title: Crysis 3

text: The game's main protagonist is Prophet, a nanosuit holder who had previously appeared in "Crysis" and "Crysis 2". He returns in "Crysis 3" as Crytek considered him as the most complex character who has the longest heritage in the series. When designing him, the team took inspiration from the protagonist of "District 9". Psycho from the original "Crysis" and "Crysis Warhead" returns as Prophet's companion. The game revolves around Prophet attempting to redeem himself by taking revenge after finding his former squad members are dead. The story explores the themes of redemption and revenge as well as the relationship between humans and technology. Mike Read, the game's producer, summed up the game calling it "human". Unlike "Crysis 2"s protagonist Alcatraz who does not speak throughout the game, Prophet is voiced in "Crysis 3" in an effort to deliver more emotional connection. The company made use of performance capture to record actor's performance, body movements and facial expressions. According to Read, this helps the company to create a more affecting and emotional story. This was not done in the previous games due to technological limitations.


title: Crysis 3

text: Unlike the original "Crysis", which gives players more freedom to explore, "Crysis 2" was criticized for being too linear. As a result, in developing the game's campaign, Crytek attempted to integrate the two major aspects of the previous installments, the freedom given in the original "Crysis" and the linearity of "Crysis 2". Despite not being as open as the first half of "Crysis", maps are significantly larger in this game than in previous installments. Several linear segments were preserved. Crytek referred to the game's map as "action bubbles", which do not necessarily fix players in a small place but allows them to move around freely. Linearity was preserved as developers considered having such segments present could help players to experience "epic" moments and "massive Michael Bay" moments. Crytek hoped that by opening up levels they could give players a sense of control, allowing them to plan and execute strategy. The game's seven levels were developed simultaneously, and the focus phrases of gameplay, art and optimization of a level was about one to two weeks.


title: Crysis 3

text: Another theme featured in the game is "hunt" and, as a result, many weapons were built around the concept. The studio wanted to stay away from typical weapon design and did not want a weapon to simply differentiate between "Crysis 3" and "Crysis 2". The team aimed to use weapons to create narrative. The game features a compound bow which is reminiscent of a weapon that a hunter often uses. The game's gameplay is built based on three pillars, access, adapt, and attack. Players are often tasked to do detect, spot, and to learn their enemies' behaviors and patterns before attacking. With the bow, players are encouraged to play the game stealthily, extending the game's combat. A new feature called "hacking" was developed. According to Crytek, hacking plays a huge role throughout the game. The game's combat was also made more fast-paced than that of its predecessors.


title: Crysis 3

text: One of the major goals in developing "Crysis 3" was to "push graphics", as the company considered that they can effectively assist and drive gameplay and create immersion for the player. The game is powered by CryEngine 3, Crytek's proprietary engine. It utilizes some of the newest features of CryEngine 3, such as volumetric fog shadows, improved dynamic vegetation, dynamic caustics, improved area lighting and diffuse shadows. After "Crysis 2" received some criticism from PC gamers because of the design sacrifices made due to the limitations of the older console hardware, Crytek responded that the PC version of "Crysis 3" will figuratively "melt down PCs" due to its high system requirements. The PC version of the game required a DirectX 11 compatible video card and operating system. Similar to "Crysis 2", the game is a multi-platform title, and Crytek considered the development of the game's console version a huge obstacle they had to "rip the engine to pieces" so as to get the game running on console.


title: Crysis 3

text: The multiplayer portion of the game was created by Crytek UK. It was designed to improve the efficiency of the Nanosuit in an online environment. In an effort to create memorable maps, the team designed routes that can only be discovered after a player's first playthrough. Crytek UK hoped that this approach would help players to become more immersed in the game's universe. The Hunter mode, introduced in this game, originated from a "TimeSplitters"'s Gladiator mode. The decision to make sprint energy separated from the nanosuit energy was due to the development team's desire to create larger levels, and help players to navigate the map in a faster way.


title: Crysis 3

text: The game's music was composed by Borislav Slavov, who had previously led the soundtrack development of "Crysis 2". New music was composed for the game, while some other themes from the past installments were rearranged. The theme of the game's music is changed so as to fit the game's post-apocalyptic setting. The game's music is dynamic and is designed to reflect players' gameplay style. As a result, when players use a radical approach to complete missions, more exciting background music will be played. In contrast, when players are playing stealthily, the background music will be relatively calmer and quieter.


title: Crysis 3

text: In November 2010, Nathan Camarillo, an executive producer from Crytek, revealed that the "Crysis" series could potentially be a very long-running franchise, as the company considered the series' universe easy for players to get into and become invested in. He added: "As the franchise grows down the line, there's no reason it can't be as big [as "Call of Duty"]". The story elements of the game had already been planned in January 2011. Despite that, Cevat Yerli, Crytek's CEO, claimed that if "Crysis 2" was not a successful title, Crytek would not develop its sequel. In March 2012, Crytek teased an "absolutely fantastic" project and announced that a full reveal of the game would be held in April 2012. The game was accidentally revealed by EA on its web store on 11 April 2012. It was removed immediately from the store but the title was later officially announced on 16 April 2012. Filmmaker Albert Hughes was commissioned to produce "The 7 Wonders of Crysis 3", a series of six short stylized videos, each of which features a different aspect of the game.


title: Crysis 3

text: A PC-only closed alpha version of the multiplayer was released to selected Origin users on 31 October 2012. The test began on 2 November and ended on 9 November 2012. A public multiplayer beta containing two maps ("Museum" and "Airport") and two game modes ("Crash Site" and "Hunter") was available for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 console platforms, as well as for the PC through Origin. The beta was made available on 29 January 2013 and ended on 12 February 2013. Crytek and EA announced that 3 million people participated in the beta.


title: Crysis 3

text: "Crysis 3" was released worldwide on 19 February 2013 in the US and 21 February 2013 in the UK for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. The Wii U version was cancelled after relations between Nintendo and EA became troubled. The "Hunter Edition", which features exclusive in-game items, and early access to the compound bow in the multiplayer portion of the game, was released alongside the game. Players who had pre-ordered the game could also get the original "Crysis" for free. On 4 March 2015, the game was made available for Android via Nvidia Shield. "The Crysis Trilogy" bundle was released on 20 February 2014 consisting of the original, the Deluxe Edition of "Crysis", along with other games in the series.


title: Crysis 3

text: On 30 May 2013, Electronic Arts announced "The Lost Island" downloadable content (DLC). The multiplayer-only DLC includes two weapons, four maps, and two competitive multiplayer modes called "Frenzy" and "Possession". The downloadable content was released worldwide on 4 July 2013 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360.


title: Crysis 3

text: A remastered version, following in the steps of "Crysis Remastered", was announced on May 21, 2021. It was released for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Microsoft Windows on October 15, 2021 both as a bundle with "Crysis Remastered" and "Crysis 2 Remastered", titled "Crysis Remastered Trilogy", and separately. This version of the game was co-developed with Saber Interactive and is self-published by Crytek. This version of the game does not feature any multiplayer modes.


title: Crysis 3

text: "Crysis 3" has received generally positive reviews from critics. Aggregating review websites Metacritic rated the Xbox 360 version 76/100, the PlayStation 3 version 77/100 and the PC version 76/100.


title: Crysis 3

text: The visuals and graphics of the game were widely praised by reviewers. Christian Donlan of Eurogamer praised the game's stable frame rate. Furthermore, he considered the game's environmental design "artful". Matthew Rorie of GameSpy thought that the game was visually stunning. He applauded the team at Crytek for creating an environment that is "both inhospitable and queerly beautiful". Matt Bertz of "Game Informer" praised the visuals powered by CryEngine, and considered the game one of the best-looking games ever created. He especially praised its realistic environments, water effects, and character facial animation. Kevin VanOrd of GameSpot also praised the mix of the decayed urban environment and the rainforest, saying that it made the game striking to look at.


title: Crysis 3

text: The game's design was praised by various reviewers. Donlan considered the game's support of stealth a welcoming addition, despite calling the game's last level a forgettable experience. Rorie praised the game's map design; he opined that the opened-up levels encourage exploration. Bertz considered the game's world had successfully captured a balance between the settings of its predecessors, and that the larger levels allowed players to deploy strategy before performing attacks. He added that some of the best missions were featured in the later stages of the game. Tristan Ogilvie of IGN thought that the control was almost perfect, despite criticizing the clumsy control of several segments which require players to control vehicles. VanOrd criticized the game for being too easy for players to play.


title: Crysis 3

text: The game's online multiplayer received positive reviews from critics. Josh Harmon of "Electronic Gaming Monthly" thought that the game's multiplayer was better than the campaign, and that it made the overall experience more enjoyable. Donlan praised the Hunter mode; he believed that it had delivered a tense experience. Bertz echoed similar thoughts, but felt that the mode's appeal was not as good as typical modes like Domination. As well, he criticized the multiplayer's respawn system and terrain-design. Lorenzo Veloria of GamesRadar thought that some of the game modes were unique and entertaining, despite noting some technical issues. Michael Rougeau of "Complex" criticized the Hunter mode, calling it "unbalanced". He furthered criticized the game for lacking a co-operative multiplayer mode. David Hinkle of "Joystiq" also noted some design errors in the Hunter mode.


title: Crysis 3

text: The story was disliked by critics compared to the game's other aspects. Harmon thought that several emotional segments of the game failed to deliver, as well as criticizing the forgettable storyline and plot twists. Despite that, he praised the game's finale and considered that it brought a proper closure to the "Crysis" trilogy. In contrast, Donlan commented that it was not quite the conclusion the series deserved. Rorie thought that the story was more mature than its predecessors, despite having a relatively weak start and short length of about six hours. Bertz opined that the story was the most cohesive of the titles in the series. Veloria, however, criticized the game's narrative; he added that it was uninspiring due to the lack of character development and interesting dialogue. In contrast, Ogilvie thought that the game's dialogue and voice-acting were excellent, citing the game's relateable characters that its predecessors failed to achieve. He considered the game's storytelling a massive improvement for the series.


title: Crysis 3

text: Many reviewers considered "Crysis 3" was an evolution of the series instead of a groundbreaking revolution. Rorie criticized the game for being unambitious, and that despite the game's overall refinements, it had not strayed far enough from its predecessors. He concluded that "Crysis 3" did not achieve the revolution brought by the original "Crysis". Veloria thought that the title failed to bring any new element to the genre, but the overall experience delivered by the game was still satisfying. Jose Otero of 1Up.com thought the game was fun despite its lack of original ideas stating: "If you go in understanding that Crysis 3 delivers blockbuster entertainment and multiplayer that iterates on Call of Duty's perks system, you'll be fine. But if you want Crysis to stake a claim all its own, you might be disappointed." Evan Lahti of "PC Gamer" commented that the game did not surprise players, and that the title presented a feeling of "Crysis 2: Episode 2" instead of a proper sequel.


title: Crysis 3

text: During its debut release week and the next, "Crysis 3" was the best-selling retail game in the UK closely followed by "". It sold 205,000 copies in 12 days in North America during its debut month. The title, along with "Dead Space 3", another EA title that was released in the same month, failed to meet the company's sales expectations. Cevat Yerli, Crytek's CEO, was also disappointed by the sales of "Crysis 3". Nevertheless, he considered "Crysis 3" the best game the studio had produced so far.


title: Tom Swift (TV series)

text: Tom Swift is an American mystery drama television series based on the book series of the same name developed by Melinda Hsu Taylor, Noga Landau and Cameron Johnson. Starring Tian Richards, it is a spin-off of "Nancy Drew". The series premiered on May 31, 2022 on The CW, with the series finale airing on August 2, 2022. In June 2022, it was canceled after one season.


title: Tom Swift (TV series)

text: On October 28, 2020, it was announced that The CW was developing a spin-off from their "Nancy Drew" series titled "Tom Swift". The series is based on the book series of the same name and is created and executive produced by Melinda Hsu Taylor, Noga Landau, and Cameron Johnson. The show is set in the "Drew-niverse". On February 8, 2021, it was announced that Ruben Garcia will be directing the pilot episode. On August 30, 2021, The CW had given the production a straight-to-series order and it was expected to debut during the 2021–22 television season. Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage, and Lis Rowinski were also added as executive producers.


title: Tom Swift (TV series)

text: Lead actor Richards said of the adaptation, "The original Tom Swift was great for his time and what he represented. At the time, that was the face of young boys, All-American kids full of possibilities. But in 2021, that can look so different. It can look like someone like me—a Black guy who is chocolate, who is queer, who is all those things that we're told aren't the normal or the status quo." He added, "We're going to dive into so many sectors of identity. We're going to talk about Blackness—and a different kind of Blackness than we're used to seeing, which is the Black elite, the 1 percent, the billionaires. We're also going to talk about a queer boy's journey into becoming a queer man. Not only self-acceptance, but acceptance as a whole, having the community and people around you."


title: Tom Swift (TV series)

text: The series started filming in Atlanta in late-January 2022, which was completed between late April-early May. It premiered on The CW on May 31, 2022. On June 30, 2022, the series was canceled after one season due to low viewership, although it was allowed to have the rest of the episodes for the season aired on The CW. The series finale aired on August 2, 2022.


title: Tom Swift (TV series)

text: On January 26, 2021, Tian Richards was cast in the titular role of Tom Swift. On May 11, 2021, LeVar Burton joined the main cast to voice an artificial intelligence named Barclay. Richards and Burton both appear as their respective characters in the May 2021 "Nancy Drew" episode "The Celestial Visitor". In February 2022, Ashleigh Murray, Marquise Vilsón, April Parker Jones, and Albert Mwangi joined the cast in starring roles. On March 8, 2022, Ward Horton was cast in a recurring role.


title: Tom Swift (TV series)

text: Caroline Framke, writing for Variety, said "Outside its flawed hero, though, “Tom Swift” suffers from a surprising lack of imagination given all the ostensibly impressive innovation at the heart of the Swift empire" but said the series should be given a chance to recover from a "shaky launch".


title: Mount Nemrut

text: Mount Nemrut or Nemrud (; ; ; Greek: Όρος Νεμρούτ) is a mountain in southeastern Turkey, notable for the summit where a number of large statues are erected around what is assumed to be a royal tomb from the 1st century BC. It is one of the highest peaks in the east of the Taurus Mountains.


title: Mount Nemrut

text: The mountain lies north of Kahta, near Adıyaman. In 62 BC, King Antiochus I Theos of Commagene built on the mountain top a tomb-sanctuary flanked by huge statues of himself, two lions, two eagles, and various composite Greek and Iranian gods, such as Heracles-Artagnes-Ares, Zeus-Oromasdes, and Apollo-Mithras-Helios-Hermes. When constructing this pantheon, Antiochus drew heavily from Parthian and Armenian traditions in order to reinvigorate the religion of his ancestral dynasty. The statues were once seated, with names of each god inscribed on them. At some point the heads of the statues were removed from their bodies, and they are now scattered throughout the site.


title: Mount Nemrut

text: The pattern of damage to the heads (notably to noses) suggests that they were deliberately damaged as a result of iconoclasm. The statues have not been restored to their original places. The site also preserves stone slabs with bas-relief figures that are thought to have formed a large frieze. These slabs, or stelae, depict Antiochus' Greek and Persian ancestors.


title: Mount Nemrut

text: The same statues and ancestors found throughout the site can also be found on the tumulus at the site, which is tall and in diameter. It is possible that the tumulus of loose rock was devised to protect a tomb from robbers, since any excavation would quickly fill in. The statues appear to have Greek-style faces, but Persian clothing and hair-styling.


title: Mount Nemrut

text: The western terrace contains a large slab with a lion, showing an arrangement of stars and the planets Jupiter, Mercury, and Mars. The composition was taken to be a chart of the sky on 7 July 62 BCE. This may be an indication of when construction began on this monument. The eastern portion is well preserved, being composed of several layers of rock, and a path following the base of the mountain is evidence of a walled passageway linking the eastern and western terraces. Possible uses for this site are thought to have included religious ceremonies, owing to the astronomical and religious nature of the monument.


title: Mount Nemrut

text: The arrangement of such statues is known by the term hierothesion. Similar arrangements have been found at Arsameia on Nymphaios at the hierothesion of Antiochus' father, Mithridates I Callinicus.


title: Mount Nemrut

text: The religious sanctuary established in Mount Nemrut was part of Antiochus' political program to revive the Persian traditions of Commagene. In order to do so, he merged and adjusted the political and religious traditions of Cappadocia, Pontus, and Armenia.


title: Mount Nemrut

text: Following the practice of the Mithridatic rulers of Pontus, Antiochus stressed his descent from the Achaemenids and Seleucids, and also claimed the royal legacy of Armenia. One of the essential parts of this identity was the then newly established Greco-Iranian pantheon, which was worshipped at specific sanctuaries in Commagene.


title: Mount Nemrut

text: The site was excavated in 1881 by , a German engineer assessing transport routes for the Ottomans. After her first visit in 1947, Theresa Goell dedicated her life to the site, starting campaigns in 1954. Subsequent excavations have failed to reveal the tomb of Antiochus. This is nevertheless still believed to be the site of his burial. The statues, all of them "beheaded", have not been restored to their original condition.


title: Mount Nemrut

text: In 1987, Mount Nemrut was made a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Tourists typically visit Nemrut during April through October. The nearby town of Adıyaman is a popular place for car and bus trips to the site, and one can also travel from there by helicopter. There are also overnight tours running out of Malatya or Kahta.


title: Academic ranks in the United States

text: Academic ranks in the United States are the titles, relative importance and power of professors, researchers, and administrative personnel held in academia.


title: Academic ranks in the United States

text: For regular faculty (i.e., not counting administrative positions such as chairships or deanships, nor positions considered "staff" rather than faculty), the descending hierarchy in most cases is:


title: Academic ranks in the United States

text: Traditionally, Assistant Professor has been the usual entry-level rank for faculty on the ""tenure track"", although this depends on the institution and the field. Then, promotion to the rank of Associate Professor and later Professor (informally, "Full Professor") indicates that significant work has been done in research, teaching and institutional service. Although the associate rank usually indicates that a tenure-track professor has been granted tenure, some tenure-track personnel may be hired at the associate rank from another academic institution or a nonacademic profession contingent on the expectation that they will soon receive tenure. In rare instances, one may be tenured and remain at the assistant rank if promotion to the higher rank is not contingent on the bestowal of tenure. It typically takes about six years or so to advance in rank. The time for advancement between associate to full professor is less rigid than for assistant to associate. Typically, failure to be promoted to associate professor from assistant results in termination following a 1-year appointment. Although it can engender professional stigmatization, tenured faculty are usually permitted to remain in the associate grade indefinitely, with some institutions now conferring emeritus status at that rank.


title: Academic ranks in the United States

text: In applied fields, such as engineering, law, medicine, business, or journalism – and lately expanding to others – faculty types can also include Clinical Professor or Professor of Practice. Often tied to secure, long-term contracts with significant review processes, these ranks are generally not tenure-track and emphasize practitioner knowledge and skills rather than scholarly research. Depending on the discipline and range of experience, incumbents in these positions may only possess an undergraduate degree or a secondary school diploma. A variant is the less-common title of Teaching Professor, which is not limited to professional fields. Recently, some institutions have created separate tenure tracks for such positions, which may also be given other names such as "lecturer with security of employment".


title: Academic ranks in the United States

text: Other faculty who are not on the tenure track in the U.S. are often classified as Lecturers (or more advanced Senior Lecturers) or Instructors, who may teach full-time or have some administrative duties, but have no research obligations (essentially the converse of ""research-only" faculty" or "research-only staff", which has no true counterpart because teaching positions are almost always "faculty" – except for student-assistantships), which also come in various forms and may be either tenure-track or not. Both Lecturers and Instructors typically hold advanced graduate/professional degrees. The term "professor" as a common noun is often used for persons holding any kind of faculty position. In academic medicine, Instructor usually denotes someone who has completed residency, fellowship, or other post-doctoral (M.D./D.O.) training but who is not tenure-track faculty.


title: Academic ranks in the United States

text: Any faculty title preceded with the qualifier "Adjunct" normally denotes part-time status (usually "less than half-time"). Adjunct faculty may have primary employment elsewhere (either another school, or as a practicing professional), though in today's saturated academic market many doctorate-holders seek to earn a living from several adjunct jobs (to the advantage of institutions, which do not typically offer such faculty retirement/health benefits or long-term contracts). At some institutions, the job title Part-time Lecturer (PTL) is used instead.


title: Academic ranks in the United States

text: Although "Professor" is often the highest rank attained by a senior faculty member, some institutions may offer a unique title to a senior faculty member whose research or publications have achieved wide recognition. This may be a "named professorship" or "named chair" – for example, the "John Doe Professor of Philosophy". Named chairs typically but not exclusively include a small discretionary fund from an endowment set aside for the recipient's use. Large research universities also offer a small fraction of tenured faculty the title of "Distinguished Professor", "Distinguished Teaching Professor", or "Distinguished Research Professor" to recognize outstanding contributions. Some universities have as their highest rank "University/Institute Professor"; such faculty members are not usually answerable to deans or department heads and may report directly to the university provost.


title: Academic ranks in the United States

text: In research, faculty who direct a lab or research group may in certain research contexts (e.g., grant applications) be called Principal Investigator, or P.I., though this refers to their management role and is not usually thought of as an academic rank.


title: Academic ranks in the United States

text: Excepting special ranks (such as endowed chairs), academic rank is dependent upon the promotion process of each college or university. Thus, a tenured associate professor at one institution might accept a "lower" position at another university (i.e., an assistant professorship) because of its connection to the "tenure track." In some cases, an assistant professor who accepts a position of similar rank at another university may negotiate "time towards tenure", which indicates a shorter required probationary period, usually in recognition of prior academic achievements.


title: Academic ranks in the United States

text: The ranks of lecturer and senior lecturer are used at some American universities to denote permanent teaching positions (full or part-time) with few or no research responsibilities.


title: Academic ranks in the United States

text: Fellowships and Research scientist positions are most often limited-term appointments for postdoctoral researchers. They are not usually regarded as faculty positions, but rather staff, although some teaching may be involved (albeit usually not with ultimate course responsibility). A common list of such positions is as follows (many of which often entail various ranking systems – e.g. numbered ranks, adjectives like "intermediate" or "senior," etc.).


title: Academic ranks in the United States

text: Teaching assistants (TAs) are known by various related terms and are typically graduate students who have varying levels of responsibility. A typical undergraduate class, for example, comprises lecture and small-group recitation/discussion sessions, with a faculty member giving the lecture, and TAs leading the small-group sessions; in other cases, the teaching of an entire class may be entrusted to a graduate student. ("See generally" A Handbook for Mathematics Teaching Assistants, published by the Mathematical Association of America.)


title: Academic ranks in the United States

text: Ecclesiastical seminaries and churches often grant the titles "Doctor of Divinity" (D.D.), "Doctor of Metaphysics" (Dr. mph.) or "Doctor of Religious Science" (Dr. sc. rel.), most commonly to meritorious clerics for an outstanding work or another achievement in the field of religious and biblical studies.


title: Academic ranks in the United States

text: At some universities, librarians have a rank structure parallel to that of tenure-track faculty (Assistant Librarian, Associate Librarian, Librarian). Some senior librarians, and often the head librarian, may have faculty or faculty-equivalent rank.


title: Academic ranks in the United States

text: America's system of higher education is highly variable, with each of the 50 states and the 6 non-state jurisdictions regulating its own public tertiary institutions, and with each private institution developing its own structure. In general, the terms "President" and "Chancellor" are interchangeable (like "Premier" and "Prime Minister"), including the vice presidents, associate and assistant vice presidents, and so on. The dominant paradigm is president, vice president, associate vice president, and assistant vice president.


title: Academic ranks in the United States

text: Some university systems or multi-campus universities use both titles, with one title for the chief executive of the entire system and the other for the chief executives of each campus. Which title refers to which position can be highly variable from state to state or even within a state. In California, for example, the chief executive officer of the entire California State University system of 23 campuses is called "Chancellor" while the CEO of each individual campus is called "President" — thus, there is an officer called "Chancellor of the California State University", and there is the "President of San Francisco State University". In the University of California, by contrast, the terms are reversed — thus, there is the "President of the University of California", and below that person in the hierarchy is the "Chancellor of the University of California, Los Angeles", and so on.


title: Academic ranks in the United States

text: The term 'Warden' is almost never used in the United States in an academic sense. Where it "is" used, it typically means "provost" or "dean".


title: Academic ranks in the United States

text: Deans may head an individual college, school or faculty; or they may be deans of the student body, or a section of it (e.g., the dean of students in a law school); or they may be deans of a particular functional unit (e.g., Dean of Admissions, or Dean of Records); or they may be deans of a particular campus, or (unusually) of a particular building (e.g., a university with an elaborate performing arts complex might designate a very senior administrative faculty member as "Dean of the [Name] Performing Arts Center".


title: Academic ranks in the United States

text: Academic department heads and chairs serve the same function, and there may also be associate and assistant department heads or chairs (though this is unusual). In medical schools, departments may be divided into sections or divisions by subspecialty, each with its own section chief or division chief.


title: Aaradugula Bullet

text: Aaradugula Bullet () is a 2021 Indian Telugu-language action film directed by B. Gopal and written by Vakkantham Vamsi. Produced by Thandra Ramesh under the banner of Jaya Balaji Real Media, the film stars Gopichand and Nayanthara, with music composed by Mani Sharma. Originally scheduled to release on 9 June 2017, the film's release was delayed due to financial difficulties. It was released theatrically on 8 October 2021. The title of the film is based on a song from "Attarintiki Daredi" (2013). This is the last film of noted comedian M. S. Narayana.


title: Aaradugula Bullet

text: Shiva (Gopichand) is a careless young man who is dependent on his father, Murthy (Prakash Raj) for all his expenses. He got fired from his job in Maharashtra because of a rift he created with the local goon on creating a bridge project. When his boss asked to apologize to the local goon Shiva retaliates stating he would never bow down in front of the wrong person. This angers the manager and fires Shiva. Later Shiva reveals that he had created a scene to get fired from the job as he is missing his family. Murthy feels angry upon hearing the news that Shiva had been dismissed from the job where with great difficulty he had Shiva recommended. Shiva's unemployment and careless nature always become an issue between the father and son.


title: Aaradugula Bullet

text: Due to Murthy's transfer, the family moves from Vijayawada. Shiva's grandmother warns Shiva to be careful in the city as it is ruled by the local Don Kasi (Abhimanyu Singh). Shiva learns from his friend that Kasi has a huge ego problem and had once broken the leg of a minister who didn't come to the opening of his mall after saying he would attend and forcing him to come in a wheelchair to open the mall just to satisfy his ego.


title: Aaradugula Bullet

text: At a wedding event, Shiva sees Nayana (Nayanthara) and falls in love with her. Upon learning that Nayana's boss makes her work day and night and takes all the credit for himself he goes to a bar and slaps Nayana's boss. Shiva portrays himself as Nayana's boyfriend which as result causes Nayana to be fired from the company. Shiva meets the depressed Nayana and tells her that life is beautiful to enjoy. Feeling confident with Shiva's words Nayana goes to her boss's house and shouts him out in front of his house about all his affairs. Nayana's boss reveals that Shiva is the cause of her unemployment.


title: Aaradugula Bullet

text: Upon questioning Shiva, he admits that he did this to make Nayana spend time with him and to make her fall in love. Nayana in return tells Shiva to bear all her expenses until her job comes back.


title: Aaradugula Bullet

text: In the meanwhile, Kasi comes to Murthy and asks him to give his house off. When Murthy rejects the latter, Kasi gives Murthy 30 days to change his decision otherwise he would have to suffer consequences. Here Shiva brings crackers to all Nayana's apartment kids on her command but hears that city is not celebrating Diwali until the court hearing as per Kasi's command because Kasi's brother was arrested. Shiva doesn't bother Kasi's command and asks the children to light the crackers. Seeing this Kasi's goons comes to beat them up but Shiva tactfully shouts that Kasi's brother is released hence everyone can celebrate Diwali. Hearing this the goons go back. Nayana gets impressed with Shiva and falls in love with him.


title: Aaradugula Bullet

text: Murthy sees Shiva and Nayana together one day and advises Nayana that Shiva is not fit for marriage as he doesn't know the responsibility and to leave him. Nayana expresses anger toward Murthy later to Shiva and asks him to come out of the house. This angers Shiva and leaves Nayana stating that his family is everything to him and he cannot bear his father being insulted by anyone.


title: Aaradugula Bullet

text: Shiva asks his grandmother to give him her property so he can start his construction company which is his dream. In a brawl, Shiva's grandmother is hurt which angers Murthy and throws him out of the house. The next moment Kasi comes to Murthy's house and hits him for not giving him the house. Shiva sees his father being beaten up by Kasi, in anger Shiva fights with Kasi and hits him badly in front of everyone.


title: Aaradugula Bullet

text: The next day everyone feels proud of Shiva for standing up against Kasi and praises Murthy for having such a strong son. Being elated that his son is bringing respect to him Murthy patches up with his son and starts loving him. He even advises him to patch up with Nayana as she was the only one who believed in Shiva when no one did.


title: Aaradugula Bullet

text: Kasi's brother comes to warn Murthy but Shiva beats him too and asks Kasi to back down. Nayana and Shiva get engaged. Kasi attacks Shiva's family but Shiva reaches on time to save everyone and injures one goon in the process that he gets admitted to hospital. Police inform Shiva that if the person dies Shiva will go to jail.


title: Aaradugula Bullet

text: Murthy in fear about his son's future goes to Kasi and gives him his house's documents and asks his family to be left alone. But Kasi puts a condition that Shiva has to apologize to Kasi in front of everyone as he was insulted earlier by Shiva. Murthy convinces Shiva to apologize to Kasi and Shiva unable to say no to his father goes and tells him sorry to Kasi and all his goons.


title: Aaradugula Bullet

text: Thinking Kasi will leave them alone Murthy feels relaxed and moves on. But Kasi visits the hospital and kills the goon who was hurt by Shiva so that Shiva will land in jail. Upon hearing the news Shiva breaks down all the ties and goes after Kasi. The goon's wife admits in front of everyone that Kasi had killed her husband in the hospital whereas Murthy was looking after them. Upon hearing this all the goons leave Kasi and his brother.


title: Aaradugula Bullet

text: To get saved from Shiva, Kasi goes to Murthy and asks him to stop his son. Murthy says he won't , because if he stopped his son now he will fail as a father forever and throws Kasi out. Both Kasi and his brother get defeated by Shiva. People in the city learn to stand up against the goons.


title: Aaradugula Bullet

text: The film's production began in 2012 with Boopathy Pandian as a director under the title "Jagan Mohan IPS" however he left the film due to disagreements over the script. His replacement was B. Gopal who directed the film based on the story of Vakkantham Vamsi.


title: Aaradugula Bullet

text: The film was scheduled to release theatrically on 9 June 2017. Financial troubles led to the film's shows getting cancelled on the aforementioned release date. On 10 June 2017, the release of the film was put on hold. In 2020, the makers opted to release the film digitally. However, a year later, it was reported that they were considering a theatrical release only. The film was released in cinemas on 8 October 2021 in India.


title: Aaradugula Bullet

text: The film's Hindi dubbed version titled "Hero - The Bullet" was premiered on Zee Cinema on 19 February 2022.


title: Aaradugula Bullet

text: The film received negative reviews who praised the actors' performances but criticized the outdated story and screenplay, music, villain, comedy, dialogues, etc.


title: Great Man-Made River

text: The Great Man-Made River (GMMR, ) is a network of pipes that supplies fresh water obtained from the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System fossil aquifer across Libya. It is the world's largest irrigation project. The project utilizes a pipeline system that pumps water from the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System from down south in Libya to cities in the populous Libyan northern Mediterranean coast including Tripoli and Benghazi. The water covers a distance of up to 1,600 kilometers and provides 70% of all freshwater used in Libya.


title: Great Man-Made River

text: According to its website, it is the largest underground network of pipes () and aqueducts in the world. It consists of more than 1,300 wells, most more than 500 m deep, and supplies 6,500,000 m of fresh water per day to the cities of Tripoli, Benghazi, Sirte and elsewhere. The late Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi described it as the "Eighth Wonder of the World".


title: Great Man-Made River

text: In 1953, efforts to find oil in southern Libya led to the discovery of large quantities of potable fossil water underground. The Great Man-made River Project (GMRP) was conceived in the late 1960s and work on the project began in 1984. The project's construction was divided into five phases. The first phase required 85 million m³ of excavation and was inaugurated on 28 August 1991. The second phase (dubbed "First water to Tripoli") was inaugurated on 1 September 1996.


title: Great Man-Made River

text: The project is owned by the Great Man-Made River Project Authority and was funded by the Gaddafi government. The primary contractor for the first phases was Dong Ah Consortium (a South Korean Company) and the present main contractor is Al Nahr Company Ltd.


title: Great Man-Made River

text: The imported goods were made in Korea and Europe (mainly in Italy) destined to the construction of the GMR arrived by sea via the entry port of Brega (Gulf of Sidra). Cathodic corrosion protection on the pipeline was supplied by an Australian company, AMAC Corrosion Protection, based in Melbourne and delivered via Port of Benghazi. The rest of goods were made in Libya.


title: Great Man-Made River

text: The total cost of the project was projected at more than US$25 billion. Libya has completed the work to date without the financial support of major countries or loans from world banks. Since 1990, UNESCO has provided training to engineers and technicians involved with the project.


title: Great Man-Made River

text: The fossil aquifer from which this water is being supplied is the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System. It accumulated during the last ice age and is not currently being replenished. If 2007 rates of retrieval are not increased, the water could last a thousand years. Other estimates indicate that the aquifer could be depleted of water in as soon as 60 to 100 years. Analysts say that the costs of the $25 billion groundwater extraction system are 10% those of desalination.


title: Great Man-Made River

text: In this project 1 billion euros were invested for the installation of 50,000 artificial palm trees for water condensation. This project was carried out by the Spanish engineer Antonio Ibáñez de Alba.


title: Great Man-Made River

text: On 22 July 2011, during the first Libyan civil war, one of the two plants making pipes for the project, the Brega Plant, was hit by a NATO air strike. At a press conference on 26 July, NATO claimed that rockets had been fired from within the plant area, and that military materiel, including multiple rocket launchers, was stored there according to intelligence findings, presenting a photo showing a BM-21 MRL as an example.


title: Great Man-Made River

text: During the second Libyan civil war, lasting from 2014 to 2020, the water infrastructure suffered neglect and occasional breakdowns. As of July 2019, 101 of 479 wells on the western pipeline system had been dismantled.


title: Great Man-Made River

text: On 10 April 2020, a station controlling water flow to Tripoli and neighboring towns was seized by an unknown armed group. The flow of water was cut to over two million people as a result, and as such the attack was condemned by the United Nations on humanitarian grounds.


title: Annie (1999 film)

text: Annie is a 1999 American made-for-television musical-comedy-drama film from "The Wonderful World of Disney", adapted from the 1977 Broadway musical of the same name by Charles Strouse, Martin Charnin, and Thomas Meehan, which in turn is based on the 1924 "Little Orphan Annie" comic strip by Harold Gray. It is the first remake and the second film adaptation of the musical following the 1982 theatrical film starring Aileen Quinn, Carol Burnett, and Albert Finney.


title: Annie (1999 film)

text: It was directed by Rob Marshall, written by Irene Mecchi, and produced by Walt Disney Television, Columbia TriStar Television, Storyline Entertainment, and Chris Montan Productions. "Annie" marks the first film collaboration between The Walt Disney Company and Columbia Pictures since Columbia distributed Disney's "Silly Symphony" film series as well as the "Mickey Mouse" cartoon series from 1929 to 1932. It stars Kathy Bates, Alan Cumming, Audra McDonald, Kristin Chenoweth, Victor Garber, Andrea McArdle, and introduces Alicia Morton as the titular character, Lalaine as Kate, Danielle Wilson as Duffy, Sarah Hyland as Molly, Erin Adams as Tessie, Nanea Miyata as July, and Marissa Rago as Pepper.


title: Annie (1999 film)

text: "Annie" premiered on ABC on November 7, 1999. The program, which was a rare partnership between Columbia TriStar Television and Walt Disney Television, proved to be popular during its initial airing, with an estimated 26.3 million viewers, making it the second-most-watched Disney film ever to air on ABC behind "Cinderella" (1997). This version earned two Emmy Awards and a George Foster Peabody Award. It would be followed by a third film adaptation of the musical in 2014 and a fourth adaptation that was a live NBC production of the musical.


title: Annie (1999 film)

text: In 1933, during the Great Depression, 11-year-old orphan Annie Bennett was left on her own at the Hudson Street Home For Girls when she was an infant. The only two things that she received from her family was half a heart-shaped locket with a key hole, and a note from her parents saying that they would come back for her. The orphanage is run by the tyrannical Miss Hannigan, who starves the orphans, and forces them to do slave labor. In the middle of the night, after getting tired of waiting for her parents, Annie tries to escape to find them, but is caught by Miss Hannigan in the process. When Miss Hannigan gets distracted, Annie hides in the dirty laundry bin and she finally succeeds in running away.


title: Annie (1999 film)

text: While out on her own, Annie befriends a dog, whom she names Sandy. But police officer Lt. Ward catches her and returns her back to the orphanage. When billionaire Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks decides to take in an orphan for Christmas, his secretary Grace Farrell chooses Annie. Annie and Sandy are brought to his wealthy estate and bathe in a grand life.


title: Annie (1999 film)

text: Although at first uncomfortable with Annie, Daddy Warbucks is soon charmed by her. He desperately wants to adopt Annie, but Annie still wants to find her real parents, so he announces on the radio a $50,000 reward for anybody who can prove they are her biological parents. The orphans accidentally tell Miss Hannigan, and her younger con artist brother Rooster, and his dimwitted girlfriend Lily St. Regis cook up a scheme to get the reward by posing as Ralph and Shirley Mudge (Annie's "so called" parents).


title: Annie (1999 film)

text: Lily is left with the orphans after Miss Hannigan and Rooster leave, but Lily accidentally tells the secret. The orphans make her tell them what is going on, and she realizes that Rooster could leave her hanging as he has done before in the past. She and the orphans come to Warbucks' mansion where Lily demands her part in the cut while the orphans reveal the scheme. While fleeing from the orphans, Miss Hannigan and Rooster are intercepted upon the arrival of President Franklin D. Roosevelt along with his Secret Service. President Roosevelt reads the papers that identifies Miss Hannigan, Rooster, and Lily leading to Rooster and Lily getting arrested by the Secret Service. This enrages Miss Hannigan, who rants about all she did and the thanks she got for it. She is then carted off to a psychiatric hospital as she foresaw what would happen to her.


title: Annie (1999 film)

text: President Roosevelt then presents the evidence to Annie that her real parents are actually David and Margaret Bennett, but sadly they both had died several years earlier which explains why they never returned for her. Although Annie is saddened that her real parents are dead, she is cheered up when Daddy Warbucks officially adopts her. President Roosevelt ensures a happy ending for all as he promises that each of the orphans will be adopted by a stable and happy family. Daddy Warbucks and Grace become engaged, and Annie lives happily with her new parents and Sandy.


title: Annie (1999 film)

text: The songs in this version reflect those of the original 1977 production, but does not include "We'd Like to Thank You, Herbert Hoover", "Tomorrow (Cabinet Reprise)", "Annie", or "New Deal for Christmas". However, it does include a reprise of "N.Y.C." and of "Little Girls" that takes place at the end of the film, rather than after the song itself.


title: Annie (1999 film)

text: ABC began work on the film following the success of "Cinderella". Although the stage musical "Annie" had already been adapted as a film in 1982, the film was considered to be a critical and commercial failure. Zadan and Meron saw remaking the musical as an opportunity to rectify the previous adaptation's errors. They enlisted "Cinderella"'s choreographer Rob Marshall to direct and making the orphans ethnically diverse. Zadan and Meron were both so impressed by Rob's work throughout "Cinderella" (saying he acted like a director), that when The Wonderful World of Disney came to them about doing a TV version of "Annie", they both went to Rob to direct and choreograph. At first, he turned it down, saying “I’m not a director, I’m a choreographer. I don’t know why you’re even offering me this movie. I don’t know anything about film.” When Rob Marshall finally agreed to direct it, Disney executives didn’t want him to do the film. They said “"Annie" is too valuable a property. We’re not gonna give it to a guy who’s never directed a movie.” Yet, because Zadan and Meron both really believed in him, they told the executives in response “Then we won’t produce it.” They knew at the time that since "Cinderella" was so huge, the last thing Disney wanted to do was another musical not produced by them. So they kept calling saying “Let’s go over a list of directors”, but Zadan & Meron said no because they really wanted Rob Marshall to do it. So Disney eventually conceded and allowed him to direct and choreograph.


title: Annie (1999 film)

text: McDonald recalled in a 2017 interview that there was a reshoot of the final scene that showed her character, a black woman, not engaging with Daddy Warbucks; she suggested the reason for the reshoots was Disney and ABC were "a little uncomfortable" having a black woman engage with the white man. However, the other members of the cast and crew were not happy about having to do the reshoot, and Garber intentionally performed the scene badly so that it couldn't make it into the final cut.


title: Annie (1999 film)

text: The dancers' costumes and the stage set of the Broadway section of "N.Y.C." are taken directly from the "Broadway Melody" ballet in "Singin' in the Rain".


title: Annie (1999 film)

text: This was the second time Kathy Bates and Victor Garber starred alongside each other in a film. They had previously appeared in James Cameron's 1997 disaster epic film "Titanic".


title: Annie (1999 film)

text: "Annie" premiered during "The Wonderful World of Disney" on ABC November 7, 1999. After its premiere on ABC, "Annie" has aired on cable channels such as ABC Family, Starz, and the Hallmark Channel.


title: Annie (1999 film)

text: "Annie" was released on VHS on December 14, 1999, and DVD on January 24, 2000, by Buena Vista Home Entertainment. The film has not been released on Blu-ray, but can be viewed on Disney's streaming video platform, Disney+. On October the 15th Annie was removed from Disney+ in the U.S.


title: Annie (1999 film)

text: The program proved to be popular during its initial airing, with an estimated 26.3 million viewers, making it the second-most-watched Disney movie ever to air on ABC behind "Cinderella" (1997). This film was praised for its casting and for being closer to the stage production than the 1982 film.


title: Blackmail (2018 film)

text: Blackmail (stylised as Blackमेल) is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language black comedy film co-produced and directed by Abhinay Deo. The film stars Irrfan Khan, Kirti Kulhari, Arunoday Singh and Divya Dutta in lead roles and is produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Apurba Sengupta and Rohit KaduDeshmukh under the banner of T-Series Films and RDP Motion Pictures. "Blackmail" depicts the life of a married-man in his late 30s stuck in a full day-time job and unexciting life but things turn after he finds that his wife is having an extramarital affair. The film had its theatrical release in India on 6 April 2018 and turned out to be a flop at the box office.


title: Blackmail (2018 film)

text: Dev Kaushal (Irrfan Khan) is a toilet paper sales executive who is leading a dispirited life professionally and personally.


title: Blackmail (2018 film)

text: One day, to surprise his wife Reena Kaushal (Kirti Kulhari) he arrives early from office but instead finds his wife in bed with another man named Ranjit "Tommy" Arora (Arunoday Singh). He imagines different scenarios, like killing the lover, killing the wife, but leaves and decides to blackmail him.


title: Blackmail (2018 film)

text: Ranjit is married to Dolly Verma (Divya Dutta), who has an influential dad Ranjit is scared of. Dev blackmails Ranjit for a sum of 1 lakh. Ranjit arranges the money from Dolly. When Dolly's father asks Ranjit to return the money, he blackmails Reena for 120,000.


title: Blackmail (2018 film)

text: Dev drunkenly reveals everything to his colleague Anand (Pradhuman Singh Mall). Reena asks Dev for money, saying that its for her dad's treatment. Dev gives her the money and in turn asks Ranjit for more. Reena keeps the money in a dust bin which Ranjit collects and leaves it in a trash bin which then Dev collects.


title: Blackmail (2018 film)

text: Anand, who has a crush on Prabha Ghatpandey (Anuja Sathe), a colleague, takes her on a date and unintentionally reveals Dev's plans. Next day Prabha blackmails Dev. Dev confronts Anand, then asks Ranjit for money. Ranjit in turn asks Reena for money and Reena asks Dev for the money. From the cash received earlier Dev transacts the amount to Reena's account, while Reena puts the money in a dustbin. Ranjit collects it, and throws it in a dustbin which Dev collects and gives to Prabha.


title: Blackmail (2018 film)

text: Ranjit gets fed up and hires a detective, Chawla (Gajraj Rao). Prabha blackmails Dev again. Dev meets Prabha and they share an argument in her apartment. Prabha slips during the argument and falls, killing her. Suddenly Prabha's parents arrive. Dev manages to escape by wearing mask made out of a Paper bag.


title: Blackmail (2018 film)

text: Next morning, police arrive and interrogates everyone in the office. Anand knowing that Dev met Prabha last night, blackmails Dev. On interrogation Dev reveals that Anand liked Prabha. Dev convinces Anand to hide the truth from the police. Using Anand's car Dev purchases the same bag he used last night and hides it in Anand's car, following which the police arrest Anand. Anand panics and reveals everything about Dev to the police. Meanwhile, Chawla calls Dev telling him he knows about his ruse.


title: Blackmail (2018 film)

text: The police then interrogates Dev about his blackmail activities. Dolly follows Ranjit and sees him together with Reena in cinema hall. Anand comes out of police custody and fights with Dev, but Dev calms him down, claiming he has a master plan to gain lakhs of money. Dev meets Chawla who starts blackmailing him too to remain silent. Back at home Dolly tries to kill Ranjit, and as they fight Ranjit shoots her dead. Aghast, he hides her body. Dev blaikmails Ranjit (to pay Chawla), warning he would tell Dolly's dad. Ranjit asks Reena for more money, and Reena then asks Dev for money claiming that its for her father's surgery, which he refuses saying he doesn't have.


title: Blackmail (2018 film)

text: Dev calls Reena's parents to find out she has been lying. So Dev follows her, watching her sell her own jewelry and then dropping the cash in the dustbin at a Mall. Dev tries to take it out, but Ranjit comes over there first and takes the money. Dev takes pictures of Ranjit taking the money. Ranjit hides the money in the dustbin and waits there himself to catch the blackmailer. Dev bribes a security guard to take out that money. Ranjit tries to catch the guard, as Dev collects the money and then later gives it to Chawla. He then asks Chawla to call Ranjit and tell him that the blackmailer is Anand. Furious, Ranjit kills Anand. Dev sends the pictures of Ranjit taking money to Reena. Meanwhile, Dolly's parents find out Ranjit murdered their daughter and call the police.


title: Blackmail (2018 film)

text: Back at home, heart broken Reena deletes Ranjit's contact from her phone and messages Dev asking when he will come home. Dev finally wins the pacman game he was losing at first and deletes Reena's contact, walking out of the office.


title: Blackmail (2018 film)

text: Mid credits scene reveals that Dev sabotaged his boss's water plan and a song plays showing Dev and Reena's wedding 7 years prior.


title: Blackmail (2018 film)

text: The genesis of the film traces back to 2014 when Abhinay Deo had announced that his next film would be a dark comedy set in Mumbai. In January 2015, it was reported that Rakesh Roshan would be producing Abhinay Deo's next film which would have Irrfan Khan and Aditi Rao Hydari as the lead actors playing husband and wife. Kunal Kapoor, Kunaal Roy Kapur and Vijay Raaz were also signed on to be a part of the project and the shooting was supposed to begin at the end of February. In June 2015, it was reported that Rakesh Roshan had dropped the project that he was doing with Abhinay Deo citing creative differences. One year later in August 2016, Abhinay Deo said that after he completed the work on "Force 2", he planned to revive the film that he was supposed to do with Irrfan Khan before it was shelved. In November 2016, Abhinay Deo's film was given a working title of "Blackmail" and in February 2017 it was confirmed that T-Series had come on board to produce the film along with co-producer Rohit KaduDeshmukh. In April 2017, it was reported that the title of the film had been changed to "Raita" and Kirti Kulhari would be playing the role of Irrfan's wife in the film instead of Aditi Rao Hydari who was the first choice of the director. The principal photography of the film began on 4 April 2017 and the entire shoot was done in Mumbai itself. In December 2017, the film was officially renamed as "Blackmail" and it was announced that the film would have its theatrical release on 30 March 2018.


title: Blackmail (2018 film)

text: After the special screening for Amitabh Bachchan on 31 March 2018, the makers organised another special screening on 2 April 2018 in the absence of lead actor Irrfan Khan (who was undergoing treatment for a neuroendocrine tumour in the UK) for contemporary Bollywood film directors, which was attended by Rajkumar Hirani, Amol Gupte, Nishikant Kamat, Ashutosh Gowarikar, Tanuja Chandra, Meghna Gulzar, Ravi Udyawar, Rensil D'Silva, Sudhir Mishra, Sriram Raghavan, Soumik Sen, Pradeep Sarkar, Mukesh Chhabra and others, to a positive response.


title: Blackmail (2018 film)

text: The album is a compilation of six tracks, four of which were composed by Amit Trivedi while the other two were composed by the guest musicians Badshah and Guru Randhawa. The lyrics of the songs were written by Amitabh Bhattacharya, Badshah, Guru Randhawa and Divine. The entire music album was officially released on 23 March 2018.


title: Blackmail (2018 film)

text: Rajeev Masand gave the film a rating of 3 out of 5 and said that, "It’s the film’s unique brand of humor – some of it pitch black and Coen-esque – that makes Blackmail worth your time, despite its shortcomings." Sweta Kausal of Hindustan Times gave the film a rating of 3 out of 5 and said that "Blackmail" is a "Fun filled and realistic story-telling made interesting with engaging and hilarious performances of Irrfan Khan and Divya Dutta". Rachit Gupta of "The Times of India" gave the film a rating of 4 out of 5 saying that, "The plot of Blackmail is its hero and it manages to strike a good balance between dark and funny. This is one of the most wickedly funny films that we’ve seen in a long time." Raja Sen of NDTV gave the film a rating of 1.5 out of 5 and said that, "Irrfan is incapable of giving a bad performance but Abhinay Deo's farce is too tacky and poorly-conceived to do Khan justice". Shubhra Gupta of "The Indian Express" gave the film a rating of 2 out of 5 and said that, "The Irrfan Khan starrer begins promisingly but descends pretty quickly into flatness and sluggishness, a classic problem of not knowing quite how to play out a perky idea."


title: The Myth (film)

text: The Myth () is a 2005 Hong Kong—Chinese martial arts fantasy-adventure film directed by Stanley Tong, starring Jackie Chan, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Kim Hee-sun, and Mallika Sherawat.


title: The Myth (film)

text: Based during the Qin dynasty, general Meng Yi (Chan) is tasked with escorting Ok-Soo (referred at times as "Concubine Li") (Kim), a Korean princess, back to China to serve as a concubine for Qin Shi Huang, in an attempt to strengthen diplomatic relationships. Along the journey, a Korean warrior (seemingly her fiancé) attempts to seize her back, but Meng Yi saves her. Meng Yi protects Ok-Soo through their journey back, while Ok-Soo tends to his wounds. In the process, she begins to develop feelings for him but Meng Yi, while apparently harboring similar feelings for her, steps back, reminding her of her purpose of becoming a concubine in the interests of her people and successfully completes his mission. The Qin emperor becomes critically ill later and sends Meng Yi to find the elixir of immortality, the only thing that can save his life. Before leaving, Meng Yi discreetly confesses his feelings to Ok-Soo, stating "my heart belongs to you forever," and Ok-Soo vows to await his return. The guards escorting the elixir are ambushed by rebels on the orders of the treacherous prince and chancellor. Meng Yi hands over the elixir to his deputy, Nangong Yan, before dying in the ensuing battle. Although Nangong Yan manages to bring the elixir to the emperor, the prince and chancellor trick Nangong Yan and Ok-soo to test the validity of the elixir and force them to consume the elixir, condemning them to imprisonment in the Qin emperor's mausoleum for eternity.


title: The Myth (film)

text: In the present day, Jack, an archaeologist (also Chan), is Meng Yi's reincarnation, and he often dreams about his past life. One day, his friend William invites him on a quest to find a rare material that can create a field of zero gravity. They travel to a floating tomb of a Dasar prince in India, where Jack discovers a painting of the princess he has been seeing in his dreams. Jack also learns that during a mission to the Qin Empire, the Dasar prince brought treasures and women as gifts. In return, the Qin emperor offered him one of his concubines and asked him to choose, but refused when the prince chose his favourite, Ok-soo. Instead, the Qin emperor gave him a painting of Ok-soo and the Qin Star Gem. William removes a strange black rock from a feline statue, and accidentally collapses the zero gravity field holding up the tomb, resulting in its destruction. William manages to escape, but Jack leaps off a cliff and falls into a river. He loses consciousness and drifts along with the current until he is saved by Samantha, an Indian peasant girl. Samantha brings Jack to see her uncle, a Kalaripayattu (Indian martial art form) guru, who tells Jack to take the sword he found and fight with one of his students. During the fight, Jack has a recollection of a duel he had with the Dasar prince in his past life, and briefly recovers his fighting skills from his life as Meng Yi. Samantha's uncle enlightens Jack about his past and future, and Jack succeeds in returning home safely, and he delivers the sword to the National Museum of China as a national treasure. His action angered Professor Koo, the leader of the syndicate that has been funding Jack and William's treasure hunt.


title: The Myth (film)

text: After extensive research, Jack and William conclude that the anti-gravity material is a fragment of a meteorite that fell to Earth during the Qin dynasty. They find the location of the Qin emperor's mausoleum, concealed behind a waterfall. The massive tomb contains the strongest fragment of the meteorite, powerful enough to make the tomb a floating palace. Jack meets Ok-soo and Nangong Yan alive inside the tomb, and they mistake him for Meng Yi. Professor Koo and his men enter and attempt to seize the immortality elixir, leading to an aerial fight between both parties. William accidentally breaks the balance of the field after removing a piece of the meteorite and causes the tomb to collapse on itself, and dies from drowning in mercury. While Jack is escaping from the collapsing tomb, he asks Ok-soo to come with him, but she refuses after realizing he is not Meng Yi and says she will wait for the real Meng Yi forever, believing he still lives. As Koo nears the elixir, Yan grabs onto him as they fall and presumably perish.


title: The Myth (film)

text: Jack is then seen at home with a published copy of "The Myth", a book written by him about his adventure and his experiences which he dedicates to William.


title: The Myth (film)

text: "The Myth" was released in Hong Kong on 23 September 2005, and earned a strong HK$6,230,000 in its first three days. It ended its run with HK$17 million, making it the third highest-grossing domestic release in Hong Kong that year, and overseas for a worldwide total of $120 million.


title: The Myth (film)

text: On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 20%, based on reviews from 5 critics, with an average rating of 3.9/10.


title: The Myth (film)

text: Styna Chyn, from filmtreat, wrote: "Even though Jackie Chan did not direct "The Myth," (Stanley Tong), he did produce it; and his creative input echoes throughout this genre-bending action film. Shot in China, Hong Kong, and Hampi, India, "The Myth" is a comedy of epic proportions. Combining historical fantasy, martial arts, and science-fiction, Tong's film follows archaeologist Jack (Jackie Chan) and scientist William (Tony Leung Ka-Fai) on their adventures in investigating the veracity of a myth involving immortality, levitation, and a Korean princess-turned-concubine for Emperor Qin towards the end of the Qin Dynasty."


title: The Myth (film)

text: David Cornelius, from efilmcritic, gave the film 4 out of 5 stars and wrote: "Once again, it’s time to lament that while Jackie Chan has spent the past few years churning out mostly mediocre-or-worse flops like "Around the World in 80 Days" or those damn "Rush Hour" sequels in Hollywood, he's also spent the same time flying back home every now and then to make some darn-good-or-better flicks that, sadly, remain mostly unseen Stateside because they've been unceremoniously dumped onto DVD by the studios that pick up the rights to them but then never really bother to do anything about it."


title: The Myth (film)

text: Jim Hemphill, from Reel Films Reviews, gave the film 4 out of 5 stars and wrote a positive review: "Jackie Chan's The Myth is enjoyable but second-rate Jackie Chan, an action film that's completely satisfying on every level except when compared to the star's own best work. Chan has, in some ways, become a victim of his own excellence: the astonishing stunt work and action choreography of his peak years (the 1980s period of the Police Story and Project A films) have set up expectations that no performer could continue to live up to, certainly not after moving into middle age. Viewers weaned on Chan's classics will undoubtedly find The Myth to be Jackie-lite, a slightly slowed-down version of his usual acrobatics. Yet the film does contain a few superb set pieces reminiscent of vintage Chan, and director Stanley Tong's opulent visual style makes it a feast for the eyes—and the bottom line is that half-speed Jackie Chan is still more dynamic than just about any other action hero."


title: The Myth (film)

text: Robert Koehler of "Variety" wrote a generally negative review of the film: "Resembling a story session where many ideas are brainstormed and few stick, "The Myth" messily reps Jackie Chan in epic mode as a [contemporary] archaeologist drawn into a plot to plunder the treasure of the Qin Dynasty's first emperor. As part of a movement in H.K. cinema to return to the ambitious movies of yore, helmer Stanley Tong's multi-period adventure flirts with considerable entertainment on one hand and near self-destruction on the other. Whether Chan's star power will pull in enough international bizbiz is doubtful, though ancillary should flex muscles in most territories."


title: The Myth (film)

text: David Nusair, writing for Reel Film Reviews from the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival, was even less impressed:"That "The Myth" eventually turns into an almost interminable experience is a shame, given the light-hearted and genuinely entertaining vibe of the film's opening hour...Fortunately, "The Myth" contains several expectedly impressive action sequences – with a fight set within a rat paper factory an obvious highlight – although it's not long before such moments wear out their welcome. This is particularly true of an unbelievably tedious plot development towards the end, which finds all of the film's central characters forced to duke it out inside some kind of an infinite, gravity-defying mausoleum (!) Chan is reportedly looking to get away from some of the sillier films he's been churning out as of late, but "The Myth" certainly does not mark a step in the right direction".


title: The Myth (film)

text: On 4 May 2009, the DVD was released in Cine Asia in the United Kingdom in Region 2. Another version, including "An Introduction to Cine Asia Featurette", was released later in the United Kingdom on 28 February 2011.


title: The Myth (film)

text: The theme song for the film, titled "Wujin De Ai" (無盡的愛; "Endless Love") was performed in both Mandarin and Korean by Jackie Chan and Kim Hee-sun. Chan's stanzas were all sung in Mandarin, while Kim's solo stanzas were sung in Korean. However, the duets were all sung in Mandarin.


title: The Myth (film)

text: An alternative version, titled "Meili De Shenhua" (美麗的神話; "Beautiful Myth"), was performed in Mandarin by Sun Nan and Han Hong.


title: The Myth (film)

text: The song was reused as the ending theme song for the 2010 television series of the same title. This version was performed in Mandarin by Hu Ge and Bai Bing.


title: The Myth (film)

text: The Kalaripayattu martial arts were performed by experts from C. V. N. Kalari school, led by Sunil Kumar Gurukkal, and based in the town of Nadakkavu, Calicut in the state of Kerala, India. The list of stunt performers includes: John Foo, Wu Gang, Han Kwan Hua, Lee in Seob, Ken Lo, Park Hyun Jin and William Dewsbury.


title: The Myth (film)

text: On 10 January 2010, a 50 episodes television series, titled "The Myth", was broadcast on CCTV-8 in China. Jackie Chan was the producer for the series while Stanley Tong was the creative director. The television series had a storyline that is different from the film.


title: Patrick Kielty

text: Kielty was born in County Down, Northern Ireland, and grew up in the village of Dundrum. He is one of three sons born to the businessman John "Jack" Kielty, who was shot dead on 25 January 1988 by the Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF), a cover name used by loyalist paramilitary group the Ulster Defence Association (UDA). John Kielty was to have been a key witness in Central Television's defence of a libel action brought by Jim Craig, who was suing the television company over a broadcast of "The Cook Report" which connected him to racketeering, and is said to have ordered John Kielty's murder.


title: Patrick Kielty

text: Kielty as a teenager was a talented Gaelic footballer, and was a member of the Down GAA minor football team for three years, between 1987–89. He was the substitute goalkeeper for the team when they won the 1987 All Ireland Minor Football Championship.


title: Patrick Kielty

text: Kielty began performing regularly while a pupil at St Patrick's Grammar School, Downpatrick. Kielty was persuaded to take part by a Games master who spotted his impersonations of local politicians, celebrities, and sportsmen. His professional career started while he was still a psychology student at Queen's University Belfast. In 1991, along with his friend and fellow student Jackie Hamilton (later a BBC and independent producer), the pair visited Dublin's new stand up club The Gasworks run by performer/producer Billy Magra/McGrath. UK acts making their Irish debuts included Jo Brand, Lee Evans, Jack Dee, Stewart Lee, Mark Lamarr, Eddie Izzard and many more plus The Gasworks gave local acts like Sean Hughes, Jon Kenny/Pat Shortt and Ardal O'Hanlon their first headline shows in Dublin. After a successful opening spot (mainly doing impressions), Billy advised Patrick and Jackie to open their own comedy club in Belfast and The Empire on Botanic Avenue in Belfast was born. The following year Patrick was a finalist in a National Comedy Search organised by Billy for Ireland's most-watched TV programme The Late Late Show. Another finalist, also making his TV debut, was another future star, Dylan Moran. Later the experience led to a hugely successful BBC NI series "The Empire Laughs Back" - also produced by Jackie. One routine performed at local gigs involved donning a balaclava and making spoof paramilitary pronouncements.


title: Patrick Kielty

text: In 1993, Kielty presented the show "SUS" on UTV. He later became the warm-up act for a BBC Northern Ireland programme, "Anderson on the Box", presented by local personality Gerry Anderson. When this show was axed, he presented its replacement, "PK Tonight". Although this ran for only a year and was only shown in Northern Ireland, it did attract the attention of London-based broadcasters, winning him the "Best Newcomer" Award at the 1996 Royal Television Society Awards. In 1997, he set up the Belfast-based TV production company Green Inc with TV director Stephen Stewart, making shows such as "The Afternoon Show", "Patrick Kielty Almost Live", and "Ask Rhod Gilbert". It was reported in 2010 that Kielty had sold his share in the company. Kielty graduated to presenting programmes such as "Last Chance Lottery" and "Patrick Kielty Almost Live", broadcast throughout the UK. Following his liver transplant, former football star George Best later gave his first TV interview to Kielty on the same show.


title: Patrick Kielty

text: From 2001 to 2003, Kielty hosted 14 episodes of the comedy game show "Stupid Punts". He also presented a series of "After The Break". He did an impersonation of Martin McGuinness (who bore some superficial visual resemblance to Art Garfunkel) singing the Simon and Garfunkel song, "Bridge over Troubled Water". Kielty continued to appear on national television, mostly light-entertainment shows such as the BBC's "Fame Academy", "Comic Relief Does Fame Academy" and "Love Island" for ITV in both 2005 and 2006. On 21 June 2003 Kielty hosted the Opening Ceremony of the Special Olympics in Croke Park, Dublin, to a reported global audience of 800 million viewers. Other participants included Nelson Mandela, Mohammed Ali, and U2. In 2006, he hosted a segment on ITV's coverage of "The Prince's Trust 30th Birthday LIVE" alongside Kate Thornton. He hosted the original pilot series of the American version of "Deal or No Deal" for ABC in early 2004. However, ABC decided against airing the series, which ended up on NBC, with Canadian comedian Howie Mandel as host.


title: Patrick Kielty

text: In 2006, Kielty returned to the stand-up scene with a new UK tour. A DVD, filmed at Belfast's Grand Opera House, was later released. In 2007, he began work at the Trafalgar Theatre in London's West End on the UK production of "A Night in November", written by Northern Irish dramatist Marie Jones ("Stones in His Pockets"). He debuted in the play at the Grand Opera House in Belfast.


title: Patrick Kielty

text: In 2007, he also guested on the BBC's third series of "Live at the Apollo". On 18 May 2007, Kielty was invited to conduct a joint in-depth TV interview at 10 Downing Street in London with UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahearn to discuss the Northern Ireland peace process. He hosted the Saturday morning show on BBC Radio 2 which started on 24 July 2010 and it ran for 10 weeks. Kielty presented Sport Relief in 2010 and 2012 alongside Fearne Cotton.


title: Patrick Kielty

text: Kielty was the host of the first series of Channel 4's "Stand Up for the Week", which began in June 2010 and ran for six weeks.


title: Patrick Kielty

text: In 2012, he co-presented "This Morning", alongside Kate Thornton for one episode and Emma Willis for three episodes. In 2014 and 2015, Patrick guest hosted a few episodes of "The One Show" alongside Alex Jones.


title: Patrick Kielty

text: In 2016 Kielty returned to BBC Northern Ireland to present programmes, including the comedy panel game show "Bad Language" alongside Susan Calman and Paul Sinha. He then hosted television documentary "Patrick Kielty's Mulholland Drive" which focused on the life of William Mullholland and the California Water Wars. Kielty also reflected on his relatives' work in the Northern Irish water industry. In March 2016 he began hosting a chat show for BBC NI called "Delete, Delete, Delete" looking at celebrities' internet history.


title: Patrick Kielty

text: In 2018, Kielty presented a documentary, "My Dad, the Peace Deal and Me" for BBC Two. The programme, coinciding with the 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, explored the state of Northern Ireland two decades on from the Agreement. Kielty discussed the killing of his father and the effect it had on him, as well as his decision to vote Yes to the Agreement in a referendum, even though it would result in the release from gaol of his father's killers. He also interviewed former paramilitary activists from both sides of the struggle, DUP leader Arlene Foster, school students at an integrated (non-denominational) school and a Richard Moore, founder of Children in Crossfire who was blinded as a small boy by a rubber bullet fired by a British soldier, whom he later befriended.


title: Patrick Kielty

text: In 2021, Kielty took part in the RTÉ series "All the Walks of Life", where he talked about his childhood and the values he holds. He appeared in the film Ballywalter, playing Shane, a stand-up comic.


title: Patrick Kielty

text: In January 2015, US Country star Garth Brooks gave his first UK interview to Kielty for a BBC Radio 2 special from Boston, Massachusetts. On 13 September 2019, Kielty presented "The News Quiz" on BBC Radio 4. In August 2020, Kielty co-presented "Five Live Breakfast" with Rachel Burden on BBC Radio 5 Live, sitting in for Nicky Campbell.


title: Patrick Kielty

text: Kielty performed in the play "A Night in November" in August 2007 in the Grand Opera House, Belfast, and also in productions in London and in 2008 in The Olympia Theatre in Dublin. A documentary about the production of the play starring Kielty was released in 2008. In 2022, he embarked on his first stand-up tour for seven years. The dad-of-two joked on motoring podcast Fuelling Around that his Borderline show gave him the perfect opportunity to catch up on some sleep.


title: Patrick Kielty

text: Kielty married English model and television presenter Cat Deeley (his former Fame Academy co-host) in a private ceremony in Rome on Saturday 29 September 2012. Their first son was born in January 2016, and a second in June 2018. Hosting the BBC Radio 5 Live afternoon show on 28 October 2020 (sitting in for Nihal Arthanayake) he talked of his relationship with Deeley saying, "first find a woman out of your league and then convince her she isn't."


title: Patrick Kielty

text: In 2010, he took part in "Channel 4's Comedy Gala", a benefit show held in aid of Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, filmed live at the O2 Arena in London on 30 March.


title: Patrick Kielty

text: Kielty has participated in every incarnation of Soccer Aid until 2016. He plays for the 'Rest of The World' team as a goalkeeper and is typically substituted onto the field at the beginning of the second half.


title: Patrick Kielty

text: After co-presenting Sport Relief on two occasions in 2010 and 2012, Kielty's participation in 2015's Comic Relief telethon was confirmed when British boy band One Direction tweeted a short clip announcing who would be playing them in a 'No Direction' tribute for Red Nose Day. Kielty, who impersonated Niall Horan, directed the skit in which comedians Jack Dee played Louis Tomlinson, Nick Helm became Zayn Malik, Vic Reeves took on Harry Styles and Johnny Vegas transformed into Liam Payne.


title: Neverwhere

text: Neverwhere is an urban fantasy television miniseries by Neil Gaiman that first aired in 1996 on BBC 2. The series is set in "London Below", a magical realm coexisting with the more familiar London, referred to as "London Above". It was devised by Neil Gaiman and Lenny Henry and directed by Dewi Humphreys. Gaiman adapted the series into a novel, which was released in September 1996. The series and book were partially inspired by Gene Wolfe's novel "Free Live Free".


title: Neverwhere

text: Richard Mayhew, a Scottish man living in London, encounters an injured girl named Door on the street one night. Despite his fiancée's protests he decides to help her; upon doing so he ceases to exist on Earth and becomes real only to the denizens of "London Below", whose inhabitants are generally invisible and non-existent to the people of "London Above". He loses his flat, his job, and nearly his mind as he travels London Below in an attempt to make sense out of it all, find a way back, and help Door survive as she is hunted down by hired assassins.


title: Neverwhere

text: In London Below the various familiar names of London all take on a new significance: for example Knightsbridge becomes "Night's Bridge", a stone bridge whose darkness takes its toll in human life; The Angel, Islington is an actual angel. London Below is a parallel world in and beneath the sewers. Its inhabitants are the homeless, but also people from other times, such as Roman legionaries and medieval monks, as well as fictional and fantastical characters.


title: Neverwhere

text: "Neverwhere" was first broadcast on BBC Two from 12 September 1996. There are six half-hour episodes:


title: Neverwhere

text: The idea for the story came from a conversation between Gaiman and Henry about a possible television series. Henry suggested a story with tribes of homeless people in London. Gaiman was initially reluctant to commit, as he feared that making the homeless appear "cool" might cause more young people to attempt to emulate the characters, but decided that the effect could be avoided by making the story more removed from reality.


title: Neverwhere

text: "Neverwhere" received some criticism for its appearance. One major problem lay in the original plan to shoot on video (for budgetary reasons), and then later "filmise" the footage to make it look as if it had been shot on film. For this reason, the programme had been lit and shot in a manner appropriate to a film-based production. However, the decision to apply the filmisation process was later reversed. In addition to what some considered the old-fashioned appearance of un-filmised video, the lighting set up with film in mind appeared garish and unsubtle on the more clinical medium. Gaiman himself commented that the loss of quality resulting from multi-generational VHS copies actually improved the appearance in this respect.


title: Neverwhere

text: The six episodes were released in the US and Canada to DVD as a two-disc set on 9 September 2005 in conjunction with A&E Network. Despite the DVDs often being advertised as region 1, some of the actual discs are region zero. The BBC have released the series on DVD on 23 April 2007. The opening theme tune on the original BBC2 transmission was the same as the music over the closing credits. The opening theme on the Region 2 DVD version is a series of abstract sounds, while the closing music remains intact. The music for the series was made by Brian Eno.


title: Neverwhere

text: Neil Gaiman wrote a novelisation of the television series that was first released in 1996, during the television show's transmission. This was accompanied by a spoken word release on CD and cassette. The text was later re-written for the US market (Gaiman's publisher insisting that many of the references of London were too obscure for US tastes) and a third version is now available which combines elements of both earlier versions of the novel.


title: Neverwhere

text: A nine-issue graphic novel limited series began in June 2005, written by Mike Carey (who had worked on "Lucifer", a spin-off from Gaiman's "The Sandman"), with art by Glenn Fabry.


title: Neverwhere

text: Vertigo changed a character, the Marquis De Carabas, that had been portrayed in the TV series and on the radio as a man from the African Diaspora into a creature with a black skin tone not seen in the real world.


title: Neverwhere

text: The comic is an adaptation inspired by the novelisation, rather than the original TV series. Thus the characters and settings do not generally resemble those seen in the series. The series was published by DC Comics's Vertigo imprint. The collected volume was also published by Vertigo, in February 2007 ().


title: Neverwhere

text: In 2006, a world-premiere stage adaptation of the novel, developed by writer and actress Eve Butler and director Sasha Travis, was produced by the Savannah Actor's Theatre in Savannah, Georgia.


title: Neverwhere

text: In 2008, a stage adaptation of the novel was created and performed by the Actors Gymnasium in Evanston, Illinois.


title: Neverwhere

text: In 2010, Lifeline Theatre in Chicago performed an adaptation written by Robert Kauzlaric. The eight-week run proved so successful that it was extended another four weeks. The play was viewed by Neil Gaiman and the co-creator of the original BBC series, Lenny Henry, during the extension.


title: Neverwhere

text: In February 2012, Calgary-based theatre company Mob Hit Productions performed a two-week run of Kauzlaric's adaptation.


title: Neverwhere

text: In May 2011, the first school production of Kauzlaric's adaptation was performed at Northwest Academy in Portland, Oregon. In February 2013, Kauzlaric's adaption was performed at Friends Academy in Locust Valley, New York.


title: Neverwhere

text: On 5 April 2013, the Sacred Fools Theater Company in Los Angeles performed the American West Coast premiere of Kauzlaric's adaptation. Originally scheduled to run through 11 May, it was extended an additional two weeks due to its popularity. The play was viewed by Neil Gaiman.


title: Neverwhere

text: In August 2013, Washington, D.C.-based company Rorschach Theatre performed Kauzlaric's adaptation after a successful Kickstarter campaign.


title: Neverwhere

text: A script was written for a movie version in 2009 and was optioned by The Weinstein Company. The project has been abandoned since.


title: Neverwhere

text: A radio dramatisation in six parts was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 4 Extra in March 2013, written by Dirk Maggs and co-directed with producer Heather Larmour. During one of his book signings Gaiman indicated that it would be released for sale in late 2013. The radio play starred James McAvoy as Richard Mayhew and Natalie Dormer as Lady Door.


title: Neverwhere

text: Since at least 2014, Gaiman said a sequel to the book titled "The Seven Sisters" was a possibility, later confirming in 2017 that he was in fact writing it.


title: Neverwhere

text: "How the Marquis Got His Coat Back" is a short story written by Neil Gaiman and set in the Neverwhere universe. It was published in "Rogues", a short story anthology edited by Gardner Dozois and George RR Martin. Audible adapted it as an audio story as well.


title: Easy Lover

text: "Easy Lover" is a song performed by Philip Bailey of Earth, Wind & Fire and Phil Collins of Genesis, and jointly written and composed by Bailey, Collins, and Nathan East. The song appeared on Bailey's solo album, "Chinese Wall". Collins has performed the song in his live concerts, and it appears on both his 1990 album, "Serious Hits... Live!", and his 1998 compilation album, "...Hits". It is Bailey's only US Top 40 hit as a solo artist.


title: Easy Lover

text: The song was a No. 1 hit in several countries, including Canada, the Netherlands, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. In the U.S., it spent 23 weeks on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart, including 7 weeks in the Top 10, and peaked at No. 2 the weeks of 2 February 1985 and 9 February 1985, behind the chart-topping "I Want to Know What Love Is" by Foreigner. In the UK Singles Chart, it reached No. 1, staying there for four weeks. The single sold over a million copies in the U.S. and was certified gold, as the RIAA requirement for a platinum single disc was not lowered to one million units until 1989. In addition, "Easy Lover" has been certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) and Music Canada.


title: Easy Lover

text: "Easy Lover" won an MTV Video Music Award for Best Overall Performance in a Video in and was Grammy Award nominated for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals in 1986.


title: Easy Lover

text: In 1984, Phil Collins was hired as the producer for Philip Bailey's solo album, "Chinese Wall". According to Collins, Bailey approached him at the end of the sessions for the album and asked him to write a song together. In "Phil Collins: My Life in 15 Songs", a 2016 interview he gave to "Rolling Stone" magazine, Collins said of the song: "So we just started having a jam one night, and went round and round and turned it into a verse and a chorus. We recorded it that night so we wouldn't forget it. That song doesn't sound like any particular era. It's just fantastic." According to the official sheet music, the song is in the key of F minor and has a tempo of 105 BPM, though the studio recording has a tempo of 130 BPM.


title: Easy Lover

text: The song's music video, filmed at Etward Studios, London, England, humorously depicts the making of a music video. It was produced by Paul Flattery and directed by Jim Yukich.


title: Linda Ronstadt discography

text: The discography of Linda Ronstadt, an American rock, pop and country artist (who also recorded in other genres, such as light opera and traditional Mexican music), consists of 24 solo studio albums, one live album, numerous compilation albums, and 63 singles. Widely recognized as the reigning ""Queen of Rock"", Ronstadt is estimated with 100 million record sales worldwide. According to Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), she has sold 30 million certified albums in the United States, making her the 9th best-selling female solo artist in the country. Billboard ranked her as the 67th Greatest artist of all time.


title: Linda Ronstadt discography

text: After recording three albums with her folk rock band, The Stone Poneys, Ronstadt debuted on Capitol Records as a solo artist with 1969's "Hand Sown ... Home Grown". Her final album was released in 2006. Between 1970 and 1973, Ronstadt released three studio albums: two on the Capitol label, "Silk Purse" (1970) and "Linda Ronstadt" (1971); and one on the Asylum label, "Don't Cry Now" (1973). Developing a country rock sound similar to that of the Eagles, Ronstadt recorded 1974's Grammy-winning "Heart Like a Wheel", which sold over two million U. S. copies and spawned the #1 hits "When Will I Be Loved" and "You're No Good". Her next album was 1975's "Prisoner in Disguise", which followed a similar musical style and contained a top five cover of "Heat Wave". Released in 1976, "Hasten Down the Wind" featured two Ronstadt-composed originals and established Ronstadt as the first ever female recording artist to release three million-selling albums. Its biggest hits were a cover of Buddy Holly's "That'll Be The Day" and a reworking of Willie Nelson's "Crazy". The album won Ronstadt her second Grammy Award.


title: Linda Ronstadt discography

text: Her 1977 release, "Simple Dreams", followed a more rock-oriented format. It went triple platinum in the United States and produced two simultaneous top five hits: the platinum-certified "Blue Bayou" and "It's So Easy". Additional hits from the album included "Poor Poor Pitiful Me", "Tumbling Dice", and the Top 10 country hit "I Never Will Marry". The following album, "Living in the USA" included a cover of Chuck Berry's "Back in the U.S.A.". It also contained a cover of the Motown classic "Ooh Baby Baby" which crossed over to R&B radio. In addition to the conventional Asylum release that is listed below, special limited-edition releases were also made of this album in red vinyl and picture disc. "Just One Look" was the album's third hit single.


title: Linda Ronstadt discography

text: Ronstadt's first disc of the 1980s was the New Wave-styled "Mad Love". It debuted at number 5 on the "Billboard" album chart and quickly became her seventh million-selling album in a row. It produced Top 10 singles with "How Do I Make You" and the scorching "Hurt So Bad". "Get Closer", regarded as her final Rock album, followed in 1982. Four music videos were filmed for this album, all were popular on the fledgling MTV cable channel. On April 24, 1980, Ronstadt recorded a concert at Hollywood's Television Center Studios for HBO, to coincide with the release of "Mad Love". 12 hand-picked performances by Ronstadt were later released in her only live album, "Live in Hollywood" on February 1, 2019. In 1983, Ronstadt changed musical directions towards big band jazz and traditional pop music, recording "What's New", which was certified Triple Platinum in the United States. It was succeeded by 1984's "Lush Life" and 1986's "For Sentimental Reasons" (both Platinum-certified).


title: Linda Ronstadt discography

text: To celebrate her Mexican American heritage, Ronstadt recorded the Spanish-language album "Canciones de Mi Padre" in 1987, which sold more than two million copies in the U.S. and won Ronstadt another Grammy Award. It stands as the best-selling non-English language record in U.S. music history. The same year, she also teamed with Emmylou Harris and Dolly Parton for the collaborative album "Trio", which spawned four Top 10 country music hits, including the number 1 single, "To Know Him Is To Love Him". Her 1989 release, titled "Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind", was Ronstadt's first pop music album in seven years. It produced two Grammy Award-winning duets with Aaron Neville on the "Billboard" Hot 100: the Gold-certified number 2 hit "Don't Know Much" and the number 11 hit "All My Life". Both songs were long-running number 1 Adult Contemporary hits.


title: Linda Ronstadt discography

text: After releasing two less successful Spanish-language albums in the early 1990s, Ronstadt returned to more contemporary music with 1993's New Age-styled "Winter Light". It was followed by "Feels Like Home", a return to country rock. Her Grammy-winning album of children's lullabies was issued in 1996 and had strong sales. Her 1998 release, "We Ran", featured more rock-oriented album material. In 1999, Ronstadt reunited with Harris and Parton for "Trio II", which won Ronstadt her eleventh competitive Grammy Award and nineteenth Gold album. That year she also recorded a Southwestern-inspired release with Harris, "". Her 2004 release, "Hummin' to Myself", was Ronstadt's fourth album of traditional jazz standards. In 2006, she made what turned out to be her final studio album – "Adieu False Heart" – mixing Cajun music with rock in a collaboration with Ann Savoy.


title: Linda Ronstadt discography

text: The lists that follow do not include the many singles and albums on which Ronstadt provided guest vocals, such as the 1986 Philip Glass album "Songs from Liquid Days" on which she performed tracks written by Suzanne Vega and Laurie Anderson. It also omits her singles and albums as lead singer of Stone Poneys, although a number of recordings from that era have been included on her compilation albums.


title: Mazda CX-3

text: The Mazda CX-3 is a subcompact crossover SUV manufactured by Mazda. Based on the same platform as the Mazda2 (DJ/DL), it was revealed to the public with a full photo gallery on November 19, 2014, and first put on display two days later at the 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show, as a production vehicle for the model year of 2016.


title: Mazda CX-3

text: The CX-3 is offered with an array of engines, such as a 1.5-litre and 2.0-litre four-cylinder Skyactiv-G gasoline engine, and a 1.5 L Skyactiv-D diesel engine. CX-3 sales began in the United States in the end of 2015, as a model for 2016. It replaced the similar Mazda2 subcompact in the market in North America.


title: Mazda CX-3

text: Across the model lineup, power is provided by an updated (2018) 2.0-litre Skyactiv-G engine that develops and 148 lb ft (201 Nm) of torque. It is connected to a six speed automatic transmission that can be paired to an optional all wheel drive system.


title: Mazda CX-3

text: In the United States, the entry level CX-3 Sport, Touring and Grand Touring all feature cruise control, power windows/lock, and a 60/40 split folding rear seat. Other highlights include a rearview camera, Bluetooth connectivity, and an infotainment system, Mazda Connect, with a 7-inch display as standard equipment.


title: Mazda CX-3

text: In Asia, the CX-3 is sold in countries such as Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines and Indonesia, and was introduced progressively from 2016. Similarly, the CX-3 is offered with a 2.0-litre four-cylinder gasoline engine or a 1.5-litre Skyactiv-D diesel engine.


title: Mazda CX-3

text: The CX-3 received a minor facelift in 2018 including a new split horizontal chrome grille design, foglamps, tail lamps, minor tweaks to the chassis, added safety features, centre console armrest and replaced the manual handbrake with electric parking brakes.


title: Mazda CX-3

text: For the 2020 model year in the United States, the Touring and Grand Touring trim levels were dropped in order to make room for the Mazda CX-30 leaving only the base Sport trim, with AWD being the only option. Newly standard equipment for the Sport trim include Apple Carplay and Android Auto as well as the i-Activesense safety suite.