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 the great team to come as the embers of a great team past were being raked out". Learning to bowl the outswinger (later described by Trueman as "the ball that gets the great batsmen out") transformed the promising Bowes into the finished product and made him the most effective new-ball bowler of his time. Derek Hodgson in the official Yorkshire history wrote that <mask> had relied on his pace, bounce and a big in-swing, but he learned diligently, listening to his peers and especially to the then Yorkshire scorer <mask>, who had been a renowned out-swinger of his day. <mask> himself recalled in his autobiography that "the penny finally dropped" when he read in a coaching booklet written by Herbert Sutcliffe, who was not a bowler, that placement of the feet in the delivery stride was key to bowling the outswinger.<mask> experimented and was successful. As Hodgson put it, "once he had included the away (sic) swinger in his armoury, <mask> moved from county to Test-class fast bowler". Kilburn wrote that with his ability "to bowl and control the outswinger, he became more than a fast bowler". His pace was already lively enough and his exceptional height (he was 6 foot 4 inches tall) "enabled him to pitch a length that could draw an unwilling forward stroke yet lift the ball sharply to shoulder of the bat or onto fingers". With two-way swing as well as lift and a judicious use of the bouncer, <mask> simply had "too many weapons for most batsmen playing at county level" and was a considerable handful for Test-class batsmen too. In 1931, Yorkshire won the Championship for the first time since 1925 and <mask> took 136 first-class wickets at 15.66 with a best return of seven for 71 and completed ten wickets in a match four times. In 1932, Yorkshire won their sixteenth Championship with a major contribution from Bowes who took 190 first-class wickets at 15.14 with a best return of nine for 121, also his career-best, and completed ten wickets in a match five times.1932–33 tour of Australia and New Zealand

<mask> was a late selection, just three days before the ship sailed, for England's tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1932–33. He played in only the second Test on the Australian leg of the tour, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, in which he bowled Don Bradman first ball and that was his only wicket in the match, which Australia won by 111 runs. <mask> played in the second Test against New Zealand at Eden Park in Auckland and took six for 34 on the first day to bowl New Zealand out for only 158. England replied with 548 for seven declared, including 336* by Wally Hammond. It was a three-day match and the final day was ruined by rain, New Zealand scoring sixteen without loss as the game ended in a draw. <mask> played in twelve first-class matches on the tour and took 37 wickets with his best performance the six for 34 in the Auckland Test. 1933 to 1935
In the following two years, <mask>' frequent use of the bouncer was widely criticised but he continued to be the most potent bowler in the country on good pitches.In 1933, Yorkshire won a third successive title, <mask> taking 159 first-class wickets at 17.78 with a best return of eight for 69 and completed ten wickets in a match five times. In the 1934 Ashes series, <mask> was arguably England's best bowler with good performances in the Tests at Old Trafford and The Oval. In 1934, Yorkshire lost the title to Lancashire. <mask> took 147 first-class wickets at 19.45 with a best return of seven for 34 and completed ten wickets in a match twice. In 1935, <mask> was disappointing in the Tests but his bowling was a significant factor in another Yorkshire championship. In 1935, with Yorkshire winning their eighteenth title, <mask> achieved a career-high season haul of 193 first-class wickets at 15.44 with a best return of eight for 17 and completed ten wickets in a match five times. 1936 to 1937
Yorkshire undertook a pre-season tour of Jamaica in February and March 1936, playing three first-class matches against Jamaica and some minor matches.<mask> played in all three games against Jamaica and took eleven wickets with a best return of four for 64. In the 1936 season, <mask> was plagued by a series of minor injuries. Doubts about his fitness prevented him touring Australia though he headed the County Championship bowling averages. In 1936, Yorkshire conceded the title to neighbours Derbyshire. <mask> took 123 first-class wickets at 13.40 with a best return of eight for 56 and completed ten wickets in a match twice. <mask> sustained a serious ankle injury in the opening match of the 1937 season, starting on 1 May, and could not play again until 23 June. Despite the loss of their main pace bowler for nearly two months, Yorkshire won their nineteenth title.In 21 matches, <mask> took 82 first-class wickets at 19.58 with a best return of seven for 56 and completed ten wickets in a match once. 1938 to 1939
Fully fit in 1938, <mask> headed the first-class averages and his bowling helped England to a massive win at The Oval after Len Hutton had scored a world record 364. In 1938, as Yorkshire won their twentieth title, <mask> took 121 first-class wickets at 15.23 with a best return of six for 32. In 1939, poor weather conditions restricted his opportunities in the Tests against the West Indies, but Bowes proved unplayable on a wet pitch at Old Trafford and was second to Verity in the Test averages. In 1939, Yorkshire completed a third successive title, <mask> taking 122 first-class wickets at 14.48 with a best return of seven for 50 and ten wickets in a match once. Second World War
In the Second World War, <mask> was commissioned in the British Army as a gunnery officer and served in North Africa until he was captured, along with over 30,000 other Allied troops, after the fall of Tobruk in June 1942. He spent three years in Italian and German prisoner-of-war camps and lost over four stone in weight.1946 to 1947
After the war, <mask> could only bowl medium-pace for short spells, due to his age and the effects of his incarceration. In 1945, <mask> in his only first-class match took three for 22. <mask> made his final Test appearance in the first match against India in 1946. Yorkshire retained the championship, their 22nd title, and <mask> took 65 first-class wickets at 15.18 with a best return of five for 17. In 1947, Yorkshire slipped down the table as Middlesex and Gloucestershire fought for the title in a summer of glorious weather. <mask> took 73 first-class wickets at 17.49 with a best return of six for 23. He received a then-record benefit of £8,000 raised in the match against Middlesex at Headingley on 28 and 30 June.<mask> retired from playing at the end of the 1947 season. Cricket correspondent Colin Bateman summarised his career by writing: "<mask>' Test bowling average of 22 runs per wicket is outstanding for his era, his (first-class) career average of 16 is quite astonishing". Style and technique
In Barclays World of Cricket, <mask> is described as a bowler who "missed no opportunity to learn by tutorial and experiment". He rapidly developed into a new-ball bowler of "uncommon liveliness and control". His deliveries achieved significant and disconcerting "lift" thanks to his great height and high action. This, coupled with his ability to "swing" the ball and his "line and length" control made him a formidable opponent. Colin Bateman wrote that <mask> "never looked like a cricketer" as "his fielding was clumsy at best and his batting so poor that he scored fewer runs than he took wickets".As a bowler, however, he had few equals during his best years in the 1930s. Very tall and willowy, <mask> was, after his early years, only medium-pace through the air but, thanks to his high action, could make the ball bounce very fast off the Yorkshire pitches of his time. He was able to sustain his attack for lengthy periods and, with the new ball, could generate an extremely deceptive "swerve" with the ability to swing the ball in both directions. At times, he was criticised for pitching too short, but in later years, with loss of pace, <mask> found greater reward in attacking the stumps. Retirement and personal life
When <mask> went to London in April 1928 to join the MCC staff, he lodged with the Beaumont family in Pinner who were friends of his parents. He lived there for many years while he was attached to MCC. It was through them that he met his wife, Esme, who was their niece.They were married at St Peter's Church, Harrow, on 30 September 1933 and had two children Tony (born 1935) and Vera (1939). <mask> was a devoted family man who loved walking his dog. After he retired from playing, <mask> was a bowling coach at Yorkshire for many years and worked with, among others, the young Fred Trueman. <mask> had greater ability as a writer and became a cricket correspondent for Leeds-based newspaper The Yorkshire Post. He wrote numerous articles for Wisden Cricketers' Almanack in which he showed how he experienced the game as a bowler, and his response to the problems (negative bowling) that cricket faced during the 1950s and 1960s. His responses focused on the everyday cricketer and showed a belief that club cricket, not county or Test cricket, should be seen as the core and building block of the game. He joined the Freemasons in 1935, being initiated in to Lodge of Peace No.3988. <mask> died following a heart attack on 4 September 1987, in Otley, West Yorkshire, at the age of 79. References

Bibliography

 <mask> at CricketArchive
 <mask> at ESPNcricinfo

External links

 Yorkshire Post tribute

1908 births
1987 deaths
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English cricketers of 1919 to 1945
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Royal Artillery officers
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Yorkshire cricketers
Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
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British World War II prisoners of war
World War II prisoners of war held by Italy
World War II prisoners of war held by Germany
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is a Bulgarian professional sumo wrestler or rikishi from Elhovo. He made his professional debut in 2009, reaching the top division two years later, debuting in the November 2011 tournament. He has won four Fighting Spirit awards, one Technique award and one kinboshi for defeating a yokozuna. He has twice been runner-up in a tournament. His highest rank has been sekiwake. He is one of the heaviest competitors in sumo, weighing around 200 kg for most tournaments. Early life and sumo background
After wrestling for ten years and doing amateur sumo for three, he entered the professional sumo world at the introduction of fellow countryman, ōzeki Kotoōshū, becoming only the second Bulgarian rikishi.He joined Tagonoura stable, run by former maegashira Kushimaumi. When asked by his coach whether he preferred mountains or rivers, he chose mountains and so was given the shikona of Aoiyama, meaning "blue mountain". Career

Early career

In his professional debut as <mask> Kiyohito in the September 2009 tournament, he won the jonokuchi championship with a perfect 7–0 record. He subsequently changed his name to <mask> <mask> for his jonidan debut in the following November tournament, which he also won with a 7–0 record followed by a playoff win against the sole Kazakhstani wrestler Kazafuzan. In the following January 2010 tournament at sandanme he finally lost his first bout, having won all of his previous 16 matches. This would be his only loss though, and his 6–1 record was enough to propel him into the makushita division in the following March tournament. He again posted a perfect record and took the 'makushita championship.His meteoric rise would slow starting with his next tournament however. He only managed two wins in his next makushita tournament. This was his first losing tournament. In contrast to his previous successes, he struggled somewhat for several more tournaments at this level. He eventually had enough winning tournaments in upper makushita to allow his promotion into the professional jūryō ranks for the July 2011 tournament. He was promoted to the high rank of jūryō 4 due to the high number of vacancies left by wrestlers forced to retire due to involvement in match-fixing. At this high level he only managed a 7–8 record and moved down two ranks to jūryō 6 for the following September tournament.Suffering from a herniated disc, he was forced to sit out the first two days of the tournament, but managed to make a remarkable recovery and pulled out an impressive 10–3 record for his remaining bouts of the tournament. Makuuchi career
<mask>'s record was enough to allow him promotion to the top makuuchi division for November 2011. He posted an impressive 11–4 record and received a Fighting Spirit award for his efforts. He did, however, share this record with his rival, Wakakōyū having lost to him on the final day of the tournament. In February 2012 <mask>'s stablemaster died and Tagonoura stable was dissolved, with <mask>na Harumafuji in September 2013. He earned promotion to sekiwake with a strong 10–5 performance in September 2014 in which he went 4–3 against wrestlers ranked in the san'yaku. He then secured a winning record in the subsequent November tournament to remain at sekiwake for the start of 2015.A 5–10 record in January 2015 saw him lose his san'yaku status was followed by another ten losses in March, but he showed some return to form to post winning records in May and July. Between September 2015 and March 2016 he recorded four consecutive 7–8 records at the top end of the maegashira rankings before a 6–9 in May. He remained in the upper-to-mid maegashira for the next few tournaments but a 4–11 in May 2017 saw him drop to maegashira 8, his lowest rank for three years. <mask> responded to the less challenging schedule by producing a career-best performance in July 2017 – he entered the final day as the only wrestler left in a position to deny Hakuhō his 39th championship. He defeated komusubi Yoshikaze in his last match but was denied the chance to take part in a play-off for the yūshō when Hakuhō also won his final match. Nevertheless, <mask> finished in second place on 13–2, winning his second Fighting Spirit prize in the process. He was promoted to maegashira 2 but was forced to miss the first week of the September 2017 tournament due to a "bone contusion" in his left knee.He entered the tournament on Day 8 and was immediately put up against a yokozuna, Harumafuji, the first time this has happened to a late entrant to a tournament since Kitanonada faced a yokozuna in his first bout back at the Nagoya tournament in 1961. He also faced the rest of the san'yaku he was eligible to meet due to his high rank (though spared from facing the top-performing maegashira around him in rank) and managed only 3 wins in the 8 days he competed. He was forced to withdraw from the November 2017 tournament on Day 3 after injuring ligaments in his right knee in a defeat to Okinoumi the previous day. However, he returned to the tournament on Day 8. Although he won two of his remaining matches this was not enough to prevent him from being demoted to jūryō for the January 2018 tournament. He scored 9–6 in this tournament, which was enough for an immediate return to makuuchi, albeit at the very bottom rank of maegashira 17 East. In March 2019 he produced his second best score in the top division to date of 12–3, and won the Fighting Spirit Prize.This performance returned him to komusubi for the May 2019 tournament, his first appearance in san'yaku since January 2015 when he was ranked at sekiwake. By March 2020 he had fallen to maegashira 13, but won eleven out of his first twelve matches to be the outright tournament leader on Day 12. He then lost his last three bouts to Takanoshō, Hakuhō and Ishiura to finish out of the running on 11–4. He was however given his first Technique Prize. <mask> turned in his second makuuchi runner-up performance in the March 2021 tournament, finishing with a record of 11-4 at maegashira 12. He was awarded his fourth kantō-shō (Fighting Spirit Prize) for his efforts. He withdrew from the following tournament in May due to lower back pain.Fighting style
<mask> was a yotsu-sumo specialist who preferred grabbing the opponent's mawashi and grappling rather than pushing or thrusting. However, after gaining significant weight following his Makuuchi debut, he started to predominantly use pushing, thrusting and back-step pulling attacks as this has proven extremely effective due to his upper body strength. As of March 2015, 62% of his wins have come by mean of either hatakikomi, oshidashi and tsukidashi, all of which involved pushing and thrusting. Family
<mask> is married to Violeta, an architect from the same area of Bulgaria as himself. They met in 2015 when both were in Bulgaria, and began living together in Japan from July 2016. The marriage was registered in August and the wedding reception was held in a Tokyo hotel in February 2017 with around 230 guests including fellow Dewanoumi group members such as Ura and Mitakeumi. In a May 2015 interview in Bulgaria, <mask> stated that he identifies as a Christian.<mask> and his wife Violeta welcomed their first child, Monica, in October 2021. Career record

See also
List of sumo tournament top division runners-up
List of active gold star earners
Glossary of sumo terms
List of active sumo wrestlers
List of non-Japanese sumo wrestlers
List of sekiwake
Active special prize winners

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1986 births
Living people
Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Japan
Bulgarian sumo wrestlers
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<mask> (April 4, 1913 – July 11, 2005) was an American singer and actress who was popular during the Golden Age of Radio and made film and television appearances for over two decades. She was known as the "GI Nightingale," a forces sweetheart, who entertained troops touring often with Bob Hope. Early days

<mask> was born in Hernando, Florida, a small town in Citrus County, to <mask> and Anna Rhea (Newbern). The <mask> family later moved to the Mulberry area, a tiny community south of Lakeland, where <mask> grew up. She graduated from Lakeland High School and studied music at Florida Southern College, also in Lakeland. She was a diminutive five-foot-one-inch (155 cm) tall. Discovery and radio

<mask> originally trained as an opera singer.While a young girl she required a tonsillectomy that changed her soprano range to a rich contralto. As a result, she was forced to change her vocal approach to a more contemporary big band, popular music style. At age 17, she was singing for local dances. Cigar manufacturer Eli Witt heard her sing at an American Legion party and hired her to sing on a local radio show he sponsored. After a brief stint in the Broadway musical "Here Goes the Bride" in 1931, she moved to Hollywood, appearing on Louella Parsons' radio show Hollywood Hotel while starting a movie career. Singing for radio during the early 1930s she was heard by Rudy Vallée, who invited her to become a regular on his radio show. From 1935 until 1938 she was a regular performer on Dick Powell's radio show.From 1946 to 1951, she performed with Don Ameche as the insufferable wife, Blanche, on the radio comedy The Bickersons. Films

<mask> made her film debut in Every Night at Eight (1935), introducing what became her signature song: "I'm in the Mood for Love". She then began appearing frequently in films such as Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935) (in which she popularized "Broadway Rhythm" and "You Are My Lucky Star"), Born to Dance (1936), Too Many Girls (1940) (in which she acted alongside her childhood schoolmate from Lakeland Dan White), and Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) with James Cagney, in which (portraying Nora Bayes) she performed the popular song "Over There". She also appeared on screen in Dixie Jamboree and Radio Stars on Parade. In a Western movie, Deputy Marshal, she co-starred with her first husband, matinee idol Jon Hall. In several of <mask>'s films, such as Broadway Melody, she appeared as herself, as in 1953 in The Glenn Miller Story, where she sang "Chattanooga Choo Choo" with the Modernaires and the movie orchestra. World War II

From 1941, <mask> was a regular singer on Bob Hope's The Pepsodent Show when he held his first military entertainment program at March Field in Riverside, California in 1941.The show was so positive, he continued broadcasting from training bases around the country and asked <mask> to join him. During World War II, she joined Hope, Jerry Colonna, guitarist Tony Romano, and other performers on USO tours through Europe, North Africa, and the South Pacific, entertaining thousands of GIs throughout the world. During a USO tour in the Pacific theater, she was invited to take a ride in a P-38 fighter plane. During the flight, a Japanese ship was spotted and the joy ride was postponed until the pilot finished strafing the ship. In his memoir, Don't Shoot! It's Only Me!, Bob Hope recalled how <mask> got the biggest laugh he had ever heard. At a USO show in the South Pacific, <mask> stood up on a stage to sing before a huge crowd of GIs.When <mask> sang the first line of her signature song, "I'm in the Mood for Love," a soldier in the audience stood up and shouted, "You've come to the right place, honey!" Also, during the war, <mask> wrote the weekly "Purple Heart Diary" column for Hearst Newspapers, in which she described her visits to military hospitals to entertain wounded GIs. She used the weekly column as a means of allowing the recovering troops to voice their complaints, and to ask for public support for making sure that the wounded troops received all the supplies and comforts they needed. Her association with Hope continued into the 1980s. In 1989 she joined him for a USO tour to entertain troops in the Persian Gulf. Television

<mask> worked for several years in the late 1940s on The Spike Jones Show and starred in a short-lived DuMont variety show Star Time (1950). As a guest on early television shows such as Perry Como and Jackie Gleason she was motivated to venture into television.She was the host of two self-titled variety television programs. She then teamed with Don Ameche for the ABC television program, The <mask> Langford/Don Ameche Show (1951), a spin-off of their successful radio series The Bickersons in which the duo played a feuding married couple. <mask> was also the host of the NBC musical variety program Frances Langford Presents (1959), which lasted one season, as did a later program The Frances Langford Show (1960). Another notable appearance was in The Honeymooners lost episode "Christmas Party" which first aired December 19, 1953. Personal life

<mask> married three times. Her first husband (1934–55) was actor Jon Hall. In 1948, they donated  of land near her estate in Jensen Beach, Florida, to the Martin County Board of County Commissioners, which named it Langford Hall Park.Located at 2369 N.E. Dixie Highway, just south of the Stuart Welcome Arch, it is known today simply as Langford Park and is one of the county's major parks. In 1946, <mask> was honored by the hometown of her youth, Lakeland, Florida, for her work with the United Service Organizations (USO) and her music and acting career. The City of Lakeland dedicated the Lake Mirror Promenade as the Frances Langford Promenade. The Promenade was originally built in 1928 and was designed by renowned landscape architect Charles W. Leavitt of New York. After leaving Hollywood life, she kept up her pastimes of boating and sport fishing. As a nightclub singer in 1955, she married Outboard Marine Corporation president Ralph Evinrude.They lived on her estate in Jensen Beach (which has since been demolished; a housing development has replaced it), and they built a Polynesian-themed restaurant and marina on the Indian River named The Frances Langford Outrigger Resort, where <mask> frequently performed. Locals and celebrities flocked to the restaurant. It remains open under the name of the Dolphin Bar and Shrimp House, and many of <mask>'s memorabilia are still on display. Evinrude died in 1986. In 1994, <mask> married Harold C. Stuart, who had served as Assistant Secretary for Civil Affairs of the United States Air Force (1949–51) under President Harry S Truman. They spent the summers at Baie Fine in Georgian Bay, Ontario, Canada, traveling from their home in Florida aboard their 110-foot yacht The Chanticleer, which became a popular tourist attraction when moored at the Outrigger Resort. Stuart survived <mask> (who had no children) and died in 2007 at the age of 94.Health problems plagued her in the last years of her life, requiring periodic hospital stays. She died at her Jensen Beach home at age 92 from congestive heart failure. According to her wishes, she was cremated and the ashes strewn off the coast of Florida near her residence. Legacy

<mask> has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one at 1500 Vine Street, which acknowledges her contribution to motion pictures and one at 1525 Vine Street for her work in radio. Both were dedicated February 8, 1960. <mask> was a supportive member of the Jensen Beach, Florida, community and constantly donated money to it. She was a great philanthropist and her generosity to the Florida Oceanographic Society located on Hutchinson Island in Stuart was well known.The site provides education and research of the ocean, reefs and environment in the Florida area. The visitor's center bears her name and also houses some of her artifacts. Her collection of mounted tuna, marlin and other fish adorn the walls. In 2006, the Frances Langford Heart Center, made possible by a bequest from her estate, opened at Martin Memorial Hospital in Stuart, Florida. Filmography

The Subway Symphony (1932, Short) as Herself
Rambling 'Round Radio Row #5 (1933, Short) as Herself – Singer
Every Night at Eight (1935) as Susan Moore
Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935) as Herself
Collegiate (1936) as Miss Hay
Palm Springs (1936) as Joan Smyth
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs (1936, Short) as Herself
Born to Dance (1936) as 'Peppy' Turner
The Hit Parade (1937) as Ruth Allison
Hollywood Hotel (1937) as Alice
Dreaming Out Loud (1940) as Alice
Too Many Girls (1940) as Eileen Eilers
Hit Parade of 1941 (1940) as Pat Abbott / Singing voice of Anabelle Potter
All-American Co-Ed (1941) as Virginia Collinge
Swing It, Soldier (1941) as Patricia Loring / Evelyn Loring Waters
Picture People No. 4: Stars Day Off (1941, Documentary short) as Herself
Mississippi Gambler (1942) as Beth Cornell
Picture People No. 10: Hollywood at Home (1942, Documentary short) as Herself
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) as Singer – Nora
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No.4 (1942, Documentary short) as Herself
Combat America (1943, Documentary) as Herself
Follow the Band (1943) as Herself
Cowboy in Manhattan (1943) as Babs Lee
This Is the Army (1943) as Herself
Never a Dull Moment (1943) as Julie Russell
Career Girl (1944) as Joan Terry
Memo for Joe (1944, Short documentary) as Herself
Dixie Jamboree (1944) as Susan Jackson
Girl Rush (1944) as Flo Daniels
Radio Stars on Parade (1945) as Sally Baker
People Are Funny (1946) as <mask>
Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Victory Show (1946, Documentary short) as Herself
The Bamboo Blonde (1946) as Louise Anderson
Beat the Band (1947) as Ann Rogers
Melody Time (1948) as Herself (singing voice, segment: Once Upon a Wintertime)
Deputy Marshal (1949) as Janet Masters
Purple Heart Diary (1951) as Herself
The Glenn Miller Story (1954) as Herself
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<mask> is featured on the DVD Entertaining the Troops with Bob Hope. References

External links

<mask> profile
Internet Archive: Maxwell House Coffee Time (1947): <mask> (13 episodes)

Zoot Radio, free old time radio show downloads of 'The Francis Langford' radio program
 <mask>ford recordings at the Discography of American Historical Recordings. 1913 births
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American film actresses
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<mask>, also Romanized Nagib, Nejib or Najeeb, (; died 23 July 2006) was a Lebanese photojournalist for Agence France Press and Al Jaras (Translated: The Bell) and is the first journalist killed during the 2006 Lebanon War. She was also among several female journalists who were establishing their reputations as reporters during the war, such as Rima Maktabi and Najwa Qassem. <mask> is one of seven journalists to have been killed since the end of civil war in 1990. <mask>'s death follows behind that of female journalist Atwar Bahjat who was killed while covering the Iraq War. Background

The 2006 war was a turning point for female reporters' ability to report at the front lines alongside male reporters. The female journalists of this generation had either lived or practiced journalism during the Lebanon Civil War (1975-1990) but news organizations did not provide them with any training. <mask>'s death and her job as a photojournalist was mentioned alongside the successes of other females such as Maktabi and Qassem, who were TV journalists in front of the camera.Early history

<mask> <mask> was from Tripoli, Lebanon. She had been at Al Jaras for three years but a photographer for 1 year and 8 months. Prior to working for Al Jaras, <mask> was a local freelance photographer. She also had been a freelance photojournalist for the international news agency Agence France Presse. For <mask> <mask> and other Lebanese female journalists, the 2006 war was their first opportunity to cover a combat environment. <mask> was reporting on the Israeli bombings in southern Lebanon for Al Jaras at the time of her death. Death

<mask> <mask> was on her way to Siddikine to interview and photograph the population that was fleeing under Israeli artillery fire.Those who drove the same route at that time described a drive through a bombed out main road, obstacles that blocked the road, and vehicles that were littered the side of the road, and sometimes alternative routes were all that was available. The Israeli Defense Force killed <mask> <mask> immediately 23 July 2006 when shrapnel from one of its missiles shot through the roof of her taxi while she was being driven between the villages of Siddikine and Qana, which are near Tyre, Lebanon. The driver of the taxi, who said he had driven her from Beirut, survived, and said the Red Cross had taken her corpse to a hospital in Tyre. Context

The 2006 Lebanon War was a 33-day conflict between Lebanon and Israel that began after Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah conducted a cross-border raid. The population in southern Lebanon was fleeing cities and villages to avoid bombardments. Tyre's population dwindled down to 20 percent as the majority fled. During the period when Najib was killed, Israeli forces had been "indiscriminately" attacking cars, as reported by those attacked, that were driving along southern Lebanon's roads into order to flee.According to a Washington Post report, Israelis ordered villagers from Tairi to evacuate and then later an Israeli helicopter fired a missile at a white minibus fleeing from there and killed seven out of the 19 passengers. Human Rights Watch claimed ambulances that are not to be targeted during combat were also bombed. Although conservatives called the strike on the ambulances a hoax, HRW confirmed the attack and released a report. Impact

The International Press Institute conducted interviews among members of the Lebanese media in December 2006 and concluded that they suffered "fear for their personal safety" as a consequence of violence that dates back to assassination of Prime Minister Rafik Hariri on 14 February 2005 and violence against the media that escalated afterwards and culminated in the war. The report describes a destabilized media environment. Media were also targeted by the Israeli forces during the war. The International Federation of Journalists protested after the sixth attack on media.The first media worker killed during the 2006 Lebanon War Suleiman Al Chidiac on 22 July 2006 when Israeli's bombed a Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation transmission facility just north of Beirut. Four years after Najib, Assaf Abu Rahhal was the next Lebanese journalist killed by the Israel Defense Forces along the southern Lebanese-Israeli border. Reactions

Koïchiro Matsuura, director-general of UNESCO, issued a statement following Al Chidiac's and <mask>'s death: "In times of violent conflict it is essential for all parties to respect the important role the media play in enabling the public to make informed choices and working towards peace and democracy. Belligerents can not regard media staff and media outlets as military targets. And in times of extreme hardship for the region, with hundreds of civilian deaths, the courage of journalists attempting to keep us informed of events deserves recognition." The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) wrote a letter to the head of the Israeli Defense Force, asking for an investigation into the cases of the attacks on journalists. IFJ General Secretary Aidan White said, "It is imperative that we have answers about these incidents otherwise speculation about targeting media will persist.The Israeli authorities must make it clear to military commanders that unarmed journalists and media are non-combats. They must not come under fire." The statement drew a sharp response for the national affiliate of the IFJ in Israel when the leader of the National Federation of Israeli Journalists "suspended" the relationship and said the IFJ was biased against Israel. The international organization continued to press Israel about the six attacks, including two deaths, it had counted against media. Reporters Without Borders said, "We are appalled that the Israeli army is taking so few precautions to avoid civilian deaths or casualties, especially among the media. We demand that the Israel government investigate the shooting that killed Nagib. We will not be satisfied by the army's standard response that the targets were military ones like to Hezbollah."Joel Simon, executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists, said: "We are gravely concerned by the killings of our colleagues <mask> <mask> and Suleiman al-Chidiac. The aerial bombardment of Lebanon by Israel has caused tremendous hardships to civilians, including journalists who are covering the humanitarian crisis. We are alarmed by the air attacks on television transmission and telecommunication facilities. These strikes have already cost the life of one television technician and wounded another. We have seen no evidence that these media outlets are serving any military function and therefore call on Israel to cease targeting media facilities in Lebanon immediately." Awards
 The Federation of Arab News Agencies (FANA) awarded <mask> <mask> best photo in 2006. See also
 Timeline of military operations in the 2006 Lebanon War

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<mask> (pseudonym Grace Greenwood) (née Clarke; September 23, 1823 – April 20, 1904) was an American author, poet, correspondent, lecturer, and newspaper founder. One of the first women to gain access into the Congressional press galleries, she used her questions to advocate for social reform and women's rights. Her best known books for children are entitled, History of My Pets (1850); Recollections of My Childhood (1851); Stories of Many Lands (1866); Merrie England (1854); Bonnie Scotland (1861); Stories and Legends of Travel and History; Stories and Sights of France and Italy (1867). The volumes for older readers are two series of collected prose writings, Greenwood Leaves (1849, 1851); Poems (1850); Haps and Mishaps of a Tour in Europe (1852); A Forest Tragedy (1856); A Record of Five Years (1867); New Life in New Lands (1873); Victoria, Queen of England. This last was published, in 1883, by Anderson & Allen of New York, and Sampson, Low & Marston, London. <mask> was connected as editor and contributor with various American magazines, as well as weekly and daily papers. <mask> also wrote much for London journals, especially for All the Year Round.For several years, she lived almost wholly in Europe, for the benefit of her greatly impaired health and for the education of her daughter. When she returned to the United States, she lived in Washington D.C. and then New York. She was a prominent member of the literary society of New York along with Anne Lynch Botta, Edgar Allan Poe, Margaret Fuller, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Horace Greeley, Richard Henry Stoddard, Andrew Carnegie, Mary Mapes Dodge, Julia Ward Howe, Charles Butler, Fitz-Greene Halleck, Delia Bacon, and Bayard Taylor, among others. Early years and education
<mask> Clarke was born on September 23, 1823, at Pompey, New York to parents Deborah Baker Clarke (c. 1791–1874) and Dr. Thaddeus C. Clarke (1770–1854), a grandson of Princeton President Jonathan Edwards. [Actually Thaddeus was a grandson of Rev. Jonathan Edwards' sister Elizabeth, and the second cousin of Aaron Burr.] Fearless, at ten years of age, she rode a bare-backed horse, standing on his back.At the age of twelve, she went to school in Rochester, New York living with her older brother. There was nothing remarkable about her education, but she did study Italian, algebra, calculus, English and French history, though literature was her delight, and it became evident that writing was her vocation. At the age of sixteen, she was providing "fresh, piquant, racy" pieces to the Rochester papers. She removed with her family in 1842 to New Brighton, Pennsylvania, where her father practiced as a physician, and which she considered to be her home time for the rest of her life. There, she attended the Greenwood Institute, a ladies' academy, from which she may have taken her pseudonym. She left school at the age of nineteen. Career

Poet, writer, correspondent
Not long after she returned home, in 1845 and 1846, she started writing using the pen name, Grace Greenwood.The earliest writing of <mask> was in the form of poetry and children's stories, which she published in local papers. In 1844, she drew national attention, at age 21, with a poem published in the New York Mirror,  then under the editorship of George Pope Morris and Nathaniel Parker Willis. Soon after, she was writing for the Home Journal and other literary magazines of the day, under both her given name and her pseudonym. In the February 14, 1846 issue of the Home Journal, The Wife's Appeal, a poem by <mask>. Clarke, is published just above Tit-for-Tat, a story by Grace Greenwood. By October 1849, Godey's Lady's Book listed her as an assistant editor and she was also editor of Godey's Dollar Newspaper. For six or eight years, her summer home was New Brighton. In winter, she was in Philadelphia, Washington D.C., New York City, writing for Whittier, or for Willis and Morris, or for Neal's Gazette, or for Godey.<mask> was the first "lady correspondent" in Washington, D.C., beginning her work in that line with letters to a Philadelphia paper in 1850. That year, many of her early sketches and letters were collected and republished by Ticknor & Fields under the name of Greenwood Leaves. She would go on to become a correspondent for the Saturday Evening Post. She was a highly respected journalist and consistently argued for the reform of women's roles and rights. She joined the National Era, a weekly abolitionist newspaper, and copyedited the serialized original version of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin as well as writing columns, travel letters, and articles. Her staunch abolitionist views contributed to the ongoing national controversy. <mask>'s poetry received significant critical attention.A published collection, Poems (1851), included passionate poetry and references to her intimate friendship to Anna Phillips,  indicating an acceptance of intimate same sex friendships. Also that year, she published History of My Pets. Sophia Hawthorne wrote that her husband, the author Nathaniel Hawthorne, considered it "the best children's book he has ever seen". In 1853, she made her first visit to Europe, on an assignment for The New York Times, having the distinction of being the first woman reporter on the Times payroll. She spent a little over a year abroad, which, in the dedication to her daughter of one of her juvenile books, she calls "the golden year of her life". Her accounts of her travels were well-received contributions to literature of the day. The correspondence was collected immediately after her return, and published under the title of Haps and Mishaps of a Tour in Europe.Upon her return, she also made frequent excursions into California, writing vivid  descriptions of the land. In the fall of 1855, she published Merrie England, the first of a series of books of foreign travel for children. Nathaniel Hawthorne criticized her travel letters, calling her an "ink-stained woman" and claiming he could do as well. Despite this, <mask> seems to have gotten along amiably with Hawthorne's family. She dedicated her children's book Recollections of My Childhood, and Other Stories to his children Julian and Una Hawthorne. Publisher

On October 17, 1853, she married Leander K<mask>, of Philadelphia, who was a correspondent for several New York papers. That year, <mask> and her husband started The Little Pilgrim, a monthly American children's magazine devoted to the amusement, instruction, and well-being of children.She was soon producing magazine articles and essays, her contributions conveying historical and biographical information. In this paper, Louisa May Alcott made her debut as a writer of children's stories. Collected from time to time, and published by Ticknor & Fields, they made a juvenile library numbering nearly a dozen volumes, remarkable for the felicitous manner in which they conveyed historical information. On October 3, 1855, they had a daughter, Annie Grace. In the spring of 1856, a volume, entitled A Forest Tragedy, and other Tales, appeared; and in the fall of 1857, Stories and Legends of History and Travel, was the second of her travel series. Activist
Distinguishing herself as a lecturer on literary topics, <mask> also lectured extensively before and during the Civil War on her abolitionist stance and to other social issues, such as prison and asylum reform, as well as the abolition of capital punishment. During the war, <mask> was a lecturer to soldiers and at sanitary fairs.President Abraham Lincoln referred to her as  "Grace Greenwood the Patriot". However, women's rights became the focus of her speeches, particularly after the war. Her writings from this period were republished in Records of Five Years (1867). By the 1870s, <mask> wrote primarily for the New York Times. Her articles focused mainly on women's issues, such as advocating for Fanny Kemble's right to wear trousers, Susan B. Anthony's right to vote and all women's right to receive equal pay for equal work. London and Capitol Hill

The marriage was not a happy union. After her husband fled the United States in 1876 to escape prosecution for misappropriation of government funds, <mask> continued her writing and resumed lecturing in order to support herself and her daughter, who trained for a career on the stage.By 1879, <mask> was residing in London, having moved to Europe with her daughter. For the ten years preceding this,
she had done most work and won most distinction in journalism, principally in articles contributed from Washington, to the New York Tribune and the New York Times, on national and political questions, which she has handled in a patriotic way, showing an unusual knowledge of political history and of the construction, principles and tactics of the two opposing parties of the United States and time. She had also contributed to the New York Times, and a leading California journal, several series of letters from Europe—principally from London. She worked for the London Journal, and also wrote a biography, Queen Victoria: Her Girlhood and Womanhood (1883). In 1887, she returned to the United States and continued to work. In 1895, she was living on Capitol Hill with her daughter, and was engaged upon the piece, "Recollections of Washington". But as much as she loved the capitol city, her health was better when she was abroad.Death and legacy
<mask> later lived with her daughter in New Rochelle, New York, where she died of bronchitis on April 20, 1904. <mask> is buried in the Civil War section of Grove Cemetery in New Brighton. Her obituary was on the front page of the New York Times, "proving  her importance as a literary figure in the nineteenth century". Style and phases
<mask>'s style was something quite new, characterized as "brilliant, picturesque, piquante, every line sparkled; the words seemed to bound rather than flow from her pen". Her writings displayed a charm of style which was evident in the best American works of the mid 19th-century but was so seldom seen thirty years later. The language was redundant, but not over-laden; picturesque, without any effort to be so. A letter-writer, she charmed a million readers by the piquant dash and spicy flavor of her style.There appear in the writings of <mask> three phases of development, three epochs of a literary career. The first lasted from the days of the boarding-school till marriage, —from the first merry chit-chat and Greenwood Leaves, to the full-rounded, mellow prime, as displayed in the letters from Europe. Then follows a decade, during which story-writing for children principally occupied her pen. With the Civil War commenced the third period, years "vexed with the drums and tramplings," the struggles of middle life.

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<mask> is an American television producer and executive based in New York. <mask> is credited as the creator of The Comedy Awards, Guys Choice, The Scream Awards, and was the co-creator of The Sharon Osbourne Show. She also produced and created the "One Night Only" specials, starting with Eddie Murphy in 2012, Don Rickles in 2014, and Alec Baldwin in 2017. As an executive she has produced and overseen various specials and awards shows including Lip Sync Battle, The Concert for New York City, The Concert of the Century at the White House, and The Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. Early career
<mask> started her career in 1997 as a talent booker at MTV Networks and was promoted to Director of Talent Development at VH1 where she worked on The Concert for New York City, the VH1 Vogue Fashion Awards, VH1 Divas Live, Pop-Up Video, Behind the Music, Saturday Night Live 's 25th Anniversary Special, and the "Concert of the Century" at the White House. During this time period, she also worked on The Fox Billboard Music Awards, NBC's "Concert for America", and CMT's Flameworthy Awards. <mask> was the first woman hired by Spike TV after it launched in 2003 and was integral to shaping the brand, with publications such as the LA Times and Multichannel News profiling her success at the network and dubbing her "The Dude Whisperer" and "A Woman to Watch in Entertainment."Career

 Casey Patterson Entertainment
Casey Patterson Entertainment is a full-service production company producing premium content, live events, and talent-driven series and specials with offices in New York City and Los Angeles. <mask> is a four-time Emmy® and two-time PGA Awards-nominated, critically acclaimed executive producer who has created an array of groundbreaking programming during her 20-year tenure at Viacom. <mask>'s current projects include the breakout hit-series Lip Sync Battle, the highest-rated series in Spike history (now Paramount Network), and Nickelodeon's Lip Sync Battle Shorties. Additional credits include such high-profile events as Lip Sync Battle LIVE: A Michael Jackson Celebration, Netflix's A Very Murray Christmas, Spike's One Night Only: Alec Baldwin, Rock the Troops with Dwayne Johnson's Seven Bucks Productions, The Comedy Awards on Comedy Central, Taraji’s White Hot Holidays, MTV Movie & TV Awards, Guys Choice, The Concert for New York City, The Concert of the Century at the White House, Saturday Night Live 25th Anniversary Special, Between Two Ferns – A Fairy Tale of New York, SCREAM Awards, VH1's Vogue Fashion Awards, VH1's Divas Live, and NBC's Concert for America. As Executive Producer
<mask> was an Executive Producer for The 2003 GQ Men of the Year Awards and The 2004 Spike VGA Video Game Awards. In 2006 she created and executive produced two awards shows for Spike: Scream and Guys Choice. In 2009 <mask> was promoted to Executive Vice President of Talent Development, Event Production and Studio Relations for the Viacom Entertainment Group, which includes Spike, Comedy Central and TV Land.As EVP <mask> became the executive producer of The TV Land Awards and created The Comedy Awards for Comedy Central. Lip Sync Battle Lip Sync Battle is an American musical reality competition television series which premiered on April 2, 2015, on Paramount Network, formerly known as Spike. The show is based on an idea by Stephen Merchant and John Krasinski, in which celebrities battle each other with lip sync performances. The idea was first realized as a recurring segment on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon before being developed into a separate show. The premiere episode was the highest-rated premiere in Spike's history. Lip Sync Battle has been a hit show for the network; it was renewed for a second season, which premiered on January 7, 2016. An hour-long holiday special aired on November 19, 2015.In January 2016, the series was renewed for a third season, which premiered on October 12, 2016. The series' success has led to the creation of various international adaptations. In April 2017, the series was renewed for a fourth season, which premiered with a live special on January 18, 2018. In August 2018, the show was renewed for a fifth season to premiere in 2019. Spike Video Game Awards

<mask> has been involved with the Spike Video Game Awards since it launched in 2003 and has been an Executive Producer since 2004. The VGAs honor the best in gaming and serve as the largest annual global platform for world premiering new titles from major video game publishers. Guys Choice

<mask> created Guys Choice in 2006 and has been Executive Producer since its inception.Guys Choice caught the attention of media due to its irreverent tone and was dubbed "one of the best A-List parties in town" by Entertainment Weekly for presenting awards like the "Brass Balls," given in 2009 to actor and director Clint Eastwood, and the "Decade of Hotness" award given to actresses such as Charlize Theron, Halle Berry, Jennifer Aniston, and most recently, Sandra Bullock. The show's signature award, "The Guy Movie Hall of Fame," reunited Brad Pitt, Edward Norton and David Fincher to induct Fight Club. The following year they reunited Robert De Niro and Ray Liotta for Goodfellas, presented by James Gandolfini. As Executive Producer, <mask> also put an emphasis on the military, partnering with the US Armed Forces to feature and honor veterans and active duty officers and giving out the "Troops Choice" award, which is voted on by enlisted military personnel. Past winners include Ben Affleck, Justin Timberlake, Vin Diesel, and Mark Wahlberg. In 2010 the award was given to Sandra Bullock, who accepted the award in her first public appearance following her highly publicized split from Jesse James. Scream Awards

<mask> co-created and executive produced The Scream Awards, a two-hour event honoring the best in comic books, horror, science fiction, and fantasy.Scream was the first awards show dedicated to honoring the "fan boy" genres. It immediately garnered the attention of movie studios and genre favorites such as J.J. Abrams, Christopher Nolan, and Quentin Tarantino, all of whom were early supporters and attended multiple ceremonies. As Executive Producer,  <mask> partnered with Comic-Con International to present the "Comic-Con Icon" award annually. In 2008 the award was presented to George Lucas when, in a rare public appearance, Lucas arrived onstage accompanied by three hundred Imperial Stormtroopers from the "Star Wars" films. TV Land Award

The TV Land Awards is a  two-hour prime time special celebrating the best of classic TV and popular culture, featuring all-star reunions of legendary television casts such as The Cosby Show, Family Ties, Freaks and Geeks, Ally McBeal, M.A.S.H., Happy Days, Mary Tyler Moore, and The Dick Van Dyke Show. The Comedy Awards

In 2011, <mask> created and executive produced the inaugural Comedy Awards with Don Mischer productions. The show was created to honor outstanding achievement in comedy, a genre traditionally overlooked at other awards ceremonies.To legitimize the proceedings, <mask> assembled a Board of Directors to select the categories and nominees composed of Jon Stewart, Seth MacFarlane, Jim Burroughs, Carol Burnett, Chris Rock, Conan O'Brien and other comedy luminaries. Winners were then chosen by a 1,500 member voting body composed of members of the comedy community including producers, writers, directors, and stand-up comedians. <mask> partnered with the John W. Carson Foundation to name the show's highest honor after Johnny Carson. The first ever "Johnny Carson Award for Comedic Excellence" was presented to David Letterman by Bill Murray and was given the following year to legendary comedian Don Rickles by Jon Stewart and Robert De Niro. The inaugural ceremony was simulcast on April 10 on CMT, Comedy Central, Logo TV, Nick at Nite, Spike, TV Land and VH1. <mask> was also the Executive in Charge of Production for the pre-show "Between Two Ferns: A Fairytale of New York," the televised debut of the comedy web series Between Two Ferns starring  Zach Galifianakis. Eddie Murphy: One Night Only

In 2012, <mask> created and executive produced the special "Eddie Murphy: One Night Only" with Don Mischer productions.The special marked the first time the elusive Murphy ever agreed to be honored. The event took place just months after his departure as host of the 84th Academy Awards and included presentations from Murphy's friends and co-stars including Chris Rock, Jamie Foxx, Tracy Morgan, Adam Sandler, Stevie Wonder, Tyler Perry and Arsenio Hall. One Night Only: An All-Star Comedy Tribute to Don Rickles

In 2014, <mask> honored another comedic legend with the special she executive produced "One Night Only: An All-Star Comedy Tribute to Don Rickles" with Don Mischer productions. The special was one of the only shows dedicated to Don Rickles' prolific sixty plus year career. Recorded at New York City's famous Apollo Theater, Jerry Seinfeld was the Master Of Ceremonies for the two-hour special. Monologues were performed by Johnny Depp, Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro, Jon Stewart, David Letterman, Tracy Morgan, Brian Williams, and Amy Poehler and Tina Fey. Recorded segments included bits from Bob Newhart, Bill Cosby, Jimmy Kimmel, and Eddie Murphy.Other Work
 The Sharon Osbourne Show

<mask> was the Talent Producer for the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II in 2003, where she hired Sharon Osbourne in her first TV hosting role. They went on to co-create "The Sharon Osbourne Show", which ran for one season in syndication. A similar but unrelated show of the same name appeared on the UK network  ITV in 2006. Charitable Work

<mask> has been active in Viacom's charity initiatives and has played a key role in VH1's Save the Music Foundation, Spike's True Dads campaign, the Hire a Vet initiative, and the American Comedy Fund (with the Entertainment Industry Foundation, the Motion Picture Television Fund, and the Actors Fund). She has also served on the board for the NY Center for Autism. Personal life

<mask> grew up in Florida, St. Croix, and the United Kingdom. She currently resides in New York City.Honors and awards

(2018) Emmy Nomination - Outstanding Structured Reality Program "Lip Sync Battle" (as Executive Producer)

(2017) Emmy Nomination - Outstanding Structured Reality Program "Lip Sync Battle" (as Executive Producer)

(2016) Emmy Nomination - Outstanding Structured Reality Program "Lip Sync Battle" (as Executive Producer)

(2016) Emmy Nomination - Outstanding Television Movie "A Very Murray Christmas" (as Co-Executive Producer)

(1998) Daytime Emmy Nomination – Outstanding Game/Audience Participation Show "Hollywood Squares" (as Producer)

(2008) Named "Woman to Watch in Entertainment" by Multichannel News. Selected credits Lip Sync Battle LIVE: A Michael Jackson CelebrationLip Sync Battle
Lip Sync Battle ShortiesRock the Troops with Dwayne Johnson’s Seven Bucks ProductionMTV Movie & TV Awards
Guys ChoiceTaraji’s White Hot HolidaysSpike’s One Night Only: Alec BaldwinSpike’s One Night Only: An All-Star Comedy Tribute to Don RicklesSpike’s One Night Only: Eddie MurphyBetween Two Ferns: A Fairytale of New YorkThe Concert of the Century at the White HouseNBC's Concert for AmericaThe Comedy AwardsScreamTV Land AwardsVH1 Divas LiveThe Concert for New York CitySaturday Night Live 25 (anniversary special)Spike VGAs (Video Game Awards)2002 Billboard Music AwardsHarry Potter 20th AnniversaryVH1/Vogue Fashion Awards''

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@<mask> on Twitter
Official bio at Viacom.com
 Meet producer <mask>, the Dude Whisperer at the LA Times
 ‘VGA TEN’ Producers Mark Burnett and <mask> Discuss How Games Are Changing Entertainment at The Hollywood Reporter

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<mask>  (May 15, 1933 in Valladolid, Spain – November 16, 1989 in San Salvador, El Salvador) was a scholar, philosopher, educator, sociologist and Jesuit priest. He was one of the victims of the 1989 murders of Jesuits in El Salvador. Biography
<mask> grew up in Valladolid, Spain, where he also went to secondary school until 1950. On August 15, 1950, he entered the novitiate of the Society of Jesus in Orduña. After a year there, he moved to Santa Tecla in El Salvador under the mentorship of Miguel Elizondo, who described him as an adolescent who hit the football so hard against the wall of the Iglesia El Carmen that he rattled the roof tiles. When he fulfilled his studies in the novitiate in 1952, he followed the steps of other Jesuit students in Central America and moved to Quito to study classical humanities at the Catholic University. In 1954, he began studies in philosophy, fulfilling his licenciatura (licenciate) in 1957.He then returned to San Salvador to teach at the school Externado San José. In 1960, he returned to university to study theology. He started in Oña, where he lived for a year. He later moved to Innsbruck, where he completed the three remaining years of studies. He was ordained a priest July 25, 1963. He returned to Externado San José as a teacher and was naturalised as a Salvadoran citizen. <mask> <mask> spent most of his time in the school Externado San José or in Universidad Centroamericana "José Simeón Cañas" (UCA).He worked for two periods in Externado; from 1957 to 1960 and 1966 to 1976. He taught physics for many years, and he was responsible for the laboratories in the school. He was a Prefect of Discipline and Administrative Director. In between 1973 and 1976, he was Rector of Externado San José, which was precisely a moment when the school was going through a deep identity crisis. The consequences of the Second Vatican Council and the Episcopal Conference of Medellín had made Externado San José express a preference for the poor and to prioritize education that contributed to modify the social differences in El Salvador. This sort of discourse was not well received by the Salvadoran elites, who had been traditionally served by Externado San José. <mask> <mask> handled this crisis in a constructive way.He was very popular among students and he had many friends. This changed, however, as the political environment in El Salvador became more polarized later in the 1970s. He was not singled out in propagandistic government pamphlets against critical intellectuals until towards the end of his life, when his name started figuring in the lists of Jesuits who were accused of being revolutionaries. His name was commonly the third one after Ignacio Ellacuría and Ignacio Martín-Baró. Gradually <mask> <mask> started assuming more responsibilities in UCA as a lecturer in social sciences. For a period, he worked as a Dean in the Faculty of Natural Sciences. To prepare himself for academia, he travelled to Spain, and in 1978 he completed a PhD in Social Anthropology in Universidad Complutense in Madrid.His dissertation was about "compadrazgo" relationships in El Salvador. His field work included interviews that he performed on weekends in the western part of the country. He returned to teach Sociology in UCA, and starting in 1980, he was the head of the Department of Political Sciences and Sociology. Between 1978 and 1982, he was a member of the editorial board in the academic journal Estudios Centroamericanos (ECA). He was also a member of the editorial board of the Boletín de Ciencias Económicas y Sociales and the journal Realidad Económico Social. He was a regular contributor to these journals. He also gave many lectures for national institutes, colleges, worker's unions, cooperatives and political parties.He was also a member of the board of directors in UCA. He headed the team of lawyers who put together UCA's law study program. Beginning in 1984, he headed the research project on Salvadoran refugees. Toward the end of the 1980s, he was the managing director of the human rights institution he founded: Instituto de Derechos Humanos de la UCA (IDHUCA), and before his death, he was preparing the program for the master's degree in sociology. A prolific writer, <mask> <mask> left behind a series of articles and books. From 1982 and onwards he wrote at least one book a year. He wrote mostly in Spanish, and so far none of his works originally in Spanish have been translated to English.However, his research on refugees, displaced people and human rights made him well-known internationally. He visited Washington, D.C., on repeated occasions, to testify in the corresponding committees in the United States Congress, to defend the rights of Salvadoran refugees. His last trip to Washington was in early November 1989. In one of the halls of Congress, the organisation CARECEN (an organisation for the assistance of refugees) granted him a prize for defending the rights of Salvadorans. Social anthropology

<mask> <mask> did research and wrote on social stratification, land ownership, the possibilities for democracy and the military. His work on these issues is still a dominant influence on the theoretical frameworks employed by researchers to analyse Salvadoran society. His work is referenced in studies of power distribution and the effects of emigration on Salvadoran society.His published articles included an analysis of economic, political, and other motives for Salvadoran emigration to the United States. It addressed claims by the United States government that Salvadoran immigrants were economic refugees who therefore did not qualify for political asylum. The political implications of <mask>' commitment to his ideas met strong opposition from the conservative religious and political forces in El Salvador. This opposition led to <mask>' murder by the Salvadoran Army in 1989 at his residence in UCA along with five other fellow Jesuit priests (among them Ignacio Ellacuría and Ignacio Martín-Baró) and two employees. Their murders marked a turning point in the Salvadoran civil war (see History of El Salvador). It increased international pressures on the Salvadoran government to sign the Chapultepec Peace Accords with the guerrillas. See also
Segundo Montes, Morazán — a community established by former refugees, in memory of Montes

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<mask> (died 17 May 2012) was a Sri Lankan rugby union player who played for Havelock Sports Club and the national team. Thajudeen was killed in a car crash which was initially pronounced to be an accident but is currently being investigated as a murder. Life
<mask> was educated at S. Thomas' Preparatory School and S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia. He played rugby for the latter between 2001 and 2003, serving as vice captain in 2003. He played for the national under 19 schools team in 2003. After school <mask> played for Havelock Sports Club. He represented the Sri Lankan national team at the 2008 Hong Kong Sevens.He was appointed captain of Havelock in 2009. In July 2009 <mask> won the "Most Popular Rugby Player" award at the 2008 Caltex Observer Rugby Awards. An injury forced him to stop playing. He was planning to make a comeback in 2012 when he was killed. <mask> worked in the travel/tourism industry, at Mackinnons American Express Travel between 2003 and 2011 and at Citrus Vacations from 2011 till his death. Death
<mask> was killed on 17 May 2012 following what appeared to be a car crash. He was 28.According to the police <mask> had been driving to the airport when, around 1.00am, he lost control of his car and crashed into the wall of the Shalika grounds on Park Road, Narahenpita, resulting in the car exploding. <mask> was buried in the grounds of Dehiwala Mosque. It has been alleged that before his death he was in conflict with a 'young politician', likely Namal Rajapaksa, of the Rajapaksa administration over the acquisition of the Havelock Sports Club. The death was surrounded by mystery with wild rumours and speculations. There are allegations that <mask> was killed following a dispute with people related to a powerful member of the Rajapaksa government. Investigations
In February 2015, following a change in government, the police announced that <mask>'s death was not accidental and that the investigation had been handed over to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). According to the police the Judicial Medical Officer (JMO) had found the death to be suspicious.In May 2015 the Colombo Additional Magistrate ordered the JMO to hand over to the CID all photographs and notes relating to Thajudeen's death. The CID informed the magistrate in June 2015 that the post mortem and the Government Analyst's (GA) report were contradictory and that they had asked the Attorney General for instructions as to how to proceed. The magistrate ordered the four JMOs who visited the scene of the accident and conducted the post mortem to hand over their reports to the court. He also ordered mobile phone operators and the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission to hand over call records for 17 May 2012 for Thajudeen's mobile phone. In July 2015 Dialog Telekom informed the magistrate that they could not retrieve Thajudeen's mobile phone records due to "technical and practical limitation". The CID informed the magistrate on 27 July 2015 that Thajudeen had been murdered. According to the CID Thajudeen's body showed signs of torture: his teeth and pelvic bones had been broken, his ribs had been fractured, his neck had been pierced with a sharp instrument and the muscles in his legs had been cut with a piece of broken glass.There were also signs that he had been assaulted with a blunt instrument. On 6 August 2015 the magistrate ordered the JMOs to exhume <mask>'s body on 10 August 2015. In the meantime, his grave is being given protection to prevent any tampering. In 2015 when <mask>'s death was mentioned by a UNP MP Mujibur Rahuman in the parliament several UPFA members from Rajapaksa government obstructed him and threatened him. UPFA MPs Johnston Fernando, Indika Anuruddha and Sanath Nishantha surrounded him and stopped him from delivering his speech allegedly making death threats. The police have claimed that the initial investigation into <mask>'s death was shelved due to political pressure. The CID has claimed that there had been attempts to hide evidence during the initial police investigation - the police deliberately failed to obtain CCTV footage, phone records and testimony from neighbours, security guards at Shalika grounds and fire fighters who attended the incident.The police also failed to investigate the fact that <mask>'s body was found on the passenger side of his car. The post mortem found carbon monoxide inside Thajudeen's lungs but the GA found no evidence of carbon monoxide. <mask>'s wallet was found, without any signs of being burnt, in Kirulapone a few days after his death. The Daily Mirror newspaper claims to have found an eyewitness to the incident who saw two Land Rover Defenders at the scene. According to government minister Rajitha Senaratne Thajudeen has been killed by three members of the Presidential Security Division (PSD). Former Senior DIG Anura Senanayake and former Narahenpita Crimes OIC Sumith Perera were remanded for their alleged involvement and the CID began investigating the phone calls of Damian Fernando who was the Nrahenpita OIC during the time of the crime. The investigations revealed that Damian Fernando received several calls from the Presidential Secretariat right after the crime.The PSD officers who served under former President Mahinda Rajapaksa are currently under investigation, for telephoning the former Narahenpita OIC. In September 2016 Senior State Counsel Dilan Ratnayake informed Court that investigations revealed that Carlton House of the Rajapaksa family in Hambantota had been included in the internal phone network connection of the Presidential Secretariat. It was also revealed that the former chief JMO Ananda Samarasekara had dispatched body parts of <mask> Thajudeen from the refrigerator a few days prior to his retirement and they are being investigated under the Public Property Act as the body parts had been taken into the former JMO's custody as case productions and, therefore belong to the state. References

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Raymond Lawrence "<mask>" <mask> (born April 1, 1971), is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, rapper, and communist activist. He is the lead vocalist of The Coup and Street Sweeper Social Club. He made his feature-film directorial debut with Sorry to Bother You (released July 2018), which he also wrote. Early life
<mask> was born in 1971 in Chicago into a family of social justice organizers. He is the son of <mask>, an African-American attorney, and Anitra Patterson, whose father was African-American, while her mother (<mask>' maternal grandmother) was a Jewish refugee from Königsberg who fled Europe with her parents as a teenager in 1938. He is the second youngest of five siblings. By the time <mask> was one, his family moved to Detroit and when he was six they moved to Oakland, where he later attended Oakland High School.When the school faced cutbacks in the 1980s, 2000 of Oakland High's 2200 students protested by participating in a walkout organized by <mask> and friends. Interested in politics at a young age, <mask> joined the International Committee Against Racism at age 14 and the radical Progressive Labor Party at age 15. Career

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The Coup

In 1991, <mask> founded the political hip-hop group The Coup with fellow United Parcel Service worker E-roc. Along with rappers Spice 1 and Mopreme Shakur (then known as Mocedes), they released a song on a 1991 compilation album called Dope Like a Pound or a Key, released by Wax That Azz Records. The group's DJ, Pam the Funkstress, joined in 1992. <mask> was both chief lyric writer and music producer of The Coup's albums. In 1992, The Coup signed to Wild Pitch Records/EMI.The group released their debut album Kill My Landlord in 1993. Two singles from that album were shown on national Black radio and received play on BET, Yo! MTV Raps: "Dig It" and "Not Yet Free". In 1993, E-40 released the video for "Practice Lookin' Hard", a song based around <mask>'s lyric, "I got a mirror in my pocket and I practice lookin' hard", from the song "Not Yet Free". The video featured <mask> singing the chorus while he, E-40, and Tupac Shakur reflected light into the camera from a handheld mirror while dancing around. In 1994, The Coup released their second album, Genocide & Juice. It featured guest appearances by E-40 and Spice-1.Fueled by video play and some radio play for the single "Fat Cats And Bigga Fish", the album shot up the charts, but stalled when EMI suddenly absorbed Wild Pitch. At this point, E-roc left The Coup on amicable terms. 1998's Steal This Album, released on indie label Dogday Records, was called "a masterpiece of slow-rolling West Coast funk" by Rolling Stone magazine. The single from that album, "Me And Jesus The Pimp In a ‘79 Granada Last Night", was an eight-minute song about the grown-up son of a prostitute driving his mother's killer to a secluded place in which to murder him. A novel, Too Beautiful For Words by Monique W. Morris, based on the story characters and descriptions in the song, was published by HarperCollins in 2000. The album also featured a guest appearance by Del The Funky Homosapien on the track "The Repo Man Sings for You". The group's fourth album, Party Music, was released on 75 Ark Records in 2001.It was re-released in 2005 by Epitaph Records. The original cover art depicted group members standing in front of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center as they explode. <mask> is depicted pushing a button on a bass guitar tuner and DJ Pam the Funkstress is shown holding conductor's wands. The photo was taken in May 2001. The album was scheduled to be released just after the September 11, 2001 attacks. In response to the uncanny similarity of the artwork with the attacks, the album release was delayed until an alternative cover could be prepared. The album hit No.8 in the 2001 Village Voice Pazz and Jop Poll- the most important year-end critic's list, was named "Pop Album Of The Year" by The Washington Post, and "Hip-Hop Album Of The Year" by Rolling Stone. The album included a guest appearance by dead prez on the song "Get Up." <mask> released a controversial press release one week after the 9/11 events, which was later published in the book, Another World Is Possible. The press release stated that "last week's events were symptomatic of a larger backlash against U.S. corporate imperialism." The controversy surrounding the cover art, press release, and the lyrics from Party Music (specifically the song "5 Million Ways To Kill A CEO") led to <mask> appearing on local network news affiliates all over the U.S. He also appeared on Fox News's Hannity and Colmes and ABC's Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher. During this time, conservative commentator Michelle Malkin called <mask>'s lyrics "a stomach-turning example of anti-Americanism disguised as highbrow intellectual expression".The Independent concluded it was "protest album of the year, by a million-man march." In 2006, The Coup released Pick a Bigger Weapon on Epitaph Records, featuring guest appearances by Tom Morello, Talib Kweli, Black Thought from The Roots, and Jello Biafra. Work with Tom Morello
In 2003, Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave guitarist Tom Morello invited <mask> to be part of the "Tell Us the Truth Tour", which was meant to shed light on the monopolization of the media and the coming FTAA agreements. The tour, hosted by Janeane Garofalo and Naomi Klein, featured acoustic performances by <mask>, Morello, Billy Bragg, Steve Earle, Mike Mills, and Jill Sobule. In 2006, Morello approached <mask> to form a band together under the name Street Sweeper. The duo, who later changed their name to Street Sweeper Social Club, releasing their self-titled debut album in 2009. They toured in support of it along with Nine Inch Nails and the recently reunited Jane's Addiction.On May 24, a press release went out announcing Street Sweeper Social Club as one of the headliners of the 2010 Rock the Bells tour. Street Sweeper Social Club released The Ghetto Blaster EP in late July 2010. Independent work
In 1991, the same year <mask> co-founded The Coup, he and other activists and hip-hop artists created the Mau Mau Rhythm Collective. The Collective put on "Hip-Hop Edutainment Concerts," which allied with and promoted the campaigns of community-based organizations like Women's Economic Agenda Project (WEAP), Copwatch, International Campaign To Free Geronimo Pratt, the Black Panther Alumni Association, and various anti-police brutality projects. The Collective would use the growing popularity of their concerts to bring a large number of youth to take over a closed Oakland city council meeting and hold a public meeting. In 2005, <mask> produced the score for an episode of The Simpsons entitled "Pranksta Rap". In 2007 and 2008, <mask> toured heavily with New Orleans-based band Galactic.The band performed The Coup songs behind <mask>'s vocals and they also performed their collaboration, "Hustle Up". In 2008, while performing with Galactic in Norfolk, VA, police interrupted the concert and <mask> was charged with using "abusive language"—a charge that hadn't been laid in 26 years, and never before against a performer. In 2010 and 2011, <mask> recorded with Ursus Minor on the album I Will Not Take "But" for an Answer, and toured with the group in France. Film and television
<mask> began working on a screenplay for "an absurdist dark comedy with aspects of magical realism and science fiction," inspired by his own time working as a telemarketer, which he finished in 2012. In 2017, he was able to begin production on his screenplay for Sorry to Bother You, directing it himself, with stars Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, and Steven Yeun. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2018, and was theatrically released in the United States on July 6, 2018, by Annapurna Pictures. The film received praise for its cast and concept, as well as <mask>'s screenplay and direction.In June 2020, he announced plans for a new TV series entitled I'm a Virgo, starring Jharrel Jerome. He had more recently signed a deal with Media Res. Activism
<mask> identifies as a communist. When E-Roc left The Coup in 1994, <mask> decided to stop making music in favor of forming an organization called The Young Comrades, with a few other radical, black community organizers including journalist and activist JR Valrey. The organization mounted a few important campaigns in Oakland which yielded some minor victories, such as the campaign against Oakland's "no cruising" ordinance. In 2000, <mask>, through his workshop on Art and Organizing at La Peña Cultural Center, led a group of young artists to create "Guerilla Hip-Hop Concerts" on a flatbed truck which traveled throughout Oakland to protest California's Proposition 21. The workshop also distributed tens of thousands free cassettes of "The Rumble", which he called "newspapers on tape.In 2002, <mask> taught a daily high school class, "Culture and Resistance: Persuasive Lyric Writing", at the School of Social Justice and Community Development in East Oakland. During the fall of 2011, <mask> became heavily involved with the Occupy Oakland movement. In 2018, he spoke at the Socialism 2018 conference. At the 34th Independent Spirit Awards in 2019, <mask> criticized U.S. involvement in the 2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis during his acceptance speech for the Best First Feature award for Sorry To Bother You. His speech, which was cut short, was delivered to the press. In February 2020, <mask> announced his support for Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders in the 2020 United States presidential election. Discography

Group artist

The Coup
 Kill My Landlord (1993)
 Genocide & Juice (1994)
 Steal This Album (1998)
 Party Music (2001)
 Pick a Bigger Weapon (2006)
 Sorry to Bother You (2012)
 Original Soundtrack: Sorry To Bother You (2018)

Street Sweeper Social Club
 Street Sweeper Social Club (2009)

Solo guest appearances
1991 – Dope Like a Pound or a Key (Compilation)
1994 – "Streets of Oakland" from The Big Badass by Ant Banks
2004 – Zugzwang by Ursus Minor
2007 – "Hustle Up" from From the Corner to the Block by Galactic
2009 – "Soledad" from Este Mundo by Rupa & the April Fishes
2011 – "M M M", "Get On With It" from I Will Not Take "But" for an Answer by Ursus Minor
2011 – "9/11 'til Infinity" from From the Dumpster to the Grave by Star Fucking Hipsters
2011 – "Black Flags" (Single) by Atari Teenage Riot
2014 – "Pocket Full of Slave owners" (Single) by Muja Messiah
2014 – "Black Is Beltza" (Single) by Fermin Muguruza

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Street Sweeper Social Club Website
"Revolutionary Party Music" – video report by Democracy Now!1971 births
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<mask> (born December 14, 1996) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward for the Utica Comets of the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract with the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected in the second round, 39th overall, by the Colorado Avalanche in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft. Playing career

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<mask> played minor ice hockey in West Lanaudière, and participated in the 2009 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with his youth team. <mask> first played midget hockey within Quebec helping Collège Esther-Blondin Phénix to a silver medal finish in the 2012 Telus Cup. In the QMAAA, <mask> contributed with 15 goals and 28 points in 42 games in the 2011–12 season, including scoring the game-winning goal to capture the Championship. He left his native Quebec to pursue a junior career in the United States, enrolling with Kimball Union Academy of New Hampshire. In his second scholastic season with Kimball, <mask> captained the hockey side, and led the team in scoring with 24 goals and 63 points in just 34 games.In the 2013–14 season, <mask> enjoyed a brief stint in the United States Hockey League with the Des Moines Buccaneers, recording 2 goals in as many games. Having previously committed with Boston University, <mask> would begin his collegiate career on acceleration in the 2014–15 season. In his freshman year, playing as the youngest forward in the NCAA, <mask> made his collegiate debut and scored a goal on October 10, 2014, against the University of Massachusetts. Initially placed in a depth forward role, <mask> saw his icetime increase by seasons end, using his size and physical play earning a place on a scoring line in the post-season. <mask> contributed with 3 goals and 7 points in 37 games as the Terriers finished as regular season champions and claimed the Hockey East mantle to clinch a Frozen Four berth. In his sophomore year, <mask> anticipated an increased role for the 2015–16 season. Unable to produce offensively and un-willing to accept reduced minutes in a checking-line role, <mask> opted to leave the Terriers after 18 games to further his development in his native Quebec, with the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies of the QMJHL on December 19, 2015.In joining the top ranked Huskies, <mask> immediately made an impact offensively, contributing with 16 goals in the final 33 regular season games. Placed on the top scoring line in the post-season and serving as an alternate captain, <mask> posted 22 points in just 20 games as the Huskies captured the QMJHL Championship before losing in the Memorial Cup final. Professional
In continuing his unorthodox development path, <mask> signalled the end of his brief QMJHL career to turn professional in signing a three-year, entry-level contract with the Colorado Avalanche on July 1, 2016. After attending his first training camp with the Avalanche and eligible to compete in the American Hockey League, <mask> was assigned to begin his rookie season with affiliate, the San Antonio Rampage. In the 2016–17 season, <mask> made his professional debut with the Rampage, scoring a goal in a 2–1 defeat to the Milwaukee Admirals on October 15, 2016. Making a seamless transition to the professional level, <mask> was leading the Rampage and all AHL rookies in scoring before he received his first recall to the Colorado Avalanche on November 12, 2016. He made his NHL debut with the Avalanche in a 2–0 defeat to the Boston Bruins on November 13, 2016.Following a brief return to San Antonio, <mask> returned to record his first NHL point, an assist on a Mikhail Grigorenko goal, in a 3–2 loss to the Dallas Stars on November 17, 2016. After his fifth game with the Avalanche, <mask> was returned to the Rampage and continued his scoring pace, earning a rookie record with an assist in seven straight games, tying a franchise record for all skaters. He was selected alongside Spencer Martin as San Antonio's representatives at the AHL All-Star Game. As the team struggled down the stretch of the regular season, <mask> appeared in 63 games for 38 points before injury concluded his rookie season. His contributions off the ice to the San Antonio community were recognized as he was awarded the Yanick Dupré Memorial Award as the AHL's Man of the Year. <mask> scored his first NHL on February 20, 2019, when he scored the last goal in the Avalanche's 7–1 win against the Winnipeg Jets. With 33.5 seconds left, <mask> jammed the puck in against Connor Hellebuyck.On October 19, 2019, in a game against the Milwaukee Admirals, <mask> was assessed 40 minutes of penalty time and suspended for six games after he left the penalty box to fight Admiral's defenseman, <mask> Tinordi. He was subsequently suspended six games. On October 11, 2020, having been unable to cement a role in the NHL with the Avalanche and looking for more opportunity, <mask> was traded by Colorado to the New York Islanders in exchange for Kyle Burroughs. As a restricted free agent, <mask> agreed to a one-year, two-way contract with the Islanders on October 27, 2020. In the pandemic-delayed 2020–21 season, <mask> was assigned by the Islanders to AHL affiliate, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers. In a slow start to the season, <mask> posted just one goal and two points in 10 games with the Sound Tigers before he was traded by the Islanders, along with <mask>, a 2021 first-round draft selection and a conditional 2022 fourth-round pick to the New Jersey Devils in exchange for Kyle Palmieri and Travis Zajac on April 7, 2021. He was immediately reassigned to continue in the AHL with the Binghamton Devils.Personal life
<mask> has been very upfront about his struggles with his mental health and emphasis that seeing a sports psychologist has helped him. He has also been an advocate for the NHL's "BellLetsTalk," program. On July 7, 2019, <mask> and then Columbus Blue Jackets forward Sonny Milano, were arrested in New York City for alleged assault. The alleged assault was reportedly over the victim demanding money after getting <mask> and Milano table service at a NYC night club. <mask> was not required to be present for his court date on September 4 and the charges were subsequently dropped in January 2020 after <mask> and Milano paid an undisclosed amount for the victims medical bills and completed community service. Career statistics

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