Adventures of Don Juan

Adventures of Don Juan is a 1948 American Technicolor swashbuckling adventure romance film directed by Vincent Sherman and starring Errol Flynn and Viveca Lindfors, with Robert Douglas, Alan Hale, Ann Rutherford, and Robert Warwick. Also in the cast are Barbara Bates, Raymond Burr, and Mary Stuart. The film was distributed by Warner Bros. and produced by Jerry Wald. The screenplay by George Oppenheimer and Harry Kurnitz, based on a story by Herbert Dalmas, has uncredited contributions by William Faulkner and Robert Florey.
The film was originally to be scored by Erich Wolfgang Korngold. However, production of the film was postponed until 1947, by which time Korngold had retired from scoring motion pictures. He was replaced by Max Steiner.
Plot.
Late in the reign of Elizabeth I of England, Spanish noble Don Juan de Maraña is repatriated from London to Madrid, following a diplomatic scandal caused by his dalliance with the British fiancée of a Spanish nobleman. The Spanish ambassador in London, Count de Polan, an old family friend, sends a letter of recommendation to Queen Margaret of Spain.
He requests that she provide an opportunity at the Spanish court for the rehabilitation of Don Juan's reputation from the swirling gossip and scandal that have followed him around Europe in the wake of his many illicit love affairs. Accepting her old friend's suggestion, Queen Margaret thus appoints Don Juan as a fencing instructor to the Royal Spanish Academy, where he is a great success. During his time at court, he secretly falls in love with the Queen but remains a staunchly loyal subject to her and her irresponsible and weak husband, King Phillip III.
Don Juan discovers a treacherous plan by the Machiavellian Duke de Lorca, who is holding the loyal Count de Polan as a secret prisoner. The Duke is plotting to depose the monarchs, usurp their power over Spain, and declare war on England. With the support of his friends at court, Don Juan heroically defends the Queen and the King against de Lorca and his henchmen, finally defeating his plan in a duel to death, saving Spain.
The queen professes her love for Don Juan, now seeing his many virtues. Despite loving her deeply, more than any other woman in his life, he says that they could never be happy or survive such scandal. Both her subjects and Spain would fare poorly under the sole rule of the king. They both have a higher duty that must be served. Since the queen is the one woman he truly loves and can never rightfully have, he asks that she allow him to leave court and to continue his life elsewhere. She painfully grants him his wish, and he leaves the palace forever to continue his journeys in Spain.
Production.
Warner Bros had a big box office hit in the 1920s with "Don Juan" (1926) starring John Barrymore.
Proposed 1939 film.
Errol Flynn was linked with a Don Juan project as early as the 1930s. In March 1939 Warner Bros announced "The Adventures of Don Juan" with Flynn was one of the 48 films they announced to make over 1939–40. W. R. Burnett was assigned to write the picture after a John Dillinger movie he was working on was postponed. Warrners said Olivia de Havilland, Priscilla Lane, Margaret Lindsay, Ann Sheridan and Lya Lys would appear in the film, along with five other female actors. Filming was to proceed once Flynn had finished on "The Knight and the Lady" (which became "The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex".) Franciska Gaal was screen tested for a role.
Filming wound up being postponed and Flynn went into "The Sea Hawk" (1940) Instead. The advent of World War II saw a decline in the production of elaborate costume pictures, and Flynn was more commonly found in war films and Westerns.
Proposed 1945 film.
The project was reactivated in 1944, with Jerry Wald attached as producer, Alan Le May as writer and Robert Florey as director. Flynn was meant to make it after he finished "San Antonio".
In January 1945 Herbert Dalmas and Harry Goldman were reportedly working on the script. (The time period of this film would change from Italy of the Borgias in the 1926 Barrymore version to 1620 Spain under Philip III.)
In March 1945 Raoul Walsh was announced as director. Claudette Colbert was sought for the female lead. The proposed cast at this time only included Flynn, Victor Francen (as the King), and Dorothy Malone from the eventual film.
The film was to have started filming in early May 1945 with a budget of $2 million. The studio set for Mexico city used in "Juarez" (1939) was turned into Madrid. Flynn did fencing training with Fred Cravens and George Colouris (the intended main villain) did extensive dieting for the role. According to studio publicity, 54 ladies were auditioned to play Juan's eight love interests and the film would use 124 different sets and over 3,7000 costumes.
Filming was postponed due to difficulty in sourcing costumes (there was a general post war shortage) and an industry strike which affected the ability to paint and construct sets. On 9 May the decision was made to postpone the film indefinitely and the actors were assigned to other films. Flynn was put into "Don't Ever Leave Me" (which became "Never Say Goodbye".)
Further development.
In January 1946 Warners put the film back on the schedule. Martha Vickers, Dorothy Malone, Peggy Knudsen, Joan Lorring and Joan Chandler were announced for support parts. However filming continued to be delayed.
Warner Bros were encouraged to re-activate the film again by a successful 1947 reissue of Flynn's earlier starring vehicles, "The Adventures of Robin Hood" (1938) and "The Sea Hawk" (1940).
In February 1947 Jean Negulesco was announced as director. Alexis Smith was to be his co star and filming was to take place after Flynn finished "Silver River".
Negulesco later recalled the film was "the most expensive and sought-after project on the Warner lot. I had unorthodox ideas about Don Juan: I thought he should have been a victim of women rather than their victimizer. Flynn didn't agree with me at all because he still wanted to be the wonderful guy who jumps out the window pursued by the irate husband saying 'You made love to my wife' and all that."
After three months Flynn told Jack Warner he would not make the film with Negulesco. Warner told the director "Johnny I cannot make "Don Juan" without Errol Flynn but I can make it without you." Negulesco agreed and Warner assigned him to producer Jerry Wald for "Johnny Belinda".
By September 1947 Vincent Sherman was to direct from a script by George Oppenheimer and Harry Kurnitz. Romney Brent who played the Dauphin in "Joan of Lorraine" was signed to play Philip III. In October Viveca Lindfors was given the female lead.
Shooting.
Shooting eventually began in October 1947.
Errol Flynn was suffering from poor health, allegedly from a mild heart condition and recurrent bouts of hepatitis. According to film historian Tony Thomas, Flynn drank heavily during the production's shooting. Filming was frequently halted due to Flynn's physical condition and by frequent changes and replacements in production personnel. In January Flynn was hospitalised and was ill for fifteen days, causing production to halt. Flynn returned, but fell ill again and the production shut down once more.
On 6 February the production shut down a third time, for a fortnight, because of Flynn's illness. In March it was estimated that Flynn had missed 64 days of shooting.
The rising costs concerned Warner Bros about the profitability of the film, particularly as Britain, which was expected to be a major market, recently introduced a heavy tax on Hollywood films.
In the famous on-screen leap from the head of a long staircase, Flynn was doubled by stunt expert Jock Mahoney. In the silent film "Don Juan" (1926), Flynn's idol John Barrymore performed a similar leap without a stunt double.
At the end of the picture, the young woman in the coach asking Don Juan for directions is Flynn's wife, Nora Eddington.
During filming, in November, Flynn signed a new contract with Warner Bros to make one film a year until 1961, of which "Don Juan" was to be the first.
The chase scene early in the film used recycled footage from "The Adventures of Robin Hood" (1938), and is then followed by a grand procession with recycled outtakes from "The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex" (1939), both starring Errol Flynn and Alan Hale.
The film is the last of 13 in which Hale and his close friend Errol Flynn appeared together. Hale died on January 22, 1950, just over a year after this film's theatrical release.
Music.
The score was adapted years later by composer Ian Fraser for the George Hamilton swashbuckling comedy film "Zorro, The Gay Blade" (1981). A portion was also used in two scenes in the film "The Goonies" (1985), although in the first scene, it accompanied a TV broadcast of an earlier film, "Captain Blood" (1935).
Reception.
Critical.
Bosley Crowther of "The New York Times" wrote: "Warner Brothers have generously contributed a production of rare magnificence. The sets and costumes are exquisite—there is no other word ... If for no other reason than to take a look at the splash, we suggest you see this picture. It is something to remember old Hollywood by." "Variety" wrote that out of several recent swashbuckling films, "'Adventures of Don Juan' measures up among the best of them ... The loves and escapades of the fabulous Don Juan are particularly adapted to the screen abilities of Errol Flynn and he gives them a flare that pays off strongly."
"Harrison's Reports" called the film "trite both in story and treatment", but "should go over pretty well with those who enjoy colorful pageantry with plenty of glittering swordplay and exciting chases."
John McCarten of "The New Yorker" called it "a picture that demonstrates once again that Errol Flynn is muscular as all get out but quite innocent of any ability in the acting line."
"Filmink" magazine called it "a magnificent return to form for Flynn and one of the best swashbucklers ever made. "
Box office.
The film was very successful in Europe, earning $2,607,000. It recorded admissions of 3,763,314 in France, making it the 7th most popular film in the country that year.
However, in the US it made only $1.9 million in 1949 and $2,165,000 overall, meaning it struggled to recoup its large budget. From this point on, Warner Bros reduced the budgets of Flynn's films.
Awards and honors.
The film won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color (Leah Rhodes, Travilla and Marjorie Best) and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction-Set Direction, Color (Edward Carrere, Lyle Reifsnider).
Comic book.
Norman Pett drew a comic book adaptation of the film in 1948.


Masahiko Minami

 is a Japanese anime producer and president of Bones.
Career.
A graduate of the Osaka University of Arts's department of arts, Minami began his career with noted anime studio Sunrise as one of its producers. Later, in 1998, he co-founded Bones together with animators Hiroshi Osaka and Toshihiro Kawamoto.
He was classmates in university with Gainax co-founder Hiroyuki Yamaga and manga artist Kazuhiko Shimamoto. He is portrayed by actor Kaname Endo in the 2014 television drama "Aoi Honō" based on Shimamoto's autobiographical manga.


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Michael Kaplan (costume designer)

Michael Kaplan is an American costume designer for film. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Kaplan has been working in the Hollywood film industry since the 1978 film "Thank God It's Friday".
He won the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award for "Best Costume Design" together with Charles Knode in 1983 for his costume design work on "Blade Runner", the first theatrically-released film he had worked on as costume designer. He went on to become a nominee in the Costume Designers Guild Awards 1999 and the Costume Designers Guild Awards 2005 in the category of "Excellence in Costume Design for Film - Contemporary" for his costume designs for "Fight Club" and "Mr. & Mrs. Smith", respectively.
Besides "Fight Club", Kaplan has worked on three other films for director David Fincher: "Seven", "The Game", and "Panic Room". He also reunited with "Blade Runner" director Ridley Scott on "Matchstick Men". Kaplan's other credits include two films for Michael Bay, "Armageddon" and "Pearl Harbor". He also worked on "Flashdance", "Clue", "Perfect", "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation", "Malice", "The Long Kiss Goodnight", "Gigli", "Miami Vice", "I Am Legend" starring Will Smith, J. J. Abrams' "Star Trek" and "Star Trek Into Darkness", "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" for director Jon Turteltaub, and "Burlesque", starring Christina Aguilera and Cher. His contribution to "Burlesque" resulted in a Costume Designers Guild Award nomination for "Excellence In Contemporary Film".
Kaplan reunited with Abrams for the first film in the "Star Wars" sequel trilogy, ', and returned to the franchise as costume designer for both ' and "".


Nancy Haigh

Nancy Grace Haigh (born 1946) is an American set decorator who has received eight Academy Award nominations, and won two for her work on the films "Bugsy," and "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood".
Biography.
Nancy Haigh graduated in 1968 from Massachusetts College of Art (MassArt) with a BFA degree in ceramics. In 1995, the college honored her with a Distinguished Alumna Award.
Nancy began her career in film with Francis Ford Coppola's film "Rumble Fish" in 1983. Since then, Nancy has been the set decorator for numerous movies in collaboration with the Coen brothers.


Food Fight (video game)

Food Fight (also styled as Charley Chuck's Food Fight) is an arcade game developed by General Computer Corporation and released by Atari, Inc. in March 1983. The player guides Charley Chuck, who is trying to eat an ice cream cone before it melts, while avoiding four chefs bent on stopping him. 1,951 arcade cabinets were sold.
"Food Fight" was released for the Atari 7800 console in 1986, and also as an Atari 8-bit family cartridge styled for the then new Atari XEGS the same year. A port for the Atari 2600 was canceled.
Gameplay.
In "Food Fight", the player controls a boy named Charley Chuck. The object of the game is to eat an ice cream cone located on the opposite side of an open playfield. The ice cream is slowly melting, and must be consumed before it melts completely. Controls consist of an analog-position joystick and a button.
Standing between Charley and the ice cream are four chefs: Oscar, Angelo, Jacques, and Zorba. They are identified by the shape of their toques: big and round for Oscar, small and rectangular for Angelo, tall and slender for Jacques, and flat and limp for Zorba. The chefs appear from holes in the floor of the level and chase after Charley. The holes serve as respawn points should a chef meet with an accident during the round.
Scattered throughout the screen are piles of food, such as pies, peas, tomatoes, and bananas. Both the player and the chefs can grab food from the piles to throw at each other. The player can grab a piece of food by running over a pile, then throw it by aiming the joystick in a chosen direction and pressing the button. The supplies of most foods are limited, but watermelon is unlimited in supply. Whenever a chef is hit by food thrown by the player or another chef, he is knocked off the screen. The player loses a life if Charley touches a chef, is hit by a chef's thrown food, falls into an open hole, or fails to eat the ice cream before it completely melts.
The player scores points for hitting chefs with thrown food and for luring them into open holes. Eating the cone ends the level, and the player scores bonus points for every unused piece of food (except watermelon) left on the screen. The point value of the cone increases until level 50, then remains unchanged for the rest of the game. If Charley is holding a piece of food when he eats the cone, it will carry over to the next level.
Sometimes if the player has at least one close call with a chef and flying food during a level, the game plays back an instant replay of the entire level while music plays.
Development.
"Food Fight" was developed by General Computer Corporation (GCC), the company that designed the custom chips of the Atari 7800 and produced Midway's "Ms. Pac-Man". Like "Ms. Pac-Man", GCC's connection to Atari was born out of accusations of copyright infringement. The company had produced a kit that would speed up Atari's "Missile Command" arcade machines, but with General Computer claiming the copyright for the modified game. Fearing for its intellectual property rights, Atari sued GCC for $15 million. The case was settled out of court, with Atari contracting GCC to produce video games for them, including "Food Fight" and "Quantum".
In an interview Jonathan Hurd said everyone at GCC contributed to the development. The initials of the people who were most heavily involved in creating "Food Fight" are in the high score table.
Bugs.
According to Hurd, the game contains one serious bug, which triggers a reset if the cone is eaten at the last possible moment in a level that is chosen for an instant replay.
In the Atari 7800 port, it is possible, though rare, for Charley Chuck to be hit by food or a chef during the instant replay. When this happens, the game displays "ALMOST MADE IT" and restores the life that was just lost.
Legacy.
"Food Fight" clones "Foodwar" and "Mudpies" for the TRS-80 Color Computer were released in 1983. "Mudpies" was later published for the Atari ST in 1985.
The arcade version of "Food Fight" was included in the "Game Pack 012" compilation for the Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows, through Microsoft's now defunct Game Room service.
World records.
The world record high score for "Food Fight" using the game's default settings is 103,103,100 points, set by Ken Okumura in January 1984. Under tournament settings, the world record is 1,424,400 points, set by Justin Emory in April 2018.


Little Fighter 2

Little Fighter 2 (LF2; ) is a Hong Kong freeware PC fighting game for Windows and is the sequel to the game "Little Fighter". "Little Fighter 2" was created by Marti Wong and Starsky Wong in 1999, and received a long series of updates.
The game supports up to 4 human players on one computer and a total of 8 characters using online play or computer-controlled opponents. Characters are controlled using the keyboard or a gamepad. All keys can be custom set via a configuration menu.
The game has a commercially released sequel, "Little Fighter Online". In 2008, in celebration of "Little Fighter 2"'s tenth anniversary, version 2.0 was released. The update fixed minor bugs and added a gameplay recording feature, a new stage called 'Survival', a browser toolbar and ads being displayed while the game is being loaded. Version 2.0a was released in late 2009, with only a bug fix.
Characters.
There are a total of 24 playable characters, 11 of whom are initially playable:
By typing a secret code which can be revealed by beating the 'Stage Mode' on 'Difficult' difficulty, the remaining 13 characters are unlocked, 4 of whom are the boss characters:
The remaining 9 characters are the common minions who are fought throughout the stage:
Third party characters are also available for download.
Gameplay.
Little Fighter 2 is a fighting game. Each player chooses a character that comes with unique abilities. Attacking another character causes the attacked player to lose HP (health points), represented by a red bar on the heads-up display. Each character also has special attacks that can be activated by pressing a certain combination of keys. Most of these special attacks use up MP (mana points), represented by a blue bar on the heads-up display.
Occasionally, items may fall from above into the screen to assist players. Items range from a bottle of beer/milk, restores mana/health to a variety of weapons that can be used in combat. These include knives, baseballs, boulders, boxes, and baseball bats. All weapons take damage in combat and will eventually break.
Game modes.
Difficulty can be set to Easy, Normal, Difficult or CRAZY! for all modes except demo. The code can be used in VS and Stage Mode. There is also a small online game feature which enables you to connect and experience any of the modes listed above with another person.
Version 2.0 added Playback Recording, a new mode that allows for playback of recorded gameplay. It also added Survival Stage, a new independent stage in Stage Mode, in which players fight their way through as many waves of opponents as they can before they die.
Reception.
CNET Download.com rated "Little Fighter 2" four stars out of five. The November 2007 edition of PC World magazine described the game as addictive and easy to play.
Legacy.
Hero Fighter & Hero Fighter X.
"Hero Fighter" is a free web-based beat 'em up created by Marti Wong. This game is still under development but an alpha version was released in the end of July 2009. This game is created solely by Marti Wong. The game has seven characters: Drew, a boxer good at close range; Lucas, a swordsman who is a balanced all-rounder; Shawn, an archer; Jenny, a defensive spear-wielding fighter (introduced in Version 1.04); Gordon, a mid ranged axe-fighter (introduced in Version 1.05); Jason, a boomerang and dagger thrower; and Taylor, a magician specialises in healing and creating clones.
Little Fighter Online.
Developers Oscar Chu and Marti Wong developed this MMORPG game in U1 Technology, is based on "Little Fighter 2" the content and production. On 22 October 2004 issued in Hong Kong, and Taiwan to be released on 15 June 2006. This game have over 100 controllable characters and over 500 skills for players to collect.


Joel Fagliano

Joel Fagliano (born 1992) is an American puzzle creator. He is known for his work at "The New York Times" crossword puzzle, where he created the paper's "crossword mini".
Early life and education.
Fagliano grew up in the Mount Airy neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in a Jewish family with two brothers. His mother is a grant writer and his father is a chairperson at the Drexel University School of Public Health. He enjoyed puzzles as a child, began completing "The New York Times" crossword puzzle regularly during his freshman year of high school at the Masterman School, a magnet school, and began making his own crosswords in his sophomore year. For college, he moved to Southern California to attend Pomona College, where he graduated in 2014 with a degree in linguistics and cognitive science.
Career.
Fagliano started submitting standard-length crossword puzzles to "The New York Times" in 2007. His first puzzle was accepted in September 2009 and ran the next month, when he was 17 years old. By the time he finished high school, he had had four puzzles accepted and published by the "Times" and two accepted and published by the "Los Angeles Times" Syndicate. He interned for three summers with Will Shortz, the "Times" crossword puzzle editor. After graduating from Pomona in 2014, Fagliano began working for him full-time.
At the "Times", Fagliano creates and edits the "crossword mini", a puzzle released daily.
Personal life.
Fagliano lives in the Upper East Side in Manhattan, New York City. His hobbies include playing chess and basketball, watching sports, and jogging.


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Dungeon Keeper 2

Dungeon Keeper 2 is a strategy game developed by Bullfrog Productions and published by Electronic Arts in 1999 for Microsoft Windows. The sequel to "Dungeon Keeper", the player takes the role of a 'dungeon keeper', building and defending an underground dungeon from the would-be heroes that invade it, as well as from other keepers. In the campaign mode, the player is charged with recovering the portal gems from each area in order to open a portal to the surface. The player can also construct a dungeon without strict objectives, and multiplayer is supported over a network.
The game carries over many ideas from the original and adds new elements including units, rooms, and objectives. Development was carried out by a team of around fifty people, who focused on the graphics on multiplayer. A PlayStation version, and a sequel, "Dungeon Keeper 3", were in development but cancelled. "Dungeon Keeper 2" received positive reviews: reviewers lauded the graphics and artificial intelligence, although some reviewers criticized its similarity to the original. The game was later released on gog.com and Origin.
Plot.
The kingdom of Harmonia, ruled by King Reginald, has been under siege from dungeon keepers for a while, and his wizards have devised a device known as a Portal Gem to confine evil creatures to the underworld, while still allowing good forces access. Reginald has twenty Portal Gems, each assigned to a realm and safeguarded by its guardian. These devices have forced even serious dungeon keepers into retreat. An evil warrior known as the Horned Reaper (or "Horny") believes he has the ability to remove Portal Gems from Harmonia, and has enlisted the player's assistance in conquering its realms so he can claim the Portal Gems.
Gameplay.
The sequel to "Dungeon Keeper", "Dungeon Keeper 2" carries over many gameplay aspects, and adds new ones. Like the original, "Dungeon Keeper 2" places the player in the role of a malignant overlord bent on world domination. The player controls the world with a hand, performing actions such as moving creatures around the map, casting spells, and interacting with specific items. All the underground lands in the kingdom must be conquered to recover the portal gems. The kingdom itself takes the form of a large table containing a 3D map where the player selects where to attack from the highlighted regions. There are twenty main levels in the campaign. Some levels have multiple versions with differing methods of attack, allowing the player to choose the method and sub-region.
Generally, the player starts out with a Dungeon Heart and some Imps. The Dungeon Heart has the same purpose as the original game: it serves as the dungeon's life force. If destroyed, the player loses. In "Dungeon Keeper 2", the heart has additional functions: regenerating mana (used to cast spells), doubling as a gold-storage area, producing Imps, and sending certain creatures to investigate threats it detects. Gold is the currency used to construct rooms, traps, and doors, and pay minions. Gold is obtained primarily by digging gold and gem seams, the latter providing an unlimited supply. This is performed by the Imps, the main workforce of the dungeon, who dig and claim tiles for the player to control. Another main task Imps perform is the fortification of walls adjacent to tiles owned by the player, although this no longer makes them impenetrable to enemies, but merely makes digging take longer.
The primary rooms include the Lair, Hatchery, Training Room, Library, and the Treasury. These have the same purpose as the first game: they function as a resting place, feeding place, training area, research area, and gold storage area respectively. The only major difference is that the Training Room can only train creatures up to experience level four. Further experience can only be gained through real combat, such as fighting in the new Combat Pit, where creatures fight against one another. The higher a creature's experience level, the stronger and more powerful they become. The highest experience level is level ten, and creatures cannot achieve levels nine or ten via the Training Room or Combat Pit.
Other rooms include the casino, where creatures gamble for either pleasure or to be exploited for gold, the Workshop, where traps and doors are produced, the torture chamber, where creatures are tortured. Traps include the Sentry trap, which shoots nearby enemy creatures, the Fear trap, which scares enemies away, and the Alarm trap, which alerts its owner if it detects enemy creatures nearby. Doors block enemies while still allowing its owner's creatures passage. They come in various forms, such as Wooden, Braced, Secret, and Magic. Secret doors imitate walls, and Magic doors defend themselves by shooting enemy creatures. Bridges connect areas and facilitate transport over water and lava tiles, the latter harming most creatures and burning Wooden Bridges. Stone Bridges are immune.
Creatures are attracted via Portals. Which ones come depend on the dungeon's composition. Each has its own abilities (such as spells they can cast), expertise, and job preferences. Creatures include Bile Demons, Warlocks, and Salamanders. Like the first game, creatures can be slapped with the hand to make them work harder, at the cost of their health. Certain creatures, such as Vampires and Skeletons cannot be attracted via Portals. They are obtained by their corpse decomposing in a Graveyard, and dying in captivity respectively. Certain sacrifices in the Temple, a room where creatures pray, also yield the acquisition of certain creatures. Creatures frequently enter combat (each follow one of four combat strategies) against creatures belonging to enemy keepers, or heroic forces defending the realm. Heroes enter the level via Hero Gates. The heroics forces are composed of different units to keepers: heroes include Wizards, Giants, and Guards. Most creatures have a heroic counterpart: for example, the Wizard is the counterpart of the Warlock. Heroes and rival keepers' creatures can be converted to the player's cause in the torture chamber after being captured and imprisoned. Creatures dislike their heroic counterparts, and their company may make them angry, which can lead to rebellions. Rebelling creatures either leave the dungeon, or defect to another keeper or the heroes, and may take other creatures too. Other things that can annoy creatures and cause rebellions include lack of food, not getting paid (creatures require payment on a regular basis), and being slapped.
Spells are cast using mana, not gold as in the first game. Spells include healing creatures, creating Imps, and summoning all creatures to a particular location. There are two grades of each spell, upgraded in the Library, the higher grade version being more powerful. For example, an upgraded Create Imp spell summons a level four Imp, whereas the normal version summons a level one Imp. As with the first game, the player can possess a creature and interact with the world from its perspective using its abilities. A special spell is the ability to summon Horny to assist the player for a short period. In the Campaign mode, it requires the assembling of the talisman, pieces of which are obtained through the discovery of bonus levels. Mana vaults may be scattered across certain levels; these may be claimed to increase mana generation. Other magical items are special items that provide a specific benefit to the player. These include healing all creatures, revealing the map, and locating a hidden level. There are five hidden levels based on mini games such as golf, bowling, and duck shooting.
In the campaign mode, the objective of each level is the acquisition of the Portal Gem, usually in the possession of the heroic guardian of the realm, although it is sometimes in the possession of a rival keeper. Whoever has the Portal Gem must be defeated, so Horny can enter and claim it. The final level involves defeating King Reginald, overlord of the entire realm of Harmonia. Some levels have more specific conditions relating to this goal: for example, there is one level in which the player races against the clock to obtain the Portal Gem in the possession of a rival keeper before the heroes invade and try to do the same. If the heroes recover the Portal Gem, the player loses. Other game modes include My Pet Dungeon and Skirmish. In My Pet Dungeon, the player constructs a dungeon without campaign-style objectives, and can control if, when, and how heroes invade. Instead, there are criteria based on the dungeon composition and related activities, and there is no requirement to proceed to the next level on completion. Skirmish involves competing against computer-controlled rival keepers, and the player can customize conditions such as which rooms and spells are available. Multiplayer is supported over IPX and TCP/IP and is otherwise similar to Skirmish. A patch added elite creatures (stronger than their normal counterparts) to the latter three modes. Elite creatures are attracted by constructing rooms with very specific tile arrangements.
Development.
Bullfrog Productions developed "Dungeon Keeper 2" with a team of around fifty people. The team included people involved in the original "Dungeon Keeper", including Richard Ridings and programmer Alex Peters. Electronic Arts wanted to capitalize on the original game's success. Producer Nick Goldsworthy believed the key to success was carrying over aspects of the original game and adding new things. A project manager from Mitsubishi assisted the team in management of attaining milestones, and according to Goldsworthy, this taught the team a lot about the practices employed by major companies regarding game development.
It was known the game needed to use 3D graphics with hardware acceleration to keep up with trends. The goal was to have a 3D renderer good enough for deathmatch. The team was also aiming to have a software renderer for lower-end computers. The team used Direct X to improve the lighting effects. The audio was implemented by five team members. The music was composed by Mark Knight, and Nick Laviers was head of audio. The methods used was similar to those used by the BBC for their radio effects. David Armor and Shintaro Kanaoya headed the level design, working with the flow of the tweaked user interface created to reduce ambiguity when looking after the dungeon. In fact, the interface was redesigned more than ten times due to feedback from various groups because the team wanted the public to understand it. Testers played levels without any invading forces, which led to the development of My Pet Dungeon. An important feature to improve was the multiplayer, and great deal of effort was put into it.
"Dungeon Keeper 2" was released for Microsoft Windows by Electronic Arts in late June 1999. Goldsworthy believed Peter Molyneux, producer of the original game, would be pleased with the sequel. Indeed, Molyneux stated that he "liked what they did with it", but also said that it was not precisely what he would have done and that his focus would have been "expanding that sense of creating the greatest dungeon". A PlayStation version was in development, but cancelled. The first patch, which added levels, fixed bugs, and tweaked gameplay, was released in August. Ideas such as the merging of the underworld and overworld were planned for "Dungeon Keeper 3", but Electronic Arts began focusing on other franchises such as "Harry Potter". In August 2000, Bullfrog announced that the development of "Dungeon Keeper 3" had been cancelled. "Dungeon Keeper 2" is available on gog.com and Origin.
Reception.
"Dungeon Keeper 2" received critical acclaim. The improved graphics in particular were noted. Trent Ward of IGN complimented the "amazing" graphics and commented that it looks better than the first game, but criticized the lack of major changes. Greg Kasavin of GameSpot too praised the graphical improvements over the original, and also highly commended the sound, but criticized the lack of gameplay changes compared to the first game. The gameplay was praised as "outstanding" by William Harms of the American "PC Gamer" magazine, but he also commented that multiplayer has glitches and oversights such as not being able to get back to the main menu after a game. Jason Cross of "Computer Games Strategy Plus" commended the gameplay and echoed others' views on the graphical improvements, but criticized the high system requirements. A reviewer from Game Revolution liked the graphics, scenarios, and humor. Another reviewer who liked the graphics was Chad Foster of Gamezilla, who also commended the "incredible" detail, and the "realistic" sounds. Robert Coffey of "Computer Gaming World" praised the dark humour, but criticized the short campaign. The game was awarded its Editor's Choice award, and in 2000, a Best Voice Acting award.
A reviewer from British magazine "Edge" praised the artificial intelligence, describing it as "extremely impressive". It and the graphics were again praised by "PC Zone" reviewer, but he was also among the reviewers to criticize the game's similarity to the original. Nevertheless, "Dungeon Keeper 2" was named as a PC Zone classic. A reviewer from "Computer and Video Games" was also among those who eulogized the graphics, and he did likewise with the replay value, and the multiplayer, describing it as "one of the best ever on PC". Another reviewer who complimented the improved artificial intelligence was John Houlihan of GameSpot UK, who described the game as a "more than worthy sequel". Jeuxvideo.com's reviewer also lauded the graphics and gameplay, but considered the scenarios repetitive. The British "PC Gamer"s reviewer said "Dungeon Keeper 2" is what "Dungeon Keeper" "should have been in the first place", and cited the entertainment, innovation, and addictiveness as why the game is "pure Bullfrog", but criticized the combat because he believed it was a case of putting all creatures in and hoping to win. Blake Fischer reviewed the game for "Next Generation", and stated that, despite being fun, it lacked the inspiration of the original game.
The editors of "PC Gamer US" nominated "Dungeon Keeper 2" for their 1999 "Best Real-Time Strategy Game" award, which ultimately went to "". They wrote that "Dungeon Keeper 2" "may have walked away with the crown" on a less competitive year.
In the United States, "Dungeon Keeper 2" sold 70,685 copies by April 2000.


Bea Feitler

Beatriz Feitler (February 5, 1938 – April 8, 1982) was a Brazilian designer and art director best known for her work in "Harper's Bazaar", "Ms.", "Rolling Stone" and the premiere issue of the modern "Vanity Fair".
Early life, education and early career.
Feitler was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1938, after her Jewish parents Rudi and Erna Feitler fled Nazi Germany. She spent most of her working life in the United States where she graduated from Parson's School of Design in New York City. She designed record jackets for Atlantic Records.
After her graduation in 1959, she returned to Brazil to study painting in Rio de Janeiro. In partnership with two other graphic designers Serguio Jaguaribe (the cartoonist Jaguar) and Glauco Rodrigues, she started "Estudio G," an art studio specializing in posters, album covers, and book design. Feitler worked in an advertising agency with for the progressive "Senhor" magazine.
Amongst her most important works of this period are the book covers made for Editora do Autor, a brief publishing enterprise of the authors Fernando Sabino and Rubem Braga.
"Harper's Bazaar".
In 1961 Feitler returned to the United States where she was hired as an art assistant at "Harper's Bazaar" by her former teacher at Parsons, Marvin Israel, becoming co-art director of the magazine along with Ruth Ansel only two years later.
Feitler and Ansel's joint tenure at "Harper's Bazaar" created high quality design while responding to the political and cultural change of the 1960s. Feitler was often ahead of her time, in 1965 she and Richard Avedon used the first black model in a shoot for a major fashion magazine, leading to a public backlash, and loss of business. Black women would not begin to be regularly featured in the magazine for several years after Feitler.
"Her keen aesthetic judgement was appreciated and respected by her peers – and especially by the photographers. In a 1968 Graphics article Richard Avedon recalled the close creative collaboration of the two young women designers for the cover of the April 1965 issue of "Bazaar"." The final cover of a pink space helmet won an ADC medal.
Later career.
In 1972, Feitler left "Harper's Bazaar" and joined Gloria Steinem to launch "Ms." magazine, where she would remain until 1974. She was the first art director at "Ms." magazine where she created an experimental look using day-glo inks and mixtures of photography, illustration, and typographic compositions.
Between 1974 and 1980 Feitler started teaching design classes at the School of Visual Arts (SVA) and worked on several freelance projects like posters and costumes for the Alvin Ailey Dance Company, ad campaigns for Christian Dior, Diane von Furstenberg, Bill Haire and Calvin Klein, and record jackets including the album Black and Blue by the Rolling Stones.
In 1975, thanks to the insistence of Annie Leibovitz, Feitler started working for "Rolling Stone", beginning her six-year association with the magazine which would lead her to redesigning its format twice.
Illness and death.
Feitler's final project was the premiere issue of the revived "Vanity Fair". At that time she had undergone surgery and chemotherapy to treat a rare form of cancer and had been undergoing chemotherapy for several months already. Feitler died April 8, 1982, before the issue was published.


Red Ensign of Singapore

The Red Ensign of Singapore is a civil ensign used by privately owned, non-military ships that are registered in Singapore. The overall design of the ensign is a modification of the national flag, with the ratio of the width to the length extended to 1:2. The ensign was created by law in 1966. The use of this ensign is regulated by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA). According to the MPA, the Red Ensign is the only ensign to be used on Singaporean civilian ships, and the national flag is not an acceptable substitute. The ensign must be hoisted on all Singaporean ships on entering or leaving port.
History.
In 1966, a year after Singapore's independence from Malaysia, a document entitled "Singapore Merchant Marine Ensign" and numbered Misc. 5 of 1966, was laid before Parliament on 6 September 1966 by the Deputy Prime Minister. The document created a civil ensign that was to be used on ships registered in Singapore. The Red Ensign has been in use since then.
Design.
According to the Parliamentary paper Misc. 5 of 1966, the background of the ensign is red with the ratio of its width to its length being one by two. In contrast, the ratio of the national flag of Singapore is two by three. In the centre of the ensign is a white ring, which surrounds a crescent and five stars also coloured white. The five stars are arranged such that they form a pentagon in the middle. The crescent and stars are taken from the national flag, although in the ensign the crescent appears underneath rather than to the left of the stars, similar to the national coat of arms. According to a 1999 circular "National Colours for Singapore Ships" issued by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), the red colour of the civil ensign is the same as that of the national flag. The shade of red has been defined by the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts as Pantone 032.
Construction sheet.
The MPA's 1999 circular includes a construction sheet with detailed dimensions for the manufacture of the flag. The sheet is in inches and centimetres. The overall dimensions of the flag are by . The space between the top of the ensign to the top of the ring, and the bottom of the ring to the bottom of the ensign, is . The outer diameter of the ring is , and the ring itself is in thickness. The outer curve of the crescent has a radius of . Each star fits within a circle with a diameter of , and the centres of the five stars are positioned 72° from each other along the circumference of an imaginary circle with a radius of . The centre of the imaginary circle is from the lowest point of the inner curve of the crescent.
Regulations.
Section 36(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act of 1995 empowers the relevant Minister to prescribe an ensign for Singaporean ships, which shall then be the "proper colours for a Singapore ship." Section 36(2) goes on to state that the master of a ship, the ship's owner if he is on board, and any other person hoisting colours may be fined up to S$1,000 if, instead of the Red Ensign, any other "distinctive national colours" are hoisted on board any Singapore ship without the Minister's consent. Under section 37 of the Act, if a Singapore ship fails to hoist the Red Ensign on entering or leaving any port, the ship master may be fined up to $1,000.
The MPA's 1999 circular calls the attention of owners, masters and officers of Singapore ships to sections 36 and 37 of the Merchant Shipping Act. In particular, paragraph 3 of the circular points out that "the Singapore national flag does not [substitute] the Red Ensign".


Gautami

Gautami Tadimalla (born 2 July 1968) is an Indian actress who has worked mainly in Tamil and Telugu, in addition to Malayalam, Hindi, and Kannada films. She is one of the leading South Indian actresses from 1987 to 1998. She is also a television actress, television host, the founder of Life Again Foundation, and a costume designer.
Personal life.
Gautami was born in Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh to Dr. T. R. Seshagiri Rao and Dr. Vasundhara Devi. Her father was a pioneering radiation oncologist and her mother was a pathologist and diagnostician. Gautami attended Bishop Cotton Girls' School, Bangalore.
Gautami married Sandeep Bhatia, a businessman, in 1998, and the couple have a daughter, Subbulakshmi born in 1999. They later got divorced in 1999.
Gautami was in a relationship with actor Kamal Haasan from 2004 till 2016. In 2016, Gautami had announced on her blog that she had ended her relationship with him. Gautami wrote on her blog: "It is heartbreaking for me to have to say today that I and Mr. Haasan are no longer together. After almost 13 years together, it has been one of the most devastating decisions that I have ever had to make in my life".
She was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 35, and recovered from it.
Film career.
Gautami went to GITAM University in Visakhapatnam to pursue engineering. She made her first appearance in the Telugu film "Dayamayudu", that was produced by her cousin.
She was introduced to Tamil film industry through "Guru Shishyan", a film that starred Rajinikanth and Prabhu. She was most active in Tamil cinema from 1987 to 1998 and was a tough competitor to the other heroines of her time, Khushbu, Revathy, Amala and Bhanupriya. Her filmography includes classics like "Apoorva Sagodharargal", "Raja Chinna Roja", "Thevar Magan", "Panakkaran", "Guru Sishyan", "Ooru Vittu Ooru Vanthu", "Dharma Durai", "Dhruvam", "Rickshaw Mama" as well as Mani Ratnam's "Iruvar" (1997), which co-starred Mohanlal, Prakash Raj, Aishwarya Rai, Tabu, Nassar and Revathi.
She played the lead in the Tamil serial "Indira". She made a guest appearance in the song "Chikku Bukku Railu" with Prabhu Deva in the film "Gentleman". She had hosted a talk show in Sun TV titled "Anbudan" which was launched to compete with "Koffee with Anu" running on STAR Vijay. She acted in the serial Abirami which was telecast on Kalaignar TV. She made a comeback to the film industry in the late 2000s as a costume designer for films starring her partner Kamal Haasan. She won the Vijay Award for Best Costume Designer for "Dasavathaaram". After sixteen years, she returned to acting, by starring in the Tamil film "Papanasam," in which she was paired with her partner Kamal Haasan.
Political career.
Gautami is a member of the Bharatiya Janata party. She is a State Executive Committee member. In 2021, she was appointed as in-charge of the Rajapalayam Assembly constituency.
Charity work.
Gautami founded Life Again Foundation (LAF) to help cancer patients. Life Again Foundation has conducted more than 360 motivational camps for cancer patients, cancer awareness campaigns, and food drives. It also conducts Yoga and Alternative Therapy programs. It also periodically conducts health camps to conduct tests that screen for cancer and overall health. LAF also runs 2 Mobile hospitals. It also sponsors under-privileged students for higher education. It runs Supplementary Education Centres and Vocational Training Centres.
Television.
TV serials
Reality shows as Judge
Other shows as Guest


Beier (Beirette)

Freitaler Kameraindustrie Beier & Co was an East German camera manufacturer from 1923 to 1989. Woldemar Beier (1886-1957) opened a camera factory in Freital on 1 April 1923, initially producing plate cameras of wood, then aluminium from 1929, 35mm cameras from 1932 and single lens reflex from 1938. In 1941 the factory converted to production of parts for bombers and submarines. In 1945, the machinery was moved to Ulyanovsk, but production resumed in Freital with a variety of small items such as potato peelers, pots and cigarette rolling machines. Camera production resumed in 1949. The company was part nationalised in 1959 and fully nationalised in 1972, when it was renamed VEB (citizens' own company). Beirette compact cameras were produced from 1958 to the 1989, when production became part of the Praktica range. Several versions were sold as the Boots Beirette.


Anoraak

Anoraak is the musical project of French musician Frédéric Rivière, multi instrumentalist, singer, producer and DJ, former drummer of Pony Pony Run Run. and member of the Valerie Collective along with artists such as College, Maethelvin, The Outrunners, Minitel Rose and Russ Chimes. Coming from the rock scene at first, he later came to electronic music, starting Anoraak beside his drummer position.
His music is related to the retro-synth and 80's inspired scenes recently highlighted by the movie "Drive's" soundtrack. His sound is described as "dreamy synth-filled tracks that fall somewhere on the spectrum between disco and new wave", "contemporary but retro-tinged" or "easy, breezy [...] chugging along on airy synthesizers like a weekend train to the beachside town of Nantes".
Anoraak has collaborated with artists such as the former Swedish Italo Disco outfit Sally Shapiro, American singer Slow Shiver, French producer College, Danish singer Lydmor, and has also remixed numerous artists such as Neon Indian, Mika, Junkie XL, Wild Belle, Julian Perretta, among others.
Career.
Rivière started Anoraak circa 2008, when he released his debut album "Nightdrive With You", first limited to 1000 copies, then reissued in Japan and Australia. The title track "Nightdrive with You" touched the entire blogosphere, and got highlighted on the Myspace US homepage. He first started to perform in France, and eventually made it to the USA early 2009 with a first show at Webster Hall in New York.
Anoraak's second album "Wherever The Sun Sets" launched in 2011"." UK's Clash Magazine review lauded Anoraak's mix of italo-disco, indie rock, and 80s pop, writing "he does it so well it’s as if these sounds were born to be together despite being totally disparate". Anoraak then grew up to a 3 piece band, playing renowned France's "Festival des Inrocks", SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, Noise Music Festival in Monterrey, Mexico before embarking on The Drive Tour in 2012 with College and Electric Youth in USA and Canada.
In 2013, his third album "Chronotropic" came out, "lead[ing] the way in sunset-inspired dance pop" according to Nest HQ and described as "new wave vocals on disco" by French magazine Tsugi, quickly followed by the EP "Reworks", alternative versions of tracks from the album, whose track "Guest Star (Rework)" was premiered on Rolling Stone. Back as a solo act, he keeps performing mostly stateside.
After releasing in 2015 the single "Odds Are Good" on the Belgian label Eskimo Recordings, he came back in 2016 with the EP "Figure", out on his own imprint Endless Summer Music. The title track's video was premiered on British trendsetting site Nowness, and Brooklyn based online publication Vehllingo stated that this EP "embod[ies] the different personality traits of Anoraak’s various experiments over the years". The same year he teamed up with Anglo French duo Loframes for the track "Since You've Gone" released on Los Angeles based label "Midnight in Paris"
In June 2017, Anoraak released "Black Gold Sun", described by Australian webzine Acid Stag as "Italo-disco, retro-synth, electro-pop goodness". The video for the track "Last Call" was premiered on major online French media Konbini.
He's on the bill for the 2018 edition of Electric Daisy Carnival in Mexico.
In November 2019, Anoraak premiered a more nu-disco sound with "Panarea" on the "Vehlinggo Presents: 5 Years" compilation.


GQ (Indian edition)

GQ is the Indian edition of the American monthly men's magazine called "GQ". It is the 15th international edition of "GQ" and is published by Condé Nast India Pvt. Ltd., a 100% owned subsidiary of Condé Nast International. Condé Nast gained 100% ownership after regulatory changes in 2005 permitted 100% foreign direct investment in non-news and current affairs publications. "GQ" was the second magazine released in India, after "Vogue India", that is 100% foreign owned. Condé Nast India is based in Mumbai and also has an office in New Delhi.
The magazine was launched with the October 2008 issue, which was unveiled by Condé Nast on 29 September 2008. The cover, shot by Pascal Chevallier, featured Saif Ali Khan and Katarina Ivanovska on the regular cover, and Yuvraj Singh, Lisa Haydon, Arjun Rampal and Ujjwala Raut on the gatefold cover.
Awards.
GQ India gives away a number of Awards in various fields. One popular award is the GQ Men of the year award. There are even other felicitations like the 100 Best Dressed people in India, Creative Personality of the year and Most Influential Men List.


PEDS Legwear

PEDS Legwear, formerly known as Richelieu Legwear, is an international legwear company. It manufactures socks and hosiery.
History.
The Simard family founded Richelieu Legwear in Sorel, Quebec in 1934. The family gained prominence in the region as shipbuilders and owners of Marine Industries Limited (M.I.L.). Richelieu grew to eventually employee over 600 people in Quebec at its peak in 2002. The Simards maintained ownership of Richelieu until 1997, when Harvey Penner a Montreal businessman who joined Richelieu in the 1960s as a sales manager bought out the Simards and became president of Richelieu Knitting. He remained with the company until 2006 when he sold the Richelieu Hosiery division to his son, Michael D. Penner, who is currently president and CEO.
The company suffered in the late 1990s and early 2000s, when unfavorable exchange rates, competition from China and other lower costs countries impacted the Canadian manufacturing industry. Like many other Canadian textile companies, Richelieu moved production off-shore or risk going bankrupt.
In 2011, PEDS Legwear invested $7 million to buy the assets of International Legwear Group (ILG), a failing sock company based in Burke County (Hildebran), North Carolina. The assets included the PEDS and MediPEDS brands In 2014, Richelieu Legwear changed its name to PEDS Legwear to better reflect its new main brand.
PEDS Legwear has offices in Montreal, Quebec; Hildebran, North Carolina; and Shanghai, China.
In 2007, Deloitte named Richelieu Hosiery as one of Canada's 50 best managed companies. In 2013, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and Grant Thornton LLP named Richelieu Legwear as a finalist for the "2013 Private Business Growth Award".
In 2014, Peds announced it was investing $16 million and hiring 200 workers at its Hildebran location over a five-year period after a multi-year commitment from Walmart.
In June 2016, the Governor's Office and the North Carolina Department of Commerce announced the award of a $500,000 building reuse grant to Peds so it could expand the Hildebran location with the promise of adding 50 new jobs. Burke County and the town of Hildebran approved a 5 percent match to the state grant.
In 2016, Gildan Activewear announced its $55 million purchase of PEDS.
In 2018, Gildan Activewear Inc. announced its plans to close the operation in Hildebran and lay off all of its manufacturing and distribution workers.
US Investment.
With its investment in ILG, PEDS Legwear became part of the rebirth of the American manufacturing sector, which had sustained severe losses during the Great Recession, particularly in the textile industry. On March 11, 2015, the company opened a new $16 million manufacturing facility in Hildebran that is projected to create more than 205 jobs by 2018. This investment was part of the SelectUSA program of the US Department of Commerce. As a result, PEDS has been cited as an example of how foreign investment can save and create American manufacturing jobs. Penner was invited by President Barack Obama to talk about the company's investment at a roundtable meeting.


Classy (magazine)

Monthly Classy Magazine is a Japanese women's magazine. Its title, "Classy", is derived from the English adjective "classy".
It is estimated that the average reader of "Classy" magazine is between the age of 24 and 28. The magazine is known to be popular with office ladies (widely known as OL in Japan). It is also famous among university students as a magazine for fashion.
History.
"Classy" was first published in 1984. The magazine is published by Kobunsha.
The magazine targets women in their 20s. It is a sister magazine of "JJ", and has been published since 1984 by the same company. The two magazines are closely linked, and often, models who posed for "JJ" magazine in their youth will return a few years later to model for "Classy".
Models.
In the beginning, most of the models were American supermodels, however changes in the policy led to the inclusion of more and more local models. Famous Japanese supermodels, namely and started their modeling careers by appearing as cover girls in the magazine.
Several well-known models are working for the magazine. Hiroko Hatano, who used to work for "JJ" magazine, started to work as a model here in 2005. Jessica Michibata, Sayo Aizawa and Ryoko Tanami are also popular.


Owen K.C. Stephens

Owen K.C. Stephens (born October 28, 1970) is a game designer who has worked on a number of products for the "Starfinder", "Pathfinder" and "Star Wars Roleplaying Game" and other games.
Career.
In 2000, Wizards of the Coast brought Owen K.C. Stephens on as a designer for the launch of the "Star Wars Roleplaying Game". He was laid off with numerous other designers in 2001, and became a freelance designer.
After OtherWorld Creations (under the name Super Genus Games) began updating their d20 books to the "Pathfinder" rules system in 2009, they brought on Stephens as a "Pathfinder" line manager.
Stephens has done design work for the "Star Wars Roleplaying Game" (Wizards of the Coast), "Pathfinder Roleplaying Game", "Starfinder Roleplaying Game", "EverQuest Role-Playing Game", "The Black Company" Roleplaying Game, "The Wheel of Time Roleplaying Game", "Gamma World Sixth Edition", as well as "Dungeons & Dragons" material appearing in "Dragon" magazine and .
He is a Developer for Paizo Publishing and Green Ronin Publishing, and the owner and Publisher for Rogue Genius Games. He is also the Master of Ceremonies for Paizo's annual talent context, RPG Superstar. He is the "Starfinder" Design Lead.
Awards and Honors.
"Black Company"

"Star Wars Saga Edition"

"Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Bestiary 2"

"Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Advanced Player's Guide"

"Razor Coast: Heart of the Razor"

"Southlands Campaign Setting"

Media mentions.
Owen K.C. Stephens has appeared in the following newspaper and magazine articles, websites and podcasts.


James Chinlund

James Chinlund is an American production designer. He was born and raised in New York City and studied Fine Art at CalArts in Los Angeles, with a focus on sculpture and large scale installation art works. After graduating, Chinlund returned to New York and started his career in film, first as a carpenter, before finding opportunities as a Production Designer on music videos and independent films. During this period he first worked with frequent collaborator Darren Aronofsky (Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain) in addition to other directors in the New York independent film world including: Todd Solondz (Storytelling), Paul Schrader (Autofocus) and Spike Lee (25th Hour). After a short break from features to help care for his young daughter, Chinlund returned to the feature world in 2012 to work on “The Avengers" for Marvel which set a record for the highest grossing opening weekend ever. Since then he has been nominated six times for Art Director's Guild Awards. Two for his work on the Fox films “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" and “War for the Planet of the Apes” directed by Matt Reeves, and most recently for his work on “The Lion King" directed by Jon Favreau which was the first feature film ever shot entirely in Virtual Reality. Over the years James has been active in the commercial and fashion worlds as well. Collaborators include: Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, Rupert Sanders, Spike Jonze, Marc Forster, Lance Acord, Gus Van Sant and Harmony Korine. James is currently in production on “The Batman” directed by Matt Reeves scheduled to release in the fall of 2021.


Joshua Hedley

Joshua Hedley, born and raised in Naples, Florida, is a country music singer-songwriter, violinist, and guitarist. His debut album "Mr. Jukebox" was released in 2018 through Third Man Records.
Biography.
Joshua "Josh" Hedley was born and raised in Naples, Florida. He felt "inexplicably drawn" to the fiddle as a child, requesting one by name from his parents at 3. He got his first violin at 8. By 12, he was playing with "middle-aged pickers" at the local VFW. Hedley credits the "ear training" he received through learning the fiddle early in life has helped him become a better singer.
When he turned 19, he moved to Nashville where he became an "in-demand sideman" at Robert's Western World and other venues. He became known around the Lower Broad district of Nashville – where he developed his sound. "I always thought Josh was the best thing going on down on Broadway," says Margo Price, who used Hedley's fiddle on "All American Made". "No one carries on the tradition the way Ol’ Hed does. He grew up in it, worked on his chops and earned his place in that world. Now the world gets to hear it."
He became known as "Mr. Jukebox" while playing down on Broad "thanks to Hedley's pristine vocals, unrivaled musicianship, and truly encyclopedic knowledge of country music." He's toured with artists such as Jonny Fritz, Justin Townes Earle, Willie Watson, and others. He was featured in the 2015 documentary "Heartworn Highways Revisited". Hedley was listed as one of ten country music acts to watch by Rolling Stone magazine in November 2016.
Hedley was featured on an online variety show hosted by Ketch Secor of Old Crow Medicine Show on YouTube Live. The series has also featured Charlie Worsham and Molly Tuttle.
Sobriety.
Hedley started writing his own songs after getting sober. As he says of this change in his life:
Livestreaming.
On March 17, 2020, Hedley and his group the Hedliners, together with Dave Cox, played their first livestreamed show at Robert's Western World, where he'd performed "thousands of times" since 2005. Playing to an empty dance floor, after area bars and music venues were shut down in response to the COVID-19 virus threat, Hedley and his musicians made more in virtual Venmo and PayPal tips from fans worldwide than they would on a regular night at the venue.
The performance garnered 53,000 views online within a few days, far more exposure than the 200-fan maximum venue could generate on a given night.
Festivals.
Hedley headlined the ISOL-AID festival with Leah Flanagan and Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy in May 2020.
"Mr. Jukebox".
Hedley released his debut album "Mr. Jukebox" in 2018. It was named for his "uncanny ability to perform nearly any classic-country song thrown his way."
Tracks.
Hedley selected the only cover on the album, his final track version of "When You Wish Upon a Star", to honor his father, who died before seeing his son succeed in music. As the grateful son says, "We spent a lot of Christmases at Disney World. When I was searching for a cover song, it dawned on me that my dad didn't get to see any of this happen, but he always wanted it."
Hedley says of the type of music he wants to make, and where that fits him in the Nashville music scene:
Tours.
Hedley has toured with Jonny Fritz, Justin Townes Earle, Willie Watson, and others.
Style.
Hedley has said that country music was perfected in 1965, a statement he admits "was a bit hyperbolic." He continues:


Tragus piercing

A tragus piercing is the perforation of the tragus, which projects immediately in front of the ear canal, for the purpose of inserting and wearing a piece of jewelry. The piercing itself is usually made with a small gauge hollow piercing needle, and typical jewelry would be a small diameter captive bead ring or small gauge post style piercing jewelry. A related piercing is known as the antitragus piercing.
History.
The popularity of tragus piercings began to increase around 2005, according to a BBC report.
Jewelry.
Barbells, captive bead rings and earring studs are the most common types of jewelry worn in tragus piercings.
Process.
The hollow, low-gauge needle used for the piercing can be either straight or curved, depending on the piercer's preference. Tragus piercings are generally not very painful, due to the small number of nerve endings in the tragus, but the sound made may be uncomfortable due to its proximity to the eardrum. Most tragus piercings will take between 3 and 6 months to heal, however some might take up to 12 months to be fully healed.


Mattel Auto Race

Mattel Electronics Auto Race is the first in the line of many Mattel Electronics games, and is credited with being the first handheld game that was entirely digital, with only solid-state electronics, having no moving mechanisms except the controls and on/off switch.
It was copied in the Soviet Union.
History.
Mattel pioneered the category of handheld computer games when it released "Mattel Auto Race" in 1976 and is sometimes overlooked because of the much more successful "Mattel Football" that was released a year later. The visuals were represented by red LED lights and the sound consisted of simple beeps. The game itself used about 512 bytes in memory (half a kilobyte, or 1/2048 of a megabyte).
Sales of "Mattel Auto Race" exceeded expectations. Mattel in the 1970s, known mostly for Barbie dolls and Hot Wheels, was at first skeptical of products based on electronics, especially at what was considered expensive at the time ($24.99 retail) The success of "Auto Race" convinced Mattel to proceed with the development of "Mattel Football" which was often sold out and in short supply and this led to the creation of a new Mattel Electronics Division in 1978, which for a time was extremely profitable. Made by Mattel
Development.
George J. Klose, a product development engineer at Mattel, came up with the concept of re-purposing standard calculator hardware to create a hand-held electronic game using individual display segments as blips that would "move" on the display. He designed the game play for "Mattel Auto Race", inspired by auto racing games commonly found in video arcades in the 1970s. First, he made a proof of concept prototype demonstrating a blip moving on an LED display without using a microprocessor to get approval from Mattel for further development. He then looked for a manufacturer to provide a circuit board that would fit into a compact package. Klose and his manager Richard Cheng approached the Microelectronics Division of Rockwell International, at the time, a leader in designing handheld calculator chips, to supply Mattel with the hardware and provide technical support.
Mark Lesser, a circuit design engineer at Rockwell International, jumped at the opportunity to write the software for "Mattel Auto Race". First, he had to redesign an existing calculator chip to include a display driver multiplexing scheme and a special sound driver for a piezo-ceramic speaker. He then proceeded to write the program in assembly language, challenged by making it fit into the 512 bytes of ROM allowed by the chip. There was no sound processing hardware, so the sounds were produced by toggling the speaker in embedded timing loops from within the program itself.
Gameplay.
The player's car is represented by a bright blip (a vertical dash sign) on the bottom of the screen. The player must make it to the top of the screen 4 times (4 laps) to win, but, while making it towards the top, the player must swerve past other cars using the switch at the bottom of the system to toggle between three lanes. If hit by a car, the player's vehicle keeps moving back towards the bottom of the screen until it gets out of the other car's way. The goal is to beat the game before the 99 seconds (as high as the two-digit timer can show) given are up, and to get the shortest time possible. The player's car has four "gears" and the faster the gear, the faster the other cars come at it.
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Results.
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Mattel Electronics Battlestar Galactica Space Alert.
A very similar version of this game based on the 1970s "Battlestar Galactica" TV series was released in 1976 by Mattel Electronics under the name Mattel Electronics Missile Attack, which was resold in 1978 as Mattel Electronics Battlestar Galactica Space Alert due to difficulties with NBC who refused to air commercials for the Missile Attack game.
In this game, the player remains at the bottom of the play field, and the game is equipped with a fire button that enables the player to shoot and destroy the adversaries. If one managed to reach the center-bottom space on the playing field, the "Galactica" was considered destroyed and the game lost. In contrast to Mattel Electronics Auto Race, in this game, the score counter goes up instead of down as the player gains points by destroying enemies.


Shane Ivey

Shane Ivey is an American game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games.
Career.
Shane Ivey worked for Pagan Publishing. After the release of "Godlike" in 2002 Dennis Detwiller and Ivey founded Arc Dream Publishing. Ivey and Detwiller formed Arc Dream Publishing at a time when Pagan Publishing was shutting down its main operations; their original intent was to publish supplements for "Godlike". Detwiller and Ivey produced "Delta Green: Targets of Opportunity" (2010) and resurrected "The Unspeakable Oath" with issue #18 (December 2010). Through Arc Dream Publishing, Ivey edited and published other games including "Monsters and Other Childish Things," "Wild Talents," "Puppetland," and "Better Angels." Ivey contributed to the books "Rivendell," "Horse-lords of Rohan," and "Oaths of the Riddermark" for Cubicle 7 Entertainment's J.R.R. Tolkien-based roleplaying game "The One Ring." Ivey cowrote "Delta Green: The Role-Playing Game" with Dennis Detwiller, Adam Scott Glancy, and Greg Stolze, and cowrote or published 34 books in the award-winning Delta Green line between 2015 and 2020.


Patrizia von Brandenstein

Patrizia von Brandenstein (born April 15, 1943) is an American production designer. She was the first woman to win an Academy Award for production design and has been nominated for two more in the category Best Art Direction. She has shown versatility in creating sets for both lavish historical films and glossy contemporary fare.
She was born in Arizona to German Russian emigrant parents. Her education abroad closed with two years as an apprentice at the famed Comédie Française. She started with the off-Broadway scene of 1960s New York at the Actors Studio and La MaMa as a seamstress, prop maker and scene painter. 1966 saw the real start of her career in design with an eight-year stay creating costumes and sets at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco under William Ball. She also met future husband and fellow production designer Stuart Wurtzel. She has designed movies in a wide range of subjects, styles, and periods: from the low-budget, break-dancing musical "Beat Street" to the expensive plutonium-plant melodrama "Silkwood".
Director Neil Burger, in his DVD commentary for "Limitless," singles out von Brandenstein for her excellent work on the film.
Selected filmography.
Brandenstein has won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction and has been nominated for two more:


Seerhand muslin

Seerhand muslin (Seerhand) was a plain weave thin cotton fabric produced in the Indian subcontinent.
Texture.
Seerhand was a kind of muslin cloth. It has a texture in between nainsook and mull (another muslin type, a very thin and soft). The fabric was good to stand with washing and to retain its clearness and morbid matter.
Use.
Seerhand was used in dresses.


Bindiya Goswami

Bindiya Goswami (born 06 January 1962) is an Indian former actress, who is best known for her works in Hindi cinema throughout the 1970s and 1980s.
Film career.
Bindiya was discovered at a party, when she was a teenager, by Hema Malini's mother. She felt that Bindiya had a resemblance to Hema and recommended her to film producers. Bindiya's first Hindi film was "Jeevan Jyoti" opposite Vijay Arora. Though the film flopped, Bindiya forged ahead and met success with director Basu Chatterjee's "Khatta Meetha" (1977) and "Prem Vivah" (1979). Her biggest hit was Hrishikesh Mukherjee's comedy film "Gol Maal" (1979). The success of "Dada" (1979) led her to sign a number of films with Vinod Mehra. She also bagged a role opposite Shashi Kapoor in the big-budget film "Shaan" (1980). However, the movie was declared "average", and Bindiya Goswami's role was not noticed.
Career as costume designer.
Bindiya has taken up designing costumes for female stars such as Rani Mukherjee, Kareena Kapoor and Aishwarya Rai for her husband J.P. Dutta's films, such as "Border" (1997), "Refugee" (2000), "LOC Kargil" (2003) and "Umrao Jaan" (2007).
Personal life and education.
Bindiya was born in Kaman, Bharatpur (Rajasthan) to Shri Venugopal Goswami, a Tamil Iyengar father, and Dolly, a Catholic mother. Her father was a priest of Vallabh Sampraday and married 7 times in his lifetime. Bindiya was initially married to her frequent co-star Vinod Mehra, but they divorced after four years of marriage. Thereafter, Bindiya gave up her acting career to marry director J.P. Dutta in 1985, with whom she has two daughters, Nidhi and Siddhi. Her daughter Nidhi is following in her mother's footsteps by becoming an actress.


Suki Lopez

Suki Lopez is an American actress, dancer, and graphic designer. She plays Nina on the children's television series "Sesame Street".
Early life and career.
Lopez grew up in Miami, Florida. Lopez began studying ballet at age three, at the Maria Verdeja School of the Arts. She participated in talent shows and school choir as a child, and performed in Spanish-language commercials that aired in Latin America. She studied dance at summer workshops with Joffrey Ballet and American Ballet Theatre. The first Broadway musical she saw was "Hairspray", which further inspired her to pursue acting as a career.
Lopez participated in musical theatre in high school. She attended Our Lady of Lourdes Academy, where she performed in the Troupe 6273, and was cast in "Thoroughly Modern Millie" in her senior year. Lopez later moved to New York City to study at the Collaborative Arts Project 21 acting conservatory. She appeared in a productions of the "Singin' in the Rain" musical, and in a national tour of the musical "West Side Story". Lopez also performed on the Disney Cruise Line, appearing in the shows "Disney Wishes" and "Disney's Believe". She also understudied the role of Jasmine from "Aladdin", and performed as Belle from "Beauty and the Beast".
"Sesame Street".
Lopez joined the cast of "Sesame Street" during its 46th season in 2016, the first year that the show had moved to HBO, marking her television debut. Her first audition was reading a scene involving a heart to heart conversation with someone performing as Elmo, and her second audition included singing and improvisation with the Murray Monster puppet. Her casting was part of a series of updates and changes to the show that coincided with the move to HBO. Lopez portrays Nina, works at the Sesame Street laundromat and bike store, and works as a babysitter for Elmo. "Sesame Street" promotional materials described Nina as "a young bilingual Hispanic woman who uses her wit, compassion, and charisma to help the furry residents of Sesame Street solve their daily dilemmas". Lopez said of the character: "Nina is a millennial, and she has a bunch of jobs. So I guess she is like me." Lopez watched and enjoyed "Sesame Street" as a child. Shortly after Lopez's character was introduced, a petition was circulated asking for Nina to be depicted as a college graduate.
Personal life.
Lopez has one brother. Her first name means "love" in Japanese. She has also worked in graphic design, as a choreographer and acting coach, and has run social media accounts for various dance studios in Florida. While appearing in "Sesame Street", Lopez was also studying liberal arts at "The New School" in New York City.


Shaina NC

Shaina Nana Chudasama (born 1 December 1972), better known by her abbreviated name Shaina NC, is an Indian fashion designer, politician, and social worker. Daughter of the former Sheriff of Mumbai, her father, Nana Chudasama, was a well known critic of BJP and its leader Narendra Modi for its handling of the post-Godhra riots. Shaina is known in the Indian fashion industry as the 'Queen of Drapes' for draping a saree (sari) in fifty-four different ways. She holds a record in "the Guinness Book of World Records" for fastest saree drape. She entered politics in 2004 and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). She holds the positions of national spokesperson for the BJP, member of the national executive council of BJP, and treasurer of the BJP's Maharashtra unit. Shaina is also involved in social work through her charity fashion shows and two NGOs, 'I Love Mumbai' and 'Giants International'. As a female politician, she is often projected as the young, urbane, and women-friendly face of the BJP in television debates.
Personal life.
Shaina was born to Nana Chudasama and Munira Chudasama in Malabar Hill, Bombay (now Mumbai) on 1 December 1972. She has one brother, Akshay Nana Chudasama, and one sister, Brinda. She completed I.C.S.E from Queen Mary School, Bombay in 1989, and obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from St. Xavier's College, Bombay in 1993. She wanted to be a lawyer when she was in college, but she was more attracted to fashion designing. After graduation, she took an associate degree in fashion designing from the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York.
Shaina's father, Nana Chudasama, is a former Sheriff of Bombay. She was brought up in a cosmopolitan, multi-religious family in Mumbai. Her father is a Hindu Rajput from Saurashtra, while her mother is from a Dawoodi Bohra Muslim family; her sister is married to a Muslim man while she is married to a Marwari Jain. Being part of a multi-religious family and community, her family celebrates all religious festivals like Paryushan, Diwali, Eid, and Christmas. Shaina is married to Manish Munot. She first met him in school when she was thirteen and married him at the age of twenty-three after six years of dating. Shaina says she is able to manage her profession, politics, and social work. She lives in Mumbai with her family and two children, Shanaya and Ayaan.
Career.
Shaina is pursuing a career in fashion design as well as in politics. She says that fashion design is her profession while politics is her passion.
Fashion designer.
Shaina's mother, Munira Chudasama, has been in the fashion design industry for many decades. Shaina began designing fashion at the age of eighteen when her mother was unwell; the collection of outfits she designed was a success. Shaina runs the Golden Thimble Boutique, which was set up by her mother, in the upmarket Kala Ghoda area of Mumbai. It is one of the oldest boutiques in Mumbai city. She does not like to design for Bollywood films but rather for individuals. Her clients include celebrities such as: Aishwarya Rai, Juhi Chawla, and Mahima Chaudhry. Her main fashion designing interest is in sarees. She specialises in traditional sarees which include: Chanderis, Paithanis, Chiffons, Silks, and Cottons. Shaina is quoted as saying: "It [saree] is ours, it belongs to us. It is the most flattering garment where a thin person can look voluptuous and a bulky person can camouflage all the unseemly bulges. The younger generation need to be introduced to the garment." She holds a record in the "Guinness Book of World Records" for the fastest draping of a saree. Shaina is often referred to as "Queen of Drapes" because of her fifty-four different ways of draping a saree. Indian women traditionally wear a saree over a petticoat, but in one of her styles, Shaina wears a saree over trousers. She says there are no set rules regarding how to wear saree. Women can wear saree over jeans, chudidar or tapered skirt in combination with choli. One of her other ways is to wear two sarees at a time.
For younger, modern Indian women, who may find it cumbersome to wear a six-yard saree, she has designed ready-to-wear sarees. Shaina does not use swarovski(crystals) on her sarees but does employ embroidery, sequins, and kundans to match them with blouses of different styles ranging from halterneck to spaghetti strap, choli, and long choli. Her family has employed craftsmen for many decades who now work on sarees she has designed.
Politician.
Shaina was a student of Political Science. She says that she has been interested in politics since she was a child. On 14 September 2004, Shaina joined Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of BJP leader Gopinath Munde. She was made president of the newly created Health and Cultural Cell of the BJP. Her father, Nana Chudasama, was a well known critic of BJP and its leader Narendra Modi for its handling of the post-Godhra riots. When asked why she chose BJP, Shaina told "The Economic Times", "Why not the BJP? It is the most progressive party and also secular in accepting me – daughter of a Muslim mother, Hindu father and married to a Marwari Jain." Shaina contested 2004 Maharashtra State Assembly election against Baba Siddique of the Indian National Congress for the Vandre assembly seat, but lost.
She was appointed BJP's spokesperson for the city of Mumbai in February 2007. In 2008, she became BJP's spokesperson for the Maharashtra state. In the 2009 Maharashtra State Assembly election, Shaina hoped to get a ticket from Malabar Hill constituency, but the BJP leadership preferred three-time sitting MLA Mangal Lodha. In March 2010, she became a member of the National Executive Council of the BJP. In April 2013, she became national spokesperson of the BJP and was included in the panel of spokespersons to participate in television debates on behalf of the party. In May 2013, Shaina was appointed treasurer of the BJP's Maharashtra unit. In Feb 2014, she was in contention for the Rajya Sabha MP seat, but considering the upcoming General Election, and Dalit votes, the NDA leadership chose Ramdas Athawale of Republican Party of India. Shaina was asked to run against Priya Dutt of the Indian National Congress from Mumbai North Central constituency for Lok Sabha election, 2014 but she refused feeling that the fight would be "too tough" for her in a minority dominated constituency. In June 2015, she was re-appointed treasurer of BJP Maharashtra for a second term.
Social work.
Since 2002, Shaina and the Cancer Patients' Aid Association (CPAA) have arranged fashion shows each year to raise funds for the treatment of cancer patients, and cancer awareness programmes. Many Bollywood celebrities, from established actresses like Waheeda Rehman to younger actors like Ranbir Kapoor, have participated in her fashion shows for this cause. Part of the proceeds from the sale of outfits designed by Shaina goes to CPAA. She has also organised many charity shows to raise funds for the welfare of physically disabled children. She is the trustee of the NGO I Love Mumbai which was founded by her father Nana Chudasama in 1989. The NGO's mission is 'Clean Mumbai, Green Mumbai' and it works towards beautification and cleanliness of the city of Mumbai. The NGO distributes 50,000 free saplings every year to plant in the city. In Dec 2008, Shaina's NGO 'I Love Mumbai' provided financial assistance to Suneeta Yadav and her young daughter Sheetal Yadav, who survived a hand grenade attack in the 2008 Mumbai attacks. Suneeta's husband died in this attack and later she was robbed of government compensation by her brother-in-law. Three months later, in Feb 2009, Shaina's NGO collected 7 million and donated it to the heroes and victims of the 2008 Mumbai attacks. In Nov 2010, her I Love Mumbai NGO joined Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation in a 5.2 million project to clean up a 3 -km-long stretch of Arabian sea shoreline between Cuffe Parade and Haji Ali in South Mumbai. She is the Executive World Chairperson of the NGO Giants International which honours personalities from different walks of life for their outstanding contribution and service to society. The NGO also organises healthcare, family planning, and AIDs awareness programmes. Shaina has received awards for her contribution to society from many organisations like the Jaycees International, Indo-American Society, Lions Clubs International, and Rotary International. As of June 2014, Shaina is supporting the cause of Campa Cola Society residents who are facing eviction and the demolition of their illegal flats.
As a woman in Politics.
Shaina is a staunch supporter of the Women's Reservation Bill which proposes 33% reserved seats for women in the Lower House of the Parliament of India and all state legislative assemblies. While women including Sonia Gandhi and Pratibha Patil have held important posts in politics, Shaina says this is not enough and is sheer tokenism. She feels that when more women are in power in government, they will prove their ability and potential. Shaina advocates education for all women and the right to live a dignified life in society as basic rights. Women face gender-based harassment in India and she says that it is not due to overlegislation but under administration. If laws are implemented in their spirit, and culprits are punished swiftly, she feels that crime against women in India will decrease.
Some sections of society view the BJP as conservative in its approach to women's and minority rights, but Shaina believes that the BJP is a progressive party. She is not afraid to admonish her own party when she believes that it has deviated from its progressive approach. In February 2010, BJP's ally Shiv Sena threatened to ban the release of Shah Rukh Khan's film "My Name Is Khan". When BJP leadership was hesitant to take a firm stand on this issue, she organised a premiere of the film in New Delhi in support of her friend Shah Rukh Khan and also to make a point to the BJP leadership that she will not compromise the progressive principles of the party. "For me, being an MP and MLA is not the be-all and end-all. If I reach a dead-end in the BJP, I will call it a day," she said. In April 2013, with the aim of projecting a young, urbane, and women-friendly image of the BJP, party president Rajnath Singh included Shaina in the panel of seven women spokespersons to participate in television debates. With the aim of focusing on the well-being of women workers in the Bollywood film industry, Shaina became president of the newly formed BJP Kamgaar Morcha's BJP Chitrapat Union in July 2014.


Pernia Qureshi

Pernia Qureshi is an Indian stylist, fashion entrepreneur and classical dancer. She is married to Sahil Gilani
Life and career.
Qureshi was born in Lahore, Pakistan to an Indian father from Rampur, Moin Akhtar Qureshi, and a Pakistani mother. She trained as a Kuchipudi dancer, under the dance couple Raja-Radha Reddy. She has performed across India, with performances of Sufi music by Abida Parveen, and dance transliteration of the Urdu poems of Minu Bakshi.
Pernia has worked as a stylist for Harper's Bazaar, Elle and Conde Nast; and designed costumes for the Bollywood film "Aisha".
Pernia played a courtesan in Muzaffar Ali's drama film set in pre-independence India, "Jaanisaar", opposite Imran Abbas Naqvi. The movie was released on 7 August 2015.
Personal life.
In 2011, Qureshi married Arjun Prasad, a London-based accountant. The couple divorced in 2012. In 2018 she married Sahil Gilani.
Website.
She launched an e-commerce website, Pernia's Pop-Up Shop, in 2012. The site offers India's premier designers to a global clientele. Her e-commerce venture was created by Digital Impressions based in Delhi perception NCR, India. Pernia's Pop-Up Shop was acquired by Purple Style Labs in 2019


Mark Anthony (writer)

Mark Anthony is an American author who lives and writes in Colorado.
Career.
Anthony wrote a number of novels based on "Dungeons & Dragons" published worlds, Forgotten Realms, Dragonlance, and Ravenloft. His first such novel was "Crypt of the Shadowking" in The Harpers series, and he has written several short stories as well.
Anthony had written a novel about Drizzt Do'Urden called "The Shores of Dusk" by the time Wizards of the Coast acquired TSR; however, Wizards opted not to publish Anthony's novel in favor of bringing back R. A. Salvatore to write about Drizzt, beginning with "The Silent Blade" (1998).
Anthony is best known for "The Last Rune" series, which he developed to explore the idea that reason and wonder need not exist in conflict. Recently he has written a trilogy under the pseudonym Galen Beckett, beginning with a novel "The Magicians and Mrs. Quent", whose blurb, similarly to "The Last Rune", claims that the book was written to given an answer to the question "what if there was a fantastical cause underlying the social constraints and limited choices confronting a heroine in a novel by Jane Austen or Charlotte Bronte?".