeles at the age of 18. At age 18, Knapp moved to Los Angeles. There in 2008 she hosted a popular internet video series titled 'Project Lore', a show about the videogame \"World of Warcraft\", and also worked as a model before breaking into acting. She appeared in background roles in \"\" as Aphrodite Girl #9 and in \"Couples Retreat\" as a Dance Academy Girl. In 2012, Knapp appeared in her first major roles, playing Alexis in \"Project X\" as Stacie Conrad in the hit film \"Pitch Perfect\", as a sex-crazed Barden Bella. She reprised her", "title": "Alexis Knapp" }, { "id": "15003624", "text": "Arboretum and Botanic Garden as the location for Lillian and Dougie's wedding. Additional scenes where Annie meets Officer Rhodes on the highways between Milwaukee and Chicago were filmed in Oxnard, California, which Sage described as a \"broad, flat, green area away from mountains.\" \"Bridesmaids\" received positive reviews upon its release, with McCarthy's performance receiving widespread praise. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported that 90% of critics gave the film a positive review based on 280 reviews, with an average score of 7.6/10. The site's critical consensus states: \"A marriage of genuine characters, gross out gags, and pathos, \"Bridesmaids\" is", "title": "Bridesmaids (2011 film)" }, { "id": "2439325", "text": "north of Sheridan. The story \"Wine of Wyoming\" was published in 1933 as part of a collection of Ernest Hemingway's short stories entitled \"Winner Take Nothing\". The Tongue River valley and surrounding area is the setting for \"A Bride Goes West\", an autobiography of Nannie Alderson, which relates her life as a ranch wife in the late 19th century in south central Montana. Edmund Randolph wrote a book \"Hell Among the Yearlings\" about his experiences living on a ranch on the Tongue River in the 1920s, and getting into the cattle business. There are five \"woman\" creeks in Wyoming and", "title": "Tongue River (Montana)" }, { "id": "10083836", "text": "a pilot for the G4 Network based on a Japanese Game Show called \"Drunken Businessman\". His \"Comedy Central Presents\" Half Hour Special premiered in 2006 and was voted the seventeenth most popular \"Comedy Central Presents\" by fans as part of the Standup Showdown on comedycentral.com. He also was the winner of the MySpace Standup Or Sitdown competition on TBS. He has had small parts in several films: \"\", starring Jeremy Piven and was produced by Will Ferrell; \"Four Christmases\", starring Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon; and \"Couples Retreat\", starring Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau. On July 16, he appeared on", "title": "Steve Byrne" }, { "id": "19932387", "text": "Joe Louis, actresses Debbie Reynolds, Jane Russell and Mary Martin, playwright Noël Coward, film director Cornel Lumiere, Britain's Princess Margaret, singer Lena Horne, travel writer Eugene Fodor, actor Errol Flynn and comedian Norman Wisdom. Tower Isle's success triggered the explosion of tourist destinations on Jamaica's north coast. Frequently ahead of his time Abe rebranded Tower Isle as Couples Hotel in 1978 converting it from an all-comers hotel to Jamaica's first all-inclusive and couples-only resort, creating a business model that would be widely imitated. The hotel remains a part of the Issa family properties as Couples Tower Isle and became the", "title": "Abraham Elias Issa" }, { "id": "7961301", "text": "Grand Targhee Resort Grand Targhee Resort is a ski resort in the western United States, located in western Wyoming in the Caribou-Targhee National Forest, near Alta, the closest town to the resort. It is northwest of Jackson and is accessible only from the west, through Driggs, Idaho. The border with Idaho is less than five miles (8 km) due west. The resort has lodging, a spa, retail stores, and conference facilities. On the west side of the famous Teton Range, it is located northwest of the Grand Teton, and the majority of the slopes at Grand Targhee face west. The", "title": "Grand Targhee Resort" }, { "id": "1841526", "text": "be heavily damaged or destroyed. Well-known movies that have filmed scenes at O'Hare include \"Contagion\", \"Couples Retreat\", \"Home Alone\" and \"\", \"The Jackal\" (1997), \"My Best Friend's Wedding\", \"Risky Business\", \"Sleepless in Seattle\", \"U.S. Marshals\" and \"Wicker Park\". The television series \"The Amazing Race\" and \"Prison Break\" have each filmed multiple scenes there. O'Hare International Airport O'Hare International Airport , typically referred to as O'Hare Airport, Chicago O'Hare, or simply O'Hare, is an international airport located on the far Northwest Side of Chicago, Illinois, northwest of the Loop business district, operated by the Chicago Department of Aviation and covering .", "title": "O'Hare International Airport" }, { "id": "18810860", "text": "2015, it was announced that Anna Kendrick, Craig Robinson, Lisa Kudrow, Stephen Merchant, Tony Revolori, June Squibb, Wyatt Russell, and Amanda Crew would star in the film. Principal photography began in the Atlanta area on March 27, 2015, and ended on April 30, 2015. While the plot places the wedding at a resort on an island in the fictional \"Lake Alma\", in Michigan, filming took place on the Lake Lanier Islands, northeast of Atlanta and at The Ritz-Carlton Reynolds on Lake Oconee, southeast of Atlanta. Other scenes were filmed in Douglasville, west of Atlanta. In February 2016, it was announced", "title": "Table 19" }, { "id": "3792651", "text": "different flair. She is best known for the hit films \"Bhaji on the Beach\" (1993), \"Bend It Like Beckham\" (2002), \"Bride and Prejudice\" (2004), \"Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging\" (2008), and the comedy film \"It's a Wonderful Afterlife\" (2010). Her latest feature is the partition drama \"Viceroy's House\" (2017). Gurinder Chadha was born in Nairobi, Kenya, then a British colony. Her family was part of the Indian diaspora in East Africa. They moved to Southall, West London when she was two years of age, where she attended Clifton Primary School. Chadha's father faced much prejudice because of his appearance as", "title": "Gurinder Chadha" }, { "id": "2465393", "text": "Friends mingled piety with prosperity and earned reputations as sober, honest tradesmen.\" During its long history, the street was for a period named Gracious Street. Gracechurch Street formed part of the marathon course of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The women's Olympic marathon took place on 5 August 2012 and the men's on 12 August. The Paralympic marathons were held on 9 September. Gracechurch Street is mentioned in Jane Austen's \"Pride and Prejudice\" as being the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner, the uncle and aunt of the five Bennet sisters. The former Swan-with-Two-Necks inn is the scene of", "title": "Gracechurch Street" }, { "id": "10866863", "text": "Smith is involved in some off-screen ventures, such as an organic perfume line titled \"US\", which she launched in 2011 with Keith Douglas, who, at the time, was her then-husband and manager. Tasha Smith Tasha Smith (born February 28, 1971) is an American actress, director and producer. She began her career starring on the NBC comedy series \"Boston Common\" (1996–97), and later has appeared in numerous movies and television shows. Smith has appeared in films include \"The Whole Ten Yards\" (2004), \"Daddy's Little Girls\" (2007), \"The Longshots\" (2008), \"Couples Retreat\" (2009) and \"Jumping the Broom\" (2011). She starred as Angela", "title": "Tasha Smith" }, { "id": "15321302", "text": "his intimidating behaviour begins to disturb the couple even further. They suspect that the virus may be a lie and that Jack is insane. When Kate asks him if he is married, he tells her his wife died of R1N16 and he becomes aggressive and threatening. Martin and Kate decide to leave the cottage and take their chances outside, but Jack refuses to let them, forcing them into the bedroom at gunpoint and locking them in. Martin sneaks outside through a skylight, finding the bodies of Doug and his wife at the pier, killed by gunshot. Using Doug's hunting shotgun,", "title": "Retreat (film)" }, { "id": "18616486", "text": "Susan Braudy Susan Braudy (born Susan Orr July 8, 1941) is an award-winning American author, journalist, and former Vice President of East Coast Production at Warner Brothers. She is best known as the author of the books \"Between Marriage and Divorce: A Woman's Diary\" (1975), \"This Crazy Thing Called Love: The Golden World and Fatal Marriage of Ann and Billy Woodward\" (1993) and \"Family Circle: The Boudins and the Aristocracy of the Left\" (2003). Susan Braudy grew up in Philadelphia and now lives in Manhattan, New York. She received a Cum Laude degree from Bryn Mawr College in the mid", "title": "Susan Braudy" }, { "id": "8784577", "text": "Eastriggs Eastriggs is a village in the south of Dumfries and Galloway. It has a small number of shops, a restaurant, post office, public house, working men's club and a church. Eastriggs Primary School feeds to Annan Academy. Eastriggs is built on generally flat land 10–20 metres above sea level. Annan is about and Dornock to the west of Eastriggs, and Gretna is about to the east. They are each about north of the mud and sandbanks of the channel of the River Eden, which extends west into the Solway Firth. Annan, Dornock, Eastriggs and Gretna are located on the", "title": "Eastriggs" }, { "id": "18376895", "text": "Eden Valley wine region Eden Valley wine region is a wine region located in South Australia immediately north of the capital city of Adelaide which covers an area in the Mount Lofty Ranges extending from Truro in the north to just south of Springton in the south. The region received appellation as an Australian Geographical Indication in 1997 and as of 2014, it is represented by at least 36 wineries. Eden Valley wine region covers an area in the Mount Lofty Ranges extending from Truro in the north to just south of Springton in the south. The region is bordered", "title": "Eden Valley wine region" }, { "id": "4706012", "text": "Faith founder Bahá'u'lláh, stayed there in 1912 during the Lake Mohonk Conference on International Arbitration as part of his journeys to the West. The resort was the setting of the film, \"The Road to Wellville\" (1994), starring Anthony Hopkins and Matthew Broderick. \"Condé Nast Traveler\" has given it nine awards since 2008, including \"Number One Resort Spa in the United States\" (2013). \"Travel + Leisure\" has given the resort seven awards since 2009, including \"Number Two Hotel Spa in the United States\" (2013) and \"Number Six Hotel Spa in the World\" (2013). \"Fodor's\" listed it as one of \"10 Best", "title": "Mohonk Mountain House" }, { "id": "1121996", "text": "Roseville, Minnesota Roseville is a city in Ramsey County, Minnesota, just north of Saint Paul and east of Minneapolis. It is one of two Twin Cities suburbs that are adjacent to both Saint Paul and Minneapolis (the other is Lauderdale). The land comprising Falcon Heights, Lauderdale, and southern Roseville was unincorporated until Roseville incorporated in 1948 and Falcon Heights and Lauderdale incorporated in 1949. Roseville's property taxes are some of the lowest in the Twin Cities metropolitan area, owing in part to the extensive commercially zoned land. Several major shopping centers are in Roseville, including Rosedale Center and the Har", "title": "Roseville, Minnesota" }, { "id": "20239000", "text": "Indian Fighters' burial ground. It then carries on to Princes Point Road. Drinkwater Point Road is the next crossing, before the trail emerges back onto Gilman Road just short of the Cousins Island (Snodgrass) Bridge. After crossing the bridge, the trail restarts at the northern end of the Sandy Point Beach parking lot. From here the trail crosses seven more, much quieter roads: Castle View Drive, Groves Road, Sea Meadows Lane, Tidewater Lane, Talbot Road (the sole outlet to Littlejohn Island), Shore View Drive and Wharf Road. There are four areas where an alternative (and shorter) route is available. These", "title": "West Side Trail" }, { "id": "4890359", "text": "a hill above frost traps, is in zone 5. Zone 4 lies between the Arctic Circle and about 64–65°N, with cities such as Oulu and Jokkmokk, zone 5 (south to 61–62°N) contains cities such as Tampere, Umeå, and Östersund. Zone 6 covers the south of mainland Finland, Sweden north of 60°N, and the high plateau of Småland further south. Here one will find cities such as Gävle, Örebro, Sundsvall, and Helsinki. The Åland Islands, as well as coastal southern Sweden, and the Stockholm area are in zone 7. The west coast of Sweden (Gothenburg and southwards) enjoys particularly mild winters", "title": "Hardiness zone" }, { "id": "12453160", "text": "a spectacular perennial garden. In recent years the annual spring Eden Garden Tulip Festival, held over a weekend in late August/early September at least since 2011, has been one of the biggest and best in Auckland. There is always something of interest in bloom. This little oasis close to the heart of Auckland city is described by New Zealand's bestgardening.com website as \"one of the loveliest and most tranquil inner city gardens around.\" Eden Garden Eden Garden is a garden in Mt Eden, Auckland set in 2 hectares of former quarry land. It was established in 1964 and is open", "title": "Eden Garden" }, { "id": "4706007", "text": "Mohonk Mountain House The Mohonk Mountain House, also known as Lake Mohonk Mountain House, is an American resort hotel located on the Shawangunk Ridge in Ulster County, New York. Its location in the town of New Paltz, New York is just beyond the southern border of the Catskill Mountains, west of the Hudson River. The National Historic Landmark Program's \"Statement of Significance\", as of the site's historic landmark designation in 1986, stated: The resort is located on the shore of Lake Mohonk, which is half a mile (800 m) long and deep. The main structure was built by Quaker twin", "title": "Mohonk Mountain House" }, { "id": "452746", "text": "rugged dissected upland, some vegetation in the west, but somewhat barren in the east. The elevation span between the shoreline of the Dead Sea at −408 m to the highest point at Mount Nabi Yunis, at 1,030 m (3,379 ft) above sea level. The area of West Bank is landlocked; highlands are main recharge area for Israel's coastal aquifers. There are few natural resources in the area except the highly arable land, which comprises 27% of the land area of the region. It is mostly used as permanent pastures (32% of arable land) and seasonal agricultural uses (40%). Forests and", "title": "West Bank" }, { "id": "4028174", "text": "her heart as he shows her his respect for Indian culture by partaking in traditional dances and drumming. Lalita realizes that indeed Darcy is a rare gem. The film ends with double wedding of Jaya to Balraj and Lalita to Darcy. The couple sits on elephant and return to their respective homes to live happily ever after ... Names in parentheses are the characters in the original Austen novel. \"Bride and Prejudice\" received funding from the UK Film Council with the stipulation that a majority of filming had to take place in the UK. Locations used include Halton House, Stoke", "title": "Bride and Prejudice" }, { "id": "12109568", "text": "Henderson Village Henderson Village is a resort country inn located in central Georgia about one mile off Interstate 75, and eleven miles south of Perry, Georgia. The resort has a rose garden with a gazebo, hunting grounds. The Wimberly Event Center is also on-site, as a facility for large events and business conferences. It has one restaurant on-site, the Langston House Restaurant, which was recognized in the Georgia Trend's 2004 Silver Spoon Awards. Bernhard Schneider purchased the land that Henderson Village is currently sitting on in 1979. Following the purchase of a home on the property in 1994, he acquired", "title": "Henderson Village" }, { "id": "10612691", "text": "Shvut Rachel Shvut Rachel () is an Israeli settlement and a city in the West Bank, located 45 kilometers (30 mi) north of Jerusalem. Shvut Rachel is located in the Shiloh area in Binyamin. Nearby Israeli settlements include Shilo, Giv'at Har'el, Esh Kodesh, Keeda, and Adei Ad. The village, administrated by the Matte Binyamin Regional Council, has a population of 100 families. The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this. The Sasson Report in 2005 noted that the settlement extends over Palestinian land, part of which is owned", "title": "Shvut Rachel" }, { "id": "11759967", "text": "from its 2006 population of 169. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2011. West Cove West Cove is a summer village in Alberta, Canada. It is located on the southern shore of Lac Ste. Anne. In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Summer Village of West Cove recorded a population of 149 living in 78 of its 214 total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of 121. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016. In the 2011 Census, the Summer", "title": "West Cove" }, { "id": "12963519", "text": "North Hyde North Hyde is a suburban development situated between the towns of Heston, Hayes and Southall under the administrative control of the London Borough of Hounslow. It is bordered to the north by the Grand Union Canal mainline and to the south by the M4. The area now consists of a mixture of mostly large, semi detached suburban properties. It is also home to the Airlinks golf course and Convent Way, an estate with a mixture of high and low-rise housing. The name North Hyde is thought to mean \"north land\", seeming to mean area of land lying to", "title": "North Hyde" }, { "id": "6641118", "text": "Tarbox Tarbox, Massachusetts is a fictional town that serves as the setting for the 1968 novel \"Couples\" and several short stories by American author John Updike. It is based on Ipswich, Massachusetts, the small coastal town where Updike lived from 1957 to 1974. Tarbox was founded in 1634 and is located near Plymouth, approximately 30 miles south of Boston (the same distance that Ipswich is \"north\" of Boston). Its permanent population is about 8,000 and it contains hundreds of small-yarded homes as well as many 17th century saltboxes. Tarbox's downtown business district includes three banks, two hardware stores and a", "title": "Tarbox" }, { "id": "12025644", "text": "Hayman Island Hayman Island is the most northerly of the Whitsunday Islands, part of the Cumberland Islands, which are located off the coast of Central Queensland, Australia at . Hayman is a private island open to the public, most famous for its luxury resort which was built in the 1950s by millionaire Reg Ansett, who also founded Ansett Australia. The island is a significant drawing point for tourism in Queensland. The island is small at just in area. Captain James Cook first charted these waters in 1770. Commander George Nares gave Hayman its name in honour of Thomas Hayman, his", "title": "Hayman Island" }, { "id": "14086499", "text": "with his hands because a tenant considers him to be a plumber. He also happens to witness the arrest of a friend of his, an illegal immigrant, who is discovered hiding near the hotel. He also sees the dead bodies of two immigrants who didn’t make it and drowned trying to swim to shore. A middle-aged German woman named Christina (Juliane Köhler) wants him as her lover and offers him refuge in her room. She also gives him money. He leaves the \"Eden Club\" and tries to travel to Paris by hitch-hiking, without realising how far it is. A man", "title": "Eden Is West" }, { "id": "12945247", "text": "Blythe Valley Park Blythe Valley Park is a district of the town of Solihull in the West Midlands conurbation. It is adjacent to Junction 4 of the M42 motorway, on the A34 Stratford Road between Solihull and Hockley Heath. The area was agricultural land administered by Sydenhale Farm until the late 1990s. After the death of the last landowner in 1984, the land was purchased by Solihull Council in preparation for development. The first phase of the project began in 1999 and is now completed. There is further land for development in the future. The project is composed of two", "title": "Blythe Valley Park" }, { "id": "18960433", "text": "Couples Resorts Couples Resorts was the very first resort to use the \"all-inclusive\" resort concept to open in the Caribbean. Couples Resorts owns and operates four all-inclusive, couples-only beach resorts on Jamaica’s north coast, between Ocho Rios and Negril. Founded by Abraham Issa, the company’s first property, Tower Isle was built in Ocho Rios in 1949. The property was the first resort built on Jamaica’s undeveloped north coast. Issa came from a prominent Arab family who had arrived to Jamaica from Jerusalem in 1893. The family’s first hotel venture was the purchase of a hotel in Kingston, Jamaica’s capital city,", "title": "Couples Resorts" }, { "id": "6527280", "text": "number LA3114/600. Austin Downs Austin Downs Station or Austin Downs is a pastoral lease in the Mid West of Western Australia. The property covers an area of and has traditionally farmed sheep for the production of wool. The station is located in the Murchison region of Western Australia and the nearest town is Cue which is found to the South East from the Homestead. An area of within the station is composed of reserves and crown land. The soil has a low level of erosion with 96% of the land being described as nil or minor. The perennial vegetation condition", "title": "Austin Downs" }, { "id": "20678002", "text": "in Miami, Florida for a new reunion season titled \"Jersey Shore: Family Vacation\". The series premiered globally on April 5, 2018. Jersey Shore: Family Vacation Jersey Shore: Family Vacation is an American reality television series that premiered on MTV globally on April 5, 2018. The series follows seven housemates from the original \"Jersey Shore\" as they spend a month living together in Miami, Florida. On February 28, 2018, a second season was ordered ahead of the series premiere, which filmed in Las Vegas, Seaside Heights, Neptune City and Atlantic City. The season premiered on August 23, 2018. On December 13,", "title": "Jersey Shore: Family Vacation" }, { "id": "9430503", "text": "Western Settlement The Western Settlement () was a group of farms and communities established by Norsemen from Iceland around 985 in medieval Greenland. Despite its name, the Western Settlement was more north than west of its companion Eastern Settlement and was located at the head of the long Nuup Kangerlua fjord (inland from Nuuk, the present Greenlandic capital). Much less is known about the Western Settlement than the Eastern Settlement, as there is very little mention and no direct description of it in any of the medieval sources on Greenland. At its peak, the Western Settlement probably had about 1,000", "title": "Western Settlement" }, { "id": "19478855", "text": "country to the north, the treeless Nullarbor Plain to the east, the higher rainfall coastal heath to the south east, and agricultural land to the west and south. The dominant land tenure in the Great Western Woodlands is Unallocated Crown Land (UCL), which makes up 60% of the area. UCL is the lowest category of land classification under Western Australian state law – sometimes called \"orphan country\". Pastoral leases cover 20% of the area. Conservation reserves of various types represent about 15% of the region, with Class A conservation protection over 3.6% of the land, Class B on 4.5% and", "title": "Great Western Woodlands" }, { "id": "11783052", "text": "of whom originated from the Israeli territory. About 12% of the village land is in Area B, while the remainder 88% is in Area C. According to ARIJ, Israel has confiscated village land to be used for bypass roads for Israeli settlements. The Israeli West Bank barrier will extend for 4 km on Rantis village land, and leave 1815 dunams (16.6%) of the village land behind the barrier. Rantis Rantis () is a Palestinian town in the West Bank, located in the northwestern Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, 33 kilometers northwest of Ramallah. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics,", "title": "Rantis" }, { "id": "20678000", "text": "Jersey Shore: Family Vacation Jersey Shore: Family Vacation is an American reality television series that premiered on MTV globally on April 5, 2018. The series follows seven housemates from the original \"Jersey Shore\" as they spend a month living together in Miami, Florida. On February 28, 2018, a second season was ordered ahead of the series premiere, which filmed in Las Vegas, Seaside Heights, Neptune City and Atlantic City. The season premiered on August 23, 2018. On December 13, 2018, a third season was confirmed for 2019. In the first season, the cast of Jersey Shore swore they would always", "title": "Jersey Shore: Family Vacation" }, { "id": "8365626", "text": "to its current location just to the west of the basin. Lochrin Basin is the centrepiece of Edinburgh Quay, a mixed-use development providing office and residential accommodation and licensed premises, which was voted the Best Regeneration project in Scotland at the Scottish Design Awards 2005. It is also the eastern end of the Forth and Clyde Canal Pathway. Lochrin Lochrin is a small area in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It is in the south-west corner of the city centre, to the west of Tollcross, and south of Fountainbridge. Lochrin contains a wide mixture of retail shops, leisure facilities, other", "title": "Lochrin" }, { "id": "17938276", "text": "Amory Ballroom The Amory Ballroom is the only surviving remnant of a large summer estate house off Old Troy Road in Dublin, New Hampshire. Built in two stages (1910 and 1926-27), it is an architecturally distinctive reminder of the community's early 20th-century period as a summer resort area. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. The Amory Ballroom is located on the grounds of the former Amory country estate, a large tract of land rising on the northern slope of Mount Monadnock between Old Troy Road to the west and the mountain's Pumpelly Ridge", "title": "Amory Ballroom" }, { "id": "5780572", "text": "Gear\"\" stunts. The site is also used for the Dave television programme \"\"Driving Wars\"\". The site was recently used for the filming of \"Fast & Furious 6\" In August 2012 it was used as the set for Derren Brown's \"Apocalypse\" episodes. RAF Bentwaters was also one of the main filming sites for the 2013 movie \"The Numbers Station.\" In June 2014 the station was used a wedding venue by the BBC for \"Don't Tell The Bride\". In 2016 the station was used in an episode of Amazon's \"The Grand Tour\". RAF Bentwaters Royal Air Force Bentwaters or more simply RAF", "title": "RAF Bentwaters" }, { "id": "14549124", "text": "Capital & Counties Properties Capital & Counties Properties plc (Capco) is a United Kingdom-based property investment and development company which is focused on sites in the West and West End of London. It is listed on the London and Johannesburg stock exchanges and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. The company was demerged from Liberty International (now renamed Intu Properties) in May 2010, although it does not itself hold REIT status. The firm's three principal businesses are Covent Garden, EC&O Limited (a subsidiary which owns the Olympia and Earls Court venues) and Great Capital Partnership (a 50-50 joint", "title": "Capital & Counties Properties" }, { "id": "6527274", "text": "Austin Downs Austin Downs Station or Austin Downs is a pastoral lease in the Mid West of Western Australia. The property covers an area of and has traditionally farmed sheep for the production of wool. The station is located in the Murchison region of Western Australia and the nearest town is Cue which is found to the South East from the Homestead. An area of within the station is composed of reserves and crown land. The soil has a low level of erosion with 96% of the land being described as nil or minor. The perennial vegetation condition is good", "title": "Austin Downs" }, { "id": "14999209", "text": "Westlake Estates, Alberta Westlake Estates is an unincorporated community in Alberta, Canada within Parkland County that is recognized as a designated place by Statistics Canada. It is located on the west side of Range Road 13, south of Highway 16A. As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Westlake Estates recorded a population of 239 living in 87 of its 88 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 196. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016. As a designated place in the 2011", "title": "Westlake Estates, Alberta" }, { "id": "13441685", "text": "Shaheen Bagh Abul Fazal Enclave - II Popularly known as Shaheen Bagh is a neighbourhood in the South Delhi District of Delhi, India. It is the southernmost colony of the Okhla (Jamia Nagar) area, situated along the banks of the Yamuna. The economy of the area is diverse. Apart from a wholesale market, property sales, other places of interest in and around the area include NSIC, Meera Bai Polytechnic, New Friends Colony, Maharani Bagh, Holy Family Hospital, Apollo Hospital, Escort and Fortis Hospitals, Lotus Temple, Okhla Railway Station, Crowne Plaza Hotel and Nehru Place. Shaheen Bagh has a number of", "title": "Shaheen Bagh" }, { "id": "1956824", "text": "(TV network) program \"Project Runway\". Davis's films include \"The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3D\", opposite David Arquette and George Lopez; the 2006 version of \"The Shaggy Dog\", opposite Tim Allen, and \"Deck the Halls\", opposite Matthew Broderick and Danny DeVito. She performed in ABC Family channel's Christmas movie \"Three Days\" in 2001, and in a commercial for Head & Shoulders shampoo. Davis appeared in 2008's \"Sex and the City\" feature film, under the direction of executive producer Michael Patrick King. In 2009, Davis co-starred in \"Couples Retreat\", a comedy chronicling four couples who partake in therapy sessions at", "title": "Kristin Davis" }, { "id": "11839084", "text": "Rio Vista, Phoenix Rio Vista Village (\"river view\") is the fifteenth designated urban village of Phoenix, Arizona, located in the northern part of the city. The village consists primarily of largely undeveloped land, and is located near the unincorporated master-planned community of Anthem. Developed areas include the Anthem Commerce Park, Anthem Outlets, and the Anthem West single-family home community. Much of the undeveloped land is owned by the Arizona State Land Department. Rio Vista Village is bounded Table Mesa Road the north, Interstate 17 on the east, an irregular area on the south bounded by Desert Hills Drive, Pyramid Peak", "title": "Rio Vista, Phoenix" }, { "id": "11677634", "text": "Kusma, Nepal Kushma is a municipality and the headquarters of Parbat District in Nepal. Kushma municipality was formed by merging thirteen village development committees Pang, Khurkot, Durlung, Shivalaya, Chuwa, Katuwa Chaupari, Pipaltari and Pakuwa on 18 May 2014. This city lies in the western part of Nepal just about 57 km from Pokhara and 12 km from Baglung. Kushma falls under Western Development Region and Dhaulagiri Zone of Nepal.It is located at 28°13'06N 83°40'45E at an altitude of 1294 meters. Kusma Bazaar straddling a narrow and high strip of land between the banks of Kaligandaki and Modi is the main", "title": "Kusma, Nepal" }, { "id": "13440390", "text": "received the BBC/RHS People's Choice Award following their earlier accolades of Gold Medal and the award for Best Fresh Garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2014. Countryside Properties Countryside Properties is a UK housebuilding and urban regeneration company, operating in London and the South East of England, and with a presence in the North West of England through its Partnerships division. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. The housebuilding business that became Countryside Properties was founded in 1958 by Alan Cherry CBE, who remained its chairman until his", "title": "Countryside Properties" }, { "id": "15285173", "text": "East Ledang East Ledang is a township in Iskandar Puteri, Johor Bahru District, Johor, Malaysia. Developed by UEM Sunrise Berhad (the property development arm of Kazanah Nasional Berhad - an investment holding company of the Government of Malaysia), it boasts a full range of property types including Townhouses, Link Duplexes, Twin Villas and Bungalows. Prized for its outstanding landscaping, the property has 31 gardens and multiple lakes spread across the 275-acre land. It has won the \"Best Development Malaysia\" award at the Bloomberg Asia Pacific Property Awards 2010. It was also commended as one of Southeast Asia's 20 Best Resort", "title": "East Ledang" }, { "id": "1006075", "text": "Paradise Valley, Arizona Paradise Valley is a small, affluent town in Maricopa County, Arizona. The town is known for its luxury golf courses, shopping, and restaurant scene. According to the 2010 census, the population of the town was 12,820. Despite the town's relatively small area and population compared to other municipalities in the Phoenix metropolitan area, Paradise Valley is home to eight full-service resorts, making it one of Arizona's premier tourist destinations. It is also known for expensive real estate. It should not be confused with Paradise Valley Village, an official municipal designation, in northeast Phoenix. For instance, Paradise Valley", "title": "Paradise Valley, Arizona" }, { "id": "3404666", "text": "the northern slopes of the Allegheny Plateau, has lent the region its nickname: ski country. To the south of Georgian Bay, ski resorts are found on the Niagara Escarpment at Blue Mountain and on the Oro Moraine. Snowbelt conditions also are found on the west side of the Japanese island of Hokkaido and the west side of Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula. Here, cold winds blowing outward from the Siberian winter high pressure system pick up moisture while crossing the Sea of Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk and release it as heavy snowfall over the respective land areas. Sweden's east coast", "title": "Snowbelt" }, { "id": "3284525", "text": "the population of West Nipissing lives in Sturgeon Falls. Field is located on Highway 64, approximately north of Sturgeon Falls. In 1979, the Sturgeon River overflowed its banks, flooding the town's centre. Many houses were demolished and rebuilt on higher ground nearby. The Thistle Fire Tower is to be dismantled and re-erected here as a tourist attraction. Logging, farming and outdoor recreational activities are main village industries. Verner is located on the Veuve River (Rivière Veuve), at the western junction of highways 17 and 64, approximately west of Sturgeon Falls. The largely francophone community serves as an agricultural hub for", "title": "West Nipissing" }, { "id": "8789378", "text": "of Oliver Barrett IV, played by Ryan O'Neal. Other movies filmed on the grounds include \"North by Northwest\", \"The Age of Innocence\", \"The Manchurian Candidate\" (2004), \"Wolf\", \"Hitch\", \"Cruel Intentions\", \"8MM\", \"Bernard and Doris\", \"American Gangster\", and \"To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar\". Scenes from the television series \"Royal Pains\", \"Pushing Daisies\" and \"Gossip Girl\" also used the location in filming. It served as the inspiration for the Buchanan Estate featured in Baz Luhrmann's 2013 film adaption of \"The Great Gatsby\" by his wife and production designer Catherine Martin. Old Westbury Gardens Old Westbury Gardens is the former", "title": "Old Westbury Gardens" }, { "id": "12896932", "text": "Either the Ridge or the Resort course is kept open year around, weather permitting. Eagle Crest housing was developed in three phases. The original resort development was begun in 1985. It included individual home sites in a gated community along with condominiums and townhouse units in Riverview Vista Estates and Fairway Vista Estates. These areas are all on the east side of the Cline Falls Highway, between the Inn and the Deschutes River. Most are located along the fairways of the Resort golf course or overlooking the Deschutes River canyon. These three areas together are known as the Resort development.", "title": "Eagle Crest Resort" }, { "id": "6801288", "text": "from the top of the Apex Express lift will significantly decrease the travel time to Honeycomb Canyon. In August 2017, parent resort Deer Valley was acquired by the new multi-resort entity called Alterra Mountain Company. Solitude continued to be owned by the former Deer Valley ownership for one more season until it was announced on June 20, 2018 that Solitude had agreed to be sold to Alterra. Solitude is the host for the snowboardcross and ski cross events for the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2019. Solitude Resort also operates a nordic center. The Solitude Nordic Center, nestled", "title": "Solitude Mountain Resort" }, { "id": "12896925", "text": "the butte. This area has an entrance road connecting it directly to Highway 126. In total, Eagle Crest covers . The Eagle Crest CDP covers the area of the resort and surrounding land for a total area of , all of it land. The portion of Eagle Crest east of Cline Butte is located on the Matson Plateau. This area is generally flat with gentle swales sloping gradually down hill to the east until it reaches the edge of the Deschutes River canyon. Most of the area, around Cline Butte, including all of Eagle Crest, is western juniper woodland. In", "title": "Eagle Crest Resort" }, { "id": "13322871", "text": "gardens as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The 0.33 ha garden is divided into an east and west section by the residential core in the middle; an unusual composition for a classical garden. The eccentric design is continued in the form and details of many of the garden buildings, especially the Taoism Tower. The garden is located in the intersection of canals and is surrounded by water on three sides. It is accessible directly from the canal by boat. The West garden is composed of several structures grouped around a small grotto and a Library annex. It is structurally joined", "title": "Couple's Retreat Garden" }, { "id": "14647278", "text": "Howard and written by Allan Loeb. The film was Howard's first comedy film since he directed \"How the Grinch Stole Christmas\" in 2000. The film was first announced in January 2010 as an untitled project when actor Vince Vaughn signed on for a starring role. The premise was conceived by producer Brian Grazer, Howard's production partner at Imagine Entertainment; Loeb wrote the script. Actor Kevin James was cast alongside Vaughn in February. The film continues \"Vaughn's interest in tackling the dark areas of relationships\", following \"The Break-Up\" (2006) and \"Couples Retreat\" (2009). The darker moments of the latter film were", "title": "The Dilemma" }, { "id": "2912926", "text": "Western European Time Western European Time (WET, ) is a time zone covering parts of western and northwestern Europe. The following countries and regions use WET in winter months: All the above countries except Iceland implement daylight saving time in summer (from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October each year), switching to Western European Summer Time (WEST, ), which is one hour ahead of WET. WEST is called British Summer Time in the UK and is officially known as Irish Standard Time in Ireland. The nominal span of the time zone is 7.5°E to 7.5°W", "title": "Western European Time" }, { "id": "14086500", "text": "takes advantage of his ignorance and says he will take him to Paris as long as he shares the expenses. Elias wants to prove he can afford it and shows an envelope where he keeps his money. The man steals his money and leaves. A peasant woman passes by with her tractor and takes Elias to her home; there he helps her sell birds and is friendly with her children. Soon after that, he leaves. The other day he continues his hitchhiking and a couple of Greeks with a Mercedes help him, but some time later they disagree concerning his", "title": "Eden Is West" }, { "id": "10905694", "text": "Satapuala Satapuala is a village situated on the north west coast Upolu island in Samoa. The village is part of A'ana Alofi III Electoral Constituency (\"Faipule District) which forms part of the larger political district A'ana. Satapuala is 40 minutes west from the country's capital Apia. The village was relocated in 1942 to build the Faleolo International Airport. Like other land in Samoa, customary land in Satapuala was also alienated during colonialism. Customary land has since come under the government. Part of the former customary village land is where the new Aggie Grey's Lagoon Resort (the Government is the majority", "title": "Satapuala" }, { "id": "6751324", "text": "Westlock Westlock is a town in central Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1913, the town is primarily an agricultural, business, and government administration centre serving communities and rural areas within surrounding Westlock County. Westlock is located approximately north of Edmonton, Alberta's provincial capital and Canada's sixth largest census metropolitan area. Westlock sits at the junction of Highway 44 and Highway 18. It is surrounded by Westlock County within Census Division 13. Westlock lies on the Alberta plain, one of the Great Plains. It lies just to the north of the continental divide between the Athabasca and North Saskatchewan river basins, and", "title": "Westlock" }, { "id": "18960435", "text": "pediatric medical missions to Ocho Rios and Negril, treating thousands of children who have little or no access to basic health care services. The foundation also mentors health care providers, offers job and school counseling, and provides drug education and promotes drug prevention. Couples Resorts Couples Resorts was the very first resort to use the \"all-inclusive\" resort concept to open in the Caribbean. Couples Resorts owns and operates four all-inclusive, couples-only beach resorts on Jamaica’s north coast, between Ocho Rios and Negril. Founded by Abraham Issa, the company’s first property, Tower Isle was built in Ocho Rios in 1949. The", "title": "Couples Resorts" }, { "id": "6977263", "text": "Couples Therapy (TV series) Couples Therapy is an American reality television show airing on the cable network VH1 that chronicles unemployed reality television performers as they receive relationship counseling from Dr. Jenn Mann, Marriage, Family, and Child Therapist, and her staff. The first season, which consists of eight episodes, premiered March 21, 2012 and featured participants such as rapper DMX and Linda Hogan (ex-wife of wrestler Hulk Hogan). The second season premiered on October 3, 2012, and features Doug Hutchison and his wife, Courtney Stodden. VH1 renewed the show for a sixth season, which premiered October 7, 2015. Season 2", "title": "Couples Therapy (TV series)" }, { "id": "13995484", "text": "in the fifth season of \"Last Comic Standing\" in 2007. Hawk has appeared in numerous comedy films, including \"Couples Retreat\", \"Get Him to the Greek\", \"Bridesmaids\", \"Peeples\", \"Answer This!\" and \"Fifty Shades of Black\". In 2012, Hawk was added to the cast of the \"In Living Color\" reboot pilot, which did not go forward. She also recurred in the sitcom \"New Girl\" as Shelby. Kali Hawk Kali Hawk (born October 4, 1986) is an American actress, comedian and model. She has starred in films such as \"Fifty Shades of Black\", \"Couples Retreat\", \"Bridesmaids\" and \"Tyler Perry Presents Peeples\". She recurred", "title": "Kali Hawk" }, { "id": "4046908", "text": "Backyard A backyard, or back yard, is a yard at the back of a house, common in suburban developments in the Western world. In cold-weather regions, it is economical in low land value regions to use open land surrounding a house for vegetable gardening during summers and allowing strongly demanded sunlight to enter house windows from a low horizon angle during winters. As land value increases, houses are built nearer to each other. In order to preserve some of the open land, house owners may choose to allow construction on the side land of their houses, but not build in", "title": "Backyard" }, { "id": "7961303", "text": "on the west slope or \"wet\" side of the Teton Range, topped by Grand Teton at and, second, because there is a moisture channel through the Rocky Mountains formed by the Snake River Plain in Idaho that channels moisture from the Pacific Ocean to the west slope of the Tetons. The resort has two terrain parks as of January 2016. Summertime offers scenic chairlift rides, kids camps, music festivals, a bluegrass festival, and the 9-hole Targhee Village golf course. Grand Targhee is also within close proximity to Yellowstone National Park. The original inhabitants of this area were the Shoshone, Bannock,", "title": "Grand Targhee Resort" }, { "id": "13995483", "text": "Kali Hawk Kali Hawk (born October 4, 1986) is an American actress, comedian and model. She has starred in films such as \"Fifty Shades of Black\", \"Couples Retreat\", \"Bridesmaids\" and \"Tyler Perry Presents Peeples\". She recurred as Shelby in \"New Girl\" and currently co-stars in the Adult Swim series \"Black Jesus.\" Hawk was raised in Manhattan. Her father was in merchandising and her mother was a buyer for Bloomingdale's. She is of African-American, Native American, and German Jewish ancestry. She attended State University of New York at Purchase. She has appeared in several commercials and music videos, and she competed", "title": "Kali Hawk" }, { "id": "9550445", "text": "Horseshoe Resort Horseshoe Resort, formerly Horseshoe Valley Ski Club, is a southern Ontario ski resort and four season vacation destination. Located north of Barrie, the resort is about 1 hour 15 minutes driving time from Toronto. The resort enjoys a long ski season due to snow making abilities. Acquired by Skyline International Development Inc. in July 2007, Horseshoe Resort is spread out over 680 acres of land. The resort offers two golf courses, a Shizen Spa, 101 rooms at the on-site Inn and 40 condo-style suites, two year-round restaurants, 11,400 square feet of meeting and banquet facilities, indoor and outdoor", "title": "Horseshoe Resort" }, { "id": "1043528", "text": "Eden, Idaho Eden is a city in Jerome County, Idaho, United States. The population was 405 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Twin Falls, Idaho Micropolitan Statistical Area. Eden is located at (42.605861, -114.207135). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Eden has a semi-arid climate, abbreviated \"BSk\" on climate maps. As of the census of 2010, there were 405 people, 160 households, and 105 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 180", "title": "Eden, Idaho" }, { "id": "10941858", "text": "also crafts, foods and games. In 2007, the Beach Festival was moved to the North West River Waterfront instead of its traditional location on the beach. North West River experiences generally mild Summers with cold winters. Winters usually begin in mid November and last until mid April and Summers begin in June and end in early September. The temperature generally ranges from about −30°C at its coldest in the winters to about +30°C in the summers. The town is located on a hill dividing Little Lake from the larger Lake Melville. A small band of water (North West River) connects", "title": "North West River" } ]