Passage 1:I Believe in Miracles (film)I Believe in Miracles is a 2015 film directed by Jonny Owen.PlotThefilm tells the story of football club Nottingham Forest's rise, under Brian Clough and Peter Taylor, tobecoming English champions in 1978 and European champions in 1979 and 1980. The film featuresdocumentary footage of matches and interviews with many of the former Forest players who played atthe time.The film's soundtrack includes funk and soul music from the 1970s, including the song fromwhich its title is based, featuring versions from The Jackson Sisters and Mark Capanni.A book of the samename to accompany the release of the film was written by Daniel Taylor, chief football writer of TheGuardian.Passage 2:Saturday Night at the Movies (disambiguation)Saturday Night at the Movies was aCanadian weekly television series. Saturday Night at the Movies may also refer to:NBC Saturday Night atthe Movies, an American weekly prime time network television series"Saturday Night at the Movies"(song), a song by The Drifters, released in 1964, written by Barry Mann and Cynthia WeilSaturday Nightat the Movies (album), a 2017 album by Joe McElderrySaturday Night at the Movies, a 2013 album byThe OvertonesPassage 3:A Month of Sundays (2015 film)A Month of Sundays is a 2015 film starringAnthony LaPaglia.PlotReal estate agent Frank Mollard won't admit it, but he can't move on. Divorced butstill attached, he can't sell a house in a property boom - much less connect with his teenage son. Onenight Frank gets a phone call from his mother. Nothing out of the ordinary. Apart from the fact that shedied a year ago.Thus blossoms a charming and unusual friendship with an elderly woman which inspiresFrank to reconnect with life.CastAnthony LaPaglia as Frank MollardJulia Blake as SarahJohn Clarke asPhillip LangWayne Anthoney as Noel LangJustine Clarke as Wendy McKinnonTerence Crawford asStuartGary Sweet as Gary SweetReceptionOn Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 63%based on reviews from 19 critics.Luke Buckmaster of The Guardian wrote "Situations, subplots and evenbarely seen characters are unified with an almost cosmic sense of fate." David Nusair of Reel FilmReviews wrote "One can only hope that this marks a temporary stumble for an otherwise talentedfilmmaker." Paul Byrnes in the Sydney Morning Herald said "A Month of Sundays is a small miracle of afilm – an odd combination of modesty and ambition."Passage 4:Manhattan AngelManhattan Angel is a1949 American comedy musical film directed by Arthur Dreifuss and starring Gloria Jean, Patricia Barryand Thurston Hall.It was originally called Sweetheart of the Blues. It was made after I SurrenderDear.PlotGloria Cole and Eddie Swenson are working to keep an old house, now being used as a youthcenter, from being razed to make room for a new skyscraper in Manhattan. Gloria enters a friend in abeauty contest with a $25,000 first prize and, after some iffy-maneuvering, her friend wins the contestand the money goes to preserving the youth center.CastGloria Jean as Gloria ColeRoss Ford as EddieSwensonPatricia Barry as Maggie Graham (as Patricia White)Thurston Hall as Everett H. BurtonAliceTyrrell as Queenie WaltersBenny Baker as Aloysius DuffRussell Hicks as J.C. RaylandFay Baker as ViLangdonJimmy Lloyd as ElmerToni Harper as ToniThe Sweetheart Choristers as SingersSee alsoList ofAmerican films of 1949Passage 5:Amy (2015 film)Amy is a 2015 British documentary film directed by AsifKapadia and produced by James Gay-Rees. The film covers British singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse'slife and her struggle with substance abuse, both before and after her career blossomed, and whicheventually caused her death. In February 2015, a teaser trailer based on the life of Winehouse debuted ata pre-Grammys event. David Joseph, CEO of Universal Music UK, announced that the documentary titledAmy would be released later that year. He further stated: "About two years ago we decided to make amovie about her—her career and her life. It's a very complicated and tender movie. It tackles lots ofthings about family and media, fame, addiction, but most importantly, it captures the very heart of whatshe was about, which is an amazing person and a true musical genius."Amy premiered at the 2015Cannes Film Festival, being shown in the Midnight Screenings section. Distributed by the Altitude andA24, it was released theatrically on 3 July 2015. The film received critical acclaim, garnering 33nominations and winning a total of 30 awards, including Best Documentary at the 28th European FilmAwards, Best Documentary at the 69th British Academy Film Awards, Best Music Film at the 58thGrammy Awards and the Best Documentary Feature at the 88th Academy Awards. The success of Amy


Passage 1:Joshua SinclairJoshua Sinclair (born May 7, 1953) is an American writer, producer, actor anddirector born in New York City.FilmographyPassage 2:Claude WeiszClaude Weisz is a French film directorborn in Paris.FilmographyFeature filmsUne saison dans la vie d'Emmanuel (1972) with GermaineMontéro, Lucien Raimbourg, Florence Giorgetti, Jean-François Delacour, Hélène Darche, Manuel Pinto,etc.Festival de Cannes 1973 - Quinzaine des réalisateursJury Prize: Festival Jeune Cinéma 1973LaChanson du mal aimé (1981) with Rufus, Daniel Mesguich, Christine Boisson, Věra Galatíková, MarkBurns, Philippe Clévenot, Dominique Pinon, Madelon Violla, Paloma Matta, Béatrice Bruno, CatherineBelkhodja, Véronique Leblanc, Philippe Avron, Albert Delpy, etc.Festival de Cannes 1982 - Perspectivesdu cinéma françaisCompetition selections: Valencia, Valladolid, Istanbul, MontréalOn l'appelait... le RoiLaid (1987) with Yilmaz Güney (mockumentary)Valencia Festival 1988 - Grand Prix for documentaries"Laurel Wreath"Competition selections: Rotterdam, Valladolid, Strasbourg, Nyon, Cannes, Lyon,CairoPaula et Paulette, ma mère (2005) Documentary - Straight to DVDShort and mid-lengthLa GrandeGrève (1963 - Co-directed CAS collective, IDHEC)L'Inconnue (1966 - with Paloma Matta and Gérard Blain- Prix CNC Hyères, Sidney)Un village au QuébecMontréalDeux aspects du Canada (1969)La Hongrie, versquel socialisme ? (1975 - Nominated for best documentary - Césars 1976)Tibor Déry, portrait d'unécrivain hongrois (1977)L'huître boudeuseAncienne maison Godin ou le familistère de Guise(1977)Passementiers et RubaniersLe quinzième moisC'était la dernière année de ma vie (1984 -FIPRESCI Prize- Festival Oberhausen 1985 - Nomination - Césars 1986)Nous aimons tant le cinéma (Filmof the European year of cinema - Delphes 1988)Participation jusqu'en 1978 à la réalisation de films"militants"TelevisionSeries of seven dramas in GermanNumerous documentary and docu-soap type films(TVS CNDP)Initiation à la vie économique (TV series - RTS promotion)Contemplatives... et femmes (TF1 -1976)Suzel Sabatier (FR3)Un autre Or Noir (FR3)Vivre en GéorgiePortrait d'une génération pour l'an 2000(France 5 - 2000)Femmes de peine, femmes de coeur (FR3 - 2003)Television documentariesLa porte deSarp est ouverte (1998)Une histoire balbynienne (2002)Tamara, une vie de Moscou à Port-au-Prince(unfinished)Hana et Khaman (unfinished)En compagnie d'Albert Memmi (unfinished)Le Lucernaire, unepassion de théâtreLes quatre saisons de la Taillade ou une ferme l'autreHistoire du peuple kurde (indevelopment)Les kurdes de Bourg-Lastic (2008)Réalisation de films institutionnels et industrielsPassage3:Day of the PainterDay of the Painter is a 1960 American short film directed by Robert P. Davis. It wasfilmed at Mamaroneck Harbor in Mamaroneck, NY.Plot and critical responseTime magazine:An extremelyfunny 15-minute film, may be taken as a solemn leg-pull of the recent vogue for dribble-and-splotchpainters, those athletic canvas-coverers whose style owes less to Van Gogh's brush technique than toStan Laurel's custard pie stance.  Or it may be taken as an explicit set of instructions for getting rich.Thefilm, a first-time effort by three ex-admen, begins with a loving shot of wharfs, fishing shacks andsounding sea-the sort of vista once sketched avidly by artists and now appreciated chiefly by retiredcouples who tour Cape Cod in late September.  The artist is a burly fellow (Ezra Reuben Baker),recognizably aesthetic in paint-smeared dungarees, scurrilous red sweater and combat boots.  Hetrundles a cart filled with paint buckets along a dock, then throws an enormous sheet of wallboard downon a mud flat ten feet below.Soberly, with exquisite skill, using first a vigorous forehand, then a preciselyexecuted backhand, the painter slops color from buckets.  Clearly he is a master, for his stroke with thelong-handled hoe is sure and strong, his touch with the dribble-stick more than Japanese in itsdelicacy.  And when he fills a flare pistol with paint and fires the last accent of orange at his abstraction,he does not pull the trigger.  He squeezes.When the thing dries, he hacks it up in random rectangles witha power saw, then carefully signs each fragment.  A seaplane, labeled "Galerie des Abstracts, Paris-NewYork," touches down.  A man debarks whose rich, dark overcoat obviously proclaims him an artdealer.  He strokes his jaw as he examines the paintings, eventually selects a small one, shakes handswith the painter and takes off.  Pleased with himself, the painter matter-of-factly shoves the remainingworks of art into the ocean.  This, as the screen truly proclaims, is the end.New York Herald Tribune:Ahilarious good - natured spoof of abstract-expressionist painting has been made the subject of a colored


Passage 1:Y asíAustria participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song "Y así" written byChristof Spörk and Edi Köhldorfer. The song was performed by the group Global Kryner. The Austrianbroadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) organised the national final Song.Null.Fünf in order toselect the Austrian entry for the 2005 contest in Kyiv, Ukraine. Five artists and ten songs competed in atelevised show where a public vote consisting of regional televoting and mobile phone voting exclusivelyselected "Y así" performed by Global Kryner as the winner.Austria competed in the semi-final of theEurovision Song Contest, which took place on 19 May 2005. Performing as the opening entry for the showin position 1, "Y así" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the semi-final and therefore did notqualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Austria placed twenty-first out of the 25participating countries in the semi-final with 30 points.BackgroundPrior to the 2005 contest, Austria hasparticipated in the Eurovision Song Contest forty-one times since its first entry in 1957. The nation haswon the contest on one occasion: in 1966 with the song "Merci, Chérie" performed by Udo Jürgens.Following the introduction of semi-finals for the 2004 contest, Austria has featured in only one final.Austria's least successful result has been last place, which they have achieved on seven occasions, mostrecently in 1991. Austria has also received nul points on three occasions: in 1962, 1988 and 1991.TheAustrian national broadcaster, Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), broadcasts the event within Austria andorganises the selection process for the nation's entry. ORF confirmed their intentions to participate at the2005 Eurovision Song Contest on 17 September 2004. From 1995 to 2000, ORF has held an internalselection to choose the artist and song to represent Austria at the contest, while the broadcaster had setup national finals with several artists to choose both the song and performer to compete at Eurovision forAustria from 2002 to 2004. Along with their participation confirmation, the broadcaster also announcedthat the Austrian entry for the 2005 contest would be selected through a national final.BeforeEurovisionSong.Null.FünfSong.Null.Fünf (Song.Zero.Five) was the national final that selected Austria'sentry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2005. The competition took place on 25 February 2005 at the ORFCenter in Vienna, hosted by Mirjam Weichselbraun and Christian Clerici and broadcast on ORF eins. Thenational final was watched by 630,000 viewers in Austria.FormatFive artists with two songs eachcompeted in the competition where the winner was selected by exclusively by public voting. Viewers wereable to cast their votes via landline and the voting results of each of the nine Federal States of Austriacreated an overall ranking from which points from 1-8, 10 and 12 were distributed. Viewers were alsoable to vote from mobiles via telephone or SMS and the overall ranking of the entries was also assignedscores from 1-8, 10 and 12. After the combination of all scores, the entry with the highest number ofpoints was selected as the winner.Competing entriesORF invited all interested artists with a contract to arecord company to apply to the broadcaster between 17 September 2004 and 30 September 2004. Allapplications were reviewed by a team of music professionals who nominated four artists to each submittwo songs for the national final. On 20 October 2004, DJ Ötzi revealed that he had initially been selectedfor the competition but later withdrew after issues with creating his two candidate Eurovision songs. Anadditional artist was nominated by the talent scout organisation Projekt Pop after an additionalsubmission period was opened for interested artists without a contract to a record company to submit twosongs to the organisation between 4 November 2004 and 25 November 2004. The five artists and songswere revealed on 5 January 2005 and among the competing artists was former Austrian Eurovisionrepresentative Alf Poier who represented Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003.FinalThe televisedfinal took place on 25 February 2005. Each of the five artists competed with two songs where regionaltelevoting and mobile phone voting selected "Y así" performed by Global Kryner as thewinner.ControversyThe national final caused controversy due to the format that was amended shortlybefore the show (the original format was to include two rounds of public voting where one song per artistwould be selected in the first round to advance to the second round). When the results were published,80% of the 337,179 votes registered were submitted via mobiles but distributed just as many points aseach federal state did. It was also revealed that "Good Old Europe Is Dying" performed by Alf Poier


Passage 1:Jesse E. HobsonJesse Edward Hobson (May 2, 1911 – November 5, 1970) was the director ofSRI International from 1947 to 1955. Prior to SRI, he was the director of the Armour ResearchFoundation.Early life and educationHobson was born in Marshall, Indiana. He received bachelor's andmaster's degrees in electrical engineering from Purdue University and a PhD in electrical engineering fromthe California Institute of Technology. Hobson was also selected as a nationally outstandingengineer.Hobson married Jessie Eugertha Bell on March 26, 1939, and they had fivechildren.CareerAwards and membershipsHobson was named an IEEE Fellow in 1948.Passage 2:Ian Barry(director)Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.Select creditsWaiting for Lucas (1973)(short)Stone (1974) (editor only)The Chain Reaction (1980)Whose Baby? (1986)(mini-series)Minnamurra (1989)Bodysurfer (1989) (mini-series)Ring of Scorpio (1990)(mini-series)Crimebroker (1993)Inferno (1998) (TV movie)Miss Lettie and Me (2002) (TV movie)NotQuite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (2008) (documentary)The Doctor BlakeMysteries (2013)Passage 3:Brian Kennedy (gallery director)Brian Patrick Kennedy (born 5 November1961) is an Irish-born art museum director who has worked in Ireland and Australia, and now lives andworks in the United States.  He was the director of the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem for 17 months,resigning December 31, 2020. He was the director of the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio from 2010 to2019. He was the director of the Hood Museum of Art from 2005 to 2010, and the National Gallery ofAustralia (Canberra) from 1997 to 2004.CareerBrian Kennedy currently lives and works in the UnitedStates after leaving Australia in 2005 to direct the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College. In October2010 he became the ninth Director of the Toledo Museum of Art. On 1 July 2019, he succeeded DanMonroe as the executive director and CEO of the Peabody Essex Museum.Early life and career inIrelandKennedy was born in Dublin and attended Clonkeen College. He received B.A. (1982), M.A. (1985)and PhD (1989) degrees from University College-Dublin, where he studied both art history and history.Heworked in the Irish Department of Education (1982), the European Commission, Brussels (1983), and inIreland at the Chester Beatty Library (1983–85), Government Publications Office (1985–86), andDepartment of Finance (1986–89). He married Mary Fiona Carlin in 1988.He was Assistant Director at theNational Gallery of Ireland in Dublin from 1989 to 1997. He was Chair of the Irish Association of ArtHistorians from 1996 to 1997, and of the Council of Australian Art Museum Directors from 2001 to 2003.In September 1997 he became Director of the National Gallery of Australia.National Gallery of Australia(NGA)Kennedy expanded the traveling exhibitions and loans program throughout Australia, arranged forseveral major shows of Australian art abroad, increased the number of exhibitions at the museum itselfand oversaw the development of an extensive multi-media site.  Although he oversaw several years ofthe museum's highest ever annual visitation, he discontinued the emphasis of his predecessor, BettyChurcher, on showing "blockbuster" exhibitions.During his directorship, the NGA gained governmentsupport for improving the building and significant private donations and corporate sponsorship. However,the initial design for the building proved controversial generating a public dispute with the originalarchitect on moral rights grounds.  As a result, the project was not delivered during Dr Kennedy's tenure,with a significantly altered design completed some years later.  Private funding supported twoacquisitions of British art, including David Hockney's A Bigger Grand Canyon in 1999, and Lucian Freud'sAfter Cézanne in 2001. Kennedy built on the established collections at the museum by acquiring theHolmgren-Spertus collection of Indonesian textiles; the Kenneth Tyler collection of editioned prints,screens, multiples and unique proofs; and the Australian Print Workshop Archive. He was also notable forcampaigning for the construction of a new "front" entrance to the Gallery, facing King Edward Terrace,which was completed in 2010 (see reference to the building project above).Kennedy's cancellation of the"Sensation exhibition" (scheduled at the NGA from 2 June 2000 to 13 August 2000) was controversial,and seen by some as censorship. He claimed that the decision was due to the exhibition being "too closeto the market" implying that a national cultural institution cannot exhibit the private collection of aspeculative art investor. However, there were other exhibitions at the NGA during his tenure, which could


Passage 1:O Valencia!"O Valencia!" is the fifth single by the indie rock band The Decemberists, and the first released from their fourth studio album, The Crane Wife.The music was written by The Decemberists and the lyrics by Colin Meloy. It tells a story of two star-crossed lovers. The singer falls in love with a person who belongs to an opposing gang. At the end of the song, the singer's lover jumps in to defend the singer, who is confronting his lover's brother (the singer's "sworn enemy") and is killed by the bullet intended for the singer.Track listingThe 7" single sold in the UK was mispressed, with "Culling of the Fold" as the B-side despite the artwork and record label listing "After the Bombs" as the B-side.Music videosFor the "O Valencia!" music video, The Decemberists filmed themselves in front of a green screen and asked fans to complete it by digitally adding in background images or footage. Stephen Colbert of The Colbert Report, having recently asked fans to do the same with a video of him with a light saber in front of a green screen, brought up The Decemberists on his segment "Look Who's Riding on My Coattails Now" and accused the band of stealing the idea. The Decemberists' response was to challenge Stephen Colbert to a guitar solo showdown on December 20, 2006, on The Colbert Report.On January 19, 2007, The Decemberists premiered an alternate music video of "O Valencia!", directed by Aaron Stewart-Ahn, on MTV2. The video follows a character named Patrick, played by Meloy, as he and his love Francesca (Lisa Molinaro), daughter of "the Boss", plan an escape to an unknown location. At a cafe, a man in a suit, portrayed by the band member Chris Funk, tells him to hide in the "Valencia" hotel (the Super Value Inn on North Interstate Avenue in Portland, Oregon) while he gets them the necessary documentation to escape. Above the name of the hotel, there is a neon sign that reads "Office". The letters have all burnt out except for the "O", creating the title of the song. The video then introduces other characters - various assassination teams - who sit in different rooms of the hotel waiting for the chance to catch the two lovers. Most are portrayed by other members of the band (along with Meloy's wife, Carson Ellis). They kill off any potential witnesses to their plan. Patrick manages to take down one member from each team, before they gang up on him. The Boss arrives, along with the man from the cafe, who reveals that he snitched on Patrick and Francesca. They execute Francesca, while forcing Patrick to watch. After they leave, Patrick finds a note by Francesca, which reveals that she never fell in love with him, and only wanted protection. 2 months later, Patrick and the man, who has lost an eye from a previous assassination attempt, have a sit-down at the same cafe. The man reveals that he snitched on Patrick just to take over the town. Patrick reveals that he poisoned a drink the man was having, but before he could get away, the man stabs Patrick in the neck with a fork before dying, followed by Patrick.The video is somewhat influenced by the distinct style and themes of director Wes Anderson, with bold fonts being used to introduce characters and groups on the bottom of the screen (much like in the film The Royal Tenenbaums). The band had previously (and more explicitly) drawn influence from Anderson's Rushmore in their video for "Sixteen Military Wives". The layout of the hotel is also similar to the one used in Bottle Rocket.Kurt Nishimura was chosen as the winner by mtvU for his video that depicted a love affair between a woman and her television, with the TV containing the green-screened Decemberists video footage.Passage 2:Obata ToramoriObata Toramori ( , 1491 – July 14, 1561) was Japanese samurai warrior of the Sengoku Period. He is known as one of the "Twenty-Four Generals of Takeda Shingen" He also recorded as having been wounded 41 times in 36 encounters. He was the father of Obata Masamori.See alsoIsao ObataPassage 3:Billy MilanoBilly Milano (born June 3, 1964) is an American heavy metal and hardcore punk musician. He is the singer and occasionally guitarist and bassist of crossover thrash band M.O.D., and was the singer of its predecessor, Stormtroopers of Death. Prior to these bands, Milano played in early New York hardcore band the Psychos, which also launched the career of future Agnostic Front vocalist Roger Miret. Milano was also the singer of United Forces, which included his Stormtroopers of Death bandmate Dan Lilker. Milano managed a number of bands, including Agnostic Front, for whom he also co-produced the 1997 Epitaph Records release Something's Gotta Give and roadie for Anthrax.DiscographyStormtroopers of Death albumsStormtroopers of Death videosMethod of Destruction (M.O.D.)MasteryPassage 4:Lars EliassonLars Eliasson  (December 8, 1914 – June 5, 2002) was a Swedish politician. He was a member of the Centre Party. He was the party's


Passage 1:Polly of the MoviesPolly of the Movies is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by ScottPembroke and starring Jason Robards, Gertrude Short and Corliss Palmer. It is loosely based on HarryLeon Wilson's 1922 novel Merton of the Movies and its various film adaptations.SynopsisA small town girlgoes to Hollywood with ambitions of becoming major dramatic star. However, the melodrama sheappears in is unintentionally amusing and becomes a comedy hit.CastJason Robards as AngusWhitcombGertrude Short as Polly PrimroseCorliss Palmer as Lisa SmithStuart Holmes as BenjaminWellington FairmountJack Richardson as Rolland HarrisonRose Dione as Lulu FairmountMary Foy as Mrs.BeardsleyPassage 2:The Muppets Go to the MoviesThe Muppets Go to the Movies is a one-hour televisionspecial starring Jim Henson's Muppets. It first aired May 20, 1981 on ABC as promotion for The GreatMuppet Caper, which was released in the United States a month later.PlotWith the aid of Dudley Mooreand Lily Tomlin, Kermit the Frog and the Muppets show spoofs of different movies at the MuppetTheatre.The special opens with a 20th Century Frog logo. The Announcer (Jerry Nelson) provides anintroduction over clips from the special.Kermit comes onstage to introduce the show, informing theaudience that the Muppets plan on paying tribute to some of their favorite movies.The Muppet companyperform "Hey, a Movie!" from The Great Muppet Caper.Fozzie Bear introduces a spoof of The ThreeMusketeers. Statler and Waldorf attempt to leave, but are stopped by elastic ropes tied around theirankles. Gonzo the Great, Scooter and Link Hogthrob play Athos, Porthos and Gummo, out to defeat TheScarlet Pimpernel. Link flies on a chandelier, thus landing him backstage, and onto Miss Piggy, who reactswith her famous karate chop, thus sending him flying back onstage, and onto Kermit during anintroduction for the next parody.The sketch Invasion of the Unpleasant Things from Outer Space hasDudley Moore and Lily Tomlin facing giant alien rats. In addition to sci-fi films, the parody also pokes funat international cinema. Moore speaks in a foreign language, accompanied by English subtitles.Janiceintroduces her favorite film The Wizard of Oz. She mentions that she likes the Land of Oz and might movethere. When Janice is about to mention the part of Dorothy Gale, Piggy's voice is heard saying "I'm notready." Janice attempts to fill in, but Piggy arrives just in time. As the scene begins, Piggy (as Dorothy)and Foo-Foo (as Toto) start out in black and white. Piggy sings "Somewhere Over the Rainbow". When itchanges to color, she is joined by Scooter as the Scarecrow, Gonzo as the Tin Man, and Fozzie Bear asthe Cowardly Lion in a rendition of "If I Only Had a Brain/a Heart/the Nerve" and "We're Off to See theWizard".Gonzo introduces Metro-Goldwyn-Bear's The Fool of the Roman Empire. Moore portrays a jazzpiano-playing Julius Caesar. Moore plays a melody on the piano, while Gonzo, Beauregard and LewZealand have a chariot race. Gonzo's chariot is pulled by a chicken, Beauregard's by rats, and Lew's by ashark.Backstage, Rizzo complains to Kermit about the previous sketch, claiming that it was an insult torats. Rizzo and his rat buddies try to convince Kermit to put them in a glamorous rat production number.Kermit tells the rats that the Muppets have already done a similar production number in The GreatMuppet Caper, showing a clip, featuring "The First Time It Happens".Lily Tomlin attempts to flirt withKermit, but Piggy interrupts them. Kermit suggests that Tomlin introduce the horror genre. DespiteTomlin's insistence that she's not a fan, she's attacked by a group of Muppet monsters. In J. Arthur Link'sThe Nephew of Frankenstein, Fozzie visits his uncle (played by Dr. Julius Strangepork) who is working ona comedian monster (played by Mulch). They attempt to do a "Hot Cross Bunnies" joke. The experimentblows Mulch up and burns the film screen. Firefighters are called, but joke that they are unable to put outa fire that was caused in the 19th Century as "our hoses won't reach!". The segment ends with Kermitparodying Porky Pig's "That's all folks!" line.Rowlf the Dog presents a silent film featuring Kermit andSopwith the Camel. Mulch drops in, finally getting the "Hot Cross Bunnies" joke.Sam Eagle comes totranslate a film by famed Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman. Floyd Pepper informs Sam that the filmisn't by Ingmar, but by his brother Gummo. The film Silent Strawberries parodies Bergman's filmography.It features The Swedish Chef, Beaker (as "The Angel of Death"), Fozzie and Kermit. As the film is not inEnglish, Sam has to translate. Much to Sam's disgust, the translations make absolutely no sense. The filmends with a rendition of "Hooray for Hollywood". Waldorf claims he doesn't believe in "The Angel of


Passage 1:Brian Kennedy (gallery director)Brian Patrick Kennedy (born 5 November 1961) is anIrish-born art museum director who has worked in Ireland and Australia, and now lives and works in theUnited States.  He was the director of the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem for 17 months, resigningDecember 31, 2020. He was the director of the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio from 2010 to 2019. He wasthe director of the Hood Museum of Art from 2005 to 2010, and the National Gallery of Australia(Canberra) from 1997 to 2004.CareerBrian Kennedy currently lives and works in the United States afterleaving Australia in 2005 to direct the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College. In October 2010 hebecame the ninth Director of the Toledo Museum of Art. On 1 July 2019, he succeeded Dan Monroe as theexecutive director and CEO of the Peabody Essex Museum.Early life and career in IrelandKennedy wasborn in Dublin and attended Clonkeen College. He received B.A. (1982), M.A. (1985) and PhD (1989)degrees from University College-Dublin, where he studied both art history and history.He worked in theIrish Department of Education (1982), the European Commission, Brussels (1983), and in Ireland at theChester Beatty Library (1983–85), Government Publications Office (1985–86), and Department ofFinance (1986–89). He married Mary Fiona Carlin in 1988.He was Assistant Director at the NationalGallery of Ireland in Dublin from 1989 to 1997. He was Chair of the Irish Association of Art Historiansfrom 1996 to 1997, and of the Council of Australian Art Museum Directors from 2001 to 2003. InSeptember 1997 he became Director of the National Gallery of Australia.National Gallery of Australia(NGA)Kennedy expanded the traveling exhibitions and loans program throughout Australia, arranged forseveral major shows of Australian art abroad, increased the number of exhibitions at the museum itselfand oversaw the development of an extensive multi-media site.  Although he oversaw several years ofthe museum's highest ever annual visitation, he discontinued the emphasis of his predecessor, BettyChurcher, on showing "blockbuster" exhibitions.During his directorship, the NGA gained governmentsupport for improving the building and significant private donations and corporate sponsorship. However,the initial design for the building proved controversial generating a public dispute with the originalarchitect on moral rights grounds.  As a result, the project was not delivered during Dr Kennedy's tenure,with a significantly altered design completed some years later.  Private funding supported twoacquisitions of British art, including David Hockney's A Bigger Grand Canyon in 1999, and Lucian Freud'sAfter Cézanne in 2001. Kennedy built on the established collections at the museum by acquiring theHolmgren-Spertus collection of Indonesian textiles; the Kenneth Tyler collection of editioned prints,screens, multiples and unique proofs; and the Australian Print Workshop Archive. He was also notable forcampaigning for the construction of a new "front" entrance to the Gallery, facing King Edward Terrace,which was completed in 2010 (see reference to the building project above).Kennedy's cancellation of the"Sensation exhibition" (scheduled at the NGA from 2 June 2000 to 13 August 2000) was controversial,and seen by some as censorship. He claimed that the decision was due to the exhibition being "too closeto the market" implying that a national cultural institution cannot exhibit the private collection of aspeculative art investor. However, there were other exhibitions at the NGA during his tenure, which couldhave raised similar concerns. The exhibition featured the privately owned Young British Artists worksbelonging to Charles Saatchi and attracted large attendances in London and Brooklyn. Its mostcontroversial work was Chris Ofili's The Holy Virgin Mary, a painting which used elephant dung and wasaccused of being blasphemous. The then-mayor of New York, Rudolph Giuliani, campaigned against theexhibition, claiming it was "Catholic-bashing" and an "aggressive, vicious, disgusting attack on religion."In November 1999, Kennedy cancelled the exhibition and stated that the events in New York had"obscured discussion of the artistic merit of the works of art". He has said that it "was the toughestdecision of my professional life, so far."Kennedy was also repeatedly questioned on his management of arange of issues during the Australian Government's Senate Estimates process - particularly on the NGA'soccupational health and safety record and concerns about the NGA's twenty-year-old air-conditioningsystem. The air-conditioning was finally renovated in 2003. Kennedy announced in 2002 that he wouldnot seek extension of his contract beyond 2004, accepting a seven-year term as had his two


Passage 1:Jack Shea (director)Jack Shea (August 1, 1928 – April 28, 2013) was an American film andtelevision director. He was the president of the Directors Guild of America from 1997 to 2002.Life andcareerBorn John Francis Shea, Jr., Shea's father was a traveling salesman and his mother a bookkeeper.He received a parochial high school education, later attaining a degree in history from FordhamUniversity. Shea broke into the entertainment industry in 1951, initially as a stage manager for the TVseries Philco Playhouse, and, following two years of service with the United States Air Force, serving from1952 to 1954, during the Korean War, making instructional films in Los Angeles, and later becoming anassociate director.Among the TV shows he contributed to during this period include The Jerry Lewis Showand The Bob Hope Specials, where he later shared a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for in 1961. Bythe late 1950s, Shea had become instrumental in forming the Radio and Television Directors Guild(merged with the Screen Directors Guild in 1960 to form The Directors Guild of America) and was astrong voice for the hiring of minorities in the industry. During the 1970s, he began an association withproducers Bud Yorkin and Norman Lear, directing episodes from two of their projects in the 1970s, theseries Sanford and Son and The Jeffersons (110 episodes for the latter). Among his other credits includeThe Waltons, Silver Spoons (91 episodes), Growing Pains and Designing Women, the last earning him asecond Primetime Emmy Award nomination. From 1997 until 2002, he served as president of theDirectors Guild.A lifelong Catholic, Shea was a co-founder, with his wife Patt and other prominentCatholics in the Hollywood entertainment community, of the Hollywood-based Catholics in MediaAssociates (CIMA), which he was also past president of. Shea and Patt Shea jointly received the CIMALifetime Achievement Award in 2002 from the organization of Catholic entertainment industryprofessionals which celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2013. Shea was also a former member of theUnited States Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee for Communications.Personal life and familyOnJanuary 2, 1954, Shea married the former Patricia C. Carmody, who, later known as Patt Shea, became athree-time Humanitas Award-nominated screenwriter whose credits include the CBS-TV series All in theFamily, story editor and/or writer for 38 episodes of Archie Bunker's Place, in addition to screenwriter forepisodes of Lou Grant, Valerie, Cagney & Lacey, In The Heat of The Night, Bagdad Café, and the CBS pilotfor Gloria, Sally Struthers’ spin-off from the popular All In The Family TV series, among many othertelevision series. The couple, who resided in Studio City, CA for over 30 years, have five children, three ofwhom are currently DGA members* and 1st Assistant Directors*: Shawn Shea*; Elizabeth (nowdeceased); William (“Bill”) Shea*; Michael J. Shea* and John Francis (“Jay”) Shea III.DeathShea died ofcomplications from Alzheimer's disease.Passage 2:Mark Lewis (filmmaker)Mark Lewis is an Australiandocumentary film and television producer, director and writer. He is famous for his film Cane Toads: AnUnnatural History and for his body of work on animals. Unlike many other producers of nature films, hisfilms do not attempt to document the animals in question or their behaviors but rather the complexrelationships between people and society and the animals they interact with.His films have earned himmany awards, including a British Academy Award nomination, a nomination from the Directors Guild ofAmerica, two Emmy's for Outstanding Direction in documentary film, and an Emmy Award forOutstanding Science Program on American Television.As a student Lewis helped planning Philippe Petit'sfamous 1974 high-wire walk between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. He talks about hisinvolvement in the acclaimed documentary Man on Wire (2008).Filmography(2010) Cane Toads: TheConquest(2007) The Pursuit of Excellence(2006) The Floating Brothel(2006) The Standard of Perfection:Show Cats(2006) The Standard of Perfection - Show Cattle(2000) The Natural History of theChicken(1999) Animalicious(1998) Rat(1994) Gordy.(1990) The Wonderful World of Dogs(1989) Roundthe Twist(1988) Cane Toads: An Unnatural HistoryPassage 3:John WatersJohn Samuel Waters Jr. (bornApril 22, 1946) is an American filmmaker, writer, actor, and artist. He rose to fame in the early 1970s forhis transgressive cult films, including Multiple Maniacs (1970), Pink Flamingos (1972) and Female Trouble(1974). He wrote and directed the comedy film Hairspray (1988), which became an international successand was later adapted into a hit Broadway musical and a 2007 musical film. He has written and directed


Passage 1:Greg A. Hill (artist)Greg A. Hill is a Canadian-born First Nations artist and curator. He isKanyen'kehà:ka Mohawk, from Six Nations of the Grand River Territory, Ontario.Early lifeHill was bornand raised in Fort Erie, Ontario.Art careerHis work as a multidisciplinary artist focuses primarily oninstallation, performance and digital imaging and explores issues of his Mohawk and French-Canadianidentity through the prism of colonialism, nationalism and concepts of place and community.Hill has beenexhibiting his work since 1989, with solo exhibitions and performance works across Canada as well asgroup exhibitions in North America and abroad. His work can be found in the collections of the CanadaCouncil, the Indian Art Centre, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, the Canadian Native Arts Foundation(now Indspire), the Woodland Cultural Center, the City of Ottawa, the Ottawa Art Gallery and theInternational Museum of Electrography.Curatorial careerHill serves as the Audain Senior Curator ofIndigenous Art at the National Gallery of Canada.Awards and honoursIn 2018, Hill received the IndspireAward for Arts.Passage 2:John McMahon (Surrey and Somerset cricketer)John William Joseph McMahon(28 December 1917 – 8 May 2001) was an Australian-born first-class cricketer who played for Surrey andSomerset County Cricket Clubs in England from 1947 to 1957.Surrey cricketerMcMahon was an orthodoxleft-arm spin bowler with much variation in speed and flight who was spotted by Surrey playing in clubcricket in North London and brought on to the county's staff for the 1947 season at the age of 29. In thefirst innings of his first match, against Lancashire at The Oval, he took five wickets for 81 runs.In his firstfull season, 1948, he was Surrey's leading wicket-taker and in the last home game of the season he wasawarded his county cap – he celebrated by taking eight Northamptonshire wickets for 46 runs at TheOval, six of them coming in the space of 6.3 overs for seven runs. This would remain the best bowlingperformance of his first-class career, not surpassed, but he did equal it seven years later. In the followinggame, the last away match of the season, he took 10 Hampshire wickets for 150 runs in the match atBournemouth. In the 1948 season as a whole, he took 91 wickets at an average of 28.07. As a tail-endleft-handed batsman, he managed just 93 runs in the season at an average of 4.22.The emergence ofTony Lock as a slow left-arm bowler in 1949 brought a stuttering end of McMahon's Surrey career.Though he played in 12 first-class matches in the 1949 season, McMahon took only 19 wickets; a similarnumber of matches in 1950 brought 34 wickets. In 1951, he played just seven times and in 1952 onlythree times. In 1953, Lock split the first finger of his left hand, and played in only 11 of Surrey's CountyChampionship matches; McMahon played as his deputy in 14 Championship matches, though a measureof their comparative merits was that Lock's 11 games produced 67 wickets at 12.38 runs apiece, whileMcMahon's 14 games brought him 45 wickets at the, for him, low average of 21.53. At the end of the1953 season, McMahon was allowed to leave Surrey to join Somerset, then languishing at the foot of theCounty Championship and recruiting widely from other counties and other countries.SomersetcricketerSomerset's slow bowling in 1954 was in the hands of leg-spinner Johnny Lawrence, with supportfrom the off-spin of Jim Hilton while promising off-spinner Brian Langford was on national service.McMahon filled a vacancy for a left-arm orthodox spinner that had been there since the retirement ofHorace Hazell at the end of the 1952 season; Hazell's apparent successor, Roy Smith, had failed torealise his promise as a bowler in 1953, though his batting had advanced significantly.McMahon instantlybecame a first-team regular and played in almost every match during his four years with the county, notmissing a single Championship game until he was controversially dropped from the side in August 1957,after which he did not play in the Championship again.In the 1954 season, McMahon, alongside fellownewcomer Hilton, was something of a disappointment, according to Wisden: "The new spin bowlers,McMahon and Hilton, did not attain to the best standards of their craft in a wet summer, yet, like the restof the attack, they would have fared better with reasonable support in the field and from their ownbatsmen," it said. McMahon took 85 wickets at an average of 27.47 (Hilton took only 42 at a higheraverage). His best match was against Essex at Weston-super-Mare where he took six for 96 in the firstinnings and five for 45 in the second to finish with match figures of 11 for 141, which were the best of hiscareer. He was awarded his county cap in the 1954 season, but Somerset remained at the bottom of the


Passage 1:Kaya AlpKaya Alp (Ottoman Turkish:  , lit. 'Brave Rock') was, according to Ottoman tradition, the son of Kızıl Buğa or Basuk and the father of Suleyman Shah. He was the grandfather of Ertuğrul Ghazi, the father of the founder of the Ottoman Empire, Osman I. He was also famously known for being the successing name of Ertokus Bey’s son Kaya Alp. He was a descendant of the ancestor of his tribe, Kayı son of Gun son of Oghuz Khagan, the legendary progenitor of the Oghuz Turks.Passage 2:Abd al-MuttalibShayba ibn Hāshim (Arabic:   ; c. 497–578), better known as Abd al-Mualib, (Arabic:  , lit. 'Servant of Muttalib') was the fourth chief of the Quraysh tribal confederation. He was the grandfather of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.Early lifeHis father was Hashim ibn 'Abd Manaf,: 81 the progenitor of the distinguished Banu Hashim, a clan of the Quraysh tribe of Mecca. They claimed descent from Ismā'īl and Ibrāhīm. His mother was Salma bint Amr, from the Banu Najjar, a clan of the Khazraj tribe in Yathrib (later called Madinah). Hashim died while doing business in Gaza, before Abd al-Muttalib was born.: 81 His real name was "Shaiba" meaning 'the ancient one' or 'white-haired' because of the streak of white through his jet-black hair, and is sometimes also called Shaybah al-amd ("The white streak of praise").: 81–82 After his father's death he was raised in Yathrib with his mother and her family until about the age of eight, when his uncle Muttalib ibn Abd Manaf went to see him and asked his mother Salmah to entrust Shaybah to his care. Salmah was unwilling to let her son go and Shaiba refused to leave his mother without her consent. Mualib then pointed out that the possibilities Yathrib had to offer were incomparable to Mecca. Salmah was impressed with his arguments, so she agreed to let him go. Upon first arriving in Mecca, the people assumed the unknown child was Muttalib's servant and started calling him 'Abd al-Muttalib ("servant of Muttalib").: 85–86Chieftain of Hashim clanWhen Mualib died, Shaiba succeeded him as the chief of the Hāshim clan. Following his uncle Al-Mualib, he took over the duties of providing the pilgrims with food and water, and carried on the practices of his forefathers with his people. He attained such eminence as none of his forefathers enjoyed; his people loved him and his reputation was great among them.: 61 'Umar ibn Al-Khaāb's grandfather Nufayl ibn Abdul Uzza arbitrated in a dispute between 'Abdul-Mualib and arb ibn Umayyah, Abu Sufyan's father, over the custodianship of the Kaaba. Nufayl gave his verdict in favour of 'Abdul-Mualib. Addressing arb ibn Umayyah, he said:Why do you pick a quarrel with a person who is taller than you in stature; more imposing than you in appearance; more refined than you in intellect; whose progeny outnumbers yours and whose generosity outshines yours in lustre? Do not, however, construe this into any disparagement of your good qualities which I highly appreciate. You are as gentle as a lamb, you are renowned throughout Arabia for the stentorian tones of your voice, and you are an asset to your tribe.Discovery of Zam Zam Well'Abdul-Mualib said that while sleeping in the sacred enclosure, he had dreamed he was ordered to dig at the worship place of the Quraysh between the two deities Isāf and Nā'ila. There he would find the Zamzam Well, which the Jurhum tribe had filled in when they left Mecca. The Quraysh tried to stop him digging in that spot, but his son Al-ārith stood guard until they gave up their protests. After three days of digging, 'Abdul-Mualib found traces of an ancient religious well and exclaimed, "Allahuakbar!" Some of the Quraysh disputed his claim to sole rights over water, then one of them suggested that they go to a female shaman who lived afar. It was said that she could summon jinns and that she could help them decide who was the owner of the well. So, 11 people from the 11 tribes went on the expedition. They had to cross the desert to meet the priestess but then they got lost. There was a lack of food and water and people started to lose hope of ever getting out. One of them suggested that they dig their own graves and if they died, the last person standing would bury the others. So all began digging their own graves and just as Abdul-Mualib started digging, water spewed out from the hole he dug and everyone became overjoyed. It was then and there decided that Abdul-Muttalib was the owner of the Zam Zam well. Thereafter he supplied pilgrims to the Kaaba with Zam Zam water, which soon eclipsed all the other wells in Mecca because it was considered sacred.: 86–89 : 62–65The Year of the ElephantAccording to Muslim tradition, the Ethiopian governor of Yemen, Abrahah al-Ashram, envied the Kaaba's reverence among the


Passage 1:Mona Hopton BellMona Hopton Bell (1867–1940) was a British artist, best known for her portraits of civic figures.She was the grandmother of the painter Jean H. Bell.Passage 2:Purnima (Hindi actress)Purnima Das Verma (born Meherbhano Mohammad Ali; 2 March 1934 — 14 August 2013) was an Indian actress who worked predominantly in Hindi-language films. She was the aunt of director Mahesh Bhatt and grandmother of actor Emraan Hashmi.Personal lifeMeherbano Mohammad Ali was born on 2 March 1934. Her elder sister, Shirin, is the mother of directors Mahesh Bhatt and Mukesh Bhatt. Meherbano's first husband was a journalist named Syed Shauqat Hashmi, who moved to Pakistan during the end of colonial rule in South Asia when Pakistan and India were created as new states by the British as they decolonized. Her son from this first marriage, Anwar Hashmi (father of Emraan Hashmi), acted in Baharon Ke Manzil (1968) opposite Farida Jalal. In 1954, she married for the second time with filmmaker Bhagwan Das Varma. Meherbano took the screen name 'Purnima' when she entered the film industry.CareerPurnima acted in more than 80 Bollywood films. She was a popular actress in Hindi films from late '40s to '50s. She appeared in many films including Patanga (1949), Jogan (1950), Sagai (1951), Jaal (1952), Aurat (1953), a role in Ajay Devgan's debut film Phool Aur Kaante, and the role of Sanjay Dutt's on-screen grandmother in Naam which was directed by Mahesh Bhatt (Purnima's elder sister's son). She also played the role of Amitabh Bachchan's mother in the film Zanjeer.DeathPurnima had Alzheimer's disease during the last few years of her life and died on 14 August 2013. Mahesh Bhatt later revealed on Twitter, "My aunt Purnima, the first star of our family and who happens to be Emraan Hashmi's grandmother has entered the sunset moments of her life.".Selected filmographyPassage 3:Hannah ArnoldHannah Arnold may refer to:Hannah Arnold (née Waterman) (c.1705–1758), mother of Benedict ArnoldHannah Arnold (beauty queen) (born 1996), Filipino-Australian model and beauty pageant titleholderPassage 4:Kaoru HatoyamaKaoru Hatoyama ( , Hatoyama Kaoru, 21 November 1888 – 15 August 1982) was an educator and an administrator, the schoolmaster of Kyoritsu Women's University, which was founded by her mother-in-law, Haruko Hatoyama. She is well known as the wife of Ichirō Hatoyama, who was the 52nd–54th Prime Minister of Japan, serving terms from December 10, 1954 through December 23, 1956. She was the mother of Iichirō Hatoyama, who was Japan's Foreign Minister from 1976 through 1977.After the elections of 2009, she became more widely known as the grandmother of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and his politician brother Kunio Hatoyama.See alsoHatoyama Hall (Hatoyama Kaikan)NotesPassage 5:Anne DenmanAnne Denman (1587–1661) was born in Olde Hall, Retford, Nottinghamshire. Through a second marriage with Thomas Aylesbury, she became the grandmother of Lady Anne Hyde, Duchess of York and great-grandmother of Queen Mary II and Queen Anne.Early lifeAnne was born in Olde Hall, West Retford in around 1587. She was the younger daughter of Francis Denman of Retford and Anne (Blount) Denman. Francis (born c. 1531, died 1599) was the rector of West Retford, Notts from 1578. He was the second son of Anne Hercy by her first husband, Nicholas Denman esq of East Retford, Notts. Francis had several sons who pre-deceased him and left two daughters as his heirs: Barbara (born c. 1583) who married Edward Darell (born c. 1582); and Anne.Anne's nephew, Dr John Darrell, was the youngest child of Barbara Denman and Edward Darell, and inherited substantial properties from both the Denman and Darell families. In 1665 just before his death he made a will dividing his estate between three charities. He donated the childhood home of Anne and Barbara, Olde Hall, to create a hospital for elderly men (an alms house), which became the site for Trinity Hospital, Retford (a Grade II listed building).MarriagesAnne was married at 20 and left a widow at 23 after the death of her first husband William, the younger son of Sir Thomas Darell. William was the half-brother of her sister Barbara's husband Edward.Anne left Retford due to some unknown trouble, or loss of fortune, in 1610 and proceeded to London by waggon-coach. Wilmshurst (1908) records that there had been a lawsuit between the two sisters in 1605.After reaching London, Anne is said to have halted at a hostel called the 'Goat and Compasses', where she rested before looking out for an occupation suitable for a country lady of good birth and family. The owner (not the landlord) of the hostel was Mr Thomas Aylesbury, a rich brewer of the Parish of St Andrew's, Holborn who happened to be making an inspection of his 'Houses' and required a


Passage 1:Richard T. JonesRichard Timothy Jones (born January 16, 1972) is an American actor. He hasworked extensively in both film and television productions since the early 1990s. His television rolesinclude Ally McBeal (1997), Judging Amy (1998–2005), CSI: Miami (2006), Girlfriends (2007), Grey'sAnatomy (2010), Hawaii Five-0 (2011–2014), Narcos (2015), and Criminal Minds (2017). Since 2018, hehas played Police Sergeant Wade Grey on the ABC police drama The Rookie.His film roles includeportrayals of Lamont Carr in Disney's Full Court Miracle (2003), Laveinio "Slim" Hightower in RickFamuyiwa's coming-of-age film The Wood (1999), Mike in Tyler Perry's dramatic films Why Did I GetMarried? (2007) and Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010), and Captain Russell Hampton in the Hollywoodblockbuster Godzilla (2014).Early lifeJones was born in Kobe, Japan, to American parents and grew up inCarson, California. He is the son of Lorene, a computer analyst, and Clarence Jones, a professionalbaseball player who at the time of Jones' birth was playing for the Nankai Hawks in Osaka. He has anolder brother, Clarence Jones Jr., who works as a high school basketball coach. They would return toNorth America after Clarence's retirement following the 1978 season. His parents later divorced. Jonesattended Bishop Montgomery High School in Torrance, California, then graduated from TuskegeeUniversity.CareerSince the early 1990s, Jones has worked in both film and television productions.His firsttelevision role was in a 1993 episode of the series California Dreams. That same year, he appeared as IkeTurner, Jr. in What's Love Got to Do with It. From 1999 to 2005, he starred as Bruce Calvin van Exel inthe CBS legal drama series Judging Amy.Over the next two decades, Jones starred or guest-starred inhigh-profile television series such as Ally McBeal (1997), CSI: Miami (2006), Girlfriends (2007), Grey'sAnatomy (2010), Hawaii Five-0 (2011–2014), Narcos (2015), and Criminal Minds (2017).His film rolesinclude portrayals of Lamont Carr in the Disney film Full Court Miracle (2003), Laveinio "Slim" Hightowerin Rick Famuyiwa's coming-of-age film The Wood (1999), and Mike in Tyler Perry's dramatic films WhyDid I Get Married? (2007) and Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010), and Captain Russell Hampton in theHollywood blockbuster Godzilla (2014).From 2017 to 2018, Jones played Detective Tommy Cavanaugh inthe CBS drama series Wisdom of the Crowd.Since February 2018, Jones has played the role of SergeantWade Gray in the ABC police procedural drama series The Rookie with Nathan Fillion.Personal lifeJoshuaMedia Ministries claims that its leader, David E. Taylor, mentors Jones in ministry, and that Jones hasdonated $1 million to its efforts.FilmographyFilmTelevisionPassage 2:Dana BlanksteinDanaBlankstein-Cohen (born March 3, 1981) is the executive director of the Sam Spiegel Film and TelevisionSchool. She was appointed by the board of directors  in November 2019.  Previously she was the CEO ofthe Israeli Academy of Film and Television. She is a film director, and an Israeli cultureentrepreneur.BiographyDana Blankstein was born in Switzerland in 1981 to theatre director Dedi Baronand Professor Alexander Blankstein. She moved to Israel in 1983 and grew up in Tel Aviv.Blanksteingraduated from the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School, Jerusalem in 2008 with high honors. Duringher studies she worked as a personal assistant to directors Savi Gabizon on his film Nina's Tragedies andto Renen Schorr on his film The Loners.  She also directed and shot 'the making of' film on Gavison's filmLost and Found. Her debut film Camping competed at the Berlin International Film Festival, 2007.Filmand academic careerAfter her studies, Dana founded and directed the film and television department atthe Kfar Saba municipality. The department encouraged and promoted productions filmed in the city ofKfar Saba, as well as the established cultural projects, and educational community activities.Blanksteindirected the mini-series "Tel Aviviot" (2012). From 2016-2019 was the director of the Israeli Academy ofFilm and Television.In November 2019 Dana Blankstein Cohen was appointed the new director of the SamSpiegel Film and Television School where she also oversees the Sam Spiegel International Film Lab. In2022, she spearheaded the launch of the new Series Lab and the film preparatory program for Arabicspeakers in east Jerusalem.FilmographyTel Aviviot (mini-series; director, 2012)Growing Pains(graduation film, Sam Spiegel; director and screenwriter, 2008)Camping (debut film, Sam Spiegel;director and screenwriter, 2006)Passage 3:Lamman RuckerLamman Rucker  (born October 6, 1971) is anAmerican actor. Rucker began his career on the daytime soap operas As the World Turns and All My


Passage 1:Tomáš HudečekTomáš Hudeček (born 10 May 1979 in Olomouc) is a Czech university (assoc.)professor and former politician. He is currently the head of the Department of Public Administration andRegional Studies at the Masaryk Institute of Advanced Studies of the Czech Technical University inPrague, a former local (non-party) politician and the Mayor of the Capital City of Prague. He is married,has three sons, lives alternately in Prague and Ostrava.In 2010 he was elected to the Municipal Assemblyin Prague as a candidate of the TOP 09 party.  On 24 November 2011 he became a member of theexecutive council of Prague and the Deputy Mayor of Bohuslav Svoboda. Hudeček was elected deputymayor of Prague between 24 November 2011 and 23 May 2013, then deputy mayor with theresponsibilities of Mayor during the flooding of May and June 2013 days in Prague, and Mayor of Praguebetween 20 June 2013 and 26 October 2014.Passage 2:A Trial in PragueA Trial in Prague is an 83 mincolour documentary film directed by Zuzana Justman, about the Slánský trial, a high-profile show trial in1952 Communist Czechoslovakia.ContentAt the height of the Cold War, an infamous political show trial,known as the Slánský trial, took place in Czechoslovakia. In 1952, 14 leading Communists, includingRudolf Slánský, the second most powerful man in the country, were tried on charges of high treason andespionage. Although they were innocent of the charges, they confessed and were convicted. Most of themen were hanged, but three received life sentences. Eleven of the fourteen were Jews.The film tells thestory of the trial and the paranoia of the period through testimonies, trial footage, archival films andextensive documentation. Among the people who appear in the film are Lise London, whose late husbandArtur London was one of the defendants and wrote about the trial in a widely published memoir "TheConfession;" Eduard Goldstucker, a Kafka scholar and the first Czech ambassador to Israel who was jailedand forced to testify at the trial; and Jan Kavan, the former Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs, whosefather, also a trial witness, died shortly after his release from prison.What led these men to theirpassionate belief in Communism and why did they publicly confess to crimes they did not commit?  Thefilm explores the questions, as well as the role of Moscow, the motives for the trial and its anti-Semiticthrust. It deals with the personal stories of the condemned men and the legacy they left their children,who "feel a need to live out the interrupted lives of their fathers".Comments"Sensitive, intelligent &moving … shows the human face of both communism and its victims" - New York Times "Harrowing andenlightening, a tale that even Kafka would find hard to imagine" (Boston Phoenix)."Measured,informative…neatly structured" (Variety).“The film is as compelling for these painful details as for thetough-minded analysis that ties them together.” ( The Village Voice)“Powerful, important and refreshinglystraightforward documentary.” (New York Post)SourcesSlánská, Josefa (1969). Report On My Husband.London: Hutchinson. ISBN 0-09-097320-8.London, Artur (1971). Confession. USA: Ballantine Books.ISBN 0-345-22170-2.Margolius, Ivan (2006). Reflections of Prague: Journeys through the 20th century.Chichester: Wiley. ISBN 0-470-02219-1.Kaplan, Karel (1990). Report on the Murder of the GeneralSecretary. London: I. B. Tauris & Co. ISBN 1-85043-211-2.Heda Margolius Kovaly (1997) Under a CruelStar: A life in Prague 1941-1968 (ISBN 0-8419-1377-3).Passage 3:Vojtěch PetráčekVojtěch Petráček(born 17 February 1964 in Prague) is a Czech nuclear physicist and University Lecturer. Since February2018, He has also been the rector of the Czech Technical University in Prague (CVUT) inPrague.EducationAfter attending the Nad Štolou Grammar School in the Letnány, Petráček studiedmathematics and physics from 1982 at the Charles University, obtaining a doctorate in 1987.CareerIn2014 he unsuccessfully ran in the Rectorate election of the ČVUT, but in 2017 he was elected and at theend of January, 2018 he was appointed to this position by the Czech President Miloš Zeman with effectfrom 1. February 2018.PublicationsVojtěch Petráček, as of 2018, has published 117 articles.Passage4:Henry Kolowrat Jr.Henry Kolowrat (Czech: Jindřich Kolowrat; August 25, 1933 – March 16, 2021) wasan American fencer. He was born in Prague into a noble Kolowrat family. He moved with his parents tothe United States in 1948 after the communist coup d'état in Czechoslovakia. He became a U.S. citizen in1956. He competed in the team épée event at the 1960 Summer Olympics.Passage 5:ZuzanaJustmanZuzana Justman, born Zuzana Pick (born 20 June 1931), is a Czech-American maker of


Passage 1:Sarre Anglo-Saxon cemeterySarre Anglo-Saxon cemetery is a place of burial that was used inthe sixth and seventh centuries CE.BackgroundWith the advent of the Anglo-Saxon period in the fifthcentury CE, the area that became Kent underwent a radical transformation on a political, social, andphysical level. In the preceding era of Roman Britain, the area had been administered as the civitas ofCantiaci, a part of the Roman Empire, but following the collapse of Roman rule in 410 CE, many signs ofRomano-British society began to disappear, replaced by those of the ascendant Anglo-Saxon culture.Later Anglo-Saxon accounts attribute this change to the widescale invasion of Germanic language tribesfrom northern Europe, namely the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes. Archaeological and toponymic evidenceshows that there was a great deal of syncretism, with Anglo-Saxon culture interacting and mixing withthe Romano-British culture.The Old English term Kent first appears in the Anglo-Saxon period, and wasbased on the earlier Celtic-language name Cantii. Initially applied only to the area east of the RiverMedway, by the end of the sixth century it also referred to areas to the west of it. The Kingdom of Kentwas the first recorded Anglo-Saxon kingdom to appear in the historical record, and by the end of sixthcentury, it had become a significant political power, exercising hegemony over large parts of southernand eastern Britain. At the time, Kent had strong trade links with Francia, while the Kentish royal familymarried members of Francia's Merovingian dynasty, who were already Christian. Kentish King Æthelberhtwas the overlord of various neighbouring kingdoms when he converted to Christianity in the earlyseventh century as a result of Augustine of Canterbury and the Gregorian mission, who had been sent byPope Gregory to replace England's pagan beliefs with Christianity. It was in this context that the Polhillcemetery was in use.Kent has a wealth of Early Medieval funerary archaeology. The earliest excavation ofAnglo-Saxon Kentish graves was in the 17th century, when antiquarians took an increasing interest in thematerial remains of the period. In the ensuing centuries, antiquarian interest gave way to moremethodical archaeological investigation, and prominent archaeologists like Bryan Faussett, JamesDouglas, Cecil Brent, George Payne, and Charles Roach Smith "dominated" archaeological research inKent.Archaeological investigationThe existence of Sarre was not noted by any of the early antiquarianswho studied the Anglo-Saxon cemeteries of Kent. Sarre cemetery was discovered in 1843, andre-examined in 1860, when a number of artefacts were discovered during construction work at Sarrewindmill, subsequently being purchased by the British Museum. It was excavated in 1863 by the KentArchaeological Society, in a project directed by John Brent, who published his findings in the ArchaeologiaCantiana journal. Aided by two workmen, he used a metal probe to determine the locations of thegraves.After this excavation, which was believed to have been total, the cemetery was relegated to "thehistory of archaeology", being considered “arguably the richest Anglo-Saxon burial ground yetdiscovered”. It was not scheduled as an Ancient Monument.In 1982, an excavation of the supposed siteof St. Giles took place under the directorship of D.R.J. Perkins, revealing Anglo-Saxon graves around 50metres away from Brent's excavated area. This led Perkins to review the original cemetery plan, andundertake aerial photography of the site; this suggested that there were various features that Brent hadnot revealed, and that the cemetery was larger than previously believed. It was decided that furtherexcavation of the site was necessary, with the cooperation of the landowners, Church Commissioners, aswell as the local farmer, Michael Baxter.In May 1991, Southern Water commenced a sewage constructionnear the site, and funded a rescue excavation of the area from the Trust for Thanet Archaeology.SeealsoList of Anglo-Saxon cemeteriesBuckland Anglo-Saxon cemeteryFinglesham Anglo-Saxon cemeteryMillHill Anglo-Saxon cemeteryPassage 2:William Rockhill NelsonWilliam Rockhill Nelson (March 7, 1841 –April 13, 1915) was an American real estate developer and co-founder of The Kansas City Star in KansasCity, Missouri.  He donated his estate (and home) for the establishment of the Nelson-Atkins Museum ofArt.He is buried at Mt. Washington Cemetery with his wife, daughter and son-in-law.Early lifeNelson wasborn in Fort Wayne, Indiana. His father was publisher Isaac De Groff Nelson (1810–1891) and his motherwas Elizabeth Rockhill (1816–1889), the daughter of William R. Rockhill, an important farmer andpolitician in Fort Wayne, Indiana. For a short time, Isaac Nelson owned The Sentinel newspaper (which


Passage 1:Hermann GöringHermann Wilhelm Göring (or Goering; German: [hman vlhlmøŋ] (listen); 12 January 1893 – 15 October 1946) was a German politician, military leader, andconvicted war criminal. He was one of the most powerful figures in the Nazi Party, which ruled Germanyfrom 1933 to 1945.A veteran World War I fighter pilot ace, Göring was a recipient of the Pour le Mérite("The Blue Max"). He was the last commander of Jagdgeschwader 1 (JG I), the fighter wing once led byManfred von Richthofen. An early member of the Nazi Party, Göring was among those wounded in AdolfHitler's failed Beer Hall Putsch in 1923. While receiving treatment for his injuries, he developed anaddiction to morphine which persisted until the last year of his life. After Hitler became Chancellor ofGermany in 1933, Göring was named as minister without portfolio in the new government. One of his firstacts as a cabinet minister was to oversee the creation of the Gestapo, which he ceded to HeinrichHimmler in 1934.Following the establishment of the Nazi state, Göring amassed power and politicalcapital to become the second most powerful man in Germany. He was appointed commander-in-chief ofthe Luftwaffe (air force), a position he held until the final days of the regime. Upon being namedPlenipotentiary of the Four Year Plan in 1936, Göring was entrusted with the task of mobilizing all sectorsof the economy for war, an assignment which brought numerous government agencies under his control.In September 1939, Hitler designated him as his successor and deputy in all his offices. After the Fall ofFrance in 1940, he was bestowed the specially created rank of Reichsmarschall, which gave him seniorityover all officers in Germany's armed forces.By 1941, Göring was at the peak of his power and influence.As the Second World War progressed, Göring's standing with Hitler and with the German public declinedafter the Luftwaffe proved incapable of preventing the Allied bombing of Germany's cities and resupplyingsurrounded Axis forces in Stalingrad. Around that time, Göring increasingly withdrew from military andpolitical affairs to devote his attention to collecting property and artwork, much of which was stolen fromJewish victims of the Holocaust. Informed on 22 April 1945 that Hitler intended to commit suicide, Göringsent a telegram to Hitler requesting his permission to assume leadership of the Reich. Considering hisrequest an act of treason, Hitler removed Göring from all his positions, expelled him from the party, andordered his arrest. After the war, Göring was convicted of conspiracy, crimes against peace, war crimes,and crimes against humanity at the Nuremberg trials in 1946. He was sentenced to death by hanging butcommitted suicide by ingesting cyanide hours before the sentence was to be carried out.Early life andeducationGöring was born on 12 January 1893 at the Marienbad Sanatorium in Rosenheim, Bavaria. Hisfather, Heinrich Ernst Göring (31 October 1839 – 7 December 1913), a former cavalry officer, had beenthe first governor-general of German South West Africa (modern-day Namibia). Heinrich had threechildren from a previous marriage. Göring was the fourth of five children by Heinrich's second wife,Franziska Tiefenbrunn (1859–15 July 1943), a Bavarian peasant. Göring's elder siblings were Karl, Olga,and Paula; his younger brother was Albert. At the time that Göring was born, his father was serving asconsul general in Haiti, and his mother had returned home briefly to give birth. She left the six-week-oldbaby with a friend in Bavaria and did not see the child again for three years, when she and Heinrichreturned to Germany.Göring's godfather was Hermann Epenstein, a wealthy Jewish physician andbusinessman his father had met in Africa. Epenstein provided the Göring family, who were surviving onHeinrich's pension, first with a family home in Berlin-Friedenau, and then a small castle calledVeldenstein, near Nuremberg. Göring's mother became Epenstein's mistress around this time, andremained so for some fifteen years. Epenstein acquired the minor title of Ritter (knight) von Epensteinthrough service and donations to the Crown.Interested in a career as a soldier from a very early age,Göring enjoyed playing with toy soldiers and dressing up in a Boer uniform his father had given him. Hewas sent to boarding school at age eleven, where the food was poor and discipline was harsh. He sold aviolin to pay for his train ticket home, and then took to his bed, feigning illness, until he was told hewould not have to return. He continued to enjoy war games, pretending to lay siege to the castleVeldenstein and studying Teutonic legends and sagas. He became a mountain climber, scaling peaks inGermany, at the Mont Blanc massif, and in the Austrian Alps. At age 16, he was sent to a military


Passage 1:Anna of Brunswick-Grubenhagen-EinbeckAnna of Brunswick-Grubenhagen-Einbeck (1414 – 4 April 1474) was a daughter of Duke Eric I of Brunswick-Grubenhagen and his wife, Elisabeth of Brunswick-Göttingen.Anna's first marriage was with Duke Albert III of Bavaria.  They had the following children:John IV (1437–1463), Duke of BavariaErnest (1438–1460)Sigismund of Bavaria (1439–1501)Albert (1440–1445)Margaretha (1442–1479), married in 1463 with Marquess Frederick I of Mantua (1441–1484)Elisabeth (1443–1484), married in 1460 with Elector Ernest of Saxony (1441–1486)Albert IV (1447–1508)Christopher (1449–1483)Wolfgang (1451–1514)Barbara, a nun in MunichAfter Albert's death, she married Duke Frederick III of Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen.  This marriage remained childless.== Ancestors ==Passage 2:Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of BrunswickCharles William Ferdinand (German: Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand; 9 October 1735 – 10 November 1806) was the Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and a military leader. His titles are usually shortened to Duke of Brunswick in English-language sources.He succeeded his father as sovereign prince of the Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, one of the princely states of the Holy Roman Empire. The duke was a cultured and benevolent despot in the model of his uncle, Frederick the Great, and was married to Princess Augusta, the eldest sister of George III of Great Britain. He was also a recognized master of 18th century warfare, serving as a Field Marshal in the Prussian Army. During the Napoleonic Wars, he was mortally wounded by a musket ball at the Battle of Jena–Auerstedt in 1806.Early lifeCharles William Ferdinand was born in the town of Wolfenbüttel on 9 October 1735, probably in Wolfenbüttel Castle. He was the first-born son of Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and his wife Philippine Charlotte.His father Charles I was the ruling prince (German: Fürst) of the small state of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, one of the imperial states of the Holy Roman Empire. Philippine Charlotte was the favourite daughter of King Frederick William I of Prussia and sister of Frederick II of Prussia (Frederick the Great). As the heir apparent of a sovereign prince, Charles William Ferdinand received the title of Hereditary Prince (German: Erbprinz).He received an unusually wide and thorough education, overseen by his mother. In his youth he travelled in the Netherlands, France and various parts of Germany. In 1753, his father moved the capital of the principality back to Brunswick (German: Braunschweig), the state's largest city. (Wolfenbüttel had been the capital since 1432.) The royal family moved into the newly built Brunswick Palace.Early military careerCharles William Ferdinand entered the military, serving during the Seven Years' War of 1756–63. He joined the allied north-German forces of the Hanoverian Army of Observation, whose task was to protect Hanover (in personal union with the Kingdom of Great Britain) and the surrounding states from invasion by the French. The force was initially commanded by the Anglo-Hanoverian Prince William, Duke of Cumberland. At the Battle of Hastenbeck (1757) Charles William Ferdinand led a charge at the head of an infantry brigade, an action which gained him some renown.The subsequent French Invasion of Hanover and Convention of Klosterzeven of 1757 temporarily knocked Hanover out of the war (they were to return the following year). Cumberland was recalled to Britain and the remaining allied north-German forces were placed under the command of Ferdinand of Brunswick, brother of Charles I, who easily persuaded his nephew Charles William Ferdinand to renew his military service as a general officer.Charles William Ferdinand was part of the allied Anglo-German force at the Battle of Minden (1759), and the Battle of Warburg (1760). Both were decisive victories over the French, during which he proved himself an excellent subordinate commander. He continued to serve in the army commanded by his uncle for the remainder of the war, which was generally successful for the north German forces. The hereditary prince's reputation improved throughout, and he became an acknowledged master of irregular warfare. Peace was restored in 1763.Marriage and travelsThe royal houses of the former Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg had traditionally married within the family, to avoid further division of their family lands under Salic law. By the time, Brunswick-Lüneburg had consolidated back into two states, Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and the Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover). The electorate was ruled by the Hanoverian branch of the family in personal union with the Kingdom of Great Britain. It was therefore arranged for Charles William Ferdinand to marry a British-Hanoverian princess: Princess Augusta


Passage 1:Peter LevinPeter Levin is an American director of film, television and theatre.CareerSince1967, Levin has amassed a large number of credits directing episodic television and television films.Some of his television series credits include Love Is a Many Splendored Thing, James at 15, The PaperChase, Family, Starsky & Hutch, Lou Grant, Fame, Cagney & Lacey, Law & Order and Judging Amy.Someof his television film credits include Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case (1980), A Reason to Live(1985), Popeye Doyle (1986), A Killer Among Us (1990), Queen Sized (2008) and among other films. Hedirected "Heart in Hiding", written by his wife Audrey Davis Levin, for which she received an Emmy forBest Day Time Special in the 1970s.Prior to becoming a director, Levin worked as an actor in severalBroadway productions. He costarred with Susan Strasberg in "[The Diary of Ann Frank]" but had to leavethe production when he was drafted into the Army. He trained at the Carnegie Mellon University.Eventually becoming a theatre director, he directed productions at the Long Wharf Theatre and the PacificResident Theatre Company. He also co-founded the off-off-Broadway Theatre [the Hardware PoetsPlayhouse] with his wife Audrey Davis Levin and was also an associate artist of The Interact TheatreCompany.Passage 2:CRD (film)CRD is a 2016 drama-romance Indian film by National Award WinningDirector Kranti Kanade written with Yuva Sahitya Akademi Award Winning Dramatist DharmakirtiSumant. Set in the world of College Theatre, it probes fascism and fierce competition in arts.PlotA YoungDramatist rebels against his fascist Tutor to form his troop of misfits – aiming to win a prestigious theatrecompetition and trying to find the hardest thing of all: his voice. Inspired by real life event 'Purushottam'Theatre Competition in Pune, India.CastMrinmayee Godbole as PersisVinay Sharma as MayankSaurabhSaraswat as ChetanAbhay Mahajan as NetraIsha Keskar as DiptiGeetika Tyagi as VeenaMohit Takalkar asSeniorProductionThe preparation and improvisation of the actors went on for 4 months before theprincipal photography began in November 2014 and continued over the next six months resulting in 63days of shooting. The editing took eight months and the music and sound design took further six months.The film was entirely shot on locations in Pune. It was executive and line produced by Ashwini Paranjapefor Kanade Films and Chaitra Arts. Director of photography was Daniel Katz whose short film Curfew hadwon Oscar.Critical responseCRD has received favourable critical reception around the world.Robert Abelein The Los Angeles Times says,"Indian film 'CRD' enchanting, audacious, indefinable and infectious."Sheri Linden in The Hollywood Reporter says, "CRD is entrancing, vibrant, irreverent andcategory-defying! Kanadé an assured visual stylist!" LA Weekly says, "Allusive, elusive and by turnsfunny, romantic and tragic, CRD is a film tuned to the pitch of the artist's heart." ScreenAnarchy says,"CRD, An Ethereal Exercise In Art.” Film critic Namrata Joshi, in The Hindu says, “Subversive andfearless, Kanadé breaks all rules of filmmaking in creating CRD, which boldly goes where no Indian filmhas gone before.” Author and critic Naman Ramachandran says, "This astonishing film heralds the arrivalof a bold new voice in world cinema where all limits are breached and boundaries crossed. Be preparedfor a breathtaking journey, the likes of which you've never been on before." Saibal Chatterjee, NDTV says“A path-breaking film. Refreshingly original and delightfully whimsical. CRD is classy, satisfying andmagnificently inventive package.” Nandini Ramnath, Scroll says “Outstanding, a superbly performeddrama about theatre art and life." Trisha Gupta, Firstpost says “Masterful and sharp, CRD displays bothpolitical and aesthetic courage, constantly moving between lyrical intensity and playful subversion.” RahulDesai, Film Companion says “CRD is hypnotic. The less sense it makes, the more we can’t stop watchingit (Roger Ebert’s words apply here). May be this is what auteurs are about.” Reza Noorani in The Times ofIndia says "CRD is brave with a twisted sense of humour." Business Standard says "CRD redefines cinemaspace." Hindustan Times says "CRD is vibrant and appealing." Shubhra Gupta in The Indian Express says"CRD is spectacular and refreshing in its willingness to go down paths less trodden." CRD is mentioned inScroll's list of "The movies of the decade that dared to dream differently."Further readinghttps://deadline.com/2016/10/exclusive-trailer-for-acclaimed-indian-drama-crd-1201837045/https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/entertainment/big-little-films-get-going-485010Passage 3:Dana BlanksteinDanaBlankstein-Cohen (born March 3, 1981) is the executive director of the Sam Spiegel Film and Television


Passage 1:Michelangelo FaggioliMichelangelo Faggioli (1666–1733) was an Italian lawyer and celebratedamateur composer of humorous cantatas in Neapolitan dialect. A founder of a new genre of Neapolitancomedy, he was the composer of the opera buffa La Cilla in 1706.Passage 2:Walter Robinson(composer)Walter Robinson is an American composer of the late 20th century. He is most notable for his1977 song Harriet Tubman, which has been recorded by folk musicians such as Holly Near, JohnMcCutcheon, and others.  He is also the composer of several operas.Passage 3:Nocturne(Britten)Nocturne, Op. 60, is a song cycle by Benjamin Britten, written for tenor, seven obbligatoinstruments and strings. The seven instruments are flute, cor anglais, clarinet, bassoon, harp, Frenchhorn and timpani.Nocturne was Britten's fourth and final orchestral song cycle, after Our Hunting Fathers(Op. 8, 1936), Les Illuminations (Op. 18, 1939) and Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings (Op. 31,1943). It was dedicated to Alma Mahler.Nocturne was premiered in the Leeds Town Hall at the centenaryLeeds Festival on 16 October 1958 by Peter Pears and the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by RudolfSchwarz. Britten conducted a recording at Walthamstow Assembly Hall in 1960 with Pears, the LondonSymphony Orchestra and William Waterhouse (bassoon), Alexander Murray (flute), Gervase de Peyer(clarinet), Roger Lord (cor anglais), Osian Ellis (harp), Barry Tuckwell (horn), and Denis Blyth(timpani).The theme of the piece, as its name Nocturne suggests, is sleep and darkness, both in theliteral and figurative sense. In this respect, the work is reminiscent of Britten's earlier Serenade. UnlikeSerenade, Nocturne is presented as a continuous piece rather than separate movements. This isemphasised by a number of figures which occur throughout, most notably the 'rocking' string motif whichopens the work. The conflicting tonal relationship between C and D-flat is also evident throughout,reflecting the contrast between the untroubled and the more perturbed aspects of sleep which are alsodescribed by Britten's choice of poems.StructureThe piece sets eight sections of poetry to music, eachaccompanied by strings and (with the exception of the first) by an obbligato instrument:Shelley – "On aPoet’s Lips I Slept" from Prometheus UnboundTennyson – "The Kraken", with bassoonColeridge –"Encinctured with a twine of leaves" from The Wanderings of Cain, with harpMiddleton – "Midnight Bell"from Blurt, Master Constable, with French hornWordsworth – "But that night when on my bed I lay" fromThe Prelude (1805), with timpaniOwen – "The Kind Ghosts", with cor anglaisKeats – "Sleep and Poetry",with flute and clarinetShakespeare – Sonnet XLIII, with all the obbligato instrumentsNotesExternallinksWork details, Boosey & HawkesPassage 4:Tarcisio FuscoTarcisio Fusco was an Italian composer offilm scores. He was the brother of the composer Giovanni Fusco and the uncle of operatic soprano CeciliaFusco.Selected filmographyBoccaccio (1940)Free Escape (1951)Abracadabra (1952)The Eternal Chain(1952)Beauties in Capri (1952)Milanese in Naples (1954)Conspiracy of the Borgias (1959)Passage5:Benjamin BrittenEdward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten  (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976,aged 63) was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He was a central figure of 20th-centuryBritish music, with a range of works including opera, other vocal music, orchestral and chamber pieces.His best-known works include the opera Peter Grimes (1945), the War Requiem (1962) and theorchestral showpiece The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (1945).Born in Lowestoft, Suffolk, theson of a dentist, Britten showed talent from an early age. He studied at the Royal College of Music inLondon and privately with the composer Frank Bridge. Britten first came to public attention with the acappella choral work A Boy was Born in 1934. With the premiere of Peter Grimes in 1945, he leapt tointernational fame. Over the next 28 years, he wrote 14 more operas, establishing himself as one of theleading 20th-century composers in the genre. In addition to large-scale operas for Sadler's Wells andCovent Garden, he wrote chamber operas for small forces, suitable for performance in venues of modestsize. Among the best known of these is The Turn of the Screw (1954). Recurring themes in his operasinclude the struggle of an outsider against a hostile society and the corruption of innocence.Britten'sother works range from orchestral to choral, solo vocal, chamber and instrumental as well as film music.He took a great interest in writing music for children and amateur performers, including the opera Noye'sFludde, a Missa Brevis, and the song collection Friday Afternoons. He often composed with particular


Passage 1:Bernard HoursBernard Hours, born on 5 May 1956 in Strasbourg, is a French businessman. Hewas the managing director of Danone and a member of the board of directors of the company. He wasalso a member of the executive committee of Danone.EducationHours graduated from the École desHautes Études Commerciales (HEC) in 1978.CareerHours began his career at Unilever in 1979 as ProductManager and Brand Manager. He progressively became an expert in the food sector.In 1985, he joinedthe Danone marketing group at Kronenbourg. From 1989 and 2001, he  was the Director of Sales ofEvian, and then Director of Marketing for Danone France, later becoming the President of DanoneHungary (1994), Danone Germany (1996) and finally President of LU France in 1998.In November 2001,Hours was named the Vice-President of the Fresh Dairy Products division and became the President inMarch 2002. In November 2006 he also took charge of the Research and Development at Danone.Hourscontributed significantly to sales growth between 2007 and 2013, which amounted to an increase of36.4% (from 14 to 22 billion euros) during this period. He exercised is responsible for all activities ofDanone, encompassing around 100,000 people in and 100 countries.In 2014, at the time of a change ofgovernance,  Hours ended his position as managing director of Danone, by the decision of theAdministrative Counsel.In 2015, Hours became president of Medvet  and  Chef Sam. He is also BoardMember for Verlinvest  and Oatly.Other ActivitiesHours is a member of the Administrative Counsel ofEssilor as an independent director and a member of the Administrative Counsel of the investment holdingVerlinvest and its participation Vita Coco. He is also e member of the Supervisory Board ofSomfy.Passage 2:Wee Wee Hours"Wee Wee Hours" is a song written and recorded by Chuck Berry in1955. Originally released as the B-side of his first single, "Maybellene", it went on to become a hit,reaching number 10 in the Billboard R&B chart.The song is a twelve-bar blues, described as "a slow,sensuous blues featuring some exceptional piano from Johnnie Johnson"."Wee Wee Hours" was on theaudition tape submitted by Berry to Leonard Chess in hope of landing a recording contract with ChessRecords.  Although it seemed like a good fit with the record company's blues roster, Chess was moreinterested in the song that became "Maybellene", the song that launched Berry's career as a rock and rollstar.Berry often performed the song live. It is included on the 1969 album Chuck Berry Live in Concert,and in the 1987 film Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll.Passage 3:Billy MilanoBilly Milano (born June 3, 1964) is anAmerican heavy metal and hardcore punk musician. He is the singer and occasionally guitarist and bassistof crossover thrash band M.O.D., and was the singer of its predecessor, Stormtroopers of Death. Prior tothese bands, Milano played in early New York hardcore band the Psychos, which also launched the careerof future Agnostic Front vocalist Roger Miret. Milano was also the singer of United Forces, which includedhis Stormtroopers of Death bandmate Dan Lilker. Milano managed a number of bands, including AgnosticFront, for whom he also co-produced the 1997 Epitaph Records release Something's Gotta Give androadie for Anthrax.DiscographyStormtroopers of Death albumsStormtroopers of Death videosMethod ofDestruction (M.O.D.)MasteryPassage 4:O Valencia!"O Valencia!" is the fifth single by the indie rock bandThe Decemberists, and the first released from their fourth studio album, The Crane Wife.The music waswritten by The Decemberists and the lyrics by Colin Meloy. It tells a story of two star-crossed lovers. Thesinger falls in love with a person who belongs to an opposing gang. At the end of the song, the singer'slover jumps in to defend the singer, who is confronting his lover's brother (the singer's "sworn enemy")and is killed by the bullet intended for the singer.Track listingThe 7" single sold in the UK was mispressed,with "Culling of the Fold" as the B-side despite the artwork and record label listing "After the Bombs" asthe B-side.Music videosFor the "O Valencia!" music video, The Decemberists filmed themselves in front ofa green screen and asked fans to complete it by digitally adding in background images or footage.Stephen Colbert of The Colbert Report, having recently asked fans to do the same with a video of himwith a light saber in front of a green screen, brought up The Decemberists on his segment "Look Who'sRiding on My Coattails Now" and accused the band of stealing the idea. The Decemberists' response wasto challenge Stephen Colbert to a guitar solo showdown on December 20, 2006, on The ColbertReport.On January 19, 2007, The Decemberists premiered an alternate music video of "O Valencia!",


Passage 1:Ben CuraBen Cura is an Argentine-born British actor, musician and director of film, televisionand theatre.Early lifeJosé Ben Cura was born in Buenos Aires, the son of Argentine tenor/conductor JoséCura. When he was a year old, he moved to Santo Stefano Belbo, Italy, where his father's grandfatherwas from. The family first lived in a convent while his father struggled to find work as an opera singer. Hehas two younger siblings, Yazmín and Nicolás.The family moved to France when he was six and then toSpain when he was 11. During this time, he frequently travelled with his parents around the world.Cura'sfirst acting role came at age nine, as a supernumerary in a production of La Forza del Destino at theOpéra de Marseille, France. Whilst living in Paris, he received formal piano and solfège training. Hesubsequently attended the New York Film Academy in Paris before eventually training and graduatingfrom the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 2011 with a bachelor's degree with honours inprofessional acting.CareerCura made his film debut in a British independent film Comes a Bright Day,appearing shortly after in Comedy Central's series Threesome and Bernard Rose's film The Devil'sViolinist.He made his West End debut playing Angel in the original cast of Jennifer Saunders' musical VivaForever at the Piccadilly Theatre in London, UK. He was later cast as Seve Ballesteros in British golf filmDream On.Aged 24, he made his directorial debut with a film adaptation of August Strindberg's playCreditors. for which he also wrote the screenplay and played one of the lead characters, Freddie Lynch.Later that year, he starred in the UK premiere of the award-winning American play Next Fall at theSouthwark Playhouse in London, UK.In April 2013, he co-founded London-based production companyTough Dance Ltd. with actress and producer Andrea Deck. The company's first production wasaward-winning feature film Creditors.In 2015, he was cast in the US series The Royals as recurringcharacter Holden. He later went on to star in British film White Island set in Ibiza, and based on the novelA Bus Could Run You Over written by Colin Butts, alongside Billy Zane and Billy Boyd.Cura's directorialdebut, Creditors, world-premiered at the Nordic International Film Festival in New York City on 31October 2015. The festival awarded it with an Honorable Mention in the Best Nordic Narrative Featurecategory. Latin Post film critic David Salazar called the film "A triumphant debut." Blazing Minds film criticSusanne Hodder said the actors "all give compelling performances, bringing their characters to life andgiving them depth". Screen Relish film critic Stuie Greenfield said that "Creditors is a beautiful,sometimes angry and surprising film that brings with it strong performances from the entire cast as wellas an unexpected yet welcome twist", while Movie Marker film critic Darryl Griffiths said that "Creditors isan incisive and accomplished piece of filmmaking [...], possessing a rich, powerful psychology that instillsan unnerving modern-day relevance to age-old material." Creditors received over ten awards fromvarious film festivals, including Best Feature, Leading Actor, and Script/Writer for Cura.Later that year,Cura was cast as a series regular in ITV/Netflix crime noir drama Marcella penned by The Bridge writerHans Rosenfeldt. The series premiered on UK television in April 2016, followed by a worldwide release onNetflix in July 2016. and Simon West's action/comedy feature film Gun Shy opposite Antonio Banderasand Olga Kurylenko.In 2017, Cura was cast as CIA operative Philip Shafer in French historical war movie15 minutes de guerre (renamed L'Intervention), directed by Fred Grivois. Later that year, he played therole of Steve in the screen adaptation of British stage play Life is a Gatecrash, renamed Gatecrash anddirected by Lawrence Gough, opposite Olivia Bonamy, Anton Lesser, and Sam West.In 2018, Curaguest-starred in Season 2 of CBS's Ransom and the first season of new TV series The Rook, oppositeOlivia Munn.In 2019, he was cast in Nicholas Wright's new stage play 8 Hotels directed by Richard Eyre,world-premiering at the Chichester Festival Theatre, playing the lead role of José Ferrer opposite ToryKittles, Emma Paetz, and Pandora Colin, opening August 7 of that year to excellent reviews: "Joe, playedmasterfully by Ben Cura, is wonderful as the philanderer who can accept his wife's adultery but not herlover's flaunting of it"; "Jose Ferrer [...] Ben Cura, who captures him very well, has a wonderful mutuallymistrustful good-pals-act with the impressive Kittles"; "Ben Cura is excellent as Ferrer [...] with charismato spare"; "Ben Cura plays José Ferrer as a much disappointed jobbing actor [...] playing Iago for peanutsopposite the better paid Robeson [...] This Ferrer becomes increasingly jealous of Robeson and is