title: Notts County F.C.

text: In one of the most famous moments in the club's modern history, Notts County visited newly crowned champions Aston Villa on the opening day of the 1981-82 season. The Villa team had paraded their 1980-81 League Championship trophy to an expectant crowd before kickoff, but against all odds, County came away with a 1–0 victory. After surviving relegation at the end of the season, Sirrel became the club's general manager, with his assistant Howard Wilkinson taking over as manager. County survived relegation a little more comfortably the following season, but Wilkinson was tempted away by the manager's job at his boyhood club, Sheffield Wednesday, and the board recruited former Wigan Athletic manager Larry Lloyd to replace him. Despite a good run to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup, where they were knocked out by eventual winners Everton, the club had a poor league campaign that ultimately resulted in their relegation. This poor form continued into the following season, resulting in Lloyd's dismissal with the club bottom of the Second Division. Richie Barker took over as manager, but failed to improve the club's fortunes, and was dismissed after less than six months in charge.


title: Notts County F.C.

text: Jimmy Sirrel took charge of the team once again, and while the club's form improved, it came too late, and County suffered their second successive relegation. After two decent but unremarkable finishes in the Third Division, Sirrel finally retired in 1987, bringing to a close one of the most successful and memorable periods in Notts County's history.


title: Notts County F.C.

text: Sirrel was replaced by John Barnwell, who nearly steered the club to automatic promotion in the season that followed, but a late stumble meant they had to settle for the play-offs, where they lost to eventual winners Walsall. The team failed to repeat their form the following season and instead found themselves battling relegation to the Fourth Division, resulting in Barnwell being dismissed just before Christmas.


title: Notts County F.C.

text: In late 1988, a new manager arrived. Neil Warnock had previously led Scarborough into the Football League as champions of the Football Conference. At the end of his first full season, Warnock had led Notts County to promotion back to Division Two. The club anthem The Wheelbarrow song originated during this season, stemming from the club's historic first game at Wembley Stadium in a 2–0 win over Tranmere Rovers. A famous 1–0 victory over Manchester City in the FA Cup booked them a place in the quarter-final, which they lost to eventual winners Tottenham Hotspur. Notts County also booked their second successive visit to Wembley and their second successive promotion. The Magpies defeated Brighton & Hove Albion 3–1 in front of 60,000 spectators, 25,000 of which were Notts County fans.


title: Notts County F.C.

text: The following season was disappointing, seeing Notts County relegated from the top flight after just one season back there. Their first game of that season was a visit to Manchester United at Old Trafford, where they lost 2–0. However, they did manage to hold Manchester United to a 1–1 draw in the return game at Meadow Lane just after the turn of the year, as United began a dismal second half of the season which ultimately cost them the league title. County's relegation came shortly after the sale of strikers Paul Rideout and Tommy Johnson, which raked in nearly £2million in total and contributed towards a £5million stadium revamp which saw Meadow Lane rebuilt on three sides shortly afterwards. With the introduction of the Premier League, County were relegated from the old Division One to the new Division One. Warnock was dismissed in January 1993 and was succeeded by Mick Walker. Walker successfully averted a second consecutive relegation.


title: Notts County F.C.

text: The Magpies narrowly missed the play-offs for promotion to the Premiership. The season is most remembered for a 2–1 victory over archrivals Nottingham Forest in which Charlie Palmer scored the winning goal with just four minutes remaining. Notts had led for much of the game, until Forest got a free kick from which they equalised. Notts fans were reluctantly resigning themselves to a draw, when Palmer headed in the winner. This was all the more remarkable because he only scored 4 goals in his whole career. The game has become a celebrated event among Notts County fans, who have dubbed 12 February (the anniversary of the game) Sir Charlie Palmer Day, and Charlie Palmer has been referred to as "Sir Charlie" by Notts fans ever since. In March 1994, Notts County lost the Anglo-Italian Cup final to Brescia.


title: Notts County F.C.

text: Walker was surprisingly sacked in September 1994. This event triggered a dramatic decline in the club's fortunes that has persisted to the present. Notts won the Anglo-Italian Cup at Wembley in March 1995, but ended the season relegated to Division Two, with Walker, Russell Slade, Howard Kendall and Steve Nicol each taking control of the team at different times throughout the season, before the club appointed yet another manager, Colin Murphy after the season ended.


title: Notts County F.C.

text: County made another visit to Wembley Stadium in the 1996 play-off final, but missed the chance of a return to Division One with a 2–0 defeat to Bradford City. The following season ranks among the club's worst, as they managed just seven victories all season and finished in the bottom position of the league table. Relegation to the league's basement division happened just six years after promotion to the top flight. However, success followed relegation under Sam Allardyce. The Magpies secured the Division Three title in March 1998 by a record margin of seventeen points. They became the first side since World War II to win promotion in mid-March, with six games still remaining.


title: Notts County F.C.

text: Allardyce left in October 1999 to join his old team Bolton Wanderers. In September 2003, Notts County faced the real possibility of dissolution. Crippling debts and an increasingly impatient Football League board combined to leave the future of the league's oldest club in doubt. However, the considerable efforts of a group of local businessmen and the club's supporters helped save the club from extinction. But despite new ownership, the club were unable to avoid relegation back to the bottom division in 2004. In a similar circumstance as their relegation in 1992, due to the rebranding of the Football League, County went from Division Two to League Two.


title: Notts County F.C.

text: Ian Richardson replaced Gary Mills as manager in November 2004. Richardson managed to guide the club away from the relegation zone and held the manager's job until the end of the season when Gudjon Thordarson became the club's sixth manager in five years. The 2005–06 season began well for the Magpies: they won or drew their first seven league games and were top of the table in September. But their form dropped and they escaped relegation only on the final day of the season with a 2–2 draw against Bury, whilst Oxford United lost and went down. The Magpies' 21st place in League Two, and 89th place overall, was the lowest position the club had ever finished, and at the end of the season both the chairman and the manager left, a long-standing youth squad programme was ended, and many of the first-team players were out-of-contract or nearing contract maturity.


title: Notts County F.C.

text: Former assistant manager Steve Thompson was appointed as manager and he led the team to a 13th place division finish in 2006–07. The following season started with poor results, including early exits from the League Cup and the EFL Trophy, and Thompson was sacked in October 2007, to be replaced by Ian 'Charlie' McParland. However, the team's poor form continued and safety from relegation was only secured in the penultimate match of the season.


title: Notts County F.C.

text: In June 2009, it was announced that County were in talks on a takeover by Munto Finance, a Middle Eastern consortium owned by Qadbak Investments and represented by Nathan and Peter Willett. Speculated by the British media and supported in part by various press releases, the club were believed to be given multimillion-pound backing, and were linked during the takeover's initial planning stages with the Qatari royal family by British tabloids. However, the latter claim was denied by the family. The supporters' trust, which owned the majority 60% share in the club, voted in favour of the takeover. On 14 July 2009, the takeover was confirmed, with Peter Trembling being appointed as executive chairman. A week later, former England manager Sven-Göran Eriksson was announced as the club's new director of football, having been persuaded by convicted fraudster Russell King to join Notts County. On 28 July 2009, the club unveiled a new logo.


title: Notts County F.C.

text: The biggest headlines of the summer were made with the signings of England international defender Sol Campbell, and of goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel. Schmeichel, a future Denmark international and Premier League winner, had just been released by Manchester City, and dropped a full three divisions to accept a five-year contract with County. Campbell, 34, moved from Premier League Portsmouth where he had been an FA Cup winner just eight months previously, but played only one game for County before walking out citing false promises. Schmeichel remained for the whole season, travelling with the squad to away games by private jet, but was never paid by the club, claiming in hindsight "it was all a farce" and "I knew something was wrong but I didn't care because I just wanted to play football".


title: Notts County F.C.

text: On 20 October 2009, the League announced that County's owners had met its "fit and proper persons" regulations, and that while their structure was "complicated" and featured "both offshore entities and discretionary trusts", it had provided "extensive disclosure" to the League on their ownership structure. The League also stated that public disclosure of their ownership structure was a "matter for the club". McParland parted company with the club in October 2009 with Notts fifth in League Two and 4 points from the top of the table; youth team manager Michael Johnson and assistant manager Dave Kevan were installed as joint caretaker managers..


title: Notts County F.C.

text: On 27 November 2009, "The Guardian" revealed that the league had reopened inquiries into the ownership of Notts County. The League chairman, Brian Mawhinney, confirmed that the club had been sent a series of questions relating to its ownership structure. On 12 December 2009, Peter Trembling purchased the club from Munto Finance for a nominal fee. Hans Backe, Eriksson's former assistant at Manchester City, was given the job of manager in October 2009. He signed a three-year deal and stated his intent to get the club promoted to League One, but resigned two months later after just nine games in charge.


title: Notts County F.C.

text: Ray Trew bought the club in February 2010, after it had been served with two winding up petitions from HM Revenue and Customs due to demands for a late PAYE payment of around £500,000. After two months without a permanent manager, Steve Cotterill was given the Notts County job until the end of the 2009–2010 season in February 2010. Cotterill led the club to the League Two title after a 5–0 away win against the already-relegated Darlington, becoming the third club to win the fourth tier of English football three times. A month after winning the title, Cotterill stated that he would not be renewing his contract at Meadow Lane.


title: Notts County F.C.

text: A succession of short-term managers were able to keep the club afloat in League One. Ex-Notts County player Craig Short replaced Cotterill as Manager but was relieved of duties on 24 October 2010. Paul Ince took over in October 2010, then Martin Allen in April 2011, Keith Curle in February 2012, Chris Kiwomya in March 2013 after a short caretaker spell, and Shaun Derry in November 2013. Derry was able to turn the team's fortunes around and avoid relegation thanks to a 1–1 draw away at Oldham Athletic on the final day of the 2013–14 season.


title: Notts County F.C.

text: County's luck ran out in March 2015, when Derry and assistant manager Greg Abbott were sacked with the team relegated to League Two. Ricardo Moniz joined on a three-year contract, but lasted only until 29 December 2015. Jamie Fullarton's reign was even shorter; appointed in January 2016 on a three-and-a-half year contract, but sacked in March after 12 games, during which time Ray Trew stepped down as chairman. Mark Cooper was Fullarton's temporary replacement, with the contract to be made permanent if a certain, undisclosed, points total was achieved, but on 7 May Cooper left the club of his own volition.


title: Notts County F.C.

text: Later that month John Sheridan left Oldham Athletic to become manager on a three-year contract. Sheridan was sacked in January 2017 for gross misconduct, following his verbal assaults and threats against match officials during the club's 2–0 home defeat by Wycombe in December. On 7 January 2017, Notts County set a new club record of 10 successive defeats.


title: Notts County F.C.

text: On 12 January 2017, Alan Hardy completed the takeover of the club from Ray Trew and appointed Kevin Nolan as manager, followed in August 2018 by Harry Kewell. Kewell left the club On 13 November 2018, to be replaced by Neal Ardley. On 27 January 2019, with County bottom of League Two, Hardy officially put the club up for sale, though not before attracting the attention of the FA for accidentally including a picture of his penis in a screenshot posted to Twitter. On 4 May 2019, following a 3–1 defeat away at Swindon Town, Notts County was relegated from the English Football League for the first time in their 157-year history. In the summer, the club was sold to Danish businessmen Alexander and Christoffer Reedtz.


title: Notts County F.C.

text: Notts County came within 90 minutes of regaining their Football League status at the first attempt, losing 3–1 to Harrogate Town on 2 August 2020 in the National League promotion play-off final behind closed doors at Wembley Stadium.


title: Notts County F.C.

text: In their next season, which was also their second consecutive season in the National League, they secured 5th place, which qualified them for the quarter-finals of the promotion play-offs. They beat Chesterfield 3–2 in the quarter-final. However, they lost 4–2 to Torquay United in the semi finals after extra time, thus keeping them in the National League for another year.


title: Notts County F.C.

text: In the 2021-22 season, they finished fifth in the National League and reached the playoffs, but were knocked out by Grimsby Town in the quarter-final.


title: Notts County F.C.

text: Notts County's first known colours were amber and black hooped shirts, dating from the 1870s. This was followed by short spells playing in amber, then chocolate and blue halves. In 1890, the club adopted black and white striped shirts, and have played in these colours for most of the rest of their history.


title: Notts County F.C.

text: The Italian football club Juventus F.C. derived its famous black-and-white striped kits from Notts County. Juventus have played in black and white striped shirts, and with white or sometimes black shorts, since 1903. Originally, they played in pink shirts with a black tie, which only occurred due to the wrong shirts being sent to them. The father of one of the players made the earliest shirts, but continual washing faded the colour so much that in 1903 the club sought to replace them. Juventus asked one of their team members, Englishman John Savage, if he had any contacts in England who could supply new shirts in a colour that would better withstand the elements. He had a friend who lived in Nottingham, who being a Notts County supporter, shipped out the black and white striped shirts to Turin. Juve have worn the shirts ever since, considering the colours to be aggressive and powerful.


title: Notts County F.C.

text: On 8 September 2011 to mark the opening of the new Stadium in Turin, Juventus invited Notts County for an historic exhibition match. After a spectacular opening ceremony referencing Juve's history, the game ended 1–1 with goals from Luca Toni and Lee Hughes both coming in the second half.


title: Notts County F.C.

text: The club initially played at Park Hollow in the grounds of the old Nottingham Castle. In December 1864, the decision was made to play games against outside opposition, and it was decided that the club needed to find a bigger venue. After playing at several grounds, including the Castle Ground, the Magpies settled at Trent Bridge Cricket Ground in 1883. However, when Trent Bridge was in use for cricket, Notts played matches at the Castle Ground or Nottingham Forest's Town Ground. The club moved to their current ground, Meadow Lane, in 1910. It currently has an all-seated capacity of 19,841 for Football League games. The record attendance is 47,310, who watched Notts lose 1–0 to York City in the FA Cup Sixth Round on 12 March 1955.


title: Notts County F.C.

text: The "Notts County Supporters Trust" were the majority shareholders in the club between 2006 and 2009. When the club went into administration in 2003, and looked to be going out of business, the money to keep it in business was only found a week before the Football League's deadline. During this time, the supporters decided to form a supporters trust. In 2006 the trust eventually took control of Notts County Football Club, buying the club from Haydn Green. In 2009, members of the trust voted to accept a takeover bid from Munto Finance, with Peter Trembling named as Chairman. The group saw Sven-Göran Eriksson come in as Director of Football and Sol Campbell as a player. The club has a very large overseas following, with a large number of overseas fans mostly from Italy and Hungary, despite its relative lack of silverware; it was reported the number was one of the highest in The Football League.


title: Notts County F.C.

text: Famous supporters include television and theatre writer William Ivory, musician Jake Bugg who sponsored the club in 2017, MP Kenneth Clarke (although he supports Forest as well) and infamously mass-murderer serial killer Harold Shipman.


title: Notts County F.C.

text: Notts County view their main rivals as neighbours Nottingham Forest. However, during recent stints in the lower levels of the Football League, rivalry has increased with Nottinghamshire neighbours Mansfield Town. Other clubs sharing local rivalries with Notts County are Derby County, Lincoln City, Leicester City, and Chesterfield.


title: Notts County F.C.

text: As of the 2018–19 season, Notts County had played more league games (4,986) than any other English team, although following relegation to the National League this has subsequently been superseded by Preston North End.


title: Notts County F.C.

text: With a total of 13 promotions and 17 relegations, no club has moved between the divisions of the Football League on more occasions than Notts County.


title: Upwork

text: Upwork Global Inc., formerly Elance-oDesk, is an American freelancing platform headquartered in Santa Clara and San Francisco, California. The company was formed in 2013 as Elance-oDesk, after the merger of Elance Inc. and oDesk Corp. The merged company subsequently rebranded to Upwork in 2015.


title: Upwork

text: In 2017, Upwork had over twelve million registered freelancers and five million registered clients. More than three million jobs worth over $1 billion USD together were posted in 2017.


title: Upwork

text: Elance was founded in 1998 by MIT graduate Beerud Sheth and Wall Street veteran Srini Anumolu in a two-bedroom apartment in Jersey City. In December 1999, the company's 22 employees relocated to Sunnyvale, in California's Silicon Valley. Elance's first product was the Elance Small Business Marketplace.


title: Upwork

text: oDesk was founded in 2003 by two friends, Odysseas Tsatalos and Stratis Karamanlakis, who wanted to work together even though one of them was in the U.S. and the other was in Greece. Originally created as a staffing firm, oDesk was eventually built into an online marketplace that allowed registered users to find, hire, and collaborate with remote workers.


title: Upwork

text: Elance and oDesk announced their merger on December 18, 2013 to create Elance-oDesk. In 2015, the new company was rebranded as Upwork, which coincided with an upgrade of the oDesk platform under the same name. The newly named Upwork also planned to phase out the Elance platform within a couple of years. The Upwork platform has experienced brief outages, with one in September 2015 leading to an apology from then-CEO Stephane Kasriel.


title: Upwork

text: The company was listed on the Inc. 5000 list from 2009 to 2014 and filed for an initial public offering on October 3, 2018.


title: Upwork

text: On March 7, 2022, Upwork started suspending operations for freelancers and clients in Russia and Belarus as a sanction following Russia's invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022.


title: Upwork

text: Upwork allows clients to interview, hire and work with freelancers and freelance agencies through the company's platform. The client posts a description of their job and a price range they are willing to pay for a freelancer to complete it. The client may invite specific freelancers to apply for their jobs, or else post the job for any freelancer who is interested to apply. Once the client has chosen who they want to complete the job, they hire that freelancer by sending a contract with set hours, pay rate, and a deadline for the work to be completed.


title: Upwork

text: The Upwork platform includes a real-time chat feature that either clients or freelancers can use to message prospects. The Upwork time tracking application records the freelancer's keystrokes and mouse movements and takes screenshots to be submitted to their client.


title: Upwork

text: In March 2017, Upwork reported 14 million users in 180 countries with $1 billion USD in annual freelancer billings.


title: Upwork

text: In 2020, the company purged 1.8 million freelancers, possibly due to changes made under the leadership of new CEO Hayden Brown. In a 2019 call with investors, Brown said that Upwork would be focusing more on serving the needs of Fortune 500 companies rather than smaller companies just looking for a quick job with a single gig worker. During this call, Brown also spoke of a "skill gap" between what companies were looking for on the Upwork platform and what they were getting. Many of the freelancers purged were rated as "less skilled" or had lower rankings on the platform.


title: Upwork

text: Upwork has also made other changes under Brown's leadership. The platform adopted paid client subscription rates, increased client payment fees from 2.75% to 3%, raised the cost of "Connects" (virtual tokens used by freelancers to submit job proposals), and changed the number of "Connects" needed for freelancers to submit job proposals. Brown has said that these changes were made to improve the quality of freelancers and freelance work available on the platform, but they also led to increased financial gains for Upwork and its investors.


title: Upwork

text: In October 2020, Upwork launched a new feature called "Project Catalog" that allows freelancers and agencies to offer pre-scoped services at fixed prices, similar to Fiverr marketplace.


title: Upwork

text: In March 2021, Upwork released a report claiming that up to 25% of professionals expect to permanently work remotely.


title: Disaster

text: A disaster is a serious problem occurring over a short or long period of time that causes widespread human, material, economic or environmental loss which exceeds the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources. Disasters are routinely divided into either "natural disasters" caused by natural hazards or "human-instigated disasters" caused from anthropogenic hazards. However, in modern times, the divide between natural, human-made and human-accelerated disasters is difficult to draw.


title: Disaster

text: Examples of natural hazards include avalanches, flooding, cold waves and heat waves, droughts, earthquakes, cyclones, landslides, lightning, tsunamis, volcanic activity, wildfires, and winter precipitation. Examples of anthropogenic hazards include criminality, civil disorder, terrorism, war, industrial hazards, engineering hazards, power outages, fire, hazards caused by transportation, and environmental hazards.


title: Disaster

text: Developing countries suffer the greatest costs when a disaster hits – more than 95% of all deaths caused by hazards occur in developing countries, and losses due to natural hazards are 20 times greater (as a percentage of gross domestic product) in developing countries than in industrialized countries.


title: Disaster

text: The word "disaster" is derived from Middle French ' and that from Old Italian ', which in turn comes from the Ancient Greek pejorative prefix - ("-") "bad" and (""), "star". The root of the word "disaster" ("bad star" in Greek) comes from an astrological sense of a calamity blamed on the position of planets.


title: Disaster

text: Disasters are routinely divided into natural or human-made. However, in modern times, the divide between natural, man-made and man-accelerated disasters is quite difficult to draw.


title: Disaster

text: Complex disasters, where there is no single root cause, are more common in developing countries. A specific disaster may spawn a secondary disaster that increases the impact. A classic example is an earthquake that causes a tsunami, resulting in coastal flooding, resulting in damage to a nuclear power plant (such as the Fukushima nuclear disaster). Some manufactured disasters have been wrongly ascribed to nature, such as smog and acid rain.


title: Disaster

text: Some researchers also differentiate between recurring events, such as seasonal flooding, and those considered unpredictable.


title: Disaster

text: Human-instigated disasters are the consequence of technological or human hazards. Examples include war, social unrest, stampedes, fires, transport accidents, industrial accidents, conflicts, oil spills, terrorist attacks, and nuclear explosions/nuclear radiation.


title: Disaster

text: Other types of induced disasters include the more cosmic scenarios of catastrophic climate change, nuclear war, and bioterrorism.


title: Disaster

text: One opinion argues that all disasters can be seen as human-made, due to human failure to introduce appropriate emergency management measures.


title: Disaster

text: Famines may be caused locally by drought, flood, fire, or pestilence, but in modern times there is plenty of food globally, and sustained localized shortages are generally due to government mismanagement, violent conflict, or an economic system that does not distribute food where needed. Earthquakes are mainly hazardous because of human-created buildings and dams; avoiding earthquake-generated tsunamis and landslides is largely a matter of location.


title: Gordian Knot

text: The Gordian Knot is an Ancient Greek legend of Phrygian Gordium associated with Alexander the Great who is said to have cut the knot in 333 BC. It is often used as a metaphor for an intractable problem (untying an impossibly tangled knot) solved easily by finding an approach to the problem that renders the perceived constraints of the problem moot ("cutting the Gordian knot"):


title: Gordian Knot

text: The Phrygians were without a king, but an oracle at Telmissus (the ancient capital of Lycia) decreed that the next man to enter the city driving an ox-cart should become their king. A peasant farmer named Gordias drove into town on an ox-cart and was immediately declared king. Out of gratitude, his son Midas dedicated the ox-cart to the Phrygian god Sabazios (whom the Greeks identified with Zeus) and tied it to a post with an intricate knot of cornel bark ("Cornus mas"). The knot was later described by Roman historian Quintus Curtius Rufus as comprising "several knots all so tightly entangled that it was impossible to see how they were fastened".


title: Gordian Knot

text: The ox-cart still stood in the palace of the former kings of Phrygia at Gordium in the fourth century BC when Alexander the Great arrived, at which point Phrygia had been reduced to a satrapy, or province, of the Persian Empire. An oracle had declared that any man who could unravel its elaborate knots was destined to become ruler of all of Asia. Alexander the Great wanted to untie the knot but struggled to do so. He then reasoned that it would make no difference "how" the knot was loosed, so he drew his sword and sliced it in half with a single stroke. In an alternative version of the story, Alexander the Great loosed the knot by pulling the linchpin from the yoke.


title: Gordian Knot

text: Sources from antiquity agree that Alexander the Great was confronted with the challenge of the knot, but his solution is disputed. Both Plutarch and Arrian relate that, according to Aristobulus, Alexander the Great pulled the linchpin from the pole to which the yoke was fastened, exposing the two ends of the cord and allowing him to untie the knot without having to cut through it. Some classical scholars regard this as more plausible than the popular account. Literary sources of the story include Arrian ("Anabasis Alexandri "2.3), Quintus Curtius (3.1.14), Justin's epitome of Pompeius Trogus (11.7.3), and Aelian's "De Natura Animalium" 13.1.


title: Gordian Knot

text: Alexander the Great later went on to conquer Asia as far as the Indus and the Oxus, thus fulfilling the prophecy.


title: Gordian Knot

text: The knot may have been a religious knot-cipher guarded by priests and priestesses. Robert Graves suggested that it may have symbolised the ineffable name of Dionysus that, knotted like a cipher, would have been passed on through generations of priests and revealed only to the kings of Phrygia.


title: Gordian Knot

text: The ox-cart suggests a longer voyage, rather than a local journey, perhaps linking Alexander the Great with an attested origin-myth in Macedon, of which Alexander is most likely to have been aware. Based on this origin myth, the new dynasty was not immemorially ancient, but had widely remembered origins in a local, but non-priestly "outsider" class, represented by Greek reports equally as an eponymous peasant or the locally attested, authentically Phrygian in his ox-cart. Roller (1984) separates out authentic Phrygian elements in the Greek reports and finds a folk-tale element and a religious one, linking the dynastic founder (with the cults of "Zeus" and Cybele)


title: Gordian Knot

text: Other Greek myths legitimize dynasties by right of conquest (compare Cadmus), but in this myth the stressed legitimising oracle suggests that the previous dynasty was a race of priest-kings allied to the unidentified oracular deity.


title: Mary Lynn Rajskub

text: Mary Lynn Rajskub (; born June 22, 1971) is an American actress and comedian who is best known for portraying Chloe O'Brian in the action thriller series "24", and the character Gail the Snail in "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia". Rajskub was a regular cast member on HBO's "Mr. Show with Bob and David", and she has appeared in such films as "Dude, Where's My Car?", "Sweet Home Alabama", "Punch-Drunk Love", "Mysterious Skin", "Little Miss Sunshine", "Sunshine Cleaning", "Safety Not Guaranteed", and "The Kings of Summer", among others.


title: Mary Lynn Rajskub

text: Rajskub was raised in Trenton, Michigan, having moved there from Detroit. She is the daughter of Betty and Tony Rajskub and has two older sisters.


title: Mary Lynn Rajskub

text: Rajskub played the clarinet in a school band and portrayed Frenchie in the musical "Grease". One of her childhood inspirations was the television series "Moonlighting".


title: Mary Lynn Rajskub

text: She later moved to Los Angeles working as a waitress in a Hard Rock Cafe and a ticket-taker at the Beverly Center movie theater.


title: Mary Lynn Rajskub

text: Rajskub's first part was as an Oompa-Loompa in a community theater production of "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory", and her first starring role was Raggedy Ann. In 1996 she appeared in music videos for the songs "The Good Life" by Weezer and "The New Pollution" by Beck.


title: Mary Lynn Rajskub

text: Rajskub was one of the original cast members of "Mr. Show with Bob and David". From 1996–1998, she had a recurring role on the HBO series "The Larry Sanders Show" as booking assistant Mary Lou Collins.


title: Mary Lynn Rajskub

text: Her most notable role is CTU systems analyst Chloe O'Brian on "24", which she joined in 2003 at the start of the show's third season. Her character was a hit with viewers and critics and was one of the few cast members to return in the show's fourth season. After being a regular guest star for two seasons, Rajskub became a main cast member in the show's fifth season. By the end of the series, she was the lead female, with top billing second only to Kiefer Sutherland. Her character also had the honor of saying the final words of the series in the season 8 series finale. Rajskub and Sutherland appeared briefly as their "24" characters in a 2007 episode, "24 Minutes", of the Fox animated series "The Simpsons". In August 2013, it was announced that she would reprise her Chloe O'Brian role in the 2014 limited series "".


title: Mary Lynn Rajskub

text: Rajskub appeared in Kelsey Grammer's "The Sketch Show" on Fox Television, "The King of Queens" as a character named Priscilla, and in numerous films including "Mysterious Skin", "Legally Blonde 2", "Sweet Home Alabama", "Dude, Where's My Car?", "Man on the Moon", "Punch-Drunk Love", "The Anniversary Party", "Firewall", "Little Miss Sunshine", music videos for Beck, Weezer and Sheryl Crow, as well as portraying a blind woman in the film "Road Trip".


title: Mary Lynn Rajskub

text: Rajskub was part of a comic duo (with Karen Kilgariff) called Girls Guitar Club. In 2006, she made a cameo appearance in "Partings", the 6th season finale of "Gilmore Girls", where she played a trobairitz looking for her big break. (Rajskub had previously appeared on "Gilmore Girls" as the female lead in "A Film by Kirk", a short film made by the character Kirk Gleason.) She has volunteered as an actress with the Young Storytellers Program. She has an educational background as a painter, having attended the San Francisco Art Institute.


title: Mary Lynn Rajskub

text: Rajskub has been nominated twice for a Screen Actors Guild Award; once in 2005, and again in 2007 for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. She guest-starred on "Flight of the Conchords" episode "Prime Minister" as Karen, an Art Garfunkel fanatic. She guest-starred as "Gail the Snail" in an episode of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" titled "The Gang Gives Frank an Intervention", and reprised the role in the ninth-season finale, "The Gang Squashes Their Beefs," and season thirteen's "The Gang Beats Boggs: Ladies Reboot." In 2009, she also appeared in the film "Julie & Julia" as Sarah, one of Julie Powell's close friends. In 2010, Rajskub performed stand-up on "John Oliver's New York Stand Up Show". In June 2010, she appeared in the "Lovesick" episode during the second season of the USA series "Royal Pains".


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text: From July through October 2010, she performed in her solo show, "Mary Lynn Spreads Her Legs", at the Steve Allen Theater in Los Angeles. Reviewer F. Kathleen Foley of the "Los Angeles Times" wrote "that cheerfully vulgar title sums up the overall tone, which is often breezily obscene". The show, written by Rajskub with help from director/developer Amit Itelman, was inspired by Rajskub's experiences with pregnancy, childbirth, and early motherhood.


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text: In January 2011, Rajskub guest-starred in the episode "Our Children, Ourselves" on the second season of ABC's "Modern Family". In the fall of 2011, Rajskub appeared in the short-lived sitcom "How to Be a Gentleman." Also in 2011, Rajskub's web series, "Dicki", began airing on My Damn Channel. "Dicki" is based on a number of people that Rajskub grew up with in and around Michigan. The title character is a 40-year-old woman who lives at home with her parents, makes crafts, and takes her art seriously. "Dicki" has been one of My Damn Channel's most successful web series to date. The first season concluded in November 2011, but a second season is currently in development. Rajskub performed in the June 2012 edition of "Don't Tell My Mother! (Live Storytelling)", a monthly showcase in which celebrities share true stories they would never want their mothers to know. In 2012 she began hosting a podcast on the Nerdist Network called "Kickin' it Mary Lynn Style".


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text: In 2013, Rajskub appeared in the fourth season of "Arrested Development" in a silent yet well-received role as Heartfire, a character Rajskub has said "speak[s] from the heart, but do[es]n't use any words." In the same year Rajskub also appeared in the web series "All Growz Up with Melinda Hill".


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text: In August 2016, Rajskub appeared at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 24 Hours With Mary Lynn Rajskub and it was well-received by fans and critics.


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text: In 2017, Rajskub appeared in the first season of the Adult Swim series "Dream Corp LLC", playing Patient 46 in the episode "Are You Down With OCD?".


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text: In 2021, Rajskub released a 49-minute comedy special called "Mary Lynn Rajskub: Live from the Pandemic".


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text: Rajskub dated David Cross, who introduced her to "Mr. Show" and left the show when they broke up after the end of the second season. Afterwards, she dated music producer Jon Brion for five years until they broke up in the fall of 2002. Rajskub later dated comedian Duncan Trussell.


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text: Rajskub met personal trainer Matthew Rolph when he approached her after one of her comedy sets. They began dating, and she became pregnant three months later. Their son was born in 2008. Rajskub married Rolph on August 1, 2009, in an impromptu wedding in Las Vegas. Rajskub filed for divorce in June 2019.


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text: Rajskub is bisexual and discussed her past relationships with women in an article for AfterEllen.com.


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text: Danielle Jane Minogue (; born 20 October 1971) is an Australian singer, television personality, and actress. She initially gained recognition for her appearances on the television show "Young Talent Time" (1982–1988) and for her role as Emma Jackson on the soap opera "Home and Away" (1989–1990). Minogue began her music career in the early 1990s, achieving early success with her debut studio album, "Love and Kisses" (1991). The album was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry and included the hit singles "Love and Kisses", "Baby Love", "Jump to the Beat" and "Success". Following the release of her second album, "Get into You" (1993), Minogue's popularity as a singer had declined, leading her to make a name for herself with award-winning performances in theatre productions.


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text: The late 1990s saw a brief return to music after Minogue reinvented herself as a dance artist with her third album, "Girl" (1997), and its lead single "All I Wanna Do". Her fourth album, "Neon Nights" (2003), became the most successful of her career and spawned the hit singles "Who Do You Love Now?", "I Begin to Wonder", "Put the Needle on It", and "Don't Wanna Lose This Feeling". In 2007, she released her fifth album, "Club Disco". In the UK, Minogue has achieved nine UK Top 10 singles and 13 consecutive number one dance singles, becoming the best-performing artist on the UK Dance Chart. In Australia, she has achieved twelve Top 30 singles and six Gold certified singles. She has sold over 8 million records worldwide.


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text: Minogue has served as a judge on multiple television talent shows, including "The X Factor UK" (2007–2010), "Australia's Got Talent" (2007–2012), "Britain & Ireland's Next Top Model" (2013), "The X Factor Australia" (2013–2015), "Let It Shine" (2017), and "The Masked Singer Australia" (2019–2021). She starred in her own reality series "Style Queen" (2010), and has presented the television shows "It's Not Just Saturday" (1996), "Dance Boss" (2018), and "Ultimate Beastmaster" (2018).


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text: Danielle Jane Minogue was brought up in Surrey Hills, Melbourne and attended Camberwell Primary School and later Camberwell High School. She is the younger daughter of Carol Ann Jones, a dancer from Maesteg, Wales, and accountant Ronald Charles Minogue. She is the youngest of three children; her older sister is pop star Kylie Minogue, while brother Brendan is a news cameraman in Australia.


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text: Minogue began her career as a child on Australian television. From the age of 7, she appeared in several soap operas, including "Skyways" and "The Sullivans". In 1982, she joined the weekly music programme "Young Talent Time". Minogue recorded her first solo recordings for the programme, including a cover version of Madonna's hit single "Material Girl"; during this time, she also performed live at several sold-out nationwide concert tours. In 1988, Minogue departed from "Young Talent Time" to continue her acting career, appearing as the rebellious tomboyish teenager Emma Jackson on the soap opera "Home and Away" in 1989. Minogue remained on the programme for only a year. She proved to be popular among Australian audiences when she was nominated for a Silver Logie as the Most Popular Actress on Australian television.


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text: In September 1988, Minogue released her own fashion range, "Dannii". She became interested in fashion design while appearing on "Young Talent Time". Minogue had designed the clothing she had worn on the show, and the positive response from the audience resulted in her releasing her own line. Minogue's debut line "Dannii" sold out across Australia in ten days and was followed by three additional summer lines in 1989.


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text: Minogue signed a recording contract with Australian-based Mushroom Records in January 1989. Her first album, "Dannii", was released the following year and reached number twenty-four on the Australian albums chart. Outside Australia, the album was released in 1991 under the title "Love and Kisses" and peaked at number eight in the United Kingdom and was certified gold. Minogue's debut single "Love and Kisses" peaked at number four on the Australian singles chart and was certified gold. In the UK, the song peaked at number eight on the singles chart. Subsequent singles "Success", "Jump to the Beat", "Baby Love" and "I Don't Wanna Take This Pain" all reached the UK top 40.


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text: Minogue released "Love and Kisses and...", a re-issue of her debut album, in November 1991. The album, a collection of dance songs, comprised tracks and remixes from "Love and Kisses". It peaked at number 42 on the UK albums chart and sold nearly 60,000 copies in its own right. Several remixes by producer and DJ Steve "Silk" Hurley were successful in European dance clubs. She credits these remixes for providing her with a "new image and sound to work with" on future releases. Also that year, Minogue made her feature film debut in "Secrets", which co-starred Noah Taylor. The film revolved around five Australian teenagers who become stuck in the basement of a hotel in an attempt to see The Beatles. The film was not well received by audiences or critics, with Minogue's performance being described as "not all that convincing".


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text: Minogue released her second album "Get into You", which included the songs "Show You the Way to Go", "This Is It" and "This Is the Way", in October 1993. The album contained uptempo dance tracks, but despite her past chart success, failed to make the British top fifty. In mid-1994, Minogue returned to television as a presenter, co-hosting Channel 4's morning show "The Big Breakfast" in the UK. In 1995, Minogue released the singles "Rescue Me" and "Boogie Woogie", a collaboration with dance act Eurogroove. Released only in Japan, both songs reached number one on the Japanese singles chart. She began recording her third album in 1995; however, Minogue and her record label, Mushroom Records, parted ways in late 1995 following a contract disagreement.


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text: The tracks recorded in 1994/1995 for Minogue's then planned 3rd album were unheard for many years, they were finally released in 2009 via Cargo Records on the compilation album "The 1995 Sessions".


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text: In 1991, Minogue appeared before the Queen at the Royal Variety Show where she sang her latest release "Success".


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text: In 1996, Minogue resumed her co-hosting duties, presenting the "Eggs on Legs" road show segment. That same year, Minogue briefly hosted the children's show "Disney Time" and co-hosted, with Gareth Jones, the teenage Saturday morning entertainment show "It's Not Just Saturday" for 16. In 1997, Minogue hosted "Top of the Pops", a British music chart television programme, before returning to her recording career later that year. In April 1997, Minogue made her stage debut as Rizzo in the musical "Grease: The Arena Spectacular". In Australia, the show sold over 450,000 tickets during its first season. The following year, Minogue resumed her role as Rizzo, performing in New Zealand. At the 1998 MO Awards, Minogue was nominated for "Best Female Musical Theater Performer" for her role.


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text: Following the release of several remixes of her songs by Steve "Silk" Hurley, Minogue became interested in dance music. She commented that the remixes were "the first thing I did that was really cool and my love of dance music and clubbing started from there." Minogue's interest in dance music and clubbing influenced her third album, "Girl", released in September 1997, which featured collaborations with musicians such as Brian Higgins of Xenomania. The album presented a more sophisticated and adult style of dance music, but despite generally positive reviews, failed to make the British top 50. The lead single "All I Wanna Do", which the "Daily Mirror" described as a ""bass-bumping, shuddering return"", peaked at number four on the UK singles chart. In her native Australia, the single peaked at number eleven and was certified gold. The album's second single "Everything I Wanted" made the top 20 in the UK and the top 50 in Australia, while the third single "Disremembrance" narrowly missed the top 20 in the UK, peaking at number 21. All three singles released from "Girl" reached number one on the UK dance chart.


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text: In June 1998, Minogue began The Unleashed Tour, a 22-date UK tour. Mushroom Records released two budget compilation albums in December 1998, as part of the label's 25th anniversary. Released only in Australia, "The Singles" comprised all Minogue's single releases, while "The Remixes" contained popular remixes. These releases were promoted with the song "Coconut" which was previously only available as a hidden track on CD versions of the "Girl" album. In January 1999, following her performance at the 1998 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, Minogue released the festival's first official theme song,


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text: "Everlasting Night". It appeared on the compilation CD "Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras of 1999" and its music video, co-directed by Minogue, was a tribute to Australia's gay and lesbian community.


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text: In November 2001, Minogue released the single, "Who Do You Love Now?", a collaboration with Riva. Described by "Sound Generator" as a "nice serene and dreamy vocal on the dance floor anthem", the song peaked at number three on the UK singles chart and reached number one on the dance charts. In Australia, the song peaked at number 15, while in the United States the song was released to dance clubs and reached number 12 on the US "Billboard" Dance Club chart. In 2001, Minogue signed a six-album deal with London Records, a subsidiary of Warner Music International.


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text: In March 2003, Minogue released her fourth album, "Neon Nights", which the BBC called "a pleasant cocktail of pop sophistication, club culture and accessibility". It consisted of 1980s inspired dance-pop songs and provided Minogue with some of the strongest reviews of her career. "Neon Nights" peaked at number eight on the UK albums chart (her highest ranking since her debut) and produced four top 10 singles. "Who Do You Love Now?" was not officially released as the first single; however, it was included on the album. The official lead single was "Put the Needle on It", a 1980s inspired dance-pop song which became a top 10 hit in the UK, peaking at number seven. It enjoyed top 20 success in several countries including Australia, where it peaked at number 11 and was certified gold. The second single, "I Begin to Wonder", was declared one of the ""best things"" on the album by Ireland's Radio Telefís Éireann and became her highest-charting single in the UK, peaking at number two. In Australia, the single garnered Minogue another top 20 hit, peaking at number 14 and was also certified gold. Third single "Don't Wanna Lose This Feeling" reached number five in the UK, while in Australia the single just missed the top 20, charting at number 22. Following extensive airplay by North American dance radio, Warner Music Group released the album in the United States in late 2003. Singles "I Begin to Wonder" and "Don't Wanna Lose This Feeling" were also substantial successes on the US dance charts.


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text: In June 2004, Afterlife released the album "Speck of Gold", which featured Minogue on the single "Take Me Inside." The album was released in Australia in 2008, featuring two different versions of the song.


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text: In October 2004, Minogue released the single "You Won't Forget About Me", a collaboration with the dance act Flower Power. Described by MSN Entertainment as a ""real grower"" and noted for its ""snip snapping house beats and '80s flecked synths"", the song peaked at number seven on the UK singles chart and also made the top 20 in Australia. "Perfection", a collaboration with the Soul Seekerz, followed in October 2005 where it reached the top twenty in both the UK and Australia.


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text: Minogue released "The Hits & Beyond", a greatest hits album, in June 2006. The album consisted of new songs alongside singles from her four studio albums. It debuted at number 17 on the UK albums chart. The album introduced a new single, "So Under Pressure", inspired by the cancer diagnoses of her sister Kylie as well as that of an unnamed friend. On 11 December Minogue performed "Kids" with her sister Kylie during in Melbourne and "Celebration" on 31 December in London at Wembley Arena. The single made the top 20 in Australia and the UK and also became her 10th consecutive song to reach the number one spot on the UK Upfront Club chart. Minogue has described the recording of "So Under Pressure" as a ""real achievement"" as she was ""brave enough to put all [her feelings] into words"". In September 2006, Minogue's cover of "I'll Be Home for Christmas" appeared on "Spirit of Christmas", a compilation album of holiday songs available through the Myer department store chain across Australia.


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text: In November 2006, Minogue performed Sister Sledge's 1979 song "He's the Greatest Dancer" on BBC One's "Children in Need" telethon. A studio version of the song, remixed by Fugitive, appeared on the dance compilation "Clubland 10", which was released in November 2006. The following month, "He's the Greatest Dancer" was released to UK dance clubs and reached number one on the Upfront Club chart. It also charted in the top 40 on the Australian singles chart.


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text: October onwards saw a total of five releases from Minogue; first, on 29 October, reissues of her 1997 and 2003 albums "Girl" and "Neon Nights", each containing a double-disc, the second disc of which includes remixes. On 5 November, she released "Unleashed", a collection of previously unheard material from her time with London Records, and "", which includes every one of her music videos as well as bonus features. Minogue's fifth studio album "Club Disco" was released on the same date and in May 2008 in Australia, featuring several previously released singles, such as "You Won't Forget About Me", "Perfection", and "So Under Pressure", cancelled single "I Can't Sleep at Night" and covers of "Xanadu" and the disco classic "He's the Greatest Dancer". Finally, on 3 December, a new single was released, entitled "Touch Me Like That" which peaked at number one on the UK Dance Chart.


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text: In early 2008, Minogue was hired as the headline performer at Australian Fashion Week. In particular, she was booked to make an appearance at the opening party hosted by MAC Cosmetics. She also released "Club Disco" as a double album in Australia with some changes to the tracklisting. At the start of 2009, a digital compilation album, "The Early Years", was released online that featured songs from Minogue's first two studio albums.


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text: On 7 December 2009, Minogue released "The 1995 Sessions", an album full of previously unreleased recordings made for what would have been her then third studio album, which never materialized due to differences with her then label. On the same date, Minogue re-released remastered editions of her first two albums with MCA Records, her debut "Love & Kisses" and the follow-up "Get into You". In total Minogue's music has achieved more than 200 weeks on the UK Sales Chart and she has sold more than seven-million records worldwide. On 23 June 2010, ITV2 announced "Dannii Minogue: Style Queen", a three-part documentary about Minogue's fashion line "Project D", "The X Factor", motherhood, her partner Kris Smith and her return to music as well as writing her autobiography – My Story, which was produced by Steve Vizard and broadcast in Australia on Foxtel.


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text: In January 2012, Minogue appeared in the ITV documentary "The Talent Show Story" where she talked about her time on "The X Factor UK" and working on talent shows. Other talent show judges interviewed included Gary Barlow, Louis Walsh, Kelly Rowland, Tulisa, Amanda Holden, Piers Morgan, Carrie Grant and Simon Cowell, as well as "The X Factor" host Dermot O'Leary and "Britain's Got Talent" hosts Ant & Dec. In February 2012, Minogue officially opened Madame Tussauds Sydney, unveiling a waxwork of herself at the launch.


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text: In September 2013, Minogue teamed up with Ronan Keating to record a duet of the Christmas classic "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" for department store chain Myer's "The Spirit of Christmas 2013" compilation. In late 2014, Minogue recorded a cover version of "That's How You Know" for the Australian "We Love Disney" album.


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text: In February 2015, Minogue announced that, after a long hiatus, she planned to make her musical comeback at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. Minogue also revealed she had been working on new music. Following the announcement, Minogue, British rapper Reece Robertson and the official Sydney Mardi Gras profiles launched a mysterious online campaign on social media featuring the "#pressplay" hashtag. At the end of February, Sydney Mardi Gras shared a YouTube link to a video called "#pressplay" featuring the extended mix of "Summer of Love". On 2 March, the extended mix of "Summer of Love" was made available to pre-order on iTunes.


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text: In August 2017, Minogue confirmed that she would be a support act for Take That on their first Australian tour in over twenty years, which would take place that November. She also announced a new single entitled "Holding On" would be released on 11 August and that more new music would be released around the time of the tour. On 2 November 2017, Minogue confirmed she would release a new song entitled "Galaxy" on 10 November, a day before the tour is due to start.


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text: In 2007, Minogue became a judge on the fourth series of "The X Factor UK", alongside Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh and Sharon Osbourne. She mentored the Boys category and selected Leon Jackson, Rhydian Roberts and Andy Williams to represent her in the live rounds of the competition. Ultimately, two of her chosen acts, Roberts and Jackson, became the final two, with Jackson eventually becoming the winner after topping the public vote. Minogue was the first female judge to win the show. On 20 September 2008, Minogue presented the Nickelodeon UK Kids' Choice Awards ceremony. That same year, Minogue returned to the show's fifth series alongside Cowell, Walsh and Cheryl Cole, who replaced Osbourne. Following the initial auditions and boot camp stages of the competition, Minogue was assigned the Over 25s category to mentor. She chose Daniel Evans, Rachel Hylton and Ruth Lorenzo as her final three contestants for the live shows and was assisted by Spice Girls member Emma Bunton. In the quarter-final, Minogue lost her final act as Lorenzo was eliminated from the competition finishing in fifth place, leaving her without a contestant in the semi-final.


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text: Throughout the fifth series, several people in the entertainment industry, including Ronan Keating, Noel Gallagher and Graham Norton questioned Minogue's judging credentials and mentoring ability. On 22 November 2008, during a live broadcast of the programme, Minogue broke down in tears and was unable to introduce one of her acts, Rachel Hylton, following an on-air row with Louis Walsh over a choice of song. Despite the controversies, she proved popular in public votes and polls. Minogue later stated that she did not enjoy her experience on the fifth series and "would never want to go through that again". Minogue returned for the sixth series in 2009 and mentored the Girls category. She chose Rachel Adedeji, Lucie Jones and Stacey Solomon as her final three acts to compete in the live shows and was assisted at the judges' houses stage by her older sister, Kylie Minogue. Despite losing Adedeji in week 4 and Jones the following week, Solomon went on to advance into the final and ultimately finish in third place. In 2010, Minogue was pregnant. She later stated that, as her baby's expected arrival in July would clash with filming for "The X Factor" audition dates, she would be unable to judge in the audition episodes for the seventh series. Minogue returned during the judges' houses stage. She mentored the Boys category selecting Nicolo Festa, Matt Cardle and Aiden Grimshaw as her final three, with Paije Richardson as her wildcard act. Minogue was assisted by fellow Australian and friend Natalie Imbruglia who was a guest judge in the Birmingham auditions that year filling in for Minogue. Cardle was her only act to make it into the final and eventually won, with Minogue becoming the winning mentor for the second time.


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text: On 14 May 2011, it was announced that Minogue would not be returning for the eighth series of "The X Factor UK". Of her decision, Minogue said "During discussions for me to return (to "The X Factor") it became clear that unfortunately, this year, the "X Factor" audition dates in the UK clash with the live shows of "Australia's Got Talent" during June and July. For this reason I am unable to return." She was replaced by Kelly Rowland. In January 2012, Minogue appeared on the ITV documentary "The Talent Show Story" where she talked about her time on "The X Factor" and working on talent shows. Other "The X Factor" judges who were interviewed included Gary Barlow, Walsh, Tulisa, Rowland and Simon Cowell as well as the host Dermot O'Leary. In June 2013, Minogue joined Elle Macpherson and Tyson Beckford on the judging panel for the ninth series of Sky Living's "Britain & Ireland's Next Top Model". She replaced Whitney Port and Julien McDonald.


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text: In September 2016, it was revealed Minogue was returning to British television, as a judge on the judging panel of Gary Barlow talent show "Let It Shine" alongside fellow judges Martin Kemp and Barlow.


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text: In 2007, Minogue was hired by Simon Cowell to become a judge on the Seven Network talent show "Australia's Got Talent" along with Red Symons and Tom Burlinson. It was after this series that Minogue was offered the role on "The X Factor UK" after Cowell thought she proved good as a judge on "Australia's Got Talent". She returned to the panel for seasons two and three in 2008 and 2009. "Australia's Got Talent" returned for a fourth season in 2010, and Minogue was the only original judge to remain on the panel as producers revamped the series. Brian McFadden and Kyle Sandilands took the places of Red Symons and Tom Burlinson. Minogue also returned for the fifth season in 2011 and the sixth season in 2012. In November 2012, it was announced that Minogue would not be returning for the seventh season in an attempt to reboot the show. She was replaced by Geri Halliwell in the Nine Network's version of the show.


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text: In 2013, Minogue joined the judging panel of the fifth season of "The X Factor Australia" as Mel B's replacement. She joined returning judges Ronan Keating and Natalie Bassingthwaighte and fellow new judge Redfoo, who replaced Guy Sebastian. Minogue mentored the Over 24s category and one of her acts Dami Im became the winner. Minogue reprised her judging role for the sixth season in 2014. She mentored the Groups category and one of her acts Brothers3 placed third in the competition. Minogue returned for the seventh season in 2015 for the final time as a judge where she mentored the Girls Category and ended up losing all of her acts by the 7th week of the show. She was replaced by Iggy Azalea.


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text: In 2019, she was announced as one of the judges on the Australian version of The Masked Singer alongside Jackie O, Dave Hughes and Lindsay Lohan. Minogue returned for the second season alongside Jackie O and Hughes, and new judge Urzila Carlson who replaced Lohan. All judges returned for the third season in 2021. However, in June 2022, it was announced that Minogue, Jackie O and Carlson would not be returning to the judging panel for the fourth season. It was later announced that Minogue departed the show because she was busy filming a new show in the UK. She was replaced by international pop singer Mel B.


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text: In 1999, Minogue returned to theatre, starring in the production of Shakespeare's "Macbeth" at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The play received mixed reviews; critic Matt Grant wrote that Minogue "lacks true conviction as she ploughs through the lines without capturing their full force", while Fiachra Gibbons singled Minogue's performance out, noting in her review that Minogue's "disco-queen-from-hell delivery works well" for her character, Lady Macbeth. Two years later, Minogue appeared as Esmeralda in the musical production of "Notre-Dame de Paris" in London's West End. The musical received poor reviews from British critics who called it "lame" and its songs "reminiscent of [the] Eurovision song contest". At the 2002 "Maxim" Awards, she won "Best Stage Performance" for her role. In 2001, Minogue also appeared in the stage play "The Vagina Monologues", which co-starred Kika Markham and Meera Syal.


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text: In June 2003, Minogue hosted her own radio programme, "Dannii Minogue's Neon Nights". Broadcast in Australia and the UK, Minogue played songs by up-and-coming DJs, as well as her own music. Minogue departed London Records when Warner (its parent owner) dismissed its staff and offered Minogue a deal to depart the label or stay and wait a year to release her next album which had been partially recorded. Minogue collaborated with producers Hugo Lira, Gareth Young, Ian Masterson, Ross Callum and Pascal Gabriel. Many of these tracks were later released on the album "Unleashed". Later that year she signed a new contract with independent dance label All Around the World Records.


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text: Since joining "The X Factor" and "Australia's Got Talent" in 2007, Minogue has become a Style Icon in Australia, Ireland and the United Kingdom, receiving critical acclaim from various fashion designers such as Victoria Beckham and wearing dresses from J'Aton Couture, Antonio Berardi, Dolce & Gabbana, Marchesa, Philip Armstrong, Carla Zampatti, Gucci and Aurelio Costarella and has featured on fashion magazines like Cosmopolitan, InStyle and Vogue. The press in Britain have especially taken notice of her sense of fashion and different hairstyles since Cheryl Cole joined "The X Factor" in 2008 often comparing both of them. The praise Minogue got from the tabloids on "The X Factor" led her to set up her own fashion label with Tabitha Somerset-Webb called Project D, as well as a fragrance. The first line of Project D was sold exclusively by Selfridges in the United Kingdom, the Spring/Summer line was showcased by Minogue during the live first Sunday night show of "The X Factor" Season 7, wearing her Jingle prom-style dress. In August 2012, the label was rebranded and relaunched as Project D London. In May 2013, Minogue announced that she would no longer be associated with Project D, ending a three-year collaboration with Somerset-Webb.


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text: In late July 2011, it was announced that Minogue would serve as the ambassador for 2011's Melbourne Spring Fashion Week, a role that will see Minogue participate in a series of appearances in September.


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text: In 2014 Minogue continued her expansion into the fashion world by launching her own ecommerce store fashion saga. In addition, Minogue announced the launch of her petite clothing line through Target Australia. To date, Minogue has released six "Dannii For Target Petites" Collection ranges along with a range of shoes and accessories.


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text: It was confirmed that Minogue would be one of the new faces of Marks and Spencer. She filmed her first commercial in South Africa, which featured Cheryl Lynn's "Got to be Real", for their Spring campaign that aired 24 March 2010. She starred alongside Twiggy, Lisa Snowdon, VV Brown and Ana Beatriz Barros. Minogue didn't feature in the Autumn ad due to her pregnancy, she did feature in the Christmas ad with Peter Kay which featured the Bee Gees' "You Should Be Dancing".


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text: Minogue travelled to Miami, Florida in January 2011 to shoot the commercial for M&S for the 2011 Spring collection.


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text: Minogue is a former face of world-famous cosmetics brand ModelCo, appearing in ad campaigns for the company.


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text: In 2010, Minogue released her autobiography book, "My Story". The following year she released a fashion book titled "My Style."


title: Dannii Minogue

text: In January 1994, Minogue married actor Julian McMahon, whom she met in 1990 while working on the television series "Home and Away". McMahon is the son of the former Prime Minister of Australia Sir William McMahon and Lady McMahon. Minogue and McMahon were married for less than two years and divorced in 1995. Minogue stated that McMahon's mother, Lady Sonia McMahon threatened not to attend their wedding and caused a rift. In October 1995, Minogue posed nude in the Australian edition of "Playboy". Commenting on the reason she posed nude, Minogue said she "just had a marriage break-up. Most women go to the hairdressers – I did "Playboy". I chose the photographer, the location, what I did or didn't want to wear, and everything else about the pictures. I found it a really liberating, empowering experience."


title: Dannii Minogue

text: In October 1999, Minogue became engaged to 1997 Formula 1 World Champion Jacques Villeneuve (son of Ferrari Formula 1 great Gilles Villeneuve), but their relationship ended in 2001.


title: Dannii Minogue

text: In early 2002, she began dating music producer and Bros bassist Craig Logan, whom she met while recording material for "Neon Nights". Media reports in March 2002 claimed Minogue and Logan were engaged, but in December 2002 they ended their relationship.


title: Dannii Minogue

text: In August 2008, Minogue began dating English model and former professional rugby league player Kris Smith. They met in Ibiza, where Smith was celebrating in his 30th birthday. On 9 January 2010, it was announced that Minogue was pregnant; the news was revealed after receiving her 12-week scan. Minogue gave birth via caesarean section to an 8 lb 3oz/4 kg boy, at Royal Women's Hospital in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on 5 July 2010. She had previously planned for a home birth. In April 2012, Minogue announced on Twitter that she and Smith had separated.


title: Dannii Minogue

text: In 2002, the British National Party (BNP), a far-right and anti-immigration political party, falsely claimed that Minogue supported their cause following comments she had made in an interview with Britain's "GQ". In the interview, Minogue was quoted saying that French National Front leader Jean-Marie Le Pen had "struck a chord with people". Minogue responded saying that she had been misquoted and was "mortified" to be associated with the party adding that "Australia is the most multicultural melting pot of people. I'm completely proud of that." Minogue responded to the British National Party's claims in "Gay Times" magazine saying, "I am not a racist. That is not how I live my life. I have a Jewish manager, I perform in gay clubs, I come from a multicultural background and I am very proud of that."


title: Dannii Minogue

text: Minogue received much criticism during series 6 of "The X Factor". Controversy began after the first live show on 10 October, after Minogue commented on press reports stating that Danyl Johnson was bisexual. After his performance of "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going", in which he had changed the gender of the person being addressed in the song from male to female, Minogue remarked to Johnson on air that he didn't need to change the gender if the press was to be believed. Minogue's remarks sparked an online backlash. Minogue released a statement on the issue:


title: Dannii Minogue

text: I want to clear up exactly what happened on last night's "X Factor" show and post my sincere apologies to anyone who took offence. I made a comment about Danyl changing the lyrics of his song. It was meant to be a humorous moment about the fact he has an opportunity to have fun with his song. An openly bisexual singing a song that is lyrically a 'girl's song'. Danyl and I were joking about the very same thing in rehearsals on Friday, so it carried on to the show. I'd like to apologise to anyone that was offended by my comments, it was never my intention. I spoke to Danyl straight after the show last night and he wasn't offended or upset by my comments, and knew exactly what I was saying.


title: Dannii Minogue

text: Minogue also apologised on the live results show on 11 October, saying Johnson was not upset by her comments. It has since been reported that British regulator Ofcom received around 4,000 complaints from viewers over the comment. As a result, Ofcom launched an investigation, which cleared Minogue and "The X Factor". No penalties were imposed.


title: Dannii Minogue

text: Throughout her career, Minogue has often been compared with her sister, Kylie, whose career has been considerably more successful. Referring to the comparison, Minogue said: "[I]t is hard to be compared all the time to Kylie. On the other hand, however, people will always try to compare you to somebody. Look at Britney and Christina." In an interview with "Elle" in April 2009, Kylie criticised "X Factor" judge Louis Walsh for his jibes at her sister: "I'm so proud of my sister and it annoys the hell out of me when comparisons between us are made. In England you lot don't know where she came from. She was on TV every week from 7 years old. It makes it harder for her when she gets Louis Walsh's rather pathetic jibes – one of which is she hasn't had a hit record and that's just not true." She also denied rumours that she did not get along with Cheryl Cole and that she had referred to former judge Sharon Osbourne as "so cheap".


title: Dannii Minogue

text: Minogue has performed multiple times at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras and the London nightclub G-A-Y. She credits her gay following for much of her success, commenting that gay culture has "always been a part of [her] music". Minogue openly supports gay rights causes for social equality and believes that same-sex marriages should be accepted by all governments.


title: Dannii Minogue

text: Minogue is an ambassador for the Terrence Higgins Trust, an organisation that works to increase awareness of AIDS. She joined the charity in hope that her endorsement would encourage people to discuss safe sex and the disease more openly. In 2004 she posed nude, wrapped only in a red ribbon, to promote World AIDS Day in Australia and the UK. She has long been a supporter of breast cancer research and in August 2008 became an ambassador for the Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre Appeal.


title: Eileen Atkins

text: Dame Eileen June Atkins, (born 16 June 1934), is an English actress and occasional screenwriter. She has worked in the theatre, film, and television consistently since 1953. In 2008, she won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress and the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for "Cranford". She is also a three-time Olivier Award winner, winning Best Supporting Performance in 1988 (for Multiple roles) and Best Actress for "The Unexpected Man" (1999) and "Honour" (2004). She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1990 and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 2001.


title: Eileen Atkins

text: Atkins joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1957 and made her Broadway debut in the 1966 production of "The Killing of Sister George", for which she received the first of four Tony Award nominations for Best Actress in a Play in 1967. She received subsequent nominations for, "Vivat! Vivat Regina!" (1972), "Indiscretions" (1995) and "The Retreat from Moscow" (2004). Other stage credits include "The Tempest" (Old Vic 1962), "Exit the King" (Edinburgh Festival and Royal Court 1963), "The Promise" (New York 1967), "The Night of the Tribades" (New York 1977), "Medea" (Young Vic 1985), "A Delicate Balance" (Haymarket, West End 1997) and "Doubt" (New York 2006).


title: Eileen Atkins

text: Atkins co-created the television dramas "Upstairs, Downstairs" (1971–1975) and "The House of Elliot" (1991–1994) with Jean Marsh. She also wrote the screenplay for the 1997 film "Mrs Dalloway". Her film appearances include "I Don't Want to Be Born" (1975), "Equus" (1977), "The Dresser" (1983), "Let Him Have It" (1991), "Wolf" (1994), "Jack and Sarah" (1995), "Gosford Park" (2001), "Cold Mountain" (2003), "Vanity Fair" (2004), "Scenes of a Sexual Nature" (2006), "Evening" (2007), "Last Chance Harvey" (2008), "Robin Hood" (2010) and "Magic in the Moonlight" (2014).


title: Eileen Atkins

text: Atkins was born in the Mothers' Hospital in Lower Clapton, a Salvation Army maternity hospital in East London. Her mother, Annie Ellen (née Elkins), was a barmaid who was 46 when Eileen was born, and her father, Arthur Thomas Atkins, was a gas meter reader who was previously under-chauffeur to the Portuguese Ambassador. She was the third child in the family and when she was born the family moved to a council home in Tottenham. Her father did not, in fact, know how to drive and was responsible, as under-chauffeur, mainly for cleaning the car. At the time Eileen was born, her mother worked in a factory the whole day and then as a barmaid in the Elephant & Castle at night. When Eileen was three, a Gypsy woman came to their door selling lucky heather and clothes pegs. She saw little Eileen and told her mother that her daughter would be a famous dancer. Her mother promptly enrolled her in a dance class. Although she hated it, she studied dancing from age 3 to 15 or 16. From age 7 to 15, which covered the last four years of the Second World War (1941–45), she danced in working men's club circuits for 15 shillings a time as "Baby Eileen". During the war, she performed as well at London's Stage Door canteen for American troops and sang songs like "Yankee Doodle." At one time she was attending dance class four or five times a week.


title: Eileen Atkins

text: Once, when she was given a line to recite, someone told her mother that she had a Cockney accent. Her mother was appalled but speech lessons were too expensive for the family. Fortunately, a woman took interest in her and paid for her to be educated at Parkside Preparatory School in Tottenham. Eileen Atkins has since publicly credited the Principal, Miss Dorothy Margaret Hall, for the wise and firm guidance under which her character developed. From Parkside she went on to The Latymer School, a grammar school in Edmonton, London. By 12, she was a professional in panto in Clapham and Kilburn. One of her grammar school teachers who used to give them religious instruction, an Ernest J. Burton, spotted her potential and, without charge, rigorously drilled away her Cockney accent. He also introduced her to the works of William Shakespeare. She studied under him for two years.


title: Eileen Atkins

text: When she was 14 or 15 and still at Latymer's, she also attended "drama demonstration" sessions twice a year with this same teacher. At around this time (though some sources say she was 12), her first encounter with Robert Atkins took place. She was taken to see Atkins' production of "King John" at the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre. She wrote to him saying that the boy who played Prince Arthur was not good enough and that she could do better. Atkins wrote back and asked that she come to see him. On the day they met, Atkins thought she was a shop girl and not a school girl. She gave a little prince speech and he told her to go to drama school and come back when she was older.


title: Eileen Atkins

text: Burton came to an agreement with Eileen's parents that he would try to get her a scholarship for one drama school and that if she did not get the scholarship he would arrange for her to do a teaching course in some other drama school. Her parents were not at all keen on the fact that she would stay in school until 16 as her sister had left at 14 and her brother at 15 but somehow they were persuaded. Eileen was in Latymer's until 16. Out of 300 applicants for a RADA scholarship, she got down to the last three but was not selected, so she did a three-year course on teaching at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. But, although she was taking the teaching course, she also attended drama classes and in fact performed in three plays in her last year. This was in the early 1950s. In her third and last year she had to teach once a week, an experience she later said she hated. She graduated from Guildhall in 1953.


title: Eileen Atkins

text: As soon as she left Guildhall she got her first job with Robert Atkins in 1953: as Jaquenetta in "Love's Labour's Lost" at the same Regent's Park Open Air Theatre where she was brought to see Atkins' King John production years before. She was also, very briefly, an assistant stage manager at the Oxford Playhouse until Peter Hall fired her for impudence. She was also part of repertory companies performing in Billy Butlin's holiday camp in Skegness, Lincolnshire. It was there when she met Julian Glover.


title: Eileen Atkins

text: She joined the Guild Players Repertory Company in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland, as a professional actress in 1952. She appeared as the nurse in "Harvey" at the Repertory Theatre, Bangor, in 1952. In 1953 she appeared as an attendant in "Love's Labours Lost" at the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre. Her London stage debut was in 1953 as Jaquenetta in Robert Atkins's staging of "Love's Labour's Lost" at the Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park.


title: Eileen Atkins

text: Atkins has regularly returned to the life and work of Virginia Woolf for professional inspiration. She has played the writer on stage in Patrick Garland's adaptation of "A Room of One's Own" and also in "Vita and Virginia", winning the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding One-Person Show and an Obie Award for A Room of One's Own in which she also played in the 1990 television version; she also provided the screenplay for the 1997 film adaptation of Woolf's novel "Mrs. Dalloway", and made a cameo appearance in the 2002 film version of Michael Cunningham's Woolf-themed novel, "The Hours".


title: Eileen Atkins

text: Atkins joined the Stratford Memorial Theatre Company in 1957 and stayed for two seasons. She was with the Old Vic in its 1961–62 season (she appeared in the Old Vic's Repertoire Leaflets of February–April 1962 and April–May 1962).


title: Eileen Atkins

text: She appeared as Maggie Clayhanger in all six episodes of Arnold Bennett's "Hilda Lessways" from 15 May to 19 June 1959, produced by BBC Midlands with Judi Dench and Brian Smith. In the 1960 Shakespeare production "An Age of Kings" she played Joan of Arc.


title: Eileen Atkins

text: She helped create two television series. Along with fellow actress, Jean Marsh, she created the concept for an original television series, "Behind the Green Baize Door", which became the award-winning ITV series "Upstairs, Downstairs" (1971–75). Marsh played maid Rose for the duration of the series but Atkins was unable to accept a part because of stage commitments. The same team was also responsible for the BBC series "The House of Eliott" (1991–93).


title: Eileen Atkins

text: Her film and television work includes "Sons and Lovers" (1981), "Smiley's People" (1982), "Oliver Twist" (1982), "Titus Andronicus" (1985), "A Better Class of Person" (1985), "Roman Holiday" (1987), "The Lost Language of Cranes" (1991), "Cold Comfort Farm" (1995), "Talking Heads" (1998), "Madame Bovary" (2000), "David Copperfield" (2000), "Wit" (2001) and "Bertie and Elizabeth" (2002), "Cold Mountain" (2003), "What a Girl Wants" (2003), "Vanity Fair" (2004), "Ballet Shoes" (2005) and "Ask the Dust" (2006).


title: Eileen Atkins

text: In the autumn of 2007, she co-starred with Dame Judi Dench and Sir Michael Gambon in the BBC One drama "Cranford" playing the central role of Miss Deborah Jenkyns. This performance earned her the 2008 BAFTA Award for best actress, as well as the Emmy Award. In September 2007 she played Abigail Dusniak in Waking the Dead "Yahrzeit" (S6:E11-12).


title: Eileen Atkins

text: In 2009 Atkins played the evil Nurse Edwina Kenchington in the BBC Two black comedy "Psychoville". Atkins replaced Vanessa Redgrave as Eleanor of Aquitaine in the blockbuster movie "Robin Hood", starring Russell Crowe, which was released in the UK in May 2010. The same year, she played Louisa in the dark comedy film "Wild Target".


title: Eileen Atkins

text: Atkins and Jean Marsh, creators of the original 1970s series of "Upstairs, Downstairs", were among the cast of a new BBC adaptation, shown over the winter of 2010–11. The new series is set in 1936. Marsh again played Rose while Atkins was cast as the redoubtable Maud, Lady Holland. In August 2011, it was revealed that Atkins had decided not to continue to take part as she was unhappy with the scripts. In September 2011, Atkins joined the cast of ITV comedy-drama series "Doc Martin" playing the title character's aunt, Ruth Ellingham. She returned as Aunt Ruth for the show's sixth series in September 2013, the seventh in September 2015 and eighth in September 2017.


title: Eileen Atkins

text: Atkins starred as Lady Spence with Matthew Rhys in an adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's "The Scapegoat", shown in September 2012.


title: Eileen Atkins

text: She has portrayed Queen Mary on two occasions, in the 2002 television film "Bertie and Elizabeth" and in the 2016 Netflix-produced television series "The Crown".


title: Eileen Atkins

text: Atkins portrayed graduate school professor Evelyn Ashford to Vivian Bearing (Emma Thompson) in "Wit", a 2001 American television movie directed by Mike Nichols. The teleplay by Nichols and Emma Thompson is based on the 1999 Pulitzer Prize winning play of the same title by Margaret Edson. The film was shown at the Berlin International Film Festival on 9 February 2001 before being broadcast by HBO on 24 March. It was shown at the Edinburgh Film Festival and the Warsaw Film Festival later in the year.


title: Eileen Atkins

text: Atkins had a guest role in BBC Radio 4's long-running rural soap "The Archers" in September 2016, playing Jacqui, the juror who persuades her fellow jurors to acquit Helen Titchener (née Archer) of the charge of attempted murder and wounding with intent of her abusive husband, Rob.


title: Eileen Atkins

text: Atkins was married to actor Julian Glover in 1957; they divorced in 1966. (A day after his divorce, Glover married actress Isla Blair.) She married her second husband, Bill Shepherd, on 2 February 1978. Shepherd died on 24 June 2016.


title: Eileen Atkins

text: In 1997, she wrote the screenplay for "Mrs Dalloway", starring Vanessa Redgrave. The film received excellent reviews but was a box-office failure. It was a financial disaster for Atkins and her husband, who had invested in it. She said of this incident: "I have to work. I was nearly bankrupted over "Mrs Dalloway", and if you are nearly bankrupted, you are in trouble for the rest of your life. I don't have a pension. In any case, it doesn't hurt me to work. I think it's quite good, actually."


title: Eileen Atkins

text: "All through my career, I have tried to do new work, but there is a problem in the West End as far as new work is concerned. As a theatregoer, I get bored with seeing the same old plays again and again. I felt terrible the other night because I bumped into Greta Scacchi and she asked me if I was coming to see her in "The Deep Blue Sea". I said, 'Greta, I'm so old, I've seen it so many times. I've seen it with Peggy Ashcroft, with Vivien Leigh, with Googie Withers, with Penelope Wilton and I played it myself when I was 19. I can't bring myself to see it again.' She was very sweet about it."


title: Eileen Atkins

text: In 1995, Atkins was diagnosed with breast cancer and treated for the condition. She has recovered. Living alone in widowhood during the COVID lockdown, Atkins (at age 87) completed her autobiography "Will She Do?". She read an abridged version on BBC Radio 4.


title: Eileen Atkins

text: Atkins was created a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1990. She was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) on her 67th birthday, 16 June 2001. On 23 June 2010, she was awarded the degree of Doctor of Letters, "honoris causa," by Oxford University. On 5 December 2005 she received the degree of Doctor of Arts, "honoris causa", from City University London. She is a member of the American Theater Hall of Fame; she was inducted in 1998.


title: U.S. Salernitana 1919

text: an Italian football club based in Salerno, Campania. The original club was founded in 1919 and has been reconstituted three times in the course of its history, most recently in 2011. The current club is the heir of the former "Salernitana Calcio 1919" and it restarted from Serie D in the 2011–12 season. Salernitana returned to Serie A in 2021, after a break of 23 seasons, having finished second in Serie B.


title: U.S. Salernitana 1919

text: The Salerno-based club was originally founded in 1919 as the "Unione Sportiva Salernitana." The club was known as "Società Sportiva Salernitanaudax" for a time during the 1920s following a merger with Audax Salerno. In 1978, the club was renamed "Salernitana Sport." The club has spent the majority of their history at the Serie B and Serie C levels of Italian football.


title: U.S. Salernitana 1919

text: In their early years, Salernitana competed in the regional Italian Football Championship. They played at this level for four seasons during the 1920s. Since that time the club returned to the top level of Italian football twice; they played in Serie A during 1947–48 and 1998–99.


title: U.S. Salernitana 1919

text: In 2005, the club went bankrupt but was restarted by Antonio Lombardi, changing the name from "Salernitana Sport" to "Salernitana Calcio 1919".


title: U.S. Salernitana 1919

text: In 2011, the club did not appeal against a decision by "Commissione di Vigilanza sulle Società di Calcio Professionistiche" (Co.Vi.So.C) and was excluded from Italian football.


title: U.S. Salernitana 1919

text: On 21 July 2011, following the exclusion of the original Salernitana club, Salerno mayor Vincenzo De Luca, in compliance with Article 52 of N.O.I.F., assigned the new title to Marco Mezzaroma, brother-in-law of Lazio owner and chairman Claudio Lotito. The new club was admitted to Serie D under the denomination of Salerno Calcio.


title: U.S. Salernitana 1919

text: In the 2011–12 season, Salernitana was immediately promoted to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione after winning "Group G" of Serie D.


title: U.S. Salernitana 1919

text: On 12 July 2012, the club was renamed US Salernitana 1919. In the 2012–13 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione season, Salernitana finished first in Girone B, and was promoted to Lega Pro Prima Divisione. This was the second consecutive promotion for the team. Finally Salernitana won Group C of Lega Pro and returned Serie B in 2014–15 season.


title: U.S. Salernitana 1919

text: After several seasons at Serie B level, Salernitana won promotion to Serie A at the end of the 2020–21 Serie B season under the tenure of head coach Fabrizio Castori, finishing in 2nd place behind champions Empoli. Promotion was secured with a 3–0 victory over Pescara on the final matchday. Salernitana's return to Serie A however required Lotito and Mezzaroma to sell the club, due to Italian football laws not allowing two clubs from the same owner to play in the same league. On 7 July 2021, the FIGC Federal Council approved the trust of Salernitana to take control of the club, meaning it was officially enrolled in Serie A for the first time in 23 years.


title: U.S. Salernitana 1919

text: Salernitana's first match in its return to the top flight was a 3–2 defeat against Bologna on 22 August 2021. After a poor start to the season, earning only one point from the first six matches, the club picked up its first Serie A victory against Genoa on matchday seven, winning 1–0 due to a goal from Milan Đurić. In October, the Salernitana board fired Castori after a 2–1 loss to Spezia had left the club at the bottom of the table, with four points from their opening eight league games. Stefano Colantuono was named as his replacement, returning for a second spell as head coach having previously led Salernitana from December 2017 to December 2018.


title: U.S. Salernitana 1919

text: On 22 May 2022, Salernitana avoided relegation by finishing with the lowest points tally in Serie A history with just 31 points. Salernitana managed to pull off the great escape by securing 18 points from their last 15 matches.


title: U.S. Salernitana 1919

text: Salernitana originally wore light blue and white striped shirts, known in Italy as "biancocelesti". The blue on the shirt was chosen to represent the sea, as Salerno lies right next to the Gulf of Salerno and has a long tradition as a port city. In the 1940s, the club changed to garnet coloured shirts, which has gained them the nickname "granata" in their homeland.


title: U.S. Salernitana 1919

text: During the 2011–12 season their kit colours were striped blue and deep red, resembling F.C. Barcelona. The symbol of St. Matthew, patron saint of Salerno, was also a part of the redesigned kit.


title: U.S. Salernitana 1919

text: Since renaming the club US Salernitana 1919, however, their home colours have again been the traditional garnet.


title: U.S. Salernitana 1919

text: The 100th anniversary logo was announced on June 24, 2019, and appeared on their 2019–20 season kits.


title: U.S. Salernitana 1919

text: The following players have been selected by their country in the World Cup Finals, while playing for Salernitana.


title: Nathan Chen

text: Nathan Chen (born May 5, 1999) is an American figure skater. He is the 2022 Olympic champion, a three-time World champion (2018, 2019, 2021), the 2017 Four Continents champion, a three-time Grand Prix Final champion (2017, 2018, 2019), a ten-time Grand Prix medalist (8 golds, 1 silver, 1 bronze), and a six-time U.S. national champion (2017–22). At the junior level, Chen is the 2015–16 Junior Grand Prix Final champion, 2013–14 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, 2014 World Junior bronze medalist, and a six-time Junior Grand Prix medalist (5 golds, 1 silver). Chen also helped the U.S. Olympic team win the bronze medal in the 2018 team event, and the silver medal in the 2022 team event.


title: Nathan Chen

text: Regarded as one of the greatest figure skaters of all time, Chen has the highest winning percentage in competitions in the modern era, and had the longest win streak in history from 2018-2021. Recognized for performing the most technically difficult programs in the world, Chen is credited for pushing the boundaries of athletic ability in the sport. Known as the "Quad King" for his mastery of quadruple jumps, Chen is the first skater in history to have landed five types of quadruple jumps in competition—the toe loop, Salchow, loop, flip, and Lutz—as well as eight quadruple jumps across a single competition (2018 World Championships). He is the current world record holder for men in the short program, free skate and combined total under the ISU Judging System.


title: Nathan Chen

text: Chen is the first Asian American man to earn an Olympic medal in single skating. Chen was named to the "2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 Sports List" by Forbes Magazine. Chen was named to "Time" Magazine's TIME 100 List of the 100 Most Influential People of 2022 in May 2022 and he was nominated for an ESPY Award in the "Best Olympian, Men's Sports" category in June 2022. In August 2022, Chen was announced as one of Harper's Bazaar's 2022 Icons featured in the September 2022 Harper's Bazaar issue. He was nominated for a People's Choice Award in the "Game Changer of 2022" category and an AAU James E. Sullivan Award in October 2022.


title: Nathan Chen

text: Nathan Chen was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Chinese immigrant parents, Zhidong Chen and Hetty Wang, who originated from Laibin, Guangxi, and Beijing respectively. Chen's father is a research scientist and his mother is a medical translator. Chen is the younger brother of Alice, Tony, Colin, and Janice Chen, formerly of the Jennifer Doudna lab and co-founder of Mammoth Biosciences. Chen attended West High School in Salt Lake City and Rim of the World High School in Lake Arrowhead, California, and graduated from California Connections Academy. In addition to figure skating, he trained in ballet with Ballet West Academy and competed in gymnastics at the state and regional levels for seven years up to level 9. And according to his book """One Jump at a Time: My Story""", he won the all-around at the Utah Boys’ State Gymnastics Championships in 2008 in St. George, Utah. He also played piano as a child and more recently the guitar.His Chinese name is Chén Wēi.


title: Nathan Chen

text: Chen enrolled at Jonathan Edwards College at Yale University in the fall of 2018, majoring in statistics and data science. He took a leave of absence after his sophomore year to prepare for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing and returned to college in the fall of 2022. He is due to graduate in 2024.


title: Nathan Chen

text: Chen started figure skating at age three in a pair of his sister's skates. He entered his first skating competition in 2003. From 2007 to 2009, he qualified to compete in the U.S. Junior Nationals at the juvenile and intermediate levels. He placed 10th and 3rd in juveniles at the 2007 and 2008 Junior Nationals. At the 2009 Junior Nationals, he won the intermediate men's silver medal.


title: Nathan Chen

text: Chen advanced to the novice level in the 2009–10 season. He became the youngest novice champion in the history of U.S. Figure Skating at age 10, winning the national novice title at the 2010 U.S. Championships in Spokane, Washington. Due to his young age, he opted to remain at the novice level for the 2010–2011 season and defended his novice title at the 2011 U.S. Championships in Greensboro, North Carolina.


title: Nathan Chen

text: In the 2011–2012 season, Chen moved up to the junior level. He was coached by Genia Chernyshova and also traveled to Lake Arrowhead, California, to work with jump specialist Rafael Arutyunyan. Arutyunyan became his main coach in mid-December 2011. Chen won the junior men's title at the 2012 U.S. Championships in San Jose, California on January 24, 2012. Making his first international appearance, he won the novice men's event at the 2012 Gardena Spring Trophy in Selva Val Gardena, Italy.


title: Nathan Chen

text: Chen became age-eligible (13 years old) to compete in the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series. His first assignment was JGP Austria in Linz from September 12–16, 2012. He won the gold medal with the highest score (222.00 points) ever awarded at the time in the JGP series. He withdrew from the 2012 JGP final after sustaining a lower leg injury. Staying at the junior level, he won the junior men's bronze medal at the 2013 U.S. Championships in Omaha, Nebraska, on January 22, 2013.


title: Nathan Chen

text: Staying at the junior level, he was assigned to JGP events in Mexico and Belarus. In both events, he won gold medals. These qualified him for the JGP Final in Japan, where he won the junior men's bronze medal.


title: Nathan Chen

text: On January 9, 2014, Chen broke the six-year U.S. junior men's record of 213.76 at the 2014 U.S. Championships in Boston, Massachusetts and won his second U.S. junior title. His final combination spin in the short program received 4.86 points, the highest among active male skaters in the world.