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 and does not say that we want to change canon law but that we can move forward step by step". Following the publication of the report on sex abuse in the Munich archdiocese in early 2022, Cardinal <mask> spoke out in favour of lifting celibacy rules for priests.Speaking to the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper, <mask> said that things cannot continue as they are. He also said: "And if some say: without the obligation of celibacy, they will all get married! My answer is: so what! If they all marry, it would at least be a sign that things are not currently working." Ecumenism
While president of the German Conference of Catholic Bishops, <mask> supported the guide the organization issued to allow for Lutheran spouses of Catholics to receive Holy Communion in Catholic churches. Persecution of Christians
In April 2017, during the Good Friday service held in Munich, <mask> lamented the persecution of Christians that occurred in the world, especially in nations that had been shaped by Islam: "there can be no peace between religions," he said, unless "all human beings are permitted to live their faith and be respected in it." Violence and religion
In June 2017, during an interview <mask> said that religious leaders needed to be on guard to make sure that they did not provide a kind of pious framework from which religious extremists could perform violence.He indicated that both Catholics and Muslims needed to think about this. He said, "Religions simply must ask themselves—and permit themselves to be asked—whether by the way they are being interpreted or lived, they are contributing toward justifying or even fueling conflicts"

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In August 2020, <mask> spoke out in favour of the pro-democracy protestors in Belarus. On 15 August, he preached in Munich Cathedral: "Everywhere where people rise up and defend human dignity, the dignity of life and the dignity of freedom, one becomes conscious of Easter and that includes Belarus. Easter means rising up against hatred, violence and injustice"

In September 2020, <mask> spoke out against an attempt in the Danish parliament to ban non-medical circumcision. He said, "The Catholic Church in the European Union considers any attempt on the fundamental right to freedom of religion as unacceptable. The criminalization of circumcision is a very grave measure that raises deep concern". Opposition
During the 2015 Synod on the family, <mask> faced opposition from other bishops for supporting Kasper's proposal that the rules be relaxed to allow people who have divorced and attempted remarriage to receive Holy Communion.Divisions were particularly acute between the group of bishops from Germany (notably <mask>), and conservatives such as George Pell of Sydney. <mask> accused Pell of trying to foster division by making it seem as if there were two camps within the Church, one around Pope Benedict XVI and the other around Kasper. A spokesman for Pell welcomed the suggestion that <mask> saw no differences between the two groups. <mask> was indirectly criticized by retired Pope Benedict in a 2016 book of interviews. The occasion was related to how, shortly before Benedict's resignation in 2013, <mask> had criticized him by saying he had turned the Roman curia into his own court. In response to this, Benedict said "I have always lived simply, always, ever since my childhood." The retired Pope's personal secretary Georg Gänswein also stated "One should be careful of making statements or valuations of a situation that one does not know well."In August 2020, the German Bishops Conference published a photo of <mask> posed in front of a monumental statue of <mask> on its Facebook page. A Polish Catholic magazine, , said the photo showed "where contemporary modernist Catholicism has gone". It described the cardinal as "inspired by the Red Revolution not only in economics" but even in supporting sexual "liberation". It said he was "trying to reinterpret Scripture and Tradition in the light of contemporary (anti) culture and the often questionable findings of science". <mask> and other German bishops have been widely criticized, including from other bishops, about a 'synodal' path for reform of the church that they are alleged to be conducting within the church in Germany. Attempts by <mask> and the German bishops to try to have synods that make decisions for church issues within Germany are seen by such critics as being on a path to 'schism' and 'heresy'. Others, however, have given support for this path, including Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge who dismissed the criticism and said in May 2021 "I have great confidence in the Germans (and) in <mask>,"

Cardinal Gerhard Muller criticized <mask> in June 2021 in an article in the Bonn General-Anzeiger.Müller, who has himself been severely criticized for his handling of abuse accusations, claimed that the Cologne abuse crisis was not about abuse but was an attempt by <mask> to discredit Cardinal Woelki, who was opposed to the German 'synodal path' being supported by <mask>. Muller alleged that the synodal path <mask> was initiating was an "attempt to react to the abuse crisis with a heretical and schismatic agenda". In February 2022, Czech Cardinal Dominik Duka accused Cardinal <mask> of "defaming and tarnishing" the reputation of former Pope Benedict XVI. This was due to the fact that the report on sex abuse in the Munich archdiocese, which had been commissioned by Cardinal <mask>, faulted Pope Benedict (then Joseph Ratzinger) for his handling of four cases of sex abuse while he was serving as Archbishop of Munich in the 1970s and 1980s. <mask> expressed grief over the findings of the report and said that the church needed to change, however, he did not make any public statement about the findings as it related to Pope Benedict. Cardinal Duka, however, held <mask> responsible for damaging Pope Benedict's reputation through the report. Sexual abuse
German media reported that an unidentified priest in the diocese of Trier had allegedly sexually abused minors, and that this priest was not removed by Cardinal <mask> when he was bishop of Trier, even though he had been made aware of the case.Cardinal <mask>'s spokesperson claimed that <mask> had acted with the relevant guidelines in place at the time. It was further claimed by the media that the priest continued to serve in Trier until 2015 and his abuse also allegedly continued up until that point. The rules governing these cases were reformed in 2010 and 2013, and the spokesperson claimed that had the new rules been in place at the time, the church would have acted differently. <mask> opened a meeting of bishops in Fulda in late September 2018 to discuss a study concerning widespread sexual abuse within the German church. The study had been commissioned by the German bishops' conference and given to the press in September 2018, and it showed widespread sexual abuse had occurred in the German church from 1946 to 2014, with almost 4,000 victims abused. On the occasion, <mask> said the report "makes it clear to us that the Catholic Church has by no means overcome the issue of dealing with the sexual abuse of minors." "I feel we have reached a turning point about the issues such as prevention and the treatment of victims, but also about how the Church will deal with its own future" and "We must do more: listen, understand and take appropriate measures."In February 2019 <mask> spoke at a conference on paedophilia in the Catholic church summoned by Pope Francis, saying that procedures to prosecute offenders "were deliberately not complied with", and files were destroyed, or not created, allowing abuse to continue. "Instead of the perpetrators, the victims were regulated and silence imposed on them." He called for greater transparency, saying that it is not transparency that damages the church, but its lack, and covering up. In December 2020 <mask> called the Archdiocese of Cologne's decision not to publish an investigation into clergy sexual abuse as 'devastating' for the entire church. In a newspaper interview, <mask> said "the public now perceives that lawyers are quibbling over details on the backs of the victims". <mask> promised that the Archdiocese of Munich would publish its own report on sexual abuse once it was finished in 2021, which would name those who were responsible and that it would not be about sparing his predecessors (Joseph Ratzinger and Friedrich Wetter). Also in December 2020, <mask> announced he would set up a charitable foundation in his diocese to help people who were affected by sexual abuse in the church and that he would be giving the vast majority of his private assets, which totaled 500,000 Euros, to the foundation.In February 2021, <mask> was accused in a report published by Deutschlandfunk of mishandling a case in the Diocese of Trier that said he had investigated a priest who had gotten a parish employee pregnant around 2000 but not a second priest who, in the confessional, had advised her to have an abortion. <mask> confessed this error to the Congregation for Clergy in 2007. Also in the same month, Christian Pfeiffer, a German criminologist who had been hired by the German Bishops' Conference in 2011 to investigate sex abuse, accused <mask> of denying his team access to some key documents. He had similar criticisms a year before. He alleged that <mask> was trying to protect Pope Benedict, himself as well as other German church leaders. <mask> rejected the allegations as baseless. Sex abuse victims, in April 2021, urged German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier not to go ahead with plans to award <mask> with the Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany on grounds of his alleged mishandling of sex abuse cases in the past.Peter Bringmann-Henselder who represented sex abuse victims and was himself a recipient of the same award said he would give back his award if <mask> was awarded. <mask> responded by declining the award and said: "I take very seriously the criticism now being leveled by people dealing with sexual abuse in the Church, regardless of the correctness of the individual statements in open letters and in the media" and said he would not ignore the criticism. While <mask> has not been directly implicated in any wrongdoing regarding the Church sexual abuse crisis, he said that all members of the hierarchy bear some responsibility for it, and that it has led to a credibility crisis among Church leadership. <mask> said that the Church has reached a "dead end" regarding the sex abuse crisis and hopes that his resignation would be "a personal signal for a new beginning, for a new awakening of the Church, not only in Germany." In May 2021 <mask> sent a letter to Pope Francis offering to resign as archbishop. <mask> wrote, "I have to share responsibility for the catastrophe of sexual abuse by officials of the church over past decades". <mask> wrote further there were, "a lot of personal failure and administrative errors" and also, "institutional and systemic failure" and <mask> wrote as well, "I would like to make it clear that I am ready to take personal responsibility, not only for my own mistakes but for the church as an institution which I have helped to shape over the decades."The Archdiocese of Munich stated that Pope Francis had allowed <mask> to make his resignation letter public, and asked him to remain in his role until he had received an answer. A law firm commissioned by the archdiocese to investigate historic sexual abuse allegations is set to release its report shortly after the letter became public. On 10 June 2021, in a lengthy letter addressed to <mask>, Pope Francis informed him that he should continue as Archbishop of Munich and Freising. In July 2021, <mask> visited a parish in Garching an der Alz in his diocese where a priest accused of abuse of minors had been stationed prior to <mask>'s becoming Archbishop. A spokesman for the Catholic reform movement 'We are Church' commented that the visit was 'a concrete opportunity to demonstrate his pastoral commitment as a pastor and to work for the spiritual renewal of the Church – as he offered in his resignation and as Pope Francis then instructed him in his refusal'. <mask> suggested in July 2021 that he might offer a second resignation. He said: "I do not understand my service as a bishop as an office that belongs to me and that I have to defend, but as a mission for the people of this archdiocese and as a service to the unity of the Church" and "Should I no longer be able to fulfill this ministry, then it would be time — after consultation with the diocesan bodies and also the abuse appraisal  commission and the affected persons’ advisory board — to decide for the good of the Church and offer my resignation from office once again."An ecclesiastical document cited by German media in January 2022 criticized Cardinal <mask> for failing to remove a Chaplain cited as 'Peter H' from the priesthood in the late 2000s. The same document also faulted former Pope Benedict XVI for failing with regard to the same priest while he served as Archbishop of Munich. It was reported in November 2021 that the Munich law firm Westpfahl Spilker Wastl had been investigating Cardinal <mask> and several other bishops as part of a report on sexual abuse in the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising due to be published in 2022. They published their report on January 20th 2022. In the report, Cardinal <mask> was accused of mishandling two cases of sex abuse in the archdiocese. Following the release, he made a statement: "My first thought today is for those affected by sexual abuse, who have experienced harm and suffering at the hands of Church representatives, priests, and other employees in the sphere of the Church, on an appalling scale. I am shocked and ashamed."Martin Pusch one of the authors of the report, alleged that <mask> had said the main responsibility for handling abuse cases belonged to archdiocese's ordinariate and vicariate general. Push questioned <mask>'s position by saying: 'When, if not in the case of the sexual abuse of minors, is the classification of an issue as a ‘matter for the boss’ applicable?'. Marion Westpfahl one of the founding partners of the law firm, also lamented that Cardinal <mask> was absent for the presentation of the report. In the aftermath of the report by the law firm, <mask> said he would not attempt to make another resignation as he had done the previous year and said that: "I am ready to continue serving if that is helpful for the further steps that have to be taken for a more reliable reappraisal, even more attention to those affected and for reform of the church". However, he also said that if he found that his continued presence was more of a hindrance than a help that he would step aside. He also pointed at the report and said that what they saw in it was a disaster, and he repeated calls that the church needed deep reform, including the 'synodal path' that would open up debate within the church about issues the church faced including homosexuality, priestly celibacy and the role of women. He said, 'Anyone who still denies systemic causes and opposes a necessary reform of the church in its stances and structures hasn't understood the challenge.'Books
In October 2008 <mask> published Das Kapital: A Plea for the Human Being. He described it as "an argument with Marxism". It opened with a letter addressed to <mask>: "The consequences of your thinking were disastrous." Contrary to his namesake's prediction of the inevitable collapse of capitalism, he proposed an important role for the Church in the survival of a healthy form of capitalism: "Capitalism without humanity, solidarity and justice has no morals and no future." Notes

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<mask>'Toole (born April 1, 1952) is an American actress. She is known for portraying Lisa Bridges in the TV series Nash Bridges; Beverly Marsh in the 1990 television mini-series version of Stephen King's It; Lana Lang in Superman III; Kathy in the romantic-comedy Cross My Heart; and Martha Kent, the mother of Clark Kent, on the television series Smallville. Early life and career
O'Toole was born <mask> in Houston, Texas, the daughter of Dorothy Geraldine (née Niland) and William West Toole Jr. Her mother taught dance, which O'Toole herself began learning at the age of three. She started taking acting lessons after her family moved to Los Angeles when she was 13. Her first television appearance was in 1967 on The Danny Kaye Show, followed over the next few years with guest appearances in shows such as My Three Sons, The Virginian, Gunsmoke, Hawaii Five-O, and The Partridge Family. 1970s–1980s
O'Toole's first major film role was as a jaded beauty pageant contestant in the 1975 satire Smile; she got the role after doing an impression of a "dead cockroach" at the audition.She also appeared as the tutor and girlfriend of Robby Benson's character in the college basketball story One on One in 1977. She co-starred opposite Gary Busey in the 1980 film Foolin' Around. In 1981, she starred in the HBO onstage production of Vanities, as well as in the TV movie Stand By Your Man, which detailed the life of country music legend Tammy Wynette. Later on in 1982, she appeared briefly as Nick Nolte's girlfriend in 48 Hrs. That same year, she played Alice Perrin in Cat People, and then in 1983 she played Lana Lang (love interest to Clark Kent/Superman), and single mother of Ricky in Superman III. In 1985, she co-starred with Barry Manilow in the CBS television movie Copacabana playing Lola La Mar to Manilow's Tony Starr. Also in 1985, she had a starring role as Ms. Edmunds in the original Bridge to Terabithia, and appeared in the TV adaptation of Strong Medicine the following year.In 1987's Cross My Heart, a romantic comedy, O'Toole had a leading role opposite Martin Short. 1990s–2000s
In 1990, O'Toole had roles in two ABC television miniseries. She played the adult Beverly Marsh in the television mini-series version of Stephen King's It, and also portrayed Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy in The Kennedys of Massachusetts, a role that earned her an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress. She next starred in the 1992 NBC miniseries Jewels, based on the Danielle Steel novel of the same name. In 1993, O'Toole starred in Desperate Justice as Ellen Wells. In 1995, she starred as Cheryl Keeton in the 1995 Lifetime television film based on Ann Rule's true crime novel Dead by Sunset. She had a recurring role on the television show Nash Bridges (1996) and starred in her own series The Huntress (2000) as a female bounty hunter.In 1997 O'Toole starred in the TV movie Keeping the Promise. In October 2001, 18 years after portraying Lana Lang in Superman III, O'Toole returned to the Superman mythos in the role of Martha Kent, Superman's adoptive mother, in the television series Smallville. She remained part of the show's main cast, though at times in the background, until the end of its sixth season. On January 19, 2010, it was announced that O'Toole would be returning to Smallville for at least one episode. 2010s
On November 22, 2010, O'Toole played the role of Veronica, a middle-aged woman suffering from a severe case of Alzheimer's, in season 3 episode 7 of the TV series Lie to Me. In March 2013 she appeared in Grey's Anatomy as a school teacher who finds out, after surgery, that she will die from cancer. O'Toole portrayed Susan Emerson in six episodes of the first two seasons of Halt and Catch Fire.In 2016, O'Toole returned to the Stephen King realm as boarding house owner Edna Price in 'The Kill Floor' episode of the King mini-series 11.22.63. O’Toole filled the role of Hope McCrea in the Netflix series Virgin River. Musical career
O'Toole can date the beginning of her songwriting career to events during a car ride after the September 11 attacks; as her husband Michael McKean describes it, "On September 11, 2001, <mask> found herself without an airline to carry her back down to Los Angeles from Vancouver, where she films Smallville. So she drove a rental car down. The two of us drove it back up together, and on the long drive up there, somewhere between Portland and Seattle, she told me she had a tune in her head." The "tune in her head" became "Potato's in the Paddy Wagon", one of three songs the couple wrote for A Mighty Wind, including the Oscar-nominated song "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow." O'Toole sang "What Could Be Better?"— a song she and her husband co-wrote – for the 2004 Disney children's album A World of Happiness. In May–June 2005, the couple did a cabaret act for "Feinstein's at the Regency" in New York City. On July 7, 2007, O'Toole appeared as a backing singer for her husband's fictional band Spinal Tap at the London leg of the Live Earth concerts. She has also performed on the band's 2009 Unwigged and Unplugged tour, and contributed lyrics to "Short and Sweet" on the 2009 Spinal Tap album Back from the Dead. In 2011 she starred in CAP21's production of the new musical Southern Comfort, based on the Sundance award-winning documentary, by Dan Collins and Julianne Wick Davis. Personal life

O'Toole married actor Bill Geisslinger on April 8, 1983; they divorced in 1993. The couple had two daughters.O'Toole married Michael McKean in March 1999. She and McKean share a musical career. Filmography

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<mask> (born 23 October 1982) is an Estonian professional basketball player for Kalev/Cramo in the Latvian–Estonian Basketball League. He is 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) tall, and he can play at both the small forward and power forward positions. Professional career

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<mask> started his professional career in 2000, when he signed with Tallinn Kalev. He stayed with the team for the next three years winning the Estonian Championship titles in 2002 and 2003. He also won the Estonian Cup in 2001. Despite his young age, <mask> was one of the top performers in the Estonian league averaging 11.2 points and 7.3 rebounds in the 2002–03 season and 15.7 points and 6.2 rebounds in the 2003–04 season. Good performances in Estonia earned Kangur his first foreign contract in 2004 when he signed with Bayer Giants Leverkusen of the German Bundesliga where he spent the next two seasons.After two years in Germany he returned to Estonia and signed with Kalev/Cramo. He stayed with the team until the end of the 2008–09 season winning three Estonian Cups and one Estonian Championship. <mask> was a solid leader for Kalev during those three seasons. He averaged 11.4 points and 4.9 rebounds in the 2009 play-offs and was awarded the MVP of Estonian League Finals. In July 2009 <mask> signed a deal with French Pro A top team ASVEL Basket. He averaged 5.9 points and 2.0 rebounds in his debut season of the EuroLeague as well as 5.1 points and 2.0 rebounds in Pro A. Though <mask> won the French Supercup and French League Cup with ASVEL, the season was a disappointment to the team as they narrowly missed out the EuroLeague Top 16 phase and didn't reach to the playoffs of their domestic league.2010–2017

<mask> signed with Italian top team Virtus Bologna just before the Italian league play-offs in May 2010. He played five games for the Bologna team averaging 7.6 points with a field goal percentage of 90% on two-pointers and 100% on three-pointers. For the 2010–11 season <mask> signed with Pallacanestro Varese. He was one of the top players in the team averaging 9.9 points and 5.4 rebounds in 32 games. In July 2011 <mask> signed a three-year deal with Italian powerhouse Montepaschi Siena but was loaned to Varese for the 2011–2012 season. In his second year in Varese he posted similar numbers with 10.9 points and 5.2 rebounds in 36 games and earned himself a place in Siena's roster. During his tenure with Siena Kangur won both the Italian Cup and the Italian League and also reached to the Top 16 phase of the EuroLeague.He showed a high-quality game on both sides of the court by being one of the top defensive players in the team and also hitting 23 three-pointers with 56.1% accuracy in the EuroLeague Regular Season. On 3 September 2013, he signed with Emporio Armani Milano. At Milan he was reunited with coach Luca Banchi who coached him last season at Siena, and also with fellow player David Moss with whom he played together in Siena and Bologna. On 21 October, <mask> had a back surgery in Milan which forced him off the court for almost two months. He played his first official game for Milano on 16 December against Victoria Libertas Pesaro in the Italian League. <mask> helped Milano to reach the 2013–14 Euroleague Quarterfinals where they lost to eventual champions Maccabi Tel Aviv. <mask> helped Milano to finish the season with the Italian title by defeating Montepaschi Siena thus ending Siena's seven-year winning streak at the Italian Championships.This was Milano's 26th domestic title and their first title since 1996. On 11 August 2014, he returned after two years to Pallacanestro Varese. In November 2014 <mask> had second back surgery and wasn't able to play until January 2015. All in all, the season was a disappointment for <mask> and the Varese team as they finished 11th in the Italian League. On 11 October 2015, <mask> signed a two-month deal with the Spanish team Laboral Kutxa Baskonia to replace injured Tornike Shengelia. He became the first ever Estonian basketball player who had played in the Spanish ACB League. <mask> was released from the team after his contract expired on 22 November.He represented Baskonia in six Euroleague games averaging 2.0 points and 1.8 rebounds and in three ACB games averaging 3.7 points and 3.3 rebounds. After the short stint in Spain, <mask> returned to Varese for the rest of the season. The team narrowly missed out of the Italian League play-offs, finishing 9th. <mask> and Varese also took part in the inaugural season of the FIBA Europe Cup. The team reached the final where they were defeated by Fraport Skyliners of the Basketball Bundesliga with the score 62–66. In June 2016, <mask> signed a new two-year deal with Varese. Varese finished the 2016–17 season on a disappointing 12th place and <mask> parted ways with the team in July 2017.2017–present
After eight seasons playing abroad <mask> returned to Estonia and rejoined with his former club Kalev/Cramo on 6 September 2017. With Kalev/Cramo Kangur won his fourth Estonian League title and was named MVP of Estonian League Finals for the second time in his career. On the season, he averaged 6.9 points and 4.5 rebounds per game. He re-signed with the club on 8 September 2018 to play in the newly formed Latvian-Estonian Basketball League (LEBL). Kalev/Cramo finished the first LEBL season in third place and defended the home league title giving <mask> his fifth Estonian Championship. The next season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Kangru left Kalev/Cramo after three seasons and signed with TalTech in September 2020.He parted ways with TalTech in mid-season to join his hometown club Pärnu Sadam in February 2021. On 14 October 2021, <mask> signed with Kalev/Cramo in the Latvian–Estonian Basketball League. Estonian national team
Kangur represented Estonia for the first time in youth level at the 2002 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Qualifying Round. In his first game, he was the top scorer for Estonia with 18 points in 23 minutes against Denmark. <mask> also played at the 2003 Summer Universiade. He made his debut for the Estonia national basketball team on 20 November 2002, at the age of 20. He scored 4 points in 8 minutes during EuroBasket 2003 Qualification Semi-Final Round game against Belarus.Since then, he has been a certain selection for the national team representing Estonia at the 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013 and 2015 EuroBasket qualification tournaments. His national team career high score is 26 points against Iceland in autumn 2012, during the EuroBasket 2013 qualification. On 1 September 2013, <mask> and the Estonian national team gained a spot for the 2015 European Championships by beating Bulgaria in a two-legged final of the EuroBasket 2015 First Qualification Round. In September 2015, Estonia made its fifth appearance at the EuroBasket final tournament and the first since 2001. <mask> was the captain of the national team and played in all five games during the group stage averaging 7.4 points and 3.2 rebounds. Estonia won one game in Group D and was eliminated after the group stage. From 2011 to 2016, <mask> was the captain of the Estonian national team.He withdrew from the team before the 2017 EuroBasket qualification tournament to treat his injuries and Rain Veideman was named the captain of the national team. <mask> was called back to the national team in 2017 and he also resumed his captaincy to lead the team in the 2019 World Cup qualification games. <mask> and his long-time friends Janar Talts and Gregor Arbet played their national team farewell game on 21 February 2019 against Serbia. Estonia won the game 71–70, <mask> scored 4 points in 20 minutes.

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<mask> (born December 29, 1959) is an American actress. She has starred in numerous leading and supporting roles in a variety of films ranging from independent film features to major film studio productions. Her accolades include a Golden Globe Award and two Primetime Emmy Awards, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and a Tony Award. Born and raised in New Orleans to a politician mother and school administrator father, <mask> earned a degree in drama from Fordham University before attending the Yale School of Drama, where she graduated with a Master of Fine Arts degree. She made her feature film debut in Brian De Palma's mob drama The Untouchables (1987), followed by a supporting role in Clint Eastwood's The Dead Pool (1988). After appearing in minor roles in the early and mid-1990s, she garnered critical attention for her portrayal of a drug-addicted actress in the independent drama High Art (1998). She appeared in numerous supporting roles in such films as The Green Mile (1999), The Pledge (2001), Far from Heaven (2002), and Dogville (2003).She garnered further critical acclaim in 2003 for her performances in the drama films The Station Agent, which earned her a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination, and Pieces of April, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. <mask> also appeared as a recurring guest star on the HBO series Six Feet Under from 2002 to 2006, and won two Primetime Emmy Awards for her performance. Other credits from the 2000s include Good Night, and Good Luck (2005), Lars and the Real Girl (2007), and Elegy (2008). She also appeared in Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), and Whatever Works (2009). In 2010, <mask> had a supporting role in Martin Scorsese's thriller Shutter Island, followed by roles in the mainstream comedies Easy A and Friends with Benefits. She subsequently portrayed the villainous Ava Paige in The Maze Runner (2014) and its two sequels. She returned to theater in 2014, playing the role of Madge Kendal in a Broadway production of The Elephant Man, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress.In 2017, she won a British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Sally Potter's drama The Party, and guest-starred on the Netflix series House of Cards. She co-starred with Amy Adams on the HBO miniseries Sharp Objects in 2018, for which she won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries, or Television Film. Early life
<mask> was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the daughter of <mask> (née Brechtel), a New Orleans politician and councilwoman, and Arthur "Buzz" <mask>, a school administrator who worked at the Louisiana State University School of Medicine. She is one of five sisters, all of whom attended O. Perry Walker High School, where she graduated in 1977. She was raised in the Algiers section of New Orleans, on the West Bank of the Mississippi River. From 1977 to 1979, <mask> studied speech pathology at Louisiana State University before deciding she wanted to pursue a drama degree. In 1980, she transferred to Fordham University in New York City to enroll in their undergraduate acting program, from which she graduated summa cum laude in 1982.She then earned her Master of Fine Arts at the Yale School of Drama in 1985. Career

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After graduating from the Yale School of Drama, <mask> was cast in a 1986 Broadway production of The House of Blue Leaves as a replacement in the role of Corrinna Stroller. The following year, she made her feature film debut in Brian De Palma's The Untouchables (1987), portraying Catherine Ness, the wife of US Treasury Prohibition agent Elliott Ness (Kevin Costner). <mask> stated she was financially struggling during this time and was paying student loans, and that De Palma expanded her role in the film as she originally only had several days' worth of shooting. The next year, she was cast in Clint Eastwood's The Dead Pool (1988), the fifth installment in the Dirty Harry film series. In 1989, she returned to Broadway portraying a Wall Street investment counselor whose brother (played by Kevin Conroy) is diagnosed with AIDS; the play ran from January to March of that year. <mask> has stated that beginning in the early 1990s, she went through a turbulent period in her career and was unable to find significant work.She had a small role in Jumanji (1995) before being cast in the independent drama High Art (1998), portraying a drug-addicted German actress in New York City. Her performance earned her an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. In 1998, <mask> had a small role in the critically acclaimed independent romantic comedy Playing By Heart, playing a woman at a bar who listens to a false story told by a man (Dennis Quaid) as part of his improv class. In 1999, <mask> appeared in a supporting role as an ailing wife of a prison warden in The Green Mile, which was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Ensemble Cast. The same year, she had a supporting part in the romantic comedy Simply Irresistible (1999), followed by a supporting part in Stanley Tucci's biopic Joe Gould's Secret (2000). Next, she portrayed a single mother in the drama The Safety of Objects (2001), and had a supporting role opposite Jack Nicholson in the Sean Penn-directed thriller The Pledge (2001), playing the mother of a murder victim. She also had a leading role in the independent horror film Wendigo (2001), directed by Larry Fessenden, and in the comedy Welcome to Collinwood (2002).Roger Ebert praised the performances in the former, noting: "The actors [in Wendigo] have an unforced, natural quality that looks easy but is hard to do." In 2001 she had a recurring role on Frasier as Claire French, who dated Frasier Crane played by Kelsey Grammer. Critical breakthrough
In 2002, <mask> was cast in a supporting role in Todd Haynes's period drama Far from Heaven, opposite Julianne Moore and Dennis Quaid, playing the neighbor of a repressed housewife in the 1950s. The same year, she starred as Margaret White in the television film adaptation of Stephen King's Carrie. Between 2002 and 2005, <mask> had a guest-starring role on the HBO drama series Six Feet Under, playing Sarah O'Connor, the artist sister of Ruth Fisher. For her portrayal, she won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, in 2002 and 2005, respectively. <mask> appeared in multiple independent films in 2003, including The Baroness and the Pig; Lars von Trier's experimental drama Dogville;, the critically acclaimed indie film The Station Agent, playing an artist who befriends a diminutive man (Peter Dinklage) who suddenly appears as a town resident living in a local train depot; Pieces of April, in which she portrayed a mother dying of cancer who travels to visit her estranged daughter (Katie Holmes) for Thanksgiving; and the David Gordon Green-directed drama All the Real Girls, as the mother of a young womanizer in a small southern town.Four of the filmsThe Baroness and the Pig, Pieces of April, The Station Agent, and All the Real Girlspremiered at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival. <mask> received numerous accolades for her performances: For The Station Agent, she won the Special Jury Prize at Sundance, and was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role, among others. Her performance in Pieces of April earned her a Sundance Special Jury Prize, as well as nominations for the Screen Actors Guild award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role, a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress, and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Following these critical successes, <mask> had a lead role opposite Kurt Russell in the sports docudrama Miracle (2004), about the U.S. hockey team defeating the heavily favored Soviets in the 1980 Olympics, and played the wife of a news correspondent (Robert Downey Jr.) in George Clooney's historical drama Good Night, and Good Luck (2005), about the conflict between journalist Edward R. Murrow and Joseph McCarthy. She then starred as the wife of a Hollywood studio executive in the independent drama The Dying Gaul (2005). 2006 saw the release of The Woods, a supernatural horror film shot in 2003 in which she portrayed the headmistress of a girls' boarding school. The same year, she portrayed Sadie Burke in All the King's Men, set in her native New Orleans.In 2007, she had a supporting role in the romantic comedy No Reservations, as well as in the comedy-drama Lars and the Real Girl, in which she portrayed a psychiatrist treating a man in love with a sex doll. She subsequently co-starred with Ben Kingsley in the drama Elegy (2008), and had supporting roles in two Woody Allen films: 2008's Vicky Cristina Barcelona, portraying an unhappy housewife, and 2009's Whatever Works. In 2008, producer Gerald Peary approached <mask> to do the voice-over for the documentary film For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism. Says Peary, "She agreed to do the narration...  And she was so nice, and so cooperative, and so prepared, and so intelligent. And one of the key reasons she wanted to do the movie was that she regularly reads criticism, and has a genuine respect for film criticism. <mask> returned to New Orleans on January 17, 2009 for the reopening of the Mahalia Jackson Theatre for the Performing Arts. She served as master of ceremonies for a gala featuring Plácido Domingo in concert with the New Orleans Opera, conducted by Robert Lyall.She also made a cameo appearance in the Saturday Night Live Digital Short "Motherlover" on May 9, 2009. The video featured Andy Samberg, Justin Timberlake, and Susan Sarandon. She reprised the role on May 21, 2011, in the digital short "3-Way (The Golden Rule)". Mainstream success
In 2010, <mask> appeared opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in the Martin Scorsese-directed thriller Shutter Island, playing a woman escaped from a psychiatric institution. Recounting being cast in the part, <mask> said: "I got the call that every actor lives for. “Patty, Martin Scorsese is thinking of casting you in his new movie.” And I do what I call the little “Martin Scorsese dance” around my apartment. I think I was in my underwear or pajamas.It's a call you live for. Then I hear back, “But it’s just one scene.” So then I'm dancing a little lower. Then I hear, “It’s you and Leonardo DiCaprio in a cave,” and then I'm dancing again." The film was a box office hit, and Scorsese's highest-grossing film at the time. <mask> subsequently had roles in two independent films: Legendy and Main Street (both 2010), before appearing in two mainstream comedies directed by Will Gluck: Easy A (2010), as the mother of a troubled high school student (Emma Stone), and as the mother of an executive recruiter (Mila Kunis) in Friends with Benefits (2011). She also appeared in the romantic drama One Day (2011) as the mother of a college student in Scotland (portrayed by Jim Sturgess), and guest-starred on two episodes of the comedy series Parks and Recreation. In 2013, she had a supporting role in the thriller The East (2013) as the leader of a private intelligence firm.In 2014, <mask> returned to Broadway portraying Madge Kendal opposite Bradley Cooper in a production of The Elephant Man, which earned her a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Play. The same year, she starred opposite Ben Kingsley in the comedy-drama film Learning to Drive, portraying Wendy, a depressed middle-aged New York book critic learning to drive from a Sikh man. John Patterson of The Guardian praised her performance, writing: "<mask> gives us every ounce of Wendy’s desperation and self-loathing, and every shade of them as well. She has always been a miraculous performer." The same year, she appeared as villain Ava Paige in the major box-office hit The Maze Runner, a dystopian film based on the 2009 young adult novel. She subsequently reprised the role in both sequels: Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015), and Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018). <mask> starred in the ensemble drama The Party in 2017, directed by Sally Potter, for which she won a British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actress.The same year, she co-starred with Emily Mortimer and Bill Nighy in The Bookshop, a period drama set in 1959 Suffolk involving two women vying to acquire a building for their own respective businesses. She also guest-starred on the fifth and sixth seasons (2017–2018) of the Netflix political drama series House of Cards, portraying Jane Davis, a United States Department of Commerce official. She subsequently starred in the science fiction film Jonathan, involving two brothers who alternately share a single body, and the psychological horror film Delirium, which was released directly-to-DVD. <mask> also starred opposite Amy Adams in the psychological drama miniseries Sharp Objects (2018), portraying the wealthy mother of an alcoholic reporter (Adams) investigating a murder in their Missouri town. For her performance in the series, <mask> won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film. Personal life
In response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, <mask> published a post for Natural Resources Defense Council's magazine OnEarth. She also released a public service announcement talking about her experiences growing up in New Orleans.Both pieces were released on July 26, 2010. <mask> resides in New York City. In 2007, she purchased a loft in Greenwich Village for $1.5 million. She listed this loft property for $2.5 million in November 2018. She has never married and has no children. Interviewed in 2016, she said, "I've never wanted to marry, I've never wanted children – I was born without that gene." Three of <mask>'s four sisters have children and she is very close to her nieces and nephews.One of her nephews, Mac Alsfeld, is an actor, writer and director. Filmography

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<mask> was honored by the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival when she received one of the 2010 Volta awards for achievements in her career. References

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External links

 "<mask>, Directors' Stealth Weapon" Michelle Orange, The New York Times, July 30, 2010
 <mask> "Good Night, And Good Luck" Interview Future Movies, September 2, 2006

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<mask> (born 1947) is an American sociologist, and one of the world's leading social theorists. He is the founding figure in the school of cultural sociology he refers to as the "strong program". Career
He was born May 30, 1947, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. <mask> gained his Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University in 1969 and his Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1978. <mask> was one of the few students not to have received any financial assistance upon admission to Berkeley. He was originally interested in Marxist sociology and followed the work of Fred Block and debates in the journal Socialist Revolution, but evolved to a democratic socialist, then left liberal position. Later he worked with Neil Smelser, Robert N. Bellah, and Leo Lowenthal.Each of whom were on his dissertation committee, with the chair being Bellah, a former student of Talcott Parsons. <mask>'s dissertation, Theoretical Logic in Sociology, was published as a four-volume set. Volume 1 was subtitled Positivism, Presuppositions, and Current Controversies, Volume 2 was The Antimonies of Classical Thought: Marx and Durkheim, Volume 3 was The Classical Attempt at Theoretical Synthesis: Max Weber, and Volume 4 was subtitled The Modern Reconstruction of Classical Thought: Talcott Parsons. At the time, many theorists were attempting to revive Parsons after a decade of criticisms, and <mask>'s Theoretical Logic in Sociology was part of this revival. He worked at the University of California, Los Angeles, from 1974 until joining Yale University in 2001, where (as of 2008) he is the <mask> Saden Professor of Sociology and co-Director of the Center for Cultural Sociology. <mask> has authored or co-authored ten books. He was one of the editors of the journal Sociological Theory, and he is currently co-editor of the American Journal of Cultural Sociology.He received honorary doctorates from La Trobe University, Melbourne and the University College Dublin, Ireland. In 2004, he won the <mask>z Award for Best Article in Cultural Sociology and in 2008, he won the Mary Douglas Prize for Best Book in Cultural Sociology. He also received the 2007 Theory Prize from the Theory Section of the American Sociological Association for best theoretical article. In 2009, he received The Foundation Mattei Dogan Prize in Sociology by the International Sociological Association, awarded every four years in recognition of lifetime accomplishments to "a scholar of very high standing in the profession and of outstanding international reputation." Notable students of <mask> include Ronald Jacobs, Philip Smith, Isaac Reed, Matthew Norton, and Elizabeth Breese. Neofunctionalism
In sociology, neofunctionalism represents a revival of the thought of Talcott Parsons by <mask><mask>, who sees neofunctionalism as having five central tendencies:
to create a form of functionalism that is multidimensional and includes micro as well as macro levels of analysis
to push functionalism to the left and reject Parsons's optimism about modernity
to argue for an implicit democratic thrust in functional analysis
to incorporate a conflict orientation, and
to emphasize uncertainty and interactional creativity. While Parsons consistently viewed actors as analytical concepts, <mask> defines action as the movement of concrete, living, breathing persons as they make their way through time and space.In addition he argues that every action contains a dimension of free will, by which he is expanding functionalism to include some of the concerns of symbolic interactionism. The cultural turn and the strong program

Starting in the late 1980s, <mask>'s work turned toward cultural sociology. Key to this cultural turn was a shift in emphasis from an engagement with Parsonian structural functionalism toward a rereading of Emile Durkheim's later works, which featured a strong interest in cultural systems. Durkheim's Elementary Forms of Religious Life was key to <mask>'s thought, as in this work Durkheim analyzes the ways by which collective representations emerge and function, as well as the role of rituals in maintaining solidarity and reiterating society's norms and values to the congregation. <mask> picks up specifically on Durkheim's suggestion that the religious processes observed in tribal societies are as pertinent in modern societies. Regardless of whether modern societies believe themselves to be rational and secular, their civil life and processes, claims <mask>, are underpinned by collective representations, by strong emotional ties and by various narratives that—much like tribal societies—tell society what it believes it is and what values it holds sacred. <mask> distinguishes between the sociology of culture and cultural sociology.The sociology of culture sees culture as a dependent variable—that is, a product of extra-cultural factors such as the economy or interest-laden politics—whereas cultural sociology sees culture as having more autonomy and gives more weight to inner meanings. In other words, in <mask>'s conception of cultural sociology assumes that ideas and symbolic processes may have an independent effect on social institutions, on politics, and on culture itself. <mask> strongly distinguishes this sociological perspective from the then-dominant Bourdieusian sociological framework, which tends to see cultural processes as embedded in power struggles, and ultimately in material inequality. Cultural trauma
Two of his earlier articles can be seen as precursors to his more direct engagement with the topic of trauma. In one, he demonstrates that the Holocaust was not immediately perceived as universally signifying universal evil for Western societies. Rather than that, it was constructed as such by way of a long process of narration and signification. In the second, he shows that the Watergate Crisis was originally not perceived by American society as much more than a minor incident.Here, too, the incident had to be culturally narrated and constructed as compromising the core values of American society, turning what was first thought to be a mundane faux-pas into a full-fledged scandal. A key claim of both studies is that even events that are currently thought of as deeply traumatic for civil society are not inherently devastating but are rather constructed as such through cultural processes. More generally, <mask> differentiates "cultural trauma" from what he calls "lay trauma" in social thought. "Lay trauma" refers to the idea that certain events are inherently traumatic to the individuals who experience them—for example, the idea of trauma in psychology. However, "cultural trauma" approach cannot assume that any event—as horrendous as it may be—will turn into a trauma for the collective who encounters it. As <mask> explains, "[C]ultural trauma occurs when members of a collectivity feel they have been subjected to a horrendous event that leaves indelible marks upon their group consciousness, marking their memories forever and changing their future identity in fundamental and irrevocable ways". Social performance
In the mid-2000s <mask> turned attention toward the ways actors create social or cultural performances, which are "the social process[es] by which actors, individually or in concert, display for others the meaning of their social situation".Actors, claims <mask>, care deeply about having others believe the meanings they attempt to convey, and to this end they seek to create a performance as authentic-looking as possible. To do so, they engage in what <mask> calls "cultural pragmatics" and draw upon the various elements of social performance: the systems of collective representation, means of symbolic production, mise-en-scène arrangements (much like a theater production would). <mask> claims that in tribal societies the various elements of cultural performance were tightly fused, and were employed in collective rituals in which the entire tribe partook and its members experienced first-hand. In modern societies, these various elements became de-fused (as per Weber's sphere differentiation) and for this reason actors who wish to appear authentic must draw upon various repertoires. "Fusion", in <mask>'s terms, is the moment in a performance when the various elements click together, generate an effective performance, and ultimately move the audience to psychological identification with the actors. A failed performance will be one that the audience will perceive as inauthentic, and will not develop the sense of identification the actors desired. Iconic consciousness
In recent years, <mask> has turned attention towards the material aspects of culture, extending his specific strand of cultural sociology towards aesthetics and particularly icons.As he defines it, iconic consciousness occurs "when an aesthetically shaped materiality signifies social value. Contact with this aesthetic surface, whether by sight, smell, taste, touch provides a sensual experience that transmits meaning ...". In contradistinction with various sociologies of culture that have tended to see the visual or the material as a form of falsity or degradation, <mask> draws on the Durkheimian notion of the symbolic collective representation to argue that the ways in which culture operates—both in instilling and in recreating values—is intrinsically tied to symbolic material forms. Studies following <mask>'s approach have looked, for example, into the ways in which architecture is embedded in a deep meaning structure and have deep emotional resonance with the society that frequents them. Others have extended the idea of iconic consciousness into the realm of celebrities, and have explored the ways in which celebrities on one hand present an appealing aesthetic "surface" and on the other hand condense and convey a locus of "deep" meanings that resonate with the audience. Performative revolutions
Following the Egyptian Revolution, <mask> conducted a study of the revolutionary months from a cultural sociological point of view, applying some of his previous theories in order to understand the ways in which the various protests voiced by demonstrators, journalists, bloggers, and public actors ultimately persuaded the Egyptian army to turn against the regime. The key to understanding the revolution, claims <mask>, is in the binary structure these various actors applied to the Moubarak regime, persuasively depicting it as corrupt and outdated and thereby convincing the wider public that it was a menace to Egyptian society.Key publications

Selected articles
<mask>, <mask>. The Societalization of Social Problems: Church Pedophilia, Phone Hacking, and the Financial Crisis. American Sociological Review, 83 (6): 1049-1078, 2018. <mask>, <mask>. Culture trauma, morality and solidarity: The social construction of ‘Holocaust’ and other mass murders. Thesis Eleven, 132 (1): 3-16, 2016. <mask>, <mask>. The Fate of the Dramatic in Modern Society: Social Theory and the Theatrical Avant-Guarde. Theory, Culture & Society, 31 (1): 3-24, 2014. <mask>, <mask>. Iconic Power and Performance: the Role of the Critic.In: Iconic Power: Materiality and Meaning in Social Life, editor (with Dominik Bartmanski and Bernhard Giesen), Palgrave Macmillan, 25-38, 2012. <mask>, <mask>. <mask>z and the Strong Program: The Human Sciences and Cultural Sociology. Cultural Sociology, 2(2): 157-169, 2008. <mask>, <mask>. Iconic Consciousness: The Material Feeling of Meaning. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 26: 782–794. 2008. <mask>, <mask>. On the Social Construction of Moral Universals.Reprinted in: <mask> et al., Cultural Trauma and Collective Identity. University of California Press, 196–263, 2004. <mask> C. Cultural Pragmatics: Social Performance between Ritual and Strategy. Sociological Theory 22: 527–573. 2004. <mask>, <mask>. From the Depths of Despair: Performance and Counter-Performance on September 11.. Sociological Theory 22 (1) 2004: 88-105.<mask>, <mask>. Durkheim's Religious Revival, with Philip Smith (Review Essay, E. Durkheim/K. E. Fields trans., The Elementary Forms of Religious Life). American Journal of Sociology, 102 (2): 585–592, 1996. <mask>, <mask>. Habermas' New Critical Theory: Its Promise and Problems . American Journal of Sociology. 91: 400–424, 1985
<mask>, <mask>. Formal and Substantive Voluntarism in the Work of Talcott Parsons: A Theoretical and Ideological Reinterpretation. American Sociological Review, 43: 177–198, 1978.

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<mask>or Bartolommeo<mask> (, , ; 1450?– 11 October 1523) was an Italian Renaissance painter who mainly worked in Vicenza. He also produced works in Venice, Verona, and Padua. He is most famous for his many Madonnas and his works are known for their soft figures and depiction of eccentric marble architecture. He is considered to be heavily influenced by Giovanni Bellini, in whose workshop he might have worked around 1470. <mask>, a productive engraver, was his son and pupil and active until about 1540. He was mentioned in Vasari's Lives as a student of Andrea Mantegna but this is widely contested by art historians. Life
He was born <mask> and later changed his name to <mask>.The first known written record of his existence is from 1459 and list him as a minor. The first known documentation of him as an adult is in 1480 as a witness of a will. Differences in two documents regarding his father's property from 1467 and 1469 imply he became an adult between those two years. Because of the lack of formal documentation of his birth and confusion on the age of legal adulthood in Vicenza at that time, there is much debate as to his actual birthdate. Some scholars have agreed on close to 1450 while others place him closer to 1453-1454. His family originated in Brescia, Italy and later moved to Biron around 1450 before settling in Vicenza sometime by 1460. His brother, Baldissera, was a goldsmith.For most of his life through his death he was a resident of Vicenza and lived in a house he purchased directly across from the Church of San Lorenzo in 1484. From 1469-1475 <mask> was in Venice before returning to Vicenza and starting his career as a painter. In 1509, he moved from Vicenza to Padua likely due to the war in Vicenza, and remained there until 1514. The identity of his wife is unknown, but they had three sons. One of his sons, Benedetto <mask>, was also an artist famous for his engravings. His other two sons, Filippo and Paolo are mentioned in some contracts but absent from his will. <mask> <mask> died on October 11, 1523.He left the majority of his possessions and his practice to his son, Benedetto. Career
Because the birthdate of <mask> is unknown, there is also debate as to when exactly he began his career and how old he was at the time. Throughout his career, his works are characterized by a simple, laconic nature. His figures often appear solemn and plastic in form. Early Works (1480s-1499)

His first known documented commission was for two paintings for the Scuola Grande di San Marco in Venice. The paintings were contracted to depict the Deluge (flood myth) and another scene from Genesis, however their final status is unknown as they were destroyed in a fire in 1485. The next known record of Montagna's work is for an altarpiece in the hospital of Vicenza,  of which the current whereabouts are also unknown.His first extant painting is from September 1487 (as inscribed on the back of the work) for a painting of The Virgin and Child with Saint Sebastian and Roch. A small work intended for private use, it depicts the figures in a marble enclosure with a Vicentine landscape in the background. This painting also shows Montagna's first known use of trachyte marble, a unique texture of marble, which is seen in most of his works. Around this time, he was also commissioned to do the high altarpiece of San Bartolomeo of Vicenza, of which the exact date is often debated. This shows influences from multiple works of Giovanni Bellini located Venice that are also undated. In 1490 he painted an altarpiece for the Certosa di Pavia in Padua showing the Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saint John the Baptist and Jerome. In 1491 he painted the altarpiece, the semi-dome, and other wall frescos for the oratory dedicated to St. Blaise at the church of Santi Nazaro e Celso in Verona.The semidome depicts St. Blaise with companions and the walls depict other scenes from the legends of St. Blaise. These works are noted for their realistic gaunt figures. From 1497-1499 he was paid monthly to work on an altarpiece for the Squarzi family. His final payment was in the form of a piece of property which he kept until 1503. This was located in a chapel in the Church of San Michele and entitled Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints. The outlines of this painting are very bold compared to his other works and it features detailed drapery. His early works are generally characterized by the use of trachyte marble architecture and a particular positioning of the Virgin's hand, showing the middle and ring-finger touching and widely separated from the index and pinky finger.They also are usually distinguished by their symmetry, organization,  equally distributed light, and plastic-like quality to the figures. Maturity (1499 - 1507)

An altarpiece in San Michele at Vicenza (Virgin and Child with Four Saints and Music-making Angels) from 1499 is considered by many art historians to be a turning point in <mask>'s style. This development in his style is characterized by change in tone and use of warmer and richer colors. This particular painting depicts an outdoor scene and is a variation of a work by Giovanni Bellini. Around this time he also completed another Bellinesque altarpiece for San Bartolomeo in Vicenza, Madonna and Child with Saint Monica and Mary. In 1500 <mask> completed a Pieta in the Church of the Madonna del Monte. The painting depicts the Virgin Mary holding Christ's dead body and Mary Magdalen kissing his feet.They are flanked by St. John and St. Joseph. This features dull color and the use continuous lines as a compositional element, a growing trend in renaissance paintings. This painting is characterized by a less rigid form than <mask>'s previous works. In the same year he also completed the Virgin and St. Joseph Adoring Christ in the Church of Orgiano. This depicts the infant Jesus sitting upright, flanked by the soft figures of the Virgin and St. Joseph. Around this time the Bishop of Vicenza, Cardinal Battista Zeno, also commissioned <mask> to create a painting of the Virgin and Child with Eight Saints for the Cathedral of Vicenza. This work was lost after 1779 but is documented in multiple records.In 1504 <mask> travelled to Verona to complete frescos for the choir and vaults of the Cappella di San Biagio depicting many scenes of St. Blaise. Due to the success of this work, in 1507 he was commissioned to do the altarpiece for the Church of San Sebastiano in Verona, depicting the Virgin and Child Enthroned with St. Sebastian and St. Jerome. This work is characterized by brightly colored architecture, an oddly shaped throne, and elaborate outfits. After returning to Vicenza, <mask> completed a painting of Madonna between Saint Anthony and John the Evangelists for San Lorenzo. This is often considered the height of <mask>'s paintings. <mask>'s style at this time is noted for its eccentric qualities despite the trend of a more mellow style that was adopted by his peers. His paintings frequently featured bright colors, decorative architecture, detailed drapery, and sharp angles.Despite the bright colors and sharp angles, the human figures pictured in them were often fuller and softer. Late Works (1507-1522)
The last known dated painting of <mask>'s is from 1507 although there are many paintings that have been dated by scholars after this time. Paintings from the last 15 years of his life are often considered a decline from the height of his career. His style was noticeably different in the years he spent in Padua (1509-1514), showing more landscapes, sunsets and warm colors incorporated with his signature architecture look. His style was more inconsistent, but often included fuller figures, deep shadows and less angular details. Examples of works Montagna's time in Padua featuring this style are the Exhumation of St. Anthony for the Scuola di San Antonio and the Virgin and Child with Four Saints in Saint Maria in Vanzo. In 1517 Montagna returned to Vicenza.In 1522 he was commissioned by the Scuola di San Giuseppe to paint an altarpiece for Cologna Veneta. This depicts the Virgin, Child, 3 shepherds, and St. Joseph and St. Sebastian. Influences
There is no written record of Montagna's training as a painter but there are many speculations and debates about his influences. In the second edition of Vasari's Lives, Vasari mentions that Montagna learned to draw from Andrea Mantegna but does not specify if he did this as an actual pupil or if he just privately studied Mantegna's works. It is generally agreed on that <mask> was influenced by Giovanni Bellini, Antonello da Messina, and Alvise Vivarni. It is generally accepted that Bellini had the most prolific influence on Montagna's works, but to whether he was actually a pupil of any of these artists and in what order is highly debated. Montagna's use of intricate and angular drapery is linked to the works of Vivarni.His works inspired by Antonello are characterized by rounded forms whereas those inspired by Bellini feature thinner and sharper figures. His transition to use of brighter and richer colorings later in life are also attributed to Bellini's influence. A drawing with a previously mistranslated note was attributed to Montagna, but has now been identified as a gift from Bellini to Montagna. This still however does not confirm Bellini as <mask>'s master as it was common among artists of the renaissance to gift each other drawings. Many of <mask>'s paintings borrow compositions from these mentioned artists, a common practice in Italian renaissance painting. The Virgin and Child (tempera/panel) - Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA

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<mask> (born February 3, 1955) is an American businessperson in the field of advertising. He was most recently the CEO of FCB Garfinkel, the New York office of FCB (Foote, Cone and Belding). Early life (1955–1978)
<mask> was born in the Bronx, New York. His father was a shoe salesman and his mother was a bookkeeper. He attended the Bronx High School of Science but graduated from Evander Childs High School. He then went  on to Queens College, graduating in 1977. While in college, he played in several rock bands and folk groups.He also tried his hand at stand up comedy performing at the Improv in New York and the Comedy Store in Los Angeles. <mask> launched his career in 1978 as a junior copywriter at a small advertising agency called James Neal Harvey. After only two months, he left to take a job at the  creative agency, Levine Huntley Schmidt Plapler and Beaver, where he stayed for eleven years. Rising from junior copywriter to executive creative director in just a few years, <mask> wrote or supervised successful campaigns for Subaru, Citizen Watches, Matchbox cars, Ferrarelle Mineral Water and Genesee Beer. In 1989, he was recruited by BBDO to head up the Pepsi account. During his time at BBDO, he wrote some of Pepsi's most famous commercials including the original Cindy Crawford commercial. After three years of working primarily on Pepsi, London Ad man Frank Lowe enticed <mask> to become the Creative Leader of IPG agency, Lowe New York.<mask> worked at Lowe & Partners for eight years, eventually becoming Chairman, CEO and Chief Creative Officer, U.S. During his tenure he was credited with turning Lowe into one of the most creative agencies in America. He worked on such brands as Mercedes-Benz, Diet Coke (the famous Diet Coke Construction Worker commercial), Sprite (Obey Your Thirst), Heineken (It's All About the Beer), Citibank, Sun Microsystems, KPMG, Sony, CBS and GMC trucks. In 2001, <mask> moved to D'Arcy as President and World Wide Creative Director. He was soon followed by the Heineken account which had experienced significant success under his creative leadership. During his short time at D'Arcy, <mask> also helped revitalize such brands as Crest and Cadillac. When Maurice Levy and Publicis purchased D'Arcy, <mask> was offered the role of Global Creative Director of the Publicis advertising agency. Instead <mask> chose to team up with his friend Ken Kaess, CEO of DDB.<mask> started at DDB NY in March 2003 as Chairman, Chief Creative Officer. During his tenure, he helped DDB gain new assignments on Bud Light and Michelob. He was also responsible for the biggest stretch of new business wins in DDB NY's recent history, winning such accounts as Diet Pepsi, Philips Global, Subaru, Lipton Tea, The American Cotton Council, United Technologies Corp., Electrolux Appliances, Hertz, Legg Mason, Georgia Pacific and Gibson Guitars. <mask> was also the architect behind Amplify, the digital group within DDB New York. In 2011, <mask> joined EuroRSCG (now known as Havas Worldwide) as chief creative officer, Global Brands. He created new campaigns for Atlantic City Tourism (DO AC), New York Life (Keep Good Going) as well as supervising the successful "Most Interesting Man" campaign for Dos Equis. On January 1, 2014, <mask> returned to holding company, IPG and assumed the role of CEO at Draftfcb New York.On March 10, 2014, Draftfcb officially changed its name to FCB (Foote, Cone and Belding) and renamed the New York office FCB Garfinkel in recognition of <mask>'s creative standards. Today, <mask> is the Chairman of The Garfinkel Group LLC. Awards and recognition
<mask> has received every major advertising award. In addition to winning Cannes Lions for Subaru, Pepsi, Mercedes, Beneficial and Heineken, his industry honors also include One Show, ANDY and Clio awards. <mask> has served as President of the One Club (1991–1993); he chaired the ANDY Awards in 1998 and in 2002 he was the U.S. Juror at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival. Timeline
In 1986, Adweek chose <mask> for the magazine’s East Coast All-Star Team of Best TV Copywriters. Three years later, Adweek’s Winners Magazine selected him as the #1 Copywriter and #3 Creative Director in the United States.In 1992, <mask> was selected by Crain’s New York Business for its annual “Forty under 40” feature, which profiles executives under 40 making their mark in business. In 1994, <mask> was inducted into the Advertising Hall of Achievement. The following year, Adweek once again chose him for their U.S. All-Star Team, this time as Best Creative Director. In 1998, <mask> was featured in the Wall Street Journal’s creative leader series. And in 2005, <mask> was part of the management team responsible for DDB being named Adweek’s “Global Agency of the Year.”

See also

 D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles
 DDB Worldwide
 Lowe and Partners

Notes

References

 THE MEDIA BUSINESS: ADVERTISING; CBS loves TV; now the network wants viewers to fancy CBS. - New York Times
 Mercedes-Benz's new campaign is injecting fun-loving spirit into precise German engineering. - New York Times
 THE MEDIA BUSINESS: Advertising; Lowe & Partners/SMS gets back on track by winning a big-name electronics account.- New York Times
 THE MEDIA BUSINESS: ADVERTISING; Beneficial Goes After Banks - New York Times
 Mediaweek.co.uk
 http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/draftfcb-unveiling-its-rebranding-156184

Further reading

 Forbes.com
 Huffingtonpost.com
 Adweek.com
  Cnbc.com
 Adweek.com
 Adweek.com
 Adweek.com
 Adweek.com
 Nytimes.com
 Adweek.com
 Findarticles.com
 Mycrains.crainsnewyork.com

External links

 https://vimeo.com/leegarfinkeluser44369243
 http://www.thegarfinkelgroup.com
 Ibbonline.com
 Wflx.com
 Diaryofacreativedirector.com
 Aef.com
 Diaryofacreativedirector.com
 Jackmyers.com
 Ihaveanidea.org
 http://www.leegarfinkel.com/LeeGarfinkel/About_Me.html
 http://www.leegarfinkel.com/LeeGarfinkel/Campaigns.html

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<mask> (born 18 October 1974) is a Welsh former professional footballer who played as a midfielder, now a football pundit and director of football at  club Macclesfield. During his career he played predominantly as a midfielder, starting off as a youth player with Manchester United before joining Crewe Alexandra when released by the Old Trafford club. He became a regular for Leicester City in the late 1990s and early 2000s, and performed a similar role for Birmingham City and Blackburn Rovers. In 2008, he joined Derby County; after a short loan spell with Brighton & Hove Albion later that year, he returned to captain Derby, with whom he finished his playing career. He also played for the Wales national team on 39 occasions. He is now a pundit for the BBC and regularly presents 606 on BBC Radio 5 Live on Sunday evenings. He also co-presents Early Kick Off on BT Sport.Club career

Early career
<mask> started his playing career as a trainee striker at Manchester United. He played in the FA Youth Cup winning team of 1992, and was later given a professional contract, but never played a first team game for the club and signed for Crewe Alexandra in 1994. He played up front then switched into midfield and proved himself as a competent young player at Crewe, helping them reach the Division Two playoffs in his first two seasons at the club; a remarkable feat for a newly promoted club who had only played at this level twice in the previous 30 years. Crewe then made it third time lucky by sealing promotion via the playoffs in 1997. It was the first time that Crewe had reached the second tier of the English football league system, but shortly after helping Crewe win promotion, <mask> handed in a transfer request to manager Dario Gradi. Leicester City
 <mask> was transferred to Premier League side Leicester City managed by Martin O'Neill, for a fee of £400,000, in July 1997. <mask> spent five years at Leicester, where he made his name as a reliable, competitive and fiery midfielder.In 1999, Leicester reached the League Cup final against Tottenham Hotspur. In a controversial incident, <mask> made a poor tackle on Tottenham's Justin Edinburgh who retaliated by swinging his arm out. Contact was minimal, but <mask> fell to the ground. Edinburgh was sent off for raising his arms, and although Tottenham went on to win the final, many Spurs fans still hold a grudge against <mask> for the incident to this day. However, a year later <mask> reached the League Cup final again, this time winning 2–1 against Tranmere Rovers. Birmingham City
When Leicester were relegated from the Premiership at the end of the 2001–02 season he transferred to newly promoted Birmingham City for a fee of £1.25 million, signing a three-year contract. He won the club's Player of the Year award in 2003.At the beginning of January 2005 he submitted a written request for a transfer, allegedly wishing to be nearer his ailing parents in Wrexham. On 19 January he completed a move to Blackburn Rovers for a fee of £3 million,<mask> scored 11 goals in 82 league games for Birmingham. Blackburn Rovers
In his first five months as a Blackburn player, <mask> helped his new club to Premier League safety and reached the FA Cup Semi-final, a 3–0 loss to Arsenal in his homeland's Millennium Stadium. In March, <mask> called an end to his international career after new manager John Toshack dropped him for a World Cup 2006 qualifying game against Austria. His feud with Toshack and the Welsh FA continued long into the 2005–06 season as <mask> insisted he retired from international football only because Toshack told him he was not good enough to play for Wales. In 2005–06, <mask> was a regular performer for Blackburn, making 42 appearances and scoring once, against former club Birmingham. The following season, he scored against Salzburg and Wisła Kraków in Rovers' UEFA Cup campaign, but his season was cut short by a broken leg in January, which kept him out for the rest of the season.During the 2007–08 season, <mask> endured further problems with his knee, suffering a knock in the 2–1 win at Spurs after being caught by <mask>. Surgery was required which kept him out of the starting lineup for six weeks. Following the return of Steven Reid to the Rovers starting lineup and some good form by David Dunn, he found it harder to get into the starting XI. <mask> was well liked by the Blackburn fans and was given a standing ovation by a near capacity ground by the Rovers fans when he returned with Derby. It was revealed by then Sunderland manager Roy Keane in his 2014 autobiography, that he had been given permission by Blackburn to sign <mask> during the end of his time at Blackburn; however he was put off by <mask>'s "wazzupp" voicemail, with Keane describing his thoughts after hearing this as "I can't be fucking signing that". Derby County

On 9 January 2008, <mask> joined Derby County for a fee of £1.5 million on a two-and-a-half-year contract, and later revealed that he had taken a pay cut to join Derby in his search for first-team football and had rejected a move to Sunderland because he felt Derby had wanted him more. As the number 8 shirt, which he had worn at previous clubs, was already allocated to then-captain Matthew Oakley, he took the number 44 shirt because the numbers add up to 8.He was appointed the new Derby captain after Oakley was sold to Leicester, and he skippered the Derby side in his first match, a 1–0 home defeat to Wigan Athletic. Rumours of <mask> leaving Derby came in July 2008 when he missed out on every pre-season match. In August, Leicester City chairman Milan Mandaric declared an interest in <mask>, which was dismissed by Derby. Paul Jewell repeatedly left <mask> out of the team, after Derby's poor start to the 2008–2009 season, and he was replaced as captain by Alan Stubbs. Stubbs was forced to retire shortly into the new season through injury, but <mask> was not considered for the role due to not being in the first team, and the armband went to Paul Connolly. After failing to break back into the first team, <mask> was sent out on loan in October to Brighton for a month to keep match fit. He would later reveal one year later, in a build-up to a match between Leicester and Derby County, that he had tried to secure a loan deal to the Walkers Stadium (Leicester had declared an interest in him months earlier).<mask> even telephoned club ambassador Alan Birchenall and former teammate Paul Dickov to put in a good word with manager Nigel Pearson. Pearson, however, "said no", despite Derby offering to pay "90 or 95 per-cent" of <mask>'s wages. Following Jewell's resignation as Derby manager, <mask> found himself brought back into first team contention by new manager Nigel Clough, who made him first choice in central midfield. <mask> scored his first goal for the club in a 2–1 loss to Doncaster Rovers on 27 February 2009. <mask> signed a one-year extension to his Derby contract with the club on 10 August 2009 to take him through to the end of the 2010–11 season. The next day, he was named in the Championship Team of the Week for his performance in the opening day victory over Peterborough United. Later that month, <mask> was renamed as Captain of Derby County, replacing Paul Connolly, who manager Nigel Clough wanted to "concentrate on his own game".In response, <mask> said that: "I did not deserve the captaincy when I first came to the club. I was handed it from the first day and I shouldn't have been. It was too much pressure for me and I had a nightmare. I let it get to me. I think I'm ready for it now. I feel more comfortable with it now." Derby struggled once again during the season, not achieving safety until the 44th fixture, but the season was a personal success for <mask> as he appeared in all but one of Derby's 51 league and cup fixtures during the campaign, the match which he missed being due to suspension, starting 49 of them.He also scored twice; a free kick against Queens Park Rangers in a 4–2 home defeat and a volley at Sheffield United in a 1–1 draw. He also won the club's own Player of the Year award but lost out on the fan's award to Shaun Barker. <mask> again started in the Derby first XI in the 2010–11 season in a new 4–2–3–1 formation around new signing James Bailey, though Derby got off to a poor start winning just one of their opening seven league games, with <mask>'s form making fans question the justification for his place in the team and his status as skipper. He made his 100th appearance for the club in a 2–2 draw against Queens Park Rangers before he was dropped to the bench for a 1–1 draw at Barnsley, the first game he had played no part in for Derby (barring unavailability for selection) since Nigel Clough's arrival as manager in January 2009. <mask> played in goal for Derby on 11 March 2010, when Stephen Bywater was taken off with a back injury against Reading. He let in two goals during his 45 minutes in the Derby goal. On 16 October 2010, <mask> played his 600th career match in a 3–0 victory on Preston North End, scoring an injury-time penalty to seal the win.In January 2011, <mask> revealed that he was considering leaving the club for a move to Vancouver Whitecaps, <mask> stating: "One thing is for sure, I will be leaving Derby County at the end of the season, if not before, even if they offer me a new contract. My time is up here. I've thoroughly enjoyed my time with Derby and I want to walk away with my head held high". One fan responded by telephoning <mask> during an interview on Radio Five Live and telling him to "leave the club now" and "take young Mr. Clough with him". <mask> eventually rejected the move, stating it was too big a move for his family. On 31 January 2011, <mask> announced that he would be retiring at the end of the season to concentrate on his growing media career. In his last two games, a home loss against Bristol City and an away defeat at Reading, he was met with a round of applause and a standing ovation from both sets of supporters.Stockport Town
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 retirement to join Stockport Town of the North West Counties League. He made his league debut for the club the following evening, as an 80th-minute substitute in a 3–2 victory over FC Oswestry Town. That was his only appearance. International career
<mask> played at under-18 and under-21 level for Wales before making his senior international debut in 1995 against Albania while at Crewe. <mask> attained 39 caps, scoring two goals, both in World Cup qualifying against Turkey and Norway, before retiring from international football in September 2005, saying he wished to concentrate on his club career. However, many people believe the reason he quit was due to a spat with Wales manager John Toshack. <mask> did give the explanation that "John Toshack said it was my way or the highway – well I'm on the M56."On 6 March 2006, he appeared on Welsh radio, partaking in a debate with pundit Leighton James over his exclusion from the Welsh squad. Early in his international career he clashed with former Wales manager Bobby Gould when he jokingly threw a replica of Paolo Maldini's shirt into a disposal bin before a match against Italy. <mask> was initially dropped by Gould from the squad only to be reinstated the next day. Style of play and controversies

<mask>'s style as a midfield player was all-action and energetic, and he regularly collected yellow cards, and for a while held the dubious distinction of being awarded the most yellow cards of any Premiership player in the league's history – 89, although he has now been overtaken by Lee Bowyer, Kevin Davies and Paul Scholes. Fans of Aston Villa, Tottenham, West Ham and Arsenal have accused him of simulation, whether to win a set piece or to get an opponent red carded. During a match against Newcastle United in August 2003, the referee Matt Messias swung his arm out and accidentally hit <mask> in the face as <mask> was running behind him. On 17 January 2010, whilst commentating for BBC Radio 5 Live's coverage of a Premier League match between Aston Villa and West Ham United at Villa Park, a clearance by Villa midfielder Stiliyan Petrov hit <mask> in the face causing some minor bleeding to the nose.<mask> has, however, only been sent off twice in his career: once during an international game for the Welsh national team, and once during a Premier League game for Blackburn. He received his first-ever red card when he was sent off in Wales' World Cup qualification match against Northern Ireland in September 2004 for reacting to a foul on him by midfielder Michael Hughes. Both Hughes and <mask> were sent off, but, on later review, the punishment of <mask> seemed harsh to some. <mask> was ridiculed for threatening to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights over the decision. His once-impressive statistic of never being sent off in a Premiership match ended on 18 March 2006 when he was dismissed against Middlesbrough for two bookable offences. Both were controversial – the first for a challenge on George Boateng where he appeared to take the ball, and the second for handball when it seemed unintentional. <mask> later admitted that he was probably due a controversial sending off because he had escaped punishment for illegal challenges in the past.One famous example of his eccentric behaviour was while he played for Leicester City. In an incident to become known as "Poogate" he used the referee's toilet before a game, claiming he had an upset stomach due to antibiotics he was on at the time. The Football Association charged him and he was fined £10,000, a decision that he appealed against, but lost. Leicester fined him two weeks' wages for the incident. Whilst playing for Leicester, in the final minute of a league game between rivals Leicester and Derby at Pride Park in 2001, <mask> dived in the penalty area. Leicester were awarded the penalty, which was converted, and meant they won the game 3–2. <mask>'s blatant dive, his hopeful look at the referee and his aggressive fist-pumping celebration in front of the home fans resulted in a torrent of abuse from the fans and in <mask> being chased across the pitch by incensed Derby players, two of whom were booked.Derby fans regularly booed, jeered and abused <mask> whenever he played against them, and when he became a Derby player in January 2008, he was treated with a mixture of hostility and indifference, partly over the incident, and partly over his average form. <mask> is also famous for an incident at Villa Park, while playing for Birmingham City, in a bad-tempered Second City derby in March 2003. After a slide tackle on him by Dion Dublin, a confrontation between the two and several other players occurred before Dublin headbutted <mask>. Dublin was then sent off by referee Mark Halsey as result. Birmingham would go on to win the derby 0–2. When being interviewed by BBC Radio Derby's Colin Gibson in January 2010, <mask> reacted furiously to rumours he heard that the Derby players think the club's backroom staff are not up to the job. These rumours were brought up during a phone-in on Gibson's show on the station the preceding weekend, following the Rams' 4–1 defeat at home to Scunthorpe United on 9 January.Broadcasting career
<mask> occasionally acted as a pundit during his club career, and started working in the media more regularly in the 2009–10 season. He worked in a number of different punditry roles during the 2010 FIFA World Cup before joining the presenting team for BBC Radio 5 Live's 6-0-6 show. In September 2010, <mask> signed up as official sporting ambassador for bookmakers William Hill. In May 2011 he was awarded the Sony Radio Academy Rising Star Award, as well as winning an award from the Plain English Campaign. Between 2009–2013, <mask> was a pundit on ESPN, and has since moved to BT Sport. Since retiring from football in May 2011, <mask> has attempted to become a more prominent broadcasting figure beyond punditry. From September 2011 <mask> took part in the 2011 series of Strictly Come Dancing, partnering Ola Jordan.The show broadcast on 22 October saw <mask> perform a dramatic knee-slide towards the camera, which resulted in a broken nose. <mask> and Jordan were eliminated from the competition in the quarterfinal on 4 December 2011, placing sixth. In October 2012, along with 463 other players, <mask> took part in BBC Radio 5 Live's attempt to set a new Guinness World Record for the 'most players in a continuous 5 a side exhibition match'. This was for BBC Children in Need along with comedian Lloyd Langford and BBC Radio 5 Live travel reporter Lindsey Chapman. Along with Ex-England cricketer Andrew Flintoff, <mask> is part of a BBC Radio 5 Live podcast called Flintoff, <mask> & The Ping Pong Guy, hosted by former table tennis player Matthew Syed, which discussed current sporting topics. Club management
<mask>'s involvement with Stockport Town led to him becoming involved with the creation of phoenix club Macclesfield F.C. in October 2020.Stockport owner Robert Smethurst appointed <mask> as a member of the board (later director of football) with Danny Whitaker as manager. On 30 August Macclesfield defeated local rivals Congleton Town 1-0 in the  NWCFL Premier Division; the match was suspended for several minutes late in the second half due to crowd trouble, during which <mask> intervened to break up fighting. Career statistics

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Manchester United
FA Youth Cup: 1991–92

Leicester City
League Cup: 1999–2000
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 Chancellor, visitor, governor, rector and fellowships

Personal life
<mask> was born in Wrexham on 18 October 1974, to Colin and <mask>.He attended Ysgol Bryn Alyn in Gwersyllt, until he completed his GCSE studies in July 1991. On leaving school, <mask> joined Manchester United as an apprentice. <mask> and his wife Sarah have two sons. In 2012 one of his sons, Charlie, was attached to Manchester United's youth academy and in April 2021 he signed his first professional contract with the club. On 8 December 2021, <mask> provided commentary for BT Sport in the match where his son Charlie made his senior Manchester United debut in the UEFA Champions League, coming on as a late substitute in a 1-1 draw against Young Boys. <mask>'s father was diagnosed with Pick's disease, a dementia-type illness, when he was in his mid-50s, and died in 2012. <mask> is an ambassador for the dementia care and research charity, the Alzheimer's Society.<mask> had said in the future he would have liked to finish his career at home town club Wrexham before going on to manage them. He also said that the greatest regret of his football career was not signing for Everton when he had the chance in 2005. <mask> published an autobiography in 2011, Savage!, written with Janine Self, and in 2015 published I'll Tell You What..., a book of memoir and punditry. In October 2014, <mask> was awarded an honorary fellowship at Wrexham's Glyndŵr University for services to sport. References

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