title: Mannheim

text: Mannheim is among the most attractive business locations in Germany thanks to its competitive business environment and growth opportunities and is considered the economic centre of the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region, which is one of Germany's most important business locations.


title: Mannheim

text: The New Economy Magazine elected Mannheim under the 20 cities that best represent the world of tomorrow emphasizing Mannheim's positive economic and innovative environment.


title: Mannheim

text: The successor to the Karl Benz automobile manufacturing companies begun in Mannheim, Daimler AG, has had a large presence in Mannheim. Today, diesel engines and buses are assembled there. The Swiss Hoffmann–La Roche diagnostic group (formerly known as Boehringer Mannheim) has its division headquarters in Mannheim. Additionally, the city also hosts large factories, headquarters and/or offices of ABB, IBM, Alstom, BASF (Ludwigshafen), Bilfinger Berger, Reckitt Benckiser, Unilever, Essity, Phoenix Group, Bombardier, Pepperl+Fuchs, Caterpillar, Fuchs Petrolub AG, John Deere, Siemens, SCA, Südzucker, and other companies. The University Hospital Mannheim provides health care to the inhabitants of Mannheim and the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region.


title: Mannheim

text: With €4.5 billion, Mannheim ranks 22nd on the list of cities by market value of its DAX, TecDAX and MDAX companies.


title: Mannheim

text: In addition to the only local daily newspaper ', the Ludwigshafen newspaper "Die Rheinpfalz", the Heidelberg newspaper ' and the "Bild Rhein-Neckar" offer a local section for Mannheim. In addition, the weekly paper "Wochenblatt Mannheim" with its official gazette is published. The "Kommunal-Info Mannheim" is published fortnightly. Free district newspapers are distributed in almost all parts of the city.


title: Mannheim

text: The Mannheim/Ludwigshafen area is surrounded by a ring of motorways connecting it to Frankfurt in the north, Karlsruhe in the south, Saarbrücken in the west and Nuremberg in the east.


title: Mannheim

text: Mannheim Hauptbahnhof (central station) is at the end of the Mannheim-Stuttgart high-speed rail line and is the most important railway junction in the southwest of Germany, served by ICE high-speed train system with connections to Frankfurt am Main–Berlin, Karlsruhe–Basel, and Stuttgart–Munich. A new high speed line to Frankfurt also is planned to relieve the existing Mannheim–Frankfurt railway.


title: Mannheim

text: Mannheim Harbour is the second-largest river port in Germany. It has a size of 1131 hectare. In 2016, 6.9 million tons of goods were handled on the water side. Around 500 companies with about 20,000 employees are located in the Mannheim Harbour.


title: Mannheim

text: Although Frankfurt International Airport is only to the north, at various times over the years there were daily passenger flights from Mannheim City Airport (IATA code MHG) to London, Dresden, Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, and Saarbrücken. Currently, scheduled commercial passenger flights serve Berlin and Hamburg.


title: Mannheim

text: Local public transport in Mannheim includes the RheinNeckar S-Bahn, eleven tram lines, and numerous bus lines operated by Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr (Rhine-Neckar transport) (RNV).


title: Mannheim

text: The RheinNeckar S-Bahn, established in 2003, connects most of the Rhine-Neckar area including lines into the Palatinate, Odenwald, and southern Hesse. All S-Bahn lines run through Mannheim Hauptbahnhof, except S5. Further S-Bahn stations are at present Mannheim-Rangierbahnhof, Mannheim-Seckenheim, and Mannheim-Friedrichsfeld-Süd.


title: Mannheim

text: The integrated Mannheim/Ludwigshafen tramway network also extends to Heidelberg. It is operated by RNV, a company wholly owned by the three cities mentioned and a couple of municipalities in the Palatinate. RNV is the result of a merger on 1 October 2009 between the region's five former municipal transportation companies. Interurban trams are operated by RNV on a triangular route between Mannheim, Heidelberg, and Weinheim that was originally established by the Upper Rhine Railway Company ("Oberrheinische Eisenbahn", OEG), and the company also operates interurban trams between Bad Dürkheim, Ludwigshafen, and Mannheim. In the 1970s a proposal to build a U-Bahn out of the Mannheim and Ludwigshafen tramways was begun, but only small sections were built due to lack of funds. The only underground station in Mannheim is the Haltestelle Dalbergstraße. U-Bahn planning now has stopped. All public transport is offered at uniform prices set by the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar (Rhine-Neckar transport union, VRN).


title: Mannheim

text: The center of the city uses an addressing system unique within Germany. Rather than street names and numbers, each block is given a code and a number is given to each building, i.e. C3, 17 is block C3, building 17. This practice dates back centuries, and is a result of the original use of the city center as a fort, with the fort's internal system being adopted when it became public streets. The street themselves are unnamed. The codes are laid out in a simple progressive pattern, i.e. C3 is between C2 and C4 in one direction and B3 and D3 in the other, but those unused to the system will often become lost. A street named Breite Straße goes through the middle of the blocks from south to north, with blocks A-K on the west side of the street and L-U on the east, with each row going 1 to at most 7 based on distance from this road. House numbers begin on the south corner nearest Breite Straße and go counterclockwise for A-K and Clockwise for L-U.


title: Mannheim

text: This causes major issues with most mapping software, as the databases they use are based on the standard street-number system, and thus aren't able to accommodate a completely different system for a small area. A variety of fixes have been tried, none with a high level of success. In particular, these systems have issues because an address on a block can be on any of up to 4 roads, so attempts to fix the issue by giving the roads false names within the database have often failed to give accurate addressing, though such can still be seen on some platforms, like Google Maps. Finding an address in this area thus generally requires resorting to asking directions or using one of the many posted public maps.


title: CBI 5: The Brain

text: CBI 5: The Brain is a 2022 Indian Malayalam-language mystery thriller film directed by K. Madhu and written by S. N. Swamy. The film stars Mammootty reprising his role as CBI officer Sethurama Iyer along with an ensemble cast. It is the fifth installment of "CBI film series".


title: CBI 5: The Brain

text: The film was released in theatres on 1 May 2022 and received mixed reviews from critics, but became a commercial success at the box office.


title: CBI 5: The Brain

text: Aparna is an IPS trainee, who leaves her house for a seminar hosted by the CBI for IPS trainees. DSP Balagopal and Inspector Vinay, two officers from the CBI host the program until they start to talk about several cases that the CBI has handled so far. They discuss a particular case known as the "Basket Killings" which was successfully investigated by senior CBI officer Sethurama Iyer who is now posted at the CBI Headquarters, Delhi.


title: CBI 5: The Brain

text: The case takes place in October 2012 when Home Minister of Kerala state Abdul Samad dies en route to Kerala from Delhi. Many believe his death to be natural circumstances, but some find it mysterious. The suspicions escalate when Samad's personal doctor is also found dead under mysterious circumstances. Protests take place asking the government to order an investigation on the death of Abdul Samad. A journalist named Bhasuran heads these protests and the next day he is found murdered by hanging. A cop named Josemon is also found to be murdered the next day. The police understand that he was murdered by a car that hit and ran over him. The police come to the conclusion that these murders are related and names them the "Basket Killings".


title: CBI 5: The Brain

text: The case is handed over to DYSP Sathyadas, who is the son of former DYSP Devadas; a corrupt cop and also hates the CBI, particularly Iyer, but the I.G K.C Unnithan is against handing over the case to Sathyadas, citing his corruption. Unnithan shares these concerns with the state police DGP, but he rejects his plea and asks him to wait. Sathyadas finally concludes that the murder of Josemon is linked to a sand trafficker named Sam. Out of suspicion, he takes Sam under custody. Meanwhile, a petition has been moved on court to hand over the case to CBI by Josemon's family. The case is headed by Sathyadas' wife Adv. Pratibha, who seems to have her own reasons for encouraging the petition.


title: CBI 5: The Brain

text: At the same time the CBI had also given a workload petition in the court. Later, IG Unnithan requests Balagopal to revisit this controversial decision and to withdraw the workload petition and to bring justice to Josemon's family. So Balagopal meets Sethurama Iyer at CBI Headquarters in New Delhi and they later meet the CBI Director who decides to withdraw the workload petition. The case is eventually handed over to the CBI and Iyer is called upon by the Kerala Government and his associates at the CBI office in Kerala. Iyer reveals that Abdul Samad and the C.M had come to visit him to talk about a youth named Mansoor who was a relative of Samad and that he had joined a militant group some years ago.


title: CBI 5: The Brain

text: They focus on Sam and learn that Adv. Pratibha and Sam are acquainted. They question her and she proves that she has no involvement in the killings. They find Sam dead in a remote place after his escape from a hospital earlier while he was under custody. The CBI suspect his death is also a murder, but it is revealed in the forensic reports that his death was due to heart attack. They decide to search Bhasuran's house and they also question his friend. They find evidence that the killer might be a person named Mansoor, and Iyer and his team suspect the involvement of the same Mansoor that was Samad's relative. They also heard this name before from the murdered doctor's wife and his driver as well. During the search Vinay finds a portrait that resembles one of the people he saw in the Delhi Airport CCTV recordings, and learn that his name is Sandeep and that he is linked to DYSP Vikram, a CBI official who is the victim of a murder attempt. Iyer and his team pay him a visit along with DYSP Chacko, a long-time friend of both Iyer and Vikram.


title: CBI 5: The Brain

text: Iyer learns from Vikram that Sandeep's actual name is Paul Meyjo. Later they find Meyjo at a private space near a beach. While questioning him they find many designs to a pacemaker and notes describing how to hack a pacemaker. They ask Paul about this and he tells them that he made those to prove his friend, Dr. Venu's claim that a person cannot externally hack a pacemaker. They are forced to release Meyjo due to a lack of evidence. Later, Sathyadas comes to meet Iyer to share with him that he had seen lights coming out of Sam's guesthouse, which was supposedly empty. Iyer decides to investigate and finds that someone was indeed there. Iyer conjectures that murder of Minister Samad was an accident, and the original intended victim had been Susan George, a patient of the late Dr. Venu and also the wife of a renowned doctor, Dr. George Abraham. She is visited by a disguised Meyjo not long before the CBI infiltrate the house to save her.


title: CBI 5: The Brain

text: Meyjo tries to flee, before being arrested, and interrogated. They find an article ripped from a newspaper in his bible, which contained a photo to identify Susan. Iyer stays behind to question Susan. Susan was previously named Ambika Mohan and married to Unnithan. It is revealed that Meyjo was indeed the one who killed Abdul Samad on the orders of Sam and Unnithan. Unnithan had acute schizophrenia and abused his wife, so she left him, but he resolved to eliminate her. After the accidental murder of Samad, Sam and Meyjo decided to kill Dr. Venu as he had grown suspicious of Meyjo. They then killed Bhasuran for organising protests to find the real murderers of Samad's murder. Josemon, who was jogging at that time, passed through the front gates of Sam's guesthouse to find Unnithan and Sam colluding.


title: CBI 5: The Brain

text: The very next day, Sam was ordered by Unnithan to kill Josemon and he in turn instructed Meyjo. He did so by hitting and running his vehicle over Josemon. Iyer visits Unnithan, who boasts that Iyer will never be able to prove that he was the one who ordered Meyjo to commit the murder. Iyer is initially stumped, then suddenly figures out that the newspaper from which Meyjo got the target's photo would be in Unnithan's house. He finds it, and now has physical proof that Unnithan and Meyjo met and discussed plans to kill Susan. Unnithan is arrested, and later died of a heart attack during the trial. Sometime later, Iyer goes to the prison and happens to encounter Meyjo in his cell. Meyjo warns him that Iyer is his next target. Iyer is bemused at his challenge and walks away confidently.


title: CBI 5: The Brain

text: The soundtrack and score is composed by Jakes Bejoy in his first collaboration with Mammootty. The audio rights for the film were bought by Saina. For the main theme of the film, Jakes recreated the original theme from the first film composed by Shyam.


title: CBI 5: The Brain

text: Principal photography commenced on 29 November 2021 at Ernakulam. Mammootty joined the sets on 11 December 2021.


title: CBI 5: The Brain

text: On 29 April Promo of the movie lighted up on Burj Khalifa. The Movie released on 1 May 2022, as Eid release in theaters.


title: CBI 5: The Brain

text: The digital rights of the film is acquired by Netflix and started streaming from 12 June 2022. The satellite rights of the film is bought by Surya TV.


title: CBI 5: The Brain

text: The movie received mixed responses with praise to performance of Mammootty and Saikumar and the appearance of Mukesh and Jagathy Sreekumar.


title: CBI 5: The Brain

text: "The Times of India" rated the movie 3.5/5 and commented that "A tantalising and twisty crime thriller" along with the advice of "Just stay away from spoilers as smartly as you can!". "Indian Express" commented "Mammootty effortlessly transforms into Sethurama Iyer in an intelligently woven script".


title: CBI 5: The Brain

text: Anna M. M. Vetticad from Firstpost wrote "Instead of staying true to the original's tone, CBI 5 throws bombastic and stilted lines into the mix in what appears to be a misplaced attempt at contemporisation" "The Hindu" commented "Not a worthy sequel to a memorable series".The News Minute reviewed that " Mammootty retains Sethurama Iyer's traits, but can't save film."


title: Dave Stewart (musician and producer)

text: David Allan Stewart (born 9 September 1952) is an English musician, songwriter and record producer, best known for Eurythmics, his successful professional partnership with Annie Lennox. Sometimes credited as David A. Stewart, he won Best British Producer at the 1986, 1987 and 1990 Brit Awards. Stewart (along with Lennox) was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2020 and the duo were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2022. Outside of Eurythmics, Stewart has written and produced songs for artists such as Ringo Starr, Stevie Nicks, Mick Jagger and Tom Petty.


title: Dave Stewart (musician and producer)

text: Stewart was born in Sunderland, England, in 1952 and he attended Barnes Infants and Junior School and Bede Grammar School for Boys. Whilst still in his teens, he secured a record deal as part of folk-rock band Longdancer. Despite being signed to Elton John's record label, The Rocket Record Company, they did not achieve commercial success. He also collaborated with Brian Harrison to produce an EP on the Sunderland Multicord label (label number MULT-SH-1, producer Ken McKenzie), recording two songs ("Girl" and "Green She Said") from a school musical production written by teacher Dick Bradshaw, one traditional number ("A Blacksmith Courted Me") and a song written by Dave and Brian ("Deep December"). After leaving Wearside Stewart spent several years living in squats in London. In late 1976, he was introduced to Annie Lennox by Paul Jacobs. Soon, Stewart and Lennox became romantically involved. By 1977, the pair had teamed up with Sunderland musician Peet Coombes, releasing a single on Logo Records as The Catch. The band then developed into The Tourists who enjoyed modest success, including a hit in 1979 with a cover of the Dusty Springfield hit "I Only Want to Be with You".


title: Dave Stewart (musician and producer)

text: The Tourists split up in 1980, as did Stewart and Lennox, though the pair continued to work together. They formed a new musical project named Eurythmics. After a string of hit singles and albums, the duo split in 1990, but reunited in 1999 for the album "Peace" and another world tour. Lennox and Stewart worked together again in 2005, recording two new tracks for the greatest hits package "Ultimate Collection", released to coincide with Eurythmics' 25th anniversary.


title: Dave Stewart (musician and producer)

text: When Eurythmics dissolved in 1990, Stewart moved to France and immediately released an album with his new band, The Spiritual Cowboys. The song "Party Town" was featured in the 1990 film "Flatliners". A second album followed in 1991. Both records went Gold in France, where Stewart concentrated his efforts.


title: Dave Stewart (musician and producer)

text: In 1992, Stewart collaborated with singer Terry Hall (formerly of The Specials, The Fun Boy Three and The Colourfield) on the project Vegas. The duo released one self-titled album but this was commercially unsuccessful, though one of the singles from the album ("Possessed") made the UK Top 40.


title: Dave Stewart (musician and producer)

text: In 1993, Stewart appeared in an Apple Inc. advertisement for the Power Macintosh in which he riffed on the word "power". He also had a small cameo as a computer hacker in the 1995 film "Hackers."


title: Dave Stewart (musician and producer)

text: In 1994, Stewart released a solo album, "Greetings from the Gutter". The album was not a commercial success, though Stewart scored a minor UK hit with the single "Heart Of Stone" which reached number 36. He then released another album, "Sly-Fi", first on the internet.


title: Dave Stewart (musician and producer)

text: In 1995, Stewart appeared in an advert for BT in which he sung the track 'Secrets' which was made specifically for BT to be used in the advert.


title: Dave Stewart (musician and producer)

text: In 1997, Stewart released an album "Come Alive" with the actress and singer Rhona Mitra. In 1999, he produced a second album, "Female Icon".


title: Dave Stewart (musician and producer)

text: In November 2002, Stewart worked with former South African president Nelson Mandela. Stewart came up with the idea of turning Mandela's prison number into a telephone number then wrote and recorded songs with Paul McCartney, Bono and Edge and various others that you could only hear if you dialled this number and whilst listening you were donating. He then began organising the 46664 campaign and series of concerts in the fight against HIV/AIDS in South Africa.


title: Dave Stewart (musician and producer)

text: In 2007, Stewart announced on his MySpace page that he would be playing live concerts showcasing his entire career. According to the announcement, he was to be accompanied by various guest musicians as well as a 30-piece orchestra. Additionally, Stewart has stated that for the first time in many years, he has been writing new songs on his guitar, although he had no plans at that time for a new solo album.


title: Dave Stewart (musician and producer)

text: On the project, "The Dave Stewart Songbook", he wrote a large coffee table-size book full of stories and photographs and also re-recorded 21 hit songs which have been co-written or co-produced by him during the past decades and were originally released by artists such as No Doubt, Shakespears Sister, Bryan Ferry, Celine Dion, Bob Geldof, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Jon Bon Jovi and Eurythmics. Also included is the song "American Prayer" written by Stewart with Bono of U2, for which Dave Stewart shot a video clip in support of the campaign of US presidential candidate Barack Obama, featuring various film and music stars, which premiered on YouTube on 23 August 2008. Stewart also released a new solo track, "Let's Do It Again", in 2008. In July 2010, Stewart recorded his first solo album of new material since 1998's "Sly-Fi". Entitled "The Blackbird Diaries", it was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee, and includes duets with Stevie Nicks, Martina McBride, Colbie Caillat and The Secret Sisters. Stewart has made a film of the making of the album and also filmed a live concert in Nashville at The Belcourt Theatre on 9 December 2010.


title: Dave Stewart (musician and producer)

text: In May 2011 it was announced that Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones had formed a new supergroup called SuperHeavy which includes Dave Stewart, Joss Stone, Damian Marley and A. R. Rahman.


title: Dave Stewart (musician and producer)

text: In May 2012 it was announced that Stewart would be playing four UK shows in September 2012 to support the release of his new album "The Ringmaster General".


title: Dave Stewart (musician and producer)

text: In 2013, Stewart released "Lucky Numbers" which was recorded on a boat in the South Pacific for 12 days


title: Dave Stewart (musician and producer)

text: In 2016, Stewart teamed up with New Zealand singer Jon Stevens and the duo recorded an album called "Starlight". which was released in March 2017 and features a blues and soul influenced rock / powerpop sound.


title: Dave Stewart (musician and producer)

text: Parallel to that, Stewart also co-wrote and produced a new studio album with Australian singer Vanessa Amorosi, which features "soul gospel" music and also is scheduled for release, possibly in 2018.


title: Dave Stewart (musician and producer)

text: In October 2017 Stewart appeared on a German TV programme marking the 40th year of the stage career of the German singer Nena with whom he performed their jointly written track, "Be My Rebel".


title: Dave Stewart (musician and producer)

text: Stewart produced or co-produced all of Eurythmics' albums and, once the band became established, he also became a producer of other artists. In 1985, as well as producing Eurythmics' hit album "Be Yourself Tonight", Stewart co-produced the album "Southern Accents" for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, as well as co-writing several songs for the album including the hit "Don't Come Around Here No More". The same year, Stewart also produced the debut solo album by Feargal Sharkey, which included the UK number one hit "A Good Heart". Due to these accomplishments, Stewart won "Best Producer" at the 1986 BRIT Awards in London.


title: Dave Stewart (musician and producer)

text: Stewart would go on to write and produce for a variety of other artists throughout the years. In 1986, he collaborated with Bob Geldof on tracks for his debut solo album "Deep in the Heart of Nowhere". Working together, the duo named themselves "The Brothers of Doom". Also in 1986, he co-produced the album "Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine" by Daryl Hall. The same year, he co-wrote and produced the song "Is This Love?" by Alison Moyet, a UK number 3.


title: Dave Stewart (musician and producer)

text: In 1989, Stewart produced the debut album by Russian singer-songwriter Boris Grebenshchikov, "Radio Silence".


title: Dave Stewart (musician and producer)

text: In 1992, along with Marcella Detroit, he co-wrote the Shakespears Sister hit single "Stay" with his then-wife, Siobhan Fahey (with Stewart credited under the pseudonym "Jean Guiot") as well as several other tracks for their second album "Hormonally Yours". In this year Fahey also provided vocals on "Walk into the Wind" for Stewart's group Vegas with Terry Hall, Olle Romö and Emmanuel 'Manu' Guiot.


title: Dave Stewart (musician and producer)

text: In 1993, Stewart co-wrote two tracks for German punk rock-singer Nina Hagen which were published on her sixth solo studio album "Revolution Ballroom". He can also be heard on keyboards and contributed background vocals.


title: Dave Stewart (musician and producer)

text: In 1996, Stewart produced the debut album by Alisha's Attic, "Alisha Rules the World", and wrote a few tracks on the third Shakespears Sister album "#3" (actually a solo album by Siobhan Fahey, which Fahey ended up releasing in 2004).


title: Dave Stewart (musician and producer)

text: In 1997, Stewart co-produced the album "Destination Anywhere" for Jon Bon Jovi, as well as co-writing two tracks.


title: Dave Stewart (musician and producer)

text: Stewart collaborated with Bryan Ferry on his 2002 album "Frantic", co-writing several tracks and co-producing one of them.


title: Dave Stewart (musician and producer)

text: He also co-wrote "Friend or Foe" for the Russian pop duo t.A.T.u., which is on their 2005 album "Dangerous and Moving".


title: Dave Stewart (musician and producer)

text: In 2008, Stewart was brought in by Ringo Starr to produce his album "Liverpool 8", after Starr dismissed the album's original producer, Mark Hudson. Hudson's work on some tracks earned both Stewart and Hudson credits as co-producers (along with Starr himself).


title: Dave Stewart (musician and producer)

text: In 2010, Stewart announced on his Twitter account he was co-writing and producing the new studio album by Stevie Nicks. The album, entitled "In Your Dreams", was co-produced by Glen Ballard and released in May 2011.


title: Dave Stewart (musician and producer)

text: In 2010, Stewart co-wrote and co-produced two songs with writer and composer Mark Warford 'Lover Earth' and 'Time, Faith, Love' for the charity-focused dramatised audio production, 'A Voyage For Soldier Miles'.


title: Dave Stewart (musician and producer)

text: On 24 February 2011, Stewart tweeted that he had just produced a new album by Joss Stone, stating that they also wrote 10 songs together.


title: Dave Stewart (musician and producer)

text: On 10 October 2011, Stewart released a new song called "Leap of faith" in collaboration with Greek singer Anna Vissi. The official clip of the song was released in Anna's fan club YouTube channel. Two days later, the Stewart produced Fire EP for artist Orianthi was released as an iTunes download.


title: Dave Stewart (musician and producer)

text: He has worked occasionally with American ska-punk band No Doubt, co-writing "Underneath It All" for their 2001 release "Rock Steady" and "Sparkle" for their 2012 release "Push and Shove".


title: Dave Stewart (musician and producer)

text: In 2013, he worked with singer Lauren Harris on the pop rock project Kingdom of I. The track "Crying at the Disco" was released as a free download on Soundcloud later that year.


title: Dave Stewart (musician and producer)

text: Though he co-wrote the theme song for the 1986 comedy "Ruthless People" with Mick Jagger and Daryl Hall, Stewart took a greater involvement in the film industry in 1989 by writing and producing the soundtrack "Lily Was Here" for the Dutch film "De Kassière" (English title "Lily Was Here"). The single, also called "Lily Was Here" and featuring saxophone player Candy Dulfer, topped the Dutch charts for five weeks. The single also reached the UK Top 10 and peaked at No. 11 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in the summer of 1990.


title: Dave Stewart (musician and producer)

text: Though he had previously directed music videos, he made his feature film directorial debut in 2000 with "Honest", a black comedy set in Swinging London in the late 1960s featuring three members of the British girl group All Saints.


title: Dave Stewart (musician and producer)

text: Stewart also performed the song "Everybody, All Over The World (Join The Celebration)" for the 2004 film "Around the World in 80 Days".


title: Dave Stewart (musician and producer)

text: Stewart, in conjunction with his brother John J. Stewart of Oil Factory Productions, and in collaboration with music critic and author Robert Palmer and documentary filmmaker Robert Mugge made a documentary dealing with Delta Blues music. "", released in 1991, was filmed in Memphis, Tennessee and various north Mississippi counties. Palmer narrated.


title: Dave Stewart (musician and producer)

text: Stewart was the main interviewer for the HBO series "Off the Record", which is a show that highlights songwriting and features prominent musicians. The pilot aired on HBO on 24 November 2006 and featured Bono and The Edge from U2.


title: Dave Stewart (musician and producer)

text: He collaborated with Mick Jagger to record songs which appear on the soundtrack to the movie "Alfie", released in 2004. The soundtrack includes the critically acclaimed song "Old Habits Die Hard", which won a Golden Globe award for Best Original Song from a Motion Picture.


title: Dave Stewart (musician and producer)

text: In 2010 the song Love Lives, originally from the 2009 EP Let's Do It Again, is included in the soundtrack of the movie "Repo Men".


title: Dave Stewart (musician and producer)

text: In 2012, together with Rosemary Reed, Stewart was the executive co-producer of Living The Life series on Sky Arts. He also recorded an exclusive soundtrack for the new episodes.


title: Dave Stewart (musician and producer)

text: Stewart is the co-creator and executive producer of the 2012 ABC sitcom "Malibu Country" starring Reba McEntire.


title: Dave Stewart (musician and producer)

text: Stewart co-created and voiced several characters on the Adult Swim original series Mr. Pickles. His roles have so far included that of Mr. Pickles, Floyd, Linda, Dispatch and Deer Hunter #2. He also played Dispatch on the spin-off Momma Named Me Sheriff beginning in 2019.


title: Dave Stewart (musician and producer)

text: Stewart created and executive produces the NBC unscripted series "Songland", which gives new songwriters a chance to have their original compositions recorded by an established artist, with a single released immediately following each episode. The panel of judges on "Songland" include Ryan Tedder, Ester Dean and Shane McAnally. The series premiered in the summer of 2019 and averaged 5.1 million viewers per episode, the most for a new unscripted series that summer. NBC announced that the series had been renewed for a second season in September 2019.


title: Dave Stewart (musician and producer)

text: Stewart wrote the musical "Barbarella", based on the 1968 film, which premiered in Vienna on 11 March 2004. Stewart wrote music and lyrics (with Glen Ballard) for "Ghost the Musical", which opened at the Piccadilly Theatre in London's West End in June 2011.


title: Dave Stewart (musician and producer)

text: Though most of Stewart's own music (specifically with Eurythmics) was released via the RCA/BMG label, he also formed his own record label in the 1980s called Anxious Records. The label has included a roster of artists such as Terry Hall, Londonbeat, Chris Braide and Curve vocalist Toni Halliday.


title: Dave Stewart (musician and producer)

text: In 2006, Stewart resurrected Platinum Weird, a band he purportedly formed in the early 1970s in London with singer Erin Grace, but which was in reality created in 2004. According to the fictional account, Erin was moody and mysterious, and disappeared shortly before the band's eponymous album was due to be released in 1974. Platinum Weird features noted songwriter Kara DioGuardi on vocals and the band has re-recorded some of the fictional original band's songs and some new ones as well for an upcoming album. The album was produced by John Shanks.


title: Dave Stewart (musician and producer)

text: In July 2006, VH1 premiered a mockumentary entitled "Rock Legends – Platinum Weird", an examination of the band's unusual story, complete with cameo appearances from such rock legends as Mick Jagger, Annie Lennox, Ringo Starr and Elton John, all reminiscing about the former band's short-lived heyday and their impressions of the mysterious Erin Grace. The album was further promoted by a series of bogus World Wide Web fan sites, some of which are registered by the New Media Department of Interscope Records and hosted on the same server as interscope.com, and related false documents for the "lost" group.


title: Dave Stewart (musician and producer)

text: Previously married from 1972 to 1977 to Pamela Wilkinson, Stewart married former Bananarama member Siobhan Fahey (who later formed Shakespears Sister) in 1987. The couple have two children (Sam and Django). They divorced in 1996. On 4 August 2001, Stewart married Dutch photographer Anoushka Fisz, with whom he has two daughters, Kaya and Indya. In 2004, Stewart and Fisz moved to Hollywood so Stewart could concentrate on his soundtrack work. They renewed their marriage vows in 2013.


title: Dave Stewart (musician and producer)

text: He is a Sunderland A.F.C. supporter and still watches their games. As a child, his ambition was to play for the club.


title: Dave Stewart (musician and producer)

text: In 2000, Stewart received the O2 Silver Clef Award. He was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005, and won the Music Producers Guild Outstanding Contribution to UK Music Award in 2015. Eurythmics were nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017.


title: André Schürrle

text: André Horst Schürrle (; born 6 November 1990) is a German former professional footballer who played as a forward.


title: André Schürrle

text: He began his career at Mainz 05 in 2009, spending two years at the club before a £6.5 million transfer to Bayer 04 Leverkusen. His performances there gained the attention of Chelsea, who signed him for a reported £18 million in 2013. Schürrle played one-and-a-half Premier League seasons at the English club before joining VfL Wolfsburg for £22 million in January 2015, winning the DFB-Pokal and DFL-Supercup in his first year.


title: André Schürrle

text: Schürrle was a full international for Germany from 2010 to 2017, gaining 57 caps and scoring 22 goals. He was a member of the German squads which reached the semi-finals at UEFA Euro 2012 and won the 2014 FIFA World Cup. During extra-time in the 2014 FIFA World Cup Final he provided the assist for Mario Götze's winning goal against Argentina. He retired from professional football in July 2020, at the age of 29.


title: André Schürrle

text: Schürrle started his career at local club Ludwigshafener SC at age four, before joining 1. FSV Mainz 05 in 2006. He played as a defender before switching to his current position of an attacker. He spent three years playing for the club's youth teams, where he won the Under 19 Bundesliga in 2009 under coach Thomas Tuchel.


title: André Schürrle

text: In August 2009, Schürrle made his Bundesliga debut in a 2–2 draw against Bayer Leverkusen on the opening day of the 2009–10 season. The following month, on 19 September 2009, Schürrle scored his first two league goals in a 3–2 away win against VfL Bochum before signing a professional contract with the club later in the week.


title: André Schürrle

text: In September 2010, Mainz announced that Schürrle had signed a five-year contract with Bayer Leverkusen, and would join the club at the end of the 2010–11 season. The transfer fee agreed between the two clubs was believed to be in the region of €8 million.


title: André Schürrle

text: Schürrle completed his £6.5 million move to Bayer Leverkusen in 2011, signing a five-year contract with the club until the summer of 2016. He scored on his debut in a DFB Pokal tie against Dynamo Dresden. He had to wait until 15 October 2011 to open his Bundesliga account for Bayer Leverkusen, when he netted a late equalizer against Borussia Mönchengladbach, rescuing his side a point as the match finished 2–2. Schürrle registered his first European goal in the Champions League in a home win over Valencia four days later.


title: André Schürrle

text: On 26 September, Schürrle scored his first goal of the season against FC Augsburg in a 3–1 win. In the fixture against Bayern Munich on 28 October 2012, Schürrle provided an assist for Stefan Kießling in a 2–1 win at the Allianz Arena. This gave Bayern their first loss of the season in the Bundesliga and gave Bayer Leverkusen their first victory in Munich since October 1989. On 30 March 2013, Schürrle scored twice in the match against Fortuna Düsseldorf, in a 4–1 win. On 20 April 2013, Schürrle scored a brace and made an assist as they defeated 1899 Hoffenheim 5–0 at home. Schürrle finished the 2012–13 campaign with a tally of 14 goals and 9 assists in 43 games across all competitions.


title: André Schürrle

text: On 18 April 2013, it was confirmed that Bayer Leverkusen's director of sport Rudi Völler had travelled to London to hold talks with Chelsea over the transfer of Schürrle, although no fee had yet been agreed. On 13 June 2013, Chelsea confirmed via their official website that they had reached an agreement with Leverkusen for the transfer of Schürrle, with the transfer fee reported to be in the region of €21 million (£18 million). On 25 June 2013, Chelsea announced that they had completed the transfer of Schürrle, bringing an end to the Londoners' protracted pursuit of the German forward. With Schürrle signing a five-year contract, he was given the number 14 shirt. On 4 August, Schürrle scored his first goal in a Chelsea shirt in a pre-season friendly match against Milan during a tour of the United States.


title: André Schürrle

text: On 18 August, Schürrle made his competitive debut for Chelsea, coming on as a 67th-minute substitute for Kevin De Bruyne in a Premier League 2–0 win over Hull City at Stamford Bridge. His first goal for Chelsea came in the 2–1 home victory over title challengers Manchester City on 27 October, where he scored from a cross by teammate Fernando Torres. On 7 December, he then scored two goals against Stoke City in a 3–2 defeat.


title: André Schürrle

text: Schürrle scored his first Premier League hat-trick the following 1 March, against Fulham in a 3–1 away victory in the West London derby. Three weeks later, he assisted Samuel Eto'o's goal in the fifth minute and sent Chelsea into a 2–0 lead in the seventh minute at home to Arsenal; he was awarded Man of the match after Chelsea won 6–0. On 8 April, he scored in Chelsea's second leg UEFA Champions League match against Paris Saint-Germain, to advance to the semi-finals on the away-goals rule. His first season in England ended with eight goals in 30 Premier League matches.


title: André Schürrle

text: On 18 August 2014, in Chelsea's first game of the new league season, Schürrle scored the second goal of a 3–1 victory away to Burnley, from a Cesc Fàbregas pass. This was later voted "Match of the Day"s goal of the month. Chelsea finished the season as Premier League champions and Schürrle, despite going on to complete a transfer to Wolfsburg in early 2015, received a medal, having played 14 matches in the league season. He was not aware that he had played enough matches to earn a medal, and was surprised when manager José Mourinho texted him to tell him of the recognition.


title: André Schürrle

text: On 2 February 2015, Schürrle returned to the Bundesliga, joining Wolfsburg for a fee of £22 million. Five days later he made his debut for the club, playing the entirety of a 3–0 home win over Hoffenheim and setting up goals for Bas Dost and Kevin De Bruyne. His first goal for the club came on 4 April, in a 3–1 win over VfB Stuttgart. On 30 May, Wolfsburg won the DFB-Pokal for the first time after beating Borussia Dortmund 3–1 in the final at the Olympiastadion in Berlin, Schürrle playing the final nine minutes in place of Maximilian Arnold.


title: André Schürrle

text: Schürrle was a 63rd-minute substitute for Daniel Caligiuri as Wolfsburg won the 2015 DFL-Supercup on 1 August, scoring in the penalty shootout. On 25 November, after again replacing Caligiuri in the 61st minute, he scored both goals in a Champions League group stage win at CSKA Moscow.


title: André Schürrle

text: On 1 March 2016, exactly two years after scoring his first club hat-trick for Chelsea, Schürrle recorded his first treble for Wolfsburg in their 4–0 win against Hannover 96. A week later he scored the only goal in a 1–0 (4–2 aggregate) win over Belgian side Gent to advance his team to the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals for the first time in their history.


title: André Schürrle

text: On 22 July 2016, Schürrle joined Borussia Dortmund for an undisclosed fee. On 14 August 2016, Schürrle made his debut coming off the bench in 2–0 defeat against Bayern Munich in the DFL-Supercup.


title: André Schürrle

text: On 25 July 2018, Fulham announced the signing of Schürrle on a two-season loan. On 11 August, Schürrle made his debut in a 2-0 loss against Crystal Palace in the Premier League. On 26 August, Schürrle scored his first goal for the club in a 4–2 victory over Burnley. On 12 January 2019, he scored against Burnley again in a 2-1 defeat. His goal was later voted as Premier League Goal of the Month for January. His loan was cut short following Fulham being relegated from the Premier League.


title: André Schürrle

text: On 31 July 2019, Schürrle joined Russian Premier League club Spartak Moscow on a season-long loan. In his second league game on 11 August against FC Akhmat Grozny he scored his first RPL goal in a 3–1 win. On 1 July 2020, his loan expired and was not extended as he had not played for Spartak in 2020 due to injury.


title: André Schürrle

text: On 17 July 2020, Schürrle announced his retirement from professional football, at the age of 29. His decision came just a few days after he and Borussia Dortmund mutually agreed to terminate his contract. When speaking to "Der Spiegel" about retiring at a relatively young age, he stated that he no longer wanted to face the loneliness and endless competition inherent in top-flight football. Overall he played nearly 300 top-flight matches in Germany, England and Russia.


title: André Schürrle

text: Schürrle made his debut in a UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship qualifying match against Luxembourg, which resulted in a 3–0 win. After impressing for 1. FSV Mainz 05 in the Bundesliga he was called up to the under-21 team in 2009.


title: André Schürrle

text: In November 2010, Schürrle received a call up to the senior team. He subsequently made his debut in a friendly against Sweden, appearing as a substitute in the 79th minute. Schürrle and Mario Götze, who came on simultaneously, were the first two German international players to be born in reunified Germany. On 29 May 2011, Schürrle scored his first goal for the senior team, during a friendly against Uruguay in a 2–1 win.


title: André Schürrle

text: Schürrle was chosen in Germany's squad for their qualification for UEFA Euro 2012. He scored against Azerbaijan in a 3–1 win, on 7 June 2011. On 2 September 2011, he scored again in the 6–2 thrashing victory over Austria, in both cases coming on as a substitute. In the next qualification fixture against Belgium on 11 October 2011, Schürrle was rewarded with his first start in the Euro 2012 qualifiers, and scored in the 33rd minute chipping over Simon Mignolet. After scoring three times during the campaign as Germany won ten out of ten games to top their group in their qualifiers, Schürrle was named in the Germany 23-man squad for UEFA Euro 2012 and was given the number nine shirt. He made his first appearance at Euro 2012 on 17 June, coming on as a substitute in the 64th minute for Lukas Podolski, in the 2–1 win over Denmark.


title: André Schürrle

text: On 15 October 2013, Schürrle scored a hat-trick in a 5–3 away win against Sweden in 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.


title: André Schürrle

text: Schürrle was named in Germany's squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. He made his FIFA World Cup debut as a substitute in the team's opening match, a 4–0 victory over Portugal. In the 2–1 victory over Algeria in the round of 16, Schürrle came on for Götze as a half-time substitute and scored the opening goal of the match in the second minute of extra time. On 8 July, he scored Germany's final two goals after replacing Miroslav Klose as a 58th-minute substitute in a 7–1 semi-final victory over Brazil. Schürrle again came on as a substitute in the final against Argentina, replacing the injured Christoph Kramer in the first half. He provided the cross for Götze's winning goal in the 113th minute, as Germany won its fourth World Cup.


title: André Schürrle

text: During qualification for UEFA Euro 2016, Schürrle scored a hat-trick in a 7–0 away win over Gibraltar on 13 June 2015. His international career ended after 57 appearances in March 2017.


title: André Schürrle

text: Schürrle usually played as a winger but was naturally positioned as a second striker. One of Schürrle's "key assets" was his "long-distance sprinting on the counter-attack." Schürrle also had an excellent fitness level, work-rate and pace. Schürrle was considered to be a "good finisher" and "capable of executing counter-attacks effectively". He often liked to cut inside, shoot from distance and enjoyed time on the ball.


title: André Schürrle

text: Schürrle was born in Ludwigshafen, Rhineland-Palatinate to Luise and Joachim Schürrle. When he was a youngster, he told in an interview with German football magazine "11 Freunde" that his idols were Michael Ballack and Raúl. He married Kazakh-born model Anna Sharypova at the end of 2018. Their first child, Kaia Schürrle, was born in April 2019.


title: Hercule Poirot in literature

text: This page details the books featuring the fictional character Hercule Poirot, created by Agatha Christie.


title: Hercule Poirot in literature

text: Only works written by Christie (including short stories, the novels and her play "Black Coffee") are considered canon by most fans and biographers.


title: Hercule Poirot in literature

text: The Poirot books are still under copyright in the United Kingdom. "The Mysterious Affair at Styles", "The Murder on the Links" and "Poirot Investigates" are now public domain in the US but will not become public domain in the UK until 2046 (70 years after Christie's death). Christie's grandson, Mathew Prichard, now owns the copyright to his grandmother's works.


title: Hercule Poirot in literature

text: In 2014, the Christie estate authorised author Sophie Hannah to write a new Poirot book, "The Monogram Murders". She later also wrote "Closed Casket" (2016), "The Mystery of Three Quarters" (2018) and "The Killings At Kingfisher Hill" (2020).


title: Hercule Poirot in literature

text: Poirot settles down in London and opens a private detective agency. These are the short story years (26 short stories and only 4 novels).


title: Hercule Poirot in literature

text: Christie increased her novel production during this time (16 novels, 24 total short stories and 1 theatre play). Twelve short stories form "The Labours of Hercules". The other short stories listed here take place in this period but were published before and after the publication of "Hercules". The theatre play is named "Black Coffee" and was written by Agatha Christie, who stated a frustration with other stage adaptations of her Poirot mysteries. In 1998, author Charles Osborne adapted the play into a novel.


title: A. J. McCarron

text: Raymond Anthony "A. J." McCarron Jr. (born September 13, 1990) is an American football quarterback for the St. Louis BattleHawks of the XFL. He previously played in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons. McCarron played college football at Alabama, where he became the only quarterback to win consecutive BCS National Championship Games with victories in 2012 and 2013. He also received the Maxwell, Johnny Unitas Golden Arm, and Kellen Moore Awards.


title: A. J. McCarron

text: McCarron was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals in the fifth round of the 2014 NFL Draft and played four seasons as a backup. He spent his next four seasons as a backup with the Oakland Raiders, Houston Texans, and Atlanta Falcons. Following the 2021 NFL season, McCarron joined the XFL.


title: A. J. McCarron

text: McCarron was born to Dee Dee Bonner and Tony McCarron on September 13, 1990. He also has a younger brother named Corey McCarron who formerly played tight end at Alabama but transferred to play fullback at Middle Tennessee State.


title: A. J. McCarron

text: McCarron was born and raised in Mobile, Alabama. He attended Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School from kindergarten to fourth grade before transferring to St. Paul's Episcopal School. At the age of five, McCarron was severely injured in a jet-ski accident and almost died. He first played football at Trimmier Park and then Langan Park in Mobile. He played on the same park team as future college teammate Mark Barron. During McCarron's junior season of high school, St. Paul's went 14–1 and went on to win the state championship against Briarwood Christian School off a missed PAT. While attending St. Paul's, McCarron was recruited by several football programs in the Southeastern Conference, including Alabama, Auburn, Mississippi, and Tennessee. He committed to the Crimson Tide on May 3, 2008, becoming the only quarterback signed by Alabama for their 2009 recruiting class.


title: A. J. McCarron

text: In his first season at Alabama, McCarron accepted a redshirt and did not play during the season as the team went 14–0 to capture the 2009 National Championship over the Texas Longhorns. During his redshirt freshman year, he did see some playing time, appearing in nine games as the Crimson Tide finished 10–3. His first collegiate touchdown pass came during the season opener when he connected with wide receiver Julio Jones on a 29-yard pass against San Jose State. He passed for a total of 389 yards and three touchdowns during the season. Against Auburn on Alabama's last possession McCarron came in for injured starter Greg McElroy. However, McCarron threw four straight incompletions to end the game as Auburn came back to win 28–27 after being down 24–0 in the second quarter.


title: A. J. McCarron

text: After a tight competition for the starting quarterback position during spring practices, McCarron was named as the co-starting quarterback alongside Phillip Sims for the team's 2011 season opener versus Kent State, and later became the "de facto" starter by starting in every game. In his first collegiate start, he passed for 226 yards and one touchdown with two interceptions as Alabama won 48–7. His first road start for Alabama came the following week, as the Tide traveled to State College, Pennsylvania. His performance of 163 yards with no turnovers helped Alabama defeat Penn State by a score of 27–11, which came to be the last loss for head coach Joe Paterno. Another solid performance, alongside running back Trent Richardson, helped him get a victory in his first SEC start, a 38–14 win versus #14 Arkansas.


title: A. J. McCarron

text: During the course of his sophomore season, McCarron helped lead the Crimson Tide to a 11–1 overall record during the regular season, including 7–1 record in conference. Alabama's only loss of the season came during a 6–9 overtime defeat at the hands of #1-ranked LSU. During the game, he completed 16-of-28 passes for 199 yards with one interception. By remaining unbeaten during the rest of the regular season, Alabama again met LSU at the Superdome for the national championship. His performance of 234 yards passing earned him Offensive Player of the Game in a 21–0 rout of the Tigers. During his first season as starting quarterback, he passed for a total of 2,634 yards with 16 touchdowns and five interceptions and a BCS National Championship.


title: A. J. McCarron

text: McCarron had a strong start in his second year as starting quarterback for Alabama as the Crimson Tide started off the season with a 9–0 record. His good start to the season, including a comeback victory over LSU, had several media members put him as a dark horse candidate for the year's Heisman Trophy. His first interception, and Alabama's first loss, of the season came in the team's 10th game of the season.


title: A. J. McCarron

text: In their first year in the SEC, Texas A&M and eventual Heisman-winner Johnny Manziel came into Bryant–Denny Stadium and upset Alabama 29–24. McCarron's second interception of the game seemingly sealed Alabama's loss, as he threw an interception on a fourth & goal pass with under two minutes remaining. Both he and Alabama rebounded to remain unbeaten during the rest of the regular season, which led them to the 2012 SEC Championship Game versus Georgia. With the help of running back Eddie Lacy, Alabama battled the Bulldogs to win 32–28 and earn a shot to play for the 2013 BCS National Championship against No. 1 Notre Dame.


title: A. J. McCarron

text: On December 12, 2012, ahead of their game versus Notre Dame, McCarron announced that he would be coming back to Alabama for his senior season. On January 7, 2013, Alabama met Notre Dame for the 2013 BCS National Championship. The Fighting Irish were led by their defense and Heisman runner-up Manti Te'o to an unbeaten 12–0 regular season record. However, their defense was overmatched as Alabama rolled 42–14 to capture their third BCS National Championship in four years behind McCarron's 264 yards and four touchdown passes, which allowed him to become the first quarterback to win back-to-back BCS titles. During his junior season, he threw for a school-record 30 touchdown passes in a season, as well as 49 touchdown passes over his career. He was named winner of the 2012 CFPA Quarterback Trophy on January 22, 2013.


title: A. J. McCarron

text: McCarron made the cover of "Sports Illustrated" October 30, 2013, edition, which asked whether he was one of the best college players ever. At that time, McCarron (whose team was 10–0) was a long shot for the Heisman Trophy.


title: A. J. McCarron

text: As a senior in 2013, McCarron was again a second-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection. During the season, he passed John Parker Wilson to become Alabama's all time passing yard leader. Alabama started the season with an 11–0 record before facing Auburn in the Iron Bowl. In the 34–28 loss, he finished with 277 passing yards and three touchdowns, one of which was a 99-yard pass to Amari Cooper. The loss knocked Alabama out of contention for the SEC Championship. The Crimson Tide finished their season in the Sugar Bowl against Oklahoma. In the 45–31 loss to the Sooners, he had 387 passing yards, two touchdowns, and two interceptions in his final collegiate game. He also broke Greg McElroy's record for passing yards in a season, with 3,063. He finished in second place in the Heisman Trophy voting that season.


title: A. J. McCarron

text: Coming out of Alabama, McCarron was projected by the majority of NFL draft experts and scouts to be drafted in the second or third round. He was praised for his game management and decision making, with the potential to become an NFL starter.


title: A. J. McCarron

text: McCarron was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the fifth round of the 2014 NFL Draft with the 164th overall pick. Surprisingly, along with University of Georgia quarterback Aaron Murray, McCarron's draft value drastically dropped during the draft, as he was the ninth quarterback selected, out of the total 14. It was reported that teams felt during pre-draft interviews that he came across cocky and over-confident. When asked what his best attribute was during an interview at the combine, McCarron responded, "Winning!"


title: A. J. McCarron

text: On May 22, 2014, the Bengals signed him to a four-year, $2.4 million contract with a $181,652 signing bonus. In August 2014, the Bengals placed him on the reserve/non-football injury list due to shoulder soreness, meaning that he would miss at least the first six weeks of the 2014 season. With Andy Dalton entrenched as the starting quarterback for the Bengals, and veteran Jason Campbell as his backup, the Bengals did not plan for McCarron to see significant playing time during his rookie season. On December 9, 2014, McCarron was activated after linebacker Vontaze Burfict was placed on injured reserve.


title: A. J. McCarron

text: McCarron was named the backup quarterback to begin the season after beating out Keith Wenning and Terrelle Pryor during training camp.


title: A. J. McCarron

text: During a 31–10 victory in Week 9, McCarron appeared in his first career game against the Cleveland Browns. Three weeks later, McCarron completed his first career pass attempt for a three-yard completion in a 31–7 victory over the St. Louis Rams. In the next game, McCarron completed two out of three passes for 19 yards in a 37–3 road victory over the Browns.


title: A. J. McCarron

text: On December 13, 2015, starting quarterback Andy Dalton fractured the thumb on his throwing hand while trying to make a tackle in the first quarter against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Although the Steelers won 33–20, McCarron came in and completed 22 of 32 passes for 280 yards, with two touchdowns and two interceptions. The following week, McCarron became the first Alabama quarterback to win an NFL game since Jeff Rutledge of the New York Giants in 1987, when the Bengals beat the San Francisco 49ers on the road by a score of 24–14. In his first career start, McCarron completed 15 of 21 passes for 192 yards and a touchdown. The following week against the Denver Broncos, he completed 22 of 35 passes for 200 yards and a touchdown in a 17–20 overtime road loss. In the AFC , McCarron completed 23 of 41 passes for 212 yards, a touchdown, and an interception, but the Bengals narrowly lost to the Steelers by a score 18–16, ending their season.


title: A. J. McCarron

text: On October 31, 2017, the Bengals and Cleveland Browns agreed on a deal to trade McCarron to Cleveland in exchange for a second and third-round pick in the 2018 NFL Draft. However, the Browns failed to file the paperwork to the NFL before the trade deadline, nixing the trade. On November 4, it was reported that McCarron had filed a labor grievance against the Bengals asking to become an unrestricted free agent following the 2017 season as opposed to a restricted free agent. McCarron claimed that he was healthy enough to be removed from the non-football injury list during training camp in 2014 and that his rookie season should count as an accrued season towards unrestricted free agency. On February 15, 2018, McCarron won the grievance and became a free agent for the 2018 season, and received lost salary with interest from the 2014 season. Overall, in the 2017 season, McCarron appeared in three games and completed seven of 14 passes for 66 yards.


title: A. J. McCarron

text: On March 14, 2018, McCarron signed a two-year, $10 million contract with the Buffalo Bills. He competed for the starting quarterback position with second-year quarterback Nathan Peterman and rookie Josh Allen. However, McCarron suffered a shoulder injury during a preseason game against the Cleveland Browns. The injury was initially reported as a hairline fracture in his collarbone, which would have sidelined him for about 4–6 weeks. Nonetheless, McCarron received a second opinion on the injury, which revealed no fracture, clearing him to participate in the next two preseason games, including a comeback win over the Chicago Bears where he passed for three touchdowns and ran for another in the fourth quarter despite carrying a 0.0 passer rating the previous three quarters.


title: A. J. McCarron

text: On September 1, 2018, McCarron was traded to the Oakland Raiders for a 2019 fifth-round draft pick (originally acquired from the Pittsburgh Steelers). He appeared in two games in relief of Derek Carr in the 2018 season, completing one of three passes for eight yards.


title: A. J. McCarron

text: On March 20, 2019, McCarron signed a one-year contract with the Houston Texans. In the regular-season finale against the Tennessee Titans, McCarron recorded his first start since the 2015 season since the Texans were already locked into the #4 seed in the AFC and sat most of their starters as a result. During the game, McCarron threw for 225 yards and an interception and rushed for 39 yards and a touchdown in the 35–14 loss.


title: A. J. McCarron

text: On March 30, 2020, McCarron re-signed with the Texans. He briefly entered the Week 14 matchup against the Chicago Bears after starter Deshaun Watson hurt his elbow, but McCarron was sacked on his lone play for a turnover on downs. The Texans went on to lose on the road by a score of 36–7. During the regular-season finale against the Tennessee Titans, McCarron came into the game during the second quarter and threw a single pass for 20 yards in the 41–38 loss.


title: A. J. McCarron

text: On April 30, 2021, McCarron signed a one-year contract with the Atlanta Falcons. He suffered a torn ACL in the Week 2 preseason game against the Miami Dolphins and was placed on season-ending injured reserve.


title: A. J. McCarron

text: McCarron became engaged to model and longtime girlfriend Katherine Webb in March 2014. They were married on July 12, 2014, in Orange Beach, Alabama. Webb announced on December 8, 2015, that she was four months pregnant with their first son, to whom she gave birth in May 2016. In December 2018, Webb gave birth to a second son. In March 2021, she gave birth to the couple's third son. McCarron is a devout Roman Catholic.


title: Ed Lauter

text: Edward Matthew Lauter Jr. ( ; October 30, 1938 – October 16, 2013) was an American actor and stand-up comedian. He appeared in more than 200 films and TV series episodes in a career that spanned over 40 years.


title: Ed Lauter

text: Lauter was born and raised in Long Beach, New York, the son of Edward Matthew Lauter and Sally Lee, a 1920s Broadway actress and dancer. He was of German and Irish descent.


title: Ed Lauter

text: After graduating from high school, he majored in English Literature in college and received a B.A. degree in 1961 from the C.W. Post campus of Long Island University. While in college, he played basketball. Lauter served for two years in the United States Army.


title: Ed Lauter

text: Lauter's first acting role was a small part in the Broadway production of "The Great White Hope", a boxing drama, in 1968. Before that, he was a stand-up comedian. His screen acting debut was in a 1971 episode of the television series "Mannix". His first theatrical film role was in the Western "Dirty Little Billy" in 1972.


title: Ed Lauter

text: As a character actor, Lauter was known for his 6'2" height and balding looks. He starred with Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris, Karen Black, and William Devane in Alfred Hitchcock's final film, "Family Plot". Hitchcock was impressed by Lauter and asked him to play a major role in the romantic espionage thriller he planned as his next film; the director's failing health and eventual death in 1980 meant that "The Short Night" never went into production.


title: Ed Lauter

text: Lauter appeared in many films, including half a dozen in 1972 alone. Among his most prominent film roles were "The Longest Yard" (a.k.a. "The Mean Machine") (1974), "King Kong" (1976), "Magic" (1978), "Death Hunt" (1981), "Timerider" (1982), "Cujo" (1983), "Death Wish 3" (1985), "My Blue Heaven" (1990), "The Rocketeer" (1991), "Seraphim Falls" (2006), and "The Artist" (2011).


title: Ed Lauter

text: Lauter's television appearances included the role as the villain sheriff Martin Stillman in the "How the West Was Won" TV series, and guest-performances on "The New Land", "Psych", "The X-Files" (as Mulder's childhood hero, Gemini astronaut Col. Marcus Aurelius Belt in the season 1 episode "Space"), "The Streets of San Francisco" (on the series debut episode), "Kojak", "The A-Team", "Miami Vice" (season 3 episode 6 "Shadow in the Dark"), "Magnum, P.I." (episode "Operation Silent Night"), "Booker", "Charmed", "", "Law & Order", "" (as Lt. Cmdr. Albert in the season 5 episode "The First Duty"), "The Equalizer", "The Waltons", and "ER" (with a recurring role as Fire Captain Dannaker).


title: Ed Lauter

text: On October 16, 2013, two weeks before his 75th birthday, Lauter died of mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer, having been diagnosed five months earlier in May.


title: Ed Lauter

text: Following his death, Lauter's family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against many well-known broadcasting, automotive, and manufacturing companies for exposing Lauter to asbestos, which led to his death. The suit alleges that Lauter was exposed to asbestos at various movie studios and location sets over his 40-year career as an actor in Los Angeles. The lawsuit remains pending as of late 2020.


title: Ed Lauter

text: Married five times, he is survived by his fifth wife, Mia Lauter, and his four children from previous marriages. He continued to work until a few months before his death, completing roles in several films still to be released after his death.


title: Ed Lauter

text: To honor his work, the Ed Lauter Foundation is being established, which will award a scholarship yearly to aspiring young actors. Reflecting on his lengthy career, Lauter said in a 2012 interview with the "Los Angeles Times":


title: Howard Cosell

text: Howard William Cosell (; Cohen; March 25, 1918 – April 23, 1995) was an American sports journalist, broadcaster and author. Cosell became prominent and influential during his tenure with ABC Sports from 1953 until 1985.


title: Howard Cosell

text: Cosell was widely known for his blustery, confident personality. Cosell said of himself, "I've been called arrogant, pompous, obnoxious, vain, cruel, verbose, a showoff. And, of course, I am."


title: Howard Cosell

text: Cosell was sardonically nicknamed "Humble Howard" by fans and media critics. In its obituary for Cosell, "The New York Times" described Cosell's effect on American sports coverage:


title: Howard Cosell

text: He entered sports broadcasting in the mid-1950s, when the predominant style was unabashed adulation, [and] offered a brassy counterpoint that was first ridiculed, then copied until it became the dominant note of sports broadcasting.


title: Howard Cosell

text: He also brought an antagonistic, almost heel-like commentary, notably his giving criticism of Terry Bradshaw by suggesting that he did not have the intelligence to win in the league.


title: Howard Cosell

text: In 1993, "TV Guide" named Howard Cosell The All-Time Best Sportscaster in its issue celebrating 40 years of television.


title: Howard Cosell

text: Cosell was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, to accountant Isidore Cohen and his wife Nellie (Rosenthal) Cohen; his parents were Jewish. He had an elder brother, Hilton (1914–1992). The grandson of a rabbi, he was raised in Brooklyn, New York.


title: Howard Cosell

text: The name of Cosell's grandfather was changed when he entered the United States; Howard Cosell said he changed his name from "Cohen" to "Cosell" while a law student as a way to honor his father and grandfather by reverting to a version of his family's original Polish name.


title: Howard Cosell

text: In the early 1950s, Cosell had a sports radio show which he would record early in the morning. Ned Garver recalled doing an interview with him in 1951. Cosell told Garver that the sponsor did not provide any gifts to the guests on the show, but Garver found out later that there were actually gifts, which Cosell kept for himself.


title: Howard Cosell

text: Cosell represented the Little League of New York, when in 1953, Hal Neal (president ABC Radio), then an ABC Radio manager, asked him to host a show on New York flagship WABC featuring Little League participants. The show marked the beginning of a relationship with WABC and ABC Radio that would last his entire broadcasting career.


title: Howard Cosell

text: Cosell hosted the Little League show for three years without pay, and then decided to leave the law to become a full-time broadcaster. He approached Robert Pauley, President of ABC Radio, with a proposal for a weekly show. Pauley told him the network could not afford to develop untried talent, but he would be put on the air if he would get a sponsor. To Pauley's surprise, Cosell came back with a relative's shirt company as a sponsor, and the show "Speaking of Sports" was born.


title: Howard Cosell

text: Cosell took his "tell it like it is" approach when he teamed with the ex–Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher "Big "Numba" Thirteen" Ralph Branca on WABC's pre- and post-game radio shows of the New York Mets in their nascent years beginning in 1962. He pulled no punches in taking members of the hapless expansion team to task.


title: Howard Cosell

text: Otherwise on radio, Cosell did his show, "Speaking of Sports", as well as sports reports and updates for affiliated radio stations around the country; he continued his radio duties even after he became prominent on television. Cosell then became a sports anchor at WABC-TV in New York, where he served in that role from 1961 to 1974. He expanded his commentary beyond sports to a radio show, "Speaking of Everything".


title: Howard Cosell

text: Cosell rose to prominence in the early-1960s, covering boxer Muhammad Ali, beginning from the time he fought under his birth name, Cassius Clay. The two seemed to have an affinity despite their different personalities, and complemented each other in broadcasts. Cosell was one of the first sportscasters to refer to the boxer as Muhammad Ali after he changed his name, and supported him when he refused to be inducted into the military. Cosell was also an outspoken supporter of Olympic sprinters John Carlos and Tommie Smith, after they raised their fists in a "black power" salute during their 1968 medal ceremony in Mexico City. In a time when many sports broadcasters avoided touching social, racial, or other controversial issues, and kept a certain level of collegiality towards the sports figures they commented on, Cosell did not, and indeed built a reputation around his catchphrase, "I'm just telling it like it is."


title: Howard Cosell

text: Cosell's style of reporting transformed sports broadcasting in the United States. Whereas previous sportscasters had mostly been known for color commentary and lively play-by-play, Cosell had an intellectual approach. His use of analysis and context brought television sports reporting closer to "hard" news reporting. However, his distinctive staccato voice, accent, syntax, and cadence were a form of color commentary all their own.


title: Howard Cosell

text: Cosell earned his greatest interest from the public when he backed Ali after the boxer's championship title was stripped from him for refusing military service during the Vietnam War. Cosell found vindication several years later when he was able to inform Ali that the United States Supreme Court had unanimously ruled in favor of Ali in "Clay v. United States".


title: Howard Cosell

text: Cosell called most of Ali's fights immediately before and after the boxer returned from his three-year exile in October 1970. Those fights were broadcast on tape delay usually a week after they were transmitted on closed circuit. However, Cosell did not call two of Ali's biggest fights, the Rumble in the Jungle in October 1974 and the first Ali–Joe Frazier bout in March 1971. Promoter Jerry Perenchio selected actor Burt Lancaster, who had never provided color commentary for a fight, to work the bout with longtime announcer Don Dunphy and former light-heavyweight champion Archie Moore. Cosell attended that fight as a spectator only. He would do a voice-over of that bout, when it was shown on ABC a few days before the second Ali-Frazier bout in January 1974.


title: Howard Cosell

text: Perhaps his most famous call took place in the fight between Joe Frazier and George Foreman for the World Heavyweight Championship in Kingston, Jamaica in 1973. When Foreman knocked Frazier to the mat the first of six times, roughly two minutes into the first round, Cosell yelled out:


title: Howard Cosell

text: His call of Frazier's first trip to the mat became one of the most quoted phrases in American sports broadcasting history. Foreman beat Frazier by a TKO in the second round to win the World Heavyweight Championship.


title: Howard Cosell

text: Cosell provided blow-by-blow commentary for ABC of some of boxing's biggest matches during the 1970s and the early-1980s, including Ken Norton's upset win over Ali in 1973 and Ali's defeat of Leon Spinks in 1978 recapturing the heavyweight title for the third time. His signature toupee was unceremoniously knocked off in front of live ABC cameras when a scuffle broke out after a broadcast match between Scott LeDoux and Johnny Boudreaux. Cosell quickly retrieved his hairpiece and replaced it. During interviews in studio with Ali, the champion would tease and threaten to remove the hairpiece with Cosell playing along but never allowing it to be touched.


title: Howard Cosell

text: Ali would frequently refer to Cosell's hairpiece as a squirrel, rabbit or other wild animal. On one of these occasions, Ali quipped, "Cosell, you're a phony, and that thing on your head comes from the tail of a pony."


title: Howard Cosell

text: With typical headline generating drama, Cosell abruptly ended his broadcast association with the sport of boxing while providing coverage for ABC for the heavyweight championship bout between Larry Holmes and Randall "Tex" Cobb on November 26, 1982. Halfway through the bout and with Cobb absorbing a beating, Cosell stopped providing anything more than rudimentary comments about round number and the participants punctuated with occasional declarations of disgust during the 15 rounds. He declared shortly after the fight to a national television audience that he had broadcast his last professional boxing match.


title: Howard Cosell

text: Cosell also was an ABC commentator for the television broadcast of the second of the two famous 1973 "Battles of the Sexes" tennis matches, this one between Bobby Riggs and Billie Jean King.


title: Howard Cosell

text: During Cosell's tenure as a sportscaster, he frequently clashed with longtime "New York Daily News" sports columnist Dick Young, who rarely missed an opportunity to denigrate the broadcaster in print as an "ass", a "shill", or most often, "Howie the Fraud". Young would sometimes stand near Cosell and shout profanities so that the audio he was taping for his radio show would be unusable. Writing about Cosell, sportswriter Jimmy Cannon sniped, "This is a guy who changed his name, put on a toupee and tried to convince the world that he tells it like it is." He further added, "If Howard Cosell were a sport, he'd be roller derby."


title: Howard Cosell

text: Cosell, according to longtime ABC racecaster Chris Economaki, "had an enormous and monumental ego, and may have been the most pompous man I've ever met". Cosell ripped Economaki for a miscue in an interview with Cale Yarborough for ABC "(and he) never let me forget that". At an ABC Christmas party Economaki's wife asked to be introduced to Cosell and Chris said, "Howard, for some inexplicable reason my wife wants to meet you...' and it (ticked) him off to no end. He really took it personally."


title: Howard Cosell

text: In 1970, ABC executive producer for sports Roone Arledge hired Cosell to be a commentator for "Monday Night Football" ("MNF"), the first time in 15 years that American football was broadcast weekly in prime time. Cosell was accompanied most of the time by ex-football players Frank Gifford and "Dandy" Don Meredith.


title: Howard Cosell

text: Cosell was openly contemptuous of ex-athletes appointed to prominent sportscasting roles solely on account of their playing fame. He regularly clashed on-air with Meredith, whose laid-back style was in sharp contrast to Cosell's more critical approach to the games.


title: Howard Cosell

text: The Cosell-Meredith-Gifford dynamic helped make "Monday Night Football" a success; it frequently was the number one rated program in the Nielsen ratings. The inimitable style of the group (mostly with Cosell, both loved and hated by the public) distinguished "Monday Night Football" as a distinct spectacle, and ushered in an era of more colorful broadcasters and 24/7 TV sports coverage.


title: Howard Cosell

text: It was during his "MNF" run that Cosell coined a phrase that came to be so identified with football that other announcers and spectators—notably Chris Berman—began to repeat it. An ordinary kickoff return began with Cosell giving commentary about a player's difficult life. It became extraordinary when he suddenly observed, in his trademark staccato rhythm, "He could ... go all ... the way!"


title: Howard Cosell

text: During the first half of the September 5, 1983 "Monday Night Football" game between the Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins, Cosell's commentary on wide receiver Alvin Garrett included "That little monkey gets loose doesn't he?" Cosell's references to Garrett as a "little monkey," ignited a racial controversy that laid the groundwork for Cosell's departure from "MNF" at the end of the 1983 season. The Rev. Joseph Lowery, then-president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, denounced Cosell's comment as racist and demanded a public apology. Despite supportive statements by Jesse Jackson, Muhammad Ali, and Alvin Garrett himself, the fallout contributed to Cosell's decision to leave "Monday Night Football" following the 1983 season.


title: Howard Cosell

text: "I liked Howard Cosell," Garrett said. "I didn't feel that it was a demeaning statement." Cosell explained that Garrett's small stature, and not his race, was the basis for his comment, citing the fact that he had used the term to describe his own grandchildren. Among other evidence to support Cosell's claim is video footage of a 1972 preseason game between the New York Giants and the Kansas City Chiefs that features Cosell referring to athlete Mike Adamle, a 5-foot, 8-inch, 195-pound Caucasian, as a "little monkey."


title: Howard Cosell

text: Along with "Monday Night Football", Cosell worked the Olympics for ABC. He played a key role on ABC's coverage of the Palestinian terror group Black September's mass murder of Israeli athletes in Munich at the 1972 Summer Olympics; providing reports directly from the Olympic Village (his image can be seen and voice heard in Steven Spielberg's film about the terror attack).


title: Howard Cosell

text: In the 1976 Summer Games in Montreal, and the 1984 games in Los Angeles, Cosell was the main voice for boxing. Sugar Ray Leonard won the gold medal in his light welterweight class at Montreal, beginning his meteoric rise to a world professional title three years later. Cosell became close to Leonard, during this period, announcing many of his fights.


title: Howard Cosell

text: Cosell was widely attributed with saying the famous phrase "the Bronx is burning". Cosell is credited with saying this during Game 2 of the 1977 World Series, which took place in Yankee Stadium on October 12, 1977. For a couple of years, fires had routinely erupted in the South Bronx, mostly due to owners of low-value properties burning their own real estate for insurance money. During the bottom of the first inning, an ABC aerial camera panned a few blocks from Yankee Stadium to a building on fire. The scene became a defining image of New York City in the 1970s. Cosell supposedly stated, "There it is, ladies and gentlemen. The Bronx is burning." This was later picked up by presidential candidate Ronald Reagan, who then made a special trip to the Bronx, to illustrate the failures of politicians to address the issues in that part of New York City.


title: Howard Cosell

text: In 2005, author Jonathan Mahler published "Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bronx Is Burning", a book about New York in 1977, and credited Cosell with the title quote during the aerial coverage of the fire. ESPN produced a 2007 mini-series based on the book "The Bronx Is Burning". Cosell's comment seemed to have captured the widespread view that New York City was in a state of decline.


title: Howard Cosell

text: The truth was discovered after Major League Baseball published a complete DVD set of all of the games of the 1977 World Series. Coverage of the fire began with Keith Jackson's comments regarding the enormity of the blaze, while Cosell added that President Jimmy Carter had visited that area just days before. At the top of the second inning, the fire was once again shown from a helicopter-mounted camera, and Cosell commented that the New York Fire Department had a hard job to do in the Bronx as there were always numerous fires. In the bottom of the second, Cosell informed the audience that it was an abandoned building that was burning and no lives were in danger. There was no further comment on the fire, and Cosell appears to have never said "The Bronx is Burning" (at least not on camera) during Game 2.


title: Howard Cosell

text: Mahler's confusion could have arisen from a 1974 documentary entitled "The Bronx Is Burning"; it is likely Mahler confused the documentary with his recollection of Cosell's comments when writing his book.


title: Howard Cosell

text: On the night of December 8, 1980, during a "Monday Night Football" game between the Miami Dolphins and the New England Patriots, Cosell shocked the television audience by interrupting his regular commentary duties to deliver a news bulletin on the murder of John Lennon in the midst of a live broadcast. Word had been passed to Cosell and Frank Gifford by Roone Arledge, who was president of ABC's news and sports divisions at the time, near the end of the game.


title: Howard Cosell

text: Cosell was initially apprehensive about announcing Lennon's death. Off the air, Cosell conferred with Gifford and others saying "Fellas, I just don't know, I'd like your opinion. I can't see this game situation allowing for that news flash, can you?" Gifford replied, "Absolutely. I can see it." Gifford later told Cosell, "Don't hang on it. It's a tragic moment and this is going to shake up the whole world."


title: Howard Cosell

text: On air, Gifford prefaced the announcement saying, "And I don't care what's on the line, Howard, you have got to say what we know in the booth." Cosell then replied:


title: Howard Cosell

text: Lennon had been shot four times and had not been pronounced dead on arrival, but the facts of the shooting were not clear at the time of the announcement. Lennon once appeared on "Monday Night Football", during the December 9, 1974 telecast of a 23–17 Washington Redskins win over the Los Angeles Rams, and was interviewed for a short breakaway segment by Cosell.


title: Howard Cosell

text: ABC had obtained this scoop as a result of the coincidence of an ABC employee, Alan Weiss, being at the same emergency room where the critically wounded Lennon was brought that night. This unwittingly violated a request to the hospital by Lennon's wife, Yoko Ono, to delay reporting his death until she could tell their son, Sean, herself. Sean, age 5, was not watching television at the time as it was near midnight, and Ono was able to break the news to him. NBC beat ABC to the punch, however, interrupting "The Tonight Show" just minutes before Cosell's announcement with a "breaking news" segment.


title: Howard Cosell

text: In the fall of 1981, Cosell debuted a serious investigative 30-minute magazine show, "ABC SportsBeat" on ABC's weekend schedule. He made news and covered topics that were not part of general sports coverage - including the first story about drugs in professional sports (the story of former Minnesota Viking Carl Eller's cocaine use), an in-depth look at how NFL owners negotiated tax breaks and incentives for building new stadiums, and together with Arthur Ashe, an investigation into apartheid and sports. Though ratings were low, Cosell and his staff earned three Emmy Awards for excellence in reporting, and broke new ground in sports journalism. At the time, "ABC SportsBeat" was the first and only regularly scheduled network program devoted solely to sports journalism.


title: Howard Cosell

text: To produce this pioneering program, Cosell recruited a number of employees from outside the ranks of those that produced games, who he felt might be too invested in the success of the athletes and leagues to look at the hard news. He brought in Michael Marley, then a sportswriter for "The Washington Post", Lawrie Mifflin, a writer for "The New York Times", and a 20-year old researcher who quickly rose to an associate producer, Alexis Denny. As a sophomore at Yale, Ms. Denny had been a student in a seminar that Cosell taught on the "Business of Big-Time Sports in America", and was selected by the Director of "Monday Night Football" to join their production crew. She took her junior year off to join Cosell's staff at ABC Headquarters in New York City, and produced many segments, including in 1983 a half-hour special report previewing the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Despite the games being one of ABC's biggest investments, with a record-breaking $225 million rights fee at the time, the 30-minute documentary-style program produced by Denny showed many sides of the questions about the viability of the games themselves—from concerns about traffic, pollution and terrorism, to a look at how the sponsorship deals were structured.


title: Howard Cosell

text: In his 1985 autobiography, Cosell reflected on his highly diverse work, and concluded that the "SportsBeat" series had been his favorite.


title: Howard Cosell

text: Cosell's colorful personality and distinctive voice were featured to fine comedic effect in several sports-themed episodes of the ABC TV series "The Odd Couple". His feuds with New York City sportswriter Oscar Madison (Jack Klugman) mirrored the real life feuds he had with some of New York's leading sportswriters. He also appeared in the Woody Allen films "Bananas", "Sleeper" and "Broadway Danny Rose". Such was his celebrity that while he never appeared on the show, Cosell's name was frequently used as an all-purpose answer on the popular 1970s game show "Match Game". Cosell also had a cameo appearance in the 1988 movie "Johnny Be Good" featuring Robert Downey Jr., Anthony Michael Hall and Uma Thurman. His particular speech pattern was also imitated by one of the characters in the film "Better Off Dead".


title: Howard Cosell

text: Cosell's national fame was further boosted in fall 1975 when "Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell" aired on Saturday evenings on ABC. This was an hour-long variety show, broadcast live from the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City and hosted by Cosell, which is not to be confused with the NBC series "Saturday Night Live" (which coincidentally also premiered in 1975 under its original title of "NBC's Saturday Night", to avoid confusion with Cosell's show). Despite bringing several unknown comedians, such as Billy Crystal, Christopher Guest, and future "SNL" star Bill Murray to national prominence and showcasing the American TV debut of the Bay City Rollers (who later had a hit song by the name of "Saturday Night"), Cosell's show was canceled after three months; the NBC show was officially renamed


title: Howard Cosell

text: "Saturday Night Live" for the succeeding season and has retained the name ever since. Cosell later hosted the 1984-1985 season finale of "Saturday Night Live".


title: Howard Cosell

text: Cosell appeared alongside Muhammad Ali, Frank Sinatra, Richie Havens, and others on a 1976 spoken word novelty record, "The Adventures of Ali and His Gang vs. Mr. Tooth Decay".


title: Howard Cosell

text: Beginning in 1976, Cosell hosted a long-running series of specials known as "Battle of the Network Stars". The two-hour specials pitted celebrities from each of the three broadcast networks against each other in various athletic competitions, including relay races, swimming relays, tug of war, an obstacle course, and a dunk tank. Some of the specials also featured other events, such as golf, kayak racing, three-on-three touch football, or Frisbee. Cosell conducted short interviews with the participants between events, and was seen laughing, joking, and clearly enjoying himself throughout each show. Of Cosell, the program's supervising producer Bill Garnet said in an interview, "Cosell loved doing the show . . . He used to say, 'I’m the biggest star out here. They all want to be around me!' But he loved doing the show." Actor LeVar Burton, who participated in 1977 and 1978, spoke warmly of having interacted with Cosell, describing his experience as "...a great joy and one of my fondest memories. It’s like being heckled by Don Rickles, you know? Having Cosell insult you or even just mention your name was the Holy Grail for me." Cosell hosted all but one of the nineteen specials, including the final episode which aired in 1988.


title: Howard Cosell

text: Cosell denounced professional boxing during the broadcast of a November 26, 1982 WBC heavyweight championship bout between titleholder Larry Holmes and a clearly outmatched Randall "Tex" Cobb at the Astrodome. The fight was held two weeks after the fatal fight between Ray Mancini and Duk Koo Kim, when Kim died shortly after the fight. Cosell famously asked the rhetorical question, "I wonder if that referee [Steve Crosson] understands that he is constructing an advertisement for the abolition of the very sport that he's a part of?" Cosell, horrified over the brutality of the one-sided fight, said that if the referee did not stop the fight he would never broadcast a professional fight again.


title: Howard Cosell

text: Major boxing reforms were later implemented, the most important of which allows referees to stop clearly one-sided fights early in order to protect the health of the fighters. In amateur boxing, one-sided fights would be automatically stopped if one fighter had a score considerably higher than his opponent. Hitherto, only the ring physician had the authority to halt a bout. Another change was the reduction of championship bouts from fifteen rounds to twelve rounds by the WBC. (The fatal blows to Kim were in Rounds thirteen and fourteen.) The WBA quickly followed suit, and the IBF did so in 1988. Cosell did not cut off ties with the United States Amateur Boxing Federation. His 1984 broadcasts of the Olympic Trials, box-offs, and the 1984 Summer Olympics boxing tournament, all of which were at the amateur level with much shorter fights, were his last professional calls of the sport.


title: Howard Cosell

text: After Cosell's memoir "I Never Played the Game", which, among other things, chronicled his disenchantment with fellow ABC commentators, was published in September 1985, Cosell was taken off scheduled announcing duties for that year's World Series and was dismissed by ABC television shortly thereafter. Cosell's book was seen by many as a bitter "hate rant" against those who had offended him. "TV Guide" published excerpts of his memoirs and reported that they had never had as many viewers' responses and they were overwhelmingly negative towards Cosell. The magazine reported some of the "printable" ones saying things such as "Will Rogers never met Howard Cosell".


title: Howard Cosell

text: In "I Never Played the Game", Cosell popularized the word "jockocracy" (originally coined by author Robert Lipsyte), describing how athletes were given announcing jobs that they had not earned. Coincidentally, he was replaced for the 1985 World Series broadcast by Tim McCarver, himself a former baseball player, to join Al Michaels and Jim Palmer. (The title of the book is a double entendre, meaning that Cosell never actually played the game of football or any other professional sport he broadcast, as well as implying that he never played the "game" of corporate politics.) Cosell is notably absent from the Pro Football Hall of Fame.


title: Howard Cosell

text: In his later years, Cosell briefly hosted his own television talk show, "Speaking of Everything", authored his last book ("What's Wrong With Sports"), and continued to appear on radio and television, becoming more outspoken about his criticisms of sports in general.


title: Howard Cosell

text: In 1993, Cosell was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. A year later, in 1994, he was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame. He was also the 1995 recipient of the Arthur Ashe Courage Award. After his wife of 46 years, Mary Edith Abrams Cosell (known as "Emmy") died from a heart attack in 1990, Cosell largely withdrew from the public eye and his health began failing. A longtime smoker, he was diagnosed with lung cancer in 1991, and had surgery to remove a cancerous tumor in his chest. He also had several minor strokes, and was diagnosed with heart and kidney disease and Parkinson's.


title: Howard Cosell

text: Cosell died at the Hospital for Joint Diseases in Manhattan on April 23, 1995 of a cardiac embolism at the age of 77. He is buried at Westhampton Cemetery, Westhampton, New York.


title: Howard Cosell

text: Cosell was placed as number one on David J. Halberstam's list of "Top 50 All Time Network Television Sports Announcers" on Yahoo! Sports in January 2009. The sports complex at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem was named for Cosell. In 2010, Cosell was posthumously inducted into the Observer's Category in the International Boxing Hall of Fame.


title: Howard Cosell

text: In the 1985 film "Better Off Dead", one of the two Asian-American teenage brothers who regularly challenged John Cusack's character to a street race is said to have learned English from listening to Cosell. The band Ben Folds Five have a song titled "Boxing" from 1995, which was written as a fictional monologue from Muhammad Ali to Cosell.


title: Howard Cosell

text: In Michael Mann's 2001 film "Ali", Cosell is played by Jon Voight, who earned an Academy Award nomination for his performance. In the 2002 television film "Monday Night Mayhem", Cosell was played by John Turturro.


title: Howard Cosell

text: Cosell's daughter, Hilary Cosell, was a producer of NBC SportsWorld, and was one of the first women sports producers. She was also the senior producer of her father's show, Speaking of Everything with Howard Cosell, an assistant producer of ABC News 20/20, and received four Emmy Award nominations.


title: Howard Cosell

text: Cosell's nephew, Greg Cosell, is a senior producer at NFL Films. Cosell's grandson, Colin Cosell, was named public address announcer (along with Marysol Castro) at Citi Field, home of the New York Mets, in 2018. Colin Cosell intended to honor his grandfather by enunciating Mets' third baseman Todd Frazier's last name the same way Cosell did with Joe Frazier's name in his famous "Down Goes Frazier!" call.


title: Gracie Allen

text: Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen (July 26, 1895 – August 27, 1964) was an American vaudevillian, singer, actress, and comedian who became internationally famous as the zany partner and comic foil of husband George Burns, her straight man, appearing with him on radio, television and film as the duo Burns and Allen.


title: Gracie Allen

text: For her contributions to the television industry, Allen was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6672 Hollywood Boulevard. She and Burns were inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1988.


title: Gracie Allen

text: Costar Bea Benaderet said of Allen in 1966: "She was probably one of the greatest actresses of our time."


title: Gracie Allen

text: Allen was born in San Francisco, California, to George Allen and Margaret Theresa ("Molly") Allen (née Darragh; later Mrs. Edward Pidgeon), who were both of Irish Catholic descent. She made her first appearance on stage at age three, and was given her first role on the radio by Eddie Cantor. She graduated from Star of the Sea Convent School in 1914, and during that time became a talented dancer.


title: Gracie Allen

text: She soon began performing Irish folk dances with her three sisters, who were billed as "The Four Colleens". In 1909, Allen joined her sister, Bessie, as a vaudeville performer. At a performance in 1922, Allen met George Burns, and the two formed a comedy act. They were married on January 7, 1926, onstage at the Palace Theatre in Cleveland by a justice of the peace.


title: Gracie Allen

text: Some discrepancy exists as to her date of birth. Depending on the source, Allen is alleged to have been born on July 26 in 1895, 1896, 1902, or 1906. All public vital records held by the city and county of San Francisco were destroyed in the earthquake and great fire of April 1906. Her husband George Burns professed not to know exactly how old she was, though it was presumably he who provided the date of July 26, 1902 that appears on her death record. Allen's crypt marker also shows her year of birth as 1902.


title: Gracie Allen

text: Among Allen's signature jokes was a dialogue in which she would claim that she was born in 1906. Her foil would press her for proof or corroborating information, and she would reply that her birth certificate had been destroyed in the earthquake. Her foil would point out that she was born in July, but that the earthquake was three months earlier in April. Allen would simply smile and reply: "Well, it was an "awfully big" earthquake."


title: Gracie Allen

text: Presumably the most reliable information comes from U.S. Census data collected on June 1, 1900 that shows Grace Allen, age four (born in July 1895), along with her parents and five siblings. This proves that Allen was born before 1900 and indicates that the birthdate of July 26, 1895 may be correct. Additionally, her senior year high school year book has been located.


title: Gracie Allen

text: The Burns and Allen act began with Allen as the straight man, setting up Burns to deliver the punchlines and receive the laughs. In his book "", Burns explained that he had noticed that Allen's straight lines were bringing more laughs than did his punchlines, so he cannily flipped the act, making himself the straight man so that Allen would elicit the laughter. Audiences immediately fell in love with Allen's character, which combined the traits of naivete, zaniness and innocence. The reformulated team, focusing on Allen, toured the country, eventually headlining in major vaudeville houses. Many of their famous routines were preserved in one- and two-reel short films, including "Lambchops" (1929), made while the couple was still performing on the stage.


title: Gracie Allen

text: Burns attributed all of the couple's early success to Allen, ignoring his own brilliance as a straight man. He summarized their act by saying: "All I had to do was say, 'Gracie, how's your brother?' and she talked for 38 years. And sometimes I didn't even have to remember to say 'Gracie, how's your brother?'"