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Savannah, Georgia
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Savannah is the oldest city in the U. S. state of Georgia and is the county seat of Chatham County. Established in 1733 on the Savannah River, the city of Savannah became the British colonial capital of the Province of Georgia, a strategic port city in the American Revolution and during the American Civil War, Savannah is today an industrial center and an important Atlantic seaport. It is Georgias fifth-largest city and third-largest metropolitan area, Downtown Savannah largely retains the original town plan prescribed by founder James Oglethorpe. Savannah was the host city for the sailing competitions during the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta. On February 12,1733, General James Oglethorpe and settlers from the ship Anne landed at Yamacraw Bluff and were greeted by Tomochichi, the Yamacraws, Mary Musgrove often served as an interpreter. The city of Savannah was founded on that date, along with the colony of Georgia, in 1751, Savannah and the rest of Georgia became a Royal Colony and Savannah was made the colonial capital of Georgia. By the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War, Savannah had become the southernmost commercial port of the Thirteen Colonies, British troops took the city in 1778, and the following year a combined force of American and French soldiers failed to rout the British at the Siege of Savannah. The British did not leave the city until July 1782, Savannah, a prosperous seaport throughout the nineteenth century, was the Confederacys sixth most populous city and the prime objective of General William T. Shermans March to the Sea. Early on December 21,1864, local authorities negotiated a surrender to save Savannah from destruction. Savannah was named for the Savannah River, which derives from variant names for the Shawnee. The Shawnee destroyed another Native people, the Westo, and occupied their lands at the head of the Savannah Rivers navigation on the fall line and these Shawnee, whose Native name was Ša·wano·ki, were known by several local variants, including Shawano, Savano, Savana and Savannah. Still other theories suggest that the name Savannah originates from Algonquian terms meaning not only southerners, Savannah lies on the Savannah River, approximately 20 mi upriver from the Atlantic Ocean. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 108.7 square miles. Savannah is the port on the Savannah River and the largest port in the state of Georgia. It is also located near the U. S. Intracoastal Waterway, Georgias Ogeechee River flows toward the Atlantic Ocean some 16 miles south of downtown Savannah. Savannahs climate is classified as humid subtropical, in the Deep South, this is characterized by long and almost tropical summers and short, mild winters. Savannah records few days of freezing temperatures each year, due to its proximity to the Atlantic coast, Savannah rarely experiences temperatures as extreme as those in Georgias interior. Nevertheless, the temperatures have officially ranged from 105 °F, on July 20,1986, down to 3 °F
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Winston Marshall
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Winston Aubrey Aladar Marshall is a British musician, best known as the banjoist and, more recently, the Lead guitarist of the Grammy Award winning British folk rock band Mumford & Sons. Marshall was born in Wandsworth, London, England, the son of Sabina and Paul Marshall, a British investor, philanthropist and his mother is of French origin. Educated at St Pauls School, an independent school in London, Marshall has one sibling, a sister, named Giovanna. In late 2015, Marshall became engaged to Dianna Agron and they got married on October 15,2016 in Morocco. Marshall is a member of the British folk band Mumford & Sons. He plays the banjo, bass guitar, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, dobro, Marshall performed with two of his current band members, Marcus Mumford and Ted Dwane, with Laura Marling before Mumford & Sons. Marshall was in a prior to Mumford & Sons called Captain Kick and the Cowboy Ramblers, a bluegrass sleaze rap band
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CSI: NY
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CSI, NY is an American police procedural television series that ran on CBS from September 22,2004 to February 22,2013, for a total of nine seasons and 197 original episodes. It is the series in the CSI franchise. Originally in 2004, CSI, NY was produced in partnership with the Canadian media company Alliance Atlantis, the company dissolved after season three in 2007, and all production after that was done under the purview of CBS Paramount Television. The show was filmed at the CBS Studio Center, with many of the scenes shot in. Occasionally, scenes were filmed on location in New York City, the series ended its ninth and final season on February 22,2013. It was canceled by CBS on May 10,2013, CSI, NY follows a group of investigators who work for the New York City crime lab. The series mixes gritty subject matter and deduction in the manner as its predecessors. The team is led by Detective Mac Taylor, a former Marine from Chicago, Mac is a veteran of the NYPD who lost his wife on 9/11, and as such must work to rebuild his personal life while supervising his team. He is organized, efficient, dedicated, and very proper in his management style, Macs partner is originally Stella Bonasera. Stella is half-Greek, half-Italian, and entirely New York City and she helped Mac through the impact of his wifes death and has been by his side ever since. She is an investigator, yet she often speaks before she thinks. Stella leaves New York to head a crime lab in New Orleans and is replaced by Detective Jo Danville, Jo is a former FBI criminalist and an experienced psychological profiler. Mac and she quickly form a friendship and an even stronger working rapport. Jo is still haunted by her ousting from the FBI after pulling the plug on improper lab procedure, together, Mac, Stella, and Jo head an elite team of detectives including Danny Messer, Aiden Burn, and Lindsay Monroe. The team also works alongside CSI Sheldon Hawkes, Detective Don Flack, Medical Examiner Sid Hammerback, Mac Taylor is a Detective First Grade and the director of the NYPD crime lab. Mac lost his wife, Claire, in the World Trade Center attacks, dates occasionally, Stella Bonasera is a half-Greek, half-Italian orphan. She is a Detective First Grade with the NYPD and the Assistant CSI Supervisor of Macs team and she often speaks before she thinks, leading to numerous complaints being made against her by those suspected of crimes. Always going where she can do the most good, Stella resigns from the NYPD crime lab following the finale to run the NOPD crime lab
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Veronica Mars
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Veronica Mars is an American teen noir mystery drama television series created by screenwriter Rob Thomas. The series is set in the town of Neptune, California. The series premiered on September 22,2004, during television network UPNs final two years, and ended on May 22,2007, after a season on UPNs successor, The CW, Veronica Mars was produced by Warner Bros. Television, Silver Pictures Television, Stu Segall Productions, and Rob Thomas Productions, Joel Silver and Rob Thomas were executive producers for the entire run of the series, while Diane Ruggiero was promoted in the third season. Veronica Mars is a student who progresses from high school to college while moonlighting as a private investigator under the tutelage of her detective father, in each episode, Veronica solves a different stand-alone case while working to solve a more complex mystery. The first two seasons of the series each had a season-long mystery arc, introduced in the first episode of the season, the third season took a different format, focusing on smaller mystery arcs that would last the course of several episodes. Filming began in March 2004, and the premiered in September to 2.49 million American viewers. The critically acclaimed first seasons run of 22 episodes garnered an average of 2.5 million viewers per episode in the United States, Veronica Mars appeared on a number of fall television best lists, and garnered several awards and nominations. During the series run, it was nominated for two Satellite Awards, four Saturn Awards, five Teen Choice Awards and was featured on AFIs TV Programs of the Year for 2005, following the cancellation of the series, Thomas wrote a feature film script continuing the series. Warner Bros. opted not to fund the project at the time, on March 13,2013, Bell and Thomas launched a fundraising campaign to produce the film through Kickstarter and attained the $2 million goal in less than eleven hours. They accumulated over $5.7 million via Kickstarter, the film was released on March 14,2014. Season 1 revolves around Veronica Mars, a school student. As the daughter of well-respected County Sheriff Keith Mars, Veronicas biggest problem was getting dumped by her boyfriend, Duncan Kane, after Lillys murder, Veronicas life falls apart. Keith accuses Lillys father, popular software billionaire Jake Kane, of being involved in the murder and this provokes Neptunes wrath and Keiths ousting as sheriff in a recall election, replaced by Don Lamb. Veronicas mother, Lianne, develops a problem and leaves town. Veronicas 09er friends—wealthy students from the fictional 90909 ZIP code—force her to choose between them and her father, Veronica chooses her father, after being voted out as sheriff, Keith opens a private investigation agency, Mars Investigations, where Veronica works part-time. Veronica helps her father solve cases and conducts her own investigations on behalf of friends, Veronica discovers new evidence which suggests that Abel Koontz, the man imprisoned after confessing to Lillys murder, is innocent. As Veronica delves deeper into the case, she also works on other investigations, seeks her mothers whereabouts
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Heroes (TV series)
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Heroes is an American psychological thriller science fiction television drama series created by Tim Kring that appeared on NBC for four seasons from September 25,2006 through February 8,2010. The series emulates the style and storytelling of American comic books, using multi-episode story arcs that build upon a larger. The series was produced by Tailwind Productions in association with Universal Media Studios and it was filmed primarily in Los Angeles, California. Four complete seasons aired, ending on February 8,2010, the second season of Heroes attracted an average of 13.1 million viewers in the U. S. and marked NBCs sole series among the top 20 ranked programs in total viewership for the 2007–2008 season. Heroes has earned a number of awards and nominations, including Primetime Emmy Awards, Golden Globes, Peoples Choice Awards, and British Academy Television Awards. An online extension of the series, Heroes 360 Experience, later rebranded as Heroes Evolutions, was created to explore the Heroes universe, other official Heroes media include magazines, action figures, tie-in and interactive websites, a mobile game, a novel, clothing and other merchandise. A 13-episode miniseries entitled Heroes Reborn premiered on NBC on September 24,2015, additionally, comic book writer Cullen Bunn will be writing an ongoing comic book continuing Heroes, called Heroes, Season Five, a release date and artist has yet to be determined. Originally, Kring designed the series to have an ever-shifting cast, in its first season, the show features an ensemble cast of twelve main characters making it the third largest cast in American primetime television behind Desperate Housewives and Lost. In episode eleven of the first season, Jack Coleman, who portrays Noah Bennet, was upgraded from a role to become the twelfth full-time cast member. Simone Deveaux was the first major character to be written out, DL became a guest star after the events of the first seasons finale, making two appearances throughout season two. Isaac Mendez was also written out, dying at the hands of Sylar, Two recurring characters from season one, Sylar, portrayed by Zachary Quinto, and Ando Masahashi, portrayed by James Kyson Lee, were upgraded to main characters in season two. Starting in season two, recurring character Angela Petrelli, portrayed by Cristine Rose, was promoted to a main character, Elle, Adam, and Micah were removed from the main cast. Monica Dawson did not appear after scenes including her were cut, Niki was also written out but actress Ali Larter remained on the show portraying a new character Tracy Strauss, Nikis triplet sister with the power to freeze objects with a touch. For season four, a new character Samuel Sullivan, portrayed by Robert Knepper, was added, originally cast as a recurring part, the part was changed to a starring role. Deanne Bray was also added as Emma Coolidge, the woman who had enhanced synesthesia including the ability to create a siren song. The plot of Heroes is designed to be told in a way similar to the way books are told. Each season of Heroes contains one or two volumes, there are several main story lines in each volume. As the main plots develop, smaller, more stories are told within them
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Debbie Marshall
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This is a list of fictional characters in the television series Heroes, the Heroes graphic novels, and the Heroes webisodes. Characters are listed by recent appearances and title credit order, in its inaugural season, Heroes featured an ensemble cast of fourteen main characters. During the first season, the NBC Heroes cast page listed ten characters among the cast, Leonard Roberts arrived later, for the second season of the show, Santiago Cabrera, Tawny Cypress, and Leonard Roberts left the main cast. Anders was originally meant to be a character, but was promoted to a series regular prior to the start of the season. He is credited as a guest star for the first four episodes of season two, for the third season, Cristine Rose, recurring in the first two seasons, was promoted to series regular. David Anders, Kristen Bell, and Noah Gray-Cabey were taken off the main cast, additionally, Dana Davis was no longer part of the main cast, with scenes involving her in the third season being cut. For the fourth season, a new character Samuel Sullivan was added as a series regular, originally cast as a recurring part, the part had been changed to a starring role. Dania Remirez left the main cast as well, charlene Charlie Andrews, portrayed by Jayma Mays, is a waitress at the Burnt Toast Diner in Midland, Texas, where Hiro Nakamura and Ando Masahashi stop to eat on their road trip to New York. Charlie and Hiros relationship is the subject of the novel Heroes, during Six Months Ago, after accidentally traveling back in time six months while trying to save her life, Hiro steadily falls in love with her and she with him and she teaches him English. However, Charlie has a blood clot in her brain that will turn into an aneurysm. He is unwillingly returned to his own time, depressed over his inability to save Charlie which affects his powers for the rest of the season. In season 4, after learning that he is dying, Hiro becomes determined once more to save Charlie, referring to her as his true love, Hiro is able to stop Sylar and send his past self back six months to ensure their relationship. However, after the two are reunited, Charlies blood clot starts to develop into an aneurysm and she comes close to dying, desperate, Hiro enlists Sylars help to save her in exchange for information on his personal future. Charlie storms out, but eventually returns to Hiro and she is then kidnapped by Arnold on the orders of Samuel Sullivan and displaced in time to force Hiro to cooperate. In Brave New World, Hiro is finally reunited with Charlie and she reveals the location and date she was transported to, but refuses Hiros offer to go back in time and retrieve her as she has lived a wonderful life. Accepting this, Hiro says a final goodbye to Charlie and teleports away with Ando to stop Samuel, Charles Deveaux, portrayed by Richard Roundtree, is the wealthy father of Simone Deveaux, and one of the founding members of the Company. He owns the Deveaux Society, which opened with the goal to fund causes that bettered the world, and the Deveaux Building, at the beginning of the series, he is under Peter Petrellis care due to his failing health, and he has recently lapsed into a coma. Charles believes that Peter is like a son to him, and Charles believes that Peters love and compassion can change the world, in Nothing to Hide, Charles and Peter telepathically share a dream in which they fly
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Quinn Fabray
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Quinn Fabray is a fictional character from the Fox musical comedy-drama series Glee. The character is portrayed by actress Dianna Agron, and has appeared in Glee since its pilot episode and she is the cheerleading captain at the fictional William McKinley High School in Lima, Ohio, as well as a member of schools glee club. In the first episode, Quinn is introduced as a queen bee stock character. Over the course of the first season, her character matures, Quinn gives birth to a baby girl, Beth, whom she gives up for adoption. In the second season, she forms a bond with newcomer Sam Evans and she is eventually able to walk again. Quinn was developed by Glee creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, the last character to be cast, initial responses to her were positive, though they soured during season one as the pregnancy storyline continued. Songs performed by Agron as Quinn have been released as singles, available for download, the role saw Agron nominated for the Teen Choice Award for Breakout Female Star in 2009, and a Screen Actors Guild award that same year. She was initially described by Agron as Rachels enemy, and terrible, Quinn is introduced as the captain of the cheerleading squad at William McKinley High School, the Cheerios, coached by Sue Sylvester. She comes from a conservative Christian family, and is president of the celibacy club, Sue then enlists the three of them to help her destroy the glee club from the inside. Upon discovering her pregnancy, Quinn convinces Finn that he is the father, Quinn claims that due to his premature ejaculation problem, and during their time in a hot-tub, Finn had ejaculated in the tub and Quinn had received the sperm. The real father is Finns best friend Puck, who offers to support Quinn and the baby, Quinn decides to have the baby adopted, and agrees to give it to Terri, the wife of glee club director Will Schuester, who is faking a pregnancy. When news of her pregnancy is revealed to the school, Quinn is cut from the cheerleading squad and her parents evict her, and Quinn moves in with Finn and his mother. She begins to reconsider having the baby adopted, and gives Puck a chance to prove himself, Quinn blackmails Sue into letting her rejoin the Cheerios, but ultimately decides against it, preferring to remain with the glee club, where she feels accepted. Finn learns the truth about the babys paternity from Rachel, Puck again offers to support her, but she turns him down and tells him that she wants to handle the pregnancy by herself. She moves in with Pucks family, but after forming a friendship with fellow New Directions member Mercedes Jones and she gives birth to a daughter, named Beth by Puck, who is adopted by Shelby Corcoran, coach of rival glee club Vocal Adrenaline and Rachels biological mother. At the beginning of the new year, Quinn is reinstated as head cheerleader. She begins dating new glee club member Sam Evans, and later accepts a ring from him. Quinn cheats on Sam with Finn, and Sam dumps Quinn after she lies to him about her time with Finn and she and Finn reunite, and Quinn starts campaigning for junior prom king and queen elections
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Fox Broadcasting Company
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The Fox Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcast television network that is owned by the Fox Entertainment Group subsidiary of 21st Century Fox. It is the third largest major network in the world based on total revenues, assets. Launched on October 9,1986 as a competitor to the Big Three television networks, Fox and its affiliated companies operate many entertainment channels in international markets, although these do not necessarily air the same programming as the U. S. network. Most viewers in Canada have access to at least one U. S, the network is named after sister company 20th Century Fox, and indirectly for producer William Fox, who founded one of the movie studios predecessors, Fox Film. Fox is a member of the North American Broadcasters Association and the National Association of Broadcasters, 20th Century Fox had been involved in television production as early as the 1950s, producing several syndicated programs. Following the demise of the DuMont Television Network in August of that year after it became mired in financial problems. 20th Century Fox would also produce original content for the NTA network, KTTV in Los Angeles, KRIV in Houston, WFLD-TV in Chicago, and KRLD-TV in Dallas. In October 1985, 20th Century Fox announced its intentions to form a television network that would compete with ABC, CBS. The plans were to use the combination of the Fox studios, organizational plans for the network were held off until the Metromedia acquisitions cleared regulatory hurdles. Then, in December 1985, Rupert Murdoch agreed to pay $325 million to acquire the remaining equity in TCF Holdings from his original partner, Marvin Davis. These first six stations, then broadcasting to a reach of 22% of the nations households. Except for KDAF, all of the original owned-and-operated stations are part of the Fox network today. Like the core O&O group, Foxs affiliate body consisted of independent stations. The Fox Broadcasting Company launched at 11,00 p. m. Eastern and its inaugural program was a late-night talk show, The Late Show, which was hosted by comedian Joan Rivers. By early 1987, Rivers quit The Late Show after disagreements with the network over the creative direction. The network expanded its programming into prime time on April 5,1987, with Children and the sketch comedy series The Tracey Ullman Show. Fox added one new show per week over the several weeks, with the drama 21 Jump Street. On July 11, the network rolled out its Saturday night schedule with the premiere of the drama series Werewolf
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Glee (TV series)
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Glee is an American musical comedy-drama television series that aired on the Fox network in the United States from May 19,2009, to March 20,2015. In subsequent seasons, the main cast has expanded to fourteen and fifteen members, the series was created by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and Ian Brennan, the latter of whom first conceived of Glee as a film. The three wrote all of the episodes for the first two seasons, and Murphy and Falchuk initially served as the shows main directors. The pilot episode was broadcast on May 19,2009, subsequent seasons aired in September through May. The sixth and final season aired from January to March 2015, Glee features on-screen performance-based musical numbers that were selected by Murphy, who aimed to maintain a balance between show tunes and chart hits, and produced by Adam Anders and Peer Åström. Songs covered in the show were released through the iTunes Store during the week of broadcast, the music of Glee has been a commercial success, with over thirty-six million digital single sales and eleven million album sales worldwide through October 2011. The series merchandise also includes DVD and Blu-ray releases, an iPad application, during its first season, Glee received generally favorable reviews from critics, with Metacritics weighted average of 77 out of 100 based on eighteen critical reviews. The show was chosen by Fox to fill the coveted time slot that followed the networks coverage of Super Bowl XLV in 2011. After 121 episodes and over 728 music performances, Glee came to an end on March 20,2015, the series focuses on a high school show choir, also known as a glee club, in the fictional William McKinley High School in Lima, Ohio. Will Schuester takes over the club after the former teacher Sandy Ryerson is fired for inappropriate contact with a male student. The seasons stories revolve around the same Glee club members as first season, with Santana Lopez and Brittany Pierce added to the main cast, Season 3 follows the club through wins at Sectionals and Regionals competitions, before they win the Nationals competition in Chicago. The characters deal with identity, adoption, domestic abuse, teenage suicide, bullying, disabilities, texting while driving, college. The McKinley High class of 2012 graduates at the end of the season, in the meantime, Rachel Berry and Kurt Hummel navigate NYADA and their lives as aspiring performers, plus their relationships with Finn and Blaine. Issues during the season include sex, bulimia, gender identity, child molestation, dyslexia, school violence, former main cast members Emma Pillsbury and Quinn Fabray were credited as guest stars, while previously recurring glee club member Sam Evans was promoted to the main cast. Season 5, unlike previous seasons, continues the school begun in the previous season. The show then jumps several months forward in time and deals entirely with the lives in New York City for the remainder of the season. Throughout this season, the club and its alumni deal with relationships, death and mourning, body image, gay bashing, intimacy, and other social issues. Several main cast members dropped to recurring guest stars as of season, Amber Riley as Mercedes, Mark Salling as Puck, Harry Shum Jr. as Mike
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The Hunters (2011 film)
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The Hunters is a 2011 French crime horror thriller film directed by Chris Briant. The film was produced by Antoine Huet, Thomas Malmonte, Donato Rotunno and it stars Dianna Agron, Steven Waddington and Tony Becker. It was released in limited theaters on December 27,2011, on the outskirts of town is a large abandoned fort turned wooded park. Detective Le Saint is an ex-soldier assigned to protect an informant who he arranges to meet at an abandoned fort in the woods. Alice is a student who sneaks into the fort with a friend to go exploring. Unfortunately, the fort is used by a group of men as a base for hunting humans, vagrants, tourists. Now Le Saint and Alice are caught up in the hunt against men who see humans as their next prey, the film, while hosting an array of American actors, was filmed in Luxembourg and France. The film had limited release on December 27,2011. It was released on DVD February 19,2012, the Hunters at the Internet Movie Database
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I Am Number Four (film)
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I Am Number Four is a 2011 American teen science fiction action thriller film directed by D. J. Caruso and starring Alex Pettyfer, Timothy Olyphant, Teresa Palmer, Dianna Agron, and Callan McAuliffe. The screenplay, by Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, and Marti Noxon, is based on novel of the same name, the Hollywood Reporter estimated the budget to be between $50 million and $60 million. The film was released in conventional and IMAX theatres on February 18,2011, received generally negative reviews. John Smith is an alien from the planet Lorien and he was sent to Earth as a child with eight other children like him to escape the invading Mogadorians, who destroyed Lorien. Here, John is protected by a Cepan, or guardian named Henri, together, they live in a beach-side bungalow in Florida. The Mogadorians, led by the Commander, learn about the nine children, the Loric Garde can only be killed in a particular sequence, from Number One to Number Nine. Three of them have already been killed, John becomes aware that he is next while swimming in the ocean with a girl. He suffers a sharp pain which causes his leg to glow and he also sees a vision of Number Three warning him of the upcoming danger. The girl and the people on the beach, who record the event happening in the ocean. When the video and pictures surface on the Internet, Henri deletes them all, gathers up his and Johns belongings, unbeknownst to them, a small lizard crawls in along with their belongings. After they leave, a mysterious girl leaks the gas supply and ignites it, John and Henri arrive in Paradise and begin settling into their new home. As night falls, the lizard transforms into a dog and that night, Henri and John hear a noise outside and, upon investigation, find the dog, who is then brought inside by John. He decides to name the dog Bernie Kosar, the following morning, at Johns insistence, Henri allows John to go to the local high school rather than be home schooled. On his first day there, John goes to the office to receive his class schedule, while waiting, he sees a girl being scolded by a teacher in the principals office. After John is given his schedule and the girl is let off by the principal, at this time, John falls for the girl, who is an amateur photographer named Sarah Hart. As Sarah walks away, a guy walks up to John with a few of his friends, as Mark walks away, John watches him slam another boy into the lockers and throw the boys skateboard away. John retrieves it and gives it back to the boy, whose name is Sam Goode, later that day at lunch, John befriends Sam when one of Marks friends throws a football at Sams head, knocking him to the ground. John helps Sam up and throws the ball back with enough force to knock Marks friend to the ground, after this, John notices Sarah taking an interest in him, as shes taking pictures of him from a distance
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The Family (2013 film)
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The Family is a 2013 crime comedy film directed by Luc Besson, starring Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Tommy Lee Jones, Dianna Agron and John DLeo. The film follows a Mafia family under the protection program that want to change their lives. The film is based on the French novel Malavita by Tonino Benacquista, Mafia boss Giovanni Manzoni, who offended Don Luchese, a rival mafia boss, survives an attempted hit on him and his family at a barbecue. In adjusting to life in the village, each family member runs into trouble, Giovanni is being observed by two FBI agents to ensure he doesnt leave his house. Giovanni claims to be an author writing a novel on the Normandy landings. Giovanni finds ways to slip away and begins a quest to discover why the water in his house is brown. He beats a plumber who tries to him down for money to unnecessarily change all the pipes in his house. Daughter Belle falls in love with Henri, a student working as a substitute math teacher. She pretends to need private math lessons so she can get time alone with him, wife Maggie blows up a small grocery store when its owner spews anti-American comments in French to the other customers and often visits the undercover FBI agents. She spends a lot of time at the church, where she and their friendship ends when she confesses the numerous crimes her family has committed and he tells her never to come back. This sway allows him to beat up the gang and he inadvertently alerts Don Luchese to their location when he quotes one of the kingpins sayings in a school paper, which makes its way back to Luchese through a series of chance events. The film screening takes an turn when instead of Some Came Running. Throughout the film, Giovanni expresses a desire to talk about his life as a mobster, the debate after the film prompts him to tell his story to the audience. Feeling his cover has been compromised, Agent Stansfield gives an order to relocate the family again, meanwhile, the school detects Warrens activities so he decides to leave town with a fake passport, afraid that the FBI will drop the familys protection. At the train station, he sees seven hitmen arrive and head for the town and he returns home to warn the family. Henri breaks up with Belle, which causes her to contemplate suicide, as Giovanni returns home, Maggie arrives outside and notices the team of hitmen, who have already killed firemen and who have proceeded to kill their neighbours. She takes cover in the FBI safe-house across the street, the hitmen blow up the familys house and soon an intense gunfight ensues which involves all family members. Giovanni and Maggie strangle and stab a hitman after he raids the safe-house, Belle kills a hitman who went to look for weapons in his cars trunk
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Zipper (film)
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Zipper is a 2015 political thriller film, written and directed by Mora Stephens, starring Patrick Wilson, Lena Headey, Dianna Agron, Richard Dreyfuss, Ray Winstone, and Penelope Mitchell. The film had its premiere on January 27,2015 at the Sundance Film Festival. The film was released on August 28,2015, in a release in the United States. The film follows a federal prosecutor running for office who cannot stop himself from sleeping with high-class escorts, the movie is a thinly veiled dramatization of the Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal. Sam Ellis is a man on the rise – a hot-shot prosecutor on the cusp of a bright future, a second appointment with an escort soon follows, and a third, sending his once idyllic life spiraling out of control. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 17% rating, with a average of 4. 3/10 based on 29 reviews. It has a score of 39% on Metacritic, another negative review from Geoff Berkshire of The Variety, saying, Tawdry but cripplingly self-serious, the second feature from Mora Stephens benefits from Patrick Wilson’s committed star turn. Still, the end product would inevitably struggle in theatrical venues, making it more advisable to play to the base and go straight to VOD. Despite having several negative reviews, Fred Topel from CraveOnline gave the film a review, with a score of 9. 5/10, saying. The grown-up thriller of the year, the film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 27,2015. Shortly after it was announced Alchemy had acquired rights to the film. The film was released on August 28,2015, in a limited release, Zipper at the Internet Movie Database Zipper at Cargo Entertainment
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Bare (film)
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Bare is a 2015 American drama film written and directed by Natalia Leite and produced by Alexandra Roxo, Natalia Leite, and Chad Burris. It stars Dianna Agron, Paz de la Huerta, Chris Zylka, the film had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 19,2015. IFC Films released it on October 30,2015, in a limited release, Sarah Barton lives in a small Nevada desert town with her mother and works as a cashier. After a coworkers complaint causes her to lose her job, she meets Pepper, intrigued by Pepper, Sarah allows her to stay at the store until she can find somewhere else. Sarah begins hanging out with Pepper and becomes drawn into Peppers partying lifestyle, to the annoyance of her boyfriend, Haden, Haden offers to get her a job where he works and to let her stay with him, but she declines both offers. On a trip to Reno, Sarah follows along as Pepper cons a gambler into giving money to play blackjack. After celebrating their winnings, Pepper reveals that she works at a club as a bartender. Sarah initially takes a job at a fast food restaurant but soon tries out for the club instead. The strippers laugh when Sarah suggests that Pepper is a bartender, one of the strippers gives Sarah a free sample of an unspecified drug, and Sarah goes out on the stage. After Sarah and Pepper ingest peyote in the desert, Pepper admits that stripping is addictive and difficult to stop, the two women promise each other that either will quit if the other does. The two then confess their attraction to other and have sex. Haden and Sarahs other friends become worried about her, as she has kept her new life secret from them, Sarah breaks up with Haden, telling him that they have gone in separate directions. When the other strippers tell Sarah that Pepper has worked in the past as a recruiter and seduced other women, Pepper first denies everything but admits she has worked in the past as a recruiter, she still denies that she intentionally recruited Sarah or used her. After they reconcile, Sarah insists on paying off Peppers debts so they can run away together, however, an altercation breaks out at the strip club when a man accuses Pepper of not paying back the full debt. Sarah intercedes on Peppers behalf, only to panic when she sees Haden, as she attempts to slip out unnoticed, Haden discovers her and berates her. A cop, drawn by the disturbance, breaks up the scene. Outed as both a stripper and drug-user, Sarah at first attempts to return to her friends but finds them too judgmental, after offering to pay back her mother for bailing her out, the two tearfully embrace. Sarah tells Pepper that she has tired of the lifestyle and can not continue, as it is counter to her values, director Natalia Leite wanted to cast two women who were willing to be totally raw and exposed on camera in the leading roles
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San Antonio, Texas
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San Antonio, officially the City of San Antonio, is the seventh-most populated city in the United States and the second-most populous city in the state of Texas, with a population of 1,409,019. It was the fastest growing of the top 10 largest cities in the United States from 2000 to 2010, the city straddles South Texas and Central Texas and is on the southwestern corner of an urban megaregion known as the Texas Triangle. San Antonio serves as the seat of Bexar County, recent annexations have extended the citys boundaries into Medina County and, though for only a very tiny area near the city of Garden Ridge, into Comal County. Due to its placement, the city has characteristics of other urban centers in which there are sparsely populated areas. San Antonio is the center of the San Antonio–New Braunfels Metropolitan Statistical Area, growth along the Interstate 35 and Interstate 10 corridors to the north, west and east make it likely that the metropolitan area will continue to expand. San Antonio was named for Saint Anthony of Padua, whose feast day is on June 13, the city contains five 18th-century Spanish frontier missions, including The Alamo and San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, which were designated UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 2015. Other notable attractions include the River Walk, the Tower of the Americas, the Alamo Bowl, the city is home to the five-time NBA champion San Antonio Spurs and hosts the annual San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo, one of the largest such events in the country. The U. S. Kelly Air Force Base operated out of San Antonio until 2001, the remaining portions of the base were developed as Port San Antonio, an industrial/business park and aerospace complex. San Antonio is home to six Fortune 500 companies and the South Texas Medical Center, at the time of European encounter, Payaya Indians lived near the San Antonio River Valley in the San Pedro Springs area, calling the vicinity Yanaguana, meaning refreshing waters. In 1691, a group of Spanish Catholic explorers and missionaries came upon the river and Payaya settlement on June 13 and they named the place and river San Antonio in his honor. It was years before any Spanish settlement took place, father Antonio de Olivares visited the site in 1709, and he was determined to found a mission and civilian settlement there. He directed Martin de Alarcón, the governor of Coahuila and Texas, differences between Alarcón and Olivares resulted in delays, and construction did not start until 1718. The families who clustered around the presidio and mission formed the beginnings of Villa de Béjar, on May 1, the governor transferred ownership of the Mission San Antonio de Valero to Fray Antonio de Olivares. On May 5,1718 he commissioned the Presidio San Antonio de Béxar on the west side of the San Antonio River, one-fourth league from the mission. On February 14,1719, the Marquis of San Miguel de Aguayo proposed to the king of Spain that 400 families be transported from the Canary Islands, Galicia, or Havana to populate the province of Texas. By June 1730,25 families had reached Cuba, and 10 families had sent to Veracruz before orders from Spain came to stop the re-settlement. Under the leadership of Juan Leal Goraz, the group marched overland from Veracruz to the Presidio San Antonio de Béxar, due to marriages along the way, the party now included 15 families, a total of 56 persons. They joined the community established in 1718
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San Francisco, California
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San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the cultural, commercial, and financial center of Northern California. It is the birthplace of the United Nations, the California Gold Rush of 1849 brought rapid growth, making it the largest city on the West Coast at the time. San Francisco became a consolidated city-county in 1856, after three-quarters of the city was destroyed by the 1906 earthquake and fire, San Francisco was quickly rebuilt, hosting the Panama-Pacific International Exposition nine years later. In World War II, San Francisco was a port of embarkation for service members shipping out to the Pacific Theater. Politically, the city votes strongly along liberal Democratic Party lines, San Francisco is also the headquarters of five major banking institutions and various other companies such as Levi Strauss & Co. Dolby, Airbnb, Weebly, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Yelp, Pinterest, Twitter, Uber, Lyft, Mozilla, Wikimedia Foundation, as of 2016, San Francisco is ranked high on world liveability rankings. The earliest archaeological evidence of habitation of the territory of the city of San Francisco dates to 3000 BC. Upon independence from Spain in 1821, the became part of Mexico. Under Mexican rule, the system gradually ended, and its lands became privatized. In 1835, Englishman William Richardson erected the first independent homestead, together with Alcalde Francisco de Haro, he laid out a street plan for the expanded settlement, and the town, named Yerba Buena, began to attract American settlers. Commodore John D. Sloat claimed California for the United States on July 7,1846, during the Mexican–American War, montgomery arrived to claim Yerba Buena two days later. Yerba Buena was renamed San Francisco on January 30 of the next year, despite its attractive location as a port and naval base, San Francisco was still a small settlement with inhospitable geography. The California Gold Rush brought a flood of treasure seekers, with their sourdough bread in tow, prospectors accumulated in San Francisco over rival Benicia, raising the population from 1,000 in 1848 to 25,000 by December 1849. The promise of fabulous riches was so strong that crews on arriving vessels deserted and rushed off to the gold fields, leaving behind a forest of masts in San Francisco harbor. Some of these approximately 500 abandoned ships were used at times as storeships, saloons and hotels, many were left to rot, by 1851 the harbor was extended out into the bay by wharves while buildings were erected on piles among the ships. By 1870 Yerba Buena Cove had been filled to create new land, buried ships are occasionally exposed when foundations are dug for new buildings. California was quickly granted statehood in 1850 and the U. S. military built Fort Point at the Golden Gate, silver discoveries, including the Comstock Lode in Nevada in 1859, further drove rapid population growth. With hordes of fortune seekers streaming through the city, lawlessness was common, and the Barbary Coast section of town gained notoriety as a haven for criminals, prostitution, entrepreneurs sought to capitalize on the wealth generated by the Gold Rush
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Hyatt
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Hyatt Hotels Corporation is an American multinational owner, operator, and franchiser of hotels, resorts, and vacation properties. The Hyatt Corporation came into being upon purchase of the Hyatt House, at Los Angeles International Airport, as of September 30,2016, Hyatt has 679 properties in 54 countries. In 2017, Fortune magazine listed Hyatt as the 32nd-best U. S. company to work for, the original owners were entrepreneurs Hyatt Robert von Dehn and Jack Dyer Crouch, after a few years, Von Dehn sold his share in the hotel to entrepreneur Jay Pritzker. Jays younger brother Donald Pritzker also took on an important role in the company, over the following decade, acquisitions were made, and Hyatt became the fastest-growing hotel chain in the United States. Donald died in 1972, Jay continued to run the company, in 1969, Hyatt opened its first hotel outside the United States, the Hyatt Regency Hong Kong. In 1980 the Grand Hyatt and Park Hyatt brands were introduced, Hyatt runs resort hotels, starting with the Hyatt Regency Maui in 1980. As of 30 November 2015 Hyatt had over 627 hotels worldwide, in 1972 Hyatt formed Elsinore Corporation, a subsidiary to operate the Four Queens Hotel and Casino and the Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe Resort, Spa & Casino. After Hyatt became a company in 1979, Elsinore was spun off as a public company. The company opened the Playboy Hotel and Casino as a joint venture with Playboy Enterprises, on June 30,2009, Global Hyatt Corporation changed its name to Hyatt Hotels Corporation. Blackstone had inherited AmeriSuites from its 2004 acquisition of Prime Hospitality, the AmeriSuites chain was rebranded and called Hyatt Place, a competitor to the limited-service products Marriott Internationals Courtyard by Marriott and Hilton Worldwides Hilton Garden Inn. In December 2005 Hyatt acquired limited service company Summerfield Suites from the Blackstone Group, Blackstone had inherited Summerfield Suites from its purchase of Wyndham International. In August 2009 it was reported that Hyatt Hotels Corporation filed plans to raise up to $1.15 billion in a share sale. That November Hyatt completed a public offering and began trading publicly on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol H. According to the filing Mark S. Hoplamazian was to serve as CEO, the public offering is a result of the acrimonious breakup of the Pritzker family empire. As of 31 December 2014 Hyatt Corporations worldwide portfolio consisted of 587 properties, on September 1,2011, Hyatt acquired Hotel Sierra, which has 18 properties in 10 states. Along with Hyatt Summerfield Suites hotels, several of these properties were rebranded as Hyatt house in January 2012, Hyatt Hotels Corporation operates several chains. The Human Rights Campaign awarded the company 100% in the HRC Equality Index for eight consecutive years, the Hyatt Regency brand is the oldest brand in the company, with the Grand Hyatt and Park Hyatt brands being introduced in 1980. Some of these are styled as resort properties, and may have spas or other recreational facilities, other brands include Hyatt Place, designed as a limited service offering for business travelers
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Jewish
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The Jews, also known as the Jewish people, are an ethnoreligious group originating from the Israelites, or Hebrews, of the Ancient Near East. Jews originated as a national and religious group in the Middle East during the second millennium BCE, the Merneptah Stele appears to confirm the existence of a people of Israel, associated with the god El, somewhere in Canaan as far back as the 13th century BCE. The Israelites, as an outgrowth of the Canaanite population, consolidated their hold with the emergence of the Kingdom of Israel, some consider that these Canaanite sedentary Israelites melded with incoming nomadic groups known as Hebrews. The worldwide Jewish population reached a peak of 16.7 million prior to World War II, but approximately 6 million Jews were systematically murdered during the Holocaust. Since then the population has risen again, and as of 2015 was estimated at 14.3 million by the Berman Jewish DataBank. According to the report, about 43% of all Jews reside in Israel and these numbers include all those who self-identified as Jews in a socio-demographic study or were identified as such by a respondent in the same household. The exact world Jewish population, however, is difficult to measure, Israel is the only country where Jews form a majority of the population. The modern State of Israel was established as a Jewish state and defines itself as such in its Declaration of Independence and its Law of Return grants the right of citizenship to any Jew who requests it. The English word Jew continues Middle English Gyw, Iewe, according to the Hebrew Bible, the name of both the tribe and kingdom derive from Judah, the fourth son of Jacob. The Hebrew word for Jew, יְהוּדִי ISO 259-3 Yhudi, is pronounced, with the stress on the syllable, in Israeli Hebrew. The Ladino name is ג׳ודיו, Djudio, ג׳ודיוס, Djudios, Yiddish, ייִד Yid, ייִדן, Yidn. The etymological equivalent is in use in languages, e. g. but derivations of the word Hebrew are also in use to describe a Jew, e. g. in Italian. The German word Jude is pronounced, the corresponding adjective jüdisch is the origin of the word Yiddish, in such contexts Jewish is the only acceptable possibility. Some people, however, have become so wary of this construction that they have extended the stigma to any use of Jew as a noun, a factual reconstruction for the origin of the Jews is a difficult and complex endeavor. It requires examining at least 3,000 years of ancient human history using documents in vast quantities, as archaeological discovery relies upon researchers and scholars from diverse disciplines, the goal is to interpret all of the factual data, focusing on the most consistent theory. In this case, it is complicated by long standing politics and religious, Jacob and his family migrated to Ancient Egypt after being invited to live with Jacobs son Joseph by the Pharaoh himself. The patriarchs descendants were later enslaved until the Exodus led by Moses, traditionally dated to the 13th century BCE, Modern archaeology has largely discarded the historicity of the Patriarchs and of the Exodus story, with it being reframed as constituting the Israelites inspiring national myth narrative. The growth of Yahweh-centric belief, along with a number of practices, gradually gave rise to a distinct Israelite ethnic group
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Conversion to Judaism
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The procedure and requirements for conversion depend on the sponsoring denomination. A conversion in accordance with the process of a denomination is not a guarantee of recognition by another denomination, in some cases, a person may forgo a formal conversion to Judaism and adopt some or all beliefs and practices of Judaism. However, without a conversion, many highly observant Jews will reject a converts Jewish status. There are some groups that have adopted Jewish customs and practices, for example, in Russia the Subbotniks have adopted most aspects of Judaism without formal conversion to Judaism. However, if Subbotniks, or anyone without a conversion, wish to marry into a traditional Jewish community or immigrate to Israel. A male convert to Judaism is referred to by the Hebrew word ger, the word is rendered by the Greek proselyte as used in the Septuagint to denote a stranger. In Karaite Judaism a Ger is a non-Jew who has yet to convert to Judaism. After a Ger converts to Judaism, they are no longer considered a Ger, the word ger comes from the Hebrew verb lagur meaning to reside or to sojourn. In the Hebrew Bible ger is defined as a foreigner, or sojourner, Rabbi Marc Angel writes, The Hebrew ger literally means resident and refers to a non-Israelite who lived among the Israelite community. When the Torah commands compassion and equal justice for the ger, Rabbinic tradition interpreted the word ger as referring to proselytes. The Jews were not converts in Egypt, but rather foreigners, another passage which may be relevant to a process of conversion involves non-Jewish women captured in war who could be adopted forcibly as wives. Another verse which has interpreted as referring to non-Jews converting to Judaism is Esther 8,17. In Modern Hebrew, ger refers to a convert to Judaism, according to Maimonides, converts were accepted since the beginning of Jewish history, and the foreign wives of Jewish leaders - such as Samson and Solomon - were converts. For Rabbinic Judaism, the laws governing conversion are based on codes of law and texts, including discussions in the Talmud, through the Shulkhan Arukh and these rules are held as authoritative by Orthodox Judaism and Conservative Judaism. Jewish law is interpreted as somewhat discouraging proselytizing, and religious gerut is also somewhat discouraged. In the past, rabbis often rejected potential converts three times, and if they remained adamant in their desire to convert, they would allow them to begin the process. However, a rabbi convinced of the prospective converts sincerity may allow him or her to follow the process of conversion and this requires the person to appear before an established three-judge Jewish religious court known as a beth din to be tested and formally accepted. Conservative Judaism takes a lenient approach in application of the halakhic rules than Modern Orthodox Judaism
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Hebrew school
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Though it is largely credited with the works of Miss Rebecca Gratz, a Philadelphia Native, who sought to provide Jewish schooling to those most in need. As students received secular schooling, Miss Gratz understood the need to provide Jewish history, as a devout Jew, Gratz dedicated her life to helping the poor and neglected. In 1818, under the sponsorship of the Female Hebrew Benevolent Society, to this day, Rebecca Gratz is referenced as the foremost American Jewess of her day. Hebrew School is typically taught on Sunday and on one day of the week either Tuesday or Wednesday in the evening following secular education in private or public schools, Hebrew School Education developed in the 1800s and is largely credited to Rebecca Gratz. Today, typical Hebrew School education starts in kindergarten and culminates in the grade with confirmation. While the idea of confirmation largely grew out of Reform Judaism, however, Hebrew School Education is based in the Reform and Conservative Movements and therefore, not practiced in the Jewish Orthodox Movement. Instead Orthodox students attend schools on a daily basis such as Yeshivas where they study Jewish texts like Torah. Orthodox schooling often prepares young boys to become rabbis and involves a level of study than Hebrew School Education provides. However, some Orthodox congregations do offer Hebrew School for non-Orthodox students, during kindergarten and first grade students are introduced to major Jewish holidays. Furthermore, they are introduced to the Aleph-Bet or Hebrew alphabet, usually learning at this young age relies on a number of hands-on activities such as crafts, music, cooking and storytelling to engage young learners. Children will often sing songs in Hebrew to improve their Hebrew speaking skills, additionally, students might learn the Aleph-Bet through puzzles and other fun activities. In First Grade students will learn Torah stories such as Adam and Eve, First Grade is sometimes referred to as Grade Aleph, corresponding to the first letter in the Hebrew alphabet. Furthermore, students learn the concept of tzedakah, or charity, become acquainted with Jewish rituals and customs, and gain an understanding of Jewish history. Classes may also include lessons on Jewish ethics and morality, in the earlier years of Hebrew school children will explore God, spirituality and ethics. For example, God is one, God created the world and these experiences teach children about the holidays and mitzvot better than just reading about them. One of the most important events to place during Jewish Education is the celebration of the Bar. Oftentimes children will attend Hebrew School with the purpose of learning how to read Hebrew for their Bar/Bat Mitzvah. In these cases, the students will learn the Hebrew words that are in the Torah portion they will be reciting
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Bar and Bat Mitzvah
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Bar Mitzvah and Bat Mitzvah are Jewish coming of age rituals. Bar is a Jewish Babylonian Aramaic word literally meaning son, while bat means daughter in Hebrew, thus bar mitzvah and bat mitzvah literally translate to son of commandment and daughter of commandment. However, in usage, the word bar means under the category of or subject to. Bar mitzvah therefore translates to an who is subject to the law, although the term is commonly used to refer to the ritual itself, in fact the phrase originally refers to the person. According to Jewish law, when Jewish boys become 13 years old, they become accountable for their actions, a girl becomes a bat mitzvah at the age of 12 according to Orthodox and Conservative Jews, and at the age of 13 according to Reform Jews. Prior to reaching bar mitzvah age, the parents hold the responsibility for the childs actions. After this age, the boys and girls bear their own responsibility for Jewish ritual law, tradition, and ethics, traditionally, the father of the bar mitzvah gives thanks to God that he is no longer punished for the childs sins. Bar mitzvah is mentioned in the Mishnah and in the Talmud, in some classic sources, the age of 13 appears for instance as the age from which males must fast on the Day of Atonement, while females fast from the age of 12. The age of bnai mitzvah roughly coincides with physical puberty, the bar or bat mitzvah ceremony is usually held on the first Shabbat after a boys thirteenth and a girls twelfth birthday. Reaching the age of bar or bat Mitzvah signifies becoming a member of the Jewish community with the responsibilities that come with it. According to Rabbi Mark Washofsky, The Reform Movement in North America has struggled over the bar/bat mitzvah, at one time, this ceremony was on the verge of extinction in Reform congregations. Most of them preferred to replace bar/bat mitzvah with confirmation, which considered a more enlightened. Yet the enduring popularity of bar/bat mitzvah prevailed and today, in our communities and he may also give a dvar Torah and/or lead part or all of the prayer services. In Orthodox circles, the occasion is celebrated during a weekday service that includes reading from the Torah. However, this does not delay the onset of rights and responsibilities of being a Jewish adult which comes about strictly by virtue of age, the obligation to lay tefillin begins when a boy reaches bar mitzvah age. In some Orthodox circles, however, the custom is for the bar mitzvah boy to begin putting on one to three months before his bar mitzvah. This way, by the time he is obligated in the commandment, Bar mitzvah festivities typically include a seudat mitzvah, a celebratory meal with family, friends, and members of the community. Others may celebrate in different ways such as taking the bar or bat mitzvah on a trip or organizing some special event in the celebrants honor
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Ellis Island
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Ellis Island, in Upper New York Bay, was the gateway for over 12 million immigrants to the United States as the nations busiest immigrant inspection station for over sixty years from 1892 until 1954. The island was expanded with land reclamation between 1892 and 1934. Before that, the smaller original island was the site of Fort Gibson. The island was part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument in 1965. Long considered part of New York state, a 1998 United States Supreme Court decision found that most of the island is in New Jersey. The south side of the island, home to the Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital, is closed to the general public and the object of restoration efforts spearheaded by Save Ellis Island. Ellis Island is located in Upper New York Bay, east of Liberty State Park and north of Liberty Island, in Jersey City, New Jersey, with a small section that is part of New York City. Largely created through land reclamation, the island has an area of 27.5 acres. The 2. 74-acre natural island and contiguous areas comprise the 3.3 acres that are part of New York, the entire island has been owned and administered by the U. S. federal government since 1808 and has been operated by the National Park Service since 1965. Since September 11,2001, the island is guarded by patrols of the United States Park Police Marine Patrol Unit, public access is by ferry from either Communipaw Terminal in Liberty State Park or from Battery Park at the southern tip of Manhattan. The ferry operator, Hornblower Cruises and Events, also service to the nearby Statue of Liberty. A bridge built for transporting materials and personnel during restoration projects connects Ellis Island with Liberty State Park, proposals made in 1995 to use it or replace it with a new bridge for pedestrians were opposed by the city of New York and the private ferry operator at that time. Much of the island, including the south side, has been closed to the general public since 1954. The renovated area on the side was again closed to the public after Hurricane Sandy in October 2012. The island was re-opened to the public and the museum partially re-opened on October 28,2013, there were several islands which were not completely submerged at high tide. Three of them were given the name Oyster Islands by the settlers of New Netherland, the oyster beds would remain a major source of food for nearly three centuries. During the colonial period Little Oyster Island was known as Dyres, in the 1760s, after some pirates were hanged from one of the islands scrubby trees, it became known as Gibbet Island. It was acquired by Samuel Ellis, a colonial New Yorker and merchant possibly from Wales, in 1785 he unsuccessfully attempted to sell the island, TO BE SOLD By Samuel Ellis, no
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Cosmopolitan (magazine)
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Cosmopolitan is an international fashion magazine for women. Often referred to as Cosmo, its content as of 2011 includes articles on issues, relationships, sex, health, careers, self-improvement, celebrities, fashion. Published by Hearst Corporation, Cosmopolitan has 64 international editions, is printed in 35 languages, Cosmopolitan began as a family magazine, launched in 1886 by Schlicht & Field of New York as The Cosmopolitan. There was also a department for the members of the family. Cosmopolitans circulation reached 25,000 that year, but by November 1888, John Brisben Walker acquired the magazine in 1889. That same year, he dispatched Elizabeth Bisland on a race around the world against Nellie Bly to draw attention to his magazine. Under John Brisben Walkers ownership, E. D. Walker, formerly with Harpers Monthly, took over as the new editor, introducing colour illustrations, serials and book reviews. It became a market for fiction, featuring such authors as Annie Besant, Ambrose Bierce, Theodore Dreiser, Rudyard Kipling, Jack London, Willa Cather. The magazines circulation climbed to 75,000 by 1892, in 1897, Cosmopolitan announced plans for a free correspondence school, No charge of any kind will be made to the student. All expenses for the present will be borne by the Cosmopolitan, No conditions, except a pledge of a given number of hours of study. When 20,000 immediately signed up, Walker could not fund the school, also in 1897, H. G. Wells The War of the Worlds was serialized, as was his The First Men in the Moon. Olive Schreiner contributed an article about the Boer War. And Colorado - New Tricks in an Old Game, Jack Londons novella, The Red One, was published in the October 1918 issue, and a constant presence from 1910-18 was Arthur B. Reeve, with 82 stories featuring Craig Kennedy, the scientific detective, Magazine illustrators included Francis Attwood, Dean Cornwell, Harrison Fisher, and James Montgomery Flagg. Hearst formed Cosmopolitan Productions, a company based in New York City from 1918 to 1923, then Hollywood until 1938. Cosmopolitan magazine was titled as Hearsts International Combined with Cosmopolitan from 1925 until 1952. In 1911, Hearst had bought a middling monthly magazine called World To-Day, in June 1914 it was shortened to Hearsts and was ultimately titled Hearsts International in May 1922. In order to spare serious cutbacks at San Simeon, Hearst merged the magazine Hearsts International with Cosmopolitan effective March 1925, after Hearst died in 1951, the Hearsts International disappeared from the magazine cover altogether in April 1952
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Burlingame High School (California)
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Burlingame High School is a public high school in Burlingame, California, United States. It is part of the San Mateo Union High School District, in order to meet the growing student population, the school was opened in December 1923 under the name San Mateo High School, Burlingame Branch. Designed by architect W. H. Weeks, the school took in students from Burlingame, Hillsborough, Millbrae, initial enrollment consisted of 350 students and 30 teachers. As a branch of San Mateo High School, extracurricular organizations were shared between the schools, there was a single band, football team, and other athletic teams with student members from both schools. Within 10 years the enrollment of the school increased to 494 boys and 474 girls, totalling 968 pupils, in 1927 the school name was officially changed to Burlingame High School. In the summer of 1980, the SMUHSD board decided it must close one of the seven schools. Following public hearings, the board narrowed the choice to either Crestmoor High School or Burlingame High School, after study and discussion, the board decided to close Crestmoor in the fall of 1980 and keep Burlingame open. As of 2016, Burlingame leads the series record 54–32, with four ties, Burlingame currently holds The Paw as part of a seven-game win streak in the rivalry. Burlingame High School has been recognized nationally for its academic excellence, Burlingame High School has a wide array of Advanced Placement course offerings. 2015–20161,339 students,680 male,659 female Burlingame Highs Marching Band plays rock, pop, the band presents its field show twice a year often with the unique dance break in the middle of the show. Burlingame High School has a strong drama program. Prior to the 2013-2014 school year, the school would put on two performances a year - a play in the fall and a musical in the spring. Starting in the 2013-2014 school year, the school switched performance schedules and began to perform musicals in the spring, dianna Agron,2004 — actress in Glee Bill Amend,1980 — cartoonist best known for FoxTrot Marc Benioff,1982 — founder and CEO of Salesforce. S. Davis Cup tennis player, 1971–75 Mark Walen — former NFL player Scenes from the film Dangerous Minds were filmed on the campus of Burlingame High School in the spring of 1994, San Mateo County high schools Official website
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Grease (musical)
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Grease is a 1971 musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey with additional songs written by John Farrar. The score attempts to recreate the sounds of rock and roll. In its original production in Chicago, Grease was a raunchy, raw, aggressive, subsequent productions sanitized it and tamed it down. Grease was first performed in 1971 in the original Kingston Mines nightclub in Chicago, from there, it has been successful on both stage and screen, but the content has been diluted and its teenage characters have become less Chicago habitués and more generic. At the time that it closed in 1980, Greases 3, 388-performance run was the longest yet in Broadway history and it remains Broadways 15th longest-running show. Aspects of the play would be incorporated into the productions 2016 live TV musical. The script was based on Jim Jacobs experience at William Taft High School, Warren Casey collaborated with Jim and together they wrote the music and lyrics. Producers Ken Waissman and Maxine Fox saw the show and made a deal to produce it Off-Broadway, the team headed to New York City to collaborate on the New York production of Grease. The new production, directed by Tom Moore and choreographed by Patricia Birch, though Grease opened geographically off-Broadway, it did so under first class Broadway contracts. The show was deemed eligible for the 1972 Tony Awards, receiving seven Tony Award nominations. On June 7,1972, the moved to the Broadhurst Theatre in Broadway, and on November 21, it moved to the Royale Theatre there. For the five weeks of the run, the show moved to the larger Majestic Theatre. By the time it closed on April 13,1980, it had run 3,388 performances. Replacements later in the run included Jeff Conaway, Gail Edwards, Marilu Henner, Peter Gallagher, Ilene Graff, Judy Kaye, Patrick Swayze, John Travolta, Jerry Zaks and Treat Williams. Richard Gere was an understudy for many roles in production, including Danny Zuko, Teen Angel. Later Paul Nicholas and Elaine Paige, who had been in the London production of Hair, kim Braden would also play Sandy. It was revived in London at the Astoria in 1979 with Su Pollard, the revival opened at the Dominion Theatre and transferred to the Cambridge Theatre in October 1996, where it ran until September 11,1999. Other performers who played Danny were Shane Richie, Luke Goss, Ian Kelsey, the original score includes four songs written for the film adaptation, Hopelessly Devoted to You, Sandy, Youre the One That I Want, and the title number
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Dorothy Gale
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Dorothy Gale is the fictional protagonist of many of the Oz novels by the American author L. Frank Baum. Her best friend is Ozs ruler Princess Ozma, Dorothy first appears in Baums classic childrens novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and reappears in most of its sequels. In addition, she is the character in various adaptations, notably the classic 1939 movie adaptation of the book. In later books, Oz steadily becomes more familiar to her than her homeland of Kansas, Dorothys best friend Princess Ozma officially makes her a princess of Oz later in the book series. An influence on the creation of Dorothy appears to be the Alice books of Lewis Carroll, Dorothys character was probably named after Baums own niece, Dorothy Louise Gage, who died in infancy. Baums wife was very attached to her and was grieved by her death. Elements of Dorothy Gales character are derived from Matilda Joslyn Gage. Dorothy Gage is buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Bloomington, Illinois, Dorothys last name is never mentioned in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz or The Marvelous Land of Oz, the first two Oz books. It is disclosed in the third book Ozma of Oz, the last name of Gale was originally mentioned in Baums script for the 1902 Broadway stage version of The Wizard of Oz, in which it was originally a setup for a punning joke. In the Oz books, Dorothy is an orphan raised by her aunt, whether Aunt Em or Uncle Henry is Dorothys blood relative remains unclear. Uncle Henry makes reference to Dorothys mother in The Emerald City of Oz, in many of the Oz books, Dorothy is the main heroine of the story. She is often seen with her best friend and the ruler of Oz and she brazenly rebuffs Princess Langwideres threat to take her head for her collection — Well, I blieve you wont. This aspect of her character was lessened by her companionship of Ozma, in whom Baum placed the greater level of wisdom. Dorothy has several pets, including her white/pink/purple kitten, Eureka. Popular in crossword puzzles is Dorothys cow, Imogene, from the 1902 stage version, eric Shanowers novel, The Giant Garden of Oz, features a cow named Imogene. She becomes princess of Oz and Ozmas companion essentially marrying the queen, in Jack Snows The Magical Mimics in Oz, Ozma places Dorothy on the throne of Oz while she is away visiting Queen Lurlines fairy band. The magic of Oz keeps Dorothy young, in The Lost King of Oz, a Wish Way carries Dorothy to a film set in Hollywood, California. She begins to age rapidly to her late 20s, making up for at least some of the years that have already passed
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Shark (TV series)
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Shark is an American legal drama created by Ian Biederman that originally aired on CBS from September 21,2006 to May 20,2008. Starks relationship with the Los Angeles District Attorneys office, his staff, Sebastian Stark, A confident and stern former high end defence attorney. Stark was recruited to the DAs office by the mayor after a client he had defended against assault charges killed his wife just a few days later. Despite his realisation after this case, his methods as a defence attorney have not been changed dramatically in his role as a prosecutor, Jessica Devlin, Los Angeles District Attorney for 14 years, Devlin was Starks boss for the duration of the season one. When she was defeated in an election, however, Stark hired her as the Senior Member of his team, leo Cutler, Los Angeles District Attorney second season. Madeline Poe, Poe was the only member of Starks original team. She had the highest conviction rate of the entire DAs office in the last two years prior to the start, and arguably the best lawyer of Starks original team. Casey Woodland, A young, handsome lawyer from an influential family and he begins a sexual relationship with Madeline Poe in spite of their disdain for each other. Raina Troy, Troy is passionate, smart and tough, and described by Stark as brilliant, midway through the first season she begins a relationship with Isaac Wright. Danny Reyes, Reyes was transferred from the unit. He often conflicts with Stark and Jessica, both of whom agree that he is a very good lawyer. Julie Stark, The daughter of Sebastian, she decided to stay with her father after her custody hearing, wayne Callison, A serial killer, creative writing teacher and Starks personal nemesis throughout season 1. He targeted emotionally damaged women in their 20s and tortured them to death by cutting them, after he is acquitted, Stark becomes obsessed with putting him behind bars. In a jury trial, there are only 12 opinions that matter, the show first aired in the 10,00 p. m. Eastern Thursday night slot. On October 20,2006, it was announced that CBS had picked up the show for a full 22-episode season, CBS announced on May 16,2007 that Shark would return for a second season. In Sharks second season, it moved to Sunday night at 10,00 p. m. switching time slots with Without a Trace and thereby competing against another highly rated series, ABCs Brothers & Sisters. The show returned Tuesday April 29,2008 in a new time slot at 9,00 p. m. to air the four remaining post-strike episodes, CBS officially cancelled the series on May 13,2008. Shark was filmed mostly in and around Hollywood and Los Angeles in California, many Hollywood landmarks can be seen including Hollywood Boulevard and the Hollywood Hills
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Close to Home (2005 TV series)
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Close to Home is an American crime drama television series co-produced by Warner Bros. Television and Jerry Bruckheimer Television for CBS, while in pre-production the series was known as American Crime. It first aired from October 4,2005 to May 11,2007 and starred actress Jennifer Finnigan as Annabeth Chase, created by Jim Leonard, the series was primarily filmed in Southern California. The score composer was Michael A. Levine, on May 16,2007, the series was officially canceled by CBS. Annabeth Chase is a prosecutor with a near perfect conviction record. Throughout the series, she lost only three cases, in Season 1, Episode 21 David and Goliath, Chase tried a case against a professional baseball player, who killed his pregnant girlfriend. His not guilty verdict was attributed to his fame, Chase lost the case of a man prosecuted for a rape he committed 11 years prior, in Season 2, Episode 18, Making Amends. In this case the victim was unable to recall the assault, as she unknowingly ingested Rohypnol, known as The Date Rape Drug, which causes amnesia. In Season 2, Episode 21, Drink the Cup, Chase was unable to convict a corrupt cop named Veeder of the murder of a police officer. In the following episode she successfully tried Veeder for the murder of a girl he exploited. She is married to a worker, Jack Chase, and has an infant daughter. The show revolves around her balancing her career and family life, in the pilot episode, Chase returns from a 12-week maternity leave to find herself with a new boss, Maureen Scofield, who has been promoted instead of her. Maureen is a no-nonsense, workaholic woman who admires Chases dedication to her family, above her is County Prosecutor Steve Sharpe. Chase wins the first case she prosecutes upon her return to work, Annabeth returns to work four months after her husband was killed by a drunk driver on the first-season finale. Near the end of the season, Conlon attempts an attorney general campaign which is derailed as police corruption is discovered, Scofield is assassinated as a result of these prosecutions. The season ends with Chase successfully prosecuting Scofields assassin, Close to Home at the Internet Movie Database Close to Home at TV. com
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Numb3rs
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Numbers is an American crime drama television series that ran on CBS from January 23,2005, to March 12,2010. Brothers Ridley and Tony Scott produced Numbers, its companies are the Scott brothers Scott Free Productions. The show focuses equally on the relationships among Don Eppes, his brother Charlie Eppes, and their father, Alan Eppes, the insights provided by Charlies mathematics were always in some way crucial to solving the crime. In May 2010, CBS announced that Numbers had been canceled after six seasons, the show revolved around three intersecting groups of characters, the FBI, scientists at the fictitious California Institute of Science, and the Eppes family. Don Eppes, Charlies older brother, is the lead FBI agent at the Los Angeles Violent Crimes Squad, Charlie Eppes is a mathematical genius who, in addition to teaching at CalSci, consults for the FBI and NSA. Alan Eppes is a former L. A. city planner, a widower, Alan lives in a historic two-story house furnished with period Arts and Crafts furniture. David Sinclair is an FBI field agent and was later made Dons second-in-command, Terry Lake is a forensic psychologist and FBI agent. Larry Fleinhardt is a theoretical physicist and cosmologist at CalSci, Charlies former mentor and now best friend, he also frequently consults for the FBI. Prof. Amita Ramanujan is a mathematician at CalSci and an FBI consultant, in season 2, she begins dating Charlie, to whom she is engaged and married in season 6. Her name is a reference to influential autodidactic Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, Megan Reeves is an FBI behavioral specialist. She was involved romantically with Larry Fleinhardt and left the FBI to counsel troubled young women, Colby Granger is an FBI field agent. Once thought to have betrayed his colleagues, he is now back in their good graces, Liz Warner is an FBI agent, formerly involved with Agent Eppes. Nikki Betancourt is an FBI agent with four years experience in the LAPD, temporary characters on the show were often named after famous mathematicians. For example, in the episode In Plain Sight, one of the criminals is named Rolle, opening, We all use math every day. To predict weather…to tell time…to handle money, Math is more than formulas and equations. It’s using your mind to solve the biggest mysteries we know, the first season run of the show aired between January 23,2005, and May 13,2005, at 10,00 p. m. on Fridays. It sees the start of the relationship between Los Angeles FBI field office and Charlie Eppes. The main FBI agents are Charlies brother, Don Eppes, and Terry Lake, Season One was a half-season, producing only 13 episodes
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Milo Ventimiglia
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Milo Anthony Ventimiglia is an American actor. He starred as Peter Petrelli on NBCs Heroes from 2006 to 2010, for which he received nominations for Teen Choice, Saturn, Ventimiglia also appeared as Ian Mitchell on the Crackle original series Chosen as well as Sean Bennigan on The Whispers. He reprised his role as Jess Mariano on Netflixs reunion miniseries, Gilmore Girls, A Year in the Life, Ventimiglia was born in Anaheim, California, the son of Carol and Peter Ventimiglia, a Vietnam veteran. His father is of Sicilian descent and his mother is of English and Scottish ancestry, the youngest of three children, he has two older sisters, Leslie and Laurel. Ventimiglia attended El Modena High School in Orange, California, where he wrestled, acted in drama productions, at eighteen years of age, Ventimiglia studied at the American Conservatory Theater for their summer program. He attended the University of California, Los Angeles as a theatre major At 18 years of age, Ventimiglia started auditioning, booking jobs, and working his way up. His first starring role was as a gay teenager in Must Be the Music, from there, Ventimiglia studied at UCLA before landing a role on The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. He has guest starred on television series as CSI, Crime Scene Investigation, Sabrina. He had the part of the character, Jed Perry, in the short-lived FOX TV series. From 2001 to 2004, Ventimiglia played brooding teen Jess Mariano on Gilmore Girls, in season four he dropped down to a guest star/recurring cast member, and he came back for two episodes in season six. He signed on for a spin-off of Gilmore Girls called Windward Circle which was to be focused on the relationship between Jess and his father, but the proposed series never made it to air. In the third and final season of American Dreams, Ventimiglia played Chris Pierce, Pierce and his single mother, Shelly, a Playboy bunny, move into the house next to the Pryors. Pierce evades the draft, fearing he will be forced to fight in the Vietnam War, in 2005, he starred in the mid-season replacement series The Bedford Diaries, for which he did not have to audition. The producers had only Ventimiglia in mind but the show lasted eight episodes and was one of several shows not picked up by the newly formed network The CW. Most recently, he played Robert Rocky Jr. Balboa, the son of Rocky Balboa and he starred as Peter Petrelli in the NBC program Heroes, a show about ordinary people discovering they have superpowers. Alongside his work in Heroes, Ventimiglia has also taken on other projects, in mid-2007 he starred as the love interest of pop/R&B singer Fergie in the music video for Big Girls Dont Cry. In 2008, he starred in the horror film Pathology, the movie co-starred Charmed actress Alyssa Milano and was directed by Marc Schoelermann for MGM. After working with writers Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor on Pathology, Ventimiglia appeared in the next film
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Frank Sinatra
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Francis Albert Sinatra was an American singer, actor, and producer who was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century. He is one of the music artists of all time. Born in Hoboken, New Jersey, to Italian immigrants, Sinatra began his career in the swing era with bandleaders Harry James. Sinatra found success as a solo artist after he signed with Columbia Records in 1943 and he released his debut album, The Voice of Frank Sinatra, in 1946. Sinatras professional career had stalled by the early 1950s, and he turned to Las Vegas and his career was reborn in 1953 with the success of From Here to Eternity, with his performance subsequently winning an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. Sinatra released several critically lauded albums, including In the Wee Small Hours, Come Fly with Me, Only the Lonely and Nice n Easy. Sinatra left Capitol in 1960 to start his own label, Reprise Records. It was followed by 1968s collaboration with Duke Ellington, using his Las Vegas shows as a home base, he toured both within the United States and internationally until a short time before his death in 1998. Sinatra forged a successful career as a film actor. After winning an Academy Award for From Here to Eternity, he starred in The Man with the Golden Arm and he appeared in various musicals such as On the Town, Guys and Dolls, High Society, and Pal Joey, winning another Golden Globe for the latter. Toward the end of his career, he associated with playing detectives. Sinatra would later receive the Golden Globe Cecil B, on television, The Frank Sinatra Show began on ABC in 1950, and he continued to make appearances on television throughout the 1950s and 1960s. While Sinatra never formally learned how to read music, he had a natural, intuitive understanding of it, a perfectionist, renowned for his impeccable dress sense and cleanliness, he always insisted on recording live with his band. His bright blue eyes earned him the popular nickname Ol Blue Eyes, Sinatra led a colorful personal life, and was often involved in turbulent affairs with women, such as with his second wife Ava Gardner. He went on to marry Mia Farrow in 1966 and Barbara Marx in 1976, Sinatra had several violent confrontations, usually with journalists he felt had crossed him, or work bosses with whom he had disagreements. He was honored at the Kennedy Center Honors in 1983, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Ronald Reagan in 1985, Sinatra was also the recipient of eleven Grammy Awards, including the Grammy Trustees Award, Grammy Legend Award and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. After his death, American music critic Robert Christgau called him the greatest singer of the 20th century, Francis Albert Sinatra was born on December 12,1915, in an upstairs tenement at 415 Monroe Street in Hoboken, New Jersey. He was the child of Italian immigrants Antonino Martino Marty Sinatra
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Fly Me to the Moon
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Fly Me to the Moon, originally titled In Other Words, is a song written in 1954 by Bart Howard. Kaye Ballard made the first recording of the song in 1954, since then it has become a frequently recorded jazz standard often featured in popular culture. Frank Sinatras 1964 version was associated with the Apollo missions to the Moon. In 1954, when writing the song which would become Fly Me to the Moon and he played piano to accompany cabaret singers but also wrote songs with Cole Porter, his idol, in mind. In response to a publishers request for a song, Bart Howard wrote a cabaret ballad in waltz time which he titled In Other Words. A publisher tried to make him some lyrics from fly me to the moon to take me to the moon. Many years later Howard commented that and it took me 20 years to find out how to write a song in 20 minutes. He used his position as a piano accompanist and presenter at the Blue Angel cabaret venue to promote the song, Kaye Ballard made the first commercial recording of In Other Words. It was released by Decca in April 1954, a brief review published on 8 May 1954 in Billboard said that In Other Words was A love song sung with feeling by Miss Ballard. This recording was released as the flipside of Lazy Afternoon which Kaye Ballard was currently performing as star of the stage show The Golden Apple. During the next few years jazz and cabaret singers released cover versions of In Other Words on EP or LP record albums including Chris Connor, Johnny Mathis, Portia Nelson and Nancy Wilson. Eydie Gormé featured the song on her 1958 album Eydie In Love which reached #20 in the Cashbox Album Charts and was nominated for a Grammy award. In 1960 Peggy Lee recorded the song made it more popular when she performed it in front of a large television audience on The Ed Sullivan Show. As the songs popularity increased, it better known as Fly Me to the Moon. In the early 1960s versions of the song were released under its new name by many well known singers, including Nat King Cole, Sarah Vaughan and Brenda Lee. Connie Francis released two versions of the song in 1963, in Italian as Portami Con Te and in Spanish as Llévame a la Luna. In 1962 Joe Harnell arranged and recorded a version in a bossa nova style. It was released as a single in late 1962, reached #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in early 1963 and won Harnell a Grammy award
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Rachel Berry
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Rachel Barbra Berry is a fictional character and de facto female lead from the Fox musical comedy-drama series Glee. The character is portrayed by actress Lea Michele, and has appeared in Glee from its pilot episode, Rachel was developed by Glee creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan. She is the glee club star of the fictional William McKinley High School in Lima, Ohio, Rachel will never be popular because her looks arent considered beautiful, said Michele, and when I was in high school it was the same for me. I didnt get a job, and every single girl around me did. Whats so great about Glee is that it shows you how that kind of stuff hurts, Rachel is a strong, driven girl but somewhat neurotic, and Glee follows Rachels journey to become more of a team player as well as fulfil her own aspirations. Several songs performed by Michele as Rachel have been released as singles, available for digital download, and also feature on the shows soundtrack albums. Rachel is the most frequently seen character on the series, with The Role You Were Born to Play, Dynamic Duets, Most of Rachels songs are solos, with some being group tracks and a few being duets. About one song in every episode is led by Rachel, depending on the theme, her song choice changes from Broadway to Top 40 to 60s music. In college, she leaned more into Broadway songs, because she was at a musical theater college, Rachel is the daughter of an interracial same-sex couple, and is Jewish. Her fathers named her after Rachel Green from Friends and she joins the newly reconstituted glee club hoping that fame will increase her popularity and help her find a boyfriend. She is bullied by members of the cheerleading and football teams. The two share a kiss in the episode Showmance, although he tells her to forget that it happened and continues dating his girlfriend, cheerleader Quinn Fabray. Rachel quits the club when she is not assigned a solo she wanted. However, she quits the musical and rejoins the glee club when she realizes that she would rather be in a group in which she has friends. She later discovers and reveals to Finn that Quinns pregnancy was not caused by him, but that Puck is the father, furious, Finn attacks Puck, breaks up with Quinn, and drops out of New Directions. For a short time Rachel believes that she is dating Finn and he changes his mind soon after, but Rachel has already begun dating Jesse St. James, the lead singer of rival glee club Vocal Adrenaline. The rest of the glee club presses Rachel to break off with Jesse, but he transfers to William McKinley and joins New Directions and she tells Jesse that her dream is to find her birth mother, and he offers to help her do so. When Rachel discovers that Shelby is her mother, they confess to not feeling an immediate attachment and eventually decide not to pursue a relationship
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Lea Michele
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Lea Michele Sarfati is an American actress, singer and author. She began her career as an actress on Broadway, appearing in productions of Les Misérables, Ragtime, Fiddler on the Roof. She is best known for her role as Rachel Berry on the Fox television series Glee, for which she received a Satellite Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, from 2015 to 2016, Michele starred as Hester Ulrich on the Fox television series Scream Queens. Michele made her film debut in New Years Eve, and was signed to Columbia Records in 2012. She released her single the following year, Cannonball, followed by her debut studio album, Louder. Her second studio album, Places, is scheduled for release in April 2017, Michele has also published two novels, Brunette Ambition and You First, Journal Your Way To Your Best Life. Lea Michele Sarfati was born in the Bronx, New York, the child of Edith Thomasina, a retired nurse, and Mark David Sarfati. Her mother is Italian American and Catholic, while her father is a Sephardic Jew with ancestors from Thessaloniki, Michele was raised Catholic, and has stated that her father gladly attended church with her and her mother. Michele spent the first four years of her living in the Bronx, until she and her parents moved to the more suburban area of Tenafly. The family also rented an apartment in Manhattan, where they would live when Michele was performing on Broadway, Michele was educated at Rockland Country Day School for elementary school in Congers, New York. Michele started using her name at an early age. When she went on her first audition, for the role of Young Cosette in Les Misérables, she gave her name as Lea Michele, Michele stated that she intentionally left off her surname because she was teased about its pronunciation. During the audition, she sang Angel of Music from The Phantom of the Opera – the only musical she knew at the time, Michele went along to support a friend, but ended up landing the part herself. In 1997, Michele was homeschooled while living and working in Toronto, for her high school education, Michele attended Tenafly High School. During her time there, she was on the team, the debate team. In her teens, when she wasnt working on the stage and she also worked at her fathers deli. Michele refrained from auditioning for Broadway roles during her freshman, sophomore, in the summers from 2000 to 2002, Michele attended Stagedoor Manor in the Catskills, a center for performing arts training. At Stagedoor, she was part of the touring troupe Our Time Cabaret, and performed in productions of Side by Side by Sondheim and The Whos Tommy
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Glee (season 5)
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The fifth season of the Fox musical comedy-drama television series Glee was commissioned on April 19,2013, along with a sixth season. It premiered on September 26,2013, as part of the 2013 fall season, after a winter break, it returned on February 25,2014, moving to Tuesday nights to finish its season. The second part of the featured the 100th episode of the series, the 12th episode of the season. It was shorter than previous seasons, with twenty episodes instead of twenty-two, unlike previous seasons, the fifth continues the school year begun in season four. This is the first season not to feature Cory Monteith, who died shortly before production was scheduled to begin, the death of Monteiths character, Finn Hudson, was the subject of the third episode, The Quarterback, which paid tribute to them both. The series went on hiatus after the episode, and resumed airing episodes after the baseball postseason. The season was nominated for one Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series The seasons production was set to begin in mid-July, with shooting commencing July 29,2013. The season ultimately began shooting on August 5,2013, a later than originally planned, though studio recording. On July 20,2013, Ryan Murphy stated in an interview that Monteiths character would die in the episode of the season. Lea Michele, Monteiths girlfriend who also stars as Rachel Berry on the show, was involved in the decision, after the third episode was completed, there was another hiatus while the creative team reworked the rest of the season. The show returned after the postseason was over, and aired five episodes in a row without interruption. The ten songs that received the most votes were to be featured in the episode, the list of thirteen songs that was eventually released in late February 2014 for the two-part 100th episode contained eight songs from the original thirty-song list, not ten. On March 17,2014, it was revealed that Chris Colfer will write an episode later in the season and it was later revealed that he will be writing the nineteenth episode of the season. Five actors received contractual upgrades, having formerly been recurring cast members, Artist, Benoist, Jenner, Newell, kristin Chenoweth and Gwyneth Paltrow, April Rhodes and Holly Holliday on Glee, respectively, also returned for the 100th episode. OMalley has confirmed that he also be appearing on Glee in its fifth season. NeNe Leakes has also returned as a recurring guest, and Dot-Marie Jones has already filmed scenes for the third episode. Trisha Rae Stahl, who plays McKinley lunch lady Millie Rose, has returned as well, chace Crawford appeared on Glees 100th episode as a Yale student named Biff who was also be Quinns new boyfriend. However, Lovato only appeared four episodes during the season, erinn Westbrook has been cast as a new recurring McKinley cheerleader, Bree, who is said to be a mean girl
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100 (Glee)
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100 is the twelfth episode of the fifth season of the American musical television series Glee, and the special one-hundreth episode of the show. Written by series co-creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan and this is a two-part episode, with the second part airing on March 25,2014, and features the apparent end of New Directions after the club is shut down by principal Sue Sylvester. Many graduates of the club return, as do special guest stars Kristin Chenoweth as April Rhodes. Rachel Berry, Kurt Hummel, Santana Lopez, Mercedes Jones, Quinn Fabray, Noah Puck Puckerman, Brittany S. Pierce and Mike Chang return to Lima for the glee clubs last week. For their 100th assignment, glee club director Will Schuester asks old and new members alike to sing remixed versions of their favorite songs, will and April then lead the students in a performance of Raise Your Glass. Puck plans to rekindle his relationship with Quinn, only to find out shes dating Biff McIntosh, an arrogant billionaire, and has been hiding her past from him. Quinn, Santana and Brittany later perform Toxic, but Brittany feels her dancing was not up to par, Santana cheers up Brittany through a performance of Valerie, backed up by Mike and Jake Puckerman. Puck then serenades Quinn with Keep Holding On and encourages her not to be ashamed for her past, Quinn tells Biff the truth, including that she has a daughter with Puck. He is infuriated and insults her, causing Puck to beat him up, Biff then breaks up with Quinn and returns to Yale. During the diva-off voting, Santana humiliates Rachel, who is consoled by Mercedes and they reaffirm their friendship and gleefully accept that the votes are tied. They are soon joined by Holly Holliday, who was invited by April, Puck and Quinn develop a relationship, and Brittany declares her love for Santana, though Santana is reluctant to date her again after their painful break-up. Will reunites Rachel, Kurt, Santana, Mercedes, Artie, Tina, Puck, Quinn, Brittany and Mike in the auditorium and thanks them for being part of his life. April and Holly, who had been watching from the sidelines, realize how important glee club is to Will, the 100th episode of Glee started production on December 19,2013, the second-to-last day of filming in 2013, and resumed in January 2014. The episode had completed filming by January 29,2014, when director Paris Barclay posted a number of tweets with photos from the day of shooting. Barclay was responsible for the first part of the episode, scheduled to air on March 18,2014, the second part, which is set to air a week later, was directed by series co-creator Brad Falchuk. At least ten of these, which were not immediately announced, were set to be featured in this episode, though not necessarily sung by the same artists as before. The list of thirteen songs that was released in late February 2014 for what turned out to be a two-part 100th episode contained eight songs from the original thirty-song list. A number of main characters on the show have returned for this two-part episode
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Glee (season 6)
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The final season, consisting of 13 episodes, premiered on Friday, January 9,2015, with the first two episodes, and the last two episodes aired on March 20,2015. The series features the New Directions glee club at the fictional William McKinley High School in the town of Lima, Ohio, the season focuses on the former glee club member, Rachel Berry, who returns to McKinley after her TV Pilot bombs to rebuild the disbanded glee club. Benoist, however, does not appear at all in this season, the season was nominated for one Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics. On April 19,2013, Fox renewed Glee for a fifth, season six premiered on January 9,2015, as part of the 2014–15 television season. The 13 episodes were broadcast consecutively on Fridays at 9,00 p. m. with the beginning and ending double episodes starting an hour earlier, filming concluded on February 21,2015. The final season follows former New Directions lead singer and Broadway star Rachel Berry as she returns to Lima to relaunch the New Directions, the sixth season included the 700th song performance on the show, which took place in the sixth episode. On December 6,2014, the EPs for the first two episodes of the season were posted on Amazon over a month before their release, including the episodes titles Loser Like Me. Loser Like Me included the songs Uninvited, Suddenly Seymour, Sing, Dance the Night Away, Homecoming included the songs Take On Me, Tightrope, Mustang Sally, Home and Problem. The EP for the episode was posted on December 13,2014. The Wanteds Max George plays Clint, the villainous new Vocal Adrenaline lead singer, harry Hamlin guest starred as Walter, Kurts brief love interest who is in his 50s. Totah plays Myron Muskovitz, a spoiled but talented 13-year-old tween and Finneas OConnell plays Alistair, special guest stars include Ken Jeong and Jennifer Coolidge as Brittanys parents, and Gina Gershon as Blaines mother. Michael Bolton, Geraldo Rivera, and Carnie Wilson appear as themselves, carol Burnett reprises her role as Doris, Sues mother, for the first time since the second season. The opening of the season was received positive reviews from critics. The sixth season premiere was the lowest watched season premiere in the history, with a rating of 2.34. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes the sixth season got a rating of 67% fresh based on 9 reviews
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Capitol Records
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Capitol Records, LLC is an American record label which operates as a division of the Capitol Music Group. The label was founded as the first West Coast-based record label in the United States in 1942 by three industry insiders named Johnny Mercer, Buddy DeSylva and Glenn Wallichs, in 1955, the label was acquired by the British music conglomerate EMI as its North American subsidiary. EMI was later acquired by Universal Music Group in 2012 and was merged with the company in 2013, making Capitol Records, Capitol Records circular headquarter building located in Los Angeles is a recognized landmark of California. Mercer first raised the idea of starting a company while golfing with Harold Arlen. By 1941, Mercer was a songwriter and a singer with multiple successful releases. Mercer next suggested the idea to Wallichs while visiting his record store, Wallichs expressed interest in the idea and the pair negotiated an agreement whereby Mercer would run the company and identify their artists, while Wallichs managed the business side. On February 2,1942, Mercer and Wallichs met with DeSylva at a Hollywood restaurant to inquire about the possibility of investment of the company from Paramount Pictures, while DeSylva declined the proposal, he handed the pair a check worth $15,000. On March 27,1942, the three men incorporated as Liberty Records, in May 1942, the application was amended to change the companys name to Capitol Records. On April 6,1942, Mercer supervised Capitols first recording session where Martha Tilton recorded the song Moon Dreams, on May 5, Bobby Sherwood and his orchestra recorded two tracks in the studio. On May 21, Freddie Slack and his orchestra recorded three tracks in the studio, one with the orchestra, one with Ella Mae Morse called Cow-Cow Boogie, on June 4,1942, Capitol opened its first office in a second-floor room south of Sunset Boulevard. On that same day, Wallichs presented the companys first free record to Los Angeles disc jockey Peter Potter, on June 5,1942, Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra recorded four songs at the studio. On June 12, the recorded five more songs in the studio. On June 11, Tex Ritter recorded Jingle Jangle Jingle and Goodbye My Little Cherokee for his first Capitol recording session, and the songs formed Capitols 110th produced record. 133 - Get On Board Little Chillun - July 31,1942 - is a Freddie Slack/Ella Mae Morse/Mellowaires recording that might be the first rock n roll record and she has sometimes been called the first rock n roll singer. A good example is her 1942 recording of song which, with strong gospel, blues, boogie. Bone Walker recorded Mean Old World a pioneering example of the use of electric guitar. The earliest recording artists included co-owner Mercer, Whiteman, Tilton, Morse, Margaret Whiting, Jo Stafford, the Pied Pipers, Johnnie Johnston, Tex Ritter, Capitols first gold single was Morses Cow Cow Boogie in 1942. Capitols first album was Capitol Presents Songs By Johnny Mercer, a three 78-rpm disc set with recordings by Mercer, Stafford and the Pied Pipers, all with Westons Orchestra
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Homecoming (Glee)
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Homecoming is the second episode of the sixth season of the American musical television series Glee, and the 110th overall. Rachel decides to bring back former New Directions members in an attempt to recruit new talent, meanwhile, the first-ever female to attend Dalton Academy attempts to break into the Warblers. Blaine Anderson, now coach of the Dalton Academy Warblers, meets the female student to attend Dalton, Jane Hayward. As Rachel searches for new talent, she brings in former New Directions members Puck, Quinn Fabray, Santana Lopez, Mercedes Jones, Brittany Pierce, Artie Abrams, Rachel briefly meets new transfer student Roderick but her enthusiasm scares him away. Blaine asks Rachel to train Jane for her upcoming Warbler audition, kurt tries to get gay football player Spencer Porter to join but Spencer turns the offer down. Jane auditions for the Warblers and does well, but she is denied membership by the members as they are hesitant to change their status quo. Blaine vows to fight for Janes admittance, Rachel hears a voice singing in the halls and discovers it to be Roderick. The former New Directions members convince him to audition, and he does so successfully, principal Sue Sylvester attempts to bribe Spencer to sabotage New Directions but he refuses. Jane transfers to McKinley High and joins New Directions which infuriates Blaine, who sees this as a break of their vows not to sabotage, Mason and Madison, who are karaoke champions, also join New Directions. Three new recurring characters were introduced, New Directions siblings Mason McCarthy and Madison McCarthy, the recently introduced character Roderick is now a New Directions member, while gay jock Spencer Porter is undecided. The episode features six cover versions. Viva Voce by The Rocketboys is briefly sung a cappella by Guthrie, a-has Take On Me is sung by McHale, Morris, Colfer, Riley, Salling, Agron, Michele, Overstreet, Rivera, and Ushkowitz. Tightrope by Janelle Monáe is sung by Ware and the Warblers, problem by Ariana Grande is sung by McHale, Morris, Agron, and Rivera. Wilson Picketts Mustang Sally is sung by Guthrie, Morris, Agron, and Rivera. Home by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros is sung by McHale, Morris, Colfer, Riley, Salling, Agron, Michele, Overstreet, Rivera, Ushkowitz, Guthrie, Ware, Lewis Jr. and Dreyfuss. Accompanying the music from this episode, the EP Glee, The Music, the episode received 2.34 million viewers and a 0. 7/2 on adult 18-49, making the sixth season premiere the least watched season premiere in the shows history. Homecoming was given positive reviews by critics, lauren Hoffman from Vulture said that the episodes final number Home was legitimately touching, although that might just be the camaraderie and hand-holding and actual fireworks. Christopher Rogers from Hollywood Life said that he loved the season six premiere
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Jagged Little Tapestry
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Jagged Little Tapestry is the third episode of the sixth season of the American musical television series Glee, and the 111th overall. The episode was written by series co-creator Brad Falchuk, directed by Paul McCrane, the episode takes place as Rachel Berry and Kurt Hummel prepare an assignment for New Directions but have conflicts in their teaching styles. Kurts breakup with Blaine Anderson brings angst to the group, Becky Jackson has a new boyfriend but has lied to him about her life, and Coach Beiste must make a difficult decision. Kurt Hummel runs into his former fiance Blaine Anderson and his new boyfriend Dave Karofsky, Coach Beiste and Sam Evans, who is now working as an assistant football coach, discuss Beistes apparent knee issues, as she is taking multiple medications and having anger outbursts. Spencer Porter asks for a shot at starting quarterback but is declined, Becky introduces Darrell to Principal Sue Sylvester who is surprised to discover that Darrell does not have Down syndrome like Becky does, and she is concerned for Beckys safety. Santana proposes marriage to Brittany and she accepts, but Kurt raises objections due to his heartbreak, later, Santana verbally and extensively berates Kurt for his actions. Kurt apologizes to Brittany for interrupting their engagement, and Brittany reveals that Blaine and Dave are moving in together, so Kurt needs to stop feeling depressed and move on with his life. Jane Hayward and Mason McCarthy perform a duet which Rachel praises, but Kurt is again reminded of his relationship with Blaine, Sue confronts Coach Beiste about her medications and Beiste tells Sue that she has cancer. Becky attempts to sing for Darrell with Quinn and Tina but she cannot, and Quinn, Tina, Santana, and Brittany convince Becky that she needs to tell the truth to Darrell. Kurt apologizes to Rachel for having his feelings affect his teaching, Rachel and Kurt realize that although their styles clash, together they teach well. Beiste asks Sam to take over as coach while she is away. Becky tells the truth to Darrell who accepts her apology, Rachel and Kurt tell New Directions members Jane, Mason, Madison McCarthy, and Roderick that they are one step closer to being ready for Sectionals. Justin Prentice is introduced as Darrell, the new boyfriend of Becky, the episode features five musical cover versions, three of which are mashups. All featured music is from either Alanis Morissette or Carole King and its Too Late by King is sung by Colfer and Criss. The mashup of Morissettes Hand in My Pocket and Kings I Feel the Earth Move is sung by Rivera, the mashup of Kings Will You Love Me Tomorrow and Morissettes Head over Feet is sung by Lewis Jr. and Ware. Kings So Far Away is sung by Agron and Ushkowitz, the mashup of Morissettes You Learn and Kings Youve Got a Friend was sung by Michele, Colfer, Agron, Morris, Rivera, Salling, Ushkowitz, Ware, Guthrie, Lewis Jr. and Dreyfuss. Accompanying the music from this episode, the EP Glee, The Music, the episode was watched by 1.98 million viewers and received a 0. 7/2 in the adult 18-49 demographic. Lauren Hoffman from Vulture said that final season of Glee is a show quietly and confidently moving back to its roots
