title: Evan Ross

text: Ross has appeared in several other films, including the thriller "Linewatch" with Cuba Gooding, Jr. (2008), the drama "Gardens of the Night" (2008), and the crime drama film "Life Is Hot in Cracktown" (2009). He then starred as Julie, the love interest of Hilary Duff's character, in the 2009 comedy-drama film "According to Greta". Ross has also appeared in The Notorious B.I.G. music video for the song "Nasty Girl" (2005), and the Lionel Richie music video for the song "Just Go" (2009).


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text: In 2010, Ross joined the cast of The CW's teen drama series "90210" in its third season, portraying Liam Court's (Matt Lanter) half-brother and the love interest to Annie Wilson, played by Shenae Grimes. That same year, he appeared in "Case 219", and the critically acclaimed film festival winner "Mooz-lum", also starring Danny Glover and Nia Long. He then starred in the comedy-drama "The Family Tree" (2011) and co-starred alongside Brittany Snow in the thriller "96 Minutes", which was released April 28, 2012, in select theaters. Ross won the Breakout Acting Award at SXSW for his performance in the film.


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text: In 2012, Ross had a supporting role in the Jay and Mark Duplass-directed comedy-drama "Jeff, Who Lives at Home". The following year, he portrayed music producer Dallas Austin in the VH1 biopic "", about the 1990s Atlanta girl group TLC (the film was named after their second album "CrazySexyCool"). He then appeared in the drama film "All the Wilderness" (2014), which premiered at SXSW; the Courteney Cox-directed comedy-drama "Just Before I Go" (2014), which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival; and the drama film "Supremacy" (2014), which premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival.


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text: Also in 2014, Ross portrayed the role of Messalla in "", released on November 21. He reprised the role in "", which was released on November 20, 2015. In July 2015, he joined the cast of ABC's crime drama series "Wicked City", portraying crime scene paparazzo Diver Hawkes, replacing Darrell Britt-Gibson in the role. Ross has a major role as Angel Rivera in the second and third seasons of Fox's drama series "Star". In 2018, Ross starred in a reality show alongside his wife Ashlee Simpson Ross called "Ashlee+Evan", which lasted 6 episodes.


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text: In 2007, Ross began recording his debut album, which will encompass R&B and pop. After four years in the studio, Ross released his single "Yes Me" on February 25, 2011, which was produced by Tony DeNiro and written by DeNiro and Ross. Ross released a sneak preview of another song, "How To Live Alone", on his Instagram on December 5, 2014. On May 14, 2015, Ross released the song as a single, featuring rapper T.I. In 2016, Ross was featured on DJWS & Hero's song, "They". Ross is one-half of the duo, Ashlee + Evan, with his wife. Ross recorded the duets, "Don't Look At Me" and "All I Want" for the series "Star" with Brittany O'Grady. In 2017, Ross was featured on "Restricted" by Kronic. Ross and his wife released a duet collaboration, "Ashlee + Evan", on October 12, 2018.


title: Evan Ross

text: Ross became engaged to singer-songwriter Ashlee Simpson in January 2014, and the two married on his mother's estate in Connecticut on August 30, 2014. They have two children together, a daughter named Jagger Snow Ross (born July 30, 2015) and a son named Ziggy Blu Ross (born October 29, 2020), and Ross is the step-father of Bronx Mowgli Wentz (born November 20, 2008), Simpson's son by her previous husband, musician Pete Wentz.


title: Sarah Lancashire

text: Sarah-Jane Abigail Lancashire (born 10 October 1964) is an English actress from Oldham, England. She graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 1986 and began her career in local theatre, whilst teaching drama classes at the Salford University. Lancashire was cast in television programmes including "Coronation Street" (1991–1996, 2000), "Where the Heart Is" (1997–1999), "Clocking Off" (2000) and "Seeing Red" (2000) and earned widespread recognition. In July 2000, Lancashire signed a two-year golden handcuffs contract with the ITV network which made her the UK's highest paid television actress.


title: Sarah Lancashire

text: Subsequent television roles include the costume dramas "Oliver Twist" (2007), "Lark Rise to Candleford" (2008–2011) and "The Paradise" (2012), and the fact based dramas "Cherished" (2005) and "Five Daughters" (2010). Since the 2010s, Lancashire has earned success and critical acclaim for her roles in the drama series "Last Tango in Halifax" (2012–2020), "Happy Valley" (2014–2022) and "Julia" (2022–present). Lancashire has also appeared in the feature films "And When Did You Last See Your Father?" (2007) and "Dad's Army" (2016), and West End theatre productions including "Blood Brothers" in 1990, "Guys and Dolls" from 2005 to 2006 and "Betty Blue Eyes" in 2011.


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text: Her combined acting credits have earned Lancashire a number of awards and nominations over a career spanning four decades, including two British Academy Television Award wins out of five nominations. She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to drama.


title: Sarah Lancashire

text: Sarah-Jane Abigail Lancashire was born on 10 October 1964 in Oldham, Lancashire. Her father, Geoffrey Lancashire (1933–2004), was a television scriptwriter for "Coronation Street" who also wrote situation comedies such as "The Cuckoo Waltz". Her mother, Hilda, worked as Geoffrey's personal assistant. She has three brothers, one her elder, one younger and a twin. Lancashire was educated at Oldham Hulme Grammar School between 1976 and 1981. At the age of 17, she started to suffer clinical depression.


title: Sarah Lancashire

text: Lancashire has stated she was never driven by the ideas of fame and status. Her background had inspired an initial interest in working behind the scenes in television. She did not give serious thought to the performing arts until the age of 18. After winning a place at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Lancashire realised that she enjoyed acting. She graduated in 1986, describing her time as a student there as "tremendous" but "seriously hard work and quite intimidating".


title: Sarah Lancashire

text: After rejection from several repertory theatre companies, Lancashire was given her first acting role by Howard Lloyd-Lewis, artistic director of the Manchester Library Theatre Company, which provided her with an Equity Card. Lancashire performed two plays with the company, "Pacific Overtures" and "The Beauty Game", which she has stated formed "the start of my career as an actor". She found her first professional acting experience "terrifying" as a result of the live audiences, recalling that, "because I wore a bathing costume in some of the scenes, I got heckled!" She also realised that taking risks or underperforming could have had consequences for her acting career. Her role as Denise in "The Beauty Game" earned her a nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards.


title: Sarah Lancashire

text: At the age of 22, Lancashire married her first serious boyfriend, Gary Hargreaves, a music lecturer 11 years her senior, whom she had met four years earlier.


title: Sarah Lancashire

text: Recalling the circumstances of her first marriage in 2001, Lancashire stated she only married because she became pregnant and possessed both a traditional outlook and a fear of the stigma of having a child out of wedlock. Thomas, her first child with Hargreaves, was born in 1987; a second son, Matthew, was born in 1989. During her early career, Lancashire found herself with large breaks between theatre appearances. To support herself financially, she worked as a drama tutor for five years at Salford University alongside her acting work.


title: Sarah Lancashire

text: Discussing Lancashire's time as a visiting lecturer in Acting and Characterisation, Professor Ron Cook, Head of the University's School of Media, Music and Performance, said Lancashire made a "significant impact" in the formative stages of the drama department at the University and had also directed student productions.


title: Sarah Lancashire

text: In 1987, Lancashire made a brief appearance in "Coronation Street" as Wendy Farmer, a prospective lodger of series regular Jack Duckworth (Bill Tarmey). In the late 1980s, she also appeared in an episode of the children's anthology series "Dramarama", and a single episode of the ITV sitcom "Watching".


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text: In 1990, Lancashire received her "big break" – the role of Linda in a production of Willy Russell's "Blood Brothers" at the Albery Theatre. Although she thoroughly enjoyed performing in London's West End, she found it difficult to reconcile the experience with raising two young children in Manchester.


title: Sarah Lancashire

text: Two weeks after finishing her run in "Blood Brothers", Lancashire auditioned for the role of new "Coronation Street" character Raquel Wolstenhulme, a colleague of supermarket employee Curly Watts (Kevin Kennedy).


title: Sarah Lancashire

text: Lancashire joined on a three-month contract, continuing to teach at Salford University for another year. Raquel first appeared on 25 January 1991 and departed on 10 May; having moved to London to try to launch a modelling career. Lancashire had initially been reserved about Raquel's characterisation, observing her "acidic side" could have rendered her the "street bitch" had it been embellished. She took care to highlight Raquel's potential, playing against what had been written to make her more comic, evoking audience sympathy. Between 26 September and 19 October 1991, Lancashire played the title role in an adaption of "Educating Rita" at the Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch. Following Raquel's reintroduction on 30 December 1991, Lancashire committed herself to "Coronation Street" full-time. She would remain in the series until 1996, earning a reported annual salary of £90,000.


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text: Two years into the role, she experienced a 14-month nervous breakdown but did not confide in anyone besides her close family or take any time off work, which in retrospect she deemed "the worst thing [she] could have done. During the worst part of her experience Lancashire described herself as "hysterical at the thought of getting out of bed". Her mother Hilda forced her to seek medical assistance for her condition, which Lancashire states "gave me my life back", her twenties having been "a write-off".


title: Sarah Lancashire

text: Lancashire felt her first marriage had also contributed to her unhappiness; in 2001, she stated that though her marriage lasted ten years, it "was 10 years longer than it should have done". In 1995, she separated from Hargreaves; the couple would ultimately later divorce. She described leaving her marriage as a "cleansing experience" and a "renaissance"; one that enabled her to rediscover her sense of identity.


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text: Other steps that Lancashire took to combat her depression included remaining single for five years, attending therapy sessions, and taking prescriptions of the anti-depressant drug Paroxetine.


title: Sarah Lancashire

text: In December 1995, Lancashire starred in the spin-off straight-to-video film "Coronation Street – The Cruise", a 75-minute special detailing Raquel and Curly's honeymoon. The special was advertised as being exclusive to video, and 750,000 copies were sold, to the value of £10 million. Lancashire departed "Coronation Street" in 1996 due to her heavy work schedule and desire to pursue other projects. She had also tired of the fame the role brought her, shying away from personal appearances and interviews with television magazines. Her final scenes attracted 20 million viewers. Lancashire's performance in the role saw her nominated in the Most Popular Actress category at the 2nd National Television Awards in October 1996.


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text: Lancashire's next role was district nurse Ruth Goddard in the ITV drama series "Where the Heart Is", which began airing in 1997. Also in 1997 she filmed a situation comedy for the BBC, "Bloomin' Marvellous", in which she played Liz, one half of an argumentative married couple trying for a baby.


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text: However, due to poor viewing figures and a damning critical response the sitcom was not renewed. Regarding the negative reception to the series, her co-star Clive Mantle sarcastically remarked "I've seen murderers and rapists get a better press than we did". Lancashire continued to star as Ruth Goddard in "Where the Heart Is" for its second and third series in 1998 and 1999. In 1998 she was nominated for her second National Television Award for Most Popular Actress. In February 1999 she made a guest appearance in the British dark comedy anthology series "Murder Most Horrid" alongside comedian Dawn French. The pair played two yachtswoman whose journey ends with fatal repercussions. In April it was announced that Lancashire would be quitting "Where the Heart Is", despite an offered pay rise. At the time, "Where the Heart is" was the third most popular drama on British Television, regularly attracting 12 million viewers. Lancashire's decision was reportedly influenced by the series filming away from home, and a fear that remaining in the series long term would harm her career. In January 2000 she expanded on her decision, stating that Ruth "was too chocolate-boxy, no longer a challenge".


title: Sarah Lancashire

text: On 1 January 2000, Lancashire returned to "Coronation Street" for one episode in which Raquel asks Curly for a divorce. Lancashire felt it was an apt time to return, as she was now a more confident actress and wanted to portray Raquel again before she aged significantly. The series' producer at the time, Jane Macnaught, deemed Raquel one of "Coronation Street" most popular ever characters and her return an opportunity for her "millions of fans" to learn what had become of her. Lancashire and Kennedy were the sole actors in the episode, the first to feature just two characters. From late January, Lancashire appeared as factory employee Yvonne Kolakowski, a widow with a dysfunctional personal life, in the BBC One drama series "Clocking Off". Lancashire used her own experiences as a single mother in her characterisation. In March, she played actress Coral Atkins in the television film "Seeing Red".


title: Sarah Lancashire

text: Lancashire found shooting the drama, which detailed Atkins' decision to quit her acting career in order to set up a care home for abused children, "mentally draining". Lancashire then spent eight weeks filming the BBC One legal sitcom "Chambers" in which she played "ambitious" and "bigoted" barrister Ruth Quirke. The series was aired from June 2000. Lancashire's final role in 2000 was in the two-part drama thriller "My Fragile Heart". Lancashire's output in 2000 earned her several awards. She was voted best actress at the "TV Quick" Awards in September 2000 for her roles in "Clocking Off" and "Seeing Red", and in October was voted Most Popular Actress at the 6th National Television Awards for "Seeing Red". In March 2001 she was named Drama Performer of the Year by the Television and Radio Industries Club, with mention of her work in "Clocking Off" and "Seeing Red".


title: Sarah Lancashire

text: Resulting from Lancashire's ability to connect with a television audience, ITV sought to secure her exclusively to their network in a two-year golden handcuffs deal, which was finalised in July 2000. Lancashire became the first actress to be given such a contract with ITV. The deal, worth £1.3 million, made Lancashire the highest-paid actress in British Television. Discussing the exclusive signing ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott identified Lancashire as being someone with "a great range [who] creates a tremendous empathy with an audience". He also admitted that heavy interest in Lancashire from the BBC had been a factor in giving her the contract, and blocking her from working with other networks. Her last role on BBC One during this period was comedy drama "Gentleman's Relish", an adaptation of the Miles Gibson novel "Kingdom Swann". The television film, which aired on New Year's Day 2001, was Lancashire's first in the costume drama genre; she played a housekeeper harbouring romantic feelings for her employer (Billy Connolly).


title: Sarah Lancashire

text: Her first role under her new contract with ITV was the six-part drama "The Glass" opposite John Thaw. The series, which aired between May and June 2001 saw Lancashire star as a saleswoman for a double-glazing company who ends up caught in a love triangle with her boss and his nephew. In August 2001, Lancashire married television executive Peter Salmon, in a low-key ceremony held at Langar Hall, Nottinghamshire. Salmon had proposed to Lancashire in New York during a holiday at Easter time 2001. The two began a romantic relationship in the summer of 2000, though they had first met several years earlier whilst she was portraying Raquel on "Coronation Street" and he was employed by Granada Studios, which produces the soap opera. In October Lancashire starred in an adaptation of the Michelle Magorian novel "Back Home" as Peggy Dickinson, a woman adjusting to life in post-war Britain after having been separated from her family during the war.


title: Sarah Lancashire

text: In March 2002, Lancashire received an Honorary Master of Arts degree from Salford University. In April, she starred in two-part psychological thriller "The Cry", which she described as her "most naked role yet". She played a social worker grieving her second still-born child who is determined to protect a baby she perceives to be at risk of abuse. Lancashire drew on her own experiences of clinical depression in her depiction of her character's mentality. Her performance saw her awarded with a Golden Nymph award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival. In April, it was reported that Lancashire had been lined up to play the lead role in comedy drama "Life Begins", which creator Mike Bullen had written with Lancashire in mind. However, by June, Lancashire had exited the drama, unwilling to commit to a potentially long running series. Later that month, BBC News and newspaper "The Guardian" reported that Lancashire had exited her exclusive deal with ITV, which would not be renewed after it expired in the autumn. The decision was reportedly influenced by Lancashire's desire to reduce her workload and to have the freedom to take on other roles. In September 2002, she appeared in a two-part crime drama pilot, "Rose and Maloney", as legal investigator Rose Linden. On 22 December she appeared in the television movie "Birthday Girl" as Rachel Jones, who plans a party to celebrate being in remission from a serious illness, only to discover that the disease has returned.


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text: Lancashire's final role under her ITV contract was Gertrude Morel in an adaptation of D.H. Lawrence's 1913 novel "Sons and Lovers", airing in January 2003. The portrayal –her first of a mother with adult children– followed Gertrude's transformation from a young bride into a fifty-something woman ravaged by her life experiences of poverty and domestic abuse. Lancashire re-read the novel several times prior to filming, and identified with the themes of filial and marital relationships she had been unable to appreciate as a GCSE student. The miniseries gave her a sense of conviction in her career path, stating ahead of the broadcast in 2002: "whatever the reason I do what I do, I felt I had come to a point where I could stop searching after this". Reviewing the serial, Paul Hoggart of "The Times" wrote that Lancashire "steals the show" with a "performance of immense subtlety and quiet strength, proof, if we still needed it, that she has matured into a terrific actress." Conversely Andrew Billen, writing in "New Statesman", wrote that "Sarah Lancashire was no revelation at all", purely because she had "long since proved herself a formidable actress".


title: Sarah Lancashire

text: While pregnant with her third child, Lancashire began an 18-month career break, the longest of her working life. In March 2003, Lancashire gave birth to her third son, Joseph. Lancashire's first job after returning to work was her directorial debut on an episode of the BBC One anthology series "The Afternoon Play". For "Viva Las Blackpool", she was given the Best Newcomer Award (sponsored by BBC Birmingham) at the Birmingham Screen Festival and the Best New Talent Award at the Royal Television Society (Midlands) awards in 2004. The venture also earned her first British Academy Television Awards nomination in 2005 for Best new Director of Fiction. Lancashire next filmed three two-part stories for "Rose and Maloney", following on from the pilot episode in 2002. The delay between shooting for the pilot and its follow-up was a result of Lancashire's career break and problems reconciling her availability with that of co-star Phil Davis.


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text: In 2005, Lancashire starred in "The Rotters' Club" as a housewife in 1970s Birmingham. Also in 2005, she appeared in the BBC television film "Cherished" as Angela Cannings, a British woman who was wrongfully convicted of killing her two baby sons. Lancashire was proud to be involved with the project, having greatly admired Cannings strength of character during her ordeal, and being able to relate to her sense of anguish as a parent. In December 2005, Lancashire returned to West End theatre, taking on the role of Miss Adelaide in the Donmar Warehouse production of "Guys and Dolls" at the Piccadilly Theatre. Lancashire was due to stay with the production until March 2006, but due to a severe chest infection made her last appearance on 4 January. In 2006, Lancashire accepted an invitation to write a short autobiographical entry in "Who's Who". Lancashire's only television acting role in 2006 was as house-wife and cake-maker Elaine in the BBC comedy drama "Angel Cake". In November, she presented an episode of the Five documentary series "Disappearing Britain" in which she interviewed people with memories of Wakes Week holidays in Blackpool during the early 20th century. In February 2007, she made an appearance in the E4 teen drama series "Skins". This was followed by a leading role in the BBC Two television drama "Sex, the City and Me" as solicitor Ruth Gilbert. In October, Lancashire appeared in her first feature film, David Nicholls' "And When Did You Last See Your Father?" in which she played aunt Beaty. In December, she played the supporting role of Mrs Corney in the BBC's 2007 adaption of Charles Dickens' 1838 novel "Oliver Twist". Whilst ambivalent about the serial as a whole, "The Daily Mirror"s Jane Simon singled Lancashire out for praise stating that she "really sets the tone for the cold, unfeeling world into which orphaned Oliver is born."


title: Sarah Lancashire

text: Between 2008 and 2011, Lancashire narrated the BBC One series "Lark Rise to Candleford", a costume drama based on Flora Thompson's memoir of her Oxfordshire childhood in the 1880s. In April, she appeared in the opening episode of the 2008 series of "Doctor Who", as "an enigmatic and powerful businesswoman" who Lancashire described as a "warped Mary Poppins". She was amongst a number of high-profile actors the series' executive producer Russell T Davies secured for the fourth series of the science-fiction drama as part of his intention to make it "bigger and blowsier". In 2009, Lancashire starred in the BBC One musical drama series "All the Small Things". She played Esther Caddick, a full-time mother who starts a choir after her husband leaves her for a more glamorous woman. In July that year, the actress was made an honorary Doctor of Letters by the University of Huddersfield. Following this, she reunited with director Coky Giedroyc, who had directed her in "Oliver Twist", for a 2009 television adaptation of Emily Brontë's 1847 novel "Wuthering Heights" in which she played housekeeper Nelly Dean. In 2010, Lancashire portrayed Rosemary Nicholls, mother of a murder victim, in the three-part BBC drama "Five Daughters"; a depiction of the Ipswich serial murders from the perspective of the victims and their families. Though the pair never met, Lancashire felt it important to receive Nicholls consent before filming, and was later "humbled" and "relieved" to receive a feedback letter thanking her for her portrayal. Also in 2010, she guest-starred in the police drama series "Inspector George Gently".


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text: In March 2011, Lancashire began starring in a new Cameron Mackintosh musical, "Betty Blue Eyes", at the Novello Theatre. In the production, a loose adaptation of the 1984 film "A Private Function", she starred as Joyce Chilvers, an aspirational housewife who Lancashire describes as "brittle" and "capricious". Despite positive reviews the musical closed in London on 24 September 2011, after a run of just six months. For her performance Lancashire was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical. In 2012, she appeared as lady's maid Miss Whisset in the penultimate episode of the 2010 revival of "Upstairs Downstairs". In September 2012, Lancashire began appearing as Head of Ladieswear Miss Audrey in the six-part series "The Paradise" set in a department store in Northern England in the late 19th century. Lancashire described her character as "a true archetypal spinster" who has long denied herself a romantic life and who begins to feel undermined by a younger colleague.


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text: Between November 2012 and December 2016, Lancashire appeared opposite Anne Reid and Derek Jacobi in the BBC drama series "Last Tango in Halifax". In the series, she plays Caroline, an Oxford-educated headmistress who feels that her mother's second marriage gives her "permission" to be herself. Caroline's same-sex relationship with a fellow teacher resulted in Lancashire receiving more fan mail than for any other role, largely from women telling her that the series had helped them to come out. Due to the under-representation of gay characters in television, Lancashire felt it particularly important that Caroline's experience would not be depicted inaccurately. In her portrayal, she opted to focus on the "humanity" of the character, rather than her sexuality. Filming of the second series clashed with filming of the second series of "The Paradise", which necessitated Lancashire leaving "The Paradise" partway through its second series. For her role as Caroline, she was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in both 2013 and 2014, winning in 2014. At the 2015 Hay Festival, Lancashire stated that of all the roles she has taken on in her career Caroline is the one she is most proud of, citing the "extraordinary impact" of the character. After airing three full series, "Last Tango in Halifax" returned for a fourth series in December 2016, consisting of two episodes which were promoted as "Christmas Specials", and also for a fifth series in 2020.


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text: In 2014, Lancashire re-united with "Last Tango in Halifax" writer Sally Wainwright on the crime drama "Happy Valley". Wainwright was keen to write another role for Lancashire after being "blown away" by her performances in "Last Tango in Halifax". Lancashire portrays single-grandparent Catherine Cawood, a police sergeant still dealing with the aftermath of her daughter's rape, and subsequent suicide, eight years earlier. Mark Lawson of "The Guardian" identified the performance as a career best for Lancashire, stating that she perfectly conveyed "the script's demandingly contradictory notes of tragedy, comedy, love, guilt, weakness and courage". For this role she earned the "TV Choice" Award for Best Actress in 2014, and the Royal Television Programme Award for Best Actress in 2015. In September 2014, the "Radio Times" listed her as one of the thirty most powerful women in British television and radio. In April 2015, she received her fourth BAFTA television nomination, her first in the Best Actress category. In June 2015, she was named Best Actress in a Drama Series at the Monte Carlo Television Festival.


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text: Despite Lancashire's concerns regarding the decision to extend the story told in "Happy Valley", Wainwright's "genuine" storytelling and "integrity" convinced her to return for a second series, which aired in 2016. Lancashire stated that she found the second series as "emotionally brutal" as the first; disclosing to "The Independent" that she inhabited Catherine's emotional pain for the entirety of the shoot. Whilst promoting the second series, Lancashire also refuted criticism about the level of violence towards women in the series, stating she "would never condone anything which [she] thought was salacious, titillating, or gratuitous" and that Catherine's experience represented an "absolutely honest portrayal of what a female police officer can be subjected to". For her role in the second series of "Happy Valley", Lancashire won the 2017 National Television Award for Best Dramatic Performance, and the BAFTA TV award for Best Actress.


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text: In March 2015, Lancashire began filming a television adaptation of Ronald Harwoods 1980 play "The Dresser". In the drama, which aired in October 2015, Lancashire portrayed stage manager Madge, whose unrequited love for 'Sir' (Anthony Hopkins), the head of a repertory theatre company, puts her at odds with his dresser and confidant, Norman (Ian McKellen). Lancashire described "The Dresser" as "the greatest piece ever written about actors" and found both working with and observing McKellen and Hopkins – "two of the greatest actors ever" – an extraordinary experience. Following an airing on the American premium cable channel Starz in 2016, Lancashire was nominated for the 2016 Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Movie or Miniseries Lancashire played Mrs Pike in the 2016 feature film "Dad's Army", based on the situation comedy series of the same name. In early 2017, she began voicing the character of "Headmonstress" Mrs Twirlyhorn in the animated pre-school series "School of Roars", which airs on Cbeebies.


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text: Lancashire was due to appear opposite Martin Freeman in "Labour of Love", a political comedy by James Graham, at the Noël Coward Theatre in late 2017 but pulled out on 1 September "on doctor's advice" and was replaced by Tamsin Greig. In 2018, she starred as Miriam – billed as an "experienced, no-nonsense social worker" – in "Kiri", a four-part drama series written by Jack Thorne, co-produced by Channel 4 and the American on-demand service Hulu. The miniseries centres on a black girl living with a white foster couple who is murdered on a visit to her family, putting Miriam and the social services under scrutiny.


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text: Lancashire portrayed Julia Child in the HBO Max drama "Julia". The eight-part series debuted on the channel in March 2022. Having received favourable reviews the series was renewed in May 2022.


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text: Lancashire was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to drama.


title: Kep1er

text: Kep1er (; ) is a South Korean girl group formed through the Mnet reality survival competition show "Girls Planet 999" in 2021 and managed by Swing Entertainment and Wake One Entertainment. The group is composed of nine members: Kim Chae-hyun, Huening Bahiyyih, Choi Yu-jin, Kim Da-yeon, Seo Young-eun, Kang Ye-seo, Hikaru Ezaki, Mashiro Sakamoto, and Shen Xiaoting. They made their official debut on January 3, 2022, with the extended play (EP) "First Impact".


title: Kep1er

text: "Kep1er" was a name suggested by viewers of "Girls Planet 999" through the website Naver. The name is a reference to the planets in the Kepler star systems named after the 16th century astronomer Johannes Kepler.


title: Kep1er

text: Kep1er was formed through the Mnet reality survival show "Girls Planet 999", which aired from August 6 to October 22, 2021. The show brought 99 contestants from China, Japan and South Korea to compete to debut in a multinational girl group. Out of initially 99 contestants, only the top nine would make the final lineup.


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text: Before the show began, several group members had already been active in the entertainment industry. Choi Yu-jin made her debut in the Cube Entertainment girl group CLC on March 19, 2015 with the group's extended play (EP) "First Love"; she was on hiatus from CLC due to activities with Kep1er until their disbandment. In 2010, Kang Ye-seo was a member of the girl group CutieL before joining Busters from 2019 to 2020.


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text: Kim Da-yeon participated in "Produce 48" in 2018, representing CNC Entertainment, while Shen Xiaoting participated in "Produce Camp 2020", representing Top Class Entertainment. Both were eliminated in the first round, placing 70th and 80th in their respective shows. Mashiro Sakamoto, a trainee at JYP Entertainment from 2016 to 2018, appeared in the first episode of the Mnet reality survival show "Stray Kids" as part of the female trainee team, but did not progress past the first episode. Following "Produce 48", Da-yeon left CNC Entertainment and signed with Stardium Entertainment, only to leave once more after her debut plans fell through. Xiaoting was a competitive ballroom and modern dancer, having won a gold medal in a modern dance sport competition in Shanghai, as well as ranking sixth globally in a British competition.


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text: Kep1er was originally scheduled to debut on December 14, 2021, with pre-orders for their EP "First Impact" having begun on November 29. They were also initially scheduled to perform at the 2021 Mnet Asian Music Awards on December 11. However, it was announced that the group's scheduled debut had been delayed to January 3, 2022 after one of their staff members tested positive for COVID-19. Their performance at the 2021 Mnet Asian Music Awards was also cancelled. On December 14, it was revealed that group members Mashiro and Xiaoting tested positive for COVID-19 and were announced to have fully recovered on December 26.


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text: On January 3, 2022, Kep1er released their debut EP "First Impact", with "Wa Da Da" serving as lead single. On January 10, 2022, Chae-hyun was announced as the new co-host for SBS MTV's music program "The Show" alongside Ateez's Yeosang and Cravity's Minhee. On January 13, 2022, Kep1er won their first music program award on "M Countdown" with "Wa Da Da". On February 21, 2022, it was confirmed that Kep1er will participate in the second season of the Mnet reality competition show "Queendom", scheduled to premiere in March 2022.


title: Kep1er

text: On August 3, 2022, Kep1er released their first Japanese single "Fly-Up", featuring "Wing Wing" as lead track. It was released on September 7, 2022.


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text: On October 13, 2022, Kep1er released their third EP "Troubleshooter" with "We Fresh" serving as the lead single.


title: King Kong

text: King Kong is a fictional giant monster resembling a gorilla, who has appeared in various media since 1933. He has been dubbed The Eighth Wonder of the World, a phrase commonly used within the franchise. His first appearance was in the novelization of the 1933 film "King Kong" from RKO Pictures, with the film premiering a little over two months later. Upon its initial release and subsequent re-releases, the film received universal acclaim. A sequel quickly followed that same year with "The Son of Kong", featuring Little Kong. Toho produced "King Kong vs. Godzilla" (1962) featuring a giant Kong battling Toho's Godzilla and "King Kong Escapes" (1967), a film loosely based on Rankin/Bass' "The King Kong Show" (1966-1969). In 1976, Dino De Laurentiis produced a modern remake of the original film directed by John Guillermin. A sequel, "King Kong Lives", followed a decade later featuring a Lady Kong. Another remake of the original, this time set in 1933, was released in 2005 by filmmaker Peter Jackson.


title: King Kong

text: "" (2017), set in 1973, is part of Legendary Entertainment's "MonsterVerse", which began with Legendary's reboot of "Godzilla" in 2014. A sequel, "Godzilla vs. Kong", once again pitting the characters against one another, was released in March 2021.


title: King Kong

text: The character of King Kong has become one of the world's most famous movie icons, having inspired a number of sequels, remakes, spin-offs, imitators, parodies, cartoons, books, comics, video games, theme park rides, and a stage play. King Kong has also crossed over into other franchises such as Planet of the Apes, and encountered characters from other franchises in crossover media, such as the Toho movie monster Godzilla, as well as pulp characters, including Doc Savage and Tarzan. His role in the different narratives varies, ranging from a rampaging monster to a tragic antihero.


title: King Kong

text: The King Kong character was conceived and created by American filmmaker Merian C. Cooper. In the original film, the character's name is Kong, a name given to him by the inhabitants of the fictional "Skull Island" in the Indian Ocean, where Kong lives along with other oversized animals, such as plesiosaurs, pterosaurs and various dinosaurs. An American film crew, led by Carl Denham, captures Kong and takes him to New York City to be exhibited as the "Eighth Wonder of the World".


title: King Kong

text: Kong escapes and climbs the Empire State Building, only to fall from the skyscraper after being attacked by biplanes with guns. Denham comments "it wasn't the aeroplanes, It was beauty killed the beast", for he climbs the building in the first place only in an attempt to protect Ann Darrow, an actress originally kidnapped by the natives of the island and offered up to Kong as a sacrifice (in the 1976 remake, her character is named "Dwan").


title: King Kong

text: A pseudo-documentary about Skull Island that appears on the DVD for the 2005 remake (originally seen on the Sci-Fi Channel at the time of its theatrical release) gives Kong's scientific name as "Megaprimatus kong" ("Megaprimatus", deriving from the prefix "mega-" and the Latin words "primate" and "primatus", means "big primate" or "big supreme being") and states that his species may be related to "Gigantopithecus", though that genus of giant ape is more closely related to orangutans than to gorillas.


title: King Kong

text: Merian C. Cooper became fascinated by gorillas at the age of 6. In 1899, he was given a book from his uncle called "Explorations and Adventures in Equatorial Africa". The book (written in 1861), chronicled the adventures of Paul Du Chaillu in Africa and his various encounters with the natives and wildlife there. Cooper became fascinated with the stories involving the gorillas, in particular, Du Chaillu's depiction of a particular gorilla known for its "extraordinary size", that the natives described as "invincible" and the "King of the African Forest". When Du Chaillu and some natives encountered a gorilla later in the book he described it as a "hellish dream creature" that was "half man, half beast".


title: King Kong

text: As an adult, Cooper became involved in the motion picture industry. While filming "The Four Feathers" in Africa, he came into contact with a family of baboons. This gave him the idea to make a picture about primates. A year later when he got to RKO, Cooper wanted to film a "terror gorilla picture". As the story was being fleshed out, Cooper decided to make his gorilla giant sized. Cooper stated that the idea of Kong fighting warplanes on top of a building came from him seeing a plane flying over the New York Insurance Building, then the tallest building in the world. He came up with the ending before the rest of the story as he stated, "Without any conscious effort of thought I immediately saw in my mind's eye a giant gorilla on top of the building". Cooper also was influenced by Douglas Burden's accounts of the Komodo dragon, and wanted to pit his terror gorilla against dinosaur-sized versions of these reptiles, stating to Burden, "I also had firmly in mind to giantize both the gorilla and your dragons to make them really huge. However I always believed in personalizing and focusing attention on one main character and from the very beginning I intended to make it the gigantic gorilla, no matter what else I surrounded him with". Around this time, Cooper began to refer to his project as a "giant terror gorilla picture" featuring "a gigantic semi-humanoid gorilla pitted against modern civilization".


title: King Kong

text: When designing King Kong, Cooper wanted him to be a nightmarish gorilla monster. As he described Kong in a 1930 memo, "His hands and feet have the size and strength of steam shovels; his girth is that of a steam boiler. This is a monster with the strength of a hundred men. But more terrifying is the head—a nightmare head with bloodshot eyes and jagged teeth set under a thick mat of hair, a face half-beast half-human". Willis O'Brien created an oil painting depicting the giant gorilla menacing a jungle heroine and hunter for Cooper. However, when it came time for O'Brien and Marcel Delgado to sculpt the animation model, Cooper decided to backpedal on the half-human look for the creature and became adamant that Kong be a gorilla. O'Brien on the other hand, wanted him to be almost human-like to gain audience empathy, and told Delgado to "make that ape almost human". Cooper laughed at the end result, saying that it looked like a cross between a monkey and a man with very long hair. For the second model, O'Brien again asked Delgado to add human features but to tone it down somewhat. The end result (which was rejected) was described as looking like a missing link. Disappointed, Cooper stated, "I want Kong to be the fiercest, most brutal, monstrous damned thing that has ever been seen!" On December 22, 1931, Cooper got the dimensions of a bull gorilla from the American Museum of Natural History telling O'Brien, "Now that's what I want!" When the final model was created, it had the basic look of a gorilla but managed to retain some human-like qualities. For example, Delgado streamlined the body by removing the distinctive paunch and rump of a gorilla. O'Brien would incorporate some characteristics and nuances of an earlier creature he had created in 1915 for the silent short "The Dinosaur and the Missing Link" into the general look and personality of Kong, even going as far as to refer to the creature as "Kong's ancestor". When it came time to film, Cooper agreed that Kong should walk upright at times (mostly in the New York sequences) in order to appear more intimidating.


title: King Kong

text: Merian C. Cooper said he was very fond of strong, hard-sounding words that started with the letter "K". Some of his favorite words were "Komodo", "Kodiak" and "Kodak". When Cooper was envisioning his giant terror gorilla idea, he wanted to capture a real gorilla from the Congo and have it fight a real Komodo dragon on Komodo Island (this scenario would eventually evolve into Kong's battle with the tyrannosaur on Skull Island when the film was produced a few years later at RKO). Cooper's friend Douglas Burden's trip to the island of Komodo and his encounter with the Komodo dragons was a big influence on the Kong story. Cooper was fascinated by Burden's adventures as chronicled in his book "Dragon Lizards of Komodo" where he referred to the animal as the "King of Komodo". It was this phrase along with "Komodo" and "Kongo" (and his overall love for hard sounding "K"-words) that gave him the idea to name the giant ape "Kong". He loved the name, as it had a "mystery sound" to it.


title: King Kong

text: After Cooper got to RKO, British mystery writer Edgar Wallace was contracted to write the first draft of the screen story. It was simply referred to as "The Beast". RKO executives were unimpressed with the bland title. David O. Selznick suggested "Jungle Beast" as the film's new title, but Cooper was unimpressed and wanted to name the film after the main character. He stated he liked the "mystery word" aspect of Kong's name and that the film should carry "the name of the leading mysterious, romantic, savage creature of the story" such as with Dracula and Frankenstein. RKO sent a memo to Cooper suggesting the titles "Kong: King of Beasts", "Kong: The Jungle King", and "Kong: The Jungle Beast", which combined his and Selznick's proposed titles. As time went on, Cooper would eventually name the story simply "Kong" while Ruth Rose was writing the final version of the screenplay. Because David O. Selznick thought that audiences would think that the film, with the one word title of "Kong", would be mistaken as a docudrama like "Grass" and "Chang", which were one-word titled films that Cooper had earlier produced, he added the "King" to Kong's name in order to differentiate it.


title: King Kong

text: In his first appearance in "King Kong" (1933), Kong was a gigantic prehistoric ape. While gorilla-like in appearance, he had a vaguely humanoid look and at times walked upright in an anthropomorphic manner.


title: King Kong

text: Like most simians, Kong possesses semi-human intelligence and great physical strength. Kong's size changes drastically throughout the course of the film. While creator Merian C. Cooper envisioned Kong as being "40 to 50 feet tall", animator Willis O'Brien and his crew built the models and sets scaling Kong to be only tall on Skull Island, and rescaled to be tall in New York.


title: King Kong

text: This did not stop Cooper from playing around with Kong's size as he directed the special effect sequences; by manipulating the sizes of the miniatures and the camera angles, he made Kong appear a lot larger than O'Brien wanted, even as large as in some scenes.


title: King Kong

text: Concurrently, the Kong bust made for the film was built in scale with a ape, while the full sized hand of Kong was built in scale with a ape. Meanwhile, RKO's promotional materials listed Kong's official height as .


title: King Kong

text: In the 1960s, Toho Studios from Japan licensed the character for the films "King Kong vs. Godzilla" and "King Kong Escapes". For more details on these versions of the character, see below.


title: King Kong

text: In 1975, Italian producer Dino De Laurentiis paid RKO for the remake rights to "King Kong". This resulted in "King Kong" (1976). This Kong was an upright walking anthropomorphic ape, appearing even more human-like than the original. Also like the original, this Kong had semi-human intelligence and vast strength. In the 1976 film, Kong was scaled to be tall on Skull island and rescaled to be tall in New York. Ten years later, Dino De Laurentiis got the approval from Universal to do a sequel called "King Kong Lives". This Kong had more or less the same appearance and abilities, but tended to walk on his knuckles more often and was enlarged, scaled to .


title: King Kong

text: Universal Studios had planned to do a King Kong remake as far back as 1976. They finally followed through almost 30 years later, with a three-hour film directed by Peter Jackson. Jackson opted to make Kong a gigantic silverback gorilla without any anthropomorphic features. This Kong looked and behaved more like a real gorilla: he had a large herbivore's belly, walked on his knuckles without any upright posture, and even beat his chest with his palms as opposed to clenched fists. In order to ground his Kong in realism, Jackson and the Weta Digital crew gave a name to his fictitious species "Megaprimatus kong" and suggested it to have evolved from the "Gigantopithecus". Kong was the last of his kind. He was portrayed in the film as being quite old, with graying fur and battle-worn with scars, wounds, and a crooked jaw from his many fights against rival creatures. He is the dominant being on the island, the king of his world. But, like his film predecessors, he possesses considerable intelligence and great physical strength; he also appears far more nimble and agile. This Kong was scaled to a consistent height of tall on both Skull Island and in New York. Jackson describes his central character:


title: King Kong

text: In the 2017 film "", Kong is scaled to be tall, making it the second largest and largest American incarnation in the series until the 2021 film "Godzilla vs. Kong", in which he became the largest incarnation in the series, standing at . Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts stated in regard to Kong's immense stature:


title: King Kong

text: Co-producer Mary Parent also stated that Kong is still young and not fully grown as she explains, "Kong is an adolescent when we meet him in the film; he's still growing into his role as alpha".


title: King Kong

text: While one of the most famous movie icons in history, King Kong's intellectual property status has been questioned since his creation, featuring in numerous allegations and court battles. The rights to the character have always been split up with no single exclusive rights holder. Different parties have also contested that various aspects are public domain material and therefore ineligible for copyright status.


title: King Kong

text: When Merian C. Cooper created King Kong, he assumed that he owned the character, which he had conceived in 1929, outright. Cooper maintained that he had only licensed the character to RKO for the initial film and sequel, but had otherwise owned his own creation. In 1935, Cooper began to feel something was amiss when he was trying to get a "Tarzan vs. King Kong" project off the ground for Pioneer Pictures (where he had assumed management of the company). After David O. Selznick suggested the project to Cooper, the flurry of legal activity over using the Kong character that followed—Pioneer had become a completely independent company by this time and access to properties that RKO felt were theirs was no longer automatic—gave Cooper pause as he came to realize that he might not have full control over this product of his own imagination after all.


title: King Kong

text: Years later in 1962, Cooper found out that RKO was licensing the character through John Beck to Toho studios in Japan for a film project called "King Kong vs. Godzilla". Cooper had assumed his rights were unassailable and was bitterly opposed to the project. In 1963 he filed a lawsuit to enjoin distribution of the movie against John Beck, as well as Toho and Universal (the film's U.S. copyright holder). Cooper discovered that RKO had also profited from licensed products featuring the King Kong character such as model kits produced by Aurora Plastics Corporation. Cooper's executive assistant, Charles B. FitzSimons, stated that these companies should be negotiating through him and Cooper for such licensed products and not RKO. In a letter to Robert Bendick, Cooper stated:


title: King Kong

text: Cooper and his legal team offered up various documents to bolster the case that Cooper owned King Kong and had only licensed the character to RKO for two films, rather than selling him outright. Many people vouched for Cooper's claims, including David O. Selznick, who had written a letter to Mr. A. Loewenthal of the Famous Artists Syndicate in Chicago in 1932 stating (in regard to Kong), "The rights of this are owned by Mr. Merian C. Cooper." But Cooper had lost key documents through the years (he discovered these papers were missing after he returned from his World War II military service) such as a key informal yet binding letter from Mr. Ayelsworth (the then-president of the RKO Studio Corp.) and a formal binding letter from Mr. B. B. Kahane (the current president of RKO Studio Corp.) confirming that Cooper had only licensed the rights to the character for the two RKO pictures and nothing more.


title: King Kong

text: Without these letters, it seemed Cooper's rights were relegated to the Lovelace novelization that he had copyrighted (he was able to make a deal for a Bantam Books paperback reprint and a Gold Key comic adaptation of the novel, but that was "all" that he could do). Cooper's lawyer had received a letter from John Beck's lawyer, Gordon E. Youngman, that stated:


title: King Kong

text: The rights over the character did not flare up again until 1975, when Universal Studios and Dino De Laurentiis were fighting over who would be able to do a "King Kong" remake for release the following year. De Laurentiis came up with $200,000 to buy the remake rights from RKO. When Universal got wind of this, they filed a lawsuit against RKO, claiming that they had a verbal agreement from them regarding the remake. During the legal battles that followed, which eventually included RKO countersuing Universal, as well as De Laurentiis filing a lawsuit claiming interference, Colonel Richard Cooper (Merian's son and now head of the Cooper estate) jumped into the fray.


title: King Kong

text: During the battles, Universal discovered that the copyright of the Lovelace novelization had expired without renewal, thus making the "King Kong" story a public domain one. Universal argued that they should be able to make a movie based on the novel without infringing on anyone's copyright because the characters in the story were in the public domain within the context of the public domain story. Richard Cooper then filed a cross-claim against RKO claiming that, while the publishing rights to the novel had not been renewed, his estate still had control over the plot/story of King Kong.


title: King Kong

text: In a four-day bench trial in Los Angeles, Judge Manuel Real made the final decision and gave his verdict on November 24, 1976, affirming that the "King Kong" novelization and serialization were indeed in the public domain, and Universal could make its movie as long as it did not infringe on original elements in the 1933 RKO film, which had "not" passed into the public domain (Universal postponed their plans to film a King Kong movie, called "The Legend of King Kong", for at least 18 months, after cutting a deal with Dino De Laurentiis that included a percentage of box office profits from his remake).


title: King Kong

text: However, on December 6, 1976, Judge Real made a subsequent ruling, which held that all the rights in the name, character, and story of King Kong (outside of the original film and its sequel) belonged to Merian C. Cooper's estate. This ruling, which became known as the "Cooper judgment", expressly stated that it would not change the previous ruling that publishing rights of the novel and serialization were in the public domain. It was a huge victory that affirmed the position Merian C. Cooper had maintained for years. Shortly thereafter, Richard Cooper sold all his rights (excluding worldwide book and periodical publishing rights) to Universal in December 1976. In 1980 Judge Real dismissed the claims that were brought forth by RKO and Universal four years earlier and reinstated the Cooper judgement.


title: King Kong

text: In 1982 Universal filed a lawsuit against Nintendo, which had created an impish ape character called Donkey Kong in 1981 and was reaping huge profits over the video game machines. Universal claimed that Nintendo was infringing on its copyright because Donkey Kong was a blatant rip-off of King Kong. During the court battle and subsequent appeal, the courts ruled that Universal did not have exclusive trademark rights to the King Kong character. The courts ruled that trademark was not among the rights Cooper had sold to Universal, indicating that "Cooper plainly did not obtain any trademark rights in his judgment against RKO, since the California district court specifically found that King Kong had no secondary meaning." While they had a majority of the rights, they did not outright own the King Kong name and character. The courts ruling noted that the name, title, and character of Kong no longer signified a single source of origin so exclusive trademark rights were impossible. The courts also pointed out that the Kong rights were held by three parties:


title: King Kong

text: The judge then ruled that "Universal thus owns only those rights in the King Kong name and character that RKO, Cooper, or DDL do not own."


title: King Kong

text: Because Universal misrepresented their degree of ownership of King Kong (claiming they had exclusive trademark rights when they knew that they did not) and tried to have it both ways in court regarding the "public domain" claims, the courts ruled that Universal acted in bad faith (see "Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Nintendo Co., Ltd."). They were ordered to pay fines and all of Nintendo's legal costs from the lawsuit. That, along with the fact that the courts ruled that there was simply no likelihood of people confusing Donkey Kong with King Kong, caused Universal to lose the case and the subsequent appeal.


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text: Since the court case, Universal still retains the majority of the character rights. In 1986 they opened a King Kong ride called "King Kong Encounter" at their Universal Studios Tour theme park in Hollywood (which was destroyed in 2008 by a backlot fire), and followed it up with the "Kongfrontation" ride at their Orlando park in 1990 (which was closed down in 2002 due to maintenance issues). They also finally made a King Kong film of their own, "King Kong" (2005). In the summer of 2010, Universal opened a new 3D King Kong ride called "" at their Hollywood park, replacing the destroyed "King Kong Encounter". On July 13, 2016, Universal opened a new King Kong attraction called "" at Islands of Adventure in Orlando. In July 2013, Legendary Pictures reached an agreement with Universal in which it will market, co-finance, and distribute Legendary's films for five years starting in 2014 and ending in 2019, the year that Legendary's similar agreement with Warner Bros. Pictures was set to expire. Later, in July 2014 at the San Diego Comic-Con, Legendary announced (as a product of its partnership with Universal), a King Kong origin story, initially titled "Skull Island", with Universal distributing. On December 12, 2014, the studio announced they had re-titled the film "". On September 10, 2015, it was announced that Universal would allow Legendary to move "Kong: Skull Island" to Warner Bros., so they could do a King Kong and Godzilla crossover film (in the continuity of the 2014 "Godzilla" movie), since Legendary still had the rights to make more Godzilla movies with Warner Bros. before their contract with Toho expired in 2020.


title: King Kong

text: As noted above, Richard Cooper, through the Merian C. Cooper Estate, retained publishing rights for the content that Judge Real had ruled on December 6, 1976, belonged to Richard Cooper. In 1990, they licensed a six-issue comic book adaptation of the novelization of the 1933 film to Monster Comics, and commissioned an illustrated novel in 1994 called "Anthony Browne's King Kong". In 2013, they became involved with a musical stage play based on the story, called "King Kong: The Eighth Wonder of the World" which premiered in June 2013 in Australia and then on Broadway in November 2018. The production is involved with Global Creatures, the company behind the "Walking with Dinosaurs" arena show. In 1996, artist/writer Joe DeVito partnered the Merian C. Cooper estate to write and/or illustrate various publications based on Merian C. Cooper's King Kong property through his company, DeVito ArtWorks, LLC. Through this partnership, DeVito created the prequel/sequel story "Skull Island" on which DeVito based a pair of original novels relating the origin of King Kong: "Kong: King of Skull Island," and "King Kong of Skull Island." In addition, the Cooper/DeVito collaboration resulted in an origin-themed comic book miniseries with Boom! Studios, an expanded rewrite of the original Lovelace novelization, "Merian C. Cooper's King Kong", (the original novelization's publishing rights are still in the public domain), and various crossovers with other franchises such as Doc Savage, Tarzan and "Planet of the Apes". In 2016, DeVito ArtWorks, through its licensing program, licensed its King Kong property to RocketFizz for use in the marketing of a soft drink called "King Kong Cola," and had plans for a live action TV show to be co-produced between MarVista Entertainment and IM Global. Other products that have been produced through this licensing program include Digital Trading Cards, Board Games, a Virtual Reality Arcade Game, and a remake of the original King Kong Glow-In-The-Dark Model Kit. In April 2016, Joe DeVito sued Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros., producers of the film "", for using elements of his Skull Island universe, which he claimed that he created and that the producers had used without his permission. In August 2022, it was reported that DeVito had partnered with Disney to produce a live-action series tentatively called "King Kong" that will explore the origin story of Kong. The series is slated to stream on Disney+. Stephany Folsom is attached to write the series and to be executive produced by James Wan via his production company Atomic Monster Productions.


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text: RKO (whose rights consisted of only the original film and its sequel) signed over the North American, Latin American and Australian distribution rights to its film library to Ted Turner in a period spanning 1986 to 1989 via his company Turner Entertainment. Turner merged his company into Time Warner (now Warner Bros. Discovery) in 1996, which is how Warner Bros. owns distribution rights in those regions to those two films today, with the copyright over the films (including "King Kong" and "The Son of Kong") remaining with RKO Pictures, LLC (various companies distribute the RKO library in other territories). In 1998, Warner Bros. Family Entertainment released the direct-to-video animated musical film "The Mighty Kong", which re-tells the plot of the original 1933 film. 19 years later; in 2017, Warners co-produced the film "" and in 2021 co-produced the film "Godzilla vs. Kong", after Legendary Pictures brought the projects over from Universal to build up the MonsterVerse. According to "Godzilla Vs. Kong" director Adam Wingard, the rights to the character may have also been transferred to Warner Bros.


title: King Kong

text: DDL (whose rights were limited to only their 1976 remake) did a sequel in 1986 called "King Kong Lives" (but they still needed Universal's permission to do so). Today most of DDL's film library is owned by StudioCanal, which includes the rights to these two films. The domestic (North American) rights to the 1976 "King Kong" film still remain with the film's original distributor Paramount Pictures, with Trifecta Entertainment & Media handling television rights to the film via their license with Paramount.


title: King Kong

text: In the 1960s, Japanese studio Toho licensed the character from RKO and produced two films that featured the character, "King Kong vs. Godzilla" (1962) and "King Kong Escapes" (1967). Toho's interpretation differed greatly from the original in size and abilities. Among kaiju, King Kong was suggested to be among the most powerful in terms of raw physical force, possessing strength and durability that rivaled that of Godzilla. As one of the few mammal-based kaiju, Kong's most distinctive feature was his intelligence. He demonstrated the ability to learn and adapt to an opponent's fighting style, identify and exploit weaknesses in an enemy, and utilize his environment to stage ambushes and traps.


title: King Kong

text: In "King Kong vs. Godzilla", Kong was scaled to be tall. This version of Kong was given the ability to harvest electricity as a weapon and draw strength from electrical voltage. In "King Kong Escapes", Kong was scaled to be tall. This version was more similar to the original, where he relied on strength and intelligence to fight and survive. Rather than residing on Skull Island, Toho's version of Kong resided on Faro Island in "King Kong vs. Godzilla" and on Mondo Island in "King Kong Escapes".


title: King Kong

text: In 1966, Toho planned to produce "Operation Robinson Crusoe: King Kong vs. Ebirah" as a co-production with Rankin/Bass Productions, however Ishirō Honda was unavailable at the time to direct the film and, as a result, Rankin/Bass backed out of the project, along with the King Kong license. Toho still proceeded with the production, replacing King Kong with Godzilla at the last minute and shot the film as "Ebirah, Horror of the Deep". Elements of King Kong's character remained in the film, reflected in Godzilla's uncharacteristic behavior and attraction to the female character Daiyo. Toho and Rankin/Bass later negotiated their differences and co-produced "King Kong Escapes" in 1967, loosely based on Rankin/Bass' animated show.


title: King Kong

text: Toho Studios wanted to remake "King Kong vs. Godzilla", which was the most successful of the entire Godzilla series of films, in 1991 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the film, as well as to celebrate Godzilla's upcoming 40th anniversary. However, they were unable to obtain the rights to use Kong, and initially intended to use Mechani-Kong as Godzilla's next adversary. But it was soon learned that even using a mechanical creature who "resembled" Kong would be just as problematic legally and financially for them. As a result, the film became "Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah", with one last failed attempt made to use Kong in 2004's "".


title: King Kong

text: Three television shows have been based on King Kong: "The King Kong Show" (1966), "" (2000), and "" (2016).


title: King Kong

text: In late January 2021, Netflix and Legendary Entertainment announced that an anime series adaptation, titled "Skull Island", based on the franchise is in the works.


title: King Kong

text: In August 2022, Disney Branded Television revealed that a live-action series exploring the origin story of Kong was in development for Disney+, written by Stephany Folsom and executive produced by James Wan via Atomic Monster Productions.


title: King Kong

text: King Kong, as well as the series of films featuring him, have been featured many times in popular culture outside of the films themselves, in forms ranging from straight copies to parodies and joke references, and in media from comic books to video games.


title: King Kong

text: The Beatles' 1968 animated film "Yellow Submarine" includes a scene of the characters opening a door to reveal King Kong abducting a woman from her bed.


title: King Kong

text: "The Simpsons" episode "Treehouse of Horror III" features a segment called "King Homer" which parodies the plot of the original film, with Homer as Kong and Marge in the Ann Darrow role. It ends with King Homer marrying Marge and eating her father.


title: King Kong

text: The 2005 animated film "Chicken Little" features a scene parodying King Kong, as Fish out of Water starts stacking magazines thrown in a pile, eventually becoming a model of the Empire State Building and some plane models, as he imitates King Kong in the iconic scene from the original film.


title: King Kong

text: The British comedy TV series "The Goodies" made an episode called "Kitten Kong", in which a giant cat called Twinkle roams the streets of London, knocking over the British Telecom Tower.


title: King Kong

text: The controversial World War II Dutch resistance fighter Christiaan Lindemans—eventually arrested on suspicion of having betrayed secrets to the Nazis—was nicknamed "King Kong" due to his being exceptionally tall.


title: King Kong

text: Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention recorded an instrumental about "King Kong" in 1967 and featured it on the album "Uncle Meat". Zappa went on to make many other versions of the song on albums such as "Make a Jazz Noise Here", "You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 3", "Ahead of Their Time", and "Beat the Boots".


title: King Kong

text: Filk Music artists Ookla the Mok's "Song of Kong", which explores the reasons why King Kong and Godzilla should not be roommates, appears on their 2001 album "Smell No Evil".


title: King Kong

text: Daniel Johnston wrote and recorded a song called "King Kong" on his fifth self-released music cassette, "Yip/Jump Music" in 1983, rereleased on CD and double LP by Homestead Records in 1988. The song is an a cappella narrative of the original movie's story line. Tom Waits recorded a cover version of the song with various sound effects on the 2004 release, "".


title: King Kong

text: ABBA recorded "King Kong Song" for their 1974 album "Waterloo". Although later singled out by ABBA songwriters Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus as one of their weakest tracks, it was released as a single in 1977 to coincide with the 1976 film playing in theatres.


title: Copywriting

text: Copywriting is the act or occupation of writing text for the purpose of advertising or other forms of marketing. The product, called copy or sales copy, is written content that aims to increase brand awareness and ultimately persuade a person or group to take a particular action.


title: Copywriting

text: Copywriters help create billboards, brochures, catalogs, jingle lyrics, magazine and newspaper advertisements, sales letters and other direct mail, scripts for television or radio commercials, taglines, white papers, website and social media posts, and other marketing communications.


title: Copywriting

text: Many copywriters are employed in marketing departments, advertising agencies, public relations firms, copywriting agencies, or are self-employed as freelancers, where clients range from small to large companies.


title: Copywriting

text: Copywriters also work in-house for retail chains, book publishers, or other big firms that advertise frequently. They can also be employed to write advertorials for newspapers, magazines, and broadcasters.


title: Copywriting

text: Some copywriters work as independent contractors or freelancers, writing for a variety of clients. They may work at a client's office, a coworking office, a coffeehouse, or remotely from home.


title: Copywriting

text: Copywriters are similar to technical writers and the careers may overlap. Broadly speaking, however, technical writing is dedicated to informing and instructing readers rather than persuading them. For example, a copywriter writes an advertisement to sell a car, while a technical writer writes the operator's manual explaining how to use it.


title: Copywriting

text: Traditionally, the amount of education needed to become a copywriter was most often a Bachelor's degree in English, advertising, journalism, or marketing. That is still regularly the case for in-house copywriters. However, freelance copywriters today can learn the craft from copywriting courses or mentors. Many clients accept or even prefer writing samples over formal copywriting credentials.


title: Copywriting

text: In 2018, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported an annual median salary of $62,170 for writers and authors. In 2019, PayScale.com stated that the expected salary for copywriters ranged from $35,000-$73,000.


title: Copywriting

text: John Emory Powers (1837—1919) was the world's first full-time copywriter. Since then, some copywriters have become well-known within the industry because they founded major advertising agencies, and others because of their lifetime body of work. Many creative artists worked as copywriters before becoming famous in other fields.


title: Copywriting

text: David Ogilvy (1911—1999) is known as the father of advertising. He is also famous for his famous quote dedicated to Rolls-Royce cars as he said: "At 60 miles an hour the loudest noise in this new Rolls-Royce comes from the Electric Clock". He has also written some memorable books in the advertising field such as "Ogilvy on Advertising" and "Confessions of an Advertising Man".


title: Copywriting

text: Leo Burnett (1891—1971) was named by "Time" as one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century. He was the founder of Leo Burnett Worldwide. His memorable Marlboro Man is one of the most successful campaigns ever. His company was acquired by Publicis Groupe in 2002.


title: Copywriting

text: There are many ways advertisers try to appeal to their client base and have different types of advertising executions to do so. This includes a straight sell, scientific/technical evidence, demonstration, comparison, testimonial, slice of life, animation, personality symbols, imagery, dramatization, humor, and combinations.


title: Copywriting

text: The Internet has expanded the range of copywriting opportunities to include landing pages and other web content, online advertisements, emails, blogs, social media and other forms of electronic communications.


title: Copywriting

text: The Internet has brought new opportunities for copywriters to learn their craft, do research and view others' work. Clients, copywriters and art directors can more readily find each other, making freelancing a viable job option. There are also many new websites that make becoming a freelance copywriter a much more organized process.


title: Copywriting

text: Web copy may include among its objectives the achievement of higher rankings in search engines. Originally, this involved the strategic placement and repetition of keywords and phrases on web pages, but writing in a manner that human readers would consider normal, as well as their inclusion into Meta tags, page headings and subheadings.


title: Copywriting

text: But times have moved on, and "on-page optimization" now involves the consideration of semantic words and phrases (i.e. those that mean the same or are connected). Copywriting for SEO also includes what is written on pages that link to the page concerned, especially on the text used in the link, but this must not be overdone. There has been (and continues to be) a great deal of research on the subject as things slowly evolve.


title: Copywriting

text: In book publishing, "flap copy" or "jacket flap copy" is the summary of a book which appears on the inside of a hardcover dust jacket; "back cover copy" is similar text, usually briefer, on the outside back cover; and "catalog copy" is a summary written for a publisher's catalog. This is another way of how copywriting uses writing to persuade the customer to develop interest in the product.


title: Félix Auger-Aliassime

text: Félix Auger-Aliassime (; born August 8, 2000) is a Canadian professional tennis player. He is the second-youngest player ranked in the top 10 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), and has a career-high singles ranking of No. 6, which he achieved on 7 November 2022, making him the second-highest-ranked Canadian man in ATP rankings history, and the fourth-highest-ranked Canadian player in history. He has a doubles ranking of No. 60, attained on 1 November 2021. He has won four singles titles and one doubles title on the ATP Tour.


title: Félix Auger-Aliassime

text: Auger-Aliassime began competing on the professional tour at a young age. On the second-tier ATP Challenger Tour, he is the youngest player to win a main draw match at 14 years and 11 months old, and is one of seven players to win a Challenger title by the age of 16. He is the second-youngest to win multiple Challenger titles at 17 years and one month, and the youngest player to defend a Challenger title at 17 years and ten months. Auger-Aliassime had a successful junior career, reaching No. 2 in the world and winning the 2016 US Open boys' singles title. He also won the previous year's boys' doubles title at the 2015 US Open with compatriot Denis Shapovalov. On the ATP Tour, Auger-Aliassime made his top 100 and top 25 debuts at age 18 in a year highlighted by his first ATP final in February 2019 at the Rio Open, an ATP 500 event. He reached three ATP finals in 2019, another three in 2020, and two finals in 2021, a total of eight consecutive runners-up out of eight ATP finals as well as the semifinals at the 2021 US Open. He is the only player other than Novak Djokovic and John Isner to force Rafael Nadal into a five-set encounter at the French Open.


title: Félix Auger-Aliassime

text: Auger-Aliassime was born in Montreal and raised in L'Ancienne-Lorette, a suburb of Quebec City. His father Sam Aliassime is of African descent and emigrated from Togo, and his mother Marie Auger is of French-Canadian descent. He has an older sister Malika who also plays tennis. He started playing tennis at 4 and trained at the Club Avantage as a member of the Académie de Tennis Hérisset-Bordeleau in Quebec City. In 2012, he won the Open Super Auray in the age 11 to 12 category. He has been a member of Tennis Canada's National Training Centre in Montreal since the fall of 2014.


title: Félix Auger-Aliassime

text: In February 2015, Auger-Aliassime won his first ITF junior singles title at the G3 in Querétaro. A week later, he won his second straight ITF junior singles title and first doubles title at the G4 in Zapopan. In late August 2015, he won his first junior G1 title with a victory over compatriot Denis Shapovalov in College Park. At the US Open in September 2015, his first junior Grand Slam, he reached the second round in singles and won the doubles title with Shapovalov. In October 2015, Auger-Aliassime and compatriots Denis Shapovalov and Benjamin Sigouin won the Junior Davis Cup title, the first time in history for Canada. In December 2015 at the Eddie Herr International Tennis Championship, he won his second G1 singles title after defeating Alex De Minaur in the final. At the junior event of the French Open in June 2016, he reached his first Grand Slam singles final where he was defeated by Geoffrey Blancaneaux in three sets, despite holding a championship point. In July 2016 at Wimbledon, Auger-Aliassime advanced to the quarterfinals in singles and to the final in doubles with Denis Shapovalov. At the US Open in September 2016, he won the boys' singles title with a straight-sets victory over Miomir Kecmanović. He reached the doubles final as well, with fellow Canadian Benjamin Sigouin.


title: Félix Auger-Aliassime

text: In March 2015 at the Challenger Banque Nationale de Drummondville, Auger-Aliassime became the youngest player in history to qualify for an ATP Challenger main draw at 14-and-a-half years old. He defeated compatriot Jack Mingjie Lin, former world No. 67 Chris Guccione and world No. 433 Fritz Wolmarans to do so. He, however, was forced to withdraw before playing his first-round match due to an abdominal strain. With the points earned, Auger-Aliassime once again made history as the first player born in the 2000s to have an ATP ranking. At the Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby in July 2015, he qualified for his second ATP Challenger main draw with victories over fellow Canadian Jack Mingjie Lin and world No. 574 Jean-Yves Aubone. He won his opening round in straight sets over world No. 493 Andrew Whittington, becoming the youngest player to win a main-draw ATP Challenger match. In the next round, he scored an upset over world No. 205 Darian King in straight sets. He was stopped by world No. 145 Yoshihito Nishioka in three sets in the quarterfinals. After his run to the quarterfinals, Auger-Aliassime became the youngest player ever to break the top 800 on the ATP rankings at No. 749.


title: Félix Auger-Aliassime

text: In May 2016, he reached his first professional singles final at the $10K in Lleida, falling to Ramkumar Ramanathan. In November 2016, he won his first professional title with a victory over Juan Manuel Benitez Chavarriaga at the ITF Futures in Birmingham. The next week at the Futures in Niceville, he captured his first pro doubles title with partner Patrick Kypson.


title: Félix Auger-Aliassime

text: In January, Auger-Aliassime reached the final of the ITF Futures in Plantation, but lost to Roberto Cid Subervi in three sets. In March, he won the title in Sherbrooke over Gleb Sakharov, his second ITF Futures. The next week, he advanced to the semifinals of the ATP Challenger $75K in Drummondville with a win over world No. 124 Peter Polansky, but lost to compatriot and eventual champion Denis Shapovalov. In June at the Open de Lyon, Auger-Aliassime captured his maiden ATP Challenger, becoming the first 16-year-old to win a Challenger singles title since Bernard Tomic in 2009 at the Maccabi Men's Challenger and the seventh-youngest in history. In September at the Copa Sevilla, he won his second ATP Challenger title of the season after defeating former world No. 56, Íñigo Cervantes, in the final. After his win, he became the youngest player to break the top 200 since Rafael Nadal in December 2002 and the second-youngest to win multiple ATP Challenger titles, standing behind only Richard Gasquet.


title: Félix Auger-Aliassime

text: In February in Budapest, Auger-Aliassime captured his first ATP Challenger doubles title, defeating Marin Draganja and Tomislav Draganja with partner Nicola Kuhn. Auger-Aliassime also made his debut in an ATP main draw at the Rotterdam Open, losing in three sets to world No. 38, Filip Krajinović, in the first round. In March at Indian Wells, he qualified for his first ATP Masters 1000 main draw. He faced fellow Canadian Vasek Pospisil in the first round, defeating him in straight sets to win his first tour level match. He was defeated in the next round by another compatriot, Milos Raonic. In April, Auger-Aliassime was awarded a wildcard for the Monte-Carlo Masters where he lost his opener in three sets to world No. 55, Mischa Zverev. In June at the ATP Challenger in Lyon, he successfully defended his title with a victory over Johan Tatlot in the final and became the youngest player in history to defend an ATP Challenger title. In August, Auger-Aliassime received a wildcard to compete in the main draw of the 2018 Rogers Cup. In the first round, he defeated Lucas Pouille (6–4, 6–3) and in the second round, he was defeated by Daniil Medvedev (3–6, 6–4, 7–6). Auger-Aliassime earned a spot through three qualifying matches to reach the main draw of the US Open. He then retired in the first round (5–7, 7–5, 4–1 ret.) against countryman Denis Shapovalov after suffering from heart palpitations brought on by extreme heat.


title: Félix Auger-Aliassime

text: At age 18, Auger-Aliassime became the youngest-ever ATP 500 finalist with his win over Pablo Cuevas (6–3, 3–6, 6–3) to reach the Rio Open title match. In the final, he lost to Laslo Đere in straight sets. At his next tournament in São Paulo, Auger-Aliassime lost to Đere again - this time in the quarterfinals. At the Indian Wells Masters, he achieved his first victory against a top-ten player, defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas (who was No. 10 in the ATP rankings at that time) in straight sets in the second round.


title: Félix Auger-Aliassime

text: At the Miami Open, Auger-Aliassime beat Nikoloz Basilashvili in the fourth round and Borna Ćorić in the quarterfinals to become the youngest semifinalist in the tournament's history. In the semifinals, he lost to defending champion and eventual runner-up John Isner in two tight sets, despite leading by a break in both sets.


title: Félix Auger-Aliassime

text: He received a wildcard to play in the Madrid Open. Auger-Aliassime made it to the second round where he was defeated by Rafael Nadal in straight sets. At the Lyon Open, he worked his way into his second ATP final, by beating John Millman, Steve Johnson, and Nikoloz Basilashvili, the No. 1 seed. He was then defeated by Benoît Paire in straight sets.


title: Félix Auger-Aliassime

text: In the Mercedes Cup he made it to his third final, by defeating experienced players like Ernests Gulbis, Gilles Simon, and Dustin Brown. He received a walkover into the final when Milos Raonic withdrew. In the final he was defeated by Matteo Berrettini, despite having set points to win the second set.


title: Félix Auger-Aliassime

text: At Queen's Club, Auger-Aliassime defeated Grigor Dimitrov and Nick Kyrgios, both matches were played on the same day as the tournament program was delayed by rain earlier during the week. In the quarterfinals, he recorded his second win against Stefanos Tsitsipas. Auger-Aliassime lost in the semifinals to eventual champion Feliciano López.


title: Félix Auger-Aliassime

text: At Wimbledon he entered as the 19th seed and earned his first victory as a pro in the Slams, by defeating compatriot Vasek Pospisil. After beating Corentin Moutet in four sets, he was stopped by Ugo Humbert in the third round.


title: Félix Auger-Aliassime

text: Auger-Aliassime was seeded 15th at the 2020 US Open and advanced to the fourth round after defeating Thiago Monteiro, Andy Murray, and Corentin Moutet in the first three rounds. He then lost in straight sets to the second seed and eventual champion Dominic Thiem.


title: Félix Auger-Aliassime

text: Auger-Aliassime then participated in the rescheduled French Open, where he fell to Yoshihito Nishioka in the first round.


title: Félix Auger-Aliassime

text: In October, he reached the final of the Bett1Hulks Indoors tournament in Cologne, Germany, losing to home favorite, Alexander Zverev. Auger-Aliassime claimed the doubles title at the Paris Masters with partner Hubert Hurkacz, saving five championship points in his first doubles final.


title: Félix Auger-Aliassime

text: At the 2021 Australian Open, Auger-Aliassime lost in the fourth round to Russian qualifier Aslan Karatsev, despite being 2 sets to love up.


title: Félix Auger-Aliassime

text: In April, he hired Rafael Nadal's uncle and former coach Toni Nadal as a new coach ahead of the clay-court season.


title: Félix Auger-Aliassime

text: At the Halle Open he reached the semifinals by defeating 10-time tournament champion and 5th seed, Roger Federer in the second round to secure his fourth Top-10 victory (4-15). However, Federer’s right knee, for which he underwent 2 surgeries in 2020, started hurting again in Halle 2021, as confirmed by Federer’s coach, Ivan Ljubicic, which hampered Federer’s performance a lot against Auger-Aliassime, and Federer went on to lose that match. The injury was serious as Federer would undergo surgery on that knee yet again after the grass-court season in 2021. Felix then defeated qualifier Marcos Giron in the quarterfinals but lost to the eventual champion Ugo Humbert. In the same tournament in doubles he reached the final partnering Hubert Hurkacz but lost to 3rd seeded German Kevin Krawietz and Romanian Horia Tecău.


title: Félix Auger-Aliassime

text: At Wimbledon, he reached his first Grand Slam quarterfinal with a five-set win over world No. 6 and 4th seed Alexander Zverev, beating the German 6–4, 7–6, 3–6, 3–6, 6–4 for only the fifth Top-10 win of his career. He became the fifth Canadian man to reach the Wimbledon quarterfinals after 10th seed Denis Shapovalov did so in the same tournament. It marked the first time that two Canadian men together reached a Grand Slam quarterfinal. With this successful run he entered the top 15 in the rankings. He then lost to 7th seed and eventual finalist Matteo Berrettini 3–6, 7–5, 5–7, 3–6 in the quarterfinals.


title: Félix Auger-Aliassime

text: At the rescheduled 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Auger-Aliassime was set to play defending gold medalist Andy Murray in the first round. However, Murray withdrew from singles due to a calf injury, and Auger-Aliassime was upset by his replacement, 190th ranked Australian Max Purcell.


title: Félix Auger-Aliassime

text: At the 2021 Citi Open, seeded 2nd, Auger-Aliassime was upset by 130th ranked American wild card Jenson Brooksby in the third round.


title: Félix Auger-Aliassime

text: At the 2021 National Bank Open, seeded 9th, Auger-Aliassime was upset by Dušan Lajović in the second round.


title: Félix Auger-Aliassime

text: At the US Open, Auger-Aliassime reached his maiden Major semifinals following wins over 18th-seed Roberto Bautista Agut, Frances Tiafoe, and Carlos Alcaraz (the latter via a retirement). There, he lost to world No. 2 Daniil Medvedev in straight sets. He became the youngest player to play in the semifinals since 2009. Following his run at the US Open, Felix reached a career-high ATP World No. 11 ranking on 13 September 2021. He reached the semifinals at the 2021 Stockholm Open where he lost to defending champion fellow Canadian Denis Shapovalov. As a result he entered the top 10 on 15 November 2021.


title: Félix Auger-Aliassime

text: Auger-Aliassime started his 2022 season at the ATP Cup, in which he was part of the winning team. He played for Canada along with teammate Denis Shapovalov where they defeated Roberto Bautista Agut and Pablo Carreno Busta, who played for Spain, in the final. As a result, he hit a new career-high of World No. 9 on 10 January 2022.


title: Félix Auger-Aliassime

text: Auger-Aliassime subsequently entered the Australian Open seeded ninth, where he beat Emil Ruusuvuori in the first round in five sets, despite receiving a bagel in the second set. He beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the second round, and defeated 24th seed Dan Evans in the third. He defeated 27th seed Marin Čilić in the fourth round, before losing to number two seed Daniil Medvedev in five sets in the quarterfinals.


title: Félix Auger-Aliassime

text: Auger-Aliassime entered the 2022 Rotterdam Open seeded third. After wins against Egor Gerasimov, Andy Murray, Cameron Norrie, and Andrey Rublev, Auger-Aliassime faced top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final. He beat Tsitsipas in straight sets, winning his first ATP Tour title after a record of 0–8 in previous finals. Auger-Aliassime entered the 2022 Open 13 Provence and again reached the finals after straight set wins against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Ilya Ivashka, and Roman Safiullin, but lost to Andrey Rublev in straight sets.


title: Félix Auger-Aliassime

text: Auger-Aliassime withdrew from the 2022 Dubai Tennis Championships with a back injury. He was to be seeded third. He entered the 2022 Indian Wells Masters seeded ninth, and lost to Botic van de Zandschulp in the second round.


title: Félix Auger-Aliassime

text: At the French Open, Auger-Aliassime won his first match at this tournament and came back from two sets to love down for the first time in his career to beat Juan Pablo Varillas in the first round. He then beat another qualifier, Camilo Ugo Carabelli, and Filip Krajinovic in straight sets to set up a fourth round encounter with Rafael Nadal. There he became only the third player after Novak Djokovic and John Isner to take Nadal to five sets at this tournament.


title: Félix Auger-Aliassime

text: At the 2022 National Bank Open, Auger-Aliassime lost in the quarterfinals to Casper Ruud after defeating Cameron Norrie in the third round. At the Cincinnati Masters, Auger-Aliassime reached his fourth back-to-back quarterfinal at a Masters 1000 level in the season defeating Jannik Sinner after saving two match points. Next he was upset by eventual winner Borna Coric.


title: Félix Auger-Aliassime

text: At the US Open, Auger-Aliassime lost in the second round to Jack Draper in straight sets. Auger-Aliassime made 41 unforced errors compared to just 17 by Draper.


title: Félix Auger-Aliassime

text: At the 2022 Davis Cup group stage, Auger-Aliassime upset US Open champion and world no. 1 Carlos Alcaraz.


title: Félix Auger-Aliassime

text: At the Firenze Open, he won his second title with a win over JJ Wolf in the final. He won his second consecutive title and third overall title in Antwerp, defeating Sebastian Korda in the final.


title: Félix Auger-Aliassime

text: He reached a third consecutive final in Basel, recording his second victory of the year over world No. 1 Alcaraz in the semifinals in the process. He defeated Holger Rune in the final in straight sets, winning his third consecutive title, and fourth overall. He became the third player in the season to win an ATP Tour title without dropping a service game, the other two being Taylor Fritz and Nick Kyrgios. In the process he recorded his 50th win of the year and 150th of his career against Miomir Kecmanovic in the second round. At the Paris Masters, he reached the semifinals, recording his first match victory against qualifier Mikael Ymer, in a three tight set match with two tiebreaks that lasted 3 hours and 30 minutes. He defeated retiring Gilles Simon for his 15th win to reach his fifth back-to-back Masters 1000 quarterfinal. The previous day on 2 November, he also qualified for his first ATP Finals. In the quarterfinals, Auger Aliassime defeated Frances Tiafoe and thus recording his 16th straight win and the second longest streak for the season behind Nadal’s 20 wins. As a result of this run he guaranteed himself the world No. 6 spot in the rankings on 7 November 2022. He lost to Holger Rune in the semifinals, ending his 16-match winning streak in a repeat of the Swiss Open title match. At the 2022 ATP Finals, Auger-Aliassime lost to Taylor Fritz in three sets after defeating Rafael Nadal in an earlier group stage match.


title: Félix Auger-Aliassime

text: In the knock-out stage of the 2022 Davis Cup, Auger-Aliassime teamed up with Denis Shapovalov and Vasek Pospisil for Canada's first Davis Cup Finals win. Canada defeated Australia in the finals after defeating Germany and Italy.


title: Félix Auger-Aliassime

text: Auger-Aliassime is an all-court tennis player. His favorite surface is clay. His favorite shot is the forehand, and his favorite tournament is the Rogers Cup, because it is played in his hometown of Montreal. Auger Aliassime also possesses a strong serve and moves well around the court. He is able to generate power easily off both wings, but is sometimes prone to unforced errors. Additionally, Felix plays with high intensity at each point, which can wear down his opponents during long matches.


title: Book of Job

text: The Book of Job (; ), or simply Job, is a book found in the Ketuvim ("Writings") section of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh), and is the first of the Poetic Books in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. Scholars are generally agreed that it was written between the 7th and 4th centuries BCE. It addresses theodicy, why God permits evil in the world, through the experiences of the eponymous protagonist. Job is a wealthy and God-fearing man with a comfortable life and a large family; God, having asked Satan () for his opinion of Job's piety, decides to take away Job's wealth, family and material comforts, following Satan's accusation that if Job were rendered penniless and without his family, he would turn away from God.


title: Book of Job

text: The Book of Job consists of a prose prologue and epilogue narrative framing poetic dialogues and monologues. It is common to view the narrative frame as the original core of the book, enlarged later by the poetic dialogues and discourses, and sections of the book such as the Elihu speeches and the wisdom poem of chapter 28 as late insertions, but recent trends have tended to concentrate on the book's underlying editorial unity.


title: Book of Job

text: In chapter 1, the prologue on Earth introduces Job as a righteous man, blessed with wealth, sons, and daughters, who lives in the land of Uz. The scene then shifts to Heaven, where God asks Satan () for his opinion of Job's piety. Satan accuses Job of being pious only because God has materially blessed him; if God were to take away everything that Job has, then he would surely curse God.


title: Book of Job

text: God gives Satan permission to take Job's wealth and kill his children and servants, but Job nonetheless praises God: "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there; the Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord." In chapter 2, God further allows Satan to afflict Job's body with boils. Job sits in ashes, and his wife prompts him to "curse God, and die", but Job answers: "Shall we receive good from God and shall we not receive evil?"


title: Book of Job

text: In chapter 3, "instead of cursing God", Job laments the night of his conception and the day of his birth; he longs for death, "but it does not come". His three friends, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite, visit him, accuse him of committing sin and tell him that his suffering was deserved as a result. Job responds with scorn: his interlocutors are "miserable comforters". Since a just God would not treat him so harshly, patience in suffering is impossible, and the Creator should not take his creatures so lightly, to come against them with such force.


title: Book of Job

text: Job's responses represent one of the most radical restatements of Israelite theology in the Hebrew Bible. He moves away from the pious attitude shown in the prologue, and begins to berate God for the disproportionate wrath against him. He sees God as, among others, intrusive and suffocating; unforgiving and obsessed with destroying a human target; angry; fixated on punishment; and hostile and destructive. He then shifts his focus from the injustice that he himself suffers to God's governance of the world. He suggests that the wicked have taken advantage of the needy and the helpless, who remain in significant hardship, but God does nothing to punish them.


title: Book of Job

text: The dialogues of Job and his friends are followed by a poem (the "hymn to wisdom") on the inaccessibility of wisdom: "Where is wisdom to be found?" it asks, and concludes that it has been hidden from man (chapter 28). Job contrasts his previous fortune with his present plight, an outcast, mocked and in pain. He protests his innocence, lists the principles he has lived by, and demands that God answer him.


title: Book of Job

text: Elihu (a character not previously mentioned) occupies chapters 32 to 37, intervening to state that wisdom comes from God, who reveals it through dreams and visions to those who will then declare their knowledge.


title: Book of Job

text: From chapter 38, God speaks from a whirlwind. God's speeches neither explain Job's suffering, nor defend divine justice, nor enter into the courtroom confrontation that Job has demanded, nor respond to his oath of innocence. Instead God contrasts Job's weakness with divine wisdom and omnipotence: "Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?" Job makes a brief response, but God's monologue resumes, never addressing Job directly.


title: Book of Job

text: In Job 42:1–6, Job makes his final response, confessing God's power and his own lack of knowledge "of things beyond me which I did not know". Previously he has only heard, but now his eyes have seen God, and therefore, he declares, "I retract and repent in dust and ashes".