title: Adder (electronics)

text: The layout of a ripple-carry adder is simple, which allows fast design time; however, the ripple-carry adder is relatively slow, since each full adder must wait for the carry bit to be calculated from the previous full adder. The gate delay can easily be calculated by inspection of the full adder circuit. Each full adder requires three levels of logic. In a 32-bit ripple-carry adder, there are 32 full adders, so the critical path (worst case) delay is 3 (from input to carry in first adder) + 31 × 2 (for carry propagation in latter adders) = 65 gate delays.


title: Adder (electronics)

text: The general equation for the worst-case delay for a "n"-bit carry-ripple adder, accounting for both the sum and carry bits, is


title: Adder (electronics)

text: A design with alternating carry polarities and optimized AND-OR-Invert gates can be about twice as fast.


title: Adder (electronics)

text: To reduce the computation time, engineers devised faster ways to add two binary numbers by using carry-lookahead adders (CLA). They work by creating two signals ("P" and "G") for each bit position, based on whether a carry is propagated through from a less significant bit position (at least one input is a 1), generated in that bit position (both inputs are 1), or killed in that bit position (both inputs are 0). In most cases, "P" is simply the sum output of a half adder and "G" is the carry output of the same adder. After "P" and "G" are generated, the carries for every bit position are created. Some advanced carry-lookahead architectures are the Manchester carry chain, Brent–Kung adder (BKA), and the Kogge–Stone adder (KSA).


title: Adder (electronics)

text: Some other multi-bit adder architectures break the adder into blocks. It is possible to vary the length of these blocks based on the propagation delay of the circuits to optimize computation time. These block based adders include the carry-skip (or carry-bypass) adder which will determine "P" and "G" values for each block rather than each bit, and the carry-select adder which pre-generates the sum and carry values for either possible carry input (0 or 1) to the block, using multiplexers to select the appropriate result "when" the carry bit is known.


title: Adder (electronics)

text: By combining multiple carry-lookahead adders, even larger adders can be created. This can be used at multiple levels to make even larger adders. For example, the following adder is a 64-bit adder that uses four 16-bit CLAs with two levels of lookahead carry units.


title: Adder (electronics)

text: Other adder designs include the carry-select adder, conditional sum adder, carry-skip adder, and carry-complete adder.


title: Adder (electronics)

text: If an adding circuit is to compute the sum of three or more numbers, it can be advantageous to not propagate the carry result. Instead, three-input adders are used, generating two results: a sum and a carry. The sum and the carry may be fed into two inputs of the subsequent 3-number adder without having to wait for propagation of a carry signal. After all stages of addition, however, a conventional adder (such as the ripple-carry or the lookahead) must be used to combine the final sum and carry results.


title: Adder (electronics)

text: A full adder can be viewed as a "3:2 lossy compressor": it sums three one-bit inputs and returns the result as a single two-bit number; that is, it maps 8 input values to 4 output values. Thus, for example, a binary input of 101 results in an output of (decimal number 2). The carry-out represents bit one of the result, while the sum represents bit zero. Likewise, a half adder can be used as a "2:2 lossy compressor", compressing four possible inputs into three possible outputs.


title: Adder (electronics)

text: Such compressors can be used to speed up the summation of three or more addends. If the addends are exactly three, the layout is known as the carry-save adder. If the addends are four or more, more than one layer of compressors is necessary, and there are various possible designs for the circuit: the most common are Dadda and Wallace trees. This kind of circuit is most notably used in multipliers, which is why these circuits are also known as Dadda and Wallace multipliers.


title: Adder (electronics)

text: Using only the Toffoli and CNOT quantum logic gates, it is possible to produce quantum full- and half-adders. The same circuits can also be implemented in classical reversible computation, as both CNOT and Toffoli are also classical logic gates.


title: Adder (electronics)

text: Since the quantum Fourier transform have a low circuit complexity, it can efficiently be used for adding numbers as well.


title: Adder (electronics)

text: Just as in Binary adders, combining two input currents effectively adds those currents together. Within the constraints of the hardware, non-binary signals (i.e. with a base higher than 2) can be added together to calculate a sum. Also known as a "summing amplifier", this technique can be used to reduce the number of transistors in an addition circuit.


title: Adhuna Bhabani

text: Adhuna Bhabani (born 30 March 1967) is an English hair stylist and the co-host of BBLUNT, which airs on TLC.


title: Adhuna Bhabani

text: Bhabani was born on 30 March 1967 to Sindhi father Ashish Bhabani and English mother Ann Bhabani. As a child, Bhabani used to regularly visit a salon with her mother, Ann, in the United Kingdom. Her mother was very particular about her hair and there was something about the ambiance of that place which made her want to become a hairdresser. She then enrolled for a training course at Worthington Hair, a salon in Northwest England. Bhabani also participated in, and won, the under-21 national junior hairstyling championship when she was just 17.


title: Adhuna Bhabani

text: Bhabani first launched her salon, Juice, in 1998 in Mumbai along with her brother and business partner, Osh Bhabani. But they subsequently changed the name to BBLUNT.


title: Adhuna Bhabani

text: Bhabani made her Bollywood debut as a hairstylist in 2001 with Farhan Akhtar's Dil Chahta Hai. It was a path-breaking film in many ways – including the looks of the actors. It posed huge challenges for her as they had to create special styles for each of the actors – Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan and Akshaye Khanna. The film proved to be a major turning point for her business and the hairdressing industry as a whole.


title: Adhuna Bhabani

text: She also did the hairstyling for the Hrithik Roshan starrer, Lakshya, in 2004. Preity Zinta was given two looks in the film – a long-haired one and a short crop. It was hard since she and her team were working in Ladakh's extreme conditions. She recalls a harrowing time – the first day of the shoot – when Preity's wig began to expand due to the wind and temperature. At the end of it, both Preity and she were in tears, but they managed to make the look work somehow.


title: Adhuna Bhabani

text: Bhabani married actor Farhan Akhtar in 2000, after being in a relationship with him for 3 years. They first met during the filming of his directorial debut "Dil Chahta Hai", which also marked Bhabani's debut as a Bollywood hairstylist. The couple have two daughters named Shakya and Akira. On 21 January 2016, they announced their separation after 16 years of marriage. Their divorce was finalized on 24 April 2017, with Bhabani having the custody of their children.


title: Advance Australia Fair

text: "Advance Australia Fair" is the national anthem of Australia. Written by Scottish-born composer Peter Dodds McCormick, the song was first performed in 1878, sung in Australia as a patriotic song. It first replaced "God Save the Queen" as the official national anthem in 1974, following a nationwide opinion survey. "God Save the Queen" was reinstated in January 1976, but a plebiscite to choose the national song in 1977 preferred "Advance Australia Fair", which was restored in 1984. "God Save the King/Queen" became known as the royal anthem, which is used at public engagements attended by the King or members of the Royal Family. The 1984 version of "Advance Australia Fair" has lyrics modified from McCormick's original and verses trimmed down from four to two. In January 2021, the lyrics were changed again.


title: Advance Australia Fair

text: "Advance Australia Fair" was published in early December 1878 by Scottish-born composer Peter Dodds McCormick (1833–1916) under the pen-name "Amicus" (which means "friend" in Latin). It was first sung by Andrew Fairfax, accompanied by a concert band conducted by McCormick, at a function of the Highland Society of New South Wales in Sydney on 30 November 1878 (Saint Andrew's Day). The song gained in popularity and an amended version was sung by a choir of around 10,000 at the inauguration of the Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January 1901. In 1907 the Australian Government awarded McCormick £100 for his composition.


title: Advance Australia Fair

text: In a letter to R.B. Fuller dated 1 August 1913, McCormick described the circumstances that inspired him to write "Advance Australia Fair":


title: Advance Australia Fair

text: The earliest known sound recording of "Advance Australia Fair" appears in "The Landing of the Australian Troops in Egypt" (circa 1916), a short commercial recording dramatising the arrival of Australian troops in Egypt "en route" to Gallipoli.


title: Advance Australia Fair

text: Before its adoption as Australia's national anthem, "Advance Australia Fair" had considerable use elsewhere. For example, Australia's national broadcaster, the Australian Broadcasting Commission, used it to announce its news bulletins until 1952. It was also frequently played at the start or end of official functions. Towards the end of World War II it was one of three songs played in certain picture theatres, along with "God Save the King" and the US national anthem.


title: Advance Australia Fair

text: Other songs and marches have been influenced by "Advance Australia Fair", such as the Australian vice-regal salute.


title: Advance Australia Fair

text: In 1973, Prime Minister Gough Whitlam and his government, desiring to forge a new nationalism separate from the United Kingdom, decided that Australia needed a national anthem that could represent the country with "distinction", and they held a competition to find one to replace the existing anthem, "God Save the Queen". In January of that year, Whitlam dedicated an entire Australia Day speech to the search for a new anthem, referring to it as a "symbolic expression of our national pride and dignity". The Australia Council for the Arts organised the contest, which was dubbed the "Australian National Anthem Quest". The contest was held in two stages, the first seeking lyrics and the second music, each having a large prize of A$5,000 for the winning entry. On the recommendation of the Council for the Arts, none of the new entries was felt worthy enough, so the contest ended with suggestions for "Advance Australia Fair", "Waltzing Matilda" and "The Song of Australia".


title: Advance Australia Fair

text: In 1974 the Whitlam government performed a nationwide opinion survey to determine the song to be sung on occasions of national significance. Conducted through the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the survey polled 60,000 people nationally. "Advance Australia Fair" was chosen by 51.4% of respondents and, on 9 April of that year, Whitlam announced in parliament that it was the national anthem. It was to be used on all occasions excepting those of a specifically regal nature. A spokesman for Whitlam later stated that the Government regarded the tune, primarily, as the national anthem. During the 1975 election campaign following the dismissal of Whitlam by Sir John Kerr, David Combe proposed that the song be played at the start of the Labor Party's official campaign launch on 24 November 1975 at Festival Hall, Melbourne. Whitlam's speechwriter Graham Freudenberg rejected this idea because, among other reasons, the status of the anthem at that point was still tentative.


title: Advance Australia Fair

text: On 22 January 1976 the Fraser government reinstated "God Save the Queen" as the national anthem for use at royal, vice-regal, defence and loyal toast occasions. Fraser stated that "Advance Australia Fair", "Song of Australia" or "Waltzing Matilda" could be used for non-regal occasions. His government made plans to conduct a national poll to find a song for use on ceremonial occasions when it was desired to mark a separate Australian identity. This was conducted as a plebiscite to choose the National Song, held as an optional additional question in the 1977 referendum on various issues. On 23 May the government announced the results, "Advance Australia Fair" received 43.29% of the vote, defeating the three alternatives, "Waltzing Matilda" (28.28%), "The Song of Australia" (9.65%) and the existing national anthem, "God Save the Queen" (18.78%).


title: Advance Australia Fair

text: "Advance Australia Fair", with modified lyrics and reduced to two verses (see development of lyrics), was adopted as the Australian national anthem by the Labor government of Bob Hawke, coming into effect on 19 April 1984. At the same time, "God Save the King/Queen" became known as the royal anthem, and continues to be played alongside the Australian national anthem at public engagements in Australia that are attended by the King or members of the Royal Family.


title: Advance Australia Fair

text: Even though any personal copyright of Peter Dodds McCormick's original lyrics has expired, as he died in 1916, the Commonwealth of Australia claims copyright on the official lyrics and particular arrangements of music. Non-commercial use of the anthem is permitted without case-by-case permission, but the Commonwealth government requires permission for commercial use.


title: Advance Australia Fair

text: The orchestral arrangement of "Advance Australia Fair" that is now regularly played for Australian victories at international sporting medal ceremonies, and at the openings of major domestic sporting, cultural and community events, is by Tommy Tycho, an immigrant from Hungary. It was commissioned by ABC Music in 1984 and then televised by Channel 10 in 1986 in their Australia Day broadcast, featuring Julie Anthony as the soloist.


title: Advance Australia Fair

text: The national anthem was changed on 1 January 2021 by proclamation of the Governor-General on the advice of the Federal Executive Council. The change prior to that was on 19 April 1984.


title: Advance Australia Fair

text: The lyrics of "Advance Australia Fair", as modified by the National Australia Day Council, were officially adopted in April 1984. The lyrics were updated as of 1 January 2021 in an attempt to recognise the legacy of Indigenous Australians, with the word "one" in the second line replacing the previous "young". The lyrics are now as follows:


title: Advance Australia Fair

text: Since the original lyrics were written in 1878, there have been several changes, in some cases with the intent of altering the anthem's political focus especially in regard to gender neutrality and Indigenous Australians. Some of these have been minor while others have significantly altered the song. The original song was four verses long. For its 1984 adoption as the national anthem, the song was cut from the four verses to two. The first verse was kept largely as the 1878 original, except for the change in the first line from " let us rejoice" to " let us rejoice". The second, third and fourth verses of the original were dropped, in favour of a modified version of the new third verse which was sung at Federation in 1901.


title: Advance Australia Fair

text: The lyrics of "Advance Australia Fair", as modified by the National Australia Day Council and officially adopted on 19 April 1984, were as follows:


title: Advance Australia Fair

text: These lyrics were updated on 1 January 2021 to the current version, in which "young" in the second line is replaced with "one" to reflect the pre-colonial presence of Indigenous Australians.


title: Advance Australia Fair

text: In May 1976, after reinstating "God Save the Queen", Fraser advised the Australian Olympic Federation to use "Waltzing Matilda" as the national anthem for the forthcoming Montréal Olympic Games (July–August 1976). Fraser responded to criticism of "Waltzing Matilda" compared with "Advance Australia Fair", and countered, "in the second verse... we find these words, 'Britannia rules the waves'." Despite the outcome of the 1977 plebiscite to choose the National Song favouring "Advance Australia Fair", successive Fraser Ministries did not implement the change.


title: Advance Australia Fair

text: The fourth line of the anthem, "our home is girt by sea", has been criticised for using the so-called archaic word "girt". Additionally, the lyrics and melody of the Australian national anthem have been criticised in some quarters as being dull and unendearing to the Australian people. National Party senator Sandy Macdonald said in 2001 that "'Advance Australia Fair' is so boring that the nation risks singing itself to sleep, with boring music and words impossible to understand".


title: Advance Australia Fair

text: Political sentiment is divided. Craig Emerson of the Australian Labor Party has critiqued the anthem, former MP Peter Slipper has said that Australia should consider another anthem, in 2011 former Victorian Premier Jeff Kennett suggested "I Am Australian", while former Australian Labor Party leader Kim Beazley defended it.


title: Advance Australia Fair

text: The song has been criticised for failing to represent or acknowledge Australia's Indigenous peoples and aspects of the country's colonial past. The lyrics have been accused of celebrating British colonisation and perpetuating the concept of "terra nullius", with the second line of the anthem ("for we are young and free") criticised in particular for ignoring the long history of Indigenous Australians. It has also been suggested that the word "fair" celebrates the "civilising" mission of British colonists.


title: Advance Australia Fair

text: Since about 2015, public debate about the anthem has increased. Boxer Anthony Mundine stated in 2013, 2017 and 2018 that he would not stand for the anthem, prompting organisers not to play it before his fights. In September 2018 a 9-year-old Brisbane girl was disciplined by her school after refusing to stand for the national anthem; her actions were applauded by some public commenters, and criticised by others. In 2019, several National Rugby League football players decided not to sing the anthem before the first match of the State of Origin series and before the Indigenous All-Stars series with New Zealand; NRL coach and celebrated former player Mal Meninga supported the protesting players and called for a referendum on the subject.


title: Advance Australia Fair

text: Several alternative versions of "Advance Australia Fair" have been proposed to address the alleged exclusion of Indigenous Australians. Judith Durham of The Seekers and Mutti Mutti musician Kutcha Edwards released their alternative lyrics in 2009, replacing "for we are young and free" with the opening lines "Australians let us stand as one, upon this sacred land". In 2015, Aboriginal Australian soprano Deborah Cheetham declined an invitation to sing the anthem at the 2015 AFL grand final after the AFL turned down her request to replace the words "for we are young and free" with "in peace and harmony". She has advocated for the lyrics being rewritten and endorsed Durham and Edwards' alternative version.


title: Advance Australia Fair

text: In 2017 the Recognition in Anthem Project was established and began work on a new version, with lyrics written by poet and former Victorian Supreme Court judge Peter Vickery following consultation with Indigenous communities and others. Vickery's proposed lyrics replaced "we are young and free" with "we are one and free" in the first verse, deleted the second and added two new ones; the second verse acknowledging Indigenous history, immigration and calls for unity and respect, and the third adapting lines from the official second verse. It was debuted at the Desert Song Festival in Alice Springs by an Aboriginal choir. Former prime minister Bob Hawke endorsed Vickery's alternative lyrics in 2018. In 2017, the federal government under then prime minister Malcolm Turnbull granted permission for Vickery's lyrics to be sung at certain occasions as a "patriotic song", but said that before making any official change to the anthem, "The Government would need to be convinced of a sufficient groundswell of support in the wider community".


title: Advance Australia Fair

text: In November 2020, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian proposed changing one word in the opening couplet, from "we are young and free" to "we are one and free", to acknowledge Australia's Indigenous history. The proposal was supported by the federal Minister for Indigenous Australians, Ken Wyatt, and in December 2020 Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced that this change would be adopted from 1 January 2021, having received approval from Governor-General David Hurley.


title: Advance Australia Fair

text: Lyrics for the anthem have been written twice in the Dharug language, an Australian Aboriginal language spoken around Sydney by the Dharawal people.


title: Advance Australia Fair

text: A first version was first performed in July 2010, at a Rugby League State of Origin match in Sydney, though there was some opposition:


title: Advance Australia Fair

text: In December 2020, another setting, in Dharug, followed by the anthem in English, was sung before a Rugby Union international between Australia and Argentina:


title: Advance Australia Fair

text: In 2011, about fifty different Christian schools from different denominations came under criticism for singing an unofficial version of the song written by the Sri Lankan immigrant Ruth Ponniah in 1988. The song replaced the official second verse of "Advance Australia Fair" with lyrics that were Christian in nature.


title: Advance Australia Fair

text: Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth Peter Garrett and chief executive of the National Australia Day Council Warren Pearson admonished the schools for modifying the lyrics of the anthem, and the Australian Parents Council and the Federation of Parents and Citizens' Association of NSW called for a ban on the modified song. Stephen O'Doherty, chief executive of Christian Schools Australia, defended the use of the lyrics in response.


title: Shawn Spears

text: Ronnie William Arneill (born February 19, 1981) is a Canadian professional wrestler and professional wrestling trainer currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) under the ring name Shawn Spears, where he is a current member of The Pinnacle. He is also known for his time with WWE under the ring name Tye Dillinger.


title: Shawn Spears

text: Having begun his career on the independent circuit as Shawn Spears, Arneill initially joined WWE in 2006 and worked for the company between 2006 and 2009, performing in the developmental territories Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) and Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) as well as briefly on the main roster brand ECW under the slightly modified ring name Gavin Spears. After being released from WWE in 2009, he returned to the independent scene, before rejoining WWE in 2013 where he was assigned to NXT under the new gimmick of Tye Dillinger. After a rise in popularity, Dillinger was promoted to the main roster in April 2017, working on the SmackDown brand until his second release from the company in February 2019.


title: Shawn Spears

text: Shortly after leaving WWE, he signed with the newly founded promotion All Elite Wrestling in May 2019, reverting to his Shawn Spears name.


title: Shawn Spears

text: Born and raised in St. Catharines, Ontario, Arneill attended Laura Secord Secondary School. He played hockey for over ten years until he decided to leave the sport and enter professional wrestling. During his childhood, he was a fan of Rick Rude, Rick Martel, and Mr. Perfect.


title: Shawn Spears

text: Arneill trained at the Hart Wrestling School in Cambridge Ontario with Smith Hart, Ike Shaw and Waldo Von Erich and then with Eric Young at the WrestlePlex school before receiving further training from Derek Wylde and Cody Deaner. Upon wrestling his debut match in March 2002 as Shawn Spears, he began wrestling for some of the biggest independent wrestling promotions throughout Ontario and the United States, including Border City Wrestling, World Xtreme Wrestling, and Blood Sweat and Ears. On February 27, 2005, Arneill made an appearance on an edition of "WWE Heat", unsuccessfully teaming with Mikael Yamaha to face The Hurricane and Rosey.


title: Shawn Spears

text: After sending a tape to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) officials, Arneill was called for a try-out in Buffalo, New York. He was signed to a developmental contract by WWE following the tryout, on January 21, 2006. He made a cameo appearance at Cyber Sunday as an employee called "Stan", who gets superkicked by Shawn Michaels of D-Generation X when Michaels is told that he doesn't understand the meaning of the word "controversial".


title: Shawn Spears

text: After signing his WWE contract, Arneill was assigned to the company's developmental territory, Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW). He made his OVW television debut as "The Canadian Sensation" Shawn Spears, where he defeated then-SmackDown! superstar Simon Dean. After his victory, Dean attacked Spears until Spears was saved by Al Snow, who fended off Dean with a chair. After his debut, Spears quickly made an impact in OVW with a short undefeated streak that was soon ended by Aaron "The Idol" Stevens when Stevens made Spears submit. After this, Spears formed a tag team with Cody Runnels and they feuded with The Throwbacks for the Southern Tag Team Championship. On December 15, 2006, Spears and Runnels won the title from The Throwbacks. During 2006 Spears appeared at Cyber Sunday 2006 as backstage producer Stan, getting superkicked by Shawn Michaels.


title: Shawn Spears

text: On March 17, 2007, Spears won the Television Championship from Boris Alexiev, his first singles title in OVW. Soon after winning the title, he became more focused on championships and even began trying to steal Runnels' Heavyweight Championship opportunity. During Runnels' Heavyweight Title match, Spears interfered and performed a piledriver to Runnels, preventing him from winning the Heavyweight Championship and thus solidifying his heel turn. Spears then began feuding with Runnels and eventually lost the Television Championship to him on July 6, 2007 before winning it back one week later. He once again lost the title on September 19 to the debuting Ted "Manbeast" McNailer. Spears later regained the Television Title, only to lose it to Colt Cabana. Spears then began feuding with Cabana and the pair would go on to win the vacant Tag Team Title with on November 7 after defeating Paul Burchill and Stu Sanders. On December 19, Cabana and Spears' feud culminated in a ladder match in which the winner would claim the Tag Team titles for themselves and choose a new partner. Spears lost to Cabana, who then chose Charles "The Hammer" Evans as his new tag team partner.


title: Shawn Spears

text: After OVW split with WWE, Spears debuted in WWE's new development territory, Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), and teamed up with Nic Nemeth to defeat The Puerto Rican Nightmares for the Florida Tag Team Championship on August 17. Nearly a month later, Nemeth and Spears lost the title to Joe Hennig and Heath Miller on September 11.


title: Shawn Spears

text: On the August 19 episode of "ECW", Spears made his WWE television debut as a heel under the name Gavin Spears as part of Theodore Long's "New Superstar Initiative" in a losing effort to Ricky Ortiz. After his ECW debut, Spears began splitting time between ECW and FCW. On the September 2 edition of "ECW", Spears was defeated by Super Crazy. After a three-month absence due to competing in FCW, Spears returned to television on the December 16 episode of "ECW", where he lost to Finlay in what turned out to be his final match for the company. On January 9, 2009, Arneill was released from his contract.


title: Shawn Spears

text: The day before he had been released from WWE, Arneill had broken his hand, and was unable to wrestle for 12 weeks following his release as a result. On May 27, 2009, Spears wrestled and lost to fellow WWE alumnus Elijah Burke in a tryout dark match for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling at their "Impact!" television tapings. On June 12, Spears made an appearance for Ring of Honor (ROH), where he defeated Alex Payne.


title: Shawn Spears

text: On May 16, 2010, Arneill, under his Gavin Spears ring name, teamed up with El Hijo de L.A. Park in a losing effort to Dr. Wagner III and Gigante Extassis on an Extreme Air Wrestle show in Mexico, marking his first tour of Mexico. On May 28 and 29, Arneill made appearances at the 2010 Anime North convention.


title: Shawn Spears

text: On August 15, he teamed up with Idol Stevens to capture the WWC World Tag Team Championship after defeating Thunder and Lightning. On October 31, Spears and Stevens lost the World Tag Team Title back to Thunder and Lightning.


title: Shawn Spears

text: On September 15, 2013, it was reported that Spears had re-signed with WWE, and he was assigned to WWE's developmental territory NXT under the ring name Tye Dillinger. He made his televised "NXT" debut in a losing effort against Mojo Rawley. In early 2014, Dillinger formed a tag team with Jason Jordan, with the two described as a pair of blue chip athletes. The team of Dillinger and Jordan got their first televised win on the April 17 episode of "NXT", defeating Baron Corbin and Sawyer Fulton. On the June 5 episode of "NXT", Dillinger and Jordan defeated local competitors. On the August 7 episode of "NXT", Dillinger and Jordan lost in the first round of a NXT Tag Team Championship tournament to Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady. Dillinger and Jordan then appeared infrequently together, with Dillinger mostly being used as enhancement talent. On the February 25, 2015 episode of "NXT", Dillinger's partnership with Jordan officially ended when Jordan unhappy with his partner not initially tagging him in, jumped off the apron and walked out on Dillinger just as he went to make the tag. After the match, an enraged Dillinger called out his old partner but instead was met with a quick loss to Baron Corbin.


title: Shawn Spears

text: On the August 12 episode of "NXT", Dillinger debuted a new gimmick as the "Perfect 10" and defeated Solomon Crowe. He faced the debuting Apollo Crews at and another debuting Andrade "Cien" Almas at , but he lost both matches. On the September 28, 2016 episode of "NXT", Dillinger was approached by Bobby Roode, who proposed the two team up for the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, which Dillinger accepted. On the October 12 episode of "NXT", Roode walked out on Dillinger during a tag team match against SAnitY (Alexander Wolfe and Sawyer Fulton), resulting in the team losing in the first round. The following week on "NXT", Dillinger called out Roode for a match at , thus turning face in the process. At the event, Dillinger lost to Roode.


title: Shawn Spears

text: On the December 14 episode of "NXT", Dillinger defeated Eric Young by disqualification in a number one contender's Fatal 4-Way qualifying match. At , Dillinger was defeated by Young following a distraction from Alexander Wolfe and Killian Dain. At , Dillinger teamed up with Roderick Strong, Kassius Ohno and Ruby Riot to take on SAnitY in an 8-person mixed tag team match in a losing effort. Dillinger made his last NXT appearance on the April 5 tapings, closing out the event by winning a Steel Cage match against Eric Young.


title: Shawn Spears

text: On January 29, 2017, at Royal Rumble, Dillinger was a surprise entrant in the Royal Rumble match, entering at number 10 but was eliminated by Braun Strowman. On the April 4 episode of "SmackDown Live", Dillinger would make his main roster debut, defeating Curt Hawkins. Dillinger would enter a short feud with Aiden English, defeating him on various episodes of "SmackDown Live", leading to a match at Backlash, where Dillinger once again defeated English to end their feud.


title: Shawn Spears

text: On the July 4 episode of "SmackDown Live", Dillinger would compete in an Independence Day Battle Royal to determine the number one contender to the United States Championship, lasting until the final three before being eliminated by Sami Zayn. At Battleground, Dillinger briefly reignited his feud with English, with Dillinger facing him in a losing effort. On the August 29 episode of "SmackDown Live", Dillinger would confront and brawl with Baron Corbin, who was about to answer an open challenge set by AJ Styles for the United States Championship. After Dillinger would fight off Corbin, he would take on Styles' challenge in a losing effort. On the September 12 episode of "SmackDown Live", Dillinger would get another shot at the title against Styles, once again in a losing effort. After trading victories with Corbin on various episodes of "SmackDown Live", both Dillinger and Corbin would challenge Styles for the United States Championship at Hell in a Cell in a triple threat match, where Corbin would win the title. On the December 26 episode of "SmackDown Live", Dillinger would compete in a United States Championship tournament, after former champion Dolph Ziggler vacated the title the week before, where Dillinger would be defeated by Jinder Mahal in the first round.


title: Shawn Spears

text: At Royal Rumble, Dillinger was to be the number 10 entrant in the Royal Rumble match but was attacked backstage by Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn, with Zayn taking his spot. At Fastlane, Dillinger would team with Breezango (Fandango and Tyler Breeze), defeating the team of Chad Gable, Shelton Benjamin and Mojo Rawley. At WrestleMania 34, Dillinger would compete in the André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal, where he was eliminated by Matt Hardy. In his final pay-per-view appearance, Dillinger competed in the Greatest Royal Rumble, where he entered at number 42, but was quickly eliminated by Braun Strowman. On the July 10 episode of "SmackDown Live", Dillinger was scheduled to face Samoa Joe, however, Joe attacked him after the match, this led to the next week Dillinger to challenge Joe in a losing effort. At a WWE live event on August 13, Dillinger was injured in a match with Shelton Benjamin. The referee called for the end of the match, giving Benjamin the win via count out. Dillinger was promptly escorted backstage by officials. Dillinger returned on the September 25 episode of "SmackDown Live", challenging Shinsuke Nakamura for the WWE United States Championship; however, he was attacked during the match by Randy Orton, in what was Dillinger's last televised match with the company.


title: Shawn Spears

text: Dillinger suffered a hand injury in October 2018 which kept him out of action for several months. He returned to in-ring competition at a house show on February 9, 2019; however, he was still not used on television. On February 19, 2019, Dillinger announced in a Twitter statement that he had requested his release from WWE and was granted on February 22, 2019.


title: Shawn Spears

text: After his release from WWE, Arneill reverted to using the ring name, Shawn Spears once again. On March 1, 2019, he announced on Twitter that he will be accepting bookings on the independent circuit starting May 31. On the June 5 episode of Beyond Wrestling's weekly show, Spears debuted for the promotion defeating Orange Cassidy in the main event.


title: Shawn Spears

text: Arneill, under his previous name of Shawn Spears, debuted for All Elite Wrestling (AEW) at their inaugural pay-per-view event Double or Nothing, competing in the pre-show Casino Battle Royale. He would fail to win, however, as the match was won by Adam Page. In an interview with "Sports Illustrated", Spears stated he would be appearing with the promotion going forward. His signing would officially be announced on June 12. At Fyter Fest in June, Spears established himself as a heel after hitting Cody with a steel chair shot to the top of the head. Going forward he would begin calling himself "The Chairman of AEW". At All Out on August 31, Spears unsuccessfully faced Cody in a singles match. Leading to All Out, Spears aligned with Tully Blanchard, who began acting as his manager. Spears would then start a feud with Joey Janela, after Janela had disrespected Blanchard. At Full Gear on November 9, Spears defeated Janela. In February 2020, Blanchard and Spears began a campaign to recruit a new tag team partner for Spears. However, the angle was soon dropped due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Shortly after, Spears was used primarily in a comedic role as he mocked Dustin Rhodes and the Rhodes family in a news report parody segment and challenged Dustin Rhodes to a match at Double or Nothing. At Double or Nothing, Spears had his clothes ripped off and was defeated by Dustin Rhodes.


title: Shawn Spears

text: On the June 3 episode of "Dynamite", Blanchard returned and berated Spears for making a joke out of himself at Double or Nothing. He then presented him with a black glove, similar to the one worn by Blackjack Mulligan and Ted DiBiase, that can be illegally loaded with a metal slug. Spears made his in-ring return on the June 16 edition of "Dark" wearing the black glove, scoring a submission victory over Lee Johnson after applying the Sharpshooter on Johnson. Over the months, Spears claimed victories over various competitors, then knocked them out with his loaded black glove. He later disposed of the glove after an interview with AEW commentator Tony Schiavone. In October, Spears began a short feud against Scorpio Sky after taunting him several times before his matches. On the November 11 episode of "Dynamite", Spears defeated Sky, ending their feud.


title: Shawn Spears

text: After the December 23 episode of "Dynamite", Spears was absent from AEW television, but was present on the stage for the ten-bell salute during the Brodie Lee Celebration of Life on December 30. He made his return on March 3, reuniting with Blanchard and FTR by helping them defeat Jurassic Express. On March 10, Spears, Blanchard and FTR joined a faction led by MJF, later known as The Pinnacle. Pinnacle would begin a feud with The Inner Circle, defeating them in a Blood and Guts match at Blood and Guts before losing in a Stadium Stampede match at Double or Nothing. In early 2022, the Pinnacle began to dissolve. Spears continued aligning himself with MJF in the latter's feud against Wardlow. Spears lost to Wardlow on the May 25 edition of Dynamite in a steel cage match, with MJF as special guest referee.


title: Shawn Spears

text: Spears would return on the October 12 episode of Dynamite in Toronto as a face, reverting to his ‘Perfect 10’ gimmick from WWE.


title: Shawn Spears

text: Arneill, as Tye Dillinger, appears in the video games "WWE 2K17" (as downloadable content), "WWE 2K18" and "WWE 2K19" as a playable character.


title: Shawn Spears

text: In August 2019, Arneill married Australian wrestler Cassandra McIntosh, best known by her ring names Peyton Royce and Cassie Lee.


title: Shawn Spears

text: It was announced on August 3, 2022, that he and McIntosh were expecting their first child together, later revealed to be a boy.


title: Shawn Spears

text: He along with wrestler Matthew Clement (better known as Tyler Breeze) run a wrestling school in Apopka, Florida, called Flatbacks Wrestling.


title: Queer as Folk (British TV series)

text: Queer as Folk is a 1999 British television series that chronicles the lives of three gay men living in Manchester's gay village around Canal Street. Initially running for eight episodes, a two-part follow up was shown in 2000. It was written by Russell T Davies and produced by Red Production Company for Channel 4.


title: Queer as Folk (British TV series)

text: The title of the programme comes from an historic English saying, "there's nowt so queer as folk", meaning "there's nothing as strange as people"; which is a word play on the modern-day English sense of "queer", as homosexual. The script had originally started life with the title "Queer as Fuck" but "Queer as Folk" was considered more suitable.


title: Queer as Folk (British TV series)

text: The main characters are Stuart Allen Jones (Aidan Gillen), who is highly sexually active, and successfully so. His long-time friend Vince Tyler (Craig Kelly), who has a crush on Stuart, has less luck with men. 15-year-old Nathan Maloney (Charlie Hunnam) is new to the gay scene but is not lacking in self-confidence.


title: Queer as Folk (British TV series)

text: The producers say that "Queer as Folk", although superficially a realistic depiction of gay urban life in the 1990s, is meant as a fantasy, and that Stuart, Vince, and Nathan are not so much characters as gay male archetypes.


title: Queer as Folk (British TV series)

text: Stuart, an advertising executive, possesses intrinsic power, able to bend anything to his will. Stuart's principal characteristic is that he does whatever he wants, whenever he wants, however he wants. He blows up a car belonging to his friend Alexander's antagonistic mother (in the second series). He invites Vince's female colleague, who has a crush on closeted Vince, to Vince's birthday party and then introduces Vince's boyfriend. When offered a test drive of a Jeep by a car salesman who makes some homophobic comments, Stuart drives the car straight through the large window of the car dealership.


title: Queer as Folk (British TV series)

text: In the second series, the tone became somewhat more serious, with each of the main characters having to make hard choices concerning their futures.


title: Queer as Folk (British TV series)

text: A recurrent theme throughout the series is Vince's fandom of "Doctor Who", with various scenes from the classic series being played (in one instance an awkward situation with a guy Vince brings home). Six years later Russell T. Davies revived "Doctor Who" and he would return as showrunner in 2023.


title: Queer as Folk (British TV series)

text: At the time, the response was mixed from gay commentators in relation to the portrayal of the characters. The show was criticised by the gay press for not addressing the issue of the AIDS epidemic. In the wider press and media, a commentator in the "Daily Mail" called for censorship. 20 years after the show first aired, however, "Queer as Folk" was generally praised.


title: Queer as Folk (British TV series)

text: The first four episodes were sponsored by Beck's Brewery but the company withdrew their sponsorship halfway through the series. Following a backlash from the gay community, Beck's offered to sponsor the second series, a request which was refused by the producers.


title: Queer as Folk (British TV series)

text: In 2010, "The Guardian" ranked "Queer as Folk" at number 13 in their list of "The Top 50 TV Dramas of All Time".


title: Queer as Folk (British TV series)

text: Gillen was nominated for Best Actor at the 1999 BAFTA TV Award for his role, whilst the series was nominated for Best Drama Serial at the 1999 Royal Television Society Awards.


title: Queer as Folk (British TV series)

text: The theme song for the series was created by Murray Gold. A soundtrack album was released by Almighty Records for the original series and features tracks by OT Quartet, Ultra Naté, and Blondie. Selling 125,000 copies, it remained popular long after the broadcast of the first series and ended up the 50th biggest selling compilation album of 1999. An album for the second series was released by Channel 4 Music and sold 19,000 copies in its first week to debut at #5 on the UK Compilation Chart.


title: Queer as Folk (British TV series)

text: A spin-off series, "Misfits" (no relation to the later E4 series of the same name), was initially commissioned by Channel 4. The series would have followed the characters of Hazel, Alexander, Donna (who was absent from the 2nd series due to scheduling commitments) and Bernard from the original series, while introducing new characters. Although Davies developed draft scripts for four episodes and storylines for a further twenty-two, the series was cancelled before it went into pre-production.


title: Queer as Folk (British TV series)

text: As a result of Channel 4's decision, Davies pulled out of a deal that would have seen a series of "Queer as Folk" short stories published on the broadcaster's website, and vowed not to work with Channel 4 again, unless he has an idea that only works on that channel. However, fifteen years later in 2015, Davies returned to Channel 4 with drama series "Cucumber", drama anthology "Banana" (on E4) and documentary series "Tofu" (on 4oD). Denise Black makes a cameo appearance as Hazel Tyler's ghost in the sixth episode of "Cucumber".


title: Queer as Folk (British TV series)

text: Driven by the success of the series, American cable channel Showtime and Canadian cable channel Showcase co-produced an American version, "Queer as Folk". This is set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania although was filmed in Toronto, Ontario.


title: Queer as Folk (British TV series)

text: In late 2018, a second American adaptation was in development for Bravo. In April 2021, it received a series order from Peacock, the streaming service it shifted to within the NBCUniversal family. It reimagines this series instead of serving as a reboot of the first American series. Queer as Folk (2022 TV series) was released on June 9, 2022 on Peacock.


title: Taylor Hickson

text: Taylor Delaney Hickson (born 11 December 1997) is a Canadian actress raised in Kelowna, British Columbia. After graduating high school, she was granted an acting audition with a casting agent, who signed her the same day.


title: Taylor Hickson

text: Following a minor part in the movie "Blackway", Hickson had another minor part in the 2016 feature "Deadpool". In addition to several subsequent parts in films, she later starred in the television series "Aftermath." Since 2020, she has starred as Raelle Collar in the Freeform series "".


title: Taylor Hickson

text: Taylor Hickson was born in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, the oldest of four siblings. At age 11, she began singing folk tunes alongside her father at talent shows and soon developed an affection for guitar and piano. In a 2016 interview, Hickson discussed her fondness for performing music, noting, "you go to another place and you just can't find that adrenaline anywhere else."


title: Taylor Hickson

text: In late 2014, Hickson caught the attention of a casting agent who was a friend of her aunt. Initially uninterested in acting, she was later convinced to meet the agent, who signed her the same day. Over the following weeks, Hickson drove several hours to and from her auditions for roles. In 2015, she won a silent part in the film "Blackway" as a troubled teenager.


title: Taylor Hickson

text: Hickson's breakthrough role came in the 2016 action-comedy "Deadpool", her first speaking part. She played Meghan Orlovsky, a girl whom the titular character assists. In an interview, Hickson noted that the scale of this movie, along with her speaking role, greatly increased her passion for acting. "I didn't really know how badly I wanted to work as an actor until "Deadpool"," she said. She further stated that prior to "Deadpool", "I thought [acting] might just be a fun thing I did on the side. That was the thing that changed my life."


title: Taylor Hickson

text: Hickson was then cast as Brianna Copeland, a headstrong teenager in the 2016 post-apocalyptic show "Aftermath". She labelled Brianna "a dream role", citing similarities between herself and the character. "She's very outspoken, sarcastic, social. She's the combative version of me," she said. "We definitely share her impatience, her stubbornness and her temper. She might have a hardened exterior, but she loves with all she is. She loves hard and unconditionally, much like myself." She summed the character up as emotionally driven, impulsive, and fun.


title: Taylor Hickson

text: While reviewing her work in the role, "Contrast" magazine called Hickson a "beautiful jewel of an actress". "Pop Culture Now" predicted that she would have a bright future in acting. "TV Grapevine" declared "Taylor Hickson may be young, but she has a talent well beyond her years."


title: Taylor Hickson

text: Hickson also revealed that she bonded with co-stars Levi Meaden and Julia Sarah Stone, who played her siblings on "Aftermath", which facilitated their work. "[Levi] really was my older brother and Julia really was my sister. We totally have a sibling dynamic on- and off-screen. It made everything so easy and smooth", she noted.


title: Taylor Hickson

text: She won roles in subsequent films throughout 2016, including "G.L.O."; "Everything, Everything" (2017); and "Incident in a Ghost Land". Hickson played the lead role in the independent dramatic film "Hunting Pignut", based on a true story about a girl searching for a man. She also stars in the 2017 feature "Residue", in which she plays the daughter of a private investigator. Her work in the film "Giant Little Ones" earned her a nomination for Best Female Lead at the 2019 Leo Awards.


title: Taylor Hickson

text: Hickson was cast as Petra, a goth hailing from a death cult, in the 2018 series "Deadly Class". Hickson highlighted the positive working environment of the show. She was then cast as Raelle Collar, a lead character who is a conscripted witch in the 2020 supernatural drama show "". The show's second season premiered in 2021. On the role as Raelle, Hickson said that


title: Taylor Hickson

text: When reviewing "Motherland: Fort Salem", "The A.V. Club" highlighted that "the true standout is Hickson, whose Raelle is flinty and raw and convincingly conflicted about her power and how she wants to use it". "The Advocate" commented that:


title: Taylor Hickson

text: In a 2016 interview, Hickson noted that she had issues with self-esteem during her upbringing. "I think it's sad that I have to constantly remind myself that I'm beautiful. Everything around us influences our brains to forget. The poster at the bus stop, that Instagram selfie, the ad on TV," she said. "Self-love takes practice." She also revealed that performing had helped her gain more confidence in general. She grew up admiring director Tim Burton and novelist Nicholas Sparks.


title: Taylor Hickson

text: In December 2016, while filming "Ghostland", Hickson was told by director Pascal Laugier to bang her fists against a glass window and that it was safe to do so. The window then shattered and she fell on the glass, severely cutting the left side of her face. The wound required 70 stitches, which left her with permanent scarring. In 2018, Hickson sued the film's production company, Incident Productions, "seeking damages for lost income and future loss of income". In 2019, Incident Productions "pleaded guilty to failing to ensure the safety and welfare of a worker under the Workplace Safety and Health Act" and was fined $40,000 by the province of Manitoba for the incident. Hickson stated that the experience left her with "trust issues"; however, when working on the show "Deadly Class", the show's "executive producer Adam Kane met with her before filming to assuage her concerns, telling her that they'd halt production immediately if she ever felt uncomfortable". On that show's working environment, Hickson said, "It just made me understand that people gave a shit. People actually do care. You have to find the right people to work with you, and you'll know when that is".


title: Taylor Hickson

text: In a May 2020 interview conducted by fashion magazine "Vanity Teen", Hickson discussed the influence of Tim Burton on her career.


title: Poker Face (song)

text: "Poker Face" is a song by American singer Lady Gaga from her debut studio album, "The Fame" (2008). It was released on September 23, 2008, as the album's second single. It is a synth-pop song in the key of G minor, following in the footsteps of her previous single "Just Dance", but with a darker musical tone. The main idea behind the song is bisexuality and was a tribute by Gaga to her rock and roll boyfriends. The song's lyrics feature various sexual innuendos.


title: Poker Face (song)

text: "Poker Face" was acclaimed by most critics, who praised the song's robotic hook and chorus. The song attained worldwide success, topping the charts in 20 countries including the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and many European countries. "Poker Face" was the best-selling single of 2009 worldwide, with over 9.8 million in sales that year. It is one of the best-selling singles of all time, having sold over 14 million copies. The accompanying music video for the song portrays Gaga singing it in various costumes and playing strip poker in a getaway villa. It was certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 2015.


title: Poker Face (song)

text: Gaga performed the song on the eighth season of the television show "American Idol", besides multiple other television appearances, as well as the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards, all of her concert tours, and the Super Bowl LI halftime show. "Poker Face" was nominated for both Song of the Year and Record of the Year at the 52nd Grammy Awards, and won the Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording.


title: Poker Face (song)

text: "Poker Face" was written by Gaga and RedOne, while production was handled also by RedOne. Gaga stated in an interview that "Poker Face" was written by her as a pop song and was a tribute to her "rock 'n' roll boyfriends". She also stated that the main idea behind the song was sex and gambling. When "Rolling Stone" magazine asked about the meaning of the line "bluffin' with my muffin", Gaga explained that it really was a metaphor for her vulva, noting "it's my pussy's poker face!". She added that it came from a lyric "Blueberry kisses, the muffin man misses them kisses" from an unreleased track called "Blueberry Kisses" where a girl wanted her boyfriend to perform cunnilingus on her.


title: Poker Face (song)

text: During her Fame Ball Tour performance at Palm Springs, California, on April 11, 2009, Gaga explained to the crowd the true meaning behind the term "Poker Face" used in the song. She suggested that the song dealt with her personal experience with bisexuality. The idea behind the song was to be with a man but fantasizing about a woman, hence the man in the song needs to read her "Poker Face" to understand what is going through her mind.


title: Poker Face (song)

text: "Poker Face" is a synth-pop and dance-pop song, and follows the footsteps of Gaga's previous single "Just Dance". Whereas "Just Dance" was predominately electropop, "Poker Face" carries a dark sound with clear vocals on the chorus and a pop hook while combining the synths from "Just Dance" and the more dance-oriented beat of the next single "LoveGame". According to Kerri Mason of "Billboard", the composition "carr[ies] the pleather-and-sequins vibe of the downtown New York scene out of the underground and onto the FM dial without losing its smut and sass."


title: Poker Face (song)

text: Poker Face is set in a common time time signature, with a fast tempo of 120 beats per minute. It is written in the key of G minor with Gaga's vocal range spanning from the note F to the note B. It begins with a medium tempo followed by electronic chord arrangement and the "Mum-mum-mum-mah" hook. The chords follow in this order: Gm–E/G–F, and then for the chorus Gm–E–B–F. This is followed by the sound of dance music, produced by a powerful beat from the instruments, and a stuttering hook following the chorus.


title: Poker Face (song)

text: Lyrically, "Poker Face" is all about sexual innuendo and teasing. According to "Daily Star", the chorus repeats two alternating lyrics. After the hook "Can't read my Poker Face" the backup singer says "He's got me like nobody" and then in the next line says "She's got me like nobody". Gaga explained in an interview with them that the line carries a bit of an undertone of confusion about love and sex. However, the liner notes from the album booklet indicate both these lines only repeat "she's got me like nobody". According to BBC, the "Mum-mum-mum-mah" hook used in the song references Boney M.'s 1977 hit "Ma Baker".


title: Poker Face (song)

text: Upon release, "Poker Face" received critical acclaim. Priya Elan from "The Times", in a review for "The Fame", said that "Poker Face" was one of the finest moments of the album with its "love-as-card-game cheek". BBC Music reviewed the "strut-tastic" single as "expressing her overwhelming desire for celebrity and fortune." Bill Lamb of About.com said, "'Poker Face' works well on pop radio, but with slight mixing alterations it would be equally at home in a dark, sweaty, late night party atmosphere. She has refreshed the pop world in the US and UK at one of the slowest times of the year. 'Poker Face' keeps the motors humming as everyone waits for the next step forward from Lady Gaga." Chris Williams of "Billboard" also gave a positive review of the song saying, "Once again, hooks are aplenty, with '80s-inspired synthesizers, robotic verses and a warm, sunny hook in the chorus, which is even more addictive than the previous single ('Just Dance')...With a focused artistic vision, a swagger in her interview style and above all, a fantastic collection of diverse pop nuggets, Gaga is playing her cards right—and "Poker" is another obvious ace."


title: Poker Face (song)

text: Slant Magazine music reviewer Sal Cinquemani included "Poker Face" among the songs that work in "The Fame", namely tracks like "Starstruck," "Paper Gangsta" and "Summerboy". Matthew Chisling from Allmusic called the song "infectious" and along with the title track "The Fame", complimented them for "rejuvenating the vibe on the album for its second half." Andy Downing from "The Chicago Tribune" called the song "jaunty" while reviewing Gaga's Fame Ball tour. Evan Sawdey from PopMatters.com felt that "Poker Face" along with the track "Paparazzi", duplicate much of the same "glitzy territory that previous single 'Just Dance' had covered, but never once does it feel like Gaga is deliberately repeating herself." "Rolling Stone" in a review for The Fame Ball Tour compared the live acoustic "bluesy" version of "Poker Face" with the music of singer Amy Winehouse. Erika Hobert from the "New Times Broward-Palm Beach" newspaper called the song "trashtastic Europop." The song was nominated for Grammy Awards in the categories for Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best Dance Recording, ultimately winning the last of these.


title: Poker Face (song)

text: "Rolling Stone" ranked it number ninety-six on their list of 100 Best Songs of the 2000s decade. In October 2011, "NME" placed it at number 103 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years". In 2019, "Billboard" ranked the song number two on their list of the 15 greatest Lady Gaga songs, and in 2020, "The Guardian" ranked the song number seven on their list of the 30 greatest Lady Gaga songs.


title: Poker Face (song)

text: In the United States, the song debuted at number 92 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 for the week of January 3, 2009 and reached number six on March 7 of that year. The next week, the song climbed another three places to reach a peak of number three and stayed there for two additional weeks. On the "Billboard" issue dated April 11, 2009, the song topped the chart. "Poker Face" became Gaga's second consecutive number one song on the "Billboard" Hot 100, marking the first time a new artist has had their first two charting singles hit number one on that chart since Christina Aguilera did so with "Genie in a Bottle" and "What a Girl Wants" in 1999 and 2000. The song spent one week at the top of the chart, nine weeks at number two, 18 weeks in the Top 10 and stayed on the Hot 100 for a total of 40 weeks. "Poker Face" also peaked on both the Hot Dance Airplay and Hot Dance Club Play charts. It became the first single since Madonna's 2006 single "Sorry", to top all the three dance charts in a single week including the Hot Dance Singles Sales chart. The song has been certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and sold 7.5 million paid digital downloads in the United States as of February 2018, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Gaga is the first artist in digital history to top the six and seven million mark in paid downloads with two songs, the first being "Just Dance". "Poker Face" is Gaga's most digitally-sold track in the United States.


title: Poker Face (song)

text: In Canada, the song debuted at number 41 on the Canadian Hot 100. On the chart dated December 13, 2008, "Poker Face" ascended to the number one spot and then spent nine non-consecutive weeks at the top. The song was certified eight-times platinum by the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) for paid digital downloads of 320,000. "Poker Face" entered the Australian charts at number 26, and in its seventh week peaked at number one. "Poker Face" has shipped over 420,000 copies in Australia, earning six-times platinum certification by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). It held the record for the longest-charting song in ARIA Chart history of 106 weeks until this was broken in May 2015 by Vance Joy's "Riptide". In New Zealand, the song debuted on the official chart at number 21. In its sixth week, it peaked on the chart spending 10 consecutive weeks at number one. "Poker Face" was certified double platinum after 27 weeks on the chart, selling over 30,000 copies, according to the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ).


title: Poker Face (song)

text: In the United Kingdom, "Poker Face" debuted at number 30 on the UK Singles Chart. After three weeks, it climbed to number one and provided Gaga with her second consecutive British number one single. It was the biggest selling digital single in the United Kingdom, before being overtaken by "I Gotta Feeling" by The Black Eyed Peas in June 2010. However, the song became the country's biggest-selling single of 2009, and was awarded The Record of the Year. By September 2017 the song had 1.18 million pure sales and had been streamed 8.27 million times. In March 2022, the song was awarded a triple platinum certification from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) having sold 1.8 million copies in the UK with 83 million streams as of July 2022.


title: Poker Face (song)

text: In Italy the song debuted at number 19 and peaked at number two. The song has also reached the peak in a number of European countries including Austria, Belgium (Flanders and Wallonia), Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden and Switzerland. In Germany "Poker Face" became the most successful download single of all time and the first one to sell more than 500,000 downloads. The song also spent 16 non-consecutive weeks atop the "Billboard" European Hot 100 Singles chart. Worldwide, the song had sold 9.8 million copies by November 2009 according to IFPI. It has since gone on to sell over 13.4 million copies as of September 2013, making it one of the best-selling singles of all time.


title: Poker Face (song)

text: The music video for "Poker Face", directed by Ray Kay and aided by Anthony Mandler, was filmed at the luxury villa on bwin PokerIsland and featured bwin branded poker equipment as product placement.


title: Poker Face (song)

text: The video premiered on October 22, 2008. It is set by a pool, as well as in a mansion. It begins with Gaga emerging from the pool wearing a mirror masquerade mask and a black sleeveless latex bodysuit with a jagged shoulder pad, with two Great Danes beside her. She throws the mask aside and the song begins with a facial shot of Gaga singing it. Gaga wears a metallic sticker on her left cheek in this shot. Featured in the video are scenes of Gaga in a mansion and dancing poolside with her dancers in a turquoise leotard. Gaga attends a wild party where every man and woman tries their luck on a strip poker game. The party gets wilder when all the party's guests strip down to their underwear, dance around, and share kisses with each other. The video also features several white mannequins on her swimming pool deck. During the musical interlude before the "I won't tell you that I love you" hook, Gaga is shown in her trademark "Pop Music Will Never Be Low Brow" sunglasses while sitting beside the pool. The video ends with the head shot of Gaga singing the Mum-mum-mum-ma hook.


title: Poker Face (song)

text: Gaga explained in the nineteenth episode of her "Transmission Gagavision" series the main idea behind the music video for "Poker Face": "I knew I wanted it to be sexy, so I thought no pants, because that's sexy, [...]And I knew I wanted it to be futuristic, so I thought shoulder pads, because that's my thing." The music video premiered on British MTV on February 17, 2009. In some versions of the video, the words "muffin" (being a slang term for a woman's vagina), "Russian Roulette" and "gun" are censored out (bleeped). On June 21, 2009, the video won the Best International Artist Video at the 2009 MuchMusic Video Awards. The video received four nominations at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, in the categories of Video of the Year, Best New Artist, Best Female Video and Best Pop Video. Along with five other nominations for "Paparazzi", Gaga was tied with Beyoncé for most nominations each for that year.


title: Poker Face (song)

text: In June 2010, Gaga held a reverse auction for one of the necklaces worn in the music video, designed by Brian Lichtenberg. All the proceeds from the auction went to the Lupus Foundation of America.


title: Poker Face (song)

text: "Poker Face" has been performed by Gaga at a number of shows including the AOL Sessions, the "Cherrytree House" of Interscope Records, and also the MTV sessions. The song was performed by Gaga both in the original version and the acoustic piano version in her headlining The Fame Ball Tour. She performed the piano version wearing a dress made of plastic transparent bubbles and playing the glass piano with her stilletoes with a glowing mannequin, like the music video, standing in front of the stage. Gaga claimed that the transparent bubble filled piano was specifically made to match her dress. The actual version was performed by Gaga as the final song of the encore, after "Boys, Boys, Boys". She started the performance saying "Some say Lady Gaga is a lie, and they're right: I am a lie, and every day I kill to make it true." Gaga wore a nude corseted leotard embellished with crystals and an admiral's hat during the performance. The hat as well as the fingerless gloves worn were decorated with the word Gaga on it.


title: Poker Face (song)

text: On April 1, 2009, both the acoustic and normal version of "Poker Face" was performed live on Fox's "American Idol". The performance started with Gaga sitting at a Plexiglass piano filled with bubbles and bathed in pink light. She started singing the second verse of "Poker Face" in a Bette Midler style accompanied by a violin player while wearing a shiny aluminum shoulder pad and platinum bleached blond wig. After the first chorus, the pace increased whence the original intro for the song started. Gaga got up from her seat and proceeded to perform the song in the middle of the stage. She wore a silvery leotard with a giant star on her shoulder and tassels. As the song progressed to the intermediate verse, the violinist played a hoe-down version of the music and Gaga danced around frantically over the stage. The performance ended with Gaga staring towards the audience while revealing an open zipper, patched over her left eye. The performance was described an "alien-disco performance art." Cortney Harding of "Billboard" wrote, "[it was] Gaga's crowning TV moment ... show[ing] middle America that she was a bona fide pop star."


title: Poker Face (song)

text: The acoustic version was performed by Gaga at BBC Live & In-Session on April 19, 2009. On the same day, she had her first appearance on Italian TV, on the TV program "Quelli che... il Calcio". She also performed "Poker Face" in the United Kingdom on "The Paul O'Grady Show". First she played an acoustic version first before going on to the normal version, and a rock version on "Friday Night with Jonathan Ross". On May 12, 2009, Gaga performed "Poker Face" on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" while wearing a gyroscope on her head, designed by theatrical hat designer Nasir Mazhar and playing the piano while standing on the stool. Gaga referred to the gyroscope as her "Gaga barrier". It prevented Ellen DeGeneres from greeting her because of the size of the gear. A remixed version of "Poker Face" and "LoveGame" was performed at the 2009 MuchMusic Video Awards, during the indoor-outdoor streetside show. This performance, which included Gaga being trapped in a fake subway car surrounded by fake police officers, was billed as a tribute to New York City. Snippets of the song was performed by Gaga at the thirty-fifth season of American comedy show "Saturday Night Live", while wearing a giant contraption ("The Orbit") of several metallic concentric rings that rotated around her. In September 2009, Gaga appeared in French television show "Taratata", where she added an improvised verse in French while performing "Poker Face".


title: Poker Face (song)

text: The track was part of the setlist of Gaga's The Monster Ball Tour. The piano version was played by Gaga while balancing on the piano stool and holding one leg up in the air. Rapper Kid Cudi joined her then to perform his song "Make Her Say" which contains a sample of "Poker Face". The actual version was performed at the last segment of the show. Gaga wore a dress made of guns and during the performance she pumped her hands in the air. For the revamped Monster Ball shows in 2010–11, Gaga was dancing around the stage while whipping a chain. "Poker Face" was also performed at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards, where Gaga opened the show with the song while standing on a pedestal. Midway through the performance, she was flung into the garbage chute of her 'Fame Factory' stage set, before emerging seated at a piano, facing Elton John. In May 2011, Gaga performed the song during Radio 1's Big Weekend in Carlisle, Cumbria. The song was included on the set list of her Born This Way Ball tour (2012–2013), where she sported a modified version of her infamous meat dress. Gaga and her dancers put themselves headfirst into enormous meat grinders during the performance. For her 2014 residency show, Lady Gaga Live at Roseland Ballroom she chose to perform the song in a piano-only rendition. In the same year, at the tour, Gaga performed the song in a medley with "Just Dance" and "Telephone" while wearing knee-length white dress and heels, and a bob wig.


title: Poker Face (song)

text: In October 2016, Gaga appeared in the Carpool Karaoke segment of "The Late Late Show with James Corden", where "Poker Face" was one of the songs Gaga sang in the vehicle. On February 5, 2017, Gaga performed the song during the Super Bowl LI halftime show. After descending from the top of the building, she started singing "Poker Face" on a tall pillar, before continuing air acrobatics and performing the song while hanging on a rope in the air. "Poker Face" was later performed at the Coachella Festival, where Gaga performed it in the encore alongside "Bad Romance". The track was also part of the setlist of Gaga's Joanne World Tour (2017–2018), where she was wearing a black bejewelled fringe leotard for the performance. The singer performs the song during Lady Gaga Enigma + Jazz & Piano (2018–2021), her Las Vegas residency, which involves two different shows. During the Enigma shows, Gaga performs "Poker Face" as the second track of the setlist, while on the Jazz and Piano show, a stripped-down piano version of the song is performed. It was also performed on piano during Gaga's live-streamed concert on September 30, 2021, which was in celebration of her second collaborative album with Tony Bennett, called "Love for Sale". In 2022, Gaga performed "Poker Face" at The Chromatica Ball stadium tour.


title: Poker Face (song)

text: In 2009, a single by rapper Kid Cudi featuring Kanye West and Common titled "Make Her Say" was released; it contains a vocal sample of the acoustic version of "Poker Face" from "The Cherrytree Sessions" EP. It features Kanye West, who also produced the track, and Common, as well as scratches from DJ A-Trak. Actor Christopher Walken performed a special a capella rendition of "Poker Face" on BBC1's "Friday Night with Jonathan Ross" for Halloween 2009.


title: Poker Face (song)

text: The song was also featured in the "South Park" episode titled "Whale Whores", sung on "Rock Band" by series character Eric Cartman, with guitar by Kyle Broflovski and drums by Kenny McCormick. During Cartman's performance, Stan interrupts to rant about Japanese whaling. After Stan gives a heartfelt speech and leaves on the verge of tears, the other boys resume the song and Cartman replaces the next verse's second line with "I don't give a crap 'bout whales so go and hug a tree." On March 16, 2010, "South Park"s version of "Poker Face" became available as a downloadable song for the video game "Rock Band", on the same day a Lady Gaga track pack featuring the original song was released. Lea Michele and Idina Menzel, in character as Rachel Berry and Shelby Corcoran respectively, covered an acoustic version of "Poker Face" in the "Theatricality" episode of "Glee". Their version debuted at position 100 on the "Billboard" Hot 100, and moved up to a peak of 20 on the next week. It went on to become one of the show's most popular recordings; having sold 410,000 U.S. downloads, it remains the tenth best-selling song in the show's history. "Weird Al" Yankovic included the chorus in his polka medley "Polka Face" from his 2011 album "Alpocalypse". During the end credits of the 2012 "The Simpsons" season-finale episode "Lisa Goes Gaga", Homer Simpson performed a parody version entitled "Homer Face". On February 19, 2021, Kelly Clarkson sang a rock cover of the song during her talk show, "The Kelly Clarkson Show", on the Kellyoke segment.


title: Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions

text: Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions is a 2010 action-adventure video game based on the Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man. Players control four different versions of Spider-Man, each originating from a different universe in the Marvel Comics multiverse. Previous Spider-Man voice actors Neil Patrick Harris, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Dan Gilvezan, and Josh Keaton each voice one of the four Spider-Men.


title: Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions

text: The game revolves around an artifact known as the Tablet of Order and Chaos. When it is shattered into pieces during a fight between Spider-Man and Mysterio, it causes problems with multiple realities across the Marvel Multiverse. Madame Web calls on four versions of Spider-Man from four different realities to restore balance to the multiverse: the Amazing Spider-Man, Spider-Man Noir, Spider-Man 2099, and Ultimate Spider-Man. The player controls each of the four Spider-Men as they attempt to retrieve the tablet fragments from villains within their respective dimensions, who now possess new abilities granted by the tablet.


title: Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions

text: "Shattered Dimensions" received mostly positive reviews from critics upon release. Reviewers generally praised the concept of bringing four Marvel universes together, and lauded the voice acting, combat, presentation, humor, and score, though criticism was aimed at the story, choice of villains and the overall design of the cutscenes as well as the technical difficulties.


title: Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions

text: A sequel, "", was released in October 2011, featuring only the Amazing Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2099. Both the game and its sequel were de-listed from the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live marketplaces in 2014 following the expiration of Activision's existing licensing deal with Marvel. "Shattered Dimensions" was re-released via Steam on October 24, 2015, but was later removed on April 1, 2017.


title: Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions

text: One of the writers of the game, Mark Hoffmeier, also worked on the well-received Spider-Man The Animated Series on Fox Kids before working on the game. Some of the concepts from the TV show influenced the game, including the use of multiple versions of Spider-Man (as seen on the show) and the concept of the Tablet of Order and Chaos. Another version of this, the Tablet of Time, appears in the animated series. The game is notable for inspiring the 2014 comic book storyline, "Spider-Verse", also written by Dan Slott, which in turn would inspire the 2018 animated film "".


title: Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions

text: "Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions" is a level-based third-person action-adventure video game, where the player assumes the role of one out of four versions of Spider-Man, spanning across the Amazing, Noir, 2099, and Ultimate universes. Gameplay revolves around each Spider-Man's unique superhuman abilities; players are able to web swing, web zip, crawl walls, and use the 'spider-sense' to identify enemies or objects of interest. The combat of the game offers a large variety of fighting moves, and each Spider-Man has his own fighting style. The points necessary for buying upgrades and new fighting moves are earned from defeating enemies or completing various challenges in the "Web of Destiny". The points earned can also be used to purchase 16 alternate costumes (four for each Spider-Man), which do not provide any gameplay advantages and are purely cosmetic.


title: Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions

text: The game features numerous supervillains from classic Spider-Man comics as bosses; some of the villains are created exclusively for the game, such as the 2099 versions of Hobgoblin and Doctor Octopus, and the Noir version of Hammerhead. All bosses are usually fought twice in a level, and during the second battle, they possess a new series of powers, granted to them by the Tablet of Order and Chaos, requiring players to change their strategy. During specific parts of the boss battles, "Shattered Dimensions" switches to a first-person perspective, where the player can use the analog sticks (or the Wii Remote and Nunchuk in the Wii version) to control Spider-Man's arms, punching their opponent and dodging their attacks. Three different types of punches are available.


title: Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions

text: There are several drastic gameplay differences from a Spider-Man to another. For example, the Spider-Man Noir levels require players to hide in the shadows and take down enemies stealthily, whereas the Ultimate Spider-Man levels put more emphasis on combat and often have the player fighting large crowds of enemies; this is possible due this version of Spider-Man being provided with the symbiote black suit by Madame Web that increases his strength. The Spider-Man 2099 levels feature unique free falling segments and a bullet time mechanic, which allows players to slow down time to dodge incoming projectiles.


title: Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions

text: The Nintendo DS version of "Shattered Dimensions" is a side-scrolling brawler with little gameplay difference between the multiple iterations of Spider-Man. This version also omits Ultimate Spider-Man, and features less villains: Electro and the Tinkerer for the Amazing Spider-Man; Boomerang and Calypso for Spider-Man Noir; and Vulture and Silvermane for Spider-Man 2099. Not all the moves are available at the beginning, and can be unlocked as players progress through the game. While most of the action is played with pad and button controls, the touchscreen is used to play a mini-game in between levels to help Spider-Man use the Tablet to travel between dimensions.


title: Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions

text: During a confrontation with Mysterio, who attempts to steal the Tablet of Order and Chaos, the Amazing Spider-Man accidentally shatters the Tablet into 17 fragments. While Mysterio makes off with one piece, Spider-Man is approached by Madame Web, who reveals that the other fragments have been scattered across this and three other realities across the Multiverse. To restore balance, Madame Web recruits Spider-Man of Earth-616, Spider-Man Noir of Earth-20914, Spider-Man 2099 of Earth-928, and Ultimate Spider-Man of Earth-1610 (whose Venom Symbiote is kept in line by Madame Web's powers) to retrieve the fragments from their native dimensions. After the Spider-Men collect their first fragment with no difficulty, Madame Web warns them that the Tablet pieces can grant incredible powers and must not be allowed to fall into the wrong hands.


title: Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions

text: While searching for their second fragment, the Spider-Men discover that they have already been found by supervillains. In the Amazing universe, Kraven the Hunter forces Spider-Man to overcome a series of trials for a fragment; however, after Spider-Man defeats him, Kraven reneges on their deal and uses the Tablet piece to gain superhuman speed and strength. In the Noir universe, Hammerhead uses a fragment to fuse his guns with his arms and, driven mad by power, seeks to overthrow his boss, Norman "The Goblin" Osborn. In the 2099 universe, Hobgoblin, an android mercenary, uses a fragment to increase his psy-powers and create illusions to torment Spider-Man 2099. In the Ultimate universe, Electro attacks a hydro-electric dam and uses the fragment he found to grow larger and more powerful as he absorbs more energy. In the end, the Spider-Men defeat the villains and retrieve their fragments before heading off to find more.


title: Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions

text: The Amazing Spider-Man finds another fragment at an abandoned Roxxon Industries quarry, but it is stolen by Sandman, who uses it to increase his powers and take over the quarry. Spider-Man Noir pursues the Vulture, Osborn's right-hand man and his Uncle Ben's killer, for a fragment, which has granted the villain teleportation powers. Spider-Man 2099 faces his half-brother Scorpion of 2099 who has stolen a fragment from the Public Eye Patrol for a contractor in exchange for reversing his mutation, gaining the ability to create numerous offsprings in the process. Ultimate Spider-Man competes in Deadpool's reality TV show, "Pain Factor", for a fragment, which the latter eventually uses to clone himself. Meanwhile, Mysterio discovers his fragment granted him magic powers, and seeks out the rest. When the Spider-Men return to Madame Web with the fragments they collected, Mysterio attacks them, threatening to kill Madame Web if they do not deliver the remaining pieces.


title: Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions

text: The Amazing Spider-Man finds his final fragment at a construction yard, but is forced to intervene in Silver Sable and the Wild Pack's chase of the Juggernaut after the latter unknowingly picks it up. Spider-Man Noir faces Osborn, who used a fragment to gain a goblin-like appearance and took over a carnival to lure him into a trap. Spider-Man 2099 breaks into Alchemax, where he finds his final fragment in the hands of his time period's Doctor Octopus named Dr. Serena Patel, who hopes to use it to power a dangerous reactor. Ultimate Spider-Man visits the Triskelion to seek S.H.I.E.L.D.'s help in finding his final fragment, only to find the base under Carnage's control after S.H.I.E.L.D. scientists fused the creature with a Tablet piece, giving it the ability to resurrect its victims into zombie-like minions.


title: Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions

text: After retrieving the final set of fragments, the Spider-Men return to Mysterio, who absorbs the complete Tablet after a brief struggle and becomes a god. He shatters the borders between realities, seeking to create a new one under his rule. However, this allows Madame Web to summon the four Spider-Men to fight Mysterio together. After defeating Mysterio and separating him from the Tablet, the Multiverse is restored to normal and Spider-Man Noir, Spider-Man 2099, and Ultimate Spider-Man return to their native realities, while the Amazing Spider-Man takes Mysterio to prison.


title: Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions

text: Each of the different Spider-Men is portrayed by an actor who voiced Spider-Man in a prior animated series:


title: Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions

text: Jamie Thomson served as voice director, having previously directed "The Spectacular Spider-Man". Jim Dooley composed the game's orchestral score.


title: Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions

text: "Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions" was unveiled on March 30, 2010, where two of the universes, Amazing and Noir, were revealed. The third universe, 2099, was revealed on June 8. The final universe, Ultimate, was first shown to players at San Diego Comic-Con 2010. Beenox made each universe feel unique by creating an individual art style for each universe and giving each Spider-Man different gameplay mechanics. For example, the Amazing and Ultimate universes are rendered with bright colors and tones of cel shading, with the Amazing universe given a traditional comic feel based on those of 1960s classic comic book art styles, while the Ultimate universe was meant to evoke more modern comics from the early 2000s. In contrast, the Noir and 2099 universes are rendered with realistic graphics, with the 2099 universe given a futuristic feel while the Noir universe was given a "very dark, very gritty" appearance. The developers also worked closely with Marvel Comics to create new versions of characters not seen before in a particular universe, such as Hobgoblin 2099, Hammerhead Noir, and Doctor Octopus 2099. The story for the game was written by "Amazing Spider-Man" writer Dan Slott and later provided him with an inspiration for the Spider-Verse comic book crossover event, which saw dozens of Spider-Men from alternate realities teaming up.


title: Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions

text: Several pre-order bonuses were offered for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions prior to release. Players who pre-ordered at GameStop received a Cosmic Spider-Man pack, which provided a Cosmic Spider-Man outfit for each Spider-Man. It was later included as a free bonus on the PC version, along with some minor fixes, which were not patched on the console versions. The Cosmic Spider-Man pack was later publicly released as downloadable content for the Xbox 360 on October 28, and for the PlayStation 3 on November 2, 2010.


title: Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions

text: Pre-orders via Amazon.com included early access to Spider-Man 2099's Iron Spider costume and a book containing concept art for the game. Kmart pre-orders offered early access to Amazing Spider-Man's Scarlet Spider costume, while Best Buy included early access to the Negative Zone costume for Spider-Man Noir. Wal-Mart offered a 20-page comic book for online pre-orders of the game. All the three costumes can otherwise be unlocked with cheat codes on copies of the non-DS versions of the game.


title: Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions

text: "Shattered Dimensions" was de-listed from the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live marketplaces in 2014 following the expiration of Activision's existing licensing deal with Marvel. The game was re-released via Steam on October 24, 2015, but was later removed on April 1, 2017.


title: Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions

text: The game received mostly positive reviews from critics. Metacritic gave it a score of 73 out of 100 for the DS version; 74 out of 100 for the PlayStation 3 version; 76 out of 100 for the Xbox 360 version; 75 out of 100 for the Wii version; and 68 out of 100 for the PC version.


title: Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions

text: IGN gave the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions eight out of ten and said, ""Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions has a lot of great things going for it"", but scored the Wii version half a point lower despite being nearly identical to these two versions due to that version lacking a button to center the camera. "Game Informer" awarded it 8.5 out of 10 and said it ""delivers a non-stop action ride with something new around every corner"". GamesRadar gave it three-and-a-half stars out of five and said ""Shattered Dimensions is a good game, but it fell short of an Ultimate Marvel Team-Up"". "GamePro" gave the Xbox 360 version four and a half out of five stars and said, ""thankfully, [Spider-Man's] latest adventure, Shattered Dimensions, is one of his best yet, offering four unique worlds, classic Spidey action, and an engaging story that puts it near the top of the franchise both in terms of quality and impact"". "X-Play" gave the game four stars out of five and said it ""streamlines the usual trappings of the genre to focus on combat and personality. It's true that the linear gameplay and old-school combat sensibilities don't put it on par with Arkham Asylum, but the game succeeds regardless. It's fun, fast-paced, and long enough to make it well worth checking out"". 1UP.com gave it a B and stated, ""the change in combat options is a welcome addition, I just wish that the story had delivered on the comic legacy of one of Marvel's more enduring heroes"".


title: Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions

text: Non-video-game publications gave some strong praise for the game. "The A.V. Club" gave the Xbox 360 version a B+ and stated: ""Filled with countless remember-when moments—as in Remember when you outran that wave of sand?— Shattered Dimensions is less literary and artful than , but it's far more fun"". "The Daily Telegraph" gave it seven out of ten and stated, ""the combat, and it's worth noting that this makes up the majority of the game, is superb. It's not particularly deep nor clever, but it's immensely rewarding, as too are the scripted first person sections which exist purely to, yes, let you punch things in the face"". However, "The Escapist" gave the Xbox 360 version three stars out of five and said, ""creative set-pieces and an awesome concept can only hide a repetitious game structure for so long - and the stealth sections that mix it up are just frustrating"".


title: Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions

text: The Nintendo DS version of the game drew mixed reviews. IGN and Digital Chumps praised the visuals. IGN felt the visuals stayed true to the comics, while Digital Chumps praised the smooth and detailed animations. Reviewers felt that overall the 2.5D "Metroid"-style gameplay was enjoyable, and fit the DS well. Sounds and voice acting were also praised. Some reviewers felt the game was too short, and that not enough emphasis was put on exploring the open world.


title: Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions

text: The premise of a crossover between different versions of Spider-Man that was used in "Shattered Dimensions" later became the inspiration for the 2014 comic book storyline "Spider-Verse" (the main story of which was also scripted by Dan Slott), which would go on to become one of the most popular and media adapted Spider-Man story-arcs, including a 2018 animated film titled "". Despite none of it being adapted from the game, all four playable Spider-Men (Amazing Spider-Man, Spider-Man Noir, Spider-Man 2099, and Ultimate Spider-Man), as well as Spider-Ham, appear, in varying capacities.


title: 73rd Academy Awards

text: The 73rd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best of 2000 in film and took place on March 25, 2001, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 23 categories. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Gil Cates and was directed by Louis J. Horvitz. Actor Steve Martin hosted the show for the first time. Three weeks earlier in a ceremony at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California held on March 3, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Renée Zellweger.


title: 73rd Academy Awards

text: "Gladiator" won five awards, including Best Picture. Other winners included "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Traffic" with four awards and "Almost Famous", "Big Mama", "Erin Brockovich", "Father and Daughter", "How the Grinch Stole Christmas", "", "Pollock", "Quiero Ser", "U-571", and "Wonder Boys" with one. The telecast garnered almost 43 million viewers in the United States.


title: 73rd Academy Awards

text: The nominees for the 73rd Academy Awards were announced on February 13, 2001, by Robert Rehme, president of the Academy, and Academy Award-winning actress Kathy Bates. "Gladiator" received the most nominations with twelve. "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" came in second with ten.


title: 73rd Academy Awards

text: The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on March 25, 2001. "Gladiator" became the first film to win Best Picture without a directing or screenwriting win since 1949's "All the King's Men". Best Director winner Steven Soderbergh, who received nominations for both "Erin Brockovich" and "Traffic" (for which he won the award), was the third person to receive double directing nominations in the same year. "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" became the third film nominated simultaneously for Best Picture and Best Foreign Language Film in the same year. Moreover, its ten nominations were the most for a foreign language film. With four wins, the film is tied with "Fanny and Alexander" and "Parasite" as the most awarded foreign language films in Academy Awards history. By virtue of his brother's Best Supporting Actor nomination for 1988's "Running on Empty", Best Supporting actor nominee Joaquin Phoenix and River became the first pair of brothers to earn acting nominations.


title: 73rd Academy Awards

text: The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers.


title: 73rd Academy Awards

text: Despite earning both critical praise and increased viewership from last year's ceremony, actor Billy Crystal announced that he would not host the ceremony for a second consecutive year. He listed his role in the film "America's Sweethearts" and his directing and producing duties for the made-for-television film "61*" as obstacles preventing him from reprising his role as emcee. Shortly after being selected as producer for the awards gala, Gil Cates hired actor and comedian Steve Martin as host for the 2001 telecast. Cates explained his choice of Martin as host saying, "He's a movie star, he's funny, he's classy, he's literate — he'll be a wonderful host." Additionally, AMPAS president Robert Rehme approved of the selection stating, "Steve is a man of great style. I am simply elated to have him on board. He was at the top of our list, we offered and he accepted; it was as simple as that." Martin expressed his delight in hosting the gala jokingly retorting, "If you can't win 'em, join 'em."


title: 73rd Academy Awards

text: In view of the gala taking place in the year 2001, Cates christened the show with a theme saluting the Stanley Kubrick science fiction film "". In tandem with the theme, astronauts Susan J. Helms, Yury Usachov, and James S. Voss who were inside the International Space Station Alpha Destiny module during Expedition 2 appeared at the beginning of the telecast via satellite to introduce host Martin. Throughout the broadcast, the orchestra conducted by film composer Bill Conti performed a remixed version of "Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)" composed by Brazilian jazz musician Eumir Deodato. Furthermore, "2001" author Arthur C. Clarke presented the Best Adapted Screenplay award from his home in Sri Lanka.


title: 73rd Academy Awards

text: Several others participated in the production of the ceremony. Production designer Roy Christopher designed a new stage for the show which featured gigantic louvered cove that curved from the stage floor to the ceiling via the auditorium's backstage wall. Many media outlets described the set design resembling a cross section of a space capsule. In addition, four stainless steel arcs each carved with a silhouette of the Oscar statuette were flanked at the front and back of the stage allowing presenters and winners to pass through them. Dancer Debbie Allen choreographed the performances of the Best Original Song nominees. Musicians Yo-Yo Ma and Itzhak Perlman performed excerpts from the five nominees for Best Original Score.


title: 73rd Academy Awards

text: Before the nominees were announced on February 13, the combined gross of the five Best Picture nominees was $471 million with an average of $94 million per film. "Gladiator" was the highest earner among the Best Picture nominees with $186.6 million in domestic box office receipts. The film was followed by "Erin Brockovich" ($125.5 million), "Traffic" ($71.2 million), "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" ($60.7 million) and finally, "Chocolat" ($27 million).


title: 73rd Academy Awards

text: Of the top 50 grossing movies of the year, 49 nominations went to 15 films on the list. Only "Cast Away" (3rd), "Gladiator" (4th), "Erin Brockovich" (12th), "Traffic" (31st), and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" (41st) directing, acting, screenwriting, or Best Picture. The other top 50 box office hits that earned nominations were "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (1st), "The Perfect Storm" (5th), "Meet the Parents" (7th), "The Patriot" (17th), "Space Cowboys" (23rd), "The Emperor's New Groove" (25th), "U-571" (26th), "Hollow Man" (30th), "102 Dalmatians" (38th), and "The Cell" (40th).


title: 73rd Academy Awards

text: The show received a positive reception from most media outlets. Television critic Ken Tucker of "Entertainment Weekly" wrote, "As host, Martin was typically dapper and comfortably low-key, pacing himself throughout the evening." He also added, "The Oscars seemed as bouncy and well oiled as Russell Crowe's 'do—a '50s Gene Vincent-style quiff that made for a cool rock & roll segue into Dylan's Best Song performance." "USA Today" critic Robert Bianco gave an average review of the telecast but commended the host stating, "Martin was a droll delight — as amusing as Oscar star Billy Crystal, but in an entirely different way. Where Crystal was all hard work and good humor, the more deadpan and deceptively proper Martin let his nastier jokes sneak up on you." Tom Shales from "The Washington Post" commented Martin was "the best Oscar host since Johnny Carson." In addition, he quipped that "The show was almost too dignified for its own good, yet it remained exciting and entertaining even at its loftier and more pretentious moments."