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Los Angeles
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Los Angeles, officially the City of Los Angeles and often known by its initials L. A. is the cultural, financial, and commercial center of Southern California. With a census-estimated 2015 population of 3,971,883, it is the second-most populous city in the United States, Los Angeles is also the seat of Los Angeles County, the most populated county in the United States. The citys inhabitants are referred to as Angelenos, historically home to the Chumash and Tongva, Los Angeles was claimed by Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo for Spain in 1542 along with the rest of what would become Alta California. The city was founded on September 4,1781, by Spanish governor Felipe de Neve. It became a part of Mexico in 1821 following the Mexican War of Independence, in 1848, at the end of the Mexican–American War, Los Angeles and the rest of California were purchased as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, thereby becoming part of the United States. Los Angeles was incorporated as a municipality on April 4,1850, the discovery of oil in the 1890s brought rapid growth to the city. The completion of the Los Angeles Aqueduct in 1913, delivering water from Eastern California, nicknamed the City of Angels, Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic diversity, and sprawling metropolis. Los Angeles also has an economy in culture, media, fashion, science, sports, technology, education, medicine. A global city, it has been ranked 6th in the Global Cities Index, the city is home to renowned institutions covering a broad range of professional and cultural fields, and is one of the most substantial economic engines within the United States. The Los Angeles combined statistical area has a gross metropolitan product of $831 billion, making it the third-largest in the world, after the Greater Tokyo and New York metropolitan areas. The city has hosted the Summer Olympic Games in 1932 and 1984 and is bidding to host the 2024 Summer Olympics and thus become the second city after London to have hosted the Games three times. The Los Angeles area also hosted the 1994 FIFA mens World Cup final match as well as the 1999 FIFA womens World Cup final match, the mens event was watched on television by over 700 million people worldwide. The Los Angeles coastal area was first settled by the Tongva, a Gabrielino settlement in the area was called iyáangẚ, meaning poison oak place. Gaspar de Portolà and Franciscan missionary Juan Crespí, reached the present site of Los Angeles on August 2,1769, in 1771, Franciscan friar Junípero Serra directed the building of the Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, the first mission in the area. The Queen of the Angels is an honorific of the Virgin Mary, two-thirds of the settlers were mestizo or mulatto with a mixture of African, indigenous and European ancestry. The settlement remained a small town for decades, but by 1820. Today, the pueblo is commemorated in the district of Los Angeles Pueblo Plaza and Olvera Street. New Spain achieved its independence from the Spanish Empire in 1821, during Mexican rule, Governor Pío Pico made Los Angeles Alta Californias regional capital
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Orlando, Florida
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Orlando is a city in the U. S. state of Florida and the county seat of Orange County. Located in Central Florida, it is the center of the Orlando metropolitan area, which had a population of 4,000,002, according to U. S. As of 2015, Orlando had an estimated population of 270,934, making it the 73rd-largest city in the United States, the fourth-largest city in Florida. The City of Orlando is nicknamed The City Beautiful, and its symbol is the fountain at Lake Eola, Orlando is also known as The Theme Park Capital of the World and in 2014 its tourist attractions and events drew more than 62 million visitors. The Orlando International Airport is the thirteenth-busiest airport in the United States, with the exception of Walt Disney World, most major attractions are located along International Drive. The city is one of the busiest American cities for conferences and conventions. Orlando is home to the University of Central Florida, which is the largest university campus in the United States in terms of enrollment as of 2015, in 2010, Orlando was listed as a Gamma− level of world-city in the World Cities Study Groups inventory. Orlando ranks as the fourth-most popular American city based on where people want to live according to a 2009 Pew Research Center study. Fort Gatlin, as the Orlando area was known, was established at what is now just south of the city limits by the 4th U. S. Artillery under the command of Ltc, alexander C. W. Fanning on November 9,1838 during the construction of a series of fortified encampments across Florida during the Second Seminole War. The fort and surrounding area were named for Dr. John S. Gatlin, king Phillip and Coacoochee frequented this area and the tree was alleged to be the place where the previous 1835 ambush that had killed over 100 soldiers had been planned. When the U. S. military abandoned the fort in 1839 the surrounding community was built up by settlers, prior to being known by its current name, Orlando was once known as Jernigan. Aarron Jernigan became Orange Countys first State Representative in 1845 but his pleas for military protection went unanswered. Fort Gatlin was briefly reoccupied by the military for a few weeks during October and November 1849, a historical marker indicates that by 1850 the Jernigan homestead served as the nucleus of a village named Jernigan. One of the countys first records, a grand jurys report, mentions a stockade where it states homesteaders were driven from their homes, Aaron Jernigan led a local volunteer militia during 1852. Jernigan appears on an 1855 map of Florida and by 1856 the area had become the county seat of Orange County and it is known for certain that the area was renamed Orlando in 1857. The move is believed to be sparked, in part, by Aaron Jernigans fall from grace after he was relieved of his command by military officials in 1856. His behavior was so notorious that Secretary of War Jefferson Davis wrote, in 1859, Jernigan and his sons were accused of committing a murder at the towns post office
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Reality game show
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Alternatively, a gameshow can be a demonstrative program about a game. In the former, contestants may be invited from a pool of public applicants, on some shows, contestants compete against other players or another team, while other shows involve contestants playing alone for a reward or a high score. Game shows often reward players with prizes such as cash, trips and goods and services provided by the shows sponsor prize suppliers, One of the reasons that television broadcasters make game shows is because they are substantially less costly than producing scripted drama shows. Some TV game shows fall under the category of reality television, Television game shows descended from similar programs on radio. The very first television show, Spelling Bee, was broadcast in 1938. Truth or Consequences was the first game show to air on commercially licensed television and its first episode aired in 1941 as an experimental broadcast. Over the course of the 1950s, as began to pervade the popular culture. Daytime game shows would be played for lower stakes to target stay-at-home housewives, higher-stakes programs would air in primetime. During the late 1950s, high-stakes games such as Twenty One, however, the rise of quiz shows proved to be short-lived. In 1959, many of the higher stakes game shows were discovered to be rigged, an early variant of the game show, the panel game, survived the quiz show scandals. On shows like Whats My Line, ive Got A Secret and To Tell The Truth, panels of celebrities would interview a guest in an effort to determine some fact about them, in others, celebrities would answer questions. Panel games had success in primetime until the late 1960s, when they were dropped from television because of their perceived “low budget” nature. Panel games made a comeback in American daytime television in the 1970s through comedy-driven shows such as Match Game, mock the Week, QI and 8 Out of 10 Cats, all of which put a heavy emphasis on comedy, leaving the points as mere formalities. The focus on quick-witted comedians has resulted in ratings, which. Game shows remained a fixture of US daytime television through the 1960s after the quiz show scandals, lower-stakes games made a slight comeback in daytime in the early 1960s, examples include Jeopardy. Which began in 1964 and the version of The Match Game first aired in 1962. Lets Make a Deal began in 1963 and the 1960s also marked the debut of Hollywood Squares, Password, The Dating Game, though CBS gave up on daytime game shows in 1968, the other networks did not follow suit. Color television was introduced to the game genre in the late 1960s on all three networks
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Big Brother 8 (U.S.)
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Big Brother 8 was the eighth season of the American reality television series Big Brother. It is based upon the Netherlands series of the same name, the series premiered on CBS on July 5,2007 and lasted eleven weeks until the live finale on September 18,2007. The eighth season saw little to no change in ratings, the season premiered to a total of 7.40 million viewers, the lowest premiere numbers for any season at the time. The season finale had a total of 8.51 million viewers, in total, the series averaged 7.52 million viewers, only.4 behind the previous edition. Big Brother 8 featured a total of 14 HouseGuests, the amount that was featured in the previous season. The series ended after 81 days, in which HouseGuest Dick Donato was crowned the winner, the season was first announced on February 1,2007. That same day, it was confirmed that Arnold Shapiro had stepped down as producer, on the decision, Shaprio stated he was gratified that were able to successfully ‘re-invent’ BB2 and turn the series into an annual summer hit. Grodner later stated We consider ‘All-Stars’ sort of the end of an era, rich Meehan replaced Shapiro as the executive producer. Casting for the season concluded on May 5,2007, Grodner later promised fans of the series that Big Brother 8 would be more interactive, commenting Its not just about sitting down and watching television Were a summer event thats always with you. I dont think any other show has that sort of reach, ghen Maynard of CBS later stated This year, there are going to be some new things that make the show even more ubiquitous and interactive there will be something die-hard fans will love. It will give them the opportunity to even more than they have in the past. Shortly before the premiere, a cast list began circulating the internet, casting director Robyn Kass, however, the cast was revealed on June 28,2007. The 14 HouseGuests this season were competing for the prize of $500,000. The winner of the series, determined by the previously evicted HouseGuests, would win the $500,000 prize, other than the main prize, various luxuries and prizes were given out throughout the season. In week two, during the second Power of Veto competition, Dick won a plasma TV, on Day 23, during the fourth Power of Veto competition, Dustin won $5,000 and a trip for two to Barbados. On Day 30, during the fifth Power of Veto competition, a prize of $10,000 was offered to anyone who would step down from the competition, but no one did. On Day 50, during the first Luxury competition, Amber, Daniele, Jameka, in the HoH competition on Day 62, a prize was rewarded to whoever could fill a jar the fastest with tea. The prize was a phone call home
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Big Brother 13 (U.S.)
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Big Brother 13 was the thirteenth season of the American reality television series Big Brother. It is based upon the Netherlands series of the same name, the series premiered on CBS on July 7,2011 and lasted ten weeks until the live finale on September 14,2011. The 13th season continued to have an increase in ratings, much like the two seasons had. The season premiered to a total of 7.89 million viewers, the season finale had a total of 7.78 million viewers, only slightly lower than the previous season. In total, the series averaged 7.95 million viewers, Big Brother 13 featured a total of 14 HouseGuests, six of which were previous HouseGuests from past seasons. The series ended after 75 days, in which returning HouseGuest Rachel Reilly was crowned the Winner, Big Brother 13 was produced by Endemol USA and Fly on the Wall Entertainment, with Allison Grodner and Rich Meehan returning as executive producers. This season of the program was announced on September 15,2010, before the finale of Big Brother 12 was transmitted. Casting for season began in mid-April with applications and video submissions that did not have a set deadline. Applicants chosen to be a finalist went to Los Angeles, from which applicants were narrowed down to a pool of 40 finalists. The selected group of HouseGuests were put into sequester on June 25,2011, the 8 original cast members entered the house on July 2,2011 as did the 6 returning players a few hours later. Nine HouseGuests new to Big Brother were revealed on June 30 through Yahoo. and WeLoveBigBrother, jason Thomas, a 26-year-old boxing promoter, was dropped from the list of HouseGuests due to a casting decision that trimmed the number of new HouseGuests this season down to eight. The 14 HouseGuests this season were competing for the prize of $500,000. The winner of the series, determined by the previously evicted HouseGuests, would win the $500,000 prize, other than the main prize, various luxuries and prizes were given out throughout the season. Big Brother 13 was broadcast on CBS from July 7,2011 to September 14,2011 and this season lasted a total of 75 days, the same amount as the previous season. This season featured no changes to the schedule that was used in the edition, with episodes airing on Wednesday, Thursday. The Thursday episode, which aired at 9 pm Eastern time, featured the live eviction, during the live eviction, the show was hosted by Julie Chen. The Sunday episode, which aired at 8 pm Eastern time, featured the competition and nomination ceremony. The Wednesday episode, which aired at 8 pm Eastern time, featured the Power of Veto competition, some changes to the scheduling format were made
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Keith Richards
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Keith Richards is an English guitarist, singer, songwriter, best-selling memoirist and founding member of the rock band the Rolling Stones. The magazine of the same name credited Richards for rocks greatest single body of riffs on guitar, fourteen songs that Richards wrote with the Rolling Stones lead vocalist Mick Jagger are listed among Rolling Stone magazines 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The Stones are generally known for their guitar interplay of rhythm, in spite of this, Richards plays the only guitar tracks on some of their most famous songs including Paint It Black, Ruby Tuesday, Sympathy for the Devil, Gimme Shelter, and Angie. Richards was born 18 December 1943 at Livingston Hospital, in Dartford, Kent and he is the only child of Doris M. L. and Herbert W. Richards. His father was a worker who was injured in World War II during the Normandy invasion. His great-grandfathers family originated from Wales and his maternal grandfather, Augustus Theodore Gus Dupree, who toured Britain with a jazz big band, Gus Dupree and his Boys, fostered Richards interest in guitar. Richards has said that it was Dupree who gave him his first guitar and his grandfather teased the young Richards with a guitar that was on a shelf that Richards couldnt reach at the time. Finally Dupree told Richards, that if Richards could reach the guitar then he could have it, Richards then devised all manner of ways of reaching the guitar, putting books and cushions on a chair and finally got the guitar and his grandfather let him have it. His grandfather taught him the rudiments of Richards first tune, Malagueña and he worked on the number like mad and then his grandfather let him keep the guitar. He called it the prize of the century, Richards played at home, listening to recordings by Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and others. His father, on the hand, disparaged his sons musical enthusiasm. One of Richards first guitar heroes was Scotty Moore, Richards attended Wentworth Primary School with Mick Jagger and was his neighbour until 1954, when the family moved. From 1955 to 1959 he attended Dartford Technical High School for Boys, recruited by Dartford Techs choirmaster, R. W. Jake Clare, Richards sang in a trio of boy sopranos at, among other occasions, Westminster Abbey for Queen Elizabeth II. In 1959 Richards was expelled from Dartford Tech for truancy and transferred to Sidcup Art College, at Sidcup he was diverted from his studies proper and devoted more time to playing guitar with other students in the boys room. At this point Richards had learned most of Chuck Berrys solos, Richards met Jagger on a train as Jagger was heading for classes at the London School of Economics. The mail-order rhythm & blues albums from Chess Records by Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters that Jagger was carrying revealed a mutual interest, along with mutual friend Dick Taylor, Jagger was singing in an amateur band, Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys, which Richards soon joined. The Blues Boys folded when Brian Jones, after sharing thoughts on their joint interest in the music, invited Mick and Keith to the Bricklayers Arms pub. By mid-1962 Richards had left Sidcup Art College to devote himself to music and moved into a London flat with Jagger and his parents divorced about the same time, resulting in his staying close to his mother and remaining estranged from his father until 1982
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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
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Pirates of the Caribbean, At Worlds End is a 2007 American epic fantasy swashbuckler film and the third installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean film series. It is the last film in the series to be directed by Gore Verbinski and it was filmed in two shoots during 2005 and 2006, the former simultaneously with the preceding film, Dead Mans Chest. The film was released in English-speaking countries on May 25,2007, the film was praised for its performances, musical score, action scenes, and special effects, but was criticized for its plot and running time. At Worlds End was a box office hit, becoming the most successful film of 2007, with over $960 million worldwide. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling and the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, which it lost to La Vie en Rose and The Golden Compass, respectively. A fourth installment, On Stranger Tides, the first in the series to neither be directed by Verbinski nor star Bloom and Knightley, was released in cinemas on May 20,2011. With a production budget of $300 million, Pirates of the Caribbean, At Worlds End was the most expensive ever made at the time of its release. To control the oceans, Lord Cutler Beckett executes anyone associated with piracy by ordering Davy Jones to destroy all pirate ships in the seas, condemned prisoners sing Hoist the Colours to compel the nine Pirate Lords to convene at Shipwreck Cove to hold the Brethren Court. Traveling to Singapore, the crew meet Captain Sao Feng, who owns navigational charts to the Locker, Becketts soldiers invade, but the crew escape. Feng and Turner make a deal to give Jack to Feng, the crew travels to the locker and rescues the marooned Jack. They find themselves trapped, encountering dead souls, including Elizabeths father Governor Swann and they learn the Dutchman must always have a captain. Returning to the world, the Pearl is attacked by Sao Feng. Sao Feng tells Elizabeth that the first Brethren Court bound Calypso in human form after she betrayed her lover and he plans to release her to defeat Beckett. Davy Jones attacks Fengs ship, but Feng appoints Elizabeth his successor as Pirate Lord before dying, admiral Norrington frees Elizabeth and her new crew from the Dutchman, but is killed by a crazed Bootstrap Bill. The Black Pearl arrives at Shipwreck Cove where Barbossa attempts to persuade the Brethren Court to release Calypso, Davy Jones visits Tia Dalma in the Pearls brig, revealing she is Calypso, and they promise to be together again. Jacks father Captain Teague and Keeper of the Pirate Code, informs the Court that only an elected Pirate King can decide, to avoid a stalemate, Jack casts his vote for Elizabeth, making her King. The Brethren Court and Becketts fleets emerge for war, Barbossa frees Calypso, but when Will reveals it was Jones who made it possible for the first Court to imprison her, Calypso vanishes and summons an enormous maelstrom. The Pearl and the Dutchman battle in the maelstrom, Elizabeth and Will are wed by Barbossa before swinging over to the Dutchman to aid Jack
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Dizzy Reed
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Darren Arthur Reed, better known by his stage name Dizzy Reed, is an American musician and occasional actor. He is best known as the keyboardist for the rock band Guns N Roses, with whom he has played, toured, and recorded since 1990. In 2012, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Guns N Roses, Reed was born as Darren Arthur Reed on June 18,1963 in Hinsdale, Illinois, and was raised in Colorado. Reed was described as reclusive and introverted, however he has denied this. His grandmother began teaching him to play the organ when he was a young child, as an adult, Reed pursued a music career in Los Angeles. He was a member of the club band The Wild in the late 1980s. Reed met the classic lineup of Guns N Roses in 1985 while his band, The Wild and he kept in touch, and in 1990 was invited by friend Axl Rose to join the group for the recording of the two Use Your Illusion albums. Reed soon became a member of the group and his work was heard on the majority of tracks on both albums. R. S and Prostitute. When not playing keyboards or piano, Reed frequently provides backup on percussion and he is also known for playing percussions during live performances of songs such as Mr Brownstone, Nightrain, Welcome to the Jungle and Rocket Queen. Reed continues to record and play live with the current Guns N Roses line-up, however, since he joined the band in 1990, five years after its formation in 1985, he cannot be described as an original member. It has also confirmed that the unfinished demo that did not make the cut on Chinese Democracy called Silkworms was written by Reed himself. As well as singing during Guns N Roses live performances, Reed also serves as a backing vocalist, outside of Guns N Roses, Reed played on albums for his former bandmates Slash, Duff McKagan, and Gilby Clarke. He also guested on former Guns N Roses bassist Tommy Stinsons 2004 solo effort Village Gorilla Head, Reed is additionally a fan of Larry Norman, a pioneer of Christian music, and played on Normans Copper Wires album. Most recently, he has composed music for the film scores The Still Life, released in 2006, and Celebrity Art Show. When he is not touring or recording with Guns N Roses, Reed frequently tours with his hard rock cover band Hookers N Blow, in which he plays keyboard and guitar and occasionally sings lead vocals. For his work with Hookers N Blow, Reed was named Outstanding Keyboardist of the Year at the 2007 Rock City Awards, Hookers N Blow was also named Best Cover Band. Reed has also dabbled in acting, appearing as Mumbles in the 2005 film Charlies Death Wish, Reed was a member of The Dead Daisies alongside Guns N Roses guitarist Richard Fortus, both left the band in 2015 to focus on Guns N Roses. Reed was divorced after 20 years of marriage, to wife Lisa and they have two daughters, Skye, born in 1992 and Shade born in 1996
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Guns N' Roses
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Guns N Roses is an American hard rock band from Los Angeles formed in 1985. The lineup, when first signed to Geffen Records in 1986, consisted of vocalist Axl Rose, lead guitarist Slash, rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin, bassist Duff McKagan, and drummer Steven Adler. The current lineup consists of Rose, Slash, McKagan, keyboardists Dizzy Reed and Melissa Reese, guitarist Richard Fortus, the success of the debut was followed by the eight-song album G N R Lies which reached number two on the Billboard 200. The cover album The Spaghetti Incident. was the bands last studio album to feature Slash and it debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 but undersold industry expectations, despite mostly positive critical reception. Former members Slash and McKagan both rejoined the band in 2016, embarking on the Not in This Lifetime, Guns N Roses has been credited with reviving the mainstream popularity of rock n roll, at a time when popular music was dominated by dance music and glam metal. The bands classic lineup, along with later members Reed and drummer Matt Sorum, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012, in 1984, Hollywood Rose member Izzy Stradlin was living with L. A. Guns needed a new vocalist, Stradlin suggested Hollywood Rose singer Axl Rose, Guns N Roses was formed in March 1985 by Rose and rhythm guitarist Stradlin, along with lead guitarist Tracii Guns, bassist Ole Beich, and drummer Rob Gardner of L. A. Guns. The band coined its name by combining the names of both previous groups, rejected names for the band included Heads of Amazon and AIDS. After a short time, during which the band played two or three shows, Beich was fired and replaced by Duff McKagan. Tracii Guns left the band after an argument with Rose leading to his replacement by Rose and Stradlins one-time Hollywood Rose bandmate, Gardner quit soon after and was replaced by another former Hollywood Rose member, Steven Adler. Slash had also played with McKagan and Adler in Road Crew. In June 1985, four days after the lineup was finalized, through the bands increasing presence on the Hollywood club scene – playing famed bars such as The Troubadour and The Roxy – Guns N Roses drew the attention of major record labels. The group was signed by Geffen Records in March 1986, receiving a $75,000 advance. In December of that year, the released the four-song EP Live. *@ Like a Suicide. The EP contained covers of Rose Tattoos Nice Boys and Aerosmiths Mama Kin, although billed as a live recording, the four songs were taken from the bands demo tapes and overdubbed with crowd noise. Live. *@ Like a Suicide was released on the Geffen subsidiary Uzi Suicide, Guns N Roses debut album Appetite for Destruction was released July 21,1987. The band stated the artwork was a symbolic social statement. The revised cover was done by Andy Engell, based on a design by tattoo artist Bill White Jr. who had designed the artwork for a tattoo Rose had acquired the previous year, the artwork featured each of the five band members skulls layered on a cross
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Big Brother 9 (U.S.)
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Big Brother 9, also known as Big Brother, Til Death Do You Part, was the ninth season of the American reality television series Big Brother. It is based upon the Netherlands series of the same name, Big Brother 9 is the first and only season of the series to air in the Winter time period, due to a writers strike. The series premiered on CBS on February 12,2008 and lasted eleven weeks until the finale on April 27,2008. The ninth season saw a decrease in ratings compared to past editions of the series. The season premiered to a total of 7.33 million viewers, the season finale had a total of 6.55 million viewers, making it the lowest rated finale at the time. In total, the series averaged 6.56 million viewers, Big Brother 9 featured a total of 16 HouseGuests, the largest amount for any season at the time. The series ended after 81 days, in which HouseGuest Adam Jasinski was crowned the Winner, the season was announced on November 15,2007 with open casting calls being held from November 17,2007 to December 8,2007. The finalists for the season were chosen on December 27,2007, the HouseGuests compete for a grand prize of $500,000 and a runner-up prize of $50,000. In addition to the prize and the runner-up prize, various smaller prizes were offered throughout the game. Most of the time the prizes were given out during Power of Veto competitions or Luxury competitions, in week one, during the Power Couple competition Falling for You, Jen & Parker won $10,000. During the Power of Veto competition Color of Veto on Day 30, Adam won a motorcycle, on Day 43 during a Luxury competition, Chelsia, Joshuah, Sharon and Sheila won an advanced screening of the Columbia Pictures film 21. On Day 45, Chelsia won a $21,000 VIP trip to Las Vegas before the screening of the film 21, since no one beat his score, Dick won the guitar for himself. During the second Luxury competition of the season on Day 71, Ryan, a VIP experience that includes a shopping spree and tickets to the May 1 premiere of the film in Hollywood, and a chance to meet the cast at an after party. On the season finale, James won $25,000 by Americas choice, on December 3,2007 CBS announced Big Brother 9 would return on February 12,2008 with three episodes airing on Sundays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. This was a change from the season, which had aired on Thursdays instead of Wednesdays. The Wednesday episode, which aired at 8 PM Eastern time, featured the live eviction, during the live eviction, the show was hosted by Julie Chen. The Sunday episode, which aired at 8 PM Eastern time, featured the competition and nomination ceremony. The Tuesday episode, which aired at 9 PM Eastern time featured the Power of Veto competition, some changes to the scheduling format were made
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Len Goodman
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Leonard Gordon Len Goodman is an English professional ballroom dancer, dance judge, and coach. He appears on television programmes such as Strictly Come Dancing and Dancing with the Stars. He also runs a dance school in Dartford, Kent. Goodman was born in Bethnal Green, London and his birth was registered in Bromley, Kent, the son of Leonard Gordon Goodman, an electrician, and Louisa Adelaide. One of his maternal great-great-grandfathers was a Polish immigrant, Goodman moved to Blackfen when he was six years old and attended Westwood Secondary Modern School where he was a member of the cricket team. Goodman started dancing at the age of 19, after a time as an apprentice welder for Harland. Goodman turned professional, won various competitions, and retired from dancing after winning the British Championships at Blackpool in his late twenties, however, in July 2016, Goodman announced he would be leaving the show at the end of that years series. His final appearance was on the Christmas Day Special and he left the show for season 21, but returned the following season. From 30 March to 9 April 2012, Goodman hosted a three-part BBC One documentary that was broadcast in the United States by PBS for the 100th anniversary of the voyage and it capitalised on his experience as a welder at Harland and Wolff. Goodman interviewed descendants of survivors and introduced viewers to memorials and significant sites in the United Kingdom, in 2013, Goodman presented the BBC Four programme Len Goodmans Dance Band Days. He also hosted Len Goodmans Perfect Christmas on Boxing Day on BBC One, in August 2014, Goodman was one of a number of well known faces taking part in ITVs two-part documentary series Secrets from the Clink. In November and December 2013, Goodman and Lucy Worsley presented the BBC Four three-part show Dancing Cheek to Cheek, in October 2014, Goodman hosted BBC One show Holiday of My Lifetime. In 2017, Goodman will present a game show called Partners In Rhyme, based on Matt Edmondsons game. In 2013,2014, and again in 2016, Goodman presented a Sunday evening music show on BBC Radio 2 during Paul OGradys weeks off, Goodman played music that he grew up with, mostly of an easy nature together with spoken memories of his young life and family. In 2006 he appeared in an all singing/dancing version of the Weakest Link, things rolled along pretty nicely for a year until out of the blue Lesley dropped a bombshell. Goodman was 36 at this time, Lesley, he wrote, was the ex-wife of a bloke called Wilf Pine who had managed Black Sabbath. Lesley and Wilf got married in Connecticut, Goodman and Lesleys son, James William Goodman was born 26 January 1981, but at age 12 moved with his mother back to her native Isle of Wight after Lesley and Goodman broke up. As of 2012, James teaches Latin and ballroom dancing at his fathers Goodman Dance Centre, on 30 December 2012, Goodman married his companion of over ten years, Sue Barrett, a 47-year-old dance teacher, in a small ceremony at a London dining club Mosimanns
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Tiffany Pollard
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Tiffany Pollard is an American reality television personality and actress. She is best known for her participation in VH1s Flavor of Love, Pollard was given the nickname New York by rapper Flavor Flav. She is also known colloquially by her nickname, the HBIC. In 2016, Pollard took part in the popular British television show Celebrity Big Brother - finishing in 4th place and she is currently a main cast member in the reality television series The Next,15. She and her mother were main cast members in the first season of the reality show Family Therapy with Dr. Jenn, on November 3,2016, it was announced that she joined the second season of E. reality show Famously Single. Pollard was born in Utica, New York to Michelle Rothschild-Patterson, Pollard has used the surnames of both her parents, who are unmarried. She attended John F. Kennedy Middle School and graduated from Thomas R. Proctor High School, Pollard was engaged to I Love New York season 1 winner Patrick Tango Hunter for a six-month period until Hunter called off the engagement on the reunion show. She was also engaged to George Tailor Made Weisgerber, the winner of I Love New York 2, on September 8,2008, she announced on episode 6 of her show, New York Goes to Hollywood, that she had officially separated from Weisgerber. Pollard clashed with virtually all the other contestants, although these feuds were, in general, nothing more than screaming matches, an incident in the penultimate episode of season one led to violence. After her elimination, an outraged Brooke Pumkin Thompson spat on Pollard after the two had exchanged words, Pollard vowed to whoop Pumkins ass, and attempted to do so at the season one reunion. The moment was rated number one on various VH1 and MTV reality show specials, while on the series, Pollard shared a kiss with Flavor Flav that was the longest kiss in reality television history. The final two contestants journeyed to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico where Flavor Flav chose Nicole Hoopz Alexander over Pollard, to be his mate. After his relationship did not work out with Alexander, Flavor Flav chose to do a season of his dating show. She agreed and was added as a participant. In the finale, Flav chose Deelishis over Pollard, Pollard verbally fought with Flav in the season finale, asking why he had brought her back only to be ultimately eliminated. However, the two announced on the Flavor of Love, After the Lovin reunion show that aired October 28,2006, I Love New York was Tiffany Pollards first reality television series on VH1. The series is a spin-off of another relationship competition series, the Flavor of Love, in July 2006, VH1 published a casting call for contestants for a new series tentatively titled The Flavorette. Various blogs speculated that the star of this program could be Flavor of Love season 1 contestant Rain, the show premiered on Monday, January 8,2007 and was the most-watched series debut in VH1 history with 4.426 million viewers
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Sanjaya Malakar
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Sanjaya Joseph Malakar is an American singer, who was a finalist on the sixth season of American Idol. He gained national attention on the series, controversially advancing to 7th place with public votes, despite being poorly received by the shows judges, after Idol, Malakar made many television guest appearances and has been commonly parodied in popular culture. He got to 5th place in two of the reality television show Im a Celebrity. Get Me Out of Here. Malakar was born in Capitol Hill, in downtown Seattle, the son of Jillian Blyth and he later lived in the nearby suburb of Federal Way. His father, a musician, is a Bengali Indian immigrant born in Vrindavan and his mother is American-born, of Italian descent on one side and Dutch, English, and Irish ancestry on the other. His parents filed for divorce when he was three years old and had separated for a year prior to doing so. When the divorce was filed, the family had almost no money coming in and his mother and the children were living in a Seattle apartment, and her only income was from welfare. His mother remarried, but his stepfather died soon afterwards, although Malakar spent the majority of his formative years in the Seattle area, he has also lived in both California and Kauai, Hawaii, where he performed with the Hawaii Childrens Theater group. While in Seattle, he spent three years with the Total Experience Gospel Choir and he attended Shorecrest High School in Shoreline, Washington during freshman year, and Todd Beamer High School in Federal Way, Washington during sophomore year. After his sophomore year, Malakar passed the General Educational Development test, in order to leave school early and focus on a music career. Malakar currently lives on a ranch in Utah that is home to a range of animals including horses, cows. The chickens live inside of a chicken coop that was built with a tall rectangular shape. Malakar calls the coop his box of cocks, on September 19,2006, Malakar, a shy teen, entered the open audition for American Idol at the Seattle Center in Seattle, with his sister Shyamali. Simon Cowell commented that Sanjaya had a voice than his sister. Both were advanced to the Hollywood round by the judges, Malakar cited Stevie Wonder as his idol, and sang one of Wonders signature songs, Signed, Sealed, Delivered Im Yours at his Seattle audition. For his next performance, in Hollywood, Malakar sang Some Kind of Wonderful and he was shown tearfully embracing his sister when she was cut, though he progressed to the Top 40. Next, Malakar sang Aint No Mountain High Enough, on March 27,2007, Malakar sang No Doubts Bathwater wearing a fauxhawk made from multiple ponytails. The style was called the ponyhawk by host Ryan Seacrest, while singing, Malakar hesitated with some of the words to the song
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Ant (comedian)
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Anthony Steven Kalloniatis is an American stand-up comedian and actor, best known by his stage name Ant. Ant performed at clubs across the USA beginning in 1991. In 1995, he was a regular cast member on the WB series Unhappily Ever After. Ant appeared as a contestant on Last Comic Standing, competing in two and three. He was the host of VH1 reality series Celebrity Fit Club and was a judge of talent on Steve Harveys Big Time. His television series, U. S. of Ant, premiered on MTV Networks gay-targeted Logo cable channel in the summer of 2006, in 2007, he appeared along with Snoop Dogg as a guest star on MTVs sketch comedy show Short Circuitz. Ant also appeared as a celebrity guest on the game show, To Tell The Truth, alongside Jackée Harry, Meshach Taylor. In 2008, he was a contestant on VH1s reality competition Celebracadabra, where celebrities trained with established magicians, Ant was eliminated in episode 2 and brought back in episode 4, but did not go on to win. On September 30,2008, it was reported that Ant is suing British presenters Ant & Dec for using his name in the United States, the suit, among other things, alleges trademark infringement and fraud. The suit was dismissed in May 2010, official website Ant at the Internet Movie Database Ant at AllMovie TV. com entry
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Christopher Knight (actor)
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Christopher Anton Knight is an American actor and businessman. He is known for playing Peter Brady on the 1970s series The Brady Bunch and he has since gone on to become a successful businessman and enjoyed a semi-resurgence in the public eye with television appearances in the 2000s. His father, Edward Knight, was also an actor, after the end of his Brady Bunch appearances, Knights acting career consisted mostly of making guest appearances on other television shows, and occasional film roles. He reunited with his former Brady costars in the holiday TV movie A Very Brady Christmas, before the Brady Bunch series, he had had some small television roles, including an appearance on the first season of Mannix, in a 1967 episode called Coffin for a Clown. In 1988, Knight, a geek, left acting to pursue a business career in the computer industry. In 1989, he was named Vice President of Design System Marketing, in 1991, he co-founded Visual Software, a pioneering 3D graphics company. In 1995, he founded Kidwise Learningware, a company that manufactures interactive educational products, in 1996, he joined the keyboard manufacturer Adesso, and in 1997, he became Vice President of Marketing at iXMicro, a video hardware company. In 1998, he founded his own TV tuner company, Eskape Labs, on April 17,1994, Knight lost his professional wrestling debut in a Dark Match at the Spring Stampede in Chicago at the Rosemont Horizon. His adversary was another star from 1970s television, the Partridge Familys Danny Bonaduce. Knight appeared on a episode of The Weakest Link that featured The Brady Bunch cast members squaring off against each other. Knight won the show and donated the proceeds to his selected charity, continuing to pursue TV opportunities, Knight appeared on VH1s fourth season of The Surreal Life. The show garnered Knight more attention than he had received in some time, in part because he appeared shirtless on the show. During his stint on the show, he began a romance with a cast mate, model Adrianne Curry, winner of Americas Next Top Model cycle 1, who is almost 25 years younger than Knight. After the show, the two moved in together and got engaged, as documented on the VH1 series My Fair Brady, which premiered on September 11,2005. The series was renewed for season, and the couple wed in Currys hometown of Joliet, Illinois, on May 29,2006. Knight was featured in Click Fives music videos for Just the Girl, in which he played a school teacher. Knight and former Brady Bunch co-star Barry Williams appeared in a 2006 episode of That 70s Show, in which he, the two have remained close friends since their Brady Bunch days, and Williams appeared several times on My Fair Brady. Florence Henderson, who played Carol Brady, Susan Olsen, who played Cindy Brady, and Mike Lookinland, in one episode, Knight expressed how important it was for Curry to accept his close relationships with his former Brady Bunch co-stars
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Adrianne Curry
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Adrianne Marie Curry is an American model, reality television personality, spokeswoman and former waitress. She is best known as the star of VH1s reality show My Fair Brady, Curry won the first cycle of Americas Next Top Model. She was signed to Wilhelmina Models in New York City and she has modeled for several magazines, including Life & Style Weekly, Us Weekly, Star, OK. Stuff, People, Maxim, Spanish Marie Claire, Von Dutch, Von Dutch Watches, Salon City, Macys, Famous Stars and Straps, Lucky, Ed Hardy, Kinis Bikinis, Beverly Hills Choppers, and Merit Diamonds. Currys runway shows include Anne Bowen Spring 2005, Jaime Pressly, Pamela Andersons line, Ed Hardy, Von Dutch and she has appeared in a commercial for the Merit Diamonds Sirena Collection that ran from November 2004 to January 2006. She appeared on the cover and in a pictorial for the American edition Playboy in February 2006. She returned for a cover and nude pictorial in the January 2008 issue. Curry made Playboys 2008 top 25 sexiest women, along with the top 100 Playboy spreads 2008 edition, in late 2006, Curry modeled for a technological demo created by Nvidia to showcase their video cards. She is a spokesmodel for The Flex Belt with Denise Richards, Curry was a co-host on the television game show Ballbreakers. In 2006, she appeared on Gameshow Marathon as a celebrity panelist on the Match Game episode and she starred in Rock Me Baby and Half & Half on UPN. Curry also appeared on Dirt starring Courteney Cox, with whom she shared scenes and she appeared in rock bands The Click Five music video Just the Girl, along with husband Christopher Knight. She has also starred in the films Fallen Angels, Light Years Away, in early 2005, Curry appeared on VH1s fourth season of The Surreal Life. After the season ended, Curry and fellow house guest Knight began dating, on September 11,2005, VH1 began airing My Fair Brady, a show that documented their life together and paid her an estimated US$450,000. The show led her to being featured in Maxims Hot 100, season 3 of My Fair Brady began airing on January 21,2008 and focused on Currys breast enhancement surgery and Knights competing desire to start a family. In June,2008, Curry and her family and friends appeared on NBCs Celebrity Family Feud, between November and December 2010, Curry worked as the Resident Celebrity Gamer panelist judge on the second series of The Tester, a reality program on the PlayStation Network. She has returned to the panel in the series which began on the 7th February 2012. Curry hosted live coverage of Blizzcon for Direct TV in 2011, most recently, Curry has teamed up with comic book legend Stan Lee to create her show Superfans for his new YouTube channel, Stan Lees World of Heroes. Superfans began airing each week on YouTube in October 2012, Christopher Knight proposed to Curry on the season finale of My Fair Brady, on VH1, which aired on November 6,2005
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Fox Reality Channel
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It was launched on May 24,2005 and was owned by the Fox Entertainment Group. It featured many shows that were originally on the Fox network, Fox Reality Channel also featured reality shows syndicated from other networks, as well as many international shows from the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. In October 2009, it was announced that Fox Reality Channel would be discontinued on most providers on March 29,2010 and re-branded as an American version of Nat Geo Wild. On that date, the old website was taken down and redirected to its archived programming on Hulu. com. Nat Geo Wild was launched on Dish Network on April 19,2010, direcTV removed Fox Reality and added Nat Geo Wild on June 30,2010. The program premiered in May 2007, and is shared with sister broadcast network MyNetworkTV, American Idol Extra, The official aftershow of the immensely popular American Idol. This show includes behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with contestants who have been eliminated, battle of the Bods, is a reality show in which five girls rank themselves in order of attractiveness and try to match the rankings of a panel of male judges. The program premiered January 19,2008, busted and Disgusted is an original series bringing viewers clips of the most outrageous behavior caught on camera. The show premiered on April 1,2009, friends who participated in this event included Toni Ferrari, Rebecca Cardon, Brennan Swain, Coral Smith, Nikki McKibbin, Michelle Deighton, and Jon Jonny Fairplay Dalton. Corkscrewed, follows American Idol producers Ken Warwick and Nigel Lythgoe as they purchase a vineyard in Paso Robles, California, the program premiered on November 30,2006. Has a group of seven former celebrities compete to win their own reality show, househusbands of Hollywood, follows the lives of five men who manage households in families in which their wives earn the majority of the household income. The 10-episode series premiered on Saturday, August 15,2009, long Way Down, profiles actor Ewan McGregor as he bikes through 18 countries, riding from John o Groats in Scotland to Cape Town in South Africa. Rob and Amber, Against the Odds, follows the lives of reality couple Rob Mariano and my Bare Lady, gives adult film stars the opportunity to try out different careers. The program premiered on December 7,2006, paradise Hotel 2, follows a group of single men and women who live together for a period in an exclusive resort. The program premiered February 4,2008 and was shared by MyNetworkTV, seducing Cindy, follows Cindy Margolis, once the most downloaded woman on the Internet, as she searches for a new love. The program premiered on January 30,2010 at 9, 00PM Eastern/8, solitary, turns the concept of solitary confinement into a game show. The program, which features an unseen host presiding over treatments, or challenges, the Search for the Next Elvira,13 contestants vie for the chance to become Elviras newest handmaiden of the dark in a Fox Reality Channel original series. The program premiered on October 13,2007, sex Decoy, Love Stings, set inside the private life and professional world of Sandra Hope and Mate Check Private Investigations
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TV Guide
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In 1948, he printed New York City area listings magazine The TeleVision Guide. Silent film star Gloria Swanson, who then starred of the variety series The Gloria Swanson Hour. Wagner later began publishing regional editions of The TeleVision Guide for New England, five years later, he sold the editions to Walter Annenberg, who folded it into his publishing and broadcasting company Triangle Publications, but remained as a consultant for the magazine until 1963. The national TV Guides first issue was released on April 3,1953. The inaugural cover featured a photograph of Lucille Balls newborn son Desi Arnaz, Jr. with a photo of Ball placed in the top corner under the issues headline. The magazine was published in digest size, which remained its printed format for 52 years. The launch as a magazine with local listings in April 1953 became an almost instant success, with TV Guide becoming the most read. The initial cost of issue was 15¢ per copy. In addition to subscriptions, TV Guide was sold at the counters of grocery stores nationwide. Until the 1980s, the pieces included in each issue were promoted in a television commercial. Over the decades, the shape of the TV Guide logo has changed to reflect the modernization of the television screen, at first, the logo had various colored backgrounds until the familiar red background became the standard in the 1960s with occasional changes used for special editions. The magazine was first based in an office in downtown Philadelphia, before moving to more spacious national headquarters in Radnor. The color section was sent to regional printers to be wrapped around the local listing sections. It was under Triangles ownership of WFIL-TV that Dick Clark and American Bandstand came to popularity, most listing entries in the log included program genres after the programs title, while its running time was listed in the synopses. Originally, the majority of programs listed in the log each issue featured brief synopses, except for local and national newscasts, in addition, black-and-white ads for programs scheduled to air on broadcast stations – and later, cable channels – during prime time were included within the listings. A regular feature of the section was Close-Up, which provided expanded reviews of select programs airing each day. The advent of television would become hard on TV Guide. Channels that were listed also differed, depending on the edition, as the years went on, more cable channels were added into the listings of each edition
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Simon Cowell
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Simon Phillip Cowell is an English reality television judge and producer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. Cowell is the founder and chief executive of the British entertainment company Syco. As a judge, Cowell often makes blunt and controversial comments, including insults and wisecracks about contestants and he combines activities in both the television and music industries. Cowell has produced and promoted singles and albums for various singers that he has taken under his wing and he was most recently featured on the tenth series of Britains Got Talent and the thirteenth series of UKs The X Factor. In 2004 and 2010, Time named Cowell one of the 100 most influential people in the world, in 2008 The Daily Telegraph ranked him sixth in their list of the 100 most powerful people in British culture. Simon Phillip Cowell was born on 7 October 1959 in Lambeth, London and his mother, Julie Brett, was a ballet dancer and socialite, and his father, Eric Selig Phillip Cowell, Sr. was an estate agent developer and music industry executive. Cowells father was from a mostly Jewish family, though he did not discuss his background with his children, Cowells mother was from a Christian background, and was of English descent. He has a brother, Nicholas Cowell, three half-brothers, John, Tony, and Michael Cowell, and a half-sister, June Cowell. Cowell attended Radlett Preparatory School and the independent Dover College as did his brother and he passed English Language and Literature, and then attended Windsor Technical College where he gained another GCE in Sociology. However, after failing to get a promotion, he left to try out other jobs before returning to EMI, in the early 1980s, he left EMI to form E&S Music with his former boss at EMI, but quit in 1983. He then formed Fanfare Records with Iain Burton, initially selling exercise videos and he had his first hit song in 1986 with So Macho by Sinitta, success also came through Stock Aitken Waterman who produced a number of hits in the 1980s. However, in 1989, the company went under and Simon Cowell nearly became bankrupt, Simon Cowell then found a job with BMG as an A&R consultant, and set up S Records under BMG. He restarted his career in the business by creating novelty records with acts such as the puppets Zig and Zag, Power Rangers. The recording by the duo, now named Robson & Jerome, quickly reached number 1 in the UK and it became the best selling single of 1995, and their self-titled album released later in the year also became the best-selling album of 1995. They would release an album and 2 more singles before quitting, selling 7 million albums and 5 million singles in total. According to Cowell, they made him his first million, later acts he signed included Five, Westlife and Teletubbies. He also became a judge on the first season of American Idol in 2002, with his notoriously critical reputation, Cowell is likened to TV personalities such as Judith Sheindlin, and Anne Robinson of her show. Cowells prominence grew, fed by his phrase, I dont mean to be rude
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Gordon Ramsay
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Gordon James Ramsay, OBE is a British celebrity chef, restaurateur, and television personality. Born in Scotland, Ramsay grew up in Stratford-upon-Avon and his restaurants have been awarded 16 Michelin stars in total. His signature restaurant, Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in Chelsea, London, has held 3 Michelin stars since 2001, as a reality television personality, Ramsay is known for his fiery temper, strict demeanour, and use of expletives. He often makes blunt and controversial comments, including insults and wisecracks about contestants and he combines activities in the television, film, hospitality, and food industries and has promoted and hired various chefs who have apprenticed under his wing. In 2015, Forbes listed his earnings at $60 million for the previous 12 months, Ramsay was born on 8 November 1966 in Johnstone, Renfrewshire. From the age of five, he was raised in Stratford-upon-Avon, Ramsay is the second of four children. He has a sister, Diane, a younger brother, Ronnie, who Ramsay revealed had been imprisoned for heroin possession as a juvenile. Ramsays father, Gordon James Senior, was – at various times – a swimming pool manager, a welder, and a shopkeeper, his sister Yvonne and their mother, Helen, have been nurses. Ramsay has described his life as hopelessly itinerant, and his family moved constantly due to the aspirations and failures of his father. In 1976, they settled in Stratford-upon-Avon, where he grew up in the Bishopton area of the town. In his autobiography, Humble Pie, he describes his life as being marked by abuse. At the age of 16, Ramsay moved out of the family home, Ramsay played football and was first chosen to play under-14 football at age 12. He was chosen to play for Warwickshire and his footballing career was marked by injuries, causing him to remark later in life, Perhaps I was doomed when it came to football. In mid-1984, Ramsay had a trial with Rangers, the club he supported as a boy and he seriously injured his knee, smashing the cartilage during training. Ramsay continued to train and play on the knee, tearing a cruciate ligament during a squash game. Ramsay has claimed to have played two first team games for Rangers, according to his autobiography Ramsay played a couple of non-league matches as a trialist for Rangers and was signed by the club at the age of 15. Allan Cairns, the photographer who took the picture in September 1985, said the photo was not one of Rangers first team, a Rangers spokesman said, Ramsay was a trialist in that testimonial game. He trained with us for a few months after that but then got injured, after weighing his options, Ramsay enrolled at North Oxfordshire Technical College, sponsored by the Rotarians, to study hotel management
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Couples Therapy (TV series)
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The first season, which consists of eight episodes, premiered March 21,2012 and featured participants such as rapper DMX and Linda Hogan. The second season premiered on October 3,2012, and features Doug Hutchison and his wife, VH1 renewed the show for a sixth season. Due to Stoddens age, she was forced to leave the area every night. This drew surprise from one participant in the series, who commented, the whole point of the show was to have all these couples living together in the house. Courtney had to leave Doug every night and go to a hotel so that no laws were broken. This also caused conflict with other participants, one of whom commented, It caused a lot of friction in the house, how can you shoot a show called Couples Therapy when one couple don’t even share a bedroom together. He’s not someone, who if Courtney left him, would be trolling the Internet or high schools for underage girls and this is not a guy who was seeking out teenagers. He was teaching a class, she wanted to be an actress, I came in saying, She’s a victim, he’s a predator. What I found out was that she has a lot more power in this relationship and his family has completely disowned him. He unfortunately has nothing besides her, Hutchison was also defended by Stoddens mother, Krista Keller, who praised Hutchison for the kindness with which he treats Stodden. She has appeared on numerous TV shows such as The Oprah Winfrey Show, is a regular on The Today Show, The Early Show, and CNN and she is also a best-selling author, and an award-winning columnist for several magazines. Dr. Mike Dow – Dow is Manns Head Counselor and he appears regularly on The Dr. Oz Show, Anderson Cooper 360°, and The Rachael Ray Show. Her practice focuses on treating a variety of couples and couple issues, as well as individuals with problematic romantic. Keisha Downy – Keisha Downey, Ed. D and she recently obtained her Doctorate with a concentration in Counseling Psychology and has years of experience helping individuals regain their self-identity. Rachel Clark – Rachel Clark was a residential treatment counselor for the first two seasons at the Couples Center and a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and she also runs a private practice in the Orange County and Los Angeles area, and is a motivational speaker. He is also a professor in the Masters Program in Psychology at Cal State University Dominguez Hills, pivarnick has difficulty trusting men after suffering painful past relationships, which is fueled by Nirschels self-described history as a womanizer. Together for only two months, they are fighting, and hope that therapy can explain why their relationship soured so quickly. DMX and Tashera Simmons – DMX is a rapper and actor
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Wayback Machine
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The Internet Archive launched the Wayback Machine in October 2001. It was set up by Brewster Kahle and Bruce Gilliat, and is maintained with content from Alexa Internet, the service enables users to see archived versions of web pages across time, which the archive calls a three dimensional index. Since 1996, the Wayback Machine has been archiving cached pages of websites onto its large cluster of Linux nodes and it revisits sites every few weeks or months and archives a new version. Sites can also be captured on the fly by visitors who enter the sites URL into a search box, the intent is to capture and archive content that otherwise would be lost whenever a site is changed or closed down. The overall vision of the machines creators is to archive the entire Internet, the name Wayback Machine was chosen as a reference to the WABAC machine, a time-traveling device used by the characters Mr. Peabody and Sherman in The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, an animated cartoon. These crawlers also respect the robots exclusion standard for websites whose owners opt for them not to appear in search results or be cached, to overcome inconsistencies in partially cached websites, Archive-It. Information had been kept on digital tape for five years, with Kahle occasionally allowing researchers, when the archive reached its fifth anniversary, it was unveiled and opened to the public in a ceremony at the University of California, Berkeley. Snapshots usually become more than six months after they are archived or, in some cases, even later. The frequency of snapshots is variable, so not all tracked website updates are recorded, Sometimes there are intervals of several weeks or years between snapshots. After August 2008 sites had to be listed on the Open Directory in order to be included. As of 2009, the Wayback Machine contained approximately three petabytes of data and was growing at a rate of 100 terabytes each month, the growth rate reported in 2003 was 12 terabytes/month, the data is stored on PetaBox rack systems manufactured by Capricorn Technologies. In 2009, the Internet Archive migrated its customized storage architecture to Sun Open Storage, in 2011 a new, improved version of the Wayback Machine, with an updated interface and fresher index of archived content, was made available for public testing. The index driving the classic Wayback Machine only has a bit of material past 2008. In January 2013, the company announced a ground-breaking milestone of 240 billion URLs, in October 2013, the company announced the Save a Page feature which allows any Internet user to archive the contents of a URL. This became a threat of abuse by the service for hosting malicious binaries, as of December 2014, the Wayback Machine contained almost nine petabytes of data and was growing at a rate of about 20 terabytes each week. Between October 2013 and March 2015 the websites global Alexa rank changed from 162 to 208, in a 2009 case, Netbula, LLC v. Chordiant Software Inc. defendant Chordiant filed a motion to compel Netbula to disable the robots. Netbula objected to the motion on the ground that defendants were asking to alter Netbulas website, in an October 2004 case, Telewizja Polska USA, Inc. v. Echostar Satellite, No.02 C3293,65 Fed. 673, a litigant attempted to use the Wayback Machine archives as a source of admissible evidence, Telewizja Polska is the provider of TVP Polonia and EchoStar operates the Dish Network
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IMDb
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In 1998 it became a subsidiary of Amazon Inc, who were then able to use it as an advertising resource for selling DVDs and videotapes. As of January 2017, IMDb has approximately 4.1 million titles and 7.7 million personalities in its database, the site enables registered users to submit new material and edits to existing entries. Although all data is checked before going live, the system has open to abuse. The site also featured message boards which stimulate regular debates and dialogue among authenticated users, IMDb shutdown the message boards permanently on February 20,2017. Anyone with a connection can read the movie and talent pages of IMDb. A registration process is however, to contribute info to the site. A registered user chooses a name for themselves, and is given a profile page. These badges range from total contributions made, to independent categories such as photos, trivia, bios, if a registered user or visitor happens to be in the entertainment industry, and has an IMDb page, that user/visitor can add photos to that page by enrolling in IMDbPRO. Actors, crew, and industry executives can post their own resume and this fee enrolls them in a membership called IMDbPro. PRO can be accessed by anyone willing to pay the fee, which is $19.99 USD per month, or if paid annually, $149.99, which comes to approximately $12.50 per month USD. Membership enables a user to access the rank order of each industry personality, as well as agent contact information for any actor, producer, director etc. that has an IMDb page. Enrolling in PRO for industry personnel, enables those members the ability to upload a head shot to open their page, as well as the ability to upload hundreds of photos to accompany their page. Anyone can register as a user, and contribute to the site as well as enjoy its content, however those users enrolled in PRO have greater access and privileges. IMDb originated with a Usenet posting by British film fan and computer programmer Col Needham entitled Those Eyes, others with similar interests soon responded with additions or different lists of their own. Needham subsequently started an Actors List, while Dave Knight began a Directors List, and Andy Krieg took over THE LIST from Hank Driskill, which would later be renamed the Actress List. Both lists had been restricted to people who were alive and working, the goal of the participants now was to make the lists as inclusive as possible. By late 1990, the lists included almost 10,000 movies and television series correlated with actors and actresses appearing therein. On October 17,1990, Needham developed and posted a collection of Unix shell scripts which could be used to search the four lists, at the time, it was known as the rec. arts. movies movie database
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Big Brother (U.S. TV series)
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Big Brother is a television reality game show based on an originally Dutch TV series of the same name created by producer John de Mol in 1997. The series follows a group of contestants, known as HouseGuests, the HouseGuests are completely isolated from the outside world, and can have no communication with those not in the house. The contestants are competing for a $500,000 grand prize, the series takes its name from the character in George Orwells novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. The series launched on July 5,2000 to a start, though ratings. This led to the season being a revamp of the show. The series has continued to be a hit for CBS. The program is the first reality show to air exclusively on a streaming platform with a season airing in the fall of 2016 on CBSs streaming service. CBS also renewed the series for a 19th and 20th season, the 19th series is scheduled to premiere on June 28th 2017, while the 20th series is expected to air in the summer of 2018. The series was bought by CBS in early 2000 for an estimated $20 million, the United States version of the series officially premiered on July 5,2000 when the original ten housemates entered the house. Since its inception, the show has been hosted by television personality Julie Chen and it is produced by Allison Grodner and Rich Meehan for Fly on the Wall Entertainment and Endemol Shine North America. The success of the series has spawned several spin-offs, the series airs once a year, during the Summer, with the exception of the ninth season which aired in Spring of 2008 and the Over the Top spinoff series broadcasting since Fall 2016. Currently,18 seasons of the show have aired, with the 1st digital season currently under way, the show has aired a total of 545 episodes since it premiered, with the September 5,2013 airing marking the 500th episode. To date, there have been a total of 253 HouseGuests compete in the series, upon entering the house, the HouseGuests who leave the house without permission are not allowed to return. Should a HouseGuest break the set in the house, they can be expelled from the house. To date, there have been a total of four HouseGuests expelled from the due to acts of violence and/or rule-breaking. There have only been two HouseGuests who have left the game for reasons relating to personal matters. Since its premiere, there have been numerous spin-offs to the show, in 2004, the spin-off web series House Calls, The Big Brother Talk Show began airing. The series, which lasted for thirty minutes and aired on weeknights, allowed fans to call in and this made House Calls the first live Internet talk show produced exclusively for a television network
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Big Brother 1 (U.S.)
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Big Brother 1 was the debut season of the American reality television series Big Brother. It was based upon the Netherlands series of the same name, the series premiered on July 5,2000 and lasted for a total of 88 days. The season concluded after 88 days with Eddie McGee being crowned the winner, the premise of the series drastically differed from future installments of the series. The series revolved around ten strangers living in a house together with no communication with the outside world and they were constantly filmed during their time in the house, and were not permitted to communicate with those filming them. Every other week, each contestant, referred to as HouseGuests, the two or more people with the most votes were nominated to leave the house. The viewers then decide which of the nominees should leave, with the person leaving during a live show. This process continued until only three HouseGuests remained, at time the viewers would decide which of them would win the $500,000 grand prize. The series first launched in Netherlands, with editions in countries such as Germany proving to be hits with the public. Following the international success of the series, a war for the rights to series engaged between CBS, ABC, and a cable network, with the series initially set to last 100 days. Mark Itkin, the vice president of William Morris, was quoted as saying. But the show has so many elements, from being on 100 days in a row to an Internet component that is attractive to networks. Ultimately, it was confirmed that the show had been picked up by CBS for an estimated $20 million and it was later reported that production costs added to an estimated $200,000 per episode. Paul Romer, co-creator of the series, served as the Executive Producer for the series. On the concept, Romer stated The show is all about human interactions and its people who are, loving each other, hating each other. They fight, they cry, they laugh -- all emotions, the series was one of the first reality shows to air, and required a crew of over 150 people. The first season of Big Brother featured two hosts, Julie Chen as the main host and Ian OMalley as a co-host, on earning the job, OMalley stated I didn’t really know what it was. This is the floor of reality television. SAG went on strike a very lengthy and very painful strike for many folks, OMalley was later released from his contract after only one month on the series, he was bought out of his contract, which he later cited as a relief
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Big Brother 2 (U.S.)
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Big Brother 2 was the second season of the American reality television series Big Brother. It is based upon the Netherlands series of the same name, the series premiered on CBS on July 5,2001 and lasted for a total of 82 days. The season concluded on September 20,2001 with Dr. Will Kirby being crowned the winner, the premise of the series drastically differed from the previous installment of the series. The series revolved around twelve strangers living in a house together with no communication with the outside world and they were constantly filmed during their time in the house, and were not permitted to communicate with those filming them. One HouseGuest, known as the Head of Household, had the task of nominating two of their fellow HouseGuests for eviction, the HouseGuests then voted to evict one of the nominees, with the HouseGuest who received the most votes being evicted from the house. When only two HouseGuests remained, the previously evicted HouseGuests would decide which of them would win the $500,000 grand prize. Despite the negative response to the first season, rumors began circulating in September 2000 that the series would be renewed. Les Moonves later stated that the possibility of a season was very possible. We feel there’s great potential there, in February 2001, it was confirmed that there would be a second season, and that casting would begin soon. Paul Romer, who was involved in the first season. It was reported that CBS blamed the casting for the failure of the initial season, with the confirmation of a second season, it was revealed that the series would undergo serious changes before the premiere. Before work on the season began, numerous changes were made in terms of the production team, CBS later stated they hoped to get Arnold Shapiro to produce the series, and were eventually successful in doing so. Allison Grodner was yet another addition to the series this year, the season was originally planned to air five nights a week, though this was later dropped to three nights a week. The show was set to air on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday nights at 8 p. m. Eastern time, the live show, in which one of the HouseGuests was evicted from the house, was scheduled to air on Thursday nights. Chuck Riley became the narrator for season, however, played a smaller role in the show than in the previous season. Initially, it was revealed that the HouseGuests would vote to one another. This was later scrapped, and it was decided that the HouseGuests would choose the winner, like the previous installment, Big Brother 2 featured the live feed streaming, in which viewers could watch live inside the house at any time. This was the first season to charge for the feeds to be used
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Big Brother 3 (U.S.)
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Big Brother 3 was the third season of the American reality television series Big Brother. It is based upon the Netherlands series of the same name, the series premiered on CBS on July 10,2002 and lasted for a total of 82 days. The series concluded on September 25,2002 when Lisa Donahue was crowned the winner, the premise of the series remained similar to the previous season. The series revolved around twelve strangers living in a house together with no communication with the outside world and they were constantly filmed during their time in the house, and were not permitted to communicate with those filming them. One HouseGuest, known as the Head of Household, had the task of nominating two of their fellow HouseGuests for eviction, the Power of Veto could be used to safe a nominee. The HouseGuests then voted to evict one of the nominees, with the HouseGuest who received the most votes being evicted from the house, when only two HouseGuests remained, the previously evicted HouseGuests would decide which of them would win the $500,000 grand prize. The third season was announced in early 2002, along with plans for a celebrity edition of the series. Shapiro later called the series intriguing, commenting I could say. Allison Grodner also returned as the producer to the series. It was revealed before the premiere that numerous changes to the series would occur before its premiere and it was confirmed in May that the series would premiere on July 10. The season aired on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays on CBS, once they go in, we dont touch em. How they behave is entirely up to them and this was the second season that required viewers to pay for the live feeds, which were $9.95 per month following a free two week trial, the feeds were yet again available through RealPlayer. The feeds launched following the episode, with the first few days in the house not being aired. Along with the series, CBS announced a fantasy game in which players would make a team of HouseGuests. On April 25, Julie Chen confirmed that she would return as host for the series, casting for the season began in April 2002. Due to controversies surrounding the season, this round of applications involved more in depth questions about previous arrests or legal troubles. Thom Bierdz, a cast member of the soap opera The Young and the Restless and Rob Cesternino, the twelve competing HouseGuests were set to be revealed on July 5, five days before the series premiered. Despite this, Entertainment Weekly leaked the cast the day prior, the HouseGuests entered the house on July 6
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Big Brother 4 (U.S.)
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Big Brother 4 is the fourth season of the reality television series Big Brother. Each week, the HouseGuests vote to one of their own until two Houseguests remain on finale night. The winner will be decided by the last seven evicted HouseGuests, Julie Chen returned to host this season. The winner of the series won a $500,000 grand prize and this season was also broadcast on E4 in the United Kingdom, beginning near the end of that countrys fourth series. HouseGuests are sequestered in the Big Brother House with no contact to or from the outside world, each week, the HouseGuests take part in several compulsory challenges that determine who will win food, luxuries, and power in the House. The winner of the weekly Head of Household competition is immune from nominations, after a HouseGuest becomes Head of Household, he or she is ineligible to take part in the next Head of Household competition. HouseGuests also take part in competitions in which they must win in order to eat regular foods. Losers of the competition are put on a peanut butter and jelly diet, the winner of the Power of Veto competition wins the right to save one of the nominated HouseGuests from eviction. If the Veto winner exercises the power, the Head of Household must then nominate another HouseGuest for eviction, on eviction night, all HouseGuests except for the Head of Household and the two nominees vote to evict one of the two nominees. This compulsory vote is conducted in the privacy of the Diary Room by the host Julie Chen, in the event of a tie, the Head of Household must cast the deciding vote, announcing it in front of the other HouseGuests. Unlike other versions of Big Brother, the HouseGuests may discuss the nomination and eviction process openly and freely, the nominee with the greater number of votes will be evicted from the House on the live Thursday broadcast, exiting to an adjacent studio to be interviewed by Chen. HouseGuests may voluntarily leave the House at any time and those who break the rules may be expelled from the house by Big Brother, the final seven HouseGuests evicted during the season will vote for the winner on the season finale. These Jury Members will be sequestered in a house and will not be allowed to watch the show except for competitions. The jury members will not be shown any Diary Room interviews or any footage that may include strategy or details regarding nominations, some changes from previous seasons were implemented throughout the course of the game. The main twist for the year was The X-Factor, eight HouseGuests were introduced, only to have five HouseGuests exes compete against them in the game. The twist ultimately led to the expulsion of HouseGuest Scott, who had a violent outburst and was removed from the game, since its inclusion in Big Brother 4, The Golden Power of Veto has appeared in all seasons afterwards, with only a few changes made. One last twist to the format included a jury of seven who would decide the outcome of the game, when the game got down to nine players, the evictees formed the jury, which eliminated the need for America to break a tie if necessary. Whereas, prior to season, evictees were sent back home and could watch the series freely, jurors were placed in a sequestered house, and saw only competitions, ceremonies
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Big Brother 5 (U.S.)
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Big Brother 5 was the fifth season of the American reality television series Big Brother. It is based upon the Netherlands series of the same name, the series premiered on CBS on July 6,2004 and lasted eleven weeks until the live finale on September 21,2004. This season was the first to be accompanied by the House Calls, The Big Brother Talk Show spin-off series, the fifth season continued to have the ratings success of the previous season, averaging more than eight million viewers per episode. The Big Brother 5 premiere garnered 9.55 million viewers, ratings stayed gradually the same, with the finale receiving more than 10 million viewers. The season premiere currently has the third highest ratings for an episode, only behind Big Brother 1. Big Brother 5 featured a total of 14 HouseGuests, an increase from previous editions, the series ended after 82 days, in which HouseGuest Drew Daniel was crowned the Winner, and Michael Ellis the Runner-Up. Despite signing on for Big Brother 5, the series had not been confirmed at the time, casting for Big Brother 5 began on September 15,2003, before the conclusion of the previous season. We’re seeking the most outgoing, competitive, quirky and charismatic players we can find, shortly afterwards, host Julie Chen began teasing about some changes to the format, and a video posted online also promised a twisted change to the game. The HouseGuests for this season, excluding Natalie, were revealed through the official CBS site for the series on June 30,2004, the 14 HouseGuests this season were competing for the main prize of $500,000. The winner of the series, determined by the previously evicted HouseGuests, would win the $500,000 prize, other than the main prize, various luxuries and prizes were given out throughout the season. Big Brother 5 was broadcast on CBS from July 6,2004 to September 21,2004 and this season featured a change in the airing format, with episodes airing on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday each week. This was a change from the season, which aired on Wednesday and Friday instead of Thursday and Saturday. The Thursday episode, which aired at 8 PM Eastern time, featured the live eviction, during the live eviction, the show was hosted by Julie Chen. The Saturday episode, which aired at 9 PM Eastern time, featured the competition and nomination ceremony. The Tuesday episode featured the Power of Veto competition and the Power of Veto ceremony, some changes to the scheduling format were made. The season premiere lasted for a total of ninety minutes, and this season saw the return of the fantasy game first introduced in the previous season. In the game, players would make a team of HouseGuests, the website for the series also featured a Love Em or Leave Em poll, in which fans could monitor the popularity of the HouseGuests each week. Much like the previous editions, the feeds were also available again for this season
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Big Brother 6 (U.S.)
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Big Brother 6 was the sixth season of the American reality television series Big Brother. It is based upon the Netherlands series of the same name, the series premiered on CBS on July 7,2005 and lasted eleven weeks until the live finale on September 20,2005. This season was the second to be accompanied by the House Calls, The Big Brother Talk Show spin-off series, the sixth season saw a moderate decline in ratings. The season premiered to a total of 8.47 million viewers, though the finale had a total of ten million viewers, the series averaged 7.24 million viewers, a series low at the time. Big Brother 6 featured a total of 14 HouseGuests, the amount that was featured in the previous season. This was the highest amount of initial HouseGuests to enter the house, the series ended after 80 days, in which HouseGuest Maggie Ausburn was crowned the Winner, and Ivette Corredero the Runner-Up. This meant that Big Brother 6 was the second of three seasons. Despite rumors of an All Star season, it was confirmed this was not the case. Casting for the season began in late March, with producer Arnold Shapiro stating Our goal this summer is to assemble the most colorful, competitive, right now, we’re seeking the most memorable and exciting competitors we can find. The fourteen HouseGuests for this season were revealed on June 30,2005 and that same day, the Summer of Secrets twist was revealed to the public. This season was the first to allow the Head of Household to blog while inside the house, the HouseGuests officially entered the house on Sunday, July 3. The 14 HouseGuests this season were competing for the prize of $500,000. The winner of the series, determined by the previously evicted HouseGuests sequestered in the Jury House, would win the $500,000 prize, while the Runner-Up would receive a $50,000 prize. If both of a set of two partners were to be the final two HouseGuests in the competition, the winner would receive an $1,000,000 prize with the runner up winning $250,000. Other than the prize, various luxuries and prizes were given out throughout the season. Big Brother 6 was broadcast on CBS from July 7,2005 to September 20,2005 and this season featured the same schedule that was used in the previous edition, with episodes airing on Tuesdays, Thursday, and Saturday each week. The Thursday episode, which aired at 8 PM Eastern time, featured the live eviction, during the live eviction, the show was hosted by Julie Chen. The Saturday episode, which aired at 8 PM Eastern time, featured the competition and nomination ceremony
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Big Brother 7 (U.S.)
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Big Brother 7, also known as Big Brother, All-Stars, was the seventh season of the American reality television series Big Brother. It is based upon the Netherlands series of the same name, the series premiered on CBS on July 6,2006 and lasted eleven weeks until the live finale on September 12,2006. The seventh season saw an increase in ratings, though they generally remained the same when compared to previous editions. The season premiered to a total of 7.69 million viewers, the season finale had a total of 8.14 million viewers, making it the lowest rated finale at the time. In total, the series averaged 7.56 million viewers, Big Brother, All-Stars featured a total of 14 HouseGuests, the same amount that was featured in the previous season. The majority of the cast was selected by viewers, though producers did select some HouseGuests, the series ended after 72 days, in which HouseGuest Mike Boogie Malin was crowned the Winner, and Erika Landin the Runner-Up. Aside from the returning HouseGuests who competed for the grand prize, Big Brother 2 Runner-Up Nicole Schaffrich returned twice, once for a food competition and once for a Power of Veto competition. Big Brother 3 HouseGuest Josh Feinberg returned for a Head of Household competition, Big Brother 4 winner Jun Song returned as part of a food competition, and Jack Owens returned for a Power of Veto competition. Big Brother 5 HouseGuest Marvin Latimer returned as a judge for a food competition, Scott Long from that season also participated in a Power of Veto competition. Big Brother 6 HouseGuests April Lewis and Eric Littmann also returned to take part in a Power of Veto and Head of Household competition and this meant that Big Brother, All-Stars was the last of these three seasons. The season was greenlit in October 2005, the first time a Big Brother season had been renewed before the Winter time period. Rumors of an All-Stars season had been circulating for some time. Big Brother 6 HouseGuest Kaysar Ridha confirmed shortly after the finale of his season that he had been approached about joining the season, despite this, TMZ later reported that a Celebrity edition of the series would be airing instead, though CBS never confirmed or denied this. In April 2006, it was confirmed that the seventh season would be an All-Star season. It was also confirmed that the viewers would be able to vote for some of the contestants to be featured in this season. 20 potential HouseGuests were revealed, and it was confirmed that a total of twelve HouseGuests would be competing in season. The candidates for this season were revealed during a special casting episode aired on June 21,2006 and it was reported that more than 2.4 million votes were cast within the first 18 hours of the poll to select the HouseGuests being opened. Voting ended on June 28,2006, the 14 HouseGuests this season were competing for the main prize of $500,000
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Big Brother 10 (U.S.)
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Big Brother 10 was the tenth season of the American reality television series Big Brother. It is based upon the Netherlands series of the same name, the series premiered on CBS on July 13,2008 and lasted ten weeks until the live finale on September 16,2008. The tenth season saw an increase in ratings compared to the past seasons of the series. The season premiered to a total of 6.29 million viewers, the season finale had a total of 7.63 million viewers, the third lowest rated finale. The series averaged 6.72 million viewers, making it the second lowest rated season of the series, Big Brother 10 featured a total of 13 HouseGuests, the first time there had been a decrease in the number of HouseGuests. The series ended after 71 days, in which HouseGuest Dan Gheesling was crowned the Winner, however, CBS announced on March 17,2008 following speculation that it would not be returning that the Series Ten would be a summer 2008 broadcast. Casting for Big Brother 10 began on February 25,2008, applications were due on April 25,2008 and video tape submissions were due on April 4,2008. During May 2008 interviews for the 40 semi-finalists were held with the finalists being chosen on May 21,2008, Series producer Allison Grodner stated We’re going to have our wildest group yet. We’ve found some very extreme personalities with very extreme points of view, Big Brother 8 winner Dick Donato later announced on House Calls that Big Brother 10 would feature a wider range of HouseGuests. Grodner later confirmed that the cast of Big Brother 10 would feature no pre-existing relationships, Grodner later stated Big Brother 9 involved couples, singles, and soul mates who were young, single, impulsive, and ready to party. We do a 180 with Big Brother 10 and this summer you’re going to find a 22-year-old body builder and a 75-year-old great grandpa in the house, and everyone else in between. We’ve had diversity of age in past, but he’s clearly the oldest contestant we’ve ever had, the cast was officially revealed on July 8. The 13 HouseGuests this season were competing for the prize of $500,000. The winner of the series, determined by the previously evicted HouseGuests, would win the $500,000 prize, other than the main prize, various luxuries and prizes were given out throughout the season. Big Brother 10 was broadcast on CBS from July 13,2008 to September 16,2008 and this season lasted a total of 71 days, making it the shortest season of the series to date. This season initially featured no changes to the schedule that was used in the edition, with episodes airing on Tuesdays, Wednesdays. The Wednesday episode, which aired at 8 PM Eastern time, featured the live eviction, during the live eviction, the show was hosted by Julie Chen. The Sunday episode, which aired at 8 PM Eastern time, featured the competition and nomination ceremony
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Big Brother 11 (U.S.)
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Big Brother 11 was the eleventh season of the American reality television series Big Brother. It is based upon the Netherlands series of the same name, the series premiered on CBS on July 9,2009 and lasted ten weeks until the live finale on September 15,2009. The eleventh season saw an increase in ratings when compared to the past season of the series. The season premiered to a total of 6.59 million viewers, despite this, it is the second lowest premiere for a season behind Big Brother 10. The season finale had a total of 7.78 million viewers, in total, the series averaged 7.19 million viewers, higher than that of the previous two seasons. Big Brother 11 featured a total of 13 HouseGuests, one of which was a player from a previous season. The series ended after 73 days, in which HouseGuest Jordan Lloyd was crowned the winner, Big Brother 11 was produced by Endemol USA and Allison Grodner Productions with Allison Grodner, Rich Meehan and Scott Einziger returned as executive producer. This season of the program was announced on September 18,2008, casting for the program began during the final week of Big Brother 10 with potential applicants submitting video tape submissions. Applications and video submissions were due by May 4,2009. Applicants chosen to be a finalist went to Los Angeles, California from which applicants were narrowed down to a pool of forty finalists. Julie Chen interviewed casting director Robyn Kass and former HouseGuests Mike Malin and Brian Hart about the upcoming season, Julie Chen confirmed that she would continue to host Big Brother during her pregnancy despite tabloid rumors stating she would take maternity leave. The 13 HouseGuests this season were competing for the prize of $500,000. The winner of the series, determined by the previously evicted HouseGuests, would win the $500,000 prize, other than the main prize, various luxuries and prizes were given out throughout the season. Big Brother 11 was broadcast on CBS from July 9,2009 to September 15,2009 and this season lasted a total of 73 days, making it the third shortest season of the series to date. This season featured no changes to the schedule that was used in the edition, with episodes airing on Tuesdays, Thursday. The Thursday episode, which aired at 9 PM Eastern time, featured the live eviction, during the live eviction, the show was hosted by Julie Chen. The Sunday episode, which aired at 8 PM Eastern time, featured the competition and nomination ceremony. The Tuesday episode featured the Power of Veto competition and the Power of Veto ceremony, some changes to the scheduling format were made
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Big Brother 12 (U.S.)
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Big Brother 12 was the twelfth season of the American reality television series Big Brother. It is based upon the Netherlands series of the same name, the series premiered on CBS on July 8,2010 and lasted ten weeks until the live finale on September 15,2010. The twelfth season saw an increase in ratings when compared to the past season of the series. The season premiered to a total of 7.35 million viewers, an increase from the previous seasons launch. The season finale had a total of 7.89 million viewers, continuing to average slightly above the past season, in total, the series averaged 7.76 million viewers, higher than that of the previous two seasons and the highest since Big Brother 5 in 2004. Big Brother 12 was initially set to feature a total of 14 HouseGuests, the series ended after 75 days, in which HouseGuest Hayden Moss was crowned the Winner, while Lane Elenburg was crowned the Runner-Up. Big Brother 12 is produced by Endemol USA and Fly on the Wall Entertainment with Allison Grodner and this season of the program was announced on September 10,2009, five days before the season finale of Big Brother 11. Casting for the program began during the week of Big Brother 11 with potential applicants submitting video tape submissions that were due by April 23,2010. Open auditions began on March 27,2010 in Los Angeles, California and continued across the nation in cities including Chicago, Illinois, Washington. Las Vegas, Nevada, and Columbus, Ohio, applicants chosen to be a finalist went to Los Angeles, California, from which forty finalists were chosen. CBS warned people of unofficial casting companies charging a fee to audition for the show while casting ended on May 20,2010, executive producer Allison Grodner later stated Were excited for the summer. Were excited for a new cast of terrific competitors. There are personalities and backgrounds of people, types of people that we have not seen before in the Big Brother house, the 13 HouseGuests this season were competing for the main prize of $500,000. The winner of the series, determined by the previously evicted HouseGuests, would win the $500,000 prize, Other than the main prize, various luxuries and prizes were given out throughout the season. Big Brother 12 was broadcast on CBS from July 8,2010 to September 15,2010 and this season lasted a total of 75 days, an increase from the previous season. This season featured changes to the schedule that was used in the previous edition, with episodes airing on Wednesday, Thursday. This is a change from the season, which aired on Tuesday instead of Wednesday. The Thursday episode, which aired at 8 PM Eastern time, featured the live eviction, during the live eviction, the show was hosted by Julie Chen
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Big Brother 14 (U.S.)
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Big Brother 14 was the fourteenth season of the American reality television series Big Brother that premiered on July 12,2012 on CBS and ended with its finale on September 19,2012. The show is produced by Endemol USA and Fly on the Wall Entertainment, one HouseGuest, known as the Head of Household, must nominate two of their fellow HouseGuests for eviction. The winner of the Power of Veto can remove one of the nominees from the block, the HouseGuests then vote to evict one of the nominees and the HouseGuest with the most votes is evicted. When only two HouseGuests remained, the last seven evicted HouseGuests, known as the Jury of Seven, a HouseGuest can be expelled from the show for breaking rules, such as exhibiting violent and disruptive behavior. On September 19,2012, Ian Terry won the season by a 6–1 vote over runner-up Dan Gheesling, Big Brother 14 was produced by Endemol USA and Fly on the Wall Entertainment with Allison Grodner and Rich Meehan returning as executive producers. This season was announced on the day as the finale of Big Brother 13 in a press release issued from CBS. Casting for Big Brother 14 began during the finale of Big Brother 13 and this is the first season to use an online application process and to have a dedicated casting website like Big Brother UK. Applicants are required to make a three-minute video then use a form to submit it to the producers with a current picture, applications and video submissions were due on May 11,2012. Applicants chosen to be a finalist went to Los Angeles, where they were narrowed down to a pool of 40 finalists, on June 4,2012, Robyn Kass, casting director for Big Brother, revealed on her Twitter that all semi-finalists were contacted. The first television advertisements hinting this seasons twist first aired June 17,2012, by July 2,2012, several media outlets such as CBS. com and Yahoo. The seasons main House theme is the 80s and Tokyo Pop, the overall layout of the house remained the same as to recent previous seasons, in addition to various refurbishments to the appliances and a new paint job in the backyard. The HouseGuests moved into the House on July 7,2012, HouseGuests were sequestered in the Big Brother House with no contact to or from the outside world. Each week, the HouseGuests took part in several challenges that determine who will win food, luxuries. The winner of the weekly Head of Household competition was immune from nominations, after a HouseGuest became Head of Household, he or she was ineligible to take part in the next Head of Household competition. The winner of the Power of Veto competition won the right to one of the nominated HouseGuests from eviction. If the Veto winner exercised the power, the Head of Household then nominated another HouseGuest for eviction, on eviction night, all HouseGuests except for the Head of Household and the two nominees vote to evict one of the two nominees. This compulsory vote was conducted in the privacy of the Diary Room by the host Julie Chen, in the event of a tie, the Head of Household cast the deciding vote, announcing it in front of the other HouseGuests. Unlike other versions of Big Brother, the HouseGuests may discuss the nomination and eviction process openly and freely, the nominee with the greater number of votes will be evicted from the House on the live Thursday broadcast, exiting to an adjacent studio to be interviewed by Chen
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Big Brother 15 (U.S.)
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Big Brother 15 was the fifteenth season of the American reality television series Big Brother. The season premiered on CBS on June 26,2013, and it was the longest season to date, running 90 days. This season featured sixteen HouseGuests, tying it with seasons 9,14,16, season 17 had seventeen HouseGuests due to the twin twist. Each week, one HouseGuest, known as the Head of Household, the winner of the Power of Veto can remove one of the nominees from the block, forcing the HoH to nominate another HouseGuest. The HouseGuests then vote to one of the nominees. When only two HouseGuests remained, the last nine evicted HouseGuests would decide which of them would win the $500,000 prize, a HouseGuest can be expelled from the show for breaking rules. The September 5,2013, broadcast marked the shows 500th episode, on September 18,2013, Andy Herren won the season by a 7-2 vote over runner-up GinaMarie Zimmerman. Big Brother 15 was officially announced on September 19,2012 shortly before the finale of the previous season and it was confirmed that Executive Producer Allison Grodner would return to the series, as would Rich Meehan for Fly on the Wall Entertainment. It was later announced that Big Brother 15 would last for a total of 100 days, Casting for the season began shortly afterwards, with open casting calls being held in states such as Florida, California, West Virginia, and Maine, among others. Online applications were available, with the online deadline being May 11,2013. Semi-finalists for the process were informed in May and June 2013. Robyn Kass of Kassting Inc. was responsible for casting as with previous seasons. This season was the first to feature a new cast since the twelfth season in 2010. Despite statements made earlier by host Julie Chen stating that there would be more HouseGuests than ever before, the sixteen HouseGuests were revealed on June 20,2013. It was later revealed that HouseGuest Elissa Slater is the sister of Big Brother 13 winner Rachel Reilly, on April 4,2013, it was announced that the live feeds would be hosted by the official CBS website. This made it the first time that SuperPass had not hosted the live feeds since the first season and it was later confirmed that the spin-off series Big Brother, After Dark would begin airing on TVGN, the first time since the shows debut. Big Brother, After Dark is slated to premiere the night as the main series. Changes to the airing schedule of the series were also made
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Big Brother 16 (U.S.)
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Big Brother 16 is the sixteenth season of the American reality television series Big Brother. The new season premiered on June 25,2014 on CBS and it is the first season of the series to be broadcast in high definition. The season premiere was an event, with the premiere episode airing on June 25. On August 4,2014, it was announced that the 90-minute season finale would take place on September 24,2014, on September 24, Derrick Levasseur won the game in a 7-2 vote against Cody Calafiore. Big Brother 16 was officially announced on September 12,2013, in March 2014, casting began with applicants being able to apply online or attend open casting calls throughout the country. In June 2014, it was revealed that Big Brother 16 would be the first season of the series to be broadcast in high definition, the house was also remodeled to benefit from the transition. Big Brother was the last primetime program across the five major networks to still be broadcast in 4,3 standard definition, producers also noted that the HD cameras would also give them a variety of new shots and angles to use in the production. Press interviews were filmed on June 17,2014, the cast was announced on June 19,2014, Big Brother 16 began with a two-night premiere on June 25–26,2014. It was on the June 26 episode that the Team America, the format has changed slightly from previous seasons. The contestants, who are referred to as HouseGuests, are sequestered in the Big Brother House with no contact to or from the outside world, each week, the HouseGuests take part in several compulsory challenges that determine who will win food, luxuries and power in the House. The winner of the weekly Head of Household competition, who was formerly guaranteed safety, the two winners of the HoH competition each week will pick two nominees, who then go head-to-head in this competition. The winning team is guaranteed a week of safety and overthrows the HoH who nominated them, the HouseGuests nominated for eviction by the other HoH then become the official nominees for the week. The Battle of the Block twist was retired after Week 8, with only one HouseGuest being awarded HoH, each week, six HouseGuests are selected to compete in the Power of Veto competition, the reigning HoH, their two nominees, and three HouseGuests selected by random draw. On eviction night, all HouseGuests except for the HoH and the vote to evict one of the two nominees. This compulsory vote is conducted in the privacy of the Diary Room by the host, unlike most other versions of Big Brother, the HouseGuests may discuss the nomination and eviction process openly and freely. HouseGuests may voluntarily leave the House at any time and those who break the rules may be expelled from the house, the last nine evicted HouseGuests will vote for the winner on the season finale. These Jury Members will be sequestered in a house and will not be allowed to watch the show except for competitions. The jury members will not be shown any Diary Room interviews or any footage that may include strategy or details regarding nominations
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Big Brother 17 (U.S.)
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Big Brother 17 is the seventeenth season of the American reality television series Big Brother. The season premiered on June 24,2015, on CBS, the season ended on September 23,2015, with a 90-minute season finale following the fall season premiere of Survivor, Cambodia. This season lasted 98 days, making it the longest season of the American version to date by one day, the season also featured the highest number of houseguests to date with 17 houseguests in total. On September 23, Steve Moses won the game in a 6-3 vote against Liz Nolan, on September 24,2014, CBS announced that it had renewed Big Brother for its seventeenth and eighteenth editions for broadcast in summer 2015 and 2016, respectively. The series would continue to be hosted by Julie Chen, on June 15,2015, CBS released pictures of the house via Entertainment Tonight, which has a modern steel beach house theme. The upstairs is 155 square feet larger than in previous seasons, the format has changed slightly from previous seasons. The contestants, referred to as houseguests, are sequestered in the Big Brother House with no contact to or from the outside world, each week, the houseguests take part in several compulsory challenges that determine who will win food, luxuries and power in the house. At the start of week, the houseguests compete in the Head of Household competition. The winner of the HoH competition will select two houseguests to be nominated for eviction, as with the previous season, the first five weeks of the season feature two concurrent Heads of Household. Each HoH would nominate two other houseguests for eviction, totaling four nominees, the two pairs of nominees would then compete in the Battle of the Block competition. The winning pair would be removed from the block, with the HoH who nominated them dethroned. The dethroned HoH would later be eligible to be nominated as a replacement if the Veto was used, while the Battle of the Block winners are safe for the rest of the week. The rest of the cycle would continue as per usual, with the remaining HoH retaining immunity for the week, and the two nominees being eligible for safety through the Power of Veto. Each week, six houseguests are selected to compete in the Power of Veto competition, the PoV winner is also immune from being named as the replacement nominee. The houseguest overthrown as a result of the Battle of the Block competition is eligible to be nominated by the reigning Head of Household if the Power of Veto is used and this compulsory vote is conducted in the privacy of the Diary Room. Unlike most other versions of Big Brother, the houseguests may openly and freely discuss the nomination and eviction process. The nominee with the majority of votes will be evicted from the house on the live broadcast, exiting to an adjacent studio to be interviewed by Chen. Houseguests may voluntarily leave the house at any time and those who break the rules may be expelled from the house, the last nine evicted houseguests will form the Big Brother jury, and vote for the winner during the season finale
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Big Brother 18 (U.S.)
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Big Brother 18 is the eighteenth season of the American reality television series Big Brother. The season premiered on June 22,2016 on CBS with a season premiere. On September 21,2016, Nicole Franzel won the game in a 5-4 vote against Paul Abrahamian, the series lasted for 99 days making the longest running series in 16-year history. On September 24,2014, CBS announced that it had renewed Big Brother for its 17th and 18th editions for broadcast in summer 2015 and 2016, the series would continue to be hosted by Julie Chen. The format has changed slightly from previous seasons, the contestants, referred to as houseguests, are sequestered in the Big Brother House with no contact to or from the outside world. Each week, the houseguests take part in several challenges that determine who will win food, luxuries. At the start of week, the houseguests compete in the Head of Household competition. The winner of the HoH competition will select two houseguests to be nominated for eviction, each week, six houseguests are selected to compete in the Power of Veto competition, the reigning HoH, their two nominees and three houseguests selected by random draw. The PoV winner is also immune from being named as the replacement nominee and this seasons Have-not room features bumper cars. This compulsory vote is conducted in the privacy of the Diary Room, unlike most other versions of Big Brother, the houseguests may openly and freely discuss the nomination and eviction process. The nominee with the majority of votes will be evicted from the house on the live broadcast, exiting to an adjacent studio to be interviewed by Chen. Houseguests may voluntarily leave the house at any time and those who break the rules may be expelled from the house, the last nine evicted houseguests will form the Big Brother jury and vote for the winner during the season finale. Similar to the cliques twist in Big Brother 11, the houseguests competed in teams. On Day 37, the teams were officially disbanded, following the nomination ceremony, the houseguests competed in the BB Roadkill competition, with the winner earning the power to privately nominate a third HouseGuest for eviction. For each Roadkill competition, an RV is placed in the backyard, one at a time, unlike the Head of Household, the Roadkill winner could nominate a member of his or her own team, provided their intended nominee is not immune. If the Roadkill nominee is saved by the Power of Veto, the power to privately name a third nominee and replacement was previously seen in Big Brother 15 with the MVP, who earned the power through public vote. On Day 37, the BB Roadkill competition was officially cancelled, Instead of permanent eviction, the first five evicted houseguests received a chance to return to the game. Shortly after the end of the Battle Back, Teams and Roadkill twists, inside the room was 12 envelopes, and each houseguest could only claim one envelope
