Club career.

Barcelona.

Born in Mataró, Barcelona, Catalonia, Aleñá moved to FC Barcelona's youth system, La Masia, in 2005 at the age of 7, after a successful trial. Highly rated by the club, he made his debut with the reserves on 29 August 2015, coming on as a late substitute for David Babunski in a 0–0 Segunda División B home draw against CF Pobla de Mafumet.  On 24 November 2015, Aleñá scored a spectacular goal in a UEFA Youth League game against Roma. He scored his first senior goal on 19 December, in a "Barcelona B" 2–4 away loss to CD Eldense.  Aleñá was first included in Barcelona's main squad on 10 February 2016, remaining an unused substitute in their 1–1 away draw against Valencia CF in the second leg of Copa del Rey semi-finals. He made his first team debut on 30 November of that year, starting and scoring the equalizer in an away draw against Hércules CF for the same scoreline, in the same competition.  Aleñá made his La Liga debut on 2 April 2017, coming on as a second-half substitute for Ivan Rakitić in a 4–1 away routing of Granada CF. On 28 June, he signed a three-year professional deal with Barcelona, including a release clause of €75 million. In July 2018, he was nominated for the prestigious Golden Boy award. On 4 December 2018, Aleñá was officially promoted to the first team, two days after scoring his first league goal for Barcelona against Villarreal CF.

loan to Real Betis.

On 28 December 2019, Barcelona announced that they had reached an agreement with Real Betis for the loan transfer of Aleñá until the end of the season.

Personal life.

Aleñá's father, named Francesc, was also a footballer. A forward, he played for several clubs in the 1980s and 1990s.

Honours.

Barcelona

Carles Aleñá Castillo (born 5 January 1998) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Real Betis on loan from Barcelona.

卡莱斯·阿莱尼亚·卡斯蒂略(Carles Aleñá Castillo,1998年-1月5日),西班牙加泰罗尼亚足球运动员,司职中场,现时被西甲球会巴塞罗那外借至贝迪斯。


Earthquake.

The earthquake struck at 21:19:46 China Standard Time (CST, UTC+8) on 8 August 2017 in Zhangzha Town in Jiuzhaigou County () with magnitude 7.0. Cities as far away as Lanzhou, Chengdu and Xi'an felt the quake. The epicenter was 39 kilometres from the county seat of Jiuzhaigou County, 66 kilometres from Songpan County, 83 kilometres from Zhouqu County, 90 kilometres from Zoigê County, 105 kilometres from Longnan City, and 285 kilometres from Chengdu City.

Setting.

Northern Sichuan lies in an area with high tectonic activity. In this region, the Tibetan Plateau abuts against the Yangtze Plate with immense pressure forming faults along the edges. Jiuzhaigou County is located in the Min Mountains, a range that was formed at the intersection of these faults. The devastating 1879 Gansu earthquake had its epicenter approximately to the east of where the 2017 Jiuzhaigou earthquake occurred. The mountainous areas to the south of Jiuzhaigou County were the epicenter of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake that resulted in tens of thousands of fatalities.  The Jiuzhaigou earthquake did not correlate with any of the known active faults. Field investigation and remote sensing of the surface effects of the earthquake (surface rupture, landslides) permitted the identification of a previously-unknown active fault segment.

Impacts.

According to what the China Earthquake Administration announced, the graph showed that the seismic intensity could be higher than level IX, and the earthquake epicentre in Zhangzha County could reach level VIII.  The earthquake triggered at least 1,883 landslides, most of which were shallow rock slides, debris slides and rock falls that occurred close to the road network.  After the earthquake, the entire Jiuzhaigou County completely suffered a power failure. The eyewitnesses found that some buildings had fallen off in Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area. The staff of the Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area told the correspondent from Xinhua News Agency that in the fourth ditch of the Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area a house had collapsed and cracked, and the locals were stepping up to evacuate people.

Rescue.

The China Earthquake Administration put up a Level I reaction, changing to Level II afterwards, and sent troops to the earthquake area for rescue. At 21:26 CST (UTC+8), Health and Family Planning Commission of Sichuan Province started an emergency plan, and the medical rescue team was going to head to the earthquake area within one hour. The Red Cross Society of China, Sichuan Branch was on emergency standby, preparing for rescue. In the small hours the next day, China's State Council Earthquake relief headquarters established national level II earthquake emergency response.  At 06:20 CST on 9 August, a Shuajingsi Town (刷经寺镇) militia vehicle had a traffic collision to a Sichuan F (Deyang) coach in Hongyuan County, Ngawa Prefecture. 3 people from the coach were injured and were being medically treated.  Until 9 August 2017, there were 40 people critically injured, 7 of whom were transferred to other hospitals, 4 to West China Hospital of Sichuan University, and the rest to Jiuzhaigou County Hospital and Zhongzang Hospital.

Casualties.

The Emergency Management Office of the Ngawa Prefecture, Sichuan Province announced that until 13:10 CST on 9 August, the 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Zhangzha Town in Jiuzhaigou County killed 19 people and injured 247 people, including 40 people critically injured. The following day, the death toll rose to 20 with over 400 injured. Deaths and injuries mainly occurred in Zhangzha Town in Jiuzhaigou County.

Aftershocks.

As of 10 August 2017 10:00 CST (UTC+8), 1,741 aftershocks had occurred, including 30 major ones. Some experts predicted that the aftershocks might reach a magnitude of 6 after several days. The major aftershocks reported by China Earthquake Networks Center are listed below:

The 2017 Jiuzhaigou earthquake occurred on 8 August 2017, in Zhangzha Town, Jiuzhaigou County, Ngawa Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China. The earthquake was registered at M 7.0 and killed at least 25 people in the mountainous region of northern Sichuan.

2017年九寨沟地震是一场发生于2017年8月8日的地震。其震央位于中华人民共和国四川省阿坝州九寨沟县漳扎镇(北纬33.20度,东经103.82度),震级为M7.0,震源深度为12千米。


Plot.

In 2005, in Norwich, England, 11-year-old Zak Knight is engrossed by the WWF (now WWE) King of the Ring pay-per-view event until his younger sister Saraya changes channel to her favorite program, Charmed. The siblings wrestle, urged on by parents Rick and Julia. Rick books the children for their first wrestling match where Saraya, initially reluctant to wrestle a boy, wins as planned.  At 18, competing under the ring name “Britani Knight”, Saraya and her brother “Zak Zodiac” help their parents train prospective wrestlers while working toward their own promotion. Rick and Julia, struggling financially, ask WWE trainer Hutch Morgan to sign the siblings. He finally agrees to a tryout before a SmackDown taping at The O2 Arena, and tells Saraya to find a different name as they "already have a Britani". The siblings receive advice from Dwayne Johnson, and Saraya adopts the name Paige from her favorite Charmed character.  The two try out with several other wrestlers and are all belittled by Morgan. He ultimately chooses Paige over the rest, despite her attempt to have Zak signed too. With his encouragement, Paige leaves for America while Zak continues wrestling on the British independent circuit, assisting his parents’ wrestling school, and tending to his girlfriend and newborn son.  Arriving at NXT in Florida, Paige has difficulty adjusting to the WWE style – chiefly, the absence of intergender competition and the inexperience of her fellow trainees Jeri-Lynn, Kirsten, and Maddison. Paige struggles with performing promos and Morgan's constant belittlement. Morgan makes it clear to Zak that he will never be signed to WWE, and Zak falls into a depression. Paige discovers her parents are selling merchandise of her without her permission and have booked her in a match against Zak scheduled for her Christmas break.  At an NXT live event and her in-ring debut, Paige is heckled by the crowd and freezes, leaving the ring in tears. She decides to bleach her hair and spray tan to look more like other trainees, which only causes more friction. After failing an obstacle course, Paige lashes out at the trainees for gossiping about her when they were actually discussing Kirsten, who has been away from her daughter to give her a better life.  Morgan tells Paige that her brother's future in WWE would only have been as enhancement talent and signing would have ruined his life, implying that it did the same to him. Morgan encourages Paige to quit and return to her family for a happier life. She travels home for the Christmas break. Just before the match against her brother, Paige tells Zak she is leaving WWE. Angry that she is giving up the dream he failed to achieve, Zak goes off-script, defeats Paige and then tells their parents her plans to quit, devastating Ricky. After the family find Zak in a drunken bar fight, Paige admits that Morgan declined to sign Zak to protect him and he needs to focus on what is important in life; his family and coaching children who look up to him. Paige changes her mind after Zak berates her for abandoning their shared dream, and she returns to Florida, resuming her original hair color and skin tone.  She drastically improves in training, befriending and encouraging her fellow trainees. Zak returns to training his parents’ students. Morgan brings the trainees to WrestleMania XXX, where Paige is booked in a suite with The Rock and learns she will make her Raw debut the following night against WWE Divas Champion AJ Lee, as recommended by Morgan. Paige makes her Raw debut and again freezes, but Lee starts the match and unexpectedly puts the Divas Championship on the line. With her family watching on TV, Paige wins the match and the title, finally comfortable enough to say a promo, "This is MY house!".

Cast.

Additionally, WWE wrestlers Big Show, Sheamus and The Miz make appearances as themselves, while an uncredited actor played John Cena. Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler, and John Layfield provide commentary on the Paige vs. AJ Lee match. Several other WWE wrestlers (including Cena himself), as well as the real Knight family, appear in archival footage throughout the film.

Production.

On 7 February 2017, "The Hollywood Reporter" reported that Dwayne Johnson and Stephen Merchant had teamed with WWE Studios and Film4 to produce a film based on the life of Saraya "Paige" Bevis, a professional wrestler with the WWE. Merchant would write and direct the film, while Johnson would cameo in the film and executive produce. In the days after the announcement, the main cast was revealed: Florence Pugh as Saraya, Jack Lowden as Saraya's brother Zak, and Lena Headey and Nick Frost as their parents. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquired the distribution rights on 10 February for US$17.5 million. On 14 February, Johnson announced that Vince Vaughn had been cast, and filming would commence the following day. In-ring scenes were filmed after "WWE Raw" on 20 February at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Filming also took place around Bracknell, specifically the Harmans Water area, Norwich, England, with locations around the city used in the film, as well as the coastal town of Great Yarmouth.

Historical accuracy.

Like many Hollywood-backed biographical films, the film took several liberties with Paige's journey with WWE. Paige's time in NXT was kept minimal with no mention of her reign as NXT Women's Champion, and several characters were fictional, including Hutch Morgan. Additionally, Paige had previously failed a WWE tryout before being successful in another. Johnson himself never met Paige (or any of the Bevis/Knight family) until seeing the original documentary in 2012, unlike the film's fictionalized portrayal of Johnson meeting Paige and Zak backstage of a WWE event in England; Johnson himself had just returned to WWE in 2011 after a seven-year absence when Paige signed with WWE in April 2011.

Release.

"Fighting with My Family" premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival on 28 January. It was released in the United States on 14 February 2019, in four theatres in Los Angeles and New York, and expanded to a wide release on 22 February 2019. It was released on 27 February 2019 in the United Kingdom.

Reception.

Box office.

"Fighting with My Family" grossed in the United States and Canada, and in other territories, for a worldwide total of, against a production budget of.  In its limited opening weekend, "Fighting with My Family" made $162,567 from four theaters over the four-day President's Day weekend. The film expanded to 2,711 theaters the following weekend and made $2.6 million on its first Friday wide, including $450,000 from Thursday night previews, and went on to gross $8 million for the weekend, finishing fourth at the box office. In its second weekend of wide release, the film made $4.7 million, dropping 40% and finishing seventh.

Critical response.

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 93% based on 227 reviews, with an average rating of 7.23/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Much like the sport it celebrates, "Fighting with My Family" muscles past clichés with a potent blend of energy and committed acting that should leave audiences cheering." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 68 out of 100, based on 38 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews." Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A-" on an A+ to F scale, while those at PostTrak gave it an overall positive score of 83% and a 57% "definite recommend."  Nick Allen of "RogerEbert.com" opined in a three-out-of-four star review: "Even though "Fighting with My Family" is undoubtedly about branding the WWE as a fantasy factory, its biggest strengths are its wit and surprisingly big heart."

Fighting with My Family is a 2019 biographical sports comedy-drama film written and directed by Stephen Merchant. Based on the 2012 documentary "The Wrestlers: Fighting with My Family" by Max Fisher, it depicts the career of English professional wrestler Paige as she makes her way up WWE, while also following her brother Zak Zodiac, as he struggles with his failure to achieve similar success. Florence Pugh and Jack Lowden star as Paige and Zodiac respectively, alongside Lena Headey, Nick Frost, Vince Vaughn, and Dwayne Johnson, with the latter also acting as producer.

是2019年传记运动剧情喜剧片,由斯蒂芬·默切特执导、编剧,改编自马克斯·费舍尔2012年纪录片《摔角手:为我的家人而战》,讲述了世界摔角娱乐英国籍职业摔角手佩吉的职业生涯。演员阵容包括佛萝伦丝·普伊、琳娜·海蒂、尼克·佛洛斯特、杰克·洛登、文斯·沃恩和狄维·庄逊,强森也担任了制片人。


Subsidiaries.

Bluehole.

Bluehole Studio was founded in Seoul in March 2007 by Chang Byung-gyu. Chang previously established Neowiz in 1997, along seven other co-founders, moved on to found search engine developer First Snow in 2005, and sold that venture in 2006. The company announced on 22 April 2015 that they had changed their name to simply Bluehole.  In August 2017, Chinese holding company Tencent announced that it had, following a rejected acquisition bid, invested an undisclosed amount of money into Bluehole. Bluehole initially denied that any investment had been made, but later stated that they were in talks with Tencent in multiple partnerships, including the acquisition of an equity stake in Bluehole by Tencent. Subsequently, Tencent acquired 1.5% of Bluehole for a total of. Tencent reaffirmed their intents to fully acquire Bluehole in November 2017. Korean magazine The Korea Times suggested that an initial public offering, through which Bluehole would become a public company, was "out of question" due to Chang Byung-gyu's position as chairman of both Bluehole and the Fourth Industrial Revolution committee. At the time, 38 Communications, a company that tracks unlisted Korean stocks, valued the company at. Tencent plans to invest further to acquire further 10% ownership, raising their total stake to 11.5% Through the acquisition, Tencent is set to become Bluehole's second-largest single shareholder, following Chang Byung-gyu, Bluehole's founder and chairman, who owns 20.6% of the company.

Pnix.

Pnix is a mobile game developer. The company was founded as Pnix Games in 2012. Bluehole announced that they had acquired Pnix Games, alongside Squall, on 22 April 2015. Pnix Games changed their corporate name to Bluehole Pnix in June 2016.

En Masse Entertainment.

En Masse Entertainment is Krafton's North American publishing arm. The company was established as Bluehole Interactive in June 2008. On 26 February 2010, the company announced that it had changed its corporate name to En Masse Entertainment.

Delusion Studio.

Delusion Studio was founded in April 2011 and is headed by Kang Moon-chul. On 22 June 2018, Bluehole announced the acquisition of the studio. Delusion developed mobile games such as "Guardian Stone", "Jellipo", "House of Mice" and, most notably, "Castle Burn".

PUBG Corporation.

PUBG Corporation (or PUBG Corp.), formerly Ginno Games, is an internal studio of Bluehole's that developed one of the establishing battle royale games, "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" ("PUBG"), based on user mods in other games by Brendan "PlayerUnknown" Greene and who was hired by PUBG to develop it into a full title. It was announced that the company would be acquired by Bluehole on 27 January 2015, with the sale to close on 27 March that year. At the time, Ginno Games employed 60 people. Ginno Games changed their corporate name to Bluehole Ginno Games in May 2015. Following the success of "PUBG" in 2017, Bluehole Ginno Games was renamed PUBG Corporation in September 2017.  A second office was established in Madison, Wisconsin in late 2017, with two further offices in Amsterdam and Japan opened later. On 12 March 2018, PUBG Corporation acquired New York-based studio MadGlory, which was renamed PUBG MadGlory.  Greene, having been based in the Seoul offices of PUBG Corp., left that division in March 2019 to lead a new subsidiary, PUBG Special Projects, at the Amsterdam office, later renamed to PUBG Productions. PUBG Productions announced their first game "Prologue" at The Game Awards 2019 in December. Unrelated to "Battlegrounds", "Prologue" is called an exploration of gameplay and technology, and said "to give players unique and memorable experiences, each and every time they play".  In June 2019, a new studio called Striking Distance was opened in conjunction with Glen Schofield, the co-founder of Sledgehammer Games. Striking Distance, headed by Schofield as chief executive officer, is set to develop narrative-driven games based on "PUBG".

Red Sahara Studio.

Red Sahara Studio is a mobile game developer headed by Lee Ji-hoon. On 12 March 2018, Bluehole completed the acquisition of the studio in a stock swap deal. Red Sahara is developing a mobile game based on "TERA".

Defunct subsidiaries.

L-Time Games.

L-Time Games was founded in June 2009. The company attracted a and a investment from Knet Investment Partners and IMM Investments, respectively. L-Time Games was acquired by and merged into Bluehole in January 2014.

Maui Games.

Maui Games was a mobile game developer founded in 2013 by Woonghee Cho, previously head of business development for Neowiz. Bluehole Studio announced on 16 January 2015 that they were acquiring the company, which was completed in October that year. At Bluehole's January 2017 shareholders' meeting, it was decided that Maui Games would enter liquidation, which was effective immediately. Nine staff members of Maui Games, a fraction of that company's total employee count, were reemployed directly within Bluehole.

Bluehole Squall.

Bluehole Squall is a mobile game developer. The company was founded as Squall by Park Jin-seok, a founding member of Neowiz, in 2013. Bluehole announced that they had acquired Squall, alongside Pnix Games, on 22 April 2015. Squall changed their corporate name to Bluehole Squall in March 2016. It was shut down by Krafton Game Union after internal conflicts in 2020.

Krafton Inc. (trade name: Krafton Game Union) is a South Korean video game holding company based in Seongnam. It was founded by Bluehole on 5 November 2018 to better align itself and its subsidiaries under a unified brand.

KRAFTON INC.(),中文一般翻译为魁匠团,前身为游戏工作室“蓝洞”(Bluehole),是一家韩国电子游戏开发商。


Early life.

Tang attended Lingling Number Four High School in Hunan, and then Hunan Normal University.

Arrival in the U.S..

Tang arrived in the United States in April, 1992. In June of that year, at a press conference in Washington, D.C., he announced the existence of an underground group called the All-China People's Autonomous Federation. According to Tang, the Federation was, at that time, operating in the People's Republic of China, and consisted mostly of former students who had taken part in the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. Tang called himself the group's "overseas spokesman." He refused to cite specific members of the group for fear of reprisal by the Chinese Communist Party. The Federation's existence was corroborated by Dr. Robin Munro, who reportedly called the group "extensive and well organized."  Tang was also cited by officials of Asia Watch, a division of Human Rights Watch, for contributing the majority of research to a publication called "Anthems of Defeat: Crackdown in Hunan Province 1989 - 1992." The book details some of the harshest punishments and human rights atrocities meted out by the CCP in the wake of Tiananmen Square. Among these were the plight of three Chinese dissidents sentenced up to life imprisonment for hurling paint at an image of Mao Zedong in connection with student protests during the 1989 democracy movement.

Continued activism.

Since his escape from China, Tang Baiqiao has remained very active in the pro-democracy movement. In particular, he has called for a reassessment of China's human rights policies (including the number of actual casualties sustained in the Tiananmen Square massacre), an examination of the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners worldwide, support for the Dalai Lama's efforts to negotiate change for Tibet, and an end to the Chinese Communist Party. As recently as 2007, Tang alleged that many Chinese Students and Scholars Associations are actually funded by, and function as spies for, the Chinese Communist Party  In an August 2009 interview with "The Epoch Times": "I resist [CCP violence], not only for myself, but for all the dissidents, Falun Gong practitioners...all the people of this country [who wish] to be free, everyone has freedom of speech, [and should be able to] express their views."  Tang is a frequent on-air special commentator for New Tang Dynasty Television. He is a spokesman and officer for the China Interim Government. His articles have appeared in the Journal of International Affairs and Beijing Spring, among other publications.

Retrospective commentary on Tiananmen Square.

In 1999, in an interview with Human Rights Watch, Tang stated that, "The 1989 democracy movement and the June 4 crackdown cut off any meaningful movement toward political change." Specifically, he said that public discussion related to political reforms were taking place before the Tiananmen Square protests. Tang noted that the reform efforts of Zhao Ziyang, Bao Tong, and Chen Yizi might well have prevailed had the crackdown never occurred. In essence, Tiananmen Square allowed CCP leaders such as Jiang Zemin to consolidate their power over the Party, the government, and the military.  In the same interview, Tang noted that corruption, not political reform, was the primary concern of student protestors. He pointed out that students also wished to see Hu Yaobang rehabilitated, as well as increased social benefits for intellectuals. Tang maintains that issues of democracy and human rights only emerged in the end stages of Tiananmen Square, and then somewhat tangentially. However, Tang notes that, due to the 1989 movement, the Chinese government has allowed greater economic, social, and cultural freedoms.

2009 assault.

On July 6, 2009, Tang Baiqiao suffered an seemingly unprovoked assault by several men at a karaoke bar in Flushing, the Chinatown section of Queens. Tang suffered injuries to his face and hand. He maintains the assault was orchestrated and perpetrated by agents of the CCP, most likely in retaliation against statements he made in defense of Falun Gong practitioners, as well as his support for the Tuidang movement, which encourages renunciation of the Communist Party. However, Tang admitted his frustration that United States law enforcement were not convinced the attacks came from Communist sources. His claim has never been independently verified.  His version of events was supported by several New York leaders of the Chinese pro-democracy movement. Tang held a press conference at Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. on July 30, 2009. He denounced the attacks, and called them reminiscent of a similar event that occurred in 2008 where mobs of up to 600 people physically and verbally assaulted Falun Gong members volunteering at a neighborhood community action center.

Publications.

"Anthems of Defeat: Crackdown in Hunan Province 1989 - 1992", with Robin Munro (1991)  Various articles  "My Two Chinas: The Memoir of a Chinese Counterrevolutionary", with Damon DiMarco (2011) from Prometheus Books  Tang wrote the forward to Peter Navarro's 2011 book "Death by China", which highlights the threats to America's economic dominance in the 21st century posed by China's Communist Party.  He is a noted supporter of President Donald Trump.  In 2017 he started a Twitter account that translates to Simplified Chinese all of President Trump's tweets

Tang Baiqiao (; born 11 August 1967, Yongzhou; sometimes spelled "Tang Boqiao") is a Chinese political dissident from Hunan province who led student protests during the 1989 democracy movement. After the incident at Tiananmen Square, Tang fled from agents of the Communist Party of China who eventually arrested him in the city of Jiangmen. He was charged with being a counter-revolutionary and imprisoned. Upon his release, he fled to Hong Kong, where he co-authored the report "Anthems of Defeat: Crackdown in Hunan Province 1989 - 1992" through Human Rights Watch with Dr. Robin Munro of the University of London. Tang was later accepted into the United States as a political refugee in 1992. Tang claimed that he graduated in 2003 with a Master's degree in international affairs from Columbia University, but university archive and registrar of Columbia University claimed that he studied there but did not graduate.

唐柏桥(1967年-8月11日),中国湖南省永州人,目前旅居美国加州,是一位中华人民共和国持不同政见者,曾经就于湖南师范大学政治系,1989年天安门事件后曾经入狱。1992年以政治难民身份赴美,后就读于哥伦比亚大学(未毕业),为《致命中国》英文版的序言作者。


High school and college career.

Kyle Seager is the eldest of three sons born to Jeff and Jody Seager. His brother Corey was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the first round of the 2012 Draft, while brother Justin was selected by the Mariners in 2013.  Seager attended Northwest Cabarrus High School in Concord, North Carolina where he earned Co-North Carolina Player of the Year honors.  Seager elected to stay in-state, playing college baseball at the University of North Carolina, where he had a career.353 batting average with 17 home runs, 66 doubles and 167 RBI. In 2008, he set a school record for doubles in a season (30), was a semifinalist for the Golden Spikes Award, and was named to the watch list for both the Dick Howser Trophy and the Brooks Wallace Award.  During the summers of 2007 and 2008, Seager played for the Chatham A's in the Cape Cod Baseball League.

Professional career.

Minor leagues.

Seager spent the majority of the 2009 season with the Class-A Clinton LumberKings. He hit.275 with a home run and 22 RBI. He also played one game with the AZL Mariners and two with the Class-A Advanced High Desert Mavericks. Seager spent the entire 2010 season with the High Desert Mavericks, batting.345 with 14 home runs and 74 RBI.  He was ranked by Baseball America as the ninth best prospect in the Mariners organization for 2011. He split the season between the Double-A Jackson Generals, batting.312 with 4 home runs and 37 RBI in 66 games, and the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers, where he hit.387 with 3 home runs and 17 RBI in 24 games.

Seattle Mariners.

On July 6, 2011, Seager had his contract purchased by the Mariners. He hit his first Major League home run on August 19, 2011 against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field, and finished the year with a.258 batting average, 3 home runs and 13 RBI in 53 games.  In 2012, his first full MLB season, Seager hit.259 with 20 home runs and 86 RBI in 155 games.  On June 5, 2013, he hit a grand slam against the Chicago White Sox in the 14th inning. It was the first time in MLB history that a player hit a game-tying grand slam in extra innings. He finished 2013 with a.260 batting average, 22 home runs and 69 RBI in 160 games.  On April 23, 2014, he drove in five runs to avoid a sweep against the Houston Astros. He hit a two-run home run in the seventh inning to cut the Astros lead to 3–2, and hit a walk-off three-run shot in the bottom of the ninth, allowing the Mariners to win 5–3. The first walk-off hit of his career, his performance earned him an April Co-Player of the Week Award, shared with José Abreu of the White Sox. On June 2, Seager went 4–4 with a double, two triples and a three-run home run against the New York Yankees. The first Mariner to accomplish the feat, he became the first MLB player with two triples and at least one double and homer in a game since Hal Breeden for the Montreal Expos in 1973. On June 15, he went 4–4 with two singles and two doubles and three RBI. On July 7, he was named to his first All-Star team as an injury replacement for Toronto Blue Jays player Edwin Encarnación. He finished 2014 with a.268 batting average, 25 home runs and 96 RBI in 159 games.  On November 4, 2014, he was awarded a Gold Glove.  On December 2, 2014, the Mariners finalized a 7-year, $100 million contract extension with Seager. In 2015, he hit.266 with 26 home runs and 74 RBI in 161 games.  On April 25, 2016, he hit his 100th career home run in a game against Houston. He finished 2016 with a.278 batting average, 30 home runs and 99 RBI in 158 games and he and his brother, Corey, made history by becoming the first pair of brothers in major league history to each hit 25 or more homers in the same season. On defense, he led the major leagues in fielding errors, with 18.  In 2017, he hit.249 with 27 home runs and 88 RBI in 154 games, his sixth consecutive season with at least 20 home runs and at least 154 games played.  On April 7, 2018, he reached 1,000 career hits against the Minnesota Twins. Seager continued his streak of seasons with 20 or more home runs and at least 154 games played, hitting 22 home runs with 78 RBIs in 155 games but hit a career low.221 in the process.  In 2019, during a spring training game, Seager sustained an injury to his left hand while attempting a diving play on a ball. He was later diagnosed with a hand injury and would require hand surgery that would sideline him for 8 to 10 weeks. He missed 53 games before returning to the lineup in late May 2019. On August 13, 2019, in an 11-6 victory over the Detroit Tigers, Seager became the 11th Mariner to hit 3 home runs in a game, and the first since 2010; the third home run was a ricochet off the glove of Goodrum when a teammate collided with him near the wall. In 106 games, Seager hit.239 with 23 home runs and 63 RBI, extending his streak of consecutive seasons of 20 or more home runs to eight.

Personal.

Seager and his wife, Julie, married in 2011. Together, they have two daughters and a son.  Seager grew up a New York Yankees fan and idolized Derek Jeter.

Kyle Duerr Seager (born November 3, 1987) is an American professional baseball third baseman with the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was selected by the Mariners in the third round of the 2009 Major League Baseball draft. In 2014, he was an All Star and won a Gold Glove Award.

凯尔·杜尔·席格(英语:Kyle Duerr Seager,1987年-11月3日),为美国职棒大联盟的三垒手,目前效力于西雅图水手。他于2009年美国职棒大联盟选秀第三轮被水手队选走,并于2011年登上大联盟。


Gameplay.

"Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus" is an action-adventure shooter game played from a first-person perspective. To progress through the story, players battle enemies throughout levels. The game utilizes a health system in which players' health is divided into separate sections that regenerate; if an entire section is lost, players must use a health pack to replenish the missing health. Players use melee attacks, firearms, and explosives to fight enemies, and may run, jump, crawl, and occasionally swim to navigate through the locations. Melee attacks can be used to silently take down enemies without being detected. Alternatively, players can ambush enemies, which often results in an intense firefight between the two parties. Enemy commanders can call for reinforcements several times.  A cover system can be used in combat as assistance against enemies. Players have the ability to lean around, over, and under cover, which can be used as a tactical advantage during shootouts and stealth levels. Stilts are also available during some game segments for a further tactical advantage. The game gives players a wide variety of weapon options; they can be found on the ground, retrieved from dead enemies, or removed from their stationary position and carried around. Weapon ammunition must be manually retrieved from the ground or from dead enemies. Players have access to a weapon inventory, which allows them to carry as many weapons as they find. Players have the ability to freely mix weapons for dual wielding, giving them an advantage over enemies by dealing twice as much damage. Players can also customize weapons through the use of upgrades. Scopes and suppressors can also be attached to weapons.

Plot.

During the final events of "", the Kreisau Circle retrieves a critically injured William "B.J." Blazkowicz (Brian Bloom) from Deathshead's fortress before destroying it with a nuclear cannon. Blazkowicz falls into a 5-month long coma. As he fades in and out of consciousness aboard the U-boat "Eva's Hammer", it is revealed that Anya, Blazkowicz's love interest, is pregnant with twins. The U-boat is attacked by SS-Obergruppenfuhrer Irene Engel, a sadistic Nazi commander who captures Caroline and Fergus or Wyatt (depending on who the player let Deathshead kill in a flashback). Blazkowicz devises a plan to get himself captured and taken to Engel's airship, the "Ausmerzer", which is suspending the U-boat above water. Engel tries to get her daughter Sigrun to decapitate Caroline, but the former refuses, resulting in Engel killing Caroline herself. Sigrun has a change of heart and tackles Engel, allowing Blazkowicz to use Caroline's armor. Blazkowicz disconnects "Eva's Hammer" from the "Ausmerzer" and flees back to the U-boat with Caroline's body.  After Caroline's funeral, the group decides to carry out what would have been the next step in her plan to end the Nazi regime: liberate America and use it as a central base from which to free the rest of the world. The group sets out to contact a resistance group hiding in the Empire State Building amid the ruins of Manhattan, which was destroyed by a Nazi atomic bomb. Blazkowicz finds and recruits Grace Walker, a passionate, scarred African-American, and Norman "Super Spesh" Caldwell, a lawyer-turned-conspiracy theorist. Grace informs the Circle of her plan to kill the top Nazi leaders by destroying the Oberkommando, in Roswell, New Mexico near the site of an unearthed Da'at Yichud cache. Blazkowicz travels to Roswell with a portable nuclear warhead, before heading to Super Spesh's hideout. Spesh takes him to his bunker and to a tunnel that leads to the Oberkommando, where Blazkowicz deposits the bomb in the base's reactor and detonates it.  After escaping Roswell, he takes a detour to Mesquite, his hometown. Blazkowicz's abusive father Rip appears and chastises him, justifying his abuse of Blazkowicz and his mother, and allowing her to be taken by the Nazis because she was Jewish, and that he intends to hand him over to the Nazis. Blazkowicz kills his father as Engel's forces arrive and he is captured once more. Super Spesh later visits Blazkowicz under the guise of his lawyer, telling him of their plan to break him out. However, Engel kills Spesh, having known his ruse.  Blazkowicz is sentenced to death and beheaded at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C. in front of millions in a televised event. However, the Kreisau Circle recovers his head and Set surgically grafts it onto a bioengineered Nazi super-soldier body. Blazkowicz breaks into a Nazi bunker hidden under New York, stealing a file on New Orleans, which is revealed to be a large ghetto. Blazkowicz travels there to gather several freedom fighters under the command of communist Horton Boone. They break out of the ghetto and escape on "Eva's Hammer". The Kreisau Circle considers capturing the "Ausmerzer" to prevent its use against the group's planned revolution, but realize that it would be nearly impossible due to an automated defense system called ODIN. The group plans to steal the codes to deactivate ODIN by traveling to Venus, where the codes are kept in a Nazi facility. Blazkowicz assumes the identity of an actor and is invited to Venus to participate in a propaganda film audition produced by Adolf Hitler, who is looking for a suitable actor to play Blazkowicz. Blazkowicz retrieves the ODIN codes and returns to Earth to decipher them. The Kreisau Circle mounts an assault on the "Ausmerzer", where the resistance members disable ODIN and hijack its command systems. Blazkowicz and his team travel back to the ground, where Engel is on national television in California. Blazkowicz kills Engel and the Kreisau Circle proclaims the start of a revolution to liberate America.  In a post-credits scene, Blazkowicz takes back his heirloom ring from Engel's body and proposes to Anya. The revolution is depicted pictorially during the credits sequence.

"The Freedom Chronicles" downloadable content.

Released as downloadable content, the Freedom Chronicles follow the stories of other American freedom fighters battling the Nazis in the American Territories.  African American athlete Joseph Stallion, nicknamed "Gunslinger Joe", is enslaved by the Nazis and forced to play in rigged American football matches against Aryan teams. Joe becomes fed up with this treatment and retaliates, beating the opposing Aryans unconscious and scoring a touchdown. He is promptly arrested for his defiance. His captor, a sadistic American dentist turned Nazi officer, Dr. Roderick Metze, decides to send him to Research Station Omega to be experimented on.  Joe wakes up in a cell, where he hears that an anti-Nazi revolution is sweeping across the country and that there is a Resistance cell headquartered at the Oak Street Hotel. He escapes his cell and fights his way through the facility, eventually making his way there. However, he is captured by Metze who gloats he sided with the Nazis as revenge for the Confederate States of America losing the American Civil War. Joe recognizes Metze as the man who arrested his father during the Nazi invasion. Angered, Joe escapes custody once more.  Joe proceeds to pursue Metze to the secret police headquarters. While Metze manages to escape, Joe finds his father and frees him, burning down the secret police headquarters in the process. Joe pursues Metze across the Midwest to the Topeka Space Center in Kansas. He learns that Metze has fled to the Venus base in order to utilize a weapon called the Sun Gun (Sonnengewehr) to destroy the Midwest and end the Resistance. Joe stows away in a spacecraft and makes his way to Venus, where he confronts Metze. Metze is able to wound Joe and hold him at gunpoint, gloating that the only reason he did not fire the Sun Gun is that it is not operational yet. Joe catches Metze off guard by tackling him and throwing him out a window to his death. As Nazi reinforcements arrive, Joe prepares for a last stand.  Agent Jessica Valiant, codenamed "Silent Death", was a British OSA agent who was married to fellow agent Jack Valiant. Despite their best efforts in World War II, they could not prevent the Nazi victory. As a result, Jack sacrificed his life to ensure Jessica could escape Britain. Broken, Jessica fled to Rio de Janeiro where she lived in hiding until she received a mysterious letter instructing her to assassinate three high ranking Nazi officials who were responsible for Jack's death: Ubercommander Hans Stiglitz, Nazi collaborator Chuck Lorentz, and General Gerhardt Dunkel. Bent on revenge, Jessica leaves for California.  Jessica chooses Stiglitz as her first target and heads for the Gestapo headquarters in Sacramento. She manages to assassinate him and make her escape. Next, she heads to Hollywood to assassinate Lorentz. Finally, she travels to the Nazi Moon base to assassinate Dunkel. After all three targets are killed, Jessica returns to Brazil, where she intends to live out the rest of her life in peace. However, even though Jack's death is avenged, she still feels a void within her. Eventually, she receives another mysterious letter, informing her that a new revolution is forming in America and the Resistance needs her help. Jessica realizes that what she was missing was not just Jack, but also her desire to end the Nazi regime. She decides to travel back to America to fight the Nazis.  Captain Jerry Wilkins, an American soldier who fought in World War II, is forced to flee America when the Nazis invade and drop an atomic bomb on New York City. For the next 20 years, he lives in hiding until he receives a mysterious message instructing him to travel to Kodiak Island, Alaska to stop a Nazi project called the "Sun Gun", which is under the direction of General Wolfgang Schwarz. Eager to continue the fight, Wilkins hijacks a Nazi U-boat and infiltrates a Nazi base in Anchorage. There, he meets his old second in command, Clive Cross, and a young resistance fighter, Ginny Williams. They inform him that General Schwarz is throwing a party in the nearby Kodiak Island in preparation for firing the Sun Gun. The trio makes their way to the base, where they first need to disable a pair of superguns so they can reach General Schwarz's U-boat. Wilkins and Cross each go to destroy one of the superguns, and Wilkins destroys his target. However, Cross reveals himself to be a Nazi spy and springs a trap for Wilkins and Ginny. Wilkins is able to sabotage the second supergun, trapping Cross under some rubble before executing him.  Wilkins and Ginny continue on their way to General Schwarz's U-boat, where Ginny reveals that she is, in fact, Wilkins' daughter. Wilkins is shocked at the revelation since he had not seen his lover, Henrietta since he had to leave for Europe. Determined to better know his daughter, Wilkins fights his way through the U-boat until he reaches the bridge where General Schwarz is waiting. However, General Schwarz is already waiting for him and has his hand on the lever to fire the Sun Gun. Fortunately, while Wilkins was fighting, Ginny had taken advantage of the distraction to disable all of the satellite dishes, preventing any attempt to fire the Sun Gun. Wilkins then kills General Schwarz and captures the U-boat. Despite their victory, Wilkins and Ginny decide to continue the fight, since the Sun Gun is still in orbit above Earth and must be dealt with.

Development.

The narrative theme of "The New Colossus" is "catharsis". Creative director Jens Matthies was intrigued by the juxtaposition of America, which was "founded on the idea of freedom", to be under totalitarian control. The development team also enjoyed exploring iconic American locations and events of the 1960s, such as diners and parades. The team attempted to make the enemies larger and more intimidating for players. The game features over 100 actors, whose performances were recorded using performance capture technology; about 40 hours of performances were recorded. The development team wanted to delve further into the character of protagonist William "B.J." Blazkowicz, for players to feel as though they are him. In the game's opening, Blazkowicz uses a wheelchair; the team was enthusiastic to include combat during these scenes, as a "testament to B.J.'s willpower". The game was developed using id Tech 6; the technology and animations required a complete overhaul from "The New Order", which used id Tech 5. The team also built a full body model of Blazkowicz, which can be seen from the first-person perspective.  The developers stated that they did not intend the game to be a commentary on contemporary politics, other than a few jokes. However, commentators drew parallels between the game's premise and contemporary accounts of the rise of alt-right in the United States, particularly after the events of the August 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia and the murder of counter-protestor Heather Heyer. Bethesda's marketing head Pete Hines stated that game was "not written to be a commentary on current events, because no one – at MachineGames or at Bethesda – could predict what would happen". Hines further stated that they otherwise made no changes to the game, nor plan to change downloadable content for the game, based on these events.

Music production.

Mick Gordon, who previously composed the 2016 reboot of "Doom", returned to score "Wolfenstein II" along with newcomer Martin Stig Andersen, who previously composed the puzzle-platformer video game "Inside", along with special music contributions by Fredrik Thordendal, Pedro Macedo Camacho, who previously worked on "Star Citizen" and Christoffer Larsson. The official soundtrack was released digitally on 19 June 2018. Like the other game, the music is primarily industrial, with distorted synthesizers and reverbed electric guitars, with some rock influence.

Promotion and release.

While the game itself was not intended to reference current events, Bethesda, supported by MachineGames, opted to use current attitudes towards Nazis from these events in its marketing of the title. Bethesda's Marketing VP Pete Hines stated: "We weren't going to hide from the fact our game is about killing Nazis and freeing the US from their rule, and if we can reference current events as part of talking about the game, so be it. Nazis are evil. We aren't afraid to remind people of that". The game adopted the phrase "Make America Nazi-Free Again", based on Donald Trump's slogan "Make America Great Again", as its primary advertising tagline. Other ads used the phrase "Not My America", a slogan used by groups protesting Trump's policies. The marketing campaign drew positive attention, but was criticized by members of the alt-right, as well as Trump supporters who said the advertisements unfairly associated them with Nazis. Responding to the negative feedback, Hines said, "we don't feel it's a reach for us to say Nazis are bad and un-American, and we're not worried about being on the right side of history here". He also said "people who are against freeing the world from the hate and murder of a Nazi regime probably aren't interested in playing Wolfenstein." "Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus" was originally teased at Bethesda's press conference during E3 2016. The game was officially announced at the E3 2017 conference in June 2017. The game was released on 27 October 2017 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. A 2018 release for Nintendo Switch was announced during the September 2017 Nintendo Direct presentation. The Nintendo Switch version was released on 29 June 2018. The game's collector's edition includes a Blazkowicz action figure, a steelbook, and a poster.  For the German release of "The New Colossus", all Nazi symbols and references were removed; it is a criminal offence to display Nazi imagery on toys in Germany. The German software ratings board, Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle, later introduced the "social adequacy clause", which allowed the use of such imagery in relevant scenarios, reviewed on a case-by-case basis. Bethesda made the uncensored international version (which lacks German as a language option) available for purchase in Germany on 22 November 2019, while continuing to sell the censored and localised version separately.

Reception.

Pre-release.

The game's announcement was met with praise from game journalists. Kat Bailey of "USGamer" named it the "best game of E3", while Nerdist's Dan Casey and "PC Gamer"s Evan Lahti listed it among their favorites. Oli Welsh of "Eurogamer" wrote that the game is "a bracing piece of trailer theatre with real character and daring". At IGN's Best of E3 2017 Awards, the game was awarded Best Shooter; it was also nominated for Game of Show and Best Trailer.

Post-release.

"Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus" was released to "generally favorable" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic. Chris Moyse's 8/10 score on "Destructoid" stated that "Impressive effort with a few noticeable problems holding it back. Won't astound everyone, but is worth your time and cash." Michael Goroff's score of 8/10 on EGMNow said that ""Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus" story and imaginative level design carry the burden of its quality on their shoulders, but they're backed up by solid shooter mechanics and really cool guns. While the experience as a whole might be inconsistent and sometimes frustrating, it's an experience worth having. After all, you get to blow up a bunch of Nazis. Also, did we mention the guns were really cool?" Jason Faulkner from Game Revolution gave the game a score of 4 out of 5 stars saying that ""Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus" wraps up the feeling of a blockbuster movie in something you can interact with. There's a lot of games that do that, but the spectacle here is outstanding, and the fast-paced gunplay and compelling main story made me want more when the credits rolled. Killing Nazis is one of the most fun and wholesome things a person can do, and there's no better way than to do it with "Wolfenstein II"." Andy Hartup of GamesRadar+ awarded it 4.5 out of 5 stars stating that ""Wolfenstein II" offers slick shooting, plenty of spectacle, and heaps of fun characters to interact with. The plot is far from perfect, and levels are a touch dull, but overall it's a must-play." 9.1/10 was Dan Stapleton's score on IGN with the consensus: "The excellent shooting action in "Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus" is paired with a fantastically written and acted story." Samuel Roberts's 81/100 score on "PC Gamer" stated that ""The New Colossus" is a fun and frantic FPS, even if it doesn't feel quite as fresh as "The New Order" did." ""Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus" jumps from breakneck bloodshed, to humour involving your endearing crew, with aplomb; a masterfully done sequel," was Colm Ahern's conclusion on VideoGamer.com with a score of 9/10.  "Entertainment Weekly" placed "Wolfenstein II" at #10 on the list of the "Best Games of 2017", "Polygon" also placed it at #10 on their list of the 50 best games of 2017, and "GamesRadar+" ranked it eighth on their list of the 25 Best Games of 2017, while "Eurogamer" ranked the game 20th on their list of the "Top 50 Games of 2017". EGMNow also ranked the game at #5 in their list of the 25 Best Games of 2017.

Sales.

The game debuted in 4th place in the UK and Australian Sales charts, 5th in the New Zealand Sales charts and 14th in the U.S. sales charts.

Awards.

The game was nominated for Best Gaming Performance (Brian Bloom) and Studio of the Year (MachineGames) at the 35th Annual Golden Joystick Awards, though it lost both of them to Ashly Burch in "Horizon Zero Dawn" (Best Gaming Performance) and Nintendo EPD (Studio of the Year). At The Game Awards 2017, "Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus" won the award for "Best Action Game", whereas its other nominations were for "Best Game Direction", "Best Narrative", and "Best Performance" with Brian Bloom. It also won the award for "Best Action Game" at the Titanium Awards, whereas its other nominations were for "Game of the Year" and "Best Interpretation". At IGN's Best of 2017 Awards, "Wolfenstein II" won "Best Shooter" and "Best Story", whereas its other nominations were for "Game of the Year", "Best PC Game", "Best Xbox One Game", "Best PlayStation 4 Game", and "Best Graphics". The game was also nominated at "Destructoid"s Game of the Year Awards 2017 for "Best Xbox One Game". In Giant Bomb's Game of the Year 2017 Awards, Hitler's audition scene won the award for "Best "Wolfenstein II" Moment or Sequence", while the scene of B.J.'s return home and confronting his father and the following scene of B.J.'s "execution" and return as a super-soldier became runners-up for the award. The website also classified the game as a runner-up each for the "Best Story" and "Game of the Year" awards. The game was also nominated for "Best Action Game" and "Best Story" at "PC Gamer"s Game of the Year 2017 Awards. It won the award for "Best Campaign" and "Best Character" for Gen. Irene Engel in "Game Informer"s 2017 Shooter of the Year Awards; it also came in the lead for "Best Shooter" in their Reader's Choice Best of 2017 Awards. It also won the Herman Melville Award for Best Writing at the New York Game Awards 2018, whereas its other nominations were for the Big Apple Award for Best Game of the Year, the Tin Pan Alley Award for Best Music in a Game, and the Great White Way Award for Best Acting in a Game with both Brian Bloom and Nina Franoszek. The game was also nominated for "Best Narrative" at the 18th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards, for "Excellence in Gameplay" at the 2018 SXSW Gaming Awards, and for "Narrative" at the 14th British Academy Games Awards, and for "Action (Games)" at the 2018 Webby Awards; in addition, it was nominated for "Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition", "Outstanding Achievement in Story", and "Action Game of the Year" at the 21st Annual D.I.C.E. Awards; for "Best Dialogue", "Best Original Instrumental" ("Lontano"), and "Best Game Audio Article, Publication or Broadcast" with "Scoring Wolfenstein II with the Baschet sonic sculptures" at the 16th Annual Game Audio Network Guild Awards; and for "Game of the Year", "Best Narrative", and "Best Character" for BJ Blaskowicz at the Italian Video Game Awards; and won the award for "Game, Franchise Action" at the 17th Annual National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Awards.

Sequel.

On 10 June 2018, Bethesda Softworks announced "", a co-op sequel to "Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus" that released on 26 July 2019.

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is an action-adventure first-person shooter video game developed by MachineGames and published by Bethesda Softworks. It was released on 27 October 2017 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, and was released on 29 June 2018 for Nintendo Switch. The eighth main entry in the "Wolfenstein" series and the sequel to 2014's "", the game is set in an alternate history which takes place in 1961 following the Nazi victory in the Second World War. The story follows war veteran William "B.J." Blazkowicz and his efforts to fight against the Nazi regime in the United States.

是一款由MachineGames开发,贝塞斯达软件发行的第一人称射击动作冒险游戏,于2017年10月27日发行于Microsoft Windows、PlayStation 4和Xbox One平台,并于2018年6月29日登陆任天堂Switch。 游戏是德军总部系列的第八部主系列作品,也是2014年《德军总部:新秩序》的续作。故事为虚构历史,设定于轴心国在第二次世界大战中的胜利后的1961年。玩家继续跟随老将威廉·“B.J”·布拉柯威兹,与美国的纳粹政权作斗争。


Synopsis.

The film follows the efforts made to tackle climate change and Al Gore's attempts to persuade governmental leaders to invest in renewable energy, culminating in the signing of the Paris Agreement in 2016, as well as attempting to de-bunk the de-bunkers of Gore, his film and Global Warming in general.

Production.

When asked during a Reddit "Ask Me Anything" in 2013 whether there were plans for a follow-up film, "An Inconvenient Truth" director Davis Guggenheim said, "I think about it a lot – I think we need one right now." In 2014, "The Hollywood Reporter" reported that the producers of the first film were in talks over a possible sequel. "We have had conversations," co-producer Lawrence Bender said. "We've met; we've discussed. If we are going to make a movie, we want it to have an impact." Co-producer Laurie David also believed a sequel was needed. "God, do we need one," David said. "Everything in that movie has come to pass. At the time we did the movie, there was Hurricane Katrina; now we have extreme weather events every other week. The update has to be incredible and shocking."  In December 2016, Al Gore announced that a follow-up to "An Inconvenient Truth", "An Inconvenient Sequel", would open at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. The film was screened in the "Climate" section, a new division, for films featuring climate and the environment. The film was theatrically released by Paramount Pictures on July 28, 2017.  In June 2017, the filmmakers told TheWrap that following President Donald Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, they would re-edit the film to expand Trump's role as antagonist, before its release.

Release.

"An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power" grossed $3.5 million in the United States, and $1.7 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $5.2 million, against a production budget of $1 million.

Critical response.

On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 79%, based on 150 reviews, with an average rating of 6.5/10. The website's critical consensus reads: ""An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power" makes a plea for environmental responsibility that adds a persuasive – albeit arguably less effective – coda to its acclaimed predecessor." On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating to reviews, the film has a score of 68 out of 100, based on 36 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".  John DeFore of "The Hollywood Reporter" gave the documentary a positive review, while writing that it is not as effective as the original, saying: "it finds plenty to add, both in cementing the urgency of Gore's message and in finding cause for hope". In "Nature", Michael Mann wrote that "[Al Gore]'s up against arguably the most entrenched, wealthy and powerful industry the world has ever known: fossil fuels. [...] This sequel is deliciously inconvenient, and for several reasons. It is inconvenient to the vested interests who had hoped that Gore would just give up. [...] Knowing that Al Gore is still optimistic is a shot in the arm at a time of uncertainty."  "Skeptical Inquirer" editor Kendrick Frazier writes that "Truth to Power" spends little time explaining what climate change is, though there are some good summaries, but more time on the effects. Gore goes to a lot of trouble not to allow the movie to be a "downer" and shows what nations and U.S. states have done to fight climate change. Frazier states that a "skilled politician can get things done in ways that scientists can only imagine", and though he would have liked to have seen less Gore talking and more scientists on camera, Frazier writes that the movie is effective.  Conversely, conservative magazine "National Review"s film critic Kyle Smith called the film misleading, saying that it gave the false impression that recent storm activity (such as 2012's Hurricane Sandy) was more frequent than usual, falsely gave credit to both Gore and the company SolarCity for convincing India to sign the Paris Agreement, exaggerated the importance of the Paris Agreement, and neglected to mention Gore's financial ties to SolarCity. Writing for RogerEbert.com, Nick Allen also gave the film a negative review, specifying: "The documentary follow-up proves to be less about global warming than propping up a hero awkwardly desperate to captivate audiences again like he did eleven years ago. It's like the "Zoolander 2" of global warming documentaries."

Home media.

"An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power" was released on Digital HD on October 6, 2017, and on Blu-ray and DVD on October 24, 2017.

An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power is a 2017 American concert film/documentary film, directed by Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk, about former United States Vice President Albert A. Gore Jr.'s continuing mission to battle climate change. The sequel to "An Inconvenient Truth" (2006), the film addresses the progress made to tackle the problem and Gore's global efforts to persuade governmental leaders to invest in renewable energy, culminating in the landmark signing of 2016's Paris Agreement. The film was released on July 28, 2017, by Paramount Pictures, and grossed over $5 million worldwide. It received a nomination for Best Documentary at the 71st British Academy Film Awards.

《不愿面对的真相2》()是一部于2017年上映的美国纪录片,由邦尼·科恩与琼·申克执导。该片为2006年电影《不愿面对的真相》的续集。电影记录美国前副总统艾尔·高尔努力劝说各国政府领导人投资可再生能源,最终促使了2016年巴黎协议通过的事迹。


Plot.

Michael Bryce (Reynolds) lives a stylish life as an elite UK-based private bodyguard, until client Takashi Kurosawa is assassinated on his watch. Two years later, the disgraced Bryce ekes out a living protecting drug-addicted corporate executives in London.  Meanwhile, Vladislav Dukhovich (Oldman), the ruthless dictator of Belarus is on trial for crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court. Unable to secure solid evidence or testimony against Dukhovich, the prosecution's last hope is notorious incarcerated hitman Darius Kincaid (Jackson), who agrees to testify against Dukhovich in exchange for the release of his wife Sonia (Hayek) from prison. Led by Interpol Agent Roussel (Yung), an armed convoy escorting Kincaid then departs.  With the aid of treacherous Interpol Assistant Director Jean Foucher (Almeida), Dukhovich's men successfully ambush the convoy and kill almost all of the security team. Kincaid manages to eliminate the attackers but their vehicle is destroyed. Having survived the attack, Agent Roussel takes Kincaid to an Interpol safehouse. Realizing that the agency cannot be entrusted with the mission due to possibility of a leak, she employs the help of Bryce to escort and protect Kincaid on the way to The Hague. The two hitchhike to a ferry to Amsterdam, where Sonia is being held. Kincaid reveals that he killed Kurosawa, having spotted him by chance while on another job. As Bryce bemoans his failures at a beer stand, Dukhovich's men attack Kincaid. Bryce has a change of heart and helps Kincaid escape, but is captured. As Dukhovich's men torture him, Kincaid arrives and rescues Bryce. After settling their differences, the two battle their way to The Hague, arriving just in time for Kincaid to testify that Dukhovich tried to hire him to assassinate a political rival, but in the process Kincaid witnessed Dukhovich carry out a mass execution, and uploaded photos of the massacre to a secret FTP site that he provides to the court.  Dukhovich admits guilt, then resorts to his backup plan: bombing the court to escape. Foucher leaves the court before the bombing; Roussel deduces he was the traitor. In the confusion after the bomb went off, Dukhovich seizes a gun to kill Kincaid, but Bryce jumps in the path of the bullet, telling Kincaid to stop Dukhovich. Foucher and Roussel fight. Bryce fatally shoots Foucher to save Roussel; she subdues Foucher. Kincaid pursues Dukhovich to the roof, where he attempts to escape by helicopter. Kincaid destroys the helicopter and kicks Dukhovich off the roof to his death for shooting Bryce.  Kincaid is rearrested for his various crimes, but breaks out of HMP Belmarsh several months later so he and Sonia can celebrate their anniversary in the bar in Honduras where they first met. As a wild bar brawl breaks out around them, the two kiss.

Production.

In May 2011, David Ellison's Skydance Media acquired the action script "The Hitman's Bodyguard" written by Tom O'Connor. The script was among the top 2011 Black List of unproduced screenplays. While originally intended as a drama, the script underwent a "frantic" two-week rewrite to be remade into a comedy several weeks prior to filming.  On November 4, 2015, Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson and Gary Oldman were cast in the film, which Jeff Wadlow would direct for Millennium Films. Producers would be Mark Gill, John Thompson, Matt O'Toole and Les Weldon. On February 23, 2016, Élodie Yung and Salma Hayek were cast in the film, which Lionsgate would distribute in the United States. On March 9, 2016, it was reported that Wadlow had exited the film and Patrick Hughes signed on to direct the film.  Principal photography began on April 2, 2016 in London, Amsterdam and Sofia. Originally, just one scene was to be shot in Amsterdam but when Hughes visited the location and saw its surroundings he decided to move some "London scenes" to the old inner city of Amsterdam.

Reception.

Box office.

"The Hitman's Bodyguard" grossed $75.5 million in the United States and Canada and $105.1 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $180.6 million, against a production budget of $30 million.  In North America, "The Hitman's Bodyguard" was released on August 18, 2017 alongside "Logan Lucky", and was projected to gross $17–20 million from 3,350 theaters in its opening weekend. The film made $8 million on its first day (including $1.65 million from Thursday night previews). It went on to open to $21.6 million, topping the box office. In its second weekend the film made $10.2 million, finishing first at the box office in what was the combined lowest-grossing weekend since September 2001. The film made another $10.2 million the following weekend, becoming the third film of 2017 to finish atop the box office for three straight weeks. However, while it made an estimated $12.9 million over the four-day Labor Day weekend, was again involved in a historically low weekend, as it was the worst combined holiday weekend since 1998.

Critical response.

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 43% based on 218 reviews, and an average rating of 5.17/10. The site's critical consensus reads, ""The Hitman's Bodyguard" coasts on Samuel L. Jackson and Ryan Reynolds' banter—but doesn't get enough mileage to power past an overabundance of action-comedy clichés." On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating to reviews, the film has a weighted average score 47 out of 100, based on 42 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale, while PostTrak reported filmgoers gave it an 80% overall positive score and a 57% "definite recommend".  Peter Debruge of "Variety" gave the film a positive review and called it a pleasant late-summer surprise, writing: ""The Hitman's Bodyguard" is about as close to a live-action cartoon as you're likely to get this year... That's not a style that works much of the time... but in the hands of "The Expendables 3" helmer Patrick Hughes—and more importantly, owing to the chemistry of stars Samuel L. Jackson and Ryan Reynolds—it makes for a delightfully ridiculous screwball action comedy." Writing for "Rolling Stone", Peter Travers praised the cast, giving it 2.5 stars out of 4 and saying, "Reynolds and Jackson make this summer lunacy go down easy with their banter and bullet-dodging skills. They're the only reason that "The Hitman's Bodyguard" doesn't completely sink into the generic quicksand from whence it came."

Sequel.

In May 2018, it was announced that Reynolds, Jackson and Hayek were in early talks to reprise their roles for a sequel, titled "The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard", with plans to begin filming later in the year. Production on the sequel began in March 2019, with Frank Grillo joining the cast of the film.

The Hitman's Bodyguard is a 2017 American action comedy film directed by Patrick Hughes and starring Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman, and Salma Hayek. The film follows a bodyguard (Reynolds) who must protect a convicted hitman (Jackson), who's on his way to testify at the International Criminal Court.

是一部2017年美国动作喜剧片,由帕特里克·休斯执导,汤姆·欧康纳撰写剧本。电影主演包括莱恩·雷诺斯、山缪·杰克森、盖瑞·欧德曼、艾洛蒂·袁和莎玛·海耶克。该片定于2017年8月18日在美国上映。


Release.

Swift first announced through Instagram on August 23, 2017 that her sixth album would be titled "Reputation" and released on November 10, 2017. The album's lead single, "Look What You Made Me Do", was released the next day on August 24. On September 2, Swift teased a second song during ABC's "Saturday Night Football" telecast and was later posted on Instagram, titled "...Ready for It?", previewing the new track. The song was released on September 3, 2017 as a promotional single. On October 20, 2017, Swift released a third song titled "Gorgeous" at midnight as a promotional single. A track named "Call It What You Want" was released on November 2, 2017 as a promotional single with an accompanying lyric video.  On November 7, Bloomberg reported the album would be kept off streaming services upon release for an undetermined amount of time and would only be available to purchase in digital and physical formats. Later that same day, Swift posted the album's track list to her social media accounts. "Reputation" became available to streaming services on December 1, 2017. Digital purchases were initially exclusively sold through iTunes and as a full album only. Streaming was limited to a branded internet radio station on iHeartRadio's website and app until December 2017.  "Reputation" was Swift's last studio album to be released under Big Machine Records. In November 2018, Swift departed Big Machine Records for Republic Records.

Music and lyrics.

Swift described "Reputation" as her "most cathartic album", "a real process of catharsis", and "a defense mechanism", while stating that the album is a metaphor. She further described the album's aesthetic as "evening-night", "all cityscape, darkness, full swamp witch". In 2019, Swift revealed the reason why the album's title is in all lowercase, stating that "Reputation" "felt like it wasn't unapologetically commercial". Swift also highlighted out that she played an alter ego in "Reputation", explaining "it was just so fun to play with on tour — the darkness and the bombast and the bitterness and the love and the ups and the downs of an emotional-turmoil record". The album's title alludes to many of its lyrical themes, such as handling fame and media scrutiny of celebrities. The cover artwork, which portrays Swift over a background of a tabloid publication, reinforces these themes. The title also is derived from lyrics on the songs "End Game" ("Big reputation, big reputation, ooh, you and me we got big reputations") and "Delicate" ("My reputation's never been worse").  Greg Kot, writing for "Chicago Tribune", described the album as "another shift, this time into electropop". Neil McCormick, from "The Daily Telegraph", defined it as "brash, weaponised pop", "Rolling Stone"s Rob Sheffield said that ""Reputation" builds on the synth-pop of "1989"", while Sam Murphy of Junkee described "Reputation" sound as "dark trap". Swift explained that the album had a linear timeline, starting with how she felt when she started working on the album, and transitioning to how she feels now, with several songs inspired by the epic fantasy television series "Game of Thrones".

Songs.

The album's opener, "...Ready for It?", is a "pop-oriented", "electronic-inspired" electropop and industrial pop song, with elements of tropical house, dubstep and trap music. Swift states the song "introduces a metaphor you may hear more of throughout the rest album, which is like this kind of "Crime and Punishment" metaphor". The track is "basically about finding your own partner in crime", Swift said. "I Did Something Bad", the album's third song, was written on the piano. Swift explained to iHeartRadio that the idea for the production of the song came to her in a dream. Swift described the concept to producer Max Martin, who used Swift's voice and pitched it down to create the effect that takes place after the chorus.  Swift's goal for "Delicate" was to use the vocoder to create an "emotional" and "vulnerable" sound for the track. She explains the song is about, "what happens when you meet somebody that you really want in your life and then you start worrying about what they've heard before they met you." "Look What You Made Me Do" started out as a poem and is "about realizing that you couldn't trust certain people, but realizing you appreciate the people you can trust." It interpolates the song "I'm Too Sexy" by the British dance-pop group Right Said Fred. Swift structured "King of My Heart" such that each individual section of the song was its own phase of a relationship, with the sections getting deeper and more fast-paced as the song went on.  The twelfth song "Reputation", "Dress", contains many lines that Swift "came up with like a year before". It was described by critics as Swift's "sexiest song to date" and bringing out her sensual side at last. "This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things", the thirteenth track, heavily references Swift's feud with rapper Kanye West and his wife Kim Kardashian. "Call It What You Want" was recorded at Jack Antonoff's home studio in Brooklyn. Swift said the song best represents her current emotional state. The album's closer, "New Year's Day", explores the flip side of the romanticism of a New Year's Eve kiss, and is about how the one that sticks around the next day to "give you Advil and clean up the house" is the person that matters more.

Artwork and packaging.

"Reputation"s cover art was photographed by Mert and Marcus in London. The cover features Swift in a grey sweater and choker necklace with newspaper headlines of her name over one side of her face. The typeface used for the headlines is reminiscent of the signature font of "The New York Times".  Target released two 72-page magazines that contain different content, including the album in the US. Walmart distributed it in Canada. The magazines contain photos, handwritten lyrics, poetry and paintings by Swift. The "Reputation Vol. 1" magazine cover was shot by Mert and Marcus. "Vol. 2" was shot by Benny Horne and features Swift in a camouflage jacket.

Promotion.

In August 2017, United Parcel Service (UPS) announced it would be the "Official Delivery Partner" for "Reputation". UPS trucks in select cities featured the "Reputation" album cover, and fans were encouraged to take pictures of the trucks and post images to Twitter with a hashtag for an "improved opportunity" to buy concert tickets.  A month before the album's release, Swift hosted exclusive secret sessions in London, Rhode Island, Los Angeles and Nashville. She said, "Everything about this album is a secret." Each party had a number of attendees, with a total of 500 fans chosen from around the world, for whom the album was played but none of them leaked any music. The behind the scenes footage for the sessions was released on November 7 on ABC's "Good Morning America". Swift partnered with AT&T to produce a multi-part behind-the-scenes series chronicling the making of "Reputation", titled "The Making of a Song". The online series started on November 1 on AT&T's YouTube channel.  On November 9, a performance of the song "New Year's Day" was premiered during the broadcast of an episode of ABC's "Scandal". It was filmed in one of the secret sessions, held at Swift's home in Rhode Island on October 18, with an audience of 100 fans. An extended version of Swift's performance was aired on November 10, during "The DUFF"s air on Freeform. On November 11, Swift was the musical guest on the fifth episode of the 43rd season of "Saturday Night Live", where she performed "...Ready for It?" and "Call It What You Want" from the album. It was her first appearance on live television following the album's release, and her first appearance on the show since 2009.

Singles.

On August 24, 2017, "Look What You Made Me Do" was released as the lead single from "Reputation". The song broke several major records including the most Spotify streams in a 24-hour period by any artist. It hit number one on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 with the biggest sales and streaming figures of the year, becoming the fifth song by Swift to top the chart and also the first solo number one by a woman with 84.4 million streams since Adele's "Hello" in 2015 and the second biggest after "Harlem Shake" (103.3 million). Its accompanying music video later premiered at the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards and was viewed 43.2 million times on YouTube in its first 24 hours, the most in any video in history breaking the 36 million views of "Gentleman" in 2013.  On September 2, 2017, Swift teased on Instagram that the first track off "Reputation", titled "...Ready for It?", was going to be released as a promotional single. It was made available for digital download with the pre-order of "Reputation" on September 3. On October 24, the song was sent to rhythmic contemporary radio as the album's second single and the official music video premiered three days later.  "End Game", featuring Ed Sheeran and Future, was released to French radio on November 14, 2017 and American contemporary hit radio stations on December 3, 2017 as the album's third single. The song's music video was released in January 2018 after Sheeran confirmed its existence in early December 2017. "New Year's Day" was serviced to American country radio as the album's fourth single on November 27, 2017.  On October 19, 2017, Swift announced she would be releasing a new song titled "Gorgeous". It became available the next day through digital retailers and streaming services as a promotional single from the album. The song reached the top ten in Canada and Australia and the top twenty in the United Kingdom and United States. It was sent to UK radio stations on January 12, 2018 as the album's fifth single.  "Delicate" was sent to contemporary hit and adult contemporary radio as the album's sixth single on March 12, 2018. Its music video premiered at the 2018 iHeartRadio Music Awards.  "Getaway Car" was sent to Australian and New Zealand radio stations on September 7, 2018 as the album's seventh single.

Promotional singles.

On November 2, 2017, Swift announced she would be releasing the third promotional song from "Reputation", while posting teasers on her official Twitter and Instagram accounts. The track, titled "Call It What You Want" was released at midnight on November 3, 2017.

Tour.

In August 2017, Swift partnered with Ticketmaster for a bundling program, with people wishing to buy her concert tickets could gain priority by purchasing merchandise and pre-ordering "Reputation". On November 13, 2017, Swift announced she would be embarking on the Reputation Stadium Tour in 2018 in support of "Reputation", first announcing North American dates. The tour began on May 8, 2018, at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, and concluded on November 21, 2018 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan, with a total of 53 dates in stadiums throughout North America, Europe, Oceania and Asia. A concert film of the tour was released on Netflix on December 31, 2018, and it was filmed during the two last concerts of the North American leg, on October 5 and 6 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

Critical reception.

"Reputation" received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received a weighted average score of 71 based on 28 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". "The Guardian" writer Alexis Petridis opined "Reputation", "may be mired in bitterness and gossip, but the pop star's songwriting smarts and lyrical prowess are impossible to deny on her sixth album", noting the songs see "Swift cutting her last ties with her Nashville roots in favour of the blare and honk of EDM-influenced pop". "Rolling Stone"s Rob Sheffield writes "Reputation", "shows the darker, deeper side of the pop mastermind". Sheffield also remarked, "As one of the all-time great pop masterminds, she's trying something new, as she always does."  Roisin O'Connor of "The Independent" says "Call It What You Want" is "arguably, the best song Swift has ever made", also praising Jack Antonoff's production, calling it "essential" to the album; "[Antonoff's] love of Eighties synth-pop is the perfect counterbalance to Max Martin and Shellback's dance and electronic touch". Neil McCormick of "The Daily Telegraph" states, ""Reputation" is a big, brash, all-guns-blazing blast of weaponised pop that grapples with the vulnerability of the human heart as it is pummelled by 21st-century fame." McCormick continued, "This is an album with blockbuster event status, preceded by a satirical hit ("Look What You Made Me Do") in which she provocatively ditched her "girl-next-door" image for something more glamorously sophisticated." Troy Smith from "The Plain Dealer" said the album served as a reminder of Swift's songwriting talent, labeling "New Year's Day", "End Game", "Delicate" and "Dress" as standouts of the album.  In a negative review, Geoff Nelson of "Consequence of Sound" gave the album a D+ rating writing, "Swift's sixth studio album, is a bloated, moving disaster." Nelson continued, ""Reputation" doesn't improve past its initial singles, even if the chorus of "...Ready for It?" is one of the few vestiges of "1989" Taylor on the album. Elsewhere, Swift finds trouble: She raps, she adopts African-American Vernacular English, and she bizarrely collaborates with Future." Nelson called "Gorgeous", "Delicate", and "Call It What You Want" the "strongest moments on the album".

Commercial performance.

Worldwide, "Reputation" sold two million copies in its first week. A week prior to the album's release, pre-orders for it were reported to be over 400,000 units in the United States. "Billboard" stated that this is over twice the amount of pre-sales than Swift's previous album, "1989" (2014), which sold 1.29 million copies in its first week. According to Nielsen SoundScan, the album sold roughly 700,000 copies during its first day in the country and 1.05 million within four days of release, becoming 2017's biggest-selling album in the US. The album ultimately became Swift's fifth number-one album on the US "Billboard" 200 when it debuted atop the chart with 1.238 million album-equivalent units that consisted of 1.216 million traditional sales, becoming her fourth album to sell a million copies in the country in its first week. As a result, Swift became the only act to have four albums sell more than a million copies there within a week since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991. "Reputation" also had the largest album opening in the United States since Adele's "25" in 2015 as well as the 10th largest overall sales week in the nation for an album since Nielsen SoundScan tracked its sales, and became the first album since "25" to sell a million copies there within a week. It additionally sold more that week than all other albums on the chart combined.  With 256,000 more album-equivalent units earned and another 232,000 copies sold the next week, "Reputation" stayed at number one and became the first album to top the country's chart for two weeks since Jay-Z's "" earlier that year, the first by a female to overall spend more than one week at the summit since Rihanna's "Anti" in 2016, and first by a female to hold the highest position for its first two weeks since "25". "Reputation" then became the fourth album to spend three or more weeks at the top spot during 2017 after "Starboy" by The Weeknd, "More Life" by Drake, and "Damn" by Kendrick Lamar as well as the first album since "25" by a female artist to do so overall, receiving 147,000 more album-equivalent units and selling an additional 131,000 copies during its third week. The album subsequently dropped to number 3 in its fourth week with 70,000 copies sold and 112,000 album-equivalent units earned before returning to the top spot three weeks later. It was then displaced the next week by "". With 1,903,000 copies sold and 2,336,000 album-equivalent units earned by the end of 2017, "Reputation" was the year's best selling album in the country and had its third largest overall consumption behind "Damn" and Sheeran's "÷". It has been certified 3× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). According to the IFPI, it was the second best selling album of 2017, with 4.5 million copies shipped globally. By March 2018 the album sold over two million pure copies in the US, becoming the first album to do so in two years. As of July 2019, the album has sold 2.23 million copies in the US.  After selling 50,000 copies in Canada during its first day of availability, the record also became Swift's fifth album to top the Canadian Albums Chart, entering at number one with 80,000 copies among 81,000 consumption units. It had the country's largest opening for an album since Drake's "Views" in 2016. The record then sold 15,000 more copies and earned another 17,000 consumption units over the following week, giving Swift her fourth consecutive album to spend more than one week at Canada's top spot. After receiving an additional 11,000 consumption units during its third week, "Reputation" became the first album since "Damn" to spend three consecutive weeks atop the Canadian charts and gave the singer her second-longest run at number one behind "1989". It then descended to number 3 during its fourth week on the chart.  The album sold slightly over 65,000 copies in the United Kingdom within three days, and opened atop the UK Albums Chart with 84,000 copies, becoming her third album to reach the nation's summit. "Reputation" also had the UK's fifth-biggest album opening sales week of 2017. It then fell down to number eight the following week. The album has been certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). It had Australia's third largest opening of the year with first week sales of 54,976 copies behind "÷" and Pink's "Beautiful Trauma", and gave the singer her fourth number-one album on the ARIA Albums Chart. "Reputation" was also the country's 458th album to debut at its summit and 814th overall to reach the top position. The record then remained atop the chart for another week and was certified Platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), giving the singer her fifteenth week at number one in the nation, before "Beautiful Trauma" replaced it at the top spot. It additionally entered at number one and returned to that position in June 2018 in Ireland and New Zealand, and was certified double platinum by Recorded Music NZ (RMNZ) for shipments of 30,000 units.  In China, "Reputation" became the first western album in Chinese history to receive a diamond certification on the music platform, QQ Music; "1989" also achieved the feat eventually, making Swift the first western artist to garner two diamond records in the history of QQ Music.  "Reputation" was ranked as the number one album of 2018 on the "Billboard" 200.

Track listing.

Sample credits

Personnel.

Adapted from the album liner notes.

Reputation (stylized in all lowercase) is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It was released on November 10, 2017, through Big Machine Records. The record was primarily produced by Jack Antonoff, Max Martin, Shellback and Swift herself, who also serves as the executive producer. Described by Swift as her "most cathartic album", the album is influenced by Swift's highly publicized personal life and disputes. The album's sound features a darker and heavier tone compared to Swift's previous projects, delving into her vulnerable side. Musically, it is a pop, electropop and synth-pop record that contains influences of hip hop, EDM, trap and tropical house.

《举世盛名》(英语:"Reputation",风格化为)是美国创作歌手泰勒丝的第6张录音室专辑,由大机器唱片发行于2017年11月10日。专辑由泰勒丝本人制作及执行制作,杰克·安东诺夫、马克斯·马丁、歇尔贝克、阿里·帕亚米也参与了专辑的制作,英国创作歌手艾德·希兰及美国饶舌歌手未来小子参与了专辑中的伴唱。根据尼尔森音乐统计,这张专辑在发行的第一个星期内在美国的销量超过了120万张,成为了美国2017年销量最佳的专辑,也是告示牌排行榜2018年专辑年终榜打第一名。


Early life and imprisonment.

Xu Wenli's ancestral home is in Anqing, Anhui Province, China. He was born in Anfu County, Jiangxi Province, China, on 9 July 1943, during China's War of Resistance against Japan. His father, Xu Yuwen, was a general officer in the War of Resistance against Japan, serving as a surgeon and the director of the Rear Hospital. After Chinese victory on 15 August 1945, Xu and his parents relocated to Nanjing, the new capital of the Kuomintang National Government. Afterwards, Xu successively lived in Chu County in Anhui Province, Fuzhou City in Fujian Province and Anqing City in Anhui Province, where he graduated from elementary school. In 1957, he left for Changchun City in Jilin Province to study at the High School Affiliated to Northeast Normal University, together with his eldest sister. In 1960, he left for Beijing to live with his mother and his second eldest sister and brother, while studying at Beijing No.7 High School (Bei Jing Shi Di Qi Zhong Xue). In 1963, after finishing high school with an outstanding performance, Xu decided not to apply for college because of his dissatisfaction towards the Chinese higher education system and its teaching methods. Determined to be an independent thinker and learner, Xu self-taught himself philosophy, political science, history, world literature, and supported himself on several study trips to the Chinese countryside from 1963 to 1964. Between the years of 1964 and 1969, Xu served in the People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force. After his demobilization, Xu worked at the Beijing Railroad Branch from 1969 to 1981. In 1977, he applied to the publication history major in the Journalism Department at Beijing University. On 9 April 1981, Xu was arrested.  As a key organizer and active participant, Xu played an instrumental role in the Chinese Democracy Wall movement of the late 1970s. He served as Chief Editor of April Fifth Forum, the first journal of the Democracy Wall movement to be privately run by civilians. The journal's main partners were Zhao Nan and Lv Pu. Under Xu's leadership, the April Fifth Forum became the longest-lasting civilian-run publication of the Democracy Wall Movement, publishing a total of 17 issues between November 1978 and January 1980.  In establishing a political opposition party, Xu met and had discussions with Wang Xizhe, Sun Weibang, and Liu Er’an, at Ganjiakou, Beijing, China, from 10–12 June 1980. As a result, Xu was found guilty in 1981 of the crime of organizing counterrevolutionary groups.  On 15 November 1980, Xu proposed a comprehensive reform of Chinese society in his "Gengshen Reform Proposal". On 1 October 1979, he participated in organizing and leading a series of events including the "Stars" (Xingxing) art exhibition demonstration. Therefore, in 1981, Xu was found guilty of spreading counter revolutionary propaganda and incitement.  Xu was arrested on 9 April 1981, and sentenced to 15 years in prison with revocation of all political rights for 4 years in 1982.  He was emancipated on 26 May 1993, after which he dedicated his time travelling to prepare for and advance ideas of forming a Chinese opposition party.  On 29 November 1997, Xu, proposed a political program to "end the single-party system, establish the Third Republic, rebuild constitutional democracy, and protect human rights and freedom" and the political route of "transparency, rationality, peace, and non-violence", and established a Chinese opposition party with Qin Yongmin and dissidents from across the nation. On 9 November 1998, Xu, together with Zha Jianguo, Gao Hongming, He Depu, and Liu Shizun, established the Beijing and Tianjin branches of the China Democracy Party. He was arrested on the 30th of that month, and sentenced to 13 years in prison with revocation of all political rights for 3 years.

Exile.

On 24 December 2002, Xu was exiled to America on grounds of medical parole.

Recognition.

New York Times hails Xu Wenli as "China's Most Prominent Political Prisoner."  Nancy Pelosi says, "Mr. Xu is one of China's bravest, most eloquent and also most measured advocates of democracy."  Washington Post claims, "In the struggle for the values that matter most, Mr. Xu and his compatriots, not their captors, should be recognized as America's true partners."  BBC terms Xu Wenli "The Godfather of Dissent."

Current Status.

On 26 May 2003, Xu was awarded an Honorary Doctorate Degree by Brown University.  Xu worked at Brown's Watson Institute of International Studies as a senior research fellow from 2003 to 2013.  Since 28 January 2004, Xu has been teaching an International Relations Seminar Class titled "Chinese Democracy Wall: History of Chinese Democracy, Chinese Modern History and Chinese History." 26 March 2003: Founded the Caring for China Center (CCC) and is currently the chairman.  3 December 2004: Founded the China Democracy Party Overseas Exile Headquarters, and is currently the general convener of the Headquarters.  9 March 2005: Reiterated his political program: "To abandon one-party dictatorship, lay aside the issue of Taiwanese independence, restore a democratic China, and build an equal and prosperous federation."  15 May 2006: Proposed A Direction and Timeline Regarding the Implementation of Political Reform on Mainland China on behalf of the China Democracy Party Overseas Exile Headquarters to the Chinese Government in the People's Republic of China.  5 June 2007: Elected Chairman for the China Democracy Party's Joint Headquarters at the first Overseas Representatives Assembly. This assembly espoused the three key objectives, namely to 1) emulate the First Asian Republic as initiated by the forerunners of the 1911 Xinhai Revolution; 2) honor the establishment of the Second Republic during the 1946 National Constitution Assembly; and, 3) build a Third Chinese Republic on the principles of freedom, prosperity, equality of human rights, and constitutional democracy.  2008: Finished studies on "The Two Cornerstones of a Free Democratic Society and the Three Fulcrums of a Normal Human Society". 15 November: published the book A Survey of the Normal Human Social Order in Hong Kong.  25 September 2009: Launched the signing of the "Peace Agreement", a public letter to leaders across the Taiwan Strait, aiming to build a constitutional democratic China based on "The Three Haves of Citizens". (Announced on The New York Times)  2010: Successfully participated in the nomination of Liu Xiaobo for the Nobel Peace Prize.  March 2010: Started launching the around-the-world torch relay titled "Towards A Republic. Passing the Torch. In Remembrance of the Founding of the Country from the Xinhai Revolution." On 4 June 2010, the torch was ignited at the site of the Berlin Wall. It traveled the next three months in Europe on the trip titled "Towards A Republic. Passing the Torch. Ten Thousand Miles Around Europe." On 1 January 2011, the cauldron for the 100th anniversary of the Republic of China, located at Zhigong Hall at San Francisco, the site where founding father Sun Yat-sen rose in rebellion, was lit.  6 June 2011: Re-elected as the chairman of the National Joint Headquarters of the China Democracy Party at its Second Overseas Representatives Assembly.  2013, at age 70, Xu retired from Brown University. On 9 July, Xu voluntarily resigned from the chairman position at the China Democracy Party's Joint Headquarters.

Xu Wenli () (born on 9 July 1943), is from Anqing, located in the Southeastern province of Anhui, China. As one of the leaders of the China Democracy Party, Xu organized and participated in the Democracy Wall movement and acted as the chief editor for the journal April Fifth Forum. Xu was twice arrested by the Chinese government and sentenced to a total of 28 years in jail, of which he served 16. After his exile to the United States on 24 December 2002, Xu received an honorary doctorate degree from Brown University, and has since worked there at the Watson Institute for International Studies as a senior research fellow.

徐文立(1943年-7月9日),中国安徽安庆人。中国民主墙运动的参与和组织者,主编《四五论坛》,是中国民主党的领袖之一。两次被中国政府逮捕入狱,共被判28年,实际服刑16年。1999年获诺贝尔和平奖提名 。1993 年和 2002 年,前后两次得到美国克林顿政府和乔治·W·布什政府与各民主国家及国际舆论的特别营救,2002 年 12 月 24 日圣诞夜直接从监狱流亡至美国,获美国布朗大学荣誉博士。2003年至2013年于布朗大学沃森国际研究院任高级研究员,任教9年,现已荣退。