title: Chevrolet Vega

text: Comparisons with other contemporary cars such as the Ford Pinto, Volkswagen Beetle, AMC Gremlin, and Toyota Corolla were done by a number of magazines. The Vega came out well, scoring praise for its combination of performance and economy"; as well as its speed, comfort, quietness and better ride. "Road and Track's" editor, John R. Bond said in September 1970, "I think the Vega is, beyond a doubt, the best handling passenger car ever built in the U.S. It has many other good qualities, but the road holding impressed and surprised me most of all."


title: Chevrolet Vega

text: The Center for Auto Safety criticized the car. A letter from its founder Ralph Nader to GM chairman Richard Gerstenberg contained a list of safety allegations, and said the car was a "sloppily crafted, unreliable and unsafe automobile" that "hardly set a good example in small car production for American industry". Criticisms continued long after production ceased. In 1979, "Popular Science" said free repairs in the 1970s cost tens of millions, continuing up to two years after the warranty ran out. A 1990 "Time" article said the Vega was "a poorly engineered car notorious for rust and breakdowns." In 1991, "Newsweek" magazine called the Vega costlier and more troublesome than its rivals.


title: Chevrolet Vega

text: Joe Sherman's 1993 book "In the Rings of Saturn" said that "by its third recall, ninety-five percent of all Vegas manufactured before May 1972 had critical safety flaws", and that the model's "checkered history only reinforced the belief that GM made inferior small cars. This legacy would prove far more important than any direct impact the Vega would have on GM's profits." "Motor Trend" said in its September 1999 "50th Anniversary Issue": "The Vega seemed well placed to set the standard for subcompacts in the 70s, but it was troubled by one of the most vulnerable Achilles heels in modern automotive history; an alloy four-cylinder engine block that self-destructed all too easily, and all too often. Once the word got out, the damage was done, even though the engine had been revamped." The April 2000 issue of "Collectible Automobile" magazine said: "The Chevy Vega has become a symbol of all the problems Detroit faced in the 70's." Robert Freeland's 2005 book "The Struggle for Control of the Modern Corporation" said "poor planning and perfunctory implementation ... led to an extremely poor quality automobile beset by mechanical problems."


title: Chevrolet Vega

text: In his 2010 book "Generation Busted," author Alan Zemek said, "Chevrolet's answer to the Japanese car, left it with a black eye."


title: Chevrolet Vega

text: "Car and Driver", and Edmunds.com. In 2010, John Pearley Huffman of "Popular Mechanics" summed up the Vega as "the car that nearly destroyed GM." In 2010, after driving a preserved, original '73 Vega GT, Frank Markus of "Motor Trend Classic" said, "After a few gentle miles, I begin to understand how this car won its awards and comparison tests. Well-maintained examples are great looking, nice-driving, economical classics—like Baltic Ave. with a Hotel, the best ones can be had for $10K or less."


title: Chevrolet Vega

text: In 2013, Frank Markus of "Motor Trend Classic" said, "Overblown—The China Syndrome might have over hyped the TMI (Three-Mile Island) incident as bad press might have exaggerated the Vega's woes."


title: Chevrolet Vega

text: Vega body styles were used for several badge engineered variants. The 1973 to 1977 Pontiac Astre had Vega bodies (and Vega engines through 1976). The 1978 to 1979 Chevrolet Monza and Pontiac Sunbird wagons used the Vega Kammback wagon body with engines by Pontiac and Buick. The Monza S used the Vega hatchback body.


title: Chevrolet Vega

text: In 1973, Chevrolet presented the XP-898 concept car using many Vega components, including the engine, and using a construction method intended to explore vehicle crashworthiness at high speed: a fiberglass foam sandwich body and chassis in four sections with rigid urethane foam infill.


title: Chevrolet Vega

text: In the early 1970s "Car and Driver" magazine challenged its readers to a series of Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) races for showroom stock sedans at Lime Rock Park, Connecticut – "The Car and Driver SS/Sedan Challenge". Bruce Cargill (representing the readers) won "Challenge I" in 1972 in a Dodge Colt, and Patrick Bedard, "C&D's" executive writer, won "Challenge II" in 1973 in an Opel 1900, "Challenge III" was the tie-breaker in 1974.


title: Chevrolet Vega

text: On October 12, 1974 "C&D's" 1973 Vega GT No. 0, driven by Bedard, "outran every single Opel, Colt, Pinto, Datsun, Toyota and Subaru on the starting grid [...] It had done the job – this Vega GT faced off against 31 other well-driven showroom stocks and it had finished first.


title: Chevrolet Vega

text: After Bedard purchased the year-old Vega in California for $1,900, former Chevrolet engineer Doug Roe – a Vega specialist – told him to "overfill it about a quart. "When you run them over 5,000 rpm, all the oil stays up in the head and you'll wipe the bearings. And something has to be done with the crankcase vents. If you don't it'll pump all that oil into the intake." Roe added that 215 degrees was normal and only above 230 degrees would the engine probably" detonate.


title: Chevrolet Vega

text: Bedard said, "Five laps from the end I discovered that once the tank drops below a quarter full, the fuel wouldn't pick up in the right turns. Twice per lap the carburetor would momentarily run dry. And if that wasn't bad enough, the temperature gauge read exactly 230 degrees and a white Opel was on my tail as unshakably as a heat-seeking missile. But it was also clear that no matter how good a driver Don Knowles was and no matter how quick his Opel, he wasn't going to get by if the Vega simply stayed alive. Which it did. You have to admire a car like that. If it wins, it must be the best, never mind all of the horror stories you hear, some of them from me."


title: Murder of Vanessa Guillén

text: The murder of Vanessa Guillén, a 20-year-old United States Army soldier, took place inside an armory at Fort Hood, Texas, on April22, 2020, when she was bludgeoned to death by another soldier, Aaron David Robinson. Guillén had been missing for over two months when some of her dismembered remains were found buried along the Leon River on June30. Upon hearing about the discovery, Robinson fled Fort Hood and fatally shot himself when law enforcement attempted to apprehend him in nearby Killeen, Texas.


title: Murder of Vanessa Guillén

text: Cecily Aguilar, a local woman identified by authorities as Robinson's girlfriend, was taken into custody and is alleged to have assisted him in dismembering and burying Guillén's body. On July2, 2020, Aguilar was charged with one federal count of conspiracy to tamper with evidence. On July13, 2021, she was indicted on eleven counts by a federal grand jury. On November 29, 2022 Aguilar plead guilty to accessory to murder after the fact and three counts of making a false statement.


title: Murder of Vanessa Guillén

text: Guillén was stationed at Fort Hood, a U.S. Army installation in Bell County, Texas, which is approximately in size and home to III Corps and the First Cavalry Division. She was last seen around 1:00 p.m. on April22, 2020, in the parking lot of her unit, the Regimental Engineer Squadron Headquarters of the 3rd Cavalry Regiment (3CR). Her car keys, identification card, bank card, and barracks key were found inside the armory where she worked. Guillén's family felt she disappeared under suspicious circumstances. The case was investigated under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command (CID) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) with local law enforcement agencies in Bell County, Killeen, and Belton; the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department; the United States Marshals Service; and the Texas Ranger Division in support. Multiple Fort Hood units, including 3CR, began searching the area within two weeks of her disappearance.


title: Murder of Vanessa Guillén

text: Before Guillén went missing, she had told her family that she was being sexually harassed by an unnamed sergeant at Fort Hood, and that complaints by other female soldiers made against the sergeant had been dismissed. Guillén's mother advised her to report the matter, but she responded that "she could put a stop to it herself" out of fear that her mother would be harmed for making a report. In early June, Guillén's mother told reporters she did not trust the Army's handling of the investigation and her attorney, Natalie Khawam, said she believed the family was "being kept in the dark" because few details had been released regarding the disappearance. On June13, 2020, hundreds of people assembled at the gates of Fort Hood to protest what organizers felt was a lack of information on the case. CID reported that they found no evidence that Guillén was assaulted, but said investigators believed foul play was involved in her disappearance.


title: Murder of Vanessa Guillén

text: On June17, the League of United Latin American Citizens added a $25,000 reward to the existing $25,000 reward announced by the Army for finding Guillén. On June 23, Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia, in whose district Guillén's family resides, met with Fort Hood officials to discuss the ongoing search. The authorities said that more than 300 interviews and over 10,000 hours were spent investigating Guillén's disappearance. On July 27, 2020, Guillén's mother, who had previously been detained for illegal immigration, was granted parole in place by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security through the assistance of Garcia and immigration attorney Luis Gomez Alfaro.


title: Murder of Vanessa Guillén

text: On June30, 2020, Army investigators were called in when contractors discovered partial human remains along the Leon River in Belton. The area had previously been searched by Texas Rangers, detectives, and cadaver dogs on June20 after a burn mound was discovered nearby. Investigators theorized that the remains, previously buried under concrete, had been dug up by wildlife. Tim Miller, Director of Texas EquuSearch, stated that it was the most sophisticated burial site he had ever seen.


title: Murder of Vanessa Guillén

text: Later that evening, at around 8:30p.m., authorities re-interviewed Cecily Anne Aguilar, a local woman who was the estranged wife of a soldier at Fort Hood. Aguilar was reported to be the girlfriend of Aaron David Robinson, a specialist ranked enlisted soldier who was one of the last known people to see Guillén on the day of her disappearance and who had previously been interviewed by investigators. Aguilar told police that Robinson had confessed to her that he had killed a female soldier at Fort Hood. At the request of law enforcement, Aguilar placed a controlled telephone call to Robinson, who said, "Baby, they found pieces", and texted Robinson multiple news articles, to which he never denied anything in response. According to a criminal complaint filed in the Western District Court of Texas, Aguilar allegedly helped Robinson dismember and dispose of Guillén's body on April22, 2020, after Robinson told her he had bludgeoned Guillén to death with a hammer inside the armory.


title: Murder of Vanessa Guillén

text: On the evening of June30, Robinson escaped the custody of an unarmed guard from his unit and fled Fort Hood after hearing the news of the discovery of remains. He had been detained by his unit at the request of a CID agent under the pretense of violating COVID-19 quarantine rules. In the early hours of July1, Killeen police located and attempted to make contact with Robinson, who produced a handgun and killed himself before he could be taken into custody.


title: Murder of Vanessa Guillén

text: Aguilar was arrested by Texas Rangers and held at the Bell County Jail. On July2, Bell County officials stated Aguilar would be transferred to federal custody due to being charged with one count of conspiracy to tamper with evidence by the United States Attorney's Office Western District of Texas. Assistant United States Attorneys Mark Frazier and Greg Gloff are prosecuting the case on behalf of the federal government.


title: Murder of Vanessa Guillén

text: On May 24, 2022 the Texas Department of Public Safety released a report stating that "Aguilar later explained why Robinson killed Guillen, saying Guillen saw Robinson's cellphone lock screen, which contained a picture of Aguilar. (Robinson) told her he was worried about getting in trouble for violating the Army's fraternization rules since Aguilar was still married to another soldier and he hit Guillen in the head with a hammer."


title: Murder of Vanessa Guillén

text: A mural in honor of Guillén was created in her hometown of Houston by a local artist. The mural portrays her with the flags of both the United States and Mexico, the latter due to her Mexican American ethnicity. Another mural is dedicated to her at Taqueria del Sol in the Park Place neighborhood. Multiple people also wrote corridos (songs) about her.


title: Murder of Vanessa Guillén

text: On July6, 2020, at city hall in Richmond, California, a memorial of candles along with tea lights spelling out “Vanessa” were displayed in front of a makeshift altar. Hundreds of people gathered to honour Guillén and other victims of sexual violence and mistreatment within the military.


title: Murder of Vanessa Guillén

text: On April19, 2021, Lieutenant General Robert P. White, commander of III Corps and Fort Hood unveiled that one out of the 27 gates that grant entry to Fort Hood will be renamed "The Vanessa Guillén Gate" with a plaque in her honor. The gate is also the main entry point to the 3rd Cavalry Regiment, where Guillén worked in an arms room as a small arms repairer.


title: Murder of Vanessa Guillén

text: Guillén's family called for justice and improvement of the way claims of sexual harassment are handled by the military. Guillén's mother stated publicly that she had spoken to witnesses who heard two shots at the moment of Robinson's death, and stated her belief that Robinson was executed by authorities as part of a coverup involving senior members of the military.


title: Murder of Vanessa Guillén

text: On July10, 2020, the Secretary of the Army Ryan D. McCarthy announced that he would order a "full independent review" of Guillén's case.


title: Murder of Vanessa Guillén

text: On December8, 2020, McCarthy announced the results of the investigation, disciplining 14 U.S. commanders and other leaders at Fort Hood, citing multiple "leadership failures". The investigation found that there was a "permissive environment for sexual assault and sexual harassment at Fort Hood." Among those disciplined by McCarthy were Major General Scott L. Efflandt, Colonel Ralph Overland and Command Sergeant Major Bradley Knapp. The Army suspended Major General Jeffery Broadwater and Command Sergeant Major Thomas C. Kenny, pending the outcome of a new investigation into the 1st Cavalry Division's command climate and program for preventing and responding to sexual harassment and assault. Disciplinary measures were also taken against soldiers and leaders assigned below brigade level, however the Army does not, as a matter of policy, "...release the names of the battalion level and below commanders and leaders who received administrative action."


title: Murder of Vanessa Guillén

text: During the December8 Pentagon press conference McCarthy said that Guillén's murder "shocked our conscience and brought attention to deeper problems" at Fort Hood and across the Army more widely. He said it "forced us to take a critical look at our systems, our policies, and ourselves."


title: Murder of Vanessa Guillén

text: Broadwater did not receive any disciplinary action following an investigation of the 1st Cavalry Division's command climate and turned command of the Division over to Major General John B. Richardson in July 2021. Broadwater was subsequently assigned as deputy commander of V Corps at Fort Knox, Kentucky.


title: Murder of Vanessa Guillén

text: On January26, 2022, President Joe Biden signed an Executive Order that established sexual harassment as a specific offense under the UCMJ.


title: WWE Tough Enough

text: WWE Tough Enough was an American professional wrestling reality competition series that was produced by WWE, wherein participants undergo professional wrestling training and compete for a contract with WWE. There were two winners per season for the first three seasons, all of which aired on MTV. A fourth competition was held in 2004, with only a single winner, who was integrated into (at the time) UPN's "SmackDown!". As revealed in October 2010, the USA Network, revived "Tough Enough" to air it immediately prior to "Raw", starting on April 4, 2011, a day after WrestleMania XXVII. The first three seasons were co-produced with MTV, while the revival is a co-production with Shed Media. Repeat broadcasts of the revival series are shown on Universal HD and have also aired recently on Oxygen and G4.


title: WWE Tough Enough

text: The idea of the show originally came from a deal the then-WWF made with MTV in spring of 2000. One part of a deal was to create a reality series where contestants compete to win a WWE contract, the winner being one male and one female.


title: WWE Tough Enough

text: Maven Huffman and Nidia Guenard won the first season of "Tough Enough". Only two contestants were actually cut from the competition; the others eliminated voluntarily exited. Of the final five contestants, four would eventually join the WWE. Nidia was released from WWE on November 3, 2004, while Maven was released on July 5, 2005.


title: WWE Tough Enough

text: Maven Huffman would go on to become a three time WWF Hardcore Champion. He was released by WWE in July 2005 and would later work for Impact Wrestling. Also he appeared on the sixth season of The Surreal Life. Nidia Guenard would go on to manage Jamie Noble and compete in the women's division. She was released by WWE in November 2004 and retired shortly afterwards. Christopher Nowinski would eventually make the main roster, where he was a two time WWE Hardcore Champion. He would retire from wrestling in 2003, becoming an advocate for concussion awareness. Josh Lomberger would be hired as a commentator and backstage interviewer under the name "Josh Matthews". He was released in 2014 and go on to work for Impact Wrestling as a commentator and senior producer, where he is also a one time Impact Grand Champion.


title: WWE Tough Enough

text: The second season winners were Linda Miles and Jackie Gayda. The result offended members of the male finalists, who claimed that when they signed forms to compete on "Tough Enough", the forms spoke of one male winner and one female winner. Eventually, Linda and Jackie were released on November 12, 2004 and July 5, 2005, respectively. Gayda later married wrestler Charlie Haas, but would later divorce in 2020.


title: WWE Tough Enough

text: Shad Gaspard, who would later become a member of the WWE tag team Cryme Tyme, was chosen to be one of the final 13 contestants on the show but, according to the show, failed a physical; he was subsequently replaced by Danny. Eventual season 3 winner John Hennigan (who went on to compete for the WWE as John Morrison) auditioned and survived the first cut down to 25 contestants, but, despite displaying well-tuned athletic ability, Hennigan's arrogance irritated the judges. It would be another year before Hennigan would make the show. There were several other well known faces in the crowd who didn't make the cut, but, eventually made a name for themselves in the business, including Shelly Martinez (known as Ariel in the WWE and as Salinas in TNA), Kia Stevens (known as Awesome Kong in TNA and as Kharma in WWE), former fitness model Kim Nielsen (who was known by her real name in WWE and as Desire in TNA, and who competed on season 13 of "The Biggest Loser"), Jaxson Ryker and Ken Anderson (known as Mr. Kennedy in WWE) (both of whom later returned to WWE).


title: WWE Tough Enough

text: Both winners Jackie Gayda and Linda Miles would go on to work on the main roster as managers. Gayda would manage future husband Charlie Haas and Rico under her real name, while Miles would manage the Basham Brothers as their dominatrix Shaniqua. Jessie Ward would work as a stage manager for WWE between 2002 and 2004. In September 2013, she married future NXT Superstar Tommaso Ciampa. Kenny Layne would later find success wrestling for Impact Wrestling and Ring of Honor under the ring name "Kenny King". Matt Morgan would work on the main roster in October 2003 until January 2004. He would return to OVW. In April 2005, Morgan returned to the main roster teaming with Carlito. He was released by WWE in July 2005. Later appear in the 2008 revival of American Gladiators as the gladiator "Beast". Morgan found success in Impact Wrestling, where he is a two time TNA World Tag Team Champion. Hawk Younkins would compete in one MMA match on September 18, 2004.


title: WWE Tough Enough

text: Former WWE Diva, Melina Perez, tried out for "Tough Enough III" and made it to the final 25, but was cut from the competition. During the tryouts, however, she met John Hennigan, and they eventually began a romantic relationship. She eventually received a WWE contract and worked for the company but was released on August 5, 2011. She worked as Melina on the "Raw" brand and became the first "Tough Enough" contestant to win the WWE Women's Championship, a title she has held three times and the WWE Divas Championship two times, an overall five-time champion, making her the most successful female "Tough Enough" contestant to enter WWE. Both Shawn Daivari and Daniel Puder are seen on film during audition episode. Both made it to the final 75, but were cut before they could make it to the training facility. Both men later went on as performers for WWE.


title: WWE Tough Enough

text: Hardcore Holly made a controversial guest appearance on one episode of the show, where he stiffed Cappotelli during a training match, leaving him brutalized, bleeding, crying and requesting to leave the program; the incident was discussed on February 8, 2003 episode of "WWE Confidential".


title: WWE Tough Enough

text: Hennigan, who wrestled for WWE under the names Johnny Nitro and John Morrison, would go on win various championships, including the ECW World Championship, three Intercontinental Championships, and the WWE, SmackDown, and World Tag Team Championships once each. Hennigan left WWE in November 2011 and also found success outside of WWE in other promotions such as Impact Wrestling, Lucha Underground and Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide between 2012 and 2019.


title: WWE Tough Enough

text: Cappotelli was developing his talent further in WWE development territory Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), but was diagnosed with a brain tumor in December 2005, forcing him to step away from wrestling and relinquish his OVW Heavyweight Championship. The tumor was removed in 2007, and it was unknown whether Cappotelli would ever return to professional wrestling. In July 2017, Cappotelli announced that he was diagnosed with grade IV glioblastoma multiforme. He died on June 29, 2018, at the age of 38.


title: WWE Tough Enough

text: In the cover story from the October 5, 2002 issue of the "Pro Wrestling Torch Newsletter", it was revealed that contestant "Lisa" was removed from the show after what was referred to as a "psychotic breakdown." After being left at the house while the other contestants went out to dinner, she began throwing herself against the walls of the house, eventually breaking into the hidden MTV control room and working her way onto the roof. After being talked down by producers, she was committed to a hospital facility to receive psychiatric treatment. Her parents flew in from New Mexico to pick her up, but she physically attacked them, claiming she did not know them. She then escaped custody inside LAX, shutting down a wing of the airport until she was located. Again, she was hospitalized, but she was able to check herself out shortly after. She then contacted "Tough Enough" producers, claiming she was ready to return to the show. Producers informed her she had been removed from the competition due to her actions. The other contestants (and, subsequently, the audience) were initially told that Lisa simply decided wrestling "wasn't the right career for her." Lisa then reemerged in Louisville, Kentucky at the Ohio Valley Wrestling training center, claiming that trainer Al Snow and producer John "Big" Gaburick had sent her for additional training, both in the ring and to learn further about the structure of the developmental territory system. At a series of shows in California in September 2002, she managed to talk her way backstage and was even allowed to assist with the pyrotechnics for the wrestlers' entrances at a TV taping. One source claimed that she had a face-to-face conversation with Vince McMahon, who was apparently unaware of her status with the "Tough Enough" program. Soon after, her photograph was circulated to security personnel, and she was barred from any backstage areas.


title: WWE Tough Enough

text: The fourth "Tough Enough" competition was conducted as part of WWE's "SmackDown!" brand between October and December 2004 in response to "Raw" holding the first annual "Raw" Diva Search" contest. The prize was a $1 million professional wrestling contract split evenly over four years with only the first year guaranteed. The winner of the fourth series, announced on December 14, 2004, and televised on December 16, 2004, was Daniel Puder, an American professional mixed martial artist. Puder competed in his second WWE pay-per-view event on January 30, 2005 as the third entrant in the 2005 Royal Rumble match. Soon after, he was sent to OVW before eventually being released in September 2005.


title: WWE Tough Enough

text: On November 4, 2004, episode of "SmackDown!", taped in St. Louis, Missouri, during an unscripted segment of "Tough Enough", Kurt Angle, a former American amateur wrestler and 1996 Olympic gold medalist, challenged the finalists through a squat thrust competition. Chris Nawrocki won the competition, and the prize Nawrocki won was a match against Angle. Angle quickly took Nawrocki down, breaking his ribs, then made him tap out with a "neck crank". After Angle defeated Nawrocki, Angle challenged the other finalists. Puder accepted Angle's challenge. Angle and Puder wrestled for position, with Angle taking Puder down; however, in the process, Puder locked Angle in a "kimura lock". With Puder on his back and Angle's arm locked in the "kimura", Angle attempted a pin, one of two referees in the ring, Jim Korderas, quickly counted three to end the bout, despite the fact that Puder's shoulders weren't fully down on the mat, bridging up at two. Puder later claimed he would have snapped Angle's arm, thus making Angle tap out on national television, if Korderas had not ended the match. Dave Meltzer and Dave Scherer gave these following comments:


title: WWE Tough Enough

text: Mike Mizanin signed a developmental contract with WWE and made his main roster debut in 2006 as The Miz and became the first and the only "Tough Enough" contestant to win the WWE Championship and to headline WrestleMania. Additionally, he has held multiple midcard and tag team championships in WWE, and is one of only two wrestlers in WWE history to complete the Grand Slam twice.


title: WWE Tough Enough

text: Ryan Reeves signed a developmental contract with WWE. He later participated in the first season of "NXT" in early 2010 under the ring name Skip Sheffield, and became one of the original members of the faction The Nexus. He resurfaced on the main roster in early 2012 under the ring name Ryback, and headlined five pay-per-view events, three of those for the WWE Championship. He is also a former WWE Intercontinental Champion. He would remain with WWE until August 2016.


title: WWE Tough Enough

text: Daniel Rodimer signed a developmental contract with WWE, and later wrestled on "Heat" as Dan Rodman in 2007. He retired from wrestling in late 2007.


title: WWE Tough Enough

text: Nick Mitchell signed a developmental contract with WWE. He made his debut on the main roster in January 2006 as Mitch, a member of the male cheerleader group The Spirit Squad. As a member of the Spirit Squad, he is a former World Tag Team Champion, which he won under the Freebird Rule. He was released by WWE in May 2007 and retired completely from wrestling.


title: WWE Tough Enough

text: Justice Smith would later appear in the 2008 revival of American Gladiators, using his first name as his gladiator name.


title: WWE Tough Enough

text: Marty Wright, who lied about his age during the auditions and was disqualified, later signed with WWE and competed as The Boogeyman.


title: WWE Tough Enough

text: During the tryouts, Brian Danovich suffered a torn pectoral muscle during the bench press but then went on to complete the assault course in its entirely while carrying the injury. After withdrawing from the event, then Head of Talent Relations John Laurinaitis offered him a developmental contract on the spot though he was eventually released after numerous injuries without appearing on the main roster. He would resurface in June 2018 with a wrestling internet radio show called "Wrestling With Passion" on Action VR Network on Mixlr, which lasted only five episodes before his untimely death on August 9, 2018, at the age of 38 by committing suicide.


title: WWE Tough Enough

text: Andrew Hankinson tried out for this season but failed to make it to the finals. However, he was signed to a WWE developmental contract and later competed in WWE as Festus and Luke Gallows until his WWE release in November 2010. He would go on to compete for Impact Wrestling as a member of the Aces & Eights and New Japan Pro-Wrestling teaming with Karl Anderson as members of the Bullet Club. In 2016, Gallows returned to WWE with Anderson as tag team champions. They were both released in April 2020.


title: WWE Tough Enough

text: On October 18, 2010, the television website Deadline Hollywood reported that USA Network was considering expanding into reality programming with a revival of "Tough Enough". The website also reported that the show was expected to "run in tandem with USA's "WWE Raw" series." On January 3, 2011, both "The New York Times" and WWE further confirmed the revival, revealing that the revived series would begin airing Monday nights beginning on April 4, 2011, following "WWE Raw", and a day after WrestleMania XXVII. The following week, "Tough Enough" aired during its planned time slot before "WWE Raw". The revived series is a co-production with Shed Media.


title: WWE Tough Enough

text: Stone Cold Steve Austin served as the show's season 5 host while Booker T, Trish Stratus, and Bill DeMott served as trainers. According to USA Network's episode guide, the 2011 season is referred to as "Season 1", therefore making no reference to its prior runs on other networks. In addition, although the premise of this show is similar to that of "WWE NXT", "Tough Enough" season 5 ran concurrently with "NXT" and did not replace it.


title: WWE Tough Enough

text: Similar to the reality series "Hell's Kitchen", several episodes concluded with a voiceover of Austin's thoughts on the eliminated contestant as he goes to his office and hangs their belt on the wall.


title: WWE Tough Enough

text: Ariane Andrew, Christina Crawford, and Ivelisse Vélez received developmental contracts after the show was over along with winner Andy Leavine. Despite being the first person cut from the competition, Ariane Andrew ultimately wound up being the sole contestant to be called up to the main roster. She has appeared on WWE programming as Cameron, one half of The Funkadactyls, as well as "Total Divas" as herself. Leavine was released in 2012 after a lackluster run in developmental. He would later find success while wrestling in World Wrestling Council, where he is a one time WWC Universal Heavyweight Champion and one time WWC World Tag Team Champion. He would retire from wrestling in 2014. Vélez only stayed in the developmental territory FCW and left WWE in August 2012 after frustrations with the company.


title: WWE Tough Enough

text: Matt Capiccioni, Ivelisse Vélez, and Martin Casaus would later wrestle for Lucha Underground as Son of Havoc, Ivelisse, and Marty "The Moth" Martinez, respectively. Capiccioni and Velez both won the Lucha Underground Trios Championship on multiple occasions, whereas Casaus won both Lucha Underground Championship and Lucha Underground Gift of the Gods Championship.


title: WWE Tough Enough

text: Jeremiah Riggs would return to Bellator MMA in 2012, going on to lose three fights in the promotion before completely retiring from MMA. He would later compete on a 2015 episode of Steve Austin's Broken Skull Challenge.


title: WWE Tough Enough

text: On January 15, 2015, season 6 of "Tough Enough" was announced at the Critics Association Winter Press. Daniel Bryan, Hulk Hogan, and Paige served as judges, while Billy Gunn, Booker T, and Lita served as trainers/coaches. The show aired live from the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida - home base of WWE's NXT developmental territory. The winners, Josh and Sara, each received a $250,000 contract with WWE. On October 28, it was confirmed that Amanda, ZZ, Mada, Patrick, and Daria signed to a WWE contract. Amanda also appeared on the fifth season of WWE's reality television show "Total Divas". A year later, Chelsea and Gabi signed with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Chelsea would later go onto sign a contract with WWE in 2018.


title: WWE Tough Enough

text: Along with the two winners, the following finalists received developmental contracts right after the show ended: Amanda Saccomanno, ZZ Loupe, Mada Abdelhamid, Patrick Clark, and Daria Berenato. Chelsea Green would eventually be signed in 2018 after a successful run in Impact Wrestling under the ring name "Laurel Van Ness".


title: WWE Tough Enough

text: Saccomanno, Berenato, and Green would eventually get called up to the main roster. Saccomanno wrestled under the ring name "Mandy Rose" and Berenato under the ring name "Sonya Deville". Green elected to wrestle under her real name. Clark would go on to win the NXT North American Championship under the ring name "Velveteen Dream", where he currently holds the record for the longest single reign. Sara Lee and ZZ Loupe were released in 2016. Josh Bredl was released in 2017 along with Mada Abdelhamid, who had requested for his own release. In April 2021, Chelsea Green was released from her WWE contract, with Patrick Clark being released the following month.


title: WWE Tough Enough

text: Gabi Castrovinci would go on to wrestle for Impact Wrestling from 2016 to 2017 under the ring name "Raquel". She has also go on to be a one time Shine Tag Team Champion.


title: WWE Tough Enough

text: Sara Lee worked with WWE NXT brand for a year. Afterwards she retired from wrestling and married Wesley Blake in 2017. They had 3 children. Lee passed away on October 6th, 2022.


title: Type 075 landing helicopter dock

text: The Type 075 landing helicopter dock (NATO reporting name: Yushen-class landing helicopter assault) is a class of Chinese amphibious assault ships built by Hudong–Zhonghua Shipbuilding for the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). It has a full-length flight deck for helicopter operations and features a floodable well deck from which to disembark hovercraft and armored amphibious assault vehicles.


title: Type 075 landing helicopter dock

text: The Marine Design and Research Institute of China (708 Institute) of the China State Shipbuilding Corporation began design work in 2011. Debate over the desired result may have continued into 2016. Reportedly, the Central Military Commission Equipment Development Department favored a smaller design than the final Type 075, effectively an enlarged Type 071 amphibious transport dock, possibly due to concerns that the existing propulsion plant was insufficient for a larger ship. Ultimately, the PLAN's desire for an LHA prevailed. Hudong–Zhonghua Shipbuilding received the contract in 2018 and construction began that year.


title: Type 075 landing helicopter dock

text: Images of "Hainan", the first ship, under construction in drydock appeared by June 2019. She suffered a minor fire while fitting out in April 2020 which did not slow construction. "Hainan" commissioned on 23 April 2021 and reached initial operating capability in March 2022.


title: Type 075 landing helicopter dock

text: The flight deck is 226 meters long and 36 meters wide. There are seven flight spots - six along the port side and one aft of the island. The forward aircraft elevator can carry one medium helicopter with rotors folded; the stern elevator is larger and can carry Changhe Z-8 helicopters with rotors folded. Two weapons elevators are located on the forward flight deck. The hangar may be 150 meters long, 20 meters wide, and 6 meters high. The ship may operate 20-35 aircraft.


title: Type 075 landing helicopter dock

text: The well deck and vehicle deck are one continuous space. The well deck has a 20 meter wide gate and may be 80-90 meters long, sufficient for two or three Type 726 LCACs. The vehicle deck is large enough for a PLAN Marine Corps amphibious mechanized infantry company plus additional platoon-sized tank or artillery elements. An opening on each side allows roll-on/roll-off access to the vehicle deck.


title: Vasodilation

text: Vasodilation is the widening of blood vessels. It results from relaxation of smooth muscle cells within the vessel walls, in particular in the large veins, large arteries, and smaller arterioles. The process is the opposite of vasoconstriction, which is the narrowing of blood vessels.


title: Vasodilation

text: When blood vessels dilate, the flow of blood is increased due to a decrease in vascular resistance and increase in cardiac output. Therefore, dilation of arterial blood vessels (mainly the arterioles) decreases blood pressure. The response may be intrinsic (due to local processes in the surrounding tissue) or extrinsic (due to hormones or the nervous system). In addition, the response may be localized to a specific organ (depending on the metabolic needs of a particular tissue, as during strenuous exercise), or it may be systemic (seen throughout the entire systemic circulation).


title: Vasodilation

text: Endogenous substances and drugs that cause vasodilation are termed vasodilators. Such vasoactivity is necessary for homeostasis (keeping the body running normally).


title: Vasodilation

text: The primary function of vasodilation is to increase blood flow in the body to tissues that need it most. This is often in response to a localized need for oxygen but can occur when the tissue in question is not receiving enough glucose, lipids, or other nutrients. Localized tissues have multiple ways to increase blood flow, including releasing vasodilators, primarily adenosine, into the local interstitial fluid, which diffuses to capillary beds, provoking local vasodilation. Some physiologists have suggested that it is the lack of oxygen itself that causes capillary beds to vasodilate by the smooth muscle hypoxia of the vessels in the region. This latter hypothesis is posited due to the presence of precapillary sphincters in capillary beds. These approaches to the mechanism of vasodilation are not mutually exclusive.


title: Vasodilation

text: Vasodilation directly affects the relationship between mean arterial pressure, cardiac output, and total peripheral resistance (TPR). Vasodilation occurs in the time phase of cardiac systole, whereas vasoconstriction follows in the opposite time phase of cardiac diastole. Cardiac output (blood flow measured in volume per unit time) is computed by multiplying the heart rate (in beats per minute) and the stroke volume (the volume of blood ejected during ventricular systole). TPR depends on several factors, including the length of the vessel, the viscosity of blood (determined by hematocrit) and the diameter of the blood vessel. The latter is the most important variable in determining resistance, with the TPR changing by the fourth power of the


title: Vasodilation

text: radius. An increase in either of these physiological components (cardiac output or TPR) causes a rise in the mean arterial pressure. Vasodilation works to decrease TPR and blood pressure through relaxation of smooth muscle cells in the tunica media layer of large arteries and smaller arterioles.


title: Vasodilation

text: Vasodilation occurs in superficial blood vessels of warm-blooded animals when their ambient environment is hot; this process diverts the flow of heated blood to the skin of the animal, where heat can be more easily released to the atmosphere. The opposite physiological process is vasoconstriction. These processes are naturally modulated by local paracrine agents from endothelial cells (e.g., nitric oxide, bradykinin, potassium ions, and adenosine), as well as an organism's autonomic nervous system and adrenal glands, both of which secrete catecholamines such as norepinephrine and epinephrine, respectively.


title: Vasodilation

text: Vasodilation is the result of relaxation in smooth muscle surrounding the blood vessels. This relaxation, in turn, relies on removing the stimulus for contraction, which depends on intracellular calcium ion concentrations and is tightly linked with phosphorylation of the light chain of the contractile protein myosin. Thus, vasodilation works mainly either by lowering intracellular calcium concentration or by dephosphorylation (really substitution of ATP for ADP) of myosin. Dephosphorylation by myosin light-chain phosphatase and induction of calcium symporters and antiporters that pump calcium ions out of the intracellular compartment both contribute to smooth muscle cell relaxation and therefore vasodilation. This is accomplished through reuptake of ions into the sarcoplasmic reticulum via exchangers and expulsion across the plasma membrane. There are three main intracellular stimuli that can result in the vasodilation of blood vessels. The specific mechanisms to accomplish these effects vary from vasodilator to vasodilator.


title: Vasodilation

text: The vasodilating action of activation of beta-2 receptors (such as by adrenaline) appears to be endothelium-independent.


title: Vasodilation

text: Although it is recognized that the sympathetic nervous system plays an expendable role in vasodilation, it is only one of the mechanisms by which vasodilation can be accomplished. The spinal cord has both vasodilation and vasoconstriction nerves. The neurons that control vascular vasodilation originate in the hypothalamus. Some sympathetic stimulation of arterioles in skeletal muscle is mediated by epinephrine acting on β-adrenergic receptors of arteriolar smooth muscle, which would be mediated by cAMP pathways, as discussed above. However, it has been shown that knocking out this sympathetic stimulation plays little or no role in whether skeletal muscle is able to receive sufficient oxygen even at high levels of exertion, so it is believed that this particular method of vasodilation is of little importance to human physiology.


title: Vasodilation

text: In cases of emotional distress, this system may activate, resulting in fainting due to decreased blood pressure from vasodilation, which is referred to as vasovagal syncope.


title: Vasodilation

text: Cold-induced vasodilation (CIVD) occurs after cold exposure, possibly to reduce the risk of injury. It can take place in several locations in the human body but is observed most often in the extremities. The fingers are especially common because they are exposed most often.


title: Vasodilation

text: When the fingers are exposed to cold, vasoconstriction occurs first to reduce heat loss, resulting in strong cooling of the fingers. Approximately five to ten minutes after the start of the cold exposure of the hand, the blood vessels in the finger tips will suddenly vasodilate. This is probably caused by a sudden decrease in the release of neurotransmitters from the sympathetic nerves to the muscular coat of the arteriovenous anastomoses due to local cold. The CIVD increases blood flow and subsequently the temperature of the fingers. This can be painful and is sometimes known as the 'hot aches' which can be painful enough to bring on vomiting.


title: Vasodilation

text: A new phase of vasoconstriction follows the vasodilation, after which the process repeats itself. This is called the Hunting reaction. Experiments have shown that three other vascular responses to immersion of the finger in cold water are possible: a continuous state of vasoconstriction; slow, steady, and continuous rewarming; and a proportional control form in which the blood vessel diameter remains constant after an initial phase of vasoconstriction. However, the vast majority of responses can be classified as the Hunting reaction.


title: Vasodilation

text: Vasodilators are used to treat conditions such as hypertension, wherein the patient has an abnormally high blood pressure, as well as angina, congestive heart failure, and erectile dysfunction, and where maintaining a lower blood pressure reduces the patient's risk of developing other cardiac problems.


title: Vasodilation

text: Flushing may be a physiological response to vasodilators. Some phosphodiesterase inhibitors such as sildenafil, vardenafil and tadalafil, work to increase blood flow in the penis through vasodilation. They may also be used to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).


title: Log4j

text: Apache Log4j is a Java-based logging utility originally written by Ceki Gülcü. It is part of the Apache Logging Services, a project of the Apache Software Foundation. Log4j is one of several Java logging frameworks.


title: Log4j

text: The Apache Log4j team developed Log4j 2 in response to the problems of Log4j 1.2, 1.3, codice_1 and Logback, addressing issues which appeared in those frameworks. In addition, Log4j 2 offered a plugin architecture which makes it more extensible than its predecessor. Log4j 2 is not backwards compatible with 1.x versions, although an "adapter" is available. On August 5, 2015, the Apache Logging Services Project Management Committee announced that Log4j 1 had reached end of life and that users of Log4j 1 were advised to upgrade to Apache Log4j 2. On January 12th 2022, a forked and renamed log4j version 1.2 was released by Ceki Gülcü as Reload4j version 1.2.18.0 with the aim of fixing the most urgent issues in log4j 1.2.17 that had accumulated since its release in 2013.


title: Log4j

text: On December 9, 2021, a zero-day vulnerability involving arbitrary code execution in Log4j 2 was published by the Alibaba Cloud Security Team and given the descriptor "Log4Shell". It has been characterized by Tenable as "the single biggest, most critical vulnerability of the last decade".


title: Log4j

text: Apache Log4j 2 is the successor of Log4j 1 which was released as GA version in July 2014. The framework was rewritten from scratch and has been inspired by existing logging solutions, including Log4j 1 and java.util.logging. The main differences from Log4j 1 are:


title: Log4j

text: One of the most recognized features of Log4j 2 is the performance of the "Asynchronous Loggers". Log4j 2 makes use of the LMAX Disruptor. The library reduces the need for kernel locking and increases the logging performance by a factor of 12. For example, in the same environment Log4j 2 can write more than 18,000,000 messages per second, whereas other frameworks like Logback and Log4j 1 just write < 2,000,000 messages per second.


title: Log4j

text: The following table defines the built-in log levels and messages in Log4j, in decreasing order of severity. The left column lists the log level designation in Log4j and the right column provides a brief description of each log level.


title: Log4j

text: Log4j 2 allows users to define their own log levels. A source code generator tool is provided to create Loggers that support custom log levels identically to the built-in log levels. Custom log levels can either complement or replace the built-in log levels.


title: Log4j

text: Log4j can be configured through a configuration file or through Java code. Configuration files can be written in XML, JSON, YAML, or properties file format. Within a configuration, you can define three main components: Loggers, Appenders, and Layouts. Configuring logging via a file has the advantage that logging can be turned on or off without modifying the application that uses Log4j. The application can be allowed to run with logging off until there's a problem, for example, and then logging can be turned back on simply by modifying the configuration file.


title: Log4j

text: Loggers are named log message destinations. They are the names that are known to the Java application. Each logger is independently configurable as to what level of logging (FATAL, ERROR, etc.) it currently logs. In early versions of Log4j, these were called category and priority, but now they're called logger and level, respectively. A Logger can send log messages to multiple Appenders.


title: Log4j

text: The actual outputs are done by Appenders. There are numerous Appenders available, with descriptive names, such as FileAppender, RollingFileAppender, ConsoleAppender, SocketAppender, SyslogAppender, and SMTPAppender. Log4j 2 added Appenders that write to Apache Flume, the Java Persistence API, Apache Kafka, NoSQL databases, Memory-mapped files, Random Access files and ZeroMQ endpoints. Multiple Appenders can be attached to any Logger, so it's possible to log the same information to multiple outputs; for example to a file locally and to a socket listener on another computer.


title: Log4j

text: Appenders use Layouts to format log entries. A popular way to format one-line-at-a-time log files is PatternLayout, which uses a pattern string, much like the C / C++ function printf. There are also HTMLLayout and XMLLayout formatters for use when HTML or XML formats are more convenient, respectively. Log4j 2 added Layouts for CSV, Graylog Extended Log Format (GELF), JSON, YAML and RFC-5424.


title: Log4j

text: In Log4j 2, Filters can be defined on configuration elements to give more fine-grained control over which log entries should be processed by which Loggers and Appenders. In addition to filtering by log level and regular expression matching on the message string, Log4j 2 added burst filters, time filters, filtering by other log event attributes like Markers or Thread Context Map and JSR 223 script filters.


title: Log4j

text: There is also an implicit "unconfigured" or "default" configuration of Log4j, that of a Log4j-instrumented Java application which lacks any Log4j configuration. This prints to stdout a warning that the program is unconfigured, and the URL to the Log4j web site where details on the warning and configuration may be found. As well as printing this warning, an unconfigured Log4j application will only print ERROR or FATAL log entries to standard out.


title: Log4j

text: <!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration PUBLIC "-//LOGGER" "http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/apidocs/org/apache/log4j/xml/doc-files/log4j.dtd">


title: Log4j

text: TTCC is a message format used by log4j. TTCC is an acronym for "Time Thread Category Component". It uses the following pattern:


title: Log4j

text: A zero-day vulnerability involving remote code execution in Log4j 2, given the descriptor "Log4Shell" (CVE-2021-44228), was found and reported to Apache by Alibaba on November 24, 2021, and published in a tweet on December 9, 2021. Affected services include Cloudflare, iCloud, "", Steam, Tencent QQ, and Twitter. The Apache Software Foundation assigned the maximum CVSS severity rating of 10 to Log4Shell, as millions of servers could be potentially vulnerable to the exploit. The vulnerability was characterized by cybersecurity firm Tenable as "the single biggest, most critical vulnerability of the last decade" and Lunasec's Free Wortley characterized it as "a design failure of catastrophic proportions".


title: Log4j

text: In the United States, the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Jen Easterly, termed the exploit "critical" and advised vendors to prioritize software updates, and the German agency Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) designated the exploit as being at its highest threat level, calling it an "extremely critical threat situation" (translated). The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (CCCS) called on organisations to take on immediate action.


title: Log4j

text: The feature causing the vulnerability could be disabled with a configuration setting, which had been removed in Log4j version 2.15.0-rc1 (officially released on December 6, 2021, three days before the vulnerability was published), and replaced by various settings restricting remote lookups, thereby mitigating the vulnerability. For additional security, all features using JNDI, on which this vulnerability was based, will be disabled by default, and support for message lookups removed from version 2.16.0 onward.


title: Log4j

text: The official "" launcher has had this vulnerability patched. The use of custom launchers or custom java versions could mean that the client has not been patched. Playing on servers that do not have this vulnerability patched will allow any player on the server to execute potentially malicious code on another client's computer. Playing single player or multiplayer on versions above 1.18.1 will prevent this vulnerability. Versions below 1.7 are not affected. Game server hosts must specifically patch their servers if they are running versions 1.7-1.18, if not done, any player will be able to use this vulnerability.


title: Annie Mumolo

text: Anne Marie Mumolo (born July 10, 1973) is an American actress, screenwriter, comedian, and producer, best known for co-writing the 2011 film "Bridesmaids" with Kristen Wiig, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award and a BAFTA for Best Original Screenplay. She and Wiig also co-wrote the screenplay and played leading roles for the 2021 comedy film "Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar". She has also appeared in films such as "This Is 40" (2012), "Afternoon Delight" (2013), "The Boss" (2016), "Bad Moms" (2016), "Queenpins" (2020), and "Confess, Fletch" (2022).


title: Annie Mumolo

text: Mumolo was born in Irvine, California, to a dentist father and a homemaker mother, Alice. She is of Italian descent. Her grandfather, Dominic Mumolo, was a studio musician on staff at NBC from 1949 to 1971, where he played on "The Dean Martin Show", "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In", "The Andy Williams Show", and "The Tonight Show". He also recorded with musicians including Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, and Nelson Riddle.


title: Annie Mumolo

text: Mumolo graduated from Mater Dei High School in 1991 and the University of California, Berkeley, where she was a member of Chi Omega and received her B.A. in history in 1995.


title: Annie Mumolo

text: Mumolo began her career as a member of the improvisational comedy troupe The Groundlings. She appeared in the 2005 comedy film "Bewitched" and television shows such as "The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman", "Out of Practice", and "Two and a Half Men". She started voice acting in 2004 on the television series "Maya & Miguel". She was an actress on "Random! Cartoons", for the segments "Hero Heights", "Sparkles and Gloom", and "Thom Cat". She appeared in two ABC pilots in 2009, "Bad Mother's Handbook" and "This Might Hurt". She voiced Jimmy and Natalie in the cartoon short series "Ape Escape" on Nicktoons Network in 2007. In 2009, Mumolo wrote an episode of "In the Motherhood" titled "Where There's a Will, There's a Wake".


title: Annie Mumolo

text: In 2011, Mumolo played an anxious airline passenger in the comedy film, "Bridesmaids", which she wrote with fellow Groundlings performer Kristen Wiig. The film was released that spring by Universal Pictures to critical acclaim, making US$167 million in North America and US$280 million worldwide. She received Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay), BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay and Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay nominations. Following the success of "Bridesmaids", Mumolo played a supporting role in the 2012 comedy film "This Is 40", which was directed by Judd Apatow. In 2013, she appeared in Joey Soloway's comedy-drama film "Afternoon Delight", and from 2014 to 2015 she was a regular cast member in the NBC comedy series "About a Boy".


title: Annie Mumolo

text: After "Bridesmaids", Mumolo was fired as a writer for the 20th Century Fox biographical film "Joy", which might have had Kristen Wiig star as Joy Mangano. After several changes made by director David O. Russell, she received only a "story by" credit. In a 2021 interview, Mumolo said "As a writer, you’re treated very differently than you are as an actor, in almost every way. I feel like it’s exponentially harder for that reason alone. The ‘Joy’ movie was a very heartbreaking experience for me, and I had to just sort of separate because of that aspect of things. When it was going in one direction, we got a phone call overnight that there's a change happening. And then I was asked to do things that were against my morality, and it was very difficult. When I didn't feel comfortable doing those things that were against my values, I was lambasted. I can't say too much. I guess probably because I was living in fear.”


title: Annie Mumolo

text: In 2016, Mumolo appeared in the two comedy films. The first was "The Boss" starring Melissa McCarthy and directed by Ben Falcone, and the second was box-office hit "Bad Moms" alongside Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Christina Applegate. In 2017, she co-wrote biographical drama film "Megan Leavey" directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite. On television, she had a recurring role on "Angie Tribeca" and played a leading role in the 2017 comedy pilot "Amy’s Brother". In 2020, Mumolo recurred on the comedy-mystery "Mapleworth Murders" for Quibi.


title: Annie Mumolo

text: In 2021, Mumolo re-teamed with Wiig on "Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar", which they co-wrote and co-starred in. Originally scheduled for a 2020 release, the film was pushed back due to the pandemic and released in the United States via PVOD on February 12, 2021, by Lionsgate. The film received generally positive reviews from critics. Also in 2021, it was announced that Mumolo and Wiig would write a Disney live-action musical comedy centering on the evil stepsisters Anastasia and Drizella from the animated classic "Cinderella". In 2022, Mumolo appeared in the crime comedy film, "Confess, Fletch". She also starred in the upcoming comedy films "Murder Mystery 2" and Untitled Adele Lim film. She was cast in the drama film "The Idea of You" starring and produced by Anne Hathaway.


title: 2016–17 Real Madrid CF season

text: The 2016–17 season was Real Madrid Club de Fútbol's 113th season in existence and the club's 86th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. It covered a period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.


title: 2016–17 Real Madrid CF season

text: The 2016–17 season was one of the most successful campaigns in the history of Real Madrid. The club attained four titles, including a La Liga and Champions League double, a feat only achieved twice before by Real (in 1956–57 and 1957–58).


title: 2016–17 Real Madrid CF season

text: This season was the first since 2003–04 and 2008–09 without Álvaro Arbeloa who departed to join West Ham United, having stayed at the club for seven years during his second spell.


title: 2016–17 Real Madrid CF season

text: On 15 June 2016, Denis Cheryshev was sold to Villarreal. On 21 June 2016, Álvaro Morata re-joined the club under a buy back clause from Juventus for a €30M fee.


title: 2016–17 Real Madrid CF season

text: On 8 August 2016, Jesé moved to Paris Saint-Germain. On 9 August 2016, Real won the UEFA Super Cup, producing a 3–2 comeback victory against Sevilla after extra time. On 21 August 2016, Madrid started off the league campaign with a 3–0 victory at Real Sociedad with a brace from Gareth Bale and a goal from Marco Asensio. On 27 August 2016, at their home debut of the season, goals from Morata and Toni Kroos gave Madrid a narrow 2–1 victory against Celta Vigo.


title: 2016–17 Real Madrid CF season

text: On 10 September 2016, Real Madrid started the new month with a 5–2 victory over Osasuna with goals by Cristiano Ronaldo, Danilo, Ramos, Luka Modrić and Pepe. On 14 September 2016, late goals from Ronaldo and Morata got Madrid off to a winning start in the Champions League season against Sporting CP. On 18 September 2016, Real Madrid won 2–0 at Espanyol by goals from James Rodríguez and Karim Benzema. With that win, Real won their 16th straight La Liga game, equalling the record. On 21 September 2016, Madrid drew Villarreal 1–1 at home with a goal from Ramos. On 24 September 2016, Madrid came home with their second straight draw after a 2–2 stalemate at Las Palmas, with goals from Asensio and Benzema. On 27 September 2016, Madrid drew Borussia Dortmund 2–2 in the Champions League, with goals from Ronaldo and Raphaël Varane.


title: 2016–17 Real Madrid CF season

text: On 2 October 2016, Madrid faced SD Eibar at the Bernabéu, with the match ending in a 1–1 draw. Bale scored for Real, as the team extended their winless streak to four games. On 15 October 2016, Madrid finally snapped that streak, crushing Real Betis 6–1 on the road, thanks to a brace from Isco and goals from Raphaël Varane, Benzema, Marcelo and Ronaldo. On 18 October 2016, Real won 5–1 in the Champions League against Legia Warsaw by goals from Bale, Asensio, Lucas Vázquez, Morata and an own goal. On 23 October 2016, Morata gave Madrid a late 2–1 win against Athletic Bilbao after Benzema scored the opening goal. On 26 October 2016, the cup competition got underway with a 7–1 win over Cultural Leonesa, thanks to braces from Asensio and Morata and goals from Nacho and Mariano. On 29 October 2016, a hat-trick from Ronaldo and a goal from Morata gave Madrid a 4–1 win at Alavés.


title: 2016–17 Real Madrid CF season

text: On 2 November 2016, Mateo Kovačić gave Madrid the late equalizer in a 3–3 draw at Warsaw, after Bale and Benzema opened a 2–0 lead. On 6 November 2016, a brace from Bale and a goal from Morata helped Madrid to a 3–0 win against Leganés. On 19 November 2016, Real defeated Atlético Madrid 3–0 in the Madrid derby at the Vicente Calderón, thanks to a Ronaldo hat-trick. On 22 November 2016, goals from Varane and Benzema secured Madrid a 2–1 victory at Sporting CP and the qualification to the knockout stage of the Champions League. On 26 November 2016, a brace from Ronaldo gave Madrid a 2–1 home win over Sporting de Gijón. On 30 November 2016, Madrid defeated Cultural Leonesa 6–1 in the second leg of the round of 32 in the Copa del Rey, with a hat-trick from Mariano and goals from Rodríguez, Enzo Fernández and an own goal. Real won 13–2 on aggregate and advanced to the next round.


title: 2016–17 Real Madrid CF season

text: On 3 December 2016, Madrid drew to Barcelona in the first "Clásico" of the season, with a late goal from Ramos. On 7 December 2016, a brace from Benzema was not enough in a 2–2 draw against Borussia Dortmund, which resulted in Madrid finishing second in their Champions League group. On 10 December 2016, Madrid needed another late goal from Ramos to win 3–2 against Deportivo La Coruña, after Morata and Mariano scored the other goals. This game set a new record as it was the 35th game for "Los Blancos" without a loss. On 15 December 2016, Madrid defeated América 2–0 in the semi-final of the Club World Cup with goals from Benzema and Ronaldo. On 18 December 2016, a hat-trick from Ronaldo and a goal from Benzema secured Madrid the Club World Cup title with a 4–2 extra time victory over Kashima Antlers in the final.


title: 2016–17 Real Madrid CF season

text: On 4 January 2017, the new year started with a 3–0 victory over Sevilla in the first leg of the round of 16 in the Copa del Rey, with a brace from Rodríguez and a goal from Varane. On 7 January 2017, a brace from Isco and goals from Benzema, Ronaldo and Casemiro secured Madrid a 5–0 win against Granada, equaling the Spanish record for an unbeaten run with 39 games, shared with Barcelona. On 12 January 2017, a last minute goal from Benzema secured a 3–3 draw against Sevilla, getting the unbeaten run to 40 games, a new record in Spanish football. The other goals were from Asensio and Ramos. Madrid advanced to the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey after winning 6–3 on aggregate. On 15 January 2017, in their third meeting against Sevilla in 11 days, Madrid lost 1–2 despite an opening goal from Ronaldo. With that loss, the unbeaten streak ended at 40 matches. On 18 January 2017, Madrid lost their second straight game with a 1–2 defeat at the hands of Celta Vigo in the first leg of the Copa del Rey quarter-finals, despite an equalizer by Marcelo. On 21 January 2017, a Ramos brace in the first half gave Madrid a 2–1 win against Málaga. On 25 January 2017, Madrid were eliminated from the Copa del Rey after a 2–2 draw against Celta Vigo in the second leg of the quarter-finals (4–3 loss on aggregate). Ronaldo and Lucas Vázquez scored the goals, with the former netting a spectacular free kick. On 29 January 2017, goals from Kovačić, Ronaldo and Morata secured Madrid a 3–0 win over Real Sociedad.


title: 2016–17 Real Madrid CF season

text: On 11 February 2017, the new month was started with a 3–1 away win at Osasuna. Ronaldo, Isco and Vázquez scored the goals. On 15 February 2017, in the first leg of the round of 16 in the Champions League against Napoli, Madrid won 3–1 at home, thanks to goals from Benzema, Kroos and Casemiro. On 18 February 2017, Morata and Bale secured Madrid a 2–0 victory over Espanyol. On 22 February 2017, in a midweek game against Valencia, Real lost 2–1 despite a goal from Ronaldo. On 26 February 2017, being down 0–2, Bale, Ronaldo and Morata scored the goals to complete a comeback, winning 3–2 at Villarreal.


title: 2016–17 Real Madrid CF season

text: On 1 March 2017, an early Isco goal gave Madrid the lead before they went down 1–3, and Ronaldo scored a late brace to secure a draw for ten-man Madrid against Las Palmas. On 4 March 2017, after a brace from Benzema and goals from Rodríguez and Asensio, Madrid defeated Eibar 4–1. On 7 March 2017, Madrid defeated Napoli 3–1 in the second leg of the Champions League round of 16 with goals from Ramos, Morata and an own goal. Madrid won 6–2 on aggregate. On 12 March 2017, a goal from Ronaldo and Ramos' winning header gave Madrid a 2–1 win over Real Betis. On 18 March 2017, goals from Benzema and Casemiro gave Madrid a 2–1 away win at Athletic Bilbao.


title: 2016–17 Real Madrid CF season

text: On 2 April 2017, goals from Benzema, Isco and Nacho gave Madrid a winning start into the new month, with a 3–0 victory over Alavés. On 5 April 2017, a hat-trick from Morata and a goal from Rodríguez gave Madrid a 4–2 away win over Leganés. On 8 April 2017, a goal from Pepe was not enough in a 1–1 draw against Atlético Madrid. On 12 April 2017, a Ronaldo brace helped Madrid to secure a 2–1 away win over Bayern Munich in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals. On 15 April 2017, Isco scored a brace with a late winner to complete a 3–2 comeback win for Madrid against Gijón, after Morata scored the other goal. On 18 April 2017, Madrid went through to the Champions League semi-finals after defeating Bayern 4–2 after an extra time comeback (6–3 on aggregate) at the Bernabéu thanks to a Ronaldo hat-trick and a goal from Asensio. On 23 April 2017, despite goals from Casemiro and Rodríguez, Madrid came up short with a late 2–3 defeat to Barcelona in the second "Clásico" of the season. On 26 April 2017, Madrid came back with a 6–2 away victory over Deportivo La Coruña, thanks to a brace from Rodríguez and goals from Morata, Vázquez, Isco and Casemiro. On 29 April 2017, a late goal from Marcelo gave Madrid a 2–1 win over Valencia after Ronaldo put Real in the lead.


title: 2016–17 Real Madrid CF season

text: On 2 May 2017, Ronaldo scored yet another hat-trick and Madrid ran away with a thumping 3–0 victory against Atlético Madrid in the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals. On 6 May 2017, a brace apiece from Morata and Rodríguez against Granada guided Madrid to a 4–0 victory. On 10 May 2017, an Isco goal was enough for Madrid to reach the Champions League final, despite Atlético winning the second leg 2–1, meaning that Real advanced by an aggregate score of 4–2. On 14 May 2017, a Ronaldo brace and goals from Nacho and Kroos secured Real a 4–1 win over Sevilla. On 17 May 2017, two goals from Ronaldo and one from each Benzema and Kroos got Madrid a 4–1 away victory in the rescheduled match at Celta Vigo. That win gave Madrid the lead in the league table, with one game left. On 21 May 2017, a 2–0 win over Málaga, with goals from Ronaldo and Benzema, secured the 33rd league title for the club.


title: 2016–17 Real Madrid CF season

text: On 3 June 2017, Real Madrid won the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League, defeating Juventus 4–1 in the final, with a brace from Ronaldo and goals from Casemiro and Asensio. Real won their second consecutive, third in four years and twelfth overall title. With that victory, Madrid also became the first team to defend their title in the Champions League era.


title: 2016–17 Real Madrid CF season

text: "Times from 9 August to 29 October 2016 and from 26 March to 21 May 2017 are UTC+2, from 30 October 2016 to 25 March 2017 UTC+1, unless otherwise noted."


title: Keegan Connor Tracy

text: Keegan Connor Tracy (born December 3, 1971) is a Canadian actress and author. She is best known for her roles as Audrey Malone in the Showtime comedy-drama series "Beggars and Choosers" (1999–2000), the Blue Fairy in the ABC fantasy drama series "Once Upon a Time" (2011–18), Miss Blaire Watson in the A&E drama series "Bates Motel" (2013–16), and Professor Lipson in the Syfy fantasy series "The Magicians" (2016–2020). Tracy's other notable work includes roles on the television series "Jake 2.0", "The 4400", "Stargate SG-1", "Supernatural", "Psych", and "Battlestar Galactica".


title: Keegan Connor Tracy

text: In film, she is best known for her roles as Kat Jennings in the supernatural horror film "Final Destination 2" (2003), Mirabelle Keegan in the supernatural horror film "White Noise" (2005), Dolly Dupuyster in the comedy-drama film "The Women" (2008), Ellen in the drama film "Words and Pictures" (2013), and Queen Belle in the musical fantasy films "Descendants" (2015), "Descendants 2" (2017), and "Descendants 3" (2019).


title: Keegan Connor Tracy

text: Tracy was born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. She graduated from St. Patrick's Catholic High in Sarnia, Ontario. Tracy went on to obtain a degree in Social Psychology from Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. While she was at the university, she spent a year working in Europe.


title: Keegan Connor Tracy

text: Tracy made her acting debut in 1997, in the television series "Viper". She made her feature film debut as a minor role in the crime thriller film "Double Jeopardy". She subsequently appeared in films such as "Duets" (2000) and "40 Days and 40 Nights" (2002). After guest roles in numerous television series, such as "The New Addams Family", Tracy had a series regular role as Audrey Malone in the Showtime comedy-drama series "Beggars and Choosers", which aired from 1999 to 2000.


title: Keegan Connor Tracy

text: Tracy later appeared in the drama series "Da Vinci's Inquest" (2002–2005), for which she received nominations for the Leo Award and Gemini Award. She starred as Diane Hughes in the science fiction series "Jake 2.0" (2003–2004). For her performance, she received a nomination for the Leo Award for Best Lead Performance by a Female in Dramatic Series. Tracy also appeared as a guest on the television series "The 4400", "Stargate SG-1", "Supernatural", "Psych", and "Battlestar Galactica".


title: Keegan Connor Tracy

text: Tracy received further recognition for appearing as Kat Jennings in the supernatural horror film "Final Destination 2" (2003). She continued to appear in supporting roles as Mirabelle Keegan in the supernatural horror film "White Noise" (2005), Dolly Dupuyster in the comedy-drama film "The Women" (2008), and Ellen in the drama film "Words and Pictures" (2013).


title: Keegan Connor Tracy

text: Tracy found greater success for her recurring roles on various television series. From 2011 to 2018, she appeared as the Blue Fairy, also known as Mother Superior, in the ABC fantasy drama series "Once Upon a Time". From 2013 to 2016, she recurred as Miss Blaire Watson, the teacher to a young Norman Bates, in the A&E drama horror series "Bates Motel". From 2016 to 2020, she had a recurring role as Professor Lipson in the Syfy fantasy drama series "The Magicians". For her performance in the latter, she received a nomination for the ACTRA Award.


title: Keegan Connor Tracy

text: Tracy starred as Jordan Blair in the action zombie film "" (2015) and its sequel, "" (2016). She also portrayed an adult version of Queen Belle in the Disney Channel Original Movie fantasy film "Descendants" (2015). She reprised her role in the sequels, "Descendants 2" (2017) and "Descendants 3" (2019).


title: Keegan Connor Tracy

text: In 2016, Tracy published her first children's book, titled "Mommy's 26 Careers". In September 2018, she released another children's book, titled "This is a Job for Mommy!: An A-Z Adventure".


title: Keegan Connor Tracy

text: In 2020, she starred in the horror film, "Z", about a family who is terrorized by their son’s imaginary friend. The film "was such a huge emotional journey for me and I had to sort of sequester myself a lot to stay in that woman’s mental and emotional space," she said.


title: Race (2008 film)

text: Race is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language action crime film directed by Abbas–Mustan and written by Kiran Kotrial, Shiraz Ahmed, Anurag Prapanna, and Jitendra Parmar. It is the first installment in the "Race" franchise and stars Saif Ali Khan, Anil Kapoor, Bipasha Basu, Katrina Kaif, Akshaye Khanna and Sameera Reddy. In the film, the professional and personal loyalties between brothers and businessmen Ranvir (Khan) and Rajiv Singh (Khanna).


title: Race (2008 film)

text: Principal photography took place in Durban, Goa and Dubai, and was produced by Tips Industries. "Race" was theatrically released in India by UTV Motion Pictures on March 21, 2008. The film received positive response from critics, with praise for its editing, screenplay, cast performance and music. It was a commercial success, grossing worldwide, making it the sixth highest grossing Hindi film of 2008. It was followed by the sequel film "Race 2" (2013) and the spiritual successor "Race 3" (2018).


title: Race (2008 film)

text: A voice-over by Inspector Robert D'Costa "RD" (Anil Kapoor) introduces the four main characters. Ranvir "Ronny" Singh is a successful and powerful businessman who runs a big horse racing company in Durban. His younger brother Rajiv Singh (Akshaye Khanna) is an alcoholic. Ronny is dating an upcoming model Sonia Martin (Bipasha Basu), while his personal assistant Sophia (Katrina Kaif) appears to be secretly in love with him. Ronny is also involved in a competition with rival horse-owner Kabir Ahuja (Dalip Tahil).


title: Race (2008 film)

text: The film opens with a murder plot involving a car accident that Ronny narrowly survives. Ronny later kills his unfaithful jockey, who had been bribed by Kabir, and destroys Kabir when the latter offers to buy his company, which is in debt.


title: Race (2008 film)

text: Rajiv drunkenly confesses to Ronny that he likes Sonia and would quit drinking for her. Ronny stops dating her and Rajiv and Sonia begin dating until, in a twist, Rajiv reveals that he knows of Sonia's shady past and plans to use her. His father had secured huge life insurance policies on each of the sons and he wants to kill Ronny and inherit $100 million in insurance payments. Sonia agrees to help in exchange for $20 million.


title: Race (2008 film)

text: They pretend to get married; as per Rajiv's instructions, Sonia seduces Ronny, who confesses he loved her all along. Rajiv's plan is to threaten suicide, in response to Sonia and Ronny's affair by leaping off a tall building and get Sonia to push Ronny off. It turns out Ronny was aware of the plan as Sonia had been keeping him updated, having always been in league with him. They scheme to kill Rajiv.


title: Race (2008 film)

text: Sonia double-crosses Ronny and pushes him off instead, saying she loved him, but the money was more important. As RD investigates the death, Sophia reveals that she was married to Ronny, leaving Sonia shocked since Sophia is now the heir to the insurance money. In another twist, Sophia was in on the plan too and is Rajiv's secret collaborator. Rajiv plans to bump off Sonia after he and Sophia get the money. RD figures out that Sophia had faked her marriage with Ronny and he had been tricked into signing the marriage certificate. RD confronts Rajiv and agrees to remain silent in exchange for $25 million.


title: Race (2008 film)

text: Rajiv hires the same hitman who had attempted to murder Ronny in the beginning to kill Sonia, revealing that he had been behind the first murder attempt too. However, Ronny reappears and rescues her, killing the hitman.


title: Race (2008 film)

text: Ronny confronts Rajiv and Sophia. He had overheard Rajiv discussing the failed murder attempt with the hitman and had been playing along the whole time so he could get the insurance money from his own faked death along with the insurance money from Rajiv's death. He allows Rajiv one last chance to win by agreeing to a car race. Ronny and Sonia show up in a yellow Toyota Supra and Rajiv and Sophia in a blue Nissan Skyline. When Rajiv protests, he switches cars with Ronny. Rajiv anticipated the switch and had destroyed the Nissan's brakes. In the middle of the race, Ronny tells Rajiv that he planted a bomb in his car and it will detonate if Rajiv slows below 100 kmph.


title: Race (2008 film)

text: As the race continues, the two cars dodge obstacles (a boat hitched to a car, a group of cyclists, two trucks in a line, etc.). As they reach a parking lot, Rajiv attempts to cross a ramp, in order to overtake Ronny. This causes the Supra to crash into a caravan, topple over and knock into a petroleum tank, killing Rajiv and Sophia. After Ronny and Sonia narrowly escape death, Ronny confesses to Sonia that there was no bomb in the car and Rajiv killed himself. He also expresses his grief in realising to what extent did Rajiv go, even destroying the brakes, to deceive and kill the former.


title: Race (2008 film)

text: In the end, Ronny collects the insurance money from Rajiv and Sophia's death, along with the money from his own 'death'. He attempts to flee the city with Sonia but RD stops them. The two are revealed to be childhood friends, and RD was working with Ronny all along, in exchange for more money. Ronny gives RD a briefcase with a bomb. The bomb does not detonate, and Ronny explains that it was to prevent RD from killing Ronny and taking all the money.


title: Race (2008 film)

text: Saif Ali Khan originally wished to play the role of Rajiv Singh. He was offered a choice between playing Ranvir or Rajiv. The producers informed him that if he played Rajiv, then Akshay Kumar would be offered the role of Ranvir. Khan finally opted to play Ranvir. Fardeen Khan was then signed for the role of Rajiv, but he later withdrew from the film, as he was committed to "Heyy Babyy" (2007). At one point, Abhishek Bachchan was approached for the role of Ranvir, but things did not work out.


title: Race (2008 film)

text: The soundtrack of "Race" was released by Tips Music on 1 March 2008. Composed by Pritam with lyrics by Sameer, "Race" had 7 original songs, 9 remixes and an instrumental theme. The song "Khwab Dekhe (Sexy Lady)" sung by Monali Thakur and Neeraj Shridhar was recorded after the release of the soundtrack, replacing the original song "Mujh Pe Toh Jadoo" in the film. Tips then re-distributed the soundtrack, adding "Khwab Dekhe (Sexy Lady)" after the release of the film. All the remix versions were produced by DJ Suketu feat. Aks.


title: Race (2008 film)

text: "Race" got favourable reviews with the song "Pehli Nazar Mein" sung by Atif Aslam as the biggest hit of the album along with "Zara Zara Touch Me" sung by Monali Thakur. Aakash Gandhi Noted "Pritam gives us a fairly solid soundtrack, reminiscent of a lot of his 2006 works. However, he doesn't quite live up to the expectations he'd set for himself last year. Although, one thing is for sure – he always manages to come up with at least one really great composition in each of his outings. This time it's Pehli Nazar Mein." while Atta Khan wrote, "the soundtrack of Race turns out to be a typical Pritam offering for a bigger profile movie; a few solid tracks that will make the intended impact on screen (especially for the promos) and could well elevate sales for the soundtrack as well. But in all other respects, it is unspectacular, unoriginal, and uninspiring, and apart from 'Pehli Nazar Mein' and a few nice remixes by DJ Suketu, it provides little scope for repeated listening". According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, with around units sold, this film's soundtrack album was the year's fifth highest-selling.


title: Race (2008 film)

text: According to a Network 18 report, "Pehli Nazar Mein" and "Zara Zara Touch Me" were directly copied from the Korean song "Sa Rang Haeo" of Korean series Sassy Girl and Leehom Wang's "Deep Within a Bamboo Grove". Sony BMG Taiwan has issued a legal letter to Tips Industries claiming damages for the song "Zara Zara Touch Me".


title: Race (2008 film)

text: Raja Sen gave the film 4.5 out of 5 stars, saying it was a "carnival of twists". However, Taran Adarsh gave the film 4 out of 5 stars, stating that "Race is a superb entertainer all the way", and that it "has not just style, but a lot of substance too".


title: Race (2008 film)

text: "Race" released worldwide on 21st March, 2008, coinciding with the Holi festival weekend. It collected around ₹6.20 crore on its first day, followed by ₹6.80 crore on its second day and ₹7.50 crore on the third day, taking the three-day total to ₹20.50 crore.


title: Race (2008 film)

text: At the end of its theatrical run, the film had grossed ₹60.64 crore domestically, and ₹103.45 crore worldwide, leading the film to be declared a "HIT" by Box Office India.


title: Race (2008 film)

text: The original production team had announced plans to make a sequel called "Race 2 : Betrayal Is Survival". Saif Ali Khan and Anil Kapoor returned to reprise their roles while John Abraham, Deepika Padukone, Jacqueline Fernandez and Ameesha Patel were new additions to the cast. Bipasha Basu was the only other returning member and appeared in a cameo role as Sonia. The filming for "Race 2" started on 5 October 2011. It was released on 25 January 2013, and was another success, grossing over domestically.


title: Christmas with the Kranks

text: Christmas with the Kranks is a 2004 American Christmas comedy film based on the 2001 novel "Skipping Christmas" by John Grisham. It was directed by Joe Roth, written and produced by Chris Columbus, and starring Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Aykroyd, Erik Per Sullivan, Cheech Marin, Jake Busey, and M. Emmet Walsh. The film tells of a couple who decide to skip Christmas one year since their daughter is away, much to the chagrin of their neighbors until their daughter decides to come home at the last minute. This was Tom Poston's final film before his death in 2007.


title: Christmas with the Kranks

text: After Riverside, Illinois couple Luther and Nora Krank see their daughter, Blair, depart for a Peace Corps assignment in Peru on the Sunday following Thanksgiving, empty nest syndrome sets in.


title: Christmas with the Kranks

text: Luther calculates that they spent $6,132 during the previous year's holiday season, and, not looking forward to celebrating Christmas without their daughter, he suggests they invest the money usually spent on decorations, gifts, and entertainment and treat themselves to a ten-day Caribbean cruise instead. Luther insists that they completely boycott the holidays, and eventually Nora agrees.


title: Christmas with the Kranks

text: The Kranks are amazed to discover they are considered pariahs due to their decision to skip the holidays. Those who are most vocal in their objections are neighbors Vic Frohmeyer and Walt Scheel. Vic, who is the self-proclaimed leader of the street, organizes a campaign to force the Kranks to decorate their home. Walt does not seem to like Luther, so his efforts are primarily personal. However, it is revealed that Walt's wife Bev is suffering from cancer, perhaps dampening his holiday spirits.


title: Christmas with the Kranks

text: Children, led by Vic's son Spike, constantly push them to put up a Frosty the Snowman decoration, and Christmas carolers try to revive the Kranks' holiday spirit by singing on their lawn, which Luther stops by icing it. Even the newspaper prints a front-page story complete with a photograph of the unlit Krank house. However, Luther and Nora continue to stand their ground. Luther's office colleagues, scout tree salesmen, and police fund collectors are also annoyed.


title: Christmas with the Kranks

text: The couple are packing for the cruise on Christmas Eve morning when they receive a call from Blair, who announces that she is at Miami International Airport, en route home with her Peruvian fiancé Enrique as a surprise for her parents. When Blair asks if they are having their usual party that night, a panicked Nora says yes. Comic chaos ensues as Luther and Nora find themselves trying to decorate the house and coordinate a party with only twelve hours to do it before their daughter and future son-in-law arrive.


title: Christmas with the Kranks

text: While Nora scrambles to find food, Luther goes to buy a tree, but is unable to get anything but a small, dried-up tree that quickly loses what few needles it has. Luther then attempts to borrow the indoor tree of neighbor Wes Trogdon (who is going away for a week with family to visit his in-laws) with the warning that he is not to break a single ornament or damage it.


title: Christmas with the Kranks

text: Luther enlists Spike's help to transport the tree across the street, but the neighbors spot him and, assuming he is stealing it, they call the police. Spike comes to Luther's rescue by showing that Luther has Trogdon's keys, and thus was given permission to borrow the tree. Nora comes home, having only been able to obtain smoked trout, and tells Luther to put up Frosty on their roof, which fails miserably when he and Frosty fall off.


title: Christmas with the Kranks

text: Once it is established why Luther is trying frantically to decorate his home, the neighbors, led by Vic, come out in full force to help them ready it for Blair. She calls to say they landed from Miami, and the neighbors send the police to pick her up and stall long enough to let everyone finish setting up; during that time, they apprehend a burglar.


title: Christmas with the Kranks

text: The party starts off strong, with Blair having no idea of the earlier drama. Enrique thanks everyone for the warm welcome, and Nora thanks her neighbors for being a strong community. Luther, to everyone's disappointment, offers only a half-hearted toast. When Nora confronts her husband, he tries to convince her to still go on the cruise, but Nora refuses, disgusted that he is not happy that Blair is home.


title: Christmas with the Kranks

text: Having a change of heart, Luther slips out of the house, going across the street to the Scheel's. Bev's cancer, once in remission, has returned and, knowing this may be their last holiday together, Luther insists they take the cruise instead, even offering to catsit Muffles, to allow them to go. At first Walt and Bev decline, but ultimately decide to accept his generosity.


title: Christmas with the Kranks

text: Meanwhile, the burglar tricks Spike into releasing him so he can rob the Krank's house, but he gets stopped by Marty and arrested again. Luther, whose holiday spirit has been renewed, finally admits that skipping Christmas was not a good idea, with Nora suggesting they should maybe do it next year.


title: Christmas with the Kranks

text: Joe Roth knew about John Grisham's "Skipping Christmas" before it was published in 2001. He was asked by Grisham to read the book in galley form, assuming he could direct a movie based on it. Roth recalls: "It turns out he was right. Even while I was reading it, all I could think was that this would make a great Christmas movie. It had humor, it had wonderful characters and it had heart." With the rights of the book received and the May 2000 founding of Revolution Studios, he stated that "as a start-up company, there was a great deal of work to do in order to get up and running."


title: Christmas with the Kranks

text: Later, filmmaker Chris Columbus, who also bought the rights to "Skipping Christmas" and had written a screenplay, called Roth about directing the adaptation. As Roth explains: "Naturally, I thought he was going to direct it. But he said, 'No, you should direct it.' It turns out I was getting ready to direct another project. But when I read Chris's script, I knew I had to at least try to direct it. I promised myself that if I could get the right cast in place, I would do it." Producer Michael Barnathan said, "Joe read the script on a Sunday, bought it on Monday, decided he wanted to direct it on Tuesday and by Friday had cast Tim [Allen] and Jamie Lee [Curtis]. The following Monday morning we started pre-production."


title: Christmas with the Kranks

text: "Christmas with the Kranks" takes place mostly in the Kranks' neighborhood of Hemlock Street in Riverside, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, over the course of four weeks from Thanksgiving to Christmas Eve. Production designer Garreth Stover originally looked for locations with the right weather conditions and suburban ambience for Hemlock Street, as described specifically in Columbus's script of the film. He was scouting from the metropolitan area of Chicago to Minnesota, but due to the extreme conditions of this part of the United States at the time, the filmmakers felt it was better to set up the neighborhood in an empty location instead of finding one.


title: Christmas with the Kranks

text: When looking for a place to build the set 15 weeks before filming began, Stover chose a parking lot of a former Boeing aircraft factory in Downey, California, about 15 miles away from downtown Los Angeles and in the midst of Downey Studios. The rest of the first three weeks were spent on designing the houses with assistance from construction coordinator David Elliott. In the next 12 weeks, hundreds of carpenters, plasterers and painters had built what would become the largest exterior set ever for a movie, being more than 700 feet long and including 16 houses. What Stover called "the core five" were the houses of the Kranks, the Frohmeyers, the Scheels, the Beckers and the Trogdons, which he claimed had "full ground floors that are dressed and you can see into." He also said that the second floor of the Kranks' was built on a soundstage. Producer Michael Barnathan claimed that the set would later be available for other movies, TV series and commercials to use. However, due to both health complaints from the locals over toxic residues and a lack of profit, the studio closed in 2012 and was razed to build a mall.


title: Christmas with the Kranks

text: The scenes involving Nora Krank's excursion to the supermarket to procure a "Mel's Hickory Honey Ham" were filmed at Cordons Ranch Market, located at 2931 Honolulu Ave, Glendale, California.


title: Christmas with the Kranks

text: Susie DeSanto handled the costume design of "Christmas with the Kranks". According to DeSanto, "I was looking for a project that was really textural, and maybe a bit nostalgic. I saw "Christmas with the Kranks" like a Christmas card, a beautiful Christmas memory of how we wish the holiday to be. So a lot of the fabrics I chose were not so much high-tech bright colors, but wools, plaids and mixing patterns. Joe [Roth] was specific about what he wanted, but within that, he allowed me a great deal of freedom to express myself. However he did not have any impute on the tan segment of the movie where Luthor and Nora Krank were wearing colourful underwear to look their best for the cruise"


title: Christmas with the Kranks

text: DeSanto viewed that all the characters in "Christmas with the Kranks" would wear dresses that are supposed to serve as their "accents" rather than overtly defining them. Luther Krank is seen wearing the same-colored shirt and suit at work all the time, and according to DeSanto, this "tells that Luther's a punch-the-clock kind of guy, so the whole idea of skipping Christmas and going off on a tropical vacation is completely averse to anything he's ever done." She described Nora as "tasteful and kind of folksy, a middle-American woman approaching middle age. In our first meeting, Jamie Lee Curtis was totally prepared. She wanted to look like a real Midwestern woman who lives in the suburbs of Chicago and is as obsessed with Christmas as everyone around her. Nora dresses for the seasons and I found out by speaking to people at Marshall Field's in Chicago that the Christmas sweater is a big deal. And Jamie wears it so well." As for Vic Frohmeyer, she saw him as "a sort of commander-in-chief of the neighborhood, so I wanted something with a bit of a military flair. Since he's also a college professor, we cut the pattern from a general's jacket and made it professorial by using a vintage tweed mixed with corduroy."


title: Christmas with the Kranks

text: The soundtrack was produced and supervised by American musician Steven Van Zandt, who arranged and produced 6 of the tracks. It features many holiday standards, including "Jingle Bell Rock" by Brenda Lee; "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" by Billy May & His Orchestra with vocal by Alvin Stoller; "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" by Eddie Dunstedter; "White Christmas" by Dean Martin; "Frosty the Snowman" by Steve Van Zandt; "Blue Christmas" by Elvis Presley; and "The Christmas Song" by Ella Fitzgerald.


title: Christmas with the Kranks

text: Unlike the movie, the soundtrack received generally favorable reviews, with many critics appreciating the use of garage rock as a "fresh take" on Christmas music. "Houston Press" featured it on their list of top 10 Christmas movie soundtracks.


title: Christmas with the Kranks

text: On its opening weekend, it earned $21.6 million on 3,393 screens, ranking #3 behind "National Treasure" and "The Incredibles". It eventually grossed $96.6 million worldwide.


title: Christmas with the Kranks

text: It is the second-worst reviewed Christmas movie on the site. On Metacritic, the film has a score of 22 out of 100 based on 33 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale.


title: Christmas with the Kranks

text: Roger Ebert gave the film 1/4 stars, calling it "a holiday movie of stunning awfulness that gets even worse when it turns gooey at the end." Nell Minow of Common Sense Media gave the film 1/5 stars, writing: "The characters are unpleasant, the jokes are unfunny, and the sentiment is hypocritical -- so this movie is about as unappetizing as last year's figgy pudding." Stephen Hunter of "The Washington Post" wrote: ""Christmas With the Kranks" is a leaden whimsy so heavy it threatens to crash through the multiplex floor." Claudia Puig of "USA Today" wrote: "You will not want to spend Christmas, or any other day of the year, with the Kranks. Or, for that matter, in the company of their uncommonly nosy, self-righteous and meddling friends and neighbors."


title: Christmas with the Kranks

text: Scott Foundas of "Variety" was more positive, calling it "an agreeable, if snowflake-thin stocking stuffer faithfully adapted from John Grisham's 2001 bestseller "Skipping Christmas"."


title: Christmas with the Kranks

text: "Christmas with the Kranks" was released on DVD and VHS on March 8, 2005, and on UMD Video for PSP on November 8, 2005. It was released on November 14, 2005, in the UK. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment later released the film on Blu-ray on November 16, 2021.


title: Nightbooks

text: Nightbooks is a 2021 American dark fantasy film directed by David Yarovesky and written by Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis. It is based on the 2018 horror-fantasy children's book of the same name by J. A. White. The film stars Winslow Fegley, Lidya Jewett, and Krysten Ritter.


title: Nightbooks

text: Alex Mosher, a young boy from Brooklyn, New York, overhears his parents talking about how worried they are about his preoccupation with writing scary stories and their fear of how he will react to a recent incident. Screaming in pain, Alex trashes his room, grabs his "Night books” and takes the elevator to the basement, planning to burn them in the furnace.


title: Nightbooks

text: The elevator suddenly stops— and stays—on a dark floor where an apartment's open door reveals a TV showing Alex's favorite show “The Lost Boys”. He enters and sees a piece of pumpkin pie that was not touched. This made him eat the pie and pass out, making the door and television vanish.


title: Nightbooks

text: He awakens to find himself in the magical apartment of a beautiful witch named Natacha who shows him a closet full of clothes belonging to children who were “not useful to her”. Alex denies having any unique qualities but when he shows her his books, she demands that he read a new story to her each night, or die. She puts him to work alongside the housekeeper, a girl named Yasmin, who was lured into the apartment in Washington, D.C. The apartment moves around the world, seeking victims. The doors respond only to Natacha's keys. Her ill-tempered, sometimes-invisible cat, Lenore, spies on them.


title: Nightbooks

text: Natacha demands that Alex's stories end unhappily. If not, the apartment shakes. She repeatedly asks why he wanted to burn his writings, but he manages to distract her. Searching her vast library for inspiration, Alex finds notes in the margins of books detailing the escape plans of a trapped girl. She writes about her treasured unicorn necklace, so he dubs her "Unicorn Girl".