title: Inspector Morse (TV series)

text: Thaw appreciated that Morse was different from many other classic detectives such as Hercule Poirot and Sherlock Holmes. Morse was brilliant, but he was not always right. He often arrested the wrong person or came to the wrong conclusion. As a result, unlike many classic sleuths, Morse does not always simply arrest his culprit; ironic circumstances have the case end and the crime brought to him. Morse was also a romantic, frequently mildly and gently flirting with or asking out colleagues, witnesses, or suspects—occasionally bordering on the unprofessional—but he had little success in love.


title: Inspector Morse (TV series)

text: Morse is a character whose talents and intelligence are being wasted in positions that fail to match his abilities. It is mentioned several times that Morse would have been promoted above and beyond Chief Inspector at Thames Valley Police CID, but his cynicism and lack of ambition, coupled also with veiled hints that he may have made enemies in high places, frustrate his progression despite his Oxford connections. In the episode "Second Time Around", it is revealed that Morse opposed capital punishment and long sentences, which was upheld by his former superior who later became assistant commissioner of Metropolitan Police and his former colleague thought of him as "a poor policeman and a very good detective".


title: Inspector Morse (TV series)

text: Morse is a highly credible detective and a plausible human being. His penchant for drinking, his life filled with difficult personal relationships and his negligence toward his health, however, make him a more tragic character than previous classic sleuths.


title: Inspector Morse (TV series)

text: Morse's eventual death in the final episode "The Remorseful Day" is caused by heart problems exacerbated by heavy drinking, although in the books his death is diabetes-related.


title: Inspector Morse (TV series)

text: "Inspector Morse" was filmed for ITV using 16 mm film stock. Since its production, a number of releases of the show on DVD have been made using various remastered editions of the episodes in the 4:3 ratio. In recent years, ITV has overseen a high-definition restoration of the drama from the original 16 mm negatives so as to boost the HD content on ITV3 HD. Many of these HD episodes retain the original 4:3 ratio, though some of the later episodes (including the series finale) have been opened into a 16:9 widescreen frame. These more recent remastered editions have not been released on Blu-ray.


title: Inspector Morse (TV series)

text: Morse had diverse passions: music (especially opera; Mozart and Wagner among his favourites), poetry, art, the classics, British real ale, classic cars and cryptic crossword puzzles. When seen at home, Morse is usually listening to music on his Roksan Xerxes record player, solving a crossword, reading classic literature, or drinking ale. In his home, the living room had a chess set containing classical Staunton chess pieces while the art on the walls includes etchings of Roman ruins by G.B. Piranesi from his "Vedute di Roma" series. While working, Morse subsists on quickly downed pints of ale in pubs, usually bought by Lewis, who struggles to keep up. Many of his cases touch on Morse's interests and often his knowledge helps him solve them.


title: Inspector Morse (TV series)

text: In "The Death of the Self", the episode ends with Morse seeing one of the characters, an opera singer recovering from a long absence due to stage fright, make her "comeback" performance at the amphitheatre in Verona, while in "Twilight of the Gods", he investigates the life of one of his opera idols, Gwladys Probert, a world-famous soprano. In "Who Killed Harry Field?", the murder victim is a painter and in "The Way Through the Woods", Morse researches the Pre-Raphaelite movement to aid his investigations.


title: Inspector Morse (TV series)

text: In several episodes, Morse's crossword-solving ability helps him to spot people who have changed their identities by creating a new name using an anagram. In "Masonic Mysteries", he is maliciously implicated in the murder of a woman when his "Times" newspaper with the crossword puzzle completed in his handwriting is placed in the victim's house. In that same episode, the writer names Morse's old inspector from when he was a detective sergeant as 'Macnutt', an homage to D.S. Macnutt, the famous and influential "Observer" puzzle setter 'Ximenes'.


title: Inspector Morse (TV series)

text: In "The Sins of the Fathers", he investigates a murder in a brewery-owning family and in the first episode of the series, "The Dead of Jericho", he compares the life of a dead woman with that of Jocasta, the mother of Oedipus. The same episode also introduced his Jaguar Mark 2 automobile, which is damaged at the beginning and the end of the story, being used to prevent the escape of the perpetrators. His interest in classic cars is also explored in "Driven to Distraction", in which he suspects a car salesman of murder. He seems to dislike Jeremy Boynton so strongly that when he refers to Morse's own Jaguar as "she", this convinces Morse of his guilt.


title: Inspector Morse (TV series)

text: In "Cherubim and Seraphim", he investigates the suicide of his niece and discusses with her English teacher her interest in the poet Sylvia Plath, who also killed herself. The teacher defends the teaching of Plath's poetry to students, saying that her suicide would not influence students to do the same. Investigating the killing of a retired detective in "Second Time Around", Morse is haunted by an early case of his in which a young girl had been murdered and an obvious suspect could have very well been innocent.


title: Inspector Morse (TV series)

text: The theme and incidental music for the series were written by Barrington Pheloung and used a motif based on the Morse code for "M.O.R.S.E.": (codice_1). The composer works the five letters into four 3-beat bars as follows : <score>{ \time 3/4 \relative c" { e4. e4. e4 e e e8 e4. e8 r8 e8 e e r8 e8 r8}}</score> The motif is played solo at the beginning and recurs all the way through. In the documentary, "The Mystery of Morse", Pheloung states that he occasionally spelled out the name of the killer in Morse code in the music, or alternatively spelled out the name of another character as a red herring. The series also included opera and other classical genres as part of its soundtrack, most notably pieces by Richard Wagner and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, whose "Magic Flute" is a significant plot device in one episode.


title: Inspector Morse (TV series)

text: Beaumont College (in the TV episode "The Last Enemy") and Lonsdale College (in "The Riddle of the Third Mile", the book on which "The Last Enemy" was based) are both fictional Oxford colleges. The real Brasenose College and Exeter College were used to represent Lonsdale, while Corpus Christi was used for Beaumont. Both fictional names are from real streets in Oxford; a real Lonsdale College exists at Lancaster University (named for the adjacent Lancashire region of Lonsdale Hundred, as is the Oxford street) but has no relation to Dexter's fictional Lonsdale. St Saviour's College in the episode "Fat Chance" is also fictitious, though New College was used as the location for it. Merton and University College were used for the fictional Beaufort College in the episode "The Infernal Serpent". Christ Church appears in "The Daughters of Cain" as the fictional Wolsey College; it was founded by Thomas Wolsey. In a number of episodes, the main quad at Wadham College is used, especially the classic view as seen from the main entrance—unlike the students, the actors are allowed to walk on the grass. Eton College was used extensively as an alternative set to depict various parts of Oxford through the series, notably the county court in the episode "The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn", while the nearby school of St John's Beaumont, Old Windsor, became the Foreign Examinations Syndicate in the same episode, with both external and internal filming taking place there. Many of the generic locations used throughout the series, including Morse's house, were situated in Ealing, London, amongst the residential streets to the north of Ealing Broadway. Some scenes were also filmed at Brunel University and Hillingdon Hospital, both in west London. The Port of Dover was used for the "Deceived by Flight" episode.


title: Inspector Morse (TV series)

text: The Regency red 1960 Jaguar Mark 2 2.4L car (with number plate 248 RPA) used by Morse throughout the television series became synonymous with the main character, despite Morse's driving a Lancia in the early novels (after the start of the TV series, the novels changed to the Jaguar, but no reference is made in the books as to why or when Morse changes cars). The Jaguar was given away in a competition a year after filming ended and in 2002, it was auctioned for £53,200, many times the going rate for a "normal" 2.4. In November 2005, it was sold again for more than £100,000.


title: Inspector Morse (TV series)

text: The spin-off "Lewis", starring Kevin Whately as the now-promoted (and widowed, making the character's situation closer to Morse's) Inspector Lewis, premiered in 2006 on ITV. Nine series were made with the last concluding in November 2015. It aired in the USA on PBS under the title "Inspector Lewis". On 2 November 2015, ITV announced that the show would end after its ninth series, following the decision made by Kevin Whately and Laurence Fox to retire from their roles in the series. Whately announced that the show had gone on long enough, with his character having done many stories between "Morse" and "Lewis" after he took on the role 30 years ago.


title: Inspector Morse (TV series)

text: In 2012, ITV aired a two-hour special prequel film, "Endeavour", portraying a young Morse, with author Colin Dexter's participation. Set in 1965, Shaun Evans plays the young Detective Constable Morse, who is preparing to hand in his resignation when he becomes embroiled in an investigation involving a missing schoolgirl. This was followed in 2013 by the first series comprising four episodes. In 2014, series 2 was shown, with another four episodes. In January 2016, series 3 began with yet another four episodes. Series 4 aired in 2017, again with four episodes.


title: Inspector Morse (TV series)

text: A fifth series with six episodes set in 1968 began on 4 February 2018 and finished on 11 March 2018. A sixth series with four episodes set in 1969 began on 10 February 2019 and finished on 3 March 2019.


title: Inspector Morse (TV series)

text: In March 2019, the show was recommissioned for a seventh season, consisting of three episodes, set in 1970. An 8th series of three episodes, set in 1971, was broadcast in September 2021, bring the number of episodes of Endeavour to 33; the same number of episodes of both the original Morse and the Lewis sequel. The ninth series, with three episodes, began filming in May 2022 in Oxford. It is the final series exploring how Morse developed into the detective and person of the Inspector Morse series, and will air in the UK later in 2022. Before the series was confirmed, Roger Allam said in September 2021 that "I would be very surprised if there weren’t a few more to wrap things up." Filming for the ninth series began on 22 May 2022. The next day, it was confirmed the ninth series would be the show's last


title: Inspector Morse (TV series)

text: In Australia, Region 4, the entire series of Inspector Morse has been released on DVD. The first releases were 2 episodes per discs later followed by four volumes of these same releases in boxed sets.


title: Chad McQueen

text: Chadwick Steven McQueen (born December 28, 1960) is an American actor, film producer, martial artist, and race-car driver. As an actor and producer, he was known for playing Dutch in "The Karate Kid" and "The Karate Kid Part II". He is the only son of actor Steve McQueen.


title: Chad McQueen

text: Chadwick Steven McQueen was born on December 28, 1960, in Los Angeles to actors Steve McQueen and Neile Adams. From an early age, McQueen was an avid enthusiast of automobiles, motorcycles, and racing, interests that he inherited from his father. He began racing dirt bikes by age 9 and, in three years, went on to win his class in the World Mini Grand Prix. He quickly moved on to auto racing, winning his first race: the Mini Le Mans event, a children-only track created on the set of the 1971 film "Le Mans", when McQueen was 10 years old. Before filming was completed on that film, McQueen enjoyed racing at triple-digit speeds down the straights while seated in his father's lap at the wheel of a Porsche 917. At 12, he won his class at the World Mini Grand Prix.


title: Chad McQueen

text: McQueen has worked as a film actor for some time, appearing as Dutch in "The Karate Kid" in 1984 and "The Karate Kid Part II" in 1986, and many other roles including a role in the 1993 film "New York Cop" with Mira Sorvino and in the action films "Red Line" as Jim and "Death Ring". He has also worked as a producer, winning a Telly Award for his documentary "Filming at Speed". He has appeared on numerous television programs related to motorsports, including "Hot Rod TV" and "Celebrity Rides". Attempts were made to arrange for him to reprise his role as the character Dutch in season two of the YouTube series "Cobra Kai", but commitments to his company, McQueen Racing, added to the fact that McQueen is no longer interested in acting, prevented this.


title: Chad McQueen

text: His professional racing career started in the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA). McQueen has competed in several types of racing from Motocross to the Baja 1000. He teamed with Belgian racing legend Jacky Ickx and his daughter Vanina, piloting a trio of Porsche 959s restored by Porsche Motorsports for the 2004 Goodwood event. Also in 2004, he qualified for the SCCA Runoffs, winning multiple events. Racing for Westernesse Racing, he finished fourth.


title: Chad McQueen

text: In January 2006, he was seriously injured (suffering a broken lower left leg, two fractures to his vertebrae, and multiple rib fractures) in an accident at the Daytona International Speedway while practicing for the 24 Hours of Daytona Sports Car race. McQueen now says that his driving days are over. He returned to Daytona during the 2007 Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona race to thank the medics and track workers who he says saved his life. Later on, he stated that he wants to become a team owner.


title: Chad McQueen

text: In November 2007, he returned to the Daytona International Speedway and got behind the wheel of the Brumos 1975 Ecurie Escargot RSR, driving it in the exhibitions at the Porsche Rennsport Reunion III.


title: Chad McQueen

text: In January 2010, he started McQueen Racing, LLC, a company that partners with leaders in the motorcycle and custom-car industries towards development of high-performance, limited-edition custom cars, motorcycles, and accessories.


title: Chad McQueen

text: Chad McQueen dated Jill Henderson White Pasceri in the 1980s, a USEF Equestrian rider and horse trainer. Jill is the daughter of trombonist Jimmy Henderson. He was married to Stacia Toten (who later wed Hockey Hall of Famer Luc Robitaille) from 1987–90. The couple had one son, actor Steven R. McQueen (b. 1988), who was a regular in the TV series "The Vampire Diaries" and "Chicago Fire". McQueen married Jeanie Galbraith in 1993. They have two children: Chase McQueen (b. 1995) and Madison McQueen (b. 1996).


title: Tina Sinatra

text: Christina Sinatra (born June 20, 1948) is an American businesswoman, film producer, Hollywood agent, and memoirist.


title: Tina Sinatra

text: Christina Sinatra was born on June 20, 1948, in Los Angeles, California, the youngest child of American singer and actor Frank Sinatra and his first wife, Nancy Barbato Sinatra. She has two siblings, Nancy and Frank Jr. Her parents divorced when she was three years old.


title: Tina Sinatra

text: Sinatra never wished to be a singer like her father and siblings, but she took acting classes with Jeff Corey and appeared with Hampton Fancher in the 1969 television miniseries "Romeo und Julia 70" in Germany, where she lived for several years. After returning to the United States, she took more classes with Corey, and appeared in episodes of "Adam-12", "It Takes a Thief", "McCloud", and "Mannix".


title: Tina Sinatra

text: Despite her hesitance to sing, Sinatra appeared on the album "The Sinatra Family Wish You a Merry Christmas" with her father and siblings in 1968. She contributed to five tracks on the album, including "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" and a duet on "O Bambino (One Cold and Blessed Winter)", with her sister. Tina also appeared with her siblings on an episode of Dean Martin's television show with Martin's children. She was present at many of her father's recording sessions, including the session for the hit "My Way".


title: Tina Sinatra

text: In her memoir, she wrote of her acting career that she lacked the ambition and confidence to become an actress. Sinatra remained in the entertainment industry, becoming a theatrical agent under Arnold Stiefel, and once represented Robert Blake. At her father’s request, in the 1970s, she began to take charge of parts of the elder Sinatra’s career. Upon her father's death, Tina took control of Frank Sinatra's film and music legacy.


title: Tina Sinatra

text: An occasional film producer, she also appeared in the television movie "Fantasy Island" (1977), which became the pilot for the long-running TV series of the same title. She was executive producer of the 1992 television miniseries "Sinatra". She was also a producer of the 2004 remake of her father's 1962 film "The Manchurian Candidate". A lead actor in "The Manchurian Candidate", Frank Sinatra owned the film's legal distribution rights until his death.


title: Tina Sinatra

text: In June 1970, Sinatra announced her engagement to actor Robert Wagner. They called off the engagement in January 1972.


title: Tina Sinatra

text: On January 26, 1974, Sinatra married musician Wes Farrell at her father's apartment at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. They divorced on September 3, 1976.


title: Tina Sinatra

text: She started a petition in favor of the construction of the Beverly Hills Community Dog Park in Beverly Hills, California in 2015.


title: Heidi Montag

text: Heidi Blair Pratt (née Montag; born September 15, 1986) is an American reality television personality, model, singer and actress. Born and raised in Crested Butte, Colorado. In 2006, Montag came to prominence after being cast in the MTV reality television series "The Hills", which chronicled the personal and professional lives of Conrad, Montag, and friends Audrina Patridge and Whitney Port. During its production, she briefly attended the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising and was employed by event planning company Bolthouse Productions. As the series progressed, Montag began dating fellow cast member Spencer Pratt, which ultimately ended her friendship with Conrad. Their ensuing feud became the central focus of the series, and was carried through each subsequent season.


title: Heidi Montag

text: The couple, jointly nicknamed "Speidi", married in April 2009. Later that year, they made controversial appearances on the second season of the American version of "I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!" In January 2010, Montag released her debut studio album "Superficial"; it was critically panned and commercially unsuccessful at the time, failing to earn back the money she spent making it, but would go on to garner a cult following. She also received widespread criticism after undergoing ten cosmetic surgery procedures in one day. In 2011, Montag was featured on the television series "Famous Food", where she and several celebrities competed for a restaurant partnership. Two years later, she and Pratt competed as a single entity on the eleventh series of the British version of "Celebrity Big Brother", and returned to the series with Pratt as an All-Star for "Celebrity Big Brother 19".


title: Heidi Montag

text: Heidi Blair Montag was born September 15, 1986, in Crested Butte, Colorado, to parents Darlene and Bill Montag. After divorcing, her mother Darlene married Tim Egelhoff; they owned The Timberline restaurant for 21 years until its closing in 2010. Montag has an older sister Holly, also a reality television personality, and a younger brother Sky. Their father Bill later married Terri O'Hara; their step-brother Eric O'Hara died in 2008 after an accidental fall from an icy roof.


title: Heidi Montag

text: After graduating from high school, Montag moved to California and attended the Academy of Art University in San Francisco for one semester. During freshman orientation, she befriended Lauren Conrad, who at the time was a primary cast member of the MTV reality television series "". After both transferred to the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising in Los Angeles, California, Montag was subsequently featured in four episodes during the series' second season. However, after failing to find the school "challenging", she dropped out and received employment from Bolthouse Productions as an assistant. Within two years, she was promoted as an event planner.


title: Heidi Montag

text: After moving to Los Angeles in 2006, the "Laguna Beach" spin-off series "The Hills" was developed to chronicle the lives of then-housemates Conrad and Montag and friends Audrina Patridge and Whitney Port. That year, she began a short-lived relationship with Jordan Eubanks; she described its end as "the best decision of [her] life". By the second season, Montag and Conrad's friendship had deteriorated after the former began dating and later moved in with Spencer Pratt. During the third season, Conrad ended her friendship with Montag after she suspected that Pratt was responsible for rumors of a sex tape involving her and her former boyfriend Jason Wahler; the ensuing feud carried through each subsequent season.


title: Heidi Montag

text: In August, she entered the music industry and began recording her debut studio album. Later that month, the song "Body Language" was leaked on the internet, and featured an uncredited rap verse from Pratt. The following month, she confirmed to "Us Weekly" that she had undergone a breast augmentation and rhinoplasty five months prior. Montag's first promotional single and its accompanying music video "Higher" were released in February 2008.


title: Heidi Montag

text: Later that same month, she appeared on the cover of "Maxim". Montag collaborated with Anchor Blue to launch her first clothing line "Heidiwood" in April. Her contract was not renewed the following year after the company decided against featuring celebrity endorsements in future advertising.


title: Heidi Montag

text: After several additional unauthorized leaks, Montag enlisted songwriter Cathy Dennis to continue work on her album. She released her first two extended plays "Wherever I Am" and "Here She Is..." in 2009. The former included the song "More Is More"; debuting at number 50 on the US "Billboard" Hot Dance Club Songs chart, it became her first and only song to chart in the country. Later that year, she and Pratt appeared on the second season of the American version of "I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!" in support of the "Feed the Children" foundation. They quit after Montag was hospitalized with a gastric ulcer and later created controversy after alleging that they were subject to torture during production. After leaving the series, Montag and Pratt became notorious for their antics and antagonistic roles, notably during an interview with Al Roker of "Today", and were described as "everything that's wrong with America". In August, she performed her first official single, the finished version of "Body Language", at the Miss Universe 2009; her appearance was met with a negative critical response, who criticized its overall production. The following month, she appeared on the cover of "Playboy". In November, Montag and Pratt released the book "How to Be Famous: Our Guide to Looking the Part, Playing the Press, and Becoming a Tabloid Fixture".


title: Heidi Montag

text: In January 2010, Montag revealed to "People" that she had undergone ten cosmetic surgery procedures in a single day two months prior, performed by Frank Ryan. Among the procedures were brow-lifts, ear-pinnings, a chin reduction, as well as a second rhinoplasty and second breast augmentation. She commented that she almost died from too much Demerol, reducing her heart rate to five beats per minute. Her debut studio album "Superficial" was digitally released later that month to an overwhelmingly negative critical response from critics. The self-funded record cost nearly $2 million and sold approximately 1,000 copies in first-week downloads, failing to earn back the money spent making it. In May, she and Pratt made their final appearance on "The Hills" halfway through the sixth and final season.


title: Heidi Montag

text: After her exit from "The Hills", Montag auditioned for the replacement of Megan Fox in the third installment of the "Transformers" series, but was ultimately not featured in the film. In June 2010, she and producer Steve Morales commenced work on her unreleased second studio album. The following month, Montag filed for divorce from Pratt, citing irreconcilable differences in the petition. However, they called it off in September after confessing that the action was intended to boost Montag's ailing career. In November, they renewed their vows in Carpinteria, California. In February 2011, Montag made her feature film debut as Kimberly in "Just Go with It". Later that year, she appeared on the VH1 reality television series "Famous Food", where she competed against other celebrities for a partnership stake in a restaurant in which they worked to open. In October, Montag began writing a memoir. The following year, she released her third extended play "Dreams Come True".


title: Heidi Montag

text: In January 2013, Montag and Pratt as a single entity competed as housemates on the eleventh series of the British version of "Celebrity Big Brother", where they notably developed a minor feud with singer and television personality Rylan Clark. They were named the runners-up, losing to Clark. On February 18, Channel 5 aired a one-off television special discussing Montag and Pratt's rise to prominence, titled "Speidi: Scandal, Secrets & Surgery!". Later that year, they launched the "Speidi Show", which was initially assumed to be a web series in which the couple used a different reality television format for each installment. However, the project was later revealed to be an example of networked improv narrative, where Montag and Pratt collaborated with Mark Marino and Rob Wittig to create a Twitter game in which players Live Tweet an imaginary show. In October 2013, Montag revealed that her original F-cup breast implants resulted in severe health issues, and underwent a breast reduction surgery to replace them with D-cup implants. In December 2013, Montag stated that she and Conrad have "talked a few times" since the series' conclusion, elaborating that "it's unfortunate things happened the way that it did, but we're both different people now, older and more mature."


title: Heidi Montag

text: However, in 2015, Montag angrily excoriated Conrad when she appeared on "Marriage Boot Camp", during a sequence where the contestants were asked to forgive someone who had hurt them in the past; Montag told a stand-in for Conrad that Conrad had "ruined my life with her lies", said that Conrad DID have a sex tape and had falsely blamed it on her, and that she "forgave" Conrad for being terrible and trying to ruin her life. Montag was universally lambasted for bringing up the sex tape lies anew, parroting the views of Pratt (who Conrad actually blamed for spreading the false rumors; Conrad felt Montag knew he was lying but took Pratt's side because she loved him) and trying to use Conrad's name to get publicity for herself. She and Pratt appeared in the television special "After Shock: Heidi & Spencer", which premiered on December 9, 2013, on E!, during which they admitted that many of the situations they were involved with in the various reality series they starred on were in fact made up by the shows producers. Montag and Pratt later appeared on an episode of "Celebrity Wife Swap" in June 2014, for which they swapped with Olympic athlete Amanda Beard and her husband Sacha Brown. In October 2015, Montag and her husband made several media appearances that were largely devoted to two subjects: claiming that their image as terrible people stemming from "The Hills" was not factual and, somewhat divergently, their intense dislike of Lauren Conrad, which included Montag's husband admitting he spread rumors (which Montag said were true but have never been proven) that Conrad made a sex tape with a former boyfriend. Montag also claimed she had been paid to remain Conrad's friend during her time on the show, while also adding she had reconciled with her family to her husband's displeasure.


title: Heidi Montag

text: In 2017, Montag re-entered the "Celebrity Big Brother" with her husband. On day 18 the couple were eternally nominated by James Cosmo, which they did not have a good reaction to. They were saved in an 8-person eviction on day 22 however, they were evicted on day 25 against Kim Woodburn, Jessica Cunningham, Bianca Gascoigne and Jedward. Montag and Pratt were reunited with their rival, Rylan Clark-Neal, on "Big Brother's Bit on the Side" that night.


title: Heidi Montag

text: At the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards, MTV announced a reboot of "The Hills" entitled "", slated to premiere in 2019. Montag was announced as part of the cast of the new series. The series premiered on June 24 and later got renewed for a second season. While filming, Montag started working on new music and released a Christian pop single titled "Glitter and Glory".


title: Heidi Montag

text: During the fourth season of "The Hills", Montag and Pratt eloped to Mexico, where they married on November 20, 2008. A wedding ceremony was held on April 25, 2009, in Pasadena, California. Their son Gunner Stone was born on October 1, 2017. Montag announced she was pregnant with her second child with Pratt in June 2022. She gave birth to their second son, Ryker Pratt, on November 17, 2022.


title: Cissy Houston

text: Emily "Cissy" Houston ("née" Drinkard; born September 30, 1933) is an American soul and gospel singer. After a successful career singing backup for such artists as Roy Hamilton, Dionne Warwick, Elvis Presley, and Aretha Franklin, Houston embarked on a solo career, winning two Grammy Awards for her work.


title: Cissy Houston

text: Houston is the mother of the late singer and actress Whitney Houston, the aunt of singers Dionne Warwick and Dee Dee Warwick, and a cousin of opera singer Leontyne Price.


title: Cissy Houston

text: Born Emily Drinkard in Newark, New Jersey, to Nitcholas "Nitch" Drinkard (1895-1952) and Delia Mae Drinkard (née McCaskill) (1901-1941), she was the eighth and final child; older siblings were brothers William (1918–2003), Hansom (1924–deceased), Nicky (1929–1992), and Larry (1931–2012); and sisters Lee (1920–2005), Marie (1922–2007), and Anne (1927–2003).


title: Cissy Houston

text: Houston's father Nitcholas Drinkard was born to Susan Bell (called Delia) Drinkard (née Fuller), of Dutch and African-American descent. His father John Drinkard, Jr., was of Native American descent. The Drinkards had owned a substantial amount of farmland in Blakely, Georgia, at a time when it was unusual for black people to have large landholdings. The asset was gradually depleted as they sold small portions of land over time, to resolve the continued legal troubles of a close relative.


title: Cissy Houston

text: After Houston's three oldest siblings were born, the family relocated to New Jersey during the Great Migration. Her parents emphasized the children getting educated and being involved in the church, and her father encouraged Houston and her siblings to sing. In 1938, five-year-old Cissy's mother Delia suffered a stroke and died of cerebral hemorrhage three years later. Houston's father died of stomach cancer in March 1952 when Houston was 18. Cissy went to live with her older sister Lee and her husband Mancel Warrick. The Warricks had three children: a son, Mancel Warrick Jr. and two daughters Marie Dionne Warrick and Delia Juanita (Dee Dee) Warrick. Soprano Leontyne Price is a Drinkard cousin.


title: Cissy Houston

text: Houston's singing career began in 1938 when she joined her sister Anne and brothers Larry and Nicky in the gospel singing group the Drinkard Four. Lee (who would later become the mother of singers Marie Dionne Warrick and Delia Juanita (Dee Dee) Warrick, later joined the group along with Anne Drinkard Moss and Marie Drinkard Epps, and the group was renamed The Drinkard Singers. It was while performing on Drinkard Singers that Cissy Houston made her television debut on TV Gospel Time. Houston and the Drinkard Singers regularly performed at New Hope Baptist Church and later recorded a live album for RCA called "A Joyful Noise", becoming one of the first gospel acts to release a gospel album on a major label. The Drinkard Singers also earned success performing at Carnegie Hall and the Newport Jazz Festival.


title: Cissy Houston

text: In 1963, then about to give birth to daughter Whitney Houston, she formed the Sweet Inspirations with Doris Troy and niece Dee Dee Warwick. Later, under contract to Atlantic Records, Sylvia Shemwell, Estelle Brown and Myrna Smith form the line-up. During the mid-1960s, the Sweet Inspirations provided backup vocals for a variety of artists, including Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Lou Rawls, The Drifters, Dusty Springfield, and Houston's niece Dionne Warwick. They appeared on Van Morrison's single "Brown Eyed Girl". Houston performed the operatic soprano descant on the Aretha Franklin hit "Ain't No Way". In 1967, The Sweet Inspirations sang background vocals for The Jimi Hendrix Experience on the track "Burning of the Midnight Lamp".


title: Cissy Houston

text: In 1969, they were hired to sing backing vocals for American singer Elvis Presley in Las Vegas on his return to live performances during July and August 1969. Presley often introduced them at shows by saying, "They really live up to their name, ladies & gentlemen: The Sweet Inspirations!" Many of these performances can be heard on the "All Shook Up" and "Live In Las Vegas" live records. Performing with Elvis Presley was Houston's final gig with The Sweet Inspirations. As her children were growing bigger, she decided to stop touring and focus on her career as a recording artist.


title: Cissy Houston

text: As Cecily Blair she cut her first secular solo record "This Is My Vow" on M'n'M Records in 1963 following this up in 1966 with "Bring Him Back" b/w "World Of Broken Hearts" on Congress. Her final solo single before recording with The Sweet Inspirations was "Don't Come Running To Me" b/w "One Broken Heart For Sale" released on Kapp Records in 1967. On these early singles her name is spelled as Sissie Houston. In 1969, Houston signed a recording contract with Commonwealth United Records and recorded her solo debut LP "Presenting Cissy Houston" which was released in 1970. It contained several well received singles, including covers of "I'll Be There" and "Be My Baby", both of which made the R&B charts.


title: Cissy Houston

text: Following the release of her debut album, Houston's contract was sold to Janus Records in 1970. She recorded another album and several more singles in the early 1970s, which included the original recording of Jim Weatherly's "Midnight Train to Georgia" in 1972, later a number one hit for Gladys Knight & The Pips. She continued to record with Janus Records until 1975.


title: Cissy Houston

text: In 1977, Houston was signed by Private Stock Records, working with arranger/producer Michael Zager on three albums. The second included her big disco hit "Think It Over", which climbed to No. 32 on the Billboard R&B chart in 1979. She represented USA at the World Popular Song Festival in 1979 with a track called "You're the Fire", landing second place and winning the "Most Outstanding Performance Award". This also appeared on her 1980 disco-flavored album, "Step Aside for a Lady", again produced by Zager, but released on Columbia Records (on EMI in the United Kingdom).


title: Cissy Houston

text: Houston's versatile cross-genre singing style has kept her highly in demand as a session musician with some of the world's most successful recording artists. Houston, along with Dionne Warwick and Dee Dee Warwick, sang the background vocals on the original recording of "Time Is On My Side" by Kai Winding, released by Verve Records in October 1963. She was one of the backup singers on the Paul Simon song "Mother and Child Reunion" (1972)


title: Cissy Houston

text: Houston sang back-up on Bette Midler's 1972 debut album, "The Divine Miss M". In 1974, Houston sang back-up on Linda Ronstadt's multi-Platinum "Heart Like A Wheel", a seminal album that topped "Billboard"′s Pop and Country Album Charts in early 1975. In 1971, Houston was featured on three tracks of Burt Bacharach's self-titled solo album: "Mexican Divorce", "All Kinds of People" and "One Less Bell to Answer". During 1975 and 1976, she worked with jazz flutist Herbie Mann on three Atlantic albums, "Discothèque", "Waterbed" and "Surprises", featuring on three tracks, "Violet Don't Be Blue", JJ Cale's "Cajun Moon" and "Easter Rising". In addition to her work as choirmaster at New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, NJ, Cissy performed frequently at clubs in NYC including Mikell's, Sweetwaters, Seventh Avenue South, and Fat Tuesday from the late 1970s through the 1980s. Whitney Houston, her daughter and backup singer, increasingly sang solos with Cissy's band. They would collaborate on "Ain't No Way" (originally a Cissy Houston and Aretha Franklin vehicle), on which Cissy sang herself and Whitney sang "Aretha".


title: Cissy Houston

text: In 1996, Houston received the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album for "Face to Face", an album that contained a Gospel version of "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)". The same year, she contributed one song to the gospel soundtrack album for the film "The Preacher's Wife", which starred her daughter Whitney Houston. In 1998, she won her second Grammy for her album "He Leadeth Me". She has also continued to record infrequent secular material and in 1987, Houston and her daughter Whitney recorded a duet titled "I Know Him So Well", a cover of the original by Barbara Dickson and Elaine Paige from the Broadway show, "Chess". This song also became a single in early 1989 as the 6th and last single release (in selected European countries) from Whitney's album "Whitney". In 1992 she teamed up with Chuck Jackson for an album of solo and duet recordings entitled "I'll Take Care of You".


title: Cissy Houston

text: In 2006, she recorded the song "Family First" with niece Dionne Warwick and daughter Whitney Houston for the soundtrack to the movie "Daddy's Little Girls". In 2010, Cissy attended the third annual BET Honors with her daughter Whitney, who received the entertainment award. In 2012, Cissy performed "Bridge over Troubled Water" at the tribute for her daughter at the BET Music Awards. On September 29, 2014, at 80 years old, Cissy sang backup to a standing-ovation performance with Aretha Franklin of Adele's "Rolling in the Deep", and "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" on "The Late Show with David Letterman".


title: Cissy Houston

text: For more than fifty years, Houston has led the 200-member Youth Inspirational Choir at the New Hope Baptist Church (Newark). She is a driving force behind and performs annually at the McDonald's Gospelfest.


title: Cissy Houston

text: In 1955, Houston married Freddie Garland and had a son, Gary Garland (born October 12, 1957), an NBA basketball player and DePaul University Athletic Hall of Famer.


title: Cissy Houston

text: In the spring of 1957, when she was 24, Houston met John Russell Houston Jr. and embarked on a romance that led to the births of son Michael (born August 14, 1961), a songwriter and road manager, and daughter Whitney (August 9, 1963 - February 11, 2012), who went on to be a world-renowned singer, actress and entertainer. During the early years of the relationship, John was still married to his first wife, Elsie Hamilton. After Houston's first marriage ended in divorce in April 1964, Cissy and John married the following month. John Houston Jr. was a former Army veteran who served his country during World War II and was working as a taxi and truck driver when he met Cissy. He first entered the entertainment business managing his nieces-in-law's vocal group, the Gospelaires, in 1959. After his wife formed The Sweet Inspirations, he served as their manager until Cissy left the group in 1969 to start her solo career. After John survived a near-fatal heart attack in 1976, John and Cissy's marriage turned volatile and by 1977, they agreed to legally separate, though they remained married until 1991. Houston has six grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.


title: Cissy Houston

text: In the late 1990s, when her daughter Whitney began to struggle with drug addiction, Cissy staged several interventions to get her into rehabilitation programs. On one occasion she obtained a court order and the assistance of two sheriffs to intervene, persuading Whitney to undertake treatment at Hope For Women Residential & Therapeutic Services in Atlanta, Georgia. In her 2013 book, "Remembering Whitney: My Story of Love, Loss, and the Night the Music Stopped", Cissy described a scene she encountered during a visit to Whitney and then-husband Bobby Brown's home in 2005 where she saw the walls and door painted with big glaring eyes and strange faces. After having seen what she thought was several disturbing scenes, this led Cissy to return with law enforcement and perform an intervention. Whitney would attend recovery and rehabilitation programs.


title: Cissy Houston

text: On February 11, 2012, Whitney Houston died at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. After her daughter's death, Cissy expressed her distaste for the media's coverage of related events: "The media are awful. People have come from here and there, [and they] don't know what they're talking about," she said. "People I haven't seen in 20 years ... Here they come, [they] think they know everything, but that's not true. But God has His way of taking care of all of it, and I'm glad I know that.


title: Triskelion

text: A triskelion or triskeles is an ancient motif consisting of a triple spiral exhibiting rotational symmetry.


title: Triskelion

text: The spiral design can be based on interlocking Archimedean spirals, or represent three bent human legs. It is found in artefacts of the European Neolithic and Bronze Age with continuation into the Iron Age especially in the context of the La Tène culture and related Celtic traditions.


title: Triskelion

text: The actual "triskeles" symbol of three human legs is found especially in Greek antiquity, beginning in archaic pottery and continued in coinage of the classical period.


title: Triskelion

text: In the Hellenistic period, the symbol becomes associated with the island of Sicily, appearing on coins minted under Dionysius I of Syracuse beginning in BCE.


title: Triskelion

text: It later appears in heraldry, and, other than in the flag of Sicily, came to be used in the flag of the Isle of Man (known as "ny tree cassyn" "the three legs").


title: Triskelion

text: While the Greek adjective "three-legged [e.g. of a table]" is ancient, use of the term for the symbol is modern, introduced in 1835 by Honoré Théodoric d'Albert de Luynes as French , and adopted in the spelling "triskeles" following Otto Olshausen (1886).


title: Triskelion

text: The form "triskelion" (as it were Greek ) is a diminutive which entered English usage in numismatics in the late 19th century.


title: Triskelion

text: The form consisting of three human legs (as opposed to the triple spiral) has also been called a "triquetra of legs" or "triskelos", "triskel".


title: Triskelion

text: The triple spiral symbol, or three spiral volute, appears in many early cultures, the first in Malta (4400–3600 BCE) and in the astronomical calendar at the famous megalithic tomb of Newgrange in Ireland built around 3200 BCE, as well as on Mycenaean vessels. The Neolithic era symbol of three conjoined spirals may have had triple significance similar to the imagery that lies behind the triskelion. It is carved into the rock of a stone lozenge near the main entrance of the prehistoric Newgrange monument in County Meath, Ireland. Newgrange, which was built around 3200 BCE.


title: Triskelion

text: The "triskeles" proper, composed of three human legs, is younger than the triple spiral, found in decorations on Greek pottery


title: Triskelion

text: especially as a design shown on hoplite shields, and later also minted on Greek and Anatolian coinage.


title: Triskelion

text: An early example is found on the shield of Achilles in an Attic "hydria" of the late 6th century BCE.


title: Triskelion

text: It is found on coinage in Lycia, and on staters of Pamphylia (at Aspendos, 370–333 BCE) and Pisidia. The meaning of the Greek triskeles is not recorded directly.


title: Triskelion

text: The Duc de Luynes in his 1835 study noted the co-occurrence of the symbol with the eagle, the cockerel, the head of Medusa, Perseus, three crescent moons, three ears of corn, and three grains of corn .


title: Triskelion

text: From this, he reconstructed feminine divine triad which he identified with the "triple goddess" Hecate.


title: Triskelion

text: The triskeles was adopted as emblem by the rulers of Syracuse. It is possible that this usage is related with the Greek name of the island of Sicily, "Trinacria" (Τρινακρία "having three headlands").


title: Triskelion

text: The ancient symbol has been re-introduced in modern flags of Sicily since 1848. The oldest find of a triskeles in Sicily is a vase dated to 700 BCE, for which researchers assume a Minoan-Mycenaean origin.


title: Triskelion

text: Late examples of the triple spiral symbols are found in Iron Age Europe, e.g. carved in rock in Castro Culture settlement in Galicia, Asturias and Northern Portugal.


title: Triskelion

text: In Ireland before the 5th century, in Celtic Christianity the symbol took on new meaning, as a symbol of the Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit).


title: Triskelion

text: The triple spiral design is found as a decorative element in Gothic architecture. The three legs (triskeles) symbol is rarely found as a charge in late medieval heraldry, notably as the arms of the King of Mann (Armorial Wijnbergen, ), and as canting arms in the city seal of the Bavarian city of Füssen (dated 1317).


title: Triskelion

text: The triskeles was included in the design of the Army Gold Medal awarded to British Army majors and above who had taken a key part in the Battle of Maida (1806).


title: Triskelion

text: Later versions of Sicilian flags have retained the emblem, including the one officially adopted in 2000.


title: Triskelion

text: The spiral is used by some polytheistic reconstructionist or neopagan groups. As a "Celtic symbol", it is used primarily by groups with a Celtic cultural orientation and, less frequently, can also be found in use by various eclectic or syncretic traditions such as Neopaganism. The spiral triskele is one of the primary symbols of Celtic Reconstructionist Paganism, used to represent a variety of triplicities in cosmology and theology; it is also a favored symbol due to its association with the god Manannán mac Lir.


title: Triskelion

text: Other uses of triskelion-like emblems include the logo for the Trisquel Linux distribution and the seal of the United States Department of Transportation. Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging, an Afrikaner nationalist, neo-Nazi organization and political party (founded 1973), uses a triskele composed of three sevens as its symbol.


title: Triskelion

text: The boric acid molecule is triskelion-shaped as seen in the image. The molecular point group of triskelion-shaped molecules is "C". The endocytic protein, clathrin, is triskelion-shaped, as well as the edicaran Tribrachidium.


title: Wout Weghorst

text: Wout François Maria Weghorst (born 7 August 1992) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a striker for Turkish Süper Lig club Beşiktaş, on loan from EFL Championship club Burnley, and the Netherlands national team.


title: Wout Weghorst

text: Born in Borne, Overijssel, Weghorst started his career with local clubs RKSV NEO and DETO Twenterand, before evoking interest from Eredivisie team Willem II. Despite having the opportunity to make his way into the first team, he never broke through and therefore signed for Eerste Divisie club FC Emmen. He made his debut on 10 August 2012 in a match against Dordrecht, a match which ended 1–1. Weghorst would go on the score his first goal in professional football a month later, in the derby against Veendam, a match that ended in a 2–1 win for Emmen. He managed to play in 28 matches in his debut season, scoring 8 goals. After his spell with Emmen, Weghorst signed a contract with Eredivisie club Heracles Almelo on a free transfer.


title: Wout Weghorst

text: On 9 August, Weghorst made his Eredivisie debut for Heracles Almelo, in a 0–3 home loss against AZ Alkmaar in the Polman Stadion. He was a regular starter in his two years in Almelo. In the first season the club battled relegation from the Eredivisie, but his second season was more successful with Heracles ending in the sixth spot and, through the subsequent play-offs, the club qualified for the Europa League qualifying round – the first time in Heracles Almelo history that the club qualified for an international competition.


title: Wout Weghorst

text: After the successful season with Heracles, Weghorst signed a four-year contract with AZ Alkmaar in July 2016, with the option for an extra year. On 24 November 2016 he scored his first European goal which proved to be the winning goal in a 0–1 win in a UEFA Europa League group match against Irish outfit Dundalk.


title: Wout Weghorst

text: He was appointed the season as vice-captain to Ron Vlaar. Weghorst started the 2017–18 season with good form, displayed by 7 goals in his first 13 starts. He continued that form and after scoring 20 goals in 29 appearances in all competitions, he earned his first full international call-up in Ronald Koeman's first Dutch squad in March 2018.


title: Wout Weghorst

text: He finished the season joint third top scorer in the Eredivisie with 18 goals with Steven Berghuis, both behind top scorer Alireza Jahanbakhsh (with 21) and runner up Bjørn Johnsen (with 19). Weghorst also had 6 assists.


title: Wout Weghorst

text: On 26 June 2018, Weghorst signed a four-year contract with Bundesliga side VfL Wolfsburg. On 16 March 2019, he scored his first hat-trick for Wolfsburg, and first by any player for the club since Mario Gómez in April 2017, in a 5–2 league win over Fortuna Düsseldorf. He finished his first season in Germany with 17 goals, ranking joint-third in the Bundesliga goalscoring charts for the 2018–19 campaign.


title: Wout Weghorst

text: In the 2019–20 season, Weghorst produced another impressive goal return: netting 16 times in the league as Wolfsburg finished 6th.


title: Wout Weghorst

text: Weghorst scored twice in the 2020–21 Europa League qualifying rounds, but Wolfsburg ultimately failed to qualify for the group stage, losing to Greek side AEK Athens in the playoff round.


title: Wout Weghorst

text: On 31 January 2022, Weghorst signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Premier League side Burnley for a fee of £12 million. Weghorst made his debut for the club on 5 February, playing the full 90 minutes in a 0–0 draw with Watford at Turf Moor. He made his first goal contribution three days later in a 1–1 draw against Manchester United, assisting Jay Rodriguez for the equaliser. Weghorst scored his first goal for the club on 19 February in a 3–0 win against Brighton & Hove Albion, helping to end an eleven game winless run for his new club. His second Burnley goal came on 17 April, in a 1–1 draw against West Ham United.


title: Wout Weghorst

text: On 5 July 2022, Weghorst moved to Süper Lig club Beşiktaş on loan until the end of the 2022–23 season. He made his Süper Lig debut on 6 August in a 1–0 home opener win against Kayserispor. He scored his first league goal, the opening score of week 3 game against Karagümrük S.K., ended 4–1 for Beşiktaş, on 21 August.


title: Wout Weghorst

text: Weghorst made his Netherlands U21 debut on 14 October 2014 and scored on his debut against Portugal U21 in a 5–4 defeat.


title: Wout Weghorst

text: He earned his first full international call-up in Ronald Koeman's first Dutch squad in March 2018. He made his senior international debut in an international friendly against England on 23 March at the Amsterdam Arena.


title: Wout Weghorst

text: In November 2022, Weghorst was chosen as a member of the Dutch squad for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. In the quarter-final match against Argentina, he came on as a late substitute and scored two goals, with the equaliser being scored in the 11th minute of added time from a free-kick routine similar to a goal with Wolfsburg against Arminia Bielefeld in 2020, in order to draw the game at 2–2 and send it into extra time and an eventual penalty shootout. Despite scoring his penalty, the Netherlands were eliminated as they lost 4–3 in the shootout.


title: Wout Weghorst

text: At 1.97 m, Weghorst has played as a centre-forward, with him being used in a 'target man' type role due to his ability to hold up the play and his heading ability. He has been compared to Olivier Giroud. He is also renowned as a goal poacher with good reactive finishing in and around the box.


title: Oh Yeon-seo

text: Oh Yeon-seo (, born Oh Haet-nim []; June 22, 1987), is a South Korean actress, singer and model and is best known for her roles in television dramas "My Husband Got a Family" (2012), "Jang Bo-ri is Here!" (2014), "Shine or Go Crazy" (2015), "Come Back Mister" (2016), "My Sassy Girl" (2017), "A Korean Odyssey" (2017–18), "Love with Flaws" (2019–20), "Mad for Each Other" (2021), and "Café Minamdang" (2022).


title: Oh Yeon-seo

text: Oh was born in Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province and grew up in Changnyeong County. In the second year of middle school, Oh followed a group of friends to an audition for SM Entertainment, held in Daegu, but was rejected. However, another company contacted her saying that she had qualified and she moved to Seoul, debuting four months later at the age of 15.


title: Oh Yeon-seo

text: Oh was accepted into Anyang Arts High School after her band's disbandment and went on to become an actress. She changed her name from Haet-nim to Yeon-seo after consulting a shaman with her mother.


title: Oh Yeon-seo

text: Oh Yeon-seo made her entertainment debut in 2002 when she was 15-years-old under her birth name Oh Haet-nim, with the SidusHQ-managed band Luv. They released their first album, "Story", with the singles "Orange Girl" and "I Still Believe in You". The band was short-lived and disbanded six months later. Oh then shifted to acting and made her debut appearance in the 2003 drama "Sharp", but remained unknown.


title: Oh Yeon-seo

text: Though she had a major role in the 2009 film "A Blood Pledge", it wasn't until she was cast in the family drama "My Husband Got a Family" (2012) that she gained recognition. She then joined the popular variety program "We Got Married" alongside MBLAQ's Lee Joon. Towards the end of 2012, Oh was cast in daily drama "Here Comes Mr. Oh" where she had her first lead role.


title: Oh Yeon-seo

text: In 2013, Oh played a thoracic resident surgeon in medical drama "Medical Top Team". She was appointed an ambassador for the first annual Animal Film Festival in Suncheon along with Kim Min-jun and Kal So-won to help raise awareness for animal rights and welfare in August. Oh was also appointed a Red Cross Ambassador together with actor Ryu Soo-young.


title: Oh Yeon-seo

text: Oh played the lead role of Jang Bo-ri, a compassionate and selfless person, in the highly acclaimed series "Jang Bo-ri is Here!" (2014). The drama's ratings peaked at 40.4%, and led to a surge in popularity for Oh. She had a hard time playing the character as she grew up in Gyeongsang-do but her character had to speak the Jeolla-do dialect, which she had never used in her entire life.


title: Oh Yeon-seo

text: In 2015, Oh played Shin Yool, the last princess of Balhae, in the historical drama "Shine or Go Crazy," co-starring Jang Hyuk. The series was a modest hit, and topped ratings in its timeslot throughout its run.


title: Oh Yeon-seo

text: Oh then starred alongside Rain in the SBS drama "Please Come Back, Mister", which aired from February to April, 2016. She played Han Hong-nan, a male character reincarnated in a female's body. Oh was praised for her chemistry with co-star Lee Ha-nui, whom she has acted with in her previous project "Shine or Go Crazy". She also impressed viewers through her comedic portrayal of her masculine role. The same year, she starred in "Take Off 2", the sequel to the 2009 movie "Take Off" where she plays a member of the first South Korean woman's national ice hockey team.


title: Oh Yeon-seo

text: In 2017, Oh starred in the historical drama remake of the 2001 box office hit "My Sassy Girl" alongside Joo Won. In August 2017, Oh signed with new management agency Celltrion Entertainment. The same year, she was cast in tvN's fantasy romantic comedy/tragedy drama "A Korean Odyssey", written by the Hong sisters.


title: Oh Yeon-seo

text: In 2018, Oh starred in the film adaptation of the "Cheese in the Trap" alongside Park Hae-jin, who also played the role of Yoo Jung in the drama.


title: Oh Yeon-seo

text: In 2019, Oh was cast in the romantic comedy drama "Love with Flaws". In October 2019, Oh re-signed with SidusHQ.


title: Oh Yeon-seo

text: In 2021, Oh was cast in the web drama "Mad for Each Other" which premiered on May 24 alongside Jung Woo. Later in November 2021, Oh officially signed with Story J Company.


title: Oh Yeon-seo

text: In 2022, she was cast in "Café Minamdang" as Han Jae-hui, a third-year homicide detective, alongside Seo In-guk.later in the same year Oh has returned to the big screen, with the film "Men of Plastic", which will be released in November with Ma Dong-seok, Jung Kyung-ho and Oh Na-ra.


title: Oh Yeon-seo

text: On March 29, 2018, it was confirmed that Oh is in a relationship with actor Kim Bum. However, after a few months of dating they were reported to have parted ways.


title: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind

text: The anime adaptation of "Golden Wind" was personally announced by series creator Hirohiko Araki at the "Ripples of Adventure" art exhibition on June 21, 2018. "Golden Wind" is chief directed by returning director Naokatsu Tsuda, who is accompanied by series directors Yasuhiro Kimura and Hideya Takahashi and the senior writer Yasuko Kobayashi. The character designer for "Golden Wind" is Takahiro Kishida, and the animation director is Shun'ichi Ishimoto. Yugo Kanno returns as composer from previous seasons. The series is 39 episodes long.


title: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind

text: The first episode debuted at Anime Expo on July 5, 2018. The series formally aired from October 6, 2018 to July 28, 2019, on Tokyo MX and other channels and was simulcast by Crunchyroll. Like previous seasons, some names are altered in the official English releases to avoid potential trademark infringement. The first opening theme is the 2018 single "Fighting Gold" [02–21] by Coda (Kazusou Oda), and the first ending theme is the 1995 single "Freek'n You" [v1 02–13 _ v2 14–19] by Jodeci. The second opening theme is "Uragirimono no Requiem" [22–39] by Daisuke Hasegawa, and the second ending theme is "Modern Crusaders" [22–37, 39] by Enigma.


title: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind

text: On October 4, 2019, Viz Media announced that the anime's English dub would begin broadcasting on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block on October 27, 2019. Toonami's broadcast would go on hiatus after the 28th episode on May 31, 2020 as a result of production delays for the English dub caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The anime resumed its run on Toonami on August 2 and concluded on October 25, 2020.


title: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind

text: Set in 2001, two years after the events of "", Koichi Hirose is sent to Italy and tasked by Jotaro Kujo to search for Giorno Giovanna, an aspiring mafia gangster who is a son of Dio Brando. But as Dio possessed the body of Jonathan Joestar at time of his conception, Giorno is technically a Joestar and takes more after them than the father he never knew, despite his blond hair. The series follows Giorno as he joins the mafia organization Passione, moving up through its ranks with the intention of becoming its boss to improve life in Italy. Through the series, it reveals that the Boss has placed Bruno Bucciarati's group with his daughter, Trish Una, so that he may kill her to protect his identity. After Bucciarati suffers grievous injuries from the boss' King Crimson, he, Giorno, and the majority of the gang find ways of defeating the boss. They eventually find an ally named Jean Pierre Polnareff, who helped in killing Giorno's father 13 years ago, eventually giving the gang a trump card, a Stand Arrow. Giorno uses the Stand arrow evolve his stand into Gold Experience Requiem, defeats the boss by making him suffer an eternal death loop and becomes the new boss of Passione, as seen in the finale.


title: Dropkick Murphys

text: Dropkick Murphys are an American Celtic punk band formed in Quincy, Massachusetts in 1996. Singer and bassist Ken Casey has been the band's only constant member. Other current members include drummer Matt Kelly (1997– ), singer Al Barr (1998– ), guitarist James Lynch (2000– ), multi-instrumentalist Tim Brennan (2003– ) and multi-instrumentalist Jeff DaRosa (2007– ).


title: Dropkick Murphys

text: The band was initially signed to independent punk record label Hellcat Records, releasing five albums for the label, and building a reputation locally through constant touring and yearly St. Patrick's Day week shows, held in and around Boston. The 2004 single, "Tessie" became the band's first mainstream hit and one of their biggest charting singles to date.


title: Dropkick Murphys

text: The band's final Hellcat release, 2005's "The Warrior's Code", included the song "I'm Shipping Up to Boston." The song was featured in the 2006 film "The Departed", and went on to become the band's only platinum-selling single to date. It remains one of their best-known songs. The band is known for their loud, energetic live shows.


title: Dropkick Murphys

text: In 2007, the band began releasing music through their own imprint label, Born & Bred via Alternative Distribution Alliance. 2007's "The Meanest of Times" made its debut at No. 20 on the "Billboard" charts and featured the successful single, "The State of Massachusetts", while 2011's "Going Out in Style" was an even bigger success, making its debut at No. 6, giving the band their highest-charting album to date. The band's eighth studio album, "Signed and Sealed in Blood" was released in 2013 making its debut at No. 9 on the "Billboard" charts and featured the single "The Season's Upon Us", a Christmas song that was one of the band's highest-charting singles, and the single, "Rose Tattoo" which has become one of their most popular songs. The band's ninth album, "11 Short Stories of Pain & Glory," which was released on January 6, 2017, debuted at number 8 on the "Billboard" charts and rose to number 2 on the charts. Their tenth album, "Turn Up That Dial", was released on April 30, 2021. Their eleventh album, "This Machine Still Kills Fascists", was released on September 30, 2022.


title: Dropkick Murphys

text: Dropkick Murphys were originally formed in 1996 in Quincy, Massachusetts, initially consisting of lead vocalist Mike McColgan, bassist/vocalist Ken Casey, guitarist Rick Barton, and drummer Jeff Erna (who would be replaced in the next year by Matt Kelly). The band was named after Dr. John "Dropkick" Murphy's alcohol-detoxification facility. The "Dropkick Murphys" first started playing in the basement of a friend's barbershop and soon began to tour and record. They received their first big break when the Mighty Mighty Bosstones selected them as the opening act for their 1997 tour in support of "Let's Face It".


title: Dropkick Murphys

text: After putting out a series of EPs, they were signed by Hellcat Records in 1997. In 1998 they released their first full-length album, "Do or Die", which was produced by Rancid's Lars Frederiksen.


title: Dropkick Murphys

text: Lead singer Mike McColgan left the band in 1998 during the middle of a US tour with the Business. According to McColgan, he wanted to follow in the footsteps of his uncle and join the Boston Fire Department, which he eventually would do in 2001. The band gave a different explanation for McColgan's departure in the liner notes of their 1998 7" release "Curse of a Fallen Soul": "We'd like to take this time to officially let you know that Mike McColgan, our former lead singer has quit the band. We apologize to anyone who was a fan of Mike as our singer, however contrary to popular rumor, he did not leave the band to join the fire department. Mike left the band because he is no longer interested in being a member of this band or the movement of which we are a part." The band goes on to explain that their music is very serious to them and that it did not feel right having a singer who was going through the motions. Even Mike felt that the band deserved a singer who was emotionally invested in the music. Mike would later return to the punk scene in 2002 as singer of the Street Dogs.


title: Dropkick Murphys

text: Following McColgan's departure, the band searched for a replacement but did not have much luck. Al Barr, lead singer for the Bruisers was well aware of the Dropkick Murphys and at first actually resented the fact that the Dropkick Murphys were quickly becoming one of the biggest bands in the area, opening for all the bigger bands to come through, a slot Barr and the Bruisers would usually have obtained. Barr was informed of McColgan's departure and quickly assumed that the band was finished however he was contacted by Derek TC NYSR producer-founder of the groundbreaking 1990s Oi!-Skampilation series at the Middle East Club in Cambridge and informed to contact Ken Casey right away. Barr went in to audition for the band, first performing a new song titled "10 Years of Service" and was offered the job right away, which he accepted. Barr's first release with the band was the 1998 7" single for "Curse of a Fallen Soul".


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text: On March 9, 1999, the band released their second studio album and first with Barr, "The Gang's All Here". The album featured more of a hardcore–street punk sound closer to that of Barr's former band, the Bruisers and more of an Irish influence than on their debut album. The band gained their first mainstream exposure when the video for their single "10 Years of Service" received airplay on the MTV show "120 Minutes". The band set out on a year-long tour to support the album. In late 1999, the band along with the Business, released a split single titled, "Mob Mentality" in 1999. A year later they released a full-length album of the same name featuring the two bands covering each other's songs along with songs from other artists. Dropkick Murphys also re-recorded their own song "Boys on the Docks" with Al on vocals.


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text: As the band began the process of recording their third album in 2000, Rick Barton decided to quit during the recording sessions. In 2014 Barton discussed his departure saying "Myself and Kenny ended up hating each other. We've since made amends, but you know, touring in a band for four straight years... that same old story." With Barton gone, the band added four new members which included former Ducky Boys guitarist James Lynch, who joined shortly prior to Barton's departure, 17-year-old guitarist Marc Orrell, mandolin and tin whistle player Ryan Foltz and bagpipe player Robbie "Spicy McHaggis" Mederios, whose nickname was inspired by a McDonald's menu item while the band was on a tour in Scotland, would join the band as their new full-time bagpipe player replacing Joe Delaney, who played on their debut album, but could not tour with or commit full-time to the band. With a new line-up in place, the band spent the rest of 2000 recording their third album.


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text: "Sing Loud, Sing Proud!" was released on February 9, 2001. The album showcased the band's developing sound and new lineup (Rick Barton was featured on three of the album's tracks) and included collaborations with Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan and Cock Sparrer's Colin McFaull. The album would feature the singles and music videos for "The Spicy McHaggis Jig", "The Gauntlet" and a cover of "The Wild Rover" and also featured the Boston College fight song, "For Boston", which would go on to become one of the band's most performed show openers. The band would embark on one of their biggest tours at the time. In 2002, the band recorded three shows at the Avalon Ballroom during St. Patricks Day weekend, a weekend performance of shows in their hometown of Boston that would become an annual and must see event for the band and their fans. The result of these recording was the band's first live album, "Live on St. Patrick's Day from Boston, MA" which was released in September 2002.


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text: In 2002, former lead singer, Mike McColgan formed the band Street Dogs. The first incarnation of the line-up would also feature Jeff Erna, the original drummer for the Dropkick Murphys. The band released their debut album, "Savin Hill" in 2003. The song, "Stand Up" featured guest appearances by Ken Casey and Al Barr. Casey was originally asked to produce the album however he was too busy with the Dropkick Murphys.


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text: Following the "Sing Loud, Sing Proud tour" in early 2003, McHaggis decided to quit the band and was replaced by Canadian piper Scruffy Wallace. Foltz would depart soon after (though he made an appearance in the music video for "Gonna Be A Blackout Tonight", a song featured on the band's next record). Multi-instrumentalist, Tim Brennan was recruited to replace Foltz.


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text: On June 10, 2003, the band's fourth album, "Blackout", was released. The album included the minor radio hit "Walk Away", as well as the fan favorite song "Fields of Athenry". The band also re-recorded "The Dirty Glass". The song was previously released the prior year on "Face to Face vs. Dropkick Murphys" with Kay Hanley as a guest vocalist. The re-recorded version featured vocals from Stephanie Dougherty (Deadly Sins). Dougherty became an unofficial member of the band and would also join them on tour working their merchandise table until departing the band in 2009 (although she would return for random performances of the song following her departure). The song "Time To Go" was written about the Boston Bruins, and in November 2003 the band performed the song live at the TD Garden during intermission at a Bruins game. The song was also included on the soundtracks for the video games "Tony Hawk's Underground" and "NHL 2005". "Blackout" also included a special bonus DVD with the music video for "Gonna Be A Blackout Tonight" along with two live clips filmed during the 2002 St. Patrick Day shows. It also featured the trailer for the band's then untitled upcoming DVD which would eventually be titled "On the Road With the Dropkick Murphys" and released in March 2004. The tour to support the album featured the band appearing on the 2003 Warped Tour. Tim Brennan was added to the lineup to play accordion making the Dropkick Murphys now a seven-piece band however shortly following the Warped Tour, Ryan Foltz, who was now basically a touring member as he didn't appear on the "Blackout" album, would quit the band.


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text: For the 2004 baseball season the band released a re-working of a century-old Boston Red Sox fan anthem, "Tessie". "Tessie" was used in the major motion picture "Fever Pitch" and was included on the EA Sports video game "MVP Baseball 2005" soundtrack.


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text: The band was invited to the "Fever Pitch" premiere of the movie which was held at Fenway Park where the video was also shot. The song continues to be played at Red Sox games along with Dirty Water after games the team wins. In 2005, Dropkick Murphys released "Singles Collection Volume 2", featuring covers, B-sides, and other material that didn't make it onto previous albums, and the band contributed a recording of "We Got the Power" to "Rock Against Bush, Vol. 2", an outtake from the "Blackout" album.


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text: Their fifth studio album and final album for Hellcat Records, "The Warrior's Code", was released on June 21, 2005, and made its debut at number 49 on the album charts, which at the time was the highest debut for a Dropkick Murphys album. The album features the singles "Sunshine Highway" and "The Warrior's Code" as well as the bonus track "Tessie".


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text: "The Warrior's Code" also featured a re-recorded version of "I'm Shipping Up to Boston", a song originally recorded for the band's "Fields of Athenry" single. The song featured lyrics from a Woody Guthrie poem the band found in his archives. The song was featured in the 2006 Academy Award-winning film "The Departed", Martin Scorsese's adaptation of the Hong Kong crime thriller "Infernal Affairs". Two videos, one with and one without footage from "The Departed," were made due to overwhelming response to the song, which became one of the band's biggest hits to date and helped introduce Dropkick Murphys to an even bigger mainstream audience thanks to the film and soundtrack. The song was also used in "The Simpsons" episode "The Debarted". "I'm Shipping Up to Boston" became the walk-up song of Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon, who danced an Irish jig to the song several times throughout the 2007 Boston Red Sox Championship season. During the team's victory parade, Papelbon did the jig while the Murphys played the song on the same float. In 2012 the band said that since Papelbon signed with the Philadelphia Phillies, he could no longer use the song, as it was a "Boston song". They hoped the new Red Sox closer Andrew Bailey would use it, but both Bailey and his replacement, Koji Uehara, used different songs. Currently Washington Nationals' second baseman Daniel Murphy uses the song as he walks to the plate.


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text: In 2007, the band released "The Meanest of Times" on their own label, Born & Bred Records. "The Meanest of Times" debuted at No. 20 in the U.S., their highest chart debut to date. The first single, "The State of Massachusetts", became an instant hit and was used as the opening theme to the MTV show "Nitro Circus"; it reached No. 83 on the "Rolling Stone" Top 100 songs of 2007.


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text: Guitarist Marc Orrell announced in January 2008 that he was leaving the band after eight years. Orrell said of his departure "I'm very grateful for everything playing with DKM has brought me and I'm sad to be going but I feel like the time has come for me to try working on different styles of music and some of my own projects, I'm ready to spread my wings as they say." Tim Brennan replaced Orrell as a full-time guitarist while multi-instrumentalist Jeff DaRosa was announced as a new member of the band. The re-configured line-up continued to tour into 2008, including a number of dates that July with the Mighty Mighty Bosstones. On July 10, 2008, the band performed at LeLacheur Park in Lowell, Massachusetts, where they announced that the show was being recorded and released as their next live album. Their show in Pawtucket, Rhode Island saw a sellout crowd of 10,060 which according to the band was their largest ever.


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text: On April 22, 2009, the Dropkick Murphys joined Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band on stage in Boston for his "Working on a Dream Tour", playing "Glory Days" and "American Land". During the show, guitarist Tim Brennan proposed to his girlfriend Diana onstage, which was followed by a performance of the Springsteen song "So Young And in Love". The following month the band opened for Aerosmith at the Comcast Center in Mansfield, Massachusetts, in a "Hometown Heroes" concert; they later joined Aerosmith onstage to perform "Dirty Water".


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text: On January 1, 2010, the band gave a performance of "I'm Shipping Up to Boston" before the Boston Bruins–Philadelphia Flyers NHL Winter Classic, held at Boston's Fenway Park. Two months later on March 16, 2010, the band released their second live album, "Live on Lansdowne, Boston MA". The album also featured the band's first full-length live DVD. The album made its debut at No. 25 in the U.S. charts, making it their second-highest-charting album at the time. Ken Casey gave an interview that same month to alt porn website Burning Angel announcing that the band would be hitting the studio in the summer or early fall of 2010 to record their next album.


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text: In December 2010, "The Warrior's Code", the title track from the 2005 album of the same name, was briefly featured in the Academy Award-nominated film "The Fighter". The film stars Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, and Amy Adams and tells the story of Micky Ward, a boxer from Lowell, Massachusetts, who also appears on the cover of "The Warrior's Code" and is the subject of the song. He became good friends with the band. "The Warrior's Code" was also featured in the trailer for the comedy "Your Highness". The following year, "Barroom Hero" was featured in the Academy Award-nominated documentary "Restrepo", making it the band's third song to be featured in an Oscar-nominated film. "


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text: The band released their seventh studio album, "Going Out in Style", on March 1, 2011. The album debuted at number 6 on the Billboard 200 – the highest position ever for a Dropkick Murphys album – and sold 43,259 copies in the U.S. in its first week. The album was produced by Ted Hutt, and features guest appearances by Bruce Springsteen, Fat Mike, Chris Cheney, and Lenny Clarke. The album's title track was released as the first single and the music video. A few weeks after the album's release, the band released the music video for the album's second single, "Memorial Day".


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text: An extensive tour followed the release of "Going Out in Style" which included the "Shamrock-N-Roll Festival" in September 2011. The opening bands on that tour included Chuck Ragan, the Mahones, the Parkington Sisters, various local acts and boxer Mickey Ward giving boxing demonstrations. The co-headlining act on the nine-date tour was Mike McColgan's Street Dogs. This was the first time the two bands would tour together other than appearances on festival lineups such as the Warped Tour. McColgan joined his former band onstage for the first time in thirteen years for performances of such songs as "Barroom Hero" and "Far Way Coast" from "Do or Die".


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text: On December 23, 2011, it was announced on their website that the band had begun writing their eighth studio album and that following their 2012 St. Patrick's Day tour they would begin recording in April with hopes for the album to be released in September. The band released "Going Out in Style: Fenway Park Bonus Edition" on March 13, 2012. The release includes the full 2011 studio album along with an eighteen-track live album recorded at Fenway Park in 2011. The limited edition vinyl version contained two bonus live songs not on the CD.


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text: On March 18, 2012, the band performed a very intimate show at Brighton Music Hall in the Allston section of Boston before a crowd of only 330. The show was 18 and over and special wristbands were sold at various locations in the area. The band performed 37 songs including the entire "Do or Die" album along with many older songs that hadn't been performed in several years. On March 20, 2012, the band released "Sunday Hardcore Matinee", the third single from "Going Out in Style", as a limited-edition vinyl seven-inch of only 1,000 copies. The record's B-side is a live version of "Broken Hymns", which was not included on the Fenway Park live album.


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text: At Download Festival 2012, the band announced they had finished their eighth studio album. During the band's summer 2012 dates, they had begun playing three new songs titled "Shark Attack", "Rose Tattoo" and "Road Rise". During their performance on July 1, 2012, Ken announced the new album would be out around the end of 2012. On August 24, 2012, the band announced on Facebook that their eighth studio album was complete and the title and artwork would be revealed the following week.


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text: On August 31, 2012, it was announced via Dropkick Murphys' social network pages that the new album would be entitled "Signed and Sealed in Blood" and would be released on January 8, 2013. The album's title comes from the lyrics from the first single, "Rose Tattoo", which was released as a music video on November 7, 2012. "The Season's Upon Us" was released as the album's second single on December 18, 2012, and became one of the band's highest-charting singles. The album made its debut at number 9 on the charts giving the band their second straight top ten charting album and second highest-charting album to date. "The Boys Are Back" was released as the album's third single in January 2013. The album's fourth and final single, "Out of our Heads", was also used as the opening theme song for "Boston's Finest", TNT's 2013 reality show about the Boston Police Department while "Prisoner's Song" was featured in commercials for Captain Morgan. A tour followed the album's release which included many television appearances to promote the album. The band performed their annual St. Patrick's Day tour in 2013, which culminated in the band performing at their largest headlining show to date, held in the U.S. at TD Garden in Boston.


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text: Former founding Dropkick Murphys members Mike McColgan and Rick Barton formed the group FM359 in early 2013; this was the first time McColgan and Barton had worked together in over fifteen years since McColgan quit the Dropkick Murphys in 1998. Their debut album, "Truth, Love and Liberty", was released in January 2014.


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text: The band kicked off the "Celtic Invasion Tour" in March 2015, which ended with five shows at the House of Blues in Boston for their annual St. Patrick Day performances. In October 2014, the band gave a special nine-song performance aboard the "USS Constitution" during its final voyage of 2014 and in honor of the historic ship's 217th birthday.


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text: Following the band's performance on November 16, 2014, in San Antonio, Texas, the band was headed to Tulsa, Oklahoma, for their next performance. They also made a stop in Dallas, Texas, to take Al Barr to the airport so he could fly home to attend the funeral of a close friend. Just north of Austin, Texas, the band's tour bus was involved in a fatal accident when a pedestrian suddenly ran onto the highway in front of the bus, in what is believed by police to be a suicide. Ken Casey stated that "the band is pretty shaken up and don't want to talk about the situation, especially since they don't even know if the family has been notified yet". The band's bus was badly damaged and their driver was too upset over the tragedy, leading the band to cancel their Tulsa performance. The two acts scheduled to open for the band gave a free show for the fans in Tulsa at a different venue.


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text: In 2015, Ken Casey started Murphys Boxing promotion and served as a corner man for boxers such as Danny O'Connor (once ranked one of the top 15 boxers in the world) and Spike O'Sullivan.


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text: On January 21, 2015, the band announced on their Facebook page that at the annual Punk Rock Bowling and Music Festival in Las Vegas in May 2015 they would perform "Do or Die" in its entirety. They also announced that they are currently writing new music for the next album.


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text: On June 22, 2015, the band announced on Facebook that after a hiatus from the band, they had parted ways with Josh "Scruffy" Wallace after twelve years with the band, stating "We wish Josh and his family all the best going forward and thank him for his time with us." Wallace would join the Mahones in early 2016. Lee Forshner replaced Wallace as the band's touring and recording bagpipe player although he is not considered an official member of the band.


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text: On September 9, 2015, the band was invited by the New England Patriots to perform at their opening game at Gillette Stadium before they took the field.


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text: In November 2015, the band announced plans for their annual St. Patrick's Day tour in 2016 which also marks the band's 20th anniversary. On this tour the Dropkick Murphys announced that they are going to record a new album in May 2016, which will include a cover version of "You'll Never Walk Alone". They also premiered two new songs called "The Ghosts of Rock'n'Roll" and "Sandlot". The band is currently working on their next album in El Paso, TX which is expected to be released around November 2016 to January 2017 according to Casey. On October 4, 2016, Ken Casey announced that the band would release two new albums in 2017. "One more show left in 2016 then on to a big 2017 with lots of touring and 2 new records!!!!". The show featured Mark Geanakakis on drums of Boston Street Punk Band Who Killed Spikey Jacket? and Canadian Punk band ZEX, as their drummer missed his flight and needed a last minute replacement.


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text: Ken Casey appears in a small role in the 2016 film "Patriots Day" which is based on 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and the subsequent terrorist manhunt. The Dropkick Murphys' "Forever (2007 version)" also plays during the end credits of the film.


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text: After announcing its release in November 2016, the band released their ninth studio album "11 Short Stories of Pain & Glory" on January 6, 2017. The album was preceded by the singles "Blood", "You'll Never Walk Alone" and "Paying My Way". The album's release was followed by promotional dates and a tour that concluded in March 2017 with the band's annual St. Patrick's Day shows in Boston. A more extensive world-tour followed which included the "From Boston to Berkeley Tour" with Rancid from late July to late August 2017 in North America in which both bands co-headlined and shared the stage at the end of the show.


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text: In a June 2017 interview, drummer Matt Kelly said that the band hoped to put the finishing touches on the follow-up to "11 Short Stories of Pain & Glory" following their summer tour with Rancid and they hoped to release the album, their tenth, in 2018.


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text: In 2018, Ken Casey was involved in a motorcycle accident and suffered severe damage to a vertebral disc which required surgery in May 2018 and caused him to lose feeling in his fingers and has forced him to be unable to play the bass. The band was unsure if Casey would be able to begin their 2018 summer tour due to the injury. However, Kevin Rheault, the band's longtime stage tech and who filled in for other band members in the past, filled in on bass and has remained since. During a St. Patrick's Day show at the House of Blues on March 17, 2019, Casey attempted to defend fans that were being attacked by another concert-goer. He was hit in the head by a beer can, causing blood to appear on his face, though he stayed on stage and finished the concert while the involved fan was escorted from the building.


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text: On January 21, 2020, the band announced that they would release two new songs, "Smash Shit Up" and "The Bonny" on 12" and for digital download on January 31, 2020. Ken Casey said that the band's next album would be out in August or September 2020 and that they will be releasing a series of songs up to that point.


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text: Owing to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, the band postponed their annual St. Patrick's Day shows until September. However, thanks to Cambridge, Massachusetts based software company Pegasystems, they performed a special free live streaming show titled "Streaming Up to Boston" in Derry, New Hampshire at Studio Lab/Events United, on March 17, 2020, where they also previewed three songs from their upcoming album, including "Mick Jones Nicked My Pudding", "Queen of Suffolk County" and "Burn it to the Ground". "The days leading up to the St. Patrick's Day shows when people are asking you 'Are the shows still happening?!' and you don't know -- we ultimately pulled the plug before it was a mandatory thing because we felt it was the right thing to do." Ken Casey said. Casey also discussed how the rollout of new songs had possibly changed, saying "We started the process with releasing a two song single last month, and there was supposed to be another one in May, and another sometime in the summer, so we'd be teasing part of the album leading up to September -- but who knows if those are gonna happen now at this point, the way things are going. We said, 'While we work all that out, let's just play the goddamn songs.'" Casey also said the band financially would take a hit due to their shows being postponed. "[We have] zero insurance. We don't even carry cancelation insurance on our shows. We've been through this a few times before with festivals that were canceled because of hurricanes or storms. The cost of a band of our size, we'd be paying a third of our guarantee for every show for insurance. You gotta roll the dice at that point.""Streaming Up to Boston" drew an audience of more than 13 million viewers and raised over $60,000 for the Boston Resiliency Fund, a nonprofit that provides essential services to Boston residents—including first responders and critical care providers amid the pandemic.


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text: On March 21, 2020, the band released the digital single "Mick Jones Nicked My Pudding" as an exclusive download through their website. The single features the b-side "James Connolly". Fans could pay what they wanted from $2 up to a $50 option, that featured a video shout-out from the band, or to a $100 option that would feature a "Roast Your Buddy" video by the band.


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text: The band announced that their still to be titled tenth studio album will be released on September 11, 2020.


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text: On May 18, 2020, the band announced on their Facebook page that they would be live streaming a full no audience concert titled "Streaming Outta Fenway" at Fenway Park in Boston on May 29, 2020, which again would be sponsored by Pegasystems. The performance featured a special appearance by Bruce Springsteen who appeared remotely and performed two songs with the band. The event marked the first music performance without an in-person audience at a major U.S. arena, stadium or ballpark. During the livestream, viewers were encouraged to donate to three charities: the Boston Resiliency Fund, Feeding America, and Habitat for Humanity, Greater Boston. Prior to the performance, the music video for "Mick Jones Nicked My Pudding" was shown. The 2 hour show attracted over 9 million viewers and raised over $700,000 (with Pegasystems donating the first $151,000).


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text: On June 6, 2020, it was announced that the band reached a six-figure deal with Pegasystems, the software company who sponsored the band's two livestreaming shows. Pegasystems agreed to financially back all of the band's in-person shows in Boston as well as a St. Patrick's Day livestream for the next three years. The band's manager Jeff Castelaz said the six-figure partnership includes an up-front payment to support the band's 10-person road crew, to help make up for the sudden loss of the crew's income with the end of live touring. Ken Casey said the only revenue for the band came from online merchandise sales during the two live streaming shows and that the future remains uncertain for rock bands and that he doesn't necessarily see the financial sense in touring for crowds at venues that can only be half full, after they finally do reopen."


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text: On August 21, 2020, the band (consisting of just Ken, James, Tim and Jeff), gave an acoustic performance of Tommy Gun by The Clash during an online live stream 68th birthday tribute to Joe Strummer called "A Song for Joe: Celebrating the Life of Joe Strummer". On August 22, 2020, the band will perform a special virtual live streaming acoustic set on Facebook in support of Joe Kennedy III and his run for U.S. Senate.


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text: The band announced that for a second year in a row due to COVID-19 restrictions they will be performing a free live stream concert online. "St. Patrick's Day Live Stream 2021...Still Locked Down" will take place on March 17, 2021. Instead of charging a fee to view the performance, the band is encouraging fans to donate to help out paying their crew and other expenses.


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text: On February 23, 2021, the band released the single, "Middle Finger" and announced that their tenth album, "Turn Up That Dial", would be released on April 30, 2021. The album's fifth single, "Queen of Suffolk County" was released on March 31, 2021, with a music video to be released on April 15, 2021. On May 1, 2021, the band held a record release party livestream where they performed "Turn Up That Dial" in its entirety along with other songs from previous albums. The band also announced that they would tour in support of the album beginning with their "Boston to Berkeley II" North America co-headling tour with Rancid from August to October 2021


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text: In February 2022 it was announced that Al Barr was forced to drop off of the band's 2022 St. Patrick's Day Tour and their 2022 summer tour in Europe to take care of his ailing mother who is battling Lewy Body Dementia. Jesse Ahern, Mikey Rivkees of The Rumjacks, and Jen Razavi of The Bombpops will be assisting on vocals for certain songs in place of Barr with Ken Casey taking over other vocal duities for Barr. That same month, Campbell Webster joined the band as their touring bagpipe player. His first recording with the band was a cover of "We Shall Overcome".


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text: On June 21, 2022, the band announced that they would be releasing their eleventh album, "This Machine Still Kills Fascists", on September 30, 2022. The album is the band's first since their 1998 debut album "Do or Die" to not feature singer Al Barr who is currently on hiatus from the band dealing with his ailing mother. The album will be the band's first acoustic album and will feature ten songs with unused lyrics written by Woody Guthrie. The album will be preceded by the single "Two 6's Upside Down" on July 6 and the band will embark on an acoustic theater tour in the fall of 2022 to support the album.


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text: The band's early influences were punk bands like Greenland Whalefishers, Swingin' Utters, the Ramones, the Clash, and Sex Pistols, as well as the Pogues and Irish bands such as Stiff Little Fingers and the Dubliners.


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text: When they wrote their first song, Barroom Hero, they were surprised to hear how much the vocal melody sounded like those from old Irish music they heard as children, something the band-members at one time tried to reject. "It dawned on us that Irish music was a bigger influence on all of us than we'd realized," said Ken Casey. "Growing up in Boston, every time you went to a wedding or a wake or your grandparents' house, you heard that music. I went through a phase of hating it just because it's what my (folks) listened to."


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text: While frequently referred to as a Celtic punk band, some of their earlier material has also been classified under other punk rock subgenres like Oi!,<ref name="Robb 2006 https://archive.org/details/punkrockoralhist00robb/page/512 512"></ref> street punk and hardcore punk.


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text: They frequently cite AC/DC as an influence on their formula of maintaining a specific style, with Casey once saying "I think our goal is to be the AC/DC of Celtic punk rock. The worst thing we can do to the local fans who have stuck with us is to all of a sudden try to be Fall Out Boy with bagpipes." Al Barr commented "We've always said we're like the Ramones or AC/DC with what we do; if it ain't broke, don't fix it. But at the same time, we have to keep challenging ourselves. And if we find that tunes we're putting together for a record are boring us, we're not going to record them."


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text: The Dropkick Murphys have been known for supporting working class and union causes, and have a strong relationship with the AFL–CIO. All of the shirts sold by the band are 100% union made in the United States to show their support for American laborers.


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text: The band shot a promotional music video in 2008 for their song, "Tomorrow's Industry" which supported the United Healthcare Workers East and hospitals of Massachusetts who were fighting for free and fair union elections so their voice could be heard in the workplace and would provide a better future for their families and communities.


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text: On February 22, 2011, in support of Wisconsin workers' rights, the band released their song "Take 'Em Down" from the album "Going Out in Style" on their website along with creating a limited edition "Take 'Em Down" T-shirt which will benefit the Workers' Rights Emergency Response Fund. Two days later on the MSNBC news show the Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell, "Take 'Em Down" was used as an intro song to a news story on the Wisconsin workers protest.