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NOT ENOUGH INFO | Betsy Hodges voted in a 2013 election. | Betsy_Hodges | Elizabeth A. `` Betsy '' Hodges -LRB- born September 7 , 1969 -RRB- is the mayor of Minneapolis . A member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party , she represented Ward 13 on the Minneapolis City Council from January 2006 until January 2014 . Hodges was reelected to the city council in the 2009 Minneapolis municipal elections . Hodges won the 2013 Minneapolis mayoral election and was inaugurated on January 2 , 2014 . |
REFUTES | Issa Rae created The Galactic Empire. | Issa_Rae | Jo-Issa `` Issa '' Rae Diop -LRB- born January 12 , 1985 -RRB- is an American actress , writer , director , producer and web series creator . She is best known as the creator of the YouTube web series Awkward Black Girl . Since the premiere of Awkward Black Girl , Rae has developed her own YouTube platform where she features various content created by people of color . Rae 's shows have garnered over 20 million views and over 260,000 subscribers on YouTube . As of 2017 , Rae is the creator , co-writer and star of the HBO series Insecure , which is partially based on Awkward Black Girl . '' |
NOT ENOUGH INFO | Yves Saint Laurent is a brand. | Yves_Saint_Laurent_-LRB-brand-RRB- | Yves Saint Laurent YSL -LRB- -LSB- iv sɜ̃n lɔ.ʁɑ̃ -RSB- ; also known as Saint Laurent Paris -RRB- is a French luxury fashion house founded by Yves Saint Laurent and his partner , Pierre Bergé . Saint Laurent Paris revived its haute couture collection in 2015 under creative director Hedi Slimane . The new collection , `` Yves Saint Laurent Couture '' or `` Saint Laurent Paris 24 , Rue de L'Université '' is the French house 's first couture collection ever since the retirement of its legendary founder in 2002 . Founded in 1961 it has been considered one of the world 's most prominent fashion houses and known for its modern and iconic pieces , such as its tuxedo jackets for women . Today Saint Laurent Paris markets a broad range of women 's and men 's ready-to-wear products , leather goods , shoes , and jewellery . Yves Saint Laurent Beauté also has a notable presence in the luxury beauty market , although this is run independently through L'Oreal Paris that licenses the name . Its current creative director is Anthony Vaccarello . |
REFUTES | Jonah Hill did not make $16 million dollars in 2014. | Jonah_Hill | Jonah Hill Feldstein -LRB- born December 20 , 1983 -RRB- , better known as Jonah Hill , is an American actor , producer , screenwriter and comedian . Hill is known for his comedic roles in films such as Accepted -LRB- 2006 -RRB- , Grandma 's Boy -LRB- 2006 -RRB- , Superbad -LRB- 2007 -RRB- , Knocked Up -LRB- 2007 -RRB- , Forgetting Sarah Marshall -LRB- 2008 -RRB- , Get Him to the Greek -LRB- 2010 -RRB- , 21 Jump Street -LRB- 2012 -RRB- , This Is the End -LRB- 2013 -RRB- , 22 Jump Street -LRB- 2014 -RRB- and War Dogs -LRB- 2016 -RRB- , as well as his performances in Moneyball -LRB- 2011 -RRB- and The Wolf of Wall Street -LRB- 2013 -RRB- , for which he received Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor . Hill ranked 28th on Forbes magazine 's ranking of world 's highest paid actors from June 2014 to June 2015 , bringing in $ 16million . As a screenwriter , he contributed to the stories of 21 Jump Street , 22 Jump Street and Sausage Party -LRB- 2016 -RRB- , all of which he also starred in . |
NOT ENOUGH INFO | Sacre-Coeur, Paris is publicly dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. | Sacred_Heart,_Edinburgh | Sacred Heart , Edinburgh , formally known as the Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus , is a Roman Catholic church run by the Society of Jesus , close to the city centre of Edinburgh , Scotland , United Kingdom . It is situated in Lauriston , midway between the Grassmarket and Tollcross , on the edge of Edinburgh 's historic Old Town . The church building was opened in 1860 and is a category A listed building . |
NOT ENOUGH INFO | Jerome Flynn was born on a plane. | Ryan_Flynn_-LRB-ice_hockey-RRB- | Ryan Flynn -LRB- born March 22 , 1988 -RRB- is an American professional ice hockey player . He is currently playing with Ilves of the Finnish SM-liiga . He was selected by the Nashville Predators in the 6th round -LRB- 176th overall -RRB- of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft . Flynn competed at the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championships where he won a gold medal as a member of Team USA . Prior to turning professional , Flynn attended the University of Minnesota where he played four seasons with the Minnesota Golden Gophers men 's ice hockey team which competes in NCAA 's Division I in the WCHA conference . Flynn began his professional career with the Milwaukee Admirals of the American Hockey League . For the 2012-13 season he played in Italy with HC Bolzano , scoring 28 goals and 20 assists for 48 points in 42 games played , and on September 7 , 2013 , it was announced that Flynn would be joining Ilves to play in the Finnish SM-liiga . |
NOT ENOUGH INFO | Weill Cornell Medicine is a place. | Weill | Weill is an educational institution affiliated with Cornell University , named after Sanford I. Weill and may refer to : Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology , research institute located on Cornell University 's Ithaca , NY campus Weill Medical College of Cornell University , medical school located in New York City Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences , graduate college for biomedical sciences located in New York City Weill Medical College in Qatar , medical school located in Qatar |
REFUTES | Kyra Sedgwick has yet to have a role in a series. | Kyra_Sedgwick | Kyra Minturn Sedgwick Bacon -LRB- born August 19 , 1965 -RRB- is an American actress and producer . She is best known for her starring role as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson on the TNT crime drama The Closer . Sedgwick 's role in the series won her a Golden Globe Award in 2007 and an Emmy Award in 2010 . The series ended on August 13 , 2012 , following the completion of its seventh season . She is also known for her recurring role as Madeline Wuntch on the successful sitcom Brooklyn Nine Nine . Sedgwick was nominated for a Golden Globe award for her performance in Something to Talk About -LRB- 1995 -RRB- . Sedgwick 's other film roles include Oliver Stone 's Born on the Fourth of July -LRB- 1989 -RRB- , Cameron Crowe 's Singles -LRB- 1992 -RRB- , as well as Heart and Souls -LRB- 1992 -RRB- , Phenomenon -LRB- 1996 -RRB- , What 's Cooking -LRB- 2000 -RRB- , Secondhand Lions -LRB- 2003 -RRB- , The Game Plan -LRB- 2007 -RRB- , and The Possession -LRB- 2012 -RRB- . She also has one of the starring roles in the critically acclaimed 2016 comedy-drama movie The Edge of Seventeen . |
REFUTES | Kyra Sedgwick has yet to have a role in a series. | The_Closer | The Closer is an American television police procedural , starring Kyra Sedgwick as Brenda Leigh Johnson , a Los Angeles Police Department Deputy Chief . Originally from Atlanta , Georgia , and CIA-trained , Brenda has a reputation as a closer -- an interrogator who not only solves a case , but obtains confessions that lead to convictions and so `` closing '' the case . Deputy Chief Johnson sometimes uses deceit and intimidation to persuade a suspect to confess . The series ran on TNT from June 13 , 2005 , to August 13 , 2012 . The Closer was created by James Duff and the Shephard/Robin Company in association with Warner Bros. . Television . On Monday , July 11 , 2011 , the series began its seventh and final season , having finished its sixth season as cable 's highest rated drama . The Closers final six episodes began airing on Monday , July 9 , 2012 , with its finale airing on Monday , August 13 , 2012 . Following the finale , The Closers spin-off Major Crimes premiered . |
REFUTES | Kyra Sedgwick has yet to have a role in a series. | Brooklyn_Nine-Nine | Brooklyn Nine-Nine is an American police sitcom that airs on Fox . The single-camera series premiered on September 17 , 2013 . The premiere garnered 6.17 million viewers . It has won two Creative Arts Emmy Awards , and two Golden Globe Awards : one for Best Television Series -- Musical or Comedy and one for Andy Samberg for Best Actor -- Television Series Musical or Comedy . Andre Braugher has also been nominated for three consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards for his performance . On May 12 , 2017 , the series was renewed for a fifth season . |
SUPPORTS | Trouble with the Curve stars an actor. | Trouble_with_the_Curve | Trouble with the Curve is a 2012 sports-drama film directed by Robert Lorenz , and starring Clint Eastwood , Amy Adams , Justin Timberlake , Matthew Lillard and John Goodman . The film revolves around an aging baseball scout whose daughter joins him on a scouting trip . Filming began in March 2012 , and the film was released on September 21 , 2012 . This was Eastwood 's first acting project since 2008 's Gran Torino and his first acting role in a film he did not direct since his cameo in 1995 's Casper . A year after its release the film became the subject of a plagiarism lawsuit by a producer alleging that his former partner had taken an unfinished script after a dispute and conspired with his agent and Warner Brothers to present it as the work of a relative unknown . |
SUPPORTS | Trouble with the Curve stars an actor. | Justin_Timberlake | Justin Randall Timberlake -LRB- born January 31 , 1981 -RRB- is an American singer-songwriter , actor and record producer . Born and raised in Tennessee , he appeared on the television shows Star Search and The All-New Mickey Mouse Club as a child . In the late 1990s , Timberlake rose to prominence as one of the two lead vocalists and youngest member of NSYNC , which eventually became one of the best-selling boy bands of all time . Timberlake began to adopt a more mature image as an artist with the release of his debut solo album , the R&B - focused Justified -LRB- 2002 -RRB- , which yielded the successful singles `` Cry Me a River '' and `` Rock Your Body '' , and earned his first two Grammy Awards . His critically acclaimed second album FutureSex/LoveSounds -LRB- 2006 -RRB- , characterized by its diversity in music genres , debuted atop the U.S. Billboard 200 and produced the Hot 100 number-one singles `` SexyBack '' , `` My Love '' , and `` What Goes Around ... Comes Around '' . Established as a solo artist worldwide , his first two albums both exceeded sales of 10 million copies . He produced records and collaborated with other artists . From 2008 through 2012 , Timberlake focused on his acting career , effectively putting his music career on hiatus ; he held starring roles in the films The Social Network , Bad Teacher , In Time , and Friends with Benefits . Timberlake resumed his music career in 2013 with his third and fourth albums The 20/20 Experience and The 20/20 Experience -- 2 of 2 , exploring neo soul styles , partly inspired by the expansive song structures of 1960s and 1970s rock . The former became the best-selling album of the year in the US with the largest sales week , and spawned the top-three singles `` Suit & Tie '' and `` Mirrors '' , while the latter produced the top-ten song `` Not a Bad Thing '' . For his live performances , including the eponymous concert tour for the albums , he began performing with his band The Tennessee Kids , composed by instrumentalists and dancers . Timberlake voiced the lead character in DreamWorks Animation 's Trolls -LRB- 2016 -RRB- , which soundtrack includes his fifth Billboard Hot 100 chart-topping single , `` Ca n't Stop the Feeling ! '' . Among numerous awards and accolades , Timberlake is the recipient of ten Grammy Awards , four Emmy Awards , three Brit Awards , and nine Billboard Music Awards . Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2007 and 2013 . His other ventures include record label Tennman Records , fashion label William Rast , and the restaurants Destino and Southern Hospitality . |
SUPPORTS | Trouble with the Curve stars an actor. | Clint_Eastwood | Clinton Eastwood Jr. '' ' -LRB- born May 31 , 1930 -RRB- is an American actor , filmmaker , musician , and political figure . After achieving success in the Western TV series Rawhide , he rose to international fame with his role as the Man with No Name in Sergio Leone 's Dollars trilogy of spaghetti Westerns during the 1960s , and as antihero cop Harry Callahan in the five Dirty Harry films throughout the 1970s and 1980s . These roles , among others , have made Eastwood an enduring cultural icon of masculinity . For his work in the Western film Unforgiven -LRB- 1992 -RRB- and the sports drama Million Dollar Baby -LRB- 2004 -RRB- , Eastwood won Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture , as well as receiving nominations for Best Actor . Eastwood 's greatest commercial successes have been the adventure comedy Every Which Way But Loose -LRB- 1978 -RRB- and its sequel , the action comedy Any Which Way You Can -LRB- 1980 -RRB- , after adjustment for inflation . Other popular films include the Western Hang 'Em High -LRB- 1968 -RRB- , the psychological thriller Play Misty for Me -LRB- 1971 -RRB- , the crime film Thunderbolt and Lightfoot -LRB- 1974 -RRB- , the Western The Outlaw Josey Wales -LRB- 1976 -RRB- , the prison film Escape from Alcatraz -LRB- 1979 -RRB- , the action film Firefox -LRB- 1982 -RRB- , the suspense thriller Tightrope -LRB- 1984 -RRB- , the Western Pale Rider -LRB- 1985 -RRB- , the war films Where Eagles Dare -LRB- 1968 -RRB- , Heartbreak Ridge -LRB- 1986 -RRB- , the action thriller In the Line of Fire -LRB- 1993 -RRB- , the romantic drama The Bridges of Madison County -LRB- 1995 -RRB- , and the drama Gran Torino -LRB- 2008 -RRB- . In addition to directing many of his own star vehicles , Eastwood has also directed films in which he did not appear , such as the mystery drama Mystic River -LRB- 2003 -RRB- and the war film Letters from Iwo Jima -LRB- 2006 -RRB- , for which he received Academy Award nominations , and the drama Changeling -LRB- 2008 -RRB- . The war drama biopic American Sniper '' -LRB- 2014 -RRB- set box office records for the largest January release ever and was also the largest opening ever for an Eastwood film . Eastwood received considerable critical praise in France for several films , including some that were not well received in the United States . Eastwood has been awarded two of France 's highest honors : in 1994 he became a recipient of the Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres , and in 2007 he was awarded the Legion of Honour medal . In 2000 , Eastwood was awarded the Italian Venice Film Festival Golden Lion for lifetime achievement . Since 1967 , Eastwood has run his own production company , Malpaso , which has produced all but four of his American films . Starting in 1986 , Eastwood served for two years as Mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea , California , a non-partisan office . |
SUPPORTS | Trouble with the Curve stars an actor. | John_Goodman | John Stephen Goodman -LRB- born June 20 , 1952 -RRB- is an American actor . Early in his career , he was best known for playing Dan Conner on the ABC TV series Roseanne -LRB- 1988 -- 1997 -RRB- , for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in 1993 . He is also a regular collaborator with the Coen brothers on such films as Raising Arizona -LRB- 1987 -RRB- , Barton Fink -LRB- 1991 -RRB- , The Big Lebowski -LRB- 1998 -RRB- , O Brother , Where Art Thou ? -LRB- 2000 -RRB- , and Inside Llewyn Davis -LRB- 2013 -RRB- . Goodman 's voice roles in animated films include Pacha in Disney 's The Emperor 's New Groove -LRB- 2000 -RRB- , and Sulley in Pixar 's Monsters , Inc. -LRB- 2001 -RRB- , and Monsters University -LRB- 2013 -RRB- . His other film performances include lead roles in The Babe -LRB- 1992 -RRB- , The Flintstones -LRB- 1994 -RRB- and 10 Cloverfield Lane -LRB- 2016 -RRB- and supporting roles in Coyote Ugly -LRB- 2000 -RRB- , The Artist -LRB- 2011 -RRB- , Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close -LRB- 2011 -RRB- , Argo -LRB- 2012 -RRB- , Flight -LRB- 2012 -RRB- , The Hangover Part III -LRB- 2013 -RRB- , and Patriots Day -LRB- 2016 -RRB- . On television , he has had regular roles on Amazon Studios ' Alpha House and on the first season of HBO 's Treme and has been one of the most frequent hosts of Saturday Night Live , as well as guest roles on series such as Community . John Heilpern of Vanity Fair has called him `` among our very finest actors '' . |
SUPPORTS | Trouble with the Curve stars an actor. | Matthew_Lillard | Matthew Lyn Lillard -LRB- born January 24 , 1970 -RRB- is an American actor , voice actor , director , and producer . He is known for his roles as Stu Macher in Scream , Stevo in SLC Punk ! , Chip in Serial Mom , and Shaggy Rogers in the live-action Scooby-Doo . He has also voiced Shaggy in various Scooby-Doo media since 2010 . |
NOT ENOUGH INFO | Hair (musical) was revived on Broadway in 2009 and ran for three years. | Hair_Is_Falling | Hair is Falling is a 2011 Hindi film produced by Urmila Sharma , Guddu ji and directed by Vicky Bhardwaj . The film highlights the problem of hair fall in youth . Tag line : A Serious Comedy |
REFUTES | In 2005, The Quiet was released. | The_Quiet | The Quiet is a 2005 American drama thriller film directed by Jamie Babbit and starring Camilla Belle and Elisha Cuthbert . It focuses on a deaf-mute teenage girl , Dot -LRB- Camilla Belle -RRB- who goes to live with her godparents -LRB- played by Martin Donovan and Edie Falco -RRB- after her father dies , where she slowly learns the disturbing secrets of the family , primarily concerning their teenage daughter , Nina -LRB- Elisha Cuthbert -RRB- . The film was acquired by Destination Films , which released this film in the United States theatrically through Sony Pictures Classics on August 25 , 2006 , and marketed with the tagline : `` Is n't it time everyone hears your secrets ? '' . The film 's soundtrack features songs by Low , Cat Power , Le Tigre , and numerous Beethoven piano sonatas . Many reviewers complained that it was sleazy , exploitative and difficult to watch , and that it was too serious to be satire , yet too camp to be taken seriously . |
SUPPORTS | James Spader starred in a controversial psychological thriller. | James_Spader | James Todd Spader -LRB- born February 7 , 1960 -RRB- is an American actor . He is best known for portraying eccentric characters in films such as the drama Sex , Lies , and Videotape -LRB- 1989 -RRB- , the action science fiction film Stargate -LRB- 1994 -RRB- , the controversial psychological thriller Crash -LRB- 1996 -RRB- , the erotic romance Secretary -LRB- 2002 -RRB- , and the blockbuster superhero film Avengers : Age of Ultron -LRB- 2015 -RRB- . His best-known television roles are those of attorney Alan Shore in The Practice and its spin-off Boston Legal -LRB- for which he won three Emmy Awards -RRB- , and Robert California in the comedy-mockumentary The Office . He currently stars as high-profile criminal-turned-FBI-informant Raymond `` Red '' Reddington in the NBC crime drama The Blacklist , for which he has earned two Golden Globe Award nominations . |
SUPPORTS | Maria Theresa's father died in 1740. | Maria_Theresa | Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina -LRB- Maria Theresia -LSB- maˈʁiːa teˈʁeːzi̯a -RSB- 13 May 1717 -- 29 November 1780 -RRB- was the only female ruler of the Habsburg dominions and the last of the House of Habsburg . She was the sovereign of Austria , Hungary , Croatia , Bohemia , Transylvania , Mantua , Milan , Lodomeria and Galicia , the Austrian Netherlands and Parma . By marriage , she was Duchess of Lorraine , Grand Duchess of Tuscany and Holy Roman Empress . She started her 40-year reign when her father , Emperor Charles VI , died in October 1740 . Charles VI paved the way for her accession with the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 and spent his entire reign securing it . Upon the death of her father , Saxony , Prussia , Bavaria , and France all repudiated the sanction they had recognised during his lifetime . Frederick II of Prussia -LRB- who became Maria Theresa 's greatest enemy for most of her reign -RRB- promptly invaded and took the affluent Habsburg province of Silesia in the nine-year conflict known as the War of the Austrian Succession . Over the course of the war , despite the loss of Silesia and a few minor territories in Italy , Maria Theresa successfully defended her rule over most of the Habsburg empire . Maria Theresa later unsuccessfully tried to reconquer Silesia during the Seven Years ' War . Maria Theresa and her husband , Francis I , Holy Roman Emperor , had eleven daughters , including the Queen of France and Navarre , the Queen of Naples and Sicily , the Duchess of Parma , and five sons , including two Holy Roman Emperors , Joseph II and Leopold II . Of the sixteen children ten survived to adulthood . Though she was expected to cede power to Francis and Joseph , both of whom were officially her co-rulers in Austria and Bohemia , Maria Theresa was the absolute sovereign who ruled with the counsel of her advisers . She criticised and disapproved of many of Joseph 's actions . Maria Theresa understood the importance of her public persona and was able to simultaneously evoke both esteem and affection from her subjects . Maria Theresa promulgated financial and educational reforms , with the assistance of Count Friedrich Wilhelm von Haugwitz and Gerard van Swieten , promoted commerce and the development of agriculture , and reorganised Austria 's ramshackle military , all of which strengthened Austria 's international standing . However , she refused to allow religious pluralism and advocated for the state church and contemporary adversary travelers criticized her regime as bigoted and superstitious . As a young monarch who fought two dynastic wars , she believed that her cause should be the cause of her subjects , but in her later years she would believe that their cause must be hers . |
REFUTES | Robinson Crusoe on Mars was only ever a book. | Robinson_Crusoe_on_Mars | Robinson Crusoe on Mars is a 1964 independently made American Technicolor science fiction film in Techniscope , produced by Aubrey Schenck , directed by Byron Haskin , that stars Paul Mantee , Victor Lundin , and Adam West . The film was distributed by Paramount Pictures . As the title indicates , it is a science fiction retelling of the classic novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe . |
REFUTES | Live Nation Entertainment formed from the merger of Exelon and Ticketmaster. | Live_Nation_Entertainment | Live Nation Entertainment is an American global entertainment company , formed from the merger of Live Nation and Ticketmaster . It owns , leases , operates , has booking rights for and/or equity interests in a large number of U.S. entertainment venues . The leadership consists of Greg Maffei -LRB- chief executive officer of Liberty Media -RRB- as chairman and Canadian Michael Rapino -LRB- previously chief executive officer of Live Nation -RRB- as president and CEO of the company . The merger that formed the company was opposed by members of the United States Congress , business rivals , and the Computer & Communications Industry Association -LRB- CCIA -RRB- , whose members include Google , Oracle , Microsoft , Yahoo , Intuit , and eBay . The merger initially received regulatory approval in Norway and Turkey in 2009 . In October 2009 , the United Kingdom 's Competition Commission provisionally ruled against the merger . On December 22 , 2009 , the Competition Commission reversed its decision and cleared the proposed merger . The United States Justice Department approved the merger on January 25 , 2010 , with some conditions to which both parties agreed . As part of the agreement with governments to merge , Ticketmaster had to sell its ownership in its self-ticketing company , Paciolan and Live Nation Entertainment was placed under a 10-year court order prohibiting it from retaliating against venues that choose to accept competitors ' ticket-selling contracts , and it `` must allow venues that sign deals elsewhere to take consumer ticketing data with them '' . In addition , the new company had to license a copy of its ticketing software to two companies -- Anschutz Entertainment Group -LRB- AEG -RRB- and either Comcast Spectacor or another `` suitable '' company -- so that both companies could compete `` head-to-head '' with Ticketmaster for venues ' business . AEG was given the option after five years to buy the software , replacing it with something else , or partnering with another ticketing company . Live Nation Entertainment bought AC Entertainment , a Knoxville Tennessee music company in October 2016 . |
REFUTES | Matt Bomer was only born on May 11, 1977. | Matt_Bomer | Matthew Staton Bomer -LRB- born October 11 , 1977 -RRB- is an American actor . He made his television debut with Guiding Light in 2001 , and gained recognition with his recurring role in the NBC television series Chuck . He played the lead role of con-artist and thief Neal Caffrey in the USA Network series White Collar from 2009 to 2014 . Bomer won a Golden Globe Award and received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for his supporting role as Felix Turner , opposite Mark Ruffalo , in the HBO television film The Normal Heart -LRB- 2014 -RRB- . Bomer made a guest appearance on the fourth season of FX 's horror anthology series American Horror Story . He was later upgraded to main cast during the fifth season . In film , Bomer has featured in supporting roles in the 2005 thriller Flightplan , the 2011 science fiction thriller In Time , the 2012 comedy-drama Magic Mike and its 2015 sequel , the 2014 supernatural-drama Winter 's Tale , and the 2016 neo-noir film The Nice Guys . On stage , Bomer has starred in the Dustin Lance Black play 8 on Broadway and at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre as Jeff Zarrillo , a plaintiff in the federal case that overturned California 's Proposition 8 . Bomer is married to the publicist Simon Halls with whom he has three children . |
REFUTES | Brown University's main campus is located in the least populous city in Connecticut. | Brown_University | Brown University is a private Ivy League research university in Providence , Rhode Island , United States , founded in 1764 as `` The College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations . '' Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the nine Colonial Colleges established before the American Revolution . At its foundation , Brown was the first college in the United States to accept students regardless of their religious affiliation . Its engineering program was established in 1847 and was the first in the Ivy League . It was one of the early doctoral-granting U.S. institutions in the late 19th century , adding master and doctoral studies in 1887 . Brown 's New Curriculum is sometimes referred to in education theory as the Brown Curriculum and was adopted by faculty vote in 1969 after a period of student lobbying . The New Curriculum eliminated mandatory `` general education '' distribution requirements , made students `` the architects of their own syllabus , '' and allowed them to take any course for a grade of satisfactory or unrecorded no-credit . In 1971 , Brown 's coordinate women 's institution Pembroke College was fully merged into the university . Pembroke Campus now operates as a place for dorms and classrooms . Undergraduate admissions is very selective , with an acceptance rate of 8.3 percent for the class of 2021 , according to the university . The University comprises The College , the Graduate School , Alpert Medical School , the School of Engineering , the School of Public Health , and the School of Professional Studies -LRB- which includes the IE Brown Executive MBA program -RRB- . Brown 's international programs are organized through the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs , and the university is academically affiliated with the Marine Biological Laboratory and the Rhode Island School of Design . The Brown/RISD Dual Degree Program , offered in conjunction with the Rhode Island School of Design , is a five-year course that awards degrees from both institutions . Brown 's main campus is located in the College Hill Historic District in the city of Providence , the third largest city in New England . The University 's neighborhood is a federally listed architectural district with a dense concentration of Colonial-era buildings . On the western edge of the campus , Benefit Street contains `` one of the finest cohesive collections of restored seventeenth - and eighteenth-century architecture in the United States '' . Brown 's faculty and alumni include eight Nobel Prize laureates , five National Humanities Medalists , and ten National Medal of Science laureates . Other notable alumni include eight billionaire graduates , a U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice , four U.S. Secretaries of State and other Cabinet officials , 54 members of the United States Congress , 55 Rhodes Scholars , 48 Marshall Scholars , 14 MacArthur Genius Fellows , 19 Pulitzer Prize winners , members of royal families , as well as leaders and founders of major companies . |
NOT ENOUGH INFO | Inside Llewyn Davis was screened for the 66th annual Cannes Film Festival on May 19th, 2013. | Inside_Llewyn_Davis | Inside Llewyn Davis -LSB- ˈluː.ɪn deɪvɪs -RSB- is a 2013 American black comedy drama film written , directed , produced , and edited by Joel and Ethan Coen . Set in 1961 , the film follows one week in the life of Llewyn Davis , played by Oscar Isaac , a folk singer struggling to achieve musical success while keeping his life in order . It co-stars Carey Mulligan , John Goodman , Garrett Hedlund , F. Murray Abraham , and Justin Timberlake . Although Davis is a fictional character , the story was partly inspired by the autobiography of folk singer Dave Van Ronk . Most of the folk songs performed in the film are sung in full and recorded live . T Bone Burnett was the executive music producer . The film won the Grand Prix at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival , where it screened on May 19 , 2013 . The film received a limited release in the United States on December 6 , 2013 , and was given a wide release on January 10 , 2014 . The film received critical acclaim and was nominated for two Academy Awards -LRB- Best Cinematography and Best Sound Mixing -RRB- and for three Golden Globe Awards : Best Motion Picture -- Comedy or Musical , Best Actor -- Motion Picture Musical or Comedy -LRB- Oscar Isaac -RRB- , and Best Original Song . Inside Llewyn Davis has been highly acclaimed , and was voted the 11th best film of the 21st century by 177 critics in a 2016 BBC Culture poll . |
NOT ENOUGH INFO | The Quiet was directed by Steven Spielberg. | Steven_Spielberg_filmography | This is a filmography for film director , writer and producer Steven Spielberg . |
SUPPORTS | Anne Boleyn is an influential person that was mentioned in many artistic and cultural work. | Anne_Boleyn | Anne Boleyn -LRB- -LSB- ˈbʊlɪn -RSB- , -LSB- bəˈlɪn -RSB- or -LSB- bʊˈlɪn -RSB- -RRB- -LRB- 1501 -- 19 May 1536 -RRB- was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536 as the second wife of King Henry VIII , and Marquess of Pembroke in her own right . Henry 's marriage to her , and her subsequent execution by beheading , made her a key figure in the political and religious upheaval that was the start of the English Reformation . Her daughter Elizabeth would later succeed Henry VIII as Elizabeth I , Queen of England and Ireland . Anne was the daughter of Thomas Boleyn , 1st Earl of Wiltshire , and his wife , Lady Elizabeth Howard , and was educated in the Netherlands and France , largely as a maid of honour to Claude of France . Anne returned to England in early 1522 , to marry her Irish cousin James Butler , 9th Earl of Ormond ; the marriage plans were broken up by Cardinal Wolsey , and instead she secured a post at court as maid of honour to Henry VIII 's wife , Catherine of Aragon . Early in 1523 Anne was secretly betrothed to Henry Percy , son of the 5th Earl of Northumberland , but the betrothal was broken by Cardinal Wolsey in January 1524 and Anne was sent back home to Hever Castle . In February/March 1526 , Henry VIII began his pursuit of Anne . She resisted his attempts to seduce her , refusing to become his mistress -- which her sister Mary had been . It soon became the one absorbing object of Henry 's desires to annul his marriage to Queen Catherine so he would be free to marry Anne . When it became clear that Pope Clement VII would not annul the marriage , the breaking of the power of the Catholic Church in England began . In 1532 , Henry granted Anne the Marquessate of Pembroke . Henry and Anne married on 25 January 1533 , after a secret marriage on 14 November 1532 . On 23 May 1533 , newly appointed Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer declared Henry and Catherine 's marriage null and void ; five days later , he declared Henry and Anne 's marriage valid . Shortly afterwards , the Pope decreed sentences of excommunication against Henry and Cranmer . As a result of this marriage and these excommunications , the first break between the Church of England and Rome took place and the Church of England was brought under the King 's control . Anne was crowned Queen of England on 1 June 1533 . On 7 September , she gave birth to the future Queen Elizabeth I. Henry was disappointed to have a daughter rather than a son but hoped a son would follow and professed to love Elizabeth . Anne subsequently had three miscarriages , and by March 1536 , Henry was courting Jane Seymour . In order to marry Jane Seymour , Henry had to find reasons for his marriage with Anne to end . Henry had Anne investigated for high treason in April 1536 . On 2 May she was arrested and sent to the Tower of London , where she was tried before a jury of peers -- which included Henry Percy , her former betrothed , and her own uncle , Thomas Howard -- and found guilty on 15 May . She was beheaded four days later . Modern historians view the charges against her , which included adultery , incest , and plotting to kill the king , as unconvincing . Some say that Anne was accused of witchcraft but the indictments make no mention of this charge . After the coronation of her daughter , Elizabeth , as queen , Anne was venerated as a martyr and heroine of the English Reformation , particularly through the works of John Foxe . Over the centuries , she has inspired , or been mentioned , in many artistic and cultural works and thereby retained her hold on the popular imagination . She has been called `` the most influential and important queen consort England has ever had '' , for she provided the occasion for Henry VIII to annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon and declare his independence from the Holy See . |
NOT ENOUGH INFO | Saw II topped charts in its first week. | List_of_Billboard_200_top_10_albums_in_2013 | This is a list of albums that charted in the top ten of the Billboard 200 , an all-genre albums chart , in 2013 . |
REFUTES | Jarhead starred Harrison Ford as U.S. Marine Anthony Swofford. | Jarhead_-LRB-film-RRB- | Jarhead is a 2005 American biographical war drama film based on U.S. Marine Anthony Swofford 's 2003 memoir of the same name , directed by Sam Mendes , starring Jake Gyllenhaal as Swofford with Jamie Foxx , Peter Sarsgaard and Chris Cooper . The title comes from the slang term used to refer to United States Marines . |
SUPPORTS | Blank Space is on a top 10 list in the country United Kingdom. | Blank_Space | `` Blank Space '' is a song by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift from her fifth studio album 1989 -LRB- 2014 -RRB- . It was written by Swift , Max Martin and Shellback . The song was released to the radio by Republic Records on November 10 , 2014 as the album 's second single , after `` Shake It Off '' and is the second track on the album . Musically , `` Blank Space '' is an electropop song with lyrics that satirize the media 's perception of Swift and her relationships . `` Blank Space '' reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 following `` Shake It Off '' . Swift became the first woman in the Hot 100 's 56-year history to succeed herself at the top spot . A critical success , it has also been included in numerous year-end critics ' lists . The song has also topped charts in Canada , South Africa and Australia . It also charted in the top 10 in numerous countries , such as Austria , Czech Republic , Germany , New Zealand , Spain , and the United Kingdom . The song 's accompanying music video was directed by Joseph Kahn and was shot over three days at Oheka Castle in Huntington , New York . The song received its first televised performance at the 2014 American Music Awards and as part of `` Taylor Swift 's 1989 Secret Session with iHeartRadio '' on October 27 , 2014 , in New York City . The song received nominations for the 58th Grammy Awards for Record of the Year , Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance . |
SUPPORTS | Charles Howard Hinton was a mathematician from Britain, although he died in America. | Charles_Howard_Hinton | Charles Howard Hinton -LRB- 1853 , United Kingdom -- 30 April 1907 , Washington D.C. , United States -RRB- was a British mathematician and writer of science fiction works titled Scientific Romances . He was interested in higher dimensions , particularly the fourth dimension . He is known for coining the word `` tesseract '' and for his work on methods of visualising the geometry of higher dimensions . |
NOT ENOUGH INFO | Species distribution can be understood through factors such as available resources. | Species_distribution | Species distribution is the manner in which a biological taxon is spatially arranged . Species distribution is not to be confused with dispersal , which is the movement of individuals away from their area of origin or from centers of high on density . A similar concept is the species range . A species range is often represented with a species range map . Biogeographers try to understand the factors determining a species ' distribution . The pattern of distribution is not permanent for each species . Distribution patterns can change seasonally , in response to the availability of resources , and also depending on the scale at which they are viewed . Dispersion usually takes place at the time of reproduction . Populations within a species are translocated through many methods , including dispersal by people , wind , water and animals . Humans are one of the largest distributors due to the current trends in globalization and the expanse of the transportation industry . For example , large tankers often fill their ballasts with water at one port and empty them in another , causing a wider distribution of aquatic species . Biogeography is the study of the distribution of biodiversity over space and time . It is very useful in understanding species distribution through factors such as speciation , extinction , continental drift , glaciation , variation of sea levels , river capture and available resources . This branch of study not only gives a description of the species distribution , but also a geographical explanation for the distribution of particular species . The traditional biogeographic regions were first modeled by Alfred Wallace in The Geographical Distribution of Animals -LRB- 1876 -RRB- . These were based on the work of Sclater 's terrestrial biogeographic regions . Wallace 's system was based on both birds and vertebrates , including non-flying mammals , which better reflect the natural divisions of the Earth due to their limited dispersal abilities . |
REFUTES | The House of the Spirits won fence. | The_House_of_the_Spirits_-LRB-film-RRB- | The House of the Spirits is a 1993 German-Danish-Portuguese period drama film directed by Bille August and starring Jeremy Irons , Meryl Streep , Glenn Close , Winona Ryder , Antonio Banderas and Vanessa Redgrave . The supporting cast includes María Conchita Alonso , Armin Mueller-Stahl , and Jan Niklas . Based on the 1982 novel La Casa de los Espíritus by Isabel Allende , the film is about the life of a young lady named Clara during the military dictatorship in Chile , and her recollection of her family history , mainly the rise of her husband , Esteban Trueba . The film won some awards , -LRB- Bavarian Film Awards , German Film Awards , the Golden Screen -LRB- Germany -RRB- , Havana Film Festival , and Robert Festival -LRB- Denmark -RRB- , the German Phono Academy and the Guild of German Art House Cinemas -RRB- . |
REFUTES | Yugoslavia was outside Southeast Europe. | Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia -LRB- Jugoslavija / Југославија , Jugoslavija , Југославија -RRB- was a country in Southeast Europe during most of the 20th century . It came into existence after World War I in 1918 under the name of the Kingdom of Serbs , Croats and Slovenes by the merger of the provisional State of Slovenes , Croats and Serbs -LRB- itself formed from territories of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire -RRB- with the formerly independent Kingdom of Serbia . The Serbian royal House of Karađorđević became the Yugoslav royal dynasty . Yugoslavia gained international recognition on 13 July 1922 at the Conference of Ambassadors in Paris . The country was named after the South Slavic peoples and constituted their first union , following centuries in which the territories had been part of the Ottoman Empire and Austria-Hungary . Renamed the Kingdom of Yugoslavia on 3 October 1929 , it was invaded by the Axis powers on 6 April 1941 . In 1943 , a Democratic Federal Yugoslavia was proclaimed by the Partisan resistance . In 1944 , the king recognised it as the legitimate government , but in November 1945 the monarchy was abolished . Yugoslavia was renamed the Federal People 's Republic of Yugoslavia in 1946 , when a communist government was established . It acquired the territories of Istria , Rijeka , and Zadar from Italy . Partisan leader Josip Broz Tito ruled the country as president until his death in 1980 . In 1963 , the country was renamed again as the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia -LRB- SFRY -RRB- . The constituent six socialist republics that made up the country were the SR Bosnia and Herzegovina , SR Croatia , SR Macedonia , SR Montenegro , SR Serbia , and SR Slovenia . Serbia contained two Socialist Autonomous Provinces , Vojvodina and Kosovo , which after 1974 were largely equal to the other members of the federation . After an economic and political crisis in the 1980s and the rise of nationalism , Yugoslavia broke up along its republics ' borders , at first into five countries , leading to the Yugoslav Wars . After the breakup , the republics of Serbia and Montenegro formed a reduced federation , the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia -LRB- FRY -RRB- , which aspired to the status of sole legal successor to the SFRY , but those claims were opposed by the other former republics . Eventually , Serbia and Montenegro accepted the opinion of the Badinter Arbitration Committee about shared succession . Serbia and Montenegro themselves broke up in 2006 and became independent states , while Kosovo proclaimed independence in 2008 . |
NOT ENOUGH INFO | Scaramouche translates as "little book". | Dargu | Dargu or Dargoo may refer to : Dargu Jonubi Dargu Shomali |
NOT ENOUGH INFO | Military deception overlaps with the film PSYWAR. | Military_deception | Military deception refers to attempts to mislead enemy forces during warfare . This is usually achieved by creating or amplifying an artificial fog of war via psychological operations , information warfare , visual deception and other methods . As a form of strategic use of information -LRB- disinformation -RRB- , it overlaps with psychological warfare . To the degree that any enemy that falls for the deception will lose confidence when it is revealed , he may hesitate when confronted with the truth . Deception in warfare dates back to early history . The Art of War , an ancient Chinese military treatise , puts great emphasis on the tactic . In modern times military deception has developed as a fully fledged doctrine . Misinformation and visual deception were employed during World War I and came into even greater prominence during World War II . In the buildup to the 1944 invasion of Normandy the Allies executed one of the largest deceptions in military history , Operation Bodyguard , helping them achieve full tactical surprise . |
REFUTES | Spider-Man 2 is a horror film. | Spider-Man_2 | Spider-Man 2 is a 2004 American superhero film directed by Sam Raimi and written by Alvin Sargent from a story by Alfred Gough , Miles Millar , and Michael Chabon . The sequel to the 2002 film Spider-Man , it is the second film in Raimi 's Spider-Man film trilogy based on the fictional Marvel Comics character of the same name . Tobey Maguire , Kirsten Dunst , and James Franco reprise their respective roles as Peter Parker/Spider-Man , Mary Jane Watson and Harry Osborn . Set two years after the events of Spider-Man , the film finds Peter Parker struggling to manage both his personal life and his duties as Spider-Man , while Dr. Otto Octavius -LRB- Doctor Octopus -RRB- becomes a diabolical villain after a failed experiment kills his wife and leaves him neurologically fused to mechanical tentacles . Spider-Man must stop him from successfully recreating the experiment , which threatens to annihilate the city . Spider-Man 2 was released in both conventional and IMAX theaters on June 30 , 2004 . It grossed $ 783.8 million worldwide and won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects . It also received five awards at the Saturn Awards ceremony including Best Fantasy Film and Best Director for Raimi . The film 's success led to the release of Spider-Man 3 in 2007 . |
REFUTES | Fiji Hindi is a Western Hindi language. | Fiji_Hindi | Fiji Hindi or Fijian Hindi , known locally as `` Hindustani '' , is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by most Fijian citizens of Indian descent , though a small number speak other languages at home . It is an Eastern Hindi language that has been subject to considerable influence by Awadhi , Bhojpuri , Magahi and other Bihari languages . It has also borrowed a large number of words from the Fijian and English languages . A large number of words , unique to Fiji Hindi , have been created to cater for the new environment that Indo-Fijians now live in . First-generation Indians in Fiji , who used the language as a lingua franca in Fiji , referred to it as Fiji Baat , `` Fiji talk '' . It is closely related to Caribbean Hindustani and the Hindustani spoken in Mauritius and South Africa . |
SUPPORTS | Alan Shepard retired from the US Navy in August of 1974. | Alan_Shepard | Rear Admiral Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. -LRB- November 18 , 1923 -- July 21 , 1998 -RRB- was an American astronaut , naval aviator , test pilot , and businessman . A graduate of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis , Shepard saw action with the surface navy during World War II . He became a naval aviator in 1946 , and a test pilot in 1950 . He was selected as one of the original NASA Mercury Seven astronauts in 1959 , and in May 1961 he made the first manned Project Mercury flight , MR-3 , in a spacecraft he named Freedom 7 . His craft entered space , but did not achieve orbit . He became the second person , and the first American , to travel into space , and the first person to manually control the orientation of his spacecraft . In the final stages of Project Mercury , Shepard was scheduled to pilot the Mercury-Atlas 10 -LRB- MA-10 -RRB- , which was planned as a three-day mission . He named Mercury Spacecraft 15B Freedom 7 II in honor of his first spacecraft , but the mission was cancelled . Shepard was designated as the commander of the first manned Project Gemini mission , but was grounded in 1963 due to Ménière 's disease , an inner-ear ailment that caused episodes of extreme dizziness and nausea . This was surgically corrected in 1969 , and in 1971 , Shepard commanded the Apollo 14 mission , piloting the Apollo Lunar Module Antares to the most accurate landing of the Apollo missions . At age 47 , he became the fifth and oldest person to walk on the Moon , and the only one of the Mercury Seven astronauts to do so . During the mission , he hit two golf balls on the lunar surface . He was Chief of the Astronaut Office from November 1963 to July 1969 -LRB- the approximate period of his grounding -RRB- , and from June 1971 until his retirement from the United States Navy and NASA on August 1 , 1974 . He was promoted to rear admiral on August 25 , 1971 , the first astronaut to reach that rank . |
SUPPORTS | Two parties claim to be the official government of China. | China | China , officially the People 's Republic of China -LRB- PRC -RRB- , is a unitary sovereign state in East Asia and the world 's most populous country , with a population of over 1.381 billion . Covering approximately 9.6 e6km2 , China is the world 's second-largest state by land area and third - or fourth-largest by total area . Governed by the Communist Party of China , it exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces , five autonomous regions , four direct-controlled municipalities -LRB- Beijing , Tianjin , Shanghai and Chongqing -RRB- and the Special Administrative Regions Hong Kong and Macau , also claiming sovereignty over Taiwan . China is a great power and a major regional power within Asia , and has been characterized as a potential superpower . China emerged as one of the world 's earliest civilizations in the fertile basin of the Yellow River in the North China Plain . For millennia , China 's political system was based on hereditary monarchies , or dynasties , beginning with the legendary Xia dynasty . Since 221 , when the Qin dynasty conquered the other largest six states to form the first unified Chinese empire , China has then expanded , fractured and re-unified numerous times in the following millennia . In 1912 , the Republic of China -LRB- ROC -RRB- replaced the last dynasty and ruled the Chinese mainland until 1949 , when it was defeated by the communist People 's Liberation Army in the Chinese Civil War . The Communist Party established the People 's Republic of China in Beijing on 1 October 1949 , while the ROC government relocated to Taiwan with its present de facto temporary capital in Taipei . Both the ROC and PRC continue to claim to be the legitimate government of all China , though the latter has more recognition in the world and controls more territory . China has had the largest economy in the world for much of the last two thousand years , during which it has seen cycles of prosperity and decline . Since the introduction of economic reforms in 1978 , China has become one of the world 's fastest-growing major economies . , it is the world 's second-largest economy by nominal GDP and largest by purchasing power parity -LRB- PPP -RRB- . China is also the world 's largest exporter and second-largest importer of goods . China is a recognized nuclear weapons state and has the world 's largest standing army and second-largest defense budget . The PRC is a member of the United Nations , as it replaced the ROC as a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council in 1971 . China is also a member of numerous formal and informal multilateral organizations , including the WTO , APEC , BRICS , the Shanghai Cooperation Organization -LRB- SCO -RRB- , the BCIM and the G-20 . |
NOT ENOUGH INFO | Adidas manufactures athletic shoes. | Adidas | Adidas AG -LRB- -LSB- ˈadiˌdas -RSB- -RRB- -LRB- stylised as adidas since 1949 -RRB- is a German multinational corporation , headquartered in Herzogenaurach , Germany , that designs and manufactures shoes , clothing and accessories . It is the largest sportswear manufacturer in Europe , and the second biggest in the world . It is the holding company for the Adidas Group , which consists of the Reebok sportswear company , TaylorMade-Adidas golf company -LRB- including Ashworth -RRB- , 9.1 % of Bayern Munich and Runtastic , an Austrian fitness technology company . Adidas revenue for 2016 was listed at $ 19.29 billion . Adidas was registered on 18 August 1949 by Adolf Dassler , following a family feud at the Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik company between him and his older brother Rudolf . Rudolf had earlier established Puma , which quickly became the business rival of Adidas , and is also headquartered in Herzogenaurach . The company 's clothing and shoe designs typically feature three parallel bars , and the same motif is incorporated into Adidas 's current official logo . The brand name is uncapitalized and is stylized with a lower case `` a '' . |
NOT ENOUGH INFO | Vampires often visited frogs. | Vampire | A vampire is a being from folklore that subsists by feeding on the life essence -LRB- generally in the form of blood -RRB- of the living . In European folklore , vampires were undead beings that often visited loved ones and caused mischief or deaths in the neighbourhoods they inhabited when they were alive . They wore shrouds and were often described as bloated and of ruddy or dark countenance , markedly different from today 's gaunt , pale vampire which dates from the early 19th century . Vampiric entities have been recorded in most cultures ; the term vampire , previously an arcane subject , was popularised in the West in the early 19th century , after an influx of vampire superstition into Western Europe from areas where vampire legends were frequent , such as the Balkans and Eastern Europe ; local variants were also known by different names , such as shtriga in Albania , vrykolakas in Greece and strigoi in Romania . This increased level of vampire superstition in Europe led to mass hysteria and in some cases resulted in corpses being staked and people being accused of vampirism . In modern times , the vampire is generally held to be a fictitious entity , although belief in similar vampiric creatures such as the chupacabra still persists in some cultures . Early folk belief in vampires has sometimes been ascribed to the ignorance of the body 's process of decomposition after death and how people in pre-industrial societies tried to rationalise this , creating the figure of the vampire to explain the mysteries of death . Porphyria was also linked with legends of vampirism in 1985 and received much media exposure , but has since been largely discredited . The charismatic and sophisticated vampire of modern fiction was born in 1819 with the publication of The Vampyre by John Polidori ; the story was highly successful and arguably the most influential vampire work of the early 19th century . Bram Stoker 's 1897 novel Dracula is remembered as the quintessential vampire novel and provided the basis of the modern vampire legend . The success of this book spawned a distinctive vampire genre , still popular in the 21st century , with books , films , and television shows . The vampire has since become a dominant figure in the horror genre . |
REFUTES | Two and a Half Men starred Jamie Fox. | Two_and_a_Half_Men | Two and a Half Men is an American television sitcom that originally aired on CBS for twelve seasons from September 22 , 2003 to February 19 , 2015 . Originally starring Charlie Sheen , Jon Cryer , and Angus T. Jones , the series was about a hedonistic jingle writer , Charlie Harper ; his uptight brother Alan ; and Alan 's troublesome son Jake . After Alan divorces , he moves with his son to share Charlie 's beachfront Malibu house and complicates Charlie 's freewheeling life . In 2010 , CBS and Warner Bros. . Television reached a multiyear broadcasting agreement for the series , renewing it through at least the 2011 -- 12 season . In February 2011 , however , CBS and Warner Bros. decided to end production for the rest of the eighth season after Sheen entered drug rehabilitation and made `` disparaging comments '' about the series ' creator and executive producer Chuck Lorre . Sheen 's contract was terminated the following month and he was confirmed not to be returning to the series . Ashton Kutcher was hired to replace him the following season as Walden Schmidt , a billionaire who buys Charlie 's house after his death . In April 2013 , CBS renewed the series for an eleventh season after closing one-year deals with Kutcher and Cryer . Jones , who was attending college , was relegated to recurring status for season 11 , but never made an appearance until the series finale . He was replaced by Jenny -LRB- Amber Tamblyn -RRB- , Charlie 's previously unknown daughter . In March 2014 , CBS renewed the series for a twelfth season , which was later announced to be the series ' last . The season began airing in October 2014 and concluded in February 2015 with the 40-minute series finale `` Of Course He 's Dead '' . The success of the series led to it being the fourth-highest revenue-generating program for 2012 , earning $ 3.24 million an episode . |
NOT ENOUGH INFO | Sausage Party is an artistic work. | Sausage_Party | Sausage Party is a 2016 adult computer-animated comedy film directed by Greg Tiernan and Conrad Vernon and written by Kyle Hunter , Ariel Shaffir , Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg . It stars the voices of Seth Rogen , Kristen Wiig , Jonah Hill , Bill Hader , Michael Cera , James Franco , Danny McBride , Craig Robinson , Paul Rudd , Nick Kroll , David Krumholtz , Edward Norton , and Salma Hayek . It is the first CGI-animated film to be rated R by the MPAA . A spoof of Disney and Pixar films , it follows a sausage who tries to discover the truth about his existence and goes on a journey with his friends to escape their fate . The film 's rough cut premiered on March 14 , 2016 at South by Southwest and the film was theatrically released in the United States and Canada on August 12 , 2016 by Columbia Pictures . The film received positive reviews from critics and grossed more than $ 140 million . |
NOT ENOUGH INFO | Caleb McLaughlin was born in the year of the dragon 2001. | Dragon_Story | Dragon Story is an iOS and Android game developed by Storm8 . It was released for iOS on May 18 , 2012 and August 8 of the same year for Android . |
NOT ENOUGH INFO | Ron Dennis owns a Kabul-based catering company. | Dennis_-LRB-disambiguation-RRB- | Dennis is a given name -LRB- usually male -RRB- or surname . Dennis may also refer to : |
NOT ENOUGH INFO | The Washington Monument is west of the Lincoln Memorial. | Washington_Cemetery_-LRB-Washington_Court_House,_Ohio-RRB- | The Washington Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery on the outskirts of the city of Washington Court House in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Ohio . Established in the mid-19th century , the cemetery was transformed from a typical cemetery into a masterpiece of design during its first several decades . It is the burial place of several prominent political figures , and elements of its design have caused it to be designated a historic site . |
SUPPORTS | Ragtime features Samuel L. Jackson. | Ragtime_-LRB-film-RRB- | Ragtime is a 1981 American drama film , directed by Miloš Forman , based on 1975 historical novel Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow . The action takes place in and around New York City , New Rochelle , and Atlantic City early in the 1900s , including fictionalized references to actual people and events of the time . The film features the final film appearances of James Cagney and Pat O'Brien ; early appearances , in small parts , by Samuel L. Jackson , Jeff Daniels , Fran Drescher , Ethan Phillips and John Ratzenberger ; and an uncredited appearance from Jack Nicholson . The music score was composed by Randy Newman . The film was nominated for eight Oscars . |
SUPPORTS | You Only Live Twice is a Bond film. | You_Only_Live_Twice_-LRB-film-RRB- | You Only Live Twice -LRB- 1967 -RRB- is the fifth spy film in the James Bond series , and the fifth to star Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond . The film 's screenplay was written by Roald Dahl , and loosely based on Ian Fleming 's 1964 novel of the same name . It is the first James Bond film to discard most of Fleming 's plot , using only a few characters and locations from the book as the background for an entirely new story . In the film , Bond is dispatched to Japan after American and Soviet manned spacecraft disappear mysteriously in orbit . With each nation blaming the other amidst the Cold War , Bond travels secretly to a remote Japanese island to find the perpetrators and comes face to face with Ernst Stavro Blofeld , the head of SPECTRE . The film reveals the appearance of Blofeld , who was previously a partially unseen character . SPECTRE is working for the government of an unnamed Asian power , implied to be the People 's Republic of China , to provoke war between the superpowers . During the filming in Japan , it was announced that Sean Connery would retire from the role of Bond , but after a hiatus , he returned in 1971 's Diamonds Are Forever and later 1983 's non-Eon Bond film Never Say Never Again . You Only Live Twice is the first Bond film to be directed by Lewis Gilbert , who later directed the 1977 film The Spy Who Loved Me and the 1979 film Moonraker , both starring Roger Moore . You Only Live Twice was a great success , receiving positive reviews and grossing over $ 111 million in worldwide box office . |
SUPPORTS | You Only Live Twice is a Bond film. | SPECTRE | SPECTRE -LRB- SPecial Executive for Counter-intelligence , Terrorism , Revenge and Extortion -RRB- is a fictional organisation featured in the James Bond novels by Ian Fleming , the films based on those novels , and James Bond video games . Led by evil genius and supervillain Ernst Stavro Blofeld , the international organisation first formally appeared in the novel Thunderball -LRB- 1961 -RRB- and in the film Dr. No -LRB- 1962 -RRB- . As an NGO , SPECTRE is not aligned to any nation or political ideology , enabling the later Bond books and Bond films to be regarded as somewhat apolitical though the former Gestapo members are a clear sign of Fleming 's warning of the Nazi fascists surviving after the Second World War first detailed in the novel Moonraker -LRB- 1954 -RRB- . SPECTRE began in the novels as a small group of criminals but became a vast international organisation with its own SPECTRE Island training base in the films , to replace the Soviet SMERSH . |
NOT ENOUGH INFO | Sarah Hyland was in a movie in December 1999. | Sarah_Hyland | Sarah Jane Hyland -LRB- born November 24 , 1990 -RRB- is an American actress . Born in New York City , Hyland attended the Professional Performing Arts School in Manhattan , followed by small roles in the films Private Parts -LRB- 1997 -RRB- , Annie -LRB- 1999 -RRB- , and Blind Date -LRB- 2007 -RRB- . She gained her first major role as Haley Dunphy on the ABC sitcom Modern Family , for which she has received critical acclaim and numerous accolades and nominations , sharing four Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series with her cast members and garnering a Critics ' Choice Television Award nomination Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series . Alongside Modern Family , Hyland is also known for her roles in the films Struck by Lightning -LRB- 2012 -RRB- , Scary Movie 5 -LRB- 2013 -RRB- , Vampire Academy -LRB- 2014 -RRB- , and XOXO -LRB- 2016 -RRB- . |
SUPPORTS | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe published the first part of Faust in 1808. | Johann_Wolfgang_von_Goethe | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe -LRB- -LSB- ˈgɜːrtə -RSB- -LSB- ˈjoːhan ˈvɔlfɡaŋ fɔn ˈɡøːtə -RSB- ; 28 August 1749 -- 22 March 1832 -RRB- was a German writer and statesman . His works include epic and lyric poetry ; prose and verse dramas ; memoirs ; an autobiography ; literary and aesthetic criticism ; treatises on botany , anatomy , and colour ; and four novels . In addition , numerous literary and scientific fragments , more than 10,000 letters , and nearly 3,000 drawings by him exist . A literary celebrity by the age of 25 , Goethe was ennobled by the Duke of Saxe-Weimar , Carl August in 1782 after taking up residence there in November 1775 following the success of his first novel , The Sorrows of Young Werther . He was an early participant in the Sturm und Drang literary movement . During his first ten years in Weimar , Goethe was a member of the Duke 's privy council , sat on the war and highway commissions , oversaw the reopening of silver mines in nearby Ilmenau , and implemented a series of administrative reforms at the University of Jena . He also contributed to the planning of Weimar 's botanical park and the rebuilding of its Ducal Palace , which in 1998 were together designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site . His first major scientific work , the Metamorphosis of Plants , was published after he returned from a 1788 tour of Italy . In 1791 , he was made managing director of the theatre at Weimar , and in 1794 he began a friendship with the dramatist , historian , and philosopher Friedrich Schiller , whose plays he premiered until Schiller 's death in 1805 . During this period , Goethe published his second novel , Wilhelm Meister 's Apprenticeship , the verse epic Hermann and Dorothea , and , in 1808 , the first part of his most celebrated drama , Faust . His conversations and various common undertakings throughout the 1790s with Schiller , Johann Gottlieb Fichte , Johann Gottfried Herder , Alexander von Humboldt , Wilhelm von Humboldt , and August and Friedrich Schlegel have , in later years , been collectively termed Weimar Classicism . Arthur Schopenhauer cited Wilhelm Meister 's Apprenticeship as one of the four greatest novels ever written , along with Tristram Shandy , La Nouvelle Héloïse , and Don Quixote , and Ralph Waldo Emerson selected Goethe as one of six `` representative men '' in his work of the same name , along with Plato , Emanuel Swedenborg , Michel de Montaigne , Napoleon , and William Shakespeare . Goethe 's comments and observations form the basis of several biographical works , most notably Johann Peter Eckermann 's Conversations with Goethe . |
SUPPORTS | Kevin Bacon acted in a television show. | Kevin_Bacon | Kevin Norwood Bacon -LRB- born July 8 , 1958 -RRB- is an American actor and musician . His notable films include musical-drama film Footloose -LRB- 1984 -RRB- , the controversial historical conspiracy legal thriller JFK -LRB- 1991 -RRB- , the legal drama A Few Good Men -LRB- 1992 -RRB- , the historical docudrama Apollo 13 -LRB- 1995 -RRB- , and the mystery drama Mystic River -LRB- 2003 -RRB- . Bacon is also known for taking on darker roles such as that of a sadistic guard in Sleepers and troubled former child abuser in a critically acclaimed performance in The Woodsman . Also on television , he starred in the Fox series The Following from 2013 to 2015 . Bacon has won a Golden Globe Award and three Screen Actors Guild Awards , and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award . The Guardian named him one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination . In 2003 , Bacon received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the motion pictures industry . Bacon has become an icon for the concept of interconnectedness -LRB- as in social networks -RRB- , having been popularized by the game `` Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon '' . In 2007 , he created SixDegrees.org , a charitable foundation . |
NOT ENOUGH INFO | Adam Lambert is openly gay. | Adam_Lambert | Adam Mitchel Lambert -LRB- born January 29 , 1982 -RRB- is an American singer , songwriter and stage actor . Since 2009 , he has sold over 3 million albums and 5 million singles worldwide . Lambert rose to fame in 2009 after finishing as runner-up on the eighth season of American Idol . Later that year , he released his debut album , For Your Entertainment , which debuted at number three on the U.S. Billboard 200 . The album spawned several hit singles , including `` Whataya Want from Me '' , for which he received a Grammy nomination for `` Best Male Pop Vocal Performance '' . In 2012 , Lambert released his second studio album , Trespassing . The album premiered at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 , making him the first openly gay artist to top the album charts . In 2015 , Lambert released his third album , The Original High , which debuted at number three on the U.S. Billboard 200 . Alongside his solo career , Lambert has collaborated with rock band Queen as lead vocalist for Queen + Adam Lambert since 2011 , culminating in a successful world-wide tour from 2014 to 2016 . |
REFUTES | Kaya Scodelario refuses to be an actress. | Kaya_Scodelario | Kaya Scodelario-Davis -LRB- born Kaya Rose Humphrey ; March 13 , 1992 -RRB- is an English actress . She made her acting debut as Effy Stonem on the E4 teen drama Skins -LRB- 2007-2010 -RRB- , for which she received recognition and critical praise , garnering two Golden Nymph Award nominations for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series and two TV Quick Award nominations for Best Actress . Following her film debut in the science-fiction film Moon -LRB- 2009 -RRB- and a role in the fantasy adventure film Clash of the Titans -LRB- 2010 -RRB- , Scodelario was nominated for the Glamour Award for PANDORA Breakthrough for her portrayal of Catherine Earnshaw in the 2011 film adaptation of Emily Brontë 's novel Wuthering Heights . In 2013 , Scodelario reprised the role of Effy in Skins Fire , and gained the supporting role of Anna Salter in the Channel 4 television drama Southcliffe -LRB- 2013 -RRB- ; she was nominated for both for the UK TV Actress Award at the 2014 GLAMOUR Women of the Year Awards . She gained wider recognition for her starring role as Teresa Agnes in dystopian science-fiction thriller The Maze Runner -LRB- 2014 -RRB- , which garnered her a third Glamour Award nomination for NEXT Breakthrough and a Teen Choice Award nomination for Choice Movie Actress : Action . She reprised the role in Maze Runner : The Scorch Trials -LRB- 2015 -RRB- and will reprise it again in Maze Runner : The Death Cure -LRB- 2018 -RRB- . Scodelario starred as Carina Smyth in Pirates of the Caribbean : Dead Men Tell No Tales , which was released May 26 , 2017 . Since 2015 , Scodelario has been married to American actor Benjamin Walker , with whom she has a son . |
SUPPORTS | Solanum contains ripe horse nettles. | Solanum | Solanum is a large and diverse genus of flowering plants , which include two food crops of high economic importance , the potato and the tomato . It also contains the nightshades and horse nettles , as well as numerous plants cultivated for their ornamental flowers and fruit . Solanum species show a wide range of growing habits , such as annual and perennials , vines , subshrubs , shrubs , and small trees . Many formerly independent genera like Lycopersicon -LRB- the tomatoes -RRB- and Cyphomandra are now included in Solanum as subgenera or sections . Thus , the genus today contains roughly 1,500 -- 2,000 species . |
REFUTES | Fuller House (TV series) is a sequel to a radio series. | Fuller_House_-LRB-TV_series-RRB- | Fuller House is an American family sitcom and sequel to the 1987 -- 95 television series Full House , airing as a Netflix original series . It was created by Jeff Franklin , and is produced by Jeff Franklin Productions and Miller-Boyett Productions in association with Warner Horizon Television . The series centers around D.J. Tanner-Fuller , a veterinarian and widowed mother of three sons , whose sister and best friend -- the mother to a teenage daughter -- provide support in her sons ' upbringings by moving in with her . Most of the original series ensemble cast have reprised their roles on Fuller House , either as regular cast members or in guest appearances , with the exception of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen , who alternated in the role of Michelle Tanner on Full House . Netflix ordered an initial 13 episodes which were released on February 26 , 2016 worldwide . On March 2 , 2016 , the series was renewed for a second season , and production for the second season began on May 5 , 2016 . Thirteen new episodes were ordered and were released on December 9 , 2016 . On December 24 , 2016 , the series was renewed for a third season that will be released in 2017 , and on December 31 , 2016 , creator Jeff Franklin confirmed the season was given an 18-episode order . Production for the third season began on March 18 , 2017 . |
SUPPORTS | The Punisher is American. | The_Punisher_-LRB-TV_series-RRB- | Marvel 's The Punisher , or simply The Punisher , is an upcoming American web television series created for Netflix by Steve Lightfoot , based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name . It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe -LRB- MCU -RRB- , sharing continuity with the films and other television series of the franchise , and is a spin-off of Marvel 's Daredevil . The series is produced by Marvel Television in association with ABC Studios , with Lightfoot serving as showrunner . The series revolves around Frank Castle , who uses lethal methods to fight crime as the vigilante `` the Punisher '' , with Jon Bernthal reprising the role from Daredevil . Ben Barnes , Ebon Moss-Bachrach , Amber Rose Revah , Deborah Ann Woll , Daniel Webber , Jason R. Moore , Paul Schulze , Jaime Ray Newman , and Michael Nathanson also star . A television series centered on the Punisher received a put-pilot commitment at Fox in 2011 , but that project fell through . In June 2015 , Bernthal was cast as the character to appear in the second season of Daredevil . Development on a spin-off titled The Punisher began by January 2016 , before the second season of Daredevil was released . In April 2016 , Marvel and Netflix ordered the series , confirmed Bernthal 's involvement , and announced Lightfoot as executive producer and showrunner . Filming began in New York City in October 2016 , and concluded in April 2017 . The Punisher is scheduled to be released in 2017 . |
SUPPORTS | Telephone consists of an expanded musical element. | Telephone_-LRB-song-RRB- | `` Telephone '' is a song recorded by American singer Lady Gaga for her third EP , The Fame Monster -LRB- 2009 -RRB- . The song features American singer Beyoncé . The song was written by Gaga , Rodney Jerkins , LaShawn Daniels , Lazonate Franklin and Beyoncé . Inspired by her fear of suffocation , Gaga explained that the lyrics preferring relaxing on the dance floor to answering her lover 's phone call are a metaphor , the phone calling her representing the fear of not having worked hard enough to succeed . Originally , Gaga wrote the song for Britney Spears , who recorded a demo . Musically , `` Telephone '' consists of an expanded bridge , verse-rap and a sampled voice of an operator announcing that the phone line is unreachable . Beyoncé appears in the middle of the song , singing the verses in a rapid-fire way , accompanied by double beats . The song received positive reviews from critics who frequently noted `` Telephone '' as a stand-out track from The Fame Monster . It was Grammy-nominated for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals in 2011 . `` Telephone '' charted in a number of countries due to digital sales following the album 's release , namely in the United States , Australia , Canada , the Netherlands , New Zealand , Sweden and Hungary . The song was particularly successful in Europe where it reached the top of the charts in Belgium , Denmark , Hungary , Ireland , Norway and the United Kingdom . According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry , the single sold 7.4 million digital copies worldwide in 2010 , making it one of Gaga 's best-selling singles . The accompanying music video is a continuation of the video for her 2009 song , `` Paparazzi '' , and is also shot as a short film . After Gaga gets bailed out of prison by Beyoncé , they go to a diner and poison the guests having breakfast . After the homicide they escape and end up in a high-speed police chase . The video referenced Quentin Tarantino and his films Pulp Fiction -LRB- 1994 -RRB- and Kill Bill : Volume 1 -LRB- 2003 -RRB- . The video received generally positive reviews was nominated for three awards at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards , including one for Video of the Year . In January 2015 Billboard named it the best video of the first half of the decade . In memory of Alexander McQueen , Gaga performed an acoustic rendition of `` Telephone '' mixed with `` Dance in the Dark '' at the 2010 BRIT Awards . It was also added to the set list of The Monster Ball Tour in 2010 , the Born This Way Ball in 2012 and ArtRave : The Artpop Ball in 2014 . |
SUPPORTS | Telephone consists of an expanded musical element. | Bridge_-LRB-music-RRB- | In music , especially western popular music , a bridge is a contrasting section that prepares for the return of the original material section . The bridge may be the third eight-bar phrase in a thirty-two-bar form -LRB- the B in AABA -RRB- , or may be used more loosely in verse-chorus form , or , in a compound AABA form , used as a contrast to a full AABA section . The term comes from a German word for bridge , Steg , used by the Meistersingers of the 15th to the 18th century to describe a transitional section in medieval bar form . The German term became widely known in 1920s Germany through musicologist Alfred Lorenz and his exhaustive studies of Richard Wagner 's adaptations of bar form in his popular 19th-century neo-medieval operas . The term entered the English lexicon in the 1930s -- translated as bridge -- via composers fleeing Nazi Germany who , working in Hollywood and on Broadway , used the term to describe similar transitional sections in the American popular music they were writing . |
NOT ENOUGH INFO | Akon has had more than ten books certified as 1 × platinum. | List_of_Billboard_200_top_10_albums_in_2013 | This is a list of albums that charted in the top ten of the Billboard 200 , an all-genre albums chart , in 2013 . |
SUPPORTS | Grease was a cinematic work. | Grease_-LRB-film-RRB- | Grease is a 1978 American musical romantic comedy film based on Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey 's musical of the same name . The film depicts the life of Rydell High School students Danny Zuko and Sandy Olsson in the late 1950s . Directed by Randal Kleiser and written by Bronte Woodard , the film stars John Travolta as Danny , Olivia Newton-John as Sandy and Stockard Channing as Betty Rizzo . Grease was successful both critically and commercially . Its soundtrack album ended 1978 as the second-best selling album of the year in the United States , behind the soundtrack of Saturday Night Fever . A sequel , Grease 2 , was released in 1982 , starring Maxwell Caulfield and Michelle Pfeiffer . Only a few of the original cast members reprised their roles . |
SUPPORTS | Grease was a cinematic work. | Grease-COLON-_The_Original_Soundtrack_from_the_Motion_Picture | Grease : The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture is the original motion picture soundtrack for the 1978 film Grease . It was originally released by RSO Records . The song `` You 're the One That I Want '' was a US and UK # 1 for stars John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John . It sold 28 million copies worldwide . Besides performers John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John , the album also featured songs by rock n roll revival group Sha Na Na as well as the hit song `` Grease '' , a tune written by Barry Gibb -LRB- of the Bee Gees -RRB- and sung by Frankie Valli -LRB- of The Four Seasons -RRB- that was an additional U.S. number one . |
SUPPORTS | Grease was a cinematic work. | Randal_Kleiser | John Randal Kleiser -LRB- born July 20 , 1946 -RRB- is an American film director and producer , perhaps best known for directing the 1978 musical romantic comedy film Grease . |
NOT ENOUGH INFO | Road House was destroyed in 1989. | 1986_in_architecture | The year 1986 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings . |
REFUTES | No Way Out is by Eminem. | No_Way_Out_-LRB-Puff_Daddy_album-RRB- | No Way Out is the debut studio album by American hip hop recording artist , songwriter and record producer Puff Daddy . It was released on July 1 , 1997 , by his Bad Boy record label . The label 's official crediting as `` The Family '' , featuring guest appearances from his label-mates and other artists . The production on the album was provided by Puff Daddy -LRB- real name Sean Combs -RRB- , alongside with a variety of the members from the production group , called The Hitmen . Puff Daddy was also serving as a executive producer alongside The Notorious B.I.G. and Deric `` D-Dot '' Angelettie -LRB- of The Hitmen -RRB- . It contains the generally introspective content based on his friend and rapper The Notorious B.I.G. , who died from the shooting on March 9 , 1997 , which affected Combs emotionally . The album 's content consists largely of aggressive lyrics but also includes elements of positive emotion . The album received generally mixed to positive reviews from music critics , who generally wrote positively about its emotional feel and its production , but were divided in their reviews towards both Puff Daddy 's rapping and songwriting . The album earned Combs five nominations at the 40th Grammy Awards in 1998 , winning the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album . |
NOT ENOUGH INFO | Henry Cavill played Thomas Jefferson. | Jeffersonville | Jeffersonville is the name of several places in the United States : Jeffersonville , Georgia Jeffersonville , Illinois Jeffersonville , Indiana Jeffersonville , Kentucky Jeffersonville , New York Jeffersonville , Ohio Jeffersonville , Vermont |
SUPPORTS | Azithromycin is viewed under many trade names worldwide. | Azithromycin | Azithromycin is an antibiotic useful for the treatment of a number of bacterial infections . This includes middle ear infections , strep throat , pneumonia , traveler 's diarrhea , and certain other intestinal infections . It may also be used for a number of sexually transmitted infections including chlamydia and gonorrhea infections . Along with other medications , it may also be used for malaria . It can be taken by mouth or intravenously with doses once per day . Common side effects include nausea , vomiting , diarrhea and upset stomach . An allergic reaction or a type of diarrhea caused by Clostridium difficile is possible . No harm has been found with its use during pregnancy . Its safety during breastfeeding is not confirmed , but it is likely safe . Azithromycin is an azalide , a type of macrolide antibiotic . It works by decreasing the production of protein , thus stopping bacterial growth . Azithromycin was first made in 1980 . It is on the World Health Organization 's List of Essential Medicines , the most effective and safe medicines needed in a health system . It is available as a generic medication and is sold under many trade names worldwide . The wholesale cost in the developing world is about 0.18 to 2.98 USD per dose . In the United States it is about 33 USD for a course of treatment . |
SUPPORTS | The Chaperone (film) is a creative work. | Creative_work | A creative work is a manifestation of creative effort including fine artwork -LRB- sculpture , paintings -RRB- , writing -LRB- literature -RRB- , filmmaking , and musical composition . Creative works have in common a degree of arbitrariness , such that it is improbable that two people would independently create the same work . At its base , creative work involves two main steps -- having an idea , and then turning that idea into a reality . The term is frequently used in the context of copyright . |
NOT ENOUGH INFO | The Vandals established kingdoms in France and North Asia. | Vandals | The Vandals were an East Germanic tribe , or group of tribes , who were first heard of in southern Poland , but later moved around Europe establishing kingdoms in Spain and later North Africa in the 5th century . The Vandals are believed to have migrated from southern Scandinavia to the area between the lower Oder and Vistula rivers during the 2nd century BC and to have settled in Silesia from around 120 BC . They are associated with the Przeworsk culture and were possibly the same people as the Lugii . Expanding into Dacia during the Marcomannic Wars and to Pannonia during the Crisis of the Third Century , the Vandals were confined to Pannonia by the Goths around 330 AD , where they received permission to settle by Constantine the Great . Around 400 , raids by the Huns forced many of the Germanic tribes like the Goths to migrate to the Roman Empire , and fearing that they might be targeted next , the Vandals were pushed westwards crossing the Rhine into Gaul along with other tribes in 406 . In 409 , the Vandals crossed the Pyrenees into the Iberian Peninsula , where their main groups , the Hasdingi and the Silingi , settled in Gallaecia -LRB- northwest -RRB- and Baetica -LRB- south central -RRB- respectively . After the Visigoths invaded Iberia , the Iranian Alans and Silingi Vandals voluntarily subjected to the rule of Hasdingian leader Gunderic , who was pushed from Gallaecia to Baetica by a Roman-Suebi coalition in 419 . In 429 , under king Genseric , the Vandals entered North Africa . By 439 they established a kingdom which included the Roman province of Africa as well as Sicily , Corsica , Sardinia , Malta and the Balearic Islands . They fended off several Roman attempts to recapture the African province , and sacked the city of Rome in 455 . Their kingdom collapsed in the Vandalic War of 533 -- 4 , in which Justinian I managed to reconquer the province for the Eastern Roman Empire . Renaissance and Early Modern writers characterized the Vandals as barbarians , `` sacking and looting '' Rome . This led to the use of the term `` vandalism '' to describe any senseless destruction , particularly the `` barbarian '' defacing of artwork . However , modern historians tend to regard the Vandals during the transitional period from Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages as perpetuators , not destroyers , of Roman culture . |
SUPPORTS | Exotic Birds opened for an award-winning music duo. | Exotic_Birds | The Exotic Birds was a synthpop music group formed in Cleveland , Ohio in 1982 by three Cleveland Institute of Music percussion students , Andy Kubiszewski , Tom Freer and Tim Adams . They wrote their own music , and were described as synthpop and dance . They achieved mainly local success , but appeared as an opening band for Culture Club , Eurythmics , and Information Society . |
SUPPORTS | Exotic Birds opened for an award-winning music duo. | Eurythmics | Eurythmics were a British music duo consisting of members Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart . Stewart and Lennox were both previously in the band The Tourists -LRB- originally known as The Catch -RRB- , who split up in 1980 ; Eurythmics were formed that year in London . The duo released their first album , In the Garden , in 1981 to little fanfare , but went on to achieve global success with their second album Sweet Dreams -LRB- Are Made of This -RRB- , released in 1983 . The title track was a worldwide hit , topping the charts in various countries including the US . The duo went on to release a string of hit singles and albums before they split up in 1990 . By this time Stewart was a sought-after record producer , while Lennox began a solo recording career in 1992 with her debut album Diva . After almost a decade apart , Eurythmics reunited to record their ninth album , Peace , released in late 1999 . They reunited again in 2005 to release the single `` I 've Got a Life '' , as part of a new Eurythmics compilation album , Ultimate Collection . The duo have won an MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist in 1984 , the Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1987 , the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music in 1999 , and in 2005 were inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame . Eurythmics have sold an estimated 75 million records worldwide . |
SUPPORTS | Heaven Can Wait came out. | Heaven_Can_Wait_-LRB-1978_film-RRB- | Heaven Can Wait is a 1978 American fantasy-comedy film co-directed by Warren Beatty and Buck Henry . It was the second film adaptation of Harry Segall 's play of the same name , being preceded by Here Comes Mr. Jordan -LRB- 1941 -RRB- . The film was nominated for nine Academy Awards . The cast reunites Beatty and Julie Christie , who also starred together in the 1971 McCabe & Mrs. Miller and the 1975 Shampoo . A third film adaptation of the play was done in 2001 , titled Down to Earth . |
REFUTES | Carey Hayes is only a German lawyer. | Carey_Hayes | Carey Hayes -LRB- born April 21 , 1961 in Portland , Oregon -RRB- is an American screenwriter and producer . He is the twin brother of Chad Hayes . They are partners in the business and have written most of their work together . The two also appeared in Doublemint Gum commercials in their early years of acting in the 1980s . He has written episodes of Baywatch and Baywatch Nights and has written and co-produced the TV show The Crow : Stairway to Heaven . |
NOT ENOUGH INFO | An all-seater stadium is a place or venue meant for gymnastics. | All-seater_stadium | An all-seater stadium is a sports stadium in which every spectator has a seat . This is commonplace in association football stadiums in nations such as the United Kingdom , Spain , and the Netherlands . Most association football -LRB- soccer -RRB- , American football stadiums in the United States and Canadian Football League stadiums in Canada are all-seaters , as are most baseball and track and field stadiums in those countries . A stadium that is not an all-seater has areas for attendees holding standing-room only tickets to stand and view the proceedings . Such standing areas were known as terraces in Britain . Stands with only terraces used to dominate the football attendance in the UK . For instance , the South Bank Stand behind the southern goal at Molineux Stadium , Wolverhampton , home of Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. , had a maximum of 32,000 standing attenders , while the rest of the stadium hosted a little bit less than that -LRB- total maximum attendance was around 59,000 -RRB- . Some European countries , such as Germany , do not have all-seater stadiums . German fans expressed a preference to stand while watching football , so the country 's grounds have large terraced areas . For instance , Borussia Dortmund 's Westfalenstadion -LRB- commercially known as Signal Iduna Park -RRB- has an all-seated capacity of 65,829 , but during Bundesliga games the attendance limit is set to 81,360 . -LRB- If the general rule `` two standing occupies the same space as one sitting '' applies , then around 15,000 seats are replaced by 30,000 standing attenders at Bundesliga games . -RRB- |
NOT ENOUGH INFO | David Attenborough is a Buddhist. | David_Attenborough | Sir David Frederick Attenborough -LRB- -LSB- ˈætənb ər ə -RSB- born 8 May 1926 -RRB- is an English veteran broadcaster and naturalist . He is best known for writing and presenting the nine Life series , in conjunction with the BBC Natural History Unit , which collectively form a comprehensive survey of animal and plant life on the planet . He is also a former senior manager at the BBC , having served as controller of BBC Two and director of programming for BBC Television in the 1960s and 1970s . He is the only person to have won BAFTAs for programmes in each of black and white , colour , HD , and 3D . Attenborough is widely considered a national treasure in Britain , although he himself does not like the term . In 2002 he was named among the 100 Greatest Britons following a UK-wide poll for the BBC . He is the younger brother of the late director , producer and actor Richard Attenborough , and older brother of the late motor executive John Attenborough . |
NOT ENOUGH INFO | Milk is based on the life of an activist. | Milk_-LRB-film-RRB- | Milk is a 2008 American biographical film based on the life of gay rights activist and politician Harvey Milk , who was the first openly gay person to be elected to public office in California , as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors . Directed by Gus Van Sant and written by Dustin Lance Black , the film stars Sean Penn as Milk and Josh Brolin as Dan White , a city supervisor who assassinated Milk and Mayor George Moscone . The film was released to much acclaim and earned numerous accolades from film critics and guilds . Ultimately , it received eight Academy Award nominations , including Best Picture , winning two for Best Actor in a Leading Role for Penn and Best Original Screenplay for Black . Attempts to put Milk 's life to film followed a 1984 documentary of his life and the aftermath of his assassination , titled The Times of Harvey Milk , which was loosely based upon Randy Shilts 's biography , The Mayor of Castro Street -LRB- the film won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for 1984 , and was awarded Special Jury Prize at the first Sundance Film Festival , among other awards -RRB- . Various scripts were considered in the early 1990s , but projects fell through for different reasons , until 2007 . Much of Milk was filmed on Castro Street and other locations in San Francisco , including Milk 's former storefront , Castro Camera . Milk begins on Harvey Milk 's 40th birthday -LRB- in 1970 -RRB- , when he was living in New York City and had not yet settled in San Francisco . It chronicles his foray into city politics , and the various battles he waged in the Castro neighborhood as well as throughout the city , and political campaigns to limit the rights of gay people in 1977 and 1978 run by Anita Bryant and John Briggs . His romantic and political relationships are also addressed , as is his tenuous affiliation with troubled Supervisor Dan White ; the film ends with White 's double homicide of Milk and Mayor George Moscone . The film 's release was tied to the 2008 California voter referendum on gay marriage , Proposition 8 , when it made its premiere at the Castro Theatre two weeks before election day . |
NOT ENOUGH INFO | Vampires were ghouls. | Vampire | A vampire is a being from folklore that subsists by feeding on the life essence -LRB- generally in the form of blood -RRB- of the living . In European folklore , vampires were undead beings that often visited loved ones and caused mischief or deaths in the neighbourhoods they inhabited when they were alive . They wore shrouds and were often described as bloated and of ruddy or dark countenance , markedly different from today 's gaunt , pale vampire which dates from the early 19th century . Vampiric entities have been recorded in most cultures ; the term vampire , previously an arcane subject , was popularised in the West in the early 19th century , after an influx of vampire superstition into Western Europe from areas where vampire legends were frequent , such as the Balkans and Eastern Europe ; local variants were also known by different names , such as shtriga in Albania , vrykolakas in Greece and strigoi in Romania . This increased level of vampire superstition in Europe led to mass hysteria and in some cases resulted in corpses being staked and people being accused of vampirism . In modern times , the vampire is generally held to be a fictitious entity , although belief in similar vampiric creatures such as the chupacabra still persists in some cultures . Early folk belief in vampires has sometimes been ascribed to the ignorance of the body 's process of decomposition after death and how people in pre-industrial societies tried to rationalise this , creating the figure of the vampire to explain the mysteries of death . Porphyria was also linked with legends of vampirism in 1985 and received much media exposure , but has since been largely discredited . The charismatic and sophisticated vampire of modern fiction was born in 1819 with the publication of The Vampyre by John Polidori ; the story was highly successful and arguably the most influential vampire work of the early 19th century . Bram Stoker 's 1897 novel Dracula is remembered as the quintessential vampire novel and provided the basis of the modern vampire legend . The success of this book spawned a distinctive vampire genre , still popular in the 21st century , with books , films , and television shows . The vampire has since become a dominant figure in the horror genre . |
REFUTES | Ian Gillan is a producer. | Ian_Gillan | Ian Gillan -LRB- born 19 August 1945 -RRB- is an English singer and songwriter . He originally found commercial success as the lead singer and lyricist for Deep Purple . Initially influenced by Elvis Presley , Gillan started and fronted several local bands in the mid-sixties , and eventually joined Episode Six when their original singer left . He first found widespread commercial success after joining Deep Purple in 1969 . After an almost non-stop workload , during which time he recorded six albums in four years , and problematic relationships with other band members , particularly guitarist Ritchie Blackmore , Gillan resigned from the band in June 1973 , having given a lengthy notice period to their managers . After a short time away from the music business , he resumed his music career with solo bands the Ian Gillan Band and Gillan , before a year-long stint as the vocalist for Black Sabbath . He rejoined a reformed Deep Purple in 1984 , but was fired in 1989 . He rejoined the band for a second time in 1992 for their twenty-fifth anniversary , and following the recruitment of guitarist Steve Morse in 1994 , has helped transform the group into a regular touring outfit , which he has fronted ever since . In addition to his main work -- performing with Deep Purple and other bands during the 1970s and 1980s -- he sang the role of Jesus in the original recording of Andrew Lloyd Webber 's rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar , performed in the charity supergroup Rock Aid Armenia , and engaged in a number of business investments and ventures , including a hotel , a motorcycle manufacturer , and music recording facilities at Kingsway Studios . More recently , he has performed solo concerts concurrently with his latter career in Deep Purple , and his work and affinity with Armenia , combined with his continued friendship with Tony Iommi since his brief time in Black Sabbath , has led him to form the supergroup WhoCares with Iommi . His solo career outside of Deep Purple was given a comprehensive overview with the Gillan 's Inn box set in 2006 . |
REFUTES | Musala is the highest peak in the Arabic Peninsula. | Musala | Musala -LRB- Мусала from Arabic through Ottoman Turkish : Musalla , `` near God '' or `` place for prayer '' is the highest peak in the entire Balkan Peninsula , standing at 2,925 m -LRB- 9,596 ft -RRB- . The summit of the Rila mountain range in southwestern Bulgaria , Musala is the highest peak between the Alps and the Caucasus and the highest in Eastern Europe bar the Caucasus . With a prominence of 2473 m , Musala is the 7th most prominent mountain peak in Europe . Musala is situated within the Rila National Park , which is noted for its rich flora , including species such as Macedonian Pine and Bulgarian Fir in the forests on its middle slopes , and fauna ; it is one of the easiest places in Europe to see the wallcreeper . All major mountain ranges of Bulgaria can be seen from the top ; these include Vitosha to the northwest , Sredna Gora towards the northeast , the Balkan Mountains along most of the northern horizon behind Vitosha and Sredna Gora , the Rhodope Mountains to the southeast , Pirin to the south , Osogovo and Ruy Mountain to the west , and of course Rila . A Cosmic Ray Station was built on the peak in 1960 with cooperation from the Hungarian Academy of Science . The station conducted scientific experiments using a muon telescope . The station was destroyed by an electrical fire on October 29 , 1983 . With an average annual temperature of -2.3 ° C Musala is the coldest place in Bulgaria and the entire Balkan Peninsula . Temperatures stay below 0 ° C for about 8 months each year . Due to this about 45 % of the annual precipitation on Musala is snow , and snow cover lasts for about 200 days -LRB- more than six months -RRB- . Three of the main rivers of Bulgaria , the Iskar , Maritsa and Mesta have their sources near Musala . The next highest peaks in the vicinity of Musala are Little Musala -LRB- 2,902 m -RRB- and Irechek -LRB- 2,852 m -RRB- . |
NOT ENOUGH INFO | The United States dollar is used in the vending machine. | Vending_machine | A vending machine is a machine that sends items such as snacks , beverages , alcohol , cigarettes , or lottery tickets to customers automatically , after the customer inserts money or a credit card into the machine . The first modern vending machines were developed in England in the early 1880s and dispensed postcards . |
REFUTES | Annie is a car. | Annie_-LRB-2014_film-RRB- | Annie is a 2014 American musical comedy-drama film directed by Will Gluck and produced by Village Roadshow Pictures and Will Smith 's Overbrook Entertainment for Sony Pictures ' Columbia Pictures . A contemporary adaptation of the 1977 Broadway musical of the same name , the film stars Quvenzhané Wallis , Jamie Foxx , Rose Byrne , Bobby Cannavale , and Cameron Diaz . The third film adaptation , following Columbia 's 1982 theatrical film and Disney 's 1999 television film , Annie began production in August 2013 and opened on December 19 , 2014 to generally negative reviews , but was a box-office success , grossing over $ 133 million internationally . Annie received two Golden Globe Award nominations , one for Best Actress in a Motion Picture -- Comedy or Musical -LRB- for Wallis -RRB- and another for Best Original Song . Conversely , the film won the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Prequel , Remake , Rip-off or Sequel and Cameron Diaz was nominated for Worst Supporting Actress . |
NOT ENOUGH INFO | Shut Up was stolen by Stormzy. | Shut_Up_-LRB-Stormzy_song-RRB- | `` Shut Up '' is a song by English Grime artist and MC Stormzy . The song was released independently for digital download in the United Kingdom on 11 September 2015 as the B-side to the `` WickedSkengMan 4 '' single . It was produced by XTC and written by Stormzy . `` Shut Up '' was originally released as a freestyle video in May 2015 but gained popularity over the year . The song initially entered at number 59 on the UK Singles Chart in September 2015 , however following a Christmas number one campaign the song rose to number 8 . |
REFUTES | Java was formed by only tectonic shifts. | Java | Java -LRB- Indonesian : Jawa ; Javanese : ꦗꦮ ; Sundanese : -RRB- is an island of Indonesia . With a population of over 141 million -LRB- the island itself -RRB- or 145 million -LRB- the administrative region -RRB- Census released in December 2015 , Java is home to 56.7 percent of the Indonesian population and is the most populous island on Earth . The Indonesian capital city , Jakarta , is located on western Java . Much of Indonesian history took place on Java . It was the center of powerful Hindu-Buddhist empires , the Islamic sultanates , and the core of the colonial Dutch East Indies . Java was also the center of the Indonesian struggle for independence during the 1930s and 1940s . Java dominates Indonesia politically , economically and culturally . Formed mostly as the result of volcanic eruptions , Java is the 13th largest island in the world and the fifth largest in Indonesia . A chain of volcanic mountains forms an east -- west spine along the island . Three main languages are spoken on the island : Javanese , Sundanese , and Madurese . Of these , Javanese is the dominant ; it is the native language of about 60 million people in Indonesia , most of whom live on Java . Furthermore , most residents are bilingual , speaking Indonesian -LRB- the official language of Indonesia -RRB- as their first or second language . While the majority of the people of Java are Muslim , Java has a diverse mixture of religious beliefs , ethnicities , and cultures . Java is divided into four provinces , West Java , Central Java , East Java , and Banten , and two special regions , Jakarta and Yogyakarta . |
SUPPORTS | The Ellen Show began its broadcast in the 21st century. | The_Ellen_Show | The Ellen Show is a television sitcom created by and starring Ellen DeGeneres that was broadcast during the 2001 -- 02 season on CBS . It was DeGeneres 's second attempt at a sitcom , following Ellen on ABC -LRB- 1994 -- 98 -RRB- , but it was unable to attract strong ratings and was quickly cancelled after 13 episodes , leaving 5 episodes unaired . After coming out as a lesbian on her first sitcom , DeGeneres 's character on The Ellen Show , Ellen Richmond , was also a lesbian , although the show did not focus as heavily on the character 's sexuality as did the final season of her first sitcom . The Ellen Show also starred Cloris Leachman , Martin Mull , Kerri Kenney , Jim Gaffigan , and Emily Rutherfurd . |
SUPPORTS | Scandinavia does not include Greenland. | Scandinavia | Scandinavia -LSB- ˌskændɪˈneɪviə -RSB- is a historical and cultural region in Northern Europe characterized by a common ethnocultural North Germanic heritage and mutually intelligible North Germanic languages . The term Scandinavia always includes the three kingdoms of Denmark , Norway , and Sweden . The remote Norwegian islands of Svalbard and Jan Mayen are usually not seen as a part of Scandinavia , nor is Greenland , an overseas territory of Denmark . However , the Faroe Islands , also a Danish overseas territory , are sometimes included , as sometimes are Iceland , Finland , and the Finnish autonomous region of the Åland Islands , because of their historical association with the Scandinavian countries and the Scandinavian peoples and languages . This looser definition almost equates to that of the Nordic countries . In Nordic languages , only Denmark , Norway and Sweden are commonly included in the definition of Scandinavia . In English usage , Scandinavia sometimes refers to the geographical area , also known as the Scandinavian Peninsula . The name Scandinavia originally referred vaguely to the formerly Danish , now Swedish , region Scania . The terms Scandinavia and Scandinavian entered usage in the late 18th century as terms for Denmark , Norway and Sweden , their Germanic majority peoples and associated language and culture , the term being introduced by the early linguistic and cultural Scandinavist movement . The majority of the population of Scandinavia are descended from several -LRB- North -RRB- Germanic tribes who originally inhabited the southern part of Scandinavia and spoke a Germanic language that evolved into Old Norse . Icelanders and the Faroese are to a significant extent descended from the Norse , and are therefore often seen as Scandinavian . Finland is mainly populated by Finns , with a minority of approximately 5 % of Swedish speakers . A small minority of Sami people live in the extreme north of Scandinavia . The Danish , Norwegian and Swedish languages form a dialect continuum and are known as the Scandinavian languages -- all of which are considered mutually intelligible with one another . Faroese and Icelandic , sometimes referred to as insular Scandinavian languages , are intelligible in continental Scandinavian languages only to a limited extent . Finnish and Meänkieli are closely related to each other and more distantly to the Sami languages , but are entirely unrelated to the Scandinavian languages . Apart from these , German , Yiddish and Romani are recognized minority languages in Scandinavia . The southern and by far most populous regions of Scandinavia have a temperate climate . Scandinavia extends north of the Arctic Circle , but has relatively mild weather for its latitude due to the Gulf Stream . Much of the Scandinavian mountains have an alpine tundra climate . There are many lakes and moraines , legacies of the last glacial period , which ended about ten millennia ago . |
SUPPORTS | Birmingham is in the West Midlands. | Birmingham | Birmingham -LRB- -LSB- ˈbɜːmɪŋəm -RSB- -RRB- is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands , England . It is the largest and most populous British city outside London , with a population of 1,101,360 in 2014 . A medium-sized market town in the medieval period , Birmingham grew to international prominence in the 18th century at the heart of the Midlands Enlightenment and subsequent Industrial Revolution , which saw the town at the forefront of worldwide advances in science , technology , and economic development , producing a series of innovations that laid many of the foundations of modern industrial society . By 1791 it was being hailed as `` the first manufacturing town in the world '' . Birmingham 's distinctive economic profile , with thousands of small workshops practising a wide variety of specialised and highly skilled trades , encouraged exceptional levels of creativity and innovation and provided a diverse and resilient economic base for industrial prosperity that was to last into the final quarter of the 20th century . Perhaps the most important invention in British history , the industrial steam engine , was invented in Birmingham . Its resulting high level of social mobility also fostered a culture of broad-based political radicalism , that under leaders from Thomas Attwood to Joseph Chamberlain was to give it a political influence unparalleled in Britain outside London , and a pivotal role in the development of British democracy . From the summer of 1940 to the spring of 1943 , Birmingham was bombed heavily by the German Luftwaffe in what is known as the Birmingham Blitz . The damage done to the city 's infrastructure , in addition to a deliberate policy of demolition and new building by planners , led to extensive demolition and redevelopment in subsequent decades . Today Birmingham 's economy is dominated by the service sector . The city is a major international commercial centre , ranked as a gamma + world city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network ; and an important transport , retail , events and conference hub . Its metropolitan economy is the second largest in the United Kingdom with a GDP of $ 121.1 bn -LRB- 2014 -RRB- , and its six universities make it the largest centre of higher education in the country outside London . Birmingham 's major cultural institutions -- including the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra , the Birmingham Royal Ballet , the Birmingham Repertory Theatre , the Library of Birmingham and the Barber Institute of Fine Arts -- enjoy international reputations , and the city has vibrant and influential grassroots art , music , literary and culinary scenes . Birmingham is the fourth-most visited city in the UK by foreign visitors . Birmingham 's sporting heritage can be felt worldwide , with the concept of the Football League and lawn tennis both originating from the city . Its most successful football club Aston Villa has won seven league titles and one European Cup with the other professional club being Birmingham City . People from Birmingham are called Brummies , a term derived from the city 's nickname of Brum . This originates from the city 's dialect name , Brummagem , which may in turn have been derived from one of the city 's earlier names , Bromwicham . There is a distinctive Brummie accent and dialect . |
SUPPORTS | Ed Decter is a film director. | Ed_Decter | Edward I. `` Ed '' Decter -LRB- born May 19 , 1959 -RRB- is an American film director , film producer and screenwriter . His credits include , There 's Something About Mary , The Santa Clause 3 , The Santa Clause 2 , The New Guy , The Lizzie McGuire Movie , and television series Boy Meets World , In Plain Sight , and Shadowhunters . He frequently collaborates with fellow producer and writer John J. Strauss . Decter graduated from Wesleyan University in 1979 . |
SUPPORTS | The Winds of Winter book six in a series of novels. | The_Winds_of_Winter | The Winds of Winter is the forthcoming sixth novel in the epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin . The previous installment , A Dance with Dragons , covered less story than Martin intended , excluding at least one planned large battle sequence and leaving several character threads ending in cliffhangers . Martin intends to resolve these storylines `` very early '' in The Winds of Winter , saying `` I 'm going to open with the two big battles that I was building up to , the battle in the ice and the battle at Meereen -- the battle of Slaver 's Bay . And then take it from there . '' A Victarion Greyjoy chapter will begin five minutes after the end of A Dance with Dragons , taking place on the eve of the Iron Islanders ' arrival in Slaver 's Bay . Arianne Martell sample chapters that Martin released on his website showed her heading for Griffin 's Roost to see the young man who is calling himself Aegon . Martin said in March 2012 that the final two novels will take readers farther north than any of the previous books , and that the Others will appear in the book . |
NOT ENOUGH INFO | Gaius Julius Caesar was the father of a Roman dictator. | Gaius_Julius_Caesar_-LRB-proconsul-RRB- | Gaius Julius Caesar -LRB- ca. 130 BC -- 85 BC -RRB- was a Roman senator , a supporter of his brother-in-law , Gaius Marius , and the father of Gaius Julius Caesar , the dictator . Caesar was married to Aurelia Cotta , a member of the Aurelii and Rutilii families . They had two daughters , known as Julia Major and Julia Minor , and a son , Gaius , who was born in 100 BC . He was the brother of Sextus Julius Caesar -LRB- consul in 91 BC -RRB- and the son of Gaius Julius Caesar . Caesar 's progress through the cursus honorum is well known , although the specific dates associated with his offices are controversial . According to two elogia erected in Rome long after his death , Caesar was a commissioner in the colony at Cercina , military tribune , quaestor , praetor , and proconsul of Asia . The dates of these offices are unclear . The colony is probably one of Marius ' of 103 BC . Broughton dated the praetorship to 92 BC , with the quaestorship falling towards the beginning of the 90s BC . Brennan has dated the praetorship to the beginning of the decade . Caesar died suddenly in 85 BC , in Rome , while putting on his shoes one morning . Another Caesar , possibly his father , had died similarly in Pisa . His father had seen to his education by one of the best orators of Rome , Marcus Antonius Gnipho . In his will , he left Caesar the bulk of his estate , but after Marius 's faction had been defeated in the civil war of the 80s BC , this inheritance was confiscated by the dictator Sulla . |
REFUTES | One of the co-executive producers of Buffy the Vampire Slayer was Korean. | Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer | Buffy the Vampire Slayer is an American television series created by Joss Whedon under his production tag , Mutant Enemy Productions with later co-executive producers being Jane Espenson , David Fury , David Greenwalt , Doug Petrie , Marti Noxon , and David Solomon . The series premiered on March 10 , 1997 , on The WB and concluded on May 20 , 2003 , on UPN . The series narrative follows Buffy Summers -LRB- played by Sarah Michelle Gellar -RRB- , the latest in a line of young women known as `` Vampire Slayers '' , or simply `` Slayers '' . In the story , Slayers are `` called '' -LRB- chosen by fate -RRB- to battle against vampires , demons , and other forces of darkness . Like previous Slayers , Buffy is aided by a Watcher , who guides , teaches , and trains her . Unlike her predecessors , Buffy surrounds herself with a circle of loyal friends who become known as the `` Scooby Gang '' . The series received critical and popular acclaim , frequently being listed as one of the greatest TV shows of all time , and usually reached between four and six million viewers on original airings . Although such ratings are lower than successful shows on the `` big four '' networks -LRB- ABC , CBS , NBC , and Fox -RRB- , they were a success for the relatively new and smaller WB Television Network . Buffy 's success has led to hundreds of tie-in products , including novels , comics , and video games . The series has received attention in fandom -LRB- including fan films -RRB- , parody , and academia , and has influenced the direction of other television series . |
REFUTES | One of the co-executive producers of Buffy the Vampire Slayer was Korean. | David_Fury | David Fury -LRB- born 5 March 1959 -RRB- is an American television writer , producer , and director . |
REFUTES | One of the co-executive producers of Buffy the Vampire Slayer was Korean. | David_Greenwalt | David Greenwalt -LRB- born October 16 , 1949 -RRB- is an American screenwriter , director and producer . He was the co-executive producer of the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and co-creator of its spinoff , Angel . He is also co-creator of the short-lived cult television show Profit . He co-created the NBC supernatural drama Grimm . |
REFUTES | One of the co-executive producers of Buffy the Vampire Slayer was Korean. | David_Solomon_-LRB-TV_producer-RRB- | David Solomon is an American television director and producer . He is well known for directing Buffy the Vampire Slayer between 1997 and 2003 . He also directed one episode of Firefly in 2002 , over a season of Las Vegas in 2004 and 2005 , one episode of Private Practice in 2007 and the first episode of the 2008 Knight Rider series . Some of Solomon 's other television credits include Dollhouse , The Gates , Nikita , Tru Calling , Chuck , Burn Notice , Once Upon a Time , Fringe and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. . He also worked as an editor and producer on a number of Perry Mason television films . |
REFUTES | One of the co-executive producers of Buffy the Vampire Slayer was Korean. | Doug_Petrie | Douglas `` Doug '' Petrie is an American screenwriter , director , and producer . Best known as a writer , director , and co-executive producer on Buffy the Vampire Slayer . He co-wrote the screenplays for the Fantastic Four film and Harriet the Spy . He has also written for the television shows Angel , The 4400 , Tru Calling and American Horror Story : Coven . He served as a co-executive producer and writer for two seasons on CSI : Crime Scene Investigation and as a consulting producer and writer on the second season of Pushing Daisies . He made a cameo on Joss Whedon 's web-based film , Dr. Horrible 's Sing-Along Blog , as `` Professor Normal '' . He served as co-executive producer on the first season of the Netflix show Daredevil , and took over as showrunner for its second season alongside Marco Ramirez . In April 2016 Petrie and Ramirez were announced as showrunners of The Defenders , a miniseries that crosses over Daredevil , Jessica Jones , Luke Cage , and Iron Fist . |
REFUTES | One of the co-executive producers of Buffy the Vampire Slayer was Korean. | Jane_Espenson | Jane Espenson -LRB- born July 14 , 1964 -RRB- is an American television writer and producer . Espenseon has worked on both situation comedies and serial dramas . She had a five-year stint as a writer and producer on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and shared a Hugo Award for her writing on the episode `` Conversations with Dead People '' . From 2006 -- 2010 , Espenson had worked on Battlestar Galactica and many of its supplementary works . Between 2009 -- 2010 she served on Caprica , as co-executive and executive producer for the television series . In 2010 she wrote an episode of HBO 's Game of Thrones , and joined the writing staff for the fourth season of the British television program Torchwood , which aired on BBC One in the United Kingdom and Starz in the United States during mid-2011 . She is currently working as a consulting producer and writer on ABC 's 2011 series Once Upon a Time , and has co-written and produced her first independent original web series with co-creator Brad Bell , entitled Husbands . |
REFUTES | One of the co-executive producers of Buffy the Vampire Slayer was Korean. | Marti_Noxon | Martha Mills `` Marti '' Noxon -LRB- born August 25 , 1964 -RRB- is an American television and film writer first known for writing and producing Buffy the Vampire Slayer . She is currently executive producing and writing the Bravo comedy-drama series Girlfriends ' Guide to Divorce and the Lifetime comedy-drama series UnREAL . She is also an executive producer of the CBS medical drama series Code Black . |
NOT ENOUGH INFO | Maria Theresa reigned for 30 years. | Maria_Theresa | Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina -LRB- Maria Theresia -LSB- maˈʁiːa teˈʁeːzi̯a -RSB- 13 May 1717 -- 29 November 1780 -RRB- was the only female ruler of the Habsburg dominions and the last of the House of Habsburg . She was the sovereign of Austria , Hungary , Croatia , Bohemia , Transylvania , Mantua , Milan , Lodomeria and Galicia , the Austrian Netherlands and Parma . By marriage , she was Duchess of Lorraine , Grand Duchess of Tuscany and Holy Roman Empress . She started her 40-year reign when her father , Emperor Charles VI , died in October 1740 . Charles VI paved the way for her accession with the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 and spent his entire reign securing it . Upon the death of her father , Saxony , Prussia , Bavaria , and France all repudiated the sanction they had recognised during his lifetime . Frederick II of Prussia -LRB- who became Maria Theresa 's greatest enemy for most of her reign -RRB- promptly invaded and took the affluent Habsburg province of Silesia in the nine-year conflict known as the War of the Austrian Succession . Over the course of the war , despite the loss of Silesia and a few minor territories in Italy , Maria Theresa successfully defended her rule over most of the Habsburg empire . Maria Theresa later unsuccessfully tried to reconquer Silesia during the Seven Years ' War . Maria Theresa and her husband , Francis I , Holy Roman Emperor , had eleven daughters , including the Queen of France and Navarre , the Queen of Naples and Sicily , the Duchess of Parma , and five sons , including two Holy Roman Emperors , Joseph II and Leopold II . Of the sixteen children ten survived to adulthood . Though she was expected to cede power to Francis and Joseph , both of whom were officially her co-rulers in Austria and Bohemia , Maria Theresa was the absolute sovereign who ruled with the counsel of her advisers . She criticised and disapproved of many of Joseph 's actions . Maria Theresa understood the importance of her public persona and was able to simultaneously evoke both esteem and affection from her subjects . Maria Theresa promulgated financial and educational reforms , with the assistance of Count Friedrich Wilhelm von Haugwitz and Gerard van Swieten , promoted commerce and the development of agriculture , and reorganised Austria 's ramshackle military , all of which strengthened Austria 's international standing . However , she refused to allow religious pluralism and advocated for the state church and contemporary adversary travelers criticized her regime as bigoted and superstitious . As a young monarch who fought two dynastic wars , she believed that her cause should be the cause of her subjects , but in her later years she would believe that their cause must be hers . |
SUPPORTS | Heaven Can Wait was filmed after Here Comes Mr. Jordan. | Heaven_Can_Wait_-LRB-1978_film-RRB- | Heaven Can Wait is a 1978 American fantasy-comedy film co-directed by Warren Beatty and Buck Henry . It was the second film adaptation of Harry Segall 's play of the same name , being preceded by Here Comes Mr. Jordan -LRB- 1941 -RRB- . The film was nominated for nine Academy Awards . The cast reunites Beatty and Julie Christie , who also starred together in the 1971 McCabe & Mrs. Miller and the 1975 Shampoo . A third film adaptation of the play was done in 2001 , titled Down to Earth . |
SUPPORTS | Spider-Man 2 was released in the 2000s. | Spider-Man_2 | Spider-Man 2 is a 2004 American superhero film directed by Sam Raimi and written by Alvin Sargent from a story by Alfred Gough , Miles Millar , and Michael Chabon . The sequel to the 2002 film Spider-Man , it is the second film in Raimi 's Spider-Man film trilogy based on the fictional Marvel Comics character of the same name . Tobey Maguire , Kirsten Dunst , and James Franco reprise their respective roles as Peter Parker/Spider-Man , Mary Jane Watson and Harry Osborn . Set two years after the events of Spider-Man , the film finds Peter Parker struggling to manage both his personal life and his duties as Spider-Man , while Dr. Otto Octavius -LRB- Doctor Octopus -RRB- becomes a diabolical villain after a failed experiment kills his wife and leaves him neurologically fused to mechanical tentacles . Spider-Man must stop him from successfully recreating the experiment , which threatens to annihilate the city . Spider-Man 2 was released in both conventional and IMAX theaters on June 30 , 2004 . It grossed $ 783.8 million worldwide and won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects . It also received five awards at the Saturn Awards ceremony including Best Fantasy Film and Best Director for Raimi . The film 's success led to the release of Spider-Man 3 in 2007 . |
REFUTES | Timur was an Arabian lord. | Timur | Timur -LRB- تیمور Temūr , Chagatai : Temür , 9 April 1336 -- 18 February 1405 -RRB- , historically known as Amir Timur and Tamerlane -LRB- تيمور لنگ Temūr -LRB- - i -RRB- Lang , `` Timur the Lame '' -RRB- , was a Turco-Mongol conqueror . As the founder of the Timurid Empire in Persia and Central Asia he became the first ruler in the Timurid dynasty . Born into the Barlas confederation in Transoxiana on 9 April 1336 , Timur gained control of the western Chagatai Khanate by 1370 . From that base he led military campaigns across Western , South and Central Asia , the Caucasus and southern Russia , and emerged as the most powerful ruler in the Muslim world after defeating the Mamluks of Egypt and Syria , the emerging Ottoman Empire , and the declining Delhi Sultanate . From these conquests he founded the Timurid Empire , but this empire fragmented shortly after his death . Timur is considered the last of the great nomadic conquerors of the Eurasian Steppe , and his empire set the stage for the rise of the more structured and lasting Gunpowder Empires in the 1500s and 1600s . According to John Joseph Saunders , Timur 's background was Iranized and not steppe nomad . Timur envisioned the restoration of the Mongol Empire of Genghis Khan -LRB- died 1227 -RRB- . `` In his formal correspondence Temur continued throughout his life to portray himself as the restorer of Chinggisid rights . He justified his Iranian , Mamluk , and Ottoman campaigns as a re-imposition of legitimate Mongol control over lands taken by usurpers . To legitimize his conquests , Timur relied on Islamic symbols and language , referred to himself as the `` Sword of Islam '' , and patronized educational and religious institutions . He converted nearly all the Borjigin leaders to Islam during his lifetime . `` Temur , a non-Chinggisid , tried to build a double legitimacy based on his role as both guardian and restorer of the Mongol Empire . '' Timur also decisively defeated the Christian Knights Hospitaller at the Siege of Smyrna , styling himself a ghazi . By the end of his reign , Timur had gained complete control over all the remnants of the Chagatai Khanate , the Ilkhanate , and the Golden Horde , and even attempted to restore the Yuan dynasty in China . Timur 's armies were inclusively multi-ethnic and were feared throughout Asia , Africa , and Europe , sizable parts of which his campaigns laid to waste . Scholars estimate that his military campaigns caused the deaths of 17 million people , amounting to about 5 % of the world population at the time . He was the grandfather of the renowned Timurid sultan , astronomer and mathematician Ulugh Beg , who ruled Central Asia from 1411 to 1449 , and the great-great-great-grandfather of Babur -LRB- 1483-1530 -RRB- , founder of the Mughal Empire , which ruled parts of South Asia for over three centuries , from 1526 until 1857 . Timur is also recognized as a great patron of art and architecture , as he interacted with Muslim intellectuals such as Ibn Khaldun and Hafiz-i Abru . |
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