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<mask> (, born 5 June 1950) is a Pakistani wanted terrorist, who is a co-founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and the chief of Jama'at-ud-Da'wah (JuD), operating mainly from Pakistan. In April 2012, the United States announced a bounty of $10 million on <mask> for his role in the 2008 Mumbai attacks that killed 166 civilians. While India supported the US move, there were protests against it in Pakistan. <mask> is listed on the NIA Most Wanted list and UN designated terrorist. India has banned his organisations LeT and JuD as terrorist organisations. The United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union, Russia and Australia have also banned Lashkar-e-Taiba. India has demanded that <mask> be handed over to them by Pakistan but there is no extradition treaty between the two countries.<mask> has denied ever being a leader of LeT and said allegations that he planned attacks in India were baseless. <mask> <mask> is currently serving an 11-year prison sentence. Early life
<mask> <mask> was born in Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan. As told by him, his father, Maulana Kamal-ud-Din, a religious scholar, landlord and farmer, along with his family started migrating from East Punjab and reached Pakistan in around four months in the autumn of 1947. His family lost 36 of its members when migrating from Hisar, Haryana (erstwhile Punjab) to Lahore during the partition of India. The family is of middle class  background and three of his brothers, <mask> Hamid, <mask> Mastodon and <mask> Hannan, are involved in Islamic activism as well, having previously ran Islamic centres in Boston in the United States. He was named hafiz because he memorized the Qur'an during his childhood, a time during which he was already enthusiastic about the verses on jihad.He then attended the Government College Sargodha (now University of Sargodha) before getting a Master's in Islamic Studies at the King Saud University in Riyadh. A major early influence on his life and ideology was his maternal uncle, and later father-in-law, <mask> Abdullah Bahawalpuri, who was a famed theologian belonging to the Ahl-i Hadith, who held that democracy was incompatible with Islam (which alienated him with Maulana Maududi's Jamaat-e-Islami) and argued, on the importance of jihad, "that only in jihad does one offer one’s life in the way of Allah, which elevates it to a higher plane than merely fulfilling other religious responsibilities such as saying prayers and paying zakat, also entailing sacrifices and adjustments, but not at the scale evident in jihad" and "considered shahadat (martyrdom) to be the crux of jihad." Bahawalpuri's only son, Abdul Rehman Makki, is <mask>'s brother-in-law and has been described as "his close partner." General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq appointed <mask> <mask> to the Council on Islamic Ideology, and he later served as an Islamic Studies teacher at the University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan. He was sent to Saudi Arabia in the early 1980s by the university for higher studies where he met Saudi sheikhs who were taking part in the Soviet–Afghan War. They inspired him in taking an active role supporting the mujahideen in Afghanistan. During his studies at the King Saud University, where he was gold medalist for his academic performances as well as taught there, he came under the influence of Salafi scholars like Shaykh Muhammad ibn al Uthaymeen and especially Shaykh Ibn Baz.<mask> <mask> held two master's degrees from the University of Punjab and a specialisation in Islamic Studies and Arabic Language from King Saud University. In 1987, <mask> <mask>, along with Abdullah Azzam, founded Markaz Dawa-Wal-Irshad, a group with roots in the Jamiat Ahl-e-Hadis. This organisation spawned the jihadist group Lashkar-e-Taiba in 1987, with the help of Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence officers. Lashkar's primary target is the Indian Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. He is also quoted as saying, "There cannot be any peace while India remains intact. Cut them, cut them so much that they kneel before you and ask for mercy." Family
<mask>'s son Talha <mask> serves as the Lashkar-e-Taiba second-in-command.He controls the finances of Lashkar. In 2019, Talha escaped an assassination attempt when a bomb inside a refrigerator shop exploded in Lahore. According to Lashkar the bombing was attributed to the infighting in the Lashkar and R&AW. Activities

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In 1994, <mask> visited the United States and "spoke at Islamic centres in Houston, Chicago and Boston". 2001–2002
Pakistan took <mask> into custody on 21 December 2001 due to an Indian government assertion that he was involved in 13 December 2001 attack on the Lok Sabha. He was held until 31 March 2002, released, then taken back into custody on 15 May. He was placed under house arrest on 31 October 2002 after his wife Maimoona <mask> sued the province of Punjab and the Pakistan federal government for what she claimed was an illegal detention.2006
After 11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings, the provincial government of Punjab, Pakistan arrested him on 9 August 2006 and kept him under house arrest but he was released on 28 August 2006 after a Lahore High Court order. He was arrested again on the same day by the provincial government and was kept in the Canal Rest House in Sheikhupura. He was finally released after the Lahore High Court order on 17 October 2006. 2008–2009
After the November 2008 Mumbai attacks, India submitted a formal request to the U.N. Security Council to put the group Jamaat-ud-Dawa and <mask> <mask> on the list of individuals and organisations sanctioned by the United Nations for association with terrorism. India has accused the organisation and its leader, <mask> <mask>, of being virtually interchangeable with Lashkar-e-Taiba. India said that the close links between the organisations, as well as the 2,500 offices and 11 seminaries that Jamaat-ud-Dawa maintains in Pakistan, "are of immediate concern with regard to their efforts to mobilise and orchestrate terrorist activities." On 10 December 2008, <mask> <mask> denied a link between LeT and JuD in an interview with Pakistan's Geo television stating that "no Lashkar-e-Taiba man is in Jamaat-ud-Dawa and I have never been a chief of Lashkar-e-Taiba."On 11 December 2008, <mask> Muhammed <mask> was again placed under house arrest when the United Nations declared Jamaat-ud-Dawa to be an LeT front. <mask> <mask> was held in house arrest under the Maintenance of Public Order law, which allows authorities to detain temporarily individuals deemed likely to create disorder, until early June 2009 when the Lahore High Court, deeming the containment to be unconstitutional, ordered <mask> <mask> to be released. India quickly expressed its disappointment with the decision. On 6 July 2009, the Pakistani government filed an appeal of the court's decision. Deputy Attorney General Shah Khawar told the Associated Press that "<mask> <mask> at liberty is a security threat." On 25 August 2009, Interpol issued a red notice against <mask> <mask>, along with Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, in response to Indian requests for his extradition. <mask> <mask> was again placed under house arrest by the Pakistani authorities in September 2009.On 12 October 2009, the Lahore High Court quashed all cases against <mask> <mask> and set him free. The court also notified that Jama'at-ud-Da'wah is not a banned organisation and can work freely in Pakistan. Justice Asif <mask> Khosa, one of two judges hearing the case, observed "In the name of terrorism we cannot brutalise the law." Indian attempts at extradition
On 11 May 2011, in an effort to place pressure on Pakistan, India publicly revealed a list of its 50 most wanted fugitives hiding in Pakistan. India believes <mask> <mask> is a fugitive, but the Indian arrest warrant had no influence in Pakistan and presently has no effect on <mask>'s movements within Pakistan. Following the Lahore High Court ruling, <mask> has been moving freely around the country. For many years, India has demanded that <mask> be handed over but there is no extradition treaty between the two countries.Declaration as a terrorist by the United States
The United States declared two Lashkar-e-Tayyiba leaders—Nazir Ahmad Chaudhry and Muhammad Hussein Gill—specially designated global terrorists. The State Department also maintained LeT's designation as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation and added the following aliases to its listing of LeT: Jama’at-ud-Dawa, Al-Anfal Trust, Tehrik-i-Hurmat-i-Rasool, and Tehrik-i-Tahafuz Qibla Awwal. The Department of Treasury said that LeT was responsible for the November 2008 terrorist attack in Mumbai which killed nearly 200 people. The group's leader is <mask> <mask>, who is listed under UN Security Council Resolution 1267. Cooperation with Islamabad
In keeping with Pakistani establishment's wishes, Lashkar has been keeping focus on India and <mask> is among those who are thought to have helped Pakistan in capturing important al-Qaeda members like Abu Zubaydah. Senior Pakistani officials have said that <mask> is helping in de-radicalisation and rehabilitation of former extremists and that security is being provided to him because he could be targeted by militants who disapprove of <mask>'s co-operation with Islamabad. US bounty
In April 2012, the United States announced a bounty of US$10 million on Hafeez <mask>, for his role in the 2008 Mumbai attacks.<mask> stated that he had nothing to do with the Mumbai attacks and condemned them. When asked about the bounty, <mask> replied, "I am living my life in the open and the US can contact me whenever they want." He subsequently stated that he was ready to face "any American court" to answer the charges and added that if Washington wanted to contact him, they knew where he was. "This is a laughable, absurd announcement. Here I am in front of everyone, not hiding in a cave," he said in a press conference. <mask> identified his leading role in the Difa-e-Pakistan Council and US attempts to placate India as reasons behind the bounty. Arrest and trial
On 3 July 2019, 23 cases related to terror financing and money laundering under the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA), 1997 were registered by Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of Pakistan.According to CTD, JuD was financing terrorism from the funds collected by several non-profit organisations and trusts that included Al-Anfaal Trust, Dawatul Irshad Trust, Muaz Bin Jabal Trust, etc. CTD had banned these non-profit organisations in April 2019. On further investigations,  CTD had found that these organisations were linked with JuD and were in touch with the top leadership of JuD. On 17 July 2019, <mask> was arrested in Gujranwala by the Punjab CTD on the charges of terror financing. He was subsequently sent to the prison on judicial remand by a Gujranwala Anti Terrorism Court (ATC). On 27 September 2019, during the United Nations General Assembly, USA asked Pakistan to prosecute <mask>, Masood Azhar and other UN-designated terrorists. On 30 November 2019, the Government of Pakistan stated that they will prosecute <mask>.On 11 December 2019, he was indicted by the ATC in the charges of terror financing in several cities of Punjab province of Pakistan. As of December 2019, <mask> resides in the Kot Lakhpat jail also known as Central Jail Lahore. He was convicted for five years by a Pakistan court for financing terrorism, in February 2020. On November 19, 2020 a Pakistani court sentenced him for 5 years in prison on terrorism-financing charges making the conviction for a total of 10 years meanwhile an anti-terrorism court in the city of Lahore on fined <mask> <mask> 110,000 rupees (about $700). On 24 December he was sentenced to 15 and a half years in jail by an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan in one more terror financing case along with Rs20,000 (about $125) fine. While being in prison, <mask>'s former residence in Lahore was targeted by a bomb blast on June 23, 2021, resulting in the death of three people and the wounding of 22 more. Three people were arrested for the attack.Pakistan’s national security adviser Moeed Yusuf said that while the three arrested were Pakistani citizens who planted the bomb, it was suspected that "India was behind the attack". Views

Pakistani government
<mask> <mask> has criticised Pakistani leaders and has stated that they should aspire to be more like British Prime Minister David Cameron and London Mayor Boris Johnson. He had declared his admiration for the British Conservative Party along with several Tory MPs when he lodged a petition to the Lahore High Court calling for public officials in Pakistan to tone down their privileged lifestyles. According to The Daily Telegraph, <mask> wrote in the petition that while Pakistan's political elite were 'living like kings and princes in palatial government houses,' Britain's prime minister lived in a 'four-bedroom flat.' He added, 'When the sun never set on the British Empire, the chief executive of that great country lived in the same house of a few marlas in a small street. That is truly Islamic, that is like following the Sunnah of the Holy Prophet.' Speaking on the issue of arrest of separatist Kashmiri leader Masarat Alam by the Jammu and Kashmir government, <mask> said, "Jihad is the duty of an Islamic government ... there is a government in Pakistan and it has always taken the stand that it is the right of Kashmiris to attain freedom.I say what our Army will do to secure the right of the Kashmiris is jihad ... We extend help to Kashmiris alongside government ... we call this jihad." Criticising his anti-India comments, Indian Muslim leader Asaduddin Owaisi said, "People like <mask> <mask> are unaware about teachings of Islam, jihad in Islam. They are killing innocent lives in Pakistan, children are being killed. They are using Pakistan for maligning another country. The Government of India should take strict action against it and I condemn his comments in clear and strong words." Indian government
In January 2013, India's then Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde released a statement on the alleged existence of Hindu terrorism as well as the existence of Hindu terror camps on Indian soil, being run and organised by the BJP and the RSS. As a result, Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jamaat-ud-Dawa welcomed Shinde's statements and congratulated him for admitting the existence of Hindu terrorism.<mask> <mask> demanded that the United States take serious notice of this statement by the Indian home minister regarding Hindu terrorist camps in India. "The US should now carry out drone attacks on these terror camps in India," <mask> said. In September 2014, <mask> accused India of "water terrorism". Though there was flood crisis in India too, <mask> blamed India for flood crisis in Pakistan. In several tweets on social media he said, "Indian gov discharged water in rivers without notification & has given false information; an act of open mischief," "India has used water to attack Pakistan, We are in state of War. India's water aggression must be taken to the UN security council." Responding to a question about the nuclear warning issued by Indian authorities in Jammu and Kashmir after the 2013 India–Pakistan border incidents, <mask> said that in case of a nuclear war between India and Pakistan, India should distribute nuclear safety pamphlets in Delhi, Mumbai and Calcutta rather than in Kashmir.Punjabi as national language

<mask> <mask> has questioned Pakistan's decision to adopt Urdu (only 8% of Pakistanis speak Urdu as a first language) as its national language in a country where the majority of people speak the Punjabi language. He advocated that Punjabi should be made the national language. See also
 All Parties Hurriyat Conference
 Syed Ali Shah Geelani
 Kashmir conflict
 2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election
 Difa-e-Pakistan Council
 Phantom (2015 film)
 List of fugitives from justice who disappeared

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 "Exclusive: Pakistani with U.S. bounty said helping de-radicalize militants" – Reuters, 6 April 2012
 Chronology of indictment of JuD chief <mask> <mask> by Outlook

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<mask> () is the Charles B. de Nancrede Professor of Pathology, Immunology, Biology, and Surgery at the University of Michigan. He is a scientist noted for his work regarding understanding the nature of human tumor immune responses and developing mechanism-informed combination therapies for cancer. He has developed an international reputation in human tumor immunosuppressive mechanisms in the tumor microenvironment. Career
<mask> serves as Director of the Center of Excellence for Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy, Co-Director of the Cancer Hematopoiesis and Immunology Program, and directs the Immunologic Monitoring Core at the University of Michigan Medical School and Rogel Cancer Center. He also directs the Surgical Oncology Fellow Training (T32) program, through which clinical fellows are trained to become physician scientists, with a focus on cancer immunology and immunotherapy. At the national level, he is the American Association for Cancer Research Cancer Immunology (CIMM) Chairperson 2019-2020 and has served as the Abstract Programming Chair for the American Association of Immunologists for 4 years. He has delivered more than 300 invited lectures at different institutions and conferences and has published nearly 200 articles and book chapters - including 36 articles in Nature, Science, and Cell journal series.His laboratory is one of the most cited research teams in the field of immunology and their work has been highlighted by many scientific news agencies. “Specific recruitment of regulatory T cells in ovarian carcinoma fosters immune privilege and predicts reduced survival”, an original work on human Tregs, has been cited more than 5,000 times since its publication. Recent Publications

Zhou, J. et al. The ubiquitin ligase MDM2 sustains STAT5 stability to control T cell-mediated antitumor immunity. Nat Immunol, doi:10.1038/s41590-021-00888-3 (2021). Yu, J. et al. Liver metastasis restrains immunotherapy efficacy via macrophage-mediated T cell elimination.Nat Med 27, 152-164, doi:10.1038/s41591-020-1131-x (2021). Xia, H., Green, D. R. & Zou, W. Autophagy in tumour immunity and therapy. Nat Rev Cancer, doi:10.1038/s41568-021-00344-2 (2021). Lin, H. et al. Stanniocalcin 1 is a phagocytosis checkpoint driving tumor immune resistance. Cancer Cell, doi:10.1016/j.ccell.2020.12.023 (2021). Li, G. et al.LIMIT is an immunogenic lncRNA in cancer immunity and immunotherapy. Nat Cell Biol 23, 526-537, doi:10.1038/s41556-021-00672-3 (2021). Du, W. et al. Loss of optineurin drives cancer immune evasion via palmitoylation-dependent IFNGR1 lysosomal sorting and degradation. Cancer Discov, doi:10.1158/2159-8290.CD-20-1571 (2021). Wang, W. & Zou, W. Amino Acids and Their Transporters in T Cell Immunity and Cancer Therapy. Mol Cell 80, 384-395, doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2020.09.006 (2020).Li, J. et al. Epigenetic driver mutations in ARID1A shape cancer immune phenotype and immunotherapy. J Clin Invest 130, 2712-2726, doi:10.1172/JCI134402 (2020). Bian, Y. et al. Cancer SLC43A2 alters T cell methionine metabolism and histone methylation. Nature 585, 277-282, doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2682-1 (2020). Wang, W. et al.CD8+ T cells regulate tumour ferroptosis during cancer immunotherapy. Nature 569, 270-274, doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1170-y (2019). Wu, Y. et al. Inactivation of CDK12 Delineates a Distinct Immunogenic Class of Advanced Prostate Cancer. Cell 173, 1770-1782, doi:10.1016/j.cell.2018.04.034 (2018). Lin, H. et al. Host expression of PD-L1 determines efficacy of PD-L1 pathway blockade-mediated tumor regression.J Clin Invest 128, 805-815, doi:10.1172/JCI96113 (2018). Li, W. et al. Aerobic Glycolysis Controls Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells and Tumor Immunity via a Specific CEBPB Isoform in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. Cell Metab 28, 87-103, doi:10.1016/j.cmet.2018.04.022 (2018). Yu, T. et al. Fusobacterium nucleatum Promotes Chemoresistance to Colorectal Cancer by Modulating Autophagy. Cell 170, 548-563 e516, doi:10.1016/j.cell.2017.07.008 (2017).Xia H, W. W., Crespo J, Kryczek I, Li W, Wei S, Bian Z, Maj T, He M, Liu RJ, He Y, Rattan R, Munkarah A, Guan JL, Zou W. Suppression of FIP200 and autophagy by tumor-derived lactate promotes naive T cell apoptosis and affects tumor immunity. Science Immunology 2, doi:10.1126/sciimmunol.aan4631 (2017). Nagarsheth, N., Wicha, M. S. & <mask>, W. Chemokines in the cancer microenvironment and their relevance in cancer immunotherapy. Nat Rev Immunol 17, 559-572, doi:10.1038/nri.2017.49 (2017). Maj, T. et al. Oxidative stress controls regulatory T cell apoptosis and suppressor activity and PD-L1-blockade resistance in tumor. Nat Immunol, doi:10.1038/ni.3868 (2017).<mask>, W., Wolchok, J. D. & Chen, L. PD-L1 (B7-H1) and PD-1 pathway blockade for cancer therapy: Mechanisms, response biomarkers, and combinations. Science translational medicine 8, 328rv324 (2016). Zhao, E. et al. Cancer mediates effector T cell dysfunction by targeting microRNAs and EZH2 via glycolysis restriction. Nature immunology 17, 95-103 (2016). Wang, W. et al. Effector T Cells Abrogate Stroma-Mediated Chemoresistance in Ovarian Cancer.Cell 165, 1092-1105 (2016). Kryczek, I. et al. IL-22(+)CD4(+) T cells promote colorectal cancer stemness via STAT3 transcription factor activation and induction of the methyltransferase DOT1L. Immunity 40, 772-784, doi:10.1016/j.immuni.2014.03.010 (2014). Cui, T. X. et al. Myeloid-derived suppressor cells enhance stemness of cancer cells by inducing microRNA101 and suppressing the corepressor CtBP2. Immunity 39, 611-621, doi:10.1016/j.immuni.2013.08.025 (2013).Kryczek, I. et al. Human TH17 Cells Are Long-Lived Effector Memory Cells. Sci Transl Med 3, 104ra100, doi:10.1126/scitranslmed.3002949 (2011). <mask>, W. & Chen, L. Inhibitory B7-family molecules in the tumour microenvironment. Nat Rev Immunol 8, 467-477 (2008). <mask>, W. Immunosuppressive networks in the tumour environment and their therapeutic relevance. Nat Rev Cancer 5, 263-274 (2005).Curiel, T. J. et al. Specific recruitment of regulatory T cells in ovarian carcinoma fosters immune privilege and predicts reduced survival. Nat Med 10, 942-949, doi:10.1038/nm1093 (2004). Curiel, T. J. et al. Blockade of B7-H1 improves myeloid dendritic cell-mediated antitumor immunity. Nat Med 9, 562-567 (2003). <mask>, W. et al.Stromal-derived factor-1 in human tumors recruits and alters the function of plasmacytoid precursor dendritic cells. Nat Med 7, 1339-1346. (2001). Additional Publications

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<mask> (sometimes spelt <mask>) (15 September 1967 – 13 December 2005) was a Ugandan footballer who was billed as being "the first Uganda footballer to sign for a European club" as well as "first professional footballer to make it to Europe". Background and Education
<mask> was born to Siraje Katende and Deborah Namutebi. He attended New Mulago Primary School and later on Bashir High School but then dropped out of school to pursue a football career

Career
<mask>, like several other football stars from the eighties, nurtured his football career at the renowned Mulago playground, popularly known as 'Maracana' in reference to the famous Brazilian stadium. Alongside the likes of Adam Semugabi and Rajab Sekalye, he was one of the top prospects at New Mulago Primary School. Stocky, powerful and endowed with speed, Musisi rapidly outgrew his age and stood out among his peers so much so that in 1983 – at just 16 years – second-tier side Pepsi FC snapped him up. In the process, <mask> abandoned studies at Bashir High School in Wandegeya. After an impressive season, SC Villa's tactician David Otti noticed the youngster and quickly enrolled him into the Villa squad that was preparing for the Cecafa Club Championship in January 1985.However, <mask> Musisi missed the trip when his passport was delayed but made the Villa squad that travelled to Sudan to face El-Hilal in the Africa Club Championship three weeks later. At the time, SC Villa was an emerging force with two league titles already under their belt. Rogers Nsubuga was the club's leading marksman with Ronald Vubya and Shaban Mwinda not far off. The club also had promising strikers like Issa Kawooya and George Muwanguzi to beef up the attack. Did SC Villa really need <mask> Musisi? Many fans wondered at the time. Otti knew better and was instantly vindicated even though he resigned shortly after due to poor results.Under new coach Timothy Ayiekoh, <mask> would make his long-awaited debut against Maroons, scoring twice and followed it up with one goal against Heroes. For some reason, however, Ayiekoh preferred tested strikers in big matches. In the few matches he played, Ayiekoh deployed him on the right wing, a position that didn't suit him well. So in August 1985, his career took a huge turn that would eke his name into Ugandan football echelons. Villa versus Express…the whole Kampala would come to a standstill. With thousands of fans still forcing their way to enter Nakivubo stadium, <mask> <mask>, given a rare start, fired in two quick goals in the first four minutes to give SC Villa a sweet 2–0 win over Express. The story at the end of the match wasn't the result, but a 'mysterious' Villa player that had scored even before many entered.Despite the fact that Villa didn't win any silverware that season, the writing was on the wall that they were headed for bigger things. Indeed, things turned for the better when in 1986 season, Polly Ouma took over as Villa coach. On his part, he improved his 1985 tally of six goals to eight. SC Villa won its first league and Cup double. Then the goals started flowing in 1987; He scored three goals as SC Villa won the Cecafa Club Championship and when Nsubuga got sidelined by injury, Ouma played <mask> Musisi in his favoured central role, scoring eight goals in the first six league games. His sharpness was so irresistible that Cranes coach Barnabas Mwesiga handed the 20-year-old his debut in July 1987. It was a 1988 Olympic qualifier against Mozambique.With <mask> Musisi partnering the great Phillip Omondi on the frontline, the combo was a joy to watch as they tore apart the Mozambique side with each picking up a brace in the 4–1 win. In the return leg, the duo scored a goal each in the 2–0 win to make sure of Uganda's progress to the next stage. At Villa, Vubya was the perfect foil for <mask> <mask>, occupying opponents and picking out <mask>'s intelligent runs with inch-perfect passes. At the end of the season, <mask> was crowned top scorer with 28 goals. Later that year, the pair defied a Fufa directive and appeared for their Lugave clan in the Bika By'Abaganda football championship just days before the crucial Olympic qualifier against Zambia. So, when the federation suspended them, there was public outcry. FUFA (Federation of Uganda Football Association) had no option but to recall the two players and ironically, it was <mask> and Vubya who made the difference as Uganda won the home leg 2–1.However, the Zambians would go on to eliminate Uganda but when the two teams met in the CECAFA Cup later that year, <mask> <mask> ran rings around the Zambians, scoring a hat-trick and at the end of the event, he emerged the top scorer. Fittingly, he was voted the 1987 Footballer of the Year. Patrick Kawooya, the filthy rich SC Villa boss, was one of <mask>'s biggest admirers. He rented him a plush house at Najjanankumbi, a Kampala suburb, fully furnished with a refrigerator, cooker, video system, standby generator and other luxuries. "I remember one time <mask> came to me with a bag full of money and we went to Kyebando where we purchased a plot of land, it was a lot of money", <mask> <mask>'s mother Namutebi recollects. She says the entire family depended on <mask> Musisi. "When he hit headlines, he took over the responsibility of the entire family and started paying school fees for about 12 of his siblings", she adds.<mask> Musisi and Kawooya were so close that in many ways, he [Musisi] was the go-between for other players. "At the time, many of the upcoming Villa players like me used to channel our problems through <mask> Musisi and the following day, you would get it", says Charles Sebugwawo former SC Villa player. Goals, goals, goals

Because of his well-built frame and fearless approach no defender could go with him toe to toe. Fans nicknamed him 'Tyson,' which was a direct comparison to the then young boxing heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, who also left destruction in his wake. 'Magic' is another popular tag they called him because of his style of play. In the 1988 season, however, <mask> Musisi endured a dip in form and his self-belief took a hit. Drama unfolded in the decisive league game against KCC, when <mask> Musisi missed a couple of sitters and even failed to convert from the spot when the Jogoos were trailing 1–2.But when Vubya equalised with a few minutes left, Kawooya went on the touchline and usurped the powers of Geoff Hudson, Villa coach. He asked John Kaweesi to warm up in place of the misfiring <mask> Musisi. But just as they waited for a dead ball situation, <mask> Musisi scored the winner in stoppage time and, ironically, Kawooya raced the full length of the pitch to carry Musisi shoulder high. At the end of the season, <mask> Musisi scored a respectable 13 league goals. But that, by <mask> <mask>'s standards, was a step down despite missing a number of games due to an ankle injury. <mask> <mask> would later score a brace to eject KCC from the Uganda Cup before netting a spectacular goal against Express in the Uganda Cup final as Villa won the league and Cup double. A week later, he extended his act in the Bika By'Abaganda (Buganda Clans Football League, leading the Lugave clan to a 5–0 demolition of Ngabi in the final.The story was different in 1989; Musisi not only helped Villa to a third 'double' but also recaptured the top scorer's crown with 15 goals. To cap a successful season, <mask> <mask> topscored the CECAFA Cup with four goals – also converted in the final shootout as Uganda beat Malawi to win the event after 12 years. In 1990, SC Villa and <mask> remained dominant on the local scene, with the Jogoos retaining the league as <mask> <mask>'s 28 goals equalled Isa Sekatawa's three top-scoring awards. Earlier in September, he was a thorn in the DR Congo defence when he scored a late winner in the 2–1 triumph in a Nations Cup qualifier. He was not done yet; in December, he put the icing on the cake as Uganda beat Sudan 2–0 to retain the CECAFA title. Unsurprisingly, he picked up a second 'Footballer of the Year' award. In 1991, he scored 17 league goals to become the first player to reach 100 league goals but Villa ended the season empty-handed.However, they had every reason to celebrate after finishing runners-up in the Africa Club Championship. <mask> Musisi scored a couple of goals in that fairytale campaign but what stood out was his diving header against Nigeria's Iwuanyanwu Nationale in the semi-final. In 1992, <mask> Musisi was on track to make light work of Jimmy Kirunda's record of 32 goals a season when he netted a mindboggling 29 goals in the league's first round. In his final league appearance, he tormented KCC goalie Sadiq Wassa to the extent that when he scored his fourth in the 5–0 win, he simply walked off the field as if to suggest that domestic opposition no longer matched his ambitions. Nevertheless, he extended his league tally to 144 goals. It was a blessing in disguise when French side Stade Rennes signed the player for a whopping $180,000. Villa used part of that money to buy the Makindye-Luwafu club house.Simply unstoppable

<mask> <mask> can best be described as an orthodox forward, one who makes scoring look easy. He was a natural finisher who got the best out of his physical presence. He was also a deadball specialist. On the other hand, he was a tireless workhorse with exceptional firepower; added to pace, good dribbling skills and a great aerial presence, he was the most difficult striker to mark. While many of today's strikers avoid tackles, <mask> Musisi was a nightmare for man-markers. Yet despite his fearsome frame, Musisi was always composed and never lost his temper or retaliated yet many teams purposely set out to eliminate him. Professional football

At Rennes, <mask> <mask> was a regular presence and scored a number of crucial goals, which prompted Turkish side Bursaspor to sign him in 1997 for a reported $1m.He later moved to Dardanelspor, another Turkish club before he brought the curtain down on his professional career in 2001. "Dardanelspor still owes him money", says Nantongo, without disclosing the amount. [<mask> (front row second right) at Dardanelspor]

<mask> (front row second right) at Dardanelspor

<mask> Musisi returned to Uganda in 2001 and rejoined SC Villa. However, it was clear he was over the hill and failed to show the predatory skills of the past. He remained a key player for Uganda, captaining the side on several occasions and the highlight was a hat-trick in 1998 in the 5–0 win over Rwanda. However, he unceremoniously ended his Cranes career when Harrison Okagbue, the then coach threw him out of camp for breaching the team's code of conduct in 2000. In 2002, he joined Vietnamese side Da Nang but returned in 2004 and joined Ggaba United.There, he failed to get off the mark and called it a day. For all the great goals he scored, Uganda's failure to qualify for the Nations Cup somehow dented his overall greatness. In 1991, <mask> and his Villa teammates turned down a national call-up before a crucial Nations Cup qualifier against DR Congo. After spending two seasons with the Rennes in France where he played a total of 64 matches scoring 18 goals (League 2 and Coupe de France), he was sold to the Turkish top-flight club Bursaspor and later to Çanakkale Dardanelspor for 1.8 billion Ugandan shillings transfer fee ($1 million), making a record in the transfer market for the most expensive Uganda import. In the 1996 season, he was voted Best Foreign Player of the Year in the Turkish league. After playing in Turkey he had a spell playing for Đà Nẵng in Vietnam. He founded the now famous Bursaspor crocodile walk goal celebration during the UEFA Intertoto Cup match against German side Karlsruher SC on 2 August 1995.He also played for the Ugandan national team. Controversy

Personal life
Magid <mask> was married to Suzan Nantongo with whom he had separated shortly before his death. <mask> fathered seven children

Death
He died after a long illness on December 13, 2005 at his mother's home in Bwaise, a city suburb of Kampala, where he has been staying after his condition worsened. His body was transferred to his Muyenga home, from where it will be taken to neighbouring Bukasa for burial at 4pm on December 14, 2005. References

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<mask> (October 4, 1838 – October 25, 1922) was an early pioneer of Colorado. He was an entrepreneur, newspaper correspondent, comedian, poet, publisher, and Past Grand Master of Colorado Masons. He is best remembered for his poetry, especially his "The Lodge Room Over Simpkins’ Store". He has been called "poet laureate of Freemasonry" and "Pioneer Poet". Biography

Early life and pioneer
<mask> was born in Boston, Massachusetts on October 4, 1838 to <mask> of New England and Rebecca J. Caldwell of Nova Scotia. He received his education in the Boston public schools, graduating in 1855 from the English High School. After completing his education he worked in a wholesale importing house for four years.Working in an emporium would later contribute to his entrepreneurial spirit and knowledge. At the start of the Pike's Peak Gold Rush in 1859, <mask> partnered with Gardner G. Brewer to start a mercantile business in Colorado. On April 11, 1860 the partners left Boston and traveled to Chicago, Illinois, then went down to St. Louis, Missouri, then up the Mississippi River on a steamboat to Hannibal, Missouri. From there they traveled by train to St. Joseph, Missouri, where they joined the “Brad Pease” Party on April 28, and after twenty-six days they arrived in Denver, Colorado on May 24. Once in Denver, the partners purchased a team of mules, a wagon, groceries, and mining supplies and headed for California Gulch, today known as Leadville, Colorado via Colorado Springs, Colorado (then known as Colorado City) and Ute Pass—a very treacherous route, but the only way of getting to California Gulch. Having made a considerable profit, the two men returned to Denver to start a mercantile store called Greenleaf & Brewer, Co. They built the first two-story brick building on Larimer Street in Denver, the block on which the building once stood is now called Larimer Square.The store originally carried only groceries and liquor, but starting in 1863 they began to transform their store into a toys and fancy goods shop. This may have been at the encouragement of Brewer, who formerly had worked in his father's fancy goods shop in Boston. Brewer, like <mask>, was a Freemason, a member of Denver Lodge No. 5 A.F. & A.M., and was Past Master of that lodge from 1870 to 1872. The two men would work together for thirty years. Personal life
On March 30, 1869 <mask> married Jennie Sophia Hammon in Denver.Jennie was born in Boston and was the daughter of Lorenzo R. Hammond of Massachusetts. She traveled to Denver the same year as <mask>, 1860, with her mother and stepfather, Martin and Sophia Rollins, both originally from Illinois. Just as her husband was highly active in Masonic organizations, so too was Jennie. She was one of the founding members of the Social Order of the Beauceant, served as its Vice President in 1893, and as President in 1894. <mask> and Jennie <mask> had three children together. Their first child, Gardner, was born on February 6, 1871, and who later moved to Chicago. Their second child, <mask> <mask>, born on August 19, 1875, went on to become a continentally-renowned magician and stage artist.Eugene primarily lived in Chicago and traveled with the Redpath Lyceum Bureau and the Chautauqua Circuit. Just as his father wrote under a pen name, so too did Eugene work under a stage name: Eugene Laurant. Their third child, Rebecca Jane, born in 1877, married a Salt Lake City merchant, Don Rose Lewis. Political career
<mask> was also heavily ambitious in holding public office. He was a stalwart Democrat, which may have been a contributing factor to his departure from a very Republican New England. In 1865 he ran on the Democratic ticket for Superintendent of Public Instruction, and was a judge for the First Ward in the Denver City Election of 1866. He served on the Board of Education of Denver School District No.1 from 1885 until 1891, as well as several committees. He and his family were also attendants of their Episcopal Church. Death and legacy

<mask><mask> died on October 25, 1922. He is buried in Fairmount Cemetery (Denver, Colorado). Five years after his death, in 1927, a new lodge was chartered in the Cherry Creek neighborhood of Denver, which bears his name: Lawrence N. Greenleaf Lodge No. 169 A.F. & A.M.

Freemasonry
<mask> was a highly active Freemason.Why <mask> became a Mason is uncertain. What is known is that on November 30, 1860 a man named Patrick Waters killed a Freemason named Thomas R. Freeman, and then fled to Nebraska. Another Mason captured Waters and brought him back to Denver. Several Denver Masons paid for lawyers, a judge, and court venue to conduct a trial. Waters was found guilty and executed by hanging on December 21, 1860. <mask> was one of the men on the jury. It is believed <mask> was so impressed by the way the Freemasons handled the situation and sought justice that he desired to become a member.However, <mask> did not become a Mason for another three years, nor was he initiated into the Masonic fraternity in Colorado. <mask> was initiated an Entered Apprentice, passed to a Fellowcraft, and raised a Master Mason on the same day by special dispensation at Columbian Lodge in Boston on November 21, 1863. For what reasons he had returned to Boston is unknown. Eight months later he traveled back to Colorado, demitted from Columbian Lodge and affiliated with Denver Lodge No. 5 A.F. & A.M. He was elected Worshipful Master of Denver Lodge No.5 five times and served as Grand Master of Masons in Colorado in 1880. He was an Excellent High Priest of Royal Arch Masons and served as Grand High Priest in 1885. He was close friends with Albert Mackey, who anointed <mask> in the Order of High Priesthood. He was also close friends with Henry P. H. Bromwell, who, along with George Lounsbery and <mask>, helped charter the Grand Council of High Priesthood in Colorado in 1887, of which <mask> served as President for thirty-five years. He was made a Knight Templar in Boston in 1868, as well as a Scottish Rite Mason. He received his 33rd Degree in Washington, D.C. on October 30, 1880, and in 1883 was commissioned to be Deputy Inspector General of Scottish Rite Masonry in Colorado by Henry M. Teller. He was also good friends with Albert Pike, and Robert Freke Gould.Literary career

Just after high school <mask> began to publicly try his hand at poetry. The first known instance of <mask> publicly presenting a poem was on May 13, 1857 at the Tremont Temple Baptist Church in Boston. He delivered a poem called "Art" before the Lowell Literary Association. The poem received mixed reviews from the Boston Evening Traveller, the Daily Bee, and the Boston Herald. Nonetheless, he was invited back the next year to deliver a poem called "Columbus" about Christopher Columbus. The poem "Columbus" was included in his published collection of poetry King Sham and Other Atrocities. <mask> earned the title of "Pioneer Poet" in December 1860.At the first meeting of the Literary and Historical Society of Denver on December 12, 1860, <mask> was invited by the Lecturer, Dr. W. H. Farner, to deliver a poem. The very next day the Rocky Mountain News had the following to say concerning the poem:

It was of an humorous character, abounding in keen satire and well devised puns, and produced repeated rounds of applause from those present. Mr. G. possesses rare poetic talent, and may in time become no insignificant rival of the renowned [John] Saxe. The poem was so well received that <mask> was invited back to the next meeting in January 1861 to deliver the same poem. Over the years <mask> would publish poems in the Rocky Mountain News, as well as witty jokes and comical correspondences. The publisher of Rocky Mountain News, William Byers, was a close friend of <mask>'s. Like many of <mask>'s associations and friendships, Byers was a Freemason and a Past Master of Denver Lodge No.5 A.F. & A.M in 1876. Byers permitted <mask> to publish in the newspaper his satirical and comical writings, which he did under the nom de plume Peter Punever. As Punever, <mask> shows off his wit and humor, usually in the form of puns. The Punever jokes were very popular, and gained him the epithet of "the undaunted and the inspired Pike's Peak punster". The satirical writings, poems, and jokes of <mask>, as both himself and as Peter Punever, led him to publish a collection of his poems in a book entitled King Sham and Other Atrocities in Verse; Including a Humorous History of the Pike's Peak Excitement (New York: Hurd and Houghton). It was <mask>'s only published book.The book is composed of two parts: “King Sham,” which is the collection of his comical poems, most of which had been previously published in the Rocky Mountain News; the second part is composed of “Serious and Occasional Pieces.” A few of the serious poems had been previous published in the newspaper, such as "Shades and Gleams", but most were previously unpublished or had only ever been presented at literary association events. The poem "King Sham" is one of the most popular of the poems in King Sham. It is an incredibly pessimistic and satirical poem that, first, illustrates a fantasy world call the Kingdom of Humbug, which is ruled over by King Sham. Everything in this fantasy world is cheap, fake, and coerced. Next <mask> reveals that this fantasy is, in fact, reality: "Society's a sham, beyond a doubt." This poem was very popular unto itself. It was first presented on March 26, 1862 at the People's Theater as part of a benefit performance.He continued to present the poem from March through August 1862. He then took the poem on tour to the various isolated mining camps throughout the Territory of Colorado, which was most likely the first entertainment tour in the Rocky Mountains. As <mask>'s popularity grew, he was invited to more and more occasions and events to deliver original poems. Some of the most notable occasions include the Fourth of July Celebration of 1865, the Pioneer's Celebration on July 4, 1866, the Saint John the Baptist Day Masonic Celebration on June 24, 1867, and the Centennial Celebration in 1876. <mask>'s ambitions eventually went beyond merely writing for a friend's newspaper and writing extensive reports for the Grand Lodge of A.F. & A.M. of Colorado. In 1893 he purchased the Square and Compass magazine.As publisher and editor of a Masonic magazine, he was finally provided the platform on which to regularly disseminate more of his written works and drive his agendas for Freemasonry. References

External links
King Sham and Other Atrocities in Verse. Google Books. 1838 births
1922 deaths
19th-century American poets
20th-century American poets
American male poets
Poets from Colorado
Colorado Democrats
School board members in Colorado
American Freemasons
19th-century American Episcopalians
20th-century American Episcopalians
American people of Canadian descent
Writers from Denver
Writers from Boston
19th-century American male writers
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Burials at Fairmount Cemetery (Denver, Colorado)

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<mask> (born <mask> on May 25, 1928) is a retired American advertising executive. She was the founding president of Wells, Rich, Greene,  an advertising agency known for its creative work. <mask> was the first female CEO of a company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. <mask> was awarded the Lion of St. Mark for her lifetime achievements at the 2020 Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity. Education and early years
<mask> was born in Youngstown, Ohio, United States. In the late 1940s, she studied for two years at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she met industrial design student <mask>. While there she became a member of Kappa Alpha Theta.In 1949, they married and moved to Youngstown, Ohio. She began her advertising career there in 1951, as a copywriter for McKelvey's department store. She relocated to New York City, where she studied theatre and drama. By 1952, she had become Macy's fashion advertising manager. She divorced <mask> that year, only to remarry him in 1954. <mask> worked as a copywriter and copy group head at McCann Erickson in 1953, later joining the Lennen & Newell advertising agency's "brain trust." In 1957, she began a seven-year tenure at Doyle Dane Bernbach (now DDB Worldwide).In her 2002 book, A Big Life in Advertising, <mask> cited DDB partners James Edwin Doyle, Maxwell Dane, and William Bernbach as significant influences on her subsequent career. <mask> had two daughters with <mask>, Pamela and Kathy. She divorced Bert a second time in 1965, and married former Braniff International Airways president <mask> on November 25, 1967. Mr. <mask> had four children: sons Harding, Jr., who died in infancy, James B., State R.,and one daughter, Deborah. He died on February 16, 2002 at age 81 of pancreatic cancer. Jack Tinker and Partners and Braniff
Lawrence went to work for Jack Tinker and his new advertising group, Jack Tinker and Partners. The members of this revolutionary new think tank were dubbed "Tinker's Thinkers".The "Thinkers" would create ad campaigns for other agencies at Interpublic, a holding company of many US advertising firms. <mask> had previously worked for Tinker at McCann-Erickson, and was excited to partner with him again. Her star rose in the advertising world  with the success of her advertising campaign for Braniff International Airways, "The End of the Plain Plane". She hired Alexander Girard as project designer, and designer Emilio Pucci to create new uniforms for the airline's flight attendants and crew. The campaign was lauded as critical to the airline's revolutionary turnaround. <mask> Rich Greene
Following the success of the Braniff campaign, and due to being denied a promotion promised to her, <mask> founded Wells Rich Greene on April 5, 1966, and became the agency's president. Partner Richard Rich acted as the agency's treasurer, and Stewart Greene its secretary.Major WRG clients included American Motors, Cadbury Schweppes, IBM, MCI Communications, Pan American World Airways, Trans World Airlines, Procter & Gamble, Ralston Purina, RC Cola, and Sheraton Hotels and Resorts. Braniff remained a Wells Rich Greene client through 1968. <mask> was behind the Benson and Hedges marketing campaign in the late 1960s which increased the sales of Benson and Hedges from 1 billion cigarettes in 1966 to 14 billion cigarettes in 1970. By 1969, <mask> was reported to be the highest-paid executive in advertising. She was selected by U.S. Vice President Nelson Rockefeller to be a member of his Commission on Critical Choices for Americans, and was also invited by U.S. President Gerald Ford to represent business at an Economic Summit in Washington, D.C.

After <mask> stepped down as CEO in 1990, the agency was sold to Boulet Dru Dupuy Petit, and became known as Wells Rich Greene BDDP. The agency officially ceased operations in 1998, and donated its archive of print and television ads to Duke University's John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising and Marketing History. Notable campaigns
A partial listing of Wells Rich Greene advertising campaigns:
 Plop plop, fizz fizz - Alka-Seltzer
 I Can't Believe I Ate the Whole Thing (winner of the 1971 Clio Award) - Alka-Seltzer
 Try it, you'll like it - Alka-Seltzer
 I ♥ N Y
 Trust the Midas touch
 At Ford, Quality is Job 1
 Flick your Bic
 Raise your hand if you're Sure - Sure deodorant
 The “disadvantages” of a longer-than-King-size cigarette - Benson and Hedges 100's, cigarettes

Women On The Web
<mask> <mask> is one of the five founders of wowOwow,  a website created, owned, and written by women for women, which launched on March 8, 2008, International Women's Day.The wOw founders are Joni Evans, Peggy Noonan, Liz Smith, Lesley Stahl, and <mask> <mask>. The WOW contributors are Candice Bergen, Joan Juliet Buck, Joan Ganz Cooney, Joni Evans, Whoopi Goldberg, Judith Martin, Sheila Nevins, Peggy Noonan, Julia Reed, Liz Smith, Lesley Stahl, Marlo Thomas, Lily Tomlin, Jane Wagner, and <mask> <mask>. Honors

 Named one of the top ten newsmakers of the 1960s by Advertising Age. The youngest member to be inducted into the Copywriters Hall of Fame. Recipient of the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement in 1969. Named the 1971 Advertising Woman of the Year by the American Advertising Federation. Inducted into the American Advertising Federation Hall of Fame in 1999.Author
  <mask> <mask>. A Big Life in Advertising. Hardcover: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002,   Paperback: Touchstone, 2003,

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Further reading

 The Lady Who Got an Era. Student thesis for Fall 1996 course in the Department of Advertising in the University of Texas at Austin College of Communication. Copyright 1996, Youngseon Kim. Thesis hosted online by the University's Center for Interactive Advertising (ciAd). External links
 Braniff Flying Colors Historical Page
 <mask> <mask> at wowOwow
 "Madison Avenue", BBC Adam Curtis blog discusses <mask>' career and features a film about Braniff from 1967 in which <mask> speaks.1928 births
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<mask> (February 5, 1957 –  October 10, 2012) was an American singer, songwriter and front woman of the Seattle-based band Bam Bam. The band with <mask> was considered one of the founders of the grunge music scene. Early life
<mask> was born and raised in Seattle, Washington, the eldest of 10 siblings. She got her start as a singer by singing at the Mount Zion Baptist Church in Seattle, and her first experience on stage was performing with the Langston Hughes Theater, also in Seattle. When looking for a French tutor so that she could sing French lyrics in a Langston Hughes Theater production, she met guitarist Tommy Martin. <mask> eventually married Martin, and on September 7, 1979, the couple had their first and only child, a son, TJ Martin, who, in 2012, won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for the film, Undefeated. Music career
<mask> and Martin formed a band called Bam Bam in 1983.The band also included bassist Scott Ledgerwood, and drummer Matt Cameron (the latter went on to join Soundgarden and then Pearl Jam). Cameron was later replaced by Tom Hendrickson. <mask>'s diminutive frame of 5'2" belied her low smoky voice that was called "unapologetic". According to Seattle Times: "The legacy of <mask>, a Black woman, has often been overlooked in a genre typically associated with long-haired white guys." These include Seattle breakout bands like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden,  and others of that ilk. She was sometimes the victim of racial attacks while on stage, but the Bell-led Bam Bam was popular with local audiences. Future Nirvana founder Kurt Cobain once served as a roadie for the band and was also a fan.Although Bam Bam were courted by punk rock label C/Z Records, they opted instead to independently release their EP Villains (Also Wear White) in 1984. This was the first grunge record made at Reciprocal Recording studio, the location where later Nirvana made their demos for the Bleach and Incesticide albums. Villains predated the better known grunge recordings by about a year. "It wasn't for more than $100. The first band I recorded that released any kind of vinyl was an outfit called Bam Bam," Reciprocal Recording's owner Chris Hanzsek (the latter producer of albums by Soundgarden, Mudhoney, Melvins, and others in the Seattle music scene) told Billboard magazine. With songs written by <mask>, Ledgerwood and Martin, and with Hendrickson on drums, Bam Bam recorded an album's worth of material at Reciprocal Recordings, including the material on the EP. Eight more of the tracks from the Reciprocal sessions were remastered and released in June 2019 as Free Fall From Space, produced by Martin and Hanzsek.An expanded version of Villains (Also Wear White) was released in late 2021 on Bric-a-Brac Records. Later that year, Bam Bam released the album Bam Bam House Demo '84, which included earlier home recordings of some of the songs recorded at Reciprocal Recording. The band also released a video of the song "Ground Zero," written by <mask>, Martin, Ledgerwood and Cameron and taken from the Reciprocal sessions. The song contains lyrics written by <mask> about the threat of nuclear war, inspired by living near the Naval Submarine Base Bangor, a home port for Trident nuclear submarines. After the mid 80's, both Ledgerwood and Hendrickson left the band, but <mask> continued to front the band with a new rhythm section, along with Martin on guitar. In the late 80's and early 90's, Bam Bam performed in concerts with popular bands such as Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and Alice in Chains. After not receiving the local recognition of the other emerging "Seattle Sound" bands, <mask> and the band left Seattle for London in the late '80s, hoping for success in Europe.This, unfortunately, did not garner the intended recognition and resulted in deportation back to America during an immigration enforcement dragnet in the Netherlands. <mask> left Bam Bam in 1990, and eventually quit music entirely. Bam Bam chose not to replace her, and instead continued as a 3-piece instrumental band. After her personal split from Martin, <mask> filed for divorce on April 12, 1996. She eventually moved into assisted living and was an occasional volunteer at a local church. A planned reunion of the original Bam Bam members was cut short in 2012 with the passing of <mask>. Bam Bam bassist Scott Ledgerwood has stated in interviews that he and <mask> had started to write new music together before her death.Death
<mask> died in her Las Vegas apartment of cirrhosis of the liver at age 55 on October 10, 2012. <mask> had struggled with alcohol and depression. Her son TJ Martin said the coroner estimated her time of death as a couple weeks before her body was found. When Martin arrived at his mother's apartment in Las Vegas, all of her belongings — except for a DVD player, a poster, and a chair — had been thrown away. All of her writings such as lyrics, poems, diaries, along with Bam Bam music, videos, and other memorabilia went in the trash without her family even being notified. Tribute
On July 9, 2021, Seattle musicians formed a tribute band and played a show at Central Saloon to honor <mask>'s legacy. Om Johari, singer for Bad Brains tribute band Re-Ignition, had the idea for the show after CBS News' Gayle King contacted her to do a story on <mask>.The Bam Bam tribute band included musicians such as Matt Cameron, guitarist Kendall Jones of Fishbone, guitarist Ayron Jones, and bassist Jenelle Roccaforte. Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard also participated, as did black women Johari selected who were influenced by <mask>'s music. This included Eva Walker of The Black Tones, Shaina Shepherd of BEARAXE, Dmitra Smith of Ex's With Benefits and Dejha Colantuono, songwriter. The band played a selection of Bam Bam songs at the show. CBS followed up on <mask>'s legacy, with a packaged story by Lee Cowan on the first broadcast of CBS Mornings. References

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African-American women singer-songwriters
African-American rock singers
Grunge musicians
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<mask>wa (Chinese:霍建華, born 26 December 1979) is a Taiwanese actor, singer and producer. He is known for his roles in At Dolphin Bay (2003), Chinese Paladin 3 (2009), Swordsman (2013), Battle of Changsha (2014), The Journey of Flower (2015), Love Me If You Dare (2015) and Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace (2018)

<mask> ranked 82nd on Forbes China Celebrity 100 list in 2014, 48th in 2015, 22nd in 2017, and 66th in 2019. Early life
<mask> was born in Taipei, Taiwan on 26 December 1979 to Liu Yu and <mask>. He has one brother, <mask>. His family originated from Shandong; his parents were natives of Longkou and Tianjin respectively. His grandfather was a follower of Sun Yat-sen and in October 1949, his family moved to Taiwan. Both his parents worked in the court system and his brother is a police officer.His parents divorced when he was young. <mask> once aspired to be a basketball player but then turned to singing in his early teenage days. With the goal of becoming a singer, <mask> joined the entertainment business at the age of 17, as the assistant of Taiwanese TV host Sam Tseng. Career

2002–2008: Beginnings and Rising popularity
<mask>, to have the chance to sing a theme song, became one of the two leading actors in the drama Star (2002). This marked the beginning of his acting career. <mask> rose to fame from the idol drama At Dolphin Bay (2003), which achieved a peak rating of 5.11 and became the most popular idol drama of the year. His role as the talented and capable music director Zhong Xiaogang brought him significant popularity in Taiwan.He was then in great demand by many producers and was cast in seven idol dramas in the same year (a record yet to be broken). In 2004, <mask> released his first ever solo album Start. Owing to his inability to cope with the excessive spotlight during the advertising of the album, he decided to focus on acting thereafter. In 2005, <mask> starred in his first wuxia drama The Royal Swordsmen directed by Wong Jing. His melancholic portrayal of Guihai Yidao received rave reviews from fans and audiences. It proved to be an important turning point of his career, as it introduced him to mainland audiences. The same year, <mask> made his big screen debut in the movie Hands in the Hair alongside actress Rosamund Kwan.<mask> then took the leading role in various dramas, including Sound of Colors alongside actress Ruby Lin, Romance of Red Dust opposite Shu Qi, and Emerald on the Roof with Sun Li. <mask> expressed that his role in Emerald on the Roof had taught him how to act, and has a deep impact on him. <mask> also starred in kungfu comedy Love at First Fight, taking on an eccentric and crazy role. His exaggerated expressions and comedic acting showed his ability to take on different roles. 2009–2014: Rising popularity in China
In 2009, <mask> rose to mainstream popularity with the hit xianxia drama Chinese Paladin 3, an adaptation from the video game of the same title. His character Xu Changqing and romantic pairing with Tiffany Tang were loved by the audience, and established his popularity in China. In 2011, <mask> starred in period action drama The Vigilantes in Masks with Cecilia Liu; and historical drama The Glamorous Imperial Concubine wherein he played a cold and detached Emperor.Due to the success of the dramas, <mask> was awarded Most Influential Actor at the 2011 Youku Television Awards. In 2012, <mask> starred in acclaimed medical drama Inspire the Life. He then starred in Lord of Legal Advisors, a mystery series set in the Ming dynasty. The drama premiered in South Korea and became the second-highest viewed Chinese drama in the country after Scarlet Heart. It was subsequently broadcast in Taiwan in April 2013 and achieved high ratings as well. In 2013, <mask> starred in wuxia drama Swordsman, based on Jin Yong’s classic novel of the same Chinese title. He portrayed the character Linghu Chong.Swordsman was a commercial success and scored number one ratings on both TV and streaming websites; the success of the drama once again brought him to limelight. In 2014, <mask> starred in Perfect Couple, written by Tong Hua. It was <mask>'s first attempt at producing a drama series after the establishment of his own company Huajae Studio, and reunited him with Chinese Paladin 3 co-star Tiffany Tang. The drama topped online broadcast views, and <mask> won the Most Popular Actor in the ancient drama genre at the 2014 China Student Television Festival. <mask> then starred in his first war drama, Battle of Changsha, directed by Magnolia Award winner Kong Sheng. <mask> played a young soldier from a wealthy and renowned family who fought bravely at the front-lines for his country despite all oppositions. Battle of Changsha was a critical success, and was the highest rated drama on major streaming website Douban.2015–present: Career peak

In 2015, <mask> starred in xianxia drama The Journey of Flower with Zanilia Zhao. The drama was a huge success in China, achieving a peak rating of 3.89. It is also the first Chinese drama to surpass 20 billion online views. The success of The Journey of Flower brought <mask>'s career to a new high. He then starred in crime thriller Love Me If You Dare, which received positive reviews and an international following. Due to his success, <mask> was chosen by China Newsweek as Artist of the Year. He was distinguished as one of the Most Influential People in China for 2015, a remarkable distinction since he is the only recipient of this award in the field of Performing Arts.In 2016, <mask> starred in historical medical drama  The Imperial Doctress, portraying Zhu Qizhen. It was one of the highest rated dramas that year, and <mask> was awarded Most Popular Actor and Most Marketable Artist for his performance in The Imperial Doctress as well as Love Me If You Dare at the 1st China Television Drama Quality Ceremony. He next starred in the crime thriller Inside or Outside alongside Korean actor Jang Hyuk and Hong Kong star Simon Yam, as well as romantic comedy film Suddenly Seventeen and suspense thriller Hide and Seek. In 2017, <mask> starred in the science fiction suspense film Reset, produced by Jackie Chan and directed by Korean director, Chang; and war film Our Time Will Come, directed by award-winning director Ann Hui. In 2018, <mask> returned to the small screen in the palace drama Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace playing the role of Qianlong Emperor. In 2019, <mask> starred in the period epic drama The Great Craftsman, reuniting with his Chinese Paladin 3 and Reset co-star Yang Mi. The same year, he starred in the romance drama film Somewhere Winter written by Rao Xueman.Personal life
On 20 May 2016, <mask> confirmed his relationship with actress Ruby Lin, his co-star in Sound of Colors (2006) and The Glamorous Imperial Concubine (2011). They were married in Bali on 31 July 2016, and held another wedding reception in Taipei on 2 August 2016. Their daughter was born in January 2017. <mask> is a close friend of actor Hu Ge. Filmography

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(8 June 1893 – 1 May 1958) was a Norwegian politician for the Norwegian Labour Party. He was party leader from 1923 to 1945, and mayor of Oslo in 1935 and 1936. In 1935 he became the acting minister of Defence in the government of Johan Nygaardsvold. He was also the minister of Social Affairs from 1936 to 1939, and then the minister of Finance from 1939 to 1942. He was appointed Minister of Defence again in 1942 in the London-based Norwegian exile government. He continued until the election in 1945 when he became the minister of Provisioning and Reconstruction until 1948. Hailing from Skjeberg, he was first elected to the Parliament of Norway representing Oslo in 1936, but did not take a seat in the Parliament until 1948.He then became the faction leader for the Labour Party in Parliament. He became the 23rd prime minister of Norway in 1951 when Einar Gerhardsen stepped down from this position; the move was reversed in 1955 when <mask> became the president of the Storting. He held this position until his death. Early life and career
He was born in Skjeberg as a son of Anton Fredrik <mask> (1865–1907) and Anne Bolette Andreassen Gade (1867–1932). He had eight siblings, and lost his father at a young age. His father worked in Canada from 1903, and sailed home to collect his family to emigrate to Canada in 1907. However he died en route, near Liverpool.<mask> attended primary school before joining the workforce at age 13. He eventually became an electrician, and already at the age of 14 he became deputy treasurer in his local trade union. He also joined the Norwegian Labour Party, and was elected to the national board in 1918, when an opposition of revolutionaries assumed power in the party. <mask> chaired the party chapter in Sarpsborg from 1919 to 1921 and in Østfold county from 1921 to 1923. He was also a supervisory council member in the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions from 1920 to 1925, and board chairman of Østfold Arbeiderblad from 1921 to 1923. He was married to Kari Hansen (1893–1967) since April 1916. He was the father of Reidar <mask>.Party chairman and cabinet member
In 1922 <mask> was a delegate at the Fourth Comintern Congress. In 1923 the revolutionary wing that had assumed power in the Labour Party in 1918 had split into two wings, one for and one against Comintern membership. <mask> belonged to the latter wing, which assumed power at the 1923 national convention. <mask> was elected chairman of the entire party. When he became chairman, the chairman of the party's youth wing (Peder Furubotn) was four years older than he was. <mask> chaired the party until 1945. It has often been said, however, that Martin Tranmæl was the "real" chairman of the Labour Party.<mask> had been a member of Sarpsborg city council from 1919 to 1923 and deputy member of Aker municipal council from 1925 to 1928 when he in 1930 moved to Oslo. He served as mayor in 1935 and 1936, and was elected to the Parliament of Norway in the 1936 Norwegian parliamentary election. By that time he had already become acting Minister of Defence in Nygaardsvold's Cabinet, filling in for Fredrik Monsen who was ill. He was then Minister of Social Affairs from November 1936 to July 1939, and Minister of Finance from July 1939 to March 1942. In April 1940 Norway had been invaded by Nazi Germany, and <mask> was responsible for initiating the successful flight of the Norwegian National Treasury. After overseeing the start of the flight, he fled together with the rest of Nygaardsvold's Cabinet. In Åndalsnes he was injured in the foot during the German air raids.The Cabinet ultimately reached Tromsø where they embarked for England, where they stayed until the war's end. <mask> was acting Minister of Defence from November 1941 to February 1942, and then the permanent Minister of Defence from March 1942 to November 1945, in Nygaardsvold's and Gerhardsen's First Cabinet. <mask> was a former antimilitarist, and was imprisoned for five months in 1924 as he called for a military strike, but shed this ideology from the mid-1930s. Before the Second World War, <mask> was also chairman of Bærumsbanen from 1935 to 1940, Oslo Sporveier from 1935 to 1940 and the Oslo airport committee from 1935 to 1940. He was a board member of Folketeaterbygningen from 1935 to 1940, Idrettskomiteen av 1935, and Felleskomiteen for forstadsbanene from 1935 to 1940. He was a deputy board member of Norges Kommunalbank from 1935 to 1940. All of these positions were lost when he fled the country.Post-war career
The German occupation ended on 8 May 1945, and the exiled politicians returned home. <mask> chaired the Government Delegation from London to Oslo on 14 May 1945, and until 31 May 1945 he was thus the acting Prime Minister and acting Minister of Foreign Affairs in Oslo. Much because of his exile, <mask> was no longer found fit to be party chairman, and was replaced, against the party by-laws. He was also demoted to Minister of Provisioning and Reconstruction in Gerhardsen's Second Cabinet. He was pressured to leave this office as well, and left on 10 January 1948. He sat through his parliamentary term to which he had been elected in 1945; until 1948 the deputy Eugen Amandus Pettersen had taken his seat. He was also the Labour Party parliamentary leader.He moved to Vestfold in 1948 as he was appointed County Governor there. After a short time, he decided to stand for election again, and in 1949 he was elected for the Market towns of Vestfold county. In the same year he was one of the architects behind the Norwegian NATO membership. Prime Minister
In November 1951 a political shock happened in Norway as Einar Gerhardsen unexpectedly resigned as Prime Minister of Norway. Gerhardsen then asked <mask> to take over. Reportedly, Gerhardsen favored Sverre Støstad, but he rejected the offer. <mask> led his cabinet for four years, and also had to double as acting Minister of Trade and Shipping from 3 to 15 June 1954.Carl Henry took his seat in Parliament. Domestic statesmanship
<mask> was pressured to give the position back to Gerhardsen in January 1955, when Gerhardsen had strengthened himself for a few years as party chairman and President of the Storting. <mask>, who was re-elected to Parliament in 1953 and 1957, succeeded Gerhardsen as President of the Storting, a position he held until his death. He was also County Governor until his death, albeit he was absent from the position for most of the time. Gunvor Katharina Eker took his seat after his death. <mask> was a member of the Labour Party central board and national board from 1945 to his death. He was also a board member of the Norwegian State Railways from 1948–1957 and chairman of the supervisory council of Folketeatret from 1948 to his death.In Vestfold he held a multitude of local chairmanships, including of the county tax board and the administration () of the Diocese of Tunsberg. Death
Torp had a cerebral haemorrhage in the early 1950s, which he kept secret to most his acquaintances, even family. On 1 May 1958 he had a new cerebral haemorrhage, this time with a fatal outcome. He died at Rikshospitalet. This was May Day, and <mask> was scheduled as the main speaker in Stavanger. He was not able to do it, and thus, Arne Skaug read <mask>'s manuscript. When the speech was referred to in the newspapers the next day, it was accompanied by obituaries of Torp.He was buried at Vår Frelsers gravlund. A memorial stone was raised in Skjeberg in 1976. Books about Torp include Nils Hønsvald's <mask>p, released in 1959, and Egil Helle's <mask>p – arbeidergutt og statsmann, released in 1983. In 2007 Hans Olav Lahlum released <mask>p. En politisk biografi. References

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<mask> (born 28 January 1986) is an Indian actress and playback singer who works predominantly in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi language films. Born in the Haasan family, she is the daughter of actors <mask> and Sarika Thakur. As a child artist, Haasan sang in films and appeared in a guest role in her father's directorial Hey Ram (2000), before making her adult acting debut in the 2009 Bollywood film Luck. She achieved recognition with leading roles in the Telugu romantic comedy Oh My Friend (2011), the Telugu fantasy film Anaganaga O Dheerudu (2011), the Tamil science fiction action film 7aum Arivu (2011). Her roles in the latter two earned her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South. <mask> went on to establish herself in South Indian cinema with several commercially successful films, her break through and stardom in Telugu films including Gabbar Singh (2012), Balupu (2013), Yevadu (2014), Race Gurram (2014), Srimanthudu (2015), Krack (2021) and Tamil films Vedalam and Si3 (2017). She won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu for the action comedy Race Gurram (2014).<mask>'s Hindi film roles include the critically acclaimed action thriller film D-Day (2013), Ramaiya Vastavaiya (2013), the action film Gabbar Is Back (2015) and the action comedy Welcome Back (2015). In addition to acting, <mask> is also an established playback singer. She has received nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer – Tamil for singing "Kannazhaga Kaalazhaga" in 3 (2012) and "Yendi Yendi" in Puli (2015); and the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer – Telugu for "Junction Lo" in Aagadu (2014). <mask> began her career as a music director with her father's production Unnaipol Oruvan (2009) and has since formed her own music band. Early life and family

<mask> <mask> was born to actors <mask> and Sarika Thakur in Madras (present-day Chennai). Her father is a Tamilian, while her mother Sarika was born to a Maharashtrian father and Rajput mother. Her younger sister Akshara <mask> is also an actress.Actor and lawyer Charuhasan is her uncle. Her cousins are actresses Anu Hasan and Suhasini Maniratnam. Haasan studied at Lady Andal school in Chennai and moved to Mumbai to study psychology at St. Andrew's College. Haasan focused on cinema and music, and eventually traveled to the US to continue to learn music at the Musicians Institute in California, before returning to Chennai. Acting career

Debut and early career (2009–2011)
Haasan's first appearance in a feature film was a child artist in a cameo role as the daughter of Vallabhbhai Patel in the Tamil-Hindi bilingual Hey Ram, based on a murder attempt on Mahatma Gandhi, directed by her father Kamal Haasan. After rejecting prominent film offers, most notably the lead role in Venkat Prabhu's Saroja, reports suggested in late 2007 that Haasan was set to make her actual acting debut in 2008 with a film opposite Madhavan, directed by Nishikant Kamat. Entitled Endrendrum Punnagai, the film was stalled before production began.Haasan eventually signed up to feature in Soham Shah's Hindi film Luck, opposite Imran Khan, in July 2008, and shot for the film for nearly a year. Imran Khan, her childhood friend, had recommended her name to the director and Haasan signed on after listening to the entire script and accepted to play a dual role in the action film. <mask> took part in action scenes during filming and worked out extensively. The film opened in July 2009 to unanimously poor reviews from critics and took a poor opening at the box office, with critics stating that she "deserved a better launch vehicle". Reviewers were critical of her performance with Rajeev Masand of IBN stating that she delivers "dialogues with deadpan expressions", while another critic added that she is perhaps "synthetic and fails to impress". Haasan then went on to appear alongside Blaaze in the promotional videos for Unnaipol Oruvan and Eenadu, the bilingual films starring her father, which she had composed the music for. She made a further appearance in a promotional video for the horror film Hisss, starring Mallika Sherawat, where she had also sung a song composed by Dave Kushner.She made her Telugu debut in January 2011, acting opposite Siddharth in the fantasy adventure film Anaganaga O Dheerudu, directed by Prakash Kovelamudi, son of director K. Raghavendra Rao. The film, co-produced by Walt Disney Pictures, saw <mask> play a gypsy with magic healing powers defended by a swordsman, played by Siddharth. The film opened to positive reviews, with her performance being praised with a critic noting: "<mask> looks quite attractive and makes a wonderful screen presence", while a reviewer from Rediff.com wrote that she "looks beautiful and has a mystical aura about her". Her second Hindi feature film, Madhur Bhandarkar's romantic comedy Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji, saw her appear in an extended guest appearance alongside an ensemble cast of Emraan Hashmi, Ajay Devgn and Shazahn Padamsee. The film portrayed her as Nikki Narang, the step-daughter of an ex Miss India model, with Hashmi's character falling for both mother and daughter. Her performance gained poor responses from critics with a reviewer citing that her character has been "reduced to post-interval surfacing, last-ditch glamour", whilst another labelled hers as "so fake that she offers only disappointment"; however, the film went on to become a commercial success at the box office. In mid-2010, <mask> was signed by AR Murugadoss to star opposite Suriya in his next film 7aum Arivu, and the film's shooting began in June later that year.The director signed after he felt she looked the part of the scientist, mentioning that she seemed "intelligent and beautiful". She played Subha Srinivasan, a young scientist in the film, who hopes to re-activate the genes of 5th century Buddhist monk Bodhidharma, and her performance in the film won appreciation from critics. The film opened to mixed reviews, but became commercially successful. A critic from The Hindu noted: "rarely is a heroine given near-equal footing in Tamil films", describing her as "ravishing but that she ought to work harder on spontaneity, and fine-tune her Tamil accent", but concluded "the point is the actor shows promise". Her next Telugu release was Oh My Friend, a romantic comedy film alongside Siddharth again, which also co-starred Hansika Motwani and Navdeep. The film told the story of childhood friends, and that of their platonic friendship that went on in their adulthood as well, and for the role <mask> Haasan went on to learn the dance of Kuchipudi. The film opened to average reviews with several critics claiming the film evoked a sense of "déjà vu", though a reviewer noted: "<mask>, on her part displays the same conviction."Breakthrough, success and acclaim (2012–2017)

Aishwarya Dhanush's directorial debut 3, a romantic drama film co-starring Dhanush, marked a turning point in <mask>'s career. Aishwarya revealed that she had written the script with <mask> Haasan in mind, but date problems meant that the film began its shoot with Amala Paul instead. However, in a turn of events, <mask> was re-signed to play the character of Janani, and the film gained much hype prior to release due to the collaboration of herself and Aishwarya, being the daughters of the two leading contemporary Tamil actors Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth, as did the success of the song "Why This Kolaveri Di?". The film opened in March 2012 to positive reviews, with a critic noting: "<mask> Hassan has come a long way", though the film only garnered average returns at the box office. Her second release in 2012 was Harish Shankar's Telugu film Gabbar Singh, a remake of the 2010 Hindi film Dabangg, with the version featuring her alongside Pawan Kalyan. She played the role of Bhagyalakshmi, a village girl, which had been played by Sonakshi Sinha in the original version. The film went on to become a major commercial success at the box office and brought in more film offers for Haasan.Critics also gave her performance a favourable verdict citing that she "justifies her role" and "though she didn't have much of a role, she has left her mark." In 2013, she appeared in the Telugu action film Balupu opposite, Ravi Teja, which eventually became a "super-hit" at the Indian box office. She received positive reviews for her performance, with critics noting that she "provides the fun in the film with glamor and verve". Later that year, she starred in two Hindi films, Prabhu Deva's Ramaiya Vastavaiya and Nikkhil Advani's D-Day. In the latter, a spy thriller, she played a prostitute involved with a suspended army officer. She also sung a song for the film, entitled "Alvida". Reviewing the film for Rediff.com, Palomi Sharma found Haasan to be "perfect as a Karachi prostitute with a haunting aura about her".She also starred in the Telugu action film Ramayya Vasthavayya opposite Jr. NTR for the first time. The film received an average response from critics. Her first release of 2014, the Telugu film Yevadu, opposite Ram Charan, emerged as a major commercial success. Her second Telugu release of the year, Race Gurram, had <mask> star opposite Allu Arjun for the first time in her career. The film emerged as a "blockbuster" success. Along with the rest of the film, she received positive reviews for her performance, with one critic noting that she "plays her part well and looks glamorous". She also had a Tamil release; Poojai, opposite Vishal, and performed her first item number in her career in the Telugu action comedy film Aagadu, starring Mahesh Babu and Tamannaah.In 2015, Haasan performed her second item number in the Hindi film Tevar, featuring Arjun Kapoor and Sonakshi Sinha. Next, she appeared in multiple films in such as the Hindi film Gabbar Is Back opposite Akshay Kumar, Koratala Siva’s Telugu action film Srimanthudu opposite Mahesh Babu, Anees Bazmee's comedy Welcome Back, alongside John Abraham, Anil Kapoor and Nana Patekar and the Tamil films Puli, co-starring Vijay and Vedalam, opposite Ajith Kumar, marking her first collaboration with both the actors. In 2016 she appeared in Rocky Handsome opposite John Abraham for the second time and in the Telugu film Premam, opposite Naga Chaitanya which was a remake of the Malayalam film Premam. She was signed to the fantasy film Sangamithra, directed by Sundar. C, in which she was to play a warrior. However, citing date issues, she opted out of the film. In 2017, she appeared in Katamarayudu, which marked her second collaboration with Pawan Kalyan, Si3, with Suriya, for the second time, and Behen Hogi Teri alongside Rajkummar Rao.She made her American television debut in 2019 with the action drama series Treadstone in which she had a recurring role. Hiatus, return to films and recent work (2018–present)
Following a three years of hiatus in Indian films, Hassan returned in 2020 with the short film Devi, followed by Yaara opposite Vidyut Jammwal and in the Amazon Prime anthology film Putham Pudhu Kaalai in which she appeared in the segment Coffee, anyone? directed by her cousin Suhasini Maniratnam. Later in 2021, she appeared in the Telugu action film Krack opposite Ravi Teja, marking their second collaboration after the 2013 film Balupu. She also worked opposite Jammwal in the Mahesh Manjrekar film The Power. Later that year, she starred in three other projects, which include the Pawan Kalyan starrer Vakeel Saab, Netflix anthology Pitta Kathalu in the segment directed by Nag Ashwin and Vijay Sethupathi's Laabam. Upcoming projects
Hassan is currently shooting with Prabhas for Salaar, where she will be seen as Aadya.The film will mark her Kannada film debut. She will also share screen space with Nandamuri Balakrishna in an untitled Gopichand Malineni's film. Music career

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<mask> <mask> was signed as a brand ambassador for the electrical appliance company Lloyd. She also endorses Emami Navratna cool talc. She is a brand ambassador for Fossil watches in India. In a 2018 poll conducted by the Chennai Times, she was named one of the most desirable women in Chennai. Awards and nominations

See also
 List of Indian film actresses

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