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Emily Watson
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Emily Margaret Watson, OBE is an English actress. She won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress as Janet Leach for the 2011 ITV television film biopic Appropriate Adult, Watson began her career on stage and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1992. In 2002, she starred in productions of Twelfth Night and Uncle Vanya at the Donmar Warehouse, Watson was born in Islington, London. Her father, Richard Watson, was an architect and her mother, Katharine, was an English teacher at St Davids Girls School and she was brought up as an Anglican. Watson has described her childhood self as a Nice middle class English girl, id love to say I was a rebellious teenager but I wasnt. Watson was educated at St James Independent Schools, in west London and she attended the University of Bristol, where she obtained a BA. Following university, she trained at the Drama Studio London and she later received an MA from Bristol University. Watsons career began on the stage and her theatre credits include The Childrens Hour, Three Sisters, Much Ado About Nothing and The Lady from the Sea. Watson has also worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company in A Jovial Crew, The Taming of the Shrew, Alls Well That Ends Well and her performance was widely acclaimed on both sides of the Atlantic and garnered her an Olivier Award nomination for Uncle Vanya. Watson was virtually unknown until director Lars von Trier chose her to star in his controversial Breaking the Waves after Helena Bonham Carter dropped out at the very last minute. She also played a role in Cradle Will Rock, a story of a theatre show in the 1930s. Though she won the role of Frank McCourts mother in the adaptation of his acclaimed memoir, Angelas Ashes. In 2001, she appeared alongside John Turturro in The Luzhin Defence, in 2004, Watson received a Golden Globe nomination for her role as Peter Sellerss first wife, Anne Howe, in the HBO film The Life and Death of Peter Sellers. 2005 saw Watson starring in four films, Wah-Wah, Richard E, in 2007, she appeared in The Water Horse, Legend of the Deep, an adaptation of the Dick King-Smith childrens novel about the origin of the Loch Ness Monster. Watson considers Ginzburg to be her best recent role, however, in 2011, she played Janet Leach in the ITV two-part film Appropriate Adult, about serial killer Fred West, for which she won a BAFTA. She also received rave reviews for her portrayal of Julie Nicholson in the BBC Drama A Song for Jenny, Watson was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to drama. In 2017, she starred in the BBC mini-series Apple Tree Yard, in 2007, Mood Indigo, a script written by Watson and her husband, was optioned by Capitol Films. The film is a story set during the Second World War
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Watson at the
British Academy Film Awards in London's
Royal Opera House, February 2007
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2013 Cannes Film Festival
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The 66th annual Cannes Film Festival took place in Cannes, France, from 15 to 26 May 2013. Steven Spielberg was the head of the jury for the main competition, new Zealand film director Jane Campion was the head of the jury for the Cinéfondation and Short Film sections. French actress Audrey Tautou hosted the opening and closing ceremonies, Actress Kim Novak was named guest of honour and introduced a new restored version of Alfred Hitchcocks Vertigo. The festival opened with The Great Gatsby, directed by Baz Luhrmann and closed with Zulu, the film poster for the festival featured Paul Newman and his wife Joanne Woodward. The Bling Ring, directed by Sofia Coppola, opened the Un Certain Regard section, the French film Blue Is the Warmest Colour won the Palme dOr. In an unprecedented move, along with the director, the Jury decided to take the step of awarding the films two main actresses, Adèle Exarchopoulos and Léa Seydoux, with the Palme dOr. On the occasion of 100 Years of Indian Cinema, India was the Official Guest Country at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, seven Indian feature films were premiered among various sections on the festival. Actress Vidya Balan was one of the official Jury of the festival, the first Incredible India Exhibition, a joint participation of the Ministry of Tourism and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Republic of India was inaugurated by Indian delegate Chiranjeevi. The Cinéfondation section focuses on films made by students at film schools, the following 18 entries were selected, out of 1,550 submissions from 277 different schools. One-third of the films selected represented schools competing for the first time and it was also the first time for a Chilean film to be selected in Cinéfondation. The line-up for the Directors Fortnight was announced at a conference on 23 April with the following films being selected. Feature films The line-up for the International Critics’ Week was announced on 22 April at the sections website, in a first for the competition, the jury decided to award the Palme dOr to Kechiche and the actresses who star in the film, Adèle Exarchopoulos and Léa Seydoux. Blue Is the Warmest Colour is a film that tells the story of a lesbian relationship between a 15-year-old girl and an older woman. It has shocked critics with its graphic and controversial sex scenes. A reporter for the Radio France Internationale stated that Kechiche paid tribute to the Tunisian revolution, the Grand Prix was won by the Coen brotherss Inside Llewyn Davis, while Bruce Dern and Bérénice Bejo were awarded Best Actor and Best Actress respectively
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Official poster of the 66th Cannes Film Festival featuring a photo of
Paul Newman and
Joanne Woodward during the shooting of the film
A New Kind of Love
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The main competition jury.
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Steven Spielberg, president of the jury
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Registration and accreditation tent for the 2013 Festival
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Brown University
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Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the nine Colonial Colleges established before the American Revolution. At its foundation, Brown was the first college in the United States to accept students regardless of their religious affiliation and its engineering program was established in 1847 and was the first in the Ivy League. It was one of the early doctoral-granting U. S. institutions in the late 19th century, adding master, Browns New Curriculum is sometimes referred to in education theory as the Brown Curriculum and was adopted by faculty vote in 1969 after a period of student lobbying. In 1971, Browns coordinate womens institution Pembroke College was fully merged into the university, Pembroke Campus now operates as a place for dorms and classrooms. Undergraduate admissions is very selective, with a rate of 8.3 percent for the class of 2021. The University comprises The College, the Graduate School, Alpert Medical School, the School of Engineering, the School of Public Health, and the School of Professional Studies. The Brown/RISD Dual Degree Program, offered in conjunction with the Rhode Island School of Design, is a course that awards degrees from both institutions. Browns main campus is located in the College Hill Historic District in the city of Providence, the Universitys neighborhood is a federally listed architectural district with a dense concentration of Colonial-era buildings. On the western edge of the campus, Benefit Street contains one of the finest cohesive collections of restored seventeenth-, Browns faculty and alumni include eight Nobel Prize laureates, five National Humanities Medalists, and ten National Medal of Science laureates. Other notable alumni include eight billionaire graduates, a U. S. Supreme Court Chief Justice, to erect a public Building or Buildings for the boarding of the youth & the Residence of the Professors. Stiles and Ellery were co-authors of the Charter of the College two years later, there is further documentary evidence that Stiles was making plans for a college in 1762. On January 20, Chauncey Whittelsey, pastor of the First Church of New Haven, answered a letter from Stiles, should you make any Progress in the Affair of a Colledge, I should be glad to hear of it, I heartily wish you Success therein. Isaac Backus was the historian of the New England Baptists and an inaugural Trustee of Brown, Mr. James Manning, who took his first degree in New-Jersey college in September,1762, was esteemed a suitable leader in this important work. Manning arrived at Newport in July 1763 and was introduced to Stiles, stiless first draft was read to the General Assembly in August 1763 and rejected by Baptist members who worried that the College Board of Fellows would under-represent the Baptists. A revised Charter written by Stiles and Ellery was adopted by the Assembly on March 3,1764, in September 1764, the inaugural meeting of the College Corporation was held at Newport. Governor Stephen Hopkins was chosen chancellor, former and future governor Samuel Ward was vice chancellor, John Tillinghast treasurer, the Charter stipulated that the Board of Trustees be composed of 22 Baptists, five Quakers, five Episcopalians, and four Congregationalists. Of the 12 Fellows, eight should be Baptists—including the College president—and the rest indifferently of any or all Denominations, the Charter was not the grant of King George III, as is sometimes supposed, but rather an Act of the colonial General Assembly. In two particulars, the Charter may be said to be a uniquely progressive document, the oft-repeated statement is inaccurate that Browns Charter alone prohibited a religious test for College membership, other college charters were also liberal in that particular
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Stephen Hopkins, first chancellor of Brown, governor of Rhode Island, and
signer of the
Declaration of Independence
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The
Ezra Stiles copy of the Brown University Charter of 1764
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Nicholas Brown, Junior, founder of the
Providence Athenaeum, co-founder of
Butler Hospital, philanthropist, progressive, and
abolitionist. Following his major gift in 1804, the College was renamed Brown University. Painting by
Chester Harding, 1836
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Brigadier general
James Mitchell Varnum, class of 1769, served in the
Continental Army and advocated the enlistment of African Americans, which resulted in the reformation of the
1st Rhode Island Regiment as an all-black unit. Painting by
Charles Willson Peale, 1804
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Oxfordshire
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Oxfordshire is a county in South East England bordering on Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire. The county has major education and tourist industries and is noted for the concentration of performance companies and facilities. Oxford University Press is the largest firm among a concentration of print and publishing firms, the main centre of population is the city of Oxford. The highest point is White Horse Hill, in the Vale of White Horse, oxfordshires county flower is the Snakes-head Fritillary. Historically the area has always had some importance, since it contains valuable agricultural land in the centre of the county, largely ignored by the Romans, it was not until the formation of a settlement at Oxford in the eighth century that the area grew in importance. Alfred the Great was born across the Thames in Wantage, Vale of White Horse, the University of Oxford was founded in 1096, though its collegiate structure did not develop until later on. The university in the county town of Oxford grew in importance during the Middle Ages, the area was part of the Cotswolds wool trade from the 13th century, generating much wealth, particularly in the western portions of the county in the Oxfordshire Cotswolds. Morris Motors was founded in Oxford in 1912, bringing industry to an otherwise agricultural county. The importance of agriculture as an employer has declined rapidly in the 20th century though, nonetheless, Oxfordshire remains a very agricultural county by land use, with a lower population than neighbouring Berkshire and Buckinghamshire, which are both smaller. The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, the army unit in the area, was based at Cowley Barracks on Bullingdon Green. Conversely, the Caversham area of Reading, now administratively in Berkshire, was part of Oxfordshire as was the parish of Stokenchurch. This is a chart of trend of gross value added of Oxfordshire at current basic prices published by the Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling. Oxfordshire has a comprehensive education system with 23 independent schools and 35 state secondary schools. Only eight schools do not have a form, these are mostly in South Oxfordshire. The county has two universities, the ancient University of Oxford and the modern Oxford Brookes University, both located in Oxford, in addition, Wroxton College, located in Banbury, is affiliated with Fairleigh Dickinson University of New Jersey. The dreaming spires of the buildings of the University of Oxford are among the reasons for Oxford being the sixth most visited city in the United Kingdom for international visitors. Among many notable University buildings are the Sheldonian Theatre, built 1664–68 to the design of Sir Christopher Wren, Blenheim Palace close to Woodstock was built by the great architect John Vanbrugh for John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, after he had won the battle of Blenheim. The gardens, which can be visited, were designed by the landscape gardener Capability Brown, in the palace, which can also be visited by the public, Sir Winston Churchill was born in 1874
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Oxfordshire County Council http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk
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Brasenose Lane in Oxford city centre, a street onto which three colleges back.
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The University of Oxford's Chemistry Research Laboratory.
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Dragon School
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The Dragon School is one school on two sites based in Oxford, England, UK. The Prep School and Dragon Pre-Prep are both co-educational schools based in Oxford, the Dragon Prep School founded in 1877 as the Oxford Preparatory School is one of Englands best known boarding schools, although it also takes day pupils. Originally established as a school, girls were first admitted as boarders in 1994. The schools core ethos is that children learn naturally in the right learning environment. There are few formal rules but strong values of kindness, courage, teaching started in September 1877 at rooms in Balliol Hall, located in St Giles, central Oxford, under A. E. Clarke. The school expanded and moved two years to 17 Crick Road, which became known as School House. Charles Cotterill Lynam took over as headmaster in 1886, Lynam took out a lease on land at the current site at Bardwell Road. £4,000 was quickly raised through subscriptions from local parents for the erection of new school buildings, and the move was completed within a year. The school was known as Oxford Preparatory School and also Lynams, the present site in Bardwell Road in central North Oxford is just to the west of the River Cherwell. It became the school to take part in the Harrow History Prize in 1895, and many of its pupils have won this over the years. The school was run for years by the Lynam family. The following have been headmasters of the school, several from the Lynam family, the following people were students at one time, The Dragon School website
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School House at the Dragon School, on
Bardwell Road in
North Oxford.
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Dragon School
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Dragon School playing fields off
Bardwell Road
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Oxford
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Oxford is a city in the South East region of England and the county town of Oxfordshire. With an estimated 2015 population of 168,270, it is the 52nd largest city in the United Kingdom, the city is situated 57 miles from London,69 miles from Bristol,65 miles from both Southampton and Birmingham and 25 miles from Reading. The city is known worldwide as the home of the University of Oxford, buildings in Oxford demonstrate notable examples of every English architectural period since the late Saxon period. Oxford is known as the city of dreaming spires, a term coined by poet Matthew Arnold, Oxford has a broad economic base. Its industries include motor manufacturing, education, publishing and a number of information technology and science-based businesses. Oxford was first settled in Saxon times and was known as Oxenaforda, meaning Ford of the Oxen. It began with the establishment of a crossing for oxen around AD900. In the 10th century, Oxford became an important military frontier town between the kingdoms of Mercia and Wessex and was on several occasions raided by Danes, Oxford was heavily damaged during the Norman Invasion of 1066. Following the conquest, the town was assigned to a governor, Robert DOyly, the castle has never been used for military purposes and its remains survive to this day. DOyly set up a community in the castle consisting of a chapel. The community never grew large but it earned its place in history as one of Britains oldest places of formal education and it was there that in 1139 Geoffrey of Monmouth wrote his History of the Kings of Britain, a compilation of Arthurian legends. Mary at Oseney and to the canons serving God in that place and we have made this concession and confirmation in the Common council of the City and we have confirmed it with our common seal. These are those who have made this concession and confirmation, a grandson of King John established Rewley Abbey for the Cistercian Order, and friars of various orders all had houses of varying importance at Oxford. Parliaments were often held in the city during the 13th century, the Provisions of Oxford were instigated by a group of barons led by Simon de Montfort, these documents are often regarded as Englands first written constitution. Richard I of England and John, King of England the sons of Henry II of England, were born at Beaumont Palace in Oxford, on 8 September 1157 and 24 December 1166 respectively. A plaque in Beaumont Street commemorates these events, the University of Oxford is first mentioned in 12th century records. Of the hundreds of Aularian houses that sprang up across the city, what put an end to the halls was the emergence of colleges. Oxfords earliest colleges were University College, Balliol and Merton and these colleges were established at a time when Europeans were starting to translate the writings of Greek philosophers
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From top left to bottom right: Oxford skyline panorama from St Mary's Church; Radcliffe Camera; High Street from above looking east; University College; High Street by night; Natural History Museum and Pitt Rivers Museum.
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The
Radcliffe Camera, completed in 1748
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Royal proclamation granting Lord Mayoralty to Oxford.
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Photochrom of the High Street, 1890–1900
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Hermione Granger
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Hermione Jean Granger is a fictional character in J. K. Rowlings Harry Potter series. She first appears in Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone, as a new student on her way to Hogwarts. After Harry and Ron save her from a troll in the girls toilets, she becomes best friends with them and often uses her quick wit, deft recall. Rowling has stated that Hermione resembles herself at an age, with her insecurity. Hermione Jean Granger is a Muggle-born, Gryffindor student who becomes best friends with Harry Potter, Rowling states that she was born on 19 September 1979 and she was nearly twelve when she first attended Hogwarts. She is an overachiever who excels academically, and is described by Rowling as a logical, upright. Rowling adds that Hermiones parents, two Muggle dentists, are a bit bemused by their odd daughter but very proud of her all the same and they are well aware of the wizarding world and have visited Diagon Alley with her. Rowling confirmed in a 2004 interview that Hermione is an only child, Rowling has described the character of Luna Lovegood as the anti-Hermione as they are so different. Hermiones foil at Hogwarts is Pansy Parkinson, a based on real-life girls who teased the author during her school days. Rowling stated that the character of Hermione carries several autobiographical influences, I did not set out to make Hermione like me but she is. she is an exaggeration of how I was when I was younger. She recalled being called a little know-it-all in her youth, moreover, she states that not unlike herself, there is a lot of insecurity and a great fear of failure beneath Hermiones swottiness. Rowling also states that her feminist conscience is saved by Hermione and her original last name was Puckle, but Rowling felt the name did not suit her at all, and so the less frivolous Granger made it into the books. Hermione first appears in Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone when she meets Harry, here Hermione condemns Ron for his inability to perform a spell to turn his rat yellow. She proves just how much she knows by declaring that she memorized all the textbooks by heart and she constantly annoys her peers with her knowledge, so Harry and Ron initially consider her arrogant, especially after she criticises Rons incantation of the Levitation Charm. They heartily dislike her until they rescue her from a troll, for which she is so thankful that she lies to them from punishment. Hermione is the brains behind the plan to enter the place where the Stone is hidden and she responds to Harrys wariness of Professor Severus Snape and is also suspicious of him. She reveals to Harry and Ron that she does a lot of research in the library and she concocts the Polyjuice Potion needed for the trio to disguise themselves as Dracos housemates to collect information about the Heir of Slytherin who has reopened the Chamber of Secrets. Hermione is Petrified by the basilisk after successfully identifying the creature through library research, though she lies incapacitated in the hospital wing, her information is crucial to Harry and Ron in their successful mission to solve the mystery of the Chamber of Secrets
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Emma Watson as Hermione Granger in
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
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Harry Potter (film series)
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Harry Potter is a British-American film series based on the Harry Potter novels by author J. K. Rowling. A spin-off prequel series will consist of five films, starting with Fantastic Beasts, the Fantastic Beasts films mark the beginning of a shared media franchise known as J. K. Rowlings Wizarding World. The series was produced by David Heyman, and stars Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint. Four directors worked on the series, Chris Columbus, Alfonso Cuarón, Mike Newell, the screenplays were written by Steve Kloves, with the exception of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, which was written by Michael Goldenberg. Production took over ten years to complete, with the story arc following Harry Potters quest to overcome his arch-enemy Lord Voldemort. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh and final novel in the series, was adapted into two feature-length parts, Part 1 was released in November 2010, and Part 2 was released in July 2011. Without inflation adjustment, it is the second highest-grossing film series with $8.5 billion in worldwide receipts, late in 1997, film producer David Heymans London offices received a copy of the first book in what would become Rowlings series of seven Harry Potter novels. The book, Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone, was relegated to a low-priority bookshelf, consequently, Heyman, who had originally disliked the rubbish title, read the book himself. Highly impressed by Rowlings work, he began the process led to one of the most successful cinematic franchises of all time. Heymans enthusiasm led to Rowlings 1999 sale of the rights for the first four Harry Potter books to Warner Bros. for a reported £1 million. Although Steven Spielberg initially negotiated to direct the first film, he declined the offer, Spielberg wanted the adaptation to be an animated film, with American actor Haley Joel Osment to provide Harry Potters voice. Spielberg contended that, in his opinion, there was every expectation of profit in making the film and he claims that making money would have been like shooting ducks in a barrel. Its just like withdrawing a billion dollars and putting it into your personal bank accounts, petersen and Reiner both pulled out of the running in March 2000. It was then narrowed down to Columbus, Gilliam, Parker, Rowlings first choice was Terry Gilliam. Harry Potter is the kind of literary achievement that comes around once in a lifetime. Since the books have generated such a following across the world. I cant think of anyone more ideally suited for this job than Chris, Steve Kloves was selected to write the screenplay for the first film. He described adapting the book as tough since it did not lend itself to adaptation as well as the two books
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Daniel Radcliffe,
Emma Watson, and
Rupert Grint at the world premiere of
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 in
Trafalgar Square,
London on 7 July 2011.
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Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden, where much of the film series was shot. Harry Potter was also filmed in other areas, including
Pinewood Studios.
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David Yates directed four of the films in the series, including the two-part finale Deathly Hallows.
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A studio model of
Hogwarts. It is the main setting in the series; the castle features in every novel and screen adaptation.
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Accolade
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The accolade was the central act in the rite of passage ceremonies conferring knighthood in the Middle Ages. From about 1852, the accolade was used much more generally to mean praise or award or honor. Accolade was first used in 1611 and is French, from the Occitan acolada and this, in turn, came from the Latin ad + collum and in Occitan originally meant embrace. Accolade is akin to dubbing or to dub since the tap on the shoulder with the sword is accepted to be the point at which the title is awarded, the accolade is a ceremony to confer knighthood. It may take many forms, including the tapping of the side of a sword on the shoulders of a candidate or an embrace about the neck. In the first example, the knight-elect kneels in front of the monarch on a knighting-stool, first, the monarch lays the side of the swords blade onto the accolades right shoulder. The monarch then raises the sword gently just up over the apprentices head, the new knight then stands up, and the king or queen presents him with the insignia of his new order. Contrary to popular belief, the phrase Arise, Sir. is not used, there is some disagreement among historians on the actual ceremony and in what time period certain methods could have been used. It could have been an embrace or a blow on the neck or cheek. Gregory of Tours wrote that the kings of France, in conferring the gilt shoulder-belt. In knighting his son Henry, with the ceremony of the accolade, the blow, or colée, when first utilized was given with a bare fist, a stout box on the ear. This was later substituted for by a stroke with the flat part of the sword against the side of the neck. This then developed into the custom of tapping on either the right or left shoulder, or both, which is still the tradition in Great Britain today. An early Germanic coming-of-age ceremony, of presenting a youth with a weapon that was buckled on him, was elaborated in the 10th and 11th centuries as a sign that the minor had come of age. Initially this was a rite often performed on the battlefield. A panel in the Bayeux Tapestry shows the knighting of Harold by William of Normandy, some words that might be spoken at that moment were Advances Chevalier au nom de Dieu. In medieval France, early ceremonies of the adoubement were purely secular, around 1200, these ceremonies began to include elements of Christian ritual. The process of becoming a knight generally included these stages, Page — A child started training at about the age of seven or eight, learning obedience, manners, squire — At twelve to fourteen the young man would observe and help other knights
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The Accolade (1901), by
Edmund Leighton
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King
John II of France in a ceremony of "adoubement", early 15th century miniature
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King George VI knights General
Sir Oliver Leese in the field, 1944.
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The Tale of Despereaux (film)
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The Tale of Despereaux is a 2008 British-American computer-animated adventure fantasy family film directed by Sam Fell and Robert Stevenhagen and produced by Gary Ross and Allison Thomas. Macy, Emma Watson and Tracey Ullman and it was released on December 19,2008 by Universal Pictures. The movie is the second theatrically released computer-animated film distributed by Universal Studios and it was also produced by Universal Animation Studios, Framestore Feature Animation and Relativity Media. The film grossed $86,947,965 on a $60 million budget, sailor Pietro and his rat companion Roscuro dock in the kingdom of Dor, famous around the world for its delicious soups, during the Royal Soup Day. The chief cook, Andre, makes good soup due to Boldo, enchanted by the smell of the delicious soup, Roscuro slips away and ends up in the royal banquet hall, on a chandelier above the royal familys table. He slips and falls into the Queens soup, giving her such a fright that she has a heart attack, the entire hall goes into a panic, as the guards pursue Roscuro. He attempts to flee the castle, but sees Pietros ship has sailed away. It leads to the dungeons, where hes found and taken in by Botticelli. Distraught over his wifes death, the king forbids any and all things soup related, without its soup, Dor becomes impoverished and dreary. Andre is banned from making any more soup and Boldo stops appearing, the kings daughter, Princess Pea, despairs over the sad state of the kingdom and how her father has shut the entire world out, even her, in his grief. In a mouse village in the castles abandoned kitchen storage room, as he grows up, it becomes obvious Despereauxs not like other mice, he isnt meek and timid, but brave and curious, unnerving his family, friends, and school teachers. He becomes fascinated by books about daring knights and trapped princesses. One day while reading, he comes across Princess Pea and the two speak and she makes him promise to finish reading the story about the princess so he may tell her how it ends. Upon discovering Despereaux has violated law by talking to a human. The council banishes Despereaux to the dungeons, there he is captured by the rats and thrown into their arena with a cat. As hes about to be eaten, Roscuro saves his life by requesting Botticelli give Despereaux to him to eat, having been unable to adjust to being a sewer rat, Roscuro is desperate to hear about the outside world. The two become friends, as every day Despereaux tells him the stories and of the princess, hoping to make amends for all the trouble hes caused, Roscuro sneaks up to Princess Peas room and tries to apologize, but shes frightened by him and lashes out. Hurt by this, Roscuro decides he wants Pea to hurt just as much as he does, after Mig drags Pea down to the dungeons, Roscuro double-crosses her and locks her in a cell
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Theatrical release poster
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Ballet Shoes (film)
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Ballet Shoes is a 2007 British television film, adapted by Heidi Thomas from Noel Streatfeilds 1936 novel Ballet Shoes. It was produced by Granada Productions and premiered on BBC One on 26 December 2007 and it is directed by Sandra Goldbacher. A previous adaptation of Ballet Shoes was produced in serial format by the BBC in 1975, Ballet Shoes co-stars former Harry Potter stars Emma Watson as Pauline Fossil, Gemma Jones as Dr. Jakes, and the late Richard Griffiths as Gum. A practical young orphan, Sylvia Brown, and her stern nurse Nana come to live at her uncle Gums house in London, Gum is a paleontologist and is reluctant to take his niece in, but relents when he learns that he is her only living relative. Gum is away a lot on travels collecting fossils, but he sends Sylvia letters and presents, years later Sylvia is now grown up and still living with Gum and Nana. Gum brings her back a baby girl, who has been rescued from RMS Titanic after her parents drown when the ship hit an iceberg. When Pauline is two years old, Gum adopts another orphan that he found, a Russian baby girl called Petrova, Petrovas biological parents are tragically killed. In 1923, Gum adopts a baby, Posy, with ballet shoes that her mother owned. In a letter Gum explains that Posys father died and her mother doesnt have time to care for her daughter and he also left some money in the bank for Sylvia, enough to last five years. That is the last the family hears of him, during The Great Depression Pauline and Petrova go to school at Cromwell House, but Sylvia cant afford to send Posy. As Gums money runs out, Sylvia has to take out Pauline, Pauline, Petrova and Posy are inspired by the professors to put their names in the history books giving service to their country. They vow to do that, and repeat the vow every Christmas, Theo tells Sylvia to let the girls train at The Childrens Academy of Dancing and Stage Training, a stage school. Sylvia and Nana refuse, but after talking with Theo, Dr. Smith, meanwhile, Dr. Smith and Dr. Jakes start to teach Pauline, Petrova, and Posy. Soon Pauline is old enough to act on stage and audition for the role of Alice in Alice in Wonderland and she loans Gums necklaces to Mr. Simpson for money for a frock to wear, and will pay him back with her wages. Pauline gets the part, and does well as Alice. She gives thirty shillings to Sylvia for housekeeping money, but the role goes to Paulines head and shes rude to Winifred, her understudy. Pauline ends up losing her temper at Mr. French, the director, and since shes been rude Pauline is kicked out of the play, Posy, noticed by Madame Fidolia, the owner of the school, is very talented at ballet. Madame Fidolia now teaches her classical ballet only, however Petrova hates dancing and would much rather work with cars and fly planes
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Promotional poster
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Ballet Shoes (novel)
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Ballet Shoes, a story of three children on the stage is a childrens novel by Noel Streatfeild, published by Dent in 1936. It was her first book for children, and was illustrated by the authors sister, Ballet Shoes was a commended runner up for the inaugural Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the years best British childrens book by a British subject. The book concerns three adopted sisters, Pauline, Petrova and Posy Fossil, Gum embarks upon an expedition of many years and arranges for money to support the family while he is gone. Gum does not return in the five years and the money is almost gone. Posy has a talent for dancing. When she is six, Madame Fidolia, a famous and retired Russian dancer, gives Posy private lessons. As the children mature, they take on some of the responsibility of supporting the household, when Pauline is picked for a lead part, the early success goes to her head, because of which the producer replaces her with her understudy. Through this, Pauline learns enough humility to balance her talent, Posy is developing into a brilliant ballet dancer. She also clashes with her sisters, as she is so focused on dancing that she is insensitive about anything that gets in her way. Petrova is not interested in the arts and has little talent for it but must keep attending classes. However, she holds onto her own dream of flying airplanes, the book ends with Pauline going off to Hollywood to make a film, accompanied by Sylvia. Posy is going to a school in Prague, accompanied by Nana. Petrova wonders what will become of her, as she is too young to live on her own. Gum Great-Uncle Matthew Brown, an elderly geologist and Professor, who finds the three sisters during his travels, Gum is Sylvias great uncle and later guardian after her parents die. Sylvia Brown Gums great-niece, known to the girls as Garnie, Sylvia is a practical and caring woman. Sylvias father died at the beginning of the book and she, when Sylvia was 16 her mother died. Nana Alice Gutheridge, Sylvias stern nurse, called Nana by family and friends alike. Pauline Fossil The eldest sister by two years, rescued from the Titanic shipwreck, a talented actress and a great beauty, with an independent, bumptious streak
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First edition
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My Week with Marilyn
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My Week with Marilyn is a 2011 British drama film directed by Simon Curtis and written by Adrian Hodges. It stars Michelle Williams, Kenneth Branagh, Eddie Redmayne, Dominic Cooper, Julia Ormond, Emma Watson, based on two books by Colin Clark, it depicts the making of the 1957 film The Prince and the Showgirl, which starred Marilyn Monroe and Laurence Olivier. The film focuses on the week during the shooting of the 1957 film when Monroe was escorted around London by Colin, principal photography began on 4 October 2010, at Pinewood Studios. Filming took place at Saltwood Castle, White Waltham Airfield, and on locations in, Curtis also used the same studio in which Monroe had shot The Prince and the Showgirl in 1956. My Week with Marilyn had its premiere at the New York Film Festival on 9 October 2011. The film was released on 23 November 2011, in the United States, following his graduation from university in 1956, aspiring filmmaker Colin Clark travels to London to get a job on Laurence Oliviers next production. Production manager Hugh Perceval tells Colin that there are no jobs available, but he decides to wait for Olivier, whom he once met at a party. Olivier and his wife, Vivien Leigh, eventually show up and Vivien encourages Olivier to give Colin a job on his upcoming film The Prince and the Showgirl, starring Marilyn Monroe. Colins first task is to find a place for Marilyn and her husband, Arthur Miller. The press discover the house, but Colin reveals he secured a house just in case, impressing Olivier and Marilyns publicist. The paparazzi find out about Marilyns arrival at Heathrow and they gather around the plane when it lands, Marilyn brings Arthur, her business partner, Milton H. Greene, and her acting coach, Paula Strasberg, with her. Marilyn initially is uncomfortable around the photographers, but relaxes at the press conference. Olivier becomes frustrated when Marilyn is late to the read-through and she insists Paula sit with her, and when she has trouble with her lines, Paula reads them for her. The crew and the actors, including Sybil Thorndike, are in awe of Marilyn. Colin meets Lucy, an assistant to whom he is attracted. Marilyn starts arriving later to the set and often forgets her lines, however, Sybil praises Marilyn and defends her when Olivier tries to get her to apologise for holding the shoot up. Marilyn struggles to understand her character and leaves the set when Olivier insults her, Colin asks Olivier to be more sympathetic towards Marilyn, before he goes to Parkside House to check on her. He hears an argument and finds a tearful Marilyn sitting on the stairs with Arthurs notebook, Arthur later returns to the United States
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Theatrical release poster
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Adrian Hodges wrote the screenplay.
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Michelle Williams as
Marilyn Monroe and
Dougray Scott as
Arthur Miller on set in
Mayfair, London.
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower (film)
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a 2012 American coming-of-age, drama film. An adaptation of the 1999 epistolary novel of the name, it was written and directed by the novels author. Filmed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the film was released on September 21,2012, to positive response and commercial success. The film stars Logan Lerman, Emma Watson and Ezra Miller and this is one of the three films from John Malkovich, Lianne Halfon and Russell Smiths Mr. Mudd Productions that feature struggling teenagers, the other two are Ghost World and Juno. Charlie is uneasy about beginning his freshman year of school, he is shy and finds difficulty in making friends. When he sits with two seniors, Sam and her stepbrother Patrick, at a game, they invite him to tag along to several social activities with them. At a party, Charlie unwittingly eats a cannabis brownie, gets high and discloses to Sam that the year before and he also walks in on Patrick and Brad, a popular athlete, kissing. Sam realizes that Charlie has no other friends so she and Patrick make an effort to bring Charlie into their group. Sam needs to improve her SAT scores to be accepted to Pennsylvania State University, at Christmas, Sam gives Charlie a vintage typewriter to help his aspirations of being a writer. The two discuss relationships, and Charlie reveals he has never been kissed, Sam, though already involved with someone else, tells Charlie she wants his first kiss to be from someone who loves him, and kisses him. Charlie, in love with Sam, begins to try to find ways to show her how he feels, at a regular Rocky Horror Picture Show performance, Charlie is asked to fill in for Sams boyfriend Craig, who is unavailable. Their friend Mary Elizabeth is impressed and asks Charlie to the Sadie Hawkins dance, the two enter into a desultory relationship. Finally, at a party, when Charlie is dared to kiss the most beautiful girl in the room, he chooses Sam, Patrick recommends Charlie stay away from the group for a while, and the isolation causes him to sink back into depression. He experiences flashbacks of his Aunt Helen, who died in a car accident when he was seven years old. When Brad shows up at school with a black eye having been caught by his father having sex with Patrick, he lies, saying that he was jumped, Brad distances himself from Patrick, calling him a faggot. Brads friends begin beating Patrick, but Charlie forcefully intervenes, then blacks out and he recovers to find he has bruised knuckles and Brads friends are on the floor, incapacitated. Charlie threatens, Touch my friends again, and Ill blind you, Sam and Patrick express their gratitude to Charlie, and the three become friends again. Sam is accepted into Penn State, and breaks up with Craig on prom night after learning he has been cheating on her
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Theatrical release poster
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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The Bling Ring
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The Bling Ring is a 2013 internationally co-produced satirical crime film written, directed and produced by Sofia Coppola. It features an ensemble cast including newcomers Israel Broussard, Katie Chang and it is based on an article, The Suspects Wore Louboutins by Nancy Jo Sales, which dealt with a real-life gang known as the Bling Ring. The film had its premiere in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2013 Cannes Film Festival on May 16,2013. It was released in a release on June 14, before opening in a wide release on June 21,2013 by A24 Films. The Bling Ring represents the work of cinematographer Harris Savides. The film is dedicated to him, quiet teenager Marc Hall arrives as a new student at Indian Hills High School in Agoura Hills, California. He is befriended by fame-obsessed Rebecca Ahn, while at a party at Rebeccas house, the pair check unlocked vehicles on the street, taking valuables such as cash and credit cards. When Marc mentions that one of his acquaintances is out of town. Rebecca steals a handbag, mentioning that her idol, Lindsay Lohan, has the same one and she also steals cash and the keys to a Porsche, which the pair use to flee the scene. With the cash, the two go on a spree, affording themselves the luxury lifestyle they admire in magazines. Marc visits a nightclub with Rebecca and her friends Nicki, Nickis adopted sister Sam, and Chloe, while researching Hilton on the Internet, Marc and Rebecca realize that she will be out of town. The pair go to her house, and finding the key under the doormat, they go through Hiltons belongings, Rebecca then flaunts a stolen bracelet to Nicki, Sam, and Chloe at a party. At Nickis request, Rebecca and Marc take her, Sam, the group marvels at the excess of Hiltons lifestyle, and steals shoes, bags, dresses, cash, and jewelry. Marc and Rebecca return to rob Hiltons house on a third occasion, the pair also decides to rob the home of Audrina Patridge, once again using the Internet to determine when she will not be home. The entire group uses the method to burgle the home of Megan Fox. The group enters the home of Orlando Bloom and his girlfriend, the girls proceed to steal similar items, while Marc finds a case filled with seven of Blooms Rolex watches along with a roll of cash. Chloe then helps Marc sell the watches to her friend, a club manager named Ricky. The group returns once again to Hiltons house, with Sams boyfriend Rob, a news report releases captured CCTV footage from the robbery at Patridges home
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The Bling Ring (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Sofia Coppola at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival for the film's premiere
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Emma Watson at the
2013 Cannes Film Festival
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This Is the End
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The story features real life actors playing fictionalized versions of themselves in the aftermath of a global biblical apocalypse. The film premiered at the Fox Village Theater on June 3,2013 and was released in the United States on June 14,2013 by Columbia Pictures, the film grossed $126 million on a $32 million budget. Jay Baruchel arrives in Los Angeles to visit with old friend and fellow actor Seth Rogen, Baruchel is uncomfortable at the crowded party, so Rogen accompanies him to a convenience store for cigarettes. There, beams of light come down and suck numerous people into the sky. Rogen and Baruchel flee back to Francos house, where an earthquake strikes, a large hole opens in Francos yard, swallowing Michael Cera, Rihanna, Mindy Kaling, Jason Segel, Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Martin Starr. Rogen, Franco, Jonah Hill and Craig Robinson survive and run back inside the house, Francos assistant Karen gets accidentally crushed by Paul Rudd. Aziz Ansari gets his arm cut off and falls into the sinkhole, kevin Hart tries to get Ansaris arm off, but he also falls into the sinkhole. Baruchel tries to help David Krumholtz escape the sinkhole, but he falls into the sinkhole. Baruchel escapes the sinkhole and also back to the house. They take inventory of their supplies, set up a ration system, the next morning, Danny McBride, also in the house and unaware of the crisis, wastes much of their food and water. The others tell him of the nights events, which he initially does not believe until a man outside is decapitated as they watch. Later, Emma Watson, another survivor of the party, returns, however, due to a misunderstanding, she believes the group is planning to rape her and leaves, taking the groups remaining drinks with her. Robinson is chosen to travel outside to the basement for water, the experience causes Robinson to believe Baruchels theory that the Apocalypse has arrived. The guys reach the basement by digging through the floor, and find the water, before he leaves, McBride reveals that Baruchel was in town two months prior but stayed at a hotel, instead of at Rogens house, because of their strained friendship. Hill makes a remark that annoys Baruchel, causing him to punch Hill, later that night, Hill prays for Baruchel to die, but is possessed by a demon shortly after. The next day, Baruchel and Robinson go to a home for supplies. Meanwhile, Rogen and Franco are attacked by the possessed Hill, the group subdues Hill, but during an exorcism attempt, Baruchel and Rogen get into a fight and knock a candle over. A fire starts, engulfing Hill and the house in flames, Franco suggests taking his car to his home in Malibu, but finds the car guarded by a demon
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Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, and Jonah Hill at a screening for the film in June 2013
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Noah (2014 film)
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Noah is a 2014 American epic biblical drama film co-written and directed by Darren Aronofsky, written by Ari Handel, and inspired by the story of Noahs Ark from the Book of Genesis. The film stars Russell Crowe as Noah, along with Jennifer Connelly, Emma Watson, Ray Winstone, Logan Lerman, Douglas Booth and Anthony Hopkins. The film was released in North American theaters on March 28,2014, in 2D and IMAX, while several countries released a version of the converted to 3D. Noah received generally positive reviews critics and grossed over $362 million worldwide. As a young boy, Noah witnesses his father, Lamech, many years later, an adult Noah is living with his wife Naameh and their sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth. After seeing a flower grow instantly from the ground and being haunted by dreams of a great flood and they encounter a group of people recently killed and take in and adopt the lone survivor, a girl named Ila as their daughter. Noah and his family are chased by the murderers and seek refuge with the fallen angels known as the Watchers, Methuselah gives Noah a seed from Eden and tells Noah that he was chosen for a reason. Returning to his tent that night, Noah plants the seed in the ground, the Watchers arrive the next morning and debate whether they should help Noah until they see water spout from the spot where Noah planted the seed. Once a forest grows instantly, the Watchers agree to help Noah, after birds fly to the ark, Tubal-cain arrives with his followers and confronts Noah. Noah defies Tubal-cain and remarks that there is no escape for the line of Cain, Tubal-cain retreats and decides to build weapons to defeat the Watchers and take the ark. As the ark nears completion, animals of various species enter the ark and are put to sleep with incense, back at the ark, he tells his family that he will not seek wives for his younger sons. After the flood, they will be the last humans and there will be no new human generations, devastated that he will be alone his entire life, Ham runs into the forest. Naameh begs Noah to reconsider but, when he will not, later, in the forest, Ila encounters Methuselah who cures her infertility. Meanwhile, Ham, searching for a wife on his own, after it starts raining, Tubal-cain becomes angry that he was not chosen to be saved and incites his followers to make a run for the ark. Noah finds Ham in the forest and forces Ham to save himself, Noahs family enter the ark except for Methuselah, who remains in the forest and is swept away by the rushing waters just after he has found berries to eat. The Watchers hold off Tubal-cain and his followers as long as possible, as the flood drowns the remaining humans, an injured Tubal-cain climbs onto the ark and solicits Ham, playing on anger toward Noah for allowing Nael to die. Ila discovers that she is pregnant as the stop and begs the Creator to let the child live. Noah interprets the ending of the rain to mean he must ensure the extinction of humans and, against his wifes protests, resolves that, if the child is a girl, he will kill her
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Theatrical release poster with international
IMAX 3D release
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Belle (Disney)
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Belle is a fictional character who appears in Walt Disney Pictures 30th animated feature film Beauty and the Beast. Originally voiced by American actress and singer Paige OHara, Belle is the daughter of an eccentric inventor. Belle yearns to abandon her predictable village life in return for adventure, Walt Disney Studios chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg commissioned Beauty and the Beast as an animated musical with a strong heroine and hired first-time screenwriter Linda Woolverton to write it. Basing her on the heroine of Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumonts fairy tale Beauty, however, the story artists and animators often disagreed with Woolvertons liberated vision for the character. Several additional Hollywood actresses inspired Belles appearance, including Natalie Wood, Elizabeth Taylor, Belle has garnered widespread acclaim from film critics who appreciated the characters bravery, intelligence and independence. Reception towards her feminism, however, has more mixed. The fifth Disney Princess, Belle is often ranked among the franchises best, also one of Disneys most iconic characters, Belle was the only animated heroine nominated for the American Film Institutes greatest heroes in film ranking. The character also appears in the films several sequels and spin-offs, American actress Susan Egan originated the role of Belle in the Broadway musical adaptation of the film, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. Emma Watson plays a version of the character in a 2017 live action adaptation of the original 1991 film. However, the project was abandoned due to the fairy tales static plot. The filmmaker was also concerned about the intensity required to depict Belle imprisoned. Inspired by the success of The Little Mermaid, Disney chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg green-lit another attempt at adapting Beauty. Opting instead for a feminist twist on the story, Katzenberg hired television writer Linda Woolverton, before Beauty and the Beast, Disneys tradition of depicting female characters as victims had already long been established. The fact that Belle was hardly depicted as a feminist in earlier versions of the film became a point of contention among the filmmakers. Despite the fact that Disney wanted Beauty and the Beast to resemble an old-fashioned film, Woolverton strongly believed that contemporary audiences would not identify with Belle unless she was updated appropriately, and thus evolved the character into a woman of the 90s. Similarly, story artist Brenda Chapman drew influence from Hepburns on-screen bickering with actor Spencer Tracy during the scene in which Belle tends to the Beasts wounds. Animator Mark Henn observed that, unlike Ariel, Belle does not fall in love at first sight, Woolverton also eliminated the subplot of Belle asking her father for a rose. Despite constant regressive re-writes, Woolvertons overall vision for Belle generally remained intact, Beauty and the Beasts story department was predominantly male, a time during which few women were involved
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Regression (film)
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Regression is a 2015 Canadian-Spanish-American psychological thriller horror film directed, produced and written by Alejandro Amenábar. The film stars Ethan Hawke and Emma Watson with David Thewlis, Lothaire Bluteau, Dale Dickey, David Dencik, Peter MacNeill, Devon Bostick, the film had its world premiere at the San Sebastián International Film Festival on September 18,2015. The film takes place in Minnesota, in 1990, Detective Bruce Kenner investigates the case of John Gray, who admits to sexually abusing his 17-year-old daughter Angela but has no recollection of the abuse. They seek the help of Professor Kenneth Raines to use recovered-memory therapy on John Gray to retrieve his memories and they detain him but fail to find evidence against him. Detectives suspect a satanic cult is involved, based on the testimony of Angela, Bruce and Kenneth meet Angelas estranged brother Roy Gray to inquire about why he left the house. Using the regression technique on him, he recalls hooded figures entering his room while he was young, Bruce and Kenneth suspect Roys grandmother, Rose Gray, has some involvement but find nothing after a search of her house. Meanwhile, Bruce begins having nightmares involving satanic rituals, Angela tells him that the cult is out to kill her as she has shown her demonic mark to him and that he is in danger as well. She tells him that her mother received miscellaneous calls and saw strange figures staring at her in the street before she met with an accident, Bruce starts to experience the same things and his nightmares increase in intensity. Rose jumps from the window of her house after seeing ghostly figures, Bruce meets Angela in the churchs cemetery to reassure her and after an emotional outburst, she kisses him. Shocked, Bruce leaves her there and returns to his home and he sees a soup advertisement on the street and recognizes the woman in it as the one he sees in his nightmares. He concludes that his imagination has run away with him and he tells Kenneth that all these past memories are induced by therapy and the whole situation is just the result of mass hysteria. Though the professor is initially resistant to the idea, he too comes to suspect that these memories were not real, Bruce is attacked by two hooded figures who finally reveal themselves as George and their colleague, Farrell. George was seeking revenge after Bruce detained him as a child molester, Bruce offers to forget the whole situation if George tells everything he knows. After George reveals things, Bruce confronts Angela about her abuse, finally Bruce concludes that she was fabricating everything from the beginning as she wanted to escape from her family, whom she thinks are responsible for her mothers death. She wanted to elope with George, as they had a relationship for some time. She accused her father in order to escape the house, when Bruce confronts her, she tells him that no one is going to believe him, especially if she tells them that they kissed in the cemetery. Bruce tells John everything but John decides to take the blame and pleads guilty in order to rescue Angela, the film ends with a statement that many cases like this were reported before the satanic abuse hysteria faded. On February 5,2014, Emma Watson also joined the film to co-star with Hawke, on March 25, David Dencik joined the cast of the film, he would play a man who is arrested in a Minnesota town for sexually abusing his daughter
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Theatrical release poster
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Worcester College, Oxford
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Worcester College /ˈwʊstər/ is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. The college was founded in 1714 by the benefaction of Sir Thomas Cookes and its predecessor, Gloucester College, had been an institution of learning on the same site since the late 13th century until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539. As of July 2010, Worcester had an endowment of £16.7 million. After a lapse of 20 years, the buildings of the old Gloucester College were used in the foundation of Gloucester Hall and this was a going concern from 1699 to 1705, although only 15 Greeks are recorded as members. In 1714, thanks to a benefaction from a Worcestershire baronet, Sir Thomas Cookes. Even then, there were sufficient funds to rebuild the Chapel, Hall and Library. The designs were by Dr. George Clarke, who had consulted Nicholas Hawksmoor, in 1736, Clarke generously left to the College his great collection of books and manuscripts. These included the papers of his father William Clarke and a proportion of the surviving drawings of Inigo Jones. Owing to lack of funds, Worcesters eighteenth-century building programme proceeded by fits and starts, the west end of the Terrace and the Provosts Lodgings were added in 1773–76. In more recent years new residential blocks for undergraduates and graduates have been added. The latest of these include the Earl building, Sainsbury Building, Linbury Building, Canal Building, Ruskin Lane Building, and the Franks Building. A modern addition to Worcester College, the Canal Building, sits next to the entrance to the college and, as the name suggests. It houses 50 students in large single rooms. The accommodation is usually reserved for third and fourth year undergraduates, the College Chapel was built in the 18th century. Dr George Clarke, Henry Keene and James Wyatt were responsible for different stages of its lengthy construction, the interior columns and pilasters, the dome and the delicate foliage plastering are all Wyatts work. His classical interior was insufficiently emphatic for the tastes of militant Victorian churchmen and its stained glass windows were to have been designed by John Everett Millais, but Burges rejected his designs and entrusted the work to Henry Holiday. Oscar Wilde said of the Chapel, As a piece of decorative and beautiful art it is perfect. Worcester is unique among the Oxford colleges in that it has not one, there is a mixed-voice choir constituted of auditioned choral scholars and volunteers, which sings twice a week, weekly on Thursday and on alternating Sunday and Monday evenings
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Colleges and
halls of the
University of Oxford Worcester College
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Worcester College in the early 19th century. The projecting wings are the Hall (left) and the Chapel (right)
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Worcester's playing fields
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The main quadrangle of Worcester College; on the left are the medieval buildings known as "the cottages", the most substantial surviving part of
Gloucester College, Worcester's predecessor.
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English literature
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However, until the early 19th century, it only deals with the literature of the United Kingdom and Ireland. It does not include literature written in the languages of Britain. The English language has developed over the course of more than 1,400 years, the earliest forms of English, a set of Anglo-Frisian dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the fifth century, are called Old English. Middle English began in the late 11th century with the Norman conquest of England, early Modern English began in the late 15th century with the introduction of the printing press to London and the King James Bible as well as the Great Vowel Shift. Through the influence of the British Empire, the English language has spread around the world since the 17th century. 450, after the withdrawal of the Romans, and ending soon after the Norman Conquest in 1066. These works include such as epic poetry, hagiography, sermons, Bible translations, legal works. In all there are about 400 surviving manuscripts from the period, the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of annals in Old English, from the 9th century, that chronicle the history of the Anglo-Saxons. The poem Battle of Maldon also deals with history and this is a work of uncertain date, celebrating the Battle of Maldon of 991, at which the Anglo-Saxons failed to prevent a Viking invasion. Oral tradition was strong in early English culture and most literary works were written to be performed. Epic poems were popular, and some, including Beowulf, have survived to the present day. Beowulf is the most famous work in Old English, and has achieved national status in England. The only surviving manuscript is the Nowell Codex, the date of which is debated. Beowulf is the title, and its composition is dated between the 8th and the early 11th century. Cædmon is the earliest English poet whose name is known, and it is also one of the earliest recorded examples of sustained poetry in a Germanic language. The poem, The Dream of the Rood, was inscribed upon the Ruthwell Cross, Two Old English poems from the late 10th century are The Wanderer and The Seafarer. Classical antiquity was not forgotten in Anglo-Saxon England, and several Old English poems are adaptations of late classical philosophical texts, the longest is King Alfreds 9th-century translation of Boethius Consolation of Philosophy. After the Norman conquest of England in 1066, the form of the Anglo-Saxon language became less common. Under the influence of the new aristocracy, French became the language of courts, parliament
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Selected English-language writers:
Geoffrey Chaucer,
William Shakespeare,
Jane Austen,
Mark Twain,
Virginia Woolf,
T. S. Eliot,
Vladimir Nabokov,
Toni Morrison,
Salman Rushdie.
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The first page of
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Piers Ploughman from a 14th-century manuscript
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Geoffrey Chaucer
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Burberry
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Burberry Group, Inc. is a British luxury fashion house headquartered in London, England. Its main fashion house focuses on and distributes ready-to-wear outerwear, fashion accessories, fragrances, sunglasses, the first shop opened up in the Haymarket, London, in 1891. Burberry was an independent family controlled company until 1955, when it was reincorporated, the fashion house has dressed notable actors, world leaders, musicians, and athletes. Its distinctive check pattern has one of its most widely copied trademarks. Burberry is most famous for its trench coat, Burberry has branded stores and franchises around the world and sells through concessions in third-party stores. Christopher Bailey has been the CEO and Chief Creative Officer since 2014, the company is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE100 Index. In 2015, Burberry ranked 73rd in Interbrands Best Global Brands report, ahead of Ralph Lauren, Burberry has more than 500 stores in over 50 countries. Burberry was founded in 1856 when 21-year-old Thomas Burberry, a drapers apprentice, opened his own store in Basingstoke, Hampshire. By 1870, the business had established itself by focusing on the development of outdoors attire, in 1879, Burberry introduced in his brand the gabardine, a hardwearing, water-resistant yet breathable fabric, in which the yarn is waterproofed before weaving. Burberry was the name, but then the company soon switched to using the name Burberrys. In 1999, it reverted to its old name, Burberry, the name Burberrys of London is still visible on many older Burberry products. In 1891, Burberry opened a shop in the Haymarket, London, in 1901, the Burberry Equestrian Knight Logo was developed containing the Latin word Prorsum, meaning forwards, and later registered it as a trademark in 1909. In 1911 they became the outfitters for Roald Amundsen, the first man to reach the South Pole, and Ernest Shackleton, a Burberry gabardine jacket was worn by George Mallory on his attempt on Mount Everest in 1924. Adapted to meet the needs of military personnel, the coat was born during the First World War. After the war, the coat became popular with civilians. The iconic Burberry check has been in use since at least the 1920s, Burberry also specially designed aviation garments. In 1937, A. E. Clouston and Betty Kirby-Green broke the record for the fastest return flight from London to Cape Town in The Burberry plane – which was sponsored by the brand. Burberry was an independent family controlled company until 1955, when it was taken over by Great Universal Stores, stars of the modern world began wearing the Burberrys brand
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Former Burberry headquarters on the Haymarket (built 1913)
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Burberry Group
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A Burberry store in
Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
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Burberry children at department store
Smith & Caughey's Queen Street in
Auckland,
New Zealand
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British Academy of Film and Television Arts
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The British Academy of Film and Television Arts is an independent charity that supports, develops and promotes the art forms of the moving image – film, television and game in the United Kingdom. David Lean was the founding Chairman of the Academy, the first Film Awards ceremony took place in May 1949 and honouring the films The Best Years of Our Lives, Odd Man Out and The World Is Rich. In 2005, it placed a cap on worldwide voting membership which now stands at approximately 6,500. BAFTA has offices in Scotland and Wales in the UK, in Los Angeles and New York in the United States and runs events in Hong Kong, amanda Berry OBE has been chief executive of the organisation since December 2000. Many of these events are free to online at BAFTA Guru. BAFTA runs a number of programmes across the UK, US. Launched in 2012, the UK programme enables talented British citizens who are in need of support to take an industry-recognised course in film. Each BAFTA Scholar receives up to £12,000 towards their annual course fees, since 2013, three students every year have received one of the Prince William Scholarships in Film, Television and Games, supported by BAFTA and Warner Bros. These scholarships are awarded in the name of in his role as President of BAFTA, since 2015, BAFTA has been offering scholarships for British citizens to study in China, vice versa. BAFTA presents awards for film, television and games, including entertainment, at a number of annual ceremonies across the UK and in Los Angeles. The BAFTA award trophy is a mask, designed by American sculptor Mitzi Cunliffe. Todays BAFTA award – including the mask and marble base – weighs 3.7 kg and measures 27 cm x 14 cm x 8 cm. BAFTAs annual film awards ceremony is known as the British Academy Film Awards, or the BAFTAs, in 1949 the British Film Academy, as it was then known, presented the first awards for films made in 1947 and 1948. Since 2008 the ceremony has held at the Royal Opera House in Londons Covent Garden. It had been held in the Odeon cinema on Leicester Square since 2000, the ceremony had been performed during April or May of each year, but since 2002 it has been held in February to precede the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Academy Awards, or Oscars. They have been awarded annually since 1954, the first ever ceremony consisted of six categories. Until 1958, they were awarded by the Guild of Television Producers and Directors, from 1968 until 1997, BAFTAs Film and Television Awards were presented together, but from 1998 onwards they were presented at two separate ceremonies. The Television Craft Awards celebrate the talent behind the programmes, such as working in visual effects, production
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The BAFTA award, designed by Mitzi Cunliffe
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UN Women
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The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, also known as UN Women, is a United Nations entity working for the empowerment of women. UN Women became operational in January 2011, former President of Chile Michelle Bachelet was the inaugural Executive Director, and Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka is the current Executive Director. As with UNIFEM previously, UN Women is a member of the United Nations Development Group, moreover, an additional $375 million per annum were needed in the initial phase to respond to country level requests for programmatic support. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced at the founding of the movement that he is grateful to Member States for having taken this step forward for the worlds women. UN Women will significantly boost UN efforts to promote equality, expand opportunity. On September 14,2010, it was announced that former President of Chile Michelle Bachelet was appointed as head of UN Women, various countries supported the creation of the body and welcomed Bachelet as chief. On March 11,2011, John Hendra of Canada and Lakshmi Puri of India were appointed as first Deputy Executive Directors at the level of UN Assistant Secretary-General. The provisions set forth by resolution 63/311 on system-wide coherence, adopted by the General Assembly on 2 October 2010, the organization is governed by a multi-tiered intergovernmental governance structure in charge of providing normative and operational policy guidance. The General Assembly, Economic and Social Council, and the Commission on the Status of Women constitute the governance structure that sets forth the normative policy guiding principles of the Entity. Four seats will be selected by and from the top ten largest providers of voluntary contributions to UN Women. The remaining two seats will be allocated to two developing countries not members of the Development Assistance Committee of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. These two countries will be selected by the countries not members of the Development Assistance Committee among the top ten providers of voluntary core contributions to the entity. In addition, the entity must lead, coordinate, and promote the accountability of the United Nations system in its work on gender equality, the suggestions were all sexist or misogynist. A similar campaign was run to raise awareness for gay rights. Also in late 2013, UN Women launched a database that examines constitutions through a gender lens. The first of its kind, this maps the principles and rules that guarantee, deny, or protect the rights of women. Users can search though the database by keyword, and legal provisions are grouped into 16 categories that were defined by reviewing the constitutions from a human rights perspective. UN Women is one of the agencies in coordinating International Womens Day events as well as the Commission on the Status of Women
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UN Women
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HeForShe
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HeForShe is a solidarity campaign for the advancement of women initiated by UN Women. Its goal is to men and boys as agents of change by encouraging them to take action against negative inequalities faced by women. Initially we were asking the question, Do men care about gender equality, and we found out that they do care, said Elizabeth Nyamayaro, senior adviser to the executive director of UN Women. Then we started to get a lot of emails from men who signed up, a special event was held to kick-start the HeForShe campaign on 20 September 2014 at the Headquarters of the United Nations in New York. At that event, UN Women made a call to mobilize the first 100,000 men in the campaign, a goal successfully reached in just three days. This 2017 New United States President Donald Trump, actor Matt Damon, Tom Hiddleston, UN Women launched the HeForShe IMPACT 10x10x10 initiative to gain further momentum in advancing gender equality and womens empowerment at the 2015 World Economic Forum in Davos on January 23,2015. The initiative was launched as a pilot effort to engage governments, corporations. Global leaders serving as IMPACT 10x10x10 founding champions include H. E, prime Minister Mark Rutte of the Netherlands, H. E. President Ernest Bai Koroma of Sierra Leone, H. E, UN Women Executive Director and Under-Secretary-General Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka said, HeForShe exemplifies UN Womens groundbreaking leadership on gender equality. We know where change is proving hardest, the HeForShe IMPACT initiative puts responsibility for change right where it matters—and spotlights leaders who can make it happen. The founding champions from industry and government will pave the way for others to join in, using the pilot initiatives to streamline decision-making on relevant, ultimately, we need everyone to get involved if we are to turn the tide. The report highlights the gap between men and women in terms of political empowerment and indicates that there has been little improvement in workplace equality since 2006. Popular British actor and UN Women Global Goodwill Ambassador Emma Watson serves as the face of the movement. She said, The groundswell of response we have received in support for HeForShe tells us we are tapping into what the world wants, now we have to channel that energy into purposeful action. The pilot initiative provides that framework, in Mexico, the National Autonomous University of Mexico supports the campaign HeForShe. UNAM has historically organized several events and programs to women, so this campaign was well aligned with the universitys principles. Within the HeForShe campaign, the university has organized events where women and men collaborate and innovate together, UNAM has also opened forums where women and men share their experiences regarding discrimination, and best practices to overcome it. HeForShe has particularly offered a platform where UNAM could continue to include women, uNAMs efforts, as well as that of other organizations in the region, have helped to position Mexico as a country with a high number of women engineers
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Headington School, Oxford
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Headington School is an independent girls school in Headington, Oxford, England, founded by a group of evangelical Christians in 1915. The school motto is «Αγωνίζου τον καλόν αγώνα της πίστεως», a quotation from 1 Timothy 6.12, the hymn Fight the Good Fight is also the school song. The Good Schools Guide called Headington A delightful school, nurtures, fun and stimulating to be at. Headington School was founded in 1915 by a group of evangelical Christians to provide an education for girls to fit them for the demands. It started at Headington Lodge on Osler Road with just ten boarding, as the school rapidly expanded after the war, more buildings were bought and added to the school. In 1920, Davenport House, one of the current boarding houses, was taken over by the school, the house had a 2-acre garden and another nineteen acres of farmland attached stretching as far east as the White Horse pub. The main school moved to its current building, built in the neo-Georgian style. Chiang Yee, The Silent Traveller describes it as having an atmosphere of spacious dignity, in 1942 it was established as an educational charity, in recognition of the benefits that it provides to its pupils and the wider community. The preparatory school is located on a site across the junction where Headington Road. The premise which houses the school was originally known as Brookside. It was taken over by the school in 1916, built in 1886, it was first occupied by Thomas Arnall, Oxford’s Head Postmaster. The school renamed it Napier House when they moved out of the original Headington house with that name, since the prep school moved in, the facilities have been extended but the main house is still in use. Its pupils uses some facilities of the school, such as the swimming pool, playing field, all-weather surface. Both the prep and senior schools share the same governing body, until the 2007-08 school year it admitted boys up to age 7. It is a member of the Independent Association of Preparatory Schools and these complement the original neo-Georgian senior school building constructed in the 1930s. There are 23 acres of grounds and playing fields, tennis courts, swimming pool, the school also owns a boat club. It is one of the few schools in the country to offer equestrian facilities, there are eight competitive houses named after landmarks in Oxfordshire or notable historical figures associated with Oxford. Each House is led by a member of staff and a Sixth Form prefect, blenheim Cherwell Ford Isis Latimer Oxon Ridley Windrush The newest houses to join are Cranmer and Evenlode Headington uses its own nomenclature for the year groups
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Headington School
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Wand
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A wand is a thin, hand-held stick or rod made of wood, stone, ivory, or metals like gold or silver. A stick giving length and leverage is perhaps the earliest and simplest of tools, long versions of the magic wand are usually styled in forms of staves or scepters, often with designs or an orb of a gemstone forged on the top. In ecclesiastical and formal government ceremonial, special officials may carry a wand of office or staff of office representing their power, compare in this context the function of the ceremonial mace, the sceptre, and the staff of office. Its age may be greater, as Stone Age cave paintings show figures holding sticks. The wand is also a unit of length used in the British Isles equal to approximately the modern metre. The wand survived for a time under the Normans, then when the yard was established, the wand came to be known as the yard and the hand, and then disappeared, either slowly or by being banned by law. Thus a true wand would be 1 m in length and not 30 cm, in classical Greco-Roman mythology, the god Hermes/Mercury has a special wand called a caduceus. Six to eight-foot-long staves with metal tips adorning them are carried in Freemasonry during rituals of the Craft. Ceremonial uses may have several wands for different purposes, such as the Fire Wand, in Zoroastrianism, there is a similar ritual implement called a barsom. While an athame is generally used to command, a wand is seen as gentle and is used to invite or encourage. Though traditionally made of wood, they can also consist of metal or crystal, in Wicca the wand usually represents the element air, or sometimes fire, although contemporary wand makers also create wands for the elements of earth and water. The wand is most often used by Neopagans, Wiccans, Shamans and others in rituals, healing, there is some scholarly opinion that the magic wand may have its roots as a symbol of the phallus. Wands is also name for the suit of Staves, Batons or Rods. It is normally associated with the element of fire, representing creative energy, passion, confidence, in music, the term sometimes applies to the modern model of conductors baton. In literary language, wand can be a synonym for rod as an implement for corporal punishment, in the sense, either a multiple rod or a single branch. Based on their symbolism, stage magicians often use magic wands as part of their misdirection. These wands are traditionally short and black, with tips, if deprived of his magic wand. A magic wand may be transformed into items, grow, vanish, move, display a will of its own
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An 82 cm long wand of iron with bronze details and a unique model of a house on the top. It was discovered in a
Völva 's grave in
Köpingsvik,
Öland. There is also a pitcher from Persia or Central Asia, and a West European bronze bowl. Dressed in a bear pelt, she had received a
ship burial with both human and animal sacrifice. The finds are on display in the
Swedish Museum of National Antiquities in
Stockholm.
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Ancient Egyptian wand. From the collection of the
Brooklyn Museum.
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Circe with her magical wand, painting by
John William Waterhouse
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TCL Chinese Theatre
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Originally known as Graumans Chinese Theatre, it was renamed Manns Chinese Theatre in 1973, the name lasted until 2001, after which it reverted to its original name. On January 11,2013, Chinese electronics manufacturer TCL Corporation officially purchased the naming rights. The original Chinese Theatre was commissioned following the success of the nearby Graumans Egyptian Theatre, built by a partnership headed by Sid Grauman over 18 months starting in January 1926, the theatre opened May 18,1927, with the premiere of Cecil B. DeMilles film The King of Kings and it has since been home to many premieres, including the 1977 launch of George Lucas Star Wars, as well as birthday parties, corporate junkets, and three Academy Awards ceremonies. In 2013 the Chinese Theatre partnered with IMAX Corporation to convert the house into a custom designed IMAX theater, the newly renovated theater seats 932 people and features one of the largest movie screens in North America. After his success with the Egyptian Theatre, Sid Grauman turned to Charles E. Toberman to secure a lease on property at 6925 Hollywood Blvd. Toberman contracted the firm of Meyer & Holler, designer of the Egyptian, Grauman financed and owned a one-third interest in the Chinese Theatre, his partners—Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and Howard Schenck—owned the remainder. The principal architect of the Chinese Theatre was Raymond M. Kennedy, during construction, Grauman hired Jean Klossner to formulate an extremely hard concrete for the forecourt of the theatre. Klossner later became known as Mr. Footprint, performing the footprint ceremonies from 1927 through 1957, many stories exist to explain the origins of the footprints. The theatres official account in its books and souvenir programs credit Norma Talmadge as having inspired the tradition when she stepped into the wet concrete. While we were building the theatre, I accidentally happened to step in some soft concrete, so, I went to Mary Pickford immediately. Mary put her foot into it and his autograph and handprint, dated 1927, remain today. The theatres third founding partner, Douglas Fairbanks, was the celebrity, after Talmadge. In 1929, Sid Grauman decided to retire and sell his share to William Foxs Fox Theatres chain, Grauman remained as the theatres managing director for the entire run of Hells Angels, retiring once again after its run finished. But, unsatisfied with retirement, Grauman returned to the theatre as managing director on Christmas Day 1931, one of the highlights of the Chinese Theatre has always been its grandeur and décor. In 1952, John Tartaglia, the artist of nearby Saint Sophia Cathedral and he would later continue the work of Jean Klossner, by recommendation of J. Walter Bantau, for the Hollywood Footprint Ceremonies. Tartaglia performed his first ceremony as a Master Mason for Jean Simmons in 1953, for the premiere of The Robe, the Chinese Theatre was declared a historic and cultural landmark in 1968, and has undergone various restoration projects in the years since then. Ted Mann, owner of the Mann Theatres chain and husband of actress Rhonda Fleming, from then until 2001 it was known as Manns Chinese Theatre
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Front entrance facing Hollywood Boulevard
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Interior of Chinese Theatre Pre-Refurbishment.
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The theatre as seen from the street on an ordinary day.
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Many older entries contain personal messages to Sid Grauman, such as
Myrna Loy 's 1936 contribution. Loy's first job was as a dancer at the theatre in the 1920s.
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J. K. Rowling
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Joanne Jo Rowling, OBE, FRSL, pen names J. K. Rowling and Robert Galbraith, is a British novelist, screenwriter and film producer best known as the author of the Harry Potter fantasy series. The books have gained attention, won multiple awards. There were six sequels, the last, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Rowling has lived a rags to riches life story, in which she progressed from living on state benefits to multi-millionaire status within five years. She is the United Kingdoms best-selling living author, with sales in excess of £238M, the 2016 Sunday Times Rich List estimated Rowlings fortune at £600 million, ranking her as the joint 197th richest person in the UK. Time magazine named her as a runner-up for its 2007 Person of the Year, noting the social, moral, in October 2010, Rowling was named the Most Influential Woman in Britain by leading magazine editors. She has supported charities including Comic Relief, One Parent Families, Multiple Sclerosis Society of Great Britain, although she writes under the pen name J. K. Rowling, her name, before her remarriage, was simply Joanne Rowling. Anticipating that the audience of young boys might not want to read a book written by a woman. As she had no name, she chose K as the second initial of her pen name. Following her marriage, she has used the name Joanne Murray when conducting personal business. During the Leveson Inquiry she gave evidence under the name of Joanne Kathleen Rowling and her entry in Whos Who lists her name also as Joanne Kathleen Rowling. Rowling was born to Peter James Rowling, a Rolls-Royce aircraft engineer, and Anne Rowling and her parents first met on a train departing from Kings Cross Station bound for Arbroath in 1964. They married on 14 March 1965, One of her maternal great-grandfathers, Dugald Campbell, was Scottish, born in Lamlash on the Isle of Arran. Her mothers paternal grandfather, Louis Volant, was French, and was awarded the Croix de Guerre for exceptional bravery in defending the village of Courcelles-le-Comte during the First World War. Rowling originally believed he had won the Légion dhonneur during the war, as she said when she received it herself in 2009. She later discovered the truth when featured in an episode of the UK genealogy series Who Do You Think You Are. in which she found out it was a different Louis Volant who won the Legion of Honour. Rowlings sister Dianne was born at their home when Rowling was 23 months old, the family moved to the nearby village Winterbourne when Rowling was four. She attended St Michaels Primary School, a school founded by abolitionist William Wilberforce and her headmaster at St Michaels, Alfred Dunn, has been suggested as the inspiration for the Harry Potter headmaster Albus Dumbledore. As a child, Rowling often wrote stories which she frequently read to her sister
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Rowling at the
White House Easter Egg Roll, 2010
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Rowling's parents met on a train from
King's Cross Station. After Rowling used King's Cross as a gateway into the Wizarding World, it has since become a popular tourist spot.
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Rowling's childhood home,
Church Cottage, Tutshill.
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Rowling moved to Porto to teach. In 1993, she returned to the UK accompanied by her daughter and three completed chapters of Harry Potter after her marriage had deteriorated.
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David Heyman
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David Jonathan Heyman is an English film producer and the founder of Heyday Films. In 1999, he secured the rights to the Harry Potter film series and went on to produce all eight installments. He is the son of John Heyman, producer of such as The Go-Between and Jesus, and Norma Heyman. His paternal grandparents were German Jews who left Nazi Germany and emigrated to England prior to World War II and he went to Westminster School and, following graduation, he decided to study abroad. He earned a degree in Art History from Harvard University in the U. S. in 1983, Heyman got his start in the film industry as a production assistant on David Leans A Passage to India, and in 1986, Heyman became a creative executive at Warner Brothers. In 1997 Heyman returned to London and founded his own production company, other notable productions during this time include the 2007 blockbuster I Am Legend and the 2008 films The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, Is Anybody There. and Yes Man. The film grossed more than US$700 million worldwide and was nominated for 10 Academy Awards including Best Picture and he also produced the 2013 comedy Were the Millers and the 2014 family film Paddington, for which he was nominated for the Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film. In 2013 it was announced that Heyman will produce the upcoming Warner Bros. film adaptation of J. K, rowlings Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, which will be released on 18 November 2016. He is also set to produce Fables, based on the book series. He was announced as the producer of the fantasy film Queen of the Tearling, starring Emma Watson, Warner Bros. has acquired the film rights and will distribute the film. Heyman lives in Pimlico, London, and is married to interior designer Rose Uniacke
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Heyman in July 2009
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Daniel Radcliffe
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Daniel Jacob Radcliffe is an English actor best known for his role as Harry Potter in the film series of the same name. He made his debut at 10 years of age in BBC Ones 1999 television film David Copperfield. At age 11, he was cast as Harry Potter in the first Harry Potter film and he has contributed to many charities, including Demelza Hospice Care for Children, and The Trevor Project for suicide prevention among LGBTQ youth, which gave him its Hero Award in 2011. Radcliffe was born in Queen Charlottes Hospital, Hammersmith, London and he is the only child of Marcia Jeannine Gresham and Alan George Radcliffe. His mother is Jewish and was born in South Africa and raised in Westcliff-on-Sea and his father was raised in Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland, in a very working-class Protestant family. Radcliffes maternal ancestors were Jewish immigrants from Poland and Russia, Radcliffes parents had both acted as children. His father is a literary agent and his mother is a casting agent and was involved in several films for the BBC, including The Inspector Lynley Mysteries and Walk Away and I Stumble. As his acting career began to consume his schedule, Radcliffe continued his education through on-set tutors and he admitted he was not very good at school, considering it useless and finding the work really difficult. He achieved A grades in the three AS-level exams that he took in 2006, but decided to take a break from education and did not go to college or university. Part of his reasoning was that he knew he wanted to act and write. The paparazzi, theyd love it, he told Details magazine in 2007, if there were any parties going on, theyd be tipped off as to where they were. Rowling had been searching for an unknown British actor to personify the character, and this is Harry Potter, after he saw a video of the young actor in David Copperfield. Eight months later, and after several auditions, Radcliffe was selected to play the part, Rowling also endorsed the selection saying, I dont think Chris Columbus could have found a better Harry. Radcliffes parents originally turned down the offer, as they had told that it would involve six films shot in Los Angeles. Warner Bros. instead offered Radcliffe a two-movie contract with shooting in the UK, the release of Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone took place in 2001. Radcliffe received a seven figure salary for the role, but asserted that the fee was not that important to him. The film was popular and was met with positive reviews. A year later Radcliffe starred in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, reviewers were positive about the lead actors performances but had polarised opinions on the movie as a whole
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Radcliffe at the 2014
San Diego Comic-Con International
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Radcliffe at the July 2009 premiere of
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
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Handprints, footprints and wand prints of (from left to right) Watson, Radcliffe, Grint
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Radcliffe, Watson and Grint at the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 premiere in London
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Rupert Grint
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Rupert Alexander Lloyd Grint is an English actor who rose to prominence playing Ron Weasley, one of the three main characters in the Harry Potter film series. Grint was cast as Ron Weasley at the age of 11, having acted only in school plays. From 2001 to 2011, he starred in all eight Harry Potter films alongside Daniel Radcliffe playing as Harry Potter, beginning in 2002, Grint began to work outside of the Harry Potter franchise, playing a co-leading role in Thunderpants. He has had starring roles in Driving Lessons, a released in 2006, and Cherrybomb. Grint co-starred with Bill Nighy and Emily Blunt in Wild Target and his first film project following the end of the Harry Potter series was the 2012 anti-war film, Into the White, in which he has a supporting role. In 2013, Grints new film CBGB was released and he has been cast in CBSs new show Super Clyde, Grint made his stage debut in Jez Butterworths Mojo in October 2013 at the Harold Pinter Theatre in London. Grint was born in Harlow, Essex, England, to Nigel Grint, a dealer in racing memorabilia, Grint is the eldest of five siblings. He has stated that his earliest goal in life was to become an ice cream man and he attended Richard Hale School, in Hertford. While in school, Grint took an avid interest in theatre and he started performing in school productions and joined the Top Hat Stage and Screen School, a local theatre group that cast him as a fish in Noahs Ark and a donkey in another nativity play. He continued performing in plays as he moved into secondary school. However, Grint had never acted professionally before the Harry Potter series, at the age of 16, he left school to focus on his acting career. I didnt really like school that much, the actor later commented, starting in 2000, casting began for the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone, the best-selling novel written by author J. K. Rowling. Rowling personally insisted that the cast be British and assisted Susie Figgis, Grint chose to audition for the role of protagonist Ron Weasley, one of Harry Potters best friends at Hogwarts, and was a fan of the book series. Having seen a Newsround report about the casting, he sent in a video of himself rapping about how he wished to receive the role. His attempt was successful as the team asked for a meeting with him. On 8 August 2000, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and an 11-year-old Grint were selected to play the roles of Harry, Hermione Granger, Grint is the oldest member of the trio. The release of Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone in 2001 was Grints debut screen performance, breaking records for opening-day sales and opening-weekend takings, it was the highest-grossing film of that year. With a total of US$974 million in its run, Philosophers Stone stands as the second most commercially successful entry in the series
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Grint at the Harry Potter Studio Tour, Red Carpet Event, 31 March 2012
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Handprints, footprints and
wand prints of (from left to right) Watson, Radcliffe, Grint
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Radcliffe, Watson and Grint at the
Deathly Hallows – Part 2 premiere in London, July 2011
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Harry Potter (character)
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Harry James Potter is the title character of J. K. Rowlings Harry Potter series. The majority of the books plot covers seven years in the life of the orphan Potter, thus, he attends Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to practise magic under the guidance of the kindly headmaster Albus Dumbledore and other school professors. According to Rowling, the idea for both the Harry Potter books and its eponymous character came while waiting for a train from Manchester to London in 1990. She stated that her idea for this scrawny, black-haired, bespectacled boy who didnt know he was a wizard became more and more real to me, while developing the ideas for her book, she also decided to make Harry an orphan who attended a boarding school called Hogwarts. She explained in a 1999 interview with The Guardian, Harry had to be an orphan—so that hes an agent, with no fear of letting down his parents. Hogwarts has to be a boarding school—half the important stuff happens at night, having a child of my own reinforces my belief that children above all want security, and thats what Hogwarts offers Harry. In a 2000 interview with The Guardian, Rowling also established that the character of Wart in T. H. Whites novel The Once, finally, she established Harrys birth date as 31 July, the same as her own. However, she maintained that Harry was not directly based on any real-life person, Rowling has also maintained that Harry is a suitable real-life role model for children. Harry first appears in Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone, starting in 1981, when Harry was just one year old, his parents, James and Lily, were murdered by the most powerful Dark Wizard, Lord Voldemort. He attempted to kill Harry too, but was unsuccessful and only left a lightning bolt shaped scar on Harrys forehead, Voldemorts body was destroyed, but his soul was not. Harry later learns that the reason why he survived was because of Lily sacrificing herself for him, according to Rowling, fleshing out this back story was a matter of reverse planning, The basic idea Harry. Didnt know he was a wizard. and so then I kind of worked backwards from that position to find out how that could be, when he was one year old, the most evil wizard for hundreds and hundreds of years attempted to kill him. He killed Harrys parents, and then he tried to kill Harry—he tried to curse him, Harry has to find out, before we find out. And for some reason, the curse didnt work on Harry. So hes left with this lightning-bolt shaped scar on his forehead, as a result, Harry is written as an orphan living with his only remaining family, the Dursleys, who are neglectful and abusive. On his eleventh birthday, Harry learns he is a wizard when Rubeus Hagrid arrives to him that he is to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft. There he learns about the world, his parents. When he is sorted into Gryffindor House, he becomes fast friends with classmates Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, both feuds continue throughout the series
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Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter in
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
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Harry and the Potters perform at the
Horace Mann School in
Riverdale, Bronx, New York. Note the artists' black hair and spectacles.
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Ron Weasley
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Ronald Bilius Ron Weasley is a fictional character in J. K. Rowlings Harry Potter series. His first appearance was in the first book of the series, Harry Potter and he is a member of the Weasley family, a pure blood family, who reside in The Burrow outside Ottery St. Catchpole. Along with Harry and Hermione, he is a member of the Gryffindor house, Ron is present in most of the action throughout the series. According to Rowling, Ron was among the characters she created the very first day, Ron is inspired by Rowlings best friend Sean Harris, but she has clearly stated that she never set out to describe Sean in Ron, but Ron has a Sean-ish turn of phrase. Like Harris is to Rowling, Ron is always there when Harry needs him, some of Rons qualities serve as foils to Harry. While Harry is an orphan with more gold than he needs, Ron comes from a loving but poor family, many of his possessions are hand-me-downs. Harry is famous but would prefer to avoid the spotlight, Ron, in comparison, is perceived as a mere lackey. Finally, Ron is the most mediocre of his siblings, being neither an excellent Quidditch player, All these factors have combined to cause Ron serious insecurities, this inferiority complex, and his need to prove himself, is the main thrust of his character arc. Rowling first introduces Ron with his family in Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone, Harry is lost at Kings Cross railway station and the Weasleys guide him through the barrier of Platform 9¾ into the wizarding world. Ron and Harry share a compartment on the Hogwarts Express, and they begin their friendship, Ron fascinated with the famous Harry, Ron and Harry share the same classes throughout the series, and generally have similar academic successes and disappointments. Ron plays a part in the quest to save the Philosophers Stone. His strategy at Wizards Chess allows Hermione and Harry to proceed safely through a dangerous life-size, during the game, Ron allows his piece to be sacrificed and is subsequently knocked unconscious. These last-minute points help support Gryffindors win of the House Cup, the second instalment, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, takes place the year following the events of the Philosophers Stone. During the summer, Ron attempts to write to Harry several times and he receives no reply because Dobby the house elf is stopping Harrys wizard mail. Ron becomes so concerned that he and his brothers Fred and George fly their fathers enchanted Ford Anglia car to Harrys home at his aunt, Harry spends the next month at the Weasleys home, The Burrow. While attempting to depart from Kings Cross station, Harry and Ron find themselves unable to enter the barrier to access Platform 9¾, with Harry, Ron conceives the idea of taking the flying Ford Anglia to Hogwarts. The plan is successful, but the Anglia loses power at the end of the journey, Ron receives a Howler from his mother, berating him for taking the car. Later Ron is forced to come face-to-face with his worst nightmare, spiders, in the Forbidden Forest, giant spiders nearly devour the two of them, but the Weasley Ford Anglia returns from the Forbidden Forest and rescues the pair
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Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley in a publicity photo for
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
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The Weasley family as shown in
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, for left to right: Fred or George, Ron, Charlie, Molly, Arthur, Ginny, Bill, Percy, and George or Fred.
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The Daily Telegraph
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It was founded by Arthur B. Sleigh in 1855 as The Daily Telegraph and Courier, the papers motto, Was, is, and will be, appears in the editorial pages and has featured in every edition of the newspaper since April 19,1858. The paper had a circulation of 460,054 in December 2016 and its sister paper, The Sunday Telegraph, which started in 1961, had a circulation of 359,287 as of December 2016. The Daily Telegraph has the largest circulation for a newspaper in the UK. The two sister newspapers are run separately, with different editorial staff, but there is cross-usage of stories, articles published in either may be published on the Telegraph Media Groups www. telegraph. co. uk website, under the title of The Telegraph. However, critics, including an editor, accuse it of being unduly influenced by advertisers. The Daily Telegraph and Courier was founded by Colonel Arthur B, Sleigh in June 1855 to air a personal grievance against the future commander-in-chief of the British Army, Prince George, Duke of Cambridge. Joseph Moses Levy, the owner of The Sunday Times, agreed to print the newspaper, the paper cost 2d and was four pages long. Nevertheless, the first edition stressed the quality and independence of its articles and journalists, however, the paper was not a success, and Sleigh was unable to pay Levy the printing bill. Levy took over the newspaper, his aim being to produce a newspaper than his main competitors in London. The same principle should apply to all other events—to fashion, to new inventions, in 1876, Jules Verne published his novel Michael Strogoff, whose plot takes place during a fictional uprising and war in Siberia. In 1937, the newspaper absorbed The Morning Post, which espoused a conservative position. Originally William Ewart Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose, bought The Morning Post with the intention of publishing it alongside The Daily Telegraph, for some years the paper was retitled The Daily Telegraph and Morning Post before it reverted to just The Daily Telegraph. As an result, Gordon Lennox was monitored by MI5, in 1939, The Telegraph published Clare Hollingworths scoop that Germany was to invade Poland. In November 1940, with Fleet Street subjected to almost daily bombing raids by the Luftwaffe, The Telegraph started printing in Manchester at Kemsley House, Manchester quite often printed the entire run of The Telegraph when its Fleet Street offices were under threat. The name Kemsley House was changed to Thomson House in 1959, in 1986 printing of Northern editions of the Daily and Sunday Telegraph moved to Trafford Park and in 2008 to Newsprinters at Knowsley, Liverpool. During the Second World War, The Daily Telegraph covertly helped in the recruitment of code-breakers for Bletchley Park, the ability to solve The Telegraphs crossword in under 12 minutes was considered to be a recruitment test. The competition itself was won by F. H. W. Hawes of Dagenham who finished the crossword in less than eight minutes, both the Camrose and Burnham families remained involved in management until Conrad Black took control in 1986
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The Daily Telegraph front page on 29 June 2015
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In 1882 The Daily Telegraph moved to new
Fleet Street premises, which were pictured in the
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The Daily Telegraph building in 1974
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IGN
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The website was the brainchild of media entrepreneur Chris Anderson and launched on September 29,1996. It focuses on games, films, television, comics, technology, the company is located in San Franciscos SOMA district in California, United States. Originally a network of websites, IGN is now distributed on mobile platforms, console programs on the Xbox and PlayStation, FireTV, Roku, and via YouTube, Twitch, Hulu. IGN was sold to publishing company Ziff Davis in February 2013 and now operates as a J2 Global subsidiary. com, PSXPower, Saturnworld, Next-Generation. com and Ultra Game Players Online. Imagine expanded on its owned-and-operated websites by creating a network that included a number of independent fansites such as PSX Nation. com, Sega-Saturn. com, Game Sages. In 1998, the network launched a new homepage that consolidated the individual sites as system channels under the IGN brand, the homepage exposed content from more than 30 different channels. Next-Generation and Ultra Game Players Online were not part of this consolidation, dissolved with the cancellation of the magazine, and Next-Generation was put on hold when Imagine decided to concentrate on launching the short-lived Daily Radar brand. In February 1999, Imagine Media incorporated a spin-off that included IGN and its channels as Affiliation Networks. In September, the newly spun-out standalone internet media company, changed its name to Snowball. com, at the same time, small entertainment website The Den merged into IGN and added non-gaming content to the growing network. Snowball held an IPO in 2000, but shed most of its properties during the dot-com bubble. In June 2005, IGN reported having 24,000,000 unique visitors per month, with 4.8 million registered users through all departments of the site, IGN is ranked among the top 200 most-visited websites according to Alexa. In September 2005, IGN was acquired by Rupert Murdochs multi-media business empire, News Corporation, IGN celebrated its 10th anniversary on January 12,2008. IGN was headquartered in the Marina Point Parkway office park in Brisbane, California, on May 25,2011, IGN sold its Direct2Drive division to Gamefly for an undisclosed amount. In 2011, IGN Entertainment acquired its rival UGO Entertainment from Hearst Corporation, ultimately, News Corp. planned to spin off IGN Entertainment as a publicly traded company, continuing a string of divestitures for digital properties it had previously acquired. Financial details regarding the purchase were not revealed, prior to its acquisition by UGO, 1UP. com had previously been owned by Ziff Davis. Soon after the acquisition, IGN announced that it would be laying off staff and closing GameSpy, 1UP. com, the role-playing video game interest website Vault Network was acquired by IGN in 1999. GameStats, a review website, was founded by IGN in 2004. GameStats includes a GPM rating system incorporates an average press score and average gamer score
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IGN Entertainment's former headquarters in
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IGN Entertainment Inc.
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Young Artist Award
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The 1st Youth In Film Awards ceremony was held in October 1979, at the Sheraton Universal Hotel in Hollywood to honor outstanding young performers of the 1978/1979 season. The 38th Annual Young Artist Awards ceremony, honoring young performers of 2016, was held at the Alex Theatre in Los Angeles, the scholarship program is funded exclusively by donations including contribution from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The Young Artist Awards are presented annually by the Young Artist Association, originally known as the Youth In Film Awards for the first twenty years, the name was officially changed to the Young Artist Awards for the 21st annual awards ceremony in March 2000. Originally held in the autumn in its years, the awards ceremony has traditionally taken place in the spring for more than 20 years. The original Youth In Film Award was a statuette was similar to a miniature Oscar, a gilded figure of a man holding a laurel wreath instead of a sword and standing upon a relatively large trophy style base. The current Young Artist Award statuette, is a figure displaying a Five-pointed star above its head, candidates considered for nomination must be between the ages of 5 and 21 and are usually submitted for consideration by producers or by the young artists agent and/or manager. Submissions are traditionally due by the end of January to mid-February and nominees are announced about one month later at an annual nomination ceremony, winners are selected by members of the Young Artist Association. Today, the Young Artist Association has a board of over 125 members composed of journalists, agents. Winners are selected by ballot of all associated with the Young Artist Association as well as former nominees. The various Young Artist Awards categories have evolved extensively since the first awards were presented, after the ceremony is the annual banquet dinner and then dancing with live musical entertainment often provided by talented young musical artists of the day. The first Youth In Film Awards were presented in October 1979 at a ceremony held at the Sheraton Universal Hotel in Hollywood. Subsequent venues over the years have included the Ambassador Hotels Coconut Grove, the Globe Theater, the Beverly Garland Hotel and the Sportsmens Lodge
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The Young Artist Award statuette
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is a 2002 British-American fantasy film directed by Chris Columbus and distributed by Warner Bros. It is based on the novel of the name by J. K. Rowling. The film, which is the second instalment in the Harry Potter film series, was written by Steve Kloves, the story follows Harry Potters second year at Hogwarts as the Heir of Salazar Slytherin opens the Chamber of Secrets, unleashing a monster that petrifies the schools denizens. The film stars Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, alongside Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as Harrys best friends Ron Weasley and it is the sequel to Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone and is followed by Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. The film was released on 15 November 2002 in the United Kingdom and it was very well received critically and commercially, making US$879 million worldwide. It is the film in the Harry Potter series and the 45th-highest-grossing film of all time. It was nominated for three BAFTA Film Awards in 2003, after his first year at Hogwarts, Harry Potter spends the summer without receiving letters from his Hogwarts friends. In his room, Harry meets Dobby, a house-elf who warns him bad things happen if he returns to Hogwarts. Harry chases him downstairs, where Dobby destroys a cake, the Dursleys lock Harry up, but Ron, Fred and George Weasley rescue him in their fathers flying Ford Anglia. Harry also encounters Draco Malfoy and his father Lucius, who slips a book in Ginny Weasleys belongings, when Harry and Ron are blocked from entering Platform Nine and Three-Quarters, they fly to Hogwarts in the Ford Anglia and crash into the hostile Whomping Willow. Rons wand is damaged, and the car throws them out before driving off and they are allowed back into school but face detention. More attacks occur over the course of the year, Harry and Ron suspect Malfoy is the Heir, so Hermione suggests they question him while disguised using polyjuice potion. Their makeshift laboratory is in a disused bathroom haunted by a ghost, when Harry communicates with a snake the school suspects him as the Heir. At Christmas, Harry and Ron learn that Malfoy is not the Heir, but he mentions that a girl died when the Chamber was last opened fifty years ago. Harry finds a diary, owned by a former student named Tom Riddle, which shows him a flashback to fifty years before. When the diary disappears and Hermione is petrified, Harry and Ron question Hagrid, professor Dumbledore, Cornelius Fudge, and Lucius Malfoy come to take Hagrid to Azkaban, but he discreetly tells the boys to follow the spiders. In the Forbidden Forest, Harry and Ron find Aragog, a giant spider who reveals Hagrids innocence, Aragog then sets his colony of Acromantula on the boys, but the now-wild Ford Anglia saves them. A book page in Hermiones hand identifies the monster is a basilisk, a giant serpent that instantly kills those who make eye contact with it
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British poster
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The flying
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John Williams
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The Times
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The Times is a British daily national newspaper based in London, England. It began in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register, the Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers, since 1981 a subsidiary of News UK, itself wholly owned by News Corp. The Times and The Sunday Times do not share editorial staff, were founded independently and have only had common ownership since 1967 and its news and its editorial comment have in general been carefully coordinated, and have at most times been handled with an earnest sense of responsibility. While the paper has admitted some trivia to its columns, its emphasis has been on important public affairs treated with an eye to the best interests of Britain. To guide this treatment, the editors have for long periods been in touch with 10 Downing Street. In these countries, the newspaper is often referred to as The London Times or The Times of London, although the newspaper is of national scope, in November 2006 The Times began printing headlines in a new font, Times Modern. The Times was printed in broadsheet format for 219 years, the Sunday Times remains a broadsheet. The Times had a daily circulation of 446,164 in December 2016, in the same period. An American edition of The Times has been published since 6 June 2006 and it has been heavily used by scholars and researchers because of its widespread availability in libraries and its detailed index. A complete historical file of the paper, up to 2010, is online from Gale Cengage Learning. The Times was founded by publisher John Walter on 1 January 1785 as The Daily Universal Register, Walter had lost his job by the end of 1784 after the insurance company where he was working went bankrupt because of the complaints of a Jamaican hurricane. Being unemployed, Walter decided to set a new business up and it was in that time when Henry Johnson invented the logography, a new typography that was faster and more precise. Walter bought the patent and to use it, he decided to open a printing house. The first publication of the newspaper The Daily Universal Register in Great Britain was 1 January 1785, unhappy because people always omitted the word Universal, Ellias changed the title after 940 editions on 1 January 1788 to The Times. In 1803, Walter handed ownership and editorship to his son of the same name, the Times used contributions from significant figures in the fields of politics, science, literature, and the arts to build its reputation. For much of its life, the profits of The Times were very large. Beginning in 1814, the paper was printed on the new steam-driven cylinder press developed by Friedrich Koenig, in 1815, The Times had a circulation of 5,000. Thomas Barnes was appointed editor in 1817
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Front page of The Times from 4 December 1788
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Roy Thomson
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A wounded British officer reading The Times's report of the end of the
Crimean War, in
John Everett Millais ' painting
Peace Concluded.
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John Walter, the founder of The Times
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Chris Columbus (filmmaker)
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Chris Joseph Columbus is an American filmmaker. Home Alone received a British Comedy Award for Best Comedy Film, Columbus received an Academy Award nomination for producing The Help. Columbus was born in Spangler, Pennsylvania and raised in Champion, Ohio, the son of Mary Irene, a worker, and Alex Michael Columbus. Columbus is of Italian and Czech descent, Columbus worked as a screenwriter with Steven Spielbergs Amblin Entertainment, working on Gremlins, The Goonies and Young Sherlock Holmes. He wrote the first episodes of the animated series Galaxy High and later made his debut with the teen comedy Adventures in Babysitting. His directorial work includes Home Alone, Only the Lonely, Home Alone 2, Lost in New York, the character types preferred by Columbus are the everyday American men, women, and children who struggle to uphold family traditions against a changing, sometimes intimidating society. In 1993, he said, I can understand the validity of showing people the ugliness of the world, if your film isnt going to do that, I just dont think its worth making. Columbus created the House of Secrets book series with Ned Vizzini and co-founded a new studio called ZAG Animation Studios with Saban Capital Group. In 1982, Columbus married Monica Devereux, with whom he has four children, Eleanor, Violet, Brendan, Columbus lives in San Franciscos Pacific Heights. Columbus and his wife listed their Pacific Heights home for sale in September 2013 for $12. 995M and his children attend or previously attended Saint Ignatius College Preparatory. He donated money to the school for a new building, many of Columbus family members —including his children, his wife, his mother, his father-in-law, and his cousin Robert Ayres— have appeared in cameo roles in his films. Particularly, his own daughter, Eleanor, portrayed the Hogwarts student Susan Bones in the first two Harry Potter films
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Chris Columbus
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Bravo (magazine)
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Bravo is the largest teen magazine within the German-language sphere. The first issue was published in 1956, subtitled as the magazine for film, marilyn Monroes portrait graced the first published issue, the never-published dummy issue cover displayed Elvis Presley. The founder of Bravo was columnist Peter Boenisch, the first issue was published on 26 August 1956 with thirty thousand copies printed, cost 50 Pfennig. Issue number 13/57 was released on 31 March 1957 with the new subtitle the magazine with the heart as well as film, television. Starting from issue 34/57 the magazine no longer had any subtitles underscoring its newfound focus, in 1968 Bravo began to be published weekly by Pabel Moewig, a subsidiary of Bauer Verlagsgruppe in Hamburg, the editorial office however remained in Munich. In the 1970s the magazine more than one million copies. By 1996 each issue sold around 1.4 million issues. Bravo had a circulation of 825,800 copies in 1999, in 2006 the magazine sold around 460,379 copies. In 2010 the circulation of the magazine was 512,358 copies, since December 2014, Bravo is published fortnightly. Bravo covers topics which primarily interest youths, among which are current information on pop and movie stars, as well as relationship and sex counseling. Under the pseudonyms Dr. Christoph Vollmer and Dr. Kirsten Lindstroem the then-47-year-old author of romance novels Marie Louise Fischer gave advice on relationships from 1964 to 1969, goldstein had made a name for himself in sex education with the publications Anders als bei Schmetterlingen and Lexikon der Aufklärung. Later, he answered questions about sex as Dr. Korff, from the early 1970s on a whole group replied to questions. The editors put value in the fact that the Dr. -Sommer-Team continued to be made up of experts, at its peak Bravo received around 3000 to 5000 letters on puberty and sexuality per week. In 2006,400 letters were still received, due to the sex education in 1972 two issues with articles on masturbation were indexed because they were deemed youth-endangering. Bravo made noticeably strong use of Anglicism and Denglisch starting in the 1980s, Bravo was – primarily in the 1970s and 1980s – formative for generations of German youths and teenagers, which resulted in the papers nickname of Pickel-Prawda. The magazine was sometimes confiscated in schools by teachers, many of todays adults received all of their sexual education from the articles by the Dr. Sommer team. Within the former GDR the magazine was forbidden, but still very popular, Bravo played an influential part in promoting pop groups and artists in Germany. The magazine often works around these laws by having the models hold the shutter button themselves
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Ashley Tisdale in front of the cover.
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is a 2005 British-American fantasy film directed by Mike Newell and distributed by Warner Bros. It is based on the novel of the name by J. K. Rowling. The film, which is the fourth instalment in the Harry Potter film series, was written by Steve Kloves, the story follows Harry Potters fourth year at Hogwarts as he is chosen by the Goblet of Fire to compete in the Triwizard Tournament. The film stars Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter alongside Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as Harrys best friends Ron Weasley and it is the sequel to Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and is followed by Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. The Hogwarts scenes were shot at the Leavesden Film Studios, as of April 2017, it is the 43rd highest-grossing film worldwide and the sixth-highest-grossing film in the Harry Potter series. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Goblet of Fire was the second film in the series to be released in IMAX. Harry Potter dreams of Frank Bryce, who is killed after overhearing Lord Voldemort discussing plans with Peter Pettigrew, at Hogwarts, Albus Dumbledore introduces ex-Auror Alastor Mad-Eye Moody as the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. The Goblet unexpectedly also chooses a champion, Harry Potter. This makes Harrys best friend Ron Weasley jealous of him, for the tournaments first task, the champions must each retrieve a golden egg guarded by a dragon. After summoning his broomstick, Harry succeeds in retrieving his egg, shortly after, another event known as the Yule Ball dance takes place, Harrys crush Cho Chang attends with Cedric, and Hermione Granger attends with Viktor, which makes Ron jealous of Viktor. During the second task, the champions must dive underwater to rescue their mates, Harry comes out in third place, but is placed second behind Cedric due to his moral fibre after saving Fleurs sister Gabrielle as well as Ron. Afterwards, Harry finds the corpse of Barty Crouch Sr. Harry visits Dumbledore at his office, and while waiting for him, he discovers a Pensieve, which holds Dumbledores memories. Inside it, Harry witnesses a trial in which Igor Karkaroff confessed to the Ministry of Magic names of other Death Eaters and he named Severus Snape as one, but Dumbledore defended him, he then named Barty Crouch Jr. This left Barty Crouch Sr. devastated, and his son was imprisoned in Azkaban, after exiting the Pensieve, Harry deduces that the man he has seen in his dreams with Voldemort is Barty Crouch Jr. In the third and final task, the champions enter a hedge maze, Viktor, under the influence of the Imperius Curse, incapacitates Fleur. Voldemort releases Harry in order to him in a duel to prove he is the better wizard. Harry, unable to defend himself, tries the Expelliarmus charm at the moment that Voldemort attempts the Killing Curse. Their wands do not work against each other, and Voldemorts wand is forced to disgorge the last spells it performed and this results in shadow impressions of the people he murdered appearing in the graveyard, including Harrys parents and Cedric
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British release poster
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Director
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is a 2004 British-American fantasy film directed by Alfonso Cuarón and distributed by Warner Bros. It is based on the novel of the name by J. K. Rowling. The film, which is the third instalment in the Harry Potter film series, was written by Steve Kloves and produced by Chris Columbus, David Heyman, and Mark Radcliffe. The story follows Harry Potters third year at Hogwarts as he is informed that a prisoner named Sirius Black has escaped from Azkaban intending to kill him. The film stars Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, alongside Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as Harrys best friends Ron Weasley and it also features well-known actors in supporting roles, including Gary Oldman, David Thewlis, Michael Gambon, Emma Thompson and Timothy Spall. It is the sequel to Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and is followed by Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. The film was released on 31 May 2004 in the United Kingdom and on 4 June 2004 in North America, as the first Harry Potter film released into IMAX theatres and it is also the last Harry Potter film to be released on VHS. The film was nominated for two Academy Awards, Best Original Music Score and Best Visual Effects at the 77th Academy Awards in 2005. It marked a change in the film series tone and direction and is widely considered to be the best Harry Potter film by many critics. Harry Potter, now aged 13, has been spending another dissatisfying summer at Privet Drive, when Uncle Vernons sister, Marge, insults Harrys parents, he becomes angry and accidentally causes her to inflate and float away. Harry flees with his luggage, fed up with his life with the Dursleys, the Knight Bus delivers Harry to the Leaky Cauldron, where he is forgiven by Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge for using magic outside of Hogwarts. The trio are returning to Hogwarts for the year on the Hogwarts Express when dementors suddenly board the train. One enters the compartment, causing Harry to pass out. New Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher Professor Lupin repels the dementor with a Patronus Charm, at Hogwarts, headmaster Albus Dumbledore announces that dementors will be guarding the school while Sirius is at large. Hogwarts groundskeeper Hagrid is announced as the new Care of Magical Creatures teacher, his first class goes awry when Draco Malfoy deliberately provokes a hippogriff, Buckbeak, dracos father Lucius Malfoy later has Buckbeak sentenced to death. The Fat Ladys portrait, which guards the Gryffindor quarters, is found ruined, terrified and hiding in another painting, the Fat Lady tells Dumbledore that Sirius Black has entered the castle. During a stormy Quidditch match, dementors attack Harry, causing him to fall off his broomstick, at Hogsmeade, Harry is shocked to learn that not only had Sirius Black been his parents best friend and betrayed them to Voldemort, but that Sirius is also his godfather. Lupin privately teaches Harry to defend himself against dementors, using the Patronus Charm, after Harry, Ron and Hermione witness Buckbeaks execution, Rons pet rat Scabbers bites him and escapes
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British release poster
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Loch Shiel, where scenes from Prisoner of Azkaban were filmed.
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John Williams
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Draco Malfoy
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Draco Lucius Malfoy is a character in J. K. Rowlings Harry Potter series. He is a student in Harry Potters year belonging in the Slytherin house and he is frequently accompanied by his two cronies, Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle, who act as henchmen. Draco is characterised as a bully who manipulates and hurts people to get what he wants, nevertheless. He was played by Tom Felton in the Harry Potter film series, Draco serves as a foil to the hero, Harry Potter and is loosely based on bullies Rowling encountered during her school days. Harry first encounters Dracos snobbish bigotry after their encounter at Madam Malkins. Rowling uses the Malfoys to introduce themes of intolerance and bigotry into a setting where people are judged solely by their blood lineage rather than their good character or accomplishments. Harrys first impression that the Wizarding community is a magical wonderland is instantly shattered, says Rowling, found out that many people in power in the wizarding world are just as corrupt and nasty as they are in our world. Malfoy was originally named Draco Spungen in the earliest drafts of Philosophers Stone, Spungen also appeared on her pre-canon class list, but it was crossed out and replaced with the surname Spinks, while Malfoy was later added after the completion of the list. Philip Nel believes that Malfoy is derived from the French phrase mal foi, in an article published in 2002, Nilsen and Nilsen argue that Draco has connotations with draconian, and that his name starts with mal, a French prefix for bad or evil. Many of Dracos relatives on his mothers side of the family are named for stars or constellations, Draco Malfoy eventually named his son for yet another constellation, Scorpius. Draco Malfoy makes his first appearance in the series when he and Harry meet while being fitted for school robes at Madam Malkins, Harry, however, is alienated by the arrogance of Draco, who asks whether the orphans parents are our kind. Draco then proclaims that the other sort should not be allowed at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the two boys part without introductions, but meet again on the Hogwarts Express. After Draco ridicules Ron Weasleys family, Harry rejects his offer of friendship, demonstrated by a handshake, and their mutual antagonism is born. According to Rowling, Malfoy originally makes an effort to be Harrys friend because it will be cool to turn up at the school being Harry Potters friend, because Harry is so famous. However, Harry did not want Malfoy as a friend because he has been so rude about Rubeus Hagrid and about Ron, who Harry likes so much. In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Draco becomes the new Seeker for the Slytherin Quidditch team after his father, Lucius Malfoy, donates new, high-quality Nimbus 2001 broomsticks. When Hermione Granger comments that the Gryffindor players made the team through talent and not bribery and this provokes an immediate, violent response from Ron Weasley. Because of Dracos contempt for Muggle-borns, Harry, Ron, and Hermione suspect that Draco is the Heir of Slytherin, who has recently reopened the Chamber of Secrets
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Tom Felton as Draco Malfoy in
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Left to right: Goyle, Malfoy, Crabbe, and Pansy Parkinson
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Draco and the Malfoys during a performance at
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Teen Vogue
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Teen Vogue is a US magazine which was launched in 2004 as a sister publication to Vogue, targeted at teenage girls. Like Vogue, it includes stories about fashion and celebrities, since 2015, the magazine has moved its focus away from shopping and fashion features into more topical content, including politics and current affairs. Teen Vogue was established in 2003, as a spinoff of Vogue, the magazine is published in a smaller 6¾x9 format to afford it more visibility on shelves and some flexibility getting into a digest size slot at checkout stands. In May 2016, Elaine Welteroth was appointed as editor, replacing the founding editor-in-chief Amy Astley and her appointment at 29 saw her become the youngest editor-in-chief in Condé Nasts history, and the second African-American. She works closely with digital editorial director Phillip Picardi and creative director Marie Suter, in November 2016, it was announced Teen Vogue would start publishing quarterly, following the Dec/Jan 2017 issue. In December 2016, the published an opinion article by Lauren Duca. List of Teen Vogue cover models Official website Teen Vogue – magazine profile at Fashion Model Directory
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Nat Wolff and
Charli XCX on the cover of the June/July 2015 issue
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Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
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Elizabeth II has been Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand since 6 February 1952. Elizabeth was born in London as the eldest child of the Duke and Duchess of York, later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth and her father acceded to the throne on the abdication of his brother Edward VIII in 1936, from which time she was the heir presumptive. She began to undertake duties during the Second World War. Elizabeths many historic visits and meetings include a visit to the Republic of Ireland. She has seen major changes, such as devolution in the United Kingdom, Canadian patriation. She has reigned through various wars and conflicts involving many of her realms and she is the worlds oldest reigning monarch as well as Britains longest-lived. In October 2016, she became the longest currently reigning monarch, in 2017 she became the first British monarch to commemorate a Sapphire Jubilee. Elizabeth has occasionally faced republican sentiments and press criticism of the family, however, support for the monarchy remains high. Elizabeth was born at 02,40 on 21 April 1926, during the reign of her paternal grandfather and her father, Prince Albert, Duke of York, was the second son of the King. Her mother, Elizabeth, Duchess of York, was the youngest daughter of Scottish aristocrat Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and she was delivered by Caesarean section at her maternal grandfathers London house,17 Bruton Street, Mayfair. Elizabeths only sibling, Princess Margaret, was born in 1930, the two princesses were educated at home under the supervision of their mother and their governess, Marion Crawford, who was casually known as Crawfie. Lessons concentrated on history, language, literature and music, Crawford published a biography of Elizabeth and Margarets childhood years entitled The Little Princesses in 1950, much to the dismay of the royal family. The book describes Elizabeths love of horses and dogs, her orderliness, others echoed such observations, Winston Churchill described Elizabeth when she was two as a character. She has an air of authority and reflectiveness astonishing in an infant and her cousin Margaret Rhodes described her as a jolly little girl, but fundamentally sensible and well-behaved. During her grandfathers reign, Elizabeth was third in the line of succession to the throne, behind her uncle Edward, Prince of Wales, and her father, the Duke of York. Although her birth generated public interest, she was not expected to become queen, many people believed that he would marry and have children of his own. When her grandfather died in 1936 and her uncle succeeded as Edward VIII, she became second-in-line to the throne, later that year, Edward abdicated, after his proposed marriage to divorced socialite Wallis Simpson provoked a constitutional crisis. Consequently, Elizabeths father became king, and she became heir presumptive, if her parents had had a later son, she would have lost her position as first-in-line, as her brother would have been heir apparent and above her in the line of succession
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The Queen in March 2015
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Princess Elizabeth aged 3, April 1929
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Princess Elizabeth aged 7, painted by
Philip de László, 1933
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Elizabeth in
Auxiliary Territorial Service uniform, April 1945
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is a 2009 British-American fantasy film directed by David Yates and distributed by Warner Bros. It is based on the novel of the name by J. K. Rowling. The film, which is the sixth instalment in the Harry Potter film series, was written by Steve Kloves and produced by David Heyman, the film stars Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, alongside Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as Harrys best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. It is the sequel to Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and is followed by Harry Potter, filming began on 24 September 2007, leading to the films worldwide cinematic release on 15 July 2009, one day short of the fourth anniversary of the corresponding novels release. The film was released in regular cinemas and IMAX 3D everywhere except North America. Half-Blood Prince opened to positive reviews along with commercial success. In five days the film made $394 million, breaking the record for highest five-day worldwide gross, with a total gross of $934 million, it became the 8th-highest-grossing film of all time and the second-highest-grossing film of 2009. It is currently the 39th-highest-grossing film of all time worldwide unadjusted for inflation and it is the fifth-highest-grossing film in the franchise. The film was nominated at the 82nd Academy Awards for Best Cinematography, Critics praised the films emotionally satisfying story, Yates direction, cinematography, performances, visuals, and Nicholas Hoopers musical score. After his exposure to the world, Lord Voldemort is tightening his grip on both the wizarding and Muggle worlds, kidnapping Ollivander from Diagon Alley and destroying the Millennium Bridge. After the Malfoy family is disgraced when Lucius is apprehended and sent to Azkaban for his involvement with the Death Eaters, Voldemort chooses Draco to carry out a secret mission at Hogwarts. Harry accompanies Albus Dumbledore at a Tube station to visit former Potions professor Horace Slughorn, who has gone into hiding, Dumbledore then takes Harry to The Burrow, where Harry reunites with his best friends, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. When the three go visit the Weasley brothers new joke shop at Diagon Alley, they see Draco entering Knockturn Alley with a group of Death Eaters, Harry believes Voldemort has made Draco a Death Eater, but Ron and Hermione are skeptical. On the Hogwarts Express, Harry hides in the Slytherin carriage using his Invisibility Cloak, using the book, Harry excels in the class and impresses Slughorn, winning a vial of Felix Felicis potion, a brew that allows the consumer perfect luck. Ron becomes Keeper of the Gryffindor Quidditch team and forms a relationship with Lavender Brown. Harry consoles Hermione, revealing that he now has feelings for Rons younger sister, Harry spends the Christmas holidays with the Weasleys. On Christmas Eve, Harry discusses his suspicions about Draco to the Order of the Phoenix, although he is immediately dismissed by Remus Lupin, Arthur Weasley claims that the Malfoys may have been interested in a Vanishing Cabinet. Later, Bellatrix and Greyback raid and set fire to the Burrow, back at Hogwarts, Ron is accidentally given a love potion intended for Harry
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Theatrical release poster
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The
Cliffs of Moher were used as the exterior of the Horcrux Cave.
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Alan F. Horn, the
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a 2007 British-American fantasy film directed by David Yates and distributed by Warner Bros. It is based on the novel of the name by J. K. Rowling. The film, which is the fifth instalment in the Harry Potter film series, was written by Michael Goldenberg and produced by David Heyman, the story follows Harry Potters fifth year at Hogwarts as the Ministry of Magic is in denial of Lord Voldemorts return. The film stars Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, alongside Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as Harrys best friends Ron Weasley and it is the sequel to Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and is followed by Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Post-production on the film continued for months afterwards to add in visual effects. The films budget was reportedly between £75 and 100 million. Warner Bros. released the film in the United Kingdom on 12 July 2007 and in North America on 11 July, the film was nominated for two BAFTA Film Awards in 2008. While trying to outrun a storm Harry Potter and Dudley are attacked by Dementors, back at the dursleys Harry recevies a letter saying he is expelled from Hogwarts. The Order of the Phoenix, an organization founded by Albus Dumbledore. Then they take him to their headquarters and inform him that the Ministry of Magic is oblivious to Lord Voldemorts return, Harrys godfather, Sirius Black, mentions that Voldemort is after an object he did not have during his previous attack. Dumbledore arrives at the hearing and convinces the Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge to let Harry return to Hogwarts, at the school Harry learns that Fudge has appointed a new Defence Against the Dark Arts professor, Dolores Umbridge. She and Harry immediately clash, and she punishes Harry for his lies by forcing him to write a message with a magic quill, scarring his hand. When Ron and Hermione notice Harrys scars they are outraged, but Harry refuses to go to Dumbledore, as Umbridges control over the school increases, Ron and Hermione aid Harry in forming a secret group to train students in defensive spells, calling themselves Dumbledores Army. Umbridge recruits the Slytherin students to expose the group, meanwhile, Harry and Cho Chang develop romantic feelings for each other. Harry has an involving a attack upon Arthur Weasley, from the point of view of Arthurs attacker. Concerned that Voldemort will exploit this connection to Harry, Dumbledore instructs Severus Snape to give Harry Occlumency lessons to defend his mind from Voldemorts influence, the connection between Harry and Voldemort leads Harry to further isolate himself from his friends. Meanwhile, Bellatrix Lestrange, Siriuss deranged Death Eater cousin, escapes from Azkaban along with nine other Death Eaters, at Hogwarts, Umbridge and her Inquisitorial Squad expose Dumbledores Army. Dumbledore escapes as Fudge orders his arrest, Harrys relationship with Cho falls apart, as he believes she betrayed Dumbledores Army to Umbridge
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British release poster
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Filming of aerial and backdrop shots took place at
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An advertisement for the film on a London double-decker bus.
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David Yates at the premiere of Order of the Phoenix, July 2007. Yates was praised for his transition from television to budget cinema; he had not directed a mainstream picture prior to Order of the Phoenix.
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Forbes
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Forbes is an American business magazine. Published bi-weekly, it features articles on finance, industry, investing. Forbes also reports on related subjects such as technology, communications, science, politics and its headquarters is located in Jersey City, New Jersey. Primary competitors in the business magazine category include Fortune and Bloomberg Businessweek. The magazine is known for its lists and rankings, including its lists of the richest Americans. Another well-known list by the magazine is The Worlds Billionaires list, the motto of Forbes magazine is The Capitalist Tool. Its chairman and editor-in-chief is Steve Forbes, and its CEO is Mike Perlis, Forbes, a financial columnist for the Hearst papers, and his partner Walter Drey, the general manager of the Magazine of Wall Street, founded Forbes magazine on September 15,1917. Forbes provided the money and the name and Drey provided the publishing expertise, the original name of the magazine was Forbes, Devoted to Doers and Doings. Drey became vice-president of the B. C. Forbes Publishing Company, while B. C. Forbes became editor-in-chief, B. C. Forbes was assisted in his later years by his two eldest sons, Bruce Charles Forbes and Malcolm Stevenson Forbes. Bruce Forbes took over on his fathers death, and his strengths lay in streamlining operations, during his tenure, 1954–1964, the magazines circulation nearly doubled. On Malcolms death, his eldest son Malcolm Stevenson Steve Forbes Jr. became President and Chief Executive of Forbes, between 1961 and 1999 the magazine was edited by James Michaels. In 1993, under Michaels, Forbes was a finalist for the National Magazine Award. com, a 2009 New York Times report said,40 percent of the enterprise was sold. For a reported $300 million, setting the value of the enterprise at $750 million, according to Mark M. Edmiston of AdMedia Partners, Its probably not worth half of that now. The companys headquarters moved to the Newport section of downtown Jersey City. In November 2013, Forbes Media, which publishes Forbes magazine, was put up for sale and this was encouraged by Elevation Partners, of whom were minority shareholders. Sales documents prepared by Deutsche Bank revealed that the publishers 2012 EBITDA was $15 million, Forbes reportedly sought a price of $400 million. In July 2014, Forbes sold a majority of itself to Integrated Whale Media Investments, Steve Forbes and his magazines writers offer investment advice on the weekly Fox TV show Forbes on Fox and on Forbes On Radio. Other company groups include Forbes Conference Group, Forbes Investment Advisory Group, from the 2009 Times report, Steve Forbes recently returned from opening up a Forbes magazine in India, bringing the number of foreign editions to 10
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Cover for December 20, 2010, featuring
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Forbes's former headquarters on
5th Avenue in Manhattan (now owned by New York University)
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Forbes Building on
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Noel Streatfeild
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Mary Noel Streatfeild OBE, was an English author, best known for childrens books including the Shoes books, which were not a series. She won the third annual Carnegie Medal for The Circus Is Coming and she was a member of the historic Streatfeild family. Several of her novels have been adapted for film or television and she was born in Sussex, England, the second of five children of William Streatfeild, later the Bishop of Lewes. Her life is described in three novels, A Vicarage Family, Away from the Vicarage and Beyond the Vicarage. Noel was considered the sister in her family, but she shone in performances with her sisters for charity. Upon reaching adulthood she sought a career in theatre, and gained ten years of experience as an actress, working for the Charles Doran and Arthur Bourchier companies. Her familiarity with the stage was the basis for many of her books for children. Her first childrens book was Ballet Shoes, published by J. M. Dent in 1936 and she recalled, The story poured off my pen, more or less telling itself. I distrusted what came easily and so despised the book, for her third book and third Shoes novel, The Circus Is Coming, she won the 1938 Carnegie Medal. Noel Streatfeild was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1983, Aunt Clara was filmed in 1954 with Margaret Rutherford in the title role. In 1968 London Weekend Television produced a serial of The Growing Summer. It was filmed in Bantry, in Ahakista and near Kilcrohane on the Sheeps Head Peninsula in County Cork, thursdays Child was adapted for television by the BBC in 1972. Ballet Shoes was made into a 6-episode television series by the BBC in 1975, in 2007 it was made into a feature-length film for BBC One. Noel Streatfeild also wrote 12 romance novels under the pen name Susan Scarlett, Noel Streatfeild was recommended by Meg Ryans character in the 1998 film Youve Got Mail. S
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Noel Streatfeild, date unknown
